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Dire state of Britain's job market unveiled as 4,300 people apply for just 150 vacancies at new Tesco store
- Almost 30 people applied for each job at store near Gosport, Hampshire
- Local Nichola Stanley: 'Everywhere you look people are dying to get a job'
- Latest figures show UK unemployment rate rose to 7.9 per cent
A new Tesco store has been swamped with 4,300 applications for just 150 jobs in the latest example of Britain's desperate job market.
There were almost 30 applicants for each job at the supermarket in Rowner, near Gosport, in Hampshire, which is due to open in May.
Due to the overwhelming response, Tesco asked 826 to attend an interview after applicants filled in answer a series of questions online.
Desperate: More than 4,300 job hunters applied for just 150 positions at a new Tesco store in Hampshire
That list included 55 long-term unemployed who were guaranteed an interview through the JobCentre.
A shortlist were then invited to do a work trial in nearby stores before the final team was chosen.
Nichola Stanley, 40, from Rowner, was one of many local people to miss out on a job after her online application was rejected.
She said: 'We definitely need jobs in Gosport, because the community is dropping like flies.
'Everywhere you look people are dying to get a job.'
The most recent figures for the UK showed unemployment rose by 70,000 to 2.56 million between December and February, according to Office for National Statistics.
It pushed the unemployment rate to 7.9 per cent, further illustrating the fragile nature of the UK economy.
The number of people in employment also fell, while earnings growth slowed considerably, according to ONS data.
The new store is part of the Rowner Renewal project, which was launched in 2007 to transform the run-down estate.
It is less than 10 miles from Whiteley, Hampshire, where 4,000 job-seekers were pictured queuing for a jobs fair last month.
Dressed in smart suits and ties, some turned up more than two hours early in freezing weather before the doors to the recruitment fair for a new shopping centre opened.
Queues of job-seekers turned up to a recruitment fair for the opening of a new shopping centre in nearby Whiteley last month
The South East has the second lowest
unemployment rate in the UK at 6.6 per cent, compared to the national
average of 7.8 per cent.
But the recent clamour for jobs shows no region is immune from Britain's economic woes.
Store manager of the new Tesco store Nigel Perman admitted he was surprised at the huge number of people applying for a job.
He said: 'We had 4,300 people apply online, which is an astronomical amount of people. I was really surprised.
'It also shows the need for jobs out there. It was great phoning these people and telling them they've got a job.
'They were so ecstatic and grateful.'
The unemployment rate in the UK reached 7.9 per cent, according to the latest figures from the ONS
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Everstone to acquire Kailash Logistics
Sri Kailash's Logicity- spread across 84 acres and 13 lakh sq ft of warehouse and industrial space- offers supply chain solutions to industrial units in one of India's most industrialised belts.
CHENNAI: The largest Indian private equity investor Everstone Capital will invest nearly Rs 200 crore to pick up majority stake in Sri Kailash Logistics- a company which operates an integrated logistics park in Oragadam near Chennai.
Sri Kailash's Logicity- spread across 84 acres and 13 lakh sq ft of warehouse and industrial space- offers supply chain solutions to industrial units in one of India's most industrialised belts. The project is near manufacturing hubs of Renault Nissan, Allison, Apollo Tyres, Asian Paints , Axon Technologies, Daimler India Commercial vehicles, Delphi and Komatsu.
The broad contours of the latest transaction envisages Everstone, through its logistics and warehousing unit IndoSpace, picking up a controlling interest in Kailash Logistics. The founder promoters will keep a minority stake and partner with Everstone in developing the business in southern India. The PE investor will also assume the debt of the target company. A formal announcement is expected next week. Everstone declined to comment, while Kailash Logistics did not respond to a TOI questionnaire.
Earlier this week, Everstone, managing assets worth $3.4 billion, announced a $35-million investment in neutraceutical firm OmnuActive Health. India's fragmented logistics industry is on the cusp of a shakeout with the proposed GST implementation. The GST rollout will help companies reduce logistics cost by 1.5-2.5% as supply chains gets reconfigured besides moving towards larger warehouses making companies like Sri Kailash best suited to take the march ahead.

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Nokia Unveils "HERE" Maps/Location Service
November 13, 2012 3:36 PM
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It will be available for Mozilla, iOS and Android
Nokia announced a new brand for location and
called HERE today, which will be available for several mobile devices.
HERE is a cloud-based brand and platform for location/mapping, and Nokia is hoping that it transforms mapping industry in a big way. HERE will provide the most comprehensive mapping service to date with 3D mapping, public transport directions, voice-guided walk navigation and more.
"People want great maps, and with HERE we can bring together Nokia's location offering to deliver people a better way to explore, discover and share their world," said Stephen Elop, Nokia President and CEO. "Additionally, with HERE we can extend our 20 years of location expertise to new devices and operating systems that reach beyond Nokia. As a result, we believe that more people benefit from and contribute to our leading mapping and location service."
While Nokia is the main hardware maker for mobile Windows devices, such as the Nokia Lumia 920 for Windows 8, the new HERE service will not be exclusive to Windows devices. Nokia made it clear that this will be available for Android and iOS-powered gadgets as well.
In fact, Nokia will offer a HERE Maps app
in the next few weeks. In Q1 2013, it will introduce an SDK for Android.
This new brand will also be available in Mozilla Firefox based on HTML5.
Nokia mentioned its recent acquisition of Earthmine, which will largely contribute to HERE's 3D capabilities in the future.
Offering a new mapping service for multiple devices and OS' is a smart move, and will likely directly compete with Google Maps. Google developed Android, so it makes sense that Android devices use Google Maps for location services. Apple, on the other hand, recently gave Google Maps the boot in favor of its own in-house mapping app. However, that app turned out to
be a disaster
, with issues in both geography and navigation. Its initial failure even got its maker, Apple's former VP of iOS Software
"Maps are hard to get right - but
location is revolutionizing how we use technology
to engage with the real world," said Michael Halbherr, Executive Vice President of Location & Commerce and responsible for the HERE brand. "That's why we have been investing and will continue to invest in building the world's most powerful location offering, one that is unlike anything in the market today."
Several companies, like
, have looked to Nokia for mapping partnerships in the past year.
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11/13/2012 10:00:05 PM
So the big new thing is augmented reality? Thanks for the link.
(a) It would have been nice if the article had mentioned this.
(b) Every augmented reality app I've ever used so far has been crap. It would be nice if Nokia can do better, but the fact that their video is full of "simulated screen" warnings makes one wonder why exactly they needed to simulate the screen, why the real thing wasn't good enough.
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Every week seems to bring word of a new threat for Android devices. But is the Android malware world really that bad? How can everyday user stay safe?… Continue reading
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Symantec announced Friday that it had found the Android.Counterclank malware present in more than a dozen applications available in the official Google Android Market. Counterclank is identified as the malware with the highest distribution discovered so far this year—a dubious distinction, given the year is less than a month old.
Invasion Of The Android Malware! Or Not.


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LG gradually rolling out the stable Android 12 update for its smartphones. Now, the company has started releasing the latest major update for the LG G8X ThinQ phone in India and a couple of European countries at this moment. The update is expected to reach more devices soon.
The South Korean tech giant has started kicking off the stable Android 12 build for the LG G8X ThinQ phone with firmware version V40a. The OTA also includes June 2022 security patch with known bug fixes and system improvements.
The major update also includes a new Material You design, a color extraction, a Widgets emphasis, quick setting tiles, notifications and other changes, improved auto-rotate, easier Wi-Fi sharing, rich contact insertion, and audio selection in the media player.
Additionally, the latest Android 12 update also introduces essential app updates, new privacy options, allowed locations for the camera app, new IoT device controls in the notification panel, and more.
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Apple desires to make you believe the iPad Pro is a computer
Apple claims that the iPad Pro is a computer its not just a tablet Apple says in its new advertisement the iPad Pro, can be your next computer, and is more powerful than most computers, and flat out that it is a computer
Apple claims that the iPad Pro is a computer it’s not just a tablet. Apple says in its new advertisement the iPad Pro, “can be your next computer,” and is “more powerful than most computers,” and flat out that it is “a computer.”
Apple today published a one minute video titled, “5 reasons iPad Pro can be your next computer”.
They are listed as follows:
1. It’s more powerful than most computers.
2. It’s anything you want it to be as long as there’s an app for that.
3. It goes anywhere and stays connected everywhere.
4. Using it as easy as tapping, swiping, pinching and dragging.
5. It’s even better with Apple Pencil
Apple’s video description says, “Meet the new iPad Pro. It’s powerful, versatile, and goes anywhere and stays connected everywhere, and it’s even better with the all-new Apple Pencil”. “It’s like a computer, unlike any computer.”
Even though the Apple fans have been ready to embrace the iPad as a computer for a long time, it’s yet to grow into a fully fledged one and it still has limitations unlike a normal “computer”.
But even if Apple desires to make us believe it, love it, and just get it, there are many areas where it still falls short compared to a laptop: you can’t use external storage over USB-C, and you can’t open multiple browser windows to be displayed at once, just to name a couple examples. And until these limitations are worked on, we’re likely to have this disagreement.


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There's a myth out there that inflation is dead, that it's absent from this economic expansion. The issue purportedly has the Federal Reserve and other economists confused and questioning whether the Phillip's Curve is even still relevant. But, I see inflation as clear as day in the very relevant to the U.S. economy - real estate market.
They say inflation is absent from the current economic expansion. It is deeply delinquent in the Fed's favored inflation gauge, the Core PCE Price Index (found in the Personal Income & Outlays Report), where it was last marked in June at a 1.5% annual rate. And, as far as the Consumer Price Index goes, inflation was also still short of the Fed's 2.0% target, at 1.7%.
Friday, as the U.S. Federal Reserve Chair prepares to deliver an address on Financial Stability at the Kansas City Fed's Jackson Hole Symposium, the question of the day is about the apparently absent inflation and how that will influence monetary policy. People say, the Phillip's Curve no longer applies even; the Phillips Curve tells us inflation historically comes with labor market robustness. But, with the job market operating at about full employment, at least as indicated by the 4.3% unemployment rate, price pressure is still missing; or is it.
One place where inflation is not missing, and is quite robust actually, is in housing (NYSE: IYR). Thursday's Existing Home Sales data for the month of July, for instance, reveals the median home price (for all types of existing homes) in America is up 6.2% year-to-year in July. And Wednesday's New Home Sales data for the month of July showed a 6.3% increase in the median price of a new home year-to-year. That is pretty robust price increase.
Now, price pressure in the housing market is certainly relative to the shortage in housing supply, though new home supply (NYSE: XHB) improved in July to 5.7 months, from 4.7 in June. However, the existing home market illustrated the situation best, where supply fell to a shortage level of 4.2 months this July, versus 4.8 months a year ago.
But won't the same supply/demand situation eventually be reflected in other consumer products and services sectors once the fully employed economy starts spending more? Yes, it will, and it is already showing up in energy demand (NYSE: USO), where demand forecasts of the International Energy Agency (NASDAQ:IEA) and of OPEC have each been revised higher recently.
Inflation is starting to show up in the labor market, as hirings match up favorably with healthy job openings, and as the "quits" rate shows growing confidence in the American worker and her ability to find a new job in today's market - see my report on JOLTS data this month Worker Demand Jolted By Strong Economy.
Last month's report for personal income showed no change in total income, but growth in compensation was offset in the reported period by a monthly decrease in dividends and interest income, clouding burgeoning price pressure in labor. The Phillips Curve still applies folks; it's just that slack in the labor market has made finding the true point of full employment a bit less precise. We are getting there now, and we should see inflation result.
Thursday's data for July existing home sales marked the 65th consecutive month of year-to-year gains, and this July's new home sales showed the highest price for the month in history. Last December's data showed the highest median price in any month's history. So, as the media and market (NYSE: SPY) experts debate whether inflation will come along, let's not forget that inflation is already present in the housing market, as clear as day. Readers interested in my work on the economy, real estate and other markets are welcome to follow the column here at Seeking Alpha.
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Canon Inc. on Wednesday revised downward its full-year group earnings forecast for this year, citing the persistent higher yen and sluggish sales in emerging economies.
In the year ending Dec. 31, the maker of printers, photocopiers and cameras expects a group net profit of ¥165 billion ($1.58 billion), down 25.1 percent from the previous year and compared to its earlier projection of ¥180 billion.
The company projects group sales of ¥3.36 trillion, down 11.6 percent from the previous year and compared with its earlier forecast of ¥3.52 trillion.
Canon expects to suffer a significant drop in sales of laser printers, which are facing shrinking markets in emerging economies, and digital compact cameras, affected by a shortage of parts supplies due to a series of strong earthquakes in southwestern Japan in mid-April.
The company also said its group net profit in the January to September period declined 30.1 percent from the same period in the previous year to ¥105.8 billion, on sales of ¥2.44 trillion, down 11.7 percent from a year earlier.
Referring to Toshiba Medical Systems Corp., the medical equipment subsidiary of Toshiba Corp. undergoing a full takeover by Canon, Toshizo Tanaka, executive vice president, said clearing procedures by competition watchdogs overseas “have been interrupted in some countries.”
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By ZOE FERGUSON
The owners of Gorgers Subs in downtown Ithaca will open a new late-night restaurant, The Taco Shack, on the Commons later this month.
Matt Diamond — who owns Gorgers with his brother, Barton Diamond — said the location of the new restaurant, between Samurai Sushi and Casablanca Mediterranean, is perfect.
“It’s been six months or so, eight months since we’ve had the idea of opening it,” Matt Diamond said. “We’ve been waiting for the right location, a spot that would be perfect for what we’re doing.”
Barton Diamond added they had previously tried “doing late-night” when Gorgers first opened but said their location was “just a little bit too far away” from the most populated areas of Ithaca.
“People don’t want to [leave] the Commons,” Barton Diamond said. “So that’s a much better location for late-night.”
The Diamond brothers’ business structure will remain the same at The Taco Shack, Matt Diamond said, though the new restaurant will have a“more dynamic” menu.
“We’ve kept everything the same throughout the duration of our operations,” Matt said. “Hopefully, over there, we’re going to do it a little differently.”
The owners said they want to focus on fresh, unique foods at both of their restaurants.
“We’re going to switch it up every day, do a lot of fresh salsas [and] a lot of fresh sauces to go on everything,” Matt Diamond said. “We do a lot of sauces [at Gorgers] that you won’t see in other places.”
At both restaurants, the owners offer “high-end flavors at take-out prices,” according to Matt Diamond.
Barton Diamond added there would be “a lot of vegetarian options,” including homemade seitan, a food made from wheat gluten.
“Any of the tacos that we make for the meat eaters won’t be exclusive to them,” Barton said. “They will be open to everyone.”
There will be no kitchen at The Taco Shack, so all meat will have to be prepared ahead of time in the Gorgers kitchen, according to the Diamond brothers, because there are no available kitchens open on the Commons.
The brothers said they hope to open The Taco Shack opens on April 25.
Though the lack of a kitchen may make fish tacos impossible to provide at the restaurant, its offerings will still be diverse, according to Barton Diamond.
“You can customize it to whatever flavors you want,” he said. “It’s not just going to be a standard taco.”


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Leading tech giant focusing on consumer electronics, online services and software Apple Inc. (AAPL) is looking forward to cut down the production of iPhone and AirPods devices as the ongoing inflationary pressures are starting to affect the demand of consumer electronics.
This was first reported on the Nikkei on March 28, according to Nikkei, Apple is planning to scale down production of iPhone SE by 20% in the next quarter or cut down production orders by about 2 million to 3 million units than the initially planned due to weaker than expected demand.
Additionally, Apple is also experiencing decreased orders for its AirPods wireless headphones by over 10 million units for all of 2022. The company will be taking this move as it cuts down the level of inventories due to uncertain demand.
In the beginning of the month, Apple launched 5G connectivity to its iPhone SE, a low cost model aimed at mostly buyers in developing economies.
Nikkei says Apple has since asked its suppliers to make a fewer million units of the iPhone 13 range than the initial planned claiming this adjustment is based on seasonal demand.


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Second outlet for Peaberry Coffee House as it launches at the Royal Albert Dock
Specialising in wholesome freshly made food, the café brand was launched in Waterloo in May 2017 by husband and wife team Graeme and Clare Farrington
Independent artisan coffee house, Peaberry Coffee House and Kitchen, is opening its new outlet at Royal Albert Dock Liverpool on Saturday, September 8, and is offering 50% off food for its weeklong ‘soft launch’.
Specialising in wholesome freshly made food, the café which was launched in Waterloo in May 2017 by husband and wife team Graeme and Clare Farrington, will bring a diverse menu of locally sourced meat, fish, vegan, vegetarian and gluten free dishes to its new waterfront home.
The family-run business, with Graeme in the kitchen and Clare and her brother Sean at front of house, will become the latest independent to take up residency at the historic site, as part of the dock’s commercial owners Aberdeen Standard Investments’ focus on emerging brands and businesses.
A chance meeting with one of the Royal Albert Dock Liverpool team led to Graeme and Clare viewing a unit in late 2017, although at the time they had no plans for an expansion.
Graeme explained: “We’re still very much a young business but both Clare and I recognised that red-hot opportunities like this don’t come along every day and we knew we had to grasp it and take full advantage of what was being offered.”
Clare added: “We would never have dreamed about having a cafe on the dock. As city residents, to us the dock has always been the most prestigious of addresses and only for the likes of national operators.
“By reaching out to small independents the dock team has given us the confidence to expand our business and we’re looking forward to welcoming our first dockside customers next month.”
Making the most of its new space on the Colonnades, with a 45-seated casual restaurant on one side, and an open kitchen with sandwich counter and bar on the other, Peaberry Coffee House and Kitchen offers eat-in diners and takeaway customers sweeping views of the dock.


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As the holidays draw near, Princess ships are preparing for another festive season at sea, and weather conditions are again pointing to unusual snow flurries onboard. After an extremely popular debut last year, snow will again magically fall in the ship’s atriums, transforming the vessels into a winter wonderland throughout December.
“What’s better than the romance of a white Christmas, especially when it’s an unexpected surprise?” said Jan Swartz, Princess senior vice president. “Our snowfalls were such a huge hit last year that this has now become a new tradition on Princess ships.”
The innovative snow-making process creates falling flakes that vanish on contact, letting passengers enjoy the excitement of snow flurries without the need to bundle up. Princess’ daily snowfall will occur on all ships except for the lines’ three small vessels — Pacific Princess, Tahitian Princess and Royal Princess — which do not have large, multi-story atriums.
Even when the snow isn’t coming down, Princess ships will feature a merry atmosphere. Vessels are decked out in holiday décor — even including a Christmas tree on the vessels’ masts — and strolling carolers fill the air with the sounds of the season.
Passengers can once again participate in a “gingerbread challenge,” where teams test their holiday housebuilding skills in a fun-filled competition to construct the most creative gingerbread structure. Or they can test their holiday craft skills by creating a personalized photo ornament. And new this year is a turkey-carving demonstration from the onboard culinary experts to prepare passengers to do the honors at their next holiday feast.
Special events also include a reading of “The Night Before Christmas” by either the captain or cruise director, and a holiday variety show adds a seasonal element to the ship’s entertainment offerings. For those who can’t get enough of Christmas carols, the ships’ Princess Pop Star talent show will feature a holiday edition where competitors can croon their favorite seasonal songs.
Religious services are held as well, and passengers can attend midnight mass or an inter-denominational church service performed by onboard clergy. Passengers will receive a stocking turndown gift and can enjoy classic holiday films or even relax in front of a traditional burning Yule log … on their stateroom television!
Holiday Feasts — Each Princess ship’s culinary team will delight the senses with spectacular holiday displays and will serve up several delicious feasts. A sumptuous Christmas brunch includes complimentary eggnog. On Christmas Day, passengers will sit down to a dinner of traditional holiday fare including roast turkey and all the trimmings. Freshly prepared stolen and Christmas cookies (even some for Santa) round out the seasonal treats.
Christmas For Children — Junior cruisers can count down to the big day with special holiday activities. Santa Claus makes an appearance with his sack full of toys, and a fun-filled holiday fair in the atrium offers youngsters the opportunity to try their hand at Christmas cookie decorating, balloon making, face painting, games and other competitions. The youth centers will host holiday parties for each age group, and kids can make decorations to display on the center’s Christmas tree. Youngsters can get creative with other holiday-themed arts and crafts projects throughout the cruise, and they will have an opportunity to sing Christmas carols for passengers. For parents who want to stay up later to celebrate the holidays, free late-night group kid sitting sessions will be available on Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve.
Hanukkah — Ships will also offer festivities for passengers celebrating the Festival of Lights. A special area of the ship is reserved for those participating in Hanukkah events and ships will display menorahs and fresh flower arrangements decorated in blue, silver and white. Children will enjoy themed arts and crafts pertinent to the holiday.
Happy New Year — Passengers will ring in a fun-filled 2009 with festive New Year’s Eve parties, complete with music, confetti, noise-makers and a balloon drop to count down to the new year. Earlier in the evening, the dinner menu will feature special treats just for New Year’s Eve. On New Year’s Day, football fans will be pleased to know they won’t miss the holiday’s traditional college bowl games, as the telecasts will be shown (as available by satellite) in a shipboard lounge or on some vessels’ giant Movies Under the Stars top-deck screen.
The 17-ship Princess fleet will cover the globe this holiday season, with sailings to the Caribbean, Mexico, the Panama Canal, Asia, Australia/New Zealand, South America, Hawaii and the South Pacific.
Additional information about Princess Cruises is available through a professional travel agent, by calling 1-800-PRINCESS, or by visiting the company’s website at www.princess.com.
About Princess Cruises: One of the best-known names in cruising, Princess Cruises is a global cruise and tour company operating a fleet of 17 modern ships renowned for their innovative design and wide array of choices in dining, entertainment and amenities, all provided in an environment of exceptional customer service. A recognized leader in worldwide cruising, Princess offers its passengers the opportunity to escape to the top destinations around the globe, with sailings to all seven continents, ranging in length from seven to 107 days. The company is part of Carnival Corporation. Princess Cruises is a proud member of World’s Leading Cruise Lines. Theirr exclusive alliance also includes Carnival Cruise Lines, Holland America, Cunard Line, Costa Cruises and The Yachts of Seabourn. Sharing a passion to please each guest, and a commitment to quality and value, member lines appeal to a wide range of lifestyles and budgets. Together they offer exciting and enriching cruise vacations to the world’s most desirable destinations.


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Tesco’s has reported a 2.5 per cent year-on-year rise in non-food sales, including PCs and other electronics, for the first half of 2010.
The supermarket giant made £4.4bn in non-food for the 26 weeks ending August 28th, 2010. However, the firm says growth in non-food is slowing because the ‘important’ electrical and entertainment categories struggled during the second quarter.
Tesco’s overall group sales are 15 per cent up, with net profit at £1.18 billion compared to the £1.03 billion made during H1 2009.
The gains were led by a 30 per cent increase in profit in Asia, while in Britain the increase was just 5.5 per cent.
"The global economic headwinds of the last two years are being replaced by the tailwinds of recovery in most of our markets and this is helping our International businesses to resume strong sales and profit momentum," said CEO Terry Leahy.


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As you might have already noticed lately, Horizon: Zero Dawn is already in the hands of few lucky guys who are giving the game an early try thanks to copies sold ahead of the street date. Luckily enough, the new Guerrilla Games open world title is being praised for some of its gameplay features and more, as you can read below.
According to these early users, for example, side quests are pretty “meaningful” and diverse, and things look ultimately different from other open games where you usually repeat missions over missions without them being really interesting in terms of story and gameplay. Considering this is the first open world effort from Guerrilla, it’s a great news.
On top of that, many side quests reportedly show up all of a sudden, when you travel your way across the map in order to reach a specific mission. “You’ll sometimes just find people out in the world for their own reasons. And you learn why they’re there and it fleshes out the lore and politics,” an interesting report reveals.
Horizon: Zero Dawn releases on February 28 in the United States and March 1 in Europe.


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The Future Of Japanese Fashion
As a densely populated capital city, Tokyo is a melting pot for ‘all new things‘ happening. Japan has been and remains at the forefront of technological innovations. Japanese startups are devising unique technologies, rethink business models, and search for eco-friendly alternatives at every step, from design to production, delivery, and reuse.
The latest advancement in Japanese fashion is the use of Artificial Intelligence and 3D manufacturing, as it is the case of Synflux.
Synflux is just one of the thousands startup blending technology into Japanese culture, seeking to rethink the entire fashion ecosystem.
“A new way to consume is on the rise. It’s all about on-demand, customisation, and sustainability,” says Kye Shimizu, one of the brand’s co-founders.
Using AI To Reinvent Japanese Couture
In 2018, the team’s first project was a raw-edged Spandex dress. On its own, it was just a zero-waste puzzle of rectangles and trapezoids.
But the team fused a 3D-printed skeleton onto the stretchy fabric, to create figure-hugging pleats from collar to cuffs.
“With centuries of history and tradition behind, the kimono was designed to fit every type of body and signify one’s cultural identity. That’s why our generation has big responsibilities. For once, to remember our culture and traditions, and then, to update and refresh it,” ads Shimizu.
First, a person was 3D-scanned so that the company’s proprietary algorithm could deduce the optimum pattern to fit the body. Composed solely of rectangles and triangles, the fabric panels were cut to fit alongside each other. It’s an AI cutting system the creators link back to the video game Tetris.
“It is the merging of the designer and the machine, via software,” explains Shimizu.
The team calls these explorations Algorithmic Couture. Their creations got them noticed by the H&M Foundation’s prestigious Global Change Award. Right now, Synflux’ garments are on display at the “Making Fashion Sense” exhibit in Basel, at Switzerland’s House of Electronic Arts. Their creations are presented alongside unique pieces created by recognised fashion tech talents, such as Iris van Herpen and Hussein Chalayan.
Sustainable Japanese Fashion
And this takes us to the importance of sustainability in Japanse fashion. Fashion is a 2.4 trillion dollar industry that 60 million people worldwide. However, fashion is an industry that creates mountains of waste and up to 10 per cent of the world’s carbon output comes from the same industry. Right now, there are over 21 billion tons of textile waste discarded in the landfills, each year. Then, 20 per cent of the world’s water is used to create apparel. These figures motivate Japanese, as a nation, to find better alternatives, especially now when the industry is at a crossroads.
Kansai Yamamoto fashion project.
As such, emerging Japanese designers are increasingly taking centre stage with next-generation hand-made couture from upcycled apparel and recycled textiles.
Junya Watanabe’s SS19 collection – boro patchwork, upcycled fashion.
A tremendous example of sustainable fashion comes from SHOHEI, a unique brand that offers high-end sustainable couture. Shohei’s unique ethos reflects Japan’s existential core values of freedom, simplicity and creativity.
Sustainability Through Innovation
As a nation of innovators and trailblazers, the Japanese understand that the path to sustainability is through innovation. A 2019 McKinsey study revealed that 57 per cent of millennial and Gen Z consumers are willing to pay more for custom made products that have a minimal impact on the environment. As such, Japanese designers with a focus on customisation and sustainability are the rage right now.
These emerging Japanese designers are paying attention to two key factors:
- Customised couture – aiming to decrease return costs and textile waste resulting from standard-sized samples.
- Use sustainable materials – innovative, eco-friendly, cruelty-free materials that nurture and protect the environment.
Once again, Japan’s new age of design and technology experts are ahead, by blending culture and beauty with innovation and utility. The future of Japanese fashion is in the right hands!
Japanese Designers To Watch In 2020
Finally, the global ‘out of the box’ stylistic movement owes a lot to modern Japanese fashion designers. These creative minds are redefining fashion rules, inviting us to explore the next level of fashion and style. Here are the top 10 Japanese designers to watch in 2020.
1. Chisato Tsumori
This Japanese designer has amazed the world with her wonderful prints.
As a lover of French culture and fashion, Chisato opened her first free-standing shop in Paris, in 1999.
The boutique was designed by Christian Biecher and is located on rue Barbette in the Marais neighbourhood.
The flagship boutique showcases Chisato’s love for the arts through various collaborations with photographers, visual artists and set designers.
Chisato’s hand-painted creations draw inspiration from Japanese culture and manga.
Also, the artist covers contemporary art, felines, and other Japanese specific motifs.
Originally from Tokyo, Japan, Sk8thing is the lead designer of streetwear brand A Bathing Ape (Bape).
In the past, the designer has created amazing streetwear for Pharrell’s Billionaire Boys Club and Ice Cream.
He has also designed for Neighborhood, W-Taps, undercover, Bounty Hunter, and T-19.
Also a founder of Cav Empt (C.E.) in 2011, together with Toby Feltwell, Sk8thing remains a popular but mysterious public persona.
He uses the mystery around him to promote Japanese street culture through exclusive streetwear couture.
3. Nicola Formichetti
Nicola was born in Japan in 1977, from an Italian dad and Japanese mother.
Now, despite looking about 18 years old, Nicola Formichetti is in his early 40s.
As he grew up in Japan but went to school in Rome, the fashion maverick is fluent in both, Italian and Japanese.
Formichetti is a former architecture student who dropped out of college in the 90s.
The designer worked in clothes shops and went clubbing every night, influences noticeable in his high-profile and upbeat collections.
As a creative director, Formichetti has launched several global projects and collaborations with glossy magazines and pop up shops.
He’s also loved by celebrities and consecrated brands such as Lady Gaga, Uniqlo, Mugler, Diesel and Brooke Candy, just to name just a few.
Since 2011 Nicola has overseen NICOPANDA, his own ‘kooky-yet-accessible‘ fashion and lifestyle label.
4. Shinsuke Takizawa
Shinsuke Takizawa is a Japanese designer and the founder of the famous streetwear label NEIGHBORHOOD.
Born in Japan’s Nagano prefecture, Takizawa showed a keen interest in fashion from a young age.
Interestingly enough, Takizawa’s creations display profound influences of punk rock subculture.
According to the designer, this taste was acquired while being an exchange student in London, in the 80s.
After his studies in London Takizawa returned to Tokyo, aiming to become a stylist and DJ.
Having been introduced to Hiroshi Fujiwara through friends, Takizawa joined his Major Force hip-hop record label.
Eventually, eight years later he would become the director of the studio.
Fortunately, in 1994 Takizawa resigned from Major Force to launch his streetwear label called NEIGHBORHOOD.
Shortly after, the WTAPS designer Tetsu Nishiyama joined the newly formed brand as the creative director.
A pioneer of the Japanese Ura-Hara streetwear aesthetic, Takizawa is considered one of the most influential figures in modern contemporary streetwear.
5. Hiroko Takahashi
Hiroko Takahashi is a Japanese textile designer that became popular for her modern reinterpretation of the classic kimono.
Hiroko is based in Sumida, Tokyo, the home to the Ryōgoku Kokugikan (National Sumo Stadium) and sumo-beya – the stables where sumo wrestlers train and live.
Since 2018 Hiroko has been commissioned by the prestigious Kokonoe-beya to design the yukata (informal summer kimono) worn by its sumo wrestlers.
Hiroko’s work is characterised by patterns consisting of simple but essential graphic elements.
According to the designer, these circles and straight lines are the makeup of the universe.
“The ‘circle’ is a design motif used throughout time, beyond borders and cultures. The potential of the ‘circle’ is immeasurable“.
Early this year a kimono made by Hiroko was featured in ‘Kimono: Kyoto to Catwalk‘ at the Victoria and Albert Museum, Europe’s first major exhibition dedicated to kimonos.
6. Junko Shimada
After studying at the Sugino Gakuen Dressmaker Institute of Tokyo, Junko has decided to treat herself to a three-month trip to Paris, to discover the fashion capital.
Charmed by the Parisian women she dreamed to dress one day, Junko settled in for good in 1968.
“As a teenager, this city represented to me the aesthetics of the ‘Nouvelle Vague.’ Above all, is represented liberty from the traditional Japanese ‘shackles’,” she said.
Not long after Junko became “The most Parisian of all Japanese designers,” thanks to a style that was ‘shaking up’ the Japanese minimalism.
Collection after collection, Junko shows a more audacious persona. Mixing prints, dots, and panthers cohabit in harmony.
Her collections charm global celebrities as it is the case of Lady Gaga who has fallen for her pair of ballet shoes mounted on high plexiglass heels (Junko SS 2009).
“Fashion, to me, is all about passion. It comes from the heart. It is only with passion and heart that the fashion can be created,” explains the designer.
7. Tadashi Shoji
Tadashi Shoji is an American-based Japanese fashion designer known for his evening wear and bridal collections.
Born in Sendai, Japan, Shoji showed an interest in painting and drawing at a very young age.
After he moved to Tokyo to study fine arts, Tadashi became the apprentice of Jiro Takamatsu.
Takamatsu is a contemporary artist making art in Japan, very popular during the 60s and 70s.
Eventually, Tadashi launched his eponymous evening wear brand in 1982.
The designer uses traditional dressmaking techniques to turn stretched fabrics into elegant, easy-to-wear silhouettes.
Tadashi’s signature pieces include draped jersey gowns, pleated chiffon gowns, and shutter pleated cocktail dresses.
His unique creations are red-carpet staples, sought by celebrities and socialites alike form all over the world.
Right now, the Tadashi Shoji brand is offered in over 700 department and speciality stores worldwide.
8. Yoshio Kubo
Yoshio Kubo is a Japanese designer and a graduate of Philadelphia University School of Textile & Science.
Yoshio had been working for New York haute couture designer “Robert Danes” as an assistant for four years.
In April 2004, Yoshio Kubo returned to Japan to launch his label, ‘Yoshio Kubo’.
In Yoshio’s words:
“There are so many outfits in the world. It is an enormous quantity that paralyses people. People no longer think about what to wear or how to dress; they just keep buying. My designs are meant to make people think again, enquire about the meaning of symbols, lines, cuts, in the garments they’re wearing.”
Yoshio Kubo’s collections yield a steadfastness in the face of global upheaval.
His collections are wholly distinctive, with plentiful exclusive codes. Yet there’s a sense of optimism driving Yoshio’s output.
Some of his latest creations hint at a bright future, offering a vivid contrast to society’s proclivity towards doom-mongering.
9. Satoshi Kondo
Born 1984 in Kyoto, Japan, Satoshi Kondo is the artistic director and head designer of the Japanese fashion brand Issey Miyake.
Satoshi’s mother was a sewing teacher, and his house was always filled with pattern cuts and fashion designs.
He studied at Ueda College of Fashion from where he has received a Master degree in ‘Fashion Industry Creator’.
“The joy that can be found in the ritual of getting dressed or finding outfits that can make you
happy for the whole day – this is what inspires me“, explains Issey Miyake’s new head designer.
Indeed, Kondo’s clothes are designed for movement, dance and happiness.
For example, the latest Miyake collection was supported by dancers presenting choreography by Daniel Ezralow.
Under the glass ceiling of Centquatre, a cultural space in Paris’ 19th arrondissement, the runway was a veritable show.
Each part was made up of a series of mini-scenes, each dedicated to a different kind of clothing.
It was a truly mesmerising show accentuated by dancers, acrobats, and the musical interlude of a grand finale.
10. Junya Watanabe
Junya Watanabe is a Japanese fashion designer and a former protégé of Comme des Garçons designer Rei Kawakubo.
Born in 1961 in Fukushima, Japan, Watanabe went on to attend Bunka Fashion College in Tokyo, graduating in 1984.
Just like his mentor Rei Kawakubo, Watanabe is renowned for designing innovative and distinctive clothing.
He is particularly interested in synthetic and technologically advanced fabrics, as found in his spring/summer 2001 line.
Watanabe is also described as a “techno couture” designer, thanks to his unusually structured garments out of modern, technical materials.
One of the most relevant examples is his solar-power jacket/coat, part of his FW16 menswear line.


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Baidu.Com Seeks to End Suit by Chinese American Writers
Baidu Inc., (BIDU) owner of China’s most popular search engine, asked a U.S. court to dismiss a lawsuit by Chinese-Americans who said the Internet company “censored” their articles on the pro-democracy movement in China.
Baidu, in its first legal motion in response to a May 2011 lawsuit by eight residents of New York City, said the case should be dismissed because the complaint wasn’t properly served on the Beijing-based Internet company, according to a filing yesterday in Manhattan federal court.
The People’s Republic of China, another defendant in the case, hasn’t responded to the lawsuit. Baidu’s lawyers said in the court filing that the Chinese government also wasn’t properly served under international law, citing a letter from the Chinese Ministry of Justice.
“The Hague Convention is the exclusive means of serving judicial documents” on the Chinese government, Baidu’s lawyers said in their motion to dismiss. Referring to the plaintiffs’ delivery of the complaint to Baidu and the People’s Republic through FedEx Corp. (FDX) mailings, the lawyers said, “The Hague Convention does not authorize service by FedEx.”
The writers claimed that Baidu.com, “in conjunction with and as an agent and enforcer of the People’s Republic of China, purposely designed its search engine algorithm to exclude” pro- democracy topics. They said Baidu and China violated free speech provisions of U.S. and New York State law.
The plaintiffs filed a request in July for a default judgment against Baidu.com because it hadn’t responded to the suit. They are seeking $16 million in damages plus interest.
Stephen Preziosi, a lawyer for the plaintiffs, said in a telephone interview today that it was the motion for a default judgment that prompted Baidu’s response.
“All of a sudden Baidu is very concerned and hired a lawyer in New York to claim I didn’t serve them properly,” said Preziosi, who runs his own law firm. “This is just more rhetoric, to try to avoid being sued in New York, when they do so much business in New York.”
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP is representing Baidu.
Baidu’s American depositary receipts trade on the Nasdaq Stock Market. They fell 43 cents to $112.34.
The case is Zhang v. Baidu.com Inc., 11-cv-3388, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York (Manhattan).
To contact the reporter on this story: Don Jeffrey in New York at firstname.lastname@example.org.
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The long-awaited Moonly staking-as-a-service (SaaS) is now in production for builders and NFT collectors to stake their NFTs for a named reward.
However, while announcing on Twitter, Stefan, Moonly's founder, revealed, "We also silently introduced #ETH and #Polygon market stats." These are already visible on its NFT aggregator and analytics tool with a promise to serve users better in the coming weeks.
Moonly's SaaS is a game changer, allowing collaboration with other builders in the NFT community.
The new SaaS tool has recorded 863 Moonly NFT stakes with a 2000 Bonk daily reward since launching as of writing.
Moonly NFT currently rewards stakes in Bonk. However, Stefan announced on Moonly's Discord channel that the company will soon implement a more sustainable reward for Moonly NFT holders.
As announced on the Discord channel, "That is just the current reward, and it is helping us test in production without much cost. We will add better rewards soon and create a sustainable economy."
That only applies to Moonly NFT, though. Other NFT projects using the staking tool can create custom reward tokens for their holders.
The firm revealed that the essence of the SaaS tool is to boost Moonly's collaboration with other NFT projects while adding value to their existing structure.
Thus, NFT projects collaborating with Moonly on its SaaS tool will provide a straightforward, user-friendly staking option for their community. And this is a valuable way to support the community.
Moonly reiterates that it welcomes more NFT companies to use the SaaS.
The Kaimana NFT, another NFT project that onboarded the new SaaS moon ship, has recorded 764 holders staking their collectibles for the KAI token at 1.5 KAI daily—at the time of writing.
Moonly has shown that regardless of the hype, the power of an NFT project lies in the value it delivers to its community. The team builds at scale and has released more valuable tools in the past weeks.
While hinting at an NFT buy button integration and a sniping tool, Moonly also released its multi-NFT holder's verification tool last month—to allow holders of various NFTs to verify their holdings.


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MANILA – DigiCOOP, the largest online platform for cooperatives and labour unions in the Philippines, today announced a partnership with Singapore-based tech startup ADVANCE.AI to power the provision of digital and financial services for its 1.3 million labour union workers and farmers on its platform.
Launched in 2020 during the Philippines’ Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ), digiCOOP already has 12 federations and 100+ cooperatives using its digital platform. It has also integrated over 400 brick-and-mortar co-op branches into its web channel. Registered with the Cooperative Development Authority (CDA), digiCOOP’s aim is to unite and serve member cooperatives with an ecosystem of digital and financial products and services. Aggregated services offered on its platform include loan application, credit scoring, digital banking, insurance and investment, bill and online payment services as well as e-learning opportunities.
ADVANCE.AI specialises in digital identity verification to power smooth and seamless customer onboarding. In the Philippines for example, it can remotely onboard and verify a real user’s identity by scanning a range of national identity documents, such as the Philippines’ passport, UMID, SSS and TIN, and matching the image with a selfie taken with the phone’s camera. All this can be completed in under 60 seconds. Other services it provides include fraud and risk management, as well as alternative credit scoring services.
Ann Cuisia, CEO of TraXion Tech, the founder and creator of digiCOOP, said, “Our goal is to reduce systemic inefficiency and lack of financial inclusion by increasing the 20% banked Filipino families to at least 50% within five years. Our partnership with ADVANCE.AI and their expertise in digitally onboarding customers through seamless and secure digital identity verification supports our vision of enabling unbanked and underserved Filipino segments of society to build their own wealth, participate in a lively digital and financial ecosystem and pass on the coop legacy to the next tech-adept generation.”
Michael Calma, Philippines Country Manager of ADVANCE.AI, said, “Economic advancement for the grassroots and union workers can only happen by increasing trust and confidence in the use of digital technology. As a Filipino, I’m very excited about this partnership and advancing digiCOOP’s mission of digital as well as financial accessibility and sustainability for the grassroots. Nowadays, the traditional customer onboarding process is simple, secure and can be completed entirely on their mobile phone. All they need to join the digiCOOP platform is a national identity document and an internet connection.”
A partnership media kit between DigiCOOP and ADVANCE.AI is available here.
About digiCOOP Technology Service Cooperative
Launched in 2020, DigiCOOP’s vision is to unite and serve member cooperatives using technology. Within a year, it already has 12 federations and 100+ cooperatives using its digital platform.Some of its aggregated services include credit scoring, digital banking, insurance and investment, bill and digital payment services as well as e-learning opportunities. chnology to provide convenience and security at a lower cost than traditional services.
ADVANCE.AI is Southeast Asia's leading provider of digital identity verification, KYC/AML, compliance and risk management solutions. Headquartered in Singapore, it currently partners 700+ enterprise clients across banking, financial services, fintech, payment, retail and e-commerce sectors. ADVANCE.AI is part of Advance Intelligence Group, one of the largest independent technology startups based in Singapore. Founded in 2016, the Group has presence across South and Southeast Asia, Latin America and Greater China. The Group is backed by top tier investors SoftBank Vision Fund 2, Warburg Pincus, Northstar, Vision Plus Capital, Gaorong Capital, Pavilion Capital, GSR Ventures and Singapore-based global investor EDBI.


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- Sentiment hits highest since Nov. 2018
- Current conditions improve, firms more upbeat about H2
- Bounce-back from lockdown drives surge in retail conditions
- But economists worry about coronavirus Delta variant
BERLIN, June 24 (Reuters) – German business morale rose by more than expected in June and hit its highest level since November 2018 on companies’ surging optimism about the second half of the year in Europe’s largest economy, a survey showed on Thursday.
The Ifo institute said its business climate index rose to 101.8 from 99.2 in May. A Reuters poll of analysts had pointed to a June reading of 100.6.
“The German economy is shaking off the coronavirus crisis,” Ifo President Clemens Fuest said in a statement.
Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Wednesday Germany was on the verge of a strong economic upswing, adding that Bundesbank chief Jens Weidmann had given a very positive assessment of the economic outlook to the cabinet.


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The declining fortunes of the Naira continued, yesterday, as it suffered another182 kobo depreciation at the foreign exchange auction conducted by the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN.
The results of the bi-weekly auction showed that the official exchange rate rose to N158.41 to the dollar at the end of the session, from N156.59 at the last auction on Monday. This translates to 182 kobo depreciation for the Naira against the dollar, and the largest depreciation at the official market since November 2011. Cumulatively, the Naira has lost 202 kobo at the official market this week, and 265 kobo this month.
Meanwhile, the CBN yesterday reduced dollar sales at the official auction by 72 percent. Results of the bi-weekly Retail Dutch Auction System, RDAS, session held yesterday showed that the apex bank reduced dollar sale to $114.04 million, from $397.33 million sold on Monday. This represents the lowest dollar sale in any RDAS session since January 21st this year when the apex bank sold $100 million.
The reduction in dollar sales, and depreciation of the Naira, indicate that the CBN has decided to protect the nation’s external reserve instead of defending the Naira.
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The new generation of the Suzuki SX4 is expected to boost the company’s sales thanks to its larger size, new technologies and new rivals, such as the Nissan Qashqai.
The 2014 Suzuki SX4 is one of the most important models in the company’s lineup and this was recently highlighted by the automaker’s Europe chief, Takanori Suzuki, who said that the new SX4 will outsell the current generation by more.
“We have never had before a car like this, especially with its rear luggage space of 430 liters, which is among the best in its class”, said Takanori Suzuki, talking about the outgoing version’s 270 liters.
The new generation of the Suzuki SX4 has been officially presented to the public during the 2013 Geneva Motor Show in a premiere, a couple of weeks ago. The model is 4,300 mm long, 1,765 mm wide and 1,570 mm tall (17-inch wheels), compared to the size of the outgoing version of 4,135 mm in length, 1,755 mm in width and 1,565 mm in height, riding on a 2,500 mm wheelbase. Power is being provided by a 1.6 liter diesel and by a 1.6 liter petrol unit, mated to a six-speed manual transmission or to a CVT.
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Breaking news for fans of Alan Wake, the 2009 sleeper hit exclusive to the Xbox 360. Rumors turned to truth today with the confirmation of a sequel hitting the 360 at some point in the near future. While Remedy Entertainment has been generally tight lipped about bringing out a sequel to the game, MajorNelson announced today and confirmed some of the rumors that had been floating around.
There will be an Alan Wake (2?) of sorts, it will be a full game and available to the 360, but in a twist it will be only available through XBLA as a downloadable title. Expect more details during the Spike Video Game Awards where the game will be shown for the first time.


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BY OYAOL NGIRAIRIKL
In the last few years, there have been more auto detailing and tinting shops popping up on Guam, with ads coming across social media feeds.
“That’s great,” said an enthusiastic Pat Leon Guerrero, owner of Pat’s Tinting & Detailing.
Joseph Roberto, managing member for Roberto Enterprises is just as encouraged.
For two men who have made a name for themselves in the tinting and detailing industry, it’s exciting to see young up and comers who are chasing their dreams, just as they did when they were younger.
“I am one to encourage (young people) to try it. You’ll never know where it might take you and if you have that dream, by all means do it,” Roberto said. “Honestly, we need more people to start their own businesses.”
He said the growth in the auto detailing industry on island comes down to saving people time and effort in their busy lives.
“When you talk about the industry, and this is just my opinion, why do I think the industry has grown so much? I’ll give you one word, convenience. People like you, like me, are always looking for convenience.
“And then you combine that convenience with a level of professionalism,” he said, and that draws and keeps customers.
The pandemic served as an impetus for many startups, whether it was auto-detailing, a food truck or a lawn service business, Roberto said. “COVID-19 was horrible. Don’t get me wrong. But it also forced people to get creative … whether it was with gardening, taking jobs they may not have considered before, or finally taking the plunge on a dream. That was an opportunity,” he said.
And with roughly 120,000 vehicles registered at the Department of Revenue and Taxation, there’s a lot of business to go around.
“It’s not hard. You don’t need a college degree,” Leon Guerrero said. With today’s products both tinting and auto detailing have gotten easier, but still require a lot of elbow grease, attention to detail and a passion for what you’re doing.
Leon Guerreoro started his business tinting car windows out of his Dededo home in 1993. He was about 20 years old at the time.
But after six months, he realized he needed space. And he said this is the point where a young entrepreneur needs to make a decision.
“It’s easy if you’re doing one car a day,” he said. “But if you’re going to be in it for the long haul, then establish yourself and go out and do it hard.” The decision wasn’t easy for him. “I had just bought a Jeep … I was like, how can I pay for my Jeep and afford the rent (of a building),” he said. “But what got me going … was Fred Jackson from Jackson’s Car wash.”
He was able to lease a small space for two cars from Jackson near the car wash. Leon Guerrero said he needed customers so he came up with a plan. Other places were removing tint for a price — if tinting cost $199, there would be a $70 fee for tint removal. He offered old tint removal for free. It worked.
“That’s why I needed my brother. We were so busy — at the time three to four cars a day was a lot,” he said. “I couldn’t believe it. I went from getting paid by the hour to making $500 to $600 a day.”
But renting that space and working alongside his brother, John Salas, and seeing the profit they were making helped him realize the possibilities.
“That’s where I got the mindset to get more guys. Also, I listened to other businessmen, even though they weren’t a tint shop,” he said. They told him, “‘You know what you need to do? Get a better space, put in four to five cars into the space and do 10 cars a day and you’ll see your quota, your revenues go up.’”
He also listened to his customers. The tinting business was up and running when the auto detailing aspect of the business started to appear. This was around 1995, Leon Guerrero said.
“It started with ladies, to be honest,” he said, explaining it was pregnant moms who wanted their cars cleaned before they brought baby home. He and his brother started with bottles of Tuff Stuff spray but graduated quickly and bought an extractor, which they named Betsy, and that side of the business took off.
“Having that machine made everything faster,” he said.
From doing the work by himself out of his home, to tinting and cleaning cars with his brother, to a staff of 12 tinters and detailers, he’s appreciative of the opportunities he’s been given. He’s also grateful for those businesspeople who took the time to talk to him, but he reiterated that young entrepreneurs need to want to learn and not be afraid of the hard work if they want to succeed.
Roberto agrees. He is the managing member for Roberto Enterprises; East Island Tinting LLC which also does business as North Island Tinting and Paradise Auto Spa LLC. The group is based in East Agana and Dededo and was founded in 1998.
Much like Leon Guerrero, he got his start at Jackson’s Car Wash, and his shop started with tinting but branched into auto detailing at the request of customers.
“We had been auto-detailing for years,” he said, adding that many people would ask for a wash and vacuum or something more while the car was with them for a tint. He said that was the concept behind the name Paradise Auto Spa — convenience with a little bit of pampering. It also welcomed women into the world of auto detailing. It’s reflected in the names for their various treatment options, which include Tropical Deluxe, Detox and Glo, Touch of Luxury, and Rejuvenation.
Roberto started Paradise Auto Spa started with his brother-in-law Danny Cruz. Cruz used to work at Elegant Reflections and “was known as one of the best auto detailers,” Roberto said. Before the pandemic, “business was going beautiful,” he said. “We grew from one staff member and added four others.”
Unfortunately, when the pandemic hit, they had to close shop like everyone else, but it’s given him a new hunger. The pandemic struck while they were constructing Northern Island Tinting. In February, they officially opened the shop, and that part of the business has been busy. He said the auto-detailing slows down during the elections, but he expects it to pick up around the holidays.
“I don’t know why. But it never fails. On an election year, for a couple months before the election it slows down. Then once the elections are over, it picks up again,” he said with a shrug. “We’re already starting to see it speed up but just wait. Come November it’s going to be really busy.” mbj


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We've heard a good deal about Dell Boomi's progress over the past few years, but not too much in terms of hard numbers, which were mostly buried in the results of Dell's overall
software group (when it was public). But a recent report by the respected 451 Group's Carl Lehman (pdf), reposted on Dell Boomi's website, provides some insights.
Its report, presumably based on information provided to it by Dell Boomi, says it currently has around 100 employees and plans to have about 150 on staff by year end. (Dell Boomi's LinkedIn page shows 67 employees, 31 in the Philly area.) Revenue distinct to Boomi was not reported, but the unit did say susbcription revenue grew at an average rate of 68% per quarter over the past 12 months (not sure if that's over prior year or over prior
Dell Boomi also said the year over year platform usage grew by a factor of 13, from 35 million integration processes a month a year ago to 450 million now.
The 451 Group says Boomi's AtomSphere has become "an iPaaS reference architecture of sorts" that other vendors are trying to emulate, and that this along with growth in customers and usage positions AtomSphere as an iPaaS leader. While its MDM (Master Data
Managment) offering, which competes with market leader Informatica, is still maturing
and is mostly in trial right now, it has promise. Other new tools in its recent Spring
release include message queing. The 451 Group also expects API management to be another
important feature for Dell Boomi in the next few quarters.
Perhaps the top two competitors to AtomSphere are MuleSoft and Informatica Cloud, the 451 report says. There are others, including a Red Hat entrant and SnapLogic.
Dell Boomi today announced a new NetSuite OpenAir Connector, a tool that helps simplify integration processes with one of Dell Boomi's most important long-time partners.
Dell acquired Berwyn-based Boomi, co-founded by Rick Nucci with Bob Moul later joining then-CTO Nucci as GM, in 2010. Michael Dell, in his comments, has frequently touted Boomi as a key to Dell's software strategy. The sale price was never announced, though the most credible report I saw put it in the $60 million range.
Dell Boomi's current GM is Chris McNabb, who like Moul came from SunGard's Higher Ed business, now part of Ellucian.


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PERIOD: 2019/11/30 〜 2020/5/29
RESPONDENTS: 500 INDONESIAN
SURVEY DONE BY LICORICE
There are a lot of people whose sight is not as clear as the bright sky. They need glasses or contact lenses to see clearly. How many Indonesian who need glasses or contact lenses?
Q. Is your eyesight normal? (SA)
According to the survey, 85% of Indonesian respondents stated their eyes were normal. However, 13.4% of Indonesian respondents needed glasses to see. Meanwhile, 1.6% of respondents needed contact lenses to see.
According to the Indonesian Ministry of Health Research data, around 4.6 percent of the total Indonesian population wear refractive glasses and eyepiece.
Meanwhile, the Indonesian Ophthalmologist Association noted that as many as 10% of children and teenagers in Indonesia need eyeglasses because of eye refraction disorder.
Based on Indonesian Statistics Center data, Indonesia has more than 260 million residents, 27.2% of whom are children aged 18 years and under.
That means, around 70 million people are still children. If divided by 70 million people who are still classified as children based on Indonesian Statistic Center data, then those who need glasses are around 7 million children.


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Rhea Hewitt, training coordinator and communication director of Batavia Wal-Mart presented a $500 check to Genesee Community College Fashion Merchandising students in support of the College's 24th annual student fashion show. Due to continuing popularity of the Fashion Show, which last year brought over 1000 guests, this year's event, scheduled for Saturday, April 30, 2004 will have two shows, one at 3:00 PM and a second show at 7:00 PM, both at the Batavia campus in the William W. Stuart Forum.
"We are so appreciative of Wal-Mart's continued support of this great community event," Professor Rick Dudkowski said. "Each year the Fashion Show is a spectacular opportunity to merge the energy and creativity of our students with outside resources. It is a professionally staged show and wonderful occasion for students to learn about retail, sales, as well as all the rewards and challenges of events management."
Wal-Mart will be joined by approximately a dozen other corporate sponsors from Western New York in supplying clothing, accessories, and other materials that help create the program's overall success. Tickets for the show will be available in advance for $5 or at the door for $7. For further information on tickets or sponsorship opportunities please call 585-345-6830.
A photograph of Ms. Hewitt, Professor Dudkowski and project managers of the Fashion Show is available at:http://marketing.genesee.edu/images/fashion_show_05.jpg
Photo caption: Standing left to right are some of the key players of Genesee Community College's 2005 Fashion Show, "Runway 24," scheduled April 30, 2005: Genesee Community College Professor Rick Dudkowski; Krystal Cunningham, (project manager, planning committee); Katie O'Callaghan (project manager, back-of-house committee) Rhea Hewitt, training coordinator and communication director of Batavia Wal-Mart presenting a $500 donation; Martha Stickner, (project manager, finance committee); Amy Lukawski, (project manager, front-of-house committee); and Mark McDonald, (project manager, public relations committee).


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HTC and their 2013 flagship smartphone the HTC One has easily been one of the top two or three most talked about handsets of the year. This is obviously with good reason because between the specs and the build quality there is a lot of substance to go along with the hype. That’s not to say there hasn’t been plenty of negative and oddball stories as well, one example being the manufacturer’s President and CEO Peter Chou announcing that if the device fails he would step down from one of the best jobs in mobile.
The biggest negative so far for the HTC One however has been all of the delays at getting the device to store shelves, an issue that is slowly but surely being rectified. Even with all of the supply issues, the One has still sold five million units since launch, a number that is good but still half of what HTC’s chief rival Samsung has shipped of their 2013 flagship the Galaxy S IV.
HTC will be taking another step in their game of catch up with Samsung in the next week though because the HTC One will be seeing a nationwide release on The United States’ “Uncarrier” T-Mobile on Wednesday June 5th. The One has been available on the magenta network for a while but could only be picked up in “select” stores (roughly 300 of them), and there were reports that the smartphone was impossible to find.
This means that next Wednesday prospective HTC One buyers can walk into any T-Mobile store and pick up what many have described as the best smartphone of the year thus far. The T-Mobile HTC One can be purchased on a two year installment plan after plunking down $99.99 up front. Another way to snag this handset is to buy it outright from the carrier for $579.99 but I think that a lot of people that may consider going that route might wait for the pure Google edition of the device.
Finally if you have a non Android fan in your family or circle of friends there is also another smartphone being released on the carrier the same day, the BlackBerry Q10. While not my cup of tea (and I’m sure not many of yours) there is still a market, albeit small, for the blackberry brand.
Will any of you be hitting up your local T-Mobile brick and mortar store looking for a new phone next week? Let us know in the comments.


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Sinn Féin Stands with Tesco Workers – David Cullinane TD
David Cullinane, Sinn Féin spokesperson for workers rights, has called on Tesco to enter into proper dialogue with Mandate trade union and to refrain from forcing through changes to contracts and established work practices.
Deputy Cullinane said:
"The issue of pay and conditions is one that is best worked out between unions and management.
Tesco, however, have decided to disregard normal industrial relations procedures and engage in unilateral action that is meant to antagonize and disrupt standard and agreed resolution procedures.
The company is attempting to force changes to contracts of employment without agreement. The new contracts would result in some workers experiencing reduced incomes of up to 15 percent along with increased use of undecided hours.
Some people who have worked for Tesco Ireland for up to 21 years are now being told to accept imposed changes to their contracts or get out the door.
This is unacceptable and Sinn Féin stands with Tesco workers and their union, Mandate, in opposing such unilateral and unacceptable behaviour.
More worryingly, it appears that Tesco Ireland have hired an infamous union-busting legal firm to undermine any decent contracts of employment remaining in the retail sector in Ireland.
We are hearing reports of some Mandate union officials who have been barred from meeting their members in Tesco stores.
Last year I moved a bill before the Dáil that dealt directly with this issue.
The Right to Access Bill would ensure that union officials could meet their members without fear of intimidation.
I will be launching this bill tomorrow and hope to bring it before the Dáil for a second reading at the earliest possible time.
We cannot allow unions to be undermined in this way.
This is about decent work in the retail sector and across the rest of our society.


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D.C. Council considers high cost of gas in the city
Even Jesse Jackson has entered the fray, issuing a letter to council members arguing the legislation would adversely affect a minority-driven success story. Mr. Mamo, too, said the legislation would harm minority dealers with whom he has lease-contracts, because the law would force him to franchise out the stations.
Several of the contracted operators testified against the bill, noting they cannot afford the single-franchise pricetag.
“This is the most un-American thing I have ever seen,” said Dawit Habte Selasie, operator of a Shell station on New Hampshire Avenue in Northeast.
Ms. Cheh had objected to the racial framing of the issue and established at the hearing that Mr. Mamo had asked for Mr. Jackson’s letter. But in a heated exchange that followed, Mr. Mamo’s lobbyist, John Ray, maintained that Mr. Jackson wrote the letter with his own thoughts and words.
Lynn Cook, manager of Parker’s Exxon in the Palisades area of Ward 3, said he can only buy from one jobber, making it difficult for him to compete with the station up the street.
“I was paying more than he was selling it to the public for,” Mr. Cook said.
“I don’t suppose you could go up their with containers?” Ms. Cheh quipped.
Mr. Mendelson said price was not the only issue. He expressed concern about a favoritism toward the convenience store-gas station models — which tend to sell more gas — than full service, gas-and-repair shop models like Mr. Cook‘s.
Mr. Cook said the lack of separation between jobbers and retail operations also means he is at greater risk of being replaced as a manager.
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A total of 1,422 are without power following an outage at 10.01pm.
A Northern Ireland Electricity Networks (NIEN) spokesperson said: “We have logged a fault for this area and will be assigning a repair team as soon as possible.”
The estimated restoration time for the fault is 1.30am on Saturday, November 27.
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Flipkart has started a heavy sale (Big Billion Day) on their website itself which commenced today (6th October 2014) at 8:00 AM as it was planned earlier
Damian Menezes from Goa purchased the Xiaomi Mi3 a few weeks back at Rs.13,999/- . Let us see what he has to say about the smartphone.
People being already disappointed with the iOS 8 and features have turned their heads to look at what Google has in store when they release Android L.
We have curated some of the Android smartphones which are running stock Android. If you want to experience the real Google Experience, then go ahead !
Motorola India has declared and started rolling out the Android 4.4.4 KitKat update (latest) for the Moto E, Moto G and Moto X across India.
You will have to go through a rigorous selection criteria as we have some very powerful devices listed below.
Here we bring you the best buy smartphones under Rs.25,000/- for the month of May 2014. Feel free to choose any one from the list as we have chosen the best from whatever you can have in the market right now.
Commencing from this year, Motorola is officially offering the Moto X at an everyday starting price of just $399 on all major US carriers without any contract.This offer includes custom devices too. Motorola can even help you finance your purchase* hence you can pay monthly for your contract-free Moto X.
THEY ARE STILL COMING. pic.twitter.com/8BwmddZBNn — @evleaks (@evleaks) December 7, 2013 When the topic about Motorola rounds up to custom designs, people mostly ask about the wood back Moto X and in context to the same we had earlier covered information that the Moto X with a wood back will arrive within two months. As […]
The Wed & Mon 12:00 p.m. ET sale will be for Moto Maker only. The Dev Edition Cyber Monday deal is sold out. — Motorola Mobility (@Motorola) December 3, 2013 While the world is exploring the Cyber Monday treat there is a news which is truly setting back as Motorola is informing users about the […]
All customers who have an AT&T Moto X began to receive the Android 4.4 KitKat update today and this latest update includes key enhancements to the user interface, focus and exposure, phone dialer app and the gallery apps: The Android 4.4 KitKat update includes various improvements and enhancements such as restyled status and navigation bars, a […]
The Motorola Moto G got all of the attention today so this juicy tidbit almost slipped by unnoticed as the Moto X will receive the Android 4.4 KitKat update “in a matter of weeks” as per source. The Moto X launched with Android 4.3 Jelly Bean OS, which was mostly clean of maker customization and it is […]
It was a sheer disappointment when Motorola announced that Moto Maker was just an exclusive to the major AT&T. Motorola now seems to have understood its mistake and has made this service available for all users registered with the major American carriers. This move has bought the company lots of praising from customers in the […]
Not even a day is over for the wait for the Moto X on Verizon. Earlier, there was a leak covered which said the Moto X will appear soon in various customization options and it is provided by @evleaks. So now the Moto Maker is now available for AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile and Verizon. Those of you […]


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|FIRST SERIAL PRODUCTION 2017 ACURA NSX ROLLS OFF THE LINE AT PERFORMANCE MANUFACTURING CENTER IN OHIO|
|• First customer Rick Hendrick takes delivery of VIN 001 with proceeds from his $1.2 million winning bid going to two children's charities|
May 24, 2016 - MARYSVILLE, Ohio Acura today celebrated the highly anticipated line-off of the first serial production 2017 Acura NSX at the new Performance Manufacturing Center (PMC) in Marysville, Ohio. The PMC is the exclusive manufacturing home to Acura's next-generation NSX, the only supercar made in America.
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|Lotus: The speed of #LightisRight|
|• Quickest ever line up of Lotus cars
• Engineering focus on added lightness
• Carbon fibre as standard on new models
• Exige Sport 350 Roadster, Evora Sport 410,
• Elise Cup 250 and 3-Eleven on show
The fastest ever line up of Lotus production road cars has been unveiled at this year's Geneva International Motor Show, with carbon fibre and lightweight engineering taking centre stage.
With all of the four new models capable of 0-60 in 3.9 seconds or less, Lotus' 2016 range drives home t...[Read more...]|
|KIA MOTORS REVEALS THREE NEW MODELS FOR EUROPE AT THE 2016 GENEVA INTERNATIONAL MOTOR SHOW|
|◾World premiere for Optima Sportswagon, Kia's first-ever D-segment tourer
◾European debut for Optima Plug-in Hybrid
◾All-new Niro hybrid crossover unveiled in European specification
The all-new Kia Optima Sportswagon was today given its global public debut at the 2016 Geneva International Motor Show (86th Salon International de l'Automobile), ahead of the car going on sale across Europe from Q4 2016. The Optima Sportswagon was joined on the Kia stand by the all-new Optima Plug-in Hybrid sal...[Read more...]|
|PORSCHE SHOWS TWO NEW HIGH-PERFORMANCE CARS FOR THE FIRST TIME|
|Double world premiere at the Geneva International Motor Show 2015
Atlanta. Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG is celebrating the world premiere of two extreme sports cars at this year's Geneva International Motor Show. The new Cayman GT4 is the first high-performance sports car belonging to the GT family that is based on the mid-engine coupes. Clocking a lap time of seven minutes and 40 seconds on the North Loop of the Nürburgring, the new model makes a great debut.
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|2015 SUBARU WRX AND WRX STI EARN IIHS 2014 TOP SAFETY PICK|
|Cherry Hill, N.J. - Subaru of America, Inc. today announced that the Insurance Institute of Highway Safety (IIHS) has awarded the 2015 Subaru WRX and WRX STI the IIHS 2014 TOP SAFETY PICK award for good performance in each of the Institute's crashworthiness evaluations, including the small overlap front test. This is the first time IIHS has rated the WRX and WRX STI, which were both completely redesigned for 2015.
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Retail sales above pre-pandemic levels after easing of lockdown, according to ONS
The easing of lockdown restrictions has triggered a surge in economic activity across the economy, official figures show.
In its latest real-time report the Office for National Statistics found that retail sales, restaurant reservations and business turnover all rose after restrictions were eased on April 12.
Debit and credit card data shows that retail purchases for items such as clothing and furnishings rose by 21 percentage points in the week to April 22 to 110 per cent of its average in February 2020. This means that retail purchases for delayable goods are above their pre-pandemic level.
Although the reopening of the hospitality sector led to a big increase in restaurant reservations, bookings are still considerably below their pre-pandemic levels. Cold weather in some parts of


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Mar 14, 2017
New Chevrolet Commercial Truck Powered by Duramax® Diesel
General Motors’ already impressive lineup of diesel-powered vehicles is growing in both size and number with the announcement that the new Chevrolet conventional cab commercial truck will be equipped with the legendary power and dependability of Duramax® diesel engines and Allison® heavy-duty transmissions.
Jointly developed between GM and Navistar™, the new commercial truck will have the ability to take on a wide range of jobs, meaning even greater solutions for fleet managers across the country.
Technical specifications such as cab and frame dimensions, horsepower and torque, GAWR, GVWR, payload and other ratings will be released closer to the truck’s 2018 launch.
GM and Navistar Reach Commercial Vehicle Agreement
Oct 9, 2015
Conventional Cab trucks to enter market in 2018
DETROIT, MICH. and LISLE, Ill. – General Motors Co. and Navistar have reached a long-term agreement to develop and assemble future medium-duty, conventional cab Class 4/5 commercial vehicles, allowing Navistar to strengthen its product lineup and GM to expand its Chevrolet commercial truck portfolio.
“Bringing medium-duty conventional cab trucks back into the portfolio strengthens Chevrolet’s commitment to providing commercial customers with more choices and one-stop shopping for a versatile lineup of trucks, vans, and crossovers,” said Ed Peper, U.S. vice president of GM Fleet and Commercial sales.
The future trucks will be jointly developed using Navistar’s expertise in rolling chassis configurations and manufacturing capabilities, and GM’s commercial components and engines. The vehicles are slated for production in 2018 and will be manufactured at Navistar’s facility in Springfield, Ohio.
According to Navistar, it plans to add 300 jobs and invest more than $12 million in facility upgrades and state-of-the-art equipment to produce the new vehicles.
“Our collaboration with GM is another example of our customer-centric, open integration approach – providing our customers with the best technologies available,” said Bill Kozek, president, Truck and Parts, Navistar. “By working with an industry-leading partner like GM, we’ll be able to enhance our medium-duty product portfolio and leverage our scale and expertise in manufacturing medium-duty trucks.”
Specific terms of the agreement were not disclosed. Any additional product information will be announced later.


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“John Gruber of Daring Fireball fame has made some astonishing claims on an episode of The Talk Show,” Paul Morris reports for RedmondPie. “The well-placed tech writer and Apple commentator has suggested that Apple sells its 4K Apple TV at cost and that the company actually makes a loss on each HomePod speaker it sells.”
“Yes, you read that right, according to John Gruber, Cupertino-based Apple Inc. goes to market with the 4K Apple TV priced at $180.00, which he believes is the exact same amount that the company pays to manufacturer each unit,” Morris reports. “He has also heard similar information pertaining to the company’s intelligent Siri-based speaker, the HomePod.”
“‘Apple actually sells [HomePod] at a loss. I can’t prove it. I don’t think it’s a big loss,'” [Gruber said],” Morris reports.
Read more in the full article here.
MacDailyNews Take: When you think about the technology inside both the Apple TV 4K and the HomePod, plus packaging, marketing, etc., we can easily see zero or worse margins on those products. They make up for it with app subscriptions, iTunes sales, and Apple Music memberships.


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Samsung has began selling the Galaxy A14 5G in the US with fewer memory configurations than its CES 2023 presentation instructed would be the case too. Despite revealing the machine as offering 64 GB or 128 GB of storage and 4 GB or 6 GB of RAM, only a 64 GB of storage and 4 GB of RAM possibility is obtainable at the time of publication.
The handset supports up to 1 TB expandable storage by MicroSD playing cards, nonetheless it remains to be viewed why Samsung has no longer released a 128 GB of storage or 6 GB of RAM variant yet. As expected, the Galaxy A14 5G is obtainable for US$199.99 in the US sooner than taxes. Samsung is no longer offering any promotional offers at originate, even supposing the machine might well maybe maybe be purchased unlocked or locked to AT&T, T-Cell and Verizon. Please look our originate article for plump Galaxy A14 5G specs.


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Nissan has signed a memorandum of understanding with Gateshead College (UK) to develop a Zero Emission Centre of Excellence (ZECE) in the North East of England. The new centre will act as a business incubator for the electric vehicle industry. Research and development will initially focus on charging infrastructure and battery second life.
Nissan has a longstanding relationship with Gateshead College for the training and development of staff at its Sunderland Plant. The two organisations have also worked together to develop the Gateshead College Skills Academy for Sustainable Manufacturing and Innovation, and through the college’s lease of the test track at Nissan Sunderland Plant for the Zero Carbon Futures Performance Track for the low carbon vehicle industry.
The ZECE will also act as a home for the manufacturing of Nissan’s quick charger technology, which allows ChadeMo-compliant electric vehicles to charge to 80% in just 30 minutes. This follows an agreement with charging station manufacturer DBT to set up a new production facility at the center, which will produce up to 1,000 units a year for the European market.
The target is to have a network of quick charge stations across Europe with thousands of units in place by the end of 2015. Nissan is giving 400 units away to Zero Emissions Mobility partners and volunteering companies in Europe.
The Centre will also investigate the best opportunities for second life use of lithium-ion batteries that have been used previously in Nissan’s electric vehicles. Among the applications to be explored, the Zero Emission Centre of Excellence will focus on solutions to store the energy produced from renewable sources.


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In an industry where big releases sell in the millions of copies 100,000 may not seem like much but The Stanley Parable is the work of a few indie developers and it’s far from your normal game. It’s a promising sign that we’ll be seeing a lot more from Galactic Cafe in the future.
In a post mortem of Stanley’s release, Galactic reveal just how they managed it.
They put it down to their prelaunch releases.
“The idea of a demo seemed obvious at the time,” writes Galactic Cafe. “Since our game was very difficult to talk about without spoiling, why not simply make an extra piece of game in the spirit of the main game to convey what it’s about! […] we estimate that 150k-200k people have played the demo since it launched. It received its own run of news on most major news sites, the demo alone received video previews and was streamed by many high traffic Let’s Players. Copies of the demo were sent to all of these outlets about a week before it launched.
“Essentially we got the press equivalent of two video game launches.”
This goes against the grain of research into the matter. Last year Jesse Schell claimed a demo can cut a game’s potential sales in half.
They also lay responsibility for their success on the door of their trailer: “We released 5 trailers over the course of the game’s development, and not one of them contains any substantial actual footage of the game. […] if you make the marketing material interesting on its own, it’s irrelevant whether it “sells” your game. Our focus was always on creating content that was on its own fun for people to experience and to be a part of, with essentially 0% of the design aimed at trying to get the game to sell.”
You can play the demo, watch the trailers, and buy the game over on Steam.


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Digital display advertising bought programmatically will increase by 137% this year over 2013 and nearly double its share of spending in the display ad marketplace, according to a study released today by eMarketer. In a mere three years it will go from a quarter (24%) of total spend to nearly three quarters (63%), the research company determined after analyzing data from several sources and interviewing some 50 agency, brand, publishing, and tech executives.
“What’s behind the trend from a marketer’s standpoint is the desire to have a better view of the data and use it to make smarter advertising decisions,” says eMarketer analyst Lauren Fisher. “Cost efficiency plays a role, too, but longer term, it’s about using data to your advantage.”
Mobile’s ascension to a starring role in the marketing drama has pumped up programmatic’s growth, as well. “Major players like Google and Facebook are trending toward mobile and, in turn, toward programmatic,” Fisher observes.
The numbers projected by eMarketer are jaw-dropping. From $4.24 billion last year, the research firm sees programmatic buys increasing to around $10 billion this year, $15 billion next year, and $20 billion in 2016.
This turning of the tables on traditional buying will be mirrored by a flip-flopping of channels most served by programmatic. In 2013, 69% of programmatic buys were for desktop ads. In 2016, 69% of programmatic buys will be mobile ads. Last year, programmatic buys for mobile amounted to $1.3 billion. That will skyrocket to $14 billion in three years.
More premium publishers figure to hop on the programmatic bullet train in the coming years. This year, eMarketer figures real-time-bidding (RTB) auctions to account for nine out of 10 buys, but sees that declining to only six of 10 by 2016, with programmatic direct purchases picking up the slack. “That will partly be driven by the broader desire of advertisers to automate the entire sales process,” Fisher says. “But they will do more programmatic guaranteed buys with publishers, locking into a specified amount of inventory.”
The programmatic trend will also extend to video purchases. A mere $200 million worth of video inventory was purchased programmatically in 2013. That figure will grow a at 200% rate over the next two years, eMarketer forcecasts, and hit nearly $4 billion in 2016.