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Workers increasingly want to control when and where they work through mobile technology, according to the University of Sydney Business School.
Scientists at three universities – including two in Australia – have created what they claim to be the world’s largest quantum circuit board, an essential component in high-powered laser light computers.
A mobile device called InGear that logs learner driver mileage took out Telstra’s machine to machine (M2M) university challenge this year.
The implications of data breaches can be severe for companies with potential financial losses and loss of customer trust.
Newly developed algorithms may be the solution to reducing the increasing energy consumption and cost of high performance computing (HPC) networks, according to University of Sydney director of HPC Professor Albert Zomaya.
This month, 78 high school students interested in web applications and robotics, attended the University of Sydney's National Computer Science School (NCSS)
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Apple wants to patent glass enclosures for its devices. It’s a way to create a fused glass cover for devices such as the iPad, iPhone and even TV sets.
Here are some notes from the patent application:
An electronic device, comprising: an electronic device housing formed from fused glass members including at least first and second opposing planar glass members that are separated by a gap; and display structures inserted into the gap.
Perhaps we can expect something from future products with this. The rumored watch did come from an understanding of how glass curves around the hand, we’ve heard.

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The concept called "HPH" (High-Performance Hybrid) is doing its last test rounds before going to production in 2021. The name will be changed, of course.
It's powered by a turbo V6 engine, and one or two electric motors. Switching to V6 reduces the weight of the engine, improves performance, and electric range, which is expected to be acceptable 32 kilometers (20 miles).
The new powertrain is not the only innovation in the HPH. McLaren will use the new, super-light, carbon fiber passenger cell called "MCLA" for the first time in this hybrid supercar.
This McLaren will be positioned between the McLaren GT and 720S both in performance and price.


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On yearly basis, the AUM of the company was around Rs. 1.53 Lakh Cr. as of 31st March 2021 and reported growth of 4%.
Profit After Tax (PAT) of the company grew by 42% to Rs. 1,347 Cr.
In terms of accounts booked, the company booked 5.5 million accounts.
The new customer acquisition run rate has come back to pre-COVID levels at 2.26 million which were added in Q4FY21.
The overall franchise was 48.6 million the cross-sell franchise was 27 million overall on a year-on-year basis growth of 27 million.
AUM in the Q4FY21 stood at Rs. 9,400 Cr., which was Rs. 8,500 Cr. in Q3FY21.
Total geographic footprint just a tad below 3,000 locations and 1,10,000 distribution points.
The overall cost of funds came in at 7.4% or 7.39% versus 8.37% a year ago.
The deposit book crossed the mark of Rs. 25,000 Cr.
Overall corporate and retail in that retail is 77% corporate is 23%.
Opex to NIM came at 34.5% as compared to 31% last year.
The capital Adequacy Ratio of the company remained very strong at 28.5%.
NPA Situation & Provisions:
The Gross NPA of the company is at 1.79%.
Net NPA is at 0.75% as of March 2021 and in absolute figure stood at Rs. 1,136 Cr.
Overall last year, as a result of COVID company entered FY2021 with a 900 odd Crores of COVID overlay and now again entering in a way the second wave with 840 odd Crores of management overlay and macro provision.
Launching of Omin Channel Frame for the company’s franchise with an update on its existing Experia App.
The Bajaj Pay for consumers is the payment infrastructure of the company with BBPS services gone live.
The three marketplace companies have which are e-store, insurance, and investment market place are in advanced stages of development at this point.
Sales app ecosystem, our merchant app ecosystem, collections app, and partner app ecosystem will go live between May and September in a phased manner again.
The first phase of the e-store has gone live in February, the company is having now 25,000 SKUs on it for the consumer electronics business, 40,000 retailers have been onboarded and the final capabilities of the e-store will go live between July and August 2021.
The insurance and investments marketplace will go live between July and August as well.
12 adjunct partner apps are live and overall, 28 apps will go live as the premium financial services go live.
Credit Cost Outlook:
Credit Cost will be close to between 150 to 160 basis points.
The road acquisition is better it is also showing that the collections infrastructure of the company is much stronger.
It should be between 150 to 170 basis points in the first quarter of FY22.
Rs. 1,530 Crores was the additional write-off that the company had done on account of COVID wave stress.
And, Rs. 500 Crores of a normal write-off.
Total Write-off amounted to around Rs. 2,000 Cr.
If everything comes to normalcy, the company can deliver balance sheet growth of around 25% to 27%, and ROE of 18% to 20%.
The Company looks confident to deliver long-term guidance metrics if lockdowns which may further lead to moratorium issues do not happen.
Significantly augmented and is increasing digital capability to remain fully functional.


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Mule ewe lambs were in strong demand at Longtown yesterday with the 4165 lambs sold averaging a creditable £94.96, a rise of £2.35 on last year’s sale despite the horrendous summer many have endured.
The auctioneers report a strong trade throughout, with the top price achieved for the second prize pen from the show of lambs out of Swaledale ewes. These lambs from Messrs James, Midtodhills, sold at £158 to Messrs Ridsdale, Yewtree.
Following them at £142 were the first prize pen from Messrs Roddam, Fordlands, which were bought by Messrs Ackerley, Milton Mains.
And making £130 were the third prize pen from Messrs Bell and Copeland, Coach House, which went to Messrs Spedding, Stoneflatt.
In the show of lambs out of Blackface ewes the top call was £115 for the second prize lambs from Messrs Nichol, Lawston, which sold to Messrs Cockburn, Fountainside, with the first prize pen from Wanwood Partners, Cowden, making £112 when selling to Messrs Fox, Windy Hill.
I believe the trade at Hawes on Monday and Tuesday was somewhat off the clock for the dearest lambs, with the top price I’ve heard being a call of £940, however, I’ve not seen a full report from that sale yet. We’ll bring you more news as soon as we can…..


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New MacBooks or MacBook Airs - this has been rumored for basically years, but we have no idea if we're going to see new devices or whether they will have a separate announcement in October. It'll also come in gold, adding to the gray and silver versions from past year.
That fresher profile could help lure price-conscious Apple customers with three- and four-year-old phones into an upgrade, said Eddins.
This giant call maker looks set to feature a 6.5-inch display which would make it the largest iPhone Apple has ever made.
"The targets include iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, iPhone X, iPad 9.7, and 9.7-, 10.5-, and 12.9-inch iPad Pro imported from China and Hong Kong".
The third phone, a new low-priced version of the iPhone X, could be the hit of the product roll out.
Tennis Officials "Fearful They Could Be the Next Ramos" After Serena Incident
Jordan, and gifts her a 65-inch television after she says she would spend her huge amount of winnings on a TV for her parents. ATP players should think carefully about whether they address female umpires differently to their male counterparts.
Jack Butland 'reassured' over England place despite playing for Stoke in Championship
Southgate, meanwhile, said of the row between the players at half-time: 'We expect that, we encourage it. We kept the ball better after half-time also.
IPhone XS event: Five things to look out for
Moreover, 9to5Mac, reports that the iPhone XS Max would be the heaviest iPhone weighing at 7.34 ounce (208 grams). While dual SIM cards have been around for years on Android phones, the addition would be new to the iPhone.
The iPhone XR, which is expected to sport a 6.1 inch-screen, will come in black, white, red, yellow, coral and blue with available storage at 64 GB, 128 GB and 256 GB, according to the sitemap leak discovered by Allthings.how.
As always though, stay tuned for more information (and LEAKS) throughout the day leading up to the event.
The sequel to the last year's iPhone X is likely to be the iPhone XS with a 5.8-inch OLED screen and its price could be $899. All you have to do is like the tweet and a link to watch the event will be sent once it goes live.
While the iPhones will be the Wednesday's main attraction, Apple's growing smartwatch business will see stage time, too.
Also odd is the fact that Apple is just now expanding its livestreams to other platforms.


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The Honda Civic used to be the go-to car for a great combination of reliability and fun. That went away with some previous generations but Honda is starting to get their mojo back and the 2020 Civic Si is a step in the right direction.
Though the Honda Civic Hatchback lacks the movie-star looks of its Type R sibling, it falls on the warm-fuzzy side of the spectrum with solid reliability, excellent fuel economy and just the right amount of maneuverability for urban driving.
Honda has plans to electrify two-thirds of its lineup by 2030, and one of the first steps in that direction is creating a hybrid version of its most-popular vehicle. The Honda CR-V Hybrid is all-new for 2020, and it’s going to raise the bar for hybrids in its class.
Photo gallery: The Honda Civic Type R gets a small facelift for 2020 that includes performance upgrades, standard safety tech and this stunning Boost Blue paint color that was on display at the 2020 Chicago Auto Show.


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The patent infringement lawsuit brought against Motorola Mobility by Apple has been thrown out by a federal judge four days before the case was due to go to trial, reports Bloomberg.
Apple had accused Motorola of infringing four patents with its Droid range of smartphones and Xoom tablet. Motorola meanwhile filed a case against Apple concerning a single cellular communications patent.
Judge Richard Posner dismissed the case in Chicago after rejecting the damages claims of both sides in the final hearing before the trial was due to start on 11 June. Posner said in a written order that he had “tentatively decided” to reject the case as neither company could “establish a right to relief”. However, he said “I may change my mind” when he writes a longer decision.
If the Apple-Motorola trial had taken place, it would have been the first patent trial to take place since Google acquired Motorola Mobility for US$12.5 billion in May.
The case is just one of numerous lawsuits being filed across the world as vendors vie for a bigger slice of the smartphone market. Apple has also been engaged in legal battles with Samsung, while Motorola, Microsoft and HTC have all been involved in various patent disputes.


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MyDoom returns for round 2
New version of e-mail worm deletes files, launches denial of service attacks.
Security experts issued fresh alerts over a new, file-deleting version of the MyDoom e-mail worm that was targeting computer users with greater ferocity Wednesday.
The new outbreak, known as MyDoom.F, emerged late last week and has been gathering steam ever since.
The virus is programmed to infect personal computers and use them to unleash a crippling digital barrage known as a denial-of-service attack on select Web sites belonging to Microsoft Corp. (MSFT: Research, Estimates) and the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).
The attacks failed to bring down the sites, though access to the Web site for the RIAA was hampered slightly Wednesday, security firms reported. The RIAA, a lobbying group for the music industry, has drawn the ire of computer users since it began suing online song swappers last year.
While it was not spreading as fast as its MyDoom predecessors nor as rapidly as last week's Netsky.B outbreak, MyDoom.F is considered a growing risk as it deletes random Microsoft Word and Excel files, plus photos and movies stored on an infected computer.
"MyDoom.F has been picking up pace since Monday and Tuesday," said Mikko Hypponen, manager of Finnish anti-virus research firm F-Secure. "The disturbing thing is that it has a destructive payload. We haven't seen a destructive virus like this in a while," he said.
Computer viruses rarely destroy files these days. They have instead evolved over the years to turn unsecured computers into "zombie" machines capable of carrying out the virus writer's commands.
Typically, this army of commandeered machines is used to send out torrents of e-mail spam messages, unleash digital attacks on targeted Web sites and, in some cases, host Web sites that sell everything from vitamins to pornography.
The first MyDoom worm surfaced in January and is considered the most virulent outbreak ever, infecting millions of computers around the globe.
Security firms were again advising computer users not to open mysterious-looking e-mails or click on their attachments if they are not certain of the sender's identity.
The latest outbreak arrives in e-mail in-boxes carrying a variety of subject header lines including: "Approved," "Your Credit Card" and "You use illegal File Sharing...Your IP was logged."
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In a bid to get its name out to the average punter, iiNet has extended its partnership with T20 cricket team the Sydney Sixers for another three years.
Australian Football League (AFL) fans who plan to buy Google Glass will be able to listen to a live commentary on their Internet-connected headset from next year.
Australian Football League (AFL) fans can stay in touch with the footy action on their smartphone or tablet with the release of an AFL Live Official app.
Payment systems provider NCR has begun a rollout of a loaded ticket offering around the country with Suncorp and Metricon stadiums in Queensland signing on. The system allows fans to preload their match tickets or membership cards with money to be used to buy merchandise, food or drinks.
Google and AFL football maker Sherrin have created a football which fuses sports and online tracking technology.
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UPDATE: This Kickstarter campaign has been shut down due to copyright disputes over the original images used to create the Blackprints.
Although the vast majority of eyeballs were tuned to the madness at Barrett-Jackson this past weekend, that televised car auction wasn't the only high-dollar game in Arizona. RM Auctions brought its usual gaggle of exotic wares to the desert, and the car that came out on top sold for much more than Barrett-Jackson's highest sale, the Batmobile.
Alright, these aren't just any old snakes. These are the entrants in this year's Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion, and each and every car on track is an original Shelby Cobra. Nor is this your run of the mill hill, either. We shot a quick video at the infamous corkscrew at Laguna Seca for your viewing pleasure. While photos of the event do a smart job of capturing the chaos, there's nothing like seeing and hearing all the cars pour through the downhill chicane in quick succession.
Every year, the organizers behind the Monterey weekend choose a specific model to serve as the "featured marque" for events like the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Revival, Quail Motorsports Gathering and Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance. This year, they honored the Shelby Cobra both as a nod to the machine's 50th anniversary and as a tribute to the recently passed Carroll Shelby.
There are plenty of events that make the Monterey weekend worth visiting, but the vast majority pale in comparison to Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion. Whereas the Concorso Italiano, Quail Motorsports Gathering and McCall Motorworks Revival are packed with gorgeous machinery lounging on well-kept lawns, the Motorsports Reunion gives some of our favorite vintage race cars a chance to stretch their legs on the world-famous apexes of Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. Organizers say nearly every decade o
It's been 50 years since Carroll Shelby stitched together the first Cobra. In the intervening half-century, the little British car with a big American engine established itself as an icon of the automotive industry. To celebrate the car's golden anniversary, Shelby American and Ford assembled a collection of some of the most historically significant Cobra models in existence at Laguna Seca as part of this year's Monterey festivities.
The minds at Puritalia have finally gotten around to taking the wraps off of their Shelby Cobra-inspired roadster. The Puritalia 427 is intended to serve as a modern interpretation of the legendary open-top built by Carroll Shelby.
It looks as if the world is about to get a little bit sexier. An Italian company by the name of Puritalia is out to offer a new take on the Shelby Cobra 427. Like the original, the new machine will offer seating for two, boatloads of horsepower and not much else. Expect to find the same 427 cubic-inch V8 under the hood, good for around 445 horsepower. Word has it a more potent supercharged iteration will serve up somewhere in the neighborhood of 605 ponies after the roadster debuts. Puritalia sa
Gooding & Company has revealed the highlights of its consignments for its Pebble Beach auction during the action-packed Monterey weekend. At the top of the list is the classic 1955 Maserati A6G/54 Frua Berlinetta currently owned by Jamiroquai frontman Jay Kay. This Maserati, the show car from the 1955 Paris Auto Salon, features Frau coachwork, won Best in Show at the Salon Privé, and is expected to fetch between $1.5 and 2 million.
Last year, the Monterey Motorsports Reunion announced that the Shelby Cobra would be the featured marque for 2012 in honor of the company's 50th anniversary. It's shaping up to be quite the celebration. Earlier this month it was announced that no fewer than 45 competition Cobras will be racing on the track come August, with owners from across the United States, the United Kingdom, Switzerland and Canada in attendance. In fact, demand to participate was so high that several entrants actually had
It's darn near impossible to overemphasize the impact that Carroll Shelby has had on the automotive world as we know it today. Born in 1923, Shelby took part in his very first race, a quarter-mile drag, in 1952. Later that year, he'd go on to win his first road race in an MG-TC. By 1956, Shelby had garnered enough race wins to earn the title "Driver of the Year" from Sports Illustrated. He would win that award again in 1957.
2012 marks the 50th anniversary of the Shelby Cobra, and it seems ol' Carroll and his band of hot rodders are intent on celebrating the legendary roadster for the entire year. Back in January, Shelby kicked off a series of nationwide 50th anniversary events with the debut of the Anniversary Mustangs at the Detroit Auto Show, and earlier this month, the company showed off the very first Cobra and the new 2012 Shelby 1000 at the New York Auto Show.
Being in a car crash can be scary enough, but doing it in a convertible at 130 miles per hour is simply terrifying. That's what the owner of a Shelby Cobra replica went through, however, during a track day at Willow Springs Raceway in Rosamond, California. As he was ending the front straight of the 2.5-mile course, something suddenly broke in the front suspension or steering. The car skidded on track for approximately 60 feet, then flipped sideways multiple times, flying off the track for more t
The 2012 Monterey Motorsports Reunion will certainly be a loud one. The featured marque will be the Shelby Cobra, which will celebrate 50 years of exciting existence. Ahead of next year's festivities, one man decided to get a taste of on-track action a bit early. That man is Jim Farley, and if his name sounds familiar, that's because his day job is Group Vice President, Global Marketing, Sales and Service at Ford Motor Company.
There are always at least a few Shelby Cobras at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca for the Monterey Motorsports Reunion, mixing it up with Shelby Mustangs and Corvettes, but for 2012 there will be quite a few more. Laguna Seca has announced that the Cobra has been selected as the featured vehicle for 2012 in honor of the car's 50th anniversary.
Strip, plank or parquet, it will all start to look the same after a while. One Shelby Cobra (well, most likely a replica Cobra at least...) owner must've gotten bored with the style and color of his wood flooring, so he decided to mix things up a bit. We're not sure if he is sanding or sealing, but we do know that his Cobra is getting the job done, regardless of what his objective may be.


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NEW YORK (Adage.com) -- The Super Bowl is over, but the attempts to figure out how the Super Bowl ads performed are just beginning.
With so many different kinds of post-ad analysis available, Ad Age wants to make it easy for you to find where all of it is. From mainstream media polls to industry efforts to suss out return on investment, from USA Today's venerable Ad Meter to ad agency Mullen's analysis of tweets about the advertising, here's your ready-at-hand guide to determining how the Super Bowl ads performed -- or didn't -- depending on any number of different criteria.
Want to watch the spots again? Here's our index page of the game's ads.
What the Ad Industry Is Saying:
- Interpublic Group of Cos.' Mullen, Boston, reads Twitter feeds to determine which ads got the most word-of-mouth buzz.
- TiVo finds that Doritos wins the day in its analysis of aggregated, anonymous, second-by-second audience measurement data about how TiVo subscribers watched the game.
- Someone still has love for Budweiser. HCD Research used online surveys to determine which Super Bowl ads were able to spark "sustained levels of interest."
- Alterian, a social-media monitoring concern, is actively tracking 40 different brands -- and not only the TV advertisers. In this inaugural "Buzz Bowl," the company finds that Google's surprise third-quarter ad is gaining lots of traction.
- Minneapolis's Colle & McVoy is tracking brand mentions on Twitter as part of a service it calls Squawq.
What the Press Is Saying:
- Ad Age's Bob Garfield gives three-and-a-half stars to Audi and proceeds from there. Watch out for biting comments.
- USA Today's Ad Meter tracks the second-by-second responses of a panel of viewers to ads during the Super Bowl and ranks them from best to worst. This year, Mars' Snickers tops the chart, with Doritos, last year's winner, coming in second. Anheuser-Busch InBev, once the dominant force on this poll, has a Bud Light ad in third place.
- Every year, The Wall Street Journal's Suzanne Vranica (subscription required) puts out calls Super Bowl night to ad experts and even consumers at Super Bowl parties to figure out real-time reaction to the spots in the gridiron classic. Based one her survey of reaction, Denny's, Doritos and Mars' Snickers ruled the day.
- New York Times ad columnist Stuart Elliott took a different tack this year -- blogging about the ads as they ran. Here's his real-time take on the commercials.
- Over at Slate, Seth Stevenson offers an "Ad Report Card," in which he notes: "Among the recurring advertising themes I noticed during the big game: animals hot-tubbing with sexy ladies, paunchy dudes wearing tighty-whities, defiant misogyny. Not being a huge fan of bestiality, hairy male thighs. or woman-hating, I must admit I was underwhelmed by this year's commercial crop." Here's his ad-by-ad review.
- And AOL's Fanhouse site finds in favor of Doritos.


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Tata hires KPMG to help cut costs at Jaguar as its earnings in India surge
JAGUAR LAND ROVER’S (JLR) owner, Tata Motors, has hired KPMG and Roland Berger Strategy Consultants to advise it on cost-cutting at the struggling car firm.
The carmaker will be given advice on how to break even and on how to manage its cashflow more effectively.
“We are going ahead with their proposals and this is going to improve the cost reduction efforts in JLR,” Tata’s vice chairman Ravi Kant said.
JLR has not had to shut its factories for long periods like other carmakers such as Honda, but its staff have agreed to work four-day weeks and 2,000 temporary workers have been laid off.
The European Investment Bank has offered a £340m loan to the carmaker, but JLR cannot accept it until the UK government agrees to underwrite it.
The news comes as Tata announced a 58 per cent increase in net profits, with lower steel prices helping the blow dealt by falling vehicle sales.
Its net profit for the three months to June – excluding performance at JLR – was 5.14bn rupees (£65m), compared to 3.26bn rupees in the same period last year.
“The company’s continued focus on cost efficiencies, coupled with reduction of raw material prices and improvement in sales, yielded considerable benefits,” the company said.
Tata sold 127,340 vehicles in the period, down from the 133,079 it sold last year.


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Gray Fox Electronics relocates to Suffolk
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Gray Fox Electronics, a computer, tablet and smartphone retail and repair business formerly located on East Second Avenue in downtown Franklin, recently relocated to Suffolk.
Amanda Jarratt, president of Franklin-Southampton Economic Development Inc., said that the first day Gray Fox was open for business at its new Suffolk location, 2815 Godwin Blvd., was on Friday, July 6.
Adam Foxwell, owner of Gray Fox, said his choice to relocate from Franklin was a business decision.
“To be quite honest, the town feels like it’s dying, it’s been that way since September according to the numbers,” Foxwell said. “The only companies that are kind of making it there are folks that cater to a lower financial demographic. It’s just really unfortunate.
“I love the people of Franklin, they’re awesome folks, but you just have to have more people to keep your business going.”
Jarratt, however, would likely disagree with Foxwell’s assessment of business opportunities in the city. She said that FSEDI has had a number of recent inquiries from business owners about locating in downtown Franklin.
“We’re optimistic it won’t take long to have someone else in the building,” Jarratt said, adding that the building Gray Fox was in is owned by Carlton Cutchins.


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With a net worth of more than $185 billion, Elon Musk just became the richest person in the world. On Thursday, Tesla’s shares closed at $816.04, up nearly 8%, increasing the company’s value to more than $760 billion. Meanwhile, Amazon’s stock was down slightly for the year.
An increase in Tesla’s share price on Thursday pushed Musk ahead of Bezos to be the richest man. Jeff Bezos was known to be the richest man since 2017 with a net worth of about $184 billion.
What made him the fastest one to rise in history?
Musk’s wealth surge over the past year and his dramatic financial turnaround for the famed entrepreneur made him the richest man. An astounding fact was noted in the past 18 months when Tesla had rapid cash burn and Musk’s leverage was against the company’s stock.
Musk started 2020 worth about $27 billion and was hardly in the top 50 richest people. What made him push Jeff Bezos was a ninefold increase (over the past year) in Tesla’s rocketing share price. Not only this but also his plentiful pay package added more than $150 billion to his net worth. Meanwhile, Amazon’s share price remained subdued due to the potential for increased regulation.
To become the seventh-richest person, Elon Musk passed Warren Buffett in July. Whereas, Musk overtook Bill Gates in November in order to become the second-richest person. Over the past 12 months, he gained more wealth.
What’s brewing with Tesla in 2021?
Tesla’s existing models have earned acclaim and admiration from people. Model S manufactured by Tesla is credited as the first EV to achieve a 400-mile electric range. The Plaid Variant is expected to hit the market in 2021. The Cybertruck is supposed to be out and in the run by the end of 2021. It boasts an incredible electrified-pickup design.


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The blockchain gaming platform Fractal has announced its official launch on Ethereum. From now onwards, all Fractal products such as wallet, launchpad, SDKs, and Marketplace will be available on Ethereum. Initially, Fractal was launched as a Solana-based platform. However, integrating other blockchains, such as Ethereum, ensures that the games can cater to the largest possible audience. The Ethereum integration is just a first step towards integrating more chains in the near future.
Soon after integrating Ethereum, Fractal will start integrating other EVM compatible chains. With the Fractal SDK, game developers don’t need to dive into the specifics of a given chain; instead, Fractal will completely handle it and allow them to develop multichain products.
The Fractal wallet will also make it easier for players to start their web3 gaming journey without having to worry too much about different chains, wallets and gas fees. With this move, Fractal opens its doors to a much wider audience of developers and gamers.
Some Ethereum-based games have already partnered with Fractal for the launch event. Each game will host a tournament with a $3-10k prize pool and free entry. The games include Undead Blocks, League of Kingdoms, Galaxy Fight Club, Kingdomverse/Defend the Kingdom, Moonray, and Supremacy. In addition, Ethereum-based marketplaces have also been launched, such as Evaverse, Heroez, Legends of Venari, Metalcore, OpenBlox, and SIPHER.
For more information and links to the developer tools, you can read the full announcement here.
What is Fractal?
Fractal is an open NFT marketplace for buying, discovering, and selling NFTs. It helps create an ecosystem where game companies list NFT drops and in-game assets in the form of NFTs for players to buy. Players can search for NFTs, buy them, and resell too. The Fractal Marketplace is positioning itself as the first primary marketplace for gaming NFTs.
Fractal helps developers launch NFTs ahead of launching the game. It rewards people who participate in early gameplay. They had released Fractal Launchpad, where game companies sell their initial NFT collections to the public. Games launched on Fractal launchpad include multi-mode games Tiny Colony, racing games Yaku, real-time strategy games House of Sparta, and MMORPGs Cinder and Nekoverse.
Fractal also helps game developers by providing the Fractal API with SDKs for Unity, Unreal, and IOs. This API lets developers easily create blockchain games without writing much code.


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Total participation at the U.S. outdoor power equipment expo, GIE+EXPO and HNA, was about 17,900, with 590 exhibiting companies and 125 companies that exhibited at the 2010 show. GIE+EXPO (Green Industry & Equipment Expo) and Hardscape North America (HNA) were co-located in Louisville October 27-29,
The exhibit space was more than a half-million sq ft including an adjacent, 19-acre Outdoor Demonstration Area for 113 of the exhibitors.
The show will offer a new format for next year's expo. The expo will provide a day, Wednesday, October 24, 2012, exclusively for dealers, retailers, and distributors to meet one-on-one with exhibitors.
GIE+EXPO 2012 and HNA 2012 will again be held at the Kentucky Exposition Center in Louisville, October 24-25, 2012. HNA, GIE+EXPO and the Outdoor Demo Area will be open to all industry participants on Thursday and Friday, October 25 and 26.
Show Director Warren Sellers said, “We hope this new plan will save exhibitors and dealers money and time by consolidating travel and meetings.” He pointed out that dealers and exhibitors have requested exclusive time during the show, and hosting dealer meetings before the education program begins is an efficient use of space and time.
GIE+EXPO is sponsored by the Outdoor Power Equipment Institute (OPEI), the Professional Landcare Network (PLANET), and the Professional Grounds Management Society (PGMS). HNA is sponsored by the Interlocking Concrete Pavement Institute and endorsed by the Brick Industry Association and National Concrete Masonry Association.
OPEI, PGMS and PLANET recently agreed to extend their agreement to sponsor GIE+EXPO through 2018.
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Poland has brought us many things: Pope John Paul II, kielbasa and cheap labourers, most notably. But it’s never to our knowledge brought the world a supercar. Warsaw-based Arrinera will soon change that, however. The company has confirmed it is now taking orders for its unnamed supercar.
The vehicle, which was announced in concept form in early 2011, is an attractive proposition. Aesthetically, it looks like what you’d get if every Lamborghini that ever existed was involved in the same, beautiful, multi-car pile-up. It’s chaeaper than a Lambo, too — Arrinera is only asking for £100,000, which is around £50,000 less than you’d pay for a Gallardo.
Arrinera confirmed the car will use the same LS9 engine found in the Corvette ZR1, but has tuned it to produce even more power. Here, the supercharged 6.2-litre V8 produces 650hp and 604lb-ft of torque, which promises acceleration of 3.2 seconds and a top speed of 211mph. It should complete a quarter mile sprint in just 11 seconds.
Inside, the car gets luxuries such as air conditioning and a stereo. It’ll also feature a thermal camera package for night vision (don’t worry, you also get headlights) and reinforced roll bars to prevent it crushing you to death in the event of a roll.
Obviously, we’ve no idea how well the car will drive, but it ticks a fair few boxes in its recipe for good handling. The car is made of carbon fibre and Kevlar composite materials, so it’s lightweight (2,900lbs) and its independent, multi-link suspension was optimised by none other than Lee Noble — founder of Noble automotive.
Arrinera is now taking orders for the car and expects deliveries to begin later this year. Scroll down to take a look pictures of the thing and let us know how what you think in the comments below, or on our Facebook wall/timeline/page/thing.


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Google will allow locked files feature to all Android phones
The American company, Google, revealed a new step that provides more privacy for all Android smartphones.
According to Google’s plan, the techniques for hiding photos in closed files will not become exclusive to Pixel phones, and it is expected that this service will soon move to all other phones through the GOOGLE PHOTOS application.
This allows photos and videos, not intended for outsiders, to be collected in private folders that are not directly accessible, according to information obtained by the German website gig.
In May, Google introduced Locked Folders or Locked Files, but this is still only available on its Pixel series phones.
Accordingly, Android phone owners will be able to collect photos and videos that require special protection in locked folders.
Before accessing these files, the operating system will ask for a passcode or fingerprint. According to Google, this prevents unauthorized access to your files.
And now it turns out that Google wants to make the feature available to all Android smartphone owners via the Photos app, starting at least with Android 6.


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HIGH POINT, N.C. -- Three weeks into the Main Street infrastructure project in High Point and the project is still on schedule. Earlier this fall, the city decided to close down both lanes of the street in an effort to speed up the project and not interfere with the fall and spring furniture markets.
But coming off what is supposed to be one of the biggest shopping weekends of the year, small business owners located on the closed portion of the road say they are already seeing profits dip.
"On Saturday which is supposed to be Small Business Saturday, we did not even break five dollars, $4.65 was how much we made on small business Saturday," said Tim Fogarty, owner of Smith and Whitley Music, which is located in a shopping center at the corner of Sunset Drive and North Main Street.
"If too many of those days happen in a row then we won't be able to keep the retail side of the store functioning that we would have to rely on lessons only," Fogarty continued.
Fantasy Nails is located just a few doors down from the music store and has already closed their doors while the construction is going on.
Triad Employment Staffing says their sales volume is down 25 percent this November compared to 2015. They say a big part of their business comes from people who are driving or walking by.
The city is doing what it can to try and mitigate the impact. It spent several thousand dollars putting up signs with store names and arrows to direct customers. They also launched a "shop local" advertising campaign and have run several ads in local newspapers.
"A project of this magnitude -- there's a lot of people and businesses that are impacted. We have tried and are continuing to have discussions with the businesses, getting feedback and input from them," said Jeron Hollis, communications officer for the City of High Point.
But not every business is suffering. Joe Hubay is the owner of High Point Jewelry and said sales at his store are typical or maybe even a little better this year. Hubay says that probably has something to do with his location.
"We have access off of Ray Street, which connects with Hamilton and then in the backside of our parking lot so that has made it a little bit easier," Hubay said.
The project is replacing hundred-year-old pipes and other utilities. Signs showing that small businesses are open are blue and have bright orange stripes to make them stand out.


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July 11 (Reuters) - Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc said on Thursday Kaleo Inc's epinephrine auto-injectors for infants and toddlers will be available at its pharmacies, expanding a partnership amid a shortage for the emergency allergy shots.
Manufacturing problems have led to a shortage of the auto-injectors that deliver a shot of epinephrine in the case of a severe allergic reaction to triggers such as peanuts or bee-stings.
The shortage persists ahead of the back-to-school season, when traditionally there is high demand as families look to renew prescriptions.
Walgreens move to offer more devices comes days after Novartis AG said it would make its pre-filled epinephrine shots immediately available in local pharmacies across the United States.
(Reporting by Saumya Sibi Joseph in Bengaluru; Editing by Maju Samuel and Sriraj Kalluvila)


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With onion prices having dropped considerably over the past few days, onion growers have been holding back stocks hoping for a better price through exports
Onion growers from Nashik in western Maharashtra, one of the principal onion-growing areas, have called off their 10-day strike in anticipation that the central government will lift the ban on export of the onions soon.
The onion farmers from the region were on strike at the Lasalgaon onion market, Asia's biggest onion market over the past 10 days to demand that the ban on export of onions be lifted. The export brings better returns for farmers than what they earn from selling their produce at the Agriculture Produce Market Committee (APMC) market where wholesale prices have dropped recently.
The Press Trust of India has reported that onion growers from the Nashik region are holding their stocks in anticipation that the government will lift the export ban and they will be able to earn handsome returns. Over the past fortnight, the prices of onions crashed to Rs4-10 per kg in the wholesale market.
"Farmers are hoping that the government will lift the export ban on onions, which will get them fair prices, hence the strike was called off. They are also holding their produce as they are anticipating exports will open up," said RP Gupta, director of National Horticulture Research Development Foundation (NHRDF), which monitors onion prices.
A trader at the Lasalgaon market told Moneylife over the telephone, "The situation and supply of onions was tight due to the strike, which has now been called off."
The government banned shipment of onions abroad in December last year to rein in domestic prices that had soared to Rs70-85 a kg in the retail market. Maharashtra chief minister Prithviraj Chavan and union agriculture minister Sharad Pawar have urged the Centre to lift the export ban completely.
"The government is giving its attention at the highest level, to what has been said by the Maharashtra chief minister and union agriculture minister," commerce and industry minister Anand Sharma had said in Delhi last week.
According to Mr Gupta, "The wholesale prices of the onions at Lasalgaon APMC market today was at about Rs417 per quintal (minimum) and Rs1,114 per quintal (maximum). The model onion prices were around Rs1,000 per quintal." (Nearly 80% of the onion produce is rated in the 'model onion' category.) "Around 8,320 quintals reached the market today by 1.30pm, as compared to 14,000-15,000 quintals that generally arrives at the market daily," he said.
The Tata group company says that it has applied for the dual-technology license after the policy announcement and is still waiting for spectrum in the Delhi circle, while RCom had applied for a license before the policy announcement and has got the spectrum across the country
Tata Teleservices Ltd (TTSL) has said that it was the only operator which had applied for the dual-technology license after the policy announcement and is still waiting for spectrum after three years in the crucial Delhi circle.
In what could be called a hard-hitting clarification on the Reliance Communications Ltd (RCom) statement, the Tata group company said, "It is indeed special and intriguing that Reliance Communications and two other operators applied and got DoT (Department of Telecom) approval even before the (dual technology) policy was announced. It is even more intriguing that Reliance Communications was allotted spectrum in all the circles immediately, in January 2008, whereas TTSL got DoT approval after 83 days, and that TTSL, even after 3 years, is still awaiting spectrum allocation in the crucial Delhi Circle and in 39 commercially crucial districts in 9 telecom circles."
According to Tata Tele, yesterday, RCom in a statement had said that it was granted the dual technology on identical terms and payment identical to three other companies, including the Tata group company.
"The grant of dual technology approval to RCom, against its application that had been pending from February 2006 for more than 18 months, was on identical terms and payment of identical fees as for three other companies-Shri Ratan Tata group's Tata Teleservices, Himachal Futuristic Communications and Shyam Telecom (now known as Sistema)-and there is nothing special or untoward in the same," RCom was quoted as saying by Tata Tele in a statement.
Taking objection to labelling Tata Tele as a 'Shri Ratan Tata group' company, the telecom operator said, "Tata Teleservices Limited and (the) Tata Group are not family-owned or family-run concerns, or owned by Mr Ratan Tata. Hence, to refer to them as 'Shri Ratan Tata group's Tata Teleservices Limited' is not appropriate."
Rajeev Chandrasekhar (former telecom player and now Rajya Sabha MP) had openly charged that the Tatas were a big beneficiary of dubious telecom policies. Although Mr Tata has retaliated with counter-charges, it is, indeed, a fact that former telecom regulator Pradip Baijal, who favoured the Tatas, quickly became a consultant with Niira Radia's firm for a fat fee and was recently raided and questioned by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).
The insurance regulator has released an ad about ULIPs, which hides the reality of these products. ‘Promoting Insurance, Protecting Insured’ is the slogan of IRDA; it should read ‘Promoting ULIPs, Protecting Insurers’
The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA) has launched another series in its consumer awareness campaign 'Bima Bemisaal' which is being advertised in leading newspapers. It is supposed to help consumers, just like the last campaign urging consumers to contact IRDA by email or phone for any grievance.
We had readers mention lack of IRDA response to several complaints like Reliance HealthWise's unhealthy premium increase by 500%. (Reliance General Insurance's HealthWise Plan: It's time to act).
So much for IRDA's response to the insured.
IRDA's new campaign is on ULIPs, titled 'ULIPs ke chaar sutra'. It will leave you no wiser about the dark side of ULIPs.
Click here to see the advertisement
People have strange ideas about insurance and think that insurance is supposed to grow wealth rather than act as risk protection. And ULIPs are terrible as investment products.
ULIPs or traditional endowment/money-back plans (that combine insurance and savings) often leave the policyholder underinsured, as well as give pathetic returns on savings.
Why doesn't IRDA create awareness of insurance as pure risk protection rather than selectively highlighting some aspects of ULIPs?
Can we have an IRDA 'Term plan ke chaar sutra' too? How about 'chaar sutra' for the toxic Variable Insurance Plan (VIP) that LIC is heavily advertising after conveniently hiding information of astronomical charges?
IRDA banned Universal Life Policies (ULPs) and revamped them as Variable Insurance Plans (VIPs). LIC is the first to launch these instruments under the new norms and is currently heavily advertising about 6% guaranteed returns with no mention that the returns are after deduction of 27.5% charge in 1st year, 7.5% charge in 2nd and 3rd years and 5% every year thereafter. How did IRDA approve the full-page colour advertisements in leading newspapers and financial websites?
Here is what readers need to know about ULIPs beyond what IRDA is advertising.


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How Nextdoor is using verified location data to quietly build a big ads business
Nextdoor, the 7-year-old social network for neighborhoods, is after more advertising dollars. The quick pitch: Nextdoor is home to only users with verified addresses across 190,000 U.S. neighborhoods. That means advertisers can target real people by their specific location, merging the online and offline worlds.
Nextdoor tripled its revenue over the last year, said Lauren Nemeth, Nextdoor’s chief revenue officer. The company, which is backed by $285.2 million in venture capital funding from big investors such as Kleiner Perkins and Benchmark, declined to disclose the total revenue for 2018 as well as whether it’s profitable. In an earlier interview with Fortune, Nextdoor CEO Nirav Tolia had projected “tens of millions” in revenue for 2017.
The platform has “tens of millions” of users, the company said, without providing additional specifics.
“We tripled our ad business, not just because I’m a genius and have a team of geniuses. It’s more that we dramatically evolved the ad product to be frictionless. Before we were a walled garden and not taking third-party data, but now we do CRM ingestion and lookalike modeling,” Nemeth said.
Indeed, Nextdoor has been investing in maturing its ad platform. In December, it introduced a programmatic offering so advertisers wouldn’t necessarily have to work directly with Nextdoor’s sales team. Nextdoor now works with “hundreds of advertisers,” Nemeth said. Top industries include home security, retail, dining, financial services, tech, telecoms and automotive.
Nextdoor offers several ad formats, including native display, native video, rich media and email ads. The minimum spend is $25,000 and CPMs range from $8 to $30 depending on the ad format and the targeting, Nemeth said, and buyers confirmed.
HomeAdvisor, the IAC-owned online marketplace for homeowners, began advertising on Nextdoor in late 2017. Nextdoor had launched sponsored posts in April 2017 for its news feed and its newsletters. HomeAdvisor CMO Allison Lowrie said her company was interested due to its matching audience of owners. Nextdoor said 74 percent of its members are homeowners.
“The home service category is massive, but only a small portion of the hiring activity is happening online. Most people turn to friends or neighbors. Nextdoor creates a bridge between the traditional offline word of mouth and online behavior,” Lowrie said.
Schlage Locks, a door hardware manufacturer, began running ads on Nextdoor last summer and during the holiday season. Jason Owens, director of consumer marketing at Schlage Locks, said he has been a Nextdoor user for a couple years and was interested in how his company could use it to reach homeowners.
“We had that desire to reach verified homeowners in a less crowded advertising space, where we could get past the noise in other digital marketing,” Owens said.
Of course, Nextdoor isn’t the only platform offering advertisers the ability to reach neighborhoods and very specific local markets. Craigslist and Yelp offer local listings as well as Angie’s List (which is owned by IAC and combined with HomeAdvisor in 2017). Facebook and Google also allow local listings, and Facebook has been working to expand its local product.
Nemeth said that a desire for verified identities is one of the most common interests she hears from advertisers. Nextdoor verifies user identities by requesting proof of address such as a cell phone bill. This is one way Nextdoor is able to compete against other platforms. Facebook, for instance, may also tout real names and community, but the platform is still rampant with fake accounts as well as harassment.
Advertisers can target campaigns based on location and time of day. They also can target specific users through interests, household composition and local behaviors. For example, Nextdoor would know if a user has a dog. The platform also offers third-party targeting through Oracle and LiveRamp. Advertisers can also upload their own CRM data and can use Nextdoor’s lookalike modeling.
“We like how we can locally target, and it wasn’t just about specific engagement rates, but we also got to understand users who commented and asked questions [about our products]. There was more of an intimate dialogue,” Owens said.
Nextdoor’s 2019 road map is focusing on “eliminating buying friction” for agencies and brands, Nemeth said. The platform also plans to release more ad formats and improve ad targeting and personalization.
There’s also a part of Nextdoor that has yet to be monetized: local businesses. Nemeth said 2 million small businesses are part of the platform, but they don’t require them to pay if they want to post about their services on their neighborhood’s news feed. Mary Guy from Roseville, Minnesota runs one such small business. She offers lawn and garden care and has been using Nextdoor to promote her services.
“I appreciate Nextdoor’s tolerance of businesses such as mine being allowed to promote themselves, and my postings stay up there forever, and people see them and the recommendations all the time,” Guy said. “I would say every year I pick up [approximately] a dozen to two dozen inquiries.”
‘Show we’re listening’: Why agencies are lending office furniture, offering WiFi stipends to employees as new pandemic-era perks
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This excerpt taken from the SIRI 8-K filed May 2, 2006.
SIRIUS SATELLITE RADIO REPORTS STRONG
NEW YORK May 2, 2006 - SIRIUS Satellite Radio (NASDAQ: SIRI) today announced strong first quarter 2006 results including record market share of satellite radio net subscriber additions.
SIRIUS ended the first quarter with 4,077,747 subscribers, reflecting net subscriber additions of 761,187, a 149% increase in net additions from the year-ago quarter. For the second consecutive quarter, SIRIUS led the satellite radio industry in net subscriber additions.
First quarter 2006 revenue grew to $126.7 million, up 193% from $43.2 million in the year-ago quarter. Advertising revenue increased to a record $7.3 million, representing 53% of total satellite radio industry advertising revenue in the first quarter. Average monthly churn was 1.8%, in line with guidance. Subscriber acquisition costs (SAC) per gross addition were $113 for the first quarter, a 41% improvement over the year-ago quarter.
SIRIUS led the industry in the first quarter with the majority of satellite radio net additions, while achieving 64% share at retail and strong growth in our OEM channel. Based upon our growth we are pleased to be raising our subscriber guidance for 2006 to over 6.2 million and we continue to believe we could be free cash flow positive as early as the fourth quarter of 2006 and for the full year 2007, said Mel Karmazin, CEO of SIRIUS. We are also very excited about the launch of our first live wearable radio this summer and our plans to stream The Howard Stern Show via the Internet to SIRIUS subscribers by Fathers Day.
During the first quarter, SIRIUS added 534,958 net subscribers from the companys retail channel, a 169% increase from 198,558 net retail subscriber additions in the year-ago quarter. The company also added 225,343 net subscribers from its automotive OEM channel, 109% more than the 107,855 net automotive OEM subscriber additions in the year-ago quarter.
SIRIUS reported a net loss of ($458.5) million, or ($0.33) per share, for the first quarter of 2006, including a ($0.20) per share impact from equity charges, compared to a net
loss of ($193.6) million, or ($0.15) per share, in the year-ago quarter, including a ($0.03) per share impact from equity charges. The adjusted net loss per share, or net loss per share excluding equity charges, was ($0.13) in the first quarter 2006 as compared to an adjusted net loss per share of ($0.12) in the first quarter of 2005. (Refer to the reconciliation table of GAAP net loss per share to the adjusted net loss per share).
This was a great quarter on every front for SIRIUS, added Mel Karmazin. Non-cash equity charges were the primary reasons for our widening loss over last year and do not impact our free cash flow guidance or our very bright short and long term prospects.


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Is that an emoji in your Instagram feed, or are you just happy to see me?
Instagram has launched a surprise crackdown on the symbol for an eggplant, or aubergine, which the Guardian can reveal is employed by some users to represent a penis when posting a message with their pictures.
The eggplant has been blocked from Instagram’s newly unveiled function to search for images by emoji.
The illustrations for the banana and the peach remain unaffected.
Earlier this week, an investigation by Buzzfeed revealed that while the search would provide results for users who type in the gun, syringe and corncob emoji, a search for the eggplant results in “no tags found”.
The eggplant can still be used in photo captions and provides results when used in the “people” search. Some enterprising Instagram users have also started using the banana to direct users to images of the eggplant emoji.
Instagram confirmed that the eggplant was blocked because it violated their community guidelines, Buzzfeed reported. The Facebook-owned company confirmed this to the Guardian, but did not respond to a question about the other sexualized produce.
American English speakers are the most popular users of the eggplant emoji, according to a study released last week. There is also high demand for the taco emoji – though it is not clear whether that is out of love for the food or in homage to the vagina, which is much more difficult to depict using currently available emoji.
For those mobile phone users looking for a more explicit emoji experience, there is an app called Flirtmoji – which includes images of anatomically correct sex dolls, a suggestively scarred back and other items you can find at your neighborhood sex shop or with a XXX-rated online search.
It also includes a taco.


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Nintendo hasn’t given its fans much to be excited about over the past few months, but following the surprise announcement of a full-year profit on Thursday, the video game company revealed that it would be entering into a partnership with Universal Parks & Resorts to bring Nintendo-based attractions to theme parks the world over. More →
A hacking group named LulzSec made headlines recently for attacking high visibility targets, including Sony and the U.S. government. LulzSec announced earlier this week that it was stopping its operations, and rumor has it many of the members joined up with Anonymous’ “AntiSec” hacking group. Now that group is making its own headlines. On Tuesday AntiSec claimed responsibility for attacks against Universal and Viacom. According to The Wall Street Journal, the hackers released personal data, including passwords, from the Universal Music Website. It also obtained and leaked information about Viacom’s network. It’s unclear how many users were affected by the security breach, although we hope to hear an official word from both firms in the near future. More →
Apple has completed a cloud-music streaming deal with record label EMI, according to a report filed by CNET. Citing multiple industry sources, the publication notes that Apple, Sony Music Entertainment and the Universal Music Group are working on agreements as well; a previous report claims that Warner Music Group and Apple already signed a cloud service agreement sometime last month. “Apple will finish behind Google and Amazon in the race to the cloud, but Apple now has the freedom to offer a range of features that rivals are prevented from rolling out because of the licensing restrictions,” continues the article. Rumors state that Apple will use a technology acquired from Lala called “scan and match.” Instead of uploading a subscribers music library to Apple’s cloud-music service, the company would scan a music collection and provide access to the master track it has a license to. Apple and the music labels in question declined to comment on the report when contacted by CNET. More →
According to a report filed by The Wall Street Journal, peer-to-peer networking site LimeWire and several major record labels may be working on an out-of-court settlement in a copyright infringement case from 2006. “Lawyers for several major record labels have held at least three settlement conferences with representatives of a file-sharing service that they sued for copyright infringement, according to a federal court docket entry, indicating that the two sides may reach an agreement on a financial penalty instead of waiting for a jury award,” reads the report. LimeWire was found guilty of allowing users to upload and share unlicensed, copyrighted materials over its network. Arista Records, Warner Music Group, Universal Music Group, and EMI Group are all named plaintiffs — LimeWire and its founder, Mark Gorton, are named as defendants. Representatives from the two camps did not respond to the WSJ’s request for comment. More →
A report on Wednesday claims European streaming music extraordinaire Spotify is “a few weeks away” from signing a new deal with Universal Music Group, the world’s largest music company. Reuters cites people familiar with the talks in reporting the deal, which will give Spotify access to Universal’s massive catalog of music in the U.S. Spotify has already inked a deal with Sony and the company is thought to be getting close to a U.S. launch. Despite the company’s progress, however, the report suggests Spotify is considering a launch without having signed a deal with Warner Music Group, the world’s third largest music label. Spotify currently offers a streaming music service in Europe and has been making considerable efforts of late to launch in the U.S. The service allows subscribers to listen to songs on demand and stream customized Internet radio stations to computers, cell phones and other devices. More →
If we know one thing about Apple it is this: they like control… and this latest rumor seems to reaffirm that creed. Blog GigaOM is reporting that Apple is planning to release an iPhone with an integrated SIM that can be used on any wireless carrier — partnered with Apple — in the EU. A universal iPhone if you will. As the report explains:
Sources inside European carriers have reported that Apple has been working with SIM-card manufacturer Gemalto to create a special SIM card that would allow consumers in Europe to buy a phone via the web or at the Apple Store and get the phones working using Apple’s App Store.
This special SIM would have an upgradeable flash component as well as a ROM component. The article goes on to explain:
The ROM area contains data provided by Gemalto with everything related to IT and network security, except for the carrier-related information. The flash component will receive the carrier related data via a local connection which could be the PC or a dedicated device, so it can be activated on the network. Gemalto will provide the back-end infrastructure that allows service and number provisioning on the carrier network.
This would be yet another way that Apple can control the end-user experience — and potentially the distribution — of its popular smartphone device. For us, one of the benefits of using a SIM-based device is having the luxury of popping the little plastic card into virtually any compatible, GSM device you choose. What do you think? More →
Earlier today, Google posted a quick update on the status of their soon-to-be-released Google TV home entertainment product. The company noted “overwhelming” interest by content providers while announcing several of the viewing modules that will be available when Google TV launches. Google announced that Turner Broadcasting, NBC Universal, HBO, the NBA, Amazon, Pandora, Napster, Netflix, The New York Times, and USA Today will all have content that is optimized for viewing via Google’s internet connected set-top box. Like all streaming services currently offered, providers will not make all of their programming available via Google TV… but it is a start. Hit the jump to check out a quick video of just what Google TV will look like. More →
The internet is abuzz this morning with the rumor that a new clamshell smartphone is coming soon from HTC. Evidence of the handset, codenamed LEO, is said to have been found within a TouchFLO 3D 2.5 “Manilla” ROM. Its purported specs include a full-QWERTY keypad, external QVGA display, internal 16:9 WVGA display, support for OpenGL 2.0 and a Snapdragon processor. Mmm, Snapdragon. This rumor is pretty messy though, because there is every possibility that the Leo is actually the Omni — a device long rumored to be the successor of the HTC Universal, a Pocket PC that made its retail debut in late 2005. After all, when one thinks about it, the thought of HTC dropping a device it was rumored to be working on very early in 2007 just seems, well, so un-HTC.
Hulu may be getting a healthy dose of new programming content courtesy of Disney. According to sources close to the situation, Hulu and Disney are in serious negotiations to bring Disney programming to the online video portal. The talks reportedly focus on ABC programming content which include the popular TV series Desperate Housewives and LOST, but may include programming from other Disney assets as well. In exchange for providing content, Disney is requesting an equity stake in Hulu on par with NBC Universal and News Corp and possibly performance incentives. With the relationship between Hulu and CBS souring, Hulu could use a high profile deal to boost its position in the increasingly competitive online video marketplace.


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Apple's in-store iPhone screen repair machine brings 'China to the Genius Room'As part of its new $149 iPhone screen replacement service, Apple has installed advanced display calibration machines at its retail stores that help simplify the process for employees.
A picture of the new machine was published this week by 512pixels.net, offering a glimpse at how iPhone 5 screens are replaced behind the scenes at Apple retail stores. Employees conduct the repair, and the machine is used afterward to automatically calibrate the display's functionality.
One Apple retail employee reportedly said the new machine is like "bringing China to the Genius Room," referencing the fact that Apple's iPhones are currently built overseas by Foxconn.
iPhone repairs are said to have been made a priority for employees of Apple's Genius Bars. With sales of 47.8 million iPhones last quarter alone, Apple's smartphone sold more than every other product in the company's portfolio combined.
Word first surfaced earlier this week that Apple began repairing iPhone 5 screens in its stores as part of the company's overhaul of its AppleCare warranty program. Previously, broken units were swapped out for refurbished devices.
AppleInsider first reported in May that Apple would begin conducting advanced in-store repairs of iOS devices. Beyond iPhone displays, retail employees will be able to replace cameras, sleep/wake buttons, and logic-boards by July.
On Topic: Apple Retail
- Leaked screenshots show glimpse of Apple troubleshooting app for iOS
- Personal Pickup comes to UK Apple Stores in continuing expansion
- Apple Watch Magnetic Charging Dock now on sale at Apple Stores for $79 [u]
- Apple Store brings same-day Postmates deliveries to Manhattan
- Pryme Vessyl, an iOS-compatible hydration tracking smart cup, launches in Apple stores


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EXPO Live is an innovation and partnership programme launched by Expo 2020 Dubai to make a lasting social impact by funding, accelerating and promoting creative solutions that improve lives while preserving the planet.
The 7th edition of Market Outside The Box, was launched during Dubai Shopping Festival 2020. The festival which ran for 17 days has truly become the ‘Centre of Now’ building upon the prestige of Downtown Dubai, as well as reflecting the cultural and creative aspirations of the nation’s ever-expanding Generation Z. MOTB provided emerging and […]
Bringing the community together under the umbrella of wellness and fitness, by hosting free sessions at various fitness hubs and villages throughout the city.
30The 25th edition of Dubai Shopping Festival, the longest running shopping festival of its kind, have kicked off on 26 December with a two-day Grand Opening event in Burj Park, Downtown Dubai with fun interactive activities. Emirati sensation Hussain Al Jassmi have joined Cheb Khaled and Sherine Abdel Wahab on the first day, Thursday 26 […]
We partnered with Vouge Italia to create a truly A-List celebrity Fashion show in the heart of Dubai Mall and Downtown. Supported by The Dubai Fashion Council and Dubai Design District the city was transformed into an epicentre of high end fashion, workshops, gala dinners and retail involvement.
We helped Tecom Group bring all their employees from different subsidiaries under one roof to celebrate their achievements and to align with the objectives of the year ahead.
We helped the Government launch one of the most Humanitarian event in the World.
We helped Danone organize their Annual Conference for the third consecutive year at Fairmount, Bab Al Bahar, Abu Dhabi, Singapore and Istanbul
We have designed the entire space as per the true north theme, organized the registration counter and process, photo and video production, coordination with hotels regarding the F&B setup and offering, Show-calling and events collaterals.
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Mobile is creating new companies. The very
existence of smartphones is enabling new companies to emerge, Mr.
Mahaney said. "Uber is a company that wouldn't exist without a
smartphone," he said, placing Pandora in the category as well. In
time, wearables and connected cars may create similar phenomena, he
said, so stay tuned for what they might create.
Social is a must. "Facebook is a required
marketing channel now," Mr. Mahaney said. It's rare to find
services which touch 800 million people a day, he said, so you need
to be there if you want to stay in front of people. The money going
to social is coming from everywhere, including search, which Mr.
Mahaney said was surprising, since search is viewed as the ultimate
TV ad dollars are moving
online. Verizon and Mondelez are all
shifting TV budgets online, Mr. Mahaney said, and there's no doubt
more will follow. "I think this migration is almost inevitable," he
said. "I think it is inevitable."
Same day delivery will change CPG advertising.
The are ten cities in the U.S. where consumers can order things
online -- from places like Amazon -- and get them
delivered in the same day, Mr. Mahaney said. The growth of these
same day delivery services is going to change the way people shop,
especially when it comes to consumer packaged goods. So, according
to Mr. Mahaney, more CPG ad dollars will flow online as more people
buy those products online.
The local layer could be huge. A bunch of
companies have tried to facilitate transactions between consumers
and local merchants -- think Groupon, etc. -- but none have been
particularly successful, Mr. Mahaney said. The one who cracks the
code will likely make lots of money. One possible candidate:
The cloud threatens established players. Cloud
computing is dramatically reducing the cost of founding startups
and scaling them, Mr. Mahaney said, which means "dramatically
increased competitive risk for all entrenched companies." This new
environment means companies like Snapchat can actually threaten
companies like Facebook.
Alternative payments are on the rise. The new
iPhone moved the rise of alternative payments further along, Mr.
Mahaney said, and anything that facilitates retail sales will have
an impact on ad dollars. So keep an eye on this.
Acquisition mania is here. Piles of cash in the
hands of some of the world's biggest internet companies are leading
to acquisitions and experiments. Mr. Mahaney pointed to one such
recent acquisition, Amazon's purchase of Twitch, speaking of it
with some amazement. Visiting Twitch, he said, will take you back
20 years intellectually and emotionally. "It's just fun to see what
these people, it's mostly young men, do in their parents' [houses]
when they're 37, wearing their Batman shirts," he said. But Twitch
also allows for very relevant ads, namely those from video game
The internet of things awaits. Wearable devices
and connected cars aren't just a fad, they're going to be the cause
of major change, removing obstacles between consumers, companies
and the internet applications they use, which will lead to growth
markets, Mr. Mahaney said.


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News HighlightsPage address: https://www.mnsu.edu/news/read/?id=old-1335304091&paper=topstories
April 26: Benefits of Selling, Eating Locally Raised Produce
Students for Sustainability to host presentation by New Ulm's Janice Guldan.
Minnesota State University, Mankato Centennial Student Union News Release, 4-24-2012
Janice Guldan, whose New Ulm family farm has been locally marketing fruits and vegetables since 1980, will be the featured speaker Thursday, April 26, at 7 p.m. in the Centennial Student Union at Minnesota State University, Mankato.
Hosted by the student group Students for Sustainability, the free presentation in CSU Room 284 will focus on the benefits of selling and eating locally raised produce.
Guldan and her husband, Dennis, converted their family farm from raising conventional grain to raising vegetables common to the southern Minnesota climate as well as strawberries, raspberries, rhubarb and other fruits. Their local produce has been sold at farmers’ markets in the Mankato and New Ulm region.
The Guldans also participate in the Community Supported Agriculture program where consumers purchase “shares” – often consisting of a weekly box of seasonal fruit or vegetables – from a local producer.
Guldan’s presentation will focus on consumer advantages in purchasing locally and how consumers can be assured and confidence of food’s freshness, knowing it traveled less than 100 miles to reach the family dining table. She also will answer questions about starting local produce operations and tips on buying locally.
Jared Schwab, a member of the Students For Sustainability organization, said Guldan’s program supports the group’s mission of educating people on ways to use their purchasing power and their voice to create a greener world.
Schwab said the organization hopes to provide students with opportunities to do environment-related work and inform them about local, national, and world issues that involve sustainability, ecological change, and effective use of resources. Schwab also said the group is willing to volunteer in community and river clean-up programs.
Those who want more information may contact Jared Schwab at 507-794-7142 or by email at firstname.lastname@example.org.
Minnesota State Mankato, a comprehensive university with 15,649 students, is part of the Minnesota State Colleges & Universities system, which comprises 32 state institutions.


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Agfa HealthCare sales drop nearly 9% in Q3
Agfa-Gevaert posted a net loss of €13 million ($16.75 million U.S.) in the third quarter of 2008, compared to a net loss of €15 million ($19.3 million U.S.) in the third quarter of 2007.
Agfa HealthCare said its sales decreased 8.8 percent to €291 million ($374.3 million U.S.) in the 2008 third quarter, compared year-ago results of €319 million ($410.36 million U.S.). As some hospitals are postponing their investments, the company said its economic slowdown is weighing on the business group's sales figures, mainly on IT sales. Agfa said that the strong Euro continued to affect the healthcare division’s competitive position in North America and the United Kingdom.
Imaging continued its market-driven decline, whereas the hardcopy segment performed well in the third quarter, according to Agfa. When comparing the imaging IT sales figures (RIS/PACS) with those of last year's third quarter, the company said that it “should be taken into account that a significant part of the revenues from the important contract with the British NHS organization was booked in 2007.”
Agfa HealthCare said it was able to further reduce its selling, general and administrative expenses by 18.2 percent compared to the third quarter of 2007, “but further efforts will be implemented to bring these costs to a more competitive level,” according to the company. On top of the weaker sales, the group said its “profitability was affected by the high silver costs, as approximately half of HealthCare's sales still comes from film products.”


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As one of the world’s largest producers of phone booths for the office, Framery is playing a big part in changing what some companies are looking for when they go to rent their next office space and then design it. What had become a useless relic after the invention of the cell phone, the phone booth has now been revived as a must have fixture in the office space.
As companies have gone to an open layout and the noise level of an office space has gone way up, the importance of a phonebooth has become increasingly more evident. According to the University of Sydney, over 50% of people have trouble concentrating in an open plan. According to a study from the University of California Irvine, it takes 23 minutes and 15 seconds to regain your focus after a distraction.
For many, the background noise of an office space makes it very difficult to concentrate and very hard to be heard by those on the other end of the phone. The small enclosed space of a phone booth is ideal for video conferences or important calls without disturbing colleagues and allowing private conversations to remain private.
What’s really amazing about the phone booth or pods as some people call them is that you can buy them even after your have leased and furnished your office space. Furthermore, they are far less expensive to build than a private office. Designed for one person to use, the phone booth has a tiny footprint compared to an office, about 12 square feet vs. 100 square feet.
Framery’s acoustic phone booths can be found at a long list of notable Fortune 500 companies including Seimens, Microsoft, General Electric, Vodaphone and many others. Framery’s
In the world of Covid, they could be especially helpful for those looking to be socially distant. Obviously the phone booths are ventilated but it could serve in reducing the spread of the virus.


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From LED penlight to colored skate lights
By Loralee Stevens, Special to the Business Journal
SANTA ROSA — Snoopy’s Home Ice arena seems an unlikely spot for a flash of innovation, but that’s what happened when Ralph Haney, skating with his wife and daughter, idly turned on an LED penlight he had in his pocket.
“Suddenly we were skating on wonderful blue light,” he said. “It was mesmerizing. Then the rink manager called me over. I thought I was in trouble for using electronics on the ice, but he wanted to know how I was doing it.”
Mr. Haney, an IT specialist for Duckhorn Vineyards in the Napa Valley, bought five more penlights and duct-taped them to his skates so that light reflected off the ice. The effect was dramatic.
“I knew I was onto something,” he said.
And that was the beginning of Glo-Blades International (glo-blades.com). Incorporated in mid-2011, the company has patents pending in the U.S. and Canada, an advisory board listing former U.S. Olympic team skaters and an office at the Sonoma Mountain Business Cluster in Rohnert Park.
Mr. Haney’s first prototype was held together with glue, but he soon found a local engineer who could fashion a better design to his specifications.
“I wanted to see multiple colors and fading via remote control,” he said.
During the past couple of years the Glo-Blades product has evolved into an attachable unit with a set of controls built into a wireless glove. Touch your thumb to a finger, and brilliant lights — in your choice of a palette of neon hues — can be faded in and out as you skate.
“It’s safe and intuitive,” said Mr. Haney, who spent many hours testing his ideas on the ice.
It’s the wireless glove — with its potential for integration with many other wireless devices — that sets Glo-Blades apart from other lighted skating accessories.
Mr. Haney and four partners have raised $50,000 so far developing the retail prototype. It’s currently being costed out in Asia where the group has a turn-key sourcing partner, he said. They’re just months from launch.
“First we’ll release a basic, no-frills product with lights but no wireless control, which we call the bronze unit,” said Mr. Haney, an Olympics fan. “It’ll most likely retail for under $40. Then we’re ready to follow up with the next products.”
The partners are looking for venture capital — $250,000–$500,000 — to complete the line and take it to market.
The silver unit will include the wireless glove and the gold, still under development, will be for skating rinks to rent to their customers. Glo-Blades has letters of intent from Snoopy’s Home Ice and several other rinks where he has demonstrated the effect.
“We’re trying to keep the technology under our hats prior to launch, but I can’t help showing it off at a few skating arenas, and whenever I do they want it immediately,” he said.
Kevin McCool, ice arena manager for Snoopy’s Home Ice in Santa Rosa, is eager for the Glo-Blades rental unit to arrive.
“I’ve seen a lot of different types of lighting special effects, but nothing quite like these. People are always asking about where they can get a set for their skates,” he said. “They’re sure to be a hit here and everywhere … hopefully soon.”
Several arenas are considering special programs for night hockey featuring lighted skates, said Mr. Haney, as well as skating sessions dedicated to “Skating on Light,” a phrase trademarked by the company.
“There are loads of exciting possibilities: coordinating the lights with sound, for example, and with arena lighting. It could revolutionize skating as a recreation,” said Mr. Haney.
Glo-Blades also work well on in-line skates, turning night rollerblading into a colorful spectacle on a rink or on the street, where the lights increase safety.
Justin Higgs, general manager of Snoopy’s Home Ice, said he expects Glo-Blades will be a big seller in the rink’s retail store. “People love to personalize their skates. The kids especially love anything in bright colors.”
Mr. Haney and his family generated lots of interest when they were testing their products, he said.
“What kid wouldn’t want them?” said Mr. McCool.
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When food tech company, Zomato, let go of around 540 of its support staff last week, it said that improvement in its after-sales technology had forced its hand. The automation made almost 10% of the workforce in certain support roles across Zomato’s customer, merchant, and delivery partner teams, redundant.
While routine jobs will continue to give way to automation, food tech firms like Swiggy and Zomato are increasingly turning to machine learning (ML) and automation to drive their businesses, using years of data accumulated from food orders and user-level consumption patterns.
Both Swiggy and Zomato boast of handling over a million orders a day across more than 300 cities. And each customer order is now being influenced by the customer’s own previous history of order preferences.
Swiggy boasts of more than 130,000 restaurant partners on its platform, while Zomato claims to have added around 150,000 restaurants. With such a large supply base in place, both the food tech apps are now solving for demand, mainly using data.
Swiggy, for instance, is banking on its history of order-level data and delivery fleet data to reduce customer wait times and for retaining its loyal base of customers. “We are processing around 40 billion messages (or data points) per day, which are unique data points purged from either customers ordering from our app and from drivers delivering orders. And if I look at that, scale, we will probably touch 100 billion messages within a year,” said Dale Vaz, head of Swiggy’s engineering and data sciences department in an interview.
According to Vaz, Swiggy is using data analytics to individually curate the customer landing page—list of restaurants—to each user’s taste preferences rather than just curating on the basis on the customer’s location. According to him, food is a personal choice and cannot be generalized on the basis of the location of the customer alone. The company says that it’s building a concept known as “food graph” which breaks down a food dish by recipe, cooking style, ingredients used, calorie value, and variations of the dish.
By combining the food graph with a customer’s previous food preferences, Swiggy is able to derive a personalized restaurant feed at the app homepage itself. “For example, a user may prefer an Andhra style biryani over a Lucknow style biryani… so we are trying to get to that level of precision in our understanding of the customer,” added Vaz.
Unlike e-commerce, where data sets are derived from just customer purchases in the hyperlocal segment, the delivery fleet, restaurants, and customers together generate massive amounts of data points. This also means that restaurants too can make sense out of the order-level data and past history of customer preferences.
Zomato currently provides a business dashboard for restaurants on the web as well as the app, according to a company spokesperson.
“We also help restaurants understand customer behaviour by educating them on purchase funnels such as awarreness (metrics) like the number of visitors on the page to intent (building a cart) to purchases (placing an order). We have now started tracking dish-level ratings and are working towards adding more features to the dashboard,” the Zomato spokesperson added in a written response.


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tech2 News StaffMar 04, 2018 13:18:21 IST
Looks like Apple will be bringing back one of its more popular laptops, the MacBook Air, in a more attractive price package.
According to new investor notes from KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, Apple is planning to release a more affordable version of the 13-inch MacBook Air. According to Kuo, this affordable variant of the MacBook Air should boost the MacBook shipments by 10-15 percent.
Apple is currently selling its MacBook Air from $999 onwards and despite the neglect it has got from Apple in the last year, it is still a popular product category. Especially among the college going students according to 9to5Mac.
Along with this, Kuo also gave new details on the supply chain of the upcoming iPhones. According to Kuo, the entry level 6.1-inch upcoming iPhone will make a strong year for suppliers such as Unimicron, Wistron as well as Pegatron.
Kuo reiterated that Apple will be coming out with a refreshed model of the AirPods and there are positive signs on the shipments of the current gen AirPods.
Speaking about HomePod, Kuo said that the demand for it was 'mediocre' so far. He hasn't offered any additional view on the HomePod shipment related chatter, opting to have a 'neutral' view of the smart speaker segment.


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Apple iPhone 8 Latest News & Update: Handset To Face Severe Supply Shortage Due To Delayed Production
Apple fans are very excited about the upcoming iPhone iteration as it will be Apple's 10th anniversary special iPhone, possibly dubbed as iPhone 8. While a number of leaks and rumors surrounding iPhone 8's specs, release date and price details come up everyday, the question that still remains a mystery is the handset's actual launch date.
According to MacRumors, analyst Ming-Chi Kuo from KGI Securities has claimed that the Cupertino-based tech giant will surely debut the OLED iPhone in September, but the handset will face severe supply shortages for some time. Kuo stated that the mass production of the OLED iPhone model will only ramp up in October-November, two months later than the usual August-September mass production timeframe.
According to Apple Insider, the delay in production would not undermine actual demand. However, it could result in severe supply shortages, which as a result would cap total shipments of the new iPhone models in the second half of 2017.
In related news, some leaked pictures of the CNC dummy models of the iPhone 8 chassis were recently spotted online. The pictures were posted on Twitter by a user named Benjamin Geskin. The alleged iPhone 8 in the picture flaunts a glass and stainless steel body with an edge-to-edge front screen and no discernible bezel.
— Benjamin Geskin (@VenyaGeskin1) April 23, 2017
The sides of the handset are made of stainless steel. There is no Touch ID fingerprint sensor present on the back, which means that the fingerprint biometric scanner might come integrated into/underneath the display. The yet-to-be announced iPhone 8 is expected to be almost the same as the iPhone 7.
Among other specs, the Apple iPhone 8 is rumored to get a 5.8-inch edge-to-edge AMOLED display, an in-house A11 processor, 3GB of RAM, 256GB and 64GB of internal storage, iOS 11 software, a 3D front camera and a long-range wireless charging feature. Apple's iPhone 8 is expected to get a September 2017 release date.


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by MARIA DINZEO, courthousenews.com, 29 October 2020
Link to the "Order on Motion for Summary Judgment" of 29 October 2020:
nixed a class action claiming Apple failed to warn consumers about dangerous radiation from iPhones, finding it has twice demonstrated that its smartphones comply with the Federal Communications Commission’s radiation exposure limits.
Impelled by a Chicago Tribune article indicting iPhone and Galaxy smartphones for surpassing federal safety limits, lead plaintiff Andrew Cohen sued cellphone makers Apple and Samsung in August 2019. Samsung was voluntarily dismissed as a defendant in the case in January.


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Satya Nadella said Microsoft’s future depends on its ability to build--not buy--at least one major new product for what he called the “post-post PC” era.
“It’s time for us to build the next big thing,” Nadella said. “If along the way we have to buy things that’s fine, but we have to build something big.”
He didn’t disclose precisely what that big thing might be. But he described a wide-ranging array of new programs and services in development at Microsoft during the hour-long interview, from new search technologies to a live translation service for Skype calls demonstrated onstage at the event.
As computing moves beyond desktop computers, he said, Microsoft will work on technology that encompasses more than mobile devices--the products that caused people like Steve Jobs to talk about a “post-PC era.” New offerings will increasingly have to tie that hardware together better with online services and computers, too.
An expanded version of this report appears at WSJ.com.
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Apple isn’t dead but it sure smells funny
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text: (KTLA) Los Angeles, CA – Valentine’s Day is one of the biggest holidays for flower sales in the U.S., and California Flower Mall is open special hours for this week’s holiday. Jasmine Simpkins reports for the KTLA 5 Morning News from Moon Atelier plant, orchid, and home decor store. Roses are red, violets are blue but guess what else you can get guys? Plants! These are long-lasting gifts of love folks. CFM owner Mark Chatoff says California Flower Mall is open 24 hours Monday, February 13 through Valentine’s Day 8 pm.


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Making Money Easy Ep.17: Handling debt and the risks of Buying Now, and Paying Later
Apple works on detecting depression, cognitive decline via iPhone data
Overeating not the main cause of obesity: Scientists call for new messaging
Madonna King: Down-on-its-luck Melbourne winning as the nation’s heart capital
Overseas travel by Christmas, but where can you actually fly to?
‘Small price for freedom’: Retailers back vaccine check-ins for shoppers