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But there are also some pretty good stories of businesses that are growing or that are taking chances to be found among all the revelry. And here are four I uncovered on Thursday night:
• 1. Lakewood, you have a new brewery.
Lakewood’s only brewery, Ironwork Brewery & Pub, opened in 1989. And just 24 years later, Colorado’s fifth-largest city is getting a second one.
Caution Brewing Co., which has operated in northeast Denver since 2011, is opening a second location in mid-November at 1057 S. Wadsworth Blvd. It will include 12 taps of its own beer, allowing co-owner/brewer Danny Wang, who already brews such original creations as a lager flavored with spice from his parents’ Lao Wang Noodle House, to become even more experimental.
Wang, who lives just a couple of blocks from the new location, said he’s excited about growing what, up until recent years, has been a largely dormant craft beer culture in the Denver suburb.
“It’s going to hit them something fierce,” he said of Lakewood residents. “We’re excited to introduce this vibrant, collaborative scene.”
2. Dostal Alley misses out - twice.
Dostal Alley, a brewery within a Central City casino of the same name, is one of the Colorado beermakers affected by the government shutdown. Owner Buddy Schmalz was preparing to roll out a new line of bottled beers and had received federal approval for his labels but not for the formula of one of his beers — a necessity when you use non-traditional ingredients like rose hips and chamomile like he plans to do.
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Papa John’s tweaks Super Bowl coin-toss contest
Papa John’s International Inc. once again will give away free pizza on Super Bowl Sunday — this time, to customers who correctly predict the game’s coin toss.
Each fan can vote “heads” or “tails” at the Papa John’s Web site or the brand’s Facebook page, and those who correctly call the Super Bowl coin toss will receive a free large one-topping pizza, according to a news release from the company.
The Papa John’s contest this year is slightly different from last year, when Papa John’s (NASDAQ: PZZA) used popular vote to correctly call “heads” prior to the coin toss for Super Bowl XLVI.
This year, customers can call “heads” or “tails” for the Super Bowl coin toss through 11:59 PST on Saturday, Feb. 2. Americans who correctly call the coin toss will receive an e-mail on Feb. 4 with instructions on how to claim their pizza. Fans who vote also will get an offer for 35 percent off their next pizza at papajohns.com through Feb. 2.
For Papa John’s, Super Bowl Sunday is the biggest sales day of the year.
Papa John’s also offers these Super Bowl coin-toss statistics:
• In 46 Super Bowls, heads has been called 23 times and tails 23.
• 25 of the 46 tosses have come up heads, while 21 have been tails.
• The NFC has 25 Super Bowl wins, and has won the coin toss 31 times.
• The AFC has 21 Super Bowl wins, with just 15 coin toss wins.
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Tech giant Apple, on the occasion of World Emoji Day, has shared a few glimpses of the new emojis which will be launched on macOS, iOS and watchOS later in 2017. The iPad, iPhone, Apple Watch and Mac already have thousands of emojis for the users to express their opinions or feelings. Some of the new emojis included a bearded man’s face, a breast feeding woman, a woman with a head scarf, sandwich, half broken coconut and more.
The new set of emoji list also included animals and a few mythical creatures like Zebra, T-Rex, Elf and a Zombie. These are some of the fun emojis which will soon be launched on the platforms and can be useful to describe some fun situations. Other new emojis includes star struck, exploding heads to make the messaging experience more fun.
Moreover, to celebrate the World Emoji Day, the App Store will be highlighting some of the apps which will allow the users to test their creativity and do fun things with emoji. One of the news emoji is app is Emojily which allows the users to create their own characters. iTunes Movies is also featuring emoji instead of the selected movie titles. Apple said that the emoji should, “make it easier for people to express themselves with greater diversity, additional animals and creatures, new smiley faces and more.”
Apple was also looking forward keen on the premiere of Game of Thrones season 7 as one of the new emojis to be introduced is the Khaleesi character. Which means the Mother of Dragons, Daenerys Targaryen is now an emoji.


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As one of the world’s best paid supermodels, it’s no surprise Adriana Lima has been chosen to represent the latest must-have bra.
The beautiful Brazilian’s regular sized chest was given an enticing boost as she poses in the new Miracle Bra from U.S. lingerie firm Victoria’s Secret.
The 27-year-old beauty, who has been a Victoria’s Secret ‘Angel’ for eight years, looks stunning in the latest ads from the underwear chain.
As Adriana poses in the lingerie ads, striking the camera a ‘come hither’ pose, the tagline reads ‘cleavage like this could only be a miracle’.
The new campaign aims to give women a surgery-free option to a generous décolletage.
The Salvador-born beauty is the second highest paid underwear in the model in the world thanks to her mega bucks contract with Victoria’s Secret, coming behind fellow VS model Heidi Klum.
She also comes in fourth place of the top earning supermodels last year, earning £3.5million.
Her first fashion show for Victoria’s Secret was in 1998 and since being contracted as an Angel in 2000, she has appeared on subsequent shows ever since.
Now the face of the Miracle Bra, Adriana has a starring role in the 2008 Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show, where she will wear the $5million gem-studded Fantasy Bra.
As well as modelling for Victoria’s Secret, Adriana also has a lucrative contract with Maybelline cosmetics.
As well as conquering the modelling world, Adriana is hoping to branch out in acting.
She starred alongside Mickey Rourke in 2001 film The Follow and played herself in an episode of Ugly Betty this year.
Adriana insists she is still a virgin and is currently planning to marry Serbian basketball player Marko Jaric, who plays for U.S. team the Memphis Grizzlies, next June.


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MEMPHIS, Tenn., Jan. 19, 2018—FedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX) is once again ranked among the most admired companies in the world, according to a survey published in FORTUNE magazine. The annual “World’s Most Admired Companies” report released today lists FedEx as the No. 9 ranked company overall. The survey measures nine attributes related to financial performance
FedEx Express Inaugurates Logistics Center in Panama to Strengthen Supply Chain Services in Latin America and the Caribbean
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“Global Trade in the Digital Economy: Opportunities for Small Businesses” study, shows that the digital economy could unlock the full potential of SME’s in Latin America and the Caribbean.
FedEx Continues to Evolve and Strengthen Offerings Portfolio in Mexico with New, Advanced Logistics Center
As part of an expansion plan begun in 2011, the new FedEx Logistics Center in Mexico will occupy a 270,000 sq. ft. facility.In this way, FedEx combines state-of-the-art installations with the talents of a highly professional logistics team to offer a complete service offering to its clients in the region.
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Old vehicles of all kinds, buses, lorries, cars, taxis, three-wheelers and two-wheelers have been identified as the main sources of pollution. There are other sources also such as diesel generators, diesel locos etc.
The polluting agents are nitrous oxides, sulphur dioxide and suspended particulate matter.
The solutions being explored are reducing sulphur in diesel at the refinery level and control of emissions by using fuels like compressed natural gas (CNG). CNG has supply problems apart from emission and safety problems. The use of LPG is also being considered. This also has its own problems.
The emphasis has so far been on the use of so- called less polluting fuels and not on the vehicles and engines.
The Mashelkar Committee, which has been accepted by the government, has changed the entire approach by emphasising the need to move away from fuel management to vehicle management by the consumers of most of the vehicles already in use.
There is evidence to suggest that the so-called non-polluting fuels are really not so, and they also have other problems for the users. CNG has been found to emit carbon monoxide, which is also very harmful to health. A recent study by the California Air Resource Board, which has emphasised environmental control for some years, shows that LPG reduces engine performance with more NOX and total hydrocarbon emissions at lower speeds. The study points out that LPG conversion kits will be useful only with catalytic convertor and air fuel controller. The study concludes: “For a variety of reasons LPG is not considered the alternate fuel of the future.”
There is an invention by an Indian engineer called the Hydrodrive Electronic Catalytic Convertor, which is the world’s first, all fuel microwave pre-engine electronic convertor to reformulate the fuel on board the vehicle for clean combustion. This invention is under patent reference. It has recently been awarded the Asian Innovation Gold Award for the year 2001. The Far Eastern Economic Review and Reuters carried the story which had a half hour TV presentation and discussion on the subject about a month ago. Following this foreign companies from Asia are negotiating contracts for the distribution rights for the product in their own countries.
The Hydrodrive convertor reduces pollution from all types of fuel including the present high sulphur diesel, used in all types of vehicles and also in fuel using equipment like generators. In old vehicles it reduces pollution to Euro II standards and, in new vehicles with Euro II standards to Euro III standards.
The equipment costs about Rs 6,000 per piece, which is a fraction of the cost of a conventional exhaust convertor. It can be fitted by a trained mechanic in about an hour in all kinds of vehicles. It has the standard manufacturer’s guarantee.
The Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board has tested the device and the evaluation report shows that device is effective in controlling the emissions. It has also been tested by the Chennai Metropolitan Transport Corporation Ltd. on buses and other types of vehicles. The Army School of mechanical transport, Bangalore has also certified its utility in reducing emission, improving engine performance and improved fuel consumption.
Apart from controlling pollution the device also improves engine performance and reduces fuel consumption. Thus for the user the pay back period of the cost of installing the device will be about six months to two years depending on the distances travelled and the cost of different fuels.
It is indeed surprising that while foreigners have realised the value of the device and want to enter into commercial agreement to market the device in other parts of the world, in India there is so little interest and we are going after the wrong solutions for the problem of pollution.
Even the public sector oil companies have shown little interest in promoting and marketing the device while they are spending huge amounts on reductions of sulphur in diesel produced by the refineries.
Now that the Mashelkar Committee has clearly transferred the onus on the consumer it would be in the national interest if the authorities study the existing data on the effectiveness of the devise and if necessary, undertake further authoritative and conclusive evaluation of the device and bring it to the device and bring it to the notice of the courts and get orders for a realistic time frame for the users of all kinds of polluting vehicle owners to install the device.
The use of the device will also save the oil companies several thousands of crores of rupees, which is envisage for investment in improving the quality of the fuels in the refineries.


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The jailbreak app store ‘Cydia’ has submitted a lawsuit against Apple, making anti-trust allegations. The unofficial app store requires a passage into the official iOS market, as well as “fair-play” assurances. This is yet another problem added on the same pile for Apple, after Epic Games, Spotify, Blix, and Tile. Cydia, “the original app store for the iOS platform,” is suing Apple, alleging anti-competitive behavior that pushes third-party stores outside the valuable ecosystem.
This is exactly what the ‘Coalition for App Fairness’ has been trying to achieve, with its members grown to 45 today. So, Cydia is joining the fight with a lawsuit submitted in the US District Court of California.
Cydia continued to this day, but the barred nature of the iOS prevented the tool from staying up to date, forced its creators to rely upon a lot of reverse-engineering and workarounds, and its community gradually waned.
The lawsuit accuses Apple’s monopolistic practices of that, as the company promoted its own App Store while shutting the door to any other app store. If the anti-trust lawsuit succeeds, Cydia will be allowed to work on all iPhones, no longer relying on jailbroken devices, as Apple will be obliged to welcome the tool in the official ecosystem by sharing the needful resources. Both have valid arguments so it’ll be interesting to hear the decision of the courts.
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SPARTANBURG, S.C. (WSPA) – With the governor’s announcement to reopen certain retail stores, 7 News learned what that means, logistically, for some local business owners.
“It’s kind of sad, because it’s normally full of life and very vibrant,” business owner Kathy Silverman said.
For the past few weeks, the streets of downtown Spartanburg have been bare. But, on Tuesday, 7 News got a glimpse of what could be the start of getting things back to normal.
“I know not everybody’s excited that retail can open today and there are mixed feelings about it,” Silverman said. “Some people think it’s too soon, some think it’s too delayed.”
Kathy Silverman owns The Local Hiker and Hub City Scoops in downtown Spartanburg.
While her ice cream shop has remained open, she has had to make some adjustments.
“I opted to move a 10-foot table up to the front door, and I opened both front doors and customers can come up,” she said.
She’s lost money in the process and has had to deal with other obstacles as well.
“We’ve had people drive by, yelling out unkind things,” Silverman said. “We’ve had people walking by, harassing customers.”
Because of Governor McMaster’s recent announcement to reopen certain retail stores, Silverman will now get a chance to run her primary business: The Local Hiker.
But she and other nearby business owners told 7 News they are taking every possible precaution.
“The last thing we want, at either business, is to make someone sick or for staff to not have a safe working environment,” Silverman said.
“We’re just hoping that everyone will start coming out, little by little, and build our business back up,” owner of Two Doors Down, Kelly Blackwell, said.
Both business owners told 7 News they’ll continue to regularly sanitize their stores and maintain social distancing, following the governor’s order of no more than five customers per 1,000 square feet.
“I’ve already put some markers out at Hub City Scoops and I’ll do the same thing here [at The Local Hiker], and limit the number of people who are in the store at one time,” Silverman said.
“We’re trying to make sure we only have seven customers maximum in the store,” Blackwell added.
Silverman said both of her businesses will continue call-ahead and curbside pick-up services. She’s also offering private shopping sessions. If you’re interested, you can call and make an appointment.
“I think as long as we do things reasonably and responsibly, things will be fine,” Silverman said.


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Hanoi tops Hello Magazine’s 7 best destinations in Asia for backpackers
Hello Magazine has just named Hanoi the number one city on its seven best destinations in Asia for backpackers.
Hello Magazine, a UK weekly magazine, has named Ha Noi among seven best backpacking destinations in Asia.
Ideal for travelers on a tight budget, Vietnam's capital city is one of the cheapest destinations for backpackers.
“Not only is accommodation and food reamarkably affordable, but you’ll be spoiled for choice of things to see and do in the city, which has a mix of Southeast Asian, Chinese and French influences,” Hello magazine wrote.
Hoan Kiem Lake, Hai Ba Trung Temple and Hoa Lo Prison Museum are just three of the popular attractions, while backpackers often spend their evenings gathered at Bia Hoi (draft beer) bars across Hanoi, where you’ll find the cheapest beer in the world, the magazine added.
On the list, Hanoi is followed by Luang Prabang (Laos), Pokhara (Nepal), Phnom Penh (Cambodia), Bangkok (Thailand), Kuta (Bali), and Singapore.
The number of tourists to Hanoi in the first half of 2018 was estimated at 13.1 million, up 10% from the same period last year.
The city received about three million foreign tourists in the period, up 26% year on year, according to the municipal Department of Tourism.
The number of domestic tourists to Hanoi in the first half of this year was estimated at 10 million, up 6% year on year.
Total revenue from tourism is estimated at more than VND39 trillion (US$1.7 billion), up 9.3% from the same period last year.
Foreign holidaymakers to Hanoi came from 190 countries and territories, including Western Europe, Australia, North America, Eastern Europe, Northeast Asia, etc. China, South Korea, Japan, France, the US, the UK, Australia, Thailand, Taiwan (China), Malaysia, Singapore and Canada are the largest sources of visitors to the city.
Among them, China, South Korea and Japan are currently the largest visitor-generating markets for Hanoi’s tourism.


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(Oslo, 24 August 2016) Nel Hydrogen Electrolyser, a division of Nel ASA (Nel), today launches the new containerised NEL C-range electrolysers, thereby offering a low-cost, turn-key solution, representing the world’s smallest footprint for containerized, high capacity electrolysers.
“It is with great pleasure that we announce the addition of containerised, turn-key solutions to our NEL A-range electrolysers. The existing NEL A-range are already recognised as the benchmark in energy efficiency. The containerised configuration brings a new level of innovative turn-key design, combined with unparalleled efficiency, practical design that enables quick and simple installation and the most compact solution offered in the market today”, says Jon Andre Løkke, CEO of Nel.
The new configurations – Nel C-150 and Nel C-300 – are containerised and will be offered in addition to the existing industrial NEL A-range of electrolysers. The new products will have an output capacity of either 150 and 300 Nm3/hr respectively, which is equivalent to about 330 or 660 Kg/day. The standard gas output pressure will be 200 bar, which makes these products ideal for producing renewable hydrogen integrated with hydrogen fueling stations for cars, busses or other utility vehicles.
“With these new products, the customer only need to push a button after connecting electricity and water. The new low-cost, turn-key solutions offer everything of our existing NEL A technology, with its proven reliability and robustness, but with added flexibility and ease-of-use. This is hydrogen production technology second to none,” says Løkke.


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Australians are happier now with the price they received when they sold their home than they were a year ago, according to new research. RateMyAgent’s half-yearly Price Expectation Report (January-June 2020) asked 33,000 successful vendors if the sale price achieved was above, below or in line with their expectations. Results showed an increase in satisfaction year-on-year, with overall net happiness up 12% from June 2019 (27%) to June 2020 (39%).
Although vendor price satisfaction fell in March and April, when compared to the same period year-on-year (April 2019), April 2020 still reported an 8% increase. The stabilisation can be linked to a fall in property supply in April when buyers had to compete for a reduced number of properties. This kept prices stable, improving vendor sale price satisfaction. The return of consumer confidence is largely attributed to various government stimulus packages like HomeBuilder, JobKeeper and JobSeeker, says RateMyAgent CEO and co-founder Mark Armstrong.


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When we spend so much of our time online, we're bound to learn something while clicking and scrolling. Discover something new with Mashable's series I learned it on the internet. Photography is an invaluable medium that allows us to capture the incandescent beauty of the outside world, something many of us haven't seen in... well, a hot minute. Global pandemics will do that. But that certainly doesn't mean that beautiful photos can't be taken indoors, out of windows, or in secluded outdoor locations (safely socially distanced, of course).
Everything from culottes to chokers to old sitcoms have made a comeback at some point or another in our cyclical culture, and now, a piece of technology from our recent past is experiencing a tiny resurgence. Digital cameras from the aughts are having a moment again, and there's a growing community online making space for them to shine. The resurgence of relics from the past is usually chalked up to simple nostalgia, but it's more than that when it comes to these cameras -- especially to those who have found themselves picking up "digicams" (as they're sometimes called) for the first time in years. To some, these pre-smartphone cameras are clunky and outdated, and seen as just another cheap find in thrift stores or junk drawers across the country. But in 2018, early digital cameras have made their way into the hands of professional photographers.
The new Super 8 camera mixes analog and digital features. Kodak hopes it will inspire a new generation of filmmakers. CEO Jeff Clarke at Kodak's booth, during the 2017 Consumer Electronics Show (Photo: Provided) The annual Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas is a showcase for the newest cutting edge products from the world's top technology companies. But for Eastman Kodak Co., this year's showcase was a nod to the past. The company showed off a new Super 8 movie camera, announced it was bringing back Ektachrome film, and even hinted at the possible revival of the beloved Kodachrome brand.
If you make a purchase by clicking one of our links, we may earn a small share of the revenue. Our picks and opinions are independent from any business incentives. I can take a decent photo, but to be honest, photography isn't my area of expertise. That's why I was so excited to chat with female photographers who are killing it in their industry. My own skills have plenty of room for improvement, and who better to offer up some tips than four camera-wielding ladies with badass portfolios?
So many people post pictures on Facebook with very advanced cameras, eg from iPhones. Alas, many do not crop their photos, the horizon is not horizontal, there are dark shadows … Some people do not even know the camera can face outwards: I notice so many selfies! I think a gentle article from Jack Schofield on how not to disappoint your friends with holiday pics would be wonderful. There are some terrible photos on Facebook, but I think the average level is very high. Then, the quality of the average enprint, as enlarged prints were called, was extremely low, and you couldn't edit pictures unless you printed them yourself.


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Kia hat-trick at Fleet World Awards 2023
Kia UK Limited collected a hat-trick of awards at the recent Fleet World Great British Fleet Awards 2023.
The Kia Sportage, all-new Niro HEV, and all-new Niro EV each topped their respective categories at the awards ceremony held at the Marshall Arena in Milton Keynes.
The Sportage retained its 'Best Fleet Medium SUV' award that it also won in 2022. The Hybrid Niro collected the award for 'Best Fleet Small SUV', while its fully electric sibling, the Niro EV, was named 'Best EV Small SUV'.
John Challen, Editor of Fleet World, said: “In a congested and competitive segment, the Sportage stands out as a fantastic all-rounder. The upgraded interior makes the cabin even more user-friendly, while the addition of hybrid technology puts it firmly on the list of cars that fleets will be considering now and in the future.
The all-new Niro family comes electrified as standard. There is the choice of the fully hybrid Niro HEV, the plug-in hybrid Niro PHEV, and the fully electric Niro EV.
Commenting on the Niro, Challen added: “The revised version of the popular SUV that was introduced last year has been praised far and wide for its breadth of powertrain options. Whether it's hybrid, plug-in hybrid or full EV, Kia really does have something for everyone.” .
John Hargreaves is the General Manager of Fleet and Remarketing at Kia UK. He said: “It's fantastic to see three of our products win these important fleet awards. Fleet sales play an important role at Kia and helped us achieve the best-ever results last year with over 100,000 sales for the first time.
“We're thrilled that the Fleet World awards judges agree the Sportage, Niro and Niro EV offer great fleet appeal, thanks to their efficiency, versatility, practicality and availability.”


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Good news if you have Amazon Prime and do a lot of traveling: That $100-per-year subscription now has a new perk. Users will get free Wi-Fi on JetBlue flights that's actually fast enough to stream Amazon Instant Video. Under the new partnership, announced today, Amazon and JetBlue will be giving JetBlue's "Fly-Fi" in-flight Wi-Fi to Amazon's Prime subscribers.
JetBlue already started giving out pretty minimalist free Wi-Fi to its passengers in 2013 (enough for email and basic web browsing), but satellite-based Fly-Fi, with its speeds that are fast enough for streaming video, normally costs $9 an hour. The new promotion is currently in beta (whatever that means), but will be rolling out to all of JetBlue's Airbus A321s and A320s this year, and its Embraer E190s next year.
It beats having to watch some random old movie while wearing rented headphones. But so far no word if you can just use all that bandwidth to watch Netflix if you're feeling more like House of Cards than Transparent.


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Identifying the health-promoting properties of an ingredient can be a costly and time-consuming process for manufacturers. This is where ingredient company Sibelius Natural Products platform comes in, which could prove revolutionary for product development. Sibelius has developed a platform that can accelerate product development in the natural ingredients space. The Chronoscreen platform, which is a functional assay of biological activity, can help determine an ingredient’s potential before manufacturers commit to investing at more expensive stages of a development pipeline.
Read the full article on the Nutrition Insight website here.


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MUSIC NEWS: TRIBES Announce In-Store UK Tour
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TRIBES have announced a UK in-store tour in support of their upcoming album Rabbit Head – their first full-length in 10 years.
See them live at one of the following dates:
Sat 12th – BRENTWOOD – Hey Joe
Sun 13th – NEWCASTLE – Beyond Vinyl
Mon 14th – LIVERPOOL – Jacaranda
Thu 17th – KINGSTON – Banquet Records
Fri 18th – LEEDS – Vinyl Whistle
Sat 19th – BRISTOL – Rough Trade
Sun 20th – OXFORD – Truck
Mon 21st – LONDON – Rough Trade West
Tue 22nd – SOUTHAMPTON – Vinilo
Wed 23rd – BRIGHTON – Resident
TRIBES will also play a headline at the Roundhouse in London on 30th September 2023 – tickets are available HERE.
Rabbit Head is due for release on 18th August 2023 via Downtown Music, available to pre-order HERE.


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Beijing native Zhang Yang began to collect vintage tin toys in 1997 and now has a private gallery of up to 5,000 decades-old antique playthings. His collection reflects the huge transformation and unprecedented expansion of the Chinese toy industry over the past few decades and is featured in the documentary series Forty Details of Our Lives.
Co-produced by Tencent Penguin Pictures and the Beijing company Five-Star Legend, the 12-episode series is available on the streaming site Tencent Video, with the final three episodes released on 1 January 2019. By 25 December 2018 the nine episodes already aired had accumulated nearly 4 million clicks, a small figure among top entertainment programmes but a comparatively good performance for a small-budget documentary.
The recent nationwide celebration of the 40th anniversary of China’s reform and openingup has produced many films, TV dramas and documentaries that have flooded into theatres and onto online platforms. Whereas most of the documentaries focus on milestone incidents or breakthrough projects, Forty Details of Our Lives employs a fresh angle that looks back into the past through the perspectives of ordinary people.
“Reform and opening-up has exerted a broad and far-reaching impact on the country,” said Zhu Lexian, general manager of the documentary studio of Tencent Penguin Pictures. “It has created an environment that has allowed Chinese people to change their lives through hard work. That’s the core message the documentary aims to convey.”
The series, covering fields such as agriculture, automotive, toys, literature and clothing, follows 40 people from a dozen industries. In a year of preparation and six months of shooting the crew travelled thousands of miles from Heilongjiang province in north-east China to the metropolis of Guangzhou in the south.
Hu Qunfeng, the chief director, said the documentary is tailored for online viewers, whose average age is much younger than traditional TV audiences. So each episode is short. “We’ve done a survey and discovered that most young people can only attentively watch a story as short as around seven-and-a-half minutes,” he said.
So all episodes, which last about 25 minutes, consist of three short stories. A documentary aired on TV is usually double that length, and a theatrically released production lasts at least 90 minutes.
In the first nine episodes, a Chinese-Swiss railway enthusiast travels around 74,600 miles to take 400 rides on trains in one year; a landscape architect tries to remodel urban building roofs into farms; and a migrant worker-turned-writer finds true love with a pen pal.
But for Hu, the director’s most impressive story is the “legend” of an 85-year-old mother of six daughters. The woman, Wang Qunjing, was born in a poor family in Nanning in the Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region. She has suffered and sacrificed much to raise the children.
Like most thrifty Chinese women of her generation, she rarely bought new clothes and cared little about dressing up. A turning point came during the Spring Festival in 2016. Mrs Wang visited her youngest daughter’s home in Guangzhou, taking only a few clothing items with her. However, she was forced to borrow a set of dry clothes from her daughter because of rain.
When Mrs Wang put on the garments her daughter was surprised to find that her mother carried herself like a tall, skinny model. The young woman took photos and posted them on the social media app WeChat. The pictures quickly spread among users, and Mrs Wang has since been signed by a few fashion brands to model their clothes.
In the past, Chinese people took warmth and protection against dirt to be the top criteria to select clothes, and women tended to tailor garments at home. With rapid economic growth and the rise of personal incomes over the past four decades, people are used to regularly buying new clothes and updating their wardrobes to follow the latest fashion trends.
“Wang embodies that evolution,” Hu said.
The change brought by the reform and opening-up is also influencing those who are behind the documentary. Most of the crew members, born in the 1990s, began to understand the struggles of older generations in the early years as the country stabilised following a decade of turbulence.
“We hope we can record the era and bring life to this history,” said Zhu, head of Tencent Penguin Pictures’ documentary arm.
This article was originally produced and published by China Daily. View the original article at: www.chinadaily.com.cn


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Senator Joe Manchin has changed his mind about electric vehicles.
The West Virginia Democrat, who previously described federal tax credits for EVs as “ridiculous,” announced a surprise deal with Senate leader Chuck Schumer on a reconciliation package that includes $369 billion in climate and energy measures that aim to cut carbon emissions by 40 percent. percent by 2030.
The bill would allow car buyers to continue claiming the current $7,500 federal tax credit for the purchase of “clean vehicles” — the new preferred phrase describing plug-in hybrid, battery-electric and hydrogen fuel cell vehicles, replacing the old phrase “ newly qualified plug-in electrically powered motor vehicle.”
It would also lift the current cap of 200,000 vehicles before phasing out the tax credit, a huge win for companies like Tesla, Toyota and General Motors, which have all sold more than 200,000 EVs.
In an all-new provision, the bill includes a $4,000 tax credit on the purchase of a used clean vehicle, a potential boon to middle- and low-income car buyers who are less likely to afford a brand-new EV but still hope to switch to something less polluting.
And the bill changes the definition of eligible vehicles to include all vehicles produced in North America. An earlier version of the proposed tax cuts would have benefited US-based manufacturers, sparking outraged Canadian lobbies in Washington to change it.
There are some restrictions on who can claim a tax credit for the purchase of a new or used car. The deal includes a limit on the suggested retail price of eligible vehicles of $55,000 for new cars and $80,000 for pickup trucks, SUVs and vans. Credits would be capped at an income level of $150,000 for a single taxpayer and $300,000 for joint applicants for new vehicles and at $75,000 and $150,000 for used cars.
Other vehicles not eligible for tax credits include vehicles with batteries containing minerals that have been “extracted, processed, or recycled by a foreign entity of concern,” which is defined as a state sponsoring terrorism or countries blocked by the Office of Foreign Assets of the Ministry of Finance Control.
A previous proposal from President Joe Biden would have applied an additional $4,500 tax credit for electric vehicles made with unionized workers, but was dropped thanks to Manchin’s opposition — as well as opposition from non-union companies like Toyota and Tesla.
There are other new pots of money that are sure to excite the auto industry, including a $10 billion tax credit to build clean technology manufacturing facilities, such as an EV plant, and a $2 billion grant program to rebuild existing auto manufacturing facilities. “to produce clean vehicles and ensure that auto manufacturing jobs remain in the communities that depend on them.” And there is $1 billion for clean heavy vehicles, such as school and transit buses and garbage trucks.
In short, it’s the most the auto industry and EV makers have been asking for for months. “The passage of this bill will create millions of high-paying U.S. jobs in the clean transportation industry, dramatically lower energy and transportation costs for consumers, and improve public health by reducing carbon emissions and other pollution,” Joe Britton, executive director of Zero Emissions Transportation association, said in a statement. “America is deeply indebted to everyone who helped negotiate this bill.”
But until Thursday, supporters were under the impression that extensive tax cuts and other measures to boost EV sales were dead in the water. Manchin, a mercurial politician who has positioned himself as the casting vote in a split 50-50 Senate, had rejected attempts to subsidize the cost of EVs, calling current tax credits “wrong” and “unAmerican.” In March 2022, he said Manchin was “very reluctant to take the path of electric vehicles” and mocked the idea of the government spending money on infrastructure.
In a statement Thursday, Manchin described the so-called “Inflation Reduction Act of 2022” (Gone is the Biden administration’s brand name of “Build Back Better”) as a more comprehensive measure that “invests in the technologies needed for all fuel types — from hydrogen, nuclear, renewables, fossil fuels and energy storage — to produce and use in the cleanest way possible.”
But the bill isn’t a total win for clean transportation drivers. Tax credits for the purchase of electric bicycles were left on the floor of the cutting plant after they were passed as part of the House-approved Build Back Better legislation. While electric vehicles are certainly more virtuous than gas-powered vehicles, e-bikes are even better for the environment and public safety. They cost less to produce and have the potential to replace short car journeys that make up the bulk of driving, especially at a time of high gasoline prices.


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In the past few months there have been reports from a multitude of publications claiming that WhatsApp – the world’s most popular chat app with more than two billion users – will end support for millions of devices by early 2021, which has already happened, as WhatsApp has tried to balance the vast majority of its users with the support of older platforms like BlackBerry to help a minority keep using the service to keep in touch with friends and family.
Following these disturbing new reports, WhatsApp will arrive on January 1, 2021 just support smartphones running at least iOS 9 on iPhone and Android 4.0.3 or later for Android devices like Google Pixel, OnePlus, Samsung Galaxy and others. Devices that could be affected by such a supported device list change include the Apple iPhone 4 and iPhone 4S, which are too old to be updated to iOS 9 or higher.
However, there is one important thing that WhatsApp fans on iOS and Android need to know about this recent warning that was circulated. It is not true. Or rather, it’s true – but the change that people are so concerned about has already taken place. As reported by the BBC, The Independent and Android Police (to name a few), WhatsApp ended support for iOS 8 and Android 2.3.7 around early 2020. Hence, users have been living with this change for months.
As of February 1, 2020, WhatsApp announced that it could only run on smartphones with iOS 9 and Android 4.0.3 or later.
WhatsApp users will be blocked from the chat app unless they accept new rules
Express.co.uk reported back in October 2019 that WhatsApp’s support page had been updated to warn users of these upcoming changes. The WhatsApp support page for iOS previously stated: “WhatsApp for iPhone requires iOS 9 or higher. You can no longer create new accounts or recheck existing accounts on iOS 8. If WhatsApp is currently active on your iOS 8 device , you will be able to use it until February 1st, 2020.
“For the best experience, we recommend that you use the latest version of iOS available for your phone.”
WhatsApp does require iOS 9 or Android 4.0.3 – this change is not in sight, but it has already been implemented. Talking about these changes before rolling them out to billions of users worldwide, WhatsApp said that support for a number of devices has ceased to expand the app’s capabilities in the future.
In a previous statement, WhatsApp said, “While these mobile devices have been an important part of our history, they do not provide the features we need to expand the capabilities of our app in the future. This has been a difficult decision for us.” but the right one to give people better opportunities to keep in touch with friends, family and loved ones via WhatsApp. “
So, if you’ve seen an article claiming your smartphone is losing WhatsApp. Please don’t panic. If you can open WhatsApp on your iPhone or Android phone today, you’re guaranteed to still be able to open it when the fireworks start on January 1st, 2021. This is because the change you are being warned about happened months ago.
In other WhatsApp news, Express.co.uk recently reported that WhatsApp users will have to agree to new terms and conditions that will go into effect next February. If WhatsApp users do not agree to these new terms and conditions, they will no longer be able to use the market-leading chat app. The notification from WhatsApp read: “By tapping Agree, you accept the new terms, which will take effect on February 8, 2021. After that date, you must accept the new terms in order to continue using WhatsApp, or you can cancel your account at any time.” Clear . “


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There’s some good news and some bad news for Justin Timberlake.
After his Super Bowl halftime performance, sales of his songs rose by 534%!
Now, that sounds good, but what that really means is that sales rose from 6,000 to just 36,000. (Not exactly Super Bowl numbers.)
Also, a lot of people thought that Timberlake's new album might break a million sales… nope, that projection has dropped to around 300,000.
There was, however, a nice surprise for Janet Jackson! Even though she did not perform, and does not have a new album, streaming of her music increased by 150%.
Also, if you’re wondering about the Super Bowl ratings, there was a 7% drop from last year.


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In September, builders broke ground on new homes at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 872,000. That was the fastest pace in more than four years. Yet it still trailed the rate of household formation. The trend suggests that home construction will have to keep rising.
Low inventory "is a sign that housing markets are tightening, and that builders will continue ramping up on new construction to fill demand," Newport said.
For all the improvement in the housing industry, sales and prices remain below normal levels. In part, that's because many potential buyers can't meet stricter lending standards or make the larger down payments that banks have required since the housing bust.
That can be a particular obstacle for first-time buyers. They accounted for 31 percent of home sales in October. That was down slightly from September and below the 40 percent common in a healthy market.
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said last week that banks' overly tight lending standards might be limiting home sales and holding back the economic recovery.
Still, the steady improvement in housing is benefiting the economy. Each new home built creates about three jobs for a full year and yields $90,000 in taxes, according to the homebuilders' group.
More building also creates demand for steel, glass and other materials. People who buy new homes usually buy more furniture, carpets and appliances. That typically generates more manufacturing and retail jobs.
More home construction generates more demand for pick-up trucks, as builders and contractors add trucks to handle more work. Chrysler said last week that it was adding 1,000 workers to a factory that makes Dodge Ram trucks. Ford and General Motors have also said demand for trucks is rising.
All told, Alan Levenson, chief economist at T. Rowe Price, estimates that the housing recovery could add 25,000 jobs a month next year.
Home improvement chains are benefiting. In addition to Lowe's higher earnings, Home Depot Inc. last week reported slightly higher third-quarter net income. And Home Depot raised its full-year forecast.
The clearest sign of a better housing market may be the increase in prices. A measure of U.S. prices jumped 5 percent in September compared with a year ago, according to private data provider CoreLogic. That was the largest year-over-year increase since July 2006. Other gauges have also shown solid gains in home prices over the past year.
Higher home prices can also make homeowners feel wealthier and more likely to spend more. And consumer spending accounts for about 70 percent of the U.S. economy.
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NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) -For generations, Deirdre Barrow Johnson’s family has made their family restaurant a part of the community, and the community a part of their family.
“It’s about empowering other people empowering our community and keeping it going so that was always on the forefront,” said Barrow Johnson
Like many businesses, they changed with the times but kept their family, and their employees, a priority.
Husband and business partner, Kenneth Johnson says the PPP loans made that a reality.
“That PPP loan make sure we were able to keep the employees employed,” said Johnson.
Included in the American Rescue Plan is the restaurant revitalization fund. Restaurants across the country can apply for a piece of the funds’ $28.6 billion dollars. First in line: women and minority-owned businesses.
“If you can help the minority businesses that can sustain employees in the community it has a greater effect for everyone when you think of a minority city like New Orleans minorities make a big part of the labor force in just the economy. If you can stabilize that I think everyone benefits,” said Johnson.
Patrick Gros wears several hats. He works as a CPA, restaurant owner, and partners with several New Orleans area restaurants. Since it was announced, he’s closely monitored the revitalization fund.
“Basically what it’s going to be as you take your 2019 revenue your tax return your 2020 revenue tax return and subtract then you subtract your PPP loans that you got… it’s definitely going to be like a gold rush with the first round of PPP loans,” said Gros.
This modern-day gold rush, he believes will set qualifying restaurants up for success into the year 2022. And for restaurants fighting to stay open throughout the pandemic,he says the money could be life-changing.
“So we just go through the process and fortunately we were approved for it last time so the same approach we have this time,” said Johnson.
With a partnership more than thirty years strong, the pair say the pandemic shook their restaurant. But at each turn they’ve stayed strong not only for each other, but also for the love of their community.
“When the doors shut with other businesses or families leave people lose their stride, with us staying here and fighting we hear that every day we’re so glad you guys are so here and it means more than just a hot meal,” said Barrow Johnson.
The federal government has yet to launch the application portal, estimated to open towards the end of April. Gros says restaurants should start gathering and analyzing their books and budgets or find help to do so.
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Rickman Manrick was unveiled as the Bell Lager Fresh Vybez Brand Ambassador on Friday during NTV’s Mix Show.
During NTV’s Mix Show on Friday night, Bell Lager officially unveiled their new look in what has been termed as “Fresh Vibez,”
Bell Lager’s Brand Manager, Matilda Babuleka, DJ Bryan – one of the brand’s ambassadors and other officials from the renowned beer brand turned up for the show that ushered Ugandans into this year’s Independence Day.
On the same show, Bell Lager officially unveiled singer Derrick Ddungu, aka Rickman Manrick as their brand ambassador. Rickman, who also doubles as a professional footballer for Sävedalen IF, a Swedish second-division team turned up the vybez when he stormed the stage to perform some of his top tunes.
Shortly after being unveiled as the #FreshVibez brand ambassador, Rickman revealed how proud he is to be associated with a brand like Bell Lager. The singer was later joined by his girlfriend Sheilah Gashumba who took the Mpola Enjoyments a notch higher by tasting Bell Lager for the very first time.
“Went to NTV to support Rickman Manrick on his new endorsement with Bell Lager!! We had #FreshVybez and a lot of fun. I also got to drink Bell Lager for my first time and I must say it’s smooth, loved it.” Sheilah revealed.
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Meet the off-the-grid chatroom that fits in your pocket – The Brink
Meet the off-the-grid chatroom that fits in your pocket
What if instead of connecting to the phone company, we connected directly to each other’s phones? Called "mesh networking," the idea has been kicked around for years in hacker circles, but it got a major boost with iOS 7. Thanks to the fresh "Multipeer Connectivity Framework," iPhones were able to connect to each other directly over Bluetooth or Wi-Fi, a minor software update with potentially major consequences.
Firechat was one of the very first apps to seize on the fresh feature, building a mesh-enabled talk app that drew a remarkably large user base. The app recently reached five million users, popping up at music festivals and protests around the world. For protests, it was a way to communicate without routing through potentially hostile carriers, holding out even in the face of an internet blackout. For everyone else, it was just a joy way to hop off the grid.
What if instead of connecting to the phone company, we connected directly to each other’s phones?
But as the system has grown, it’s run up against a serious range problem. The iPhone has a lot less Wi-Fi strength you’d get from a router, and can’t reach almost as far. Android phones are still stuck with Bluetooth for multipeer connections, which is even more limited. Firechat has found the most success in dense crowds — particularly music festivals — but most of the users end up reverting to standard networks as soon as the crowd cracks up. If mesh messaging is ever going to be more than a software flash mob, it’s going to need a way to reach further. But how?
Now, we’re getting a look at Firechat’s reaction. The company is developing a fresh hardware widget called Greenstone, designed to sit inbetween phones, pack slots in the network, and go places that phones can’t go. When Firechat founder Micha Benoliel very first displayed me the prototype, he was wearing one around his neck, an effortless midpoint inbetween the phone in his pocket and my phone, which I’d left on the other side of the table. The device also bridges over time, storing up to a thousand messages at once. If you need to send a message to a talk room that’s out of range, the Greenstone will store it locally until it can be delivered.
Designed to sit inbetween phones and pack fuckholes in the network
That failsafe is significant because the underlying network is so choppy. Greenstone is built entirely on Bluetooth, which has limited range and relies powerfully on line of glance. If the device is in a crowd of moving people (like a concert), the device will be permanently hopping inbetween connections, moving in and out of dead zones. You can wake the Greenstone up by jiggling it (you’ll see a few lights go off), which will trigger a search for other Greenstones in the area. You’d never want to stream movie over this kind of network, but for something asynchronous and relatively low-bandwidth like a chatroom, it could work just fine.
This kind of impromptu network is such a fresh idea that there isn’t truly a word for what Greenstone is. ("Hub" doesn’t fairly capture it, since the entire point of mesh is to avoid hubs.) It’s also still a prototype, and a long way from being ready for prime time. Triggering the shake-to-activate feature is still a little tricky, and connecting is a lot stiffer than it should be — but those are exactly the kind of kinks that get ironed out as a product moves to market.
You won’t be able to buy a Greenstone any time soon, but that doesn’t mean you won’t see one in the wild. Benoliel has been testing the devices out at events — most recently at SXSW — and he’s toying with the idea of blanketing college campuses with them as a way to promote the Firechat app. It will be a while before Greenstone is ready for store shelves, but in the meantime, it’s an interesting prototype that makes the shaggy ideas of mesh networking seem an awful lot more viable.
Brink Movie archive: What’s the future of communication? (2014)


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In news that should hardly surprise anyone: those in charge of the US’ biggest companies dumped billions of dollars worth of shares on the stock market just before it crashed.
Top execs of public US companies sold roughly $9.2 billion worth of shares in their own companies between the start of February and the end of last week, Wall Street Journal reports.
Thousands of insiders reportedly made similar moves. More than 150 executives and officers each sold at least $1 million in company stock during February and March, after selling no stock at all in the previous year.
These numbers come with no accusations of insider trading (aside from those levied against Republican senator Richard Barr et al.)
None made more than Amazon’s Jeff Bezos. He unloaded $3.4 billion in Amazon shares just before the stock market peaked in mid-February, found the Wall Street Journal, accounting for more than a third of all shares sold by top execs.
Bezos reportedly sold more shares in the first week of February than in the entire previous 12 months, and that’s only 3% of his total Amazon holdings.
If Bezos, whose net worth is estimated at around $110 billion, had’ve held onto those Amazon shares until Monday, he reportedly would’ve been facing losses of $317 million, at least on paper.
In other words, Bezos sold the top — in a big way. Shortly after its February 19th peak, the S&P 500 index suffered its fastest 30% sell-off in history, reportedly exceeding declines felt during the Great Depression.
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- WTI weakness favors the USD/CAD pair’s short-covering moves.
- Retail sales numbers will be in focus for fresh direction.
USD/CAD is taking the rounds near 1.3350 while heading into the European session on Thursday. The Loonie pair dipped yesterday as Canadian trade and inflation numbers pleased sellers but the recent weakness of WTI triggered the quote’s U-turn. Traders may now concentrate on retail sales numbers from the US and Canada for fresh impulse.
On Wednesday, the decline in the US trade deficit couldn’t win over the increase in international merchandise trade, consumer price index (YoY) from Canada.
However, the weakness failed to last long as markets booked some profits off WTI as EIA released weekly inventory decline that was lesser than the private industry stock change number.
Increase in Iranian exports of crude, as estimated by Reuters, could also be the reason behind WTI’s pullback from the near five-month high.
Crude being Canada’s largest export item, the USD/CAD pair has a negative correlation with WTI.
Looking forward, March month retail sales control group from the US will confront with February month retail sales data from Canada around 12:30 GMT. Forecasts suggest that the US reading could increase to +0.4% from -0.2% whereas the Canadian number might rise to +0.2% from 0.1%.
USD/CAD Technical Analysis
While 1.3400 acts as nearby resistance, a descending trend-line from March-high, at 1.3440, could challenge buyers afterward. In a case prices rally beyond 1.3440, 1.3510 and 1.3600 might become their next targets.
On the contrary, 50-day simple moving average (SMA) figure near 1.3315 and 1.3250 may entertain short-term sellers prior to challenging them with an upward sloping support-line at 1.3220 and 200-day SMA level of 1.3200.


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The Vietnamese government is open to the idea of signing a free trade agreement
(FTA) with India, Vietnam''s prime minister Nguyen Tan Dung said.
are ready to sign an FTA with India," Dung said while delivering the keynote
address at India-Vietnam Business Forum meet in New Delhi.
invited Indian industrialists to invest in Vietnam and said his country would
prove to be a safe and efficient destination for Indian investors.
Indian conglomerates such as Essar and the Tata Group have already invested in
Vietnam, he pointed out.
India has now become one of the top ten countries in terms of investment in Vietnam,
there was still a lot of scope for economic relations to be further strengthened,
trade between India and Vietnam has increased by 20-30 per cent a year since 2001
and in recent months,
these successes, cooperation has not been commensurate with the advantages and
potential of the business communities of the two countries. We can do more in
trade and investment for mutual benefit," Dung said.
in Mumbai, the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and Vietnam Chamber of Commerce
and Industry (VCCI) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for strengthening
trade and investment between both the countries.
MoU was signed by VCCI chairman and president Vu Tien Loc and Syamal Gupta, member
of CII National Council and chairman, Tata International Ltd.
to the MoU, both the countries shall co-operate to further improve and expand
trade, investment, technology cooperation and will pursue establishment of the
Vietnam-India business forum as a permanent vehicle for promotion of bilateral


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Another child has been crushed by the same type of IKEA furniture.
A 22-month-old child, Ted McGee, from Minnesota died after a Malm chest of drawers fell on him. He died on Feb. 14, according to reports on Wednesday.
“They didn’t hear the dresser fall,” attorney Alan Feldman told Philly.com. “They didn’t hear Ted scream.”
Both IKEA and the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission are looking into McGee’s death.
The boy is the third child to died after being crushed by Malm furniture. A 2-year-old boy from Philadelphia died in February 2014 when a chest fell on him. Later in 2014, a 23-month-old child in Washington was killed when a chest tipped over.
Following the boy’s death, IKEA sent out another safety warning about the Malm furniture range.
An IKEA spokesperson said: “We at IKEA offer our deepest condolences to the McGee family. At IKEA, we believe children are the most important people in the world and the safety of our products is our highest priority. Upon being informed of this incident IKEA US immediately reported it to the authorities and an investigation is taking place. IKEA US has been advised that the product was not attached to the wall, which is an integral part of the products’ assembly instructions,” reported The Guardian.
According to the statement, IKEA said that furniture needs to be secured to the wall, the Metro reported.
It said: “With our broad communication we want to create awareness that IKEA chests of drawers are safe to use when assembled according to the assembly instruction and attached to the wall.”
“We have also decided to heavily invest in innovation, product development and testing, leading to innovative solutions to further increase stability. This will be made in collaboration with consumer authorities and other stakeholders.”


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Samsung Electronics announced on Dec. 18 that it would manufacture Kunlun, Baidu’s 14-nm process-based AI chip, early next year. This marks the first foundry cooperation between Samsung Electronics and Baidu and is expected to lead to Samsung Electronics’ foundry business expansion to cover AI chips for use in cloud computing and edge computing.
Kunlun 818-300 and Kunlun 818-100 to be developed and produced by the two companies are AI chips that can be used in various fields of the industry. The high-performance chips incorporate Baidu’s XPU architecture and Samsung Electronics’ 14-nm process technology and Interposer-Cube package solution.
Samsung Electronics has applied a foundry solution optimized for high performance computing to improve power integrity and signal integrity by at least 50 percent. As a result, it succeeded in reducing the noise that is generated during signal transmission to a chip, maintaining a constant voltage and enhancing the stability of circuit operation. The Interposer-Cube package solution is Samsung Electronics’ own 2.5D packaging technique for integrating an SoC chip and a high-bandwidth memory chip on a silicon interposer. The technique is characterized in that each chip is placed in one package for a higher transmission speed and a smaller package area.


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Feb 15, 2023
UCC to Sue Celsius Execs for Fraud, Mismanagement
The Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors of Celsius is taking legal action against the crypto lender’s co-founder, Alex Mashinsky, and other executives for their alleged involvement in the collapse of the company.
In a complaint filed in a New York Bankruptcy Court on Feb. 14, the committee, which comprises seven Celsius account holders appointed by the U.S. Trustee in July, is accusing the executives of fraud, recklessness, gross mismanagement, and self-interested conduct.
The complaint seeks damages from the following Celsius personnel and their associated entities:
Alex Mashinsky, co-founder, director and former CEO
Daniel Leon, co-founder, director and former CSO and chief operating officer
Hanoch “Nuke” Goldstein, co-founder and chief technology officer
Harumi Urata-Thompson, former chief financial officer and chief investment officer
Jeremie Beaudry, former general counsel and chief compliance office
Johannes Treutler, former head of Celsius’ trading desk and person in charge of purchasing CEL tokens on behalf of Celsius
Aliza Landes, the former vice president of Lending of Celsius and spouse of Daniel Leon
Kristine Mashinsky, the spouse of Alex Mashinsky
The committee alleges that the defendants breached their fiduciary duties to Celsius and made negligent, reckless, and self-interested investments, resulting in the company losing $1 billion in a single year. The lawyers also allege that the executives directed Celsius to spend “hundreds of millions of dollars” on public markets to inflate the price of CEL tokens while they “secretly sold tens of millions of CEL tokens (or were aware of such sales)” for their own benefit.
The UCC is also accusing the executives of withdrawing assets from the company while actively encouraging customers to keep their assets on the Celsius platform.
The hearing on the proposed complaint will be held on March 8.
The official creditors committee is hoping to maximize recoveries for the benefit of Celsius’ customers and unsecured creditors who were affected by the alleged negligent, reckless, and fraudulent conduct of Mr. Mashinsky and others.
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Ticketmaster will publicly defend itself for the first time since becoming the concert promoter much-noticed meltdown Late last year during Taylor Swift’s Eras tour ticket sales.
Joe Berchtold, the president and chief financial officer of Live Nation, which owns Ticketmaster, is one of six witnesses scheduled to speak before the Senate Judiciary Committee in a hearing scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. Tuesday
In prepared remarks, Berchtold claims the live concert industry is more competitive than it was a decade ago when Live Nation merged with Ticketmaster, and that the ticket seller controls neither capacity nor prices.
“Primary ticketing companies, including Ticketmaster, do not set ticket prices, do not decide how many tickets go on sale and when they go on sale, do not set service fees,” he said in opening remarks released ahead of the hearing.
“We don’t use algorithms to set prices,” added Berchtold.
Lawmakers were quick to announce the hearing after Ticketmaster canceled a sale for in November Taylor Swift’s concert tour when the service experienced technical disruptions and so-called “historical” customer demand for seats. Swift had planned her “Eras” tour for 52 concerts at 18 venues, with Ticketmaster being the primary ticket seller for all but five of those shows.
During a presale event on November 15 on Ticketmaster’s website crashed after 14 million fans and bots tried to buy tickets. Thousands of fans who thought they were eligible to purchase tickets were unable to purchase them, prompting some to do so Sue Ticketmaster.
The episode also led to calls for Ticketmaster to be disbanded, with critics accusing the ticketing platform, promoter and venue owner of monopolizing the events market.
Ticketmaster is estimated to have more than 70% market share of the US ticketing industry and is the primary ticketing provider for over 80% of professional sports teams and venues in the NBA, NHL and NFL. Live Nation denies these claims, saying its market share has shrunk since the 2010 merger.
“Ticketmaster has been losing market share, not gaining it, and each year competitive bids result in ticketing companies getting less of the economic value of a ticketing deal while venues and teams get more,” said Berchtold. “The US ticketing markets have never been more competitive and we keep reading about new potential entrants.”
The Senate panel will also be heard by ticketing platform SeatGeek, live event producer Jam Productions and singer-songwriter Clyde Lawrence, as well as academics studying antitrust law.
Live Nation blames much of the blame on bots and scalpers who steal tickets to resell them. At least some artists agree with this assessment. In a letter in support of Live Nation, country music star Garth Brooks called on the committee to make scalping illegal.
“The rush of bots during a ticket sale is a big reason for a program to fail, NO MATTER WHO THE TICKET SALES COMPANY is. And the one who ALWAYS pays for these atrocities is the customer, the LAST ONE to bear the burden.” Brooks wrote in a letter to the committee.
Live Nation claims to have invested millions in developing anti-bot technology on the platform.
the The Justice Department is investigating Live Nation on whether the company’s market power violates antitrust laws and harms competition, and the The Tennessee Attorney General’s Office is investigating the Swift incident as well as what some fans call subpar customer support during the snafu.


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Cairo: Egyptian police arrested a suspected arsonist after a massive fire had swept across a famed auto spare market in central Cairo, sources said.
Fourteen stores were gutted by the fire that erupted at Al Tawfiqyieh market on Friday. Initial inspection of the site has estimated the resulting damage at about 20 million Egyptian pounds (Dh4.6 million). Investigations found that the blaze had been caused by tossing highly inflammable substance, the sources added.
The suspect admitted to having ignited the fire to settle a score with his cousins who own stores in the market, the sources said.
He added in investigations that he had a dispute with his cousins over a commission for brokering in selling a shop in the bustling area. Out of revenge, the suspect allegedly doused petrol at his cousins’ stores, sparking the fire that quickly extended to neighbouring shops.
Prosecutors ordered the suspect remanded for four days pending further questioning.
A hub for dealers in car spare parts, Al Tawfiqyieh market is located in an area, which is home to the Supreme Court, department stores and cinemas.


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The Travel Network Group has acquired Pudsey-based Hanson Travel for an undisclosed sum.
Hanson Travel, a Worldchoice member, was set up in 1986 by husband and wife team Paul and Denise Hanson, who are retiring from the sector.
Chief executive of TTNG, Gary Lewis, said: “We are delighted to be taking over this well-managed and successful independent travel business as it complements the profile of our other wholly-owned stores network. While this acquisition only takes our wholly-owned network to five stores, it is a strategic purchase.
“We know that from time to time our Members re-evaluate their careers and consider their options on the direction they take with their businesses, and last year we made a commitment to Worldchoice Members that if they were looking to exit through sale or retirement to contact us with a view to us acquiring, and this is the first purchase of this kind to be made.”
Kathryn Beaumont, who joined the business when it began 30 years ago, will continue in her role as manager under the new ownership structure.
Paul Hanson, added: “I’m pleased the future of Hanson Travel is now secure in the capable hands of manager Kathryn Beaumont, who has been with us since the beginning 30 years ago, and now with the backing of the Worldchoice management team.”
Lewis said the group would not be seeking to make wide-spread acquisitions but if members’ businesses were profitable with potential for growth then they would be considered.
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A vast array of initiatives such as the launch of the freelancer visa in September last year, followed by the launch of the AED100 million Sanad initiative for entrepreneurs, promises integrated solutions for SMEs and entrepreneurs in the UAE. In an exclusive interview with Communicate at the Top CEO conference, H.E. Dr. Ahmad Belhoul Al Falasi, Minister of State for Entrepreneurship and SMEs, explains how the startup and SME ecosystem is on the rise.
According to the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor’s (GEM) 2022 report, the UAE has been ranked first globally as the best ecosystem for startups and entrepreneurs in 2022, ahead of the Netherlands, Finland, Saudi Arabia, and Lithuania.
The Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) report captures the perspectives of more than 2,000 relevant experts – at a minimum of 36 per country – across the 50 participating nations, to rank them in terms of their ability to encourage startups. Every year, GEM presents its researched assessment of national entrepreneurial conditions. The aim is to rank countries in terms of their ability to encourage new businesses, which are of interest to policymakers and entrepreneurs alike. The UAE has the highest total score by a clear margin, having improved in 11 of the 13 framework conditions and scored highest of all 47 economies in four of them.
The report includes a comprehensive National Expert Survey (NES), which captures the perspectives of more than 2,000 relevant experts – at a minimum of 36 per country – across the 50 participating countries, about the conditions governing entrepreneurship in their country. The methodology of the research assesses each country's economy’s entrepreneurial ecosystem against nine Economic Framework Conditions (EFCs), as mentioned below:
Sources: GEM 2022 Report
GEM introduced the National Entrepreneurial Context Index (NECI), in 2018 to summarize in one number the pooled expert assessment of each economy’s EFCs. The NECI is simply the average of the pooled expert scores across the 13 framework conditions.
While we are all aware of the effect that the pandemic has had on the SMEs ecosystem, GEM emphasizes how "some entrepreneurs have seized on new business opportunities while others have seen their business plans deferred or derailed. This chapter presents an assessment of whether governmental responses to the pandemic have mitigated a decline in new business startups, as well as whether governments have been doing enough to support women entrepreneurs."
How can governments further amplify the growth of the SME and entrepreneurs ecosystem?
There are 33 economies that consistently participated in the GEM report, in each of the three years - 2019, 2020, and 2021. Of those 33, there are six in which that economy’s NECI score increased each year: the largest increases were in Saudi Arabia (from 5.0 in 2019 to 6.1 in 2021), in the United Arab Emirates (from 5.8 to 6.8), and in the Republic of Korea (from 5.1 to 5.7).
Sources: GEM 2022 Report
The economies scoring highest for government efforts to mitigate the impact of the pandemic on new startups (Saudi Arabia), or for supporting women entrepreneurs (United Arab Emirates), are also economies that have seen consistent and substantial improvements in their NECI scores in recent years.
"Governments need to focus on the ability and agility to react. While this is imperative across the spectrums, it is crucial for governments to do this as whatever decisions they make are directly linked to their people," said H.E. Dr. Ahmed Belhoul Al Fanasi, the UAE Minister of State for Entrepreneurship and SMEs.
Dr. Ahmed Belhoul Al Fanasi, the UAE Minister of State for Entrepreneurship and SMEs
In March, the Emirates Development Bank (EDB) announced the launch of Sanad, a post-COVID acceleration initiative to support SMEs in the UAE and accelerate their post-pandemic economic growth. The new AED100 million initiative aims to extend quick, easy-to-access, and flexible loans to Emirati-owned and managed businesses looking to accelerate the growth of their businesses. The program promises to work in close coordination with the Ministry of Education, the Emirates Foundation for Health Services, and the Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation.


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A new federal anti-spam law will restrict how businesses communicate electronically with current and prospective clients as of July 1.
Businesses will then be required to obtain direct consent before sending out commercial electronic messages – emails, texts and those through social media accounts – to clients or prospective customers.
The legislation also includes installation of computer programs, alteration of transmission data, and false, misleading electronic representations.
Without consent, businesses could face penalties ranging from written warnings to fines as high as $10 million.
Some think the rules are too strict, and unfair.
The original intent was to stop the spread of the most dangerous electronic messages, such as fraudulent marketing and installation of computer viruses.
Now specific information – a mailing address and name of the business sending the message – will have to be included, and a way to unsubscribe.
But Canadian businesses, specifically smaller ones, are complaining that the legislation will take away a valuable and affordable marketing tool.
They claim the legislation renders small businesses uncompetitive, while doing nothing to stop spam coming in from outside the country.
Enforcement is an issue. The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunication’s Commission has said it doesn’t have the resources to police all infractions and will focus on the most severe violations.
Concern exists that some businesses might not even realize they breaking the new rules, that they encourage less productive means of advertising.
What’s more productive than free?
Businesses can still use electronic means to spread their messages.
They just have to ask permission first.
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Nexus Vehicle Rental has seen unprecedented bookings for November as couriers and retailers temporarily increase their fleet capacity to deal with the predicted demand brought by Black Friday sales.
Nexus has reported a record surge in daily van rental bookings including new contracts with major delivery companies including DHL as retailers prepare to meet what industry experts are predicting will be the highest Black Friday sales this Friday (27th November). Industry experts are currently predicting Friday's sales will exceed £1 billion for the first time in the UK - a figure that rises year on year as shoppers begin buying gifts earlier to capitalise on pre-Christmas discounts.
In the last month Nexus has seen van bookings surge by 50% with long wheel base and extra-long wheelbase vehicles, the vehicles of choice for delivery companies, trebling. The daily rental provider is sourcing a significant volume of vehicles for new clients including DHL for their busiest periods. DHL is for the first time using Nexus to support their 2015 peak demands.
The ability to mobilise large volume and specialist rental requirements is a key USP for Nexus which it says has been a fundamental driver in the booking surge. With access to more than 500,000 vehicles in over 2,000 UK locations the business is able source the widest variety of daily rental vehicles available in the country, from executive cars and construction vehicles to ice cream vans and snow ploughs. Nexus has revolutionised the rental booking process, streamlining booking times to just 10 seconds using its online system.
John Ellis, Managing Director of Nexus said: "Last year the explosion in one-day-long pre-Christmas shopping events such as Black Friday and Cyber Monday were a phenomenal retail success, but brought associated delivery headaches with many companies unprepared for the full scale of the impact. Factors including the rise and rise of ecommerce, online led sales promotions, click and collect and a general expectation from consumers that products will be delivered in a matter of days has put a huge strain on the delivery network. Daily rental provides a solution which not only retains customer satisfaction and loyalty but also means extra capacity can be used only at the time it's needed."
In September Nexus launched a new Management Information (MI) suite enabling customers to more effectively manage their daily rental spend, track trends, review costs and deliver savings from its award-winning online rental booking system. The new MI suite enables customers to self-serve their bookings as well as providing an overview of spend, giving unrivalled, in-depth analysis into rental behaviour in a highly visual format.
"In the last month Nexus has seen van bookings surge by 50% with long wheel base and extra-long wheelbase vehicles, the vehicles of choice for delivery companies, trebling."


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Hunt Brothers Introduces Pizza of the Month Promotion
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Hunt Brothers Pizza launched a new Pizza of the Month Promotion that includes a bonus musical gift. Customers who purchase the month’s featured pizza will receive one free download from Universal Music Group Nashville by visiting huntbrotherspizza.com, clicking on the Pizza of the Month image and completing a brief survey about their order.
"Hunt Brothers Pizza consumers are also big music fans, so we are excited to partner with Universal Music Group Nashville to reward consumers who try our Pizzas of the Month," said Keith Solsvig, vice president of marketing for Hunt Brothers Pizza. "We offer more than 10 different toppings all at no extra charge, so the Pizza of the Month promotion is a great way to get consumers to try more of the toppings we offer and give us feedback on their flavor preferences."
Each Pizza of the Month will feature a new topping combination designed to make customers think about new and interesting ways to top their pizzas, the company said. Combinations will vary from traditional Thin Crust Pepperoni to the Pepper Palooza that includes pepperoni, green peppers, banana peppers and jalapeño peppers.
After filling out the survey online, consumers can choose their free download from Universal's 400,000-song catalogue.
"With more than 6,500 locations in 28 states, the Hunt Brothers Pizza partnership is a great vehicle to promote our artists and music to a lot of potential fans," said Tom Lord, vice president of marketing for Universal Music Group Nashville.


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Sony has reportedly pushed back the release of PlayStation game Horizon Forbidden West to the first quarter of 2022, according to a Friday report by Bloomberg. The open-world game was on both PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 consoles.
Horizon Forbidden West is the highly anticipated sequel to 2017 adventure game Horizon Zero Dawn and was announced during last month. You can catch a .
Sony didn't immediately respond to a request for comment.
The reported delay isn't surprising given the impact thepandemic has had on game and . As they seek to curb the spread of the virus, many industries are still grappling with the challenges of employees working remotely.


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CDZ Legal Advisors has advised the funds managed by TFI Capital Partners on a financial investment in the Piotr & Paweł Group, a Polish supermarket chain operating 145 stores.
CDZ developed and negotiated the transaction documentation that was finalized on 22 February 2018 and came into force immediately, as the investment was made by a financial institution and no clearance of the Polish antimonopoly office was required.
Since November 2017 the Piotr & Paweł chain has been looking for a strategic investor to ensure stability in relations with business partners and financial institutions. TFI Capital Partners’ investment offers financial support during the process of selecting an industry investor.
The team of CDZ lawyers advising on the transaction was led by partners Maciej Kotlicki and Aleksandra Szyszko-Kamińska specializing in M&A deals, including for investment funds.


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THE APPLE Watch is perhaps the most hotly-awaited wearable yet, and the American tech giant announced more details about it at an event on March 9. At the event in San Francisco, Apple coughed on pricing and release date details for the Apple Watch for the first time, and named some of the third-party apps that will be available on the wearable device at launch. The firm also unveiled its first 12-inch MacBook during the event, which is the thinnest and lightest Apple laptop yet.
The imaginatively-named Apple Watch was first announced during the firm’s iPhone 6 launch event on September 9, marking the company’s first leap into the smartwatch market.
When Apple launched the iPhone, it wasn’t anything that the market hadn’t seen already—touchscreens, smartphones, contacts and calendars had all been done before. But nobody had ever done them quite like iPhone, and nobody other than Apple could put these all together into such a perfect package. With the Watch, eight years on, Apple has done it again.
Launched in a number of variants and two sizes, including gold models, Apple Watch will be available from next month in nine countries; the schedule, however, does not include India. The prices will start at $349 and go above a whopping $17,000 for the gold model. As per industry experts, the Apple Watch is not expected to cost less than R30,000 for the base model when it makes it to Indian shelves.
For those who came in late, the Watch offers a host of features from controlling music to showing stock prices and from dictation to accurate timekeeping, not one of which is a truly groundbreaking feature. There are gimmicks that let users send each other their heart rates, and there’s the option to draw tiny digital notes and send them too.
But these are the least compelling features of a product that Apple believes could be as big as the iPhone. Apple claims its smartwatch delivers up to 18-hour battery life and comes with a unique charging solution that combines Apple’s MagSafe technology with inductive charging for a quick connection.
Apple’s first smartwatch has some distinguishing hardware features, such as a digital crown that can be turned to scroll or zoom on the screen; one can press on this crown to return to the previous page. The touchscreen itself has two-step touch-sensitivity that can understand the difference between a tap and press. Above all, Apple Watch has a built-in mic and speaker using which one can complete a conversation as long as the iPhone is connected via Bluetooth or Wi-Fi.
Apple has used an all-new microprocessor named S1 in Watch, which it calls an entire computer architecture on a single chip. Among the key features of Apple Watch are always-on Siri, tracking users’ fitness, third-party app support and it receives phone calls, as well as iMessages and SMSes.
It can act as a walkie-talkie and operate the iPhone camera, as well as Apple TV. Apple Watch uses an actuator called Taptic Engine to let users know of all notifications and alerts. There is no camera, but the iPhone’s photos can be seen on Apple Watch.
The all-new Apple Watch is, however, compatible only with iPhone 5, 5S, 6 and 6 Plus and can be used to authenticate mobile payments via Apple Pay. Apple has already released iOS 8.2, which features the Apple Watch app that lets users connect the smartwatch to their iPhones.
None of this, however, assures Apple of great success: the smartwatch proposition is based on the idea that the iPhone-maker can once again succeed where every one of its rivals have failed so far. But as with the iPhone, it is Apple’s unique combination of competence and brand pulling power that will decide whether the Watch really attracts the following in millions that many analysts predict will come by the end of the year.
Apple is believed to have asked its contract manufacturer, Quanta Computers, to make 5-6 million Apple Watches in the first quarter.
Supply-chain sources say 50% of this output is set for the entry-level Apple Watch Sports, whereas 30% is for the mid-tier model with stainless-steel casing and sapphire crystal. In comparison, Apple had sold 3 million iPads within the first 80 days when it was launched in 2010.
Apple Watch marks the first new device category to be launched by Apple since it entered the tablet space with the first iPad in 2010. It is also the first new Apple product line to make its debut since Tim Cook took over the reins of the company after Steve Jobs stepped down.
“Apple Watch begins a new chapter in the way we relate to technology and we think our customers are going to love it,” CEO Cook was quoted as saying by the media recently. Really? We will just have to wait and watch.


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Let's begin with what Cook said.In my view, the tablet and the PC are different. You can do things with a tablet if you aren't encumbered by the legacy of a PC -- if you view it as different. If you say this is another PC, all of a sudden you're pulling all of the leadweight of the PC market and you wind up with … Read more
As expected, Lenovo and Intel jointly announced the K800 smartphone today in China -- the second phone powered by Intel silicon to hit the market.
In addition to the 1.6GHz Atom processor, the K800 boasts a 4.5-inch 720x1,280 IPS display, 1.3MP/8MP front-rear cameras, Intel wireless display technology for steaming video to a compatible HDTV, and an Android 2.3.7-based operating system.
The K800 will run on China Unicom's network. The phone supports HSPA+.
Lenovo follows the first Intel phone, the Lava Xolo 900 launched in India last month.
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Foxconn may assemble the iPhone and iPad in China, but key components are made in the good ol' USA, according to Apple CEO Tim Cook, speaking today at the D10 conference.
"This is not well known...but the engine for the iPhone and the iPad are built in the U.S. in Austin, Texas," Cook said.
Cook is almost certainly referring to Samsung's Austin chip plant, where the A5 -- and presumably the newer A5X -- chips are made.
Apple's iPad could be getting Sharp's latest and greatest display tech after all, according to an analyst who spoke with CNET.
That technology would be IGZO (indium gallium zinc oxide), which Sharp began volume production of in April. In that announcement, Sharp specifies sizes and resolutions that match or exceed the third-generation iPad's display.
"It looks like it's happening. It's in our published research," said Richard Shim an analyst at DisplaySearch. "That is, Sharp is supplying the IGZO panels for the new iPad."
Apple was planning to get the IGZO display … Read more
Lenovo is expected to announce its K800 smartphone next week in China, according to a source familiar with Lenovo's plans -- the second phone powered by Intel silicon.
In addition to the 1.6GHz Atom processor, the K800 boasts a 4.5-inch 720x1280 IPS display, 1.3MP/8MP front-rear cameras, Intel wireless display technology for steaming video to a compatible HDTV, and an Android 2.3.7-based operating system.
Dell's upcoming Windows 8 tablet will break the 10.1-screen-size mold, spanning a roomy 10.8 inches, according to a report. And it's targeted at business -- a market that Microsoft and its coterie of Windows device makers know well.
The "Dell Latitude 10," as reported by Neowin, has some brawny PC-like specs, including a 128GB solid-state drive and up to 2GB of memory -- which, by the way, is what Dell currently offers on its 10.1-inch Latitude ST, also targeted at corporate "enterprise" customers.
A source familiar with upcoming Windows 8 tablets … Read more
Nvidia first LTE modem is ready for AT&T's network.
The Icera 410 LTE modem chipset for tablets and laptops has been tested and validated for operation on the AT&T 4G LTE network, the Santa Clara, Calif. chip supplier said today.
"Validation with AT&T...paves the way for Nvidia Icera-powered LTE devices on the AT&T network through this year and next," Stan Boland, senior vice president of mobile communications at Nvidia, said in a statement.
The 410 is the first Icera modem to implement 4G LTE in Nvidia's "… Read more
The Google 7-inch tablet is on the way, according to a fresh report -- the latest in a long line of reports dating back to the beginning of the year.
The tablet will hit the market in July, according to a Thursday report from DigiTimes. Shipments -- about 600,000 initially -- are set to begin in June, the Taipei-based publication claimed.
Asus is expected to manufacture the device.
NPD DisplaySearch analyst Richard Shim told CNET previously that a 7-inch Goggle tablet was in the works, though a June shipment date means that an original projection of an April production … Read more
SAP America is looking to develop "the business network of the future" with the acquisition of cloud-based business commerce network Ariba at the price of $45 per share. That rounds out to roughly approximately $4.3 billion.
Each party brings something significant to the table here. Ariba already has the buyer-seller collaboration network, which is intended to compliment SAP's existing customer base as well as its B2B solutions. Thus, this really gives SAP a big push in the cloud space.
SAP will also be bringing its own resources to boost Ariba. For example, SAP is integrating its … Read more
Steve Jobs had a lot of input into the design of the upcoming the iPhone, according to a report.
The Apple co-founder and former CEO "worked closely on the redesigned phone before his death in October," according to a report from Bloomberg, which did not identify the source.
The Phone's design was in the works before the release of the iPhone 4S, giving Jobs plenty of opportunity to contribute, the report added.
Apple's next iteration of the iPhone, with a rumored 4-inch screen is due by October, according to various analysts.
Other key features of the … Read more