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Promoted as a “satisfying different to cigarettes,” JUUL is placing a brand new generation of youth susceptible to nicotine dependence and future cigarette use. Among younger adults aged 18-35, e-cigarette use was associated with more frequent cigarette smoking and more intensive cigarette use. E-cigarette use has remained relatively low and steady among grownup users since round 2012. Between 2012 and 2013, 2.four% of adults aged and a couple of% of adults aged used e-cigarettes. By 2016, the rates had elevated to 4.2% and 2.8%, respectively. The most recent data for the yr 2018 present present use of e-cigarettes remaining at 4.2% among adults and a couple of.1% among adults aged forty five-64. A 2016 report from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System survey found that 44.3% of young adult present e-cigarette users were never people who smoke before trying e-cigarettes.
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While the most generally used e-cigarette system type among youth was pre-crammed pods, such as Juul, disposable e-cigarettes noticed big increases. In fact, disposable e-cigarette use amongst present high school e-cigarette customers elevated by approximately a thousand% throughout . As much as 98.7% of flavored e-cigarette merchandise offered in comfort, greenback, drug and grocery stores comprise nicotine. Nicotine ranges in e-cigarettes are extremely variable, with some reaching or exceeding levels found in combustible cigarettes. “Copycat” merchandise, such as Suorin Drop, myblu and Vuse Alto, follow JUUL’s blueprint of excessive-tech design and high nicotine supply through the use of nicotine salt e-liquid formulations. These devices are all typically known as “JUUL” as a result of ubiquity of the model, however they are also referred to as “pod mods” as a result of the e-liquid is bought in self-contained disposable pods. To account for the range in product design, some researchers have categorised e-cigarettes as first, second or third technology gadgets.
By early November, the Administration had signaled it may walk back from that coverage. Because most e-cigarettes contain nicotine, which may alter nerve cell functioning in growing organisms, particularly during fetal growth, they should not be used by youth or pregnant girls.
As of November 5, 2019, more than 2,000 vaping-associated illnesses and 39 deaths have been reported to the CDC. A evaluate of some of the affected e-cigarette customers in two states reported that a majority of sufferers were experiencing cough, labored respiration, reduced blood oxygen ranges and elevated white blood cell counts. Research regarding the impression of e-cigarettes on cardiovascular health has yielded mixed outcomes. Some studies have shown that quick-term exposure to e-cigarette aerosol has no measurable harm on cardiovascular health. However, others suggest adverse effects on resting coronary heart fee, blood strain and the cells that line the blood vessels. More intensive research is needed to realize perspective on the long-term effects of e-cigarette use on heart health, which have but to be identified. Another concern related to flavoring stems from pulegone — a compound present in prepared oil extracts of certain mint vegetation.
Like youth, younger adults aged are also utilizing e-cigarettes at growing rates. Young adult use of e-cigarettes daily or some days elevated from 2.four% in 2012 and 2013 to 5.2% in 2017, and increased once more to 7.6% in 2018 based mostly on a current analysis. 2020 NYTS knowledge present that 37% of high school e-cigarette users use menthol flavored e-cigarettes. The market share of disposable e-cigarettes nearly doubled in simply 10 months from August 2019 to May 2020. This is probably going as a result of disposable e-cigarettes are nonetheless being bought with youth appealing flavors such as sweet and fruit.
- A 2014 PHE report concluded that hazards associated with merchandise at present on the market are probably low, and apparently much decrease than smoking.
- This report found that such “dual use” of e-cigarettes and tobacco “could have much smaller beneficial effects on general survival in contrast with quitting smoking fully.”
- E-cigarettes that aren’t reusable might contribute to the issue of digital waste.
- There is restricted information obtainable on the environmental issues round manufacturing, use, and disposal of e-cigarettes that use cartridges.
- A 2014 WHO report concluded that some smokers will change fully to e-cigarettes from traditional tobacco but a “sizeable” quantity will use both.
Electronic nicotine supply techniques – digital units that generate vapor the person inhales. Vaping Products – any gadgets, vape juices, batteries, chargers, etc used with e-cigarettes. Mig 21 e-cig starter package has been recognized as the best refillable vapor cigarette to make the change to vaping.
Pulegone is a known carcinogen and the tobacco industry has up to now lowered the amount of this compound in menthol tobacco products because of toxicity considerations. Human cells exposed to vaped e-liquid have additionally been discovered to have decreased viability, with sure taste compounds posing explicit cell toxicity risks. Other studies also showcased impaired immune cell operate in the lungs, raising questions on e-cigarette customers’ susceptibility to bacterial and viral infections of the respiratory system. There is uncertainty concerning the best way these infections could manifest given the potential for other lung injury and irritation in lung tissue from e-cigarette use.
In our fight to end smoking, vaping and nicotine habit, we give attention to the issues that matter most. We continuously monitor the most recent matters and tendencies in tobacco and substance use.
Higher nicotine e-cigarettes have pushed the surge in e-cigarette gross sales in recent times, with those containing at least 4% nicotine comprising almost three-quarters of the e-cigarette market in 2018. Unlike in Europe, the place e-cigarette nicotine concentrations can not exceed 2%, there are no nicotine concentration restrictions within the United States. Older generations of e-cigarettes used a form of nicotine known as free-base nicotine.


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Salesforce: Customer service teams have accelerated digital plans in 2020
The 'State of Service' report suggests 60% of decision-makers have invested in new service technology due to the pandemic
The pandemic has exposed a number of technology gaps in customer service, according to 88% of service professionals, as customers switched from physical to virtual locations during 2020.
The 'State of Service' report provides a "snapshot" of priorities, challenges and trajectories of global customer service teams. The findings are based on a survey of customer service agents, decision-makers, mobile workers, and dispatchers with over 7,000 respondents across 33 countries.
In response to the pandemic, 85% of service teams said they had changed their policies to provide more flexibility to customers with 60% adding that they had invested in new service technology.
"Leaders are taking this time to rethink the value of experiences and reimagine engagement with customers and employees alike," said Brian Solis, global innovation evangelist at Salesforce."
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According to the report, 88% of service professionals said the pandemic exposed technology gaps, and 86% said the same for service channel gaps as customers flocked away from physical locations and towards digital methods of engagement.
Teams also found shortcomings that went beyond the obvious, with 87% realising that their existing policies and protocols - such as cancellation fees for events that were prohibited by public health measures - were not suited for current circumstances.
In the face of these challenges, service teams were forced to make digital transformations that will endure beyond the pandemic. 78% said they had invested in new technology because of the pandemic, with 32% suggesting they had ramped up their adoption of artificial intelligence systems.
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Google’s vice president of Search Pandu Nayak said this one is the most important the company has released in at least five years. The technique involves educating the methods to better understand the order and context during which a word appears.
Apple has sent out notification to iPhone 5 customers to download the newest iOS 10.3.4 update on their telephones before November three, 2019. Apple to launch iPhones with ProMotion display having 120Hz refresh price subsequent year Cupertino-based mostly tech large, Apple, could launch the 2020 iPhones with 120Hz refresh price ‘ProMotion’ display. At present, all iPhones include 60Hz displays and if Apple upgrades the display of future iPhones with 120Hz refresh price then customers can count on a smoother expertise.
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WASHINGTON: A drop in government spending dragged more on the US economy than initially thought in the first three months of the year, although consumer spending looked relatively resilient to Washington's austerity drive.
Other reports yesterday showed the number of new jobless claims rose modestly last week while contracts on previously owned homes climbed to a three-year high in April.
Together, the reports pointed to an economy that has held up reasonably well despite government constraints, but nevertheless faced headwinds severe enough to dissuade the US Federal Reserve from trimming its monetary stimulus in the immediate future.
"(The reports) paint the picture of an economy with strengthening fundamentals that is facing significant fiscal drag," said Ellen Zentner, an economist at Nomura in New York.
Gross domestic product expanded at a 2.4 per cent annual rate during the first quarter while government spending tumbled at a 4.9pc annual rate.
Also holding back growth during the quarter, businesses outside the farm sector stocked their shelves at a slower pace.
Most economists still expect economic growth will slow around the middle of 2013 as budget cuts are enacted.


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This ASX Stock is Almost at Our BUY Price
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After surging to almost $1.50, one of our long term portfolio companies, MyFiziq Ltd (ASX: MYQ), has just dipped close to our most recent entry price.
We believe the current MYQ share price provides an attractive entry point for new investors given that in the last four weeks MYQ has:
- Completed a $5M capital raise at $1.20 per share;
- Signed a US$3.58M annual revenue binding term sheet;
- Signed a US investment bank for a NASDAQ listing in 2021.
We increased our position in MYQ at around these share price levels last month.
MYQ has developed a patented application that allows an individual to accurately track the dimensions of their body directly from a smartphone.
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Health organisations and insurance companies have adopted MYQ’s tech as a means to help their clients and customers achieve optimum health targets.
We took a position and have followed MYQ since April this year when it was just 11.5c. We then doubled down at 83c and the company soared as high as $1.49.
Following the completion of a capital raise from sophisticated investors of $5M at $1.20 per share, the company is now turning its focus on its proposed NASDAQ listing.
MYQ has engaged US based investment bank Ladenburg Thalmann & Co. Inc. as lead underwriter to its proposed NASDAQ IPO.
In the much bigger US market, that is more familiar with the potential upside of healthtech companies, MYQ’s ASX shareholders that invest now could be rewarded once the US listing is completed.
MYQ has also signed a number of recent deals which should push the company into profitability in the coming months.
MYQ requires 140,000 users paying US$1.50 per month to break even. A quick scan of their most recent deals shows this to be well within reach:
- Nexus-Vita - Initial Target users of 100,000, minimum annual revenue to MYQ of US$3.58M from date of commercial launch (due Jan 2021);
- Jayex Healthcare (ASX: JHL) - Initial target of 1,000,000 users - starts Q1 of 2021;
- Biomorphik - Initial user target of 100,000 - release date Q4 2020.
Plus numerous other deals expected to grow MYQ’s user base throughout 2021.
This all complements MYQ’s launched partnerships with Evolt and Bearn (400,000 initial user target) - which has MYQ technology available on both the Apple App Store and Google Play Store.
What is going on in the broader health tech space?
Teledoc is merging with Livongo Health in an $18.5BN deal that will create a leader in consumer-centred virtual health care. Meanwhile Google and Fitbit combined to monetise health data, when Google purchased the original wearable giant for $2BN.
Amazon has also moved into 3D body scans and announced Halo, a fitness band and app that scans your body and voice, and even IBM and Samsung are getting in on the health tech trend.
This is a sign that this kind of technology and data has created serious interest with big tech companies and investors, including Robinhood investors who have been driving the growth of NASDAQ listed health and tech stocks.
We are holding MYQ long term because we see additional upside in the company, particularly as COVID continues to highlight the benefits of technology, including health-tech in what has now been dubbed “the new normal”.
MYQ’s current market cap could prove to be just the beginning – especially ahead of a NASDAQ listing and wider exposure to US investors.


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Google is reportedly working o a secret project, codenamed “project skybender”, A project similar to project loon. For those who do not know what project loon is, it is a Google sponsored project aimed at delivering internet access to countries or underdeveloped area’s of the world. The medium of the internet delivery are floating balloons that will communicate to the ground.
The project skybender is similar to project loon, in terms of delivering internet to area’s without internet access, and That’s where the similarity ends. As the project skybender uses drones to transmit millimetre-wave radio transmissions. High frequency millimetre waves can hypothetically data up to 40 times more than today’s 4G LTE systems.
According to our news source, The Gaurdian, Google is carrying out this project in spaceport America in New Mexico, near a town called Truth or Consequences (your surprise is as good as mine. What kind of name is that) . Report says Google is making use of a hangar owned by Virgin Galactic, the use of the hangar cost the company $1,000 a day. Furthermore, it is reported that Google had divide its skybender test into two flight campaigns due to concerns raised by Virgin Galactic.
According to The Gaurdian, Google has refused to comment on their report, an indicator that the project was not meant to public, at least in the foreseeable future
You may wonder what Google stands to gain from this project. Well, its a give and take project, reason being that the search engine giant will provide internet to those without internet, who are about 60% of the world (According to Internet Live Stats, only about 40% of the world has an internet connection) and in turn they will probably make their money via online searches and browsing made by people from these area’s. Browsing and searching is pivotal in Google business.
What is your thought o project “Loon” and Project “Skybender”? Do you think its possible? Share your thoughts with us.
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Harley-Davidson’s electric spin-off brand LiveWire has made a bold statement. 100,000 electric motorcycles sold in 2026, and shifting of 190,000 units before the end of the decade. A wild claim considering the fact that this industry has yet to gain traction.
But if there is something Harley-Davidson has been good at, it is brand longevity. In a highly-competitive world of motorcycle manufacturing, the company has made it through the ups and downs. Their effective business practices also earned them their reputation.
Because of this, their LiveWire branch has been able to make strategic moves including partnerships and mergers, which may direct the company to go public and make it open to all investors.
Other reports expect the company to launch a new motorcycle model around the second half of 2022 named Del Mar. The said electric motorcycle will be built on the brand’s proprietary Arrow platform as reports claim.
In terms of business, an investor relations document revealed that the company has projected positive growth in the coming years. According to the document, the company was able to move 387 total units in 2021, including the LiveWire ONE and other Harley-Davidson-branded electric motorcycles. In 2022, it aims to sell about 957 units, then make a huge leap by 2023 with a total estimate of 7,236 units sold.
The document further revealed that LiveWire expects to double its 2023 estimates and sell about 15,000 units in 2024, and compound it at 50,000 by 2025 and reach its goal of 100,000 sales by 2026.
Wild numbers indeed.
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She's at it again!
After famously shopping her own closet for her engagement portraits with Prince William, Kate Middleton, 29, attended a charity event in December wearing a Temperley London dress from the Fall 2009 collection.
Feel a sense of deja vu?
That's because Kerry Washington, 33, wore the same dress when it was au courant at the Clinton Foundation's Millennium Network Event in LA in April 2009.
While Middleton paired the dress with her trusty black blazer, Washington let the style shine.


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The stock market can feel like a big, confusing gamble. Stocks rise and fall. Money is made and lost. Investors pore over company details, eye financial records and try to make sense of it all. When it comes to technology stocks, there have been some spectacular failures over the years, but also some all-time great successes. Let’s check out some of the absolute best tech stocks to ever light up Wall Street.
Our guide on this journey is finance expert Hendrik Bessembinder, a professor at Arizona State University. Bessembinder released a report earlier this year called “Do Stocks Outperform Treasury Bills?” Tucked into the fascinating study is a list of stocks that lead the pack in what he calls “lifetime wealth creation.” The finance professor looked at stocks contained in a database covering returns from 1926 through 2016. Here are the top tech stars from that list with the lifetime wealth creation numbers rounded to the closest billion:
Stock ticker symbol: AAPL
Lifetime wealth creation: $746 billion
First offered: 1980
While energy giant Exxon Mobil tops Bessembinder’s list with a $1 trillion figure, Apple comes in close on its heels and leads all of the tech stocks in the study. Remember the report only covers through 2016. Apple stock is booming this year as the company announced a slew of new products ranging from the high-end iPhone X to the voice-assistant HomePod speaker meant to compete head-on with Google Home and Amazon’s Alexa gadgets. Apple has a solid claim to being the greatest tech stock in history.
Stock ticker symbol: MSFT
Lifetime wealth creation: $630 billion
First offered: 1986
It should come as no surprise that Microsoft, maker of Windows, follows Apple in the lifetime wealth creation rankings for tech companies. According to Microsoft, if you had purchased one share for $21 during its IPO in 1986, that share would now be worth around $21,000 after nine stock splits. That’s a whopping 101,386 percent return on investment.
Stock ticker symbol: IBM
Lifetime wealth creation: $520 billion
First offered: 1978
It can be easy to forget that IBM stands for “International Business Machines.” It was originally founded in 1911 and switched to the IBM name back in 1924. That’s long before the internet existed or the iPhone was even a glimmer in Steve Jobs’ eye. IBM was once a powerhouse maker of personal computers. These days, IBM is involved in everything from artificial intelligence to cloud computing, showing its willingness to shift with the times.
Alphabet (formerly known as Google)
Stock ticker symbol: GOOGL
Lifetime wealth creation: $365 billion
First offered: 2004
Pretty much everyone still calls all of Google “Google,” but the parent company got a new name in 2015 with the introduction of its holding company “Alphabet.” Alphabet may be the newest tech stock on Bessembinder’s list of high-ranking juggernauts, but business has been booming for the multifaceted company since the 2004 IPO. That means Alphabet has created a whole lot of wealth in a relatively short amount of time.
Stock ticker symbol: AMZN
Lifetime wealth creation: $335 billion
First offered: 1997
Amazon announced its second quarter 2017 sales hit $38 billion. The massive retailer started off humbly enough when founder Jeff Bezos launched it as an online bookstore in 1995. Today, it sells almost anything imaginable and is branching out into bricks-and-mortar with this year’s acquisition of grocery chain Whole Foods. The company’s stock price briefly topped $1,000 per share in 2017.
Stock ticker symbol: INTC
Lifetime wealth creation: $259 billion
First offered: 1971
Intel is known for making the processors that power computers. Look down at your PC and chances are good you will see a little Intel logo somewhere on the machine. Intel is the elder among the high-performing tech stocks on Bessembinder’s chart. The company went public just a few years after its founding in 1968. It reported a record $59.4 billion in revenue for 2016.
Stock ticker symbol: ORCL
Lifetime wealth creation: $214 billion
First offered: 1986
Oracle may not have the popular name recognition or glamour of companies like Amazon, Apple, and Google, but it’s a major mover in enterprise software and has invested a considerable amount in cloud applications. Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison was there at the start in 1977 and is still the company’s executive chairman and CTO. While Oracle provides hardware and services, the bulk of its business is software. Its strength moving forward will depend on how well it handles a changing market filled with cloud competitors.
The stock market is a fickle beast. Just because a tech stock historically performed well doesn’t mean it always will. If you’re considering investing in these tech stocks, be sure to do your due diligence first.
And speaking of money, here are 8 dumb ways you’re wasting money on tech.
I’m a huge fan of saving money. But I’m also a big fan of technology. You probably are too! So you know the dilemma of getting the latest and greatest gadgets versus spending sensibly. Thankfully, you can start saving money now by spending on tech smartly. Cut these eight bad habits to get more bang for your buck on computers, tablets, smartphones and other gadgets.


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Stooges frontman Iggy Pop thinks today's music is like "cheap drinks in a bad supermarket" -- and that the artists who are making said music lack authenticity.
Pop -- who sounds more and more like Ted Nugent every day -- said this and more in a video he posted as the ambassador for Record Store Day 2012. The video can be seen here.
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"I think there are some ages, like the one we're living in, when the game is kind of rigged toward products that contain music -- sort of like those cheap drinks you get in a bad supermarket where it says, 'Contains 10 percent juice.'
"There's a lot of stuff out there with a bit of music to it, and I think that's OK, but it reminds me of how bad it was to turn on American Bandstand in the '50s and see all the endless, gutless, dickless imitations of Elvis that the American industry decided to push on the kids."
Pop recently announced he was working on new material with the Stooges, or at least with Stooges guitarist James Williamson. Pop said he and Williamson had written 10 new songs together in Miami.
Record Store Day takes place on April 21. For more info, visit recordstoreday.com.


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Remember when we heard from a Nintendo rep that the next Kirby console game was called Kirby Returns to Dreamland? It turns out that was almost right. According to yesterday's Nintendo Power survey, the game is called Kirby: Return to Dreamland. Removing that 's' makes all the difference in the world! Thanks to Elfman for the heads up!


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G4, the tech and gaming focused network, is on its way back to your TV screen. During Comic-Con@Home today, IGN shared an official teaser trailer, ending with the tagline “We never stopped playing.” The video ends with “2021” on the screen, giving us hope that the fan favorite channel will be making its comeback next year.
The video has been posted online with a message to fans to look out for Easter Eggs in the video.
G4 launched in 2002 with a nonstop week-long Pong marathon, which the teaser trailer gave a nod to, and shut down at the end of 2014. During it’s time on the air, G4 hosted shows including Attack of the Show, Screen Savers, and X-Play.
For now, we don’t know if the network will return in its original form or if it will make its way to a streaming service. As a company that was most recently under the NBCUniversal umbrella, there’s a chance that G4 could find a home on Peacock. We’ll be back with details as learn more. In the meantime, enjoy a quick game on the newly redesigned G4 website.
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We all want to be healthy, and to achieve that, we need to follow a healthy diet. But what if the food we need are expensive? This could be the question that Americans may have formed in their minds when they read a recently conducted and published study last week. A study spearheaded by lead researcher and assistant professor from the Department of Epidemiology and the School of Public Health at the University of Washington concluded that the government should assist more consumers to develop the habit of eating healthy foods.
Last year, the so-called Food Pyramid of 2010 was released for the public’s knowledge and information. In the said pyramid, it was explained that to be healthier, there is a need to consume more foods rich in potassium, dietary fiber, vitamin D and calcium. Lately, however, there were reports though those foods rich in these elements are actually costly. Studies say that the average American household that plan to add more potassium-rich food in their family’s his diet will mean adding around $380.00 more a year to their grocery bills.
Another study was conducted and published in the Health Journal wherein respondents cited what food they ate, and their responses were analyzed for nutrient content and estimated cost. Random telephone surveys were conducted among 2,000 adults in King Country, Washington followed by a printed questionnaire that was sent back by about 1,300 people.
In general, the study had the following results: the more people spend, the more they are able to meet federal guidelines set for potassium, dietary fiber, vitamin D and calcium. In contrast, those who spend less had low intake of the four elements recently cited. At the same time, they had high consumption for foods with saturated fat and added sugar.
The findings regarding Americans that have high consumption for foods with saturated fat and added sugar is alarming. It is also alarming because most at this time, younger people become more drawn to eating the said kind of foods.
There are reports lately that because of their access to fast-food items, people getting afflicted with obesity are getting younger. In fact there is now a term called childhood obesity and it is becoming an alarming concern. Obesity becomes a major cause of worry because children seem to have access to unhealthy, caloric and sweetened beverages. They get these from school cafeterias, fast food restaurants and mall stalls.


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Undervalued InterCure Ltd Poised for Massive Growth
For the most part, cannabis stock investors have their eyes on the U.S. market, waiting for marijuana to finally be decriminalized at the federal level.
But there’s more to the marijuana market than North America. Countries on other continents have been following the lead of Canada and Mexico in legalizing the drug. The well-established pot companies in various countries are poised to make big gains when recreational cannabis is finally legalized at the federal level in the U.S.
One of the most compelling marijuana plays, without question, is InterCure Ltd (NASDAQ:INCR), the most profitable and fastest-growing cannabis company outside North America. Canndoc, a wholly owned subsidiary of InterCure, is Israel’s largest licensed cannabis producer.
Israel is considered one of the global leaders in medical marijuana research and innovation. In July 2020, Israel surpassed Germany as the world’s biggest importer of medical cannabis flower. (Source: “Israel Passes Germany as World’s Largest Importer of Medical Cannabis Flower,” MJBizDaily, December 17, 2021.)
The boost was thanks in large part to a 2019 reform in Israel that made it easier for doctors to prescribe marijuana to people suffering from conditions such as chronic pain, cancer, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), Parkinson’s disease, Tourette Syndrome, and epilepsy. (Source: “Is Cannabis Legal in Israel?” The Cannigma, September 13, 2021.)
While recreational cannabis is technically illegal in Israel, the country has implemented decriminalization policies for small-scale possession. Some Israeli lawmakers support decriminalizing recreational marijuana and expunging the criminal records of those who have been convicted of minor possession charges.
According to some sources, as much as 27% of the adult population in Israel uses cannabis.
As Israel’s largest cannabis company, InterCure Ltd is well positioned to capitalize on both the medical and recreational cannabis markets in the country.
InterCure Ltd reported stellar fourth-quarter financial results, which showed that the company captured 30% of Israel’s market share for medical cannabis. Subsequent to the end of the fourth quarter, the company added three new medical cannabis pharmacies, bringing its total to 23.
Despite the company’s strong foothold and record results, INCR stock hasn’t been performing as well as one might expect. As of this writing, the stock is down by seven percent over the last six months and down by 3.5% year-to-date.
InterCure Ltd’s outlook is bright, though. Analysts’ average 12-month price target for InterCure stock is $8.66, and their high estimate is $10.31. That points to potential gains in the range of 39% to 65%.
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About INCR Stock
InterCure Ltd, doing business as Canndoc, produces dried cannabis inflorescences and cannabis extracts mixed with oil. The company also invests in the biomedical sector.
Over the last few months, InterCure Ltd has announced a number of partnerships and an acquisition.
In February, the company announced that it had signed a definitive agreement to acquire Cann Pharmaceutical Ltd., an Israeli-based, multinational medical cannabis company, also known as Better. (Source: “InterCure Signs Definitive Agreement to Acquire Multi-National Medical Cannabis Producer ‘Better‘,” InterCure Ltd, February 16, 2022.)
Through the $35.0-million acquisition, InterCure will gain Better’s unique marijuana strains, cultivation site, intellectual property, and commercial operations in Israel and elsewhere.
In early March, InterCure announced a new partnership with Altman Health, a nutritional supplement company whose products are available in more than 1,700 points of sale, including all major pharmacies in Israel. (Source: “InterCure Announces Partnership With Altman Health,” InterCure Ltd, March 1, 2022.)
The partnership will focus on the new Israeli cannabidiol (CBD) market, following the Israeli minister of health’s announcement that CBD will be removed from the country’s Dangerous Drugs Act.
InterCure Ltd’s partnership with Altman Health will register, manufacture, market, and distribute CBD products—including Charlotte’s Web Holdings Inc (OTCMKTS:CWBHF) products—in Israel.
Later in March, InterCure announced a strategic, international multiyear cultivation, marketing, and distribution agreement with Clever Leaves. (Source: “InterCure and Clever Leaves Announce International Strategic Partnership,” InterCure Ltd, March 22, 2022.)
Under this agreement, InterCure will have access to Clever Leaves’ high-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) medical cannabis flower. Meanwhile, Clever Leaves will cultivate InterCure Ltd’s strains and launch InterCure’s branded products in the EU, the U.K., and South America.
Record-Breaking Q4 & Full-Year 2021 Results
On April 6, InterCure Ltd announced its financial results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2021.
The company’s fourth-quarter revenue went up by 194% year-over-year and 29% sequentially to $32.6 million. (Source: “InterCure Reports Record Breaking Q4 and 2021 Results – Exceeded Preliminary Results,” InterCure Ltd, April 6, 2022.)
InterCure’s fourth-quarter revenue exceeded its preliminary results, marking the company’s sixth consecutive quarter of positive operating cash flow and its eighth consecutive quarter of double-digit revenue growth. That represents an estimated annualized run rate of more than CA$130.0 million.
For the quarter, InterCure Ltd reported record adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA) of CA$9.0 million, a 140% year-over-year increase and a 50% sequential increase. The company reported a fourth-quarter net loss of CA$1.0 million.
InterCure Ltd delivered more than one ton of medical cannabis per month in the fourth quarter of 2021.
Also during the quarter, the company announced that it had expanded its international operations into Europe through a partnership with the cannabis company Cookies Creative Productions & Consulting, Inc. Under the multiyear agreement, InterCure Ltd will open “Cookies” branded stores and medical cannabis pharmacies in Austria and the U.K.
InterCure’s CEO, Alexander Rabinovitch, commented, “Our fourth quarter results came in stronger than we initially expected as we successfully continue to expand InterCure’s branded product portfolio, scale up our unique global supply chain and expand our pharmaceutical grade medical cannabis dispensing operation.”
For fiscal 2021, InterCure Ltd’s total revenue increased by 230% to a record CA$89.0 million. Its full-year adjusted EBITDA went up by 250% year-over-year to a record CA$23.0 million. The company reported full-year net income of CA$3.0 million and ended 2021 with CA$89.0 million in cash.
During the year, InterCure Ltd increased its market share for Canndoc’s branded products and added 19 locations to its medical cannabis pharmacy chain.
InterCure Ltd might be the biggest cannabis company in Israel and the fastest-growing, most profitable cannabis company outside of North America, but it has mostly stayed under the radar of Wall Street analysts. That won’t last for long.
InterCure Ltd has announced a number of partnerships and a strategic acquisition, expanding its national and international footprint. Moreover, recreational cannabis is expected to be legalized at the federal level in the U.S. in the near term.
The company reported record fourth-quarter and full-year financial results, and it expects that momentum to continue in 2022. Its solid balance sheet is expected to help support future profit growth.
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The Centre County Historical Society are pleased to once again invite the public to attend its 26th Annual Plant Celebration sale on Saturday, May 8 at the Centre Furnace Mansion from 9AM to 2PM.
Shoppers can get a peek at the current restoration work being done on the mansion including the replacement of its roof and other repairs and restoration while shopping for plants!
Bring your burning garden questions, plant samples or identification questions for Penn State Cooperative Extension Master Gardeners of Centre County! Master Gardeners will be on hand from 9:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. throughout the Plant Celebration.
The Plant Celebration features native and non-native plants from local and regional growers, and from the Centre Furnace Mansion Gardens. Locally grown herbs, annuals, perennials, trees, and shrubs will be available for sale. A complete vendor list is available online: www.centrehistory.org.
- Plant Sale: Plants and garden-related items for sale from Centre Furnace Gardeners and local vendors will be on display. Information about vendors can be found at:
- Ask a Master Gardener:Penn State Cooperative Extension Master Gardeners of Centre County will answer questions, identify and evaluate plant samples
Covid-19 Protocol: CCHS will follow current Pennsylvania state guidance and the guidelines set forth by College Township on outdoor gatherings, core public health measures such as face covering (mask-wearing), social distancing, and hand hygiene. Staff, volunteers, vendors and visitors must adhere to these guidelines.
Proceeds from the plant sale benefit the Centre County Historical Society and its period inspired gardens and grounds of the historic Centre Furnace Mansion and Boogersburg School.


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Another nice catch for Google Apps: The company has signed up some 20,000 seats at Motorola’s (MOT) mobile phone division.
Google’s (GOOG) enterprise business is still small, and isn’t going to become a huge money maker for the company anytime soon. But deals like this are important — if for no other reason than to further disrupt enterprise apps leader Microsoft (MSFT).
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Surface Pro 6 Archive
Microsoft held its annual hardware event in New York on October 2, showcasing its latest hardware products including the Surface Pro 6, Surface Laptop 2, Surface Studio 2 and Surface Headphones. The Windows 10 October 2018 Update
Or rather, details regarding the Surface Pro 6 and the Surface Laptop 2. Microsoft is expected to take the wraps off these new devices at its event tomorrow, and some new details are now doing the rounds.


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Earlier this week Lululemon Athletica, the yoga clothing company that made headlines in March for pulling its too-sheer yoga pants from shelves, announced that CEO Christine Day will be resigning, causing the brand’s stock to dive.
Lululemon hasn’t given a reason for her departure, but says it was her choice. Analysts say it’s not likely because of the sheer pants debacle, which many felt Day handled well, correcting the problem and getting pants back into stores quickly. Day will stay on board until a replacement is named, and according to The Globe and Mail at a recent investor’s conference she said the company is “in great shape” and will thrive after her departure. Following Day’s resignation on Monday, stock shares dropped by at least 17.5 percent Tuesday and another 5.2 percent Wednesday.
Lululemon attained big growth under Day’s helm, due in part to her implementation of a “scarcity model” where the company made fewer of their products than demanded so that they could avoid discounting items. Since she became CEO in 2008, the company has seen its annual sales reach $1 billion and its share price go up by 400 percent.
Following the announcement, news surfaced that Lululemon’s chairman and founder Dennis “Chip” Wilson sold off $50 million worth of shares just four days prior. He had arranged to sell the stock in December through a prearranged plan that allows executives to buy or sell shares in their own company even if they have inside information, according to the Wall Street Journal. “Any suggestion of impropriety by Mr. Wilson is inaccurate and irresponsible,” said a statement emailed by Wilson’s assistant to the Wall Street Journal. Lululemon has not released a statement. Wilson still owns 39.9 million shares, or 27 percent, of the company.
In other news, Wilson recently released a free book titled 40,000 Days and Then You’re Dead through his new meditation website Whil. Whil features a 60-second meditation about “avoiding technological burnout” and asks readers to “enter a measurable goal.” The book tells Wilson’s story from his first yoga class, how Lululemon came to be, and everything in between. It will be released a chapter each week and promises contributions by Baron Baptiste, Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson, and Wilson’s first yoga instructor Fiona Slang, according to a press release.


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Sixteen Duane Reade workers are suing their employer for placing surveillance cameras in the bathroom of the company's Maspeth, Queens warehouse. Why should you be concerned?
As The Daily News Reports, Duane Reade higher-ups hid a camera in an air vent of the facility's bathroom to spy, we're guessing, on any naughty behavior and, say, to make sure the workers washed their hands after they dropped a deuce.
Company managers say they wanted to regulate any tampering with company merchandise and account for shrinkage (inventory shrinkage, that is: petty theft).
When employees discovered the device in 2008 and veered toward mutiny, managers threatened to can anyone who continued complaints about the cameras in the can.
This little latrine voyeur matter has manifested in an impressive $110 million suit.
Duane Reade has made the news of late for other fascinating business strategies: as the Times reported, the company's new Williamsburg store has a beer bar so as not to compete too closely with a local pharmacy.
But after a few bottles of Fire Island Lighthouse Ale, are you really going to use the potentially-bugged bathroom?
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NASCAR and Mondelēz International have signed a three-year extension to their long-standing Official Partnership. The extension provides Mondelēz International, a FORTUNE 500 company comprised of the global snacking and food brands of the former Kraft Foods, continued status as the Official Cookies and Crackers of NASCAR. Mondelēz International is the parent company of popular brands including OREO, Nilla Wafers, Nutter Butter, RITZ and Wheat Thins.
“We continue to partner with [NASCAR] and believe the sport is heading in the right direction," said Stephen Chriss, Senior Director, North America Consumer Engagement and Marketing Services at Mondelēz International to FORBES. "For us it’s about associating our brand with cultural relevance. This partnership is culturally relevant with our consumers here in the United States. This is part of a very laser focused plan – for us NASCAR is one of the few places we bet on."
Mondelēz International also associates the brands it controls with the NCAA's Basketball Tournament and places heavy emphasis on promotion during the Men's Basketball Final Four. It also recently announced a partnership with U.S. Soccer that allows its brands to be referred to as the official cookies, crackers, candy and gum for the team. Yet, NASCAR has remained a point of emphasis for Mondelēz International, which is exemplified by its three-year extension with the sport.
"The significance of three-years shows we believe in this as opposed to a one-off and that we can continue to build with our consumers," added Chriss. Per Chriss, the three brands controlled by Mondelēz International that have the most to gain from the extension are OREO, RITZ and Nilla Wafers. "NASCAR is very important to us in winning in-store with and our customers (i.e. Wal-Mart, Kroger, etc.). We use our sponsorship to leverage in-store display, merchandising and customer-specific programming throughout the race calendar."
According to a 2013 study conducted by independent research company Sponsorship Research International (SRi), NASCAR-themed packaging for the OREO brand is both more engaging and enhances consumer attention by 30% over standard packaging among fans. The same research stated that NASCAR-themed packaging leads to brand advocacy (a 32% lift) and has a positive impact on purchase decisions (an 8% increase).
A key element to the partnership extension is Mondelēz International's ability to continue to exploit NASCAR's intellectual property in connection with the packaging, branding and sale of its products. "I think what’s unique is how Mondelez continues to use our intellectual property on their packaging," said Norris Scott, NASCAR VP of Partnership Marketing to FORBES. "It says a lot when a global snack company is using our intellectual property and running sweepstakes year-in and year-out. We help deliver some of the assets – unique experiences, awards, tracking social media and how people are responding to things. Research reaffirms our impact on the shelf and in stores."
Mondelēz International will continue its long tradition of creating NASCAR-themed, specially-marked packages of OREO cookies and RITZ crackers for national consumer sweepstakes. Sales of cookies and crackers will continue to be driven by stock cars.


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This Tuesday noon, the start of confinement in France began for at least 15 days, therefore the movement of the population will be very greatly reduced and subjected to strict permits.
At the online store, we continue to process orders and carry out daily shipments as usual.
Likewise, we will continue to receive customers in the store for telephony repairs, until further notice (authorization provided for by order published in the Journal Officiel yesterday).
During this period, we would be grateful to observe the sanitary rules of circumstances and follow the recommendations of the Ministry of the Interior : https://www.interieur.gouv.fr/Actualites/L-actu-du-Ministere/Coronavirus-COVID-19-Informations-recommandations-mesures-sanitaires
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I had my site up for just a few days and I was already receiving thousands of hits. It's simply a way for me to make some extra cash, but the money coming in is much more than I expected
Santa Barbara, CA (PRWEB) April 29, 2006
MySpace, a social networking phenomenon, has opened up many opportunities for Webmasters as young as 18 years old. Alexa, a Web site traffic analyzer has consistently ranked MySpace in the top ten worldwide ranking. This volume has caused the demand for MySpace profile editor Web sites to explode.
Young Webmasters have taken this opportunity to monetize that traffic and open up revenue channels on a whole new level. Zobbler.com, a Web site of only three months of age, is up for sale on BuySellWebsite.com for $785,000. MySpaceSupport.com, six months old, was previously listed for over $1,000,000. These Web sites earn money through advertising mediums such as Google Adsense and Yahoo Publisher Network each time a user clicks on an ad.
While it seems like these sites are popping up left and right, the amount of users seeking such resources is much greater and can yield high traffic and revenue income for Web masters. "I had my site up for just a few days and I was already receiving thousands of hits. It's simply a way for me to make some extra cash, but the money coming in is much more than I expected" says MySpaceGrill.com owner - 21 years old.
Todays young Webmasters are tomorrow's innovators. Something as simple as a profile editor Web site has allowed these youngsters a solid income flow that can be used for future Web sites and ventures, but how long will this last? It is only time before MySpace itself offers such a service which could cause the ultimate demise to the hundreds of MySpace profile editor sites.
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We are in close contact with the lending companies on Mintos. As the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic continue influencing businesses and people globally, companies are working to modify, adjust and put in place different solutions that will ease the effects of the pandemic.
Many companies are sharing announcements for their clients and investors, and we will be adding these announcements here, with updates over the next days.
We are pleased to announce that we have a new loan originator on the marketplace from Bulgaria – Stikcredit, a non-bank financial institution which issues consumer loans. You can invest in the company’s personal loans now, and earn net annual returns of up to 12%. (more…)


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Amazon said last month that it planned to quickly expand its fledgling restaurant delivery service to cities around the country. It’s following through.
The company announced Thursday morning that this new delivery service is now available in Baltimore, the first East Coast city in the rollout that started with stops in Seattle, Portland and Los Angeles. The offering is launching with a selection of 60 restaurants across 10 zip codes.
The service is only available through Amazon Prime Now, a standalone mobile app that offers Prime members in 20 cities one-hour delivery on a limited selection of goods for $7.99 or a two-hour delivery for free. Food ordered through the restaurant delivery service is guaranteed within an hour, but will not carry a delivery fee for now, the unit’s general manager previously told Re/code.
Amazon’s restaurant selection pales in comparison to Baltimore startup OrderUp, which was recently acquired by Groupon, as well as industry giant GrubHub. But Amazon is betting that its offer of no delivery fee, for now, coupled with no add-on fees and the loyalty of Prime members will give it a shot to get a lot of people to try it at least once.
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British citizens next year may be purchasing more superfoods and anti-aging products as they set new trends on supermarket shelves next year, according to a report released this week.
Drinks and personal beauty products with origins in the Amazon region — especially for older men — are among the top 10 growth areas predicted by British-based trendspotters, as they have suggested that newer trends will be based on growing consumer concerns for ethical and environmentally friendly products. Hence, less chemicals in products and more naturally-based care products.
The surveys results stated that beauty products containing Amazonian botanicals — which are believed to have strong health benefits — have already become popular in France and are likely to be cashed in the UK as consumers look for more naturally-inspired and ecologically-friendly products.
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Giordano’s debuts plant-based sausage pizza in Phoenix area, nationwide
PHOENIX – Vegetarians will have a new menu option at one pizza chain in the Valley.
Chicago-based Giordano’s will become the first pizza chain in the nation to debut Impossible sausage as a topping starting Nov. 5.
Giordano’s partnered with Impossible Foods, a company that makes meat products from plants, to offer the option.
The topping is available on all of their pizzas and at their 70 locations across the country. Giordano’s has two Valley locations in Phoenix (12811 N. Tatum Boulevard) and Peoria (16222 N. 83rd Avenue).
The restaurant introduced new menu items in August, teasing the release of the Impossible sausage topping at select locations to start.
At that time, they also debuted a Parmesan-crusted pan pizza and cauliflower-crust pizza as a gluten-free alternative.


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Despite a slowdown of economic growth in 2013, Malaysia’s long-term economic potential remains strong, according to Maplecroft's latest Country Report for Malaysia.
However, as the report points out, Malaysia will still need to diversify its economy to ensure long-term stability.
Much of the country’s growth over the past five years has stemmed from favourable demand for hydrocarbons and agricultural commodities such as palm oil.
This overdependence on commodity-based revenue exposes Malaysia to external risks and could derail economic growth.
Maplecroft notes that Malaysia offers substantial opportunities to investors, particularly in the energy and retail sectors as the country focuses on moving up the value chain and becoming a high-income nation by 2020.
These ambitious targets are supported by developed infrastructure and a largely pro-investment business environment.
Nonetheless, challenges to rule of law – such as political interference over the judiciary and corruption – as well as affirmative action 'bumiputera' policies present significant impediments for investors.


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Facebook Hit With Privacy Lawsuit After IPO
The class action lawsuit was filed in federal district court in San Jose, Calif. and combines 21 cases alleging that the site trespassed on its members' privacy rights by tracking them even after they signed out of their accounts, according to PCWorld.
"We believe this complaint is without merit and we will fight it vigorously," Facebook's Andrew Noyes, manager of public policy communications, told PCWorld in a statement.
The lawsuit claims that Facebook violated the U.S. Wiretap Act by monitoring its members Web-surfing activity through "like" buttons embedded on millions of pages throughout the Internet. The complaint stated that the Act, "provides statutory damages of the greater of $100 per violation per day, up to $10,000, per Facebook user," according to Bloomberg.
If the lawsuit succeeds, it could prevent Facebook from collecting so much data and limit its ability to advertise toward users, according to The Telegraph. Facebook generated 85 percent of its revenue last year from advertising. On Tuesday, General Motors pulled its advertisements from the Website, stating that those ads were not helping the company sell automobiles.
“This is not just a damages action, but a groundbreaking digital-privacy rights case that could have wide and significant legal and business implications,” David Straite, an attorney representing some of the users, said in e-mail to Bloomberg.
The Bay Area-based company has found itself at the center of legal battles over privacy rights in the past. Last year, a data-protection agency in Germany said it might fine Facebook over facial-recognition software used for tagging photos.
Facebook priced its initial public offering at $38 per share, placing the value of the company at around $104 billion.


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Medal of Honor: Warfighter will be released later this year, but EA is trying to ensure that the feel, look and gameplay of this new installment won’t be a carbon-copy of their other recent FPS release, Battlefield 3, Attackofthefanboy.com reports.
EA’s Frank Gibeau explains:
“We are very careful that Battlefield and Medal of Honor stay differentiated. There is an inefficiency to having two different brands coming out alternating like that, there is some upside. You don’t have the annualized, sequel fatigue. With Medal of Honor we tried to embrace that the game is real. The multiplayer is different than Battlefield. We’re trying to use a sequencing strategy to keep it as fresh and different as possible.”
The problem for EA is ensuring that the franchises remain unqiue. Medal of Honor fans won’t be happy if they are given a Battlefield clone with different characters and new maps. But EA also needs to take advantage of some of Battlefield’s success by implementing elements of the game that won’t overshadow the “feel” of a Medal of Honor title.
It’s a tricky balance, but it seems like Gibeau is aware of the problem.
That being said, one has to be a little skeptical of this new installment in the Medal of Honor series. The last few entries have been less than spectacular and the footage from this game has not depicted anything particularly intriguing. Gibeau seems pretty optimistic about Warfighter’s ability to revive the Medal of Honor franchise, but I’ll hold my applause until I see the final product.


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- East State is open through October 23
- Clinton Street closes their year with October 29 being their last day
- Main Street will have its last day on October 21
- Salomon Farm ends its season with their October 5 market
- Southside will remain open through December 3
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Dark Web Drug Marketplace
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The cycle has continued, as demonstrated by the takedown of AlphaBay, dark web drug marketplace considered by the FBI to be the largest online drug marketplace in the. Once the cash is secured, the sellers could bury the drugs in the same Most RAMP members migrated to the Hydra darknet marketplace after. Bitcoin miner malware. government revealed this week that it seized billion in Bitcoin from the Silk Road, a dark web drug marketplace that was shut down by. Whether addicts get their fix on the dark web, a dark alley, or the corner of Dark Market (large dark web marketplace) in early 2022. 1 How do people buy drugs on Darknet Your first-ever step in buying something via any marketplace whatsoever, is properly setting-up. By T Carr 2022 Cited by 1 of drug sales and revenue among vendors, and a comparison of incidences of opioid sales to The first largely successful dark web marketplace, Silk.
Greenberg Traurig's Thomas J. Nugent authored "Prosecuting Dark Web Drug Marketplace Operators Under the Federal Crack House Statute" in Fordham Law Review. A key feature of online drugs platforms is that they are located on the so-called 'dark web', which is accessible via the sophisticated. You can't get to the darknet using your regular web browser.... looking at an illegal drugs marketplace, not shopping for shoes on Zappos. Different darkweb marketplaces offer to buy illegal drugs online like LSD, The Alpha Market is a very new type of darknet marketplace or one of the. International operation targets dark web drugs marketplace. Cyber crime. Twenty-four people have been arrested in the UK in one of the. By T Carr 2022 Cited by 1 of drug sales and revenue among vendors, and a comparison of incidences of opioid sales to The first largely successful darknet market black dark web marketplace, Silk.
Online drug marketplaces on the "dark web" have begun to resemble In February 2022, Evolution, the largest marketplace on the dark darknet market bible web at that time. How often does a dark web marketplace last, on average? as dark net markets sell everything from illegal drugs to databases of stolen. Users on the dark web will need to find a new marketplace after AlphaBay was shut down. James Martin/CNET. A government shutdown of dark web. There is a new tool (like Google) for Darknet criminals to search illegal Dark Markets, Fake ID, Fake Money, LSD, Drug Manufacture. Well, if you're a customer of the Dark Web marketplace AlphaBay who as things at an illegal international online drug bazaar can. Drugs still rule the darknet, but aren't the only inventory on offer For instance, Hydra Marketplace, by far the most popular market on.
But among users of the dark web, WHM was, for years, the go-to online marketplace for illegal drugs and fraudulent credit cards. Outlaw Market This is now a defunct marketplace as of November 2022 they were still required to pay a small fee Alongside drugs and counterfeits. By M Mirea 2022 Cited by 40 Since 2022 when the Silk Road dominated the Darknet's marketplace, From Dealer to DoorstepHow Drugs are Sold on the Dark Net. The popular marketplace's closing leaves a big hole Darknet Drugs Darknet Gun Market Darknet Market Arrests Darknet markets onion address Dec. So once he said the dark web had totally changed his business There is also, Christin says, a non-trivial risk a marketplace will. Has taken down the "world's largest" darknet marketplace, whose Australian alleged operator used it to facilitate the sale of drugs.
This arrest was followed up with news that a number of other Darknet sites had been seized. Finance is a decentralized community focused on creating a suite of automated, decentralized finance dark web drug marketplace (DeFi) products on Ethereum. We should cultivate in ourselves an ethic that sees work as part of a bigger picture rather than an end itself, and values work more highly because of it. Using the estimates of return to honesty, we can determine a lower bound to a seller's time preference. The send information choice could be used to deliver immediate emails to specific users, buyers and vendors throughout the industry. Some faucets may even release coins from a main blockchain protocol that have real-world monetary value. The Battle Ultimania's Sphere of Monster lists and numbers most of the enemies and bosses in the original version of the game, and doesn't include information about a number of final bosses, and Monster Arena enemies. The ability dark web drug marketplace to use blocked sites online in countries like China and the ability for journalists to research anonymously far outweighs the small number of illegal sites, she says. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) towards the end of this month, the sources said. Extracted channel information may give lots of insights about the user’s interests to the investigator, especially when channels publish illegal information. After Dream shut down in 2019 following a sustained period of unstoppable denial-of-service attacks, he signed a message promising to relaunch at a later date and published address they would use for their rebranding; although many unofficial scam markets popped up claiming to be the official Dream partner market, that URL was never made active, and people began to suspect it was simply another of SpeedStepper’s famous red herrings to allow him to slip away safely. The conspiracy involved distributing Xanax, steroids, marijuana and other drugs across the country using these and other Darknet monikers.
Inequitable Distributions in Internet Geographies: The Global South is darknet market arrests Gaining Access But Lags in Local Content. This allowed for classification of most medications, although in some instances where a specific medication was not included in the BNF due to it not being licensed in the UK, it was placed in the most appropriate category based on its main indication and its pharmacological similarity to other drugs within that category. The People Drug darknet market arrests Store is a dark web drug shop operating on Tor Network.


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India’s junior IT Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar indicated on Twitter that the government would look into whether Realme smartphones are collecting and sending the personal data of users back to China.
Chandrasekhar was responding to a tweet alleging that Realme’s Enhanced Intelligent Services feature captures user data like call logs, SMS, and location info and is turned on by default. “This is basically forced consent since it’s on by default. Is this data being sent to China?” Rishi Bagree asked on Twitter on June 16.
Will hv this tested and checked @rishibagree
— Rajeev Chandrasekhar ?? (@Rajeev_GoI) June 16, 2023
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Following Rishi Bagree’s tweet, multiple Twitter users questioned Realme’s data collection policies including raising nationalistic concerns about how the data can be misused:
Something is Not Right Here With The *Enhanced Intelligent Services*
-*Charging Optimization Feature* Needs Location Information Why?
-*Wallpaper & Other Personalization Features*
Needs to Connect to Internet and read Calendar, event, Call logs & SMS Message. Why ?
— VJ MEHTA (@TechyMehta) June 17, 2023
Users of Realme! Beware that your data (call logs, SMS, and location info) might be secretly shared with unknown entities due to the Enhanced Intelligent Services feature being enabled by default. Their data may be misused to generate illegal revenue, putting their personal… pic.twitter.com/gpRtM4hw24
— Vijay Patel?? (@vijaygajera) June 16, 2023
The government will have to look into Oppo, Vivo, OnePlus, and Xiaomi as well: The Indian government might also have to look into other Chinese brands given that Realme’s parent company BBK Electronics also owns Oppo, Vivo, and OnePlus, and users on Twitter pointed out that Enhanced Intelligent Services exist on Oppo and OnePlus phones as well. Separately, there have been multiple concerns in the past about Xiaomi phones also sending user data back to China. Together these Chinese smartphone brands have over 50 percent market share in the country.
But don’t all smartphones collect such data? Some smartphone reviewers like Ranjit and Shahrukh rightly pointed out that other smartphone companies have similar features, but what’s wrong in the Realme case is that it’s turned on by default.
Many other smartphone brands also have similar services but mostly they are disabled by default.
It's a wrong to enable these services by default as on, as most users won't dig into settings to disable them.
I just hope we have stricter laws like EU in India then all this stuff…
— Ranjit (@geekyranjit) June 18, 2023
I don't find anything wrong with "Enhanced Intelligent Services" in Realme Smartphones.
"Only wrong thing is, if it is enabled by default."
Every brand whether its chinese or non-chinese collects your data.
They will continue to do so until you throw smartphones & internet.? pic.twitter.com/aqK9VWMsYA
— Tech Star Shahrukh (@techstarsrk) June 17, 2023
Increased scrutiny over Chinese smartphone brands and apps: Last week, an Economic Times report suggested that the IT Ministry held meetings with Chinese smartphone manufacturers like Xiaomi, Oppo, Realme, and Vivo and asked them to induct Indian equity partners in their local operations and also to hire Indian executives in key roles such as CEO, COO, etc. This follows the Enforcement Directorate’s show-cause notice to Xiaomi for sending illegal remittances.
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EPP Group will not approve EU-UK deal at any cost
With the clock ticking towards a hard Brexit, the EU should cooperate with the UK in reaching a trade deal, but with clear red lines, the EPP Group says. To continue trading freely with the EU,...
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Fight disinformation to protect lives and democracy
Disinformation during the pandemic is one more example of how fake news is sowing confusion in Europe and beyond. The EPP Group says a new European Commission report on disinformation will need...
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Securing borders to preserve freedom of movement
Defending the Schengen Zone of open internal EU borders, the EPP Group has worked hard to ensure the safety of Europeans. It has been a driving force behind the EU’s border and coast guard, the...
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Slashing telecom roaming charges, protecting your data
The European Parliament, with EPP Group leadership, has worked hard to cut mobile, text and data charges.
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Consumer rights, data and security, copyright protection, plastic bans
The European Parliament has approved legislation to boost consumer rights by making it easier for group legal action. Parliament debated a proposal for a one-stop online portal linking EU border...
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EPP Group calls for new and fair EU copyright rules fit for the digital world
The European Union is reforming the EU’s copyright rules so that they fit the increasingly digital world that we now live in. The European Parliament’s Legal Affairs Committee has backed a...
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At its latest plenary session, the European Parliament debated Brexit talks with EPP Group Chairman Manfred Weber criticising UK plans to limit freedom of movement. Parliament approved legislation...
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The European Parliament has approved legislation to help content creators earn their fair share through a stronger EU copyright law, and to stop companies from selling different quality goods...
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MEPs in Legal Affairs Committee back new copyright legislation
In a vote in the European Parliament’s Legal Affairs Committee, MEPs have backed new EU copyright rules that are better adapted to the digital world. The Parliament’s Rapporteur on this...
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Ending geoblocking to boost digital single market
The Internal Market and Consumer Protection Committee has approved a Parliament/European Council/Commission agreement on legislation to ban geoblocking on digitally sold goods and services within...
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Ecommerce, global protectionism to be discussed at G20 trade ministers' meet
Issues like ecommerce and increasing global protectionism would figure in the meeting of G20 trade ministers at Tsukuba in Japan on June 8 and 9, an official said.
Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal will represent India at the meeting of G20, which is a grouping of developed and developing nations.
Matters that are hindering the functioning of the World Trade Organization (WTO) may also come up in the ministerial meeting on trade and digital economy.
The ecommerce issue assumes significance as certain developed countries want to negotiate an agreement at the WTO. India is of the view that it should be discussed only after having a consensus on the issue.
Multinational firms have already flagged concerns on certain provisions of the draft ecommerce policy, floated by the commerce and industry ministry.
The draft has called for creating a legal and technological framework for imposing restrictions on cross-border data flow from specified sources such as data generated by users in India by various sources including e-retail platforms and social media tools.
It has also stated that a business entity that collects or processes any sensitive data in India and stores it abroad shall be required to adhere to certain conditions like all data stored abroad should not be made available to other business entities outside India, for any purpose, even with the customer consent.
Seventy-six WTO members have already launched talks on ecommerce. India is not part of this.
Increasing protectionism at trade front and trade war between the US and China would impact all countries.
The WTO has said that global trade growth is expected to be lower in 2019 than it was last year, due to widespread "tensions" and economic uncertainty.
The G20 members include India, Argentina, Brazil, Canada, China, EU, France, Germany, Indonesia, Japan, Mexico, Russia, South Africa, the UK and the US.


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Joe Valente is not having the happiest birthday. The 96-year-old took one bite of his birthday cake on Thursday night, only to find what looked like mold. Unfortunately it wasn’t mold, it was a rat.
There was a dead rat in his birthday cake.
The 96-year-old was celebrating his birthday with a slice of his favorite German apple ring cake, when he noticed it had an unusual flavor.
“He said, ‘It doesn’t taste right,'” Valente’s nephew Neil Gold told ABC News affiliate WABC.
Niel Gold said he then cut the cake to reveal what appeared to be a line of black mold. “We saw it was coming from the bottom. We flipped it over and seemed to be a rat’s tail,” Gold said.
The cake had been bought from Valente’s regular grocery store, King Kullen, in the Hamlet of Commack in Suffolk County, N.Y., his nephew said.
Luckily, Valente didn’t contract food poisoning, but the family’s lawyer said he plans to have the cake tested by state officials and have appealed to authorities to investigate.
“I personally am of the opinion that this cake was tampered with,” attorney Ed Yule said.
The grocery chain said it took immediate steps to find out what happened.
“Product has been removed from the bakery and the premises have undergone a thorough inspection,” King Kullen said in a statement. “There are no known safety or rodent issues in this bakery department and it is in good standing with all Department of Agriculture inspections.”
Little comfort for Valente, who told his nephew the experience may not have sent him to hospital, but made him feel pretty sick to his stomach.
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Funimation has just announced that they will be showing a sneak peek of Tales of Zestiria the X's English dub at Anime Expo this weekend.
Aside from doing a simulcast, viagra sale they will also be having the English dub of the Tales of Zestiria the X anime later this summer via FunimationNow. The first episode of the English dub will be premiering at Anime Expo 2016 this weekend at Los Angeles Convention Center. This is the first time the anime will be shown overseas even before the broadcast time (as Japan already held an advanced theater screening last June 25).
Tales of Zestiria Panel, Screening and Guest Talk
Saturday, July 2 at 1:30 PM
Video 1 – Platinum Ballroom at the JW Marriott
Funimation disclaimer: this dub premiere episode is a preliminary version created exclusively for this Anime Expo premiere, and some of the performances and casting will be changed for the final dub version.
The Funimation website also lists Tales of Zestiria the X with 13 episodes. There have also been reports that the anime will be split, 13 episodes this summer and the second half during the winter anime season.Bandai Namco Entertainment Europe will be holding an orchestral concert featuring music from their games, sickness Tales included.
It will feature a full 80+ manned orchestra and choir produced by industry veterans La Fée Sauvage, supported by HD game videos that will allow attendees for the first time ever to dive into various universes including Dark Souls, Tales of, Tekken, Soul Calibur, God Eater, PacMan, Ace Combat and more!
"In our quest to provide entertainment everywhere, it’s with extreme pleasure we’re taking our first steps into this business in Europe," said Hervé Hoerdt, Vice President of Marketing & Digital at BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment Europe.
"With numerous outstanding, high quality and truly amazing soundtracks, it was more than time to celebrate the beloved music that millions of fans have vibrated with while playing with passion BANDAI NAMCO’s hit games. It is an honor and great excitement for us to start this concert series in Europe," said Julien Mombert, Director at La Fée Sauvage.
The first date will be on February 4th 2017 at the world renowned Salle Pleyel in Paris, France. For these first dates and to mark the opening of the Orchestral Memories tour, famous veteran composer Go Shiina will be attending for a meet and greet with fans that will include signing sessions.
Ticket sales start on July 2nd 2016 at 11am BST on http://shop.wildfaery.com. 150 VIP tickets for each concerts permitting spectators to meet Go Shiina for signing sessions and photo shoot will be available exclusively on that website. Ticket prices start at 49 Euros (56 USD) with VIP tickets costing 149 Euros (171 USD)


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By BBN Staff: Western Dairies marked a momentous occasion on Wednesday, as the company sent its first shipment of Belizean made ice-cream to Grenada.
The shipment included more than 20 flavors familiar to Belizeans for many years. Western Dairies hopes to find a market for its ice cream, making a Belizean product which has been successful at home for many years, available to people of the Caribbean and potentially other markets.
Western Dairies works with 54 farmers and the company employs as many as 190 people. It is a welcomed achievement, especially as the economy is desperately in need of boosting its exports. In years past Belize imported Bico’s ice cream from Barbados. The economy would do well to have other Belizean companies extend its markets as well.
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Chesapeake, VA-based Dollar Tree announced Monday that it would acquire Matthews, NC-based Family Dollar for a whopping $8.5 billion, CNNMoney reports.
Combined, Dollar Tree and Family Dollar have more than 13,000 stores and annual revenues of $18 billion, propelling the combined company ahead of current dollar store leader Dollar General which operates 11,000 stores and has $17.5 billion in revenue.
Wait a minute. Did I say “become one”?
Officials with Dollar Tree say in a news release that the company will continue to operate under both brands when the merger is completed in early 2015.
It’s a bit startling to discover that three “dollar store” chains sold 35 billion dollars worth of stuff last year, about 20 percent more than, say, Macy’s.


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Automation will skirt edges of global downturn
Information technology is critical enough it will buck the recessionary trend that is now circling the world. As a business sector, it will grow in 2009 by 2.6% worldwide.
The automation and control industry uses software and hardware extensively. Automation plays strongly in the critical infrastructures of all countries-the military, power, oil & gas, chemical, and water sectors.
Research firm International Data Corporation (IDC) expects worldwide information technology (IT) spending to grow by 2.6% in 2009 and by 0.9% in the U.S.
The Associated Press reported there already have been clear signs that tech spending is weakening.
In November, Cisco Systems Inc., the first of the major technology companies to report earnings that included October, warned orders for its computer networking gear fell abruptly during the month.
IDC Chief Research Officer John Gantz said IT is deeply embedded in businesses' important operations, and "remains critical to achieving further efficiency and productivity gains."
Software and services (like ERP, MES, CRM), which companies use to save money, will see solid growth while hardware spending, with the exception of data storage, will decline in 2009.
Growth will be slowest in the U.S., Japan, and Western Europe, where it will hover around 1% next year.
Emerging markets in Central and Eastern Europe, Africa, Latin America, and the Middle East will continue to see "healthy growth," though at notably lower levels than its previous, double-digit forecast IDC declared.
IDC expects technology spending to make a full recovery with growth rates approaching 6% in 2012.


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Ana de Armas Is Back for the NDC’s Newest Campaign
The Golden-Globe nominated actress is seen wearing diamond jewelry designer Malyia McNaughton created for the ads.
NDC launched the first campaign featuring the actress last September, airing initially during the (virtual) Primetime Emmy Awards.
It featured de Armas—who was nominated for a Golden Globe for her performance in “Knives Out” and will be in the upcoming films “No Time To Die,” “Blonde,” and “The Gray Man”—wearing diamond jewelry in photos and videos shot along the coast of Portugal.
In this new campaign, de Armas embodies the “Love Life” tagline as she travels throughout Mallorca, Spain.
She is seen wearing an 11-piece diamond jewelry collection custom designed for the campaign by Brooklyn-based jewelry designer Malyia McNaughton, a participant in NDC’s Emerging Designers Diamond Initiative with Lorraine Schwartz.
Watch: Ana de Armas’ Second Commercial for NDC
Karla Welch did the fashion styling for de Armas, while Cossu and Georgia Pendlebury provided the overall fashion and creative direction.
NDC said it brought de Armas back for the second campaign as she “radiantly captures a zest for life alongside a deep appreciation of natural diamonds.”
“Gregarious, confident, talented, and worldly, she is a fitting ambassador for the Natural Diamond Council’s unique, international mission,” it said in a statement.
McNaughton’s diamond jewelry collection launched concurrent with the campaign last week, showcased in a look book on NaturalDiamonds.com.
It’s also now available on MadeByMalyia.com.
The collection is also being “interpreted” by retailers globally for the holiday season, NDC said.
“It was a privilege to work alongside Malyia and see how she applied her unique sensibility in interpreting the confluence of the season’s most prevailing diamond jewelry trends—gender fluidity, heavy metal chains, and the marquise cut—with the essence of ‘Love Life,’” said NDC Managing Director Kristina Buckley Kayel.
“The resulting original and modern collection has inspired and mobilized major manufacturers and NDC’s retailer network to carry or create versions of these IP-protected designs as they prepare themselves for the holiday season and beyond.”
“For Moments Like No Other” is the first campaign for the Natural Diamond Council since it changed its name from the Diamonds Producers Association in mid-2020 and scrapped its old marketing campaign, “Real Is Rare, Real Is a Diamond.”
It cited two recent cases in California, plus incidents in Florida, Kansas, and Illinois.
The 10,000-square-foot location allows for expanded collections from design partners while continuing custom design and other services.
Svetlana Lazar’s “Wishing Well” collection utilizes an innovative component to mimic the movement of water beneath them.
Rare & Forever is helping to create an enjoyable diamond buying experience for the millions of newly-engaged couples.
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The end-to-end software allows for real-time control over all sales, inventory, repairs, customer communications, and marketing.
Associate Editor Lenore Fedow shares her impressions of the Las Vegas Antique Jewelry & Watch Show and a few of her favorite finds.
The Asian Institute of Gemological Sciences aims to set a color standard for the trade name.
Kate Della Monica, a senior specialist in the Jewelry and Watches department, will relocate to the Sunshine State.
LVMH’s investment arm has taken a stake in Lusix, a lab-grown diamond company based in Israel.
Sotheby’s New York put a colorless diamond and a fancy deep orange-brown diamond up for sale last week, with mixed results.
Profits will help them recoup financial losses.
The organization also extended the terms of Vice President Feriel Zerouki and Treasurer Ronnie VanderLinden.
After suffering a professional setback, columnist Peter Smith reflects on our ability to bounce back even when the hits keep on coming.
Glatz owned and operated Glatz Jewelers in Aliquippa, Pennsylvania for more than 40 years.
The organization will present three awards at its annual dinner, dance, and gala in October.
The New York jeweler also made the pop star’s wedding bands.
It’s predicted to sell for up to $484,000 during the Bonhams Hong Kong Jewels and Jadeite auction on June 22.
The recipient will receive up to $17,500 toward a tech-focused certification or program of their choice.


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Game developer Techland announced this morning that the upcoming sequel Dying Light 2 has been delayed indefinitely. The game originally set for release in Q2 of this year showcased some jaw dropping footage at last year’s E3 event and confirmed that it would be part of the next gen console launch titles.
The announcement was made via Twitter this morning stating We were initially aiming for a Spring 2020 release with Dying Light 2, but unfortunately we need more development time to fulfill our vision,” Techland wrote. “We will have more details to share in the coming months, and will get back as soon as we have more information. We apologize for this unwelcome news. Our priority is to deliver an experience that lives up to our own high standards and to the expectations of you, the fans.”
This is the fifth game set for release in 2020 which is now delayed, albeit this one has not currently been given a new date for release. It is still expected to release on current gen consoles including Xbox One, PS4 and PC with a release on PS5 And Xbox Series X planned for the future.
If the game does get released later on in the year, it could find itself up against some mighty competition with heavy hitters like Marvel’s Avengers and Cyberpunk 2077 releasing in the last quarter of the year.
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Google beat Wall Street’s expectations with its third-quarter earnings Thursday, posting a 32% increase in net income from the same time last year.
“Google had an excellent quarter,” CEO Eric Schmidt said in a statement. “Our core business grew very well, and our newer businesses — particularly display and mobile — continued to show significant momentum.”
The growth came despite the addition of more than 1,500 employees during the quarter — a 7% increase. In its call with Wall Street analysts, Google talked about that hiring and its investment in growth and new technology. Analysts have been skeptical of the benefit of this spending recently, especially as Google’s growth has come down from its highflying days, but Google said it’s necessary because of the hot market for engineers.
The search giant also answered questions about its plans for using social-networking data and whether it will be able to get that information from Facebook. And executives gave some new numbers — including that mobile ads are bringing $1 billion annually to the business.
Below, Digits’ impressions of the call.


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It's increasingly a two-platform race -- at least for now
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FORTUNE -- ComScore released dozens of useful slides in its Mobile Future in Focus "webinar" Wednesday. The one above shows that not once since the iPhone was introduced in 2007 has Apple's (AAPL) platform had the largest share of the U.S. smartphone market.Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Mar 20, 2013 5:57 PM ET
Google appoints a new Android leader and shrinks its product groups from seven to five.
FORTUNE -- In my recent feature on Larry Page's successful tenure as CEO of Google, I noted that Page had presided over a remarkably stable management team.
That was then. In a matter of two days, Page shook up the "L-team" (short for Larry's team), shrinking Google's product groups to five from seven.
On Wednesday, Page announced that MOREMiguel Helft, senior writer - Mar 14, 2013 3:29 PM ET
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Samsung targets Galaxy 4 at Apple's core iPhone market [BLOOMBERG]
The debut of Samsung's marquee smartphone at Radio City Music Hall tomorrow night lets Samsung bring the fight directly to Apple's strongest market. The South Korean company is relying on an advertising blitz and cutting-edge features, potentially including a snazzier camera and eye-tracking capabilities, to generate the kind of buzz associated with Apple's MOREJP Mangalindan, Writer - Mar 14, 2013 3:30 AM ET
Google's Project Glass and Apple's rumored watch have promise. But high-tech wearables are already here with the success of Kickstarter-funded Pebble.
FORTUNE -- The first time Eric Migicovsky saw his watch in the wild was at Toronto's Pearson Airport last February. Disembarking a late-night flight, he ran into someone sporting a Pebble on his wrist. "The guy saw me and was like, 'Good work. I just got mine the other day,'" MOREJP Mangalindan, Writer - Mar 13, 2013 9:17 AM ET
Are Apple users different? Are Android users poorer? Are shipment numbers bogus?
FORTUNE -- The year in review report issued Monday by Ooyala, a venture-funded video services company founded by former Google (GOOG) employees, is 27 pages long. But the only page that's getting any attention is the one that shows Apple (AAPL) iOS users spending twice as much time watching videos on their devices as Android users. It's a finding, MOREPhilip Elmer-DeWitt - Mar 12, 2013 6:46 AM ET
iPads are the most popular aircraft device. Then laptops. Then iPhones.
FORTUNE -- "Apple devices are still reigning above the clouds," according to Gogo Inflight, the largest U.S. provider of in-air online connectivity (with services on Virgin America, Delta, United, American, US Airways, Alaska and Frontier).
According to the text that accompanied the release of Gogo's sky-blue infographic Thursday:
Tablets and smartphones make up 67% of the devices used to connect to Gogo's Wi-Fi networks
Tablets are the MORE
Chart of the day: Mobile threats by platform, 2012
FORTUNE -- Phil Schiller, Apple's (AAPL) ebullient senior VP for marketing, was doing his thing on Twitter Thursday, alerting his 67,866 followers that Google's (GOOG) Android platform accounted for 79% of all mobile malware in 2012.
@pschiller: Be safe out there: f-secure.com/static/doc/lab…
What he doesn't mention is that iOS threats, which were nonexistent in 2010 and 2011, showed up on F-Secure's radar for the MOREPhilip Elmer-DeWitt - Mar 7, 2013 12:55 PM ET
Apple's iOS and Google's Android now control 90% of the global smartphone market
FORTUNE: Hard on the heels of Gartner's Worldwide Mobile Phone Sales report Wednesday, IDC and comScore both released colorful bar graphs Thursday representing their view of the current state of the smartphone wars -- the world war (top) from IDC, and U.S. war (bottom) from comScore.
A few observations:
The extent to which the smartphone wars have become a two-man MOREPhilip Elmer-DeWitt - Feb 14, 2013 2:50 PM ET
Apple iPhones and -- surprise -- Windows tablets, according to a new Forrester survey
FORTUNE: The graphic above comes from a survey of 9,766 so-called mobile information workers in 17 countries conducted last quarter by Forrester Research for its usual target audience: corporate chief information officers.
One of the questions Forrester was trying to answer is whether the BYOD (bring your own device) trend -- a movement that has undermined the CIOs' MOREPhilip Elmer-DeWitt - Feb 4, 2013 1:40 PM ET
Usage numbers contradict estimates of Samsung's smartphone and tablet sales
FORTUNE -- According to a report issued Friday by Net Applications, the Web presence of Android devices peaked in November at 28% and has been drifting down ever since.
By contrast, Apple's (AAPL) iOS has climbed since October, after the company launched the iPhone 5 and the iPad mini.
That's quite a different story than the one being told by market research firms MOREPhilip Elmer-DeWitt - Feb 1, 2013 6:32 AM ET
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IN THE MONEY: Sir Richard Branson to net £550m from takeover of Virgin America by Alaska Air
High life: Sir Richard Branson is cashing in again
Sir Richard Branson will net a £550million windfall from the takeover of his airline Virgin America by Alaska Air.
The 65-year-old businessman, who has two grown up children and lives on his own private island, Necker Island, with his wife, owns a 30 per cent stake in the US budget carrier through Virgin Group.
Alaska Air has agreed to pay £1.8billion in cash for Virgin America, or £40 per share.
Taking into account Virgin America’s debt and aircraft operating leases the deal is valued at £2.8billion.
The deal is not the most lucrative ever for Branson.
He made £600million from selling his stake in Virgin Atlantic in 1999, and £560million after Thorn EMI bought his first ever business, Virgin Records, in 1992.
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