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Melbourne-based stationery chain Kikki.K is poised to expand into Europe and the United States and will consider raising the funds needed for the expansion from new and existing investors.
The first two Kikki.K stores in Britain will open before Christmas and the Scandinavian-inspired retailer is scouting for potential sites in New York, according to Fairfax.
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The international expansion is being driven by burgeoning international demand among social media users and online shoppers and is a strategy that is “hard to fault” according to one retail expert.
Kikki.K was founded by Kristina Karlsson and partner Paul Lacy in 2001 and currently operates 80 stores in Australia, New Zealand, Singapore and Hong Kong.
Lacy told Fairfaxthe duo have ruled out taking the popular brand public and have turned down previous takeover offers, but they are speaking to minority shareholders and venture capital firms about the possibility of raising additional capital to fund the international expansion.
“We have some terrific investors we’ve partnered with over the years, we’re working with that group, and we’ll probably raise a bit more capital at some point,” Lacy said.
“We have also had some approaches from people in San Francisco, Boston, the UK, Hong Kong and Australia; we are sorting through that to find who would be great for us to partner with on this next step.”
“The idea is to work with people we have a great cultural match with and who understand the brand very well. We want to work with the world’s best.”
According to Fairfax, Kikki.K’s annual sales are estimated to be close to $60 million and previous investors in the company include Boost Juice founder Janine Allis, the Myer family and former Jurlique managing director Sam McKay, who serves as the company’s chairman.
Other investment has come from Westpac director Alison Deans and 333 Capital, the investment and advisory arm of KordaMentha.
David Gordon, retail expert and managing partner at LZR Partners, told SmartCompany this morning Kikki.K is not the only brand utilising its social media following and online sales data to “determine where the most appropriate demand would be” for its products.
“It’s not only happening with retailers going overseas, but those looking for sites in Australia itself,” he says.
“You can’t really fault them for wanting to expand there.”
Gordon believes Kikki.K may be approaching a stage of “saturation” in the Australian market and it may become difficult to continue growing locally through new store openings.
“The fact that it has investors, it might indicate at some stage these investors would be looking for an exit and therefore to expand overseas successfully, [Kikki.K] would need to provide a type of ‘blue sky’ for a potential acquirer,” he says.
Brian Walker, chief executive of the Retail Doctor Group, agrees Kikki.K needs to look at international markets to unlock future growth.
“With the nature of the product and the market it is trying to attract, [Kikki.K] might open another 10-20 stores in Australia but not an awful lot more,” Walker says.
Walker describes Kikki.K as a “very niche” offering and says the stationery market in Australia, while it’s “the new black” of retail, is a neatly segmented market.
Both Walker and Gordon highlight the international expansion of children’s stationery chain Smiggle as an example of a company in the stationery market that is finding its feet internationally.
“Smiggle seems to be doing a very good job of expanding overseas and has publicly announced plans to look at many new sites in the UK,” Gordon says.
“Cotton On also stands out and there are numerous other private retailers that have expanded in south-east Asia.”
“Expanding into the UK could be a different story.”
Gordon says the questions for any local, private business looking to expand overseas are “does it have the roll-out and supply chain capability? Does it have the branding or the brand engine to compete overseas”?
Walker says Kikki.K’s expansion plans are another example of Australian businesses “thinking more globally”.
“The Australian market is not going to get any lighter in terms of competition,” he says.
SmartCompany contacted Kikki.K but did not receive a response prior to publication.


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The estimated 83 million U.S. mothers will be getting smaller and cheaper gifts Sunday but — we hope — no less love.
Americans are expected to spend an average of $123.89 a person on Mother’s Day, down from $138.63 last year, according to a National Retail Federation survey.
More than 80 percent of Americans celebrate Mother’s Day, and most will buy presents for their mothers, stepmothers or wives. They’ll try to save money by cutting out goodies for their daughters, friends and godmothers.
But total spending for the holiday, estimated at $14.1 billion, should exceed the money dropped on Easter. In a thrifty mindset, 30 percent of shoppers will visit discount stores.

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Apple – the iPhone making giant – is expected to post a decent increase in sales in its fiscal second quarter soon and people are looking forward to see the earnings of the iPhone maker. The iPhone sales of the U.S.-based smartphone maker declined for the first time a year ago and almost everyone was shocked then.
Wall Street expecting a rebound in sales this quarter
Wall Street is expecting a slight rebound when the tech giant finally reports its results in the fiscal second quarter of the year on Tuesday. According to investment firm Stifel Nicolaus, estimates predict an increase in sales of iPhone from 51.2 million a year ago to 52.2 million this year.
In addition to this, the revenue of the Cupertino-based iPhone maker is expected to hike up in the fiscal quarter, which ended in late March. It is the second full quarter of sales of iPhone 7 and no one is either anticipating a disaster or an amazing growth in sales. This year is the 10th anniversary of the first iPhone and people are expecting this year to be different from other past years. The market watchers and the analysts are looking for the iPhone 8 rather than thinking about the results of last quarter.
The tech company reported the highest number of sales of iPhone in its fiscal first quarter that ended in late December: 78.3 million. The U.S.-based iPhone maker introduced the Product Red iPhone 7 and 7 Plus during its second quarter. This was also the first time the tech giant introduced a ‘Red’ iPhone, which was brought to assist in funding programs that battle HIV and AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa. The tech company updated its 9.7-inch iPad Pro and boosted the storage of its cheaper iPhone SE this quarter as well.
Analysts are mostly focused of fiscal 2018: UBS analyst
UBS analyst Steven Milunovich noted in his statement, “Most investors are focused on [fiscal 2018], which means the next few reports should be less important than usual.” The tech giant did not comment ahead of its earnings report. Both iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus are still quite important as the Silicon Valley giant generates most of its revenue – two-thirds of its revenue – from the iPhone.
According to Asymco analyst Horace Dediu, the tech giant tends to change the design of the iPhone every two years or so and the consumers rush to upgrade. Dediu added, “The demand is vast due to the user base and accumulated age of devices in use. If history is a guide then the next iPhone will be the best iPhone ever.”


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Ram Trucks Kicks Off the Holiday Season
Ram Trucks is slated to participate in a one-of-a-kind holiday tradition. For the seventh consecutive year in a row, the truck maker will be the Official Truck of the 95th Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. Ram Trucks works closely with Macy’s and the city of New York every year to kick off the holiday spirit. More than 20 Ram pickups will tow all the floats. In a special touch, the newly-minted Ram 1500 (RAM)RED Edition will be responsible for pulling Santa’s sleigh.
“As the brand that is ‘Built to Serve,’ the Ram Truck brand is honored to serve as the official truck of this iconic parade as our full portfolio of award-winning trucks pulls these floats down the streets of Manhattan. We are thrilled to have people return to experience this magical event in person as we continue to take great pride in aligning our brand with an iconic American event like the 95th Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade,” said Mike Koval Jr., Ram Brand CEO- Stellantis.
Ram will not simply transport the parade floats, the pickup maker will also assist in moving other parade materials for the annual celebration. Tool containers, costumes and so much more will be in tow. Ram Trucks accommodated the Macy’s parade with more than 60 trucks and Ram ProMaster commercial vans — used for behind-the-scenes tasks leading up to the parade.
The 95th annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade airs on NBC, Thursday, November 25, 2021, from 9 a.m. to noon. Enthusiasts can follow along and participate in the excitement via Ram’s official Facebook, Instagram and Twitter feeds.
Ram 1500 (RAM)RED Edition
Ram, Jeep, and FIAT committed a minimum of $4 million to the Global Fund. The partnership lasts from 2021-2023 and is intended to help fight health emergencies with (RED). Ram’s latest, the 2022 Ram 1500 (RAM)RED Edition is part of this partnership. Available on Limited Crew Cab configurations, the Ram 1500 (RAM)RED Edition offers buyers either a V8 or EcoDiesel engine. It also features a red R-A-M grille and corresponding door badging. Ram also added a (RED) badge on the center console lid. The 2022 Ram 1500 (RAM)RED has a starting MSRP of $63,250 (plus destination fee) and is slated to go on sale during the fourth quarter of 2021.
Visit us at University Dodge and check out the latest offerings in the Ram Trucks lineup. Explore the latest Ram 1500 TRX and see the high-performance pickup with all its bells and whistles up close. Follow University Dodge on social media to be the first to know when the latest special edition pickups roll across the dealer lot.


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It’s time to say bye to the Ring Video Doorbell app on Windows 10 Mobile. In an email being sent out to users, Ring says that its app will no longer work on Windows 10 Mobile devices after April 10.
Though the mobile app may be retiring, Ring says that it will continue to support its Windows 10 app for devices on the Fall Creators Update or newer. From Ring:
We’re reaching out to let you know that the Ring App will no longer work on Windows 10 mobile devices after April 10, 2018. However, you can still monitor your home and review Ring videos with any desktop computers, laptops and tablets equipped with Windows 10 Fall Creators Update (Version 1709) or newer.
Going forward, if you want to set up or use a Ring device with a mobile phone, you’ll have to do so on an Android or iOS phone.
It’s no surprise that Ring would drop support for Windows 10 Mobile. While Microsoft may be cooking up new ideas for the mobile space, Windows 10 Mobile is effectively dead at this point. Ring is just the latest app to end its support for the platform. The good news, however, is that things should continue as normal for anyone using the app on PC.
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The trade gap swelled more than 12 percent to $45.0 billion from a revised $40.1 billion in April, the biggest month-to-month increase in two years.
While the widening of the trade gap could prompt analysts to lower their estimates of second-quarter U.S. growth, the rise in imports points to firming underlying demand in the economy.
Imports rose 1.9 percent to $232.1 billion, the highest since the record level of $234.3 billion set in March 2012.
May imports, when adjusted for inflation, were a record $167.2 billion, the department said.
In another sign of improving domestic economic conditions, U.S. private employers stepped up hiring in June and new applications for unemployment benefits fell for a second straight week last week, pointing to improving labor market conditions.
Private payrolls increased 188,000 last month, the ADP National Employment Report showed Thursday. That compared to 134,000 jobs added in May. Economists had expected a gain of 160,000 jobs.
The four-week moving average of new claims, which is considered a better measure of labor market conditions, dipped 750 to 345,500.
The reports come ahead of the government's more comprehensive employment report on Friday.
"This is not really a big game changer, we don't expect any upside or downside surprise on Friday," said Sam Bullard, a senior economist at Wells Fargo in Charlotte, N.C. "Employment should slowly, gradually build momentum."
U.S. stock index futures pared losses, while U.S. Treasuries prices rose after the data. The dollar cut losses against the yen.
Nonfarm payrolls are expected to have increased 165,000 in June, according to a Reuters survey of economists, a touch below May's tally of 175,000 jobs. That would be higher than the monthly average of 155,800 during the past three months.
The unemployment rate is expected to fall a tenth of a percentage point to 7.5 percent. The employment report could shed fresh clues on the timing of the Federal Reserve's plan to start scaling back its monetary stimulus.
Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke said last month the U.S. central bank expected to trim its bond purchases later this year and halt the program by mid-2014, as long as the economy progresses as it expects.
9 Numbers That'll Tell You How the Economy's Really Doing
U.S. Trade Deficit Hits 6-Month High; Jobs Data Upbeat
The gross domestic product measures the level of economic activity within a country. To figure the number, the Bureau of Economic Analysis combines the total consumption of goods and services by private individuals and businesses; the total investment in capital for producing goods and services; the total amount spent and consumed by federal, state, and local government entities; and total net exports. It's important, because it serves as the primary gauge of whether the economy is growing or not. Most economists define a recession as two or more consecutive quarters of shrinking GDP.
The CPI measures current price levels for the goods and services that Americans buy. The Bureau of Labor Statistics collects price data on a basket of different items, ranging from necessities like food, clothing and housing to more discretionary expenses like eating out and entertainment. The resulting figure is then compared to those of previous months to determine the inflation rate, which is used in a variety of ways, including cost-of-living increases for Social Security and other government benefits.
The unemployment rate measures the percentage of workers within the total labor force who don't have a job, but who have looked for work in the past four weeks, and who are available to work. Those temporarily laid off from their jobs are also included as unemployed. Yet as critical as the figure is as a measure of how many people are out of work and therefore suffering financial hardship from a lack of a paycheck, one key item to note about the unemployment rate is that the number does not reflect workers who have stopped looking for work entirely. It's therefore important to look beyond the headline numbers to see whether the overall workforce is growing or shrinking.
The trade deficit measures the difference between the value of a nation's imported and exported goods. When exports exceed imports, a country runs a trade surplus. But in the U.S., imports have exceeded exports consistently for decades. The figure is important as a measure of U.S. competitiveness in the global market, as well as the nation's dependence on foreign countries.
Each month, the Bureau of Economic Analysis measures changes in the total amount of income that the U.S. population earns, as well as the total amount they spend on goods and services. But there's a reason we've combined them on one slide: In addition to being useful statistics separately for gauging Americans' earning power and spending activity, looking at those numbers in combination gives you a sense of how much people are saving for their future.
Consumers play a vital role in powering the overall economy, and so measures of how confident they are about the economy's prospects are important in predicting its future health. The Conference Board does a survey asking consumers to give their assessment of both current and future economic conditions, with questions about business and employment conditions as well as expected future family income.
The health of the housing market is closely tied to the overall direction of the broader economy. The S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Index, named for economists Karl Case and Robert Shiller, provides a way to measure home prices, allowing comparisons not just across time but also among different markets in cities and regions of the nation. The number is important not just to home builders and home buyers, but to the millions of people with jobs related to housing and construction.
Most economic data provides a backward-looking view of what has already happened to the economy. But the Conference Board's Leading Economic Index attempts to gauge the future. To do so, the index looks at data on employment, manufacturing, home construction, consumer sentiment, and the stock and bond markets to put together a complete picture of expected economic conditions ahead.


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Zambian Breweries has reduced the price of its Mosi and Castle lager amid growing confidence in economic stability.
The recommended retail price of a 375ml bottle of both lagers is now K7, reduced from K7.50.
Zambian Breweries Country Director Annabelle Degroot said the cut in price of the nation’s favourite beers was a response to the improved inflation rate and several months of a stable exchange rate. She thanked and commended the Government for implementing measures to allow this level of stability.
“In response to government’s efforts to maintain a stable business environment, we are committed to retaining the affordability of our products,” she said.
Zambian Breweries expects the price reduction to encourage drinkers to move away from cheap illegally brewed high-alcohol beverages that pose a danger to public safety as well as denying government tax revenue.
The Country Director explained that when beer prices drop, overall alcohol consumption does not increase but rather consumers tend to move away from cheaper higher alcohol options with an average ABV (alcohol by volume) of 43 percent, back into clear beer with an average ABV of 4.5 percent. This is an important driver of responsible alcohol consumption and government revenue collection.
The decision is also aimed at stimulating volume growth, tax revenue growth and its associated positive impact on investment, agriculture and employment.


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Rite Aid Corporation (NYSE: RAD) stock soared to a yearly high of $20.38 on Friday as investors were positive about the company’s future. The shares have risen over 47% in the past year and over 178% in the past three months. The stock, which rebounded after better-than-expected third-quarter 2020 earnings, is trading down on Monday.
The market experts believe that the company’s new strategy, which includes investments in its pharmacy benefit manager, is likely to show a turnaround in the coming months. Despite facing competition for prescription drugs, Rite Aid is likely to show outperformance in the future as the outlook is improving.
The company has tremendous opportunity for a turnaround arising from the significant challenges in the near term. This includes its plan to invest in the expansion and integration of EnvisionRxOptions. The company continues to tackle the challenges and is equally bullish on the unique capabilities that it offers through EnvisionRxOptions.
The company’s turnaround plan gained traction from its encouraging third-quarter earnings results as well as the strong comparable-store sales growth. Also, better customer engagement and brand loyalty will be driven by Rite Aid’s plan to free up pharmacists’ time for more meaningful interactions with customers.
For the third quarter, the pharmacy retailer reported a profit compared to a loss last year, backed by lower costs and expenses as well as gain on debt retirements. For fiscal 2020, the company sees net sales of $21.5-21.9 billion, same-store sales growth of 0-1%, and adjusted earnings of $0.13-0.55 per share.
The company believes that Thrifty Ice Cream, which was a meaningful contributor, will continue to contribute more with its recently expanded 900 additional stores. Rite Aid expects to modernize its digital and omnichannel consumer engagement infrastructure as the marketing strategy undergoes a dramatic change.
Also, Rite Aid expects to introduce self-checkout at 200 additional stores during the first half of the calendar 2020 as this provides customers with enhanced checkout experience. Also, this could help the company to tackle the increased customer accounts and expenses leverage. The stock is likely to rise in 2020 backed by strong comps growth and better performance of its earnings results.
Biogen (NASDAQ: BIIB) reported third-quarter 2021 financial results before the regular market hours on Wednesday. The company reported Q3 revenue of $2.78 billion, down 18% year-over-year and higher than the
Verizon (NYSE: VZ) reported Third-quarter 2021 financial results before the regular trading hours on Wednesday. The telecommunications giant reported Q3 revenue of $32.9 billion, up 4.3% year-over-year and above the
Philip Morris International Inc. (NYSE: PM) reported Third-quarter 2021 earnings results today. Net revenues increased 9% year-over-year to $8.1 billion. The reported net income amounted to $2.42 billion compared to


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Beiersdorf, the German personal care heavyweight, has announced it has reached a deal to acquire the Coppertone suncare brand from chemicals firm Bayer for a purchase price of $550 million.
Founded in 1944, Coppertone is described as the first sun care brand launched in the US market, and its product range is currently distributed in the USA, Canada and China. It generated sales of $213 million in 2018.
Beiersdorf said Coppertone would be the fifth brand in its North American skin care portfolio, besides Nivea, Eucerin, Aquaphor, and La Prairie.
“This transaction demonstrates our commitment towards competitive, sustainable growth and investment in skin care outlined in the new C.A.R.E.+ strategy”, said Beiersdorf CEO Stefan De Loecker. “Skin care is at the heart of Beiersdorf – and caring for skin health through sun protection has been an essential pillar of our business for over 60 years. We are pleased to offer the iconic Coppertone™ brand and its dedicated, experienced employees a new home next to NIVEA Sun and Eucerin Sun”.


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Today is the released date of Long Gone Daddy, an album Curb Records is releasing that contains outtakes from early in Hank Williams III’s career when he was under contract with the label. Most of the material on the album has been released previously. according to a press release released today by Allcorn, he had no more consent from Curb to release his song “This Ain’t Montgomery” than Hank3 did.
Long Gone Daddy
As first reported here on Saving Country Music, Curb Records is releasing a new album from Hank Williams III that includes outtakes from his first two solo albums, Risin’ Outlaw from 1999, and Lovesick, Broke & Driftin’ from 2002. The album has now been made available for pre-order through Amazon and is entitled Long Gone Daddy. It will be released on April 17th, 2012.


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It's official, Apple is holding an event from Apple Park next Tuesday, April 20th with a tagline 'Spring Loaded.' While Apple didn't reveal a single product to be announced, it's pretty clear that we'll get to finally see the new 12.9" iPad Pro with a miniLED display, a 5G chip and power galore via a new A14X chip likely to be a speed demon like the M1 processor. The stylized imagery for the event supports an iPad Pro edge. Whether a new Apple Pencil design with added functionality will be accompanying the new iPad Pro is unknown at this time.
Below is a Tweet from Apple's head of Worldwide Marketing Greg Joswiak that once again supports the creativity associated with the iPad Pro.
So excited for this one! Only seven more days. 👀 pic.twitter.com/PVJFcESqh8— Greg Joswiak (@gregjoz) April 13, 2021
With new hardware likely to launch during Apple's WWDC 21 June event, it's difficult to say what else could be launching next week. Obviously there could be a general iPad round of updates and a chance that their long awaited AirTags will make their debut.
I hope that the rest of what could be coming remains a secret until next Tuesday so that we could all enjoy the event.


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TechnoServe’s New Online Fundraising Campaign Offers Transparency and Accountability
The Ankur Campaign Features Specific Projects in Developing Countries; Donors to Receive Progress Reports
DECEMBER 8, 2009 — Private sector development leader TechnoServe today launched the Ankur Campaign: Poverty to Prosperity, a transformative online fundraising platform that allows donors to give directly to four programs assisting people in need and then see how their donations are allocated and follow program performance and the path to impact.
Donations will help entrepreneurs and farmers in developing nations build sustainable businesses and realize increased economic opportunities, designed to create more jobs and lift communities out of poverty. Individuals who donate to an Ankur Campaign program will receive periodic reports from the field, including photos, stories and – most importantly – data that demonstrate tangible results from donations. Updates will be provided whether or not the program has reached the intended results or stated goals.
“Donors naturally want to know where their money is going and the impact it has created,” says TechnoServe CEO Bruce McNamer. “The Ankur Campaign embodies this desire and creates an opportunity for donors to get closer to the cause and see the lives they are helping to improve.”
Given recent interest in Kiva, Global Giving and others and in how individual contributions flow to beneficiaries, TechnoServe is making explicit on its website the percentage of the contribution that will go directly to support the program and that part that will support TechnoServe’s general operations and institutional strengthening.
The following is an example of a TechnoServe program being highlighted in the Ankur Campaign:
Creating Jobs—The El Salvadoran Ethnic Product Export Program
- Location: El Salvador
- Initiative: Build export capacity, increase profits and create jobs
- Reach: 90 businesses and suppliers
- Goal: Increase exports by $1.5M and create 150 new jobs
Due to the increasing presence of Salvadoran migrants in various parts of the United States, the demand for traditional ethnic products from El Salvador is driving a burgeoning U.S. market. A lack of production capacity, coupled with a weak understanding of how to export and market items abroad, prevents Salvadoran consumers in the U.S. from buying products made in their home country. This essentially wastes an opportunity for Salvadoran producers of finished products, as well as the rural suppliers of the raw materials they use, to increase profits, create jobs and strengthen the local economy.
Focusing on dairy, baked goods and frozen fruit, TechnoServe aims to provide direct assistance to 10 businesses that currently export products, as well as training for an additional 30 businesses with the potential to export in the future. As a result, approximately 50 rural suppliers of raw material will also benefit from the program. Assistance comes in many forms: training to improve production; processing and business management; and guidance in marketing and package design. By providing services to these businesses, TechnoServe hopes to increase the export of ethnic products by $1.5M, equaling $675,000 in new purchases of raw materials from rural agricultural suppliers.
Brief overviews of the remaining three Ankur Campaign initiatives are outlined below.
Improving Livelihoods—The West Africa Cocoa Program
- Location: Ghana, Nigeria, Ivory Coast
- Initiative: Provide technical and business assistance, increase crop profitability
- Reach: 500 additional farmers
- Goal: Increase farmer profitability by 80%
Increasing Options—The Kenyan Dairy Program
- Location: Kenya
- Initiative: Strengthen industry profitability and competitiveness
- Reach: 1,000 additional Kenyans not previously impacted
- Goal: Generate a $3.2M increase in sales amongst 14,000 suppliers
Discovering Entrepreneurs—Idea Tu Empresa, The Andean Business Plan Competition
- Location: Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela
- Initiative: Provide business training, encourage local economic growth
- Reach: 720 entrepreneurs
- Goal: Create 6,000 new employment opportunities
About TechnoServe: TechnoServe is leading a movement that empowers people in the developing world to build businesses that break the cycle of poverty. Growing enterprises generate jobs and other income opportunities for poor people, enabling them to improve their lives and secure a better future for their families. Since its founding in 1968, the U.S.-based nonprofit has helped to create or expand thousands of businesses, benefiting millions of people in more than 30 countries. The Financial Times has rated TechnoServe one of the top five NGOs for corporate partnerships. Charity Navigator has also awarded its highest Four Star ranking to TechnoServe.


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Sen. Steven Oroho’s legislation that permanently enacts a State program to permit hemp growth for industrial use has been signed into law. (SenateNJ.com).
“Garden State farmers are now able to increase and diversify their crop yield through cultivating industrial hemp,” said Oroho (R- Sussex, Warren, Morris). “Found in more than 25,000 products, the versatile and profitable hemp plant will encourage new business growth and boost the state’s agricultural economy. With burdensome federal and state regulations removed, New Jersey farmers can greatly benefit from this potential billion dollar industry.”
Senator Oroho’s bipartisan law, S-3686/A-5322, repeals the New Jersey Industrial Hemp Pilot Program – the pilot program established earlier this session – and replaces it with a permanent program to establish guidelines for the growing of hemp for industrial use.In the Assembly, the bill was co-sponsored by Assemblymen Parker Space and Hal Wirths (R- Sussex, Warren, Morris).Industrial hemp is a strain of the cannabis sativa plant that is grown specifically for industrial uses. Among these uses are fiber, building materials, plastic and composite materials, paper, animal bedding, water and soil purification, weed control, cosmetics, automotive parts, furniture, agricultural applications, and biofuels. Hemp is considered a super food, that is thought to improve heart health and reduce cholesterol levels.
The National Conference of State Legislatures estimates that the plant may be used in more than 25,000 products.Hemp was removed from the controlled substance list in the 2018 federal “Farm Bill.”A number of state legislatures have taken action to promote industrial hemp as an agricultural commodity. At least forty-one states have passed legislation related to industrial hemp and at least thirty-nine states have considered legislation that allowed for hemp cultivation and production programs.The hemp that would be permitted to be grown in New Jersey does not contain the substances that are used in marijuana either for medicinal or recreational use.
“I am proud that the Garden State is taking this step to grow and cultivate the hemp industry,” added Oroho. “The benefits to both family farmers and consumers are limitless. New Jersey is now the new frontier for hemp.”


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The COVID-19 outbreak has caused most Americans to rethink how they work, shop and play. Since March, non-essential businesses have been forced to temporarily close due to social distancing and stay-at-home orders set forth by public health officials. Yet many auto body and glass repair owners have seen an uptick in business as drivers focus their attention on long-awaited repairs while they’re working from home, or because automobile accidents and high-speed crashes have been on the rise since the start of the pandemic, according to analysis by CCC Information Services Inc. To protect their employees and customers most shops have initiated new COVID-19 safety protocols.
COVID-19 Challenges for Repair Shops
Auto body and glass repair shops are considered “essential” businesses, which means they can remain open even while other businesses can’t. Unfortunately, serving customers now presents those shops with day-to-day operational challenges caused by the COVID-19 virus:
Auto Body Repair can be an approach that restores a damaged vehicle to its original condition. The Auto Body Repair entails repairing and properly matching the paint on vehicle bodies, repairing automobile frames, and understanding mechanical, electrical and electronic systems. Greensboro auto painting
Auto body repair also deals in welding light-gauge motor vehicle body panels and below-frame structures. The mechanic might need to learn to repair minor and large accidents and corrosion damage, and measure, realign and repair upper body and under-frame structures.
The range and kind of automobile body repair supplies and tools vary with the kind and size of the damage. Bondo creams and hardeners might possibly necessitate reinforcement with fiberglass for larger holes and dents at the physique.
There are plenty of selections offered on the Internet for students considering taking up automobile physique repair as a full-time career. Mostly, the course includes auto body fundamentals, market overviews, and safety techniques. Students [...]
Even the smallest of dents and dings can cause a vehicle to lose value. Resale or trade-ins drop when vehicles have multiple dents and dings. Any damage that exposes the metal of a car or truck can eventually lead to rust. Here are three examples of how vehicles often end up with dents, and some advice about reducing the risk of damage.
Dents in Doors
Anyone working in an auto body shop will have experience repairing door dents. The damage occurs as people open their doors too wide and hits something near the vehicle or people open their doors into them. Shopping carts are another frequent culprit.
Try to park away from other vehicles and clusters of abandoned shopping carts. Push any nearby carts into the corrals in [...]
The most theft-prone vehicle in America might be the Dodge Charger. Or it might be the Ford F-250 pickup truck.
Those are the contradictory conclusions of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and the insurance industry-funded Highway Loss Data Institute.
Still, the government agency and private group agree that the theft of late-model vehicles is on a rapid decline in the United States. One reason: automakers’ increasing use of ignition immobilizers, which stop thieves from hot-wiring cars. Nearly 90 percent of 2012 models are equipped with them.
In a report released on Monday, NHTSA said the car stolen most often during the 2011 calendar year was the Charger, with 4.8 thefts for every 1,000 cars produced in 2011. It was followed by the Mitsubishi Galant, Hyundai Accent, Chevrolet Impala and Chevrolet HHR among vehicles with more than 5,000 units produced that year.
If you drive, at some point you’ll probably be involved in a rear-end collision. According to a recent study from the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) (1), nearly half of all two-vehicle crashes in the U.S. every year are of the rear-end variety. And, those accidents cause thousands of injuries, hundreds of deaths, and billions of dollars annually in collision-related losses. Sadly, most rear-end motor vehicle accidents are avoidable if drivers would simply use the following safe driving tips.
KEEP YOUR DISTANCE
Whether you’re driving on a city street, highway, rural road, or through a work zone, the first step in preventing a rear-end collision is keeping a safe distance between you and the car in front of you. That will give you enough time to react and brake your vehicle safely if the other driver suddenly stops or swerves.
For auto body shop Global sales of BMW Group’s core brand rose faster in June than at Audi and Mercedes-Benz as demand from China and the United States helped the premium carmaker to extend a lead over the two rivals in the first six months of the year.
Sales at the brand were up 9 percent last month to 153,075, the group said today, compared with growth of 5 percent to 140,300 and 8 percent to 131,609 at Audi and Mercedes respectively.
Six-month sales at BMW brand rose 8 percent to 804,000 cars, expanding the lead over runner-up Audi to 24,000 from 11,000 after five months. Half-year sales at Audi and Mercedes rose 6 percent each to 780,500 and 694,000 respectively.
“BMW has stronger momentum than Audi and Mercedes, that won’t change in the second half,” said Hanover-based NordLB analyst Frank Schwope. “Design of their cars [...]


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Beyond new software, Apple may reportedly use this June's WWDC 2019 to showcase a promised modular Mac Pro and a new standalone monitor.
The monitor is codenamed "J290," and will support high dynamic range (HDR), Bloomberg said on Monday. Connected analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has claimed that the display could measure 31.6 inches, and incorporate mini LED backlighting.
A WWDC reveal was rumored earlier this year. The computer itself may only ship in 2020, and use a stacking system based on proprietary connectors. This would let people buy a "brain" module and only add what they need, such as GPUs or extra storage.
That would solve a common complaint about the Mac ecosystem, which is that Apple sometimes forces buyers into getting more than they need through its insistence on streamlined, all-in-one designs. It's often possible to build a speedier Windows machine for the same price, primarily because Apple often lets "pro" specifications trail behind — the last major Mac Pro refresh was in 2013. Most Windows desktops can be upgraded at will, but how many "professional" users actually do so isn't clear.


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GoFro, an online holiday deals marketplace, has secured around ₹64 crore ($10 million) in its Series B funding round, led by H.I.S. Co. Ltd. — a Japan-based travel company.
Along with H.I.S, the existing investor of the startup, MakeMyTrip, has also invested in the current round. The Japan-based travel company has about 230 overseas branches in 141 cities across 66 countries, in addition to 233 retail outlets in Japan.
With the new capital infusion, the company is now looking to strengthen its technology platform, supply and agent network. It also believes that the partnership with Japan-based HIS will allow the startup to expand into international markets.
Commenting about the investment in GoFro, Akira Hirabayashi, Vice Chairman, H.I.S. Co. Ltd said,
The team has created an amazing technology product and we believe it holds the potential to become the next travel-tech revolution. GoFro platform is globally scalable and we look forward to taking this revolution to the Japanese market.
Amitabh Misra, founder and CEO, GoFro said,
We have received great consumer traction in just a year of operations. We now look forward to H.I.S.’s global reach and experience helping us enhance our global supply network and provide great holiday packages at competitive prices to our customers.
GoFro was founded in 2015 by former Snapdeal CTO Amitabh Misra. The platform currently offers customised and fixed packages for more than 70 destinations across the globe. It connects travellers with suppliers and destination experts for holiday packages.
It aggregates packages from all the leading online and offline travel companies including MakeMyTrip, Yatra, TUI, among others. The company also offers online assisted booking to travellers. The startup believes that its USP lies in allowing users to customise and manage their itinerary.


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Diageo Plc said on Thursday that its new financial year was off to a 'strong start' and forecast a boost to operating margins as people opt for premium brands and spend more at restaurants and bars.
Recovery in Europe has been ahead of its own expectations, while in North America, despite supply constraints, the business has been 'performing strongly,' the company said in a statement ahead of its annual general meeting later in the day.
Sales at bars and restaurants, hit by Covid-led restrictions last year, are recovering strongly in both regions as higher vaccination rates encourage more people to venture out.
Sales in Africa, Asia Pacific and Latin America, and the Caribbean markets are also performing well, but Diageo warned that it expects some volatility in these markets to persist.
"We have made a strong start to fiscal '22 ... as we benefit from resilience in the off-trade (retail) and continued recovery in the on-trade (bars and restaurants)," said chief executive Ivan Menezes.
He also said that the company is benefiting from customers trading up to more premium drinks and from a rise in sales through higher margin channels such as e-commerce.
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(Yicai Global) May 8 -- The Czech Trade Promotion Agency is prepping local exhibitors for success at the first China International Import Expo to be held in Shanghai this November as the nation looks to restore trade balance with China and the rest of the world.
Advance preparations are necessary, Radomil Dolezal, CzechTrade's general director, said in an interview. His organization is teaching local exporters about Chinese culture and explaining how they can better to do business there to optimize trade.
China is the Czech Republic's second-largest source of imports and sent USD11.9 billion worth of commodities its way last year, according to European Union data. The Czech Republic exported USD2.4 billion worth of goods in return, slowing the discrepancy but still leaving a gaping trade deficit that Dolezal hopes to reduce.
The Czech Republic is striving to adjust its imports and exports in order to achieve an overall trade balance, Dolezal said, adding that it had garnered some success over the past two years with global exports growing 30 percent and imports rising 8 percent.
Some manufacturers have already responded to invitations to attend the fair as exhibitors, he continued. Czech products to be showcased include car care products, musical instruments, agricultural products and food processing technologies, particularly those for world-renowned Czech beer and fine wines, Dolezal added, saying a number of travel agencies will also attend after a bumper year for Chinese tourism in the country last year.
The CIIE is a unified business platform which eliminates the need for exporters to participate in many decentralized trade fairs, he said, adding that it will play a key role in making trade and commerce more efficient.
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Droid Report previously broke the news that YouTube is gearing to create a separate platform for game livestreaming. Today, there’s more: YouTube will also host Android live stream gaming on the YouTube Gaming platform. Mobile gaming is big among the gaming community, especially in Japan. This is why Android gaming for YouTube Gaming will be launched first in Japan.
Since YouTube Gaming’s launches in the US and the UK last August 2015, Japan will be the next market to enjoy the new platform, now with Android gaming built into it. YouTube Gaming’s Ryan Watt communicates why it’s crucial to target Japan first, among the other countries:
"Japan's mobile games define its gaming culture, far more so than in other countries. This trend shows there's a real need for gamers to easily share what's on their screen with the gaming community, as it happens." With Japan’s lengthy legacy of providing the world with iconic games such as the Mario franchise, Street Fighter, Tekken, and even Gran Turismo, there is no doubt that Japan is the gaming capital of the world.
Gaming is a trillion-dollar global industry, with US video game sales alone bagging $6.1 billion. Money spent on console games in the US has gone up to $8.4 billion. The overall value of the US entertainment and media market is at $594.7 billion.
Internationally, global gaming software spending has gone up to $51.13 billion, while global video game spending has reached $101.62 billion. Overall, the value of the international entertainment and media market is at $1.93 trillion. All of these figures were taken from Statista.com: http://www.statista.com/topics/868/video-games/
As you can see, the video game industry is not all fun and games. It is a very serious cash cow, with very serious money figures, and definitely the real currency to back up those figures, flooding in. As a trillion-dollar international industry, it definitely makes sense for the tech companies to make moves and cash in on it. With YouTube giving gamers multiple sources of their gaming demo live streaming fixes, Google is definitely poised to get a sizable chunk out of that trillion-dollar stream of moolah.
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WiseGuyReports published new report, titled "Global Warehouse Robotics Market"
Warehouse robotics technology boosted up, has not made a remarkable impact on logistics industry. But, in the past few years, technical advancement in robotics have seen many changes and advanced robots are prepared to enter warehouses. Warehouse workers will benefit from robotics technology, while customers will get faster service and higher quality.


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New Delhi: Social networking giant Facebook on Tuesday defended itself on the ‘Internet.org’ profile picture imbroglio and said that the issue on the site was a mistake by an engineer which had nothing to do with Internet.org’s publicity plans in the country.
“There is absolutely no connection between updating your profile picture for ‘Digital India’ and Internet.org. An engineer by mistake used the words ‘Internet.org profile picture’ as a shorthand name he chose for part of the code,” a Facebook spokesperson said.
“But this product in no way connects to or registers support for Internet.org. We are changing the code today to eliminate any confusion,” he added.
It all started when Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg changed his profile picture with a tint of green, saffron and white for the Tricolour in a symbolic gesture to suggest he supports Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘Digital India’ campaign.
He asked others to follow suit.
Accordingly, a host of Facebook users also started doing the same. But it was soon noticed that if you changed your display, the code below had a small bit with the word ‘Internet.org’ — an initiative netizens have been opposing for allegedly being anti-net neutrality.
It thus sent out a feeling that support to ‘Digital India’ also meant support for Internet.org.
Ahead of his meeting with Prime Minister Modi, Zuckerberg has said on September 27: “I changed my profile picture to support Digital India, the Indian government’s effort to connect rural communities to the Internet and give people access to more services online.”
He added: “Looking forward to discussing this with Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Facebook today.” He also made a plea for people to show their support at fb.com/supportdigitalindia.
When we talk about advertising potential on Facebook, the fact is that 2.2 billion global users — almost a quarter of the world’s population — constitute the largest marketplace on Earth that can be explored better with intelligent communication and targeted, age-specific outreach.
Facebook India has done its homework and has real, contemporary data based on primary research and insights survey on how Indians, especially millennials, are shopping on smartphones and still, many fall off the grid and cancel orders in the middle of their purchase journey.
In India, there are nearly 380 million smartphone users as of today, according to Counterpoint Research.
The number of Internet users in India will reach 500 million by June, says a joint report by The Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) and Kantar IMRB. On the other hand, the mobile phone customer base now stands at over 1.17 billion, according to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI).
Facebook today has 217 million users in India — a huge market to tap into and advertisers know this well — and are aware of the future too when seven in 10 smartphone purchases will be mobile influenced by 2022.
“We now have reliable data how people are buying on smartphones. We can make their path to purchase smooth, make those quickers reduce friction, increase sales and cut costs for businesses,” Sandeep Bhushan, Director, Facebook India and South Asia, told IANS in an interview.
“We are mapping the friction and planning products and tools for businesses to reduce the friction and, therefore, can provide greater value for businesses and consumers alike in a secure way,” Bhushan added.
Currently, mobile influences 58 per cent of smartphone purchase decisions, amounting to $8.5 billion worth of sales and it is expected to grow 1.8 times to reach 73 per cent and influence $15.6 billion worth of sales by 2022, according to a joint Facebook-KPMG report.
Facebook influences 33 per cent of purchase decisions amounting to $4.8 billion worth of sales and it is expected to grow two times to reach 44 per cent and influence $9.5 billion worth of sales by 2022.
According to Bhushan, Facebook is ready to help smartphone brands reduce the consumer drop-off from their purchase journey, creating $3.1 billion worth of potential revenue for them by 2022.
“We can reduce purchase time by 14 odd per cent. We also know that sales can go by up to $3 billion, built on the fact that consumers will use mobiles for various purposes and the device offers all kinds of possibilities. We can do right messaging at the right place with mobile and cut the friction,” Bhushan informed.
After facing the Cambridge Analytica data scandal, Facebook recently cleared that it does not tell advertisers who you are or sell your information to anyone.
“We provide advertisers with reports about the kinds of people seeing their ads and how their ads are performing, but we don’t share information that personally identifies you. You can always see the ‘interests’ assigned to you in your ad preferences, and if you want, remove them,” Rob Goldman, Vice President, Ads at Facebook, wrote recently in a blog post.
Facebook’s mobile advertising revenue represented approximately 91 per cent of advertising revenue for the first quarter of 2018 — up from approximately 85 per cent of advertising revenue in the first quarter of 2017.
“We understand that consumers are different — men, women, young, old, affluent and non-affluent — and have different purchasing patterns. Businesses can reach the right audience on Facebook where they can target by age.
“Consumers below age 25 are more tech-savvy; so businesses can provide them with deeper, technical information about a product. For consumers like me, all I need to know is my favourite brand has a new feature or not. This is what we do — simplify the path to purchase,” Bhushan told IANS.
To take the vision closer to reality, Facebook is already running a programme with one big smartphone player.
“In this programme, the moment you see an ad, you click, the lead form opens, auto populates, you click again and get a call from the promotor of the retail store next to you within an hour,” the Facebook India executive informed.
“We have interesting, intelligent forms which are auto-filled that gives customers flexibility and mental peace. All of this was not possible earlier,” Bhushan told IANS.
The data lets advertisers reach the right people, including millions of small businesses, who rely on Facebook every day to reach people who might be interested in their product.
“We are ready for products in any Internet situation. 2G is still default in India despite so much 4G talk as there are more mobile handset users that smartphone ones; so we have covered them too with Facebook Lite,” Bhushan stressed. (IANS)


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Intended for younger audiences, the Labo allows users to create new devices like 13-key pianos and fishing rods out of the provided cardboard, which can then be connected to the Nintendo Switch for further interaction.
Now, Best Buy Canada has announced that pre-orders for the Labo will go live on its website tonight at approximately 9pm PT/12pm ET.
The Labo will be offered in two bundles. The Toy-Con Variety Kit can be used to create contraptions like RC cars and a fishing rod and be pre-ordered here for $89.99 CAD.
The Toy-Con Robot Kit, meanwhile, lets users create a robot suit that they can wear and control on the Switch’s screen. That bundle can be pre-ordered here for $99.99.
Nintendo Labo is set to launch on April 27th.


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With the holiday season upon us, there are a number of things we can expect - colder weather, overplayed Christmas songs, ugly sweater parties, and...gift-giving.
Overall, consumer spending makes up about 70% of U.S. GDP, and 20-30% of those retail sales occur during the holiday season in the last two months of the year. Back in August, we took time to unpack consumer spending overall, and get a sense of what people in the United States spend most of their money on.
Though personal needs and gifts are only a portion of consumers' budgets, holiday shopping has increased fairly steadily in the past decade.
There is an anticipated 4% increase in holiday shopping sales this year, and most of that growth will happen online.
Online purchases will account for approximately 53% of that growth. This uptick in online sales may come as a surprise to some, but we saw this increase from the retail restructuring analysis we did in 2017. Even a couple of years ago, online shopping was growing, but 2019 looks to be even stronger, especially compared to 2018 (which likely took a hit because of national economic uncertainty and the government shutdown).
At Fourth Economy, we pride ourselves in being practitioners of vibrant communities, so as holiday shopping increases, are there ways to redirect some of the holiday purchases into local economies?
We often work with clients who want to use creatives strategies to bring more shopping into their local business district. Projects we’ve worked on - like the Business District plans for East Carson Street or Hazelwood, PA - emphasize the importance of coordinated marketing efforts between businesses to tell the community’s story and encourage visitors.
Small Business Saturday, a tradition kicked off by American Express in 2010, is a national event that occurs on the Saturday after Thanksgiving to provide a counterweight to Black Friday and Cyber Monday. Stores are encourages to hold one-day promotions and share what new products and services they can provide for local shoppers. Communities could consider participating in the national event or even host their own variety.
Markets and craft fairs are very popular around the holiday season, and you could even find a unique local partner to host your market. The National Liberty Museum in Philadelphia hosts an annual Holiday Pop Up Shop that features local artisans. If you spend $75 or more at the shop you can visit the Museum for free.
Pittsburgh’s Downtown Holiday Shopping Passport encourages local spending over a period of four weeks. Participants who turn in stamped "passports" after visiting a series of local shops are entered to win donated weekly prizes.
Any business district that does not have a coordinated marketing plan might be missing out on important opportunities to broadcast the success of their local companies. The holidays are a perfect time to accelerate these efforts, sharing the benefits and fun of local shopping.
Are there things you do to promote your local businesses?


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Scientists recently conducted a series of studies to test the biosafety and neurobehavioral effects of 33.0 Tesla high static magnetic fields (SMF) using the self-designed biological research platform of the Stable High Magnetic Field Facility (SHMFF). The experiences of prof. Xin Zhang’s team at the Hefei Institute of Physical Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences.
They reported for the first time the biosafety of 30 Tesla level SMF and the neurobehavioral effects of 20 Tesla and 30 Tesla level SMF in healthy mice. Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging and European Radiology.
In recent years, ultrahigh-field magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has developed rapidly due to the significant advantage of high image resolution. 7 Tesla MRI has been clinically validated and 21.1 Tesla MRI has been successfully used in rodents. However, research on the biosafety of high magnetic fields above 20 Tesla is still scarce, and there is still a gap in relevant research above 30 Tesla.
Based on previous biosafety research of 3.5-23.0 Tesla SMF, Xin Zhang’s group further increased the intensity of the magnetic field and shortened the exposure time. Healthy C57BL/6J mice were exposed to 7.0–33.0 Tesla SMF for one hour.
After exposure, all mice were fed regularly for two months. Except for a few metabolic and liver and hepatorenal function indices, which were affected by the magnetic field, the total blood count and the organ coefficient of the histomorphology of the main organs were not significantly affected, most of the mice remained within the normal reference range.
Meanwhile, behavioral tests showed that high SMF reduced anxiety and improved social and spatial memory in mice within two months of exposure.
In addition to, Behavioral studies of healthy mice exposed to 3.5-23.0 Tesla magnetic fields for two hours also found improved neurocognitive effects that may be related to increased calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II expression in the mouse hippocampus.
Zhang’s group then found that 7 Tesla SMF could effectively relieve the symptoms of depressed mice. These results not only provide useful safety information for the development of ultrahigh MRT, but may also indicate that high SMF has potential as a future antidepressant treatment.
Reference: “Short and long-term effects of 3.5-23.0 Tesla ultrahigh magnetic fields on the behavior of mice” by Md Hasanuzzaman Khan, Xinfeng Huang, Xiaofei Tian, Changjie Ouyang, Dongmei Wang, Shuang Feng, Jutao Chen, Tian Xue, Jin Bao and Xin Zhang, March 16, 2022, European Radiology.
This research was supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of the Ministry of Science and Technology, the National Natural Science Foundation of China, the Presidential Fund of the Hefei Institute of Physical Sciences, etc. supported by
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History shows that the most successful products and services — from the VHS video recorder to the Apple iPad — are the ones that are the most user-centric, and in order to construct those kinds of experiences companies need to use all the data that is at their disposal, WiBiData co-founder and chief technology officer Aaron Kimball told the Structure:Data conference in New York on Thursday.
The problem for many companies is that information about their users is spread across hundreds or even thousands of different fields in various databases, and it’s difficult to put it all together in real time. But doing that successfully is becoming more and more important as services become more personalized.
Kimball, whose company has been funded by Google chairman Eric Schmidt and Ron Conway’s SV Angel group, said that WiBiData’s solution is to put together a platform that combines big-data aggregation and analysis tools like Hadoop and Hbase and Apache’s Avro, which can pull in and make sense of data coming from multiple databases in one location, and then make it easy for companies to extract and make use of that information in real time. In addition to tools that combine those services, WiBiData also has a user interface and dashboard that allow companies to pick and choose which data to use quickly.
Online users in particular have grown used to services like Amazon and Netflix, which provide real-time recommendations based on what a user has done in the past or other elements of their user profile, Kimball said. This not only saves a user time, but exposes them to items they may not have even known they wanted to search for — and thus creates a better user experience.
So if your company is selling hardware and a user puts a hammer in their online shopping cart, you want to be able to suggest that they buy some nails as well. But this has to be done in milliseconds if it is to be useful, and that requires manipulating large amounts of data in real time to update or alter the user’s profile and pull in the new selection.
“We are now capable of collecting and analyzing orders of magnitude more information than at any other time in history,” thanks to the database tools we have, Kimball said, but “the one constrained resource is understanding.” Users of online services now expect to have things personalized in real time, and if your company can’t provide that then you are going to be behind the curve, he said.


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Earlier this month, the FTC sent a letter to Wildec, LLC, the Ukraine-based maker of several mobile dating apps, alleging that the apps were collecting the personal information and location data of users under the age of 13 without first obtaining verifiable parental consent or otherwise complying with the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). The letter pressed the operator to delete personal information on children (and thereafter comply with COPPA and obtain parental consent before allowing minors to use the apps) and disable any search functions that allow users to locate minors. The letter also advised that the practice of allowing children to create public dating profiles could be deemed an unfair practice under the FTC Act. Subsequently, the three dating apps in question were removed from Apple’s App Store and Google’s Google Play Store following the FTC allegations, showing the real world effects of mere FTC allegations, a response that might ultimately compel Wildec, LLC to comply with the statute (and cause other mobile apps to reexamine their own data collection practices). Wildec has responded to the FTC’s letter by “removing all data from under age accounts” and now prevents minors under the age of 18 from registering on the dating apps.
COPPA was first passed in 1998 (with the COPPA Rule implemented in 2000, and later revamped in 2013), children’s privacy has been on the FTC’s radar, with the agency expanding its enforcement scope to the mobile sphere in 2011 when it brought its first COPPA case involving an app. Generally speaking, websites and online services covered by COPPA must post privacy policies, provide parents with direct notice of their information practices, and get verifiable consent from a parent or guardian before collecting personal information from children. Since the revised COPPA Rule came into effect, the FTC is certainly looking more closely at less traditional areas where violations may occur.
Indeed, in recent months, the FTC and privacy advocates have taken aim at just these modern children’s privacy issues:
- In April 2019, Unixiz, Inc., the operator of i-Dressup.com agreed to settle FTC allegations that it violated COPPA by failing to obtain parental consent before collecting personal information of children under 13 or take reasonable steps to secure consumer information (resulting in a data breach). i-Dressup allowed users, including children, to play dress-up games and also enter an online community where users could create personal profiles and interact with other users. If the site was unable to obtain parental consent from under-13 users, they were given a “Safe Mode” membership that barred them from the social features of the site, yet the FTC alleged that i-Dressup still collected personal information despite a lack of parental consent. The FTC also alleged that i-Dressup, among other things, stored and transmitted users’ personal information in plain text and failed to perform vulnerability testing of its network, shortcomings that resulted in a security breach. Under the proposed settlement, i-Dressup agreed to pay a $35,000 civil penalty, and implement a comprehensive data security program and obtain biennial assessments.
- In February 2019, the operator of the video social networking app Musical.ly (now known as TikTok) agreed to pay $5.7 million and settle FTC charges, the largest fine ever under COPPA, that it allegedly collected personal information from children, despite having knowledge that many children using the app were under 13. The Musical.ly app allowed users to create short videos lip-syncing to music and share those videos and otherwise interact with other users. According to the complaint, while the site allowed users to change their default setting from public to private so that only approved users could follow them, users’ profile pictures and bios remained public. Beyond the civil penalty, the settlement required the operators to comply with COPPA going forward and take offline all videos made by users under 13. Moreover, following the settlement, the operator announced changes that will place younger U.S. users into a limited, separate app that contains certain privacy protections.
What’s up next for FTC enforcement? IoT-connected and voice-activated electronic devices and toys have caught the agency’s attention in the last several years. The 2013 COPPA Rule amendment added several new types of data to the definition of personal information, including a photograph, video, or audio file that contains a child’s image or voice. Seeing the new technologies out in the market, in 2017 the agency released an enforcement statement where it noted that it would not take an enforcement action against an operator for not obtaining parental consent before collecting the audio file with a child’s voice when it is collected solely as a replacement of written words, as long as it is held for a brief time and only for that purpose. Still, the issue of IoT toys remains an unsettled issue in children’s privacy. This past week, private advocates sent a complaint to the FTC requesting an investigation into the Amazon Echo Dot Kids product, which is a version of its Alexa home assistant. The complaint alleged that this device violated COPPA by collecting children’s voice recordings and associated it with data from browsing habits, and retaining it indefinitely. It also alleges that Amazon failed to give notice and obtain parental consent for information collected through third parties, because Amazon recommended that parents review third-party service policies, but the complaint revealed that only about 15% of the third-party services targeted towards children actually had posted privacy policies. Amazon has denied the allegations and stated it complies with COPPA.
We await the resolution of the Echo Dot inquiry and will continue to monitor developments in children’s privacy, particularly with respect to IoT toys and other new technologies that necessarily feature data collection capabilities that implicate COPPA.


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The issue, says Brian Krebs, of the Krebs on Security website, is that if you use your iPhone to connect to open or public wireless networks, it's a good idea to tell the device to forget the network's name after you have finished, "as failing to do so could make it easier for snoops to eavesdrop on your iPhone data usage."
For example, says Krebs, if you use your iPhone to connect to an open wireless network called Linksys – which happens to be the default, out-of-the-box name assigned to all Linksys home WiFi routers – your iPhone will automatically connect to any WiFi network by that same name.
"The potential security and privacy threat here is that an attacker could abuse this behaviour to sniff the network for passwords and other sensitive information transmitted from nearby iPhones, even when the owners of those phones have no intention of connecting to a wireless network", he said in his security blog.
Infosecurity notes that there is a second potential security loophole lurking in the electronic undergrowth, as anyone wanting to gain unauthorised access to a secured WiFi access point could create a second rogue access point nearby and wait for the legitimate user's iPhone to come into range and attempt an authentication cycle.
"It's a problem that affects portable devices like the iPhone because the security settings on mobiles tend not to be as strong as on, say, a company system. My colleague Didi Barnes carried out research on this issue some time ago and discovered that Windows, as well as Apple OS-based, laptops also suffer from a similar security issue", he said.
"When a Windows or Apple laptop has WiFi turned on, it will search for any wireless networks which it has connected to in the past. If an attacker sets up a rogue access point with an SSID (network name) the same as one in the laptop’s list, it will attempt to log into it. Corporate security systems will lock down this sort of behaviour, but on a mobile or handheld device, it can be a problem", he said.


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Speculation over the rising cost of Glasgow hotel rooms is mounting ahead of tickets to the Commonwealth Games going on sale this weekend.
The Hotel Price Index from hotel website Hotels.com has found that prices have already reached an average of £74 per night in the city, which represents a growth of 2% since the beginning of the year.
With an estimated 2.3 million people having applied for tickets for the Games, set to be held in Glasgow, it looks extremely likely that demand will push prices up further.
More than 100,000 visitors are expected to descend on the Scottish city for the sporting events, with some estimating the tourist spend to reach £30m in the three years during and after the Games. The ONS found that tourist spend in London has risen by 10% in light of last year's Olympics and Paralympics.
Hotels.com's Alison Couper warned that hotel rooms could be as much "gold dust" as the tickets themselves. She said: "Those lucky enough to bag a ticket should book accommodation early. With thousands of tourists expected, demand for hotels could outstrip supply causing prices to rise."


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Next iPhone will come with reverse charging and triple rear cameras feature
We all know that Apple's iPhone XR, iPhone XS and iPhone XS Max represent important steps forward for the company's handsets and are among the best phones we can buy compare with its price. iPhone 11 rumors have already started to iPhone lover and promising a plethora of new features and updates in this year's models. The biggest rumors so far center around triple rear cameras, bigger batteries with reverse charging and fast charging in the box.
Production of the next generation of iPhone's original device has already started. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing has started experimental production of 13 processors for the new iPhone.According to a source, Bloomberg's report said that the new iPhone could be the name of the iPhone 11. The process of producing the device's processor will begin as soon as possible in a big way.
The iPhone XS isn't the only 2019 iPhone that will sport a square camera patch. This year's iPhone XR will also feature that distinctive rear camera, leaked renders show — except the lower-priced LCD iPhone will have two lenses instead of the iPhone XS's rumored triple-lens array.
Early iPhone 2019 render In May 2018, Deutsche Securities analyst Jialin Lu said that Apple was planning a triple-lens camera array in at least one of the iPhones it will release in 2019. According to the analyst, whose note was reported on by Economic Daily News, the cameras would offer advanced 3D sensing and use stereoscopic vision and dramatically improve the iPhone's augmented-reality capabilities. AR has been a major point of emphasis at Apple in recent years.
Usually Apple unveils the new iPhone in September. There is little information about the new iPhone this time. It is said that the iPhone 11 will have three cameras and reverse charging facilities. Before the release of the new iPhone, the WDW conference starting on the 3rd of June, Apple iOS could unveil the new version of the iOS operating system. Along with IOS, the new Mac OS version and the Apple App Store announcement may be announced for this conference. Besides, new iPads and Mac Books may also be unveiled.


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TASHKENT, January 23. /“Dunyo” IA/. Today, The Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Investments and Foreign Trade of Uzbekistan Sardor Umurzakov has met with the Minister of Investment of Saudi Arabia Khalid Al-Falih, in Bukhara, reports “Dunyo” IA correspondent.
According to the Ministry of Investments and Foreign Trade, at the meeting, the parties discussed the current issues of bilateral cooperation in investment, trade, economic, cultural, and humanitarian spheres.
Mutual readiness to strengthen and enhance bilateral economic ties through the implementation of new joint investment projects in Uzbekistan was indicated.
The possibility of creating a joint investment company as an effective instrument for financing and supporting joint projects was considered.
Ways of increasing the trade turnover by increasing the supply of agricultural and food industry products, finished textile and leather products, as well as building materials, were discussed.
The parties emphasized the priority of holding a meeting of Uzbekistan – Saudi Arabia Intergovernmental Commission on Trade and Economic Cooperation this year, in connection with which algorithms for further interaction in preparation for this event were determined.
Following the meeting, an agreement was reached on joint development and approval of the roadmap for bilateral cooperation in investment, trade, economic, cultural, and humanitarian spheres.


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Khloe Kardashian Wears Lebanese Designer Karen Wazen’s Footwear
It’s no secret that Andrea Wazen is one of the most in-demand footwear designers today. The Lebanese designer launched her namesake label in Beirut in 2013 and has since gone on to grab the attention of world famous superstars.
Her strappy sandals, leather boots and tulle-ruffled slingbacks have been spotted on a broad spectrum of stars that include Hailey Bieber, Jennifer Lopez, Jessica Alba, Addison Rae and more.
This week, reality television star Khloe Kardashian became the latest celebrity to step out in heels from the footwear designer.
This week, the “Keeping Up With the Kardashians” star opted for the brand’s Denver sandal in all black as she arrived at Craig’s restaurant in Los Angeles.
She paired the footwear with a black Rick Owens bustier top tucked into a rare pair of Tom Ford-era Gucci trousers from 2001. The Good American fashion label founder completed the look with a cow print pony hair leather bag from By Far.
It’s not the first time that the 36-year-old has donned a pair of heels from Andrea Wazen.
Memorably, Kardashian wore the Lebanese brand’s Gloria mules on an episode of “Keeping Up With the Kardashians.”
Meanwhile, Khloe isn’t the only Kardashian to champion the celebrity-loved footwear label.
Her younger sister Kylie Jenner has also been spotted wearing a pair of Andrea Wazen heels on a number of occasions.
The London-born designer, who is the younger sister of Lebanese fashion blogger Karen Wazen, launched her eponymous, celebrity-approved label following stints with some of the most renowned footwear designers in the world, including Christian Louboutin and Rupert Sanderson.
Wazen, who was raised in Beirut, works closely with factories and artisans in Lebanon in order to bring her designs to life.
The slinky shoes run the full gamut of footwear, including sling-backs, pumps, boots, and mules. However, the brand does not offer sneakers. They are playful, with various designs in tulle, neon colorways and animal print.
She joins the ever-growing list of Arab female footwear designers taking the fashion industry by storm, alongside Jordanian-Romanian Amina Muaddi, Australian-Lebanese Katrine Hanna and Kuwait-born Najeeba Hayat.


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Ingram Micro's impending sale to Tianjin Tianhai has been hit by another delay, as the deal awaits approval from Chinese authorities. The US distributor issued a statement today saying that "the end...
UK roles will move to Africa, but country will become a managed services centre of excellence, according to onlookers
German, French, Spanish and Swedish versions of products to be rolled out in 2018
Sales of MFPs growing nicely
Blockbuster Tianjin Tianhai buyout blows $175m hole in quarterly profits


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AUSTIN (KXAN) — Good news for vegans!
Ben and Jerry’s is now offering an ice cream made with almond milk and no dairy, eggs or honey.
Experts have been working on the formula for almost three years.
The vegan ice cream is offered in four flavors:
- Chunky Monkey
- Chocolate Fudge Brownie
- Coffee caramel fudge
- P.B. and cookies


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NEW YORK — April 1, 2012 — Paradox Interactive today launched an all-new platform to objectively quantify the art of games journalism. The new site, MetaMetaCritic (http://www.meta-metacritic.
“MetaMetaCritic will provide a more accurate, balanced system for reviewer reviews,” said Lars Larsson at Paradox Interactive. “In a landscape with so many diverse scales for rating games journalists, it’s hard to get an idea who the best writers really are. We all have different criteria for what makes a good review. How do we measure value and re-read value? And some of us try to base our ratings on abstract concepts like tone, voice, or whether an article was ‘finished’ or not. I’ve seen a lot of reviews get criticized lately for releasing day-one counterpoints – and don’t get me started on the ending of the Mass Effect 3 review.” Larsson continued.
Select media groups have already cited MetaMetaCritic scores as providing a good guideline for journalists’ bonus pay. The site is live now at http://www.meta-metacritic.net


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Woolworths, one of the two dominant supermarket chains in Australia, announced last month it will shut down or sell off its two hardware businesses, directly threatening the jobs of 7,700 workers.
The firm, which has 961 supermarkets and 111,000 employees, also revealed an annual net loss of $1.23 billion for 2015–16, a sharp reversal from the previous year’s $2.15 billion profit. It was Woolworths’ first loss since listing as a public company in 1993.
Although the loss was mainly attributed to write-offs on the company’s failed six-year-old Masters home improvement business, the results point to the underlying impact, across the retail industry, of the global economic stagnation and accompanying deflationary pressures.
Total Australian retail turnover, in current prices, has remained virtually flat for the past three months, according to the latest Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) figures. Turnover was unchanged in July 2016, seasonally adjusted, following two months of rises of just 0.1 percent.
Fierce competition in pricing, particularly in food, is exacerbating the crisis, cutting into tight profit margins. These processes are not confined to the retail trade. Even according to under-stated ABS estimates, the number of full-time jobs fell by about 64,500 in the past year, and many of these have been eliminated by major firms.
Woolworths chief executive Brad Banducci said its 82 Masters sites will be sold to a property consortium and its Home Timber and Hardware (HTH) stores are being sold for $165 million to a competitor Metcash, which owns Mitre 10 hardware stores. Masters is scheduled to stop trading in December once its stock is sold off.
Banducci claimed that the 6,300 Masters workers will “have an opportunity” to work elsewhere within the Woolworths group. That promise, made for PR purposes and to quell opposition among workers, is doubly doubtful because of the reversals confronting the remaining Woolworths operations. As for the HTH workers, their fate lies in the hands of the stores’ new owner.
The Shop, Distributive and Allied Employees Association (SDA), which covers retail workers, is working hand-in-glove with the management to derail and suppress any opposition among workers. SDA national secretary Gerard Dwyer said the union was working with Woolworths, Masters, HTH and Bunnings, the rival hardware chain owned by Wesfarmers, supposedly to find jobs for the displaced workers.
The SDA is notorious for its collaboration with employers, including via deals to scrap wage penalty rates for evening and weekend shifts. Its only concern is to help ensure the orderly closure of the businesses so that the union maintains its mutually-beneficial arrangements with the big retailers to enrol their employees as SDA members.
The Masters’ sale is currently being challenged in the Federal Court by the US hardware firm Lowe’s, which has a third share in Masters as a joint venture, with Woolworths holding the other two thirds. The American partner is contesting the tax write off of Masters’ value as zero.
Woolworths hopes to make $1.5 billion by shedding the hardware businesses and selling off property. Banducci said the proceeds will be invested in store renewals, including checkout technology, which will almost certainly mean more job losses. On news of the sell-off, the company’s shares prices initially rose 5 percent on the anticipation of profits being generated at the expense of workers.
There is speculation in the financial press that Woolworths’ discount department store, Big W, which lost $14.9 million after a profit of $111.7 million the year before, and its petrol station business, may share the fate of Masters, threatening more jobs. Big W employs 22,000 people.
Last year, Woolworths’ food and petrol earnings dropped 40.8 percent to $1.76 billion. This was partly because Woolworths was forced to invest $500 million in reducing prices in a price war with its main competitor, the Coles supermarket chain owned by Wesfarmers.
Industry analysts have expressed concerns that competitive price cuts will reduce the profit margins of both main chains. Coles has 776 supermarkets and 100,000 employees.
Both these majors are under threat from the German discounter Aldi, which opened in Australia in 2001. It currently has 400 supermarkets in New South Wales, the Australian Capital Territory, Queensland and Victoria, and is planning 130 new stores in Western Australia and South Australia.
Aldi already has 10 percent of the market. Analysts predict it could soon reach 16 percent, undercutting not only the two largest chains but the smaller IGA chain owned by Metcash and other operators that employ tens of thousands of workers. Lidl, another German discount supermarket chain, is rumoured to be considering entering the Australian market.
The competition is intensifying in the face of deflationary trends produced by the global slump and falling demand. In the year to June 30, consumer prices in Australia rose by only 1.00 percent, the lowest inflation rate since second quarter 1999. Prices of food and non-alcoholic beverages decreased by 0.1 percent.
Falling or stagnant wages are forcing working class households to cut their spending, including by resorting to multi-store shopping to buy weekly specials to reduce grocery bills. On average, real wages have grown by only 0.3 percent since 2013.
Unemployment and under-employment is also growing, with more workers pushed into insecure part-time and casual jobs, having an impact on retail spending. Roy Morgan Research estimates that 19.5 percent of the workforce is either jobless or looking for more work.
Moody’s credit agency has put a red flag against Australian food retailing, warning that Aldi’s continued expansion will affect the credit rating of its rivals. Moody’s vice president Ian Chitterer told the Australian the outlook is negative for Woolworths, Wesfarmers, Metcash and small independent supermarkets.
This year, a series of retail chains have either collapsed or retrenched in Australia, notably electronics firm Dick Smith, furnishing and fashion retailer Laura Ashley and budget department operator Target, destroying thousands of jobs. High-profile clothing outlets, such as Willow, Meredith & Moore and Seduce, have shut their doors. Lesser-publicised failures include the Round the World Experts travel division, video-on-demand company Quickflix, marketing company Brand New Media and pet supplies distributer Animal Supplies Group.
Nearly eight years on from the global financial crisis, the worsening fallout, combined with the anarchy of the capitalist profit system, is threatening jobs in industry after industry in Australia, as elsewhere around the world. The closure of Masters and HDH is another indicator of the socially destructive forces at work.


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Hilton is set to open its first hotel in Morocco’s largest city, Casablanca.
The hotel giant’s new Hilton Garden Inn Casablanca Sidi Maarouf is scheduled to open in 2021 and will have 118 rooms and space for further expansion.
It will include a 550sqm ballroom and a Moroccan-oriental restaurant among three dining options and 300sqm of event space.Construction is set to begin this year and it will be managed by Group Sadiki.
The hotel giant is aiming to “re-establish” its presence in Morocco, and opened its Hilton Garden Inn Tanger City Center in March 2016.
Carlos Khneisser, vice president of development in the Middle East and North Africa for Hilton Worldwide, said: “Casablanca is a market we’ve been looking at for some time and we’re confident that we’ve now identified the right partner and the right location for our debut property. Sidi Maarouf is rapidly establishing itself as not only the gateway to the city centre, with the construction of its new suspension bridge, but as a significant business district in its own right.”
Several multinational businesses have set up in the Sidi Maarouf district of Casablanca, which is 25km from Mohamed V Airport, in recent years.
Abderrahim Sadiki, from Group Sadiki, added: “As more and more businesses seek to locate their operations in Sidi Maarouf we see a demand for an increase in the levels of accommodation. In taking the decision to expand our existing operations at this site to include a hotel, we are pleased to be doing so in partnership with a major international operator such as Hilton, who we believe will help us achieve optimum results.”
John Greenleaf, global head of Hilton Garden Inn, said: “Having successfully launched our brand in Morocco earlier this year we are confident that Hilton Garden Inn Casablanca Sidi Maarouf will serve the needs of travellers seeking a trusted yet affordable international hotel brand. Hilton Garden Inn is known across the world for offering amenities and services for travellers to sleep deep, stay fit, eat well and work smart while away from home.”
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The Realme 10 Pro 5G Coca-Cola edition be the fifth phone in the series, joining the existing Realme 10 4G, Realme 10 5G, Realme 10 Pro and Realme 10 Pro+ in the lineup.
Realme 10 Pro Coca-Cola phone launch in India: time, how to watch online
The Realme 10 Pro 5G Coca-Cola edition will launch at 12.30 PM IST, and the event will be live-streamed on the company’s social media handles. We’ve embedded the link below for you to watch the event live:
Realme 10 Pro Coca-Cola phone price in India, availability
The Realme 10 Pro 5G Coca-Cola edition price in India has not been revealed yet. Considering it is a special edition of the Realme 10 Pro 5G, it should be priced similarly. The Realme 10 Pro 5G price in India at launch was Rs 18,999 for the 6GB+128GB and Rs 19,999 for the 8GB+128GB model.
Realme had already revealed it’s selling only 6,000 units of the phone globally, the free pre-booking for which had started from February 2nd. The company is running a flash sale, and offering Bluetooth speakers, smartwatches and other accessories as part of the launch, details of which will be revealed later.
Realme 10 Pro Coca-Cola edition specifications, design
In terms of specifications, the Realme 10 Pro 5G Coca-Cola Edition features the Snapdragon 695 5G processor, coupled with 8GB+8GB dynamic RAM and up to 1TB of external memory. It boots Android 13-based Realme UI 4.0 custom skin out of the box. There’s a 5,000mAh battery with 33W fast charging.
The smartphone is powered by RAZR Technology and sports a 108MP ProLight Camera with a 16 MP Selfie Camera along with features such as Super Group Portrait, One Take, and Street Photography Mode 3.0 with Watermark for photography.
As per images revealed by the company, the customised Realme 10 Pro 5G features a classic Coca-Cola red and black colour theme in a 70-30 ratio. The Coca-Cola logo is present at the back, with the Realme logo on the black side. The phone is made of matte imitation metal, which makes it resistant to scratches and fingerprints.


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Tencent and Sony increase stake in Elden Ring developer FromSoftware
The deal will raise $262.5 million in capital to support the Japanese studio.
August 31, 2022
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Tencent and Sony have upped their stakes in Elden Ring developer FromSoftware.
FromSoftware parent company Kadokawa Corporation facilitated the deal by way of a third-party share allotment, allowing Tencent (via its Sixjoy subsidiary) and Sony to increase their stakes in the Dark Souls and Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice developer to 16.25 percent and 14.09 percent, respectively.
Kadokawa remains the majority shareholder with a 69.66 percent stake in the Japanese studio.
The transaction will raise 36.4 billion yen ($262.5 million) in capital that will be used to strengthen FromSoftware's production and publishing capabilities with a view to increasing its global footprint.
"Through the implementation of the fund procurement, FromSoftware will aim to proactively invest in development of more powerful game IP for itself to strengthen FromSoftware’s development capabilities and will seek to establish a framework that allows the expansion of the scope of its own publishing in the significantly growing global market," reads an announcement.
"[Kadokawa] recognizes the enhancement of capabilities for the creation, development and deployment of game IP as one of its highest priorities."
Elden Ring had sold over 12 million units worldwide as of March 2022, so it's hardly surprising to see Kadokawa commit to bolstering FromSoftware's development capabilities with a view to delivering more success.
Waxing lyrical about its partners, Kadokawa indicated it wants to leverage Sony's knowledge of releasing and supporting franchises on a global scale, while also tapping into Tencent's mobile expertise and experience launching titles and technology in China.
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Vitality Netball World Cup 2019 has announced its latest sponsor, Jaffa Fruit, ahead of the prestigious tournament in Liverpool this July.
Aligning itself with Jaffa’s aims to help people live healthier lives, the Netball World Cup brings Jaffa on board alongside title sponsor Vitality.
A high-profile sporting partnership for the fruit brand, the World Cup is already proving one of the most anticipated sporting attractions of the year, with ticket sales recently surpassing 89,000 before netball’s ultimate international tournament gets underway in less than 100 days.
Vitality Netball World Cup 2019 Event Director Lindsay Impett said:
“We’re so please to announce another fantastic sponsorship for this July’s event. Jaffa have long been encouraging people of all ages to lead more active lives, so their brand values are strongly aligned with out own here at World Cup. With tickets selling fast and a huge buzz around the event, its a great time for Jaffa to be on board”
Lorna Norrington, Senior Commercial Manager from AMT Fruit, said of the partnership:
“As an existing partner of England Netball, we are very excited to be extending out involvement in netball through this iconic event”
“The Vitality Netball World Cup 2019 promises to be a great sporting event, the perfect place to build on our partnership of England netball, alongside promoting out key brand value or living a healthy livestyle”
Tickets for netball’s premier international sporting tournament are selling out fast, with over 89,000 spectators confirmed so far.