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The subscription economy is gaining traction across all sectors – and is no longer the exclusive purview of the B2C sector
Pay-monthly or pay-as-you-go pricing models are not a new concept. As consumers, we rarely own our mobile phones, opting instead for pay monthly contracts which in most cases eliminate the need for upfront investment. We stream unlimited music and movies via subscriptions to Amazon Prime, Netﬂix and Spotify and procure products/services from companies such as JustEat, Uber and AirBnB, as and when we need them.
In business, the leasing model for print and MFP purchases is long established, but taking that one step further, the idea that organisations don’t need to physically own all of their technology is catching on too.
Carlo Longhi, Director and General Manager, Indirect channels UK and Ireland, Xerox, says that the ‘everything-as-a-service’ trend is undoubtedly being driven by the consumer world, whereby we procure either via a set monthly subscription, or on an on-demand basis.
“As consumers we have become increasingly attuned to the simplicity of these models at home, business buyers now want to replicate these methods at work. Previously businesses had to procure everything they needed outright – they’d buy a printer then pay for toner, buy a laptop and then have to buy a Microsoft Office licence or buy a smartphone and pay for data and calls,” Longhi said, adding: Nowadays, businesses want to procure on a usage basis which is billed as a per user quantity, without the need to necessarily own the asset outright. This involves a per user model inclusive of printed pages, mobile data and online storage which then allows for a modular or scalable variation, allowing to expand or decrease based on workforce size, or even add/remove components on a per need basis by department/team/location.”
James Turner, Regional Sales Manager, Y Soft concurs: “Most commodities and services are available paying a monthly subscription; TV, Insurance, Amazon products, home improvements and so on,” he said, adding: “People are used to adding smaller costs to monthly budgets so why should business costs be any different?”
Tony Milford, Managing Director, Vantage Computing says that the benefits of lower cost of entry, lower CapEx, easier scalability, multi-tenancy and device and location independence, are potentially a win-win for vendor and client alike.
“The world is tuned in to spreading costs over time, and happy to pay a little extra for this benefit. In the business world, paying on a monthly subscription model often turns what would be a capital expense into an operating expense,” Turner said. “This also makes it easier for businesses to adopt new technology as the cost barrier and lengthy approval process are eliminated.”
PAE Business is one firm that sees the benefits of providing products as-a-service. The PAE Premier model is built around providing all products as-a-service. “We launched Premier in 2012,” Managing Director Phil Madders, explained. “Once we had got through the painful experience of losing the large chunks of revenue coming in when we won a sale and completely migrated to providing our products as-a-service, it has become a fantastic platform for our business and for our customers to develop their ‘everything-as-a-service’ offering.” Madders argues that vendors should not ignore it: “Embrace it and include it in your business plan going forward,” he said.
According to John Gifford, Founder & Managing Director, Fiducia Strategic Consultancy, whether vendors like it/agree with it or not, the ‘as-a-service’ economy is too big to ignore. “Looking at the past 12 months within EMEA as a whole for example, traditional outsourcing fell nine per cent year on year to €12.9bn, while ‘as-a-service’ outsourcing rocketed 48 per cent to hit €4.9bn. Although not directly linked to hardware as such, it is very indicative,” he said.
“The growth rate is very high which naturally means adoption is too,” Gifford continued. “There is always the danger of course of organisations trying to make something ‘as-a-service’ that doesn’t necessarily warrant it, but you cannot deny the facts of the market.”
The debate is long over Gartner argues that the debate about whether the software industry will move from a traditional license and maintenance model to a subscription based model is long over. The analyst firm reports that there is now widespread adoption of software-as-a-service (SaaS) and that many traditional enterprise software providers have been forced to make the shift.
Research Director Laurie Wurster, said: “SaaS has not killed the software market, but is growing rapidly and pressuring legacy providers to include SaaS options or risk losing market traction.” Moreover, Garner predicts that by 2020, all new entrants and 80 per cent of historical vendors will offer subscription-based business models.
With software vendors leaping ahead in the subscription economy, it begs the question is the ‘everything-as-a-service’ economy too big an opportunity for traditional print providers to ignore?
“Undoubtedly,” says Phil Jones, Managing Director, Brother UK. “With so many elements of the marketplace becoming commoditised at pace, the trickle down effect from large enterprises to small and medium businesses demanding ‘everything-as-a-service’ will gather pace. We’re already seeing the significant growth of ‘born in the cloud’ resellers who are taking advantage of this market change.”
Jeremy Spencer, Marketing Director, Toshiba Tec UK says that to use the broad-brush approach to ‘everything-as-a-service’ is, in his opinion, too wide a brief. “But I do believe that much of an organisation’s requirements can be addressed ‘as-a-service’, so in that respect I do think that it presents an opportunity.”
Spencer continued: “Our aim is to ensure that we help organisations realise efficiencies and the constant development of ‘as-a-service’ means that we are able to act in our customers’ best interests by ensuring they pay only for what they use rather than over committing to products and services that they don’t need. This delivery method means that the measurement of efficiencies can be monitored, leading to a more trusted relationship and a better outcome for the customer.”
Opportunity for partners to differentiate
According to Shaun Wilkinson, Managing Director, UTAX (UK), the ‘everything-as-aservice’ mind-set is still very much in its infancy. “But it’s a massive opportunity for partners to differentiate and for customers to purchase more efficiently,” said.
“Many UTAX Partners are realising the opportunities this new economy can present and are noticing increased revenues as a result. We continue to encourage those partners yet to make the change to their business model, through highlighting the benefits that the combination of our devices and software can provide. Partners who implement the consultancy approach will realise that it’s the ideal opportunity to maintain, upgrade and sell to their client base solutions that can make visible differences to business processes,” Wilkinson added.
From a reseller’s perspective, Darren Bird, Head of Technology, Xeretec also concurs with the notion that this is too big an opportunity to ignore. “According to Deloitte, 70 per cent of companies think that ‘everything-as-a-service’ (XaaS) is ‘very’ or ‘critically’ important to their business success, so it is essential to embrace this shift,” he counselled.
“There’s no doubt that how we procure products and services is changing, from mobile devices to new cars. This consumer experience – and its benefits – is now spilling into IT procurement in the workplace. Companies of all sizes are looking at not just more cost-effective ways to acquire new products and services, but more effective ways of ensuring that those products and services are updated regularly and can scale effortlessly to benefit their businesses’ efficiency, productivity and security,” Bird explained.
“Customer expectations of deploying the latest ﬂexible technologies without requiring capital expenditure can only be achieved through the provision of ‘as-a-service’ solutions,” said Mark Bamford, General Manager, Hollis Office Solutions.
Hollis has always focused on the provision of end-to-end, holistic solutions selling everything-as-a-service. Instead of trying to sell on price, which is, according to Bamford, now a doomed strategy. “We have built a strong and stable customer base through the provision of comprehensive services charged on a monthly basis. In addition to generating ongoing revenues, this helps to ensure that customers receive the highest level of service and support at all times.”
In conclusion Bamford warned: “This operating model currently has so much momentum that traditional approaches will find it hard to compete, apart from in a small number of peripheral applications.”


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BCR Leasing registered a RON 6.3 million (EUR 1.4 million) net profit in Q1, from RON 700,000 (EUR 157,625) in the same period last year, the sales recording an advance of 66 percent, said on Monday the company’s general manager, Bogdan Speteanu, as quoted by Mediafax.
The leasing company financed in the first quarter goods worth RON 123 million (EUR 27.7 million), the balance of funding rising by 9 percent over the past year, the total volume of assets having returned above the threshold of RON 1 billion (EUR 230 million).
In the January-March period, risk provisions had a negative impact of RON 0.9 million (EUR 0.2 million), compared to the RON 2.1 million (EUR 0.47 million) level in the same period last year.
In late March, the company had a market share of 8 percent, ranking third among the companies in the field in terms of new sales volume.
The most significant sales volumes were recorded in the first three months of the year by heavy vehicles and equipment, where the financed volumes more than tripled, being particularly supported by the SMEs segment.
The company aims to maintain a share of two thirds for the vehicle financing and one third for equipment, segment in which an important place is being occupied by the agricultural equipment and machinery financing.

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Taiwanese PC makers said on Thursday that product prices would hold steady this year despite disruptions to raw material supplies after the massive Japan earthquake last month.
Dell plans to invest US$1 billion over the next three years to bolster its data storage products to business customers, with the money going toward the research of technology like cloud computing and virtualization, along with the development on new ...
IBM may have made the open source Linux OS a staple of its software line, but the company is keeping its own DB2 database proprietary, a company official said on Wednesday afternoon.
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Canonical has not yet built an Ubuntu Linux distribution for tablets and will continue development of the OS for PCs and netbooks, company executives said.
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After the UK Gambling Commission suspended and put the B2C license of EveryMatrix under review, the gaming technology services provider has released a statement responding to the gambling watchdog’s decision to launch an investigation into the company’s B2C operations.
The company in its statement has said that they are confident that the Gambling Commission will revoke the suspension order soon.
EveryMatrix is prohibited from providing its services to its UK B2C partners including Bookee, PWRbet, Fantasino, PlayFrank, SportingIndex.com, WestCasino.com, Dragonara Online, Jetbull and MrWin.com.
The gaming technology services provider said that it is fully cooperating with the regulator in the ongoing investigations.
“EveryMatrix sees this license review as an opportunity to further strengthen its compliance processes and procedures,” the company said in a statement released on Friday.
“The company is taking the UKGC’s concerns extremely seriously and has already taken swift and effective actions to address the Gambling Commission’s concerns sufficiently.”
Earlier the Gambling Commission published on its official website that it has initiated a review under Section 116 of the Gambling Act of 2005 into EveryMatrix Software Limited.
The Gambling Commission also said that investigation was launched after “compliance activity which included examining [EveryMatrix’s] customer interaction framework.”
Recently, the UK Gambling Commission also instigated a review of FSB Tech’s license. FSB Tech is the gaming technology partner of 1xBet which was pulled off from the UK market last month.


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The Madrid City Council, through its foreign investment office Madrid Investment Attraction (MIA), organized a meeting to publicize the main data obtained from its softlanding program. This is an initiative to attract talent and investment in the fintech field to the city, through its Global FinTech Antenna.
MIA and Finnovating’s softlanding program for Fintech companies has managed to attract the attention of numerous fintech companies interested in settling in Madrid. During the past year, more than 3,000 meetings have been generated with very promising results and 12 strategic agreements have been closed. In addition to the results, during the event the news of the softlanding program for fintech companies in Madrid and several companies outside Spain were explained, including Movizzon and Aura Paywho have had the opportunity to share their experience and explain why they have chosen Madrid as a destination for their internationalization.
Angeles Prieto Arroyo, General Director of Economy of the Madrid City Council, has been in charge of presenting the event. According to her, she has commented: “From the Madrid City Council we have opted for fintech as a sector with high added value to attract foreign companies dedicated to this activity. In addition, we are convinced that it is also an opportunity for these companies that are located in Madrid to be able to count on all the talent that our city has so that their businesses are a success”.
As Rodrigo García de la Cruz, CEO of Finnovating, has stated: “The Madrid fintech softlanding program is one of the best initiatives for the development and attraction of talent and investment in this thriving sector”.
Madrid, fourth world city in number of fintech companies
Spain, and specifically Madrid, is perceived by experts and companies as the best gateway to the Latin American, European and MENA (Middle East and North African) markets, since it provides immediate access to more than 1,600 million consumers in these markets for companies that are established in Madrid as fintech capital to operate.
Currently, Spain is home to more than 700 hosted fintech, insurtech and regtech companies. Most of them are located in Madrid, which makes it the fourth city in the world after London, New York and San Francisco.


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The Guardian interviewed several employees at a factory in Subang, Indonesia, that produces Ivanka Trump-branded clothes. Employees there earn the equivalent of $173 a month ― the lowest legal minimum wage in all the provinces in Indonesia. One worker, Alia, said she lives in a dusty boarding house near the factory, an hours-long drive from her children, and can only afford to visit them at their grandmother’s house once a month.
“When Alia was told the gist of Ivanka Trump’s new book on women in the workplace, she burst out laughing,” The Guardian reported. “Her idea of work-life balance, she said, would be if she could see her children more than once a month.”
The Guardian reports that three-quarters of the roughly 2,500 non-union workers at the factory are women, and several “devote almost all their income to children with whom they can’t afford to live.” The factory does offer workers three months paid maternity leave and an extra $10.50 a month if they don’t take a day off for their menstrual periods.
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International Credit Card spending will now come come under the Liberalised Remittance Scheme (LRS) from May 16, 2023.
This means that for travellers and tourists going abroad, spending with international credit cards will now attract a higher rate of Tax Collected at Source (TCS) at 20% effective July 1, 2023.
The Central Government on Tuesday notified the amended rules under the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA), which has brought credit card spending outside India under the LRS.
This may help the government track high-value overseas transactions, but the imposition of additional charges on international credit card spending has been met with disappointment by netizens.
While this step is aimed at increasing RBI’s grip on foreign remittances, the 20% TCS rule may lead to cash flow issues for high-net-worth individuals (HNIs).
The move may also lead to a higher tax outgo for many individuals.
Experts opine more clarity is needed on how the tax authorities would distinguish between international purchases on the Internet and credit card spending abroad.
What transactions are included in FEMA?
The FEMA notification now includes several types of payments done through international credit cards while abroad such as air travel, entertainment, hotel booking, food etc.
Foreign exchange spending on personal transactions of expenses and gifts, and medical treatment will be subject to a ceiling of $2,50,000.
For spending above $2,50,000 (approx INR 2.06 crore), prior approval will be required.
Can you claim credit back?
Taxpayers can claim the ‘20% TCS’ back at the time of Income Tax Return (ITR filing), the refund would be available only after the processing of ITR, however.
- Credit card transactions by individuals abroad will be subject to the annual LRS limit of $2,50,000
- Any higher spending would require prior approval from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI)
- International credit card transactions will also attract TCS at the rate of 20% from July 1
- The TCS rate till June 30 is 5%
- The higher TCS rate would be applicable for international credit card transactions from July 1, 2023.
The rule may lead to a drop in the value of transactions through international credit cards, experts believe.
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Mobile shooter action game Goddess of Victory: Nikke has reached $500m in revenue and seen a 215% increase in sales thanks to a recent collaboration with Nier: Automata, the action role-playing game from Platinum Games.
The collaboration included the appearance of character 2B within the fanservice-heavy title and according to the latest Sensor Tower data 60.5% of sales came from Japan while the US and Korea saw 14.9% and 12.1% of sales attributed to them specifically.
Goddess of Victory: Nikke was ranked 15th in terms of mobile game sales during the November 2022 to September 2023 period. It was also the highest in the squad RPG genre which includes titles such as Uma Musume: Pretty Derby and Raid: Shadow Legends. The success of a game like Goddess of Victory: Nikke in the Japanese market, raking in the big bucks is further evidence of that market’s sustained buying power.
More interestingly, Sensor Tower also shows that publisher Tencent’s overseas mobile sales grew 47% during and after the launch of the game, noting that many of their previous launches such as League of Legends: Wild Rift previously drew the majority of their sales from the Chinese market. Thus, Tencent have shown their overseas publishing chops with Goddess of Victory: Nikke’s success.
Fanservice or something more…?
Goddess of Victory: Nikke’s success has drawn attention to the game’s focus on fanservice, and whether or not it is key to the game’s success, or if it’s the title's gameplay that can take credit. The success of its collaboration is also indicative of how a game can leverage crossovers and guest characters to great effect.
The title previously held a collaboration with popular anime series Chainsaw Man, which saw the inclusion of characters from that series. Sensor Tower also notes increased attention due to the addition of new characters on a consistent basis. As a squad-based RPG, games such as Nikke are heavily focused on gacha-like gameplay involving the collection and deployment of new characters regularly. It's likely that the consistent refreshing of the title’s cast has proved a key aspect in its retention and user acquisition success.
And it’s not just the content of the game, but also its discoverability that Sensor Tower examines. They note consistently high ad share across major mobile advertising networks, as well as on TV, for the high visibility of the game to players.
With the success of Goddess of Victory: Nikke, and its appearance as a significant contributor to Tencent’s revenue, we may see further efforts to push original projects in overseas markets by the company, especially with the continuing threat of regulatory interference, and successful releases of previously China-only titles such as Street Fighter: Duel in the West.


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Rising competition among smartphone makers to outline foldable display market outlook
Global foldable display market size is poised to experience commendable growth in the forecast time duration owing to rising user preference towards the latest trends, development of bendable displays, and growing adoption of breakthrough technologies. Innovation in nanotechnology screen films gradually transforming the mobile and electronics sector and introducing foldable display technology represents the continuous efforts put into the development of smartphones. Surging interest in the product and its capabilities will create substantial business scope for display manufacturing companies and developers worldwide, propelling foldable display industry outlook.
Asia Pacific foldable display market, country, 2025 (USD Million)
In terms of advancing innovative information technology, mobile features today cannot be ignored as only better camera quality and sharper screens may not be enough to improve customer experience and influence their purchase decisions. Companies like Apple, Royole and Samsung are adopting new ways to attract phone buyers. With the advent of the foldable display technology, there is a considerable rise in competition among companies to launch related devices earlier than the other. Huawei and Lenovo are working thoroughly on this technology as well, giving rise to new forms of smartphones and tablets.
Recently in March 2019, Google had grabbed the headlines for filing a patent for a Z-fold technology that could bend without smashing or breaking apart. Unveiling its own foldable smartphone technology in May the same year, Apple had won a patent for a foldable screen that could be used for iPhones and its other products in the next few years, as the US Patent and Trademark Office granted Apple a patent for its foldable device. As more such initiatives are undertaken by global tech giants to offer new set of technological devices for customers, foldable display market will gain immense traction in the near future.
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In the past seven years, China’s Royole, a worldwide manufacturer of advanced flexible sensors, flexible displays, and smart devices has raised around $1 billion to develop and market flexible displays and sensors. In fact, the company engages in production of sample devices that sport malleable displays, out of which some are already launched in the market while some are still in progress stage or ready-to-launch phase. It is believed that this technological trend will influence growth for foldable display industry size globally.
Lenovo has unveiled an early preview of its foldable display laptop product line which will be a part of ThinkPad X1 portfolio of the company. With this device, which one can use as a two in one, users would be able to carry as a tablet and then can use a Bluetooth keyboard for turning it into a laptop device. It would comprise of a suite of pioneering technologies, from 5G technology to the latest in display offerings, for customers who want to experience a completely new way of using a device for communication, professional and entertainment purposes.
Amongst the more prominent examples highlighting the progress of foldable display market trends, is the recent launch of Samsung’s foldable phone, Galaxy Fold which had been announced in both a 4G LTE and 5G version. Along with this, Samsung has plans to launch this device in Europe to boost its market presence. Although the device has met considerable backlash due to some issues regarding the display, consistent efforts to improve the technology will help boost the quality of products and expand foldable display industry share.
Smartphone penetration in the U.S. has increased dramatically owing to the high disposable incomes of people and adoption of novel technological evolutions. The smartphone sector of the U.S. is considered to be one of the biggest in the world with the presence of key players like Microsoft and Apple, which are on the verge of incorporating foldable displays in some of their upcoming products. Existing chipmakers in the region and close relations with major manufacturers in Asia-Pacific will broadly outline the development path of North America foldable display market over the projected period.
The smartphone and electronic segment represents a continuously increasing customer inclination towards advanced technological offerings, even in many emerging economies, demonstrating a wide target base for foldable display industry. Most of the electronics manufacturers seem to be investing massively in the development of the smartest and most user-friendly gadgets to provide experiences like never before. Reports estimate that global foldable display market will hit annual revenues of over USD 18 billion by 2025.
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Virtual private network market to procure substantial returns from commercial applications, robust demand for cybersecurity threat protection to stimulate the industry growth over 2018-2024
The rising occurrence of a host of advanced, complex cybersecurity threats has helped impel the global virtual private network (VPN) market, given that these threats stand to jeopardize the integrity, privacy and data of businesses. With globalization becoming widely commonplace, and businesses striving to expand their sphere of influence to operate on an international level, the need for organizations to connect their business units together has also risen in proportion. These factors, over the last decade, have made the internet the preferred platform for companies and individuals to conduct their business. However, the vulnerability characterizing the internet has rendered it extremely inadequate in terms of security, a flaw that cybercriminals typically exploit to commit frauds & thefts.
U.S. VPN Market Revenue, By Component, 2017 & 2024
In a manner of speaking, the VPN technology facilitates a cost-effective and safe solution to the issue of safeguarding company networks. The growing prominence of wireless devices across different organizations & businesses would thus drive the growth of VPN market as improving internet speeds coupled with falling prices are catapulting the rate of adoption of a plethora of wireless & mobile devices. Given that such devices are commonly used across organizations to access several applications present on private company networks from remote locations, the VPN technology has consolidated itself as an extremely crucial business component, thereby driving VPN market trends.
Unveiling global virtual private network market trends from commercial applications:
The commercial sector is one of the most prominent application segments of the global VPN market. Comprising end-use domains such as the BFSI, healthcare, manufacturing, government and IT & telecommunication sectors, VPN market size from commercial applications is expected to grow at an impressive CAGR of about 15% over 2018-2024. This growth can be primarily attributed to the surging practice of digital recordkeeping and the adoption of cloud technology in these sectors that is completely changing the way customers access their information, rendering VPN technology as the backbone of these businesses.
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While, organizations in these domains usually utilize a VPN of their own, a majority of them opt for commercial VPN services provided by private companies. According to Surveillance Self-Defense, an independent non-profit organization, a commercial VPN is a privately offered service that provides organizations a secure channel to relay their data over the service provider’s own network. These services, if hosted in a foreign nation, while protecting users’ data from cyber threats, also protect the information from local governments and allow the information to bypass national censorships.
Unveiling global virtual private network market growth via rising adoption of remote access connectivity:
Remote access connectivity has been touted to be one of the most deployed models in VPN market. The increasing need of organizations to find a secure as well as affordable way to relay secure company data from their private network to employees working at a remote offsite location is a primary factor driving the growth of the remote access-based VPN market. As opposed to site-to-site VPN, which allows a large-scale business to connect a cluster of its offices in several fixed geographical locations with each other, the ability of the remote access topology to connect individual hosts to their respective organization’s private networks makes it an ideal match for small & medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).
Incidentally, the topology also allows employees from large organizations working through site-to-site VPN to connect to the company’s network remotely and be able to perform their work from a remote location over home networks or public Wi-Fi networks without worrying about the security of company data. Aided by the convenience and reliability provided by this model, the remote access connectivity-based VPN market size is projected to register a CAGR of approximately 17% over 2018-2024.
Attributed to the rising need for facilitating proper secured channels for the exchange of data over an increasingly connected world, the global virtual private network is expected to successfully thrive in the overall technology space in the forthcoming years. According to a report by Global Market Insights Inc., driven by the increasing rate of VPN adoption in myriad businesses, the overall virtual private network market valuation is anticipated to surpass $54 billion by 2024.
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Multi-touch equipment market to register double-digit growth rate over 2018-2024, increasing adoption of smartphones and laptops to fuel the product demand
The rapidly transforming interface technology and the on-going advancements in product design have been propelling multi-touch equipment market trends. The emergence of high-definition graphics along with the advent of new technologies such as IoT and artificial intelligence have also had a positive influence on the product development. The ease of application and design integrity of multi-touch devices has encouraged most of the end-users to adopt this next-generation transformation. Most of the consumer electronic product manufacturers, automakers, and several other industries have been inventing touch displays for real-life products. Depending upon the consumers’ approach toward the acceptance of such a computing interface, the players in the multi-touch equipment market have been unveiling a diverse portfolio of varied products. The growing availability of highly advanced touchscreen devices will thus have a considerable influence on industry growth over the years ahead.
Germany multi-touch equipment market size, by application, 2017 & 2024 (USD Million)
The launch of newly designed and multi-functional electronics equipment installed with touch systems will turn out to be rather beneficial for the contributors in the multi-touch equipment industry. A few days ago, Ideum launched a smart coffee table with integrated touch systems. In the Pico smart coffee table, it has installed an 8th generation graphics card and advanced touch technology that supports nearly 80 simultaneous touch points. This newly developed touch coffee table enables a user to automate the varieties of system tasks with the help of RFID software utilities. The surging requirement of such smart tables in schools, libraries, waiting rooms, corporate offices, and the retail sector is likely to propel the product demand on a large scale.
In another instance, a leading OEM, Smartron has launched a next-generation multifunctional laptop with a multitouch feature in India. It is noteworthy to mention that India has been emerging as one of the largest markets for consumer electronics across the globe, and the launch of such advanced computing context devices will help consolidate its stance in the global industry. With the development of such multitouch supported devices, companies have been trying to modernize the functionality of electronic devices. The increasing demand for mobiles, smartphones, and numerous electronics gadgets with touch screens across India will also propel the multi-touch equipment market size. Consumers giving preference for the products integrated with such touch screen technologies has been encouraging designers to deploy touch displays into their products.
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Nowadays, in order to attract more consumers, most of the companies have been tapping the latest technology trends such as the Internet of Things and artificial intelligence. On these grounds, product manufacturers have been signing long-term agreements with technology companies. For instance, recently, Microsoft announced its plan to launch an IoT and Intelligent Edge solution for its device partners. The newly developed device integrated with multitouch collaboration tools can be incorporated in MS Office and other Microsoft team applications. The advanced version of products having IoT spatial intelligence capabilities will help end-users tap the environmental data and enhance the users’ experience. The increasing use of touch displays to boost the product performance and operational capability is thus likely to promote multi-touch equipment market share.
Over the last few years, in order to resolve the design related problems of product development engineers, several companies have been continuously involved in the development of touch encoders. Recently, Grayhill, Inc., introduced a touch encoder development kit for the engineers who are looking forward to replacing traditional user input devices with multi-touch gestures. The development of the touch encoder kit has apparently helped software engineers configure the device very easily. The increasing availability of advanced design and customer friendly electronic devices will thereby have a considerable impact on the growth of multi-touch equipment industry outlook.
The escalating use of infotainment systems in the vehicles along with the surging deployment of multi-touch equipment in TVs, smartphones, laptops, and tablets are the most pivotal driving forces influencing the commercialization landscape of multi-touch equipment market. Heavy investments in R&D activities to modernize the existing product ranges also will push the industry trends ahead. For the record, multi-touch equipment market size is slated to be pegged at an appreciable USD 20 billion by the end of 2024.
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- USD funds suspension impacts each nationwide and worldwide financial institution transfers.
- Bybit will even pause USD withdrawals as from 10 March 2023.
- Prospects can nevertheless proceed to purchase crypto with credit score or debit playing cards.
Bybit, one of many world’s main crypto exchanges, shall be suspending the US greenback (USD) fee choice “till additional discover,” a discover issued to clients on Saturday detailed.
The transfer follows an identical one taken earlier this 12 months by Binance, the world’s largest crypto trade. CoinJournal highlighted Binance’s announcement in early February, and not too long ago reported on how crypto-friendly financial institution Silvergate has more and more discovered itself in bother amid issues about its solvency.
Bybit suspends USD deposits and withdrawals
In line with the crypto platform, the suspension of USD deposits is all the way down to service outages involving a accomplice. The trade will even be halting USD withdrawals starting 10 March 2023.
“We have now briefly suspended USD deposits through Wire Switch (together with SWIFT) resulting from service outages from our end-point processing accomplice till additional discover,” the crypto trade notified its clients.
Whereas customers can nonetheless withdraw USD through WireTransfer as much as 10 March, that choice shall be briefly disabled on the famous dates. As a substitute, clients will be capable to purchase crypto with bank card or withdraw cryptocurrencies to their pockets.
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Bybit has additionally introduced that it’s delisting a number of cryptocurrency buying and selling pairs. The spot buying and selling pairs whose assist ends as of 10 March embrace NXD/USDT, POSI/USDT, GAS/USDT, and DRIV/USDT amongst others.
The delisted tokens have failed to satisfy itemizing necessities, the trade famous.


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Earlier this year, it was said that the system files were consuming a staggering 60 GB of total storage on the Galaxy S23. In other words, it can be stated that Samsung faced criticism when the Galaxy S23 series was released for displaying more than 60 GB of storage as “system files,” which accounted for nearly 25% of the Galaxy S23 Ultra’s base storage model. It seems that wasn’t accurate, and Samsung upgraded its software in Android 14 to make them more apparent. The system partitions on One UI 6 based on Android 14 now showcase how much storage they occupy.
An individual Max Weinbach has drawn attention to the fact that One UI 6’s Manage Storage section now accurately depicts all of the partitions and files that are available on your internal storage. Compared to One UI 5.1, One UI 6 displays the dissimilarity between the stated storage space as “Other files” instead of combining them under “System. This change was spotted by Max, and this was reflected in the new One UI 6 Beta 1 update of the Galaxy S23 series. The My Files app shows the storage used by the system as 16 GB.
The changes are due to the way the software displays the memory. Although gigabytes are the standard unit of measurement for storage, gigabytes are a more precise way to determine how much storage is available and what the software uses to display it. There are two different systems where gigabytes are measured in powers of 1,024 and gigibytes are measured in powers of 1,000, so in the end, a 512 GB smartphone only contains 476 gigabytes of storage. With this enhancement, the firm has surely provided a great solution for the users reporting storage display issues. Users who got the first beta update of One UI 6.0 can even compare their storage with their previous storage display.
Samsung Officially Announces One UI 6.1 Update with Galaxy AI for Galaxy S22, Fold4, Flip4, and Tab S8 in May
Samsung has officially confirmed that it will provide Galaxy AI features with One UI 6.1 to several devices, including the Galaxy S22, Galaxy Z Fold 4, Galaxy Z Flip 4, and Galaxy Tab S8 series devices. The company has published that it will start rolling out the dedicated update for the devices in early May; however, it hasn’t mentioned the exact date, but it looks like after completing the April 2024 update, it may immediately start providing the One UI 6.1 update.
Earlier, there was some doubt if Samsung would provide every AI feature to the older devices, which are spotted on other high-end devices, or make some restrictions on them. However, now, the company has cleared the doubt and confirmed that it will provide several Galay AI features, such as Circle to search, Chat Assist, Interpreter, Live Translate, Note Assist, Transcript Assist, Browsing Assist, Generative Edit, Edit Suggestion, and AI-generated wallpaper.
With these all-new AI power features, users will get a whole new experience for communicating with each other. For instance, with the live translation, users can talk to each other without any language barrier. Chat Assist helps users adjust text messages in different languages and message tone.
Meanwhile, users can also benefit from several productivity and information-accessible AI features, such as Circle to Search, which enables users to instantly take information about any object on the screen. Note Assist simplifies tasks with auto-formatting and summarization features. Browsing assistance provides the ability to summarize and translate them.
One UI 6.1 with Galaxy AI: New Smart Features Coming to Your 2021 and 2022 Galaxy Phones
Samsung initially introduced Galaxy AI exclusively for the Galaxy S24 series, then expanded it to 2023’s Galaxy flagship devices, and is now setting up to release it for 2022’s as well as 2021’s flagship lineups.
Samsung has already teased the Galaxy S22 owners that ongoing testing is going on to deliver Galaxy AI features, and now recent reports are unveiling that not only the S22 series but also the entire 2022 and 2021 flagship lineups are in line to get the Galaxy AI features.
This is being speculated by a forum post from Korea. A Samsung employee has confirmed that One UI 6.1 with Galaxy AI features will be coming to Samsung’s entire 2022 and even 2021 flagship lineups. Samsung had already announced earlier this week that more devices would receive Galaxy AI. 2023 Galaxy flagships have already grabbed the AI features, but noticeably, the Galaxy S23 FE is not eligible for the Instant Slow-Mo feature.
- Circle and search with Google
- Live translation, to make voice and text translations of calls in real time;
- Interpreter, who instantly translates the words of the interlocutors and displays them on a split screen;
- Chat Assistant in the keyboard, to perfect the tone of the conversation;
- Notes Assistant, for an AI-generated task summary and for creating templates to take notes with predefined formats;
- Transcription Assistant to transcribe, summarize and possibly translate voice recordings;
- generation wallpapers with AI
- Generative change
Here’s the 2022 Galaxy device that would get Galaxy AI:
- Galaxy Tab S8
- Galaxy Tab S8+
- Galaxy Tab S8 Ultra
- Galaxy S22
- Galaxy S22+
- Galaxy S22 Ultra
- Galaxy Z Fold 4
- Galaxy Z Flip 4
Samsung is also expanding the Galaxy AI to selected devices in 2021, although these devices would only support a few features such as Circle to Search and Magic Rewrite, which is expected to be a messy translation of Generative Edit.
Here’s the eligible device list for the Galaxy AI in 2021:
- Galaxy S21
- Galaxy S21+
- Galaxy S21 Ultra
- Galaxy Z Fold 3
- Galaxy Z Flip 3
The exact timeline is not clear yet, but it is expected that the Galaxy AI features, along with the One UI 6.1 update, could arrive in early May.
Samsung would be ready to bring the One UI 6.1 to these other devices as well
Samsung introduced the One UI 6.1 update with its latest Galaxy S24 devices, and after taking a short break, the company expanded to more Galaxy devices and launched back in 2023. Now there is some good news: in the next few days, the company is preparing to expand the One UI 6.1 update to more Galaxy devices, including the Galaxy S22, Galaxy Z Fold 4, Galaxy Z Flip 4, and Galaxy A54.
According to the tipster, Tarun Vats, Samsung will release the One UI 6.1 update to the Galaxy Z Fold 4, Galaxy Z Flip 4, and Galaxy A54 devices in the coming days. He predicted that the update would be available in several regions of Asia and Europe.
Apart from these, there is no specific information available about the update’s availability; however, observing the pattern reveals that the company is rolling out the update batch-wise. Initially, it expanded the update to the highest devices that were related back in last year, but now it is prepared to release the update to the devices released in 2022.
The One UI 6.1 update will add several new customization features to various existing features, such as wallpaper, lock screen, alarm alerts, stickers, reminders, and many more.
With the latest update, users will also experience improvements in connectivity, such as Quick Share integration with nearby devices, and enhanced convenience in device location through Samsung Find. Along with this, several new AI features will be introduced, but it is not confirmed if every feature will arrive for these devices or if the company will keep some limitations on them. To learn about the features in more detail, you can check out this article.


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Mass recall of Dutch cargo bikes
By News Desk
April 2, 2024 10:59 PM
Dutch cargo bike firm Babboe said Tuesday it was recalling some 22,000 of its popular cycles over safety fears, around one-third of bikes on the road, including some from Germany.
Babboe had already announced a recall of two models in February but said five more models were now concerned.
"In total, in all countries where Babboe is sold, approximately 22,000 cargo bikes are being recalled and replaced," the company said.
The first cargo bikes will be collected in the Netherlands and Germany in mid-April, with other countries following afterward.
"All owners of these models will be offered a new (cargo) bike," Babboe said.
Cargo bikes, or "bakfiets" in Dutch, feature a large wooden crate at the front to transport children -- or dogs -- and are ubiquitous in the Netherlands.
"The majority of our customers can get back on the road after an inspection/repair," said Gerard Feenema, director of Babboe, in a statement.
"We understand that this is annoying for our customers, and have therefore done our best to find a suitable solution and compensate them," added Feenema.
"Our goal is to get everyone back on the road safely."
In February, the Dutch Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA) concluded there were "defects in the frame and/or other parts" that could lead to "serious injury."


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Monster Hunter: World is set to release tomorrow, and what more fitting way to push an open-world hunting title, than a collaboration with a game that’s just as dead set on taking down giant monstrosities?
Available with the Day one patch, Players will be able to embark on a limited set of quests inspired by Guerilla Games’ Horizon Zero Dawn.
The first quest is called ‘Wild Teachings’ and it tasks players with taking down eight Barnos monsters. You’ll need to be level HR6 or higher as it’s a five-star quest. As a reward for completing the quest, players will get items allowing them to craft a Palico weapon called “Machine Beast Neko Grinder”. Players will also receive a neat armor set allowing you to play as Alloy.
Following this quest, there is a second mission, but we don’t have any specifics about it just yet.
The missions are also limited, but we don’t have an end date as of yet so make sure you hop into them as soon as possible!
Monster Hunter World is due for release on PS4 and Xbox One on January 26. There will be a PC release later this year.


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The anime series ‘Yo-Kai Watch’ has taken Japan by storm. Now the brand is looking west, with plans to launch across Europe, the Americas and Australia/New Zealand.
Epic Rights has secured a slate of new licensing partnerships for the rock band KISS in markets around the world.
More than 157 million Americans will celebrate Halloween this year, according to National Retail Federation’s Halloween Consumer Spending Survey, conducted by Prosper Insights & Analytics.
Epic Rights partnered with Lucky Brand to develop a national apparel program featuring a slate of top-tier musical artists including KISS, Journey and Def Leppard.
Full-service, global branding, marketing and rights management company Epic Rights is heading into Brand Licensing Europe singing the praises of its red hot, perennial properties.
Classic character Garfield is traveling the globe with new promotions and merchandise in China, Japan, Brazil and a host of other regions around the world.
“Pokémon: Symphonic Evolutions,” a live event celebrating the video game series, will arrive in the U.K. Dec. 20 following sold out performances across North America.
Following the Grateful Dead's 50th anniversary, designer Darren Romanelli has commissioned artists and brands to reinvent the classic Steal Your face visual.
Boutique apparel company Stance has launched the first seasonal sock collection created in partnership with pop star Rihanna.
Saks Fifth Avenue and the cast of the Fox series "Empire" unveiled their fashion collaboration at the retailer’s Fifth Avenue flagship in New York City.
Dickies has joined forces with country music star Canaan Smith to launch the new Dickies Denim Collection.
Rihanna has launched her first-ever fragrance for men, Rogue Man by Rihanna, in partnership with Parlux.
Epic Rights has partnered to create the new "KISS Official Photo App," which lets fans customize photos, texts and more with images of the rock band.
Music publisher Sony/ATV has snagged the global music rights for the Platinum Film's kids' TV series, "Matt Hatter Chronicles."
Mattel has launched its new collection of Fifth Harmony Barbie dolls, inspired by the pop group that got its start on "The X Factor."
C3 Entertainment has signed on the represent the Winter Dance Party music show, which is inspired by the final 1959 tour of rock legends Buddy Holly, The Big Bopper and Ritchie Valens.
Full Colour Black has secured the exclusive worldwide licensing and product rights to 72, previously unavailable Bob Marley images from a 1975 London concert.
Twentieth Century Fox Consumer Products and Iconic Entertainment Studios announced that Alvin and the Chipmunks: Live On Stage!, will tour more than 50 cities nationwide.
The Kidz Bop Kids have nine new holiday dates to their 2015 national tour.
Fuhu, the creator of the Nabi Android tablet for kids, has released the game app "Karaoke Box" complete with the Disney Karaoke: Frozen song bundle.
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Best Buy hosting holiday tech event
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas at Best Buy.
The electronics company is kicking off the holiday season with its Best Buy Tech Wonderland event where guests learn about some of the newest technology on the market.
This free event aims to combine tradition and technology to bring the magic of the holidays to life. In partnership with some of the biggest names in tech like Google, Sony, Microsoft, and VR gaming brand Oculus, people can discover the latest in gaming, gadgets, or gizmos, or simply enjoy the holiday spirit.
Virtual reality experiences & Santa visit
From handheld devices to virtual reality experiences, visitors can try out a multitude of products. And no holiday event would be quite complete without an appearance from Santa. Visitors can not only meet with the jolly old fella but can operate his Smart Sleigh with Google Nest Hub Max voice commands.
Other activities will include creating custom holiday ornaments, a 100-inch screen audio-visual experience with Sony, trying out simulated race car driving with XBox series X, and experiencing the cutting-edge of virtual reality with games like Star Wars: Tales from the Galaxy’s Edge or the fitness challenge program, Supernatural. And if virtual reality is not your cup of cocoa, retro-style arcade games will also be available.
Entertainment and giveaways
For the less tech-savvy, there will be live performances by carollers and magicians as well as giveaways up for grabs.
The event will take place from noon to 8 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 26 and Saturday, Nov. 27 at the Jacques-Cartier pier in the Old Port.
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Sadly, it doesn’t look like the cost of living crisis is going to be over any time soon and there’s never been a more important time to make savings. Here are 10 tried and tested money saving hacks to help stretch the budget.
Yellow sticker bargains
Thrifty shoppers swear by Yellow Sticker bargains – reduced supermarket food that is up to 80 percent cheaper because it’s nearing its shelf date.
It’s still fine to eat and can be frozen for a later date.
Morrisons worker Al Baker told Express.co.uk that the best time is usually after 7pm – although it’s best to check with local supermarkets as times differ.
Take in a lodger or a foreign language student
The Rent A Room scheme means it’s possible to earn £7,500 a year tax free. People can advertise their room on sites like Spare Room or Gumtree or they can search for local language schools near them.
READ MORE: Universal Credit: All you can claim including Healthy Start Vouchers
Abandon online shopping baskets
Some retailers will email online shoppers with a discount if they put something in an online basket and don’t proceed to the checkout.
Not every company does this – but it could be worth a try.
Get free stuff
Most companies have an app and some companies will run special offers from time to time especially if it’s a birthday. Express.co.uk recently spoke to Deepak Tailor who runs LatestFreeStuff.co.uk. Mr Tailor loves a freebie and has some great tips including setting up a separate email address when signing up to offers. (‘I love a freebie!’ Man explains how he made £1million out of his side hustle.)
Instead of paying for jobs like DIY, it might be possible to swap skills with someone in the local community.
Claim all ‘freebie’ benefits
As well as doing a benefits check, people could also qualify for help towards glasses, dental treatment and free prescriptions.
Do you have a great money saving tip to share with Express Money? Get in touch by emailing [email protected] Unfortunately, we cannot respond to every email.


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A trustworthy reputation plays a key role in the success of in-home care agencies. But a company’s online presence can easily undermine that reputation impact its overall bottom line.
Carl White, the founder and president of MarketVisory Group Inc., discussed the topic earlier this month during the Private Duty Symposium in Naperville, Illinois. The symposium was hosted by the Illinois HomeCare & Hospice Council, LeadingAge Illinois and the Illinois Chapter of the Home Care Association of America (HCAOA).
“We are in reputation-based businesses, and our trustability is so important,” White said. “If you’ve achieved that milestone, you’re past a few years in, got the clients and are getting referrals, then a really important question becomes … does the reputation you show online match the reputation you actually have?”
In general, clients are increasingly taking the time to share their experiences with a company online. Specifically, 81% of consumers say they read customer reviews and ratings when they consider paying for a product or services, according to a Deloitte survey.
“We go online to try to check things out when we want to choose them for the first time,” White said. “Reviews figure pretty prominently. People read reviews more than they read anything else about [companies], at least at the start.”
In-home care providers aren’t immune to that reality.
Over 30% of people say they read reviews for health care businesses, and roughly 20% of people say they read reviews for home care companies, in particular, according to research from BrightLocal.
Providers should highlight positive online clients reviews in order to boost the company’s profile, according to White.
Additionally, providers should make sure each review has a name, date and star-system rating.
“People want to see a name because no one likes anonymity in reviews, [and] a date because people like fresh reviews,” White said. “Once a review reaches three months old, people start to discount its power as a review. Star ratings are universal, ‘five stars’ mean the same thing worldwide and ‘one star’ means the same thing worldwide.”
For home care providers, maintaining a good online presence could also impact the company’s recruitment efforts.
Staffing shortages have caused providers to be more diligent in recruitment methods, and a strong online presence is the equivalent of a good first impression.
Aside from staying on top of online reviews, providers should make sure that the company’s online listings are updated and error-free as well. This ensures that potential clients can find the company.
“Make sure that your company’s information is easy to find and understand,” White said. “Make sure that it is accurate and identical everywhere online. When we search for services online, we look for a few things: where are you, who are you, what do you do and what do other people say about you.”


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- No, that video of a Boston Dynamics robot attacking its creators is not real Sunday 12:40 PM
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- Meet the home brewer turning beer into a case for net neutrality Sunday 6:30 AM
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- How to watch Estrella TV online for free Sunday 5:00 AM
- People are roasting this ‘traditional’ take on marriage with a hilarious meme Saturday 5:17 PM
- The internet just collectively realized that the Neopets of the world must be hungry Saturday 4:00 PM
- Alt-right message board 8chan was served a search warrant Saturday 3:06 PM
It’s time for Xbox One owners to clean up their potty mouths.
Xbox owners, you’d better watch your language when you’re playing online. Microsoft just updated its terms of service to ban what it’s calling “offensive language.” The new agreement goes into effect on May 1. Once it does, violators could see their Xbox accounts suspended temporarily or outright canceled.
The ban spans Microsoft platforms from Xbox to Office to Skype. So apparently you could lose access to Skype if you swear on a call, though that seems unlikely. Of all of Microsoft platforms, Xbox players will certainly be hit the hardest. This is the platform where tempers run high, toxicity is inescapable, and offensive language flows between strangers like water.
Toning down that toxicity is the point, no doubt. Microsoft says, “violation of the Code of Conduct through Xbox Services may result in suspensions or bans from participation in Xbox Services, including forfeiture of content licenses, Xbox Gold Membership time, and Microsoft account balances associated with the account.”
Similar measures were already in place before Microsoft updated the terms. But instead of “offensive language,” the previous phrase was “profane words or phrases.” The new term covers a wider range of language that might be offensive, if not exactly profane.
The ban includes more than just words. The new terms of service says, “Don’t publicly display or use the Services to share inappropriate content or material (involving, for example, nudity, bestiality, pornography, offensive language, graphic violence, or criminal activity).”
As for people with offensive language in their Outlook folders, they’re probably safe as long as no one reports them. Microsoft says it can’t “monitor the entire Services and make[s] no attempt to do so.” So without reason, the company won’t comb through your data. Even so, Microsoft “reserves the right to review Your Content” when it’s “investigating alleged violations of these Terms.”
In short, be careful what you say when you’re playing games online. These new terms of service make it clear, playing online is a privilege, not a right.


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Armenia seeks to attract tourists through wine therapy, also known as enotherapy, the head of the country’s Viticulture and Winemaking Foundation said Friday, October 28, according to Panorama.am.
“The foundation representing all the local winemaking companies has unveiled a new map that will be of great interest among tourists visiting Armenia,” Vahe Jilavyan said on the sidelines of the conference Welcome to Armenia.
“We have included all the winemaking companies and their addresses on the map, mentioning which of them offer tours, tastings and other activities which can be of interest among travelers who arrive in a country with a 6200-year-oldwinemaking history.”
Also, Jilavyan said, they seek to make Armenia an attractive destination for wine therapy.
“Enotherapy is common in all developed countries that have grape and wine production. The introduction of this form of travel will also solve the problem of wine which hasn’t been used up and is no longer subject to consumption,” he added.
“Enotherapy concerns both tourism and health care. We’ll examine the issue with the Ministry of Health and introduce a project on wine therapy in 2017.”


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Hyderabad: Karza Technologies, a data enrichment and fraud analytics firm, sees opportunities to cater to emerging sectors such as neobanks (digital banks) and cryptocurrency in the future.
The company besides catering to banks and NBFCs caters to the payments industry for merchant digital onboarding and risk assessments, serving the entire range of UPI payment platforms, online payment gateways and offline point of sale (POS) terminals.
The company is making efforts to enable early warning signalling systems with robust alerts for financial institutions to take actionable steps. With the increased use of internet and mobile, Karza believes that the identification of next-level frauds will become important in the coming years. The company’s future solutions will also aim to identify the source and clusters of fake/fraudulent payment requests and transactions.
Talking about future opportunities, Omkar Shirhatti, co-founder & CEO, Karza Technologies, told Telangana Today, “Neobanks, which are at an inception point are gradually evolving in India, and they are yet to mature where we can have the best of the financial instruments under one umbrella. As of now, neobanks are acting as agents to source savings and current accounts for banks, and a better user interface for customers/businesses on top of their banking facilities. Some of the neobanks have progressed and reached a stage where they are offering a wider set of products. We see an opportunity to cater to them in the future.”
In terms of the payments industry, the company is working with Paytm and Google Pay for QR code validation and screening of merchants. It also works with fintech firm Khatabook. On the digital payments side, the company works with platforms such as Razorpay and PayU for their online payment gateways to screen merchants. In the area of POS terminals, the company is working with payment network provider to create an end-to-end digital method for onboarding and risk assessment of merchant companies.
On the crypto currency front, he said, “We have started working with some of the crypto platforms that were proactive enough to reach us way back in 2018 to build a KYC (know your customer) layer to ensure what basic checks a bank would typically do. Crypto is largely borderless and it is difficult to ascertain who the transaction parties are. It is difficult to track how the money is routed, paid or transmitted, and anonymity remains a key challenge.”
He further added, “There has to be a pan-global framework/forum to deal with cryptocurrency and monitor transactions. There is definitely a need to come out with a solution and an opportunity does exist in this space.”
The 210-member company comprises software engineers, data engineers & scientists, accounting for 70 per cent of its workforce. The team enables scalability in terms of its offerings. “The moment a red flag is raised, the automated processes ensure faster intermediation. The focus is on making sure systems are as automated as possible. From the level of 20,000 transactions a month, when we began our operations, we currently handle 1.5 million transactions a month. We have made sure that the manual intervention is at the lowest,” Shirhatti explains.
In addition to India, the company is eyeing opportunities to expand to markets such as Indonesia, Philippines, and Brazil, after a 6-12 months time frame. These are the countries which are at the similar juncture that India is now, he noted.
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Reddit has grown into an Internet phemonenon — ‘the front page of the Web’ — but, like all startups, it had to begin somewhere and this fascinating 2005 video interview with founders Steve Huffman, Alexis Ohanian and Y Combinator’s Paul Graham (who provided mentoring and investment) fills in a lot of details about how it started and developed early on.
We already know that the idea for the site came from a discussion Graham had with the duo after they unsuccessfully pitched him a food ordering idea, but there’s more. The video — recorded by Reddit user ‘Boondoggle’ — is nearly 20 minutes long, but it is a worthwhile watch for fans of Reddit and anyone with a general interest in startup stories.
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The South Korean based automaker Hyundai is currently planning to develop a compact sports car which should hit the market in the next few years.
Toyota has opened a box filled with opportunities when it has introduced the GT 86 a few years back making new sports cars affordable and gaining praise from the biggest car magazines from all over the globe. Now, with the Toyota GT 86 fever passing by, more and more carmakers are planning to introduce a compact sports car and one of these is called Hyundai. According to a recent interview with the guys from the company’s COO, Allan Rushforth, has confirmed the model in question.
Our source says that the new sports car will be brought onto the market and the company’s representatives seem to be quite enthusiastic on it, which can only mean that it will be as good as its main rival mentioned above. The Hyundai sports car is believed to gain inspiration from the PassoCorto Concept car, which was officially unveiled during the 2014 Geneva Motor Show and it was packing a 260 HP 1.6 liter twin turbo engine under its hood. More details on the model remain unknown for the moment.


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Two of the company's top executives, John Jr. and Brian Keane, recently bought an unusually large number of shares in the company's stock, said Craig Columbus, an insider trading analyst with Disclosure.
John Jr. Keane, an executive vice president and member of the office of the president, purchased 25,000 shares at 19.750 on April 14. And his brother Brian, also an executive vice president and member of the president's office, purchased 40,000 shares at $20.10 on April 19.
"It's rare to see this level of insider buying in the high-tech industry and even rarer still in Keane," Columbus said. "This is the first significant level of insider buying in Keane since November 1997."
He added that Brian Keane, in particular, has a "good track record" of buying and selling the company's stock.
For example, when Keane made his last purchase in November 1997, the stock had hit a trough and was trading around 26 a share. But the stock regained its momentum to climb to a historical high of nearly 61 a share in July 1998. Brian Keane sold some of his holdings the following month when the stock was trading around 56, Columbus noted.
John Jr. and Brian Keane were not available for comment.
But as the year progressed, a number of companies that specialize in addressing Y2K problems saw their stock price fall as investors became nervous on how these businesses would fare post Year 2000.
The brothers' latest buying round came one day before and a few days after the company announced April 15 that it was lowering its fiscal 1999 earnings outlook. The company estimated its earnings would range between $1.68 to $1.75 a share, while Wall Street had been projecting the company to come at $1.82 a share.
The company, which saw its stock drop 14 percent after the announcement, said the revised estimates depended on such factors as the rate of decline in its core Year 2000 business, growth in its non-Y2K operations, and the economy.
"The stock seems to have hit the bottom, as the company moves into its new transition," Columbus said. "Keane has done a good job at diversifying its business."


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Lots of news to start off the week. Let’s get right into it: Spotify Live gets the ax, the Obamas land another podcast deal, and iHeart signs a top wellness podcast.
Spotify Live is shutting down, and what remains of live audio is sparse
In the latest sign that live audio is well and truly on its way out, Music Ally reports that Spotify is shutting down its Spotify Live app. On the app, which still has a handful of chat rooms going, users get a notification saying that the service will go away at the end of the month.
“After a period of experimentation and learnings around how Spotify users interact with live audio, we’ve made the…


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Benefits state the fresh new LendUp case is actually significant to own agencies in the growing on line ‘fintech’ industry that claim to give a far greater alternative to pay-day finance
A yahoo-financed financing business would need to pay $six.3m from inside the fines and you will refunds for a number of “deceptive” strategies, signaling the usa government’s demand for controlling this new growing community out of on line solutions in order to traditional pay day loan.
LendUp – a san francisco bay area corporation that states give a beneficial “secure, convenient way to get the bucks you want, fast” – misled users, hid their true borrowing costs, and you will stopped prices versus disclosing they in order to people, according to the Consumer Financial Cover Agency (CFPB).
“LendUp pitched by itself as the a customers-amicable, tech-smart replacement old-fashioned payday loans, nevertheless don’t shell out enough attention to the user financial rules,” agency director Richard Cordray told you in a statement Friday, announcing the fresh new payment.
The new startup said it can assist consumers “change brand new LendUp Steps” by building borrowing and improving their ratings. The company guaranteed people the ability to at some point improvements to help you funds with additional good terms, like stretched cost symptoms and lower prices.
However, government claim the startup’s offerings don’t match their advertising and that the enterprise didn’t safely bring information to help you credit rating enterprises, and therefore refused customers the opportunity to improve their credit.
The fresh new government agencies have bought LendUp to expend good $1.8m punishment and offer more 50,000 consumers that have roughly $step one.8m during the refunds.
The brand new Ca agencies off team oversight together with examined the business and you may established money this week demanding LendUp to spend $dos.7m so you’re able to “care for accusations they billed unlawful costs and the time almost every other widespread violations out of pay day and you may repayment credit regulations”.
Gurus state the outcome are high having enterprises about emerging online “fintech” markets that have reported giving ideal features than simply traditional pay check mortgage business organizations, known for capturing reduced-earnings People in america into the schedules from debt.
Big date Journal said it offered an “innovative new pay day loan banking design which is a lot more Silicone polymer Valley than Wall Street”
The brand new violations improve questions relating to that kind of praise and you may recommend one to regulators have to do career advancement scrutinizing online startups, said Liana Molina, director out of society involvement to your California Reinvestment Coalition, a group you to advocates for reasonable financial availability for reduced-money communities.
“Area of the takeaway let me reveal one to payday loans online . are merely because the hazardous if not more thus than those items obtainable in brand new storefronts,” she told you, incorporating that limits across the board must be reinforced to help you most useful protect insecure individuals from dangerous funds.
“There’s a lot way more strive to be done … [but] they delivers a strong content in order to estimate-unquote ‘innovators’ in this area that they have to comply with established protections.”
Within the Summer, brand new CFPB pressed www.pdqtitleloans.com/payday-loans-ne/ send new statutes geared towards regulating the fresh new $38.5bn cash advance globe, requiring lenders to confirm the cash off consumers to make sure they find the money for pay-off the latest financing.
This means that, digital lending services are easily increasing, said Paige Marta Skiba, Vanderbilt College or university economist and you will law teacher. “The audience is going to see the type of insane nuts west of online lending.”
CFPB movie director Richard Cordray told you LendUp ‘pitched in itself while the a development-experienced replacement old-fashioned payday loan, it didn’t pay adequate awareness of the user economic laws’
Which week’s administration steps you will impede financial support operate to possess LendUp and its competition, which will has harm businesses trying offer fairer alternatives, Skiba extra.
“Someone happy to invest in this type of startup are getting are all the more frightened … It would be difficult, or even impossible.”
LendUp downplayed the fresh new punishment within the an announcement, claiming the new penalties “target history conditions that primarily go back to the start while the a friends, as soon as we were an effective seed products-phase startup with restricted tips so when pair as the four professionals”.
The business presently has dedicated compliance and you will judge communities and contains “totally handled the issues cited by the our regulators, in addition to discontinuing some features”, the latest statement said.
This new LendUp charges are also distinguished since Yahoo, an option funder, announced this season which perform no more sell advertisements to have cash advance companies, stating these people were “dangerous facts” classified in the same classification since the firearms and you may tobacco cigarette.


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An Alcatel-Lucent Windows Phone running what appears to be version 7.5 of Microsoft's operating system has been spotted in the wild. According to a report over at Hi-Tech.Mail.ru, the device will be loaded with Windows Phone 7.8 and be available by the end of 2012. Alcatel will have likely chosen to support Windows Phone 7.8 to keep costs down on hardware and to sell less advanced hardware in bulk.
Late last week we wrote in length about the
unwarranted uproar caused by the AT&T exclusive Nokia announcements. At the centre of the controversy was the notion that there would not be a Nokia Windows Phone 8 device coming to Verizon. [Actually, it was about them not getting the Lumia 920 -Ed.]
We could be seeing the first signs of life from the coming Nokia refresh for Verizon as The Verge reports, via @evkleaks, on this Atlas device.
We’re not sure where GSMArena managed to get a Samsung ATIV S, especially with no obvious handlers interfering, but they did and they have a nice 3-minute video tour of the phone. The video has some excellent production with ample light, allowing us to finally see the long missing Samsung Windows Phone.
The video also highlights what should be obvious: that 4.8” Super AMOLED display with Gorilla Glass 2 is quite massive and not in a bad way. The device is clearly super thin (by comparison to other Windows Phones) but just a monster in terms of how big the view is on it. For some users, that’s clearly a selling point and we could only imagine how nice it must be type on such an ample on-screen keyboard.
If you recall, Note+ is a simple, yet effective, note taking app for your Windows Phone. The developer, Aälejandro Díazs, is based in the Dominican Republic where the Windows Phone Store isn't supported. But with the help of Nokia Developer Ambassador Rich Dunbar, Díazs was able to get the app published.
Well...Díazs took in all the feedback from Note+ users and basically re-wrote the app. The premise of the app is the same in that Note+ allows you jot down quick notes while on the go but it now supports multiple notes and Live Tile support for each note you generate.
Did you know those using Facebook apps on their mobile devices can access your email address even if it's not displayed on your profile when checking the website? Most users of the social network don't.
Headlines have continuously attacked Facebook due to privacy concerns, confusing account settings and other monstrosities, but today we'll look at a quick tip on how to prevent your email address being available to contacts who can view your profile.
Just because your personal email address isn't viewable on the website when checking your profile via a web browser, don't be fooled into believing your friend's Windows Phone won't pull it down to his (or her) contact list. By default, it seems Facebook's settings are configured so email addresses are invisible to the 'timeline' but are still available and accessible by friends. So how does one configure email settings on Facebook to prevent them being accessed?
First off, congratulations to Nokia’s Chanse Arrington who’s Head of Developer & Content Marketing at the company. He was just married and while the addition of a wife to his life must be fulfilling, we’re focused on that Lumia 920.
The picture above is taken with the 920 as posted to his public SkyDrive account (he Tweeted the image yesterday). The picture is obviously very low light though a flash is used this case to brighten the scene.
Flash photography is a finicky subject. A lot of us shoot “natural”, which means big heavy lenses and only on available light. But sometimes you have to use a flash for certain situations. One thing though pros never do is use the “on board” flash—it’s like sacrilege. That’s why they always have giant flash contraptions with diffusers and such to give a much better photo.
Today T-Mobile announced the Lumia 810, a version of the Lumia 820 that'll be heading to the US carrier. While many would simply assume it's a mere codename alteration, don't be fooled into thinking the same. The Lumia 810 does sport some differentiations that space the device out from AT&T's second Lumia Windows Phone 8 offering.
Because the Lumia 810 is set to arrive in a matter of weeks, we figured it would be a perfect opportunity for discussion to spark. A forum has been designated for threads to be created that cover the new Windows Phone.
The Lumia 810 (left) versus Lumia 820 (right)
So we put forth the simple question: which do you think looks nicer? And if you don’t know or have no preference, you can say that too.
Poll closes in 48 hours. Head to m.wpcentral.com to vote on your mobile. Poll after the break...
The T-Mobile-exclusive Lumia 810
At first glance you may think that these are the same phones just with a name change. But they are not.
While the “guts” and main features are overlapping, the physical design of the 810 is more “blocky” than the Lumia 820. In addition, the sizes of the devices are slightly different as well, with the T-Mobile 810 being a tad larger, but weighing 15 grams less.
As we expected, T-Mobile today finally announced the Nokia Lumia 810 is coming to the carrier “within the coming weeks” with of course no pricing given, as it expected these days.
The 4.3” device features an OLED WVGA Clear Black display at 800x480 with an 8MP rear as well as a 1.2-megapixel Skype HD certified front-facing camera. In addition, T-Mobile will offer to interchangeable back overs in black or cyan to add some style.
It's an interesting name change from Lumia 820 to 810 but we strongly hinted at this in our editorial last week on the matter of "exclusivity". Here, T-Mobile is claiming exclusive to the Lumia 810.
Read the whole press release after the break…
It appears that the HTC 8X Windows Phone will be available in the Netherlands on November 1st. This is according to Mark Moons, HTC's representative to the Benelux (which is basically an economic union that includes Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxemburg). If November 1st holds true, it will be hot on the heels of the October 29th Microsoft Event to unveil Windows Phone 8.
Cost for the HTC 8X was noted at being around €549 (about $712 U.S.). Moons added that the HTC 8S Windows Phone will hit store shelves shortly after the 8X. No pricing information was made available on the 8S.
The Samsung Focus or ZTE Orbit?
The US Congressional Intelligence Committee has labeled Huawei and ZTE as security threat to the US and is advising firms to not do business with them. This follows after an 11-month investigation into both companies where their cooperation on certain matters was, according to the committee, sufficiently lacking.
The charges (at least for Huawei) go back a few years here in the US where they were accused of high-level espionage of Nortel, with some even alleging that their IP theft helped destroy the company (see the excellent CNBC documentary on it here).
Cisco and Motorola have also accused Huawei of either stealing IP or their own employees to gain knowledge of those companies. In addition, charges of bribery, corruption and discriminatory behavior have been alleged too.
Lumia 920 reveals Windows Phone 8 features
Windows Phone Central forum member Blackwood504 noticed some interesting potential improvements / features in a Lumia 920 hands-on video that could well be in Windows Phone 8, so he decided to take screenshots and publish his interpretations of what's being shown in our forums. French website Test-Mobile.fr got their hands on a yellow Lumia 920 and decided to take it for a spin.
We're able to see functionality and features in their video that aren't present in the latest builds of Windows Phone 7.5. So what do we believe has been revealed in the hands-on action?
Take it for what it's worth but Rovio has announced a new Angry Birds game for our Windows Phone. Angry Birds Star Wars combines the gaming action of Angry Birds with the settings of the Star Wars movies.
According to Peter Vesterbacka, CMO of Rovio,
"This is the best Angry Birds game we’ve ever done. It’s the best parts of Angry Birds with all new cutting-edge gameplay set in in a galaxy far, far away. As a big Star Wars fan myself, I’m really excited about this new universe. The Force is definitely strong with this one."
Angry Birds Star Wars is expected to become available worldwide on November 8th and was developed for iOS, Android, Amazon Kindle Fire, OSX, Windows 8 and Windows Phone. The wording of the presser leaves us uncommitted to a Windows Phone date. While November 8th is revealed as the launch of the game, the official wording does not connect that date to all platforms, which we would find difficult to believe as launching simultaneously.
We’ve been talking a lot about Microsoft’s Retail Store efforts lately and with the shopping season kicking off soon, those temporary “Holiday stores” are gearing up to open too. But what if you don't know where those are yet?
The official Microsoft Store App for Windows Phone received a nice update over the weekend whereby it now lists those holiday stores. By simply swiping under Store Locations and Coming Soon you can see all the stores across the US that are opening on the 26th just in time for Windows 8 (and Windows Phone 8).
Released too early to the Store?
We’re not sure what’s going with the Windows Phone Store, but there sure are some oddities occurring. Last week we reported that the amazing Adobe Reader update to version 10.1 was being downgraded in a follow up update—that is still the case with version 9.0 being the only version in the Store for some regions, including the US.
Now, Xbox Extras, which we had reported as being refreshed to remove the “LIVE” branding is now also either being reverted in a second update or is gone altogether from the Store. When we try to search for the app we have found it’s been de-listed/hidden from public view. Trying the direct link display the old version but it is unable to be downloaded just yet.
We’re starting to suspect that these were actually Windows Phone 8 app refreshes to coincide with the big launch at the end of the month—after all, they were both major makeovers or re-brands—but maybe they were set loose a little too early in the Store and now Microsoft is trying to put the genie back in the bottle.
HTC continues on its downward spiral
HTC has published its financial results for Q3 2012, showing a continuous fall in revenues that we've witnessed through previous reports. The company braced itself for a tough Q3 and revenues were expected to be in the region of NT$70-80 billion for this quarter. Hitting the nail on the head in the estimation, HTC's net revenue was $2.397 (NT$70.2 billion) for the months July through September, down from $3 billion (NT$91.04 billion) in Q2.
Nokia's Windows Phone 8 line-up
We've seen Nokia poke fun at Samsung in the past by welcoming the company back to Windows Phone, as well as attacking its Galaxy S3 vs iPhone 5 marketing campaign. Nokia has failed to show signs of ceasing, and now the Finnish manufacturer has taken to Twitter in Italy to slam competing manufacturers and boast the specifications of the Lumia 920. The flagship Windows Phone is the company's bottled hopes and dreams running Microsoft's next generation mobile operating system.
Extraction: Project Outbreak differs from what we’ve come to expect from Chillingo games on Windows Phone. Besides a complete lack of cuteness, it’s also pretty tough! At first players will have to come to grips with the game’s unique controls. Then they’ll encounter a steep rise in difficulty that seems designed to encourage spending money on PDLC and/or pad the length of the game more than anything else.
Thankfully your favorite Windows Phone Central game reviewer/ninja has unlocked all 20 of Extraction’s Achievements and will now help you do the same.
This Week: Buy a Seidio ACTIVE Case (with Metal Kickstand) for Nokia Lumia 900 and save $16.00!
Created for those that have and want to maintain their active lifestyle in mind, the Seidio ACTIVE Case provides great shock and impact absorption while adding minimal bulk to your Lumia 900. This two-layer case features a compact and lightweight rubber polymer with a precisely positioned hard skeleton for added protection. Comes in black, blue, red, purple, white and features a fold-out kickstand.
$34.95 This Week: $18.95
Nokia has released a beta update to its Transport solution for Windows Phone. The app is now available as version 2.3 at Nokia Beta Labs for consumers to download and test out available new features. Nokia Transport is a useful tool at a Lumia owner's disposal that enables the user to plan a journey in a covered location using public transport.
Supporting trains, buses, walking, Nokia Transport can also relay what stations and stops are nearby using the location of the device. But the service doesn't simply halt at providing detailed information about public transport. When journeys are planned, Nokia Transport details the road / station of interchange, as well as the total estimated duration of the journey.
And of course, POI (Points Of Interest) are included. So, what's new in the 2.3 beta?
We took a look the Windows Phone app Track My Life a while ago and found it to be a decent GPS tracking app for your Windows Phone. Track My Life charts your travels to give you an idea of where you've been and where you spend the most time at. The developers have been busy updating the app to improve things and incorporate suggestions from users. The latest version is 3.0 and adds a Time Machine feature to the app.
What is the Time Machine you ask? The Time Machine feature lets you select what data range you want to display on Track My Life. You have options to look at the past week, past month or a custom setting where you can go back months.
It's time for another From the Forums where we bring you the hottest threads from the Windows Phone Central community. The boards are the number one destination for Windows Phone fans and developers to engage in relevant conversation. A growing number of registrations is present with a strong accumulation of threads and posts.
Swisscom, a major telecommunications provider in Switzerland, has announced via Twitter the carrier will be looking to launch the Lumia 920 late-November, which has been pushed back from earlier reported dates. According to WParea.de, the Nokia Windows Phone was originally slated for mid-November availability with December being the month when the smartphone hits the Swisscom stores.
Unfortunately the tweet that was published earlier today doesn't contain any further information on ordering or pricing.


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Justice has been served!
On Thursday, the sheriffs in Santa Cruz County announced that a suspect was finally arrested in connection to a firefighter’s stolen wallet.
The wallet belonged to a Cal Fire ground commander who was busy several days ago battling the CZU Lightning Complex fires.
Sheriff Jim Hart said that the thief took bank and credit cards, emptied them out and purchased several gift cards.
“The investigations team went to (the suspect’s) house and conducted a probation search because this man is on formal probation, and they located the clothing that was depicted in the video on our Facebook,” Hart said. “And they recovered merchandise that had recently been purchased.”
The man was arrested on several felony charges including credit card theft.
Hart said people from around the country became interested in the case, with some even offering to cover the firefighter’s losses.