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The hype around metaverse has taken a hit after recent turmoil in crypto markets, but industry leaders and stakeholders still see it as the future of Web3.
The Metaverse as a concept is an attempt to fuse physical reality, augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) into one seamless and immersive experience.
The term “metaverse” was first used in Neil Stephenson’s 1982 cyberpunk novel Snow Crash. Stephenson’s metaverse was a virtual place where characters could go to escape a dreary totalitarian reality. Some of the key attributes of the Metaverse include:
Even before the Metaverse became a phenomenon amid the nonfungible token (NFT) craze and crypto market boom, the concept was already in focus with the likes of Facebook, now Meta, Apple, Microsoft, Samsung and several other leading companies investing heavily in AR technology since the early 2010s.
In 2014, Meta acquired Oculus VR in a $2 billion deal with of focus on developing augmented and virtual reality-based games. In the same year, Sony and Samsung announced they were creating their own VR headsets, and Google released Google Glass AR glasses.
In 2020, Apple introduced. Lidar (Light Detection and Ranging) to iPhones and iPods, which offered better depth scanning for photos and introduced AR features. The technology is also paving the way for mixed-reality headsets in the future. In 2021, Facebook rebranded itself to Meta to shift from purely social media to leading the metaverse race.
With a downturn in crypto markets, both NFTs and the Metaverse saw a rapid decline in interest and capital flow. Google trend data suggests metaverse was piquing interest until January 2022. However, as the bear market progressed, wiping out nearly 70% of the market valuation, interest in the Metaverse and NFTs have taken a dip.
There has been a drastic change in the approach from brands that, at the start of the year, were all about the Metaverse and NFTs. Recently, Tinder, the popular dating app, has cut down its metaverse plans in the wake of disappointing Q2 earnings.
Efforts at creating a futuristic AR-based virtual world are presently at a very nascent stage, and some experts believe that current technological barriers both at the hardware and software levels are partially to blame. Lili Zhao, director of ecosystem growth at Neo Blockchain, told Cointelegraph:
“The Metaverse is still in its infancy, so existing projects are industry pioneers which mean trials and errors before it reaches product maturity. Currently, neither the hardware nor the software infrastructure is adequate to unleash the full potential of Metaverse. This is an area of technological innovation with fundamental growth opportunities for years to come, regardless of the market condition which is more driven by cycles and sentiment.”
Sandra Helou, the head of metaverse and NFT at Zilliqa, said that people view the Metaverse as a new concept. However, she believes the Metaverse is just an enhanced iteration of the internet and the more we embrace it as a new form of engagement, the less threatening it will seem. She told Cointelegraph:
“The keyboard never replaced the pen and the pen never replaced the pencil. Web3 shouldn’t be viewed as a replacement for Web2 but rather as an enhancer focusing on greater engagement and connectivity. The future of the Metaverse should look at combining elements of the physical and digital worlds through seamless integration and interactivity accessible for all regardless of industry.”
The critique of the Metaverse
The Metaverse as a concept has divided the world into two halves, where on one side, the likes of Meta, Microsoft, Sony and Samsung are all-in on the technology, calling it the future of the internet, while on the other hand, the likes of Elon Musk and Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin believe the present forms of the Metaverse are nothing more than corporate fantasy.
Buterin recently said that existing attempts by corporations to create a metaverse are not “going anywhere,” stating that Meta will “misfire.” Buterin’s comments came in the wake of Meta’s $2 billion quarterly loss on its metaverse division.
Marius Ciubotariu, the co-founder of decentralized finance stablecoin issuer Hubble Protocol, told Cointelegraph that the involvement of companies such as Meta has given a bad outlook to the industry in recent times, stating, “Companies like Meta are betting on the Metaverse big time. Unfortunately, this has led to many having negative or conflicting ideas about what the Metaverse is.”
“Meta, like some of its competitors that have publicly embraced the Metaverse, are selling it as nothing more than an extension of social media data mining, where individuals have no control over their personal information and data. These centralized metaverses contradict principles of decentralization such as immutability, censorship resistance and permissionless access.”
He added that the Metaverse has a bright future, but established projects like The Sandbox and Decentraland will likely take the bulk of the market share, and smaller, underfunded projects may not be able to deliver on their enormous promise due to lack of resources, time, experience, funding and the difficulty of development. He went on to predict that “similar to the 2017 initial coin offering phase, most of these projects will either not see the light of day or fail to attain the necessary user base to maintain a healthy funding margin.”
Ben Advia, founder and CEO of crypto-collectible and metaverse platform Dissrup, explained the current skepticism around metaverses and how it could potentially change. He told Cointelegraph that even though there have been many attempts to exploit the enthusiasm surrounding Web3 and the Metaverse for corporate and personal gain, it would be cynical to dismiss the efforts being made by many to build something genuinely revolutionary:
“It is important to remember that the Metaverse in its ‘true’ form was never going to arrive perfectly polished and flawlessly executed, just as it took time for us to harvest the potential of the internet. The Metaverse takes time to develop into the idealized web-centric utopia that we have all been discussing and envisioning over the past couple of years.”
“Until such a time, the concept will continue to be subject to criticism and skepticism, forever associated with the laughable graphics and clunky interfaces of proto-metaverse spaces, while we continue to overlook how it might change the way we function and exist in this emerging hybrid digital/physical space,” he added.
Kirk Allen, CEO of metaverse aggregator Kaloscope, told Cointelegraph that the hype around the market and involvement of corporate giants such as Meta and Microsoft have hampered the vision around the concept. He explained:
“There is a ‘hype’ within multiple sectors, excited and deeming that the next big thing for Web3 is the Metaverse. Without fully understanding what ‘metaverse’ means, most people are just following suit as Facebook re-branded into Meta. Among skeptics, the term ‘metaverse’ sounds too optimistic, and is commonly questioned for lacking in definition. Having said that, the metaverse is not a badly executed idea or a dream. In fact, if you want to think of it this way, it is in the cocoon stage, and soon will emerge in many more ways to the general public in business and communities.”
Looking beyond the hype
The growing interest of tech giants in the Metaverse has raised concerns about centralization and monopoly, but it is important to note that their billions worth of investment caused a ripple effect for the industry. Their involvement attracts more attention to the sector along with more investment and more tools will reach the market. Such development tools will save entrepreneurs the time needed to create new technologies and will allow them to focus on their innovations.
While interest in the Metaverse has cooled, it has not disappeared entirely, especially in the United Arab Emirates. Crown Prince Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum on July 20, announced that Dubai will be hosting a global event to bring metaverse experts together in September 2023. The country is planning to ramp up its efforts and create 40,000 new jobs around the Metaverse, showing that some governments are beginning to understand how valuable this sector can become.
Metaverse developers like Decentraland and The Sandbox have come together with several Web3 projects to launch the Open Metaverse Alliance, which focuses on building more transparent, inclusive, decentralized and democratized metaverses. Sean Kelly, founder of Chibi Dinos NFT collection, told Cointelegraph:
“There has been no clear-cut winner on which company will have the biggest metaverse yet, but there is no doubt virtual experiences will be a part of our future and the Metaverse will play a massive role in our children’s future.”
As the Metaverse brings the online and offline worlds closer together, it offers new opportunities for businesses to scale and individuals to connect. For example, engaging with a virtual 3D avatar customer service agent rather than a corporate employee in a chat window may build a more immersive and memorable customer experience.
For an avid video gamer, a metaverse may be the utopia they are hoping for, as they get to conveniently switch between online gaming and virtual socializing. With digital identities, there is also potential for people to explore alternate characters for themselves.
Sports leagues could integrate VR/metaverse capabilities to increase viewership as well as an NFT component to reward viewers. Shopping malls and stores have already created virtual stores in which one can shop at home and virtually try on wearables.
The future of the Metaverse will depend on stakeholders and how they build the future of Web3. The current form may look underpromising due to a lack of technological innovations, but industry leaders are sure that the Metaverse concept will take center stage in the next iteration of the internet.


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Wal-Mart ordered to provide investors bribery files
Bentonville, Ark. – Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has lost its bid to keep files regarding an internal probe of possible bribes paid to Mexican officials to aid real estate deals out of the hands of investors. The Delaware Supreme Court has upheld a 2013 ruling by a lower Delaware state court mandating that Wal-Mart provide the files to several investors.
In 2005, executives in Wal-Mart’s Mexican operation told senior management that at least $24 million in bribes had been paid to Mexican government officials in order to ease the process of building warehouses and stores. The payments were not disclosed in regulatory filings until 2011 and U.S. and Mexican officials are investigating whether the payments can be considered criminal.
Wal-Mart investors including the California State Teachers’ Retirement System, the New York City Employees’ Retirement System and the Indiana Electrical Workers Pension Trust Fund are seeking access to the files. Wal-Mart had appealed the previous ruling to the state’s highest court.
Corner Bakery Café improves human resources, accounting with Altametrics
Dallas — Corner Bakery Café has implemented Altametrics’ E-Restaurant and E-SmartClock solutions to improve labor, food, human resources and administrative costs at all of its cafes, with full launch beginning in August. After a three-month test in 10 company-owned stores, Corner Bakery Cafe implemented ESmartClock technology, which features an easy-to-use touch-screen and provides real-time visibility, monitoring and alerting of critical labor elements such as proactive notification of an employee approaching overtime.
Corner Bakery Café also sought a new time-keeping platform that would fully integrate the time-keeping and scheduling functionalities, and to change the way it projects labor needs and expedite basic accounting and human resources functions. The company looked for a precise model that could forecast labor based on tasks required, and could pull invoices and pay partners more easily.
After exploring several platforms, Corner Bakery Cafe chose to adopt Altametrics’ ERestaurant technology. In addition to leveraging the forecasting engine to deliver a more accurate and efficient crew schedule, ERestaurant is fully integrated with ESmartClock. The two elements work in concert to help managers ensure crew schedules are properly executed and ultimately provide improvements in labor costs. Similarly, ERestaurant allows for simplified product ordering and inventory management resulting in improvements in food costs
"Our ability to adopt forward-thinking technology has put us in the position to more than double our national footprint by 2017,” said Gary Price, president of Corner Bakery Cafe. “For that reason, we knew there was room for growth in the way we handle a number of our staffing, scheduling, human resources and administrative functions. Through a lengthy research phase, and due diligence of a number of different cloud-based solutions, we knew Altametrics’ technology platforms would meet and exceed our needs."
To maintain its rapid ascent atop the nation’s list of fastest growing fast-casual brands, Corner Bakery Cafe needed help to strengthen its economic model as well as create operational enhancements for its general managers.
Report: Dick’s Sporting Goods lays off 478 golf pros
Pittsburgh – Dick’s Sporting Goods Inc. has reportedly laid off 478 PGA golf pros who were providing in-store services such as golf lessons and club repairs. According to Fox Business, Dick’s made the cuts as golf sales and participation rates decline.
In the first quarter of fiscal 2014, golf sales at Dick’s came in at $34 million below expectations, and same-store sales at the retailer’s Golf Galaxy banner fell 10%. In addition, average price for men’s golf drivers fell 16%. Dick’s employed 593 PGA golf instructors as of Feb. 1, 2014, meaning some instructors likely remain. The company declined to comment.

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Heineken pulls light beer commercial after racism complaints
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) - Heineken has removed a commercial for its light beer after some complaints that it was racist.
The ad featured a bartender sliding a bottle of Heineken light. The bottle passes several black people before it arrives to a lighter-skinned woman. The tag line: Sometimes lighter is better.
Hip-hop star Chance the Rapper on Sunday tweeted the commercial was "terribly racist." He said he thought some companies were purposely "putting out noticeably racist ads so they can get more views."
In a statement, Heineken says while the ad was referencing Heineken Light, "we missed the mark." Heineken drew praise last year for its "Open Your World" commercials, which featured people of different backgrounds discussing their viewpoints.
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Kylie previously posted a sweet photo of Stormi on Instagram, captioned “Bath time with @kyliebaby,” and although she didn’t give any details about the new brand, the new account has over 800,000 followers already.
Now the famous celebrity has posted a new Youtube video, revealing that Stormi has been testing out the baby products, and confirming that the first post was definitely about the upcoming line, as it showed the three-year-old enjoying a bubble bath.
“I just took this picture of Stormi and I was using some Kylie Baby products. I could post on Instagram and tease Kylie Baby,” Kylie shared, adding that the social media account “is not even ready,” even though it‘s verified.
Kylie says she hasn’t confirmed the official products included in ‘Kylie Baby’ and wants to surprise her fans with an unexpected launch, alongside Kylie Cosmetics’ chief brand officer Jen Cohan.
Stormi also seems to be involved in the launch and will probably make a special appearance, as she says her fans are obsessed with her.
“I know, it‘s crazy. People love Stormi though. She is a star. She’s the real star,” she said.


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- The app provides bespoke step-by-step programs to improve individual sleep quality
- As users progress, the Emma Up AI sleep coach learns from their unique experiences, delivering increasingly accurate and effective guidance
- Emma Up is available on more than 10 app stores around the world, including the United States
NEW YORK, Oct. 3, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Emma — The Sleep Company has released its own digital AI sleep coach, named Emma Up. The app provides hyper-personal step-by-step programs designed to help individuals improve their sleep quality. Emma Up provides clear, action-orientated advice, making the journey towards better sleep easier and removing any guessing work. Emma Up also helps users to incorporate sleep-beneficial habits into their daily lives, based on Emma’s extensive in-house sleep expertise.
What Makes Emma Up The Ultimate Sleep Companion
By analyzing the data of the user, Emma Up can identify what’s holding them back from a good night’s sleep. The AI-based sleep coach provides highly personalized recommendations tailored to the specific habits and needs of the user. As Emma Up users progress, the AI coach learns from each of their individual experiences, which in turn enables the coach to deliver increasingly accurate, effective, and bespoke guidance — in the same way a human sleep coach would. People have different sleep patterns, preferences, and lifestyles — and Emma Up’s personalized approach helps users reach unique sleep improvement goals.
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Emma Up’s interactive chat function enables users to communicate with the AI sleep coach. With continuous support, progress tracking, and adaptive features, Emma Up can provide support over time, helping users to maintain healthier sleep routines in the long term. This differentiates it from other apps that only provide ad-hoc sleep improvements. By offering scientific expertise from Emma’s sleep research team and cutting-edge AI technology, Emma Up can deliver industry-leading sleep advice through the convenience of a mobile application.
Emma Up is available on more than 10 app stores around the world, including the United States.
About Emma — The Sleep Company:
Emma – The Sleep Company is a founder-managed company and the world’s leading Direct-to-consumer sleep brand. Founded in 2013 by Dr. Dennis Schmoltzi and Manuel Mueller in Germany, the company is active in more than 30 countries and achieved a turnover of EUR 873 million (USD 948 million) in 2022, a growth rate of 35 percent from the previous year. Emma® products are sold via an omnichannel approach, including D2C/online, marketplaces, and more than 3,500 brick-and-mortar stores. Emma successfully collaborates with over 200 retailers. Emma’s 1,000+ team members are working across the world, with offices in Frankfurt (Germany), Manila (Philippines), Lisbon (Portugal), Mexico City (Mexico), and Shanghai (China).
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'The new Dubai?' – Pakistan's Gwadar Airport certainly a hugely strategic facility on Arabian Sea
For two decades or so now Dubai and its airport have presided over air transport and tourism in the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman. Now it is set to face a challenge from Gwadar on the other side of the Gulf, 500km away in Pakistan and close to the Iranian border. That, at least, is what some people would have you believe, although such optimism is, at the very least, overstated.
What is happening at Gwadar, though, is the construction of a giant port (which actually began 20 years ago) and associated free trade area modelled on the Special Economic Zones of China, together with a floating liquefied natural gas facility connected to the Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline.
The new airport, now set to open in Mar-2023, is only a small part of this huge enterprise, but it could turn out to be a very significant one, for freight if not initially for passengers. Then again, Gwadar has many beaches, natural beauty spots and is favoured by domestic holidaymakers.
If Chinese money goes into developing tourism as well, then ‘The New Dubai’ claim could one day be substantiated.
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Since the Tesla autopilot hit the market, drivers have posted videos doing all sorts of things, except actually driving. Why not play games, eat snacks, or even take a nap when the car can drive itself? Over the years, Inside Edition has met with drivers who leave their feet out the window, or sit in the passenger seat while their Teslas were in autopilot. Our cameras showed one driver almost caught by the police for riding in the back when he should have been behind the wheel.
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KMF to introduce more ready-to-eat milk-based products
The products will have a shelf life of six months
Rs. 4 crore investment to bring out the products
BANGALORE: Having introduced mouth-watering sweets ranging from doodh peda to Mysore Pak, the Karnataka Milk Federation (KMF) is now getting ready to release other ready-to-eat milk-based products.
A variety of paneer items, carrot and pumpkin halwa, payasa and khova items are among those proposed to be introduced in the ready-to-eat format. Coming with a shelf life of about six months, these milk-based delicacies will be competing with products of private companies.
“The federation is working on these ethnic products and it should hit the market soon,” Director (Marketing) Ravikumar Kakade told The Hindu. He said that the launch of new products would entail an investment of around Rs. 4 crore for which provisions have been made in the integrated business plan of the federation.
“The products are in different stages of development, and we may use the services of the Central Food and Technological Research Institute (CFTRI) or the National Dairy Research Institute (NDRI) for product perfection,” he said, and added that the federation hoped the goodwill of the Nandini brand name would help movement of the new products in the market.
“We are looking at the urban centres since ethnic sweets are in demand there. The ready-to-eat products are safer than those available in sweetmeat shops as they are sterilised products,” said Mr. Kakade. Once the home market is taken care of, they plan to explore export avenues.
Sources in the KMF hoped that the ready-to-eat products would succeed in the market as Nandini sweets had earned a good name for its quality. “Since we have all the requisite ingredients, the products would be priced competitively,” he said.
Besides the ready-to-eat products under development, the federation is working on introducing more flavours and formulations in the flavoured milk category.


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Greenbutts, a company that specializes in biodegradable filter technology, has appointed tobacco veteran Luis Sanches as chief strategy officer.
Sanches is a senior corporate executive with more than 30 years of international, cross-functional and cross-cultural experience responsible for managing business teams, supporting growth and leading transformations across multiple geographies such as Australasia, North and South America and Europe.
He was previously the senior vice president of R&D for Reynolds American Inc., a subsidiary of British American Tobacco. His corporate tenure under BAT spanned 31 years in total, including the position of group head of product development in the United Kingdom and vice president of Kentucky BioProcessing KBP, a leader in developing and employing cGMP processes to manufacture recombinant proteins using novel plant-based technology. He successfully led the development of novelty scientific knowledge and multi-category consumer lead product innovations.
“Never before in history have industry and humanity at large shared such a commitment to understand and urgently address matters that negatively impact the sustainability of our planet and, ultimately, our lives,” said Sanches in a statement.
“Greenbutts is pioneering solutions that will allow business partners to focus on their growth strategy and deliver their product innovation pipeline while materially advancing their ESG agendas. I am proud to join the Greenbutts team and am committed with them ‘to give every fiber of our being’ to offering meaningful sustainable solutions to our partners.”
“We are delighted to have an executive of Mr. Sanches’ caliber and industry presence, knowledge and experience join our already accomplished team,” said Tadas Lisauskas, founder and CEO of Greenbutts.
“For the past 11 years, Greenbutts has been focused on developing a viable alternative to cellulose acetate filters for the global cigarette industry, through extensive R&D and cross-continental partners. While we have had much success in achieving this goal; patenting our technology, continuously adding intellectual property to our portfolio and validating business cases on a global stage, the addition of Luis Sanches to the team is an opportunity to reintroduce ourselves to the global cigarette industry and assist in their efforts to make the inevitable transition to a zero-plastic alternative as seamless as possible,” said Tadas.
Sanches will oversee the company’s global expansion strategy regarding material and filter production. In addition, Sanches will work on optimizing the company’s filter manufacturing process to meet the regulatory needs and customer specifications.


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Plant-Forward Meal Service Reap Wellness Just Opened an Adorable Health Market in Fishtown
Trust us, you’ll be visiting the shop for smoothies and pantry goods all. the. time.
After two and a half years of filling our fridges — and bellies — with uber-delicious, totally plant-based breakfast, lunch, and snacks, local meal delivery service Reap Wellness decided to rock our world even more. That’s right: They’ve opened a storefront.
Officially opened this past Friday, Reap Mini Mart is a one-stop shop for all the seriously tasty creations Reap has to offer: lemon-raspberry coconut yogurt, their signature grab-and-go Glow Bowls with homemade dressings that will make your tastebuds do a happy dance, pints of dish add-ons like teriyaki cauliflower, and satisfying snacks like watermelon candy and Nori brittle. And as a reminder: All of Reap’s products are free of meat, dairy, and gluten, but they’re packed with nutrients and flavor.
Smoothies made their debut at the brick-and-mortar, which are made in real time at the in-house blend bar. Creations include the Sneaky Greens featuring leafy greens (duh), mango, and ginger; the Macaccino — slung together with cold brew coffee, banana, tahini, date, maca, and cacao — and the Orange Creamsicle, which riffs on The Flintstones’s push-up popsicle from childhood. All smoothies are made with Reap’s homemade almond and hemp seed milks, but they also have oat milk on hand if that’s more your style.
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The health mart also features a designated retail space, with ready-to-purchase items focused on nutrition and eating well. From the shelves, you can buy non-Reap brands like seed butter from Philly-based Mother Butter, non-alcoholic spritzers from Kin Euphoric, and preservative-free Japanese barbecue sauce from Bachan’s.
Reap co-founder Adjua Fisher (a former Philly Mag editor) says she and partner Zach Rice decided to expand the brand to provide a space — outside people’s homes — where folks could eat more plants with ease and convenience. “We are all about making functional, on-the-go eating healthier and more delightful,” Fisher says. “We wanted to create a shopping experience where community members didn’t necessarily need to look at the food labels, because we’ve already curated meals, snacks, and non-Reap retail items that are full of good-for-you ingredients that we’re happy and comfortable to eat ourselves.”
Currently, the mini mart is in “soft opening” mode, meaning they’ll solidify store hours over the next few weeks. But for now, you can pop into the Fishtown shop during the week from 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m., or on the weekend from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. They are closed on Tuesdays, FYI.
Reap Mini Mart is located at 1325 Frankford Avenue in Fishtown.


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The automobile industry in India is world’s fourth largest, with the country currently being the world's 4th largest manufacturer of cars and 7th largest manufacturer of commercial vehicles in 2017. Indian automotive industry (including component manufacturing) is expected to reach Rs 16.16-18.18 trillion (US$ 251.4-282.8 billion) by 2026. Two-wheelers dominate the industry and made up 81 per cent share in the domestic automobile sales in FY18. Overall, Domestic automobiles sales increased at 7.01 per cent CAGR between FY13-18 with 24.97 million vehicles getting sold in FY18. Indian automobile industry has received Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) worth US$ 19.29 billion between April 2000 and June 2018.
Auto sales in July 2018 witnessed a year-on-year growth rate of 7.97 per cent across segments, driven by 46.24 per cent year-on-year growth in three-wheeler sales.
The passenger vehicle sales in India crossed the 3.2 million units in FY18, and is further expected increase to 10 million units by FY20.
The government aims to develop India as a global manufacturing as well as a research and development (R&D) hub. It has set up National Automotive Testing and R&D Infrastructure Project (NATRiP) centres as well as a National Automotive Board to act as facilitator between the government and the industry. Under (NATRIP), five testing and research centres have been established in the country since 2015.
The Indian government has also set up an ambitious target of having only electric vehicles being sold in the country. Indian auto industry is expected to see 8-12 per cent increase in its hiring during FY19. The Ministry of Heavy Industries, Government of India has shortlisted 11 cities in the country for introduction of electric vehicles (EVs) in their public transport systems under the FAME (Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of (Hybrid) and Electric Vehicles in India) scheme. During 2017-18, 47,912 two-wheelers, 2,202 three-wheelers, 185 four-wheelers and 10 light commercial vehicles were supported under FAME scheme.
Automobile exports grew 26.56 per cent during April-July 2018. It is expected to grow at a CAGR of 3.05 per cent during 2016-2026. Also, Luxury car market in India is expected to grow at a 25 per cent CAGR till 2020.
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How do I know if my phone has been hacked?
CHARLOTTE, NC — Cell phones are no longer just portable phones; They are handheld computers that most people use to run just about every aspect of their personal lives. But that makes them a target for cybercriminals.
In fact, there is a chance that a person’s phone could be compromised right now and they wouldn’t know it.
What most would write off as technical errors could be a signal of something more sinister. Senior manager of security solutions at Lookout Hank Schless said there are five key signs that a person’s phone may have been hacked.
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If a phone is hot to the touch, it’s possible that cybercriminals are transferring data from a person’s device to a remote server. Transferring data causes a phone to work non-stop, heating up in the process.
Random apps appear out of nowhere
If hackers have control over a phone, they can install apps remotely to monitor and track activity. Lookout advises people to check and remove any suspicious or unknown apps.
Poor battery performance
Unwanted apps can quickly drain your phone’s battery.
Malware can slow down your phone’s processor and cause dropped calls, undelivered texts, screen freezes and crashes.
Constant pop-up ads, home screen updates and bookmarks to unknown websites are signs of malicious adware.
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For those who believe their phone has been hacked, there are many apps designed to help track down the culprit. Experts advise people to check their bank and credit card statements for signs of fraudulent activity so you can report the breach right away.
Tips to avoid being exposed to fraud
- Emotional appeal – Any pitch that heightens your emotions will inhibit your rational judgment.
- Feeling of urgency – You MUST act now, or else.
- Request for unorthodox payment – Gift cards, prepaid credit cards, bank transfers, etc.
- Explanations that do not add up – If your new “landlord” can’t show you the inside of the house, it may be because they don’t own it.
- You won, pay nowpp – It’s not a premium if you have to pay for it. Taxes, duties, shipping, whatever.
- Too good to be true – That’s because it’s not true. Sorry, your long lost relative didn’t die and leave you millions. That car you bought online for a third of that Kelly Blue Book value doesn’t really exist. The son of a billionaire diamond broker didn’t “swipe right” on you and instantly fall in love. That home job that pays you hundreds of dollars an hour to stuff envelopes isn’t real.
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Angola: Inflation declines further in February
Inflation dropped to 11.6% in February below January’s 12.5%. February’s figure represented the lowest inflation rate since August 2015. A strong harvest and fuel subsidies are key drivers of inflation’s continued downtrend.
Meanwhile, the trend pointed down as annual average inflation dropped to 18.8% in February from 20.1% in January.
Finally, consumer prices rose 0.86% from the previous month in February, accelerating from January’s 0.83% rise.
FocusEconomics panelists expect inflation to average 12.5% in 2023, which is down 0.5 percentage points from last month’s projection, and 12.3% in 2024.


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TripAdvisor Returns to TV Advertising With Bathrobe-Clad Owl as Spokesperson
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Forget Priceline’s William Shatner, Hotels.com’s Captain Obvious, a Trivago Guy, and Travelocity’s Roaming Gnome. TripAdvisor returned to TV promotion in a U.S. Tuesday after a two-year deficiency with a bathrobe-clad owl character, desirous by a company’s Ollie a Owl logo, advising consumers that by TripAdvisor they can collect hotel formula from 200 sites, save adult to 30 percent on a rates, and find a “right hotel for we and a best price.”
The tagline for this initial “Little Wiser” campaign, that will be a array of ads, is “TripAdvisor: latest reviews, lowest prices.” TripAdvisor showed Skift a 30-second and dual 15-second TV ads that are partial of a initial rollout. [See one of a 15-second spots embedded below.]
There isn’t any messaging in this initial array of TV ads, that clamp boss of code selling Neela Pal told Skift will evolve, about engagement on TripAdvisor other than a company’s altogether tagline during a finish of a ads: “Know better, book better, go better.”
Pal pronounced a debate starts with an importance on comparing hotel prices, and successive ads competence hold on engagement on TripAdvisor and other site features.
TripAdvisor is “well-known though not famous well,” Pal said. “People know a name though not a full value proposition.”
Read More From Skift Research: A Deep Dive Into TripAdvisor’s Competitive Position in Travel 2017.
The fact that a campaign doesn’t pull engagement on TripAdvisor fits good with a company’s de-emphasis of Instant Booking on TripAdvisor, that is still a site underline though not as distinguished following a new redesign. Instead, consumers can click on a integrate and navigate to a site such as Booking.com, Expedia.com, or Marriott.com to finish a booking.
TripAdvisor announced progressing this year that it would spend $70 million on TV promotion in 2017. The TV debate rolled out in a U.S. Tuesday, will be introduced in a UK, France and Spain in a subsequent integrate of weeks, and will entrance in Australia in July, Pal said.
Ad group Supermoon, that became TripAdvisor’s group progressing this year, crafted a campaign. It is geared to stress a owl spokesperson’s knowledge while raised certainty and a loose demeanour as a impression lies behind on a hotel bed in his — yes, a owl is a he with a masculine voice — bathrobe, in a good hotel, Pal said.
There are certain parallels between a Travelocity Roaming Gnome, that traces a beginnings to around 2003, and TripAdvisor’s owl character. Pal forked out that TripAdvisor’s Ollie a Owl trademark has prolonged been a association item while a Roaming Gnome didn’t have any Travelocity story when it was introduced.
The owl is “not a made asset,” Pal said.
The owl is also a lot cuter than a Gnome.
Supermoon has also finished work for Expedia’s Hotwire, Ancestry.com, and The Honest Company.
The TripAdvisor ad tagline, “TripAdvisor: latest reviews, lowest prices,” is differentiated a tad from opposition Trivago’s “Find a ideal hotel during a best price.”
Trivago CFO Axel Hefer recently told Skift that a advertising plan revolves around spots that are “explainer” ads. He pronounced a hotel-search site, that competes with TripAdvisor, motionless a promotion has to learn people how to use a site before it can find to emanate an romantic affinity with a brand.
TripAdvisor’s new debate is also in a “explainer” category, instructing consumers that they can find hotel formula on a site from 200 hotel-booking sites, and low prices.
The disproportion between TripAdvisor and Trivago, Pal said, “is we indeed have a lot of romantic affinity. We have some of that romantic attachment.”
TripAdvisor’s new debate will atmosphere on a brew of media, including network and wire channels, Pal said. It is primarily a TV debate in a initial incarnation.
iSpot.tv found that as of mid-afternoon Tuesday, TripAdvisor was using 3 spots and they had aired 36 times on inhabitant TV.
TripAdvisor was not immediately putting a debate on amicable media since officials cruise it a work in swell that will evolve. Subsequent ads might demeanour significantly opposite as TripAdvisor measures a opening of a debut.
The TV debate comes as TripAdvisor looks to accelerate expansion after struggling with a rollout of Instant Booking in 2016. TripAdvisor’s batch cost non-stop during $37.88 on Tuesday compared with a 52-week high of $71.69.
The company’s income per hotel shopper, a pivotal metric, softened has been climbing in a U.S., that was a initial embankment to see Instant Booking totally rolled out, as have a series of singular hotel shoppers.
TripAdvisor struggled with a transition from metasearch — or clicking over to third-party sites for engagement — to apropos a engagement site and is now downplaying a latter underline in preference of a some-more remunerative metasearch offering.
TripAdvisor hasn’t finished any TV promotion over a final dual years as it worked with a transition and afterwards redesigned a sites to place metasearch rather than Instant Booking as a widespread option.
In a interim, opposition Trivago and other sites such as Expedia.com, Hotels.com, Travelocity and Booking.com have all been heavily advertising.
TripAdvisor’s new debate is designed to get a voice behind on TV and some-more in a open mindset.


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MasterCard reported a 15% jump in second-quarter earnings this morning, standing in contrast to the loss Visa reported last week due to expenses both companies incurred in offering a multi-billion dollar antitrust settlement to a merchant class action.
MasterCard, of Purchase, N.Y., reported a $700 million profit for the quarter, which includes $20 million, or $13 million after taxes, it set aside for the settlement. Its share of the settlement is $790 million, and the company set aside that amount for potential litigation costs in its fiscal fourth quarter for 2011.
Visa reported a $1.8 billion loss for its quarter last week for its share of the class-action settlement.
Under the deal, Visa, which controls about two thirds of the cards market, will pay $4.4 billion, while a handful of banks will add another $1 billion. Visa is funding most of its share of the settlement by the converting credit union- and bank-owned Class B shares.
For its fiscal second quarter MasterCard reported a 9% increase in revenue, to $1.8 billion, from a year earlier as worldwide purchases increased on its cards by 13% during the period.
For the first six months of the fiscal year MasterCard reported a 13% increase in revenue, to $3.6 billion, and an 18% increase in net income to $1.4 billion.
MasterCard's U.S. debit card purchase volume rose 13.3% during the quarter to $111 billion from $98 billion a year earlier, while debit transaction volume increased 13.4% to 2.8 billion from 2.47 billion.
The firm's debit card volume got a push from new Federal Reserve debit card routing rules that took effect April 1, requiring issuers to provide merchants with the choice of at least two unaffiliated PIN-debit networks for processing transactions.
"We feel very good about U.S. PIN debit in particular, even though we don't yet know how those volumes will all finally shake out," Ajay Banga, MasterCard's president and CEO, told analysts during a conference call to discuss the results.
Credit card purchase volume during the quarter rose 4.65%, to $135 billion from $129 billion a year earlier; credit card transactions rose 6.6%, to 1.6 billion from 1.5 billion.
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Una encuesta revela que los jóvenes rusos están invirtiendo en criptomonedas en la situación actual.
While their country continues to attack neighbouring Ukraine, young Russians are looking for strategies to avoid being economically harmed by the consequences of this war.
According to a survey shared by Bitcoin.com, young Russians see cryptocurrencies as a safe investment amid current economic uncertainty
A medida que las sanciones occidentales contra Rusia aumentan la presión sobre la economía de su país, many young Russians consider cryptocurrencies to be a “reliable and profitable” investment option. According to a recent study, the proportion of Russian citizens who know about Bitcoin has reached two-thirds of the population.
Undoubtedly, the financial and other sanctions imposed by the West because of Moscow’s decision to invade Ukraine are already affecting the economic situation in Russia. But, despite the gloomy outlook, for many Russians property and gold remain, as before, the most desirable investment.
According to the survey of the Russian analytical center NAFI, the share of those who consider buying real estate as the most reliable investment has decreased in recent years, but it is still 33% in 2022. And the 36% of respondents in your survey believe it is the most cost-effective option a contract giving the buyer the right, but not the obligation, to buy or sell an underlying asset or instrument at a specified strike price. .
Al mismo tiempo, el oro ha ido ganando reconocimiento y el 25 % de los rusos ahora cree que las inversiones en este metal precioso son fiables, en comparación con el 21 % de hace dos años. Los inversores que ven ganancias futuras en oro han aumentado del 18% al 26% durante el mismo período.
Accumulating and holding paper money has also become more common among Russians, 23% of whom now consider this method of storing value to be reliable, up from 15% in 2020. Opening a deposit account an account is essentially a whose purpose is to track the financial activities of a specific asset/ in a state-owned bank is safe according to 21% of survey participants.
It is worth noting that the popularity of cryptocurrencies has grown significantly in recent years, NAFI researchers have established.Dos tercios de los encuestados en este último estudio (67 %) han oído hablar de Bitcoin the biggest and most popular cryptocurrency in the world. It is a decentralized digital currency that enables users to make trustless peer-to-peer transactions.The group represented only 16% of those surveyed five years ago.
Most Russians expect the value of cryptocurrencies to increase in the future. Currently, 8% see buying cryptoassets as a reliable investment, while 11% think that buying digital digital technologies are these electronic tools that have the ability to generate, store or even process data. currencies is profitable. But young people, aged 18 to 24, are even more optimistic. A quarter of them described cryptocurrency cryptocurrencies are digital currencies that use cryptographic technologies to secure their operation. investments as reliable (23%) and profitable (24%).
A medida que los gobiernos que apoyan a Ucrania continúan ampliando las restricciones que limitan el acceso de Rusia al sistema financiero mundial, se ha expresado la preocupación de que Moscú pueda usar criptomonedas para evadir sanciones. In fact, EU sanctions extend to crypto.
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With the game hitting PlayStation Plus in November 2021, Xbox players are keen to know if there will also be a First Class Trouble Xbox release. The detective-based multiplayer game has been fine-tuned and improved during its early access period on PC, but the games full release will see it come to console too.
Your goal in First Class Trouble is to shut down the Central Artificial Intelligence Network (CAIN) as either a Resident or Personoid. If you are a human you have to deduce who you can trust through investigations and information hunting. But, if you are a Personoid, it is your job to kill off the remaining residents and secure control of the vessel you are on.
Read on to learn more about the First Class Trouble Xbox release and what Versus Evil and Invisible Walls have said about the game coming to these platforms in the future.
First Class Trouble Xbox speculation
As of right now, there has been no mention of a First Class Trouble Xbox release date. The game has launched on PC and PlayStation already and there’s still no sign of an Xbox version.
If it is going to appear on Xbox, it’ll most likely be via Xbox Game Pass towards the latter half of the year.
That covers everything we know about a First Class Trouble Xbox release. If you are looking for more multiplayer games for Microsoft’s consoles, why not take a look at some of the best Xbox Series x games and best 2-player Xbox games.


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A few weeks ago, Dean Baker wrote on how concerns that Chinese companies are “stealing” the intellectual property of U.S. firms seeking to do business there (a rare intersection of Trump’s beliefs with “elite opinion”) are misguided. He makes the case that this “so-called theft” functions as a great equalizer by giving economic growth in developing countries a boost.
For the sake of argument, let’s say we should take more aggressive steps to protect the IP rights of U.S. firms. Instead of using the counterproductive (and questionably legal) tariffs the Trump administration has rolled out, James Bacchus of the Cato Institute makes the case for using international trade law to address the problem.
For many of these U.S. allegations about China, however, [World Trade Organization] WTO obligations apply, and could provide more effective recourse. The various options under the WTO treaty for challenging Chinese trade practices will be explored in more detail in a forthcoming paper. This blog post focuses on one particular WTO obligation, covering trade secrets.
The Trump administration has been raising concerns about China’s failure to protect trade secrets, but evidently ignored so far is Article 39 of the TRIPS Agreement in the WTO treaty, which establishes a WTO obligation for the “Protection of Undisclosed Information.” The United States was among the leaders in advocating the inclusion of Article 39 in the TRIPS Agreement as part of the WTO treaty, but the United States has, to date, not initiated an action in WTO dispute settlement claiming a violation by China of this WTO obligation.
Article 39 is a major innovation in intellectual property protection under international law. It is “the first multilateral acknowledgement of the essential role that trade secrets play in industry” and “the first multilateral agreement to explicitly require member countries to provide protection for… ‘trade secrets.’” One of the accomplishments of the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotiations that concluded the WTO treaty and established the WTO, “’[t]he inclusion of trade secrets under the TRIPS has been hailed as a major innovation.”
Thanks to the WTO, the administration has the tools necessary to achieve (or at least attempt) to resolve disputes related to intellectual property. Will it be an uphill legal battle? Definitely. But a trade war is a far worse solution that, unlike legal action under Article 39, doesn’t guarantee success.
Lastly, it will doubtless be insisted by those busy imposing unilateral tariffs that pursuing this claim and others in the WTO will take much time and much trouble and that, even if the United States prevails, a remedy is at best several years away. This likewise is true. But how much time and how much trouble are likely to result from the retaliatory legal actions and the retaliatory trade actions that are the certain consequence of tariffs imposed by the United States unilaterally and outside the legal framework of the WTO? Will US trade secrets be any better protected during the time it would take instead to seek and implement a WTO judgment under Article 39?
There’s a lot to hate about Trump’s trade war. But even if you think action must be taken to address IP “theft,” it’s far wiser to use tools already available to the U.S. than it is to take unilateral action that has already produced many economic casualties.


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Schlage announced the findings of their nationwide survey, which indicate Americans have concerns about home security and whom they should trust to keep their possessions safe.
The company’s commitment to water efficiency and efforts to support the WaterSense program acknowledged during the WaterSense Innovations Conference
“This Old House” follows homeowners and contractors as they rebuild three homes devastated by Superstorm Sandy
RealtyTrac’s Foreclosure News Report reports a two percent decrease in foreclosure filings for August.
LLS Girl of the Year serves as the celebrity judge and takes home her favorite playhome
Contestants can chose to enter any or all of the four contest categories
Window & Door Magazine announced winners for their 2013 Crystal Achievement Award
NKBA extended the nomination deadline to August 30
The results of Unity Marketing’s LCI indicate that 32 percent of the affluent are experiencing growing confidence in the financial direction of the country.
Filling open positions with qualified works is the top concern of home builders in 2013
Events run August 4 to 10 to educate consumers on differences between system-built homes versus traditional building
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In an unusual collaboration for both parties, YouTube and DreamWorks Animation are co-producing an original program to air daily on the world’s most popular digital destination, according to sources who said the launch is likely to occur before the end of January.
“YouTube Nation” is expected to provide a daily highlight reel of what content is trending on the Google-owned platform based on its own proprietary data in a syndicated newsmagazine-style format akin to what “TMZ” looks like on TV. The format isn’t exactly a new style, given the popularity of more comedic versions like the web series “=3,” which creator and star Ray William Johnson recently indicated he intended to end sometime this year.
The program, which is expected to be touted on the YouTube home page, would be a new kind of initiative for YouTube, which doesn’t typically program its own content beyond the occasional one-off like the YouTube Music Awards. But insiders say the series is expected to serve as a beacon to draw more attention to the dynamic breeding ground of content that is emerging from its partners, which range from big media companies to one-man operations like Johnson’s that have achieved incredible audience scale. Selling ads against homepage content could also fetch a pretty penny.
“YouTube Nation” is a passion project of both YouTube programming chief Robert Kyncl and DreamWorks Animation Jeffrey Katzenberg, who has been moving aggressively to diversify his company beyond the movie business. In addition to broad deals with Netflix and RTL to produce hundreds of hours of original series based on intellectual property derived from DWA movies like “The Croods,” the company also acquired one of the fastest-growing YouTube multichannel networks, AwesomenessTV, which is expected to continue operating separately from “YouTube Nation.”
Reps for YouTube and DreamWorks Animation declined comment.
TheVideoInk first reported that “YouTube Nation” was in development last year. It’s actually not Google’s first attempt to make this format work as an original series; YouTube teamed with production company Embassy Row in 2008 for a similar production called “Poptub” that didn’t get much traction.
Whether this will be just a one-off or is the beginning of a new content strategy for YouTube is unknown but it’s likely “YouTube Nation” will play a part in the company’s pitch to advertisers at the NewFronts later this year. As content investment goes, it’s likely a modest sum given this kind of unscripted entertainment is a far cry from the costs of what a Netflix would pay for a scripted drama series like “House of Cards.”
In recent years, YouTube has restricted its investment in content to funding dozens of channels with original content from a range of media partners. But after using that strategy to stimulate the marketplace in 2012, the company cut funding for a good portion of those channels as it gained a better understanding of what programming did and didn’t work on its platform. In addition, YouTube maintains investments in two of the leading digital-only programmers, gamer-centric Machinima and music-video hub Vevo.


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The Intel Streaming SIMD Extension 3 (SSE3) is a set of multimedia extension instructions included in the new HT technology Intel Pentium4 produced with 90 nm techniques. Compared to previous versions, software optimized for the SSE3 realize better process performances and efficiency.
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Celebrity of the Week (Kendall Jenner)
Being a young Kardashian seems tough, trying to follow in the footsteps of the older sisters’ success. But Kendall is setting herself apart with her high-fashion career. She dropped her famous last name to show her seriousness in her pursuit as a model and is now the first Kardashian to model at New York Fashion Week.
Kendall started off Fashion Week making an appearance at Diane Von Furstenberg’s show and then continued with other big names, including Tommy Hilfiger and Donna Karen New York. But this isn’t the only show Kendall modeled for NYFW.
She finished the week at Marc Jacob’s and walked the runway makeup-free. Jacobs must like her work because Kendall modeled for him just eight months before. And we love that the designer embraced the model’s natural beauty.
Sightings (Brooke Schlyer)
NYFW is the “it” place for celebrities to be spotted and photographed. It’s all about attending shows by the biggest names in fashion and, of course, getting a seat as close to the runway as possible! A ton of female celebrities were spotted at the semi-annual event checking out next season’s hottest fashion including Paris Hilton, Jada Pinkett Smith, Heidi Klum, Olivia Munn, Rita Ora and more.
It wasn’t just the girls checking out NYFW. A few guys also made appearances, such as Jennifer Aniston’s fiancé Justin Theroux who attended the Boss show in a fitted grey suit. Meanwhile, rapper 2 Chainz checked out the Jeremy Scott show in an eye-grabbing ensemble including a black-and-white, oversized trench coat, black boots, shorts and T-shirt. Oh, and his chainz.
Romance (Bekah Haynes):
Fashion designer and reality TV star Lauren Conrad and her fiancé William Tell officially tied the knot Saturday, Sept. 13 at a beautiful California wedding. The couple knew it was love ever since they were introduced to each other on Valentine’s Day in 2012. They got engaged last October, and while they shared updates about the wedding-planning process, they never released the actual wedding date to the public. However, Conrad hinted about the wedding the day before as she blogged about her exciting weekend ahead and even said that she had “a feeling that it was going to be a good one.” And that’s exactly what it was!
Trivia (Bekah Haynes):
New York Fashion Week Edition
Which celeb did Jeremy Scott ask to design jewelry to go with his unique and creative collection shown during Fashion Week?
Which reality TV star modeled for Marc Jacobs’s collection wearing a military-inspired design along with a matching wig?
This designer decided to have his models be natural and not wear any face makeup, mascara or lip gloss.
What were the top colors at Fashion Week?
Teal and coral
Lavender and mint
Ice blue and lemon yellow
Black and white
What was a wacky accessory that was debuted during Fashion Week?
Magnifying glass earrings
Polka dot contacts
Snake lookalike belt
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Israelis have found a new way to learn of imminent rocket attacks from the Gaza Strip in the form of a mobile phone app.
The game application ranked no.1 in the App Store’s Most Downloaded Game section in over 35 countries
Black taxi drivers in London staged protests last week against the introduction of the smart-phone application
Snapchat application lets people send photos and videos that disappear in a few seconds
The technique might make it possible to be online without having to pay for the access
Have you always been a slow reader? No need to worry, now you can potentially read a book in 90 minutes
The jockeys in the game seem to represent adult men, putting to rest controversy about the previous tradition of using children
Users consider other applications in light of recent shortage and concerns over privacy after the Facebook purchase
the app wasn’t functioning Saturday starting at about noon PST, but by 2:30 p.m., Twitter users around the world began saying WhatsApp is working again
The application has been downloaded more than 5,000 times during the first week after going live on Feb. 7
A newly-launched application allows Lebanese users to tweet that they are “still alive” after a bombing in their country
SocialRadar aggregates information from major social networks and matches that with a smartphone’s location for “real-time intelligence”
Glance app gives a person the ability to watch love-making the way his or her partner in bed sees it!
Ericsson ConsumerLab identifies the hottest consumer trends for 2014 and beyond
Snapchat did not specify when it would be issuing the updated version of the app
While ban is still in place, users of the internet messenging application report that it is currently working
Instagram began displaying ads Friday, as Facebook moved to start making money from the smartphone photo sharing service it bought in a billion-dollar ...
A taxi-ordering mobile application has attracted $7 million in investment to launch in the Middle East, one of four similar apps making inroads in the ...
A Singapore-based company has launched an iPhone app alerting Muslims when to pray and in which direction they should face even when they’re ...
Technology companies across the Middle East and North Africa have marked the start of Ramadan with the launch of a variety of themed services and ...
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There’s no better way of personalising a customer’s shopping experience than by asking them exactly what they want.
Ask eBay about it as they’ve done various personalizing tactics to ensure customer satisfaction in their marketplace.
In fact, they recently rolled out Interests, a new feature in their mobile app which creates a personal, if not perfect, store for every customer based on their style, hobbies and passion.
The logic behind that is pretty simple: everyone has diverse interests.
eBay’s new feature takes personalization to a higher level, which can’t be achieved by only using a customer’s purchasing history. The eCommerce giant said:
“We’ve constructed an ecosystem of things, more than a category, and centered on the lifestyle of activities, passions and styles. In this new eBay, yoga isn’t just about fitness mats and leggings—it’s about woven blankets, meditation and aromatherapy—things that wouldn’t conventionally fall into the category of “Sports & Fitness.”
Using their own data and algorithms, eBay will identify what each customer wants through a simple questionnaire. Then they will curate a list of items based on the customer’s selections and use these to customise their homepage.
Now isn’t that good news for sellers like you? Why, if your product is among the preferences of a customer, then it would automatically appear on their homepage.
“Our shopping experience should be as individual as each shopper on eBay,” said Bradford Shellhammer, head of browse and personalization at eBay.
“By asking people to tell us a little bit about their interests, we’re delivering a personalized store built around the things you care about most.”
eBay Interests is now available in the US and expected to roll out to new platforms, including mobile web and desktop, in the coming months.
We hope this new feature will benefit you loads. Let us know what you think down below.
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Xfinity celebrates reality TV with fan bar and 'Reality Week'
Fans of reality television are just as important as football fans, according to communications provider Xfinity. That’s why ‘Xfinity Reality Week’ is being featured at a reimagined sports bar in Miami.
Xfinity Reality Bar
‘Reality Week’ is a celebration of the favorite television genre, and Xfinity is offering its TV customers an on-demand destination that includes new and popular reality TV shows in one binge-worthy location, including NBC’s The Titan Games, MTV’s Ex On the Beach and more.
Xfinity, with the help of agency Goodby Silverstein & Partners, has also converted a popular Miami sports bar into the ‘Xfinity Reality Bar', and opened it to the public. It will feature special food and drink menus, just in time for the premiere of the season’s hottest shows.
Every part of the bar experience has been designed with reality TV fans in mind, from the memorabilia – which includes items such as the duck phone used in Jersey Shore – to celebrity guest appearances from MTV’s Ex On The Beach star Chad Johnson and Bravo’s The Real Housewives of New Jersey personality Margaret Josephs among other.
The bar will also feature live interviews in partnership with multi-media brand, Betches, its podcast, The Betchelor, and lifestyle brand and media company, FabFitFun.
According to a 2017 report by Statista, reality TV is among the most popular TV genres in the US, with even more top primetime shows than both news and sports.
“Xfinity TV brings together the best of reality television and we wanted to create a physical destination that reflected the curated experience we offer our customers,” said Todd Arata, senior vice president of brand marketing at Comcast.
In addition to the programming, Xfinity X1 customers can just say 'Reality Week' into the X1 Voice Remote to launch a curated destination of the best of Reality Week shows on demand. Customers can join the conversation in real time across Xfinity social platforms by tuning into daily Facebook Live content and using the hashtag #XfinityRealityWeek.
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Frank Yiannas, deputy commissioner for food policy and response at FDA, who helped oversee the New Era of Smarter Food Safety, says 2020 has been a true test.
The FDA is proposing to establish additional traceability recordkeeping requirements (beyond what is already required in existing regulations) for persons who manufacture, process, pack, or hold foods the Agency has designated for inclusion on the Food Traceability List.
A survey of LGMA member companies operating shows that producers are capable of quickly tracking product involved in an outbreak or recall.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced today that Fortune Food Product, Inc., an Illinois-based processor of sprouts and soy products, has agreed to stop production until it, among other things, undertakes remedial action and complies with the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.
Mastronardi Produce (sold under the SUNSET brand) has certified its fifth operation through Equitable Food Initiative.
In a year of unparalleled tragedies stemming from the pandemic to California wildfires, lettuce farmers in California and Arizona are taking action to prevent foodborne illness outbreaks.
Duncan Family Farms, a leading family-owned, multi-regional grower of over 7,000 acres of certified organic produce, today announced the installation of a highly effective, controllable and transportable treatment system for irrigation water.
The California Leafy Greens Marketing Agreement Board voted last week to accept several updates to required food safety practices for the farming of leafy greens.
Summer is salad time, but Pamela and Greg discuss how the leaf items coming from the Salinas, CA, area will face disruption because of heat and fires in the area.
HelloFresh has been informed by one of its ingredient suppliers that it is conducting a voluntary recall of its onions due to the potential presence of salmonella bacteria. Please discard all onions received from May 8 through July 31, 2020.


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Five salmon farmers are listed on the Santiago Stock Exchange.
With a total market value of just over USD1.8bn, only Oslo in Norway has more salmon on the stock market than the Chilean capital.
What AquaChile, Blumar, Camanchaca, Multiexport Foods and Invermar all have in common is that they are not exclusively engaged in salmon farming, but salmon is the most important part of their business.
In addition to this, the food retailer Agro Super, which owns the salmon farmer Los Fiordos, is listed on the Santiago exchange, but not included in the list below.
Biggest of those mentioned is AquaChile, which slaughtered 40,000 tonnes of Atlantic salmon in 2016. In addition comes tonnage from the Pacific lobster, coho and rainbow trout. AquaChile is also engaged in tilapia farming and has operations in three countries; Chile, Costa Rica and the United States.
Besides salmon farming, Blumar is also engaged in catching and processing fish. The company has a large production of canned sardines, as well as salt and dried anchovies. In addition, fish oil and flour are included, as well as frozen fish in the product portfolio.
Camanchaca is also originally a fishing company. In addition to 30,000 tonnes of salmon, they also sell shellfish and horse mackerel.
Invermar is the purest salmon breeder in this regard. The company also breeds coho and rainbow trout.
Multiexport Foods offers shellfish in addition to three species of salmonids. The company’s chairman is the salmon veteran José Ramón Gutierrez.
The Chilean salmon industry is still quite young and has undergone “frenetic growth” since its inception in 1979. The last ten years have been demanding, not least because of the Infectious Salmon Anaemia (ISA) outbreak that affected the industry in 2007-2008.
The industry’s volume growth has hit the roof in recent years, and earnings and share prices have begun to see cyclical fluctuations, as illustrated by market leader AquaChile’s fluctuations over the past five years.


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A National Security Council (NSC) meeting on Wednesday evaluated a broad range of proposals that may be included with the third phase of easing lockdown restrictions, due to come into effect on June 1st.
The first proposal concerned the night curfew, currently in place between 11 pm and 4 am. The committee agreed that curfew hours should be shortened by one hour and finish at 3 am instead of 4 am.
This would give more time to market traders, who begin operating early in the morning, to set up and prepare for the day ahead.
Concerning easing restrictions for businesses, the committee agreed on extending the opening hours of shopping malls. As it stands, malls must close at 8 pm.
However, under the new proposal, shopping malls would be allowed to open for another hour until 9 pm every night.
There was also a discussion about which business may reopen as part of the third phase of easing lockdown measures. Massage parlors were specifically mentioned during the meeting as more than 200,000 massage therapists have been affected by the lockdown.
The committee agreed that the 50,000 massage parlors that have been closed down by lockdown restrictions may open again on June 1st, but with strict guidelines and safety measures in place.
Other businesses that have been put forward to open again include meeting venues, convention centers, gyms, zoos, and cinemas.
However, other businesses and facilities that are considered “high-risk” will need to wait for the final easing of lockdown restrictions before reopening.
These include boxing stadiums which even if opened without fans could risk people gathering around the television to watch fights.
Finally, inter-provincial travel restrictions will also be eased as part of the next phase with provinces instructed to come up with appropriate disease control measures for travelers.
All of the above has been agreed by the NSC and forwarded to the government’s Center for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) for approval on Friday.
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Koronadal City—The Tnalak Festival is now 95 percent ready to welcome guests and tourists in preparation for its grand opening on July 13, 2022, the festival committee secretariat announced.
Argie Ryan Asaria, Tnalak Festival Head of the Secretariat, said all the activities are prepared and ready to be conducted on specific dates during the festival.
South Cotabatenos have shown enough courage during the pandemic and could now open the borders to build back the economy, he said.
The festival brings in a tourism and trade expo to ignite the interests of both local and foreign travelers to explore the South Cotabato arts and culture.
In the last two years, the province had to focus on the virtual Tnalak Festival experience because of the threat of the virus.
The festival this year injects dance, music, and local artisans to present the South Cotabato vibe.
He said, stalls are put-up where people could buy various souvenir items such as handwoven fabric or tnalak, t-shirts, shoes, bags, furniture, and food.
“Dali dun kita!” Asaria added.


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Trucking news and briefs for Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023:
Peterbilt’s 100,000th 389 rolls off assembly line
Peterbilt celebrated production of the 100,000th Model 389 at its Denton, Texas, manufacturing plant on Sept. 7.
The Model 389 was introduced in 2006, and this 100,000th truck represents the hard work of designers, engineers and plant employees to create and manufacture the most iconic truck on North American highways today, the company said.
As part of the celebration, Peterbilt presented the milestone truck, equipped with the limited-release Model 389X special edition package, to Massey Motor Freight, a nationwide freight shipping service based in Nacogdoches, Texas.
“We are extremely pleased to present the 100,000th Model 389 to Massey Motor Freight,” said Jason Skoog, Peterbilt general manager and Paccar vice president. “Troy Massey is a longtime Peterbilt customer who recognizes the craftmanship, performance and durability of the Model 389 and is the perfect customer to receive this milestone truck.”
Founded in 2016 by Troy and Abby Massey, Massey Motor Freight is dedicated to providing fast, on-time deliveries to its customers across the United States with reliable transportation for its drivers. Massey Motor Freight’s motto is “Quality Without Question.” The company operates a total of 325 units along with Tri-State Vacuum & Rental, also owned by the Masseys.
“It is a great honor to receive the 100,000th Model 389 and celebrate this milestone with Peterbilt,” said Troy Massey. “Massey Motor Freight’s long-standing relationship with Peterbilt is based on the common values our companies represent and our commitment to exceed customer expectations.”
The Model 389 will end its historic production run at the end of the year. Its successor, the new Model 589 introduced earlier this year, is now available for order through any of Peterbilt’s 425+ dealer locations in North America. Model 589 production begins January 2024 at Peterbilt’s factory in Denton, Texas.
House transportation subcommittee hosting autonomous trucks hearing Wednesday
The U.S. House’s Highways and Transit Subcommittee will hold a hearing focused on automated commercial motor vehicles and the effects they will have on the future of the U.S. economy and supply chain on Wednesday, Sept. 13.
The hearing will begin at 10 a.m. Eastern, and will be available for public viewing online.
Appearing during the hearing as witnesses will be representatives from autonomous trucking companies, the American Trucking Associations and more. As of Monday, Sept. 11, those testifying during the hearing are:
- Chris Urmson, co-founder and CEO, Aurora Innovation, Inc.
- Jeff Farrah, executive director, Autonomous Vehicle Industry Association
- Chris Spear, president and CEO, American Trucking Associations
- Cathy Chase, president, Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety
Mack recalling MD models for steering issue
Mack Trucks is recalling approximately 395 model year 2024 MD6 and MD7 trucks in which the steering gear fasteners may not be properly tightened.
According to National Highway Traffic Safety Administration documents, loose steering gear fasteners may result in a loss of vehicle control, increasing the risk of a crash.
Mack said the affected units were manufactured between June 23 and July 21, 2023.
Dealers will tighten the steering gear fasteners, free of charge. Owner notification letters are expected to be mailed Oct. 23. Owners can contact Mack's customer service at 1-800-866-1177 with recall number SC449. NHTSA’s recall number is 23V-605.
Yellow adds seats to BODYellow Corp., said it has added two seats on its Board of Directors and elected Mary Nell Browning and Thomas Knott to fill the vacancies.
Ahead of Yellow's bankruptcy filing last month, hedge fund MFN Partners began acquiring mountains of Yellow stock to the point that the company became Yellow's largest shareholder in a matter of days. Also a participant in Yellow's debtor-in-possession financing, "MFN Partners requested that the Board add two directors with significant prior experience in restructuring transactions to maximize the value of the company for stakeholders, and specifically recommended Ms. Browning and Mr. Knott who possess said experience," Yellow said in a filing Monday with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Browning and Knott will each receive the same cash compensation for their annual retainer as the other non-employee directors serving on the Board and will also receive quarterly cash compensation of $25,000 in lieu of the $100,000 annual equity award.


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Growing Wine Tourism Canberra workshop
Wine Australia has partnered with ATEC to deliver the Growing Wine Tourism program, a wine-specific skills development program for businesses looking to develop their wine tourism products and services for the inbound tourism market.
Capital Brewing $1.1 million expansion
Canberra’s Capital Brewing Company is set to double its production footprint with a $1.1 million expansion.
Canberra Wines’ new tourism map and trip planner
The Canberra District Wine website now features a new wine tourism map and an interactive trip planner.
Tourism State of the Nation report available
Copies of the Roy Morgan State of the Nation Tourism presentation held last week at the Australian War Memorial are now available.
Canberra Airport to overhaul terminal retail
Canberra Airport is partnering with new retailers to add more than 1,000 square metres of new retail, food and beverage destinations with a focus on local food and locally-made gifts that showcase Canberra and the…
Congratulations to AHA ACT Award Winners
VisitCanberra congratulates the winners of the 2019 Australian Hotels Association (AHA) ACT Hospitality and Tourism Awards.
Events ACT Job – Sponsorships and Partnerships Manager
Events ACT are looking for a Sponsorships and Partnerships Manager to join their team.
Events ACT Job – Brand and Event Marketing Manager
Events ACT are looking for a Brand and Event Marketing Manager to join their team.
Join us for the State of the Nation – Tourism Report
We would be delighted if you could join us for the: State of the Nation – Tourism Report Presented by Roy Morgan Research
Welcome to country in Ngunnawal language at the Canberra Airport
Visitors arriving at the International terminal of Canberra Airport will be greeted by a Welcome to Country in Ngunnawal, the traditional Aboriginal language of the ACT region.


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The Packer Editor Greg Johnson chats with Cali Tanguay, Director of Marketing and Technology for Apio Inc., about new product innovations during PMA Fresh Summit 2010 in Orlando, Fla.
East Coast Fresh finds acceptance of ‘Eat Brighter!'
Organic industry raising money to fight citrus greening
Demand, gaps drive California grape prices
Capespan joins clementine branding trend
Study: Cloths transfer salmonella during tomato harvesting
Summer corn to bring promotable volume
Midsummer move pays off for Fresno Food Expo
Grocery group offers Eat Brighter Web seminar
NatureSweet no-cook salads keepin’ it cool


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Initially feared to be a hit on US agriculture, it was later concluded that firms were looking to post fake reviews on the products 'sold'.
San Francisco: Amazon has banned sales of imported seeds in the United States after thousands of Americans said they had received packets of seeds they had not ordered, mostly from China.
“Moving forward, we are only permitting the sale of seeds by sellers who are based in the US,” the e-commerce giant said in a statement Saturday.
In late July the Department of Agriculture reported that packages of seeds had been sent to Americans and warned not to plant them, in case they posed a danger to US agriculture.
Examination of the mystery packages revealed at least 14 different kinds of seeds, including mint, mustard, rosemary, lavender, hibiscus and roses.
“At this time, we don’t have any evidence indicating this is something other than a ‘brushing scam’ where people receive unsolicited items from a seller who then posts false customer reviews to boost sales,” the Department of Agriculture said in a statement on August 12.


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Art Center Holiday Schedule
The Art Center will be closed for the holidays starting December 24 through January 4, 2015. The annual gallery inventory process will be the week of January 5, 2015. The gallery reopens for business on January 13, 2015.
Classes resume with the Technology in Art workshop on Saturday, January 10 at 10 am to Noon. Jason Stier will explore how technology has become a powerful and versatile tool for creating art: photography, video editing, music making, 3D design and more! Bring your own laptop, tablet or smartphone and join in the digital art revolution. Cost is on $20. Please register ahead to reserve a seat. Adults and youth are welcome.
The full class session will start the week of January 12. The class flyer with class descriptions, schedules and cost can be opened at this link, or pick one up at the mall entrance to the Art Center.


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The ad campaign is underway for the Baywatch movie, which opens nationally on May 26.
Samsung makes big smartphones and now has a clever way to advertise just how big they are in Europe.
Each year, Dentsu's out-of-home agency Posterscope conducts its Outdoor Consumer Study that zeroes in on a range of sought-after demographics. Tech-savvy consumers—people who describe themselves as such, love to buy tech gadgets and also give tech-related advice—are among the most coveted.
Sometimes, a big video game launch requires something suitably big to promote it. To mark the launch of its long-awaited new title, Overwatch, Blizzard Entertainment has partnered with Droga5 to create three life-sized action figures (mint condition in box, with all accessories) from the game and placed them around the planet.
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Apple has probably sold millions of iPhone 14 units in less than two weeks, but the launch hasn’t been exactly smooth. It has only been a few days since the new Apple iPhone 14 has been launched along with the iOS 16 which was supposed to be the smoothest working software but 12 days into the release and there have been some major defects in the system and the device as well. These defects are also confirmed and admitted by Apple and of course, they claim that they are working to solve them. So if you were thinking about buying the new iPhone 14, you must read these defects beforehand.
1. Camera Shaking
Users have discovered problems with the 48-megapixel wide camera when used with third-party apps. Specifically, the camera malfunction in some social media apps like Snapchat, Instagram, and TikTok. iPhone 14 Pro and Pro Max owners took to social media to show a buzzing noise coming from the camera, which is more problematic than the failure to focus during Snapchat use.
The numerous elements of the camera involved in focusing and stabilizing the image seem to move uncontrollably and rapidly. That’s just speculation based on the videos of this strange iPhone 14 Pro camera malfunction that people posted on media.
It’s unclear how widespread the iPhone 14 Pro camera issue is. But Apple is certainly aware of it, and it’s looking for a fix. An upcoming software update will likely prevent the camera from behaving like in the clips above, regardless of the app.
If your camera suffers from a buzzing problem, you should take the unit back and get a replacement. That’s the only way to ensure there was no permanent damage to the iPhone 14 Pro or Pro Max. The second fix is the more annoying one for anyone who loves their social media action. To prevent the camera buzzing bug from surfacing, you should avoid all social media activity until the iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max get the official software fix.
2. iMessage & FaceTime
Apple released a document in which it addressed the issues of iMessage and FaceTime in the new version of the iPhone. In that document, Apple goes on to explain that after setting up a new iPhone 14 or 14 Pro, some people may not receive iMessages or FaceTime calls, conversations in messages might show up as two separate threads, and recipients might see your messages coming from the wrong account (such as your email address if you had selected your phone number).
An unfortunate side effect of relying on iMessage for high-quality texting is that when iMessage breaks, you end up falling back to SMS (the green bubbles), a years-old standard that has not kept up with modern messaging expectations. Tim Cook seems to think the solution to green bubble problems is buying an iPhone, but apparently, that doesn’t include the newest iPhones.
Before you panic over having to send a green bubble like the Android plebs, you should know that Apple has fixed the problem with iOS version 16.0.1, which dropped yesterday. iOS 16.0.1 includes a few bug fixes for the new iPhones, including an issue photos may appear soft when zooming in on the landscape.
The update should fix iMessage and FaceTime activation issues, getting you back into the blue bubble crew. Most iPhones should prompt you to install the new software during setup, but if that doesn’t happen, you can download the update afterward by going to Settings > General > Software Update.
If you still have issues after updating, Apple suggests making sure your iPhone is connected to a cellular network and then heading into Settings > Messages > Send & Receive and selecting the phone number you want to use with the Messages app.
3. Data Migration
Apple is investigating a bug that may cause iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max models to freeze after customers transfer their data from an older iPhone
In the memo, Apple says it is “aware of this issue happening and is investigating.” Apple specifically says that some customers may find their new iPhone 14 Pro or iPhone 14 Pro Max models freezing and becoming unresponsive after an iCloud restore or data transfer from their previous iPhone during the Quick Start process.
As a temporary fix, Apple advises customers to force restart their iPhone if it becomes unresponsive for more than five minutes. New iPhone 14 Pro customers faced a similar issue on Friday regarding device activation. While the iPhone 14 Pro ships with iOS 16, there is an available iOS 16.0.1 update that customers should install after setting up their new devices. This update is specifically released to fix the problems faced by the users with regards to data migration, authorization and photo issues with the range.