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Local businesses adjusting to 'new normal'
Governor temporarily closes bars and restaurants
HURON COUNTY — Two days after Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed Executive Order 2020-9, limiting restaurants to carryout and delivery orders, it is still unknown what effect it will have on local businesses. However, owners are concerned.
“This crisis will require business and labor working together to ensure that we are putting the best interests of Michiganders first in order to protect public health,” Director of the Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity Jeff Donofrio said. “We understand that these decisions will impact the way we do business, but the decisions we make now will allow us to get our economy back on track sooner rather than later.”
Although many restaurant owners and employees understand the need for public safety, they are forced to live with this order’s consequences. Owners and managers don’t know how long they will sustain, while their employees fear not being able to put food on the table.
“The impact of the virus is huge and it's affecting everyone from suppliers to us owners to our customers’ way of life and of course most importantly our staff,” The Gathering Place owner Travis Chinoski said. “Staff is taking this really hard. We have cut over two-thirds of the shifts.”
The Gathering Place and businesses alike are doing all they can to stay afloat. Right now, that means relying on food carryout and delivery orders.
“I am hopeful, by us offering this service of carryout and delivery to our area, customers will keep us going until this finally ends,” Chinoski said. “I have confidence that customers will keep ordering food through The Gathering Place and the Steakhouse, because we put out a great product at both locations and I don't think they want to see us struggle.”
Meanwhile, the governor has urged further precautions to help decrease the transmission of COVID-19. Restaurants are to allow no more than five people inside at a time to pick up orders and they must stay 6 feet away from one another.
“This disease is a challenge unlike any we’ve experienced in our lifetimes,” Whitmer said. “Fighting it will cause significant but temporary changes to our daily lives. By practicing social distancing and taking aggressive action now, the state is working to mitigate the spread of coronavirus so we reduce the risk that our health care system becomes overwhelmed.”
Joe Keine is the owner of Giligan’s Bar and Restaurant in Cass City. While Keine understands the need to put public safety ahead of business, he cannot ignore the financial strain this action will bring his business and employees. Like Chinoski, the bar and restaurant owner has also created a plan for takeout service. Starting Friday, customers may order food from 11 a.m. through 2 p.m. and 5 p.m. until 7 p.m. They will close on Sundays and Tuesdays.
“It is sad, but it if it’s good for the community so be it,” Keine said. “To my older customers, please besafe and we hope to see you all again soon. God bless.”
Franklin Inn owner Pat Lerash has opted out of takeout and delivery options, thus far.
“Everything is bad,” Lerash said. “This is going to cost everyone a lot of money.”
Early Tuesday morning the longtime restaurant and motel owner called off a food truck order delivery from Gordon Food Service. He felt bad to have to go through with it. Like others, Lerash has many questions for the state of Michigan.
Peppermill Restaurant owner Thomas McCollum also foresees struggle. Despite his kitchen being open for carryout, he has already begun feeling the impact.
“We are trying, but haven’t had a lot of take outs,” McCollum said. “It’s absolutely devastating. (The employees) are panicking because they don’t know what to do.”
Bay Port Inn’s Paige Shivley is one of the few lucky waitresses still on staff. She spoke on behalf of the bar, in pointing out that her fellow employees are fearful and at least eight to 10 of them are out of work.
“It is scary,” Shivley said. “I am afraid if we aren’t busy enough we will have to close. I don’t know what I am going to do.”
Take out service at the inn goes from 11 a.m. to 2p.m. and 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. They served only one carryout order before noon on Tuesday.
Rachael Simpson works at the Blue Water Inn in Caseville and confirmed they are doing takeout Sunday through Tuesday from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. and Wednesday through Saturday from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.
“We’ve had no calls yet today,” Simpson said Tuesday. "We are sharing on social media, so people should know we are open.”
The same goes for Verona Tavern, without one single order prior to noon on Tuesday. Owner Anne Tschirhart emphasized how terrible it all is.
“I am not just trying to pay my bills,” she said. “I am trying to pay employees and make sure they have food to put on their tables. Employees are scared and worried. I am down to a skeleton crew just to keep the doors open.”
Verona takeout orders start at 11 a.m. and extend until 7:30 p.m.
“I hope customers appreciate what we're trying to do and I know our staff understands what we need to do to fight through this virus and closings,” Chinoski said. “I understand the precautions that the government has put in place and I get it. But some industries, especially the restaurant and bar industry, will have a huge impact on owners and staff.”
“Support local,” Tschirhart urged.
Order restrictions are expected to remain in place until Monday, March 30 at 11:59 pm.


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Reuters reported on June 14 that Microsoft has a group within its AI team that’s working to apply computer vision and some of its “intelligent edge” work to possibly compete with Amazon in the checkout-free retail space.
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At the latest HealthTO meetup, Optimity CEO Jane Wang shared tips and tricks for closing the toughest sales deals, even when your customer says “no.”
Wang started her talk by sharing background on Optimity, which provides a digital platform for employee health and wellness. It uses customizable mobile apps and wearables to aggregate data, and retargets high-risk segments to reduce employee risks for heart disease, diabetes, and depression.
Drawing on hypothetical examples of sales meetings, Wang explained how salespeople tend to go overboard when convincing others to buy their “beautiful product” which may lead to a “no.” But according to Wang, it’s not about pressuring the customer; it’s about showing them why they need your product.
“It’s not about being flashy or pressuring someone into it,” said Wang. “It’s really kind of a two-way dialogue. As part of that dialogue, you really have to learn how to navigate. You need to talk about urgency…why do they need that . Every day that they don’t have your product, they’re losing money.”


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Tesla, Inc.'s TSLA price cuts in China announced on Friday may not have gone as planned, at least going by the initial reactions to the move.What Happened: About 200 Tesla customers, who recently bought one of its made-in-China Model Y and Model 3 vehicles, thronged a delivery center in Shanghai to protest against them receiving the short shrift, Reuters reported.For the unversed, Tesla handed out price cuts in the range of 5.7%-13.5% for its Giga-Shanghai-made vehicles after it announced a sharp drop in deliveries in China for the month of December.The aggrieved customers reportedly protested against Tesla's announcement, suggesting that they missed out on the benefit of the price cuts as they bought vehicles in late 2022 to take advantage of the government subsidy, which was set to expire at the end of the year.Tesla faced a wider backlash, with customers seen protesting at Tesla stores and delivery centers in other Chinese cities from Chengdu to Shenzhen, Reuters said, citing videos posted on social media. They did not take kindly to the fact that the company abruptly announced the price cuts and has not given an explanation to recent buyers.The customers reportedly demanded, during a police-facilitated meeting with Tesla staff, an apology as well as compensation or other credits. The company has reportedly agreed to provide a response to the demands by Tuesday.A Tesla China spokesperson reportedly told Reuters that the company does not plan to compensate buyers who took delivery before the most recent price cut.A Tesla influencer had earlier shared a video of a crowd thronging a Tesla delivery center, wherein police were also seen, mistakenly assuming there was a jostle to buy cars following the price cuts.See also: Best Electric Vehicle StocksWhy It's Important: Tesla is confronting one of its worst fundamental crises since 2018 when the EV maker faced trouble ramping up Model 3 cars and was in danger of running out of funds.
Demand has slowed down due to the softening of global economic growth amid rate hikes by major global central banks to rein in inflation. Additionally, Tesla began to face competitive pressure, especially in its key market - China, from the domestic upstarts.Future Fund's Gary Black has repeatedly called to CEO Elon Musk's attention the need for a sub-$30,000 car in China, a category where Warren Buffett-backed BYD Manufacturing Company Ltd. BYDDY BYDDF is doing very well.The price cuts, while having the potential to perk up the volume, may have an undesirable effect on margins and in turn profitability.
Following the recent price cuts in China, Tesla China Vice President Grace Tao suggested the reductions were made possible due to the improved cost structure in China.Tesla closed Friday's session 2.47% higher at $113.06, according to Benzinga Pro data.Read next: Tesla's Deep China Price Cuts, Rivian Hit By Production Woes, Sony-Honda Make Splash With 'Afeela' And More: Biggest EV Stories Of The WeekPhoto: courtesy of Shutterstock.


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Tickets sold for sports, music and theatre events via unauthorised websites cost on average 71pc more than the face value of the ticket, according to research from G4S Security Services (UK).
The UK events security firm warns that throughout the festival season, music fans will typically have to pay £72 more for tickets bought in the secondary market of online auction sites. Sports fans and theatre goers face potential price hikes of 73 per cent and 131pc respectively if they opt to purchase tickets via the secondary market.

Despite these websites promoting themselves as offering bargains, analysis by G4S shows that consumers using them often pay significantly higher prices than those who purchase tickets through legitimate outlets.

The research by G4S reveals that music fans hoping to attend the Reading Festival this weekend now face ticket price hikes of up to 250pc. Weekend camping tickets to the event have a face value of £155 but on some secondary ticket websites they can be found being sold at prices in excess of £530.

G4S is warning consumers who are contemplating purchasing tickets from unauthorised sources to check they are not fraudulent.

Mark Hamilton, Managing Director of G4S Events, said: “The issue of the secondary ticket market is clearly of great concern, with the Government earlier this year reporting that online operators needed to “clean up their act”.

“Purchasing tickets from unauthorised outlets really isn’t in the consumers’ best interests. Tickets bought in this way are likely to be highly over-priced and could even be fraudulent. There is anecdotal evidence to suggest that ticket touting left unchallenged may increase the risk of criminal activity and threaten the security of the event as a whole.”

Glastonbury saw a marked reduction in crime last year after the introduction of online registration, designed to combat ticket touts. The research carried out by G4S found no evidence of tickets being touted for Glastonbury whereas they were easily available for others such as Reading.

Mark Hamilton added: “Despite a lack of any legislation, the secondary market does seem to be evolving towards a more regulated approach. Certain websites, such as Viagogo, are starting to sign exclusive deals with performers and event organisers, positioning themselves as “official” ticket resellers. Tickets bought from these outlets are guaranteed which is obviously something we support but there are still a vast number of sites that won’t offer consumers such peace of mind.”

For further information on G4S Security Services (UK) visit www.g4s.com/uk-security

Some 63 crimes were booked on over the weekend of the British Grand Prix at Silverstone.

This was a higher total than in previous years, say police, but the motorsport showpiece is still classed as a very low-crime event say Northants Police when you consider that more than 200,000 spectators passed through the Silverstone gates over the three days of the Formula 1 meeting.

The vast majority of crimes were thefts from the campsites – 40 thefts were reported, where thieves in the main slashed open tents to grab cash and valuables that were at hand.
Another 13 thefts were reported by people who were out and about and who were either pickpocketed or who had items stolen from unattended bags. The remaining ten crimes were booked on as public order offences and assaults.
Six arrests were made over the weekend including one person for stealing from trade stands, one for an assault on a security guard and one for being in possession of a bladed instrument. The other arrests were for public order offences.
Detective Constable Dave Adams, who was part of the crime operation at the British Grand Prix, said: “We did experience problems with criminals who had travelled down and took the opportunity to slash tents and steal valuables.
“But overall, the level of crime was again very low for a massive event because it is the equivalent of policing a small town.
“The crime figures compare very favourably to recent major events at Donington Park and Glastonbury, where a greater number of crimes were reported.
“We were focusing on the activities of the ticket touts and a lot of tickets were seized by stewards, especially on the day of the Grand Prix.
“We’d sent out letters to touts before the Grand Prix warning them to stay away as we would be on their case.
“Our Automated Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) team stopped a Manchester tout who was coming up to Silverstone from an Iron Maiden concert in London.
“He said he’d received one of our letters but thought it was nothing more than empty words. As soon as he knew we meant business he quickly went on his way, without stopping at Silverstone!”

In June the Liberal Democrats complained that touts are selling a huge number of match tickets online before they have been released.

It is meant to be illegal to tout football tickets, but an investigation by the Liberal Democrats has revealed that touts are getting round the law by offering tickets for sale on websites hosted overseas. Such online sales are outside UK jurisdiction.

Commenting, Liberal Democrat Culture, Media and Sport spokesman, Don Foster said: "Despite numerous promises, it is quite clear the Government is not doing enough to tackle this problem. It is unbelievable that tickets that don’t yet exist are being sold on the black market at hugely inflated prices.

"Legislation is needed to close this loophole but we also need to make the public aware of the risks involved in buying tickets from dodgy overseas websites that often leave fans high and dry when they fail to deliver.

"For too long, too little has been done to clamp down on the touts. The police have admitted ticket touting isn’t their priority and the Government’s lack of action has proved that it’s clearly not theirs either."

Touts are a common sight outside sporting venues and oft ignored by the authorities – for instance outside the Trent Bridge circket ground for the last day of the England-NZ Test in June, a tout offered tickets on the pavement a stone’s throw between police and a separate group of contract event stewards.


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The launch of Season 13 of Apex Legends is off to a great start, with the Battle Royale game hitting over 400,000 concurrent players for the first time on Steam.
And while this may be Apex Legends’ 13th season of content, it seems the hype for the game has yet to die off. Season 13 marked a new milestone for Apex Legends, with over 400,000 concurrent players on Steam for the first time ever.
Apex Legends Hits New Player Milestone on Steam
Apex Legends saw an all-time new peak of over 400,000 players, with the launch of Apex Legends Saviors this week.
This number comes from Steamcharts, a tool that is used to measure the active, and peak players for any game on Steam.
Apex Legends hasn’t been on Steam since launch, only coming to the platform in November 2020. However, it’s still a monumental number of players to return for new content.
Of course, we don’t know what Apex Legends’ Season 13 launch looked like on other platforms either. It’s likely that Apex Legends had a great Saviors launch on most platforms.
What caused this surge of returning players is unknown, but it’s likely great for EA and Respawn Entertainment.
If you’re a returning player and are wondering which Legend is the best, check out our Apex Legends Season 13 Legends tier list!
An Apex Legends leak has revealed the next hero to get an Heirloom set. Check out Valkyrie’s Heirloom for Apex Legends here.


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For a while now, there have been rumours that Samsung is coming up with a new series of smartphone, which will succeed the Galaxy J, Galaxy On and Galaxy C series phone. This new series is believed to be monikered under 'M'. Now, a brand new leak suggests that Samsung is all set to launch its first phone under the new series and it will be called the Galaxy M20.
According to a report by All About Samsung and another report by Galaxy Club (via GSMArena), the Samsung Galaxy M20 will be debuting the markets of UK, Germany, France, Poland and Scandinavia soon. There are no reports on if and when the smartphone will come to India. However, notably, the reports suggest that this smartphone's production took place in Samsung's Noida (Uttar Pradesh, India) factory, so it is very likely that the device will eventually come to the Indian market.
Another device called the Galaxy M10 has been in the rumours lately, but from the direction of this report, it seems that the Galaxy M20 may debut first.
Further, the report also claims that the Galaxy M20 will be fuelled by a 5,000 mAh battery, and a 6-inch large Infinity display screen. With the M-series, Samsung may also finally adopt the notch. Powering the device will reportedly be Samsung’s own Exynos 7885 SoC, accompanied with 3 GB of RAM. In addition to that, the report also suggests that all the Galaxy M lineup smartphones will feature LCD displays instead of AMOLED, and will carry support for dual-SIM connectivity.
Welcome to Tech2 Innovate, India’s most definitive youth festival celebrating innovation is being held at GMR Grounds, Aerocity Phase 2, on 14th and 15th February 2020. Come and experience an amalgamation of tech, gadgets, automobiles, music, technology, and pop culture along with the who’s who of the online world. Book your tickets now.


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Google is taking another step forward when it comes to manufactures and Android security updates. In a session at Google I/O this week, the company indicated that changes would be coming soon to the OEM agreement for Android, requiring more regular security updates. While the exact details weren’t laid out in the session nor what is meant by “regular”, it is clear that Google is trying to make sure that manufactures keep devices up to date with the latest security updates.
This also, in a roundabout way, would encourage manufactures to offer the latest versions of Android as the security updates are regular on the new versions.
How this all is to play out is not clear but you can watch the session on YouTube below. You’ll also hear that if manufactures use Treble, which is built into Oreo and will be a key part of Android P, this updating process will be far easier for manufactures.
Undoubtedly this will take time to roll out and get implemented but it is encouraging to see Google acknowledge that something needs to be done about devices not being secure. By requiring manufactures to offer regular security updates on Android, it ultimately is better for the customer but also for the platform as a whole.


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The United Auto Workers’ (UAW) strike against General Motors (GM) seems to be over the same complaints—pay, benefits, retirement, employment status—that have been causing the UAW to strike General Motors for over 80 years. But this time, the two sides may be squaring off with their backs to the same wall.
The UAW first struck GM in 1936, over working conditions that included a 12-hour day and a 6-day week. This current strike is about employee pension plans, health benefits, and the use of “temporary” workers. On the face of it, the disagreements are still about working conditions and pay.
GM bounced back from the Great Depression as a defense contractor during World War II, and then expanded nicely for a generation more. Americans loved cars and bought cars, and bought American cars. Post-war housing developments created suburban living based on urban access based on cars. The national highway system was created. Gas was plentiful and cheap, and so were cars.
UAW membership grew with car ownership, and eventually expanded into other industries, such as bicycle manufacturing. At its peak in 1979, membership topped 1.5 million. Since then, as has been true for all union membership, the numbers have fallen off.
By the time Chrysler was saved from bankruptcy by U.S. government loan guarantees in 1979, there was little public sympathy for either auto manufacturers or workers. Publication of Ralph Nader’s Unsafe at Any Speed in 1965 had heightened concerns about safety and environmental callousness. Then the oil embargo of 1973 raised the price of gasoline, substantially.
Suddenly, American consumers cared about mileage, quality, and safety, and American manufacturers were trying desperately to compete with their Japanese and European counterparts. Imports became a significant segment of the auto market for the first time.
As recessions hit the U.S., and especially its middle class, sympathy for unions and their “generous” compensation packages fell. In truth, most union members were trading current pay for benefits and/or future pay, in the form of defined benefit retirement plans (pensions).
With the genius of hindsight, it is clear that for many union members, that has proven to be a lousy deal: too many pension plans have failed or are grossly underfunded, defined benefits have been replaced by defined contributions, and the wage stagnation that at the time was a temporary bargaining chip has become permanent.
And then, the auto industry survived another near-death experience during the Great Recession. GM filed for bankruptcy in 2009, and reorganized only with the help of a government bailout ($49.5 million in TARP funds). It has since survived and expanded globally, with sales in China now surpassing North American sales. It also manufactures globally, in most cases through joint ventures with foreign brands.
But globalization has meant that most GM employees are not union members now, and the union’s leverage has been greatly diminished. UAW membership has shrunk accordingly, with about twice as many retired as active members now.
Both GM and the UAW face new challenges from the demise of the gasoline-combustion engine, which may by outsold by electronic vehicles as early as 2030. Although GM was ahead of Ford and Chrysler in creating electric vehicles, it lags behind foreign competitors and consumers. In China, for instance, there is limited legacy infrastructure or consumer attachment to gasoline-powered vehicles, and there is massive government investment in R&D for alternatively fueled vehicles.
Most ominous for autoworkers is the fact that electric cars require fewer parts and thus less assembly, and more of that assembly can be done by robots. Technology is moving the auto industry away from the need for the classic, assembly-line army of “rivetheads” and into the 21st Century.
As the UAW and GM square off one more time, it begs the question as to whether the union’s most vested interest now is simply protecting its retirees’ benefits and insuring as soft a landing as possible for current active members, or whether it can carve a new role for its workers through the inevitable industry transformations.
The auto industry has always been a harbinger and—perhaps just because of its sheer size, cultural and iconic importance, and ubiquity—a symbol of American manufacturing and labor relations. But it is clear that more of our heavy industrial manufacturing—and our economy—will be using fewer workers in traditional roles, and that will affect the conditions of employment profoundly. Both employer and employee are scrambling to reimagine themselves, and both GM and the UAW have to know that the ground is shifting beneath their feet.


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The chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board slammed Tesla and unnamed "government regulators" for jeopardizing traffic safety by not taking measures to prevent "foreseeable abuse" of Tesla's Autopilot driver-assist feature.
Robert Sumwalt, chairman of the NTSB, led off a board meeting Tuesday focused on a March 2019 fatal crash of a Tesla Model X that killed the driver, Walter Huang. Huang had Autopilot engaged and crashed into a safety barrier while playing a video game on his Apple smartphone, Sumwalt said.
"Government regulators have provided scant oversight" of Autopilot and self-drive systems from other manufacturers, Sumwalt said. He apparently was referring to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, or NHTSA, which, unlike the NTSB, has enforcement power and can recall defective cars with defective automotive technology.
In 2017, the NTSB recommended that automakers design driver-assist systems to prevent human driver inattention and misuse. Automakers including Volkswagen, Nissan and BMW reported on their attempts to meet the recommendations, but Tesla never got back to the NTSB. "Sadly, one manufacturer has ignored us, and that manufacturer is Tesla," Sumwalt said Tuesday. "We've heard nothing, we're still waiting."
Tesla couldn't be reached for comment.
Sumwalt also criticized drivers who use Autopilot as if it were a self-driving system. "You cannot buy a self-driving car today," he said. "You don't own a self-driving car so don't pretend you do." He warned drivers not to sleep, read, text, eat or otherwise do anything to take away attention from the task of driving while using a driver-assist system.
Families of Huang were in the audience at the Washington, D.C., meeting. Sumwalt addressed them directly: "Our goal is to learn form what happened so others don't have to go through what you're going through."
The safety board picks crashes to investigate "that can advance our knowledge of safety issues." It's highly selective. There are millions of highway crashes in the U.S. each year. The board is currently investigating 17 crashes, three involving Tesla's Autopilot technology.
The NHTSA, an arm of the federal Department of Transportation, is probing at least 13 Autopilot-related crashes.
Autopilot is an automated driver-assist feature sold as part of what Tesla calls a "Full Self Driving Capability" package for $7,000 that can speed up, brake and change lanes automatically, although the driver is supposed to pay attention.


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Terrorizer Magazine caught up with EPHEL DUATH for an interview and full stream of their recently released piece of discography, "Hemmed By Light, Shaped By Darkness" album. Find out more through this link.
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Norwegian metal outfit NOCTURNAL BREED will release a new album, its first in 7 years. The band is coming back with a punch of epic old school thrash metal with a blackened rock and roll undercurrent, under a title yet to be announced. Featuring ten new tracks, the release is set for February 2014.
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British progressive black metallers CODE release a brand new music video for the track "Glimlight Tourist" off their new "Augur Nox" album, which is expected to drop on November 19th in Europe and 26th in North America.
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NPR (National Public Radio in the USA) is giving the opportunity to get acquainted with "Hemmed By Light, Shaped By Darkness", the full new album from Ephel Duath, prior to release date. The exclusive full-album stream will be live until Nov. 19th. Listen here.
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Head over to MetalSucks.net for an exclusive stream of a new EPHEL DUATH song, thrid to be released off "Hemmed By Light, Shaped By Darkness" record (out this fall). According to the magazine, the song is: "dizzyingly off-kilter, magnificently hypnotic, and massively intimidating." You can pre-order this release here.
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CODE premiere new song "White Triptych" in lyric video. It's available exclusively at Metal Hammer, along with an interview on the forthcoming album, "Augur Nox" - due out November 19 in Europe and 26 in North America. Tune in here.
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Many brands hope their activations will provoke a positive response from their target consumers. Unilever, however, are cutting straight to the ROI punch line by making a positive consumer response an integral part of their actual campaign.
A new vending machine – unveiled in Cannes – is gifting users with a free ice cream. All it wants in return is a smile.
The tactile ice cream dispenser utilises facial recognition technology and Augmented Reality to prompt passers by to smile for a photo. The photo is ranked on a ‘smile-o-meter' and can then be shared on Facebook via a touch screen interface. Ian Maskell, global brand development director for Wall’s at Unilever, says “it offers a revolutionary new way for consumers to buy ice cream and, simultaneously, a revolutionary brand experience”.
The new machines are about to embark on a US tour of shopping malls for the next 18 months, during which time the freebies stop as Unilever hopes to engage paying customers with its happiness sharing application.


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PostNord Strålfors is part of the larger PostNord Group, the leading supplier of communication and logistics solutions in the Nordic region. PostNord Strålfors has operations in Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland, and it is the latest company to partner with Stratasys, as the two companies announced this week. Through the collaboration, PostNord Strålfors will use Stratasys’ additive manufacturing solutions for on-demand parts production and delivery service for customers across the PostNord logistics network.
PostNord Strålfors has recognized that customers’ needs are changing, and is working to meet those needs through digitalization. The company already offers 2D printing services, and will now provide on-demand 3D printing services as well. To do so, PostNord Strålfors will purchase a full-color, multi-material Stratasys J750. Support, including machines, service and expertise, will be provided by Stratasys’ regional partner, Protech.
“At PostNord Strålfors, we aim to be our customer’s digitalization partner, and we constantly need to strive for digital developments and explore new business opportunities. In Stratasys, we are working with an industry-leader whose additive manufacturing technologies are proven across a wide range of sectors, and with whom we will grow and evolve,” says Ylva Ekborn, CEO of PostNord Strålfors Group.
“We’re particularly excited to put the new J750 to use – it is the only 3D printer on the market with the capability to create full color, multi-material parts in a single print, enabling us to rapidly produce complex parts and ultimately accelerate the delivery process for our customers. With the dedicated local support from Protech, we plan to quickly integrate this technology within our service offering and have it available to customers soon.”
PostNord Strålfors is the latest logistics company to incorporate 3D printing into its services – UPS and, recently, FedEx have begun offering 3D printing services of their own. It’s a sign that industries like logistics and communications are changing, and that companies are seeing those changing needs and meeting them through new technology.
In the meantime, while other companies are adopting Stratasys’ J750 technology, Stratasys Direct Manufacturing is incorporating HP‘s Multi Jet Fusion technology into its 3D printing services. Stratasys Direct Manufacturing is offering the technology after extensive testing to make sure that customers received consistently superior part quality. The high-speed, high-precision technology is well-suited to both serial production for single parts and batch manufacturing, and it lowers costs while delivering parts with higher strength and accuracy than SLS-produced components.
“PostNord is an expert in the Nordic logistics market and we’re thrilled to be working with them to expand the adoption of our solutions,” said Andy Middleton, President EMEA, Stratasys. “With the help of our local partner, Protech, we will help PostNord and PostNord Strålfors to leverage the advanced capabilities of our additive technologies to address their customers’ needs in the optimal way. In particular, exploring how we can tap into the unique benefits of additive manufacturing for the logistics sector, from accelerating part delivery to reducing supply chains and associated costs. In addition, we also expect to learn from new cases and applications from PostNord’s diverse customer base.”
Stratasys Direct Manufacturing is also working with HP on materials development as a beta tester for the new HP 3D High Reusability PA 11, which HP is planning to offer later this year. The Nylon 11 thermoplastic material is highly ductile and impact-resistant, and is designed to produce functional parts for a variety of industries.
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Zomato is closing its grocery delivery in India from today:
Zomato is closing its own grocery delivery business for the second time since last year. However, has invested USD 100 million (around ₹745 crores) for acquiring a minority stake in Grofers, an online platform dedicated to grocery delivery. This shall be Zomato’s second exit from the grocery phase for the final 12 months. When the corporate branch out with different endeavors in view of the coronavirus illness (Covid-19) pandemic. Zomato had launched the pilot grocery delivery service in a few cities, starting from Delhi-NCR, in July this year in select markets offering grocery delivery within 45 minutes to its customers. The online food delivery firm announced closing the in-house grocery delivery service from today, that is, September 17. Gaps all orders satisfaction’.
In an email to its grocery partners earlier last Sunday the company said. “At Zomato, we believe in delivering best in class services to our customers and largest growth opportunities to our merchant partners. We don’t believe that the current model is the best way to deliver these to our customers and merchant partners. Hence, we intend to stop our pilot grocery delivery service effective 17 September 2021.”
Zomato has explicitly stated that it has no plans to run grocery delivery services on its platform in the future.
“We’ve got realized that this can be very tough to drag off such a supply promise with excessive satisfaction” changes constantly, in a market mannequin (like ours),”. Grofers has found a high-quality product-market fit in 10-minute grocery. We believe our investment in the company will generate better outcomes for our shareholders. Then our in-house grocery effort,” a Zomato spokesperson told PTI news agency. the e-mail Zomato said. Additionally talked about that “retailer catalogs are very dynamic and stock ranges change often”. Which has led to “gaps so as satisfaction” resulting in poor buyer expertise.”
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Zomato re-entered the grocery business in July this year to compete against Reliance Industries JioMart, Tata Group’s BigBasket, and Swiggy’s Instamart.
This week, Zomato’s co-founder and Head of supply Gaurav Gupta left the Indian food delivery firm after six years. CEO Deepinder Goyal confirmed Gupta’s exit. “Thank you GG for everything you have helped Zomato achieve over the last few years,” he wrote in a blog.
In July, Zomato’s chief monetary officer (CFO) Akshant Goyal mentioned. That the corporate plans to get extra publicity to the net grocery enterprise. Which is in a nascent stage proper now, and the buying of a minority stake in Grofers geared toward experimenting with that house and constructing methods around it.


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Few Americans actually use location-based services.
Location-based services get a fair amount of attention in the media. But just 4% of online Americans actually take advantage of services such as Gowalla or Foursquare that allow them to share their location with friends or to find other people who are nearby. So say the findings of a telephone survey on use of location-based services released Thursday by Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project.
Those who do take advantage tend to be young and mobile, Pew reports. Eight percent of online adults 18-29 use location services, more than any other age group. And 7% of folks who tap into the Internet from a mobile phone use location services. Among other findings: 10% of online Hispanics use the services, more than whites or blacks who are online. And 6% of online men use a Gowalla or Foursquare, doubling the percentage of online women who use such services.
As you might suspect, the social networking/status update crowd also report higher usage. Pew says that among online adults, 62% use Facebook, MySpace or LinkedIn. Of those 6% use Gowalla, Foursquare or other services of their ilk. And 24% of online adults use Twitter—of those 10% are using a location based service, more than twice the rate of the general online population.
Pew director Lee Rainie says the results reflect the classic “early adopter” story.
In an e-mail, Rainie writes:
The overall number of users of location services is likely to grow over time as new services emerge, as ‘networking effects’ take hold when more and more people see their friends adopting them, as businesses tie location awareness to bargains and other customer experiences, and as people become more comfortable with what location awareness might bring to them.
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Produce on the way to major retail chains
WHILE Woolworths and Coles have struggled to fill their shelves with fresh produce, small businesses say they are coping fine.
Mark Mifsuds, from Mifsuds's Fresh Fruit Barn, said there was no shortage of fresh, local produce in Mackay.
"There is no shortage at all for us," he said.
"We get it as local as we can. It doesn't travel as far."
But it is a different story when you walk through the produce section of the major retailers in Mackay.
At the weekend, many stores throughout the region had a stock shortage with Woolworths Caneland putting up a sign to explain.
"Due to flooding we are experiencing difficulties stocking some products," it read.
"Thank you for your understanding and we apologise for any inconvenience."
In a statement, Coles said they were working to get stock back into stores in Far North Queensland as soon as possible.
While Townsville and Cairns received air freight deliveries yesterday, Mackay and other impacted areas are getting deliveries via truck.
Coles QLD State General Manager Jerry Farrell said they were investigating alternative delivery routes with trucks from Adelaide and Darwin on the roads to deliver to other flood-impacted areas of Far North Queensland.
"Coles would like to thank our local suppliers, who have helped keep fresh milk, eggs and produce in stores wherever possible," he said.
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Australian meat workers, already reeling from the ongoing meat industry crisis, were stunned today to learn that the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade has just signed a new deal to spend over $2 million on training Indonesian workers to do their jobs.
This astonishing move comes as the barely-re-elected Liberal Government continues its run of slashing more and more funding from blue-collar training, including stripping the last of the $15 million that was allocated in 2011 towards training for agrifoods workers.
At that time, the meat working industry was taking in more than 7,000 trainees each year. In 2016, that number has now dropped to almost nothing.
This decision becomes even more incredible when you consider the cost of the previous Commonwealth training program supporting a meat worker was a maximum of $4,000. This $2 million being sent to Indonesia will train only 100 workers – at five times more than the cost of training a local worker. Couldn’t this money be better spent on investing in a future for Australians?
These new Indonesian meat workers will be practicing their skills on cattle hand-delivered by Australia’s powerful live export corporations – the very same corporations which are suspiciously good friends with Government ministers such as Barnaby Joyce, who we recently exposed as being regularly flown around Australia by one of the largest live export suppliers.
With friends like Barnaby Joyce in their pocket (and high-ranking former politicians like Simon Crean heading up the Live Export Council) it’s no wonder that live exporters are able to get away with some of the cruellest and most horrific animal abuses on record. Even the Live Export Council’sown staff veterinarian was sacked for speaking up about the abuses she’d witnessed!
An industry of cruelty
The live export industry has been in the news lately after appalling footage shot in Vietnam was aired on ABC TV’s 7:30 Report. This inherently cruel industry continues to spin a tale of a robust regulation, with ‘a few bad seeds’ that just need to be weeded out – but the reality couldn’t be further from the truth.
As the Department of Agriculture’s own website shows in black and white, the live export industry has been subject to an incredible 107 investigations in the last 4 years. That’s one investigation every two weeks, and a damning indictment of an industry that profits from cruelty and underpaid foreign workers.
It is now abundantly clear that the live export industry is nothing more than a money-spinning exercise for powerful corporations, assisted by friendly politicians looking to line their own pockets. Unlike local meat processing, which supports local families and local economies, and provides careers for Australians in need, live export sends cattle overseas to be processed by underpaid foreigners at maximum profits.
How are struggling Australian communities meant to stay afloat when their own Government is doing everything possible to undermine them? Youth unemployment in rural areas like Tamworth is at a staggering 19%, more than twice the national average — and now money that could be used to help them into vocational education and training is being sent overseas to help greedy live export companies.
Perhaps Barnaby Joyce should be looking at ways to direct this sort of funding into his own home town of Tamworth, where some of Australia’s biggest meat processors are relying on temporary international workers who need to be continually trained up. Millions of dollars in traineeship funding would go a long way to convincing these companies that they can afford to employ local Australians, as well as giving those people a start in skills and training.
How long can this situation be allowed to continue? All Australians should be deeply concerned about the Government’s calculated attempt to undermine its own working class by depriving not only them, but also their children, of a shot at a decent future.


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Apple reversed a decision to offer access to an app tracking social unrest in Hong Kong, stating the service breached its guidelines by endangering law enforcement officials and residents in the city, Reuters reported.
Earlier in the week, China’s official state newspaper People’s Daily criticised Apple for approving the HKmap Live app. Apple had previously blocked it from the App Store due to concerns it encouraged illegal activity.
Apple told Reuters it investigated the use of the app following complaints from customers, finding it displays the location of police and had been used to target them along with the public.
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Officials at the Port of Oakland today projected a five-year record run for cargo volumes starting next year, culminating in 2022 with traffic composed of 2.6 million twenty-foot equivalent unit (TEU) containers, 8 percent more volume than the port has ever processed in a year.
The port forecasted it will handle 2.4 million TEUs next year, which would break the current full-year record of 2.39 million TEUs set in 2014. It does not have a full-year estimate for 2017. Through July, it has handled 1.394 million TEUs, with July being its best-ever month for import volumes.
Oakland's growth will be driven by demand from the booming freight markets of northern California and neighboring Nevada, the port said. New logistics capabilities such as distribution centers and freight transfer facilities should also help, it added. Among them is a "Seaport Logistics Complex," the first phase of which is tentatively scheduled to begin in the first quarter of 2018. The first phase is expected to be 440,000 square feet. Port officials have not made projections on the total size of the complex.
The nation's sixth-busiest seaport, Oakland's traffic mix is evenly split between imports and exports. One of its goals over the next five years is to achieve a 15 percent increase in import volumes that get moved by rail; the port's new logistics projects will be developed near rail lines.
Oakland also wants to become the first U.S. port of call for at least one Asian-originating vessel service. The port competes with the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, the nation's two busiest seaports, to the south, and Seattle-Tacoma International Airport and Vancouver, B.C.'s Port of Prince Rupert to the north.
The Port predicted that, by 2032, ships calling the port will be 35 percent bigger than they are today, with vessel capacity of 18,000 TEUs to be commonplace.


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Amazon.com Inc.’s (Nasdaq:AMZN) ever-expanding B.C. footprint has now topped 10,000 workers.
The figure provided in Amazon’s 2021 impact report, released Friday, includes the 3,500 tech workers based at the Amazon Web Services offices in Vancouver as well as a mix of full-time and part-time workers employed in other capacities such as at warehouses.
Amazon ramps up hiring at its warehouses each year ahead of the holiday shopping season but an Amazon spokeswoman told BIV all 10,000 workers in the report are permanent hires. The company did not provide an answer when asked about the number of temporary workers hired leading up to the holidays.
Amazon’s expansion throughout B.C. has been moving at a clip this year.
Back in May, it revealed plans to hire more than 2,000 employees in Metro Vancouver to staff five buildings. One building included a 450,000-square-foot Vancouver facility described as an advanced robotics fulfilment centre at the Port of Vancouver.
Amazon followed up in June by announcing it would hire an additional 1,800 tech workers between its Vancouver and Toronto offices. An exact breakdown of how many new hires would be based out of those two cities was not available.
Toronto is presently home to 2,000 tech workers and 20,000 full-time and part-time workers employed in other capacities, according to Friday’s report.
The company has four fulfillment centres in B.C., one sortation centre in Langley and six delivery stations across Metro Vancouver. In addition to the tech hub in Vancouver, it also has a corporate office in Victoria, where subsidiary AbeBooks operates.
Last fall, the Seattle-based company said it would hire an additional 3,000 workers for its AWS facilities in Vancouver as it committed to take up an additional 680,000 square feet of the old Canada Post building on West Georgia Street.
The iconic, boxy building will see two towers sprouting from the classic façade, while Amazon will lease 18 floors from the building’s North Tower and 17 floors from its South Tower with at least 6,000 workers.
Development is expected to be completed in 2023.
Amazon embarked on a search for an “HQ2” in 2017, issuing an opening invitation to cities across North America to make a pitch as to why they should host the company’s second home.
It eventually whittled 238 bids down to 20 – Toronto being the only Canadian city to make the short list — before deciding its HQ2 would be split between two locations in New York City and Virginia.
The company planned at the outset of the HQ2 campaign to invest US$5 billion in the local economy over 15-17 years while hiring as many as 50,000 employees (its Seattle presence already included 40,000 employees across 33 buildings occupying 8.1 million square feet at the time).
But since the HQ2 bid, Amazon has taken an increasing liking to Vancouver, committing in November 2017 to hire an additional 1,000 workers in the city.
Canadian e-commerce giant Shopify Inc. (TSX:SHOP) backed away from its January 2020 plans to hire 1,000 West Coast workers for a new four-storey, 70,000-square-foot office in downtown Vancouver at the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Amazon, however, told BIV in May 2020 it had no plans to back out of its expansion plans for the city.
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Uber called its recent union deal ‘historic.’ A new complaint alleges it was actually against the law. We look at why the deal might be illegal
On Tuesday, Uber announced that it had reached a new labour deal with the country’s main cab trade body, the Alliance of Transport Workers (ATT), by which it would end a six-year-old row over the app maker’s drivers.
The pact – which is still subject to approval by the California-based company’s Board of Directors – would see Uber paying a one-time $15 million fee to the Taxi Workers Alliance after all Uber drivers who were previously active members of the group would no longer be able to use Uber’s app.
The move comes as public perception of Uber has turned up the heat on the company over allegations that it has a history of abuses, ranging from wage theft to sexual harassment and sexual abuse of female drivers.
The company is already facing more than a year of class action lawsuits and a class action in California related to claims that the company’s drivers were forced to work in unsafe conditions, such as without protective clothing, and were required to work overtime.
Uber is also set to continue to compete with other technology services, such as Lyft and Sidecar, which operate in California as well.
The company, which has faced down multiple legal challenges and been forced to admit it was breaking laws around the world in order to remain in business, was also recently forced to agree to a settlement with the city of San Francisco and the state government in Washington over a law that mandates new car companies get special permission to test their vehicles on public roads.
Uber’s current labour pact with the ATT was voted through by members of both unions in a joint conference committee last October.
A new complaint alleges that the decision to end Uber’s partnership with the union was ‘not in line with Uber’s corporate purpose for signing the Agreement’ and had been taken ‘with an eye on harming members of the union who did not support our business model or operating decisions.’
Uber’s ‘business model’ – as the case is now known – saw it profit handsomely from the app, which for a time had access to more than 200,000 drivers while also making a profit from the commission they received for each trip.
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Announcing a fourth-quarter loss of $1.7 billion, or a loss of $4.89 per share, Best Buy Co. Inc. also said it will close 50 of its big box retail locations in the U.S. in the next fiscal year.
Best Buy didn't specify which locations it will close. It currently operates 15 retail outlets in the Puget Sound area, as well as several stand-alone mobile locations. Best Buy also said it will cut about 400 positions in its corporate and support areas.
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eH2O2 Production Solvay to Build New High-Purity Electronic Grade Hydrogen Peroxide Facility
Speciality chemicals company Solvay has announced its plans to invest in a new facility to produce electronic grade hydrogen peroxide (eH2O2) in Casa Grande, USA, to supply the growing U.S. semiconductor manufacturing market.
A new facility built by Solvay in Casa Grande, USA, will convert hydrogen peroxide into an ultra-high purity grade to clean silicon wafers that are needed to manufacture semiconductors, essential components of electronic devices. The new facility will be the company’s seventh eH2O2 unit.
The new facility will be fully powered using renewable electricity, in line with the company’s One Planet sustainability roadmap. Production equipment will be housed within an enclosed climate-controlled building using safe and proven technology already in use at other locations worldwide — including its site near Houston, Texas.
“This investment will grow our presence in the North American semiconductor market”, says Ilham Kadri, CEO of Solvay. “The new facility will help us to further tap into increasing demand from the domestic electronic industry, and our local customers will likewise gain even better access to our products and services. This will help us meet their increasing demand for chemicals that are essential for cleaning and etching large scale integrated circuits and semiconductors.”
The company purchased 25 acres of greenfield land within Casa Grande’s Central Arizona Commerce Park and construction of the first production line is scheduled to begin in 2023 with future expansions to be built as needed to support customer demand. The facility will create 30 full-time positions and Solvay expects to invest more than three million dollars per year on wages, maintenance and upgrades, employee training, taxes and other expenditures that benefit local businesses and the community.


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(Bloomberg) -- South Africa’s main stock index dropped 2.4%, its deepest slump since mid-June, as market behemoth Naspers Ltd. got caught up in a global rotation out of tech shares and as miners retreated.Tech investor Naspers fell 3.9%, the most in almost a month, after partly owned Chinese online giant Tencent Holdings Ltd. led declines in Hong Kong stocks and as the Nasdaq 100 sank as much as 5.4% in New York. Prosus NV, which holds Naspers’s 31% Tencent stake, tumbled 4.8%, the most in more than five months.A rotation away from high-flying tech stocks gained steam on Thursday as investors questioned the sustainability of lofty valuations. Deepening South African power cuts also weighed on sentiment locally, with the state electricity utility already setting a record this year for blackouts, hobbling efforts to revive growth in Africa’s most-industrialized economy.Diversified miners BHP Group Plc, which dropped 4.2%, and Anglo American Plc, down 4.7%, were among the biggest drags on the Johannesburg market amid concerns over the political and logistical hurdles to satisfying the recovery in China’s commodities demand.Banking stocks slipped 2.4% to the lowest in more than three months. Standard Bank Group Ltd. fell 4.1%, Nedbank Group Ltd. lost 3.1%, Investec Ltd. slid 2.4% and FirstRand Ltd. dropped 2.3%. The sector index is down 45% in 2020, heading for a record annual decline.For more articles like this, please visit us at bloomberg.comSubscribe now to stay ahead with the most trusted business news source.©2020 Bloomberg L.P.
(Bloomberg) -- De Beers has finally decided to cut the price of its diamonds in a bid to spark sales after the coronavirus pandemic paralyzed the industry.De Beers, the world’s No. 1 producer, told customers that it is cutting prices for larger stones by almost 10% at its sale starting this week, according to people familiar with the situation, who asked not to be identified as the details are private.A spokesman for De Beers declined to comment.The Anglo American Plc unit, along with Russian rival Alrosa PJSC, had previously tried to defend the value of the gems as the pandemic hammered the sector. With jewelry stores closed, cutters and polishers stuck at home and global travel at a standstill, the entire diamond industry ground to a halt.In the second quarter, De Beers and Alrosa sold a combined $130 million in rough diamonds, down from $2.1 billion a year earlier.De Beers lowered the price of rough diamonds bigger than 1 carat, a size that would normally yield a polished gem of about 0.3 carat in size, the people said. The company held the price of smaller stones as there is very little demand for them and lowering prices by a similar amount would be unlikely to spur demand, they said.Before the price cut, De Beers had made major concessions to their normal sales rules -- allowing customers to renege on contracts and view diamonds in alternative locations. Still, smaller rivals were selling at a 25% discount, eating into the company’s market share.The cuts show the company believes there is now demand, albeit at a lower price point. Most big diamond cutters and polishers haven’t bought any material amount of stones since February and their inventories are running low.The ultimate recovery of the industry will depend on consumers returning to jewelry stores. While demand has recovered in China, the U.S. remains the most important market, accounting for nearly half of all sales.(Updates with depleting inventories in penultimate paragraph)For more articles like this, please visit us at bloomberg.comSubscribe now to stay ahead with the most trusted business news source.©2020 Bloomberg L.P.


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Oxford Dictionaries announced “Selfie” as the international Word of the Year 2013, noting its frequency in the English language has increased by 17,000% since last year
Computer scientists have developed a dating recommendation engine matches you with partners you find attractive but only ones that are likely to find you attractive too.
The value of bitcoin — the world’s most popular digital currency — topped $600 on Monday, as Congress held hearings on the future of this and other currencies that exist only on the internet.
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Daniel_Stuckey writes “Congress held its first-ever hearing on virtual currencies this afternoon, and it may have been the best PR boost bitcoin’s had yet. The tone at the hearing held before the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee was overwhelmingly positive as the panel weighed the risks of the technology that grew out of the criminal underbelly of the web, with the potential economic value of the now-booming futurist money.


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Project Ara by Motorola
In an exciting step for the US phone manufacturer, Motorola has launched Project Ara, an open-source platform to create modular mobile phones. The plans from the Google-owned company come off the back of its successful Make with Moto university workshops, during which open-source modularity emerged as a common theme.
Project Ara centres around a basic endoskeleton to which customisable modules can be attached, depending on the user’s requirements. For example, you can choose to have an extra display, a superior camera or additional storage.
The project will be run in collaboration with Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Dave Hakkens, whose modular smartphone concept Phonebloks has received unprecedented support from the online community. Motorola will tap into this online community for an open development process – unheard of in conventional mobile phone manufacturing. It envisages an open-platform that could support hardware from various manufacturers facilitated by an open relationship between user and developer.
To gather feedback and ideas for Project Ara, Motorola is using online research platform Dscout. Volunteers, known as scouts, are sent questions via an app that allow them to offer suggestions and become part of the design process.
As discussed in our Industry Trend Design Democracy: Outsider, many designers advocate an open design process, but this is the first scheme devised by a global corporation on this scale. Read more about the rise of the consumer-inventor in our Industry Trend Thinking Digitally: Everyone’s an Engineer. For more about the benefits and applications of modular design, see our Industry Trend Design Democracy: Integrate.
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WASHINGTON — Outdoor recreation and sports gear retailer REI is raising pay for employees at many of its locations including its seven existing stores in the region, and its soon-to-open flagship store in the District.
The company said the raises will range from 5 percent to 15 percent in high, cost-of-living cities including D.C., Seattle, Boston, Chicago, Denver, Portland and San Francisco. The increases will be effective Aug. 21.
The move covers about 25 percent of REI’s stores. By mid-2017, all of its employees will be paid above the majority of retailers in their cities, the company said.
“Our pay will be clearly above the majority of other retailers in the Washington, D.C., area, and our benefits offering is already market-leading,” said Tim Spangler, senior vice president of retail at REI. “With these changes, we are delivering a sustainable solution that balances the interests of our employees with the long-term interests of the co-op.”
A statement from REI said its part-time employees are currently paid an average of $11.50 per hour and full-time employees earn an average of $14.50 per hour, both significantly above the federal and District minimum wages.
REI has existing stores in Woodbridge, Fairfax, Bailey’s Crossroads, Tysons Corner, College Park and Rockville.
Its huge, 53,000-square-foot flagship store at the District’s Uline Arena retail project at 1140 Third Street NE, is expected to open in October. It will be REI’s fifth flagship store in the country.


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|By Business Wire||
|January 30, 2013 03:27 AM EST||
Lenovo Group today reported results for its third fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2012. In its best quarter ever, Lenovo continued to outgrow the market in all geographies with record sales, pre-tax income and earnings. Lenovo continued its push towards becoming the world’s leading PC maker and emerging global leader in PC Plus devices, with another quarterly sales record of $9.4 billion, an 12 percent year-over-year increase.
For 13 consecutive quarters, Lenovo has been the fastest growing major PC company. Lenovo was also recognized by IDC as the world’s third largest maker of “smart connected devices,” such as tablets, PCs and smartphones. At the same time, Lenovo had another quarter of record pre-tax income at US$246 million, demonstrating that such rapid growth is being achieved while profits increase.
Lenovo’s third quarter earnings were also a record at US$205 million, an increase of 34 percent over the last year, with gross margin at 11.8 percent. Gross profit for the third fiscal quarter increased 15 percent year-over-year, to US$1.1 billion, while operating profit for the third quarter was US$243 million, a 26 percent increase year-over-year. Basic earnings per share for the third fiscal quarter was 1.99 US cents, or 15.42 HK cents. Net cash reserves as of December 31, 2012, totaled US$4.2 billion.
The Company’s ‘Protect and Attack’ strategy – protecting the two profit pools of global commercial PC and the China businesses, while attacking three high growth opportunities in emerging markets, global consumer and PC Plus products, such as smartphones, tablets and smart TVs – continued to deliver results. This quarter, Attack businesses delivered 50 percent of the Company’s revenues, a significant increase from four years ago when the Company first launched the strategy and attack revenues were 32 percent. Further demonstrating the Company’s balance, its Mobile Internet and Digital Home (MIDH) revenues, which includes its smartphone, tablet and smart TV businesses, accounted for a record 11 percent of Company revenue this quarter, up 77 percent year over year. And for the first time, its smartphone business in China became profitable.
During the third fiscal quarter, Lenovo’s worldwide PC shipments grew 7.9 percent to an all time high of 15.9 percent* marketshare, in a difficult market that was down 7.8 percent year-over-year. This was the 15th quarter in a row the Company grew faster than the industry. Lenovo gained share points in every geography and every product category and in every respective customer segment.
While the Company’s organic growth continues to drive the majority of its success, shareholders should note that Lenovo has closed the joint venture and acquisitions announced in the previous two quarters, including its strategic partnership with EMC that includes a joint venture in EMC’s Iomega business; its acquisition of CCE, a leading PC+company in Brazil, and its acquisition of Stoneware, a US-based cloud computing company. Further, the Company reports that integration of all mergers and acquisitions transactions announced in the last three years are well on-track, and in many cases ahead of schedule.
Lenovo recently realigned its product development and supply chain organizations to create two new groups: the Lenovo Business Group, which will focus on mainstream PCs, mobile internet and digital home products; and the Think Business Group, which will focus on Think-branded products targeting high-end consumers and enterprises. Today, Lenovo is twice as large and much more diverse than it was when its existing structure was established over four years ago. That structure was ideal in supporting Lenovo’s business when it was mostly focused on its China PC and global commercial PC business. Today, the Company has built strong consumer, mobile and emerging markets businesses globally, so the change was proactively initiated to drive continued performance across all of these businesses, stay ahead of consumer demands, while driving speed, agility and innovation.
The recently concluded Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas continued to show that innovation is a significant competitive advantage and future growth driver for Lenovo. The Company was recognized with a record 50 awards at CES, including several “Best in Show” acknowledgments. A robust pipeline of innovative products including the IdeaCentre Horizon - a 27-inch table top PC; ThinkPad Helix - Lenovo’s latest convertible PC designed for business professionals; and the Intel-powered, K900 smartphone are well positioned to continue to stoke new customer demand and drive Lenovo’s performance.
"With the strong execution of our 'Protect and Attack' strategy, Lenovo has not only achieved record revenue, profit and global PC market share last quarter, but also our smartphone and tablet businesses have delivered hyper growth. Even more, our worldwide tablet and China smartphone businesses have become profitable," said Yang Yuanqing, chairman and CEO, Lenovo Group. "As we continue into the PC Plus era, Lenovo has already laid a solid foundation. Our new organization will provide the structure to elevate our diversified business and drive it to the next level. We are confident that we can win through differentiation and will be the innovation leader in the PC Plus era."
- Lenovo China achieved US$4.1 billion in consolidated sales in the third fiscal quarter, an increase of 17 percent year-over-year, accounting for 43 percent of the Company’s worldwide sales. Lenovo’s PC Plus strategy fueled outstanding performance in China with 83 percent MIDH revenue growth and a revenue contribution in China of 22 percent. The Company achieved an important milestone with China smartphone achieving profitability for the first time. Lenovo grew its number-one PC market share position in China, the world’s largest PC market, to 36.7 percent, up 1.4 points year-over-year. Lenovo’s PC shipments in China grew two percent year-over-year in the quarter, a solid result given that the overall China PC market was down two percent.
- In the Asia Pacific/Latin America region, Lenovo achieved 11.3 percent market share in the third fiscal quarter, up marginally year-over-year. In a PC market that was down nine percent year-over-year, the Company grew its PC shipments across the region by four percent. Lenovo continued its run as the leading PC vendor in Japan. Consolidated sales across the region totaled US$1.7 billion for 18 percent of Lenovo’s worldwide sales, while operating margins continued to be profitable.
- Lenovo in Europe Middle East & Africa grew PC shipments by 25.5 percent and became the second largest PC seller in this region, with 11 percent market share, an increase of 3.2 share points year-over-year. This was the Company’s first ever quarter to reach the number two position in the region. These achievements were made despite the headwind of overall industry decline in shipments of 11 percent across the region. The Company had consolidated sales in the third quarter of US$2.3 billion, a year-over-year improvement of 17 percent, good for 25 percent of Lenovo’s total worldwide sales.
- Lenovo’s PC shipments in North America in the third fiscal quarter increased 11 percent year-over-year, in a market that fell by about seven percent. In this environment, the Company gained 1.5 share points to a record high market share of nine percent. Consolidated sales grew eight percent year-over-year to US$1.3 billion in the third quarter, or 14 percent of Lenovo’s total worldwide sales. Also, for the first time in North America, Lenovo made significant inroads into the high-end consumer space, taking a large slice of sales of Windows 8 powered convertible devices – including 30 percent share of the US$700-and-above market and 45 percent share of the US$900-and-above market.
- In Laptop PCs, the Company’s worldwide shipments during the third fiscal quarter were up 9.5 percent year-over-year, helping Lenovo gain 2.6 share points and achieve market share of 15.8 percent. Across the industry, laptop shipments were down 8.6 percent year-over-year. Lenovo’s laptop computers continued to be the largest contributor to the Company’s sales worldwide, generating 52 percent of Lenovo’s total sales revenue. Consolidated sales for Lenovo’s laptop PC business worldwide in the third fiscal quarter totaled US$4.8 billion, an increase of eight percent year-over-year. During the third quarter, Lenovo took the industry by storm, announcing a new family of convertible devices, touch optimized for Windows 8: the 11” and 13” Yogas, IdeaPad Lynx and ThinkPad Twist. Lenovo also announced ThinkPad X1 Carbon Touch, adding touch experience to the industry’s leading business-class Ultrabook, and ThinkPad Twist, a business-ready device that puts a new spin on the traditional convertible tablet.
- Lenovo’s consolidated sales of Desktop PCs worldwide increased one percent year-over-year in the third fiscal quarter to US$2.8 billion, or 30 percent of Lenovo’s total sales revenue. The Company’s desktop PC shipments worldwide in the third quarter increased 5.8 percent year-over-year worldwide, compared to an overall industry decrease of 6.8 percent. As a result, Lenovo gained 1.9 share points year-over-year and achieved a record-high market share of 16.1 percent. During the third quarter, Lenovo announced its new IdeaCentre Q190, the world’s smallest full-function desktop PC – measuring just 22mm (0.86 inches) wide – and the latest additions to the C-series all-in-one (AIO) family, featuring affordable, but powerful performance, and multimedia capabilities designed for immersive entertainment.
- As China’s second-largest provider of smartphones and tablets, Lenovo’s MIDH group continues to rapidly build its business. With consolidated sales of US$998 million, a 77 percent year-over-year increase in the third fiscal quarter, MIDH contributed 11 percent to the Company’s overall sales. Year over year, Lenovo gained 4.7 share points in the China smartphone market in the third quarter for an overall market share of 12.3 percent in China. This business achieved profitability as well. During the third quarter, Lenovo announced that it would begin selling smartphones in Russia, in addition to previously announced India, Indonesia, Philippines and Vietnam. These five countries plus China, represent 44 percent of the world’s population, and give Lenovo a strong sales presence in these important emerging economies.
Lenovo (HKSE: 0992) (PINK SHEETS: LNVGY) is a US$30 billion personal technology company – one of the top two PC makers in the world and an emerging PC Plus leader – serving customers in more than 160 countries. Dedicated to building exceptionally engineered PCs and mobile internet devices, Lenovo’s business is built on product innovation, a highly-efficient global supply chain and strong strategic execution. Formed by Lenovo Group’s acquisition of the former IBM Personal Computing Division, the Company develops, manufactures and markets reliable, high-quality, secure and easy-to-use technology products and services. Its product lines include legendary Think-branded commercial PCs and Idea-branded consumer PCs, as well as servers, workstations, and a family of mobile internet devices, including tablets and smart phones. Lenovo, a global Fortune 500 company, has major research centers in Yamato, Japan; Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen, China; and Raleigh, North Carolina. For more information see www.lenovo.com.
*See IDC data, 4Q 2012
For the third quarter ended December 31, 2012
(in US$ millions, except per share data)
|Gross Profit Margin||11.8||%||11.4||%||
|Other Non-Operating Expenses||3||(1||)||NA|
|Profit for the period||200||154||30||%|
|Profit attributable to equity holders||205||153||34||%|
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- Nysa Devgn turned a year older today
- Do you know what all the expensive things she owns?
- Happy Birthday, Nysa Devgn
Nysa is sometimes snapped by the paps in Mumbai and her fashion statement speaks volume about her style statements.
On Nysa’s birthday, we bring you the list of expensive things owned by Ajay and Kajol’s daughter
Luxurious bag worth Rs 15 K
Nysa Devgn was recently spotted at the Mumbai airport accompanied by her security personnel. While being clicked by the paps, she was seen carrying a luxurious bag worth Rs 15505.36 ($202).
Nysa owned a Louis Vuitton keepall 55 bandouliere damier graphite bag worth over a lakh which she has been seen carrying on several occasions.
Check out the list of expensive things owned by Ajay Devgn and Kajol
Nysa Devgan’s father Ajay Devgn is the first Bollywood actor to own a Maserati Quattroporte. Bought by the couple in 2008, the car costs upwards of Rs 1.5 crore. He is also a proud owner of BMW Z4, Audi Q7 and an Audi A5 Sportsback.
The celebrity couple resides in a bungalow named Shivshakti which is reporetedly prized at Rs 60 crore. In 2020 during the lockdown, Ajay and Kajol had bought another property bin the same lane.
New bride Alia Bhatt picks pink floral suit and bag worth Rs 3.4 lakh for her first appearance after marriage, see pics
Ajay Devgn was the first Bollywood actor to own a private jet, back in 2010. Reportedly, he bought a six-seater Hawker 800 aircraft that he often uses for promotions, shootings and personal use.
Swanky vanity van:
Do you know Ajay Devgn and family also own a swanky vanity van. As per the reports, van comes with a lavatory, a room, an office, a kitchen, a big screen TV and a mobile gym.
Ajay Devgn owns a luxurious bungalow in London worth Rs 54 crore and is located in London’s Park Lane.
For the unversed, Nysa is currently studying International Hospitality at Switzerland’s Glion Institute of Higher Education. Earlier, she was in Singapore for three years during the final year of school.
Needless to say, she gives many actress’ run for their money with her beauty and charm.
Happy Birthday, Nysa Devgan!