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The constant barrage of nutrition messages is so confusing it makes me want to go on a BBQ-potato-chip bender.
So when Harvest reporter Jessica Naudziunas pitched a story on those nutritional scores in grocery stores, I listened.
Jessica is looking at those scores you see tacked to different food products – the most popular called NuVal. If shoppers really want to make healthy choices, Jessica told me, do they make those decisions at the point of purchase?
“Grocery stores say it’s all about helping consumers choose healthier foods. But the proliferation of nutrition rating systems on food price tags over the last few years may just be adding to the confusion,” she said.
“Why is a banana considered less healthy than blueberries? And how does a 50 NuVal score on frozen organic pizza compare to a two-star Guiding Stars score?”
Good questions. And we’d like to know what you think about this.
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I did a little investigation of my own today (read: I stopped at the Hy-Vee grocery store in my ‘hood). I was surprised when I walked in to see large posters with NuVal comparisons hanging in every aisle.
Supposedly, the NuVal system is designed to make it easier for people to make healthy choices. So the higher the score, the healthier the food.
Broccoli gets the highest rating – 100. According to one of the posters, it keeps that perfect score whether it’s fresh or frozen – and the package of frozen broccoli was a Hy-Vee brand.
But I found myself studying the posters and getting confused – and it must have been obvious, because several clerks came up to me and asked if I was looking for something.
One poster showed that Lays potato chips get a 15 and the baked Lays gets a 24. OK, the baked version has less fat, I get that.
A box of frosted Mini-Wheats gets a 33 and unfrosted Mini-Wheats gets a 91. That’s compared to a skinless chicken breast, which got a measly 39 according to the NuVal score sheet. Really? I should eat unfrosted Mini-Wheats instead of a high-protein, low-fat grilled chicken breast?
And here’s a true head-scratcher: reduced-fat Jif gets a 7 and regular Jif a 20. Wouldn’t the lower fat product get a better rating?
Here’s a link to the science behind NuVal. I couldn’t study it too hard because I want to hit the chips again if I hear the term ‘algorithm.’
I asked for more information on the NuVal program when I was checking out and was directed over to the pharmacy. There, I was offered a NuVal brochure (“The Higher the NuVal Score, the Better the Nutrition”) and other handouts about Hy-Vee’s wellness services, which gave the name of a registered dietitian at my store.
Nutrition confusion isn’t a new topic, of course, nor are these score sheets in grocery stores. The Chicago Tribune ran a piece about it in 2009, and critics said the scores make healthy choices even harder:
Already, most labels are crowded with a nutrition facts box and an ingredient list. Consumers may also see the American Heart Association's heart-check mark, which is printed on more than 800 products rich in fiber or whole grains. Kraft, PepsiCo, Kellogg's, General Mills and Unilever all use their own healthy choice icons. Shoppers often also find questionable health claims on labels, such as the boast that a sugar-laden chocolate cereal can "help support your child's immunity" with antioxidants.
"The situation has gotten completely out of hand," said New York University nutrition professor Marion Nestle, who believes label health claims are another way of marketing junk food. "It's not helpful for consumers, there are multiple methods [of evaluating food], and it's frighteningly confusing."
Dr. David Kessler, former commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, said consumers trying to buy healthy foods are lured in by manufacturers who accentuate a product's healthier qualities but do not mention, say, added sugar, fat or salt.
"The food industry, the nutrition community and the federalgovernment are not helping the consumer because over the decades we've changed what they should be looking for," he said. "In some ways, we need to make it simpler. Maybe we need to start with the question of, 'Is it real?'
But manufacturers and grocery stores know consumers are drawn to health claims, particularly if they appear independent. A study in Appetite, a peer-reviewed nutritional journal, found that consumers are more likely to trust nutrition symbols that are endorsed by third parties such as health organizations, and the simpler the symbol or icon, the better.”
What do you think? Share your thoughts directly with Harvest Public Media.


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Approaching the end of 2019 means that we should wait for the next Qualcomm flagship chipset.
It is believed that the successor of the Snapdragon 855+ is called Snapdragon 865 and its preliminary specifications were filtered by a reliable Chinese expert. Qualcomm has already announced that it will hold its annual Tech Summit in early December and we can expect the Snapdragon 865 to make its official appearance at that time.
It is believed that the next flagship chipset will be based on Samsung’s 7 nm EUV process and will probably come in 4G and 5G variants. When diving into the specifications, the new leak suggests that the Snapdragon 865 will come with a main ARM Cortex A77 core registered at 2.84GHz along with three more A77 cores running at 2.42GHz and four A55 cores registered at 1.8GHz.
On the GPU side, it is believed that the 865 employs the Adreno 650, which should offer a 20% increase over the Adreno 640.
The CPU is also believed to be 20% faster than the Snapdragon 855+. Other speculations suggest that the chipset will support LPDDR5 RAM and we should see Samsung, Xiaomi and Sony as the first manufacturers to incorporate it into their flagship devices.

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Robinhood, the net brokerage that discovered itself embroiled on this 12 months’s meme inventory phenomenon, will go public subsequent week in search of a market valuation of as much as $35 billion.
The corporate mentioned in a regulatory submitting Monday that it hopes to cost 55 million shares in its preliminary public providing in a spread of $38 to $42 per share. It might elevate about $2.3 billion if the shares are offered on the excessive finish of the vary.
Robinhood is providing about 52.4 million shares. The corporate’s founders Baiju Bhatt and Vladimir Tenev, and Chief Monetary Officer Jason Warnick, are providing about 2.6 million shares. The corporate received’t obtain any proceeds from shares offered by its officers and founders.
The underwriters have an choice to purchase 5.5 million shares to cowl any overallotments.
Robinhood’s IPO will give traders an opportunity to personal a giant slice of a fast-growing firm that has rocked the historically staid brokerage enterprise. The corporate expects to supply as much as $770 million value of its shares to its clients by way of its platform. The estimate is predicated on an providing worth of $40 per share, the corporate mentioned within the submitting.
In the meantime, the enterprise capital unit of enterprise software program firm Salesforce.com has indicated an curiosity in shopping for as much as $150 million in shares of Robinhood on the IPO worth, Robinhood mentioned.
Since its launch in 2014, Robinhood’s reputation has compelled rivals to eliminate commissions and to supply apps that make buying and selling simple and possibly even enjoyable.
The corporate based mostly in Menlo Park, California, mentioned in its submitting that it had 17.7 million month-to-month lively customers as of March and greater than half of its clients are first-time traders.
Lots of these first-time traders have began buying and selling on Robinhood because of the reputation of meme shares like GameStop. The buying and selling frenzy that adopted compelled Robinhood to restrict some trades due to the large quantity and it drew some authorities scrutiny.
Robinhood mentioned within the submitting that it expects that its income for the April-June quarter totaled as much as $574 million, or a greater than twofold enhance from $244 million a 12 months earlier. Even so, the corporate initiatives it slid to loss within the quarter starting from $487 million and $537 million. Robinhood posted a revenue of $58 million in the identical quarter final 12 months.
The corporate initiatives income within the third quarter will likely be decrease, citing decrease ranges of buying and selling exercise.
The corporate is predicted to make its inventory market debut on July 29. It would listing on the Nasdaq underneath the “HOOD” ticker image.
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American marathoner Meb Keflezighi took home gold at the 118th Boston Marathon today.
The brand ambassador for Skechers won the marathon in 2:08:27 and used the opportunity to debut a new sneaker style, Skechers GoMeb Speed 3, from the brand’s performance division. Prior to the race, Skechers also debuted a new ad campaign, “Go Meb Go,” featuring the elite runner.
“I’m excited to be racing in Boston this year, and the strong support from Skechers Performance Division with this new campaign and the encouragement from the fans and the crowd on the course always inspires me,” Keflezighi said in a statement released over the weekend. “I’ve felt good training, and the new GoMeb Speed 3 … has felt great.”
The company has in the past several years focused more intently on its performance and athletic divisions, emphasizing its GoRun and GoWalk shoe lines. Keflezighi signed on as brand ambassador for the performance division in 2011. In 2012, he was the first U.S. finisher in the London Games and winner of the 2014 U.S. Half Marathon Championships in Houston.
“Boston is a pinnacle race this year, and as we developed this campaign, it was important to us to not only support Meb and his accomplishments as a champion marathoner, but we also wanted to encourage those in Boston and those watching the race at home to cheer for America’s top marathoner,” Michael Greenberg, president of Skechers USA Inc., said in the company statement. “Unity is definitely the sentiment for Boston 2014, and we applaud all those who are participating in this year’s race.”
Keflezighi is the first American to win the Boston Marathon since 1983.


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If you’re looking to drink some local beer, listen to some live music, and check out some new enterprising businesses in Fayetteville, you’ll get a chance to do all of the above next month.
The third annual Startup Crawl, organized by local consulting foundation Startup Junkie, combining beer, music, and local upstart companies is set for Friday, Sept. 13 at various locations around Fayetteville.
Founders and employees of local startups will be on hand to talk about their work, their plans, and the entrepreneurial community, and each company has been paired with a local brewery to offer beverages inside their space.
The event will be held from 6-10 p.m. that evening beginning at the Pryor Center on the Fayetteville square. There, attendees can pick up their passports and souvenir beer glasses, and begin visiting the local businesses participating in the crawl.
Featured businesses range from tech companies Zenworks and Metova, to local private-suite karaoke bar Big Box Karaoke, and Likewise, a new co-working space set to open in September at 70 N College Ave, just off the square.
There will be live music at various stops throughout the night, by Faye Moffett, Melody Pond, Arika Lewis, Josh Noren, and Dial Up.
General admission is free. Souvenir beer cups with unlimited refills are $15 each, and can be purchased through the day of the event on Eventbrite.
A list of participating stops is below. For a bit more information, visit nwastartupcrawl.com.
Startup Crawl 2019 Participants and Beer Pairings
- Zenworks; Serving – Bike Rack Brewing Co.
- Lineus Medical; Serving – JJ’s Brewing Company
- Likewise; Serving – Diamond Bear
- Startup Junkie; Serving – Black Apple Crossing
- Metova; Serving – Ozark Beer Company
- Brewer Family Entrepreneurship Hub; Not Serving Beer
- Newmark MTP; Serving – Fossil Cove Brewing Company
- Arkansas Small Business and Technology Development Center; Serving – Fort Smith Brewing Company
- NWA Fab Lab; Serving – Colombus House Brewing
- Big Box Karaoke; Serving – Hawk Moth
- AXIS Lounge; Serving – Ox Bend Brewing Company
- SharpHue; Serving – New Province Brewing
- East Ave. Beer Garden; Serving – Saddlebock Brewing
Live music lineup
6 p.m. – Faye Moffett
6:30 p.m. – Melody Pond
7 p.m. – Arika Lewis
8 p.m. – Josh Noren
8 p.m. – Dial Up


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Asus is reportedly planning to launch the successor of the Asus Zenfone 9 compact smartphone and the upcoming device will be called the Asus Zenfone 10, the important specifications and launch timeline of the device appear online. So let’s get into the article to check out the details.
According to the latest information, the upcoming Asus Zenfone 10 will be featuring a 6.3-inch AMOLED display with a 120Hz refresh rate. It will be powered by the latest and greatest Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 mobile processor.
The upcoming Asus Zenfone 10 is also reported to arrive with 16GB of RAM and 256GB or 512GB of internal storage. The device will be housing a massive 5,000mAh battery along with 67W fast charging support.
The source is also saying that the upcoming smartphone will also feature a liquid cooling system as well. It will be running on the latest Android 13 out of the box.
It is also said that the Asus Zenfone 10 smartphone will feature OIS-enabled 200-megapixel primary camera on the back panel and the device with also have an IP68-rated dustproof and water-resistant body.
It is also said that the company might be launching the device in the 4th quarter of this year. We recommend you to take the information with a pinch of salt as there is no official confirmation about the arrival of the smartphone.
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This week, “Microsoft Monday” includes details about Windows 10 deleting apps.
for permission to remove the files. But the Microsoft Services Agreement says that Windows may remove access to.
Future updates will bring back customizable settings light theming, multi-reddit support, sharing from other apps (e.g. the Windows 10 Photos app), the addictive swipe view and much more. As a.
We tested the racing game on a variety of hardware, as well, and it proved impressive on both Xbox One X and high-end Windows 10.
or uninstall the game, "0x80070003," failed to narrow down any.
Microsoft took a leaf out of Apple when they launched the Windows Store with Windows 10 and later rebranded it to Microsoft Store. It is a single location to search, download, and update all apps and.
Here’s how poster Bright-Spark on the Windows 10 Reddit forum put.
GamesBeat that it would remove software that it considers dangerous. That includes not just programs that will cause issues with.
Windows 10’s clever app tabs won’t ship with the next update – Microsoft isn’t planning to ship its tabbed app feature.
in Windows 10. Windows Insiders have been able to test the Sets feature over the past six months, providing feedback on the changes. That.
This week, “Microsoft Monday” includes details about HERE Maps being discontinued, a Reddit thread going viral about the problems associated with the automatic upgrade of Windows 10, Sony’s response.
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Windows 10 devices owners.
The only way to remove the banner is to close the menu altogether. We loaded up the Mail app, listed as version 17.9126.21425.0, and didn’t see the Office 365 banner.
The basic idea behind UWP is that if a developer writes an app or game once, it will run on any Windows 10 device without changes — from PCs to tablets to smartphones, and eventually to the Xbox One.


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FAB Chief Minister of Haryana Visit to Northern Powerhouse
May 13, 2018 @ 9:00 pm - May 14, 2018 @ 12:00 pm
India and the Northern Powerhouse
India is a key market when it comes to trade and will become even more important once the United Kingdom leaves the European Union Trade as it currently stands trade is around £5bn per year around two thirds of that is Indian exports to the United Kingdom and around one third of that is UK exports to India.
The Federation of Asian Business (members are YABA, AB Connexions and NWABA) will be a key element in Britain’s attempts to establish a ‘living bridge’ partnership, this is a term which Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi used to refer to the movement of people, ideas, goods and services from India to the UK and back. The diaspora’s ability to speak the language can also help businesses, that are not necessarily South Asian, take advantage of opportunities in the subcontinent.
ABC is delighted to announce the Chief Minister of Haryana Manohar Lal and a senior civil service and private sector delegation have arranged to meet and further develop bi-lateral trade links.
The Chair of the Federation of Asian Business Ammar Mirza CBE is hosting a roundtable session with members of FAB and local leaders in Leeds on Monday 14th May 2018. In direct response to the work led by Sharon Jandu and the most recent trade visit to Chandigar, Haryana is keen to develop meaningful and sustainable relationships through FAB with UK trade and industry.
For further information contact Sharon@yaba.uk.com


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Kolpin Outdoors ® AcquiredHandy Throttle
The leader in all-terrain innovation acquires Handy Throttle, available to dealers and retailers beginning February 8, 2016
PLYMOUTH, MN — Kolpin Outdoors® today announced the acquisition of Handy Throttle, an aftermarket manufacturer of thumb throttle converters that allows riders to quickly and easily switch from a thumb throttle to a twist throttle. Handy Throttle, a privately owned company based in Mulberry, AR., rounds out Kolpin’s robust portfolio which includes but is not limited to gun boots, cabs, snow plows, Rhino grips™ and fuel packs.
“Handy Throttle thumb converters make the outdoor experience more enjoyable and that’s what Kolpin is all about. This acquisition will help us better meet our consumers’ needs and continues to position Kolpin as the leader in aftermarket accessories,” said Tom Lutes, President and CEO of Kolpin Outdoors.
Handy Throttle will become part of the Kolpin brand under the leadership of Tom Lutes and will be headquartered out of Plymouth, Minnesota. Handy Throttle products will be available through Kolpin starting February 2016.
Since 1943, Kolpin has been a trusted manufacturer of ATV and UTV accessories for Hunters, Landowners, and Recreational Riders. With over 70 years of industry knowledge, Kolpin sets the standard for quality, innovation and design. At Kolpin we are our consumer and truly understand how to redefine the industry with patented innovations such as our Gun Boot® cases and brackets, Rhino Grips, and DirtWorks™ System. To learn about the latest Kolpin products and Powersports news visit www.kolpin.com


text: HAECO Cabin Solutions has selected interiors industry expert Uwe Salzer to be the company’s vice president of Product Development. His initial focus will be on the company’s new seating product development initiatives. Salzer’s career began at Dornier Flugzeugwerke, where he was responsible for primary structure designs, including design and development pressurized doors and emergency exits. He later joined Recaro, holding several positions in design and management before being appointed president of its seating division. Most recently, Salzer was vice president of research and development for economy and premium seating at ZIM FLUGSITZ.


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ATHENS – Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, who wanted to salvage a Christmas season for reeling retailers, was left with no choice but to extend a second more lenient lockdown after his medical advisers said Greece otherwise would see COVID-19 cases in January explode to more than 10,000 a day.
The New Democracy leader admitted he waited too long to bring the second closing of non-essential businesses although it hasn't been as restrictive a a first lockdown in the spring that lasted 10 weeks.
His panel of infectious diseases experts, said Kathimerini, told him if he allowed stores to open for Christmas business that, combined with rules seeing so many people out of their homes there' been almost near normal road traffic, that the pandemic would spiral out of control.
Another worry was a surge in western Attica, a heavily-populated area where the Coronavirus could have spiked before health authorities could do much of anything to contain it.
With hopes that the first vaccine will arrive in January, the advisory panel wanted to hold down cases to try to bring the beginning of the end of the deadly virus that swept through the country
Another determinant was that the less-restrictive lockdown failed to hold down the number of cases and deaths and didn't reduce pressure on nearly overwhelmed public hospital Intensive Care Units (ICUs) that were nearly full.
Mitsotakis decided on a compromise to let closed stores allow people to order goods online only and make a reservation to pick them up at the store, a so-called “click-and-collect” method that shuts out smaller businesses.
But hairdressers and small bookstores were allowed to open while larger bookstores that sell other goods such as electronics were not, creating a competitive disadvantage. Seasonal stores selling holiday offerings are also open.
The health experts also were said to have considered allowing a lifting of the lockdown in areas of the country with relatively fewer cases but that was only 20 of the 74 regions and could have created a political backlash for the government.
Greece was left with having some of the tightest holiday measures in the European Union, despite the otherwise lenience, and families will still be able to gather at Christmas – with a maximum of nine people.
Churches will also be allowed to have Christmas and Epiphany Day services but only with nine people and 25 in cathedrals with no word on how police are expected to enforce family dinner limits or what would happen if churches went over the limit.


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It’s that time of year when everyone puts together their predictions for 2015, so we thought it was time to find out what our experts think will happen in the world of social media/digital marketing over the next twelve months and we have to say, there has been some very interesting responses.
Daniel Nolan – Managing Director – the Eword
‘One of the greatest benefits to marketers of social media is the ability to deliver personalised, tailored messaging to different groups of people. Personalisation and automation are areas where social networks have been at the cutting edge in recent times, which is natural given how innately linked the channels are to people’s identities and personal information. People might not always realise it, but a Facebook profile is basically a Clubcard scheme for the 21st century – just an innovative way for advertisers to find out more about you.
I think in 2015 and beyond we will see an increase both in the amount of data collected from people and, by extension, greater personalisation of the messaging aimed at them. While advertisers already target people based on their interests, it is possible that semantic technology could allow specific messaging to be triggered based on moods or sentiments expressed in social posts. Might we see people exhibiting a low mood being presented ads full of e-commerce offers? Nothing beats a bit of retail therapy.
Another digital trend with which personalisation seems bound on a collision course is wearable technology. Few could not have noticed the rise of the Fitbit and other activity trackers this year – you may have seen colleagues wearing them, or even got one yourself. These wrist-based gadgets measure everything from the number of steps you walk every day, to the calories you burn and even the quality of your sleep.
So how long is it before advertisers express an interest in this information? Before users whose devices regularly register poor quality sleep are targeted with sponsored tweets linking to sleep advice or even products such as duvets and mattresses? Of course, any move in the direction of using someone’s mood or physical well-being to target adverts at them would inevitably raise questions of ethics – and whether the benefits of technology are worth the loss of privacy.’
Pamela Bustard – Social Media Manager – The Media Octopus
‘2014 has been an eventful, vibrant year for digital technologies and marketing, never stopping still or slowing down. As we’re now in December and looking ahead to what 2015 has to offer, for me it’s all about the smartphone continuing to be the platform to reach consumers through social media channels. When planning future campaigns for 2015, ensure your website and apps are optimised and start with mobile – ‘scale up’ on desktop and laptop rather than the other way round.
Integration isn’t enough any more for savvy customers – immersion across multiple platforms to provide a consistent brand experience, both online and offline, is crucial to ensure your brand is at the forefront of the mobilised consumer’s mind.
This is also why I think social video is here to stay; people want content they can consume quickly but effectively, and video can satisfy this. With platforms like Vine, Instagram video and Snapchat, there is increasing usage of video outside of YouTube which marketers should consider for 2015. Focusing on paid social media advertising and changes to rules and regulations, brands are finding different and more creative avenues to explore, with video being a highly viable and inventive option.’
Ian Anderson Gray – Co-Founder – Select Performers Internet Solutions
‘As with past couple of years, the amount of content produced on the web will continue to increase rapidly. Business owners will need to concentrate far more on quality, engaging and niche content in order to make their voices heard.
More niche social networks will probably come and go and some in the social media arena. Some social media “gurus” will announce that these new networks will be the social platform to invest in. The truth is, the big 4 social networks- Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and Google+ aren’t going anywhere and will continue to grow in 2015. The same will be the case for the content platforms YouTube, Pinterest and Instagram. I’m particularly excited about Pinterest and Instagram. They are platforms that will continue to grow rapidly and be very powerful networks to market your business in.
Twitter will most likely radically change the way tweets are ordered and presented in users’ streams. Twitter will likely evoke their own version of a kind of “EdgeRank” algorithm where the most relevant Tweets appear at the top of the stream. If this does happen, this will radically change the way Twitter works. Facebook will continue to tweak their EdgeRank algorithm to try and serve the most relevant content to its users. This will no doubt continue to frustrate marketers by making it harder to reach their audience without paying for ads. Hopefully this will mean an increase in quality of Facebook page posts and less a reliance on quantity.’
Sam Flynn – Owner – Sam Flynn Social Media
‘I think social media will continue to rise in use by businesses over the next year. I’m sure we’ll see some big changes to LinkedIn. Groups are being used less and less, so I think they will have a rethink on that offering, and also increase how you can use you company page.
Video and imagery is also going to play a huge part in social media. 2014 has been the year of Instagram, which has now reached 300 million users. Instagram’s success lies in the use of imagery over words, and businesses will have to get more creative in how they use imagery to promote their brand and engage customers.
I also think vlogging (blogging via video) will become far more important for business. Instead of polished business video productions, customers and clients will be keen to see 90 second expert pieces recorded simply on webcam, smartphone or tablet.
Will there be more platforms emerging? Definitely! And I’m sure much of their activity will focus on the use of video and imagery!’
Katie King – Managing Director – Zoodikers
‘My prediction for social media in 2015 is a deepening shift towards mobile and with 93% of the UK population owning a mobile – you can see why. While mobile devices and tablets used to be predominantly considered as a ‘second screen’, I believe 2015 will see social networks focus on users’ mobile experiences first. Mobile social apps – particularly image based ones, will thrive and grow in popularity. Marketers and brands will want to utilise image-based apps such as Instagram, Pinterest and Snapchat to connect with the younger and mobile-fixated market. As these social mobile apps grow in popularity, I foresee a larger concentration on messaging, video and imagery. Interactions with online social communities will become the main motivator for brands, rather than leading followers to their website or other one-sided marketing collateral. With statistics showing there are 11 new mobile users every second globally, I feel 2015 will be the year of the social mobile.’
Sian Ediss – Digital Marketing Executive – Pixel8 Ltd
‘Without a doubt, 2015 will see a boom in visual content marketing. Brands are starting to realise the importance of well-crafted visual stories and how when executed successfully they can engage and stir high emotion among users. We are visual creatures, after all, according to Zabisco, 90% of information transmitted to the brain is visual, and visuals are processed 60,000 times faster in the brain than text.
Social media channels, especially Facebook, will continue to challenge YouTube as an online destination for uploading and sharing videos. Currently, there are 1 billion daily views of video on Facebook, with 65% of them being viewed on mobile devices. And don’t forget Twitter’s Vine, I believe there will be an increased interaction with this channel for short form videos and will become a go-to platform instead of an afterthought as it is for many.
Evidence of the importance of images and videos is seen in new apps and platforms such as Hyperlapse from Instagram and the popularity of Canva and MavSocial of late. These allow for faster curation and creation of visual content, making it easy than ever before. Remember, visual content is social media ready and friendly, easy to share, easy to digest and instantly memorable. But none of this means the death of the written word; this content will compliment your brand’s message and ensure you stand out from the rest of the digital noise.
With the influx of visual content from slideshows to videos, photos to infographics, marketers need to be in the mind-set that they have just seconds to catch the audience’s attention and to get their idea across. It’s as simple as this: if you can’t win their attention and stop the user from scrolling, you’ve lost a customer.
Be sharp, be different and keep it simple – that’s my advice.’
Rene Power – B2B Marketing Professional
‘I’m banging the drum for Marketing as a Service (MaaS) in 2015. It will be the year when leading (and challenger) brands realise that targeted quality and real time “super service” will replace quantity and office hours when it comes to all things social media.
MaaS will demand a much stricter fixation than ever before on return on time, resource and investment for one big reason. Up to this point, social media has been very often low cost but high maintenance. Now pay to play is becoming the only way to achieve cut through on key social platforms. With real spend on the line, brands that take social media seriously by setting objectives that go beyond the vain, seeking to manage step change improvements in their social footprint beyond how many followers or retweets they enjoy, will be the ones that are highly valued.
Look out too for a proliferation of social monitoring and listening tools. In B2B especially, getting a greater handle on the discussion in your sector and around your brand will be a route to competitive advantage.’
Ehsan Khoderahmi – Co-Founder – SMXChat
Marketing via social media will continue to be treated as a numbers game in 2015. As a result, the wrong metrics and KPIs will be monitored and measured. However, more brands will realise there’s more to social media than the number of likes and followers. In 2015, we will see increase in social media advertising spend; in particular on:
LinkedIn – B2B
Twitter – B2B
Instagram – B2C
Facebook – B2C
YouTube – B2C
Despite the increase in social media content creation and ad spend, brands will struggle using social media data for strategic and operational brand positioning on social media channels.
2015 will be a year of education for few brands to realise social media is combination of two sciences, psychology and sociology; whilst technology can only help to scale communications. It is possible to see more businesses include social media in the mix.
As a result, towards the end of Q3 or begging of Q4 in 2015, we will hear more about attribution model and audience segmentation. Establishing relationships to gain trust and building communities to earn loyalty is going to be two of the most talked about topics in 2015. This will encourage some brands to start planning on creating relevant content based on their audience behaviour and psychology; and this will start taking place from Q2 in 2016. This will open up conversations amongst C-Suites and will call for more strategic planning based on Meta Data; this is combination of data and science. We will see this being adopted from 2017.’
Stephen Dyson – Marketing Manager – HMG Paints Ltd
‘Advertising on Twitter has previously been dominated by the major companies, but in 2015 we’ll start to see SME’s popping up as the advertising options increase. Over the last few years Twitter has rolled out lots of new advertising options beyond “Promoted Tweets”, which along with the opening of the Analytics to everyone, means brands and companies can now plan better and see immediately how effective their ads are working and adapt them real time.
What’s great is that Twitter have made setting up the campaigns extremely easy and straightforward. The options are really clear and simple, with a great step by step walk through to guide the process. Utilising the newly available analytics data you can see what type of content performs well so no more trial and error, and you can also use a previous tweet that’s performed well as part of the campaign. This is all backed up with a fantastic targeting option so companies can be sure the right people are seeing the ad, you can even go as far as targeting people who’ve previously visited your website.
To give marketers from SME’s a chance to be so specific and targeted with their ads means they can maximise their value for money, no more hit and hope; specific, targeted campaigns that can be set up in real time is great for businesses to exploit trends. The flexibility and speed they can be set up with will give SME’s a serious advantage over major brands who have to get everything signed off by numerous departments and managers.’
Steve Kuncewicz – Head of IP and Media – Bermans Solicitors
‘I think 2015 could well finally be the year when two major tipping points finally come about. Firstly users of social media will finally become fully aware of and very militant about the sheer amount of personal data which they leave in the hands of platforms and the tide may well turn against behavioural advertising delivered without active consent. Regulators like the ICO are already looking for campaigns which misuse personal data to make examples of them, and we’re only going to see more high-profile penalties for spam merchants.
Secondly, I’d like to see (and I think we will see) the social web become a little more human, with an emphasis on marketing which tells truly great stories through engaging and innovative content. This may finally be the year when social media and the marketers who use it to sell to us well and truly come of age. Again, regulators like the ASA will be watching the blurred boundaries between paid and earned content very closely (such as in the Mondelez/Oreo Adjudication) and ignorance of the rules, as well as what an audience actually wants from its brands will be no excuse.’
Ric Brookes – Creative Director – Tunafish Media
‘When predicting a trend for the next year, a good place to start is to look at previous statistics. The third quarter of 2014 had 234 million twitter users compared to 49 million users in 2010. Businesses around the world are reacting to this haven of customers available to them, who they can interact with 24 hours a day with relatively small investment.
Customers are using social media and technology several hours a day and becoming very tech savvy. With so much easy to access entertainment available to them, businesses will need to continue to adapt and look for different ways of engaging with their audience. People need to be stimulated in order for them to interact with the content being shared.
My social media prediction for 2015 is that Vine will be implemented more and more through social media. There is a small number of examples currently where Vine has been used very effectively and this will continue to increase. We’re a generation of trigger happy clickers, jumping from one video to the next, often taking in very small pieces of information at lightning pace. ‘Professionally made’ Vine videos will allow companies to take advantage of this change in audience behaviour and produce regular, forward thinking and valuable content.’
Amy-Jay Handley – Head of Digital – Pixel8 Ltd
‘I think there will be a further move towards brands identifying and showcasing content from their communities- this of course happens now, but I see this becoming a bigger part of the content strategy, particularly for SMEs. It’s about generating more content with less (or cleverer) output.
Looking at various reports, it seems there will be an increase in buy in at Senior Management level, as organisations become even more comfortable with the platforms. I’d really like to see MDs, VPs, FDs etc becoming more vocal on social to engage existing employees, tell the brand story and show their personality.
Visual content is likely to continue to climb in popularity as users continue to get more time poor and attention spans reduce. Easily consumable, snackable content will be key to engagement and shareability.’
Laura Thomas – Head of Social – Return on Digital
‘I predict that in 2015 social is going to become an instrumental part of content distribution. I always tell my clients not to create content and then go looking for an audience, but instead to write content for an audience – and to use social media to identify and profile these audiences. Once you’ve created content, use paid social media to make sure that you reach the people you wrote your content for. The internet is awash with bad content – how are people supposed to find your amazing work? Pay to reach them, and the next time they’ll make sure they find you organically. It’s the best way of building an audience, pay to find them once – you may not have to pay for their eyes again, but keep pushing your content and your audience will keep growing. People are already dabbling in this, but this is going to become a planned, strategic part of content marketing – and you’ll need a specialist to do it.
To clarify, I’m not talking about posting something on your page and boosting the post, I’m talking about strategic combinations of conversion and traffic driving adverts focused on very specific, relevant audiences. I’m talking about building audience groups from your email subscribers, lists of Twitter users that you *know* will be interested in your content – people with specific job roles that are going to landing pages with dynamic keyword insertion. These are not just boosted posts.’
To read more about Laura’s predictions for 2015 click here.
So there you have it ladies and gentlemen. The top social media predictions for 2015 from the experts themselves. What do you think will happen to social media marketing in 2015? Let us know in the comments!


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The Brainerd Police Department is advising residents to be aware of a phishing scam circulating.
Police report that a phone call, generated from unknown number, is automated and warns you that your credit card or debit card has been blocked. The voice then prompts you to enter the card number to unblock it. Do not enter your card number and remember your bank will not ask you for that information in an automated response. If you are ever in doubt whether or not sure it is your bank, err on the side of caution and call your bank directly.
A Brainerd area bank has reported approximately four phone calls related to this scam. All the calls have been made to individuals cellphones.
For more information call the police department at 829-2805.


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Nokia has opened up a new front in its patent war with Apple, launching 13 fresh complaints in the UK, Germany and the Netherlands.
The Finnish phone maker now accuses Apple of infringing 24 of its patents, including the technology behind touchscreens and on-device app stores.
Nokia's fresh complaint - its fourth against Apple - marks an escalation in the 14-month legal battle between the two companies. Apple is also counter-suing Nokia for alleged patent infringements in the UK and US.
The rapid adoption of Android smartphones have compounded Nokia's loss of market share, thanks largely to Apple's iPhone. Some analysts see the legal route as a means of "striking back" at the California-based technology leaders.
Nail Mawston, head of wireless device strategies at Strategy Analytics research group, said: "Nokia is on the back foot and may see any potential legal fight as a way of striking back at Apple. Wars over patents have become "an increasing part of the [smartphone] landscape", he added.
"This is part and parcel of the patent wars in the industry where the market is really crowded. Nokia does have a pretty big patent portfolio and they want to keep that as strong as possible."
Symptomatic of the industry-wide wrangles, Apple is also suing manufacturers Motororola, HTC and multiple vendors running Google's Android operating system. Motorola last month announced that it is also suing Microsoft in the tangled web of smartphone litigation.
Nick Jones, a mobile analyst at research firm Gartner, said Nokia is playing to its investors by claiming that its technologies were developed more than a decade before the launch of Apple's iPhone. "We have to assume that this escalation in the patent wars is a conscious policy of Nokia's new CEO Steve Elop because you don't sue Apple without telling the CEO," he said.
The dispute could rumble on for years, Jones said, adding: "What's Nokia's goal? Money or cross licensing, or both? Probably both, but the timing is interesting.
"Nokia tell me they have been unsuccessfully attempting to negotiate with Apple for years. But every year you wait Apple's mobile business grows, and my naive view suggests that the potential damages get larger."
Nokia spokesman Mark Durrant said he did not expect a quick result and that the first case likely would not go to court until late next year, probably in the Hague, Netherlands.
"We wanted to be sure that we don't just talk about these in dribs and drabs. There's obviously a lot of action going in some of these cases," he said.
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Rumours are swirling about a Hellcat supercharger powered 6.2L Dodge Challenger for 2015, and a special SRT-8 spied this past week may be featuring that very engine
Dodge has been quietly chipping away at a new, top-end V8 engine for a little more than a year now. This supercharger equipped variant on their 6.2L HEMI V8, which has been given the moniker “Hellcat”, is expected to become the performance competitor to the Camaro ZL1 and Ford Mustang Shelby GT500. This means that the new Hellcat engine, which should be slightly less powerful than the 640hp V10 engine currently gracing their top-end Viper.
Expectations place the Hellcat engine in the 560-600HP ballpark, which would put its HP numbers directly in line with the 580HP Camaro ZL1, but still well behind the overpowered 662HP Mustang GT500. However, for the Hellcat SRT-8 to become a true competitor to these vehicles, Dodge will have to find a way to lighten the vehicle and improve its track handling performance, and the tester vehicle spied this past week hints at such improvements.
Visible are what appear to be increased diameter brakes with upgraded performance calipers. Also, while difficult to see through the camouflage wrapping gracing the vehicle’s front end, there appear to be new active air intake cutouts on the front fascia–a necessity for a more air needy supercharger system. From behind, the vehicle is also sporting what is clearly a never before seen exhaust system–potentially a new dual-mode performance one–that was reported to have unbelievable volume and sound.
All of this points at some degree of confirmation towards Dodge’s intention to truly improve the Challenger as it moves in to its final years for this design. We’ll know much more early next year, as the Hellcat engine and Challenger vehicle featuring it are expected to be first displayed at the 2014 North American International Auto Show, which takes place in Detroit next January.


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The Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) has attributed part of its success so far to Pegasystems, which has helped reduce the bank's burden of working on trivial business processes and instead has allowed it to focus its attention on servicing its increasingly demanding customers.
Speaking at the opening of the Pegasystem's new office in Sydney today, CBA CIO Michael Harte said as the company faces the current technology disruption, it was important they got the business process framework right, which has since enabled them to refocus and repurpose how they do work.
"As a financial service goes to market, to ensure they remain relevant and are able to increase the intimacy of the interaction they have with the same personality or legacy, it can be really difficult," he said.
"But what Pega, and the likes of other IT corporations, offer is to reduce that burden on carrying that legacy and allow the recapitalisation of the existing systems by redesigning processes so they can engage with the customer more readily.
"It's a model driven approach to reduce friction and time to market, allowing for shorter cycles to allow for faster, richer quality products so the customers are not left frustrated."
While CBA is Pegasystem's longest customer of its generation software of technology in Australia, other clients such as Telstra, ANZA, PayPal, and Citibank have also seen improved results.
According to Pegasystems founder and CEO Alan Trefler, adopting its process models is about engaging, simplifying and changing the way businesses operate, particularly by taking a new model approach to software. He said the company's focus is to eliminate an irony that exists in computer technology, and to digitise a lot of business processes and procedures that remain paper-based decades after they could have been digitised.
"The idea of companies wanting to become digital is being heard increasingly and it's also being seen increasingly in the thought leadership front. But whilst strategy is key to a digital enterprise about how you want to do it, what we found is that execution demands software," he said.
"This is not about no software; this is a better way to think about software."
Harte agreed saying it's about creating a system where employees are moved to doing higher order functions and allowing machines to do all the grunt work.
"It's a very old idea to allow humans to do everything, that's why technology is designed and that's why a model driven approach helps takeaway the craft work because it's not necessary to make everything by hand," he said.


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Too busy to keep up with the tech news? Here are some of the more interesting stories from CNET for Tuesday, June 7.
New service will automatically abbreviate URLs of any length to 19 characters when users compose tweets in the Tweet box.
The new Wii U console, which will debut in 2012, combines motion control with a touch-screen game controller. Nintendo says "it will change the way we play games."
A group of hackers jailbreak the beta version of iOS 5 that Apple released to developers just yesterday. Apple plans to release a full version to customers this fall.
The emWave2 combines a gadget, software, and lots of blinky lights to help people manage stress. The tech crowd may come for the gadgetry and stay for the relaxation.
It's unclear, though, whether security and free speech concerns will derail controversial copyright bill after members of a Senate committee voted unanimously in favor of it.
By building the Gotthard Tunnel, the Swiss government hopes to halve truck traffic across the Alps, while doubling cargo train efficiency and capacity. Photos:
At E3 2011, we sat down with Nintendo's iconic game designer and discussed the future of the Wii U.
4.0 stars CNET editors' rating The Bottom Line: With a sleek design, a range of ear tips, and supreme sound reproduction, the Ultimate Ears 700 headphones are worthy of an audiophile's ear and earn our recommendation.


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Outerwear brand, Timberland, has launched its new Timberloop™ product take-back program which will be available online and in stores across the United States. Consumers are invited to return any used Timberland® footwear, apparel, or accessories as part of this initiative so that they can be repurposed and given a new life. Returns will be either disassembled, with certain parts reused, recycled/upcycled into new goods, or refurbished for sale on a separate website that will launch later this spring.
The Timberloop™ program entitles Timberland and its community to collaborate to "close the loop," keeping products and materials in circulation for as long as possible. Disassembling used products and returning materials to their respective recycling streams reduces waste and has a positive influence on the environment. Timberland aspires to have 100 percent of its goods to be designed for full circularity by 2030.
Susie Mulder, global brand president for Timberland, said that Timberland® goods are already meant to be sturdy and long-lasting, and she loves the concept of extending that even further with a second life outside the landfill. She hopes their community will be as enthusiastic about the Timberloop™ program as they are, given the increased awareness of environmental issues and personal consumption choices. This is a big step forward in their efforts to realize their vision of a more fair and environmentally friendly future.
Each full-price and outlet Timberland® shop will have clearly marked donation boxes, as well as an easy digital ship-from-home option. Participants in the Timberloop™ program will receive a 10% discount on their next purchase in addition to helping to save the planet.
The Timberloop™ Trekker City Hiker, the brand's latest eco-innovation specifically engineered for circularity, will be unveiled on Earth Day (April 22). This city hiker has a revolutionary sole architecture that allows the outsoles to be readily removed and dismantled for recycling through the Timberloop™ platform, in addition to sneaker-like comfort and a progressive outdoor style.
The Timberloop™ take-back program, which will be available in EMEA and APAC next, contributes to Timberland's bold vision of having a net positive impact on nature by 2030, specifically through 100% circular design (as supported by the take-back program) and 100% regeneratively sourced natural materials.
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By Heather Hudson
Nothing can ruin a day on the slopes faster than an unfortunate injury. Whether it’s a collision with another pleasure-seeker, confusion about the rules of the chair lift or uncertainty about trail signage, there are plenty of ways a rider can compromise his or her safety.
That’s why Ski California is re-issuing its award-winning Mountain Safety Guide for the 2019 season. Its 32-member resorts in California and Nevada will receive pocket-size manuals and digital guides to make available for all of their guests.
“Our resorts spend a lot of time focused on safety. Almost every person’s job at a ski resort has some aspect of safety involved in it and it’s part of every guest’s experience. It’s our job to help guests make good decisions. The Mountain Safety Guide is one way we can do that,” said Michael Reitzell, president of Ski California, also known as the California Ski Industry Association.
Originally released in November 2017, the guide is available in a pocket-size format or mobile/online version, and offers educational information to help riders have a safe experience on the slopes. Last year, Ski California also produced three safety videos featuring Olympic gold medalist Maddie Bowman and professional snowboarder Jeremy Jones and they’re part of the association’s safety tools for all member resorts and the public.
Earlier this year, the Mountain Safety Guide received the National Ski Areas Association’s (NSAA) inaugural Safety Impact Award at NSAA’s national convention. “Ski California stepped outside the box and created a unique guest safety piece,” said Dave Byrd, director of Risk and Regulatory Affairs for NSAA, which has more than 350-member resorts across the United States.
“NSAA felt it was something that we needed to call out and honor this year. It’s an important initiative we hope other organizations look to do in the future.”
About Ski California and the Mountain Safety Guide
Only one year shy of its 50th anniversary, Ski California has long been a voice for ski resorts in California and Nevada. Reitzell says it was founded on the premise that it would represent the interests of the industry and it’s served that function for more than 30 resorts in California and three in Nevada – Mt. Rose, Diamond Peak and Lee Canyon.
“We focus a lot on public policy and government relations. The association serves as liaison between resorts and organizations like the Forest Service, Caltrans and the Amusement Ride and Tramway Unit of the State of California’s Department of Industrial Relations.”
The association also helps support resorts with various safety initiatives. It was while considering guest education that inspiration for the guide arose. “We felt as an organization that, rather than each resort putting out individual safety messages, we could provide something universally applicable across all of our resorts that could be available to guests,” said Reitzell.
“It’s important for us as an industry to show a unified voice on safety.”
Anatomy of the Mountain Safety Guide
Recognizing that guests’ actions can create a safe or risky environment, Reitzell says he knew the guide had to include concise, but complete instructions for navigating slopes safely. The guest experience was considered – from the beginning of the day to the end.
“You get off that chairlift and you have a number of decisions to make about where you’re going to go, how fast you’re going to go and how close you get to somebody else. All of these things come into play as people ski and ride. In order to make sure they’re making good decisions, we have to educate them. That was a goal for the guide.”
The safety information is laid out like a trail map on a fictional mountain, has familiar imagery for any rider and includes safety tips for:
- Before you ski or ride
- When you’re on the slopes
- Avalanche awareness
- In deep snow
- Using trail signage
- Using lifts
The guide is printed sustainably on reclaimed stone – no water, trees or hazardous chemicals were used in manufacturing. It’s also waterproof and tear-resistant, which resorts and riders appreciate as it can be tucked into a pocket for the day.
A challenge was ensuring that each of the safety tips was applicable for all member resorts. Although not every resort has the occasional avalanche or deep snow conditions, Reitzell thought it was important to include that information for users’ reference, especially because many member resorts are on and bordered by Forest Service land, on which guests are technically free to ride.
Reitzell says member resorts and their guests have responded positively to the guide. “Throughout the industry and within our resorts, it’s been embraced as an important tool that supports guest safety.
“Last March, after an enormous dump of snow, Boreal Mountain Resort sent their entire executive team to the entrance and wouldn’t let a single person go on the mountain that day without a guide. That’s a measure of success.”
Understanding that no modern communication is complete without a digital component, Reitzell commissioned three videos featuring celebrity guides for their YouTube channel. Professional snowboarder Jeremy Jones and freestyle skier and Olympic gold medalist Maddie Bowman came on board to walk viewers through important safety tips.
As a father, Jones was keen to host a video on safety for kids, including the importance of dressing in layers, always wearing a helmet, using sunscreen and eye protection and putting important contact information in a secure pocket.
With her freestyle skiing expertise, Bowman shares tips on terrain park safety, including using the Park SMART method: Start small, Make a plan, Always look, Respect and Take it easy.
The third video is hosted by Jeanee Gonet, an instructor at Squaw Valley Ski Resort on safety for new skiers and riders. Her advice includes taking a lesson, sticking to your level, controlling your speed, taking care to observe trail signage and taking care when merging trails.
“The videos were created with optional closed captions, so resorts can put them in lodges where they can be viewed without sound,” said Reitzell.
He hopes to add to the safety video library over time. There’s currently a video on chairlift safety in the works.
Mountain Safety Guide available for all
Ski California is not possessive of its popular print and digital guide. In fact, they’re willing to share graphics, text and the entire design of the Mountain Safety Guide with any other association that would like to use it.
“I’ve told a couple of our fellow association heads that they are welcome to use information from our guide for their own versions,” said Reitzell. “I had a call from a Midwest organization that wanted to use everything but the avalanche part.”
For associations looking to create a guide from scratch, he advises working with board and industry representatives to find the commonalities among the resorts and create tips that apply to all. Last year, Ski California distributed 100,000 copies of the Mountain Safety Guide and will share 72,000 with member resorts this year.
To help raise awareness about safety, Reitzell says the association is organizing a California/Nevada safety day for all member resorts this month. Each resort will mark the day in their own way, but Reitzell hopes the Mountain Safety Guide will play a role in all activities.
“It’s a tool we hope everyone can use to ensure all riders have a safe and fun season.”


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MARYVILLE, Mo. - Shrinking demand for disposable batteries is the main reason Energizer decided to shutter its northwest Missouri plant next year, company officials said, leaving about 300 workers out of a job.
The company announced earlier this month it was closing its Maryville plant as part of a restructuring plan made necessary by a global trend toward rechargeable batteries. The St. Joseph News-Press reported the plant makes disposable AA, AAA, C and 9-volt batteries.
"Volumes for primary batteries have been declining for the last few years, and we are estimating that the softness will continue, with battery category unit volumes estimated to decline in the low single digits in 2013," said Jacqueline Burwitz, Energizer's vice president for investor relations.
Adam Moore, who organized The Battery Show last week in Detroit, said disposable batteries such as those manufactured by Energizer and other household items are fading in popularity because of the trend toward reusable, cost-effective products.
"Power tools or personal electronics that previously took primary batteries are being replaced by more efficient battery packs, leading to growing companies and job creation for this rapidly expanding market," Moore said.
He said the Maryville plant could be retooled by a related company to retain its importance in the field. He said the lack of proper recycling facilities for disposable batteries, especially in undeveloped nations, is a detriment compared with environmentally sensitive rechargeable alternatives.
"The battery industry in general is still looking at exceptional growth next year, particularly considering the current economic climate, and the decline in the primary battery market demonstrates just one change in this rapidly evolving industry," Moore said.
In the meantime, a resource team consisting of the Missouri Career Center, Maryville's chamber of commerce and Northwest Missouri State University, is working on plans to assist laid-off Energizer employees.
Kim Mildward, director for the Workforce Investment Act Adult and Dislocated Work Program at the career center, said plant employees can come to the center to start determining their skills for the marketplace.
Those workers can pursue a National Career Readiness Certificate to establish their competence in math, reading and other skills in their fields.
She said the certification can be a key in retraining displaced employees.
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Announcement comes after COVID-19 restrictions on indoor dining took effect last week
CHICAGO (WLS) -- Mayor Lori Lightfoot announced a $10 million grant program for restaurants, bars and their employees that have been hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic.
The announcement comes nearly one week after new restrictions on restaurants and bars took effect in the city. Those same restrictions are now in place across Illinois due to the rising number of COVID-19 cases.
As part of the restrictions, indoor service for bars and restaurants is banned and outdoor service must end by 11 p.m.
Bars and restaurants can sell alcohol until 11 p.m. and alcohol can be sold at liquor stores and grocery stores until 9 p.m.
Mayor Lightfoot also announced that she will propose to City Council a temporary cap on the fees third party companies charge restaurants for delivery services.
"As we navigate the second surge of COVID-19, I am committed to using every available resource to its maximum potential to protect our residents and support our businesses," said Mayor Lightfoot. "Our hospitality industry is at a crossroads and we each have a role to play in helping our bars and restaurants survive. This City relief package will help, but we still need all residents to wear a mask, social distance, avoid gathering in large groups and wash their hands. When we all do our part to bring cases down, we not only save lives but also ensure that our businesses can reopen quickly and safely."
The grant program will be funded by a reallocation of CARES Act funds from the Chicago Small Business Resiliency Fund.
Bars and restaurants must have an annual revenue under $3 million and experienced economic stress due to COVID 19 with a loss of at least 25% of annual revenue after March 1 in order to be eligible.
Regional and national chains with more than two total locations are not eligible, as well as adult entertainment facilities.
The money that bars and restaurants receive must go to operational costs, including payroll expenses, inventory, mortgage or rent and utilities payments.
The city will begin accepting applications the week of November 16, with more details to be released at a later date.
Mayor Lightfoot also announced the Take Out Chicago contest to support restaurants.
People who order takeout from ten unique bars and restaurants between Thursday and December 15 can be entered into a contest to win a VIP experience at a Chicago cultural institution, including the Art Institute, DuSable Museum, Lincoln Park Zoo and Soldier Field. FOr more information, visit chicago.gov/takeout.


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So far, everything indicates that the sub-screen cameras in Huawei smartphones will be delayed until next year
Chinese manufacturer Huawei is due to introduce the Huawei Mate 40 line of smartphones in September-October this year. Earlier it was reported that the new smartphone will receive a sub-screen front camera, however, the latest news from China indicates that the technology has not yet been fully developed to be used in a commercial device.
The prototype of the Huawei Mate 40 lacks a sub-screen camera
At least in the engineering sample of the Huawei Mate 40, which the source saw, it uses a conventional camera. Of course, there is a chance that this is an early prototype and by the announcement of Huawei will refine the technology. In addition, the front camera hidden under the screen can appear in only one older model. However, so far, everything indicates that the sub-screen cameras in Huawei smartphones will be delayed until next year.
According to the latest rumors, the Huawei Mate 40 series will be equipped with screens with a frequency of 90 Hz. The fact is that Huawei is worried about the operating time without recharging, considering that 90 Hz is quite enough.
The new smartphone should be built on the basis of a 5-nanometer single-chip system, which may come out under the name Kirin 1000 or Kirin 1020.
It is also expected that along with smartphones will be released smartwatches Huawei Mate Watch, which will run on the operating system Harmony OS 2.0.


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Nigeria’s Green Africa Airways to start selling tickets this week
After a long wait, Green Africa Airways will begin selling tickets from 25th May. The airline plans to begin operations on June 24th, serving several domestic destinations from its base in Lagos. Travelers booking early on with the airline will receive discounted tickets as well. Let’s find out more.
Green Africa Airways announced yesterday that it will commence ticket sales from Tuesday, 25th May. This is an exciting step for any startup airline, but for Green Africa, it has been a step in the making for over six years. The carrier has ordered aircraft, put together a leadership team, and included industry leaders on its board of directors.
As we’ve previously covered, Green Africa Airways will begin operations with six domestic routes. These will all be from Lagos and are: Akure, Ilorin, Abuja, Enugu, Owerri, and Port Harcourt and commence on June 24th. The carrier will slowly scale up operations as it receives more aircraft in the coming months and over the year.
Green Africa calls its customers ‘gFlyers’ and is offering them discounts for being early passengers. Travelers booking on the airline’s website will receive a 10% discount on all fare classes to celebrate the airline’s launch. The three fare classes are: gSaver, gClassic, and gFlex.
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With inspirational women like Cathy Hughes, Oprah and Iman to look up to, Black women entrepreneurs don’t have the mental block of uncharted territory to hold us back. We now can look to these trailblazers as motivators to reach our full potential.
Mikki Taylor: “There are several important moments that pertain to women in black history. First of all, look at the stats on us for the past decade and there are over 900,000 African-American female entrepreneurs and that says a lot about us as a power seed. It says a lot about us owning our lives, and being the change that we want to see. So more than anything that’s the figure, and that’s the stat that stands out in my mind. Certainly Barack Obama is another greatest impact of the last decade for women of color. He is for women. He is about change for women. He is beyond the expression of “breaking the glass seal.” He really is about us mastering our purpose with distinction, and he, with his Administration, are determining to do everything they can to see that we succeed on their watch. So we are looking forward to the next four years to be even more empowering than the first four! So those are my standouts.”
Sure, Oprah is the obvious choice to highlight when talking about Black women business leaders. Lucky for us, we have more strong examples of Black women who have rocked the business world to its core.
Rosalind Brewer has made history for being the first African-American woman to hold a CEO position at one of Wal-Mart’s business units. Then of course, there’s Ursula Burns, who’s meteoric rise from intern to CEO of Xerox, allows many of us to dream bigger than we ever thought possible. It’s one thing to be a boss in business, but it’s quite another extraordinary thing to start your own and thrive! Black women like Iman, Tyra Banks, Janice Bryant Howroyd, Cathy Hughes and more boast bold business ideas that led to success. Black women, believe you can do anything and you can!
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It’s been a long time coming, but in April this year the Indian government brought its data privacy rules into line with European requirements.
The recent changes raise a couple of questions for UK businesses:
- How do they affect transfers of personal data to group companies or suppliers based in India?
- Will they impact the way in which Indian suppliers provide services?
This note provides a brief overview of the changes and a summary of their impact on UK businesses, by addressing the questions above.
OVERVIEW OF THE CHANGES
Until 2008, there were no data privacy rules in India, and even following the implementation of the first set of rules in the IT (Amendment) Act 20081, the measures were limited in scope to civil penalties for failure to protect personal data and civil and criminal penalties for disclosure of information without consent in certain circumstances or in breach of contractual obligations.
To bolster these protections, the Indian government introduced (with effect from 13 April 2011) the Information Technology (Reasonable Security Practices and Procedures and Sensitive Personal Data or Information) Rules 20112 (under powers conferred under s87(2) read with s43A of the IT Act 20003). The new rules regulate the collection, disclosure, transfer and storage of sensitive personal data, and widen the scope of the regulation in s43A of the 2000 Act.
As under European laws, the rules are based around a set of principles for protecting personal data. The most significant one of these is the absolute requirement to obtain consent from individuals (by letter, fax, e-mail or online) before collecting their information.
So far, the rules lack some of the nuances of the European laws and this has raised some concerns. Alarm had been expressed (particularly in the US) that the new rules are too restrictive and could deter foreign companies from doing business in India – the opposite from the intended effect.
In particular, it has been unclear how the absolute requirement to obtain consent would apply to Indian outsourced service providers who are required to access the personal data of their customers’ customers. Amid concerns that the Indian service providers would need to obtain consent from the individuals to whom the data relates (even though they may not have direct contact with them), the Indian government has (on 24 August 2011) issued clarification to give Indian service providers the all clear. The clarification exempts the service provider from requirements of obtaining written consent and providing choice, access and correction mechanisms, as these are the responsibility of the organisation engaging it (under the applicable data privacy rules in its own country) and which has the direct relationship with the end customer.
The clarification states that any ‘body corporate providing services relating to collection, storage, dealing or handling of sensitive personal data or information under contractual obligation with any legal entity located within or outside India’ is exempt from the requirement to obtain consent. As such, it will only apply to Indian companies to the extent they obtain personal data directly and not as part of an outsourced service provision arrangement.
Further clarification is also required on other aspects of the new rules as, on the face of it, data subjects have an unlimited right to access to their personal data (without any of the exceptions provided under European laws) and consent can be unilaterally withdrawn by the data subject. Without reasonable safeguards, these requirements could create a disproportionate impact on Indian businesses.
Indian businesses will hope that that the Indian government will take a pragmatic approach to these rules, as it has for the consent requirements for outsourced service providers, to minimise the impact of the new rules – but what about UK businesses, what’s the impact on them?
IMPACT ON UK BUSINESSES
How do the new rules affect transfers of personal data to group companies or suppliers based in India?
The new rules will affect transfers between group companies if the personal data originates from India as the Indian entity, in order to comply with the new rules, will need to ensure that all other group companies accessing the data meet the requirements of the new rules. For many companies, appropriate measures will already be in place to ensure that all intra-group transfers of personal data comply with European or US requirements – however, the new Indian rules are different (albeit similar) and UK businesses with Indian affiliates will need to monitor developments in India to ensure that group-wide data privacy procedures are in line with the Indian rules.
In respect of transfers of personal data from UK businesses to Indian suppliers, European data protection laws will apply as normal and it is these rules (not the Indian ones) that UK businesses will need to be mindful of.
Will the new rules impact the way in which Indian suppliers provide services?
The new rules impose certain mandatory data privacy standards that UK businesses would normally impose contractually. As such, they should give additional comfort to UK businesses that Indian outsourced service providers will comply with those requirements and, in turn, ensure that the UK business meets its obligation under European laws to ensure adequate protection for personal data.
But it should not be forgotten that there are still key differences between the European and Indian requirements and it will not be enough just to rely on Indian protections. UK businesses must still ensure that ‘adequate protection’, most commonly achieved using the EU-approved model clauses, is in place with the Indian service provider.
The new rules are a step forward, helping to bring India into line with European practices and will give further comfort to customers of Indian service providers that personal data is secure. In practice, UK businesses are unlikely to see a step-change, as many leading service providers will already comply with best practice to meet their customers’ requirements. UK businesses should be reassured by recent developments, which bolster the protections Indian companies must put in place without (due to the recent clarification) hindering the way in which they provide services to UK businesses and their customers.


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Eco-Teacher Calling Sobeys Plastic Bag Ban a Big Step Forward
A local teacher is applauding a move by Sobeys to eliminate plastic shopping bags.
Jodi Nolin is the eco-teacher at Anderdon Public School in Amherstburg.
She and the students in her Grade 6 class have been pushing local businesses, municipalites and organizations to stop using plastic straws and single-use plastic bags.
Nolin says Sobeys decision is a giant step in the right direction.
"To see such a big grocery chain create these changes provincially is really exciting because I'm sure that other grocery chains will follow suit and big shopping centres will do the same," says Nolin. "So it's wonderful. It's going to make positive changes happen very quickly."
Anderdon Public School students Darragh Aston (left) and Addisyn Walker (right) with their teacher Jodi Nolin (centre) at a Greater Essex County District School Board meeting held on May 21, 2019 (Photo by AM800's Zander Broeckel)
Nolin says it's all about making people change their habits.
"Hopefully people will just get in that habit of bringing their bags," says Nolin. "What did we do before plastic? It wasn't that long ago we didn't have plastic and people brought their own bags or we used boxes or paper bags. So we're so used to this convenience, but at a great cost to the health of the planet and our own health."
Last week, Sobeys announced it would phase out plastic bags from all of its stores by February 2020.
The chain, owned by Empire Co., will roll out the initiative at its other banners as well, including Safeway and Foodland, soon after.
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Motorola Inc MOT.N said on Monday it will support two of billionaire investor Carl Icahn’s four proposed board nominees, settling a year-long proxy battle to turn around the struggling mobile phone company.
Shares of Motorola rose as much as 3 percent on the announcement, which also said that Icahn had agreed to drop all litigation against the company ahead of its May 5 shareholders meeting. Icahn owns about 6.4 percent of Motorola shares.
Motorola said it agreed to seek input from Icahn regarding its decision to split off its cellphone business and its search for a new chief executive for the division — a direction it took under pressure from Icahn.
It appointed Keith Meister, managing director of the Icahn investment funds, to serve on the board, effective immediately. In addition, Meister and William Hambrecht, chief executive of WR Hambrecht & Co, will be nominated for election to the board at the annual meeting.
Meister’s nomination was earlier rejected by Motorola. There was no mention of Frank Biondi and Lionel Kimerling, two others previously on Icahn’s proposed slate.
Icahn, who has agitated for management change since acquiring Motorola shares in early 2007 and failed to win a board seat for himself last year, dropped all litigation against the company, Motorola said.
“We believe this agreement is positive as Motorola can now focus on the job at hand rather than potentially spending time, focus, and money in a proxy battle,” said UBS analyst Maynard Um.
Motorola has been losing to rivals such as industry leader Nokia NOK1V.HE and No. 2-ranked Samsung Electronics Co Ltd (005930.KS) in the past year. Many analysts criticized it for failing to produce a strong successor to the once-lauded Razr phone.
Chief Executive Greg Brown said Motorola was “pleased to avoid a costly and distracting proxy contest” with Icahn.
Icahn had accused the company’s board and its management team, previously led by Ed Zander who stepped down as CEO in January, of failing to assess the business properly.
In March, Icahn said he was suing Motorola to force it to hand over documents related to its money-losing mobile devices business to determine if its board failed in its duties.
“This activist investor has proved, once again, that he knows how to win,” said Boston University professor James Post, who teaches corporate government and business ethics. “Icahn’s victory will not produce immediate changes in business results, but it sends a clear signal that corporate governance matters.”
Motorola shares rose 24 cents, or 2.5 percent, to $9.91 on the New York Stock Exchange after briefly rising to $9.98.
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Young and chic Mexican fresas shopped at Abercrombie & Fitch, while the hipsters pulled their clothes from the racks of Urban Outfitters. Virtually no Mexican teen thought it was chido to wear local threads.
But now Mexican fashion is making a strong comeback — at home and abroad. Suddenly, local clothing brands are selling internationally, and the unique Mexican fashion style that blends traditional designs with modern cuts are appearing on models strutting down catwalks around the globe.
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ZTE makes a long lineup of smartphones, but now the company wants your help building the next one. Alongside the announcement of two new budget phones today, ZTE has shared that it plans to launch a new community, where members will be able to offer feedback and vote on what goes into its next handset. Will it be a flagship? A strong midrange contender? It seems like that choice will be up to you. ZTE says it aims to have a good idea of what the final product will look like by this time next year. So CES 2017 could be home to a pretty significant mobile announcement — unlike this year.
If it's a high-end phone, that wouldn't be anything new for ZTE; the company's flagship is the unlocked Axon, a device we found to have impressive performance, strong battery life, but a design that fell short of its bigger rivals. Presumably that device will one day get its own sequel but, depending on where the ceiling is, ZTE just might give you the chance to build something even better. There are bound to be some ceilings with what users can choose, though, so as promising as the idea might be, we'll have to see what the execution looks like. Are people merely picking components, or will they get a say in the whole design? ZTE's new community effort will also let users sign up for early access to software updates, and potentially even early hardware.


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Huawei smartphone owners can already use the business system company this fall, according to a manager of the Chinese telecom giant.
Yu Chengdong, the CEO of Huawei & # 39; s Consumer Business Group, said the new system would not only work with all Android apps, but also increase their efficiency by 60 percent, reported China Business Journal.
The news came after Google announced that it would stop offering Huawei its license to use Android, the operating system that powers all smartphones made by the Chinese company and its sub brand Honor.
It also came after the US issued orders last week to prohibit Huawei from purchasing parts and technologies from US suppliers.
A Huawei executive has announced that the company will roll out its own operating system as early as the fall, reports reports. The news came after Google withdrew its Android license
The Huawei chief, Yu Chengdong, said the new system would work with all Android apps and would cover the company's phones, computers, tablets, television sets and smart devices.
The Huawei operating system is said to relate to the company's phones, computers, tablets, television sets, and smart devices, Yu said.
He claimed that the system would be rolled out already in the fall and until late in the spring.
It seems that it is not only the operating system that Huawei has been working on.
The company works with a district government in the Chinese city of Changsha to create a & # 39; super factory & # 39; to build to increase production opportunities.
President Donald Trump issued orders last week to block Huawei and its 68 members from buying important parts and components from US companies without special approval
Google then said it would stop offering Huawei with its Android license due to the ban – a move that, according to analysts & # 39; the beginning of the end & # 39; could mean for the Chinese telecom giant
The 32-hectare & # 39; smart & # 39; The factory is expected to have more than 16,000 employees and to produce 100 million digital devices every year Changsha Wangcheng government.
The production base is invested by Huawei and two other Fortune 500 companies from China. The construction was completed in April.
Huawei, the second largest smartphone maker in the world, faces unparalleled pressure and restrictions from the United States, while a trade war between Beijing and Washington escalates.
President Donald Trump gave orders last week to block Huawei and the 68 affiliated organizations without major permission to purchase important parts and components from US companies.
Even in the light of the blockade, a Huawei sub brand unveiled the next generation of phones on Monday, although neither has a confirmed release date. The company has chosen bright colors for the holographic designs, combined with a powerful 48 MP AI Quad Camera
Honor unveiled Huawei's next line-up of handsets, the Honor 20 and Honor 20 Pro
Google, whose Android operating system controls most of the world's smartphones, then said it would break the link with Huawei as a result of the ban – a move that some analysts say they & # 39; the beginning of the end & # 39; can mean for Huawei.
Washington said this week that it would postpone the implementation of the ban for 90 days to allow Huawei to find suppliers.
But pending or not, US orders have led to a chain reaction with suppliers of digital devices worldwide.
Two of the best mobile providers in Japan, KDDI and SoftBank Corp, have announced a delay in the release of new handsets made by Huawei.
British telecom companies EE and Vodafone are also setting up plans to sell new 5G mobile phones from the Chinese company.
But Huawei's founder and CEO, Ren Zhengfei, said his company was fully prepared for the challenge.
Huawei's founder, Ren Zhengfei (photo), said yesterday that his company was fully prepared for the US ban, but thanked his US business partners for helping Huawei
Yu Chengdong (photo), the CEO of Huawei & # 39; s Consumer Business Group, allegedly revealed details of the operating system of Huawei in a chat group on Chinese social media
In a press briefing yesterday, 75-year-old Ren assured that the ban would not affect the company's main products, especially 5G technology.
He also said that Huawei had its own backup stock of microchips – one of the components that suffered from the US ban. He said his company was able to produce chips that were comparable to those of American suppliers.
The Huawei smartphone company Honor also unveiled its next line-up of smartphones on Monday, despite uncertainty about the future of its devices.
Washington has previously claimed that the equipment of Huawei could be used by China to spy on Americans – allegations that Huawei has repeatedly denied.
In addition, Ren & # 39; s daughter Meng Wanzhou, Huawei's CFO, was arrested in Canada in December and is being prosecuted in the US
Ren & # 39; s daughter Meng Wanzhou (photo) faces criminal charges in the US. Meng was arrested in Vancouver by Canadian police in December under Washington's request
Huawei was scrutinized in the West after Washington claimed that the company's equipment could be used by China to spy on Americans – allegations Huawei has repeatedly denied
Meng, generally regarded as Ren's heir, is accused of having used a Shell company in Hong Kong to sell equipment to Iran in violation of US sanctions. Huawei has denied the accusation.
The Huawei trade ban is directly related to an ongoing tariff war between Beijing and Washington.
The trade war started when US President Donald Trump announced the & # 39; unfair & # 39; criticized China's trade practices and launched an investigation into Chinese trade policy in 2017.
It intensified when Washington doubled more than the double rate for $ 200 billion of Chinese products earlier this month and retaliated Beijing by imposing higher rates on $ 60 billion US goods.
The switch against Huawei from Washington is the final round of tariffs, sanctions and threats from President Trump and Xi Jingping in China who failed to conclude a trade agreement
The two countries had tried to relieve tensions through trade negotiations, but failed to reach an agreement.
Chinese President Xi Jinping said today that China should prepare for difficult times in the climate of a trade war.
& # 39; We need to be aware of the long-term and complex nature of various adverse factors at home and abroad, and prepare properly for various difficult situations & # 39 ;, said President Xiin, President Xinhua.
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By The Canadian Press on January 30, 2024.
Canadians are continuing to be laid off as part of a wave of job cuts that began in 2023 as companies assessed their operations after the height of the COVID-19 pandemic passed.
Tech companies, retailers and more have all begun shedding members of their workforce in a bid to navigate the economic downturn.
These are some of the companies which have so far laid off Canadian workers in 2024.
BenchSci: The Toronto-based artificial intelligence startup let go of an unspecified number of workers in January because of “economic environment, operational efficiencies, and adaptation to technological advancements, specifically generative AI.”
Enbridge: The Calgary-based pipeline giant announced plans to cut 650 positions over the course of February, citing “increasingly challenging” business conditions including higher interest rates, economic uncertainty and the ripple effects of geopolitical developments.
Google: The tech giant kicked off the year by trimming its workforce, leaving hundreds of its staff without jobs. Dan Raile, a spokesperson for the Alphabet Workers Union ““ Communication Workers of America union, said some of the departing staff were located in Canada.
Mastermind Toys: The toy retailer, which recently changed ownership, terminated about 272 employees as Unity Acquisitions Inc. took over the company in January.
Rona Inc.: The Boucherville, Que., home improvement retailer announced plans to axe 300 jobs and close distribution centres in Terrebonne, Que., and Calgary in January as part of a plan to adjust its operating model and eliminate inefficiencies.
Wayfair: U.S. home goods retailer Wayfair says 50 workers in Ontario were part of a January layoff impacting 1,650 employees at the home goods company.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Jan. 30, 2024.


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SAN FRANCISCO -- In a dramatic rebound from its bungled initial public offering last year, Facebook Inc. will join the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index next week, capping its fitful rise to one of the nation's most powerful technology companies....
| Dec 12, 2013
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Historic Old Pasadena, a restored section of the city's downtown bustling with shops and restaurants, is getting more high-tech.
Three older buildings at a busy intersection on Raymond Avenue will be transformed into a hub for budding technology firms...
| Dec 12, 2013
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SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook Inc. and Twitter Inc. are going after the only thing more fleeting than a Snapchat message: the teenage attention span.
On Thursday, Instagram, the photo-sharing service owned by Facebook, introduced a way to send...
| Dec 30, 2013
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TOKYO (Reuters) - Panasonic Corp and Japan's other mid-tier camera makers have a battle on their hands to win over a smartphone "selfie" generation to mirrorless cameras that held such promise when they were launched around five years ago.
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Facebook Inc. Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, led a big rise in philanthropy among the wealthy in 2013 as the number of gifts of at least $1 million climbed 57%, according to a report by the Chronicle of Philanthropy.
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Days after being warned of a security weakness in its popular app, Snapchat became the target of a widespread cyberattack that affected millions of users, a black eye for a local start-up with sky-high hopes of becoming the next social media juggernaut....
| Jan 6, 2014
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The price of bitcoin shot up past $1,000 Monday after Zynga, an online gaming company, announced it would test using the digital currency as payment.
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| Jan 15, 2014
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Apple Inc. agreed to refund customers $32.5 million to settle a complaint over mobile phone apps bought by children, prompting consumer advocates to call for a broader crackdown against deceptive practices by big wireless companies.
"This is a warning...
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SAN FRANCISCO — Less than two years ago, disillusioned investors were fleeing Facebook Inc. stock, worried the company would never figure out how to make the leap to mobile devices from personal computers, let alone make money on them.
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After the $19-billion WhatsApp deal was announced, I wrote a little blog post about where it ranked among other tech deals. I included the line:
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| Mar 4, 2014
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Stocks surged Tuesday as traders celebrated reports of a softening of tension in Ukraine. The three major indexes were in positive territory, with the S&P 500 trading at a record high.
The Dow Jones industrial average jumped 192 points, or 1.2%, to 16,...


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In this webinar, Lauren Keplinger will explain how to use Etsy as an ecommerce sales funnel to drive traffic and sales directly to your website.
Launched in June 2016, Creative Fabrica says it’s now the largest digital platform for crafters with over a million products for sale. We walk you through how the site works from the seller perspective.
The handmade marketplace ArtFire will be shutting down at the end of 2021.
Art and craft supply retailer, Michaels, has announced on its website that it will be launching a marketplace for third-party craft supply sellers, the Michaels Marketplace.
Etsy rolled out a new Star Seller Badge at the start of September. Sellers have had impassioned responses, including one who wrote a detailed forum post which we have permission to republish here.
When it comes to businesses, Jon Lincoln is a wide-ranging maker. The Boston-area entrepreneur has launched a comedy club, as well as a document manager for insurance companies. But his latest product, Goimagine, is a maker marketplace with a difference.
Spoonflower announced yesterday that the company will be acquired by Shutterfly for $225 million.
According to Abby Glassenberg, Etsy is facing a crisis of resellers that threatens to erode the value of the marketplace’s brand.
For the first time since it’s founding in 2005 Etsy has launched a second marketplace. Called Etsy Studio, the new platform focuses exclusively on craft supplies integrating DIY tutorials to help consumers find what they need to get creative.
Choosing the right platform to begin selling your products online can be overwhelming. There are a lot of great choices out there, so how do you know which one is right for you? One option is to start with an existing online marketplace that offers the tools and platform to sell your work without investing a lot of amount of time, effort, and money. Ask yourself these 10 questions before you begin.