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Popular battle royale shooter game PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG) has secured a partnership with crypto-rewards start-up Refereum, according to a press release.
The partnership will allow gamers to earn cryptocurrency for completing in-game achievements and objectives, like winning a match or earning a kill streak.
Users will be awarded RFR tokens for completing said objectives, which should spur growth in the project which currently has a market cap of just $6.5 million.
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“Gamers do so much free marketing for games through streaming services and social media, but they’re rarely compensated sufficiently for it,” says Refereum CEO Dylan Jones.
“This is the problem Refereum aims to fix — and now, with this revolutionary new way of rewarding gamers for their in-game engagement with PUBG, we not only reward them for playing a game that they love, but for their dedication in becoming better players, too.”
The campaign, which aims to increase mainstream adoption of cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology, will last until August 20.
Refereum is a start-up focused around giving gamers and streamers rewards for gaming. In the past, the company has also offered rewards for fans of State of Decay 2, Fortnite, Apex Legends, and the Battlefield series.
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People buy insurance to protect prized possessions — their cars, homes and even beloved pets. But the one valuable they consistently neglect to insure? Their digital data, including family photos, medical records and other personal details that would be tough to live without.
"Our digital lives are becoming more and more real, and subsequently, becoming more and more important to protect," writes Nat Maple, a senior vice president and general manager at Acronis, in Wired Innovation Insights. Maple identifies three reasons why people should buy digital insurance.
- Don't underestimate the value of digital information: "There is tangible value to the information you have on your digital devices, especially when you consider the time and money it would take to replace and/or recover your data in the event of a hardware malfunction, hard drive crash, or theft. While it may be easier to put a price tag on your health, or the value of your vehicle, it’s also important to think about the price tag you would put on your 'digital self'— and to ensure you can retrieve that information quickly."
- You're not immune: "As the size of information we’re storing digitally continues to grow, the chance of loss increases in tandem. Your hard drive has a 50 percent chance of crashing after six years, so the era of only saving information to your computer’s hard drive is rapidly coming to a close."
- Don't wait until it's too late: "Unfortunately, for most of today’s consumers, the idea of backing up their information will only occur to them once they’ve experienced some type of data loss. We’re at a point where the amount of information people store digitally is drastically larger than the amount they don’t."
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Acronis is a Swiss company, founded in Singapore. Celebrating two decades of innovation, Acronis has more than 1,800 employees in 45 locations. The Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud solution is available in 26 languages in over 150 countries and is used by 20,000 service providers to protect over 750,000 businesses.

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Silk-FAW, the Chinese language and Italian partnership creating high-performance automobiles for China’s Hongqi model, has employed its 2nd former Ferrari government in not up to two months.
The newest to enroll in the workforce is veteran Ferrari engineer Roberto Fedeli, who has been tapped to expand self-driving, electrification and connectivity applied sciences, Automotive News (subscription required) reported on Tuesday.
His appointment follows that of Amedeo Felisa most effective remaining month. Felisa served as CEO of Ferrari between 2008 and 2016, and has been employed through Silk-FAW as a special adviser.
Fedeli spent 26 years of his profession on the Prancing Horse, throughout which era he led construction of probably the most global’s highest functionality automobiles together with the LaFerrari, F12 Berlinetta and 458 Italia. He left in 2014 to enroll in BMW and in 2016 was once employed through Fiat Chrysler Vehicles (now a part of Stellantis).
Silk-FAW has been tasked with creating a spread of high-performance, high-luxury electrical automobiles and hybrids for Hongqi, a ancient Chinese language luxurious automobile model owned through FAW Team. Automobiles evolved through Silk-FAW shall be bought beneath a brand new S sequence sub-brand at Hongqi.
The primary of those fashions is the S9 hybrid hypercar (proven primary) unveiled at Auto Shanghai 2021 in April. The S9 is because of get started manufacturing in 2023 at Silk-FAW’s facility in Reggio Emilia, Italy, situated a brief pressure from Ferrari’s headquarters.
In keeping with Automobile Information, Silk-FAW plans to take a position $1.2 billion over the following 3 years and already has plans for S3, S5 and S7 fashions. One of the crucial new fashions shall be in-built China.
The newest information comes only a day after Ferrari named Benedetto Vigna, a senior government at a number one semiconductor chip producer, as its new CEO.


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The United Kingdom Minister of the environment, food and rural affairs has warned the nation’s food and drink industry that a possible no-deal Brexit could affect it.
Food manufacturers of the UK already know that if the Brexit is unable to reach an agreement, the food industry will be hit hard. Brexit will allow the UK to trade in accordance with the rules of the World Trade Organization (WTO).
Nearly 60% of the UK’s food and drink exports to EU nations are tax-free. A Barclays bank study has warned that after Brexit, the average tariff on food and drinks would reach 27%. This is much higher than other industries, with an average increase of 3% – 4%.
For some UK food producers, WTO tariffs could mean disaster. In the case of cheese, depending on the variety, a tariff of 40% to 50% may be required.
Ian Wright, chief executive of the Food and Drink Federation, said that for the industry, a no-deal Brexit would be a “disaster.”
In light of this, UK food and drink brands are being encouraged to look for other export markets – mainly in China.
A report released last year by the British House of Commons on the impact of Brexit said that China, India and the United States offer food and drink exporters some of the best opportunities outside Europe.
China is already the UK’s second largest food and drinks export market outside the EU, after the United States. In 2017, China imported 567 million pounds ($721.8 million) of food and drinks from the UK, an increase of 29% over 2016.
Salmon is the UK’s largest food and drink export to China, followed by pork, milk and cream, whiskey and beer. The British Food and Drink Federation (FDF) said that Chinese people are increasingly interested in British “afternoon tea” products, including jams, scones, teas and cakes. This is related to the popularity of British TV shows, including Downton Abbey and the Great British Bake Off.
Sean Ramsden, chief executive of the UK-based wholesale exporter Ramsden International, said that after the Brexit, China has “great potential” for exporters. But he added that the regulatory environment can be daunting.
The complexity and frequent changes in regulations are a major challenge facing foreign companies wishing to operate in China. A strong local partner may be the best way to enter China. According to the new service package ChinaEasy of JumoreGlobal, foreign companies can get an analysis report and a 3-year forecast report of a specific Chinese industry–including food and drink. Ramsden International expects that more standard regulatory issues will help to increase UK trade volumes in China.


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Nintendo of America will share announcements on social media throughout the weekend.
Update (4/20 at 5 PM EST): Nintendo of America released the following statement: "The Nintendo Direct videos airing this weekend in Japan and Europe are aimed primarily at audiences in those territories. While there will not be a Nintendo Direct video specific to North America, we will be revealing some related information starting this evening and through the weekend via Nintendo of America’s social media channels and an announcement."
Update: Nintendo of America will provide North American related announcements through Facebook and Twitter. Nintendo said "Wondering how you’ll understand tonight’s Nintendo Direct since it’s all in Japanese? Don’t worry, we’ll be sharing North American related announcements (in English). Check back here and on our @NintendoAmerica Twitter around 8:30 PM PT to get all the news."
A new Nintendo Direct will debut in Europe and Japan on April 21.
In Japan, the new Nintendo Direct will begin at 12 PM (or 11 PM EST on April 20) and will be available on Ustream and Nico Nico Live. In Europe, the stream will take place on Nintendo's official website at 1 PM CET (or 7 AM EST).
Like the last one, this Nintendo Direct will focus on 3DS and Wii games. No specifics were announced.
Nintendo President Satoru Iwata sent an announcement over SwapNote to 3DS owners in Japan, while a European message featuring new stationery was sent by Satoru Shibata, president of Nintendo of Europe.
As of right now, Nintendo of America has not announced similar plans, but we will be providing realtime coverage with our resident Japanese correspondent, so check back with us tonight.


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It's being described as the biggest blow to retail since the collapse of Woolworths. Tonight hundreds of people from our region who work for the electrical chain Comet are waiting to hear their fate - after the company announced it's the latest high street firm to go into administration.
The news comes on the day that thousands of youngsters attended a jobs fair at Reading University, trying to get a foot in the door with local firms. But as Kate Bunkall reports - there is a lot of competition.
Around 2,000 students are expected at the University of Reading job fair today. One hundred firms will be offering opportunities to undergraduates including companies in the biopharmacy and bluechip industries.
Around 2,000 students are expected at Reading University's jobs fair today. Seventy per cent of previous students are in graduate level employment. There will be an opportunity to talk to employers and graduates who have found jobs.


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The Indian government is providing several incentives and subsidies to encourage the use of EVs, which has resulted in a booming market for electric vehicles in India.
It still trails behind other Asian nations like China, Japan, and South Korea in terms of the size and development of the market, though. These nations also have a larger market for EVs, better-established infrastructure, and more local and foreign businesses involved in the industry.
India has committed to having 30% of its vehicles be electric by 2030 and is providing tax breaks and subsidies to both EV makers and consumers.
With subsidies and other incentives for both manufacture and purchase, China’s government is likewise making a significant push for EVs. Although Japan and South Korea have put legislation in place to promote the use of EVs, their support is not as strong as it is in China and India.
With little indigenous manufacture of EVs and charging infrastructure, traditional internal combustion engine vehicles dominate the Indian automobile sector.
In contrast, China boasts the largest EV market in the world, a sophisticated charging infrastructure, and local EV manufacturing from firms like BYD and Tesla. With strong automotive industries and a large output of EVs and batteries, Japan and South Korea are industry leaders. Leading EV makers and innovators include Toyota and Hyundai.
In India, there is rising customer demand for EVs, but low consumer knowledge and high upfront prices continue to prevent broad adoption. China, Japan, and South Korea, in contrast, have more developed markets with more model options and a higher degree of customer knowledge.
However, the development of the infrastructure, consumer education, and cost hurdles remain major obstacles for the Indian government, even though it is taking efforts to assist the expansion of the EV industry. Compared to China, Japan, and South Korea, other Asian nations like these have more developed marketplaces with a greater number of local and foreign competitors, as well as more advanced infrastructure and consumer awareness.
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If you’re not familiar with Maker Studios and its catalog of entertainers, you will be soon. The Walt Disney Company bought the multi-channel network and YouTube video supplier last year for a deal that could be worth almost $1 billion. Its stars already have begun making appearances at Walt Disney World.
This weekend, many popular YouTube celebrities, including Maker Studios co-founder and vlogger Shay Carl Butler, will be back in Orlando for Playlist Live 2015, a three-day convention at Orlando World Center Marriott that begins today. Though many of the vloggers aren’t necessarily dedicated Disney commentators, they do often produce Disney-themed content. Zoella, The Daily Bumps and Olga Kay are among such performers. Playlist Live guest celebrity Teala Dunn is best known for her work on Disney TV shows such as “Dog With A Blog” and “Shake It Up!”
The event started four years ago in Orlando as a way for attendees to learn more about video production from experienced creators. It has grown to include meet-ups with popular stars, Q&As and short performances from featured guests, musical performances and a dance party, and an inflatable joust and interactive games.
Parents even will have their own lounge, much like similar facilities at rock concerts, so they can be on site if their children need them, but they’re not tagging along with their cool offspring.
My 12-year-old son is attending Playlist Live for the first time, and he has been counting the days until he can meet his favorite YouTubers (besides the Debs, of course): The Shaytards. This family first attracted viewers with its daily video blogs. Among the other popular entertainers at the convention are Tyler Oakley, Bethany Mota and a slew of others. For many of today’s teens (and tweens), social media stars are the celebrities they most want to meet, and Playlist Live gives them the opportunity to just that.
Although the convention quickly sold out, fans can peek in on the happenings online, of course, via the Playlist Live Virtual Experience. Fans can sign up HERE to be notified when the live streaming begins.
So, why would Disney want to acquire Maker Studios? As The New York Times pointed out, it’s not necessarily for its established personalities, though they play a part.
“Maker brings to Disney a substantial digital audience, some of the biggest stars in the space and also a real understanding of how to manage big brands on YouTube,” Brent Weinstein, who leads United Talent Agency’s digital media division, told The New York Times. “Look at what Maker has done for Epic Rap Battles and Snoop, and imagine what they can do for Iron Man, Mickey and Yoda.”
According to Variety, Maker gets about 5.5 billion views per month across its 55,000 YouTube channels.
“We can allow the Maker people to substantially improve the distribution and reach of shorter form video using these [Star Wars] characters and stories and add their expertise on the production side,” Disney chairman and CEO Bob Iger told Variety.


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Ducati Has Record Year Thanks To 1199 Panigale
Italian manufacturer Ducati is closing 2012 with a bang, as its
Panigale ends the year as one of the best-selling bikes on the
market. Despite the tough economy, Ducati has managed to continue
its growth, and much of that success is due to the company's new
The year began with the model coming off a best bike win at the 2011 EICMA Show in Milan, which has sold more than 7,500 units so far this year. Ducati also boasts that the motorcycle has received more than 30 international awards from motorcycle publications and reviewers, in addition to helping the company achieve retail sales growth throughout the year.
"The sales performance further acknowledges the energy and resources that Ducati has poured into the constant research and development of new product, an approach that has subsequently enabled the company to achieve record commercial and financial results in 2012," a representative for Ducati told Ultimate Motorcycling.
As a complete redesign of its predecessor, the 1198, the 1199 Panigale lacks some of the traditional Ducati flair but makes up for it with its variations and sport bike accessories, the news source reports. The manufacturer is expected to further improve on the bike with 2013's 1199 R.


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San Francisco bites the dust in the newly-entered-beta arena combat game, Ruined, which is available from the browser-based publisher, Bigpoint Software. The game sees players battling it out in ruined, post-apocalyptic landmarks of San Francisco using exotic weapons and playing as freaky characters.
Heiko Hubertz, CEO and founder of Bigpoint commented in the press release, saying …
"In under a year, our SF-based team has created an extraordinary browser game that nothing else in our segment can match," …. "We are excited to release this game and are confident that it will appeal strongly to American gamers who enjoy exotic weapons, rich graphics, and carnage. We are also looking forward to inviting gamers from all over the world into Ruined later this year."
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How you can tell it’s fall in L.A., according to a guy from Vermont
If you’re in L.A. on a Monday and it’s not October—there’s a good chance your friend’s got an annual holiday fall tradition. He or she has a friend from Vermont who comes in to stay in a rented house while the family is away.
When asked to elaborate, he said, “It’s fall when you go to Vermont. I don’t know what it’s like in California.”
That’s just one example of a new breed of traveler’s tales emerging online.
The stories are being told in a variety of ways, ranging from travel bloggers to travel vloggers. They have a collective goal—promoting tourism on a level that isn’t the norm, but is more inclusive and accepting of new ideas.
The trend has helped propel a new industry in its wake: the travel vlogger, the person who creates content about their travel adventures on the internet and shares it with followers. Their goal is to inspire others in a way that makes their readers fall in love with the destination that has inspired their travel plans.
While the term “vloggers” might seem like a misnomer for many people when they travel, vloggers—also known as content creators—seem to take their mission a little further than most travelers do when it comes to spreading the word.
“I think we’re helping it get out there because people are sharing their ‘I’m going on vacation’ posts, but not too much about their trip,” said Kade Anderson, a travel blogger and author of the book “Crowded: Finding Fulfillment in a World of Overwhelm.” “We’re doing a service for travel. They’re just taking it to the next level.”
People like Kade Anderson are the tip of the iceberg in a global trend: the travel vlogger.
It’s a new age in travel
The vlogger has existed for years—people have blogs where they share their experiences on places they go, and people have created vlogs on YouTube. But the concept of a travel vlogger is new.
“Travel bloggers have been doing it for years, but since the rise of the internet, travel vloggers are doing it today,” said Anderson.


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MATTECH Corp. has developed new high temperature refractory boards called HDFractalins™. Made from HMG1 material, this non-fibrous product can withstand temperatures up to 1850°C. According to the company, its HDFractalins™ have excellent low thermal conductivity, high thermal shock resistance, and chemical and mechanical stability, with a density of 0.9 g/cc. The new FiberFree™ boards can reportedly be used for a variety of applications without posing serious health risk.
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Lenovo to buy IBM server business for $2.3 billion
The acquisition will put the Chinese computer maker into competition with companies including Hewlett-Packard Co. and Dell Inc.
Lenovo will pay approximately $2 billion in cash, with the balance in Lenovo stock, for the business.
Lenovo said it would be offering jobs to approximately 7,500 IBM employees in locations including Raleigh, Shanghai, Shenzhen and Taipei.
IBM will retain parts of its server business. The company said it would keep its System z mainframes, Power Systems, Storage Systems, Power-based Flex servers, and PureApplication and PureData appliances.
The planned acquisition comes nearly a decade after Lenovo bought IBM’s PC business, which included the ThinkPad line of PCs.
It also follows announcements that IBM would invest more than $1 billion in its IBM Watson Group and $1.2 billion to expand its global cloud computing footprint.
The Lenovo server deal may face regulatory hurdles in the United States.
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The new Moxy Hotel on King Street near South Market that will be opening Nov. 1 received a consumer beer license Thursday at the beer board meeting.
General Manager Dwayne Massengale said this is a brand of Marriott and this hotel is one of seven in the country, the others being in large metropolitan cities. Beer sales will be available in the bar not from room service. The bar and restaurant are open to the public.
The Naked River Brewing Co., 1701 Reggie White Blvd., also plans to open Nov.
1. While several details related to city building and fire codes are being completed, owners of the business applied to the beer board and received a manufacturer’s/distributor license in order to start brewing beer so it will be available when the business opens. They will be back at the next beer board meeting on Nov. 1 to get a consumer / carry-out license for the sale of beer in the bar.
A special celebration, EPB Big Gig will take place Oct. 20 at Miller Park, 928 Market St. Original projections were that 30,000 customers would sign up for the cable service provided by EPB by now, but that number has been greatly surpassed. This event on Saturday will be celebrating signing up 100,000 EPB users. Entertainment will start at 11 a.m. and continue until 4:30 p.m. There will also be a lumberjack demonstration, a cooking demonstration, food, concessions including beer and a Halloween costume contest for dogs and kids. At the Thursday morning meeting of the Chattanooga Beer Board a special events beer permit was approved for the event.
Two fundraisers for the Tennessee River Gorge Trust were also given special events licenses to sell beer. ChattaJack, a paddleboard and kayak race will be held for the fifth year on Oct. 27. The course is 31 miles long starting at the Market St. Bridge and ending at Hale’s Bar. Beer will be available for participants age 21 and up, at the awards / after party from 6-10 p.m. at Ross Landing Park.
The Barrel Bash on Nov. 3 will also benefit the Tennessee River Gorge Trust. It is being held in collaboration with Chattanooga Whiskey. At their riverfront headquarters at 890 Riverfront Parkway, there will be eight breweries present for whisky and beer sampling along with food trucks. For this first time event, organizers are expecting 1,000 people.
The 10th annual Three Blind Wines will take place at Stratton Hall, 3146 Broad St. on Nov. 16. From 5-11:30 p.m. there will be a food and wine gala with beer also available, along with entertainment. Money raised will support the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.
Davis Wayne’s, 9454 Bradmore Lane, Suite #100, received a consumer beer license at the board meeting on Oct. 5. Antonia Poland, an owner returned to the board on Thursday and got a caterer permit to be able to serve beer at events and parties that will be held off-site.
The Great American Filling Station, 8701 E. Brainerd Rd. was described by owner Robert Schiavo as “a nice friendly local restaurant.” Everything served will be fresh, no canned or frozen food will be used, he said. It will be “making burgers great again.” He received a beer license and also has an ABC license to sell alcohol. Expectations are to open the restaurant next week.
Sunrise Market, 6506 Bonny Oaks Dr. is a convenience store that received a carry-out beer permit on Thursday. Nirmal S. Patel will take over ownership next week.
The opening of Aldi’s newest location in the Chattanooga area is today at 680 Signal Mountain Road. Attorney Tyler Hand, representing the business came to the beer board meeting applying for a carry-out beer license. Mr. Hand was unable to give the board a land line phone number for the new grocery store, which is required in order to have a beer permit. This left the board unable to issue a beer license on Thursday. Aldi will come to the meeting on Nov. 1 with the application and a phone number.
An application from Raymond Hunter, Jr. for a consumer license to re-open Boo Coe’s Sports Bar & Grill, was discussed. This location is one of the event halls that prompted the city to create a “special gathering permit.” The M-2 zoning that the building is in, does not allow the sale of beer. In the past, it was allowed only because the business had been in consecutive use as a bar and was grandfathered in to allow it. Now the business has been closed for over 100 days and that gap of use has caused a loss of the non-conforming use. The application hearing was passed until the Nov. 1 beer board meeting.
Gary Ball a business and property owner in the Main Street neighborhood and a community leader spoke to the beer board about the former Boo Coe’s. He said that when the event hall was opened, he would receive calls, all through the early morning hours about problems. There were two murders in the parking lot when it was open, he said. At the time, the neighborhood association had discussions with the mayor, the police chief and city attorneys, asking the city of Chattanooga to look into event halls and they established a plan to regulate that type of establishment. He said the two event halls located on Main Street have been magnets for problematic behavior.
Mr. Ball said there have not been problems since they were closed, and he said the perception is that the area is changing. The business that has now been closed three or four years and his group would like them to stay closed. If the application is heard again, he said that he would bring more neighbors to that meeting.
The Southside Social was found twice in a matter of two months, to have an employee consuming alcohol in the business where they were worked, which is not allowed in the Chattanooga beer code. For the second offense that took place, the bar was given a choice of suspending sales of beer for three days or paying a $1,000 fine. The fine was chosen, yet 14 days later, payment of the fine had not been received. At the time, Assistant City Attorney Keith Reisman told Chattanooga Police Officer John Collins to cite the business and stop sales for three days beginning that day. Since that time, it was found, that payment of the fine had been mailed to the wrong address, and Mr. Reisman told the board that he had withdrawn the suspension.
Ron Smith, chairman of the beer board announced the resignation of long time beer board member Andre Harriman, due to family matters. He served on the board for seven years, said Mr. Smith and we will miss him and we appreciate what he has done.


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Lagardère Travel Retail and EL&N announced that they have entered into a partnership whereby Lagardère Travel Retail becomes the exclusive franchisee of the London-based café and lifestyle brand in travel locations.
This partnership is an important milestone towards Lagardère Travel Retail’s ambition to develop its Foodservice leadership in Europe.
EL&N, created in London in 2017 by founder Alexandra Miller, is a global brand of cafés which has been developed to become an instagrammable destination with iconic flower walls, pink interiors, felted armchairs and candy pink neon lights. In this stunning decor, customers can enjoy a selection of drinks – including the famous pink lattes – and culinary creations. The wide range of products includes high quality coffees, a large choice of pastries, innovative cold drinks and healthy recipes combining culinary pleasure and dietary balance. EL&N café brand is adapted to different format, from flagship to kiosks, and offers both table or takeaway service depending on locations.
Building on its strong brand image, EL&N has also developed a range of retail products, including masks, steel water bottles, flasks or notebooks, to take care of oneself holistically, not only in terms of nutrition.
EL&N has experienced fast international growth since it opened its first location in Park Lane, London, and opened its first Travel Retail café in 2020. With a global footprint now spanning the UK France, Belgium, KSA, Bahrain, Kuwait, UAE, Qatar, China and Scandinavia, the pink perfect brand has strong ambitions to seek further growth opportunities, in travel locations in particular.
Lagardère Travel Retail, which has been selected as exclusive partner by EL&N for its recognized expertise of embodying F&B brands’ DNA and delivering high standards of operational execution, will support the brand’s Travel Retail development in current locations and explore opportunities to expand to new markets.
Commenting on this announcement, Mélanie Guilldou, EVP Foodservice at Lagardère Travel Retail, said: “We are very proud to enter this partnership with EL&N and to build on our shared values and very entrepreneurial business mindsets to bring EL&N’s unique and experiential concept to travelers. EL&N is one of the most recognizable, iconic brand in today’s F&B environment and we very much look forward to participating to the company’s success story and ambitions for international Travel Retail development. The addition of EL&N to our portfolio is of great value in the Travel Retail environment, where travelers are constantly looking for concepts and offers that are both unique and truly differentiating. This opens up a tremendous opportunity to appeal to new profiles of consumers – young, tech savvy, fashionable women.”
Also commenting on the announcement, Alexandra Miller, EL&N Founder, said: “We are incredibly excited to be embarking on this brand new journey with the team at Lagardère Travel Retail. Over the past five years, we have successfully solidified our position within the F&B landscape as innovative market leaders, but now feels like the perfect timing for us to bring our offering to new territories within the Travel retail environment. This is the beginning of a dream partnership with Lagardère and we look forward to working together with the team to tap into a new demographic for EL&N.”
Lagardère Travel Retail is strategically investing into developing the network and expertise of its Foodservice business line. Last year the company has announced two strategic acquisitions: HWH in the Middle East and Marché International in Europe and Singapore.
In 2019, Lagardère Travel Retail’s Foodservice business line achieved over a billion euro in sales, doubling its turnover over the course of just three years, and is widely recognized by the industry, winning several awards every year.


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Radha Rangarajan got to thinking about an idea to fight malaria from her research on knocking out a gene of the disease-causing parasite, Plasmodium. This was while she was a post-doc fellow at the Harvard School of Public Health. Deleting the gene seemed a good approach, but it wasn’t easy to figure out what to do next. That led her to leave academia to learn the ropes of drug discovery in the pharma industry. Eight-odd years later, in 2011, she founded Vitas Pharma in Hyderabad, aiming to tackle multi-drug-resistant bacterial infections, a key threat to health, through next-generation antibiotics.
“What drives me is a very strong interest in anti-microbial resistance. We have a huge health crisis looming ahead and something has to be done,” says Radha. Her start-up is working on small molecules that can be developed into new drugs. Soon, she hopes to file her first investigational new drug (IND) application. “Now you see younger people running start-ups in the internet space and e-commerce. I wasn’t ready in my 20s and 30s. I needed to evolve as a scientist.” What helped in making the decision were supportive family members.
Like Radha, many women are carving out a space for themselves in India’s bustling start-up scenario. Unlike her science-based venture, though, many are in the consumer internet space, which is relatively easier to kickstart and fund-raise as venture capitalists chase their business ideas. The numbers are minuscule but the bug is in the air. Of the roughly 3,000 technology and digital start-ups founded since 2010, around 6 per cent were led by women, says a Nasscom survey released this year. Most of these entrepreneurs were aged between 26-35. Where many aren’t the face of a company, they are part of a founding team. At start-up meets or hackathons in Bangalore, there’s usually a fairly large female presence; indeed, a few funds these days even focus on women-led start-ups. Many, however, feel some basic concerns need to be addressed for these numbers to increase rapidly, one being that bootstrapping a company and work-life balance often don’t go together.
“It’s still early days, there’s a long way to go before we can get adequate volume,” says investor-entrepreneur Meena Ganesh, who has set up several successful businesses over the past 15 years. Back then, there were hardly any support systems or mentors, but that isn’t the case today, she says. “Women also have to be willing to take the required risks. The younger generation is open to that.”
Suchi Mukherjee, whose social shopping platform for women, LimeRoad, has raised $50 million since going into business just over two years ago, reckons a deep-rooted bias is the reason for the skewed gender ratio in technology roles. LimeRoad’s ratio of men to women is 60:40, but in the engineering and technology team it falls quickly to 95:5, she says. “In all honesty, one of the things that disappoints me is that, in all these years, I’ve found it difficult to find a lot of female talent in engineering.” Suchi, who was part of the early eBay team in the UK and then with Skype, says the low numbers of women in technology holds true even in northern Europe (Finland, Sweden etc) where working women find better support. “The ratio of women to men has been abysmally low in technology. I used to find the 95:5 ratio unfortunately even at Skype, whose engineering was built in Estonia. Now that goes down to some extremely deep-seated biases in the way we bring up children in the early days. Some of that is changing.”
Shradha Sharma, a journalist whose portal YourStory tracks start-ups, is similarly stumped. “A lot of women are studying engineering. Then how is it that they are not coming into start-ups?” Most of it begins at home, she reckons, and families have to understand that tech start-ups demand 24/7 commitment. Shradha finds plenty of enthusiasm at many of the start-up conferences she speaks at but feels a lot more needs to be done to ensure that it translates into actual activity on the ground. “Every initiative in this space is welcome,” she says, which includes more role models.
“Ultimately, when you see success around you, you aspire to get there. And you need to be able to see role models when you are going up,” says Suchi. “I think women give up way early, particularly when they have kids.... Part of the reason is there aren’t enough role models that say you can do this and there are ways in which you can do it.” She reckons women in their mid-20s and early 30s would more or less struggle being in a start-up as they won’t have control over their time, considering that support structures at home are almost non-existent.
“Women may not be the face of a company but they are part of start-up teams, so they are getting involved,” says Biocon’s Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, a larger-than-life role model herself. “In fact, a lot of high-risk area ventures are founded by women. I know of 2-3...and they’ve done quite well.” The larger problem, especially in science-based start-ups, is the lack of funding, she says. “Even in my case, my revenues were going to take two years to come out and so people were unwilling to invest in such a business. That’s why you are finding so much money in etailing today, because there are revenues.”
Radha, whose venture raised Rs 3 crore in seed-funding last year, says the idea of a start-up wasn’t on her mind initially. But seeing her husband manage his IT company in Boston helped firm up the idea. Besides, hers was an area she’s passionate about. The best part about it: “I don’t have to get up in the morning and think: is there any meaning to it?”
By Ajay Sukumaran in Bangalore


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Because Donald Trump supporters have to ruin everything, some of them are calling for a boycott of Budweiser because its Super Bowl ad is pro-immigrant.
Budweiser's controversial spot purports to tell the story of its immigrant founder, Adolphus Busch, who came to the United States from Germany in 1857. In the ad, Busch faces discrimination and hardship when he first arrives in America.
When Busch first sets foot on American soil, someone yells, "You're not wanted here! Go back home!" But, Busch perseveres, surviving a river boat fire and eventually making it to St. Louis where he faces more discrimination and meets his future brewing partner, Eberhard Anheuser, also an immigrant.
The two men would go on to found brewing powerhouse, Anheuser-Busch, which makes America's most popular beers.
It's a nice, uplifting story about the power of the American dream and an immigrant's journey to success, right?
Not if you're a Trump supporter. If you're a Trump supporter, this ad is an affront to everything you believe in. It is a direct swipe at Donald Trump and his anti-immigrant policies. And as a result, many are calling for a boycott of the brand.
(Shhh! No one tell these Trump supporters their ancestors probably also immigrated here from Europe sometime in the 1800s.)
But wait! There's another twist: the story is total bullshit. Slate talked to William Knoedelseder, author of Bitter Brew: The Rise and Fall of Anheuser-Busch and America's Kings of Beer, and he says the depiction of Busch's journey is mostly fabricated.
"It's got wonderful production values, it's very expensive and, I think, very effective—and mostly fiction," Knoedelseder said, adding, "Adolphus Busch did not arrive poor and struggling. He was from a fairly well-to-do, successful family."
Cool, cool. So, everything is terrible, and companies are lying to us. It's business as usual in America.


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Digital TV News: Toshiba
rlaxx TV now available on Apple TV and Panasonic, Grundig Smart TVs
Feb 17, 2021 – rlaxx TV is now available on Apple TV, and smart TVs by Panasonic and Grundig in the UK, Germany, Switzerland and Austria. The new availability adds around 8.5 million to the existing installed base.
News categories: rlaxx TV, Ronny Lutzi, Apps, Austria, Digital TV, Germany, OTT, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Switzerland, UK
Samba TV begins Smart TV Privacy Manager rollout with Vestel
Feb 10, 2021 – Samba TV has announced the rollout of its Smart TV Privacy Manager. The Privacy Manager, based on the IAB Transparency and Consent Framework (TCF), is being rolled out to offer consumers privacy controls on Smart TVs.
News categories: Samba TV, Vestel, Ashwin Navin, Barış Altınkaya, Ben Barokas, Leigh Freund, Advertising, Digital TV, Europe, Smart TV, UX, Worldwide
rlaxx TV now available on Amazon Fire TV and Android TV
Jan 12, 2021 – AVOD service, rlaxx TV, is now also available in the UK, Germany, Switzerland and Austria on Amazon's Fire TV devices and the smart TV OS Android TV. Content on rlaxx TV is structured in linear channels.
News categories: rlaxx TV, Ronny Lutzi, Apps, Austria, Digital TV, Germany, OTT, Smart TV, Switzerland, UK
Samba TV and Vestel optimise picture quality with AI
Jan 6, 2021 – Samba TV and Vestel have announced a partnership to introduce an artificial intelligence (AI) technology, Picture Perfect, that optimizes picture quality in real time for gaming, live sports, movies and more.
News categories: Samba TV, Vestel, Ashwin Navin, Barış Altınkaya, Digital TV, Europe, Smart TV, UX, Worldwide
Freeview and Vestel sign new 5-year partnership
Nov 10, 2020 – Freeview UK has renewed its contract with Vestel for a further five years. The deal means that the Freeview Play service will be not just present, but have prominence on all new Vestel manufactured TV sets.
News categories: Freeview, Vestel, Simon Hunt, Barış Altınkaya, Digital TV, HbbTV, Licensing, Smart TV, Terrestrial, UK
Accessible TV Guide rolls out on Freeview Play
Oct 29, 2020 – Freeview has announced the first roll out of its Accessible TV Guide, now available on supported Freeview Play devices in the UK. The Guide will make it simpler for viewers with accessibility needs to discover and find content more easily.
News categories: Freeview, Simon Hunt, Gary Thomas, John Paton, Kristina Barrick, Vikki Cook, Digital TV, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Terrestrial, UK, UX
rlaxx TV launches on Smart TVs in Germany and UK
Sep 8, 2020 – rlaxx TV is available in Germany and the UK on smart TVs by Blaupunkt, Hisense, Hitachi, JVC, Medion, Metz, Sharp, Telefunken, Toshiba and Vestel. The content offer is free of charge for viewers.
News categories: rlaxx TV, Ronny Lutzi, Dirk Wittenborg, Apps, Digital TV, Germany, OTT, Smart TV, UK
Global TV streaming device population reaches 1.1 billion
Sep 2, 2020 – The global population of TV and video streaming devices has now exceeded 1.1 billion, according to Strategy Analytics. The research finds that Samsung is the leading brand, followed by Sony, LG, Hisense, TCL and Amazon.
News categories: Strategy Analytics, David Watkins, David Mercer, Digital TV, Market Research, OTT, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Worldwide
Vestel expands Smart TV contract with Vewd
Aug 28, 2020 – Vewd and Vestel have announced a contract renewal that will see Vewd Core and Core Modules deployed across the full range of Vestel Smart TVs. The agreement will also lead to the first large scale deployment of Smart TVs supporting the HbbTV OpApp standard.
News categories: Vewd, Vestel, Aneesh Rajaram, Barış Altınkaya, Digital TV, Europe, HbbTV, Smart TV, Turkey, Worldwide
- Telefonica backs up Movistar+ infrastructure in the cloud with Harmonic
- Irdeto and INVIDI offer integrated addressable TV solution
- Tubi supports Unified ID 2.0 initiative
- 'Go Addressable' TV advertising initiative launched in the U.S.
- ATEME powers converged headend at TCCL in India
- NexPlayer joins AWS for Media & Entertainment initiative
- VuClip integrates Bitmovin video encoder on Google Cloud
- Univision to launch unified global streaming service
- View TV Group selects CommScope advertising technology
- Amino Technologies becomes Aferian
- TCL launches Roku TV models in the UK
- OTTera powers gTV by Ubisoft channel on Samsung TV Plus
- ATEME doubles encoding performance with Intel processors
- Globecast, Viaccess-Orca and MainStreaming announce end-to-end OTT platform
- Mola chooses Broadpeak CDN for live sports streaming in Indonesia
- NEXTGEN TV Broadcast Collaborative to bring ATSC 3.0 to Washington D.C.
- Ericsson publishes 2021 Mobility Report
- DataMiner manages ARD's Euro 2020 live OTT broadcasts
- Freecaster secures Live and VOD content with BuyDRM
- Conviva publishes first State of Streaming Advertising report


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WASHINGTON -- U.S. punitive tariffs against China will be kept in place for a "substantial" amount of time after a trade agreement is struck to ensure Beijing holds up its end of the bargain, President Donald Trump said Wednesday.
"We're not talking about removing them," Trump said at the White House. "We're talking about leaving them for a substantial period of time because we have to make sure that if we do the deal with China, that China lives by the deal."
"They've had a lot of problems living by certain deals and we have to make sure," he said.
Trump did not elaborate, instead repeating the claim that the duties are filling U.S. coffers with tax revenue. "We’re taking in billions and billions of dollars right now in tariff money, and for a period of time that will stay," he said.
Tariffs are expected to be the focal point of cabinet-level trade talks set to begin next week in Beijing. The deepening rift between the two sides may throw a wrench into the discussions.
The Trump administration slapped extra tariffs on about $250 billion worth of Chinese imports last year, prompting China to retaliate with its own duties. Robert Lighthizer, the U.S. trade representative and point person on the China trade talks, has suggested scaling back the tariffs gradually while making sure Beijing keeps to its word. The Chinese insist that both sides should remove their duties immediately after an agreement is reached.


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ANALYSIS - New research from the University of Lincoln, UK, and Queens University Belfast has found that the grunts made by pigs can be linked to personality and welfare.
The study involved 72 male and female juvenile pigs. Half were housed in spacious ‘enriched’ pens with straw bedding, while the other half were kept in more compact ‘barren’ pens with partially slatted concrete floors, which adhered to UK welfare requirements.
Tests were conducted to see how the pigs responded to social isolation and new objects, and to see whether their responses were consistent across two tests (defining their 'personality').
The study indicated that pigs with more proactive personality types produced grunts at a higher rate than the more reactive animals. It also found that male pigs (but not females) kept in the lower-quality conditions made fewer grunts compared with those housed in the enriched environment, suggesting greater susceptibility among male pigs to environmental factors.
In other news, China’s rising pork prices are still the centre of attention in the global pork market.
“China plays an increasingly important role in the global pork market,” says Chenjun Pan, Senior Animal Protein Analyst at Rabobank.
“China needs to increase imports to cover the supply gap in 2016. In total, we expect China to increase pork imports by 30 per cent. The EU, the US and Canada are well-positioned to increase exports to China given their availability of product and the adaption of production systems in response to China’s ractopamine-free policy.”
Beyond 2016, China will likely maintain its level of imports, even when local production recovers in 2017. The latest Rabobank report holds the view that local users of imported pork will continue to rely on imported pork due to its consistent quality and lower price, compared with local production.


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Reports indicate that Apple is developing technology that will give users of iPhones easier access to medical information that was previously hard to reach such as doctor’s comments, prescriptions, diagnoses and lab results. According to sources, the Cupertino, California-based tech giant has been in talks with industry groups, hospitals and developers with a view to increasing the accessibility of medical records.
Currently, most of the information on patients is in Portable Document Formats (PDF) email attachments which makes it near-impossible for patients and doctors to find and then share with various health institutions. Health experts have argued that this state of affairs endangers lives.
Central management system
Having brought revolutionary changes to many sectors, the music industry for instance, Apple is convinced it can solve this problem as well. The iPhone maker plans to tackle the problem through the creation of a management system that is centralized and this will ensure that data emanating from all kinds of sources can be lumped together in one system that is easy to navigate.
To ensure this happens, it has been reported that Apple is ready to make acquisitions especially startups operating in the cloud hosting arena, an indication that the solution would involve storing medical data in the cloud. It has also been reported that the tech giant has been hiring developers with experience in FHIR – Fast healthcare Interoperability Resources. FIHR is a popular protocol that is used in the exchange of electronic health records.
Hiring and acquisitions
Some of Apple’s new recruits include a Duke University physician whose expertise is in medical informatics. Apple has also recruited a former Epic Systems employee. Epic Systems is a healthcare software firm that is privately-owned.
Apple’s increasing foray into healthcare has come in the wake of a Citigroup analyst calling for the tech giant to acquire Athenahealth to put itself in a position to make a bigger impact. In a note to clients, Garen Sarafian said that by acquiring the health technology company whose market value currently stands at $6 billion, Apple would become better equipped at solving one of healthcare’s biggest issues – making medical data more accessible and exchangeable.


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Borrowers click and collect to slow corona
Tuesday 24 March 2020
The shire’s borrowers will be using a new ‘click and collect’ service as Eurobodalla’s libraries implement additional social distancing measures this week.
From Thursday 27 March, the Batemans Bay, Moruya and Narooma libraries will suspend normal operations and customers will need to reserve items they wish to borrow – either online or by phone – before arriving to collect them.
Libraries coordinator Sam Fenton said the measures would be implemented to help slow the spread of COVID-19 and protect the entire community.
“There will be no general browsing and that’s not a decision we’ve taken lightly. Our libraries are much loved spaces but we have a duty of care to implement additional social distancing for the safety of patrons and staff,” Ms Fenton said.
She said library members could reserve items by using the online catalogue, sending an email or phoning through to library staff.
“Once items are reserved, our staff will be in touch to advise when items are ready for collection,” Ms Fenton said.
“For those unable to access the online catalogue, we’re more than happy to help select suitable books and other items.
“Items can be returned anytime using the after-hours returns boxes at each library and, during the closure period, we’ll automatically renew loans for an additional four weeks to help those unable to get to the library by the due date. Returned items are quarantined for 72 hours and their covers disinfected before being returned to shelves for re-borrowing.”
Ms Fenton said all regular library events had been postponed until further notice.
“We’ve attempted to contact all event attendees by phone and email, to let them know. Other library services unavailable until further notice include public access to computers, printing and scanning, loans of toys and puzzles, group and individual study, meeting rooms, and newspapers.”
She said similar measures had been enacted in libraries across NSW.
“Don’t forget we still have extensive online resources available for members, including eBooks, eMagazines and eAudio. Library membership is free to shire residents,” Ms Fenton said.


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How cool would it be use your iPhone and never have to hook it up to a phone charger? According to a Forbes article, that might very well be within the realm of possibility. Apple has filed a patent to place solar cells on portable devices.
The iPhone could have photovoltaic cells placed underneath the LCD multi-touch screen, maximizing the surface area for the cells to gather sunlight. The patent filing said the LCD could display the solar cells performance alongside the battery information.
While some patents never make the light of day, this would be a welcomed addition to the iPhone in my opinion. The only downside is that you would have to leave your iPhone on a table or window seal to take advantage of the solar cells. That small detail could leave many iPhone toting users to accidentally leave their phone behind. Sound off in the comments your thoughts on this idea!


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Intel has announced that it is to bring anti-virus and anti-malware functionality to the GPU, offloading the heavy lifting of analysis to reduce the strain on CPUs.
GPU offload - also known as General Purpose GPU (GPGPU) - where a highly-parallelisable workload is taken from the central processor and moved to the graphics processor's many cores is nothing new, of course. From graphics rendering to video compression, many applications take advantage of GPUs - but Intel's new 'silicon-level security technologies', introduced in the wake of the poorly-handled Spectre and Meltdown silicon-level security vulnerabilities, aim to do the same for anti-virus and -malware engines.
'Current scanning technologies can detect system memory-based cyberattacks, but at the cost of CPU performance,' explains Rick Echevarria in an announcement posted late last night. 'With Accelerated Memory Scanning, the scanning is handled by Intel’s integrated graphics processor, enabling more scanning, while reducing the impact on performance and power consumption. Early benchmarking on Intel test systems show CPU utilization dropped from 20 percent to as little as two percent.'
The idea already has one major backer: Microsoft has confirmed that Windows Defender's Advanced Threat Protection implementation, which targets business users, will be the first to receive Intel's Accelerated Memory Scanning capability. At the same time, Echevarria announced a secondary security technology dubbed Advanced Platform Telemetry, designed to detect threads in data centre settings, which is to be added to Cisco's Tetration platform.
'Today we are also launching Intel Security Essentials, which will ensure a consistent set of critical root-of-trust hardware security capabilities across Intel Core, Intel Xeon, and Intel Atom processors,' Echevarria continues. 'These capabilities are platform integrity technologies for secure boot, hardware protections (for data, keys and other digital assets), accelerated cryptography and trusted execution enclaves to protect applications at runtime. This standard set of capabilities will accelerate trusted computing as customers build solutions rooted in hardware-based protections. Further, these capabilities, directly integrated into Intel silicon, are designed to improve the security posture of computing, lower the cost of deploying security solutions and minimise the impact of security on performance.'
Thus far Intel has not named any anti-virus vendors beyond Microsoft as looking to implement Accelerated Memory Scanning, and neither has the company confirmed whether the technology is able to take advantage of non-Intel graphics hardware for its acceleration - which would include the AMD-provided integrated graphics processors bundled with some of Intel's own processors.
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It’s a busy 5G week in Malaysia and Huawei will be showcasing seven different products and services at the upcoming 5G Malaysia Showcase in Putrajaya. One of the interesting devices is the Mate X, Huawei’s first foldable smartphone which was unveiled at MWC19.
The Huawei Mate X is claimed to be the fastest 5G foldable smartphone as it supports both NSA (Non-standalone) and SA (Standalone) 5G connectivity with download speeds of up to 4.6Gbps. Unlike the Samsung Galaxy Fold, this foldable device has a single screen that folds outwards.
When it is folded, you get a 6.6″ screen on the front while the rear gets a 6.38″ display. The Mate X can unfold to transform into a large 8″ tablet experience. The back of the device features a triple camera setup which is believed to be the same as the Huawei P30.
The media event is happening on the
Apart from the foldable smartphone, Huawei will feature other products and services. This includes smart manufacturing, drone 4K live broadcast, facial recognition cloud system, digital healthcare, smart agriculture and aquaculture and Huawei RuralStar. According to Huawei, they have secured the largest number of 5G commercial contracts with over 30 operators worldwide. They have also delivered more than 40,000 5G base stations.


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Coinbase Ventures, Samsung NEXT back Metrika’s $14M Series A
Blockchain intelligence platform Metrika has concluded a $14 million Series A fundraiser to bootstrap the next phase of its growth strategy, further underscoring venture capital demand for budding blockchain startups.
Metrika announced Tuesday that the funding will be used to further develop its blockchain intelligence platform, which provides monitoring and analytics for decentralized networks, as well as expand its user base. The investment round was led by Neotribe Ventures with participation from Coinbase Ventures, Samsung NEXT, Nyca Partners and others.
Combined with its $3.7 million seed round, Metrika has successfully raised $17.7 million to date.
Although Metrika has yet to emerge as a household name in blockchain intelligence, the company boasts several high-profile customers, including Algorand, Solana, Blockdaemon and NBA Top Shot creator Dapper Labs. Metrika provides an operational intelligence service that helps companies monitor the health of their blockchain networks and improve their performance.
The continued growth of the decentralized economy has created new demand for blockchain intelligence services. As Cointelegraph recently reported, this demand isn’t just limited to market participants, but regulators as well. Last month, a spokesperson from blockchain analytics firm AnChain.AI confirmed that the United States Securities and Exchange Commission had offered the firm a $125,000 annual contract to help monitor and regulate the DeFi industry.
Related: Coinbase signs new $1.36M contract with US Customs enforcement agency
Meanwhile, cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase recently signed its second contract with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement centered around its blockchain analytics service.
There’s also growing evidence that the payments sector is integrating blockchain intelligence technology as part of its wider embrace of cryptocurrencies. Earlier this month, Mastercard announced it had acquired crypto forensics company CipherTrace for an undisclosed amount.


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Apart from its efforts to streamline its products, Samsung still has enough of them by name sometimes confusing. Not all of them are made the same and, not surprising, not all of them get the same treatment as far as it comes to updates. It’s sometimes true even for medium devices that are still supported, especially Samsung mid-range tablets. That’s what happened to the Galaxy Tab A 8.0 of 2019 which brought a new pen getting an Android 11 update and one UI 3.1 long.
To be fair, Samsung does show in the middle class 2019 some love is updated for years. It was launched in 2019 with Android 9.0 pie and updated to one UI 2.0 with Android 10 years ago. The problem is always one of the time, with Android 12 just a few months. But, as they say, it’s better to be late than never.
Whether one UI 3.1 and Android 11 are, of course, big updates carrying a large range of good changes under the hood and at UI. Android 11 brings changes to the underlying framework, especially when it comes to privacy, while also new features such as floating chat bubbles and smart home menus through the power button.
One UI 3.1, on the other hand, perfects the new design language that began Samsung a few years ago. This update also brings improvements to Samsung’s stock applications such as Samsung Internet. Unfortunately, it also deletes several features such as sharing Wi-Fi Direct and Samsung recommends the use of Android nearby instead.
Updates are not only in major changes but also in size at 1.3GB, so you should prepare a little tablet storage space for it. Governor Galaxy Tab A 8.0 (2019) with US age and price level, this could be the last main renewal and recognized the last for medium from the slate.


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Emblem3 released their own self-titled app on February 15th, 2016.
Emblem3 announced the app the same day as their Waking Up Tour. It was supposed to be launched Valentine's Day 2016, but was delayed until the 15th for andriod users. iPhone users had the app delayed until February16th.
- The app has free music from the band which can be streamed through the app
- It is connected to all of the boy's social media (Including YouTube, Facebook, Instagram and Twitter)
- It includes Emblem3 emojis called "Articons"
- It includes a reward system in which you redeem "hearts" for wallpapers and ringtones.
- There is a fanboard list that shows the top fans
- Fans can win contests to meet the boys


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Travel Channel, which is owned by Viacom, said it is offering travelers the ability to buy hotel rooms through its website.
Travel Channel has made hotel reservations through the website since it launched in October and said it expects to reach about 40 million reservations in the coming months.
The company said it will also offer travelers a hotel room credit to make it easier to book hotel rooms.
“With the ability for guests to earn points, travelers will be able to save money by purchasing a hotel reservation and then booking a room in their preferred hotel or destination,” Travel Channel said.
“This will help make it easy to book the perfect hotel and travel experience for their travel schedule.”
For travelers, the ability is especially valuable because they don’t typically pay for their hotels at the point of purchase, said Jason Fagone, vice president of marketing for Travel Channel.
“We are not doing a one-off program.
We’re offering this to help travelers save money,” Fagin said.
Fagone said that travelers are looking for value when it comes to their hotel room and it’s easier for them to do so when they can earn points.
“The key is not to go into the hotel room with a price tag,” Faggone said.
“You can pay for it with points.”
Travel Channel says it is looking for travelers who travel from the U.S. to Canada, Mexico, Central America and Europe to make their hotel reservations.
The website also includes a list of top cities to book and destinations to visit for travelers.
Travel channel is not the first company to offer hotel room booking through its online portal.
Viacom has also offered the ability since the launch of its Travel Channel app in November.


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Attention, white chocolate lovers: White chocolate Twixes are finally available in the UK.
The Twix is a firm favourite among chocolate lovers, even though some were outraged when it took the place of the Galaxy Truffle in the Celebrations tins a few years back.
The shortbread and caramel bar now comes smothered in white chocolate. They’re not exactly new – as they have been previously available to buy in the US, but now they’ve been spotted on UK shelves.
The Instagram account InstaFoodieTwins shared a photo of the white chocolate Twixes, which they found in Asda, captioning it: ‘Look what’s now available in @asda.’
The post has so far received over 800 likes and plenty of comments from excited customers.
One person wrote: ‘THIS HAD BETTER NOT BE A JOKE. I’m going to find them and destroy them alllllllllll.’
The Twix fingers come in packs of nine and cost just £1.99.
Alongside the regular versions, there are also limited edition miniature versions in the UK, one packet of 14 was recently found in Pound Stretcher.
If you want to get your hands on a packet, you’d better act fast, because we don’t see these lasting on Asda’s shelves for very long.


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Save on organic cantaloupe
August 19, 2011 On Friday, August 19, 2011, you can buy organic cantaloupes, two for $3. That's less than the price you'll pay for "regular" cantaloupe at most supermarkets. For details on this sweet deal, click here. the store even gives you tips on how to pick one that's ripe.
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SMALL-FORMAT STORES might be as important to Wal-Mart Stores' future expansion as its EDLP platform has been to its historic growth.
“It represents a long-term opportunity for them, and something that they need to get right in order to grow, because they are going to be running out of places to locate what they know works, which is the supercenter format,” said Jim Hertel, managing partner at consulting firm Willard Bishop LLC, Barrington, Ill.
Wal-Mart Stores debuted its Walmart Express format — measuring about 15,000 square feet and with a full grocery offering — this month with one location in North Carolina and two in Arkansas, near its Bentonvile, Ark., headquarters.
Hertel said that in some ways, the Walmart Express format appears to leverage some of Wal-Mart's strengths, with lean staffing and efficient logistical needs.
“Obviously, they are going to be space-constrained, in terms of the back room, so to do it well it places a premium on getting the orders just right and just in time, because they will be taking those orders from the receiving area right out to the sales floor,” he said.
Wal-Mart said it planned to test the waters of the Express format for an undetermined period of time, noting that past format rollouts — including the nascent ramp-up of its Walmart Market format — have taken years of refinement before they were ready for an accelerated deployment.
“The Supercenter will produce the most opportunity for top-line growth for a number of years,” said Mike Duke, chief executive officer, Wal-Mart Stores, at a recent investor conference, adding that the Walmart Market format is “no longer in test” and is being rolled out more rapidly. “But the Walmart Express, I think, is one that's looking out longer term over a strategic period of time.
“If you look at the way Wal-Mart has built formats in the U.S., we've been patient. Even the Neighborhood Market [now called Walmart Market], we worked on for a number of years, and would adjust and tweak. The supercenter was a great example — from the very first hypermart until we really began to roll out supercenters was six or eight years of development before we really moved into a rollout kind of period.”
Walmart Express, he said, “is a test, and it'll take a period of time.”
At least one additional Walmart Express is slated to open in Chicago this summer, of the 20 locations or so that the company said it plans to open by next January.
The first Walmart Express in Gentry, Ark., included a pharmacy, as well as a limited assortment of nonfood merchandise, according to Natalie Berg, global research director at Planet Retail, London.
The store was very focused on merchandising branded packaged groceries, with a very limited assortment of perishables, and about 11,000 to 12,000 SKUs altogether.


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Hollywood’s Biggest Beauty Secrets
While many of Hollywood’s most glamorous women are naturally beautiful, they also have teams of stylists that know every trick to ensure that the ladies appear their best. Luckily for those of us who don’t walk the red carpet regularly, some of the biggest industry experts recently shared their tips for looking fantastic.
To create a natural, healthy looking flush, don’t rely on just one product. Instead, use a mix of foundation, bronzer and blush.
“To give Katie [Holmes] gorgeous rosy cheeks…makeup artist Mai Quynh first created a clean canvas using moisturizer, foundation, concealer and powder to hide blemishes and even out Katie’s complexion,” FoxNews reports. She followed by brushing bronzing powder onto Katie’s cheeks and forehead and blush on the apples of her cheeks.
For luminous skin, celebrity makeup artist Sam Fine recommends using a bronzer one shade darker than your natural skin color on the outer perimeter of your face for a “halo” effect.
Finally, according to Kim Kardashian’s makeup artist Mario Dedivanovic, for a soft, smoky stare, use a highlighter on your lids and the inner corner of your eyes to add brightness, according to the news source. Finish by rimming your eyes with liner and applying mascara to upper and lower lashes.


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RIM will report its fourth-quarter financial results April 2nd, however the early forecast are looking 15-20% higher than the $1.82 million forecast in December. This is due to the holiday sales of its BlackBerry devises that are expected to be about 14 million.
Jim Balsillie, co-CEO of RIM, said “BlackBerry smartphones proved to be a big hit throughout the holiday selling season and we’re pleased to see RIM’s business momentum continuing in the new year. The seasonal slowdown in net subscriber account additions that we expected in the new year did not occur and our focused execution with partners has continued to produce strong results within both enterprise and consumer segments.”
Revenue is expected to be in the range of US$1.8 billion to $1.87 billion. Earnings per share for the fourth quarter are expected to be in the range of 66 to 70 cents per share diluted.


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Zuora Inc (NYSE:ZUO) SVP Jennifer Pileggi sold 10,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, January 8th. The shares were sold at an average price of $19.67, for a total transaction of $196,700.00. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this hyperlink.
Jennifer Pileggi also recently made the following trade(s):
- On Monday, December 10th, Jennifer Pileggi sold 10,000 shares of Zuora stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $18.12, for a total transaction of $181,200.00.
Shares of NYSE:ZUO opened at $19.97 on Friday. Zuora Inc has a 52 week low of $15.56 and a 52 week high of $37.78. The company has a current ratio of 1.98, a quick ratio of 1.98 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.07.
Zuora (NYSE:ZUO) last released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, November 29th. The company reported ($0.17) earnings per share for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters’ consensus estimate of ($0.13) by ($0.04). The company had revenue of $61.60 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $58.96 million. Zuora had a negative net margin of 32.02% and a negative return on equity of 54.38%. The company’s revenue was up 32.8% compared to the same quarter last year. Equities research analysts predict that Zuora Inc will post -0.8 EPS for the current fiscal year.
ZUO has been the subject of several recent analyst reports. Needham & Company LLC raised shares of Zuora from a “buy” rating to a “strong-buy” rating and set a $27.00 target price for the company in a research note on Thursday, December 20th. Zacks Investment Research raised shares of Zuora from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Thursday, December 13th. Morgan Stanley lowered their target price on shares of Zuora from $26.00 to $24.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday, October 23rd. Finally, FBN Securities initiated coverage on shares of Zuora in a research note on Tuesday, October 16th. They issued an “outperform” rating for the company. Four research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, two have given a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the stock. The stock has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average price target of $27.00.
Several institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. BlackRock Inc. acquired a new position in shares of Zuora in the second quarter valued at approximately $49,026,000. Vanguard Group Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of Zuora by 10.0% in the third quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 1,110,959 shares of the company’s stock valued at $25,674,000 after buying an additional 100,818 shares during the period. Vanguard Group Inc boosted its holdings in shares of Zuora by 10.0% in the third quarter. Vanguard Group Inc now owns 1,110,959 shares of the company’s stock valued at $25,674,000 after buying an additional 100,818 shares during the period. Glynn Capital Management LLC acquired a new position in shares of Zuora in the third quarter valued at approximately $13,122,000. Finally, Frontier Capital Management Co. LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Zuora by 347.9% in the third quarter. Frontier Capital Management Co. LLC now owns 550,663 shares of the company’s stock valued at $12,726,000 after buying an additional 427,730 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 22.00% of the company’s stock.
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In the case of Honor 6X has put like term January of 2018, with what can be supposed that would come after the Honor 8 Pro.
OnePlus promised to update its first flagship this year to Android 8.0 Oreo before the end of the year.
Huawei P10 with Android 8.0 Oreo and the respective renewed and adapted custom graphics layer, EMUI 8.0.
Only 0.2% of devices are upgraded to Android 8.0 Oreo as revealed by the new version distribution that Google has updated for this October.
Motorola will start to update, but it seems it will be later this year and early 2018. It is possible that they are waiting for Android 8.1 Oreo
Nine months ago the Moto G4 updated to Android 7.0 Nougat being among the first in the mid-range to do so.
Because the features that Android O will bring with it, Google has already announced. Including lots of small stuff
Google presented yesterday the first preview for Android O for developers and offered for download. We look at the most important innovations.
Until now, there is no detail regarding the launch timeline for HTC Halfbeak, but we can expect the smartwatch to be unveiled at the MWC 2017
Android N is as of now in beta, and now that it has a name, significantly more inquiries are beginning to surface.
Google apparently started working version of the operating system to Android Wear devices. The first Android SmartWatch which received Marshmallow was 2nd Edition Watch Urbane LTE model. As they write, those at Ars Technica, the LG had to take out the ...
OnePlus will launch in New York the new OnePlus 5T, the vitamin version of the OnePlus 5 presented in the summer of this year
As for the launch date and the price of OnePlus 5T is expected to be presented on November 16 landing in the European market on November 21
Huawei Mate 10 Pro put on both a big battery and a quick recharge via Quick Charge 4, and it was already the case of the Mate 9 (in Quick Charge 3 )
Today speculation is over because the CEO of OnePlus has completely exposed the new OnePlus 5T. A phone whose great novelty
If a few days ago we saw how to get the "Pixel style" with Nova Launcher, now it's the turn to Action Launcher
These are 4 best cheap tablets that are ideal for gaming. These tablets will give you a fine gaming experience without making you realize
Compared with other mobile top-of-the-range, the Moto Z2 has not had as much affluence in terms of leaks and rumors
The Oppo A57 looks very similar to the brand’s F1 series, right down to the all-metal body and 2.5D glass.
On the off chance that you have an opened HTC 10 in North America you ought to wake up to a firmware upgrade at the beginning of today.
There are rumors that indicate that Samsung will announce the SmartWatch Gear S3 at IFA 2016 as in 2017.
Introduction, design and display Lumia flagships are a rare breed, not just in terms of new models, but on the street as well. Almost four years have passed since the Lumia 900 line began, and a lot has happened in ...
Introduction and features The Christmas period wasn’t kind to Windows 10 Mobile. With the Lumia 950 and 950 XL being the first flagship smartphones to come bearing the new operating system, they also came bearing the weight of expectation. Unfortunately, ...
Microsoft’s Windows 10 Mobile efforts are off to a slow, almost non-existent start, so it appears as if it’s methodically taking over your current phone with another software acquisition. The advanced autocorrect and next word suggestion capabilities have made the ...
In the early days of this year, those from Oppo announced a new series of phones simply titled F and F1 Oppo is the first member of this family.
Introduction, design and display Lumia flagships are a rare breed these days, not just in terms of new models, but on the street as well. Over three years have passed since the line began, and a lot has happened in ...
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ports technology investment firm SeventySix Capital is funding three startups spanning augmented reality (AR), NFTs and sports betting, announced the venture capital company on Monday. The startups are Quintar, NFT PRO, and Lucra Sports.
Lucra Sports is a social-first sports gaming platform, currently available via the Apple App Store in 37 states. Led by CEO Dylan Robbins, COO Hannah Farr and CTO Ed Psyk, the company offers a peer-to-peer, real money sports gaming platform that allows fans to compete with their friends.
“Lucra is for anyone who has ever filled out a bracket, bought a Super Bowl square, or teased a friend about their favorite player or team,” describes Robbins. “Everything is more fun with friends, and above all, Lucra provides a fun way to engage with friends around sports.”
“We are excited to unveil the first three innovative sports-focused investments in our new fund,” stated Wayne Kimmel, SeventySix Capital Managing Partner. “The management teams of these companies exemplify the types of entrepreneurs who are transforming the sports industry.”
Quintar is an AR-based fan technology company which enables content owners, creators, and rights holders to build live-action augmented reality experiences that “revolutionize fan engagement.” It is led by Dr. S. “Jay” Jayaram and Dr. Jeff Jonas, who sold their last company to Intel in 2016.
“The time is now to enhance sports viewership via AR,” said CEO Dr. Jayaram. He expects that, by having SeventySix Capital as an investor, Quintar will scale its business “in unprecedented ways.” Las August, Quintar partnered with the PGA Tour to launch an augmented reality app that lets fans view ShotLink data and 3D graphics during tournaments at certain PGA Tour courses.
NFT PRO is an enterprise white label NFT solution for global brands, which provides turnkey solutions: creating, minting, marketing, and selling NFTs from a brand’s website and digital properties, making the customer experience seamless and on-brand.
The company is led by founder and CEO Christian Ferri, and has high-profile clients including Juventus, Atari and Lamborghini. “We ensure that top brands maintain their identity and give them total control of their NFT and the experience,” describes Ferri.
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SeventySix Capital has previously invested in startups such as C360, Diamond Kinetics, ShotTracker and U.S. Integrity. To date, the firm has sold three portfolio companies: sports betting media network VSiN, sold to DraftKings; sportsbook Vigtory, sold to FuboTV; and sports and entertainment media company Team Whistle, sold to ELEVEN SPORTS.
Last month, SeventySix Capital SeventySix Capital completed its second sports betting-focused venture capital fund, aiming to secure at least $50 million in investments. The fund’s investors include Pittsburgh Pirates owner Robert Nutting, Arthur Blank’s AMBSE Ventures and Buffalo Bills wide receiver Emmanuel Sanders.
Led by Wayne Kimmel, Jon Powell and Chad Stender, the company aims at “reshaping” the sports venture capital industry by investing in entrepreneurs launching startup companies innovating the sports betting industry, as well as esports and sports tech companies.


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RIDGEFIELD, Conn. -- Need a place to plug in your electric car? The Ridgefield Playhouse can now help you out.
“Everyone is trying to find ways to be a little more 'green' these days,” says Bruce Bennett of Bruce Bennett Nissan in Wilton. “An electric vehicle is a great way to 'go green.' The Nissan LEAF is 100 percent electric; you'll never buy gas again.”
The Bruce Bennett Nissan-branded charging station was installed this week in front of the Playhouse, to the right of the portico entrance.
"It makes perfect sense," says Allison Stockel, executive director of the Playhouse. "You're sitting inside a movie theater or enjoying a show for several hours -- it's the perfect time to charge your electric car. And our hope is that the easier we make it for people to charge their cars, the more people will go electric."
A ribbon cutting hosted by the Ridgefield Chamber of Commerce is scheduled for 5 to 6:15 p.m. Aug. 1, to herald this connection between a car dealership and a not-for-profit performing arts center. The public is invited to attend. Refreshments will be served.
Bruce Bennett Nissan will bring a 100 percent electric, zero emissions Nissan LEAF for the first plug-in.
Zero emission vehicles are environmentally friendly and electric powered. Consumers just plug in and charge. Nissan LEAF owners can communicate with their vehicles remotely through a computer or smartphone.
The charging station at The Ridgefield Playhouse will be on Nissan's national charging infrastructure list for owners of electric vehicles.
"We're very thankful to Bruce Bennett for not only sponsoring this amazing charging station but for also being the title sponsor for our new Emerging Artist series," says Stockel.
Artists such as Joshua Payne, Charlie Scopoletti, Matt Schofield and others will be featured in the new Bruce Bennett Nissan LEAF Emerging Artist Series beginning this fall.
For information on upcoming events at The Ridgefield Playhouse, visit its website or call the box office at 203-438-5795.
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Facebook Settles ‘Sponsored Stories’ Lawsuit For $10 Million
The popular social network Facebook has agreed to pay $10 million to charity in order to settle a lawsuit filed by members who accused the website of violating their rights by using their names and likenesses without permission, according to various media reports published Sunday.
Five members of Facebook filed suit in a San Jose courtroom, accusing the social media site of violating California state law by publicizing their “likes” of specific advertisers.
The accusers alleged that Facebook’s “Sponsored Stories” campaign used the names and images to promote other firms without offering those users compensation or a way to opt out of the program, Dan Levine and Sarah McBride of Reuters wrote on Sunday.
The settlement was reached last month, according to Levine and McBride, but was not made public until this past weekend. Had the proposed class-action lawsuit proceeded, nearly one-third of all Americans could have been involved, and damages could have totaled billions of dollars, they added.
“Sponsored Stories,” VentureBeat‘s John Koetsier explained on Saturday, “are ads created by companies out of users’ interactions with their products or brands. The example that Facebook gives is a user liking a company’s page, which is then used to market that company to the user’s friends.”
Koetsier said that Sponsored Stories are far more successful than other types of ads featured on Facebook, boasting click-through rates between 20% and 46% higher than the average advertisements. However, California law recognizes an individual’s right to own and control their own name and likeness, meaning that they cannot be used by companies for promotional purposes without those individual’s consent.
“US District Judge Lucy Koh was satisfied the plaintiffs had shown economic injury could occur from Facebook’s use of their names, photographs and likenesses, though it wasn’t made clear exactly how,” Joe Svetlik of CNET UK said. “I can see why they would be annoyed, and don’t think their likenesses should be used this way, but I don’t see how they’ll suffer financially.”
However, as he also noted, “It’s not the first time the social network has been in hot water over privacy concerns. It was previously criticized for activating facial recognition without asking permission, doling out your phone number, and telling everyone where you are until you tell it not to.”


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- The Goat Agency is a social media marketing company
- Inflexion made a minority investment in Goat in 2021
- Goat has since expanded globally, with a focus on the North America market
Mid-market private equity firm Inflexion has signed a deal to sell its stake in The Goat Agency, a social media marketing company, to marketing and communications firm WPP.
The IRR was 80 percent, according to market sources.
Goat focuses on data-led end-to-end influencer marketing campaigns and was founded in 2015. It has offices in London, New York and Singapore. It works with brands including Dell, Meta and Tesco, according to a release.
Inflexion made a “significant” minority investment in Goat in 2021. Since then, Goat has expanded, with a focus on the North America market. Inflexion worked to embed technology and data into Goat’s offering.
The deal is the first exit from Inflexion’s Enterprise Fund V, its lower mid-market fund.
Inflexion makes majority and minority investments, typically investing £10 million ($12 million; €11 million) to £400m of equity. It has offices in London, Manchester and Amsterdam.
WPP is headquartered in London and has offices in New York, Singapore and Hong Kong.


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GATE 2021 admit card released at gate.iitb.ac.in
GATE 2021 admit card released on the official website.
NEW DELHI: IIT Bombay has released the GATE admit card 2021 today, January 8 at gate.iitb.ac.in. Candidates can now download GATE 2021 admit card by logging into the GOAPS portal using their enrollment number and password.
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In a Twitter list of the year’s most innovative and engaging brand campaigns released on Friday, Axis Bank, Netflix India, Zomato, Cred and Star Sports, among others, appear.
During the coronavirus pandemic, organisations were chosen to run campaigns to launch goods, engage with consumers or encourage them to help small businesses.
Global Twitter Next, a team that drives strategic and creative collaborations with brands across the globe, said it has drawn up a list of India’s most innovative, creative and insightful campaigns and brand voices across categories.
The parameters are varied and cover perspective, concept, media policy, excellence in implementation and how central the microblogging site is to thought.
Netflix, for instance, bagged the best #OnlyOnTwitter campaign. The streaming platform used #NetflixMatchmaker hashtag under which it recommended content to the users who were tweeting a specific emoji as per their mood. Netflix runs this campaign every weekend to help people match their mood to what they could enjoy watching on its platform.
Star Sports’ campaigns for Indian Premier League (IPL) and Indian Super League brought the in-stadia experience to the phone by constantly engaging with fans virtually as both the leagues were played in empty stadiums.
Fintech startup Cred bagged the best new brand on the block for its first-ever campaign with videos featuring Bollywood stars such as Madhuri Dixit, Anil Kapoor and Bappi Lahiri—all seen auditioning for Cred ads.
In particular, Cred and Netflix are two separate promotions that have performed very well this year. Personally, because they are special with a high recall value, I liked Cred’s campaigns,” said Shrenik Gandhi, chief executive and co-founder of White Rivers Media digital agency.
The Zomato food delivery platform has emerged as the best voice on Twitter for the brand.
For speaking out and standing up, Axis Bank was the best brand. Axis Bank took up the cause of helping small suppliers and companies who were badly affected by the pandemic, asking people to #ReverseTheKhata, referring to the relationship between consumers and their corner shop via a ‘khata’ (account).
“While brands that had a strong presence on Twitter were creating new solutions to engage in the service, Twitter was also leveraged by several new brands and industries such as edtech and fintech to build brand awareness,” said Rishabh Sharma, head of Twitter Next India. “Advertising was much more humane, sensitive in 2020 and focused on engaging with society as a whole in a tough time.”


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Instagram tests tappable FAQs for customers, Snapchat's new TikTok clone means all social media sites are the same, and Google offers details on GoogleBot.
Googlebot begins crawling with HTTP/2 Protocol, LinkedIn confesses to ad metrics blunder, and Facebook tests adding movement to still images for engagement.
Google's 2020 holiday shopping search trends, a deep dive on Google Passage indexing for E-com, and Instagram testing publicly visible reactions on Stories.
Instagram hides all hashtags through the election, Microsoft launches free Clarity analytics tool, & the changing demographics of budget-conscious shoppers.
With the holiday season rapidly approaching in the middle of a pandemic, Google and Facebook make online shopping changes for consumers and retailers.
Google announced new features & tools for Search and Analytics 4, as well as the removal of the "Request Indexing" feature of the URL Inspection Tool.
An update to last week's Google indexing bug, Google Ads has new automated features such as real-time trends, and it just may be the end of the retweet.
Facebook ends their 28-day ad attribution, Google confirms they're experiencing indexing issues, and the effect website layout changes on search results
Microsoft's Bing search engine expands search features, GMB guideline changes for virtual offices, & Google is rewriting meta descriptions 70% of the time.
Digital marketing platforms like Google, Facebook, and Pinterest continue to adjust to focus on the needs of small, medium-sized, and local businesses.


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Star Cool CA+ was established to extend the market reach of sensitive, low-respiring perishables, building on Maersk Container Industry’s Star Cool CA system for high-respiring fresh produce.
Korea Development Bank, DSME’s largest shareholder and main creditor, and the Export-Import Bank of Korea said they would provide funds to boost the shipbuilder’s cash flow and convert its liabilities into equity to cut debt.
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Taneli Ruda, head of ONESOURCE Global Trade, said the election of Donald Trump won’t cause trade liberalization to grind to a halt across the world, but it should cause those who run multinational corporations to carefully contemplate its implications.
The ship management software provider analyzed six ports throughout the world to better understand what impact the new verified gross mass amendment of the Safety of Life at Sea convention has had on the shipping industry since it took effect July 1.
Total deal value and volume in the transportation and logistics industry for the full year in 2016 fell 31 percent and 6 percent, respectively, from the previous year, according to a new report from PricewaterhouseCoopers.


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With the ink still wet on the billion pound cheque from Best Buy, there are plans already being made to spend it.
The founder of the Carphone Warehouse Charles Dunstone has confirmed that the company have put in an offer for the UK division of Tiscali.
However the offer for Tiscali UK only requires half of the money from Best Buy, the offer being £550 million, leaving a nice half of billion sitting there waiting for the next deal to come along.
It has been known for some time that there have been some additional bids for Tiscali but where this bid from the Carphone Warehouse stands will not be known until the day that the winning bid is announced.
Tiscali have around two million customers at the moment which will make a very nice addition to any one the top six UK broadband suppliers.