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Publishers are changing page templates for shopping content pages
As commerce has grown from a stream of incremental revenue into a lifeline for some media companies, some publishers have begun overhauling the way those pages work.
Instead of uniform templates, publishers such as Wirecutter are using different presentation formats for different product categories; in addition to using conversion data to build relationships with advertisers, sites including BuzzFeed are using it to tell site visitors what’s most popular among past readers; and sites such as the Strategist are adding widgets to their pages that follow people around with some of their most timely content.
On one level, these improvements are meant to improve conversion rates and drive more revenue. On another, they’re designed to encourage people to visit more regularly, build up reader trust and direct long-lasting relationships, increasingly high priorities among media companies.
“We’re very much in the 2.0 phase,” Nilla Ali, BuzzFeed’s vp of strategic partnerships, said of the site’s commerce product strategy. “2.0 is about, ‘How can we amplify the successes we’re seeing?’”
Last month during Prime Day, BuzzFeed began adding a widget to the top of its commerce articles that highlighted the products past readers had bought most frequently. The theory was that the widgets would help readers get through lists, which often had upwards of 30 items listed, more easily.
The widget drove click-through rates that were seven times higher than the ones BuzzFeed typically got during non-sale periods, enough to encourage them to keep adding them to past popular articles.
That widget is part of a broader trend at BuzzFeed and other commerce publishers to highlight and repurpose what is working. Ali said that BuzzFeed’s editors now regularly use the three years’ worth of affiliate conversion data it’s gathered to find content to repackage and redistribute, mostly through Facebook. “It’s about reformatting,” Ali said.
Other publishers have made changes that keep top-performing content visible. The Strategist noticed that its daily deal posts, which perform especially well with regular visitors, were getting lost as the site published more content throughout the day (the Strategist’s homepage feed populates in reverse-chronological order). So New York Media’s development team built a widget for the daily deal post that follows desktop visitors as they browse the site.
To make things even more user-friendly, the widget now links directly to the retailer’s site, rather than the Strategist article describing that product. An upcoming redesign of Strategist’s homepage, due to launch late next month, will feature more of those kinds of widgets.
“We’ve built up a lot of trust with our users,” said Camilla Cho, gm of e-commerce at New York Media. “We’re now at a point where we’re comfortable showcasing the direct product links.”
Outside of optimizing the most successful content, other publishers are trying to find ways to deepen the brand loyalty built up among their readers. Back in the spring, Wirecutter began publishing list-style articles designed to help readers discover broader varieties of products, said Blaine North, Wirecutter’s executive director of product and design. That included product lists, but this summer, it’s been experimenting with advice with no monetizable links at all, such as a recent post about how to visit San Francisco for a weekend on less than $100.
“The No. 1 thing for us is helping them make a decision,” North said.
Because commerce content monetizes differently from regular ad-supported content, commerce publishers quickly began treating the page designs differently. For example, The Strategist long ago removed a Taboola widget that sits at the bottom of most of the other New York verticals’ pages. Other sites, have gone so far as to strip all ads off their top-performing commerce pages to ensure that they load faster.
To test new formats and designs, many publishers are using paid social distribution to learn what works and what doesn’t. Though most commerce publishers focus on search for referral traffic, some are using Facebook as a place to test whether certain kinds of content resonates with their audience. The amount of money publishers have spent this year to date to distribute commerce content through Facebook is up 75% from the previous year, according to Keywee Chief Commercial Officer Jared Lansky.
But even with all this expansion, a certain amount of focus is necessary. “Where we’re seeing success is where publishers understand what their audience is,” Lansky said. “They’re not going to find success with stuff that’s not tied to their endemic audience.”
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Restaurant chains started offering pumpkin-spice offerings early this year, and in this gallery we look at options from the usual suspects, including Starbucks (although the big news from them is the new Apple Crisp Macchiato), Dunkin’, Caribou Coffee, The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf and Tim Hortons, but also Dutch Bros, Bad Ass Coffee, Bennigan’s, Clean Juice, Frisch’s Big Boy, Jamba, Scooter’s Coffee and Smoothie King.
But other innovation is afoot too. Lots of those chains are offering oat milk now, as is Bluestone Lane.
Buffalo Wild Wings has a new football-themed cocktail, Eureka! and Tacodeli have several new cocktails, and there are new shakes at Cousins Subs, Mooyah, Portillo’s and Shake Shack.
IHOP is testing beer and wine, and Carrabba’s is giving its guest the chance to compare Italian and Californian wines.
Panera has a new cinnamon crunch latte, First Watch has carrot juice and Moe’s Southwest Grill is testing Icee drinks.
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China’s wealthy homebuyers are expressing high levels of consumer confidence when it comes to purchasing a place to live in their own country, according to a new report released by Sotheby’s International Realty Affiliates LLC. The study, “Global Affluence: The Emerging Luxury Consumer,” looked at China along with the United States, the United Kingdom, India, and the United Arab Emirates to assess the motivating factors for luxury consumers buying a home. Unlike U.S. and U.K. consumers who say they want to buy a home because it’s the right time in their life, China’s emerging luxury homebuyers are seeking “to fit a particular lifestyle.”
The report, which examined the spending habits and decisions of those with between US$250,000 and US$1 million in investable assets, also shows that emerging Chinese luxury consumers are even more confident about purchasing a home in their own country, with about 92 percent planning to buy one in the next three years, topped only by India, at 95 percent. Comparatively, 78 percent of U.S. consumers plan to buy one in the next three years.
The Chinese consumers surveyed reported they were motivated by several factors, including wanting a home to benefit family members—it’s common for Chinese families, for instance, to buy homes for their children who are studying abroad. Chinese respondents, along with those in India, also said they “expected to make a high return on this kind of investment.”
Those surveyed in China are about on par with those in the United States in their outlook on the local economy, with 89 percent from China saying they felt the economy was headed in the right direction, and 94 percent feeling confident about their personal wealth and purchasing power.
A current trend among emerging luxury homebuyers across the globe is to look for properties near a waterfront or ones that have eco-friendly qualities, while historic and urban areas are also among top priorities, according to the report.
Kevin Thompson, chief marketing officer of Sotheby’s International Realty Affiliates LLC, said emerging luxury consumers are a new group that real estate agents are paying more attention to. “These individuals have a luxury sensibility and an affinity for exclusive brands, proving that luxury transcends income levels,” he said. “It is about quality, uniqueness, and ultimately achieving a certain lifestyle.”


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Gap is now expected to shut about 65 company-operated stores this year, compared with its previous forecast of about 50 stores.
“H&M is in India for the long term, we look forward to continuing to strengthen our offer and catering to our customers across the country,” said an H&M spokesperson.
French Connection, which has struggled against competition from fast-fashion rivals such as ASOS, Forever 21 and Inditex's Zara, has failed to post an annual pretax profit since 2011/12.
US apparel group Gap Inc.will close its Banana Republic stores in Britain as it streamlines its brick-and-mortar presence outside North America in response to weak sales.
The online launch will make Gap products available beyond the metros and tier I cities, giving the company an edge over rivals Zara and H&M.
Spain's fashion retail giant Inditex, owner of popular brand Zara, on Wednesday posted an eight-percent rise in first-half profits thanks to a surge in clothes sales around the globe.
Shares in the companies fell on the figures, underlining the challenge faced by retailers which source most of their clothing from Asia months before it hits the shelves, making it hard to respond to unpredictable weather and fast-moving fashion trends.
Gap also estimated adjusted profit of 58-59 cents per share for the second quarter ended July 30. Analysts on average were expecting a profit of 48 cents.
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Spanish clothes retailer Inditex, which owns the Zara store chain, says net profit for its first fiscal quarter of 2016 rose 6 percent thanks to greater sales globally.
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The opening will mark the foray of the Spanish premium brand to the Indian market at the behest of Inditex, the Spanish retail group which owns the brand.


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Sierra Club director Robert Harris told the House Committee on Energy and Environmental Protection Thursday that a fee — which would be charged to consumers at the checkout counter — has worked to reduce plastic bag use in other areas.
Harris was among those testifying on House Bill 2260. Environmental groups, including The Nature Conservancy and Surfrider Foundation, as well as government department heads and even major supermarkets, testified in support of the bill.
“Times and Safeway want to proactively address the issue of single-use bags,” Melissa Pavlicek, who represents the supermarkets, told lawmakers. She said the stores are concerned about the environmental impact of the bags.


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Mobile marketing is generally built around the need to engage with consumers, but as Apple gains a stronger foothold in enterprise and education, business-to-business marketing opportunities are bubbling to the surface. Driven by its well-known successes in the consumer space with smartphones and tablets, Apple is embracing a natural extension to business channels and education. During its Q2 earnings call, the company revealed how mass-scale adoption rates are beginning to enable a largely untapped segment of marketing and apps.
Apple estimates that the number of iPhones in the Fortune 500 doubled in the past year and the presence of iPads among those companies more than tripled over the same period. It also sold a record number of Macs and iPads to educational institutions, selling twice as many iPads as Macs to schools during the last quarter.
“The adoption rate of iPad in education is something I’ve never seen from any technology product in history,” said Apple CEO Tim Cook. “Usually, education tends to be a fairly conservative institution in terms of buying, or K-12 does, and we’re not seeing that at all on the iPad.”
Indeed, it’s not only schools that are buying iPads; it is Apple’s most rapidly adopted product ever. With 84 million iPads sold to date (17 million sold during the last quarter), according to Cook, “It took us more than twice as long to achieve that (number) on iPod and we achieved it in a third less time with the iPhone.”
The iPad is a device for the affluent, at least at its current price point, and that makes it a perfect fit for brands that essentially want to reach their peers without all the concerns and limitations of a traditional consumer-facing strategy, said Peggy Anne Salz, founder and chief analyst at mobile research firm MobileGroove. “It’s an untapped opportunity for B-to-B marketing.”
For Apple, “in addition to owning the space this is coming together at precisely the same time where brands are going to understand the potential of B-to-B marketing… It’s almost a perfect storm of variables here,” she said. Her latest research for a forthcoming book about mobile marketing has her convinced that B-to-B marketing is an untapped and even vaster opportunity for mobile than business-to-consumer.
Take Patient Shuffle, for example, an iPad game from General Electric Co. that challenges users to run a virtual hospital. Salz recently spoke with GE about the app and learned that with the right mix of B-to-B marketing and entertainment, the company was able to reach doctors and hospital administrators, a large majority of whom already own iPads and iPhone, she said.
“This opens up new opportunities for companies that think, ‘we’re not consumer facing, this isn’t going to work for us,’ ” Salz added.
Of the nearly 1 million iPads Apple sold in the U.S. education market last quarter, the company highlighted one large-scale purchase at the Mansfield Independent School District in Texas, which bought 11,000 iPads to distribute this coming fall to every Mansfield High School student and teacher under the district’s Power Up initiative.
“Some teachers will use a flipped-classroom concept, putting their lessons and resources online where students can access them anytime with their iPads,” said Apple CFO Peter Oppenheimer. “As a result, students take responsibility for their own learning and teachers are able to increase their interactions and personalize content.”
Oppenheimer also made note of some recent cases of iPad adoption within enterprise. British Airways incorporated thousands of iPads throughout its business for customer support. And homebuilder Dialogue House in Japan is currently building smart homes that will be controlled by iPads, he said.
Apple closed its most recent quarter with a cumulative total of 410 million iOS devices sold to date. Overall, it sold 26 million iPhones, 17 million iPads and 4 million Macs, contributing to $35 billion in revenue and $8.8 billion in net profit. iPhone sales alone accounted for more than 46 percent of all revenue last quarter, or $16.2 billion, and iPad sales jumped 84 percent from the year-ago period.
Despite Apple’s envious financial results, it fell short of some Wall Street predictions and is providing a weaker outlook for the current quarter with projected revenue of $34 billion. This has become a seasonal problem for Apple, with rampant speculation and rumors about the widely expected sixth-generation iPhone causing some to hold off on their smartphone purchases for the time being.
“We expect most of this decline to be driven by a fall transition,” said Oppenheimer, adding that the company has no plans to announce any new carriers or countries for iPhone distribution in the current quarter. In other words, don’t expect the new iPhone to come out until October - at the earliest. “Weekly iPhone sales continue to be impacted by rumors and speculation of new products,” he said.
Apple ended the quarter with more than 650,000 apps available on the App Store and 225,000 developed specifically for the iPad. The company has paid $5.5 billion to developers since the App Store first launched.


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Smartphones and virtual reality were not the only things Google showed off at their #madebygoogle event. The tech giant also unveiled a brand new Chromecast, Google WiFi and officially launched the familiar Google Home.
Alongside their brand new smartphones, Google also finally unveiled their VR headset — Daydream View — which is made out of lots of fabric instead of hard plastic, and will work best with Daydream-ready smartphones.
Oh and did we mention it comes with a super accurate remote too?
This is it! Google has pulled the covers off their brand new smartphones — the Pixel and Pixel XL — and they’re pretty much everything you’d want in a flagship Android smartphone plus a little more. Ready? Let’s dive in.


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Be honest, do you really know the differences between Gen X, Y and Z?
The lines between these generations often get blurred, with the label ‘millennial’ being used as broadly as ‘baby boomer’ once was.
When it comes to personal finance however, the generations each tell a different story with some fascinating key takeaways.
We take a closer look at Gen X, Y and Z money and personal finances below.
Let’s start with Gen X, the MTV generation
Born between 1965 and 1980, this is the generation who saw the dawn of the internet, the birth of mobile phones, ATM machines and credit card debt.
Now, it’s this generation who are the most likely to face financial hardship in retirement.
A significant proportion of Generation Xers juggle competing financial priorities including caring, debts and mortgages with volatile incomes, made even worse since the Covid 19 pandemic.
Research from the International Longevity Centre UK indicates that nearly one in three are at risk of reaching retirement with inadequate incomes.
In fact, Unbiased research commissioned in April 2022 reveals that 53% fear they won’t have enough income to survive financially when they stop working.
What’s more, 63% of Brits have no idea what a pension pot should look like when it comes to funding the kind of retirement they’d like.
For Generation X, the financial focus is most definitely on saving and planning for retirement.
What about Gen Y?
This generation, born between 1981 and 1996 is best known as the millennial generation.
Digital first and social media savvy, this generation has embraced online banking but is lacking financial education. Typically, at age 30 their income is lower than in previous generations and they struggle to escape the rental trap in a rocketing property market.
The rise of the portfolio career and gig economy is also having a financial impact on Gen Y, with millennials facing a pension gap if they don’t take action to save for their retirement.
Greater financial instability has also been driven by student debt (loans were first introduced in 1998) which has jumped from an average of £10,000 in 2007 to £32,000 in 2017 according to figures from Statista.
Interestingly, this generation is also the first to view investing in a different way. The rise in start-ups, crowdfunding and online apps specialising in investments means that a growing number of millennials are exploring different ways of financial planning.
Planning is the key word here and Generation Y wants a structured approach to financial planning, whether it’s saving for a big ticket item or consolidating their debts.
Who are Gen Z?
For those born during 1997-2012, it’s all about Generation Z. These are the true digital and social media natives who have never known a landscape without either.
Largely because Gen Z uses social media as a key source of news and as a means to mobilise, this is a generation powered by cause and belief.
From climate change action to gender identity, Gen Z carries a lot of responsibility from previous generations and are seen to be the generation who will make fundamental decisions for the future of society.
Gen Z’s relationship with money is also very different. Whilst Gen X come from a cash-first world, millennials have seen a transition from cash to chip and pin and now Gen Z are fast moving to a contactless, cashless society.
As such, Gen Z are used to online data and have more sophisticated digital financial expectations such as spending analytics.
Research by Zopa Money found that 70% of Gen Z check their balance every day and that over a third had more than £1,000 saved, making them the least likely of the generations to take on consumer debt.
These more sophisticated expectations and goals are key drivers for how Gen Z will manage their money and plan for their future.
From Gen X through to Z, the rules of financial planning have certainly shifted and this goes some way to explaining the rise in financial coaching.
Like a personal trainer for your money, financial coaches take a holistic view of your money and work with you to plan your financial goals and future.


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Mayor of Causeway Coast and Glens, Councillor Steven Callaghan hosts a civic reception in Cloonavin for local award-winning food and drink producers.
The Mayor of Causeway Coast and Glens, Councillor Steven Callaghan has hosted a civic reception to honour award-winning food and drink producers across the Borough.
Commending the businesses for their success in local awards such as Blas na hÉireann Irish Food Awards, as well as receiving recognition in UK-wide schemes such as the Great Taste Awards and Quality Food Awards, Cllr Callaghan said:
“Causeway Coast and Glens has no shortage of fantastic food and drink producers, and this is evident in the wide array of accolades that local businesses have won.
“These awards recognise and celebrate the quality of products within the industry, and the fact that our Borough is so well represented serves to underscore the commitment to excellence demonstrated by our local producers.
“A key factor in the success of these businesses is theiruse of the finest local ingredients, as well as their passion and dedication in crafting exceptional products.”
Among those in attendance at the special reception in Cloonavin on Wednesday, February 28 were:
• Morelli Ice Cream Ltd, Coleraine
Marino and Daniela Morrelli of Morrelli's Ice Cream, who won several accolades at the Blas Na hEireann Irish Food Awards, including Supreme Champion Award. They also won a number of awards at the Great Taste Awards and the Irish Quality Food Awards.
• Basalt Distillery Ltd, Bushmills
James Richardson and Martha Garbe of Basalt Distillery Bushmills, who received a Gold award at the Blas Na hEireann Irish Food Awards and also 2-stars in Great Taste Award.
• Dundarave Estate, Bushmills
Andy Killen from Dundarave Estates, who won a Goldaward for mini shortbread and a Bronze for Grape, Redwine and Rosemary Jelly Chutney at the Blas Na hEireann Irish Food Awards, as well as achieving 1-star at the Great Taste Award for Christmas Pudding.
• Devil’s Churn/Seasons of the Glens, Ballycastle
Eoin McConnell of Seasons of the Glens, who won Gold and Silver awards at the Blas Na hEireann Irish Food Awards and achieved 2-stars in the Great Taste Awards.
• Glens of Antrim Crisps, Cushendall
Mary McKillop and Sheldon Beggs of Glens of Antrim Crisps, Cushendall, who won several accolades at theGreat Taste Awards, as well as Bronze at the Blas Na hEireann Irish Food Awards and Bronze at the Irish Quality Food Awards.
• Broighter Gold Oil, Limavady
Leona Kane of Broighter Gold Rapeseed Oil, who won Bronze at the Blas Na hEireann Irish Food Awards.
• Milgro, Limavady
William Miller of Milgro, who received a Silver award for OniT! Crispy Onions at Blas Na hEireann Irish Food Awards.
• Lacpatrick Dairies, Coleraine
Aideen O'Hagan of LacPatrick Dairies, Coleraine.
• Jam at The Doorstep, Ballymoney
Amanda Hanna of Jam at the Doorstep, who won a Great Taste Award for her handmade Christmas pudding.
• Causeway Coffee, Ballymoney
Graham Watts of Causeway Coffee who received a 1-star award for its Oonagh Coffee at the Great Taste Awards.
• Irish Black Butter, Portrush
Allistair Bell of Irish Black Butter, who won Gold at the Quality Food Awards.


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Television ratings giant Nielsen Co. will begin offering a servicce this month to assess the impact of Facebook marketing campaigns in the same way it has long gauged the audience reach of TV ads. The system will measure Facebook ads, and ads elsewhere on the web, using the metric of “gross rating...
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He has eschewed the public profile of many of his peers: His Twitter account is empty, he has no open Facebook page and interviews are exceedingly infrequent
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James St. Peter, the guy who sold doughnuts out of his car before he sold doughnuts out of a pizza shop before he sold doughnuts out of Hypnotic Donuts, is also the recipient of 12 massive signs in and around Dallas.
TMA donated the billboards free of charge as part of our “give back to the community” campaign which helps small, local business with a special initiative.
Michael Lozito, senior account executive at TMA, said the project, called Radius D, seeks to help growing, new businesses while also stoking creativity within the agency. Lozito looked for a fun, small companies that would likely benefit from a marketing push, and also give his team a chance to work on a project that gets them thinking outside their regular clients.
Now it’s up to St. Peter to capitalize on the message. He’s holding a doughnut run early next year that asks runners to pound a doughnut before running 3.2 miles, and holding a toy drive for Children’s Medical Center.
So watch out Dallas, “psychadelicious” doughnuts are taking over the city!
*Thanks to the Dallas Observer Food Blog for publishing the original article.


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From today retailers in Aotearoa aren't allowed to sell cigarettes in branded packaging. Instead, they'll be permitted to sell plain packages featuring graphic health warnings.
The regime came into force on March 14 but an extra 12 weeks was allowed for old stock to be distributed and sold.
New pictures and health warnings will cover at least 75 percent of the front of the packs and all tobacco company marketing imagery will be removed.
The packets will be the same standard dark brown and green background colour as Australia, United Kingdom, Ireland and France.
Health warnings will cover the packets. Source: Ministry of Health
Hāpai Te Hauora CEO Lance Norman offered his support for this legislation.
"We congratulate those in government who spearheaded this move, especially the Māori Affairs Select Committee and Dame Tariana Turia,” he says.
“We also believe that the benefits of plain packaging could be maximised by implementing this in tandem with other efforts to reduce its access, appeal and affordability".
Smoking has been particularly damaging for Māori and latest statistics by Smokefree show 35 percent of Māori adults smoke.
Tobacco researcher Justin Cochran discussed her recent study which focused on the graphic health warnings of tobacco packaging at the University of Auckland.
"We found that exposing smokers to negative health warnings, particularly those that are more disgusting, can reduce how much attention they pay to tobacco packaging, which often serves as a reminder to smoke. These findings suggest that these legislative changes could be helpful in reducing the appeal of smoking and perhaps contribute towards changing attitudes around smoking."
It is estimated that the introduction of plain packaging in Australia in 2011 accelerated the decline of smoking prevalence and led to approximately 100,000 fewer smokers in the 36 months following.


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The strange looking stock chart that shares of Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) traced out on Thursday was mostly the work of a technical glitch on the Nasdaq. But investors contributed to the stock’s zigzagging movement as well, bidding shares to close up $0.60, or 0.12 percent, at $502.96. Here’s a cheat sheet to today’s top Apple stories:
Is This Apple’s New Head of Retail?
Has Apple finally found a new head of retail? Apple has apparently hired Enrique Atienza, a former Levi Strauss executive with plenty of experience managing retail operations for several large companies reports Apple Insider.
According to Atienza’s LinkedIn page, he has over three years of work experience in retail operations with Levi Strauss, as well as a stint as Vice President of Store Operations in North America for the Disney (NYSE:DIS) Store. Atienza also notes that he has been employed at Apple since July 2013. Despite the fact that he does not describe his current role at Apple, Atienza’s previous experience seems to suggest that he will take charge of Apple’s retail operations… (Read more.)


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From Mass Effect: Andromeda to Gravity Rush 2 to We Happy Few, there were enough games packed into the LA Convention Center to fill hundreds of articles. But as E3 2016 draws to a close, we want to take this opportunity to highlight the ten best games of the show.
We’re less than two weeks away from E3 2016, and in spite of the incessant “E3 is dying” narrative, there’s a lot going on. Sure, the focus is shifting to live streams and satellite events held around the world, but we’re still going to get a deluge of exciting gaming news.
Earlier today, Microsoft kicked off E3 with an incredibly solid stage show. It delivered loads of new games, unveiled the crazy “Elite” customizable controller, and it even announced an early access program called “Xbox Game Preview.” But the most interesting part of today’s event has to be the introduction of local 360 backwards compatibility on the Xbox One.
At its press conference last night, Sony casually sauntered on stage, slipped its hands nonchalantly into its pockets, offered up an expressive shrug, and won E3 2014. Microsoft and its legion of fans could do nothing but look on with envy as Sony unveiled hit after hit for the PS4. For all of Microsoft’s talk about games, the only platform exclusive that might be a critical success — Halo 5 — was reduced to a 60-second-long pre-rendered clip. Sony, on the other hand, essentially showed off everything a gamer could want at E3: A new white PS4; a release date for PS Now and PlayStation TV; more details about the Morpheus VR headset; the beautiful art game No Man’s Sky; and actual in-game/in-engine footage from three massive exclusives (LittleBigPlanet 3, Uncharted 4, and Metal Gear Solid 5).
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Abercrombie & Fitch CEO Mike Jeffries Tries To Make Up For ‘Cool And Popular Kids’ Controversy With Anti-Bullying Campaign
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Abercrombie & Fitch has launched an anti-bullying campaign in an attempt to rebound from CEO Mike Jeffries’ comments that the brand is “exclusive” and targets “the cool and popular kids.”
The Los Angeles Times reports that Abercrombie & Fitch has said it will provided college scholarships, through the National Society of High School Scholars Foundation, to young people who have overcome bullying to succeed academically.
Brand Channel reports that the scholarships will be given out beginning in 2014 by an advisory committee including Dr. Joel Haber, an anti-bullying expert who advised the 2012 school bullying documentary, “Bully.”
"We've listened to the conversations and heard the message and, as a company, look forward to increasing our commitment to anti-bullying efforts," Jeffries said in the release.
"We are fully committed to fostering a culture of diversity and inclusion—one in which no young person should ever feel intimidated, especially at school, whether for the clothes they wear, or because someone perceives them as different."
Abercrombie & Fitch will also support an anti-bullying speaking tour.
The current backlash against Abercrombie & Fitch began when the company refused to carry sizes about a Large for women, despite carrying sizes up to XXL for men. The outrage brought back Jeffries’ comments in a 2006 interview.
"In every school there are the cool and popular kids, and then there are the not-so-cool kids," Jeffries said.
"Candidly, we go after the cool kids. We go after the attractive all-American kid with a great attitude and a lot of friends. A lot of people don't belong [in our clothes], and they can't belong."
"Are we exclusionary?" he said. "Absolutely."
Read more about the Abercrombie & Fitch controversy below.© 2013 Fashion & Style.com All rights reserved. Do not reproduce without permission.
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29 November 2018
Google has announced that it’s bringing the Neural Machine Translation (NMT) technology offline to Google Translate on devices. This means even you have no internet connection, the Google Translate will give you translation support using the NMT. No matter the device type, whether you’re on Android and iOS, the new facility is rolling out for all.
These offline translations will be really helpful if you’re traveling to the other countries and internet is working for you or you don’t want to use your cellular data for whatsoever reason. Each language set is just 35-45MB so they aren’t going to take much space on your phone downloaded once.
Now, to try out the offline translations, simply go to offline translation settings and tap the arrow next to the language name to download the package for the language. So, you will then be able to use the translation for that particular language when you’re not online.
Google has announced that the update is rolling out in 59 languages over the next few days but according to Engadget, the update is already available and according to 9to5Google, these languages are –
So, let’s commute more and don’t worry about the data as offline translation will still work for you. The offline translation facility is available via Microsoft Translator as well. The procedure works there the same way, you just need to download the language package and use it when you’re unable to connect to the internet.


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An example arose in West Virginia recently illustrating how a party other than a drug manufacturer can bear potential liability – in this case, the pharmacy that sold the prescription.
Patterson's Pharmacy is an example of the metaphorical “fly in the amber” - an old-time, independently owned-and-operated drug store that also had a soda counter. Located on Queen Street in Martinsburg, West Virginia, the pharmacy has been operating, virtually unchanged, since James Patterson took over in 1926. The store still delivers prescriptions to its customers' homes. The current owner, George Karos, started working there as a delivery boy at age ten.
Unlike the large corporate chains that now dominate everything where the bottom line is money and nothing but, policy at Patterson's is that if a patient simply cannot afford to pay for a medically necessary prescription, it is simply given free-of-charge – and the store takes the loss. At least one visitor said: “This is a place that has been frozen in time--since the 1950s. REALLY! Brings back memories...” In a video interview on YouTube, Karos says the reason his pharmacy survives in an age of corporate takeovers and mergers and endless, cancer-like acquisitions is because of its service and commitment to the community.
That hasn't prevented this last-of-its-kind neighborhood drugstore from dragged into the product liability litigation aimed at big pharmaceutical firms such as Takeda.
In August of 2012, Richard Myers filed suit against Takeda in Harrison County Circuit Court, alleging that Takeda's diabetic drug, Actos, caused his bladder cancer. He also named Patterson's Drug Store as a co-defendant. Under West Virginia law, a pharmacy cannot be held liable for the quality or side effects of prescription drugs manufactured by an outside company – unless it can be demonstrated that the pharmacist knew about the problems beforehand and failed to warn the patient.
Attorneys for Takeda claimed “fraudulent joinder” - essentially meaning that Patterson's Drug Store had nothing to do with the case and had been named defendant for one reason – to keep the case in Harrison County. Otherwise, since Takeda does not have corporate offices in West Virginia, the case would have to be removed to a federal court. Not surprisingly, many federal courts these days tend to be more corporate-friendly.
As a result of the motion on the part of Takeda, the lawsuit was handed over to U.S. District Court, Northern District of West Virginia a month later. After a hearing on November 20th, however, the Honorable Judge Irene Keeley kicked it right back to Harrison County, pointing out that Myers' complaint “has not alleged that Patterson's is responsible for the drug's quality” - only that the pharmacist failed to warn him about the possible side effects.
Whether or not Patterson's will be found liable for “failure to warn” remains to be seen.
O'Brien, John. “Companies Lose Forum-Shopping Argument in Actos Case.” West Virginia Record, 10 December 2012.
Powers, Mary and Scott Bates. “Patterson's Drug Store.” West Virginia Uncovered (Blog), 9 January 2012. Available at http://wvuncovered.wvu.edu/stories/fall_2011/pattersons-drug-store.
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Clarisonic announced its shutting down officially September 30th, 2020, and they’ve put everything 50% off (while supplies last). Per the brand, they are shutting down so that their parent, L’Oreal, can “focus [their] attention on other core business offerings.” The brand will be cleared out through their website as well as authorized retailers, which include:
They will continue to honor warranties through October 31, 2022, and you can get a breakdown of how long the warranty term is per device here. They highly recommend to stock up on brush heads if you expect to continue to use your Clarisonic device(s) into the future as they will not continue to produce them. If you purchase a product, make sure to register your device by September 30th, 2020 online or through their app by October 31st, 2020.


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Protection Review Summit encourages debate on key industry issues and focusses on the 'perils, process, product and price' of protection
Protection Review held their first summit back in May of this year, in association with iPipeline, as part of a new series of interactive events encouraging debate on key industry issues. The events are designed to tackle the ‘4 Ps of protection: Perils, process, product and price', and the first event covered the ‘perils' of protection, talking about the perils of not being protected, the risks people are taking with their finances and what the industry can do to encourage more people to take...
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Mini Paceman Concept unveiled at Detroit Auto Show
Mini has unveiled its new premium compact crossover, the Mini Paceman Concept coupe, at the 2011 North American International Auto Show in Detroit. The model is just a concept but plans for a production version are in the pipeline.
Mini plans to expand the range and build upon the success of the new Mini, evident by the number of new Mini models that have hit the showrooms in the past few years. The Mini Paceman will be yet another addition to the fleet. It was designed for the younger generation and will present an entirely new segment to the market: the premium crossover coupe.
Ian Robertson, a member of the board of management of Mini AG, described how keen Mini is on producing a production version during a press conference at the Detroit show,
"I’m thrilled to tell you now, for the very first time, that there will be a seventh member of the Mini family – and we will base it on this concept."
Mr Robertson also said about the car,
"This car captures the typical Mini characteristics – unique design, clever functionality and signature driving fun - with a new level of agility. It combines an athletic, masculine coupe appearance with the dimensions of the Mini Countryman."
As mentioned, the Mini Paceman is based on the current Mini Countryman and uses the John Cooper Works 1.6-litre turbocharged engine that outputs 157kW of power. It also uses the Mini Countryman's ALL4 all-wheel drive system.
The new crossover coupe is set to hit the market some time in 2012.


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Last week, the Associated Press (AP) was quick to retract its plans to release an NFT after Twitter users claimed the video profited from human suffering.
The latest out-of-touch NFT release blunder comes via one of the most prestigious entities in journalism. Amid the news surrounding Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the AP announced its latest NFT drop: A five-second video of migrants in an overstuffed boat crossing the Mediterranean.
The responses were abysmal: as a quantitative measure of how much Twitter disliked this release, the announcement was ratioed, with just 24 likes compared to over 300 quote retweets in time that it was up.
Twitter users were quick to call out the AP’s seeming lack of forethought on this particular NFT release. User @ExhaustedElox said “This is a grotesque way to earn a profit,” while @one0nine asked “Wait, hang on – are you actively monetizing imagery of human suffering? Is that what I’m seeing here? Are you sharing the proceeds with anyone in that boat? Did you get their permission to film or share this?”
Nominally, photojournalism on the AP’s site brings indirect profits to the publisher—through site traffic, ad views, shares—but the sale of a photo or video as an NFT places profit front and center. In one instance, an AP NFT brought the publication $1,799 in a single transaction.
The subject matter of the AP’s NFTs range from the 1938 Pacific Coast Motorcycle Championships to a lone polar bear on ice in the Franklin Strait to the submerged ruins of an 11th-century Romanesque church.
But when the subjects of images are in a moment of crisis—such as the one of migrants—people wondered whether a publication should directly profit off such a fraught moment.
The AP’s tweet was deleted just four hours later and was followed up by an apology thread where the AP expressed “This was a poor choice of imagery for an NFT” and that they are “immediately reviewing our efforts … AP’s mission is to inform the world with accurate, unbiased journalism.”
AP spokesperson Lauren Easton told the Daily Dot that the migrant video “has not and will not be put up for auction” and that it will be immediately reviewing its efforts towards its NFT marketplace.
The Associated Press is an American nonprofit news agency covering all facets of news, ranging from politics to sports. Founded in 1846, it has since grown to operate more than 250 bureaus across the world.
Though the migrant boat NFT will not be for sale, others remain listed on the AP’s marketplace and have been announced to be sold soon. Rather than electing to mint and sell NFTs on one of the largest marketplaces like OpenSea or Rarible, the AP has created its own.
Built by Web 3 platform provider Xooa, the AP’s NFT marketplace was announced in January and has been releasing a steady stream of photography NFTs that “capture compelling scenes from around the world and mark some of the most memorable moments in history.” Each NFT comes with associated metadata like the time, location, equipment and technical settings for the photo, with most NFTs selling for a few hundred dollars each.
According to the AP marketplace’s FAQ page, purchasing a photography NFT grants the holder rights to display their piece for personal use, but not to create derivative work or use the image to sell a product. Purchasing an AP NFT specifically does not transfer copyright: the FAQs state that copyright “always remains with the photojournalist and the AP.”
The current NFT is not the only in the AP’s collection to fall under scrutiny. Twitter user @arlenparsa quote-tweeted the AP’s announcement of its forthcoming NFT marketplace, jokingly predicting that there would be “a photo of a wildfire that burned down a family’s home.”
A month after the prediction, the AP announced two photographs of the Marsh Fire would be released on its marketplace. The 2016 Marsh Fire in Tuolumne County, California resulted in the evacuation, but not destruction, of approximately 30 homes.
When questions arose in the AP’s official Discord about the consent and involvement of photographers to their photos being released as NFTs, according to screenshots shared on Twitter, an AP director replied stating that “All photographers are consulted and are active participants in the project” and that the photographers receive a 12-60% commission of the sale, paid out in crypto.
The day before the migrant boat NFT tweet, the AP announced it would release as an NFT three images from Anja Niedringhaus, a German photographer who was killed in Afghanistan while reporting on the 2014 election there. The AP has outlined that a portion of the proceeds from Niedringhaus’ photo NFT will be donated to the International Women’s Media Foundation and be applied towards the “construction of a photojournalism museum in Anja’s name.”
Dwayne Desaulniers, the AP’s director of blockchain and data licensing, took to Discord to address members’ concerns, such as one message stating that “Dwayne wants a world without adblock, without archive.is, without a possibility that someone somewhere might wring a tiny bit of the AP’s journalistic output of them without paying for that privilege.”
Desaulniers’ response according to screnshots? “Fucking right.”
In a time of dwindling journalism profits, publishers are forced to choose between the ad revenue and subscription models. Adblock and paywall evasion further complicate the matter. NFTs could prove to be an effective fundraising effort, journalism outlets utilizing the digital scarcity NFTs provide, but the backlash to the AP’s most recent NFT efforts prove the public might not yet accept such a solution.
When a Discord member asked pointedly about the ethics of profiting off of images of human suffering, Desaulniers pointed to his belief that “blockchain tech can help real facts become immutable,” which is “a key driver of our work,” a statement a Discord member labeled as “word salad.”
The AP is not the first journalism outlet to flirt with blockchain technology. Time released a collection of three digital magazine covers as NFTs in March 2021, which sold for $435,000. The Economist followed suit in October 2021 with the $420,000 sale of an Economist NFT cover, with the proceeds donated to an independent charity.
Bitcoin and Ethereum news site Decrypt took a different approach to integrating crypto with its site by incentivizing engagement on its app with a set of reward tokens that can be redeemed for merch or premium content, but can’t be exchanged for fiat.
Would the AP have received such criticism if it had decided to release limited edition physical prints, rather than NFTs? Though the exploratory “pilot program” NFT marketplace could prove to be an effective revenue stream as traditional income methods for publishers fizzle out, the recent backlash demonstrates the difficulty of diving into a new, fraught market.


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Best of Brooklyn: Students design school supplies
Students at a Park Slope middle school are seeing designs drawn up in class become real school supplies thanks to a program by Staples.
M.S. 88 was one of two schools nationwide selected for the program.
Student Chyanne Myles helped design a prototype double-decker desk that received a professional makeover and is now in production.
In addition, Staples has donated $50,000 to the school.
Principal Ailene Mitchell says the money will go toward more classes designed to give students hands-on work.
Staples will sell the products online and in brick-and-mortar stores throughout the country.
New schools are already being chosen for the next round of the program.


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Bitcoin is a digital payment system that uses cryptocurrency (digital exchange environment) and peer-to-peer (P2P) technology to create and manage money transactions. The open source P2P network creates bitcoins and manages all currency transactions.
Bitcoin virtual money emerged amid a deep economic crisis and declining social trust in financial institutions.
The number of addresses continues to grow (more people use bitcoin), the capitalization of bitcoin and all cryptocurrencies is also constantly growing. Every year, the number of points that accept bitcoin and cryptocurrencies often increases and all this, despite the authorities in the United States and other countries that try to introduce “sticks in the wheels”.
If Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies grow despite pressure and a ban from several countries, it is physically impossible to stop them. That says, along with the opinion of a number of leading experts that the future lies behind cryptocurrencies.
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William C. Lowe had a bold idea: IBM should develop a personal computer that could be mass marketed, expanding the company's reach beyond businesses and into people's homes.
Boeing Co. is speeding up production of its 737 again as it aims to cut down a huge backlog of the jets.
Ghosn attributed the weaker than expected performance to a variety of troubles, chief among them weakness in many emerging markets and painfully expensive recalls. He announced a management reshuffle that will make the company's chief operating officer, Toshiyuki Shiga, a vice chairman and appoint three other executives as COOs.
Executives with Wal-Mart Stores Inc. say they plan to move production of some shoes from overseas to a manufacturing plant in south Georgia, which they say will create 250 jobs in the state. The retailer on Thursday announced plans for the facility in Hazelhurst, about 100 miles west of Savannah.
Battery Ventures portfolio company Industrial Safety Technologies (IST) has completed the acquisition of the Oldham fixed-point gas detection business from Industrial Scientific Corporation.
In a report released Wednesday, the FDA says testing of imported spices between 2007 and 2010 showed that spices were twice as likely as other inspected foods to be contaminated with the pathogen. More than 80 different types of salmonella were detected.
Authorities are investigating a deadly explosion at a manufacturing plant in the northwest Georgia town of Rockmart. Polk County Coroner Lester Litesey III tells The Associated Press that 56-year-old Elaine Davidson of Rockmart died in the blast.
On the heels of a profitable third quarter, Chrysler Group said it will proceed with a public offering of shares before the end of this year.
The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits fell 10,000 last week to a seasonally adjusted 340,000, a sign that employers are laying off very fewer workers.
Facing a sluggish economy, Obama is helping connect foreign and domestic companies and investors with economic development organizations across the country while promoting the United States as a sound business environment.
Accenture has today announced its intent to acquire PCO Innovation, a systems integration group that specializes in product lifecycle management (PLM) technology. Terms of the agreement were not immediately announced, nor were details as to how the companies will integrate services, facilities and labor forces.
United States Steel Corp said on Tuesday it will permanently shut down iron and steelmaking operations at its Hamilton, Ontario, mill at the end of this year. The decision is a blow to Hamilton, long the center of Canada's steel industry, which has been hit hard by plant closures over the last decade.
Nestle USA says it's relocating its frozen pizza division from Illinois to the Cleveland suburb of Solon, joining its other businesses and an expanding research center there. The world's largest food company expects about 250 jobs eventually to come from the move.
Siemens Energy, Inc. has added 40 new jobs at the central Mississippi plant where it makes high-voltage transmission equipment. Employment is now about 400 at the plant in Richland, just south of Jackson.
Glass maker Corning said Wednesday that its net income fell 23 percent in the third quarter on lower earnings from its joint venture with Samsung, which Corning is buying out. The company gave a disappointing forecast for the fourth quarter, and shares slipped.
Anheuser-Busch InBev and the Teamsters union are about to begin contract talks for the first time since the Belgian brewer InBev purchased the maker of Budweiser, Bud Light and other beers five years ago.
Government health system spokesman Rosendo Gaytan says the 35-year-old employee of the factory Dulces Blueberry in Ciudad Juarez died Tuesday at a hospital in the city of Guadalajara, where he was transferred to be treated for third-degree burns.
It looked like things were really starting to heat up for this little Southern California factory town when the maker of the Sriracha chili sauce known the world over decided to open a sprawling 650,000-square-foot factory within its borders.
Under the motto of “Intelligence in Production”, solutions were presented at EMO Hannover 2013 that efficiently integrate new information technologies. The focus was on innovations that automate, simplify or enhance the efficiency of the work sequences involved.
State safety regulators announced Tuesday they are seeking $707,000 in fines against Sinclair Oil Corp. after alleging 22 safety violations at the company's refinery in south-central Wyoming, including a toxic gas release that sickened dozens of workers in May.


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Holiday Lanes Celebrates Its 55th with Free Event
A locally-owned business that's been owned and operated by the same family since 1960 will celebrate its 55th anniversary this week.
The Bossier Chamber of Commerce is honoring Holiday Lanes with 'Business After Hours,' which comes with free admission, complimentary bowling, beer-tastings by Flying Heart Brewing, and a celebratory roll of a special emerald bowling ball by a 'special guest.'
Beer-tastings will be provided on a first-come, first-served basis, since supplies are limited.
"What better way to toast our fifty-fifth year in business than by raising a glass of Bossier City's first craft beer, Flying Heart Brewing, which we will be serving at Holiday Lanes," said the bowling alley's managing partner Melanie Coleman in a news release. "My dad launched this business in 1960, and he would be so proud of the community that we continue to build in 2015."
The event is set for 5-7 PM Thursday, September 24, at the business at 3316 Old Minden Road in Bossier City. The ball-rolling is scheduled for 5:30PM, and the anniversary cake will be cut at 5:45.
To find out more, call (318) 746-7331 or visit the bowling alley's website.


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GT USA CEO Peter Richards honored as Maritime Person of the Year by Propeller Club
Peter Richards, CEO of GT USA, the U.S. division of global port operator Gulftainer, has received the Maritime Person of the Year Award from the Propeller Club of Port Canaveral.
The honor from the Propeller Club of Port Canaveral, part of the network of International Propeller Club organizations, recognizes a person’s contributions to the maritime industry and local community. The club nominates the member of year for regional recognition to be chosen by leaders of Propeller Club chapters in the Southeast.
“Peter Richards is the ideal recipient for Maritime Person of the Year, foremost for bringing GT USA into our port community and increasing regional economic opportunities. We appreciate the time he has spent in supporting our local club,” said John Rice, President of the Propeller Club of Port Canaveral.
With more than 12 years of seagoing experience and 28 years of expertise in the operation and management of port facilities and container terminals, Richards has played a key role in building the global presence of Gulftainer, the largest privately owned, independent port operator in the world. In the past year, Richards has led the company’s expansion into the United States with the opening of GT USA to operate and manage Port Canaveral’s only dedicated container terminal.
“The opening of Canaveral Cargo Terminal to serve new partners in trade is a milestone not just for GT USA, but for all stakeholders at the port,” Richards said. “It is an honor to work with the Brevard County businesses and maritime professionals of the Propeller Club.”
GT USA’s Canaveral Cargo Terminal is able to turn around cargo between Port Canaveral and the Orlando area within one to two hours, the fastest transit time when compared to other container terminals in the state. StreamLines, N.V., part of the Seatrade Group, recently launched its new Blue Stream container service with Canaveral Cargo Terminal as its only U.S. port of call. The service ships refrigerated and dry cargo between Port Canaveral, Europe, the French West Indies and Central America.


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Streaming video companies like Netflix are notoriously secretive about their numbers, but there are proxy measurements we can use to get a sense of how many people are watching, and Amazon just made a big jump in one of them.
Sandvine has released its latest report that shows what percentage of prime-time internet usage in North America is taken up by different services. Streaming video dominates, with Netflix and YouTube coming in at 35% and 17% respectively.
But what’s more interesting is that Amazon Video continues to creep up the charts, coming in at 4.26% — ahead of both iTunes and Hulu — and over twice what it was a year ago.
Earlier this month, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos extolled the virtues of Amazon’s video offerings, saying they could become a “fourth pillar” of Amazon. He also said they help other parts of Amazon’s business, which could help explain why Amazon is investing heavily in it, with analysts at Bernstein estimating that Amazon spent $2 billion on video content for Prime in 2015.
"When we win a Golden Globe, it helps us sell more shoes,” he explained about Prime Video in particular.
Beyond shoes, Amazon's investment seems to be translating into increased use of Amazon Video as well. Amazon’s video section includes Prime Video, its Netflix competitor, as well as a rental and purchase business that competes with players like iTunes.
Here's how Sandvine says Amazon currently stacks up against the competition:
And here is what the same research looked like a year ago:
Amazon Video has more than doubled its downstream usage percentage in the last year, from 1.97% to 4.26%, and is up from Sandvine's last measurement in December (3.11%). And Amazon has pulled away from both Hulu and iTunes.
iTunes is particularly significant, since Apple has not made an entry into the subscription streaming video market, and has seemingly stalled its plans for a live TV competitor. Apple was also late to the game in subscription streaming music, and allowed Spotify to build up a huge lead before launching Apple Music last year.
The iTunes data includes not just video rental and purchases, but also things like music downloads. Though as you can see from the list, video streaming is the real data hog here.
It's also worth noting that downstream internet activity is an imperfect proxy for how much time people spend watching (since both Netflix and Amazon have made strides towards reducing how much bandwidth their services use). But it still provides a good basic snapshot of the competitive landscape, and shows Amazon climbing.
Disclosure: Mathias Döpfner, CEO of Business Insider's parent company, Axel Springer, is a Netflix board member.


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Keroche heiress Anerlisa Muigai has announced that she is leaving Nairobi. She made the announcement through a series of social media posts, showing her now empty house at Lavington in Nairobi.
Muigai had earlier this year intimated that she has been spending more time in Nakuru as it was more peaceful. However, her announcement comes days after auctioneers descended on her after a court ruling found her guilty of defamation.
“My house help called me and told me ‘Madam kuna watu kwa gate wanasema wamekujia vitu za nyumba na gari,’ I was like, ‘Apana they have the wrong house number’. She said, ‘Apana wamesema wamekuja kwa Ann Muigai na wako na documents hapa’. I quickly told her to send me pictures.” Anerlisa shared on Instagram a few weeks ago.
The high court had ordered Keroche Heiress Anerlisa Muigai to pay her ex-boyfriend Sh2 million for defamation. Businessman Ben Kangangi had sued Muigai for tarnishing his name following a post she made online that painted him as a shrewd businessman.
In his suit, Kangangi said the post had caused him anguish leading to him losing business. Kangangi deals with the importation and sale of high-end automobiles, equipment, fashion apparel and interior design material through a company called Benka Automobiles.
Delivering the ruling, High Court Judge Justice Said Juma Chitembwe ruled that the evidence provided was adequate and awarded the businessman Sh2 million for compensation.
This case dates back to 2018 when through a post on social media, Anerlisa labeled Kangangi as a fraudulent businessman.
Apparently, Kangangi had approached the Nero CEO asking for Sh20 million loan for a tender he had secured with the government to supply electric cables.
Anerlisa reportedly said she could only loan Sh7 million and had to borrow Sh13 million for the same. She further said that in less than one week, Kangangi had said he knew a financier who gave her the full amount.
It was then that things took a wrong turn as the financier later called Anerlisa asking for security in terms of a vehicle belonging to her or under her company name. Notably, she had already provided two cars that Kangangi had surrendered.
Months later, the ex-boyfriend reportedly failed to pay back yet the financier was also demanding pay.
Two weeks ago, auctioneers raided the 34-year-old’s home seeking to recover her cars and property due to the debt.
Muigai also shared that she had sold her Range Rover Velar.
“Also I thought I should mention… there are car dealers reselling my car. Be aware the car found a buyer. Parking is so empty,” Anerlisa said.


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Japan's trade deficit in September bigger than forecastStaff writer ▼ | October 22, 2015
Japan's trade deficit for September came in below median analysts expectations for a gain as a sluggish 0.6 percent rise in exports saw the deficit standing at 114.5 billion yen (about $955 million).
Asia A 0.6 percent growth in exports from Japan
The figure in the recording period marls the sixth month of red ink as exports rose just 0.6 percent versus expectations for a 3.8 percent increase and imports retreated 11.1 percent, moderately better than analysts' predictions of a 12 percent decline.
According to leading economists, the figures point to the economy still faltering at the tail end of the third quarter and may be the biggest indicator yet that the economy has entered a technical recession.
If this is the case, there will be increased pressure on the Bank of Japan, whose outlook has tried to be optimistic despite downside pressures from overseas economies, particularly those in East Asia where tepid growth is impacting Japan's export figures, to unleash more monetary stimulus measures to bolster the economy here and to ensure their reflationary efforts remain on track.
According to the ministry's preliminary report, Japan's exports to the United States expanded by 10.4 percent and those to the European Union were up 5.1 percent on year. However those to Asian countries declined by 0.9 percent, with a 3.5 percent drop in exports to China being particularly noteworthy, economists said.
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While you’re sitting there ogling your expensive HDTV trying to forgive yourself for not waiting a tad longer for Sony’s HX803-series Bravria 3DTV, due to arrive in Europe this June, you’re probably going to slam your face on your keyboard a couple of times as you read this and find out that buyers/owners of Sony’s 3DTV will also receive four free 3D PlayStation 3 games. Ouch anyone? Whether the “free games” will be given out via comrpised PSN codes or compiled on one disc has yet to be said, but the promotional titles, which include WipEout HD, Motorstorm Pacific Rift, PAIN and Super Stardust HD, will also be made available on PSN at the same time.
We’re not sure, as of yet, whether or not the Americas, which means us over here, are getting a similar promotion — but once we get word of something, we’ll make sure to keep you guys posted. Plus, I wouldn’t mind playing Motostorm in 3D and throwing up all over the place. To those of you who are against 3D gaming or think it isn’t going anywhere, I’m calling it now and saying that it is, in fact, going to be the next big thing since underwear with dick holes were introduced.


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Travel booking company Airbnb is rolling out a new design for its website and app to encourage discovery of different places and facilitate longer stays.
The company says this is its biggest redesign in years. Called Categories, the marquee feature allows you to explore homes around the world — rather than search for something specific.
With this Airbnb wants to inspire people to think about traveling in the future, or taking longer trips.
Encouraging discovery through categories
Brian Chesky, co-founder and CEO of Airbnb, told TNW that the search for travel has been the same for the past 25 years.
We thought there was a more inspiring way to build a travel quest that isn’t just based on location. One problem with location search is that we have homes in 100,000 cities. No one can think of 100,000 places to go.
So instead of typing in dates and destinations to search for lodgings, the company wants you to just start browsing.
At launch, Airbnb will introduce 56 categories, including things like awesome pools, castles, and historic homes (style-based categories); arctic, beach and more (categories based on location); camping, golf and surfing (categories based on activities).
You can browse these categories directly from the landing page on the Airbnb website and app. You’ll see refined categories when you select a destination and timeframe of your visit.
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The company says it has already categorized four million of the six million homes on the platform. Chesky said the team used a combination of machine learning and human assessment to label these homes.
He added that although the company is starting with 56 categories, the interface is designed to handle hundreds of them, and they will continue to develop it to handle more “genres.”
Facilitating a longer stay
Airbnb said the trend of remote working that has caught on since the pandemic has increased the number of longer-term bookings. The company pointed out that in the first quarter of the year, nearly half of its bookings were for more than a week.
That’s why Airbnb is introducing split stays for trips longer than a week. Here’s how it works: If you plan a trip to a certain place for 10 days, and there are fewer than 300 results for it, the service will show you few houses close to each other with available dates.
Previously, if a property you liked was only available for a short period of time, it would not show up in the search results due to unavailability. But now, if it’s partially available, you can book it along with another house nearby for the rest of your stay.
You’ll also get similar suggestions when you search for a single category, so you can experience two different places in one trip.
Chesky said that Split Stays are not technically easy to perform† The platform must offer the best matches without delay.
Currently it only shows results in pairs. When I asked why the platform can’t show me more homes for a trip, Chesky said the company was investigating.
The technology we created to link two houses can link three or four houses. It can also link homes and experiences. It is essentially a gateway to AI-generated travel itineraries. But we just wanted to start simple.
If I travel for more than a month while working remotely I may want to experience different places, so a filter to select the number of houses I would like to stay in during the trip could be nice.
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Chesky noted that Airbnb had a wishlist feature that people used as a bookmarking tool, but that could change with the redesign:
Right now, wishlists are primarily a bookmarking tool. But the question is, can wish lists be like playlists? Could you share your wish list? Could those wish lists be like a Spotify playlist to be shared? The answer, of course, is that these are things we think about.
Prior to the pandemic, the company thought about building services such as ticket booking and travel content, but it stopped to focus on providing home booking services.
Chesky also said Airbnb wants to change quickly in the coming years to be different from its competitors:
At the moment, most of this product is still about houses. And in most of our categories, I’m really interested in really doubling down on experiences next year.
I think a lot of people are lonely and want to meet people and do things.
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BUSKERS and street traders are to be targeted in a crackdown during the 2014 Commonwealth Games, the Scottish Government announced today.
Unauthorised traders, burger van operators and illegal advertising will also be outlawed at Games venues next year.
The ban will also extend to George Square and the Merchant City, with the warning that offenders could face court action with hefty fines of up to £20,000.
Hand-picked council workers from Glasgow and the surrounding area will form a team of enforcers who will patrol the streets surrounding all 17 Games venues, under proposals announced by Holyrood.
The temporary regulations will also outlaw ambush marketing where groups of people access events to promote a product by wearing branded T-shirts and handing out fliers, as happened in the last World Cup.
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India’s largest digital wallet company Paytm has successfully acquired smart-savings management startup Balance Tech for an undisclosed amount. Reports claimed that the deal has been a complete non-cash deal and may very well be an acqui-hire.
Bengaluru based Balance Tech is latest to join Paytm’s acquisition list. This year the Alibaba and Softbank backed company has bought quite a few promising startups, mostly to consolidate its new business verticals. It first acquired Chennai based online ticketing firm Insider.in and later acquired Cube26.
With Balance Tech, Paytm will hope that its latest acquisition will help in growing its wealth management business. The Noida based startup had forayed into wealth management business earlier this year with an aim to diversify its business beyond digital payment. The company formed a subsidiary firm Paytm Money to look after its wealth management business.
Balance Tech all about Helping People to Save Money
Balance Tech through its chatbot enabled app helps people in inculcating saving habits through several innovative ways. The one innovative way that Balance Tech app uses is to promote mutual fund savings on its platform.
It is probably Balance Tech’s expertise in promoting mutual fund products that Paytm will look to capitalize on.
Paytm few days back claimed that it has been able to attract 5 lakh users on its Paytm Money platform for buying and selling mutual funds. If this claim is indeed true then Paytm has all the reason to feel upbeat, especially since Paytm Money has yet not officially launched its services.
Meanwhile, Paytm is not leaving any stone unturned in aggressively growing its business. Apart from wealth management, the company has already invested millions in its newly launched Paytm Bank and e-commerce business Paytm Mall.
Now to mention that the company was all over the media recently for its ambitious move to start payment in highly competitive Japanese market.