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If you thought ticket prices for the first Duke-Syracuse game were expensive, you should feel lucky you didn't pay for tickets for Saturday's game at Duke.
According to Forbes, tickets for Syracuse versus Duke at Cameron Indoor Stadium are going for nearly ten times more than the previous matchup at the Carrier Dome.
On secondary sellers websites, tickets are going for an average of $2,125. According to Forbes, the cheapest ticket at the Carrier Dome was $58. The reason: Cameron only has 9,300 seats available, compared to the tens of thousands that can cram into the Carrier Dome.
Saturday nights game tips off at 7 p.m. at Cameron. News10NBC will have full coverage tonight at 11 p.m.


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Obviously, there’s no way a phone case can transform your iPhone into an actual hard drive – unless, well, it actually comes packed with a spare disk drive on the back. However, it’s way easier to give your smartphone the appearance that it is an actual hard drive, at least when it’s viewed from the back.
In this day and age where virtually anything and everything is being turned into phone cases, it was only a matter of time before we saw a couple inspired by a lot of people’s favorite seafood: lobsters.
A few days ago we saw an iPhone case with a built-in pepper spray. The Coyote Case isn’t as aggressive, but it was invented with the same idea in mind: to protect the owner of the phone as well as it protects the phone itself.
The rear touch-panel is one of the most unique features of the Sony’s PS Vita. Now, a Minnesota-based company called Canopy wants to bring that same feature to the iPhone 4 and 4S with the Sensus, a protective case with built in capacitive touch sensors.
When the iPhone 5 came out, many people wished that it was packed with more features – or at least a beefier battery – instead of being thinner than many smartphones. If you’re one of those people, you might one to get the iExpander case.
The iPhone’s on-screen keyboard is forgiving enough as it is, but sometimes, my fatter-than-normal fingers make me type out messages that are garbled, wrongly-spelled, and downright confusing.
I’ve never been interested in getting a separate physical keyboard for the iPhone, since I never found one that was right for what I needed in the market.
If the rumors are true, Apple may be getting ready to announce the iPhone 5 next week, rendering your iPhone 4/4S obsolete. But there is a new hope, young Padawan. Accessory maker PowerA will soon release a line of officially licensed Star Wars cases for your phone.
A company called Third Rail Mobility has created the most practical iPhone battery and case combo I’ve ever seen. The company found a way to make their battery charge all other USB-compatible devices as well, which is great because the iPhone isn’t the only mobile device that runs on electricity.
The iPhone 4 and 4S are expensive gadgets, and their glass plates look good but are also quite slippery, so it only makes sense for owners to protect them with cases. But most cases add bulk and obscure the beauty of the devices.
While it’s true that there are a lot of different iPhone cases out there to choose from, the selection can still get pretty boring. Not to mention the fact that there’s always the risk of running into someone who’s also using the same case.
While those of you up North are probably freezing or covered in snow, where I live the weather is actually starting to warm up. Of course, there’s still the occasional thunderstorm, but it’s mostly a whole lot of warm and sunny weather.
We’ve seen a lot of unusual iPhone cases, but I think the iPPeel is the most unusual iPhone case yet. Unusual, but not impractical. It looks like it has an ugly graphic of a dumb phone, but it actually has a dumb phone inside, a dual-SIM cellphone to be exact.
Earlier this year we featured a concept for an iPhone case called iShuttr that not only made the phone look like a camera but added camera functionality as well, such as a Xenon flash and shutter and zoom buttons.

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Micromax promoter remanded in judicial custody till September 2
Micromax co-founder Rajesh Agarwal and five others were today remanded in judicial custody till September 2.
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LG Mobiles is planning to bring its yet-to-be-globally-launched 3D tablet to India in June, a senior executive in the company said.
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Micromax to revive Yu brand to take on Chinese smartphone makers like Vivo, Oppo and others
Yu will be elevated as the flagship brand targeting youth in the premium segment and Micromax will focus on feature and smartphones priced under Rs 12,000.
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NDMC suspends 5 engineers, 2 beldars in Micromax bribery case
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Micromax, Pride Hotels, Betul Oil, Tara Jewels develop cold feet over IPO, let issue deadline pass
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Micromax promoter, 6 others sent to CBI custody till August 19
Micromax co-founder Rajesh Agarwal and six others, arrested in connection with a bribery case, were today remanded in CBI custody till August 19.
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The validity for nine IPOs, which aim to raise about Rs 3,950 crore, would expire by March. The market downturn last year had hit IPOs hard.
Micromax, Pride Hotels among IPOs expired in Jan 2012
Four IPOs, including that of Micromax Mobiles and Pride Hotels, have expired in January 2012, Tara Jewels and Betul Oil being the other two.
Brand Equity's Most Exciting Brands 2013
What better way than a hot new survey to get you, dear reader, excited about 2013? Brand Equity's Most Exciting Brands is a new annual research property from Brand Equity and Nielsen. It speaks directly to the youth to discover the brands that capture the imagination of these fickle, hard to impress consumers.
Facebook expects its largest user base to come from India in the near future
Facebook expects its largest user base to come from India, surpassing Indonesia and the US in the near future, a senior executive said.
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Holiday shopping: Retailers embrace ‘Black November’
“Black Friday is no longer the bargainshopping bacchanal it once was,” said Kate Taylor in BusinessInsider.com. More than half of Americans say they are less likely to head to the mall on the day after Thanksgiving this year than they were in years past, according to Accenture’s annual Holiday Shopping Survey. And it’s not just the earlymorning crowds or parking hassles that are convincing shoppers to stay home. It’s “simply that bargain shopping has become a year-round event.” Nearly two-thirds of survey respondents said they shop for holiday presents throughout the year, and don’t feel the need to shop on Black Friday or even Cyber Monday—the Monday after Thanksgiving—because “they can get equally good discounts on other days.” You can thank Amazon for this shift, said Dhani Mau in Fashionista.com. Gone are the days when “driving to a store, waiting in line, and even risking physical harm” was necessary to grab a holiday bargain.
The holidays still loom large for retailers’ bottom line, though, and in the anxious race to win over shoppers, stores are “trying to fast-forward” what is still the year’s biggest shopping weekend, said Abha Bhattarai in The Washington Post. Competition anxiety has recently compelled them to open on Thanksgiving itself to attract the most serious bargain hunters. This year, they’ve shifted discounts “even earlier,” hoping to lock in sales during “the crucial fourth quarter, which can account for up to 40 percent of a retailer’s annual revenue.” Best Buy began offering Black Friday discounts last week on hundreds of items, including TVs, Apple Watches, and tablets. “Walmart followed a day later, with $6 pajamas and $998 Samsung TVs.” Chains such as Sears and Kmart have also moved their sales forward “out of fear of being left behind.” Let’s all agree that the term ‘Black Friday’ “has no meaning now,” said Abby Hamblin in The San Diego Union- Tribune. “They should just call it Black November.”
Despite all the maneuvers, brick-and-mortar stores are expecting to “lose more ground” this holiday season to e-commerce, said James Peltz in the Los Angeles Times. Online holiday sales this year will likely top $100 billion for the first time, with $6.6 billion estimated for Cyber Monday, which would make it “the largest online-shopping day” in U.S. history. What consumers are looking to buy should determine when they shop, said Charisse Jones in USA Today, and despite the early deals this year, they’d be smart to “bide their time.” Shoppers looking for the best deals on TVs, jewelry, tablets, and a ppliances should “wait until Black Friday,” while Cyber Monday will “feature the season’s biggest price drops on toys.” And if you are willing to hop online in between helpings of turkey on Thanksgiving Day, you’ll be rewarded with the “best bargains on computers, video games, sporting goods, tools, and clothing.” ■


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The country’s PC market ended the fourth quarter of 2022 on a depressing note, losing 26% YoY. Desktops shipments declined 34% to 3.7 million units, and laptop shipments were down 22% to 8.5 million units. The one bright spot was tablet shipments which rose by 39% to 7.5 million units.
Recent research from Canalys shows that total PC (desktop, notebook and workstation) shipments in mainland China ended 2022 on a low note, declining 26% year-on-year in Q4. Desktop (including desktop workstation) shipments dropped to 3.7 million units, a 34% decline, while the notebook shipment (including mobile workstations) was down 22% to 8.5 million units. However, tablet shipments in Q4 rose 39% to 7.5 million units, driven by new device launches from major vendors.
For 2022, total PC shipments reached 48.5 million units, a YoT drop of 15%. Tablet shipments were up by 6% growing to 24.0 million units shipped. Some of the demand can be attributed to lockdowns in China that created a surge in purchases. Even after declines from 2021 sales, laptop and tablet shipments were still higher than pre-pandemic levels, 8% and 22% higher respectively. Research firm Canalys expects shipments to reach 48.3 million units for all PCs in 2023 with a bounce in business spending, despite an expect 9% fall in consumer purchases.
Lenovo, Dell, HP, Asus, and Huawei are then biggest PC brands, while Apple, Huawei, Honor, Xiaomi, and Lenovo are the leaders in tablet sales. The popularity of devices by platform is shown in the chart below. HarmonyOS is Huawei’s home grown OS which seems to pay homage, or steal from, the best bits of IOS and Android. It all depends on how you choose to look at.


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‘Explosive’ demand in Europe signals bright future for hempcrete
Construction’s journey towards a zero-carbon future has largely focused on modern materials and technologies. But the insulation and low carbon credentials of bio-based materials such as hempcrete are winning over some serious players.
The current 'explosive' demand for hemp hurd in Europe, while a temporary inconvenience for supply chains, signals a major shift forward for the hemp building sector and can advance the development of much-needed processing facilities.
“This is something we have or should have been expecting for a while, as the potential for expansion in the construction sector was always on the cards,” veteran hemp builder Steve Allin, founder and director of the Ireland-based International Hemp Building Association, said of the surge in demand for hemp building materials.
With most business plans requiring the identification of a potential market to prove the viability of hemp production, the current strong demand will help those advocating for fiber production facilities to be built, Allin suggested.
“For the longer term this is good news as it justifies establishing hemp processing facilities in many regions where there is currently a surge of interest in doing so,” Allin said.
What are the benefits of hempcrete?
- It is a carbon-negative material: the carbon hemp absorbs as a plant makes up for the carbon emitted during the processing phase of hempcrete.
- It is fire resistant and creates safe buildings.
- Hempcrete needs no added chemicals, hence it creates healthy indoors.
- It is an effective thermal insulator and performs well with temperature fluctuations.
- Hempcrete absorbs moisture during times of high relative humidity and releases it when the relative humidity drops.
- It is resistant to pests and other termites.
- In the processing phase, hempcrete requires less water than traditional cement.
- It takes decades to fully cure, so its strength and feature improve over time.
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While prices for hemp hurd in Europe currently range from roughly €200-€450 per ton ($230-$515/t), supplies are hard to find at any price, according to George Popov from London-based hemp commodities trader Canxchange,
Calling the current demand for hemp hurd in Europe “explosive,” Popov said one-off buyers are finding it difficult to source the material.
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“The demand for hurd is quite high and we’re seeing longer delivery times,” confirmed Belgian natural builder Wolf Jordan, who sells hurd and special additives for hempcrete construction along with natural paints and oils.
Currently orders out of France are backed up for 90 days, with months to wait. Those supplies come mostly from big producers such as Eurochanvre, CAVAC, Agro Chanvre and La Chanvrière.
Dutch fiber processor HempFlax reported as far back as November that it was running its factories continuously due to incredibly high demand. The company also announced a project to expand production capacity at its main location in Oude Pekela, Netherlands.
Shipments going abroad
Other sources told stories of major shipments going abroad, contributing to the squeeze on hurd supplies in Europe. Indian textile producers are reported to be sourcing large quantities of high-quality bast fibers from European producers.
U.S. buyers are reportedly importing European hurd for animal bedding and hemp construction as the overall fiber processing infrastructure for the American market continues to be built out. European hemp hurd remains the premium quality source on the global market.


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Gemalto has announced that ING Belgium has agreed to deploy Gemalto’s Ezio end-to-end authentication product in its eBanking platform.
The Ezio service utilizes its Ezio Classic reader and ING customers’ current smart banking cards to generate a one-time password that grants secure access to their bank account and online transaction signing. The system is fully compliant with Belgian regulations regarding online security and is designed to encourage customers to enroll in online banking.
Gemalto will provide ING Belgium with additional services such as server integration, packaging and direct delivery of Ezio Classic card readers to ING Belgium’s customers.
INC Belgium has about one million online banking customers.


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According to the study led by US researchers at University of California, Vitamin C supplements can reduce the concentration of C-reactive protein (CRP), biomarker of inflammation associated with heart disease and diabetes risk. The same research found that daily consumption of vitamin E is also not helpful.
The result was out after eight long years of research that involved 15000 male physicians at Boston’s Brigham and Women’s hospital in Boston, which failed to show that neither vitamin C nor vitamin E could lower the risk of heart attacks and strokes. According to the American Heart Association (AHA), defines that elevation in CRP is stated, as 1 milligram per liter or more, is an important difference in determining who can be benefited by the consumption of vitamin C.
Gladys Block PhD and professor of Epidemiology and Public Health Nutrition in University of California, Berkeley, said that according to her study for healthy, non smokers with high level of C-reactive protein and daily in-take of vitamin C lowered the levels of C-reactive protein after two months in comparison with those who took dummy pills. However the researchers agreed that more research work must be done as to see whether the vitamin C’s effect on CRP levels continues after two months also.
Gladys Block, said, “This is an important distinction; treatment with vitamin C is ineffective in persons whose levels of C-reactive protein are less than 1 milligram per liter, but very effective for those with higher levels.”
The researchers said further studies were called for to establish vitamin C’s beneficial effect on CRP levels beyond the two month span of the study. “This is clearly a line of research worth pursuing. It has recently been suggested by some researchers that people with elevated CRP should be put on statins as a preventive measure. For people who have elevated CRP but not elevated LDL cholesterol, our data suggest that vitamin C should be investigated as an alternative to statins, or as something to be used to delay the time when statin use becomes necessary,” says Block.
Though found that vitamin C does not seem to be beneficial to lower the risk of heart attacks or strokes but in general vitamin C is very beneficial. Vitamin C is very helpful for a healthy and glowing skin, scar tissues, tendons, ligaments, cartilage, bones and blood vessels. Deficiency in vitamin C leads to scurvy.
Many studies reveal that adequate consumption of vegetables and fruits like oranges, grapefruit etc that are rich in vitamin C can help to lower the risk of cancer of the pancreas, esophagus, larynx , mouth , stomach , colon ,rectum, breast, cervix and lungs.


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Four days after Milk launched its very first app called Oink, the San Francisco-based start-up lab has attracted and landed a new investor in Google Ventures.
We started talking to Google after we closed our round, but decided to open it up for them as they've been adding a ton of value right away, said Kevin Rose, the founder of Milk and co-founder of Digg.
Milk has raised a total of $1.7 million in seed funding to date from investors including Evan Williams, Dave Morin, Joshua Schachter, Ron Conway, First Round Capital, True Ventures and TechCrunch founder Michael Arrington. Despite having no real product at the time, Milk secured the majority of this funding simply because Kevin Rose was the man in charge.
A TechCrunch survey in August asked readers the question: If you could work for a start-up, any start-up, which one would it be? The majority of respondents said they would rather launch their own start-up, but No. 2 on that list, only 17 votes away from the top spot, was Milk. But with no products available at the time, why so much love for Milk?
Experts cite the Kevin Rose effect, a term used to characterize the power and influence of the young entrepreneur. Rose has 1.2 million Twitter followers, and studies have shown that Rose's tweets are more powerful than Ashton Kutcher's, even though Kutcher has about six million more followers. People appreciate that Rose takes the time to respond to tweets and messages directed at him, but Google must appreciate the fact that he has a following everywhere he goes.
Kevin Rose's celebrity isn't the reason people are drawn to Milk, however; it's Rose's unique vision. After Rose resigned from Digg in March, he immediately began working on Milk in San Francisco, building an elite team of fewer than 10 people comprised of coders, designers and thinkers. Rose wanted Milk to be an incubator not for start-ups, but for ideas. Milk sought to tackle a small number of the biggest and oldest industry problems by using the mobile Internet.
We've been up front with investors that the lab's companies are going after big ideas, not launching continuous small projects, Rose said. There is so much opportunity to disrupt old media and old business.
Now that Milk has a product under its belt in Oink, expect more investors and money to start flooding into the start-up. Oink, which launched in the App Store on Nov. 3, is a social app that blends review sites like Yelp with location-based rewards systems like Foursquare: Simply put, users visit places and rate them. The app's content is completely user-generated, but instead of ranking the place as a whole, Oink allows its users to rate and rank individual items. In this way, users can rank the best roller coasters at Six Flags or the best dishes at any given restaurant.
We're going after a more granular experience, Rose said. Our main goal is just to prove out the concept that people just want to rank and rank the things around them.
Oink already leverages Google Maps so users can discover new places based on ranked items, but now that Google has officially invested in Milk, Rose hopes to build in more Google technology in future updates.
Probably some time next year we'll start looking at what we want to do next, Rose said.


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South Korea has intensified a crackdown on the smuggling of capsules from China containing the powdered flesh of dead babies, taken by some as a cure for disease or a way to boost sexual performance, a customs official said Tuesday.
The gruesome practice came to light Sunday when Korea Customs said it had uncovered 35 attempts to import a total of 17,451 such capsules since last August.
The pills -- filled with the dried and powdered flesh of foetuses or dead infants -- were intercepted in the mail or in customs searches at airports.
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The Scottish Family Business of the Year (Large), sponsored by Craig Corporate, was won by Glasgow plumbing firm McAlpine & Co, while the Small / Medium category, sponsored by Clydesdale Bank, was won by whiskybusiness Douglas Laing & Co. There was further success for McAlpine & Co, with company director Kenneth Graham McAlpine taking the Outstanding Contribution award, sponsored by Strathclyde Business School.
The awards were supported this year by title partner Business Gateway and category sponsors The Kinnell Group, Burness Paul, TL Dallas, City Gate Construction, Campbell Dallas, Clydesdale Bank, Craig Corporate and Strathclyde Business School.
The event, hosted by Sanjeev Kohli was attended by over 350 guests who gathered at the Radisson Blu, Glasgow to hear from keynote speaker James Macsween, managing director and owner at Macsween of Edinburgh.
Ginny and the Tonic performed for the guests during dinner and Trav ‘Sax’ and DJ Pretty Ugly were also part of the evening’s entertainment.
Ian McConnell, The Herald’s business editor and chair of the judging panel, was lavish in his praise of all the finalists and entrants, commenting: “It was great to hear the myriad success stories from this year’s entrants, particularly given the tough and uncertain economic backdrop in which they are having to operate.”
He added: “The award entries underlined the strength, depth, and diversity and, crucially, the long-term approach of Scotland’s family businesses. In such turbulent times, a long-term view is vital. It was also heartening to see the high regard in which so many family businesses hold their loyal workforces.”
Hugh Lightbody, chief officer at the Business Gateway National Unit, said: “Yet again the quality of the finalists was of the highest calibre, which made the judging process extremely difficult. Across all categories we saw exactly how family businesses in all parts of the country are contributing to Scotland’s economy. Business Gateway is delighted to be part of this year’s awards programme and our congratulations go to all the finalists and award winners.”
Peter Dawson, founder of The Kinnell Group said: “Congratulations to all winners and finalists, who helped make an amazing night. The quality of the candidates and eventual winners demonstrates the calibre of Scotland’s family businesses, which is why Kinnell Group is proud to be a sponsor of this fantastic event.”
Grant Stevenson, Partner at Burness Paull said: “A huge congratulations to all winners and indeed finalists. The standard of Scottish family businesses on show at these awards has been fantastic, and really demonstrates what is special about this sector. I look forward to hearing of their continuing success both in Scotland and as they increasingly operate on an international stage.”
Bernard Dunn, client director at TL Dallas said: “My congratulations to all the award winners, and indeed all companies who entered the process. The awards evening was a great celebration, of family businesses, their people, suppliers and advisers. It continues to highlight the huge contribution that family companies make to our economy, and they deserve this recognition.”
Brian Colquhoun, UK head of commercial banking, Clydesdale Bank, said “Clydesdale Bank is delighted to have supported the Scottish Family Business Awards again this year. The awards certainly lived up to their promise of celebrating, showcasing and highlighting the vital role that family firms play in helping to drive Scotland’s economy. Congratulations to all the nominees and winners – each accolade is incredibly well deserved.”
Tom Craig, chairman at Craig Corporate said: “The 2017 awards have again been a great success. In the category which we sponsored – Large Family Business of the Year – the quality of the finalists was particularly high and we were delighted for McAlpine & Co Ltd who emerged as worthy winners. The awards are a fantastic way to celebrate the importance of family businesses in Scotland and having worked with family businesses for over 30 years, Craig Corporate is once again delighted to have sponsored the event.”
John Anderson, director at Strathclyde Business School said: “Many congratulations to all the finalists who are fantastic representatives of the real wealth creators of Scotland. It was a great pleasure to have presented the award for outstanding contribution to Kenneth Graham McAlpine & McAlpine & Co Ltd, one of Scotland’s most successful family businesses, 115 years old and still innovating and creating prosperity.”
Fraser Campbell, head of family business advisory services at Campbell Dallas said: “The winners and finalists at The Herald’s Family Business Awards in the Large Rural Family Business category demonstrated their ability to balance business success, innovation and investment with stewardship and leadership within their family.
“Achieving success down and across generations is extremely challenging and the participants this year are clear role-models for their peers. Family owned businesses are at the heart of the rural community and are vital for the future growth of the rural economy – we are proud to champion this. Congratulations once again to all of the winners in this year’s awards”.
Gary Tracey, finance director of CGC, said: “The awards justifiably celebrated the leading lights of Scotland’s family businesses. Every single winner is a credit to Scotland. Each plays a vital role in underpinning and strengthening our economy and crucially, they employ many people whose livelihoods depend on the continuing success of these businesses. Well done to them all.”
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By now, it's probably safe to call 2019 as the year of foldable smartphones. Mobile manufacturers are trying hard to come up with the next big thing in the mobile space, and foldable phones might just be it. We've already seen Samsung, Xiaomi, Huawei, and others highlighting their foldable smartphones, even though some of them are still prototypes. Joining the race of foldable phones now is ZTE. The Chinese smartphone maker seems to be working on a foldable phone that looks similar to Motorola Razr foldable phone concepts.
The patent shows the upcoming smartphone's design and foldable mechanism. It appears that the phone will fold inwards, but not in the middle. The upper half of the flexible display looks shorter.
Interestingly, ZTE's patent doesn't show a selfie camera. There's no cutout design for the front-facing camera either. On the right-hand side, there are two physical buttons. At the back, there's a dual camera setup and a hole for an LED flash. At the bottom, there are circular holes for speakers and/or the microphone along with a charging port.
The patent application was first spotted by LetsGoDigital, which has also posted 3D renders of ZTE's upcoming phone based on the images available with the patent application. In case ZTE does pull this one off, the phone is likely to compete with the much-anticipated Motorola Razr foldable phone.
However, this isn't the first time ZTE is trying its luck at a foldable smartphone. Back in October 2017, ZTE had launched its Axon M, which was a foldable smartphone (sort of) but the idea didn't quite take off back then.
With Galaxy Fold, has Samsung kicked off a revolution in smartphone tech? We discussed this on Orbital, our weekly technology podcast, which you can subscribe to via Apple Podcasts or RSS, download the episode, or just hit the play button below.


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In the race to develop autonomous cars, winning does not necessarily mean coming first.
General Motors has bolstered its claim to be the leading carmaker developing self-driving systems after Honda invested $750m into its Cruise division, with the promise of a total of $2.75bn over 12 years. The agreement follows on the heels of SoftBank’s $2.25bn injection in May.
Yet of the many self-driving projects under way across carmakers, technology providers and start-ups, none have launched fully as public services — which means assessing who is “ahead” in developing self-driving cars is incredibly difficult.
“We see this as the race to the starting line,” Dan Ammann, GM president, said on Wednesday.
Almost every major manufacturer is working on autonomous vehicles, a technology that promises not only to cut road deaths but also to open up potential new business models such as robo-taxi ride-hailing.
The amount Honda has promised to invest in GM’s Cruise division over 12 years
The automotive calendar for the next five years is peppered with prospective launch dates.
GM has announced it plans to launch a service in 2019, while Toyota wants to have robo-taxis ready by the Tokyo Olympic Games in 2020. Ford plans a service by 2021, and Renault by 2022. Volvo pledges that a third of its cars sold will contain autonomous technology by 2025.
Waymo, the self-driving unit of Google’s parent company Alphabet, which is often seen as the clear field leader, has racked up more than 9m testing miles — far more than any other known player in the sector — and has already begun a trial service for potential customers.
It is testing in 25 cities in the US, but the single commercial operation is in Phoenix; sprawling trials in urban centres with worse road conditions, heavier congestion or poorer weather are therefore difficult.
While somewhere like San Francisco, where GM is testing, offers more complicated driving scenarios, the cars on its streets often crawl along, not dealing with the highway speeds encountered over in Arizona.
“We think solving the hardest problems first is the way to really advance and develop this technology,” said Mary Barra, GM chief executive, on Wednesday.
Some companies, such as Aurora, a group started by former Waymo director Chris Urmson that is working with Volkswagen, Hyundai and the Chinese electric group Byton, test their cars in deliberately difficult conditions to help them “learn” faster.
There are other examples.
BMW, Audi and Mercedes all began trials recently in China, in part in order to test their technologies on the country’s often-chaotic highways.
A specially built driverless car testing centre near Detroit, used by several carmakers, has features designed to explore the limits of self-driving cars, such as a bridge where cars are driving into bright sunlight, blinding the vehicles’ cameras.
Waymo’s head start is no guarantee of success
One of the most common benchmarks of who is “winning” is data from California, where autonomous testing is permitted, that shows how frequently human “safety drivers” behind the wheel of self-driving vehicles have to retake control.
The latest annual data from the California Department of Motor Vehicles, or DMV, shows Waymo clearly in the lead, with 63 engagements over 350,000 miles driven, or 0.18 per 1,000 miles. GM was second, with 105 engagements over 131,000 miles driven, 0.80 per 1,000 miles. Almost every other manufacturer racked up only a few thousand miles of testing, often with more disengagements.
But the data are released with a lag and the benchmark also reflects badly on companies whose testing is not especially focused on California, such as Ford, BMW or VW.
“It is tough to say who is ahead,” said George Galliers, analyst at Evercore. “It is difficult to know where they are on a relative basis until we see DMV stats next year, and even those are not necessarily comparing apples to apples.”
Waymo’s head start on the industry is no guarantee of its success. What it took several years to learn is now widely known across the plethora of start-ups competing in the world.
Promises by GM to launch next year, and by Waymo late last year to launch “in the coming months”, need to be seen in the context that any serious level of take-up will require much greater scale than a single city.
Analyst Adam Jonas at Morgan Stanley said rollout of the technology may be much slower than expected due to the “moral, legal, and regulatory factors, including public acceptance of the technology”.
It is likely that several different services could spring up in multiple locations, he added. It is “still early days” and there is “room for several winners in this market”.
Ford, which is perceived as being behind GM in technology, plans to launch “at scale” in 2021 with a service that offers both passenger services and also goods deliveries.
Meanwhile, Mrs Barra, by praising Honda’s “geographic reach”, signalled that Cruise planned to leverage its new shareholder’s international presence to launch in markets further away from GM’s heartland, such as Japan.
What Honda’s investment brings to GM’s Cruise
Honda’s tie-up with Cruise brings two other powerful things to the company. The first is “external validation” for the technology, which now has the backing of another carmaker.
That helps it in the contest against BMW. In 2016 the German carmaker launched a partnership with Intel, the chipmaker, and Mobileye, a camera business subsequently acquired by Intel, and said it wanted the consortium to become the blueprint for the industry. The venture has since been joined by Delphi and Fiat Chrysler, making it one of the only other self-driving projects to attract more than one carmaker.
Meanwhile, Ford split its self-driving division from the rest of its business in July, and is currently in “active discussions” with possible investors into the unit, the company said.
The other powerful thing — perhaps the most important — that Honda brings to the table is money.
This is essential when looking to deploy in several areas. Adam Jonas at Morgan Stanley estimates Cruise has $9bn at its disposal to roll out its service, once Honda has invested the full $2.75bn it pledged.
“It gives Cruise even more cash to scale up autonomous vehicles quickly without further using GM’s funds,” said David Whitson, automotive analyst at Morningstar.
Joseph Spak, auto analyst at RBC Capital Markets, said: “The need for capital to execute on autonomous efforts could be greater than appreciated. Thus, companies may need to look for additional partners. We would expect further ‘consortiums’ to develop to help bring autonomous to reality.”
Additional reporting by Patti Waldmeir in Chicago
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Obesity is a growing problem in Louisville USA and the larger issue is the attitude of people towards it.
Though officials are trying their best to drive the point home and motivate the public to exercise, the fast food industry is abetting the obesity epidemic. Apathetic to the unhealthy rise in the numbers of overweight people, the fast-food restaurants are thriving in plenty.
AdvertisementExercise is not very popular in the state even though there have been many public campaigns that champion walking and biking as a good way to keep obesity at bay.
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Ctrip’s purchase of Skyscanner is by far the biggest travel tech deal to come out of China this year, but it’s not the only one.
This January, Chinese hotel IT specialistbought an 80% stake in Spain-based online reputation management platform for $28 million.
Alibaba, China’s biggest internet business, bought a 15% stake in Shiji for $450 million in 2015.
At the time Alibaba talked in terms of “the hotel of the future” and using Shiji alongside its various businesses – from payments platform Alipay to its Aliyun cloud business via travel marketplace Alitrip – to offer hoteliers in China a one-stop shop for their operational and distribution tech needs.
What ReviewPro brings to the party is data – specific data around how hotels can use the insights from reviews on third party sites and their own in-house guest satisfaction surveys to improve the customer experience.
And a better on-property experience leads to better reviews, which leads to higher occupancy, which allows hotels to raise their rates and generate more revenue.
ReviewPro’s CEO RJ Friedlander talked toabout what the business offers to hotels and how its products and services will be deployed in China.
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Though much of the conversation about healthcare has been focused on retirees who are living longer than ever (with inevitable hiccups for both the economics and efficiencies), the next wave could change the very nature of healthcare in the U.S.
The youngest baby boomers will turn 50 this year. As a result, the U.S. healthcare industry is anticipating unprecedented levels of demand for products and services.
“Though members of this generation still fancy themselves young and healthy, they have more health problems and chronic conditions than previous generations at the same age,” says eMarketer. “Still, they want to stay active for as long as possible. They expect healthcare that enables them to age in place and do it on their own terms.”
That tidbit was included in a new eMarketer report, “Healthcare Marketing to Baby Boomers: Helping the ‘Forever Young’ Age on Their Own Terms.”
The most transformative trend? A “shift away from treating illness and disease, toward rewarding wellness and prevention.”
Aging boomers will focus on staying active and preserving their physical appearance and weight. That’s stoking the markets for exercise as well as vitamins, dietary supplements, fortified foods, and anti-aging products.
Recent market studies by BCC Research noted that the global market for anti-aging products and services (including anti-aging cosmetics, plastic surgery and dermatology and anti-aging disease management) was $261.9 billion, up from $249.3 billion in 2012. The firm projects this number could reach $345.8 billion by 2018.
”Now that boomers are signed up, marketers are looking for ways to encourage them to take more responsibility for their own care and become comfortable with technology that will reduce long-term costs and keep them healthier,” the report concludes.


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Allstate Turns Attention To Motorcycle Safety
Insurance companies know, probably better than anyone, about the
dangers of the roads. That's why it makes sense for Allstate to
join in on National Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month, which is
going on this May. The company started its efforts by donating
warning signs that alert motorists of motorcycles on the road and
is striving to raise awareness of the safety efforts.
The campaign, known as ONE, aims to get drivers to look twice for motorcycles when at intersections and in traffic, Motorcycle.com reports. By installing warning signs in major cities around the U.S. and educating drivers about the measures they can take to keep everyone on the roads safe.
"It's a known fact that motorcycle collisions with autos can have some of the most tragic consequences, and it's been our goal to help ensure the roads are shared safely by all motorists and riders," said Keith Rutman, vice president of Allstate's Specialty Lines unit. "... We wanted to provide an outlet for people to share their stories, reach other riders and warn them on a peer level about the potential risks a rider can face."
Of course, riders should make sure they are decked out in the most protective motorcycle apparel and accessories before they get on a bike. Reflective gear and other brightly colored items can help them to remain visible in any circumstance.


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GRANTHAM Railway Society chairman Phil Mason is gearing himself up for a busy weekend with the opening of Grantham Rail Show’s Model Railway Exhibition on Saturday.
Mr Mason is hopeful of another bumper crowd for the two-day event which this year has switched to Walton Girls’ High School, off Harlaxton Road.
Mr Mason said: “It is the 25th anniversary this year and I have been involved for well over 30 years.
“There’s going to be a dozen working model railways of various gauges as well as stalls selling components and other bits and pieces and demonstrations.
“We usually get quite a good turnout.”
As owner of Cottesmore Press in Stuart Street, Mr Mason is able to publish his own pre-show publicity fliers and any readers who have seen this year’s will notice the Grantham Rail Show logo, designed by a certain Terry Shelbourne.


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Gwyneth Paltrow’s Goop company has responded as it’s being sued by a man who bought her vagina candle and claims it could have ‘killed him’ when it exploded in his home.
According to TMZ, the Texas resident named Colby Watson has filed a class-action lawsuit over the 10.5-ounce ‘This Smells Like My Vagina’ candle.
The publication’s reporting of legal documents claims Watson says he purchased the candle in January, before lighting it for the first time in February.
Watson alleges that he placed the candle on his nightstand, which was a level surface and not in contact with anything else, while all windows were closed.
He stated that after burning for ‘an estimated three hours or less’, the candle became engulfed in ‘high flames’ and soon exploded, filling the room with smoke.
A spokesperson for Goop told Metro.co.uk: ‘We’re confident this claim is frivolous and an attempt to secure an outsized payout from a press-heavy product.
‘We stand behind the brands we carry and the safety of the products we sell. Here, Heretic—the brand that supplies the candle—has substantiated the product’s performance and safety through industry standard testing.’
Gwyneth, 48, left fans pretty baffled last year when she released a candle titled, This Smells Like My Vagina, via her Goop lifestyle brand.
While it may have seemed slightly unusual at first, it went on to sell out on the Goop website and has arguably become a fan favourite over time.
Earlier this year, one fan got a fright when said candle reportedly caused an ‘inferno’ in their home.
Jody Thompson had won the Goop product in an online quiz and claims that it ‘exploded’ with a 50cm high flame when she tried to light it.
A spokesperson for Goop told Metro.co.uk at the time: ‘We’re in touch with the woman to see if she followed the specific fire safety instructions included with the candle, such as trimming the wick and not burning it for more than two hours.
‘At Goop, we vet the products we sell and make customer safety a priority, so we’ve alerted the manufacturer to the woman’s issue and have also reached out to her to send her some goop products to help pass the days in quarantine.’
The candle is currently sold online via Goop, retailing at $75 (£69). It’s made using geranium, citrusy bergamot and cedar, as well as Damask rose, and described online as a ‘funny, gorgeous, sexy and beautifully unexpected scent’.
It was revealed on Goop that the candle had started out as a joke between perfumer Douglas Little and Gwyneth, when they had been working on a fragrance. Apparently, the Iron Man actress blurted out, ‘Uhhh… this smells like my vagina,’ and so, the candle’s name was born.
Fans will know that there has since been a follow-up to the vagina candle, with Goop now offering customers the chance to purchase a This Smells Like My Orgasm candle.
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Pantone and Heuritech marry the science of artificial intelligence with color expertise to bring Fall 2020’s latest color trends.
M∙A∙C Cosmetics celebrates 25 years since the brand started its fight against HIV and AIDS with the launch of the iconic VIVA GLAM Lipstick.
Sherpa, a new travel app that enables users to plan their trips and discover new places through the eyes of influencers, has launched on the Apple App Store.
I think it’s fair to say that Instagram raised more than a few eyebrows with their recent claim that they were going to sell their account holder’s photos without payment or notification. Overwhelming public backlash led to a prompt “clarification” from Instagram on their blog but the whole situation got me thinking about new ways to hold on […]


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The American department store will continue its slow and painful death unless drastic steps are taken.
That's the takeaway from new research out of real-estate research firm Green Street Advisers, which estimates the nation's department stores averaged a paltry $165 in sales per square foot last year, a 24% decline since 2006. That abysmal total likely reflects the consumer shift toward buying apparel and home goods online, therefore making a trip to a three-level Macy's (M) - Get Report or J.C. Penney (JCP) - Get Report bricks-and-mortar store increasingly unnecessary.
For department stores to boost their sales per square foot, which is vital in driving profits due to the high rents an anchor store such as Macy's pays, Green Street proposes a drastic measure. The firm says the department store sector needs to shed about 800 locations in the U.S, or one-fifth of all anchor space in U.S. malls, in order to reach the productivity levels they had a decade ago.
Sears Holdings Corp. (SHLD) would need to shutter roughly 300, or 43% of its Sears stores, to recapture the sales per square foot it had in 2006, estimates Green Street. Meantime, J.C. Penney would have to close 320 locations, or 31% of its store base. By comparison, Macy's, which has been one of the more aggressive department stores to close under-performing locations in recent years, would only need to eliminate a further 70 sites, or 9% of its base.
For their part, department stores are doing everything they can to try to turn things around.
Macy's is currently in the process of closing 35 stores this spring. After the stores are shuttered, Macy's will operate about 730 stores in the U.S., down from 858 in 2006. The company is also investing to revamp its very best locations, adding traffic drivers such as expanded cosmetics sections with personalized customer service and Best Buy (BBY) - Get Reportelectronics shops.
More recently, the company has opened up its new Backstage outlet concept inside of its full-priced Macy's stores. "The off-price concept has been real popular," a Macy's cashier at a Long Island, NY store told TheStreet after the below photo was snapped.
Meanwhile, J.C. Penney plans to close seven stores this year, leaving it with 1,013 stores in the U.S. vs. 1,033 in 2006. Similar to Macy's, J.C. Penney is overhauling the look of its stores in an attempt to attract more customers. The company recently started
at certain locations, while continuing to open up
and emphasizing salon services in its regular weekly marketing.
Struggling Sears is mostly relying on aggressive store closures to stem the tide in productivity as a weakened financial state has left it unable to invest in the appearance of its stores. The company said recently it will close 10 of its namesake locations (as well as 68 Kmarts) by the summer, leaving it with about 695 mall-based Sears locations. In 2006, Sears had 861 mall locations.


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The iPhone 5 release date in South Korea has been set to fall on December 7, while another important piece of information is the fact that the handset will be launched within over fifty more nations in the same month. Ready to cash in on the holiday season rush in these countries, this advanced device will ship in both available colors as well as in all three of its internal memory capacities.
It is currently available for purchase in a total of 47 countries around the world, reveals Apple. These include the US, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, the UK as well as India. The new territories in which it will be making its debut this month comprise those from all major continents from around the globe. The current price of this non-4G smartphone starts at $199 for its 16GB model, while its 32GB variant is placed at $299. The cost of the 64GB version is $399.
Following extreme anticipation and a hangar full of rumors, the iPhone 5 was revealed by the Cupertino-based company at a press event in September this year. Equipped with an extended 4-inch Retina display, this device offers a resolution of 1136 x 640p at 326 ppi. It has been updated with an 8MP iSight camera that features a fresh Panorama trait as well as an LED flash. As far as its front-facing snapper is concerned, it is a 1.2MP FaceTime HD camera which is capable of producing 720p HD videos at 30fps.
Essentials like Assisted GPS, GLONASS, a digital compass and Wi-Fi connectivity also make their way into the device, and so do traits like a three-axis gyro, an accelerometer, a proximity sensor and an ambient light sensor. The headphones accompanying the new handset are called Apple EarPods, and come complete with a remote and a mic. The battery embedded into the chassis can be charged using its fresh Lightning connector which is smaller than its predecessor. Up to 8 hours of 3G talktime is on offer with a single complete charge.
While the pricing of the iPhone 5 in the US has been mentioned above, it is expected to differ from nation to nation, depending upon its distributors.


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The Applied Arts Agency today launches the latest range of Mibo light shades, designed by Madeleine Rogers. Patterns are transferred to the shades using a digital printing process and finished with a two-layer laminate to diffuse the light and provide even illumination. The range includes a 310mm x 200mm shade in three ‘graphic and simple’ designs, priced £45 (Hornsey design pictured); and a 220mm x 150mm shade also in three new designs, at £35.
From colourful, decorative wall-tape aimed at renters through to a way to capture memories of lost loved ones – we round-up some of the best exhibition stalls at this year’s
As Carlsberg unveils a sleek new branding design this month, alongside updated packaging that looks to reduce its plastic waste production, we speak to Taxi Studio about how the beer
The £50m refurbishment project has been led by architectural firm Stanton Williams, and features areas that the public can use without having to buy a ticket to a performance.
The start-up has a new visual identity designed by Wolff Olins, one year after being embroiled in a host of scandals, and two years after its last brand was launched


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Maharashtra Tourism and Environment Minister Aaditya Thackeray on Monday launched a website and an application to facilitate the ease of booking and exploring tourists spots, cultures and cuisine for travellers visiting the state.
Taking to Twitter, the Worli MLA also said that the Bombay High Court and the University of Mumbai will be opened for tourists "to witness the grandeur of these iconic structures through guided heritage walks".
On the occasion of World Tourism Day, Thackeray expressed his gratitude "to the Department and the team that works towards sustainable, eco-friendly, and inclusive economic growth of Maharashtra through tourism".
"I humbly thank CM Uddhav Thackeray ji, DCM @AjitPawarSpeaks ji & RM @bb_thorat ji for always supporting MoS @iAditiTatkare ji and me in all our initiatives," he added.
"Today is one step further towards transforming the global perspective and ensuring that Maharashtra is on everyone's bucket list worldwide," Thackeray added.
Meanwhile, Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray said tourists should be provided high-quality facilities so that they will become brand ambassadors of the state.
He also said if tourists become brand ambassadors there will be no need to appoint a separate brand ambassador for Maharashtra.
"'Atithi Devo Bhava' (Guest is God) is our culture and hence, if we make all the facilities available to them even foreign tourists will recommend others to visit Maharashtra," Thackeray said while addressing a function commemorating the World Tourism Day.
He said the tourism department remained neglected earlier.
"We are now paying attention to tourism as we have understood its importance," he said, adding that tourism is the mainstay of revenue for many states and countries.
Giving an example of an unfinished Sagrada Familia monument in Barcelona city of Spain, Thackeray stressed the need to carve a modern cave in Maharashtra like the iconic Ellora caves carved in a single rock.
Thackeray said the tourism industry faced a major setback due to the lockdown, but he praised the state tourism department for bringing new policies, schemes, and generating employment.
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Brazilian identity verification and background check company idwall, which offers onboarding with selfie biometrics, has raised $38m in Series C funding.
The funding round was led by Endurance, with participation from GGV Capital, monashees, Canary, Qualcomm Ventures, ONEVC, Peninsula and Norte. The company’s total fundraise comes to nearly $50m to date.
The company plans to spend some of its cash recruiting developers, as well as building out its existing products and launching new ones. The company expects to grow by 100 to a team of 300 over the next few months. The company is also examining the possibility of expanding outside of Brazil to all of Latin America.
The security firm aims to combat online fraud and identity theft – a problem that has been exacerbated with increased online transactions amid the Covid-19 pandemic.
In specific, Brazilian companies lose circa $41bn due to fraud – a figure which is increasing every year. As a result, Lincoln Ando and Raphael Melo started idwall in 2016 as an automated background check solution. Since then, it has grown into a suite of data and identity validation and risk analysis products. Its MeuID app is aimed at users who want to change the way they identify themselves and share their data.
Idwall uses artificial intelligence and machine learning to automate background checks, risk analysis ID validation and optical character recognition (OCR). The software runs checks against public and private databases and helps customers meet compliance requirements, returning results in less than three minutes.
Over the years, idwall has generated more than 65 million data reports for its clients, a number that it says surged by 5,000 times between 2017 and 2020. Those reports have helped its clients scale their operations, register more of their own clients and optimize compliance and KYC processes, as well as reduce fraud.
With 300 clients including two of Brazil’s three biggest banks, idwall services companies such as iFood, Claro, Cielo, Loggi, Ebanx, QuintoAndar and OLX among others. The firm saw its revenue from clients in the financial industry alone climb by 588% compared to 2019. The company says it has grown 1,458% between 2017 and 2020, with average growth of 144% per year.
Ando said, “The more digitised companies become, the more client expectations grow — and market competition grows stronger. Our mission is to always stay ahead of innovation in our market, and that’s why we invest so much in growth and in building the best possible team to develop our products.”
Echoing a similar sentiment, GGV Capital Managing Partner Hans Tung said, “idwall is leading the discussions and innovations in Brazil regarding digital onboarding and identity validation. And their B2C digital identity app MeuID could be the first true super-app in Latin America.”
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NEW DELHI: Honda Siel Cars India Ltd on Tuesday announced reduction in prices of its models Honda City and Honda Accord following customs duty cut announced in the budget.
As per the price cut effective from today, Honda City 1.5 EXi would cost Rs 6,49,500; Honda City GXi would cost Rs 6,99,500 and City CVT would be priced at Rs 7,59,500 (ex showroom Delhi).
Honda Accord VTI-L manual variant would now cost Rs 14, 71,000, while the automatic variant would be priced at Rs 15, 42,000.
Honda Accord V6 (A/T) would now cost Rs 16,99,001.
The cuts follows customs duty slash announced in the union budget 2005-06 presented yesterday. The budget has proposed reduction in the peak rate of customs duty by five per cent to 15 per cent, a move that would benefit auto companies selling cars in India through CBU or CKU routes.
"The five per cent cut in the peak customs duty is a welcome move from the government. We are extremely pleased to pass the benefit of the duty cut to our customers," said HSCIL president and CEO H Yamada.


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New Zealanders are wasting less food, but the cost of what’s being thrown out has risen to $3.2 billion a year, a survey suggests.
The Rabobank-KiwiHarvest Food Waste survey of 1500 found households were throwing away 12.2 per cent of the food they bought, down from 13.4 per cent last year.
This translates to $1510 of food being thrown out per household each year.
But the growing cost of food meant the overall value of food being put in the bin is up from $3.1b to $3.2b.
Respondents were mostly concerned about the waste of money involved, with this cited as a key concern by 74 per cent.
Gen Z respondents estimated they wasted significantly less than last year (19.2 per cent form 28.2 per cent). However, they continue to be the most wasteful of all the age groups.
Rabobank head of sustainable business development Blake Holgate said with high food inflation over the last year, he expected to see bigger changes in food waste behaviours and attitudes, but the survey results show they remain largely unchanged.
The survey found the key reasons for wasting food continued to be ‘food going off before you can finish it’ (50 per cent) and ‘before use-by and best-before dates” (32 per cent), while the major food waste concerns remained ‘cost’ (74 per cent) and ‘feelings of guilt that other people around New Zealand going without’ (35 per cent).
Types of food ending up in the bin were in line with last year, with vegetables making up 38 per cent, bread 29 per cent and fruit 25 per cent.
KiwiHarvest food rescue charity founder Deborah Manning said improvements in a few key areas have helped drive the small drop in estimated food waste.
“One of the major positives in the survey findings was that more Kiwis are now correctly defining what is meant by a best-before food label (63 per cent versus 57 per cent previously).
“And this flowed through to a sizable lift in the number of people saying they routinely eat food after best-before dates (18 per cent compared to 13 per cent previously) when the food is not damaged or perished.”
People are also planning better, eating leftovers and buying less food, Manning said.


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MANILA – An official of international online licensed broker FBS has cited the rising number of foreign exchange (forex) brokers in the Philippines and the region, thus highlighting the need to improve financial literacy to encourage more players.
In an online briefing on Thursday, FBS strategic marketing director Ksenia Molodkina said that “since 2020, in case of trading volume and users activity, we saw the big impact from the users in Southeast Asia and the Philippines as well.”
“We have been witnessing a rising interest in trading among the users based in Southeast Asia. For example, trading volume of traders with the Filipino IB (introducing broker) had a 2.6 times since 2020,” she said.
In foreign exchange trading, IB refers to a person or a firm that serves as a middleman by introducing new clients to a foreign exchange broker.
Molodkina declined to give specific numbers on their Filipino IBs but said that “Philippines has made the top five of our region.”
She said the rising number of people who are interested in diversifying their investments, such as on foreign exchange trading, is the reason for the continued improvement on the features on the company’s various online platforms.
Molodkina said the company, which is present in over 150 countries, has also came out with its forex guidebook, which is accessible through the firm’s website, www.fbs.com, to help educate more people about forex trading through a step-by-step course. (PNA)


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Canada’s chief commerce negotiator says the brand new North American commerce deal received’t restrict the federal authorities’s choices whether it is pressured to retaliate towards U.S. tariffs on metal and aluminum.
Steve Verheul tells a Home of Commons committee listening to that below the phrases of the Could 2019 settlement on tariffs, Canada would have the ability to impose retaliatory levies towards American aluminum, in addition to any U.S. merchandise containing it.
New NAFTA will influence auto, dairy and digital sector. Right here’s how
Nonetheless, Verheul additionally says the federal authorities must wait and see precisely what the U.S. decides to do earlier than selecting reply.
U.S. Commerce Consultant Robert Lighthizer has accused Canadian aluminum producers of exceeding export limits established final spring when the White Home agreed to elevate its tariffs on metals imports from north of the border.
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Verheul says Canadian producers needed to regulate their manufacturing because of a plunge in demand ensuing from the COVID-19 pandemic, and the U.S. is misinterpreting these adjustments as a “surge” in exports.
Trudeau praises new CUSMA commerce settlement, coming into drive on Wednesday
In a public question-and-answer session immediately, Lighthizer provided no hints about what the Trump administration intends to do — though he did defend using tariffs as a software for conserving buying and selling companions in line.
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Several leaks have pointed out that the Samsung Galaxy S8 will be the first smartphone from Samsung that will not sport any Physical buttons on the front of the device. This was in an attempt to slim down the bezels and incorporate a near bezel-less design.
This meant that there would be no home button to house the fingerprint sensor. However, early leaks claimed that the Galaxy S8 was going to embed the fingerprint sensor into the display, thanks to the new technology from Synaptics. Also, considering the long term partnership between Samsung and Synaptics, this was well on cards.
However, recent leaks have pointed out that the Samsung Galaxy S8 will have a rear mounted fingerprint sensor, just like the Google Pixel and is expected to be placed near the camera sensor.
A new report from Korea has claimed that the reason for the change of plan is attributed to the lack of time. The report cites that Samsung invested a lot in the Synaptics’ Technology, but the results were “frustrating”. Hence, Samsung had to place the fingerprint sensor in the front or had to relocate it to the rear and it seems that the latter has happened.
Various rumours have claimed that Apple has partnered with Synaptics for embedding the fingerprint scanner into the display for it’s 10th Anniversary iPhone dubbed the “iPhone Edition”. This may be a great selling point for the iPhone Edition and Samsung has to convince their users that there is a real motive behind the move and that the relocation provides more use.
However, Samsung is said to be working on an advances facial recognition software, which when coupled with the iris scanning capabilities, could provide a really quick unlocking experience. Fingerprint sensors have grown to be an extremely convenient means of unlocking a smartphone and we highly doubt whether Iris-Scanning would replace it.


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VLCC, a leading wellness, skin care, hair care, laser and dermatology clinic brand in the Middle East and south Asia, has launched its third dermatology clinic in Doha, bringing its “wide range of globally acclaimed services to Qatar”.
The sprawling facility is located on C-Ring Road, Doha, and will offer a variety of dermatology treatments, VLCC said in a statement.
VLCC services are “renowned globally for their holistic and scientific approach” to weight loss, skincare and dermatology, the statement notes.
The “state-of-the-art” dermatology clinic was inaugurated by Vandana Luthra, founder of VLCC.
Speaking at the launch, she said: “We are very pleased to open our third dermatology clinic in Doha. The Middle East as a whole has been a highly receptive market for us. This opening is part of a larger expansion plan where many VLCC centres are in the pipeline for launch in the coming years.”
“Obesity is a major adult risk factor in Qatar, and the region at large, and can lead to many severe health issues and diseases such as diabetes, chronic respiratory diseases and a huge possibility of cardiovascular diseases.
“We look forward to using our state-of-the-art technology and holistic solutions to help our client with their weight-loss issues,” she added.
VLCC’s new wellness and dermatology clinic marks the start of its long-term strategy for growth in this market and the Middle East at large, the statement points out.
The company plans to open two more centres in Qatar by 2019-end.
Sanjeev Setia, CBO at VLCC International, said: “We are very pleased to extend the benefits of our wellness and dermatology solutions to Qatar. With a number of experts dedicated to ensure that weight loss is something people do not give up on, we believe we have developed a system that works. We attack weight loss at the grassroots to understand each individual case and how it can be treated.”
VLCC is present through its VLCC slimming, beauty, dermatology and fitness centres, the VLCC Institutes of Beauty & Nutrition and the VLCC Personal Care line of skin care, body care and hair care products.


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India, November 2022: TechEagle – leading drone delivery startup that offers world-class end to end drone delivery solutions has transported the world’s first vaccine delivery for Animal Husbandry in Arunachal Pradesh in collaboration with the Department of Animal Husbandry, Govt of Arunachal Pradesh to strengthen the supply chain for Animal Husbandry by providing safe, secured and faster delivery of various Animal Husbandry related items starting from Lower Dibang valley.
The startup’s state-of-the-art drone delivery technology shall ensure consistent and reliable distribution of life-saving drugs, vaccines, and other items related to animals in hard-to-reach areas of the state.
The project was inaugurated by Shri Tage Taki- Hon’ble Minister of Agriculture, Govt of Arunachal Pradesh. The flight took off from Kangkong and transported the cargo to Paglam, having an aerial distance of 29 km, which was covered usingTechEagle’s Drone in just 20 minutes. Apparently, the road distance from Kangkong to Paglam is about 120 km which takes around 4 hours to cover. TechEagle’s indigenously developed Hybrid Drone – Vertiplane X3 delivered vaccines 12 times faster than ground transportation.
Drone took off with a 2.5kg load of vaccines and medicines sufficient for more than 500 animals.
Shri Tage Taki, Honourable Minister for Agriculture and Animal Husbandry, Govt. of Arunachal Pradesh commented “It is a historic event as drone technology has not been used before to deliver life saving drugs and medicines in the Veterinary sector. He stated that the success of the experimental launch in the field level has paved the way for the further use of this technology in the sectors of Agriculture, Horticulture etc.”
Joint Secretary, Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairy(GoI), Shri Upamanyu Basu emphasised that time taken between diagnosis to treatment should be the shortest, be it for a human or an animal, so the experimental delivery of vaccines for FMD and others should ease the worry of the farmers. He added that GOI is in the process of developing many more technologies which will aid the farmers in their work.
Commenting on the announcement, Anshu Abhishek, COO & Co-Founder of TechEagle said, “Animal husbandry is an important economic sector and rearing of livestock directly influences the socio-economic condition of Arunachal Pradesh. Therefore, it becomes necessary to ensure the good health of the livestock even in far-to-reach areas. We are delighted to have collaborated with the Animal husbandry department to empower the farmers and create a robust infrastructure through unprecedented drone delivery systems.”
Vikram Singh, Founder & CEO of TechEagle expressed “We are glad that Govts are adopting indigenously developed Drone technology by TechEagle to transform the healthcare & supply chain for humans and animals both. This inspires startups like us to develop the advanced technologies in India for the world.”
TechEagle used its made-in-India – Hybrid e-VTOL Drone, Vertiplane X3. It is India’s fastest and longest-range hybrid e-VTOL drone that flies at a maximum speed of 120 kmph for 100km in single charge. It takes off vertically like a helicopter and converts itself automatically into fixed-wing (i.e. passenger aircraft) mode for travelling larger distances with greater speed, and when it reaches the delivery locations, converts itself back to helicopter mode to land in a very small area of 5m*5m. The in-house developed drone can be operated in most geographics and terrains.
TechEagle’s drones can be used to transport anything weighing up to 3 kg. Furthermore, it will help the Animal Husbandry department to set up hubs all across the states in order to strengthen the transportation system of these medical essentials.
TechEagle is a pioneer and leader in drone delivery. It enables enterprises around the world to transport any essential item. In a short span of time, the company has achieved several milestones in its business journey. In 2018, the company initiated the world’s first tea delivery by drones in Lucknow, UP.
In addition, it has successfully completed Asia’s first cold chain Vaccine delivery by Drones in the state of Telangana with the World Economic Forum’s- Medicine from the Sky Project. Furthermore, it has also conducted drone delivery of Covid-19 vaccines and medicines in hard-to-reach areas of Himachal Pradesh and Meghalaya and Longest Parcel Delivery with Drones for India Post.
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The Cyber Spotlight: There’s an Eight-Year-Old Kid Who Makes $1.3 Million a Year…By Reviewing Toys on YouTube
A lot of YouTube celebrities start making hundreds of thousands of dollars by the time they're 18 or 19. But here's an even MORE extreme example of how you can hit it big super early being a YouTuber.
An eight-year-old kid named Evan is the star of a kid-friendly YouTube channel called EvanTubeHD...where he and his dad post videos of Evan playing with new toys and reviewing them. Which is like a kid's DREAM!
And from YouTube revenue, merchandizing, and deals with advertisers, they bring in an estimated $1.3 MILLION a year, which goes into investment accounts for Evan and his little sister.
Because of all the money he brings in, plus the amount of views he gets, Evan was ranked number 20 on a list of YouTube's biggest stars earlier this year.


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On Nov. 21, the U.S. Commerce Dept. announced yet another blowout quarter for online shopping. E-commerce sales hit $13.3 billion, rising 6.6% over the prior quarter. That outpaced the overall retail sales growth of 1.6%. Even more impressive, the online tally increased 27% year-over-year from the third quarter of 2002. While online shopping still represents only 1.5% of total retail sales today, Web retailing could grab 10% of the total pie by 2006 if current trends continue. That’s good news for consumers, who increasingly turn to the Web for better prices, better selection, and convenience. Good news, that is, if for those who are well-heeled and computer-savvy. The truth is, the benefits of the Web have disproportionately gone to a class of Americans who are also mostly white and predominantly male. They’re also likely to have college degrees, earn relatively high incomes, live in nice neighborhoods, and use the Internet for online banking.
GOOD FOR US. But I think America is missing a golden opportunity by not bridging the digital divide faster between the haves and have-nots in the cyber-world. A growing body of evidence suggests that broadband Internet connections could become a potent tool for empowering poor and working-class people to improve their lives. I think Uncle Sam should subsidize broadband access for the neediest Americans.
THRIFTY AND INDUSTRY Why do I bring this up now? Because in this holiday season of giving, Congress and the White House have seen fit to give billions to Big Oil and coal companies under the guise of bills which claim to improve U.S. energy independence. They have given billions to drug companies under the guise of Medicare reform.
Left out in all this giving have been poor, working families and young people who don’t have Medicare coverage and worry more about paying the electric bill each month than about national energy independence. So why not give them a broadband tax credit or a tax rebate for purchasing broadband? It could help them improve their lives at a heck of a lot less cost to the Treasury.
With the Bells offering digital subscriber line [DSL] service at $30 per month and cable companies offering sign-up bonuses of six months free service, the cost of broadband has never been lower. If the government gave a $300 tax credit to the roughly 30 million U.S. households with an annual income of no more than $15,000 for individuals and $25,000 a year for families, the subsidy would cost Uncle Sam no more than $4 billion a year. To pay for it, why not shave 1% off the Bush tax cuts to the very rich?
ESSENTIAL SERVICES I’m quite serious. For one thing, universal broadband access could make every American a better educated, more efficient consumer in the modern marketplace. It’s not just the miracle of online banking and Amazon.com. Today, in America’s largest cities, online grocery shopping is a viable option. FreshDirect in New York promises to undercut local supermarket prices by double-digit percentages and deliver fresher food to boot. Drugstore.com offers discounts on nonprescription orders and ships to any Zip Code in the country for a $5.00 charge.
Big store grocery and drugstore chains such as Rite-Aid, Safeway, and Wal-Mart, have the best prices for basics. But they generally shun the poorest urban locales. “In the poor neighborhood there’s often not a chain supermarket. If you’re limited to buying stuff at the corner store, you’re almost surely paying higher prices,” says Judith Chevalier, a professor at the Yale School of Management who has extensively studied Internet pricing phenomenon.
For an individual who doesn’t own a car — and that’s about 55% of the poorest Americans — the Internet can allow access to Wal-Mart prices at WalMart.com and save torturous, time-consuming bus rides. Those precious hours could be put to better use caring for children or hunting for jobs rather than worrying about cereal prices.
SMARTER SHOPPERS And if a poor person wants to buy a car, the Internet provides a better way to do it. Witness a July, 2003, study by researchers at University of California-Berkeley, University of California-Los Angeles, and Yale University that examined how much people could save by using an online intermediary. These intermediaries, such as Carpoint, Autobytel, and Edmunds.com, route quote requests directly to dealers. The study found an interesting phenomenon: Minorities and women, who represent a bigger chunk of the poor than other groups, saved an average 2.2% of the purchase price by using these Web intermediaries.
The authors attribute this savings partly the fact that the poor generally have less information and come to the table less equipped to negotiate a better price. For some of them, the cyber-intermediaries can do the haggling better. For others, the intermediaries apparently turned up enough Web research to educate them on current dealer incentives, the true invoice cost of the cars, and other key data that’s readily available on the Internet and nowhere else.
With even the cheapest cars running $13,000, a 2.2% savings is close to $300 — no small potatoes if you’re earning $15,000 per year. “We certainly have found consistently across our studies of car buying that this is a medium that helps the weak the most. You can tie that to income and education levels. It levels the playing field across socioeconomic groups,” says Florian Zettelmeyer, on of the authors of the study and a professor at Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley.
PRIVATE TIME Getting a better price is only half the benefit. Better info is also key in complex purchases such as cell-phone plans, cars, and computers. “Should a shopper purchase a brand new car from a less reliable brand or a used car from a very reliable brand? With the Internet, it’s much easier and cheaper for you to figure out that this car is not very reliable. So it helps you make the calculation that you would be better off with a better car,” says Chevalier.
True, my fantasy tax rebate still wouldn’t help folks get computers. But basic PCs with monitors have now fallen into a price range around $500, and are still coming down. And a decent used system can be had for $300.
Also true, most Americans can access an Internet connection at the library or someplace nearby, often for free. But some of the areas where online access is the most useful also involve topics people prefer to keep private. “In public-access points, such as schools and libraries, people are less apt to use the Internet for some of the things they need most, such as personal financial services and health-care information. And a lot of the use we see in the poor who do have access happens after mom has tucked the kids in for bed at night, when schools and libraries are closed,” says Alec Ross, vice-president for corporate development at One Economy, a nationwide nonprofit that promotes broadband access for low-income housing residents.
QUALITY OF LIFE Let’s face it: Broadband makes surfing the Web almost effortless and enjoyable. According to online shopping comparison portal Shopping.com, broadband users are five times more likely to actually make a purchase then their dial-up counterparts, who often have to wait for downloads and transactions to register, creating anxiety and uncertainty.
There’s plenty of precedent for government subsidizing the buildout of infrastructure that benefits all Americans. It seems only fair to ask for a broadband subsidy that, if done right, could not only save the poor a mess of money, but also help them live a richer, more productive life in the Information Age.
Copyright 2003 The McGraw-Hill Companies Inc. All rights reserved.


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This week in search, we cover how the IRS may have stopped Bing from crawling their site for some time. Should you be worried about doing HARO interviews because of acquiring bad links that can get you penalized in Google? Why do people label links dofollow, it is asking for it. Google added examples of what sneaky redirects are. Google’s Matt Cutts explained how to control your titles in the search results. Google sent out tons of SSL warnings via Webmaster Tools. Google+ is not dying says one Googler but if it did, how would that impact the search results? Google AdSense has a new update for their ad units. The Google AdSense ex-employee leak this week seems way fake to me. A black hat lists everything but still respects his competitor and thanked Google and Matt Cutts for better search results. One SEO and ethics student called Google’s practices on penalties unethical, immoral and even hypocritical. The new Android Google search app added parking reminders, indoor mall maps, in store product reminders and offline Google Now cars. That was this past week in search from the Search Engine Roundtable.
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Search Topics of Discussion:
- The IRS Penalizes Bing?
- Google Penalizing HARO Links? Not Really.
- Google Inorganic Links For "DoFollow" Links
- Google Adds Examples For Deceptive Sneaky Redirects
- Google's Matt Cutts: Anticipate The Query To Better Control Titles In Google
- Massive Google Webmaster Tools SSL Warnings?
- Google: Nothing Is Changing With Google+
- Google+ Dying? Would That Impact Google's Search Results?
- Google AdSense Cross Device Ad Unit Design Update
- Google AdSense Fraud Leak Seems Fake, Publishers Doubt It & Matt Cutts Calls B.S.
- A Black Hat Loses Everything & Thanks Matt Cutts For Improving Search Results
- Is Google Ethical & Moral For Penalizing Webmasters? One SEO & Ethics PhD Says Absolutely Not.
- Google Search App Adds Parking Reminders, Indoor Maps, In-Store Products & Offline Cards


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In what might mark a true change in the tide (that is, the beauty standard of the last five years), Kylie Jenner says big lips are out — in fact, she's dissolved her fillers.
Jenner's voluptuous collagen lips inspired a generation of young girls to also pursue injections, and launched her business, Kylie Cosmetics. The popularity of Jenner's lip kits, the first product she launched, exploded to such a degree that Kylie Cosmetics is on track to become a billion-dollar business by 2022. Now, Jenner has confirmed the recent update to a fan who claimed the young star looked like the "old Kylie" in a recent Instagram post. "I got rid of all my filler," Jenner responded.
Jenner reportedly first received lip injections in 2014, but didn't to reveal the move until a 2015 Keeping Up with the Kardashians episode years later. In later interviews, she shared her first-kiss claimed he didn't think she would be a good kisser on account of her small lips, and later explained why she lied about them for so long: "I didn't want people to think you had to get your lips done to feel good about yourself. But they thought it was crazier that I was lying about it because it was so obvious."
Some worried that Jenner would continue to enhance her lip size throughout her recent pregnancy, which could potentially be harmful to the baby. Kardashian's go-to plastic surgeon dispelled these concerns, tellingPage Six he would never knowingly administer these procedures to a pregnant woman.
Given Jenner's enormous influence, it will be interesting to see how young women with similar insecurities respond to her latest choice. Nonetheless, the modern beauty standard stands: big lips, hips, breasts and tiny waists appears to still be the 2018 mandate.
Photography: Erik Madigan Heck for PAPER


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Battlefield 4's 'Naval Strike' DLC has been delayed on the Xbox One.
Having previously been pushed back on PC, DICE has discovered a new issue with the Xbox One version of the DLC.
"We have decided to delay the Xbox One version of Naval Strike because we want to address issues in the animation system that hinder players from engaging targets in set circumstances using popular weapon configurations," reads a DICE post.
The developer also elaborated on the reason for the PC delay, explaining that the combination of the DLC and a planned update would cause performance issues.
Set in the South China Sea, 'Naval Strike' adds four new maps, five new weapons, new assignments and the 'Carrier Assault' gameplay mode.
An homage to Battlefield 2142's Titan mode, 'Carrier Assault' challenges teams to bring down a rival aircraft carrier by launching missiles.
Watch a trailer for Battlefield 4 'Naval Strike' below:


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BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — Taqueria owner Jesus Miguel Nunez heard the voice of God, and the message was clear: free tacos for the masses.
Nunez, the owner of Tacos La Villa, was giving away free tacos today until 8 p.m. at the local chain’s 1801 and 1400 Union Ave. locations.
“The Holy Spirit spoke to me and said, ‘Make this happen, give away free tacos to all of Bakersfield,” Nunez said.
He said his business is growing and he wanted to give thanks. This is the 11th year the 1801 Union Ave. location has been in operation.