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Digitization has redefined many industries. And as the digital revolution progresses there will be an even greater need to create new, address information, to exploit the digital opportunity offered by Big Data. Gartner says that IT managers (CIO) and data managers must take the initiative to anticipate and capitalize on this digital redesign.
As per Gartner, the analysis of the information collected will lead to the transformation of the data and eliminate 80 percent of business processes or products by 2020. It will be responsible for the huge amount of data generated by the Internet of things, intelligent devices (Smart devices), and automation and digitization of the next event.
Gartner also predicts the birth of a new industry – intermediate entities in the collection and analysis of data. Already in 2017. 30 percent of data available to individual companies will come from specialized companies to analyze specific data sets coming from consumers concerning the macro-environment, describing patterns of actions and events – the climate, the geopolitical situation, trends in the behavior of customers and employees.
Around 20 percent of the products and solutions-oriented consumers will supply a wide range of information about their users and use the same practices. Rapid spread of the Internet of Things will create a new style of data analytics thanks to the ever cheaper sensors that are or soon will go to all types of new products.
According to the analysis firm, data have become a vital business growth element and its complexity makes it unable to succeed without the leadership focus. And is that while some departments of the organization, such as Research & Development and Marketing accelerate the exploitation of digital opportunities based on data, other areas such as the Legal and Human Resources are properly concerned with adaptation to regulations and protection of reputation and information assets of the company.
Companies such as IBM, Cisco, HP today offer tools for analysis of complex data. Analytical consulting firm IDC estimated that the market for big data analysis services in the 2014 was worth more than $16 billion, growing six times faster than the entire IT industry. IDC also predicts cloud-based big data and analytics will grow three times faster than spending for on premise solutions in 2015.
In a few years about 80 percent of the information that companies requiring process or come from external sources. Of that total, in 2020, according to IDC, 33 percent could provide valuable information for business. According to a survey by Gartner (with the participation of 410 CEOs and senior executives), 20 percent of CEOs of large organizations already have a responsible digital data to drive innovation in their organizations.
In the face of changes in access to information and the emergence of new types of data, the company is waiting radical evolution of business models that will need to respond to the challenges of big data and related socio-technological phenomena.


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Huge Wynnewood Whole Foods Gets Go-Ahead from Lower Merion Township
At its last monthly meeting before the fall Monday night, the Lower Merion Township Planning Commission gave the green light to a huge new Whole Foods Market at the intersection of Lancaster Avenue and Wynnewood Road.
The new, 45,000-square-foot supermarket, which would replace an existing store just west of the site, will occupy a lot assembled from eight parcels stretching eastward from the Cumberland Farms store at the intersection to just west of the Citizens Bank on Wynnewood. Two large office buildings, the Cumberland Farms and six other commercial structures will be demolished to make way for the store.
The new Wynnewood Whole Foods will be three times the size of the existing store and include at least one first-in-the-region feature for the chain: a pub serving wine and beer. It will also have an outdoor seating area.
The review of the project included some discussion of handling the traffic and landscaping on the site. The size of the building led the developer to seek a waiver of the township’s landscaping requirements for the site.
The commissioners also approved three smaller redevelopment projects in Bala-Cynwyd, Bryn Mawr and Villanova at its July meeting. The Lower Merion Planning Commission will take August off and resume meeting in September.
• New Wynnewood Whole Foods Market, three other projects up for review in Lower Merion July 24 [Main Line Media News]

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iOS 17 is all set to arrive, and all the Apple (iPhone, iPad) fans just can not keep calm. The iOS update will likely roll out in Mid-September, 2023 and will be announced at WWDC(One of the biggest Apple events) 2023, in June.
iOS 17 is coming with tons of anticipation as we all have witnessed iOS 16 with intriguing features such as look screen customization, battery percentage indicator, haptic to the default keyboard, and more.
With each update, the OS gets better, for better. For eg, now you have the feasibility of separating your picture from the background by dragging and dropping, a continuity camera feature (so that you can easily use your mobile as a webcam), and more.
iOS 17- What’s more? All details covered
The foremost concern people come up with is whether their existing phone will be able to run this new iOS update or not.
iOS 17- Compatible devices
To make it clear, iPhone 7, iPhone SE, and earlier devices are likely not going to be compatible.
In contrast, we can predict a borderline that may make it compatible with iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, iPhone X, iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max, and iPhone XR, and for iPhone 11 and later devices; it surely will be compatible.
However, you may get some tweaked updates for those devices which are not compatible with iOS 17.
iOS 17- Release date
Everyone is curious about the release date of the iOS 17 update and here we are with the confirmed date which is 5th June. Yes, it is true. You can expect this most awaited update in less than a month only.
iOS 17- All Features Uncovered
Talking about the expected confirmed features (confirmed by the Mid-day publisher) of the same, you may expect features such as detection mode, live speech ( letting the non-speaking type that will turn into a voice), assistive access (that will make it easier for people with cognitive disabilities), personal voice, and more.
Other than these, you can also expect-
- Changes in health app UI
- Focus mode filters
- Dynamic island features
- Changes to control center UI
- Notification changes
- Camera app changes
- Improved spotlight
In a nutshell, it can be said that iOS 17 is undoubtedly going to be worth having an update for all iPhone and iPad users. There are also rumors that Apple fans will see improved Apple Wallet, Apple Music, and more such Apple apps.


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Just under half of UK residents claim to recycle electronic waste such as mobile phones, toasters and kettles, according to a recent study by T-Mobile.
The survey found that just one in 20 Brits class themselves as 'green', and that 58 per cent admit that, although they do a bit for the environment, they could do more.
Three quarters of respondents claim to use low-energy light bulbs in their homes, and nearly the same number save energy by turning off electronic equipment rather than leaving it on standby.
Generally the UK scores highly when it comes to green behaviour at home, but it looks like more could be done to recycle gadgets and appliances.
Some 88 per cent of respondents recycle household waste, according to the survey. The over 55s came up trumps, with nine out of 10 describing themselves as committed household waste recyclers.
However, it is not just the oldies who are environmentally conscious. Some 60 per cent of respondents believe that children and teenagers have the best knowledge of green issues.
The most likely reasons for this were cited as education and youth media's focus on green issues.
Furthermore, 42 per cent of respondents believe that children and teenagers have a good knowledge of green issues because they are genuinely concerned about changes to the environment within their lifetime.
"It is encouraging to see that so many Brits are doing their bit for the environment," said Allison Murray, corporate responsibility manager at T-Mobile.
"But we know that big businesses should be doing as much as possible to reduce their impact on the planet, as well as encouraging their customers to do the same."
The research was commissioned by T-Mobile to highlight its mobile phone reuse and recycling scheme.
"We are making it as easy as possible for customers to do their bit for the environment with the help of our phone recycling scheme," explained Murray.
"Anyone with an old phone can pick up a recycling bag at a T-Mobile store, and customers receive one automatically in their new phone box.
"All they need to do is remove the Sim card, put the old handset inside the recycling bag and post it to T-Mobile free of charge."
T-Mobile said that the old phones are either refreshed and resold in emerging markets or broken down and recycled. In return, T-Mobile gives each customer, or a charity of their choice, up to £80 per handset.
Although wiped during the refreshment cycle, customers are also encouraged to make sure the device is formatted before sending it in to ensure that no personal information is compromised.
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Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa on Tuesday flagged off a ‘Kisan’ Rail service to New Delhi, with 250-tonne mangoes from Chintamani in Kolar district from the Yelahanka railway station here.
“Kisan Rail service plays a vital role in providing best price for farmers’ produce and enables them to get access to distant markets to increase their income,” Yediyurappa said on the occasion.
The Indian Railways had launched the ‘Kisan’ Rail service across the country in August 2020 to benefit the farmers and traders of agricultural products and exporters, who were affected by the pandemic since April last year.
The Railways is giving 50 per cent subsidy in freight rates for transporting farm goods, including foodgrains, vegetables and fruits in the Kisal Rail service.
“The subsidised freight rate enables the farmers to transport their goods at less than the cost they incur on trucks besides saving time in covering the distance,” a South Western Railway (SWR) zone official said.
The zonal railway has ferried about 1,250 tonnes of mangoes from Chikballapur and Kolar districts in five Kisan Rail services since June 6.
“As Kisan Rail runs faster with few halts to pick farm goods from stations enroute, the dedicated train covers 2,300 km from Kolar to Delhi in about 40 hours, enabling the fruits and vegetables to retain their freshness,” the official said.
The service also ensures secure transportation of farm goods to distant markets and their consumption centres.
Bengaluru railway divisional manager A.K. Verma said that farmers are charged Rs 2.82 per kg for transporting fruits and vegetables on Kisan Rail, while ferrying the same goods by road transport would cost them Rs 7-8 per kg.
“Ferrying farm products on Kisan Rail is also faster as road transport takes 3-4 days to reach Delhi instead of about 40 hours by our special service,” said Verma.
Besides seasonal fruits, the Kisan Rail service has been transporting onions, tomatoes and other vegetables every 2-3 days.
The zonal railway had ran the first Kisan Rail service from Karnataka to New Delhi on September 19, 2020, with 30 tonnes of vegetables and other farm products from the Bengaluru city station.


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Apple has proposed some possible changes to Samsung smartphones and tablets to be made in order not to infringe the patents of Cupertino. The legal battle between Apple and Samsung continues unabated, with constant exchanges of accusations from both sides and attempts to block the advance of competing devices. In the last hours showed, however, a […]
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Jeff Bezos, CEO of Amazon, attends the Amazon Emmy Award afterparty at Sunset Tower, in West Hollywood, California, on Sept 18, 2016. (TOMMASO BODDI / AFP)
NEW YORK - Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos is now the world's richest man, not just at present, but of all time.
Both Bloomberg and Forbes have put Bezos on top of their billionaire lists. Bloomberg said Bezos' net worth reached US$106 billion while Forbes put it at 105 billion as of Wednesday.
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The previous record was held by Microsoft founder Bill Gates with 100 billion in 1999.
The majority of Bezos' net worth comes from the 78.9 million shares of Amazon stock he owns. Shares of Amazon (AMZN) climbed nearly 57 percent in 2017.
The Seattle-based corporation managed to make up 89 percent of online spending among major retailers in the five-week period beginning on Thanksgiving, according to an analysis of transaction data by Earnest Research in New York.
Bill Gates now still sits on the No. 2 post on both of the fortune lists with roughly 92 billion dollars. Some argue that if not for his significant charitable contributions, Gates would still be worth far more than Bezos.
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According to Bloomberg, Gates has given away almost 700 million Microsoft shares, worth 61.8 billion dollars at today's value, as well as 2.9 billion of cash since 1996.
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A Vancouver cannabis company is scrambling to keep up with a flood of orders for marijuana-filled advent calendars, but the novel take on a popular Christmas tradition has some health experts ringing alarm bells.
Lorilee Fedler of Coast to Coast Medicinals said she’s been overwhelmed by the response since launching the holiday calendars earlier this month.
“We just wanted something fun and different for adults,” Fedler said, adding that she came up with the idea after seeing versions containing beer.
The company, which is unlicensed, has sold 150 calendars, with 300 more orders ready for processing on top of a waiting list of about 1,500 people, Fedler said.
“We didn’t expect it to be so popular,” she added, laughing.
Coast to Coast offers the advent calendars packed with only marijuana flowers, only edibles, such as weed-infused gingerbread men and snowflake cookies, or a combination of the two. They cost between $200 to $230.
The calendars are illegal but Fedler said she isn’t concerned about a crackdown, and police have not contacted her. The federal government has yet to finalize legislation around restricting the marketing of marijuana ahead of its proposed legalization date of July 1, 2018.
Last week, Health Canada unveiled a set of proposed regulations that would, among other things, limit colours and graphics on cannabis packages and require stark health warnings like those found on tobacco products.
Rebecca Jesseman of the Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction said the emergence of such advent calendars illustrates the gaps that exist in the current law.


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Eric Molson Retires
MONTREAL, ON – In a webcast viewed yesterday by employees of Molson Coors Brewing Company around the world, Eric Molson announced his retirement from his role as Vice-Chairman of the Board, ending his 50 years with the company founded by his ancestor John Molson in 1786.
According to a post on the Molson In The Community blog, the event featured speeches and tributes from Molson Coors executives including Chairman of the Board, Peter Coors; President and CEO of Molson Coors, Peter Swinburn; and President and CEO of Molson Canada, Kevin Boyce; as well as VP of Marketing in Quebec and Eric’s son, Geoff Molson. The retiring Molson was presented with a bottle of Molson’s Classic Ale, a beer brewed especially for the occasion, and gave a few words himself.
It was also announced that son Andrew Molson would be taking over the role of Vice-Chairman of the Board, and that Geoff Molson would be joining the board as well.


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New Dallas Office for TecAce is now open in Allen, TX
15 March 2019
With the rapidly growing demands for our solutions and services, we extended our branch to Texas to serve our customers more efficiently and promptly.Allen is a leading area for hi-tech industries including several corporations covering specialisms such as fiber optics, data, semi-conductors, medical equipment, telecoms, and microelectronics.With opening our third office in Allen, TecAce wished to be open to new possibilities and opportunities in various fields of technology while providing the best environment for our employees to excel in their work and life.
TecAce has created developer portals using AWS Fargate
While working closely with Samsung, TecAce created three secure developer portals using AWS Fargate.Three portals are,SmartThings portal, which serves IoT developers.Bixby portal, which serves Bixby capsule developers.Rich Communication Services (RCS), which serves the new standard of mobile messaging.From using Fargate, we were able to easily eliminate the need for an administrator, saving operational cost while improving development efficiency. Allowing Samsung’s operations and administration teams are focused more on elaborate logging and monitoring activities, further improving overall service reliability, security, and performance.For more detailed information, please read the article published by Amazon.https://aws.amazon.com/ko/blogs/architecture/samsung-builds-a-secure-developer-portal-with-fargate-and-ecr/Read more >
The Wait is Over! Brand New TecAce.com is Finally Online!
After a long wait, brand new TecAce.com is finally online. We have put in so much time and effort to bring you a classy but comfortable website to your eyes. Our focus was to show everyone what TecAce is about in the simplest way possible.From the website, you will be able to learn about what kind of service TecAce can provide, which projects TecAce has worked on and which clients TecAce has worked with.From our news section, there will be updates of the newest projects we are working on, and which events we are participating in.Lastly from our career section, you will find a chance to become a part of TecAce family and kinds of benefits that follow.We really hope that you enjoy our new site and please send any feedback to firstname.lastname@example.org more >
TecAce wows developers from all over the world at SDC18
Year 2018 can be considered one of the biggest year for Samsung with its announcement of the foldable smartphone and game streaming service across all platforms around the world partnered with Microsoft/Xbox at Moscone Center in San Francisco on November 7th and 8th.TecAce Software was invited to take part in this grand event as one of the leading partners of Samsung to showcase our expertise in Tizen wearable solution development.The centerpiece of TecAce’s showcase was a messaging platform called AI Chat. TecAce’s the state-of-the-art Artificial Intelligence Chat Platform enables seamless communications among friends, family, and employees through multi-devices including Galaxy Watch, Bixby speaker, Smart TV, and Tablet on Kiosk.AI Chat provides an ability for a user to send and receive messages to their peers right from the watchface without opening the application. With its speech to text feature, there is no need to type a message. Instead, speak your message and AI Chat will convert it to text. In addition, push to talk feature allows a user to talk to another in real time even when the watch is not activated.It was a successful demonstration of TecAce’s expertise and potential to the developers from all over the world. They were very interested in our products including AI Chat and what TecAce will bring to the developer community in the near future.Read more >


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By Chris Castaneda
July 11, 2013
A recent marketing study by research firm Vision Critical questions whether companies are using social tools such as Twitter, Facebook and Pinterest to effectively connect with customers. The study suggests that companies may not be fully utilizing the Big Data available to them. Vision Critical suggests that different social media platforms should be approached in different ways, based on the purchasing behavior of consumers and how social media influences their decisions. Continue reading Retailers Need Social Media Strategies to Drive Engagement
By Rob Scott
April 30, 2013
The text-driven model of e-commerce that emerged during the first 15 years of online shopping is giving way to a more visual model. Today, many consumers are more inclined to peruse high-resolution images of products posted by family, friends and online colleagues than read traditional product descriptions that appear as text. These same consumers will then often click through from the images to purchase products that sound and look the coolest. Continue reading Online Shopping Goes Visual: Hi-Res Images Replace Text
April 25, 2013
3D printing company Shapeways, that creates made-to-order products, has raised $30 million from Andreessen Horowitz, Union Square Ventures, Index Ventures and Lux Capital. With the new financial infusion, the company is planning to build factories and bring on new hires. The investment is also expected to enable more companies and individuals access to high-end 3D printers to create and sell their products. Continue reading Shapeways Ready to Become the Amazon of 3D Printing?
March 12, 2013
Google is getting closer to becoming a jack-of-all-trades as the company takes on another role: car-shopping service. With its new approach (being tested in Northern California), search pages related to vehicles will include a Google link that offers details on local car dealerships by vehicle I.D. and sticker prices. However, by current law, Google is not allowed to make any profit on the car dealership transactions. Continue reading Google Quietly Tests Car-Shopping Service in California
March 11, 2013
Amazon and Apple, today’s biggest forces in electronic goods, are separately pursuing a digital marketplace, where items such as e-books, music, movies and software can be bought, sold and exchanged. The Apple system would enable this to happen through file transfers. However, the system would limit the digital copy to one user at any given time. Will content producers eventually see their work devalued in such a marketplace? Continue reading Are We Closer to a Marketplace for Used Digital Content?
Google has begun testing its own e-commerce site called “Google Shopping Express,” with same-day delivery from stores like Target, Walgreens and Walmart. The site is expected to offer a $64 annual deal, compared to competitor Amazon Prime’s $79 service. Google’s Tom Fallows, an e-commerce product manager, is reportedly running the project, and the company is currently working with personal delivery and online services. Continue reading Will Google Shopping Express Compete with Amazon Prime?
By Rob Scott
March 4, 2013
A new augmented reality e-commerce application for Glasses.com may not only revolutionize how consumers shop for eyeglasses, but could also have a significant impact on online shopping. The iOS app scans multiple angles of your face and uses a QR code (held up to your head) to determine the scale of your face. Then the app can superimpose glasses on images of your face to offer a virtual fitting room experience. Continue reading 3D Virtual Try-On: iPad App Helps You Shop for New Glasses
By David Tobia
February 4, 2013
Amazon has begun to shift from directly selling products to customers due to its success with third party sales. The practice of fulfilling third party sales will continue to grow, and could become the entirety of Amazon’s business plan eventually. Third party sales now account for 39 percent of Amazon’s sales, and massive distribution centers show Amazon’s continued transition. Continue reading Will Amazon Make Complete Transition to Third Party Sales?


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Posted on December 01 2014 by Nathanial Rumphol-Janc
For those unaware, VGX is no more. Spike TV did one final attempt a year ago to revamp what was known as the Video Game Awards at the time, but as we all carefully remember it was all but an embarrassment of a showing for gamers, with maybe one or two highlights worth paying attention too. Really, the whole premise of a video games rewards show has gone haywire, but that hasn’t stopped Geoff Keighley from taking one last crack at it. Gone is corporate TV support (Spike TV is not involved in any way) and in is 100% video game support – Nintendo, Sony, and Microsoft are all part of the new video game awards panel. In fact, Reggie Fils-Aime himself is part of the panel that helps decides the winners.
Of course, who wins and doesn’t win is all arbitrary. It’s a nice feather in the cap, but for the most part us gamers care more about reveals, new trailers, and video game news. Reportedly there will be 12 new game reveals during this years show, which outside of Keighley, could be 100% different from prior attempts. To give you an idea of how different this show could be, there are few if absolutely zero major corporation support – Geoff is paying for the entire show out of pocket, of which he hopes to make back through ticket sales (yes, it’s a live show, but also completely streamed, no TV air time).
What makes this show special however is the outward support – most major gaming publishers have pledged their support to the show itself, and for our sake it’s Nintendo’s pledge we care about. With Reggie-Fils Aime on the panel itself, it is far more likely that Nintendo, unlike in prior years, are more willing to use this at a platform. Last year I went as far as to say it would be a positive platform to show off Zelda U – because the core audience for this type of show as over the age of 18 and generally buy big name games, and it would be a good chance to get Zelda in front of non-Wii U owners. That didn’t happen and after the show concluded, most were relieved. Last year’s attempt was… pathetic. Is it okay to say that? I don’t mean to demean people behind it, but the interviews were extremely dull, Joel’s attempt at humor felt insulting to the developers (they certainly weren’t laughing with him), and the reveals were underwhelming – Nintendo’s big show was Cranky Kong… someone we already knew was going to be playable.
Essentially, most publishers treated the show as an afterthought. This year they are more directly involved. It’s an especially good platform because we just moved past (after Monday) the biggest shopping days of the year, so now is the time to begin building momentum heading into 2015. If you have a big name game you want to get in front of people before Christmas, this is a good time to do it.
This is a gorgeous shot of Zelda U, but it would be nice to have more to chew on.
Now for us at Zelda Informer, we obviously hope we get to see Zelda U again, or more likely… Majora’s Mask 3D. I won’t go as far as to say that either are going to happen, but I am almost positive Nintendo is going to show something – the main benefit of being involved in the show is obviously for marketing, so why not take advantage? It’s just a matter of what Nintendo thinks could be relevant. Maybe we see more of Xenoblade or maybe Splatoon makes the cut. Who knows… we could see a new game revealed. At this point it’s pure speculation.
As a Zelda fan I wouldn’t hold my breath, but I am going to give this new attempt absent corporate funding one last shot to try and get it right. Beyond that, with Nintendo directly involved it gives me more reasons to pay attention. Could one of the 12 new game reveals be from Nintendo, or will it be a slew of indie titles? Of games already known, what will see? Here is how I break it down for my (totally irrelevant) percentages that Nintendo might show it:
- Zelda U 15%
- Majora’s Mask 3D 20%
- Splatoon 30%
- Starfox U 1%
- Metroid 0%
- Hyrule Warriors DLC 10%
- Mario Kart 8 DLC 20%
- Xenoblade Chronicles 15%
- S.T.E.A.M. 20%
- Yoshi’s Wooly World 25%
- Mario Maker 5%
- Unannounced Title 10%
Yes, those percentages are entirely made up, but as you can see I’m not extremely confident in saying any particular game will be shown… but Nintendo will be at the event, so they have to show something right? What do you think they’ll show? You can watch the event this upcoming Friday on YouTube (among other services).
Keep in mind that Bayonetta 2 is up for two awards, including the always coveted Game of the Year award. This also includes the fact that Smash (both versions) and Mario Kart 8 are also up for awards, plus Nintendo is up for developer of the year. Nintendo has good reasons to try and puff its chest with some news at the show.


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In the UK, Cadbury Creme Egg celebrated its 50th year with a ‘Golden Goobilee’. With countless items sold for each milestone in Royal history, it was only fitting that Cadbury Creme Egg should receive the same royal treatment.
Cadbury along with agencies Carat and ELVIS partnered with UK China manufacturers, Duchess China. Together they have commissioned an exclusive Golden Goobilee Commemorative Plate for their die hard fans to purchase.
For the third and final spike of the Cadbury Creme Egg Goobilee campaign, creative agency ELVIS landed on the idea of a Golden Goobilee Commemorative Plate.
The plate’s design is inspired by the craft of Kintsugi, the Japanese art of repairing broken pottery by mending the areas of breakage with gold. The commemorative item brings together the contrasting styles of a 1971 traditional plate and the modern version, nodding to Cadbury Creme Egg’s 50-year heritage.
The plates will be sold on Depop, taking inspiration from limited edition releases. Consumers who purchase this piece of Cadbury Creme Egg history the quickest will be rewarded, as the plates will be sequentially priced from UK£1 up to UK£50.
All proceeds will be donated to The Trussell Trust so that together we can help build a hunger free future, one plate at a time.
Media agency Carat partnered with Ladbible and Twitter to modernise a traditionally antiquated idea of memorabilia and engage with a younger audience through socially-led platforms.
They have leveraged takeovers, videos and editorial coverage of the memorabilia launch across Ladbible and a “heart to remind” feature on Twitter to drive hype and encourage further traffic to site at launch. The approach is designed to engage a growth audience and will drive maximum impact across two major digital partner networks.
To support this activity, ELVIS has also created a bold and playful piece of social content, which literally ‘drops’ the plates. The social content will also be supported by influencer activity.
The commemorative plate launch is part of the Cadbury Creme Egg Golden Goobilee, an inclusive season-long celebration for the nation to mark the brands 50th birthday, which began in January of this year.
It follows the launch of a 60-second film celebrating 50 years of EATertainment, an activation starring Gary Barlow, and a Creme Egg inspired beer launch in partnership with Goose Island Brewery.
Media planning, buying and media partnership activity, are by dentsu agency, Carat. PR activation has been led by Golin.
Imogen Davis, Brand Executive, Mondelēz, said, “Cadbury Creme Egg has been loved by the nation for five delicious decades, so we’re excited to launch our limited edition china plates, available to purchase now, for our fans to commemorate the momentous occasion in our final installment of EATertainment this season!”
India Marlow-Prince, Planning Manager, Carat, added, “we set out to make the Cadbury Creme Egg Golden Goobilee an event no one would ever forget…and what is a ‘Goobilee’ without memorabilia? Partnering with Duchess China helped us create credible items to excite fans, and by joining forces with Ladbible and Twitter we will generate talkability and drive the novelty and scarcity factor of our items to get new and existing fans alike involved in our final celebration event, going out with a bang!”
Jack Cowin, Head of Client Solutions, LADbible Group, said, ‘we know our young audience loves a pun, so when Carat asked us to create hype and awareness around the new Goolden Goobilee memorabilia drop to celebrate Creme Egg’s 50thbirthday, we knew we were the perfect partner. We’ve married up full site takeovers with written advertorial content and social posts to make sure that the launch is unmissable. The partnership has been a fun and unique way to introduce a new generation to the joys of the Cadbury Creme Egg and we’ve loved being a part of it.’
Rob Griffiths, Creative Director, ELVIS, added, “it wouldn’t be a national anniversary without some collectible memorabilia for fans to go bonkers for! We wanted to create an unexpected commemorative item to mark the Goobilee in a way that would feel true to the brand, so we’ve put a playful Creme Egg twist on the usual kitsch wares, inspired by the Japanese art of Kintsugi.”
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World Business Briefing | Europe: Britain: Beverage Profits Rise
By Heather Timmons (NYT)
Published: July 10, 2003
Diageo, the British beverage conglomerate, said that the growth in profit for its fiscal year was marginally better than the 6 percent growth in the first half of the year. Sales, however, did not improve from the first half of the year, partly because of a decline in demand for the company's premixed vodka drinks, Diageo said. The company said the war in Iraq and the SARS outbreak hurt its sales. Heather Timmons (NYT)
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- .hack//G.U. trilogy getting HD treatment with Last Recode for PC, PS4
- Cave Story+ released digitally, physically for Switch
- Strategy role-playing game God Wars Future Past out for PS4, PS Vita
- Castle of Shikigami brings supernatural shooter action to PC
- Call of Duty: Black Ops III Zombies Chronicles out for console, PC
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Developer- and Publisher-specific Articles: Battlefront
Some news on the BattleFront front—hah!—the developer has announced a new update for their recently enlarged WWI title Strategic Command: WW1 1914-1918 The Great War as well as a new demo. The v1.03 patch is an all-in-one download that includes all of the previous updates, such as the new WWII campaign, 1939 Storm over Europe, as well as bug fixes, a new rule that allows fighters to intercept paratroop drops, and up to 50% faster AI.
Strategic Command World War I: The Great War 1914-1918—whew!—received a substantial update today. Patch 1.02 includes not only a new Forced March option, “more realistic” Submarine Combat Model, and “new and improved” Research system, but an entirely new WWII-based campaign: 1939 Storm over Europe.
Fury Software will be giving a free bonus campaign for owners of Strategic Command: WWI The Great War. The new campaign, 1939 Storm over Europe, is currently in development and will be release in the “near future.” Would-be commanders can look forward to a Europe updated to represent 1939 with Germany already at war with France, Poland, and the UK; the USSR eying Poland; Italy building its arms in anticipation of joining the Axis; and the US maintaining its isolationist policies. Hubert Cater of Fury Software also stated that the campaign will be fully customizable with the game’s editor, allowing players to redesign the scenarios or create new ones.


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HolyTransaction, a universal cryptocurrency wallet platform, recently announced that it has added support for bitcoin exchange (BTC) on the Lightning network, thus introducing the ability to deposit and withdraw. using the Lightning Network. Besides faster speed and lower fees, users will notice a new address format called invoice when they send or receive bitcoin through the Lightning Network.
Lightning Network brings three key benefits to HolyTransaction:
- Instant payments: With the use of smart contracts, security is considerably high, and since the stack is built on top of the Bitcoin network, no transaction confirmation is required.
- Scalability: The high-end transactions per second outperform any payment rail on the market today. In addition, pay-per-click becomes a reality as the need for financial custodians is eliminated.
- Lower cost: Since the Lightning Network does not directly interact with the legacy Bitcoin infrastructure itself, the Lightning Network enables near instant transactions with extremely low fees.
“Adopting Lightning Network will make HolyTransaction more attractive to users who want to send transactions with increased security at a much lower cost and super fast speed. HolyTransaction is happy to announce that Lightning Network has been integrated for both desktop and mobile app versions.
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The race to lead eCommerce in India is the new game which every retailer is trying to lead aggressively. The recent funding of Flipkart and Amazon investing over $2Bn in Indian operations has made other retailers to pick up new ways to lead against others.
All major players are trying to expand in all sorts be it a category expansion or other services. Recently Amazon has added gift and Snapdeal is also expanding in hotel and catering category.
Amazon.in launches the multi-brand Gift Cards Store
Moving further on its trend of adding new categories every month. Amazon has recently launched Gift Cards Store, offering a simple, easy and convenient option to buy Gift Cards from over 70 brands across a wide range of products & services from sports gear to clothing & accessories; from restaurants to spa & wellness services and everything in between.
Last month, Amazon.in had launched personalized, customized and multi-lingual Amazon.in Gift Cards enabling the recipients to shop for gifts of their choice from a selection of over 1.5cr products (excluding ebooks)
Srinivas Rao, General Manager Payments, Amazon India, said,“We are very excited with the response that we have received for the Amazon.in Gift Cards in the past few weeks post their launch. The launch of the Gifts Cards Store is a step further in providing an exciting opportunity for our customers to select interesting, unique gifts at their convenience and make the process of gifting and shopping easy, convenient and enjoyable.”
Customers can buy Gift Cards from over 70+ brands that include Pantaloons, Shoppers Stop, Lifestyle, Domino’s Pizza, Café Coffee Day, E-Zone, Nike, Landmark Stores, Spencer’s, Titan, O2 Spa, YLG Beauty Salon, Lakme Salon, etc.
Though Cash on Delivery is not valid for this category. These cards can be redeemed only in the respective brand stores.
Recently Amazon has also added pet products on the website.
Snapdeal launches hotel and catering category
Snapdeal has recently launched hotel and catering category on its site to target small enterprise customers. The service is aimed at small restaurants and catering businesses.
The online retailer has also started retailing products like baking and pizza supplies, bar accessories, heavy gauge cutlery glassware and professional knives.
“In future we also plan to integrate a whole range of hotel linen (mattresses, pillows, bed linen & bath linen) into the category and thereby meet all the needs of a hotel/restaurant”, said Tony Navin, senior vice president (electronics & home) at Snapdeal.
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The corrugated marketplace remains very strong; the US containerboard and box market is up 5.5% over last year and the increase sits even higher in Canada at 8.5%
The upward trend was spurred by increased overall global demand for containers. With growth over last year of 30 percent, e-commerce continues to drive demand for boxes. Domestically, consumer spending remains strong, propped by government stimulus as well as other budgetary savings. Household spending remains elevated, particularly on food (think of the phrase “pantry loading,” coined in the pandemic’s early days) and other home commodities. Strong industrial demand points to more locally made products being sourced in the bounding Canadian economy.
Because of this strong demand, the supply of containerboard and therefore boxes have dramatically tightened. Consequently, we continue to operate under conditions of long lead times between production and delivery. In fact, a drastic deficit of some grades of paper has meant an unprecedented shortage of certain box types. In North America, weather and ransomware attacks have contributed to the shortage of containerboard supply.
This macroeconomic condition leads to price increases. Our industry has already experienced two increases in the past year. A potential third price increase is expected.
There are inflation pressures as well, supply chains are experiencing major shortages, wood, raw materials, such as OCC (Old Corrugated Containers that are used to make recycled paper), energy, and freight.
Questions remain around the employment rate for part-time and lower-income workers. Perhaps linked to the aforementioned explosion of e-commerce.
Amazon has built and leased out over 50% more space in 2020, with 2 and likely more distribution locations coming in 2021. Wal-Mart has used its massive footprints as distribution centres to move products and offer more pickup centres. Regardless, these conditions have contributed to our expansion. Royal is moving our London operation into a much larger plant. We must focus on efficiency and learn how to produce more with less. Our St. Thomas building is an exciting part of our future.
These are very strange times, for some of us the growth is tremendous, and yet many of our local businesses suffer. We have endured a pandemic that is still among us over a year later and has impacted our daily lives, specifically in a very depressing way. A big part of what makes us human, our communication and relationship building, has been put on hold. Now more than ever, we need to care for our mental health and find the strength to remain resilient, to stay authentic to our values, to stay the course, and remain empathetic. Royal Containers will continue to align our decisions with our Continuous Improvement Plan by creating a supportive environment that improves the work environment to maintain safety and productivity.
With the momentum our vaccinations are having, we can finally look forward to some semblance of normal. And this is good😊. We could all use a rebound like the one experienced by the Montreal Canadiens in the Stanley Cup Finals! Go Habs Go! ~Kim Nelson
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BENGALURU: With summer camps and weddings being put off and a slump in business at restaurants, artisans from Pottery Town, a community of about 40 potters’ families and 110 people, are in acute distress since the ripples felt elsewhere have had a crippling effect on their livelihood.
At an interactive session organised by the development commissioner, ministry of textiles, government of India on Friday, artisans aired their woes. Sumitra Chandrashekhar, an artisan from Pottery Town, said, “We usually have a lot of orders for small pots and planters from organisers of summer camps. Children were taught to paint them in art camps. This year, camps were banned and that hit us hard. We had to use funds saved for our daughter’s wedding to survive.”
Besides summer camps, orders from plant nurseries, restaurants and kulfi sellers are primary means of income for these artisans. But business has been dull on these fronts too.
The next big hit was during Ganesh Chaturthi, when severe restrictions and the gloomy mood dented idol sales. Left with a huge stock of unsold idols, artisans are now looking forward to Diwali. They hope demand will kick in for the lamps they make.
These artisans also usually receive a lot of orders for earthen pots at weddings, which is used to make and serve biryani, kulfi and lassi. But demand has dropped on this front too since weddings have become less ostentatious due to curbs.
V Anand, secretary, Kumbara Kara-Kushala Kaigharika Sahakara Sangha, said, “Our businesses have been so badly affected that we don’t have any place to store unsold stock. It is another matter that we do not have sufficient funds to begin making new products. Auto drivers have been given Rs 5,000, but the state government has ignored our plight.”
The Pottery Town settlement was built during British rule and has been a permanent fixture since. The fourth generation of potters works at the town now. Naveen Kumar, a potter, said, “We have inherited this trade from our elders. We all have degrees but we have also learnt these skills since we were children and we are good at it. It’s been our livelihood for generations. We do not know any alternative means of earning our daily bread.”
Rajashekar G, another artisan from Pottery Town, said, “Besides the 40 families, 150 other families who work for us are also suffering. We have had no business, so how do we pay them?”
Artisans have been facing problems on another issue too. Potters use a firewood furnace as that works out cheaper, but it causes a lot of smoke pollution and people residing around take objection. The development commissioner told potters loans are available and that they would be more effective if they came together as a community and market their products themselves, eliminating middlemen.


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Over the past decade, the fashion industry was hit by a confluence of forces that brought about what’s now known as “fast fashion” — clothes that are produced quickly and cheaply, without much regard for the treatment of workers or the environment. Many of those forces involved technological advances, such as the development of e-commerce, the rise of social media influencers and algorithms that serve as a crystal ball for trend-watchers.
Now, however, there are forces at work to reign in the wreckage of fast fashion. Market conditions, including global supply chain disruptions, are pushing clothing manufacturers to consider more locally-based production. Consumers are becoming more socially conscious. And according to some in the business of technology, the hardware and software exist to clean up fast fashion truly.
“Consumers are becoming aware that what they’re wearing is creating huge pollution on the other side of the world,” Ronen Samuel, CEO of Kornit Digital, said to ZDNet. “This can benefit Kornit — and the entire world. You can [produce clothes] in a sustainable way. You don’t need to produce quantities so large that you throw out 30% of it. You don’t need to pollute rivers. There are technologies to do it, and Kornit is leading in the most sustainable way.”
Kornit is a 20-year-old digital printing company based in Israel that creates technology for the textile industry and fashion and home decor companies. The company makes industrial printers and its own patented NeoPigment ink family that runs the color gamut. Its printing technology process allows for on-demand textile printing, giving brands and designers the ability to produce just as many products as they need, as soon as they need them. Textiles are also printed without having to pretreat, steam or wash fabrics. Kornit says its waterless printing process reduces water waste and pollution.
But even with the hardware available for on-demand, environmentally-friendly textile production, “the market is not sustainable,” Samuel said.
Realizing this, “we understood we had to have a much bigger role in changing the market,” he continued. “Our aim is to become the operating system of the fashion industry.”
So Kornit developed KornitX, a cloud-based platform that lets brands and designers route textile production jobs to the closest fulfillers. For instance, Samuel explained: “If I go to Nike.com and order a t-shirt, this job would be routed to a fulfiller in Israel who can produce and ship it locally.”
With the hardware to support ecologically responsible and efficient production, and the software to help brands get it done locally, Kornit’s next move was promotion.
“We asked ourselves, what is the best platform to explain it to the industry… that there’s no more limitation? You don’t need to produce 18 months in advance. You can produce, in days, anything you want on any type of fabric, and it’s fully sustainable,” Samuel said. “So we said, let’s participate in Fashion Week.”
But instead of participating in the traditional industry events, Kornit started its own series of Fashion Weeks. The company has events in Israel, Milan and Los Angeles. Next week, it’s bringing Kornit Fashion Week to London. Designers that are invited to participate get less than one month to create a full collection — entirely with Kornit technology.
“Each item is totally different, with different colors and materials,” Samuel said. The event also brings more inclusivity and diversity to the runway, with models of every age, size, color and gender.
Kornit currently has around 1,300 customers, including fulfillers, fashion brands like Adidas, merchandisers like Disney, and online marketplaces like Asos. The company sees a huge opportunity to partner with more fashion brands and online marketplaces at this moment of disruption.
“Something is happening; the world is changing,” Samuel said. “There are many new brands, evolving brands that are becoming much bigger. In a few years, Shein has become the biggest brand in the world — by the way, they are fast fashion and creating a lot of pollution — because of what they’re enabling… with an almost unlimited number of designs. We are unlimited, but we are taking it one step further.”


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Inspectors for Alberta Health Services are having a busy April.
Between April 12 and April 19, the public health authority issued 12 closure orders to “food establishments” in the north zone.
The majority of orders are related to an alleged violation of the order below.
“Patron food and beverage service was observed in the indoor dining area of the premises in contravention of section 6.2 of CMOH Order 10-2021 which states, “an operator of a food serving business or entity is prohibited from offering or providing indoor food and beverage services”.”
According to a post on social media, one of the businesses suggested that they will not be closing as they feel it is a violation of their rights and freedoms.
Premier Jason Kenney announced earlier this month that Alberta would be returning to Step 1 of its relaunch plan as active COVID-19 cases continue to rise.
Step 1 includes the suspension of indoor dining at restaurants, but customers can order takeout and are permitted to enter the establishment to get their food.
You can see a list of active closure orders for the AHS North Zone by clicking here.
– Kenny Trenton, Trending 55 Newsroom


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For coffee lovers, the brew of the future is shaping up to be bitter and pricey, as climate change parches the world’s key growing regions.
Increasingly erratic weather is putting crops at risk globally. Hardier varieties are expected to fare better, and for coffee that means strong, earthy robusta. But in Vietnam, the top producer of these beans, alarm bells are ringing.
The price and taste of your coffee is under threat as the industry grapples with climate change. Credit: Louie Douvis
“We have to dig deeper to get water,” Tran Thi Lien, 46, said at her one-hectare farm in Dak Lak province in the country’s Central Highlands. “Some years, we don’t have enough water for irrigation. And some years, there’s too much rain.”
Tougher growing conditions have led Vietnamese farmers to question the value of coffee as a cash crop, with some pulling out their trees to plant black pepper and durian, a pungent fruit popular across Southeast Asia and with Chinese consumers. Reduced supply has already pushed the robusta price this year to the highest level since at least 2008 — and still, rising temperatures mean future production will fall short.
Coffee is a roughly $US200 billion ($296 billion) industry that stretches from small farms across Brazil or Indonesia to roasters and makers of end products, such as Nestle SA. Traditionally, sellers like chain Starbucks favour the milder, more aromatic arabica variety, whereas robusta is used for instant coffee.
But consumers are going to have to get used to a different taste. A 2022 study of tropical cash crops that included arabica, as well as avocado and cashew, found that the bean was most vulnerable to climate change, with regions suitable for its production shrinking globally primarily due to increased heat. Researchers found that it would be necessary to adapt, including by replacing arabica with hardier robusta.
Nestle, the Swiss maker of Nespresso and Nescafe, is among those grappling with the change.
“Estimates show that 30 years from now, basically 50 per cent of coffee lands as we know them today will not be viable for coffee production anymore” if climate change isn’t tackled, Philipp Navratil, global head of Nestle’s coffee strategic business unit, said during an interview on a tour of some of the Vietnamese farms that supply the coffee giant.
Nestle is a major consumer of robusta — around the world, consumers drink more than 6,000 cups of Nescafe every second. It spends $US700 million each year to buy around a quarter of Vietnam’s coffee production.
Last year, it said it would invest over one billion Swiss francs ($1.7 billion) by 2030 to encourage growers supplying its Nescafe brand to use more sustainable farming methods as extreme weather threatens crops, and to adapt. That includes replacing existing trees with varieties that can better cope with climate change.
Even the toughest beans will be tested, though, as temperatures rise.
A 2022 study of tropical cash crops that included arabica, as well as avocado and cashew, found that the bean was most vulnerable to climate change, with regions suitable for its production shrinking globally primarily due to increased heat.Credit: Bloomberg
“Robusta is not a silver bullet for climate change,” said Jennifer Vern Long, chief executive officer of World Coffee Research, an organisation formed by the global coffee industry in 2012 to boost innovation. “It’s more tolerant to heat and to some diseases and pests, but we are still learning robusta’s limits.”
In an October report, World Coffee Research said the world may face robusta shortages in 2040 of as much as 35 million bags when taking into account rising consumption trends and the impact of climate change on production. (The world currently produces close to 80 million bags of robusta a year.)
Long said changing weather patterns could lead to dramatically lower yields, which in turn would leave millions of smallholder farmers — who produce 60 per cent of the world’s coffee — vulnerable to economic and food insecurity. Vietnam’s industry is made up of a patchwork of growers who tend plots around one to two hectares in size.
Prolonged dry periods in Vietnam and lack of irrigation water in recent years have already severely affected the productivity of robusta coffee farms in the Central Highlands, according to a study published in 2021 by authors from organisations including the Vietnam National University. The nation is also bracing for the impact of El Niño over the coming months.
Under pressure from heat and water shortages, Lien is seeing the benefit of more sustainable farming practices, including those supported by Nestle. She and her neighbours have cut back on chemical fertilisers and provided shade for coffee shrubs so they’re less exposed to the scorching sun. She’s also planted black pepper and betel nut to diversify.
“When they apply this, we have more income, and we can save a lot of labour,” said Lien, who began planting coffee nearly thirty years ago. “Now I see my coffee better developed, with better yields.”
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Comcast Sued For Traffic Shaping
from the how-long-did-it-take-to-upload-the-suit? dept
Almost surprised it took this long, but following the widespread reports of Comcast jamming certain types of traffic, everyone pretty much expected someone to file a class action lawsuit. It just took a couple weeks (maybe the plaintiffs were jammed from uploading documents to their lawyers…). However, a lawsuit has now been filed in California, charging Comcast with violating federal computer fraud laws, their own user contracts and anti-fraudulent advertising statutes. The lawyers are (no surprise) hoping to turn this into a class action lawsuit. The computer fraud charges seem like a huge stretch, but misleading advertising could potentially stick. Comcast, for its part, maintains its ridiculous tightrope-walking corporate doubletalk on the issue, refusing to admit to anything: “Comcast does not, has not, and will not block any websites or online applications, including peer-to-peer services.” Yes, that’s nice and all… but it’s not what people are accusing Comcast of doing. They’re accusing Comcast of jamming certain types of traffic to make them not work as intended, and doing so without any indication or notice to the user. It still boggles the mind that Comcast won’t come out and just say what it’s doing. It’s not as if it’s a secret any more.


text: #Bitcoin BTC Daily Trading Signals: 29 October Published 3 weeks ago on October 29, 2018 By Azeez Mustapha Share Tweet Dominant bias for Bitcoin (BTC) –Bearish Resistance Levels- $6800, $6900, $7000 Support Level-$6000, $5900. $5800 BTC is in a bearish trend as denoted by the descending channel. The bears continued push of the cryptocurrency to lower lows that are characteristics of a down trending market is an indication of strong bearish pressure. After making a touch at $6597.40 at the upper line of the channel on 26th October, BTCUSD was down to the lower line of the channel due to the bears’ pressure. $6451.00 at the support area was attained before the end of the session on 28th October as the bears briefly lost momentum. The bulls returned at the support area which was also the lower line of the channel was much expected. The cryptocurrency rose to $6502.00 before the end of yesterday session. The 4-hour opening candle at $6490.20 was bullish and it sustained the bullish momentum of yesterday with BTCUSD up at $6512.00 in the resistance area earlier today. Price is above the 10-EMA and the stochastic oscillator is at 39% but its signal points up. This suggests a possibility of an upward movement in the cryptocurrency price which may take BTC to the upper line of the channel before likely strong bears return that will result in a new lower low before the end of the day. 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Lets prepare for Bitcoin Cash Hard Fork Economists: Huge Cryptocurrency Boom Predicted, US Dollar likely to fall sharply in 2020 Can Bitcoin Hit $90,000 Within Five Years? 2 Comments 2 Comments Pingback: BTC Daily Trading Signals: 29 October – The Coinage Times Pingback: BTC Daily Trading Signals: 29 October - Satoshiuncle Leave a Reply Cancel reply Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *Comment Name * Email * Website #Bitcoin Bitcoin is Halal? Will crypto rise with mass Muslim adoption? Published 5 hours ago on November 18, 2018 By Layla Harding Erol Yarar, the chairman of the international business forum has suggested all Islamic nations to adopt the cryptocurrency system for transactions with each other rather than adopting the US Dollar as according to him the US Dollar is used as a weapon by the United States to wreak economic havoc. Calling US Dollar a ‘Punishing Tool’ Yarar expressed his concerns by stating that the US dollar is used by the United States Government to punish a specific country that the United States is not willing to be in peace with. He also stated that the United States Government uses the US Dollar to lower down the money transactions, for imposing sanctions and for making nations bowing down in front of the United States. Yarar said that the US Dollar is not just a common currency but also a sanctioning tool. Also saying that at the International Business Forum this year, they will discuss the term monetary pluralism for implementing a democratic trading environment and the top features to be discussed at the next International Business Forum meeting would be the usage of Blockchain Technology and Cryptocurrency for the financial sector in the Muslim countries especially the middle east. Yarar said: “We will make a cryptocurrency system, that will be used for international trade among Islamic countries, a current issue.” Bitcoin Halal? Many Islamic Scholars are discussing the real nature of cryptocurrencies with some of them calling it a ‘HARAM SYSTEM’ or ‘ILLEGAL SYSTEM’ while others calling it a ‘HALAL SYSTEM’ or ‘LEGAL SYSTEM’ according to the Islamic principals with some Mosques such as the Shacklewell Lane Mosque in London have also started to accept cryptocurrencies as donations. What do you think about bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies being termed as Halal? Tell us in the comments section below. Continue Reading #Bitcoin Bitcoin ETF: Worlds first Cryptocurrency ETF approved Published 16 hours ago on November 17, 2018 By Nadja Eriksson The world’s first Cryptocurrency ETF has been approved by the Switzerland authorities which will start trading on SIX, the 4th largest exchange in whole Europe which has a market capitalization of over $1.6 trillion. ETF offered by Amun AG Amun AG, a cryptocurrency startup is offering the fund that will allow the institutional investors to invest in the major cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin, ethereum, ripple, litecoin, and bitcoin cash. Hany Rashwan, the CEO and Co-founder of the company said that the following ETP will provide an opportunity to the institutional investors that are restricted to investing in just securities and also give the same opportunity to retail investors that are unable to access cryptocurrency exchanges to due regulatory pressure. The CEO also said that before choosing Switzerland, the company had explored 23 other destinations around the world but found Swiss the most suitable. The ETF will allow investors in buying the market and investing in crypto market as a whole. When investors will be investing in a fund, an amount equal to their purchase value will be held on their behalf by the custodian. Continue Reading #Bitcoin Bitcoin Cash BCH Hash Wars: Who is winning? Published 1 day ago on November 17, 2018 By Janet F. Sanchez The Bitcoin Cash hash war is still on with close to 300 blocks mined on the BCHABC side using the new ruleset, which has also given the BCH network the most accumulated proof of work. Cryptocompare has given the BCH ticker to BCHABC chain followed by Bittrex also appointing the ABC chain with the BCH ticker. The ABC chain has gained more support and also mined more blocks since the split of the BCH chain into BCHABC and BCHSV. The SV chain has performed less work till now. Faketoshi “Satoshi’s Shotgun” Craig Wright had earlier threatened that he will destroy the BCH ABC chain by mining empty blocks using his huge hash power, which is being called “Satoshi’s Shotgun”. BCH ABC has apparently survived the Shotgun. 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We are living in a technology pushed society. The corporate’s system would require hackers to attack every machine as a substitute of having the ability to entry hundreds of thousands of accounts at one time, probably serving to enterprises keep away from an incident akin to last month’s attack on Equifax.
For that purpose, if a web site has a e-newsletter that’s well written, offers helpful info, is distributed on a frequent bases, and likewise displays an trustworthy appreciation for its audiences, then folks will take a look at the site on a regular bases to support the publication and the site.
But the tiny Mountain View company has said it will not promote ads on its service and even when that modified, a lot of those 450 million customers are teenagers and other value-delicate folks in foreign international locations — individuals difficult to promote ads towards.
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Within the bygone years where internet hadn’t developed into the integral part of our everyday lives and the chosen medium of relying news, breakthrough in know-how was conveyed to the masses via information papers which were a sluggish, not very sturdy and cumbersome to archive medium.


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Netflix could slash its subscription prices in half if it goes ahead with suggested plans to introduce ads to the service.
After the streaming giant lost hundreds of thousands of subscribers, Netflix CEO Reed Hastings told investors that his firm "is quite open to offering even lower prices with advertising, as a consumer choice", and plans to trial an ad-supported cheap tier in the next year or two.
Now, speculation is rife about how much the new 'cheap plan' will cost, as well as how many ads viewers will be forced to put up with while they watch their favourite shows and movies.
Media analyst Michael Pachter told the Sun he believes a half-price fee is on the way: "Most services that offer ad support charge half, so $7.99 is likely,
"But Netflix may advertise a tad less and charge a tad more, so I would guess between $7.99 to $9.99 with four 2 minute ad breaks - one pre-roll, and three more at the 12, 24, 36 minute marks."
In the UK, the price of a standard Netflix subscription is £10.99 per month.
So, if the analyst is correct and Netflix offers half price streaming with ads, subscribers could nab their bingewatch fix for as little as £5.49.
Another analyst, Tammy Parker from GlobalData, said she believes Netflix would cut prices by around $5 (£3.88) in the USA.
"HBO Max offers a $5 monthly discount for its ad-supported version, so I would imagine that Netflix would follow suit with that type of discount if it goes forward with an advertising-supported tier," she told The Sun.


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Life in the era of Ma Bell, as the telephone giant was known, used to be so simple. One phone company, one phone book. That is no longer true in the age of smart phones and land lines served by multiple companies.
The switch by some Island subscribers from Verizon phone service to Comcast phone service produced an unexpected wrinkle for the Martha’s Vineyard Chamber of Commerce, publishers of The Island Book.
An unknown but significant number of Island Comcast customer telephone numbers were omitted from white pages listings in the 2012-2013 edition of the go-to telephone listing resource on the Island for the past 21 years.
The omissions produced a spate of queries and complaints to the phone companies and to the chamber since the book was published in June. Ironically, the chamber printed 20,000 copies of The Island Book this year, up 5,000 copies from the 2011 edition, to meet increased demand, executive director Nancy Gardella said last week.
Anecdotal evidence suggests that the dropped listings are limited to Comcast customers. No Verizon customers appear to have been dropped from the database provided by Verizon and used by the Chamber for the residential listing content in its book.
Online data bases have virtually eliminated the once ubiquitous “white pages,” a listing of all residential phone numbers. Verizon no longer publishes a print residential telephone book, but continues to publish business listings, the yellow pages. Comcast does not publish a telephone book.
The Island Book is published in a six- by nine-inch format and contains residential (white pages) listings, commercial (yellow pages) listings and a voluminous section of blue pages that provide information, contacts and phone numbers for most every Island entity and organization relevant to Island living. Both the yellow pages and the blue reference section are produced by the chamber staff, Ms. Gardella said.
The system has worked like clockwork for years, Ms. Gardella said last week. “We’ve never, in my experience, had a problem of this magnitude,” she said. “There are always a few errors in a project of this size but nothing like this.”
This year that changed as dozens of Comcast customers called the Chamber and the phone companies seeking an explanation for their exclusion from The Island Book. Verizon and Comcast company spokesmen distanced their companies from the issue in several telephone calls over the past two weeks.
Verizon spokesman Phil Santoro said, “Comcast supplies us with their list. Whatever they supplied to us we passed on to the customer.”
Comcast provides Verizon with business telephone listings, according to a company spokesman. Residential listings are provided to a third-party vendor that Comcast uses to provide established phone books with residential listings. The spokesman who asked not to be identified said the Chamber never contacted Comcast for the residential list.
Ms. Gardella said that the chamber accepted responsibility for the errors. “We accept complete responsibility for the problem,” she said. “As we have in the past, we purchased the list from Verizon this year and there were some Comcast customers left out. For example, my Comcast phone number wasn’t in there, but several of our staff members, who are also Comcast customers, were included.
“Our intention was to do what we’ve done forever. In order to produce a phone book, we historically buy a white pages list from Verizon. At the end of the day, we didn’t ask the right questions, but we’ve never had a problem and we had no suspicion there would be a problem. In all honesty, I believe the people we dealt with at Verizon didn’t know there was a problem either.
“The fault, if there is any, is that we should have gotten it in writing that the list was complete. This is the first year that Comcast customers were left out. It’s extremely frustrating on our end. We have certainly gotten phone lots of calls from customers. We know we have to be more vigorous.”
When asked about a possible remedy, Ms. Gardella said there was none. “It’s an expensive project,” she said. “We cannot afford to reprint 20,000 copies, even if we are able to resolve the issue of dropped listings.”


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Tastes vary from region to region, and the same is true for the soft drink market.
In Africa, as well as in the Middle East, consumers prefer juice drinks with intense colors and flavors, according to Wild, while in Europe people are rather interested in natural products and ingredients.
Catered towards Africa, Wild is focusing on classical fruity variants as well as other combinations, for example, a new combination of strawberry and lime for categories ranging from classic soft drinks to seasonal summer drinks. Mango that comes along with dates is another combination: It satisfies the expectation for well-known and preferred flavors, but still has surprising effects due to novel oriental nuances, according to Wild. It also said popular for African flavors are orange and mango. Flavored carbonated soft drinks new concepts, such as citrus-pomelo and aromatic passion fruit, are on trend for the market.
According to Wild, consumers like the the aromatic and fruity taste including the wholesome benefit such as a blend of blood orange, carrot and strawberry, making thirst quenchers with added vitamins popular.
In milk and juice concepts, Wild said green apple or orange-passionfruit-banana bring new momentum to the emerging markets.


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Like every year, Nintendo is the final company to make major E3 announcements, and just like last year, the company is staying away from a traditional live press conference
With a dash of Psychonauts, a sprinkle of Assassin’s Creed, and a pinch of Beyond Good and Evil, The Last Tinker: City of Colors from Mimimi Productions is a treat wrapped in an interesting and colourful package
Originality is cherished in the video game industry. Just maybe not here
In a new "Nintendo Direct" broadcast, the Japanese game company has released new detailed about the next iteration of the Smash Bros. franchise
Watching over your town in Banished can make you feel like a God, but you had better read the Wiki first.
Goat Simulator lets users run around headbutting gas stations and causing explosions. As you might have guessed, it defies categorization.
Developed by Rocket Bear Games, Infested Planet challenges players with frenetic play and an ever-evolving alien enemy.
When done correctly, first person platformers can be jaw-dropping experiences. If executed poorly, such games run the risk of being complicated and unplayable messes.
Would you shape a band around the story of a game that seems to barely explain itself?
For more than a week, Twitch.TV users have been collaboratively playing Pokémon Red and Blue, with remarkable and hilarious results.
100 years ago this Monday, the world went to war — and in many ways, the global economy has never fully recovered
Use our interactive graphic to find out how the top players in the oil patch are faring on profit, sales, production and more
‘He’s just getting started,’ David Kirkpatrick, author of The Facebook Effect, said. ‘He’s going to become the richest person on the planet’
Democratizing a funding process to allow talent to reach its true potential has fundamentally altered the entrepreneurial landscape
Like oil firms, Apple faces twin challenges: how can it best mine new countries and how can it come up with something new to justify its continued position


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#SundayStartup no. 18 – the top five stories for tech start-ups this week
Providing you’re not glued to coverage of the summer sports it’s time for your weekly dose of all that’s big and important in the world of tech start-ups.
In this week’s #SundayStartup there’s a German attempt to poach some of the UK’s finest entrepreneurs, suggestions that the Shetland Islands might be a better option, and ‘neural dust’ that might be the latest step towards our inevitable robotification…
Germany is writing to UK start-ups to try and persuade them to move to Berlin after Brexit
Business Insider reported that Germany’s Senator for Economics, Technology and Research, Cornelia Yzer, has sent out a warning to UK start-ups that staying in the UK following Brexit will harm their businesses.
The letter, which has been published in full, also offers step-by-step tips on how to relocate to the German capital in what recipients described as stereotypically efficient fashion.
— Mazi (@Mazi) August 2, 2016
How start-ups seeking funding suffered from investor referendum jitters
A new study has suggested that start-ups and high-growth companies were on the blunt end of fundraising uncertainty in the run up to the EU referendum. City AM reported that deals were down 22% for the first half of the year, compared with 2015’s results.
Crowdfunding deals were in decline too – a first according to Beauhurst, who carried out the study. A 17% drop was recorded compared with last year, suggesting that individuals had been affected by similar levels of uncertainty to institutional investors.
Starting a business outside London increases chance of survival
An eBay research study of ONS data has found that entrepreneurs seeking longevity might be better off starting up outside of the capital.
According to the report, only 38.6% of start-ups in London survive for longer than five years compared with 45% of those launched in the south west and 44% in the east of England. Scotland had a good showing, at 42%, and took the top spot among local authorities with the remote Shetland Islands posting a 56% success rate.
All your questions about start-up fundraising asked and answered
TechCrunch published an extensive discussion between Aviv Gilboa, Eric Feng and Randy Komisar – partners at venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins – in which they offer answers to some of the most common questions they’re asked by entrepreneurs.
The chat covers everything from the basics of when the best time to raise funds is to how to keep the balance right between raising funds and spending time on product development. The podcast/audiobook fans among you will be pleased to find a recording of the conversation on Soundcloud too.
If you’ve been thinking about having a digital detox and spending some time away from your tech, this might be the time to look away…
Inventors at the University of California, Berkeley, have come up with a batch of devices they’re calling ‘neural dust.’ These miniscule implants are about the size of a grain of sand and connect wirelessly to computers outside of the body. They can then be used to monitor organs in real time, and in the future will be able to control robotic devices like prosthetic limbs.
Whether or not you’ll be able to use them to update your Facebook status or post pictures of your coffee on Instagram is yet to be seen, however.
Make sure you join us at the same time next week for another round of #SundayStartup. Until next time!