text: In June 2018, at its keynote event at the Worldwide Developers Conference, Apple introduced its new operating system, iOS 12. The beta version for developers was made on 17th September. Yesterday, on 25th September, iOS 12 was finally made available for its users on all their iPhones and iPads. With iOS 12, Apple wants to be faster and more responsive than ever. For this, iOS 12 has been made to run on all devices that run iOS 11.


text:
Vegas gets first taste of Uber’s ‘surge’ pricingLas Vegas Review-JournalThe license the company received from the Nevada Transportation Authority doesn’t prohibit the company’s dynamic pricing model that is designed to incentivize more drivers to be available during times of heavy demand. Because drivers are contracted and …and more …read more From:: Las Vegas News By […]
from WordPress http://ift.tt/1OovIlj
The internet creates Houston’s version of Starbuck’s Unicorn Frappuccino, the Trappuccino – Chron.com - Chron.comThe internet has done it again. With the hype of Starbuck’s Unicorn Frappuccino last week, the internet has now created a Houston-themed drink con...
47 minutes ago

domain: news


text:
Realogy Holdings Corp. has announced that its annual FWD Innovation Summit (FWD) will occur on Tuesday, May 10 from 1 – 3 p.m. ET. Designed to further technology innovation in the real estate services market, FWD is a one-of-a-kind pitch competition that highlights forward-thinking technology, ideas and solutions to unlock opportunity for agents and brokers, the company stated.
The five finalists selected in December will present their products and innovations to a panel of Realogy executives, brokers and agents. The winner will receive $25k and prominent placement in Realogy’s Open Ecosystem, a technology platform that brings together agents, brokers, partners and developers to enable choice, flexibility and customized solutions for home buying and selling and beyond.
The five finalists are:
- Earnnest is a secure, convenient, digital payments platform that allows a fully digital transfer of funds in real estate transactions. As the leading provider of digital earnest money in the U.S., Earnnest has powered over 100,000 transactions across all 50 states with zero instances of fraud.
- Elm Street provides the real estate sector with a creative, thoughtful technology toolset to initiate conversations & foster business relationships with and for the clients they serve.
- Likely.ai uses Artificial Intelligence to help agents and brokers find the best deals and make better business decisions. Its AI models provide a competitive edge, allowing agents and brokers to zero in on actual sellers in their market and within their current database of leads, who are primed to sell in the next 90-days, enabling them to maximize their marketing spend and minimize the time they spend chasing after sellers. Likely.ai empowers agents, lenders and investors to be more efficient with their time and budget while still finding the right prospects for their businesses.
- MaxaDesigns provides a white-labeled marketing template and design platform for real estate companies to host their marketing materials, including print, social media and email marketing on a custom online portal. Its platform has been selected by more than 200 of the top independent brokerages to help agents own their marketing strategy.
- RealScout is a Silicon Valley-based technology startup tackling residential real estate’s core problem: matching homebuyers and homes. In over 200 markets, the company provides the only platform that enables brokerages to benefit from their buyer data from lead to close. With RealScout, real estate professionals can capture buyer attention, collect buyer data and use that data to close more deals, more profitably.
“The FWD Innovation Summit is a unique opportunity for technology organizations to access the rich data and interconnectivity of Realogy’s Open Ecosystem to showcase new ideas and innovations that will define the future of real estate for agents, brokers, and the consumers they serve,” said Kacie Ricker, Senior Vice President of Product, Realogy. “Users are craving more simplification, transparency, and expert knowledge in the home buying, selling, and increasingly, the home ownership phases. Our charter is to deliver flexible, connected, intuitive solutions that empower agents to build their businesses as home ownership experts over the entire lifecycle.”
For more information on Realogy’s FWD Innovation Summit and register to attend, visit: https://realogyproduct.com/fwd/.


text:
On Wednesday, March 23, TIME will launch the first-ever totally decentralized journal difficulty obtainable as an NFT on the blockchain. The NFT difficulty options TIME’s cowl story, The Prince of Crypto Has Considerations, on Vitalik Buterin’s battle for the way forward for Ethereum by Andrew Chow, editor of TIME’s Into the Metaverse e-newsletter.
Learn the complete cowl story: https://bit.ly/3CPFPNj
The difficulty is created in partnership with the LITDAO. LIT is a web3 cultural forex and NFT challenge that conceived and created the primary totally decentralized ebook earlier this yr. The journal will stay on the blockchain however is hosted by a decentralized protocol permitting holders to learn the journal in its entirety by an interactive NFT. TIME will airdrop the NFT difficulty to pick TIMEPiece and genesis LIT neighborhood pockets holders, which was made doable with the help of Circle.
Circle, a worldwide web finance agency that gives internet-based funds and monetary infrastructure to companies of all sizes, and the only issuer of USD Coin (USDC), is the presenting companion for the first-ever journal to be printed on the blockchain. Transient Labs served because the challenge’s technical companion.
The announcement comes on the heels of a blockbuster first yr for TIME within the web3 house, which have emerged as thrilling new companies from TIME’s preliminary foray in March 2021. To this point, TIME’s web3 evolution has generated greater than 10 million in income, curated a passionate neighborhood of over 25,000 artists, collectors and fanatics – of which, over 5,000 TIMEPiece holders have linked their digital wallets to TIME.com for frictionless entry to the positioning.
Keith A. Grossman, President, TIME said: “As TIME continues to push the boundaries as to what’s doable inside the web3 ecosystem, producing the first-ever full journal on the blockchain appeared like a pure extension for our model and we knew this difficulty, specifically, can be cherished by our neighborhood.”
It was additionally introduced at this time that TIME has employed its first-ever VP of web3 Operations, Will Ban, who joins from Artsy, the place he was the VP of Secondary Market. Ban will concentrate on operationalizing TIME’s web3 imaginative and prescient, constructing out its help of Creators and Artists, Collectors and Neighborhood, CMOs and Manufacturers, in addition to the additional growth of tv reveals primarily based on IP from the web3 neighborhood.
Chow will be part of Grossman on the TIMEPieces weekly Discord Neighborhood City Corridor to debate his cowl story on Buterin at 10am EST on Friday, March 18. Be a part of the City Corridor at discord.gg/timepieces or comply with TIMEPieces on Twitter @timepieces.
To be taught extra about TIME’s work within the NFT neighborhood, go to time.com/timepieces
Extra Should-Learn Tales From TIME


text:
In today’s Wall Street Journal, Toys R Us announced they are opening 350 temporary stores in traditional shopping malls and other locations to take advantage of the holiday season. This strategy is borne out of two market changes:
- KB Toys, traditionally a mall-only toy retailer, going out of business
- Sears expanding their toy department to help grab share from the KB Toys deficit
Holiday sales were down 3.4% last year for Toys R Us. Anticipating similar results for the 2009 holiday season, the national toy retailer realized they could not rely on the same approach to reach customers and drive sales.
Toys R Us is leveraging three key areas:
- Inexpensive rents – With retail sales down and retailers going out of business, there is excess capacity in shopping malls.
- Lower pricing – Higher rents were baked into KB Toys’ pricing (so much that they weren’t competitive). Since rents are lower, TRU can keep pricing on par with freestanding stores.
- Convenience – The convenience of a mall location should attract people who are already shopping versus having to go to another location.
Toys R Us stopped looking at their business the same way.
You should to and see where opportunities might exist to change how you do business. There has never been a better time to do it.


text:
According to overnight reports, Sony is considering both game rentals and music downloads for PSP.
The company is polling consumers in the US on the subject of a rental service, as you can see on Joystiq, asking questions on costing and potential frequency of use.
In addition, "music industry sources" have told CNET that Sony's currently in preliminary discussions to bring music downloads to PSP.
"This makes total sense that Sony would try to get content for the device," said Wedbush Morgan analyst, Michael Pachter, on the subject.
"If Sony is smart, they would manage it the same way iTunes has and be device-agnostic."
Hit ze links for more.


text:
According to a new research from Kantar, Windows Phone is growing at a slightly faster rate than Android, which is saying something considering the viral-like nature of Android’s growth. But that isn’t all. BlackBerry’s market share dropped from 2.6% to 0.9%, and Windows Phone grew from 3.7% to 5.6% in the first quarter of 2013. All these are U.S. figures only, of course.
A marketshare of 5.6% isn’t much, but a growth of 3.7% to 5.6% is about 66% increase and not inconsequential. I wonder what the global take on this is though. No doubt, we shall get those soon enough. It was also recently reported that Windows has captured 7.5% of the tablet market. While these figures are not earth shaking, they must be good news for Microsoft. And for Nokia too.
Founder of MobilityArena. Yomi’s journey in mobile started in 2001. Besides obsessing over mobile phones, he also started creating WAP sites (early mobile-friendly websites created with WML). He began writing about phones in 2004 and has been at it since then. He has owned over 200 devices, from Symbian, Palm, PocketPC/Windows Mobile, BlackBerry/BB10, webOS, Windows Phone, Firefox, Ubuntu Touch, to Android, iOS, and KaiOS operating systems.


text:
TV spots are part of Microsoft's half-billion dollar marketing push around new, hands-free control system for Xbox 360.
Microsoft is set to launch a $500 million marketing campaign designed to ensure that Xbox Kinect, a gaming system that combines a hands-free controller with the Xbox 360 console, is one of the hottest hi-tech toys of the holiday season.
As part of the push, the Xbox Kinect system will be featured on Tuesday's episode of "Oprah", and will appear on Ellen DeGeneres' talk show later this month.
Microsoft also is planning numerous other promotional events around Xbox Kinect as holiday shopping starts to kick in. Among other things, Toys "R" Us will open its flagship store in New York City at midnight, Nov. 4, to mark Kinect's official launch date.
"The very first time we saw Kinect, we knew it would be a 'must have' item for the holiday season," said Richard Barry, Toys "R" Us' general merchandise manager, in a statement. "We are excited about the full day of activities planned in New York City, building up to the much anticipated sale of the first Kinect sensor at our flagship store in Times Square," said Barry.
Microsoft has also partnered with Burger King, Pepsi, and Kellogs to plaster Kinect promotions on food and beverage packaging. "The Xbox 360 team created a multiyear, integrated campaign showcasing real people at the heart of the experience," said Microsoft corporate VP Mike Delman. "Kinect puts consumers at the center of their entertainment, and our marketing efforts follow that same charter," said Delman.
Microsoft plans to introduce a $299 Kinect bundle that includes a new, slimmed down 4GB Xbox 360 console equipped with the Kinect sensor bar. The package also features Kinect Adventures, an exploration game designed to take full advantage of the Kinect technology. The company also is offering a $399 bundle that features a 250GB console with Kinect and the Kinect Adventures game.
Additionally, Microsoft will make the Kinect sensor bar available as an add-on for existing Xbox 360 consoles, at a price of $149, including Kinect Adventures. The Kinect bar features a camera, audio sensors, and motion-sensing technology that tracks 48 points of movement on the human body. That means players can control on-screen action simply through physical gestures and verbal commands. The sensor bar is designed to plug directly into the Xbox 360 console.
The roster of upcoming Kinect-compatible titles includes a Star Wars game from LucasArts that's due out in 2011, as well as titles from Disney. More immediately, Microsoft and its partners will ship a number of activity games in November that take advantage of Kinect's ability to mimic human body movements.
A title called Kinectimals (Frontier Studios) lets players interact with on screen zoo animals, Your Shape: Fitness Evolved (Ubisoft) provides exercise routines with the help of a virtual, on-screen trainer, while Kinect Sports (Rare) lets users play simulated soccer, bowling, volleyball, and other games.
Kinect Joy Ride (Big Park) is billed as the world's first hands free racing game, and Dance Central (MTV Games) allows players to groove to tunes by artists like Lady Gaga, No Doubt, M.I.A., and more.
InformationWeek Elite 100Our data shows these innovators using digital technology in two key areas: providing better products and cutting costs. Almost half of them expect to introduce a new IT-led product this year, and 46% are using technology to make business processes more efficient.
The UC Infrastructure TrapWorries about subpar networks tanking unified communications programs could be valid: Thirty-one percent of respondents have rolled capabilities out to less than 10% of users vs. 21% delivering UC to 76% or more. Is low uptake a result of strained infrastructures delivering poor performance?
Top IT Trends to Watch in Financial ServicesIT pros at banks, investment houses, insurance companies, and other financial services organizations are focused on a range of issues, from peer-to-peer lending to cybersecurity to performance, agility, and compliance. It all matters.
Join us for a roundup of the top stories on InformationWeek.com for the week of October 9, 2016. We'll be talking with the InformationWeek.com editors and correspondents who brought you the top stories of the week to get the "story behind the story."


text:
Apart from having them look after children and the elderly, Singapore families also rely on maids to keep their homes spick and span and to cook meals.
Even after the children have grown up or the elderly parents have died, many households still retain their maids.
How can they be weaned off the need for helpers, or at least make more efficient use of them?
Using services like food catering and cleaning is one possibility.
Ms Angie Koh, director of Amahs On Wheels, a cleaning service that started in 1999, says: "There are many dual-income families with children who are grown up.
"Having a live-in helper does not really make sense for them. All they want is to come home to a clean house and ironed clothes, and we take care of that. We clean and we go."
There are more than 20 house-cleaning services in Singapore. Ms Koh's firm charges around $90 a cleaning session for a four-room flat in its once-a-week package.
More than 30 companies offer catered home meals. Most require customers to purchase daily meal packages for 10 to 20 days.
Food is delivered to their homes in tiffin carriers or plastic boxes.
Ms Agnes Tam, general manager of Hong Choo Catering Service, says: "Our service for meals at home has seen around a 50 per cent increase in demand compared with the last three or four years."
According to Ms Tam, many families use the service even though they have maids.
"The family can get tired of eating the same kind of food every day, or the food the helper cooks may not suit their taste," she says.
Today, many household items have also tapped technology to lessen the burden of housekeeping.
Take robotic vacuum cleaners.
With inbuilt sensors, these automatic cleaners navigate obstacles in the house while picking up dirt.
Smart refrigerators and ovens can remind owners to stock up on items, display recipes and tell them when the food is ready.
Pet owners can use automatic pet feeders, which allow their animals to take the right amount of food on time without human supervision.
RELAX MAID REGULATIONS?
Now, a maid can work only at the residential address stated in her work permit. She is not allowed to take on any part-time work.
But some employers argue that such a system is not an efficient use of manpower. Despite the penalties, a black market of moonlighting maids exists.
An educator in her 50s, who hires her sister's Indonesian maid to clean her house once a week for $40 to $50 each time, says: "Both my sister and I live with just our husbands as the kids have moved out.
"So her maid has a lot less to tidy up now, and fewer people to cook for. Plus she knows me, so why can't she help?
"I understand it's about protecting the helpers, but couldn't contracts be expanded to include multiple families?"
Royanne Ng and Rachel Au-Yong


text:
Study: Global recorded music revenues now $17.4b, annual growth rate of 8.5%, indie sector now $4.8 billion
2017 was a stellar year for the recorded music business, according to figures by Midia Research.
The global recorded music industry grew by US$1.4 billion to be now worth $17.4 billion in 2017 in trade values.
This follows its $1 billion growth in 2016.
Current figures means that the biz has almost reached 2008 levels ($17.7 billion).
With Midia Research estimating growth at 8.5% a year, the losses of much of the last ten years of decline are now extinguished.
The figures also showed that the independent sector is growing – and so too is that sector made up of artists who release their music directly to fans on platforms.
The recorded music biz’s growth was fuelled by streaming: its growth by 39% year-on-year meant that streaming grew a remarkable $2.1 billion to a current total of $7.4 billion.
Streaming now represents 43% of all revenues.
Its rapid escalation more than compensates for the $783 million (or minus 10%) loss as physical and download formats continued to decline.
Universal Music remains the largest record label in the world, with a 29.7% revenue share amount to $5.1 billion.
Sony Music was second with a 22.1% share equating to $3.6 billion.
Warner Music, on third, had the largest growth to a 18% share, and reaching $3.1 billion.
Independent artists and labels collectively generated $4.8 billion, and now account for 27.6% of the global market.
But Midia founder Mark Mulligan is at pains to point out that these figures ate based on distribution revenues, not on ownership as indie groups as AIM or AIR do.
Mulligan said, “Much additional independent sector growth was absorbed by revenue that flowed through digital distribution companies owned by major record labels that were thus reported in major label accounts.”
An interesting aspect of the figures is that artists who decide not to release their music through labels, majors or indies, are finding success.
These are the artists who released their music directly to fans via platforms such as Believe Digital’s Tunecore, CD Baby and Bandcamp.
These grew 27.2% year on year, from $371 million in 2016 to $472 million in 2017.
They represented 2.7% in revenue: not enough to suggest that labels are in danger of becoming obsolete, but enough to show that the do-it-yourself route is being seen as a viable option in the current digital landscape where all rules are being broken and career moves are more diversified than ever.
Said Mulligan: “Up until now, this section of the market has been left out of measures of the global recorded music market.
“With nearly half a billion dollars of revenue in 2017 and growing far faster than the traditional companies, this sector is simply too large to ignore anymore.”


text:
Well, I’ll be hog-tied. Ya know that e-mail from Pryor I spoke of? It might just be a good thing. Help me find the flaw, 'cuz he’s a liberal, and I just don’t trust them folk. Here goes:
In a February 2nd article titled “Pryor debuts bill to spur business investment,” Stephens News Media discussed how the legislation could create jobs and grow small businesses in Arkansas:
"Could a proposed new tax break help create the next J.B. Hunt Transport Inc.?
"U.S. Sen. Mark Pryor, D-Ark., introduced legislation today to encourage early-stage venture capitalists to invest in small companies that have potential for significant economic growth and job creation.
"So-called ‘angel investors’ provide entrepreneurs with capital that cannot be met by traditional bank loans, often helping businesses overcome the ‘valley of death’ — the stage between start-up and profitability, Pryor said.
"His American Opportunity Act would provide a 25-percent federal income-tax credit for investments in qualified small businesses, including companies in the advanced manufacturing, aerospace, biotechnology, clean energy and transportation sectors.
"Under the measure, qualified small businesses could receive up to $2 million per year in tax credit-eligible cash equity investment, of which no more than $1 million could come from a single investor.
"The funding would stimulate an estimated $2 billion per year of new capital formation, according to the senator.
"Pryor cited concerns about declining angel investments due to the recession. He said tax incentives would lead to new growth and industries. In 2009, angel investments led to the creation of 250,000 new jobs, or about 5 percent of the new jobs created in the United States.
"‘American ingenuity will bring us out of our economic slump and help our nation regain a global competitive edge,’ Pryor said in a release. ‘My legislation fosters this growth by ensuring entrepreneurs have the capital and opportunity to succeed.’
"Pryor noted that J.B. Hunt received $25,000 from five poultry companies in 1961 to start a rice hull hauling business. Today, the $5 billion trucking company based in Lowell employs more than 14,000 workers.
“Last week, the Northwest Arkansas Council’s strategic plan cited a major need for start-up money to launch the next economic boon for the region.”
Now, while I realize that almost any good idea ought to be able to stand on its own, (which doesn’t neccessarily mean w/out a little help from a private invester), a tax BREAK for investors, might just be a good idea.
No, the “greenie” comments didn’t go by me. But what troubles me more is the part I emboldened.
What’s wrong with this idea.


text:
It does a lot more than just spin.
Apple wants to take even more control of the iPhone's destiny.
Don't miss out on anything.
Momseze gets the struggle.
Hey, I'm walking here!
Buyers are panicking that the dark-web marketplace Dream Market may already be compromised by law enforcement.
Facebook is calling.
Sleeping comfortably is just a click away.
About damn time.
Here's one way to show your devotion to an employer.
It's almost too good to be true.
Buffering wheel no more.
Mixing AI into mixed reality.
Copper is the new gold?
Don't miss out.
GM wants developers to test drive their apps even earlier.
Pour one out for YouTube's clunky editing tools.
Using a drone in the UK just got a little tougher for pranksters and careless users.
This wearable doesn't just vibrate, it shocks.
The future is bendy.
Google needs a new cash cow.
Microsoft Paint is fading.
You saw it in 'Minority Report,' but this is real now.
Yet another messenger to adopt the Snapchat feature.
You didn't know you wanted augmented reality on the iPhone, but this video will convince you that it's vital.
How and why a simple anonymous messaging app got to number.
Witness the future of home decorating, brought to you by Apple's ARKit.
Enter to win!
The company confirmed it's capping video-download speeds for some customers.


text:
Blog: Drinks makers toast thirst for luxury
Chris Mercer | 19 October 2011
Like retired colonels sipping Champagne on the deck of the sinking Titanic, there are plenty of consumers around the world who still very much have a taste for luxury.
If you're going down then you may as well go down in style. Sales results from Moet Hennessy and, to a lesser extent, Diageo have shown this week that plenty of consumers around the world still have a taste for premium spirits and Champagne.
A large proportion of those consumers may be in the so-called emerging markets, be it expensive Cognac lovers in China or Russians with a refreshed economy and a wallet bulging for bling. However, the US spirits market also appears to have continued its upward momentum in 2011.
Diageo said today (19 October) that spirits drove its net sales in North America up by 5% for the first quarter of its fiscal year, to the end of September, even though its volume sales slipped by 2%.
Will it last? Diageo's CEO, Paul Walsh, was careful to highlight that the company is "alert to any impact which the fragile global economy may have on trading patterns". Moet Hennessy, meanwhile, saw its momentum slow slightly from the first half of 2011 to the third quarter.
Some markets are clearly in trouble, particularly those in southern Europe. There does, though, seem to be a hardcore of consumers who are intent on carrying on regardless of the gathering global economic storm clouds.
The Coca-Cola Co has had its fair share of critics this year, from health campaigners to investor David Winters, who this week called for CEO Muhtar Kent to be replaced....
The UK health lobby is always very vocal on alcohol at this time of year, predictably so, and this year is no different. ...
“Ah, yes, you've hit upon a very sensitive area,” says Thomas, my guide at the Carlsberg Brewery in Copenhagen last Friday....
Experimentation has long been a watchword in the Scotch whisky industry. It is what has given consumers the huge range of ageing options, from refill hogsheads to virgin oak to Sherry butts....
- Review of the Year 2014 - Part IV: Spirits
- Cuba-US Normalisation: Bacardi, Pernod Winners?
- Review of the Year 2014 - Part V: Wine
- just Five Years Ago - Belvedere Group's Bumpy Ride
- just the Ten - Editor's Viewpoints of 2014
- Belvédère to sell assets, streamline portfolio
- Campari to bag EUR19m with "non-core" assets sale
- Pernod agrees Caribe Cooler sale to Grupo Bepensa
- Pernod wins consent for Glenlivet upgrade
- Thailand pulls back from New Year alcohol ban


text:
Angelina County Crash
Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) ...
Thu, 19 Jun 2014 10:40:05 +0000
(CHICAGO) -- The Food and Drug Administration is undertaking steps to regulate the sale of e-cigarettes although it could be years before the rules are implemented.
One of the huge tasks the FDA faces is how it will control the promotion of this product on social media sites.
Judging by a new study out of the University of Illinois at Chicago, the government has its work cut out for it.
Through unique statistical methodology and the use of keywords over a two-month span in 2012, the researchers found 70,000 tweets alone that mentioned e-cigarettes.
What’s significant is that for every consumer opinion about these smokeless devices, there were nine commercial tweets, nearly all of which provided links to websites. What’s more, a third of the commercial tweets offered coupons or discounts for a product while just over ten percent had to do with smoking cessation.
There are more than 250 brands of e-cigarettes and an estimated four million Americans use them, according to the Tobacco Vapor Electronic Cigarette Association.
Copyright 2014 ABC News Radio
© 2017 Tomlinson-Leis Communications L.P.


text:
The South Korean government aims to impose additional regulations to cryptocurrency exchanges, including identity requirements.
In the wake of the Youbit hack in early December, government officials have performed onsite inspections of all the major cryptocurrency exchanges in South Korea. Regulators concluded that security measures were inadequate, and announced on Thursday that additional measures will be put in place, including an end to anonymous cryptocurrency trading accounts.
Private exchanges are still account for low volume
While regulations on exchanges make anonymity increasingly difficult, a number of alternatives exist for traders seeking to maintain their privacy. However, at present activity is relatively low across these platforms. Accounting purely for Bitcoin due to a lack of available data for the rest of the market, LocalBitcoins accounted for about $134 million in peer-to-peer trades this last week. Paxful, which allows some private options for buying such as Western Union and Amazon gift cards, accounted for about $9.88 million. Finally, peer-to-peer cryptocurrency trading client Bisq, the most decentralized option available, amounted to only $587,000. Altogether that makes about $144.4 million for the week.
Meanwhile, across centralized exchanges, Bitcoin counted over $12 billion in 24-hour volume, compared to decentralized exchanges approximately $20.6 million. This means that decentralized and private means of acquiring Bitcoin only amount to 0.17% of total volume.
Dash’s private buying economy is still small, but multiple options exist
The peer-to-peer trading economy is relatively underdeveloped, and that tends to ring even more true as it extends to newer coins. While Dash is still predominantly traded on larger centralized exchanges, a wide variety of peer-to-peer, decentralized, and private options remain. Dashous, DashNearby, and LiberalCoins, while currently low in volume, offer options to buy and sell Dash peer-to-peer. Wall of Coins, likely the most used of all options, allows a more streamlined experience for peer-to-peer buying and selling through a simplified escrow system. Finally, trading client Bisq also supports Dash as a base currency.


text:
Windows 11 installation was cleared on October 4, a day before Microsoft’s designated date for the update. Since then, users have had the opportunity to download and install the Windows 11 update on their computers and try out the new design and features introduced by Microsoft.
However, while many users have upgraded to Windows 11, others are waiting cautiously for bugs and issues to show up, which is common with newly released software. Users are now reporting a bug while installing Windows 11, even though they have compatible hardware.
The user reports were spotted by Windows Latest after a user on Reddit stated that they encountered an error while installing Windows 11. According to the user, “Error code 0x8007007f” would keep occurring “at around 71 percent” while installing Windows 11.
It looks like they weren’t the only one as many other users also responded to the post claiming they have encountered the same issue. What is worth mentioning is that users have been reporting the issue even though their hardware meets Microsoft’s minimum requirements.
While this bug does not affect all users (we had no issues while upgrading to Windows 11 using the Windows 11 Installation Assistant) there is a possibility that the Windows 11 installer might be encountering a bug with a specific kind of hardware, or it could be due to lack of storage space.
- Scratch Disks are Full: Fix Photoshop Scratch Disk Full
- [SOLVED] “This Site Can’t Be Reached” – Fix It Completely
In the meanwhile, the report states that some users who encountered the issue claim they were able to solve the issue themselves by rebooting their systems and then running the Installation Assistant in admin mode.
Users can also try downloading the Windows 11 ISO from Microsoft’s website and run the setup file from the image to install Windows 11, according to the report.


text:
|By Marketwired .||
|November 6, 2012 06:00 AM EST||
SAN FRANCISCO, CA -- (Marketwire) -- 11/06/12 -- Sitecore, a leading web content management and customer experience management software company, today announced availability of a new version of its Content Management System software (CMS).
Sitecore CMS 6.6 offers enhanced mobile support to build engaging mobile web interactions and applications, advanced targeting and segmentation of customers, and a premier development environment with native Model View Controller (MVC) support. These new features provide greater flexibility to quickly create personalized customer experiences.
"The latest version of our software provides the tools that developers and marketers require to consistently and continuously engage with customers through any interaction channel," said Darren Guarnaccia, senior vice president, product marketing, Sitecore. "We have enabled our developer community to work with the latest development technologies while offering marketers enhanced ways to use customer behavior data to better segment and target marketing campaigns. The result for businesses is a consistent, engaging customer experience that helps create customers for life."
Catering to the Small Screen
According to a February 2012 Forrester Research, Inc., blog entitled "Mobile Internet Users Will Soon Surpass PC Internet Users Globally," more than half of the world's population owns at least one mobile device and the global penetration of mobile Internet users will exceed that of PC-based Internet users in 2016.
Businesses need a way to understand how website and marketing campaign content and offers will appear on the multitude of devices in use including iPhone, Android and Windows smartphones. Sitecore's device simulator shows marketers how content will appear on mobile devices and in different browsers. It provides an accurate view, via screenshots, on how the website will display using the browsers and devices selected.
In addition, Sitecore mobile software developer's kit (SDK) facilitates the development of native mobile applications and supports Apple's iOS platform. The embedded browser allows marketers to leverage their Sitecore powered content, while tapping the powerful user experience of native mobile applications.
Premier Development Approach
Sitecore now offers native support for ASP.NET MVC to complement its existing support for web forms based architectures. By natively supporting both in its platform and allowing use interchangeably, customers have the flexibility to use the right approach for any task while achieving all the modern development benefits of using MVC design patterns.
ASP.NET MVC includes many features that enable fast development for creating sophisticated applications that use the latest web standards and Sitecore customers can start to incorporate these new capabilities without extensive site redevelopment or migration.
Advanced Targeting for Multichannel Campaigns
Marketers are often challenged with targeting campaigns to segments of their audience for better engagement. With CMS 6.6 marketers can create a list of visitors that match certain criteria by defining one or more conditions to define a segment. Segments allow for dynamic evaluation rather than having a static list of visitors, and can be built from both demographic and behavioral data. Segments can also be built from both demographic information as well as behavioral data. Marketers do not need to be CRM experts to target campaigns to specific audiences and segments can be built on any of the web, email or CRM details that have taken place.
Follow @Sitecore on Twitter to join the conversation.
Sitecore is a global software company that creates products to deliver the most relevant experience and content to customers at any moment of interaction and via any communications channel -- the web, email, mobile, social and offline. Our customer experience management platform combines proven web content management with customer intelligence to create a single view of a customer that drives meaningful interactions, increases conversions and builds lifetime customers. Global brands, including American Express, Carnival Cruise Lines, easyJet, Heineken, LEGO, Microsoft, and Nestle rely on Sitecore to get and keep loyal customers who engage more and drive revenue growth.
In his session at @ThingsExpo, Kausik Sridharabalan, founder and CTO of Pulzze Systems, Inc., will focus on key challenges in building an Internet of Things solution infrastructure. He will shed light on efficient ways of defining interactions within IoT solutions, leading to cost and time reduction. He will also introduce ways to handle data and how one can develop IoT solutions that are lean, flexible and configurable, thus making IoT infrastructure agile and scalable.
Sep. 30, 2016 02:15 AM EDT Reads: 1,635
SYS-CON Events announced today that Numerex Corp, a leading provider of managed enterprise solutions enabling the Internet of Things (IoT), will exhibit at the 19th International Cloud Expo | @ThingsExpo, which will take place on November 1–3, 2016, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA. Numerex Corp. (NASDAQ:NMRX) is a leading provider of managed enterprise solutions enabling the Internet of Things (IoT). The Company's solutions produce new revenue streams or create operating...
Sep. 30, 2016 02:00 AM EDT Reads: 2,077
In his general session at 18th Cloud Expo, Lee Atchison, Principal Cloud Architect and Advocate at New Relic, discussed cloud as a ‘better data center’ and how it adds new capacity (faster) and improves application availability (redundancy). The cloud is a ‘Dynamic Tool for Dynamic Apps’ and resource allocation is an integral part of your application architecture, so use only the resources you need and allocate /de-allocate resources on the fly.
Sep. 30, 2016 12:45 AM EDT Reads: 2,975
IoT is fundamentally transforming the auto industry, turning the vehicle into a hub for connected services, including safety, infotainment and usage-based insurance. Auto manufacturers – and businesses across all verticals – have built an entire ecosystem around the Connected Car, creating new customer touch points and revenue streams. In his session at @ThingsExpo, Macario Namie, Head of IoT Strategy at Cisco Jasper, will share real-world examples of how IoT transforms the car from a static p...
Sep. 30, 2016 12:00 AM EDT Reads: 1,675
Fifty billion connected devices and still no winning protocols standards. HTTP, WebSockets, MQTT, and CoAP seem to be leading in the IoT protocol race at the moment but many more protocols are getting introduced on a regular basis. Each protocol has its pros and cons depending on the nature of the communications. Does there really need to be only one protocol to rule them all? Of course not. In his session at @ThingsExpo, Chris Matthieu, co-founder and CTO of Octoblu, walk you through how Oct...
Sep. 30, 2016 12:00 AM EDT Reads: 2,378
Web Real-Time Communication APIs have quickly revolutionized what browsers are capable of. In addition to video and audio streams, we can now bi-directionally send arbitrary data over WebRTC's PeerConnection Data Channels. With the advent of Progressive Web Apps and new hardware APIs such as WebBluetooh and WebUSB, we can finally enable users to stitch together the Internet of Things directly from their browsers while communicating privately and securely in a decentralized way.
Sep. 29, 2016 11:30 PM EDT Reads: 1,212
"My role is working with customers, helping them go through this digital transformation. I spend a lot of time talking to banks, big industries, manufacturers working through how they are integrating and transforming their IT platforms and moving them forward," explained William Morrish, General Manager Product Sales at Interoute, in this SYS-CON.tv interview at 18th Cloud Expo, held June 7-9, 2016, at the Javits Center in New York City, NY.
Sep. 29, 2016 10:30 PM EDT Reads: 4,058
The Internet of Things can drive efficiency for airlines and airports. In their session at @ThingsExpo, Shyam Varan Nath, Principal Architect with GE, and Sudip Majumder, senior director of development at Oracle, will discuss the technical details of the connected airline baggage and related social media solutions. These IoT applications will enhance travelers' journey experience and drive efficiency for the airlines and the airports. The session will include a working demo and a technical d...
Sep. 29, 2016 10:00 PM EDT Reads: 1,814
Why do your mobile transformations need to happen today? Mobile is the strategy that enterprise transformation centers on to drive customer engagement. In his general session at @ThingsExpo, Roger Woods, Director, Mobile Product & Strategy – Adobe Marketing Cloud, covered key IoT and mobile trends that are forcing mobile transformation, key components of a solid mobile strategy and explored how brands are effectively driving mobile change throughout the enterprise.
Sep. 29, 2016 08:45 PM EDT Reads: 2,223
Developing software for the Internet of Things (IoT) comes with its own set of challenges. Security, privacy, and unified standards are a few key issues. In addition, each IoT product is comprised of (at least) three separate application components: the software embedded in the device, the back-end service, and the mobile application for the end user’s controls. Each component is developed by a different team, using different technologies and practices, and deployed to a different stack/target –...
Sep. 29, 2016 08:45 PM EDT Reads: 1,555
Identity is in everything and customers are looking to their providers to ensure the security of their identities, transactions and data. With the increased reliance on cloud-based services, service providers must build security and trust into their offerings, adding value to customers and improving the user experience. Making identity, security and privacy easy for customers provides a unique advantage over the competition.
Sep. 29, 2016 06:15 PM EDT Reads: 3,727
SYS-CON Events announced today that Commvault, a global leader in enterprise data protection and information management, has been named “Bronze Sponsor” of SYS-CON's 19th International Cloud Expo, which will take place on November 1–3, 2016, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA. Commvault is a leading provider of data protection and information management solutions, helping companies worldwide activate their data to drive more value and business insight and to transform moder...
Sep. 29, 2016 05:15 PM EDT Reads: 2,863
SYS-CON Events has announced today that Roger Strukhoff has been named conference chair of Cloud Expo and @ThingsExpo 2016 Silicon Valley. The 19th Cloud Expo and 6th @ThingsExpo will take place on November 1-3, 2016, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA. "The Internet of Things brings trillions of dollars of opportunity to developers and enterprise IT, no matter how you measure it," stated Roger Strukhoff. "More importantly, it leverages the power of devices and the Interne...
Sep. 29, 2016 04:45 PM EDT Reads: 3,478
Personalization has long been the holy grail of marketing. Simply stated, communicate the most relevant offer to the right person and you will increase sales. To achieve this, you must understand the individual. Consequently, digital marketers developed many ways to gather and leverage customer information to deliver targeted experiences. In his session at @ThingsExpo, Lou Casal, Founder and Principal Consultant at Practicala, discussed how the Internet of Things (IoT) has accelerated our abil...
Sep. 29, 2016 04:45 PM EDT Reads: 2,807
Digital innovation is the next big wave of business transformation based on digital technologies of which IoT and Big Data are key components, For example: Business boundary innovation is a challenge to excavate third-party business value using IoT and BigData, like Nest Business structure innovation may propose re-building business structure from scratch, as Uber does in the taxicab industry The social model innovation is also a big challenge to the new social architecture with the design fr...
Sep. 29, 2016 04:30 PM EDT Reads: 1,353
If you had a chance to enter on the ground level of the largest e-commerce market in the world – would you? China is the world’s most populated country with the second largest economy and the world’s fastest growing market. It is estimated that by 2018 the Chinese market will be reaching over $30 billion in gaming revenue alone. Admittedly for a foreign company, doing business in China can be challenging. Often changing laws, administrative regulations and the often inscrutable Chinese Interne...
Sep. 29, 2016 04:00 PM EDT Reads: 493
Data is an unusual currency; it is not restricted by the same transactional limitations as money or people. In fact, the more that you leverage your data across multiple business use cases, the more valuable it becomes to the organization. And the same can be said about the organization’s analytics. In his session at 19th Cloud Expo, Bill Schmarzo, CTO for the Big Data Practice at EMC, will introduce a methodology for capturing, enriching and sharing data (and analytics) across the organizati...
Sep. 29, 2016 03:15 PM EDT Reads: 1,801
SYS-CON Events announced today that Bsquare has been named “Silver Sponsor” of SYS-CON's @ThingsExpo, which will take place on November 1–3, 2016, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA. For more than two decades, Bsquare has helped its customers extract business value from a broad array of physical assets by making them intelligent, connecting them, and using the data they generate to optimize business processes.
Sep. 29, 2016 03:00 PM EDT Reads: 2,981
Internet of @ThingsExpo has announced today that Chris Matthieu has been named tech chair of Internet of @ThingsExpo 2016 Silicon Valley. The 6thInternet of @ThingsExpo will take place on November 1–3, 2016, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA.
Sep. 29, 2016 03:00 PM EDT Reads: 2,873
Cloud computing is being adopted in one form or another by 94% of enterprises today. Tens of billions of new devices are being connected to The Internet of Things. And Big Data is driving this bus. An exponential increase is expected in the amount of information being processed, managed, analyzed, and acted upon by enterprise IT. This amazing is not part of some distant future - it is happening today. One report shows a 650% increase in enterprise data by 2020. Other estimates are even higher....
Sep. 29, 2016 02:00 PM EDT Reads: 4,212


text:
Oppo has announced a new variant for its R11s smartphone. Dubbed New Year Anniversary Edition, the model is being released to commemorate the upcoming new year.
Based on the red R11s, it has a gold rim border on the rear camera setup and golden logo. There’s also a small golden dot near the bottom. Specs and pricing should remain same. No exact information on availability yet.


text:
Cinema City: new project in Romania
- The Cinema City International N.V. group (“Cinema City”) has signed another lease for space in a new shopping mall in Iaşi, one of the largest cities in Romania. The opening of the 10-screen (2,000 seat) multiplex is planned for November 2008.
- This is Cinema City’s 9th project so far in Romania, and the 6th lease signed since the beginning of this year. The Company’s first two multiplexes in the country will open by the end of 2007.
The long-term lease agreement (10 years with an option to renew for three additional 5-year terms) was signed by a Romanian subsidiary of Cinema City and S.C. Ermes Holding SRL. The Company’s multiplex will be located in a new shopping mall, ERA Shopping Park, in the city of Iaşi, Romania (one of the country’s largest cities, with a population of about 320,000). Cinema City will have two multiplexes in Iaşi. The Company previously signed a similar agreement with the firm Iulius Mall, the largest developer on the local shopping mall market.
“Our interest in investing in Romania is based on the very strong prospects for the cinema market there,” said Moshe J. Greidinger, CEO of Cinema City, the largest multiplex cinema operator in Central & Eastern Europe and in Israel.
“When we open the multiplexes for which we have already signed leases in specific shopping malls, we will be the clear leader on this market.”
The great potential of this market is demonstrated by the fact that 0.13 cinema tickets per capita were sold in Romania in 2006. By comparison, the figure in Poland was about 0.84 tickets, while the European Union average is about 2.5.
Cinema City’s multiplexes in Romania will be located in all the largest cities: Bucharest, Craiova, Bacău, Iaşi, Timişoara and Cluj.


text:
|By Business Wire||
|December 19, 2012 03:42 PM EST||
ConvenientPower and PLDS today announced the launch of wireless charging technology into the automotive market as the Toyota 2013 Avalon Limited debuts in the United States. The Toyota Avalon Limited will be the first car available in the world that offers in-console Qi wireless charging for Qi – enabled mobile phones and devices as part of a Technology Package.
2013 Toyota Avalon Limited equipped with in-console Qi wireless charging (Photo: Business Wire)
Qi is the global standard for wireless power and charging. With Qi, devices are charged just by placing them on, or near, any Qi-enabled surface. Any Qi-enabled device works with any Qi charger, regardless of brand or manufacturer, making charging simple and convenient.
“Pioneering the ability to charge with no wires, no connectors by simply dropping devices in the car console is a simplicity which reflects Toyota’s continuing innovation to improve the consumer experience. We see wireless charging as an important feature that helps enhance the high technology theme and consumer interface offered by Avalon Limited which is already equipped with three TFT color screens and Intellitouch controls,” said Randy Stephens, Chief Engineer of Avalon.
Part of Avalon Limited’s Technology Package and integrated by DENSO, the wireless charging technology by ConvenientPower and PLDS marks a new milestone in advancing the technology beyond consumer electronics into new infrastructure such as cars in the market.
“Wireless battery charging is more than just replacing the power supply. As wireless charging is integrated into more and more devices, a new ecosystem of compatible and connector-free charging areas become compelling for a uniquely seamless user experience in infotainment. Cars are a new and progressive dimension in such wireless ecosystems,” said Camille Tang, President, ConvenientPower. “We are excited with the accelerated rollout of wireless charging technology through our automotive sector partnership with PLDS.”
PLDS with their broad and long-lasting experience in the automotive business have co-worked with ConvenientPower to implement the latest and most reliable wireless charging technology into the automotive environment.
“We have succeeded in bringing wireless charging technology up to automotive speed,” said Stefan Graf, Director Marketing & New Technology at PLDS. “After having invested much effort in order to develop a module that fulfills the automotive specifications such as EMC, temperature, and stress tests we are proud to contribute to the first wireless charging in-line product on the market.”
Car production worldwide is projected to be 80 million units in 2012, growing 11% from 2011*. Toyota’s new flagship sedan, the 2013 Avalon, is expected to sell about 70,000 units in its first year.
Qi wireless charging is now in 32 mobile phones worldwide – Qi integrated, Qi ready, including recent launches of the LG Google Nexus 4, Nokia Lumia 920, HTC Windows Phone 8X. Qi-certified products range from smartphones to charging pads, gaming controllers, Blu-ray Disc recorders, smartphone docking speakers, automobile phone chargers, alarm clocks and battery packs, to charging modules that can be installed in tabletops and furniture.
The wireless power market is growing rapidly, with a projected 58 percent CAGR from US $457 million in 2011 to US $7.161 billion in 2017.1
ConvenientPower and PLDS introduced the first ‘freedom of positioning’ wireless charging automotive module in January 2012. Technology features making their design particularly suited for the car environment are:
- Robust reliable charging – Freedom of positioning allows a device to reliably charge regardless of the position, direction in which the device is placed – particularly important in the car environment with vibration, jolts and motion.
- Energy efficiency – Qi power efficiency is typically 70% in contrast to solutions where efficiency can be lower than 40% depending on the distance of the power transfer. With longer transmission distances, efficiency can drop significantly. To maintain acceptable charging rates at longer distances, more power must be supplied. This becomes an issue in automobiles, where even small additional power consumption can negatively impact fuel efficiency.
- Safety – Innovative Foreign Object Detection works with any power receiver to cease charging if metal objects like paper clips, coins and foil wrappers are detected as a safety hazard.
- Universal charging, Qi backwards compatibility – The ability to charge a wide range of devices regardless of brand, manufacturer or type of device is key for infrastructure like cars where diversity of user devices is high and backwards compatibility of the Qi standard maintains seamless charging experiences even as the Qi standard evolves and innovates.
ConvenientPower is a global leader and innovator in wireless power charging intellectual property and productization. It co-architected "Qi," the world's universal standard for compatible wireless charging, co-founded the industry's Wireless Power Consortium and has been pioneering the world's first Qi wireless power products with partners in key markets of the USA, Japan, China and Europe. ConvenientPower Group is headquartered in Hong Kong and additional information can be found at www.convenientpower.com
Philips & Lite-On Digital Solutions (PLDS) is one of the world’s leading companies for automotive infotainment, supplying CD and DVD drives as well as so-called virtual CD changers for car radios, navigation systems, rear seat entertainment systems and multimedia units in the vehicle. PLDS can look back on more than five decades of experience in the automotive infotainment industry. Today, Business Unit Automotive of the joint venture Philips & Lite-On Digital Solutions has more than 800 employees worldwide and supports customers at several subsidiaries throughout the globe, with a powerful Research & Development Center in Germany. Following the success of optical disc drive production PLDS has been developing and manufacturing new products in the areas of automotive wireless charging, car-connectivity, and head up displays.
1 “Wireless Charging Market” research report, Markets and Markets, May 2012, http://s.tt/1b8TC
Adobe is changing the world though digital experiences. Adobe helps customers develop and deliver high-impact experiences that differentiate brands, build loyalty, and drive revenue across every screen, including smartphones, computers, tablets and TVs. Adobe content solutions are used daily by millions of companies worldwide-from publishers and broadcasters, to enterprises, marketing agencies and household-name brands. Building on its established design leadership, Adobe enables customers not o...
Sep. 30, 2016 07:30 AM EDT
Everyone knows that truly innovative companies learn as they go along, pushing boundaries in response to market changes and demands. What's more of a mystery is how to balance innovation on a fresh platform built from scratch with the legacy tech stack, product suite and customers that continue to serve as the business' foundation. In his General Session at 19th Cloud Expo, Michael Chambliss, Head of Engineering at ReadyTalk, will discuss why and how ReadyTalk diverted from healthy revenue an...
Sep. 30, 2016 07:15 AM EDT Reads: 2,237
Cognitive Computing is becoming the foundation for a new generation of solutions that have the potential to transform business. Unlike traditional approaches to building solutions, a cognitive computing approach allows the data to help determine the way applications are designed. This contrasts with conventional software development that begins with defining logic based on the current way a business operates. In her session at 18th Cloud Expo, Judith S. Hurwitz, President and CEO of Hurwitz & ...
Sep. 30, 2016 07:15 AM EDT Reads: 3,264
The Internet of Things will challenge the status quo of how IT and development organizations operate. Or will it? Certainly the fog layer of IoT requires special insights about data ontology, security and transactional integrity. But the developmental challenges are the same: People, Process and Platform and how we integrate our thinking to solve complicated problems. In his session at 19th Cloud Expo, Craig Sproule, CEO of Metavine, will demonstrate how to move beyond today's coding paradigm ...
Sep. 30, 2016 07:00 AM EDT Reads: 3,463
The Transparent Cloud-computing Consortium (abbreviation: T-Cloud Consortium) will conduct research activities into changes in the computing model as a result of collaboration between "device" and "cloud" and the creation of new value and markets through organic data processing High speed and high quality networks, and dramatic improvements in computer processing capabilities, have greatly changed the nature of applications and made the storing and processing of data on the network commonplace.
Sep. 30, 2016 06:00 AM EDT Reads: 1,259
Digital transformation is too big and important for our future success to not understand the rules that apply to it. The first three rules for winning in this age of hyper-digital transformation are: Advantages in speed, analytics and operational tempos must be captured by implementing an optimized information logistics system (OILS) Real-time operational tempos (IT, people and business processes) must be achieved Businesses that can "analyze data and act and with speed" will dominate those t...
Sep. 30, 2016 05:30 AM EDT Reads: 1,280
Almost two-thirds of companies either have or soon will have IoT as the backbone of their business in 2016. However, IoT is far more complex than most firms expected. How can you not get trapped in the pitfalls? In his session at @ThingsExpo, Tony Shan, a renowned visionary and thought leader, will introduce a holistic method of IoTification, which is the process of IoTifying the existing technology and business models to adopt and leverage IoT. He will drill down to the components in this fra...
Sep. 30, 2016 05:00 AM EDT Reads: 1,881
As ridesharing competitors and enhanced services increase, notable changes are occurring in the transportation model. Despite the cost-effective means and flexibility of ridesharing, both drivers and users will need to be aware of the connected environment and how it will impact the ridesharing experience. In his session at @ThingsExpo, Timothy Evavold, Executive Director Automotive at Covisint, will discuss key challenges and solutions to powering a ride sharing and/or multimodal model in the a...
Sep. 30, 2016 04:45 AM EDT Reads: 672
Internet of @ThingsExpo, taking place November 1-3, 2016, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA, is co-located with the 19th International Cloud Expo and will feature technical sessions from a rock star conference faculty and the leading industry players in the world and ThingsExpo Silicon Valley Call for Papers is now open.
Sep. 30, 2016 04:45 AM EDT Reads: 4,718
I'm a lonely sensor. I spend all day telling the world how I'm feeling, but none of the other sensors seem to care. I want to be connected. I want to build relationships with other sensors to be more useful for my human. I want my human to understand that when my friends next door are too hot for a while, I'll soon be flaming. And when all my friends go outside without me, I may be left behind. Don't just log my data; use the relationship graph. In his session at @ThingsExpo, Ryan Boyd, Engi...
Sep. 30, 2016 04:45 AM EDT Reads: 1,409
SYS-CON Events announced today that Pulzze Systems will exhibit at the 19th International Cloud Expo, which will take place on November 1–3, 2016, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA. Pulzze Systems, Inc. provides infrastructure products for the Internet of Things to enable any connected device and system to carry out matched operations without programming. For more information, visit http://www.pulzzesystems.com.
Sep. 30, 2016 04:30 AM EDT Reads: 1,924
Why do your mobile transformations need to happen today? Mobile is the strategy that enterprise transformation centers on to drive customer engagement. In his general session at @ThingsExpo, Roger Woods, Director, Mobile Product & Strategy – Adobe Marketing Cloud, covered key IoT and mobile trends that are forcing mobile transformation, key components of a solid mobile strategy and explored how brands are effectively driving mobile change throughout the enterprise.
Sep. 30, 2016 03:45 AM EDT Reads: 2,242
SYS-CON Events announced today that ReadyTalk, a leading provider of online conferencing and webinar services, has been named Vendor Presentation Sponsor at the 19th International Cloud Expo, which will take place on November 1–3, 2016, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA. ReadyTalk delivers audio and web conferencing services that inspire collaboration and enable the Future of Work for today’s increasingly digital and mobile workforce. By combining intuitive, innovative tec...
Sep. 30, 2016 03:45 AM EDT Reads: 3,091
If you’re responsible for an application that depends on the data or functionality of various IoT endpoints – either sensors or devices – your brand reputation depends on the security, reliability, and compliance of its many integrated parts. If your application fails to deliver the expected business results, your customers and partners won't care if that failure stems from the code you developed or from a component that you integrated. What can you do to ensure that the endpoints work as expect...
Sep. 30, 2016 03:15 AM EDT Reads: 1,756
WebRTC adoption has generated a wave of creative uses of communications and collaboration through websites, sales apps, customer care and business applications. As WebRTC has become more mainstream it has evolved to use cases beyond the original peer-to-peer case, which has led to a repeating requirement for interoperability with existing infrastructures. In his session at @ThingsExpo, Graham Holt, Executive Vice President of Daitan Group, will cover implementation examples that have enabled ea...
Sep. 30, 2016 03:00 AM EDT Reads: 1,630
There is growing need for data-driven applications and the need for digital platforms to build these apps. In his session at 19th Cloud Expo, Muddu Sudhakar, VP and GM of Security & IoT at Splunk, will cover different PaaS solutions and Big Data platforms that are available to build applications. In addition, AI and machine learning are creating new requirements that developers need in the building of next-gen apps. The next-generation digital platforms have some of the past platform needs a...
Sep. 30, 2016 03:00 AM EDT Reads: 1,943
So, you bought into the current machine learning craze and went on to collect millions/billions of records from this promising new data source. Now, what do you do with them? Too often, the abundance of data quickly turns into an abundance of problems. How do you extract that "magic essence" from your data without falling into the common pitfalls? In her session at @ThingsExpo, Natalia Ponomareva, Software Engineer at Google, provided tips on how to be successful in large scale machine learning...
Sep. 30, 2016 02:45 AM EDT Reads: 2,457
In his session at @ThingsExpo, Kausik Sridharabalan, founder and CTO of Pulzze Systems, Inc., will focus on key challenges in building an Internet of Things solution infrastructure. He will shed light on efficient ways of defining interactions within IoT solutions, leading to cost and time reduction. He will also introduce ways to handle data and how one can develop IoT solutions that are lean, flexible and configurable, thus making IoT infrastructure agile and scalable.
Sep. 30, 2016 02:15 AM EDT Reads: 1,641
SYS-CON Events announced today that Numerex Corp, a leading provider of managed enterprise solutions enabling the Internet of Things (IoT), will exhibit at the 19th International Cloud Expo | @ThingsExpo, which will take place on November 1–3, 2016, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA. Numerex Corp. (NASDAQ:NMRX) is a leading provider of managed enterprise solutions enabling the Internet of Things (IoT). The Company's solutions produce new revenue streams or create operating...
Sep. 30, 2016 02:00 AM EDT Reads: 2,088
In his general session at 18th Cloud Expo, Lee Atchison, Principal Cloud Architect and Advocate at New Relic, discussed cloud as a ‘better data center’ and how it adds new capacity (faster) and improves application availability (redundancy). The cloud is a ‘Dynamic Tool for Dynamic Apps’ and resource allocation is an integral part of your application architecture, so use only the resources you need and allocate /de-allocate resources on the fly.
Sep. 30, 2016 12:45 AM EDT Reads: 2,990


text:
Edmonton, Canada- SplitFish AG  (SplitFish), the world’s premiere designer of PlayStation®3 first-person-shooter (FPS) console controllers, announced that it will be showing off its award-winning FragFX controller at Games Convention August 20-24, 2008 at the Leipziger Messe exhibition halls in Leipzig, Germany. Some of Europe’s best first person shooter gamers will be on hand at the booth offering tips and demonstrations of top PlayStation 3 games. Splitfish’s booth will be located in Hall 1, Booth #78H. Splitfish is inviting press and other attendees to schedule appointments with them during the show. Additionally, wholesalers are welcome at the Splitfish booth to pre-order the latest version of the FragFX.
Splitfish recently announced a partnership with LIVING PICTURE AG that would allow Splitfish access to Living Picture’s established worldwide distribution network and immediately provide financial and additional sales resources required to increase the SPLITFISH production capacity. SplitFish`s popular Playstation 3 controller, the FRAGFX, has a current backlog of orders in Europe and North America.
Since its initial launch in August 2007, SplitFish’s FragFX for the PS3 has received rave reviews from the media and consumers. The FragFX is a patent- pending two-piece combination motion stick and mouse, that provides gamers with pinpoint accuracy and unmatched control in action games, The FragFX controller received one of the highest review scores (9.1) to date from IGN Gear who called the FragFX “the best controller we have tested on the PS3”. SplitFish game team members later substantiated the FragFX superior performance abilities by gaining the #1 spot in the global leaderboards of the popular Playstation 3 game “Call of Duty 4”.


text:
Vivo’s V30 Pro Smartphone Spotted on the NBTC Database of Thailand
Vivo, the Chinese smartphone manufacturer, had recently teased the V30 and V30 Pro devices in Thailand and the launch date in the country is confirmed (28th February 2024). Two days after this update, the pro model of the V30 series has made it to the NBTC certification platform of Thailand.
Here’s more about it.
Vivo V30 Pro – NBTC Certification
The vanilla V30 model had already appeared on Thailand’s NBTC database last month in January 2024, and it is a month later that the V30 Pro smartphone has received this certification. On the NBTC platform, the smartphone has been listed with the model number – “V2319” (along with its moniker) and it has been certified with the certificate number of “B38108-24”. The listing also points that this device is a cellular mobile supporting 2G, 3G, 4G, and 5G network connectivity.
From what we now know, the V30 series of Vivo will possibly be comprising of four smartphone devices – the V30, V30 Pro, V30 Lite, and the V30e models. Of these, the V30 and V30 Lite devices have already been unveiled.
You may check out the expected specifications of the V30 Pro smartphone below.
Vivo V30 Pro – Expected Specifications
The expected specifications on the V30 Pro device include the MediaTek Dimensity 8200 chipset, Android 14 based Funtouch OS 14 custom skin, up to 12GB RAM, up to 512GB storage, 6.78″ curved-edge 1260 x 2800 pixels 120Hz AMOLED display, 50MP(main)+50MP(wide-angle)+50MP(telephoto) triple rear camera unit, 50MP selfie camera, 5000 mAh battery, and an 80W fast charge support.


text:
Tshepo Magoma, a South African researcher; Paz Bernaldo, a Chilean development practitioner, researcher and activist; and Subhashish Panigrahi, a digital storyteller, researcher, documentary filmmaker have been awarded this year’s Yoti Fellowship. The winners will spend a year working on local digital identity and identity-related issues in South Africa, Argentina and India.
Yoti launched their Fellowship Programme after research showed that the digital identity sector tends to begin with the technology and work its way down to the people who use it. Yoti received over 120 applications for the Programme from over 30 developing countries including Yemen, Mexico, India, Ethiopia, Philippines, Egypt and Cambodia.
Tshepo, Paz and Subhashish will commence their Fellowships on October 1. Subhashish will carry out focused multimedia research designed to amplify the challenges and opportunities within marginalized groups that are being - or going - to be affected most by Aadhaar, India's biometric-based digital identity system.
Applications for the 2020 Yoti Fellowship Programme will be open from next April.
For more information about Yoti's Social Purpose work go to https://www.yoti.com/social-purpose/ or download a copy of Yoti's Social Purpose Strategy here.
Most Read In 24 Hours
Don't MissView All
The minor's body was found beside Karimganj town bypass on S...
Nijjar, the chief of the banned Khalistan Tiger Force, was k...


text:
The Hanoitimes - Hanoitimes continues with the second part of Vietnam`s top 10 economic events that showed Vietnam`s strong efforts in global economic integration. 6/ Halt of ratification of special economic zone bill Illustrative photo. The draft law of the special administrative-economic zone (SEZ) was submitted to the fourth plenum of the National Assembly for review last October and supposed to be ratified in the fifth session in June. The draft law was expected to create breakthroughs in mechanisms and preferential incentives to boost economic development and investments in three SEZs in Van Don, Bac Van Phong and Phu Quoc in the context of growing global uncertainties, while safeguarding national security and sovereignty. However, it has stirred controversial opinions over the necessity of land leasing duration up to 99 years and tax incentives. This resulted in the National Assembly's decision to delay the voting on the draft law until a … [Read more...] about Vietnam’s top 10 economic events in 2018 (P.2)
S p services singapore
Vietjet launches Vietnam-Japan direct air serviceBy Le Anh Flight attendants and passengers on board Vietjet’s first direct flight from Hanoi to Osaka – PHOTO: VIETJET HCMC – Vietnam’s budget airline Vietjet on November 8 launched a direct air service connecting Hanoi City and Osaka (Japan), helping to boost tourism and trade between the two countries. Jeremy Goldstrich, corporate executive vice president and chief operating officer of Kansai Airports, where Vietjet made its debut flight from Hanoi to Osaka, said, “We are honored that Kansai Airport was chosen as Vietjet’s first destination in Japan from Hanoi and soon from HCMC. “Hanoi is an amazing city and is also the gateway to world-famous tourist destinations such as Halong Bay, Ninh Binh and Sapa,” Goldstrich noted, adding that Vietjet’s flights with affordable ticket fares would help more people travel between the two countries. Using A321neo aircraft, the … [Read more...] about Vietjet launches Vietnam-Japan direct air service
The Hanoitimes - Despite accounting for some 65 percent of Vietnam’s market share, foreign animal feed producers are continuously expanding production to further dominate the country’s fertile market. Vietnam’s animal feed market has attracted many foreign feed companies, such as Thailand’s C.P, the US’s Cargill, South Korea’s CJ, Holland’s De Heus, Singapore’s Haid and Malaysia’s Emivest, thanks to its two-digit growth in the past two decades. Vietnam consumes some 16 million tons of animal feed yearly The Vietnamese livestock industry currently needs about 16 million tons of animal feed worth some US$6 billion yearly. By 2020, the demand will increase to 25 million tons, valued at US$10.5 billion. Despite the rising domestic production, Vietnam still has to spend US$3 billion for importing animal feed and raw materials for production yearly. With an annual growth rate of 10-15 percent, the feed industry remains attractive … [Read more...] about Foreign players dominate Vietnam’s animal feed market
Viet Nam is set to play a pivotal role in Southeast Asia’s future economic landscape and emerge as one of the region’s most important countries. Its explosive annual growth of nearly 8 per cent in the noughties has retrenched only to around 6.5 per cent on average since 2010. Strong growth should continue, not least due to a young, dynamic and well-educated labour force, which is nonetheless very competitively priced. The country also represents a highly attractive domestic market of 90 million citizens with middle-class aspirations – hence all the trade envoys visiting this beautiful place. Viet Nam also enjoys a crucial – and hard-won - place in the world’s supply chains, in large part due to the authorities’ very proactive approach to global trade. Investment into the country has been encouraged across a number of sectors, from electronics to farming. Meanwhile, a flurry of some 16 free trade agreements have helped Vietnamese exports explode, … [Read more...] about How will Trump’s trade tariffs affect Asian growth?
Asian stocks dropped sharply at the open on Tuesday (Apr 3), following Wall Street lower as fears of a trade war between the United States and China battered market sentiment. Traders came back from the Easter holiday in bearish mood AFP/Drew Angerer Tokyo led the declines, with the benchmark Nikkei 225 index shedding 1.51 per cent in early trade. China followed suit, with the main Shanghai Composite Index falling 1.05 per cent. Seoul was down more than half a percentage point and Hong Kong was off one percentage point. Traders were spooked by Chinese retaliatory action on trade with the US, as the government in Beijing slapped tariffs on 128 US imports worth US$3 billion, including fruit and pork. In addition to that move, US President Donald Trump again threatened to tear up the North American Free Trade Agreement, tweeting that Mexico was doing too little to counter illegal immigration into the United States. Investors also took their cue from US markets which tumbled on … [Read more...] about Trade war fears push Asian stocks lower


text:
Tweetbot just rolled out a major update for its iPhone and iPad apps, adding new Home screen widgets, multi-window support, and more. The version 6.2 release also plays nicely with Handoff and Shortcuts for the first time.
But that’s not why we’re here today. The iPhone’s best Twitter app also packs a whole bunch of secret, hidden themes for you to choose from. Here’s how to activate them.
Tweetbot has long been our favorite third-party Twitter client for a whole bunch of awesome reasons — and now there’s even more. Tweetbot 3 today landed on macOS, bringing night mode, GIF and video previews, timeline filters, and more.
What’s more, developer Tapbots promises that Tweetbot will continue to work even if Twitter rolls out its controversial clampdown on unofficial apps.
Many of us have been eagerly awaiting a new version of Tweetbot for iPad for quite a while now, as well as an updated version of Tweetbot for Mac. The wait seems like it’s drawing to a close though. Today, developer Tapbots shared some updates, giving us a roadmap for the next updates to both Tweetbots for Mac and Tweetbot for iOS.
We’ve known that a big redesign of Tweetbot for Mac has been in the works for awhile, and now Tapbots designer Mark Jardine has shared a little tease with the world.
The arbitrary 140 character limit of tweets can oftentimes seem as maddeningly arbitrary as it is maddeningly short. It’s not arbitrary, actually: Twitter was originally designed to work over dumbphones as an SMS service, and 140 characters is the maximum size of a single SMS (longer SMSes are actually sent as multiple messages and pieced together by your phone). In turn, the reason SMSes are 140 characters is that’s the maximum amount of information that fits into the small pocket of bandwidth that is left over with all the cellular voice calls whizzing through the air.
Interesting, huh? And, of course, Twitter’s cultural tersity has its benefits. Still, sometimes you just want to send a longer tweet, only to be thwarted by Twitter’s hardline stance. For just those moments, a new jailbreak tweak called Infinite Tweet 2 has come to make things easier for you.
Tweetbot is probably our favorite Twitter client for iOS, especially after Tweetbot 3 gave the app a major makeover for iOS 7.
It’s also one of our favorite Mac Twitter clients, but it tends to hover a bit behind Tweetbot for iPhone when it comes to features. A new update, however, narrows the gap a little bit, introducing a number of useful bug fixes. Don’t expect a major aesthetic overhaul, though.
Tapbots has released its highly-anticipated iOS 7 redesign of Tweetbot, a popular third-party Twitter client. Version 3.0 is a radical departure from the iOS 6 app, and it’s available now in the App Store for iPhone.
You may have heard that there’s a big update in the works for Tweetbot, one of the most popular third-party Twitter apps out there. Version 3.0 for iOS 7 has been kept under wraps for the past several months, and today the app is one step closer to your iOS device.
Tapbots, the small app company that makes Tweetbot, announced today that it has submitted Tweetbot for iOS 7 to the App Store.
Instagram’s new video feature has taken off like wild fire as more than 5 million clips were uploaded in the first 24 hours alone. Many of those new 15-second Instagram videos are all over Twitter, but depending on the Twitter client you’re using, you might not be able to view them.
Tapbots announced today that it has added Instagram video support to its popular Twitter app, Tweetbot. The update is available on both the iPad and iPhone apps which run $2.99 a piece in the App Store.


text:
This year we've seen several busted initial public offerings, and one of them is Blue Apron (APRN) , which came public at near $10 and been essentially cut in half over the last four months. Such a sharp drop raises the question, "Could the fall in the stock be over done?" It's a fair question as one of the tools in the investing kit is picking off undervalued stocks. The key words that make all of the difference are "undervalued" and it relies on the notion that at a certain point other investors and the market will recognize the value to be had in the underlying business.
Let's remember the impetus that led to Blue Apron landing on the busted IPO list: Amazon's (AMZN) intent to acquire Whole Foods and trademarking its own meal kit offering. This made Blue Apron, along with Kroger (KR) and other grocery stores, the latest company to be upended by Amazon. This week we saw Amazon add eMeals to AmazonFresh. Through the program, eMeals subscribers can now send their shopping list, which is automatically generated for all meals selected each week, to AmazonFresh as well as Walmart (WMT) Grocery and Kroger ClickList. Another thorn in the side of Blue Apron.
There was more news for Blue Apron this week as it announced a "company-wide realignment" to "focus the company on future growth and achieving profitability..." As part of that realignment, Blue Apron said it would be cutting 6% of its workforce. Let's remember that this comes less than a handful of months after the company went public!
But it gets worse. Current consensus expectations have Blue Apron losing $1.56 per share this year, with bottom-line losses narrowing to -$0.73 per share in 2018. Keep in mind the company botched its first quarter as a public company when it posted a second-quarter loss of $0.47 per share vs. the expected $0.30 per share loss. That's a huge miss out of the gate as a newly public company.
Put these two misses together and we have a pretty clear credibility problem with the management team, which is likely to be outclassed and out-muscled by Amazon and other grocery chains. And that raises the question as to what is Blue Apron's competitive advantage? Recipes? Ingredients? Those can both be replicated by Amazon, especially with Whole Foods, and others as they scale up their natural and organic offerings.
The bottom line is APRN shares are cheap, and they are cheap for a reason. My advice is to move along and not be tempted by the falling knife that is APRN. Better to focus on a well-positioned company that has an enviable or defendable competitive advantage.
This commentary was originally sent to subscribers of Stocks Under $10. Click here to learn more about and subscribe to this portfolio and market analysis service.
-- Chris Versace and Stephen "Sarge" Guilfoyle are co-portfolio managers of Stocks Under $10.


text:
This morning, a report from the Commerce Department indicated that construction spending in May rose 0.5% during the month and hit an annual rate of $874.9 billion, which is the highest level that figure has been in almost four years. A big rise in housing helped push the rate higher in May, which would mean that a lot of new homes were started in the month. This information, as well as a positive manufacturing report, has helped push stocks higher. As of 12:45 p.m. EDT, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 147 points, or 0.99%, and was once again above the 15,000 mark, sitting at 15,057. The S&P 500 was also higher by 1.17%, while the NASDAQ is the front runner, as it's up 1.29% today.
But, even though the Dow is higher, there are still a few losers that can be found within the index.
After closing last week up just 0.12%, shares of Intel are leading all Dow components lower this afternoon, as the stock has lost 0.74%. The move lower comes despite the company's new CEO announcing on Friday that his goal is for Intel to focus more on the mobile chip market. Over the past few years as tablets and smartphones have stolen market share from PCs, Intel has struggled since it missed the revolution of mobile computing. The company has seen PC demand slow, and until just recently its chips did not convert well with mobile devices. While Intel did sign a deal to provide chips for a Galaxy tablet, the company still has a long way to go until it is a major player in the mobile chip market like it is with PC chips.
Telecom giant AT&T is also lower today, down 0.27%. There is very little negative news pertaining to the company at this time, but some fear that the industry is about to go through a lot of changes, which may hurt old Ma Bell. We have been watching the battle over Sprint play out over the past few weeks. Last week, we saw T-Mobile make a big spectrum purchase so it could increase its 4G network, and my colleagues recently discussed how AT&T and Verizon may soon go on a spending spree. All these changes to the industry will have some sort of impact on AT&T and the others, but at this time investors are guessing it's going to be bad for AT&T.
At this time, the only other Dow component trading lower is Home Depot . Shares are down 0.25% today after the stock rose 4.94% last week. Today's decline may simply be short-sighted traders selling a winner and taking profits off the table. Home Depot is up 24.87% year-to-date making it the seventh best-performing Dow component of 2013. Last week's move higher likely came as a result of lower interest rates during the week, which should help keep the housing market booming. But, if and when rates turn higher, they will likely stay there, and many fear that housing will take a major step back and Home Depot will surly feel some negative effects.
More Foolish insight
The Motley Fool's chief investment officer has selected his No. 1 stock for this year. Find out which stock it is in the special free report: "The Motley Fool's Top Stock for 2013." Just click here to access the report and find out the name of this under-the-radar company.
The article Housing Market Continues to Push Stocks Higher originally appeared on Fool.com.
Fool contributor Matt Thalman has no position in any stocks mentioned. Check back Monday through Friday as Matt explains what caused the Dow's winners and losers of the day, and every Saturday for a weekly recap. Follow Matt on Twitter @mthalman5513. The Motley Fool recommends Home Depot and Intel. The Motley Fool owns shares of Intel. Try any of our Foolish newsletter services free for 30 days. We Fools may not all hold the same opinions, but we all believe that considering a diverse range of insights makes us better investors. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy.
Copyright © 1995 - 2013 The Motley Fool, LLC. All rights reserved. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy.


text:
ZURICH (Reuters) – Data on around 800,000 Swisscom customers leaked when security at an external sales partner was breached, prompting the Swiss group to tighten access to its files, it said on Wednesday.
The breach late last year affected “non-sensitive” data such as customers’ names, addresses, telephone numbers and dates of birth. No passwords, conversations or payment data were affected, it said.
It came to light during a routine check of operations that showed unknown parties had misappropriated access rights of the unidentified sales partner to see the data.
In response, Swisscom blocked the partner’s access and adopted new policies that ban high-volume queries for all customer information and require two-factor authentication for all data access by sales partners.
Reporting by Michael Shields; Editing by Mark Potter


text:
BRITAIN’S (BROADWAY’S) FAVOURITE DISH! Fish and chips is back on the menu – after 40 years
BRITAIN’S favourite dish – fish and chips – will soon be back on the menu in the Cotswold village of Broadway.
There hasn’t been a chippy in the village for 40 years but this will all change next week when Russell’s Fish and Chips opens it doors. The shop, which opens on Thursday, November 8, will serve eat-in or takeaway meals including traditional chip shop food alongside weekly specials.
Andrew Riley, who owns the new gourmet fish and chip shop, grew up in Broadway and enjoyed trips to the local chippy as a child. He said he had waited a long time to bring the traditional fare back to the village: “Everyone loves fish and chips and I’m really happy to be bringing it back to Broadway after all this time,” he said.
“You can choose good oldfashioned fish and chips or a more upmarket option from our menu. Or you can pick up a meal to take home.”
The shop on Broadway High Street will be open between noon and 2.30pm and again from 5pm until 8.30pm on Tuesdays to Saturday.


text:
The popular video game Fortnite is not only addictive, but it can also lead to the end of relationships.
At least 200 couples in the United Kingdom filed for divorce this year, and cited addiction to the online survival game as a reason.
Divorce Online conducted the survey, it is a UK company that offers divorce services and resources.
There are more than 125 million registered Fortnite players around the world.
Send a News Tip to Action News
Learn More About 6abc Apps


text: Snapchat has now reached 6 billion daily video views. That's up from 2 million back in May and 4 million in September. They are closing in on Facebook's daily video view count of 8 billion. With Snapchat's 100 million user base, this means that the average user watches 60 video clips a day. This is compared to an average of about 16 video clips a day on Facebook. The race to grab more views has been accelerating between Facebook, Snapchat, YouTube, etc. to grab at the large market that is video advertising, which is predicted to jump up to about $7.5 billion in revenue this year.


text:
The controversy over India's demand that it be allowed to monitor online and mobile communications resurfaced again on Wednesday, with an Indian minister telling reporters that the government had asked Skype, Google, and several other companies to gi...
While the Netherlands is primarily known for windmills, tulips and legalized marijuana, it could soon be known for its net neutrality regulations as well.
Eight Skype executives have departed the company following Microsoft's $8.5 billion buyout in May, a Skype spokeswoman confirmed on Monday.
Microsoft has received clearance from U.S. antitrust regulators for its proposed purchase of Internet telephony company Skype.
Comcast subscribers will soon have the option to place video calls through their television, thanks to a partnership with VoIP provider Skype announced on Tuesday. Customers will need additional equipment to use the new feature.
Millions of Skype users were having trouble on Tuesday signing into the application, less than two weeks after the company published software updates for Windows and Mac computers to fix a similar problem.
Logitech's LifeSize division expects to bring one-way video streaming to Android devices in a few months and introduce a two-way videoconferencing system to tablets and smartphones later this year.
Skype users affected by a recent glitch can now get back online by downloading the latest software update -- provided they're using Windows.
Microsoft, long the enemy of open source software, announces a pending deal to buy Skype and Skype promptly ditches a partnership with an open source company. Those two things have to be related, right?
With some users unable to sign into Skype and make voice calls, the soon-to-be-acquired-by-Microsoft company offered users a multi-step fix to get its service running again.
When Microsoft announced its purchase of Skype earlier this month, it took great pains to affirm its commitment to continuing support for the technology on platforms other than Windows.
Skype has decided not to renew an agreement that allows open-source telephony system Asterisk to be integrated with the service using software developed with Digium.
After Microsoft acquired Skype earlier this month for $8.5 billion, most of the questions revolved around how Skype's IM, voice and video calling features will fit into Microsoft enterprise products such as Outlook and Lync.
Technology has given Pope Benedict XVI a window into space and the astronauts he spoke to the ultimate morale boost.
Skype voice and video has tended to trigger IT security angst, and now that Microsoft has bought Skype, some observers are voicing hope that the service will be improved to help it be better managed in an enterprise setting.
Most Popular Reviews
- 1 Microsoft Surface Pro 3 Windows 8.1 tablet
- 2 Samsung Galaxy Tab S (10.5) 4G review
- 3 TomTom Runner Cardio GPS watch
- 4 LG G3 review
- 5 Nokia Lumia 930 review
Best Deals on GoodGearGuide
Latest News Articles
- Open document formats campaign backed by EU's digital commissioner
- Adobe releases previously delayed security updates for Reader and Acrobat
- Sony slashes value of its mobile business, projects larger loss for fiscal year
- Yelp settles US FTC charges of violating child privacy
- Apple turns on iCloud two-step verification after nude selfie scandal
GGG Evaluation Team
First impression on unpacking the Q702 test unit was the solid feel and clean, minimalist styling.
For work use, Microsoft Word and Excel programs pre-installed on the device are adequate for preparing short documents.
The Fujitsu LifeBook UH574 allowed for great mobility without being obnoxiously heavy or clunky. Its twelve hours of battery life did not disappoint.
The screen was particularly good. It is bright and visible from most angles, however heat is an issue, particularly around the Windows button on the front, and on the back where the battery housing is located.
My first impression after unboxing the Q702 is that it is a nice looking unit. Styling is somewhat minimalist but very effective. The tablet part, once detached, has a nice weight, and no buttons or switches are located in awkward or intrusive positions.


text:
Stocktake: Forget the FANMAGs, beware the Bubble 500
Report warns about paying exorbitant revenues for exciting growth stocks
Facebook, Amazon, Netflix, Microsoft, Apple, and Google (FANMAGS) – in aggregate, the stocks trade on 7.7 times revenues and 55 times earnings, according to Verdad Capital. Photograph: Stan Honda/AFP/Getty Images
Growth stocks have trounced value stocks for years now and that trend has accelerated in 2020, resulting in an unprecedented valuation gulf. Do expensive growth stocks merit their high valuations or are investors asking for trouble?
Such discussions often focus on today’s dominant tech stocks – Facebook, Amazon, Netflix, Microsoft, Apple, and Google. In aggregate, the so-called FANMAG stocks trade on 7.7 times revenues and 55 times earnings, according to Verdad Capital – very steep, but these are incredibly profitable near-monopolies, arguably justifying the belief that you have to pay for quality.
In a report, Verdad asks: are there many companies that are more expensive than the FANMAGs with poorer financials? And the answer is yes: this description is true for 500 of 3,000 US companies with a market capitalisation of at least $100 million.
This group, which Verdad terms the Bubble 500, trade on 13–14 times sales and make “essentially zero” profits. The Bubble 500 has absolutely trounced the S&P 500 in recent years but historically, paying more than 10 times revenues for exciting growth stocks has been “one of the worst long-term investment methodologies ever”, the report warns.
The FANMAGs may deserve their valuations but the same cannot be said for such a “broad bucket of unprofitable hopefuls”, says Verdad. “We don’t know when this will end, but we are firm believers that that which can’t continue, won’t.”


text:
Nissan Motor Co aims to develop its own hybrid technology for small and midsize cars and end its procurement of hybrid components from Toyota Motor Corp, the Nikkei business daily reported on Friday.
Using the technology, Nissan aims to roll out a hybrid version of the Serena minivan, its best-selling minivan in Japan, in its home market in 2011, the newspaper said.
Nissan, Japan's third-largest carmaker, has said that it plans to begin selling a luxury car using its own hybrid system in 2010 but an expansion of its hybrid line-up would suggest a shift in strategy for the company, which has focused its efforts on pure electric cars.
Japanese carmakers are under growing pressure to offer hybrid models as demand in Japan has jumped for gasoline-electric vehicles, which receive tax breaks and subsidies under a government initiative to promote cleaner cars.
The plan underscores the increasingly difficult outlook for relying on electric cars as mainstay products so soon, said Yoshihiko Tabei, an analyst at Kazaka Securities. Nissan's long-term focus will probably remain on electric cars, but it needs hybrid cars as bridge products for the next decade or so.
Nissan spokeswoman Yuko Sasaki said that while the automaker is considering various options regarding the use of hybrid technology, it has not decided on anything beyond the launch of the luxury vehicle next year.
Nissan, in which France's Renault SA holds a 44 percent stake, has set a goal of becoming the leader in the zero-emissions vehicle market. It plans to begin selling electric cars in the United States and Japan in 2010, followed by a global roll-out in 2012.
It sold its first-ever hybrid, the Tino hybrid compact, in 2000 in Japan, but has mostly stayed out of the hybrid market since then. Its only hybrid model now is the Altima, for which it procures core components from Toyota and which is available only in the United States.
Nissan probably expects difficulty in improving profitability on electric vehicles with today's technology and with cost cuts mostly in the hands of motor and battery makers, while it probably has gained expertise on hybrid technology by using Toyota's hybrid components, Tabei said.
Shares of Nissan gained 2.5 percent to 569 yen on Friday, outperforming the broader auto sector, which finished flat.
FOR LONGER-TERM GAIN
UBS Securities analyst Tetsuo Yoshida said Nissan should be able to achieve profitability on hybrid cars faster than Toyota or Honda Motor Co did, because the technology is already available.
But making a full-fledged entry into the market years after its two bigger rivals would put Nissan at a disadvantage in terms of sales competition, he said.
It probably would not even dare to think of competing with Toyota or Honda on sales. Its purpose is probably only to have mass-selling products that can meet tougher emissions regulations such as those in California, he said.
Hybrid cars have been in the spotlight in recent months in Japan thanks to strong sales of Toyota's fully remodeled Prius and Honda's new Insight, both with significantly lowered price tags, as well as government subsidies for low-emissions vehicles.
Honda's new Insight became the first hybrid to top the monthly ranking of best-selling cars in Japan in April, while Toyota's third-generation Prius, which debuted three months after the Insight, was No.1 in May.
Analysts said Nissan's adopting its own hybrid technology instead of buying components from Toyota would not give it much cost advantage but would help it cultivate its technological development as well as secure a stable supply.
Developing on its own will help Nissan build its technology and data, which will be key to enhancing electric cars in the future. There is also some risk in keeping the supply of core components in the hands of a competitor, Kazaka's Tabei said.