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President Donald Trump said on Monday that China is ready to come back to the negotiating table and the two countries will start talking very seriously.Politicsread more
The escalating trade war between Washington and Beijing dominated discussions at the G-7 gathering in France.Politicsread more
The latest round of tariff announcements in the last few days means that by the end of the year, essentially all Chinese goods exported to the U.S. will be subject to duties.China Economyread more
Futures fell after Trump said the U.S. will raise tariffs on more than $500 billion worth of Chinese imports, increasing trade tensions.Marketsread more
As Washington and Beijing continue to up the ante in their protracted trade fight, the potential of a recession in the U.S. is now "the biggest concern," according to Standard...US Economyread more
Tensions stemming from the U.S.-China trade war escalated sharply over the last few days, with much happening as Asian markets were shut down for the weekend.China Economyread more
Clouding the G-7 gathering, which represents the world's major industrial economies, are the tit-for-tat tariffs between Washington and Beijing.Politicsread more
Neither the U.S. nor China wants to be seen as the party that derailed trade talks, says William Reinsch of Center for Strategic and International Studies.World Economyread more
China said Friday it will be resuming 25% duties on U.S. autos, and a further 5% on auto parts and components.Asia Marketsread more
World leaders, environmental groups and celebrities have publicly decried the vast swaths of forest being destroyed by the fires.World Newsread more
Education Minister Ong Ye Kung says the Singapore government has been preparing for the challenge of an aging workforce "for the past 20 years."Employmentread more
Billionaire long-term investor Ron Baron said Tuesday that Tesla Motors could be a stock he owns for the next 10 to 20 years. "I think in this one investment we can make $6 or $7 billion" over that time period, he said.
"I think this could be one of the largest companies in the United States and the whole world," Baron told CNBC's "Squawk Box. " In a wide-ranging interview, he also said the overall stock market is cheap at current levels.
Baron said it's taken three years to amass a $300 million stake in Tesla, with an average cost per share of $210. "So we've made very little so far. But often times it takes us a very long time to [make money]."
Tesla shares closed Monday at just over $220 per share.
"I go there every three or four months. I look at the factory and see how much is changing," said the chairman and CEO of Baron Capital, which has $21 billion in assets under management.
Baron said he's investing in Tesla CEO Elon Musk and the 14,000 workers at the electric-car maker. "The competition is not anywhere. They could have caught him four or five years ago. But they can't catch him now. he's too far ahead."
Last month, Tesla raised $1.46 billion in fresh capital from the sale of its 6.8 million new common stock offering, according to the Thomson Reuters-owned market research firm International Financing Review. The pricing was lower than its previous sale price at $242 per shares in August, and below a year high of $286 hit in July. Tesla is seeking to help finance a plan to expand production to 500,000 vehicles per year by 2018, including a major rollout of the less expensive Model 3 sedan.
"I don't think [Musk] is going to be back to the market for quite a while, if he's ever going to be back to market for equity again," Baron said. "Throughout his whole operation, he has the opportunities to invest small amounts of capital and have high rates of return."
Baron expects Tesla to continue to grow rapidly. "They're going to be $20 billion in sales next year, $20 billion. This year, they're doing $8 or $9 billion. Last year they did $5 or $6 [billion]."
Pointing to Tesla's upcoming $5 billion mega-battery factory, which has an investment from Panasonic, Baron predicted: "They can do as much sales in batteries ultimately as they can in cars."
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The Bank of Uganda has warned the general public against trading in digital currencies due to the increasing rate of cybercrime globally.
Currently multinational companies have initiated several new digital based investments where people are asked to invest in digital coins that accumulate interests periodically.
Speaking during the 2nd round table discussion on crypto currency, Stephen Mulema the director financial markets at Bank of Uganda said this field is not regulated, making it more risky.
He said that cyber criminals have invaded this virtual business, making it more unreliable and insecure.


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Dropbox has acquired A/B testing firm Predictive Edge – a startup that helps personalise e-commerce offerings, with dynamic pricing, for vendors to send out to users and run A/B trials around them.
Upon the completion of acquisition, the start-up is expected to be wrapped up, with its executives joining Dropbox on non-A/B testing projects.
Dropbox founders Marty, Steven and Kevin, revealed in a joint statement that Predictive Edge is joining forces with their company.
“Going forward we’ll be focused on solving problems outside the world of A/B testing,” the statement added.
“As of today, you can no longer sign-up for our service, and we’ve informed current customers that our product will no longer be supported.”
Established in 2010 by Kevin Liu, Steven Wu, and Marty Hu, the company’s tools enable promoters to test and optimise their online commerce activities, similar to website A/B testing.
The latest purchase marks Dropbox’s 17th acquisition, with five of the last six of them mainly targeting services for enterprises.


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Postal worker accused of stealing money signs plea deal
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BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A former postal employee in Rugby accused of stealing money and gift cards from the mail has reached a plea agreement with prosecutors.
The deal calls for Tomi Kiele to plead guilty to misappropriation of postal funds, which carries a maximum penalty of one year in prison and a $100,000 fine. In return for the plea, a charge of theft of mail by a postal employee will be dropped.
Authorities say customers contacted the Rugby Post Office about missing mail between August and November of last year. Kiele allegedly hit mail under her shirt, in a bag, in a garbage can and among postal mailing supplies. Authorities believe she took home $20 to $30 per day.
The plea agreement asks Kiele to pay back nearly $2,400.


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India’s Film Company PVR Ltd has partnered with Logix group to set up an entertainment city comprising multi-screen theatres, a bowling alley, a skating rink and food plazas in the national capital’s suburb of Noida. The venture that is a part of the shopping centre being developed at Logix City Centre in Sector 32, Noida will be thrown open to the public by 2013.
The entertainment city spread over 2 floors in the shopping centre will consist of a 15 screen multiplex with 4 gold class theatres, a 24-to-28 lane bowling alley, an Olympic size ice skating rink , food courts with restaurants, a microbrewery based Beer Island and food kiosks.
Shakti Nath, CMD, Logix Group said, “Logix City Centre and PVR Entertainment City will be the finest entertainment and shopping destination in India. This will be a green building complex which will be at par with best of the buildings in New York and Las Vegas. A similar format will be introduced across cities like Hyderabad, Bengaluru, Chandigarh, Pune, as also other locations in the NCR, over the next three years.”


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A Chinese tourist has been arrested on Wednesday at Sri Lanka’s biggest international gem and jewelry show. According to Sri Lankan police, the man was detained after swallowing a diamond worth $13,600.
Reuters reports that Chow Cheng, 32, is believed to have swallowed the diamond as he inspected it at the exhibition, attended by buyers from China, Hong Kong, Thailand, India and Europe, police said.
“His intention was to steal it,” Police Spokesman Ajith Rohana said. “The x-ray shows the diamond is in his throat.”
Suresh Christopher Wijekoon, owner of the exhibition stall, said Chow had tried to switch the original diamond with a synthetic one.
“He realised that I noticed it. Then he immediately swallowed it,” Wijekoon told Reuters.
The Indian Ocean island is famed for its blue sapphires, diamonds and a jewelry industry that accounted for $532 million of its export revenue in 2011.


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If there is something cool coming out in the world – a tech gadget, piece of machinery, or new fashion trend – chances are good that Hong Kong is going to get it before anyone else. And, to prove a point, this is true for McDonald’s Next; a new experimental chain of the restaurant aimed at testing out fresh ideas.
Go figure, Next has something that is about to shock the world – quinoa. That’s right, all you need to do is drop the word somewhere public and you’re immediately regarded as a health guru, irrespective of your figure. That same health superfood is coming to McDonald’s, and is set to feature in the Next restaurant’s new salad bar.
Aside from quinoa, the salad bar is set to feature all sorst of greens, different cheeses, and some tasty sauces – all aimed at getting health-conscious people through the doors of the fast-food chain. However, those Hong Kongians who are still game to crush a week’s work of hard work at the gym with a heap of fried food won’t be disappointed, traditional fare will still be served.
Why the Health Push, McDonald’s?
Granted, this does seem like a bit of a strange move. The brand has made oodles of money serving one of the least health-oriented meals on the market. Why would it suddenly want to change its approach?
The answer to that question lies in necessity. We’re talking about the company’s future market here – bearded, flannel-shirt-wearing millennials and the children they are currently producing. These are folk that aren’t satisfied with greasy, fried, processed food. They know what healthy eating is and, despite this, they like it.
The younger generations are classified by many things, but a big one is their proclivity for health. If they’re not in the gym, they’re in the outdoors or, failing that, the organic market. They know about nutrition, and are constantly debunking myths about healthy eating.
This is a tough market to try to tempt with burgers and chips – especially if those burgers and chips aren’t made from humanely harvested meat and organic vegetables.
This could be the reasoning behind McDonald’s’ decision to introduce a salad bar into their restaurants. If current trends are showing us anything, it’s that millennials are leading the way in coolness. If they like something, it becomes popular.
So, will the Next restaurant find its way to South Africa’s shores soon? The company hasn’t commented on this yet, but it’s a smart bet.
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Short interest is low for FBHS with fewer than 5% of shares on loan. The last change in the short interest score occurred more than 1 month ago and implies that there has been little change in sentiment among investors who seek to profit from falling equity prices. Over the last one-month, outflows of investor capital in ETFs holding FBHS totaled $6.16 billion.
For a few days, it looked like the market might get back into a “risk on” mood again, favoring growth names over “cheap stocks” regardless of their frothy valuations, at the expense of consumer-oriented stocks regardless of their all-weather reliability. A look back at the way things have taken shape over the course of the past few weeks indicates that consumer-oriented and safe-haven names have actually done rather well, while growth names haven’t. Better still, some of the most compelling picks from the consumer sectors are still stunningly cheap stocks right now.
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Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc. , an industry-leading home and security products company, today announced that its Board of Directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.20 per common share.
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Honest Co, a consumer goods company founded by actress Jessica Alba, filed for a U.S. initial public offering on Friday following a strong year that was driven by a pandemic-driven surge in demand for baby products, lotions and sanitizers.
This is coming in the heels of the company’s move to list its shares comes as it plans to strengthen its online business, while pushing up its presence at third-party sellers and in international markets, including the lucrative Asian region.
Saying there were plans to use the proceeds from the offering to fund marketing and direct-to-consumer advertising, as well as launch new products and buy complementary businesses.
As consumers faced shortages of products such as wipes at the height of the pandemic and mandatory closures, they turned to online brands that could meet the demand and Honest Co was one of those brands.
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The company which was started by Jessica alba Alba in 2011 has had relationships with some big market players including Target Corp and Amazon. Marketed their baby products as a safer alternative to those that contain synthetic chemicals.
Statement from the company said its sales grew 27.6% to $300.5 million in 2020, from $235.6 million in 2019. It lost $14.5 million in 2020, or 85 cents a share, compared with a loss of $1.83 a share in the previous year.
Net loss for the period also narrowed to $14.5 million from $31.1 million a year earlier, it said in a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).


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Big Boys Toys is excited to announce the McLaren P1; the world’s most anticipated super car will take pride of place at this year’s show held at Auckland’s ASB Showgrounds, November 7-9.
Described as “the best drivers’ car in the world”, the McLaren P1 is long awaited successor to the McLaren F1. Incorporating technology derived from Formula 1, the P1 takes to the road what has been learned on the race track.
It harnesses hybrid power with a 3.8 litre twin-turbocharged V8 petrol engine, combined with an electric motor – which takes the McLaren P1 from 0 to 100 km/h in 2.8 seconds or, incredibly, from 0 to 200 km/h in 6.8 seconds. Big Boys Toys festival director Sandra Beacham says that the supercar is a much anticipated highlight of this year’s show.
“The McLaren P1 is a true supercar and we’re delighted that Big Boys Toys will host its official unveiling to the New Zealand public,” she says.
Late last year McLaren Auckland became the 50th global retailer for McLaren Automotive, paving the way for the brands rightful return to New Zealand – the birthplace of legendary Bruce McLaren.
“It is a great privilege for the Giltrap Group to be involved in the continuation of the McLaren story here in New Zealand,” said Sir Colin Giltrap, owner of Giltrap Group, the official partner of McLaren Automotive in Auckland.
“Bruce McLaren was someone I knew. He was the quintessential New Zealand pioneer with a vision of combining sportsmanship with solid engineering practice and cutting-edge technical expertise. It is a real honour for the Giltrap name to bring the range of ground breaking cars bearing the McLaren name back to the founder’s home country.
“We’re delighted to partner with Big Boys Toys to unveil this incredible vehicle to New Zealand,” he said.
In addition to the McLaren feature site, the Giltrap Group will showcase their impressive display of luxury and performance vehicles including Lamborghini, Porsche and various other marques – highlighting their diverse range of passenger and sport vehicles.
The Driven Hall at this year’s show is shaping to be the most exciting automotive display seen in New Zealand for many years with a huge number of car and motorcycle manufacturers confirmed to showcase their latest and greatest.
Car manufacturers’ who have large exhibition sites to showcase and sell their latest vehicles include Jaguar, Land Rover, Mazda, Nissan, Skoda, Suzuki and Volvo.
Big Boys Toys is on at the ASB Showgrounds, Greenlane, Auckland, 7th – 9th November 2014.


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Winemakers in Fleurie have taken another step towards premier cru status for certain top vineyard areas after backing a final proposal to be sent to France’s appellation body, reports Chris Mercer in Decanter.
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In Wine Enthusiast, Mike DeSimone explores how the moniker “Rhône varieties” came to be, where these grapes actually originated and how we should label them moving forward.
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Strong company growth continues in Q3 with revenues increasing 23%
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Esker has decided to adjust its revenue presentation by activity to reflect the strategy of focusing on the cloud and the increasingly smaller share of legacy products and license-based document process automation solutions. Therefore, Fax, Host Access and Esker DeliveryWare products are grouped under legacy products. For cloud solutions, Esker will now distinguish between the purely SaaS part (subscription and traffic) and the implementation services part. Esker has also decided to report its bookings using Annual Recurring Revenue (ARR), a standard metric for SaaS or subscription business. ARR is the average annual subscription value that customers commit to pay over the life of a contract. Revenue from platform transactions is not included as it is uncertain by nature and depends on the number of transactions effectively processed, which is not known at the time the contract is signed. Service revenue is also not included in ARR as it is non-recurring.
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Esker Q3 2021 sales revenue amounted to 33.4 million euros, a 23% increase over Q3 2020 based on constant exchange rates (+20% based on current rates). For the first nine months of 2021, Esker's sales growth increased 22% to reach 97.7 million euros (based on both current and constant exchange rates).
Growth continued to be driven by the development of cloud solutions, which grew 24% in Q3, representing 94% of the company business. The company's cloud-based activities continued on their usual growth trend in Q3 (+22%) as a result of increased utilization of the platform by existing users, linked to COVID-19 recovery, as well as the implementation of recently acquired customers. Overall company growth was also reinforced by significant acceleration in implementation services revenue for Q3 (40%). This comes as a direct result of the significant increase in new bookings experienced by the company since the end of 2020.
Continued strong pace of new contracts
Esker signed a high amount of new contracts over the quarter. More than ever, businesses have shown a strong interest in automation solutions that deliver significant productivity gains to finance and customer service functions.
The Annual Recurring Value (ARR) of new contracts signed during Q3 2021 continues to show dynamic growth even compared to Q3 2020, which benefited from the strong economic recovery after the first wave of the pandemic. Q3 2021 ARR reached 3.0 million euros (11.6 million euros in subscriptions over the total duration of the contracts), 11% growth compared to Q3 2020.
Since the beginning of the year, the ARR of new contracts signed amounts to 9.5 million euros, an increase of 42% (34.5 million euros in subscriptions over the total duration of the contracts) compared to 2020.
Strengthened financial structure for future growth
As of September 30, 2021, company cash rests at 38.0 million euros. With 36.9 million euros in net cash (versus 25.1 million euros on September 30, 2020) and close to 140,000 treasury shares immediately available, Esker has the financial resources necessary to pursue its strategy focused on accelerating organic growth. Targeted acquisitions could also be envisioned to accelerate the company's coverage of adjacent markets and enhance value delivered to customers.
Outlook for 2021
Esker's growth should continue to accelerate due to the significant sales success achieved during the first nine months of the year. Esker is once again raising its organic growth forecast for the full year 2021 from 17% to 18%. This should bring sales revenue to around 132 million euros in the absence of any unexpected disruptive events and assuming constant exchange rates. This increase takes into account a much more demanding base effect in Q4 2021, due to the acceleration of the global recovery linked to the phasing out of the COVID-19 restrictions in Q4 2020. At this level of growth, profitability is expected to be between 12-15%.
Esker is a global cloud platform built to unlock strategic value for finance and customer service professionals, and strengthen collaboration between companies by automating the cash conversion cycle. Esker's solutions incorporate technologies like Artificial Intelligence (AI) to drive increased productivity, enhanced visibility, reduced fraud risk, and improved collaboration with customers, suppliers and internally. Esker operates in North America, Latin America, Europe and Asia Pacific with global headquarters in Lyon, France, and U.S. headquarters in Madison, Wisconsin. For more information on Esker and its solutions, visit www.esker.com. Follow Esker on LinkedIn and join the conversation on the Esker blog at blog.esker.com.
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Every time I open the app on apple tv now, I get a black screen with the text "NFL is unavailable. You can download the streaming apps for all four networks that show the NFL and watch games on your phone, tablets, and connected TV devices.For now, the only devices you can use to watch live football are Android tablets (Android 5 or higher), Apple TV (4th generation), Amazon Fire TV and


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The Durban University of Technology’s (DUT’s) Centre for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Midlands, hosted a two-day virtual Industry-Specific Training event for all student entrepreneurs interested in agriculture on the 21st and 22nd of July 2021. The training was part of a four-week programme with a series of industry-focused training for student entrepreneurs in various sectors of business such as beauty, events, Information and Communications Technology (ICT), manufacturing and digital marketing.
The aim of the training was to upskill the entrepreneurs by providing them with relevant information they needed to know in order to run their businesses and expose them to already operating and successful student businesses so that they can soak up information and advice. Moreover, it was to create useful connections and networks between the entrepreneurs so that they can collaborate and assist each other in upscaling their businesses.
Mrs Nosipho Majola, the Centre Operations Manager commended the students for their willingness to participate in such informative training that will help them grow their businesses. She further explained that such programmes are created to provide all the support the students needed to successfully operate their establishments.
“With COVID-19 and civil unrests happening in our country, our economy is going to suffer alot and this will have a huge impact on businesses, especially small businesses. We want to hear from you, what can we do to help you move into the next level and grow your businesses. We want to provide an open platform where you can share with us some of the challenges you are facing,” said Majola.
Majola went on to say that there will be more training of this kind so that students do not operate in isolation but collaborate and help each other grow. She further relayed that entrepreneurs used this platform to share some of the challenges they are facing in their business and others shared hindrances that prevented them from starting their agricultural businesses.
Samkelo Thabede, a Finance student at DUT shared that she wishes to start an agricultural business focusing on crop production but due to water scarcity she has not been able to do so.
“I live in Mtubatuba and we have a big problem with access to water, we have to walk long distances or hire a car to get water. I would like to find new ways to get water cost-effectively. I would also like to figure out the right crops I can plant in my area as we have a large land but it is dry,” said Thabede.
The Centre’s business support team advised her on possible solutions for these issues, which included soil testing to determine the suitable crops for the soil. They also suggested that Thabede install an irrigation system from the nearby river to assist with the water issue.
Attending the training was Thabiso Francis from Howick who is the founder of TK’s Agro Farm and has been operating for four years. His business is a mix of poultry and crop production. Francis expressed his gratitude to the Centre for hosting such a training platform, explaining that it helps them as entrepreneurs to promote their businesses, share ideas, network and help each other grow.
“Our company sells seedlings, broilers and we also do hatchery under poultry, furthermore, we plant and sell crops. I would like to use this opportunity to share my business knowledge with fellow entrepreneurs in agriculture so we can collaborate,” added Francis.
Day two of the programme was attended by the founder of K’saselihle fresh farm and DUT Alumna, Mbali Bengu. Bengu advised students on how they can succeed in the agricultural sector, covering topics such as crop production, market identification and bulk supply.
Other students joined in on the conversation sharing information and advising on possible solutions to help mitigate challenges faced by other entrepreneurs in their businesses.
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These past few months have been a rough ride for Aphria (TSX:APHA)(NYSE:APHA) investors. After reaching a peak closing price of $14.21 in February, the stock began sliding later that month, with the downtrend accelerating in April. By May 17, the stock was trading at just $9.19 — a 35% decline from its peak price.
The decline in Aphria’s share price comes after a brutal 2018 for the company, which saw it the target of short attacks, lawsuits, and even hostile takeover attempts. Earlier this year, it appeared that Aphria had brushed off the last of its woes, after Green Growth Brands announced that it was dropping its hostile bid against the company. Now, however, it looks like Aphria is facing a whole new — and potentially more troubling — set of problems.
Why Aphria stock is falling
Aphria’s stock selloff is likely related to uninspiring earnings figures that the company recently released. Although the gradual cooling off from February to April is hard to explain, the steeper April-June selloff occurred around the same time that the company released an earnings report showing that its recreational sales had been declining.
Specifically, the company reported 35% lower recreational pot revenue than it had in the prior quarter. Although the company’s revenue grew 600% year over year in that same quarter, a decline in recreational sales is a big concern, since this product category is the main catalyst expected to drive cannabis sales growth in the future. It’s also worth noting that in the same quarter Aphria posted a massive $108 million net loss, up from $12 million in the same quarter a year before.
Do the bears have a strong thesis?
Anybody who is bearish on Aphria right now has some strong facts to support their thesis. In addition to the already mentioned factors, there’s the fact that the company has been shaking up its management team — with the departure of CEO Vic Neufeld being a major point of contention. Although Aphria and Neufeld stated at the time that the resignation was not related to the issues the company was facing, the departure of a C-Suite executive with such timing always raises questions.
Reasons for optimism
There are some reasons for optimism about Aphria. With 600% year-over-year revenue growth, it’s one of the faster-growing cannabis companies. The company also has a lucrative long-term investment portfolio that, in past quarters, helped give it positive net income when other cannabis producers were losing money. Finally, Aphria has a strong international presence, including major operations in Columbia — a country where conditions are considered to be favourable for cannabis growing and cultivation.
Aphria’s months-long downtrend has definitely been alarming but is not unusual for the cannabis sector. Remember, this industry has significantly more volatility than most, and every single cannabis grower out there has seen a 50% selloff at some point in the past three years. As for whether Aphria’s investors should be panicking, it depends on whether they’re able to handle that kind of volatility over the long term.


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According to Sony, the earthquake has caused difficulty in connecting to the PSN, and it urges players to backup their data. Sony has apologized for any trouble caused by this, also sending it deepest regards to those affected by the quake.
What's more, Sony's PlayStation information call center and repair center were both suspended by the earthquake. Sony doesn't have an ETA for when service will continue.
Microsoft was also affected. The company's repair center, which is located in Fukushima Prefecture, is now shutdown. Like Sony, Microsoft doesn't say when the center will reopen. What's more, the company decided to postpone a "Gold Member Starter Kit" it planned to offer on March 17, due to the effects of the earthquake.
Xbox Live appears to have held up better during the quake than the PSN. For example, the PS3 downloadable content for Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood was delayed due to the earthquake. The Xbox 360 version is slated to be available today, March 15, in Japan.


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Kingfisher, owner of B&Q, will start a home improvement business in the UK to help customers solve DIY disasters or do more complex jobs after a sales explosion this year.
The company bought NeedHelp, an online platform connecting merchants with households for tasks such as installing kitchens, painting, renovating floors or bathrooms, for 10 million euros (8 , £ 9 million).
The retailer already has a relationship with the company in France through its Castorama and Brico Depot stores, but this is the first time the service will be offered to customers in the UK.
There are already a handful of similar competing apps like TaskRabbit.
Kingfisher said the acquisition was “an important step forward” as it tries to be more agile and customer experience oriented. He implemented a new recovery plan under the direction of Chief Executive Officer Thierry Garnier.
He said: “To effectively serve customers today, we need to be more digitally and service-oriented, while leveraging our strong in-store assets.
“Online service markets are critical to the future of home improvement retail and NeedHelp is an established and growing player in this field.
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Hacking Networks using Android smartphones and Anti
Gone will be the days when a hacker would pull out a laptop to hack into your wireless networks…all he would need is an Android powered smartphone and an application called Anti or Android Network Toolkit.
The application was demonstrated during the Defcon hacker conference on Friday by an Israeli security firm Zimperium. Anti will be available free for users from the Android Market, with a $10 corporate upgrade.
Anti will offer penetration testers the capabilities of scanning and sniffing WiFi networks, finding potential target devices along the way.
It will also allow exposing the IP addresses… of the remote servers along with attacks like Man-in-the-Middle using known exploits in the out of date software and programs.
The app has slick designed to currently take advantage of few known exploits in Windows, iOS and Android.
For more information visit the source Forbes website.
After going through the details here are the tips on how you can protect yourself from such attacks:
1. Update your Operating System with latest patches available
2. Secure your Wireless Networks with WPA2 (recommended) or with WEP (minimum)- Follow DIY section to achieve this or drop in a mail through the Contact Us page for further details.
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Complaints relating to spam text messages increase
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) received 618 complaints about them between April 2010 and April 2011.
That number has increased to 1008 in just the last five months which the ICO says is only the tip of the iceberg.
Research for the Direct Marketing Association suggests more than eight million spam texts, offering anything from insurance claims to loans, are sent out every day.
“My Nan was ill in hospital at the time so I couldn’t turn my phone off.”
“It resulted in me having to go out and get a new contract at great expense to myself just to get rid of something that I didn’t want in the first place”.
Simon Entwhistle works for the Information Commissioner’s Office and says spam text message senders operate in a legal grey area.
“It’s a pretty murky world.
“The reason that people do this is to make money.
“They send out text messages using sophisticated computer equipment buying untraceable SIM cards.
“If they send out 100 texts and one person replies that’s some money made for them.
“They can sell that one claim on, times that by a million they can make a lot of money out of this business.”
That covers electronic marketing and means any company wanting to legitimately send out text messages must have the recipient’s consent to do so.
The ICO says people who don’t want to receive spam texts should be careful about giving their mobile phone number out.
They also say that the best way to avoid getting them is not to reply to any spam messages they get.
If people keep receiving texts they should get in touch with their mobile provider first or complain directly to the ICO.


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We bring you a lot of stories every single day. Sometimes it’s hard to keep up. So in case you missed anything from our feed, we have rounded up all our stories in one place to get the news at a glance. Here is your Daily Recap for Friday, November 12, 2021.
Walt Disney World
- Mickey’s PhilharMagic reopened today after a lengthy refurbishment featuring improved projections and a new scene from Coco which debuted earlier this year at Disney California Adventure.
- Cinderella Castle’s holiday projections have returned from last year in lieu of the Dream Lights.
Disney’s Hollywood Studios
- Santa’s Merry Motorcade is once again rolling down the streets of Disney’s Hollywood Studios.
- There were so many character sightings at Disney’s Hollywood Studios today in celebration of Disney+ Day, so we went to meet them all for you!
- There was also a special cavalcade for today only celebrating Disney+ Day, which you can watch here on the site.
- The holiday finale to For the First Time in Forever: A Frozen Sing-Along Celebration featuring Olaf returned to the show today as the holidays begin at Walt Disney World.
Disney’s Animal Kingdom
- The delightfully charming Merry Menagerie puppet show returned today for the first time since 2019 to Disney’s Animal Kingdom.
- The Holiday Tree of Life Awakenings also returned this evening, and we captured both shows on our YouTube channel.
- The iconic A Christmas Fantasy Parade returned to Disneyland Park for the first time since 2019 last night during Merriest Nites, and we caught photos and video of the entire parade!
- Last night, we caught the Muppets Christmas Caroling Coach during Merriest Nites at Disneyland, and we have photos and full video of the wacky and fun show.
- Don’t miss out on a delicious Holiday Toffee Pretzel we tried at Disneyland, only available for a limited time!
- Also on the delicious list? A new Pink Coconut Churro with a chocolate marshmallow creme, available in Tomorrowland at Disneyland.
- There’s loads of new food for the Life Day celebrations in Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge, starting with the new Tarkenian Nightflower Cocktail and Kaadu Pork Belly Slider Skewer from Oga’s Cantina.
- We also tried an absolutely amazing Potato Hand Pie and Black Sesame Macaron at Kat Saka’s Kettle.
- But not everything we tried was a home run, the Pork Broth Noodles at Docking Bay 7 Food & Cargo missed the mark in our eyes.
- Mirabel from the upcoming Disney film Encanto is now greeting Guests at Disney California Adventure, marking her global debut at the Disney Parks.
- We discovered a gold Mickey Jingle Bell Glow Cube exclusive to Disney Merriest Nites at Disneyland Park.
- There’s a new “Happy Holidays” popcorn bucket themed to Toy Story now on sale at Disney California Adventure.
Entertainment and Media
- There was a crazy amount of content announcements for Disney+ Day! To start, we got new concept art of the upcoming Obi-Wan Kenobi series and a short behind-the-scenes look on Disney+.
- A Tiana-centric musical animated series will land on Disney+ sometime in 2023.
- While we didn’t get a release date, we do now know that Agatha: House of Harkness, a new spinoff of Marvel’s WandaVision series, will come to Disney+.
- Speaking of Marvel, we got a first look at a number of new Marvel projects in the works exclusively for Disney+ today.
- Chip ‘n’ Dale: Rescue Rangers got a poster and a release date of Spring 2022.
- We got our first look at Hocus Pocus 2, coming exclusively to Disney+ in Fall 2022.
- Disenchanted, the sequel to Enchanted, will also hit Disney+ in Fall 2022.
- Casting and a Fall 2022 release date were revealed for the live-action Pinocchio film.
WDW News Today
The Muppets Christmas Caroling Coach at Disney Merriest Nights at Disneyland
New ‘COCO’ Scene Debuts at Mickey’s PhilharMagic in Magic Kingdom
A Christmas Fantasy Parade at Night – Holidays at Disneyland 2021
2021 Disney+ Day Cavalcade At Hollywood Studios
Holiday Flotillas Arrive For The Season At Disney’s Animal Kingdom
For The First Time In Forever: A Frozen Singalong Celebration Olaf Holiday Finale 2021
Merry Menagerie Animal Puppet Show Returns to Disney’s Animal Kingdom in 2021 Holiday Season
All Of The Character Sightings For Disney+ Day At Disney’s Hollywood Studios
Santa’s Merry Motorcade 2021 Jingles All The Way Through Disney’s Hollywood Studios
Spaceship Earth Goes Blue For Disney+ Day
Mirabel from “Encanto” Character Meet & Greet – Disney California Adventure
Holiday Beacons of Magic Light Up Cinderella Castle at the Magic Kingdom
Holiday Tree of Life Awakenings Return to Disney’s Animal Kingdom!
Mickey’s Happy Holidays Cavalcade at Disney California Adventure
That’s it for today; we hope you enjoyed this Daily Recap. Thanks for stopping by, and we’ll see you tomorrow!


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1TB in your smartphone isn't something new for Android users, but it will be new for Samsung's flagship foldable smartphone with the new Galaxy Z Fold 4.
Samsung's new Galaxy Z Fold 4 smartphone will be revealed and released later this year, with rumors suggesting Samsung will offer a 1TB variant of the Galaxy Z Fold 4 foldable smartphone. The current Galaxy Z Fold 3 is offered in 256GB and 512GB variants, so a bump to 512GB and 1TB for the Galaxy Z Fold 4 feels like an appropriate upgrade.
The company offered up to 1TB of storage on its highest-end smartphones for a few years now, usually joined by 512GB internal storage and 512GB microSD storage -- but then the company offered 1TB internal storage without a microSD card with the Galaxy S22 Ultra.
The European Union (EU) has agreed to implement a mandated charging standard on Tuesday, June 7th, 2022.
EU member states and Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) believe having a standardized charging cable for electronic devices will reduce electronic waste (e-waste). Apple, however, maker of the iPhone and its proprietary Lightning cable for charging, believes that move will stifle innovation.
A USB Type-C port for charging will be required on portable devices like smartphones, digital cameras, headphones, headsets, portable speakers, and E-readers, starting in late 2024. However, the law will allow laptops more time to adapt to the upcoming change.
Mobile phones have become a massive part of almost everyone's lives, but have you ever wondered how many times you check your phone in a day?
Asurion, a private insurance company that provides insurance for smartphones, tablets, and consumer electronics, published a study back in 2019 that found the average American checks their phone at least 96 times throughout a 24-hour period, which accounts for approximately 8 hours of sleep. 96 times a day means the individual was checking their phone once every 10 minutes.
A follow-up to that study was recently released and found that 96 times a day has drastically increased to 352 times a day, which has taken that 10-minute figure down to just once every 3 minutes. Notably, the study consisted of 2,000 American adults of a variety of different ages. Furthermore, the study found that out of all participants, 20% were unable to go without their phone for more than a few hours and that 75% of the participants reported taking their phone with them to the bathroom.
Google's next-gen Pixel 7 family of smartphones will have their in-house Tensor SoC made by Samsung, according to the latest reports out of Korean news site Digital Daily.
The new Google Pixel 7 family of smartphones should see its "Cloudripper GS201" Tensor chipset made on Samsung's 4nm node, and use PLP (panel-level packaging). PLP is used in chipset manufacturing, where it swaps part of the process to use a square panel instead of a round wafer for not only reduced waste but reduced per-unit costs.
Samsung made the "Whitechapel GS101" Tensor chip that powered Google's current-gen Pixel 6 family of smartphones, on the Samsung 5nm LPE node. Samsung will reportedly kick off mass manufacturing of the new Tensor SoC this month, with an October 2022 release expected for the new Pixel 7 smartphones.
Samsung has absolutely dominated the foldable smartphone market, with competitor Google and its purported foldable smartphone still waiting in the wings... nowhere to be seen, and now reportedly delayed.
Google was expected to unveil its new foldable products at its recent Google I/O 2022 conference, but it didn't happen. The Elec reports: "Google has postponed the launch of its first foldable smartphone again". Ross Young, CEO of Display Supply Chain Consultants (DSCC) has now tweeted: "Hearing from multiple sources in their supply chain that the Google foldable launch was delayed till next spring..."
We don't exactly know why the foldable Pixel was delayed, but rumor has it Google isn't happy with the design of its foldable. Especially in the fact of Samsung and its now third-gen foldable Galaxy Z Fold 3 and Galaxy Z Flip 3 foldable smartphones.
Heading toward the iPhone 15, Apple was rumored to switch its stance on its charging ports for devices, going from the current Lighting Port to USB-C.
Now those rumors appear to have taken a turn as reports indicate that Apple is planning on rolling out Lighting Ports for its AirPods Pro 2 charging case, a switch that will swap out USB-C for Lighting. The news comes from Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, who explained in several tweets that the upcoming next-generation AirPods will launch sometime during the second half of 2022, and will feature a Lightning Port.
Previous rumors have indicated that Apple is closing out the Lighting Port on its devices and will switch to USB-C for future iPhones and accessories. However, these are just rumors, and nothing has been confirmed nor denied by Apple. In other AirPods-related news, a 12-year-old boy's eardrums were allegedly ruptured after an amber alert was triggered. More on that story can be found below.
Google has taken to its blog to announce that it's Street View's 15th birthday, and with its birthday comes some new upgrades for users and Street View's camera.
Google explains that Street View originally started as a "far fetched idea" from Google co-founder Larry Page, but now the application is comprised of more than 220 billion images from over 100 countries and territories, which makes up the world's largest 360-degree map. Even though Google Maps and Street View have come further than Google could have imagined when the ideas were first conceived, the company states that it's still planning improvements.
Street View will be getting a new camera system that will allow Street View to keep up with the extremely fast pace the world changes. The camera will weigh less than 15 pounds, be customizable, features lidar, laser scanners, and more. Additionally, the new camera will also be able to fit onto any car, making it easier for Google's partners around the world. Lastly, Google states that the new camera will appear on iconic Street View cars next year.
Motorola has some new smartphones in the works and has recently taken to a Chinese website to tease some of their upcoming hardware.
Operating under Lenovo, Motorola has teased via Weibo some new details about its smartphones while also confirming when one of the devices will be launching. According to the first post by Motorola, one of its upcoming smartphones will be a foldable device that will feature a Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1. Notably, this device will be launching sometime in July 2022.
Furthermore, the company teased another device which is depicted as foldable in the graphic and will also feature a 200 megapixel (MP) camera. According to Engadget, rumors have previously pointed toward Motorola's upcoming 200MP device being called the "Frontier," that's expected to sport 125-watt fast-charging and a 6.67-inch OLED display at a refresh rate of 144Hz. It should be noted that these are just rumors for the time being and that ahead of its launch in July, Motorola is expected to announce official details.
Huawei has just announced its new foldable smartphone is available, introducing the new Mate Xs 2 foldable smartphone with its huge 7.8-inch OLED display.
The new Huawei Mate Xs 2 foldable smartphone rocks a 7.8-inch OLED with a 2480 x 2200 resolution and a 120Hz refresh rate. Huawei announced the new Mate Xs 2 foldable phone earlier this year, but now it's available in China starting now... and then Europe and other western markets.
What makes the Huawei Mate Xs 2 different to the leader of the foldable smartphone race: Samsung's Galaxy Z Fold 3 -- is that the Chinese manufacturer uses a foldable panel that folds outwards. Samsung, and others, have their displays fold in... keeping the internal (the larger) display protected when closed and in your pocket.
A team of researchers out of Germany has provided evidence of iPhones still being hackable even when powered off.
The researchers come from the Technical University of Darmstadt in Germany and have been able to identify an exploit that came with a new feature in iOS 15. The new feature allows for the iPhone's "Find My" application to continue running for a few hours after the phone is powered off, which is very helpful for users who have had their device stolen.
The continued tracking is done through the phone's Bluetooth, NFC, and ultra-wideband chips, as all three maintain a lower-power mode despite the phone appearing off. The researchers were able to find an exploit in the Bluetooth firmware that they say could be modified to run malware. However, the conditions for this exploit to present itself need to be favorable, as explained by security researcher Ryan Duff who spoke to Motherboard about the researcher's recently released paper.


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A recent patent filed by Sony aims to allow people to shoot photos with the blink of an eye.
The company's patent application is for a "contact lens camera" that would allow the wearer to snap photos with a deliberate blink of the eye and store them on a wireless device like a smartphone or tablet.
The contact lens camera would also have enhanced features like zoom and image stabilization, with the ability to differentiate between regular blinking and deliberate blinking for capturing images.
Sony is one of several companies in a race to make the smart contact lenses a reality. Google, whose Google Glass was a first step toward eyewear that can shoot photos and video, applied for a patent for a contact lens camera in 2014.
Compared to the Google patent, the Sony application lists more features like zoom, focus, change of aperture and stability to prevent blurry photos.
The images also can be stored in the lens itself before being transmitted wirelessly to another device.
While the patent provides a glimpse of the future, the technology to fit all of those functions into a tiny contact lens does not presently exist, so it's currently more of a prototype than reality.
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Darktrace, the cybersecurity company founded in Cambridge in 2013, is expected to announce its intention to float next week, it has emerged.
The company is finalising plans for a £3bn ($4.2bn) stock market listing just days after Deliveroo’s (ROO.L) dire London debut.
City sources told Sky News that Darktrace’s board, led by new chairman Gordon Hurst, was confident that its shares would begin conditional trading around the end of this month.
The company uses artificial intelligence (AI) technology to spot cyber threats for businesses. Some of its clients include BT Group (BT-A.L), William Hill (WMH.L) and online shopping giant Ocado (OCDO.L)
The Darktrace listing is set to be one of the most prominent to emerge from the UK’s cluster of tech unicorns - companies with a valuation of at least $1bn.
However, people close to the initial public offering (IPO) said its advisers were expected to urge a more conservative approach to pricing in the wake of Deliveroo’s poor arrival on the public markets, Sky News said.
WATCH: FCC and cybersecurity experts warn about new COVID-19 survey scam
Last week, the loss-making food delivery company, which is backed by Amazon (AMZN), suffered one of the worst debuts on record, with shares falling 30% in the first half hour of trading, wiping more than £2bn ($2.7bn) off the company’s value.
Tens of thousands of retail investors who invested in the firm through a platform called PrimaryBid are now facing heavy paper losses on the back of the fall. Around 70,000 individuals put £50m into the company.
Wednesday marked the start of conditional dealing for Deliveroo shares, which means only institutional investors can buy and sell the stock. Retail investors must wait until the start of unconditional dealing next Wednesday to make any adjustments.
The IPO flop is bad news for Amazon, which is the biggest institutional investor in the business. Amazon owns just over a 10% of the business. Other prominent investors include T Rowe Price (TROW), Fidelity, and venture capital funds Index and Accel.
It is now likely that Darktrace will seek a lower valuation than the $5bn mooted in recent months. In November last year it was reported that it was in talks with investment lenders, including UBS and Berenberg, to work on the float.
The IPO is also likely to include the sale of around £250m new and existing shares in the company.
Cambridge-headquartered Darktrace also has a base in San Francisco in the US, with more than 44 offices across the globe. It employs over 1,200 workers.
Last year, Wall Street bank Goldman Sachs (GS) reportedly declined a role in the blockbuster IPO of Darktrace due to legal issues surrounding its biggest shareholder Invoke Capital, which was founded by Mike Lynch.
Goldman raised concerns about the billionaire tech entrepreneur’s ongoing extradition battle over the $11bn sale of software company Autonomy to Hewlett Packard in 2011.
Lynch faces a hearing at the beginning of 2021 after US authorities charged him with 17 counts or securities and wire fraud. He submitted himself for arrest in February this year and was given bail in return for £10m security.
In 2018, Lynch stepped down from the Darktrace board. He denies the charges against him.
Some firms have also questioned whether underwriting the stock market float could constitute a potential breach of Britain's Proceeds of Crime Act.
WATCH: Deliveroo bankers face cancellation of £18m fee after IPO calamity


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Supply Chain Resources
Surging demand, supply chain disruptions and sharply rising costs have significantly altered the economics of our industry. PRINTING United Alliance is continuously monitoring the supply chain situation and we are working on your behalf to minimize the impact of these issues. The Supply Chain Resource Channel has up-to-date information regarding our supply chain and recommended articles to help you remain resilient in a disrupted market.
PRINTING United Alliance is committed to providing its members with timely, accurate analysis of paper related supply chain disruptions.
Ways PRINTING United Alliance Is Advocating About Paper Shortage and Other Supply Chain Disruptions
Ford Bowers, CEO of PRINTING United Alliance, discusses the dire state of an industry-wide shortage of printing papers and other supply chain disruptions.
Outlook for U.S. Paper Market Amidst End of UPM Paper Mill Strike
Video: Tim Kirchen, Senior VP, Americas, at UPM Raflatac, discusses the settlement of a nearly four-months-long unionized worker strike that caused the shutdown of UPM paper mills in Finland.
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Paper shortages are the stuff of nightmares: the kind of existential threat to commercial printing companies that keeps owners and managers up at night. A perfect storm: First, shrinkage of the commercial sector over the past decade means, for paper mills, the manufacture of printing and writing grades are less of a priority.
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Big-name brands such as swimwear maker Speedo and luxury fashion company Ralph Lauren have moved quickly to distance themselves from top US Olympic swimmer Ryan Lochte after a scandal in Rio de Janeiro in which he falsely claimed to have been robbed at gunpoint.
Lochte has also lost lesser-known sponsors such as Airweave, a Japanese mattress manufacturer, and Syneron-Candela, a skin care company. According to a report by Reuters news agency, all major sponsors have now severed their ties with him. “Sponsorship and endorsement deals typically include ‘morals clauses’ that allow sponsors to terminate deals early if they feel the athlete has behaved poorly in public,” Reuters said.
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Just earlier this month, CNNIC (the China Network Information Centre) came out with its 35th report about the Chinese Internet. Done twice every year, it reported that China has (still!) yet to reach the point at which over half the population was online. It also reported a few others ups and downs, although even here with the slower-than-expected growth, the Chinese Internet of tomorrow still remains an interesting place to keep oneâ€™s eye out for.
Even a mere skim of the report reveals fascinating insights about how the Internet of China might develop. Here are some of the more interesting findings:
- By December 2014, China had an online population of 649 million. Whilst this was 31.17 million more than last year, the percentage of those online in comparison to the wider population still remained just short of the 50% mark: it was at 47.9%. (However, in late 2013, this figure was lower: 45.8%.)
- Also by late December 2014, the Chinese Internet was increasingly more and more mobile-centred. Of the 649 million Internet users, 557 million of them access the Web via their mobile devices. This was an increase of 56.72 million â€” a more sizeable increase than the general growth on a nationwide scale.
- Much of the online population in late 2014 remained in the cities â€” users in the countryside accounted for a mere 27.5% of the entire e-population, at a â€œmereâ€ 178 million. It still was able to register an increase, however, this time adding 1.88 million new users from the period after late 2013.
- New in the late 2014 report (over the late 2013 report) was the addition of Internet-ready TV as a new connection device. Where this figure was in essence â€œzeroâ€ for late 2013, this grew to 15.6% for late 2014.
- More users started using both school and public Internet (including probably at wifi cafÃ©s that were not regarded as â€œtraditionalâ€ Internet cafÃ©s). In particular for the latter, where 14.6% connected via a â€œpublic locationâ€ in late 2013, this had gone up to 18% by late 2014.
- More and more of Internet users also had incomes. The most visible increases in the monthly income bracket groups were that between Â¥3,001â€“Â¥5,000 (roughly Â£300â€“Â¥500), registering an increase of 4.4%. In the meantime, those with no income drastically shrank from 9.7% in late 2013 to a mere 2.2% by late 2014; what was the 6th most populated group in late 2013 became the least populous by late 2014.
- Probably due to the increased censorship on Weibo (as well much more strict legislation), Weibo saw probably the most significant loss of users; where as 45.5% of Internet users were using the service in late 2013, this registered a 11.4% loss so that by late 2014, a mere 38.4% were using the service. The user base loss was even greater on the mobile version of Weibo, where a 13% loss was seen (39.3% by late 2013, a mere 30.7% by late 2014).
Both via reports and through general observations, one is able to forecast the following, going into 2015:
- The Internet is slowly reaching a saturation point in China â€” whereas some were more upbeat and predicted the country breaking the 50% barrier in terms of â€œe-proliferationâ€ by late 2014, this was somewhat unexpectedly not met. The result, however, also defies more recent trends: whereas in late 2012, the number of users not online who indicated an intention of â€œdefinitely remaining offlineâ€ or â€œprobably remaining offlineâ€ reached a recent peak of 77.3%, in 2013 and 2014, this figure was lower. What can be seen, however, is the simultaneous reduction in the number of offline users committed to going online â€” as in those who stated in the research that they were â€œdefinitelyâ€ or â€œlikelyâ€ going online (down to 11.1% in late 2014 from a recent peak in 2011 of 16.3%).
- E-commerce on mobile has seen probably one of the largest increases in the past year (2014). The report mentioned growths of 63.5%, 73.2%, and 69.2%, respectively for mobile shopping, mobile purchases, and mobile banking, over figures for the year before (2013). Probably the largest increase was seen in mobile e-commerce when it came to booking travel online â€” the 194.6% increase is probably attributable to Chinese national railways rolling out (at long last!) its own official mobile booking app.
- A new development in 2014 was the rolling out of O2O services. 39.2% of those in Tier 1 cities, mostly Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou (Canton), were using O2O services; one expects more growth in Tier 2 cities (such as Wuhan in central China) and Tier 3 (â€œlesserâ€) cities.
- The rise of WeChat will continue as Weibo continues tanking; however, interestingly enough, the report did not make specific mention of WeChat as a different kind of application (it was most likely â€œgeneralisedâ€ as an instant messaging application, a little unusual given its Swiss Army Knife-like uses).
- The era when the Internet was mostly the domain of the young, jobless, and students, has come and gone. More Internet users are ageing, and there is a visible increase in those users who actually earn income. With these people settling into the workplace, general discourse online could be expected to turn from the irrational to more rational issues.
- China is increasingly moving away from the â€œtraditionalâ€ Internet when it comes to modes of access (as in what devices were used to surf the Web). Increasingly, tablets and even Web-ready TV sets are being used to connect. What is also of note, however, is that less than half of laptops (44.1% in late 2013, 43.2% in late 2014) are used to connect. This might seem to negate the primary reason for owning such a machine! It can also be hypothesised, however, that the relatively lightweight and more easily accessible mobile phone has a visible advantage over a comparatively more â€œclunkyâ€ laptop, even in this day and age of super-lightweight machines such as Appleâ€™s MacBook Pro.
Here are trends we might wish to watch as we head further into 2015:
- Urbanisation is still in progress and is likely to continue making an impact. As a result, one would expect a continued increase in the number of users connecting from cities.
- In much the same vein, city-wide wifi may become much more the norm than a novelty (as was the case back in 2007). This will see an increase of those connecting â€œfrom public placesâ€.
- In terms of general growth, oneâ€™s attitude, in terms of the recent deceleration in Internet proliferation, will probably be more of a â€œwait and seeâ€ attitude when it comes to when Internet proliferation in China will break the 50% barrier.
- The ageing of China might mean one would see more users who are retired, although at 2.4% for late 2013 figures, and 2.8% for late 2014 statistics, this might still as yet be a minority.
- The explosions in popularising mobile Internet travel bookings is likely to see a visible decrease, as the user base is only so large (as long as the general user base does not see explosive growth). Mobile payments and other such types of transactions, however, will likely to see sustained increases; after the recent shaking on WeChat over Chinese New Year, reasons for such growth are made much more obvious.
- Finally, one cannot, when it comes to technology, rule out the emergence of a newer-still form of Internet communication in this day and age. In 2009 and 2010, Weibo was the â€œbig newcomerâ€; by around 2012 and 2013, this was WeChatâ€™s turn. Now in 2015 and going into 2016, one might be forgiven for imaging a yet newer arrival, although given WeChatâ€™s strong foothold at present, the hypothesised â€œnew bigcomerâ€ would have to have more â€œoomphâ€ and impetus to convince users to use such a service for it to growth at the rates that Weibo and WeChat have done in the past.


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The indie game console may already be dead
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Last year, I predicted that the rising tide of Android gaming would raise all boats — that indie game consoles like the Ouya, the Shield, and the Gamestick could mount a challenge against Xbox and PlayStation because of all the attention they were getting as a whole. Sadly, it looks like I was wrong. This week, the leader of the indie console charge is standing down.
Ouya arrived late, the hardware was panned, and the plan to fund games was beset by scams. Promised titles like Hawken and OnLive never materialized, and a much-hyped exclusive from Portal designer Kim Swift didn't move the needle. The only exclusive game worth playing on the system, Towerfall, isn't exclusive to Ouya anymore — and early reports suggested that even Towerfall wasn't really a hit.
Meanwhile, the Gamestick got an even poorer reception, and Nvidia hasn't been willing to share sales figures for its surprisingly well-built Shield. Valve's Steam Box, thought to be another console competitor, turned out to be a disorganized collection of gaming PCs — at least until Alienware and company can get the original vision off the ground.
So now, amidst a seeming blasé attitude towards failed microconsoles, Ouya is pivoting to become a software platform. The company hopes to embed the software into televisions and set-top boxes, starting with its former competitor the Mad Catz Mojo, and will keep its own console around only as a "reference design" from now on.
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World Trade Organization (WTO) agrees to new European import duties against the United States. These would be import duties on goods with a trade value of USD 4 billion.
The tariffs that the European Union wants to introduce are a reprisal for US subsidies to the American aircraft manufacturer Boeing. It is yet another chapter in the trade dispute between the EU and the US since US president Donald Trump took office. Sources indicate that it is unlikely that the EU will introduce new tariffs on, for example, Boeing aircraft before the US elections on 3 November.


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Siemens and Local Motors have recently partnered to help advance the future of manufacturing by optimising the development and large-scale 3D printing of cars. The partnership combines the power of Siemens’ PLM software technology with Local Motors’ leadership in co-created and 3D-printed vehicles – a process called direct digital manufacturing.
With a shared vision for the future of product development, Local Motors plans to enhance productivity in its innovative Local Motors (LM) Labs program by leveraging Siemens’ expertise in creating ‘digital twins,’ while Siemens expects to further enhance its digital enterprise software suite to support the latest advances in Additive Manufacturing and 3D printing.
“We have been partners with Siemens since 2011, and this announcement takes that partnership to the next level by enabling our community of co-creators to innovate even faster,” said Jay Rogers, CEO, Local Motors. “We developed the world’s first co-created vehicle and 3D-printed car, and now our LM Labs program is providing the world’s makers with a way – both online and offline – to create new technologies to advance the future of transportation,” he added.
Siemens’ Solid Edge® software has been in use at Local Motors for several years and has been crucial in facilitating its co-creation model. This new partnership expands the use of Solid Edge andadds Siemens’ NX™ software and its Fibersim™ portfolio to all Local Motors facilities around the world. DDM and digital twins save time, reduce costs and increase quality by integrating and streamlining the design and production processes. “As part of this leadership, we recognise the growing importance of Additive Manufacturing and 3D printing for the global manufacturing industry,” said Dr Helmuth Ludwig, Executive VP & Chief Digital Officer, Siemens PLM Software.
Local Motors plans to open three new facilities this year, all of which will feature LM Labs. Siemens PLM Software plans to be a sponsor of all three LM Labs in Washington DC, Berlin as well as Tennessee.


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September Designated National Bourbon Heritage Month
FRANKFORT, Ky. – September is shaping up as a busy month for Kentucky’s bourbon whiskey industry, as the U.S. Senate has declared it National Bourbon Heritage Month and the celebration of the Kentucky Bourbon Festival in Bardstown will mark its 16th year.
“The designation of National Bourbon Heritage Month will help draw attention to the Kentucky Bourbon Trail, which attracts thousands of visitors to the Commonwealth every year,” said Randy Fiveash, Commissioner of Tourism. “Kentucky will continue to reap ever larger rewards from having these historic distilleries located within our borders.”
In addition to direct economic impact on Kentucky by supporting more than 3,000 jobs, the bourbon industry has also become a major tourism attraction throughout central Kentucky. Tourism along the region’s “Bourbon Trail” of seven distilleries has grown to 500,000 visitors annually, according to H. Edward O’Daniel Jr., president of the Kentucky Distillers Association.
“Bourbon is a signature industry of Kentucky. The Senate resolution is an acknowledgement that bourbon is not simply a Kentucky product, but a product with a growing international reputation,” O’Daniel said.
The Senate resolution reinforces the designation of bourbon as America’s “official native spirit” by Congress in 1964. The resolution calls for consumers who enjoy bourbon to do so responsibly and in moderation.
“This is a great honor that the U.S. Senate has bestowed upon the bourbon industry,” said Bill Samuels Jr., president of Maker’s Mark Distillery. “The tradition of family heritage, authenticity and craftsmanship behind bourbon is what has made it an American icon.”
“This recognition is a long time coming. My great-granddaddy would be proud,” said Frederick Booker Noe III, seventh generation member of the family behind Jim Beam Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey. “The U.S. Senate is recognizing bourbon’s unique place in American history, and we’re looking forward to celebrating this September.”
This year’s Kentucky Bourbon Festival will be held Sept. 11-16. Staged annually in Bardstown since 1991, the festival last year attracted 52,000 visitors from 37 states and 13 countries, according to O’Daniel.
For more information on the Bourbon Festival visit www.kybourbonfestival.com. Information on the Bourbon Trail is available at www.kybourbon.com or by calling 859-336-9613.
The Kentucky Department of Tourism, an agency of the Kentucky Commerce Cabinet, exists to promote The Commonwealth as a travel destination, generate revenue and create jobs for Kentucky’s economy.


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Dubai: The Dubai Municipality has issued a warning to people against consumption of unlicensed food products. The warning came after the civic body was apprised of a series of viral text messages on phone and social networking websites showing a chocolate product in medical syringes.
Sources from the company’s Middle East office told Gulf News that one of the users of their product bought it from the market and filled it in syringes.
“They have nothing to do with us. We found out that some people bought the product, filled it in syringes and put the product stickers, which was shown in the messages that were being circulated. It could seriously tarnish brand image and we will take an action against it.”
The pictures that were circulated showed chocolate injections, which some of the product users said they found unpleasant.
Khalid Sherif, Director, Food Control Department, Dubai Municipality, said that the syringes that were used to pack it were found to be manufactured for medical purposes.
“The Ministry of Health confirmed that the medical syringes are not clean or sanitised and might have been used in hospitals to take blood or inject medicine. Therefore, we strongly advise the public to purchase food products from authorised establishments only as they get approval for all food items, apart from the periodical checks by the civic body,” he said.
Talking to Gulf News, he said: “The product is not available in the market. However, people are exchanging the pictures telephonically and through internet and, on our part, we warn people not to consume any food item that is unlicensed.”
Users of the product said they found the pictures disturbing. “I am quite fond of this chocolate spread and seeing it in the form of an injection was rather unpleasant,” said Brenda, a resident.
Social media marketing experts said a complete control of information content was not possible but advised that companies could monitor social media and the users should verify spam and viral messages.
“If it is a telephonic message, it is the free will of a person and you cannot control their opinions. But in case of wrong, misleading content and spamming , there are a host of policies that most of the social media websites have already put into place. As a user, one can also report such information,” said Akanksha Goel, partner of Socialize, a digital media agency.