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The zero-emission Hyundai ix35 Fuel Cell has been awarded the prestigious FuturAuto accolade at the 2013 Brussels Motor Show. The ix35 Fuel Cell was selected as the winner for becoming the first mass-produced, hydrogen-powered fuel cell vehicle commercially available.
The award, in its 12th year, celebrates technological innovation in the automotive industry and is selected by a respected panel of journalists from the Belgian Automotive Press Union (UJBA).
From a longlist of 16 candidates, the judges selected a five-strong shortlist which included innovations from Hyundai, Bosch, Mazda, Mercedes Benz and Volvo.
Allan Rushforth, Senior Vice President and COO at Hyundai Motor Europe, commented: “Hyundai truly believes that hydrogen is the fuel of the future. It demonstrates the same benefits in terms of range and refuelling as an internal combustion-powered vehicle, but emits no harmful emissions, only water. Hyundai will continue to invest in the promotion of hydrogen and the growing refuelling infrastructure, to help create a society with sustainable energy supply and zero-emission road transportation.”
Series production of Hyundai’s ix35 Fuel Cell vehicle will start at the company’s Ulsan manufacturing plant in Korea in January 2013, making Hyundai the first automaker to begin commercial production of a hydrogen-powered vehicle.
Hyundai plans to manufacture 1.000 units of the hydrogen-powered ix35 Fuel Cell vehicles by 2015, targeted predominantly at public sector and private fleets, with limited mass production of 10.000 units beyond 2015. Hyundai has already signed contracts to lease the ix35 Fuel Cell to municipal fleets in Denmark and Sweden. Additionally, the EU Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking (FCH JU) in Brussels has been providing since October 2011 Hyundai ix35 Fuel Cell fleet to EU policy makers and the public in order to demonstrate the market readiness of the fuel cell technology.
Hyundai’s third-generation fuel cell vehicle, based on the ix35 compact SUV, is equipped with a 100 kW (136 PS) fuel cell stack and two hydrogen storage tanks, with a total capacity of 5,64 kg. This amount of stored hydrogen enables the ix35 Fuel Cell to travel a total of 588 km on a single refuel. Maximum speed is 160 km/h, and it can reliably start in temperatures as low as minus 25 degrees Celsius. The energy developed is stored in a 24 kW lithium-ion battery.
-Ends- About Hyundai Motor
Established in 1967, Hyundai Motor Co. has grown into the Hyundai Motor Group, with more than two dozen auto-related subsidiaries and affiliates. Hyundai Motor - which has seven manufacturing bases outside of South Korea including Brazil, China, the Czech Republic, India, Russia, Turkey and the U.S. - sold 4,4 million vehicles globally in 2012. Hyundai Motor, which employs over 80.000 worldwide, offers a full line-up of products including small to large passenger vehicles, SUVs and commercial vehicles.
Further information about Hyundai Motor and its products is available at www.hyundai.com
. About Hyundai Motor Europe
In 2011, Hyundai achieved record sales in Europe of 398.129 units, taking a best-ever 2,9% market share. In May 2011, Hyundai achieved a landmark, passing 5.000.000 sales in Europe since imports began in 1977. The company designs, engineers and manufactures cars in Europe, specifically for European customers. This includes the i30, which performed as Hyundai’s top-selling model in 2011, with 96.000 units sold. Hyundai sells cars in 28 European countries across 2.500 outlets.
More information about Hyundai Motor Europe and its products is available at www.hyundai.com/eu
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Passwordless authentication has finally come of age. The final piece of the puzzle is what is happening at Apple and their support of the various FIDO2 standards, including adding the Web Authn protocols to Safari running on iOS v14 devices. These protocols are useful, because web application servers can integrate with strong authenticators already built into devices, such as Apple Touch ID/Face ID, Android and Windows Hello. This means that these servers can authenticate the user without directly receiving any private keys or any shared secrets. NokNok has put together a simple demo website here that mimics how a bank might deploy FIDO for the web. One of the largest MNOs NTT DOCOMO in Japan already deploys actual passwordless apps.
Before Apple’s implementation, there was ubiquitous support for FIDO across native mobile applications on Android and iOS devices, but not for browser applications. Microsoft, Google and Firefox Mozilla added FIDO support for browsers but, without support in Safari, there was a gap to achieving passwordless. Many organizations were waiting to see if Apple would jump on the bandwagon.
Why is this particular Apple implementation important? There are several reasons. First, biometrics are now used by more people and found in more phones than ever before. Duo reports in a 2019 survey that 77% of smartphones have biometrics configured. Next, before FIDO2 you had to combine device firmware with specific software and an app that was written for this task. Now you have a standards-based approach that will work with any of the major browsers in any context. It also means that finally we can ditch our one-time password apps on our smartphones (such as Authy, Lastpass and Google and Microsoft Authenticators) and your HW OTP Tokens and just use the phones themselves as authentication devices. Finally, this makes FIDO passwordless logins the most secure mechanism of authentication and also the easiest to use. We no longer have to ask users to trade off usability with security: they can have both.
Certainly, there have been other passwordless applications outside of the FIDO effort, as mentioned in this piece in CSOonline. But all of these share common drawbacks: they are vendor-specific, they require special code to integrate with their authentication servers, they make use of existing authentication smartphone apps or they haven’t been tested at the scale that can be used by global enterprises. Speaking of which, FIDO implementations are being used today by millions of users, and they also save time and frustration. Intuit found that their FIDO-enabled mobile app had three major benefits: it cut down on phishing attempts, reduced by 20% the login times for users, and improved by 6% the number of successful logins. They are working on integrating FIDO into their websites’ logins.
Passwords are painful, no doubt. We have too many of them to easily remember, and the number of multi-factor solutions have usability compromises that require a security expert to explain and deploy. It is time to take advantage of FIDO and it is timely that we have the support by Apple of WebAuthn. This could well be a watershed event for mobile ecommerce, making a big incentive for using your smartphone for making online purchases. No more having to download an app for buying from an online storefront when you can just use your browser on iOS, Android, or Windows. You have a simple login and you can get better security than you had before.

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San Diego, California – Tech news enthusiasts have a new app at their disposal to keep up with the latest technology headlines. Tech News Tube for iPhone and iPad delivers the latest tech news, rumors and articles in a free, universal app for iOS devices. Tech News Tube aggregates the tech news aggregators to bring readers the latest industry news and articles. The app combines an assortment of blogs, websites and social media outlets into one easy to follow news stream.
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Richardson, Texas – Leading mobile applications development company, Impiger Technologies, with over 100 Mobile Applications for the global market, today launched WC2k11 Cricket 1.0 for iOS for fans to keep abreast of the world cup cricket tournament. This is a free download.
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As part of their Black Friday sale celebration, Readdle is giving away 3 iPads to lucky winners beginning today and ending November 30th.
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Frankfurt, Germany – Berbie Software announces an update for TrailRunner, the outdoor oriented route-planning and journaling software for Mac OS X. Among other improvements, routes that have been created with the easy to use routing tools in TrailRunner 3.1 can now be sent to Trails. Trails for iPhone or iPad is one of the hottest GPS tracking Apps available in the App Store.


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CARLSBAD, California – (March 8, 2024)— The newly released SpeedSoft™ golf ball plays a critical role in the dynamic lineup of 2024 TaylorMade golf balls. This low-compression design is engineered with a singular focus: delivering the softest possible feel while maintaining explosive speeds for the everyday golfer. Priced at $25 per dozen and fueled by a new PWRCORE technology that makes it the softest ball on the TaylorMade roster, SpeedSoft is the ideal blend of performance and affordability. It features a low-compression core that balances distance and ultra-soft feel on iron approaches and wedge shots around the green.
Josh Dipert, Director of Product Development Engineering, Golf Ball
“SpeedSoft represents a significant stride in our ongoing commitment to delivering performance products to golfers of all skills. With a deliberate focus on engineering a low-compression design, this is the first time we’ve created a TaylorMade golf ball with a compression delta below 50. SpeedSoft stands out as a game-changer for its unparalleled combination of soft feel and explosive speeds.”
Building upon the exceptionally low-compression and ultra-soft feel of SpeedSoft, the new SpeedSoft Ink introduces a vibrant visual technology showcased by a distinctive paint-splatter design.
Designed with high contrast and high visibility in mind, SpeedSoft Ink introduces TaylorMade’s proprietary multi-axis print technology at a more accessible price point, bringing the brand’s industry leading visual technology capabilities to a broader audience for the first time. Beyond the performance benefits of visual technology, SpeedSoft Ink represents a canvas of personality and style ideally suited for those who dare to break convention, changing the way golf balls look to the core golfer.
“The market demand for golf balls with visual technology is on the rise, reflecting a growing segment of golfers who seek more than just the traditional white ball experience. We feel like this is a segment that has previously been ignored, and with SpeedSoft Ink we are meeting this demand while also taking a bold step towards catering to the modern golfer’s desire for visual technology without sacrificing performance.”
Michael Fox, Senior Director of Product Creation, Golf BallSpeedSoft Ink Blue with Spider Tour
Offered in four different colorways (Green, Red, Blue, and Pink), SpeedSoft Ink invites a palette of possibilities and roars with personality. This is the first time TaylorMade has offered significant visual technology at this price point.
Pricing & Availability
SpeedSoft, SpeedSoft Yellow and SpeedSoft Ink will be available at retail on 3/8/2024 at an MSRP of $24.99 USD per dozen. To learn more about SpeedSoft, SpeedSoft Yellow and SpeedSoft Ink golf balls, visit TaylorMadeGolf.com.


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Yamaha Factory Racing launched their 2013 colours in front of the world’s MotoGP Media at the Jerez de La Frontera Circuit in Spain.
Reigning MotoGP World Champion Jorge Lorenzo and returning teammate Valentino Rossi were on-hand to reveal their 2013 liveries in the Yamaha Factory Racing pit garage before joining a press conference with some of Yamaha’s top management to answer questions for the media.
As MotoGP™ prepares to start the 2013 season, motorcycle racing fans are snatching up the limited number of hospitality and VIP suites in anticipation of the return of their favorite riders to Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. The Red Bull U.S. Grand Prix, featuring the MotoGP™ World Championship roars back onto the Monterey Peninsula July 19-21, 2013, bringing with it fans from around the globe.
Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca is offering free exhibit space to local businesses that would like to showcase their services to the 35,000 fans that are expected to pack the race track over three days for the American Le Mans Monterey race, May 9-11.
To qualify for free exhibitor space, the business must be headquartered in Monterey, Santa Cruz or San Benito County, have less than 500 employees and can not be a food or beverage company.


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Tri-Cities Brew Tours ready to set sail this weekend
Published 8:38 am Wednesday, March 30, 2016
Growing up many kids watched as the children on the “Magic School Bus” television show embarked on fun filled trips to extraordinary places.
Now, adults in the Tri-Cities area can take journeys into the magical world of craft beer on “Bernie the Brew Bus”, a 2002 Chevy Short Bus operated by Tri-Cities Brew Tours co-owner Adam Carver.
The tours, which are booking now on tricitiesbrewtours.com and will begin this weekend, take craft beer explorers to local breweries, where travellers will be able to sample beers and learn about the ins and outs of the craft of brewing. Currently, the list of brewers that the tours visit is comprised of six establishments that dot the Tri-Cities, including, Bristol Brewery, Johnson City Brewing Company, JHR Brewing, Depot Street Brewing, Holston River Brewing Company, and Yee-Haw Brewing Company.
The start up of Tri-Cities Brew Tours coincides with the flourishing of the craft beer industry in the Tri-Cities area. Carver, who co-owns the touring company with Zack Roskop, owner of Knox Brew Tours, hopes the new venture will provide people with a fun and safe way to learn about local brewers while supporting the local brewing industry.
“We are all about supporting the breweries,” Carver said. “Everything that we do is to make them better, to bring people to them, and put them in the spotlight.”
Each tour lasts roughly three and half hours, during which participants will cruise around on “Bernie the Bus”, a vehicle that can hold up to roughly 14 people. With its open interior comprising of bench seats that face each other, the bus is designed to facilitate a fun and relaxing environment.
“It is a much more fun and open atmosphere than the typical school bus,” Carver said. “Our main goal is that people have fun and learn about craft beer.”
The tours will make three stops, and participants will be able enjoy approximately four 4-ounce samples of beer at each brewery. The company currently holds three tours over the weekend. The Friday Night Tour last from 6 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. and visits Yee-Haw Brewing, JRH Brewing and Depot Street Brewing. On Saturday, two tours will be offered, with the Saturday Day Tour running from 12 p.m. to 3:15 p.m. and visiting the Holston River Brewery, Bristol Brewery and Johnson City Brewery. The Saturday Afternoon Tour goes from 3:30 p.m. to 6:45 p.m. and will visit JHR Brewing, Depot Street Brewing and Johnson City Brewing. A regular ticket costs $45, while a ticket for a designated driver costs $30.
On the first Friday and Saturday of each month, Tri-Cities Brewing will run a shuttle that will take riders to the nine breweries that comprise the Brewly Noted Beer Trail. The shuttle will give craft beer lovers a chance to visit all of the breweries on the trail over a 24 hour period. Andrew Felty, director of the trail, said he feels the tours will be a big boost to the local craft brewing industry.
“I think it is another excellent offshoot of what craft breweries bring to the Tri-Cities area,” Felty said. “I think it will continue to highlight the economic growth of craft breweries and I also believe it will highlight the Brewly Noted Beer Trail as well.”
Craft beer is not just a growing industry in the Tri-Cities area. In 2015, there were an estimated 4,225 craft brewers in the United States, up from 2,401 in 2012, according to statistics compiled by the Brewers Association. The Brewers Association also reports that in Tennessee brewers employ roughly 6,570 employees with an average income of $38,831 annually.


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Samsung have released details of their smartwatch - Galaxy Gear and look set to be the first major player in mainstream wearable technology.Read the full story ›
Technology journalists have given their reaction to Samsung's new Galaxy Gear smartwatch - and they are not all complimentary.
Bloggers from TechCrunch, The Next Web and AllThings wrote on Twitter:
I would show you a hands on pic of a Galaxy Smartwatch but I can’t raise my hand with it on.
The Galaxy Gear is designed so that Note owners can minimize the amount of mockery they're subjected to over how big their phones are.
Users of the Galaxy Gear will be able to use the voice control to make calls, create reminders and set alarms without touching the smartwatch.
The watch will also work with other Samsung devices allowing users to control the music played on them, or find any they have misplaced by making them beep, illuminate and vibrate.
The Galaxy Gear will come in six colours and have 4GB of storage and with a1.6" screen, Samsung say they have designed the watch to last for more than a day on a single charge.
The Gear will be available in the US and Japan in October, but the rest of the world will have it later this month.
The Galaxy Gear is designed so that users wearing the watch can make and receive calls without removing their phone from their pockets or bags.
Wearers can answer calls by raising the watch to their ear.
Samsung has unveiled its Galaxy Gear smartwatch as it competes with Google Glass in the wearable devices market.
Samsung will today become the first major smartphone manufacturer to unveil a smart watch.
The Korean company will reveal the product in Berlin and will beat Apple's iWatch - which is rumoured to be released in Spring next year.
Samsung is to unveil its first smartwatch on September 4th, the company's mobile business chief told The Korea Times today.
Lee Young-hee said the product, called the Galaxy Gear, would be "a new wearable concept device" that would "enhance and enrich the current smart mobile experience in many ways."
The South Korean firm's attempt at the product comes after a £79 Sony effort but is expected to precede a similar launch by fierce rivals Apple.
Samsung has unveiled its revolutionary Galaxy S4 Zoom that combines a smartphone and a high-end camera.
The camera has a 10x optical zoom and 16 megapixel sensor. The phone is Galaxy S4 technology.
It's expected to be available in the UK this summer.
Certainly it looks like year-on-year growth was much higher for Samsung's mobile phone unit than for Apple's iPhone segment.
That's a testament to the broad appeal of Samsung's device range compared with the relatively high-end focus of the iPhone.
It's also helpful that Samsung has device launches throughout the year, which help to keep demand going on a more consistent basis, whereas Apple suffers from strong seasonality.


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One to have for Ghost Recon: Wildlands
AMD has released its newest Radeon Software Crimson ReLive Edition 17.3.1 driver which adds game day launch support for Ghost Recon: Wildlands as well as brings a couple of performance improvements and bug fixes.
With new triple-fan iCX Technology cooler
EVGA has sent out neat teasers about its upcoming custom GTX 1080 Ti FTW3 graphics card which will use the new iCX cooler.
High end chipset in a small form-factor
Biostar has shown off what appears to be the first socket AM4 motherboard based on the mini-ITX form-factor and the high-end X370 chipset - the Biostar Racing X370-GTN.
The Flare X and Fortis series DDR4 memory
Following the launch of AMD's Zen-based Ryzen 7 CPUs, G.Skill has announced two new DDR4 memory series, designed and tested specifically for the AM4 socket platform, the G.Skill Flare X and Fortis DDR4 memory series.
Asus, MSI, Inno3D and others
It did not take long for Nvidia AIC partners, like Asus, MSI, Inno3D and others to start showing and teasing its upcoming custom versions of the recently announced Nvidia GTX 1080 Ti graphics card.
Review roundup: Has it rysen to the occasion?
AMD has officially lifted the NDA veil from its new Zen-based Ryzen CPUs and the first reviews have started to trickle in, giving us a clearer picture regarding real world performance.
RX Vega won't be here before late May
According to the newest report, AMD's upcoming RX 500 series will be completely made of RX 400 series rebrands, based on Polaris 10 and Polaris 11, as well as possible new Polaris 12 GPU, while Radeon RX Vega won't launch before late May.
GTX 1080 and GTX 1060 with faster memory
During its GDC 2017 event held yesterday, Nvidia announced that its AIC partners will be able to use new memory chips on GTX 1080 and GTX 1060 graphics cards, allowing them to give a slight performance boost.
Will use Vega GPU in future
While it only revealed a retail name for its upcoming Vega-based graphics cards, AMD also announced a key partnership with LiquidSky, a cloud-based game-streaming service provider that will use that same Vega GPU for game streaming.
US $100 price-cut
In addition to launching the new Geforce GTX 1080 Ti graphics card, Nvidia has also lowered the price of its Geforce GTX 1080 graphics card, pushing it down to US $499, a good US $100 price cut from its official launch price.


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News > Indian monuments re-open with strict guidelines
Indian monuments re-open with strict guidelines
International Business Times | 03/07/2020 08:00 AM | Click to read full article
As Indian monuments, including Taj Mahal, Red Fort, Qutub Minar, and others, re-open on July 6, the cultural ministry has issued strict guidelines such as no group photos, snacks, and asked all visitors to wear masks and follow social distancing.
Only those monuments and museums which are in the non-containment zone will be open for visitorsTaj Mahal will accept 2,500 visitors, while Qutub Minar and Red Fort will allow 1,500 visitors in two slots each.


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If you catch Justin Bieber out on his “Purpose” tour, you may notice an interesting shirt that’s included in his new wardrobe collection: A piece that has the words “Bigger Than Satan” emblazoned on the back.
The clothing is actually the work of acclaimed LA designer Jerry Lorenzo (who shared the image to Instagram) and his brand “Fear of God.” He recently explained the idea for the label to Hypebeast:
I can’t imagine doing a clothing line to just make money and be cool if I’m not trying to inspire people … The Fear generation to me is this new generation of cool kids that believe in God and that are really the coolest kids at school or the coolest kids [period]. I don’t know if you did youth groups when you were a kid, but the Christian kids were always not as cool as the real cool kids at school. So now [I want to show] that, “No, we are the cool kids. We look cool and there’s some depth about us that is cooler than whatever is fleeting at this moment.”
Lorenzo told WWD that Bieber personally selected him to make clothes for the upcoming tour. For Beliebers, the move isn’t that surprising. After years of public tabloid appearances and run-ins with the law, the young pop star has become vocal about his Christian faith. At a show this fall, Bieber even invited pastor Judah Smith on stage to deliver a mini-sermon to a sold out Staples Center there for the concert.


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For twenty eight years, NewsWatch TV have provided viewers with the latest in entertainment, technology, medical, and consumer product news. First airing in March of 1990, originally NewsWatch was a once per month program, but soon proved so popular that the series was picked up for weekly broadcast. Now airing at 7 A.M. on Monday mornings on channels such as ION, AMC, and a multitude of local affiliates, NewsWatch TV has become a cultural phenomenon in more ways than one. Not only has the series become a fan favorite, it has also served to launch and sustain some of the world’s biggest companies.
With a long list of Fortune 500 companies on their roster of clients, such as Sony, Intel, and Casio, NewsWatch TV have again and again shown themselves capable of showcasing a company, it’s products, and their upcoming projects to a major household marketing network. The non-stop work ethic of the series, as well as the commitment shown to production and distribution of the show have won NewsWatch a variety of awards over the years. The series had produced over 1,000 episodes by September 2017, and in the same year took both the Gold and Silver Marcom Award, and the National Videographer Award. In 2016, the series won the Silver Telly, and was up for a second.
NewsWatch TV have made a name for themselves as the best of the best when it comes to PR work. Though the bigger names may be the most prominent ones on NewsWatch TV’s long list of clients, smaller, up and coming companies are some of the ones who benefit most from the series’ segmented style. Couture Workstations and SteelSeries Professional Gaming Gear are just a few of the budding businesses that NewsWatch has helped put in the public eye. Could your company be next?
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WongDoody has enter-ed the Dallas market through a strategic alliance with the small creative shop Gilliatt/Paris.
Seattle-based WongDoody, which has a Los Angeles office and $75 million in billings, has considered expanding its brand into client-rich Dallas for years, said chairman and creative director Tracy Wong.
Wong said partnering with the six-person shop was the easiest way to enter the new market. "We felt we needed to align ourselves with someone who knew the market and philosophically had the same point of view," he said.
For Gilliatt/Paris in Dallas, which claims $2 million in billings, the partnership brings additional capabilities including public relations, account planning and production. "When we received medium[-size clients'] RFPs, it became obvious we were a smaller group doing big work and we couldn't get past that hurdle," said G/P co-founder Doug Gilliatt. "Our mind-set is to grow the agency."
The new entity, which is now called WongDoody Dallas, is positioning itself as "a good creative shop that can provide the services a big agency can without the bureaucracy," Wong said.
No money was exchanged in creating the partnership, Wong said.
The goal is to make the office as self-sufficient as possible, said Chuck Paris, who shares managing partner responsibilities with Gilliatt. Nonetheless, Wong and other West Coast-based staff members will assist in pitching new business. Wong will also oversee all creative work produced by the Dallas office.
In addition, the Dallas operation may work on projects with other WongDoody offices, Wong said, when the need arises.
Though the new partners emphasize their ideological similarities, the agencies have operated differently. Accounts of WongDoody, which opened in 1993, include Alaska Airlines, T-Mobile and Clif Bar.
G/P, which was formed in 1996, has subsisted largely through project work from clients like Blockbuster and GTE/Verizon.
The Dallas partners approached Wong, whom they had never met, earlier this year about an alliance. "We decided to move forward into more of a traditional agency model," Paris said, "and we knew we wanted to align ourselves with someone outside the market to bring in something fresh."


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According to the official press text, Sony is facing a shortage flow of resources from suppliers in Asia, having a wide-ranging impact on the manufacturing of goods in this segment.
It’s a very clear indication that the upcoming Sony products could be delayed. The most important ones are the Sony A7S III and Sony A7 IV full frame mirrorless cameras. The good thing would be to meet these highly anticipated cameras in late 2020. But before Sony will launch the first f/1.2 fast GM lens in 2020.
Upcoming Sony Cameras to be Announced in 2020
Continue reading “Sony A7S III & Sony A7 IV Announcement May be Postponed Due to Covid-19”
We decided to make a list of Sony cameras, which is expected to be announced in 2020. The list below is based on the recent set of rumors we have previously posted.
To wrap up the year and see the upcoming Sony cameras to be announced in 2020, here is a short list below. Hope you find it useful. Continue reading “Upcoming Sony Cameras to be Announced in 2020”
Tony Northrup published a video on Youtube which you can find his predictions about new cameras and their features that are likely to be announced in 2020.
The rumored camera models are Olympus E-M10 Mark IV, Panasonic GH6, Nikon Z5, Nikon D860, Canon EOS 5D Mark V, Sony A7 IV and Sony A7S III.
Here are the upcoming cameras of 2020 according to the video review. Continue reading “Upcoming Cameras of 2020”
The latest rumor suggests that Sony will release the highly anticipated Sony a7 IV mirrorless camera in late 2020. We know Canon and Nikon are very busy this early 2020 with the Canon EOS-1D X Mark III, Canon EOS R5, Nikon D6, Nikon D780 and several new lenses.
On the other hand Sony has been frustratingly quiet recently as they only released the Sony a9 II ($4,498), and the FE 20mm f/1.8 G lens in the first quarter of 2020.
So it is highly likely that the Sony a7 IV mirrorless camera will be officially announced later this year. In addition, Sony is actively working on allowing Sony a7R IV shooters to shoot at lower MegaPixel – one of the highest requests. Also Zeiss will release the new Zeiss ZX1 full-frame camera before the summer.
Sony a7 IV will be a serious update that is aimed at Sony a7 II and a7 owners. The new A7-series full frame mirrorless will have the same sensor as Sony a7 III, the same body as Sony a7R IV, real time tracking, 4K30P, dual UHS-II SD card slots, and more.
Continue reading “More Sony a7 IV Rumors, Coming in Late 2020”
A specs comparison table for upcoming Sony A7 Mark IV and A7s Mark IV have been leaked online. In fact, the table below shows the characteristics of the sensors that were previously available for Sony and third-party companies.
As already rumored before, the Sony a7 IV is rumored to be announced in Spring of 2020, and the Sony a7S III/a7S IV is rumored to be announced ahead of NAB show in April. Continue reading “Sony a7 IV and a7S IV Rumored Specs”
The upcoming Sony a7S III camera is rumored to use the 15MP Sony IMX521CQR sensor which was first leaked several months ago.
The long awaited Sony a7S III is expected to be announced in early 2020, probably at NAB Show in April. It is very likely that Sony a7S III will use this 15MP IMX521CQR sensor, you can take a look at full specs sheet of IMX521CQR below. Sony a7S III will shoot 4K60p video, and a possible of 61MP mode. Continue reading “Sony a7S III to Use 15MP IMX521CQR Sensor ?”
Sony WW119533 Camera Code Registered online. All Sony users have been waiting a long time for the Sony a7S III to launch. The company doesn’t have many more cameras to release but it is not likely this camera code is upcoming Sony a7S III. The Wifi capabilities suggest this is NOT a High End model.
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Sony WW119533 Camera code registration details : Continue reading “Sony WW119533 Camera Code Registered”
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Check major stores B&H Photo Video/Adorama/Amazon. Below is the full list of Sony Black Friday deals in 2019: Continue reading “2019 Sony Black Friday Deals Now Live”
The long awaited Sony a7S III is expected to be announced in early 2020, probably at NAB Show in April.
As you know Sony introduced the a9 II ($4,498 Pre-Order Now), which adds a host of features for the working professional, along with a refined design largely borrowed from the a7R IV. Here’s what’s new on Sony a9 II camera.
Sony currently has no new camera code got registered, this means there will be no new Sony cameras to be announced in next 1-3 months. So if you guys are waiting for the Sony a7S III, then it will probably be at NAB 2020 at the earliest.
Below are rumored specs of upcoming Sony a7SIII: Continue reading “Sony a7S III to be Announced in Early 2020”
Sony a7S III is rumored to feature 4K video at 120p and a cooling fan.
Sony will announce the flagship a9 II next month, after a9 II, the next camera from Sony could be the highly-anticipated a7S III. Expect the official announcement in early 2020. Here are some latest rumors on Sony a7S III: Continue reading “Sony a7SIII Rumored to Feature 4K120p and a Cooling Fan”


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The money from the illegal economy that came back into the legal economy following the introduction of the capital controls and the increase in electronic transactions are the main reasons behind the containment of last year’s economic recession to just 0.3 percent of gross domestic product, according to a National Bank report published on Thursday.
The bank’s financial analysis department highlighted that the flourishing of online payments made a big dent in the illegal economy and reduced the recession, and, if extended, could completely wipe out the recessionary impact of the implementation of fresh austerity policy measures in 2016.
The bank’s analysis shows that the boost in economic activity through electronic transactions (that rose from 4.7 percent of all transactions in 2014 to an estimated 6.8 percent last year) amounted to 1.4 percent of GDP in the second half of 2015, thereby adding 0.8 percent to the annual GDP.
Without that contribution and the beneficial drop in global oil rates, the annual GDP contraction would have come close to 2.5 percent – i.e. near to the original estimate for a 2.3 percent yearly contraction. Estimates say that the impact on GDP of a 10 percent annual rise in online transactions would amount to a 0.2 percent increase.


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Here’s the music industry news roundup from the week of Sept 30th, 2016. There’s a wide range of topics this week that run the gamut from album sales to social networks to acquisitions to bankruptcy, so let’s get to it.
Adele gets her second Diamond album in the US. Her album 25 just went past the 10 million mark, making her only the third woman to do so. The other ones? You’ll never guess – Britney Spears and Celine Dion!
Drake makes history too. He’s the first artist with an album (Views) that reached 1 billion streams on Apple Music. Image what his totals are when you add the other streaming platforms in.
Spotify may be buying Soundcloud. The reasoning is that SC could make it easier for young artists to get on Spotify, but it seems like too much money (probably over $1 billion) for a service that has already peaked.
The music industry comes down hard on Youtube-mp3.org. It’s a website that allows people to rip the audio from YouTube videos into downloadable files. The site is based in Germany and makes money from advertising, but record labels all over the world have banded together to file a lawsuit to shut it down.
A bid for Twitter looks to be coming soon. The suitors for the social network are said to include Google and Salesforce.com, as well as other technology companies. Could this mean the eventual end of the platform?
Everyone’s angry at Facebook for overestimating video view time. The company’s been doing it for a couple of years, and taking advertisers to the cleaners in the meantime. Those figures always looked too good to be true.
Rdio’s bankruptcy is messy. Here’s what happens when a music streaming network goes belly-up. There’s a lot of weeping and gnashing of teeth over money, which is no surprise.
Rolling Stone Magazine partially acquired by BandLab. Doesn’t make much sense on the surface, but Mark Mulligan’s always insightful blog sees the strategy in it, although he doesn’t think the pairing will last.
A Blockchain editor proves the technology won’t be savior of the music business. The tech behind Bitcoin defeats the purpose of how it works if it can be edited. Many companies have popped up recently with hopes of all music being coded with Blockchain, but none could gain industry traction. Their chances are much worse today.
Don’t look now, but Snapchat has some new hardware. The company is trying to go one-up on Google Glass with pair of sunglasses that can record short videos to upload to the platform. They look pretty cool, while Google Glass was just creepy.
Radio’s dying because it’s stuck in the past. It can’t seem to find a way to transition to mobile the way that the music and television industries have.
That’s the News Roundup of what went on in the music industry last week. Let’s see what next week brings.
If your audience is composed of millennials, then it’s time to start using Facebook Live, according to a new report by UBS. The company surveyed 2,000 U.S. consumers aged 13 and up on social media usage as well as video consumption and found that Facebook’s relatively new service is the go-to service for that age group, followed closely by YouTube and Snapchat Live Stories, according to an article in Investors Business Daily.
When it came to social platforms, Facebook, YouTube, Pinterest, Twitter, LinkedIn and Snapchat had the highest monthly average users, which continues to fly in the face of reports that Facebook is no longer popular with millennials. That said, Facebook’s popularity was boosted by its Instagram media-sharing service and WhatsApp messaging service, in addition to a pure Facebook presence.
69% of monthly Facebook users return daily, mostly because the platform is becoming much more than social interaction. Facebook is now a hub for news, events and content with a wide reach that the majority of people use in their daily lives, which differentiates it from all other social platforms.
Although Facebook Live is hugely popular to millennials, the company still is at a loss for how to monetize the content, much to the chagrin of content creators. The company has been testing a “buy button” on its News Feed posts for two years, which lets users purchase items without leaving the platform. “The majority of respondents who are Facebook users have not heard of the buy button (58%), while nearly half of Twitter users (45%) stated the same,” UBS said however. Twitter and Pinterest have also been testing buy buttons.
Once again, when it comes to social media, it’s important to go where your audience is. If its the 13 to 24 age group, then it’s wise to be on Facebook Live. The idea is that, as of now, you’ll be using it as a promotional tool instead of expecting to make money from it.
In my experience there are two kinds of songwriters. One writes completely from the heart as an expression of art, while the second does it more as a business, writing whatever the situation calls for. Neither is more noble than the other, they’re just different, and both require a tremendous amount of skill and passion. That said, the balance between the “artist” versus the “professional” songwriter might have changed recently. Today there are more artists and bands that will do anything to have their songs exposed, even if it means making fundamental changes that might have been ignored a decade ago. That’s all thanks to the new role of the television and film music supervisor.
With more and more chances for exposure thanks to our new 500 channel universe, the music supervisor has in some ways become the new A&R man, discovering music that many record labels or publishers wouldn’t otherwise touch. If a song gets placed in a show or film, there may be a better chance of getting that label or publishing deal as a result, so many artists and songwriters are now going against their instincts in order to give the music supervisor a tailored version of their songs, which may be completely at odds with their own artistic integrity.
A great example of some of the comments given to an artist from a music supervisor can be seen in the following quotes from a great article by Patrick Duniven in the LA Weekly.
“Your song is really beautiful but it will never get placed because it’s too personal and limits where we can put it.”
“You shouldn’t use the word love in your songs because it will be difficult to place it.”
“Your songs stand out too much; try and write some stuff that blends into the background better.”
Now to be fair, music publishers who push songs to music sups, and the music supervisors themselves are just trying to do their jobs, but there was a time in the not too distant past where a comment like found above would more than likely draw a “F**k Off!” response rather than a mad dash to the studio to try to configure the song to notes, which is like trying to catch your tail while running in a circle anyway. Many artists play the same game with labels by following the latest trend, but they’re always behind as a result.
The sad part about all of this is that trying to catch a placement is so much less lucrative than it was even 5 years ago, with so many artists and bands now trying to get into the game for exactly the same reason. That’s driven the advances way down, as well as the placement’s worth, to a little better than nothing.
So artists, bands and songwriters, do your best to keep the integrity of your art. The next time a publisher or supervisor asks you to make a change, write another song instead. Keep the comments in mind, but don’t force yourself to go where it doesn’t feel right. You’re going to be a lot happier in the end, and your music will be better too.
Pamplamoose showed the world just how powerful some DIY YouTube videos could be, garnering millions of views that eventually landed the duo some national television commercials. Jack Conte, half of the duo, built on that success to form Patreon, a way for creators to make a living from their work through subscription payments from their fans.
In this week’s Inner Circle Podcast, Jack talks about how Patreon got started and some of the surprising successes of the platform’s users.
On the intro I’ll take a look at how radio as we know it is dying right before our eyes, and a quick overview of Pro Tools 12.6 and some features that we should have had a long time ago (as many other workstations have had).
Record labels hate giving exclusives to streaming services, but they appear to be working when it comes to signing up new paid subscribers. During Apple’s latest product rollout, CEO Tim Cook mentioned that Apple Music was now at 17 million subscribers thanks to over 70 exclusives with artist like Taylor Swift, Frank Ocean and Drake. The service now appears to be growing at just under a million per month.
While exclusives are great for the streaming networks, the rest of the music industry isn’t so sure of the benefits. For one thing, there’s a belief that they cause confusion in the marketplace. What happens is that a listener can readily find the new release from a hit artist on one streaming site, but then gets frustrated when she can’t find it on another. Many consumers apparently don’t care or pay attention to the “exclusive” factor, it seems.
For an artist, exclusives are a mixed bag. They make get a modest cash advance for the privilege, but the big carrot is the promotion that goes along with it, especially with Apple Music. That means not only online hype but traditional promotion on billboards, print and television as well.
A big problem that’s only just raising its head is retaliation from other streaming services over an exclusive. Katy Perry is said to have been deleted from all Spotify playlists and refused promotion over her exclusive with Apple Music, which caused her latest single to fall completely off the radar.
As a result, major labels are said to be putting a hold on the practice of offering exclusives from now on, choosing to take their chances with traditional label promotion instead.
Exclusives may become a thing of the past, but for about a year, they were the hottest thing in music industry and streaming music.
Here’s the music industry news roundup from the week of Sept 23rd, 2016. Streaming in the news again, but what else is new. It at the heart of the music industry’s evolution right now
Will “flexible pricing” be in our streaming future? Don’t be surprised to see cheaper pricing tiers at all of the services, not that the barriers have been broken.
Universal and Sony are launching their own streaming service. It’s called NOW Music+, but if history tells us anything, these label collaborations never work out.
One of Spotify’s investors wants it to sell to Facebook. Not that Facebook wants it, but at least Spotify Daniel Ek and Facebook Mark Zuckerberg know each other.
Streaming revenue really grew in the first half of 2016. And this article says that Apple Music was responsible. Maybe so, but Spotify still has more than twice as many users.
Don’t look now, but iHeartRadio may launch it’s own streaming network. Seems like a death wish, since the company is so deep in debt. Could it be a Hail Mary play?
Tidal is in trouble because of subscriber churn. The minute an exclusive is over, the subscriber drops the service. Bad news for Jay-Z.
Does radio have to be live? Radio futurologist says no, and live can even be a hinderance to a station.
A third of all people under 25 now pay for music streaming. This according to the latest study from the IFPI. That’s up 40% over last year.
Frank Ocean is looking for a distribution deal. Apparently he’s a handful to work with, so even though he’s hot, negotiations are slow.
That’s the News Roundup of what went on in the music industry last week. Let’s see what next week brings.
It used to be that just one good review in a magazine could sell loads of albums. Even a bad review could be really good for business if it was in a publication like Rolling Stone. That’s all changed since magazine reviews have become pretty irrelevant as the music world has moved online. Now its the music blogs like Pitchfork or Stereogum that can make the difference not so much in sales, but visibility to a new audience. Yes, music bloggers are important.
Sometimes those larger blogs are tough to break through, but the smaller bloggers still provide more of a one on one chance to state your case.
But how do you approach music bloggers in the first place? There really is a right and wrong way to do it, so here are 5 tips to get a blogger interested enough in what you’re doing to actually post about it.
1. Read the blog for a while to become familiar with the theme and feel. You can turn the blogger off completely by sending something cold without knowing the backstory of the blog.
2. Make some post comments without any overt marketing. Just try to move the conversation along on a few posts. The idea is for the blogger to recognize you as someone who contributes regularly and adds to the conversation.
3. Only after the blogger becomes familiar with you is it safe to reach out about what you’re doing. If you’re a regular reader and contributor, the blogger is much more likely to read a press release or take a listen to your music.
4. Sometimes asking a question about your project gets a response. While many bloggers are too busy to answer every email, many go out of their way to accommodate a regular reader and contributor. As a result, it’s perfectly okay to follow up after you’ve sent something to the blogger and there’s a good chance he’ll answer.
5. Never hard sell, just inform. Hard sell is a turnoff in general. Don’t do it. It’s okay to state the relevant information, but keep the superlatives like “Best band ever!” out of the equation.
There’s an experiment going on in Apple’s iTunes Store that not many are paying attention to, but it just might prolong the download side of the music business for a few more years. It’s true that streaming is all the rage, with subscription numbers increasing at a steady pace while the download business is falling like a rock. But not so fast – price is an issue here, just like with everything else.
As I illustrated in my article last week about the upcoming $5 streaming tiers for Pandora and Amazon, price is the way into a music consumer’s heart, and downloads are no different in that regard. As a prime example, few months ago iTunes launched a “Great 69 cents Songs” section, and while that hasn’t caused the music loving public to buy downloads in record numbers again, something else did happen that might be even more appealing to both artist and label. Yes, there were some additional sales, but what’s really interesting is that radio airplay and streams actually went up for songs in this discount section.
Hit songs are now usually priced at $1.29 on iTunes, which seems to be beyond the price resistance point for most consumers, so it’s no surprise that download sales are accelerating in the wrong direction. Even at $0.99, download numbers would continue to fall, but a 69 cents price point is appealing in that it’s almost approaching an impulse buy.
That said, the major record labels tend to only keep the songs in this section at this price for a short period of time and then return them to $1.29. Guess what? The sales then drop off.
There’s some additional strategy to placing a release in this section though, as it’s a way to keep a song on the charts when its popularity begins to wane, or to give it a boost if it’s bubbling just under the top tier of one of the various charts. [Read more on Forbes…]
Brian Schmidt is a legend in game audio and he’s my guest on Episode #127 of my Inner Circle Podcast.
Both a composer and sound designer, Brian has worked on over 150 games, and he’s been the architect for the X-Box audio system and XACT gaming audio tool. Brian is also the founder of GameSoundCon, a conference exclusively for game audio professionals.
On the podcast, we discuss a variety of issues, like what’s trending in games, what are typical budgets, how large are the audio teams, how do you break into game audio, and what are the tools you need to know, among many other things.
On the intro I’ll discuss how the major record labels are moving to limit streaming exclusives, and some headphone freakout solutions.
Twitter video is a relatively new element for the service, and it’s being generous in that it’s will to share what it makes from it with content creators. What’s more the company is even giving the lion’s share to the people that make the videos as well.
In an effort to boost a stagnant user base, Twitter is really going for with video, offering a full 70% of the ad revenue to the video creator. This beats YouTube by a lot, since the split there is 55% to the creator, and Facebook still hasn’t figured out how to monetize video views, leaving users with little monetary incentive to post other than a higher view rate on the platform.
Individual content creators can qualify for this new feature by signing up for its Amplify Publisher program, which to date has only been accessible to companies. Once they’re approved by the company (after a quick application process), they can check a box to elect to have pre-roll ads run against their video.
The company is also offering a new media library for creators with any sort of media, including videos, GIFs and images. This also enables tweet scheduling and planning, and provides more tools for managing multiple accounts. Content creators can now manage their videos — and the money they’re making from them — on the desktop as well as on mobile with the Twitter Engage app.


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Strong Operational Results Highlight Second-Quarter Financial Performance at Verizon Communications
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- 1.1 million Verizon Wireless net retail customer additions; 723,000 overall net additions for a total of 30.3 million customers, an 8.5 percent increase year-over-year
- 800,000 net long-distance customer additions, a 51 percent increase year-over-year, for a total of 9.0 million customers
- 150,000 new net digital subscriber lines (DSL), a nearly 80 percent increase year-over-year, for a total of 1.5 million customers
- Continued strong profitability in wireless -- operating cash flow margin at nearly 39 percent
- 5.3 percent reduction in Domestic Telecom cash expenses -- sixth consecutive quarterly decrease
- $3.3 billion reduction in net debt, including $2.1 billion reduction in commercial paper, compared to prior quarter
- $6.0 billion improvement in free cash flow in first half, compared to prior year
UPDATED 2002 GUIDANCE
- Revenues of 0 to minus 1 percent; Earnings Per Share (EPS), $3.05 to $3.09; capital expenditures, $13 to $13.5 billion
NEW YORK -- Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE:VZ) today announced diluted EPS of 77 cents, before non-recurring charges, for the second quarter of 2002. The addition of 1.1 million Verizon Wireless net retail customers, and the net addition of 800,000 long-distance customers and 150,000 DSL lines highlighted quarterly operational results.
Reported earnings, detailed below, include $4.2 billion in non-recurring after-tax charges for the second quarter, primarily for investment-related write-downs and severance charges. More than $2.4 billion relates to Verizon's interest in Genuity Inc. Last week Verizon announced that it will not reintegrate Genuity into the company.
Excluding non-recurring charges, total second-quarter operating expenses declined 1.3 percent, to $12.8 billion from $13.0 billion. Second-quarter operating revenues declined 1.8 percent, to $16.8 billion from $17.1 billion, bolstered by an 8.1 percent increase in Verizon Wireless revenue to $4.7 billion from $4.4 billion. Total revenues and operating expenses reflect Verizon operations on a comparable basis, including the consolidation of Telecomunicaciones de Puerto Rico, Inc. (PRTC) and the deconsolidation of CTI Holdings S.A. beginning this year.
'Operational Excellence and Execution'
"The solid foundation that Verizon has built on operational excellence and execution continues to withstand these turbulent times," said Chief Executive Officer Ivan Seidenberg. "Our focus on fundamentals has led to the addition of two million new retail accounts in three key growth businesses in the second quarter alone.
"Despite the persistent effects of the economic downturn, which are reflected in our non-recurring charges and revised guidance, we once again improved metrics for customer retention, cost control and customer service. This past quarter we also delivered product innovations to our customers, such as the wireless services we now offer through the marketing alliances we have formed with Microsoft."
Seidenberg added, "In the quarter, we continued to successfully strengthen our cash flow and improve our debt position. Both operationally and financially, we are deriving extraordinary value from our mergers. Innovative operational and marketing approaches have become institutionalized across Verizon, enabling us to offer customers more products in more ways."
Free cash flow (cash from operating activities less capital expenditures and dividends) improved by $6.0 billion for the first half of 2002 compared to the first half of 2001.
In the second quarter, Verizon reduced net debt (total debt less cash on hand) by $3.3 billion, to $58.6 billion from $61.9 billion at the end of the first quarter. This is a $4.7 billion reduction from year-end 2001. Verizon also reduced commercial paper by $2.1 billion in the quarter, to $8.5 billion. This is a $4.3 billion reduction from year-end 2001. At the end of the second quarter the company held $2.2 billion in cash investments, which is being used to repay commercial paper as it comes due.
Two Years of Customer Growth
Verizon's second-quarter results mark the second anniversary of the company formed by the merger of Bell Atlantic and GTE. In two years, the company has more than doubled its long-distance customer base, from nearly 4.1 million to 9.0 million at the end of the second quarter. Verizon is currently the fourth-largest long-distance company in the U.S., and its 800,000 net customer additions in the second quarter is a 51 percent year-over-year increase.
As announced earlier this week, Verizon Wireless, the largest U.S. wireless company, added a net of 723,000 customers in the second quarter, growing its customer total to 30.3 million, an 8.5 percent year-over-year increase.
While Verizon Wireless added 1.1 million net retail customers in the quarter, it experienced a net loss of 378,000 wholesale subscribers. The company closed the quarter with 1.4 million wholesale customers, including 310,000 WorldCom Inc. resale customers. On July 21, Verizon Wireless and WorldCom entered into a referral agreement to facilitate some of these customers contracting directly with Verizon Wireless.
Quarterly operating cash flow for Verizon Wireless increased 8 percent to $1.7 billion. The company's operating cash flow margin was 38.7 percent in the quarter.
Also in the second quarter, Verizon added 150,000 DSL lines for a total of 1.5 million, a nearly 80 percent year-over-year increase, as the company continues on course to its end-of-year target of 1.8 to 2 million lines.
Cash expenses for Verizon's largest business unit, Domestic Telecom, have decreased over the prior-year period for six consecutive quarters. In the second quarter 2002, the unit's cash expenses on a comparable basis were down 5.3 percent to $5.6 billion from $5.9 billion in the second quarter 2001. Revenues decreased 4.4 percent, to $10.5 billion, in the same period.
Updated 2002 Guidance
Verizon has updated 2002 guidance as follows:
- Comparable revenues of 0 to minus 1 percent, revised from 0 to 1 percent growth.
- EPS before non-recurring charges of $3.05 to $3.09, revised from $3.12 to $3.17.
- Capital expenditures of $13 to $13.5 billion, revised from $14 to $15 billion.
For the second quarter 2002, Verizon reported a consolidated loss of $2.1 billion, or 78 cents per diluted share, compared to a consolidated loss of $1.0 billion, or 38 cents per share, in the second quarter 2001.
The $4.2 billion in after-tax charges total $1.55 per diluted share. In addition to Genuity, after-tax charges include $862 million to reflect the current market value of Verizon's investments in Telus Corp., Cable & Wireless plc and others; $475 million related to severance activities; and other one-time charges, including $183 million related to WorldCom exposure and $114 million for settlement of the NorthPoint lawsuit.
Reported second-quarter operating revenues declined 0.4 percent to $16.8 billion, from $16.9 billion in the second quarter 2001.
Following are second-quarter highlights from Verizon's four business segments.
- More than 45 percent of Verizon's 9.0 million long-distance customers come from states where the service was most recently introduced -- New York, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Rhode Island and Vermont. Market share is approximately 30 percent in New York and Massachusetts. Verizon now has 2.5 million customers in New York, 830,000 in Massachusetts and 710,000 in Pennsylvania.
- In June, Verizon received Federal Communications Commission (FCC) approval to sell long distance in Maine and New Jersey, and sales in both states began earlier this month. Verizon now offers long-distance service in 44 states and to more than 80 percent of its local phone customers across the country.
- The FCC is currently reviewing Verizon long-distance applications in New Hampshire and Delaware. Verizon is targeting the completion of the FCC filings in all former Bell Atlantic jurisdictions by year-end.
- In results released this month, Verizon Long Distance ranked highest in customer satisfaction among consumers who spend more than $50 per month on long distance, according to the annual J.D. Power and Associates Residential Long Distance Customer Satisfaction Study.
- For the third consecutive quarter, Verizon saw a net "win back" in customers for intraLATA (short-haul) long-distance services in the former Bell Atlantic territory, as the company won back a net of 477,000 customers from competitors in the second quarter.
- The do-it-yourself installation rate for high-speed DSL Internet access is nearly 100 percent, as a sales campaign during the quarter offered consumers new do-it-yourself installation kits. The average order-to-installation interval for DSL is down to five days and continues to decrease, down from more than 15 days a year ago.
- Verizon continued market trials of service bundles, which combine local, long-distance, wireless and DSL services at a discounted rate. Successful second-quarter rollouts of DSL bundles began in New York, Massachusetts and Pennsylvania.
- Domestic access line equivalents increased nearly 8 percent to 135.1 million, compared to the second quarter 2001.
- Data Services revenues grew to $1.9 billion in the quarter, driven by 7.5 percent quarterly growth for Data Transport Services over the same period last year.
- In the enterprise (large-business) market, Verizon's Enterprise Solutions Group (ESG) expanded its network coverage into downtown Los Angeles. Also in the quarter, ESG introduced several services, including Global SiteWatch, enhancements to Managed Voice Services and a service package tailored to the hotel industry.
- Continuing the high-quality profile of its base, the company added 1.1 million net new retail customers during the quarter, up 34 percent from the second quarter 2001. Total retail customers grew to 28.9 million of the company's total 30.3 million customers, up 12 percent year-over-year. Retail customers represent more than 95 percent of total customers and 98 percent of total revenue.
- Demand was strong, with retail gross additions of 2.8 million, up 12 percent over the second quarter 2001. Gross additions from company-owned distribution channels were up 15 percent over the second quarter 2001.
- Retail churn was 2.0 percent, down from 2.2 percent the prior year, and down from 2.3 percent in the first quarter. Retail contract churn was 1.7 percent, down from 2.0 percent. Total churn, including retail and wholesale, was 2.3 percent, flat compared to the prior year.
- Service revenue for the quarter grew more than 7 percent to $4.4 billion, while total revenue increased 8 percent to $4.7 billion. The company continued to lead the industry in low-cost structure, with cash-expense-per-subscriber decreasing 2 percent to under $30. Service revenue-per-subscriber decreased by 1 percent to just under $49.
- The company's 25 million digital customers now comprise more than 83 percent of its customer base, and account for more than 95 percent of busy-hour usage.
- Verizon Wireless' previously announced acquisition of Price Communications' wireless properties, including approximately 500,000 customers, has been approved by Price's shareholders and is expected to close early in August.
- During the quarter, the company continued the momentum of its pricing, messaging and data innovations deployed earlier this year. In June, the company added groundbreaking flat-rate pricing options for its national 1X Express Network, the first and only coast-to-coast next-generation wireless data network in the country. Demand for Express Network's high-speed access is building, with new 1X devices introduced in the second quarter.
- The company also launched a strategic alliance with Microsoft for co-developed and jointly marketed wireless data offerings, by the leading wireless carrier and the leading portal destination, aimed at the enterprise and consumer markets.
- In June, the company became the first carrier to offer downloadable services to consumers nationwide using QUALCOMM Inc.'s BREW* (Binary Runtime Environment for Wireless) platform. Customers can download applications for games, entertainment, ring tones, navigation, productivity and operating systems to BREW-capable devices. Two-way text messaging also continued to grow dramatically in the quarter, doubling first-quarter volume.
Reflects deconsolidation of CTI to the equity method and consolidation of PRTC in both the current and prior periods.
- Second-quarter revenue was $754 million and operating income was $143 million, with operating cash flow margins of over 37 percent and operating cash flow of $280 million.
- The number of proportionate international wireless customers served by Verizon investments increased by 780,000 to 8.7 million, a nearly 10 percent increase over second quarter 2001.
- Total proportionate revenues were $1.4 billion in the second quarter 2002, an increase of $51 million, or nearly 4 percent, compared to prior year.
- Revenues from Verizon's directory publishing and electronic commerce operations of $936 million for the second quarter decreased 4.9 percent primarily due to the impact of changes in publication dates. If the effect of the timing of publications were excluded, the revenue growth would have been 3.5 percent over the second quarter of 2001.
- Revenues from SuperPages.com, Verizon's Internet directory service, grew 81.6 percent over the second quarter of 2001 as Information Services continues to strengthen its leadership position in online directory services. SuperPages.com achieved 1 billion searches in May 2002, just six years after the site was launched.
- Information Services continued to increase its global electronic reach with the launching of the French-language SuperPages.ca electronic directory service in Canada and Spanish-language SuperPagesDR.com in the Dominican Republic in the second quarter.
NOTE: The financial tables associated with this news release can be found on Verizon's Investor Web site.
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Picacho Peak Brewery expands with taproom in Alamogordo
Real life fixer-upper realtors Molly Pattillo and Dylan Olsen wanted to be a part of the craft beer scene in Alamogordo so the couple recently opened a taproom for a popular Las Cruces-based micro-brewery in the heart of the city.
The two celebrated the soft opening for the new taproom at 902 N. New York Avenue on Sept. 20 to a large crowd.
As the realtor and beer enthusiasts work to complete the inside of the taproom, Pattillo said the official grand opening will be sometime in November.
The City of Alamogordo approved a liquor license for Picacho Peak Brewing Company on June 25. The taproom is part of Alamogordo MainStreet's downtown revitalization district along New York Avenue.
More:Alamogordo commission approves liquor license
Pattillo and Olsen partnered with Xavier Mendoza of Picacho Peak Brewing Company, a micro-brewery based in Las Cruces, to open the taproom featuring Picacho's New Mexican craft beers.
Pattillo said she met Mendoza because she had the listing at 902 N. New York Avenue and was looking into what the city needed to grow. She began reaching out to taprooms and Mendoza expressed interest in opening a taproom in Alamogordo.
"He was in between looking at a couple of cities in New Mexico and chose to go with us, we will keep expanding, eventually we will have four locations pretty quickly," Pattillo said.
Pattillo said there could be another taproom in Las Cruces later. The couple also just applied for a vintner's license.
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Right now, the taproom's featured beers are Peak Light, a light cream ale with corn flavor as well as regional beers such as the Green Chile Amber Ale.
"The green chile is more of a subtle taste in the back of your mouth," Pattillo said.
The taproom also serves the heavier I Heart Porter, a robust beer with chocolate malty overtones, as well as a peanut butter porter.
Beer enthusiasts can also find a Scottish barley ale, a German-style Hefeweizen with banana and clove flavor, a black, malty lager, a few IPAs and other New Mexican beers.
Pattillo said their Dirty Blonde beer will also be making a return.
The couple has visited breweries all over New Mexico, which sparked their passion for craft beers.
Picacho Peak Brewing Company was established in Las Cruces in 2015. Today, the brewing operation operates a restaurant, after Las Cruces owners Xavier and Cynthia Mendoza partnered with a local chef to create a healthy menu.
More:Picacho Peak Brewing Company's new menu puts a healthy spin on pub food
Pattillo and Olsen are also looking into food options for the taproom in Alamogordo but the location currently allows customers to bring their own food.
Pattillo said some some customers bring snacks or order from the nearby eatery Alamogordo Pizza and Burgers, also on N. New York Avenue.
Pattillo was born and raised in Alamogordo but left for a few years to attend Texas Tech University. After graduating, she moved to Dallas to work in the alcohol industry before returning to Alamogordo to work with her family in real estate.
Pattillo and Olsen met while doing real estate. Olsen had just completed 12 years in the Air Force and was finishing his last assignment at Holloman Air Force Base.
"Dylan realized what a growth opportunity for business Alamogordo was and wanted to also provide more amenities for our community," Pattillo said.
Before the taproom opened, the building previously housed two restaurants, Stella Vida's and before that Rachel's restaurant.
Pattillo said the taproom will begin featuring live music on the weekends and football season hours on Monday, Thursday and Sunday. The taproom will also begin featuring trivia nights earlier in the week.
The taproom is open Thursday through Saturday from 4 to 11 p.m., Sunday from noon to 11 p.m. and Monday from 4 to 11 p.m.
Cristina Carreon can be reached at email@example.com, 575-437-7120 or on Twitter @Cris_carreon90.


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Crime Stoppers asking pubic to help ID alleged credit card thieves
The Southwest Florida Crime Stoppers is asking the public's help in identifying two people suspected of credit card thefts from parked cars at a Lee County shopping center this week.
The thefts occurred on Sunday when someone broke into at least two cars shortly after 7 p.m. At least two credit cards were stolen an Applebee's parking lot at Corkscrew Commons and at Connor's Steak and Seafood restaurant in Estero.
The credit cards were used a short while late at thr Target at the Gulf Coast Town Center in Estero.
Anyone with information on the unidentified male and female involved with the thefts and fraudulent credit card charges is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-780-TIPS). Tips may also be made online at www.swflcirmestoppers.org or by texting a tip to REWARD (274637) Keyword: REWARD.


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We Deliver the AutoGuide.com 2017 Car of the Year Award to Ford
AutoGuide.com has just presented its 2017 Car of the Year Award to Ford during the 2017 Detroit Auto Show.
The Ford Focus RS was crowned as the AutoGuide.com 2017 Car of the Year, and all that was left was to deliver the hardware to Jamal Hameedi, chief engineer for Ford Performance, pictured below.
Powered by a 2.3-liter EcoBoost four-cylinder engine, the Ford Focus RS delivers 350 horsepower and 350 pound-feet of torque to all four wheels. Best of all, the powerplant is mated to a six-speed manual transmission. The Ford Focus RS beat out the Hyundai Elantra, BMW M2, Volkswagen Golf Alltrack, Kia Optima and Chevrolet Cruze.
“It’s an honor to receive this top prize from AutoGuide.com,” said Hameedi. “The success of Focus RS throughout 2016 is testament to the entire Ford team who put all of their energy into creating such a special car to capture the heart of any driving enthusiast.”
Ford Focus RS Wins AutoGuide.com 2017 Car of the Year Award
If you watched the 2017 AutoGuide.com Car of the Year announcement, make sure to check out the video below.
Discuss this story on our Ford Focus RS Forum


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HDR streaming for your phone to cost more, as Netflix raises subscription plan prices
With $5 billion in current debt, and $6 billion to be spent on original programming this year, it was bound to happen sooner or later - Netflix raising its subscription plan prices, that is. Yes, that also includes the plan that lets you stream 4K HDR content to your flashy iPhone 8, Galaxy S8, Note 8, LG V30, Xperia XZ Premium, or any other phone certified by the streaming giant as having a display that can show those wide color movies and TV series in full bloom.
The top-tier plan that lets you stream 4K UltraHD definition movies shot in the HDR10 or Dolby Vision wide color gamut standards to four devices will get a two bucks bump from $11.99 to $13.99, while the standard HD two-screen tier gets the two-dollar treatment, too, from $9.99 to $10.99. The basic plan which streams in SD to one device at a time, be it a laptop, tablet, phone or TV, remains unchanged at $7.99.
'From time to time, Netflix plans and pricing are adjusted as we add more exclusive TV shows and movies...'
Netflix said it will email subscribers about the changes during the billing cycle that starts October 19th, but even at the highest Premium plan for $13.99, Netflix still comes cheaper than HBO Now, or than Hulu at the standard HD plan. What's two dollars between you and the next season of Stranger Things or House of Cards, after all. Next year, the streamer will be spending $7 billion on original programming, so Netflix is only bound to become more time-wasting chill. As a reminder, above are all the current mobile devices in the Netflix HDR streaming roster.


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If you have been paying attention to the Chinese mobile phone market in the past few years, you will notice the rapid development of fast charging technology, and it feels like a new fast-charging champion will appear every few months. This month, the upcoming Mi 11T Pro will support 120W fast charging. Xiaomi has not revealed the charging time of the 11T Pro. However, the Mi 10 Ultra, which was only sold in China last year, also supports 120W fast charging. It only takes 23 minutes to fully charge
A common reaction from users to such fast charging technologies is that they will definitely have a negative impact on battery life, or there must be safety issues or both. In response, The Verge interviewed Xiaomi’s head of international communications and global spokesperson Daniel Desjarlais (Daniel Desjarlais) to talk about the company’s efforts in fast charging technology and what people outside of China should have about 11T Pro expect.
First, how does it work? “It’s like having two different inlets to refuel your car, and two separate fuel tanks,” Daniel said of Xiaomi’s dual-cell battery design, which works in contrast to other high-power fast-charging solutions. similar.
Regarding the issue of life, Daniel said that you can expect the same life as other more traditional mobile phone batteries. He said: “This is something we really, really do a lot of testing. Generally speaking, for the kind of battery we tested A battery with a charge level, after 800 charging cycles, still has 80% of the battery capacity. Some people may think that it loses a lot of 20%, but this is basically the standard for all charging technologies. 800 cycles, for most people, It’s about two years. So it’s very reliable.”
As a comparison, Apple claims that the iPhone’s lithium-ion battery “can maintain 80% of its original capacity during 500 complete charging cycles.” If Xiaomi’s test data is accurate, its battery life should be in line with normal performance.
When asked whether using a slower charger would further improve battery health, Daniel said: “There is a relatively small difference between the two. Of course, the best case is that if you want to charge overnight, use the slower Chargers, and use fast chargers in more hurried situations.”
As for safety issues, Daniel said that the test has been very thorough, including third parties, and the device itself contains 34 different battery protection functions. “Generally speaking, this is part of the reason why this technology is now being introduced to the global market,” he said. “We want to make sure that we comply with all regulations, but we also want to make sure that it is extremely safe for everyone.”
However, is there really no harm in such a charging system? For example, can mobile phones that use more traditional charging methods be thinner or can accommodate larger batteries? According to Daniel, there are no negative effects. However, the actual charger is larger than the average.
Xiaomi believes that its fast charging technology will continue to exist, and there may still be room for improvement. For example, earlier this year, the company demonstrated a 200W fast-charging prototype system that was filled with a 4000mAh battery in 8 minutes. To this Daniel only said, “Whether this (in commercial products) appears, you will have to wait and see,” on the grounds that further safety and performance tests are needed. His answer to Xiaomi’s air-to-air charging technology is roughly the same, he said: “This is a wonderful concept, and this is something we are continuing to study.”
For fast charging, the question is whether users in the global market of Xiaomi will regard it as a big selling point. Daniel said, “Maybe some people think that fast charging is irrelevant, but there are also many people who think it is a great added value. You won’t really realize how good it is for your daily life until you have to rush out to catch a taxi within 5 minutes and your phone’s battery is about to run out.” The international conference of Xiaomi 11T Pro and 11T series will be held on September 15.


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Department stores facing major challenges struggle to keep customers
David Moore March 4, 2013 | WGVU
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closed in 2000, after more than 125 years in business. And today, both Sears and J-C Penny’s face tough financial times, with yet more challenges likely on the horizon.


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Glow Gala Eco-Art Auction Features this Season’s Best Gifts:
Good for the Earth, Easy on the Wallet
Annual Fundraiser to Benefit Groundwork Lawrence
Auction Preview to be Held Tuesday, December 9 from 5:30 - 7:30 PM
LAWRENCE, MA December 2, 2009 -- Groundwork Lawrence (GWL) will hold its annual Glow Gala Auction and Fundraiser on Thursday, December 11 from 6:30 to 10:00 PM. The event will be hosted by the Sidell family at Chester’s, an event space at 60 Island Street in Lawrence. The eco-art silent auction will feature more than 30 original pieces created by local artists and students from area high schools with the environment in mind.
“Holiday shoppers and art enthusiasts alike will enjoy the opportunity to pick up a one-of-a-kind treasure that respects both the environment and their budget, while helping to build a better community.” said Kate O’Brien, Groundwork Lawrence executive director. “Where else will you find a gift that gives in so many ways?”
The Glow Gala is open to the public and tickets can be purchased for $45 online, by phone, or at the door. The event will feature local favorite Los Sugar Kings warming up the evening with their Latin rhythms, as well as fine food by 2 Chefs are Better Than One and a cash bar. Proceeds from the event will benefit Groundwork Lawrence, a non-profit organization dedicated to building a healthy community in Lawrence through environmental improvements to parks, waterways and open spaces, access to fresh, locally-grown food, and youth education and leadership programs.
Eco-art invokes the themes of reduce, reuse and recycle. The submissions, which include pottery, sculpture, unique lamps and home décor items, wall hangings and more, are made from environmentally friendly materials and serve to promote environmental awareness. The public is invited to preview and open the bidding on the eco-art auction items on Tuesday, December 9 from 5:30-7:30 PM at Chester’s. Minimum bids on the items are expected to be in the range from $20 to $200.
The Glow Gala is sponsored by: Butcher Boy Market, DharmaCrafts, ECS, Enel, N.A., the Employees of Everett Mills Real Estate (given in honor of Bertram Paley), Flametech Steels, Lawrence CommunityWorks, Lawrence General Hospital, Millennium Communications Group, Munro Graphics, TEC, The Collaborative, TRC, Washington Mills Lofts, and WXRV 92.5 "The River."
Groundwork Lawrence, Inc. is a locally-based 501(c) 3 non-profit organization working to create sustainable environmental change through community-based partnerships. Each year, Groundwork Lawrence engages thousands of Lawrence residents, young people, businesses, and community organizations to tackle the community’s most intractable challenges, helping to fulfill its mission to “change places and change lives.”
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Tesla wins lawsuit over “damaging sabotage” whistleblower
After a two-year process, Tesla has won its lawsuit against a former employee whistleblower, who leaked a story to the press in 2018.
The employee, Martin Tripp, shared information about Tesla’s GigaFactory in Nevada with American publication Business Insider. The information prompted many to question how wasteful and environmentally friendly the factory was.
“For every 2,500 battery packs and driving units that leave the Gigafactory, an additional 1,000 pieces of ‘nonconforming material’ is created. Half of that will be reworked and put into other car parts. The other half becomes scrap,” said the Business Insider story based on Tripp’s information.
Tesla responded to the accusation of wastefulness at the time by saying it was “something we planned for” and that high waste numbers are “a normal part of a production ramp [up].”
“I was dismayed to learn this weekend about a Tesla employee who had conducted quite extensive and damaging sabotage to our operations,” added Tesla CEO Elon Musk in a company-wide memo sent out at the time.
“The full extent of his actions are not yet clear, but what he has admitted to so far is pretty bad. His stated motivation is that he wanted a promotion that he did not receive. In light of these actions, not promoting him was definitely the right move.
“However, there may be considerably more to this situation than meets the eye, so the investigation will continue in depth this week. We need to figure out if he was acting alone or with others at Tesla and if he was working with any outside organisations.”
As per Tesla’s request, the details of the lawsuit’s ultimate findings have been sealed. It’s been reported that Tripp was found to have hacked the company’s operating system, taking multiple gigabytes of data and distributing it to third parties, and making false statements to the media.


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Walmart-owned Flipkart has led a $60 million (about Rs 429 crore) investment round in logistics startup Shadowfax, as India’s largest online retailer looks to enable faster 2-hour delivery using a hyperlocal network and launch newer on-demand categories. This is Flipkart's third investment in the logistics space after earlier investing in trucking platform BlackBuck and locker provider QikPod. Read more.
CarDekho lands $70 million funding led by Ping An's Global Voyager Fund
Girnar Software, which owns and operates auto portal CarDekho.com, has raised $70 million (about Rs 500 crore) in a fresh round of financing from a clutch of new and existing investors, including, Global Voyager Fund, an investment arm of Chinese retail financial services giant Ping An. The Jaipur-headquartered company has now raised a shade above $250 million in financing. The RainMaker Group acted as the sole financial advisor to CarDekho, which also counts CapitalG, HDFC Bank, Axis Bank, Times Internet*, Trifecta and Ratan Tata as investors. Read more.
Zolostays raises $7 million from Trifecta Capital
Zolostays, a managed hostels, paying guest accommodation and apartments brand that targets the housing needs of students and early professionals, has raised $7 million from Trifecta Capital. The company last raised $30 million from Nexus Venture Partners, IDFC Alternatives and Mirae Asset in January. The firm competes with Oyo’s Life brand, StanzaLiving, and Nestaway-owned Hello World. Last month, Zolostays appointed Sidhartha Mehra from Jupiter Capital as chief financial officer. Read more.
Tiger Global leads $20M funding in Infra.market
New York-based investment firm Tiger Global Management has led a $20 million (about Rs 143.48 crore) in B2B real estate and construction materials-focused marketplace Infra.Marke. The latest round of financing also saw participation from venture capital firm Nexus Venture Partners, as well as Accel Partners, who is an existing investor in Infra.Market. The three-year-old company will use the proceeds to further expand its presence across the country, starting with Hyderabad, Ahmedabad, and Chennai, according to media reports. Read more.
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Cybersecurity startup Lucideus has raised $7 million in a funding round led by California-based MS&AD Ventures, along with participation by venture capital firm Western Technology Investment. The company is expected to use the funds to ramp up operations in the United States, double engineering and sales teams in the next three months and scale up the company’s platform - Security Assessment Framework for Enterprises (SAFE) - which helps businesses measure and mitigate cyber-risks in real-time. Read more.
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From CNN Money:
Should Barnes & Noble just rename itself Amazon’s Showroom?
The book and music retailer said sales fell again in its most recent quarter. It also reported a bigger loss than last year — and more red ink than what analysts were expecting.
Perhaps most alarmingly, Barnes & Noble’s long-term debt tripled from a year ago to $192 million. The company has only $13.4 million in cash — down from $32 million a year ago.
Shares of Barnes & Noble plunged more than 20% on the news and are now down nearly 40% this year.
Barnes & Noble has struggled for years to compete (say the rest of the sentence like it’s a movie trailer) IN A WORLD WHERE CONSUMERS HAVE GONE MAD FOR SHOPPING ONLINE AT AMAZON.
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Barnes & Noble’s efforts to keep up with Amazon have mostly been in vain. The company said online sales actually fell 22% in its most recent quarter after it launched a new website that had some notable glitches.
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Interestingly, nobody talked about Amazon specifically during a conference call with analysts. Perhaps analysts have learned not to mention Amazon — sort of like “the war” to the German guests in that episode of “Fawlty Towers.”
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The company has to fix its online problems. Boire said that the search functions need to improve on the site and that it needs a faster checkout experience. He stressed that online is a great opportunity for the company.
Link to the rest at CNN Money and thanks to Doria for the tip.