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Internet inventor aims to revolutionise web 2.0
Written by Peter Walker
The man widely regarded as having invented the internet is looking to do it all again, but this time putting you in control.
Tim Berners-Lee launched inrupt late last month, which is the first iteration of the decentralised web, a concept he has been discussing for several years and working on now for several months.
With partner and co-founder John Bruce - who built Resilient, a security platform bought by IBM - the startup is backed by Glasswing Ventures and built on a platform called ‘Solid’.
Solid lets users create, manage and secure their own personal online data store (POD) – and then decide which companies’ websites and apps have access to it.
In the launch statement, Berners-Lee stated that he has always believed the web is for everyone and has fought fiercely to protect it.
“The changes we’ve managed to bring have created a better and more connected world, but for all the good we’ve achieved, the web has evolved into an engine of inequity and division; swayed by powerful forces who use it for their own agendas,” he commented.
“Today, I believe we’ve reached a critical tipping point, and that powerful change for the better is possible - and necessary. This is why I have, over recent years, been working with a few people at MIT and elsewhere to develop Solid, an open-source project to restore the power and agency of individuals on the web.”
Solid is built using the existing web and gives many opportunities for developers. “I see multiple market possibilities, including Solid apps and Solid data storage,” added Berners-Lee.
Will Watling, principal consultant at Altus Consulting, commented that the concept of ‘client’ data has always been at the heart of financial services, as well as the explosion in social media.
“The big question I’d like answered though, is what is ‘my data?’ - is it data I enter onto a user profile, or is it the user tracking data about what pages I’ve viewed, who my friends are, which posts I’ve liked? - or data that’s created by a service about my usage of the service?”
Watling stated that while he was happy with exchanging data for certain services, like using GPS-powered maps, or getting better shopping recommendations, what he would like is “a single repository of all my important data that I can then choose to share with a particular organisation or individual to complete certain tasks and perhaps only for certain times”.
He added: “It would be sensible for my accountant to have my tax return info to complete my tax return once a user controlled set of fields becomes complete, various comparison apps to see my utility spending so they can auto switch me to a better deal, any medical practioner or emergency service to have full access to ‘my’ medical record – perhaps Solid will enable such a digital passport, in which case I’d welcome it.”
Fellow Altus principal consultant Michael James agreed that the inrupt plan has certain synergies with the UK government’s plans for a ‘digital passport’, which have been under gradual development for several years.
“There where standards created for that in 2010 – I wonder whether Berners-Lee has the weight to carry it off in a wide-ranging scale to let it take off, but add the security so that you have the comfort that your data is safe,” he added.


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BBUK: Big Brother given new generic eye logo by Endemol
Big Brother has been given a brand new look across the globe.
Endemol have started implementing a brand new Big Brother brand across the world, replacing the iconic blue and white logo that has followed the show ever since its first edition in 1999.
While versions, including the UK, decided not to use the original logo, many variations and countries still use it – including Brazil and Nigeria.
Now, after two decades, Endemol have refreshed the Big Brother brand and have introduced a new eye logo. The new eye features two sides that come together, with a camera in the middle.
“The identity uses the 2 most identifiable symbols of the programme, the eye and the camera. The new logo retains the eye and the sense of a camera lense, but also adds a more psychological, twisted and sinister edge in the new refined logo” explains The Plant, who designed the new identity.
Having first appeared on the Big Brother Universe YouTube channel last year, the eye has now started to appear on different versions of the format globally, the first being Pinoy Big Brother.
Most recently, Big Brother Poland adopted the new look eye, adapting it to be a unique version for their brand.
Meanwhile, Big Brother in the UK continues to have an uncertain future, as work to demolish the iconic Big Brother House at Elstree Studios has continued this week, with the exterior stage, interview stage and “other house” now completely removed, while part of the main house has also been removed.
Big Brother 24/7 has come to understand that discussions between Endemol and Netflix are ongoing. Earlier today, the Big Brother UK auditions social pages were updated with the new look Big Brother branding, the first activity on a UK page since the end of the last series.

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It’s part of the massive company’s plan to transition its 650 aircraft and 43,000 motor vehicle fleet into a carbon-neutral future.
In an announcement this morning, FedEx said that the company would be spending $2 billion on “initial investments,” in order to become carbon neutral by 2040. FedEx is the latest company in a long line of large corporations which have been pledging to phase out carbon-emitting vehicles and devices.
This is an especially difficult task for FedEx, who claims to have the largest cargo airline in the world, with over 650 diesel sucking aircraft, in operation. Due to diesel aircraft’s heavy carbon footprint, it’ll be very difficult for FedEx to counteract the massive amount of CO2 produced.
The company has said that the $2 billion initial investment will be spent in three major areas of development: vehicle electrification, sustainable energy, and carbon sequestration. FedEx is also going to donate a total of $100 million to Yale University, a leading effort to device new carbon capturing technologies (carbon sequestration).
The vast majority of FedEx’s cash investment will go towards upgrading FedEx’s largely gas-powered and diesel-powered fleet to electric delivery vehicles. This move into EVs will take place over the next few years, with a plan to purchase 50% of total Express pickup and delivery vehicles as EVs, by 2025. The company plans to move all purchases to EVs by 2030, however.
The biggest issue for FedEx isn’t their massive ground delivery service however. It’ll be difficult, but very plausible for FedEx to replace all trucks and vehicles with EVs. The big issue comes with their expansive air fleet, largely quoted as the world’s largest cargo airline.
There’s no easy, or even current, solution to diesel airplanes. Sure, there’s some electric airplanes in development, but they’re early prototypes, and will likely be incredibly expensive if they ever come to the commercial market. Remember, EVs have been around for quite a while now, although there’s been virtual no progress towards electrifying FedEx or UPS’ air fleet.
Don’t get it wrong, FedEx is doing a great thing by trying to become carbon neutral. The only issue, is that it might be too late. Other major corporations, even automakers such as Volvo, Ford, and GM, are planning on becoming carbon-neutral, or EV-exclusive by the end of the decade. FedEx is planning for twenty years in the future, with diesel airplanes and vehicles needing to be replaced.
FedEx operates a total of 118 electric trucks, and 364 commercial hybrid trucks. That’s 1.1% of the total 43,000 motor vehicles that FedEx has in operation, right now. Luckily though, FedEx is also planning on removing carbon emissions by changing their packaging and shipping facilities.
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As pointed out by The Verge, FedEx hasn’t mentioned whether or not they’d be using carbon offsets as an easy way to achieve full carbon neutrality. That’s a really important distinction to make, as carbon offsets are pretty much just investments into renewable technologies. True carbon neutrality would involve reducing carbon emissions generated, and increase renewable sources. Offsets just allow companies with lots of money to throw money at research and get a “reduced carbon output” as a result.
Hopefully the company isn’t pursuing offsets, as there’s growing evidence that the offsets haven’t succeeded in slowing carbon dioxide emissions, or global warming. They’ve instead given large companies with cash, like FedEx, escapes from actually making change to their carbon output.
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Taipei, July 9 (CNA) The benefits of a trade pact signed in 2010 between Taiwan and China are gradually emerging, as foreign and domestic businesses have been increasing their investments in Taiwan, an official said over the weekend.
The Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement (ECFA) has produced incentives for foreign investors, which has led to pledged investments of NT$62 billion (US$2.07 billion) in total by 77 multinational companies, said Liu Te-shun, deputy minister of the Mainland Affairs Council (MAC), Sunday.
The multinationals have sign letters of intent with the Ministry of Economic Affairs to this effect, he said.
The ECFA has also induced Taiwanese businesses to return home, bringing with them NT$4.69 billion worth of new investment projects over the past year, Liu said in an address in his home town of Toufen, Miaoli, where he discussed China policy.
He said the tariff concessions under the ECFA's "early harvest" program resulted in a 127 percent year-on-year increase in the export value of 18 agricultural products to China in the first five months of the year. The value of the exports was US$125.64 million, he said.
The two sides of the Taiwan Strait have signed 16 other agreements, including one on protection of intellectual property rights that was used to help prevent counterfeit branding in China of Miaoli's famous Oriental Beauty Tea, according to Liu.
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Yesterday saw yet another update to Google’s Map application. The latest release features some handy options for folks who like to do more with the app than simply get from A to B.
Google is on a roll with 6 updates for Google Maps coming over the last 6 months. Version 4.4 released today, brings us Places. The Places Icon allows you to
Google has pushed out version 4.3 of the increasingly useful Google Maps application for Android handsets. If you are running 1.6 or higher, you are advised to immediately download the
Check this out. Google Latitude has three times the number of active users as Foursquare. Crazy, right? In fact, Latitude has grown 30 percent per month since 2010 started and
For the better part of a year, business listings within Google Maps merely linked to Street View. As of yesterday, those business listings are now displayed within Google’s Street View
Google just keeps plugging away with updates to their Maps for Android handsets. It has only been a few short weeks since the last version was released so we were
This is the kind of preferential treatment we’ve been hoping for since Android was announced.Â Google just announced a pair of new features that help blur the lines between your
TechCrunch is reporting this evening that a deal between Google and Yelp is “80% likely” to happen. Rumored to be in the ballpark of $500M or more, the acquisition could
If you’re interested in how companies plan to compete with Google Maps Navigator, we suggest you keep an eye on waze.Â Rather than turning around and running in the opposite
Google is trying hard to develop tools and services that converting smartphones into a every day companion, instead of just a gadget that you use once in a while. This
Google has added a new feature called â€œWhatâ€™s nearbyâ€ to the latest release of Google Maps (v3.3.0).Â The feature finds and displays a list of the ten nearest businesses or


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Around a year back, when Microsoft had released the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update, it had removed all the phone-related APIs from it. This was one of the clear hints for Windows phone users that Microsoft had no plans to launch a smartphone anytime soon. Also, the company had shifted its focus towards Always-Connected PC for making Windows 10 available on PCs driven by Snapdragon 835 and 845 chipsets and LTE modems.
Fresh information reveals that Microsoft has replaced the APIs into the upcoming Redstone 5 that will be arriving as Fall Creators update later this year. Since Microsoft has included phone-related API again in Windows 10, the rumor mill is now speculating that a Surface Phone may debut by the end of this year. It may sound interesting, but the rumors about Surface Phone have been circulating since the past few years.
The Lumia 950 and 950 XL phones were the last flagship phones that were introduced in 2015. Since then, the rumor mill is speculating on the existence of Surface Phone. Some reports have claimed that Microsoft’s Project Andromeda could be the highly awaited Surface Phone. However, some reports claim that these could be two separate devices.
The arrival of phone-related APIs in Windows 10 could mean that Microsoft is making way for developers to start working on programs that will run on the rumored Surface Phone. Previous reports have claimed that the Surface Phone could be a business centric pocket PC device that will be arriving with a stylus.
Recent reports have claimed Samsung, LG, Apple, Huawei are all gearing up to launch foldable smartphones by next year or later. Like the aforementioned companies even Microsoft has filed for foldable display technology in the recent years which also suggests that the Surface Phone may feature a foldable screen.
Do you think Microsoft will take on Samsung and Apple with Surface Phone in the near future? Share us your views by posting your comments below.


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The State Bank of India (SBI), India’s largest lender, has issued a warning to its customers regarding phishing scams using multiple modes of communication such as text messages, emails, and tweets. The bank released two numbers with customers to raise awareness about KYC frauds that have been going around and asked them not to respond to any unusual calls. Customers with SBI Debit Cards should also read this.
“Do not engage with these numbers, and don’t click on phishing URLs for KYC updates as they aren’t associated with SBI,” according to a recent tweet from the official SBI Twitter account. Customers of SBI are receiving calls from two numbers: +91-8294710946 and +91-7362951973 requesting that they click on a phishing link to update their KYC. All SBI customers are advised not to click on any phishing/suspicious links.”
“We appreciate your alertness and thanks for informing us,” the SBI said in response to one of the customer tweets. Our IT Security team will take the necessary steps to address it. Furthermore, we encourage all of our clients not to respond to unsolicited emails, SMS, phone calls, or embedded links requesting personal or banking information such as user ID, password, debit card number, PIN, CVV, or OTP. These details are never requested by the bank. Customers can report phishing, smishing, and vanishing attempts by emailing email@example.com or calling the hotline number 1930. They can also report these incidents to their local law enforcement agency.”
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has taken a number of steps to ensure that consumers are not defrauded. It just released a booklet in which it explains in detail all forms of fraud that happen and how to protect yourself.
Fraudsters create a phishing website that seems like a real website, such as a bank’s website, an e-commerce website, a search engine, and so on, according to RBI. SMS, social media, email, and Instant Messenger, among other means, are used by fraudsters to distribute links to these websites.
Many clients provide security credentials such as a Personal Identification Number (PIN), One Time Password (OTP), or Password without first checking the Uniform Resource Locator (URL) which are collected and used by fraudsters.
Phishing happens when imposters posing as bankers, company executives, insurance agents, government officials, and others call or approach customers over the phone or through social media, according to the RBI. To gain trust, imposters reveal a few consumer details, such as the customer’s name or date of birth.
Customers may be coerced or tricked into revealing private information such as passwords, one-time passwords (OTPs), PINs, and Card Verification Values (CVVs) by imposters claiming an emergency. Customers are then scammed using that private information.


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RFID supply chain implementations that go beyond "slap and ship" compliance appear to have slowed to a crawl. Beneath the surface, however, there still is plenty of activity around this emerging technology, and most analysts see the slowdown as a natural stage in the adoption curve or even as a positive sign.
ABI Research, Oyster Bay, N.Y., revised down its forecasts for the RFID software and services market in 2007, for example, dropping its projection 15 percent to $13.1bn. Far from taking a bearish position on the RFID market, however, ABI says the trends driving this slowdown are positive signs of market maturation. "End users are taking a more managed approach to budgeting and integrating RFID solutions internally," says Michael Liard, ABI's RFID practice leader.
Similarly, Aberdeen Group, Boston, notes that retailers are realizing that "compliance is not a useful point of entry into RFID." As a result, retailers' deployment decisions are being driven by other objectives, such as improved visibility and customer service, which makes the adoption path more complex. "Retailers must consider the overall value proposition and make solution selections that not only satisfy the immediate objective (compliance), but also support long-term goals and opportunities," says Aberdeen in its RFID in Retail Benchmark Report. "This presents a problem for most retail CTOs [chief technology officers], who cannot look to Wal-Mart for a relevant road map, yet must figure out which solutions play into a long-term strategy and which do not."
Vendors who work with Wal-Mart suppliers see the same trend. "We see our customers trying to strategically figure out what phases two and three will look like," says Dwaine Farley, CEO of Domino Integrated Solutions, Frisco, Texas, which specializes in providing retail suppliers a quick path to RFID compliance as well as ways to get a return on their investment. "Our customers are looking out 24 months to try and understand how volumes of currently tagged products will increase and what SKUs will be added. They want to have visibility to the infrastructure they will need so they can get the money budgeted."
One major deterrent in this market has been a lack of packaged solutions able to take raw RFID reads and turn them into useful information that can be shared with partners and used to better manage internal operations. Resolution of that crucial problem got a big boost last month when EPCglobal, the standards organization responsible for driving global adoption of the Electronic Product Code (EPC) used in RFID, ratified the EPC Information Services (EPCIS) specification. This critical standard, long in the works, gives businesses a template for capturing and sharing information collected by RFID chips.
"You can capture RFID tag data all day long, but if everyone is using a different structure you can't share it or act on it," says Bryan Tracey, vice president of engineering and chief architect for GlobeRanger, Richardson, Texas, provider of the iMotion platform for "edge" applications. Tracey also is co-chair of EPCglobal's Software Action Group, which helped develop the EPCIS standard. "All of these really cool applications that everybody has been talking about for the past five or six years all require the sharing of RFID observations between trading partners in the supply chain, and that has been impossible to date because there was no standard," Tracey says.
Chris Adcock, president of EPCglobal, says the EPCIS ratification potentially will be more important to RFID than the 2004 release of the Gen2 air protocol standard, seen as the most important RFID standard to date because it led to much higher performing tags and readers.
Tracey agrees with this assessment. "EPCIS represents a true tipping point for the evolving, RFID-enabled marketplace, and especially for our global customers, whatever their line of business," he says. "It's no longer just about sharing events; it's about all industries agreeing on what the events are and what they look like. This will forever change the way all business systems think about and apply EPC-oriented data."
Tracey further explains the importance of EPCIS this way: "If I were a manufacturer or a distributor or a retailer and I saw a bunch of tags moving through a dock door because a shipment was being received or an order was going out, or if I were putting a bunch of items into a case or cases onto a pallet and I created an observation that these specific cases were being aggregated, there was no industry standard for describing those events," he says. "With no standard way to share or query this information, companies were not able to use it in any effective way."
With the EPCIS standard, says Tracey, users will be able to take observations, put them into business context and turn them into events, so they can mange by exception. Also, with standard query capability, information can be shared among partners and used by any number of enterprise applications.
"The fact that a reader saw a tag is, by itself, not very interesting," Tracy continues. "But if I can tell you why the reader saw the tag and where the tag is now and the state of the product that tag is associated with, that is incredible information that would be extremely useful for a warehouse management system or an enterprise resource planning system or many other applications."
In its simplest form, EPCIS is an XML-based structure made up of four tag-reading events: object, quantity, aggregation and transaction. By combining these standardized events with other enterprise data, companies can create meaningful business information. For example, a raw tag read typically will report that a specific tag number was seen at a specific reader at a specific time. EPCIS enables higher-levels of information, such as a case of product X was moved at 12:15 p.m. from the back room to the retail floor of store Y and is now available for sale.
It is not just vendors who are excited about the standard. Leading CPG manufacturers, including Procter & Gamble, Unilever and Kimberly-Clark, also have praised its ratification. "Even though manufacturers have been putting tags on goods and retailers have been receiving those tagged goods, the question has been, what is the value?" Dick Cantwell, P&G vice president and head of its RFID efforts, said in an interview with RFID Journal. "What EPCIS does is connect data sharing and communications in a way that benefits both the manufacturers and the retailers. They both can maximize the value they get from RFID information. It is no longer a closed-loop solution."
Tracey predicts that a variety of vendors, including GlobeRanger, will start developing solutions to enable the transformation of tag reads into EPCIS events. There also will likely be a market for third-parties to host repositories of EPCIS data.
"We think there may be a concept in which these events are distributed over multiple tiers of the supply chain with each tier essentially creating its own point of view," says Dave Bennett, chief technical officer at Axway, a business communications hub headquartered in Scottsdale, Ariz. "These points of view will essentially consist of complex event processing and analytics that tie these sensor observations into real business events and processes that people will want to register to, depending on their business interest or need."
Some leaders already have products that leverage EPCIS. IBM, Armonk, N.Y., and BEA, San Jose, Calif., for example, each have introduced middleware based on the EPCIS specification.
IBM's WebSphere RFID Premises Server, middleware that aggregates and filters RFID tag data and other sensor information, is complemented by the WebSphere RFID Information Center, a high performance EPCIS repository that stores, manages and enables sharing of RFID data within the four walls and with trading partners.
"At IBM, what we have found is that the biggest pain point with RFID is not around reliably capturing data-we can do that now-but more around what to do with the data that has been captured," says Kathe Baxter, product manager in IBM's software group. "The issue is how to take this captured data and combine it with other information available in the enterprise to make useful information that will provide new insights. This is an absolute requirement for innovation."
In addition, being able to query and share this information will allow greater automation of a range of business processes. These include shipment verification or confirmation of receipt, diversion tracking, inventory management, targeted recalls and regulatory compliance.
The IBM solution already has been successfully deployed for a number of early adopter clients, including Unilever, the e-customs project ITAIDE in Europe and "big three" pharmaceutical distributor AmerisourceBergen.
The latter's implementation will use IBM's RFID middleware and embedded software on readers as well as the RFID Information Center. Drugs that currently are being individually tagged by certain pharmaceutical manufacturers will be read as they enter the AmerisourceBergen DC. Systems will monitor these products through picking and packing and will record the time and location each unit is shipped out as well as its intended destination, giving a complete record of the history of all RFID tagged drugs.
"The advantage of using the RFID and EPICS system is that the information regarding the product's journey through the supply chain is stored in a manner that is useful for a number of different applications," says Shay Reid, vice president for integrated solutions at AmerisourceBergen, Chesterbrook, Pa. "Once the RFID tags have been read and the data has entered the EPCIS, the system can be queried to build a product pedigree for customers on demand, to provide real-time receiving and shipping information to manufacturers as well as to more closely track both inventory and product demand."
In another pharma application, drug maker Novartis, Basel, Switzerland, is working with ERP giant SAP on an end-to-end RFID-based tracking solution. It will use SAP's recently announced EPCIS-compliant data repository as a central element. The aim is to track each tagged bottle, display carton, shipping case and delivery pallet in real time, verifying the authenticity of products as they travel through the supply chain.
"In addition to helping meet regulatory requirements, this SAP solution will enable seamless integration into our SAP ERP system and access to existing transactional information," says Marc Bechet, head of IT for global technical operations at Novartis.
As with IBM's RFID Information Center, SAP's Product Tracking and Authentication (PTA) solution is intended to enable companies to combine serialized EPC data with data from enterprise resource planning and other business applications to enable meaningful business information.
The pharmaceutical supply chain has taken the lead in RFID tracking because of the problem with counterfeit drugs and requirements by California and Florida for an electronic pedigree that can verify a drug's authenticity. SupplyScape, Woburn, Mass., is a vendor specializing in securing the drug supply chain. It is the technology partner in perhaps the largest deployment to date of RFID-Pfizer's initiative to tag all bottles of Viagra sold in the U.S.
"Pfizer tags each bottle and registers them with us," says Peter Spellman, vice president of SupplyScape. "As the bottles go through the supply chain, we provide assurances of the authenticity of each serial number. So prior to dispensing the product, a pharmacist can scan the tag and our online service will tell them whether or not it is legitimate."
Another scenario has wholesalers doing mass authentications when cases and pallets pass through a dock door or other reader portal. "Using this method, we can do about 10,000 authentications a second," Spellman says. The company also had to come up with a way to manage the sheer volume of data that results from item-level serialization and tracking. "We knew that having a database record for every bottle would create an explosion of information, so some time ago we built something we call semantic reduction," he says. "For our e-pedigree system, we use this to greatly compress these forms."
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Sheer volume clearly is a data management issue with item-level tracking, especially in an area like pharmaceuticals where regulations require that information be kept for a specified period of time. In other areas of the supply chain, however, worries about data volume are a case of "the sky never falling," says Chris Kelly, director of RFID business development at Intermec, Everett, Wash. "All RFID vendors were building business plans around networks and architecture and systems to manage all the data that was expected, but that has turned out to be a non-problem, at least from the perspective of Intermec," he says. The way the market has evolved, a lot of "edge processing" is actually happening inside of intelligent readers like Intermec's IF5 or IF61, he explains. "So an awful lot of read transactions are dealt with inside the device itself and only relatively small packets of data are actually communicated up to other systems. The amounts of data are not overwhelming."
Digesting data close to the source, at the edge of the enterprise, is the first principle of effective RFID data management, says Mark Palmer, vice president of event stream processing at Progress Software, Bedford, Mass., which provides various solutions for managing RFID data, including its OpenEdge application platform. Processing at the source includes more than basic filtering, he notes. "It's data cleansing, consolidation and summarization" and can include intelligent compensation for missed reads.
Progress is the technology partner in a groundbreaking item-level RFID implementation at BGN, a large bookseller in Holland. Books are individually tagged at the book distributor that provides 80 percent or more of BGN's stock. As books are boxed and prepared for shipping, advance ship notices are automatically generated to BGN stores. When shipments arrive at the store, boxes pass through an RFID tunnel. The collected data is sent to another Progress application that correlates the books received with the ASN and updates store inventory. In addition, in-store customer kiosks use a Progress application called EasyAsk that lets customers query the stores inventory to find the books they seek. Since location is determined by store shelves that have their own RFID tag, the system is able to tell customers exactly where to find a book, even if it has been misplaced.
"This is a great example of a modestly sized company getting really good ROI from using RFID technology today," says Palmer.
In what could prove to be the first widely adopted packaged software for RFID in the supply chain, OATSystems, Dallas, has introduced Real-Time Promotion Execution, a solution to help consumer packaged goods (CPG) companies better execute planned promotions.
"This solution represents the use of RFID data to actually improve a business process dramatically," says Paul Cataldo, OATSystems' vice president of marketing. Better promotion execution is important, he says, "because industry statistics show that between 15 percent and 40 percent of stores fail to move displays to the sales floor on time. Our solution can improve that performance significantly."
Kimberly-Clark tested the new solution at several stores in 2006 and has committed to rolling it out more widely in 2007 and to implementing the full OAT Foundation Suite. One of the key elements in the solution is a mobile tagging station from ADASA, Eugene, Ore., which allows Kimberly-Clark to easily equip its third-party contract manufacturers with the ability to tag the promotional displays. The ADASA mobile tagging station can be worn on a belt and can commission Gen2 EPC tags as needed. The "RFID in a box" solution also includes a laptop equipped with OAT software and a Motorola handheld device that reads RFID tags as well as barcodes. The third-party generates the tags and attaches them to the promotional displays. Both the product barcode and the RFID tag are scanned and permanently linked in the OAT software. When the display arrives at a store's backroom it can be read or scanned and read again when it moves onto the selling floor. Kimberly-Clark and store management are alerted automatically whenever a promotional display is not deployed on time.
Early results indicate that Kimberly-Clark has increased promotions compliance among stores by 20 percent and that percentage is expected to further increase, says Cataldo. "This is an example of using RFID data to actually drive top-line sales so everybody wins."
Promotions execution is one of those applications for RFID "that no one saw when we first started working on this," says Bill Hardgrave, director of the RFID Research Center at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville. "It's an application that we were able to determine only when we started looking at the tag data itself. We were able to see that promotional products were not getting out to the sales floor. That is the type of insight companies are hoping to get from this data but ones of this magnitude are hard to find."
Asset management is another area where companies are making effective use of RFID data. "We are seeing a lot of interest in yard management applications of RFID," says Jerry McNerney, senior director of transportation, distribution and logistics solutions at Motorola, Schaumburg, Ill. "You have these different companies that have tied RFID reads and dead-reckoning locating capabilities into their applications so, when they have all these trailers in a yard, they can quickly and accurately locate them, without having to send someone out to walk around and look for them."
WhereNet, Santa Clara, Calif., is one company that provides such a real-time locating system. In these applications, "the value of the solution depends 100 percent on the quality of the data," says Matt Armanino, executive vice president of worldwide field operations for WhereNet. The ROI drivers come down to how many transactions a user has to rework manually, he says. "That's a fundamental question because unless you can convince the customer that the system has very high reliability, the value starts to erode very quickly. So we have had to sign up to very tough standards of reliability-99.9 percent of the time, the trailer or container has to be where we say it is."
This is not an easy target to hit because in addition to active RFID, WhereNet also has layered location software. "When you add that extra layer of information, it makes the task far more complex. It really comes down to whether you have a system that can provide location coordinates in very dirty environments. It all ties back to quality of data."
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AT&T rolls out streaming TV service after Time Warner deal
AT&T is launching a streaming service that will feature the TV channels it owns after purchasing Time Warner.
WatchTV will allow customers to stream more than 30 live channels — including AT&T’s CNN, TBS and TNT — on smartphones, tablets and other devices.
It’s AT&T’s first big product rollout since closing the Time Warner deal last week. The merger was held up in court for months after the Justice Department tried to block it, claiming that the combination would harm competition and raise prices for consumers.
AT&T and Time Warner joined forces to better position themselves in an industry upended by Netflix-inspired cord-cutting. AT&T wants to use products like WatchTV to compete with digital newcomers for younger viewers who don’t want to pay for beefy cable subscriptions. Watch TV is a “skinny bundle,” which costs less than a traditional cable package because it includes fewer channels.
WatchTV will be available through one of AT&T’s two new unlimited wireless plans starting next week. The company plans to release it later as a standalone service for $15 a month.
Channels that AT&T doesn’t own, like BBC World News and Food Network, are on the service, too. WatchTV will also include more than 15,000 TV shows and movies on demand.
The launch has been expected for weeks. AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson revealed it in April during the trial.
At $15 a month, the standalone WatchTV will be significantly cheaper than AT&T’s other similar offering, DirecTV Now, which costs $35 a month. That’s because WatchTV won’t include any sports channels.


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American Express today announced plans to eliminate signature requirements when customers make credit or debit card purchases, joining both Mastercard and Discover.
All three companies plan to stop asking customers to provide a signature when making a purchase in the United States and Canada starting in April of 2018. The change is designed to allow for a more consistent, streamlined, and speedy checkout experience for both merchants and cardholders.
Credit and debit card companies have long required signatures for purchases as an added security measure, but with technology improvements that include contactless payments and the adoption of EMV chip technology, [...]
Starting in early 2018, Apple users in Brazil will pay for purchases from the App Store, iTunes Store, and iBooks Store using Brazilian reals instead of dollars. Reals will also be used for Apple Music subscriptions and iCloud storage charges.
Apple began notifying users about the change from dollars to reals in emails that were sent out today.
Apple says that once the currency change happens, all new purchases and subscriptions will be charged in reals rather than dollars.
Since the iTunes Store became available in Brazil in 2011, customers have been required to pay in dollars using an international credit or debit card payment.
At one point, [...]
Apple today updated its Apple Store app to version 4.4, introducing iOS 11 enhancements and a new scanner feature for quickly adding your credit card information at checkout.
According to the release notes, the app update also allows customers to bypass pre-authorization and activate later on full price purchases of iPhones, a purchasing option that has been available for the iPhone X on the Apple Store website since November. What’s New in Version 4.4 – iOS 11 enhancements – Scanner now available to easily add your credit card information at checkout – Customers now have the option to bypass pre-authorization and activate later on full price [...]
Google today announced that it will acquire part of HTC’s mobile division in a deal that’s worth $1.1 billion.
Under terms of the agreement „a team of HTC talent“ will join Google’s hardware organization. The HTC employees moving to Google worked as part of the „Powered by HTC“ unit that developed the Google Pixel and Pixel XL smartphones. Google also gained a non-exclusive license for HTC intellectual property.
„These future fellow Googlers are amazing folks we’ve already been working with closely on the Pixel smartphone line, and we’re excited to see what we can do together as one team,“ said [...]


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Ian Beasant, managing director of Giant UK, said: “We are delighted to be opening our third brand store in three months. This store is a real landmark, taking cycling retail to the next level. Our early experiences in other stores shows that consumers are embracing the refreshing retail experience.”
Paul Newman, director of the Giant Store, Bristol, said: “The store has surpassed my expectations, I believe we have the winning formula for the future of cycle retailing in the UK.”
Bristol is fast becoming the cycling capital of the UK. It was named as the country’s first ‘cycling city’ last year by the Department for Transport and will receive £23m of funding for improving cycling infrastructure and promoting the benefits of cycling.
Specialized were the first company to open a concept store in Bristol, on Park Street in the city centre. Giant have also opened stores in Liverpool and Cambridge.
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Few Areas in the US Prepare to Reopen Businesses Amid Novel Coronavirus Outbreak
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Bars and restaurants remain shuttered, and taking out is still the only option until 4 May, when the restricted opening is likely. Few areas in the US are starting to lift restrictions, and rural states such as Montana, Vermont and Alaska have become some of the first to do so. The pandemic effects in small towns can seem like a world away from cities struggling with overloaded hospitals, crowded morgues and driven to the brink of economies.
For some time now, the effects of lifting restrictions in rural areas will not be completely understood and health officials said they will be watching for infections to resurge. But for now, there is little doubt in areas like Roundup and after weeks-long stay-at-home orders, it was the right thing to do.
The coronavirus is primarily a distant threat that has directly affected only a few people here so far. Face masks are a novelty, and a handshake often still carries greetings. Given some griping that the lockdown was too harsh, most citizens cooperated, said Adam Carlson, a county commissioner.
By comparison, local officials have vowed resistance in some rural areas of states where stay-at-home directives are still in force. Grants’ mayor, New Mexico, 9,000 inhabitants, led a Monday rally where thousands of non-essential companies were urged to reopen. COVID-19 has affected only a fraction of the people in the state, and holding small businesses closed makes absolutely no sense, said Mayor Martin “Modey” Hicks. New Mexico has reported more than 2,800 cases of the virus, with 104 deaths.
The coronavirus causes mild to moderate symptoms for most, such as fever and cough. This may cause more serious illness for others, particularly older people and those with established health conditions, including pneumonia and death. Six rural counties with a combined 500,000 residents in California asked Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday if they could initiate a “careful and staggered reopening,” even as counties in the San Francisco Bay Area went on to extend their home-stay orders through May.
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Some restaurants restored dine-in operation in small towns in Alaska Friday. While stores, personal care facilities and other non-essential businesses reopened with restrictions. Rules still restrict how many people may be in a shop at once. Also, there is no allowable waiting in salons. Humans can shop at outdoor stores in Vermont, and five people can work at the same outdoor worksite. Fabrication and interior design can also extend.
Mike MacLeod operates a garden centre only south of Stowe’s resort area. He said the phone started ringing within minutes of the Governor’s announcement that the restrictions were loosened Friday.
Being isolated and sparsely populated helps towns prevent diseases, said Montana Medical Association president Dr Marc Mentel. Nevertheless, a rural ZIP code is not a golden shield and has its own disadvantage: less medical services. That can make it hard to contain outbreaks, such as the infections that have swept through an assisted living centre. It is in another small town in Montana, Shelby, in recent weeks, resulting in six deaths.
Gov. Steve Bullock credits an early shutdown with pushing down the rate of infection. It is for Montana and helping to reopen it before other states.
Montana has one of the lowest death rates per capita from the virus in the country. Since peaking at 124 cases a week in late March and early April the rate of reported infections has decreased. Last week, health officials said there were 15 new cases. But not every company should throw its doors open. The Lasso the Moon toy store opens in Helena’s capital of Montana but its doors put off the close tag. As long as they wear masks, customers can knock to enter. It is up to four at a time. Owner Amy Barrett states that the door closes so staff get time to donate masks. Her warmth represented the confusion that many small business owners permitted reopening.
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Raw Fury and Tlön Industries are excited to share Per Aspera VR is coming to Meta Quest 2 on February 9th, 2023.
Announced during the Upload VR Winter Showcase 2022, the award-winning planetary simulator will be available as a digital download for $24.99. Bringing a distinct, uniquely designed base-building experience to a whole new audience, players are tasked with crafting a terraforming plan and cultivating a thriving interplanetary civilization with the intention of setting a new strategy game standard in VR.
Before then, Steam and GOG owners of Per Aspera will benefit from a free content update titled ‘Home’ which is available on January 23. Players will be able to take on an all-new quest that tasks you with building out your population and floral coverage across the red planet. New and continuing technologies have also been implemented, as well as special projects, buildings and four new achievements. The new content has been implemented in time for the Steam Base Builder Fest on January 23rd.


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It's been almost two years since the Victorian Government commissioned an inquiry into the gig-economy.
The release of the inquiry's report comes as so many Australians, especially young people and migrant workers, have lost their jobs during this pandemic and are turning to online platforms like Uber Eats, Deliveroo and Airtasker to make money.
The report recommends those who work as part of an enterprise or business are deemed 'employees' and it also recommends people working for online platforms gain the right to collective bargaining.
Felicity Sowerbutts, Director, Young Workers Centre
Angelina Sukiri, Founder, Kasih Project
Corona cases stabilising in Victoria, Crossroads cluster missing link found and gig economy report released
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Stella McCartney, a British designer, today confirmed the end of her 17-years partnership with Kering Foundation.
The daughter of the Beatles’ Paul McCartney is preparing to take full control of her brand after buying out half of her label by March 31.
“It is the right moment to acquire the full control of the company bearing my name,” McCartney said on Wednesday in her statement. Reminding us her last year statement where she said that she was looking forward to seeing fashion changing its sourcing and manufacturing practices "dramatically" in the future.
Kering Foundation, which works to stop violence against women, will continue to lend some support and services to the brand for a year, and the British designer is going to collaborate.
"This opportunity represents a crucial patrimonial decision for me. I am extremely grateful to Francois-Henri Pinault and his family and everyone at the Kering group for everything we have built together in the last 17 years. I look forward to the next chapter of my life and what this brand and our team can achieve in the future." McCartney said in a joint statement with Kering.
Their split will be final by the end of the first quarter of 2019.
McCartney launched her first eponymous label in 2001 in partnership with the Gucci Group, formerly a division of now Kering Foundation. Stella’s financial growth had slowed down in 2017 compared to previous years.
Kering nowadays focuses more squarely on high-margin luxury brands and builds up those with a high growth potential, therefore, they are working to spin off German sportswear label Puma to its own shareholders.
Stella McCartney latest collection of autumn and winter last week at Paris’ showed mix men and women’s clothing, and some designs such a jacket made from materials like alter nappa, an alternative to leather.


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You’ve read about them here and many other places: The “channel checks” conducted by research analysts to prognosticate what Apple may be doing in the future. Now, the questionable practice has fallen under the watchful eye of the Federal government.
A new report on the tablet market will ring a sour note with the onslaught of tablet makers trailing in Apple’s wake -- the iPad is dominating the market big time, and doesn’t show any signs of stopping.
It's beginning to look like nothing can stop the rise of Apple's star this year. Despite, multiple lawsuits, the iPhone 4's antenna woes, leaked product snafus and the bad press surrounding a few of their suppliers, the company's stock value shot up from $390 to $429 a share after yesterday's revelation of the Cupertino-based company's latest financial report.
If Apple’s competitors need a reminder of what an uphill struggle they face trying to dethrone the iPad, look no further than some new figures from analysts showing that the iPad is being adopted by buyers faster than many other popular consumer electronics, including the DVD player.
Apple and Rovi have inked a “multi-year agreement” which allows Cupertino to license chunks of Rovi’s intellectual properties. Rumors are now running rampant that the move may signal Apple’s change of direction, from downloaded TV shows to live television and maybe even a DVR.
Customers who preordered their 2010 model iPod touch after they were announced last Wednesday are starting to get shipment notifications today. Meanwhile, a market research firm estimates that more than 45 million iPod touches have been sold to date out of the total 120 million iOS devices in the market.
The iPad has launched Apple into third place in the market of portable tablet computers. The Cupertino-based company is currently surpassing the likes of other tech giants, such as Asus, Lenovo, Toshiba, and even Dell.
Deutsche Bank's Chris Whitmore believes that investors will really look at tablet computers when assessing consumer technology trends. "When including the iPad as part of the [notebook] market. Apple leapt over Asus, Lenovo, Toshiba and Dell in terms of global unit share," he writes.
Just a few short years ago, most folks would have laughed if you had told them that Apple would be sitting so pretty in 2010. Despite consistent upward growth with their Macs and iPods, few could have seen the approach of the iPhone and now iPad, which at least one analyst seems to think has put Cupertino at the top of the PC industry heap.
Supply problems overseas are putting a crimp in the availability of iPhone 4s, creating big headaches for Apple at the same time that iPad availability is finally improving, flying past the three million mark in July.


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Dealmaker Media delivered on its “deal-maker” promise as it brought together nearly 400 entrepreneurs, innovators, industry experts and investors from Silicon Valley—and beyond to forge partnerships and alliances.
Under the Radar, the 18th annual tech innovation conference, took place at facility on Thursday, Nov. 10.
The conference opened with Fast Pitch, where eight start-ups pitched to the VentureBeat Executive Editor Dylan Tweney, Topix CEO Chris Tolles, Anthem Worldwide Senior Vice President Mark Silva and Christine Lagorio, executive editor of Inc.com.
Norwegian based online time tracker company, Yast took the top spot as CEO Halvor Gregusson "rocked it," with what the judges called a "killer presentation." The company 71 lbs.com, which that hopes to "revolutionize the way businesses handle their shipping," stood its ground with a respectable second place.
Thereafter participating companies were divided into categories–Talent 2.0, Retail 2.0, Measurement, Back Office, Engagement, Sales Operations and Customers in the Door–which were then evaluated by a panel of judges and the audience. With six minutes to pitch and eight minutes of Q&A, the passionate entrepreneurs took center stage.
The top honors went to the recently launched and innovative San Francisco-based Tagtile. Tagtile helps local businesses engage with their customers as consumers tap their smartphones against an interesting hardware device called "Tagtile Cube."
It was a clean sweep for automated e-commerce platform and provider of real time pricing information, BlackLocus, in the Engagement session, who also won the overall Audience Choice. Also on the e-commerce side, Palo Alto-based Slice cracked Retail 2.0 segment with its solution that automatically tracks, organizes and manages purchases, helping shoppers stay organized.
Field sales and service automation solution provider, Salespod pulled it off in the Sales Operations category. All the way from Croatia, and excited to be in the Valley, the four-member team told Patch about the the stark contrast in the business landscape and opportunity between the two countries.
Other winners were SteelHouse, TribeHR, BetterWorks, Expensify, myERP and ThinkNear.
Judge on the Talent 2.0 panel, Scott McMullan, a senior product manager at expressed his "Like" for the presenter companies with a "+1."
Partnerships and go-to markets played on his mind, as he carefully evaluated pitches.
“Good companies have a way of making themselves heard,” he said.


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Kao USA announces downtown headquarters location | Business
CINCINNATI (FOX19) –Cincinnati-based beauty care brands manufacturer Kao USA Inc. announced Wednesday that the company’s corporate headquarters will relocate from its current facility on Spring Grove Avenue to the 312 Plum Street Building in Downtown Cincinnati. The facility will house more than 200 marketing, sales, market research, creative and administration employees who will occupy over 55,000 square feet of the building.
In February Kao and Ohio Governor John Kasich recently announced the headquarters would move somewhere downtown.
“Kao USA is thrilled about the move to downtown Cincinnati and to a world-class facility,” said Bill Gentner, Kao’s President for Consumer Products Americas and EMEA. “This move demonstrates our ongoing commitment to the Cincinnati area and will support our efforts to retain and attract the high-end talent that we need to compete and grow."
In addition, a significant investment will be made to the Spring Grove Avenue facility where the research and development and manufacturing facilities will remain. Kao expects the move to take place this summer.
Kao USA’s headquarters have been in a silvery office building in Camp Washington in the location of the old Andrew Jergens Company, which it bought years ago. Kao USA Inc's portfolio includes Ban® antiperspirants; Jergens® and Curel® hand and body lotions, along with a number of other hair and skin care brands. Its parent company, Japan-based Kao Corporation, has a history dating back to the late 1800’s.
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John Bode says that high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) has been unfairly attacked
Bode: HFCS is nutritionally equivalent to table sugar
Bode: But the sugar industry can't have it both ways
Editor’s Note: John Bode is president and CEO of the Corn Refiners Association.
Last week, the president of The Sugar Association complained on CNN.com that he is “frustrated” by bad science that he says is “misleading consumers” about the negative health effects of sucrose, sometimes called table sugar. Fair enough.
It is true that too often, the news media and others either overreact to, or misinterpret, studies that portray sugar or other sweeteners in a negative light. The makers of high fructose corn syrup – my members – are often the victims of alarmist studies or reporting, too.
But just sentences later, after bemoaning the unfair treatment of sugar, the author takes aim at high fructose corn syrup. He attempts, once again, to blame high fructose corn syrup uniquely for health issues, such as rising obesity rates, while giving sugar a pass. He claims sucrose is a “natural product,” but somehow nutritionally equivalent high fructose corn syrup is not.
So, hold on a minute. The sugar industry can’t have it both ways.
Either you are on the side of sound science and truly educating consumers or you are just another commercial interest trying to deflect criticism and take pot shots at another sweetener.
Moreover, one would assume by the author’s high-minded appeal for a “credible discussion” about sugars in the diet would mean that the sugar industry supports consumer education.
For example, facts espoused by the American Medical Association and other leading health authorities show that table sugar and high fructose corn syrup are nutritionally equivalent. They have the exact same amount of calories. Many consumers don’t know that.
But when our industry communicated that message, the Sugar Association and its members sued us. A judge ruled that parts of their lawsuit were a SLAPP, meaning a “strategic lawsuit against public participation” – an attempt at censorship, pure and simple.
And when respected physicians have published peer-reviewed research, concluding that sugar and high fructose corn syrup are nutritionally equivalent, the sugar industry has attacked them personally. So much for supporting a “credible discussion.”
Unlike the sugar industry, the position and practice of the Corn Refiners Association and the makers of high fructose corn syrup is not to blame scientists, the news media or other sweeteners for the challenges associated with, in some instances, too much consumption of sugars of all types. Nor is it to try to silence others who are attempting to get consumers the facts.
We believe that Americans need to practice moderation in their consumption of all calories, including those that come from sucrose and high fructose corn syrup. Ideally, that is part of an active lifestyle in which calories consumed are in balance with calories burned.
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The rolling hills of Northwest Arkansas—representing a generous chunk of Ozark mountains—counts as one of the great underappreciated treasures of the American landscape. Few travelers have it on their to-do lists, yet its natural beauty and abundance of recreational opportunities such as biking, rafting, climbing, and hiking, draw a steady stream of enthusiasts year-round.
Still, when Bentonville crowned itself the “Mountain Biking Capital of the World” earlier this year, the idea raised eyebrows. Wouldn’t Moab have something to say about that? Or maybe Whistler? Or Switzerland? Sure, those destinations have the advantage of ridiculous mountain terrain, but most of that tends to count as scenery anyway. The real success of a mountain biking experience is the quality of the actual trails. After spending a week in the Northwest Arkansas region over two visits, I began to see the logic behind Bentonville’s brash claim. The cohesiveness of the trail network, its instantaneous access right from downtown, and the ever-interesting challenges of the trail made even my brief ride exhilarating. Being able to pop back out and return to my hotel or stop in for a craft brew was not-insignificant icing on the outdoorsy cake.
Local governments and outdoor entrepreneurs—clustered primarily around Bentonville, birthplace of Walmart yet still possessing a distinct high-end, small-town vibe—have been working to nudge the region more into the spotlight as an outdoors destination for more than a decade. They’re aggressively touting the outdoors as a key part of the appeal for businesses and residents contemplating relocation. When the pandemic hit, that turned out to be an extremely lucky bet.
Across the country, the outdoors is unexpectedly turning into a hot investment area as the pandemic digs in for the long-haul. Mark Jones-Pritchard, a director in Lincoln International’s Global Consumer Group, notes that hiking, cycling and fishing and camping were already ascendant pre-COVID due to increasing health and fitness awareness among consumers. The pandemic has allowed—even forced—consumers to find new ways to maintain health and fitness. Also, in the absences of work-related travel or daily commutes, they’ve had more free time for recreation. Jones Pritchard believes the trend will stick. “Despite many workplaces starting to reopen, consumers are reevaluating their commutes and using their increased awareness of the health benefits of continuing outdoor recreation, to maintain their newfound outdoor fitness routines,” he says.
Outdoor Businesses Boom
Several public companies have returned to or exceeded pre-COVID valuations, including Lululemon, Shimano, Johnson Outdoors, Yeti Holdings, Clarus Corporation and Polaris. The Outdoor Industry Association pegged U.S. annual spending on outdoor recreation at $887 billion in 2017, and 7.6 million jobs. The Bureau of Economic Analysis put it at $427 billion for 2017.
But outdoor entrepreneurs have some unique challenges. Just as the outdoors activity world is itself and deeply interconnected community of enthusiasts, manufacturers, service providers, and local, state, and national parks and facilities managers, so is the industry that supports it. Capitalizing on the new growth potential means more than ensuring that individual businesses are prepared, but that they’re working with all the other players as part of an ecosystem. It requires innovation, communication, collaboration, and balancing of all the variables, including the need to preserve and protect what is being used: The outdoors. The players in Northwest Arkansas tapped years of planning and innovative partnering to coax their constituents businesses—and by extension their customers—through these challenging times.
By May, Bentonville-area outdoors businesses were seeing hundreds of restless locals trying to alleviate their cabin fever—well beyond a simple recovery from the initial shock. “I had probably 700 people show up on a single day back in May, and we weren’t even re-opened yet. It was scary,” jokes Ernie Kilman, owner of Kings River Outfitters, which offers rafting daytrips about 30 miles west of Bentonville, across the sprawling Beaver Lake. “The weather was perfect and people had already been trapped inside for a month and a half, so they were all looking for an escape. June turned out to be the best month we ever had.”
This pattern of consumer enthusiasm has repeated itself across the country, with outdoor activities spiking significantly, according to research by the Outdoor Industry Association. The group says that in April, May and June of this year, Americans tried out new activities in greater numbers—with running, cycling, and hiking being seeing the largest draws—and outdoor activities saw the lowest quarantine-related reduction compared to other key recreational categories of team sports, general fitness, individual activity, and racquet sports. The study also found that urban dwellers turned to bird watching, camping, and cycling in greater numbers, and day-hiking participation bounced 8.4 percent compared to 2019.
Anecdotally, parks and trails have seemed far busier than usual, and kayaks and mountain bikes have been flying off their physical and virtual shelves. Kilman says that even his high-priced collector canoes sold out—for three times what he expected them to fetch. He wouldn’t say how much they were selling for, but high-end canoes can cost in the thousands.
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These aren’t likely to be mere blips, either. According to the Lincoln study, 38 percent of consumers will likely lock in these changes to their outdoor recreation activities for the foreseeable future, and more than 50 percent of consumers will opt for recreation locations within two miles of their homes—making the kind of ease-of-access that Bentonville promotes particularly clutch going forward. Greater Bentonville Area Chamber of Commerce president Graham Cobb said outreach efforts in the past year have resulted in multiple queries from corporate leaders keen on relocating their companies to escape rising costs elsewhere—something that has only accelerated during the pandemic.
Though many areas around the country have been taken off-guard by the outflux—with sudden needs for traffic control at parks and record-setting crowds on trails, lakes, and rivers, all mixed in with the need to manage social-distancing protocols—the Northwest Arkansas region integrated outdoors access in its development strategy in the late 2000s. That process has generated a sprawling network of resources, including 130 miles of maintained, feature-rich mountain biking and hiking trails that accommodate all skill levels and are connected to downtown Bentonville, with access to a further 250 miles of regional trails.
A Chain Of Bike Shops Adapts
According to Tim Robinson, cofounder of the Phat Tire chain of regional bicycle shops, the process has been deliberate and inclusive of the broader business community. “It began with a revitalization of the town square, with new businesses and restaurants and things like First Friday events, a farmer’s market, and a walkable link to the new Crystal Bridges museum,” says Robinson, who describes the town he grew up in as “pretty boring” during the late 90s and early 2000s. (Disclosure: The museum was founded in 2005 by philanthropist and arts patron Alice Walton. The Walton Family Foundation is a sponsor of reporting in the Times of Entrepreneurship).
“Then the town focused on building a network of biking trails originating right downtown, but they made it really interesting and fun, with rock features, bridges, jumps and other features that give it this nice flow. Normally you have to drive an hour outside of town for something like this, making it a half-day affair that often discourages people from going at all.”
The extension to slightly farther-flung recreational entry points, such as Kilman’s rafting operation, has also been developed, with shuttles to and from the Bentonville area and even a growing network of remote grass airstrips that allow those with pilots’ licenses to reach trails, lakes, and rivers more easily. The local non-commercial airport, Bentonville Municipal, has the new publicly-accessible Thaden Fieldhouse flying club that offers scenic flights, a training school, a restaurant, and hosting for aircraft visiting the area.
The surge in outdoor offerings represented a broader effort within the Bentonville business community to, in essence, reinvent itself. The Walton family has been conscious of helping to build an identity for the region beyond Walmart – a pursuit reinforced this year by layoffs at the company’s headquarters.
A Deceptively Small Impact
Cobb notes that the town’s business leaders began touting the $7 million economic impact of the cycling industry on the community, holding business development meetings at the upscale, art-infused 21C Hotel instead of bland conference centers. Bentonville traded an annual golf tournament for a town bike ride, and worked to bring “the suits and beards” together—a reference to the new, hyper-connected, and free-spirited generation of young entrepreneurs.
In response to the pandemic, the region swung into gear. The city council developed ordinances for public safety and enabled restaurants to adapt with outdoor seating and curbside pickup, Robinson said. The business community responded cooperatively, with his bike store working with restaurants to provide cyclists with lists of places they can go.. For his own business, Robinson began more carefully monitoring the availability of bicycles from suppliers, and relaying that information to customers. They offered phone-based consulting while shopping online, curbside pickup of bikes and even home delivery—with many of these enhancements likely to linger even beyond the pandemic, Robinson says. “We would have never done some of this stuff before, even though you see companies like Walmart doing it all the time,” he notes wryly. “It made a lot of small businesses think harder about their capabilities, and it will affect us for years to come. Curbside pickup isn’t going away.”
Jones-Pritchard notes that startups tend to focus on trends and consumer demands more diligently than legacy outdoors companies, with lifestyle and brand expectations sitting more prominently in their toolboxes. “Consumers are looking for more than performance and technology from their outdoor products,” he explains. “Mission and values are increasingly important parts of the brand experience. Sustainability is critical. Authenticity and Inclusivity are increasingly important.” Consumers, he concludes, want to connect with brands that understand them, and smart outdoor brands that adapt their marketing and business models to the experience economy will benefit.”
That might manifest in long-term agility or immediate responsiveness to more urgent shifts in the market, such as with the pandemic—even if it means being a bit conservative in modulating the consumer experience. Out in the Ozarks, river outfitter Kilman explained that after the pandemic hit and customer interest skyrocketed, the company began reducing their number of daily passengers below pre-COVID levels. “It quickly began putting a lot of pressure on all of our systems,” he notes. “Our personnel were being overworked and the river was starting to suffer from the traffic—and that’s a resource we want to protect. It’s supposed to be a back-to-nature experience, but if it’s overcrowded and people are playing loud music through 400-watt waterproof Bluetooth speakers like it’s Party Cove, then that’s a problem.”
It sounds counterintuitive, but Kilman’s effort worked—Kings River Outfitters retains its excellent review status.
Ultimately, managing these resources as diligently they’re cultivated—especially through crises like the pandemic, which on the whole still has the region reeling—will have multiple payoffs, both long-term economic and in the quality-of-life in the region. After all, the goal is not just to support a network of outdoor entrepreneurs, but to draw more residents to the area—something that both investors and communities elsewhere can keep in mind as they develop their strategies. “People may not think that a business like biking is all that important,” Cobb concludes. “But future workforces, especially now that remote work is truly taking hold, will want to escape the high costs of the major cities and find places that have a lot of things to do, where they can bike to work, and where they can easily access everything the area has to offer. That’s what we’re going for.”
But there’s a still higher calling in mind for all these efforts. According to Robinson, bicycle sales during the pandemic have shown increases in electric bikes, children’s bikes, and women’s bikes, suggesting, yes, a broadening of the customer base but more importantly to him, the fact that people are out exploring and doing things as families. “I really hope that maybe this whole thing is going to be a generational hobby shift,” he says. “Maybe kids will stop playing video games so much and head outside on bikes more. I think that could actually happen, and that would be a really cool outcome if we see that stick.”
This story was produced as part of the Arkansas Reporting Project, focusing on entrepreneurship in Northwest Arkansas and the Arkansas-Mississippi Delta, sponsored by the Walton Family Foundation.
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Los Angeles-based architect and product designer Carlo Aiello has shared with us his Parabola Chair design which recently won him the prestigious International Contemporary Furniture Fair Studio Award. The chair will be exhibited during the upcoming ICFF, May 18-21 in New York, and is currently on display at Bergdorf Goodman windows. — bustler.net
The Battery Conservancy invites students and professionals from the Americas (North, Central, South and the Caribbean), to design an iconic moveable outdoor seating element. The winning design will be fabricated for use in The Battery, the 25-acre park at the tip of Manhattan, which annually welcomes six million visitors. — The Battery Conservancy
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Semiconductor giant Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) may expand its global manufacturing footprint even further.
The company is considering opening its first plant in Europe and a second one in Japan, its CEO CC Wei said in an earnings call on Thursday.
TSMC, which produces an estimated 90% of the world’s super-advanced chips, has already upped its investment in the United States. The company announced last year that it’s building a second semiconductor factory in Arizona and raising its investment there from $12 billion to $40 billion.
Speaking about TSMC’s new plans on Thursday, Wei said that in Europe “we’re engaging with customers and partners to evaluate the possibility of building a specialty fab, focusing on automotive-specific technologies, based on the demand from customers and level of government support.”
A fab refers to a semiconductor fabrication plant.
The company is also considering building a second fab in Japan, “as long as the demand from customers and the level of government support makes sense,” he said.
These plans come amidst falling demand for semiconductors because of a weakening global economy.
“In the first half of 2023, we expect our revenue to decline [by] mid- to high single-digit percent over the same period last year in US dollar terms,” Wei said, adding that he expects revenue to increase in the second half of the year.
“For the full year of 2023, we forecast the semiconductor market, excluding memory, to decline approximately 4%,” he added.
TSMC is considered a national treasure in Taiwan and supplies tech giants including Apple and Qualcomm. It mass produces the most advanced semiconductors in the world, components that are vital to the smooth running of everything from smartphones to washing machines.
The company is perceived as being so valuable to the global economy, as well as to China — which claims Taiwan as its own territory despite having never controlled it — that it is sometimes even referred to as forming part of a “silicon shield” against a potential military invasion by Beijing.
TSMC’s presence gives a strong incentive to the West to defend Taiwan against any attempt by China to take it by force, analysts say.
The company’s international expansion has caused deep unease in Taiwan.
Apart from the risk that TSMC will take its most advanced technology with it — stripping Taiwan of one of its unique assets and reducing employment opportunities locally — there are fears that a diminished presence for the company could expose Taipei, Taiwan’s capital, to greater pressure from Beijing.
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CNET's John G. Spooner reports on the latest in wearable computer chip technology from Infineon. Spooner writes . . .
“Chipmaker Infineon Technologies is weaving its products into an entirely new fashion industry: high-tech textiles. The Munich-based company on Friday showed off new prototype wearable chips that it says can be sewn directly into clothing and other textiles . . .”
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Victoria Minister for Manufacturing Exports and Trade Richard Dalla-Riva
New Technology To Boost Capability For Plastic Manufacturer
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Victorian manufacturer and supplier of plastics Qenos Pty Ltd today announced new, state-of the-art production facilities at its Altona site, enabling the production of a world-leading resin to be used to locally manufacture pipes.
Opening the new facilities, Minister for Manufacturing, Exports and Trade Richard Dalla-Riva said these innovative technologies will enable Qenos to meet growing market needs and double the current pipe resin manufacturing capability.
Qenos is currently undertaking a $195 Million Plant upgrade to expand and modernise its Altona manufacturing facilities.
“This technology Centrene™ PE100 enables heavy duty pipes, to be made from this new resin; producing more durability and flexibility than traditional concrete pipes.” Mr. Dalla-Riva said.
“This technology will provide opportunities for local Victorian suppliers to manufacture innovative pipe products to compete in global markets, and enable imports to be displaced using completely local content.”
Mr. Dalla-Riva said the new facilities will enable Qenos to ultimately double the amount of polyethelyne pipe resin manufacturing at the Altona site, positioning the company to supply growing demand from the water and mining industries.
“This will keep Victoria and Australia at the cutting edge of technology development for downstream suppliers and meet the challenges from overseas suppliers in the production of advanced technology plastics.” Mr. Dalla-Riva said.
“The project will enable Qenos and local plastics manufacturers to stay at the forefront of international manufacturing standards in this field by developing strong skills and technology transfer into the local marketplace.”
“The Victorian Government is committed to ensuring manufacturing businesses have greater access to new research and technologies, expanded markets and future opportunities through enhanced relationships with R&D institutions and industry-focused government assistance.”
“Qenos is a great example of a Victorian company committed to R&D, adding value to Victorian resources developing products to improve efficiencies in local water and mining industries.” Mr. Dalla-Riva said.
Qenos is an Australian leader in the manufacture, distribution and trading of polymers and is an important link in Victoria’s manufacturing chain. The manufacturing operations in Altona employ approximately 500 people and focus on supplying Australia’s growing polymer market.


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|06.09.2014 – Bototoy gallery has been up on exhibit at the SM Mall of Asia’s main mall since the start of the month, but the launch event will be on June 11th at 3PM. Even though the gallery has been there for the past eight days it’s already getting quite an attention to the usual mall visiting crowd.
This is actually a first for Bototoy to be seen in the mainstream spotlight after having an official launch at Secret Fresh almost two years ago. The current exhibit is more combination of new and old sharing the various customs done by local graphic artist.”
It features each of the three artists’ passion for the arts and at the same time their interest that has connection to popular culture growing up. If you happen to pass by and wonder what is ‘Bototoy’ description and details of the art toy check out the imagers below...
Bototoy Exhibit launch happens on June 11, 2014 at 3PM at the Main Hall Atrium Main Entrance, and the exhibit will run from June 1 to 30, 2014. For more details about Jagnus Design Studio LIKE Jagnus Design Studio on Facebook!
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European children to be ‘protected’ online
This Tuesday the European Commission announced the agreement seventeen big internet firms reached to protect European children from abuse on social networking sites.
Companies like Google, Facebook, MySpace and Yahoo Europe joined forces and will start putting a “report abuse” button on their websites. By clicking the button under aged children (those below the age of 18) can report inappropriate contact or conduct.
Another measure that is being taken by the social media-sites involved is that profiles and contact lists of those under 18 will be automatically set to ‘private’. That way it will be harder to get in touch with them for those who don’t know them. These pages will not be indexed by search engines to make them not reachable through that way.
The measurements agreed on will be introduced by this april.
Pushed by the European Commission the companies decided to join forces to make a pact against cyberbullying (the harassment on Internet and mobile by other children) and grooming (adults trying to become ‘friends’ with children).
The companies involved are Arto, Bebo, Dailymotion, Facebook, Giovani.it, Google/YouTube, Hyves, Microsoft Europe, Myspace, Nasza-klaza.pl, Netlog, One.lt, Skyrock, StudiVZ, Sulake/Habbo Hotel, Yahoo!Europe and Zap.lu.
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LAST week, the latest VAT registration data from the Department of Trade and Industry showed that the number of VAT registered businesses in Wales has decreased by 700 firms in the period 2001-2002, the worst relative performance by any region apart from London.
Even though the failure rate has increased only slightly, the lack of new firms being created means that Wales is standing still when it comes to the development of a vibrant business sector.
Whilst the number of businesses within the UK has increased by 25,750 since 1999, the overall number of businesses in Wales has decreased by 600 during the same four-year period. Only the rural counties of Powys and Monmouthshire have a higher start-up rate than the UK average. Within North Wales, the number of businesses has also decreased, with only Flintshire showing any growth in the number of new businesses.
This would be a cause for concern in any economy, especially given the emphasis on creating a new entrepreneurial business sector based on indigenous businesses rather than inward investors. However, what should be of greater concern for Wales is the considerable amount of public funding that has been poured into developing more new start-ups with little discernable effect.
For example, the Welsh Development Agency has been awarded £22.6m of European funding, matched by Assembly funding, to help develop new business start-ups within five major projects in the Objective 1 area. In addition, £4m, matched with another £4m of public and private sector funding, has been given to local authorities and enterprise agencies to develop programmes to help create new firms.
You would have thought that £52m would go a long way towards creating hundreds of new businesses throughout the Objective 1 areas. However, would you believe me if I told you that the VAT statistics show that, in the last two years since these projects have been running, NOT ONE new additional business has been created within the Objective 1 region of Wales? In contrast, the richer parts of Wales have seen an additional 130 firms created over the same period. This problem is most acute within the South Wales Valleys, where all six counties, out of 500 UK local authority areas, are in the top 30 worst places for creating new firms.
It would be easy to blame the support agencies in Wales for such a disastrous showing. However, it is worth noting that an examination of other Objective 1 regions in the UK, such as South Yorkshire and Merseyside, shows that they have suffered a decline in the number of new businesses being established despite similar amounts being spent on developing entrepreneurship.
The issue is not how much money we are spending but where we are spending such funds. Before we throw money at trying to generate new businesses, we need to ensure that an entrepreneurial culture is created within our economy where individuals will consider becoming their own boss as naturally as going to work for someone else.
The long-term key to addressing this is through our education system, with enterprise becoming a key part of school curriculum and this is where we should be concentrating our efforts in the future. Thankfully, the WDA has already started this process through projects such as Dynamo programme but it is clear, from the data that we have received today and other similar studies of enterprise in Wales, that we have a long way to go.
Business website of the week: www.sbs.gov.uk. Examine the small business statistics for yourself.


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Blockchain.info, Electrum Wallet.
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The Litecoin Foundation announced that it will move from electrum-LTC wallet to multi-purpose signature wallet BitGo.
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The Litecoin Foundation is migrating from electrum-LTC wallets to BitGo wallets.
Almost no Bitcoin wallet can be said to have been involved since the beginning. Electrum announced in 2011 that it had changed course during the downturn in the Bitcoin market. It is now estimated that about 10% of all Bitcoin transactions are reflected in Electrum.
Electrum ensures a secure, easy-to-use refrigerated wallet with multiple signature supports.
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Why use Electrum? Here are a dozen of the benefits of electrum wallets.
The attack was later confirmed by Electrum, which created a fake version of the wallet to trick users into providing password information. "Hackers set up a whole bunch of malicious servers," explains Reddit user u/normal_rc.
To avoid copying errors, you can install the Bitcoin Core client on a computer that remains offline, or electrum Light Wallet, import the private key above to check that the resulting Bitcoin address is consistent.


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According to BuzzFeed News, the Ticketmaster initiative will launch by the end of the month. Facebook will collect a “standard affiliate fee” from Ticketmaster for every ticket sold via the social network, but a Ticketmaster spokesperson would not offer further details on those fees.
While the purchases will take place on Facebook, ticket buyers must still claim their tickets via the Ticketmaster website or application, BuzzFeed News reported.
The select few Facebook users with access to the M virtual assistant being tested on Facebook Messenger can also buy tickets from Ticketmaster, which will send them images of those tickets upon request, but further integration with Messenger is not a given, according to Jon Park of the social network’s product partnerships team, who told BuzzFeed News, “I think it’s something that we’d be interested in exploring,” but added that it was too soon to speculate further.
Ticketmaster vice president and general manager of distributed commerce Dan Armstrong told BuzzFeed News:
By putting the ability to buy tickets directly within Facebook, we hope that we’re going to provide a more seamless purchase experience and sell more tickets.
And Eventbrite said it has been publishing events on Facebook since the social network launched Facebook Connect in 2008, adding that users will be able to buy tickets directly via Facebook and receive QR codes, also within the social network, for easy entry.
The pilot integration of Eventbrite will launch sometime during the second quarter, and Eventbrite vice president of product Laurent Sellier said in a release:
We are committed to innovation that helps organizers sell more tickets. Enabling a seamless purchase experience for consumers in places like Facebook where they are spending significant time is an important step in this mission. Because events are inherently social, Facebook has been an important partner to Eventbrite since the early days. We’re excited to continue to work together in new ways to introduce more consumers to events organized on Eventbrite, simplify the purchase experience and increase conversion for our organizers.
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Raf Simons and Miuccia Enter the New Era of Prada Beauty
Revealing unisex lipsticks, shadows and more.
Now, our makeup is getting a refresh with the debut of Prada Beauty. Creating more than just fragrances, Prada Beauty is broadening its horizons to “another milestone,” Prada Group chief executive officer Andrea Guerra shares.
The department will be fully inclusive as the offerings will be unisex. Taking to Instagram to announce the news, the brand teased the launch, suggesting “Is Brown The New Red?” The line will most likely include a range of super-saturated lipsticks, blushes, eyeshadows and complexion products.