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The divide is expected to come into sharper relief as Macy’s Inc. — which has been on a roll — kicks off the second-quarter earnings season today. Other major retailers such as Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Nordstrom Inc., Target Corp. and Sears Holding Corp. will weigh in later this week and next week.
Total retail sales perked up in July, rising 5.4 percent versus a year earlier, the Commerce Department said Tuesday, signaling good things for the still frustratingly slow recovery. But the last three months appear to have been blah for many major chains.
“The quarter on balance was only OK,” said Craig Johnson, president of Customer Growth Partners. “There was a lot of weakness, particularly in some of the larger-format stores — Wal-Mart and Target will be weak. There’s a lot of underlying consumer weakness out there.”
In addition to the broader trends — unemployment is still high at 7.4 percent and real disposable income has been tepid — there are sector-specific troubles.
The teen retailers, for instance, are trying to get back on track. Last week, American Eagle Outfitters Inc. cut its second-quarter earnings per share guidance to about 10 cents from the 19 to 21 cents previously projected.
Johnson attributed the teen angst to a “female flight” to fast-fashion players such as Forever 21. “The teen sector is struggling pretty mightily,” he said. “There are exceptions. I think Urban [Outfitters Inc.] is steadily rowing along, setting the pace.”
Department stores will be a little bit on the soft side, with even the solid Nordstrom struggling to find growth in its core business of full-line stores, Johnson noted.
“Everything after Macy’s will be anticlimactic,” he predicted.
Analysts project that Macy’s second-quarter EPS jumped 16.4 percent to 78 cents a share, as sales nudged up 2.5 percent to $6.27 billion.
J.C. Penney Co. Inc., for one, is not expected to shine by comparison. The chain’s results will be under the microscope after the boardroom battle with activist investor William Ackman and worries surrounding the company’s turnaround effort. Analysts project the firm’s losses widened to $1.02 a share from 37 cents a year earlier as sales fell 7.6 percent to $2.79 billion.
Wal-Mart is also being watched closely, although it hasn’t had anything like the run Penney’s has had.
John Zolidis, an analyst at The Buckingham Research Group, said Wal-Mart’s comparable-store sales would be “fairly anemic” with a roughly 1 percent rise in the U.S.
“Traffic could be negative,” Zolidis said. “Sales growth will reflect pressure on lower-income consumers, including higher gas prices, higher withholding taxes and lackluster employment and wage gains.”
Wal-Mart’s EPS is expected to rise 5.9 percent to $1.25 on a 3.8 percent gain in sales to $118.67 billion.
Earnings for discount competitor Target are projected to fall 7.6 percent to 98 cents a share despite a 3.2 percent rise in sales to $17.31 billion.
The sluggish recovery and lingering macro worries might obscure some basic retail truths.
“Of course people are strapped, but there’s always money to go shopping,” said Antony Karabus, president of Hilco Retail Consulting. “It’s much more about getting that assortment right at sharp, compelling value. The winners are going to do extremely well, and the losers are going to bumble along.”
Analysts will also be scouring second-quarter reports for information on how the key back-to-school season is shaping up.
Robert Drbul, who covers broadline retailers at Barclays, said second-quarter sales were “somewhat muted” and noted that “our checks indicate slower trends in July and likely a later back-to-school season, which we expect to eventually culminate in a 2.5 percent to 3 percent increase.”
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‘We didn't know how relevant our film would be when we were making it. When Steven [Rogers] wrote the script Trump wasn't president, class divide in America wasn't as evident as it is now, though it was present. The Time’s Up movement hadn't began and the way we look at women and treat women who speak out — thankfully that is something that seems to have shifted in the last year. I think we just need to continue making art that provokes the conversation and do what we can,’ said ‘I, Tonya’ actress @margotrobbie. Head to WWD.com to see all the celebrities who walked the red carpet @bafta #timesup #wwdeye (📸: Neil Hall)
Gemma Arterton is joined on the @bafta’s red carpet by Eileen Pullen and Gwen Davis, the two women who started the fight for the pay-gap. ‘They represent a normal person speaking out for what is right. Speak out, we will listen and anyone can speak out,’ said Arterton. #eebaftas #timesup #wwdeye (📸: David Fisher)
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L Brands, the parent company of Victoria’s Secret, is losing its longtime chief marketing officer Ed Razek, a departure that adds to the turbulence at the once-dominant lingerie company.
Mr. Razek is retiring, according to a note sent to employees by Leslie H. Wexner, the company’s chief executive.
Victoria’s Secret — which for years defined female sexiness for many Americans — is struggling to reinvent itself in the #MeToo era. The company recently hired its first openly transgender lingerie model, Valentina Sampaio, 22, for a photo shoot. The Brazilian model’s agent, Erio Zanon, said that Ms. Sampaio would appear in marketing for VS Pink, the company’s athletic line.
The marketing executive made headlines last year when he said in an interview with Vogue that Victoria’s Secret should not cast “transsexuals” in its fashion show “because the show is a fantasy.” Mr. Razek later apologized for his “insensitive” remarks.
The departure also comes as L Brands rushes to distance itself from the scandal involving Jeffrey Epstein, who was arrested last month and charged with sex trafficking involving girls as young as 14. For many years, Mr. Epstein was a close personal adviser to Mr. Wexner.
The Times reported last month that L Brands executives in the mid-1990s had learned that Mr. Epstein was trying to pitch himself as a recruiter for Victoria’s Secret models. They said Mr. Wexner was warned. Around the same time, a model said, Mr. Epstein lured her to his hotel room under the pretense of being a Victoria’s Secret talent scout and then attacked her.
L Brands has said it hired outside lawyers to “to conduct a thorough review” into the relationship between Mr. Wexner and Mr. Epstein.
In his note to employees on Monday, which was reviewed by The New York Times, Mr. Wexner said that “there are few with Ed’s passion and talent in this industry.” Mr. Razek’s duties will be temporarily filled by Ed Wolf, the company’s senior vice president of brand and creative, along with Bob Campbell, the vice president of creative for Victoria’s Secret.
Mr. Razek’s retirement was first reported by The Wall Street Journal.
After joining the company in 1983, Mr. Razek has been key to developing the company’s heavily sexualized lingerie campaigns and its annual fashion show extravaganza. But as retailers and media groups such as American Eagle Outfitters and Playboy began to shift away from overt displays of skin toward marketing that focused on body positivity, Victoria’s Secret grew disconnected from the cultural zeitgeist.
In May, after nearly two decades of star-studded events, Mr. Wexner said that the fashion show would no longer air on network television. Last week, the model Shanina Shaik told The Daily Telegraph that this year’s show was canceled entirely.
James A. Mitarotonda, who heads the activist investor Barington Capital Group, sent a letter in March to Mr. Wexner complaining about L Brands’ poor performance. Mr. Mitarotonda wrote that Victoria’s Secret needed to employ “a more inclusive marketing message” and that Mr. Razek “has done a poor job of stewarding Victoria’s Secret’s brand by failing to communicate a compelling, up-to-date image that resonates with today’s consumers.”
Mr. Razek wrote in a separate note on Monday that he had informed Mr. Wexner a few weeks ago of his desire to retire.
“It was a tough conversation to have because, as some of you must know, we have shared so much together for so many years,” he wrote in the note, which he titled “So long partners” and which Mr. Wexner shared with employees.
“Still,” he wrote, “it’s time.”

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The World Car of the Year panel awards their first electric vehicle as the overall winner
New all-electric Honda crossover, the SUV e: prototype, coming in spring 2022
Honda, Toyota, and Volkswagen are the finalists for the 2021 World Car of the Year, but which models?
2021 German Car of the Year: Honda e
Honda reveals SUV e:concept at 2020 Beijing Auto Show, production model coming soon
With its retro-futuristic looks, the Honda e has bagged the Red Dot Design Award for 2020
There's a revolution happening at Honda, and the next decade is looking a lot more electrified
Honda reveals production-model e hatchback, set to debut at Frankfurt Motor Show
Honda to fit upcoming e electric vehicle with cameras instead of side mirrors
Get your checkbooks ready, the 2022 Mercedes-Benz S-Class is here
San Miguel has issued its official statement in response to Palafox Associates’ stand and status in line with PAREX
We check out just how new the 2022 BR-V is against the outgoing generation
Geely wants to make battery swapping in EVs more popular
AKT Japan releases special edition motor oil line in partnership with Initial D
Palafox Associates and Architecture Group Inc. announced they have no formal agreement yet with SMC for PAREX
Mitsubishi Motors Philippines Corporation opens 56th and 57th dealerships simultaneously with Autohub Group.
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Curry Up Now, the Bay Area-based fast casual known for its innovative approach to traditional Indian cuisine, has just finalized franchise deals to bring the budding concept to Atlanta, Georgia, and Sacramento, California. Both franchisees are in the early stages of scouting real estate options in their respective cities and hope to open their first locations by the end of the year.
“Because of our proximity to the Bay Area, we’ve been able to closely watch Curry Up Now’s rapid growth from a single food truck to six brick and mortar stores,” said David Leuterio, franchisee for the Sacramento market. “We believe that the recent momentum and widespread recognition the concept has received makes it an opportune time to introduce the brand to Sacramento.”
In the last six months alone, Curry Up Now has been recognized by a number of the industry’s top publications for its innovative approach to Indian cuisine and position to grow in the marketplace. The concept was featured in QSR’s ‘40 Under 40,’ Fast Casual’s ‘Top 100’ list.
“Atlanta has a great up-and-coming food scene, but no one is doing Indian the way Curry Up Now is,” says Atlanta franchisee, Hemant Suri. “When we heard about Curry Up Now and saw what they were doing, we knew we had to be the first ones to bring the brand and their unique and innovative cuisine to Atlanta.”
Experts in the hospitality industry project that Indian food will continue to be the fastest growing ethnic food segment in the U.S., making room for Curry Up Now to solidify its position as the largest and fastest growing Indian fast casual restaurant in the nation. The concept has been setting itself up for franchised growth over the last year, through its partnership with franchising development company, Fransmart, and attracting funding from recognized restaurant growth investors, Kitchen Fund. Curry Up Now also acquired competing Indian fast casual brand, Tava Kitchen, and implemented several practices that will standardize and simplify food processes as additional franchised locations develop.
Founded in 2009 by husband and wife duo, Akash and Rana Kapoor, and co-founder Amir Hosseini, Curry Up Now takes traditional Indian flavors and presents them in a friendly, recognizable format. Their menu fan-favorites include the Tikka Masala Burrito, Deconstructed Samosa, Sexy Fries, and Naughty Naan, along with more traditional Indian street foods offerings like Pani Puri, Marwari Kachori Chaat, and Papdi Chaat. Not only does the menu feature innovative dishes, but the concept prides itself on offering all-natural, never frozen, gluten-free curries, chutneys and sauces; cage-free eggs; local, organic produce and dairy products; and protein options that are halal, naturally raised, and free of antibiotics and hormones.
Curry Up Now is partnered with Fransmart, the industry-leading franchise development company behind the explosive growth of brands like Five Guys Burgers and Fries, The Halal Guys, and Qdoba Mexican Grill, as their exclusive franchise development partner to grow the brand. The concept is currently looking for experienced multi-unit foodservice operators to develop franchise territories in top 40 major media markets across the U.S.


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Brave has announced that its web browser now includes a native cryptocurrency wallet that replaces the previous one that was based on the MetaMask wallet extension. With that, most users should have their blockchain needs met (depending on which blockchain they use, more on that in a second): they will be able to buy, sell and trade cryptocurrencies like Ethereum, store their NFTs, keep track of how much coins are sold for, and experience the magic of Web3 or sites that have built-in blockchain features.
Brave also says that its built-in wallet will take up fewer CPU resources compared to expansion-based ones (like the aforementioned MetaMask) and be less susceptible to phishing or attempts to steal NFTs.
The wallet seems to work mainly with Ethereum or Ethereum-based blockchains (those that support EVM, like Polygon, or Layer 2 systems designed to make transactions significantly faster). Currently, this means that you are not able to buy any of the other popular cryptocurrencies from within the wallet, such as Dogecoin or Bitcoin (although you can buy wrapped Bitcoin, which is basically an Ethereum token whose value is pegged to Bitcoins). But hey, considering that many NFTs are stored on Ethereum, you can at least use Brave Wallet to store them.
Brave has been paying attention to blockchain and websites built on it for a while. Years ago, it started recommending people to install MetaMask if they were on a site that could connect to blockchain to provide additional functionality (usually related to payments). Now, Brave is finally getting built-in support for these Web3 sites (or “dapps”, a portmanteau of “decentralized apps” and a word I desperately hope to never hear said out loud in real life). It also recently added support for the decentralized technology, which some hope will prevent NFTs from disappearing if an image hosting site goes down.
Brave says that the wallet’s feature will currently be limited to its desktop browser, but that it hopes to add it to its Android and iOS versions (though it notes that iPhone users are unlikely to be able to use blockchain). based websites at the time of publication). It’s always possible that Brave will run into problems with Apple’s App Review, even though the company does not currently appear to be aggressive towards crypto – MetaMask has an iOS app, and Tim Cook has said he has invested in cryptocurrency and called NFTs “interesting.”
Considering that Brave has been paying users in blockchain tokens since it was launched (which of course can be stored in the Brave Wallet), it makes sense that it is adding more and more features to people interested in crypto. And it’s likely that a good portion of Brave users will enjoy a crypto-wallet, based on the browser’s long-standing support of blockchain currencies and applications – as long as they are willing to import their crypto assets, something that Brave’s tool supports other self-sufficiency or certain hardware purses.


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Inflation march continues
The Government said on Friday that inflation, as measured by the Consumer Price Index, rose 2.5 per cent in the 12 months to October.
A Ministry of the Cabinet Office statement said that during October 2021 consumers paid 2.5 per cent more than they did in October 2020 for a basket of goods and services.
The statement added: “At a glance, on average, the Food sector rose 0.2 per cent for October. The main items contributing to the increase were imported lettuce (+6.0 per cent), green peppers (+4.3 per cent) and eggs (+3.1 per cent).
The Transport and Foreign Travel sector continued to be the largest contributor to the 12-month increase in the CPI (+13.9 per cent).
On average, annual increases were reported in the cost of overseas hotel accommodations (+35.4 per cent) and airfares (+28.6 per cent). Premium fuel and mixed fuel prices rose 16.5 per cent and 15.3 per cent, respectively.
The Education, Recreation, Entertainment and Reading (+2.1 per cent) and Health and Personal Care (+1.7 per cent) sectors also had an impact on the annual inflation rate.
Between September 2021 and October 2021, the average cost of goods and services increased 0.6 per cent.
Additional areas of note in the October 2021 CPI can be found in the attachment or online report at https://www.gov.bm/bermuda-business-statistics
Each month the Government measures the annual rate of inflation and the monthly rate of inflation.
Annual changes reflect changes from the same month last year. Monthly changes reflect changes from month to month.


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Hancock principal Ted Fourticq said he sees “a great future” for Soundcast because of “the heightened growth and demand for outdoor living products.”
The OAC Group, headed by industry veteran Oscar Ciornei, will run the brand and manage the business, Hancock said. The OAC Group and Soundcast’s existing staff will be responsible for marketing and sales strategy, new product development, engineering, customer service/support systems, and finances.
The new owner said it will accelerate Soundcast’s brand and product development with new products planned for CES 2016 and for the International Casual Furniture & Accessories Market at new price points with stronger features. New products will include a new wireless technology, new design aesthetics and expanded connectivity, the company said.
Soundcast currently offers weatherproof outdoor omnidirectional speakers at $679 and $979. They stream music wirelessly from indoor sound systems connected to $199 wireless transmitters up to 300 feet away. The speakers also accept an optional $79 Bluetooth dongle to stream music from smartphones and tablets up to 33 feet away. The company also offers a $399 Bluetooth speaker.
Hancock “is a solid owner and investor committed to the long-term brand development of Soundcast” and “will further support our channel markets in place with the products and resources required to succeed,” said Ciornei, president/CEO of Soundcast and CEO of The OAC Group.
Soundcast will also be led by COO Leonard Santos and CFO Bob Dulsky.
Business offices, accounting and warehousing will remain in San Diego.
Hancock said it seeks companies with “lengthy operating histories in mature industries” and says it is focused on “building a long-term value and growing businesses.” Other retail brands owned by the company include Charming Charlie, a retailer of value-priced apparel and accessories; American Home, a retailer of furniture, bedding, and other home products; Brown & Cole, a grocery chain; and home furnishings brand Barcalounger. The company previously had investments in Leslie Pools & Spas, Gordon Biersch Restaurants, and Brown Jordan Furniture.
The OAC Group’s previous clients have included Russound, DTS, Atlantic Technology, SnapAV, Nest, Konica, SpeakerCraft, Harman/Kardon, A-BUS and others.
In 2013, a deal by industry veteran Jeremy Burkhardt to buy the company fell through.


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When CRM giant Salesforce decided to enter the field service management market with the launch of Field Service Lightning earlier this year, it surprised many by licensing a significant part of the functionality from an existing vendor, ClickSoftware. Turning to Click for complex capabilities such as scheduling and optimization meant that Salesforce was able to shortcut its time to market, but it was an unusual move by a vendor that rarely holds back from acquiring the products and skills it needs to expand its product footprint.
Click, which supports Salesforce with dedicated development resources, is only just getting used to being a cloud vendor itself. Founded 20 years ago, its history is as a conventional on-premise software vendor. Until this year, the only way to get its software from the cloud was to have a hosted instance — or to sign up for its Salesforce-native ClickWorkForce app, which debuted on the AppExchange in 2013.
That all changed in January this year when it launched Field Service Edge, a fully multi-tenant cloud platform, which Click hosts on Amazon Web Services. The company has poured all of its learning from the past 20 years into the new cloud product, says CEO Tom Heiser:
Service Edge is taking two things. It's taking a brand-new, fresh, multi-tenant cloud platform developed from scratch — and taking twenty years of knowledge and experience off of our prior versions, and combining those two into an incredibly powerful platform.
So how do customers choose between the Salesforce Field Service Lightning product and Click's own Field Service Edge? Heiser, who I spoke to during Click's EMEA conference in Richmond-on-Thames last week, believes existing customers of Salesforce Service Cloud will see the Salesforce-native product as a natural add-on:
If they're a Service Cloud customer, it makes it a lot easier to add Field Service Lightning to that.
I think that the original intent was that we [Click] would be working on the more complex environments that probably required more customization and more services. I think that Salesforce is really, really good at rapid deployments and implementing what's available [out of the box]. So I think that there is a natural bifurcation along those lines in terms of simple, rapid, perhaps a little bit more down market, versus larger, more complex, heavier service requirements.
And once again at the [enterprise] level, are they a Service Cloud customer? That makes it much easier. They can implement Field Service Lightning if they aren't, but I think you're going to see the vast majority of [implementations] going on to existing Service Cloud customers.
The market for field service management software is seeing such explosive growth that the two vendors are unlikely to find themselves bumping into each other very much. Heiser quotes a recent Markets and Markets research report that forecasts a 21% compound annual growth rate until the year 2020, with the global value of the market rising from $2 billion to $5 billion in just five years.
Click's traditional competition in the on-premise world has been TOA Technologies, which Oracle acquired in 2014 and SAP's field service management tools, along with various smaller players, such as IFS. Salesforce-native ServiceMax is a significant player in the Salesforce ecosystem. So as the market moves to cloud solutions, there's all to play for.
Heiser says that managing a field service organization used to be all about visibility and cost management, and more recently process optimization. But that moment when the engineer is in front of the customer has now become such an important touch point, enterprises want to maximize the value of that interaction, and ideally differentiate their service by outperforming expectations.
Many of our customers bring Click on to help improve efficiencies, lower costs — the ROI is compelling in terms of the investment and what the cost savings are. But every single one of them I talk to has [said] 'But we need to drive and improve customer satisfaction along with that journey as well.'
We're working with them on this movement to differentiating through the overall total customer experience, which is largely led by this service interaction. Many of our customers, the only face-to-face interaction is with their field service professional. Companies want to make this just an exceptional experience.
First of all, did they show up on time? Are they doing a better job than giving you a four hour window with which to show up? How professional was the individual? Were they trained? Were they able to fix it? Did they have spare parts? ...
If we can help customers go from a four-hour window, down to a two-hour window, down to a one-hour window, then ultimately — predicting through street level routing and Google Maps — with the van showing up literally down to the minute. How helpful would that be? That's a game changer. That is a massive paradigm shift in field service.
A readiness to embrace new technologies has been characteristic of Click, which drives its development from Israel, where the company was founded. Machine intelligence was an important part of its optimization engine right from the earliest days, and the company's proprietary AI is still core to the product. Better analytics and more predictive capabilities are the goal here, says Heiser.
Click moved early to support mobile devices as they were rolled out to field service teams. Now it's working on Internet of Things projects and partnering with wearables vendors to enable augmented reality and other capabilities. During Heiser's keynote last week, the product demonstration was driven through an Amazon Echo device, showing off voice control of the application. Another demonstration shows a Click product that ties into Google maps so that customers can monitor the service technician's progress towards them and estimated time of arrival — the company calls this the 'Uberization' of field service.
Moving to the cloud will help Click accelerate the pace of innovation, says Heiser, with two major releases a year and minor updates most months.
We're going to have a rapid cadence of innovation and pumping it back out to the platform.
It's flexibility, it's performance, it's ease of implementation, it's being able to leverage the latest innovation that's coming out of Click.
It's all the benefits of cloud, packaged up into a consumption model that customers want today.
Meanwhile, large numbers of Click customers remain on on-premise versions of its software and the company accepts they will choose to move to the cloud at their own pace. It's currently continuing to support on-premise deployment.
Frequent refreshes on the cloud platform will help to encourage customers to make the move, but they'll want to be sure that it will still meet their specific needs. One challenge the vendor will have to master is prioritizing enhancements that benefit multiple customers, Heiser admits.
Is what this customer wants unique? Or is it a brilliant idea that our customer base will all want and it's something that I think we need to work on and understand? If it's a one-off, then we'll work with that customer specifically.
An interesting insight into one of Salesforce's most surprising ISV partnerships.


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Due to confusing regulations, Paysafe chose to stop providing its embedded wallet solution to Binance users in the UK. As a result, beginning on March 13 for new users and ending on May 22 for all users, Binance will prohibit GBP deposits and withdrawals.
“We have concluded that the UK regulatory environment in relation to crypto is too challenging to offer this service at this time,” a Paysafe representative wrote in an email. “This is a prudent decision on our part made in an abundance of caution,” he continued.
In February, the UK revealed a plan to regulate cryptocurrency lending and trading with stricter guidelines and a wider scope. As Binance grows in those regions, Paysafe will continue to collaborate with it in Europe and South America.
Although we acknowledge how disappointing this is, the company noted that only a tiny part of its business with Binance is in the UK.
In an email, Binance stated that it is “working hard to find an alternative solution for them,” estimating that less than 1% of its users will be impacted.
Hardware wallets are safe and secure devices that can be used offline. They keep your cryptocurrency offline, making it impossible for you to be hacked. To find out more on the leading hardware wallets, you may view our reviews here: Ledger & Trezor
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Launching on Switch February 2023.
One of the many surprises of the Nintendo Direct earlier this week was the announcement of Octopath Traveler II, a direct follow-up to Square Enix’s 2018 retro-inspired RPG featuring HD-2D graphics.
This next one will follow eight new travellers as they journey through the land of Solista. Each one has their own story to tell and their paths even intertwine. If you’re curious to see more after the initial announcement trailer, the good news is Square Enix has shown off 20 minutes of new gameplay footage at this year’s Tokyo Game Show.
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We don’t all want something shiny and new. Sometimes, we want something which brings us back to a (supposedly) happier and simpler time in our lives. But where’s the best place to buy these remnants of our past? For most Americans, the answer is turning to online resale marketplaces like eBay, Etsy, and Facebook Marketplace.
Nostalgia is hot across the board at the moment; think retired logos re-emerging, vinyl sales surging, Pokémon being reimagined in the digital app space, or Netflix’s top 80s-throwback show "Stranger Things."
However, there’s more to nostalgia than these big generational touchstones. Throughout the year, we’ve seen nostalgia continue to emerge more and more — and sometimes in unexpected places. Feelings of nostalgia are very common and familiar, whether you’re a baby boomer from the 50s or a 90s-obsessed millennial. And it doesn’t stop there. In fact, Gen Z is proving to be the generation that say they experience the most feelings of nostalgia on a regular basis.
Nostalgia is a valuable customer feeling, too. Around 40 percent of Gen Zs, millennials and Gen Xers say they would pay more for a personal item such as clothing, shoes or accessories if it reminded them of a previous decade. Males also have a much stronger tendency to pay a premium for nostalgic items compared to females.
Nostalgia can be a notoriously intense feeling. Recent studies have found that feelings of nostalgia can even reduce the consumer’s rational tendency to conserve spending, which is great news for retailers that are able to harness nostalgia in their product offerings.
eBay is doing just this. Late last year, the online marketplace announced the top retro toys that consumers were searching for according to its site data. eBay’s move here is particularly clever. Not only does it tap into needs of its U.S. customer base, who typically shop on the online marketplace over other retail sites to find things they can’t find in stores as well as unique items and collector’s items, but it also taps into a desire for personalization in the buying experience.
Personalized nostalgia is a key trend for retailers to watch. Beyond social media platforms, using personal data to resurface memories or ties to the past is already becoming an important way of encouraging engagement among online, TV and music streaming platforms as their lifespan and depth of consumer data increasingly allows them to do so. Retailers need to be following suit.
Nearly half of millennials feel like there's too much choice online. The so-called “infinite shelf” may be finally falling out of favor of choice-weary younger Americans. Many consumers may be feeling more nostalgic as the services, which in many cases they’ve been using for the better part of a decade, begin to bring them back to a happier place using well-placed product recommendations.
Chase Buckle is trends manager at GlobalWebIndex, a leading market research company that provides digital consumer insights across 45 countries to the world's largest brands, marketing agencies and media organizations.


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Digital TV News: Sony Pictures Network
SonyLIV added to NetRange Smart TV App Store for India
Jul 9, 2020 – NetRange and SonyLIV have announced that Indian users of the NetRange Smart TV App Store can now access the SonyLIV app on their Smart TVs, enabling SonyLIV to expand its consumer base in India.
News categories: NetRange, SonyLIV, Tim Schröder, Apps, India, OTT, Smart TV, UX
SonyLIV selects Intertrust's cloud-based multi-DRM
May 6, 2020 – Intertrust’s cloud-based multi-DRM service, ExpressPlay DRM, has been selected by SonyLIV to protect content streaming and downloads on all devices. The partnership covers all channels and entertainment programming on the SonyLIV platform.
News categories: Intertrust, SonyLIV, Talal G. Shamoon, Manish Verma, Digital TV, DRM, India, OTT
SonyLIV to be available on CloudWalker Smart TVs in India
Oct 4, 2019 – SonyLIV has tied up with CloudWalker to offer its content library on the latter's Smart TV devices. Starting October 2019, content from the repertoire of SonyLIV will be available on a range of CloudWalker Smart TVs redefining big screen entertainment for Indian families.
News categories: SonyLIV, CloudWalker, Uday Sodhi, Jagdish Rajpurohit, Apps, Digital TV, India, OTT, Smart TV
SonyLIV releases 'State of Digital Entertainment 2018' report
Jan 25, 2019 – SonyLIV has unveiled its ‘State of Digital Entertainment 2018’ report. Reflecting the digital takeover that grasped India last year, this report shares detailed insights on digital video consumption, user patterns and audience demographics.
News categories: Sony Pictures Networks, Uday Sodhi, Digital TV, India, Market Research, OTT
Amagi provides targeted OTT dynamic ad insertion for SonyLIV
Sep 12, 2018 – Amagi has announced that SonyLIV is using its THUNDERSTORM cloud-based platform for targeted OTT dynamic ad insertion. Amagi will help monetize premium general entertainment and movie channels on the SonyLIV OTT platform.
News categories: Amagi, Sony Pictures Networks India, Deepakjit Singh, Uday Sodhi, Advertising, Content Distribution, Digital TV, IBC, India, OTT
Brightcove powers OTT video delivery for SonyLIV
May 6, 2018 – Brightcove (NASDAQ: BCOV) has announced that it is powering SonyLIV, the premium OTT streaming service by Sony Pictures Networks India (SPN). Launched in 2013, SonyLIV was the first OTT streaming service in India.
News categories: Brightcove, SonyLIV, Ben Morrell, Uday Sodhi, Content Distribution, Digital TV, India, OTT
Akamai enables Dynamic Ad Insertion in live cricket on SonyLIV
Mar 15, 2018 – Akamai (NASDAQ: AKAM) has announced that SonyLIV provided multi-screen engagement to users on all devices, using Akamai's Dynamic Ad Insertion capabilities during the India-South Africa cricket series held over January and February 2018.
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SonyLIV selects CleverTap analytics and engagement platform
Jun 1, 2017 – CleverTap has announced that Sony Pictures Networks India has selected the company’s real-time behavioral data and user insights platform for its SonyLIV video on demand (VOD) service. Sony will leverage CleverTap to gain greater understanding of its users.
News categories: CleverTap, Sony Pictures Networks, Sunil Thomas, Uday Sodhi, Big Data, Digital TV, India, OTT
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Sony on Tuesday revealed a final ship date and price for its PlayStation Move, a handheld motion controller very similar to Nintendo's Wii remote.
The PlayStation Move system consists of a handheld motion controller wand that works with a camera called the PlayStation Eye to track the wand's position.
During its E3 press conference, Sony gave a final ship date and price on the PlayStation Move accessory: $50 for the wand, or $100 for the bundle that includes the wand, the Eye camera and the game Sports Champions. The Move will be available for U.S. customers Sept. 19, and European customers will get it Sept. 15.
With the Move, Sony is competing not only with Nintendo's motion-controlled Wii system, but also Microsoft, which on Monday showed off Kinect, a controller-free system that uses cameras and a motorized tilt function to track and follow full-body movements.
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Viewsonic has announced the availability of three new projectors, capable of displaying 3D imagery, for the consumer and business markets.
ViewSonic has announced it is the latest manufacturer to launch a short-throw projector range, with the arrival of the PJD5351.
Australian Trekkies were treated to the premiere of the latest $218.5 million Star Trek movie in glorious 2048x1080 CinemaScope this week at Sydney's famous Opera House.
After the deluge of Pico projectors announced in 2008, it was inevitable that an HD would rear its head at some point.
Acer has launched its K10 pico projector for the UK, which combines both DLP technology and an LED lamp.
LG has launched its first portable projector for the UK market, with the HS102 apparently perfect for the 'handbag or laptop bag'.
Panasonic has announced that its 3D labs at the Panasonic Hollywood Laboratory in California has opened for business.


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The 3 rd Japan-Arab Economic Forum and Arab Business Fair 2013
On December 16 and 17, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) and the League of Arab States (LAS) held the 3rd Japan-Arab Economic Forum in Tokyo aiming to strengthen the economic ties between Japan and Arab countries. The discussions covered cooperation in a broad range of fields such as trade, investment, energy, scientific technology and human resource development. The participants were divided into workshops by country on December 17.
This forum marked a record turnout of approximately 1,500 attendees including business leaders and experts. JETRO's Chairman and CEO Hiroyuki Ishige made a presentation at Session 3, "Building Multi-tiered Economic Ties," giving information about various activities JETRO will implement toward building these ties with Arab countries, a target Prime Minister Shinzo Abe proposed.
Advanced technology and products presented at Arab Business Fair 2013
At a neighboring space of the forum, JETRO organized Arab Business Fair 2013 in which approximately 40 Japanese companies interested in business with these countries presented their advanced technology and products. The fair also included a tasting of Japanese food and display of products for women and traditional crafts focused on the Arabic consumer markets. From the Arab league, embassies of 18 countries in Japan promoted their investment environments to ministers and key figures of both Japan and Arab states.
The fair attracted approximately 1,100 visitors including METI State Minister Midori Matsushima and MOFA Parliamentary Vice-Minister Takao Makino from Japan, Iraq's Deputy Prime Minister for Energy Hussain al-Shahristani and other ministers of economy from Arab countries as well as speakers from the forum such as LAS Deputy Secretary General Ahmed Benhelli. These key figures listened to the demonstration of products and technology by Japanese companies and tried Japanese fruit offered at the venue.


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Mastercard has launched a pilot program with the American Red Cross to use Mastercard Send to distribute funds to families in Indonesia via their mobile phones to buy water and other items during the drought season. A mobile wallet provided by mobile network operator Indosat Ooredoo allows people to receive funds. “Our goal is to provide an innovative service that enables humanitarian and development organisations to distribute funds efficiently and digitally,” says Mastercard’s Shari Krikorian.
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- Pulse reports on US uptake of mobile debit card payments
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- OP Financial tests face recognition for payments in stores
- Singapore begins rollout of QR code that works with multiple mobile payment schemes


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Aquaculture centre aims to boost Singapore's food sustainability goal
New Aquaculture Innovation Centre aims to help reach goal of locally growing 30% of food needs by 2030
In a research facility at the Aquaculture Innovation Centre (AIC) at Temasek Polytechnic (TP), about 300 crabs have been produced from a few spawning batches over the last 15 months, offering hope that the numbers of the crustacean will be given a boost in the near future.
The supply of crab to Singapore has dropped by 30 per cent after overharvesting and bad weather conditions due to global warming hurt its populations in the Philippines, Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Malaysia. And the TP project, which is still in an experimental phase, aims to boost the crustacean's numbers in a clean, fast and sustainable manner and also produce meaty versions of the animal.
The AIC, the 10th Centre of Innovation (COI), was officially opened at TP yesterday and it will play an important role in helping Singapore in its mission to locally grow 30 per cent of its food needs by 2030. Only 9 per cent of the country's fish consumption is now produced locally.
The AIC will be a collaborator, technological enabler, and training provider to small and medium-sized enterprises , government agencies and tertiary institutions.
In his keynote address yesterday, guest of honour Koh Poh Koon, Senior Minister of State for Trade and Industry, said: "Food sustainability and resilience are increasingly significant issues globally. As the world population grows, these issues will only worsen if no action is taken as local food supplies have already been unable to meet demands.
"But our strong innovation ecosystem, our robust intellectual property and standard framework as well as our pro-business environment put Singapore in an excellent position to become a leading player in the urban agriculture and aquaculture industry."
Led by TP and supported by Enterprise Singapore, AIC is the first COI to utilise a consortium model.
The other eight partners are Ngee Ann, Republic and Nanyang Polytechnics, National University of Singapore, Nanyang Technological University, James Cook University, Singapore Food Agency, and Agency for Science, Technology and Research.
The centre will cooperate and co-share expertise, facilities, intellectual properties and resources with consortium members to serve the needs of local aquaculture enterprises.
Conferences, workshops and joint research and development efforts are in the pipeline, and the AIC will also train aquaculture farmers of the future while facilitating the open-sharing of knowledge.
Dr Lee Chee Wee, the AIC centre director, said: "Singapore has the ability to set the standards so when our companies go out of the country to sell their products or to produce outside of Singapore, they will be in the same league as market leaders in terms of quality."


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DOT: Philippines remains ‘attractive’ for Japanese tourists, businessmen
MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines remains an attractive destination for Japanese tourists and businessmen, the Department of Tourism (DOT) asserted yesterday, following meetings attended by President Marcos in Tokyo.
The President was joined by Tourism Secretary Christina Frasco in meeting Japanese tourism stakeholders last Thursday and assurances were made for the “continued support” of government for tourism.
The country could “attract a large number of Japanese tourists with its many tourism offerings” after it reopened its borders a year ago, said Takahashi Hiroyuki, chair of Japan Association of Travel Agents.
“The Philippines is very appealing for Japanese people with its hospitality and cheerfulness. Furthermore, the Philippines [has] a mild climate all year, making it a popular destination for younger people to relax at beach resorts like Cebu and Boracay Island; and for retirees, (for) an extended period of time,” said Hiroyuki.
“Many Japanese companies have also established operations in the region. We anticipate further growth as a business travel destination,” he added.
The Marine Diving Fair, a leading event in Asia for diving enthusiasts, also looks forward to its exhibitors promoting diving destinations in the Philippines.
Moreover, the Japan Philippines Tourism Council said it is “eager” to restart tourism activities for this year to introduce the Philippines to Japanese citizens.
Data from the DOT showed that the Philippines welcomed a total of 99,557 Japanese travelers last year.
Frasco said the agency intends “to further develop tourism products that are popular among Japanese tourists, including diving, MICE and education tourism, particularly English as a second language.”
“With the resumption of travel post-pandemic and the growing interest in sustainable tourism, we are seeing new and innovative programs emerging in school trip modules offered in the marketplace,” she said.


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We humans are obsessed with technologies that blur the boundaries between what is real and what is fabricated. In fact, two of the hottest fields right now are defined by how effectively they can deceive us: the metaverse and artificial intelligence. When it comes to the metaverse, the goal of VR and AR technology is to fool the senses, making computer-generated content seem like real-world experiences. On the AI front, Alan Turing famously threw down the gauntlet, stating that the ultimate test of a human-level AI would be to successfully fool us into believing that it was human. Whether you're looking forward to these technologies or not, their power of deception will soon transform society.
We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Earlier this year a chilling academic study was published by researchers at Lancaster University and UC Berkeley. Using a sophisticated form of AI known as a GAN (Generative Adversarial Network) they created artificial human faces (i.e. They discovered that this type of AI technology has become so effective, we humans can no longer tell the difference between real people and virtual people (or "veeple" as I call them). You see, they also asked their test subjects to rate the "trustworthiness" of each face and discovered that consumers find AI-generated faces to be significantly more trustworthy than real faces.
Why regulation is important and urgent in this emerging field. In a popular article last month, I warned that a corporate controlled metaverse is rapidly coming our way and will be far more dangerous than social media. In response to that piece, many reached out, asking how we can avoid the problems. Having been involved in VR and AR from the very beginning, this is a topic I've spent decades thinking about. So, why is the Metaverse dangerous?
One of the world's leading computer engineers believes the metaverse, the idea that caused Mark Zuckerberg to rebrand his whole company, could one day'make reality disappear.' In a recent op-ed, Louis Rosenberg, a computer scientist known for developing the first functional augmented reality system at Air Force Research Laboratory and founding virtual reality company Immersion Corporation, believes that by integrating virtual reality and augmented reality and having people interact in the digital realm for a significant portion of their day, it could'alter our sense of reality' and distort'how we interpret our direct daily experiences.' 'Our surroundings will become filled with persons, places, objects, and activities that don't actually exist, and yet they will seem deeply authentic to us,' Rosenberg penned in the piece, published by Big Think. Although he did not specifically mention old Zuckerberg or Meta by name, Rosenberg made a clear reference that he is deeply worried about the'platform providers' that will have the infrastructure. One of the world's leading computer engineers believed the metaverse could one day'make reality disappear.' Louis Rosenberg (pictured) is known for developing the first functional augmented reality system at Air Force Research Laboratory Rosenberg is deeply worried about the'platform providers' that will have the metaverse infrastructure.
It all looks our Reality, as it is, with its Grand Pandemic 2019-2025, the worst game ever... As its replacement, the Metaverse is coming, as Meta-physics Universe, transcending and transforming the universe. As with the pandemic, digital technologies change in [decade] waves. The 1980's was the PC wave, The next [last] wave will be the metaverse or transverse or omniverse. The waves come on each other.


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After nearly two decades with Apple, VP of worldwide communications Katie Cotton is retiring to spend more time with her family. Re/code was first to report the news that the PR guru was leaving after 18 years. “This is very hard for me,” wrote Cotton in email. “Apple is part of my heart and soul.”
During the 2000s, a period of unprecedented growth for Apple, Cotton was the orchestrator behind several big launch events, including the iPhone and the iPad. As The Wall Street Journal puts it, “[Cotton’s] public relations team aggressively controlled the message around new key products and maintained an air of mystery around the company and the brand.” To the press, she was also the notoriously strict gatekeeper who could grant access to CEOs Steve Jobs and Tim Cook.
“Katie has given her all to this company for over 18 years,” Apple spokesman Steve Dowling said in a statement. “She has wanted to spend time with her children for some time now. We are really going to miss her.”


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Yemen Al Dhi'm
Last year, both of our Yemen coffees were brought out of war torn Yemen, and they have an incredible story. Andrew Nicolson and his associates at Rayyan Coffee went into Yemen, bought coffee for export, and then literally fled to international waters in a speed boat with it. There are coffee farmers in Yemen that need people to buy their crops and Rayyan Coffee has a passion for supporting the Yemeni coffee growing industry. They have continued to do so this year, even during a war. You can read more about their incredible adventure from last year in this article in The Village Voice called Magic Beans.
Al-Dhi’m is an heirloom varietal, descended from the same coffee trees that were growing in the region centuries ago when coffee was first introduced to the region. It is a very robust naturally processed coffee with notes of Wheat Bread, Dark Chocolate Malt and Fresh Floral Tobacco.


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During CES 2022, Samsung announced its Gaming Hub, presenting the world with its new gaming strategy to go further with smart TVs and displays. Today, Samsung’s platform went live, debuting on 2022 Smart TVs and its Smart Display series.
No need to download
Samsung Gaming Hub will provide game streaming content without the need for additional hardware functionality. The company has partnered with some of the biggest companies in the gaming industry such as Xbox, Nvidia, Google, and more. This means that users will be able to access hundreds of games at the touch of a button.
As mentioned earlier, to take advantage of the Gaming Hub, you’ll need to own one of Samsung’s latest TV or Smart Display series. The company says:
“Players will be able to easily browse and discover games from the largest selection available, regardless of platform.“
Although not powered by any additional hardware, the Samsung Gaming Hub is fully fleshed out thanks to the Tizen OS and its improvements. The combination of software and hardware provides “advanced traffic improvements and latency reduction technology”.
Furthermore, the new TV models also offer “faster decoding technology and optimized buffer control,” which reduces the previous model’s input lag by 30 percent. Samsung also uses AI upscaling technology in order to deliver the best possible experience when it comes to 4K and 8K content.
In addition to being able to access a wide range of gaming services, the service will also provide support for accessories such as Bluetooth controllers and wireless headphones. These devices will seamlessly connect to every supported service within the Gaming Hub, without having to pair them with the service individually.
The Samsung Gaming Hub is now available with instant access to Xbox, Nvidia GeForce Now, Google Stadia, Utomik, Twitch, YouTube and Spotify. Amazon Luna support will arrive at a later time.


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- 20th November 2019
- Posted by: emy
- Category: Media
An interesting article in the New Statesman America looks at ways in which high school kids can benefit from education about how fintech works. As the author, and teacher, Jonathan Reynolds, points out, the class he talked to were familiar with the term, but had not grasped the potential it had to create news jobs for their futures, as well as providing an alternative way of managing their money.
His visit was part of the UK’s Fintech for Schools campaign, led by trade body Innovate Finance, and it is designed to encourage young people to understand the increasing importance of digital skills in the workplace.
It also highlights how fintech will impact their personal lives, and it introduces them to people who have already set up and run their own fintech businesses. Reynolds, (Shadow Economic Secretary to the Treasury) and a Member of Parliament, pointed out that this was the first school he had visited outside London and he is calling on his colleagues to get involved in spreading awareness of fintech around all parts of the UK.
He also points out that the Brexit issue raises questions for the UK, which has been so successful in attracting fintechs. To continue to thrive it will need as broad a pool of talent as possible to draw upon, and the uncertainty over what is happening is stopping that talent from coming to the UK.
A report produced by Innovate Finance in 2018 found that fintech firms substantially rely on importing overseas talent, as a complement to UK workers rather than a substitution. Fifty-four per cent of companies they surveyed said EEA migrants were important to getting their business off the ground. Since post-Brexit regulations will probably make this more difficult for these workers, there will be a huge need to educate British children in this sector and so guarantee a pipeline of skilled individuals who can contribute to fintech into the future.


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DALLAS -- (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Samsung Telecommunications America (Samsung Mobile) and MetroPCS Communications, Inc. today announced the commercial launch of the world’s first 4G LTE-enabled, multi-mode, CDMA handset, the Samsung Craft™ (SCH-r900). Samsung Mobile also supplied the LTE infrastructure for MetroPCS’ commercial launch of 4G LTE service in Las Vegas, the first in the United States.
KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa. -- (BUSINESS WIRE) -- InterDigital, Inc. demonstrated a wireless machine-to-machine (M2M) communications prototype as an adjunct to a meeting of the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) in Philadelphia, PA on September 13-17, 2010. The technology architecture demonstrated is expected to help cellular operators capture the potential of M2M communications in an efficient technical manner with a viable and compelling business model, supporting the group’s mission to define the operation of future M2M communications and the seamless integration with wireless networks.
BOSTON -- (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Express Logic, Inc., the worldwide leader in royalty-free real-time operating systems (RTOS), today announced the integration of the µSSL™ Security Stack from Cypherbridge® Systems. µSSL implements a standards-based solution to achieve chip-to-chip and chip-to-server interoperabilty across wired and wireless networks.
WALTHAM, Mass. -- (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Constant Contact®, Inc. has integrated new features into its email marketing tool that allow customers to easily track and monitor their social media marketing reach. Social Stats™ gives customers a quick, clear snapshot of where their emails have been shared socially, with what frequency, and to what degree of success — taking the guesswork out of social media marketing.
SAN JOSE, Calif. -- (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Adobe Systems Incorporated announced the official opening, on Oct. 6, 2010, of the Adobe Museum of Digital Media (AMDM). A one-of-a-kind online museum, the AMDM is an interactive venue to present and preserve groundbreaking digital media works, inspire creative ideas and experimentation, and provide a forum for expert commentary on how digital media influences culture and society.
OCEANSIDE, Calif., /PRNewswire/ -- StartRankingNow.com will now offer their highly detailed keyword competition report to the public. Previously only available to StartRankingNow monthly SEO clients, the keyword competition report provides information which business owners can use to plan tactical search engine dominance strategies.
SAN JOSE, Calif., /PRNewswire/ -- Oclaro, Inc., a tier-one provider of innovative optical communications and laser solutions, today announced that it will be demonstrating its new TL8800 full-band Tunable XFP transceiver at the 36th European Conference and Exhibition on Optical Communication (ECOC) on September 19-23 in Turin, Italy.
Contestants Can Win Tickets to Regular Season NFL Games and a Chance to Attend Super Bowl XLV in FebruarySeptember 20, 2010 8:27 am | Comments
NEW YORK, /PRNewswire/ -- Verizon and Motorola Inc. are teaming up to offer consumers a chance to win tickets to one of 10 NFL regular-season games as well as an all- expenses-paid trip to Super Bowl XLV, with the Ultimate Game Day Access sweepstakes. Fans can now enter the contest online at www.
SAN FRANCISCO, /PRNewswire/ -- Cisco's Flip Video®, the shoot and share video camera leader, today announced an all-new accessory program called Designed for Flip™ to expand the Flip Video experience for consumers. New Designed for Flip accessories announced include a range of products including: wide angle lens, two different types of enhanced external microphones, waterproof cases, battery chargers and a pocket projector.
Bocada Offers Free Data Protection Health Check to Measure Efficiency, Recoverability, Capacity ManagementSeptember 20, 2010 8:26 am | Comments
KIRKLAND, Wash., /PRNewswire/ -- Bocada Inc. has announced that it is offering a free "health check" assessment that provides a comprehensive review of a company's overall data protection environment to help reveal the true health of the backup environment. As an essential first step in the DPSM model, the health check can help a company gain immediate visibility into their backup environment and answer the following questions: * Is the backup environment operating at 100 percent efficiency? * Where are the problem areas? * How much capacity is the organization using? By offering a free, objective assessment of a company's current data protection activities and outcomes, Bocada partners will be able to effectively evaluate what improvements can be made to the data protection environment, how problems can be alleviated and what best course of remedy can be taken to enable operational efficiencies over time.
GOTHENBURG, Sweden -- (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Ascom Wireless Solutions today announced they will release the Ascom i62, their new generation VoWiFi handset, at the end of September. The new generation will be the first to support the latest IEEE 802.11n networking standard. “With this new generation of handsets, we are further strengthening our position in the VoWiFi market as we see that there will be continued growth in WiFi in both the US and Europe in the coming few years,” says Peter Härdi, Vice President, International Marketing and Product Management for Ascom Wireless Solutions.
Remote Graphics Technology Revolutionizes Display Connectivity for Next Generation of Personal Computing DevicesSeptember 17, 2010 6:34 am | Comments
SMSC announced its ViewSpan™ USB 3.0 remote graphics technology for multiple displays. By utilizing ubiquitous USB connectivity as a display interface, ViewSpan brings versatility, expandability, and plug-and-play simplicity to the way consumers interact with their personal computers. USB is expected to be a preferred means to easily connect multiple displays to desktop and mobile PCs as well as to enable shared computing scenarios that are gaining popularity in classrooms.
Rohde & Schwarz and W2bi, Inc. have agreed on a partnership that will provide automated device testing solutions for 4G Long Term Evolution (LTE) networks. Rohde & Schwarz test platform in integration with w2bi’s automated test software for operator specific test plans will address the certification needs of mobile operators, device OEMs and independent labs globally.
Mouser Electronics, Inc. recently announced it is the first distributor to stock HARTING's Han-Yellock® Connector System. Mouser is stocking the entire HARTING Han-Yellock® Connector System, a new product series which retains the core functionality of the respected Han® connector line and offers significant differences in size and shape to improve functionality.
As part of the recent merger that added Mimix Broadband, Inc. and its subsidiaries to the M/A-COM Tech family of companies, Mimix Asia has changed its operating name to M/A-COM Tech Asia. M/A-COM Tech Asia is focused on the design and manufacture of innovative products aimed at addressing the microwave and millimeter-wave applications requirements of its customers across the globe.


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GM to Add Android Auto, Apple CarPlay to 14 Chevy Cars
General Motors CEO Mary Barra today said the company plans to add Android Auto and Apple CarPlay to 14 of its 2016 models later this year. The in-dash software will be spread across GM's range of Chevrolet products, from the Chevy Corvette down to the Chevy Spark. GM will work to add the platforms to its other automotive brands, such as GMC and Cadillac, over time. GM had already committed to both platforms but had not previously said when it might get around to installing them. Earlier this week, Hyundai was the first to step up and add Android Auto to its 2015 Sonata sedan. Android Auto and Apple CarPlay bring basic elements of the smartphone experience to the in-dash navigation screen.
Hyundai Makes Android Auto and CarPlay Available As a Do-It-Yourself Install
Hyundai today made it possible for owners of select models to install Android Auto and CarPlay themselves. Hyundai owners will need to download the navigation system update from Hyundai's web site to a USB drive or SD card and then update the car manually.
Audi and Volvo to Adopt Android Auto
Google today said carmakers Audi and Volvo plan to build Android Auto into their next generation of cars. The companies already offer limited support for the platform in select cars.
Android Auto to Benefit from Android N Features
Google offered a few details on what the future holds for Android Auto. The platform will be expanded thanks to Android N.
More GM Vehicles to Add Android Auto and CarPlay
General Motors today committed to adding Android Auto and CarPlay to even more of its cars and trucks. The company is already bringing the smartphone tech to its Chevy, Corvette, and Cadillac brands.
Android Auto Hits the Play Store for Lollipop Phones
Google today made Android Auto, its platform for connecting to car-based infotainment systems, available as an app in the Play Store. With the app and compatible car, Android smartphone owners will be able to access navigation, calls and messaging, Google Search, and their music through the car's screen rather than their phone.


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Munich, 30th of January 2018
From a total of 940 submissions, only 28 young companies and techpreneurs were invited as finalists at the WT|Wearable Technologies Conference 2018 EUROPE (#WTEU18). Their extremely innovative and groundbreaking products were presented on stage at the pitch and award ceremony of the IOT / WT Innovation World Cup® 2018.
“Look outside, it feels like Spring. But we’re in the middle of the Winter! And if the things we throw in the air can change the climate that way, just imagine what they can do to our health!”
The air we breath directly impacts our health. The quality of our environment directly impacts the quality of our life. Our bold technological advancements came at a cost and our modern way of living damaged our world, our environment and our health. Turning things the other way around, our work uses technology to reverse the damage, make people more aware and fight back pollution. uRADMonitor means two things: Devices equipped with sensors for Air Quality monitoring of cities, offices and homes, and the global network made of these devices spread in more than 40 countries that generate open, uncensored, uniform and comparable Environmental data so we can understand the big picture on pollution.
The uRADMonitor technology
We’ve reached 800 units globally generating an impressive amount of big data that characterizes important environmental parameters across large areas and time intervals. The data includes measurements of temperature, pressure, humidity, Volatile organic compounds (VOC), Carbon Dioxide, Formaldehyde, Particulate Matter PM1.0, PM2.5, PM10, Ozone, Carbon Monoxide, Sulphur Dioxide, Nitrogen Dioxide as requested by various international legislations on environmental monitoring, via 5 proprietary hardware products designed on an IOT topology to collect data in real time while lowering costs. From the very begining, we did no compromise on product quality, as it has a direct impact on the quality of the data, using the best sensors on the market like the Bosch BME680 and new technologies like the LoRaWAN connectivity from LoraAlliance that is used to send data wirelessly across large distances.
Being amongst the best 3 percent of products submitted was a great honour for uRADMonitor and we were there to showcase the existing products, and most important to present the new “uRADMonitor AIR” wearable that is approaching production. The new wearable product will speed up data collection and bring the monitoring closer to those places were we live our lives, in cities, offices, on the streets, parks and so on: for more relevant data related to our way of living and our health.
The very first uRADMonitor AIR product was presented at the event
The design and production of our first wearable were specifically pushed to meet this event with intense development the prior week. Like it always happens, the software was finalised in the evening before the conference, after a long trip to Munchen:
Driving to the event’s location was perfect for the first tests and so precious Particulate Matter PM2.5 data from across south Germany started to flow in. This was just a test as the device is to be used as a wearable by joggers, bikers or other individuals interested in knowing what they breath.
This quick hardware and software development allowed Radu to have the very first uRADMonitor wearable on his arm at the presentation. The device was on and recording real time air quality data as the conference progressed. After the event, on the return from Munchen, the device was once again installed on the outside of the car, with some interruptions due to snow. This way it gathered about 15K datapoints from all across Europe!
This shows a huge potential for Environmental monitoring using low cost hardware. It also increases awareness of the individuals using this technology and helps them protect their health.
Increased pollution levels
The readings showed PM2.5 values of as high as 250ug/m3 mostly due to inversion trapping emissions from diesel engine cars, industry and wood fires used for heating. The measured values are alarming, and they come at no surprise as the smoke in the air could be smelled over large areas, especially in the Est. This, among other factors, is what actually contributes to a huge number of premature deaths across Europe caused by improper Air Quality. A briefing on this topic is available here, while a more detailed report is here.
These reports show figures as high as 500.000 people killed each year in Europe! The news are devastating and we are commited to changing that. uRADMonitor’s long term mission is to contribute to lowering these figures in the years to come.
The competition results
The finalists of the leading open innovation competition for IoT and wearables solutions demonstrated the innovation happening today in the industry. For all those that participated, it was a great chance to see innovation turning into products to make our lives easier.
There were four categories: ‘Lifestyle’, ‘Sports & Fitness’, ‘Healthcare’, and ‘Industrial’ and three special challenges: the EBV IoT Hero Special Prize, the Geeny Connected Living Challenge and the AIQ Smart Clothing Challenge. Read more here. Congratulations to the 7 winners and all the finalists!
Christian Stammel, founder and CEO of WT|Wearable Technologies, concluded the conference with the next related events to take place in several locations worldwide:


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Car Smashes Into Front of CVS Store in MartinezA vehicle plowed into the fron of a CVS store in Martinez Thursday, injuring the driver.
SUV Slams Into Rohnert Park Office Building, 2 InjuredA SUV crashed into an office building in Rohnert Park Wednesday afternoon, injuring the driver and an employee who was working inside.
Car Slams Into San Leandro 7-Eleven Injuring SevenTen people were injured when a car slammed into a 7-11 store in San Leandro, according to Alameda County Fire Department's Twitter feed.
Car Smashes Into CVS Pharmacy In San JoseA car plowed into the front of a CVS Pharmacy in San Jose Wednesday.
Car Plows Into Honey Baked Ham Store In Concord; 2 HurtA vehicle crashed into a Honey Baked Ham store in Concord Thursday afternoon, injuring two employees, authorities said Thursday.
Car Smashes Through Front Window Of Starbucks In San LorenzoNo injuries were reported after a sedan crashed into a Starbucks coffee shop in San Lorenzo early Friday, leaving the building with major damage.
Truck Plows Through Front Windows Of Pleasant Hill Restaurant; Driver ArrestedA driver was arrested on suspicion of DUI after a truck crashed through the front windows of a restaurant in Pleasant Hill Friday morning, according to police.
Tesla Crashes Into Lafayette Dry CleanerA Tesla crashed into a dry cleaner in Lafayette Wednesday morning.
Sonoma State Student Arrested After Slamming Car Into Rohnert Park 7-ElevenA car driven by a suspected drunk driver slammed into a Rohnert Park convenience store across from Sonoma State University early Saturday.
Vehicle Crash Into Building Starts Gas Leak In CampbellPolice and fire officials evacuated structures in Campbell on Saturday morning after a vehicle crashed into a building and caused a gas leak.
Car Slams Into Side Of Building In San Francisco Parkside Neighborhood; 2 HurtTwo people were injured, one seriously, when their car smashed into the side of a building in San Francisco's Parkside neighborhood Monday afternoon.
Car Plows Into San Rafael Post OfficeA car drove into the post office on Bellam Blvd in San Rafael Saturday morning, knocking over a mailbox and collapsing a pillar in the entrance.
Concord Police Arrest Antioch Man for DUI After He Drove Car Into BuildingJoseph Bey of Antioch drove his vehicle into the AGENT2000 insurance agency on Clayton Road early Sunday morning, according to Concord police,
Fleeing Suspect Crashes Into House in San RamonOfficers arrested a suspected thief who crashed his car in San Ramon while fleeing police Friday afternoon.
Driver Arrested After Car Strikes Hydrant, Smashes Into Restaurant In Santa ClaraA car caromed off a fire hydrant and into a pizza restaurant early Saturday in Santa Clara, producing a spectacular geyser and flooding surrounding streets.


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No need to start saving up for the new Samsung S10 5G just yet. Because as we know, early 5G smartphone models are expensive and available in limited volumes.
There's a new Netflix Original animation incoming called Mama K’s Team 4, produced by South Africa’s award-winning Triggerfish Animation Studios.
Two-factor authentication is a service that keeps your online accounts and services a whole lot safer than they would be otherwise. Why else would you lock down a Steam account using Steam Guard, a Blizzard account with Blizzard Authenticator, an Xbox Live account with whichever notification system from Microsoft annoys you the least? Shouldn't your more business-y accounts have the same protectio...[Read More]
But a new upgrade to the SIM card means life can even simpler. Called an electronic SIM or eSIM, it is a way of linking your phone, using software, to a SIM (usually in a server rack at the service provider). The new iPhone Xs, which I am using, has an eSIM built in.
Google's email service launched 15 years ago... and today it's finally adding the option to schedule emails.
Email and smart phones can be stressful. Academics are calling this constant work connection “technostress”. Consequently, many European countries are now offering employees the “right to disconnect”. The way email is used is complex, it cannot simply be labelled as “good” or “bad” and research shows that personality, the type of work people do and their goals can influence the way they react t...[Read More]
This week Apple announced its much-anticipated news service, as well as a streaming service to rival Netflix, a games arcade and a credit card. Instead of the usual hype around physical product launches, Apple casually announced a new iMac, two new iPads and new AirPods as a warm up to Monday's hype-filled launch of these new services. That alone is remarkable.
Google has started rolling out a major Gmail update that will let you interact with dynamic emails inside the inbox ecosystem.
MTN has announced a new feature called MTN Chat recharge, which allows MTN customers to load airtime and data bundles from within WhatsApp.
Emotion AI works on teaching robots how to feel empathy. Google AI stories are about how AI is helping people solve problems. Experts race to predict how we will be living with AI in the near future.


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Survey shows half of people will holiday differently due to cost of living crisis
A new survey shows that almost half of the population are planning to holiday much differently this year due to the cost of living crisis.
According to a new survey by MyHome.ie, of those planning to go on holiday this year, just over a third of people said they plan to go somewhere in Ireland, at 34% of people.
In comparison, 63% of people said they will be holidaying abroad as it works out to be better value that staying here.
Four in 10 said that they had to change accommodation plans due to financial issues, 77% said they are in disbelief about hotel prices in Ireland compared to previous years, with 72% saying the same about holiday homes.
Half of the respondents to the survey said they would rather rent a home in Ireland than stay at a hotel, with Kerry, Galway and Donegal being the top three counties to visit.
Speaking about the findings, the Managing Director of MyHome.ie, Joanne Geary said: "The cost of living crisis has had a significant impact on people for the past year, and now we are seeing that effect on the holiday market. It is clear that many people feel priced out of the Irish holiday market this year, and many of them have had to adapt and be flexible in order to get a much-needed break.”
She added that a significant cohort of respondents said they were forced to change their holiday accommodation plans due to financial constraints.
She continued: "Almost half of the respondents (46%) in this survey told us that they would rather rent a holiday home in Ireland than stay in a hotel. This corresponds with what we see on MyHome.ie, with an overall 36% rise in the number of inquiries for holiday home listings both at home and abroad in the first five months of this year compared to the same period in 2022."


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Community Harvest Farmers Market provides affordable produce in Kingston’s north end
Community Harvest, an initiative sponsored by Kingston Community Health Centres (KCHC), is reopening their affordable Farmers Market for the 2021 season.
The Farmers Market will run every Tuesday from 2:30-4:30 p.m. at the Rideau Heights Community Centre (85 Macauley St.) Opening day will be Tuesday, Jun. 29, 2021. The last Market day will be October 5, 2021, the Tuesday before Thanksgiving.
“Community members’ health and safety are our top priority,” KCHC said in a media release. “We will follow Public Health protocols with physical distancing, mandated mask-wearing, and hand sanitizing by all staff and patrons. No sampling can be provided, and there will not be children’s activities.”
New this year, you can meet the Community Harvest gardener, a good resource for gardening and recipe questions. Many local farms and seed savers have donated seeds and seedlings to the Community Harvest garden; there will be more than 25 different veggie crops that will be available to purchase at the Market for nominal fees over the course of the season, according to the release.
In 2020, due to the pandemic, KCHC pivoted away from the Market and instead provided a biweekly local fresh food box to 32 families, with contributions from Sands, Robinson’s Community Gardens, Bill Votary, and No.9 Gardens.
“No.9 donated over 900lbs of produce to this project last year,” KCHC said, “and we look forward to having their fresh, local produce at the Market this year. We will have other pop-up vendors over the 2021 season as well!”
Loving Spoonful, a Founding Member of Community Harvest, has rejoined the collective as a community partner. Meet some of the Loving Spoonful staff and volunteers, learn about the new Urban Agriculture Project, and explore opportunities to get involved growing food in your community.
The 2021 Community Harvest Farmers Market is operating at a new location this year, at the Rideau Heights Community Centre. KCHC thanks St. Matthew’s United Church for hosting the Market for five years, and wish the new owners well.
According to the release, this will be a scaled-down Market, but the veggies will be fresh and local, and the prices can’t be beat.


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By Stella Qiu and Kevin Yao
BEIJING (Reuters) - China extended its impressive trade performance in April, with exports unexpectedly accelerating and import growth hitting a decade high, in a boost to the world's second-largest economy.
A brisk U.S. economic recovery and stalled factory production in other countries hit by coronavirus have propped up demand for goods made in China, analysts say.
Exports in dollar terms surged 32.3% from a year earlier to $263.92 billion, China's General Administration of Customs said on Friday, beating analysts' forecast of 24.1% and the 30.6% growth reported in March.
"China's export growth again surprised on the upside," said Zhiwei Zhang, chief economist at Pinpoint Asset Management, adding that two factors - the booming U.S. economy and the COVID-19 crisis in India, causing some orders to shift to China - likely contributed to the strong export growth.
"We expect China's export growth will stay strong into the second half of this year, as the two factors above will likely continue to favour Chinese manufacturers. Exports will be a key pillar for growth in China this year."
The numbers helped push the yuan and stocks in China and other Asian markets higher.
Imports were also impressive, rising 43.1% from a year earlier, the fastest gain since January 2011 and picking up from the 38.1% growth in March. It was also slightly faster than the 42.5% rise tipped by the Reuters poll, bolstered by higher commodity prices.
But Zhang Yi, chief economist at Zhonghai Shengrong Capital Management, said it remains to be seen if strong import growth, mainly driven by price inflation, could be sustained as China winds down its fiscal policy support.
"It must be noted that the fast year-on-year growth today was largely due to the negative growth a year ago. The two-year average growth was only about 10%, which is not that strong."
Indeed, import volumes for some products are starting to level off. China's iron ore imports fell 3.5% in April from a month earlier, while copper imports dropped 12.2% on the month.
China's trade surplus of $42.85 billion was wider than a $28.1 billion surplus tipped in the Reuters poll.
However, analysts still expect China's economic growth to slow from the record 18.3% expansion in the January-March quarter as the COVID-19 pandemic disrupts global supply chains, slowing movement of goods and driving up shipment costs.
"Despite the upbeat demand outlook and policy support, supply-side constraints including the global chip shortage, shipping disruption, container shortages, and skyrocketing freight rates are expected to persist for some time," said Christina Zhu, Economist at Moody's Analytics in a note on Thursday.
A persistent shortage of semiconductors needed for a wide range of products including consumer electronics and cars is also starting to hurt manufacturers, weighing on production.
Etelec electronics, a Zhongshan-based manufacturer of LED lights, stopped taking on new orders from April 26, due to a shortage in integrated circuits, the company announced in a statement seen by Reuters.
China's official manufacturing purchasing managers' index last week showed factory activity growth slowed in April from a month earlier as supply bottlenecks hit production.
(Writing by Se Young Lee; Editing by Sam Holmes)


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People sure do love their iPhones, but they also can't seem to stop dropping them—good news for the booming iPhone-repair business. In fact, a recent accident survey by SquareTrade found that the American population has spent nearly $5.9 billion fixing their damaged phones since the first device hit the market in 2007.
Security software company McAfee, Inc. released its annual report today of the celebrities most likely to give you a virus. And, no, Lindsay Lohan wasn't at the top of the list. Instead, it was Emma Watson of 'Harry Potter' fame. But she seems so innocent. Oh, computer virus. Noted.
Walmart, the world’s largest retail chain, is currently testing a “scan and go” iPhone application that would allow customers to scan items as they shop and pay more quickly and conveniently at a self-checkout counter.
Samuel L. Jackson is by far one of our favorite tweeters, thanks to Jimmy Fallon who taught the celeb how to use the social media site. For one, he made the 2012 Olympics that much more entertaining with statements like, “Did that Russian just do the ‘whoa Gurl Whut wuz in That Drank, dat Sh*t wuz Skrong’ Vault landing?!” However, his most recent sentiments regarding Hurricane Isaac threw people into a bit of a tizzy.
Traveling on the endless interstate can be torture. Fortunately, there is an app to help you plan a route filled with great pit stops. RoadNinja is the app to have so you never have to stop off at a creepy gas station again.
It’s no secret that a sedentary lifestyle promotes obesity, but a new study by the Milken Institute in California confirms the negative impact of TVs and computers while adding a frightening statistic — for every 10 percent increase a country spends on technology, that country’s obesity rate climbs.
It’s not everyday that you get to see Mitt Romney smacked in the face with a hot dog or President Obama trounced with a balloon sword… Until now. Thanks to a new, free phone game called Vote!!!, you can see it every day. It might seem like they’ve lost sight of the point of democratic elections by making the two presidential candidates go toe-to-toe, but the folks at Epic Games could actually be on to something.
Let’s face it bros, we stink. Like bad. We work, we play, and we sweat; it’s just life, ya know? But what if you could eliminate your sweatiness and body odor for a whole year? Would you do it? Well, now you can.
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Just as the NFL gears up to launch its new season with a face-off between the Detroit Lions and the Kansas City Chiefs, Reddit is throwing its hat in the ring—digitally speaking. The social discussion platform has rolled out an extensive collection of NFT-backed avatars to represent each of the NFL’s 32 teams.
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The collection of these digital assets is one of the most extensive sets of Collectible Avatars ever released by Reddit. Each NFT avatar—known as a “Snoo” after Reddit’s iconic alien mascot—costs $24.99 and is capped at 500 per NFL team.
Reddit is home to vibrant game-day discussions, notably within communities such as r/NFL and r/NFCEastMemeWar. These NFL-themed avatars provide fans with a fresh way to digitally represent their chosen teams as debates and conversations heat up.
In fact, this isn’t Reddit’s first touchdown in this space; the platform had released a free set of NFL-themed avatars alongside the Super Bowl last February.
As per early numbers from Reddit’s shop page, the New England Patriots appear to be leading the digital popularity contest, with 41 of the 500 NFT avatars already sold. They are closely followed by the Chiefs and the Eagles. On the other end of the spectrum, only five avatars each have been sold for the Carolina Panthers and Indianapolis Colts.
Reddit’s Vault, a digital wallet introduced last summer and native to the platform’s mobile app, stores these NFT avatars. The Vault also holds other crypto features, like community-specific tokens. The platform has minted 22 million collectible avatars among 18 million unique holders to date, according to data from the crypto analytics platform Dune.
The broader picture: Sports and Crypto
The intersection between sports fandom and digital assets is hard to ignore. A survey from Seton Hall University last year showed that sports fans are twice as likely to own Bitcoin, Ethereum, or NFTs compared to the general population. With this initiative, Reddit is clearly tapping into the documented synergy between these two worlds.
In summary, Reddit’s NFL-themed NFT avatars are more than just a digital collectible; they are an innovative way for fans to engage with their teams and each other as the new NFL season kicks off. As the world of sports and digital assets continues to converge, Reddit seems to be right at the intersection, reshaping how fans interact and represent their allegiances online.


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CHICAGO --- NAVTEQ, a leading provider of digital map data for vehicle navigation, announced that with the new model year introductions, nearly 70 North American vehicle models now offer NAVTEQ Traffic systems, almost doubling the number available just a year ago.
Today, 20 percent of all North American car models offer NAVTEQ Traffic, up from 10 percent last year.
When real-time traffic began to emerge in 2005, only two vehicle models offered NAVTEQ Traffic. Since then, the demand for such systems has skyrocketed, and is reflective of an industry-wide adoption of in-vehicle, real-time traffic information.
Today, 24 percent of all vehicle models in North America offer real-time traffic systems. NAVTEQ Traffic links up-to-the minute traffic information to map data and enables wireless transmission directly to a vehicle's on-board navigation system.
NAVTEQ Traffic delivers detailed information about road construction, the speed that traffic is moving and incidents such as accidents, allowing navigation devices and drivers to make smart routing and re-routing decisions. What began as a luxury feature for only the most expensive cars is now available in a wider range of autos -- from more expensive models to mini-vans, trucks and more moderately-priced vehicles.
As automobile navigation systems have become more popular, consumers have been asking for systems to include real-time traffic information. According to a NAVTEQ study conducted in November 2007, 92 percent of in-vehicle navigation system users say they are very interested in real-time traffic for their navigation device.
The introduction of personalized, real-time traffic was a breakthrough for the North American vehicle industry in 2004, which until then had relied on broadcast traffic services, such as radio, that provided regular but not personal updates. NAVTEQ Traffic was the first to deliver real-time personalized traffic linked to the map in a navigation system.


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ORLANDO, Fla. — Editor’s note: This story is available as a result of a content partnership between WFTV and the Orlando Business Journal.
The looming redevelopment of a big-box mall retail store into apartments took a big step forward last week with the $10 million sale of the site.
Volusia County records show Legacy Daytona LLC, a subsidiary of Foster City, California-based multifamily developer Legacy Partners, paid $10 million on Jan. 10 to MRH Daytona Beach LLC for the 10-acre site of the former Macy’s at the Volusia Mall in Daytona Beach.
Orlando Business Journal previously reported in November 2022 on the developer’s plans to build a 350-unit apartment community on the property.
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