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COVID-19 restrictions have started to ease up around Fairfax County today (Friday).
Now that the county is joining the first phase of Gov. Ralph Northam’s reopening plan, here’s what people who live and work around the Reston area need to know about county-operated facilities.
Parks and Recreation
Parks and parking lots controlled by the Fairfax County Park Authority are open with the exception of dog parks, visitor centers, playgrounds and public restrooms, according to the website.
Athletic fields will officially open for unpermitted groups of 10 or less today under phase one of plans to reopen the county.
Both publicly and privately run pools are currently not allowed to open yet, the website said, adding that certain pools might open for lap swimming during phase one. Pools run by the Park Authority will not open at all this summer.
At schools in Fairfax County, both the tracks and tennis courts have been reopened but playgrounds, basketball courts and athletic fields will remain closed for the time being, according to the website.
Fairfax County summer camps have already been canceled, according to a press release.
For people indoor entering public spaces, the Virginia Department of Public Health announced that they are required to wear a mask or protective face covering. This order will go into effect on Friday (May 29) but the Centers for Diseases Control have suggested for weeks that people cover their mouths and noses to reduce the risk of spreading the virus.
Farmers Markets will look different this year with the implementation of preorder options and social distancing guidelines.
Reston Farmers Markets opened earlier this month with new measures to guard against COVID-19 such as people being able to prepay and pick up groceries, the website said. The Reston Farmers Markets are held every Saturday from 8 a.m. until 12 p.m.
In Herndon, it is still unclear when the market will reopen for the year, according to the website.
All Fairfax County Public Library branches will be closed until further notice, according to the website — but this doesn’t mean that libraries aren’t offering online resources for patrons.
Anyone with a library card can check out digital resources such as e-books, audio files, online magazines and videos.
Starting Monday, patrons can take advantage of some contactless services — including picking up holds — throughout the county.
Reston Farmers Marke will open this weekend with new social distancing rules in place at Lake Anne Plaza.
But it may be a while before other farmers markets in the county, including the Herndon Farmers Market, welcome customers.
The Fairfax County Park Authority says that it will determine when and if it is safe to open other markets after it evaluates operations, staffing needs, volunteer resources and other conditions.
The Reston Farmers Market kicked off the 2020 season on May 9 and will continue to take place on Saturdays from 8 a.m. to noon. The Mount Vernon/McCutcheon Farmers Market is set to begin on Wednesday, May 13 while the Burke Farmers Market is set to begin on Saturday, May 16.
Market shoppers should comply with safety guidelines and social distancing orders, including limiting no more than two family members in the market, wearing a face covering, and avoiding touching surfaces. No pets are allowed.
The town's Farmers' Market is not ready to open but three FFx Co. markets will open in May. The markets will be decidedly different than in the past as the county complies with VA Governor Northam’s social distancing orders & safety guidelines. https://t.co/Ya2KMXecO5 pic.twitter.com/KVTB5LHX5u
— herndon parks (@herndonparks) April 30, 2020
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After deliberation from Fairfax County officials, the fate of farmers markets around Reston and Herndon is still undecided.
Though this decision will likely negatively affect local vendors who sell goods at these markets, it is unclear what the long-term economic impact might be.
People who still want to support vendors in this time of crisis can check out places like Sterling-based Baguette Republic, which allows customers to order freshly baked goods online. Customers can score six personal size ciabatta rolls for $6, according to the website.
Ashburn-based Roots to Rise is another local food producer that offers pickup at several locations. Customers can order fresh juices, breakfast and lunch, the website said.
Fairfax County Chairman Jeff McKay issued a statement today (April 14) during a Twitter Q&A saying that county staffers are trying to come up with a configuration that allows people to shop while still practicing the six-foot social distancing requirements.
Currently staff is working on a future plan that meets social distancing requirements for farmers markets using health and social distancing related guidelines and a plan that we can configure things in such a way as to open in a safe manner on a case by case basis. https://t.co/h7H61UCcay
— Jeff McKay (@JeffreyCMcKay) April 14, 2020
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Spring is around the corner and farmers markets around the are preparing to open for the season — offering visitors an array of fresh vegetables, fruits, baked goods and other locally sourced commodities.
Reston Now rounded up a list of markets in the area so shoppers can plan ahead.
The Reston Farmers Market will open for visitors next month, on April 26, according to the Fairfax County website, which added the market will take place Saturdays from 8 a.m. until noon at 1609 Washington Plaza N.
For those who drive, the web page said parking will be available along North Shore Drive. A list of vendors from previous years can be found online.
Community Foodworks in Reston, which takes place at St. Johns Neuman Catholic Church (11900 Lawyers Road) is part of a larger network of markets around NoVA, which includes a location in Tysons. The Reston location set to open on April 17 and run through the end of November on Wednesdays from 3 to 7 p.m., the website said.
Shoppers can expect roughly 20 various local vendors to check out, each of which offers things ranging from dog treats to fresh pastries, according to the market’s website.
The Herndon Farmers Market will make its debut this year on April 23. It will be open every Thursday from 8 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. at 765 Lynn Street until Nov. 5, according to Fairfax County’s website.
The Reston Farm Market (10800 Baron Cameron Ave) isn’t a traditional farmers market– but is instead a seasonal family-owned and operated business that offers things similar to what someone would expect to find at a weekly farmers market.
The Weinstein family, who owns the market, announced on their website that it will open for the 2020 season this upcoming Monday (March 16).The daily hours of operation will be 9 a.m. until 8 p.m.
Photo via Anne Preble/Unsplash
The Town of Herndon is celebrating 30 years of keeping green with its Herndon Farmers’ Market and the town’s arborist program.
Although the local farmers market has gotten slightly smaller over the years, the weekday market has seen an increase in the variety of products sold, including empanadas, fresh pasta and pickles. Other vendors are not offering different types of fruits, vegetables, meats and breads. Nearby competition from other markets has strained the reach of the local market.
John Dudzinsky, the town’s community forester, says the town is looking to find “value added” vendors as well as more organic options.
Last week, the town distributed reusable totes and coasters to celebrate the milestone.
The town is also celebrating Dudzinsky’s position, which aims to maintain the health of the town’s trees and urban forest. Although this duty has remained the forester’s central task for the last three decades, the forester now manages the market, offers horticulture services to town residents and helps with environmental tasks like stream monitoring.
The Town has also maintained its Tree City status, which is given to comunities that meet standards of sound urban forestry management.
“The Town’s leadership has always been supportive of the Community Forestry program. Along with the support of our town citizens. With everyone’s’ support and assistance the Town has been able to maintain our Tree City USA status,” Dudzinsky said.
The designation is given by the Arbor Day Foundation, which is a nonprofit conservation and education organization founded in 1972.
The market is held on Thursdays from April to November from 8 a.m. to 12:30 on Lynn Street. Information about this year’s vendors is available online.
Photo via Town of Herndon/Facebook
Herndon’s Farmers Market Opens Today — The market kicks off the 2019 season today. As usual, it will be held on Thursdays from 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on Lynn Street from April to November. [Town of Herndon]
Reston Association Volunteer Service Awards Reception Set for Tonight — “Two individuals were named as Volunteers of the Year. Doug Britt, who has been instrumental in collecting environmental data, and Cindy Metcalf, who coordinates and leads class instruction on how to start a garden, both won the top honor.” [Reston Association]
Evelyn Mo Returns to CenterStage Tonight — In this “Meet the Artists” event, the Harvard junior and pianist returns to CenterStage. The event starts at 2:15 p.m. and is open to all ages. [Reston Community Center]
Flickr pool photo by vantagehill
Signs of summer are abound as the farmers markets run by the Fairfax County Park Authority in Reston and Herndon kick off this week.
FCPA’s six other markets will roll in by the first week of May.
The Reston and Herndon Farmers Markets accept SNAP benefits. All purchases under the The Virginia Fresh Match Program are matched up to $20 for additional fresh produce.
Herndon’s market (777 Lynn Street) kicks off on Thursday (April 18) and runs every Thursday until Nov. 14 from 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The Reston market (1609-A Washington Plaza N) starts on Saturday (April 20) and runs every Saturday until Dec. 7 from 8 a.m. until noon.
The Reston market welcomes three new vendors this year, said John Lovaas, who runs the Reston market. Shenandoah Seasonal, a “chemical-free produce farms,” adds a new variety of vegetables and fruits, Bee’s Wing Farm will sell flowers and Ozfeka Catering will bring a mix of Turkish savories and desserts to the market, Lovaas told Reston Now.
The county is also working with the market to carry out a pilot program to reduce the use of plastic bags. Clean Fairfax, a nonprofit organization that specializes in recycling and reducing the use of plastic, is partnering with the market for the program.
Information on other local farmers markets is available online. The Reston Farm Market (10800 Baron Cameron Avenue), which is not operated by FCPA, is open around the year, with few holiday exceptions, from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.


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Vegan, ethical beauty and ‘indie’ brands are just some of the emerging trends being showcased at this year’s Natural Beauty & Spa Show.
The event, part of Natural & Organic Products Europe – Europe’s biggest trade event for natural and organic products – will feature over 250 beauty and personal care brands, when it returns to ExCeL London on 22-23 April.
“Natural & Organic Products Europe is a really good event for the industry. It’s great to meet new and existing brands and see what their latest products are. It’s also good to see what’s going on outside of your immediate area, and what trends may be coming in from wellbeing and food for instance,” says Mark Steele, haircare and men’s toiletries buyer at Waitrose.
Rise of the indie brands
Notable trends to watch, according to Steele, includes a breadth of “really good, smaller indie brands” emerging in the market. With their variety of quality ingredients, alternative blends, and distinctive branding, indie brands can offer buyers and retailers great scope.
New exhibitors like Kinn Living, Fitzjohn Skincare, House of Life Treatments, YOPE, Fairfield Gardens, White Rabbit Skincare, and Parami Shaving Oil, are among the many ‘up-and-comers’ making their debut for 2018.
“We’ve seen a lot of new, smaller brands come through. You see it in other industries, for instance in beer. Lots of interesting breweries are popping up that are just as good and have cutting edge social media campaigns. Beauty is the new beer,” says Steele.
The show is on track to feature a record number of vegan beauty and grooming brands for 2018. The show’s event director Carol Dunning calls it an exciting time for people following a vegan lifestyle, with a significant rise in the availability and diversity of ethical beauty products on offer across the UK.
Retailers embracing this trend include Mel Jenkinson, founder of online natural beauty shop Glow Organic. She says: “More of my customers are requesting vegan products. As the interest in the vegan diet increases, women are naturally looking to switch their beauty products to vegan alternatives.”
Pravera, Terri Verdi, Urtekram, Faith in Nature, Ultra Glow Cosmetics, Inika, Dr's Remedy nail polish, Eco by Sonya, Karethic, Sukin, InekoGruppen (distributors of Good Boom vegan skin food), JM Nature GmbH (distributors of Ben & Anna and Crazy Rumours), Urban Veda, Gentle Beauty, Dr. Bronner's, Chirp Body, Herbatint, Cress, Kypwell, Graphters (distributors of A’kin), Marchio Purophi, The Yes Yes Company, and Natura Siberica will be showcasing their diverse ranges of vegan-friendly products at the show – some exclusively launching for the first time into the UK market.
Beauty with a conscience
“The potential of zero waste beauty is very topical. The ecological impact of using resources is going to come back to bite us. The green industry must go through the process of sustainable resource use, and I think that’s going to be one of the big topics that forward 2018,” says regular show visitor Lorraine Dallmeier, director of Formula Botanica.
With the rise in eco-packaging and sustainable initiatives, ethical brands such Naturally Tribal Skincare will feature at the show. The company collaborates with women of Essan by sourcing its ingredients from their community. Then there's Blue Beautifly, which donates 20% of profits to charities around the world; Natracare, which uses renewable materials like bioplastics and wood pulp in their feminine hygiene products; and brands like Optiat and Cosmetics who create cosmetics made from natural bi-products that would otherwise be thrown away.
“This is beauty with a conscience,” says William Brightman, founder of Optiat. “Our hope is to demonstrate that we can all be more resourceful and that we can promote a circular economy. We hope this will inspire the beauty industry to be less wasteful.”

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These Amputee Models Rocked The Runway At New York Fashion Week
Most brands make waves at Fashion Week for their innovative designs — but one organization, FTL Moda, is creating tsunamis with its innovative model selection.
FTL Moda has become a crucial component of Fashion Week for including — no, highlighting — models with disabilities.
On Monday, congenital amputee models Rebekah Marine and Gianna Schiavone rocked the runway hand-in-hand wearing designs by Josefa Da Silva. Marine, 29, has walked three seasons with FTL Moda so far, but this was 6-year-old Schiavone's runway debut.
Marine, who was born without a right forearm, started modeling four years ago after she became an ambassador for Touch Bionics and was given an advanced prosthesis that moves just like a hand would. She was speaking to a friend, she told mbg, who urged her to get back into modeling, an industry she feared approaching for so long after being rejected at a young age.
"That's when it clicked," she said. "I realized that maybe I have a bigger purpose in life, and I should be turning my 'disability' into something extraordinary."
Since then, she's happily embraced her title as the "Bionic Model."
She said that, although Fashion Week is always an incredible experience, this season holds a particularly special place in her heart — because of Schiavone. They met each other through the Lucky Fin Project, a non-profit that supports those with upper limb differences.
"I hope Gianna will someday look back on that night and realize the impact she has made for so many little girls," said Marine. "She's 6 years old and changing the world, and I'm proud to call her my friend."
The show also included another FTL Moda veteran, Shaholly Ayers, who was also born without her right forearm, Fausto Di Pino, an Italian model who returned to the runway after undergoing treatment for cancer, and teen Madeline Stuart, one of the only people with Down syndrome to ever walk a Fashion Week runway.
Above, all Marine hopes that from this show, people can see that beauty comes in all shapes and sizes.
"It's obvious I don't have the typical cookie-cutter model look, so I want to show people that you don't need to be 'perfect' to be beautiful," she said. "Uniqueness is what makes us beautiful."
(h/t Huffington Post U.K.)
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The lawsuit dismissal closes a difficult chapter for Uber, which paid $245 million to Alphabet in February 2018 to settle their trade secrets fight
Kalanick is plotting an aggressive growth strategy to support the burgeoning kitchen rental service, called CloudKitchens.
The document was among a series of files that were unsealed Monday as part of a lawsuit over autonomous-vehicle trade secrets brought by Alphabet's Waymo.
The story spans Uber’s operation to spy on a Chinese rival, an international bribery investigation, and the starkly different positions of Khosrowshahi and Kalanick in the face of a simmering geopolitical crisis.
Google parent Alphabet, Facebook and the New York Times have dual-class shares that in theory allow executives to pursue important initiatives without inference from investors pushing for a quick buck.
Retooling the firm's culture and coming up with a strategy is keeping the CEO Dara Khosrowshahi busy.
Uber plans to announce changes to how it rewards cyber researchers who report flaws in its software
Nasdaq-listed executive search firm Heidrick & Struggles' CEO Krishnan Rajagopalan helps companies to figure out the best talent for CEOs.
A large part of the investments from Travis Kalanick's new fund, named 10100 (ten-one-hundred) will be focused towards innovations in India and backing Indian startups.
A look at the top stories in the past 24 hours and its potential implications
"The over-arching theme will be about large-scale job creation, with investments in real estate. E-commerce, and emerging innovation in China and India" said Kalanick
"India is going to be one of the most important success factors as to how significant a part we play in people’s lives over the next five to 10 years." said Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi
The behind-the-scenes negotiations, recounted by people familiar with the case, show why Uber and Waymo took the unusual step of ending the fight in the midst of a trial.
Travis Kalanick may sell nearly a third of his shares in the ride-services company for about $1.4 billion, a person familiar with the matter said.
Uber reported financials to shareholders as part of a formal bid Tuesday night from a SoftBank Group-led consortium looking to buy a large block of stock.
Somehow, the new chief executive officer keeps finding more horrors at every turn. The latest is a cyberattack Uber had been concealing since last year.
No doubt when Kalanick met the wide-eyed Fowler at the office Christmas party, it never entered his head that she would become the disciplinarian who confiscated his car keys for reckless driving with one blog post.


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A bike messenger carries a DoorDash bag during a delivery in New York, Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2020.
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Shares of DoorDash popped more than 14% in extended trading Thursday after the food delivery company posted better-than-expected sales and total orders in the third quarter.
Here’s how the company did:
- Loss per share: 77 cents vs. 60 cents, as expected by analysts, according to Refinitiv
- Revenue: $1.7 billion vs. $1.63 billion, as expected by analysts, according to Refinitiv
DoorDash said the total number of orders it delivered in the third quarter rose 27% to 439 million, which topped Wall Street’s expectations of 433 million orders, according to StreetAccount.
However, its net loss widened to $295 million, or a loss of 77 cents per share. It reported a net loss of $101 million, or a loss of 30 cents per share, in the year-ago period.
The solid order numbers defy concerns of a slowdown in food deliveries, as historic levels of inflation hit consumers’ wallets. Some restaurant chains have reported weaker sales or declining traffic in recent months, suggesting consumers may not be dining out as much in order to save money.
DoorDash said it anticipates the strength of consumer spending to be consistent throughout the rest of the year. For the current quarter, it forecast gross order value to be between $13.9 billion and $14.2 billion, which is higher than consensus estimates of $13.73 billion, according to StreetAccount. That’s also an increase from the third quarter, when gross order value jumped 30% year-over-year to $13.5 billion. Gross order value measures how much users are spending on orders and subscription fees.
The company said it expects adjusted EBITDA between $85 million and $120 million during the fourth quarter.
WATCH: As we enter recession territory next year, we’ll find much of tech is earnings resilient, says Citi’s Chronert


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Apple had made iOS 6 available for download to the general public yesterday, among the new features, Apple ditched Google Maps and came out with their own Maps, the overhauled Maps application is buggy and disappointing and has debuted to mostly negative review.
iOS 6 Maps faced criticism for lack of transit, Street View, POI data and sub standard traffic reporting, instead of those Apple focused on turn-by-turn navigation, 3D Flyover views and its own traffic data.
“Seems pretty clear the new Maps is going to be the biggest problem with iOS 6. Here’s the thing, though: we don’t know how much of this decision to switch was Apple’s alone. We do know that Apple’s existing contract with Google for Maps expired this year. It’s possible Apple tried to renew for another year or two and Google either refused (unlikely, I’d say) or offered to do so under terms Apple found unacceptable (possible, I’d say).” blogged John Grubber.
“Apple believes that they can deliver a better experience for customers than Google,” Sarah Rotman Epps, an analyst at Forrester Research, told Bloomberg. “But in the short term, Google has a better mapping application, and iPhone customers will suffer.”
Ian Betteridge, ex-editor of MacUser, terms it “the most half-cooked piece of software that Apple has released”. Once outside the M25, satellite images become “blurry, pixellated, useless nonsense”. In some cases, the data are 15 years out of date.


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An ecotourism hub is being developed in Noida; it will feature a wetland, herbal garden and a biodiversity park. On the verge of completion, this park in Sector 91 covers a huge area of 146 acres... more
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Zambar serves the cuisine of the four southern states, with a slight bias towards Kerala, because that is where their chef hails from.
The amount sounds pretty massive but you do have a chance of winning it. Of course, the task is not as simple as it sounds! A restaurant in Delhi, named Kutumb Restaurant, is challenging and call... more
Uber has now launched Uber Essentials in select Indian cities. In a total of five Indian cities, including Gurgaon, Bengaluru, Mumbai, Nashik, and Hyderabad, you can avail this new service.
Delhi Metro’s new Kalkaji-Botanical Garden line will cut down the travel time between Noida and south Delhi. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch the latest Delhi Metro Magenta line on... more
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Ford aims to launch one new model every 15 months in India
Ford has revealed that they are working on a road-map that would ensure a new model launch in Indian market every 15 months.
The company is currently working on their Figo small car that would arrive in India sometime next year.
Ford spoke about the small car segment in the Indian market: “If you want to be in the game here in India, you have got to be in that segment. If not, you’ll be an interesting niche player, not a mainstream player. And Ford wants to be a mainstream player here.”
Ford is a giant in the US market but only has a 2% market share in India. The small car launch would boost their sales and market share. But it would require them to do a lot more if they want to challenge Maruti Suzuki India or Hyundai.


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Sony and Microsoft’s consoles are getting compared every day and the only department where Sony can clearly say that it’s PlayStation 4 has the upper hand over Xbox One is exclusive games. Sony is known for investing lots of revenue into single-player games that can only be found on PlayStation 4 and the best example of this is God of War which one the GOTY (game of the year) award. Well, it looks like Microsoft has finally decided to step up to the challenge and it announced that it will reveal 14 new Xbox games during the upcoming E3 event.
New Microsoft Games
Phil Spencer is the head of Xbox and he made the following statement earlier today: “Just finishing our final E3 rehearsal here with the team in Redmond. Feel really good about the briefing. Lots to show. We have 14 Xbox Game Studios games in the show this year, more first party games than we’ve ever had in the show. Fun times. #XboxE3”.
From the looks of it, Microsoft is going to launch 14 games during the upcoming months. However, that is not the most interesting thing that Phil Spencer said. What stands out the most is that a large part of those games are going to be first-party games.
Even though we don’t know what games the 14 titles will be, we can be sure that they will finally give Microsoft’s Xbox One and Xbox One X the advantage that they need in order to get ahead of PlayStation 4.
Xbox One X currently holds the title of being the “world’s most powerful console”. However, this doesn’t mean anything to gamers if they can’t access amazing games and fortunately, this is going to change after the highly anticipated E3 event takes place.


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Major investment will build region’s reputation as “a great place to live and do business”;
Darlington, Easington, Ebchester, Norton, Wellfield, Dunston, Whickham, Seaton Delaval, Birtley, Beamish, Barnard Castle and Redcar included in BT’s roll-out of high-speed fibre broadband
BT today announced a major expansion of high-speed fibre broadband in the North East, which is expected to help create jobs and give a big boost to the local economy.
A further 121,000 homes and businesses in the region are to be included in BT’s £2.5 billion commercial roll-out of fibre broadband in the UK.
The 12 latest North East communities to benefit - Darlington, Easington, Ebchester, Norton, Wellfield, Dunston, Whickham, Seaton Delaval, Birtley, Beamish, Barnard Castle and Redcar - will be upgraded by the end of Spring 2014. The expansion also includes a substantial investment in making fibre broadband more widely available in areas which already have the high-speed technology or are due to receive it.
Councils and business leaders said today that the investment would help to build confidence of an economic recovery among local households and businesses.
It will take the total number of premises with access to fibre broadband in the North East to more than 735,000. More than 530,000 are already able to get the service - and BT is keen to bring more communities within reach by working with the public sector.
Farooq Hakim, BT’s North East regional director, said: “This latest investment is a major vote of confidence in the future success of the North East. It will be a key part of our economic revival as we finally shrug off the effects of the downturn and create a better, more prosperous future.
“Fast, sophisticated communications are the cornerstone of a successful community, helping local people to build their skills and knowledge and encouraging the creation of new businesses and jobs. This exciting technology will transform on-line education, training and leisure for households and enhance the competitiveness of local firms.
“BT has now announced plans to make fibre broadband available to more than 735,000 North East homes and businesses. Reaching that target will be a substantial achievement, but we want to go much further by working with the public sector to bring this exciting technology to more challenging areas.”
BT’s local network business, Openreach, will be making fibre broadband available to two-thirds of UK homes and businesses by the end of Spring 2014. The roll-out uses a mix of fibre to the cabinet (FTTC) and fibre to the premises (FTTP) technologies. More than 13 million UK premises can already access fibre broadband and this figure is increasing by around 100,000 every week.
Both technologies offer speeds many times faster than the current UK average, reported by the regulator Ofcom to be 9Mbps. FTTC, where fibre is delivered to new street cabinets, offers download speeds of up to 80Mbps and upload speeds of up to 20Mbps1.
FTTP, where fibre runs all the way to homes and businesses, offers a variety of download speeds with the current top speed being 330Mbps1. From Spring 2013 BT aims to make speeds of 330Mbps2 available on demand in any area where FTTC has been deployed2.
BT’s network is available on an open, wholesale basis to all companies providing broadband services so North East households and businesses will benefit from a highly competitive market.
Internet users with a fibre broadband connection can do much more online, all at the same time. A family can download a movie, watch a TV replay service, surf the net and play games online simultaneously. A whole album can be downloaded in less than 30 seconds and a feature length HD movie in less than 10 minutes, whilst high-resolution photos can be uploaded to Facebook in seconds.
The upload speeds are the fastest widely available to consumers in the UK, with large video and data files being sent almost instantly and hi-resolution photos posted online in seconds. And high quality voice and video calls mean businesses can keep in touch with customers while they cut down on travel.
For further information on Openreach’s fibre broadband programme visit www.superfast-openreach.co.uk
North East locations included in today’s announcement: Darlington, Easington, Ebchester, Norton, Wellfield, Dunston, Whickham, Seaton Delaval, Redcar, Birtley, Barnard Castle and Beamish
Notes to editors
1 These are the top wholesale speeds available from Openreach to all service providers; speeds offered by service providers may vary.
2 Openreach will levy an installation charge for FTTP on demand. It will be up to service providers to decide whether they pass that onto businesses or consumers wishing to take advantage of the product.
Due to the current network topography, and the economics of deployment, it is likely that some premises within the selected exchange areas will not initially be able to access fibre-based broadband. Alternative solutions for these locations are being investigated.


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NEW YORK — Even as the economy extends its growth and small businesses slowly add jobs, most owners are still holding off on hiring.
Small businesses have not been hiring at the pace that’s needed for a robust economic recovery, and many owners have no plans to add to their payrolls, according to recent surveys. In three released last week, the most optimistic reading came from Bank of America Corp., which found that 52 percent of owners plan to hire over the next 12 months. But Wells Fargo & Co. found only 21 percent planned to hire, and in a Citibank survey, 25 percent had plans — numbers consistent with other surveys in the past year.
Some owners who do want to hire face obstacles like finding workers who can and want to do the job. In monthly reports from the National Federation of Independent Business, owners have said they can’t find people with the skills they need.
What will it take for companies to hire? The answer differs from one business to another.
WANTED: FOUR CLIENTS
Marilyn Trent estimates it would take four more clients bringing in revenue of about $250,000 for her to hire for her company that designs websites and company logos. Trent Creative is based in Detroit, where the local economy has been hurt by the devastation the auto industry suffered during the recession.
Competition is a problem. Even with the city’s troubled economy, plenty of companies do the kind of work Trent does. Trent Creative has enough clients to keep the company’s seven employees busy, but they’re not overworked. So at this point, Trent has no need to hire.
But she’s optimistic she’ll get more clients. Trent specializes in work for manufacturing companies, and their business is picking up as their customers, Detroit’s automakers, sell more cars. She needs to do more sales work to persuade them to create or update their web pages.


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About a month ago, The Onion posted an article to its Facebook page with the headline, "Complete Idiot Forgot to Shave Area Between Nose and Mouth." The complete idiot, you might have guessed, sports a mustache. The Facebook post has more than 13,000 "likes," nearly 2,200 shares and reams of comments. It's also a sponsored post for the Schick Xtreme3 razor -- and labeled on Facebook as one in a very Onion kind of way: "There is a stone where our soul once was. Enjoy this #sponsored content."
Some ad-sales execs would probably sell their own souls for those kind of sharing numbers. Brands are increasingly relying on publishers to not only produce sponsored content, but also ensure their audiences actually read and engage with it.
"Distribution is as important as creation in the content space," said Scott Donaton, chief content officer at DigitasLBi North America.
The Onion remains very Onion-y about the whole thing. "All we're doing is making fun of the idea of sponsored content," said Hassan Ali Khan, The Onion's VP of marketing. Well, that and charging money for it.
Sponsored content is serious business for The Onion, where more than 90% of its ad deals include a custom component, according to Onion President Mike McAvoy. The Chicago-based publisher is also home to an in-house creative agency, Onion Labs, which is run by former Energy BBDO exec Rick Hamann, who hasn't been shy about luring away others from the agency side.
Mr. Ali Khan, for instance, spent a year at Anomaly before joining The Onion, where his team is responsible for getting people to read the articles and watch the videos that advertisers pay to promote, like the Schick post. Other examples of his team's work using Facebook and Twitter to entice readers to paid content:
- Do you dare to expect an apology for this sponsored content? Are you actually so bold as to challenge our judgment?
- Click on this link and know the rush of being part of journalism's decay. Brought to you by Four Loko
- The Onion is seeking an 18-to-35 year old for a job as a #sponsored content reader. You will not be compensated.
The last example was a tweet that directed readers to the article, "Area Man Not About To Tie His Shoe When He's 4 Blocks Away From Sitting Down." Reebok sponsored the story as part of its campaign to reintroduce the Pump sneaker. It was retweeted 120 times and garnered 240 favorites.
"You have to comment on the absurdity of the culture around what the product does," Mr. Ali Khan said. Engagement rates with sponsored content are "on par with other posts we do," he added.
Reebok was pleased with the engagement it saw from the campaign on The Onion. "It was one of the top drivers of traffic," said Jessica Ruscito, director of U.S. media and digital for Reebok, which went to The Onion because comedy resonates with its target consumers. "Those headlines capture the attention of the audience," Ms. Ruscito said.
The Onion, which stopped printing a weekly newspaper almost two years ago to become a digital-only publisher, satirizes the news by adopting the look and feel of actual news sites. But many of the sites it seeks to parody -- such as the New York Times, Washington Post and Atlantic -- don't actually promote sponsored content on their Facebook pages. Some digital-only publishers do; Vox, for example, labels such Facebook updates as coming from a sponsor.
There are lessons for other publishers, said Sam Slaughter, VP of content at Contently, which helps brands with their content marketing. "The Onion's sponsored stuff is satirical … like everything else it publishes," he explained. "If another publisher is about thoughtfulness and intelligence, its sponsored content needs to be thoughtfulness and intelligence. If it's a magazine about humor and gossip, that piece of content should follow that tone as well."
That extends to the messages it uses on social media to promote the sponsored content. "It's about having that same tone, but not hiding -- being transparent about where it comes," he added.


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Gravity Crash out in November [Update]
Update – Stewart told us this morning the game’s actually out in December.
Just Add Water boss Stewart Gilray said at the EG Expo yesterday that PSN-only vector-graphics shooter Gravity Crash is to release in November.
That’s the European date, apparently, with a Japanese release happening soon after.


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FOR years the car industry has made its customers sweat the financial sizing up.
From proof of income to employer details to credit rating analysis, quick it isn’t. Yet fintech and AI promises to strip this bureaucratic triathlon to a few swipes and a digital signature – in theory.
Given all the governance responsibilities around lending, is this realistic? Responsible, even?
Martin Hill, MD of finance and insurance integrations player DealTrak, claims his company’s software acts as a ‘glue’ to bind insurance and finance players closer.
“One signature for the finance sale – absolutely not a problem. There are lenders doing that now. But a car dealer will want something that demonstrates that the customer understands the compliance journey.”
This demands a series of ‘clicks’, so the customer understands the questions they’ve answered. It’s quite possible – now – to take the paperwork out of the process. But not all of it.
“That’s largely,” says Hill, “because the finance and insurance journey, the car journey and the compliance journey that ties them together, have differing demands.”
As well as different operational cultures. Uneven consumer financial confidence and, sometimes, sub-par negotiation skills, used to hand sales an advantage. But a swipe of a smart phone now tells almost anyone if a deal, including options, is good or not.
The human ‘bit’
The balance of power has fundamentally changed: many consumers will put in more than 14 hours online vehicle research before they get near a dealership says Andy Alderson of online leasing broker Vanarama. “Realistically they know as much or more about a vehicle than the salesperson.”
Scott Norville, MD of Silverstone Fleet Management, says digital tech is capable of a 72-hour order-to-delivery now. “The customer,” he says, “searches for their new car, can order online directly, then signs the finance documents with ‘esign’ and the car is delivered the next day.”
Norville says they’ve had success up to a point with the model. But human interaction is still important. “The customer, no matter how they have ordered, likes to talk to the company before finalising the deal.”
“It’s different for low ticket items, but vehicles are a different matter. Customers need to check specifications, confirm delivery. It’s also best practice for the broker to confirm personal information before the proposal is submitted to the finance house.”
Regs seen and unseen
With margins for most volume players at less than 2% the car industry has to manage and anticipate the long-term income streams – parts, bodyshop, servicing – as well as finance and insurance – if it is to meaningfully sustain itself.
What’s less obvious, points out DealTrak’s Martin Hill, is that cost-heavy compliance is not just across the sales desk and showroom but all over the business: dispute resolution, systems & controls, training & competence, fit-and-proper people…
“The fact that you have a tick in a box for people to understand what they’ve bought is great. But that’s just one of a myriad of regulations you must adhere to.”
Much of the usual data requirements for vehicle finance tends to be funnelled via a credit reference agency, such as Experian.
When there’s a shortfall in historical info, London-based fintech credit assessment company Aire says finance customers are invited “to provide additional financial and lifestyle information through a short online interview”.
“Answers provided by applicants,” says Aire’s chief commercial officer Matt Davies, “are validated with machine learning algorithms to give a precise view of credit risk and affordability that allow an automated, real-time decision.”
In other words, more context is allowed in. Davies reckons there are 6m ‘thin-file consumers’ in the UK. “Lenders who rely only on historic and often outdated or incomplete data sources to assess consumers will find many people falling through the gaps,” he adds.
Where does this, then, leave the ‘click-and-go’ idea for everyone else? Somewhat, it seems, delayed – which actually might just be fine.
Making a living in the digital environment is super-tough
- Finance and insurance income is under competitive pressure – both of these income streams are now regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). Up-coming FCA rules (due later in 2020) may ban commission that give brokers incentive to raise customer interest rates. It’s also likely that finance commissions will become much more explicit to consumers
- “It is not clear to us,” said the FCA in 2019, “why brokers should have such wide discretion to set or adjust interest rates, to earn more commission, and we are concerned that lenders are not doing enough to monitor and reduce the risk of harm”
- Many motor industry professionals joined the industry before it was regulated by the financial watchdog – so there’s much less room for natural sales talent and ‘deal-making’ than in the past. Consumer credit has been regulated since 2014


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Model Hailey Bieber is being sued by two former college roommates who developed a successful clothing brand under the “Rhode” trademark on Tuesday, claiming that she’s infringing on their trademark.
A federal trademark infringement action filed in Manhattan federal court requested that a judge cite trademark infringement and prohibit Bieber from selling or marketing any items bearing the Rhode brand. There was a separate claim for undisclosed damages.
According to the lawsuit, Hailey Bieber, an Instagram celebrity with over 45 million followers, needed judicial assistance since she has opened a skin care brand and has applied for trademarks to sell apparel.
According to the complaint, Hailey Bieber’s husband, artist Justin Bieber, has marketed her company to his 243 million Instagram followers, collecting 1.5 million likes with a single posting. There was no instant response from her attorney to our request for comment.
Purna Khatau and Phoebe Vickers have filed a lawsuit in an attempt to save the business they started in 2014 when they abandoned their day jobs to launch a high-end apparel and accessory line aimed at “feminine, confident, and well-traveled women.”
Their goods have been featured in Vogue, sold at Saks Fifth Avenue and Neiman Marcus, and worn by celebrities like Beyonce, Mindy Kaling, and Rihanna since then, according to the company’s statement. According to the complaint, sales are expected to reach $14.5 million this year.


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The following FAQ list appeared on Computerworld U.S.:
Even though it has had its own problems of late, Windows XP remainsthe most-used version of Windows. The newest data from Web metricsvendor Net Applications Inc., for example, pegs XP as driving 73% ofthe personal computers that went online last month, five times thenearest competitor, Microsoft Corp.’s own Windows Vista.
Which is why an impending deadline five weeks from today is important.
According to Microsoft, June 30 is the last day it will permitretailers and OEMs to sell the nearly-seven-year-old operating system.
You’ll have questions as that date approaches, including whether thedeadline will drive up prices (gouging, anyone?); we plan to have theanswers, starting with this FAQ and continuing through the end of nextmonth.
How long until Microsoft shuts off the XP spigot?Five weeks from today is the last day Microsoft will officially allowretailers to sell the old operating system, and let major computermakers — called “OEMs,” for “original equipment manufacturers” — tosell PCs with XP pre-installed.
Monday, June 30, is the EOL, or End-Of-Life, a term Dell Inc., notMicrosoft, has publicly used, for XP’s retail and OEM availability.
So what’s the June 18 date I’ve heard about? That’sthe day that Dell has said is the last possible day for its customersto buy a machine running Windows XP. “To meet Microsoft’s June 30last-day-to-ship OEM Windows XP deadline, June 18 is the last time topurchase a Dell laptop, desktop, or workstation with an OEM Windows XPlicense,” Dell says on its Web site.
Other big-name OEMs, such as Hewlett-Packard Co. and Lenovo, havenot announced cut-off dates, but must also abide by Microsoft’s rulesthat no XP-based system ships after June 30.
Are there any loopholes? Sure, and they’re bigenough to steer the Titanic through. A “downgrade” clause inMicrosoft’s guidelines for OEMs lets computer makers install Windows XPProfessional — but not the more common and less expensive Windows XPHome — on new PCs at customer request when those machines are orderedwith Windows Vista Business or Windows Vista Ultimate.
Dell took advantage of the clause to announce last month that itwould use the downgrade rights of Vista Business and Vista Ultimate toinstall XP Professional free of charge at the factory. Assumingcustomers want to, they can later use the included Vista installationmedia to upgrade from XP Professional. of the clause Other vendors aredoing similar things. HP, for example, also offers a freeat-the-factory XP Professional downgrade option on some systems soldwith Vista Business.
Can I still buy Windows XP? Absolutely. In fact, we’ve started tracking retail availability and pricing at three popular online technology outlets – Amazon.com, Buy.com and Newegg.com — to gauge whether the operating system is in stock and what it’s selling for.
For the three-day stretch leading up to Monday, May 26, all threeoutlets have Windows XP Home OEM — the least-expensive version of theOS, but also the one that comes with the most restrictions — in stockand ready to ship for those who want to downgrade a Vista machine ontheir own, or who prefer to have a backup license in hand.
The prices for May 26, shipping included, were $95.15 at Amazon.com, $100.24 at Buy.com, and $89.99 at Newegg.com.
We’ll revisit those stores on a regular basis, and report ourfindings in future FAQs or stories in the run-up to the June 30 EOL.
Will I be able to buy Windows XP after June 30?Affirmative. There’s already a healthy market for the workhorse oneBay, the online auction site that sells both old and new stuff. Thatwon’t disappear overnight.
Again, we’ve started tracking eBay’s listings for a couple ofWindows XP metrics: How many items pop up when a search using thestring “windows xp” is run on the site, and the current lowest “Buy ItNow” price for Windows XP Home OEM.
We tried several different searches on eBay. During the three daysprior to the 26th we found 1,804 results for “windows xp;” 1,080results for “windows xp” narrowed down to listing strictly in the“Software” category; and 675 results for “windows xp” narrowed to notjust the Software category but by “operating system” and “windows.” Theauction site’s lowest prices, shipping included, for a legitimate copyof Windows XP Home OEM for the three days were $91.75 for May 23 and 24(that is, Friday and Saturday), with a slight uptick to $92.00 onSunday.
We’ll monitor eBay’s XP listings and prices to see if, for example,more sellers start flogging the OS as June 30 approaches, and whetherprices move as the end draws near.


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Bitcoin is booming
We are going to look at cryptocurrencies and or bitcoin in terms of currency to transact ~ Uber CEO
We sold 17 cars, Bentleys and Rolls for bitcoin ~ Tilman Fertitta (American billionaire businessman)
Tesla buys $1.5 billion in bitcoin, plans to accept it as payment ~ Elon musk
There's been a lot of news about digital currencies lately. Companies like tesla, square and PayPal have been getting into cryptocurrencies in a big way, with big billion dollar bets on bitcoin specifically. It’s adding mainstream credibility to cryptocurrency. All of this is forcing the countries to get more serious about their digital currency. Whether this turns bitcoin in a viable currency is that of a speculative investment or a store of value, remains to be seen.
Growing number of governments around the world that aren’t going to wait around. Sweden is testing an e-krona China, Europe, USA, and emerging economies have introduced pilot programs. In 2020 about 60% of the world 65 central banks surveyed that they’re experimenting with digital currencies. That’s up 18% compared to 2019. Advocates say digital money can make cross border payments easier, promote financial exclusion and payment system stability. There’s also a number of risks, as some say the surveillance and privacy issue of the central banks able to monitor every transaction. But for all we know they might be doing that already.
China is also experimenting in a very large scale with digital currency, when the world arrives in Beijing next winter for the Winter Olympics, they’re going to be using the digital RMB to shop and to stay in hotels and buy meals in restaurants. The world is going to see a functioning central bank digital currency very soon in the coming year.
The European central banks is working with the European commission and experiments to consider the benefits of the digital euro. It will decide whether to launch the digital euro in mid 2021.
The U.S. is playing catch-up. In late February 2021, Fed Chairman Jerome Powell said the U.S. will engage with the public on the digital dollar this year. In terms of human and institutional engagements the United States is certainly behind the scale and scope of what china and Europe is doing. But on the other hand, being first or second is not what’s important here, it’s about doing it right.
If we solely rely on digital currency and there is a massive power outage or a hack, it could jeopardize the entire system. That's why the central banks say that the CBDCs (central bank digital currencies) will co-exist with other forms of physical currencies.
People may be inclined to pull their money from commercial banks to place it in CDBCs. This can make the financial crisis situation more unstable.
Banks love the idea of having your money & selling your data. Governments love it too.
There is a danger that we might end up creating a central honey pot of data. Payment data is very sensitive, we usually don’t want to gather all the data in one place. That's why we should ask ourselves whether we want to collect that data at all?
Some risks explained above are mitigated by decentralization which can be found in cryptocurrencies like bitcoin, Ethereum, Cardona and so on…
One thing is certain, Digital currencies will be part of our future. Central banks moving to digital currency for international transactions instead of the traditional SWIFT system is an excellent thing and a long time coming. For regular people though there isn’t really any change. I haven’t used cash more than a dozen times in total over the past 5 years. For young people (at least where I live) cash is a bit of a novelty, and it’s kind of weird to see people use it.


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Global Marketing News – 14th July 2015
UK online spending has grown 221% in last 5 years
Visa Europe has released figures showing that online spending in the UK has grown by a staggering 221% in the last 5 years.
In 2010, British Visa cardholders spent just £37 billion online – the figure today is more like £120 billion. This means that online spending has grown on average by 39% each year, compared to a 25% yearly increase in physical transactions using Visa cards over the same time period.
One in every four pounds spent using a Visa card is now spent online, compared to one in five 5 years ago.
The data also revealed that over the last 5 years, £500 billion has been spent online using Visa cards, in around 7.6 billion separate transactions. This means that the average amount spent by British shoppers in one online transaction is £66.
Chinese taxi hailing app Didi Kuaidi raises $2 billion in funding
Uber’s biggest competitor in China, Didi Kuaidi, has raised 2 billion US dollars in its latest round of funding.
Alibaba, Tencent, Ping An Ventures and Capital International Private Equity Fund were named as some of the investors.
Didi Kuaidi is the leading taxi hailing app in China, where it has an estimated 80% of the market share.
It has recently seen substantial growth in its popularity in recent months, having jumped from 1 million rides a day in May to 3 million rides a day today.
Its competitor Uber also has plans to grow its presence in China, having announced that it wants to invest over 1 billion US dollars in its Chinese operations this year. Uber currently operates across 277 cities in over 50 countries worldwide.
ProSiebenSat.1 and Axel Springer discuss merger
The German media companies ProSiebenSat.1 and Axel Springer are in talks regarding a merger of the two businesses.
ProSiebenSat.1 owns a network of German TV channels worth 9.7 billion Euros, and has around a 30% of the German TV market.
Axel Springer owns the popular German newspaper Bild and also the news channel N24. It is worth an estimated 4.7 billion Euros.
Discussions surrounding the merger are currently at an early stage and are likely to face scrutiny from German regulatory and anti-competitiveness watchdogs.
Alibaba invests in Singapore Post Limited and Mei.com
The Chinese ecommerce giant Alibaba has announced several large investments in the last week, while the Chinese stock market has continued to fall.
Alibaba will invest 207 million US dollars in Singapore Post Limited, a postal and courier service that operates across the Asia Pacific region.
Alibaba hopes that investing in the logistics and delivery company will help to reduce the costs of sending items to shoppers, especially to customers based outside of China.
It will also invest an estimated 100 million US dollars in Mei.com, a popular luxury and fashion flash sales website that operates in Asia. Alibaba hopes that this investment will help it to sell more luxury goods in China.
Alibaba is one of the leading ecommerce companies in China. It has recently been withdrawing from Western markets as it seeks to solidify its position at home in Asia.
MasterCard to bring in selfie authentication for payments
And finally, MasterCard will soon allow users to authenticate mobile payments using selfies.
MasterCard already uses biometrics as a security method for mobile payments, with users currently allowed to use their fingerprints to authenticate their identities before making payments.
With selfie authentication, users would look into their phone camera at eye-level and blink once. The blink requirement is in place to stop fraudsters from simply holding up a photograph of a person in front of the camera to get access to their account.
Selfie authentication will not be rolled out immediately, however. Testing involving 500 customers will take place first to identify and fix any issues before the scheme is rolled out more widely. It is not clear how the system would cope with cases of identical twins.
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If you don’t want the bundled mio TV or StarHub cable when you sign up for fibre broadband in Singapore, there’s a new online TV offering from upstart challenger Viewqwest this week – the popular PPTV online TV service from China.
Folks who sign up for Viewqwest’s Freedom VPN plan will get “VIP access” to the PPTV service, which streams thousands of popular Asian drama serials and some Hollywood movies.
Using the virtual private networking (VPN) offered by the fibre broadband service, users get to enjoy the programming as if they are in China. On the TV buff’s menu: 200,000 licensed films and teleplays.
Non-Viewqwest users here can also view PPTV on their PCs and tablets, but Viewqwest says its tie-up with the China player means its programmes are smoothly streamed and don’t come with annoying advertisements that pop up from time to time.
The move by one of Singapore’s new home broadband players will rile its bigger rivals. Such services offer a way to view TV programmes without signing on to traditional pay-TV services from SingTel or StarHub.
Last year, Viewqwest marketed the VPN service as one that hooked up couch potatoes here to American online TV services like Netflix, which charge a low US$7.99 a month for thousands of TV programmes.
But this time, its tie-up with PPTV could attract criticisms of online piracy. In 2011, PPTV was identified among 18 video sites by the National Copyright Administration of China for allegedly providing a wide variety of pirated content.
The PPTV service, however, is among the most popular in China. The company has also burnished its reputation in August 2012 by launching an Asian online TV service with Microsoft’s Internet technology. In 2011, it received a substantial investment from Japanese telecom operator Softbank.
Viewqwest too will stress that it provides only licensed content, especially in Singapore, where the government has been keen to market as a secure hub for Internet data.
The Freedom VPN service, going for S$69.90 a month, will come with the PPTV service and offer 100Mbps downloads. It is likely to attract folks who have been watching online streams of Chinese TV programmes.


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The Uttar Pradesh government has been planning to give out free laptops and smartphones to its students. Last week, the state government announced that it will start giving out the gadgets to eligible students by the second week of December. The UP Govt plans to bring about a digital revolution by providing access to necessary hardware to students. It plans to cover nearly 20 lakh students under this initiative. Also Read - Amazon Great Republic Day sale: Offers on OnePlus, Realme, Redmi smartphones
Who is eligible for free laptop and smartphone
Initially the government plans to give free laptops and smartphones to students of class XII who have managed to score more than 65 percent. Only UP Board students will be eligible for the distribution of the free gadgets. Under the target 20 lakh students, the government also plans to offer the digital push to students of class X in UP Board. Also Read - Are you also disappointed with smartphone brands like OnePlus, Samsung, more for delaying India launch of their products, here’s the reason why
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How will the distribution happen
The UP government plans to soon launch the DG Shakti Portal which will be inaugurated by the Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. The portal is expected to be launched this week, according to government estimates. Once the portal is up and running students will be provided information via their registered mobile number and email ID. The process for registering on the portal will be completely free.
The government had already floated a tender worth Rs 4,700 crore for eligible smartphone, laptop manufacturers.
How will the government get access to list of eligible students for the scheme
The data will be transferred from the school and colleges to their university and the government plans to extract data from there. Till last week, the government had announced that data of almost 27 lakh students was uploaded to the DG Shakti Portal and the government plans to expedite the process further. The students may start getting the notification about their laptop and smartphone after the govt launches the DG Shakti portal.


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We live in a 21st-century world where we can summon a car with a few taps on a smartphone. In fact, we shop online for just about everything, from clothes and books to cars and even houses. But when it comes to food, most of us still end up at our local supermarket, where we push wobbly metal carts down the aisles, grab wares off the shelves, and then stand in long lines while a clerk tallies up our purchases and bags them for us. In 2015, Americans purchased nearly $650 million in groceries that way from the nation's supermarkets — sprawling 20th-century-style emporiums that stock, on average, about 39,500 different items apiece, according to industry website FMI.org.
But experts say that that's all about to change, big time. The grocery industry, with its razor-thin profit margins, high labor costs and antiquated method of peddling its wares, is headed for a drastic makeover. Already, we've seen the emergence of online ordering and delivery services such as Peapod and Instacart, which Morgan Stanley analysts predicted would be used by up to a third of U.S. shoppers last year.
But that's just the start. Experts say that in the near future, the food shopping experience will be reshaped by technologies ranging from augmented reality and robotics to the Internet of Things' power to gather mountains of data about our purchasing habits and preferences.
Checkout lines, for example, are likely to vanish. Amazon's prototype Amazon Go supermarket in Seattle borrows sensing technology from self-driving cars to spot what products customers are putting in their carts, and then automatically bills the purchases to their Amazon account. When they're done shopping, they just leave the store.
"As the 'click-and-collect' programs improve we will see more stores and consumers using it," says grocery industry analyst David Livingston of DJL Research. Over time, Livingston expects such services to become more and more sophisticated, so that you may not even have to put the food in your cart. Instead, you might point your smart phone at an image of an item, and the store will have it ready for pickup at the door — or else will deliver it straight to your home. Delivery service could become a lot cheaper once robots are loading the goods into driverless vehicles that companies such as Alphabet, the parent company of Google, are working to develop.
Already, major U.S. grocery chain Kroger is using a technology platform called QueVision, which uses sensors distributed throughout the store to give managers a sense of how many customers are in the store at any given time. But in the near future, stores may combine sensing technology, smartphone shopping apps and even facial recognition software already being used to catch shoplifters to recognize you the moment you enter the store. The smart supermarket might offer a personalized shopping experience by making suggestions based on your previous purchases. That information might come to you via an augmented reality device such as the Microsoft HoloLens, which could mix data and even holographic images into your vision field.
"When you walk through the grocery store of the future, the information will come to the consumer," predicts futurist Jack Uldrich, who advises companies on how to prepare for trends. "It'll tell you where the food came from, how many calories are in it, and what's on sale this week."
We may also do more in supermarkets besides just shop for breakfast cereal and apples. Uldrich envisions grocery stores trying to evolve into gathering spots where people will come to take yoga or cooking classes, or simply hang out and see the neighbors, in addition to buying food. "Just like your local Starbucks is a social experience, the local grocer could do the same thing," he says. "I think you'll see a lot of experimenting in that area."


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UPDATE: The release date for the Nike LunarCharge – the intriguing new silhouette from the Swoosh – is almost upon us. We've just received our first look at the sneaker on-foot from Titolo and it looks every bit as good as you'd expect. The Nike LunarCharge drops worldwide at select Nike retailers on November 18.
UPDATE: Nike's new kid on the block, the LunarCharge, has been turning heads all over cyberspace – and now it's time to take a closer look. The mashup is looking just as good from every angle, we can't wait to see how they go on foot.
It’s not every day that the folks at Beaverton announce they've got a new creation coming to stores. What you’re looking at is the newest Swoosh silhouette: the LunarCharge.
Just like a good DJ – Nike have presented a mix that’s familiar enough, but foreign enough to be intriguing. They’ve done so by building a shoe from a medley of greatest hits. The LunarCharge boasts Neoprene from the Air Flow, eyelets from the Air Max 90, an internal bootie from the Air Presto and a laser-siped sole from the LunarEpic. Everything is then bundled up into a package informed by the Air Current to produce a banger that'll make you want to get up and move.
The Nike LunarCharge is set to release from select Nike stockists on November 18.
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CNNIC promotes Cathy Ibal to senior VP of EMEA
CNN International Commercial (CNNIC) has promoted Cathy Ibal to senior vice president of the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region. Ibal will be based in Paris and will report to Rani Raad, president of CNNIC.
The new position is an expansion of her previous role where she was vice president of advertising sales for the Middle East, Africa and Southern, Central and Eastern Europe.
In her new role, Ibal will lead CNN's commercial teams responsible for France, Switzerland, Germany, Austria and Belgium markets working with new partners and long-standing advertisers in sectors such as luxury, banking, finance, travel and tourism.
She is also now responsible for managing and growing a large portfolio of clients, connecting a wide variety of brands with CNN audiences across TV, digital and social platforms using innovative content and data solutions.
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April 6, 2018
Jay Franco will create products from Nickelodeon properties including Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Winx Club, Dora the Explorer, SpongeBob SquarePants, Team Umizoomi and Victorious.
"We are thrilled to be working with Jay Franco and Sons to develop exciting product lines based on our newest boy property, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and our newest girl property, Winx Club," says Hal Snik, senior vice president, soft lines licensing, Nickelodeon Consumer Products. "This partnership also allows us to leverage Jay Franco’s relationships at specialty and department stores to introduce new products from our most popular Nickelodeon shows, including SpongeBob SquarePants, Dora the Explorer, Team Umizoomi and Victorious."
"We believe that Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles will be a very important boy brand thatwill allow us to offer exciting fresh products for TMNT fans of all ages," says Joseph A. Franco, vice president of Jay Franco and Sons. "We’re also looking forward to introducing a new line of products for girls based on the Winx Club."
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Safir Wealth Advisors LLC purchased a new position in Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL – Get Rating) in the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor purchased 1,200 shares of the iPhone maker’s stock, valued at approximately $210,000. Apple accounts for 0.2% of Safir Wealth Advisors LLC’s portfolio, making the stock its 16th biggest holding.
A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of AAPL. Joseph Group Capital Management acquired a new position in shares of Apple in the 4th quarter valued at approximately $1,631,000. Cardinal Capital Management Inc. raised its position in shares of Apple by 5,525.0% in the 1st quarter. Cardinal Capital Management Inc. now owns 225 shares of the iPhone maker’s stock valued at $39,000 after purchasing an additional 221 shares in the last quarter. Shore Point Advisors LLC acquired a new position in shares of Apple in the 4th quarter valued at approximately $41,000. St. James Investment Advisors LLC acquired a new position in shares of Apple in the 4th quarter valued at approximately $57,000. Finally, Econ Financial Services Corp acquired a new position in shares of Apple in the 4th quarter valued at approximately $58,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 57.98% of the company’s stock.
Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth
A number of equities analysts have issued reports on the company. Loop Capital cut their target price on Apple from $210.00 to $180.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, May 25th. Oppenheimer reissued an “outperform” rating and set a $190.00 price target on shares of Apple in a research report on Wednesday, June 8th. Sanford C. Bernstein set a $170.00 price target on Apple in a research report on Monday, May 2nd. Morgan Stanley dropped their price target on Apple from $185.00 to $180.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, July 20th. Finally, Piper Sandler dropped their price target on Apple from $200.00 to $195.00 in a research report on Friday, April 29th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, eight have issued a hold rating, twenty-one have issued a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Apple currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $179.04.
Apple Trading Up 3.3 %
Shares of AAPL stock opened at $162.51 on Monday. The stock has a 50-day simple moving average of $144.31 and a 200 day simple moving average of $157.20. Apple Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $129.04 and a fifty-two week high of $182.94. The stock has a market capitalization of $2.63 trillion, a P/E ratio of 26.38, a P/E/G ratio of 1.97 and a beta of 1.19. The company has a quick ratio of 0.88, a current ratio of 0.93 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.53.
Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL – Get Rating) last announced its earnings results on Thursday, July 28th. The iPhone maker reported $1.20 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.14 by $0.06. Apple had a return on equity of 152.88% and a net margin of 26.41%. The business had revenue of $82.96 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $82.97 billion. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $1.30 earnings per share. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 1.9% on a year-over-year basis. On average, sell-side analysts expect that Apple Inc. will post 6.09 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.
Apple Dividend Announcement
The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, August 11th. Stockholders of record on Monday, August 8th will be issued a dividend of $0.23 per share. This represents a $0.92 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.57%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, August 5th. Apple’s dividend payout ratio is 14.94%.
Apple announced that its Board of Directors has initiated a stock repurchase program on Thursday, April 28th that allows the company to repurchase $90.00 billion in shares. This repurchase authorization allows the iPhone maker to purchase up to 3.5% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase programs are generally an indication that the company’s management believes its shares are undervalued.
In other news, SVP Katherine L. Adams sold 25,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, May 4th. The stock was sold at an average price of $161.72, for a total transaction of $4,043,000.00. Following the completion of the sale, the senior vice president now directly owns 452,334 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $73,151,454.48. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. 0.06% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.
Apple Inc designs, manufactures, and markets smartphones, personal computers, tablets, wearables, and accessories worldwide. It also sells various related services. In addition, the company offers iPhone, a line of smartphones; Mac, a line of personal computers; iPad, a line of multi-purpose tablets; AirPods Max, an over-ear wireless headphone; and wearables, home, and accessories comprising AirPods, Apple TV, Apple Watch, Beats products, HomePod, and iPod touch.
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GreenLight will handle advertising and promotional opportunities for personality rights and trademarks, including Ali’s name, image, likeness, signatures and characterisations exclusively in Europe and Asia Pacific.
MAE selected GreenLight, which conducts thousands of clearances every year for clients worldwide, for its global network of licensing connections.
Through the agreement, MAE and GreenLight’s parent company, Corbis Images, a leading visual media provider for the creative community, will share reciprocal access to each other’s historic collections of Ali digital media.
This will provide clients easy access to the best Ali images and video of the legendary athlete and his journey throughout the decades.
“Muhammad Ali remains among the most recognisable people on earth,” said David Reeder, VP, Greenlight.
“His success as a boxer is widely respected, but Ali's greatest triumph lies in his legacy as a champion, leader, humanitarian, and artist. His work both inside and outside the ring truly makes Muhammad Ali The Greatest of All Time.”
Kelly Hill, vice president, Worldwide Licensing of MAE, added: “We have been impressed with the way Greenlight manages other iconic brands.
“Our partnership with a truly global company like Greenlight will help us leverage Ali’s universal appeal and effectively manage advertising and endorsement activities on his behalf around the world.”


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As Britain enters a new lockdown, EasyJet cancels return flights, but omits important flyers' rights
Dutch courts ruled Airbnb couldn't collect from host and renter; now Airbnb is suing the suers.
New rules for short-term rentals in the Netherlands have kicked in, but they are off to a slow start as tourism lags.
With empty homes and a declining population, a town tries a new tactic to build a tourism trade and win new inhabitants.
Sicily wants its tourism back, and it's willing to put up some serious incentives to get it going again.
April 17 will be a big day for Irish tourism attractions that are offering free admission.
Looking for a fun and free thing to do while in Kansas City? Samantha suggests the Hallmark Visitor's Center. It is fun for the whole family.
Another airline gets ready to charge another fee, this one for carry-on luggage that was formerly free.
The National Park Service will waive entrance fees on five days in 2020—your chance to plan a family trip.
The discount bus price war continues with a new round of nearly-free tickets from Megabus.
It's a time-limited flash sale, so check it out fast!
A new seat design aims to promote better sleep on planes, and a little more privacy.
Washington gets plenty of visitors from all over, but it's looking for more overnight stays from its neighbors.
Sun Country doesn't want to be a one-note Minneapolis-to-warm-weather airline anymore. It's hoping its several innovations add up to a win.
Spirit is growing so fast it wants to lease more jets while it waits for deliveries of its own.


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Manufacturer Finds Success in Niche Markets
The Macomb Pella Windows plant has kept production lines humming even through the recession.
Pella manufactures windows and doors with an eye toward new home construction. Information Technology Coordinator John Swanson said the company weathered the downturn by turning to new opportunities in construction of rental properties.
He said, “If there's a transition in some of the ways people are coming out of college even. The new families that are developed and are going into rentals and apartment complexes. We need to be able to play into that market and I think they did a very good job.”
In fact, the company showed a sales uptick.
It's not the first time the company found a new market in the last few years.
Swanson said the company added pre-finishing of windows at the Macomb plant. The factory can match most colors or stains a customer requests.
The Macomb plant opened in 2006. Swanson said it has been a work in progress since. By that, he means the plant is continually changing to provide greater efficiency. In the last three years, the production layout has changed greatly.


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More than 700 runners made tracks this weekend in the first annual “Cruise with Shoes” 5k Fun Run sponsored by the website Fitness Life Stories.
Corpus Christi, TX -- (SBWIRE) -- 07/03/2014 -- Fitness Life Stories sponsored AMG Services’ first annual “Cruise with Shoes” 5k run this weekend. The event saw a turnout of more than 700 runners, which was more than double the expected 300 participants. The run was preceded by a costume contest where winners were judged on the creativity of their ‘50s-themed pink lady and greaser costumes. Prizes were given both to individuals and groups.
AMG Services is a health conscious company. The company’s main concern focuses on bringing awareness to health issues while helping others become more health-conscious in order to lead better lives, whether it is through fitness or eating right. AMG Services has been a leader in the world of health and fitness support for more than 18 years and choose to support the community with health and fitness information as well as live events, such as “Cruise with Shoes.”
“It’s a great event,” said Jim Stockwell, executive director AMG Services. “How many chances do you get to run on down a huge street with several hundred vintage cars?”
The run began at 9 AM and lasted several hours. The event attracted athletes and families alike: some participants were sporting elaborate tattoos and fancy running gear, while others pushed strollers. Every person is encouraged to participate no matter their level of fitness.
“It’s a great way to attract a younger, more environmentally friendly crowd to the “Cruise with Shoes” event,” said Patty Larson, founder of Fitness Life Stories and event attendee. “It’s geared toward the whole family, and we love that. I think that is what got large numbers young people and runners involved.”
By Lillie Benson
About Fitness Life Stories
Fitness Life Stories is an online publication dedicated to bringing readers the very best in encouraging stories of both professional and unprofessional athletes overcoming fitness challenges. The mission of Fitness Life Stories is to raise awareness and give support to causes that help people lead healthier and happier lives.
For more information, please visit: http://fitnesslifestories.com/


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It goes without saying that things are not going exactly as planned for Windows RT, Microsoft’s newest operating system tailor made for tablets and devices that are powered by ARM chips.
But the fanfare that followed the announcement of Windows on ARM has not quite translated to sales numbers. Various reports have confirmed disappoint sales, which in turn has led to a number of large hardware vendors walking out on the platform.
From Samsung to Asus, multiple companies are either playing the waiting game, or have outright announced their plans to abandon the RT platform and shift focus to the full version of Windows 8.
Microsoft, however, still seems very keen to continue development of Windows RT, and the company has even promised to release even more ARM based devices in the months to come.
A Redmond spokesperson, in a short interview with CNET confirmed that despite the fact that some other manufactures have abandoned the platform, Microsoft plans to stand behind Windows RT and is already working with a few partners to bring new ARM units to the market:
“Windows remains committed to the ARM platform. We are looking forward to new ARM-based Windows devices that will launch later this year.”
While Redmond has not talked too much about the future of ARM, the technology titan is said to be collaborating with both NVIDIA and Qualcomm on new second generation Surface units, which should be here by the holiday season.
Microsoft appears to be working towards making the new Surface RT slates not only more advanced than the one currently available, but also a lot more affordable.
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Forge Nano has developed a proprietary atomic layer deposition (ALD) technology that it claims could improve nearly any material on earth at the atomic level. The technology could optimize characteristics such as conductivity, thermostability, and corrosion resistance, and it is now available for a wide range of applications, from consumer electronics and lithium-ion batteries to medical devices and raw materials used in manufacturing.
ALD entails applying an extremely thin coating (as thin as a single layer of atoms) to a wide range of materials, powders, or objects. This process can be repeated to build up multiple layers on nearly any surface, producing robust coatings that can be engineered to enhance or add to the characteristics of the material being coated, the company shared in a news release.
"For decades, ALD has been relegated to bench-top exercises and the world of peer-reviewed articles," said James Trevey, PhD, CTO of Forge Nano, in the release. "It's like we're selling wireless internet in a world of Cat 5 Ethernet cables. ALD delivers greater performance for a lower cost than incumbent technology for nearly any application, and now we have brought this technology to the commercial environment at true manufacturing scale."
Forge Nano’s range of ALD equipment aims to address the needs of large-scale manufacturing as well as fundamental R&D. ALD could provide an alternative to conventional coating techniques such as physical vapor deposition (PVD) and chemical vapor deposition (CVD). The company reports that "ALD is the only deposition technique that offers chemically bonded coatings with angstrom level precision," according to Forge Nano's Web site. Because the coatings are built atomic layer by atomic layer using gas phase reaction steps, they generate coatings with uniform thicknesses and without pinholes, even on porous substrates, it reported.
The company has already claimed success in markets such as batteries and semiconductors. In the case of batteries, the company’s ALD coatings have been shown to improve energy density, lifetime, safety, and cost. For instance, in electric vehicles, these benefits would translate to a lower cost, longer range, faster-than-fuel recharge times, and an EV battery that can last for at least 20 years and is better suited for recycling than current EV batteries, the company shared.
Forge Nano ALD coatings can also be applied to semiconductor wafers and components to create hermetic, pinhole free, low-stress thin films that offer the uniformity and precision required by semiconductor manufacturers.


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How to select a crypto currency wallet
Ripple CTO responds to community questions by emphasizing that Ripple funding comes from venture capital, not ICOs
Regarding the relationship between Ripple and XRP, Garlinghouse emphasized that while several former Bitcoin engineers as well as the founders of Ripple were involved in the creation of XRP, but "XRP was created before Ripple, Inc. exist."
Currently, whether XRP is a security or not has yet to be clearly defined by the relevant agencies. Why does Ripple CEO strongly reiterate that XRP is not a security, and what are the implications if it is defined as such?
Storming the Times: the XRP-related company Ripple had a private meeting on May 30 with the Brazilian central bank, specifically Discussed "institutional matters"
Tone Vays had claimed that Ripple was illegally selling its pre-mined digital tokens to people. Tone said he has been troubled by Ripple's decision to sell securities without considering the regulatory implications. He claimed that the Ripple token XRP was the company's security and that the creator of XRP should be held responsible.
Recently, GMO Coin, a Japanese virtual currency exchange, announced that it has updated its "Virtual Currency Lending" service. Coin-backed lending services for cryptocurrencies including Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH) Bitcoin Cash (BCH), Litecoin (LTC), Ripple (XRP), Bitcoin Cash (BCH), Bitcoin Cash (BCH), Litecoin (LTC), Ripple (XRP). ), NEM (XEM), and Stellar Lumens (XLM). The loan terms are 1 month, 3 months and 6 months, corresponding to an annual interest rate of 2%, 4% and 5% respectively.
Take Ripple Coin (XRP), for example, to see how advantageous blockchain is for international cross-border remittances
XRP Ripple at $0.305186, down about 9.51% in 12 hours
As recently reported, with every new high-profile partnership there's market dilution of XRP by Ripple or its former executives. There are also ongoing allegations that XRP is trading in undocumented securities
In an interview, Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse said, I think it's clear that XRP is not a security.1. XRP exists independently of the company Ripple. If Ripple shut down tomorrow, the XRP ecosystem would continue to exist. It is an independent open source technology.2. Garlinghouse points out that XRP holders have a strong interest in Ripple The company has no ownership and Ripple is a private company.3. Ripple has repeatedly and explicitly stated that XRP It is not an investment vehicle. Rather, it is a digital asset that institutions can purchase to complete international fund transfers. According to Garlinghouse, this does not qualify as a security.XRP has a number of useful features that are consistent with the The concept of securitization is very different
XRP Ripple at $0.226194, down about 1.91% in 12 hours
XRP Ripple at $0.194679, up about 0.83% in 12 hours
Moreover, Mark Zuckerberg has revealed that his company is developing a digital wallet to be shared with "Scales Coin" in order to enable the use of "Scales Coin". Certain payment infrastructures around the world operate more efficiently, especially for processing transactions like cross-border transfers
[Ripple CTO: There is no mechanism on the Ripple blockchain to create more XRP tokens] Ripple Chief Technology Officer David Schwartz tweeted in response to a question from a netizen There is no mechanism on the blockchain to create XRP tokens, and there is a security mechanism to prevent XRP from being created by mistake. No one has the ability to freeze or lock someone else's XRP unless they want to, but they can easily dictate the locking! or destroy its own XRP. and if an authenticator chooses to violate the network and burn its hosted assets, the server will calculate a match to the the number of validators that take this against the network behavior as disagreement, and if there are too many such validators, then the It could cause the entire network to go down.
[Ripple Launches New XRP Payment Program Related to E-Commerce Payments] Craig, Director of Products at Ripple Dewitt is preparing to launch Payburner, a project that uses XRP payments to enable e-commerce receipt of Payments just got even easier.Payburner will launch as a Chrome extension and will also be available as a WordPress plugins are available, making them available for approximately 45.5 million websites
Ripple reported in its April 24 Q1 Market Report that Ripple receives monthly revenues from the 1 billion XRP released in third-party escrow, for a total of 3 billion, of which 2.3 billion XRP were returned for inclusion in new escrow contracts of the remaining 700 million will be used in a variety of ways to help support the XRP ecosystem, and mentions that XRP sales are $169.42 million
However, just because Ripple is successful doesn't mean XRP will be, and whether $200 million in funding will give XRP real value and expand its applications scenarios, adding practical value, and perhaps the test of time
XRP Ripple at $0.242665, up about 1.34% in 12 hours
Flashing. imToken, Kcash, cobo and many other wallets support the flashing feature. What problem does flash cashing solve? The trumpeter will give us an example so we can understand. Let's say we hold coin A, but coin A goes down and coin C goes up, and we want to exchange the coin A in our wallet for coin C. Without the flashing feature, before You have to charge the exchange with coin A, then convert it to coin C at the exchange, and then withdraw the converted coin C into your wallet.
Some industry insiders argue that XRP is too centralized because Ripple holds a large number of XRP tokens. XRP holders, on the other hand, argue that the winning token will be the cryptocurrency with the most adoption in the banking system (alluding to the fact that XRP)
According to the data, coin safe days inflows of 13,549.53 BTC, outflows of 21,482.54 BTC, net outflows 7933BTC, Coin Safe hot wallet once due to stage users to withdraw a large number of coins appeared only 22 bitcoins rare scene
100 million XRPs transferred from Ripple's hosted wallet to Ripple] Whale Alert monitors data. Showing, at 11:46:21 GMT, 100 million XRP from Ripple hosted wallet (starting with rKwJaG) Go to Ripple address (starts with rBg2Fu)
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He described how Ripple manages its XRP token holdings, noting that the company unlocks 1 billion XRP per month. Lasts 55 months. Once XRP is released, Ripple returns 80 percent of the XRP to third parties for future use. He stressed that while Ripple may have custody, the encryption settings in the contract prevent the company from readily using the
After a few years away from Goldman Sachs, I teamed up with Changhao Jiang, now co-founder of Cobo Wallet, in 2013 to launch the Coin Bank, a mobile encrypted wallet, was sold to OkCoin in 2014. Coin Bank was sold to OkCoin in 2014, and then I founded CyberX.
Ripple has become a major player in cross-border payments, and the company now owns more than 9% of the common stock of MoneyGram, MoneyGram Partnerships around the world are also stable and this move will benefit Ripple. All of this could be a huge win for XRP, however, the company is still fighting a lawsuit over how to properly classify XRP
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Swiss banking giant Credit Suisse has released a new research report saying that global money transfer service giant Western Union is currently testing and considering the Ripple coin (XRP) for cross-border remittance services
Investors claim that buying XRP requires bitcoin or ethereum while the XRP purchaser invests money in a common enterprise. that XRP investors have reasonable expectations of profits and that XRP's success will require the efforts of Ripple and others. Full compliance with the above criteria
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When it comes to content marketing, any social media manager would say that the biggest challenge is primarily one: content creation. How to create content that resonates with their audience, engages them and entices them to participate in a meaningful digital conversation over the posts? In the last few years, the role of a ‘content […]
Not long ago, marketing and PR managers in the Maldives started receiving interesting inquiries from unknown writers that would identify themselves as ‘travel bloggers’ requesting to stay at these dreamlike island resorts in exchange of blog posts or ‘digital coverage’. Over time, the blogger phenomenon started to gain credibility and press & PR agencies would […]
Six Senses Hotels Resorts Spas has announced a strengthening of its online presence with the launch of websites in Russian and Chinese. The group has also launched ten additional mini sites in other languages.
A series of photos taken at Four Seasons Maldives by Instagram user Murad Osmann have gone viral, signalling the ever-increasing power of Instagram as a marketing tool.


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Every year features some tourist destinations that are particularly worth visiting. Cities that otherwise may not seem like an obvious choice, get promoted to the rank of hottest attractions thanks to international festivals, museums, newly restored monuments and blooming summer landscapes. Take a look at our list of six top […]
Watch an interview with Anja Graf, founder and CEO of VISIONAPARTMENTS, talking about the company’s relationship with Credit Suisse. The partnership with the bank has helped VISIONAPARMENTS to grow from a startup to a multinational company and the Swiss market leader in the serviced apartments industry.


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Daffodaily5 has released a brand new Penguin Of The Day post on the Blog and she has a brand new winner who got featured at the Penguin Of The Day event at the Blog:
Chilly0ne’s kindness and caring attitude towards others around the island is truly inspirational! She always makes an effort to be friendly to penguins that she meets, and the team and I think that’s pretty amazing! 😀
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