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This week, a widespread smattering of hemp legislation proposals in six states takes aim at several hot-button issues centered around hemp, including delta-8 THC regulation and CBD discussions in the veterinary setting among other topics.
As reported by the US Hemp Roundtable, HB 1078 and SB 788 in Maryland would classify “any other naturally produced cannabinol (CBN) derivative” as a medical cannabis product, effectively barring products containing this and other non-intoxicating compounds from retail sale throughout the state.
However, the US Hemp Roundtable was able to convince the creators and supporters of the bills to revisit this language in hopes of a clearer and more accommodating resolution.
Heading northeast, HB 146 in Massachusetts lingers in the house as a similar bill skates through to the state Senate.
HB 146 would clear up much of the uncertainty concerning the retail sale of hemp in Massachusetts, qualifying its legal status with a clear set of standards, which is why pro-hemp advocates throughout the state (and watchers around the country) are eager to push it through.
Jumping species in Utah is SB 209, a bill that would allow veterinarians to openly discuss the use of hemp and CBD products with pet owners looking to use said products for their pets’ medical concerns.
Several other states have already considered and/or passed similar legislation, including Michigan in 2020, and considering the many pet CBD success stories we’ve heard as close observers of the industry, we fully support the move towards more open discourse in this arena.
AB 1885 in California takes a very similar approach, providing veterinarians the legal right to recommend cannabis products for “therapeutic effects or diet supplementation purposes,” per the US Hemp Roundtable.
Now for the obligatory delta-8 THC drama update: Washington and West Virginia are chiming in on the issue with two targeted pieces of legislation.
SB 5981 in Washington would restrict products containing delta-8 THC and other intoxicating cannabinoids to the adult-use-only category, requiring a marijuana license for anyone selling ingestible cannabis products exceeding the 2018 Farm Bill “industrial hemp” threshold (0.3% THC by dry weight).
Ominous portent ignored, SB 666 in West Virginia throws delta-8 THC into Schedule I classification alongside THC, with no language exempting lower concentrations and/or hemp products.
We will continue to provide updates as these and any other states move forward with hemp legislation.


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We often think these links should come with a potential 'misdirection' warning, because sometimes agendas and trends can become slightly over-lapping. Nevertheless, the past couple of weeks have featured really great news for InternetQ, in that every expert utterance pertaining to our mobile marketing business has been uniformly positive.
Here's a recap of the stand-out headlines that caught our eye:
Global advertising spend will increase 4.9% in 2015 and total $545 billion. The article went on the articulate that Mobile is expected to be the biggest driver of global advertising growth, contributing 51% of all additional spend between 2014 and 2017. So, basically another $40 billion gets moved across projected digital spend into our clients’ Minimob shopping basket!
Mobile Gaming downloads to double from 30B to 60B by 2018. According to a new pair of studies, mobile game downloads are projected to double to 60 billion by 2018. IDC’s research director of gaming, Lewis Ward, said in a report that mobile gaming is the “brightest star of the game industry. The market as a whole will grow rapidly, though, and swing dramatically in the direction of Asia/Pacific, and Android-based devices in particular, by 2018." Given the success Minimob has had driving App Installs for Game publishers, this mobile marketing opportunity is vast.
A Sneak Peek Into Mobile Advertising Trends For 2015. A piece which states that the future of mobile advertising sees a subtle shift in spends from app installs to SKU-based re-targeting. The writer “expects to see eCommerce spends shift from attracting new app users to SKU-based re-targeting, where users are targeted with specific product ads based on their intent.” Minimob campaigns enable profitable re-targeting and also provides insightful data for pre-targeting, which conversely pops-up next in our list!
Eight Reasons Why 2015 Will Be a Huge Year for Mobile Marketers. Pre-targeting is the new real-time! Well, for this writer (Charlie Faulkener) mobile advertising is soon "moving beyond targeting based on past behaviour and search history, 2015 will see the emergence of pre-targeting: predictive targeting using big data and little data to anticipate, infer and address consumer needs." Either way, you have-to-have the data, as such the distribution of our SDK gives us a major head-start.
Conveniently, for the theme of this blog, as part of the: Top 5 Mobile Marketing Trends To Watch For In 2015. It’s noted here that “Mobile Marketing Platforms Will Enter the Spotlight. The current fragmented state of the industry shows us countless ad networks, ad exchanges, and a complex advertising process. These obstacles make it difficult for mobile advertisers to keep up with the industry, reach their customers, and calculate returns.” Hence the demand for platforms and programmatic services which can simplify the process. Clearly, InternetQ is in the right place, at the right time!
Looking back over a succession of previous new year’s, I recall endless jokes about (any year, feel free to pick one) in the previous decade being named "the year of mobile advertising", but this ironic title has now come full circle as, despite themselves, some industry watchers (who liked to guffaw quite loudly when this topic came up at conferences) have been by-passed in the blink of an eye.
As the revenue and usage numbers start to crank-up dramatically in all areas of mobile advertising growth; and especially the budgets being allocated to them – we can at least safely assume that (prior to 2016) the industry will also be full of sizeable predictions once again!

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* Sees second-quarter adjusted earnings of $0.79-$0.89/share vs est $0.77
* Sees second-quarter revenue of $5.95 bln-$6.65 bln vs est $6.24 bln
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Oct 25 (Reuters) - Electronic products distributor Avnet Inc said it reduced its workforce in its Americas operations and signaled more job cuts as revenue weakens with customers holding back on orders.
Avnet, like other technology distributors Arrow Electronics Inc and Ingram Micro Inc, has been hit by weak demand for the past few quarters, underscoring a slowdown in technology spending.
The company, which forecast better-than-expected second-quarter earnings, said it had cut $90 million in costs as of Sept. 29, a move that will shore up current-quarter earnings.
Avnet, considered a bellwether for corporate technology spending, said in August that it would cut costs by between $40 million and $50 million on an annualized basis.
“If we are making cost reductions, it ends up actually impacting our headcount,” Chief Executive Rick Hamada told Reuters, adding that 70 percent of the company’s expenses are people related.
Hamada said the company currently has about 17,000 employees. It had about 19,100 employees, as of June 30.
He said additional reductions were unlikely to match the $90 million in cost reductions already undertaken, but will “very likely” affect headcount.
The company has two divisions -- one supplies components to manufacturers and the other distributes products made by companies such as IBM Corp, Apple Inc and Hewlett-Packard Co to corporations and resellers.
Avnet forecast adjusted earnings per share of 79 cents to 89 cents for the current quarter on revenue of $5.95 billion to $6.65 billion. Analysts on average expect earnings of 77 cents per share on revenue of $6.24 billion, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.
The company said its first-quarter results were affected in particular by weak demand in the Americas.
“Key segments of our served markets slowed during the quarter beyond our initial expectations, leading to a dramatic impact on our bottom line results as our revenues in the higher-margin western regions declined double-digit percentages year over year,” Chief Executive Rick Hamada said in a statement.
First-quarter net income fell to $100.3 million, or 70 cents per share, from $139 million, or 90 cents per share, a year earlier. Excluding items, the company earned 59 cents per share.
Revenue fell 8.7 percent to $5.87 billion .
Analysts had expected earnings of 58 cents per share on revenue of $5.89 billion.
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It’s all because the state’s citrus growers might see their smallest crop since World War II.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture estimated that the state likely will produce 28 million boxes of oranges. That’s the fewest on record since 1943. For context, last year’s crop came in at 41 million boxes of oranges. Each box is loaded with 90 pounds of oranges.
Florida, with its $6.7 billion citrus industry, used to produce most of the nation’s orange crop. Now it’s second to California. Still, Hurricane Ian could continue to play havoc at grocery stores across the country. NBC reported Wednesday that the cost of orange juice was an average of $2.90 for a 12-ounce can. Orange juice futures for November delivery rose on the International Exchange to $1.997 a pound. That’s an increase of almost 5 percent. It’s the highest level since 2016. And the price has jumped 55 percent over the past year. It’s not just Florida and Hurricane Ian impacting commodity prices. There are supply issues in Brazil, the top orange grower in the world.
Hurricane Ian tore through four million acres of lush Florida farmland when it came ashore on Sept. 28. Most of the damage was to pasture land. The storm was especially damaging to Hendry County, which was just inland from where the eye of Hurricane Ian came ashore near Fort Myers in southwest Florida. Hendry County farms grow citrus, sugarcane and vegetables. The county has 75,000 acres of citrus groves. That makes it the largest producer of citrus in the state. It’s also No. 2 for sugarcane and third for growing vegetables like tomatoes.
Farmers initially wondered whether Ian would be as severe as Hurricane Irma, which hit in 2017. But it’s worse than Irma. The wind blew the oranges to the ground. And once the oranges fall, the fruit can’t be sold.
“It is going to take a while to know the full impact,” said Ray Royce, director at Highlands County Citrus Growers Association. “But in certain areas we’re seeing 50% of the fruit on the ground already.”
Highland County, which is in central Florida, has about 375,000 acres of farmland. Orchards represent about 25 percent of the land. It also was hard hit.
The decrease in production, thanks mostly to Hurricane Ian, will be significant for the orange juice market. Jack Scoville, the vice president for Price Futures Group in Chicago, talked about the issue with Fortune.
“I doubt we will see a big recovery. The money isn’t there for growers.” Scoville said. The state’s citrus crop already had experienced drops for the past three years. Scoville said the prices for orange juice might not escalate as much as consumers turn to Vitamin C supplements to offset their morning OJ.


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February 2, 2016 Hueytown, Ala. Cpl. Sebastian Goldman Pays it forward to 19 year old store clerk.While Cpl. Sebastian Goldman was on duty at Food Giant buying food for inmates inside the jail he noticed a 19 year old who was working at the store. The young man was wearing a a pair of shoes that were being held together with duct tape.
The officer talked to teh young man who stated that on his next payday he planned on purchasing a new pair but the Officer wasn’t going to wait that long. He immediately went and bought the 19 year old a pair of shoes.
It brought everyone to tears in the store according to Angela Roach Scory who witnessed the event. She posted a shout out to the Corporals department on her Facebok page stating:
Special shout out to Hueytown Police Officer Goldman. Today he saw a young man with duct tape on his shoes at Food Giant and bought him a new pair of shoes! Everyone at Food Giant this morning was in tears when he brought them to the young man!!!! Way to go Office Goldman!!!! Hueytown Police Department
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Following the BNPL and the new economic landscape report we commissioned by Capital Economics, we’ve taken a look and deep-dived into 3 key trends that emerged from the pandemic and what it means for retailers.
1. Online retail is here to stay. But what does it mean for buyer confidence?
In 2020, online retail sales surged by 32% while online transactions jumped to over 30% of all retail sales from just 20% in 2019. Capital Economics, in the BNPL and the new economic landscape report, expects this trend to continue whilst spending in physical stores gradually declines as a result of remote working, and city centres facing the double challenge of reduced footfall.
As we shop predominantly online, what does this mean for purchasing confidence? Without the sensory experience of shopping in-store, consumers are putting their trust in retailers before seeing a product. Capital Economics research showed that consumer confidence in spending with less known sellers increased when buy now pay later (BNPL) was used.
As needs and priorities changed throughout the pandemic, consumers purchased goods they previously wouldn’t have. The reassurance provided by Klarna’s buyer and sellers protection has given security to many when making online purchases from unknown sellers – 78% of BNPL customers noted that the security provided by the provider when buying from an unknown seller was ‘fairly’ or ‘very’ important when making their purchase decision.
Particularly this was seen in the electrical & technological verticals, with a YouGov survey indicating that +30% consumers who used BNPL in the last year purchased an electrical or technology product that they would not have otherwise purchased – perhaps indicative of the increased reliance on technology for both work and leisure throughout the pandemic. On average shoppers spent around £378 per person on electronic goods and £77 per purchase since the start of the pandemic.
2. Goodbye cash. Hello digital payments.
Unsurprisingly, the rise of digital banking has meant cash withdrawals in the UK have dropped by 24% from 2012 to 2019. During the pandemic, however, the fall in the use of cash has been even sharper, with January 2021 volumes almost 50% lower compared to the year before.
At Klarna we know consumers are preferring debit cards, mobile wallets and BNPL solutions to make their payments. Whilst debit card volumes have tripled over the past decade, jumping to 17 billion in 2019 from just over 5 billion in 2009, customers are required to pay immediately when they make a purchase and don’t have a lot of protection. Cue the rise of BNPL – whilst consumers value the flexibility, convenience and security of BNPL, similarly merchants benefit from seller protection and are able to transfer risks of late or non-payment to their BNPL providers.
In 2020 over 10 million people used a BNPL option to make a purchase online in the UK, spending a total of £4.1 billion. As consumer appetite for flexible payments grows, so does the market opportunity for retailers. Klarna as a BNPL provider offers more than a checkout service, it is a full circle shopping destination that offers merchants the opportunity to acquire and retain customers within the Klarna ecosystem.
3. E-com tech will differentiate customer experience.
According to Worldpay, the UK’s e-commerce market is currently the third largest in the world and it is expected to grow by 37% in the next three years. To keep up retailers must tap into technologies that improve the online presence, and stand out from the competition.
Changing behaviours has brought out new needs, with shoppers demanding ever-more sophisticated interactions and human experiences across the digital channel mix. The explosion of omnichannel shopping personalisation should be a first point of call for retailers looking to improve their online offering. It’s clear to see that consumers are looking for alternative channels to shop on – the Capital Economics report showed that from January to July 2020 there were almost 1.0 million downloads of the Klarna app in the UK.
When looking to improve their digital offering, merchants should be looking to partners who make an impact across the customer journey. Partnering with Klarna does more than just add another BNPL option to your checkout. It’s the first step to driving customer acquisition and retention, whether it’s through social (154m monthly impressions), Klarna app (18m monthly average users globally), CRM, website or other owned channels and media services.
However it’s not all about us. At Klarna we partner with some of the best in the retail industry, from agencies to cross-border platforms. To learn about the retail partners and agencies Klarna works alongside, visit our partner directory here.


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Center Parcs talks to shops for brand task
By Anne Cassidy, campaignlive.co.uk, Thursday, 30 August 2012 09:30AM
Center Parcs, the holiday brand, is looking for an agency to handle a brand strategy brief.
The company, which spends £5 million on advertising, is conducting its search via the intermediary Oystercatchers.
Center Parcs is in talks with eight agencies, thought to include several ad shops.
The holiday company has previously worked with Beattie McGuinness Bungay, after the agency won a pitch to handle the business in 2010.
BMB went on to create TV work showing families taking part in outdoor activities.
One television spot, which featured on-screen copy that read "4 night breaks from £249 for 4 people", was banned by the Advertising Standards Authority after a viewer argued that it was not clear that the break had to be taken in January.
McCann Erickson Manchester held the Center Parcs account before BMB, creating a 2007 campaign called "feeling free".
This article was first published on campaignlive.co.uk
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Over the last six months the number of people with Internet access in Germany has increased by one third and the German consulting firm, GfK, estimates that there are now over 12 million Germans online. NOP Research estimated that there were over 7 million Germans online in March of this year.
The study found the profile of the typical Internet user in Germany to be in keeping with that of the general Net user. He has a high level of education, is between 20 and 39 years old, and is in a high-income bracket.
GfK found that there has been an increase in the number of Germans accessing the Internet from home. The number of users accessing from work dropped from 59 percent of users last year to 36 percent this year.
While there has been an explosion in the number of Germans accessing the Internet, another report by KPMG warns German businesses against underestimating the importance of e-commerce to their GDP in the next five years. The report found that German businesses are not taking e-commerce seriously enough.


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The spring/summer 2022 shows have officially wrapped – and we have seen some history-making moments, including a Versace x Fendi collaboration and a fashion first when Balenciaga teamed up with The Simpsons on a very special episode. But, the return of the runway also brought some definitive news: there is no escaping Nineties and Noughties nostalgia next season.
On the final day of Paris Fashion Week, Chanel hosted a Nineties-inspired catwalk show, which featured the traditional runway format, complete with photographers leaning on the raised platform. It was an ode to Karl Lagerfeld's supermodel-studded catwalk shows of the decade – and the collection tapped right into the mood of today, whereby customers are seeking out vintage Nineties Chanel in their droves.
And, it was not the only collection of the day that nodded right to the trends of the late 1990s and early 2000s.
Miuccia Prada's first Miu Miu collection to be presented to a real-life audience since the pandemic began was one which brought us right back to some of modern fashion's most daring moments. Remember Christina Aguilera and Britney Spears' micro mini skirts of the early Noughties? Well, these were shorter.
Almost every waistline in the collection was as low-slung as possible, while a number of the skirts were as mini as they could be. Teamed with tiny shirts and knits, many of the looks showed off the entire midriff, while the skirts were cut and shredded, so short that they revealed pockets underneath.
Of course, these mini skirts will not be for everyone – only the most brave of fashionistas will give them a go. But, the low-slung waistline has been reappearing time and time again in recent seasons, and Miu Miu's commitment to the style could certainly be seen as confirmation that this is more than just a passing trend.
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Verizon To Host July 23rd Event To Unveil New Droids
Verizon has started to send members of the press invites to an event hosted in New York City on July 23rd. According to the invite, Verizon says it will “unveil the next generation of one of [its] most popular family of devices,” which probably means it will introduce the next line of Droids at the event.
Motorola is expected to release at least three new Droid phones – Droid Ultra, Droid Maxx, and Droid Mini – to replace the line up of the Droid RAZR HD, RAZR Maxx HD, and RAZR M that were introduced last summer.
Here’s what we know about the three phones so far:
The DROID Mini will be an entry-level smartphone with a 4.3-inch display. The DROID Ultra, which briefly appeared on Motorola’s website earlier this month, will have a 5-inch 1080p display with the latest Snapdragon 800 processor, 2GB of RAM, and a 10-megapixel rear-facing camera.
As for the DROID MAXX, that’s likely to be a lot like the Droid Ultra, though it’s hard to see how Motorola could improve on those specifications. It could have a slightly bigger display to compete with the latest phablets and possibly a better rear-facing camera, but we’ll find out for sure during our live coverage of the keynote on July 23rd.
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The biggest beer pong event in the history of the world just got a little bit better.
BPONG is proud to announce that Pabst Blue Ribbon will be the official beer sponsor of the first-ever Masters of Beer Pong tournament. As if a few days of summer sun in Las Vegas at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, a $100,000 minimum prize pool and pool parties weren’t enough, there will be plenty of ice-cold Pabst Blue Ribbon to keep us hydrated. What else could one ask for?
Pabst Blue Ribbon is no stranger to the biggest beer pong tournaments in the world. You may recall the tasty lager at previous BPONG events, including the World Series of Beer Pong III, WSOBP IV, and this past WSOBP VIII. The only complaint the world’s best beer pong players have about PBR is when there isn’t enough.
The World Series of Beer Pong has come a long way since its first days in Mesquite. Although I did not attend my first WSOBP until WSOBP III, the horror stories about the Sin City beer live on to this day. Ask anyone who attended one of those first tournaments and you’re guaranteed to get a less-than-fond memory about the choice of beer.
It’s only fitting that that the biggest beer pong tournament known to man will serve an award-winning beer. PBR, after all, was selected as “America’s Best” beer at the World’s Columbian Exposition back in 1893, some 120 years ago. While a lot of things have changed in the world since then, America’s thirst for delicious beer has not. Pabst Blue Ribbon still stands tall among its peers.
I’m sure the announcement of PBR is just one of the many surprises Billy, Reed and company have in store for us in July. If this doesn’t convince you to sign up for the MOBP, I don’t know what will. It’s not going to get any cheaper, so what are you waiting for?


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In our trawl through some of the tech news from the weekend, we discover how an experiment whereby illiterate kids in Ethiopia are using tablet computers to teach themselves is bearing fruit; Google’s next big thing in the world of predictive search; and Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer contrasts the new Surface tablet PC with rival tablet devices.
Computers but no teachers – Ethiopian kids teach themselves
The MIT Technology Review reported how a bold experiment by the One Laptop Per Child organisation has shown “encouraging” results.
By simply dropping off tablet computers with preloaded programmes and seeing what happens the organisation endeavoured to see if illiterate kids with no previous exposure to written words can learn how to read all by themselves, by experimenting with the tablet and its preloaded alphabet-training games, e-books, movies, cartoons, paintings, and other programmes.
“After several months, the kids in both villages were still heavily engaged in using and recharging the machines, and had been observed reciting the ‘alphabet song,’ and even spelling words. One boy, exposed to literacy games with animal pictures, opened up a paint programme and wrote the word “Lion.”
“The experiment is being done in two isolated rural villages with about 20 first-grade-aged children each, about 80 kilometres (50 miles) from Addis Ababa. One village is called Wonchi, on the rim of a volcanic crater at 3,352 metres (11,000 feet); the other is called Wolonchete, in the Rift Valley. Children there had never previously seen printed materials, road signs, or even packaging that had words on them,” One Laptop Per Child founder Nicholas Negroponte said.
Is predictive search the next big thing?
The world of tech is moving definitively in the direction of devices and services that act as a personal assistant and make your life simpler, less complicated. The latest mobile operating system from Google, Android Jelly Bean 4.2, is designed to ambiently give you information you might need before you ask for it and signals the way towards the next big thing in technology, The Verge reported.
“With Android 4.2, launching alongside the Nexus 4 and Nexus 10 on November 13th, Google has updated the feature with new information cards in new categories. And yet, the amount of engineering effort that makes Google Now possible is out of proportion to what it does — it’s a massive, cross-company effort for what seems like a relatively small product. That difference is a clue. Google Now isn’t important for what it does, well, ‘now,’ but the building blocks are there for a radically different kind of platform in the future.”
France threatens Google with law forcing search giant to pay for links to news sites
After meeting with Google chairman Eric Schmidt, it appears France intends to stand by its threat to write a law forcing Google to pay to link to news sites, Search Engine Land reports.
French President Francois Hollande reiterated that France would move ahead with the law if Google and French press organisations can’t reach a deal that would involve Google paying to link to them. He wants to see a deal in place by the end of the year.
“Google quickly responded to the idea a couple of weeks ago, saying such a law would threaten the company’s existence and saying it will simply stop linking to news sites if the law passed,” Search Engine Land reported.
US military to break with BlackBerry in favour of iPhone and Android devices
The Washington Post reported that the Pentagon is planning to open its network for the first time to Apple iPhones and devices running Google’s Android operating system, a threat to BlackBerry maker Research in Motion.
“The defence department plans to hire a contractor to build a system that will manage and secure at least 162,500 Android devices and Apple products, such as the iPad,” according to a document posted online on 22 October. The system may be expanded to handle 8m devices, the department said.
The plan opens the door for the military to provide alternatives to BlackBerrys, which already are used on the Pentagon’s network. RIM has clung to government business as an area of strength as consumers and some businesses switch to rival devices with bigger touchscreens and faster browsers, the paper noted.
Ballmer – seriously dude, you want a Surface!
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer exercised his characteristic swagger at the weekend and glossed over the success to date of Apple’s iPad and Amazon’s Kindle Fire.
According to All Things Digital, Ballmer believes the tablet consumers really want, the one they have always wanted, is Microsoft’s new Surface. Why? Well, it can do more stuff.
“I don’t think anybody has done a product that is the product that I see customers wanting,” Ballmer told CNBC during a recent interview. “You can go through the products from all those guys … and none of them has a product that you can really use. Not Apple. Not Google. Not Amazon. Nobody has a product that lets you work and play that can be your tablet and your PC. Not at any price point.
“This is a first-class tablet that people can enjoy and appreciate,” Ballmer continued. “It’s a PC; it’s a tablet. It’s for play; it’s for work. It’s a got a great price. That product doesn’t exist today.”
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Andy Bowers, Hughson, Calif., and Dave Wallace, Modesto, Calif., have a 25 HP engine that they’re confident was made by Samson Iron Works of Stockton, Calif.
And with Samson being the featured engine at the California Gold V show in Davenport, Calif., in May 2008, they figured their fine example would fit right in. Instead, it ended up sticking out like a sore thumb. “We found out there’s a bit of controversy,” says Andy. “Apparently, some of the guys at the show were questioning if it’s a Samson because no one has ever seen one like this.”
Breathing life into a mystery
Andy and Dave bought the engine in 1994 from an old ranch in rural Modesto. “There was a guy who had an old museum and this engine was there on an old steel cart,” says Andy. “It was there for 30 years or more.”
Not long after they bought the engine, the pair got it running. But then they noticed it needed some work, so they decided to take it apart and give it a full restoration. “We had it apart for years,” says Andy. “We ended up making a new sideshaft, as well as new beveled gears due to wear.” The result is a finely-tuned machine. But is it a Samson?
The nameplate that Andy and Dave found on the engine clearly identifies it as a Samson. Furthermore, it states that the engine was manufactured in Samson’s first factory, meaning that the engine dates between 1898 and 1902.
Samson collector and expert Lester Bowman also spent time with the engine and left convinced that Andy and Dave had a very rare, possibly one-of-a-kind Samson on their hands. Common characteristics that Lester found between known Samsons and Andy and Dave’s engine included the flyball governor assembly, igniter assembly, exhaust valve, and the ignition and carburetion systems. “From the valve box forward, it’s a Samson,” says Lester.
But then there are some unique features that are not characteristic of Samson. “It has a spur and bevel gear for the timing, and the larger timing gear is set behind rather than in front,” says Lester. “I’ve never seen another engine that has bevel cut gears like that.”
Trusting it’s a Samson
Despite the questions, Andy and Dave are still confident that their engine is a Samson. Andy has a couple theories as to why their engine is so different. “They could have taken some of these features away on later models or maybe this was their commercial or industrial engine,” he says. Others suggest that it might be a prototype or engineer’s test engine.
Still, Andy and Dave admit there’s a chance it’s not a Samson. And if it isn’t, they’d like someone out there to tell them what it is.
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Publisher THQ Nordic has announced Darksiders 3. The game is currently in development, and is scheduled to hit PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC in 2018.
IGN managed to get a look a first look at Darksiders 3 during a studio visit to Gunfire Games. It’s an open-world action game with “a focus on exploration and environmental puzzles.” A new main characters has also been introduced, following Fury as she takes down the physical manifestations of the Seven Deadly Sins.
Gunfire Games features ex-Vigil members – the team that worked on the first two games. The director, executive producer, technical director, and lead environmental artist are just some of the original devs working on Darksiders 3.
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Publishers are really debating what is scarce:
attention, content, trust … or merely money
The publisher of the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung—a respected if often technologically revanchist newspaper—has blamed Google for media’s own alleged original sin of giving away content for free online.
“Google behaves like a mustard seller who promotes the distribution of free sausages,” FAZ head Thomas Lindner told a marketing conference in Hamburg, as he announced the expansion of his own pay wall.
In its report on the meeting, German media magazine Horizont says that Lindner sliced up the thesis of Google and those damned internet gurus: that media should give away information to get attention in return because it’s attention that is the scarce resource. This, Horizont explains, is at the heart of Google’s conspiracy to exploit others’ free content. Attention isn’t the real scarcity, Lindner argues. Instead, he says, what’s really scarce is reliable information. That’s what newspapers have and that’s what he’ll charge for. Google be damned!
I have trouble digesting a few of those ideas. First, Google didn’t tell newspapers to give away their content. Hell, when newspapers made that decision they were still hoping for links from Yahoo.
Second, no one can own information. Can one own reliability and trust? And is there a scarcity of that? Well, sure, but I don’t know that anyone has yet established a marketplace for either.
Next: Is attention scarce? Of course, that’s the accepted wisdom. In a future post, I will argue that attention might actually be more abundant than it used to be. Besides, Google’s not really selling attention. BuzzFeed is. We can’t blame Google for wasting our attention on llamas and dresses. That’s our own fucking fault.
Here’s the real problem for publishers:
What’s becoming scarce is scarcity itself.
Publishers and old industries of many kinds were built on controlling scarcities and thus gaining pricing power. Google—and the net itself—break up such control. They reward abundance over scarcity.
Google has figured out how to make money from abundance—putting ads all over the net to increase relevance and the odds that a user will click on one. Publishers don’t know how to do that. They still think they are producing a scarcity that will attract people to their brands. When people don’t come to newspapers’ sites and go to endless new competitors instead, publishers blame Google. When advertisers don’t buy ads from publishers and instead buy them from Google—which takes on the risk of the transaction—or from an abundance of competitors that have more valuable data about customers than newspapers do, publishers blame Google.
So, fine, FAZ, raise the price for your wurst. That’s your business and your right. But when readers find the news and information they need from Der Spiegel or Die Zeit or the Süddeutsche Zeitung or Focus or ZDF or ARD or Krautreporter … don’t blame Google.
Now please pass the mustard.


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Porsche announced a number of tech updates for the 911 lineup on Tuesday, and one of the additions is something we've wanted for a while: . Yes, the Porsche Communication Management infotainment system will finally support this smartphone compatibility, though it's an update that'll be limited to the 911 for now.
The 911's 10.9-inch central touchscreen will run the updated version of PCM found in the Taycan EV. But that doesn't necessarily guarantee the Taycan will get Android Auto, too. "We've not announced any model year 2022 Taycan variants yet, so we can't speak to any potential updates or changes that may or may not occur there," a Porsche spokesperson told Roadshow via email.
Along those same lines, it looks like the rest of Porsche's lineup will remain Android Auto-less for the foreseeable future. The current Cayenne, Macan and Panamera, Porsche told us, "There are no current plans, but we are constantly evaluating the potential integration of further technology into our vehicles." Fingers crossed./ range still uses the old PCM setup on a 7-inch screen, so that's definitely a no-go. But as for the
Android Auto joins wirelessas a standard part of the 911's infotainment package, but it's included as a trial within the Porsche Connect suite of services. Thankfully, Porsche Connect is now equipped as a three-year trial, and includes things like natural-language navigation, real-time traffic, satellite radio and more. The PCM update also brings along Apple Music and Apple Podcasts integration, just like in the Taycan.
"Customers can choose to extend wireless Apple CarPlay and wired Android Auto compatibility at the time of ordering the 911 prior to production for $360, or at a higher price as a Function on Demand after the three years is up," Porsche told us. With the new 911 GT3, however, the extended offering is standard.
Finally, Porsche is adding a Remote Park Assist option to the 911 Carrera, Targa and Turbo models (so, everything but the GT3) equipped with the PDK dual-clutch transmission. This gives drivers the option to pull their vehicle in or out of a parking space via smartphone control, and will be bundled alongside other useful amenities like a 3D surround-view camera, rear cross-traffic alert and lane-change assist.
Mechanically speaking, the 2022 911s are identical to their predecessors (well, aside from the GT3,), but because of the added equipment, these cars see a price bump across the board. The 911 Carrera and Targa models cost $2,000 more than before, while Turbo versions have a $3,500 price hike. This means the now begins at $102,550 (including $1,350 for destination) with the top-end stretching to $221,150.


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Dolly Parton once said it takes a lot of money to look this cheap, but the new spin on country is rhinestone-free.
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Beauty experts are tired of celebrities “cashing in on skincare” – and Brad Pitt is just the latest of many.
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In another blow to the UK's retail industry in the run-up to the crucial Christmas period, the owner of brands such as Topshop and Dorothy Perkins said it has called in Deloitte.
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Mastercard Patent Would Put Credit Cards on a Public Blockchain
A patent filing from Mastercard explores how to use public blockchains to securely verify card credentials at the point of sale.
Payments giant Mastercard is exploring the use of public blockchains in securely verifying payment cards at the point of sale, public documents show.
According to a patent application filed with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and released on Thursday, Mastercard has come up with a conveyance and retrieval processes to verify users' payment credentials over a "publicly accessible blockchain."
The document explains that the two-way method first encodes an image of a payment card and then stores it on the blockchain after encryption with a public and private key. Upon a retrieval request when a payment is being made, the system will use the provided private keys to decrypt the image so it can be verified.
By integrating this system with point-of-sale devices, Mastercard says that transactions would be secure, as the card need not be physically presented, and users need not be concerned about their payment credentials being "skimmed" from the payment device.
Mastercard stated in the document:
Although whether an actual product will arise from the concept, the work marks a notable effort by Mastercard to utilize a public blockchain to potentially improve a common issue with its core card business. According to some sources, card skimming at ATMs and point-of-sale across all providers sees around $2 billion stolen per year globally.
In addition, another blockchain-related exploration by Mastercard was also revealed in yesterday's patent update, which seeks to build a blockchain to allow consumers to broadcast their travel itineraries and reservation requests to merchants.
Since the broadcasted information will remain visible to the public, it gives merchants the chance to bid for potential customers over the blockchain, potentially changing the existing model of hotel and air ticket aggregators.
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A stunning 59.6-carat diamond known as the “Pink Star” has sold for US$71.2 million at a Sotheby’s auction in Hong Kong, setting a world record for any diamond or jewel, according to the auction house.
The oval mixed-cut diamond smashed the $60 million pre-sale estimate set by Sotheby’s when it went on the block Tuesday evening.
The sale comes three years after the gem was sold at an even higher price at another Sotheby’s auction in Geneva.
New York diamond cutter Isaac Wolf agreed to pay $83 million in 2013, but that deal later fell apart after the buyer defaulted.
Sotheby’s did their homework this time to avoid another hiccup.
“All three bidders were vetted and have long-standing relationships with the company and we were very, very confident that all three bidders had the financial capability and of course the buyer definitely had the financial capability,” Patti Wong, the chairperson of Sotheby’s Asia, told Reuters.
The auction house says the gem is the largest flawless fancy vivid pink diamond ever graded by the Gemological Institute of America.
The diamond was mined by De Beers in Africa in 1999 and took two years to cut and polish.
It’s now the world’s most expensive gemstone and the highest-priced item ever sold at auction in Asia.
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Apple looking to hire voice technology, speech recognition specialists
Apple is looking to hire several voice and speech recognition experts for iOS, according to four new postings on Apple's job board. The new hires would join the iOS Application Framework team and would be working on "speech-related development activities." These multiple listings come hot on the heels of the public release of several patents detailing contextual voice commands for the iPhone. If you add in Apple's acquisition of Siri, you have the possible beginning of a robust voice control system for the iPhone and other iOS devices.
Improved speech recognition would be a welcome addition to the iOS platform. In my experience, the current implementation of voice command on the iPhone is mediocre. While third-party applications like Dragon Dictation are superb, native speech control is wrong as often as it is right. Apple needs to refresh this portion of its mobile OS as it is falling behind Android in voice control technology.
Google recently added support for personalized recognition to its popular Voice Search application for Android. In its current form, the app can be fine tuned to your voice so that you can dictate a text, navigate to a destination or place a call with increasing accuracy.
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RYE, N.Y. – Fogama in Rye received a good rating in a New York Times review , which praised the restaurant for its ability to introduce sushi in a positive light to diners who aren’t that familiar with Asian dishes.
The Japanese restaurant, located at 92 Purchase St., offers diners pork gyoza, and “deftly” prepared shrimp and vegetable tempura, according to the Times.
Other favorite dishes were the lobster mango roll, broiled black cod, vegetable pad Tai and sautéed rice noodles with shrimp. Looking for something sweet? Try the Japanese cream puff (special), mocha or almond cookies, according to the review.
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Almost every office job has some level of annoying administrative work involved, but Salesforce thinks that new features added to its flagship Sales Cloud service will make the lives of sales and marketing professionals a little easier.
The new features are designed to improve the productivity of Sales Cloud customers by making it easier to search for information across customer accounts from Salesforce’s mobile email app and by surfacing better intelligence from how customers responded to earlier marketing campaigns. A recent study of salespeople conducted by Salesforce found that 66 percent of their time is spent on tasks other than actually selling, said Robin Grochol, senior vice president of product management for Sales Cloud.
Capitalism being capitalism, every year those salespeople are also under increased pressure from their bosses to produce results. Reducing the amount of time it takes reps to plan for sales calls — as much as 17 minutes for each call in some industries, Grochol said — could give them just enough time to increase the number of calls they can make in a day.
“The bar for sales reps continue to rise, their quotas are increasing,” Grochol said. “People think of productivty as a side benefit” from modern sales management software, but it’s actually very important, she said.
The new features in Sales Cloud, which will arrive as part of Salesforce’s annual summer release, also include the ability to pull data about current customers or prospects directly from social media services into their Sales Cloud environment. Users working on sales pipelines that are especially long or complicated will also be able to share documents with team members through Quip integration and coordinate prompts to follow up with customers across teams.


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Mobile gaming is one of the fastest-growing categories in the sector, led by Apple's iOS platform and Google's Android. In particular, social mobile gaming, enabled by always-connected smartphones and the "freemium" revenue model, is particularly strong.
Huge opportunities exist both for small, independent developers and large, established gaming companies. But despite recent momentum, it could be many years before mobile gaming overtakes console gaming in revenue.
The Big Picture
Videogaming is a large and growing industry. Global revenue from videogame software is expected to reach $70 billion worldwide, up from $52 billion in 2011, according to research firm DFC Intelligence. Mobile is expected to contribute 25 percent of that revenue, with PCs generating 39 percent and console-based gaming generating 35 percent.
State Of The Art
Gaming dominates today's smartphone app economy. In a recent check of Apple's iPhone App Store, games represented 55 percent of the top 200 paid apps, 33 percent of the top 200 free apps, and 70 percent of the top 200 highest-grossing apps—by far the biggest category. Similarly, in a recent check of Google's Play store for Android, games represented about 75 percent of the top 200 highest-grossing apps.
Of these highest-grossing games, the majority are free, generating revenue through in-app commerce of virtual goods. On the iPhone, for instance, almost 75 percent of the top 140 highest-grossing games were totally free to download, generating all of their revenue through in-app purchases. (Note: Apple does not include advertising revenue and non-iTunes revenue in its calculations.)
The precise amount these apps earn varies by app and by day, but top-10-grossing iPhone apps regularly generate $50,000 to $200,000 in sales per day, a leading app publisher tells us. For more, see the BII report, "How In-App Commerce Drives App Store Success."
Top-grossing games in each store cover many genres, including collectible virtual cards (Mobage's Rage of Bahamut), simulations (EA's The Simpsons: Tapped Out), cards/casino gaming (Poker and Slots by Zynga), social turned-based games (Zynga's Matching With Friends and Scramble With Friends) and car racing (NaturalMotion's CSR Racing). Minecraft, a popular computer game, also has top-20 grossing apps in both the iPhone and Android app stores.
One of the driving forces behind mobile gaming is that its audience is broader than hardcore PC or console gaming: It's attracting a younger and more female audience than traditional gaming, according to a 2011 report from Flurry, a mobile analytics company. That said, the average mobile social gamer also earns over 50 percent more money than the average American, is more than twice as likely to have a college degree, and is more likely to be white or Asian, according to Flurry's research. The mass-market appeal means mobile gaming has a larger potential audience than PC or console gaming. (More demographic info here from MocoSpace. Also, see this BII chart.)
According to comScore, the percentage of all U.S. mobile users that have played games on their phones increased from 21 percent in September 2009 to to 33 percent in June. As a result, mobile gaming sessions are up more than twenty-fold in the past two years, according to Flurry.
A Challenge And Opportunity For Incumbents
Many of the big videogame firms, including Electronic Arts and Zynga, already have a solid foothold in mobile. But despite a larger potential audience and relative success in the form of multiple hits in the top-grossing lists, mobile still lags in revenue. That's partially because mobile games cost less, and partially because social games monetize worse on mobile than on the web. In our special report on social gaming, we forecast that U.S. smartphone social gaming revenues will hit $685 million by 2015, versus $4.9 billion for the rest of the industry.
Electronic Arts, for example, generated just 7 percent of its overall revenue from mobile last quarter. But that represented 21 percent year-over-year growth, EA's second-fastest-growing category after PC gaming. (EA overall declined 4 percent year-over-year. All figures citing GAAP revenue.) Still, the majority of EA's revenue still comes from Xbox and PlayStation games sold in retail boxes.
Zynga did not disclose its mobile revenue, but said its mobile footprint increased fivefold year-over-year to 33 million daily active users. Executives admitted that its mobile games monetize poorly relative to web games—generally less than half the rate. But they also said that game mix plays a role, adding that one game—Zynga Poker—monetizes as well on mobile as on the web. ("We see no structural reason that mobile can't monetize as well as the web in the long run.")
Zynga's March 2012 purchase of Draw Something and its publisher OMGPOP, however, highlights another trait of the mobile gaming ecosystem: The speed at which a game can become a hit and also lose its momentum. A look at Draw Something's long-term grossing ranks in the iPhone App Store (via App Annie) and Facebook active user charts suggest Zynga purchased the game/company at the very peak of its popularity.
The question is whether established game publishers will be able to grow mobile revenues fast enough to compensate for declines elsewhere, or if they'll be leapfrogged by newer, mobile-first and mobile-focused rivals. So far, it's too early to tell.


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Mountain View, California—YouTube has plans to monetize entire channels on its site, though it would only be a small percentage of the total platform. The now free video sharing site, proclaiming that if it were a country, it would be the third largest nation on the planet, is entering an uncharted phase.
The Google owned cyber property will begin to steadily roll out pay-per-play channels, which will first be those which are thought to be television catch-up services, comedians, musicians, and celebrities.
Experts say that if the YouTube pay-per-play campaign is a success, it will pave the way for more aggressive ventures, such as movie rentals, on-demand live streaming of local broadcasts, beamed from hundreds or thousands of miles away, and pay-for-view live sports events.
The YouTube Evolution
Debuting in 2005, the video sharing site only recorded 30 million registered users that same year. In 2006, Google took a gamble and purchased the fledgling site, which now claims that almost one out of two people on the internet visit YouTube.
What’s more, the video based platform boasts that every single one of the top 100 international brands has its own channel. Now that YouTube sees a billion visits each month, it’s easy to see why it would ask netizens to pay for certain channels.
YouTube Lacking Significant Interaction
Though the site has had great success, it might not be as expansive as one would think. The primary concern, noted in a study by Socialbakers, is that while YouTube records just as many click through from paid ads on its site out to others across the web as do social sites like Facebook, users leave noticeably fewer comments on YouTube than on other social media properties.
That means while visitor click an equal amount of links to other destinations, the real interaction happens on social networks, and not on YouTube. However, approximately half of all US households state they prefer a YouTube on-demand feature be included with their TV package, according to a recent study conducted by Parks Associates.


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PLUSNET is down for thousands of users as customers struggle to access internet services.
According to Downdetector, over 20,000 users reported outages with the service at 9pm.
A majority of the issues are associated with the landline internet while 18 percent of users don’t have a signal and 3 percent of customers can’t access the website.
One user wrote on Downdetector: “We just lost Internet connection and we live in Bath, Somerset. The hub tells me all is well but clearly it is not. The light might be blue but we have no Internet connection.”
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Reacting to press reports of the Lafuma Group's potential acquisition by a South Korean conglomerate, E-Land, the French outdoor and action sports group confirmed that it had been approached by the company and that discussions had been opened. However, Lafuma hastened to add that the talks were very preliminary, and that they may not lead to any deal.
The French company owns the Lafuma outdoor brand along with two more mountain-oriented brands, Millet and Eider,; Le Chameau, which specializes in boots; and Oxbow, a French board sports brand. Lafuma turned into a diversified group after the company embarked on a round of acquisitions a few years ago, but it consistently said that it remained open to strategic shifts and changes in its capital. Lafuma returned to profit, albeit tiny, in the financial year through the end of September 2011.
After a recent equity increase, the Lafuma Group is owned by several institutions and individuals, none of them owning a majority. About 31.3 percent of the shares are in free float on the Paris stock exchange, while 20 percent are in the hands of Comir, a holding company related to the Baur family; the founding family of the group, retains 15.4 percent; Jean-Pierre Millet 11 percent; CDC, a French investment group, owns 14.6 percent; and BNP Paribas Fortis has 7.7 percent.
E-Land is a conglomerate that owns scores of fashion brands, operates as a licensee for several sports brands and runs a large-scale retail network. The Korean company has been the licensee and exclusive distributor of Berghaus in the country for several years and has already proven its appetite to grow abroad: After taking over an Italian shoe company, it bought last year Mandarina Duck, an Italian brand of leathergoods and accessories, and also made an unsuccessful bid for Collective Brands, the big American shoe conglomerate.
Lafuma already has a strong partnership in China with another Korean company, LG Fashion, that bought the rights for the Lafuma brand in its own market a few years ago. The French company's shares surged on the Paris stock exchange on the back of the announcement on Monday.


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During my time at Mobile World Congress, I took the time to seat and talk with few companies involved with Android. To kick things off, I spoke with members of
We’ve received a couple of emails over the last week from a gaming studio called HyperDevbox who has alerted us to two games of theirs. Both of them, LoveCatch and
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Independent game development studio, oeFun,Â recently announced their ‘Tilt Me’ game (PDF) for Motorola Droid users.Â Designed as ‘pick up and play’ title, the 3D maze game requires you to
The ODROID Developer Edition package is now available worldwide and has begun deployment to the 300 developers that pre-ordered back in September. Will the ODROID gain any traction in the gaming community and break into the market that the iPod Touch is dominating?
Gameloft, a major gaming developer, has started to pull back on their plans for Android.Â The two reasons are potential revenue and adoption of the platform “We have significantly cut
Along with the LA Times, CNN, Fox News, ESPN and AndroidGuys my day starts with a quick glance at “Top of the day” on www.Androlib.com. I regularly find applications I
Popular iPhone “game” MouthOff has made its way over to Android. With MouthOff, users can hold their handset in front of your mouth and sing, talk, yell, or laugh to
These last few days have seen an incredible amount of new software releases and announcement. From the big name companies all the way down to the 1-man teams, there’s an
Casual game fans will want to put this one on their radar.Â ChickenBrick Studios, the developers behind popular titles like Cestos, Project I.N.F.,Â and Plox is getting ready to release


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Dec 8, 2017 Wells Fargo Investment Institute's (WFC) head of global asset allocation strategy, Tracie McMillion said at a press luncheon that the bank isn't recommending bitcoin to its clients, but noted that they are interested in the blockchain technology. That technology could be as revolutionary as the internet was, Dec 11, 2017 Victory Square Technologies Introduces an Incubated Portfolio Company, Blockchain Assembly, a Blockchain Investment & Cryptocurrency Advisory Firm This news release may include forward-looking information within the meaning of Canadian securities legislation, concerning the business of Victory cryptocurrency news app Oct 19, 2017 Blockchain is catching the attention of big business more than ever before with the number of corporate investors hitting a new high. first corporate players to make direct blockchain investments en masse - unsurprising, given how Bitcoin's underlying technology lends itself (both technically and in popular 1 day ago In order to be eligible for inclusion in the index, companies must derive revenue from and/or are investing in blockchain technology, blockchain companies, or blockchain-enabled applications. These companies are at the forefront of R&D, testing and implementation of blockchain technology, and/or are
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Dec 17, 2017 Eight investments where you could have made a fortune. What is blockchain technology? Most people have already come across blockchain without realising it: Bitcoin operates on a blockchain. (Bitcoin created the first blockchain.) Just as there are hundreds of other cryptocurrencies besides Bitcoin, such Sep 13, 2017 Blockchain is a technology platform whose fundamental principles bring the democratic value system to the Internet and changes the way users For example, imagine buying stocks with smart contracts built in that trigger buy/sell orders based on the recent news, earnings, market sentiment, or any other initial coin offering xbox one 16 hours ago Following bitcoin's meteoric price rise in 2017 — from just under $1,000 in January to nearly $20,000 in December — there's been a rush to cash in on cryptocurrencies and the blockchain technology that makes them possible. Numerous investment vehicles have been created to meet this surge in About Blog - Providing breaking Bitcoin & FinTech news - focusing on blockchain technology, smart contracts and cryptocurrencies. Frequency - about 84 posts per . About Blog - 99Bitcoins supplies video and text tutorial on how to buy Bitcoins with Paypal, Credit Card, debit card and more. They also supply you with your Nov 24, 2017 Though, it may not be a fair to name Ether and Tether together after the recent news of Tether hack creating untrust with user. A lot happened since then in When I say, "It's still not late to invest in Ethereum blockchain technology", I don't mean to invest in Ether only. I mean, it is not too late to start investing
Oct 18, 2017 Here we show you how to invest in cryptocurrency to take advantage of rising sentiment toward bitcoin's underlying blockchain technology.Blockchain Capital is a pioneer and the premier venture capital firm investing in Blockchain enabled technology. Our initial fund was the first VC Fund dedicated to the Bitcoin/Blockchain ecosystem, launched in the Fall of 2013, and was also the first fund to accept capital calls in Bitcoin. Based in San Francisco, Blockchain how can i invest in blockchain Before jumping into blockchain strategy and investment, let's reflect on what we know about technology adoption and, in particular, the transformation process typical of other foundational technologies. One of the most relevant examples is distributed computer networking technology, seen in the adoption of TCP/IP Oct 9, 2017 As the technology behind bitcoin develops, we'll get a system that essentially automates trust and verification. Mohammed Badra/ Jeff Stewart, a partner in blockchain investment company Urgent, tells me to think of it this way: Apple, Alphabet, Facebook and Amazon each essentially created an economy.Nov 9, 2016 That, though, hasn't stopped other sectors from embracing the technology hence the massive investment in blockchain over the past nine months. Cushley said that medical records, land registry holdings, digital identity, and even the sale of diamonds are being used on the blockchain. He stated: But when
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Nov 3, 2017 Global Blockchain Technologies Corp announced today that it has joined the Hyperledger Foundation and hopes the move will help consolidate its position in the blockchain space.Dec 20, 2017 Most firms can't—or won't—buy digital currency like bitcoin directly. But they're high on the potential value of the underlying blockchain technology, and finding creative ways to pour money into the sector. David Pakman, a partner at Venrock, says he is exploring investments in apps that will run on the t token May 23, 2017 ING and dozens of other banks have invested USD 107 million into R3 a group developing distributed ledger technology for financial companies. Fintech R3 wants to speed up the development of blockchain-based technology for financial institutions and ING's investment is a further step in its innovation 2 hours ago Blockchain opportunity. To capitalise on his knowledge, Clear Leisure has just made its first blockchain investment. The company estimated at US$4,752 per bitcoin. At US$10,000 apiece currently, that would generate revenue and cash while it looks for other technology investments to add to its portfolio.Sep 1, 2017 A Seattle-based cooperative raised more than $5 million in a single day this week to build a new blockchain technology that it says will be faster, more… Despite requiring a minimum investment of $50,000, the cooperative had sold $5 million worth of Rhocs, priced at 20 cents each, by the end of the day.
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Sep 10, 2015 The blockchain technology company Chain has raised $30 million in a round including participation by Citi Ventures, Nasdaq, Capital One, Visa, Fiserv and Orange. Existing investors Khosla Ventures and RRE Ventures led the round. Chain also announced that RRE founder and former American Express Dec 11, 2017 But blockchain technology has produced some investable companies. A blockchain investment company focused on early stage projects and blockchain-based digital assets, quoted on NEX exchange, the UK junior If my confidence builds, I will buy more, and have now just added to my BTL holding. best blockchain investments dallas Mar 9, 2017 People keep asking me how to properly invest into the crypto-economy. Answer: Blockchain technology refers to a class of technologies “No Way Back”. This is I believe, in the future, blockchain technology will become an immutable mathematical guarantor of the preservation of property and economic Then advertisers need to buy Flixx from content producers, creating a complete, closed and organic token economy. . is changing the future of video streaming with Blockchain Technology. NewsBTC. Oct 11, 2017 12:00 AM Out with the Old and in with the New: Blockchain's Impact on Video Streaming. CryptoCoins News.Olga Kharif, “Check Raises $24 Million to Bolster Mobile Bill Payment Service,” Bloomberg, September 4, 2013, articles/2013-09-04/check-raises-24-million-to-bolster-mobile-bill-paymentservice. Reuters, “Intuit to Buy Check Inc. for $360 million,” Reuters: Technology News, May 27, 2014,
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