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Xiaomi means to proceed with its MWC occasion on February 23 even with coronavirus concerns, however it will be avoiding potential risk to guarantee the wellbeing of its staff and visitors. Since the Mi 9 cell phone arrangement was propelled around this time a year ago, they were at that point anticipating that its successor should be reported in Barcelona. It would appear that it will be revealed in China ten days before at that point, on February 13, and the organization has taken to Chinese social stage Weibo to prod the Mi 10.
Something other than suggesting spec subtleties, Xiaomi has indicated us precisely what its most recent leader will resemble. The picture underneath reveals to us some significant insights concerning the Mi 10 that recognize it from a year ago’s model. The waterdrop indent is being swapped out for a punch-gap while the presentation additionally seems to have marginally bended edges this time around.
On the back, the plan language is continued from the Mi 9, however it’s reasonable they are getting an additional camera focal point — that is four altogether. In the event that they look carefully, they can make out the 108MP mark beneath the fundamental shooter, affirming that it will utilize a similar sensor as the Mi Note 10. Almost certainly, we’re taking a gander at a Pro form of the Mi 10 as a standard variant including a 64MP primary camera is additionally on the cards.
We know the Mi 10 will be controlled by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 865 chipset and be 5G competent gratitude to an uncover prior in the year, and other Weibo mysteries point to a one of a kind VC heat dissemination framework that should keep the telephone cool under tension, in any event, when playing progressively escalated games. This is particularly critical to buyers in Xiaomi’s home market where portable gaming wears the pants.
Other reputed specs for the Mi 10 Pro incorporate up to 12GB of RAM and 66-Watt quick charging. It’s additionally set to utilize UFS 3.0 stockpiling. We’ll become familiar with the telephone when it’s authoritatively uncovered in China in a couple of days and we’ll get some answers concerning worldwide estimating and accessibility at MWC


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Extreme Reach and Verance partner on reporting for Addressable TV
Nov 5, 2019 – Verance and Extreme Reach (ER) have announced plans to jointly bring addressable and cross-platform reporting capabilities to market. The partnership combines Verance’s watermarking with ER’s asset management platform for TV and Video ad creative.
News categories: Verance, Extreme Reach, Nil Shah, Tim Conley, Advertising, Big Data, Digital TV, USA, Watermarking
TVSquared and Extreme Reach partner on attribution on video platforms
Oct 7, 2019 – TVSquared has partnered with Extreme Reach (ER) to enable advertisers to measure the performance of all impressions served across every ad-supported OTT streaming service. The integration tags every single ad, delivering massive simplification for advertisers.
News categories: TVSquared, Extreme Reach, Jo Kinsella, James Shears, Mary Rykaczewski, Advertising, Big Data, Digital TV, OTT, USA, Worldwide
More than 50% of video ad impressions served by Extreme Reach now on CTV
Oct 2, 2019 – Connected TV (CTV) has established itself as a brand building essential that is clearly here to stay. It now accounts for a full 50% of all video ad impressions – twice that of mobile – according to the latest Video Benchmarks report from Extreme Reach (ER).
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49% of U.S. video ad impressions going to connected TV
Jun 26, 2019 – With impressions increasing nearly 60% Y-o-Y, connected TV advertising now accounts for nearly half of impressions served in the U.S. according to Extreme Reach, highlighting the massive impact of CTV on multiple aspects of digital advertising.
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Extreme Reach launches Sell-Side ad distribution platform
Jun 3, 2019 – Extreme Reach (ER) has announced the launch of AdBridge for Sellers. AdBridge for Sellers connects the buy and sell sides to simplify the distribution of ad creative to every serving point: OTT, VOD, CTV, Digital and linear TV.
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Extreme Reach platform connects all creative with any media placement
May 9, 2019 – Extreme Reach has launched AdBridge, a platform to automatically prepare and connect all creative with any media placement. AdBridge integrates asset preparation, TV delivery, video ad serving, Talent & Rights management and overall creative asset management in one platform.
News categories: Extreme Reach, Tim Conley, Matt Timothy, Advertising, Digital TV, USA
Extreme Reach releases 2018 Q4 Video Advertising Benchmarks report
Feb 21, 2019 – Extreme Reach has released its 2018 Q4 and full year Video Advertising Benchmarks report that highlights the transformative impact of connected television (CTV) platforms on the advertising industry.
News categories: Extreme Reach, Mary Vestewig, Matt Timothy, Advertising, Digital TV, OTT, Set Top Box, USA
Connected TV poised to transform digital advertising
Oct 31, 2018 – Extreme Reach has released its Q3 2018 Video Advertising Benchmarks based on metrics from its third-party video ad server. The report offers brands and agencies up-to-date insights based on key performance metrics.
News categories: Extreme Reach, Mary Vestewig, Advertising, Digital TV, OTT, USA
Extreme Reach report shows growing opportunity for advertising on CTV/OTT
Aug 1, 2018 – Extreme Reach has released its Q2 2018 Video Advertising Benchmarks Report. The most recent analysis of data on click-through, completion and viewability rates as well as bot traffic and time spent by device used showcases the growing opportunity of advertising on CTV/OTT platforms.
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The coffee giant Starbucks revealed its ambitions to enter the web3 industry with the introduction of its NFT series later this year, where the unique digital collectibles also give their holders access to special content experiences as well as other perks. They unveiled plans to use blockchain-based technologies to design a digital community as well as provide access to exclusive perks.
The concept will roll out as some sort of online collectible-enhanced loyalty program driven by last year’s buzziest word, non-fungible tokens (NFTs). An undetermined set of special advantages is expected to add to the value Starbucks now gives, which is having stores practically everywhere.
The firm emphasized its ambitions to shareholders on its fiscal Q2 2022 earnings call by outlining how NFTs may help Starbucks spread its brand’s notion of the “third place” — meaning a space between work and home where people can experience a sense of belonging over coffee.
The firm said it will expand and extend its NFT community on an “ecologically sustainable” web3 platform — a choice it claimed might be more in accordance with its existing sustainability objectives. The business didn’t say what form of blockchain technology would be engaged with its NFT collections, though, but claimed it was expected to be “multi-chain” or “chain agnostic.”
While Starbucks seemed to be light on the specifics about what its inaugural set of NFTs might look like, who would design those, or what kind of participation features they’d focus on providing, it actually explained that it sees the opportunity to generate an investable business adjoining to its stores in which digital collectible items aren’t just bought in pure speculation, but truly, double as an access pass offering customers with special interactions and perks.
“Many people perceive NFTs as a new kind of ownership of digital artwork, typically exchanged in a very speculative fashion. While that’s proven true on some level in the early days in space, we are excited by how NFTs allow individuals to own a programmable, brandable digital asset that also functions as an access pass,” said the Head of Marketing, Brady Brewer.
“We think NFTs have vast potential to establish an extended, shared-ownership paradigm for loyalty, the providing of diverse experiences, community development, storytelling, and consumer engagement,” Brady Brewer added.
Brady further noted, “We want to establish a number of labeled NFT collectibles, the ownership of which begins community membership and enables access to special experiences and incentives. The themes of these collections will be born through Starbucks aesthetic expressions, both legacy and freshly generated, and via world-class partnerships with other innovators and some like-minded brands.”
Starbucks has more than 30,000 outlets and employs over 400,000 employees. The corporation is facing a strong unionization campaign.
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Italian gamblers can now self-ban from online casinos.
Telegram founder will invest Bitcoins in proxy and VPN companies.
Christine Lagarde, the head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) expressed the view that the blockchain technology has great potential and among other areas of application could be useful in the financial sector and healthcare industry.laga
Mobile gambler hits a huge jackpot playing the NetEnt’s slot game.
Female cryptocurrency conference to be held in Moscow.
Tim Draper predicts a spectacular growth for Bitcoin.
Clients of beauty clinics in Japan can now enjoy cosmetic procedures and pay with Bitcoins.
More than 20000 websites are infected with crypto-mining scripts and are mining cryptocurrencies via devices of their visitors.
22 European countries have signed a Declaration on the Establishment of a European Blockchain Partnership.
Swiss central banker shared her concerns about government-issued cryptocurrencies.


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Cargo traffic at Kobe port in western Japan grew 7.7% in April 2015 from a year earlier to 8.313 million tonnes, as domestic trade posted double-digit growth, according to preliminary figures released by the Kobe municipal government.
Of the 8.313 million tonnes, 4.453 million tonnes came from foreign trade, up 4.5% from a year earlier, and the remaining 3.860 million tonnes came from domestic trade, up 11.7% year on year (y/y).
Kobe’s foreign trade in April remained firm. The port exported 2.096 million tonnes of cargo, up 9.4%, and imported 2.356 million tonnes of cargo, up 0.5%.
Kobe handled 893,425 teu of containers between January and April, up 4.9% from the same four-month period last year. Figures for only April were not available immediately.
Of the 893,425 teu handled in January-April, 697,924 teu came from foreign trade, a 3.7% increase from a year earlier, and the remaining 195,501 teu came from domestic trade, rising 9.3% y/y.
In January-April foreign trade, 369,882 teu were exported, up 3.5% from last year, and 328,043 teu were imported, up 4.0% y/y.


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New York’s Medical Cannabis Patient Program Grows To 114,000
Remedy, a medical cannabis dispensary in Bardonia, has been rebranded by its owner, Cresco Labs, the parent company announced last week. The Bardonia location on Route 304, along with the other three in New York, are now called Sunnyside.
Remedy, Rockland County’s first marijuana medical dispensary, opened its doors last January.
“As we continue to build our national retail brand and consolidate the five dispensary brands we operate around the country under the Sunnyside name, we remain focused on ensuring that we deliver against the promise of what Sunnyside stands for—wellness, education and convenience,” Charlie Bachtell, Cresco Labs CEO and co-founder, said via news release.
Bachtell said New York’s medical cannabis patient program has grown to more than 114,000 people who look to dispensaries and cannabis products to treat a variety of qualifying conditions and critical illnesses.
The other New York dispensaries to be rebranded by Cresco Labs are in Brooklyn, New Hartford and Huntington, Long Island.
Cresco holds one of the 10 vertically integrated cannabis business licenses granted in the state by the New York State Department of Health. Each license gives the operator the right to operate one cultivation facility and four dispensaries in New York.
Remedy NY sells medical cannabis to patients who have legal permission from healthcare providers.
Medical marijuana became legal in New York in 2016, and although the law has expanded over time, it is seen as unusually restrictive. Currently, only 13 conditions qualify for medical marijuana use; the drug may not be smoked (vaping is allowed, but not in public). There are about 24 active dispensaries in the state. Medical cannabis is a pharmaceutical-grade, state-approved medicine that is administered via pills, inhaler pens, syringe, and oils.
To use medical marijuana, you need to be certified for the program by a registered practitioner, like a doctor, physician assistant or nurse practitioner. Users register with the health department, receive a card and buy medical marijuana from a registered dispensary.
Marijuana used for medical treatment, as is the substance for any other purpose, is classified as a controlled substance at the federal level. While medical cannabis is legal in New York State for such qualifying conditions as cancer, chronic pain and opioid use, the federal designation prevents it from being covered by health insurance.
Some communities have been slow to embrace medical cannabis dispensaries, fearing it will stimulate crime.
Cresco has launched a home delivery service for medical cannabis patients in the New Hartford area which allows patients to place orders for products including vape pens and cartridges, topical creams, oral tinctures and capsules at its online shop. Cresco said it plans to roll out its medical cannabis home delivery program to other locations in the coming months.


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Last week Ernst & Young announced the selection of Tom Bedecarré, Chairman of ideas and innovation company AKQA, as the National EY Entrepreneur of the Year 2013 for Media, Entertainment and Communications. The country’s most prestigious business award for entrepreneurs recognizes leaders and visionaries who demonstrate innovation, financial success and personal commitment as they create and build world-class businesses.
“Tom Bedecarré is a visionary leader whose understanding of the digital space drove AKQA’s success,” said Kay Matthews, Ernst & Young LLP West Region Managing Partner. “Tom’s recognition as the 2013 EY National Entrepreneur of the Year award winner in the Media, Entertainment and Communications category is recognition of his significant accomplishments in helping other businesses adapt and flourish in the new digital world.”
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NIGERIA – In 2014, Nigeria witnessed an unprecedented increase in the number of shopping malls that berthed in major cities like Lagos, Abuja, Port Harcourt, Aba amongst others. Major Nigerian cities, especially Lagos and Abuja, saw in 2014 what seems a revolution in the retail segment of the real estate market driven by the country’s encouraging demographics, changing household shopping culture, strong purchasing power and high consumer spend coming from the upper and emerging middle class population.
The rebirth of shopping malls has redefined consumers’ lifestyle in the areas where they are established, the surge in the growth of Nigeria’s retail sector may not have seen the last of investors as Resilient Africa says it has seen a huge potential in the sector notwithstanding that it is still relatively immature.
In 2104, a joint venture by Shoprite and Stanbic IBTC as development partners and Resilient Africa – a real estate investment and development company from South Africa – is out with an intention to develop as many malls as it can within the shortest possible time in Nigeria.
“The potential of this (Nigerian) market is unlimited and it is relatively immature. We see big international (European) retailers coming here in the next two to three years. I think Africa is the flavour of the moment and it is only natural for international investors to migrate to the continent,” Japie Swart, Resilient Africa’s chief operating officer, told BusinessDay in an interview in the outgoing year.
Swart disclosed that they were already tapping into the opportunities which this market offers with the development of Delta Mall, a retail outlet sitting on 14,000 square metres gross lettable area estimated to cost $58 million on completion.
The mall which is located at Effurun roundabout in Delta State, Swart said, is a joint venture project involving his company, Delta State government and an undisclosed local businessman, adding that March 2015 has been set for the opening of the mall already 70-80 percent ready on construction side.
“This mall occupies 14,000 square metres gross lettable area and there are 65 individual shops. About 70 percent of these spaces have been let and we are negotiating letting another 20 percent. So, we anticipate that the mall will be 90 percent let at opening.
“Shoprite as the anchor tenant and project partner occupies 3,400 square metres, Lifemate Furniture occupies 1,100 square metres while Mr. Price occupies 650 square metres,” the COO said.
Delta Mall was one of the many shopping outlets that came into the Nigerian retail sector to operate outside the traditional city centres of Lagos, Abuja and Port Harcourt and this development was explained by Matthew Chency, project manager, Resilient Africa at Tenant’s Forum in Lagos.
“Wherever we see opportunity, we pursue it. All of us cannot just focus on the big cities. By doing that, we will be over-supplying the market there, but not tapping the opportunities in the rest of Nigeria,” he said, explaining that their choice of Effurun for the Delta Mall was based on available business opportunities and market research.
The mall had modern facilities such as public toilets, a lift for accessing the first floor; parking space that will take 570 cars and, as an enclosed structure, it will be fully air-conditioned for climate control. The price per square metre of space ranges from $25 to $70 depending on the size and location of the shop space, and this price, according to Swart, is market-related and competitive.
For logistics reasons, Swart said their investment focus, for now, was on the Southern part of Nigeria, disclosing that they have broken ground for the development of another mall in Owerri that would be opened in December 2015.“Our focus, for now, is on the Southern part of Nigeria from logistics point of view.
We usually engage local contractors for our construction and we cannot move them about because we are not a construction firm like Julius Berger. Right now, we are using artisans and professionals from Nigeria to develop our malls”, he said, disclosing that the design of the Delta Mall was done by South African architects in conjunction with Nigerians.
In a related development in 2014, market received another major boost as Berverly & Sam Properties launched its upscale Purplestone Mall, Abuja into the market with not only a new development proposition but also a new shopping experience that will be pocket-friendly.
Though the developer said the choice of Abuja for the development of this mall was because of the ‘cheaper’ cost of acquiring land in Abuja relative to other locations plus the ease of doing business in the city, Abuja also presents investment and economic indices which investors find compelling.
With a rapidly growing population of 2.2 million, Abuja – Nigeria’s federal capital city –became a very strong market comprising A and B level consumers which underpin the residents’ potential buying power. The city is said to have the highest per capita income in Nigeria and according to a recent study on the city’s consumer spend, there are over 68,000 households in the city with annual expenditure of over $150,000 per household.
Lilian Agbakoba, Berverly & Sam Properties’ MD/CEO, explained that Purplestone, in its residential and commercial developments, targets people at the lower level of the society, thus mall would be more affordable than its peers in order to reach this class of people.
The Mall, which opened in November 2014, sits on 300 square metres of land, offering 400 shop spaces and opportunities for banking halls, hair-dressing salon etc, and according to the CEO, these shop spaces go for prices 30 percent lower than those of known brands in town.
With a huge consumer market, growing economy and increasingly urbanised population base, Nigeria represents one of the biggest opportunities for the retail sector in Africa. However lingering concerns over select risk factors, including tariffs imposed on the industry in 2014.
Currently, more than 80m of Nigeria’s 170m citizens live in or close to urban areas, a figure that is set to rise in coming years as the economy moves away from its traditional rural base. This shift to the cities, and the rise of a broader middle class, represents a vast pool of customers for retailers.
According to a report released in July 2014 by research firm McKinsey Global Institute, Nigeria’s consumption could rise to $1.4trn a year by 2030, from its present level of $388bn a year, an average annual increase of 8%.This rise in consumption was driven by higher income levels, with the report forecasting 35m households to be earning more than $7500 a year by 2030, greatly expanding the middle-income bracket.
This increased affluence is expected to result in 7.1% annual growth in sales of food and non-food consumer goods. The rise of non-food goods such as personal care products will record an even sharper rate of growth, with sales rising by 10.6 percent a year through to 2030, compared to 6.8% for food.
Another report prepared by international management consultancy A T Kearney earlier in 2014 tipped Nigeria, along with Gabon, as offering the best retail investment opportunities in Africa.
Kearney’s African Retail Development Index ranked Nigeria second overall for retail potential, saying it had rapidly evolving retail dynamics and demographics, with many other global retailers planning to set up shop.
In 2013, French retail giant Carrefour partnered with the French distributor CFAO, which specialises in African sales and distribution, and plans to open stores in eight countries across the continent by 2015, including in Nigeria.
In the same vein, 2015 is expected to mark a technological milestone as the number of households possessing a mobile telephone will surpass 90 percent for the first time (90.3 percent), according to Euromonitor forecasts (based on 86 countries which account for 87.3 percentage of global households).
This is important for several reasons: Mobile telephones are growing in ubiquity and are now considered an essential household item, even in less affluent countries and regions.
In Africa, for example, mobile phones have leapfrogged personal computers enabling consumers in remote areas to get connected; this trend is also representative of a growing global middle class; communications is often amongst the first categories where discretionary spending occurs, once consumers enter the realms of spending beyond the essential items of food and housing; as more consumers seek to upgrade their handsets to smartphones or mobile phones enabling web access, marketers should consider mobile and Internet marketing as an area for growth in order to reach new consumer prospects directly.
There remain discrepancies in mobile phone penetration rates across the world with higher income countries tending to have a greater proportion of mobile phone ownership.
However, big emerging markets such as India, Nigeria and Mexico with relatively low mobile phone penetration offer growth potential, while saturated markets in developed economies can be targeted with more sophisticated devices as consumers seek products that can help them stay digitally active while on the move and where one device will satisfy all needs. The boundaries between personal and work technologies will continue to blur as more workers can work from anywhere at any time.


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每日观察：关注Five Nights at Freddy将改编为电影4.08
1，据venturebeat的消息称kabam将Marvel: Contest of Champions引入中国市场。这款游戏自去年发布后已经下载超过3000万次，这其中也包括数以百万计的中国市场用户。
3，据pocket gamer的消息称Electronic Arts从Illumination Entertainment手上获得了包括Despicable Me在内的游戏使用授权。
过去两年Gameloft曾使用Despicable Me制作出了成功的游戏Despicable Me: Minion Rush，下载量数以亿计。
5，据gamezebo的消息称Warner Bros获得了当前火爆的恐怖游戏Five Nights at Freddy’s系列的电影改编权。（本文由游戏邦编译，转载请注明来源，或咨询微信zhengjintiao）
1，Kabam is announcing today that it is taking its Marvel: Contest of Champions action-fighting mobile game to China, one of the largest markets in the world. It has already been downloaded more than 30 million times since it was released last year — and with the hundreds of millions of gamers in China, it could find even more success in a market that’s mad for American brands like The Avengers, Spider-Man, and other heroes.
Among a million apps in the Apple iTunes App Store, Marvel: Contest of Champions is No. 15 in the top-grossing list today, and it’s ranked high for months.
Kabam has had a development studio in Beijing since 2011, and that studio is doing the “culturalization” effort for the Marvel title, with support from Vancouver. The Beijing studio created hits such as The Hobbit: Kingdoms of Middle-earth, and Kingdoms of Camelot: Battle for the North. Each of those generated more than $100 million over the past four years.
Kabam CEO Kevin Chou announced plans to launch the game at the Mobile Games Forum in Hong Kong today. Chou declined to say which Chinese publishing partner will distribute the game, but Kabam is actively negotiating with potential publishers, and Chou said Kabam will name the company soon.（source：vebturebeat ）
2，amo Login is founder of Outfit7 Holding, which includes Outfit7 (Outfit7 Limited and its subsidiaries) and Bee7 (Bee7000 Limited and its subsidiaries).
As the CEO of the multinational entertainment company Outfit7 Limited, Samo is the architect of the Talking Tom and Friends franchise and leads the creative and overall strategy for both the company and its products. Samo is also the inventor of the Bee7 technology (patent pending).
Forecasts towards the end of 2014 stated that mobile game sales will overtake console game sales during 2015.
But despite the huge revenue potential that lies within mobile games, it can be a bit of a ‘golden goose laying eggs’ scenario.
Making your game profitable can be the hardest part of building a mobile game. Competing with established developers who have massive user acquisition and analytics budgets can be challenging.
Sure, a great game and maybe a bit of occasional luck have helped some of us succeed. But from my own experience, the key is actually a sound strategy and careful planning for both success and to buffer against unavoidable failures.
We’ve learned a lot along the way on our journey from a small start-up to a successful global entertainment company with 250 million MAUs and 2.5 billion downloads.（source：pocketgamer.biz ）
3，Electronic Arts is letting the ink dry on a multi-title partnership deal that will allow it to create mobile games using characters from filmmaking company Illumination Entertainment.
As the masterminds behind Despicable Me, Illumination are letting loose their minions on EA for the first game of the collaboration, Minions Paradise, which will launch with new animated film in the summer.
It’s a blow to Gameloft, who for two years has successfully held the license for the franchise.
Its game, Despicable Me: Minion Rush, celebrated half a billion downloads last month and the accolade of “highest downloaded licensed game in the world across the App Store and Google Play” in 2014.
Clearly EA is hoping to siphon off some of this success, with executive VP of EA mobile Frank Gibeau saying “This incredible partnership will help us bring players an unforgettable way to build the ultimate playground for their Minions, with an engaging story and deep and varied gameplay.”
“Minions Paradise is a great way to start our new partnership with EA,” added Illumination CEO and founder Chis Meledandri.（source：pocketgamer.biz ）
4，Following in the footsteps of Nintendo and Square Enix, Level-5 is expanding some of its popular franchises to mobile devices in a big way while continuing to invest in console game development.
During Level-5′s annual Vision event today in Japan, Siliconera reports the company laid out plans for the year ahead that include releasing its upcoming Professor Layton game on smartphones rather than 3DS and launching a mobile-only sequel to the company’s popular 3DS RPG Fantasy Life.
The company has been releasing smartphone games for some time, and this migration of tentpole titles to mobile devices marks Level-5 as one among many big Japanese game companies (including Nintendo and Square Enix) pouring more resources into Japan’s ravenous mobile market.（source：gamasutra.com ）
5，Freddy Fazbear left his hat behind following the release of Five Nights at Freddy’s 3, leading many to believe the third game in the mega-popular horror franchise is the last. Maybe it is the last; we haven’t heard one way or the other yet.
But the Five Nights at Freddy’s legend will definitely live on. There’s a movie coming.
Earlier today The Hollywood Reporter revealed Warner Bros picked up the rights to a Five Nights at Freddy’s film adaptation. The adaptation is being produced by Roy Lee (The Ring, The Grudge), and the duo of Seth Grahame-Smith and David Katzenberg of KatzSmith Entertainment.
At this point it’s not known what direction the story will take beyond “animatronics try and kill a hapless security guard” (and even that‘s not a guaranteed plot point). Fans of the series know there’s a lot of lore underneath the games’ seemingly shallow presentation. Will the movie shed any light on the murders? On Purple Guy? The child-ghosts possessing the animatronics?（source：gamezebo.com ）


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Computer and printer maker Hewlett-Packard Co. will settle lawsuits concerning its $11 billion deal to buy Autonomy Inc. in late 2011, Reuters reports.
According to the report, which cites an unnamed source, the three lawsuits over the deal will likely be settled by Monday.
As part of the deal, the report said, lawyers representing the suing shareholders will agree to drop all charges against current and former HP executives, board members and advisers, including current boss Meg Whitman.
The deal also calls for lawyers on the shareholders' side to help Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) make claims against Michael Lynch, the former CEO of Autonomy, and against Sushovan Hussain, its former chief financial officer.
After buying Autonomy in October 2011, Palo Alto-based HP took a charge of $8.8 billion a year later, attributing much of it to problems with the Autonomy deal.
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On Wednesday, Elon Musk visited Apple’s headquarters in California amidst claims that the corporate is threatening to take away Twitter from the App Retailer.
In a brief, four-second video, Musk thanked Apple CEO Tim Prepare dinner for taking him round Apple Park.
Thanks @tim_cook for taking me round Apple’s lovely HQ pic.twitter.com/xjo4g306gR
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 30, 2022
It is not clear how the assembly was began, or by whom, however the Twitter CEO seemingly wished to satisfy with Prepare dinner to debate the lively Twitter “struggle” that Musk wished to start out. Apple hasn’t mentioned something publicly, however Musk has mentioned the corporate is threatening to take away Twitter’s app from the App Retailer till Musk units clear guidelines round content material on the platform.
Apple has strict guidelines round content material moderation, and Twitter is believed to have fired most of its moderation groups. The European Union additionally requires Twitter to beef its moderation up once more, warning Musk that it’s going to ban or fantastic Twitter except it follows its legal guidelines about content material moderation that may go into impact in 2023.
Musk finalized his buy of Twitter in October, shopping for it for $46.5 billion. Since then, he has laid off workers and shaken up the corporate’s Twitter Blue subscription, in addition to its verification course of for blue checkmarks.


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The state of California will be spending $286.4 billion during the 2022-2023 fiscal year. Out of the total budget, $22.5 billion will go to climate-related goals while EV-related investments will take $6.1 billion.
Governor Gavin Newsom has signed off on the budget and took a gentle swipe at the federal government for not doing enough to fight climate change.
California will be focusing on EV initiatives as the transport sector accounts for more than half of the greenhouse gas emissions in the state, according to Gov Newsom.
Newsom indicated that battery-powered vehicle makers are flocking to his state. He didn’t mention any company by name, but automakers like Rivian and Lordstown Motors have established a presence in the state. Also, it is the birthplace of the biggest EV company in the world, Tesla, although the CEO moved the headquarters to Texas last year for tax and regulatory reasons.
Other EV-related companies like ChargePoint and Electrify America, both with the first and second largest market share in the EV charging space, are also very active in California.
Furthermore, California is betting heavily on lithium, with plans to become a key player in the extraction of the mineral, with brine deposits located near the Salton Sea. Lithium is a crucial raw material in the manufacture of lithium-ion batteries used in electric vehicles.
The proposed $6.1 billion spending will cover 5 to 6 years EV spending. The fund will come from several sources; $3.5 billion from the state’s General Fund, $1.5 billion from Proposition 98, $676 million from the state’s Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund, and $383 million from the federal government.
The fund will be partly disbursed as follows:
- Low-Income Zero-Emission Vehicles and Infrastructure—$256 million to subsidize EV purchases for low-income consumers, and $900 million to expand public charging in low-income neighborhoods.
- Heavy-Duty Zero-Emission Vehicles and Supporting Infrastructure—$935 million to add 1,000 zero-emission short-haul (drayage) trucks and 1,700 zero-emission transit buses; $1.5 billion to support electric school buses; $1.1 billion for zero-emission trucks, buses, and off-road equipment and fueling infrastructure; and $400 million to enable port electrification.
- Zero-Emission Mobility—$419 million to support sustainable “community-based transportation equity projects” that increase EV access in low-income communities.
- Emerging Opportunities—$200 million for demonstration and pilot projects in high carbon-emitting sectors, including maritime, aviation, and rail.
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“Every industry will experience the Gartner Hype Cycle, which includes the innovation trigger, peak of inflated expectation, disillusionment, slope of enlightenment and then plateau of productivity. As China is 3 to 5 years ahead of many Belt-and-Road countries in many internet businesses, there are opportunities for both Chinese companies and startups in Belt-and-Road countries to grow together. Chinese companies can maintain the growth momentum as they expand overseas, while their foreign partners could scale up quickly as they stand on the shoulders of giants,” said YAO Jincheng at Belt and Road Innovation Conference on Friday.
YAO Jincheng is the founder of China’s co-working space AtWork. The startup kicked off an accelerator program on Friday dedicated to startups in Belt-and-Road countries.


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For a while, this Lorton, Va.-based chain was expanding so fast, it was opening five stores a week. Since launching in 1986, Five Guys has grown to more than 1,000 locations, largely on the strength of word of mouth. The company doesn't freeze any of its food, doesn't operate drive-thrus and is free of ostentation (all of its stores have the same red-and-white checkered interior). The food is bought at a counter, cooked in an open kitchen and picked up by the diner. The menu is simple: burgers, hot dogs, a few sandwiches and hand-cut fries. But with an option for unlimited toppings, which include jalapeno peppers, grilled mushrooms and hot sauce, customers can order burgers 250,000 ways. A standard hamburger costs $5.49 in Los Angeles; overall sales for the chain spiked 32.8% last year to $951 million, according to Technomic. The chain says its menu is free of trans fats. In 2010, however, the Xtreme Eating list from the Center for Science in the Public Interest said Five Guys' bacon cheeseburger, with at 920 calories, is equivalent to about two McDonald's Quarter-Pounders.
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At long last, after releasing some Insider builds and fixes to Windows 10 Mobile, Gabe Aul decided to push that Big Red Button and release a new PC build as well. Today, Microsoft pushed out Windows 10 Insider Preview build 14352 to Fast Ring Insiders.
Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 14352 now available to #WindowsInsiders in the Fast ring! https://t.co/AUO3qefI6P
— Gabriel Aul (@GabeAul) May 26, 2016
Looks like this build offers up some improvements to go with a significant list of fixes and known issues. Stay tuned for more information as we get caught up on this new build.


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EnGoPLANET, a company which produces street lights powered by kinetic energy of pedestrian footsteps and solar energy, will install the fist solar street lights in Las Vegas, one of the world’s most energy consuming cities.
There are more that 300 million street lights around the world, many of them powered by electricity from high carbon sources such as coal, thus releasing CO2 into the air. Energy is wasted through light pollution. Efficient solar powered lighting can provide a solution to many problems. EnGoPLANET’s Street Light is an off-grid LED lighting solution, powered by combining energy harvested from pedestrian’s footsteps and the sun.
When a pedestrian steps on a kinetic tile situated near the base of the light, energy is created that then charges a battery. Collected energy is also stored in these batteries. The product does more than just provide light. “If you look at traditional street light poles, you will see that they are useless. They simply hold the lighting,” said Petar Moronic, CEO of EnGoPlanet. “With our solution, we’ve changed that by incorporating useful features into the pole and transforming it into a free service spot where people can rest, charge their portable devices, or connect to wi-fi. It can also be equipped with sensors collecting real-time data on traffic, weather and other environmental conditions that can be communicated back to a central base.
EnGoPLANET Street Lights use the latest LED technology. The color of the lights can be switched from of a distance. It has a number of sensors, light on demand sensor, air quality sensor, temperature and humidity sensors as well. It carries wi-fi spots to provide free wi-fi service. Every unit has its own USB connectors to provide energy to charge phones and other devices. It also has a small bench for those who need to sit while the device is charging. Solar lighting isn’t just green – it can save money. EngoPlanet cites the example of Odessa College in Odessa, Texas, which installed solar lights and saved around 20 percent of the cost of a conventional system due to the avoidance of wiring and trenching works. The College is now saving more than USD $8,000 per year.
EnGoPLANET is a New York City-based clean tech start-up, and the company aims to become a leader in the off-ht-grid street lighting industry. The company plans to partner with cities, universities, and large corporations in introducing the solution to street lights. “The city of Las Vegas is a leader in sustainability, from our commitment to renewable enrgy to recycling, our alternative-fuel vehicles and street lights,” said Mayor Carolyn G. Goodman and added: “We are always interested in exploring new technologies that can help us to preserve our city for future generations.


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BEIJING – China, the world’s largest vehicle market, is expected to sell 1.7 million new energy vehicles (NEVs) in the first eight months of this year, up from 600,000 units in the same period last year, Vice Industry the minister said on Saturday.- Advertisement –
At an industry conference in Tianjin organized by the China Automotive Technology and Research Center (CATARC), the comments were made by Xin Guobin, deputy minister of China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. NEVs include battery electric, plug-in hybrid and hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles.
NEV makers such as Nio Inc., BYD and Tesla Inc. are expanding manufacturing capacity in China, encouraged by the government’s promotion of green vehicles to cut pollution.
Shin said total auto sales between January and August are expected to exceed 16 million, up about 10% from 2020. But he warned that global auto chip supply shortages induced by the coronavirus still remained a pressure point on China’s auto production.- Advertisement –
He said officials will continue to prevent indiscriminate construction of NEV projects and improve supplies of key metals, including cobalt, lithium and nickel. Automakers must protect vehicle data security and customer privacy, Shin said.
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The Indian packaging industry is expected to grow at a compounded annual growth rate of 12.3 percent over the next 4 to 5 years, far ahead of the average growth rate in other global markets. And in this growth story the South Indian industrial cluster has an important role to play. Presenting this optimistic picture, PackPlus South 2013 gets prepared to frame this optimistic picture of the industry by giving it a global business platform. The total packaging, processing & supply chain event will hit Hyderabad grounds on 5 July 2013.
The Converting Zone will not be a part of PackPlus South this year. This is because of the focus the Show wants to derive towards Corrugation. The Andhra Pradesh Corrugated Box Manufacturers’ Association (APCMA), in association with Print-Packaging.Com (P) Ltd. (PPCPL), the organizers of PackPlus, will come together to organize CorruPack 2013 – running in parallel on the same venue.
Several leading companies have already booked their stands at PackPlus South 2013. To name a few, Aditya Inkjet Tech (P) Ltd., Any Graphics (P) Ltd., Imperial Associates, Pragati Pack India (P) Ltd., Autonics Automation India (P) Ltd., AVP Papers, Sandilyam Automation Systems (P) Ltd., Bhavmark Systems (P) Ltd, Bosetec (India), Condot Systems (P) Ltd., Cyklop Packaging Systems India (P) Ltd., Delta India Electronics, Ecobliss India (P) Ltd., Elesa and Ganter India (P) Ltd., Enercon Asia Pacific Systems (P) Ltd., Exor India (P) Ltd., Gujarat Machinery (P) Ltd., Hilda Automation, Innovative Packtech Machines (P) Ltd., Inpack Fabrications (P) Ltd, Interpack Machines (P) Ltd., Jay Instruments & Systems (P) Ltd., Jayashree Encoders (P) Ltd., Lohia Starlinger Limited, Osna Electronics (P) Ltd., Renessen Packages (P) Ltd., S.V.M. Wrappings (P) Ltd., Uflex Ltd. and Videojet Technologies (India) (P) Ltd. are a part of the rapidly growing exhibitors list.
“The Southern edition of the Show was launched in the year 2010 and since then we have seen a continuous growth in the quality of exhibitors as well as visitors. We are promoting the exhibition at an extensive level and are very positive about the business opportunities it will bring to all the participants of the Show,” said Neetu Arora, President, PPCPL.


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LSU's Center for Computation and Technology & the Digital Media Arts & Engineering program were demonstrating what the state of Louisiana is doing in Virtual Reality. We joined Cox Communications "Smart Home" on Birdsong Drive in Baton Rouge. We took over a room and turned it into a room-scale VR space that is the envy of many gamers.
This show home had many different always-on connected technologies such as Alexa, a live streaming violinist and many new smart appliances. We had a chance to show off various games including "The Mage's Tale" that was developed locally in New Orleans and made specifically for the Oculus Rift.
Advanced gaming devices like the Oculus Rift are internet connected technologies helping reduce the distance between participants and making virtual environments more accessible. For more information check out the story on WAFB


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(AllHipHop News) Just a few days back, T.I. and his business partner were sued for a “pump and dump” scheme with a cryptocurrency company, which lead to a $5 million lawsuit from the angry investors.
It looks like the Atlanta rapper is just as mad about the situation was everyone else, claiming he was screwed over and never received a dollar from the company.
Tip’s lawyer said “Tip is truly disheartened by the lawsuit. Tip did not receive a single dollar from [Ryan] Felton or any of the money alleged to have been invested by the Plantiffs, nor did he have any ownership of the company.”
Allegedly, the company called FLiK Tokens has made numerous misrepresentations and false statements about T.I.’s involvement.
Tip goes on to state that FLiK Tokens kept using his name without his permission, which included using his photo on their website without approval.
Stay tuned for updates.


text: If you’re an AT&T subscriber who has been patiently waiting for the Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 to be picked up by your carrier, there is some good news for you. According to the latest news, AT&T is looking to offer the phone around the end of July and the beginning of August. Of course, since there isn’t an official confirmation, anything can be changed, so we’ll still need to keep tabs on it. With Sprint and Verizon offering some really cool Android-powered phones in the HTC EVO 4G and Droid Incredible, it would certainly help AT&T if it were to offer a cool Android phone. The fact that the X10 is powered by Android 1.6 whilst the others are touting the latest and greatest Android 2.1 probably isn’t good news for Sony Ericsson, but the phone should be getting an Android 2.1 update somewhere along the line. Are you willing to hold out for the Xperia X10 on AT&T, or have you already been tempted by something else?


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Everybody knew that Amazon would never sit and enjoy the show ft. Microsoft, after losing the JEDI contract.
As per the Washington Post, Amazon announced on Thursday that they had filed a protest under seal in federal court on Nov. 8. The protest came after Pentagon awarded the controversial JEDI contract to Microsoft. This comes as another wrench in the long-running procurement battle.
As per the Federal Times report, “We feel pretty strongly that it wasn’t adjudicated fairly,” Jassy said to FOX. “I think that if you do any thorough, apples-to-apples, objective comparison of AWS versus Microsoft, you don’t come out deciding that they’re comparable platforms. Most of our customers will tell us that we’re about 24 months ahead of Microsoft in functionality and maturity.”
Follow the timeline of the contract here: JEDI Contract – What really happened?
JEDI deal doesn’t seem to settle
The deal initiated two years ago to transform the Department of Defense‘s (DOD) approach to adopt cloud technology. After two years, the JEDI deal is now in headlines with various bid protests, multiple amendments in the contracts, political influence like President Donald Trump’s intervention, and Microsoft winning the deal. The objective of the deal seems to lose somewhere even before it can be implemented.
Amazon may have filed its protest under the seal with U.S. Court of Federal claims, but will still need to file a formal protest and layout its arguments in detail.
As per the US Federal acquisition laws, politicians, including the president, cannot influence the procurement process.
If you recall earlier protests, Oracle also sued the DOD and Amazon with the arguments that the procurement process is biased and will most likely go to Amazon. This protest came after Oracle was eliminated in the earlier phase of the competition.
Amazon refers to Pentagon’s decision an un-mistakable bias
“AWS is uniquely experienced and qualified to provide the critical technology the U.S. military needs, and remains committed to supporting the DoD’s modernization efforts.” Amazon spokesman Drew Herdener said in an emailed statement to FOX Business. “We also believe it’s critical for our country that the government and its elected leaders administer procurements objectively and in a manner that is free from political influence. Numerous aspects of the JEDI evaluation process contained clear deficiencies, errors, and unmistakable bias– and it’s important that these matters be examined and rectified.”
The statement depicts that Amazon is not at all content with the decision. Amazon asks the judicial system to review the political influence in Pentagon’s decision to award the JEDI contract to Microsoft.
“I am confident it was conducted freely and fairly, without any type of outside influence,” Mark Esper told a news conference in Seoul.
In response to the mail, DOD Spokeswoman Elissa Smith said, “We will not speculate on potential litigation.” On the other hand, Microsoft did not provide any comment.
Amazon’s abilities made them the frontrunner
Amazon’s rage can be justified as losing the deal came as the biggest disappointment, moreover, a set back for a cloud leader.
Not to forget that Amazon is the only company to hold Impact Level 6 – the Defense Department’s highest-level security certification. On the other hand, Microsoft said to make a huge improvement on the certificate; and will manage to complete all the requirements till the implementation of the JEDI deal.
According to Gartner, Amazon holds a 48% market share as the commercial cloud-computing leader. Microsoft is at the second spot, with a 15.5% share. The difference is huge, and this is what disturbs the peace of mind for Amazon.
Suggested Read: AWS vs Azure: Which cloud is better for all your needs?
If a company loses a contract from such a leading position, there are all the reasons to believe that there is something fishy. It will be interesting to see how the government will respond to the protest and what will be its impact on the DoD’s cloud transformation with JEDI.


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Kraft Heinz stock (KHC) was plunging more than 25% on Friday, on the heels of a drama-filled fourth-quarter earnings report that included a $15.4 billion asset write-down, a dividend cut, and disclosure of a Securities and Exchange Commission investigation.
The back story. While Kraft Heinz stock has made gains in 2019, it’s down more than 30% in the trailing 12-month period, exhibiting a pattern that extends beyond Friday’s decline. The stock tumbled more than 8% following Kraft’s last earnings report in November, which also disappointed, emphasizing that what used to be consider safe stocks just aren’t so safe anymore. While there are exceptions, Kraft is emblematic of the major problems facing the staples sector: Consumer tastes are changing, favoring healthier, greener, more local alternatives to packaged foods. And that sales slowdown comes as companies struggle with high debt loads that inhibit stock buybacks and innovation.
The plot twist. Things went from bad to worse for Kraft late Thursday, when it said it earned 84 cents per share in the fourth quarter, on revenue of $6.89 billion. Analysts were looking for earnings per share of 94 cents on revenue of $6.93 billion. But the top- and bottom-line miss were the least of the company’s problems.
Because of the headwinds noted above, organic sales growth has been a closely watched metric for consumer staples, as it demonstrates whether or not companies are actually still connecting with consumer tastes. Much like in the third quarter, Kraft was able to grow organic sales 2.4%—but at a price, literally. Prices were down 1.6%, on increased promotional activity, especially in the U.S. That’s worse than the pricing decline last quarter.
And there were still more problems. The company had to write down the value of its Kraft and Oscar Mayer brands, with management admitting that it was “overly optimistic on delivering savings that did not materialize.” That caused Kraft to swing to a loss of $10.34 a share in the quarter on an unadjusted basis. Kraft also slashed its dividend by about a third, from 62.5 cents a share to 40 cents.
If all that weren’t enough, Kraft also disclosed that the Securities and Exchange Commission has been investigating its procurement division’s accounting practices since October of last year. The company itself had looked into the matter, a probe that led to a $25 million charge in the quarter, tied to higher costs for raw materials and other expenses. Kraft said it’s cooperating with the government and did not expect the issue to “be material to its current period or any prior period financial statements.”
But that was cold comfort to investors. Kraft Heinz stock was down almost 28% by mid-morning, as the broader S&P 500 index was up slightly.
Moving Forward. Kraft was hit with at least a half-a-dozen downgrades related to the news, a figure that will likely rise. And peers including Campbell Soup (CPB), General Mills (GIS), and Mondelez International (MDLZ) were also trading lower.
After Friday’s bitter plunge, Kraft could see a modest bit of rebound from its biggest percentage decline on record, as it bumps along the bottom of new all-time lows (dating back to its spinoff in late 2012). But bargain hunters should be wary: There are several troubling trends below the surface.
First is the fact that Kraft received a subpoena from the SEC in October—but chose not to reveal it when it last reported earnings in November. Additionally, the company reiterated its interest in further industry consolidation. But investors haven’t been willing to reward staples stocks for non-organic growth, like deal-making, and as the impairment charge demonstrates, investors are right to question management’s abilities to deliver on synergies. Moreover, while a small acquisition or two might make sense, a large-scale deal seems counterintuitive, for the reasons above and because it would likely increase the company’s debt load—an issue that its dividend cut was meant to help ease.
What does it mean for other staples stocks? That’s a bit of a mixed bag, but ultimately it may accelerate the bifurcation we’ve seen in the sector— the spread between the haves and the have-nots may widen. Staples are called staples for a reason—few shoppers are willing to forego toothpaste, even in tough times—yet traditional players can no longer simply count on brand loyalty and habit to drive sales.
There are some staples that seem to be navigating this new reality better than others, by paring down debt and finding new ways to connect with consumers. But many are struggling. Some macro factors are playing a role, like the uncertainty in emerging markets, where many staples brands are looking for growth. But companies with self-help stories and cleaner balance sheets will likely continue to be favored. Others like Kraft may find investors’ patience wearing thin after several years of underperformance.
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Hulu’s new docuseries The Curse of Von Dutch: A Brand to Die For dives deep into the wild story behind the brand Von Dutch, beginning with its inception in the ‘90s and following through its chaotic and messy downward spiral. Popularized in the mid-2000s, the company was and is best known for its trucker hats, though celebrities including Paris Hilton, Jay-Z, and Britney Spears were spotted in everything from Von Dutch bags to T-shirts during its heyday. Von Dutch’s success was short-lived, though: infighting over the creative vision for the brand caused internal tension at the company, and public interest dropped off by the 2010s. Here’s what you need to know about the Y2K apparel line and its demise ahead of the Hulu show.
Who Is Von Dutch?
Unbeknownst to most of the celebrities and athletes who wore the brand, the Von Dutch name and concept came from the work of Kenneth “Kenny” Robert Howard — a mechanic and car detailer who, in the 1950s, started making art under the name “Von Dutch.” Howard’s work involved painting hot rods with pinstripes, flames, and eyeballs, helping to set the stage for the subcultural movement know as Kustom Kulture. (More recent discussions of Howard have highlighted his racist and Nazi-sympathizing beliefs.)
However, Howard died in 1992, meaning he wasn’t even alive when the Von Dutch brand took off.
Who Founded Von Dutch?
After Howard’s death, several people sought to capitalize on his name and legacy. “It was basically this grab by a lot of people that claim that they came up with the idea or went through the proper steps to own something that you never really should be able to own in the first place,” Andrew Renzi, the director of The Curse of Von Dutch, told the New York Times.
One of those people was Los Angeles art collector Ed Boswell, who’s often cited as the founder of Von Dutch and appears in the docuseries to assert his stake in its success. However, the company did not begin in earnest until 1996, when Howard’s daughter sold the rights to the Von Dutch name to Michael Cassel, a former drug dealer who’d just finished a four-year prison sentence, and his mentee Robert “Bobby” Vaughn. It’s generally Cassel and Vaughn who receive credit for taking Howard’s signature and making it the logo for the Von Dutch clothing line people know today.
Many of the clothing items that Von Dutch was known for were historically associated with a working class lifestyle. But the simple addition of the Von Dutch logo transformed the trucker hat from something worn by actual truck drivers into a trendy accessory sported by the rich and famous — a tension that the stars known for popularizing the brand were likely unaware of.
“There’s implicit power dynamics in the appropriation of garments like this because you can pick and choose what garments you’re wearing, but leave behind the labor and legacy of people who originally wore these garments in the context that they wore them in,” fashion historian Emma McClendon told the New York Times.
Why Is Von Dutch Bad?
Beyond Howard’s racist and anti-semitic roots, the Hulu series attributes Von Dutch’s decline to a number of factors, suggesting that the company may have been a money-laundering scheme and also hinting that the brand did business with someone connected to drug cartels.
But it’s certain that things really began to spin out of control in 2005, when Von Dutch co-founder Bobby Vaughn shot and killed a friend who he alleged attacked him with a broken bottle. He was arrested and charged with first-degree murder, and though he was acquitted after a jury ruled Rivas’ death was justifiable homicide, the controversy marked the beginning of the end for the brand.
Who Owns Von Dutch Now?
In 2000, Cassel and Vaughn were in need of funding and decided to bring in Danish entrepreneur Tonny Sorenson, who invested in the company and took over as CEO. Sorenson hired French fashion designer Christian Audigier to help expand the brand’s reach, but Cassel and Vaughn didn’t like Audigier’s direction and worried that they were “selling out.” By the time Audigier left Von Dutch in 2004, their signature trucker hats were reportedly generating tens of millions of dollars in revenue. However, the success of Von Dutch started to wane in the later aughts, and Sorenson sold the brand to French footwear company Groupe Royer in 2009.
What Happened To Von Dutch?
Though Von Dutch never officially stopped production, public interest in the brand dropped off for nearly a decade. In 2019, the company hired Ed Goldman as the acting general manager of Von Dutch North America in order to help revive the brand and reach a new generation. With ‘90s and 2000s nostalgia at an all-time high, it certainly seems like the ideal moment for Von Dutch to attempt a comeback — and it could be working. Celebrities including Megan Thee Stallion and Saweetie have been spotted wearing Von Dutch apparel, and the brand recently collaborated with Young Thug on a streetwear collection.


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Despite advances in media, data and messaging that can make marketing more personal, consumers are wondering why brands are relying on the old tactics of shouting from the rooftops. Because, it seems, the more shouting brands are doing, the less customers are listening.
According to a survey of more than 2,200 consumers worldwide, nearly two-thirds (63%) said they are highly annoyed with brands’ continued practice of repeating generic advertising messages. According to the poll commissioned by Marketo (a marketing software maker), brands should show ads less frequently and make the content of advertising more personalized and relevant across different channels and interactions.
“[Marketers] are talking at us rather than engaging with us, and we, as consumers are beginning to tune them out,” Chandar Pattabhiram, group vice president of product and corporate marketing at Marketo, tells Marketing Daily. “We demand a level of personalization across our journey. As consumers, we’re more and more attuned to brands talking to us personally.”
Indeed, more than three-quarters (78.6%) of consumers said they are likely to work with a brand’s coupons or other offers only if those offers are directly tied to how they have previously interacted with the brand.
“People engage with the brand, and [the marketers] don’t connect your engagement history with the brand with all the messages they’re sending,” Pattabhiram says. “They need to adopt a consistent way of communicating with customers across interaction points based on who they are and what they do. And they need to do it across every step of the journey.”
To follow that advice, brand will have to adjust their overall marketing mindset, technology and processes, understand that brand-building is only the first step in what needs to be long-term customer engagement, Pattabhiram says,
“A lot of marketers still have the mindset of building brand awareness,” Pattabhiram says. “Organizationally, they have not been [structured] to have a one-to-one experience with customers.”


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20 years ago this summer, the first live-action film version of Marvel Comics’ “X-Men” hit theaters. It was a blockbuster reception for the Bryan Singer-directed 20th Century Fox flick, launching a series of 10 films in total. (Sure, Deadpool kinda counts, but not for this particular list.)
To celebrate the 20 year milestone, Funko has launched a new line of Pop Vinyls featuring the X-Team across the original 3 films, “X-Men,” “X-2,” and “X-Men: The Last Stand.”
There are two versions of Magneto; Ian McKellen (pre-order here), and Michael Fassbender.
Halle Berry as Storm (pre-order here).
Kelsey Grammer as Beast (pre-order here).
There’s Alan Cumming as Nightcrawler (pre-order here).
James Marsden as Cyclops (pre-order here).
Rebecca Romijn as Mystique (pre-order here).
Sir Patrick Stewart as Professor Charles Xavier (pre-order here).
Anna Paquin as Rogue (pre-order here).
And Famke Janssen as Jean Grey, in her Dark Phoenix form (pre-order here). For whatever reason, there wasn’t an image of JUST Jean, so.
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Dai Truong's Cannabis Newsletter - Issue #6
One Company to keep an eye on (either going to get acquired for some ridiculous price given the hype they’re building or run out of money because it’s more hype than substance) that I came upon recently is Puffy Delivery. I came across the Company on Instagram two weeks ago and this sponsored LA Weekly article this past week. A bit strange that a Company I haven’t heard about touts 200 employees (probably a lot of part-time employees in that number) so take some of these highlights the Company wrote about themselves with a grain of salt:
Founded two years ago by co-founders Michael Ng and Patrick Martin, who already had some experience in storefront cannabis, saw a need for a professional, reliable cannabis delivery service in Orange County
Currently, no delivery company holds the proper licensing to be able to sell cannabis across all of California. With the exception of eaze, most are smaller, local companies, with smaller service areas and, often, a smaller menu of available items
Puffy Delivery, however, has either secured licenses or is on the brink of securing them in Los Angeles, Orange County, San Diego, Sacramento, Oakland, San Francisco, Alameda County, Davis, Palm Springs, Lake Elsinore and Moreno Valley. The company is also already in the process of expanding to Oregon and Nevada and plans on being there before the end of 2019
Puffy currently averages about 47 minutes per delivery, one of the fastest delivery times on the market
Puffy is the largest service provider for cannabis media giant Weedmaps.com, providing its customers with the largest online marketplace currently available in the digital cannabis world
Puffy features a variety of brand names, including Ignite (Dan Bilzarian) and VVS (Ben Baller). Puffy also recently signed an exclusive deal with Berner’s Cookies line
What sets Puffy apart from its competitors is its unique marketing approach and strategy, also serving as a launchpad for new brands to put out their product
Currently employs 200+ people, including 15+ in-house developer, at its Irvine headquarters
Bank of Montreal (BMO) is warning investors that revenues of adult-use cannabis in Canada could come in lower than expected over the coming quarters due to the slow build-out of retail stores, flat nationwide retail sales and inventory depletion.
TILT, a leading provider of products and services to other businesses operating in the cannabis industry, announced the expansion of Blackbird’s delivery and supply chain services in the greater Los Angeles area. Today, Blackbird distributes wholesale product to 80% of the licensed retailers in California and more than 95% of licensed retailers in Nevada.
Nevada’s marijuana sales advanced in 2018, but the state’s once-sizzling growth rate is showing signs of cooling.
A woman in Massachusetts is facing charges after investigators say she ran a wildly successful, but illegal, marijuana company. At its peak, the Company employed 25 people and generated $14M in revenue over the past two years.
The Organigram Mobile App was created as a direct result of feedback, which suggests cannabis patients are more likely to purchase medication and communicate with licensed producers through a specific application, rather than a web-based browser. The Company continues to explore how to develop tech-based solutions to serve medical and adult recreational consumers.
New Jersey needs to add 50 to 90 medical cannabis dispensaries in the next three years and more cultivation facilities to keep pace with current market demand. The report, released by the New Jersey Department of Health, said the state’s six vertically operated businesses nearly doubled their revenues from $29 million in 2017 to $53 million in 2018. The number of patients has surged 150% since January 2018, to more than 42,000.
California has entered a potentially landmark legal fight against some of its own cities over one of the most basic questions in the nation’s largest legal marijuana market: Where can you buy it? 25 local governments sued California regulators Friday to overturn a rule allowing home deliveries statewide, even into communities that banned commercial pot sales. The rule “permits commercial cannabis deliveries to any physical address in the state,” which conflicts with the authority of local governments to prohibit marijuana deliveries within their boundaries, the lawsuit said.
Ontario’s ever limping legal cannabis market has shit another snag as shoppers say they province’s legal stores are too expensive.For some potential customers the price of legal weed is simply too high when compared to the black market. Some industry insiders think the problem comes down to consumer education instead of cost. Hamilton-based cannabis consultant, Olivia Brown, explained that the price premium you see at legal cannabis stores also comes with a quality boost. When people complain about the prices at legal shops, Brown tells them you can’t compare “fine wine to moonshine.” “These people aren’t understanding the difference between really fantastic, lab-tested quality-grown, labeled, packaged, beautiful products.”
In January, High Yield Insights commissioned a national online survey of 2,000 Americans, aged 21+, asking about their usage of, interest in, and attitudes toward CBD.
Cheeba Chews™, an industry-leading edibles provider and original makers of cannabis-infused taffy, announced the launch of Hemp Cheeba Chews, a premium line of hemp-derived CBD taffy.
Cresco Labs’ acquisition of Origin House for ~$850M which will help get the Chicago cannabis company’s products on shelves at more than 725 dispensaries around the country.
Cresco Labs CEO Charlie Bachtell discusses the company’s acquisition of Origin House, a delivery service for marijuana products in California. He also talks about the effort to legalize pot at the federal level. Bachtell talks to Bloomberg’s Taylor Riggs.
Harvest Health & Recreation Announces Private Placement of US$500 Million of Convertible Debentures Canadian Stock
Harvest Health & Recreation announced that it has entered into an engagement agreement for a brokered private sale of up to 500,000 convertible debentures of Harvest, at a price of US$1,000 per Debenture, for gross proceeds of US$500M. The Offering is intended to be closed in five tranches of 100,000 Debentures per tranche, over a period of not more than 18 months.
Vertical closed its Series A Financing Round at $58M. Vertical upsized the original $20M Series A to $35M late last year due to investor demand. The round formally closed on March 31, bringing the total amount raised by the company to $65M since inception. This capital is being used to build out Vertical’s large scale multi-state infrastructure and bring its brands to market.
48North will use the proceeds of the Offering to execute on its business plan, namely developing its proposed 100-acre outdoor cultivation site in Brant County, and the distribution of next-generation cannabis products to consumers for retail sale in Canada come October 2019.
WeedMD, a federally-licensed producer and distributor of medical-grade cannabis entered into a credit facility with BMO. Under the terms of the credit facility, BMO will provide WeedMD up to $39M of secured debt financing at a rate of interest that is expected to average in the low-to-high 5% per annum range over a three-year term.
Halo is a cannabis extraction company that develops and manufactures quality cannabis oils and concentrates, which are the fastest growing segments in the cannabis industry.
Executive Chairman Michael Singer commented “Although we have no immediate intention of drawing capital against this Shelf Prospectus, we have introduced this option as a prudent and long-term strategic measure to provide us with flexibility in access to growth capital, if or when required, to continue executing on our global expansion and partnering strategy.” “With our recent listing on the NYSE, our successful financing in January 2019 led by U.S. institutional investors, and as we work with Nelson Peltz to explore potential partnership opportunities, this filing is a natural evolution for our company as we rapidly mature into a global and profitable organization.”
Merida Capital Partners (Merida), a cannabis-focused private equity fund, has launched its $200MM third fund, which will focus on concentrated, high conviction investments in leading companies in the cannabis ecosystem. Since launching its first fund in late 2016, Merida has deployed nearly $80MM across the firm’s first two funds and now has more than $125MM under management. Though only two years old, Merida has accelerated liquidity within its portfolio of 25 investments through public listings for GrowGeneration, Vireo Health and CB2 Insights as well as leading investments in public companies KushCo Holdings and Freedom Leaf Health.
In this newly created role, reporting to the Executive Chairman, Carey Squires in collaboration with senior executives across the company will focus on global growth and partnership strategies and investor development. Mr. Squires comes to Aurora with global investment banking experience, having most recently served as Managing Director and Co-Head of Equity-Linked Capital Markets for BMO Capital Markets. In this role, he successfully led the financing for a number of issuers, including Aurora’s recent convertible notes offering.
High Times announced the appointment of veteran media and live entertainment executive Kraig Fox as President and CEO. He has a background in legal and finance with 25 years of experience managing multi-national operations in both the private and public sectors.


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Facebook is the latest big thing in India. As Indians started using Facebook heavily, Indian brands took the opportunity to connect with their customers there. Different companies are using Facebook in different ways; for some it is just about making relationships, whereas some others are using the platform for spreading awareness or generating leads through word of mouth.
Facebook icon is making its way to the offline banner ads and TV commercials. Airtel, one of the popular mobile phone service providers in India highlighted the popularity of Facebook in one of their TV commercials, ‘jo mera hai wo tera hai’ which became quite popular among the mass. It is needless to mention that Facebook has become one of the important aspects of digital marketing. So much so that for some of the companies it is the only sales channel making Facebook not only an elite member of the social media group, but an independent digital marketing platform.
Here are some examples how Indian companies are using Facebook:
Myntra.com, an Indian e-commerce portal that deals with fashion and lifestyle products, relies on its Facebook page to interact with their existing customers and to expand their customer base as well. The portal’s Facebook page that focuses on clothing has 1,108,965 Likes till date.
It uses sponsored ads and sponsored stories to reach out to the potential buyers on Facebook. The portal observed 120% increase in transactions coming from Facebook along with 75% increase of total Facebook traffic.
“The Facebook platform now plays a very important role in our customer acquisition and brand building strategy,” said Ashutosh Lawania, co-founder and head of sales and marketing at Myntra. “Since ROI (returns on investment) from our Facebook spend is quite healthy, we intend to further scale up our marketing efforts using this channel,” he added.
Straightline.in, a B2C ecommerce website from mjunction Services Ltd, which is a joint venture of Tata Steel and SAIL, relies a lot on Facebook.
K Senthilnathan, chief, B2C ecommerce venture at mjunction said:
“We have adopted a more interactive approach in engaging our customers. The consumer can actually have fun interacting with the brand as opposed to a pure deal based transactional approach. Today our Facebook page has a fan base of 74,148.”
Linen Club, largest linen manufacturer and retailer in India, is quite active on Facebook as well. Their Facebook page has 388,411 Likes and it is pretty interactive too.
Chumbak, a very young startup in the travel and souvenir products space, uses Facebook as their only marketing channel. The company uses Facebook ads to attract potential customers to their Facebook page. The startup use its Facebook page to keep people informed about their product line, new product launches, discounts and special offers etc.
Vivek Prabhakar, the Founder and CEO of Chumbak explained,
“There is nothing else out there that gives you the ability to reach out to your target audience the way Facebook does. Whether it’s a product launch or a contest or even customer queries, it’s honestly the best marketing tool a startup like Chumbak can have.”
Chumbak claims to get five-fold ROI on total advertising spend with Facebook. 25% of its online revenue is coming from Facebook.
Not only the companies in fashion or travel space, car brands in India are quite active on Facebook. India’s first fully integrated auto eCommerce, autojunction.in, launched a contest for car enthusiasts on Facebook. Their Facebook page has got 72,560 Likes on Facebook till date.
Here is an infographic by Paul Writer that explains how the car brands are interacting with their audience in India.
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Marketers and Indian brands need to make the best of this Facebook as a platform now; at the same time, Facebook has to come up with more attractive and useful tools to help the marketers reach out to the exact demographic in a cost effective and measurable way.
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French company Devialet has joined the list of fully wireless earbuds manufacturers by announcing the Gemini model. The outer part of the small headphones resembles the side panels of one of the brand’s most famous developments – the very powerful Phantom wireless speakers.
Inside the matte plastic enclosure with a shiny outer bezel, the developers have implemented a “pressure equalized architecture” that, as described in the description, allows for optimal sound quality.
The headphones received three levels of active noise cancellation and two levels of active noise transmission. The headphones also have a built-in active equalization function that adapts the sound quality to specific ears in real time. In the smartphone app, you can scan your ear to see which earpads are best for you.
According to the company, the development of headphones started two years ago after the release of the first generation AirPods: the company decided to release its own completely wireless headphones, but with noise cancellation. The head of the company, Franck Lebouchard, said that the release of the AirPods Pro at the end of 2019 convinced them that they are heading in the right direction and that noise cancellation will be a very important feature in today’s fully wireless headphones. He also believes that their implementation of active noise cancellation is superior to competing technologies. The company even filed three patents describing the features of the noise reduction device they developed.
The housings are protected from water and dust. The batteries will last for eight hours of operation on a single charge, and with noise canceling turned on – for six, using the complete case, the headphones can be fully charged three and a half more times. The case supports both classic charging using a USB-C cable and wireless Qi.
From October 10, pre-order of headphones starts, the cost of Devialet Gemini in the US will be $299.