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…trotzdem are appropriate emergency plans in most companies and institutions is still always nil! Both the Federal Office for civil protection and disaster relief (BBK), the federal countries – working groups, as well as also the Robert-Koch-Institut (RKI) advises companies and companies already on the impact that an emergency (epidemic, pandemic) or an other emergency scenarios to prepare and consider measures to pull in case of emergency, failure by employees with high disease rates or discontinuation of important resources that guarantee maintenance of business and ensure the existence of. The World Health Organisation (WHO) experts E.g. solid with a global influenza pandemic. While federal and State Governments have responded and is preparing for the event of an outbreak in this country as much as possible, but most care facilities, business and especially the medium-sized businesses underestimate still the possible consequences and the impact of that. If you would like to know more then you should visit Jill Bikoff. that will have the outbreak of a flu pandemic or an other emergency scenarios on the company so the expert assessments.
In most of the facilities and companies, appropriate precautionary measures are still largely absent. While the consequences would be disastrous here. In the peak of a wave of disease, companies with up to 50 percent face personal loss with dire consequences for the existence of the companies. The illness-related failure of suppliers and the Elimination of important resources threaten the supply and capacity of the entire operation. It threatens the closure of many companies and institutions for several weeks. The existence of many companies is massive risk – up to the danger of insolvency. According to WHO the question is not whether a pandemic arrives, but only when. And according to WHO we are already in phase 3 of the six pandemic phases. In the face of this threat, it is very amazing that so far only very few care and community facilities, but also business enterprises maintain an emergency plan with appropriate precautionary measures.


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Given that Bitcoin transactions occur in public, it’s easy to measure the level of participation. Every 10 minutes, the computers managing the network package all the transactions received during that time as a “block”, which is linked to the preceding block. At the end of January 2021, such positions were over $1 billion, their highest of all time. The point is, these blocks are unable to be modified or changed and can be traced all the way back to January 2009 when the network was first switched on. The reasons for running currencies using blockchain technology are numerous. Hanyecz’s pizza purchase is now a part of the Bitcoin story, widely regarded as the first commercial transaction using the mysterious cryptocurrency and one that helped catapult it into the mainstream. In 2010, the only places you might have heard of Bitcoin or other cryptocurrencies would have been in the dark depths of an internet message board used by nerdy teens looking for discreet ways to purchase drugs (or pizza).
In December 2010, soon after WikiLeaks uploaded 251,287 leaked U.S. Birgitta Jónsdóttir, a member of the Icelandic parliament and a co-producer of the WikiLeaks’s Collateral Murder video (which chronicles two 2007 U.S. Considering the door the centralized systems like YouTube, Google Video and their ilk opened in regards to online video, this new need for distribution has lead to the creation of several P2P offering, like Joost (from the same team as the Kazaa and Skype applications), Tape it off the Internet or Veoh TV. Subscribe to Recode podcasts to hear Kara Swisher and Peter Kafka lead the tough conversations the technology industry needs today. Where does ‘blockchain’ technology fit in? It is these blocks that form the “blockchain” technology upon which almost all cryptocurrencies are based. None of them have arrived yet, but many people are writing them, often quitting steady jobs to do so. But perhaps most consequential for the future of Bitcoin-in order to shut down a peer-to-peer currency exchange, one would have to terminate every node on the network. In 2008 – two years before the storied pizza delivery – an anonymous person or group of people known only as Satoshi Nakamoto released an explanatory paper titled Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System.
There’s not even a central server nor system that runs Bitcoin. Through a white paper, Nakamoto described this project of his as “an electronic payment system based on cryptographic proof instead of trust.” Ever since, Bitcoin’s popularity has fuelled the existence of hundreds of other cryptocurrencies like Ethereum, Litecoin and Cardano, collectively referred to as altcoins – meaning alternatives to bitcoins. In the early months of 2011, Satoshi Nakamoto gradually became less involved in the Bitcoin project. You can invest as little as $1 into stocks and easily convert your dollars to Bitcoin with a few taps in the app. The few lawyers who have studied Bitcoin all agree that the currency inhabits a legal gray area. Very few merchants deal only in Bitcoin. When they finalize a deal in Bitcoin, they do so knowing that the transaction can never be reversed. The name, Bitcoin, is slightly misleading as there are no real coins involved. There are even cryptos made as jokes (albeit that have value) such as Dogecoin, based on an internet meme about a sheepish-looking Japanese dog and created as a kind of satirical jibe at cryptos. Bitcoin community that some miners have had their homes raided or even been arrested when local police confused one kind of electricity-intensive activity for the other.
The large exchanges that remain have responded to the crises by collecting personal details from their clients as a defense, a practice that many in the community say undermines the whole point of having an anonymous currency. At the end of his speech, Garzik rallied for the currency and asked for patience over the long haul. Without limits imposed. Bitcoin allows its users to have full control over their money. But first you have to have some to spend. This is how new currency is issued in the first place. And 바이낸스 right now, getting a hold of Bitcoins is much harder than the people who advocate the currency would like it to be. It’s just like money – it has value, it’s used, it’s what people think it is. You and your mum would each need to have a Bitcoin wallet (which is like an account), you’d need to find an online exchange (there are plenty), you’d set up an account linked to your bank account then buy the Bitcoins and send them to her wallet. In contrast, if the dots are above the price, it means the price is in a downtrend. This eliminates issues such as price manipulation.comments powered by HyperComments

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- Unimot has expanded the annual production capacity of its AVIA fab in Poland to 45 MW
- It was opened in July 2021 using components from 3M, Interfloat and DOW and also offer private label solutions
- The fab can manufacturer M12 silicon monocrystalline cells with power range of 350W to over 450W
Poland based liquid fuels supplier Unimot producing solar PV modules under the AVIA Solar brand has expanded its annual production capacity of its Polish fab 3-fold to 45 MW, up from 15 MW, attributing the planned increase to growing demand for Made in Europe PV panels. Future capacity expansion can be considered by the management.
“The time of the pandemic and the war in Ukraine have shown how important the quality and reliability of a local supplier are,” stated Unimot CEO Adam Sikorski. “By choosing AVIA Solar’s European panels, the customer can expect far greater order flexibility compared to Asian products, the purchase of which involves long delivery times and the need to cover logistics costs.”
Unimot set up the AVIA solar module manufacturing line in July 2021 using components from 3M, Interfloat and DOW, while also offering private label solutions as targeting companies that want to manufacture panels under their own brands, it explained.
The AVIA line is equipped to manufacture M12 wafer sized silicon monocrystalline cells. AVIA panels are available in the power range of 350W to over 450W. Unimot said it sources highest quality raw materials from ‘well-known brands’.
Sikorski added, “The power capacity of photovoltaic installations in Poland is already approximately 12 GW, while government plans assumed a capacity of 10 GW of energy from the sun only in 2040. It’s a trend we’ve been observing throughout Europe, so our goal is to offer our Polish-made panels throughout the European market.”


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Countries’ 5G networks have become the subject of intense debate—and the Australian government can take some of the credit for that. Its decision to exclude high-risk vendors in August 2018 was marked by a refreshing openness about the grounds on which it was made. The thinking about risk and security was very similar to that in the EU security assessment of 5G released in October 2019.
Two core factors in these assessments are that 5G providers that have legal and other imperatives to cooperate covertly and deeply with their home governments pose a greater security risk than providers without these obligations and imperatives—and that governments do not want to be beholden to the governments of states with which they do not share values or interests. Both these factors apply in the case of the Chinese state and its two 5G ‘national champions’, Huawei and ZTE.
While there has been a burgeoning and critical debate inside and between governments, there’s been strikingly less talk about what the future 5G world means for ‘big tech’ in China and the US—the two homes of the globe’s tech giants.
That’s surprising, because arguably the strategic and economic competition between Xi Jinping’s China and Donald Trump’s America has at its centre a contest over advanced technology and the future of global data and communications. Xi’s China Dream can’t be achieved without China’s big tech firms dominating their US counterparts globally, because gaining strategic and economic power depends so heavily on having technological ascendancy, especially in data and communications.
But even without the state-on-state great-power competition, Alphabet (Google’s parent company), Amazon, Apple and Microsoft all have existential stakes in the future of global communications. The odd thing is they don’t seem to be acting like it.
If, as some experts predict, Huawei and ZTE win the race to build and operate much of the world’s 5G infrastructure, US tech firms will be dependent on them to transmit their services and products. American big tech will live in a Chinese walled garden of technology and be subject to the curators’ choices about what it can and can’t do, at least in major markets like Southeast Asia, Africa and chunks of Europe.
On the flip side, China’s non-5G tech giants Baidu, Alibaba and Tencent (BAT) will ride on the digital infrastructure of Huawei and ZTE. Given the Chinese Communist Party’s digital authoritarian model of fused state–corporate cooperation, this puts BAT in an advantageous position—not just in the China home market, but wherever the Chinese 5G champions provide the digital infrastructure.
The worst-case scenario for big US tech is that Apple, Facebook and Google in effect become apps inside a Chinese global information ecosystem. Chinese state policies and BAT, Huawei and ZTE would decide which of their products and services can be hosted on Chinese digital infrastructure and services. That looks like a very bad business plan, unless entering bankruptcy or becoming CCP-compliant in your global operations is the end goal.
So why are these US tech giants seemingly snoozing at the wheel on 5G and future communications infrastructure? Maybe they’re like great white sharks, lurking deep but ready to break the surface and show us that they knew what they had to do all along. But there’s no sign of that.
Maybe they’re planning to get a jump on 6G, thinking that new communications concepts and systems—like cheap and ubiquitous constellations of small satellites—will deliver a new source of communications business advantage that undercuts terrestrial 5G networks.
Maybe the real reason Google insisted on continuing to develop the now apparently defunct model of its search engine—Dragonfly, which was being designed to comply with Chinese state censorship—is because it’s preparing for the corporate dystopia of the future, not just trying to find a way to get bigger in the Chinese market.
Maybe they all think the competition between the US and China is just the business of governments and therefore doesn’t concern them. If so, they’re failing to see that the same factors which are driving renewed great-power competition mean that they too are in strategic and economic competition not just with BAT, Huawei and ZTE, but with their chief supporter, the CCP.
Or maybe they’re stuck in a mindset that governments around the world already know is dead: the idea that globalisation is a process that ‘de-states’ the world, rendering state boundaries and powers less relevant. According to this long-gone vision of globalisation, companies and consumers could be ‘country agnostic’ about where services and products came from because global supply chains and capital would move and reconfigure in ways that had no little or connection with individual nations.
That was the arc of logic operating in much of the world politically and economically until the return of assertive authoritarian power—Russia, and now, most particularly, the Chinese state under Xi. And the truly globalised world was the dominant paradigm when many of the leaders of US big tech rose to prominence, so it wouldn’t be surprising if they’re finding it hard to let go. For all their genius, they too are products of their environment and their times.
Xi and great-power competition—along with ‘Made in China 2025’, the Digital Silk Road and military–civil fusion—have killed that vision.
There’s a way out of the Chinese walled garden for Alphabet, Amazon, Apple and Microsoft. These companies have enormous capital and human capital strengths. And they have potential 5G, data and communications partners in places other than China—Samsung in South Korea; Japanese tech giants like Sony, NEC and Fujitsu; Europe’s Nokia, Ericsson and even Siemens; and US partner-competitors like Qualcomm and Oracle (as well as India’s growing tech world).
Certainly, democratic governments from Canberra to Washington, Seoul, Berlin, Delhi and Tokyo all have deep interests in creating policy and regulation that supports alternatives to a unitary Chinese tech future. Fraying international cooperation, the disdain for Trump in much of Europe, and Trump’s own disdain for alliances and partnerships make these interests harder to give effect to. Yet letting those difficulties prevent positive action to shape our future communications world would be a defining and generational error for each of the democratic world’s leaders.
Big tech companies and their home governments outside the authoritarian world need to reset their relationship from a contested one around privacy, data and regulation to one that supports government and corporate strategic and competitive interests. That seems a remote prospect in the world we’re in right now, but what seems remote has a habit of happening when the need is sufficient.
Even without supportive policies and regulation from their home governments, it makes sense as a simple matter of future corporate existence, success and competition for the US tech giants to be able to live on alternative digital infrastructure to that brought to them by China Tech Inc.
Who from Alphabet, Amazon, Apple and Microsoft will be the first to get this party started?
Michael Shoebridge is director of the defence, strategy and national security program at ASPI. Image: David Ramos/Getty Images.
This article first appeared at the Australian Strategic Policy Institute.


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“Annabel Apps”, is celebrating the launch of their new mobile app development services. In an exciting change of pace, the beautiful and affordable apps are priced specifically with small business in mind. To celebrate, they’re lowering their already affordable prices, and giving a 30% discount to new clients ordering apps before December 31! As a special bonus, they include a basic maintenance and updates package free for the first 4 months. They’ll be kicking off Tuesday, December 22, 2015.
In a space where most competitors simply post an ad and be done with it, Annabel Apps has opted to be a little more enticing with the inception of its new service.
Annabel Melnyk, founder and app developer at Annabel Apps, says: “Supporting the success of conscious entrepreneurs and small business is very important. Until now, the competitive advantage of having an app to promote your business was reserved for businesses with VERY deep pockets. Annabel Apps wants to be the wind beneath the wings of conscious entrepreneurs who, given a chance, will change the world with their products, services and higher ground visions. The launch should go great, unless of course everyone is planning to go on vacation until January 1!”
Knowing entrepreneurs as they do however, they think it’s a safe bet that a lot of them will be using these final days of the year to get a jump start on planning for 2016, and this could give them the leg up they need. This launch celebration is just one of the many ways Annabel Apps wants to support conscious entrepreneurs in making their businesses a success and helping them make their difference in the world.
When asked about the new mobile app service, Annabel Melnyk said: “This will be a real hit, because small businesses need to take full advantage of technology to amplify the value they’re able to deliver to their clients and create frictionless ways to deliver that value.”
Annabel Apps’s mobile apps for small business service is set to launch Tuesday December 22!
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Being in the jewelry business is both profitable and challenging. One of the ways to keep up with the times is to know the demand for such products. According to a Research and Markets report, the industry may achieve a compound annual growth rate of 6.25% from 2017 to 2021.
But then, what fuels this growth? What opportunities can companies maximize to be more competitive?
What Drives the Sales of Jewelry?
Many factors work in favor of the industry, including the following:
1. Online Sales
Now is the best time for jewelers to consider working with a jewelry retouching company as more customers buy what they need online. According to IBISWorld data, both watches and these accessories experienced significant growth over the last five years until 2019.
Within this period, the sector reached a compound annual growth rate of almost 5%, with an increase of 2.9% in 2019. In the end, it generated a whopping $8 billion in revenue in less than seven years.
The growth of e-commerce also benefits local, independent, and small retailers who are usually up against big multinational brands. It extends their reach outside their community. They can even find partners and customers in other parts of the world.
2. Higher Disposable Income
For many, jewelry remains a discretionary type of spending. In other words, it is non-essential, so when the going gets tough, it will be the least of priorities. This scenario already came true during the Great Recession when expected global sales declined by 4% from 2008 to 2009.
Fortunately, the world is recovering. Several countries already have a higher disposable income. One of these is the United States. According to the OECD Better Life Index, the average adjustable income for a household is $45,000 annually. It’s significantly higher than the OECD average.
3. Innovation and Technology
Science and technology grew exponentially within the last twenty years, benefiting many industries, including jewelry. Designers, for example, can already create 3D images of their work with the right software or application. Manufacturers, meanwhile, may already mass-produce them with the highest accuracy using tools like 3D printers.
They can also use big data or analytics to help them identify the trends in the market, the kinds of jewelry that may appeal to the market, and consumer sentiment. Companies can also utilize price monitoring software to know how they compare with others.
The Word for Today Is Sustainability
If jewelers can do one thing for their business to experience significant growth, it may be to embrace sustainability-it pays off.
In a report by the Harvard Business Review, consumer products marketed as sustainable grew more quickly than the conventional ones. They also achieved over $110 billion in sales, while their market share expanded. It increased to 16.6% in 2018 from only 14.3% in 2013.
How can jewelry businesses, though, practice sustainability?
The advantages of jewelry often fall under the radar, but thankfully, more are seeing them clearly. Thus, the industry may look forward to possible higher revenues and bigger markets in the next few years.
Nevertheless, there’s no time to be complacent. Embracing technology and promoting sustainability can make retailers and manufacturers one step ahead of the pack.


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TrueCar CEO Mike Darrow stated the business hopes to expand its TrueCar+ digital revenue software into added marketplaces by the third quarter, with made use of motor vehicles probably expanding speedier than new cars.
Darrow told Automotive News on Friday that the intention is to have applied motor vehicles available nationwide by way of TrueCar+ early in 2023 and new cars obtainable in 3 to 4 much more marketplaces exterior of Florida together the East Coastline by the conclude of this calendar year.
And TrueCar’s acquisition this thirty day period of digital retailing service provider Electronic Motors previously has produced new options for TrueCar’s have online sales system.
The integration of Electronic Motors’ engineering arrives as TrueCar, of Santa Monica, Calif., aims to broaden the achieve of its TrueCar+ instrument, which will allow shoppers to pick out a car, set up funding, increase safety items, arrange shipping and comprehensive a transaction all principally within just TrueCar’s platform. It started as a pilot in Tampa, Fla., in September and expanded to other marketplaces in that point out for a public launch in March.
Darrow claimed that Digital Motors’ technological know-how is supporting to electricity a menu of automobile security merchandise that customers can select inside of TrueCar+.
“We’ve by now received them built-in in. They’re very nimble,” Darrow mentioned next a presentation at the Automotive Push Affiliation in Detroit. “We believe they are going to be a excellent increase for us. And they’ve completed or labored on quite a few of the items that we’re performing to provide to industry, so we think they can certainly accelerate us getting there.”
Digital Motors, started by Andy Hinrichs, went are living in March 2020 at the get started of the pandemic, months earlier than prepared. Darrow in May possibly said TrueCar was thinking about acquisitions that could offer “good, tuck-in prospects” that could advance TrueCar’s personal technologies system.
“We think they’re likely to accelerate us years in finding points out there,” Darrow said. “And it presents us an added growth group. It gives us some practical experience in parts that we failed to have it.”
TrueCar aims to be a motor vehicle listings marketplace that connects auto customers and sellers, Darrow told the Automotive Press Association. Automobile retail is altering, he stated, with new entrants bringing new on-line revenue models — from startup electric car or truck manufacturers to digital made use of-motor vehicle merchants these as Carvana and Vroom.
Automakers, as well, are increasing into the room. But Darrow stated he believes market profits platforms this kind of as TrueCar+ have a part to enjoy together with the other versions, which include to make it possible for shoppers to cross-store manufacturers.
“We can help shoppers sift their way by way of what brand are they interested in, and if that brand has an order technique that they want us to circulation the orders through, we can do that just as very well,” he said.
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From the Fields, the team behind Kendal Calling and the bluedot festival, has set up a new partnerships division.
It will be headed up by new Partnerships Director, Chris McCormick, who was previously the Commercial Director of StarLive and BluePeg – working with the Mercury Prize and Amazon Music.
The move will mean the Manchester agency will provide a fully integrated offering to brands and events.
“I’m absolutely thrilled to be joining From the Fields. I’ve worked with Andy, Ben and the team for over a decade as clients to my own businesses, and their creative and entrepreneurial spirit has always impressed me. Having the chance to join the dots of our combined skills and experience was an opportunity not to be missed,” said McCormick.
“I’ll be steering the partnership strategy for Kendal Calling and Bluedot as well as working with external clients. We will also be harnessing our creative, marketing and production expertise to deliver experiential and strategy for brands within music, entertainment and live events.”
Founded by Ben Robinson and Andy Smith, From The Fields has also announced a multi-year deal with the Co-op to bring its festival store to Kendal Calling from 2021.
Manchester Food and Drink Festival has also joined the agency’s event roster alongside clients including Bruntwood, United Utilities and Heineken.
“The addition of Chris to our team marks an exciting new era for From the Fields, allowing us to service a wider range of clients with a full complement of services from online and online sponsorship delivery, activations, curation, marketing and production,” added Managing Director, Ben Robinson.
“Now more than ever brands expect a joined-up approach and thanks to our portfolio of award-winning major events and our highly-respected team, From the Fields is now uniquely positioned to deliver incredible campaigns.”


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The 15-acre Catonsville Plaza has sold to an investment group for $28.6 million.
Mosaic Realty Partners, four-year-old real estate investors based in Northwest Baltimore, purchased the 280,000-square-foot-center on Route 40 that includes 16 tenants with a Shoppers Food market as an anchor. Other tenants include Planet Fitness, Dollar General, Forman Mills, Dunkin’ Donuts and Subway.
The deal is the latest big-ticket sale of a Baltimore County shopping center this year. Greenberg Gibbons paid $34.5 million for the Reisterstown Road Center in February. Greenberg Gibbons’ purchase adds to its already big presence, as the developer prepares to open Foundry Row in Owings Mills this fall.
“The buyers have acquired a stabilized credit-tenant asset fronting a high-traffic commercial corridor in a dense and growing demographic,” Neuman said, in a statement.
The center — near Interstate 695 at 5457 Baltimore National Pike — is currently 99 percent leased.
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IBM to offer free word processing, office software
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - IBM on Monday said it would start offering free word processing and other office software, joining a growing group of companies with free applications challenging a core Microsoft Corp product.
IBM said it would offer document, spreadsheet and presentation software in a group of tools called Lotus Symphony.
Microsoft's Office suite of products already faces some competition from Google Inc's online tools, called Google Apps.
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ONE of the largest brewing concerns in the world SABMiller PLC — formerly South African Breweries — has announced it is committed to keeping a major presence in Woking.
While SABMiller has it’s headquarters in central London its group marketing and finance operations are in Duke’s Court.
In a statement to the News and Mail, the company which has a brewing presence in 40 countries said: “As a leading international brewer SABMiller is rapidly outgrowing its current office space in Woking. However, the group is committed to the town and its local community and is in negotiations to take sole occupancy of Shaw House on the Woking ring road.
“The new building will allow the company to continue to develop its group marketing and finance functions which support its businesses around the world.”
Outside its portfolio of strong lager brands SABMiller PLC is one of the largest bottlers of Coca-Cola products outside the USA.


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The US firm has acquired the rights to livestream 20 matches a season for three years, starting in August 2019.
After the past two domestic deals both produced 70 percent jumps in the value of rights, the league is now experiencing a downturn and looking to generate more revenue overseas where all 380 games are available live each season.
Specifically, the vast online retailers will show one entire round of midweek matches in early December and one round of matches over the Christmas bank holiday. Sky won four of the five "best deals", with BT taking the other.
The agreement gives Amazon a package of 20 matches per season from the league.
Amazon memberships costs £79 annually - and they also offer a £7.99 a month package. BT's deal means that BT Sport will, for the first time, show multiple mid-week Premier League matches on the same evening.
Amazon is no stranger to live sport.
Pescatore added that the award was "great news for BT, with its TV platform the only place where users can watch all the Premier League matches from 2019, thanks to its content relationships with Amazon and Sky - for Now TV".
Amazon's Jay Marine said Prime members in Britain would be able to watch every team and every game in the two rounds of fixtures, "so no matter which Premier League team you support, you're guaranteed to see them play live on Prime Video".
Facebook made a major bid previous year to stream cricket matches from the Indian Premier League and is streaming Major League Baseball games, while Twitter has streamed baseball and professional hockey games.
However, analysts said they probably did not sell in February because they did not achieve the reserve price set by the Premier League.
The Premier League is easing into doling out fixtures to streaming video.
The way Premier League rights are sold in the United Kingdom is complicated and not all games are available for broadcast.
In future less of your Premier League viewing habits will be satisfied through a standard Sky Sports television subscription.
The deal underlines Amazon's ambition to take on traditional pay-TV broadcasters in the multi-billion dollar battle for sports rights.
The deal will expand awareness of Amazon Prime, the company's lucrative subscription service.
In contrast, the Premier League will be delighted with this outcome after having secured a leading online giant.


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SC Johnson's Scrubbing Bubbles brand launched a bi-lingual "Share More, Save More" promotions program for their Canada-based consumers. The buy one, get one free program launched on their Facebook page.
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There's an interesting trend arising in travel to Mexico. The rise in negative press regarding border cities has caused a dip in American tourists traveling south, but international travelers have picked up the slack. In order to entice prospective travelers, the Mexico Tourism industry has offered a number of deals and special offers, and a number of foreign travelers have taken notice.
According to recent reports by the Washington Post and San Diego Red, interest for Mexico resort towns and historical sites has risen among a number of European countries, Brazil, Peru, Bolivia, and others. Mexican President Felipe Calderón has stated that he would like his country to reach the top five worldwide tourism destinations by 2020 (it is currently number 10).
The reality is that despite a few negative incidents, travel to Mexico is very safe. Read more about this story from Banderas News, and be sure to check out just a few of the great deals offered by Mexican Destinations on our deals page.


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August 6, 2014 |
NEW DELHI: India on Wednesday announced a slew steps in the light of the outbreak of Ebola virus in west African countries, including screening and tracking of passengers originating or transiting from there, and asked its nationals to defer non-essential travel to that region. There are close to 45,000 Indians in the affected countries. If the situation worsens in these countries, there could be possibility of Indians who are staying there travelling back to India, health minister Harsh Vardhan today informed Parliament.
July 27, 2014 |
NEW DELHI: Debit and credit card owners in the country have been alerted by cyber security sleuths against the damaging activities of a virus which attacks Point of Sale (POS) business counters to steal confidential data like card number and passwords. The virus, of the deadly Trojan/Botnet family, is prowling in the domestic online media and has been identified as 'BrutPOS' by the CERT-In. CERT-In is the nodal national agency to combat hacking, phishing and to fortify security-related defences of the Indian Internet domain.
July 24, 2014 |
NEW DELHI: Cyber security sleuths have alerted Indian Internet users against hacking attempts of a clandestine multi-identity virus--Bladabindi-- which steals sensitive personal information of a user for nefarious purposes. The virus, the Computer Emergency Response Team-India (CERT-In) said, could infect "Microsoft Windows operating system" and it spread through removable USB flash drives, popularly known as pendrive and data cards, including other malwares. CERT-In is the nodal national agency to combat hacking, phishing and to fortify security-related defences of the Indian Internet domain.
June 22, 2014 |
NEW DELHI: Homegrown IT firm Innovazion has named its new antivirus software 'NaMo', the popular short name of Prime Minister Narendra Modi . The software will provide free protection to PC users against malware and virus attacks. While the current version offers basic protection, the company plans to launch advanced versions of the software as well as those for Apple's Mac PCs. The current software will also get regular updates. "India is the third largest country globally in terms of Internet users.
April 28, 2014 |
NEW DELHI: Cyber security agencies have alerted Indian Android phone users against a potential vulnerability in certain versions of their 'Adobe Reader' programme which could compromise their personal data. Categorising the activity of the virus as "high", the Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) said the malfunction affects the Adobe Reader mobile version of "11.1.3 and prior" installed in Android phones. The CERT-In is the nodal agency to combat hacking, phishing and to fortify security-related defences of the country's Internet domain.
April 15, 2014 |
WASHINGTON: US cybersecurity researchers have developed a technique that fights the 'Heartbleed' virus, and detects and entraps hackers who might be using it to steal sensitive data. The Heartbleed bug, which became public last week, has set alarm bells ringing across the globe, including in India, for fear of exposing millions of passwords, credit card numbers and other sensitive information to hackers. Researchers at The University of Texas at Dallas created the sophisticated technique, dubbed Red Herring, which automates the process of creating decoy servers, making hackers believe they have gained access to confidential, secure information, when in fact their deeds are being monitored, analysed and traced back to the source.
March 26, 2014 |
NEW DELHI: Indian cyber security sleuths have alerted users of Android smartphone about the malicious activities of a tricky virus called 'Dendroid' whose infection could "completely compromise" their personal phone device. The virus of the deadly 'Trojan' family, once activated, could change the command and control server of a user's personal Android phone and intercept private SMSes coming in or going out. "It has been reported that a malicious toolkit called DENDROID is being used to create trojanised applications that infects Android-based smartphones.
March 4, 2014 |
LONDON: A large ancient virus that lied dormant in the Siberian permafrost for at least 30,000 years has sprung back to life after French scientists revived it in the laboratory. The virus, found buried 30 metre down in the frozen ground, poses no danger to humans or animals, but other viruses could be unleashed as the ground becomes exposed, scientists said. "This is the first time we've seen a virus that's still infectious after this length of time," said Professor Jean-Michel Claverie, from the National Centre of Scientific Research (CNRS)
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WASHINGTON: Scientists have discovered a key aspect to how the dengue and West Nile viruses replicate in the cells of their host and how they manipulate the immune system as they spread. Researchers led by Janet Smith of the University of Michigan Life Sciences Institute describe for the first time the structure of a protein that helps the viruses replicate and spread infection. "Seeing the design of this key protein provides a target for a potential vaccine or even a therapeutic drug," Smith said.
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NEW DELHI: Cyber security sleuths have detected a "black" private information stealing virus in the Indian online banking transactions space and have alerted consumers who swipe debit or credit cards at shopping counters to make payments. The "severely" spreading virus of the Trojan family has been detected conducting its clandestine operations at the Point of Sale (POS) counters placed at retail terminals after the RBI made it mandatory in December last year for debit cards holders to punch in their PIN every time they make a purchase.


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Samsung launched the latest addition to its premium Note series, Galaxy Note 9. The Note series has been recognized for including the company’s latest groundbreaking innovations, and Galaxy Note 9 builds on this legacy and delivers the ultimate in performance along with a new S Pen with Bluetooth connectivity for the first time ever, and Samsung’s most intelligent camera yet.
The device shares much of its design with last year’s 6.1-inch Note 8 but features an enhanced Bluetooth stylus, as well as an advanced camera that takes crisper & sharper photos than the S9 released earlier this year.
The camera uses AI to take better photos and warns users if it detects a blur in a photo allowing the user to quickly retake pictures. The Note 9 features Dual Aperture technology, which Samsung introduced earlier this year on its Galaxy S9 range. However, the highlight upgrade this year is the S Pen, which will let users remotely control the phone’s camera to take the perfect selfie.
The Managing Director of Samsung Pakistan, Mr. Y.J. Kim stated that: “The Note has always been our showcase for premium technology and industry-defining innovation, and Galaxy Note 9 is no exception.”
Samsung has also introduced official launch partners to provide exclusive benefits with the Galaxy Note 9. The popular transportation providing service, Careem, is giving 20% off on rides for Note 9 users. Swarovski – one of the leading producers of jewelry worldwide – is offering 25% off on products. Note 9 users can also avail a 30% discount on membership at the premium health and fitness club, Structure. Finally, Jazz is providing 6GB data for all Note 9 users on their network.
Some of the fascinating features of the Note 9 include a 6.4-inch Super AMOLED capacitive touch-screen display with 16M colors, Octa-core Exynos 9810 processor, Android 8.1 Oreo Operating System, 8GB RAM 512GB internal memory. The device boasts a powerful Dual 12MP camera at the back with OIS and a Wide-angle f/1.5-2.4, telephoto lens, along with an 8MP front camera. All this and more is powered by a 4000 mAh battery.


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HSBC and ING in blockchain-backed trade finance breakthrough
HSBC and ING Bank have executed the “first” scalable trade finance transaction using blockchain for Cargill, an international food and agriculture conglomerate.
Last week, a shipment of soybeans was transported from Argentina to Malaysia, via Cargill’s Geneva and Singapore subsidiaries. The deal was financed using a letter of credit, which was completed digitally on R3’s Corda blockchain platform.
Vivek Ramachandran, global head of innovation and growth, commercial banking at HSBC: “This is an inflection point for how trade is conducted. At the moment, buyers and suppliers use a letter of credit, typically concluded by physically transferring paper documents, to underpin transactions. With blockchain, the need for paper reconciliation is removed because all parties are linked on the platform and updates are instantaneous. What this means for businesses is that trade finance transactions have been made simpler, faster, more transparent and more secure.”
The duo seems excited about this development, as they say the transaction demonstrates that blockchain is a commercially and operationally viable solution for trade digitisation.
According to the pair, up until this point, banks, buyers and suppliers had been experimenting with blockchain, testing proofs of concepts and conducting internal pilots. However, this letter of credit transaction was an end-to-end trade between a buyer and a seller and their respective banking partners, completed on a single and shared digital application rather than multiple systems.
R3’s platform is currently supported by 12 banks, who are working with R3 and their partners to continue the development to bring the platform to market more broadly.
HSBC says this technology is ideally suited for trade because it helps to streamline a previously paper-intensive process which usually takes between five to ten days to exchange documentations. This exchange was done in 24 hours.
HSBC also cites the United Nations, which states that digitising all of the Asia-Pacific region’s trade-related paperwork could slash the time it takes to export goods by up to 44% and in doing so, cut costs by up to 31%, and boost exports by as much as $257 billion a year.


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Music giant Sony BMG has finalized its deal with the legal file-sharing network Mashboxx, two days after a U.S. court dealt a blow to Mashboxx's unauthorized rivals such as Grokster.
Mashboxx, headed by former Grokster president Wayne Rosso, is a peer-to-peer file-sharing network that requires users to pay for copyrighted songs.
The companies said on Wednesday that Sony BMG songs will cost $0.99 each, in line with the price charged by Apple's market-leading iTunes online music store. Unlike iTunes, users will be able to preview entire tracks for a limited number of plays for free.
Mashboxx is designed to work closely with the technology company Snocap, headed by Napster founder Shawn Fanning, which identifies songs by their digital "fingerprint" and determines if they are copyrighted.
The efforts of Snocap and Mashboxx got a boost from the U.S. Supreme Court this week. The court ruled that Grokster could be held liable for copyright infringement, in part because it had taken no steps to prevent users from sharing copyrighted music and movie files.
Sony BMG Chief Executive Andy Lack told Reuters after the Grokster ruling that he had hopes that unauthorized peer-to-peer services would change their tune by utilising technology like Snocap's.
"There's an opportunity to employ lots of different technologies that legitimise these file-sharing services," he said. "A lot of them didn't want to come to the table until this ruling."
Snocap has deals in place with all four major music labels -- Vivendi's Universal Music, Sony BMG, EMI and Warner Music. Rosso said on Wednesday that negotiations are under way with the other music majors as well as a number of independents.
Sony BMG is a 50-50 joint venture between Sony Corp (NYSE:SNE - news) and Bertelsmann.
(Additional reporting by Derek Caney in New York)
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Terms of the deal, which has received board approval from both companies and is expected to close in Dell's fiscal second quarter, were not disclosed. Wall Street analysts pegged the pact's value at anywhere between $1 billion and $1.5 billion.
Dell officials said customers are looking for ways to centrally management a wide range of disparate security technologies, such as antivirus and antimalware software, intrusion and prevention detection, content filtering, and VPNs, and that SonicWall's appliance firewalls provide that.
UTM "brings simplicity to what can be a very disjointed and very complex issue," said Dell Software president John Swainson, on a conference call with reporters.
SonicWall has traditionally focused on providing security systems for small and mid-sized businesses, but began pursuing the enterprise market with its introduction of the SuperMassive E10000 series last year. The E100000 systems are designed to monitor traffic across large, corporate networks. "SonicWall aligns well with Dell's midmarket focus, and this transaction will allow us to accelerate the growth of our SuperMassive product line into Dell's large enterprise customers," said SonicWall CEO Matt Madeiros.
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A new record store has opened in Helsinki
An in-store party marked the opening of OK Sound
A new record store has opened in Helsinki over the last weekend.
A party marked the launch of OK Sound in Helsinki, which opened for the first time on August 14 with sets from Antti Salonen and a guest DJ.
Local pub Pien Brewpub provided liquid refreshments for the occasion.
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The store was founded by Sense Blue and Olli Koponen, and can only fit 20 people in at once due to ongoing COVID restrictions in Finland.
Vinyl sales have skyrocketed over the past year, increasing 108% since the year began, and In July, a new open-air club also opened in Helsinki, adding to the city’s rich and diverse entertainment and music scene.
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Located at Fleminginkatu 28, the store is open from Tuesday to Saturday, and both new and second-hand records are available for purchase, with a focus on electronic music.
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After a long journey of assembling cars in India, General Motors started production in the country in 1996 to cater more effectively. Today, it has become a prominent name in Indian automobile market, P BALENDRAN, Vice President, General Motors India discusses with MOHD MUSTAQUIM about the company's journey challenges and future roadmap
How has been the journey of General Motors in India, especially in rural?
We entered India in 1996 to become one of the serious players in this market. We had worked very hard to reach this stage. As far as the rural journey is concerned, we have thousands of satisfied customers especially with Tavera and Chevrolet Enjoy MUVs. Launched in 2004, Tavera has completed a decade of existence in India. Even Chevrolet Enjoy has seen a great deal of demand from large families in rural areas. In fact, the share of rural market has also gone up over the recent years.
How do you see the growth of automobile market in Rural India?
The rural markets have come a long way with increased vehicle penetration and more new car buyers owing to improved incomes. The creation of additional jobs in various manufacturing sectors have also brought more four-wheeler buyers. However, the rural economy depends on the condition of the overall economy and vice-versa. In a slowing economy, rural areas are badly affected and this is what we have seen over the past two years. The rural markets have not shown as much growth as expected over the past two years as a result of the long and protracted economic slowdown.
Affordability and post-sale services are the major factors in rural market, how does GM customise them for rural consumers?
For a period of three years, we have pledged to refund any extra maintenance costs incurred by our customers along with many other amenities such as 24x7 free roadside assistance and extended warranty for up to five years at a nominal cost. The programme has received an encouraging response from our customers.
What different strategies have you adopted for the rural markets?
We regularly conduct various marketing initiatives like road shows, service camps and other special customer-focused initiatives for our Chevrolet car owners. These have resulted in a positive word-of-mouth and experience for our customers in rural markets. For instance, Chevy U-First Camps are held regularly where the customer can bring their vehicle for a free check-up to ensure that our customers vehicles perform in the best way. We use multiple media platforms including print, television and digital campaigns, to reach out to the end consumer and to grab the pulse of the mass market.
What recent models have you launched to cater to the rural consumers?
We launched All New SAIL Hatchback and Sedan in September which have received encouraging response from the customers. The SAIL twins have been specially designed for emerging markets like India, taking into account the special needs of consumers like solid ride quality for our potholed roads, huge space and storage amenities apart from safety – the car has received very good ratings by global safety testing agencies such as C-NCAP. Apart from SAIL, we also launched All New Beat and Updated Cruze in 2014. We have also launched special editions like Manchester United Beat and SAIL hatchbacks earlier in the year which received a great response.
Kindly throw some light on the success story of any of your models.
General Motors has recently completed sales of more than one million Chevrolet Beat models worldwide. It is to be noted that following its huge success in India, the Chevrolet Beat was subsequently launched in other parts of the world. It continues to be India’s most efficient diesel hatchback with a mileage of 25.44 kmpl. Available in both petrol and diesel engines, it has sold more than 178,000 units in India alone. This demonstrates the growing acceptance of Chevrolet’s small car lineup, attracting more people to the brand around the world.
India is a country of rural fairs and festivals, how seriously do you consider them to promote your products?
Tailor-made schemes are launched for different regions on various festivals to directly connect with our customers. Whether it is Onam, Diwali or even the year-end offers, we offer customised and attractive offers on our products. We have recently launched a scheme on our cars with offers up to Rs 95,000 on Beat, up to Rs 85,500 on Chevrolet Enjoy and up to Rs 60,000 on Cruze. These include cash discounts, exchange and loyalty bonuses.
What key learning have you got while catering to rural markets?
Overall, road connectivity and infrastructure in rural areas is still not up to the mark which deters buyers from going for a new vehicle. There are various modes of public transport which people in rural areas continue to use owing to the lack of road infrastructure. We are hopeful that the new Government will fulfill its promises of building new highways and increased road connectivity in remote areas to aid the transportation industry.


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Marketing Week readers have voted Carlsberg UK’s launch campaign for its Carlsberg Danish Pilsner brand as the best marketing campaign of 2019.
Each year, Marketing Week crowns the best Campaign of the Year. Readers have spoken and the Best Marketing Campaign of 2019 went to Carlsberg UK.
“For the past two years we’ve been working hard on delivering the Pilsner overhaul, and I’m very proud that our campaign in the UK has been called out by Marketing Week readers in recognition of the relaunch. It’s a proud moment for the team,” says Liam Newton, vice president of marketing, Carlsberg UK.
The relaunch of Carlsberg Danish Pilsner in the UK was two years in the making and saw every consumer touch-point of the brand refreshed. This included a new beer – which was rebrewed from head to hop – alongside new packaging, glassware, font and pack formats. In addition, for the first time in the UK, Pilsner was available with a new, innovative packaging solution, Snap Pack, which replaces unpopular plastic rings by gluing cans together.
The launch was backed by an integrated communications campaign spanning Out of Home, digital, sampling activations and a new TVC called ‘The Lake’ starring Danish icon, Mads Mikkelsen. A standout social media campaign called Mean Tweets, racked up 15 million video views, reaching 6 million people in the UK. The brand also responded to over 6,000 consumer messages about its new brew – the good and the bad!
Looking ahead, next year will see continued investment in Carlsberg Danish Pilsner in the UK in order to drive wider trial and reappraisal of the brand.
Newton concludes: “We’re proud of the work that has been delivered this year, and this recognition by Marketing Week and its readers is a testament to the brave decisions we took.
“However, we’re fully aware this is just the start, and changing perceptions of a brand like Carlsberg takes time. We’ll enjoy the moment and take confidence that the brand is heading in the right direction with further exciting plans for next year.”
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text: Fashion Fashion Face Masks Are Happening And we're very conflicted. By Samantha Sutton Samantha Sutton Instagram Samantha is InStyle's senior fashion editor. She joined the brand in 2019 and oversees the site's fashion coverage, including trend reporting, fashion exclusives, celebrity style interviews, and Fashion Week coverage. InStyle's editorial guidelines Updated on April 7, 2020 @ 03:30PM Pin Share Tweet Email We've gone through a wide range of emotions over the past few weeks, but, perhaps more than anything, we've felt conflicted. We want to support small businesses by continuing to shop, but we don't want to risk the health of those working behind-the-scenes and delivering packages. We'd like to make the most of our time at home, binging shows and trying out fashion tricks, but we don't want to forget about how serious this pandemic actually is. Now, there's another thing that's been leaving us torn: fashion face masks, which are being heavily promoted by brands after the Centers For Disease Control recommended that all individuals wear face masks or cloth coverings in public. Alice + Olivia plans to donate one mask to a community in need for every one of theirs that's sold, while Collina Strada has made plans to include a mask with every purchase on its site. StockX also continues to sell streetwear mask options, so if you're looking for something from Off-White or Supreme and don't mind a hefty price tag, you can find one there. Get the inside scoop on all your favorite celebrities with our FREE daily newsletter, InStyle Celebrity. Breaking news, relationship updates, hairstyle inspo, fashion trends, and more direct to your inbox! In some ways, it's a good thing. We need to wear masks to prevent the spread of COVID-19, and not everyone owns the materials (or has the seamstress skills) to make their own. Many brands promise that proceeds will be donated to charities, or go toward making more masks for those working on the front lines. And, when it comes to smaller companies, selling masks might be a way stay afloat, and pay workers who would otherwise be laid-off or furloughed. Doctors Are Begging Designers to Make Reusable Hospital Gowns for Them We also don't want to bash those who enjoy looking cute while self-quarantining and social distancing. We've been playing around with our makeup, too; getting dressed in our matching sweats sets, and throwing on jewelry — we're finding joy and some normalcy in the little things, which in turn benefits our mental health. Plus, as GQ pointed out, streetwear masks were already a thing (remember when Billie Eilish wore a sheer one to the 2020 Grammys?), and buying a designer option might actually be easier than trying to find one on Amazon. Still, there's a bit of an icky feeling associated with turning this moment into a time to look trendy. It's tough to think that, while people are being separated from loved ones, struggling to make ends meet, or fighting for their lives, brands are bedazzling face masks, maybe because jeans aren't selling right now. Is public health really the priority, or is this just another opportunity to cash in? It's worth noting that many of these masks aren't medical grade, so they can't be used by healthcare professionals, just the average person who needs to go to the grocery store — and that is an actual need that many people have, and are willing to spend some money to fill. How Your Favorite Fashion Brands Are Helping Out During the Coronavirus Pandemic We've decided that, in this case, it might not be as simple as right or wrong. As with many of the changes we've taken on during this era of coronavirus, people will have to do what makes the most sense for them. We should all be focused on keeping ourselves and our communities safe; and the less time we spend in judgment of the way others achieve that, probably, the better. Anyone looking for a clearcut right and wrong on this one may just have to stay conflicted. If you were definitely looking for a mask to protect yourself (with cool patterns and designs), well, now you know where to find them. The coronavirus pandemic is unfolding in real time, and guidelines change by the minute. We promise to give you the latest information at time of publishing, but please refer to the CDC and WHO for updates.


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AMOLED resolution is difficult to improve LED backlight market output
The LED backlight market is expected to make a comeback.
With the increasing resolution of mobile device panels, the resolution of active matrix AMOLED will not be able to jump further due to limited technical characteristics, thus making the market output value of LED backlight components continue to rise next year.
Experts said that because AMOLED has self-luminous characteristics, its panel does not need a light source, so it is regarded as a threat to the development of the LED backlight market.
However, nowadays, consumer electronics including smart phones and tablet devices are beginning to blow the high-definition trend. AMOLED's overall shipments will start to slow down next year due to factors such as resolution and high prices; On the other hand, liquid crystal display (TFTLCD)
It is not subject to this limit and can encourage the LED backlight market to continue to shine.
Experts further pointed out that although AMOLED has the advantages of light weight and high color saturation, low resolution is its fatal cover;
Take Samsung's high-end smartphone Galaxy 3 as an example, its resolution is only 306ppi, while Apple's iPhone5 is 326ppi. There is still a gap between the two resolutions.
It is estimated that the resolution of the mobile device panel using TFTLCD display technology will continue to improve next year, from the current 326ppi to 441ppi, further expanding the gap between the resolution of the two display technologies.
In addition to the difficulty in breaking through the resolution barriers, the high price of AMOLED is also one of the main reasons why shipments cannot rise rapidly.
According to expert analysis, nearly 90% of the current AMOLED panels are Samsung (Samsung)
Monopoly, so the market price has remained high, and in addition to Samsung mobile phone brand manufacturers to reduce costs, and to meet the user's requirements for high quality, have also adopted full high quality (FullHD)
Specifications of the LCDIPS panel, coupled with energy-saving LED backlight components, to create a low-cost, high-definition smartphone.
In addition, the difficulty of applying AMOLED panels to TV products is one of the reasons for the slowdown in shipments. Qiu Yubin added that although Samsung and lejin (LG)
Both have said that they have successfully developed AMOLED panels of more than 50 inches, but in fact they have not yet succeeded in mass production, and the estimated price is even more flattering;
For many families, it is more practical to purchase a general LCD TV.
However, although LED backlight components are expected to fall into the bottleneck due to the resolution of AMOLED panels and continue to gain market favor, the LED backlight industry is bound to fall into development difficulties again after the advent of soft AMOLED panels in the future.
Experts believe that as soft AMOLED panels are expected to revolutionize the existing display application fields and erode the LCD application market that does not require high resolution, thus affecting the overall shipment of LED backlight components, therefore, the industry urgently needs to think about the next application market, or to reduce costs and improve efficiency, so as to have the opportunity to consolidate existing market opportunities.


text: Latest News Alcon Debuts as a Public Company as Shares Begin Trading on New York and Swiss Exchanges By Staff Wednesday, April 10, 2019 12:24 AM GENEVA, Switzerland—Alcon announced Tuesday that it has completed its separation from former parent company Novartis and has debuted as an independent, publicly traded company. Alcon’s shares began trading Tuesday on the SIX Swiss Exchange and New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the symbol “ALC.” On its first day, and with more than 10 million shares changing hands, Alcon closed at $58.33. That price is above the $40 to $50 range some analysts had expected, and it would place a value on the company of about $29 billion, according to Barrons.com.“For more than 70 years, Alcon has been dedicated to helping people see brilliantly and now, as an independent company, we are pursuing even more opportunities to further that mission,” chief executive officer David Endicott said in the announcement. “We are poised to achieve sustainable growth and create long-term shareholder value as a standalone company. We have a long history of industry firsts and, as a nimble medical device company, we are sharply focused on providing innovative products that meet the needs of our customers, patients and consumers.”Last year, Alcon had sales of $7.1 billion, including $4.0 billion in its surgical business segment (which grew 7 percent from the prior year) and $3.1 billion in its vision care business (which grew 3 percent). Novartis initially announced its plan to divest Alcon in January 2017, as VMAIL reported. Alcon will be headquartered in Geneva, and the company has maintained a presence in Switzerland for more than 40 years (this is where Alcon was incorporated prior to its acquisition by Novartis). However, the Alcon facilities in Fort Worth, Texas, will “remain a major operational center and innovation hub with a large base of employees,” the announcement noted.In a separate note sent to ECPs and business partners, North America region president Sergio Duplan and vice president of professional affairs Rick Weisbarth, OD, FAAO, acknowledged that while the spinoff represents “a new step in our journey, Alcon’s heritage of more than 70 years in eyecare remains strong [and] we continue to bring an unwavering commitment to partnering with eyecare professionals (ECPs) to shape the future of eyecare, serving customers and helping people see brilliantly.” Their letter also noted that the new Alcon, by virtue of being an independent company, will have several benefits, including the ability to effectively pursue distinct priorities in eyecare as a nimble medical device company and to concentrate financial resources on its own operations.Alcon has updated its “brand” to better reflect the spirit of the enterprise and commitment to helping people see brilliantly, and will shortly roll out a new logo and branding on corporate materials, the letter added.In the corporate announcement from Geneva, Alcon said it is “the largest eyecare device company in the world, with complementary businesses in surgical and vision care,” and that it has a presence in 74 countries while serving patients in more than 140 countries. In addition, Alcon said it believes that eyecare is an approximately $23 billion a year market, growing at roughly 4 percent annually. Alcon also noted in its announcement that as an independent company it will have “more focus and flexibility in pursuing its own growth strategy driven by rapid iterative innovation.” The company will have a distinct investment identity with a more efficient capital structure that will allow it to expand markets, enter promising adjacencies and introduce new business models.Under the terms of the separation, each Novartis shareholder or ADR (American Depositary Receipt) holder received one Alcon share for every five Novartis shares or ADRs they held at the close of business April 1, 2019, the record date for the distribution.


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The Indian apparel industry, which witnessed sluggish growth in the first half of the fiscal year, is on a revival mode. Leading apparel brands and retailers have witnessed a rise in sales since September and the growth momentum is continuing.As J Suresh, MD & CEO, Arvind Brands points out, “The year 2012 was a difficult one, particularly till September. There was a drop in GDP, which affected consumer sentiment and buying. However, with a slight improvement in consumer sentiment, the market revived during Diwali and sales are sustaining post Diwali. In view of this, and also based on the improved sentiments expected in 2013, we are looking for a good year ahead. It would be definitely better than the current year.”
The sluggish growth in market had a direct impact on inventory and stocks of most retailers. In an attempt to solve this problem, most of them offered early and prolonged ‘End of Season Sale’ (EOSS). In fact, it’s a trend that has caught up in a big way. As Kewalchand Jain, CMD, Kewal Kiran Clothing, opines, “EOSS is just a marketing strategy and our business cannot depend on that. Many retailers took the easy way out by extended EOSS to clear their dead stocks. However, this is not the way business should be done as it has a negative impact on customer sentiments. The trend may backfire and customers might get so used to EOSS that they might not go to a store to buy fresh stocks without discounts. We hope 2013 will have a more controlled EOSS.”
As always price fluctuations were also observed in 2012. However, apparel prices remained steady since yarn prices have not surged much; demand has been steady and most brands have managed to clear their inventory. This momentum is going to continue for next summer as well since the market has already peaked. Sentiments are positive after a long time.
Rahul Mehta, MD, Creative Lifestyles agrees and says, “Due to an increase in excise duty on branded apparels prices had shot up. This subsequently had an impact on the pricing of like-to-like products. However, the situation seems to be under control now and with positive customer sentiments, we look forward to a good year in 2013.”
Meanwhile the apparel industry has realized the importance of e-markets and social networking sites. With more and more websites mushrooming in the virtual world retailers see it as a brand building and marketing tool, while actual sales are still very low. As Mehta avers, “E-commerce has its own set of challenges in India. Indian customers are still wary of frauds and cyber crimes. Due to this, actual sales don’t happen on websites. Only two per cent of our inventory goes through such websites, so we don’t really focus on this area.”
But while brands fail to encash on the growing e-markets they have ensured a strong presence on social networking sites like Facebook. “While we use conventional media, we have been exploring New Age media as well to reach out to our consumers in an engaging manner. We now have 75,000 plus Facebook fans,” informs Amit Kothari, Marketing Manager, Marks & Spencer.
Statistics reveal 184 textile and apparel companies are in the profit regime this year compared to 155 last year. The number of loss-making units has gone down. As against 120 loss-making units in FY-12, the number has come down to 91 in the first half of FY-13. A positive sign indeed of how business could go in the New Year.


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11 Apr 2020.
Read about the volatility in the price of bitcoin.
Indeed, just a few weeks later, the price bitcoin fell rapidly, crashing all the way down below.
Bitcoin mining difficulty could drop by 10.25 percent on Thursday. It will be the most significant downward adjustment since.
Bloomberg says that all signs point to Bitcoin going on the major bull run in 2020, the only question is whether it will.
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This week Instagram took one step closer to Snapchat, which is now struggling to gain new users in the face of increasingly stiff competition from larger platforms. The addition of facial filters all but cements Instagram as a direct rival to Snap’s flagship app.
“Whether you’re sitting on the couch at home or you’re out and about, you can use face filters to express yourself and have playful conversations with friends,” says Instagram. “From math equations swirling around your head to furry koala ears that move and twitch, you can transform into a variety of characters that make you smile or laugh.”
To access face filters, open the camera and tap the new face icon in the bottom right corner.
Instagram also unveiled new creative tools, including “Rewind,” a new camera format next to “Boomerang” and “Hands-Free,” which plays videos in reverse, as well as a hashtag sticker.
“From the very first photo filter to Boomerang and more, Instagram has always been the place you can go to turn regular moments into something you can’t wait to share,” the company says. “Now, you have more fun and easy ways to express yourself and connect with the people you care about most.”
Instagram has a made a point over the past year of carbon-copying Snapchat features—and, in most cases, seeing more users engage.
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How To Enable Two-Step Verification For Apple ID / iTunes / iCloud
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Target has once again decided to close their stores on Thanksgiving Day this year and they’ve decided to make the closure permanent. Happy day! It’s been over a decade since Target stores have opened on Thanksgiving Day. “What started as a temporary measure driven by the pandemic is now our new standard — one that recognizes our ability to deliver on our guests’ holiday wishes both within and well beyond store hours,” Target CEO Brian Cornell wrote in a note to employees.
Of course you will be able to do plenty of Target shopping online on Thanksgiving Day. Their Black Friday deals are currently live and they will have some additional deals coming November 25-27. Look for these deals and more happening on Thanksgiving day.
- 50% off boots for the entire family
- 30% off Cold Weather Accessories for the entire family
- 30% off Outerwear for the entire family
- 40% off Just One You by Carter’s


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The experience of a bookstore is more than just purchasing a book: it’s discovering new ideas and concepts in paperback pages, finding a new interest and browsing endless shelves full of knowledge and creation until you find that one thing you’ve been looking for.
For 55 years, the Seminary Co-op Bookstore, 5751 S. Woodlawn Ave., has brought this experience to the community, but not without struggle along the way. In a time when it’s more convenient to purchase a book online with one single mouse click, independent bookstores like the Co-op are trying to adjust.
Co-op director, Jeff Deutsch, recently wrote a letter as a call to action to help support the Co-op. In the letter, Deutsch explains that despite an increase of sales, they still have a six-figure operating gap that can only be solved one way: buying more books.
“[The message] is essentially the same message that I have been offering for years, but because this letter had legs for whatever reason, some people are hearing it for the first time, but it’s not new and it’s not new of this decade,” he said. “There’s no disaster and there’s no risk of us going out of business any time in the immediate future, but it’s not sustainable if we don’t have people who love the store buying from us.”
The Seminary Co-op currently has over 50,000 members, but Deutsch said that in his first year as director in 2014, fewer than 10,000 members bought a book from them. Deutsch is aware of the convenience of online shopping, which is why the Co-op’s website is getting a much needed upgrade this summer.
The website will be a complete overhaul and will give readers the option to purchase books online from the store’s regular inventory. In this way, people from all over the world can support the Co-op, not just those who have the convenience of walking to the store.
“Since the letter went out I have heard from Australia, South Africa, Germany, London and all over the United States that people want to buy from us,” Deutsch said.
People love the mission of the Co-op and Deutsch said that just because they are tight on money right now, that mission is not going to change.
“I look at every single book that sells and I intentionally bring books back that I know would be a bad business decision, but we would not be the Co-op that we are if we didn’t have that book on the shelf,” he said.
Some of those books Deutsch takes chances on are academic and scholarly presses. He said that particularly University presses are struggling to find that audience of readers who will support their hard work, but that the Co-op is one of the few bookstores that will always feature that kind of work.
“This is about bringing books both obscure and popular to the readers that will appreciate them and giving authors a voice and enhancing the community by having that place of discovery,” Deutsch said.
A recent discovery Deutsch had upon was the Co-op acquiring the library of two deceased Co-op members, Devereaux Bowly and Patrick Keleher, as a gift to the store.
“I literally went book by book through both of their libraries and it was the most intimate experience, because as any book collector knows, how you build your library and the legacy of that library that you leave is so personal,” he said.
Deutsch said he couldn’t put a price tag on these books, so he decided to let the customers choose. For the entire month of June, customers can purchase books from these libraries and decide for themselves what they think the book is worth, with all proceeds going back to the Co-op.
This sort of thing is the exact spirit of the Co-op and why such a community landmark needs to keep thriving. Deutsch said they wouldn’t be here without the support of the locals.
“The Hyde Park community is one of the few communities in the world that could support a book store like this,” he said. “One of the things that I know for sure is we reflect the community…we reflect Hyde Park, but what Jack Cella did, I genuinely believe created Hyde Park too, not just reflecting but creating the community and if we were to go away, that would be lost.”
[Via: Hyde Park Herald]


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Bernette Ford, a force in children’s publishing who grew up on Long Island and brought diversity to picture books, died of cancer on June 20 at her home in Brooklyn. She was 70.
The publishing executive and author was a champion of hiring more writers and illustrators of color and having racial minorities represented within the pages of picture books for young readers. She notably launched Scholastic’s Cartwheel imprint in 1991 and was among the first Black executives of a major children’s book publisher.
“Bernette was a pioneer in building out the young novelty category with bright, engaging, and wonderful books,” Ellie Berger, president of trade publishing at Scholastic, wrote in a tribute to Ford. “I have particularly fond memories of watching her in Bologna, as she inspired young packagers and connected with talented creators from around the world. Bernette will be missed, but she leaves an indelible mark on children’s books and the readers who love them.”
Ford grew up in Uniondale. According to a 2010 interview with Brown Bookshelf, Ford said she spent her childhood finding comfort in reading and taught herself to read before Kindergarten. By high school, she knew she wanted to be a writer.
She graduated from Connecticut College in 1972 and began her career as an editorial assistant at Random House, where she eventually rose to editorial director of the children’s book imprint, Golden Books. She then worked at Grosset & Dunlap, and at Scholastic beginning in 1989, according to Publishers Weekly.
By the ‘90s she began publishing her own books with various other publishers. She co-wrote the acclaimed picture book Bright Eyes, Brown Skin, which featured images of four Black children living their everyday lives, a rare concept for a children’s book at the time. It was published in 1990 and illustrated by Ford’s husband, George.
Some of Ford’s other titles include First Snow, Hurry Up! and Don’t Hit Me!
In 2003, a year after leaving Scholastic, Ford launched her own company, Color-Bridge Books. She will have a new children’s book, Uncle John’s City Garden, released posthumously in 2022.
In addition to her husband, Ford is survived by her daughter Olivia, sister Elizabeth Yarboro, brother Russell, and a granddaughter.
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A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers will elaborate on Wednesday a bill providing tax credit increase for electric cars by 400,000 cars per manufacturer, which will give impetus to General Motors Co and Tesla Inc before the existing tax credit concludes.
The bill’s authors were the representatives of the democratic and republican parties according to the information source Reuters.
This bill will provide an opportunity to increase sales of electric cars to automakers who have already invested tens of billions of dollars in production to meet global requirements for emissions to the atmosphere.
The existing tax credit in the amount of $7,500 allows taxpayers to deduct part of the cost of an electric vehicle. It phases out within 15 months after the automaker reached 200,000 sales of electric vehicles and gradually decreases. So, for example, on April 1, GM's tax credit reached $3,750, and as for Tesla, its tax credit of $3,750 ended on January 1 and will completely expire by the end of the year.
The bill, called the “Driving America Forward Act”, will provide each automaker with a tax credit of $7,000 for an additional 400,000 vehicles in addition to the existing limit of 200,000 vehicles with tax benefits of $7,500. But one should mention, that it will reduce the gradual reduction schedule from the current 15 months to 9 months.
This bill still has a lot to go through until it becomes a law, but it received a wide support from both automakers (Nissan, GM, Tesla, Honda, Toyota, Ford, Fiat, Chrysler, BMW, Volkswagen), and from environmental authorities.
But we must not forget about the strong opposition from the White House, which recently advocated the abolition of tax benefits in the amount of $7,500.


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Uber drivers in Nairobi, Kenya, are under strike protesting low fares. Mid last year, Uber decided to cut its prices by 35% in Nairobi after facing stiff competition from Safaricom’s Little Cabs. The per minute ride went from Ksh4 per minute to Ksh3 per minute while the per kilometer cost went from Ksh60 per km to Ksh35 per km. The minimum cab fare was also reduced from Ksh300 to Ksh200.
Various Uber drivers did not like these changes since it meant they would make a significantly less amount of money. This has lead to protests from them since February, holding various demos near Uber Kenya offices.
There are some drivers who decided not to join in the strike but rather keep ferrying passengers. They do end up making more money since the demand is high yet drivers are significantly fewer leading to price surges. Striking Uber drivers could not stomach this so they decided to spill oil to fellow drivers who did not join the strike.
It is also reported that 2 cars have already been burnt down.


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Study: Mobile orders skyrocket in 2017, but 2 in 5 still use cash
Restaurant visits paid via mobile app grew by 50 percent over the last year, a new NPD study finds. However, cash payment still captures two of every five restaurant visits, a news release said.
Both of those revelations were provided in a report just released by NPD Group on the "Digital Evolution of Foodservice." The growth in mobile app use is stunning news when seen through the lens of overall foodservice traffic statistics which have been stalled between flat and 1 percent growth for several years.
But the cash usage among consumers is equally eye-opening in an industry that has been increasingly inundated with tech news and innovations over the last several years. The NPD results suggest consumers are split on how they want to order, pay and receive services from the restaurants they love.
NPD's latest analysis indicates that convenience-enabling technologies, like mobile ordering and delivery apps, are the ray of sunshine in what is otherwise a relatively slow time for foodservice overall. Time-starved consumers said they use mobile apps so the restaurant food they order is ready and paid for when they get to the store, or when the restaurant delivers to them.
Supporting reasons for app usage also include:
- Earning rewards and loyalty points.
- Receiving specials and coupons.
- Accessing menu offerings.
However, as mentioned, tech isn't a slam-dunk with consumers, according to the NPD report which found last year that a substantial two in five visits to restaurants were paid for in cash. Of these digital non-users, 22 percent said they preferred to pay in cash, while 18 percent didn't want to pay service fees, and 16 percent were worried about identity theft or credit card fraud.


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-Common Robots, AMBIDEX, AUBO
-CES: 2019: BreadBot, Temi, Walker+++
-Self-driving vans make every day journeys
-Face-to-face w/ a faceless bot
-5 vids for Friday
-And rather more!
Manufacturing & Cobot Information
The AMBIDEX, a robotic arm that makes use of cable-driven mechanisms, obtained numerous consideration at CES 2019 this week. AMBIDEX has a most velocity of 5 m/s, a most payload of 3kg (6.6 lbs) and helps “actual time management from distant places” utilizing 5G networks…
[It] will probably be exhausting for the collaborative robotics pioneer to have a greater 12 months than it did in 2018. However cobots are the fastest-growing phase of commercial automation, in response to the Robotic Industries Affiliation (RIA), and are anticipated to leap ten-fold to 34% of all industrial robotic gross sales by 2025.
One among AUBO’s cobots was noticed in a disposable protecting designed for portray purposes…
The director of MIT’s Challenge on Know-how, Financial system, and Nationwide Safety (and previously President Obama’s particular assistant on the digital economic system) R. David Edelman sat down with Wired‘s Matt Simon to speak automation when the dialog turned to cobots:
MS: What about [using] robotics, particularly collaborative robots that increase a human’s work, to convey manufacturing jobs again to the USA?
RDE: I feel that is not solely attainable, I feel it is occurring. Numerous people that I’ve talked to in business, notably the high-tech sector, are eager to convey as a lot manufacturing again to the US as attainable.
Blue Danube Robotics launched video that reveals how the magnetic connectors on its AIRSKIN product assist guarantee secure cabling…
Cellular Industrial Robots introduced a world collaboration with automotive expertise agency Faurecia, with the intention of deploying autonomous cell robots in manufacturing vegetation worldwide. (H/T Associated Press)
And in different cobot and manufacturing automation information:
- The way forward for collaborative robots – Infographic (Interact Analysis)
- Robots will assist Chinese language corporations deal with wages and the commerce conflict (The Economist)
- “My colleague, the robotic” – a preferred member of employees? (Hamburg News)
- Industrial robotic arms race leaves specialists asking ‘What manufacturing slowdown?” (Forbes)
- How recreation principle can convey people and robots nearer collectively (EurekAlert!)
Historically, humanoid robotic designers depend on the belief that the extra human a robotic seems, the extra seemingly people are to belief it. (Notice: Research of the ‘uncanny valley’ means that this design mannequin has a restrict.) New analysis from specialists at Israel’s IDC Herzliya and Cornell (USA) nonetheless, reveals that robots do not require a human-like face to be able to talk successfully.
The robotic and not using a face. Credit score: miLAB/IDC Herzliya
By way of Fast Company:
That implies that it’s attainable to create robots which might be aesthetically and mechanically easy that may use the barest of gestures to work together with folks. What’s extra, the shortage of a humanlike face on a bot can assist to mitigate our corresponding expectation that the robotic has some measure of human intelligence–and our frustration when it doesn’t.
Spanish researchers have developed ‘muscle tissue bio-actuators’ for smooth robots that may exert pressure and will finally be capable of grip and stroll alongside a floor.
Three-D printed bio-actuators for smooth robots. Credit score: Wiley.
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Rafael Mestre, a Ph.D. scholar and co-author of the analysis, defined, “We’ve proven that this integration of organic techniques into robotic units supplies them with capabilities acquired from pure techniques and considerably boosts their efficiency.”
In autonomous automobile information, autonomous truck maker, TuSimple introduced that it at present has 11 vans working totally autonomously in the USA, with plans for that quantity to succeed in 40 by June (H/T AUVSI); Continental unveiled the ‘Continental City Mobility Expertise’ (CUbE), an autonomous automobile geared up with robotic supply canines designed for final mile deliveries (H/T TechCrunch); and NBC News requested ‘How are self-driving automobile corporations coping with street rage from people?’
This week, all of the headlines belong to CES 2019. Nonetheless operating in Las Vegas, USA at time of writing, the annual occasion noticed the introduction of a slew of recent robots from the BreadBot, which might bake as much as 235 loaves per day…
Credit score: AFP Picture/Robyn Beck
… and The Coral One robotic vacuum (H/T Business Insider)…
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Come again subsequent week for extra of the most recent cobot and robotic information! Till then, please get pleasure from…
5 vids for Friday
1. The Daily Mail reported on “the world’s largest robotic” –a driverless rail system in Australia that has already traveled 1,000,000 kilometers (621,371 miles).
2. Lovot (the robotic that’s “powered by love,” in response to its makers) has been profitable hearts at CES this week, however the BBC puzzled whether or not its value (an estimated US$5-6,000 for a pack of two) would possibly show a “stumbling block” for potential clients.
Three. Additionally at CES, Foldimate unveiled a working prototype of its laundry-folding robotic. The corporate plans to ship a ultimate model towards the tip of this 12 months for “round [US]$1,000,” engadget reported.
four. UBTech launched an massively up to date model of its Walker robotic at CES, replete with a brand new pair of arms. (H/T ZDNet)
5. Hyundai unveiled its Cradle strolling automobile idea this week. Outfitted with robotic legs, the system allows each commonplace driving and strolling approaches –a flexibility that might show helpful throughout rescue missions in complicated, cluttered environments.