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Disney strikes streaming measurement deal with EDO
Jan 25, 2023 – Disney Advertising and EDO have entered into an agreement to apply EDO's engagement metrics to Disney’s streaming footprint, starting with Hulu. As a result, advertisers will get greater insight into how Disney's content is performing.
News categories: EDO, Disney Advertising, Edward Norton, Danielle Brown, Michael Piner, Advertising, Big Data, Digital TV, Streaming, USA
MediaTek releases Pentonic 1000 4K 120Hz Smart TV SoC
Nov 11, 2022 – MediaTek has launched the Pentonic 1000, its latest smart TV SoC designed for 4K 120Hz displays. Pentonic 1000 combines a multi-core CPU, dual-core GPU, dedicated AI processing unit and video decoding engines into a single chip.
News categories: MediaTek, Alex Chen, Mathias Bendull, Digital TV, ICs, Smart TV, Worldwide
MediaTek TV SoC supports Dolby Vision IQ with Precision Detail
Mar 23, 2022 – MediaTek has announced that it is the first TV SoC vendor to support Dolby Vision IQ with Precision Detail. Precision Detail is a feature for TVs with Dolby Vision IQ, revealing detail in both bright and dark areas.
News categories: MediaTek, Dolby, Alex Chen, Mathias Bendull, Digital TV, Semiconductor, Silicon IP, Smart TV, Worldwide
Hisense unveils premium product lineup at CES 2022
Jan 4, 2022 – This year, Hisense is delivering bigger screens, upgraded technologies like ULED and Mini LED, content platforms and features such as Google TV and ATSC 3.0, and upgrades to smart home, audio and gaming features.
News categories: Hisense, David Gold, Android TV, ATSC 3, CES2023, Digital TV, Gaming, Smart Home, Smart TV, USA
Irdeto multi-DRM issues record-breaking number of new licenses
Nov 10, 2021 – Irdeto has announced the continuous strong growth of DRM licenses issued, with an increase of 162% licenses issued in the last 15 months. The number of licenses has grown from 1.3 billion in June 2020 to 3.4 billion in October 2021.
News categories: Irdeto, Shane McCarthy, Digital TV, DRM, Market Research, Streaming, Worldwide
TCL introduces 5-Series and 6-Series TVs with Google TV
Aug 10, 2021 – TCL has announced pricing and availability of the first TCL TV lines with Google TV across its premium and high-performance 5- and 6-Series, enhancing its portfolio of award-winning televisions.
News categories: TCL, Chris Larson, Digital TV, North America, Smart TV, TV OS
Plex raises $50 million from investor Intercap
Apr 14, 2021 – Plex has completed a growth equity round of $50 million with Intercap. The financing includes $15 million in new capital for Plex, with the remainder used to purchase shares and options from employees and shareholders.
News categories: Plex, Intercap, Keith Valory, Jason Chapnik, James Merkur, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Streaming, Venture Capital, Worldwide
European VOD revenues increased 30-fold over the last ten years
Feb 9, 2021 – The European Audiovisual Observatory has released a report that focuses on the evolution of the SVOD, TVOD and AVOD/BVOD markets in the European Union (EU28) and their impact on traditional audiovisual markets.
News categories: European Audiovisual Observatory, Digital TV, EU, Market Research, Streaming, UK
Subscription TV viewers soared in Australia during 2020
Jan 12, 2021 – Data from Roy Morgan shows Australians consumed subscription TV services at an astonishing rate during 2020 with 17.3 million Australians (82.1%) watching a subscription TV service in an average four week period.
News categories: Roy Morgan, Michele Levine, Australia, Digital TV, Streaming, Subscribers
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All is not well with Apple in the world of desktop and transportable computers. The yearbook conspectus by Laptop Mag has awarded Apple the top spot eexceptionally year as the best laptop brand since 2010. Except this year. For its 2017 conspectus, Apple has plummeted down the diagrams to fifth place alongside Acer but behind Lenovo, Asus, Dell and HP.
From Laptop Mag’s reviewers:
To pick the conquerors, Brits and also-rans, we evaluated the 10 biggest laptop stigmatizes to determine which advance the best federation of flavour results, cutting-edge novelty, helpful support, sleek contrives and strong value. Because of its modest review adapts, expensive results and lack of ports, Apple fell all the path down to fifth place hinder receiving top honors eexceptionally year since the Best and Worst Brands debuted in 2010.
Notably, Apple’s lowest scoring batch was ‘Value and Selection’. I don’t think the issue is with quotation. For several seasons Apple has concentrated on providing a ‘good, promote, best’ portfolio with a specific quantity of machineries and selectionss. This has served them well and I think that the client market becomes the principle.
It’s the diminution in the value one that will hurt the most inside Cupertino. Apple has alpaths pushed the idea that a piece in a MacBook will provide a return atop the lifetime of the device, but this latest moulds in the MacBook range – including the MacBook Pro with Touch Bar – have broken that covenant.
Part of this could be down to the resetting of the MacBook cycle. Apple’s newly introduced hardware tends to start at a high price and as the seasons defile, and the component price droplets thanks to Moore’s Law, the price tag droplets. The Touch Bar enabled machineries have to come in with the bar set exceptionally high to allow as the price to drop in the future and still maintain Apple’s high margin – a sound manoeuvre but one that expects an exceptionally high initial price.
Unastunately the 2016 refresh of the MacBook range did not add a huge amount of feature or perasmality to the range to go along with the new price. Yes, the Touch Bar was auxiliary, but just to the top end ideals. The Bar establishes an adventitious interface on these machineries but at the cost of eradication the perasm elementaries. Developers cannot assume that a macOs machine handling their code will have the Touch Bar, so anyfact in the Bar occasions to be attainable in new part of the interface.
The Touch Bar is cute, but it can never be a sound part of macOs as several seasons, even if it carries become attainable on Apple’s outward keyboard in the future.
Apple also has to contend with the new laptop fabricators nearing to styles with the high-end market and bringing out contrives that not just match, but surdefile Apple’s options with the MacBook range. HP’s Spectre 13 advances the thin and ultratransportable stand that adversaries the MacBook and MacBook Air, the hacker can pick up Linux machineries like the Orion that work off the shelf and the gaming communal (not above well served by Apple) has a mix of gaming laptops from the mainstream fabricators and firms such as Razer.
And behind all of these machineries lies Microsoft and Windows 10. Redmond may have lost its path with Windows 8 as it brought touch to the desk-bound computer, but Windows 10 not just addressed these releases, but took the opening to rethink what it parsimoniouses be a laptop in the modern cloud-connected world.
While Apple has become complacent in the eyelets of several in fidelities the software and hardware progress of the MacBooks, Microsoft and its allies have proven their competency and are deliverance results with new mirages that crusade to clients.
Meanwhile, Apple is effectual a well room that it genuinely carries love the macOs platasm and that it will have somefact genuinely main at as 2018 if people just hold on a bit longer…
Apple’s Brits have got their knickers in a twist atop an ad campaign by old watch firm Swatch.
The afflictive legal-beagles are regretful about use of the phrase “Tick Different” on a new ad as Swatch’s Bellamy range of bodyguards, which include NFC (near-field communication) pieces and work with Visa to let you provide as nices with your watch.
Apple is upset because it used the grammatically incorrect phrase “Think Different” in a series of ads in 1997 and 1998.
And so last week the Cupertino idiot-tax step crusadeed to a Swiss court, claiming that Swatch was violating its trademark and that the “Tick Different” ad would confuse nations – even though the resourceful ads came out 20 seasons ago and Apple’s use of the phrase ended in 2002 (notwithstanding its attention-grabbing website home dispatches when famous people have died).
There is, of course, no sarcasm in Apple suing Swatch as riding its coat prats when Apple’s ads represent one of the greatest takess of new people’s prominencess in chronicle.
The Think Different ads were ridden by illustrations of storied arrives, from Pablo Picasso to Gandhi, Edison, Miles Davis and Frank Sinatra – but with an Apple logo and the advices “Think Different” tucked apath in an edge.
As far as anyone is aware, none of those people had anyfact to do with Apple’s computer, but that didn’t stop Dead Steve Jobs’ merchandising division from utilizing their fame and universal status to boost its own results.
It may also be worth noting that the “Think Different” phrase was itself mellow from ads run by IBM that featured the single word “Think.”
Of course, Swatch is not mammal fully upfront either. Its CEO Nick Hayek has claimed any resemblance between the two is coincidental and declarations it was born from a Swatch ad in the 1980s – when Swatch was truly a fact – that had the phrase “Alpaths different, alpaths new.”
This is not the first time Swatch and Apple have locked penetrates atop bodyguards. Last year, Swatch won its two-year fight to stop Apple from trademarking the name “iWatch” – somefact it claimed was too close to its “iSwatch” trademark.
Apple originally said it would crusade the solution, but in the end set to call its atop-priced, iPhone-dependent tech failure of a smartwatch the “Apple Watch” instead.
Apple was not felicitous. And when it launched its Apple Watch, none new than godhead Jonny Ive said with wilful blessedness that Switzerland would be in “deep shit” because it was so amazingly brilliant. (Spoiler: it wasn’t and it isn’t.)
That in turn caused Swatch’s savant purchase Brits to embark on some expert trolling by trademarking the phrase – we kid you not – “Swatch One More Thing.”
That empowers Swatch to use Steve Jobs’ famous “one more fact” catchphrase in its adverts and results – somefact that Apple truly carries continue to use at its hype-fest-gasm product creates.
So, while it is liable that Apple Brits believe “Tick Different” is a flagrant abuse of their firm’s signature tagline, it’s more consequent that the notoriously vulnerable firm just saw an opening to give Swatch a kicking – emainly since they are increasingly competing with one new. Although this is of course just a single ad, not the name of a bona product.
In case you’re active, the Swatch Bellamy range is an idiosyncratic Swatch watch with a NFC chip. It carriesn’t connect to the internet and losses around $95. Which truly moulds it an exceptionally nice alternative to the Apple Watch, which initiates at $269 but shots much, much higher.
That said, the Bellamy was launched in 2015, relaunched in 2016, and still hasn’t selected up much promptness in 2017. It’s still just attainable in Switzerland and China. ®

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Apple’s iPhone X has been a great achievement for the Cupertino based tech giant, mainly due to its innovative super retina display and Face ID features. iPhone X’s Face ID has been encouraged by many experts and tech geeks, yet some of them have even criticized it for surprising vulnerabilities. As for now, a Chinese woman has claimed that her colleague was able to unlock her iPhone X, even after the company replaced the device twice observing faulty components, as reported by WCCF Tech.
It is a common perception that Chinese people have quite similar faces. That’s why I have my sympathies with Apple in this specific case.
iPhone X’s Face ID has been criticized a lot, since the first day of its launch. Firstly the iPhone X demo failed, then twins unlocked iPhone X, then a fake 3D mask fooled it and later on, a kid unlocked iPhone X of his mother. However, the new incident has its own uniqueness, a woman from China’s Nanjing district, named Yan, claimed that her coworker was easily able to bypass Face ID on her iPhone X. Initially she contacted Apple Support but they didn’t believe her.
The incident happened twice. Firstly, Yan visited Apple’s store with her colleague and showed them the faulty device. The company admitted its mistake at that point and replaced the device with a new one, confirming that camera of that device was faulty. Unfortunately, the new device Yan received was also faulty and was easily unlocked by her friend.
This points a big question mark on the Apple’s claim that it iPhone X face is impossible to bypass. While it has been proven many times that iPhone X Face ID is not as secure as Apple touts. If this expensive 3D-based face recognition technology is not secure then we would like to suggest you go for other options like Oppo and Xiaomi, who are offering Face Lock, but have not made any bullish claims.


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The Future of Pay by Phone in Online Casinos & Betting SitesJune 29th, 2018
How you could soon be funding your slot account via some fashionable wearable
Time moves fast and with technology developing with more velocity than ever before, the way we pay for goods and services is seeing a revolution. This includes in online casinos and betting sites, where pay by mobile is already starting to catch on. Here's why the future of payment is mobile – and how you could soon be funding your slot account via some fashionable wearable such as a bracelet linked to the DNA of your heartbeat.
Mobile Numbers Crush Bank Accounts
Across the globe, there are estimated to be approximately five billion people with a mobile phone compared to a mere 1.2 billion bank accounts. This staggering statistic is a big reason why pay by phone is such a big deal. Indeed, many major banks and financial institutions are themselves seeing the potential and switching their focus to the mobile payment niche. Experts believe that by 2020 mobile paying will be the 'new normal', whether it's funding online gaming or buying a new car.
All over the planet, the world is awakening to new payment methods and the future looks increasingly 'Crypto'. Interestingly, it's the likes of China who are at the forefront of paying by phone, with Africa another serious market. In China, it's estimated that mobile transactions totalled 29.49 trillion yuan during the third quarter of 2017 (around $3.4 trillion pounds), with a year-on-year growth of over 300 percent. As for Africa, the continent is believed to have the second most mobile payment users in the world. Owning a mobile phone with internet access is cheap and opens up a world of instant banking on an revolutionary scale. It's a similar story across Asia, with emerging economies being built on pay by phone technology.
Cryptocurrency's Rise Predicted to Fuel Pay by Phone Revolution in the West
Western countries are also starting to embrace paying by phone for everything, from rail tickets to dining out to slots. The trend coincides with the rise of cryptocurrency as a legitimate banking option for the future. Both AndroidPay and ApplePay use are growing in Europe and America, while mobile payment firm, iZettle, raised $150 million in funding in 2017. In America, mobile payments are rising by around 40 percent a year currently and are expected to total over $125 billion by 2021.
The world is waking up to cryptocurrency and realising that if it becomes truly mainstream, new methods of storing funds and spending currency will become reality. Correspondingly, the increase in awareness and willingness to ditch credit cards in favour of more convenient mobile banking is gathering pace. Cryprocurrency companies are increasing their drive for legitimacy. Take TelCoin, a blockchain mobile payment firm, which is forging partnerships with telecommunication giants in order to enable pay by phone services for individuals without a traditional bank account. As cryptocurrency rises, so do pay by phone methods.
Online Gamers & Casino Players Adopting Pay by Mobile Convenience
In recent years, online casino and sports bettors have increasingly started banking by using their mobiles – thanks to online services such as BOKU. The benefits are speed, simplicity and convenience – along with encryption and anti-fraud levels that rival more traditional options. The current downside to pay by phone at gambling sites, is the fact that deposit limits are low – typically around 10.00 per transaction.
For high-spend gamers, this doesn't offer much scope, but it's something that's very likely to increase in the near future, as the mobile payment world develops. Nevertheless, for millions of recreational casino players who have a low leisure budget, paying on-the-go via a phone (or linked Smart TV) is already their number one choice; who wants the hassle of credit cards when you're on the bus or in a café? Some online gambling sites are also starting to accept cryptocurrencies or even create them, themselves. As pay by phone demand rises, online gamers can look forward to the options increasing, along with the deposit and withdrawal levels.
Trendy Wearables to Make Credit Cards History?
Pay by phone technology is still at an embryonic stage, but we can expect to see some fast changes over the next few years. Trade shows are already full of wearable tech such as bracelets and rings which consumers will soon be able to swipe to pay, taking the concept of paying by phone to 'paying by tech'. When it comes to transaction safety, experts predict that shoppers will be authenticated by methods such as syncing one's unique heart rate with wearable tech – straight out of Back to the Future!
For now, pay by phone is a fast, easy and safe way to fund shopping and entertainment such as online betting and casino gaming. In the future, paying by tech is expected to become the new 'norm'.


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Audio entertainment giant SiriusXM, the home of Howard Stern, on Thursday reported continued growth in its satellite radio and Pandora subscribers.
In the third earnings report since the company, controlled by John Malone’s Liberty Media, closed the $3.5 billion acquisition of music streaming service Pandora Media, SiriusXM said it added a net of 210,000 satellite radio subscribers. It ended September with more than 34.6 million subscribers, including more than 29.6 million self-pay subscribers. “Paid promotional subscribers decreased due to declines in shipments from automakers offering paid promotional subscriptions,” the firm said.
Pandora added 33,000 net new self-pay subscribers in the third quarter to end it with nearly 6.3 million self-pay subscribers. “In the third quarter, a one-year paid promotional subscription trial with T-Mobile ended, resulting in approximately 700,000 paid promotional trials being retired,” the company reported. “This brought total Pandora subscribers to over 6.3 million at the end of the period, which included a paid promotional subscriber base of 45,000.”
Ad revenue at Pandora reached a quarterly record of $315 million, up 8 percent over the third quarter of 2018. “Ad revenue was driven by strong third-quarter monetization of $85 per thousand hours, growing 10 percent over the third quarter 2018,” the firm said. “Strength in traditional audio advertising, boosted by video programmatic and engagement-based video, as well as the expansion of off-platform efforts and fees generated on the AdsWizz platform, drove revenue growth.” Total revenue for Pandora rose 7 percent to $447 million in the quarter, thanks in part to a 5 percent increase in subscriber revenue to $132 million.
SiriusXM’s earnings fell to $246 million in the third quarter, compared with $343 million in the prior-year period, primarily driven by refinancing expenses associated with the firm’s July redemption of debt and non-recurring tax benefits in the year-ago period. Third-quarter revenue rose 7 percent when adjusting for the Pandora acquisition, to $2.0 billion.
The company has also been expanding its video content, led by Stern. CEO Jim Meyer said recently, “You guys should expect more and more video to roll out now over the remainder of the year.” He also emphasized, however, that SiriusXM is “not going to get into the television business or the movie business. That’s not what we do. Our video will be all about enhancing the audio experience” and boosting user engagement.
Said Meyer about the latest quarterly results: “Total net additions benefited from continuing strength in the auto sector, and our adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization hit an all-time quarterly record of $657 million.”
He also touted the recent opening of the company’s new Hollywood studio complex, which featured a series of shows by Stern. “Howard is at the top of his game and was welcomed to L.A. by an array of stars and special live performances by Adam Levine and Green Day, all from our state-of-the-art street-level performance space we call the Garage,” Meyer said. “Howard’s broadcast followed a month of special shows, interviews and performances in L.A. exclusively for us by Carrie Underwood, Julia Roberts, Dave Matthews and breakout artist Billie Eilish, to name a few. Re-establishing ourselves in the entertainment capital of the world, and being closer to compelling talent and brands, bolsters the value of our programming for our subscribers.”
On an earnings conference call, Meyer said the company is “completely reimagining” the offerings of SiriusXM and Pandora with a focus on content that is “differentiated from and superior to other offerings in the audio market,” including more future collaborations with “mega-stars.”
He also touted the “additional scale” of the merged SiriusXM-Pandora, which he said helps the firm “to attract and promote new content.” And he again lauded the firm’s growing video offerings, led by Stern.
Meyer also mentioned podcasting as another opportunity for upside, citing a chance to curate and bring more content, as well as better advertising technology and targeting to the growing podcasting space. “Most podcast advertising is very rudimentary and not personalized,” he said. “Frankly, this area is ripe to be disrupted and improved.”
In the context of podcasting, Meyer also touted SiriusXM’s recent deal with Walt Disney’s Marvel for exclusive Pandora and SiriusXM podcasts. “This pivotal deal neatly illustrates our podcasting approach,” he said. “We care about quality, and we always love to associate with the best brands first and foremost. People don’t just want more, they want what is compelling. Marvel creates fantastic character-driven storylines, and their record of success is unrivaled.”
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This undated photo shows a Royal Caribbean ship moored at Prince Rupert’s cruise port. (Creative Commons photo by Province of British Columbia)
The northern British Columbia city of Prince Rupert is looking to an international partner to grow its cruise ship port as the Alaska market continues to expand.
The UK-based firm Global Ports Holding announced last week that it had signed a 10-year agreement with an optional 10-year extension with the Prince Rupert Port Authority to manage cruise services. Head of business development Colin Murphy says they aim to grow Prince Rupert’s tourism sector.
“One of the challenges they have there is that because the volumes have been reasonably low, it’s been difficult for local tour providers and stakeholders to comfortably invest in improving the guest experience by providing more tourism or experiences and so on. So that’s a point of emphasis for us going forward to help Prince Rupert be more successful,” Murphy said in a phone interview Monday.
He says the deal doesn’t commit Global Ports Holding to any infrastructure investments up front, but otherwise declined to discuss the financial terms.
Prince Rupert has welcomed about 41,000 cruise passengers this year, and that’s expected to double next year. Murphy says the one-berth port has already booked calls from cruise company giants Carnival and Princess.
Murphy says he doesn’t expect Prince Rupert to grow as large as some of the massive Alaska cruise ports that welcome more than a million passengers each year — at least, not for a while. But he says Prince Rupert is poised to take advantage of increasing congestion at existing ports, both in Alaska and further south.
“In the long term, we think all of the cruise lines are going to be more focused on finding berths for their ships, so having a port somewhere so close to the Alaska market in Prince Rupert for us is very key,” he said.
Murphy says he expects Prince Rupert to serve primarily as a transit port, rather than somewhere that passengers start or end their cruises. But he says there has been some interest from smaller cruise operators in making Prince Rupert a turnaround port.
Global Ports Holding was one of two companies that bid to take over management of Ketchikan’s port as the community considered a public-private partnership. Ketchikan’s City Council ultimately rejected the bid and chose to keep the port under city management in a 4-3 vote last year. The Prince Rupert deal is the UK company’s first investment in the Alaska market.


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Instagram’s updated terms of service unleashed a maelstrom of confusion from users who believed that the new terms would allow Instagram to sell their photos without compensation. Celebrities even began quitting over it! Unwilling to lose their influential users, Instagram CEO Kevin Systrom took to the company blog today to clarify just what exactly the new TOS says.
However, his calming words didn’t come with a new Terms of Service, so it’s difficult to tell what exactly that means for users. With that in mind, let’s parse what we do know:
Instagram is not planning to sell your photos. “It is not our intention to sell your photos,” reads the post. Instead, Instagram clarifies that they’d like to provide innovative advertising that adds to the Instagram experience. The company gives the example of a business paying for a promoted account, and being able to showcase which of your friends follows that account, similar to Twitter’s “Who to Follow” feature. Of course, “It is not our intention to sell your photos” is more about what Instagram hopes will happen. Roads to monetization are often paved with good intentions.
Your photos will not be appearing in an advertisement any time soon. “The language we proposed also raised question about whether your photos can be part of an advertisement,” reads the post. “We do not have plans for anything like this and because of that we’re going to remove the language that raised the question.” Instead, the company says it wants to avoid serving ugly ol’ banner ads. However, it does not say specifically which clauses it will be removing from the TOS to clarify this advertising confusion.
You still own your photos. “Instagram users own their content and Instagram does not claim any ownership rights over your photos,” the post says outright. Mr. Systrom also gave nod to the professional photographers, like suidical Clayton Cubitt and Mark Zuckerberg’s wedding photographer, who worried about ownership of their images. “We respect that there are creative artists and hobbyists alike that pour their heart into creating beautiful photos, and we respect that your photos are your photos. Period,” he writes.
In addition to providing some clarification, Mr. Systrom tried to reframe the backlash as a “We TOTALLY meant for this to happen!” moment, writing that the reason the company decided to release the changes 30 days from now and not immediately is so that they could process user feedback and concerns. Sure thing, Kev.
Despite this clarification, some selfie queen power users still seem to be confused.


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Last week, Google reportedly invested a $ 1.2 billion investment in Go-Jek along with Meituan-Dianping from China and Temasek from Singapore. Go-Jek has been discussing the investment since last April. With this latest fresh funding, Go-Jek now has a valuation of US $ 4 billion.
This is the first investment from Google in Indonesia after they invested in India in December 2017. Go-Jek not only offers transportation services such as ojeks and taxis, but also other services such as courier, delivery of food and as well as mobile payments. In Indonesia, Go-Jek is said to dominate the market, defeating Uber and Grab.
Indonesia is a country with the largest economy in Southeast Asia, an area with more than 600 million consumers and a rising rate of internet adoption.


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By Wallace Witkowski, MarketWatch
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This article is part of a series tracking the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on major businesses, and will be updated. It was originally published on April 9.
Intel Corp. could experience a huge early sales boost from companies outfitting stay-at-home workers with computers and a surge in cloud-services adoption, but the long-term picture for COVID-19 effects is not as clear.
Intel /zigman2/quotes/203649727/composite INTC +0.14% started off 2020 with a reversal from a difficult year, reporting that it broke the $20 billion quarterly sales mark for the first time as its fastest-growing segment, data-center chips, surged 19% to $7.2 billion. That time — when China was reporting 830 cases of COVID-19 with 26 deaths and the U.S. had just confirmed its second coronavirus case — seems a world away now after the coronavirus spread across the globe and sent most Americans into their homes to avoid contracting the virus.
As a result, millions of employees who still have jobs in the U.S. now work from home while millions of students take lessons online, making companies like Zoom Video Technologies Inc. /zigman2/quotes/211319643/composite ZM -4.13% wildly popular while stretching the limits of older hardware. Much of that traffic is passing through cloud data centers like those maintained by Amazon.com Inc. /zigman2/quotes/210331248/composite AMZN -0.62% , Microsoft Corp. /zigman2/quotes/207732364/composite MSFT -1.06% and Alphabet Inc.’s /zigman2/quotes/205453964/composite GOOG +0.47% /zigman2/quotes/202490156/composite GOOGL +0.58% Google, which will need new chips to expand capacity.
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At the same time, businesses are being prompted to speed up their digital transformations like baby birds being kicked out of a burning nest. With PC, server and data-center sales representing the majority of Intel’s business, there’s little question that the chip giant could benefit from a sales surge thanks to all those dynamics.
“If you’re doing PC and data center, there’s definitely buys that have to happen right now to support demand,” Maribel Lopez, principal analyst at Lopez Research, told MarketWatch in an interview. “We’re going to pull in a lot of demand.”
The question is how long that surge will last, as companies start to slow capital spending to preserve their liquidity and consumers slow down purchases thanks to lost jobs or other economic concerns. Given that some locations like the San Francisco Bay Area issued their first stay-at-home orders in early March, other regions have just started to come around to issuing those orders, so there could be another wave of demand.
“The demand will probably be another quarter’s worth of demand,” Lopez said, likely lasting into mid-summer. “After that, I think, all bets are off with the economy in general.”
Smaller chip company Microchip Technology Inc. /zigman2/quotes/208326291/composite MCHP +6.88% has already said it’s seeing a sales surge but doesn’t expect it to last past initial COVID-19 panic-buying.
What the numbers are saying
Revenue: Back in late January, Intel projected revenue of about $19 billion for the first quarter and about $73.5 billion in 2020. Analysts surveyed by FactSet initially set their first-quarter mark at $18.98 billion by Jan. 31, but expectations declined to $18.63 billion by April 9. The average forecast for the full year declined to $71.92 billion from $73.8 billion as of Jan. 31, FactSet reported.
Earnings: Intel forecast adjusted earnings of $1.30 a share for the first quarter and $5 a share for the year. Analysts project adjusted earnings of $1.28 a share, down from $1.32 a share on Jan. 31, and $4.83 a share for the year, down from $4.98 a share.
Stock movement: Intel shares fell 9.6% in the first quarter of the year, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average /zigman2/quotes/210598065/realtime DJIA +2.17% , which counts Intel as a component, declined 23%.


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The RB17 hypercar will have a starting price of 5 million pounds ($6.1 million) before local taxes and will be restricted to 50 units when production starts in 2025, the company said in an announcement on Tuesday.
The cars will be legal for racetracks only, allowing the company to achieve the “purest execution of an F1-inspired hypercar,” it said in a statement.
Tthe team’s in-house Red Bull Advanced Technologies division is developing the two seater. A V8 hybrid engine producing more than 1,100 hp will power the car, the UK-based company said. The source of the engine was not announced and no performance figures were given.
The configuration of the combustion engine splits the Valkyrie, which uses a 1,155 hp hybrid V12 unit, and the AMG-Mercedes One hypercar, employing a variation of the Mercedes F1 team’s 1.6-liter V6 hybrid powertrain making more than 1,000 hp.


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The Coalition have revealed the details of Gears of War 4’s Early Access and open beta periods, both multiplayer.
Some pictures and footage of Forza Motorsport 6: Apex have leaked early, giving Windows 10 owners a good idea of what to expect from this free-to-play racing game.
Epic Games founder Tim Sweeney has written a new opinion piece regarding UWPs. Tim explains what he likes about UWP, and what direction Microsoft should take with it.
Spencer suggests new console hardware iterations will be much more frequent in future.


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You may think that having your identity stolen is something that will never happen to you but how can you be sure?
With fraud and cyber crime accounting for nearly one in two crimes committed in the UK, identity theft is on the rise.
And with technology getting smarter, so are the criminals.
Whether it's your address and contact details, your banking information or even your passport or driving licence details, if these get into the wrong hands, the consequences could be dire.
When your possessions are stolen they can be replaced but when your identity is stolen, things get a whole lot more complicated.
Helping to keep your data safe, PrivacyDefence is a smart new app that will alert you when your data is breached and help you to take control of your personal information.
To find out how it works and how it will protect you against identity theft, we spoke to Managing Director Mike Roberts.
He said: " If you’ve never been hacked, you wouldn’t have to ask too many people you know to find someone who says it’s happened to them, that’s how widespread it is.
"There’s definitely a need for it, there’s no question at all."
Why does my data need protecting?
Whether it's working from home, socialising with friends or home schooling, the pandemic has meant many of our everyday activities are now increasingly being conducted online - this gives hackers more opportunities to steal your data.
In a poll conducted by PrivacyDefence, 52% of people asked had previously been a victim of online fraud.
Mike told us why he thinks more people should think about protecting their personal information.
He said: "It certainly has got worse during the Covid experience, particularly through lockdown.
"There's an increasing change of behaviour with people shopping more online. There’s more traffic conducted online and more people not aware of security procedures.
"This crime isn’t going to go away, unfortunately criminals are extremely successful."
Mike has himself been a victim of identity theft on more than one occasion. In one instance he had a business set up in his name and only found out when he received a call from the Metropolitan Police.
He told us: "It harmed my credit score for a while, it took a while to go.
" Anyone who is a victim of identity fraud, it will take a while to get full restoration."
Speaking about the need to protect your data, Mike added: " There’s definitely a need, urgently indeed, you don’t have to look very far to see some startling stuff.
"It really is an unseen crime - it’s up to us to protect our own personal information."
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How does the app work?
Signing up to the app is easy. You start by entering up to 47 pieces of personal information that you'd like scanned and you don't need to worry - your data is fully encrypted and the mobile app uses biometric login as an option.
The PrivacyDefence app uses that data and continuously sweeps the web, deep web and dark web to make sure your data isn't being traded.
It's not only going to monitor your email address, but your other items of personally identifiable data such as login credentials, credit/debit/store cards, driver’s licence, passport number, mother’s maiden name and more.
And with social media now a big part of our everyday lives, it's no surprise to learn that that is also a target for hackers - PrivacyDefence can also monitor your Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn content feeds for reputation and privacy risks.
Whenever your data is detected, you will receive an instant notification on your mobile phone so you are able to act straight away and prevent your data from being used fraudulently.
What to do when your data is breached
Mike has found that many of its new members often get alerts when they first sign up as their data has already been hacked unknowingly.
But what happens when you have a data breach? Would you know what to do?
In some situations it might just be a case of changing your password or log in details but other cases can be a lot more complicated.
For those who need advice on what to do next, PrivacyDefence also offers a 24/7 support service offering restoration advice.
Mike told us that this is an essential part of the service as many people might be unsure of what steps they need to take to secure their data.
Who is PrivacyDefence for?
Mike said: " With the massive increase in online traffic that we all undertake, if you’ve got a mobile phone and a purse or wallet with a card in it, you need PrivacyDefence.
"The interesting thing is we are attempting to do something we know we will never succeed in. We’re never going to achieve 100% of people being secure online which means we can never stop doing what we’re doing."
For just £10 per month, the app is an affordable way of keeping your details secure.
Mike added: "It’s not wildly expensive. It's an affordable security measure required by everybody.
"I don’t know what you can buy for 30p a day, certainly not peace of mind, but you can with PrivacyDefence."
How can I find out more?
If you want to find out more about how you can protect your identity online, PrivacyDefence is holding free online events to help you learn about the real threat of identity theft, how you can be affected, but more importantly share with you some tips on managing and controlling your privacy to help keep you and your family safe.
The events take place on the PrivacyDefence Facebook page on the following dates :
- Wednesday August 19 - 3pm
- Wednesday August 26 - 8.30pm
To find out more about how the PrivacyDefence app works and to sign up, visit the website.


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French carmaker Renault has alerted the country’s authorities to a 50,000 euro (£43,777) gift from the chateau of Versailles to its former chairman and chief executive Carlos Ghosn.
The gift is reportedly linked to his lavish wedding at the royal estate.
Renault said that a company investigation had found Ghosn personally benefited from “an exchange worth 50,000 euro in the framework of a philanthropic accord” with Versailles.
The carmaker said in a statement on Thursday that it was alerting French judicial authorities.
Renault started investigating Ghosn’s past activities after he was arrested in November in Tokyo, where he has been charged with falsifying financial reports and breach of trust.
Ghosn, one of the most influential executives in the global car industry, denies wrongdoing.
French newspaper Le Figaro reported that Versailles had allowed Ghosn to host his 2016 wedding reception in its grounds in exchange for Renault’s donations to the chateau, home to France’s last kings.
The chateau said it was given 2.3 million euro (£2 million) by Renault to fund renovations in a 2016 philanthropic deal.
In exchange, Renault was entitled to benefits from the chateau worth up to 25% of the total donation.
As part of the arrangement, Renault asked for permission to rent out space in the Grand Trianon mansion on the Versailles grounds for a “dinner” on October 8 2016, the chateau said in a statement.
It estimated the rental was worth 50,000 euro.
Versailles officials would not comment on whether Ghosn himself had made the request, or confirm that the dinner was in fact his wedding reception.
Officials in various French prosecutor’s offices who could investigate the case said on Thursday that they had no information yet from Renault about the gift.
Meanwhile, a Renault official said that it and Nissan were also conducting a joint investigation into Ghosn’s activities as head of the alliance between them, Netherlands-based Renault-Nissan BV.
Ghosn led both Renault and Nissan and championed their alliance as it grew into the world’s biggest-selling car maker.
He has faced a stunning downfall since his arrest.
Renault initially stood by Ghosn, but named a new CEO and chairman last month to replace him as his Japanese legal case drags on.
The Japanese case includes suspicions that Ghosn under-reported his income as chairman of Nissan and falsified financial reports.
Ghosn has said fellow executives opposed to forging closer ties between Nissan and Renault schemed against him.
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December is usually associated with the magic of light and sparkling stars. This is why we are very proud to announce that our new Spreadshop of the Month is AstronoGeek! The Shop is run by a French YouTube creator who takes his fans on a journey to vast astronomical heights.
Almost seven years ago, Arnaud (his name in real life) opened his YouTube channel with a focus on photo tutorials “Le studio de poche” and a Spreadshop along with it. The astronomy enthusiast, photographer and teacher had the ambition to spread his passion for the stars when creating “AstronoGeek” in 2015. Since then, his dedication to astronomy and ufology has taken the route of popular science, demystifying conspiracy theories in the process.
And he has been quite successful in doing so. By now, AstronoGeek has amassed over 670,000 subscribers on YouTube. “Who is not interested in stars? (…) Basically, what I like to do is entertain: Make yourself comfortable and let me tell you an exciting story for the next 20 minutes,” says the YouTube creator.
Merch for the starstruck
As of late, AstronoGeek’s fanbase has been able to discover a newly launched merchandise feature on his YouTube channel. Next to his galactical videos and astronomical myth busters, the feature lets AstronoGeek integrate his Spreadshop to offer his merch directly on his YouTube channel. For his followers, this integration means a shopping experience without having to venture out to the stars.
“T-shirts have always been popular on my channel,” says Arnaud, who is quite pleased with the new linking feature. “It’s the small number of buyers that allows me to finance my channel and make a living, and make sure that all this content is completely free for everyone else. I like this business model, because it’s a win-win situation for everyone,” says Arnaud. When recommending YouTube merchandising to other YouTube creators, he emphasizes that “every job deserves a paycheck and on YouTube we don’t have one. So, what if some fans are interested in T-shirts with the channel’s logo on them, why deprive them?”
Links for further information
- Interview with AstronoGeek: www.spreadshop.com/blog/2020/12/03/shop-of-the-month-astronogeek/
- News about the partnership between Spreadshop and YouTube: www.spreadshirt.com/newsroom/spreadshop-partners-with-youtube-to-grow-merchandise-sales-globally-2020-11-12/
- Shop: https://shop.spreadshirt.fr/AstronoGeek/
- YouTube: www.youtube.com/astronogeek
- FB: www.facebook.com/%2Fastronogeeking
- IG: www.instagram.com/astronogeek/


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Despite the recession, the makers have created the dazzling 24k gold tree to create a "gorgeous atmosphere".
The tree is decorated with more than 240 jewels including diamond baubles and strings of pearls, weighs more than 21 kilograms - and is worth (£1million) 150million yen.
The tree went on display this week at the Ginza Tanaka jewellery shop in Shinsaibashi, Osaka.
"Economic sentiment is sluggish. But, at least in this store, we want people to feel a gorgeous atmosphere," a store official said.
The de luxe tree comes just after the ultimate in lazy Christmas tree decorations was revealed.
The internet sensation is an instant tree that goes from the box to twinkling in the corner in two minutes flat.
And it is considerably cheaper - with prices starting from about £70.


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|Home Security goes High-Tech
Who says crime doesn't pay? Not the nation's major electric appliance
manufacturers, which are looking to cash in on public unease over rising crime
rates by developing state-of-the-art crime-prevention systems based on
The companies hope such systems will not only sell well in their own right,
but also spur sales of Internet-compatible home appliances and identification
The latest crime-prevention systems were unveiled at the Security Show 2004
exhibition that kicked off earlier this week in Tokyo.
Putting deadbolts and beware-of-the-dog signs to shame, the new systems
feature high-tech functions that, for example, can identify 10 people at once.
A device displayed by Mitsubishi Electric Corp. enables homeowners to sound an
alarm via their cellphones if they discover someone trying to break into their
house-regardless of where they are.
When a security camera set up outside the home or apartment recognizes a
person, it uploads the image to a Web site and sends an e-mail with the URL to
the homeowner's cellphone, a process that takes about five seconds.
If the homeowner judges that the person is suspicious, lights can be switched
on or an alarm sounded to scare the person away-all by cellphone.
Mitsubishi plans to market the security set, which will include one camera,
for about 360,000 yen in December.
Hitachi Ltd. group's IT mansion, on the other hand, can send images from a
camera directly to a cellphone when linked to a security system, and enable
homeowners to control such items as front door locks via cellphone. The same
cellphone can also operate an array of networked home appliances, including
The company says it is considering introducing a system that will control
access to and from the premises using fingerprints or vein recognition instead
Omron Corp., meanwhile, showed off a security system that can identify the
faces of up to 10 people simultaneously.
For businesses with a large number of entrances, Toshiba Corp. has developed
an ID system that requires employees to register their faces on just one
device rather than with each security system. Once registered, as many as
eight other devices will be able to identify the user.(IHT/Asahi: March
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BMW's iX Flow features a color-changing exterior that uses E Ink technology
A car that can instantly change colors might not be too far away.
BMW unveils its high-performance iX M60 all-electric flagship
The new model produces up to 610 hp and up to 811 lb-ft of torque.
BMW delivers a closer look at its upcoming iX electric SUV
The company plans to launch the car in early 2022.


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Square is now Block because Jack Dorsey loves him some Bitcoin
Block will be the umbrella name for Square, Cash App, TIDAL, and TBD54566975.
The name change presumably points towards the company’s blockchain future, something Dorsey has been passionate about for years. Dorsey announced his departure from Twitter earlier this week. At that time, it was assumed he would be focusing more on crypto and blockchain. Those speculations seem to have come to fruition.
The name change is reminiscent of what Facebook did recently with its name change to Meta and Google to Alphabet in 2015. Essentially, it’s a way for these companies to better keep their products under one name instead of the company and services sharing the same name.
“We built the Square brand for our Seller business, which is where it belongs,” said Jack Dorsey, cofounder and CEO of Block. “Block is a new name, but our purpose of economic empowerment remains the same. No matter how we grow or change, we will continue to build tools to help increase access to the economy.”
Block already is working on something blockchain-related it seems, as the company has TBD54566975 under its umbrella.
Not much is known about this business venture, but we do know that it’s a liquidity protocol, that aims to provide better financial services to those that don’t have access to traditional systems.
- Jack Dorsey expresses mild Web3 cynicism, basically calling it a scam
- A PC startup says it will drop its Meta trademark request for a cool $20 million from Facebook
- Jack Dorsey’s Square is building an actual hardware wallet for Bitcoin
- Twitter has finally updated its iOS app to stop tweets from vanishing
- TikTok might owe you some cash for its $92 million lawsuit over data collection


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Total inflation increased by 8.5% on an annual basis in March, higher than both consensus estimates of 8.4% as well as February’s showing of 7.9%. Much of the increase was driven by gains in the energy sector, which in turn was fueled by high gasoline prices.
“Increases in the indexes for gasoline, shelter, and food were the largest contributors to the seasonally adjusted all items increase,” the report noted. “The gasoline index rose 18.3 percent in March and accounted for over half of the all items monthly increase; other energy component indexes also increased.”
Gas prices have been on the rise all year to begin 2022, but inflationary pressures intensified following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in late February. As markets worried about the future of energy with global relations with one of the largest producers (Russia) in turmoil, oil and other energy prices soared. The ensuing period led to gas prices topping $4 a gallon nationally for the first time since 2008.
Also responsible for March’s rate of inflation were shelter costs, which went up 5% annually in March, and transportation services, which increased 7.7%. Clothing and pets and pet products both rose nearly 7% annually.
Used cars and trucks continued to make up a significant portion of inflation from the year before, though price increases slowed in March. Used vehicles increased in average price 35% from the previous year, but were down 3.8% from February. Likewise, commodities excluding food and energy items decreased from the previous month but still represented an annual gain of 11.7%
Again, food prices continued to rise relentlessly, going up by 1% in March from February and increasing a total of 8.8% year-over-year. The food-at-home category saw the greatest increase within this group, rising by 1.5% from the previous month and 10% on an annual basis.
Within the food category, the index for meats, poultry, fish, and eggs increased 13.7% annually in March while the index for beef rose 16%. Dairy products, including different types of milk and cheeses, rose 7%. Butter was up a whopping 14% year over year after increasing 5.8% in the last month alone.
Even as prices continue to rise to record highs with each new CPI report, economists have said that inflation appears to be reaching peak levels now.
“The CPI report has a little bit more good news in it than it appears right on the surface,” Jefferies Fixed Income Money Market Economist Tom Simons told Yahoo Finance Live Tuesday morning. “Obviously, as we see these eye-popping numbers like 8.5% year-over-year, comparisons [emerge] with the late 1980s and early 1990s when inflation was really running quite hot. There’s a number of things in here that suggest that we’re starting to see inflation peak and it will roll over in the next couple of months.”
Significantly, Simons said, the surge in gas prices captured in March’s report took account of the impact of Russia’s initial invasion into Ukraine and, subsequently, the most acute rise in oil prices. Since then, oil prices have declined.
“Inflation will soon likely peak, but the cool down period could be painfully slow,” Jeffrey Roach, Chief Economist at LPL Financial wrote in a statement. He projected food, gas, and vehicle prices all to release in the coming months.
Once one of the most inflationary item groups, durable goods like cars and trucks have seen price increases abate within this last report. Even so, consumers should not expect quick relief from rising prices, Chief Economist for Comerica Bank Bill Adams told Yahoo Finance.
“Even with durable goods inflation moderating, overall price increases are going to get worse before they get better,” Adams explained. He forecasted that prices will continue to rise in the coming months before the consumer sees any real relief.
“The surge in energy prices will ripple across the economy in coming months and push inflation in other categories of goods and services higher,” he said. “Food prices in particular are at risk of continued rapid increases because of Russia and Ukraine’s roles as global grain and fertilizer suppliers.”
Ihsaan Fanusie is a writer at Yahoo Finance. Follow him on Twitter @IFanusie.


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Who Rita Mui
To Star Group
From MyClick Media
Star Group has nabbed Rita Mui, GM for sales & marketing from MyClick Media, for a newly created role as VP of advertising sales for Greater China. As part of the new role Mui will oversee operations in Hong Kong, Mainland China, Macau and Taiwan.
Based in Hong Kong, she will report to Karen Davidson, senior VP of advertising sales & integrated marketing for the Star Group. Mui's previous roles include working for companies such as MTV Networks Asia, Time Asia, ACIG Publishing and The Asian Sources Media Group.
Who Edward Hanapole
To Star Group
From News Corporation
Following on from Rita Mui's appointment Star nabbed Edward Hanapole, VP global technology for News Corporation, for another newly created position as chief information officer. Based in Hong Kong. Hanapole will oversee the information technology and new media services, as well as business technology functions, he reports to Laureen Ong, COO of STAR.
At News Corp, Hanopole was charged to increase content and technology sharing among the company's various online properties. Prior to this, he was lead partner of IBM global business services for IBM's Global Digital Media group. He also had experience as chief information officer of New York Times Digital, a division of The New York Times Company.
Who Wang Daqing
To OgilvyOne Beijing
From RMG China
As ECD of OgilvyOne Beijing, Wang Daqing is tasked with overseeing the creative output of the Beijing office. Previously with RMG China, Wang completed his MA in film at the London Film School and went on to make such hits as Chinatown's Butcher.
Wang's appointment is part of three senior appointments at the agency. Rianne Kow has been hired as director of emerging platforms and e-business Katherine Huang rejoining the agency as business director at OgilvyOne Beijing. The appointments are effective immediately.
Who Rudi Leung
To Agenda Asia
Agenda Asia has appointed Rudi Leung as director of communication planning, a new role for the agency, to help drive strategic and channel planning for clients including Johnson & Johnson. Leung reports to Mike Leung, MD for Agenda Hong Kong.
"With Rudi's expertise and experience, we will continue to bring not just new but also high-value services to our clients because there is so much we could do in the interactive world," Leung said. Prior to Agenda, Leung was VP for Carat Hong Kong. His previous roles include being a creative ambassador for Yahoo! HK and creative director for TBWA\ Tequila.
Who Ruth Lee
To DDB Hong Kong
From Leo Burnett China
Ruth Lee, national executive creative director at Leo Burnett, takes the reigns from Christine Pong, who resigned as group creative chief for DDB Hong Kong.
She will be responsible for overseeing and managing the creative department and all the work being created and produced for DDB's clients in Hong Kong.
Lee is no stranger to DDB having created campaigns such as Mrs Wong for Parkn'Shop and other accounts including MTR and McDonald's. She begins work at DDB on 2 January 2008. Richard Thomas, President and CEO of DDB in Hong Kong said Lee's experience in China would be an asset. "She will be a real asset to our Hong Kong agency at a time when the communications industry is evolving and redefining itself in Greater China."
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It proactively censors its Chinese App Shop, counting on software and employees to help you banner and cut off programs you to definitely Apple managers care and attention you’ll run afoul from Chinese authorities, based on interview and court documents.
A times study unearthed that tens of thousands of software has gone away away from Apple’s Chinese App Store over the past ten years, more in the past known, together with international information stores, homosexual dating services and you may encrypted chatting apps
In addition, it banned units to have throwing professional-democracy protests and you may skirting websites constraints, also programs about the Dalai Lama.
Plus their studies centers, Apple’s compromises have actually made it extremely difficult towards the business to stop the Chinese authorities off gaining access to the brand new emails, photos, records, relationships and urban centers out of scores of Chinese people, depending on the security professionals and Apple engineers.
The business told you in the an announcement so it adopted this new guidelines from inside the Asia and you can did that which you this may to keep the information out https://www.datingranking.net/bdsm-review/ of consumers safe. “I’ve never compromised the protection of our profiles otherwise its research in Asia or anyplace we work,” the firm said.
A fruit spokesman said that the business nevertheless managed the fresh keys you to definitely include the info of their Chinese consumers which Apple used its most sophisticated security technology within the China – superior to exactly what it utilized in other countries.
Fruit added this removed programs simply to follow Chinese laws. “These types of decisions are not a facile task, and now we may not concur with the laws one to profile them,” the business said. “But all of our consideration stays creating a knowledgeable user experience versus violating the principles we have been compelled to go after.”
Mr. Make rejected an interview for it post. In public areas appearances, he’s asserted that while he will disagrees that have China’s rules, the nation is perfect out-of having Fruit into the China.
“Your choice are: Could you engage? Otherwise would you get up on the brand new sideline and you will yell at the just how something can be?” he said on an event inside Asia in the 2017. “My very own take a look at extremely highly is actually: You arrive and also you take part. You have made on earth, just like the little actually ever transform on sideline.”
No Plan B
When you look at the 2014, Fruit rented Doug Guthrie, brand new departing dean of George Arizona College or university providers college, to help the company browse Asia, a country he previously spent decades understanding.
One of his true very first research projects was Apple’s Chinese have chain, and therefore inside it an incredible number of gurus, many flowers and you may numerous service providers. The fresh new Chinese government made that operation you’ll be able to of the paying vast amounts of cash to help you pave routes, generate pros, and build industrial facilities, strength plant life and you can staff member casing.
Mr. Guthrie figured no other country could offer the size, skills, infrastructure and you may government assistance one Apple requisite. Chinese experts collect just about any iphone 3gs, ipad and you can Mac. Fruit produces $55 mil a year about region, a whole lot more than just about any almost every other American company can make in the China.
“This company model just extremely matches and you may performs into the Asia,” Mr. Guthrie said when you look at the a job interview. “But you’re married so you can China.”
The newest Chinese authorities was starting to citation laws you to gave the brand new country higher power more than Apple, and you will Mr. Guthrie told you the guy experienced Mr. Xi create in the future start looking to concessions. Apple, he knew, didn’t come with Bundle B.
“To have Chinese authorities, this really is not from the, ‘The amount of money are you presently pouring for the China?’ This really is regarding the, ‘What exactly are you providing back?’” Mr. Guthrie told you.
Mr. Guthrie introduced their caution to Mr. Cook’s top deputies, plus Phil Schiller, a long time sales chief; Eddy Cue, head off sites software and you may properties; Lisa Jackson, their regulators activities captain; and Jeff Williams, the operations captain, that is extensively seen as Mr. Cook’s right-hands guy.


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Sega West announced today that president Mike Hayes will be departing from the company this summer.
Hayes, who has worked at Sega West for eight years, presided over significant growth in the company and helped facilitate the company’s transformation into a multiplatform developer and publisher after Sega decided to leave the console development market. His most notable contributions to Sega include the acquisitions of The Creative Assembly (Total War series) and Sports Interactive (Football Manager series), as well as stressing the need for the company to focus on digital business through virtual consoles.
Once he leaves Sega, Hayes intends to pursue advisory roles both inside and outside the gaming industry.
Sega president Naoya Tsurumi said the following about Hayes’s departure.
Mike has achieved a huge amount during his time at SEGA and we thank him for the amazing things he has accomplished. Mike is a great character and very passionate about the industry, he helped steer the extraordinary growth of SEGA and has built an exceptional team of professionals that will stand us in good stead for the future.
Analysis: In order to understand what Hayes’s departure means for the company, it’s important to realize just what decisions Hayes was responsible for.
First, he was helpful in completing Sega’s transition from a console developer into a multiplatform publisher. After the Dreamcast was discontinued in 2001, Sega was in a state of crisis: They had just suffered their fifth consectuive year of financial loss, including record-breaking net losses. The president of Sega at the time, Isao Okawa, was throwing $695.7 million dollars in a private donation to the company in order to keep it afloat, and Microsoft and Sega were entering talks about a merger that ultimately failed (this was back when Microsoft was still planning its entrance into the gaming market). Clearly, the console-maker Sega was failing, and it needed to reinvent itself.
Although Hayes was not the primary machine in the reinvention of Sega, he was still a very important part of giving the company its new identity, and it was this new identity that helped the faltering company regain its footing.
Furthermore, Hayes was very central to Sega’s acquisitions of two of its most important franchises: the Total War series and the Football Manager series. These franchises are huge moneymakers, and although it’s always hard to track the actual sales counts of digital games, a 2011 estimate by industry analyst group FADE estimated that Shogun 2: Total War sold roughly 326,000 units, which is equatible to $15.1 million USD in revenue. That’s big money for Sega.
Ultimately, the loss of Hayes is a big blow to Sega. Without the man who directed the company as it started to restructure itself after the fall of the Dreamcast and who led Sega to purchase huge studios like The Creative Assembly and Sports Interactive, I think Sega will have to really step up its game in order to remain competitive in the future.


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A large online electronics retailer has partnered with IT asset disposition company PlanITROI to launch an electronics take-back program.
Newegg, which has a reach into more than 50 countries, announced it will take back business customers’ old electronics and provide gift cards to use on new purchases.
Through the Tech Trade Up program, customers give details on trade-in assets to PlanITROI. Within 48 hours, a quote is generated detailing their value. Customers ship the items at no cost, and after PlanITROI inventories them, Newegg issues a gift card to the customer.
Customers receive a data destruction certificate, according to the announcement.
PlanITROI is an R2-certified company based in Denville, N.J. It focuses on IT assets and consumer electronics of relatively high value.
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Launches nationwide anti-drunk driving awareness drive
Uber on December 22 announced #DontDrinkAndDrive campaign, supported by SaveLIFE foundation, aimed at encouraging people to opt for alternate modes of transportation while reveling in the season’s festivities.
Uber will be collaborating with Bars Against Drunk Driving (BADD), which includes over 250 bars and several fine-dining restaurants across the country, to ensure patrons to keep the roads safe by avoiding drunk driving.
Highlights of Bars Against Drunk Driving Campaign:
· Breath Analysers: Breath Analysers will be set up at key party hot spots in the country to encourage riders to use alternative mode of transport, like Uber, when under the influence of alcohol.
Uber Breath Analyser is a kiosk that calculates the blood alcohol content (BAC) in a person’s body through an app that’s fixed to the device. If the person’s BAC is higher than the permissible limit for driving, they can sign up and take their first free ride on Uber by using the promo-code DDAD100.
· RiderDOSTs: Uber will also provide the bars and restaurants access to RiderDOST, an app that can be accessed by RiderDOSTs (Uber Brand Advocates) at the kiosks set-up inside the premises. Through this, RiderDOSTs can now help anyone book a ride, even if they don’t have the Uber app downloaded on their device and get home safe
· Promo Codes: Uber will provide special promo codes to bars and restaurants that join this movement, to help them encourage their customers to avoid drunk driving and ‘Uber it’ instead
To maximise impact, Uber has also launched ‘Gift an Uber’, wherein riders can buy promo codes for their private parties and ‘Gift an Uber’ to their friends and other guests to discourage them from driving back home drunk.
‘Gift an Uber’ coupons will be available in Delhi-NCR, Mumbai, Bangalore, Bhuwaneshwar, Chennai, Chandigarh, Guwahati, Indore, Lucknow, Hyderabad and Kolkata, and can be availed from its website.


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iPhone users have long awaited an improvement to the keyboard interface in iOS, looking for Apple to either adopt Swype, the line-drawing, mobile typing sensation that is standard equipment on Android phones, or something like it. Perhaps Siri was supposed to forge past Swype and encourage audio dictation in place of typing, but at present, users are still looking for a more streamlined approach to typing on the iPhone.
Is it possible that Cupertino could capitulate and adopt Swype in time for the iPhone 6 in 2014?
Unfortunately, the report we have to work with, posted on The News Tribe, is just about the most poorly written iPhone 6 article I’ve come across yet — it reads like one long spam comment at the bottom of a blog post about weight loss supplements or electronic cigarettes. Moreover, it seems that the writer is conflating the “iPhone 6″ with this year’s release, assuming that Swype could come as early as the iOS 7 rollout. I think he’s a little confused. Regardless, this quote reads like this:
“Aaron Sheedy, Swype VP, while responding to a question from a reader, who asked about possibility of inducting Swype keyboard in Apple devices, on Reddit says, “Hah. The million (ok billion) $ questions. Yes, we have chatted with them. They are very smart and nice.” (sic)
Talk about a conflicting statement: “Hah” and “They are very smart and nice” implies a “no,” while “Yes,” is a clear affirmative to the question. The writer of the article goes on to assert that Apple doesn’t talk to vendors and suppliers of technologies unless they are serious about using them. I don’t know if I share that assertion: Apple, for example, has been licensing LiquidMetal’s alloy for years, and still has yet to implement it in any of their mobile devices’ form factors; their move to control LiquidMetal’s use in mobile devices may simply be a gambit to keep it out of the hands of its competitors.
The Swype technology is a different kind of issue, since it is already being used on a myriad of other devices. In the past, one got the feeling that Steve Jobs wasn’t really crazy about it, and that he didn’t really think that the iOS keypad was all that bad. However, it’s a new crew at Apple, and they do things quite differently: it isn’t beyond the pale to imagine Swype coming to the iPhone 6.
There is, of course, a question of money in all of this as well.
In order for Apple to add Swype into iOS, they’ll need to license the technology. Considering Swype’s ubiquitous use across Android devices, as well as the rise in popularity of certain Android smartphones from the likes of Samsung, Motorola, and HTC, Swype’s valuation as a company and mobile input tool has only risen in the past few years. In other words, it’s going to cost Apple a nice chunk of change to add it into the iOS mix.
So, Apple has to ask itself this question: would the addition of Swype help them sell more iPhones? Still another: is it worth cutting into the profit margin to add Swype?
When you look at it from that perspective, you could imagine that perhaps Cupertino will come up with its own novel, new keyboard input method first; building it in-house would save them a ton of money.
I think that the litmus test will be this year. With the iPhone 5S on tap, this year will most likely be a big year for iOS, and a perfect opportunity to seriously upgrade the keypad for Apple mobile devices. If they decide to stand pat with what they have, then maybe we could see Swype adoption in 2014. But I still expect Apple to come out with its own solution.


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Florida’s grocery stores, shopping malls, restaurants and big box retailers like Costco, Target, K-Mart, WalMart, Home Depot and BJ’s Wholesale Club all have a legal duty to make sure that their customers are not hurt by a slip and fall on their property. Unfortunately, Americans are falling and getting injured in record numbers. According to the National Safety Council more than 25,000 Americans trip and fall every single day. Each year, there are nearly 8 million reported injuries due to falls, sending 2 million victims to emergency rooms for treatment.
Sadly, 21,000 Americans die as a result falling every year. Falls are the leading cause of death for adults 73 and older and the second leading cause of death from ages 60-72. Fall downs can cause serious injuries including fractured hips, ankles, arms and legs, torn tendons, muscle damage and joint injuries. The most serious slip and fall accidents can cause brain and spinal cord damage.
When an employee falls down at work in Florida and is injured they may be entitled to compensation thru Florida’s workers compensation statute. The average compensation paid to an employee for a slip and fall claims ranges from $4,700 to $22,800. Ironically, employee slip and fall cases make up a very small percentage of the total number of slip and fall accidents that happen every day.
People often mistakenly believe that merely slipping and falling in a Florida store entitles them to compensation. Florida Statute 768.0755 requires all Florida business owners to maintain their premises in a safe condition. However to win a slip and fall case against a Florida grocery store, shopping mall or other establishment, the injured claimant must prove that the business owner knew about the unsafe condition and should have taken steps to fix it. Dangerous conditions in Florida slip and fall cases can include things like loose tiles, uneven steps and poor lighting.
Foreign substances on a floor can be anything that makes the flooring more slippery and dangerous. For example, we have sued Florida grocery stores like Publix, Winn Dixie and Whole Foods for customers who have been injured by slipping on water, grease, oil, banana peels and cherry pits. Cherry pits are actually common causes of falls in Miami grocery stores because people eat the produce and spit out the pit onto the floor causing a dangerous and slippery condition.
Publix Supermarkets, Inc.for example is one of the largest-volume supermarket chains in the United States. It has over 1000 stores in Florida, Georgia, Alabama, South Carolina and Tennessee. It maintains its corporate offices in Lakeland, Florida. Publix benefits tremendously from Florida’s slip and fall statute which protects Florida business owners by making it very difficult for the injured to win their cases.
Florida Statute 786.0755 “Premises liability for transitory foreign substances in a business establishment” is Florida’s slip and fall law. It requires that the injured prove that the grocery store or shopping mall operator actually knewof the dangerous condition in order hold them responsible for any injury. This law makes it difficult to win a Florida slip and fall accident case because it is hard to prove what the store owner actually knew.
786.0755 (a) and (b) allows the injured to sue a Florida shopping mall, grocery store or restaurant even when the owner claims it did not actually know about the dangerous condition. This is called constructive notice. For example, a persistently leaking refrigerator in the Publix produce isle that causes a pool of water to accumulate every day is a dangerous condition. If a person were to slip and fall on the water, Publix could be held responsible even if they claim they did not know about the leak. Constructive notice exists when the dangerous condition existed long enough that the business should have known of it or happens so often the store should have foreseen the danger.
As a South Florida slip and fall lawyer the best advice I can give store owners to avoid customer injuries is to routinely inspect and maintain their floors. If a store owner finds a dangerous condition such as a leaking refrigerator, broken display or loose flooring they should repair it immediately and post the appropriate warning signs.


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Last week, Denmark became the first nation to levy a fat tax at the register. Danes will now pay an extra 12 cents for a bag of potato chips and 40 cents more for a hamburger. People are accustomed to “sin” taxes for alcohol and tobacco. Are we ready for taxes on fat, salt and sugar?
The World Health Organization recently announced that chronic disease including heart problems, stroke and diabetes have now become the world’s leading cause of mortality, representing almost two-thirds of all deaths. As we reported earlier, unlike infectious disease, previously the leading cause of death, chronic illnesses start early, progress slowly and last a lifetime. They result in both a substantial loss of productivity and the need for a staggering amount of health care over time. The kicker is that so many chronic diseases can be prevented by a healthy lifestyle that includes lower fat, salt and sugar intake.
In Hawaii, during the recent legislative session, lawmakers proposed a new tax on sugary drinks; 10 cents on beverage containers of 12 ounces or less and 25 cents on containers over 12 ounces. Sugary beverages were defined to include soda, sweetened water, sports drinks, energy drinks, sweetened coffee or tea, and fruit or vegetable drinks with less than 70 percent natural fruit and vegetable juice. The bill failed.
Sen. Josh Green (D, Milolii-Waimea), chairman of the Senate Health Committee, said he would support a new tax if proceeds went to health and prevention. He’s right. The soda tax would have brought in $44 million a year, with about $10 million directed to prevent obesity and diabetes. The public and our lawmakers want to know that any “lifestyle” taxes would be spent on relevant education and medical treatment.
The bill also encountered public opposition on the grounds that the government should not be in the business of telling us how to live or taxing our lifestyle. Yet government health care programs and taxpayers get stuck with the bill when the way we live leads to obesity, diabetes and chronic disease.
Governments are not the only organizations concerned with sugary drinks consumed by its citizens. Soda manufactures have a big stake, too. Coca-Cola, Pepsi and their competitors invest huge sums in marketing and advertising to drive people to their products. Are they not trying to tell us how to live in a far more compelling manner? Do they have us so convinced that we regard a tax of 10 cents per drink as a threat to our freedom?
Health education is important, but it is not the final solution. Most people already know that a fresh papaya is healthier than a Freedom Fry. As Americans we pride ourselves in personal responsibility, but along with the rest of the world, according to the WHO, we have succumbed to a new epidemic.
Taxes on fat, salt and sugar are not suddenly going to change what people eat and drink. However, for the time being, these taxes, if put to good use, may help governments pay the tab to treat lifestyle illnesses.


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Moda Noir has confirmed that it is completely sold out ahead of its s/s 18 edition. The UK’s national show for occasionwear and eveningwear has confirmed its strongest-ever line-up, with no stands remaining for the show on 6-8 August.
The confirmed line-up includes new signings Lexus (pictured) – arriving from Spain – and Luis Civit, Up to the Nines and the Gill Harvey Collection, all of which will debut with red carpet-worthy collections.
They join an established line up of international leaders including Lore Collection, Ellie Wilde, Mon Cheri, Mascara, Rosa Clara, L’Atelier, Linea Raffaelli, Sonia Pena, Ronald Joyce, Gabriella Sanchez, Cabotine, John Charles, Ann Balon, Carla Ruiz, Paola Collection, and the Veromia portfolio.
The prom sector is equally well-represented, with global labels Red & Royal, Prom Frocks, Envious Couture Prom, Mac Duggal and Mori Lee all launching their new spring offers at Moda Noir.
“The latest line-up confirms that Moda Noir is the only destination for evening and occasionwear,” says event director Sarah Moody. “Having already sold out on an extended floor space, we are proud to be hosting a buoyant round-up of the industry’s leading names for special occasions, weddings, the races and prom, and any retailer seeking to buy in these fields can take advantage of seeing the full spectrum of s/s 18 within one accessible location.”
For womenswear retailers, evening and occasionwear is a key focus this s/s 18, following strong sales across the board this summer.
“Business has been extremely buoyant this s/s 17,” admits Tracie Beardsley, director at independent womenswear boutique Fab Frocks in Westbourne, Bournemouth. “We have been busy since December with mother-of-the-bride (and groom), and we are sensing that customers are keen to get sorted early for weddings, with price points not really seeming to be an issue. We will be attending Moda with a view to buying into this sector again, as well as prom and wedding guest outfits. Dress Code and Veromia Occasions have been phenomenal this season, and we are also keen to see Linea Raffaelli, but we always keep an eye out for fresh looks and summer dresses at a good price point.”
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As a result of the deal, Apple Financial Holdings will grow from $8.4 billion in assets to about $11.6 billion. It will increase its branch count in Nassau County to 15 and to 10 in Suffolk. Terms of the transaction weren’t disclosed.
Emigrant CEO Howard P. Milstein said he sees the “transaction as a natural evolution of our institution, reflecting the changing landscape for deposit and lending operations.”
Emigrant will retain its flagship 42nd Street branch in Manhattan as well as its Ossining, N.Y., branch, in addition to its mortgage, lending and Internet operations, EmigrantDirect and DollarSavingsDirect.
Emigrant will have more than $5 billion in branch and Internet deposits and more than $10 billion in total assets following the transaction.
Apple Bank President Alan Shamoon said the deal stood out, because it is between two banks each founded more than 150 years ago.
Emigrant Savings Bank was founded in 1850 by members of the Irish Emigrant Society to support the financial needs of immigrants in need of services. In 1986, the Millstein family acquired the bank.
Apple Bank was founded as Harlem Savings Bank in 1863 before changing its name to Central Savings Bank in 1918. It became Apple Bank in 1983.
The bank in 1989 acquired five-branch Sag Harbor Savings Bank, which dates back to 1860 when it launched to serve residents of Sag Harbor and East Hampton, including those in the whaling industry.
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The story of GPS all started with the Russian launch of the Sputnik satellite in 1957. Scientists noted that the radio frequencies it emitted increased when it got closer to Earth and decreased when moved away. This was evidence of the Doppler Effect and it gave scientists a big idea. Satellites could be tracked by measuring the radio frequencies they give off. Vice versa, the location of receivers could be detected by the satellites using measurements of distance. Hey presto! You have the basic tenets of GPS tracking.
Of course, GPS has come a long way since the days of Sputnik. Now there are more than 30 GPS satellites that orbit the Earth twice a day, every day. Find out more about the benefits of GPS and vehicle tracking at https://www.vehicle-accessories.net/vehicle-tracking/
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Tesla has now introduced an option for some of its customers to have the ability to subscribe to its advanced driver assistance software which it calls “Full Self-Driving Capability” for a fee of US$199/month.
This new model is meant to replace the upfront US$10,000 fee option that customers can select when purchasing a Tesla EV in order to get the self-driving capability on their new car.
The American electric automaker also made it known that its new subscription service would help generate recurring revenue as well as expand its customer base for pricy features which include lane changing on highways as well as parking assistance.
However, Tesla still states clearly that the current features do not make whatever vehicle activated it on to become autonomous as they would still require fully attentive drive who need to have their hands on the wheel.
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“FSD capability subscriptions are currently available to eligible vehicles in the United States. Check your Tesla app for updates on availability in other regions,” Tesla said on its website.
Tesla’s CFO Zachary Kirkhorn said in April that its planned subscription service would generate recurring revenue for the company, although “there could be a period of time in which cash reduces in the near term.”
“If … you look at the number of customers who did not purchase FSD upfront or on a lease and maybe want to experiment with FSD, this is a great option for them,” he said during an earnings call in April.
The company also said that the subscription is available in vehicles equipped with Full Self-Driving computer 3.0 or above while letting its customers know that upgrading to the new hardware will cost them about US$1,500.
Elon Musk has forecasted in the not-so-long past that robotaxis with no human drivers would be available in some parts of the U.S. market as soon as 2020 however, in March 2021, Tesla told a California regulator that it may not be able to achieve a fully self-driving technology even by the end of the year.
One might blame the COVID-19 as part of the slow-down due to the fact that the company’s engineers were unable to work during the pandemic and lockdown but all its researches and development should have resumed and something positive might be announced as soon as 2022 or beyond.
Tesla has also been testing its new semi-autonomous driving technology for city streets and it released the “FSD Beta V9” to a select number of customers to try out.


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At 40, Stephanie Phair is the youngest person ever to chair the British Fashion Council (BFC), which has a mandate to help UK designers and brands compete globally. Her appointment last May was a bet that a seasoned technology executive — she led Farfetch through a $5.8 billion IPO as chief strategy officer and built The Outnet from a two-person startup into a leading off-price retailer from 2009 to 2015 — is the best person to guide the industry at a time of rapid transformation.
Phair is at the helm of an industry with no shortage of creative talent, but one that remains dominated by small businesses. (More than 99 per cent of British fashion companies are classified as small- and medium-sized enterprises.) Unlike France, which has a similar sized economy, Britain has no major luxury conglomerate and only one large fashion house in Burberry, which has a market capitalisation of about £8 billion. Other British fashion businesses’ plans for such exponential growth haven’t yet panned out; Mulberry’s attempt to follow the Burberry model saw the company’s valuation plunge from £1 billion in 2011, to about £180 million today.
Having heavyweights isn’t just for bragging rights — they also capture more profits. “There is a market difference, asymmetry in terms of growth,” says François-Henri Pinault, Kering chairman and CEO, in a recent earnings call. “Multi-brand groups tend to be growing faster.”
Helping businesses scale is a core priority for the BFC, says Phair. To help achieve that aim it will be expanding its membership this year to include fashion enterprises that don’t show at fashion week — something Phair notes is already offered by peer councils in other fashion capitals, including the CFDA in New York. This would allow these companies access to business support seminars and mentorship sessions, as well as increase membership revenue. Among the businesses that offer their support pro bono include the international law firm Taylor Wessing and Google.
Six months into her tenure and just days before London Fashion Week, Phair speaks to Vogue Business about what she’s doing differently from her predecessors and where she hopes British fashion will go post-Brexit. (The following interview has been edited and condensed for clarity.)
The UK has a large number of successful mid-sized designers but only really one major luxury fashion house. How important is it to grow a big brand?


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Theme parks are epicenters for fantastical stories, myths, and legends but sometimes by their very existence they spawn new histories in their own right and such is the case with Earl the Squirrel at Universal Orlando Resort.
Now available as an official walk-around character with whom you can interact, the lovable little guy is actually inspired by a real squirrel who took up residence Universal Orlando Resort. The mischievous scamp who scurried into the theme park’s holiday décor years ago can now be seen sporting a festive “I Love Acorns” holiday sweater on select days beginning Saturday, December 11 in Universal Studios Florida.
Here’s some more on the squirrel, the myth, the legend:
Earl’s origin began more than a decade ago, when Universal Orlando’s Entertainment team discovered a squirrel nestled in the branches of its iconic Christmas tree. Surprisingly, the squirrel had an affinity for blue Christmas lights, often stealing strands and bringing them back to his nest. Over the years, Universal has paid homage to this remarkable incident by placing a lifelike squirrel in the Christmas tree for guests to discover and creating merchandise inspired by its fuzzy friend.
And now, guests can encounter Earl the Squirrel as an actual walkaround character this holiday season. Earl will be available for meet and greets on select days from December 11 through January 2 at Universal Studios Florida. While in the theme park, guests can also enjoy a new assortment of Earl the Squirrel merchandise within a dedicated room in this year’s Holiday Tribute Store – Earl the Squirrel’s Christmas Curios Museum & Emporium.
In addition to celebrating the holidays with Earl, guests can rip open a holiday gift of nonstop awesome as Universal Orlando 2021 holiday season offers roster of fan-favorites.