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A major culinary void will soon be filled on Las Olas Boulevard.
Amid an influx of entirely too many yuppy Italian restaurants, Fort Lauderdale’s primary artery will soon get a Cuban restaurant.
And it’s a damn good one.
Cuba Libre Restaurant & Rum Bar
— which has existing locations in Philadelphia, Atlantic City, Orlando, and Washington, D.C. — is expected to open at the 9,200-square-foot space at 800 E. Las Olas Blvd. this fall.
Details on the restaurant are starting to emerge, spanning its design to what will be featured on its menu. Aesthetically, the spot will have seating for 250, high ceilings, and a massive 15-foot wood-burning Latin Grill.
On the grub front, chef-partner Guillermo Pernot is stoked to bring a different side of Cuban cuisine to South Floridians.
“The new generation that lives in South Florida is exposed to the type of cuisine going on in Havana like never before,” Pernot says. “They’re traveling to Cuba all the time ... and we all have a better vision of what’s going on with today’s Cuban food. We are going to have a great time showing the type of food that Cubans make today.”
While Pernot is still finalizing the Fort Lauderdale menu, there are some notable favorites from other Cuba Libre locations that will likely make the cut. These offerings span Havana-inspired dishes to recipes stemming from Pernot’s rural journeys including coconut crab fritters, a pineapple guacamole, and guava barbecue ribs.
As for Pernot’s personal favorites?
“It is so unfair as a chef to ask that because I love so much we do,” he says laughing. “With that being said, meat on the grill is one of the best things in the world for me. We do a skirt steak that is farm-raised and grass-fed that is fantastic. Also, our slow-cooked pork shank with a crispy skin is one of my favorites, too.”
Pernot’s journey with Cuba Libre began more than 15 years ago in Philadelphia. While owning his own Cuban restaurant, now-partners Barry Gutin and Larry Cohen approached him to consult on opening the very first Cuba Libre in the City of Brotherly Love. Pernot later closed his restaurant and joined the duo to help expand the brand.
“And that’s what I’ve been doing for the last 15-plus years,” Pernot says. “It’s been a lot of living out of a suitcase at times, helping our restaurants, fixing any problems, and putting our best food forward.”
A big step in bringing the Fort Lauderdale restaurant to life will be finding the right people to represent its growing brand. The company will interview for management and culinary team positions at the restaurant’s new location on Sunday, March 1, from 2 to 6 p.m. and on Tuesday, March 3, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
“I’m looking forward to being in Florida again,” Pernot says. “It’s going to be a lot of work and certainly intense at times. But, everyone will come and enjoy us for who and what we are.”
Cuba Libre Restaurant & Rum Bar. 800 E. Las Olas Blvd., Fort Lauderdale; cubalibrerestaurant.com. Opening fall 2020.


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‘Explorers’ Edge’ will now act as the consumer-facing administrative brand.
As part of its strategy to help the regional tourism industry recover, Regional Tourism Organization 12 (RTO12) will now target hyperlocal, domestic and international visitors using its successful “Great Canadian Wilderness just north of Toronto” (GCW) brand, said James Murphy, executive director.
Previously used solely to attract international visitors (who are less acquainted with sub-regional area identification), research conducted by RTO12 over the course of the pandemic determined that the GCW brand also resonates with target audiences in the Greater Toronto and Golden Horseshoe areas, which are recognized as the biggest source markets for the region.
“Despite the substantial and ongoing challenges facing the Canadian tourism industry because of the pandemic, this four-season destination known for its wilderness offering remained popular with travelers and, notably, even saw an increase in new visitors seeking a rural escape,” said Murphy.
“We hope the repositioned branding will quickly give people an idea of what this region offers, and also relay its proximity to Canada’s biggest urban centre for a bearing. We also hope to streamline our social content marketing under one consumer brand, for greater efficiency.”
Murphy added that RTO12 will also use the GCW brand to promote respect and reverence for the natural landscape that is the region’s main draw, to mitigate negative-impact or environmentally harmful travel.
“If we are going to promote the wilderness, we also have to help protect it, and encourage travelers to do the same,” said Murphy.
The long-standing brand of “Explorers’ Edge” will now act as a consumer-facing brand for the destination development organization, said Murphy.
“Not everyone is familiar with what an RTO is,” he said, “but after more than a decade of working to develop the tourism sector across the region, people recognize Explorers’ Edge more and more, as well as what we do. We hope this switch will further help us communicate our programs to the broader community, as part of our overall regenerative strategy.”
For travel information, visit GreatCanadianWilderness.com
For administrative information, visit RTO12.ca

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Traders have basically put the cyberattack on JBS in the rearview mirror as the crisis was averted quickly. Live cattle are struggling with the inability of cash to trade higher and how the seasonal decrease in demand will unfold. Hogs price continue to increase with no resistance in sight.
Cattle: Steady Futures: Mixed Live Equiv: $246.72 +0.46*
Hogs: Lower Futures: Higher Lean Equiv: $138.25 +1.93**
* based on formula estimating live cattle equivalent of gross packer revenue.
(The Live Cattle Equiv. Index has been updated to depict recent changes in live cattle weights and grading percentages.)
** based on formula estimating lean hog equivalent of gross packer revenue
Feeder cattle and deferred live cattle contracts put in a good showing Thursday as the cyberattack is basically history except for the cleanup. The aftereffects will be getting slaughter numbers caught up to minimize a backlog. Feeder cattle found support from falling grain prices. Cash did not change Friday and really was not expected to.
Southern trade was mostly at $119 to $120, which is steady to $1.00 than last week. Northern cattle traded at $191 and steady with last week. No fuel there to start any kind of fire under the market. The huge surge of boxed beef on Wednesday did not follow though as aggressively Thursday. Choice increase $0.39 with select of $1.28.
There is hope the surge of boxed beef this week will be the foundation for higher cash next week. However, there is concern that there may be some backlog of cattle that will need to be cleaned up in the near term. The trade will watch this closely. Weekly export sales will be released Friday morning, delayed due to the holiday on Monday.


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Graphics card shipments plummeted to a 13-year low in the third quarter of this year. NVIDIA and AMD have both suffered a steep decline in revenue in the aftermath of the cryptocurrency crash. As already reported earlier, NVIDIA strengthened its position in the market at the expense of the Radeons. By the end of Q3 2022, Team Green accounted for the vast majority of the desktop GPU market with a share percentage of 86%, with AMD dragging itself with a paltry 10%:
Looking at the unit shipment figures, the recent cryptocurrency crash followed the same trend as its 2019 predecessor. Only this time, NVIDIA came out on top with quarterly shipments of 5.93 million in Q3 2022. The last time AMD actually benefitted from the cryptocurrency crash, pretty much doubling its share through 2019.
Following the 2019 GPU market crash, AMD rapidly gained market quarter-over-quarter without letup until 2022. Between Q1 2022 and Q3 2022, Team Red’s discrete graphics card shipments dropped from less than a quarter to under a million for the first time in 13 years. NVIDIA did considerably better than the last crash, with a Q3 shipment figure of 5.93 million. This is nearly a million more than the GPU market crash of 2019.
- Market share and shipment figures from Jon Peddie Research, compiled by TomsHardware.


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Preparation Date & Time Must Be Displayed on Food Packaging: Kerala HC After Girl Died Eating Shawarma
In a significant step towards safeguarding consumer health, the Kerala High Court has mandated that eateries prominently display the date and time of food preparation on packaging, regardless of whether the food is consumed on-premises or delivered. This directive stems from a petition filed by the bereaved mother of a 16-year-old girl who lost her life in 2022 after consuming ‘shawarma.’
Justice Devan Ramachandran, heading a single bench of the court, underscored the crucial role of consumer awareness in adhering to food consumption timelines. To ensure strict compliance with these guidelines, the court directed the Food Safety Commissioner, Afsana Parveen, to regularly monitor and enforce their implementation.
Eateries found to be in violation of these regulations will face appropriate consequences, the court warned. Commissioner Parveen apprised the court of the ‘Shawarma Guidelines’ issued by the department, which outline comprehensive measures undertaken by the state government to uphold food safety standards. This initiative aims to enhance transparency and safeguard the well-being of consumers patronizing the food service industry.


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Advocates of shorter sentences for criminals make two claims that contradict each other. First, they say violent crime and organized shoplifting aren’t increasing. Second, they say violent crime is rising, but it’s all due to the coronavirus epidemic. But the homicide rate has indeed gone up, for reasons unrelated to the coronavirus epidemic.
The New York Times reported on September 22 that “murder rose by almost 30% in 2020,” and is still “rising at a slower rate” today. The Times was citing the FBI’s Uniform Crime Report. This increase is not a normal fluctuation in the crime rate: “There is no precedent for last year’s increase in the number of murders,” The Times said. “The United States in 2020 experienced the biggest rise in murder since the start of national record-keeping in 1960, according to data gathered by the F.B.I. for its annual report on crime.”
Yet advocates of leniency toward criminals — who claim to be “data-driven” “criminal justice reformers” — deny there is any increase in violent crime. Samuel Sinyangwe wrote today that “The ‘shoplifting wave’ is entirely fake. Violent crime rates didn’t ‘spike’ either.” Despite the nearly 30% spike in the murder rate.
Sinyangwe prides himself on supposedly being “data-driven,” and describes himself as a “Data Scientist & Policy Analyst” who studies “police violence.” (He also calls himself a “black activist”). But the data directly contradict his claim that “violent crime rates didn’t spike.” The FBI says murder rates are rising, and even the liberal New York Times concedes that homicide rates have skyrocketed.
Rather than taking issue with Sinyangwe’s false claim, more than 665 people retweeted his false claim with approval. The 665 people included law professor Rachel Barkow. Her book, “Prisoners of Politics: Breaking the Cycle of Mass Incarceration,” is often touted by people who want to cut sentences for violent criminals. Sinyangwe’s false claim was also tweeted by the senior vice president of a think-tank. Barkow gave the annual lecture at that think-tank’s annual event. Another manager at that think-tank also retweeted this false claim.
Ironically, in August, that think-tank admitted that violence was in fact increasing, but said, “The most likely explanation for 2020’s increased homicides likely lie with the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.” That is not the explanation: The COVID-19 pandemic was a worldwide phenomenon, yet homicides fell in most of the world — even countries with higher death rates than the United States (that’s true regardless of whether you use official COVID-19 death rates, or excess death rates taking into account unreported COVID-19 deaths).
In 2020, the murder rate fell in Peru, which had a COVID-19 death rate over twice as high as America’s. Peru has the world’s highest official death rate from COVID-19: about 6,000 per million people, compared to about 2,400 per million people in the U.S. Murders also fell in Mexico, which had an official COVID death rate per million similar to America’s, and an unofficial (true) death rate nearly twice as high. Murders also decreased in Russia, which has an unofficial (true) death rate from COVID-19 that is over twice as high as America’s.
In October 2021, the Cato Institute again admitted that murders had risen, but speculated that “the COVID-19 pandemic, which made 2020 an aberration in so many ways, could be at the root of the increased murder rate….Advocates of increased incarceration counter that, unlike the United States, many international jurisdictions saw decreased murder rates despite the pandemic, but these accounts do not acknowledge that many international jurisdictions had stricter lockdown policies, often including curfews.”
But it wasn’t just countries with curfews that had declining murder rates. Nations that did not have lockdowns also experienced falls in their homicide rates. Homicide fell in both nations with strict lockdowns, and nations without strict lockdowns. The Cato Institute did not point to a single nation without strict lockdown policies that had a rising homicide rate. Lockdowns cannot explain variations in the homicide rate if murder rates fell even where there was no lockdown.
Organized shoplifting and robberies are increasing. Fox News reports that smash-and-grab looters targeted stores across the country over Thanksgiving and Black Friday. They robbed stores of thousands of dollars in merchandise and killed a security guard in Oakland as he tried to protect a news crew who were reporting on the crimes.
Sinyangwe cites a report in the San Francisco Chronicle that a recent reported doubling in the rate of shoplifting in San Francisco was caused almost entirely by a single Target store using a new system to automate reporting, when there was in fact no more shoplifting than usual at that store. But even if that temporary spike in reported shoplifting was meaningless, it did not mean that shoplifting is not a problem, or even that it is not a growing problem.
In October, Walgreens said it was closing five drugstores in San Francisco that had experienced high rates of shoplifting, attributing the rash of theft to “organized crime.” “Organized retail crime continues to be a challenge facing retailers across San Francisco, and we are not immune to that,” Walgreens spokesperson Phil Caruso said. “Retail theft across our San Francisco stores has continued to increase in the past few months to five times our chain average.” In September, Kroger chief executive Rodney McMullen cited growing “organized crime” as contributing to a financial hit to the largest supermarket chain. Last December, the Washington Post reported on rising shoplifting across America.
Many retailers have stopped reporting most instances of shoplifting to the police, because recently-elected soft-on-crime prosecutors like San Francisco’s Chesa Boudin don’t seek jail time against shoplifters unless they steal thousands of dollars of merchandise from a single store. There is no point for a retailer in spending hours identifying and reporting shoplifters, if shoplifters who steal less than $950 from a single store won’t be arrested or incarcerated. As the San Francisco Chronicle points out, retailers say “leniency in the criminal justice system plays a role” in keeping reports of shoplifting down even as shoplifting has increased, “with stores forgoing reports because they figure people won’t be punished anyway.” As The Chronicle reports:
People expressing alarm about shoplifting, including leaders at major retail associations such as the California Retailers Association, say the crime has grown greatly…driving a wave of store closures citywide. They point to stores cutting their hours and company spokespeople saying that shoplifting and the need for security has increased, and they reference incidents like last weekend’s mass thefts at Louis Vuitton and other high-end luxury goods stores.
They argue that police data will always be inaccurate because in a city that has historically struggled with high property-crime rates, store workers either don’t witness or don’t report most incidents. And they say leniency in the criminal justice system plays a role, with stores forgoing reports because they figure people won’t be punished anyway.
When activists talk about getting rid of “mass incarceration,” what most of them mean is releasing a lot of dangerous criminals. You can’t get rid of most incarceration without releasing a lot of violent criminals. In 2017, the Bureau of Justice Statistics found that 55 percent of state prison inmates in America were there for “violent offenses,” and only 15 percent for drug crimes — mostly drug-dealing, not mere drug possession; only 4 percent of people in state prisons were there for drug possession (it’s an even lower percentage today). And even people convicted of drug possession aren’t usually there just because they used drugs. A lawyer points out that almost “nobody gets arrested for marijuana possession. They get arrested for other things and have the marijuana charge tacked on after they’re searched.” Peaceful pot users almost never go to prison.


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In culinary circles, beer is taken a lot more seriously than it used to be. Operators are just as likely to be judged for their craft-beer offerings as their wine lists.
The Watering Hole, Philadelphia Zoo’s new environmentally friendly and sustainable beer garden, opens to the public on July 22.
Opening July 8 inside Tuscany Suites & Casino in Las Vegas, craft beer haven PUB 365 will serve elevated pub fare inspired by unique and dynamic craft beer flavor profiles.
Gordon Biersch, the brewery restaurant specializing in handcrafted lagers and ales brewed in-house, recently unveiled an easy-to-follow beer and food pairings guide designed to help guests learn mo
There are plenty of ways for a restaurant or pub to expand its brand, but two innovative thinkers have come up with a way to connect with people around the country.
The RAM Restaurant Group was honored for the 11th consecutive year by the North American Brewers’ Association at the 20th Annual North American Beer Awards, in conjunction with Idaho Beer Wee
Growler USA has signed franchise agreements that will expand its brand footprint to 35 locations in 18 states by the end of the year, including pub debuts in metro areas of Boston, Houston, Los Ang
With summer just around the bend, beer and barbecue hotspot Jake Melnick’s Corner Tap in Chicago is hosting a Fruit Beer Tap Takeover at 6 p.m. on June 16.
Summertime and the sippin’ is easy, especially in brewpubs with outdoor dining.


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Something new is coming from POCO — will it come with the Snapdragon 855?
The POCOPHONE F1 made people question how much more are they actually getting by paying top dollar for the latest flagship, when they can get close enough with the POCOPHONE F1. Xiaomi isn’t going to rest on their laurels just yet though, as POCO India’s Twitter account just blasted a teaser:
The #NewPOCO is getting us all excited!
— POCO India (@IndiaPOCO) December 24, 2018
What do you think is coming from them? A new #MasterOfSpeed? The only way you can top the POCOPHONE F1 in terms of speed is by bringing in the Snapdragon 855. So will it be the POCOPHONE F2? Or perhaps we are looking at it wrong, and the #NewPOCO is just going to be a new color variant, perhaps a Red and Green variant to celebrate the Christmas cheer?
Please let it not be the latter. It may seem a bit too soon for a POCOPHONE F2, as it will probably annihilate the competition if it is priced anything like the POCOPHONE F1. Whatever it is, we can’t wait for it!
Pokdepinion: Imagine what a rick-rolling experience it would be if Xiaomi actually released a red POCOPHONE F1 with green accents. LOL.


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They’re proving bald is beautiful and this bunch of brave women who are suffering hair loss smashed it when they strutted their stuff on the catwalk.
The team of 13 women aged 14 to 67 turned models for the night when they took part in a fashion show with a difference at Bonbar in Newcastle on Thursday.
Inspired by 15-year-old schoolgirl Elisha Appleby, they plucked up the courage to model a range of wigs and then threw them into the air to reveal their bald heads underneath.
We told how alopecia sufferer Elisha teamed up with North East wig and fashion company Pdollpalace to scout 12 other women to model a range of fun wigs.
After telling her story, she and company owner Jolene Casey were inundated with people living with hair loss who have found the bravery to go public.
Those who stepped forward were given VIP treatment, a makeover and photoshoot to give them the assurances they needed.
And they brought a packed audience to tears with the Woman Warrior Fashion Show to promote bald is beautiful.
“It was amazing,” said Elisha. “The show was a huge step for all of us, but we smashed it.”
Elisha’s confidence was first knocked when her hair started to fall out on her 15th birthday.
So distraught, she hid herself in her bedroom and eventually shaved off her hair in a brave bid to cope before posting it on Facebook to raise awareness.
But now the Castle View Academy pupil has regained her self-esteem after being chosen as the new face for Sunderland-based Pdollpalace, which is planning to launch a line of high grade synthetic wigs geared towards others suffering from hair loss due to alopecia, cancer, chemotherapy or after pregnancy.
Elisha, of Hylton Castle, Sunderland, said: “I’m so happy that people with hair loss are getting the confidence they need.
“It’s nothing to be ashamed of, having no hair is just as pretty as having hair.
“The fashion show was amazing and gave all of us a whole load of confidence.”
Mum-of-five Jolene, 40, of Castle Town, Sunderland, was inundated with hair loss sufferers wanting to regain the confidence they had lost.
She said: “The fashion show featured Elisha and our other models who are suffering from hair loss, all aged between 14 to 67. They went down the catwalk as themselves with which ever wig they felt comfortable in.
“Then they flung off their wigs and it was them saying they are a fighter, a warrior. The night was to say alopecia took my hair but it didn’t take my spirit. It was so emotional, there wasn’t a dry eye in the place.
“These women look and feel beautiful, it’s fantastic to be part of that.”
For more information, visit www.pdollpalace.co.uk or search for Pdollpalace on Facebook.


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Apple became the first company to reach a $3tn stock market value, before slipping slightly at the end of the day on Monday.
The Silicon Valley titan hit a record high of $182.88, placing Apple’s market value just above $3tn yesterday.
The stock ended the session up 2.5 per cent at $182.01, with Apple’s market capitalisation at $2.99tn.
Investors are expecting the iPhone maker to continue to thrive after stellar pandemic growth, with customers eager to continue to purchase products such as MacBooks.
The company is also eyeing new markets including automated cars and virtual reality, in addition to its staunch existing portfolio.
The firm was the first to hit a stock market valuation of £1tn in August 2018 and was further buoyed by the pandemic inspiring a need for technology products.
It is valued more than technology firm Microsoft Corp, which is worth around $2.5tn. Other giants, including Google-owner Alphabet, Amazon, and Tesla, are valued over $1tn, according to Refinitiv.
“It’s a fantastic accomplishment and certainly worthy to be celebrated,” Jake Dollarhide, chief executive officer of Longbow Asset Management, told Reuters.
“It just shows you how far Apple has come, and how dominant it is seen as in the majority of investors’ eyes.”


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More than a year has passed since it came to light that the FDA was investigating an outbreak of Salmonella in over 230,000 jars of a supplement called Maestro. In addition to the bacteria, which can be deadly in infants and people with weakened immune systems, the tainted molds led to the deaths of two elderly people and sickened 33 others in four states.
Between August 2015 and March 2017, four anti-aging claims products were recalled due to mold contamination. Just in the last year, four other firms — including Vie, World Clean, Qiongee and Trader Joe’s — voluntarily recalled product over mold concerns.
Over the course of an 18-month span, eight salmonella outbreaks attributed to molds have been documented in molds found in various retailers’ products. Of these molds, Microcystis is most commonly implicated.
These types of health issues lead to liabilities for manufacturers and retailers alike. In August, the FDA subpoenaed the New York headquarters of Marketing Genetics, manufacturer of both Maestro and Qiongee masks; e. coli, monocytogenes and E. coli O157 were found in Qiongee masks manufactured prior to the FDA’s announcement. The molds that created these problems included Salmonella, Listeria monocytogenes, E. coli O157:H7 and Listeria monocytogenes. In October, Vintage Europe, the manufacturer of World Clean masks that were recalled due to molds, filed a claim against Marketing Genetics. In December, Vintage sold World Clean to Twisteneye.
FDA inspectors say that while cases of mold are rare, their presence in products can carry some serious health consequences. Arsenic, for example, can cause elevated blood pressure and organ damage, while E. coli can cause severe illnesses like severe diarrheal disease and meningitis.
While molds are commonly responsible for food-borne diseases, molds aren’t responsible for most foodborne illnesses. The FDA says that mold is most likely to be a problem in “foreign bodies” in processed food products. But that doesn’t mean that molds aren’t coming from all areas of our lives.
“There are so many moldy things I find in products,” says Amelia Reiss, medical director at Newark, New Jersey-based Aura Cosmetic & Laser Institute. While her patients occasionally report finding mold, most cases aren’t necessarily due to tainted products. “The whole world’s got mold in it.”
Admittedly, not all mold-covered items have to be reported to the FDA. According to Mapping Nail Mold in the Natural Beauty Industry data collected by the CDC, out of the 12.5 million samples of nail fungus submitted by the public, only 1,631 were labeled as mold problems.
That’s not to say there’s not mold in most products. Historically, manufacturers have used texturing agents such as aspen oil or silica sand that cause the design of a product to warp, mold spores can get into the silicone blend and makeup lines, while mold inhibitors can be added to shoe soles to prevent mold growth.
Reiss says she checks the label of nail polish products that are marketed to her clients to make sure they are not coated with a coating that is even more susceptible to mold growth. But even without this observation, a mess of problems can result when molds break out.
“Ribbons, lettering, decals, even a couple of dripping bottles can throw off [the mold],” says Reiss. Her clients are instructed to rub off the affected area before using nail polish. Reiss says she also uses a dry, clean nail polish remover to remove the molds. For customers who don’t use spray remover or want to use a spot remover, she uses a damp cotton ball or dry power brush and applies the base coat to the affected area.
Reiss notes that if she has a positive diagnosis on a nail of any kind, she uses “topicals” from her own “home lab” — a variety of extractions, aloe vera, and retinol combined with gamma secretase. While these additional products can have harmful effects of their own, they work better as a supplement to something specifically used to treat a specific mold.
If Reiss cannot nail down what is causing a moldy nail, she will visit the local dermatologist for a diagnosis, then prescribe something more specific.


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Wearables and other remote patient monitoring tools have expanded client treatment past the walls of brick-and-mortar clinics.
Even as these devices have widened accessibility, nonetheless, the “internet of healthier points” has also meant more prospective privacy issues, explained gurus in a HIMSS21 World wide Conference Digital session offered on demand from customers this week.
Linked Wellness Initiative Senior Plan Counsel Brian Scarpelli believes that the digital treatment setting is listed here to remain.
“The COVID-19 pandemic has performed a little little bit of a surprising rapid-ahead there in the uptake,” he stated.
As enjoyable as advancements have been, having said that, Pleasure Pritts, fellow at the Innovators Community Basis and former main privacy officer at the Business office of the Nationwide Coordinator for Well being IT, lifted issues about digital care engineering outpacing privateness safety insurance policies.
Pritts mentioned that HIPAA is very wide – but it doesn’t implement to the entirety of wellbeing IoT.
A diabetic issues watch prescribed by a medical doctor is covered by HIPAA, she explained, but an on line therapist who is not affiliated with your health program or provider, and who only usually takes credit rating playing cards, is not.
“They’re not accomplishing the transactions that are essential to convey them inside the scope of HIPAA,” she said.
Physical fitness trackers, meanwhile, are a gray place.
“From time to time, you can have the identical form of device, and they’re going to have a particular system they’re going to operate … where the fitness tracker is offered on behalf of the health and fitness plan, and so it gets protected by HIPAA,” she claimed.
General, the present privateness landscape is a patchwork of several polices on the two a condition and federal degree.
For occasion, the Federal Trade Commission could phase in to acquire action wherever HIPAA can not, Scarpelli pointed out.
Still, “almost all these rules … call for that own info be sufficiently secured,” reported Pritts.
The panelists cited the increasing price of health and fitness knowledge as a commodity, with linked products posing a tempting goal for undesirable actors.
“Nothing’s far more dynamic than the criminals and nation-condition-backed hackers,” claimed Scarpelli.
“It just looks like it can not get any even worse,” he ongoing.
“You will find revenue in this for people today to make, and not just in neutral means,” agreed Pritts.
In buy to tackle some of all those challenges, Pritts said the scope is broadening as to what is considered identifiable facts. A device’s IP information and facts, for case in point, is more and more currently being regarded as a way to pinpoint someone’s id.
Scarpelli and Pritts inspired viewers to get involved with policy growth by monitoring proposed modifications to statutes and retaining in advance of tendencies with regard to regulation.
“You can also, yourself, advocate,” mentioned Scarpelli. “The policymakers desperately require to listen to from the authentic practitioners out there.”


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Industry Super Australia (ISA) has raised the spectre of third line forcing under the Competition and Consumer Act in its campaign against the major banks cross-selling and bundling superannuation products.
The ISA has specifically referenced third-line forcing in its submission to the Australian Bankers Association (ABA) Review into Commissions and Payments in the retail banking system stating that the Competition and Consumer Act outlaws "third line forcing", where a company supplies goods or services — including discounts — on conditions that restrict the buyer's freedom to choose with whom, in what or where they deal.
It said that those who established the superannuation guarantee recognised that "third line forcing" by banks was a risk, setting out clear rules in Section 68A of the Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act 1994 prohibiting fund trustees from offering certain inducements to employers on the condition that their employees would join the fund.
"However, despite the prohibition from such inducements there is no civil penalty for breach of Section 68A of the Act to deter this behaviour," ISA said.
Further, it claimed that employees had little practical recourse if their employer was persuaded to switch their super to a bank-owned superannuation fund.
The ISA was arguing that there were problems with enforceability and that the scope of Section 68A was too narrow.
It said it had put forward a number of solutions including reforms to the current prohibition to ensure that it was effective, including the introduction of civil penalties for breaches of the bank bundling prohibition in the SIS Act to ensure regulators were properly equipped to keep financial institutions accountable.
"It is also necessary to examine whether the ban on receiving conflicted remuneration needs to be expanded to ensure that it captures monetary and non-monetary payments between employers, banks, related entities, consulting firms, and service providers in the context of selection of default funds," the ISA submission said.


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Ford's 2019 Transit Connect compact cargo van is adding a diesel engine option, fleet model, and array of driver-assisting features to reduce accidents for commercial users. The vehicle was unveiled at the 2018 Work Truck Show, as you can see in these photos. Read the full story here. Photos by Kim Pham.
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Each year, HDT's editors, with input from a team of fleet executives, choose the most significant products announced in the past year, based on innovation, how well they address industry issues and trends, and the potential to help fleets' bottom lines. Editor in Chief Deborah Lockridge presented the HDT Top 20 Products awards during the Technology & Maintenance Council annual meeting.
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Attendance seemed good for the first day of the Mid-America Trucking Show 2018, which got underway at 10 a.m. March 22. Absent this year were several of the truck and trailer makers and a few of the major Tier 1 suppliers, but showgoers didn't seem to mind too much, at least not that we heard.
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Genetically modified wheat has mysteriously turned up in an Oregon field, and while there's no evidence that the crop is in the food supply, experts say it would be safe to consume.
The strain of GM wheat found in Oregon was developed by the biotechnology company Monsanto, officials confirmed. The finding was a surprise because as far as anyone knew, GM wheat has never been grown anywhere in the world outside of experiments. While other GM crops have been approved for cultivation, GM wheat has not.
Following the announcement, Japan and South Korea suspended some imports of U.S. wheat, and the European Union said it was testing U.S. wheat shipments to make sure they did not contain GM wheat.
Years ago, Monsanto did research on GM wheat, but the company ended its tests in 2005, without bringing the crop to market. Researchers are still investigating how the plants ended up in Oregon.
Why no GM wheat?
The reason GM wheat was never brought to market is not an issue of safety, but one of economics, experts say. For the United States, wheat is a highly exported commodity, and there was concern that if the country started growing GM wheat rather than natural wheat, the U.S. would lose global market share because the demand for the GM product wasn't there, said Margaret Smith, professor of plant breeding and genetics at Cornell University.
In order for Monsanto to gain approval to grow GM wheat to sell, the company would need to petition the U.S. Department of Agriculture, said Gregory Jaffe, director of the Project on Biotechnology at the Center for Science and the Public Interest (CSPI), a consumer advocacy organization. Monsanto never completed this petition, Jaffe said. (For its experiments, the company required only a permit.)
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Part of the reason Monsanto didn't follow through with its GM wheat may have been concern over the public's acceptance of the product. A lot of GM foods that Americans eat are in a highly refined form, like cottonseed oil or soy lecithin. People may have little awareness that they consume these GM ingredients, but "we know we eat wheat," Smith said. "I think you see some heightened focus when you get to crops like that," she said.
Is GM wheat safe?
Field tests of GM wheat are subject to strict rules to ensure that the crops don't get mixed in with the food supply, said Clay Sneller, an associate professor at Ohio State University who studies wheat breeding and genetics. Fields have to be torched after the tests are done, and wheat is not allowed to be grown in those same fields for several years, Sneller said.
But even if Monsanto's GM wheat got out (although there's no evidence that it has), it would be perfectly safe, Sneller said.
The gene that is inserted into Monstato's GM wheat makes it resistant to the herbicide Roundup Ready, Sneller said. This same gene has been inserted into GM corn, soybeans and cotton, Sneller said. At least 95 percent of GM soybeans contain this gene, "and they're exported around the world, and there's no health problems at all," Sneller said.
When Monsanto was considering GM wheat, the company consulted with the FDA, and the agency said it had no concerns about the products' safety, Smith said.
Could GM foods be harmful?
Numerous scientific studies show that genetically modified crops are safe to eat, Jaffe said.
Americans have been eating GM corn since 1995, and there have been no reports of ill health effects. "We are the big guinea pig, and we're doing fine," Sneller said.
But it is possible to create a GM food that is unsafe — for instance, researchers could insert a gene that allowed the plant to produce an allergen, or a protein to which some people are allergic.
"We have to consider things on a case-by-case basis, and be vigilant about each new use of genetic engineering," Smith said.
Currently, companies that make GM foods do not have to have these foods approved before they enter the market, because the FDA assumes they are safe.
The CSPI says these rules should be changed so that companies are required to get premarket approval of GM foods. (Most companies that make GM foods have voluntarily consulted with the FDA about the safety of their products, but they are not required to do this, Jaffe said.)
While there has been a lot of talk about whether GM foods should be labeled, "labeling shouldn’t be a surrogate for safety," Jaffe said. "If there's any question about the safety of a crop, it should not go out to the market," he said.
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Suzuki and SkyDrive introduced a partnership for analysis and growth of flying vehicles. Japanese firm, SkyDrive, has been growing flying vehicles and cargo drones since 2018, with the corporate saying its cargo drones are already in service at numerous worksites in Japan, particularly in mountainous areas. Presently, the corporate is growing a compact, two-seat electrical flying automobile and is aiming for full-scale manufacturing.
SkyDrive is seeking to start air taxi service through the 2025 World Expo in Osaka, Japan.
SkyDrive and Suzuki will collaborate in enterprise and know-how, and develop new markets, with an preliminary focus in India. The 2 events are but to reveal particulars on funding collaboration, product timelines and goal.
Whereas flying vehicles might not but be a actuality in India, Suzuki introduced it’s investing ₹ 10,440 crore for the event of electrical automobiles and EV batteries in India. It is usually working with Toyota on an all-electric midsize SUV, slated for launch in January 2025. Designed for India and different world markets, the EV will probably be based mostly on an all-electric platform, co-developed by a consortium of seven Japanese carmakers and suppliers.


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Resident Evil 7: Biohazard is going to bring “true” horror back to the series, Capcom announced during Sony’s E3 2016 press briefing.
Set before the events of Resident Evil 6, in a desolate American town, players must once again face grim horrors in hopes of survival. Powered by the new RE Engine, Resident Evil 7: Biohazard is going to launch with support for PlayStation VR. Capcom confirmed that the entire game is playable with the headset alone, which is simply fascinating.
“While Resident Evil 7 draws from the series’ roots of atmospheric survival horror, it also delivers a whole new level of terror,” explained Capcom. “In the classic Resident Evil games of yesteryear, players braced for fear in the first-person via the creepy door-opening scenes, and Resident Evil 7 ramps up that tension with an immersive first-person view and a photorealistic graphical style.”
While the game is slated for release next year, the developer has gone ahead to place a playable demo for all PlayStation Plus subscribers. It’s unknown as to whether the demo will arrive later for everyone else as well.
Resident Evil 7: Biohazard is scheduled for release on January 24, 2017 for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC. Besides the new game, Capcom is also working on a full Resident Evil 2 remake and the re-release of Resident Evil 4, 5, and 6 on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.


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To mark World Environment Day, Better Packaging Co. has placed a four-meter-high pile of plastic poo on Sydney’s Bondi Beach.
The installation serves as a visual representation of the amount of plastic waste dumped in the oceans every 30 seconds.
The campaign aims to generate global awareness and encourage businesses to commit to sustainable practices.
The installation is a collaboration between Special New Zealand, Special PR, and The Glue Society.
The goal is to highlight the need for practical and affordable changes to reduce plastic pollution.
A new report from the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) found that global plastic pollution could be reduced by 80% by 2040 through practical and affordable changes.
Increased reuse of plastics alone could reduce 30% of plastic pollution in the same timeframe.
The report emphasizes the importance of taking action to combat the global pollution crisis.
Better Packaging Co.'s new range of sustainable products is a step towards addressing the plastic waste problem.
The installation aims to raise awareness about the need for sustainable practices.
Better Packaging Co. has launched a new range of sustainable products made from recycled plastic pollution.
The products, including poly mailers, garment bags, and reusable carry bags, are made from 80% to 100% recycled plastic.
The plastic pollution used in the products is retrieved from Southeast Asia.
The company's initiative aims to find solutions to the environmental challenge posed by plastic waste.
The installation highlights the importance of collecting and recycling plastic to prevent it from ending up in the oceans.
The giant plastic poo installation aims to encourage businesses to make a greater commitment to sustainable practices and choices.
It serves as a provocative and disruptive way to bring attention to the issue of plastic pollution.
The collaboration between Special New Zealand, Special PR, and The Glue Society emphasizes the importance of global sustainability.
The installation's impact is expected to resonate in Australia, New Zealand, and around the world.
The campaign utilizes a mix of owned, earned, and paid distribution to maximize its reach and impact.
Kate Bezar, co-founder of Better Packaging Co., highlights the environmental challenge of plastic waste.
The problem lies in the lack of collection and recycling of plastic, which leads to its accumulation in the oceans.
POLLAST!C, the range of sustainable products, demonstrates that solutions can be found to address this challenge.
Raising awareness and encouraging global sustainability practices are crucial in tackling the issue.
The giant plastic poo installation aims to draw attention to this pressing environmental problem.


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(Bloomberg) – US stimulus controls could trigger a $ 170 billion wave of new retail inflows to the stock market, according to strategists at Deutsche Bank AG.
A survey of retail investors showed respondents planned to invest 37% of their stimulus cash directly in stocks, wrote a team including Parag Thatte in a note on Wednesday. With a potential $ 465 billion of planned direct stimulus, that adds up to $ 170 billion, they said.
“Retail sentiment remains positive across the board, regardless of age, income, or when the investor started trading,” the strategists wrote. “Retail investors say they expect to hold or increase their stock holdings even as the economy reopens.”
A combination of free commercial apps and direct government stimulus has helped fuel a boom in retail equity market share, especially from first-time investors. His influence has started to affect the markets, including the world of options, and trading volumes have exploded.
Democrats are rushing to pass President Joe Biden’s $ 1.9 trillion pandemic aid package without Republican support, a bill that includes checks for $ 1,400 for many Americans. Congress has already authorized two rounds of direct payments, first in March of last year and then in late December.
According to Deutsche, new investors are younger and more aggressive, and are much more likely to trade options frequently compared to more experienced traders. When faced with a hypothetical modest sell-off, the majority of respondents said they would increase their investments, according to the note, although in net terms they would make money if the sell-off exceeded 10%.
Meme Stock Mania Starts Again After GameStop Shares Triple
A flurry of buying Wednesday reminiscent of last month’s retail investor-driven boom and bust caused GameStop Corp. shares to nearly quadruple since Tuesday’s close and a number of other stocks called memes rose.
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Farmers and ranchers work hard every day to grow and raise the food on grocery store shelves. Food Awareness programming showcases their hard work, and helps create conversations between farmers and consumers.
County Farm Bureaus host a variety of events at grocery stores, food shelves, and restaurants to provide information on farmers and food. A focus for this year is food waste, and how both farmers and consumers are addressing the issue.
In 2021, 41 county Farm Bureaus received more than $4,000 in grant funding from the Foundation to focus on food security in their communities. Partnering with local organizations and businesses, the counties leveraged their grants to raise more than $18,000 in support of local hunger programs, which can provide approximately 54,000 meals.
Contact a county Farm Bureau or Education Coordinator Pam Debele for more information and how to participate.


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Giant and Cadex to support Equipo Kern Pharma’s long-term ambitions
Newest Spanish UCI ProTeam and world-leading bicycle manufacturer to further team up in the coming years
After a rewarding maiden season of partnership in 2020, Equipo Kern Pharma and cycling brands Giant and Cadex have confirmed they will team up in 2021 as the Spanish outfit steps up to become a UCI ProTeam. It will be the first of a new multi-year partnership deal.
The world-leading bicycle manufacturer will provide Equipo Kern Pharma’s riders with three different models: the Propel aero bike, the all-rounder TCR Advanced SL 2021 and the Trinity SL time trial bike. All of them will be equipped with carbon-built wheelsets and components from premium brand Cadex.
“Equipo Kern Pharma has a bright future ahead,” says José Casla, General Manager of Giant Ibérica. “They’ve proven they are a serious, ambitious outfit, and have been able to develop at the planned pace even in such a difficult year like 2020. Giant, as a market-leading brand, shares with them their long-term vision and prospects.”
“We are providing the team with a wide choice of bikes and equipment that can suit any kind of race they may participate in. We are particularly proud of Giant’s TCR Advanced SL 2021, the ninth version of the TCR model that has been cutting-edge for almost three decades already thanks to its continued evolution over the years.”
“I get a real feel of happiness whenever I ride a Giant bike,” says Raúl García Pierna, who claimed this year the Spanish National Championships ITT U23 on a Trinity SL. “They are light and stiff. You can tell every single watt translates into power and speed.”
“Being able to use Giant bikes and Cadex components means putting the best technology of the world at the service of our cyclists,” says Juanjo Oroz, Team Manager for Equipo Kern Pharma. “Bikes alone don’t win any races, but neither do riders if they can’t use gear of the best quality.”
“We feel very proud of this long-term partnership. Working with Giant and Cadex will enable us to evolve together and become stronger over the years.”


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The new fashion design school is expected by its creators to inspire students to think about innovative designs in concepts and actual clothing lines.
The managing director of Fiji Fashion Week, Ellen Whippy-Knight said in a report by The Fiji Times that the school hopes to “raise the understanding of designers, therefore, the fashion school will provide the best opportunity for our designers.” She went on to tell the publication that student will learn to be a fashion designer while gaining inside into the needs of the global economy, as well.
“We Fijians have always been well-dressed and we have pride in the way we look, therefore, it’s always easier for our designers to create western designs. Most designs displayed at the Fiji Fashion Show are wearable and this reflects the understanding of local designers. We’re encouraging designers to come up with different designs and market their designs locally and internationally,” Whippy-Knight said in the report.
Is Fiji the leader in economically sound fashion design? Some fashion school aficionados think so. A fashion design school in Fiji would likely focus on economically friendly designs, naturally. Fiji is an indigenous region, meaning the people who live there have shared the land with their ancestors for many hundreds of years. For centuries, sustainable resources have been used for most of the products created and consumed locally in the country.
It is likely that new-age conditioned students entering into the fashion design school will be keen to produce environmentally friend fashion designs that are affordable to people across the world. Many would expect the fashion design school to produce a new and fresh line of fashion design that might just catch on with other designers.


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Google has announced Google Cast for Audio, a Google Cast variant built just for audio. Chromecast brings audio and video to your connected TV, and with Google Cast for audio, you will see a wave of new internet-ready speakers which will fetch music directly from the web like Chromecast.
Here is Google’s official literature:
And today, we’re announcing Google Cast for audio, which embeds the same technology behind Chromecast into speakers, sound bars, and A/V receivers. Just like Chromecast, simply tap the cast button in your favorite music or radio app on Android, iOS, or the web, and select a Google Cast Ready speaker to get the party started.
Google Cast Ready speakers pull content directly from the cloud, so you’ll get the best audio quality and can freely multi-task on your phone, tablet, or laptop, all without straining the battery.
The first Google Cast Ready speakers will first be available in the US this spring from lead brands Sony, LG, and HEOS by Denon with more brands coming later in 2015 with the support of chip makers Broadcom, Marvell, MediaTek and system integrator Libre Wireless.
I want one. I am just curious about the pricing, we are talking about good quality speakers with some additional hardware and software inside, so it is not going to be a $35 thingie.
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American Airlines makes major change passengers won't like
Frequent airline fliers have a number of expectations when it comes to comfort and ease of travel.
In recent developments, American Airlines (AAL) and other carriers are beginning to change one passenger experience that has some people nervous.
Travelers have come to appreciate the efficiency that much new technology can bring to the flying experience.
Booking, selecting seats and checking in online and on apps saves time and provides clarity about what passengers need to do — and where they need to go — at the airport before they even get there.
Airline customer service technology, on the other hand, has been a matter of some frustration in the travel industry during the recent past.
Famously, during the 2022 winter holiday travel season, Southwest Airlines (LUV) experienced operational failures that led to the cancellation of 16,900 flights and stranded two million passengers, according to the Department of Transportation.
At the time, Southwest's customer service operations were overwhelmed. The carrier failed to provide timely communication, support and guidance to affected passengers, causing critical breakdowns and separating travelers from their luggage for extended periods of time.
American Airlines customer service layoffs cause worries
In late January 2024, American Airlines consolidated its customer service units, putting employees from multiple teams into one group.
In the process, the airline laid off 335 employees in Phoenix and 321 in Dallas.
American had self-service tools, which it hoped would lower the number of instances where passengers needed to contact customer service support.
These included kiosks at airports for its customers to request changes in flights and standby status, confirm flight changes, purchase upgrades and buy AAdvantage miles.
Some were skeptical the staff shakeup would lead to improvements, suggesting that a better way to handle it might have been to improve the service first rather than starting with layoffs.
The adoption of customer service AI
In the near future, it's likely that customer service agents will be largely replaced by artificial intelligence (AI) technology that handles most customer requests.
"Some businesses, including airlines, will promote human customer service as a premium experience (although eventually, perhaps, AI will be better — but at least initially this will be seen as a premium)," wrote Gary Leff of View From the Wing on Feb. 28. "And perhaps we'll see airlines offering live human telephone service as an elite benefit."
"For now it's likely that AI will handle simple, factual requests and enter conversations to drill down into details about policy," Leff continued. "How much baggage can I check and at what cost? Is my flight on time? Do I need to re-confirm my flight? I heard the frequent flyer program is changing, how does that affect me (cue 'talking points')?"
Many simple air travel questions are asked by passengers over the phone to customer service agents, and those could be handled by AI.
But Leff was skeptical American's move was the right approach.
"That American is moving to lay off call center agents without the highest-level AI possible makes me less confident that AI's handling the lowest level of requests will free up agents to deal with customers more quickly," he wrote.
"At the current rate of advancement we can expect improvements and further deployment of the technology and more inquiries to be dealt with via AI rather than human customer service," he added.
At the time of publishing, American Airlines has not responded to a request for comment.
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Four students from ADMA Creative School who quickly found work in the industry after graduating are the focus of the new Thinking Faces Work campaign that the Association for Data-driven Marketing and Advertising is using to launch its 2015 Creative School in Sydney and Melbourne today.
In various pensive poses, there’s Ernie Ciaschetti, the former builder who graduated ‘best in class’ and was offered a job at Banjo; Max Thorley, who landed a full-time job at Present Company not long after graduating; Janina Canet, a ‘highly commended’ student who is now interning at MercerBell, and Molly Cathcart who was voted ‘best copywriter’ and was quickly offered a full-time gig at SeventeenHundred.
“Aspiring copywriters and art directors looking to kick-start a career as marketing and advertising executives can take heart when they see the Thinking Faces Work campaign because it shows our program is successful – our graduates get jobs. We are also now attracting great people to the industry like Ernie, who were working in other professions before. ADMA Creative School is going some way towards addressing the issue around shortages of work-ready junior copywriters and designers in the industry,” said ADMA CEO, Jodie Sangster.
Rob Morrison, executive creative director at OgilvyOne and head of the Creative School lecture series in Sydney, said last year’s crop of students were some of the best that he had seen and he wanted their talents acknowledged in the launch campaign.
“Thinking Faces Work is a beautifully simple follow-up to last year’s ‘Show us Your Thinking Face’ campaign. The wonderful reality about ADMA Creative School is we genuinely help students get their first break in their industry. If you’ve been thinking about copywriting or art direction as a career, Creative School is the perfect place to start,” he said.
“Creative School plays a key role in training the next generation of creative talent. There’s a shortage of young creative talent coming up through the ranks and little time to train them on the ground at agencies. Creative School is one way ADMA Is addressing this issue,” added David Ponce de Leon, group creative director for McCann Australia, and leader of the Creative School in Melbourne.
Twitter was forced to make the unprecedented decision to disable the ability of verified accounts to send tweets following a major hack. The hack saw Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Bill Gates, Elon Musk, Kanye West and Michael Bloomberg attempting to fool their millions of followers with a Bitcoin scam. As well as these major political […]
Acast Marketplace now has a virtual storefront. Advertisers can browse Acast’s global inventory of thousands of monetizable podcasts, and use search criteria to filter a list of shows that best fit their brief and budget. Filters include audience demographics such as age, gender and language, podcast subject categories, and more — and, once selected, the […]
Data science led marketing agency, Jaywing, has won the SEO account for online fashion retailer, Princess Polly, in both Australia and the United States, adding to its ever-growing eCommerce portfolio. The Sydney based agency will be managing the retailer’s search engine optimisation, with the aim of facilitating the brands growth in Australia and the US, […]
The Connect Agency has just announced the launch of their micro influencer booking agency, Connect Engage. The division will represent digital content creators in the kids and family; interiors; and health and wellness spaces to drive brand engagement and reach further. Connect Engage will work alongside the public relations, creative, and talent representation arms of […]
Cashrewards, today announced the appointment of experienced loyalty, data, digital marketing and ecommerce executive Bernard Wilson as its Chief Executive Officer. Wilson previously ran loyalty, data, media and marketplace for Myer and was a senior executive in loyalty and data at WooliesX. He joins from data science and artificial intelligence leader Quantium, where he was […]
As BritBox escalates its plans to launch in Australia later this year, joint venture partners BBC Studios and ITV announce the appointment of Moira Hogan as Country Manager. Tasked with leading the BritBox Australia strategy and team, Moira joins from Network 10, where she was Head of Content and Commercial Partnerships for Digital Media. She […]
Australian Energetic Beauty brand, Bean Body today launches its new campaign #BEANYBODY that breaks convention by featuring every bodies. Captured by Steven Chee and styled by Marina Didovich, with hair by Anthony Nader and makeup by Max May, the campaign features the completely unretouched new faces of Bean Body – 12 inspiring everyday women who […]
A new media platform servicing Australia’s burgeoning legal cannabis industry launches today. Cannabiz is the brainchild of Mumbrella co-founder and former CEO Martin Lane and KlickX founder Kim McKay. It will inform, educate and connect Australia’s legal cannabis sector through its website weekly newsletter, podcast, market intelligence, industry reports, networking events and business consulting services. As […]
Medallia today announced an integration between Medallia Experience Cloud and Adobe Experience Platform (AEP) that gives brands comprehensive insights into the complete customer journey to deliver highly personalised real-time experiences that increase purchase frequency. Customer feedback from Medallia Experience Cloud seamlessly integrates with behavioral data in Adobe Experience Cloud to deliver a single view of […]
“As marketers, we tend to overcook the storytelling process.” That was the message from Carlton and United Breweries head of creative and production Jonathon Bernard, during a special B&T Webinar on Storytelling at Scale, presented in partnership with Shutterstock. “Successful storytelling is the ability for a story to resonate and connect with its audience. As […]
oOh!media’s Queensland market position is set to be bolstered with the appointment of former ARN Sales Director Jamie Wood as the new leader of its Queensland sales team. An experienced and respected industry figure, Wood will enhance the capabilities of the local sales team while delivering strategic leadership and building customer relationships across the portfolio. […]
New research has examined the role of echo chambers in Australia and their impact on society, media and brands, offering guidance to marketers on how to escape the sea of sameness surrounding their industry. The independent study conducted by the human and cultural strategy team of FiftyFive5 and Nine’s marketing solutions division, Powered, examined the […]


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Now that 3D printing is on hand to produce everything from bikes, to shoes and even jet parts, it’s hardly surprising that someone created the world’s first 3D-printed pocket watch. We’ll be honest, nothing beats the traditional antique pocket watches for sale, in our opinion, but it’s interesting to see what can be done these days, isn’t it?
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While the rest of the world is going crazy over the latest smart watch production, Swiss watchmakers TAG Heuer are flying under the radar with some new technology being incorporated into their manufacturing process – 3D printing.
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20 Dec Essex police officer wins £400 shopping spree and sweets that taste like Christmas dinner!
A police officer from Purfleet in Essex has had an early Christmas present by winning a £400 shopping spree at intu Lakeside and hundreds of Willy Wonka sweets that taste like Christmas dinner for his family and friends.
32 year old John Johnson was won of five winners of a competition with intu, owner of some of the UK’s largest and most popular shopping centres, to win impossible gifts for those hard-to-buy-for people and a £400 intu Gift Card to help with the festive shopping.
Earlier this year some of Britain’s most ingenious inventors joined with intu to create ‘impossible-to-buy’ gifts for this year’s Christmas wish lists. Other weird and wonderful inventions won around the country include turning people into LEGO characters and comic book stars through the artist behind Dennis the Menace.
Research as part of the competition found that people in Essex spend 25 hours trying to find the perfect gift for loved ones and one in ten parents (11 per cent) have at least one impossible gift to find this Christmas. According to the research, the average Brit will spend £425 on Christmas presents this year, up just under one per cent on last year.


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Epilepsy Ontario has created an online store to help people support programs and services for those living with epilepsy as well as to spread epilepsy awareness – and to look good while doing so.
The Epilepsy Shop was born in 2020 and has been selling an array of colourful T-shirts and hoodies embossed with campaign names to help support local epilepsy agencies and to raise awareness of seizure disorders.
The idea for the Epilepsy Shop was hatched by Trevor Gordon, Epilepsy Ontario’s social media co-ordinator.
Trevor says he came up with the idea after noticing there was a lack of epilepsy awareness apparel that was made locally and used proceeds to support epilepsy organizations.
He reached out to a graphic designer he knows, Shaun Curtis, whose resumé includes work with numerous professional sports teams including the Toronto Raptors and brands like Jollibee and Disney, for help getting the project off the ground.
“We wanted to come up with a shop where people could buy epilepsy awareness shirts and those proceeds would go to benefit epilepsy organizations,” Trevor tells Voices of Epilepsy.
People can visit the Epilepsy Shop and find regular T-shirts, women’s cut T-shirts or hoodies in a variety of colours and sizes. Every item of clothing is created on demand, so there’s no waste and all profits go towards supporting epilepsy services and programs.
The Epilepsy Shop delivers merchandise across Canada and the U.S. and shoppers pay the same flat delivery rate no matter how many items they order.
The Epilepsy Shop’s most popular items at the moment are from the Screw Epilepsy line. These shirts and hoodies feature an image of a screw next to the word “epilepsy.”
There is also a new line called Good Vibes, featuring a mascot, a cartoon brain called Cortex.
“(The Epilepsy Shop) is still new and we’re always trying to add to our inventory and come up with new shirt ideas,” Trevor says.
Additionally, Epilepsy Ontario has reached out to influencers on TikTok as well as to Canadian recording artist Jann Arden to help promote the merchandise, Trevor says, noting the organization wants to raise lots of awareness about the Epilepsy Shop.
“It’s not just about buying the shirts; it’s about the message,” he says. “One of the goals of the shop is to make promoting epilepsy awareness stylish, fun and cool.
“We don’t want to create a shirt that will gather dust on a shelf; we want to create an awareness shirt that you want to wear and show off.”
Click here to visit the Epilepsy Shop. You can use the discount code VOICES to get 30 per cent off your purchase.


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The Survivalists’ farming update arrives on consoles
The Survivalists players on console can now plant and harvest crops thanks to the game’s latest update, Team17 has announced.
Following this update, players can plant and harvest crops for resources, grow dangerous plants to help defend their base, and teach the monkeys to help with the crops through the Monkey Mimic system. There are also new structures, recipes, and items included in this update.
In addition to the above, combat has been overhauled to give players greater control over the direction of attacks, and adjustments have been made to stamina to leave players less worn out from combat and harvesting.
Finally, there are new dyeing and weapon benches, a grindstone for weapon improvements, net and fish traps, and a refuse pit for destroying items. Read the full patch notes here.
The Survivalists is available now on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and PC.
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List of Brands That Are Facing Scrutiny and May Rebrand Amid Protests
A number of iconic brands are looking to rebrand their image following racial inequality protests in the U.S.
(TMU) – A number of iconic brands are looking to rebrand their image following the racial inequality protests in the U.S.
The companies, some of which may be rooted in racism, others just poorly named, are being forced to rebrand their mascots and logos that have long been criticized as racist.
Six brands thus far have announced plans to change or are considering changing their mascots and names in 2020. These are: Land O’ Lakes Butter, Aunt Jemima Syrup, Uncle Ben’s Rice, Mrs. Butterworth’s Syrup, Cream of Wheat Oatmeal, and Darlie toothpaste.
In addition to those six, Nestle has also announced that it will change the names of two of its products: Red Skins and Chico’s sweets. This is due to “Redskin” being a derogatory term for Native Americans and First Nations Canadians, while “chico” can be an offensive term for people of Latin American descent, The Guardian reported.
Parent companies have committed to entirely overhauling their brand, as in the case of Aunt Jemima, which announced it would lose both its name and brand image due to racist connotations.
While this may seem sudden, criticism has long plagued brands such as Aunt Jemima and Cream of Wheat for decades. However, the recent killing of George Floyd and other black men that have sparked protests across the U.S. are helping force companies to make changes as soon as possible.
First, Quaker Oats said it would retire Aunt Jemima from packaging on its brand of syrup and pancake mixes, acknowledging its prior work to update the mascot was “not enough.” Then in rapid succession, the owners of Uncle Ben’s, Mrs. Butterworth’s, and Cream of Wheat said their products’ packaging would also face scrutiny and a rebranding process.
The decision to rename and repackage Aunt Jemima came a day after a TikTok video from singer Kirby titled “How To Make A Non Racist Breakfast” went viral.
How To Make A Non Racist Breakfast. #BlackLivesMatter #AllBlackLivesMatter #BlackWomenLivesMatter pic.twitter.com/WY6irZwWtJ
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In the short video, Kirby gives a well-deserved history lesson of the 131-year-old brand, noting the name means “slave mammy on the plantation South” and that the brand was founded by a white man Chris Rutts who got the name after attending what’s called a “minstrel show,” (think blackface).
Cream Of Wheat is also rooted in racism, the brand has long been criticized for the use of a grinning Black chef on its packaging since the 1890’s. The mascot on early boxes was known as Rastus, a caricature of a happy former slave often featured in those same minstrel shows.
Uncle Ben’s rice brand is linked to the practice of white Southerners calling older Black people “aunt” and “uncle” because they refused to use “Mr.” or “Mrs.”
Similar to Aunt Jemima, the Mrs. Butterworth’s brand has been criticized for years for perpetuating the offensive “mammy” stereotype, which positions Black women as subservient.
Darlie is a Chinese toothpaste owned by Colgate, the toothpaste quite literally translates to “Black person toothpaste” and used to feature a man in blackface as its logo.
In April, shortly before the protests started, Land O’Lakes announced it was removing the Native American woman’s illustration that embellished its packaging since 1928 and is replacing it with “lands and lakes.”
Land O’Lakes failed to mention the illustration when announcing its move but rather focused on the company being “a farmer-owned co-op” and the need to “better connect the men and women who grow our food with those who consume it.”
These aren’t the only brands that are now considering a name change, ‘Eskimo Pies’ has also announced that it will change its name following backlash to its stereotype of Eskimos, USA Today reported.
The unjust killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and many other members of the Black community have caused protests across the country, with millions of Americans demanding the abolishment of police and institutional racism. This movement has also targeted the parent companies of popular brands, asking them to wake up and change their products’ image, especially if they were built on racist foundations like the ones listed above.
As the year continues we can only expect more and more brands to re-examine their image and possible racist history and rebrand for the sake of saving face. We should expect a growing list of brands to rename or modify their mascots for the modern era.
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Microsoft gets tough on Office fakers
Microsoft’s voluntary scheme for Office licensing checks is about to become mandatory
After first introducing a voluntary way for users to ensure that they only used licensed and legal copies of Microsoft Office products, the software giant announced on Monday that it is about to make scheme mandatory.
The move means that users who are caught using software that can’t be proved to be 100 percent legal won’t get access to add-ons and updates from Microsoft.
As of Friday, Office Online templates downloaded from within Microsoft Office System 2007 applications have to be validated. As of January 2007, Office Update also must be validated by Office Genuine Advantage (OGA). The OGA scheme was introduced in April as a pilot.
Users who are denied access to the applications because their versions of Office do not pass a validation test will need to prove that their software is valid before they can proceed.
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Globally, recovery in the travel industry is slowly picking pace, owing to vaccination drives and more awareness around the COVID-19 virus. Travel aggregator EaseMyTrip saw significant growth in its sales in this quarter as compared to the last one, which was devastated by the second COVID-19 wave.
“We managed to do business of around Rs 356 crore, which was the GMV amount, of which the company managed to make a Profit Before Tax (PBT) of about Rs 21 crore,” says Prashant Pitti, Co-founder and Executive Director, EaseMyTrip. He adds the ticket volumes in FY22 are much higher.
The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the global travel and tourism industry significantly. International travel was the first segment to be grounded to curb the spread of the deadly virus.
There has been a recovery on the radar for most travel organisations with digital transformation and a new set of safety offerings. A series of travel tech companies globally have gone public or are in the process of filing for an IPO this year.
EaseMyTrip went public in March this year and was subscribed by around 159.33 times. Prashant says EaseMyTrip was one of the early travel companies to be listed, post which it has seen a plethora of internet companies heading for an IPO.
Commenting on the company’s growth, the co-founder says, EaseMyTrip has seen a 47 percent annual growth from FY18 to FY21. “We are anticipating at least 70-80 percent jump from FY21 numbers,” he says, on the expected revenue and sales targets for the coming year.
The profitability experienced by EaseMyTrip during the pandemic is an indication of the online travel space growing substantially with new trends. The uncertainty of the lifting of restrictions and reinstating them has led people to take less time in booking for travel.
“The bookings are almost impromptu. A lot of bookings are happening for today, tomorrow, which wasn’t happening before. A lot of bookings are happening for one way, where we used to see a lot of bookings for round trips earlier,” shares Prashant.
He adds that people are opting for longer duration stays, with people now booking hotels for an average of 4.7 days as compared to 3.2 days earlier.
Besides, there is also an increase in the number of bookings for ‘high category’ hotels, which can be attributed to the sanitisation efforts that convinces people of the safety of their stay. While restrictions have eased up, the anticipation of the third wave has been announced prominently by government officials.
Vaccination is expected to reduce the severity of the impact of the virus. The travel industry carefully waits for more clarity on the expected third wave. Apart from this uncertainty, EaseMyTrip prepares for a foreseeable huge uptick in demand for the coming quarters.


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Healthcare business funding could be derailed by weak IPO market. Venture capitalists have a message for healthcare entrepreneurs, and it reads like this: “If you’re considering an initial public offering, don’t.” That’s on the footsteps of a new study from Deloitte and the National Venture Capital Association.
Medical device industry to FDA: No user fee hikes until goals met. “The medical device industry is asking the FDA to take a couple more years to meet goals it says the watchdog agency has failed to meet before it agrees on reauthorizing user fees for another go-around.”
What is a ‘Patient Encounter’ in the World of Meaningful Use? “The CMS EHR Incentive Programs are now in full swing and numerous eligible professionals have already received substantial Stage 1 payments. HIT adoption, fueled by rewarding the ’meaningful use of certified technology’, is moving forward as planned. However, there are still a few outstanding items that can cause difficulty for some EPs, especially specialists.”


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Money laundering and bitcoin
China Drafts Bitcoin Regulations to Block Money-LaunderingVendors in Germany Dealt with Carfentanil and a Biological Weapon.Schumer and others may be barking up the wrong series of tubes.Chuck Schumer set the gold standard for anti-bitcoin freakouts.
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The Hong Kong Monetary Authority has joined the rising chorus of voices warning about bitcoin and other digital currencies.The advent of virtual currency has totally transformed the banking industry.Russian operator of long-standing bitcoin exchange BTC-e indicted for laundering money including high-profile hack of funds from Mt Gox exchange.
A $4bn bitcoin laundering operation potentially bustedIt turns out that bitcoin is a terrible tool for money laundering.Australia joins China and Japan in trying to regulate bitcoin and digital currency exchange providers with new crackdown on money laundering.
Bitcoin is merely a finite commodity with the unique property that it can be sent instantly to anywhere around the world.The problem is aggravated even more by the pseudo-anonymity of cryptocurrencies.
Russian Suspected of Running $4 Billion Bitcoin LaunderingApr 11th 2013, 23:50 by T.S. such as money laundering or paying for illegal drugs.
The indictment further alleges that proceeds from well-known hacks and thefts from bitcoin exchanges were funded. including money laundering and operating.While Markets Get Seized: Pedophiles Launch a Crowdfunding Site.Bitcoin tumblers, which are also known as bitcoin mixers or laundering services, obfuscate transactions to render senders and receivers of coins more difficult to trace by law enforcement agencies and other observers of the network.
Steve Sherman - AML Bitcoin is the Future of Digital CurrencyOKCoin China has been ordered by a provincial court to pay a fine of 626,569 yuan as damages in a money laundering case. Read more.For now, regulators are being surprisingly restrained in their approach to bitcoin.
The digital, peer-to-peer currency is largely known for its independence from governments or banking institutions, as.Peer-to-peer (P2P) transactions represent a growing trend that involves listing bitcoins for sale on specialized websites, such as localbitcoins.com which is by far the most popular website for buying bitcoin in such a way.The CEO of Bitcoin start-up BitInstant has been charged with money laundering.Introduction Satoshi Nakamoto presented Bitcoin for the first time in 2009.
Federal agents have arrested the CEO of a Bitcoin exchange and another man.A digital currency that is compliant with anti-money laundering laws would bring the digital currency.In a previous post we brought up a topic which had not been too much discussed, but that it had a special significance for the establishment of companies in the.Both are accused of money laundering and trying to sell bitcoins to Silk Road.
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Australia proposes stronger money laundering rulesThe U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) recently announced the indictment of a Russian national and an organization he allegedly operated, the bitcoin exchange BTC-e.
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All these features of bitcoin, and cryptocurrency in general, represent a perfect atmosphere for money laundering, simply because it renders it very hard, or even impossible, for law enforcement agencies to prove who actually made a given transaction and where the funds originally came from.New reports have connected an arrest in Greece today with a bitcoin exchange long known for its secrecy.Law enforcement bit BTC-e with a one-two punch over a series of allegedly criminal acts by the site and its owner.The Russian man who orchestrated a major money laundering operation involving Bitcoin has been arrested by the United States and Greek authorities.One no longer needs to go into a bank to deposit, withdraw or transfer money from an account to the other.
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One of the members of the exchange BTC-e has been taken into custody for alleged money laundering charges, and his role in the Mt.Shrem, who was also on the board of the semi-official spokesorganization for the ownerless cryptocurrency, the Bitcoin Foundation, did no such reporting.While this was made in a smaller jurisdiction, the repercussions could echo far and wide.
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How many people use online dating services
Please remember that this is a very rapidly changing segment of the industry and some of these companies are more forthcoming with their user stats than others, so it may not be perfect.
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“It’s a product of the growing normalcy of using social media apps,” says Moira Weigel, author of “Labor of Love: The Invention of Online Dating” (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2016).
from Brooklyn, NY for suggesting this week’s topic: Online dating, once a fringe and stigmatized activity, is now over a billion industry.
Just look at how many people seeking dates or mates are flocking to matchmaking sites and apps.
According to a 2015 study by the Pew Research Center, 15 percent of American adults have used online dating sites (web-based platforms like Match.com) and/or dating apps (location-based smartphone apps like Tinder).


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Tower of Fantasy is a massively popular gacha game from Hotta Studios that will be coming to western territories in 2022, but what platforms will the game be appearing on?
The game was originally released in October 2020 for gamers in China, and plans have been revealed to bring the game over to fans in the UK/Europe, Australia, the US and more this year.
Tower of Fantasy looks like it could be a competitor to the massively popular Genshin Impact, so if you’re a fan of that title then it’s worth looking to see if you’ll be able to get your hands on Tower of Fantasy!
Here’s everything you need to know about the platforms that Tower of Fantasy will be coming to when it is officially released later in 2022.
Read More: Tower of Fantasy: Everything We Know So Far
Tower of Fantasy Platforms
As noted by the official Tower of Fantasy Twitter account, the game will be available on both Mobile devices and PC upon the fill release.
It reads: “A light sci-fi-based open-world RPG game. Available on both mobile and PC. Embark together on your fantasy adventure Coming in 2022!”
Tower of Fantasy World
The official website for the upcoming release of Tower of Fantasy globally has the following information on the world for the gacha title:
I. Founding of Civilization
Through an interstellar colonization plan, humans created a new civilization on a planet called Aida. To mine the comet Mara for a mysterious yet potent energy called Omnium, they built the Tower of Fantasy.
But the humans who lusted after resources shall ultimately pay the price for their avarice.
II. Calamity & Rebirth
The occurrence of the Calamity resulted in subsequent Omnium radiation and the temporal rift that almost destroyed the entire Aida civilization.
The surviving elite scientists formed Hykros to develop suppressors to combat radiation, enabling mankind to stay alive and continue using Omnium.
Meanwhile, the research on Omnium also delved deeper into the following fields: Power supply, biological mutations, temporal manipulation…
III. Chaos & Turmoil
Facing an emerging new world order, the self-professed saviours called the Heirs of Aida proclaimed Omnium as the culprit of all disasters. They oppose everything Hykros stands for and lead the world into new conflicts. What tale will you witness in this new era?
You can find all of the latest gaming news right here at GiveMeSport.


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Should You Trust the Impossible Whopper?
It seems that everyone is going Vegan. Have you noticed that more of your friends have decided to go Vegan? The Vegan section in supermarkets continue to expand their selection of Vegan foods. Now a major fast food chain is going Vegan, or is it?Vegetarians are not happy with Burger King's new Impossible Whopper. Burger King's new Impossible Whopper may seem like a great option for vegetarians to enjoy a meatless burger, but that might not completely be the case.
The King may not be guilty of false advertising, Vegetarian purist have an issue with how the new Whopper is cooked and prepared. While the patty is made entirely of plant products, it's grilled on the same broiler that gives the fast-food chain's food its signature flavor, the company acknowledged.
This did not make the Vegan Community happy. They were already upset, says TODAY, as the burger came topped with mayo. But now many vegetarians are calling BK out on Twitter for the cooking method. Does this discloser impact your view on whether or not you would try a Vegan Burger that is prepared like a beef burger on a grill? The Impossible Whopper goes nationwide on Thursday. As a vegetarian or vegan, how do you feel knowing your food may have come in contact with meat? Or do you believe that the Vegans need to get a life?


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The Hindu Business lines- published on September 2, 2016
DCB Bank launches ‘mVisa’
DCB Bank on Friday said it has launched ‘mVisa’, a mobile-based payment solution that will make payments at retail outlets much easier. Read More...
India Info line-Published On Sep 2, 2016
DCB Bank rolls out mVisa, a card-less mobile based payment solution.
DCB Bank has equipped over 1,000 Smart Shop retail outlets with the mVisa solution and plans to expand it to over 25,000 shops across India in the coming months. Read More...
CNBC TV 18-Published On Sep 2, 2016
DCB Bank launches mobile payment service for retail outlets.
"mVisa, a mobile-based payment solution will make payments at retail outlets much easier. Customers can pay now through their smart phones by scanning the unique Quick Response (QR) code at the retail outlet," . Read More...
Banking Technology-Published On Sep 2, 2016
Time flies, so we’ve devised a quick fix. Here’s a round-up of key events in the payments space.
In China, Qilong and Shenzhen Qianhai Exce-card Technology (SQEC) have formed a strategic agreement to co-ordinate with banks to issue China Union Pay audio bank cards. Read More...
The Economic Times-Published On Sep 8, 2013
Pre-paid cards & money transfer services a boon: No need to visit a bank to get cash.
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) governor Raghuram Rajan would have surely not heard about Bahadur Singh, 45. It's equally unlikely that Singh would have heard about Rajan or his oratory prowess. Read More...
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Eyewear brand Lenskart Solutions Pvt. Ltd on Monday said it has invested over $100 million in seed funding in Singapore-based Neso Brands.
The Singapore-based Neso Brands will further invest in consumer eyewear brands and grow them by leveraging synergies across the Lenskart Group to accelerate international expansion, the statement said.
Neso has also appointed a new chief executive, Bjorn Bergstrom, who was previously the chief growth officer and interim chief product and technology officer for the fashion brand NA-KD.
"It is our firm belief that the eyewear brands of today will not be brands of the future. And Neso is our initiative to partner with founders globally to help create eyewear brands of the future, " said Peyush Bansal, CEO, Lenskart.
Founded in 2022, Neso Brands seeks to invest in direct-to-consumer eye brands in line with the model of eyewear giant Luxottica Group.
"By investing in the most promising new brands in the industry and leveraging centralised resources across technology, manufacturing, and distribution, Neso Brands will be uniquely positioned to scale the eyewear brands of the future, " said Bergstrom.
With the fresh funding, Neso Brands looks to house brands and enable a quicker global roll-out by giving the brands access to shared resources, particularly technology, supply chain, distribution, and capital.
Founded by Peyush Bansal, Amit Chaudhary, Neha Bansal and Sumeet Kapahi, Lenskart is engaged in assembly, distribution and supply of eyewear, in addition to selling them online.
Recently, Lenskart announced the expansion of its online presence by offering its products on Nykaa, Myntra, Tata Cliq and other platforms.
In April, Lenskart secured $100 million (Rs 760 crore) in a new round from Alpha Wave Ventures. It counts TPG Growth, International Finance Corporation, PremjiInvest, Adveq Management, and Infosys Co-Founder Kris Gopalakrishnan, among its investors and was valued at over $2.5 billion last April.
In FY21, Lenskart’s operating revenues grew by 1% to Rs 905.3 crore against Rs 900 crore in FY20. The company had increased its annual profits by nearly 4.6 folds to Rs 28.92 crore from Rs 6.32 crore during FY20, filings in RoC showed.


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RE3 Demo Coming March 19; RE Resistance Open Beta to Start March 27
Survival Horror fans can get an early taste of the upcoming Resident Evil 3, with a playable demo, available Thursday, March 19 for PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC players via Steam. The Resident Evil 3: Raccoon City Demo lets players step into the boots of the legendary heroine Jill Valentine, as she teams up with Carlos Oliveira and the Umbrella Biohazard Countermeasure Service (U.B.C.S.) to evacuate civilians from a crumbling Raccoon City. While Jill is fighting to save innocent civilians, she must also save herself from the relentless bioweapon Nemesis, whose sole objective is her demise. The Raccoon City Demo will reveal a brand new cinematic trailer exclusive to demo participants upon completion, and will be available starting March 19 at 12am ET on Xbox One and 1pm ET on PlayStation 4 and Steam.
Later this month, fans can also get a sneak peek at Resident Evil Resistance, the asymmetrical 4 vs 1 multiplayer experience that is included with Resident Evil 3. In the open beta starting March 27, players have the option to take on the role of Daniel Fabron, one of the game’s four Masterminds, to run twisted experiments using various bioweapons and traps on a group of everyday civilians. In turn, players can band together as one of four of the six Survivors, each possessing a unique ability to help their team escape the experiment before time runs out. The Resident Evil Resistance open beta starts March 27 at 3am ET for Xbox One and PlayStation 4, and 1pm ET for Steam. The open beta will end when the game launches on April 3.
A new Raccoon City Demo trailer can be viewed below, or at our YouTube channel, and new screenshots, along with all art assets, can be found in oir Rarities section
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