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Let’s talk about innovation, breakthrough, and excellence. Now the name that strikes in your mind after hearing these words is ‘Steve Jobs’. His journey of establishing the world’s most prestigious ‘Apple’.
After all his endeavors and expertise in the technology, what all he has to say at the end will melt your heart. He strived for brilliance, he gave people what never thought of being possible, he earned millions of dollars, raised his company from floors to skies. Steve is considered as the trademark of excellence even after these many years.
Steve Jobs is a college dropout due to his economic status and discontinued his studies as it put a financial strain on his parents. And now, a job application that Steve Jobs filled out before he co-founded Apple is up for the auction. According to the estimates, it is said that the application is expected to fetch more than $50,000.
It is 1973 application, which will be sold at Boston, Massachusetts-based auction house. RR Auction provides an early glimpse of Jobs’ ambition to work in the emerging tech industry. The application is handwritten littered with grammatical errors.
In it, Jobs answered a question on what his special abilities are with, “electronics tech or design engineer, digital- from Bay near Hewlett-Packard [sic].” In response to a section about his skills, Jobs wrote “yes” next to “Computer” and “Calculator,” adding in brackets below, “(design, tech).”
He wrote his name as “Steven Jobs”. Writing his address and college major, Jobs wrote, “reed college” and “English lit” respectively. And the youngster who would go on to invent the iPhone was also unable to provide a contact number – because he did not have a phone. Answering the question, “Access to transportation?” Jobs wrote, “possible, but not probable.”
The application is part of a pop culture auction hosted by RR Auction and will go on sale between March 8 and 15, the auction house said. Also up for auction is a newspaper excerpt signed by Mr. Jobs covering the announcement of the first iPhone redesign – the iPhone 3G – in 2008, which is estimated at more than $15,000. An Apple Mac manual from 2001 – also signed by Mr. Jobs – is expected to attract offers in excess of $25,000.
Jobs worked as a technician for games publisher Atari prior to co-founding Apple with Steve Wozniak in 1976. In 1980, Jobs took the company public, in a listing on the Nasdaq that raised about $100 million – one of the biggest floats at the time. Now, the company is worth more than $875 billion.
Steve jobs also invested $5 million in animation film studio Pixar after he was fired from Apple in 1985 and became a billionaire for the 1st time when Pixar went public in 1995. He once said, getting fired from Apple which he co-founded was the best thing that could have ever happened to him.
However, the entrepreneur served as the CEO of Apple from 1997 until 2011. Later, he handed over the reins to incumbent CEO Tim Cook and was named chairman in 2011. He died later that year, aged 56, of respiratory arrest resulting from the spread of a pancreatic tumor to other organs.
During his tenure at Apple, the tech giant created some of its most well-known products, including the Macintosh Computer, the iPod, iTunes and the iPhone. This remarkable employment questionnaire reveals Jobs’ early aspiration to work in the fledgling tech industry, which he would soon revolutionize forever, isn’t it?


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(Reuters) - Erik Prince, who founded the private security company Blackwater, is launching a fund to invest in metals used in electric vehicle batteries, he told the Financial Times.
The fund aims to raise up to $500 million and will invest in deposits of metals such as cobalt, copper and lithium, largely in Africa and Asia, he told the newspaper.
Prince said the fund would bring unexplored deposits into production and then sell them to larger mining companies, often based in China.
“Chinese companies are not necessarily interested in the very upstream exploration,” Prince said. “They want to buy something in production, which leaves that gap for us.”
He expects that metals used in car batteries will be in increasing demand in the coming years as the global automotive industry ramps up electric car production.
Prince sold Blackwater in 2010. Since then he has run a security and logistics business called Frontier Services Group and made investments in natural resources.
Reporting by Carl O’Donnell; editing by Jonathan Oatis
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Over the past few years, small businesses have continued to be increasingly vulnerable to cybercrime. According to a study by Symantec, 43% of cyber-attacks in the world target small businesses and only 14% of these companies have highly effective measures of mitigating the vulnerabilities. The National Cybersecurity Alliance estimates that up to 60% of small businesses go out of business within just six months of a cyber attack.
The World Economic Forum has also listed cybercrime as a major global economic risk and warns that more sophisticated cyber-attacks are on the rise. The economic risk is confirmed by a report from a 2017 Cost of Data Study sponsored by IBM which shows that the average total cost of a data breaches is $3.62 million. Further, the study found out that one in every four companies experience a data breach.
Digital devices are increasingly playing a significant role in people’s lives these days, and this is one of the factors that are fueling cybercrime. A recent Norton Cyber Security Insights Report estimated that 35 percent of people across the globe have at least one unprotected digital device that leaves them vulnerable to cyber attacks. These devices are therefore a growing security concern for small business owners given the fact that a good number of them use small digital devices like their smartphones to run their operations.
Some of the major cyber threats small companies face include Hack attacks, Ransomware, CEO fraud, phishing, denial of services, among others.
So how can small businesses protect themselves against cybercrime?
Fortunately for business owners, there are preventative measures they can take to avoid falling victims to cybercrime. Here are some of them:
Use IBM Watson
Watson by IBM is an artificial intelligence of many talents. It works as A.I by day and a cyber crime fighter by night. It improves a security analyst's ability to keep up with sophisticated threats, by drawing from unstructured data (ex. blogs, websites, research papers) and correlating it with local security offenses.
Educate Your Employees
Small business owners need to train their staff on proper security measures. First of all, “employees should not use their work computer for personal business and vice versa”, says information technology expert Dirk Anderson. It is crucial that every employee in your business understands the inherent risk of digital communications. Run regular cyber attack training sessions and let everyone understand that it only takes a single click to compromise the entire system. They should not be quick to open attachments or click on any URLs even if they receive them from trusted friends.
Restrict Access to Important Data
You need to restrict access to your company’s critical data to only those staff members that have to work with it. Don’t forget to shut down accounts of your former employees as quickly as possible. An employee can access the data after leaving your company and use it to compromise your system. Also, it is extremely important to run background checks on potential employees before hiring them.
Be Aware of Unsecured Devices in Your Business
As noted earlier, breaches through mobile devices are on the rise, and this should be a huge matter of concern. You need to understand that any unsecured connected digital device in your business can be accessed easily by cyber-criminals. It is therefore vital to ensure that all the devices brought into your business are secured with very strong passwords which are regularly changed. Have up-to-date security software on all these devices.
Monitor Your Cloud Infrastructure Constantly
Your cloud provider can do this for you. Ensure that all your servers are secure all the time, monitor advanced threat management systems, web application firewalls, security patch management, data storage, among other things. Regularly scan for any vulnerabilities, and take appropriate measures if you find any. You also need to carry out a security assessment of your website regularly.
Install a Combination of Security Software
Use anti-spam, anti-virus, and anti-malware software and make sure you update them regularly. There are many security protection solutions including Symantec and Avast which have practical solutions for small businesses. Antivirus software experts at Qetes advise to always have a firewall software to fend off spyware, virus and phishing attacks.
Back Up Your Data Routinely and Have a Disaster Recovery Plan
Make sure you back up all your data on the cloud, external hard drives, and other locations. Carbonite offers automatic backup solutions for small businesses from as low as $5 per month.
Use Complex Passwords on All Your Computers And Devices
Use passwords with a minimum of 8 characters and make sure you change them regularly. This resilient password policy should also apply to your employees. Ensure they change their passwords often. There are free password management tools like LastPass that you can use to generate very strong passwords and keep track of all them safely.
To sum this up, at times it may be unfortunate that even after doing everything right, you still fall victim to a cyber attack. It is therefore wise to consider having a data breach insurance that will help you mitigate any costs as result of a data security breach including legal fees.


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A few years ago, many of us would be quite perplexed if someone tried to get us to invest in a Non-Fungible Token (NFT). But today, it seems everyone is talking about them. What are these mysterious types of assets? Where did they come from? Should we be investing in them?
Mind Your Dollars talked to a few experts to get the inside scoop on what NFTs are, how they work, and whether or not they’re something a tactical investor should be putting money and time into. As with all other types of assets, it turns out that NFTs have upsides and downsides.
Read on to discover what we’ve learned about NFTs in today’s investing market.
What Are NFTs?
NFTs are a brand-new type of investment asset based on modern technology. These digital assets have only been in existence for less than a decade. For some, that makes them even more exciting. The possibility that an NFT could make someone rich is enough to get the attention of even the most traditional investors. However, being as new as they are, it’s wise to understand exactly what NFTs are before you even consider investing in one.
“A Non-Fungible Token is data added to a file that creates a unique signature,” says Jordan Figueredo, a consultant with Pelicoin, the most secure crypto ATM network in the Gulf South.
According to Figueredo, an NFT can be a song, a tweet, an image file, a piece of artwork, or even something as basic as text somebody posted to a website. There are countless other physical and digital formats, which means “someone can own a digital file, and it has a code that differentiates it from digital replicas.”
Who Created the First NFT?
NFTs have only been around since 2014. The first one was created by Kevin McCoy and Anil Dash.
Kevin McCoy and his wife, Jennifer, are known for creating multimedia artwork. Dash, meanwhile, is the CEO of Glitch, a company that advocates for “a more humane, inclusive and ethical technology industry.”
The NFT created by McCoy and Dash was the first of its kind. It was a tradable blockchain marker that was linked to a unique work of art. The exchange was incredibly simple: McCoy used a blockchain service called Namecoin to register a piece of art in the form of a video clip that he and Jennifer had created. Anil Dash then purchased the video clip on the blockchain for four dollars.
“I certainly didn’t predict the current NFT mania, and until recently had written off our project as a footnote in internet history,” Dash wrote for The Atlantic in April of 2021. “The idea behind NFTs was, and is, profound. Technology should be enabling artists to exercise control over their work, to more easily sell it, to more strongly protect against others appropriating it without permission.”
The Appeal of NFTs
Investors are causing such a stir around NFTs because they are excited about the idea that tech can be used to sell digital copies of art. For example, musician Grimes has sold $6 million in NFTs of her digital art. This is why folks are so excited about the potential of NFTs; they do seem to have a lot of money-making potential. Other artists and celebrities who have sold NFTs include:
- Snoop Dogg
- Lindsay Lohan
- William Shatner
- Cara Delevingne
- Shawn Mendes
- Paris Hilton
- Tony Hawk
- Rob Gronkowski
- Steve Aoki
- Jack Dorsey
- Lewis Capaldi
- Kings of Leon
- John Cleese
- Emily Ratajkowski
- Soulja Boy
- Kate Moss
- Ellen DeGeneres
The appeal of selling NFTS, as Figueredo explains, is that “the artist will still retain the copyright and reproduction rights, but the purchaser will have ownership of the original piece. For artists, NFTs give them a new way to sell their work and sell their work in a market that did not exist before. NFTs also pay the artist a percentage every time the NFT is sold or changes hands.”
How Is an NFT Different From Cryptocurrency?
Artists like Grimes can therefore continue to make money off their original art each time the NFT is sold. This is where NFTs collide with the world of blockchains and cryptocurrency. Krishna Jedi of ChangeHero explains:
“Non-fungible tokens are assets issued on the blockchain to represent a wide variety of tangible and intangible items in real life. An artist can issue an NFT on one of their paintings and secure it on the blockchain with all the necessary info. If the NFT is up for auction, anybody can bid on it and buy the original painting along with the NFT.”
This is also great for the original seller (and each reseller after) because the exchanges happen quickly and easily. The blockchain allows these exchanges to occur rapidly, increasing the potential value of the NFT.
“These NFTs cannot be exchanged with one another instead sold on marketplaces or through mutual agreements,” says Jedi. “Verifying ownership is quick and easy through NFTs and this will make it tough for forgeries.”
NFTs aren’t just exciting to the sellers, though; plenty of buyers want to get their hands on an NFT. This is what’s making these assets so trendy and exciting.
“As a buyer, NFTs allow individuals to support artists and invest in the art that the value will go up and increase your profit,” Figueredo says.
What Does ‘Non-Fungible’ Mean?
Something that throws a lot of people off when it comes to NFTs is the financial jargon contained. The name itself is enough to make a new investor hesitate. “Non-fungible” isn’t exactly a household word.
Scott Nelson, CEO of MoneyNerd and a financial services expert, explains what it means for something to be non-fungible. A fungible asset like money can be swapped for another asset of the same value. For example, one $20 bill can be exchanged for two $10 bills. In such an exchange, Nelson explains, both parties end up holding assets of equal value.
A non-fungible asset, on the other hand, cannot be interchanged with something else.
“Just as in the real world, where a unique item such as a painting or a house can be replicated or photographed, there can only ever be one original,” Nelson says. “NFTs are the same, only digital. They can be bought and sold in the same way any piece of tangible property could be.
“Because NFTs are by their nature non-fungible, each one is unique – in theory, as unique as its owner. Thus, it would be possible to create an identity verification system using NFTs.”
Nelson also breaks down how an identity verification system could work. “Individuals interacting online [would be] identified using a unique token stored in a web-compatible wallet,” he says. “Their ownership [would be] verified on the blockchain every time they authenticated to a web3 service.”
What You Should Know Before Investing in NFTs
Before you make your first big NFT purchase, consider a few words of wisdom from the experts. This type of asset is new and exciting, and it’s tempting to get in on the ground floor of what could possibly become the next big thing. However, we know well that investing is fickle. What seems like a fantastic opportunity could just be smoke and mirrors if you don’t play your cards right.
“For those interested in getting involved with NFTs, it’s the same as any other investment; you need to do your research, understand your risks, and proceed with caution since the cryptocurrency market is volatile,” says Figueredo.
It’s absolutely essential that you understand what you’re getting into when purchasing an NFT, just like it is with any other investment. Ask yourself if the risk of entering the blockchain market is worth it, because it will take tact to choose the right NFT for you.
It also may not be the kind of investment you want to partake in. For example, the co-creator of the first NFT, Anil Dash, is disappointed with the way NFTs are being used.
“Look at the history of other gold rushes,” Anil Dash wrote in his essay about the creation of NFTs. “When someone buys an NFT, they’re not buying the actual digital artwork; they’re buying a link to it. And worse, they’re buying a link that, in many cases, lives on the website of a new start-up that’s likely to fail within a few years. Decades from now, how will anyone verify whether the linked artwork is the original? All common NFT platforms today share some of these weaknesses.”
Before you invest in an NFT, consult with an expert. It may not be wise to add such an asset to your portfolio at this time. If you do feel like it would be beneficial to enter the NFT game, just make sure you do your research beforehand. These assets are very exciting, so it would be wise to first pause to analyze where the market goes in the next few years. Is this a fleeting craze, or the wave of the future? Time will tell!


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“Despite the positivity around NFT use cases, there’s a lot of distrust in the community—perhaps due to the anonymity of key artists and influencers, and almost certainly due to the scammers that circle like vultures and frequent rug pulls,” says PJ Cooper, founder of Pandimensional Trading Co., which is launching its own NFT collection later this year. Despite those reservations, Cooper is largely supportive of Twitter’s entry into the NFT space, and says he will display an NFT as his profile picture when functionality rolls out to the UK.
Cooper does, however, have worries about the fact that people can still right-click and save NFT profile pictures and mint their own version of them as NFTs.
A company spokesperson for NFT marketplace OpenSea, Allie Mack, confirmed that NFT profile pictures that appear on Twitter are verified through the company’s site. In fact, Twitter uses API, metadata, and collection information from OpenSea to authenticate an NFT displayed on a user’s profile and turns it into a “soft hexagon” on the site. Around the same time as Twitter launched NFTs, OpenSea crashed. At the time, security researcher Jane Manchun Wong tweeted that OpenSea’s platform had taken out Twitter’s NFT feature. OpenSea says that the outage had “absolutely zero impact on the public Twitter integration” and that the issue flagged by Jane happened in a closed beta. Since the Twitter integration launch, Mack says there has been zero interruption to the Twitter service.
Others are not convinced that relying on a third party site is the right decision. “OpenSea is pretty unreliable,” says Patrick McCorry, senior system engineer at blockchain startup Infura. This may be one thing Big Tech wants to fix before embracing NFTs full bore, he says.
The OpenSea platform itself has not been free of controversy. Artists have pointed out that the site is rife with rip-off NFT versions of their real-life art, or versions of their sculptures and paintings that could easily be purchased by unwitting social media users. The problem got so big that DeviantArt, an art hosting website from which works were repeatedly lifted, developed its own tool to scan the blockchain for works that also appear on its site, and inform the creators. The platform does have procedures for those whose art has been stolen to appeal for work to be taken down, but the problem persists. A recent investigation found profiles selling NFTs of trademarked logos from some of the world’s biggest brands, including Microsoft, Disney, Amazon, and Adidas, without permission.
Theft is a perennial problem for the NFT world, and one that seems unlikely to be easily fixed, but McCorry thinks that’s a non-issue for Meta and Twitter. “What matters really is custody and the ability to sell it on a secondary market,” he says. For now, it is clear that neither company would own or have custody of an NFT. “Custody is a liability for them,” he said.
For those deep in the NFT space, the adoption of official standards by Twitter in particular is welcomed. Plenty of Twitter users have NFT art as their profile picture, but find it difficult to prove ownership, particularly when faced by trolls who like nothing more than to right-click and steal their NFTs to show them the fallibility of their investments. “Right now, anyone can just put up a CryptoPunk picture and pretend to have one,” says McCorry. Twitter’s plans to prove ownership officially are “a nice way to demonstrate digital property rights.”


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‘Dukes’ driving ’69 Charger prices?
Values for the classic muscle car are spiking. Are the Duke boys to blame?
July 29, 2005; Posted: 12:01 p.m. EDT (1601 GMT)
By Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN/Money staff writer
NEW YORK (CNN/Money) – As the national release of the movie “The Dukes of Hazzard” approaches, prices of 1969 Dodge Chargers, the type of car driven by cousins Bo and Luke Duke in the movie and in the TV series on which it was based, are starting to rise, according to data from Kelley Blue Book.
Kelley Blue Book attributes the increase to renewed interest in the car sparked by the impending release of the movie.
Collectors, anticipating increasing demand for the cars, may be buying up classic Chargers, said Jack Nerad, Kelley Blue Book’s editorial director.
Prices paid for 1969 Charger R/T’s rose about 20 percent during 2004. Their value increased 55 percent during the first six months of 2005, according to data from Kelley Blue Book.
Meanwhile, prices of 1969 Plymouth Barracudas, very similar cars which, like the Dodge Charger, were made by Chrysler Corp., increased only slightly during the same periods.
Movies can sometimes boost the value of certain cars, especially ones that weren’t particularly popular to begin with, said Nerad. He noted increasing prices paid for Toyota Supra sports cars following the release of the movie “The Fast and The Furious.
While classic Dodge Chargers and Plymouth Barracudas with high-output Hemi engines can be extremely expensive, non-Hemi versions sell for more modest prices.
Still, a Charger 500 in “Excellent” condition can be worth $61,600 today, according to Kelley Blue Book. In January, the same car would have been valued at about $43,900
Some others are less certain that an increase in values for Dodge Chargers is related to the release of the movie.
“it’s difficult to judge how the reaction will be to the 1969 Dodge Charger only based on the trailers and TV spots,” Steve Davis, an executive with the collector car auction company Barrett-Jackson, said in an e-mail. “There will be a better opportunity to read into it’s popularity after the film has opened.”
Movies can help spur sales of desirable cars by exposing those cars to a wider audience, Davis said.
“For example, the cars in ‘Bullit,’ ‘The Italian Job,’ the James Bond films and ‘Gone in 60 Seconds’ were already popular, and the films merely increased their desirability,” he said.
In addition to the movie, the release of the 2006 Dodge Charger, which resurrects a model name that had been retired for some time, could be boosting awareness of older Chargers, Nerad said.


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After rolling out the AR (Augmented Reality) Walking Directions on Google Maps for Web, the search giant has rolled the same feature on Android and iOS devices. The Google Maps Live View is now rolling out for all Android and iOS devices via a new update to the repctivee apps. Now, this will be the real test for the Live View feature as it is quite hard to use the AR Walking Directions from a browser on any smartphone.
The Live View offers walking directions overlaid on the live scene via camera. It can easily and efficiently guide users in the right direction. The search giant made it public after testing rigorously among the beta users and Local Guides. It is a boon for users who usually walk a lot every day in busy cities.
The support for Live View is limited to ARCore and ARKit enabled devices in countries where Street View is present.
Apart from the AR, the users can easily track their flight and hotel reservations on the new Google Maps app. The user can also reserve rooms from a tailored list of hotels by going to the new Reservations tab, which also works offline. Improved Timeline feature also allows the users to sneak peek in their travel history more effectively with improved UI and features.
The new update is now live on the Play Store. The interested students can easily upgrade their Google Maps from the respective Android and iOS App Store.


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The Huawei P50 series phones are nearly with us, it seems, with a new report claiming they have entered mass production. New images, spotted by Huawei Central, show a stunning four-camera design that makes sense of earlier leaks in a persuasive way.
Some weeks back there were images from the estimable @OnLeaks via Voice, which showed a remarkable look with two huge circular panels where you’d expect to see the cameras. Now, it’s clear what was going on, if you hadn’t guessed: the large circles each contained more than one lens, two each, in fact.
Huawei has a history of mounting its cameras in a cosmetically exciting way, though this was usually kept for the Mate handsets, not the P Series. It looks like that’s changing.
A new leak from Weibo shows two pairs of lenses sitting horizontally in the upper circle, then a flash in the panel between the two big circles and another two lenses in the lower panel. Now an image from a Weibo tipster whose name translates as @BadReview, has posted a new picture.
It looks like sets pairs of eyes peeping curiously out of a pair of portholes. Or, as the website points out less kindly, like two pigs’ noses or two electrical sockets.
Whatever your take, it is unmistakably different from everything else on the market.
The P series phones are usually on sale by this time in the year, but it may be that the component supply issues which are troubling many manufacturers are hampering Huawei, too.
As such, it could be that June will be the month when the P Series phones go on sale, and it may initially consist of the Huawei P50 and P50 Pro, with the P50 Pro Plus coming later.
The photo shows a phone with a single holepunch camera on the front and a flat, not a waterfall, display.


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Samsung does a Reliance Jio in India: Offers free stuff for choosing Galaxy S7 in exchange for Galaxy Note 7
Android Nougat release date for HTC One M10, One A9, One M9, HTC 10: When will the new software arrive?
Reliance Jio effect: Get 1GB 3G data at just Rs 24 on Aircel; how does it compare against Vodafone, Airtel and Idea
HTC One (M7) finally gets Android Marshmallow via CyanogenMod (official) CM13 custom ROM [How to install]
Android Nougat release date for Lenovo K3 Note, K4 Note, K5 Note, Vibe P1 and others: When will it arrive?
- 5 best smart home appliances everyone needs before moving into a new house
- Samsung Galaxy A5 (2017) release date nears: Passes FCC certification
- Android 7.0 Nougat update schedule for Huawei Mate 8, P9, P9 Plus: Firmware roll out set to begin
- HMD Global could bring back Nokia feature phones before new Android-powered smartphones in 2017
- An Israeli company has just put fighter jet tech into smart glasses for cyclists, and now they want 'test pilots'


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Tesla Wants To Build Cars that Fly and Go Underwater, Because Why Not
You could understand our concern when Tesla announced last year that it would be building a pickup, especially amidst all sorts of recall talk. But we’ll be damned if we take the idea of an amphibious vehicle or a flying vehicle seriously (yet). According to a recent interview with CEO Elon Musk, the automaker is working on an amphibious vehicle a la James Bond, alongside a new electric SUV and smaller sedan. The amphibious vehicle would be based off the Model S and would be similar to the Lotus submarine from James Bond’s The Spy Who Loved Me. We’re not even joking. PHOTOS: See More of the 2012 Tesla Model S
But even more comical is the idea of a flying car, which Elon Musk told The Independent would be “just for fun,” but is actually being considered. “We could definitely make a flying car,” said Musk. “But that’s not the hard part. The hard part is how do you make a flying car that’s super safe and quiet?”
We’re not buying any of it (yet), but if Musk does manage to get a submarine or a flying car into production, we wouldn’t say no to driving piloting them.
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04 Mar VF Corp. Appoints Global Brand President, Timberland
VF Corporation announced the appointment of Susie Mulder as global brand president, Timberland. Mulder begins in her new role effective April 5 reporting to VF’s chairman, president and CEO, Steve Rendle. She will also serve on VF’s executive leadership team.
Mulder will be responsible for driving the Timberland brand’s core strategic priorities related to product diversification across footwear and apparel, and a consumer-led, retail-centric, digital-first approach. She will build on the brand’s eco-innovation franchises ensuring continued success in the Timberland PRO business.
Mulder joins the Timberland brand from clothing brand NIC+ZOE where she served as CEO since April 2012. Prior to NIC+ZOE, Mulder was a partner at global management consulting firm McKinsey & Company where she was a leader in the global retail and consumer goods practice for 15 years.
“We conducted a very thoughtful and extensive search to find the ideal person to lead our iconic Timberland brand globally, and we found that person in Susie,” said Rendle. “She brings a broad mix of experience in apparel, retail and consumer strategies, all of which is complemented by her strong leadership skills and passion for people and active lifestyles. We look forward to working with Susie as we build on the Timberland brand’s rich heritage and its recent momentum as it continues to evolve and diversify its go-to-market skills with new and innovative products, consumer-oriented stories and compelling brand experiences.”
Mulder is currently a Board Member at the Kraft Heinz Company where she serves on the Audit and Nominating and Governance Committees. She is also a Board Member of Sally Beauty Holdings where she serves on the Executive Committee and other committees. In addition, Mulder is a member of the Philanthropic Board of Advisors for the Boston Children’s Hospital.
“I’m thrilled to join VF and have the opportunity to help lead the Timberland brand into the future,” said Mulder. “I’ve been both a fan and a consumer of the brand since moving to New England over 25 years ago. During that time, I’ve come to admire the brand not only for its great products but also its clear commitment to environmental and social responsibility. I’m ready to roll up my sleeves alongside the global Timberland community and get to work.”
Mulder will partner closely with Martino Scabbia Guerrini, VF’s President of the EMEA Region, to manage this transition of leadership. Scabbia Guerrini has served as the Timberland brand’s interim brand president for the past 14 months, in addition to his EMEA responsibilities.


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Well, that didn't take long.
Just days after its acquisition by Facebook, WhatsApp experienced a major outage. The company alerted users via its Twitter account, saying it was "experiencing server issues."
Of course, as is the way of the social media world, users were quick to offer up some pretty funny images and speculate on the cause of the outage. (Via Twitter / ColTalbot1, GiorgiGuelcom, JaneHopkinsMBE, JoshConstine)
But TechCrunch reports it's probably not a diabolical plot by Mark Zuckerberg or the founders out on vacation.
"In reality, it's more likely that WhatsApp's $19 billion acquisition by Facebook announced Wednesday led to a surge of signups and usage that has overloaded its servers." (Via TechCrunch)
The service has since come back online — the company tweeted: "WhatsApp service has been restored. We are so sorry for the downtime … "
A writer for The Next Web says the outage lasted about four hours, which apparently didn't go over well with users. The tech site reports competing service Telegram Messenger got quite the bump during the outage.
But Re/code suggests users shouldn't really be surprised by these outages. The site took a look at WhatsApp's timeline, and said "the company's Twitter account reported [outages] in December, November, September, October, August, July and May of last year."
All things considered, one outage in the wake of likely hundreds of new users signing up isn't all that shabby.


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Dear Commons Community,
Evgeny Morozov, the author of To Save Everything, Click Here: The Folly of Technological Solutionism. has a featured article in today’s New York Times, providing commentary on the hubris of Silicon Valley technology companies that purport to be able to solve all of life’s problems by providing an app or some other tech solution. As an example of Morozov’s position:
“Recent debates about Twitter revolutions or the Internet’s impact on cognition have mostly glossed over the fact that Silicon Valley’s technophilic gurus and futurists have embarked on a quest to develop the ultimate patch to the nasty bugs of humanity. If they have their way, no individual foibles would go unpunished — ideally, technology would even make such foibles obsolete.
Even boredom seems to be in its last throes: designers in Japan have found a way to make our train trips perpetually fun-filled. With the help of an iPhone, a projector, a GPS module and Microsoft’s Kinect motion sensor, their contrivance allows riders to add new objects to what they see “outside,” thus enlivening the bleak landscape in their train windows. This could be a big hit in North Korea — and not just on trains.
Or, if you tend to forget things, Silicon Valley wants to give you an app to remember everything. If you occasionally prevaricate in order to meet your clashing obligations as a parent, friend or colleague, another app might spot inconsistencies in your behavior and inform your interlocutors if you are telling the truth. If you experience discomfort because you encounter people and things that you do not like, another app or gadget might spare you the pain by rendering them invisible…
Sunny, smooth, clean: with Silicon Valley at the helm, our life will become one long California highway.”
Morozov’s conclusion cautions us about the intrusion into our lives of big technology:
“Silicon Valley, oddly, likes to wear its “solutionism” on its sleeve. Its most successful companies fashion themselves as digital equivalents of Greenpeace and Human Rights Watch, not Wal-Mart or Exxon Mobil. “In the future,” says Eric Schmidt, Google’s executive chairman, “people will spend less time trying to get technology to work … If we get this right, I believe we can fix all the world’s problems.”
Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg concurs: “There are a lot of really big issues for the world that need to be solved and, as a company, what we are trying to do is to build an infrastructure on top of which to solve some of these problems.” As he noted in Facebook’s original letter to potential investors, “We don’t wake up in the morning with the primary goal of making money.”
Such digital humanitarianism aims to generate good will on the outside and boost morale on the inside. After all, saving the world might be a price worth paying for destroying everyone’s privacy, while a larger-than-life mission might convince young and idealistic employees that they are not wasting their lives tricking gullible consumers to click on ads for pointless products. Silicon Valley and Wall Street are competing for the same talent pool, and by claiming to solve the world’s problems, technology companies can offer what Wall Street cannot: a sense of social mission.
The ideology of solutionism is thus essential to helping Silicon Valley maintain its image. The technology press are only happy to play up any solutionist undertakings. “Africa? There’s an app for that,” reads a real (!) headline on the Web site of the British edition of Wired. Could someone lend that app to the World Bank, please?
Shockingly, saving the world usually involves using Silicon Valley’s own services. As Mr. Zuckerberg put it in 2009, “the world will be better if you share more.” Why doubt his sincerity on this one?”


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Italy wants to reach Arab Spring nations via Turkey
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TESK Vice Chairman Faik Yılmaz, Confartigianato Chairman Natalino Guerrini, MÜSİAD Vice Chairman Murat Kalsın, ICA Chairman Riccardo Monti, Turkish-Italian Business Council President Zeynep Bodur Okyay and Unicamere Vice Chairman Antonio Paoletti (left to right) listen to a speech during the Turkish Italian Business Forum in Istanbul. Courtesy of DEİKItalian and Turkish firms can work together in business deals in the countries of Central Asia, the Balkans and the larger Middle East, top heads of business institutions from both countries said yesterday at the Italy-Turkey Economy Forum, which kicked off yesterday.
“Turkey does not just have significance in terms of accessing former Soviet republics. The strategic importance of Turkey has increased due to the Arab Spring. People say they take Turkey as an example in Tunis and Egypt. Balkans is another region where strategic cooperation is possible,” said Antonio Poaletti, the vice president of Union Camere (the Union of Italian Chambers), in his speech at the forum’s first meeting.
Some 160 Italian firms, 23 associations and at least 360 participants attended the forum, which will continue with business-to-business meetings today and tomorrow.
The event resembles the Turkish-British Business Forum held late April. Italian firms desire to export more and to tap into emerging markets just like their British counterparts, as they face a stagnant growth at home and in Europe.
There are about 5 million enterprises in Italy, but only a fraction of them export their products, Poaletti said. “Transforming them into exporters, will help the country get over current economic woes,” he said.
Looking into incentive plan
The Italian business mission to Turkey comes at a time when Italy is struggling against a recession and faces climbing unemployment. The employment rate hit 9.8 percent in April, the highest rate Italy has seen since 2004.
It also comes after a recently announced comprehensive incentive scheme in Turkey, which also aims to lure more foreign direct investments.
“We are looking into the new investment scheme and how strategic industries can take benefit of it,” said the Economic Development Undersecretary Massimo Vari, according to Anatolia news agency.
Bilateral trade volume between Turkey and Italy hit $21 billion last year. Italy is the fourth largest trade partner of Turkey.
“Turkic countries, Russia, Kazakhstan, the Middle Eastern and North African countries are in the right addresses to collaborate,” said Zeynep Bodur Okyay, the head of the Turkish-Italian Business Council.
As for possible new collaboration areas, she pointed at the construction sector, as Turkey will rebuild an estimated 7 million residences in 20 years, and to the tourism sector. Turkey aims to hit 950,000 bed capacity in the 2013, she said. Other lucrative cooperation fields are energy and defense industries, she said.
Murat Kalsın, the vice president of the Independent Industrialists and Businessmen’s Association (MÜSİAD), said it was important to act in unison in the Middle Eastern and Gulf countries. “MÜSİAD is an unbounded source for Italian firms to cooperate. We can collaborate in third countries,” he said.
This is the first time the ConfIndustira, the Italian employers’ federation, has met with the MÜSİAD, said Emma Marcegaglia, the head of the federation.
Italian firms that participated in the business mission are mainly working in form machinery, energy and infrastructure sectors, she said.
Direct investment plans
All the same, Marcegaglia, who is also the managing director of the Company Marcegaglia, mulls investment in Turkey as well, she told the Daily News on the sideline of the forum.
The company is active mainly in the steel sector and has an annual turnover of 4.5 billion euros.
“We are looking at an investment in the white goods sector. We produce condenser and some tubes for white goods,” she said.
“We are thinking about establishing a plant in Turkey. No decision has been taken yet.”
The initial investment may be between 20-30 million euros, she said.
“We start with one product. We try to understand the market. Then we establish a bigger plant with all our production.”


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* July manufacturing expands more than expected
* Rand extends gains on manufacturing data
* Business confidence however falls further
* Land reform plans unnerving investors (Adds business confidence data, analyst comment)
By Mfuneko Toyana and Nomvelo Chalumbira
JOHANNESBURG, Sept 11 (Reuters) - South Africa’s industrial output expanded in July as food and motor vehicle output rose, data showed on Tuesday, a hopeful sign for an economy that slipped into recession and is facing possible credit downgrades.
Business confidence data, however, fell as firms fretted over the impact of higher inflation on consumer spending as the economy failed to deliver on investor enthusiasm earlier this year after Cyril Ramaphosa’s election as president in February.
Africa’s most industrialised economy slumped to a recession for the first time in nearly a decade, according to data released last week, as manufacturing, agriculture and retail shrank.
South Africa’s statistics agency said manufacturing output rose by 2.9 percent year-on-year in July, following a revised 0.6 percent expansion in June. Analysts polled by Reuters had expected a 1.1 percent year-year-on-year increase in July.
The rand strengthened to 15.0850 per dollar from 15.1200 before the data’s release.
Manufacturing contributes 13 percent of gross domestic product and 11 percent of employment and is seen as key to achieving the economic growth that will help the country reverse record-high unemployment and avoid deeper credit downgrades.
“The stronger-than-expected growth...suggests the economy made a good start to Q3. But more timely surveys indicate this momentum hasn’t been maintained over the course of the third quarter,” said William Jackson of Capital Economics.
Ramaphosa staked his campaign on reviving the limp economy by luring investment that stagnated under his predecessor Jacob Zuma, but enthusiasm about his pledges has waned due to weak data and policy uncertainties, including plans for land reform.
Third quarter business confidence data, also released on Tuesday, revealed the fragility of any expected recovery.
The survey showed confidence fell to 38 points in the third quarter from 39 points in the second, further below the 50-mark that separates expansion from contraction.
Business confidence had raced to a 2-1/2 year high in January after Ramaphosa’s election as leader of the African National Congress (ANC) in December, buoyed by promises to revive the economy and clamp down on corruption.
But his government’s plan to expropriate land without compensation to redress racial disparities in ownership have unnerved investors over concerns on property rights.
Ramaphosa and senior ANC officials have sought to reassure investors that land reforms would be carried out in an orderly manner and not affect agricultural production.
“Despite the ANC’s recent placatory statements on expropriation without compensation, this has not resulted in improved business confidence,” chief economist at Investec Annabel Bishop said. (Editing by James Macharia and Mark Heinrich)


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Searching for solutions: designers, manufacturers and recyclers of electronic equipment gathered in San Francisco to examine the many facets of electronic scrap. (Electronics Summit Wrap Up).
Equipment designers and manufacturers as well as recyclers, government officials and environmental activists gathered in San Francisco in May for the 2002 International Symposium on Electronics and the Environment to discuss this and other issues. The event was organized by the International Association of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Piscataway, N.J., and co-sponsored by the International Association of Electronics Recyclers (IAER), Albany, N.Y.
While "design-for-environment" and energy-efficiency presentations were on the agenda, the end-of-life disposition of obsolete electronics captured much of the attention of those attending the annual event, which include(I an Electronics Recycling Summit on its final two days.
How to dispose of or recycle obsolete electronic equipment without causing environmental harm has been the topic of considerable research and debate, if the event's programming is any indication.
GUIYU: A GRIM RECYCLING LANDSCAPE
The tone of end-of-life computer recycling was set early at the conference with a presentation of footage shot by the Basel Action Network of working and living conditions in the city of Guiyu, China. Guiyu has become a hub for illegal and unsafe computer recycling operations in China.
During an undercover visit to Guiyu in December of 2001, representatives of the Basel Action Network, Seattle, saw and taped villagers manually cracking leaded-glass computer monitors to retrieve the copper yokes within. The men, women and children of Guiyu also conduct open burning of PVC-coated wire and cable: they "grill" circuit boards to melt the lead solder to remove chips; and they work with a 75 percent hydrochloric acid solution to separate precious metals from circuit boards.
The amounts of scrap computers, monitors and printers is staggering, overflowing in large piles in the front and back yards of villagers who work from their homes or other small locations.
The acid stripping operations, along with the open dumping of waste and ash residue into ditches and riverbeds, has rendered the well water and ground water of Guiyu undrinkable. For the past five years, water has been trucked in from distant villages.
One villager told the taping crew that in a span of five years, Guiyu had gone from a bucolic rice-growing village to "a bustling, sprawling junkyard." He noted that while water may be trucked in, some villagers still wash their vegetables in the contaminated water, and by breathing in the fumes generated by open burning, "many villagers have become weak."
The taping crew examined pieces of computer equipment hauled into the village and spotted identification labels from such entities as the City of Los Angeles, the State of California and the L.A. Unified School District. Such equipment and its components lay in heaps along the roadsides and in the ditches and creek beds of Guiyu.
The tape or the accompanying print report of conditions in Guiyu, called "Exporting Harm," can be obtained from the Basel Action Network at its Web site, www.ban.org.
Basel Action Network's Jim Puckett remarked, "In a bid to avoid landfills, a worse alternative may have been found. Nobody bothered to look at what goes on in China."
Lauren Roman of United Recycling Industries, West Chicago, Ill., noted that brokers in the U.S. shipping to China have been able to undercut domestic recyclers, resulting "in the export of between 50 percent and 80 percent of all electronic waste sent for recycling from U.S. sources."
According to both Puckett and Roman, many equipment manufacturers and generators of scrap computer equipment have already pledged to more carefully audit their recycling contractors and brokers to ensure they are not part of the Guiyu problem.
The reaction of the Chinese government to the findings in Guiyu has been swift: It immediately banned the import of electronic scrap into China. "On paper, China has banned the import of material such as cathode ray tubes, computers and circuit boards," said Puckett. "But there is a huge amount of corruption at the customs level," he added, noting that containers of material helped along with bribes may still be making their way to Guiyu.
A session later in the week on the export situation included a presentation by Jade Lee of System Service International, Lombard, Ill. According to Lee, the company offers an electronics recycling service that includes shipping some goods to China, but only to an enclosed facility with health and safety standards comparable to the ones found at the Chinese plants of U.S.-based equipment manufacturers.
When the Basel Action Network report was issued, Lee said she told her corporate clients, "This report underscores the importance of working with reputable firms with very good plants in China." The scenes of illegal dumping in Guiyu paint a picture of the "backyard, illegal operations" that SSI competes with, she remarked.
SHREDDING CHANGES ELECTRONICS RECYCLING
Domestic shredding and mechanical sorting of material is beginning to provide one option for generators of electronic scrap. The practice may also greatly alter "design for recycling" considerations in the electronics equipment industry.
Presenters at the symposium stopped short of saying designing for recycling would become passe. But mechanical processing may already be rendering as unnecessary many of the initial easy disassembly considerations that seemed important just a few years ago.
For much of the previous decades, the message from recyclers to computer manufacturers was fairly unanimous. Disassemblers want them to design machines to be easy to take apart, while materials recyclers wanted them to use fewer materials, including a limited number and color of plastic resins.
The increasing use of automation may be changing the urgency of that message, according to Rudolf Auer and two colleagues from Apple Computer Inc., Cupertino, Calif., and Cal-Berkeley graduate student Eric Masanet.
The four conducted a series of interviews with recyclers to prioritize design for recycling guidelines for Apple. "A frequent prediction made during the interview process was that automated disassembly systems were likely to replace manual disassembly systems in the future," the study noted.
This major shift is making such one-time priorities as the use of snap-fit assemblies and the use of ISO labels move toward the background. "ISO labels have no effect on the recyclability of plastic parts" in automated shredding and sorting operations, the study's authors concluded.
Even the coordinated use of one plastic resin or one color may be fading as a priority. "We got feedback from recyclers not to worry about color," Eric Masanet told symposium attendees.
The lessening of this priority is due less to recycling methods and more to a grudging acknowledgement that the market does not want uniform-appearing computers. "There is too much of a variety available to be managed from a recycling viewpoint," said Masanet.
Symposium attendees also heard a success story from Sony Electronics Inc., San Diego. Doug Smith, with the company's corporate environmental affairs department, described a process designed by Sony engineers who are using reclaimed plant trays and other scrap to create secondary resin pellets used to make interior speaker boxes for Sony televisions. The process saves those involved from $115 to $515 per ton of material used, depending on the price of the secondary resin and the cost of tipping fees avoided.
Smith believes that for product take-back systems to work, more such uses must be discovered. "What's the point of taking any of this back if we're not going to use it?" he asked attendees. "But if it's a valuable raw material, why not take it back an re-use it?"
CASHING IN ONE'S CHIPS
Before they conduct either disassembly or shredding operations, electronics recyclers should make sure they know the value of what's in their scrap, Ed Grenchus of IBM Corp., Endicott, N.Y., told attendees.
Re-use, disassembly and shredding are all being used to recycle electronic scrap, but which is most cost-effective? Recyclers are engaged in a large-scale experiment to find out.
Grenchus led two different studies--one in 1999 and one earlier this year--to take a look at the revenue returned by re-use, re-sale of certain components or materials recycling during each of these two years.
The IBM studies found better returns for raw secondary commodities (shredded or sorted ferrous, nonferrous and plastic scrap harvested from computer scrap) in 1999, when prices for precious metals and other scrap metals were an average of 30 percent higher.
The study, authored by Grenchus and three IBM co-workers, also found that more recent models scrapped in 2002 contain less precious metal content and more plastic. "Newer machines have a greater composition of the machine content being plastic, which continues to have low [market] value. There is [also] a higher percentage of plastic-intensive laptops returned in the 2002 outlook," according to the study.
The scenario for computer chips and whole computers was a little brighter in 2002, with the looming Y2K worries of the year 2000 working to suppress prices for many pre-owned items in 1999. "As a result of Y2K issues with hardware, many older `in service' machines were scrapped and the associated need for spare parts to support the installed base diminished," the study determined.
The bad news for recyclers who disassemble is that the shorter life cycle of computers and chips before they are considered obsolete has lessened the overall demand for repair parts. The good news is that when recyclers get hold of a chip or machine that is currently the leading technology, they can fetch a good price for it.
Whereas machines with Pentium III chips could go for between $500 and $1,900 in 1999, those with the current leading chip--the Pentium IV--will fetch from $750 to $2,500 today. Those current prices will only remain in effect until the next advanced chip is introduced, however.
Grenchus' message to computer asset recovery shops was, "You can't hold on to this stuff--you have to move it quickly."
The introduction of used and off-lease laptop machines has been a boon to computer recyclers who recondition and re-sell units. The demand for laptops is increasing and used ones are currently selling for roughly twice the amount of used desktop systems. The downside for machine re-sellers is that there is usually no accompanying monitor sale to go along with a laptop purchase.
OFF THE HOOK
A major cell phone manufacturer has conducted its own study on how to best recycle its end-of-life products.
Read about the study's conclusions in an exclusive online sidebar at www.RecyclingToday.com.
RELATED ARTICLE: California is laboratoy for electronics recycling.
Lawmakers in California are introducing legislation that could put the Golden State out front in state mandates for the recycling of computers and electronic appliances.
Speaking at the opening session of the International Symposium on Electronics and the Environment in San Francisco in May, Michael Paparian of the California Integrated Waste Management Board (CIWMB) noted several initiatives underway or being considered in the state.
California is among the states that now classify monitor or television cathode ray tubes (CRTs) "as a hazardous waste, due to their lead content." Accompanying regulations are still being issued, according to Paparian, but regulations applicable to "those handling them for recyclable purposes [are] quite minimal," he told attendees.
Two bills that have been introduced in California will create a recycling fee that will be collected by retailers of new computers and other electronic devices. Those fees will go toward collection programs for end-of-life electronic equipment. One of the bills will also create a sticker system to inform consumers that hazardous materials are contained within their devices.
RELATED ARTICLE: Appropriate reaction.
The findings are hard to dispute; footage and interviews conducted by the Basel Action Network show a clear need for a change in the way electronic scrap is handled in Guiyu, China.
But what is the appropriate response? Robin Ingenthron of American Retroworks, Middlebury, Vt., has prepared a white paper with his suggestions on how U.S. companies can help make sure they are not part of the Guiyu problem.
Read Ingenthron's suggestions on how the electronics industry should respond to the problem in a feature starting on page 64 of this issue of Recycling Today.
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Gregg Wallace recently opened up about balancing his hectic lifestyle with a fitness regime and healthy eating. The once portly baker dropped a whopping four-stone weight and has decided to cash in on it by starting his own diet website. But keep that credit card in your pocket as everything you need is in this article and on loseastoneinamonth.co.uk
Gregg is currently doing the rounds on Morning and Daytime TV, including Good Morning Britain and was told by his doctor to change his lifestyle or die! The MasterChef host said “I was scared because my doctor told me that if I didn’t change things I was going to die because my cholesterol was so high.”
Gregg Wallace lost 4 stone but it was not plain sailing. When feeling low he went to fast food outlets on more than a couple of occasions. Gregg doesn’t see this as a failure though. He feels that as long as you are good most of the time, you are on the right track. Everyone starts a fitness and health journey with loads of motivation, it’s maintaining the motivation that’s often the hard part.
Gregg says its all about balancing the good with the bad. “We’ve got to live right – there’s no way I’m going to the rugby and not having a pint of beer. It would be like washing my feet with my socks on. It just isn’t going to happen.”
Exercise is important if you are to lose 4 Stone
Since Gregg started his healthy eating he has been working out five days a week. From Monday to Friday Gregg hits the gym hard then has the weekend off from any strenuous exercise.
Even in lockdown, Gregg still visits his PT is near the television studio who keeps him on his toes with six 30-minute exercises without any gym equipment.
So to sum up. Cut down on the booze, eat healthy and workout 5 times a week and you too could look just like Gregg Wallace 🙂


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Optus today reported an increase of operating revenue of 4 per cent to $8.79 billion for the year, on the back of an 11 per cent revenue increase for its fourth quarter.
Stories by Rohan Pearce
ASX-listed video streaming and DVD rental company Quickflix has struck an agreement with Foxtel under which Foxtel's Presto streaming service will be available through Quickflix.
StartupAUS has welcomed government moves in the budget to support small business but says it has failed to address many of the key issues facing tech-focussed startups in Australia.
A Senate committee has pushed back the reporting date of an inquiry into a bill that will potentially force ISPs to stop their customers from accessing websites linked to piracy.
The government's second budget sets aside $143 million over four years for IT systems to help deliver the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS).
Telstra may have come last in Netflix's inaugural comparison of Australian ISP speeds, but that's no surprise according to Mike Wright, the telco's group managing director of networks.
The government is sinking $153.8 million over four years into its data retention scheme.
Australian-founded ecommerce platform provider Bigcommerce has taken the wraps of a new offering targeting high-volume retailers.
Over a quarter of a billion dollars has been allocated over the next four years by the government to push forward with the initial stage of a ‘Digital Transformation Agenda’.
The government’s so-called ‘Netflix tax’, details of which were revealed yesterday by Treasurer Joe Hockey, will bring in $350 million of additional GST revenue to the states and territories over forward estimates period covered by tonight’s budget.
Tonight’s budget included more detail on the anti-tax-avoidance measures announced yesterday by Treasurer Joe Hockey.
As part of its second budget, the federal government has announced $300 million of funding for the National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy (NCRIS).
Pay TV provider has backed a move by the federal government to levy the GST on online services and sellers of digital goods that have Australian customers.
TPG has taken top spot in Netflix's inaugural comparison of the Internet speeds achieved by the streaming service's Australian customers.
The government will collect the GST on online services such as Netflix and digital downloads such as games and movies.
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Daz Dillinger is very unhappy with makers of the hit video game Grand Theft Audio 5.
The rapper/producer has sent a cease & desist notice to Take-Two Interactive Software and Rockstar Games, accusing them of using his two beats ‘C-Walk and ‘Nothin’ But the Cavi Hit’ in the game even though he had turned down their very low offer of $4,271 for both beats.
Daz is demanding a better deal for his songs or in the alternative, recall all Grand Theft Video V games and stop the sale of them. More than 15 million copies of GTA V have already been sold. Daz has given the producers 14 days to comply with their demands.


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The UK has a ‘cheap food’ culture driven by a complex combination of factors that are difficult to unpick and have proven stubbornly resistant to change. The UK retains an almost religious commitment to the sanctity of ‘personal consumer choice’ married with the high concentration of the food retail market in the hands of just ten big retailers. These factors have pressured the food system to be driven primarily by price and convenience over and above health, fair value, and environmental or ethical concerns. If we are to get the food system we deserve, we must improve the financial viability of farming and make farm work a well-paid and respected employment. But at the moment:
- Agriculture currently contributes £10.4bn of Gross Value Added (GVA) to the UK economy; but despite providing over 60% of the ‘raw materials’ (or ingredients) for all the food products we purchase (in cafes, restaurants and supermarkets), that £10.4bn is only 8% of the agri-food sector’s overall contribution to GVA. What this means is the income that farmers make from their produce is a fraction of the value of the food when it reaches us, via shops or restaurants. This “disconnect” between “what farmers do, their financial returns and food’s public health role” is symptomatic of the broken system we have.
- In 2017, Defra estimated that 40% of farms would make a loss without the existing EU subsidy, confirmed again by The National Audit Office in 2019. A 2019 Strutt and Parker study estimated that a drop in subsidies would see 75% of British farmers experience profitability cuts of 22–67% by 2027.
- Nearly 40% of people in agriculture, forestry and fishing and 60% of people in the food services sector are in low paid jobs.
- Only 8% of housing in rural areas is classed as affordable.
- While 70% of land in England is utilized for agriculture, the majority of this (around 60%) is used for grassland or rough pasture to graze animals .
- Up to 60% of prime arable land is used to produce crops, of which between a quarter and a third are fed to the 900 million animals farmed each year, nearly 13 for every person in the UK.
- Only 16% of fruit consumed in the UK is grown here.
- Much of the real environmental, social and health costs of food are hidden: the Sustainable Food Trust reported to the House of Commons Select Committee on Food, Poverty, Health and the Environment in 2020 that “for each £1 spent on food in the shops in the UK, consumers incur extra hidden costs of £1. In addition to the £120bn spent annually on food by consumers in the UK as a whole, the UK food system generates further costs of £120bn in external costs”.


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MultiChoice Uganda has cut down the price of DStv decoders by 20% from Ushs 99,000 to Ushs 79,000 for its customers.
The offer, which comes with a one-month free subscription to DStv Access will be available starting 1st October 2021 and will run for three months until the end of December 2021.
Jonah Wegoye, the Head of Sales at MultiChoice Uganda said MultiChoice Uganda is delighted to launch this offer where our customers can purchase a bundle package of DStv hardware and bouquet at a special price from 1 October 2021 to December 2021 only.”
He observed that, “As part of our strategy to put customers at the heart of everything we do and make our services more accessible, MultiChoice is excited to bring the best programs that suit your family and individual interests at an affordable price.”
“This new price is applicable only for first-time customers, and upon a successful payment for your bundle package, a congratulatory message via SMS will be sent to the customer to confirmation,” Wegoye explained.
Commenting on the offer, Joan Semanda Kizza, the PR and Communications Manager at MultiChoice Uganda said that “MultiChoice remains committed to delivering the best video entertainment experience in Uganda by giving access to nail-biting sporting action, telling the best local and international stories, and up-to-the-minute news, as well as leading international series, movies, documentaries and children’s entertainment.”
“On DStv Access which is the package that this offer comes along with, you have access to great Telemundo’s, cartoons for your kids and some great movies on Mnet Movies. Every week, we also make some football action available to DStv Access and we have just seen some great action with PSG beating Manchester City, and we have some exiting Premier League Games, La Liga and Europa showing at the moment.
Earlier this year, MultiChoice Uganda also announced a 23% slash on GOtv decoder prices to Ushs 69,0000 inclusive of the full GOtv kit (decoder and antenna), a one-month subscription of GOtv Plus and installation.
Customers can also now enjoy new shows, set automated reminders for airing, and explore a wider range of content they may have not been exposed to with the new HD functionality found on the blue button on the remote.


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The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has launched a new programme, which will provide up to €140mn, to help SMEs in Morocco and Tunisia to grow their exports to the European Union.
The Trade and Competitiveness Programme (TCP) aims to strengthen the private sector in the two countries by linking local SMEs to experienced larger companies for development of more sustainable and export-oriented value chains.
The programme will aim to boost sectors such as agriculture, manufacturing, services and information and communication technologies.
The EU will contribute €25.6mn in funding for the project, which hopes to help several hundred businesses to prepare to upgrade standards in order to increase trade with the bloc. The funding will contribute towards supporting policy dialogue on regulatory reform and to create an environment that is more favourable to business and investments.
In addition to the TCP, the EBRD will provide €100mn in credit lines to financial partner institutions in Egypt, Jordan, Morocco and Tunisia, under the Financial Inclusion Programme (FIP). The FIP aims to foster access to finance as this remains one of the main obstacles for business growth and development across the region, where SMEs and micro businesses account for around 90% of private enterprises.
“We are delighted to announce these two programmes, which will support sustainable economic growth in Tunisia and more widely in the southern and eastern Mediterranean,” says EBRD’s vice-president of banking, Alain Pilloux.
“[The programmes] tackle several major challenges in the region. They help businesses to become more competitive and trade with foreign markets, while at the same time spurring inclusive growth that benefits the whole population.”


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This Harry Potter screening in Cork has a big twist and looks set to be unmissable
The event has already sold out twice.
A unique event is taking place at Camden Fort Meagher in Crosshaven this March where Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban will be screened in a secret underground chamber.
The event is being run by The Pop Up Movie Club and the initial screenings taking place on Friday, March 1 and Saturday, March 2 are already sold out.
Due to popular demand, a third date has been announced and tickets are now on sale for Saturday, March 9 - but be quick about it if you're interested!
Doors are at 7pm for the all-ages event, with the film commencing at 7:30pm sharp. Alcohol is not permitted and tickets cost €17.30 including booking fee (with a limit of ten per person).
Over 400 years old, more than 65 percent of the former British Military Fort is located underground in a labyrinth of tunnels, so you couldn't ask for a more fitting location to cosy up and watch HP.
For further information and to purchase tickets, visit the official website. Unfortunately, you'll have to make your own arrangements getting to the venue, as Night Busses aren't available - although you may be able to hitch a ride from Buckbeak!


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Mars Wrigley Confectionery has confirmed the launch of what it has billed as its ‘first true texture innovation’ in nearly two decades, across its core Skittles and Starburst brands.
The UK’s third most popular chocolate brand Maltesers has confirmed the launch of two new products this month: Maltesers Buttons and Maltesers Truffles.
Cadbury has revealed that it will be opening its doors and inviting the nation to ‘go madbury for Cadbury’ this July.
Irish cookie producer East Coast Bakehouse has announced that it has secured its first national listing in the UK with Morrisons.
Pladis has announced a new variant to its Jaffa Cakes range, Jaffa Cakes Lemon and Lime.
Thomas Fudge’s, famous for its premium range of Florentines, has announced a full packaging rebrand.
Burts Chips is launching another flavour in its series of partnerships with beverage companies – this time with Bourbon brand Jim Beam.
Start-up chocolate company Islands Chocolate has officially launched in the UK.
St Ives based confectioner Copperpot Originals has launched a new Cornish fudge flavour: Clotted Cream Fudge.
Chocolatier Paul.A.Young has created a new chocolate featuring California prunes in celebration of Father’s Day.
M&M’s has revealed a new addition to its line-up of colourful candies: White Chocolate Peanut.
Halal-accredited confectionery brand Bebeto, supplied by Kervan Gida UK, is an ideal sweet treat for consumers marking Ramadan.
UK snack and biscuit manufacturer Pladis has added Flipz, a chocolate-covered pretzel snack, to its UK portfolio.
Dexters has launched its brand new ‘3 for £1’ range.


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Digital currencies have seen a mixed 2014. A number of hacking scandals have rocked the e-currency landscape, as several previously attractive start-ups in the segment have essentially been wiped out by fraudulent behaviour. However, at the same time, more vendors and payment providers have warmed to the idea of a currency like Bitcoin, while governments have started to take this new financial wave more seriously. Potentially, digital currencies can transform the global financlal landscape, providing opportunities for start-ups to build the future of consumer and business fiscal transactions. However, much will depend on global players, such as London corporate finance, and their appetite for financing the industry.
Digital currencies are forms of international money supply outside of traditional banking systems and without physical existence or national limitations. They exist purely as digits online and are controlled through a peer-to-peer network that controls the total amount in circulation. Bitcoin, which was launched in 2009, is the most prevalent digital currency globally.
Digital currencies allow consumers to circumvent levies
The ability to transfer digital currencies between accounts worldwide free of any charge is a potentially major cost-cutter for foreign workers and multinational businesses:
- Of the billions of dollars in global remittance inflows, a sizeable share is sent by low-income workers looking to provide for their families at home. Many are forced to pay a levy on transactions, completed through services such as Western Union. Yet digital currencies can bypass these fees due to the free nature of digital currency exchanges, allowing receivers to attain full payments without charge;
- Consumers travelling abroad can also utilise digital currency payments when purchasing goods and services outside of their home currency, thereby avoiding foreign exchange and ATM cash charges levied by banks and exchange bureaus. This consumer empowerment model removes middlemen fees from the equation, and is increasingly realistic as more people come online and become tech-savvy;
- There are opportunities in the development and facilitation of mobile apps and digital wallets that can utilise currencies such as Bitcoin to process international money transfers and payments;
- However, there are two obstacles to the international money model. The first is the growing regulation and outright bans imposed on digital currencies in some countries (such as China and Russia) due to fears of potential money laundering. The second challenge is competition from existing app providers. For example, in early 2014 Apple blocked most Bitcoin exchange apps on its App Store, partly down to the company readying the launch of its own digital payments model.
Impact on financial institutions
While traditional financial services are unlikely to welcome an undercutting competitor, business can benefit from more frictionless transactions:
- Information and communications technology (ICT) has offered massive opportunities to the financial industry, with offshore services, electronic banking and payment gateways such as PayPal benefitting from direct access to Internet users. Yet increasingly technology is able to undercut traditional practices of levying fees on international money transfers, with digital currency leading the user-friendly practice;
- However, financial institutions are also much more entrenched in regulatory and local legal policies. Banks can claim to provide customer identification, due diligence and transaction monitoring, while digital currencies are still striving to achieve localised norms and are therefore vulnerable to legal challenges;
- Though still unrefined, digital currencies can nonetheless offer global businesses a viable platform for major money transfers, either as a wages payments tool or for business-to-business transactions without incurring banking costs. Similarly, for non-financial businesses, offering international consumers the option of purchasing goods and services without incurring extra costs for fiscal transfers is appealing. For e-commerce retailers, the acceptance of digital currency payments can potentially provide a competitive edge.
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At the end of July, Nubia unveiled the Nubia Watch, a simplified version of the Nubia Alpha. They are already on sale in China and are now entering the international market.
The first to receive the watch will be customers who place an order on the Kickstarter crowdfunding platform. The campaign was a success and the deliveries will begin on 8 October. The first batch of watches was sold for about $200.
But, as it turned out, Nubia Watch will also appear in the public sale on the global market. This will happen in October, but when exactly is still unknown. It is expected that in retail they will cost much more – in the region of $400.
Recall that in China the gadget costs $220. The Nubia Watch boasts a flexible 4.01-inch AMOLED display and a case that’s made from aluminum alloy and 316L stainless steel. Under the hood of the device is a Snapdragon Wear 2100 chip. The watch also has NFC, Bluetooth 5.0, Wi-Fi, and e-SIM support. The gadget is able to track activity, measure heart rate, and monitor sleep. The Nubia Watch is powered by a 420 mAh battery. It, according to the company, is enough for 36 hours of device operation.


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Verishop is partnering with Snapchat to launch a social commerce experience within the popular image-sharing app, in a move that marks an escalation of an already intense arms race to expand eCommerce capabilities on social media.
Verishop Mini, which will live exclusively within Snapchat, will allow consumers to shop a rotating selection of fashion and beauty brands such as Bebe, Fifth & Nine, Kosas and Blume, while also utilizing Snapchat’s augmented reality (AR) feature to virtually sample products and accessories prior to purchase.
And, as is crucial in a social commerce experience, Verishop Mini will integrate directly with Snapchat’s chat feature so that users can share their finds with friends and family.
“The Verishop Mini makes it easy and fun for our community to shop fashion and beauty favorites expertly curated just for them, right alongside their friends on Snapchat,” said Alston Cheek, director of platform partnerships at Snap.
Verishop Co-founder and CEO Imran Khan is the former chief strategy officer at Snap. Khan partnered with Cate Khan, former senior vice president at Amazon subsidiary Diapers.com, to establish Verishop in 2019.
“We’re passionate about helping independent brands be successful and building features to help these brands connect with the consumer,” Khan said in a statement. “We’re excited to introduce Verishop to the Snap community, and will continue to extend our platform, as we have with this partnership.”
Other companies using Snap Minis to allow consumers to make purchases include resale platform Poshmark and movie ticket seller Atom Tickets.
The announcement comes just weeks after Verishop introduced livestream shopping to its own iOS app, adding more than 125 livestream shopping programs to provide users with 12 hours of live shopping per day. In late 2020, the eCommerce platform also added new social features, such as Shop Party, to its app, allowing consumers to share content and interact with other shoppers and brands.
Snap has also set its sights on social commerce, as it continues its evolution from a social media network to a super app that serves a multitude of purposes for consumers. Prior to the pandemic, Snap launched eCommerce developer tools and AR products to open a wider range of digital commerce for consumers. And in April, Snap acquired Screenshop, allowing Snapchat users to upload screenshots of outfits they like and get in-app recommendations for similar purchases.
Snap has a user base of over 265 million, primarily millennials and Generation Z users who open the app an average of 30 times per day. According to PYMNTS research, over 40 percent of consumers would be interested in a “super portal” that keeps track of shopping and payment data as well as connections with family and friends. Furthermore, 55 percent of consumers shop on marketplace apps more now than before the pandemic, and 34 percent say they now make purchases via mobile apps.
Snap and Verishop are hardly the only ones looking to integrate eCommerce and social connections. In the past several months, Facebook began testing in-app payments on Instagram in the U.K. and expanded its Shops to Marketplace and WhatsApp, Pinterest expanded its shopping list feature to more countries, and Twitter has pointed to eCommerce as an important avenue to explore.
Additionally, Amazon now streams daily shows on fitness, makeup and cooking, while Walmart has started pairing up with TikTok to host live-streamed shopping events. And Facebook has launched “Live Shopping Fridays” with brands such as Abercrombie & Fitch, Bobbi Brown, Clinique and Sephora.
Still, there’s likely plenty of room for social commerce to grow in the U.S. According to eMarketer, retail social commerce sales will reach nearly $37 billion this year, or just over $11 per capita, but in China, where the trend has already caught on, sales will surpass $351 billion, or $251 per capita.


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Just over two weeks after making its second-ever supplement available, Jerry Ward’s GIFD Labs fat burner BMR-4 is completely sold out. In a video, Ward says he had over 200 bottles produced, and while that may not sound like much, it’s very impressive for a brand that wasn’t on the market a month ago.
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Joining the chorus against social media giants and their growing power, Wikipedia co-founder Larry Sanger has slammed Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and micro-blogging platform Twitter.
In an interview with CNBC, Sanger who co-founded Wikipedia in 2001 said Internet is “appalling frankly”.
“The Internet wouldn’t have been created by people like Zuckerberg, or any of the sort of corporate executives in Silicon Valley today,” he was quoted as saying.
“They wouldn’t be capable, they don’t have the temperament, they’re too controlling. They don’t understand the whole idea of bottom up,” Sanger added.
Sanger joins a growing list of Facebook haters.
Recently, the social networking giant’s ex-security chief Alex Stamos said Zuckerberg needs to give up some of his control of Facebook and hire a new CEO like Microsoft President Brad Smith.
“There is a legitimate argument that he has too much power. He needs to give up some of that power,” Stamos had said.
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“They can shape your experience, they can control what you see when you see it and you become essentially a cog in their machine,” he was quoted as saying.
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The smallest economy in the EU zone, Malta has a highly industrialized and service-based economy. The latest reports on the country’s economy show that the country’s agricultural sector had an estimated contraction of 12.5% in 2020. The major reason for this was the crisis created by the COVID-19 pandemic.
18% of the workforce in the country is employed by the industrial sector. This sector represents 12.5% of the GDP. The country’s economy is primarily based on the manufacture of pharma products and microchips. The manufacturing sector contributes 7% of the country’s GDP. In 2020, it reduced to 5% due to the COVID-19 crisis.
The tertiary sector represents 75.6% of the country’s GDP. 81% of the workforce of the country is employed in the tertiary sector. The tourism sector of the country powers the economy of Malta. This sector contributes to the GDP at one of the highest rates in the EU. With the COVID-19 crisis, this sector got highly affected. There was a dip of 75% in the number of visitors to the country in the period from January 2020 to November 2020.
Similarly, the accommodation and food services sector saw a decrease of 65.5%. The dip was 31.1% for transportation & storage and 18.1% for wholesale and retail trade.
But the forecast for Malta’s economy for 2021 done by the European Commission has some interesting news. The following are the main observations:
- Malta’s economy will grow by 4.5% in 2021.
- Though Malta’s economy contracted at the third-largest rate in the EU, its effect was partially mitigated by the stimulus measures of the Government of Malta.
- The strain on Malta’s open economy in 2020’s last quarter continues in the first quarter of 2021.
- It’s expected that the implementation of COVID-19 vaccination and gradual lifting of restrictions in the EU will bring Malta’s tourism industry back on track.
- In 2022, Malta’s economy is expected to expand by 5.4%. At that point, net exports will again be the main contributor to the growth of GDP. Domestic demand will make a steady but slower contribution.
- The growth prediction for Malta is the largest considering all EU member states. The main contributor to economic recovery will be the tourism industry.
- In 2021, it’s expected that inflation will rise to 1.3% in the backdrop of recovering domestic demand as well as increased demand for services in the tourism sector.
- In 2022, going with a stronger economic recovery, inflation will rise to 1.6%.
So, Malta definitely looks like it’s going to have a positive trend in economic growth which will definitely open up greater opportunities for skilled international workers.
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