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The lamb trade is said to be stronger this week according to the IFA’s latest lamb price update. This comes on the back of two weeks of successive falls in the market.
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- Lambs €6.10/kg – €6.20/kg.
- Hoggets €5.50/kg-€5.60/kg
- More for larger lots.
Bord Bia has also said recently that the sheep trade has remained relatively steady on the back of some rise in demand.
However, it says trade was reported as mixed across our key export markets.
Last week base quotes for hoggets were making around €5.20/kg and early season spring lamb was making around €5.80/kg with selected lots achieving higher prices.
Prices paid for culled ewes were generally making between €2.80/kg and €2.90/kg.
Supplies at sheep export meat plants for the week ending May 2 stood at around 44,500 head which was up 15% on the corresponding week in 2014.
Cumulative supplies for the year to date are currently running slightly behind year previous levels standing at around 730,000 head.
In Britain, Bord Bia says some stability in the trade was reported on the back of tightening in supplies due to the shorter week.
The SQQ live price for lambs in England and Wales was making the equivalent of around €5.85/kg dw towards the end of the week.
In France, Bord Bia says the trade was sluggish and little change is expected over the coming week due to the bank holiday.
Promotions were mainly centred on forequarter lamb. The price for Grade 1 Irish lamb was making €6.25kg (DW incl VAT) towards the end of the week.

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Nissan uses AI to end traffic jams on highways; uses 100 units of Rogue SUVs
- Nissan conducted a five-day open-track testing from November 14 to 18 on a newly opened, sensor-filled portion of US Interstate 24.
Nissan, in partnership with researchers concluded an experiment with the goal of using technology to end traffic jams and improve overall mobility. Along with the Circles Consortium consisting of researchers from Vanderbilt University, UC Berkeley, Temple University, and Rutgers University-Camden, Nissan coordinated with the Tennessee Department of Transportation for an experiment with an aim to increase fuel savings and ease traffic.
The stakeholders conducted a five-day open-track testing from November 14 to 18 on a newly opened, sensor-filled portion of US Interstate 24 called the I-24 Motion. They used 100 specially equipped Nissan Rogue units for the purpose. The experiment was conducted with an aim of testing an AI-equipped cruise control system and see how it influences the speed and driving behavior of surrounding cars.
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As per initial findings of the team, a single AI-equipped vehicle can cause a positive ripple effect to help smooth human-caused traffic congestion among 20 surrounding cars. “Nissan has always been a pioneer in automotive innovation, and with our long-term vision, Nissan Ambition 2030, we know our future is autonomous, connected and electric," said Liam Pedersen, deputy general manager at Nissan Research Center in Silicon Valley, California.
The next several months will be used by the Circles team to analyze the data from the five-day experiment on the I-24 Motion "smart highway."
The I-24 Motion is the only real-world automotive testing environment of its kind in the world. Stretching four miles just southeast of downtown Nashville, it is equipped with 300 4K digital sensors that are capable of recording 260 million vehicle miles of data per year. On one single day in November, it recorded a total of 143,010 miles driven and 3,780 hours of driving.
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Sonos has given its first public demonstration of Amazon Alexa integration, though the streaming speaker company says the actual roll-out of voice control is still some way off. The two companies announced a partnership back in August 2016, which will see Amazon’s virtual assistant supplant the current iOS, Android, and desktop remote apps for Sonos’ popular speaker line-up. Still, according to Sonos it’s not ready for primetime yet.
For the demonstration, Sonos’ vice president of software, Antoine Leblond, used an Echo Dot that had been paired with a selection of PLAY:5 wireless speakers. The instruction “Alexa, pause Sonos” caused the music playing to stop, as you’d expect. It’s also possible to request specific tracks and artists by voice.
Nonetheless, Sonos says more time is needed to give it the polish users have come to expect from the company’s products. Pointing out that it was vital that Sonos “get the experience right,” Leblond declined to give a launch date for the functionality. Among the lingering concerns is the relative complexity of commands Amazon’s Alexa requires, which currently includes specifying that you want music to play through Sonos rather than other connected speakers.
The conservative roll-out also gives Sonos time to work on an Alexa-enabled product of its own. Sonos already confirmed that it plans to bake Amazon’s assistant into a microphone-equipped model, presumably taking advantage of the retail behemoth’s existing Alexa Voice Service. We’ve already seen several companies release products with such technology, including retro-styled portable radios.
Meanwhile, Logitech baked Alexa into its latest smartphone mounts for in-car use. Announced earlier this week, the ZeroTouch mounts will not only hold a phone but allow spoken commands to be recognized, even if your smartphone of choice would prefer that you use Apple’s Siri or Google’s Assistant. Ford is going one step further, integrating Alexa directly into SYNC 3, its infotainment platform.
For Sonos, the legwork involved in adding Alexa to a speaker natively may not be too great a leap. The company fitted its revamped PLAY:5 speaker with microphones back in 2015, admitting that while it had no current intention to use the hardware at the time, it nonetheless seemed like a suitably precautionary future-proofing move that could be unlocked at a later date. It’s not clear whether the current PLAY:5 hardware is suitable for running Amazon’s software.
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At Google I/O, the Internet of Things gets a new OS
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Google is moving deeper into the world of the Internet of Things (IoT), announcing a new operating system - Brillo - as well as a communications layer at its Google I/O developer conference today.
Sundar Pichai, a senior vice-president at Google, took the stage at the company's annual conference to talk about updates to the Android platform, like Android Auto and Android Wear. He then turned his attention to IoT and how Google plans to help users build their own smart homes.
"People are making connected devices like smart light bulbs," said Pichai. "But developers don't know how to target these experiences. And for users, it's really confusing to make it all work together."
Google, he said, plans to change that by building what Pichai called an end-to-end solution for these new smart ecosystems.
"Brillo is taken from Android, but we've taken the lower layers, the kernels, the core essential so it can run on devices with a minumum of footprints," said Pichai. "We've whittled it down."
To help Brillo communicate with users' devices, smartphones and the Cloud, Google also unveiled Weave, a communication layer for IoT. "The Internet of Things can talk to each other. It's a common language," said Pichai. "That's what Weave will do."
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The need for expertise around data analytics and digital consumers has driven BPOs to increase their spending in global insurance industry. The cumulative spending is likely to hit the $3.5bn mark in 2015. BPO is strongly dependent on IT and the rise of digital consumers and as the modern consumer becomes more comfortable with digital marketing channels, insurers need to up their game to meet customer expectations.
“Insurers need help to understand the requirements and priorities of digital consumers and are looking to BPO service providers to help them navigate through this channel,” the Everest Group said. They further elucidated that the insurance sector will spend between $3.4bn and $3.6bn in 2015, and more than $700m worth of renewals will be available each year. Research by Accenture of 6,000 people in 11 countries revealed about a quarter would consider big internet companies – such as Google and Amazon – as possible insurance providers. Insurance companies have to catch up quickly and outsourcing to BPO suppliers with digital and analytics expertise will help. According to BearingPoint, 90% of insurance firms are yet to implement a company-wide big data strategy and risk being bypassed by new, more agile data aggregators taking advantage of the digital era.
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Mega announces that revenues and profits will grow 10% this year as the Thai, Chinese and Vietnamese markets are growing strongly. They are running their production facilities at full capacity as well as releasing 69 new products. Q1/2015 results are reportedly strong and 10 million dollars will be invested in building a new warehouse for distribution in Myanmar.
Mr. Vivek Dhawan, CEO of Mega Lifesciences or MEGA revealed that the company had set targets for revenues and profits at not less than 10% growth. Last year revenues were 7,765.91 million baht and profits were 547.88 million baht. As the market looks more positive this year, the factory can proceed with production at full capacity, and the company has plans to release 69 new products this year. Last year, given the state of the Thai market which is the company’s chief market, sales suffered by about 35%, as a result of the political situation.
Q1 2015 is slated to be better for the company than the same period last year as its key markets including Thailand, Myanmar, and Vietnam together which comprise 70-80 percent of total sales all have positive tendencies in growth, Thailand and Myanmar especially. Vietnam is also seeing a return to positive growth after several products were cut from the market following recent problems. The Africa and Ukraine markets are also seeing positive growth compared to the same period last year.
Mr. Vivek observed that, “The company set a target of 10% growth in revenue and profits; already in Q1/2015 it looks like we’re going to be doing considerably better than the same period last year as our key markets namely Thailand and Myanmar are doing particularly well.”
The company is also in the midst of doing feasibility studies concerning constructing warehouses and distribution centers as for the last 20 years the company has been investing in distribution in Myanmar, and it currently appears that the Myanmar government will change regulations in order to facilitate foreign investment. If such changes in regulation come to pass the company stands ready to make a 10 million USD investment.
As for funding sources most of the budget will come from the funds left over from the IPO which amounts to more than 920 million baht of the initial 2,225 million baht capitalization. Much has already been invested as there was much need for investment over the last year. Beyond investing in Myanmar the company has announced where else it will invest as these decisions require careful research.
Beyond this, the company plans that over the next 5 years revenues will stand at 15,000 million baht, which if the company grows at the rate of 10-20% percent per year should see it meet its targets. In 2014 revenues stood at 7,765 million baht. If the company this year meets or exceeds its target, its five year goal should be possible even considering its core current markets alone because these are high-potential markets.
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American Express Co. has broadened its successful frequent traveler program, Membership Miles, by adding 30 partners offering a variety of retail goods and services.
The New York company has renamed the program Membership Rewards to reflect that it is no longer targeting just travelers. Currently, there are two million American Express cardholders enrolled in the four-year-old program.
Like its counterparts in the bank card business, American Express is trying to appeal to a larger consumer base. In an effort to shed its elitist image, it has been aggressively marketing a series of credit cards targeting less affluent consumers.
National retail franchises like Tower Records, WaldenBooks, Filene's Basement, and Nobody Beats The Wiz are participating in the new customer loyalty program.
Still, American Express has not abandoned its roots among upscale consumers. For example, Saks Fifth Avenue, Tourneau, and Caswell-Massey, were also recruited.
Three car rental companies and nine gourmet food companies have been added as well.
Previously, Membership Miles had agreements with 13 airlines and hotels.
Acknowledging that it has become more expensive to acquire customers, Philip J. Riese, president of American Express Consumer Card Services, said as a result, customer loyalty "is becoming more important. We cannot and do not take our cardmembers for granted."
Cardholders, except those with the Optima True Grace card and some corporate cards, earn one point for every dollar they spend on their American Express cards. The points, which unlike those in most programs do not expire, may be redeemed for gift certificates, merchandise, and travel.
"Membership Rewards offers a greater variety of rewards at a range of spending levels," noted Mr. Riese.
For example, 3,000 points will earn $50 gift certificates at Timberland and Filene's Basement, or 10,000 points will garner three $70 gift certificates for floral arrangements at FTD Direct.
From Nov. 1 to Dec. 15, however, Membership Rewards cardholders will earn two points for every dollar they spend, when they shop at 20 of the retail and gourmet partners.
Like Membership Miles, the new program costs $25, and $50 for corporate card customers. The annual fee is waived in the first year.
A spokeswoman said that some corporate cardholders will be excluded by their employers from participating, and that, "it is not economically feasible at this time" for American Express to make the program available to Optima True Grace customers.
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SoftBank’s Vision Fund 2 co-led the seafood farming technology provider's latest round, which also featured Go-Ventures, as Indonesia's aquaculture technology space begins to look outwards.
Indonesia-based aquaculture technology provider eFishery secured $90m yesterday in a series C round co-led by internet and telecommunications group SoftBank’s Vision Fund 2, as money continues to roll into aquaculture technology in Asia.
Temasek and Sequoia Capital India co-led the round, which was filled out by e-commerce and online services group GoTo’s corporate venturing subsidiary, Go-Ventures, as well as Northstar Group, Aqua-Spark and Wavemaker Partners.
Founded in 2013, eFishery has developed software that helps shrimp and fish farmers monitor their operations, optimising the efficiency of feeding and yield days, which it claims lowers costs and improves income by up to 45%.
The company also provides financial tools such as eFund, which gives fish farmers access to buy now, pay later services to source supplies and tools to reach markets.
Proceeds of the round will be used to scale up eFishery’s platform and grow its engineering and product development teams, with a view to expanding into 10 new markets including China and India.
While the global aquaculture market is projected to grow to approximately $248bn by 2027, representing a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 4.4% from 2020 to 2027, according to Global Industry Analysts, there are sharp differences in growth rates by region.
A European market like Germany, for example, is projected to have a CAGR of 2.7% over that time period, while China’s aquaculture growth is forecasted at 4.9%.
Gibran Huzaifah, co-founder and chief executive of eFishery, said: “We are focused on increasing farmers’ productivity. Through the introduction of new technologies, we are streamlining the fish and shrimp farming business, making the industry more effective, efficient and sustainable.
“This new funding will allow us to scale our impact, expand regionally and achieve our target of being a leading aquaculture technology company by improving the livelihoods of the farmers that we empower.”
Another Indonesia-based aquaculture technology developer, Jala Tech, raised $6m in an October 2021 series A round led by Althelia Sustainable Ocean Fund, which invested alongside Real Tech Fund and the Meloy Fund.
Domestic competitor Delos secured an undisclosed sum the same month from Arise, the venture capital vehicle formed by telecommunications firm Telkom Indonesia’s MDI Ventures unit and VC firm Finch Capital, as well as iSeed Asia, Hendra Kwik and Irwan Kolonas.
Elsewhere in Asia, India-based aquaculture product marketplace Aquaconnect received $4m in a July 2021 pre-series A round co-led by Flourish Ventures and Rebright Partners that also featured AgFunder, 6G Capital, Hatch and Omnivore.
Go-Ventures had previously led a series B round of undisclosed size for eFishery in August 2020 with Northstar Group that included Aqua-Spark and Wavemaker Partners to push its overall funding to over $19m.
Anna Lo, investment director at SoftBank Investment Advisers, which manages Vision Fund 2, said: “Indonesia is one of the world’s largest producers of fish and we believe its aquaculture industry can play a meaningful role in feeding the world’s growing population.
“EFishery is pioneering the adoption of technology for local fish and shrimp farmers with a complete, integrated platform that supports them to improve productivity across feed supply, production and the sale of fresh produce.”


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Starwood Hotels will launch a new hotel brand, aloft, in the massively multiplayer virtual world of Second Life over a year before the actual hotel opens its doors. The in-game implementation, called “aloft island,” will be based on early designs and floor plans and will serve as a 3D dress rehearsal for the actual hotel.
Marketing services firm ElectricArtists led the in-game effort for the client, and has set up a Weblog to provide insight into its development at virtualaloft.com. The blog will focus on the specifics of creating a Second Life property as well as give interested parties a peek into the process.
“Knowing that there are a lot of people who are interested in SL and specifically how brands are approaching SL, we decided to ‘open the curtains’ and let people see the process that a brand goes through in building a property inside of a virtual world,” said ElectricArtists CEO Marc Schiller, in an e-mail statement.
Starwood Hotels, the group behind the popular W hotel chain, will introduce aloft in 2008, yet Second Life avatars will be able to sample the hotel online starting in September of this year.
Second Life users manifest as hyper-personalized avatars in a 3D virtual world and have the ability to purchase and personalize real estate with “Linden Dollars,” the official currency of game space. Second Life creations, which range from utopian dream homes to dragon-like avatars, can be bought and sold on the Second Life market since each user owns the IP Rights to his/her creations.
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The US economy has posted several quarters of solid growth in gross domestic product. Most of that growth has been driven by consumption spending and firms restocking inventories, although business investment in equipment and software made a strong showing in the first quarter of 2010. Still, there is evidence of continued weakness in the US economy. The May 2010 employment report indicated that the economy had created 431,000 jobs. Unfortunately, 411,000 of the jobs are temporary federal government jobs related to the 2010 Census. The economy created a scant 41,000 private-sector jobs, well below the 218,000 private-sector job gains in April. Economists were quite disappointed by the report, since many projected private-employment growth in the range of 200,000 to 300,000 jobs. The May retail-sales report was also disturbing: May retail sales actually fell over April sales, the first drop reported since the beginning of the economic recovery in September 2010. These two statistics may be aberrations, but we will continue to monitor the US recovery over the summer. Another drop in retail sales or employment may suggest that the economy is losing traction and more stimulus measures may be needed to keep the recovery on track.
Nevada continues to lag the US recovery. The unemployment rate in the state stands at 13.8 percent, up 2.6 percent from only a year ago. Job creation remains elusive and the state has lost 31,900 jobs in just the past year. Taxable sales were higher in May than in April, but still down 7.4 percent from the previous May. Gaming revenue fell 5.7 percent from the previous year. Taken together, taxable sales and gaming revenue account for more than two-thirds of the state budget, and continued declines in these revenues indicate that the state’s fiscal picture will not improve anytime soon.
The picture is even bleaker in Clark County where virtually every statistic we track deteriorated. The unemployment rate topped 14 percent with Clark County losing 30,700 jobs just in the past year. Taxable sales fell 9.4 percent over 2009 levels and gaming revenue was off 6.1 percent. Residential permitting is frozen below 500 permits a month. Visitor volume fell by 1.3 percent in April over May levels and is basically flat when compared to visitor volume in April of last year. The only indicator that posted a positive annual gain is commercial-permitting activity. Still, the 37 percent increase in commercial-permitting activity represents a gain of only 7 permits. This is hardly an indication that the local economy is improving.
We continue to be very concerned about the local economy. The large overhang in residential and commercial investment means that the construction sector is very unlikely to improve in the coming months. The industry that will lead the recovery is hotel and gaming, but that sector continues to show weak progress. Until the US economy creates a significant number of jobs and disposable income, the Southern Nevada economy will remain on the ropes.


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CANADA: L Brands to move La Senza DC to Ohio
L Brands, the new, temporary name for Limited Brands, is to relocate its La Senza distribution centre operations from Montreal, Canada to its Columbus, Ohio base in the US to "better meet customer demand" worldwide.
The move will take place in September, according to a La Senza spokesperson.
"While this is the right decision for the future of La Senza, changes affecting our associates are never easy," the spokesperson told just-style yesterday (20 May).
Some La Senza staff will transfer to other Canadian operations, while the rest will receive separation pay and job transition services.
"Additionally, we will support them in pursuing any roles that may become available across our family of brands," the spokesperson added.
L Brands bought Canadian intimate apparel retailer La Senza in late 2006, and employs nearly 6,000 workers in Canada. The company said this number continues to grow through its Victoria's Secret, Victoria's Secret PINK, Bath & Body Works and La Senza stores.
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For the first time since the launch of the brand, each trade show showcased a full year of new product launches.
HOMI, Milan, Italy reported a 250 per cent increase versus 2013. Maison et Object, Paris, France saw a 100 per cent increase.
At International Spring Fair, Birmingham sales were up 50 per cent on the previous year.
Yankee also saw a sales growth of 100 per cent year-on-year at Ambiente, Frankfurt, Germany.


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MG Motor UK has signed double touring car champion Jason Plato to spearhead its new three-year assault on the British Touring Car Championship.
The manufacturer will join the series with two five-door MG6 GT cars run under the auspices of the MG KX Momentum Racing team. The cars will be prepared by Triple Eight Race Engineering, which successfully ran the factory Vauxhall squad for many years.
Plato – champion with Vauxhall in 2001 and Chevrolet in 2010 – will be joined by Andy Neate, who last year drove a Team Aon Ford Focus in the BTCC.
Plato said: “It’s really exciting to be involved in a brand-new all-British team and it’s just brilliant that the iconic name of MG will be back on the track.”
Guy Jones, MG Motor’s Sales and Marketing Director, said: “We are delighted that the new MG 6 will be seen by millions of fans in Britain and beyond and this continues the famous sporting lineage of the brand.”
The first round of this year’s Dunlop MSA BTCC takes place at Brands Hatch on April 1.


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For a moment I was thinking, wow, this new BlackBerry Z10 handset really is something out of the ordinary, it can make flames leap from my body, it can turn my feet into elephant-sized plodders, it can teleport me in a puff of colorful smoke, it can even turn a truck that’s about to mow me down into a million rubber ducks. None of this was mentioned at the launch event last week, only something about Hub and Peek.
But then came the ad’s tagline to bring me crashing back to Earth, banishing any momentary thoughts of dumping my current handset: “In 30 seconds, it’s quicker to show you what it can’t do.”
Well, we knew we wouldn’t be getting a besuited Thorsten Heins sitting at a desk rushing through the spec list of the Z10, one of two new handsets the company needs to succeed if it’s to have any hope of returning to its glory days as a leading player in the smartphone market. Instead, the Canadian company went down the what-on-Earth’s-going-on? route, hoping to dazzle the audience with some wacky visuals and get people talking about the Z10. But what did you make of it? Did it feel like the right way to introduce a new product to millions with just 30 seconds to play with?
BlackBerry’s chief marketing officer, Frank Boulben, told Cnet the mobile firm wanted to do something that “breaks the conventions of the category – if you do a traditional commercial at the Super Bowl, it will fall flat.”
He added that the slot was “a big wake-up call saying BlackBerry is back.”
The trouble is, in the US, BlackBerry won’t really be back until around the middle of March, when the long-awaited Z10 handset is finally expected to hit stores. Any buzz the Super Bowl ad creates will have long gone by then. Then again, we can expect to see a bunch more ads running between now and next month, hopefully telling us a little more about what the Z10 can do.
If you haven’t had a chance to see BlackBerry’s Super Bowl ad yet, check it out below and let us know – hit or miss?


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Here is a huge gallery of screenshots from both iOS 6 and iOS 7. Let's compare these mobile operating systems:
Apple brings AirDrop to iOS 7, a new way to transfer files between iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch users.
Sending a photo or a document to someone via text or email is fine. But if that someone is right next to you, a text or an email suddenly feels like too many steps. Enter AirDrop for iOS. It lets you quickly and easily share photos, videos, contacts — and anything else from any app with a Share button. Just tap Share, then select the person you want to share with. AirDrop does the rest using Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. No setup required. And transfers are encrypted, so what you share is highly secure.
Here's a video showing how it works.
According to information provided by llThingsD, some sources close to mobile carriers claim that the stock of the iPhone 5s will be very low during its launch on Friday, September 20th.
Sources at multiple U.S. carriers said that the inventory of the new phone is significantly less than expected.
“We will have grotesquely unavailable inventory,” was how one carrier source put it.
Another carrier confirmed 'extremely disappointing shipments' from Apple. However, it was stated that the demand for the iPhone 5s is likely to be slightly lower than expected. It seems the bright colors of the low-cost iPhone 5c have captured eyes of customers.
The new iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c will start selling in stores on September 20th at 8:00 a.m.
DGtle has published the first photos of the gold iPhone 5s unboxing process.
Honestly, I personally feel as 5c 5s packaging design eye-catching, and the former is basically not much difference, that is, the side from five frontal photograph changed back to black is all white boxes. Law-abiding, wins in the high degree of recognition.
We will kindly remind you that Apple is to launch the iPhone 5s on September 20th.
Have a look at the pictures below.
Facebook Messenger for iOS has been updated with a bunch of useful features. It now supports new languages - Croatian, Hungarian and Slovakian, opens your chats faster and works more stable.
Apple has unveiled today the new iPhone 5s. It features an upgraded camera which was tested by taking different photos.
The all-new 8 megapixel iSight camera features a larger f/2.2 aperture and a new, larger sensor with 1.5μ pixels for better sensitivity and low-light performance, resulting in better pictures. These improvements, along with the Apple-designed image signal processor in the A7 chip and the new Camera app in iOS 7, provide up to two-times faster auto-focus, faster photo capture, automatic image and video stabilization, and better dynamic range. iPhone 5s introduces the new True Tone flash—the world’s first for any camera—that variably adjusts color and intensity for over 1,000 combinations, so photos taken with a flash appear more natural. iPhone 5s also includes a new Burst Mode, Slo-Mo video with 120 fps, a new FaceTime HD camera for better low-light performance and audio-only FaceTime calls with iOS 7.
Have a look at the pictures below!
Today Apple has introduced the iPhone 5c which can be truly called the most colorful iPhone ever. The smartphone features a new design. It is available in five bright colors - blue, green, pink, yellow and white.
iPhone 5c boasts all the features so respected and loved by Apple customers. The magnificent 4-inch Retina display, the long-awaited rapid processor A6 chip, as well as the 8 megapixel iSight camera are only a small part of brilliant hardware of the new iPhone. It also has more LTE bands than any other smartphone in the world, a new FaceTime HD camera, and iOS 7, which is expected to be the best iOS Cupertino company has ever had to present to its customers.
“iPhone 5c is everything iPhone 5 was and more, in an all-new design packed with great features,” said Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Marketing. “iPhone 5c is designed with a beautiful polycarbonate enclosure that looks and feels so solid in your hand.”
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Apple has just unveiled it’s new flagship device - iPhone 5S. As expected, it features a brand-new A7 processor, which is said to be five times faster than the previous one, an improved camera and a widely rumored fingerprint sensor that is, by the way, called Touch ID.
According to iGen.fr., Town Hall is being decorated by Apple in preparation for the iPhone special event, which will take place tomorrow.
The banners are the same as those published on invitations Apple sent to press beforehand. The event starts at 10AM Pacific Time.
During tis event Apple is rumored to present a new iPhone 5S, iPhone 5C, and perhaps new software for the Apple TV.
A few days ago the photo of iPhone 5S packaging was published. The new device is expected to feature a new Home button - with a ring around it. According to rumors, this part is indeed the long-awaited fingerprint sensor.
A 3D artist Martin Hajek has rendered what the coming iPhone might look like if the image of Home button is correct. Martin's high-resolution picture features a LED illumination ring surrounding the Home button. However, no official statements have been made on this component, so we can only guess about its real appearance.
We will remind you again that Apple is expected to unveil the iPhone 5S and iPhone 5C on September 10. The iPhone 5S device is likely to boast dual-led flash for better low light pictures, fingerprint sensor, improved processor, new champagne/graphite color options, and more.
Have a look at the renders of iPhone 5S Home button
According to Nowhereelse, photos of blacklight panel for the iPhone 5Shas been published.
The panel appeared on TVC-Mall as a "Top quality OEM LCD backlight repair part replacement for iPhone 5S". Looking at thу photos below you will notice that the only difference from the same component of iPhone 5 is the ribbon cable connector.
Apple is likely to present the iPhone 5S and iPhone 5C during an media event on September 10th.
A new photo has recently appeared in the Net, featuring the graphite iPhone 5S with the China Compulsory Certificate mark.
The picture below shows the dual LED flash which was not present on the iPhone 5. Once you examine the photo closer, you will distinguish the compulsory safety mark for products sold in the Chinese market.
It means that Apple is very likely to be selling the iPhone 5S on Chinese market quite soon. Cupertino company will probably start with launching the smartphone via China Telecom.


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How black will November get? We’re 17 days out from Turkey Day and the previews (even sales) are coming out in advertisements and flyers across stores and the virtual space. Every store continues to battle for that thanksgiven dollar, especially in the mobile tech sector. Membership-centered wholesaler Sam’s Club has some of those deals upon a flyer right now.
The deals we know about are very much focused on tablets right now. And yes, there’s also that pesky membership thing you gotta have, too. But if you do have one, take note and take advantage.
The company’s discounting its 64GB and 128GB iPad Air 2 stock as well, taking off $150 list price for the Wi-Fi version and $175 for the cellular tablets. That gives us a range of $437 for the basic model and $642 for the top one.
Two of Samsung’s budget tablets are also to be sold at a discount. The Galaxy Tab A 8″ will go for $179 while the 9.7″ model is marked at $229.
In miscellany, Sam’s Club will sell a Fitbit Charge Bundle for just under $90, take 20.36 percent off the price tag of a $100 Google Play gift card and have deals on the year’s smartphones that it will reveal coming Thanksgiving day.
Thursday, November 26 is also when the sale starts, at least online. Doors open the next day at 7am.


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By Colin Kruger
Two years ago, rare earths miner Lynas was in dire straits.
Its half-year accounts at the time revealed uncertainty as to whether it could continue as a going concern due to the potential non-renewal of a licence to operate its sole processing plant in Malaysia.
The company’s share price had been pummelled by the existential threat, and conglomerate giant Wesfarmers took advantage of the uncertainty with a low ball $2.25-a-share takeover bid.
How times have changed. Lynas shares soared above $6 last week when chief executive Amanda Lacaze presented better-than-expected results to investors, with a net profit of $40.6 million, up from $3.9 million in the prior first half.
Now, the threat emerging for Lynas is a novel one: Competition.
Lynas’ soaring share price reflects the optimism that the rare earths market is finally ready for prime time, and other local companies are following in its footsteps.
Rollercoaster is over
Lacaze took umbrage last week at suggestions that Lynas’ interim report was “light” on detail compared to these potential rivals. “I guess others need to pad their presentations with where they have light or no operating data. I would rather our numbers speak for themselves. And our numbers are excellent,” she said.
She also had a clear message on rare earth prices, which have soared and dived over the years in speculative bursts: The rollercoaster is over.
The underlying macro-economic fundamentals of rising electric vehicles demand, green energy solutions such as wind power, consumer electronics and automation were starting to underpin the favourable prices the company is getting for these ores, Lacaze said and made it clear that no one is better placed than Lynas to capitalise on this.
“Rare earths are an excellent investment opportunity for exposure to the global megatrends that will shape our economies and our behaviours over the next decade,” she said. “And Lynas, amongst all the opportunities, is uniquely positioned to respond to those megatrends.”
You don’t have to look far to find evidence of these megatrends. This week, Volvo joined General Motors, Ford, Audi and other major car manufacturers in laying out a roadmap to stop making fossil-fuel-powered cars by 2030.
US President Joe Biden has vowed to replace his government’s 650,000 car fleet with electric vehicles and his $US1.9 trillion ($2.4 trillion) stimulus package includes hundreds of billions of dollars earmarked for clean energy projects.
It is all good news for rare earths - the 17 elements crucial to the manufacture of many hi-tech products such as mobile phones, electric cars and wind turbines.
This includes Neodymium and Praseodymium (NdPr), key elements that Lynas produces, which are crucial ingredients in electric vehicles and wind turbines. A new Tesla needs about two kilograms of NdPr, and new wind turbines around 150 kilos.
Australia’s new F-35 jet fighter requires more than 400 kilograms of rare earth materials, according to a US congressional report.
Lacaze did not name her new rivals, but it is not hard to find them.
Perth-based ASX-listed Hastings Technology Metals is raising $100 million from investors as part of its $450 million rare earths processing plants in Western Australia.
Hastings was happy to refer its investors to the recent Lynas results showing prices for NdPr had reached $US55,000 a tonne two months ago – “further highlighting the swift re-rating of the NdPr sector,” it said. The company also reported that the price of NdPr oxide has soared from about $US70,000 a tonne a month ago to almost $US86,000 now.
Long-time Lynas watcher Dylan Kelly from Ord Minnett nearly doubled Hasting’s share price target to 30 cents, and gave it a speculative buy recommendation.
“The rare earths thematic is firing and Hasting’s strategic position warrants a rerate,” he said.
Iluka Resources has also beefed up plans to invest more than $1 billion to replicate Lynas’s miner/processor operations, all within Australia. Goldman Sachs rated Iluka a buy based on its “compelling mineral sands and rare earths potential” which currently consists of a feasibility study to be completed in 12 months.
The federal government jumped onto the bandwagon on Thursday, announcing a 10-year “road map” to create more value-added mineral processing capacity in Australia.
It’s part of a broader push to make Australia one of the developed world’s linchpin suppliers of rare earths and critical minerals as concerns grow over China, which dominates supply.
Lynas has already received financial support from the US government to set up processing in the country following America’s own concerns about China’s choke-hold on this market. China controls 80 per cent of the rare earths market, with Lynas currently acting as the only significant producer outside of the country.
But it doesn’t mean rare earth prices, and rare earth stocks, have left behind the turbulence that saw many firms collapse over the last decade.
Ord Minnett’s Kelly downgraded Lynas from a buy recommendation to “lighten” after the stock more than doubled since July last year, citing concerns that current NdPr prices are unsustainable in the near term.
“Whilst an important value driver for Lynas earnings, NdPr prices are typically unreliable as they represent a small (40,000 tonnes per annum), and opaque Chinese domestic market,” Kelly said.
To give an idea of how this compares to the major resource markets, the iron ore sector shipped about 900 million tonnes last year and copper topped out at 920 million tonnes.
Not even Lacaze is getting carried away with the current share price.
“We don’t get drunk on the price,” she told analysts and investors last week.
“We don’t participate in forecasting what’s going to happen with price. What we do do is source as much market intelligence as we can on whether the price changes have a foundation in actual behaviour, or whether they are speculative. And certainly, at this time, we continue to see strong demand.”
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Searchspring, a firm that assists brands with site search, merchandising and ecommerce personalization, has added an email tool to its Personalization Suite.
The new offering, Email Recommendations, allows ecommerce firms to send tailored emails to shoppers based on behavioral data.
The goal is to help merchants “make product discovery easier and truly weave personalization throughout the shopper’s lifecycle, delivering tailored, well-timed recommendations that increase cart size, revenue, and customer loyalty.”
The product is being launched through an integration with Klaviyo, a unified customer platform.
Klaviyo recently formed a strategic partnership with Shopify, a Searchspring platform partner. Searchspring’s personalization algorithm makes recommendations based on shopper intent after the person visits a site.
Klaviyo provides a flow and email template.
“A customer’s purchase journey is not one size fits all,” says Chathri Ali, Director, Technology Partnerships at Klaviyo. “With this integration, brands can now use historical onsite search data to provide tailored product recommendations – increasing conversion, customer loyalty -- and ultimately, revenue.”
At launch, Personalized Email Recommendations works on shopping cart platforms such as Shopify, BigCommerce, and Magento. Other integrations are planned.


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4J Studios has reported a £3m fall in sales for the year to 31 October 2020, causing pre-tax profits to slip from £12.4m in 2019 to £8.6m last year.
The Dundee-based games studio - famous for turning Minecraft into a mobile game - also saw turnover drop to £10.3m, from £13.5m the previous year.
Chairman Chris van der Kuyl stated that the business was continuing to perform well, despite a slowdown in sales.
“During the year, the coronavirus has resulted in the slow down of trade across many sectors... the directors are satisfied with the position at the end of the year.”
He added: “The directors do not believe that Covid-19 will have an impact on the company’s ability to continue as a going concern.”
4J Studios net assets increased from £39.7m to £45.8m during the last financial year.
However headcount at the company, which also has an office in East Linton, fell from 42 the previous year to 38.
“The success of the company is subject to the uncertainties regarding the popularity inherent in creating new products and changes in technology,” explained van der Kuyl.
“The company ensures they stay up to date with new technology, ensuring their products are developed to be used over multiple platforms and keep pace with the new platforms released.”
In April this year, the investment arm of 4J Studios made a seven-figure investment into another Dundee-based studio, Stormcloud Games.
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BANGKOK, 21st May 2019 (NNT) – The Ministry of Commerce has led a delegation to penetrate the export markets for lowered-priced rubber and palm oil to India which has over a billion population and all levels of consumers.
A major Indian tire manufacturers has assured to buy Thai rubber products within this year.
Acting Commerce Minister Chutima Boonyapraphat and executive officials of the Department of International Trade Promotion have visited India to expand the export markets for Thai farm goods while the major tire manufacturer in Chennai assured to buy Thai rubber products as raw materials for tire industry and suggested that the Thai authorities recommend reliable rubber suppliers for them.
V. Krisanaram, the chief executive officer of Emerald Resilient Tire Co., confirmed that his firm will import Thai rubber products this year due to the confidence of their qualities and competitiveness against other countries’ rubber products.
India is the world’s largest consumer of vegetable oil
His firm has earlier imported rubber products from Malaysia, Vietnam and Indonesia and never from Thailand as yet. Thus, the Thai rubber products will become new raw materials suppliers for India.
Besides, Thailand has called on India to buy more palm oil from Thailand in place of those from Indonesia and Malaysia. India is the world’s largest consumer of vegetable oil, consuming some 12 million tons of vegetable oil, 70% of which is made of palm oil, yearly and importing some 10 million tons of palm oil yearly.
However, the Thai palm oil export to India is still being faced with a 50% import tariff, compared to 45% for the Indonesian and Malaysian palm oil under CECA agreements. An ASEAN-India FTA agreement might be reached to reduce the Indian import tariff for the Thai palm oil.
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Dell EMC is beefing up its sales team and the incentives it uses to motivate it in a play to squeeze growth out of a storage portfolio facing the pressures of a rapidly changing market.
Over the next few quarters, the Round Rock, Texas, company will hire "several hundred" storage specialists across its go-to-market segments, global specialty teams and channel teams, Infrastructure Solutions Group President David Goulden said during a conference call Thursday to discuss the company's second-quarter financial results.
The hiring will go hand in hand with modified incentive programs that better emphasize storage opportunities and better alignment of those sales teams, Goulden said, and it comes as Dell EMC reports declining orders and flat quarter-over-quarter revenue for its storage business.
"Storage orders declined in mid-single digits" in the second quarter, Goulden said. "We have robust plans to improve storage growth rates. The midrange price band where we have more work to do, we're adding salespeople, changing quotas and compensation schemes, introducing new products. That will help us do better in the second half."
Dell EMC's storage revenue was $3.7 billion, essentially flat compared with the previous quarter. Overall, Dell Techologies reported non-GAAP second-quarter revenue of $19.6 billion and a non-GAAP quarterly profit of $1.6 billion.
Last month, Dell EMC channel marketing chief Cheryl Cook introduced a slate of new spiffs designed to encourage solution providers to double down on midrange storage products.
Goulden explained that while the market moves toward all-flash and hyper-converged solutions, traditional midmarket systems face declines. Also, customers now prefer to purchase storage on a flexible, consumption-based model, which also takes some of the revenue punch out of storage sales.
Dan Serpico, CEO of FusionStorm, a San Francisco-based solution provider that works with Dell EMC, said his company has made the most of generous storage incentives provided by Dell EMC's partner program, but he wonders if the vendor's storage sales would be in more dramatic decline if not for those inducements.
"We're using the program as it was intended," Serpico said. "The hard question is, if not for the program, would the math be worse [for Dell EMC's storage business] because of this ongoing technology shift? The rebate program is very effective, and we hit our storage quota in the last quarter, so we get some wonderful incentives. We're certainly cognizant of those incentives, and we're sharing those with our sales reps."
Still, others paint a more grim picture for the storage market.
The top executive at one solution provider that works with Dell EMC and other vendors, who asked not to be identified, said adding salespeople and adjusting compensation is simply too little too late for a market that is being left behind.
"The storage business is in trouble, and I don't think that hiring an army of storage guys is the answer," the solution provider executive said. "HCI is taking over from the world of traditional storage arrays. We've seen that shift for a long time. Direct-attach server-based storage is taking over. We are selling far more servers today with storage in them than ever before, and I don't see that ending. Traditional storage is not the same. The volume is not the same. We're selling fewer units at a lower price. We're probably down 10 percent on traditional storage. Our server numbers are up probably 25 percent year over year."
Tom Sweet, Dell Technologies CFO, said the company would ramp up its storage-focused sales force over the next few quarters, and he underlined the sense of urgency that the vendor is bringing to the effort.
"Lots of other levers are being pulled in terms of marketing programs and things we're doing around incentives," Sweet said. "The focus is to build back that velocity, because it's an area of the market where we're not doing as well as we should be, and we've got to get it fixed."


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Since mid-2019, Hong Kong has faced an unprecedented situation. Protests and violent conflicts sparked by a proposal to amend the law on fugitive offenders have buffeted the city. To make things worse, the coronavirus outbreak that started in early 2020 has precipitated a recession in not just Hong Kong and the mainland, but also around the world. Our retail, catering, aviation, hotel and tourism industries are all badly hit by this unexpected crisis. Many businesses have been forced to cut their staff, shrink or suspend their operations and even close down. The difficult business environment has led to a collapse in advertising spending that has severely battered the newspaper industry.
Setting up an advertising platform
Fortunately, the industry has broken new grounds in recent years in responding to technological developments and readers’ growing use of electronic platforms. Traditional newspapers have successfully developed web editions, video news, electronic versions, webcasts and webinars, and increased their revenues from electronic advertising and online subscription. Regrettably, they have been barred from obtaining a reasonable return from electronic advertising because of the predatory business practices of social media and search engine platforms. In order to safeguard the profitability and sustainability of newspapers, members of The Newspaper Society of Hong Kong have banded together to set up a joint electronic advertising platform to ensure they could obtain their rightful share of revenue. When the platform becomes operational, advertisers will be able to directly place their messages in one or more newspapers’ online versions, so that they can disseminate their messages to targeted readers precisely. At the same time, newspapers will benefit from obtaining a proper return from such advertising, so that they can better serve and reward their readers, shareholders and staff.
Abiding by professionalism
In this age of information overload, people can easily obtain a large amount of information on the internet. But what people get is often a mixed bag of rumours and questionable reports that are hard to verify. In some cases, false reports have sparked panics. The Newspaper Society of Hong Kong has always regarded the press as a public institution that can shape public opinion and build a society. Newspapers operators must therefore have a strong sense of social responsibility. Taking their role as “gate-keepers” seriously, traditional newspapers provide readers with quality news and analyses by weeding out misleading and unreliable information through their stringent editorial and fact-checking processes, which are expensive to operate. As established media operators rooted in the city, members of The Newspaper Society of Hong Kong will remain truthful in providing readers with credible content from diverse perspectives and foster social progress by acting responsibly.
Enhancing professional standards
As the annual flagship programme of The Newspaper Society of Hong Kong, the Hong Kong News Awards seeks to propel the industry to enhance its professional standards. Despite a harsh business environment, member newspapers and their staff have strived to uphold professionalism by producing truthful reports for their readers. They have undoubtedly made a positive and irreplaceable contribution to the society. On behalf of member newspapers, I congratulate this year's award winners and hope that they will continue to work with fellow journalists to produce quality news to reward their readers. Thank you.


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A second lockdown could destroy what remains of Britain's battered high street, struggling retail, hospitality and travel bosses have warned.
Businesses urged the Government not to follow France and Germany back into nationwide restrictions and mass closures, saying hundreds of millions of pounds have now been spent on making premises Covid-secure and keeping customers safe.
It came as bleak figures revealed the extent of the damage already wrought by the crisis, with a record increase in thenuber of shuttered shops according to figures release by the British Retail Consortium (BRC) and the Local Data Company.
Helen Dickinson, chief executive of the BRC, said ministers "should not risk the retail recovery by closing stores during the all-important run up to Christmas".
Emma McClarkin, chief executive of the British Beer and Pub Association, warned that a second lockdown could be fatal for businesses in her industry and called on the Government to provide at least the same financial support it did the first time around.
Ms McClarkin added: "That means a job support package that guarantees incomes, grants for all pubs sufficient to cover ongoing fixed costs, and compensation for Britain’s brewers who will also be devastated by another lockdown. Without this level of support it could be fatal for many pubs and brewers."
The overall store vacancy rate increased to 13.2pc in the third quarter of 2020 - its highest level since 2013 - up from 12.4pc in the second quarter, according to the BRC tracker. This was the ninth consecutive quarter of increasing vacancy rates, with a flurry of firms going bust and dozens more on their knees.
Lisa Hooker, consumer markets leader at PwC, said that although retailers are better prepared to deal with a second lockdown it would have a knock-on effect for consumers and dampen their confidence during the crucial festive period.
People might be put off from going into shops, she added, and stores in city centres that are already suffering will be hit even harder.
Separately, sales in the hospitality industry plunged by almost half in the three months to Sep 30 according to figures from UKHospitality and CGA. They were down £17bn on the same period last year.
Hospitality sales for the 12 months to September stood at £80bn, £53bn down on the industry's 2019 contribution.
Will Beckett, co-founder of steak restaurant chain Hawksmoor, said: "The policy of locking down hospitality is indistinguishable from the understandable urge to ‘do something’ and seems more based on other countries doing so or out of date reports of transmission in hospitality in other countries.
"In this country, however, hospitality has become Covid-secure. If all this is true then in fact people are being driven out of safe, regulated spaces to socialise behind closed doors.
"The consequences for public health, the economy and employment are playing out across the country."
Axel Hefer, chief executive of German travel search site Trivago, also stressed the importance of a having a clear plan for any further measures as its home country was hit by a fresh crackdown.
He said: "The most important thing for the travel and hospitality industry, as we are seeing in Germany and France right now as move into second wave lockdowns, is a return to more predictability and stability as soon as possible.
"A temporary lockdown can be a good measure to regain control - which is something the industry will benefit from in the mid to long term. In the short term, however, the impact is very severe - shutting down and refunding cancellations is a huge burden."


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Volvo is once again bragging about its safety record because now that the crash ratings for the 2021 XC40 Recharge are in, the carmaker has become the first ever to receive the highest marks from the IIHS across its entire model lineup.
Which is to say to all the Volvo skeptics out there, all those who thought the company was simply coasting on its reputation: You can finally rest easy. Where safety is concerned, Volvo’s supremacy has just been empirically proven.
It seems like all of those cliff drop crash tests, all of the expensive simulators, and maybe even all hate mail the carmaker probably received after it announced its plans to limit the top speed and nanny its drivers were worth it. Whatever you may think of its approach, Volvo has stayed true to its mandate.
The carmaker’s President and CEO of U.S. Operations, Anders Gustafsson, struck a grateful tone regarding the IIHS ratings, which now cover its entire lineup:
Regardless of body style, engine or trim, every Volvo offers innovative protection in a crash.
We are proud that IIHS has recognized this by awarding a Top Safety Pick Plus to every vehicle we produce today. No other company has been awarded this honor across all carlines.
One of the things that strikes me about Volvo’s approach is that the carmaker also concerns itself with the safety of those outside its cars, pedestrians and cyclists for example. Volvo says its safety features are not just in the service of its drivers and passengers, but on those with whom we share the road.
This is good considering rising rates of pedestrian deaths, which have something to do with our SUV obsession. Notice that a lot of the cars in Volvo’s lineup are crossovers and SUVs, so it’s good the company has addressed the dangers these pose.
Also notable is that the company does not reserve its safety features for its highest trims either. Safety shouldn’t be a feature people have to buy into; it should be standard.
Maybe you don’t need leather seats or a fancy sound system, but it sure as hell would be nice to know you’ll be as safe as you could be in your model of car in case of an accident. So, now you know: If you plan on crashing, do it in a Volvo.


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The nation has stepped up efforts to fix a banking system hobbled by bad debt after rapid credit growth in recent years fueled a trade deficit and Asia's fastest inflation.
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we knew this will happening,,
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Proposals for a multi-million pound regeneration of a Glasgow shopping mall have been lodged in a planning application.
The proposed development from the owners of Shawlands Arcade in the Southside will feature a mixture of ground floor shops with new homes above.
The project will also boast greenspace and public realm areas including areas specifically for public seating, play, performance and art.
Neal Jamieson, Director of Ediston real estate said: “We are pleased to submit plans for a viable alternative to the existing arcade.
“Having consulted with the community over the past year, we know that replacement of the current dated complex is much wanted.
“The proposed balance of housing and retail uses has been carefully considered to ensure a regeneration that is realistic and deliverable.”
The ground floor commercial space will accommodate a range of retail and commercial businesses with 330 one, two and three bedroom apartments above.
Nearly 80% of all those who gave feedback in the consultations think the current arcade is poor or extremely poor quality, with the majority wanting to see a better range of shops incorporating a mix of high street names and independent traders.
An independent economic impact assessment has been submitted as part of the application and confirms that the planned £150m investment into Shawlands will enable the replacement of a key town centre asset and prevent it from falling into dereliction.
In addition, when fully completed and occupied, the arcade regeneration will support 240 direct jobs within the Glasgow economy and a further estimated 150 construction jobs.
Jonny McDonald, chair of My Shawlands Business Improvement District said: “As we head into an increasingly difficult economic climate, we are encouraged that the arcade’s owners have prepared a set of plans that are economically viable and can be delivered.
“The existing arcade is increasingly detracting from the overall town centre and it’s been a long held aspiration of My Shawlands to see it replaced.”
The proposals are being brought forward by the arcade’s owners, Clydebuilt LP, which is a property investment and development fund co-owned by Strathclyde Pension Fund and Ediston Real Estate.
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In these hours, thanks to the tipster Digital Chat Station, we can take a first look at what the design of the new Huawei MatePad Pro 2 tablet will be.
Today’s leak has allowed us to take a first look at what will be the design of the new tablet from Huawei, the MatePad Pro 2. The photo shows ultra-thin bezels and we know it will be powered by the HiSilicon Kirin 9000 / 9000E chipset.
Huawei MatePad Pro 2: what do we know?
The company has confirmed that the company will launch its next-generation tablet, MatePad Pro 2, on June 2 in China, and it will ship with HarmonyOS and support for the second-generation M-Pencil stylus.
Now, prior to launch, a rendering of the upcoming tablet has leaked online and revealed that the device will ship with ultra-thin bezels. But keep in mind that the authenticity of the indiscretion has not yet been confirmed.
Another report from China (precisely from the well-known tipster Digital Chat Station on Weibo) states that Huawei MatePad Pro 2 will be available in two variants based on two different mobile processors: we are talking about the HiSilicon Kirin 9000 and the Kirin 9000E. The first model will be Wi-Fi only while the second will enjoy compatibility with 5G connectivity.
Previous reports indicate that the terminal will be available in two sizes: one having a screen size of 12.2 inches (or 12.6 inches) and one having an approximately 10.8-inch panel.
For the uninitiated, the original MatePad Pro sported a smaller 10.8-inch screen. Unfortunately, there is not much data available on the type of panel that will be used but its predecessor has an LCD panel, so it is safe to expect that the new model will also have the same technology but with a higher refresh rate, a feature that was missing. to the older tablet. Also, there is the possibility of seeing an OLED display, but we’re not particularly sure about this.
Along with MatePad Pro 2, the Chinese tech giant is also ready to launch a few more devices, including the Watch 3, which will also come with HarmonyOS software.


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Hyundai Hydrogen Mobility’s fleet of XCIENT Fuel Cell trucks has collectively exceeded 1 million kilometers of driving in only 11 months of service in Switzerland. During that time, the fleet has reduced CO2 emissions by over an estimated 630 tons, compared to diesel-powered vehicles. Since hitting Swiss roads last October, the fleet of now 46 hydrogen fuel cell trucks have been able to reach this milestone in the service of 25 Swiss companies in logistics, distribution and supermarket fulfilment.
Hyundai shares this achievement with customers that have integrated the world’s first mass-provided heavy-duty fuel cell trucks in their business operations, replacing regular diesel trucks. Customers in Switzerland have expressed their satisfaction with the performance of the XCIENT Fuel Cell trucks so far, noting eco-friendliness, short refuelling times, and a long range as the top benefits.
“Swiss transport and logistics companies are convinced that hydrogen fuel cell commercial vehicles have the greatest potential among various alternative energy vehicles. The member companies do not stop at simply introducing hydrogen fuel cell trucks. They have high expectations for the hydrogen energy source that holds great potential for the future and believe that hydrogen will be the key for transitioning to eco-friendly energy,” Jörg Ackermann, Chairman of the H2 Mobility Switzerland Association said. “Specifically, the biggest advantage of hydrogen energy is its excellent storability. This suggests that hydrogen will play an important role in the era of eco-friendly energy. Many distribution companies are already experiencing the benefits directly by using the XCIENT fuel cell trucks, and I think that if summer operation is completed successfully, the demand for the XCIENT fuel cell trucks will increase even more.”
Growing the fleet
After initially launching the model in 2019, Hyundai revealed the 2021 XCIENT Fuel Cell heavy-duty truck last month. The next generation of trucks features a bold grille design as well as updates to improve its performance. The new trucks come available in a 4×2 or 6×2 rigid body configuration.
A total of 140 units of the 2021 model will be shipped to Switzerland by the end of this year. Taking this eco-friendly shift even further, the fleet will grow to 1,600 hydrogen-electric trucks by 2025.
Shaping Hyundai’s future in hydrogen
In 2019, Hyundai Motor Company started a joint venture with Swiss company H2 Energy to create Hyundai Hydrogen Mobility (HHM). Based in Switzerland, HHM leases the XCIENT Fuel Cell trucks to commercial truck operators on a pay-per-use basis with includes the hydrogen supply as well. The benefit for commercial fleet customers is that there is no initial investment.
“HHM plans to go into other European countries next year,” Mark Freymüller, CEO of Hyundai Hydrogen Mobility said. “Germany and the Netherlands are the most likely, and there is also strong interest for our vehicles from nearly every other European country. Hyundai’s latest push will put more pressure on local players, which are developing their own hydrogen plans.”
Hyundai Motor Company has set an annual sales goal of 110,000 fuel cell electric vehicles worldwide by 2025, under its ‘Strategy 2025’ plan. Meanwhile, the wider Hyundai Motor Group plans to ramp up production capacity for hydrogen-powered vehicles to 500,000 units by 2030. One of the ways Hyundai plans on achieving this is by bringing its fuel cell electric vehicle technology to the commercial vehicle market.
Hyundai has also announced plans to expand into truck tractors. The company is considering North America as the first market in which the products will be tested and launched. With a hold in two of the world’s strongest industrial markets, Hyundai aims to set an example with its hydrogen-powered trucks.
Pushing for a hydrogen-based Europe
Europe is gradually shifting toward clean mobility. The European Union announced a green recovery plan as part of its new hydrogen strategy.
The plan is to significantly increase green hydrogen production in Europe, or hydrogen gained via renewable sources. Green hydrogen is generated using renewable electricity, such as hydropower, to separate the hydrogen and oxygen molecules in water, resulting in no carbon dioxide emissions. This process is known as electrolysis. Increased availability of hydrogen fuel as well as refuelling stations will lead to a rise in zero-emissions transportation.


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What Should PR Pros Do When It Comes to Fake News?
December 15, 2016
We all have witnessed the proliferation of fake news in recent months and certainly as it impacted the 2016 election cycle. This is a huge concern around the work we do in supporting accuracy in the media, and around the communications and marketing we do tied to our clients, their issues, their products and their long-term viability. So, Marty Machowsky and I teamed up this week and penned the below piece on “What Should PR Pros Do When It Comes to Fake News?”
And, we are pleased to report that Morning Consult decided to publish our op-ed. Morning Consult is a year-old online news portal that covers breaking news, trends, research and opinion in a number of verticals—health, energy, Washington, brands, tech and finance. Their subscriber audience is several hundred thousand. Brands is their newest portal with 20,000 subscribers since announcing in November!
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Jon Favreau is becoming known as a director who loves testing the boundaries of cutting-edge technology and using that to further the limits of filmmaking. But sometimes, even he loves to go old-school. The writer, creator, and showrunner of The Mandalorian revealed that the effects used to shoot the ship of the titular bounty hunter, called the Razorcrest, will be entirely practical.
Inspired by the use of models to shoot the ships of the original Star Wars trilogy, Favreau and fellow executive producer Dave Filoni (Clone Wars) elaborated at Star Wars Celebration in Chicago on how they teamed up with Industrial Light & Magic to pay homage to the original Star Wars movies by shooting with old-fashioned models and rigs.
Favreau and Filoni’s recruited ILM’s Doug Chiang for the design of the Razorcrest, which has a worn-out, grimy design that befits its history as a “reflective silver old army surplus gunship.” Inspired by the design, Favreau suggested that they build a miniature just “for lighting reference.” However, it ballooned from there, and the discussions turned to shoot the ship “with a miniature like they used to do with the motion-control rig,” Filoni said. That’s when the Star Wars fans at ILM became involved.
Jon: Up at ILM there’s a lot Star Wars fans, and people started coming out the woodwork when they heard that we were doing this.
Dave: We had a meeting [with ILM], and there were more people in the meeting than normal. And we started talking about the process of building a model, and there was a lot of interest in that. Then we started hearing that [John Goodson]’s making something in his garage.
Jon: It was like a Star Wars club back in high school. So, up in ILM, they shot some behind-the-scenes footage of how they did that.
Favreau and Filoni showed footage of the ILM team building the models in their garages and rigging up cameras to shoot the ship, just like the old days. But this time there were some injections of new technology — the team built the models using 3D printing, and used LEDs for the engines. But there was still a touch of nostalgia during the whole process, with Filoni noting that the team even went back and researched the flight patterns in old Star Wars films.
“Star Wars at its core has to feel hand-made and practical,” Favreau said. “So we have a lot of audio-animatronics and puppetry, all the techniques that we’ve used from the beginning.”
But really, the reason that the team behind The Mandalorian decided to use practical models was for Jon Favreau’s desk. “The trick I learned from Guillermo del Toro, make sure you build practical props so you can have it for your house. [Dave] has nothing from Clone Wars…You can’t hang a Quicktime up in your office!”
The Mandalorian debuts on Disney+ on November 12, 2019.
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A number of car enthusiasts around the world have more or less heard about Volkswagen installing software into their cars which can effectively allow them to pass pollution tests with flying colours. However, in real world driving conditions, the cars actually produced up to 35 times higher the amount of nitrogen oxide. Unfortunately, this has lead to further investigations into other makes and sub company Audi and Skoda also falls under the scope. BMW was scrutinized also at one stage, however, no hard evidence has been found to date and BMW denies these claims.
Volkswagen Group Australia (VGA) has announced that they will be suspending sales on certain models of their vehicles until a resolution has been reached. This can in turn have a huge impact on the financials of the company.
Press Statement by VGA:
“In its first step, effective immediately VGA has temporarily suspended the sale of affected vehicles fitted with 1.6 or 2.0-litre EA189 diesel engines. The suspension will remain until the emission issues are addressed in those vehicles. VGA will make further announcements next week.”
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