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The HTC Desire 816 is HTC's mid-range flagship for 2014, with a new plastic-based design language and some features inspired by the company's premium HTC One family, such as front-facing speakers. It's got a 5.5-inch 720p display and is powered by a quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 CPU at 1.6GHz, with 1.5GB of RAM and 8GB of internal storage, expandable via microSD.
There's also a 13-megapixel rear camera and 5-megapixel front-facer, and while the Desire 816 features HTC's custom-made Gallery app and automatic video highlights, the "Zoe" shooting mode from the One M8, as well as panorama 360 and dual shot, are not supported.
The 816 was launched at Mobile World Congress 2014 in an event that showcased the phone as an example of HTC's new approach to mid-range smartphone design.
A version of the Desire 816 running HTC's Sense 5.5 UI emerged in China in March 2014, followed by a European model running HTC Sense 6 in May 2014.
23 May 2014
HTC's mid-range flagship packs a gigantic screen into a more affordable handset
If HTC is to stage a financial recovery, it'll need more than just a compelling high-end smartphone...
14 May 2014
HTC fields a 'mid-range flagship' that proves plastic and premium aren't mutually exclusive
If there was one product launch that was drowned out in the noise of Mobile World Congress, it was the HTC Desire 816...
24 February 2014
The first in a 'new breed' of beautifully designed phones, with powerful performance and a low cost
We all want a phone that will blow the barn doors off when it comes to doing the things we love to do with our Androids. We want a phone that plays games well, surfs the web with ease, delivers quality video playback and has great stereo sound. We also love things that are affordable. HTC is trying to merge these two things in their 2014 Desire line, and today at Mobile World Congress they've shown us the first in the series, the Desire 816.
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A handful of mid-range Android smartphones are making their way to Virgin Mobile USA, according to the latest leak by @evleaks. The Twitter handle has published an image showing the LG Pulse, LG Unify, HTC Desire 816 and ZTE Emblem all slated for release on the US mobile operator....


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IBM has announced an agreement with Hewlett-Packard Company
and Seagate Technology, Inc. to introduce a common
technology for tape data interchange in the enterprise and
midrange network storage environments. This agreement will
enable IBM to eventually extend its Magstar product line
into this open format specification, which is intended to
simplify the complex tape marketplace.
This agreement further allows IBM to more rapidly introduce
Magstar storage solutions that will directly address the
requirements of the rapidly growing network computing
IBM's flagship tape product, the Magstar 3590 currently
carries on the legacy of tape technology leadership handed
down by its predecessors, which include the 3480, followed
by the 3490 and 3490E models.
"Working with such well respected storage companies as
Hewlett-Packard and Seagate to define this common approach,
lays the foundation for the interchange and compatibility
that customers have been asking for," said Kevin Reardon,
business line manager, IBM Removable Media Storage
Solutions. "The application of this new common technology
provides an excellent opportunity for industry participants
to develop interchangeable tape products for the fast
growing network storage environment. It also assures that
IBM customers will have a Magstar roadmap that extends well
into the next century."
The new common interchange initiative will allow for
industry-wide consistency and compatibility across multiple
vendor products. The initial support of three storage
industry leaders is expected to help this new technology to
gain broad acceptance among drive, media and software
IBM and Magstar are trademarks or registered trademarks of
IBM Corporation in the United States and other countries.
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Since game design is a business, I decided to see what's really selling well for the PS4.
I did this search a week ago, and at the time, out of the top 20 bestsellers on Amazon 10 had not even been released yet. By now some have been released. But others still have not. And yet others...
HomeNews Xbox Live Says "No, Thank You" To Possible PSN-Outage Advantage
Xbox Live Says "No, Thank You" To Possible PSN-Outage Advantage
I wrote a while back about Microsoft's PSN-outage comments and how I thought they were full of shit. Unfortunately, some individuals seemed only to read the headline, and then where they could reach me via e-mail. Thankfully, Microsoft Exec Dennis Durkin is doing my job for me and clarifying:
It's bad for the industry that this has happened to Sony. We don't wish that upon anybody and you've seen we've been actually pretty quiet on the subject because we don't want to appear to even be looking to be taking advantage of somebody else's situation like that. That's just not in our DNA.
Over time, all of the bets Microsoft is making are about cloud bets. We want customers to feel confident about the quality of the service they're getting, the security of the data that they have and the security of the private information that they have. As a company, you can look back 8, 9 years ago, when Bill Gates wrote his Trustworthy Computing Memo that basically said, "We need to change the way we architect our products and it has to be designed into the way we architect our products and services." So it's in our DNA, across the company.
I swear to God if I get called a fanboy of anything after I post this I'm going to post only about PC games from now on.


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The agency's annual 'Mood of Britain' survey was this year dubbed 'Moodier Britain' with good reason. With headlines warning daily of the ravages of the credit crunch, combined with spiralling food and fuel prices, the attitudinal study reveals a 'nation holding its breath', presenting a monumental challenge to brands.
In 2007, the country's economic situation was ranked the third-biggest influence on consumers' feelings about Britain. This year, however, it rose to number one - leapfrogging concerns about crime and politics. Consumers across the nation are angry about the increased cost of living, and 'uncertainty' was the word used most frequently by consumer groups to summarise their feelings about living in Britain today.
The lack of confidence regarding Britain's current position in the economic cycle is having a negative effect on the mental wellbeing of its population. As a nation uniquely obsessed with property, the lack of clarity about how much further house prices might fall is having a significant effect on consumer confidence. While once the marketing industry spoke of the 'bath-shaped' recovery, bearish investors now hold forth on the 'wok-shaped recession', where consumers with huge debts and substantial mortgages may find themselves in serious financial strife.
To some extent it is fear of the credit crisis, rather than the credit crisis itself, that has savaged consumer confidence, but the research reveals that the rising cost of living is starting to have a clear impact on consumers' lives. In a focus group in Sheffield, housewives emerged as particularly concerned about rising food costs and the rate at which prices are increasing. One respondent noted: 'My kids love this big cheesy pizza in Iceland: it usually costs £1.55, but last week it went up to £1.75. Prices aren't going up by 1p or 2p, but 20p.'
Elsewhere, young professionals in London, with little hope of getting on the property ladder, lead a contradictory life of personal wealth, typified by exotic holidays and expensive technology, but also often find themselves living in a box room and sharing a bathroom with three strangers, or still residing with their parents.
Expectation is a key issue for this group. They have watched their parents make large amounts of cash on their homes and desire the same level of material wealth. However, their parents' priorities often do not revolve around saving for their children, as the column inches dedicated to the SKI (spending kids inheritance) generation testify, and so they find themselves with little financial security.
Across the board, there is a genuine feeling that the rise in the cost of living is outpacing salary increases, and British consumers are starting to feel short-changed. Unhappy Britons as are also less keen to move abroad in search of sunny climes; without the buffer of rising property prices and economic stability, many are simply not willing to risk such a move or cannot afford it.
What this mood means for brands
There remains a disjuncture between consumers' concerns and their purchasing behaviour. Many consumers who are worried about the impact of the credit crisis have yet to tighten their purse strings. Privately, many analysts believe high-street stores and brands suffering from poor sales are using the credit crunch as an excuse. However, the progressively dour mood of the country presents a substantial challenge for brands.
As consumers face up to their limited spending power, the brands that enable them to do more with their money will prosper. To this end, brands such as Sainsbury's, investing in its 'Feed a family for a fiver' campaign, or Lloyds TSB with its free AirMiles with mortgages initiative, should reap the benefits.
In response to the growing unease over the state of the economy, consumers are retreating further into their personal spheres, according to the research.
This represents an obvious opportunity for those brands that are able to help consumers look after their assets through helpful behaviour.
In the financial-services sector, brands need to offer consumers reassurance, and shift away from the irreverent frivolous approach, which has now become completely out of touch with the mood of British consumers.
Brands should also seek to emphasise their heritage, as, in more uncertain times, consumers are naturally more comfortable with brands that feel familiar and to which they feel connected.
The issues that are making Britain angry:
Britain's prime minister has become a figurehead for everything that is wrong with this country, according to McCann Erickson's research. Gordon Brown's unpopularity - and there is no question that his personal ratings with voters are woeful - crosses most age groups and social classes.
The survey revealed that, overall, 31% of Britons are angry with Brown; among the over-65s this figure rises to 47%. Different groups have varying arguments with the prime minister and many older consumers hold him personally responsible for their problems.
The abolition of the 10p tax rate, which was rubbished as a 'stealth tax' designed to penalise the poorest in society, was a particular source of ire. The increase in the level of disappointment Britain is experiencing this year - up 10% from 2007 - is in large part due to the failure of Brown to lead the kind of revival in Britain's fortunes that everybody had hoped, according to the study.
There is little doubt among economists that blame for the sub-prime crisis lies squarely with the banks, which took too many risks in mortgage lending. The financial-services sector is also a target for consumer wrath. 'We have been living in a bubble of security for 10 years and the banks have thrown this away,' says Nikki Crumpton, chief strategy officer at McCann Erickson.
While the environment has been high on the agenda in recent years, consumers' concern about the economy means they are less willing to pay to be green. As a result, the environment has fallen by 14% between 2007 and 2008 as a 'source of sadness' for Britons, and researchers uncovered a significant degree of cynicism surrounding the issue, with the effectiveness of recycling and reduction of CO2 emissions called into question. Many of the groups felt helpless and that their efforts were unlikely to make a real difference.
Brands must therefore be wary of pushing their environmental credentials too hard, but those that can persuade consumers to go green and save money, for example are more likely to succeed.
Although fear of crime remains disproportionately high in relation to actual crime levels, the increase in indiscriminate, violent crime among young people is having a huge impact. Young people are 11% more angry about crime this year than they were last year, according to the research. One member of a focus group for the survey, who is a young Londoner, said: 'It feels more often that violence happens for no reason.' However, anger about crime had not increased across the total sample.
Terrorism's impact on the day-to-day lives of ordinary Britons has declined significantly over the past year. In 2007, terrorism ranked third in a list of things making people angry about Britain. This year, it has fallen to sixth, overtaken by standards of public services, the cost of living and politics. Part of the reason is that terrorism is viewed as a regional issue and many people living outside the M25 feel that it doesn't affect them. However, even in London, respondents were blase in their attitude toward terrorism saying they were 'desensitised' to the threat.
In 2008, the anger surrounding immigration and race has been fuelled by a strong feeling that minorities are unfairly pandered to by local and national government. Immigration angered 59% of people surveyed, compared with 58% in 2007. The causes for the antagonism are grounded in misunderstanding, with many communities regretting the lack of integration. Sport provides one of the few arenas in which these communities can come together.
The issues of Middle-class debt
In 2005, the broadsheets whipped themselves into a frenzy when former BBC arts correspondent Rosie Millard admitted that her bank account was frozen and her credit-card debts mounting. Unwittingly, she became the face of a fresh sub-section of the middle classes: the impoverished professionals.
The credit crunch is exposing this debt problem, which has been fuelled by a general dissatisfaction and impatience with life, leading people to indulge themselves in their personal life.
Last month, it was revealed that debt-advice agencies are being swamped by demands for help from middle-income families, and middle-class people who borrowed when lending rates were low are feeling the squeeze. Middle-class people are now more likely to slip into debt, despite the traditional view that it is the poorest who are the worst financial managers.
Attitudes toward debt are changing. The excesses of the 'living on credit' lifestyle are becoming more frowned upon and could, according to Crumpton, soon become as unacceptable as smoking.
Types of Britons, from most angry to least angry
Who are they? Old, downmarket and likely to be found in the West Country, Midlands and Wales.
How are they feeling? Miserable. The government and political system is a particular source of ire, although they are unhappy with nearly everything.
What do they want from brands? 'A brand that understands me'. This group feels cut adrift from the rest of society and misunderstood - hence their need for brands to understand them.
The Left Behinds
Who are they? Young, slightly downmarket and likely to live in London and the South East.
How are they feeling? Disenfranchised, with little sense of identity and belonging. Strong desire to feel more part of something whether that be their family, community, friendship group or Britain as a whole.
What do they want from brands? 'A brand that talks to me on my level'. This group often feels patronised and talked down to.
The Grin and Bear Its
Who are they? Middle-aged and middle-of-the-road, with no particular regional bias.
How are they feeling? Concerned, rather than angry. Politically slightly right of centre, they are confused by what British identity constitutes today - they are David Cameron's dream.
What do they want from brands? 'A brand that is local'. Feeling disconnected from Britain at a macro-level, they hanker after 'old Britain' by buying British and purchasing local brands and produce.
The Pretty Contents
Who are they? Likely to have a young family and live in the North West or Yorkshire. They have probably worked their way up the career ladder after leaving school and getting a job.
How are they feeling? Content. They have a family and good friends, and concentrate on those, rather than the world. This is illustrated by low levels of anger with Gordon Brown and Tony Blair.
What do they want from brands? 'A brand that speaks to everyone'. Family and community are high on their agenda and this group is more likely to favour a brand with a wider appeal.
The Doing Nicelys
Who are they? Well-off, middle-aged males, found predominantly in Cheshire, London and the South East.
How are they feeling? Very positive. Their major concerns are 'middle-class' ones - the environment and the media rank relatively high on their list of anxieties.
What do they want from brands? 'A brand that is genuine'.
As well-travelled and affluent consumers, they are likely to be concerned by a product's provenance and authentic roots.


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EMC announced that Ticket Servicos, an Accor company located in Brazil that processes government-mandated meal voucher services, is implementing EMC DatabaseXtender software. Ticket Servicos will use DatabaseXtender to migrate and archive Oracle data in its tiered storage system.
In Brazil, the law requires that companies provide meals to employees during work hours. Ticket coordinates meal vouchers between company employees and a network of authorized stores and restaurants. In addition, Ticket provides organizations with food and transportation vouchers for employees to buy food from markets and fuel their cars at gas stations for travel to work. [Ed note: We're moving to Brazil!]
Ciprico announces new NAS
Ciprico Inc., which makes storage products aimed at the broadcast market, announced general availability of the latest member of its DiMeda NAS family, the 10G. The 10G allows multiple users to share and view both uncompressed standard definition and compressed high definition content over 10 Gb Ethernet.
CaseData deploys DataCore
DataCore Software announced that CaseData, which provides electronic and paper discovery services, online document review, searching and production, and data recovery and forensics, has deployed its SANmelody product to manage legal documents and case files. CaseData said it chose DataCore since it can automatically and dynamically expand data storage to meet the needs of "capacity hungry" application servers, and will over allocate or preallocate space.
Hewlett departs Agilent
Agilent Technologies Inc. announced that Walter Hewlett will retire as a director of the company effective March 1, 2006. Hewlett joined the board of directors when Agilent was spun off from Hewlett-Packard Co. in 1999.


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Earlier this month BTIG threw more gas on this fire when analyst Richard Greenfield discussed Disney’s need to replace CEO Bob Iger in the coming years, and that Netflix’s Reed Hastings would give DIS, and ultimately Disney stock, the creative mind it so desperately seeks.
Given that Iger’s biggest moves during his tenure have been in video and film, the move to Hastings would seem like a natural fit. Unfortunately, the cost to Disney stock would be too great, and the advantages of owning Netflix would be too meaningless.
Over the last few years Disney stock has clicked on nearly all cylinders. I suppose if there is a question mark on Iger’s incredible tenure, it is the recent subscriber declines in ESPN and Disney’s inability to launch a successful direct-to-consumer streaming platform.
But the mistake that investors make is thinking that DIS needs a successful streaming platform.
The reality is that Disney has options. It is unquestionably the king of video content; everything it touches reaches blockbuster status.
Of course Disney stock has the Marvel universe and Star Wars in its arsenal, but it also has an animated business that has produced recent hits like Frozen, Zootopia, and most recently Jungle Book, all of which will have second, third and possibly fourth installments.
In other words, Disney’s video pipeline is ripe with profits, which feed into its merchandise, theme parks and other media as it sells the rights to these blockbuster titles.
So while Netflix has a good reputation for developing unique content, DIS is far better, and given the billions of dollars in content obligations that face Netflix, it is clear that Disney is far better off making money from its content versus entering the crowded game of paying for content.
NFLX Would Be Bad for Disney Stock
With all things considered, the business approach of DIS and NFLX might not align, but at the end of the day, it is the opportunity to get Hastings that so many investors celebrate.
While I admit that Hastings would be a nice transition at DIS, let’s not forget that there is more to Disney stock than just video. Furthermore, let’s remember that there are many talented and creative people at Marvel, Pixar and LucasFilm, who are constantly producing billion dollar films for Disney. Any one of these people would be a good fit for DIS.
In other words, Disney has options.
Meanwhile, Netflix is in a troubled state right now. Not only is NFLX stock well off its high, but increased competition from the likes of Dish Network Corp‘s (DISH) Sling TV, Starz (STRZA), HBO, and even Alphabet Inc‘s (GOOG, GOOGL) YouTube have many wondering whether Netflix can continue to experience rapid subscriber growth.
More importantly, there are major questions regarding whether Netflix can continue to hike prices at a rate that matches the increase in content costs. Given the influx in competition, I don’t think it can do so.
Nonetheless, if the price were right, then sure, DIS should acquire Netflix.
The problem is that the price won’t be right any time soon, and once it gets there, Hastings would never allow the sale. Even after reporting poor earnings on Monday, NFLX is still valued north of $40 billion, and as explained in a recent article, Netflix’s peak value in the best of circumstances is only $40 billion.
Seeing as how Disney is historically a smart company that does not waste money, I cannot imagine that it would try to buy Netflix.
But if it did, overpaying for such an expensive asset would drastically alter the investment outlook for Disney stock, which is yet another reason all the talk surrounding a DIS and NFLX tieup is speculation, and won’t become a realization.
As of this writing, Brian Nichols was long Disney.
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A New Mobile Sonic Game is Coming This Year, It’s Claimed
A leaker has claimed that a new Sonic Spin-off mobile game is in the works and is to be released by the end of this year.
The rumor comes courtesy of Twitter user @MbKKssTBhz5, who has accurately leaked games relating to ATLUS in the past. According to the leaker, the game is set to have a similar gameplay design to that of Fall Guys, which implies the new Sonic spin-off game could be a Battle Royale-esque title.
Fall Guys was first released in 2020 and became immensely popular with players. Within 24 hours of its release, the game had an active player base of 1.5 million players. Eventually, the game’s player count would rise to over 50 million.
So at least on paper, it makes sense as to why a new Sonic game could be targeting a similar gameplay loop.
Although Insider Gaming could not verify the claims, it is understood that multiple unannounced Sonic titles are in development across mobile and console.
As for when the new mobile could be announced remains to be seen, but the suggested 2024 release date could imply that an announcement could be soon.
What do you think of a new Sonic mobile game that could take inspiration from Fall Guys? Let us know in the comments below.


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The health and wellness trend is having a significant impact on how European consumers shop, with the Chilled and Fresh category seeing gains right across the continent, according to a new report by ESM: European Supermarket Magazine, in association with market intelligence firm IRI. Meanwhile, the declining birth rate in many European markets is impacting negatively on the Baby category, while consumers also appear to be eager to spend less in the Personal Care and Household categories in several markets.
V360°, part of the Visualise Group, in conjunction with ECR, will hold a breakfast talk ‘Learn how Facebook is shaping the future of shopping’, on Friday 20th April at 7.30am at The Dean Hotel, Dublin 2. The theme for this talk is leveraging the power of technology and social media to meet shoppers’ evolving needs. Tickets available here.
Global food giant Nestlé wants to make all of its packaging recyclable or reusable by 2025, becoming the latest food company to vow to reduce plastic waste, however, charity Greenpeace said that the company has "missed the mark" when it comes to effective ways of tackling the issue. The charity said that Nestlé’s announcement didn’t include clear targets to reduce and eventually phase out single-use plastics.
Following the plastic reduction trend, UK-based food manufacturing company 2 Sisters Food Group has announced that 90% of the plastic components in its branded products and 90% of the packaging it uses will be recyclable by 2020. The group has also pledged to provide access to re-useable or recyclable cups or mugs to all of its 23,000 colleagues and that all non-recyclable cups and bottles will be phased out at its 36 sites in the UK by the end of 2018.
The European Commission announced a series of new measures to protect small European farmers and food producers from what it says are unfair trading practices by larger corporations. The measures will outlaw practices such as late payments, last-minute order cancellations and retroactive changes to contracts by the buyer. While there are already several national laws in place that have a similar aim, the Commission said it wanted to harmonise these rules across the European Union.
U.S. consumer prices fell for the first time in 10 months last March, weighed down by a decline in the cost of gasoline, but underlying inflation continued to firm amid rising prices for healthcare and rental accommodation. The drop in the headline monthly inflation reading reported by the Labor Department on Wednesday is likely temporary, with producer prices increasing solidly in March. Many economists believe the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates three more times this year.
The Retail Excellence Retail Retreat & Expo will take place on May 15th and 16th at Citywest Convention Centre. With 2,000 delegates, 150 cutting edge expo partners and 70 world class and inspirational speakers attending like CEOs and business leaders past and present from Applegreen, Leon restaurants, John Lewis, Dreams, Woodies, Harvey Norman, The Retail Doctor, Paul O'Connell, Brian Cody, David McWilliams and many more visit www.retailexcellenceretreat.com now to find out how you can exhibit or attend.
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Electric choice begins in parts of Virginia this
coming January 1, and is set to be completed in all corners of the
Commonwealth by January 1, 2004. Many
if not most businesses, and perhaps some homeowners as well, will be able
to choose their electricity supplier — the company that provides the
actual electricity that flows into their home or business. The
company that delivers the electricity — the distribution company —
will remain the same, and there
are no laws in place or plans anticipated to change that.
For consumer-owners of electric cooperatives, that’s
good news indeed, because cooperatives, individually and collectively,
have among the best records anywhere for reliable delivery of service. And
that won’t change.
especially for smaller users of electricity, other things may not actually
change either. You see, allowing
electric choice doesn’t necessarily mean that everyone —
especially smaller consumers — will
have a choice of supplier. Confused?
Well you’re not alone. Virginia is one of about
half the states of the union that have adopted laws restructuring the
electric utility industry to allow consumer’s to choose their supplier.
As of today, less than 1 percent of
residential customers and about 1.4 percent of commercial customers have
switched suppliers. Why such low numbers? Well, in part because this
brave new world of electric supply is still in its infancy, and lots of
folks — customers and suppliers — are being cautious. Electricity
is, after all, one of the
absolute necessities of modern life and many are loathe to change
their supplier unless they’ve had problems.
consumers are hesitant to switch given the nightmare going on in
California, where a fatally flawed restructuring law and weather
extremes were introduced into a state where growth in demand had been
outstripping growth in supply for over a decade. A
recipe for disaster? That seems to be the case out West, and avoiding
those problems is exactly why many utilities — including cooperative
power supplier Old Dominion Electric Cooperative — are building or
planning to build new electric generation facilities over the next few
But despite a seemingly adequate and growing supply
of electricity in Virginia, there don’t seem to be any alternative
suppliers interested in selling electricity to residential and small
business consumers. And that’s
not just the case in Virginia, it’s the case in virtually every state
that has introduced competition in power supply.
And it’s absolutely the case for electric
cooperative consumers. At this point,
there are no competitive suppliers anywhere in the country actively
selling electricity to consumers of electric cooperatives. And
that’s why we say that “choice” has quote marks around it, because
it isn’t really choice unless there are two or more suppliers vying for
the business of electric consumers.
And the reason these other suppliers are not
interested in selling electricity to cooperative consumers (at least at
this point) is because there’s no
profit to be made, or at least not enough to justify their marketing
efforts. Which proves the truth of the old saying that “what goes around
comes around”: the same lack of
interest in serving rural and suburban homes and small businesses is
precisely what led folks in over a dozen Virginia communities — and
in over a thousand communities nationwide — to
create electric cooperatives two generations ago, in the 1930s and
’40s. It was and is a case of folks doing for themselves what no one
else would do for them.
As restructuring unfolds over the next two-plus
years, please remember three things.


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Drugs worth about Rwf24m have been impounded, four animal drug stores closed and three people arrested in an operation that was intended to tackle sale and use of counterfeit veterinary products in the country.
This was confirmed on Monday by Rwanda Investigation Bureau (RIB).
The operation was carried out on 52 pharmacies from July 6 in nine districts of Nyarugenge, Nyanza, Ruhango and Huye, Nyagatare, Gatsibo and Kayonza, Rusizi and Nyamasheke.
Speaking during a press conference on Monday in Kigali, the Director General for Crime Intelligence at RIB, Peter Karake said that 18 of the pharmacies were found to be selling drugs that are illegal, with some being counterfeit, others not allowed in the country, while others were found to have expired.
He pointed out that three of the closed stores were operating from Kigali, while one was in Huye District, explaining that their closure resulted from the amount of illegal drugs they had in their store, and their attempts to hide some of them.
About the three vet store operators who were arrested, he said that it is because their pharmacies had many products that had expired or were found to be counterfeit, with hazardous impact to livestock.
The operation was conducted by RIB in partnership with Rwanda Agriculture Board (RAB), the Ministry of Agriculture and Animal Resources (MINAGRI), and the Rwanda Council of Veterinary Doctors (RCVD).
"What was intended was to sensitise [people about such counterfeit drugs], and to impose a complete ban on such drugs from Rwandan markets," Karake said adding that life and security for people and livestock is a responsibility for everyone.
Dr Jean Claude Rukundo, Director of Veterinary Inspection Unit at RAB said the operation was informed by the unusual deaths of 26 cows in the Eastern Province's Gatsibo District, which died of a tick control drug that farmers had mixed with a pesticide which produced a deadly concoction.
Talking about effects of illegal drugs, Rukundo said that when a drug has passed its expiry date, or is wrongly used, it becomes even poisonous.
The move comes as Rwanda's livestock is facing two threats, namely Rift Valley Fever, and tick-borne disease, both of which are deadly, and need effective remedy to be contained and prevent loss of cattle or other ruminants.
RIB and RAB appealed to the public to be vigilant and always consult with veterinarians for guidance while buying veterinary products to avoid use of counterfeit products which are harmful to the cattle and people's lives.
Talking about punishment, Karake said that any person selling counterfeit drugs is punishable by law from six months to two years depending on the intensity of the crime, or fine ranging from Rwf1 million to Rwf5 million.


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The sold Zoom data has been analyzed by cyber security researchers at Cyble who have labeled it as authentic.
With the popularity of Zoom rising globally due to the increasing use of video conferencing amid COVID-19, even its CEO has started hating the daily online meetings. But of more concern for him perhaps has got to be the security problems emerging as his company struggles to adjust with the daily influx of users.
In the latest, this takes shape in the form of a report by an IT security firm named Cyble who has revealed that over 530,000 Zoom account credentials are being sold on the dark web and an infamous hacker forum, some for free and some for as low as a fraction of a penny. The motives of the hackers are not known although they may be for fame purposes.
It is noteworthy that just a few days ago hackers were found sharing verified login details of verified Zoom accounts on the dark web for free. At the time, their intention was to get those credentials used in Zoombombing, which occurs when a meeting is disrupted or crashed abruptly.
As for the latest listening, researchers believe it surfaced on the 1st of April, 2020. The accounts were being posted on different hacker forums due to an attack vector named credential stuffing in which attackers try using already exposed credentials online by plugging them into the accounts of the same person on a different platform.
This means if you are using the same password that was compromised years ago, your Zoom account can then also be broken into this way. This does not though mean that Zoom in itself was hacked.
According to researchers, these accounts belong to notable institutes and organizations including the Universities of Vermont, Colorado, Dartmouth, Florida, Lafayette, and companies such as Chase and Citibank making the threat far more serious than just Zoom-bombing. Critical information, particularly of companies can be at risk through online eavesdropping.
To investigate further, Cyble purchased about 530,000 such accounts at a price of $0.0020 each totaling $10.60. These included email addresses, passwords, links of personal meetings and host keys which are used to claim one’s position as a host upon joining a meeting.
Furthermore, some of the credentials obtained were also tested and appeared to work which means that the data is indeed legitimate even if some of them may have become useless now due to password changes.
In an exclusive conversation with CEO and Founder of Cyble, Mr. Beenu Arora told Hackread.com that,
“The data was shared with us privately via an App (Telegram) with a Russian-speaking actor. At this point, we have just tested some samples, and a good portion of the samples seems valid. Since Zoom’s user base has expanded so rapidly and with all media coverage, researchers and hackers are looking into them more closely and finding these issues.”
“While Zoom’s ease of use has made it popular among users, it would be inaccurate to blame its security issues on this alone. The best way for users to protect themselves is to ensure they utilize a meeting pin and have the host admit attendees to the meeting individually. With the sudden shift to remote work, businesses should educate their employees on security best practices when working remotely and ensure that a VPN is always used when working with business-related materials.”
To conclude, currently, it is recommended that all Zoom users change their passwords to reflect stronger ones along with making sure that they are not re-using their passwords elsewhere keeping in mind the credential stuffing technique mentioned above.
For your peace of mind, you can know if you have been compromised in data breaches by entering your email address on services like Have I Been Pwned and Am I Breached. They will also let you know the specific data breaches that led to the compromise in question allowing you to take targeted prompt action.


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On October 15, 2015, The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) published 21 Inc.’s (21) patent application 20150294308 for “Digital Mining Circuitry...
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21 Inc. is a blockchain and cryptocurrency technology startup based in San Francisco and founded by Balaji S. Srinivasan, Daniel Firu, Matt Pauker, Nigel Drego and Veerbhan Kheterpal in 2014. In 2015, the startup raised a record $116 million in venture capital, which was the largest investment at that time accumulated by a startup in the cryptocurrency industry. Initially, the company didn’t reveal its activity until, in 2015, it announced the development and potential of 21 Inc. to make Bitcoin mining cheaper. BitShare allowed users to start mining digital currency from any internet-connected device without any special software. Also, the company issued a Bitcoin computer that allowed users to do Bitcoin mining, make transactions and develop applications using the Bitcoin protocol. In 2017, the company changed its specialization to being a token-based social network and rename itself Earn.com.
- Binance Halts Trading to Resolve Technical Problem
- New Leaders at Bank for International Settlements Fintech and DLT Research Centers
- Coinbase Becomes Direct Visa Card Issuer With Principal Membership
- CFTC Letter Provides Little Clarity in Telegram’s Battle With SEC
- Chainlink (LINK), Tezos (XTZ) Resume Bull Run With Bitcoin Above $10K


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The high-quality Fujitsu sensor beacons with Wirepas Connectivity offer an easy-to-use, connected module for various IoT application areas, such as healthcare, industrial automation and smart building. With the Wirepas Connectivity protocol, Fujitsu is now able to offer ready-to-go solutions for various IoT applications – for example a connected sensor beacon with an embedded high-accuracy accelerometer/temperature sensor.
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Despite demonetisation and the goods and service tax (GST) impacting demand, sales rose 9.57% to 2.12 million between January and August.
The Passat will contend with the likes of Toyota Camry, Honda Accord and Skoda Superb. The Passat is based on the new MQB platform and comes strapped with a 2 L TDI Diesel engine.
Commercial vehicle sales are often seen as an indicator of economic growth. This could be indicative of a recovery in the economy, provided there are no more disruptions.
The SIAM President’s views stand askance to those expressed by members Hyundai and Toyota shortly after the revision in cess was effected last month.
Car sales went up 6.86 per cent to 2,08,656 units as against 1,95,259 units in September last year, according to data released by the SIAM today.
At present, the Electricity Act prohibits the sale of electricity by anyone except the distribution licensee.
Roland Folger, Managing Director & CEO, Mercedes-Benz India commented, This growth story is a direct result of our strong customer focused strategy, which has been bearing fruit…
Tata Motors offered to supply the electric vehicles at Rs 11.2 lakh each, inclusive of the GST and a five-year warranty. Mahindra quoted more than Rs 13 lakh.
The company recently surpassed record 75 million two-wheelers in cumulative sales since its inception.
Based on the B0 platform, the Renault Captur comes with a crossover design and has a curvy bodyline.
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Opinion: Care about family values? Don’t go shopping on Thanksgiving Day
Thanksgiving, more than any other holiday, revolves around the communal family meal. With Americans’ increasingly busy schedules, it is a rare occasion to slow down and be with your nearest and dearest. But if some retailers have it their way, Thanksgiving will soon be more about shopping than family togetherness.
Increasingly, stores are opting to open on Thanksgiving in an effort to extend Black Friday sales. Worse, at Kmart, employees say they’ve been prohibited from taking time off during the holiday shopping season and fear getting fired if they don’t work on Thanksgiving. And it’s not just big-box retailers that are participating in what some are calling “Gray Thursday”. Walden Galleria in upstate New York will open at 6 p.m. on Thanksgiving and retail tenants who fail to open their doors may be punished with a fine.
For the bargain hunter looking to save money on their holiday shopping, getting a jump on Black Friday deals may sound great, but what about the employees who will have to staff the stores? When shopping for a bargain is more important than working families being able to spend a holiday together, it’s time for Americans to take a hard look at our priorities.
The “holiday creep” -- when the holidays are pushed on consumers earlier and earlier each year -- is reaching new levels of ridiculousness. Retailers rationalize being open on Thanksgiving by saying they are responding to customer interest. And the holiday shopping season is when a lot of stores make the bulk of their sales, so from an economic standpoint, adding another day makes sense, right? Maybe not. Experts say the trend may actually cannibalize sales from Black Friday, the biggest shopping day of the year. And new research from the National Retail Federation suggests that only 11% of Americans even plan on shopping on Thanksgiving anyway -- so sales may not even be that great.
While making employees work on Thanksgiving may not seem like the most egregious employer offense, this problem is indicative of the overall erosion of workers’ power in this country. With the decline of union membership, Americans increasingly lack the basic workplace protections that they once enjoyed. Research shows that employees are being intimidated from being able to organize for their own rights, leaving workers to have to rely on the goodwill of their employers for everything from health insurance to a day off for Thanksgiving.
So what can we do about this disturbing trend? First, let’s put shopping off for a day. Spend time with your family and with your friends. Eat some turkey and pie. Slow down and take a moment to be thankful for what you have. Second, let’s tell retailers that it goes against the very essence of Thanksgiving to prevent workers from spending time with their families on the holiday.
Sign a petition, contact your policymakers, show up to a protest, donate money to workers organizing for better treatment and fairer wages or just ask about what conditions are like for workers where you shop or dine. Americans say they they value family and morality above all else. Well, then, let’s prove it. Thanksgiving is a perfect time to put those collective values to work by pushing employers to treat working families with the respect they deserve all year long.
Susan Rohwer is a freelance journalist. Follow her on Twitter @susanrohwer.
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Walmart looks to sell controlling stake in Asda
The US owner’s of Asda, Walmart, have confirmed they are looking to sell a major stake in the UK supermarket.
The US giant has said that following “inbound interest” it is in talks with a number of parties regarding an opportunity to invest in the Leeds headquartered supermarket.
A statement said: “No decisions have been made and we will not be commenting further on these discussions.
“If or when we decide to pursue this opportunity further, our first priority will be to share more detailed information with our colleagues.”
This follows an announcement last year that the world’s largest retailer was considering a future stock market listing for Asda after its failed merger with Sainsbury’s.


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“AMA” stands for “ask me anything,” a type of mass-interview popular on Reddit and other online forums where the interviewee offers to answer any questions thrown at him or her by the audience.
Do you have any burning questions about Guild Wars? No, not Guild Wars 2 — the original, the one that has long fallen out of the public eye? ArenaNet Studio Tech Director Stephen Clarke-Willson, who goes by SCW on the forums, posted an open AMA on Reddit for those still curious about the old game.
And before you ask, no, the studio isn’t going to be making any content changes to this maintenance mode title. “It’s hard work just to get the art tools up and running, so making content changes are pretty unlikely,” he told one player. There are also no plans for an HD version.
He does go into a lot of the details of the server structure, the creation of the technology behind the game, and how ArenaNet streamlined the title to make it accessible and low cost.
Don’t go taking any time off work in April with the hopes of playing Legends of Aria’s early access program. In an Ask Me Anything session on Wednesday, Project Lead Derek Brinkmann said that the team is evaluating the progression of the game’s closed beta and may not be able to make the April target for early access.
“There is a very good chance that our Steam release date will slip,” Brinkmann said. “It is really important to the team that we deliver the absolute best experience possible on that day of the final wipe because we only get one shot at it. Expect an announcement about our release date in the coming weeks with a more specific answer.”
Have questions about next month’s RIFT
Prime server? You and everyone else, buddy. With the rapid rollout of the progression server ruleset, Trion Worlds is scrambling to catch up in the information delivery department. The studio recently put out a more extensive Q&A video to supplement the skimpy announcement FAQ
that it released.
While the team doesn’t give a fixed schedule or end date for the server, it did reveal several important points. Players can roll up to two characters, will experience a different login calendar, and will have to scramble to grab names when the server launches. Trion said that there is no chance of this server continuing indefinitely.
If you’re looking for a boiled-down transcript, MMORPG has a good rundown of the salient details.
In case you ever wanted to sniff the distinct scent of internet dumpster fire, you probably should’ve gone to the Star Wars Battlefront II DICE developer AMA on Reddit yesterday and watched that EA world burn. Almost 30,000 comments later, EA’s handpicked community masseuses didn’t walk back any of the specific business model shenanigans or the “sense of pride and accomplishment” blither, and players are actually madder now than they were when they downvoted EA’s comments 677,000 times on Monday.
- Wall Street is freaking out over the potential stock hit to EA should the game launch poorly thanks to angry gamers.
- Belgian authorities are reportedly investigating SWBF2 (via GIbiz) to determine whether its design amounts to a money-fueled game of chance, in which case it would be subject to gambling laws and potentially be fined or censored.
- Players have assessed that it’d take over 4500 hours of play or $2100 to unlock everything in Star Wars: Battlefront 2 as the game’s monetization is currently set.
- Finally, that “EA dev” who claimed he’d received death threats? It’s no longer clear he’s an EA dev, let alone that he received death threats, and he disappeared from social media after Kotaku went digging. Astroturfer? Hmm.
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Interested in Path of Exile
but lacking copious amounts of free time to pick through a messy AMA session
with the devs for relevant quotes? How about we do that for you with this new Q&A batch that centers around the recent Xbox One launch
- On Xbox One vs. PlayStation 4: “It’s a lot easier to port a game to Xbox than PS4. This is because the APIs and tools for PC and Xbox One are the same.”
- On Xbox trade chat: “Unfortunately a controller isn’t really great method for text input, so we don’t really see an easy way to do something like that.”
- On adaptation difficulties: “One of the really hard parts was actually gem management. And I think we still haven’t found a perfect solution for this as well. Moving gems around to different items is a bit of a pain.”
- On Xbox One X: “We fully support the Xbox One X and Path of Exile will be playable at 4k/60fps on launch day. We’re going to investigate other enhancements like HDR also.”
With the release of Conan Exiles on Xbox One’s game preview program, there are plenty of questions from this new audience about the rollout of the survival sandbox. Funcom’s team was on hand yesterday for an AMA that ranged from crafting to crashes (“our number one priority”) to camel punching.
Funcom revealed that it is working on creating voice chat (in a similar fashion to ARK: Survival Evolved). It also hinted that PC and Xbox players may one day be able to share the same servers: “That is something we are still considering. Crossplay is complicated.”
The team also addressed the controversial omission of nudity on the console: “There is a nudity DLC for European territories (it’s free), but this DLC is currently unavailable due to a last minute issue with the Xbox Store. Microsoft is currently investigating a solution to this issue. In the meantime, all territories will be limited to partial nudity.”
It’s a big week for the zombie survival title Fortnite, what with it coming out on Steam early access and all, and the developers are taking advantage of the increased attention to talk up their game to interested parties.
On Reddit yesterday, the devs hosted an ask-me-anything session that covered the making of the game, how the team acted on feedback, heroes, crafting, outposts, and future plans. The team stressed that everything is in “early iteration” right now, so expect things to change over the course of the year.
So what was the hardest part of making the game? “The biggest challenge we had was how do we make a robust building system that was usable in high fidelity third person combat. So controls and complexity become a real challenge. If you wonder why we don’t have crouch… this is why.”
The team said that it plans to release Fortnite later this year after testing, polish, and content additions. Past that, there are plans in the works for different modes, like iron man and an open world, so you might see this small title getting a lot bigger over the coming years.
With Knights of the Frozen Throne
coming to Hearthstone
next month, excitement is reaching a fever pitch for this already-popular card title. Game Director Ben Brode
took advantage of this interest to raise awareness of the game and answer community questions in a recent AMA session
Among the topics covered were minion placement, the collection manager, the expense of the game, and confirmation that the team is experimenting with a new ladder format.
Possibly the most exciting news is that the team is working on both a Druid and Warlock hero, although Brode indicated that we shouldn’t be expecting a new class anytime soon. “I think we are already having trouble carving out awesome space for nine classes,” he said. “I want us to find more unique things for Warlock to do, for example. I think adding a 10th class makes this problem much more difficult, as we could be using that space to make our core nine classes more fun.”
As Albion Online barrels toward a summer release, the crew took to Reddit yesterday for a marathon AMA session to tackle any pressing community questions.
Asked how much work an average player will need to put in before being of any use in PvP, the team responded, “A general principle of Albion Online — as a game with a strong PvP focus — is that the combat power curves for gear and character progress are very flat […] When you start out a new character, you could expect at least 10 to 20 hours of gameplay before you could be considered competitive in PvP.”
What about super-experienced and -geared players taking over the game’s landscape and making it miserable for everyone else? “Of course, well-organized guilds will always have an advantage over more casual players – it would be weird if that was not the case. However, it is extremely unlikely — and has never happened in any of our tests, two of which lasted around six months — that a single faction will dominate the world.”
Transparency is vital to smaller, indie MMO projects, especially ones driven by a volunteer team. The crew over at Darkfall: Rise of Agon have no problem being as open as possible with the community, as evidenced by the team’s recent AMA on Reddit.
Much of the AMA tackled what the team was doing to different features and how Rise of Agon would differ from classic Darkfall: “We are also in the process of making enhancements to the in-game textures to make them look more modern as well as enhancing the capabilities of the engine itself. With all that said though, as a team we believe it is more important to make a great game than a pretty-looking game, although we understand the importance of the latter to many modern gamers.”
You can check out an overview of all of the closed beta progress and get ready for the upcoming early access launch with the developer video below!
New H1Z1: Just Survive General Manager Landon Montgomery is attempting to show that his leadership will see a more open and forthcoming Daybreak with the survival game’s fanbase. In last week’s AMA, Montgomery took on a wide range of questions on everything including base building, weather, and storytelling.
“Base building is our #1 priority for next year. I can’t give you a timeframe, but modularity is massively important for us,” Montgomery said, going on to clarify: “We’re still in ‘fix now, cool later’ mode but that’s top of the list for ‘cool later.'”
He said that he turned down a position at Blizzard in favor of fixing this MMO: “I think Just Survive has so much potential. True, it hasn’t received the love it needs this past year, but do believe I can help turn that around with this team. We have an amazing, dedicated team whereas we didn’t really have that before. There was some split between KotK and JS, but we don’t have that now. We have a full team 100% focused on nothing but JS now.”
With Conan Exiles’ early access launch just around the corner, you can better believe that the community has a mountain of questions about the survival sandbox. Funcom’s Joel Bylos stepped into the Xbox One Reddit yesterday to tackle many of these, although some, like queries about pricing, he declined to answer (Conan Exiles won’t have microtransactions or a sub, however).
Bylos said that the primary inspiration for the game comes straight from Robert E. Howard’s books. “Conan Exiles has a tighter focus on melee combat, a world that can be explored to find lore and stories, a religion system that allows access to magic and god avatars, a thrall system that allows you to enslave and turn your enemies into allies,” Bylos said. “Oh and no flying mounts, because those tend to make the world too small.”
Players will have a wide range of rulesets from which to choose, with each server hosting up to 70 players apiece during the early access period.
just released a major update, but it’s also making an effort to reach out to its community more enthusiastically. Western producer Volker Boenigk hosted an AMA on Reddit
yesterday, inviting players and onlookers to ask any and all possible question about the game, its localization process, and future updates. That included a big question front and center about accusations of pay-to-win gameplay.
Boenigk explained that past a certain point, the game really cannot financially support itself solely on costumes and cosmetics, but the goal is always to ensure that players have a positive experience whether or not money is spent. He stressed that it’s something the game’s team takes very seriously and is always happy to discuss constructively with players.
Questions also covered improved rewards for directives (which are coming) and the localization process of the game (which suffers slightly for speed, as the team wants to get updates from the Russian version into the Western version as quickly as possible). If you want a peek behind the scenes of the game or just want to learn more about adapting a foreign game for Western localization, it’s a worthwhile read.


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While most national food holidays come and go without consequence, IHOP is giving us all a reason to actually celebrate National Pancake Day tomorrow by giving away free short stacks of pancakes. From 7 am to 7 pm on Tuesday, Feb. 27, each guest can get a free short stack of buttermilk original pancakes if they dine in at a participating restaurant. The offer isn't available for take out and, sadly, doesn't include their flavored pancakes like red velvet or blueberry, but it's all for a good cause.
In exchange for the free pancakes, IHOP is asking for a donation towards local children's hospitals and health organizations to help raise $5 million for children battling critical illnesses. The free pancake giveaway is part of an annual tradition that IHOP started in 2006. Over the last 12 years, IHOP has raised $30 million for charities through their National Pancake Day giveaway.
Lyndsey Matthews is the Destination News Editor for AFAR; previously she was a Lifestyle Editor across all of Hearst Digital Media's brands, and a digital editor at Martha Stewart Weddings and Travel + Leisure.


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Varanasi shops give onions on loan by keeping Aadhaar Card as mortgage
In Varanasi, some shops are giving onions on loan by keeping Aadhaar Card as mortgage.
By Asian News International: In a unique protest to highlight the high price of onions, workers of Samajwadi Party's youth wing are giving onions on loan by keeping Aadhaar Card as mortgage in their shops.
Speaking about it, a Samajwadi Party worker told news agency ANI, "This is being done to register our protest against the high price of onions. We are giving onions by keeping Aadhaar Card or silver jewellery as mortgage. At some shops, onions are being kept in lockers as well."
This comes after the Congress party workers in Lucknow on Friday sold onions at Rs 40 per kg outside the Assembly to protest against the rising prices of the essential commodity.
Speaking to ANI, Congress leader Shailendra Tiwari said: "The rising price of vegetables has badly affected the people. The government is not willing to listen to the pleas of the common man."
The Union Cabinet on November 20 approved the import of 1.2 lakh metric tonnes of onion in view of the high prices of the essential commodity in the market.
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Laura is now a Finalist for the IOD National awards to be held in October. The Innovation category has a strong contingent of Director’s, however, Laura is the only female of 11 finalists. Watch out for news later in the year.
"Your Telemarketing are our chosen telemarketing partners. Laura is passionate about the business and offers excellent advice and guidance to us. The service is well thought out and comes from Laura's obvious experience in this field. Calls to potential clients are made professionally and details of what prospects require is well documented, so that [...]
Telemarketing is still recognised as one of the leading direct marketing channels, largely as it can lift response rates from other media by over 20%. We all know that people buy from people, and even a voice connection is a vital step in your marketing activity. Research has shown that it takes 8-12 ‘touches’ [...]
The quality of data in the sales process is recognized as a high priority, with 80%* of marketers see quality data as critical to sales and marketing and more than half are investing to address persistent data challenges. Sale are highly influenced by data which is as dynamic as ever and companies continue to [...]
Having recently announced Laura's 'finalist' status, we are over-the-moon to announce that at the awards ceremony at the Jockey Club in Newmarket last week, the judges awarded Laura 'WINNER' of the Innovation category. Judges commended Laura's passion to change the perception of telemarketing through the use of innovative technology, processes and procedures. Accepting the [...]
Our Managing Director, Laura Morrison, was delighted, if slightly overwhelmed, to be awarded Innovation Director of the Year for Eastern Region, recognising our innovative use of technology and processes to deliver successful and intelligent telemarketing solutions for our clients.
Your Telemarketing is delighted to announce that our MD, Laura Morrison, has been selected as a regional Finalist in the IOD Director of the Year Awards 2018. Totally shocked Laura said "these are fabulous awards and I'm so pleased that the company and teams efforts are being recognised". Your Telemarketing is striving to re-educate [...]
Most people mistakenly believe that using telemarketers, is limited to using cold calling to generate sales activities. But telemarketing can be used to turn many opportunities into business, and there are various ways to do this. Moreover, it has been demonstrated that the use of a multichannel approach to marketing and sales delivers an [...]
Despite the growing resistance to cold calling, using the phone to make a sales call can still be effective if done intelligently and used as part of a marketing strategy that incorporates multiple communication channels. So says Laura Morrison, managing director of Your Telemarketing, which offers an outsourced telemarketing service to companies, as well [...]
Your Telemarketing are delighted to announce that our chosen Charity for 2018 is Steel Bones. A fairly young, local charity, initially set-up by Emma and Leigh Joy-Staines, STEEL BONES works to connect the amputee community, create friendships and provide an extensive proactive support network by sharing latest news on stump health, promote healthy and active [...]


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Apple at WWDC this year finally took the wraps off of its completely redesigned Mac Pro. Years in the production, Apple’s next-gen Mac Pro was created from the ground up to address a lot of the issues individuals had with the wastebasket Mac Pro it presented back in 2013. Surprisingly, even Apple executives, with the benefit of hindsight, have conceded that the 2013 layout was misguided.
“I think we designed ourselves into a bit of a thermal corner,” Apple’s Craig Federighi said in 2017. “Being able to put larger single GPUs required a different system architecture and more thermal capacity than that system was designed to accommodate.”
Not to fear: What the brand-new Mac Pro lacks in aesthetic allure, it greater than makes up for with sheer power and expandability. Naturally, the giant of a computer system will not come cheap, with the entry-level version priced at a massive $5,999.
When Apple initially presented the new Mac Pro, it didn’t have a release day or even a launch window to share. As well as though there was a questionable report declaring that we ‘d see a release by the end of September, that undoubtedly really did not occur. Currently comes word by means of MacRumors that Apple’s next-gen Mac Pro could see the light of day earlier instead of later.
“Apple today updated its Mac Configuration Utility for authorized technicians,” MacRumors notes, “with instructions on how to place the new Mac Pro in DFU mode, according to a reliable source.”
The resource was ultimately told that Apple’s step right here highly recommends that the “new Mac Pro will be released imminently.”


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By Erin Knutson
The tourism marketing partnership, Travel Columbia Valley (TCV), will be hosting a free open house for tourism partners and tourism businesses in the Columbia Valley at the Copper Point Resort on Wednesday, October 11th from 1-3 p.m. in the Amber Ballroom. The session will be a unique opportunity for TCV to provide an update on their marketing strategies and activities to help promote tourism in the area.
“It will be an update on what our activities are and what our overall strategy is and the time is now because the campaign ramps up from September and it goes through March, so we’ll have some early results to share,” said TCV project coordinator Nancy Smith of the group’s recent achievements.
This includes a snapshot of web and social analytics that demonstrate the growth of communities through online promotion.
The marketing plan update is scheduled to take place from 1-2 p.m. and Ms. Smith will be facilitating a social media workshop for tourism businesses from 2-3 p.m.
Ms. Smith brings with her a high level of expertise on the subject and will help guests utilize tools to get the best results on social media.
The tourism marketing partnership has been going strong since its inception two years ago and has seen a collaborative spirit here in the Valley, according to Ms. Smith, with businesses and project partners matching TCV dollars to help achieve greater results.
“It was such a good effort and I have to say that I’ve worked with many communities and what impressed me the most was this willingness to cooperate for the greater good of promoting tourism to the Valley,” Ms. Smith told The Pioneer.
For more information or to attend the workshop guests are asked to RSVP at email@example.com, check out their website at www.travelcolumbia.com or go to their Travel Columbia Valley Facebook page.


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CIOs would do well to tap into Apple's retail flare and improve IT's sour relationship with the business side. Specifically, Apple's super-friendly Genius Bar fosters a cozy connection with patrons. This stands in stark contrast to the often hair-pulling customer interaction of a traditional help desk call.
So why not an enterprise Genius Bar at your company? "It's a good face lift," says Mike Burgio, vice president of managed services operations at Inergex, an IT services firm.
Apple iPhones, iPads and retail stores have redefined people's relationship with technology, which, in turn, has helped drive the Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) movement. Rather than lament the loss of control that goes along with BYOD, CIOs can take a page from the BYOD playbook and turn their help desk into a retail-like service desk.
An enterprise Genius Bar is basically a walk-in center for employees to not only service their BYOD phones and tablets but also check out the latest gadgets on the market, receive tutorials on enterprise apps, and chat about where cool tech is heading. This doesn't mean that IT workers will have to wear Apple's trademark blue Genius shirts, but they will need retail people skills.
Enterprise Genius Bars aren't pie-in-the-sky concepts. Tech companies such as SAP have already built such next-generation service centers around the world. There are even a few of SAP's "mobile IT solution centers" in the United States.
Here's a video of SAP's flagship center at its headquarters in Waldorf, Germany.
SAP aside, most companies are still in the planning stages if they're evaluating an enterprise Genius Bar at all, says Burgio. A Genius Bar is a significant cultural shift for the IT department. If handled poorly, there's high risk of failure, he says. Burgio talked to CIO. com about the advantages, potential pitfalls and current state of the enterprise Genius Bar concept.
CIO.com: What's the payback of an enterprise Genius Bar?
Mike Burgio: With the traditional service desk model, people are driven by internal service level agreements (SLAs) and by looking at metrics. What are our hold times? What are our call times? But enterprise Genius Bars bring about better relationships. There's no clock running. Customers are helped from end to end, even if it doesn't have anything to do with what they came in for.
I rarely see people complain about bringing their devices into an Apple store, compared to the dread of calling the service desk. It's not just getting service; rather it's an educational experience for them. It's an opportunity to look at and touch the latest and greatest things.
CIO.com: Are you seeing a lot of enterprise Genius Bars?
Burgio: I'm not seeing the shift happen, but I am seeing the planning. Not a lot of our customers are executing it right now, but you'll see the big shift next year.
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Steve DelBianco, executive director of NetChoice, a Washington-based trade association of e-commerce businesses and online consumers, said that while the delegate’s proposal is brief, it would protect consumers’ rights.
“When people buy an event ticket they can give that away as they please,” DelBianco said. “While the bill doesn’t prohibit (Ticketmaster) from issuing these restrictive tickets, they also have to issue a transferable ticket, giving fans a choice.”
Ticketmaster and LNE have yet to respond to Albo’s proposal, but DelBianco said the companies might not be opposed to removing the roadblocks they created eight years ago — because they can now rely on a new federal law that prohibits cyber scalpers from using bots to scoop up thousands of tickets for popular sporting events, concerts and theater performances to resell on other websites.
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U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood launched the Freight Policy Council, a group tasked with generating a national freight policy, as called for in the new highway funding law.
LaHood was joined by Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) at a warehouse owned by PCC Logistics in Seattle on Thursday to officially announce the Freight Policy Council. Cantwell has long been a proponent of the freight group.
The council will hold its first meeting next week, a DOT spokesman said.
“Our freight system is the lifeblood of the American economy, moving goods quickly and efficiently to benefit both businesses and consumers across the country,” LaHood said in a statement.
“With the launch of the Freight Policy Council, we have an opportunity to make not only our freight system but all modes of transportation stronger and better connected.”
Deputy Transportation Secretary John Porcari will lead the council, which will also include deputy administrators from highway, rail, port and airport agencies within the Department of Transportation, and economic and policy experts from elsewhere in DOT, the department said.
The freight and logistics industries, consumers and other stakeholders will also play an advisory role, and states will be asked to offer proposals for improving the freight system in their region, DOT said.
Congress called for the administration to set a freight policy and plan in the highway reauthorization law signed last month by President Obama.
Cantwell had pushed for the freight policy since February 2011, when she introduced a bill that was later made part of the highway law, she said in a statement.
“With increasing competition abroad, Washington businesses require a 21st-century approach to moving goods,” Cantwell said. “This new Freight Policy Council provides the road map our nation needs to stay competitive and grow our trade economy.”
The highway law calls for a freight policy that seeks to improve the freight network, reduce freight congestion, improve safety and use advanced technology to increase efficiency, among other tasks.


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BodyArmor SuperDrink taps Ray Rice as partner, investor
LOS ANGELES — BodyArmor SuperDrink announced that a National Football League star has joined its roster as a partner and investor.
Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice will engage in events, promotions, product testing and campaigns both regionally and nationally on behalf of BodyArmor SuperDrink, a line of nutrient enhanced sports drinks. Rice joins gridiron football stars Rob Gronkowski, LeSean McCoy, and Jason Pierre-Paul, as well as rookie baseball phenom Mike Trout.
"Ray is considered elite because he never settles for anything less than super and continues to prove he is one of the top running backs in football," BodyArmor SuperDrink founder and CEO Lance Collins said. "Ray’s game is multifaceted as he excels in all areas when on the field, just as BodyArmor SuperDrink is multifaceted and delivers all of the nutrition and hydration benefits that today’s athlete needs."
Buddy Fruits launches fruit gel pouch
CORAL GABLES, Fla. — Buddy Fruits has launched what it calls the first 100% fruit gel pouch to hit the market.
Buddy Fruits said its new Jiggle Gel pouch further demonstrates the company’s originality in developing products that are portable, healthy and fun to eat. Available in raspberry, strawberry and orange flavors, the vegan, dairy-free and gluten-free fruit gel is only made with fruit and fruit pectin, and touts 70 calories per pouch.
"We’ve had this product in the works for quite some time, and decided that the back-to-school season would be ideal for its release," Buddy Fruits cofunder Fabian Milon said. "Jiggle Gel is advancing traditional gel products, which typically require a bowl and a spoon, all the while making it fun again. Kids will really enjoy this product as it maintains the exciting, jiggly consistency that is often associated with gel snacks. Parents will love it, because it is 100% fruit."
Buddy Fruits can be found in more than 28,000 retailers across the United States.
European Commission approves Watson-Actavis merger
PARSIPPANY, N.J. — European regulators have approved U.S. drug maker Watson’s acquisition of Switzerland-based Actavis, Watson said.
Watson said the European Commission had approved its $5.6 billion purchase of the drug maker, formerly based in Iceland, which Watson announced in April 2012.
Watson expects the transaction to be finished by the end of this year, subject to regulatory approval by the Federal Trade Commission. The acquisition is expected to create the world’s third-largest generic drug maker.
"Approval from the EC represents a significant milestone this week as we work toward the completion of the combination of Watson and Actavis later this year," Watson president and CEO Paul Bisaro said.


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It’s been well over a couple of years since Apple officially announced the requirement for iOS app development services and the availability of the iPhone SE in 2016 and since then the main iPhone line was upgraded on a regular basis but not the SE. But now we know why! Our source which is closely associated with Foxconn’s manufacturing facility in India has confirmed the iPhone SE 2 is actually iPhone XE, but they are not going to make it.
According to the source, iPhone XE will feature an iPhone X or XS style edge-to-edge 4.8” AMOLED display, but sadly, with the notch. The iPhone XE will be having a FaceID and no TouchID is reportedly found as there will be no Home button and we hope it continues to closely integrate with Apple HomeKit.
iPhone XE will still come in the iconic rectangular slab design with an aluminium back, so no wireless charging this time! Talking about the rear camera, it will come with a single 12 MP camera lens with ƒ/1.8 aperture, the likes of which are found in the iPhone XR.
The internals of the iPhone XE is still unknown but if it will be coming with Face ID, it’s automatically understood that it will feature Apple’s latest A12 BIONIC chip.
Our source got no information about the battery specs or internal storage details yet, but looking at the hardware specs, the retail pricing of the iPhone XE might start at $600 and could go as high as $800 depending on the storage variants.
Also, the phone is supposed to be manufactured in India at a manufacturing facility of Apple’s manufacturing partner, Wistron, under govt. of India’s “Make in India” initiative. Because Foxconn will be busy making the latest ones.
A few days back, renowned KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo also reported that there will be 3 iPhones next year in a note distributed to clients which were seen by Business Insider. Kuo and his research team are well-known for accurately predicting details about upcoming Apple products thanks to his connections in the Asian manufacturing industry.
It is supposed that Apple will discontinue the iPhone XR this year because of its poor performance in the market. Looking at the reports, Apple is in no mood of leaving its customers behind who still prefers to use the smaller form-factor smartphones.


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Ten One Design's Pogo Art Contest tasks creatives with drawing original work on an iPad or other iOS device using a stylus -- and demonstrates just how far digital art has come.
If you still paint on canvas, you may want to glance at some of the gems artists at CES created on Sony touch-screen devices.
The software giant creates The Art of Touch site to encourage users to create digital paintings and learning about the company's hardware products.
Two major efforts are under way to bring 3D graphics to the Web: Flash and WebGL. It's not clear which, if either, will prevail--but Microsoft holds the swing vote.
Today on preGame we'll demo a gorgeous point-and-click adventure-puzzle game for the PC and Mac as well as slice up some baddies in the latest 2D side-scrolling beat-'em-up title for the Xbox Live Arcade and PlayStation Network.
Today on preGame we'll demo a gorgeous point-and-click adventure-puzzle game for the PC and Mac as well as slice up some baddies in the latest 2D side-scrolling beat-em-up title for Xbox Live Arcade and PlayStation Network.
A study coming out in a psychology journal next month reveals a not-so-hidden conclusion: that it's easy to tell which Facebook members are actively self-promoting.
The European Commission told reporters on Wednesday that it could give the deal the go-ahead -- or go as far as launching a drawn-out investigation over competition issues.
"Interactive pen display" actually lets you draw on the screen.
This year's E3 has drawn to a close, and as ever there was a lot going on. We break that down, plus all the details on Samsung's latest iPad assault.


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Speculation about an Apple Car just got a shot in the arm with news that the company has registered 3 different domain names related to automobiles. The websites were registered in December last year and are not active yet.
The sites which got registered by Apple are named apple.car, apple.cars and apple.auto, according to a January 8 Whois records listing. This doesn’t necessarily mean the brand is gearing up for a car launch though, as it’s possible the pages are related to its CarPlay feature for vehicles.
CarPlay basically syncs a person’s Apple device with their car and allows them to access various apps like Maps or Messages right from their dashboard. However, the tool came out in 2014 and it seems unlikely that the company has decided to launch a separate website for it after such a long gap.
The domains are more likely related to the rumors which suggest Apple is building its own electric car. MacRumors reports that the vehicle might be in the process of being prepped for a 2019 or 2020 shipping date. The manufacturer has apparently employed hundreds of people with that target in mind.
Also Read: iPhone 7 could have twin-camera system
Reports over the past year claim Apple has been poaching talent from the likes of Ford, Samsung, Tesla, Nvidia, A123 Systems and GM. Given that it’s a top secret initiative, the car is apparently being referred to as Project Titan in certain circles.
Adding more fuel to the rumor mills are the allegations that the company was in discussions with a Bay Area facility to test the Apple Car on the road back in August 2015. The place can be used to test both self-driving and regular vehicles, which lead some to believe the manufacturer was working on an autonomous car.


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There has been a lot of skepticism about the new Ghostbusters. Would Paul Feig and his new cast pull it off? Would angry fanboys lose their minds before the movie came out? There was a lot of anxiety. But it’s hard to ignore an endorement like the one the new Ghostbusters got on Jimmy Kimmel Live! from the original Ghostbusters.
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As if the prospect of Danny McBride returning to HBO alongside the likes of Hateful Eight alum Walton Goggins weren’t enough to get you onboard for Vice Principals, have we a very Murray surprise for you. See for yourself in the latest trailer!
Kids grow up so fast these days. They have to if they’re going to watch the movies Hollywood makes for them.
Disney has released two new clips from The Jungle Book — one that will make you laugh as you reach for a snack, and another that will make you feel…some things. Let’s just get the emotional part of this out of the way up front so we can end on a more positive note, okay? Unless you feel particularly emotional about food, and in that case, feel free to reverse your viewing order.
Disney has released a new TV spot for The Jungle Book, offering a fresh look at Jon Favreau’s live-action / CGI adventure with a little bit of new footage thrown in for good measure. Titled “Live the Legend,” the spot opens with Ben Kingsley’s Bagheera, the panther mentor of young Mowgli, explaining the (bare?) necessity of returning the boy to the jungle.
In the comedy classic Groundhog Day, Bill Murray’s curmudgeonly newscaster Phil Connors starts to lose his mind after repeatedly living the exact same February 2 over and over again. For the low price of ten pounds (approximately $14 in real money), patrons of Liverpool’s Small Cinema can now live Phil’s Groundhog Day experience for real — but not the part where he seduces beautiful women, or becomes a better person, or is Bill Murray. Really just the repetition and its accompanying descent into madness.
Back in October we learned that Wes Anderson is returning to the world of stop-motion animation for his next film, which is about the life of dogs. As predicted by just about everyone when the initial voice cast was announced, frequent Anderson star Bill Murray is re-teaming with the director to lend his vocal talents to the project — obviously.
We won’t have to wait long into December for Bill Murray’s upcoming Netflix Christmas special, the aptly-titled A Very Murray Christmas, but it’s never too early for holiday cheer (especially for franchise coffee). In any case, the full star-studded trailer has arrived, including Clooney, Poehler and more, but not Pope Francis, apparently.
We haven’t known what to make of Bill Murray Netflix special A Very Murray Christmas, from initial announcement to first trailer, but even in October, new details and promotion of the wandering comedian guru’s holiday hijinks crop up. On the one hand, Murray seems just as confused by Netflix as we are by him, while writer Mitch Glazer also muses the possibility of a yearly special.
We know, we know. A few weeks out from Halloween, and already Christmas specials are making their presence known. Still, we’re not ones to question Bill Murray, especially if the first promo for his star-studded, Sofia Coppola-directed Netflix special A Very Murray Christmas lives up to its promise.


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The YI Erida drone will be unveiled at InterDrone, the International Drone Conference and Exhibition, in Las Vegas, September 7-9, 2016. Pricing, availability and final drone and application features will be announced later this year.
Another company enters the drone competition. YI Technology, international provider of advanced, intelligent imaging technologies, products, services and platforms, announced the forthcoming release of YI Erida, the world’s first mainstream, full carbon smart professional-grade drone which is, according to the company, exceptionally fast and agile, reaching speeds of 75 miles per hour in initial tests, and features proven imaging and vision technology in an aerodynamic, three-rotor design.
“With the launch of YI Erida we are solving three of the biggest barriers to widespread drone adoption: overly complex products, lack of consumer accessibility and short flight time,” said Sean Da, Co-Founder & CEO of YI Technology. “Like all YI products, YI Erida features the most advanced technology in a simple and intuitive operating system at a competitive price point. Our drone is the culmination of decades of expertise and experience in imaging and aeronautics with a focus on producing a drone that addresses the shortcomings of current market leaders, to exceed the industry standard.”
Because of its highly durable and lightweight, 100 percent carbon fiber frame and its unique three-rotor design, YI Erida is exceptionally fast and agile, reaching speeds of up to 75 miles per hour and flying for up to 40 minutes in initial tests. The YI Erida features patented, folding rotors offering a compact design that makes it versatile, portable and easy to carry, whether in the backyard or around the world.
YI Erida features intelligent, modern software and sensors, to make maneuvering smarter, simpler and safer. The corresponding YI Erida mobile app draws on YI’s proven track record in simple, user-friendly mobile solutions, making a remote obsolete. From the app on any mobile device, users can set the flight mode, choose the height and shooting angle, control takeoff and landing, and check battery status, distance and flight time. For maximum safety, YI Erida boasts an advanced sensor and radar system with a built-in laser scanner to examine its surroundings, and automatically increase flying height if the ground begins to elevate.
YI Erida features the YI 4K Action Camera, which is “the only action camera on the market today that combines 4K video recording at 30 fps, with up to 120 minutes of recording time and an integrated, high-resolution touchscreen. It also offers manual IQ parameters for advanced photographers including shutter, exposure value compensation, level sensitivity, metering mode and white balance. For the smoothest shooting possible, YI Erida offers an advanced gimbal system, which is essential for producing professional-quality footage. YI Erida’s gimbal works seamlessly with the drone, camera and mobile app.
To bring the YI Erida to market, YI is working with Atlas, a team of aerospace engineers and software developers who first caught the attention of market leaders through an Indiegogo campaign in 2015. The two companies bring together civilian- and military-grade aeronautics materials and research with world-class imaging technology in the newest, industry-leading drone.


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Is it suitable that just one company need to dominate the world wide web the way Google does? One man or woman who feels items should really be different is Gabriel Weinberg, the 41-yr-previous CEO of DuckDuckGo, a look for motor that claims to secure the user’s non-public sphere and not collect enormous amounts of particular facts like Google.
Less than reasonable conditions, “Google’s marketplace share would right away drop by 20 share details,” Weinberg advised DW. He claims that his potent competitor has, for case in point, made it unnecessarily tricky to use other look for engines on Android smartphones. “In actuality, it can take 15 distinct clicks to make DuckDuckGo the default on Android gadgets,” he claims.
Weinberg is of the check out that everyone must be capable to choose additional effortlessly which research engine they use. “We are asking to be on the identical degree actively playing area,” he suggests, and not for any exclusive concessions.
Markus Beckedahl is an world wide web activist and journalist
For some time now, Weinberg has not been by itself with his needs in the US. Politicians are coming above to his facet. Criticism of the market place electrical power possessed by Google, Fb, Amazon and Apple is no for a longer period muted track record sounds, but relatively a siren of protest. Numerous US states have sued Google and accused its guardian business, Alphabet, of using unfair tactics to protect its monopoly on on line searches and marketing. Fb is also dealing with litigation.
EU strategies tricky steps
Though these kinds of authorized action has been taken in considerably piecemeal style in the US, the European Union is setting up huge-scale actions that will revamp the electronic world. The European Commission wishes to be certain reasonable level of competition with a electronic products and services law and a electronic current market legislation. These who violate the intended legislation could experience penalties of up to 6% of their annual world wide earnings.
Partly in look at of the extreme penalties, net activist Markus Beckedahl is positive that “the greatest lobbying battle of the electronic environment” is about to commence. Beckedahl has been observing the actions of tech giants for almost 20 years at netzpolitik.org. He claims that following these types of a extensive period of lax regulation, authorities have to now established up a regulatory framework that prevents the huge companies “from extending their ability more from their dominant market place situation.”
Asymmetries of energy
According to the proposal by the European Fee, platforms will no extended be allowed to prioritize their individual written content and goods over those people of other companies. They will have to make their promotion and their advice algorithms extra transparent so that is attainable to trace what is demonstrated to whom when. The EU is even thinking about breaking up corporations if they will not adhere to the EU rules.
The current market share of total US digital advertisement shelling out
1 effective weapon could also be so-identified as interoperability. This usually means that the major organizations would have to open up their methods. For illustration, a WhatsApp concept could also be sent to Telegram. “This could guide to more opposition on the messenger assistance marketplace,” Beckedahl advised DW.
Scientists and authorities are also to be presented greater accessibility to data from Amazon, Google and Co. “At the moment, there is a substantial asymmetry of electrical power. Platforms have all this information their investigation departments can obtain it in authentic time, although regulatory authorities stand there helplessly,” Beckedahl stated.
But the Commission’s initiative is coming pretty much far too late. In addition to commanding the look for motor market, Google is also the current market chief for consumer-created movies by way of YouTube. Amazon is developing up its dominance in the cloud sector (AWS — Amazon Website Services) together with its mail order business. And Fb is dominating social networks with its possess platform and Instagram, as effectively as the messenger industry with WhatsApp.
Gabriel Weinberg from DuckDuckGo is also watching developments in Europe. His company is one of the founding customers of World wide Privacy Management, an alliance that performs on safeguarding personal info. He has been doing work on his research engine for practically 13 years and now has 150 folks operating with him.
He feels the assortment of personal details is “at the centre of most of the points that are wrong with the online.” Although his search motor also earns cash with marketing, the adverts that are demonstrated are based on the look for context, not the person profile as with Google, he states. Weinberg thinks that this also increases the high quality of the lookup benefits and that his business wants all final results to be the same in all places in the environment and not to be dependent on own consumer knowledge.
Weinberg states that his lookup motor at the moment receives 2 billion requests per month and is escalating rapid, but the market share for DuckDuckGo searches is however miniscule in contrast with its competition. DuckDuckGo’s industry share could be a lot more like 10% if it ended up designed less complicated to make it the default on units, he states.
From Europe to the US?
Markus Beckedahl from netzpolitik.org suggests that the US authorities is still not fascinated in getting hard action on its tech giants. “Those people are the providers they use to dominate the globe,” he claims. On the other hand, he feels that stricter regulation in the EU could turn out to be a product and boost the phone calls for similar steps in the US. He cites the illustration of the EU’s General Knowledge Defense Regulation. “Europe set electronic expectations in this article,” he suggests.
DuckDuckGo’s CEO states if his business ended up to be taken above, it would not be by Google
But he thinks that regulation on your own will not automatically make improvements to almost everything — and that customer motion is vital. “With just about every click, with just about every research request, Google receives improved,” he states.
Weinberg hopes that competition will develop into fairer. He is by now observing curiosity in greater protection for the personal sphere. And there have even been occasional rumors of takeover bids for his search motor. He declines to remark on them. But he does say that if a takeover did happen, it would certainly not be by Google.
This post was translated from German.


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Since the last decade and more, car buyers in India have been drawn towards SUVs. If you check sales figures of most of the car makers in India, you will find SUVs topping their sales charts. Now things are about to change as brands are trying to launch new products that belong to a new segment. In this article, we will discuss upcoming cars that can change the trend in India and become trendsetters in true sense.
The first car on our list is the Toyota Hilux. Although pick-up trucks are not new to the country but looking at the excitement around the Hilux, we expect it to set a trend for this segment trucks in India. Before the Toyota Hilux, few brands did get their pickup truck in the Indian market, but very few are seen on the roads today.
Toyota Hilux is very popular in foreign markets. Toyota is banking on the international popularity of the Hilux for its launch in India. The pricing of the Toyota Hilux will be revealed in March 2022 with the deliveries set to begin in April.
Maruti Suzuki Jimny
Maruti Suzuki Jimny is a lifestyle vehicle that has been on everyone’s list since it made its first public appearance. The Jimny is expected to come in a five-door version when it launches in India. The cars that belong to this segment are Mahindra Thar and Force Gurkha. Maruti Suzuki has gauged the market sentiments and therefore has planned to launch the Jimny in a five-door version in India. This will make this off-roader more practical and user-friendly. Maruti Suzuki is expected to launch the Jimny sometime in 2022.
With SUVs trending, the love for sedans seems to have faded away. The fraction of buyers considering a sedan these days has drastically dropped. With that being said, Skoda’s recently-unveiled Slavia could flip the switch for sedans. The Skoda Slavia might make the Indian buyers start considering a sedan again when they plan to buy a new car. The Skoda Slavia will launch in March 2022.
This was our list of new trend-setting cars that we expect in 2022. If you have car buying doubts click here to ask! Get the lowest price for car insurance here. For more such content stay subscribed to MotorOctane Youtube, Google News Facebook, and Twitter. Also, follow us on Flipboard and Reddit where we have a discussion community.


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Study: WLANs on "Incredible Journey"
April 03, 2002
Fastest growth rate seen in the home
Wireless local area networks outperformed much of the technology sector in 2001 and are about to take off on an "incredible journey," according to a study released Wednesday by In-Stat/MDR.
The study found that more than eight million WLAN chipsets were sold in 2001, an increase of about 23 percent over the previous year. However, strong indications are that WLAN chipset sales are already increasing sharply this year and the study predicts sales of 14 million units, an increase of 75 percent over 2001.
"The incredible journey for WLAN chips is just beginning," said Allen Nogee, a senior analyst with In-Stat/MDR. "For many years, the use of WLANs has been limited to a very few specialized vertical applications. However, as new standards like 802.11a and 802.11g are introduced into both the home and the enterprise, the market will (gain) even greater momentum."Currently, 802.11b accounts for the vast majority of WLAN chipset sales, but the study predicts rapid adoption of faster 802.11a and 802.11g technology in the enterprise. While current WLAN technology provides data speeds of 11 Mbps, the newer WLAN technologies offer speeds as high as 54 Mbps.
As other studies have indicated, the enterprise will be the largest market segment for WLAN chipsets but the home will show the fastest growth rate. That is because, besides standard networking uses, other Net devices with WLAN capabilities such as wireless video pads stand to gain in popularity in the coming years, the study said.
The study predicts growth, over time, of 802.11a in the home, with sales of 13 million chipsets for home applications projected to be sold in 2006.
The findings are part of the study: "WLAN Chipset Market -- The Incredible Journey Is Just Beginning."