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Another facet of Google’s algorithm is being polished. Google is now taking into account merchant reviews to determine whether or not a website deserves a good ranking. They are looking at this metric because of an article published in the New York Times about a company that was being intentionally abusive to their customers because the bad reviews the customers were writing were generating links to the company and inflating their ranking. This appalled Google so they did something about it.
Google considered several options to solve the problem. One option discussed was using “sentiment analysis” to identify negative remarks in posts and make those posts count as negative votes for a company. The problem with that, Google said, was that it would be extremely difficult to find political candidates because of all the dissenters. Another option Google is considering is displaying merchant ratings alongside their results. You can already see some of this happening in PPC ads, but they are talking about implementing it in the organic results.
What was Google’s solution? Well, at this point it’s not exactly clear. They understandably weren’t very forthcoming in their article about this problem. Google rarely gives much insight in to exactly what is going on with their algorithm.
If you’re wondering how this applies to you, just think of the power this gives to your competitors. If they are smart enough to launch a negative campaign – and do it in such a way that even the almighty Google can’t trace the source, then you’re in for a big hit in the rankings. Very scary stuff especially when it’s first implemented and is open to gaming. I don’t really see how anyone who is smart could be stopped no matter how sophisticated the algorithm gets.
What’s your company’s best bet? Hire an expert SEO with a deep understanding of online reputation management and pay the RM “insurance.” It can take three to four YEARS to recover after bad press and cost tens of thousands of dollars.


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Cipla, DLF: Cipla, HPCL, DLF, Berger Paints, Adani Enterprises, Gujarat Gas, Divi’s Labs, Siemens, Adani Gas, Bosch, Godrej Agrovet, Max Financial and Apollo Tyres are some of the companies which will report their December quarter earnings today.
Bharti Airtel: The company reported a consolidated net loss of Rs 1,035 crore in December quarter, its third in succession, mainly due to one-time expenses relating to statutory dues and writedowns on 3G gear, besides higher finance costs
IFCI: The company has completed the stake sale of NSE and further received an amount of approximately Rs 178.65 crore.
Reliance Infra: Reliance Group Chairman Anil Ambani's sons have resigned from the Reliance Infrastructure board, as per a regulatory filing. Both the sons - Jai Anmol Ambani and Jai Anshul Ambai - resigned within six months of their appointment.
IOC: The company has picked up a minority equity stake in Israel’s battery developer Phinergy, the country’s top refiner said in a statement.
Sun Pharma: The pharma major said it has launched Absorica LD capsules used for management of severe nodular acne in the US market. The product launched by company's wholly owned subsidiaries for the management of severe recalcitrant nodular acne in patients of 12 years of age and older, it can be taken with or without food.
CSB Bank: The Kerala-based lender, which got listed on the exchanges in December, reported a net profit of Rs 28.14 crore for the third quarter ended December. The bank had posted a net profit of Rs 74 lakh in October-December quarter of the previous fiscal.
JSW Steel: The NCLAT on Tuesday reserved its judgment on the contentious matter of whether JSW Steel would have immunity from offences committed by the erstwhile management of Bhushan Power and Steel
ZEE Media: Bonds of a Zee Media Corp company were traded at a deep discount, with the finances of the Subhash Chandra-controlled empire said to be getting weaker.
Prestige Estates: Prestige Group is in talks with Canadian pension fund Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan, Singapore-based diversified conglomerate Keppel Corporation and a Japanese institutional investor to raise around $400 million by monetising its portfolio of income-producing assets
Mahindra Logistics: Mahindra Logistics on Tuesday reported a 19.13 per cent fall in consolidated net profit to Rs 15.67 crore for the December 2019 quarter. The company had clocked a profit of Rs 19.34 crore in the year-ago period, according to a BSE filing.
First Source Solutions: Business process management firm Firstsource Solutions on Tuesday reported a 8.7 per cent fall in consolidated net profit at Rs 89.5 crore for the third quarter ended December. It had posted a net profit of Rs 98.1 crore in October-December quarter a year ago.
REC: Shadow banking firm REC Ltd on Tuesday posted around 30 per cent jump in its consolidated net profit to Rs 1,666.81 crore in the December 2019 quarter, mainly due to higher revenues. Its consolidated net profit was Rs 1,284 crore in the corresponding quarter a year ago, according to a BSE filing.
Bajaj Auto: HSBC has maintained buy rating on Bajaj Auto with a target price of Rs 3,600. Lagos two-wheeler/three-wheeler taxi ban is a near-term risk, but in the medium to long term any country-specific risks are neutralised as the revenue profile is diverse, said HSBC.
TVS Motor Company: The company reported a 20.7 per cent decline in consolidated net profit at Rs 156.84 crore for the third quarter ended on December 31, 2019, hit by lower sales during the period.
Cadila Healthcare: The drug firm said the inspection of its manufacturing facility at Ahmedabad by the US health regulator was completed with no observations.
JSW Energy: The company reported over twofold rise in net profit to Rs 394 crore for the December quarter, boosted by Rs 454-crore one-time income. The company, which had clocked a Rs 146-crore net profit in the December 2018 quarter, had a tax write-back of Rs 277 crore and a contingent consideration write-back of Rs 177 crore.
UCO Bank: State-owned UCO Bank's performance is improving continuously, and it will soon be among the country's top lenders, its MD and chief executive Atul Kumar Goyal has said.
Power Grid: Jefferies has maintained hold rating on Power Grid Corporation of India with a target price of Rs 190. Jefferies said Power Grid reported in-line set of results for the December quarter. The brokerage had downgraded Power Grid to hold from buy in July 2016 given its concerns of de-rating linked to slowing capitalisation and earnings growth.
Tata Global Beverages: The company reported a 25 per cent growth in net profit for the quarter ended December at Rs 135.85 crore. The company's net profit stood at Rs 108.86 crore during the corresponding quarter of 2018-19, Tata Global Beverages (TGBL)said in a release here.
- Indiabulls Ventures Limited: Indiabulls Ventures Limited Employees Welfare Trust has bought 5,31,022 shares through Market Purchase on Jan 30, 2020.
- Aavas Financiers Limited: Ashutosh Atre has sold 15,000 shares through Market Sale on Jan 31, 2020.
- KCP Limited: S. Rajiv Rangasami has sold 35,000 shares through Market Sale from Jan 29, 2020 to Jan 30, 2020.
- Kotak Mahindra Bank Limited: Venkatu Srinivasan has sold 28,052 shares through Market Sale on Jan 30, 2020.
- RBL Bank Limited: Andrew Gracias has sold 30,000 shares through Market Sale on Feb 3, 2020.
- RBL Bank Limited: Vincent Valladares has sold 25,000 shares through Market Sale on Feb 3, 2020.
Bulk and Block Deals :
|Blg Tickers||Date||Company Name||Acquirer/Seller||Buy /Sell||Qty Traded||Price|
|AAKASH||04-Feb-20||Aakash Exploration Services Limited||Mehta Atulbhai Amratlal Huf||Buy||80,000||67.16|
|BWRL||04-Feb-20||Bharat Wire Ropes Limited||Raamdeo Agrawal||Buy||942,109||26.25|
|BWRL||04-Feb-20||Bharat Wire Ropes Limited||Motilal Oswal||Buy||942,108||26.25|
|BWRL||04-Feb-20||Bharat Wire Ropes Limited||Osag Enterprises Llp||Sell||1,884,217||26.25|
|IHFL||04-Feb-20||Indiabulls Housing Finance Limited||Tower Research Capital Markets India Private Limited||Sell||15,449||269.44|
|IEX||04-Feb-20||Indian Energy Exchange Limited||Nippon India Mutual Fund - Nippon India Growth Fund||Buy||2,200,000||166.50|
|IEX||04-Feb-20||Indian Energy Exchange Limited||Nippon India Mutual Fund - Nippon India Small Cap Fund||Buy||5,500,000||166.50|
|IEX||04-Feb-20||Indian Energy Exchange Limited||Lsvp Viii Mauritius||Sell||9,098,590||166.50|
|LKP||04-Feb-20||LKP Finance Ltd||Team India Managers Ltd||Buy||284,000||89.95|
|LKP||04-Feb-20||LKP Finance Ltd||Authum Investment & Infrastructure Limited||Sell||279,959||89.95|
|MGFL||04-Feb-20||Manappuram Finance Limited||Copthall Mauritius Investment Limited||Buy||8,650,000||174.00|
|MGFL||04-Feb-20||Manappuram Finance Limited||Key Square Master Fund Ii Lp||Buy||8,000,000||174.00|
|MGFL||04-Feb-20||Manappuram Finance Limited||Societe Generale||Buy||6,000,000||174.00|
|MGFL||04-Feb-20||Manappuram Finance Limited||Baring India Private Equity Fund Iii Listed Investments Limited||Sell||31,095,102||174.00|
|MGFL||04-Feb-20||Manappuram Finance Limited||Baring India Private Equity Fund Ii Limited||Sell||10,365,034||174.01|
|MOFS||04-Feb-20||Motilal Oswal Financial Services Ltd||Passionate Investment Management Private Limited||Buy||854,273||773.00|
|OTRI||04-Feb-20||Oriental Trimex Ltd||Suniyojit Merchants Private Limited||Buy||405,000||10.20|
|OTRI||04-Feb-20||Oriental Trimex Ltd||Silvertoss Shoppers Private Limited||Sell||405,000||10.20|
|RPWR||04-Feb-20||Reliance Power Ltd||Yes Bank Ltd||Sell||16,948,801||1.65|
|YES||04-Feb-20||Yes Bank Ltd||Tower Research Capital Markets India Private Limited||Buy||624,136||35.14|
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London, UK – SEPTEMBER 5th 2006 – Today Ubisoft, one of the world’s largest video game publishers announced plans to bring the fourth instalment of the Rayman® franchise, Rayman Raving Rabbids™, to the PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system, the PC and Nintendo’s portable consoles Nintendo DS™ and Game Boy AdvanceTM, alongside the Wii™ version. Rayman Raving Rabbids™ is being developed by Ubisoft’s award-winning studio in Montpellier, France and is scheduled for release worldwide in late 2006.
Rayman Raving Rabbids™ marks the return of the iconic video-game hero, Rayman, in his funniest and zaniest adventure ever. When the world of Rayman is threatened by a devastating invasion of crazed, out-of-control bunnies Rayman must rise up against his furry foes to foil their wicked plans. Utilizing an array of amazing new abilities, and with the help of magical creatures, Rayman must break out all the moves to save his world from these delirious bunnies and their hare-raising antics.


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The current generation was released back in 2013 and although it did receive a few upgrades over the years, it is already starting to look old. Luckily, Ford is already working on a replacement for the Ford Escape.
The Ford Escape was spotted when it was getting tested out in the open and while it was heavily covered in camo stickers, we could still make out some of the design details. It is clear that the Ford Escape will be getting a new design that is similar to what the Ford Focus got when it was updated.
There were talks about the Ford Escape possibly come with a third-row seat option. The test mule certainly looks longer and wider but we will have to wait and see if Ford offers it with a third-row seat option.
The test mule looks very close to production so we might not have to wait that long before Ford unveils their new Ford Escape.


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Be Natural now selling new granolas to be eaten with coconut water
Be Natural is now selling new cereals, granolas and snack bars in Australian supermarkets.
The new range includes ‘Coco-nutty Granola’ which is the first granola sold in Australia designed to be eaten with coconut water rather than milk.
Coco-nutty Granola is made with spelt, shredded coconut, nuts, seeds or fruits and is available in two flavours, coconut, almond, spelt and cinnamon or coconut, spelt and fig.
“The decision to create a granola designed to be served with coconut water was inspired by the natural food movement and responds to an increased demand for milk alternatives at breakfast time,” said Ally Wettengel from Be Natural.
Alongside the new granola, new Be Natural organics, Be Natural crunchy granola and seed bars and Be Natural muesli and quinoa bars will be available.
Be Natural products will also now appear in newly designed packaging.
“We felt it was time for the category to experience a bit of a shake up and we see these new ranges as the perfect addition to spring breakfast and snack options,” said Wettengel.
Be Natural’s Coco-nutty Granola 450g boxes are available from Woolworths, Coles and independent supermarkets. The recommended retail price is AUD $5.99.
Unilever has acquired UK tea brand, Pukka Herbs.
The world’s first take-home course that teaches how to taste coffee has been launched in Melbourne.
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Lion Dairy and Drinks has launched a new version of its Dare Cold Pressed ice coffee range.
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Action on Sugar campaigners are urging for freakshakes to be banned, as some can contain 'grotesque levels of sugar and calories' and more than half of an adult's daily calorie allowance.
After looking at the milkshakes sold around the UK, the group found that the Toby Carvery Unicorn Freakshake was the worst offender, with 39 teaspoons of sugar and containing a whooping 1,280 calories.
Action on Sugar chairman Graham MacGregor, professor of Cardiovascular Medicine at London’s Queen Mary University, said the government’s current efforts to fight the obesity epidemic are not enough.
He said: ‘These very high calorie drinks, if consumed on a daily basis, would result in children becoming obese and suffering from tooth decay – that is not acceptable.
‘These high calorie milkshakes need to be reduced immediately below 300kcal per serving.’
These are the freakshakes Action on Sugar found to be worst offenders up and down the country:
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|Toby Carvery Unicorn Freakshake||156||39||1280|
|Five Guys Milk Shake Base + Banana + Chocolate**||149||37||1073|
|Five Guys Milk Shake Base + Cherry**||120||30||975|
|Pizza Hut Salted Caramel Ice Cream Shake||95.4||24||738|
|Harvester Cookie Monster Freakshake||95||24||1067|
|Toby Carvery Cookie & Chocolate Freakshake||94||24||961|
Registered nutritionist Kawther Hashem, a researcher at Action on Sugar based at Queen Mary, said: ‘Undoubtedly some of these milkshakes contribute to excess sugar and calorie intake, and it is shocking this information is hidden from the consumer, who would struggle to find it.
‘It is time the government introduced legislation to force companies to be more transparent about what is in their products by displaying clear nutrition information online and in the outlets, at all times.’
Dr Alison Tedstone, chief nutritionist at Public Health England, also added: ‘The food and drink industry – including restaurants, manufacturers and retailers – has a key role in helping to tackle this, by reducing the amount of sugar we buy and consume, and we hope to see them step up to the challenge.’
Following the warning, they are calling for compulsory traffic light-coloured nutrition labels to be included in all menus, so that consumers know the nutritional value of what they are ordering, which the government is currently consulting on.
They are also calling for milkshakes that exceeded 300 calories per serving to be banned.


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FusionPKG has announced its acquisition of Architectural Beauty (AB), a New Jersey-based formulation, marketing and turnkey provider.
According to FusionPKG, the acquisition is meant to support FusionPKG's turnkey division, FusionPKG BeautyLab. AB will help bolster Fusion's portfolio of innovative formulas and expanding its capabilities to include marketing and design services.
"AB has an outstanding track record in formulation development and turnkey execution," says Derek Harvey, Co-CEO of FusionPKG. "The integration of AB into our global network of formulators and contract manufacturers will support our expansion strategy and assure that we are offering the best of innovation in both packaging and formula. With consumers demanding Fast Beauty, the brands are challenged with a constant demand for newness, this model provides a solution to their challenge."
"FusionPKG is an industry leader that we have always admired, so becoming part of their team was an opportunity we knew we wanted to seize,” said Grandis. "We are excited to have Architectural Beauty partner with the FusionPKG team. Our chemists fit naturally into their turnkey model, which is based on using innovative practices to helping brands get to market quickly."


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Sprecher Black Bavarian wins the gold at World Beer Cup
This past September, Sprecher Black Bavarian, a beer first made by Randy Sprecher as a home brew in 1972, was Milwaukee's lone representative on the new Men's Journal list, "The 24 Best Beers in America."
Turns out that honor was well deserved.
This past week, Sprecher's signature brew beat out 46 other entries to take home a gold medal in the German-style Schwarzbier category at one of the toughest international beer competitions, the 2014 World Beer Cup.
Black Bavarian has long been one of Sprecher Brewing Company's most highly regarded beers -- both among beer lovers and contest judges. However, this is the first time the brew has won honors at the World Beer Cup.
Sprecher's Shakparo, a West African-style beer, also won a bronze medal in a field of 17 entries in the gluten-free beer category.
In terms of brand new products, the Glendale company started selling an alcoholic root beer, Bootlegger's Bourbon Barrel Hard Root Beer, last year, and they plan to release a hard ginger beer sometime in May.
Will it be award winning? Customers will just have to wait and see.
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Despite the closure of BECTA in 2011, the schools market continues to be a rich hunting ground for ICT suppliers.
The ICT curriculum was recently overhauled so that schools will now teach digital literacy, IT and computer science. This keeps the market for PC hardware and solutions moving. Online learning platforms, teaching software and technologies to promote pupil interaction are on the rise.
The introduction of academies also presents new targets for IT firms – in 2010 there were just 203 academies in England; that number reached 1635 by the middle of 2012!
At the higher education level, the Government’s desire to see R&D pull the UK from recession has seen multimillion pound investments made throughout 2012 into University science and research activity. Naturally, ICT suppliers are keen to get their hands on an element of this funding.
We have worked with and, continue to work with many suppliers that sell technology services and products to the education market, including:


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Apple’s iPad 2 To Be Sold By Best Buy
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Retailer giant Best Buy will be selling the much-awaited Apple’s iPad 2 tablet starting March 11, according to sources. Meanwhile, reports also say that Walmart would also be selling the device. However, Walmart is yet to announce this officially.
Interestingly, this time none of the biggies’ like AT&T or Verizon have made any announcements regarding to selling iPad 2. As sources claim, the Apple iPad 2 tablet along with its Smart Cover will start selling at 17:00 hours on March 11.
Just like last year, this time also we can expect people flocking into stores, standing in long queue on the launch day to grab the device before they become out of stock. Moreover, so far, the per-order has not been announced by the company or the retailer. So, the mode of sales remains unclear. Besides, the company is planning to launch the device across 26 countries by the end of March.
Launched on March 2, Apple’s iPad 2 tablet comes with Smart Cover that protects the touch-screen device and also acts as stand. Based on A5 processor, the second generation device is more powerful and faster.


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Sony’s (SNE) Walkman digital music player outsold Apple’s (AAPL) iPod in Japan for the first time since 2005, Bloomberg reports, citing numbers by electronics research firm BCN Inc.
The Walkman’s market share was 43% in the last week of August 2009, and the iPod’s was 42.1%.
It’s worth nothing, though, that the study did not take into account iPhone sales figures, as it is a wireless handset, in addition to being a music player. Also worth noting, the iPhone 3GS was the top selling mobile phone in Japan for July 2009.
This dilutes the fact that the Walkman outsold the iPod, as the iPhone is essentially a phone and an iPod. And it’s unlikely that Apple is worried about this. The company said in July 2009, that over time, it expects the iPhone to cannibalise its traditional MP3 players.
It’s still an achievement for Sony. The company’s affordable, high quality W series players did help gain market share, notes Bloomberg:
iPod prices in Japan range from 8,800 yen for the shuffle to 47,800 yen for the 32- gigabyte touch model, according to the Apple Store.
“Sony has gained customers seeking less expensive products and those seeking high quality by broadening its lineup,” Kazuharu Miura, an analyst with Daiwa Institute of Research Ltd., said by telephone today. “But you can’t really say Sony regained its competitiveness against Apple unless it improves its market share in the U.S. and Europe.”
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#97: April Fool II—155’8”
One of the first yachts built by International Shipyards of Ancona, this was known as April Fool until her owner took delivery of a Feadship (see no. 20, April Fool) earlier this year. Maybe that’s why this one’s for sale for 17.5 million euro, or about $22.3 million at presstime.
Y: 2003; B: International Shipyards Ancona, Italy; N: Walter Franchini; H: Steel; E: 2/2,000-hp MTUs
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This article originally appeared in the November 2006 issue of Power & Motoryacht magazine.


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Having a digital assistant that can anticipate your needs, remind you of important information, and perform the tasks you ask them to, is the ultimate dream for technophiles. While Apple has Siri and Android has, well, OK Google, they have their limitations, as well as not being able to cross over to other platforms. If these rumors are correct, Microsoft might just be able to bridge that gap and make your smartphone even smarter.
According to some people close to the project, Microsfot is looking at creating a digital assistant based on the technology they’ve acquired from their artificial intelligence project dubbed “Einstein”, which is of course named after that famous scientist. Windows already has an existing one named Cortana, but it is still just for Windows phones. It is still unconfirmed whether it will just be an update of this digital assistant or if it will be an altogether new product that will be offered to users of other platforms, including Android devices.
What Microsoft has confirmed is that they are indeed working on bringing the research they’ve obtained from Einstein to improve on Cortana. According to Eric Horovitz, managing director of Microsoft Research, the technology they’re working on is the ability to read emails and then make sense of it for the user. They want to develop the first intelligent “agent” that can anticipate the user’s needs. Hopefully, this will be something way better than their failed attempts before (remember Microsoft Bob and Clippy?)
Whether or not the rumors are true, having something like this on other platforms will go well with the strategy of current Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella to sell their software even on their rivals’ devices, instead of “forcing” people to just stick with their Windows software. “We’re defining the competitive landscape… of who can provide the most supportive services that make life easier, keep track of things, that complement human memory in a way that helps us get things done,” said Horovitz. And that should go well with your Android device too.


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Der Suchmaschinenprimus macht Schluss mit dem Beta-Stadium einiger seiner Dienste. Es soll ein Signal an Geschäftskunden sein. …mehr
Premium-Inhalt. Yahoo will significantly expand on Tuesday the number of people who can test its Search Pad service, an online notebook for saving and sharing notes, links and Web site content when conducting research using the company's search engine.
Premium-Inhalt. For the second time in six weeks, Microsoft today confirmed that hackers are exploiting an unpatched bug in DirectX, this time by attacking Internet Explorer (IE).
Premium-Inhalt. Despite Advanced Micro Devices' historical stance that it has no interest in the netbook space, PC makers continue to build the chip maker's processors into low-cost PCs.
Premium-Inhalt. At its user conference in San Francisco last week, Cisco Systems boasted about the 30 new businesses it's developing. One is scheduled to launch by the end of this year -- in a very literal way.


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This year, DGIT Systems is a sponsor of the CommsDay Summit, a two-day event hosted in Sydney. In addition to sponsorship, CEO of DGIT Systems, Greg Tilton, will join presenters and industry experts from across Australia in delivering engaging and timely keynotes.
The presentation will be co-hosted by Michael Edwards, Director of Product & Customer Experience, from FibreconX; a high-performance dark fibre services provider that leverages its duct network to meet future digital growth demands.
The 20-minute discussion will take place on day one of the event, Tuesday 4 May, at 2:20 pm, and will delve into current and emerging customer and product experience trends.
Customer experience has never been more crucial for organisations, as customers and businesses become more discerning with their dollars in a post-COVID world. Experience is a key differentiator, and several research projects have shown the significant ROI that comes with a CX strategy:
- Businesses with a customer experience mindset record a jump in revenue 4 to 8 per cent higher than their industry peers.
- More than eight in ten companies that focus on improving customer experience report an increase in revenue.
- Three-quarters of businesses with better-than-average customer experience enjoy greater financial performance than their competitors.
Connect with DGIT Systems at the Trade Show
In addition to keynotes, panels, and awards ceremonies, the 2021 CommsDay Summit will include a trade show where event participants can showcase their products and services.
DGIT Systems will have a trade show stall. Attendees are invited to chat with the team, ask questions, watch live product demos, and even connect with the CEO directly.
About the 2021 CommsDay Summit
Since 1994, Communications Day – known as CommsDay – has been a leading source for news and analysis for the telecommunications industry in Australia and New Zealand. Each year, CommsDay hosts several specialised conferences across the two countries, the CommsDay Summit in Sydney and Congress in Melbourne being the organisation’s flagship events.
The CommsDay Summit is returning in May of 2021 in both an in-person and online format. The two-day programme showcases speakers, plenaries, and the returning 5G panel featuring vendors and operators. Notable speakers include:
- ACMA Chair, Nerida O’Loughlin
- Communications Minister, Paul Fletcher
- NBN Co CEO, Stephen Rue
- Optus CEO, Kelly Bayer Rosmarin
- Aussie Broadband CEO, Phil Britt
Tickets are also inclusive of two lunches, refreshments, and awards ceremonies.
The Fullerton Hotel, which is the new name for the Westin Hotel in Sydney’s Martin Place, will again play host to the event. Coordinators are working meticulously to ensure the venue is adapted to allow for social distancing and other COVID safety regulations.
View the 2021 CommsDay Summit agenda here.
Register to attend
Register to attend the 2021 CommsDay Summit, 4 to 5 May 2021, here.
Be sure to catch the DGIT Systems CEO, Greg Tilton, and his presentation with Michael Edwards, Director of Product & Customer Experience at FibreconX, on customer and product experience: Tuesday, 4 May at 2:20 pm.
Can’t make it?
If you can’t make the CommsDay Summit, please feel free to contact the DGIT Systems team to find out more about our Quote to Bill software. Our services empower utilities, enterprise, and telecommunications providers to deliver new or updated products to market in record time.
Phone us on +61 3 8820 5200 or head to our contact page.


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According to SM Naveed, President of the Pakistan-China Joint Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCJCCI), Pakistan is ready to sell 3.75 million tons of rice to China after satisfying yearly domestic consumption of 2.5 million tons.
According to a statement released on Tuesday, China has emerged as one of Pakistan’s top rice export destinations, evidenced by a 244 percent growth in paddy shipments to the neighbor in the last two years.
He went on to say that the PCJCCI had started a plan to boost exports to China in a year.
“If persistent efforts to sell Pakistani rice are pursued, concentrating on the needs of the Chinese population, the dream of exporting roughly 10 million tons of Irri-6 rice to China could become a reality,” the PCJCCI chief added.
Mr. Salahuddin Hanif, Secretary-General of the PCJCCI, stated that the PCJCCI would embark on a concerted effort to sell Pakistani rice in China by developing a personalized demand among Chinese consumers.
PCJCCI Senior Vice President Daud Ahmed said in the same statement that new hybrid rice varieties are being developed in Pakistan to provide maximum yield with minimal input costs during water constraints.


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Mark is an ordinary guest, definitely his bag is full of ideas to begin new Internet era in India and across entire South Asia. Facebook is known to many, even a definite percentage of people who can't read and right know 'there is something called Internet' or there is something called Facebook. Zukerberg can cash this opportunity and definitely he will. Wishing him all the best and happy journey..
Here are some points I observed about Internet.Org Summit from different news websites:
- Facebook has plans to launch contests, fund apps and services in local India languages
- Facebook has plans to reach to remote Indian towns and villages


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Bowker research shows 20% of genre ebooks sold are self-published
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Bowker Market Research has found that self-published titles accounted for more than 20% of crime, science fiction, romance and humour ebooks sold in the UK in 2012, reported the Guardian. Bowker UK research director Steve Bohme announced the research at the recent Writing in a Digital Age conference in London. The...
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Three California residents last week filed a lawsuit against Tesla for what they claim is false advertising over the car’s range. But why stop at Tesla? And why just sue over false claims about range when every other claim about EVs is also a lie?
The lawsuit comes in the wake of a Reuters report contending that Tesla had been goosing the range displayed on its dashboard and created a “diversion team” to deal with all the customer complaints about faulty batteries.
The filing claims that “Had Tesla honestly advertised its electric vehicle ranges, consumers either would not have purchased Tesla model vehicles, or else would have paid substantially less for them.”
But this isn’t new news. There have been several reports over the years about the wildly inflated EV range claims.
A little over a year ago, Forbes published an article detailing how the advertised range of EVs was often way off.
“I’ve been road testing electric cars regularly for more than two years now, and not once has a battery-only vehicle met the claimed capacity for its battery,” wrote senior contributor Neil Winton. “The average shortfall is close to 20%.”
Tesla actually did better in his tests than some of the other EVs.
A report from Car & Driver last August found that only three cars it tested did better than the official EPA range estimate. Tesla’s Model S is supposed to go 348 miles on a charge but only made it 280 miles. Ford’s electric F-150 came up 70 miles short of its reported 300-mile range.
SAE International studied the performance of 21 EV models this year and found that, on average, the cars’ range was inflated by 12.5%. “Most (EVs) tested to date fall short of both their electric consumption and range label values,” the report finds. EVs, it turns out, do worse on long-distance trips than urban short hauls because constant braking helps recharge their batteries.
The real-world range of EVs is even worse than these studies show because, unlike with gas-powered cars, weather can dramatically reduce an EV’s range.
Consumer Reports tested how well EVs performed in different weather conditions and “found that cold weather saps about 25% of range when cruising at 70 mph compared with the same conditions in mild weather. In the past, we found that short trips in the cold with frequent stops and the need to reheat the cabin saps 50% of the range.”
For example, Ford’s Mustang Mach-E, which is supposed to get 270 miles on a charge, could manage only 188 miles in the cold. Tesla’s Model Y, which has an official range of 326 miles, went just 186 miles in the cold.
Another report shows that battery performance deteriorates when outside temperatures get above 86 degrees.
Then there’s the fact that carmakers recommend owners charge their cars to only 80% capacity – to extend battery life – which cuts even more deeply into the real-word range of EVs.
Bad as this flagrant false advertising is, it’s just the tip of the EV deception iceberg.
EVs are sold as “zero emission” vehicles. That’s a lie. They just shift emissions to the power plants that generate the electricity needed to recharge them.
They are advertised as Earth friendly. They are, in fact, environmental rapists, as we’ve pointed out in this space. And repressive countries such as China and Congo use slave labor to mine minerals needed to make the batteries.
We’re told they will help combat global warming. That’s, at best, a stretch, since battery production is massively carbon-intensive. They’re supposed to be cheaper to operate than gas-powered cars. They can cost more.
Imagine if carmakers were caught wildly exaggerating the fuel economy of their gas-powered cars. And caught making false claims about their environmental benefits. And hiding the massive human rights violations involved in building them.
There’d be protests in the street and federal investigations. CEOs would be hauled before congressional committees for public lashings. The companies would face massive lawsuits and multi-billion-dollar government fines.
The only reason none of this is happening with EVs is because nobody wants to anger the Climate Change gods. So, bad news about EVs rarely gets reported. Their flaws – such as the tendency to burst into uncontrollable fireballs – get brushed under the rug. And absolutely nobody wants to acknowledge that we are flushing billions of dollars in tax subsidies down an EV pipedream.
No. We’re all expected to keep our heads down and do what we’re told to do and buy what we’re told to buy … for the sake of the planet.
So, we say, bring on the class-action suits – against all EV manufacturers and for all the ways they are conning people into buying them.
— Written by the I&I Editorial Board


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A new pizza restaurant in Mountain View, California, is pushing the limits of robotics and artificial intelligence by having machines replace humans in the kitchen.
Zume Pizza has robots pressing the dough, squirting and spreading sauce -- and then lifting the pizza in and out of the oven.
The system is able to crank out 370 pizzas an hour, which helps the restaurants deliver pizzas to customers in less than 20 minutes.
Zume’s technology is so advanced that it also keeps track of what customers order and predicts the pizzas they might want before they even order it.
And, maybe best of all, Zume is a “no-tipping business,” which means customers get pizzas delivered faster and cheaper. (Business Insider)
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Will EVs – Electric Vehicles – take over in the future? In this article, we look at five EVs startups all looking to become the next Tesla, or if you prefer the next unicorn.
The last decade has seen significant growth in the EVs – Electric Vehicles – market. From only a few thousand vehicles sold every year, the figures have skyrocketed at the end of the decade. If you’re an aspiring car owner but a little low on the budget, you can check out sites like www.bluffusedcarscolumbiasc.com/inventory/, for instance.
According to the International Energy Agency, this drastic change can be partially explained due to the rise of innovative startups, like Tesla, which has sold the largest number of plug-in electric vehicles in 2019.
There are also other reasons: batteries’ efficiency has improved so much allowing constructors to use smaller batteries on cars while their EVs’ range keeps increasing. People have also started to choose EVs because they are the most eco-friendly option available now.
The demand for EVs will keep growing in the next couple of years and today on Impakter we have a look at five startups designing our future EVs. These five startups were all founded in 2019, let’s see if any of them could be the next Tesla.
Generally, people do not associate the terms ‘Supercar’ and EV. However, Morpheus aims to produce luxury electric vehicles. They are a start-up based in Italy, the birthplace of other supercar brands such as Ferrari, Lamborghini, and Pagani.
Their first supercar, the Cigno Nero was inspired by the silhouette of a swan (Cigno means Swan in Italian). Could they be the first EV Supercar brand from Italy? This is what Morpheus is hoping to do.
Affordability and limited range are two of the main reasons why consumers don’t buy electric cars. Fresco Motors, a startup from way, the country with the largest number of EVs per inhabitants, aims to change these with their new EV. Although they are still missing the price tag for their new car, the Reverie, affordability is one of the key elements of this project as advertised on the Reverie on their fundraising page.
Regarding range, Fresco motors aim to provide 1000km of range. While it is nothing new for EV manufacturers to focus on range and affordability to set themselves apart, the Reverie aims to also offer the revolutionary feature of wireless charging.
The HiPhi 1 from Human Horizons is a car from the future, this is evident from its design to its technology. The vehicle has over 500 sensors, including face recognition to unlock the car. The vehicle also is equipped with 5G. The car is designed to “continuously evolve to be more intelligent” and adapt itself to the driver
While their parent company was founded before 2019, Human Horizons is a brand new company and hoping to become the Chinese Tesla.
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Devot Motors is an Electric Motorcycle manufacturer. Their aim is to bring sustainable transportation to India, by providing electric vehicle technology.
The first project they are working on is a motorbike with a range of 200km. By using a using modular battery set there will also be the option to “Remove, Recharge and Replace” the battery.
Evolet is a startup based in India offering a total of 13 different EVs which include electric scooters, motorcycles, quad bikes, and buses.
Although this might be perceived as too large for a startup, Evolet has already several manufacturing facilities where they are able to produce hundreds of thousands of EVs per year.
In the cover picture: A Tesla in Montecarlo. Picture Credit: Unsplash.


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Multiple sources report Mercedes has a baby version of the G-Class in the works to satisfy the pent-up demand that surrounds the G for those who just can’t afford the big version.
First it was known as the M, but that wasn’t enough, so it became the ML. Apparently that wasn’t enough because soon it will become the MLE-Class. I wish my investments would grow as much as this SUV’s name has.
There are so many CUVs that it’s hard to keep up with every single one being offered. To make matters worse, Mercedes will be offering not one, but three separate CUVs.
Mode Carbon’s goal was to take an “ordinary” C63 Sedan and transform it into a major source of revenue for the neck brace industry. Thus far, my shares are up.
While not officially announced by Mercedes, photos leaked online last week showing what could very well be the AMG GT Edition 1.


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Afghanistan hopes to boost trade with China through new regional economic corridor – A new economic corridor between four countries that will run along Afghanistan’s northern border will boost trade between the South Asian country and China, the Afghanistan Railway Authority said on Sunday, as the trial agreement is also expected to boost regional connectivity.
Railways authorities from Afghanistan, China, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan signed an accord on Friday to create a new economic corridor between their countries.
The agreement is on a trial basis for three months and concerns “containerized commercial goods” from China that will first come to Kyrgyzstan before reaching Afghanistan’s Balkh province via Uzbekistan, ARA said in a statement.
The corridor will also include various transportation systems, including trucks, though most will involve shipments via railways, the authority said.
“The economic corridor has several benefits for Afghanistan,” ARA spokesman Abdulsami Dorani said in a video message shared with reporters on Sunday.
“The containerized goods that would previously reach Afghanistan from China in two months through land transport will now reach Afghanistan via train in just two weeks.”
“The corridor will also create employment opportunities for Afghans,” he added.
As transportation time is reduced for shipment of goods and expenses decrease, the Afghan government is expecting an increase in revenue, Dorani said.
“We will also experience regional connectivity. If we can export goods to China and import goods from there, it means we can create a regional connection,” he said.
The countries involved are also committed to reduce tariffs on Afghanistan’s exports and imports, Dorani said.
China announced long-term economic reconstruction plans with the Taliban-led government in July, after pledging $8 million in aid for relief from the June 22 earthquake in the southeast of the country that killed more than 1,000 people. China’s Ambassador Wang Yu said that one of the priorities would be trade.
Afghan economic expert Dr. Tayeb Khan hailed the new corridor as a “significant achievement” for the Taliban government, which took over the country last August.
“In a situation where the new government in Afghanistan is facing multiple restrictions, creating this economic corridor is a significant achievement for Afghanistan and the region,” Khan said.
“It will help Afghanistan increase its exports and decrease its dependency in trade on specific regional countries, in addition to instantly reducing prices of goods inside the country,” he added.
But Afghanistan still has more work cut out for it, Khan said, as the country must also balance its trade with other countries beyond China. Though the new corridor is a good alternative, developing a trade route in the Wakhan corridor, a narrow strip in the region of Badakhshan should be the government’s long-term goal.
While Wakhan still lacks adequate infrastructure for any significant economic activities to take place, it may still play a key role in China’s Belt and Road Initiative.
“The corridor is a good temporary solution to improving Afghanistan’s trade but cannot be a full time alternative to Wakhan, which connects Afghanistan and China without any mediator.”


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July 30, 2013 |
NEW DELHI: Japanese consumer electronics giant Sony today said it is targetting to be among the top three smartphone players in the Indian market within a year. "We want to be among the top three players by next year," Tadato Kimura , Consumer Unit Head ( Mobile Division ) at Sony India, told reporters. Sony is targetting the revenue contribution from its Xperia range of smartphones to equal flagship television range Bravia by next year, he said. Bravia contributes about 35 per cent to Sony India's total sales.
March 9, 2010 |
NEW DELHI: Consumer electronics major Sony India on Tuesday said it will invest up to Rs 1,800 crore in the next one year on marketing and promotional activities to create awareness about its products in India. "We intend to double the sales of flat panel display televisions in India to 800 units in the current year, and to achieve that we are also going to double the investment in promotions to Rs 1,470 crore," Sony India Managing Director Masaru Tamagawa told reporters today.
April 1, 2015 |
NEW DELHI: Sony India today said its sales head Sunil Nayyar will be joining the USA unit of Sony Corporation and Satish Padmanabhan will replace him. "Sunil Nayyar, who has been the Sales Head of Sony India since 2006 will be joining Sony USA for a Strategic assignment in the Consumer Electronics business," Sony India said in a statement. It added that Satish Padmanabhan, who is currently heading its TV business, would replace Nayyar. "Satish Padmanabhan, who is currently the business head of Bravia , will be replacing Sunil Nayyar," it said.
June 7, 2016 |
NEW DELHI | KOLKATA: The Indian arm of Japanese consumer electronics giant Sony Corp has paid up about Rs 485 crore in duties for allegedly violating a free-trade pact by declaring semiknocked-down television sets imported into the country as components. "The company has paid full duty with interest," said a person privy to the development. The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence had served Sony India a show-cause notice for alleged violation of the preferential duty regime under the India-Asean free-trade agreement while importing televisions in semi-knocked-down condition from Malaysia.
August 21, 2013 |
NEW DELHI: Amid a gloomy market, it's raining freebies and offers -- from return tickets to Dubai to blu-ray players, LED TV, refrigerators to washing machines and other assured gifts -- as consumer durables makers attempt to cash in on the festive season kicking off with Onam in Kerala. Companies like Whirlpool, LG and Sony India are aiming for a double digit growth of sales in Kerala alone this Onam. "We are aiming at a growth of 25 per cent in Kerala this Onam which translates to a turnover of Rs 200 crore," Whirlpool of India Vice-President (Corporate Affairs and Strategy, Asia South)
December 27, 2010 |
NEW DELHI: Consumer electronics giant Sony India today said it expects to witness a 54 per cent jump in sales to Rs 5,700 crore this fiscal on the back of its enhanced distribution network, aggressive marketing campaign and newly launched products. The company said it clocked sales worth Rs 2,600 crore in the first half of the 2010-11 financial year, a 46 per cent increase compared to the same period last fiscal. "Sony aims to clock a turnover of Rs 5,700 crore this financial year, which would be a 54 per cent increase over the last fiscal," the company said in a statement.
August 21, 2014 |
KOLKATA: Sony India is looking at a sales growth of 30 per cent in 2014-15 as compared to the last fiscal and is banking on its popular Bravia televisions and Xperia mobile handsets to achieve the target. "Between April and July this fiscal, we have achieved a growth of 27 per cent in overall sales in India and we expect to have a better momentum in the next 8 months to reach the target of 30 per cent total value growth in 2014-15," Sunil Nayyar, Sony India's head of sales told newspersons here.
September 7, 2010 |
TOKYO: Samsung Electronics Co , the world's largest television maker, said it may equip its TVs with Google Inc software, and compete with Sony Corp in offering sets that surf the Web and double as computers. The company, based in Suwon, South Korea, is also likely to meet to its 2010 sales target for TVs, Yoon Boo Keun, head of Samsung's TV business, said, without giving further details. TV makers such as Samsung and Sony are looking to tap into the growing demand for Web-based programming and a slice of the $175 billion TV advertising market.
May 2, 2008 |
TOKYO: Japan's Sony Corp is likely to miss its annual profit target due to a stronger yen and weak financial markets, but still post a surge in earnings on brisk sales of electronic goods, a report said on Friday. For the financial year which ended in March, the company will report an operating profit of around 380 billion yen (3.63 billion dollars), up 430 per cent from a year ago, the Nikkei business daily said. The figure is about 30 billion yen smaller than Sony's forecast issued in January, noted the paper, which did not say where it obtained the information.
September 13, 2008 |
KOLKATA: Electronics major Sony India aims to achieve a turnover of Rs 4,000 crore this year 30 per cent higher than what it had achieved last fiscal with the launch of its new series of LCD television. "Our total business turnover in India last year was Rs 3,000 crore and it is expected to be 30 per cent more this year," Sony India General Manager (CAV sales department) Sunil Nayyar said on Saturday at the launch of its 'Bravia series T' here. Sony India, which claims to have 25 per cent market share in the electronics segment in the country, expects that the new product's launch would help shoot Sony's market share up to 30 per cent.


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Development of the DStv Streama is still on track, and MultiChoice plans to launch it in a few months, CEO for its South African business Nyiko Shiburi told MyBroadband.
MultiChoice first announced its media box in August 2020, promising a cohesive interface that helps South African viewers navigate all the different streaming services offered in the country, including Netflix and YouTube.
It would also bring together DStv’s platform with other streaming services, without requiring a satellite dish installation. Everything would run over your Internet connection.
“The advantage of aggregating through the Streama is that you get a very nice [user interface] that you’re going to work through,” Shiburi told MyBroadband when we asked how it would be different from devices already on the market.
Shiburi said that MultiChoice understands customer user interfaces, particularly in its environment, because it’s been in the space a long time.
“There’s a lot of knowledge we bring into the product,” he said. While he didn’t answer our question about pricing directly, the implication was that the Streama would launch at a lower price point than a device like the Apple TV, which is relatively expensive in South Africa.
A new Apple TV costs anything between R2700 and R3900.
Another area where MultiChoice aims to differentiate itself is support.
“You’ll have somebody to call in South Africa. At least you know that if there’s an issue, there’s somebody you can call,” he said.
“Patriotism only takes you so far,” Shiburi joked, implying that being a South African product alone is not enough — the Streama must offer something better than devices already on the market.
This is one of the reasons Streama’s launch was delayed.
Shiburi said that the global chip shortage did play a role in the delay of the Streama, as they had to rethink which chipset to use in the device.
However, MultiChoice also delayed it to ensure the Streama could hold its own against the best in the world from day one. This box has to be really top class,” Shiburi stated.
“You’re entering a market where there’s already so many media devices out there. You want to make sure that when this product goes out, it’s top-notch.
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A grocery store chain which originated in Cornwall is being sold in a proposed $800 million deal. Ltd., Sobeys' parent company.
People who shop at Farm Boy are passionate, acknowledged Michael Medline, CEO of Empire Co.
The deal, which is expected to close in early 2019, is meant to ramp up Farm Boy's face in the GTA and southwestern Ontario through new stores and Sobeys store conversions.
Farm Boy may eventually expand to other areas of Canada, said a statement from co CEO Jeff York that called the sale an "extraordinary opportunity".
Plans are to "turbo-charge" Farm Boy's growth, doubling the size of the business in the next five years, the statement said.
Farm Boy opened its first grocery store in Cornwall in 1981, and offers fresh foods and its own private-label grocery products, a format which has drawn some comparisons to popular US food retail chain Trader Joe's. The chain now has 26 locations across southeastern Ontario. Empire will provide help with logistics and real estate, Medline said in the call.
Sales in the first year at the two Toronto area stores were 35 per cent higher than the average Farm Boy store, said Mike Vels, chief financial officer of Empire.
"This is a jewel of an asset", Medline told analysts on a call Monday discussing the transaction.
However, it's unclear how much things will change at the popular Ottawa stores known for their fresh produce, locally-sourced products and ready-to-eat prepared foods.
Farm Boy began its private label in 2012 and now offers 500 products.
Medline also assured the Ontario-based chain's customers Monday that they "would not see any changes in their Farm Boy shopping experience".
There are 14 Farm Boys in Ottawa.


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Revenues for premium OTT services are expected to increase from 2014’s high of $4 billion to between $8 billion and $12 billion in 2018, according to a new report from London-based research firm MTM and commissioned by Ooyala and Vindicia. Premium OTT services, referred to this study, include providers and subscription video on demand such as OTT giant Netflix, service HBO Now, and provider WWE Network. But this OTT market segment will face a number of challenges as more companies are appearing in the market that could represent a future threat to them. Due to these threats, this study points out that Netflix spent less than $2 billion on content in 2012, but will spend well over $3 billion in 2015. (more…)
Remember the videos or commercials that you couldn’t stop talking about, that were stuck in your memory for a long time? Was it the one that made you smile, or the one that made you sad, or breathless, or the one that brought back some of your memories? All of those have one thing in common, they affected your emotions. Using emotions while creating a video, videomakers can evoke specific reactions through their choice of words, audio, and visuals. Emotions can lead viewers to take action, but they can also motivate the viewer to share the video with others that way strengthening the video’s persuasive potential. People are easily inspired to act when they get emotional, whether they’ve arrived in this state on their own, or because they’ve been exposed to any kind of emotional content because of their basic need to feel something and social sharing networks are the places where they get this little thrill. (more…)
As from yesterday, Twitter announced all native videos, Vines, GIFs Vines and GIFs are enabled to play back automatically when they appear in a user’s Twitter feed. With this new Twitter video ability, users no longer have to tap videos or animated media for them to play. Twitter’s autoplay will be activated without audio when a video comes into view on the screen, the sound will be activated if a user clicks or taps on a video. Click-to-play option is still available. If Twitter users have issues with high data rates or low bandwidth on their devices, they can choose to opt out of auto-play within their account settings, and that way miss all the unexpected charges or slow performance.
By 2019, 80% of all IP traffic will be video, Cisco predicts. This figure represents a 13% growth compared to 2014 when the video took up about 67% of the IP-based traffic, show the stats from Cisco’s 2015 Visual Networking Index. The United States and China are expected to be the highest traffic-generating countries, at 45.7 exabytes and 21.9 exabytes per month. Cisco report shows internet video traffic will rise to 105 exabytes per month worldwide, which represents 4X increase between 2014 and 2019. Cisco predicts that by 2019, there will be 3.9 billion global Internet users, and about 24 billion networked devices and connections, up from 14 billion in 2014. The average fixed broadband connection speed is expected to increase 2.2-fold, from 20.3 Mbps in 2014 to 42.5 Mbps by 2019.
Brid’s YouTube syndication provides our Premium plan partners an option to easily export any video they add into Brid automatically to their YouTube account and channel. Once you have activated this feature you can easily syndicate your video content to your YouTube channel in Brid by using your Google YouTube login account. We use the OAuth 2.0 protocol to authorize Brid users to publish videos to YouTube. Brid’s YouTube syndication is “one-way” – that means your settings and content in Brid are pushed to YouTube, but the same rule doesn’t apply for Youtube, settings and content on YouTube are not dragged into Brid.
When you authorize YouTube syndication for one of your Google accounts you can’t change the Google account used. (more…)
The latest Twitter report shows 90% of Twitter videos are being watched on a tablet or smartphone, and around 70% of Twitter users watch videos found in their feed. Twitter state’s that native video can drive 2.5X more as many replies and 3X as many retweets than any third-party video shared on this social network service. According to this report, 50% of users spend their time on Twitter watching sports clips and TV shows, while 64% watch breaking news. As video content is becoming more popular on Twitter, advertisers should consider the importance of Twitter while creating their video marketing campaigns.
When it comes to creating a blog or a website, and making it popular, there is a strong correlation between those brands who produce the most videos and those who get the most views. When brands use photos and videos in combination with written posts, they will surely create more attractive content and give their users a richer material about the subject they want to talk about. Many experts give advantage to video content over written posts, because video form is mobile, dynamic, shareable, and it can be far more engaging than standard text-driven marketing.
All Global brands have a YouTube channel, and no wonder as YouTube has 1 billion users, and 300 hours of video are uploaded to YouTube every minute. But if you’re a start-up video publisher and have a Youtube channel you should think twice before publishing your videos on YouTube exclusively, as YouTube takes 45% of all your ad fees and controls all aspects of monetization for you. (more…)
All the major social video platforms don’t agree on how to count video views, according to a survey done by Marketing Land. For Facebook and Instagram, 3 seconds duration of watching a video is considered a view. YouTube counts a video view after a user has watched a video for 30 seconds. Although Instagram uses the same 3-second Facebook standard to count views, Instagram video also loops automatically while a video post remains on users’ screens, so instead of total total video views, the stat Instagram sends to advertisers is views by “unique users.” A Twitter video view is counted when a user clicks on a video within a tweet. See here how you can TWEET your video inside of Twitter With BridTv online video player.
Snapchat created a new way to bring in some advertising revenue. The app will now start charging companies placing a video ad on its Discover branded content distribution platform, 2 cents for each view, played between between articles on the platform. Snapchat’s new ad product, dubbed Two Pennies, will give marketers ten-second time slots for their video ads, and charge the brands two cents when the clips are viewed. Snapchat ads on Discover at the present time bring in a reported $100 cost per thousand views. Many experts believe the new video ad offering could help Snapchat bring in the dough. How will everything pan out? We’ll just have to wait and see.
According to the IAB Original Digital Video Consumer Study, one in four U.S. adults tune into original digital video programming at least once a month. The number of Americans who watch online video at least once monthly, increased year-over-year, up 13% from 52 million. IAB revealed that 53% of cord-cutter respondents and 63% of cord-never respondents said original video content was “very” or “somewhat” important in deciding to avoid pay-TV. 43% of cord-cutters and cord-nevers found ads on streaming video platforms “fun” or “more interesting” than those on traditional television. Experts suggest brands and media buyers need to be aware of the growth in popularity of original digital video and consider the variety of screens where this content is consumed. IAB surveyed around 1,900 U.S. residents over the age of 18 from April 7-14, 2015.


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Pandemic sees Notinghamshire funeral directors record more than a million online obituary views
Nottinghamshire independent funeral directors, AW Lymn, has reported a huge increase in the number of people utilising online obituary services during the Covid-19 pandemic
The company, which has branches in both Hucknall and Bulwel, has recorded more than one million views of the online obituaries it has placed in the 12 months since the start of the pandemic.
AW Lymn has partnered with Funeral Guide to post notices of funerals for several years.
But in the last year – according to company chairman Nigel Lymn Rose – the site has really come into its own and has seen a rapid increase in the amount of visitors it received from March last year onwards.
Nigel reports that in the year 2019-20, AW Lymns’ notices on Funeral Guide totalled around 250,000, but in the year that Covid-19 hit, that number quadrupled to 1,010,927 views which works out at more than 84,000k views per month, or one view every 30 seconds throughout the year.
Nigel said: “The last year has been extremely painful for so many, but none more than those who have lost somebody they love.
"Funerals have felt and looked very different during the pandemic due to the strict rule of 30.
"This has meant that people haven’t always been able to pay their final respects as they normally would have done, so the option to go online and use the obituary functionality has been extremely popular.
“The site allows users to light a candle in memory of the person who has passed, upload photos, write eulogies and share memories in written form as well as the option to donate to a chosen charity – something that would usually take place at the end of the funeral service.
"This has brought great comfort to families separated not only by distance but by the rules of the lockdowns and has meant that people can still respectfully mark the passing of a person, but from afar.
"We know this is in no way the same as the ritual and tradition of a real funeral but it has meant that for many, they can still connect and remember a loved one in a shared space.”
When a funeral is being arranged, AW Lymn always offer the family the option of having an online obituary on Funeral Guide – and most say this is a really helpful way of letting others know of the passing at the same time as opening an online place to pay respects.
Nigel added: “We hope this online function continues to be useful for our customers and we’re always open to ideas and recommendations about how it could be improved.”
Ed Gallois, chief executive of Funeral Guide, commented: “The work that Nigel and his team have done during the pandemic has been essential, helping hundreds of families who have needed an expert hand to guide them through a very painful time.
"We are proud to know that Funeral Guide has been such a positive force, not only for AW Lymn, but also for the bereaved families that have found some comfort through our online obituary service.”


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Australia’s agricultural industry is well-established as a global leader. Australia’s beef is eaten in Tokoyo’s most upmarket restaurants, oranges devoured by the kilo in Hong Kong and wine consumed by the Chinese middle class. A country rich in land resources and strategic proximity to Asia means Australia’s food and beverage industry has infinite growth possibilities. […]
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After being launched on March 2, 2022, OPPO Indonesia immediately opened orders for Reno7 5G devices exclusively at the official OPPO Official Store on the Shopee e-commerce site. Users can order Reno7 5G devices with various benefits that can be obtained.
As explained by Andy Shi, President of OPPO, Asia Pacific that since its founding in 2004, OPPO has continued to make a strong foothold in both offline and online channels. Therefore, OPPO is delighted to partner with Shopee in this exclusive launch of Reno7 5G in Indonesia.
“This year we hope to build on the momentum and success achieved in 2021, where OPPO became part of Shopee’s inaugural ‘$100 Million Dollar Club’. We will continue to work closely with Shopee to create innovative and engaging brand experiences,” said Andy.
With e-commerce growth of 62% year-on-year and estimated to reach US$360 billion in 2025, OPPO aims to open up growth opportunities in Southeast Asia by leveraging the Shopee network, especially from smartphone users and those belonging to the savvy class. digital.
The exclusive launch with Shopee not only allows OPPO to reach more new users online, but also helps to connect closer to its customers through various features, including Shopee Live to provide knowledge about behind the innovation technology of OPPO Reno7 5G.
“We are very happy and proud to continue to partner with OPPO to bring innovative, attractive and quality smartphones to our customers,” said Daniel Minardi, Head of Brands Management & Digital Products Shopee Indonesia.
Daniel added that the collaboration in launching the latest product from OPPO Reno7 5G through Shopee is one of Shopee’s efforts in Indonesia in providing a choice of smartphones with reliable photography capabilities, as well as supporting fast data networks that will make it easier for users.
OPPO Reno7 5G offers the benefits of an updated camera with Artificial Intelligence (AI). The Reno7 5G device is equipped with a Portrait mode which can simulate 25 levels of the aperture by producing photos like those of a DSLR camera.
In addition, the OPPO Reno7 5G also supports the Bokeh Flare Portrait feature which can produce extraordinary photos on a smartphone device. On the exterior, Reno7 5G also brings the iconic OPPO Glow design with Laser Direct Imaging (LDI) effects which are used for the first time on the back of a smartphone.
OPPO Reno7 5G is also equipped with the Dimensity 900 5G chipset which has compatibility with 5G networks in Indonesia. This device is even more capable with the availability of 8GB of large RAM, which is equipped with RAM expansion technology and 256 GB of internal storage.
The efficiency and productivity of the OPPO Reno7 5G is also enhanced through the ColorOS 12 operating system. Now, the OPPO Reno7 5G can be purchased exclusively through the e-commerce site Shopee. OPPO has priced this 5G smartphone at an official price of IDR 7,499,000.
Advantages of ordering at the OPPO Official Store at ShopeeMall:
- Exclusive OPPO Band gift for purchasing OPPO Reno7 5G devices.
- A special bundling package with Telkomsel operator in the form of data packages up to 192GB with an additional 10GB exclusive to the 5G network.
- A discount of 300 thousand rupiah when buying the OPPO Reno7 5G bundling package with OPPO Watch Free.


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Read article here: Nutritional Value of Fruits and Veggies is Dwindling
The article focuses on fertilizer and how fast things are grown which is definitely part of the picture but what else is going to happen with GMO products and those who put profit, and appearance above nutrition in the growing of these vegetables? They have genetically modified them to last the longest for transport and have the most smooth and uniform appearance. [vitamins and minerals are thrown by the way side]
Years ago, I was talking to a friendly local farmer, who told me, you know, vegetables are not as nutritious as they used to be and our soil is depleted beyond the pale, I believed him. Eating heirloom vegetables that were bought from an organic farmer, the flavor of them burst in my mouth, and an energized feeling came over my body, honestly this was not imagined. Food that actually has enough vitamins and minerals makes you feel better. Years ago the alternative and nutritional press would bring these things up, so its interesting its now hitting the national mainstream news.
My advice is to get as much of the "real stuff" as you can afford: veggie markets, growing your own garden, because better nutrition overall will equal better health. As I said before, one wonders how the lack of nutritional oomph in our food is affecting obesity?


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Global news roundup
The following is a round-up of apparel and footwear news from the world's local media. just-style has not checked these stories so cannot guarantee their accuracy.
- Indian textiles firm Alok Industries intends to shut 45 unprofitable retail stores by September. The company is also looking at ways to exit its UK retail chain Store Twenty One in about a year's time and sell real estate to reduce its debt of INR129bn. The Store 21 business saw EBITDA decline GBP4m for the quarter to the end of June. BUSINESS STANDARD
- The Indian government has approved plans to revive the shuttered Elgin Mills and Kanpur Textile facilities. Employees will be given full salaries and other benefits and will get the option to take part in a voluntary retirement scheme. The government is expected to sell any surplus land to generate funds. THE TIMES OF INDIA
- The Vietnam Textile and Apparel Association will scale down its export target to US$17-17.5bn from earlier forecasts of $19bn. Vietnam exporters blamed the move on the weak global economy and declining textile and garment consumption. Export value fell 7.7% to $5.3bn in the first five months of the year, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade. VIET NAM NEWS
- Following the move by the Indian government at the beginning of this year to lift the foreign direct investment (FDI) cap in single-brand retail to 100%, footwear firm Pavers England has submitted a request for this. Six clothing and footwear retailers including Tommy Hilfiger, Brooks Brothers Group and Damiani have applied for up to 51% control. The government is yet to make a decision on these applications. BUSINESS STANDARD
- Surf and sportswear brand Quiksilver has also approached the Indian government to take on a 51% stake in its Indian business, which is managed by Reliance Brands. Quiksilver has a distribution agreement with Reliance Brands, but wants to set up a joint venture to consolidate its sales in the country. THE TIMES OF INDIA
Apparel giant PVH Corporation expects to see strong growth at Tommy Hilfiger and Calvin Klein once teething problems with the integration of its Warnaco business are addressed, the group has revealed....
Quiksilver has laid off a number of staff in the Americas region, more than a month after revealing a multi-year plan to try and return the surfwear brand to profitability....
The Warnaco and Tommy Hilfiger businesses drove a 59% surge in underlying first quarter profit at apparel giant PVH, with revenues up 36% on last year....
Surfwear brand Quiksilver has seen its first-quarter losses widen due to weaker sales in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, as well as lower margins across its three flagship brands....
The following is a round-up of apparel and footwear news from the world's local media. just-style has not checked these stories so cannot guarantee their accuracy....
- How apparel retailers should react to Brexit
- Britain votes for Brexit – what happens next?
- Retailers warned of high volatility in Brexit wake
- US fashion firms share their sourcing strategies
- Big data helps Crystal Group sustainability gains
- Under Armour opens manufacturing innovation hub
- Online fabric platform to "revolutionise" buying
- Uniqlo said to be scaling back US expansion
- Walmart's 'Made in USA' pledge misleading
- Better Work Vietnam launches labour law mobile app
- Southeast Asia strategic sourcing review – a focus on Cambodia, Vietnam and Myanmar
- Primark Stores Limited: Retailing - Company Profile & SWOT Analysis
- Clothing & Footwear Retailing in Indonesia– Market Summary & Forecasts
- Clothing & Footwear Retailing in Denmark
- Clothing & Footwear Retailing in China – Market Summary & Forecasts


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On- and offline classifieds player IPIX AdMission is expected to roll out a tool tomorrow enabling local businesses to create and place rich media ads on online yellow pages.
On- and offline classifieds player IPIX AdMission is expected to roll out a tool on Tuesday that will enable local businesses to create and place rich media ads on online yellow pages and directories.
AdMission Directories is a template-based tool that makes it easy to create graphics- and photo-enhanced ads. These listings appear at the top of the search results page with a shaded background. The listings have tabs for contact information, coupons and general information about the business.
Local small businesses (SMEs) can create and place their own ads using an online self-service module. Sarah Pate, general manager of IPIX’s AdMission business unit, said yellow pages ad salespeople would work with the SMEs to create the ads.
"Our premise is that these result in more relevant searches for consumers and more qualified leads for advertisers," said Pate. She added that in focus groups, SMEs pointed out that for them, unqualified leads are worse than no leads at all. "If you’re a florist with four employees and don’t do weddings, and one employee is tied up on the phone explaining that, it’s costing you money," Pate said.
The program officially launches Tuesday. AdMission Directories hasn’t officially signed up any clients yet, said Pate.
The fee model for AdMission Directories is either a subscription base or pay-per-click (PPC), according to Pate. The company charges an annual licensing fee for both the subscription and PPC approach. AdMission Directories is sold to yellow pages and directory companies, which can then use the product to up-sell their clients.
AdMission Directories is a tool based on the AdMission platform, which also runs AdMission Classifieds, a tool for online classified ads. That tool launched in June.
"I definitely think it’s a good product," said Greg Sterling, an analyst with the Kelsey Group, of AdMission Directories. "The display ads give a lot more information than most display ads online. In some directory ads you get a print ad that’s been reproduced online. But the AdMission technology is essentially like a mini-Web site. It’s a much richer display ad than anything else that’s out there."
Online entities such as yellow pages are in a prime position to take advantage of the lucrative local search market, predicted to reach $2.5 billion in the U.S. by 2008. According to Pate, her product should make it easier for SMEs to advertise online.
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Not too long ago, Take-Two Interactive CEO Strauss Zelnick spoke about VR, and how the company is cautious about jumping in on the fad until it is more established. Soon after, L. A. Noire: The VR Case Files was released, showing that they're not that adamant about caution, and now it seems that Take-Two has been courting virtual reality for years - Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas has just been announced for the Oculus Quest 2.
Coming hot off the heels of the recent announcement that Facebook is being rebranded as Meta, Mark Zuckerberg revealed that San Andreas is heading to the company's latest virtual reality platform. While various GTA games had had fan-made VR mods crop up over the years, there has never been any official way to play any title in the series in virtual reality.
San Andreas seems like an odd choice at first glance - GTA 5 already has a first person mode baked into the game, and being more recent, is probably easier to update with VR functionality. Some rumors suggest that the Expanded and Enhanced ports coming next March will have VR features, but none of that is confirmed yet.
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However, San Andreas is a great choice if you think about it. Of the 3D era games, it sported the most RPG-lite elements which helped make the game world all the more immersive, which is a key element of VR. Being an older game, it's also easier on the hardware - we imagine GTA 5 in VR would make even modern rigs sweat. Finally, San Andreas is an absolute classic that is still regarded by large swaths of the fandom to be the best the 3D era has to offer, if not the entire franchise altogether.
That said, this is a vision we still need to wait a while on. No release date or further details were revealed at the event. Even so, Zuckerberg did state that Facebook has been trying to get a classic GTA title onto one of its VR platforms for years, meaning this project has been cooking in the oven a fair amount already.
If we were betting folk, we'd probably put our money on GTA: San Andreas for Oculus Quest 2 launching in the latter half of 2022 at the earliest. In the meantime, you'll be able to hop into a visually overhauled version of San Andreas as part of The Trilogy - The Definitive Edition, launching on the 11th of November.


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The use of mobile phones in Bangladesh is rising rapidly, with 100 million users out of a population of 153 million, but only 25 percent of cell phone users have access to the Internet. Read Original Content
China Mobile has announced it will introduce commercial NFC services in 12 Chinese provinces in February 2013 and plans to expand to fifty cities later in the year. The company expects to sell 10 million NFC phones in 2013. Read Original Content
South Asia’s MoMagic Technologies and Symphony Mobiles of Bangladesh have formed a partnership, MoMagic Bangladesh, to target India’s growing value added services market. Read Original Content
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Microsoft India recently hosted a special event in New Delhi to offer a preview of the upcoming Windows 8 phones, indicating the handsets on display, the Nokia Lumia 820 and 920, Samsung Ativ S and HTC’s WP8S and WP8X, should reach India’s retail market within the next few weeks. Read Original Content
Luxury mobile phone maker Vertu has opened its first store in India in New Delhi and has plans to expand to other cities including Mumbai, Hyderabad and Bangalore. Read Original Content
Bharti Airtel has opened a “network experience center” to monitor its services across India and South Asia from a single location. Read Original Content
Australia’s Telstra has launched the Telstra 4G Tablet, designed to cater to “tech-minded Australian families”. Read Original Content
According to IDC, smartphone adoption in New Zealand has risen dramatically, from 13 percent to 44 percent of the country’s households in one year. The study found the most popular activities on smartphones were Internet banking and emailing. Read Original Content
According to Opera’s recently released Mobile Web report, the top 10 visited categories by Indian mobile users in order of popularity are news portals, e-commerce, social networking, education, travel, search, cricket, download portals, job portal, and government websites. Read Original Content
In cooperation with smartphone makers, the South Korean government is considering a ban on mobile applications that disable the shutter noise from smartphone cameras to prevent misuse. Read Original Content
India’s Intex Technologies has launched its third smartphone model, the Intex AQUA 3.2. Read Original Content
UBM TechWeb will host 4G World India, a conference and expo covering the entire ecosystem of next-generation 4G mobile broadband technologies in India. The event will take place April 25 and 26, 2013, in Delhi. Read Original Content
A new display technology under development at the Tokyo University of Technology would enable users to place smartphones or tablets next to each other and by using a "pinch" motion, link the displays to create one larger screen. Read Original Content
Singapore’s Agency for Science, Technology and Research has unveiled one of the world’s thinnest hard disk drives, which could be fitted into tablets and other handheld devices to allow storage capacities of up to 1 terabyte and extend battery life by 30 percent. Read Original Content
Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Bank plans to develop an innovative mobile phone-based payment platform which will utilize NFC technology to enable customers to make purchases through credit card accounts by tapping NFC-enabled mobile phones at payment terminals equipped with contractless readers. Read Original Content
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According to a survey commissioned by IT service provider Avanade, 68 percent of respondents in Singapore reported the majority of their employees use tablets for enterprise apps such as customer relationship management, project management and data analysis. Read Original Content
Japan’s Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications has issued a preliminary report indicating 59.17 billion calls were made from cell phones in the 12 months to April 1, 2012. Read Original Content
Microsoft Japan and NTT Docomo have formed a partnership to combine Windows 8 tablet devices and NTT Docomo’s high-speed LTE mobile service for corporate users in Japan. Read Original Content
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In spite of the heavy snowfall earlier in the week, 5o attended the Exchanged Life Seminar in Fogelsville, PA on March 18th. The event was hosted by Mountainview Bible Church. Jeff Barbieri (Mountainview), Joe Faraldi (Bayside Chapel) and Cindy Galgal-Ruperto (Oasis ministries) shared testimonies.
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