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In 2012, Sterling, a Stanford-trained mechanical engineer, set out to create toys that teach engineering skills to young girls. Three years later GoldieBlox’s colorful building kits are now sold in 6,000 stores worldwide, including Target and Toys “R” Us; they’ll be in Walmart later this year. GoldieBlox-themed books, TV shows, apps, and apparel are in the works, and look for a girl-powered float next month in the Super Bowl of toys, otherwise known as the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. For Sterling’s part, earlier this year she was invited to the White House, where she was named a Presidential Ambassador for Global Entrepreneurship; and she was recently honored by Gloria Steinem’s foundation for her efforts to get girls interested in STEM.


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Marvel Cinematic Universe favorite Loki will be getting his own series on Disney’s streaming service, Disney Plus (stylized as Disney+). Bob Iger revealed the name of the planned service on Thursday, as well as a Cassian Andor Rogue One spinoff series.
There were rumors of a Loki series, as well as a potential miniseries about Scarlet Witch and Vision, but Disney officially confirmed the miniseries in a press release. Tom Hiddleston will reprise his role as the trickster god. It’s unknown where this Loki series will fall in terms of the MCU timeline
Disney’s streaming service will challenge established streaming giants Netflix, Amazon and Hulu (although after the Fox merger, that last one may wind up being just another arm of the conglomerate’s business). Bringing their popular Marvel properties to this service shows they’re not playing around; previously this month, Marvel Netflix shows Iron Fist and Luke Cage were cancelled. While there’s a trove of MCU films on Netflix, don’t expect them to stay around much longer.
Other shows confirmed for Disney Plus include Jon Favreau’s live-action Star Wars series entitled The Mandalorian; a Winter Soldier and Falcon limited series featuring Sebastian Stan and Anthony Mackie; one final season of the animated The Clone Wars; series based on High Fidelity, Mighty Ducks and Monsters, Inc.; and a live-action remake of The Lady and the Tramp with voices by Tessa Thompson and Justin Theroux.
The series and the streaming service do not have definitive release dates yet.

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HP has been has several rumors surrounding its news webOS-based Tablet. A few months back HP purchased Palm to get their hands in the market of smart phones. This February 9th Hewelett-Packard is ready to unveil their new webOS-based Tablet. Many are wondering what will separate this OS Tablet from the rest of the world. HP is the Godfather’s of touchscreens, but have fallen short of living up to the standard they created. There is a lot of speculation on this OS, which has run on several of their products over the last 5 years. The competition is tight these days with every major tech company releasing a tablet. Will this announcement be big enough to have them leap-frog over the competition? Leave a comment and let us know what you think possibilities of this.
HP (NYSE: HPQ) has invited members of the media to what it describes as “an exciting webOS announcement.”
This will be held Feb. 9 in San Francisco.
The invitation sparked new rumors that HP was at last going to unveil at least one webOS-based tablet.
However, Alex Hunter of HP’s Palm Global Business Unit declined comment when pressed for details about what will be unveiled at the event.
What About a webOS Tablet?
HP has apparently been ambivalent about choosing between Windows tablets and those running webOS, the operating system it acquired when it purchased Palm for US$1.2 billion.
There have long been rumors that HP would unveil a so-called Slate tablet running Windows 7; then it was reported that the company was turning its back on Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) in favor of tablets running webOS; later still, the rumor mill had it that HP would offer both. Last year, the company revealed a Windows tablet, though it was directed more at enterprises than consumers.
HP in fact stated it would unveil a webOS tablet early this year, leading to speculation it would do so at the Consumer Electronics Show, held in Las Vegas earlier this month. However, no webOS tablet was seen there.
Logging onto the Palm website provides a hint at what may be unveiled Feb. 9.
A Jan. 4 entry by Palm Online Communications Director Jon Zilber mentions a tablet, “lots more phones, and ePrint, and cool apps, oh my.”
Will HP Reprise the Curse of Palm?
Before being purchased by HP, Palm had brought out several new smartphones, including the Pre and the Pre Plus, to generally warm approval. The devices were well-regarded, but it was the operating system — webOS — that really wowed everyone.
WebOS was generally seen as one of the most advanced mobile operating systems available.
However, that did not help pull Palm out of the doldrums, and it eventually was put up for sale.
Will tablets running webOS meet the same fate — warm approval but poor sales?
Not if HP proves canny in its marketing, Jeff Orr, a principal analyst at ABI Research, told TechNewsWorld.
HP has been shipping true tablet PCs running a full version of the Windows operating system quite successfully for the past 5 years, Orr pointed out. And when it began shipping the Slate 500 PC running Windows 7, it targeted the business market, he said.
“HP didn’t position the Slate 500 against the iPad,” Orr pointed out, adding that the company leveraged its presence in the vertical market instead. “Could the next iteration of the product run webOS?” Orr asked. “Why not?”
Perhaps HP will take a vertical business approach with a Slate-like tablet running webOS this year, Orr speculated. What webOS Tablets Will Need to Succeed
Sure, there’s the iPad, the Motorola (NYSE: MOT) Xoom and the Samsung Galaxy Tab out in the market, and a slew of other manufacturers have announced plans to unveil tablets running Android 3.0, nicknamed Honeycomb, later this year, said Richard Shim, a senior analyst at Display Search.
However, the numbers will be whittled down by competition.
“We’re estimating that only 75 percent of the players in the tablet market will be around by next year,” Shim told TechNewsWorld. “In two years, only about 30 percent will be left.”
That’s because launching a new tablet goes well beyond just offering new hardware. “You have to come up with a new operating system, you have to build the developer community, and ultimately, it’s the apps that will determine the product’s success,” Shim said.
The lack of apps may be a weak spot for HP. Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) is far and away the clear market leader in that regard, and Android is racing fast to catch up.
However, HP/Palm may be able to get around the lack of apps through sound strategy, Shim said.
“HP will have a smartphone lineup, a tablet lineup, printers, they’ll have control of the whole experience, just like Apple,” Shim stated.
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VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Nov. 10, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- BIGG Digital Assets Inc. (“BIGG” or the “Company”) (CSE: BIGG, OTC: BBKCF, WKN: A2PS9W), owner of Blockchain Intelligence Group , a global cryptocurrency compliance and intelligence company, announces it is the first blockchain analytics service to fully integrate Syscoin – a third generation blockchain – into its ecosystem. Syscoin is developed by Blockchain Foundry Inc. (blockchainfoundry.com) (“BCF”) (CSE:BCFN).
Syscoin, a proof-of-work blockchain with a hashrate second only to Bitcoin, is a trustless computing platform combining both Ethereum and Bitcoin protocol into one ideal system that will power tomorrow's innovative distributed applications. The Syscoin network can be thought of as a modular design compared to other smart chains that are monolithic in nature, as Syscoin takes advantage of zero-knowledge-proofs within a rollup-centric roadmap to help scale infinitely in a decentralized manner yet still retain the security of Bitcoin.
“By joining the BitRank Verified ecosystem, we are able to offer compliance and a regulatory framework to Syscoin customers for the first time on a public ledger that brings the same benefits as traditional financial services,” said Syscoin Foundation president and BCF Chief Technology Officer, Jagdeep Sidhu. “These benefits will integrate seamlessly for users all while they hold their tokens in their own digital wallets.”
Blockchain Intelligence Group’s BitRank Verified® solution gives banks and businesses confidence in risk-mitigation and regulatory compliance through real-time transaction monitoring and risk scoring to quickly clear low-risk transactions and investigate high-risk ones. BitRank Verified® enables Syscoin to deliver more interoperability advancements and extend these capabilities to any blockchain that utilizes Zero-Knowledge Proofs.
“Interoperability is the future of blockchain, and as more organizations seek out the benefits of crypto, our solutions are their north star for securing and legitimizing the future of finance,” said president at Blockchain Intelligence Group, Lance Morginn. “Integrating Syscoin is a proof point to the vision we share with our partners: building the future of cryptocurrency’s global adoption and utility.”
This announcement further solidifies Blockchain Intelligence Group’s position as a global leader in blockchain technology search, risk-scoring and data analytics solutions and highlights Blockchain Intelligence Group’s market growth, which included a partnership with XinFin’s XDC Network and Blockchain Foundry, Inc. in Q2 2021.
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Blockchain Intelligence Group builds technology to power compliance and intelligence for the crypto future. Banks and crypto companies depend on our technology to monitor risk from crypto transactions. Investigators and law enforcement quickly identify and track illicit activity. Blockchain Intelligence Group is trusted globally by banks, crypto companies, law enforcement, fintechs, regtechs and governments.
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The recent COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted businesses (from SMEs to Large Corporates) in a manner never seen before both, locally and globally.
Coupled with a saturated local market and disrupted supply chains, businesses have been forced to embrace digitalisation, look for new markets and to regionalise.
This spectacle has contributed dramatically to the increasing importance of the regional integration of the ASEAN Economic Community on top of meeting the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) agenda.
The recently concluded World Economic Forum Davos Agenda Week in Singapore established that a “Great Reset” is needed, in order to build a more resilient and sustainable global economy.
Coupled with the signing of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership in November and ASEAN growth prospects, Southeast Asia is the next great opportunity market.
Under this collaboration between Spotlight Labs and ASTRO Media Solutions, Malaysian businesses will be able to address these alarming concerns from their industry specific standpoint as well as communicate their post COVID-19 transformation aspirations to an affluent and informed regional audience; who in turn will utilise the information for informed-decision-making or knowledge-based purposes.
Via leveraging The ASEAN Post’s deep insights and knowledge (market intelligence) of the ASEAN Economic Community and combining it with ASTRO’s first class staple of clientele and its advertising and marketing expertise, bespoke solutions will be jointly developed for affordable, cost-effective packages with competitive media returns on investment.
Not only will brands and businesses now be able to go regional with their messaging but also participate in the dialogues that are shaping the future of Southeast Asia – the ASEAN Economic Community, the Fourth Industrial Revolution, China’s Belt & Road Initiative and other key 21st Century Developments (Technological Advancements, Climate Change, Renewables, Women Empowerment, Sustainability, Consumer Trends).
The COVID-19 pandemic has also brought about great inquisitivity around digitalisation and future-proofing which are key focus areas for most ASEAN market observers and participants.
“With this new strategic partnership, we’re able to amplify our digital content offerings for corporate brands to expand their footprint beyond Malaysia and Singapore, reaching key decisions makers in the ASEAN region,” said Wong See Wei, Director, Astro Media Solutions.
With over 40 iconic digital brands on within ASTRO Media Solution’s growing network, the collaboration will see value creation for both its existing consumers and businesses clientele respectively, who are seeking a better understanding of the key developments shaping the future of Southeast Asia as well as the opportunity to build a regional footprint in fastest growing digital economy in the world.
This dynamic relationship will create both a localisation (ASEAN to Malaysia) and regionalisation (Malaysia to ASEAN) marketing opportunity for brands across the region.
“Aside from being our first step towards full commercialisation following a fruitful discovery and development cycle, our partnership with Astro Media Solutions gives us the opportunity to engage with some of Malaysia’s leading brands through a trusted Malaysian household name. The timing is also perfect as ASTRO commences its journey as a super-aggregator as part of its content convergency strategy; which will see our content syndicated via ASTRO Awani and SYOK. We hope Malaysian companies will take this opportunity to enlarge their regional footprint and go beyond local markets. We also hope to see more regional brands looking into marketing their goods and services within Malaysia via ASTRO’s existing marketing channels.” said Azizi Meor Ngah, Chairman of the Advisory Board, The ASEAN Post.
With ASTRO’s 5.7 million subscribers that make up 74% of Malaysian households and The ASEAN Post’s 1.0 million rapidly growing monthly active users that make up 15% of its ASEAN serviceable obtainable market target of 6.3 million working professionals within an enlarged serviceable available market of 68 million ASEAN citizenry; cross advertising and marketing for Malaysian brands to grow both, a local and regional footprint at one go is now possible.
In-depth insights on The ASEAN Post’s audience affinity and in-market segments are available at www.spotlight.theaseanpost.com, the dedicated microsite for The ASEAN Post’s Spotlight Labs brand studio which serves as the information and resource point for brands and businesses looking to get a better understanding of the products and services available.
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WESTFIELD, NJ — The mayor on Monday thanked community members for cooperation with social distancing following town parks partial reopening Saturday after their nearly month-long closure due to coronavirus.
The town reopened most municipal parks for foot traffic but kept the parks closed to vehicular traffic and advised that they would also be prohibiting street parking near to Tamaques Park to create social distancing.
“I want to extend tremendous thanks to the community for the vast cooperation that was brought to the parks and fields this weekend,” Brindle said in her COVID-19 update Monday. “Our Police Department indicated that there were no major issues to report, and I am grateful for the consideration extended by all those who came out to enjoy the beautiful weather.”
She reminded the public to discard of gloves and masks appropriately.
The partial opening of municipal parks in Westfield came along with the opening of state and county parks.
While Gov. Phil Murphy had advised the public to wear masks to stem the spread of COVID-19, he said Monday, that not enough people were seen wearing the face coverings.
“I’d say probably 80-90% of the folks were not wearing masks,” Murphy said in his Monday press briefing. “That’s something we have to continue to pound upon.”
Passive recreation at town parks wasn’t the only popular weekend activity in Westfield, Brindle reported.
“Our first Saturday at the Conservation Center was also a big success, with no wait times reported by the DPW,” she said. “We have sold more than 1,200 permits to date, which is on par with previous years’ sales through the end of April.”
TAPinto Wayne Publisher Jon “Ferris” Meredith contributed reporting.
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CHEAP supermarket booze, crippling business rates, rising brewery costs and unemployment are all taking their toll on Gainsborough’s once thriving pubs, say landlords.
Boarded-up, empty pubs have become a common sight around Gainsborough with more than half a dozen closing in the past few years as the recession and other changes in culture have taken their toll.
Now, local, independent pubs say that with rocketing prices, dwindling customers and other changes, they are struggling to keep their heads above water.
Andrew Boulton is the former-landlord of Gainsborough Park on Glentham Road - previously known as The Nodding Donkey. Once a popular and busy pub, Gainsborough Park was forced to close two years ago.
“There are three main factors that have hit pubs hard,” said Andrew. “The first is 24-hour opening. That didn’t help at all. It didn’t give everybody the money to spend during the additional hours - it just meant that people were coming in at different times and there was no atmosphere.”
“It just spread business out very thinly during the rest of the day and increased the overheads landlords spend on heating, staff and electricity.”
Andrew continued: “The second is the supermarkets practically giving booze away. They’re often selling alcohol cheaper than we can buy it for through breweries. I was confident that I was giving a good a discount as anybody, but then you’d find supermarkets selling crates of 12 - 15 bottles or cans for next to nothing, and landlords aren’t allowed to buy that and sell it on.”
“I think that supermarkets should have a higher VAT on alcohol. That way everybody wins - the government and honest local pubs.”
Andrew said that the third main factor was a combination of things leading to a change in the culture of how people drink on nights out.
“When I was a lad, clubs and village halls would close at about 1am at the latest, so you’d leave your local at about 7pm or 8pm, but now with 24 hour drinking the clubs are staying open much later, youngsters are getting loaded on cheap booze from the supermarkets, using the pub as a meeting place at about 8 or 9 and then go and spend their money in clubs after spending most of it in supermarkets.”
He added: “They are going out with the prerequisite that they get drunk, so they’re getting drunk at home before they even go out - back in my day, being drunk used to be a bi-product of going out.”
Can Krakow is the landlady of The Elm Cottage on Church Street in Gainsborough, and she also says that inexpensive alcohol in shops and supermarkets is having an adverse effect.
“Not as many people are coming in as they used to,” she said. “People are getting a lot of their drinks from the supermarkets because it’s much cheaper so they’re drinking at home then going out afterwards.”
She continued: “The smoking ban hasn’t helped either, because the winter, the older people don’t really want to go outside to smoke. Beer prices are going up and up and we can’t do anything about that because the breweries are raising prices and we have to pass that on just to survive.”
She went on: “Business rates are also very expensive and then you’ve got to pay rent and everything is just going up.”
“Plus, with so many people out of work they can’t really afford to come out and unemployment is quite high in Gainsborough.”
Despite all of this, Cam says that she is determined to keep Elm Cottage open as a quality local pub at the heart of the community.
“Support your local pub,” she said. “We have a family friendly atmosphere, and that pub experience is something you can’t get anywhere else,” she said. “We have pub nights, entertainment, food and good all-round service - this is the sort of thing that needs to be supported.”
Regarding their pricing of alcohol, Morrissons spokesman Julian Bailey said: “We feel that with all products, we concentrate on value for money for our customers, and they expect the same from our alcoholic products.”
“We also have a policy of not pricing alcohol products below the price of duty and VAT so we do not encourage irresponsible drinking.”


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16 new deals and $692M+ in new funding for NYC startups during a busy week. NYC Tech News for the week ending 12/11 featuring news for Kumospace, Deed, Tassat, and much, much more.
The Weekly Notable Startup Funding Report takes us on a trip across various ecosystems in the US, highlighting some of the notable funding activity in the various markets that we track. The notable startup funding rounds for the week ending 12/11/21 featuring funding details for CometChat, Genesys, Heap, and twenty-five other rounds that you need to know about.
5 new deals and just shy of $500M in funding for NYC startups! The latest venture capital, seed, pre-seed, and angel deals for NYC startups for 12/9/2021 featuring funding details for Paradigm, NewtonX, and much more.
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Beer is becoming trendy again. Røros have had a firm focus on local food for a long time; this is reflected in excellent meat, fish, cheeses, vegetables, baked goods and beer, virtually wherever you turn.
Beer is becoming trendy again. At least according to Frank Norvik. “The, what I like to call, beer-wave, is not only ’washing over’ in Norway but the whole world,” the Røros Brewery and Mineral Factory AS worker says.
“Just have a look at the US where small and local breweries all of the sudden are producing millions of bottles that are being sold worldwide.” “Not only is the local becoming a hit, but I believe beer is developing to becoming a trend again,” he says.
- Frank Norvik, Røros Brewery and Mineral Factory AS
Due to the high request, the company is expanding the production capacity. This month, with a three million investment from the Røros Brewery and Mineral Factory, the new built premises stood ready in Havsjøveien nutritional-park. Today it employs three people plus an apprentice, and with the budget for 2015 it has made room for two new employees.
With the new facility they can produce hundreds of thousands of liters a year, and the goal is to wager 8,500 gallons per month for the economic balance.
“With love for Røros is our slogan, so all we do and make is with love for this city,” Norvik says, “It is all very local.”
Another local business idea they are promoting is recycling. “When brewing the beer you get plenty of waste, about a fifth of the production is leftovers from grain. We do not want to just throw that away, but use it as a basis for new products,” Norvik explains
“Grain leftovers go into bread and flatbread, and some of it given to a farmer who feeds his pigs at it. He sells us these pigs for ham making.” When the construction of the new brewery is finished in September they will add a new production line for making muesli, also based with the leftover grains prom the beer production.
Smaken av Røros AS (“Taste of Røros Ltd”) has been awarded the Certificate of Debio, an organic approval of berries and mushrooms picked from the Røros surroundings and other wilderness areas of Norway. “It was the first time in Norway such an approval was given,” Norvik says.
“We welcome everyone who wants to sell us the berries they are picking, and we will be making juice of the fluids and put some of the solid part as flavour to the muesli,” he says. “It’s quite fun, and almost nothing will be spoiled!”
In 2012 they redecorated parts of Rammkjellarn of Røros Vertshus and turned this into a microbrewery. The basement houses the brewery with brewing and storage tanks, as well as beer-house and separate rooms for a tasting of the beer. The entire facility is specially aimed at the premises in Rammkjellarn, and it has a capacity of 500 liters at a time. The pre-brewed beer is then bottled in 50 liters drums that go into a separate cooling room. The beer is brewed on Atna Brewery’s, with water from Glåmoskilden, claimed to be Norway´s purest water source. The property has Oskar Stenbakken in charge and Mikael Forselius as the taste-consultant.
“Our local food culture is an important part of the tourism experience,” says Michael Forselius, CEO of Røros Hotel and Brewery. “If we can not showcase it, we will be perceived a less authentic.”
“We have to keep preserving the local culture of Røros, created for almost 400 years, it will make us perceived as more genuine and it makes us stand out from other major global hotel and food chains,” Forselius says.
Norvik claims it has been a good year for the brewery. So far they have sold on average, about 3,000 liters a month. “The revenue is very good, we’re selling out everything of what we produce, and in fact we can’t produce enough,” he says.
An increasing focus on local food has led to an explosion of small-scale food producers, who conjure up delicacies from raw ingredients provided by the land. Some of them have been voted the best in the country. The many farm shops and restaurants make the Røros region a culinary paradise.
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French Connection to shutter 17 of 23 U.S. stores
- Sarah Duxbury
French Connection no longer connects with American shoppers.
The British retailer plans to close 17 of its 23 U.S. stores, including its only California store at 101 Powell St.
French Connection currently occupies 8,000 square feet on the corner of Powell and Ellis streets, one block from the Powell Street cable car turnaround. The space has been marketed at least since February 2010.
Closing the "underperforming" U.S. stores will cost French Connection almost $10 million, and will reduce annual operating losses by about $4.9 million.
Indeed, the brand has been struggling for several years, and last fall it announced that it would close all 21 of its Japanese stores, as well as underperforming stores in Northern Europe. It plans to focus on the British and Irish markets.
For the fiscal year ended January 31, 2010, French Connection reported a net loss of about $37.9 million on revenue of about $326.5 million.
The company also announced that it has agreed to sell its Nicole Farhi brand to Los Angeles-based OpenGate Capital for about $7.6 million.
"The strategic review is now complete," said Stephen Marks, chairman and CEO of French Connection. "We have had to make some tough decisions, but our exit from the Japanese market, the reduction of our U.S. retail presence and the sale of Nicole Farhi, together with a reduction in our overhead base, leaves us with a continuing business that we expect will be both profitable and cash generative even in the current difficult economic environment."
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Volvo Auto India recently announced that they have appointed a new MD, Tomas Ernberg for their domestic operations. Ernberg has been with the Swedish auto manufacturer since the past 17 years. He will replace current MD, Paul de Voijs.
Ernberg, who will be responsible for the overall operations and planning of the company in India, was earlier posted as a regional MD in Dubai. In his last position, he took charge of 13 different markets in North Africa and West Asia.
Ernberg said that the Indian auto market is among the fastest growing auto markets for the company, and holds a lot of promise. They have invested a lot of effort and time in understanding their customers in India, as well as providing them with international standard products. He personally wishes to learn from all the different challenges that this market could bring.


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Scotland—betting shops in the country will be able to do away with post-lockdown restrictions imposed by the Scottish government from this month. The said restrictions have been labeled as “unnecessary” by industry associations.
Although betting venues in Scotland were allowed to reopen from June 29 after the novel coronavirus (Covid-19) lockdown they were instructed to remove all their chairs, switch off their gaming machines and not air any live racing on TV.
According to the Betting and Gaming Council (BGC) trade group, the rules meant that turnover in some shops decreased by 95% because customers either stayed away or went to England—where betting restrictions were not in place yet.
The BGC led a campaign warning that unless the government lifted the restrictions, shop would be forced to close, and people would lose jobs.
The Holyrood Government recently confirmed the lifting of suspensions starting June 22, although shops will still be required to abide by strict Covid-19 measures such as the use of hand sanitizers, installment of screen barriers, and adherence to social distancing rules.
“This is great news for Scotland’s 900 betting shops and the 4,500 hard-working staff that they employ,” Michael Dugher, BGC chief executive, said.
“We have always said that the extra restrictions imposed on Scottish betting shops were unnecessary. We are delighted that the Scottish Government has listened and responded,” Dugher said.
“Betting shops in Scotland can now look forward to playing their part in helping to kickstart the economy, supporting Scottish racing and providing a safe environment for customers to enjoy a flutter,” he added.


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ADM has no update on potential sale of cocoa business, CEO says
CHICAGO Oct 29 (Reuters) - Archer Daniels Midland Co said on Tuesday it had no update for investors about a potential sale of its cocoa business.
"We don't have any news to report this quarter," ADM Chief Executive Patricia Woertz told analysts on an earnings call.
Cargill is in the final stages of a deal to buy ADM's cocoa business, sources familiar with the discussions have said.
ADM started looking for potential suitors for the cocoa business late last year, sources have told Reuters, and the company announced it was in discussions about a possible sale in June.


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U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) made a statement recently regarding results of a national survey which found a significantly higher number of teens reportedly using e-cigarettes, as opposed to traditional cigarettes, in 2014.
“This alarming increase in teen use of e-cigarettes demands action,” said Boxer. “It is past time for the FDA to finalize strong rules to ban sales to minors and prevent e-cigarette makers from marketing to our kids.”
Similar issues have been raised recently on the issue of smoking and tobacco related products. Ken Fitzgerald of the Stanislaus County Office of Education Smoke-Free Parks initiative and Girl Scout Troop 3289 of Turlock began lobbying the Turlock Parks, Arts and Recreation Commission (PARC) to ban smoking and related products in City parks earlier this year.
Along those lines was a recently released government-sponsored survey entitled “Monitoring the Future” which reported teen use of e-cigarettes to be higher than regular cigarettes.
The City discovered an unenforced smoking ban in City of Turlock parks from 2003, of which the City of Turlock Parks Arts and Recreation Commission ultimately reaffirmed and updated the ban in a 6-2 vote recommending the Turlock City Council take action.
The recommendation was made to extend the ban to new tobacco technologies, such as vapor and electronic cigarettes, in all public parks, facilities and adjacent public parking lots.
In November the Centers for Disease Control released their 2013 National Youth Tobacco Survey, finding that e-cigarette usage among high school students tripled between 2011 and 2013.
The Monitoring the Future survey also found that more teens in grades eight, 10, and 12 reported using e-cigarettes in the prior month, compared to those who reported smoking regular cigarettes. Among eighth graders, 8.7 percent reported using an e-cigarette in the past 30 days, while only 4 percent reported using a traditional cigarette. Comparatively numbers increased among 12th graders where 17.1 percent reported using e-cigarettes, where 13.6 percent reported traditional cigarette use.
During public comments section of the PARC meeting, Ally Scott, a Turlock High School senior and member of THS PHAST Club — a group devoted to raising awareness about tobacco prevention — encouraged that the ban be updated to include vapor cigarettes, explaining that there is no safe level of exposure to smoke.
“They all look the same from afar,” said Scott. “It’s about modeling for kids.”
Currently, 10 states and the District of Columbia do not have state laws prohibiting the sale of e-cigarettes to minors, meaning that over 16 million children can legally purchase e-cigarettes.
Ultimately PARC’s recommendation to ban smoking in City parks, should it be passed by City Council in upcoming sessions, is intended to serve as primarily educational, bringing awareness to the issue.
Additionally, a rule proposed by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in April would allow the regulation of e-cigarettes, which is not currently under FDA jurisdiction, subjecting them to many of the same federal regulations that currently apply to traditional cigarettes.
This would include a federal ban on sales to children under 18, requiring disclosure of product ingredients, and prohibiting manufacturers from claiming products to be less harmful than traditional cigarettes without scientific evidence supporting their claims.
In August, thirteen Members of congress including Boxer asked the FDA finalize a proposed rule on e-cigarettes within one year including provisions to would limit youth access.
Boxer also introduced the Protecting Children from Electronic Cigarette Advertising Act to prohibit the marketing of e-cigarettes to children and teens which has been endorsed by the American Public Health Association, the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Heart Association, the American College of Cardiology, the American Lung Association, the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network and Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids.


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US printing and packaging company John Henry has been acquired by private equity firm Bear Stearns Merchant Banking.
John Henry's activities span the pharma, floriculture and horticulture sectors, but it is best known in the drug industry for its John Henry Packaging and Pharmalabel divisions, which supply the healthcare sectors.
The company produces labels, package inserts, cartons, blister cards and flexible films, and also specialises in digital print technology.
Tim Schultz, president of John Henry's packaging division, said the acquisition positions the company "to expand our efforts to develop and acquire operations close to our customers, no matter where they operate, further expand our product offerings while continuing to enhance our quality systems."
The company also said its commitment to the pharma sector remains firm, despite the change in ownership. "Pharmaceutical packaging has fueled our growth for 10 years," it pointed out.
Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.


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BizWest ranked Fort Collins-based manufacturer OtterBox Inc. No. 1 on its annual list of the fastest-growing companies in Larimer and Weld counties.
The company, which makes protective cases for smartphones and other mobile devices, had a 164 percent increase in revenue over a two-year period. BizWest separated companies by a range of annual revenue; OtterBox was first among companies with more than $20 million.
OtterBox and the other winning companies were honored at a ceremony Tuesday night.


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- “Friends” and “The Office” are leaving Netflix in 2020 and 2021, respectively, for rival streaming services from WarnerMedia and NBCUniversal.
- WarnerMedia and NBCUniversal are the latest major media companies to pull popular programming from Netflix, which has prompted debate over whether the streaming giant can continue to grow its subscriber base meaningfully without the back catalog the service was built on.
- The concerns are more acute in the US than anywhere else in the world.
- Demand for “The Office,” for example, drops sharply outside the US, data on a per capita basis from Parrot Analytics shows. “Friends” holds up better, and may be read more >>>


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The Brazilian government is set to impose a 35 percent tax on tra fish imported from Vietnam, according to the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Processors (VASEP).
Association officals said they were recently informed by Brazilian importers that tra fish, or pangasius, has been placed on a special list that will be subject to high tariffs, and that the Brazilian government will impose the tax sooner or later.
The planned tariff is 35 percent, the importers said.
VASEP said the "special" listing happened after the Brazil National Council of Fisheries, Aquaculture and Exploitation (CONEP) met to establish technical and quality standards for the fish, Brazil's major import from Vietnam.
Earlier this year, the Vietnam Trade Office in Brazil had expressed concern after authorities in Santa Catarina, a southern state in Brazil, expressed discontent about Vietnam's tra fish being sold at low prices, saying it threatened Brazilian fish farmers.
CONEP had also complained earlier that Vietnamese tra fish was bred in unsafe environment, but available at big supermarkets in Brazil, the Vietnam Business Forum said in an August report.


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Monaco (MCO) has been killing it recently in terms of price increase. Marketed as the world’s best cryptocurrency payment card, the cryptocurrency has increased over 670% over the past 2 weeks and over 125% in the past 3 days alone.
Currently sitting at around £17 ($22), the new cryptocurrency VISA card which supports payments for a range of different altcoins has seen unbelievable success considering the ICO began just over 3 months ago on the 18th May 2017, finalising the token sale on the 18th June 2017!
Launched on the Ethereum platform, the token was initially available to buy at an average rate of 123 MCO per ETH, which at the launch price works out at around £0.5 ($0.65) per MCO token.
Not a bad investment to make if you’d invested in the ICO stage! £1000 invested would now be worth £34,000 ($43900)! In just 3 months that is very impressive!
So what is Monaco?
Put simply, Monaco is one of the projects competing to become the biggest cryptocurrency supporting payment cards.
Making cryptocurrency easier and more accessible to the everyday user is a critical step to accelerating the growth and longevity of the market overall, and Monaco is helping toward that.
‘You can top-up your card with BTC/ETH and soon other ERC20 tokens. When you swipe the card, we convert an increment of your BTC/ETH/ERC20 tokens on the fly, just enough to settle the transaction. The rest sits securely in your wallet, potentially appreciating in value.’ Source – mona.coThe technology is revolutionary because it allows users to use their crypticurrencies on the card without incurring any fees. Monaco guarantee the best exchange rate possible, using live prices from perfect interbank exchange the second a transaction is made.
TenX (PAY) is one of many similar projects, but at the Monaco is steaming ahead at the moment in terms of token price. Read more about TenX
The ICO market is booming and new ones are constantly being introduced to the market, however there are growing concerns that there are too many being introduced to be sustained. The cryptocurrency market as a whole could be affected as investors see potential and may begin moving assets from their current holdings into these newer ICO’s in hopes of making bigger gains.
Monaco though have done an incredible job at launching and growing their platform and have received a great deal of positive press and response online and the future looks bright!
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Within the additive manufacturing industry, some of the stiffest competition comes within the race to develop 3D printed smart solutions. They have been seen in a variety of applications, from 3D printed smart implants to smart windows and more, but VTT’s particular focus is on developing smart solutions within manufacturing. While there is widespread investment in research and development for these kinds of applications, few have succeeded in developing a working solution in which sensors form a functional part of a 3D printed metal structure.
VTT has succeeded, however. The institution’s proof of concept demo showed that a range of sensors or smart identifications can be added to 3D printed metal parts during manufacture for the purpose of tracking the performance or condition of machines or devices or verifying the authenticity of the parts.
“We performed a successful smart component demo, in which we explored potential technologies,” said Research Team Leader Pasi Puukko. “During the manufacturing phase, we embedded an accelerometer and the necessary wiring into a 3D printed metal shaft for a friction bearing. In addition, electronics allowing wireless communication were installed on the bearing. We were able to demonstrate the reliability of the shaft’s measurement technology and data transfer on a bearing test bench. The rapid collection and use of accurate data markedly increase when data is directly transferred from the component to the cloud wirelessly. This will enable us to take the next big step towards artificial intelligence.”
That’s an exciting statement – artificial intelligence has the potential to radically transform manufacturing, making it faster and more effective as sensors spot errors and defects that the human eye cannot catch, saving manufacturers up to billions of dollars. Smart devices like the one created by VTT allow designers much more freedom than do traditional manufacturing methods. A device with a wear-measuring sensor, for instance, can provide up to date information and allow needed maintenance to begin automatically without breaks in production.
VTT’s development has a variety of potential applications, including industrial machine manufacture as well as applications in the energy, mining and transportation industries. Embedded sensors in particular are well-suited to harsh or demanding conditions, as the sensors and wiring are protected inside the component. In addition, functioning is unimpeded by extraneous wiring on the surfaces of structures.
VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland welcomes collaboration from companies in the development of smart 3D printed components. The institution can be reached here.
Discuss this and other 3D printing topics at 3DPrintBoard.com or share your thoughts below.[Source: VTT Technical Research Centre]
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Wish you could turn any TV into a smart one? A new gadget called the Pocket TV will convert your television into a giant Android tablet.
The device is a small microcomputer that plugs into your screen's HDMI sport. Pocket TV runs on Android 4.0 and allows you to do anything on the TV that you can with your phone, such as playing games, surfing the web and even video chatting with friends.
The small structure also features a USB port to plug in a mouse and keyboard and an SD card so you can add more storage.
Created by Dubai-based company Infinitec, Pocket TV was posted to crowd-fundraising site Kickstarter to raise money for its development. The demand for the device is undeniable. In fact, it has already reached its funding goal three times over.
Although it will retail for over $160, those who pledged $99 or more will receive the Pocket TV. Production will likely start in July and shipping is expected for October.


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Bank robbers are criminals, no question about it. But what happens when a bank tries to rob the people? Thanks to Bank of America’s latest announcement, we’re about to find out.
Yesterday, news broke of BoA’s plans to charge customers a monthly $5 fee for using their debit card starting early next year. Because the government is putting a cap on how much banks can charge merchants for debit card transactions, the customers will now be paying $60 a year to cover those lost funds. Even if you only buy one $2 cup of coffee for the entire month, the fee will still be charged to your account.
Unsurprisingly, consumers’ reactions have been toxic.
“Bank of America is like a man who’s been saved from a burning building and then kicks the fireman in the nuts,” read one tweet. This is in reference to the fact that BoA received $45 billion in government bailout money just three years ago. I guess that wasn’t quite enough for them.
BoA sent out this tweet earlier today, “#BofA customers who don’t use a #debit card for purchases or use it only at the ATM can avoid the fee.” And a response I found soon after couldn’t have summed up my thoughts any better: “Bank of america charging $5/month if u use ur debit card…well what else are you supposed to do with it? Frame it? #stupid”
Exactly how is BoA’s response supposed to make their stakeholders feel better? It’s like going over to a friend’s house right after they get back from grocery shopping and saying, “For every bite you take, I’m going to take some food out of your grocery bags and pantry to keep. But if you don’t eat the food, you’ll have nothing to worry about!”
BoA said the charge would enable them to “keep an array of features customers like.” Of course, they neglected to explain which features they’re referring to.
As Netflix learned a few months ago, when announcing such a controversial change, a little finesse is required. BoA didn’t issue a press release, they only commented on the new policy after the news broke. That was a big mistake. It reminds me of being sixth grade, when I found out my first girlfriend had broken up with me after lunch. When I wasn’t even there. One of her friends informed me after last period, “Carrie broke up with you at recess today.”
Bank of America let the news outlets do their dirty work. It makes them look cowardly and guilty.
They should have released an empathetic statement announcing the new fee. Even saying something as simple as, “we understand this change may be frustrating for some our customers, but…” would have cushioned the blow. Instead, the public is stuck with yet another company who views their customers as dollar signs with legs.
Once the policy kicks in, I will no longer see my debit card as a form of payment. I’ll see it as a little plastic thief.


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NEW YORK (AP) — Payment processing giant Visa Inc. said Wednesday that its fiscal fourth quarter profits rose by 33 percent from a year earlier, helped by a lower tax rate and more payments processed on its signature network.
The San Francisco-based company said Wednesday it earned a profit of $2.85 billion, or $1.23 a share, up from $2.14 billion, or 90 cents a share, from a year earlier. The results beat the expectations of analysts, who were looking for $1.20 per share, according to FactSet.
Visa processed $2.086 trillion on its payment network in the last quarter, up 11 percent from a year earlier. Visa earns a small fee from every transaction run on its network. Its payment volumes in the U.S., Visa’s largest market, climbed 10.5 percent from a year earlier.
Like other large companies, Visa’s profit was boosted by a lower tax bill because of the Republican-passed tax law. The company paid $693 million in income taxes in the quarter, down from $959 million in taxes in the same period last year. That’s despite the company growing pre-tax profits by 14 percent from a year earlier.
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TERMINAL SPIRIT FOR HOLIDAYS
Mike Bloomberg has a soft spot in his heart for out-of-work financial types.
In the Christmas spirit, the head of Bloomberg LP has offered to provide the company's financial markets service to Bloomberg users who have recently lost their jobs. The offer is good for two months, while the workers seek new employment.
The Bloomberg service will allow job seekers to send and receive messages and use the company's JOBS service, which lists financial job openings. The service will be delivered at home over the Internet to users' personal computers.
Mr. Bloomberg says that despite robust financial markets and big bonuses on Wall Street, some people are still losing their jobs.
"I was sitting there reading another story about people being laid off because of mergers, and I thought we should do this," says Mr. Bloomberg. "These are the people who helped get us where we are, so this is our turn to do something for them."
BLIMPIE RISES TO OCCASION
Here's news for opportunity-hungry entrepreneurs: New York City sub sandwich franchisor Blimpie International Inc. has hooked up with the Department of Housing and Urban Development to let as many as 200 entrepreneurs open a Blimpie franchise without having to pay the $18,000 fee.
Each of the new Blimpie stores will be located in 100 or so HUD-designated empowerment zones and enterprise communities around the country. Although the specific cities have not yet been chosen, New York City will be one of those included, says Stan Friedman, group vice president for franchise services.
Interested individuals must submit an essay, business plan and financial records for review by a committee of business and community leaders in each locale. Winners of franchises will be announced next year.
"Entrepreneurs can make money and we can move into underserved markets," says Mr. Friedman.
MICROSOFT HOTDOGS IT
Grand Central Terminal is already wrapped in advertising; so are city buses and taxi tops. Guess it was just a matter of time before someone discovered the commercial potential atop the city's 1,000 hot dog and pretzel carts.
In a deal between Manhattan-based PromoCup Inc. and Microsoft, the software giant's NY Sidewalk on-line city guide has started advertising on 200 vending cart umbrellas.
"It's quintessential New York," says Stu Gold, marketing manager at NY Sidewalk. He says that in the two weeks since the promotion began, visits to the on-line Web page have increased dramatically, though he won't say by how much.
Striking the deal with New York's multilingual and multitempered cart vendors was no easy feat for PromoCup, a 3-year-old family business which is fast on its way to $3 million in annual revenue.
President Marc Friedman says the small company had to visit most of the vendors individually, or find them at night in the garages where they park their carts. A handful of other deals, he says, are also in the making.
WEB DESIGN FOR LIVING
Sales of New York City apartments on-line are up, as buyers use the Web to get an edge on the tight market. The Corcoran Group is selling more than four apartments a month to buyers who contacted the Manhattan-based real estate firm over the Web. That's up from
one Web-prompted sale every six months in 1995, when the site was launched.
In 1996, Corcoran's sales over the Internet totaled $8 million. By August of this year, the firm had already sold $12.5 million in properties over the Net. One property listed on the Web, says a spokesperson, sold in three days, after languishing for six months off-line.
Corcoran recently introduced a 3-D feature on its Web site that gives buyers a better view of the listed apartments, allowing them to "walk through" hallways and into individual rooms.
DRESSMAKER TRIES INCENTIVES
With everything from soup and gasoline to hotel rooms and car rentals sold by incentive nowadays, Seventh Avenue dressmaker Donna Morgan thought, "Why not?"
The company is offering consumers who buy four dresses by June $100 off their next Donna Morgan purchase, a move the company hopes will help break the promotional cycle that dominates retail purchases of apparel. In conjunction with the program, the company is issuing a Donna Morgan Shopping Card, which is being honored locally by Lord & Taylor and Nordstrom stores.
"Everybody is so driven by bonus-mile charge cards and awards programs, we saw this as a way to help the customer and the retailer," says Donna Morgan Chief Executive Kathleen McFeeters. "We're giving customers a reason, other than a sale, to go into the store."
Here are the most popular holiday business gifts this year, according to Brielle Executive Gifts, an on-line service carrying items from more than 1,000 vendors.
Translucent calculator $15
Brass kaleidoscope $27
Box of pecan cookies $35
Snowflake ornament $45
Silver clock $50
Leather picture frame $75
"Millennium" flutes $99
Hoya crystal bowl $150
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Brazil's social firms aim to craft a brighter future
On the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro, plastic bottles and posters are being transformed into purses and bags by the workers at a small co-operative.
Established in 2006, the business is called Crafty Women (Mulheres Arteiras). It offers work for 20 people, who as its name suggests are predominantly female.
While trade was slow for the co-operative in its early days, three years ago it was given a major boost when its products started being sold across Brazil by a retailer called Rede Asta.
Rede Asta is run as a social enterprise - a business which puts tackling social problems rather than profit maximisation as its primary motive.
It was set up in 2005 to help artisans from poor communities gain access to a much bigger market, and also to help them build up their skills.
Today Rede Asta works with 53 co-operatives across Brazil, which are mostly run by women and employ more than 700 people between them.
Rede Asta helps the businesses with design ideas, and techniques to increase the quality and value of their products, while encouraging them to hold on to their regional identities, colours and materials.
The best products from each co-operative - such as bags, decorative items and women's accessories, made mostly from recycling materials and typical Brazilian craftsmanship - are then sold through Rede Asta's catalogues, physical shops in Rio and Sao Paulo, and website.
"Rede Asta has been providing us with more sales opportunities," says Marcia da Costa, a 46-year-old artisan from Crafty Women. "And we are improving our products [to make the most of the increased marketplace]."
Commentators say that the relationship between Crafty Women and Rede Asta is just one example of a slow but constant improvement in social businesses in Brazil.
Such enterprises as Rede Asta are moving away from relying on donations and goodwill, and instead are aiming to establish more sustainable commercial models, which can offer investors a small profit on their investment.
In turn this has led to more interest in investing in Brazil's growing number of social businesses.
According to recent data from the Aspen Network of Development Entrepreneurs (ANDE), an international body which promotes entrepreneurship in the developing world, about $200m (£118m) has already been invested in Brazilian social enterprises this year by private investors and investment funds.
This compares with just $76m between 2001 and 2013.
However, this is just a tiny amount of the total $17bn ANDE expects to be invested worldwide in social businesses this year.
And Rebeca Rocha, ANDE's co-ordinator in Brazil, says that despite progress in the country, it still has a long way to go to catch up with other nations.
"Brazil still lacks an environment that encourages social entrepreneurship, something that is happening more steadily in other developing countries such as Mexico and Kenya," she says.
Rede Asta's two co-founders - Alice Freitas, 35, and Raquel Schettino, 37 - used all their savings to set up their business.
They started selling their first products in 2008, but were unable to make any money for the first two years - and almost went bankrupt.
Mrs Fretas says: "We hired a consulting company, planned every detail, called in experienced saleswomen. But it all went wrong."
The company's initial strategy was to use a team of established saleswomen to sell its products door-to-door, but sales were weak.
And so the business has since opened two brick-and-mortar stores, and also started selling via its website.
In addition Rede Asta hired a marketing director and started to focus its sales more on higher-income consumers.
It also replaced the word "handicraft" with "handmade" when describing the products it sold, because Mrs Freitas and Ms Schettino said the former seemed to suggest a degree of amateurism.
"What we offer is handmade design," says Mrs Freitas. "We have built a team to research trends in fashion and home decoration and pass that knowledge on to the producers.
"We value the uniqueness of each product, but want to help the artisans improve what they were already crafting."
Last year, Rede Asta, which directly employs 19 people, sold more than 38,000 items, both directly to consumers, and via wholesale. Its annual revenues reached about 1m reais ($450,000; £265,000).
It says it is on target to balance its budget by 2017, and in the meantime continues to get sponsorship from companies such as Coca-Cola Brazil.
Rodrigo Carvalho, a professor in entrepreneurship at Brazil's ESPM University, says the country is building "an ecosystem for social businesses", with academics like himself contributing by passing on their knowledge to social businesses.
Language school 4You2 is one Brazilian social business which sought such expert advice.
"We were taught how to take care of our brand, improve our processes, and our structure," says Claudia Carolina Fuga, a partner at 4You2, which runs its lessons in poor communities across the country.
4You2, which has its headquarters in Sao Paulo, keeps its fees below the market average by running classrooms inside the offices of non-government organisations, and by hiring foreign teachers using a fellowship programme.
The teachers receive a small monthly payment, and accommodation in a home inside the communities where they work.
According to Ms Fuga, 4You2 started to make a profit after its third month, and that it currently teaches 1,000 students.
Mr Carvalho says social businesses are learning to combine their passion for a social cause with increased business and management techniques.


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Microsoft announced Windows 10, a sweeping change to its operating system for PCs, tablets and phones. If you were expecting new APIs and SDKs, however, the news isn't good.
DBaaS startup Appbase has announced the public launch of the Appbase platform and real-time, events-based database API. The company is aiming to become a "Twilio for databases."
The Royal Bank of Scotland is a giant financial institution that, like other banks, is looking to smaller more agile development shops to speed innovation and app time to market.


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Ryan Reynolds-owned Mint Mobile, which offers low-cost, prepaid phone plans in the U.S. has launched a campaign urging Canadian citizens to call their representatives to demand that Mint be allowed to offer service in the country.
Canada is known for its high-cost mobile service and according to broadband comparative site WhistleOut, third-party mobile virtual network operators like Mint Mobile "need to negotiate with existing networks and often cannot strike low-cost deals like we see in the United States."
Mint has placed a giant billboard in Toronto, featuring Reynolds frowning at his cell phone below a graphic that asks: “Why Not Mint?” with a call to action to visit Mintmobile.ca.
There’s an accompanying video also featuring Reynolds who notes that many Canadians have been asking why the service is not available in Canada. “Canadians pay some of the highest wireless costs anywhere,” he says.
As dozens of phone numbers of Canadian government representatives are flashed across the screen, Reynolds adds: “I’m not saying call your representatives, but I’m not not saying that.”
But he makes clear, in his trademark assertively equivocal way that he’s saying that. “Call them,” he says, in a barely audible whisper, before saying don’t call them but then giving an affirmative nod.
Yes, he wants you to call them.


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Microsoft today promised gamers a preview of its next-generation Xbox console which it will demonstrate on music video channel MTV.
The device will be revealed next month to video gamers and MTV viewers in the US, Asia Pacific and Europe via a half-hour programme entitled MTV Presents: The Next Generation Xbox Revealed.
Viewers are promised an exclusive look at the forthcoming Xbox and unseen gameplay for future Xbox games, a peek into the future of the Xbox Live online gaming service, backstage celebrity interviews and exclusive insider footage on the making of the next-generation console.
The special show will be hosted by gamer and Xbox fan Elijah Wood, who is widely known for playing Frodo the Hobbit in the Lord of the Rings trilogy.
Las Vegas rockers The Killers have been booked to provide the music for the show. The global broadcast will kick off on 12 May in North America and reach the UK on 13 May at 10pm.
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At 8:00 AM EDT on the same day, Genius will host a conference call to discuss the results.
Genius’ earnings press release and related materials will be available at investors.geniussports.com. To listen to the live audio webcast and Q&A, visit Genius’ investor relations website at investors.geniussports.com. A replay of the webcast will be available on the website within 24 hours after the call.
Genius Sports is the official data, technology and broadcast partner that powers the global ecosystem connecting sports, betting and media.


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The January 27, 2013 edition of Business Insurance features a partner in Edwards Wildman
’s Insurance and Reinsurance Department. New York partner Jeff Etherington discussed merger objection lawsuits in Business Insurance. The article, "Most Merger Objection Litigation is Settled Outside of Court
," noted that in Delaware, where many of these cases have been filed, judges have said in speeches that “there is a problem” with the way merger objection lawsuits are working, but Etherington pointed out that they haven't taken steps at least in their decisions to really rein it in. According to Etherington, there have been some situations where judges have refused settlements for attorneys fees, stating they are too high.


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After over five years of attempting to go all digital in India with its PC releases, EA has finally come back around to releasing retail copies. The company has made physical copies of FIFA 19 and The Sims 4 available on Games the Shop for Rs. 2,499 and Rs. 1,499. While Games the Shop is the only store to list physical copies of EA's games, other stores are expected to follow suit soon.
FIFA 19 and The Sims 4 are the only two games being made available physically on the PC right now. There is no word from EA on whether its other releases, like Anthem or the upcoming Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order will also get physical releases on PC in India.
EA recently held its EA Play event the weekend before E3 2019 kicked off, showing off its current and upcoming games, including Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order and FIFA 20.
Among other reveals and announcements at EA Play, Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order undoubtedly took centre stage. Gameplay was shown off just before EA Play went live, but Respawn also took the spotlight at the event itself to show off more of the game. Among other things, a skill tree along with skill points have been confirmed to be in the game. Forest Whittaker will also be reprising his role as Saw Gerrera from Rogue One, helping out protagonist Cal.
EA also showed off some details about FIFA 20 in an EA Play segment hosted by professional esports commentator Alex Mendez and FIFA 20 lead producer Sam Rivera.
Rivera talked about FIFA 20's new gameplay mechanics from four different categories: Composed Finishing, Set Piece Refresh, Controller Tackling and Strafe Dribbling.
Composed Finishing touches up the shooting in the game, making it feel more life-like. Set Piece Refresh is set to refine the free kicks system with more detailed options, and new penalty kicks with improved aiming. Controller Tackling gives players a higher degree of control with higher-quality tackling animations. Strafe Dribbling will give players more agile options while attacking.


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March 5, 2014 - Industry News
The number of cargo thefts in the United States last year remained the same as it was in 2013, tying the highest level on record, according to a newly released report.
Tags: Freight, Cargo Theft, FreightWatch, Crime
December 27, 2013 - Industry News
The holiday shipping season has historically been one of the most dangerous times for cargo theft. This year, however, the holidays pose an additional risk in that both Christmas Day fell and New Year’s Day will fall in the middle of the week, complicating business schedules and likely leaving more opportunity for shipments to be left unattended or parked in unsecured locations.
Tags: Theft, FreightWatch
December 23, 2013 - Industry News
A total of 222 cargo thefts were recorded in the United States from September through November, according to the logistics security services security provider FreightWatch International, a slight drop from the previous three-month period.
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November 25, 2013 - Industry News
A new report from the logistics security services provider, FreightWatch International, shows it recorded a total of 212 cargo thefts in the United States in August through September, with 76 thefts in August, 84 in September and 52 in October.
November 20, 2013 - Industry News
It notes year after year the holiday shipping season shows an increase in cargo theft risks for transportation companies, shippers and manufacturers.
Tags: Security, Freight, Cargo Theft, FreightWatch
September 23, 2013 - Industry News
A new report shows truck cargo theft during the most recent three-month period increased in the United States, while the value of each incident moved higher by nearly double-digits.
Tags: Security, Cargo Theft, FreightWatch
July 21, 2013 - Industry News
In the second quarter of 2013, the logistics security services provider FreightWatch International recorded a total of 194 thefts in the United States, a 27% increase in value and a 12% decrease in volume from the same time a year ago.
July 2, 2013 - Industry News
With the long Independence Day weekend, the chance of being a victim of a cargo theft increases dramatically. The new hours of service regulations that went into effect this week could make things worse.
Tags: Cargo Theft, FreightWatch, HNI, Hours of Service
June 24, 2013 - Industry News
A new report from logistics security services provider FreightWatch International shows while the number of cargo thefts in the United States fell in the most recent three-month period, the value of the average loss moved higher.
Tags: Cargo Theft, FreightWatch, Security
April 3, 2013 - Industry News
Logistics security services provider FreightWatch International issued two new reports, one showing cargo theft fell in the United State from December 2012 through last February and another about a plan in Mexico to combat crime along its highways, including cargo thefts.
Tags: Security, Mexico, Mexican Trucking, Cargo Theft, FreightWatch
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In 2017, digital gets a big boost, but… TV still dominates ad spend and is still growing.
TV ad spend in the United States continues to grow – despite what you may have heard about digital. Group M, the world’s largest advertising buyer, has projected an increase in ad spending on television of 4.1% for 2017. That’s an increase from what they projected a few months ago when they said ad spend would grow 3.4% in the US.
Digital, however, is still the growth king
In 2016, GroupM says digital got the overwhelming majority of the new money. 72 cents of every new dollar spent on advertising went to digital and next year, it will be even larger in 2017 at 77 cents.
“Twenty years on from the internet becoming a measured ad medium, digital remains the engine of advertising growth and disruptor-in-chief of the entire marketing economy… This multiplies options, opportunities and risk.” – Adam Smith, GroupM futures director
In the quest for incremental (new) advertising dollars, 2016 saw TV with 21 cents of each new dollars and GroupM projects 17 cents next year.
Still, TV dominates all ad spend
Still, TV gets 42% of the total ad dollars – the most of any medium. Digital now accounts for 31% of ad spend and GroupM projects 33% for 2017.
So… digital advertising is growing at an astronomical rate and continues to get the new dollars being spent. TV ad spend is still growing, but at a smaller rate. The growth is likely being fueled by spending cuts in other areas.
“Digital keeps surprising us. What’s surprising is the bigger the appetite for digital is, the bigger it gets.” – Adam Smith, GroupM futures director, in AdAge


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Android Go was earlier teased by Google as a smaller version of Android for phones that pack entry-level specs. While the company remained silent on the matter over the months, Google has officially launched the light-weight OS alongside Android Oreo 8.1 at a recent conference in India.
The OS is aimed at powering devices with low RAM use such as 1GB and 512MB configurations. Google wants Android to be more accessible to developing nations such as Brazil and India. Android Go will pack the entirety of the Android experience as much as possible without being a load on low-end devices essentially. Android Go works on specific areas in the Operating System that will allow the phone to run smoothly on low-powered phones. This means that the software will come at a smaller size, at half of what Android Nougat 7.0 was. This will take up less storage space and will also come with Go versions of apps for Google Maps, Gmail and the Google app as well. These apps are said to run 15 percent faster than regular apps.
Go editions of Android updates will be released along the same timeframe as the regular updates. The software also supposedly offers 30 percent faster start-up time and storage optimization by twice as much. Starting today, the Go version of Android should be available globally and devices with compatibility for Go Android OS should start shipping from the beginning of next year. The changes to the original OS are minimal at best, with optimizations being made mostly under the hood. Noticeable changes will include the way apps are shown, recent previews and multi-user settings as well. Google has tried its best not to tone down the Android experience too much, which will be an appreciated feature to consider.
Over two billion users run Android on their smartphones, with the majority that number coming from the US alone. Having said that most entry-level phones being released nowadays run on at least 2GB of RAM and also come with capable quad-core and octa-core processors. While not as strong as flagship phones, these phones should still have no problem running the Go variant of Android Oreo, and it will be exciting to see how entry level smartphones will now be able to compete with the flagships on more optimized and better efficient versions of the OS.


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US software giant Microsoft has met a 1 June deadline for responding to a landmark European Union antitrust ruling against the company.
Microsoft has been ordered to open its core software systems to rivals
"We have submitted proposals and we are awaiting a response from the EU Commission," a spokesman said.
In 2004, Brussels found Microsoft guilty of abusing its market dominance and fined it 497m euros ($655m; £340m).
If the Commission considers Microsoft's response to have fallen short, it could hit the firm with daily fines of $5m.
A spokesman said it could take "a few weeks" to come to a decision.
MICROSOFT'S EU TUSSLE
March 2004: EU hits Microsoft with record 497m euro fine; orders the firm to open up its core software systems to rivals and produce a stripped down version of Windows
December 2004: European Court of First Instance rejects an appeal by Microsoft
January 2005: Microsoft backs down from further EU appeal court action
March 2005: EU warns that Microsoft is doing too little to comply with antitrust rulings
May 2005: EU hits Microsoft with 1 June deadline to submit a response to rulings
1 June: Microsoft meets deadline.
"Contacts continued between the European Commission and Microsoft until late last night, and the Commission will now carefully analyse what's on the table," a spokesman for the Commission said.
EU regulators would now assess "whether or not we consider that Microsoft has complied with the March 2004 decision", he said.
The 2004 ruling focused on Microsoft's behaviour in two key markets: servers, the computers which sit at the heart of networks, and media software.
The European Commission told Microsoft that it would have to open up its core software systems to rivals, making it easier for them to build products which would work with its Windows operating system.
It also ordered Microsoft to provide a version of Windows without its own Windows Media Player, to give rival software makers a chance to compete and computer makers the option to supply PCs with the media software of their own choosing.
The Commission has the power to fine Microsoft up to 5% of its daily global turnover for each day that the antitrust ruling is not applied to its satisfaction.
The 1 June deadline was set for Microsoft to submit a final plan on how it would comply with the ruling.
If unhappy with the initial response, the Commission would have to send a formal notification to Microsoft, giving the company about 10 working days to respond.
On Tuesday, a Commission spokesman said antitrust regulators would probably make a decision on whether or not to hit Microsoft with fines by the end of July.


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As interesting as what’s in the next version of Microsoft’s Office are Microsoft’s distribution plans for getting its coming productivity software and services in the hands of more potential users. Reports are circulating that Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer will take the public wraps off Microsoft’s next version of its Office suite and services, known collectively as the Office 15 wave, on July 16. While select testers have had their hands on private builds of these products for several months, there’s been little concrete information on when and how Microsoft plans to make final versions available of Office 2013 (the expected final name of the Office 15 client); the complementary Exchange, SharePoint and Lync servers; and Office 365, the Microsoft-hosted cloud version of these servers. Read the full story at ZDNet.
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The interim CEO of GoDaddy, Scott Wagner, issued a press release stating that the outage was not a result of a DDoS attack, but rather an internal networking issue that corrupted the routing database. It would appear that GoDaddy is trying to play politically correct in its wording. Whether self-imposed or from an external attacker(s), DDoS is DDoS.
In computing, a denial-of-service attack (DoS attack) or distributed denial-of-service attack (DDoS attack) is an attempt to make a machine or network resource unavailable to its intended users. Although the means to carry out, motives for, and targets of a DoS attack may vary, it generally consists of the efforts of one or more people to temporarily or indefinitely interrupt or suspend services of a host connected to the Internet. – Wikipedia
The fact that they are choosing to down play the event, makes it seem that GoDaddy is trying to recover from the PR created from the outage that affected their customer base.
On the other side of the issue, the purported hacker of the outage, Anonymous Own3r, tweeted his disdain over the press release when he tweeted the following:
@godaddy is denying that it was hacked by me! they don’t wanna show their cybersecurity is bad this way they would lose customers !
Either way this issue lands, the question will become whether or not GoDaddy Customers view this outage as a result of one of the following:
Only time will tell…
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HackerNews has posted an interview with the purported Anonymous Hacker that attacked GoDaddy. According to the article the hacker known as Anonymous Own3r used an IRC botnet using a script from Pastebin to take the GoDaddy DNS service down. Read the article for more information…
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Yesterday GoDaddy and their customers felt the Internet shut down for them. At around 1725 UTC September 10, GoDaddy experienced what appears to be a DDoS attack that lasted over 4 hours and which GoDaddy states affected all of their 10 million customers. This outage forced GoDaddy to transition their DNS services to their competition – Verisign. In an official statement from GoDaddy below, they do not address the cause of the outage:
At 10:25 am PT, GoDaddy.com and associated customer services experienced intermittent outages. Services began to be restored for the bulk of affected customers at 2:43 pm PT. At no time was any sensitive customer information, such as credit card data, passwords or names and addresses, compromised. We will provide an additional update within the next 24 hours. We want to thank our customers for their patience and support.
Some GoDaddy customers reported that email as well as the web services were unavailable, but some were able to get email web interfaces but unable to send messages. According to domainincite.com, they this level of access during the outage is probably a result of cached DNS entries for those users and that the fact that GoDaddy transferred DNS services to Verisign all points to a DNS compromise or issue.
Even though no root cause was officially addressed, the hacktivist group Anonymous via Twitter claimed responsibility. It is not completely evident thus far if this is fact or if this is another claim that has no merit.
It will be interesting to get the complete story if GoDaddy is willing to share more about this embarrassing incident.