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Electronics Production | June 16, 2010
Note UK invests in Siplace technology
Note UK has recently invested significantly in Package on Package (POP) technology in its facility in Stonehouse, Gloucestershire. The result - a Siplace dip flux unit.
Note’s production demands are: high product mix, varying rates of output, a high level of product quality, coupled with meeting the very latest technological requirements, which are successfully handled by a number of Siplace installations - within various Note factories in the Nordic region. “For Note, this technological challenge means being able to offer “higher technology” services and the ability to compete in the Package on Package (PoP) arena,” comments Dave Westley, Operations Manager for Note UK. Bearing in mind these technological challenges, when the time came to invest in additional placement capacity, Note contacted the Siplace Team in the UK for advice. Following an in-depth evaluation of Note’s requirements and detailed discussions, the Siplace Team presented a solution to Note which satisfied their wide ranging needs. Siplace Dip Flux Unit installed at the Siplace D2 Placement Machine The solution: a Siplace D1 / D2 Placement line. As a result of the new Siplace digital vision system, components and boards are recognized faster, reliably and accurately. Note UK currently operates a single shift pattern, but the requirement is fast set-up and change-over, in addition to competent programming. Additionally, and in order to be able to provide PoP technology within their service spectrum, Note has also invested in a Siplace dip flux unit for PoP placement. PoP, which is also referred to as CSP-Stacking (Chip Scale Package), is particularly efficient for processor-memory combinations. Allowing to squeeze ever more functions into ever smaller space. It requires less area on the PCB, while benefiting from very short signal paths and less high-frequency interference. To make sure that the upper CSP component of such a “stack” is soldered securely, the solder balls must be coated with flux in a special dip module, before being placed on the lower component. The Siplace dip flux unit allows a reliable and accurate application of flux material or solder paste (dip media). Smooth surfaces of the dip media are guaranteed, thus resulting in a maximum production yield. Note has developed a process which includes flux depth, alignment and reflow checks to ensure a repeatable and robust fitment process. Examples of Post Reflow Assembly Mr Westley concludes: “Siplace has no doubt made us far more efficient, thus driving down production costs. This not only improves our margin, but enables us to become more competitive in a very cost sensitive market. Additionally, we are able to stay ahead of the competition by offering highly innovative placement processes.”
Internal promotions and executive retirements at Kimball EMS provider, Kimball Electronics, has made two new internal promotions aimed at contributing to the company accelerating its strategic growth plans.
Kyocera & TMDU team up for research on vitals measurement headset Kyocera Corporation and Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU) have teamed up on a joint research project to develop a wireless headset that can remotely monitor high accuracy patient biometrics, such as blood oxygen saturation (SpO2).
German battery manufacturer receives funding for cell production facility VARTA AG receives public funding of EUR 300 million for battery cell production facility.
Scanfil to streamline its factory network The EMS provider is planning to combine the production of its Hamburg factory with its other factories in Germany and Poland
Kitron awarded new order within measurement technology Kitron has been awarded new business for measurement technology. The award covers a period of five years, and the expected annual value is between EUR 3.5-5 million.
NORBIT ASA awarded aquaculture contract Norwegian technology manufacturer, NORBIT, has been awarded a new contract from an existing customer within the aquaculture market.
Saki strengthens its Asian operations The AOI specialist is expanding its global sales organisation with new Asia sales department, and appointing Katsuhiro Eddie Ichiyama as Senior General Manager for the Asian region
Scanfil to sell its plant in Hangzhou, China The board of directors of the Finnish EMS prover has decided to sell the entire share capital of its subsidiary located in Hangzhou, China, for a total of EUR 18.4 million to Hangzhou Cabinet Technology Co., Ltd.
Staying put during the COVID-19 pandemic TPCA (Taiwan Printed Circuit Association) announced the production and sales data for Q1 2020; the output value of Taiwan cross-strait PCB industry totalled NT$136.9 billion (approx. US$4.541 billion) in Q1/2020.
North American PCB industry sales up 1.0% in May Total North American PCB shipments in May 2020 were up 1.0 percent compared to the same month last year. Compared to the preceding month, May shipments fell 3.0 percent.
Sensirion expands with new production site in Hungary In a response to positive business trends and the increasing demand for its existing and new sensors, Sensirion is expanding its production capabilities by establishing a production site in Debrecen, Hungary.
Management Change at the Würth Elektronik eiSos Group After 27 years in the Würth Elektronik Group, Oliver Konz has decided to resign his position as Executive Vice President of the Würth Group and CEO of the Würth Elektronik eiSos Group for personal reasons and leave the company.
Kurtz Ersa inaugurates new production hall In Bestenheid, Germany, the company has just opened its new production and administration building. Following 24 months of construction and furnishing, the company now have access to 4’500 new square metres of space.
PCB industry: 1Q/2020 overshadowed by corona pandemic After a significant drop in sales at the end of last year, PCB manufacturers in the Germany, Austria and Switzerland (DACH) region recorded a sales growth of 16.1 percent in the first quarter of 2020.
Integration of ATLID completes European set of instruments for EarthCARE satellite With the successful integration of the ATLID-Instrument the EarthCARE satellite (Clouds Aerosols and Radiation Explorer) has passed a crucial milestone, as it concludes the "onboarding" of the three European instruments.
ABB Robotics rolls out Lexi’s procurement analytics solution Automation giant, ABB Robotics, is using a big data analytics software solution developed by Lexi Solution AB in Sweden to optimise procurement and engineering processes.
OHB placing the largest clean room in operation After only 14 months of construction, the PLATO hall has now been officially completed at space company OHB’s headquarters in Bremen. With a floor area of around 1,400 square meters, the ISO 8 cleanroom*, which is almost eleven meters high, is the OHB Group’s largest cleanroom facility.
Jenoptik expands military laser rangefinder capabilities in the US JENOPTIK Optical Systems, LLC has announced an expansion of its capabilities for military laser rangefinders (LRF) and is adding custom engineering and testing capabilities to their Jupiter, Florida facility.
Tesla plans battery manufacturing facility in California Electric car manufacturer Tesla plans to build a battery research and manufacturing facility in Fremont, California. N, to be operated around the clock, Under a project dubbed Roadrunner, documents from the city government also reveal a potential 24/7 operation at the facility.
Northrop Grumman awards contracts to Kitron Northrop Grumman has awarded Kitron a production contract for Integrated Communications, Navigation and Identification (ICNI) modules for the F-35 Lightning II program.
EPE Corporation invests in new equipment and doubles its capacity US-based EMS provider, EPE Corporation, has recently invested in its Surface Mount Assembly line capacity with the purchase of two new Mycronic MY300DX-17 pick-and-place machines, feeder systems and other line software upgrades.
CoreKinect partners with Benchmark on hardware for the IoT ecosystem EMS provider Benchmark Electronics and CoreKinect, a company focused on scalable hardware design, have entered into an agreement, aiming to enable customers across theIoT landscape to design, engineer, and manufacture products in the USA.
AVL opens competence centre for sensor tests in Bavaria One of the core tasks of the competence centre is to compare the results obtained in the laboratory with real data recorded in road traffic.
Top semiconductor suppliers defy weak market conditions in Q1 Defying a decline in market revenue, the world’s top-10 semiconductor suppliers managed to generate revenue growth of 2.1% in the first quarter, as the companies benefitted from a COVID-19-driven increase in PC and server sales.Load more news


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Toy giant Hasbro will begin phasing out plastic packaging in its products from next year, with the aim of virtually eliminating it from new product packaging by 2022.
Polybags, elastic bands, shrink wrap, window sheets, and blister packs are all in the firing line across product ranges such as Nerf, My Little Pony, Monopoly, Magic: the Gathering, and Power Rangers, according to Brian Goldner, chairman and CEO of Hasbro.
“Removing plastic from our packaging is the latest advancement in our more than decade-long journey to create a more sustainable future for our business and our world.
“We have an experienced, cross-functional team in place to manage the complexity of this undertaking and will look to actively engage employees, customers, and partners as we continue to innovate and drive progress as a leader in sustainability,” he said.
Hasbro subsidiary Wizards of the Coast previously experimented with replacing flow-wrapped blister packs in the Magic: the Gathering trading card game for the Modern Masters 2015 set, which used recyclable cardboard packs (pictured) instead; however, subsequent set releases reverted to flow wrap, with customers concerned about pack security.
It was discovered that the new packs could be opened and re-sealed without removing the pull tab, thus potentially allowing unscrupulous sellers to open sealed packs, remove valuable cards and replace them with cheap ones, then re-seal them without the customer being any the wiser. Some customers also reported that the packaging was damaging the cards.
Hasbro has already taken other sustainability steps including removing wire ties in 2010; adding recycling labels in 2016; introducing plant-based BioPET in 2018; and partnering with TerraCycle for a toy recycling program across France, Germany, Brazil, and the US excluding Alaska and Hawaii.
John Frascotti, president and chief operating officer, said Hasbro drives sustainability across the business through its Sustainability Center of Excellence.
“Reimagining and redesigning packaging across our brand portfolio is a complex undertaking, but we believe it’s important and our teams are up for the challenge.
“We know consumers share our commitment to protecting the environment, and we want families to feel good knowing that our packaging will be virtually plastic-free, and our products can be easily recycled through our Toy Recycling Program with TerraCycle,” he said.

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MADRID, 14 Jun. (Portaltic/EP)
Apple plan to include body temperature measurement sensors on an upcoming model of your Apple Watch smartwatch coming out in 2022, as well as include sensors future blood sugar measurement, in addition to other models optimized during 2021 and 2022.
This has been reported by sources with knowledge of the company’s plans to Bloomberg, which has ensured that Apple was aiming to add a temperature sensor in the 2021 model but they indicate that, currently, the company’s plans go through launching a new model of Apple Watch in 2022 with temperature sensors.
Instead, the agency says that Apple has been working on glucose measurement sensors for years to target the public with diabetes through a non-invasive system that measures blood sugar levels through the skin, but this feature I may not see the light for several years.
Bloomberg indicates that sources have reported a Apple Watch line update during 2021, and points out that it could probably be called Apple Watch Series 7. These new equipment will include faster processors, better wireless connectivity and a new display.
For this 2021 model, Apple has tested with thinner screen edges and a screen closer to the front developed with a new lamination technique. Bloomberg notes that the watch could be somewhat thicker overall, but in a way that the wearer would not notice.
The device will feature updated functionality from ultra wide band, as in the AirTag. In addition, according to Apple at its annual developer event (WWDC 2021) in early June, devices with the WatchOS 8 system will be able to unlock hotel doors and rooms.
In order to 2022, Apple planea update major version of Apple Watch and its economic version, the Apple Watch SE, in addition to creating a new type Apple Watch aimed at the public who practices extreme sports. This latest model will be an “exploration” or “adventure” edition, according to a source.
Bloomberg already reported last March of Apple’s intentions to launch a new rugged sports watch in late 2021 or early 2022, according to people familiar with the matter, but new leaks suggest that this device will not be available on the market. this 2021.


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The social justice warriors in corporate America are pushing back hard after the staggering election defeat of Hillary Clinton slammed the door on the Obama era.
Highfalutin men’s fashion rag GQ just named an unemployed, cop-hating, communist-loving former NFL player turned self-anointed “race messiah” as its “Citizen of the Year” for 2017 and toy manufacturer Mattel is getting in on the action.
Joining the launch of the new line of Barbie dolls will be a Muslim Barbie in a hijab which has somehow become a bizarre expression of women’s rights on the left despite the contradictory evidence that women are treated like dogs in the Islamic world.
Thank you @Mattel for announcing me as the newest member of the @Barbie #Shero family! I’m proud to know that little girls everywhere can now play with a Barbie who chooses to wear hijab! This is a childhood dream come true 😭💘 #shero pic.twitter.com/py7nbtb2KD
— Ibtihaj Muhammad (@IbtihajMuhammad) November 13, 2017
The doll is being modeled on Olympic fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad who like Colin Kaepernick, has made it clear that she hates President Trump.
Sadly, these plastic babes won’t be ready in time for Christmas as the rollout won’t occur until 2018.
MUSLIM BARBIE: Mattel Announces Hijab-Wearing Doll Based Off Of Anti-Trump Muslim https://t.co/aNfRuwi4bm
— The Daily Wire (@realDailyWire) November 14, 2017
The maker of Barbie announced on Monday that they are creating their first Muslim Barbie doll which will feature a hijab and is modeled on an Olympic fencer who made headlines for criticizing President Trump.
The new Barbie, named after Olympic fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad, was announced at Glamour’s Women of the Year summit and is scheduled to be available for purchase in 2018, CNN Money reported.
In a tweet, Muhammad wrote, “I’m proud to know that little girls everywhere can now play with a Barbie who chooses to wear hijab! This is a childhood dream come true.”
Sejal Shah Miller, Barbie’s vice president of global marketing, said that Muhammad is an encouragement to countless girls in the U.S.
“Ibtihaj is an inspiration to countless girls who never saw themselves represented, and by honoring her story, we hope this doll reminds them that they can be and do anything,” Miller said in a statement.
— Ibtihaj Muhammad (@IbtihajMuhammad) November 7, 2016
Corporate America is taking a big gamble by going all-in against Trump through capitalizing on liberal resentment to sell their products and are becoming less concerned about any backlash.


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While I don’t want to write just about news items, I think the most recent announcement from Seagate is very noteworthy because of the implications.
Seagate just announced it reached an areal density of 625 Gbit/in^2, which correlates to about 1 TB per platter for 3.5″ drives. It announced that it should have platters like this available in the middle of this year. What this means is that Seagate can reach 3TB drives with just three platters, reducing cost and complexity.
Alternatively, using these platters Seagate can easily make a 5TB drive whenever it wants. It just uses five of the new 1TB platters in a 3.5″ drive chassis and bingo–5TB drives. This could easily give the company a technical advantage over anyone else, or it could just hold off and let the community adjust to 4KB sectors that are coming with larger drives, and then introduce larger drives.
There is one implication of the larger hard drives that should be addressed–that is the increasingly disparity of the capacity between SSDs and conventional hard drives. There are SSDs that have large capacities but are fairly expensive (for example, 1TB drives). The mainstream SSD drives are slated to maybe reach about 400GB to 500GB this year but will likely still be fairly expensive (perhaps just under $1,000).
In the meantime, we could easily have 5TB 3.5″ drives. So the disparity between SSDs and conventional hard drives is creating a wider gap between capacity (conventional hard drives) and SSDs (performance). I think this disparity is going to increase the importance of using SSDs as high-speed data tiers coupled with huge capacity hard drives or perhaps the importance of using SSDs for caching block devices.
Keep an eye out–this could accelerate change in the storage hardware world.


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“I think I have five more great products in me,”
He was 31 at the time and barreling up Route 101 in Silicon Valley, en route to a meeting in
As it happens, I was in the passenger seat, interviewing him for Esquire magazine. I was never one of the journalists who was close to Jobs. But that long-ago assignment came at a time in his life when he must have wanted to unburden himself.
For nearly a week, he allowed me to sit in on meetings and engaged in long, introspective conversations over dinner. And he took me to his house, where we leafed through a photo album with pictures of the team that created the Macintosh computer, his last big accomplishment before his exile from Apple.
Wednesday’s sad, but unsurprising, news that Jobs was resigning as Apple’s chief executive — presumably because of his deteriorating health — got me thinking about that old encounter. The businessman I met 25 years ago violated every rule of management. He was not a consensus-builder but a dictator who listened mainly to his own intuition. He was a maniacal micromanager. He had an astonishing aesthetic sense, which businesspeople almost always lack. He could be absolutely brutal in meetings: I watched him eviscerate staff members for their “bozo ideas.”
The Steve Jobs I watched that week was arrogant, sarcastic, thoughtful, learned, paranoid and “insanely” (to use one of his favorite words) charismatic.Continue reading the main story
The Steve Jobs the rest of the world has gotten to know in the nearly 15 years since he returned to Apple is no different. He never mellowed, never let up on Apple employees, never stopped relying on his singular instincts in making decisions about how Apple products should look and how they should work. Just a few months ago, Fortune published an article about life inside Apple; it opened with an anecdote in which Jobs cut his staff to ribbons for putting out a product that failed to meet his standards. But his instincts have been so unerringly good — and his charisma so powerful — that Apple employees were willing to follow him wherever he led. Apple will miss those instincts.
Most of the articles written in the past few days about Jobs’s resignation have tended to focus on the
Have we forgotten already that Jobs virtually invented the personal computer, with the introduction of the Apple II, when he was barely 21? That a few years later he saved Apple from near-disaster by creating the Macintosh — the first commercially successful machine with a mouse and windows, and all the other features we associate with modern computing? That the NeXT operating system was critical to the next generation of Macintosh computers after Jobs returned from a 12-year exile in 1997? And, yes, then came the
There’s more, of course. Steve Jobs persuaded the recording industry to use his iTunes to give consumers an easy alternative to stealing
Five more great products, he said 25 years ago? When you look at the list, you realize that he sold himself short. It is almost not believable that one person could have affected such a large swath of American culture and industry.
In recent days, Jobs has been routinely called a business genius, and who can disagree? I’ve been a critic at times of some of Apple’s practices, starting with its excessive secrecy, but there is no denying that Jobs is on a very short list of greatest American businessmen ever.
In many of the recent articles, he’s been mentioned as a modern-day
As he steps down as Apple’s leader, at the too-young age of 56, Steve Jobs has known that feeling more than anyone else alive.
An earlier version of this column credited the wrong technology company for the first commercial use of the mouse. It was Xerox, which added a mouse to its 8010 Star. Apple’s Macintosh was the first commercially successful computer to use a mouse.


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A report prepared by Morgan Stanley estimates Indian food and beverages to go up by about another seven to eight percent. Home & personal care products sales will increase by up to four percent, driven by an increase in disposable income in the next five-six years. Adding appeal to India’s consumption story is fast-rising rural wage levels that have continued to go up, more than 18 percent on YoY basis as of 2012.
Against this encouraging backdrop, an insightful news report by Reghu Balakrishnan and Dev Chatterjee of the Business Standard, mention how the multinationals are eager to tap the vast potential of the Indian consumer driven growth story not only in cities but also in thriving rural economies though the latter being largely dependent on the vagaries of monsoon. The writers make following important observations in this regard:
As economies across the world slow down, the Indian consumers are providing foreign investors comfort to open their purses and put their money in companies here. It’s not only food products, the prospects of increased air travel by urban Indians and use of wireless phones have, respectively, made Etihad buy a 24 per cent in stake in Jet Airways for $380 million and led Qatar Foundation to invest $1.2 billion in Bharti Airtel.
The news report quotes Pramod Kumar, Barclays Capital Managing Director, as saying: “It’s heartening to see in-bound investments of significant size, such as that by Diageo, Unilever’s stake enhancement, Qatar’s investments in Airtel, etc, particularly at a time when the mood among Indians is cautious and somewhat negative. These clearly show long-term strategic investors view India as an attractive market in the long run, with strong fundamentals.”
Bankers say these investments have happened at a time when equity market valuations have been reasonably strong. So, clearly, these are not driven by an opportunistic view of the market, with a short-term perspective. It’s not only large investors, even small ones are betting on consumer companies.
“The HUL open offer endorses that the Indian consumer market space is vibrant and growing, and one of the few sectors where growth rates are far higher than the growth rate of the economy,” states Shriram Subramanian, the InGovern Founder. “Given these, local investors have to decide whether they want to invest in comparable companies at modest valuations or ride the India growth and consumption story with the market leader.”
Clearly, traveling, talking on phone and impulse shopping are three things that will further thrive in India. These are developments that the corporate gifting industry players must also make note of, while they devise their growth strategy so as to target specific sectors with their products.
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He is one of the richest entrepreneurs of his generation, but hasn’t bought a car in almost a decade. The one he owns is a Volkswagen Polo—hardly the choice of India’s rich & famous. But then, Ankit Bhati also owns a company whose entire business model banks on weaning Indians off private vehicles.
Bhati, along with his Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, batchmate, Bhavish Aggarwal, launched Ola in 2011. Over the years, CEO Aggarwal has become the cab-hailing company’s face, while CTO Bhati spearheaded its technological evolution.
The Bengaluru-based unicorn’s tremendous growth—it once touched a valuation of $5 billion—has brought with it considerable fame and fortune for its two founders. One of India’s most celebrated technology firms, it is backed by elite investors such as as SoftBank, Tiger Global, and Sequoia Capital.
But Ola is still a David to Uber’s Goliath, minus the underdog’s appeal.
Competing with the world’s most disruptive and valuable startup has often put Ola in an unflattering light. On platforms such as Quora and Reddit, the loyalty Uber commands among urban Indians is only too apparent. Patrons often cite its better prices, superior service, and an app much finer than Ola’s.
Even within the startup ecosystem, Ola has been criticised for “copy-pasting” from Uber.
However, 30-year-old Bhati says it is Uber which has been aping Ola all along. “We have taken it as a natural certainty that whatever works in Ola, (the) competition will copy it,” Bhati told Quartz. “(They)…take elements from our strategy and plug into their products.” The biggest example, he points out, is cash payments.
Displaying its understanding of the Indian market early in the game, Ola offered customers the option of paying in cash. Uber, on the other hand, stuck to credit cards in a country where cash is king. The San Francisco-based company began experimenting with cash payments only around two years into its operation in India.
But isn’t Ola’s entire business model a replica of Uber’s in the first place? In any case, for years now, Indian engineer-turned-entrepreneurs have been criticised for making “me-too” products, emulating successful ideas from elsewhere in the world. Bhati dismisses this criticism as simplistic.
“Taking inspiration from other places is not a bad thing. Enough people do it across countries, be it local Silicon Valley players or be it China or India or any other market,” the mechanical engineer from Jodhpur said. But “nobody is successful just by copying.”
Bhati recounts an incident: Soon after Ola began its upward trajectory in 2012, “there was one cab company that copied our whole website with source codes,” but it did not survive. Real innovation involves re-inventing in accordance with the country’s infrastructure, talent pool, and culture, he adds.
So, in Ola, his team has essentially taken a model designed for some of the world’s most advanced economies and tried to make it work in a country where less than 30% of the population is online, often on extremely patchy and slow internet, and mostly on low-end smartphones.
At least till now, it seems to have more than just worked. Over the last few months in particular, the six-year-old startup appears to have been on steroids, launching new technical features to suit India’s internet, and expanding into small towns and cities.
Since last October, Ola has allowed users to book cabs through text messages even when they don’t have an internet connection. A few months later, at the Google I/O in San Francisco, it launched a lightweight mobile website for users with limited data and limited RAM space on phones. At that time, Bhati had said that it represented Ola’s “commitment to building technology that is made for India.” Ola’s app also supports nine regional languages for cab and auto drivers—rather useful in a country where only 10% of the population speaks English.
“India is not a homogenous market…Mobility challenges are almost on opposite ends of the spectrum when comparing tier one cities with tier two and tier three,” said Bhati, who has included different types of vehicles—from cars to autos to buses and bikes—in his app, catering to people from various income groups and towns with limited road infrastructure.
The startup also plans to promote electric vehicles and has put its systems in place in at least one Indian city. Along with the government of India and carmaker Mahindra & Mahindra, it launched an “electric mass transport project” in Nagpur, Maharashtra, last month. Ola has invested Rs50 crore to build charging infrastructure in the city, and the project would bring 200 electric vehicles, from cars to autos, on its app, the company has said. This launch coincided with the announcement of an ambitious plan by India: to run only electric vehicles by 2030.
Yet, is all this enough to guarantee success?
While Uber has not cast its net as wide as Ola in India—the American firm operates in 29 cities while Ola is present in 110—it is investing on local innovations in India, its fastest growing market. Uber has two engineering centres in the country and is “hiring rapidly,” snapping up data scientists, designers, and product managers to work on payments, safety, maps, and the rider experience, among other things.
Bhati, who is a big fan of Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, says he is not worried. “…By the time they copy us we would be far ahead of them in implementing it.”
Ola, on its part, is leveraging on machine learning and data science to create supply and demand predictions. This will allow it to factor in both external variations such as traffic and rain and internal factors like life of the vehicle and driving patterns to maximise mileage. As Ola’s network grows, the company will utilise the data to not only cut costs but also increase customer satisfaction.
Yet, it may not be all that simple.
This March, Uber overtook Ola in the number of app downloads in seven of the aggregators’ biggest cities, a report by research firm KalaGato shows. Bhati, though, remains confident of Ola’s growth as, he says, monthly or quarterly numbers often rise and fall.
“If we were to measure market share numbers on app installs within a window of time, that could just be an indication of the money you are burning on acquisition,” said Bhati. “For us, expanding customer and partner base together makes more sense. Because if we go very aggressive on customer acquisition but there are no cars to cater to those customers, then we are not providing any service.”
In the end, he says, the data he has is much more gratifying. “In terms of market share, we have the leading market share. In terms of customer base, we have more customer base than them.”
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NORTHERN isles MP Alistair Carmichael is encouraging local people to support Fairtrade Fortnight 2012, which runs from Monday until 11 March.
The theme of this year’s event is ‘Take a Step’, with people being encouraged to make a small gesture to increase the profile of fair trade goods and raise awareness of the positive impact that the fair trade movement has had within the developing world.
“When the Fairtrade movement was founded, the only product available was a single chocolate bar. Since then, the range and availability of Fairtrade goods has grown to the extent that global Fairtrade sales reached £712 million in 2008. The Fairtrade Foundation currently has over 3,000 Fairtrade certified products for sale throughout the UK,” Mr Carmichael said.
“People in the northern isles were in the frontline of the fair-trade movement as it developed in the UK. Westray and Fair Isle were amongst the first communities in the country to achieve Fairtrade status. I am confident, therefore, that there will be strong support for this year’s Fairtrade Fortnight across Orkney and Shetland.
“Local people know that the way we choose to shop has a profound impact on the lives of people in the developing world. By choosing Fairtrade we can help families and communities work their way out of poverty. I would encourage everyone in Orkney and Shetland to consider participating in Fairtrade Fortnight this year.”
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SBI Cards second initiative called ‘No Income Documents’ aims at making life simple for existing mortgage and auto loan customers of banks
SBI Cards and Payment Services Pvt Ltd has launched two new innovative initiatives.
The first initiative is an innovative customer referral program and has been named ‘Link’. The idea is to provide a compelling platform for existing SBI Cards customers and invite them to refer their friends thereby becoming a SBI Card Link. Customers stand a chance to win exciting rewards and gifts by linking friends to SBI Cards. Each successful Link will also stand to win exciting cash prizes and gifts.
The second initiative called ‘No Income Documents’ aims at making life simple for existing mortgage and auto loan customers of banks as it eliminates the need of providing income documents at the time of applying for a new card. The customer has to simply sign a declaration and provide the KYC (Know Your Customer) documents for enrolment. The customer does not need to provide any kind of income documents to acquire the SBI Card.
TimesofMoney has developed a new tool that helps online merchants increase their trade by up to 40% by tracking those shoppers who have dropped out at the last moment
Online remittance services provider TimesofMoney is planning to enter the mobile and domestic remittance services, TimesofMoney, president, Avjit Nanda, told PTI.
“However, this is under work and we are yet to approach the Reserve Bank of India for permission,” Mr Nanda added.
The firm, which has become one of the top independent inward forex remittance service providers in India, said it has developed a new tool that helps online merchants increase their trade by up to 40% by tracking those shoppers who have dropped out at the last moment.
“The tool has been developed as a part of the firm’s aggressive diversification into providing payment gateway solutions with its flagship service, DirecPay, which is a bank-neutral payment processing platform for online merchants,” Mr Nanda said.
Besides, it has also developed another tool called risk analytic engine that can help merchants detect fraudulent shoppers, he added.
Pegging the e-commerce market at Rs50,000 crore, he said as much as 80% of this comes from ticketing. The domestic e-commerce market has been logging in a CAGR (compound annual growth rate) of 54% since the past five years.
SBI Life’s Annuity Plus offers a wide range of 14 annuity options enabling annuitants to choose the one that best meets the annuitants’ income needs
SBI Life Insurance has launched a highly flexible immediate annuity plan called Annuity Plus. The plan provides a regular fixed stream of income at regular intervals throughout the life of the policyholder, referred as annuitant.
The annuitant can subscribe to the plan by choosing a lump sum amount or the desired regular fixed income for life referred as annuity instalments. The annuitant has an option to choose the frequency of instalments receipts as monthly, quarterly, half yearly or yearly.
SBI Life’s Annuity Plus offers a wide range of 14 annuity options enabling annuitants to choose the one that best meets the annuitants’ income needs. Some of the attractive annuity options include lifetime income with refund of the entire premium to the nominee upon death of the Annuitant and lifetime income which increases every year by 5%.
In the Life Annuity–Two lives options, the second annuitant, who possibly could be spouse or child or sibling, could continue to receive regular income for the rest of their life even after the death of the primary annuitant. The plan offers additional benefits of incentive of attractive annuity rates for higher premium and optional accidental death benefit rider at an affordable cost. The minimum age for subscription to Annuity Plus is 40 years and maximum of 80 years.


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Black Desert Online Adds New Absolute Skills And 3D Mini Map
Kakao Games have recently announced the further expansion of their game through Absolute Skills, new features such as a 3D mini map and their new Black Desert Online Mobile port!
I would like to preface this article by pointing out that Black Desert Online is having its 2nd Western birthday – with which they will be adding various new features – most notably a mini map. We’re all well aware that Black Desert has a built in mini-map, but this new addition isn’t as simplistic as you’d believe. The new mobile port for Black Desert brings with it many improvements and adjustments – this new mini map being one of them. Please refer to the video above to view the similarities between both the old and new 3D mini map. This new 3D mini map is said to help you traverse the world by detailing where distinct notable objects in the environment, such as mountains and buildings are located.
Furthermore, Kakao have plans to alter each of the classes’ non awakened forms through various tweaks. What they’re doing, more specifically is adding in something called “Absolute Skills”. The goal of these new skills is to provide each class with a myriad of new attack and attack combinations in an attempt to make Pre-Awakened Main Weapon attacks less inferior to their Awakened counterparts.
Kakao went on to further note that every single class will be receiving new Absolute Skills.
Black Desert Online Mobile Officially Launches!
Black Desert Online Mobile has officially launched in South Korea – and while that doesn’t mean anything for us Westerners, the fact remains that we do receive updates released in South Korea fairly fast.
Now, do note that Black Desert Online mobile isn’t just a patch that adds new features – it is an entire game, so realistically it could be years before we even get news of a confirmed English release.


text: Chicken wings are an American tradition on Superbowl Sunday. At S&S Produce in Chico, they say lots of consumers came in to pick up wings, seafood, and ribs. The Meat Department Manager said they've been busy all weekend. However, he says it wasn't any busier than last year. According to one study, Americans will chow down on 1.25 billion chicken wings. Also, Domino's and Pizza Hut are projected to sell 29 million slices. The average fan is expected to consume an average of 1,200 calories during the game.


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Later this month, Google will be unveiling not one, but two Nexus handsets running Android 6.0 Marshmallow. This will be the first time that Google will be releasing two new Nexus handsets. While the company has released multiple Nexus devices before, they were usually a combination of a handset and a tablet.
Of the two Nexus that are due to be released this year, one of them will be made by LG. The Korean company has in the past worked with Google to release two of the most popular and highly successful Nexus handsets ever: the Nexus 4 and Nexus 5.
The second Nexus handset will be made by Huawei and will likely boast better specs. It is, however, the LG-made Nexus 5X that will sell in huge numbers because it will come with a lower price tag.
So, what exactly will the Nexus 5X pack? Read our rumor roundup below to know what to expect from the handset when it launches later next week.
Design: If you thought that the Nexus 5X will sport the same underrated look as the original Nexus 5, you are going to be disappointed. That’s not to say that the handset will come with a flashy design — far from it. It is just that the leaked pictures of the handset show a design that is unlike previous Nexus devices from Google.
The back of the Nexus 5X will feature a ‘NEXUS’ logo in bold and this time around it is accompanied by a halo fingerprint scanner as well. It is the centrally located camera hump at the center that makes the rear look ugly, at least in the above leaked pic. Maybe the final retail unit of the Nexus 5X will look better in black, just maybe.
On the front, the 5.2-inch display of the Nexus 5X will be surrounded by hefty top and bottom bezels due to the front-facing stereo speakers. While the inclusion of front-facing speakers will make many happy, it will also disappoint users who loathe handsets with huge bezels.
Display: The whole purpose of launching two Nexus devices this year, is that it will allow Google to meet the demands of a wider consumer base. The 5.9-inch Nexus 6 put off a lot of potential buyers due to its sheer size. The Nexus 5X is going to be the smaller of the two Nexus handsets to be released this year, and will come with a 5.2-inch 1080p display.
The use of a reasonable Full HD resolution display should allow the Nexus 5X to last a full day of use, which sadly is almost impossible for some major flagships released this year.
Snapdragon 808: Multiple reports have claimed that the Nexus 5X will be powered by a Snapdragon 808 chipset. Once you factor in the heating issues with the Snapdragon 810 chipset, it does make sense for Google and LG to go with the slightly less powerful but more power efficient Snapdragon 808 chipset. The hexa-core chip packs in more than enough power to push the pixels on the Full HD display of the Nexus 5X, so there is no need to worry about the performance of the device as well.
Battery: A reliable source of Android Police had revealed back in late August that the Nexus 5X will come with a 2,700mAh battery. For a phone with a 5.2-inch Full HD display and a Snapdragon 808 chipset, the battery size of 2,700mAh battery size is pretty good. When combined with the new battery saving techniques in Android 6.0 Marshmallow, this should lead to the Nexus 5X offering pretty good battery life.
Fingerprint scanner: The Nexus 6 was supposed to be the first Nexus smartphone with a fingerprint scanner, but Google had to change its plan at the last moment due to the poor quality touch sensors available in the market. Since then though, every major smartphone released in 2015 has featured a touch-based fingerprint sensor, which is as good as the Touch ID sensor on the iPhone.
Leaks have confirmed that the Nexus 5X (and the Nexus 6P) will also come with a fingerprint sensor. Unlike other Android devices out there though, the fingerprint sensor will be located at the back of the device. It will be interesting to see how the position of the fingerprint scanner affects its usability.
Camera: Up until now, rumors and leaks have only pointed out that the Nexus 5X will come with a 12.3MP shooter at the rear. Other specs of the camera remain completely unknown, though one of the leaked pictures of the back of the handset does confirm the presence of a Laser AutoFocus sensor that should help with the auto focus times.
A leak had claimed that the Nexus 5X will feature the same camera setup as the G4, which includes an F/1.8 aperture lens, though considering the expected price point of around $400, it seems unlikely that Google and LG will equip the Nexus 5X with such a costly camera setup. The handset, however, will definitely come with OIS, since thats a feature that all Nexus devices have featured since the launch of the original Nexus 5 in 2013.
Reports also claim that Google will be be rolling out a new version of Google Camera with new camera features like burst shot and faster performance. This suggests that for the first time since the inception of the Nexus line-up, Google will be focusing on the camera performance of its Nexus handsets.
Leaks have also revealed that the Nexus 5X will come with a 5MP selfie shooter, which sounds just about right since almost every other Android (and even the new iPhones) now ship with a 5MP snapper in the front.
Storage: Various leaks and reports have claimed that the Nexus 5X will be available in 16GB and 32GB storage variants. The lack of a 64GB variant in this day and age sounds like a bad move from Google, especially after the previous Nexus device that it offered — the Nexus 6 — was available in 32GB and 64GB storage variants. Additionally, Google is also planning on offering a 128GB storage option for the Huawei Nexus 6P, so if it does end up offering the Nexus 5X in only 16/32GB variants, it will be an odd move for sure from the company.
It is also unclear whether the Nexus 5X will come with a microSD card slot or not, though the chances are almost nil considering that Google has not included a microSD card slot in its Nexus devices released over the last few years.
Price: If there is one thing that is almost unknown about the Nexus 5X, it is its price. Rumors have claimed that the handset will be priced between $350-$400, but the exact price still remains unknown. It is likely that LG and Google will be pricing the Nexus 5X at a slightly higher price than the original Nexus 5, due to the specs bump, but how big is the jump going to be? $50? or something more modest?
Whatever the final price might be, it is going to be somewhere around the ballpark of the original Nexus 5 and the likes of the OnePlus 2 and Moto X Pure. This is because Google is also releasing a Huawei-made Nexus 6P this year, which will sport a bigger screen, better build quality, a faster processor, and better battery life, which suggests that it will be priced somewhere around the $500 region.
What are your expectations from the LG Nexus 5X? Will you be buying one? Or are you more interested in the Huawei Nexus 6P? Drop in a comment below and let us know.Like this post? Share it!


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Well these seem to be excellent news. We had talked about how LG G2 will be receiving Android 4.4 KitKat update at some time in the future but this looks quite promising! These official info come from LG Saudi Arabia’s official Twitter account mentioning that the update will be released at sometime by the end of January!
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Feb 20 (Reuters) - TS Tech Co Ltd <7313.T>:Says it appoints Michio Inoue as chairman of the board and Masanari Yasuda as president, effective late June .
TS TECH Co Ltd <7313.T> : Says it plans to recall a kind of products which using the components manufactured by American Honda Motor Co Inc .The recall due to concern of failure to be fixed for the second row seats.
TS TECH CO LTD:To apply International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) as the new accounting method, to replace the current Japan-Generally Accepted Accounting Principles.IFRS effective from the annual report for fiscal year ending April 2016.
TS TECH CO LTD:To establish a new wholly owned subsidiary, TS TECH BANGLADESH LIMITED, which will be engaged in the manufacturing, sales, import and export of sheet and interior components for automobile use in Bangladesh.TS TECH BANGLADESH LIMITED will be capitalized at 0.26 billion Bangladeshi Taka in all.Effective date Nov. 2015.
TS TECH CO LTD:To issue a year-end dividend of 30 yen per share to all the shareholders for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2015.Payment date June 24.Says the dividend amount is in line with the latest forecast disclosed on April 28.
TS TECH CO LTD:Says the company lowered the consolidated full-year outlook for revenue to 433,000 million yen from 438,000 million yen for FY ending March 2015.Sees a decrease of operating profit forecast to 35,000 million yen from 37,500 million yen.Sees a decrease of ordinary profit forecast to 38,500 million yen from 40,000 million yen.Sees a decrease of net profit forecast to 21,900 million yen from 22,700 million yen.Sees a decrease of earnings per share to 322.07 yen from 333.83 yen.FY 2015 revenues of 442.78 billion yen, net income of 22.58 billion yen – Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.Comments the decreased orders and depreciation of the yen are the main reasons for the forecast.
TS TECH CO LTD:Says U.S-based company Lear Corporation and U.S-based subsidiaries of the company have agreed on withdrawal of a lawsuit, which was filed by Lear against the subsidiaries for patent infringement.Litigation terminated on Aug. 29 (Local time).
TS TECH CO LTD:To pay year-end dividend of 30 yen per share, in line with latest dividend forecast, for fiscal year 2014.Record date March 31 and effective date June 25.
TS TECH CO LTD:Subsidiary TS TECH DO BRASIL LTDA to establish a wholly owned subsidiary named TS Trim Brasil S/A, based in Brasil in May.New subsidiary to be engaged in manufacture and sale of automobile sheet.New subsidiary to be capitalized at 22,068,000 real, or about one billion yen.
TS TECH CO LTD:Sees year-end dividend forecast of 30 yen per share raised from 24 yen per share, for the FY ended March 2014.


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Why tech sales decline is good news for consumers
Better tech at lower prices may be on the cards.
IFA Berlin is one of the biggest trade shows for consumer electronics. This year there are more than 1900 exhibitors from giants such as Panasonic, with its own hall, to start-ups showing off their newest inventions.
On the first press day, we heard from market research company GfK about the overall trends in the world of consumer electronics, and it’s not good for the market, but great for shoppers.
Declining sales predicted
According to GfK the industry is about to suffer a small downturn in sales – between 0.2% and 2.8% depending on the product type (though this equates to billions of dollars in profit).
Better tech at lower prices is a great thing for consumers, and shoppers should lower the amount they would pay for a new TV.
The downturn will affect almost every area of tech, from phones to TVs. There will be some holdouts doing well, such as gaming hardware and smart speakers. Smart speakers are a new product category and so growth is expected.
On the flipside, television sales are stagnating despite lots of changes to the technology. Although the latest TVs have bigger screens and better tech in them, they are being sold at cheaper and cheaper prices. GfK noted consumers are actually willing to pay for more costly TVs, but in my mind, they shouldn’t. Better tech at lower prices is a great thing for consumers, and shoppers should lower the amount they would pay for a new TV.
Why is this happening?
There are lots of reasons for the downturn in purchasing by consumers, the main ones being Brexit and the US trade war with China.
Recent building restrictions of new houses and apartments in China have also created a downturn in the amount of major domestic appliances (MDAs) purchased, such as ovens and air conditioners. While this seems like a small effect local to China, it’s caused a worldwide drop of more than 1%. Small domestic appliances (SDAs) haven’t suffered the same fate, as you don’t need a new house or kitchen to buy them. Moreover, there are many more kinds of SDA than MDA – over 160 in fact, including toasters and sound bars.
For both SDAs and MDAs, there is a trend towards multi-function appliances. For example, more three-compartment fridges are being sold each year, while for vacuum cleaners, the more versatile stick-vacs are the hottest trend, followed by robot vacuums.
How will it affect New Zealand?
None of the data specifically mentioned New Zealand or even Oceania (in fact one slide showed a map that didn’t even include New Zealand). So it’s hard to extrapolate to our country.
Having said that, it’s likely New Zealand will see the same downturn as other nations. This is good for consumers. It will mean lower prices and, hopefully, better innovation as tech companies try to woo us back into buying things.
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France is suing Google and Apple over ‘abusive’ developer contracts
French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire announced Wednesday that the government plans to sue Google and Apple over the "abusive" contractual terms imposed on developers through app stores. Le Maire told a radio station that he learned Apple and Google unilaterally impose price changes and contractual modifications on developers in the Google Play Store and App Store, which he views as unfair.
"I believe in an economy based on justice and I will take Google and Apple before the Paris Commercial Court for abusive business practices” Le Maire said, according to Reuters. “As powerful as they are, Google and Apple should not be able to treat our startups and our developers the way they currently do.”
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Gatsby Living has leased a maiden showroom at Preston’s Northland Homemaker Centre.
The new retailer has signed a seven year deal for the 1120 square metre unit formerly occupied by Barbecues Galore.
Leedwell Property’s Chris Parry, Tom Perkins and Nick Segran said the agreement was negotiated during Victoria’s stage four lockdown. A number of businesses showed an interest, they added.
Recent deals within the complex at 19-33 Murray Road have been rented for between $285-$325 per sqm, pa.
Plenty of businesses booming because of COVID-19
“Following the annual reporting period large format retailers have demonstrated to be a tenant base which has been resilient in the COVID environment and outperformed retail peers,” Mr Parry said (story continues below).
“Officeworks posted turnover increase of 20.4 per cent, The Good Guys, an increase of 11.2pc, Baby Bunting, 11.8pc, Adairs, 12.9pc, Beacon Lighting, 2.6pc and Bunnings, 13.9pc.” he added.
“Despite headwinds in the retail market as a result of COVID-19, large format retail locations with a high quality retail mix and strong…fundamentals still appear to be in demand”.
“The Australian Bureau of Statistics confirmed on Friday a rise in retail turnover to 3.2pc (seasonally adjusted) for July on the previous month.
“Household goods, which represents a large portion of tenants in large format retail centres led the charge with a health four per cent rise,” the executive said.


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Eurostar International, a UK-based high speed rail service between the UK and mainland Europe, has announced the suspension of its ticket sales for the London to Amsterdam, via Brussels, route.
Previously, Eurostar passengers were travelling to Brussels Midi and switching to high-speed Thalys or regular trains for the final journey to Amsterdam. In December 2012, the company launched the new Fyra service to replace the earlier slower trains, which has created a problem with the company’s ticketing system. Following this the company has decide to temporarily suspend selling tickets to Amsterdam, or any Dutch destination, through its website.
A Eurostar spokesperson said, ‘We are currently in discussion with both Thalys and Fyra regarding arrangements for travel between London, Amsterdam and beyond into the Netherlands. We hope to be able to offer an update on arrangements in the near future.
In the interim, our advice to passengers is to book tickets for travel between London and the Netherlands via Rail Europe.’
The company is also offering a twelve-day express sale until January 14 this year, for travel from January 17, to March 27, 2013. Around 150,000 seats are available for London to Paris, Brussels or Lille. Fares commence from £159 return for Standard Premier travel, with more space and meals included. Travel from London to any Belgian destination is available from £69 return in standard class.
Mary Walsh, the company director of communications for Eurostar, said, ‘We’re encouraging people to start the New Year in style with a great value city escape to Paris, Lille or Brussels. With our lowest fares available for travel up until late March, there is ample opportunity for passengers to indulge in a mini break on the Continent next year.’


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Qatar Central Bank issues first digital payment licence
The Qatar Central Bank has issued the first licence in the country for digital payment services to Ooredoo Money and iPay by Vodafone Qatar.
In a tweet, the central bank explained that issuing the licence is “an initial step to include all companies providing digital payment services” under its own supervision.
The Qatar Central Bank adds that the step will “contribute to the development of the financial technology sector and enhance financial inclusion” in the country.
Qatar has seen an increase in activity in the digital payments sphere of late.
Earlier in August, the central bank announced the launch of Google Pay in the country “after completing the necessary tests”. It tweeted that “all global electronic wallet services for cards such as Apple Pay and Samsung Pay are accepted in the state of Qatar”.
Meanwhile, in June, Qatar National Bank (QNB) broadened access to its open banking platform, opening it up to the bank’s customers and partners as well as the country’s fintechs.
QNB says its open banking APIs could transform the fintech landscape in Qatar and help launch “innovative futuristic solutions” for nationals, residents and visitors to the country.


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Encouraged by the latest round of mobile phones and tablets that utilize technology competing companies, Hitachi is now developing a next-generation LCD with impressive capabilities.
Conventional glasses-free approach: Parallax Barrier and the Hitachi’s "Stacked Lens" Approach
The company is pulling all stops at developing one of best LCD panels for mobile devices: IPS LCD panel comes in 4.5" screen size, supporting a resolution of 1280×720 (yes, HD Ready on a smartphone). Hitachi Displays is putting a lot of hopes on their new glasses-free 3D technology which utilizes "stacked lens" system.
In order to keep up with the demands of glasses-free 3D, the IPS LCD panel has two separate brightness modes: in 2D, you’ll be enjoying in 400cd/m2 (more than on most of PC displays with IPS panel), and in 3D, you can count on additional 70 cd/m2 for a total of 470 Candels.
The company did not announce what devices will carry this 4.5" display, but we believe it will be solely decided by the yield the manufacturer achieves. From Japan-only to a world-wide availability – the only decider is the percentage of fully-functional panels coming off the production line.


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SUNNYVALE, Calif. (CBS.MW) -- Shares of Infoseek fell 9.2 percent Friday morning after the Internet "portal" player reported a wider-than-expected third-quarter loss of 8 cents and pinned its future on a huge but costly alliance with Disney due to close soon.
Infoseek's stock (SEEK) SEEK, -99.00% fell 3 1/8 to 30 1/16 in early trading of about 5 million shares. The stock's 52-week high is 45, and the 52-week low is 7 1/8.
According to the analyst consensus estimates compiled by First Call and Zacks Investment Research, Wall Street was looking for the Sunnyvale, Calif.-based company to lose 6 cents a share in the quarter.
Sales for Infoseek rose to $19.2 million in the quarter, which ended in September, compared with $8.4 million in the year-ago period.
Traffic growth for the entire Infoseek site rose just 5.4 percent in September, compared with June. Excluding chat pages, however, page views were up 17 percent. Plus, traffic at Starwave's joint ventures with ESPN and ABCnews.com increased to 17 million page views per day from 12 million in June.
Disney, which is to take a 43 percent stake of Infoseek when the deal is approved, is working with the online company to create a new Go.com portal site featuring all of Disney's 80-plus online properties. (See earlier story.)
Higher losses expected
Infoseek's disappointing performance, coupled with the company's announcement that it will be spending serious money to market the Go.com portal it is developing with Disney, was not sitting well on Wall Street. A Deustche Bank Securities analyst cut the stock to "hold" from "accumulate."
BT. Alex Brown analyst Shaun Andrikopoulos reiterated his "strong buy" on the stock even as he drastically reduced his estimates for the company's financial performance for the fourth quarter and into 1999. For instance, Andrikopoulos now sees the company losing 40 cents a share in the fourth quarter and 82 cents in 1999 on an operating basis, compared to his original forecasts of a 2-cent loss and 43-cent loss, respectively.
The difference results from heavier-than-expected marketing costs for the Go.com site, but Andrikopoulos said he believes the benefits from the Disney alliance will more than outweigh the costs. "The real upside, we feel, will be realized when Infoseek can begin to tap into the large Starwave/Disney audience as an advertising platform," he wrote in his research report.
"During the quarter we experienced solid revenue growth which was driven primarily by the growth in the ad-revenue-supported Infoseek service," Harry Motro, president and chief executive of Infoseek, said in a statement. "We also signed several significant agreements that will position Infoseek to better leverage our pending relationships with Starwave and The Walt Disney Co."


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The theme for the Greeneville Women’s Club’s 50th Annual Holiday Bazaar will be “Angels Among Us,” and the personalized ornament will be an angel. According to Doris Parton and Rhonda Humbert, co-chairmen of the event, this theme was chosen in memory of Cindy Landers, a club member who passed away in December of 2020. The ornament will sell for $5 and can be personalized with a name or Merry Christmas.
The two-day event, sponsored by the GFWC of Tennessee Greeneville Woman’s Club, will take place on Nov. 6-7 at Hal Henard Elementary School from noon to 5 p.m. on Nov. 6 and noon to 5 p.m. on Nov. 7.
According to the bazaar chairmen, the number of booths have been slightly reduced due to COVID, with around 120 different vendors offering everything from paintings and clothing to food and decorations and just about everything in between.
A new “Holiday Spirit” gift bonanza that will feature 22 prizes valued at $500 can be entered by purchasing tickets for an opportunity to win. Tickets are $5 each or 3 for $10 and are currently available from any club member. Tickets will be available at the Bazaar and prizes will be drawn for at 4 p.m. on the Sunday of the event.
Food vendors will be announced next week.
Any questions about this year’s event may be directed to the bazaar chairmen at email@example.com.


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20-year-old beauty Kendall Jenner charmed his choice of attire present at the awards ceremony MTV Movie Awards 2016 held on April 9, 2016 in Los Angeles, Burbank.
For its release Kendall chose black though, but very bright dress to the floor.
What it was not – V-shaped neckline, a flying skirt, slit, open back.
Completed the image of black color lace-up lace-up knee that occasionally Jenner corrected.
However, as the dress itself.
Kendall is clearly understood that in this dress she can afford to pose for photographers at any angle, it will still be interesting.


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EMUGE-FRANKEN Launches Full Line End Mills Catalog For North America
Catalog Showcases Expanded Line of End Mills
WEST BOYLSTON, MA U.S.A. (September 8, 2021) – Today, EMUGE-FRANKEN, a leading manufacturer of high-performance taps, thread mills, drills, end mills and other rotary tools, has announced the launch of a new full line end mills catalog to support its growing end mill products expansion.
The 172-page catalog, brimming with hundreds of new products, specifications, technical materials, cutting data, drawings and images is available free in print by request at www.emuge.com/media-resources/order-brochures-catalogs, or via an online interactive version on the EMUGE-FRANKEN website: www.emuge.com.
“As we aggressively continue the expansion of our milling tools portfolio including the manufacture of end mills here in the U.S., as well as in Germany, the new catalog will be a key support and resource tool for our U.S. and Canadian customers and prospects, as well as our sales and engineering staffs,” said Bob Hellinger, President of EMUGE-FRANKEN USA.
The launch of the EMUGE-FRANKEN Full Line End Mills Catalog also coincides with the recent brand name update in North America to EMUGE-FRANKEN, which it has been known as internationally since 1958. EMUGE-FRANKEN is the leading manufacturer of a wide range of high-performance end mills and has over 100 years of milling innovation, expertise, and experience including the innovation of Circle Segment end mill technology.


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Jaden Smith cuts a stylish figure in artistic snaps as he showcases his sartorial savvy in fashion magazine shoot
He has become famous for challenging the masculinity norms with his ‘gender fluid’ fashion sense.
But Jaden Smith opted to ditch the skirts for slight more classic attire for his latest magazine cover shoot with British GQ Style.
The 17-year-old rapper let his long dreaded locks take centre stage as he peered through his mane to fix a steely gaze at the camera.
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The new classic: Jaden Smith opted to ditch the skirts for slight more classic attire for his latest magazine cover shoot with British GQ Style
Crouching down in the black and white image, the son of Will and Jada Pinkett-Smith could be seen wearing a black bomber jacket over a crisp white shirt and a black skinny tie.
He completed his look with black trousers and trainers while he accessorised the ensemble with large rings and a pendant.
In another image from the shoot, the Karate Kid star dons a checked shirt and black blazer whilst accessorising with a beaded charm necklace.
Style star: In another image from the shoot, the Karate Kid star dons a checked shirt and black blazer whilst accessorising with a beaded charm necklace
The cover image, shot by photographer Terry Tsiolis, the Louis Vuitton brand ambassador has his dreads swept out of his face whilst staring straight into the camera.
Hitting stands: Read the full interview in the latest issue of British GQ Style, on sale from March 17
The Scarface rapper is well-known for his love of pushing the boundaries when it comes to fashion and gender and has been pictured wearing skirts in the past.
After the young actor was named the new face of Louis Vuitton's womenswear campaign in January - Will revealed the youngster is '100 per cent fearless' - a quality which both scares and inspires him.
The actor explained: 'There's a really powerful internal quality as an artist that as parents we encourage.
'You've got to get out on the edge. You have to try things, you have to be comfortable doing things people don't agree with and you have to be comfortable with doing things that you could fail.
'And Jaden is 100 per cent fearless. He will do anything.
'As a parent, it's scary, it's really terrifying but he is completely willing to live and die by his own artistic decisions and he just doesn't concern himself with what people think.
Read the full interview in the latest issue of GQ Style, on sale from March 17.
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The bank’s experts claim that despite a number of benefits offered by the creation of a new digital currency, the main purpose of such a move is to maintain the public’s access to the central bank’s liability, and this particular issue “is not currently relevant to the Israeli economy.”
A new study conducted by a team of experts appointed by the Bank of Israel has advised the organization to refrain from issuing its own digital currency, the so called “digital shekel.”
“The team does not recommend that the Bank of Israel issue digital currency in the near future. We must continue to examine and monitor this field before we can form the proper foundation for a decision on whether to recommend digital currency,” the report states.
The experts did admit that the issuance of digital currency offers a number of benefits, like “assistance with combating the unreported economy, adaptation with the advanced technological environment, and advancing the fintech sector in Israel.”
However, they claim, the main purpose of issuing digital currency is to maintain the public’s access to the central bank’s liability, and this particular issue “is not currently relevant to the Israeli economy, since there is no significant reduction in the use of cash.”
READ MORE: ‘Digital Shekel’: Israel Mulls Creation of Its Own National Cryptocurrency
Earlier in 2017, Israeli media revealed that the Bank of Israel and Ministry of Finance have been working on a state-backed digital currency, the so called “digital shekel”.
The new digital currency, identical in value to a physical shekel, would record all transactions made by the user via his or her mobile phone, which in turn would make it more difficult for users to avoid paying taxes.


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Off-trade alcohol sales saw another spike in sales in week two of the UK’s Covid-19 lockdown according to new data from Nielsen.
The total value of BWS sales rose by 24% in the week ending April 4. It indicates a second wave of stocking up on home alcohol supplies by shoppers.
The off-trade previously saw a massive surge in sales in the week ending March 21, which began with the prime minister urging people not to go to pubs and ended with them all being forced to close. Sales during that week rose 55% as consumers stocked up for the anticipated lockdown.
With drinks cupboards full, sales saw a more modest increase of 11% in the week ending March 28, but the jump in sales in the week ending April 4 suggests drinkers were replenishing stocks as they worked through the first week’s purchases and stores managed to get new stock on to shelves.
The increase in grocery multiples’ BWS sales was below the market as a whole on +15%, indicating that many consumers were shopping locally for drinks supplies in the week after the government added off-licences to the list of essential retailers.
The biggest winners in the week-to-April 4 figures were beer (+40% in total off-trade) and cider (+34%).
Wine was up 26% and spirits increased by 19%. Spirits had risen just 1% in the previous week but 61% the week before that.
Champagne (-49%) and sparkling wine (-16%) both took massive hits as consumers found little to celebrate.
Grocery multiples’ collective wine sales actually fell by 2% in value in the week ending April 4.
Gemma Cooper, senior commercial business partner at Nielsen, said: “For the impulse channel it’s the best weekly performance since the beginning of the pandemic.
“We are for sure seeing shoppers avoiding larger supermarket stores in favour of those smaller impulse stores, which we know are so pivotal for the off-trade.
“Are we starting to see a trend emerging in key spirits categories of shoppers stocking up every other week for their in-home consumption?
“Flavoured and spiced rum continue to be popular spirits of choice and we see flavoured gin, which saw decline in the previous week, now seeing strong growth.”


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Huawei 06 Nov
Top Chinese smartphone manufacturer Huawei is growing rapidly to take a strong position globally. That is only possible when you continue to innovate and stay ahead of your time in designing new products, delivering quality in affordable price points Huawei is doing all that at the moment. The company is now working on even more precise location tracking via its new GPS technology that would be integrated into its recently launched Huawei Mate 20 Pro.
Featuring dual frequency AI Satellite-Selection GPS bringing the L5 band, this advanced GPS technology enhances positioning accuracy, by utilizing three satellite positioning systems. The device also offers to improve AI technology that inspires creativity. Huawei has its products in about 170 countries and is used by one-third of the world’s population which is a massive feat within its self. Mate 20 Pro has been put head to head with few of the best smartphones currently available in the market like Galaxy Note 9, Xiaomi Mi 8 Pro, Google Pixel 3 XL and more.
Huawei Consumer BG offers three majors business units that bring forward smartphones, PC, wearable devices, tablets, cloud services and much more and is based upon over 30 years of expertise into the system. Have you previously tried any Huawei smartphone? Let us know in the comments section below.


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NEVADA, Mo. — After more than six decades of business, one Nevada store will soon be closing its doors.
It’s been a good ride for “Davison’s Shoes, Verco Sporting Goods”.
But after 60 plus years, C.E.O. Marvin Davison and his wife Betty have decided it’s time to retire.
“Davison’s Shoes, Verco Sporting Goods” in Nevada came to be back in 1958.
Started by Marvin and Betty Davison when they were 19 years old, the store originally just sold shoes.
After many years of service they grew to 96 different locations in 8 states. While products expanded to handbags, sports equipment and apparel.
But soon, they will be closing their final store.
“I feel real good about it. I think we’ve served the four states pretty well. We have people drive 100 and 150 miles to come here and buy shoes,” said Marvin Davison – Davison’s Shoes, Verco Sporting Goods C.E.O.
While the store grew, so did their number of employees.
Store manager, Heather McDonald has worked for Marvin and Betty for the last seven years.
And says the knowledge she’s gained, she’ll keep for the rest of her life.
“I’m just so thankful for the experience Marvin and Betty have provided me and how hands on they’ve let me be. For me to be able to learn about the business and how close I’ve been able to come with a lot of our customers,” said Heather McDonald – Davison’s Shoes, Verco Sporting Goods Manager.
While McDonald is going to miss the customers, she adds she’ll also miss the family environment that the store offers.
“My son was very young when I started here, and so after school he could come here and hang out in the store and help us with things. He would sit in the back room and play with Legos, it’s just been really nice to have such a family environment,” said McDonald.
And for Marvin, it’s his customers that he’ll miss the most.
“I’m a people lover, and I will miss seeing everybody,” said Davison.
Believe it or not, after 64 years, Marvin adds he’s also going to miss getting up for work every morning.
“Davison’s Shoes, Verco Sporting Goods” will officially be closing its doors in December.


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Disney Consumer Products is bringing more of its licensing business in-house this year, having recently inked a direct-to-retail deal with Payless to develop an exclusive line of kids shoes. The multi-year partnership will see Payless source, market and sell the new line in its 4,500-plus stores, although the two companies will work together on design and retail marketing initiatives.
Featuring characters from Mouse House franchises such as Disney Princesses, Power Rangers, Winnie the Pooh, The Incredibles and Finding Nemo, the first shoes are scheduled to roll out this spring, with an expanded line due in time for the back-to-school season. Prices will range from US$12 to US$22, which is on par with other licensed lines.
Both Disney and Payless claim this streamlined deal model will have a bigger impact on value than price. Payless couldn’t divulge details about the shoe design at press time as the line is still in development, but the company says working directly with the Disney team will enable it to feature more on-trend styles.
Providing consumers with more bang for their buck is an admirable goal, to be sure. But there are other benefits to be had from this type of model. For one thing, it eliminates the need to pay royalties to a licensee, meaning more money goes back to the property owner. And it also gives Disney more direct control over the creative direction of its licensing programs.
The Payless deal isn’t the first direct-to-retail partnership Disney has forged, and it won’t likely be the last either. This past summer, the company connected directly with U.S. grocery retailer Kroger to produce Disney Magic Selections food and health & beauty products. But the company isn’t ready to forgo traditional licensing models altogether. For the time being at least, Disney plans to continue working with its stable of footwear licensees. KC


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July 13, 2021
By Don Shurley, University of Georgia Cotton Economist
Prices continue to show strength. New crop December futures closed today at 88.16 cents—the highest in a month and topping 88 cents for the third time near the contract high.
Cotton’s path seems on more solid footing in recent weeks. Given the present fundamentals, the market has clearly established a current objective top at near 90 cents. It looks like there’s currently plenty of support at 84.
There are several factors in play—some bullish and some bearish. Despite recent strength, there are bearish undertones that could eventually take prices to nearer the support level.
USDA’s June 30 Acreage report showed actual cotton acres planted estimated at 11.72 million acres—down 3.1% from last year. More importantly, acres are only 317,000 less than farmers said they intended to plant based on the March Prospective Plantings report.
The consensus within the industry was that due to weather, high prices for competing crops, and other factors, actual planting could be less than intentions. Industry expectations were that acres would be down more than the June 30 number indicated. Planting will be firmed later based on FSA acreage reports.
With planted acres now more “known” than before, the market can turn more of attention to crop condition and eventual acres harvested. Overall crop condition has trended up as the season as progressed. As of July 11, crop condition was the highest for the season so far with 56% of the crop good to excellent. As of July 11, 12% of the Texas crop is poor to very poor and 43% is good to excellent. The Georgia crop is rated 74% good to excellent.
Should crop conditions continue favorable, yield could increase, harvest acres increase, and the US crop increase. But assuming marketing decisions have been such, what producer would not like selling a large crop for better than 80 cents average?
Last weeks export report (for the week ending July 1) showed sales of 59,200 bales and shipments of 323,400 bales. Sales and shipments were both up from the prior week. With approximately 4 reporting weeks left in the 2020 crop marketing year, shipments need to average roughly 325,000 bales to reach USDA’s estimate of 16.4 million bales for the year.
Today, USDA released its July crop production and supply and demand estimates. The numbers were mostly good.
Cotton is also being pushed and pulled by the corn and soybean markets, the weather, the value of the dollar, and threats from the Delta variant. With a potentially larger US crop in the making, we certainly don’t need anything to disrupt strong demand.


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While India aggravated by hate crimes committed on defenceless dogs was busy protesting on social media, one company took a proactive lead towards finding homes for abandoned Indies. Dogsee Chew’s #BengaluruOptsToAdopt campaign was a major hit with Bangalore’s pet loving society with the campaign finding homes for over 10 rescued pets.
Dogsee Chew’s appeal was simple – Why buy foreign, when you can adopt your own? Scorning the elitism associated with owning a foreign breed, they urged dog-lovers to adopt a rescued Indie and give it a loving home and the result was #BengaluruOptstoAdopt remained the number one trending topic in India for nearly 5 hours.
According to data from Simplify360, Social Media Analytics Platform, the campaign created 6347 tweets, over 20k ReTweets creating over 10 million Impressions. The popular hashtag used are #BengaluruOptsToAdopt, #BlrOpts2Adopt, #BengaluruOpts2Adopt and #BangaloreOptstoAdopt. This is by far the biggest social media campaign organized by any NGO or Pet Food company ever in our country.
Among 4288 Tweeples who tweeted about the event, 67% were male while 33% female showcasing higher women participation in animal rights related cause. The campaign also got great support from other cities; 64 percent tweeples were from Bangalore while 17% came from Delhi and 6% each from Pune and Mumbai.
The campaign started with a pre buzz activity in which the brand used it’s Social Media channels & a website landing page to let the people know about the campaign. They also showcased the dogs & built a personality for them so people can relate & emotionally bond with them.
They then launched an adorable contest ‘Adopt your Perfect Pet Match’ in which people were invited to send in their pictures and in return they would be matched with their perfect pet. This gained popularity & the campaign received a lot of reach & engagement.
The news of the adoption drive had reached most of the pet lovers & foster parents by then and a lot of registrations & inquiries came in about the event.
One of the major successes of the campaign was the popularity that it gained on the day of the event itself. The event was organized at a popular Vet centre in Bengaluru and the drive gained national recognition as the hashtag #BengaluruOptstoAdopt started trending and soon reached first position all over India. The team proactively covered the events & gave live updates of all adoption happening.
It was tweeted about not only by influential persons in the Bengaluru area but, it started catching the eyes of celebrities such as Esha Gupta who personally tweeted about this great initiative and with mentions to the collaborating partners.
The adoption drive was also supported by Bengaluru Opts to Adopt’s brand ambassador Sneha Kapoor and Akai Padmashali, the founder of Ondede(NGO for sexual minorities). Bhupendra Khanal, CEO and founder of Dogsee Chew said, “Being a Dog food company, we always keep our consumers in mind and that’s why we are indeed humbled to initiate and combat this prolonging issue of homeless Indian pups and helping them find a caring home. The Social Media campaign doing so well has further strengthened our belief and we are going to be doing more such events in the future.”
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The last few weeks some of the big players have had major outages, Google, Microsoft and Amazon have all been hit. A self inflicted outage recently occurred at Apple, due to a security issue. Apple closed their developer site for a week while the issue was fixed.
As more and more of us rely on these services repliability and knowing whats happening becomes more important.
If your an Apple user then its likely you use their iCloud services. If you are having issues you can find out the status of Apple’s services here:


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General Motors will build the Cruise Origin at its Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly Plant starting in late 2022, AutoForecast Solutions told Automotive News.
The self-driving, ride-hailing shuttle revealed in San Francisco this week joins a roster of electric vehicles slated for production at the plant.
GM declined to comment, but the automaker released a media advisory for a major announcement by President Mark Reuss at the plant Monday morning.
Origin production will be in addition to the four EVs already slated for the plant, said Sam Fiorani, vice president of global forecasting for AutoForecast Solutions, a well-known provider of automotive forecasting databases and business planning programs.
In October, GM made the plant once destined for closure the center of its EV plan, pledging a $3 billion investment to build EVs and battery modules there. Production of an electric pickup and SUV is scheduled to begin in 2021. According to various media reports, GM will revive the Hummer name with those vehicles, under the GMC brand. In 2023, production of electric versions of the GMC Sierra and Cadillac Escalade would begin.
The Detroit-Hamtramck plant currently builds the Chevrolet Impala and Cadillac CT6. Production of the CT6 will end this month, and Impala production will end in February. After that, GM will retool the plant, resulting in the temporary loss of more than 800 jobs, the automaker said in a filing with the state of Michigan last month. The plant's 753 UAW-represented hourly workers will be offered transfers, likely to locations in Michigan and Ohio, GM said in a statement at the time.
The Detroit News reported the Origin news earlier Friday, citing unnamed sources.


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The internet solved the problem of disparate buying experiences for things like travel where users are no longer required to go to an endless sea of vendors; instead, individual choices are aggregated on sites like Expedia, providing transparency, pricing information, and accessible comparison tools. For businesses, most are still reliant on fragmented direct purchasing experiences across a wide spectrum of vendors that provide from everything to pens to software, creating a real pain point and bottleneck for accounting, procurement, and the people themselves that depend on these goods and services. Order is a B2B buying marketplace for businesses that centralizes the entire procurement process in one platform. The platform handles the end-to-end journey from ordering to delivery and integrates with existing workflows, vendors, and software. The versatility allows organizations to be nimbler while meeting the requirements of finance, operations, and procurement. Order also has an offering for SaaS businesses with an integrated fintech offering that focuses on net revenue retention to drive loyalty among the software providers on the platform. Both revenue and spend on the platform have been growing 200%-300% annually according to the company. AlleyWatch caught up with Order CEO and Cofounder Zach Garippa to learn more about how Order streamlines the procurement process, how the company’s reimagining of the procurement process drives the payments business, expansion plans, latest round of funding led by Stage 2 Capital.
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It’s been said that we are currently in the Fourth Industrial Revolution or Industry 4.0. Organizations are adopting new safety and health measures to keep industrial workforces safe as we enter a new era of automation. Connected devices, virtual reality tools, data analytics, machine learning, and mobile applications are all a part of the toolset that’s powering the digital transformation. StrongArm Technologies is a provider of intelligent wearables and software that allows industrial workforces to work more safely, reliably, and efficiently. The company’s wearable platform and data backend provide real-time holistic feedback to reduce injuries, improve incident reporting through tracing, and ensure compliance. The company grew revenue 5X year-over-year and works with partners like Walmart, Toyota, and Albertsons to protect their most important assets – their employees. AlleyWatch caught up with StrongArm Technologies CEO and Cofounder Sean Petterson to learn more about the inspiration for the business, the company’s strategic plans, latest round of funding, which brings the total funding raised to $56.9M, and much, much more…
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5-a-day, developed by the World Health Organization, encourages everyone to have at least five portions of fruits and vegetables a day to improve health and wellbeing while decreasing mortality. However, according to the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, only 9% of Americans are meeting the suggested intake requirements. Kencko is a direct-to-consumer food brand that’s centered around making the recommended intake seamless with its line of flash-frozen, slow-dried organic fruits and vegetables. The company, founded in 2016, currently offers just-add-liquid smoothies and ready-to-eat gumdrops and is adding a bowl offering that requires you to just add hot water for a quick meal. All items contain no refined sugar, no artificial additives, are organic, sent in compostable packaging using carbon-neutral shippers. Kencko is available as a subscription with 30 smoothies priced at $83.70 (<$3 per smoothie). The offering is resonating with customers as the company indicated it’s growing 500% per year on average. AlleyWatch caught up with Kencko CEO and Founder Tomas Froes to learn more about how his own personal experience with gastritis led to the AHA moment to launch the company, the company’s strategic plans, and latest round of funding from investors that include Siddhi Capital, and included participation from both current and new investors including NextView Ventures, Riverside Ventures, Silas Capital, Cheyenne Ventures, Shilling Capital, Indico Capital, Mission Point, Gather Ventures, and Nextblue Ventures.
Technology is transforming the nonprofit space. With COVID limiting in-person activity, the nonprofit industry rushed to embrace digital adoption. The many functions of a nonprofit in terms of fundraising, outreach communications, finance, and service delivery have been integrated into digital workflows. Impala is vying to become the leader in business intelligence for nonprofits. The platform features vetted data about nonprofit and philanthropic organizations, their people, and their finances, enabling users to navigate the entire nonprofit ecosystem in a seamless manner. Given the resource constraints of many nonprofit organizations, Impala empowers them with the data to make informed decisions and maximize impact. The platform is offered on a freemium basis with full access to profiles; deeper intelligence on philanthropy comes with the paid version. AlleyWatch caught up with Impala Cofounder and COO Simon Dickson to learn more about the importance of leveraging data for impact-driven nonprofits, the company’s future plans, and initial round of funding from Zack Rinat,, Zeev Ventures, Koa Labs, Amnon Landan, and Adam Berman.
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80% of all internet bandwidth is consumed by video streaming. Today’s consumers of content expect low latency and multi-device playback. Transcoding is the process where videos are formatted to work properly across device ecosystems. This becomes an expensive proposition for content creators. Livepeer is a scalable open video infrastructure that’s built on the blockchain to specifically use excess GPU capacity across nodes to transcode video. By leveraging decentralization, costs are reduced and reliability is improved without the threat of any outages that are associated with dependency on larger infrastructure providers like YouTube, Facebook AWS, etc. The Livepeer network has 70K+ GPUS, enough computing power to encode all video streaming on Twitch, YouTube, and Facebook combined while delivering costs savings of up to 50x. AlleyWatch caught up with Livepeer CEO Doug Petkanics to learn more about how decentralization of the streaming market will lead to a better experience for all parties, the company’s expansions plans, acquisition strategy, recent round of funding from investors that include Alan Howard and Tiger Global.
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Income and employment are typically the two key factors when financial institutions underwrite credit and loans. While most receive paychecks every two weeks, financial decisions are made largely based on the previous year’s tax return. This paradigm results in a lack of flexibility that leads to many being unable to access financial solutions at the time they need them. Pinwheel is a payroll data intelligence platform that provides real-time data about a person’s income through API connectivity. Requestors of financial information are able to access payroll data, with the consumer’s permission, for 80% of people employed in the United States. As the United States moves towards more Open Banking and decentralization of individual financial data through portability, Pinwheel is on the way to becoming the leading infrastructure provider that powers the income layer and future innovators in fintech. AlleyWatch caught up with Pinwheel CEO and Cofounder Kurtis Lin to learn more about the evolution of the business from the health savings account space to payroll data, the company’s plans to scale from 60 employees to 180, other strategic plans, and latest round of funding from investors that include GGV Capital, Coatue, First Round Capital, TQ Ventures, and Upfront Ventures, AMEX Ventures, Indeed, Kraken Ventures, and Franklin Templeton.
Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHC) are public health centers that are focused on helping at-risk and underserved populations. These community health centers are governed by federal laws for Medicare and Medicaid and thus qualify for federal reimbursement and other benefits. There are over 1400 official FQHCs in the United States and another 14,000+ affiliated look-alikes that serve over 30M patients per annum. Yuvo Health brings technology to manage the administrative and managed care functions of these FQHCs. There’s been a growing trend towards value-based care and with the platform, community health centers are able to embrace this new model by handling contracting with payors to deliver preventative, rather than reactive care. This ultimately leads to better patient outcomes, increased quality in care, and optimized spending. AlleyWatch caught up with Yuvo Health CEO and Cofounder Cesar Herrera to learn more about how the founding team’s experience with the healthcare system led to the founding of the business, the importance of its value-based care solution for community health centers, the company’s strategic plans, and latest round of funding from investors that include AlleyCorp, AV8 Ventures, New York Ventures, Laconia Capital, and Brooklyn Bridge Ventures.