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Corporate transaction sector optimistic despite Brexit
Although uncertainty abounds post-Brexit, there is positive sentiment among key players in the corporate transactions field. Richard Duffy, director of corporate finance at BDO, said the market was ripe for MBO opportunities.
“There are more funding options available than any time in the recent past. Potential MBO teams can draw from traditional lenders, alternative lenders and from a highly active private equity market in Ireland. Post Brexit, there is also strong interest from international private...
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Kildare Co Council amplifies security for staff and citizens
Paradyn has implemented CIS Controls, an international framework for enhanced cyber defence
Eighth edition of Property Summit captures a changing industry
‘A sector in flux’ was the theme of the event, which took place online on December 1


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Anthony Simonsen will leave his post at Equinix to take over as Avaya Australia and New Zealand (A/NZ) managing director from April 7.
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The channel is no stranger to the overhyped ‘next big thing’ and marketing departments delight in coming up with pithy catch-all labels for revolutionary technology. Now we have the Internet-of-Things (IoT) and the more expansive Internet of Everything (IoE) as the world’s largest networking vendor, Cisco has dubbed it.
Telecom’s ICT services arm, Gen-i, has launched its own video communication services based on Cisco and Polycom technology.
Texas-headquartered unified communications (UC) platform, E-MetroTel, has opened shop in Australia with a legacy Nortel compatible proposition at the heart of its go-to-market strategy.
In Loving Memory of Doug Tutus, a tribute website to the late co-founder of NewLease, is now live.
Microsoft is accommodating Cisco conferencing systems and Android tablets to help make Microsoft Lync and Skype communications platforms able to connect any customers by voice, video, messaging and conferencing regardless of what device they use.
Polycom expects video collaboration to become necessary for organisations in driving operating efficiency over the coming months.
Dicker Data founder and guru, David Dicker, has been promising some big news for a very long time. In fact, every journalist at ARN at some stage or another in the past year was told by Dicker or his faithful marketing and communications manager, Ben Johnson, that something very big was in the pipeline.
Axis Communications and Open Platform Systems (OPS), an Australian value-added distributor of IT network access equipment, have extended their distribution agreement into the New Zealand market.
Dimension Data has acquired certain subsidiaries of NextiraOne, a European company that is involved in the area of business solutions and communications services.
Mitel Networks Corporation and Aastra Technologies have finalised their $US374 million merger.
Tim Gentry has confirmed his tenure as Avaya's A/NZ managing director has come to an end, as he prepares to return home to the United States to take on a new challenge.
VoIP phone service provider, Conversant, is on the lookout for partners to take on and market their services.
iDvio has signed a distribution agreement with cloud video conferencing provider, Starleaf, by which the firm will offer the latter’s solution for resellers to retail in New Zealand.
Research firm, Analysys Mason, claims LTE in 2014 “will make the spectrum-rich richer, and the spectrum-poor just a little better off” as more operators will deploy LTE-A carrier aggregation (CA) which benefits those with multiple spectrum positions; in particular, operators with small pieces and those which are combining acquired networks.
Unified collaboration and communication vendor, Polycom, has named Peter Leav to lead the company as its new president and chief executive officer (CEO).
Video collaboration products vendor and division of Logitech, LifeSize Communications, has hired Gerry Forsythe to lead its Australia and New Zealand (A/NZ) business as country manager.
Frost and Sullivan has predicted next year to be a transformational year, where many ICT vendors will struggle to grow or even maintain market share.
Audio communications hardware vendor, Plantronics, has boosted its Connect Partner Program with the addition of an online portal and rewards system to enable resellers to add value to their business.
Indian communications heavyweight Tata has enlisted Arkadin to help launch its new video conferencing service to cater for an explosion of demand in A/NZ.

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EU court verdict goes against Meta about antitrust crackdown on data
Meta lost its legal battle in the European Union against a German antitrust ruling targeting its ability to profit from a massive user data cache.
When Germany's Federal Cartel Office ordered Facebook to change the way it records its users' smartphone and web usage in 2019, the EU's Court of Justice determined that the German agency had not overstepped its authority. The action came after a ground-breaking antitrust investigation that also examined Facebook's alleged breaches of the stringent data privacy laws of the EU.
Meta is under investigation by both the national and European Commission for possible violations of antitrust laws as well as possible violations of data protection laws. Meta was given a deadline to stop sending users' data to the US and was slammed with a record €1.2 billion ($1.3 billion) EU privacy punishment in May after authorities found that the company had not adequately protected users' personal information from American security agencies.
“The judgment will have far-reaching effects on the business models of the data economy. Data is a decisive factor in establishing market power. The use of personal data of consumers by large internet companies can be abusive under antitrust law," said Andreas Mundt, head of the Federal Cartel Office.
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Meta uses the popular Big Tech business model of behavioral advertising to collect user data. The finding was contested by Meta, the owner of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, which prompted a German court to consult the CJEU.
A Meta representative responded to the verdict by stating, "We are evaluating the Court's decision and will have more to say in due course." The court held that when determining whether cyber behemoths are abusing their market dominance by shutting out rivals, antitrust regulators may consider any violations of data privacy laws.
The court's decision on Tuesday, in particular, provides authorities in the European Union with a more solid legal foundation to evaluate how data-collection activities may harm competition, which is a new focus for antitrust enforcement.
The court said that authorities looking into antitrust issues may also check to see if a corporation is violating the General Data Protection Regulation, generally known as the G.D.P.R., which is the EU's data protection statute.Advertisement


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If we are what we eat then many of us will be feeling distinctly queasy this weekend. The steady stream of disclosures about the false labelling of horse meat as beef has been the biggest shock to consumer confidence since the BSE crisis 17 years ago. The results yesterday of fresh tests carried out by retailers on their ready-meal products showed that the vast majority were clear of contamination, though positive results were found in 29 items already withdrawn from sale and in food sold to schools, pubs and hotels. So, while this scandal is not restricted to a few isolated cases, nor is it as widespread as feared.
None the less, it should not have happened at all and, as is invariably the case, the hunt is on for someone to blame. At first, suspicion alighted on shadowy abattoirs in the darkest recesses of eastern Europe. Then the spotlight shifted to the labyrinthine food chain stretching around the EU, with horse meat possibly sourced in Mexico wending its way through three or four different countries before being turned into ready meals and sold to retailers. Distributors, packagers, regulators, retailers – all must shoulder at least some of the culpability, though Spanghero, the French processor, seems to be at the centre of the web for knowingly and fraudulently passing off horse as beef.
The victim is assumed to be the consumer – but is that really the case? After all, since we are always telling the retailers that we want cheap food, don’t we get what we pay for? Of course, its provenance should be accurately identified and we are entitled to expect that labels are truthful. But when pressure is applied at every point in the food chain to cut cost, it cannot be a surprise to discover that its more unscrupulous practitioners will cut corners as well.
The fact is that we are more estranged now than ever from the source of our food. Over the past week, it has been a revelation to discover how many points of call there are for a piece of meat that ends up as frozen lasagne in the supermarket or store. For most of us, this process is a mystery: the urbanisation of society means we no longer, or only rarely, see the animals alive that we are going to eat. Killing and processing them is a task we happily entrust to someone else.
The convenience of processed meals, as well as their apparent cheapness, has led to an explosion in their popularity, especially here in Britain. While it can be more economical to shop in markets for locally produced food, many people do not have the time or inclination to do so. Moreover, it is also necessary to know what to do with the food, which is why Michael Gove’s initiative to introduce cooking to the school curriculum is so important.
As a proportion of the family budget, food has never been cheaper. On average it comprises less than 10 per cent of our weekly outgoings – not that long ago it was more than 20 per cent. There is scope, therefore, for people to spend a little more on better produce. If there is an upside to this scandal, then it must surely be the opportunities it offers for farmers and butchers to woo customers away from supermarkets.
On the other hand, it is perfectly reasonable for the supermarkets, with their massive purchasing power, to offer people cheap food – provided they take responsibility for finding out where it comes from. The reputational damage to their brands – and profits – should ensure the utmost vigilance. This needs to be reinforced by far greater rigour from the Food Standards Agency, the regulatory body whose job it is to ensure the integrity of what we eat. There are plenty of rules covering food safety, most of them introduced through the EU. So we do not need more laws, just those we have to be enforced.
The paradox is that there has probably never been so much popular interest in food and cooking, albeit much of it voyeuristic. The television schedules are crammed with cookery game shows and programmes hosted by celebrity chefs. Last year, Jamie Oliver was the biggest-selling author in this country.
Is it too much to hope that the ready meal will soon be something that is consumed only in extremis, rather than as a staple?


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We missed out on Phillip Lim's special 10PM show for American Express cardholders at the very close of fashion week, and it sounds like we missed quite a show. Not only was Andre Leon Tally in attendance, one model fell repeatedly on the runway and one attendant lost her lunch.
One lucky New York Magazine reporter bore witness to the entire thing -- and wrote about it in gut-wrenching detail. The show was meant to be a repeat of Lim's Spring 2010 collection (pictured) exclusively for American Express cardholders, complete with fancy Skybox (you know, where we got to meet Tim Gunn?), and while the looks we're sure were equally amazing, it sounds like one model took a series of terrible stumbles. The falls were so bad, in fact, that she didn't actually get up from the last one -- a friend had to help her the rest of the way.
What's worse, a drunken intern in the crowd apparently vomited in the middle of the show and didn't even have the courtesy to step outside! All in all, it sounds like a heck of a way to bring fashion week to a close.


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From setting up a company, recruiting trainees, and completing tens of millions of Pre-A rounds of financing from Sequoia Capital of China Fund and Zhenge Fund, Kunyin Entertainment has only spent more than two years through the “Idol” boom. Before starting the “Idol Producer”, the company also received millions of angel round financing from Fengrui Capital. It is reported that this round of financing will be used to expand the company team, improve the training system for trainees, and prepare announcement of music works.
Although the amount of financing has not be revealed, in the interview with Duojiaoyutou Entertainment, Ni Lishi, a partner of Kunyin Entertainment, once said that the round of financing intention of Kunyin Pre-A is not less than 30 million, 10% is open. The investment share has reached more than 300 million.
On April 16th, Kun Yin Entertainment’s men’s idol group “Kun Yin Four” announced that it would be debuted in the name of ONER. According to the official, the formal debut of the group will be held in August. Before that, a fan meeting will be held in Beijing in May.
Though, “Kun Yin Four” did not get the chance to be one of the nine during the program called “ Idol Producer”, this program has brought a huge boost to it. It is reported that the new album of the combination is currently under the preparation, and resources in various fields of endorsement, fashion and film have been found.
In addition to the artist’s own commercial endorsements, performances, fan economy, and business activities, Kunyin’s profit sources include commercial performances, music production, and copyright revenue. Over the past year, Kunyin has invested nearly 10 million in BC221, 70% of which is spent on training, and 30% on music album production and promotion. In order to further create music works, Kun Yin is also signing a young music producer.
Running the industrial chain of idols similar to SM and YG is the goal of Kunyin. In addition to incubation, training, launching the market, and issuing. In the future, it is also planned to integrate the margin, ranking and crowdfunding into the company’s business segment. In addition, it is noted that overseas market expansion is also the company’s next key task. In addition to synchronizing artist content to social media such as Instagram, Twitter and Facebook, the Kunyin may set up an office overseas in the future.
In addition, in order to develop a variety of content forms, to update of the daily artist video, maintain the official fan base, then Kunyin also has plans to develop fan-specific APP. However, for the direction of film and television dramas, unless it is particularly suitable, Kunyin will not consider getting involved for now.
The entry of iQiyi and Tencent Music Entertainment this year has brought new opportunities for the idol industry that has been in the period of stagnation. It is an excellent platform to support the content provider. The idol group’s star-making is getting better and better, and the emergence of top groups may already be mentioned and it could be on the agenda.
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On December 12th, Tencent Music Entertainment Group's Kugou Music and Ultimate Music jointly announced a strategic collaboration a标签：karaoke, smart TV, tme 2021-01-06
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Nintendo has released its full-year financial report revealing that last year was the company’s most profitable year to date. Operating profits increased 82% year-on-year to $5.9 billion. Ordinary profit increased 88% to $6.2 billion. Net sales increased 34% at $16.1 billion. 28.8 million Nintendo Switch units were sold last year which brings the console’s lifetime sales to 84.59 billion. Of the 28.8 million, 14.7 million are Nintendo Switch Lite units, 8.51 of which were sold in the most recent financial year ending March 31, 2021.
Full-year software sales increased 36.8% to 230.9 million units. The lifetime sales for Nintendo Switch games are now at 587.12 million. According to Nintendo, five titles helped with the software sales increase: Animal Crossing: New Horizons, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, Super Mario 3D All-Stars, Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury, and Ring Fit Adventure. 20.9 million units of Animal Crossing: New Horizons was sold which brings the lifetime sales to 32.6 million. 10.62 million copies of Mario Kart 8 Deluxe were sold last year. 9 million units of Super Mario 3D All-Stars got sold. 4 million units of Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury were sold in its first six weeks. As of now, 5.6 million units have been sold. Ring Fit Adventure got a big boost last year with the rise in indoor exercise due to the pandemic. 7.38 million units were sold last year bringing the lifetime sales of the game to 10.11 million. Since 2017, 36 titles have sold more than one million units, including third-party titles. 22 of the 36 titles are developed and published in Nintendo.
Sales of download-only titles and transactions related to Nintendo Switch Online rose 68.5% to $3.1 million. Digital accounted for 42.8% of software sales overall in 2020. Revenue in mobile rose 11.3% to $3.1 billion. Nintendo is expecting a decline this year with net sales predicted to reach $14.6 billion which will be down 9% compared to 2020.
Notable first-party titles coming soon to Nintendo Switch are Mario Golf Super Rush and The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword HD.


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An official of the Aluminum Association makes the case why aluminum will be important for the electrification of vehicles.
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Last March when the pandemic hit, we had to shift in a lot of different ways, didn’t we? The lessons we learned and the actions we took in our personal and business endeavors during the early weeks of the pandemic may become a permanent pattern in the fabric of our lives.
An executive makes the case for why manufacturers may want to change how they procure health plans.
Recently, Ron Fritz, CEO of Tech Soft 3D, hosted a roundtable discussion with four other industry executives to discuss the future of manufacturing, the impact of COVID-19, aspects of manufacturing that will change, and industry collaboration.
Effective milestones are an important part of a company’s development process, especially in today’s era of team-based sprints and stand-ups. Yet many companies struggle to successfully create and employ milestones; and some don’t even understand their relevance beyond updating senior leadership.
Boeing Co.'s CEO got a vote of confidence when the board of the aircraft maker extended his retirement age.
The president of Eaton's Vehicle Group describes how the company accelerated its use of Industry 4.0 during the COVID-19 pandemic.
EV manufacturers must overcome a unique set of challenges to meet future customer expectations. Among them is the challenge to create innovative designs that meet safety requirements, performance criteria and keep costs down in the face of growing competition and a widening skills gap.


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Date: September 19, 2019
SSL Venture Capital Jamaica Limited (SSLVC) has advised that effective September 13, 2019, Mr. Mark Croskery has resigned as Chairman and CEO of SSLVC to pursue other opportunities. SSSLVC has also advised that effective September 16, 2019, Mr. Jeffrey Cobham, the Executive Chairman of Stocks and Securities Limited, has been appointed Chairman of SSLVC. SSLVC has further advised that effective September 16, 2019, Mr. Zachary Harding who was been appointed as Group CEO of SSL Growth Equity Limited, will also serve as CEO of Stocks and Securities Limited and CEO of SSLVC respectively.
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Both sides in a legal dispute involving the trademark for the name “Sturgis” say recommendations by a federal magistrate judge are positive.
Judge John Simko says a jury ultimately should decide the matter. The Rapid City Journal reports Simko is recommending U.S. Chief District Judge Jeffrey Viken deny motions by both sides that he rule in their favor.
Sturgis Motorcycle Rally Inc. has sued Rushmore Photo & Gifts and Wal-Mart Stores Inc. over its Sturgis trademark. The group says the trademark is needed to protect the quality of products connected with the rally that draws hundreds of thousands of people every year.
The defendants say the term is geographically descriptive and shouldn’t be trademarked, and that non-licensed vendors have been selling goods bearing “Sturgis” for decades.
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Upcoming Xbox 360 game Ascend: New Gods will require online connection
Upcoming action RPG Ascend: New Gods, which is due out on Xbox 360, will require players to always stay connected to the internet to play the game. It's a new discovery that certainly adds some validity to the recent Xbox 720 rumor that speculates the next Xbox console will also require constant internet connection as well.
In an IGN interview with Signal Studios founder and president DR Albright confirmed that the free-to-play XBLA game will require an active internet connection at all times, even when playing just the single-player move. Albright defended this is because “almost everything is hooked into some kind of database that we can just save and export without changing the executable, even content we’re running off of title manage servers."
According to Albright, Signal Studios “can’t authenticate a user without [a connection].” Furthermore, the always-on internet requirement is also related to the use of a single in-game currency, known as Souls. “Ultimately what happens is that you’ve got to connect and collect souls. You may or may not have spent money on those, because we don’t track if you earned them or spent money on them.” Local saves make the system "very easily hackable."
Back in August of last year, it was announced that Ascend: New Gods will be completely free-to-play on Xbox LIVE Arcade if you have a Gold membership. Albright said it will be up to Microsoft to determine whether or not an Xbox LIVE Gold membership will be required to even play the game.
Keep in mind this doesn't necessarily mean the earlier rumor with the next Xbox is true, but it certainly does make a future of always-on DRM more foreseeable. Is Microsoft testing out their next-gen system on the Xbox 360? Better yet, are you open to the idea of an always-on console game?


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PC sales are down, but tablets are up – here’s why
PC and tablet sales have been hit by the recession, but innovation and good value deals are helping to keep people interested in new devices — computers in particular. board.
At the end of last year, data from Canalys, Gartner and IDC indicated that PC shipments dropped significantly, which shows how economic uncertainty affects market stability. Last year, PCs and tablets shipped 434.5 million units, down 13% from 2021’s nearly half a billion orders.
Despite slowing demand for laptops and monitors, tablets continued to experience a slight but steady increase in shipments in the fourth quarter. According to Canalys, in the fourth quarter of 2022, tablet shipments increased by 1%, for an annual total of 42.3 million units. Overall tablet sales in 2022 were down 5% compared to 2021, with a total of 150.8 million tablets shipped.
According to Himani Mukka, an analyst at Canalys, consumers continue to buy tablets when the product represents “a compelling innovation in the space”. Mukka said the sharp sale had prompted consumers to buy tablets during the previous holiday season.
Also: There will be a long and cold winter ahead for PC makers. That could be good news for PC buyers.
Apple maintains its number one position in the tablet market, with sales of 19 million units and a 46 percent market share. Mukka he said Apple’s latest 10th generation iPad offered consumers a new design and improved performance, making the device more likely to be purchased.
Amazon shipped 3.5 million units in Q4 2022, mostly because of the Prime Day sale and Black Friday that brought huge discounts on Fire tablets.
In contrast, PCs suffered a severe decline in shipments and purchases, as total shipments in 2022 are nearly 50% lower than in 2021. Ishan Dutt, senior analyst at Canalys, attributed the “back to normal” initiatives to the drop in PC shipments.
As people return to offices, schools, and universities, demand for PCs — such as Chromebooks — has fallen for the sixth year in a row. In 2022, 17.7 million Chromebooks were shipped, down 48% from the previous year.
Also: No one wants to buy a PC right now – and prices are falling
“Significant growth is only possible by 2024 as devices purchased during the peak of the pandemic near the end of their lifespan,” Dutt said. “There will also be opportunities to deliver higher-value products as students and teachers have developed stronger expectations for such frequently used devices.”


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David Traxler named COO of Corum
Aug 12, 2015
David Traxler has been named COO of Swiss luxury watch brand Corum. Prior to his newly announced role, Traxler was CEO of Chopard Italy. Corum has yet to provide any details regarding the new appointment, including Traxler's start date.
Corum was purchased by China Haidian Group, which was renamed Citychamp Watch & Jewelry Limited last year. The group also owns the brands Eterna and Rotary, in addition to the Chinese brands Rossini and EBOHR. Hon Kwok Lung serves as the group's chairman.
In the last two years, Corum has worked on reducing the number of references and introducing more entry-level priced offerings. Their current management structure has the brand led by an executive committee comprising of five executives from Corum and two from Citychamp, all headed by Executive Vice President Jacques-Alain Vuille. It is unclear how the structure will change with Traxler's new COO role.


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Christine, a 29-year-old in Michigan, is freaking out. When Michigan’s governor Gretchen Whitmer announced an “emergency administrative ruling” to ban vape flavors, she began preparing for the worst. “But now, with Trump’s announcement” — plans for a federal ban on most flavored e-cigs — “I’m essentially in panic mode,” Christine says.
Shortly after she began vaping, Christine turned to homebrewing in order to save money and make her own flavor profiles. Earlier this summer I wrote about the growing community of e-juice homebrewers like Christine, who find both a hobby and a way to slowly taper off her nicotine addiction.
However, after an outbreak of vaping-related injuries have landed hundreds in the hospital, the federal government has vowed to crack down. Specifically, the goal is to ban vape juice flavoring that attracts kids to adopt the habit. The DIY e-juice community sees this as a sign for the end times.
“DIY is going to blow up if there is any sort of nationwide government ban like we are now seeing in Michigan,” Kirk, another homebrewer, tells me. “You could probably make a decent comparison to bathtub gin during prohibition.”
Adrian, who works for an online e-juice retailer and asked to remain anonymous, tells MEL he’s seen more bulk orders than usual over the last week. “Customers are concerned and are stockpiling their favorite flavors,” he says.
On Reddit, the homebrewing e-juice community has seen exponential growth in the last week — specifically welcoming those from Michigan:
The reason homebrewing e-juice is going to “blow up,” the DIY crowd says, is because it’d essentially be impossible to ban the concentrated flavors homebrewers use.
Seperate from nicotine, the flavor and other ingredients involved in making your own vape juice are “used for other purposes as well,” Kirk explains. “You can go into the local grocery and get flavoring concentrates used to make candy, and use these to vape, so long as they don’t have food coloring.”
According to Christine, it would take the FDA “classifying candy and beverage flavorings as tobacco products in order to restrict vapers from accessing them.”
In other words, if you want to continue vaping flavored nicotine, your best bet is to brew it yourself — which means a whole lot of people are about to find about about the homebrew scene. Not only does more attention bring more scrutiny to the practice, but many homebrewers are worried about newcomers not knowing what they’re doing.
It’s recently come to light that many of the vape sickness cases were related to illicit THC cartridges. “These use oil, mostly vitamin-E oil,” Kirk says, “and vaping oil causes lipid pneumonia.”
“Most DIYers know that you cannot use oil-based ingredients in juice because it can cause lipid pneumonia,” Christine adds, “but the average vaper likely isn’t aware of this. My concern is that some kid is going to try flavoring their liquid with vanilla extract or some kind of essential oil and get themselves or others very sick.”
“I promise you, if flavors are banned, we will be hearing about brand-new cases of people being hospitalized from vaping-related illnesses,” Christine tells MEL. “The recent batch of illnesses are due to people using black market products that were created by people who don’t have a clue what they’re doing, and now our politicians are making it so we have to operate within the black market in order to use flavored products. It makes no sense.”
But it’s not just the new wave of naive vapers the home-brewing community is worried about. “My only concern would be if safe, reliable sources of nicotine were banned, leading to the rise of dubious imports and even self-extraction (yes, there are ways to do this),” Kirk tells MEL.
Christine shares his concern. Since the Michigan governor’s announced ban on flavored vape juice last Wednesday, she’s spent hundreds of dollars on concentrated nicotine, and others are doing the same.
“For the time being, everyone is planning for the worst,” she tells MEL. “If the FDA made it illegal for adult consumers to purchase concentrated nicotine, a lot of us would be screwed.”
To understand their worry, imagine concentrated nicotine is hard alcohol and the government just moved to ban mixed drinks. The government’s next move would hypothetically be to regulate hard alcohol and set rules about the potency of hand-mixed drinks. The result: a lot of canned Old Fashioneds.
In other words, home brewers don’t like their vape juice pre-packaged in a JUUL. They like to brew up their own mixes with varying concentrations and new ingredients.
“Without concentrated nicotine, I lose control over nicotine levels and PG/VG ratios, plus it’s a lot less economical, too,” Christine explains.
Losing control over the amount of nicotine in e-juice would also prevent people from tapering down and eventually quitting nicotine altogether. Kirk had success with this process. After gradually reducing the amount of nicotine in his DIY juice, he’s kicked his habit.
Christine, however, isn’t there yet. Since switching from cigarettes, she’s slowly lowered her home-brewed vape concentration from 12mg of nicotine per mL to 3 mg/mL.
“My plan was to go down to 2.5 mg/mL next, 2 after that, 1.5 after that, and eventually quit, but that would be difficult to do without having my own concentrated nicotine at my disposal.”
Essentially, if the flavor ban leads to a ban on all e-juice ingredients, it would make it harder for people like Christine to quit smoking altogether… unless they opt to buy from underground sources.


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While competing smartphones may irritate Apple for launching the non-5G iPhone as its flagship this year, the reality is that there is so little coverage that it's still almost irrelevant.
Waiting a year also allows Apple to take advantage of two upcoming 5G chip developments …
As noted by CNET has two issues with today's 5G chips.
The way smartphones enter 5G networks – at least early on – is misleading.
Phones must have a 5G chip and a compatible 5G modem to connect to the network (they are currently separate and this takes up space). And each phone model only works with specific network strips, so you can't transfer your 5G phone from one provider to another.
However, new chips are coming soon, which will combine the parts into a smaller package that can make 5G phones thinner and cheaper. And multimodal modems will mean that a phone can potentially jump networks.
By waiting longer for the technology to mature, Apple bypasses this early entanglement of who's phone works at what place when. This is just the latest example of a company breaking into the end of a glossy version of technology introduced by its Android competitors.
Samsung and Huawei have integrated 5G modems into processors planned for Android smartphones next year. Apple, of course, is creating its own Series A chips, so we won't be using one of those solutions that is offered off the shelf, but the new chips really act as a proof of concept. By the end of the iPhone manufacturer's battle with Qualcomm, it will be able to negotiate the rights to incorporate the 5G wireless chipmaker scheme into future Series A chips. In the long run, Apple may plan to bypass Qualcomm entirely and design its own 5G modem scheme.
CNET suggests that the loyalty of Apple's customers makes it easy for the Cupertino company to make similar decisions.
Although phone sales are softening for the industry as a whole, Apple has managed to keep the cult mystique of the iPhone alive and people who have waited three to four years for an upgrade will probably not wait.
The big question will be whether we will also get a 5G iPad next year. The technology will almost certainly come first for the iPhone, as Apple likes to roll out new developments in its best-selling product line, but the 5G iPad will surely be great to see soon. One report even suggested that we could see MacBooks with 5G capabilities.
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Investors wait for Twitter to reveal revenue
Updated 5:22 pm, Wednesday, October 2, 2013
Investors awaiting their first peek at Twitter's financials will focus on one key data point: how much the San Francisco microblogging service makes from each pair of eyes.
Twitter, which said last month that it confidentially filed for an initial share sale, will publicly disclose its prospectus this week. Money managers want to know how good a job Twitter is doing wringing revenue from each user - and how it stacks up against competitors.
The metric to beat is about $2.17 per user. That's what Facebook posted for the second quarter, based on company filings as well as data from digital-media research firm ComScore, which includes only desktop visitors. LinkedIn comes in at about $1.93 per user, using the same metrics. Twitter had 181 million unique visitors in the second quarter, according to ComScore, meaning it would need quarterly sales to be at least $393 million to top Facebook.
"The big thing is: What is their revenue per user? And compare that to Facebook," said Tim Cunningham, a fund manager at Thornburg Investment Management. "The biggest problem with these companies is they have not figured out a great way to monetize their users."
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Cunningham said while his fund is eyeing Twitter for a potential investment, it's waiting for the filing to get more information.
A big question for investors when Facebook went public last year was the company's ability to make money from people who access the social network on wireless devices. Mobile monetization is less of an issue for Twitter, which gets more than half of its revenue from ads on smartphones and tablets, according to EMarketer, outpacing bigger competitors including Facebook.
Facebook, after increasing the price and number of shares, debuted in May 2012 in the biggest IPO for a technology company. The social network lost half its value following its offering as it struggled to profit from its growing base of mobile users.
The average-revenue-per-user metric is how investors truly measure the "hook" of the social media business and what they'll be looking at when valuing the company, he said.
Reaching second-quarter sales of $393 million would be a stretch for Twitter, which is projected by EMarketer to post $582.8 million in revenue for the full year. Twitter's ability to surpass its $10.5 billion private-market valuation may be complicated if its monetization rates turn out to be much lower than that of Facebook and LinkedIn, investors said.
If Twitter "starts to get priced to the point where the revenue multiple is far in excess of where these other guys are trading relative to their growth prospects, that valuation could cause us not to buy shares," said Scanlon.
Investors were spooked in February when Facebook forecast average revenue per user to decline as the social network expanded globally to areas where ad spending is lower. Unlike Facebook and Twitter, LinkedIn generates about three-quarters of its revenue from subscriptions and premium services.
"I don't care if their revenue is zero," said Kerner. "What's important is that they have an engaged user base, because advertisers will pay to reach them."
Leslie Picker is a Bloomberg reporter. E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.org


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Ant Group’s dual IPO success may lure more Chinese companies for domestic filing, says GlobalData
Following the news that Ant Financial Services Group (Ant Group) plans to raise US$30bn through IPOs on Shanghai’s STAR Market and Hong Kong Stock Exchange;
Swati Verma, Senior Analyst of Thematic Research at GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company, offers her view.
“Fintech company Ant Group, which runs Ant Financial, will achieve the largest IPO in the history if it succeeds in raising US$30bn through a dual listing. For Ant Group, it’s a case of being in the right place at the right time. GlobalData’s analysis reveals that digital payment companies have recently been successful in capital raising. Moreover, China has emerged as a leading market for IPOs and will provide the right platform for the listing.
“GlobalData believes that the themes which drive the IPO market and the success of IPOs are based on the investor returns generated. The company’s report, IPOs in the Global Technology, Media, and Telecoms Sector – Thematic Research, states that between 1 January 2018 and 30 June 2020, fintech was one of the themes that generated the highest IPO returns for investors. This trend is likely to continue and Ant Group will be warmly received by stock markets, with the company targeting a valuation of US$225bn.
“China has emerged as the leading IPO market despite its volatile relations with the US. As geopolitical tensions intensify between the countries, the US is tightening its policies for the listing of overseas companies. This has resulted in big Chinese tech companies, including Alibaba, JD.com, and NetEase, returning home for secondary listings. In 2019, the country launched the STAR Market, its equivalent of the Nasdaq, which aims to boost domestic investment in technology, media, and telecoms (TMT).
“If Ant Group’s listing succeeds in breaking the record for biggest-ever debut, currently held by Saudi Aramco, it will be a notable achievement for China’s stock exchanges and will lure more Chinese companies to IPO domestically.”


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July new single-family home sales declined 12.8 percent from June, but up 4.3 percent year-on-year
July’s new single-family home sales fell sharply to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 635,000, down 12.8 percent from June, but up 4.3 percent year-on-year. Meanwhile, months of inventory rose to 6.4 in July versus 5.9 months in June (up 16.4 percent) and 6.2 months last in July of 2018 (up 3.2 percent).
July new home mortgage applications rose 11 percent from June and 31 percent year-on-year
July mortgage applications for new home purchases of all kinds increased 11 percent from June and 31 percent year-on-year (not seasonally adjusted). The average loan size of new homes decreased from $329,593 in June to $325,457 in July.
July durable goods orders rise 2.1 percent due to rebound in aircraft orders
New orders for manufactured durable goods in July increased $5.0 billion or 2.1 percent to $250.4 billion. Excluding defense, new orders increased 1.4 percent. However, when excluding transportation, new orders decreased 0.4 percent.


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IT SEEMS too good to be true that something as self-indulgent as red wine could be used to improve our health, but yet another secret of the red stuff has been uncorked.
As well as providing protection against colds and cancer, scientists have discovered that red wine contains resveratrol, a compound found in the skin of red grapes, which could reduce the harmful chemicals in the lungs that cause diseases such as chronic bronchitis and emphysema.
Red wine could stop a condition deteriorating, although the problem wouldn't stop altogether. And certain foods could have previously unknown benefits - thanks to the progress in gene research. A conference is currently taking place in Amsterdam where geneticists and nutritionists are debating how diets can be specifically tailored to the genes we have inherited, helping to prevent future health problems.
"Hypothetically, you may choose your breakfast cereal based on your genes," says Peter Singer, director of the University Of Toronto Joint Centre for Bioethics, which has published a study on the research.
Common sense dictates that eating well can improve your general health and, if you suffer from a serious medical condition, changing your diet could mean the difference between life and death.
Patrick Holford is one of Britain's leading nutritional authors and, in 1984, he founded the Institute for Optimum Nutrition, a non-profit making independent centre for the research and practice of nutrition.
He says: "There's no question that you can eat yourself healthier. The underlying causes of most major health problems - cancer, diabetes and heart disease - are what we put in our mouths.
"We are literally digging our own graves with a knife and fork. Most diseases are a long time coming so you're never too young to change your diet - but you can be too old.
"Eating yourself healthy is a form of prevention and prevention is better, and cheaper, than cure. You could add years to your life as well as adding life to your years."
He says that eating the highest quality food in the right quantities helps people to achieve health, vitality and freedom from disease. According to the British Heart Foundation, nearly half of all deaths from coronary heart disease in Britain today are due to raised cholesterol, which occurs when fat builds up, squeezes the arteries and so reduces blood flow to the heart.
Dietician Belinda Moody works for Salford Primary Care Trust, helping people to eat food at the right times and in the right amounts. She works with a cardiac rehab team, which helps people suffering from coronary heart disease to lead a safe and normal life, and steers people away from some foods and towards others instead.
She also believes that some foods can reduce the risk of getting certain conditions, or at least reduce the symptoms. "Soya milk is a natural form of oestrogen and can help to reduce menopausal symptoms, which is why women in the Far East don't need HRT," she says.
And creating specific eating plans can benefit people prone to certain illnesses. "It might not prevent someone from getting that disease but it might delay its onset or make treatment easier.
For example if your family has a history of diabetes, then watching what you eat and taking some exercise might reduce the need for medication in the future."
Experts say that the best foods are fresh fruit and vegetables because they come packed with anti-oxidants, which prevent the chemical process allowing cholesterol to form fatty material that builds up in the coronary artery walls.
Of course, eating for your health is standard practice, but eating for your face is pure Hollywood. However, pop stars and actresses have hailed salmon as a way of firming the skin. Jennifer Lopez and Sex And The City star Kim Cattrall are fans of a diet that claims to reduce wrinkles without the surgeon's knife.
The Perricone diet taps into women's ageing fears by offering a three-day eating programme that claims to plump out skin and reverse sagging. Just eat salmon three times a day. Salmon is rich in Omega 3 fatty acids, which reduce the body's production of substances that can damage the skin.
The fish also contains a nutritional compound that increases skin tone. There are, however, concerns about the contamination of fish with additives and pollutants. And salmon doesn't come cheap - it may firm your skin but it could damage your wallet.


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A New Nissan Leaf Sold Every 10 Minutes - Total LEAF Sales Reach 100,000 Across Europe
June 2018 sees the delivery of the 100,000th Nissan LEAF within Europe. This car has taken the electric market by storm with over 320,000 sold globally, making this car the most sold EV in the world; a victory for electric mobility.
With customers looking to switch to innovative and zero-emission technology, Nissan can boast at the 92% satisfaction rate that this model alone has received so far!
Current LEAF drivers have driven over 2 billion kilometres, saving over 300,000 tonnes of CO2.
When Susana de Mena, of Madrid, brought the 100,000th LEAF, she said, “I’ve spent two years trying to find an electric car. I knew it would be a Nissan!” She went on to say, “when I saw there was a brand-new model of the LEAF, there were no doubts in my mind it would be the perfect fit. My husband and I agreed that the quality, price and specification made it second-to-none.”
It is the first Nissan model in Europe to feature Nissan’s ProPILOT and ProPILOT Park technologies. It also comes equipped with e-Pedal, which, depending on the pressure applied to the pedal will allow drivers to start, accelerate, decelerate and stop.
Gareth Dunsmore, Electric Vehicle Director, Nissan Europe, explained, “For us it’s no surprise that the Nissan LEAF is the world’s best-selling electric vehicle. We have been developing our electric vehicle mass-market offering for longer than any other brand and are proud to bring an affordable, visionary car to customers across Europe. In less than 10 years, we managed to make electric vehicles a mass market reality. This milestone proves once again that our Nissan Intelligent Mobility vision is embraced by our customers who believe in a more confident, more exciting, and more connected future.”
This car is much more than just a 100% electric vehicle. It’s a whole new driving experience cleverly designed to move people with greater confidence, exhilaration and connection to the world around them. It’s building a future that brings together intelligent driving, intelligent integration and intelligent power. As the sales show, this car really is something else!
The latest sales figures show that one brand new Nissan LEAF is being sold every 10 minutes.


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GOOGLE HAS NAMED the first 100 people who will get to test its modular Project Ara smartphone ahead of its likely release in March.
Over 90,000 people applied to become a Project Ara "scout," and Google named the 100 that have been selected to try out the device - which they will receive for free - on Thursday.
The firm said on its dedicated website, "Since October 2013, over 90,000 have signed up to make Project Ara a reality. Your passion and creativity were - and are - instrumental in turning an idea into a product. As promised, the 100 most active Ara scouts will be among the first to receive a phone - gratis."
The full list of Project Ara "scouts" can be viewed at dscout.com, which reveals that five of the 100 chosen are based in the UK.
As well as naming its beta testers, Google has hinted that Project Ara will make its debut in March 2015, saying that it will spend the next eight months working on the prototype.
Google said, "Over the next 8 months, [we] will continue to refine the Ara prototype. When it ships, we'll need your feedback and advice once more. In the meantime, there's plenty more to do!"
Project Ara was unveiled last October as a modular phone that lets users swap out parts individually. For example, users after longevity will be able to kit out their device with a larger battery, while those after speed can equip it with a faster processor.
Google has also said that users will be able to select the materials used to build their custom devices. µ
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By Guan Zhaoyu & Zhang Tingting Source: Global Times Published: 2019-9-19
Premier Li Keqiang was on an official visit to Russia from Monday to Wednesday. On Tuesday, Li and his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev co-chaired the 24th regular meeting between Chinese and Russian heads of government. Li said in an interview published in a Russian newspaper on Monday that China and Russia will raise bilateral cooperation to a higher level. Li's visit to Russia epitomizes China-Russia relations in the new era, pointing the way to the two countries' future cooperation.
As the international political game goes on, the nature of world trade acquires new dimensions. The most direct example is that in the international industrial chain, the supply chain and the purchasing chain are experiencing a new round of reorganization.
Global trade pattern is undergoing profound changes. As the world's largest consumption market, the second-largest economy and world factory, China acts as an engine of world trade, and has led the cycle of the world's supply chain and purchasing chain. But the US-launched trade war against China has hastened the decoupling between Chinese and US markets and driven the core of the world trade circulation to return to Eurasia.
According to data released by the General Administration of Customs (GAC) on September 8, China's top three trading partners in the first eight months this year were the EU, ASEAN and the US. China's exports to the EU and ASEAN increased 11.8 percent and 15.7 percent, while exports to the US decreased 3.7 percent. China's imports from the EU and ASEAN increased 6.7 percent and 6.9 percent respectively, while those from the US decreased 23.5 percent. Apparently, as the US tries to sever ties with China, ASEAN and the EU have quickly filled in vacuum.
As the largest country in Eurasia, Russia is an economic corridor that links up Eurasia. China and Russia are two major powers that share greatest level of trust, highest level of collaboration and highest strategic value. Bilateral trade cooperation can help Russia integrate into the trade circulation among China, the EU and ASEAN, and thus adds momentum to trade.
Nowadays, the global political pattern is linked with global trade pattern. Thus the political pattern is also undergoing changes and reorganization. China and Russia are two relatively large political bodies, and the change in world political pattern may lead to domestic political changes. The two countries' development requires stable external environment. In recent years, China and Russia have proactively participated in the governance of Eurasia. The two countries have helped prevent and control risks as well as lead cooperation in Eurasian governance. For example, they have successfully mediated heated issues such as the Iranian nuclear issue, the Korean Peninsula nuclear issue and the conflicts between India and Pakistan.
As US isolationism prevails, China and Russia have put the Eurasian region on the track of development and promoted peace in the region by connecting under the China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative and the Russia-led Eurasian Economic Union.
People-to-people exchanges were also an important subject on the agenda of the meeting between Li and Medvedev. In June, China and Russia agreed to upgrade relations to a comprehensive strategic partnership of coordination for a new era. The two countries agreed to regard people-to-people exchanges as one of the priorities of the partnership.
In recent years, bilateral cooperation has been carried out on an equal footing and the two countries have been learning from each other. The US is putting up trade barriers against China and making it harder for Chinese students to study in the US. Against such backdrop, student exchange can be an important area for China-Russia bilateral cooperation in the future.
Through people-to-people exchanges, China and Russia can better understand each other, and Russia can get rid of the "China threat" conspiracy theories. The two countries should deepen people-to-people exchanges to yield opportunities for development.
In the new era, China and Russia will face unprecedented development opportunities as well as fiercer competition. The two countries should cherish political trust and maintain a leading position in the international arena.
Guan Zhaoyu is assistant research fellow with Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies, Renmin University of China (RDCY).
Zhang Tingting is an assistant research fellow with the RDCY.
For my foreign friends, one of useful and pragmatic suggestions is that, i think,try your best to research what the views of China government, like I said right now. For the new Cold War, all the Chinese people, all the Chinese officials don't need Cold War. For the conflict between China and the United States, President Trump everyday twitters and talks about China, but President Xi Jinping of China never mentioned about United States.


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Instead of travelling to their appointment, patients or service users enter an online waiting area from their computer, smartphone or tablet; the service is notified when they arrive, and a health or care provider joins the virtual consultation
"Patients also will be given a window of around three days to upload their photographs which can then be discussed with a doctor during a scheduled virtual consultation
She explained: "At the moment, women on Mull and Tiree would travel to Oban either to see me or have a virtual consultation
In either instance, if a patient receives a virtual consultation
with a GP and needs a face to face appointment they will always retain the ability to be seen in person as required.
The app allows registered patients to seek virtual consultation
with doctors of various specialties based on their online availability.
He is also available for consultation to patients worldwide using UFAI's secure online virtual consultation
He used a laptop to demonstrate a virtual consultation
via a new telehealth app, iROPATA.
Cozad said the "tele-health consultants" are health care providers from across time zones, available 24/7 giving real advice on various issues, ranging from a headache to a child's fever where app users can avail of a virtual consultation
at any hour of the day.
maturation of virtual consultation
technology, Advantech said that telehealth
The provider on the virtual consultation
can see the patient's medical record, and their notes can be accessed by the primary care doctor and care team." Other hospitals are following this trend.
These Murad environments are the full expression of the Murad concept, leveraging Murad's doctor-brand heritage with a proven service model that utilizes proprietary diagnostic software that emulates a virtual consultation
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ZOARVILLE Camp Tuscazoar will host its annual Maple Days breakfast from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. March 25 and March 26 in the heated dining hall.
The menu will include endless pancakes, eggs, sausage, applesauce, orange drink and samples of maple syrup. The syrup-production area will be open for tours and demonstrations. Gift baskets of syrup also will be available, along with baked goods prepared with the syrup. Bottles of Camp Tuscazoar's syrup will be for sale.
The W.C. Moorhead Museum, which contains memorabilia from the camp, will be open.
Tickets are $8 for adults, $4 for children 10 and younger, and can be purchased at the door. Proceeds help defray the cost of its maple syrup production equipment and supplies.
For more information, call 330-859-2288 or visit www.tuscazoar.org.


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Apple has for years prided itself on being a leader of implementing environmentally sound practices. Whether it’s being hailed as the world’s greenest company for three years running, its encouragement of 100% sustainable energy-based manufacturing facilities, or the fact that Apple Park will run entirely on renewable solar energy, the Silicon Valley tech-giant has increasingly sought to rely less on the Earth and its resources. But in the spirit of Earth Day, 2017, Apple is laying out perhaps its boldest new environmental initiative yet — to effectively bring an end to mining the Earth for resources and minerals, which would otherwise be incorporated into the manufacturing of new Apple products.
According to its 2017 Environmental Responsibility Report, which was uploaded to the web and is also available in PDF format, Apple indicated that it’s currently working to implement a “closed loop supply chain,” which would allow it to halt all mining of the Earth for metals and rare minerals (including Gold), while opting instead to eventually rely on the materials extracted and recycled from older products — such as iPhones — to manufacture new ones. “One day, we’d like to be able to build new products with just recycled materials, including your old products,” the company said in its report.
“We’re actually doing something we rarely do, which is announce a goal before we’ve completely figured out how to do it,” added Apple’s vice president of Environment, Policy and Social Initiatives, Lisa P. Jackson, who also served as the EPA head during former President Barack Obama’s first term, in an exclusive interview with VICE News. “So we’re a little nervous, but we also think it’s really important, because as a sector we believe it’s where technology should be going.”
Since the latter majority of materials that go into manufacturing a new iPhone are not recycled, what Apple is hoping to do is rely more on components extracted from older iPhones, while also incorporating “high quality recycled metas” purchased directly from its suppliers. As such, Apple plans to continue encouraging its customers to recycle their older, worn-out iPhones through the Apple Renew recycling program, while dichotomously ramping up investment in its powerful iPhone-dismantling robot, Liam, which at peak production, can dismantle an entire iPhone in just 11 seconds, according to Mashable.
Apple has aggressively sought to transition its worldwide operations to rely on renewable energy sources, too, and recently announced that several of its key supply chain partners have already begun that transition to wind, solar, and hydro-based energy. Later on in its Environmental Responsibility Report, Apple also outlines a number of its other environmental milestones, including how 96% of the energy used to power its worldwide operations comes from renewable sources, and how 100% of the power that drives Apple’s myriad of data centers around the world comes from solar, wind, and water-based energy sources.


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Coinbase have announced the addition of Bitcoin to their cryptocurrency Coinbase Wallet. The major news means users are now able to store their own BTC on their Coinbase Wallet, with their own private keys, ensuring that their Bitcoin is held by them and no one else.
The announcement means that Coinbase Wallet app can now store Bitcoin, Ethereum, Ethereum Classic and over 100,000 different ERC20 and ERC721 tokens and collectibles.
— Brian Armstrong (@brian_armstrong) February 6, 2019
Coinbase Wallet builder Siddharth Coelho-Prabhu announced that “Our goal with Coinbase Wallet is to create the world’s leading user-custodied crypto wallet.”
The latest addition of Bitcoin is certainly a step in the right direction. The new update which will include BTC support is set to roll-out next week on iOS and Android. The wallet will support newer Segwit addresses with lower transaction fees as well as Legacy addresses for backwards compatibility.
Coinbase will be looking forward to offering their customers a safer way of holding their own cryptocurrencies with the use of Coinbase Wallet. Private keys are set to be encrypted on your phone using Secure Enclave technology. “The hardware is considered the most secure way to safeguard private data on mobile devices”


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Fourth Quarter GDP Turns Barely Positive
Last month, the initial release of fourth quarter GDP showed the economy shrinking by .1% during the final three months of the year. As I noted at the time, it’s likely that this number would change as the figure is revised over the following two months. Today, the first revision was released and, while GDP growth did turn positive, there’s nothing to write home about:
Breathe a tiny sigh of relief, if not exactly contentment: the American economy grew just barely in the last quarter of 2012.
Output expanded at an annual rate of just 0.1 percent, which is basically indistinguishable from having no growth at all and is far below the growth needed to get unemployment back to normal. But at least the economy did not shrink, as the Commerce Department had originally estimated last month, when the first report suggested that output contracted by an annual rate of 0.1 percent.
The department’s latest estimate for economic output, released Thursday, showed that growth was depressed by declines in military spending (possibly in anticipation of the across-the-board spending cuts set to begin Friday) and the amount that companies restored their stockroom shelves.
“The good news with business inventories is that what they take away in one quarter they tend to add to the next,” said Paul Ashworth, senior United States economist at Capital Economics, referring to the measure of this restocking process. “So there’s a good chance that first-quarter numbers will be better than originally thought.”
The output growth number was revised upward from the original estimate partly thanks to updated, and improved, data on business investment and net trade. Imports were lower than previously reported and exports were higher.
Economists expect that government spending will continue to drag on the economy this year, especially if Congress does not avert the spending cuts, which would shave around 0.6 percentage point off growth. Many are hoping that even if the cuts go through, Congress will reverse them in short order.
“They can always change their minds when they have to renew the continuing budget resolution at the end of this month or in April or May,” said Mr. Ashworth. “My expectation is that at most the cuts stay a month or two, and in most departments, with a wink or a nod, they won’t do anything crazy.”
Even if government does lop off $85 billion in the so-called sequester, as current law states, the private sector will offset most of this drag, thanks to the housing recovery and other sources of strength. Forecasts for the first quarter are for annual growth around 2.4 percent to 3 percent.
We’ll get one more revision of this figure next month but, given the unique circumstances of the final quarter of last year such as a one-time 22% drop in military spending, it’s unlikely that the final number will be much higher than it is now. The big question will be whether the estimates for stronger growth going into 2013 will pan out. There are, as noted above, positive signs such as an apparent upturn in housing. However, there have also been indicators that could be a sign of a slowing economy. Specifically, Walmart has reported declining in-store sales for both January and February, and other retail outlets also appear to have slow sales. This may be an indication that consumers are staying on the sidelines, and that would slowdown economic growth. We’ll get the first estimate for 1st quarter GDP in April.


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Artificial wave simulators aren’t exactly necessarily new, we’ve seen them before.
However, there’s a new system that’s been making…waves in the surf park industry.
The Surf Lakes prototype facility, based in Queensland, Australia, is a 360-degree system that generates up to five rideable waves. A precision design using sand bars underneath the surface of the water allows the team to achieve varying and repeatable, wave shapes and lengths — from rolling double barrels for professional level boarders through to gentle, more accessible waves for beginners.
Although the operation isn’t currently open to the public yet, founder and CEO Aaron Trevis says their patented system has received international interest. The team is currently in the process of expanding to the US, UK and beyond.
Bringing surfing to audiences that aren’t based near coastlines could lead to a major leap in accessibility, and the 360-degree design makes for intriguing possibilities when it comes to competition viewing. With the ability to generate repeatable conditions in a controlled environment, perhaps we’ll see this sort of design used for Olympic surfing events in the near future.
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A new Aldi or Lidl-type supermarket could be on the way to a town centre despite objections from locals who want a 'Primark or IKEA' instead.
The proposal for a 'deep discount' store next to Smyths Toys in Longbridge will go before Birmingham City Council's planning committee on Thursday (May 24), with development officers on the authority giving it their approval.
The 33,368 sq ft (3,100 sq m) shop would create 40 jobs and deliver a further 110 car parking spaces to the area.
The supermarket scheme replaces one for a gym and cinema at the plot, which was previously approved by the council.
But St Modwen, which is overseeing the regeneration of the former sprawling Rover works, admitted it could not find an operator for the leisure facilities.
Some locals are unhappy at the latest plans with 33 people lodging objections to the council.
Their main argument is that another supermarket is unnecessary in the town centre which is already home to Sainsbury's while Morrisons is nearby at Great Park.
They have also issued an extensive wish-list naming developments they would prefer.
A council report summarising their feedback states: "Another supermarket is not needed. Need more shops.
"The local population want an IKEA, clothes shops, casino, cocktail bar, sports bar, soft play facilities, skating rink, live music venue, shops including the Range, Pets at Home, Toys R Us, Primark, Homebase, garden centre, youth centre, roller rink, library, community hub, day-care centre, rock climbing centre, trampoline park, soft play, family fun pool with water slides, large functional medical centre.
"Proposal is of no benefit to the local community.
"What happened to the leisure scheme? Can we have the cinema back?"
West Midlands Police also called for any new supermarket to be well-lit with suitable CCTV revealing they have been called to Sainsbury's 112 times in 12 months, predominantly due to shoplifting.
St Modwen submitted a "planning and centres" assessment which confirmed the store is aimed at the likes of German chains Aldi and Lidl, although they insist no operator is associated with proposals at this stage.
Tellingly, council officers believe Aldi in Northfield will lose the most trade from the new store as opposed to Sainsbury's or Morrisons which are geographically much closer.
When St Modwen put the cinema and gym plan forward they previously argued that while some of the big name retailers suggested were 'appealing' they would each present 'planning' and 'viability' challenges.
The view is echoed by council officers in their recommendation for the new grocery store.
The developer calculates a new supermarket in the town centre would see its overall convenience goods turnover increase by around £9m.
A statement said: "The scheme is intended to introduce a different type of grocery retail to the centre at Longbridge which will complement the existing offer there."
It added: "It will also fill a gap in provision in this part of the City which is currently not well served by this type of store."


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TiVo announces ad-skipping TiVo BOLT
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News categories: TiVo Inc, Tom Rogers, Ira Bahr, Cable TV, Digital TV, OTT, Set Top Box, Terrestrial, USA
TiVo acquires Cubiware
May 26, 2015 – TiVo (NASDAQ: TIVO) has announced that is has acquired Cubiware, a provider of software for emerging market Pay-TV operators. Cubiware will expand TiVo's international presence in 25 countries.
News categories: TiVo Inc, Cubiware, Tom Rogers, Jakub Gorski, Digital TV, Middleware, MnA, Poland, Set Top Box, Worldwide
Suddenlink to provide Netflix on TiVo devices
May 6, 2014 – Suddenlink has announced an agreement that will give its customers access to Netflix, the world's leading Internet television network, through the cable operator's integrated TiVo set-top devices.
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TiVo adds 313,000 MSO cable subscribers in 4Q 2013
Feb 26, 2014 – TiVo (NASDAQ: TIVO) has reported results to the end of January 31, 2014. The company added a record 313,000 MSO cable subscriptions in the quarter. TiVo-owned net additions were also positive for first time in six years.
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TiVo launches Roamio DVR for live, recorded, and OTT TV
Aug 20, 2013 – TiVo (NASDAQ: TIVO) has announced the launch of the TiVo Roamio DVR, the all-in-one approach to live, recorded, on-demand and over-the-top television that gives consumers what they want on any screen, wherever they are.
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TiVo reports results for its year ended January 31, 2013
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The fastest growing car manufacturer in the UK, MG Motor UK, has added a new dealership in Hertfordshire to its rapidly expanding network. Bushey Heath Garage is now an official MG dealership following an inspiring trip to MG's extensive facility at Longbridge. During the visit, the Bushey Heath team learned about MG's exciting future plans and vibrant product roadmap, prompting the company to join the ever growing MG family.
With more than 48 years' experience trading as a family business, Bushey Heath Garage has built an enviable reputation for delivering exceptional service and exciting cars throughout Hertfordshire and the local area. It becomes the latest UK dealership to represent MG during one of its most successful years to date.
Discussing the brand new partnership, Jonathan O'Donoghue, Dealer Principal of Bushey Heath Garage, commented: "We are extremely pleased to be working with MG, a truly iconic British brand. After seeing the company's growth plans and witnessing first hand the quality of the vehicles they're producing, we're confident that MG will bring a bright future for Bushey Heath Garage!"
Daniel Gregorious, Head of Sales and Marketing at MG, added: "We pride ourselves on working with dealers that have excellent reputations in their local areas. Bushey Heath's experienced team will help to spread the MG message in Hertfordshire and we're delighted to welcome them to our growing network".
Bushey Heath MG is located on High Road in Bushey, Hertfordshire, with easy access to Watford and the M25.
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Coca-Cola plans to remove controversial ingredient BVO from some of its drinks brands by the end of this year, following an online petition.
Brominated vegetable oil, or BVO, is found in Coca-Cola fruit and sports drinks such as Fanta and Powerade.
BVO will be replaced after concerns that an element of the additive is also found in flame retardants.
Rival Pepsi removed the chemical from its Gatorade sports drink last year.
A Pepsi spokesman said it also had wider plans to stop using BVO and had “been actively working to remove it from the rest of our product portfolio”.
Pepsi uses the ingredient in its Mountain Dew and Amp Energy drinks.
Coca-Cola spokesman Josh Gold stressed the move to remove BVO was not an issue of safety.
“All of our beverages, including those with BVO, are safe and always have been – and comply with all regulations in the countries where they are sold,” he said in a statement.
“The safety and quality of our products is our highest priority.”
BVO has been used as a stabilizer in fruit-flavored drinks as it helps to prevent ingredients from separating.
The health concerns stem from the fact BVO contains bromide, which is found in brominated flame retardants.
According to medical researchers at the Mayo Clinic, excessive consumption of soft drinks containing BVO has been linked to negative health effects, including reports of memory loss and skin and nerve problems.
BVO was dropped from the FDA’s “Generally Recognized as Safe” list of food ingredients in 1970.
However, drinks companies are allowed to use BVO at up to 15 parts per million (ppm).
In Japan and the EU, the use of BVO as a food additive is not allowed.
Coca-Cola said it would switch to using sucrose acetate isobutyrate or glycerol ester of rosin, which is commonly found in chewing gum.
The Atlanta-based company said two flavors of its Powerade sports drink – fruit punch and strawberry lemonade – have already replaced BVO with glycerol ester of rosin.
Coca-Cola’s decision to remove BVO from its drink reflects a growing move among companies to reconsider certain practices due to public pressure.
The campaign against the use of BVO was begun by Sarah Kavanagh, a teenager from Mississippi, who questioned why the ingredient was being used in drinks targeted at health-conscious athletes.
Thousands of people have since signed Sarah Kavanagh’s online petition on Change.org to have BVO removed from drinks.
Following Monday’s announcement by Coca-Cola and Pepsi, Sarah Kavanagh was quoted as saying: “It’s really good to know that companies, especially big companies, are listening to consumers.”
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umours have been circulating since late last year that Ford has plans for a
next-generation GT, and a hybrid one at that. While the company is playing
down the possibility, it hasn’t ruled it out. Recently, Derrick Kuzak,
Ford’s chief of global product development, was asked whether the company
planned to introduce a successor to the GT. His response was vague but,
crucially, did not contain a denial.
The gorgeously sculpted Ford GT of 2004-6 was a visually faithful successor to
the celebrated Le Mans-winning GT40s of the 1960s. It sported a supercharged
550bhp 5.4-litre V8 and performance that was quite simply interstellar:
0-60mph in 3.8 seconds and a top speed well in excess of 200mph.
The rumour mill suggests that the next GT will be a much greener car than the
previous model, in line with recent concept trends. Porsche has already
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Today EPOS launched their Out of This World campaign, announcing their plan to dominate the global gaming market with their epic gaming audio products. The campaign is headlined by a cyberpunk inspired short film directed by Academy Award-winning creator Anders Walter.
2020 is set to be a big year for EPOS, launching premium audio products for the the gaming market.
“With our ambition to make EPOS the industry leader within premium audio solutions in gaming, we aim to win the minds of all gamers who want to push their own limits – unleashing their potential – through the Power of Audio,” commented Jeppe Dalberg-Larsen, President of EPOS.
With the independent launch of EPOS branded gaming products expected in October of this year, we can’t wait to see how they continue push audio tech to the limit for gamers.
If you haven’t checked it out, read GOA’s review of the EPOS-Sennheiser GSP 500 open backed gaming headset.
“…in my opinion they are (along with the GSP 600) the monarch of gaming headsets and an absolute must-have if you’re serious about your in-game audio,” said Royce Wilson (GOA’s Tech Editor).


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Gourmet cupcakes go mobile
on June 30, 2010
One or two days a week, a little before noon, a crowd of people begins to line up in downtown Oakland, right off Broadway near City Hall. It’s unclear what they’re waiting for though, because there’s nothing there. Shortly, a big white truck painted with colorful polka dots rounds the corner. Stenciled on the side of the truck, it says “Cupkates—a mobile cupcakery.”
Cupcakes are the only item on the menu at Cupkates, but there are plenty of flavors to pick from—red velvet, s’mores, strawberry swirl, salted caramel, lemon raspberry, double vanilla, double chocolate and even Twinkie, which is made from vanilla bean cake filled with marshmallow cream and topped with toasted marshmallow frosting and coconut. All of the cupcakes are sticky and moist and come with a big swirl of airy frosting. Some have different flourishes — for instance the salted caramel cupcake is topped with delicate sea salt crystals and the lemon raspberry cupcake is made with Meyer lemon marmalade.
The owner of Cupkates, Kate McEachern, a petite woman with a broad smile, admits that it’s daunting to “parallel park this big truck with 50 people staring at me.” But her customers know that her cupcakes tend to sell out quickly and to guarantee they get a cupcake they’d better be on time. These loyal customers find out exactly when and where McEachern is going to be by checking her pages on different social media outlets like Twitter and Facebook. In addition to downtown Oakland, she also parks in Emeryville and Berkeley.
One woman, Laura Horn, who is patiently waiting in line, says, “If you get up there and they’re sold out, it’s disappointing.” She actually put in her order the night before, which people can do online, for the two-dozen cupcakes she was bringing back to her office. “I’ve been a fan forever,” she says. “They’re too hard to resist.”
McEachern debuted her Cupkates truck on September 1, 2009. “We originally wanted to open a brick and mortar store,” says McEachern, who conjured up the business plan with her husband, Casey McEachern, who also helps out in the truck. “We put together a meticulous budget and saw it was just so difficult to turn a profit, it wasn’t feasible for us.” So they decided to go mobile, joining the growing phenomenon of gourmet food trucks in the East Bay. Then, using social media, she got out the word. Now, almost a year later, she loads hundreds of cupcakes onto the truck each day, which go for $2.50 to $3 a pop.
Formerly an editor at Dwell magazine, McEachern, who is an Oakland resident, wasn’t always a baker. “I always baked as a hobby,” she says, “but never professionally.” It was a tough transition from baking for friends to making hundreds of cupcakes a day. She says that in the beginning, “I would be in the kitchen at 3 am sobbing.” But, after going through a lot of trial and error, she says she now “has it down to a science.”
There’s a certain novelty to buying cupcakes from a truck that momentarily appears and then is gone again. As the line moves along, people take photos and pose in front of the truck. McEachern bends through the window and exchanges cupcakes for cash.
Since hitting the scene, she has had a fairly regular route that may be altered by customer requests via Twitter and Facebook. “We go where the fans are,” McEachern says. Fans also have a say in what kind of cupcakes McEachern bakes up. “We started with a set menu I liked and I had been testing for a long time,” says McEachern, but to mix it up, she asked her customers to submit new flavor ideas. “We opened the floodgates,” she says. After dozens of submissions, voters chose one winning flavor—salted caramel. “It’s very democratic,” she says.
All of McEachern cupcakes have four basic ingredients—butter, sugar, eggs and flour. She says she tries to make sure all of her ingredients are natural and locally sourced so that she can also promote other small businesses. For example, all of the dairy products she uses are from Clover Farms in Sonoma County, the vanilla is Madagascar Bourbon vanilla from Santa Cruz and the chocolate is Guittard chocolate from Burlingame.
Lead image: Kate McEachern in her mobile cupcakery. Photo by Alexis Tjian.
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Communicate Better have yet again expanded their business by the acquisition of Salford based ConvergeOne for an undisclosed sum. It is the third acquisition by the integrated communications provider this year, which will enable the business to reach their target of doubling their turnover for the third year running.
The purchase of ConvergeOne, an IT and Cloud Solutions specialist, will enable Communicate Better to greatly enhance its cloud services provision, as well the chance to provide new product offerings to the existing customer base. ConvergeOne will become part of the Communicate Better group, but will continue to operate under the ConvergeOne name. Existing staff are being retained, bringing additional technical expertise to the company and taking Communicate Better’s employee numbers to over 60. The acquisition includes a number of key contracts and a wide range of customers within the legal and associated sectors.
Wayne Cartwright, CEO of Communicate Better, commented “We are very pleased to have been able to complete the acquisition of ConvergeOne, which will help us achieve a turnover of around £8 million this financial year, a target we set for ourselves at the beginning of the year. I am really excited about the opportunity the purchase provides for us to improve our cloud offering. I believe it has accelerated our development by around two years and also offers a significant opportunity for cross sales. We have no plans for further acquisitions in the remainder of the year and shall spend our time consolidating the business and ensuring continued customer service for all of our customers. However, needless to say, we are now looking for larger premises within the region to accommodate our growing team!”
The acquisition comes after Communicate Better acquired SCT Systems and TTS Communications earlier this year and also won the prestigious accolade of Reseller of the Year at the Comms Business Awards, for an unprecedented second year running.
Communicate Better were advised by Keith Kennedy, Corporate Partner at Berg Solicitors who commented: “We are delighted to have helped Communicate Better with its latest business purchase and look forward to continuing to help the Group build on the success of its recent acquisitions.”
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Trader Joe’s flap reveals gentrification’s great divide
Controversy over the now-dead proposed Trader Joe’s store in Northeast Portland has little to do with a shopping center and everything to do with gentrification.
After much protest from Portland’s African American community, developer Majestic Realty Co. and Trader Joe's decided to drop their plan to build an $8 million store at the intersection of Northeast Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and Northeast Alberta Street.
One business executive asked me yesterday how a Trader Joe’s, of all things, generated so much controversy.
The question frames the issue perfectly. It’s about communication and distrust, not grocery shopping.
Though the issue has generated headlines in media across the city, The Skanner newspaper yesterday hit the issue perfectly:
“This has never been about one company,” the paper quoted Steven Gilliam, one of five speakers representing the Portland African American Leadership Forum at a press conference yesterday.
Rather, Gilliam continued, it’s about the displacement of 10,000 African Americans who’ve left their neighborhoods because of gentrification. The article pinpointed the distrust between the African American community and the Portland Development Commission, which is essentially the city’s economic development agency.
That deeper issue, not what's next for a vacant lot, is where both residents and policymakers should focus their attention going forward. This is a great opportunity for all of us to listen to the concerns of a community that has too often been overlooked and disenfranchised.
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A CII- Deloitte report states that the B2C ecommerce segment has seen a considerable growth that has led to the creation of many unicorns.
Since the ecommerce space has grown significantly, investors are now shifting their focus to achieving a profitable growth which will give rise to stability within that space. The report titled ‘e-Commerce in India – A game changer for the Economy’ states that, “Focus of the investors seemed to have shifted to achieve stabilisation in the economic model.”
Future investments will have profitable growth as its primary reasons for establishing associations and businesses with an idea of adjusting costs. Even the B2B segment seems to show higher adaptation of the digital media. This will support the noticeable growth in MSMEs and entrepreneurs.
The ecommerce industry is believed to form the largest part of the Indian online space at an approx. USD 100 billion by 2020.
This sort of push from the investors and early break-evens are helping e-commerce companies cut their burn rate by almost 50%. Mobile devices can also become one of the key factors that will drive sales in the next few years.