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UNION COUNTY — A textile industry that moved overseas is making its way back to South Carolina and the Upstate according to the head of the Upstate SC Alliance.
The Upstate SC Alliance is a public/private regional economic development organization designed to market the 10 counties — Abbeville, Anderson, Cherokee, Greenville, Greenwood, Laurens, Oconee, Pickens, Spartanburg and Union — of Upstate South Carolina to the world.
“The purpose of the organization is to market and brand the 10 counties of the Upstate to attract new business opportunities and also to work with existing companies to convince their corporate locations to expand within their facilities in our region,” Upstate SC Alliance President/CEO Hal Johnson said Tuesday.
Johnson made these remarks during an address to Union County Council in which he discussed the Alliance’s efforts to market the Upstate and trends in industry that will have an impact on the economy of the region including Union County. One of those trends is the return of the textile industry which in the 1990s began leaving the United States for other countries such as China.
The movement of the textile industry overseas was particularly devastating for Union County whose economy had been heavily dependant on textiles for most of the 20th century. Several local mills closed in the years that followed resulting in the elimination of hundreds of jobs.
Johnson told council that the movement of textile manufacturing overseas is now reversing with companies looking to return to the United States. He said that four companies are currently looking to return to South Carolina and the Alliance is working to bring as many of them as possible to the Upstate. Those companies, however, will be different from the ones that left.
“We’ve been effectively marketing across all our target areas of which textiles fits into our advanced materials sector,” Johnson said. “So we do expect to have companies that are textile in orientation locate in the Upstate and in South Carolina. We expect to have a great number of them. The reason for that is we have a great history in textiles.
“Interestingly, we see that what we will have come back will not be what we lost,” he said. “What that means is we lost many positions that were low skill in orientation and what will return will be high-skilled, high value added jobs.”
Johnson pointed out that textiles are only one part of one of five industry sectors the Alliance is marketing the Upstate to. He added that manufacturing is only one part of the industries the Alliance is hoping to attract to the Upstate.
“We’ve expanded our efforts into five core industry efforts — automotive, advanced materials, aerospace, bioscience, and energy,” Johnson said. “We’re not focusing on manufacturing specifically, but the entire vertical chain of an industry sector which includes headquarters, back office, logistics, manufacturing, and supply chain. There are some areas that are better suited for manufacturing, some that are better suited for headquarters, and those communities that are investing in those areas are better suited to attract the specific area of interest in that vertical chain.
“For example, there’s a lot office product that’s available in Greenville, Greer, and Spartanburg, so typically those companies are going to look at where that office product is available,” he said. “If that same company had a manufacturing need, then it would consider areas that had available product that fit the manufacturing needs of the company. It may mean a speculative building, an industrial park or an existing building that may have been vacated by a company that formerly manufactured in it.”
Johnson said that the Alliance’s marketing efforts are global in nature and take several different forms.
“It’s been very successful, given the aspects of the market and the economy,” Johnson said. “We have to take assets of our region, both human and physical, and share with companies no matter where they’re located about opportunities that may exist for them to be profitable here.
“We have five main focusing areas,” he said. “First is our web presence; the second is emarketing; the third is research and strategic industry strategies that typically have a geographic focus as most of these industries cluster in certain countries around the world; the fourth is face to face marketing; and the fifth is hosting in-bound events and visits for those companies who show interest in our area.”
While the Alliance is marketing the Upstate throughout the world, Johnson said companies in Asia, particularly China, are especially interested in investment opportunities in America. He said the Alliance has been working for nearly a decade to attract investment from Asia to the Upstate, an effort that has already yielded success and will likely yield more in the years to come.
“Asia as a whole is showing great interest in investment in the U.S.,” Johnson said. “Those core countries are Japan, China, and Korea. China definitely has its own set of reasons for investing, and one of those is the central government has asked private business to expand its market outside the Chinese borders. They are looking at the U.S. and they are looking at our region.
“We’ve actually been working for the last 8 1/2 years educating companies and leadership in China about the opportunities of doing business in the Upstate,” he said. “There are now 12 Chinese companies in the region and that number stands to grow significantly in the next coming years.”
Johnson pointed out that when it comes to working to recruit new investment the Alliance has an excellent partner in the Union County and Supervisor Tommy Sinclair and the Union County Development Board and its executive director, Andrena Powell-Baker.
“The unemployment numbers have come down since 2010 and so what’s happening to Union County is that Union County has done a lot of things right over the years,” Johnson said. “It has built an incredible economic development team with, first, Stanley Vanderford who was wonderful, and now, in Andrena Powell-Baker, a young lady who has incredible energy and really puts a great face on Union County.
“She has built upon what Stanley Vanderford started and is selfless in her efforts,” he said. “She’s an incredible team member of the Upstate Alliance and she leverages her leadership from her county supervisor to her board members to her existing industry leaders to put Union’s best foot forward. Andrena has worked closely with the county supervisor and he helps facilitate taking it from strategy to action. Tommy has been wonderful.”
Editor Charles Warner can be reached at 864-427-1234, ext. 14, or by email at email@example.com.


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Samsung has recently rolled out an update for the Galaxy A34 5G, incorporating the latest security package from May. This update aims to address various security issues and bugs alongside delivering noticeable performance enhancements. Initially introduced in early May for the Galaxy S23 series, the update has now made its way to devices across Africa, Asia, and Europe.
Users in countries including Afghanistan, Egypt, Iraq, Israel, Kenya, Morocco, and Saudi Arabia can now access the newest update for the Galaxy A34 5G. This update carries the firmware version A346BXXU2AWE2, offering enhanced features and improvements to users in these regions.
According to Samsung, the May 2023 security package not only addresses over 70 security and privacy vulnerabilities but also enhances the overall stability of the device. This latest update focuses on rectifying various issues to ensure a more secure and reliable user experience.
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Netflix will be at E3 2019 to talk about cinema and video games
The platform will participate in an information panel during the video game fair in Los Angeles.
The popular platform Netflix has announced that it will attend E3 2019 to offer news about its next releases related to the world of video games, one of these being the already announced Stranger Things 3: The Game.
Netflix will star in one of the talks of the E3 Coliseum, the event where personalities from the video game industry meet and discuss electronic entertainment. The title of the information panel refers precisely to converting Netflix original series into video games.
From Netflix they anticipate that there are already "some new games in production", and they make it clear that "there are more on the way", so big announcements are expected from this well-known streaming video service.


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South Korean mobile phone maker Samsung has already enjoyed increased success with its Galaxy S and Galaxy Note series of mobile phones.
According to the latest rumor from mobile gossip site SamMobile, Samsung is planning to launch a series of new big-screen devices which don’t fit into its high-end Galaxy Note family, and will instead create a new range called the Galaxy Mega.
No official confirmation on the matter has emerged, but it seems that Samsung might unveil at least two handsets in the new series.
One of them might be GT-I9152, expected to be launched as Galaxy Mega 5.8, while the other would be GT-I9200, set to hit shelves as Galaxy Mega 6.3, each featuring the screen size mentioned in the name.
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Twelve South’s original Apple Watch stand, HiRise for Apple Watch, was early to market for a reason: it was derived from the company’s popular HiRise stands for iPhones, tweaked just enough to hold and charge the smaller Watch. It made our list of the Best Apple Watch Stands and Docks because it was a good first stab at the category, but based on Twelve South’s many cool Mac, iPad, and iPhone accessories, I knew that the company could do better.
Five months after HiRise hit stores, Twelve South has released Forté ($60), a considerably classier Apple Watch stand that looks and feels far closer to an Apple design. Replacing HiRise’s sandblasted aluminum with a chrome-plated metal alloy and grain leather, Forté has the good looks and substantial weight of an Apple dock, with only a couple of telltale signs that it’s a third-party product. Read on for the details…
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Twelve South’s family of BookArc stands for MacBooks are perhaps its best-known products, having debuted alongside the company back in 2009. Today, BookArc received a substantial redesign in the form of BookArc for MacBook ($50), which now is sized to properly support every current-generation MacBook, MacBook Air, and MacBook Pro from 11.6″ to 15″. Interchangeable silicone inserts promise that the new BookArc “will be the perfect home for your current (and future) MacBook for years to come.”
The new BookArc is made from bead-blasted silver aluminum that matches the looks of most MacBooks, with a polished chamfered edge mimicking the design cue Apple introduced in iPhones, iPads, and iPods. While the “arc” shape remains the same as before, cradling the bottom of your MacBook, the cable pass-throughs have been shrunk and flattened. BookArc for MacBook is available now, and the wooden version BookArc Mod will continue to be sold for a $10 premium, while the MacBook Air-specific BookArc sells for $10 less.
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With the Apple Watch released a few weeks ago and still making its way to customers around the world, Twelve South has started shipping its signature HiRise dock designed for any Apple Watch model. While the Apple Watch Magnetic Charging Cable offers a simple and convenient way of juicing the device even in the dark, the issues with Apple’s MagSafe technology still remain including an overly easy way to accidentally remove the charging magnet from the Apple Watch.
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Ditching Adobe Flash on your Apple MacBook Air can extend your battery life by two hours, according to reports. Chris Foresman at Ars Technica discovered battery life in the new MacBook Airs is 33 per cent longer without the Flash plugin installed. A...
Some users of the new MacBook Air have been reporting frustrations on the screen, such as random flashing, the appearance of horizontal or vertical lines, and in some cases, different colors filling the screen just before the computer crashes.
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Toshiba on Thursday started shipping its Folio 100 tablet, which has a powerful dual-core processor and full high-definition graphics capabilities -- features designed to outperform Apple's iPad.
Nicholas Negroponte, chairman of One Laptop Per Child said that the XO-3 tablet computer will debut sometime in February 2011, about 45 days later than originally planned.
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Social audio used to be a big thing at some point, but it looks the trend is slowly fading away now. Twitter, however, is still persistent on continuing to grow its social audio feature Spaces and make it a valuable part of the overall Twitter experience.
Twitter Spaces are real live audio convos you can join from your couch. or the dog park. or the bathtub. wherever you are, really. pic.twitter.com/1r2VihRSwn— Spaces (@TwitterSpaces) May 18, 2022
As one of its recent moves, Twitter has launched a new ad campaign for Spaces, through which it is attempting to show Spaces as a valuable platform for live audio conversations. The problem with the campaign, however, is that it isn’t doing much to make Spaces stand out, since the audio discussions carried out are not as appealing to users and Twitter’s algorithm isn’t efficient enough to highlight the top or most interesting discussions to users anyway.
Another issue with Spaces is that although live streaming is great and all, it simultaneously runs the risk of promoting problematic content, which makes marketing of such a feature more challenging.
The only shot Twitter has at boosting engagement with Spaces is highlighting the best and most relevant content to individual users at any given time. But for now, it looks like Spaces is not close to becoming as much of a valued platform within Twitter.


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Apple Maps Could Launch With More Business Listings Than Google
If the two companies’ self-reported numbers are accurate, and if nothing changes between now and then, Apple’s new Maps product will launch later this year with more local business listings than Google.
As Bloomberg points out, during Apple’s announcement on Monday, the company said it has “ingested” more than 100 million business listings around the world via its various data partnerships. As our Greg Sterling has pointed out on his own blog, Apple’s primary local business data providers appear to be Localeze, Acxiom and TomTom. (What appears to be a full list of Apple’s sources is listed here.)
Meanwhile, when Google announced its new Google+ Local Pages a couple weeks ago, Marissa Mayer said — and a Google spokesperson confirmed to Bloomberg — that Google has 80 million local business listings. That’s 20 percent less than the number that Apple claims it’ll have when iOS6 arrives later this year.
Of course, Google could do something to narrow or eliminate the difference between now and then.
Back in the first half of last decade, Google and Yahoo used to regularly try to one-up the other with grand proclamations about who had the bigger index of web pages/documents. Don’t be surprised if, much like those days, Google and Apple race to have the most local business listings and trade claims over whose local search index is biggest.


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The consumer confidence index fell away slightly in December, dropping 1.0% from 105.3 reported in November to 104.3.
For Australian consumers, a score over 100 generally implies confidence across the population.
Westpac Chief Economist Bill Evans said while high vaccination rates have allowed the ‘Delta states’ to reopen, there appears to be a heightened sensitivity to virus developments in New South Wales and Victoria.
This is likely said to be due to the emerging Omicron strain and the continued circulation of COVID locally.
"There was a clear difference in responses between the states hit hardest by recent Delta outbreaks and the rest of Australia," Mr Evans said.
"Both NSW and Victoria posted significant falls (down 3.6% and 3.5% respectively) while sentiment was up in Queensland (3.4%), WA (3.2%) and SA (7.1%)."
Despite these drops in positive sentiment across 'Delta states', with borders reopening in time for spreading holiday cheer, optimists appeared to outweigh the pessimists.
"A positive national Index is very important for the strong growth outlook for 2022, which is dependent on a surge in consumer spending as households re-emerge from restrictions and draw down on the large savings accumulated through the COVID lockdown periods," Mr Evans said.
Australian consumers seek clarity on inflation, interest rates
Aside from the recent developments around Omicron fuelling cautious consumer sentiment, Mr Evans believes the sharp increase in awareness towards inflation and interest rates contributed to the decrease in consumer confidence.
"In December 2020, only 5% of respondents recalled any news on inflation," Mr Evans said.
"This has lifted to 21%, exceeded only by news on employment (33%) and economic conditions (32.5%).
"Assessment of the quality of inflation news has deteriorated sharply from 56% describing the news as good a year ago compared to 71% describing it as bad in the latest survey.
"There has been a similar shift in the assessment of news around interest rates (17% respondent recall), compared to a year ago when 58% of consumers reported good news on interest rates but now 60% are reporting negative news on this front."
Property market showing signs of slowing down
Mr Evans notes there was a sharp fall in the ‘time to buy a dwelling’ index (down by 10.2%), off the back of an unexpected surge last month (up 9.4%).
"The December index confirms the downward trend in this since late last year as affordability continues to be squeezed in all markets," Mr Evans said.
"The affordability issue, which appears to have been an increasingly important factor since the Index peaked last November (now down 38%), may now be starting to weigh on price expectations as well."
The Westpac-Melbourne Institute Index of House Price Expectations fell by 1.3% and is now 8% off its peak in April.
Mr Evans said consumers have become more cautious of ‘riskier’ options for their savings, with real estate falling 7.3% to a 25-year low in the 'wisest place for savings' index.
"We expect that this question largely reflects affordability concerns rather than expectations of capital gains," Mr Evans said.
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SAN DIEGO — Move over funnel cakes and corn dogs, deep-fat fried Kool-Aid is here.
San Diego County fair goers can't seem to get enough of the newest, oily treat that debuted at "Chicken Charlie's" food stand about two weeks ago when the annual event kicked off at the Del Mar horse race track and fairgrounds.
"Oh, the moment of truth," said Joe Cocoba, a 31-year-old nursing student before biting into the glistening brown dough ball with a pink fluffy interior. "I can taste it (the Kool-Aid)! It's good."
Cocoba said biting into a kid's drink only made him want to try more of Chicken Charlie's other deep-fried offerings such as Klondike ice cream bars, Girl Scout cookies, Twinkies, avocados and the ultimate cholesterol-builder: A Krispy Kreme Chicken Sandwich. Yes, it's two deep-fried doughnuts with a chicken breast squashed between them.
"I can feel my arteries screaming at me," Cocoba joked.
Charlie Boghosian — aka "Chicken Charlie" — is the 300-pound (135-kilogram) man behind the creations. The 42-year-old Boghosian has spent two decades testing the limits of what can be cooked in grease and still taste good. Each year, he adds new, unusual items to his popular, bright-yellow and red food stand.
Boghosian said he has sold 100,000 fried Klondike bars last year and two million fried Oreo cookies over the past decade. But the $5.95 fried Kool-Aid is quickly becoming his top seller.
He says so far he has fried up 500 pounds (225 kilograms) of Kool-Aid powder — which is then added to dough to be fried.
"It's been huge," he said. "People are loving it."
Well, not everyone.
Chelsea Lightfoot scrunched up her nose at the thought.
"It just seems really weird," said the 23-year-old college student after buying a plate of fried zucchini at his stand. "Things like fried Kool-Aid, Twinkies, are kind of gross."


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Lease group Ayvens, the company that was previously called ALD and took over the Dutch LeasePlan last year, has placed a large order with car manufacturer Stellantis. Up to 500,000 cars will be purchased over the next three years, the two companies announced. This concerns an order worth ‘several billions’.
Stellantis is the group behind brands such as Abarth, Alfa Romeo, Citroën, DS, Fiat, Jeep, Lancia, Opel, and Peugeot. According to a press statement, deliveries to Ayvens include different vehicle classes, from city cars to SUVs and vans.
Stellantis will invest tens of billions in the development of electric cars in the coming years. The company warned earlier this month of more difficult market conditions for the automotive industry.
Tim Albertsen, CEO of Ayvens, said earlier this month that the many price reductions that Tesla, a competitor of Stellantis, has recently implemented are bad for the market for second-hand electric cars. “A list price that goes up and down is poison for residual values,” the CEO said. Ayvens manages approximately 3.5 million vehicles, including more than half a million electric cars.


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Big data is no longer the future, but rather ‘the now’ and it is the driving force behind the appointment of highly regarded and internationally recognised, David Uribe, as Regional Data director for Africa and the Middle East at advertising and communications group TBWA\.
There is “everything to do and not enough being done” on harnessing data in emerging markets, says Uribe, who is a key driver of data practice adoption within the collective. “We are at a critical juncture where data is the new playbook and it is rewriting the rules,” he says.
10 Steps Ahead
Uribe, who recently published his first book, titled “101 Tips to Improve Your Social Media Presence”, says significant change is coming and early adopters will be “ten steps ahead”.
Real-time analytics provides complete autonomy over decisions and at one click of a button the full reach of a campaign is brought into sharp focus – with any shortcomings rectified before they do damage. Real-time dashboards deliver a broad vista of tailored analytics quickly and efficiently, while software linked to predictive analytics can drastically improve business outcomes.
“Predictive analytics is a game-changer and we are already seeing a 91% accuracy rate in the predictions on advertising content via the models we are testing,” says Uribe. He calls personalisation the “holy grail” of the industry – to truly know each client, their likes and dislikes and to then sell a personalised solution. “We can only then claim to be true partners to our clients. Harnessing this intelligence eradicates advertising as an intrusion and turns in into a highly educated decision in strategy,” he says.
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“Using the very logical weapons at our disposal we can compare rainbows to rainbows and not rainbows to apples, which was the previous illogical way the industry worked. In fact, for the first time in the history of advertising we are speaking the same language as our clients – and data is the dialect. When clients understand what we say we gain a major competitive advantage,” says Uribe.
Data may well be the new textbook of business and communication but change this big needs to come from within through education and awareness.
One of Uribe’s first initiatives has therefore been to launch D\Learn, a TBWA\Africa initiative aimed at employees who are part of the collective. Drawing on both Uribe’s experience as the co-founder of smartBeemo.com, one of the largest online education platforms for Spanish speaking audiences today, and his long-time professorship at the Miami Ad School, D\Learn is an e-Learning platform designed as a means of scalable upskilling within TBWA\. “Education is close to my heart and there is no better way to expand the reach of knowledge than by using digital pathways to drive home key messages that make a difference,” he says.
Another reason for Uribe’s decision to join the Africa and Middle East team is because this is one of the group’s fastest growing offices in the world. “I work with people and not for companies and in TBWA’s Johannesburg office I have some of the best minds in the industry to explore new ideas as we embark on this exciting journey together,” he says.
CEO of award-winning collective TBWA\South Africa, Sean Donovan, welcomed Uribe on board and is excited about the opportunities to be grasped in an increasingly data-led world. “Data disruption is upon us and we need to adapt quickly to stay ahead and ensure our clients have the edge. We are therefore boosting our capability and putting data at the core of our operations. To have access to David’s unique skill-set is incredible. He is not just a data scientist, but he is what I like to refer to as a true human-insight-miner whose raw material is data. It is a pleasure to welcome one of the world’s leading minds on data and digital advertising to our team as we drive innovation and client-centric solutions,” says Donovan.
The TBWA\ group includes the advertising agencies TBWA\Hunt\Lascaris and OpenCo, strategy and research agency Yellowwood, brand specialists Grid Worldwide, public relations agency Magna Carta and specialist marketing agency HDI Youth Marketeers.
Uribe has a degree in science in advertising, a master’s degree in digital business from the University of Barcelona, a certificate from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) on Big Data Analytics and a diploma from Harvard Business School in Digital Strategy.
“There has been a lot of waste in the advertising world and many corporates are frustrated. Data provides the insight to totally change the paradigm. Agencies that do it properly can now be ten steps ahead of the competition,” concludes Uribe.


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She’s still searching for a way to describe how she plans to make over Yahoo!, but CEO Carol Bartz is certain about one thing: Her company is no Google.
After less than a year on the job, Bartz is already growing tired of the endless comparisons with the Internet search titan.
At an event to unveil Yahoo!’s new $100 million ad blitz, Bartz said the two Web giants are different businesses despite their long-running rivalry.
“We’re not comparable to Google,” Bartz insisted before a room of reporters.
She had a tougher time, however, articulating how Yahoo! is any different under her leadership.
Her mantra for the company — “to be at the center of people’s online lives” — is a throwback to better days, when advertisers and consumers flocked to the big portals and there was little competition from newcomers like Facebook.
When asked what company Yahoo! should be compared to these days, Bartz said the closest she could come up with was another Web pioneer that is now trying to remain relevant to users.
“When you think of folks in our space, the closest to me, frankly, is AOL,” she said.
Yahoo!’s new ad campaign — with the tagline “It’s Y!ou” — is another attempt to grab the attention of users and advertisers. And while its theme is similar to past campaigns, Bartz suggested this one, which is rolling out globally next week, is special because the entire company is behind it.
In her nine months on the job, Bartz has slashed jobs and sold or shut down businesses in a bid to refocus the company. Her biggest deal was striking a long-awaited search pact with Microsoft that disappointed many investors.
On the product side, however, it’s been more of a make-under than a totally new “Y!ou,” predicated on the idea that the homepage is still the starting point for the Web.
Bartz took journalists to task for being “cynical” when it comes to Yahoo!’s prospects, as well as for being obsessed with the latest plaything.


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Just days after Aircell announced its new UCS (unified computing system) smart router/media server upgrade, Jet Aviation St. Louis signed the first after-market customer in the industry, according to the St. Louis Downtown Airport-based completion, refurbishment and MRO specialist.
EMS Aviation, a division of EMS Technologies (Hall 4 Stand C10c), recently completed installation of an advanced voice-over-Internet-protocol (VoIP) service in a Middle East head-of-state Airbus A320. EMS teamed with Paris-based Eclipse, an Inmarsat service provider and avionics dealer, to implement the secure, end-to-end package, which the company claims is the first of its kind on an A320.
“Can you hear me now?” might soon become as familiar a refrain to airborne satcom users as it is to those earthbound customers who use Verizon. The company is now a service provider for the Iridium satcom program. The arrangement, said Iridium, means Verizon Airfone operators and their passengers will be able to make calls regardless of where the aircraft is flying.
A 24-hour customer support center recently established by Eurocopter for its European customers will go global late this year, according to the company.
Aeronautical communications systems provider International Communications Group (Booth No. 3705) is here at NBAA’07 showing its upgraded its Sigma 7 retractor reel handset. For improved functionality in low-light conditions, the telephones will now feature a backlit keypad and LCD display. The new handset operates with all models of ICG’s cabin CTUs and Iridium systems.
It’s not exactly a call from the governor, but it still qualifies as a reprieve of sorts. Verizon Airfone has sent letters to customers informing them that the MagnaStar air-to-ground phone service will stay on the air at least until the end of next year.
Verizon Airfone has sent letters to customers informing them that the MagnaStar air-to-ground phone service will stay on the air until at least the end of next year. The service extension gives business aircraft operators flying with MagnaStar gear an extra year to explore alternatives, which for many will likely involve upgrading to Iridium or Inmarsat satcom equipment.
It didn’t take long for Iridium resellers to start targeting MagnaStar customers after service provider Verizon Airfone announced plans to exit the general aviation business. AirCell has introduced Axxess EZ, a two-channel Iridium satcom system that is intended as a direct replacement for the old MagnaStar phones.
Last Thursday Verizon Airfone notified customers that it will continue to provide MagnaStar users with air-to-ground communications “through at least December 31, 2007.” This action reverses a Verizon announcement this summer that it would exit the air-to-ground phone business in December, leaving some 4,100 Teledyne Control MagnaStar operators that use the Airfone network weighing options for other service providers.
International Communications Group (Booth No. 1447) is making it easier to reach out and touch someone. The Newport News, Va. company says its latest system, the AeroCom 1100 cabin telecommunications unit (CTU), provides an automated, integrated package that supports telephone, fax and data services for small to medium-sized business jets.
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Music loops specialist Bandmateloops has released a new collection of GarageBand-compatible loops. Dubbed “
Inspiration Hip-Hop RnB — The Extras ” the new library features beats, keyboard, organ and piano. The new collection is being targeted as an add-on to those that have already purchased Hip-Hop RnB Style Kits, an earlier loop collection from Banadmateloops. Inspiration Hip-Hop RnB — The Extras is available for download and costs $13.95.


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NEWS: WOTB award UK’s best female digital start-up
Women in business community Women Outside the Box (WOTB) has launched Upstart Women, a competition to award the UK’s best female digital start-up.
Open to female professionals 18 and over, entrants must submit a five-line pitch for a digital start-up involving apps, websites or web services.
The winner will show outstanding full-time commitment to their tech start-up, solid self-belief and the necessary business mind-set and skills to succeed.
The competition winner will be awarded a prize worth £10,000. Part of the prize is a place on WebStart Bristol's technology incubator. The 10-week programme aims to fast track the winning business idea, this includes business mentoring from a panel of specialists, hands-on support in areas such as graphic design, website and app design, PR and social media.
The winner will receive at least half of the £10,000 prize as a cash investment for their new business. The winner of the competition will receive help to put together a pitch, and the opportunity to make that pitch before investors at the end of the programme.
Joni Farthing, founder and director of Women Outside The Box, said: “Women in the creative industries like marketing, advertising and publishing have exactly the mindset and experience to come up with what the market wants, but in a fun or disruptive way.
"If they’ve got that idea within them but aren’t sure how they could make it happen, then they’d be crazy not to enter Upstart Women. We’re not looking for people with all the tech or business answers. We’re looking for savvy, creative ladies that can see the future right now.”


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Digital sales generate 55% of HSN’s overall sales, and the retailer is looking to new platforms, such as Facebook Live, to acquire customers.
To help better position its brand online and off, Whirlpool followed consumers as they shopped for appliances, then created web site experiences that related to the personas that Whirlpool identified.
Like a detective tailing his prey, employees at Whirlpool Corp. followed consumers as they shopped for appliances. The pursuers, though, were spotted because the shoppers were members of focus groups Whirlpool chose for a field trip experiment in brand positioning.
To uncover the rationale and intangible factors of the decision making process of shoppers, the company decided to go out to stores to deduce why consumers purchase certain products. The result helped Whirlpool in its effort to better position its brand across multiple sales channels, says William Kurtz, national manager of business development, said June 7 in a Featured Presentation titled “The Web’s Key Role in Positioning a Manufacturer’s Brand” at the Internet Retailer 2006 Conference & Exhibition.
“Based on our findings we created seven shopper personas that helped us redesign our web site, an informational and marketing tool,” Kurtz said. “The redesign focused on the goals of these types of consumers and the tasks they perform to achieve them.”
The personas include shoppers who already own an appliance from any company but want to learn more about appliances; are building a new home or want to upgrade an existing product; are distressed because they must immediately replace an old appliance, or are predisposed to buying Whirlpool but require more information.
“User-based site design and content can easily translate into loyalty,” Kurtz said, “and that helps best position a brand.”


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New Peeps Flavors Include Pumpkin Spice, Caramel Apple and Candy Corn
Posted on August 6, 2015
Just Born is expanding its line of marshmallow Peeps candies. There will be three new flavors arriving in stores on August 31. The new flavors of Chicks include Pumpkin Spice Peeps, Caramel Apple Peeps and Candy Corn Peeps.
There is already a lot of pumpkin spice flavored products in store aisles as autumn approaches. This is partly because people are eager for fall and the end of the hot summer temperatures and these products have become a sign of the change in seasons. Food marketers and manufacturers have been pushing trends earlier and bigger than ever before. The arrival of actual pumpkins in stores for Halloween used to be one of the first signs of fall. Now pumpkin spice food and beverages are the first to arrive. This year these products will include Pumpkin Spice Peeps for the first time.
Some editors at the Huffington Post ate the new peeps. They say the new peeps all have a hardened fudge base. This is different than other Peeps that are just entirely marshmallow. The Caramel Apple Peeps have a caramel fudge base and the Pumpkin Spice Peeps and Candy Corn Peeps each have a white fudge base. The Caramel Apple variety went over the best with the HuffPo editors.
The new Peeps follow the arrival of the new Sweet Lemonade Marshmallow Chicks that arrived this summer. The new Peeps flavors will be sold at the Peeps online store at peepsandcompany.com and at Target stores.


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With a joint event coming up between Nokia and Microsoft on September 5th, we could be a few weeks away from seeing a brand new Lumia phone, equipped with Windows Phone 8.
Earlier today, Nokia's executive vice president of sales and marketing, Chris Weber took to twitter to publicize how good the company is feeling about the upcoming Lumia.
With little information regarding the upcoming event available, Weber stirs things up in the blogosphere by calling out Samsung with the following tweet:
With Samsung's just released Galaxy Note 10.1 and the Galaxy Note 2 just around the corner, it's unclear whether or not Weber directed his tweet at one of the devices, but Samsung has yet to come up with a clever response. At least not yet. Either way, it looks like we'll have to wait until September 5th to see if the next generation Lumia is all that Weber hypes it up to be.


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Clearwater International advises Walcor on its sale to JP Morgan Asset Management and Invitalia
Clearwater International has advised Walcor, the leading chocolate manufacturer in Italy, on its sale to JP Morgan Asset Management (JP Morgan AM) and Invitalia, Italy’s national agency for the attraction of investments and business development, owned by the country’s Ministry of Economy.
Founded in 1954 and based in Pozzaglio ed Uniti, a small town near Cremona, Italy, Walcor is a chocolate producer that has earned the prestigious recognition of being included in the Register of Historic Brands. It currently employs around 150 workers, a number that increases significantly during the Easter period when the production of its world's famous Easter eggs and chocolate coins rises.
After the sudden death of the founder in 2020 and in the midst of a global pandemic, the company filed a conditional agreement with lenders to protect its continuity and safeguard the future of more than 150 employees.
At the same time, Clearwater started a selection process for potential investors which led to the acquisition of an initial proposal from JP Morgan AM who was willing to underwrite the capital increase to further support the business.
Invitalia immediately took action to ensure support for the company. Following the verification of the requirements and feasibility of the relaunch plan, financial support of €10m was provided in addition to a non-repayable contribution of €2m over the next three years to protect employment.
The intervention of JP Morgan AM and Invitalia confirms the great value and potential of a company that, led by Attilio Capuano and his team, with Luigi Leonetti and Fabrizio Ceriotti, will be able to secure the future it deserves, as an ambassador of “Made in Italy”.


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China is currently working to become the greatest market when it comes to Apple’s Apps store. App Annie, which takes care of research firm and mobile analytics, has announced that China purchased Apple apps in the 3rd quarter, being evaluated to cost about $1.7 billion. Chinese customers have spent with 15% more money than Americans to buy apps from Apple. Starting with 2010, the US was the country which led the sales in Apple app stores.
Some researches proved that more and more Chinese users tend to buy video games for their smartphone, in particular, those games which allow the multiplayer mode. Users can play against other users, or they could form a group, working together to achieve victory. The second place on the list is occupied by those users who buy apps for video-streaming, like Youku and Tencent Video, or entertainment shows.
In the third quarter of this year, consumers from China had spent five times more money on Apple apps than they did two years ago. Based on the forecast made by App Annie, this profit growth is prone to become even more prosperous. Specialists think that China will become the leader of the largest income growth for absolutely any country until the year 2020.
App Annie did not inform the public about the leading games which are situated at the top of the Chinese market. But what was indeed great news was that Pokemon Go was the blockbuster game spread in the entire world this year. It became a global phenomenon which had thousands of fans around the world.
This game is known to use the augmented reality technology which allows players to capture Pokemons that are interlaced with the reality by using the smartphone’s camera. The authors of the research have stated that Pokemon Go reached a significant amount in sales being valued at $600 million. No other app achieved so much success in such a short period.
This game has a revolutionary AR gameplay which made it very famous. The iconic IP were intriguing enough to persuade users to stick to their smartphones even more. Apple has recently developed two research centers in two big cities in China to support the country. The digital market development in China has constituted a significant factor for Apple.
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First Arkansas Bank & Trust (FAB&T) of Jacksonville, Arkansas has joined forces with IBT to improve and expand its digital offering.
Under the arrangements, First Arkansas Bank & Trust will deploy IBT’s mobile, online banking as well as bill payment channels.
IBT claims that its fully integrated digital banking channels will help the bank offer simple and improved digital banking experience, and help it tailor its message and digital presence to the community it caters to.
Commenting on the partnership, FAB&T senior VP and director of retail banking Larry Daniel said: "IBT’s superior customer-facing system and applications will allow our customers to access their accounts reliably, anytime and from any device.
"IBT’s business philosophy is in direct alignment with our bank’s core beliefs. The leadership of FAB&T believes that the ‘IBT Difference’ will not only help us survive in this ever-changing and competitive marketplace, but to thrive!"
IBT CEO Mark Dittman added: "We think of ourselves as a true partner to each of our clients. Simple things like only charging one fee for any and all devices connected help banks like FAB&T provide services that help them remain competitive and relevant while keeping an eye on the bottom line."


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It may come as a huge surprise to the entire cryptocurrency and blockchain community how much the gaming sector has adopted blockchain technology. With blockchain technology becoming more and more adopted with the passage of time, more sectors are adopting the technology.
Just recently, research was carried out to establish how much blockchain technology has made its way into the gaming sector. The results gathered as a result of the recent research have revealed that a vast majority of game developers are exploring blockchain technology.
The new research was carried from the United Kingdom where it was established that the majority of the gaming studios are aiming to explore the blockchain sector. Most of the developers are aiming to adopt the technology in order to develop titles for their upcoming games.
The reports reveal that the firm that wanted to have the research carried out is Stratis, which is a blockchain platform. The firm Stratis chose for carrying out the research was Opinion, which is an insight agency.
While carrying out the research, Opinion carried out a survey among a total of 197 video game developers. In the survey, Opinion approached firms that included developers from the United Kingdom and the United States.
From the survey, it was established that a total of 58% of game developers are already into blockchain technology. They are using the technology in order to develop their upcoming games.
Out of the total respondents, 47% of the participants revealed that they are already working on the non-fungible token (NFT) sector. These participants revealed that they are already creating and incorporating the non-fungible tokens into the gaming sector.
It has been established from the study that the game developers are confident over the non-fungible token and blockchain technology. The research shows that out of the total game developers 2/3 of the total game developers are confident over the widespread adoption of NFTs and blockchain technology.
There are very high chances that the game developers will eventually adopt and advance into the NFT and blockchain gaming sector. The developers are aiming to launch non-fungible tokens through different strategies that may include rare items.
Out of the total respondents, 56% of the total game developers are planning to adopt and implement the new technology in a year’s time.
Chris Trew, the CEO at Stratis talked about the potential and adoption of the particular sectors in the upcoming years. Trew stated that it is only a matter of time the non-fungible tokens, tokens, and blockchain technology gets adopted by game developers.
These technologies will be playing a vital role in enhancing the gaming experiences of the players as well as digitalizing the gaming world even more.
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BT has joined forces with Retalix, to launch a range of products and services which will meet the in-store technology requirements of food and convenience retailers in the UK.
The co-operation agreement, announced at Retail Solutions 2008, brings together Retalix's established store technology platform with BT's retail team.
Combined with its capabilities in communications and networked IT, BT says it will be able to offer a new end-to-end grocery solution to the UK marketplace.
The Retalix grocery store solution is an integrated suite of electronic point-of-sale (EPOS) and back-office software applications, comprising fuel, loyalty, self-checkout, wireless mobile solutions, in-store kiosks and more.
BT will sell, deliver and support the Retalix solution as part of a 'shop in a box' package, enabling grocery and convenience retailers to source their store infrastructure, applications, communications, hardware, and services, including integration, roll-out, training and support, from a single supplier.


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A new location for nearly 40-year-old toy store
Toys for Keeps has kept kids busy for nearly 40 years. The store recently relocated from Canal Park to Lincoln Park.
Cindy McCabe, one of the owners, said they’re excited about the neighborhood.
“It’s kind of the upcoming area and lots of fun things to do and breweries and restaurants and shops,” she said. “You can stop in here, pick up a game and go back to your house or one of the local places and play your game or a puzzle.”
McCabe and her husband Rob think they might have the biggest inventory of puzzles north of Minneapolis. The two have almost four decades of experience that encompasses both business and personal.
“We have almost 10 grandchildren, so a lot of the clothing and stuff has been tested and tried to see that that brand is good, and it stands up well. And same with the games and the puzzles. If it’s not a good one, we don’t carry it anymore,” McCabe said.
They’ve also started to carry some work from regional artists.
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South Africans tapping into Google Local Guides to search for outlets
Consumers are increasingly becoming more powerful through their phones as they are able to get exactly what they want through the tips of their fingers.
According to Google South Africa, more South Africans are starting to use the function of "near me" to search for not only food outlets but also medical services.
“That much is evident from looking at the top 10 'near me' Google for 2019 so far which include restaurants near me, pharmacy near me, KFC near me, dentist near me, jobs near me, parks near me, doctors near me, McDonalds near me, and PostNet near me.”
The search engine’s SA branch said the searches reveal how South Africans have come to rely on the location-based search function to also find businesses "near me". Google SA claims that the only non-business related searches in the top 10 are for parks and jobs.
“While there is clearly a fair amount of brand love - 'KFC' and 'McDonalds' win the fast food wars, while 'Spar' is clearly our favourite supermarket - the number of more generalised searches shows that South Africans are open to exploring their options. Where previously they might have been stuck going to the first doctor or pharmacy they came across, they can now see all the alternatives available to them.”
Consumers can also get information pertaining to trading hours of the businesses concerned, ensuring they don’t waste time driving around trying to find an open pharmacy in an emergency.
When it comes to picking which of these options to take, Google’s Local Guides programme makes things a lot easier. Local Guides allows users to review, add photos, answer questions or add unverified locations and be rewarded with Guide Points.
“Whenever people search for locations near them, they can see the reviews for those places. Having this information at hand can be the difference between a great meal out and a total disaster.”


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Memmo.me, a startup that pays celebrities for personal video messages, has raised around $10 million in a new funding round.
The CEO and co-founder of the company (https://memmo.me/gb/en), Gustav Lundberg, stated, “We are really happy to break these barriers and connect one-to-one with each other.”
He stated that celebrities are using it as a new source of income. He also said that celebrities will be quite happy to make big-time money from their own living rooms at the end of the pandemic.
Lundberg added, “We want this to be a place where you can find everyone, like a basketball star to the local musician. The startup helps you find the most relevant individual for you.”
According to the statement of the company, it has sent around 100,000 messages throughout the world. Moreover, the sales have grown by 50% each month.
The current funding round was led by Left Lane Capital. Moreover, the founder and managing partner, Harley Miller, has joined the company’s board of directors. Moreover, the funding round investors include Depop CEO Maria Raga, Hero co-founder Lukasz Gadowski, Zillow co-founder Spencer Rascoff, Voi Technology co-founder Fredrick Hjelm, Wolt co-founder Elias Aalto, and Udemy CEO Dennis Yang. Although the company has raised a good sum of money, it is still less than that raised by other companies, like Toss Lab. (https://rushhourdaily.com/toss-lab-raises-13-million-series-b-for-its-collaboration-platform-jandi/).
Miller stated, “We are quite happy with the pace at which Memo has expanded its user base. The gap between the celebrities and talent has lessened, thanks to the pandemic.”
Although Left Lane is situated in New York, Ludenberg Toresson stated that he was excited by its expertise. However, he made it clear that the firm’s investment doesn’t signal a U.S. launch.
Until today, Memmo has raised around $12 million. Moreover, the new funding round will allow the company to build new features. These include making the business offerings and live videos, where different companies can hire celebrities to make promotional videos.
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Social media has turned into a piece of our internationally associated world in numerous ways
Most as of late the style business is seeing a noteworthy move in its motivation for plans and patterns, all gratitude to social media and blogging locales like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Tumblr.
In the style business, social media marketing services platforms can be utilized to communicate with the buyer, as a method for networking with others in the business, and as a method for structure an online nearness. In any case, social media can likewise impact creators in novel ways that are changing the manner in which numerous planners make their styles.
Planners and real players in the style business discover motivation for their structures and manifestations in numerous spots: from ongoing get-aways to visits to form state houses of the world. However, the web and social media locales have made a completely new methodology that is getting both acclaim and analysis from the design network.
One on the side, some observe the web and social media destinations as even more an optional asset for motivation, with the dread that these assets could “stupefy” the rousing procedure and detract from its profundity. On the opposite side, architects realize that their objective clients are on social media locales and need to be heard and be a piece of the motivation forms themselves.
In any case, social media has, and is, changing the design business and it’s impossible to say what the move will keep on looking like.
One noteworthy move that social media has had is basically that the normal individual would now be able to impact design in manners at no other time conceivable. Simply consider the ongoing Zac Posen’s Spring-Summer Ready to Wear 2015 Collection; impacted by remarks and proposals from his more than 640,000 Instagram supporters.
Everything started when Posen posted pictures of nightfalls from a get-away on his Instagram record and devotees started requesting prints in these tones, and “through the remarks and pictures we got another viewpoint about out manifestations,” said Posen in an ongoing article in NY Times. Accordingly, the last item incorporates a maxi dress in the tones of the dusk from that Instagram picture as a feature of his 2015 accumulation.
It’s not simply the motivation and effects on real style originators that social media is advancing; it’s additionally the manner in which we view the design and the business all in all. For a considerable length of time, a couple of enormous names overwhelmed the style business in an extremely top-down style; however, now the normal design blogger can impact significant architects by means of social media outlets.
Unscripted tv shows like Fashion Star and Project Runway have likewise led to a move in the manner we view style planners. However, social media has gone about as a launch to push these “questions” into circumstances where they can make their structures and thoughts known to millions.
Social media destinations go about as a platform for the normal individual
Significant style creators realize these individuals are out there so they can likewise receive rewards by achieving clients on another level that is increasingly cozy and intelligent, as opposed to the highfalutin design runways.
The normally intuitive characteristics of social media additionally make social media a powerful device, enabling individuals to be a piece of the procedure of design making. Take, for instance, the latest New York Fashion Week (NYFW).
An examination from eBay Deals, referred to in an article on Mashable, considered information from top five social media networking destinations during the 2013 NYFW and found that “more individuals are utilizing social media for closet guidance, motivation, and the most recent patterns,” and style-related Tweets multiplied from a similar occasion only a year sooner. From individuals sharing Instagram photographs and Tweets from the sidelines of top style runways, individuals from home can cooperate and take part in the design indicates simply like the participants.
This is incredible for the style business which can, in general, be shut off and undercover in their motivation forms, opening it up for more individuals to both acknowledge and appreciate.
Also, it’s not simply high design encountering impacts from social media. From well-known viral recordings shared again and again on social media to “jokes” and social media roused truisms on shirts, purchasing patterns fixated on hashtags and our online conduct is moving as well.
As indicated by 2014 market slants, a 2014 study of social networks and purchasing conduct “demonstrated huge extents of customers being impacted by (and taking an interest in) social destinations and companions during their forthcoming seasonal shopping,” with the outcomes appearing: 30% of customers had made a buy by means of social media in the most recent year (up by 12% from 2014), 49% wanting to make a buy-in view of a social referral, and 44% expecting to find new items through social networks.
Also, the overview took a gander at social support and found that 48% of those reviewed think it is critical to share item proposals through social media networks.
So, the fact is, with social media destinations just developing from here and purchasing patterns likewise moving to show significant impacts from social media locales, it’s a valiant modern lifestyle for the design business and retailers.


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LATAM Cargo has rolled out its PHARMA PASSIVE service in London from October 2018 as part of the expansion plans for its pharma offering.
According to the carrier, the PHARMA ACTIVE service was already in London. With the newly added service, the city becomes a strong and strategic location for the transport of pharmaceutical shipments, with a daily non-stop connection to Guarulhos.
“Most of the pharmaceutical products that the United Kingdom produces require temperature control, which calls for high-quality standards along with strategic routes to reduce their transfer times,” said Alfredo Noguerales, senior sales manager of Europe, the Middle East and Africa at LATAM Cargo. “In this sense, Brazil is a gateway to Latin America which offers more efficient times, in line with what the product requires.”
The passive service offers customers infrastructure which allows products to be maintained at a temperature range of +15 to +25 degrees Celsius. LATAM Cargo will also incorporate data loggers and blankets to all shipments to maintain the integrity of the products.
“As leaders in the air cargo industry we provide transportation to, from and intra Latin America, and we have the responsibility to be constantly evolving and finding new ways to meet our customers’ needs,” said Rodolfo Marré, senior manager of product development at LATAM Cargo. “Expanding our network connection, strengthening our PHARMA product and working with the highest-quality standards are concrete examples of our commitment to understand and support our clients’ businesses.”


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Downed power pole causes morning commute mess in ElizabethPosted: Updated:
A downed power pole near Maple Avenue in Elizabeth caused a mess in the Tuesday morning commute.
Police say a parked van was hit by another car on Routes 1 and 9 Sunday, sending it crashing into the pole. The pole then came down Monday night, and was sitting on top of a parked car in a used car dealership lot.
Traffic on Routes 1 and 9 was reduced to two lanes, but has since been fully reopened.
The owner of Manny's Auto, which owns the lot where the pole came down, says he expected the pole to come down eventually because it has been hit so many times.
Police say they believe the pole came down because it was hit multiple times.
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Mezco shares a sneak peek at their last three Con Exclusives of the year. According to the teaser photo file names, fans will be offered a Midnight Rain Living Dead Doll, One:12 Collective Shadowland Daredevil, and a One:12 Collective Judge Dredd Lawmaster.
All will be available for sale at Mezco’s booth at New York Comic Con beginning October 6. More info, photos, and pricing coming soon.
And of course for all of you who can’t make it to NY, we’ll also be offering them in our store on Wednesday morning, September 7 around 8:30AM EST.
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Companies providing audiovisual content and apps over the Internet are becoming increasingly influential in Africa, to the point where traditional telecom operators are essentially being forced to accommodate them.
A growing number of telecom company executives themselves believe that so-called over-the-top (OTT) service providers, delivering apps and multimedia content over the Web, will only increase in influence, according to an Ovum survey.
The Digital Africa survey, presented at Ovum’s recent Connecting West Africa conference in Dakar, found that 35 percent of telecom company executives polled believed that OTT service providers will be very important in five years, compared to only 18 percent who think that they are very influential today.
“Operators see their role evolving to providing access to their networks to both customers and content providers, which include OTTs,” noted Ovum senior analyst for Africa Thecla Mbongue, in email.
Meanwhile, some telecom executives apparently have come to believe that their own influence is waning: The Ovum survey shows that only 56 percent of those polled believe that telecom operators will be very important in five years; that’s down from 65 percent who believe they are very important now.
The telecom executives are facing a changing reality. OTT services have changed how data is being consumed, either through converged multimedia services such as high definition video and audio, social platforms such as Facebook and Twitter, and high data-volume services like Whatsapp and Viber. These services have become popular with little or no control from operators.
This realization, according to some industry experts, made African telcos initially resist the use of their networks for OTT services. The resistance, however, failed to make any significant impact and succeeded in alienating the OTT service providers.
Some major telcos in Africa now say they have embraced and have been seeking ways to monetize OTT services. Airtel Africa CEO Christian de Faria has said telcos do not need to block or throttle OTT services as “they are here to stay” and “the consumer wants the product.”
MTN South Africa CEO Ahmad Farroukh has said that now is the time to work out how to cooperate better, to benefit both the OTT provider and the operator.
The Ovum survey also noted that device manufacturers, media companies, IT companies and equipment vendors are also expected to become more important across the continent and that those polled also believe smartphone uptake will continue to rise in the next five years.
Ovum attributes the uptake of smartphones across West Africa last year to, among other things, the decline in handsets prices, segmented price plans and declining data tariffs.


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Greece will be reopening to tourists from May 14th as the destination looks to boost its tourism economy. The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) has applauded the destination’s decision to reopen its tourism sector and hopes the rest of the world will follow.The WTTC has been vocal about the importance of restarting tourism to help the tourism sector that is struggling to cope during the COVID-19.
Greece Will Conduct Random COVID-19 Testing
All tourists will have to undergo random COVID-19 testing once they enter the country. Greek tourism minister, Harry Theocharis has said Greece will be open to international tourists who are vaccinated, have proof of a negative test or have antibodies. Details are still in the process of being finalised.
Gloria Guevara, chief executive of WTTC, said: “The World Travel & Tourism Council and its members praise the Greek government for its tremendous efforts and strategic steps taken to restart international travel from May 14th. This clear roadmap to recovery could reopen the door to a bumper summer of travel for sun-starved holidaymakers looking to get away to Greece and provide a significant boost to the country’s economy. It also lays out the pathway which other countries could follow, in a bid to kickstart safe travel and help revive their own stricken economies.”
She added: “The Greek government’s strategy and measures revealed are broadly in line with WTTC advice and we are pleased it will soon be welcoming travellers with proof of vaccination, a negative test or a positive antibody test, with only positive cases required to quarantine.
“These entry requirements along with random rapid tests on arrival, enhanced health and hygiene measures and mandatory mask wearing throughout the travel journey and in public spaces will provide the reassurance consumers need to book their trips.
“Greece is one of Europe’s most popular destinations for travellers and as such, relies heavily upon international travel, with Germany and the UK as its most important source markets.”


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Aston Martin DBS Superleggera: is a Volante version in the works?
Verdicts are in on the British marque’s sporty grand tourer
The covers have finally come off the replacement to Aston Martin’s Vanquish grand tourer, the highly anticipated DBS Superleggera.
The Superleggera is the first to use the name - which means "lightweight" in Italian - since Sean Connery drove an Aston Martin DB5 Superleggera in 1964 James Bond movie Goldfinger.
Like many of the marque’s recent models, the new DBS Superleggera marks a radical departure from its predecessor, the design of which can be traced back to the company’s 2004 DB9 flagship.
Here’s everything you need to know about the DBS Superleggera:
Price and release
According to Autocar, the DBS Superleggera will cost around £225,000 - around £25,000 less than its Ferrari 812 Superfast rival.
A release date has yet to be confirmed, but the sporty grand tourer is expected to arrive later this year.
Will there be a Volante version?
There certainly will be. Aston Martin often releases a convertible version, badged Volante, shortly after launching a new coupe model, so a drop-top version of the recent DBS Superleggera comes as little surprise.
Auto Express has spotted the convertible grand tourer testing at the Nurburgring in Germany, the 12.9-mile circuit regularly used by manufacturers to try out their new machinery.
According to the magazine, the DBS Superleggera Volante should “stick closely to the DNA of the coupe that launched earlier this year”.
This means the drop-top will be powered by the coupe’s 715bhp 5.2-litre twin-turbo V12 engine, capable launching the grand tourer from 0-62mph in 3.4 seconds. The regular DBS Superleggera is capable of hitting speeds of up to 211mph, but Volante versions are usually slightly slower than their coupe counterparts.
Given that Aston Martin has not yet officially confirmed the Volante model, there’s no word on how much it will cost or when it’s due to arrive in showrooms.
However, convertible models often carry a £10,000 to £15,000 premium, so expect the DBS Superleggera Volante to cost around £240,000.
What do the critics think?
Critics have finally got behind the wheel of the DBS Superleggera following its public debut last month, to find out whether the grand tourer can compete with the rival Ferrari 812 Superfast.
The DBS, unveiled at the Goodwood Festival of Speed in West Sussex, is arguably defined by the 5.2-litre twin-turbocharged V12 engine that sits beneath its long bonnet, says Auto Express. The same motor is found in the cheaper DB11, but the new model sees the power upped from 600bhp to 715bhp.
This helps the DBS achieve a 0-62mph time of 3.4 seconds - one second faster than its Ferrari rival - and a top speed of 211mph. But despite those impressive figures, the DBS “feels less frenetic than the Ferrari, thanks to its slower steering”, the magazine adds.
Aston Martin has kitted out the new car's interior with “top-shelf” materials and “a B&O sound system that will disappoint none”, says CNet. The only fault with the cabin is that it “feels no more special than the DB11” on which it is based, the tech news site reports.
The light steering and ride quality offered by the DBS add up to a driving experience that is “far from fatiguing”, CNet continues, although the car’s carbon ceramic brakes can be “a bit touchy when working through casual traffic”.
The DBS is practical, too, with a “fairly generous” boot, and rear seats that can comfortably accommodate two “younger family members”, according to Evo.
Overall, the new grand tourer is a relaxed alternative to the “much more aggressive” Ferrari 812 Superfast, the magazine says. The DBS also trumps other rivals, such as the Bentley Continental GT, on performance and styling, Evo concludes.
Design and interior
The DBS Superleggera incorporates a number of design elements from its DB11 and Vantage siblings, including the sleek headlight styling and sculpted bonnet.
However, the grille is significantly larger on the new car, and resembles those seen on Aston’s racing-focused AMR machines. There are also large air ducts in front of the wheels, which might be used to cool the car’s brakes.
Inside, the grand tourer’s cabin “is very much like the DB11”, adopting the same flat-bottom steering wheel and swooping centre console, says Auto Express.
The company is dedicated to improving the material quality of its interiors, and that’s evident in the DBS Superleggera, the magazine says. Aston Martin is also offering more customisation options through its design consulting team.
Engines and performance
Under the bonnet sits the same 5.2-litre twin-turbo V12 engine as the DB11, but according to Evo, Aston’s engineers have upped the power output from 577bhp to 715bhp. This has been achieved through a number of small upgrades that add up to a significant boost to performance.
Coupled to the engine is an eight-speed ZF automatic gearbox that channels power towards the rear-axle through a mechanical limited-slip differential, which aids traction, the magazine adds.
That formidable mix helps the car achieve 0-62mph in just 3.4 seconds, with a top speed of 211mph.


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After founding a themed retail boutique in New York in 2011, Macy’s Brand Experience Officer Rachel Shechtman has brought her expertise to Southlake.
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iOS 12 Concept Envisions New Lock Screen, Guest Mode, Split View On iPhone, More
Now that we are firmly into 2018, all eyes continue to turn to Apple with a view to working out just what the company will do to the iPhone and iPad this year.
While hardware is interesting in itself, it’s the world of iOS that is getting a lot of attention right now with the rumors continuing to suggest that this year will be one of maintenance rather than adding huge new features or redesigning the interface from the ground up.
That doesn’t mean we won’t have a lot to get excited about when iOS 12 is announced at WWDC 2018 soon enough, and we now have a gorgeous concept showing just how iOS 12 may look when it’s unveiled.
Created by designer iOS News And More, the concept includes ideas for many different facets of iOS, most of which we find highly unlikely to actually arrive in iOS 12, if at all. That doesn’t mean it isn’t great fun to drool over the concept art and wonder just what we will be treated to come announcement time.
Starting out with the Home and Lock screens, this concept calls for a new ability to swipe down on the latter in order tot see weather and other at-a-glance information. There’s also a security feature that would allow Face ID to be used to lock and unlock specific apps. Oh, and the concept also suggests the idea of removing all app names on the Home screen – something jailbreak users have been doing for years.
A new Guest Mode is particularly interesting to us, allowing an iPhone to be handed to another user with, presumably, limited access to applications and private data. Think of this as something that would be useful in emergencies, for example.
Interestingly, the concept also mentions a new App Bar that would be invoked via a swipe from the right side of the screen. Revealing favorite apps, this bar reminds us of a similar feature employed by Samsung on its own flagship devices, although it’s unclear whether that was the inspiration here.
There are, of course, other tidbits in this concept that we think could be great additions to iOS. Be sure to check out the full concept on iOS News And More on Behance if you want to get the lowdown.


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With 185,000 apps and counting, the App Store is a vast warehouse of digital goodies for your iPhone (and now iPad too). But like most mega-marts, the sheer size of it all makes the good stuff harder to find. We’ve scoured the Store, and found the best apps to help you use your iPhone to it’s fullest potential. Whether it’s games you seek, or productivity tools, we’ve got you covered. As it turns out, there really is an app for that, no matter what that is.
Although the camera in the iPhone got a boost to 3 megapixels in the 3G-to-3GS refresh, it’s still not what anyone would call “powerful.” So if you’re among the many iPhone owners who take a lot of photos with your smartphone, it may be time to supersize that built-in camera with an add-on like the USBfever 8X Telescope with Hard Case. What you get for your $29 is a telescope-style fixed optical zoom lens (which attaches to an included case) and a miniature tripod that steadies your iPhone while you shoot photos or video. The lens lets you manually zoom in on a subject up to 8X, so you can get much closer without ever moving a muscle.
This week has seen a lot of money flying around, with big companies acquiring small ones. Among them, Apple snapped up a speech recognition app that few of us probably even heard of in the first place.
We talk about the ongoing Gizmodo 4G iPhone story and how it led to one of their editor's computers being seized by the police. It's slowly turning into an episode of Law and Order here in technology land.
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Garden Grove police released images of a two suspects believed to have stolen several thousand of California Lottery Scratchers at a liquor store Monday and then cashing the slips in Los Angeles County hours later.
Security footage shows one man walking into a 7-Eleven in the 10600 block of Atlantic Boulevard in Lynwood around 7:32 a.m. Monday. He gave several tickets to the cashier before the cashier declined to redeem anymore.
At 7:45 a.m., another man cashed stolen Scratchers at Hans Market in the 10400 block of California Avenue in South Gate.
Authorities believe the men were involved in a liquor store burglary at 4:46 a.m. Monday where a Chevrolet Astro van with another suspect inside was used to pull the front doors off the hinges.
The suspects tied a rope to the tow hitch of the van and the front doors of Hanshaw Liquors, 10971 Westminster Ave., and pulled forward, ripping the doors off. Two of the suspects went inside the store and took several thousand tickets.
Police later said some of the tickets had been cashed in convenience stores in Compton and Lynwood.
The man captured on film in the Lynwood store was seen in a blue late ’80s or early ’90s Ford F-150 pickup truck. He is described as Hispanic, 5 foot 8 inches to 5 foot 10 inches tall, 150 to 170 pounds and dark-skinned with a light mustache. He was wearing a black hooded-sweatshirt, dark-colored baseball hat and dark jeans.
The other man appears to be in his 20s and has short dark hair, a mustache and goatee. He was wearing a bright blue T-shirt with blue jeans. Surveillance video showed him arriving at the store in a silver Nissan Altima.
Anyone with information about their identities is asked to call the Garden Grove Police Department at 714-741-5837.
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Courts clip Ryanair's wings
RYANAIR'S plans to rule the skies in Europe has come a cropper as separate court rulings cut down two of its main pillars of expansion.
Just hours after the budget carrier had been told it could no longer call Niederrhein Airport in Germany 'Dusseldorf' - because it is more than 40 miles from the Rhineland city - Ryanair was told subsidies it received for flying to Strasbourg were illegal.
The cheeky Irish carrier has found itself in hot water before on the Continent over the small airfields it flies to, not least Hahn and Charleroi which are dozens of miles from Frankfurt and Brussels, the respective advertised destinations.
Its reversal on Niederrhein comes after pressure from German flag carrier Lufthansa with which Ryanair is in a dogfight for passengers.
Potentially more damaging, however, is the ruling by a French court that the £1 million it got from Strasbourg's local chamber of commerce is illegal. Brit Air, a unit of Air France, brought the case, saying it had been forced to pull its London-Strasbourg service and arguing the subsidy was anti-competitive.
Ryanair's shares slipped 3p to 409p as dealers fretted over further cases.
It is already in the dock over other payments for setting up its first European hub at Brussels-Charleroi, while it is understood a whole host of other destinations it flies to offer similar subsidies.
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ON Partners is proud to have collaborated with SmartBear in finding the organization’s Chief Revenue Officer.
SUCCESSFUL PLACEMENT: AMBIQ – CHIEF REVENUE OFFICER
Ambiq Appoints Paul Rolls as Chief Revenue Officer to Expand Global Growth
Austin, TX – Ambiq®, the industry leader in ultra-low power semiconductor platforms and solutions for battery-powered IoT endpoint devices, appoints Paul Rolls as its first Chief Revenue Officer (CRO). Rolls’ extensive experience driving global enterprise sales and partnerships will accelerate Ambiq’s mission to put intelligence everywhere.
Paul has over 30 years of global expertise in technology sales and marketing. He is highly adept at driving sales and marketing strategies while building long-term win-win customer relationships. Paul recently served as Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing for ON Semiconductor, where he doubled company sales and generated record point of sale (POS) revenues through distribution. From 2010 to 2012, he served as Senior VP of Worldwide Sales and Marketing at Integrated Device Technology, Inc.
“I’m extremely pleased to announce that Paul has joined Ambiq as our very first Chief Revenue Officer,” said Fumihide Esaka, the chairman and Chief Executive Officer at Ambiq. “His dynamic worldview will launch the next chapter of Ambiq’s endpoint intelligence journey.”
“I am very excited to join the talented leadership team at Ambiq,” said Rolls. “I look forward to an exciting journey of exceptional growth.”
In his position as CRO, Rolls will oversee the company’s sales and business development strategy and execution, integrate and align Ambiq’s revenue generation efforts to ensure process efficiency and maximize profitability while focusing on customer success.
View the full press release published by Ambiq here.
Ambiq has been on a singular mission since 2010 to put intelligence everywhere by creating the most energy-efficient semiconductor solutions for battery-powered IoT endpoint devices. Ambiq has helped leading manufacturers worldwide develop products that can operate for days, months, and sometimes years on a battery and even do away with the battery entirely by harvesting energy. Ambiq’s patented Subthreshold Power Optimized Technology (SPOT®) platform has revolutionized IoT endpoint devices by enabling a massive increase in compute power at unprecedented energy levels. Our goal is to bring Artificial Intelligence (AI) where it has never gone before in mobile and portable devices using Ambiq’s advanced ultra-low power microcontroller (MCU) and System-on-Chip (SoC) solutions. With more than 100 million units shipped by the end of 2020, we are focused now on enabling 100 billion IoT endpoint devices in the near future. For more information, visit www.ambiq.com.
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