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What’s Next for the Sitecore Developer Community?
Jan 18, 2023
Sitecore has shaken up the content management industry recently as they’ve doubled down on their move towards composability. With the recent announcement of three new public cloud products, Sitecore Search, Content Hub One, and Sitecore Connect, the digital experience software provider has given businesses a few more options for content creation and delivery.
However, the recent moves have left many Sitecore developers in limbo, wondering what direction to take as Sitecore transitions away from being a .NET suite. At Oshyn, we’ve been helping customers understand what options they have at their disposal while navigating the Sitecore ecosystem. We also have some ideas about what’s next for Sitecore developers.
What Is a Sitecore Developer?
A Sitecore developer has extensive experience working with Sitecore products as well as .NET, .NET Core, and ASP.NET. Sitecore developers are familiar with the ins and outs of Sitecore and help companies with the implementation process and squeezing as much value as possible out of the platform.
Sitecore developers have traditionally been in high demand as any business that relies on Sitecore to manage their content experience or leverages other solutions such as Sitecore CDP, Sitecore Send, and others often need support due to the complexity of the platform.
The Future for Sitecore Developers
Sitecore has generally understood the value its extensive developer community offers, both to the platform and Sitecore customers. Sitecore offers a number of resources for getting started using Sitecore, training, documentation, and access to a community where other developers can interact.
The reality is that Sitecore has moved toward composability to keep up with headless CMS players who are siphoning market share. If you can’t beat them, you have to join them, and Sitecore has definitely seen the writing on the wall.
However, the downside of the composability move is that it could leave many Sitecore developers, who have spent years mastering the platform, in the lurch. Sitecore’s products, particularly its platform DXP, have been notoriously complicated for companies without training to implement on their own. Hence the value proposition of numerous developers.
But if you’re a Sitecore developer today, you need to consider whether or not your loyalty is to Sitecore or the .NET platform.
As the Sitecore ecosystem evolves, businesses and developers alike will have a lot on their minds about which direction to take.
Oshyn is a certified Sitecore partner with extensive experience working with the platform. If you’re a business and need a consultation about what changes could be on the horizon for your content management needs or your team of developers using Sitecore, contact us for a consultation.


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Panasonic has launched its new Eluga Mark smartphone in India. Priced at Rs. 11,990, the handset will be available to buy via offline as well as online retail channels.
The highlight of the smartphone is it features fingerprint scanner at the back panel. The company claims that the handset can allow configure up to 8 different fingerprints at a single time. ThePanasonic Eluga Mark also comes with support for Android for work which brings enhanced IT-related security and BYOD (bring your own device) compatibility for private devices to operate on secure corporate networks. Another notable feature is that it supports 4G LTE connectivity with India specific LTE bands support.
(Also see: Panasonic Eluga Mark vs. Lenovo K3 Note vs. Motorola Moto G Gen 3)
At this price point, the Eluga Mark is likely to compete against Lenovo K3 Note priced at Rs. 9,999, andMotorola Moto G (3rd Gen), priced at Rs. 11,999 (1GB RAM).
The dual-SIM based Panasonic Eluga Mark runs Android 5.1 Lollipop. It comes with a 5.5-inch (720×1280 pixels) IPS display.
The Panasonic Eluga Mark is powered by a 1.5GHz octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 processor coupled with 2GB of RAM. It comes with 16GB of inbuilt storage, which is further expandable via microSD card (up to 32GB). It sports a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash, while there is a secondary a 5-megapixel front-facing camera also on board.
Apart from 4G, other connectivity options on the Eluga Mark include Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, GPRS/ EDGE, 3G, GPS/A-GPS, OTG support, Micro-USB, and Bluetooth. The handset features ambient light sensor, accelerometer, e-compass, and proximity sensors. The handset is backed by a 2500mAh battery. It will be available in Royal Gold or Metallic Grey colours.
The company also touts that the handset features FitHome UI, which has been engineered by Panasonic and enables single thumb-flick access to apps on the home screen.
Announcing the Eluga Mark, Pankaj Rana, Business Head, Mobility Division, Panasonic India said, “With the growing use of smartphones for a wider range of high-risk activities such as access to cloud data and private information, mobile security is a top priority for users. This control-sensitive device, which achieves complex tasks with the press of a finger or a swipe of the thumb, is personalized for the user and protects the smartphone investment. We are approaching an end of the year which brings our portfolio for 2015 to a total of 16 new devices launch with a few more to come.”
Rana also confirmed next year plans for Panasonic which will focus on “Make in India” and 4G-enabled devices. He added that the company will target international markets and regions as well.


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Toyota’s last Aussie Camry reaches production
Final Australian-built Toyota Camry revealed in line-off ceremony at Altona
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28 Apr 2015
TOYOTA’S last Australian-built Camry was officially unveiled at a line-off ceremony at its Altona plant in Melbourne today, with the heavily modified mid-size sedan set to see the facility out until it is decommissioned at the end of 2017.
A mid-life update for the current seventh-generation model that went on sale in late 2011, the latest Camry – known internally as ‘Big Minor Change’ – arrives in showrooms next month and is expected to maintain its dominance in the increasingly competitive medium-car segment.
Toyota Australia expects to produce about 90,000 Camrys in Australia for domestic and export markets each year between now and the end of manufacturing in 2017.
In terms of a daily production-line rate, this equates to approximately 420 units per day.
An estimated 70 per cent of vehicles built at Altona will be sent offshore to the Middle East, New Zealand, South Pacific Islands and an intriguing new territory for the brand, Thailand, which is widely tipped to take over production from the Australian operation. Toyota Australia president Dave Buttner said the company was hopeful that the 90,000 annual production rate could be maintained and highlighted the many Australian suppliers it needed to produce the car, which is said to have 65 per cent local content.
“That’s certainly our hope,” he said. “We are pitching ourselves at 90,000 a year for the next three years. And that’s very important to our local suppliers. We need them to stay the journey with us and they need a certain volume to recoup their fixed costs.
“And in discussions with them we believe that is an appropriate volume and a volume we can maintain for the next three years.” Overall costs for the development of the vehicle was $109 million, with $23.6 million coming from the federal government and an undisclosed figure derived from the Victorian state government.
Mr Buttner said the line-off ceremony was a bittersweet moment for staff and management – 2500 jobs will be directly lost as a result of the factory closure – and added that while he would like to keep building cars in Australia, too many factors counted against it.
“Would we like to continue as a manufacturer? Of course we would. We employ a large number of people that make a significant contribution to the Australian economy,” he said.
“Naturally we would have liked to continue on that journey. But a whole host of factors at the same time meant we couldn’t do that.” Popular with private buyers but a favourite of fleets, the Camry is the best-selling mid-sizer in Australia by some margin, shifting 22,044 units locally last year for a 44.5 per cent market share in its segment, with its closest competitor, the Mazda6, finding 5883 homes in the same period.
It was also the second-best-selling Australian-built car in 2014 behind the Holden Commodore, which hit 30,203 units last year.
So far this year, the Camry, which is in run-out, has sold 5219 units, representing a 4.7 per cent increase over the same period last year.
Mr Buttner said he was confident the new Camry would sustain its high volumes in Australia, but stopped short of discussing sales targets.
“We will talk to our dealers in the next couple of weeks when we have our final launch of our product to talk about volume expectations. But we believe when you look at the vehicle – all new panels, a whole new shape – it is indeed a new-look Camry, so we expect it to be very successful on the domestic market.” Mr Buttner said it was critical for the company to maintain the Camry nameplate beyond 2017, given the strong brand recognition from its private and business buyers.
“We were very keen to maintain the Camry name. Whether you are a private buyer or a fleet buyer, in your whole-of-life cost of the vehicle, I think the biggest asset you have is the residual value of the vehicle,” he said.
“So if there is no continuity, that doesn’t instil confidence in you as either a private buyer, or as a fleet customer or a government buyer. Our commitment to continuing the brand name, albeit in imported capacity, means hopefully we have given confidence to those fleets.
“We went out in February last year on the back of the announcement of the closure, we went the next day to all of our big fleet customers across Australia, we spoke to each and every one about our intention to continue the brand name to hopefully give them that ongoing confidence that they can still buy Camry and know that the brand will be here for the long haul.” When asked if he expected fleet sales of the Camry to contract after 2017, Mr Buttner said there had been no indication from business buyers that they would pull away from the brand.
“Honestly we haven’t seen any negativity, and fleets these days are very astute. They have a bottom line commitment to their respective companies. They are very, very focused on what is value for money – what gives their drivers or their custodians the comfort and convenience that they require and the safety that they require.
“So we generally believe that Camry will continue to be very, very strong amongst our fleet and our private customers.” Mr Buttner said Toyota Australia was working on securing the Thailand export program before it announced that it would close its local facility, and that it would include 2500-3000 units per year.
“Before the final closure announcement back in February last year, we were still continuing in a very, very positive vein to be a manufacturer here for quite some time so you are always looking for extra markets to help augment your volume in your plant to either maintain what you have or grow it even further,” he said.
“So that export volume really came from that plan to continue in the future.” Mr Buttner did not confirm where the next-generation Camry – due in 2018 – will be sourced from, admitting that he simply did not know.
There are nine plants globally that build the Camry, six of which can produce the hybrid variant, but it is widely believed that the car-maker will bring the eighth-generation version from Thailand, where it sources its HiLux utility and Corolla sedan.
The line-off ceremony was attended by federal industry minister Ian Macfarlane, Victorian state industry minister Lily D’Ambrosio, Toyota Australia chairman Max Yasuda and Toyota Motor Corporation managing officer Shinya Kotera, each of whom praised the factory staff for their dedication and commitment to the company.
The Japanese car-maker builds the Camry and the larger V6-powered Aurion at Altona. More than 3.2 million Toyotas have been produced in Australia since 1963.
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Paying Artists aims to secure payment for artists who exhibit in publicly-funded galleries
We found 71% of artists were not receiving payment for exhibiting in publicly funded galleries. Two years after launching our campaign, and after extensive consultation and testing, Exhibition Payment Guide has now been published to support fair payment for artists. About the Campaign
Exhibition Payment Guide
Exhibition Payment is a payment to artists which values their singular imagination and professional contribution to the success of publicly-funded exhibitions.
a-n/AIR’s brand new guidance and framework provides sectoral advice on payments within the context of exhibitions or other visual arts presentation to the public.
The culmination of extensive consultation and testing across the sector. It is a significant milestone in the journey to fair pay for artists.
Berlin-based artists Sol Calero, Iman Issa, Jumana Mana, and Agnieszka Polska have released a joint statement strongly criticising the approach of the Preis der Nationalgalerie.read more
A Paying Artists Working Group is being set up to inform the development of a-n/AIR’s Exhibition Payment Guide and support its implementation over the next five years.read more
Creative Freelancers report published as part of a new initiative to transform the working lives of the freelance workers.read more


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BancABC launches new Visa card in Tanzania
BancABC has rolled out a Visa branded cash card in Tanzania to help in developing cashless society.
The new card will save users from the risk of carrying significant amounts of cash while travelling within or outside the country.
It is a prepaid reloadable card with five different currencies of Tanzanian shillings, US dollars, the Euro, the Sterling pound and the South African rand.
BancABC head of retail and business banking Joyce Malai said that the card can be used by customers and non-customers who do not have accounts with BancABC.
“This card will eliminate the inconveniences and insecurity of carrying cash around and you do not need to open an account with BancABC to have one,” Malai added.
The cardholders will be able to access their money anywhere at more than 400 Visa branded ATMs in Tanzania and at 1.3 million Visa branded ATMs across the globe.
Additionally, the users can also shop at over 1,000 Visa merchants in Tanzania and at more than 35 million Visa merchant retail outlets worldwide.
Malai said: “We have received great feedback from our customers who have children studying abroad as the monthly up keep is very handy and affordable at no extra remittance cost.
“What makes this card even more unique, customers can easily load through mobile money such us TIGOPESA, AIRTELMONEY or MPESA and we are proud to announce that only BancABC cards have this functionality.”


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Dow Chemical Co
The largest U.S. chemical maker posted better-than-expected fourth-quarter profit on Thursday as a 10 percent price increase helped offset a $685 million jump in costs for crude oil and other raw materials.
Dow also raised prices for highly sought-after products in tight supply, including polyethylene and caustic soda.
Both trends should continue this year, said the company, which expects first-quarter energy costs to increase $500 million.
Dow's Kuwait-based MEGlobal and Equate joint ventures guarantee fixed costs for some of its raw material supply. Even as energy prices rise around the world, Dow's costs remain relatively low.
The pricing is being set by the higher-cost crude oil link. Dow's feedstock costs are flat in these low-cost areas and crude oil prices are ripping, Alembic Global Advisors analyst Hassan Ahmed said. That stands to benefit them.
Fourth-quarter operating profit in Dow's plastics business, which relies heavily on crude supplies, jumped 40 percent to $765 million.
Dow's resilience in the face of high prices stands in contrast to rival DuPont Co
Andrew Liveris, Dow's chief executive, said his company will focus on building plants in South Korea, Thailand, Brazil and other emerging economies as it expands production of elastomers, photovoltaics, and other products.
Dow's quarterly results also got a boost from brisk agricultural and automotive sales.
Dow's electronic and specialty materials unit saw sales jump 13 percent to $1.28 billion. The unit supplies films, display chemicals and circuit board parts for most smartphones, including Apple Inc's
The high demand from that sector lets Dow easily pass along supply cost increases.
Latin American buyers gobbled up much of Dow's fungicides, pesticides and genetically modified seeds, sending sales in that unit up 19 percent and volume up 20 percent.
Sales in the coatings and infrastructure unit slipped 3 percent due in part to sagging construction activity around the globe.
The automotive industry continued to buy Dow's polyurethane and other products that reduce a car's weight and increase fuel efficiency. Dow Automotive Systems saw double-digit volume growth, the company said.
U.S. industrywide auto sales rose 20 percent last month, top automakers reported.
QUARTERLY RESULTS BEAT STREET
Net income rose to $426 million, or 37 cents per share, from $87 million, or 8 cents per share, in the year-earlier period.
Excluding costs related to Dow's 2009 acquisition of rival Rohm & Haas and other one-time items, the company posted profit of 47 cents per share. By that measure, analysts expected 35 cents, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.
Revenue rose 11 percent to $13.77 billion. Analysts expected $12.48 billion.
Dow's earnings from joint ventures jumped to $313 million from $219 million a year earlier. It was the highest quarterly earnings from joint ventures in the company's history, Dow said.
The company had roughly $7 billion in cash on hand at the end of the quarter. Executives said they plan to cut that down to $2.5 billion in 2011 as they take significant action to reduce Dow's $20.61 billion debt load.
Dow said much of its growth will continue to come from countries like China and India, though it noted United States results are improving.
With inflation concerns in emerging geographies, lingering unemployment issues in the United States, and sovereign debt issues in Europe, we remain prepared for a reversal in momentum, Liveris said in a statement.
Dow shares were up 1 cent at $36.65 on Thursday afternoon after rising as much as 2.3 percent earlier in the day. The broader market was down on inflationary concerns.
Dow's stock has traded between $22.42 and $36.78 in the past 52 weeks.
Also on Thursday, Arch Chemicals Inc
(Reporting by Ernest Scheyder; Editing by Derek Caney, Dave Zimmerman and Matthew Lewis)


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27 year old pop star and fashion icon Rihanna was named as the creative director of sports wear brand Puma in 2014 and we have waited for the first results of the major collaboration since then.
Finally the singer took to Instagram to share photos from the new #ForeverFaster campaign and we are so excited to see them. The campaign images are in black and white but Riri still looks fierce and sexier than ever. The Good Girl Gone Bad sports a cropped puma hoodie sweatshirt with striped leggings and the new Pulse XT cross-trainer, showing off her fantastic figure in the sporty gear.
The images are a snippet of whats to come for this highly anticipated new campaign and we can’t wait!
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After not carrying the iPhone for nearly four years because of a dispute about sales guarantees, Russia's second-largest carrier Megafon signed a new deal with Apple late last year to return to selling the popular smartphone. The new deal requires the carrier to buy at least 750,000 iPhones over the course of three years, and spend at least $28 million in marketing the smartphone. While not a high number compared to the US, the figure was called "reasonable" by Russian financial analysts.
Russian carrier Megafon has announced a direct, three-year deal with Apple to resume selling iPhones, Reuters reports. Despite being Russia's second-biggest cellphone provider, it hasn't sold iPhones since 2009, since both it and its rivals couldn't guarantee the kind of sales numbers Apple was demanding in contracts. Megafon says it will buy various iPhone models under the deal.
Russian carriers MTS and VimpelCom will resume selling the iPhone on October 25th, says Reuters. All three major local carriers -- the continuing holdout being Megafon -- stopped direct sales of the iPhone earlier this year, as they chose not renew their contracts with Apple. The Russian government doesn't allow cellphone subsidies, and given the high cost of the iPhone, that put the device out of reach for many people. Apple, meanwhile, was demanding strict sales volumes and marketing budgets.
All three major Russian phone carriers have stopped selling the iPhone at their stores, leaving people to buy from Apple directly, Svyaznoy outlets, or else the black/gray market, says Fortune. The last holdout was VimpleCom, whose Beeline brand severed its ties with Apple last week, replacing the iPhone 5 in its lineup with the Samsung Galaxy S4. Beeline blames the switch on "draconian [Apple] contracts" and "harsh conditions...especially in the marketing department." Previously, MTS CEO Andrei Dubovskov stated that "Apple wants operators to pay them huge money subsidizing iPhones and their promotion in Russia" when asked about his own company dropping the hardware.
At least some Russians could finally have normal access to the iTunes Store in 2009, reports say. While Macs, iPods and now iPhones are on sale in the country, Apple's online media storefront has been conspicuously absent, with the exception of the App Store. Music and/or video could be coming soon through an unusual deal with one of Russia's iPhone carriers, writes RBC Daily.
The iPhone should go on sale in Russia October 3rd, Reuters reports. Nadezhda Senyuk, a PR director for Russia's Tekhnosila retail chain, explains that several retailers should begin selling the iPhone overnight between October 2nd and 3rd. Two other retailers, Eldorado and M.video, have confirmed Senyuk's statements by issuing separate announcements of an October 3rd sell date. Eldorado says it expects total iPhone sales in the country to reach 150,000 for 2008, out of which Eldorado hopes to claim 15,000.
Russia's top cellular carrier, Mobile TeleSystems, today announced it has successfully negotiated with Apple and will soon be offering the iPhone, according to the Associated Press. This confirms speculation that Apple would be making deals with all three major Russian carriers, as the company signed deals with Vimpelcom and MegaFon earlier this week.
Russia's third-largest telecom firm, Megafon, has announced that it has reached an agreement with Apple to carry the iPhone 3G, making it the second carrier in the country to offer the device. The company has not yet committed to any particular release date, but has announced in a statement that the iPhone will be available "later this year."
Russian telecoms firm VimpelCom today said it has struck an agreement with Apple to carry the iPhone 3G, making it the first carrier in the country officially set to offer the device. The telecoms firm follows the practices of earlier carrier announcements and doesn't commit to a particular release date, saying only that it would have the device "later this year."
Apple is nearing an agreement to sell the iPhone in Russia, says Vedomosti. The regional publication cites inside sources, who claim that two out of the three major cellular carriers in Russia -- Megafon and VimpelCom -- are on the verge of signing a deal to distribute the iPhone. The only stumbling block at present is said to be bulk orders, as Apple may want carriers to accept unusually large quantities of the phone all at once -- between 1 to 1.5 million units each, for a total of 3 to 4.5 million for the whole country.
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Cirrus creates Lightning-headphone dev kit
Apple supplier Cirrus Logic has introduced a MFi-compliant new development kit for companies interested in using Cirrus' chips to create Lightning-based headphones, which -- regardless of whether rumors about Apple dropping the analog headphone jack in its iPhone this fall -- can offer advantages to music-loving iOS device users. The kit mentions some of the advantages of an all-digital headset or headphone connector, including higher-bitrate support, a more customizable experience, and support for power and data transfer into headphone hardware. Several companies already make Lightning headphones, and Apple has supported the concept since June 2014. http://bit.ly/29giiZj
Apple Store app offers Procreate Pocket
The Apple Store app for iPhone, which periodically rewards users with free app gifts, is now offering the iPhone "Pocket" version of drawing app Procreate for those who have the free Apple Store app until July 28. Users who have redeemed the offer by navigating to the "Stores" tab of the app and swiping past the "iPhone Upgrade Program" banner to the "Procreate" banner have noted that only the limited Pocket (iPhone) version of the app is available free, even if the Apple Store app is installed and the offer redeemed on an iPad. The Pocket version currently sells for $3 on the iOS App Store. [32.4MB]
Porsche adds CarPlay to 2017 Panamera
Porsche has added a fifth model of vehicle to its CarPlay-supported lineup, announcing that the 2017 Panamera -- which will arrive in the US in January -- will include Apple's infotainment technology, and be seen on a giant 12.3-inch touchscreen as part of an all-new Porsche Communication Management system. The luxury sedan starts at $99,900 for the 4S model, and scales up to the Panamera Turbo, which sells for $146,900. Other vehicles that currently support CarPlay include the 2016 911 and the 2017 models of Macan, 718 Boxster, and 718 Cayman. The company did not mention support for Google's corresponding Android Auto in its announcement. http://bit.ly/295ZQ94
Apple employees testing wheelchair features
New features included in the forthcoming watchOS 3 are being tested by Apple retail store employees, including a new activity-tracking feature that has been designed with wheelchair users in mind. The move is slightly unusual in that, while retail employees have previously been used to test pre-release versions of OS X and iOS, this marks the first time they've been included in the otherwise developer-only watchOS betas. The company is said to have gone to great lengths to modify the activity tracker for wheelchair users, including changing the "time to stand" notification to "time to roll" and including two wheelchair-centric workout apps. http://bit.ly/2955JDa
SanDisk reveals two 256GB microSDXC cards
SanDisk has introduced two 256GB microSDXC cards. Arriving in August for $150, the Ultra microSDXC UHS-I Premium Edition card offers transfer speeds of up to 95MB/s for reading data. The Extreme microSDXC UHS-I card can read at a fast 100MB/s and write at up to 90MB/s, and will be shipping sometime in the fourth quarter for $200. http://bit.ly/294Q1If
Apple's third-quarter results due July 26
Apple has advised it will be issuing its third-quarter results on July 26, with a conference call to answer investor and analyst queries about the earnings set to take place later that day. The stream of the call will go live at 2pm PT (5pm ET) via Apple's investor site, with the results themselves expected to be released roughly 30 minutes before the call commences. Apple's guidance for the quarter put revenue at between $41 billion and $43 billion. http://apple.co/1oi1Pbm
Twitter stickers slowly roll out to users
Twitter has introduced "stickers," allowing users to add extra graphical elements to their photos before uploading them to the micro-blogging service. A library of hundreds of accessories, props, and emoji will be available to use as stickers, which can be resized, rotated, and placed anywhere on the photograph. Images with stickers will also become searchable with viewers able to select a sticker to see how others use the same graphic in their own posts. Twitter advises stickers will be rolling out to users over the next few weeks, and will work on both the mobile apps and through the browser. http://bit.ly/29bbwUE


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One of the hottest topics among API providers has to do with how to best engage developers through a developer portal. In this special report, ProgrammableWeb has compiled a comprehensive list of features (based on real world examples) that all developer portals should aspire to.
Twilio has released a beta version of its Conversations API. The unified API allows developers to aggregate messages across channels (SMS, MMS, Chat, and WhatsApp) into a single conversation. Additionally, administrators can control the conversation and supplement with experiential features.
Stream.io provides developers with tools for adding scalable feeds, activity streams, and chat functionality to their applications via the Stream API. The company has recently announced a new SDK that aims to streamline the addition/creation of chat functionality for iOS applications.
Amazon released its AWS Cloud Development Kit last year as a preview. Now, the CDKs for TypeScript and Python are now generally available. The CDK allows administrators to manage their infrastructure using the same language and tools they use to build applications, a move towards DevOps practices.
Microsoft has developed new API standards in an attempt to modernize its portfolio and respond to developer feedback. Microsoft published the first version of the standards and released its first set of SDKs for Azure Storage, Cosmos DB, Key Vault and Event Hubs that comply with the standards.
Primis hit the Israeli web video market with its video discovery unit launched in 2018. The company has now expanded the usefulness of its platform with new API capabilities. The API features allow publishers to track and engage with viewers based on events like clicks, impressions, etc.
As government regulators and consumers grapple with the extraordinary control and commercialization that Facebook exerts over personal data, and the extent to which Facebook has abused that privilege, a bigger question looms; what hope exists, if any for the emergence of a legitimate alternative?
About a year after Google introduced the Hangouts Chat API, it is enhancing the ability to build chatbots by supporting both Dialogflow and Hubot. Dialogflow allows developers to leverage natural language processing to train bots. Hubot allows developers to build bots for multiple platforms.
Fauna announced that the GraphQL API for its FaunaDB database is now generally available. With the massive migration towards GraphQL, Fauna has expanded its already versatile database product with some of the latest serverless technology. Its general availability comes after a successful prerelease.
Zendesk expanded integration opportunities for its Answer Bot product. Answer Bot, a machine learning tool that helps customers find answers to their own questions, had been limited in channel access since its original release. Now, Zendesk has opened up access through API, SDK, widget, and more.
Cloud-based storage has opened up new possibilities for managing and analyzing data. However, not all information stored in the cloud is as easily accessible as it could be. This article looks at the different types of APIs that let you sync to the cloud and have a safe way to access your files.
Fugue has evolved its platform and risk manager offerings into one SaaS offering. The new product allows cloud users to manage security and compliance through a single product, streamlining visualization and management of their cloud infrastructure. Access to the Fugue API automates the process.
Eighteen APIs have been added to the ProgrammableWeb directory in categories including Financial, Blockchain, and Recreation, and Movies. Highlights include the Play.tv API for video game streaming and the Boundless AI API for predicting user behavior. Here's a rundown of the latest additions.
Google recently introduced Kubernetes Operators which helps admins better author, release and manage applications built on top of Kubernetes. Built specifically with Kubernetes knowledge baked in, Operators work with apps built on top of Kubernetes and managed through the Kubernetes API.
Last week, Amazon announced a plan to end path-style API requests for its AWS S3 object storage solution starting on September 30, 2020. Currently, Amazon offers S3 users the ability to choose between two URI styles, path-style and virtual-hosted style, and it had decided to retire the former.
Microsoft kicked off its annual developer conference, Build, yesterday. Most of the day 1 headlines surrounded Microsoft Azure products and services. Azure products making news included Azure IoT Edge, Azure Maps, Azure SQL Database Edge, Azure Data Factory, and Azure Managed Disks.
APIs are some of the best ways to get access to data and to share files—large and small—back and forth between users. But are they the only option out there for businesses to utilize? Depending on what your company does—and what it needs its data for—there are other options instead of APIs.
While brick-and-mortar shopping is not dead, it certainly isn't surviving without it's eCommerce counterparts. Powering eCommerce technology are Application Programming Interfaces, or APIs. Here, we take a look at some notable eCommerce APIs that can be found in the ProgrammableWeb directory.
Google has announced changes to the Google Drive and Google Picker APIs that will change the way that developers authenticate download requests. The authentication changes will affect all users that currently authorize Google Drive download requests via an access token in a query parameter.
Eleven APIs have been added to the ProgrammableWeb directory in categories including Recreation, Events, and Documents. Highlights include an API for mountain bike trail information and an API for adding reverse geocoding and elevation data to applications. Here's a rundown of the latest additions.


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Brand Thunder, the branded browser specialists, announced today an agreement with JOCKlife, LLC to build a browser enhanced to meet the needs of sports fans everywhere.
Columbus, OH (PRWEB) March 19, 2009 — Brand Thunder LLC, the branded browser specialists, announced today an agreement with JOCKlife, LLC to build a browser enhanced to meet the needs of sports fans everywhere.
The exclusive voice of the athlete is coming to a sports fan’s web browser. For the first time, sports fans can enhance their web browser with the JOCKlife look and feel, which will include streaming sports news headlines, scores, videos and commentary across the sports landscape, amateur to professional. Additionally, JOCKlife browser users will be able to move seamlessly between versions of the browser that match their specific sport of choice. Users can choose between four distinct views with each designed to meet the needs of the general sports fan and/or diehard baseball, basketball or football followers. With any selection, users will enjoy news, information and scores tailored to their customized choice.
“JOCKlife.com is a growing and avid community of sports fans, and Brand Thunder’s Booms are a natural fit to keep them connected to their favorite sports, and of course, the athletes themselves,” stated Patrick Brougham, Sponsorship Director. “This is another important step in assisting the sports fan to stay connected to their favorite sport, team and athletes through a creative and exciting application.”
“JOCKlife.com has a unique approach with professional athletes from professional and amateur teams taking an active role on the site,” said Patrick Murphy, founder and CEO of Brand Thunder. “We’re excited at the prospect of merging their exclusive news, editorials, videos and blogs into a customized browser experience for the sports fan.”
Brand Thunder’s browser Booms are free, lightweight active customizations that can include themes, toolbars, sidebars and other content or functionality. Users can dynamically switch between JOCKlife’s Booms without restarting their browser.
About Brand Thunder:
Formed in April 2007, Brand Thunder creates a more persistent presence between corporate brands and their Internet consumer through its branded-browser customization, which leads to increased website visits and revenue. Through a software installation, end users change the look and feel of their Internet browser into an immersive experience from their favorite sports team, entertainment franchise or Internet site. The customized browsers feature official logos, colors, content and functionality, but can also extend capabilities including video, music players or other Internet widgets. Current business partners and clients include the Huffington Post, Major League Soccer, NASCAR, NCAA, NHL, Starpulse.com, Universal Music and Yahoo!. Samples found at http://brandthunder.com/gallery/.
JOCKlife.com is “The Voice of the Athlete.” Acting as an unfiltered source, JOCKlife.com vows to truly be the voice of the athlete allowing the viewer, to get a broader and greater sense of who their favorite athlete really is by allowing the athlete to speak without fear of misquotes and out of context interpretations. JOCKlife.com tells the real story from the athlete’s perspective without bias. Get it all directly through athlete blogs, exclusive interviews and videos, and get it from the top players from the best teams, amateur to professional.
Patrick Murphy, CEO
Brand Thunder, LLC


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Venture trusts seeking tax break
THE Government is under fire over plans to create small business investment companies rather than boosting tax incentives for venture capital trusts.
The plans could strangle a vital funding lifeline for growing businesses, Chancellor Gordon Brown will be told this week.
Brown announced plans in his April Budget to set up small business investment companies to provide funding of less than £1m to small firms. But John Mackie, chief executive of the British Venture Capital Association, said: 'Many companies receive funding from venture capital trusts of between £1m and £3m , which these new investment companies will not fund.'
He will tell Brown that unless the Government helps venture capital trusts by improving income tax relief, the industry will be at risk of collapse from falling investment.
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Good Cents, Giant Eagle's new low-price grocery store, to open in Ross
November 2, 2012 4:00 AM
Manager Josh Leroux puts pricing stickers on products Thursday at the new Good Cents grocery store on McKnight Road. The store opens Sunday.
By Teresa F. Lindeman Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
A lot of note-taking has gone into creating the new grocery store that Giant Eagle is opening Sunday morning in Ross.
"The clerks keep a list of what customers ask for," said John Tedesco, senior vice president in charge of the operation that has produced the new 46,000-square-foot Good Cents Grocery + More.
The brightly lit place done up with red and yellow signs along McKnight Road is the first that O'Hara parent company Giant Eagle is opening under the Good Cents name, but Mr. Tedesco's unit has built similar stores under the name Valu King for a few years now -- and each new one has represented an evolution.
That's why there's now shampoo, pet food, more produce and even soy milk -- things that the store's predecessors didn't always carry as the development team was tinkering to create an attractive, low-cost concept.
The grocery business overall has gone through various stages over the decades, as consumers' shopping habits change and priorities shift. It's only been in the past 10 years or so that the low-price, limited assortment format has spread chains like Aldi, Save-A-Lot, Trader Joe's and Bottom Dollar Foods across the country. An alternative to mammoth one-stop-shop superstores and lush but pricey, upscale grocery stores, the discount markets have been embraced by customers watching their pennies.
Giant Eagle opened its first Valu King in 2008, one of a number of traditional supermarket chains playing with different formats. Just in the last year or so, for example, Michigan grocer Spartan Stores has been testing smaller stores that carry the name Valu Land.
With its newly renamed Good Cents store, Giant Eagle is looking to buy a little distance from both ends of the grocery spectrum. The store still has the low-price Valu Time brands that formed the core of the original format, but selection has been expanded to include mid-price brands and even some premium products the store's buyers think they can sell at a tempting price.
The juice section now carries Valu Time, Tropicana, Florida's Natural, Dole and Minute Maid products. "In the original iteration, we were simply carrying our own brand," Mr. Tedesco said Thursday as he walked a store that still had plenty of empty shelves plus a few grocery carts stacked with red signs ready to be installed.
The produce section has tripled in size since the 2010 version, and even includes a small organic selection. Originally, the concept carried one kind of lettuce, for example, but customers asked for more choices.
A cheese department, complete with stainless counters and slicers, listed yellow American cheese at $2.49 a pound as well as a Pecorino Romano at $5.99 a pound. A little further along, a small olive bar displayed several varieties at $5.99 a pound.
Stripped-down, center aisle displays include opportunistic buys, often brand items that might not be there the next time a shopper swings through.
The original Valu Kings weren't meant to fill all of a consumer's weekly shopping needs, but the addition of things like a health and beauty section and pet food make that easier. "We're getting closer to it," said Mr. Tedesco. "It's getting pretty close."
Good Cents keeps prices down through a variety of strategies. The store accepts manufacturer's coupons, but doesn't double them as Giant Eagle and competitor Shop'n Save do. It also doesn't offer programs like the fuelperks! gas discounts that its parent company is known for.
It doesn't have a bakery, a pharmacy or dry cleaning -- all services that require more space and more employees. Customers will be checked out by staff but they either bring their own bags or pay 5 cents per bag. They'll also need to pack up their own groceries.
In another difference from the parent company, Good Cents, which employs about 100 people, has a non-unionized workforce.
Eventually, Mr. Tedesco said, the six older stores that carry the Valu King name will probably be renamed, but only after they are adapted to the latest vision.
Good Cents has captured a certain amount of attention in part because the new store, which sits in what used to be a Roomful Express furniture store, rubs shoulders with a Bottom Dollar Food opened earlier this year. The rival chain, part of Belgium's Delhaize Group, arrived in Pittsburgh in January with a wave of store openings and promises to beat competitors' prices.
Mr. Tedesco also promised to be competitive and said he isn't worried about the proximity of the two stores. "I think it will drive a lot of customers into the center," he said with a grin.


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[JURIST] A group of lawmakers from the US Senate and House of Representatives on Thursday introduced [press release] the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act [S 2461 text; PDF], which would give the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) [official website] the same authority to regulate tobacco products as it has over other consumer products. The bill, which cites the dangers of tobacco smoke and the economic burden on the American medical system, would allow the FDA to enforce stronger warning labels on tobacco products, and also to decrease the amount of addictive ingredients, such as nicotine, that tobacco companies put in their products.
According to the bill's findings:
Because past efforts to restrict advertising and marketing of tobacco products have failed adequately to curb tobacco use by adolescents, comprehensive restrictions on the sale, promotion, and distribution of such products are needed....The FDA first began to regulate the tobacco industry in 1996, but after the tobacco industry sued, the US Supreme Court ruled in FDA v. Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp. [text] that Congress had not provided the FDA with authority to regulate tobacco products. AP has more.
It is in the public interest for Congress to enact legislation that provides the Food and Drug Administration with the authority to regulate tobacco products and the advertising and promotion of such products.


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With the imminent arrival of mass-market, long-range electric vehicles such as the Chevy Bolt and Tesla Model 3, the electric vehicle is becoming a mainstream subject around water coolers and during coffee breaks. Electric vehicles offer superior ride comfort, far less vehicle maintenance and less operational cost. Best of all, they offer a great opportunity to reduce greenhouse gas emission dramatically.
The Fermilab Electric Vehicle Club is made up of a group of Fermilab employees and users who share an interest in electric vehicles or plug-in hybrid vehicles. The club aims to educate other Fermilab employees and users, through a variety of events and lectures, of the relative advantages of electric vehicles, types of electrical vehicles, home charging options, public charging availability and the general development of electrification of transportation.
The club plans to work with the Fermilab Sustainability Committee to propose to Fermilab management electric-vehicle on-site charging solutions.
The club began as a grass-roots movement among Fermilab employees to accelerate the adoption of the electric vehicles at Fermilab. It is open to all Fermilab employees and users who currently drive electric vehicles or plan to buy electric vehicles.
Fermilab EV Club will host an electric vehicle car show on Friday, Sept. 23, from 3-4 p.m. Details are on the club webpage.
Genfa Wu is a scientist at Fermilab and the founding member of the Fermilab Electric Vehicle Club.


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The Canadian Technology Accelerator (CTA) programs in New York City, Boston, and San Francisco introduce Canadian companies to U.S markets. Over a three month period, the CTA works with companies in the clean technology, information technology, and life sciences sectors to drive new business and raise capital. The CTA program also helps Canadian companies make connections through mentoring, and meet potential partners, investors, and customers in the U.S. – helping them grow and thrive outside of Canada.
Since the 2012 launch of its CTA, the Consulate General of Canada in New York has helped launch more than 224 innovative companies These high-potential young firms flourish and enrich the New York City entrepreneurial ecosystem, and act as brand ambassadors for Team Canada here in the U.S. And, these companies are actively contributing to their communities and our bilateral investment relationship. To date, CTA companies have raised $130 million in capital, $34 million in new revenue, and have created 300 jobs. 30 of the CTA companies have even established a physical presence in New York State.
This year, the CTA will expand to Mexico and several locations across Asia, supporting trade diversification for Canadian exporters. To build on this momentum, the Consulate General in New York and Embassy in Singapore are running a special CTA program this fall to bridge the gap between Canada and Asia by giving clients the ability to triangulate opportunities with firms that have a presence in two of the world’s largest financial capitals. The five fintech companies – Blockcerts, Boxx Insurance, Owl.co, Tehama, and Life Raft – were in New York in early October and will be travelling to Singapore in November.


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Fake it till you make it
Issue 84 - 18 January 2022 (8-min read)
Elizabeth Holmes of Theranos sold everyone on the idea that a single drop of blood is all you need to diagnose any medical condition. As someone who shares her fear of needles and blood, I can relate to her motivations.
What’s harder to understand though is how this caricature of a Silicon Valley techie managed to extract millions from the likes of Henry Kissinger, Rupert Murdoch, the Wal-Mart family and others when her technology clearly did not match her claims. The answer lies in the wider 'fake it till you make it' culture that’s pervasive in Silicon Valley.
This week in The Global Tiller, we will dig deeper into the recently concluded fraud trial of the Theranos founder and what it tells us about the Silicon Valley culture. What does accountability look like and how can we learn to differentiate between innovation and fraud?
Holmes was only 19 years old when she founded Theranos (then called Real-Time Cures) in 2003 and, by 2014, had managed to turn it into a leading health technology company worth $10 billion. However, it all came crashing down when a Wall Street Journal report exposed the company’s struggles with its blood test technology. It revealed that the company was using regular blood testing machines and collecting vials of bloods from patients, while claiming the results came from their own machines that worked with just a single blood drop. The revelations led to FDA investigations into the company’s testing on patients and eventually culminated with the founder being found guilty of four charges of fraud.
You don’t have to look far to figure out how this self-styled Steve Jobs managed to go so far. The defence put forward during Holmes’ trial argues that her behaviour is the norm in Silicon Valley. As a defense lawyer at an Alabama law firm explained:
"Silicon Valley has thus far been famously resistant to much prosecutorial activity because its business model assumes you are going to take an aggressive, optimistic view of your product or service to attract investors. And if that product or service succeeds, you’re not a fraudster, you’re a visionary."
According to Margaret O'Mara, author of The Code: Silicon Valley and the Remaking of America:
"It's baked in to the culture. If you are a young start-up in development - with a barely existent product - a certain amount of swagger and hustle is expected and encouraged."
Treading this thin line between optimism and fraud leads to another common practice in Silicon Valley: high secrecy. Companies keep their technology secret and are so cynical of intellectual property theft that they are reluctant to share their ideas even with regulatory bodies for verification and peer review. Oftentimes, even employees and investors don’t know exactly how the technology works, and even when they do, hyper vigilance of communications and non-disclosure agreements prevent whistleblowing.
It is this very culture that illustrates why Theranos is not the only startup fraud in recent years. Juicero convinced everyone to buy its $400 juice machine when this Bloomberg report showed they could squeeze the company’s exclusive juice bag just as easily with their hands. Hampton Creek, now called Just Inc, was found to be artificially inflating customer demand by forcing its own employees to buy its egg-free mayonnaise from supermarkets. There are others who were found to be putting false labels, misrepresenting financial health and simply siphoning investor money into private accounts.
Unfortunately, Silicon Valley isn’t the only one that has cornered the market on startup scams. Russian-founded space startup, Momentus, has been fined for misleading investors. Mexican startup Yogome closed its doors after its founder was accused of fraud. And French startup Air Next promised blockchain technology to revolutionise passenger transport only to be outed as a total scam with a fake website and fake identities.
What paints a gloomy picture is how little these exposés do towards changing the 'fake it till you make it' culture. Despite the guilty sentence for Holmes, Silicon Valley investors admit they are not keen to do a lot of due diligence before investing in a startup as it is such a hot market.
One could argue that these are rich-people problems. After all, the people being scammed out of millions are those who actually have billions to part with. But as consumers of the products being pitched by these startups, this may actually be a me-and-you problem because one of us could have just as easily been misdiagnosed by a Theranos blood test. What about those startups that were never caught in time? How many of them continue to fake it without our knowledge? Who can we demand greater accountability from? How can we push for more regulation in this industry?
We’d love to hear your thoughts on this 'fake it till you make it culture' so do write back.
Until next week, take care and stay safe.
Hira - Editor - The Global Tiller
If the story of Elizabeth Holmes fascinates you, you may enjoy this HBO documentary 'The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley'.
…and now what?
The Theranos case is an incredible story that shines light on the excesses of the tech industry, wrapped in its own cape of prophets of the future and pseudo-philosophical change-makers. Carried away by this aura, this whole industry — under its current Silicon Valley mentality — has been given a pass for many actions, decisions and projects that are now seen to be way out of line.
Elizabeth Holmes had an almost caricatural personality, complete with “I only wear one type of clothes to free my mind for more important things”. She eventually (and involuntary) pulled back the curtain and to reveal how the innovation sector is rife with issues. Mind you, she did exactly what Zuckerberg used to do. But he’s successful so that’s ok. We’re not making fun of it, we call it innovative and forward-thinking.
One could argue that it’s part of the game. You have to bet high if you want to go high. You have to be bold, a risk-taker, to have a pioneer attitude to reach for the stars. Yet the question remains, is that really what’s needed to succeed in the age of innovation?
If you look at the major figures of this world, it does seem like it: you have to be a drop-out, slightly eccentric, stubborn with good public speaking skills… All this being presented as the recipe for success, forgetting along the way that people, such as Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk and many others were able to drop out because they were coming from very privileged backgrounds. They could afford to be bold. It was just one part of the story, one part of the myth, a well-sustained myth to maintain this aura that completely hypnotised everyone.
But there’s more to the story. It turns out that the majority of the most successful startups have been created by people in their mid-30s who have had some experience before. And I’m not only talking about Jeff Bezos but many less famous people. Most of them don’t fake much until they make it. It’s too risky. They may try to be convincing by pushing the limits of their forecasts or blurring a little bit the line between reality and their own dreams but most of them are fairly grounded professionals. Maybe that’s actually why the tech sector is still working and growing, because behind those “bigger than life” tech wizards are professionals doing the real work.
So even if the Theranos case has somehow given us the evidence of the artificiality of many elements of the startup myth, it won’t lead to many deep changes in the sector. Why?
First, as we’ve just seen, she may not be considered your typical startup founder so investors and customers may see her as a glitch more than a systemic issue
Second, because the “fake it until you make it” philosophy will still be regarded as a winning strategy as long as the sector continues to be flourishing and remain profitable to investors.
There’s another Silicon Valley’s motto that concerns me as well: “break things and move fast”. This is how major projects, such as social media platforms, have succeeded. But at what cost? The world we’re living in, the one so polarised and misinformed, is the result of this other tech guru’s motto. And it has hurt our communities deeply, all the way here, in the islands of the Pacific.
So yes, we do need more accountability, we do need more oversight. We need consumers to be part of the game, we need regulators to have a broader perspective on things. Not to limit innovation but to help it be an agent of positive change from the beginning. We should not wait for harm to happen to regulate or restrain the tech industry, or any other industry for that matter. Because the greater good is not only the sum of individual interests, it’s a deeper and wider vision and it has to be preserved and sustained for our communities to move fast and secure things: secure the basic needs for everyone, secure inclusivity and social justice, secure and sustain our environment and so on.
No project should be analysed through the eyes of the investor only. The stakeholder economy begs the same question: making sure that innovation is a source for good for everyone and not just the few lucky ones who funded it. Otherwise, as a famous innovation guru from Silicon Valley recently put it: "Nobody cares about what’s happening to the Uyghurs, ok?”. But if nobody cares about fundamental rights, is it really the kind of philosophy, mentality and leadership we want to pull humanity forward? You tell me…
Philippe - Founder - Pacific Ventury


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A statement released by the Business Visits and Events Partnership (BVEP) called for a clarity on the funding
The loan scheme has been welcomed, but questions remain over the abolishment of business rates for some businesses
Chancellor Rishi Sunak opened his first Budget speech with a statement about coronavirus, addressing the rightful concerns of the British public in the face of Covid19 crisis
ABTA – The Travel Association, has called on the government to consider extraordinary support measures for businesses
Gordon Robertson says: "Marketing Edinburgh has worked hard to develop and submit what we believe is a viable counter proposal to City of Edinburgh Council’s proposed budget cuts"
"The European Travel Manager in 2019" says decision makers expect budgets to rise in 2019
Edinburgh City Council has proposed an 89% cut to the city's marketing budget over two years
According to research by the Business Travel Show


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- Courtesy of Gourdough's Public House via Sammis|Ochoa
The growing brand — recognized nationally for its over-the-top, sweet-as-can-be donut varieties — will open its Alamo City location Saturday, February 23. The new outpost will be the first outside its hometown of Austin.
Co-owners Paula Samford and Ryan Palmer said they're excited to bring Gourdough's south.
"We have been blown away with the amount of excitement and support we've already received from San Antonio," Samford said in a press release. "We couldn't be more excited to finally bring Gourdough's Big. Fat. Donuts. to the Alamo City."
The donut spot will offer the same sugary bites available in Austin, plus new menu items and interactive dining experiences.
The company's still working out details for a grand opening celebration, but officials say there will be a ribbon-cutting ceremony, marching band, a donut wall(!) and fun activities.
Gourdough's Public House will be open Monday through Thursday from 11 a.m. to midnight, Friday 11 a.m. to 2 a.m., Saturday 10 a.m. to 2 a.m. and Sunday 10 a.m. to midnight.
So many restaurants, so little time. Find out the latest San Antonio dining news with our Flavor Friday Newsletter.


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Seagate has stated that it will launch hard drives in 18TB and 20TB capacities in 2020. The company expects to be able to release its first HDDs with a capacity of 50TB or higher around 2026.
Seagate will release its first 18TB HDDs in the first half of 2020. These hard drives will most likely be based on Seagate’s nine-platter platform. The nine-platter platform is already used in some hard drives, including the Exos 16TB HDD. This will make it relatively easy for Seagate to produce the upcoming 18TB HDD on a large scale. Seagate also indicates that the upcoming 18TB HDD will use conventional magnetic recording, a technique for which the production process is relatively simple.
Seagate also says it will release its first 20TB HDD in the second half of 2020; which uses shingled magnetic recording. This is a bit more complicated compared to the aforementioned cmr, but should allow for higher storage capacities. This hard disk will also be based on the hamr technology. This heat-assisted magnetic recording technique should provide a higher data density, which in turn should also provide higher capacities.
Seagate plans to release hard drives with a capacity of 50TB or higher by 2026. These discs will also be based on the hamr technology. Seagate is already supplying some hamr HDDs to a select few partners, but production should be ramped up in 2020. In 2017, Seagate indicated that the company would come with 20TB hamr HDDs this year, but this has now been pushed back a year.


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It certainly meets the Tom Clancy High-Tech Battlefield Seal of Approval, but it also hopes to take advantage of new stimulus-package spending that should result in new construction projects nationwide. These are the potential markets Dell is targeting with its new XFR E6400 Latitude rugged laptop computer.
“It is engineered to meet the needs of even the most demanding customers in the harshest environments such as the military, first responders, field service technicians and those who require systems that meet 13 military specifications including drop tests, sea fog, temperature extremes, thermal shock and explosive environments, to name just a few,” said Dell spokesperson Patrick Burns.
To drive home the point for those accustomed to the occasional notebook latte spill or airport layover bounce, a video on the Dell blog includes shots of the US$4,299 laptop getting blasted by a firehose and being shaken (not stirred) in an industrial-strength vibration chamber.
The company hopes to take on existing rugged laptop models like Panasonic’s Toughbook series and other smaller notebook makers targeting this market with a key difference, Burns said.
“Customers have had to make the tradeoff between performance and the ruggedness of their system with lower-voltage processors and/or a generation-or-two-old technology with no discreet graphics option,” Burns writes. “With the Latitude E6400 XFR, we are enabling customers to use the latest technology.”
That technology includes an Intel Core 2 Duo processor and Intel 45 Express chipset; 120 GB of space on a special shock-mounted hard drive; Nvidia Quadro NVS and Intel Media Accelerator graphics cards; GPS capabilities; and a 14.1 inch display designed for easy viewing in bright environments.
All of that is protected by what Dell says is exclusive Ballistic Armor Protection System, which allows for four-foot drop tests (standard tests stop at 3 feet) and extreme heat/cold durability, and what the company calls “PrimoSeal” technology that protects all ports, seams and joints from water or dust ingress (hence the firehose test).
“What I did think was kind of cool about the Dell product is that along with all the military specification features and capabilities, it does share common components with the rest of the Dell Latitude line,” Charles King, principal analyst for Pund-IT told TechNewsWorld. “From an administration and data management standpoint, the IT administrator can maintain the data the same way they would with any Dell laptop — there’s no special tools or software needed to do it.”
The hefty price tag stamps the XFR 6400 as a specialty product, King said. Dell is indeed targeting a military that is now fighting two wars on increasingly wired battlefields. “Even with the troop drawdown in Iraq, there’s another war going on in Afghanistan, and who knows what the future will bring? What’s interesting in this space is the degree that mobile communications has come to play — live updates of satellite maps, enabling satellite-based telecommunications, troops using laptops to chart incoming missile and artillery fire. There’s lots and lots of stuff these things are used for.”
On the domestic front, King says the Obama economic stimulus package could mean years of new infrastructure spending on things like road and bridge repair. “There really could be an expanding market for products like this over the next two to five years.”


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The portal -- posted online at http://government.ru/support_measures/ -- lists government measures available to different categories of recipients in various sectors.
Among the sectors included are:
- Social welfare
Russian President Vladimir Putin has promised a moratorium on mortgage payments and credit holidays to Russian businesses, but critics -- including opposition leader Alexey Navalny -- say the government is not responding swiftly enough to deliver economic assistance.
The Russian economy has been hit by coronavirus lockdown measures as well as plummeting prices for oil, a major source of government revenue.
In a statement, the Russian government said the portal was being optimized to inform users what support measures they are entitled to.


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It’s not just Canon and Sony who are planning to release new gear this month. According to Nikon Rumors, Nikon is preparing its own announcement. On or around July 21st, the company will release the Nikon Z5 and three new Z lenses, including the long-awaited 14-24mm f/2.8 S.
We reported previously that Nikon would be announcing the entry-level full-frame mirrorless Nikon Z5 this month. Now, as the expected announcement date of July 21st draws closer, Nikon Rumors is reporting that this isn’t the only product that will be revealed this month. In fact, Nikon has three lenses in the pipeline:
- The NIKKOR Z 24-50mm f/4-6.3 – Likely the kit lens for the upcoming Nikon Z5.
- The NIKKOR Z 50mm f/1.2 S – A long-awaited portrait lens to compete with Canon’s offerings.
- The NIKKOR Z 14-24mm f/2.8 S – The final lens in the Z-mount ‘holy trinity’ of f/2.8 zooms, this lens might actually be able to take screw-on filters, just like Nikon’s 14-30mm f/4 S.
For now, this is all that we know, but Nikon Rumors does tease that “there could be even more new products that will be announced at the end of July,” so keep an eye out for more rumors to come.
With Canon about to drop both the EOS R5 and R6, as well as up to 6 lenses, and Sony preparing to reveal the a7S III and the 14-24mm f/2.8 GM, Nikon will have to fight for the attention this release deserves. But if you’re a fan of the big yellow square, it looks like the company has a little something for everyone coming up in this month’s gear drop.


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How the GDPR will affect – and disrupt – online businesses. And why Idka has nothing to fear.
A major shift will take place in May next year when the General Data Protection Regulation, GDPR, is being implemented in Europe. Behind the dull name hides the most important and revolutionizing privacy regulation in decades. It will have a severe impact on the tech world.
The GDPR protects private online users from the interests of businesses and gives people more control over their own data. The new set of laws, which are to be implemented in the entire European Union, demand that companies dealing with user information, for example Google and Facebook, in order to do so need to get the users approval.
Vague general terms and conditions such as the ones being used today will not be valid under the new regulation. Exact information is going to be needed – what data is collected, why is it collected, where is it going and lastly “are you okay with this?”. People will need to specifically and actively approve all use of their data. The GDPR also requires way more transparency as to where information comes from, making it possible for users to for example back track where personalized ads origin from.
Previous information rules have been deemed toothless because of a lack of consequences when broken. Not this one.
Companies that misuse user’s online data according to the rules will under the GDPR risk fines totaling up to four percent of their total worldwide turnaround. That could mean that in the case of for example Google breaking privacy rules fines could add up to 30 billion dollars (based on Google’s 2016 revenue).
The regulation will oblige companies to within three days inform national regulators of data breaches. People will also gain further power to demand that companies remove data about them from the internet that is no longer relevant or accurate.
Another important point of the GDPR is that the laws does not only apply to companies within the EU, but all companies that have data on EU citizens.
All these factors will have major consequences for a long row of tech companies, small scale as well as big fish.
The Italian lawyer Giulio Coraggio, specialized on the internet, data and e-health, has said that many within the industry still “underestimate the amount of work that will be required” to live up to the new set of rules. According to him many companies, even big ones, doesn’t understand that this law might affect their entire business model.
For example, all Google’s personalized ads will require that you “opt-in” to see them – in other words you have to sign an agreement saying that you accept that Google directs ads at you. Furthermore, Gmail mines all your emails for information – also this would require for you to “opt-in” amongst with a number of other of the companies’ functions.
Facebook, another of the data collecting giants, will also face challenges. Information that gives up a person’s political opinion, ethnicity, race, religious beliefs, trade union membership, sexual orientation or other info concerning peoples sex life cannot be used without explicit consent (except if they have been made public by its “owner”) meaning that all private posts will be out of Facebooks reach unless the user actively gives the permission to deal with that data.
Facebook and Google are both companies that are directly in touch with the subjects whose data they use. For all those other third-party businesses trading with information the new rules will pose a serious issue: how are they going be able to get an approval from the subject matter since they lack channels of communications directly to them?
According to a survey done by Netscope only 1 in 5 companies are confident that they will be able to comply with the new regulations.
Amongst those 20 percent we find Idka – a new type of private social media collaboration platform built not on the model of doing business with data but on the contrary created from the idea that the customers integrity and privacy is what matters.
So why are the founders of Idka not worried about the GDPR?
You might already have guessed it.
Idka is already 100 percent compatible with the new set of strict rules that the General Data Protection Regulation will bring in May 2018. Not because Idka has been forced to adapt its business model but because Idka’s core values are beginning to be reflected by legislators.


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- Sep 1, 2018
Hmm...not sure if I like it enough to pay 1.5m!
MOTZA, Israel (AP) — An Israeli jewelry company is working on what it says will be the world's most expensive coronavirus mask, a gold, diamond-encrusted face covering with a price tag of $1. 5 million. The 18-karat white gold mask will be decorated with 3,600 white and black diamonds and fitted...


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May 28, 2013
LINCOLN, Neb. — A team of University of Nebraska-Lincoln students will take its idea for helping solve global food insecurity to an international competition in Germany this fall. At stake is a $10,000 grant.
The UNL team already has received $1,000 of seed money, thanks to being one of five finalists chosen from over 100 competitors from around the world. The goal is to come up with solutions to the globe's food insecurity problem, said Justin Van Wart, a post-doctoral student in agronomy.
The Thought for Food contest is sponsored by Syngenta and Sandbox. In addition to Van Wart, members of the team are: Chris Proctor, a doctoral student in agronomy; Tobi Louw, a doctoral student in chemical engineering; Zach Christensen, undergraduate student in biochemistry; and adviser Martha Mamo, soil scientist in agronomy.
The UNL team calls itself CrOpportunity. Members set out to find an idea "that would catch on at the grass roots and spread and that wouldn't cost a lot of money," Van Wart said.
They came up with the notion of giving consumers an option at participating restaurants of reducing their meal to healthier portions while still paying full price, with the difference in cost going to an organization that helps fight world hunger.
Van Wart said this concept simultaneously addresses two food issues: Many Americans eat too much while people in developing countries often don't have enough food. He and his team believe many consumers, if provided some simple facts about this dichotomy, would choose this option. Consumers would have the option to go to their website to pick the organization they want to donate to. Team member Zach Christiansen already has helped develop a Smartphone app, PickIt, which does something similar.
Van Wart said the team envisions products or businesses being labeled as "food-secured," much as some products now get a "fair trade" label.
The international competition is in Germany in September. More information is at tffchallenge.com.Justin Van Wart
IANR News Service


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We reported yesterday that Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) chief executive Tim Cook was recently on a secret trip to China to discuss business opportunities with Chinese telecom operations. The World’s largest telecom operation China Mobile Ltd. (NYSE:CHL) (HKG:0941) officially confirmed the reports in an email sent to Paul Carsten and Lee Chyen Yee of Reuters.Source: Flickr
Cook worried as Apple’s Greater China sales slump
China Mobile Ltd. (NYSE:CHL) (HKG:0941) is the only major Chinese telecom operator that doesn’t offer Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) products. However, China Mobile Ltd. (HKG:0941) (NYSE:CHL) network does have 10 million iPhone users. Tim Cook met China Mobile Ltd. (NYSE:CHL) (HKG:0941) chief Xi Guohua in Beijing to discuss business cooperation. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) reported a 43 percent decline in Greater China sales for the April-June quarter. Greater China includes Hong Kong and Taiwan as well. Cook wants to revive sluggish sales in Apple’s most important market.
China is a crucial market for the Cupertino, California-based company. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) wants to expand the iPhone and iPad’s reach to as many customers as possible. Stiff competition from ZTE Corporation (SHE:000063), Lenovo Group Limited (OTCMKTS:LNVGY) (HKG:0992) and LG Electronics Inc. (KRX:066570) (KRX:066575) has become a headache for Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL), whose products are much more expensive.
The first London Value Investor Conference was held in April 2012 and it has since grown to become the largest gathering of Value Investors in Europe, bringing together some of the best investors every year. At this year’s conference, held on May 19th, Simon Brewer, the former CIO of Morgan Stanley and Senior Adviser to Read More
A deal could change fortunes of Apple and China Mobile
The discussion with Xi Guohua could prompt China Mobile Ltd to join hands with Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) to distribute iPhones and iPads on its strong network. It will benefit both companies. Reuters says that only 20 percent of China Mobile Ltd. customers use 3G, much lower than 50 percent of China Telecom Corporation Limited (NYSE:CHA) (HKG:0728) and 38 percent of China Unicom (Hong Kong) Limited (NYSE:CHU) (HKG:0762). It has affected China Mobile Ltd.’s earnings because customers now prefer to use messaging apps like WhatsApp and WeChat rather than SMS messaging. Analysts believe that a deal to offer iPhones will attract more 3G users to China Mobile Ltd. (NYSE:CHL) (HKG:0941).
A deal between Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) and China Mobile Ltd. (NYSE:CHL) (HKG:0941) could boost profits of both companies as faster Internet speed and wider product distribution will attract new customers. Chinese government plans to issue 4G licenses by the end of this year, which will be icing on the cake.
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) shares were down 0.53 percent to $450.92 at 11:11 AM EDT.


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The business of multinational technology company-Apple has been put under test owing to the present weak sales of its iPhone.
The latest figures from the most recent quarter allege that the iPhone sales curbed to $33.4bn, which is almost 10% less year-on-year. Furthermore, the drop also followed another streak of declines which affected the firm’s profits in the quarter, slipping to 3% year-on-year to $13.7bn.
Since 2016, the firm’s profits and revenue dropped for an entire financial year, which were further weighed down by iPhone results.
By means of a presentation, the firm announced its earnings. The results made Apple’s CEO Tim Cook immediately clarify to investors that the decline in the iPhone sales were a result of quick popularity of the company’s latest phone model, iPhone 11.
“It’s early but the trends look very good,” Cook said. “We are bullish.”
In addition, Cook has also assured that the company’s other businesses were also healthy. These include the sale of wearables, watches and earphones which rose by 50% while services revenue, including Apple Pay and the app store climbed 18% year-on-year. This also raised the quarterly revenue to $64bn which rose by 2% year-on-year.
Recently, Apple has been working on making its business less reliant on its phone through means of its subscription services for television and news, along with other offerings. It is however alleged that iPhones still manage to make majority of sales.
In his statement, Cook spoke about iPhone’s optimism of iPhone 11’s appeal. He supported his views with the help of the bright forecast for the upcoming quarter. The company has anticipated a revenue growth in the quarter of as much as 6%, which is allegedly more that the analysts’ expectations.
In the Greater China region, Apple performance was appreciated by analysts and investors which accounted for 20% of its business, with sales declining to only 3%. Cook anticipates an additional growth in the region and expressed confidence that US and China could agree upon a contract which would further avoid tariffs.
Apple shares have gained almost 2% in the after-hours trades.


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Citizen Watch America, which now has full control over Bulova, Citizen, Frederique Constant and Alpina, is learning from the biggest and best brands in the world, having already set new standards against its rival watch businesses.
In a wide ranging interview that will be published in full in the launch edition of WatchPro USA magazine in December, Jeffrey Cohen, president of Citizen Watch America, says the company’s focus on best practice is already well ahead of what competitors in the watch business are doing.
“The watch industry is very far behind what we are doing,” Mr Cohen says. “A lot of the benchmarking we are doing when it comes to best practice is not measuring ourselves against other companies in the watch industry. We have to do a much better job than the watch industry. We are benchmarking ourselves against power brands that have done this for many years. This is a very confident and assured decision I have made and, based on what I have seen in the watch industry over many years, we need to take a lead in showing how it should be done,” he adds.
A key relationship, which began this year, is with Disney Corporation, one of the power brands Mr Cohen describes. The 12 year alliance is already bearing fruit including collections of Mickey Mouse watches, dozens of publicly-displayed clocks at Disney theme parks across America, a television commercial featuring the I’m Late song by The White Rabbit in Disney’s adaptation of Alice in Wonderland, and ranges of watches based on Marvel’s Avengers, a Disney-owned franchise.
Just as important is the way senior executive teams at Citizen Watch America are learning from their peers at Disney Corporation.
“People can go out and put a character on a watch, but that is only a small part of it with this alliance. This is about taking our company to the next level. As they grow, we will also grow. You will see some amazing things coming from us together. We want it to take us into the realms of becoming one of the great power brands in the world,” Mr Cohen states.


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Further improvements planned
New stores lure more shoppers to Glasgow Fort
Glasgow Fort last year enjoyed the benefits of new stores, including a branch of Marks & Spencer, which helped provide a 6.5% uplift in shoppers to 14.3 million.
Other top brands located to the shopping and leisure centre off the M8 including Scotland’s only Kiko Milano beauty store, jeweller Pandora, fashion retailer FatFace and restaurants Wagamama and Tony Macaroni.
December was the strongest month with the number visitors up 14% on the previous year to more than 1.9m.
The busiest days of the year were Black Friday with about 75,000 bargain hunters and 23 December, the peak Christmas shopping day, with 100,000 searching for last minute presents.
Phil Goodman, Centre Manager, said: “2015 was a fantastic year for us. We welcomed some fantastic new brands and our established stores and restaurants performed excellently. Consumer confidence in Glasgow is increasing.”
The centre is constructing a multi-storey car park with 600 free spaces and welcoming four new restaurants.


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The Google search engine collects data on users who think they can be anonymous if they use a “private browsing” mode, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton claimed on Thursday, filing an amended privacy lawsuit against the Alphabet Inc. unit.
Texas, Indiana, Washington State and the District of Columbia filed separate suits against Google in January in state courts over what they called deceptive location-tracking practices that invade users’ privacy.
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Paxton’s filing adds Google’s Incognito mode to the lawsuit filed in January. Incognito mode or “private browsing” is a web browser function that Paxton said implies Google will not track search history or location activity.
The lawsuit said Google offers the option of “private browsing” that could include “viewing highly personal websites that might indicate, for example, their medical history, political persuasion, or sexual orientation. Or maybe they simply want to buy a surprise gift without the gift recipient being tipped off by a barrage of targeted ads.”
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The suit said “in reality, Google deceptively collects an array of personal data even when a user has engaged Incognito mode.”
Google said on Thursday that Paxton’s filing is again “based on inaccurate claims and outdated assertions about our settings. We have always built privacy features into our products and provided robust controls for location data.”
“We strongly dispute these claims and will vigorously defend ourselves to set the record straight,” it added.
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Paxton previously alleged Google misled consumers by continuing to track their location even when users sought to prevent it.
Google has a “Location History” setting and informs users if they turn it off “the places you go are no longer stored,” Texas said.
In January, an Arizona judge ruled allegations Google deceived users with unclear smartphone location tracking settings should be weighed by a jury, refusing to toss out a lawsuit brought by the state’s attorney general.
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Can SA’s factories withstand the current headwinds?
Factory activity picked up pace in November with the Absa Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) rising to 57.2 points from a revised 53.6 points in October. The increase was largely due to a rebound in business activity and new sales orders. But with the sector having to face rising input costs, supply chain bottle necks, weak economic growth and load-shedding can the positive momentum be sustained? To find out Alishia Seckam spoke to Absa senior economist Miyelani Maluleke