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How to remove a Dyson carpet stain from your car and house
The Dyson product that was once known as “the carpet cleaner” has become a dirty word.
The carpet cleaner is now called a carpet cleaning seeker.
And, for the last time, it is available at the Dyson store.
The product was originally designed to be used on carpets and is sold under a brand name called Dyson Vacuum Cleaner.
The company, which went public in May, is known for selling vacuum cleaners and other household products that are marketed as household products, but they are not household products.
Dyson Vaculums are designed to suck moisture out of the carpet and remove stains from carpets.
They also remove fingerprints and other dirt.
But Dyson has since taken steps to stop selling its carpet cleaning products.
On Wednesday, the company said that it would stop selling vacuum cleaner and vacuum cleaners accessories, including the D-Lite vacuum cleaner.
The D-lite is sold by a company called D-Tech.
Dyson will no longer sell D-tech vacuum cleaners, the brand that Dyson calls its carpet cleaner.
It will also no longer make D-lite vacuum cleaners.
The Dyson vacuum cleaner, with its distinctive purple-and-black paint scheme, is a vacuum cleaner that can clean carpets, mattresses, bedding and so much more.
(AP Photo/Matt Rourke)Dyson also said that the Dlite and D-Plus vacuum cleaners would not be available in the U.S. on Thursday.
The vacuum cleaners will be sold through Dyson’s U.K. and Canada subsidiaries.
It is unclear whether those vacuum cleaners were sold by Dyson in the past or whether they will be made available through other U.N. member countries.
Many of the products Dyson sells are designed for people who want to clean carpels, mattress and other types of furniture.
Dorms, bedrooms and bathrooms have been marketed as carpet cleaning machines.
Dylos, Dyson products for cars, and the vacuum cleaners have been touted as household cleaners and carpet cleaning solutions.
There are about 7 million Dyson vacuums on the market, but the company’s product line has grown over time, according to the company.
The products can be used for cleaning carpet, fabric and wood floors, as well as carpets as well.
Drones and cars can also be used to vacuum.
According to the Wall Street Journal, the Dysons’ move is a response to complaints about the product’s reputation.
The complaint against Dyson is the first in more than a decade that D-Toys has received for its carpet cleaners, which are marketed in some countries as household cleaning products, not carpet cleaners.
D-Turbo and Dyson, which merged in 2009, were criticized for their carpet cleaning claims and for charging too much for the vacuum cleaning products they sold.
As for the Dylons’ product line, it includes some furniture, which the company sells under the Dyle vacuum cleaner name, as part of a line that includes vacuum cleaners for cars and other home items.
Dynos vacuum cleaners are also sold by other U to U retailers.
The companies have had a rocky relationship.
In 2012, Dyno sued Dyson over allegations that it did not reimburse its customers for carpet cleaning and carpet cleaners accessories.
The lawsuit also accused Dyson of falsely advertising its products.
Dymos settled the lawsuit.
The court settlement was $5.8 million in a settlement with Dyson.


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For some specialty retailers, the next fashion trend may have little to do with clothing that anybody actually sees.
Underwear marched into 400
stores last week after a test in a handful of locations this past spring yielded fruitful results. Express, a unit of
, is the latest specialty retailer to delve into the hugely profitable world of intimate apparel, which has long been a bastion for department stores. By doing so, Express has a chance to boost profitability and generate more loyal customers -- two goals that would greatly aid a turnaround already under way.
Although shunned by the 1960s-era feminists, who routinely burned the lacy garments in protest of female oppression, bras are making a comeback. Last year, they were the fastest-growing category in the nearly $10.9 billion intimate apparel market, as tracked by
, a push-up bra that creates instant cleavage, did much to reignite our love affair with underwear when it was introduced by
in 1994, says Mary Howell, a director of the
Intimate Apparel Council
, part of the
American Apparel Manufacturers Association
"It's become much more fashion-oriented," Howell says. "Stores are offering one-stop shopping and allowing women to create their whole ensemble from underwear to outerwear."
Express' underwear initiative has its origins with sister company
, owned by
, which in turn is 84% owned by Express parent Limited. Victoria's Secret's racy success spurred specialty retailers to get into the lingerie business. For instance,
has opened five
stores, which sell bras, panties and sleepwear.
"Underwear is a good way to image a brand," Michael Weiss, Express' chief executive, said in an interview during a meeting Wednesday with investors. Weiss said he intends to make underwear a secondary reference point, next to Express' longtime staple jeans, for the young, female customers Express is trying to reach.
So far that customer -- whom he describes as just graduating from college, working at her first job and with a taste for fashion that outstrips her pocketbook -- seems to be biting. A New York Express location on Madison Avenue and 51st Street has seen underwear sales rise to 8% of the store's total sales since it began testing the garments last spring, a store manager says.
-inspired minimalist look of the cotton tank tops, thongs, panties and bras in gray and white is in stark contrast to the more plush appeal of Victoria's Secret.
"Victoria's Secret is an older sexiness," Weiss said. "Express is a younger sexiness."
That's an important distinction, since Limited has cannibalized itself into a corner in the past. At one point Express and other Limited units,
Lerner New York
and the namesake
chain carried such similar merchandise that customers stopped caring and sales tanked.
By January 1997, Weiss -- who had helped develop Express in the early '80s, went on to become its president and then left in '95 to become a vice chairman with the parent company -- was brought back to stem the losses.
Charged with helping Express regain its edgy, fashion-conscious look, Weiss set about remodeling stores (302 will be refurbished by year-end); closing unprofitable stores (50 have been shuttered, leaving the chain at a more svelte 698 units); and creating 100 new design, merchandising and sourcing positions.
His efforts are showing. Walking into an Express store today is a different experience than it was a year ago when the presentation was muddled. Now, there's little question where you are, or who the customer is.
The numbers reflect these changes. Tuesday Limited said it expects to earn 26 cents per share for the second quarter ended July 31, compared with 13 cents a year ago. Analyst surveyed by
had expected the company to earn 19 cents a share.
Salomon Smith Barney
analyst Maura Hunter Byrne upgraded Limited to a buy from a outperform based on improvements at Express, Lerner and Lane Bryant. The Limited division is still struggling. Salomon hasn't performed recent underwriting for Limited.
And Limited's stock closed Friday off 9/16 at 45 3/16, near its 52-week-high of 50 5/8.
Despite those strides, Express still has a way to go before it reaches the profitability of its peers. Its operating margins equal 8% of sales, compared with 10% to 15% at most specialty retailers.
Lingerie could help Express expand those margins. It "tends to be a great margin business," says Kindra Hix, an analyst with
Banc of America Securities
, who rates Limited a buy. Her firm has performed underwriting for the company.
That's partly due to the fact that underwear is still less promotional than other apparel items. Since many styles tend to be basic and timeless, retailers don't have to fret about being left with last year's goods, which minimizes markdowns.
And since women tend to stick with a brand once they find one they like, underwear creates devoted customers, says Elliott Ettenberg, chairman and chief executive of
Customer Strategies Worldwide
, which hasn't consulted for Limited.
"Women stay with a product for years," Ettenberg says, recalling his experience working on the advertising campaign for Wonderbra when he was at a different firm in the mid-'90s. "Every few years, Wonderbra would bring out a new collection. Women would be lost. They'd call up and say: 'I finally found something that fits me and now you change it and I have to start all over again.'"
If specialty stores can win customers away from their favorite department store brands, the payoff for that itty-bitty piece of cotton and Lycra could be quite attractive. No wonder Express is focusing on "inner" strength.

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Young millennials and Generation Z make up a large part of the retail workforce. What’s more, a report by EY predicts that “these young people are now more important than ever … the secret weapon that enables retailers to outcompete in our mobile-first, experience-obsessed society.” What will it take to engage these employees and develop them into associates who provide a great customer experience and boost sales? Training is one answer. According to EY, young millennials and Gen Z find “career-focused perks and professional development opportunities” more important than many other benefits. Unfortunately, Lessonly research has found that 46 percent of retail associates don’t receive enough training to perform their jobs effectively, and 54 percent of retailers are looking for better associate training and enablement.
Retailers with effective training programs have higher customer satisfaction scores, sales and retention, according to Ellen Davis, senior vice president of research and strategic initiatives at the National Retail Federation (NRF) and president of the NRF Foundation. To support young people entering the retail workforce, the NRF recently signed the White House Pledge to America’s Workers, “committing to create enhanced career opportunities for 250,000 individuals over the next five years through the NRF Foundation’s RISE Up program and student programs.”
Creating Career Paths
Authenticity is important to millennials and Gen Z employees, says Annie Hodson, a solution architect at SweetRush. Frame training as “a genuine investment in the team member” so they know you value them and their development. Providing clear career paths, for example, shows associates that you believe they are important and can improve retention by showing them their long-term potential with the company.
“Many retail employees may not know about the many career pathways available to them within a particular company once they achieve new skills,” says Davis. “In addition to training, many retailers do a great job ensuring that workers know the potential career paths and opportunities that could exist if they choose to commit to a specific company.” One SweetRush client in the beauty industry uses surveys to capture employees’ interests and skills and then matches them with corresponding roles in the company.
Hodson adds that younger employees “want to be part of organizations that have similar values and that they feel like are doing good things in the world.” Infuse your company’s values into training so associates connect with them and then personify them when they interact with customers.
Development should be ongoing, Hodson says, rather than a “one-and-done” onboarding program. In addition to instructor-led training, which will likely always have a place in L&D programs, mobile microlearning can meet learners where they are and in the short time periods they have to train in – between customer interactions, for example.
Social learning is another way to engage employees in training, and user-generated content is one social learning tool used effectively in retail training. “In the world of Instagram influencers and YouTube celebrities,” says Hodson, successful retail companies are “offering employees the opportunity to cultivate their own following and to build their reputation within the company.” You’re likely already leveraging influencers and user-generated content in your marketing to young millennials and Gen Z – why not do the same for your employees?
Training should be contextual, too, says Rob Brillantes, lead instructional designer at SweetRush. “Make sure it’s something that’s relatable to their particular customers and how their customers are going to interact with the product.” Assess employees’ skills and build from there, so you’re leveraging what they already know and so that they’re only spending time on learning new skills. Along those lines, another way to personalize training is to incorporate employees’ interests. Flexible learning paths based on employees’ interests and skills boosts retention “and gives them a sense of control and autonomy,” says Brillantes.
Finally, says Davis, “Training must be compelling and visual. The more interactive and engaging the content is, the better the outcomes will be.” Because retail training is largely scenario-driven, animation and interactive video with branching are great ways to engage learners and help them practice real-life decision-making, Hodson says. Technology is improving to make those videos easier to create and more effective to learn with.
As younger millennials and, now, members of Gen Z continue to enter the retail workforce, training must adapt to make them more successful employees. Engaging retail associates in training has historically been a challenge, but new modalities and innovative approaches to traditional training programs can improve outcomes. And, fortunately, these employees are entering your stores ready to learn.


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Uncharted 4 has been hailed by the press and topped the charts, but its achievements run deeper than its Metacritic score.
The PS4 shooter stands proud as one of the most accessible triple-A games ever made. This, as revealed in the video below, is thanks to a meeting between Josh Straub, who is the editor-in-chief of Dagersystem.com (Disabled Accessibility for Gaming Entertainment Rating System) and Naughty Dog’s UI designer Alexandria Neonakis.
Straub explained how he’d got right to the end of Uncharted 2 but was unable to complete the game due to a QTE sequence that required a series of buttons to be tapped quickly. It was that experience that led to the creation of the website.
This especially hurt, Straub added, as games provide more than just entertainment for many disabled fans – they provide an escape from their disability and a chance to exist in a world where they’re not judged by it.
Neonakis subsequently met with Naughty Dog bosses to put a plan into place to ensure that future games were as accessible as they possibly could be. No-one wished to alter the game, but they did feel it important to ensure options were available to ensure that Uncharted 4 could be enjoyed by as many gamers as possible.
Examples of the additions include the option to replace button mashing with button holding and target locking, all of which is tweable from the menus.
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Maserati is hoping its new Quattroporte will help bring the brand’s annual sales to 50,000 units annually, with Italian automaker setting a sales target of at least 13,000 for the next-gen car for next year.
The goal is clearly ambitious for the Italian automaker, having sold about 4,700 vehicles in the first three quarters of this year. But Fiat will be investing $1.6 billion into the Maserati brand hoping that its collaboration with Chrysler in the U.S. will help increase sales.
Maserati CEO Harald Wester commented that Fiat will invest in three new Maserati models to aid in boosting sales to 50,000 cars in 2015 – a massive increase from the 6,159 last year. The new Quattroporte is the first of several Maserati models that will be debuting over the next four years, including a smaller sedan and SUV.
To help reduce development costs on the new Maserati models, some will be sharing technology from Chrysler. The smaller sedan, called the Ghibli, will share components from the Chrysler 300.
GALLERY: 2013 Maserati Quattroporte
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over 6 years ago from Allan Grinshtein, Founder at LayerVault
I am big supporter of Sketch App, it is nice to hear this type of news.
Where the design community meets.
Designer News is a large, global community of people working or interested in design and technology.
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Two billboards off Highway 50 in El Dorado County have caught the attention and outrage of some residents.
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Featuring the name of a brothel in Nevada, the billboards, one in Camino and the other in Strawberry, show two shapely blondes and a Web address for the Bunny Ranch Bar.
However, it’s all a misunderstanding according to Bunny Ranch owner Dennis Hof.
He said the billboards are advertising his Bunny Ranch Restaurant and Cigar Bar, not the brothel. “Did I mention that kids eat free?” he said.
As for the suggestive element of the billboards, Hof said, “a lot of billboards have women in more scathing outfits than that.”
“This has nothing to do with prostitution,” he said. “I own a lot of different businesses under the Bunny Ranch name including a business park, the restaurant and cigar bar, and soon a Bunny Ranch wedding chapel.”
Hof said people seeing the billboards jumped to the wrong conclusion. “They thought we were advertising something else,” saying people should have gone to his Website to learn more about what he was advertising. “You know what assumptions lead to …” he said.
Hof said he owns seven of the 17 brothels in Nevada and has owned the Bunny Ranch since 1992. “The Bunny Ranch is a brand I’ve created that’s growing into a lot of things,” he said. “Did I mention that kids eat free?”
Nonetheless, his Website does prominently note that “there is always a bunny on your bar stool” at the restaurant and cigar bar.
The negative publicity has forced him to change the billboard in Camino. He said his graphic arts people are in the process of changing the message on the billboard, although he wouldn’t give any details. As for the one in Strawberry, he said they were still looking at it and deciding if they want to change anything about it.
“In the meantime,” he said, “did I mention that kids eat free?”
Contact Dawn Hodson at 530-344-5071 or [email protected] Follow @DHodsonMtDemo on Twitter.


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Taxes paid by the British subsidiaries of US e-commerce site eBay and Swedish home improvement retailer IKEA have come under scrutiny following similar outrage over taxes paid by coffee chain major – Starbucks.
According to the investigation the e-retailer legally routes its payments through the Luxembourg and Switzerland as royalties & service payments, thereby avoiding close to £50m in taxes per annum.
UK lawmakers and the public have expressed concern and anger over multinational companies avoiding paying their regular share of taxes – often exploiting loopholes in tax laws.
Liberal Democrat peer Lord Oakeshott made an appeal to the consumers to avoid purchasing from such retailers as a way to punish them for their tax avoidance.
“HMRC has got to be tougher on cracking down on this. What we need is total transparency on corporation tax actually paid each year by companies and detailed reasons why it is below the headline rate,” added Oakeshott.
Reacting to the reports a spokesman for eBay told The Sunday Times, “EBay Inc in Europe works with tax authorities and complies fully with all applicable tax laws and regimes — including national and internationally recognised rules.”
Ikea, on the other hand said the report, follows a similar mechanism to reduce its tax liability in half.


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Lightspeed client, AARP, generates competition and innovation this week in Las Vegas at the Consumer Electronics Show. Jody Holtzman, Senior Vice President, Market Innovation says there are 106 million people in the U.S. over the age of 50 with trillions of dollars to spend. AARP is asking one question to the technology and consumer electronics market: “What’s your strategy for 50 plus?”
We are honored that Free Enterprise Magazine, the official publication of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, wrote a feature story on Lightspeed PR and our growth over the past three years. Check it out here: https://www.freeenterprise.com/lightspeed-pr-virtual-agency/
4C Insights noticing similar trends in social media analytics surrounding post-election analysis. Social media did a better job at predicting the polls this year than traditional data resources – read more to find out how!
Aaron Goldman, CMO of 4C, discusses whether or not participating in such a large scale social media campaign is an effective tactic for businesses. So awesome to see our clients in the news surrounding such a monumental election!
Lightspeed client, D2L’s learning management system, Brightspace making a major impact on Gwinnett County public schools in Atlanta, GA. We love hearing about the positive changes our clients are making in communities. Congrats!
Lightspeed client, iHome’s iBT9 top of the line rugged portable speaker featured in Yahoo Tech for it’s powerful sound and compact size in addition to other high-quality features that make this speaker the best choice for whatever activity takes you outside, rain or shine. Great job making this happen Michael Farino!
Chicago based Lightspeed client, NextCapital, a digital financial advice firm, recently moved into new office space in the historic Monroe Building located in the Loop. Celebrating the authentic craftsmanship of the building, along with the vast lake views, NextCapital’s new office is open and stylish complimenting the company and its work. Congrats on the new space!
Alok Kulkarni, CEO of Cyara shares the Top 10 Customer Service Mistakes and how to avoid them. “People no longer tolerate subpar interactions – they simply leave and take their business elsewhere,” says Kulkarni. Great job on this feature placement Tracey!
Now on the market: our client SolidRun’s Q4 board totaling at only $139 can not only be used as a PC, but also has the flexibility to run sophisticated gadgets such as robots. Unlike most developer boards, the Q4 has the ability to run Microsoft Window’s 10 operating system. Potentially garnering commercial appeal the Q4 could be used for smart home devices and industrial work.
A huge congratulations to our client, 4C on this latest round of funding. 4C is a Chicago-based data-science software company founded in 2011 by Northwestern University professor Dr. Alok Choudhary.
4C will use this recent round of funding to grow and expand staff within the U.S. and international markets while simultaneously driving digital product growth.
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PayPal co-founder and venture capitalist Peter Thiel complained that he should have bought more bitcoins. The entrepreneur came to this conclusion after the first cryptocurrency broke the $67,000 mark. Thiel spoke about cryptocurrencies, central banks and artificial intelligence during an interview with the Lincoln Network analytical center, Bloomberg reports.
You just have to buy Bitcoin. I feel like I haven’t invested enough in it.
According to Thiel, the latest bitcoin rally is of great concern to central banks. The impressive growth of the cryptocurrency to new historical highs tells us that we are on the verge of complete bankruptcy and insolvency of central banks.
Thiel is one of the most ardent supporters of bitcoin. He said that bitcoin succeeded as a currency back in 2014. The venture capitalist is also known for calling bitcoin “protection from the collapse of the whole world.” He warned that the Chinese government could support the first cryptocurrency as a means of undermining the economy of the United States.
PayPal, which Thiel co-founded back in 1998, at the beginning of 2021 created a business unit that was supposed to help her promote in the cryptocurrency market. Since March 30, PayPal customers from the United States have been using cryptocurrency to pay for purchases. Users who held bitcoins, Ethereum, Bitcoin Cash and Litecoin on their wallets were able to convert them into fiat currencies at the time of purchase. This step, announced last year, was one of the factors that contributed to the beginning of bitcoin’s growth in the spring. Two months later, PayPal announced that it would allow customers to withdraw their cryptocurrencies to third-party wallets.
In mid-September, the company launched its cryptocurrency service for UK residents — all UK customers can buy, store and sell cryptocurrencies using their PayPal accounts.
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Fresh Food Bus running on extended route to Athens Farmers Market beginning this weekend
More people will now have the opportunity to take a bus to the Athens Farmers Market.
The Fresh Food Bus, which began last season, has an expanded route.
Beginning Saturday, the bus will pick up riders at 22 stops around Athens en route to the farmers market.
The bus leaves from the Athens Community Council on Aging beginning at 7:40 a.m. and visits Denney Tower, Nellie B Community, UGA campus, Rocksprings Community, HT Edwards and Columbia Brookside.
The bus will make three full rounds during the hours the market is open, from 8 a.m. to noon.
The ride is free, and riders can look for the "We Heart Farmers" signs at bus stops.
The Athens Farmers Market is able to provide the bus through a partnership with Athens Community Council on Aging, Wholesome Wave Georgia and the University of Georgia Office of Sustainability.
Wholesome Wave Georgia has asked customers about barriers that exist for them to get to the market, and transportation is a significant one.
Customers who would have been able to take advantage of the market's Double SNAP program, which doubles the value of SNAP benefits, might not be able to get to the market without the bus. Those benefits can make shopping at the farmers market more affordable than shopping at the grocery store.
Follow reporter Hilary Butschek on Twitter @hilarylbutschek or at https://www.facebook.com/hbutschek.


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The national shortage of HGV drivers caused by the pandemic and Brexit, may lead to a festive season of inflated prices and empty shelves. Unless measures are taken to ease the worker deficit, we can expect this to affect everything from food, clothing, toys – and even Christmas trees.
In this week’s blog, we’re exploring the issues ahead for the United Kingdom, the factors generating the problems and how retailers are acting to avert the impending crisis.
After months of warnings, the consequences of the driver shortage are becoming apparent to British consumers. Supply issues have forced McDonald’s to remove their popular milkshakes from the menu – whilst Nando’s have closed 45 restaurants due to a scarcity of their signature peri peri chicken dish.
The driver shortage isn’t the only factor to blame; national chicken production has already been cut back by 10%, with 16% of industry jobs currently unfilled. As a result of this, Christmas turkey production will be slashed by a fifth, industry experts claim. As the holiday shopping season approaches, supermarkets are warning that the shortages are expected to increase.
Our festive dinner isn’t the only tradition set to suffer this year, but it’s safe to assume that we can also expect fewer presents beneath our Christmas trees. Supply chain challenges will likely increase the price of toys this December – and that’s if they’re even in stock.
The problem starts at the ports in manufacturing countries such as China, where there is a lack of empty shipping containers. Companies must wait at least three weeks to get their hands on a container – this has brought costs up by 700% since last year.
A global shortage of computer chips could also impact the supply of some of the most popular Christmas toys for children. Electronic items, like interactive pets and video game consoles are likely to have some supply issues.
Adapting in crisis
With so many critical components, global supply chains are incredibly fragile – a fact exposed by the disruption of the past 18 months. Retailers have responded with greater vertical collaboration between manufacturers, their customers and suppliers. This means that businesses are deciphering new ways to handle and distribute products more efficiently as warehouses and driver availability come under pressure.
Alongside these infrastructural alterations, many retailers are acting independently to entice more truckers into the industry. Big brands like Tesco, Aldi, M&S, John Lewis, Poundland and Co-Op are offering high pay and bonuses for drivers. In the meantime, grocers have urged customers not to panic buy in response to reports of emptying shelves, saying they were continuing to receive regular deliveries.
Although the country is recovering well from the multiple lockdowns, the driver shortage remains a concern for many in retail and hospitality. Christmas is always a busy time for both sectors, but the lack of logistics personnel is set to greatly amplify the usual concerns of supply and demand.
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ServiceSource International Inc. (NASDAQ: SREV) Chairman and CEO, Michael A. Smerklo, recently bought 22,900 shares of SREV common stock for $6.44 per share, according to a SEC filing.
Smerklo’s total investment was $147,524. This is the second purchase made by the CEO in the past one year. He had made the earlier purchase at $6.90 per share.
Last month, ServiceSource International had reported its fourth-quarter and full-year 2012 financial results. For the quarter ended December 31, 2012, the company had reported revenue of $67.3 million, up 11% over the same period in the previous year. The company’s revenue for the full year was $243.7 million, compared to $205.5 million reported for the same period in the previous year.
SREV reported fourth-quarter adjusted EBITDA of $8.3 million, compared to $9.3 million reported for the same period in the previous year. For the full year, adjusted EBITDA was $20.9 million, compared to $17.8 million reported in 2011. GAAP net loss for the quarter was $1.2 million, or $0.02 per share, compared to a profit of $1.7 million, or $0.02 per share reported for the same period in the previous year. On a non-GAAP basis, the company reported net income of $3.6 million, or $0.05 per share for the fourth quarter.
GAAP net loss for the full year was $42.8 million, or $0.58 per share, compared to a profit of $15.1 million, or $0.21 per share reported in 2011. On a non-GAAP basis, net income for 2012 was $7.9 million, or $0.10 per share, compared to $6.5 million, or $0.09 per share reported in 2011.
SREV shares are currently trading 1.18% lower at $6.26 on volume of 67,543. Year-to-date, the stock has gained more than 6.80%, outperforming the Nasdaq, which has gained more than 4.60% in the same period.
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Back at Silicon Valley Comic-Con, we had the chance to interview PJ Haarsma, who collaborated with Alan Tudyk on the upcoming comic Spectrum, and whose YA novel series “The Softwire” informs the mythos of that comic. In turn, of course, that comic is also telling stories from the show within the show of Tudyk’s hilarious webseries Con Man, co-produced with Nathan Fillion and executive produced by Haarsma.
You can get the first issue of Spectrum FREE tomorrow at stores participating in Free Comic Book Day, and below, Tudyk announces that as well as the information that Con Man will be on Comic-Con HQ, Comic-Con International’s new webchannel produced in collaboration with Lionsgate. That includes, by the way, a Season TWO of Con Man, coming soon. And as a reminder, Tudyk, Haarsma, and comics editor Shannon Eric Denton will be signing Spectrum at Illusive Comics and Games, 2725 El Camino Real in Santa Clara, CA on Wednesday, May 11, 2016.


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Rechargeable lithium batteries are ubiquitous, and power most smartphones, laptops, and earphones, as well as game consoles, and many more.
And although the ubiquitous lithium batteries have radically changed the way we charge our mobile devices, this type of battery no longer appears to meet the growing needs of technology.
Over time, the performance of lithium batteries deteriorates, and defects in battery cells can sometimes lead to overheating and burning of devices, which has forced companies on more than one occasion to withdraw some of them from the market.
But what is new is that researchers from Russia have developed a new type of battery technology, which they say can charge about 10 times faster than current lithium batteries.
The researchers hope that this acceleration will provide enormous benefits, most notably in terms of time it takes to recharge mobile devices.
“A battery manufactured using polymer will be charged in seconds, which is about 10 times faster than a conventional lithium battery,” says researcher in electrochemistry, Oleg Levin, from the University of St. Petersburg in Russia.
Levin emphasized that this has already been proven through a series of experiments.
The idea of the new battery is based on a type of redox polymer based on nitroxyl, a substance that can undergo reverse oxidation (loss of electrons) and reduction (gain of electrons) when discharged and charged.
“In nitroxyl-dependent polymers, the only charge transfer pathway is to move between neighboring redox centers, which is fast at the microscopic level,” the researchers explain in their study.
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Rolex Oyster Perpetual Sea-Dweller 2017 unveiled at BaselWorld boasts new features
On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of that inimitable legend of the deep, the Rolex Sea-Dweller, a new version arises from the depths
The Rolex Oyster Perpetual Sea-Dweller 2017 is an instant hit, one that was predicted long before the fair. Everyone knows that 2017 marks 50 years since the first Sea-Dweller emerged from the depths so it is no surprise that the brand that wears the crown would come up with something special. This edition marks the first significant overhaul of the Sea-Dweller since 2014, which by Rolex standards (no other standard matters when it comes to this Swiss watchmaker) is quite short. After its debut in 1967, the Sea-Dweller went through a few subtle changes, the most significant of which was (arguably) the Deepsea edition of 2008. Well, forget about all that because the 2017 Sea-Dweller is here to knock your socks off.
Not only does the new Sea-Dweller gain 3mm in diameter (now clocking in at 43mm), it finally debuts the Cyclops lens. This feature — a defining characteristic of its cousin, the Submariner — has been many decades in the making and it is finally here. Also significant here is the appearance of the automatic in-house calibre 3235 here, the first appearance of said movement in an Oyster Professional watch. Obviously, the Chronoenergy escapement brings tremendous efficiency to bear on the mechanical proceedings, with 70 hours of power reserve being suddenly available (as opposed to the 48 hours supplied by calibre 3135, also an in-house development). Of course, the new Rolex Sea-Dweller has the COSC standard but is rated even higher by Rolex’s own standards, making this a Superlative Chronometer. We shall surely have more to say on this piece.


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The "hovering threat" over Welsh high streets demands action as H Samuel are the latest chain to announce a store closure in North Wales.
High streets in Wales have faced a tough few years with falling footfall leading to store closures.
The latest one announced this week was jeweller H Samuel shutting up shop in the resort of Llandudno.
Aberconwy AM Janet Finch-Saunders, Chair of the Cross Party Group on Small Shops, says more must be done to support high streets.
She said: "High streets are at the heart of our communities. They are a hub for jobs, community cohesion, and pride, so their continued decline is worrying news.
“Here in Aberconwy we have been fortunate to see a number of independent businesses set up shop in Llanrwst and Llandudno, but the threat to high street health is hovering.
“Just look at the harm Marks and Spencer’s intended move from Mostyn Street(Llandudno) could cause.
“In the face of falling footfall it is fair to fear that some shops across Wales will be left with no option but to close.
“In June, the Cross Party Group I chair called on the Welsh Government to focus on reforming the business rates system so that it actually encourages retailers to invest and improve their businesses.
“The Minister for Finance agreed, so I have now written to her again asking for an update on her plans for local taxation reform so that help may be provided to our high street sooner."
AM Rebecca Evans, minister for finance, told Ms Finch-Saunders an extra £2.4m in funding had been awarded to local authorities for discretionary rates relief.
She added: "I am examining options for the reform of local taxes over the longer term, including the scope for improving the administration of the non‑domestic rates system.
"We published a report on this work in October 2018 and I plan to issue a further update in the autumn.
"My intention is to take a progressive, fair and transparent approach towards local taxation in Wales while maintaining a vital and sustainable funding stream for local services."


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Computerworld Singapore reports that Yahoo is planning to add 200 new product engineers and support staff at its subsidiary, Yahoo Software Development India, located in Bangalore.
Yahoo Software Development India Pvt Ltd, a subsidiary of Yahoo Inc. created two years ago, currently employs over 300 engineers, Venkat Panchapakesan, the subsidiary's chief executive officer, said on Saturday. The new staff will be added by the end of 2006, he added. The Indian subsidiary is the only Yahoo operation outside of its Sunnyvale, California, headquarters that does product engineering, Panchapakesan said. Yahoo's blogging software was built in India and first deployed in Korea in 2003, he said. The blogs platform is now part of Yahoo 360, a social networking and blogging service that went into beta testing in March.
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Highlights of India Today issue dated June 10, 2013. Power, patronage and intrigue. India Today analyses the BCCI which controls Indian cricket in this week’s cover story, 'The Secret Society'. The special anniversary issue also has a feature on 10 Ideals That Are Changing India which highlights achievements from hackathons to mobile healthcare. Maoist mastermind Ganapathy plans deadly attacks in the absence of a clear government strategy, says the story 'Enemy of the State'. The story, 'Angels Who Mean Business', highlights how entrepreneurs who made a profit by selling their business are pumping it back into big ideas, offering hope in a gloomy market for innovation. The story, 'Crippled by Lifestyle', dwells on how stroke has been rephrased 'young stroke' with depression becoming common-place. Yet, young Indians show a surprising lack of concern in the way they live. The issue also has three free magazines - Aspire, Simply Bangalore and Simply Kolkata - with it.
India Today is an Indian weekly news magazine published by Living Media India Limited, in publication since 1975 based in New Delhi. India Today is also the name of its sister-publication in Hindi. Aroon Purie has been the magazine's editor-in-chief since 1975, a position he has held continuously for the last three decades. It is part of the India Today group, also founded in 1975, which now includes 13 magazines, 3 radio stations, 4 TV channels, 1 newspaper, a classical music label (Music Today), book publishing, and India's only book club. With the publication of its 30th Anniversary issue in December 2005, the magazine, which had commenced publication in 1975 with a circulation of 5,000 copies, has published five editions and currently has a circulation of over 1.1 million copies with a readership of over 5.62 million.


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The devaluation of the Pakistani rupee sparked opposition from the textile industry
Recently, the textile industry’s growth department in Pakistan questioned the government’s proposal to let the rupee depreciate further. They believe that this move will push up import costs, especially the cost of imported raw materials, and will have a certain negative impact on textile exports.
Jawed Bilwani, Chairman of the Pakistani Apparel Council, Pakistan Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association, Pakistan Knitwear and Sweater Exporters Association, Pakistan Cotton Textile Apparel Manufacturers and Exporters Association, believes that devaluation will only affect the import and export prices of Pakistani textiles Does not stimulate exports. According to statistics, in December 2017, Pakistan’s rupee depreciated by 5%, while the price of imported goods rose by more than 70%.
Jawed Bilwani believes that the government should improve Pakistan’s exports by reducing the cost of electricity, natural gas, and water and quickly resolve the issue of export tax rebates of several billion rupees.


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THOUGHTS ON CREATING A LEGACY THAT LASTS
Father’s Day 2017 is almost here. What key questions should we all be pondering this year, to help create valuable legacies that last for more than a generation?
Despite the headlines that declare many major American retailers are struggling, the National Retail Federation predicts that spending on Father’s Day gifts will hit a 15 year high in 2017, with around $14.3B being spent. A larger part of this spending this year is expected to be spent on experiences rather than material gifts, according to Market Watch.
Here are some questions we all might want to think about as June 18th comes around…
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Honouring the global restaurant brand's creative communications, the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity has announced Burger King as the Creative Marketer of the Year 2017.
The award will honour it for embracing and encouraging creativity across its brand communications and for the inspiring global marketing of its products.
Burger King has a successful record of accomplishment at Cannes Lions: The company has totalled 76 awards, including two Grands Prix in 2016 for the ‘McWhopper’ campaign, in Print & Publishing and Media. It also took home a Titanium Grand Prix in 2007 and achieved its first win in 1969, a Silver Lion for ‘Skinny Burger’. Since its launch in 1954, the company has expanded to become one of the largest quick-service restaurants in the world, welcoming more than 11 million people in over 100 countries daily.
Cannes Lions celebrates the ‘Best of Burger King’ on Stories, the new editorial arm of the Festival. From classic campaigns that kick-started digital marketing to modern masterpieces of integration, find out more about some of Burger King's famous ads here


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The newest hot property in the wireless communications race is the “electronic leash.” Employees often joke that their offices keep them on a leash by providing BlackBerries, cell phones and laptops for anytime, anywhere communication.
Now the concept has spread to parenting: Parents have several options for keeping an electronic eye on their young ones while they’re away from home.
Several companies, including Sprint Nextel and Disney, recently announced plans to offer wireless services to help parents track their kids’ whereabouts using GPS (global positioning system) technology.
The two companies are using the same name for their services — “Family Locator” — but the only other thing they have in common is the use of Sprint’s wireless network. Last week,Verizon Wireless also announced plans to offer a location-based service (LBS) called “Chaperone.”
The premise of LBS is to allow parents to track their children — or any family member — by using the service to search for that individual’s phone and display the location on a Mapquest-style map.
“To locate a child’s handset, a parent simply clicks on the Family Locator icon on their handset, chooses the name of the child they want to locate, and enters a private pin number as their password for security,” George Grobar, senior vice president and general manager of Disney Mobile, told TechNewsWorld. The parent also has the option of going online to use the Web-based application.
Some services come with a feature that allows parents to set up a “geofence” and alerts them when a child ventures outside of the permitted territory. Other services automatically notify a parent when a child hasn’t shown up at a specific location by a certain time.
Disney worked withWiredsafety.org, an organization that helps protect children in cyberspace, and Teenangels, a division of WiredSafety.org targeting girls aged 14 to 17, to find what they wanted in a safer cell phone services for preteens and teens.
Disney sought information on how teens use their phones, and what control features parents would like to see. The company wanted to better understand the problems associated with cell phone use among young people, according to Parry Aftab, executive director of WiredSafety.
Verizon’s Chaperone provides a Web-based application for managing the Migo phone, which is designed for children. Parents can enter up to four numbers that a child can call using the phone.
“If they have purchased the Chaperone [service] with Child Zone feature, they can set up and view child zones — geographic boundaries — that, when the child crosses the boundary, sends the parent a text alert,” said Dale Beasley, manager of Verizon Wireless LBS solutions.
Pros and Cons
One drawback of these services is that they’re limited to specific phones and they don’t work when a phone is turned off or out of signal range. Tweens want phones like those their parents use, which include features like cameras, instant messaging services and ring tones, according to Disney’s Grobar.
Sprint charges US$9.99 per month to install and use its tracking software on 17 of its phones and access the Web-based application. Children, or anyone whose location might need to be monitored, can choose from over 30 phones.
Verizon’s service costs $9.99 a month for the location-viewing feature and $19.99 a month for Child Zone, its boundary-setting and alerts feature. Currently, Verizon’s system only works with the Migo phone for children, but parents and guardians have more choices.
Disney has one phone for kids with another coming soon. Rather than setting a separate price for its Family Locator service, Disney has created several family plans from which to choose.
How accepting kids and tweens will be of such phones remains to be seen, but parents are encouraged to do more than just hand out the tracking phones to their children. Verizon Wireless offers educational tools on its Web site.
“Parents can use these tools to educate their child about the responsibilities of owning a phone — keeping the battery charged, only using the phone at appropriate times, etc.,” explained Beasley.


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Experience the spirit of Sheffield’s Moor Market online
How do you replicate the experience of visiting Sheffield’s buzzing Moor Market in an online setting?
This is the question that Chefchef.store, a unique new online shop launched in The Moor Market, has been asking itself.
Everyone has nostalgic memories of going to the old Castle Market with their nan, or visiting its new incarnation on The Moor, but in an increasingly online world, which holds convenience above pretty much everything else, it’s proven an ever-more difficult task for the market to compete with the big six supermarkets.
But all that is about to change as an innovative new delivery app promises to offer all the vibrancy of the market, combined with the trader’s expertise, quality, freshness and value for money, all in one place. That means you can now do your weekly big shop using local independents, without scrimping on quality, all without leaving the house.
Launched this week, Chefchef.store is a collaboration between ex-Tramlines organiser Dave Healy, the city council, City Grab and online platform ShopAppy, who are all hoping to bring the warmth of Sheffield’s market right to your doorstep.
Dave said: “It’s humans engaging with humans. Tesco is sterile. If you go on Chefchef.store, you’ll see that every store is one of the stallholder’s stalls. For example, you can get Smith and Tissington’s fish, and it is the fish that was caught last night. They’re out every morning at four o’clock, getting the best bargains for you.
“Why is our bread fresher than supermarkets? Because Mr. Turner comes in to see me and says, we will need this much bread delivering tomorrow, so we get the bread from the stall who has ordered it fresh that morning and it goes straight to you, and it’s still warm when it arrives.
“There’s no messing around with regional distribution centres, it comes straight to you, fresh from the market. You’ve got the care in the produce and you’ve got the passion of these guys who care about quality, and you’ve also got amazing value.
“As we grow, our site should become more and more interactive as our social media, videos and communication become more and more human and interactive, but at the moment, you’re locked down at home, you already know that markets are great and we can get all that quality delivered right to your door.”
Around 30 traders are already on board, including third generation fishmongers Tissingtons, greengrocers Binghams and Stuarts, butchers Morley and Wateralls, and Beer Central.
As well as delivering all this quality from historic Sheffield independents, they also plan to be much more sustainable than the supermarkets, using less and less plastics and packaging.
“For the last 20 years, supermarkets have sacrificed quality for time,” explains Dave, “Everything in Tesco is now wrapped in plastic ready to go in the microwave for 30 seconds, because they’ve persuaded you that you need to spend more time on WhatsApp, and less time cooking.
“In response, we have also started developing ready meals – but with ingredients sourced fresh from the market, and with less plastic waste. The first brand we’ve put out is Eddie’s heart-warming stews, which offer three for £10 microwave ready meals, so that we can compete with Tesco on convenience and speed.
“And unlike Tesco, where you never get to meet Mr Findus or Mr Del Monte or Mr turkey gobblers, or whatever it is, you can come and meet the people who made it right here in the market.”
The team will also a ‘Hello Fresh’ type service, with ingredients from the market portioned up to be made at home, and an express store with a smaller range that can be delivered within the hour.
The long-term plan is to offer everything you might order in a full weekly shop in the supermarket, which will mean filling ‘gaps’ in the offer by using other local independents, such as event caterers PJ Taste.
The company has been funded by City Taxis, who launched its City Grab delivery app in January and has been a big success during lockdown. The app allows customers to visit the markets stall individually, so you can still browse the market as you would in person, creating a single basket, which can then be checked out as one delivery order.
Chief executive Arnie Singh said: “City Taxis and City Grab were both born of a passion for keeping independents independent. It is in our DNA.”
Traders will pay a commission based on turnover to City Grab, while customers pay the fare of the taxi or van making the delivery.
“Why is the market better than Tesco?” asks Dave, “Because it’s more human. The elders of Sheffield know the cafe owners in the market because they used to buy their tea from them when they were in the Sheaf Market, which was before Castle Market, and human connection is what markets have that Tesco are trying to destroy.”


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It is the Chronicle’s goal to supply neighborhood news as well as advertisements to readers wherever they take place to be as well as on whichever system they select. The applications are a significant step towards welcoming a variety of electronic distribution approaches– in addition to our site, e-mail newsletters, text message informs and electronic edition, the e-Chronicle. The Bozeman Daily Chronicle is pleased to introduce the launch of its brand-new apps for iOS and also Android devices, bringing the paper’s local information directly onto mobile phones. If you have not checked out cordless charging, currently’s a great time. I encounter a lot of contemporary mobile phone individuals who have tools that can work with billing stands or pads– which use magnets to supply an inductive fee– that have never ever done this.
You’ll need to get a pad or stand as well as the billing adapter to connect smart phone chronicle into it. Then, you just put your phone on it as well as it starts to charge.
He has actually been a modern technology and also profession reporter for greater than 18 years. Apple Inc, once a specific niche computer business, is now one of the globe’s most important business many thanks to the iPhone. The 5 largest Ton of money 500 modern technology firms – Apple, Amazon.com, Google, Microsoft and also Facebook – presently boast a market cap of $4.7 trillion, compared to about $800 billion for the leading five in 2010. Not all of that results from the smart device, of course, however the mobile-related modern technologies as well as solutions accounted for nearly $4 trillion in financial task in 2018, according to trade group GSMA. The Chronicle does not currently have native applications for Windows phones or the iPad, however assistance for those devices is coming quickly.
The Apple phones, which will run exclusively on AT&T Inc.’s Cingular Wireless network, will certainly start delivering in June. A 4-gigabyte version will certainly cost $499, while an 8-gigabyte apple iphone will certainly be $599. While cordless carriers typically use price cuts as well as discounts on brand-new gadgets when they agree to sign a two-year service contact, Cingular claimed it was unclear whether this would hold true with the iPhone.
Jobs stated Apple anticipates to sell 10 million iPhones in 2008, the first full year in which they’ll be readily available. That’s about 1 percent of the global market for smart phones; 957 million were offered worldwide in 2006.
It’s not as fast as using a cord, but it’s absolutely easier. Suitable ones begin under $20, however search for versions that support quickly billing. However if you have actually only obtained the old, small-cube, 5-watt apple iphone chargers, you’ll likely need to drop some coin for a new one.
- • Bluetooth Union and Covid Watch both rely upon Bluetooth, which is the short-range wireless innovation that Google as well as Apple are using for their software application.
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- His previous company created FireChat, a peer-to-peer chat app that lets smart devices interact through Bluetooth without a cellular network or the internet.
Apple is partnering with Yahoo Inc. on Web-based e-mail and also Google Inc. on maps. The phone instantly synchs the customer’s media– flicks, songs, images– via iTunes on computers running either Mac OS X or Microsoft Corp.’s Windows. The device additionally synchs e-mail, Web bookmarks as well as virtually any kind of type of digital web content stored on a COMPUTER.
This publication offers some quite plausible forecasts on whether Nokia can claw its way to the top of the smart device market– particularly since it’s obtained Microsoft’s support. Besides, the mobile industry’s packed with other one-time trendsetters and leaders that are currently just lamb also. Enter your mobile number or e-mail address listed below and also we’ll send you a web link to download and install the totally free Kindle Application. After that you can start reading Kindle publications on your smartphone, tablet, or computer – no Kindle gadget called for. The phone supports Wi-Fi and Bluetooth wireless modern technology and also can detect area from Global Positioning System satellites.
All modern mobile phones have larger batteries than the gadgets that were about when the very first designs showed up in 2007, as well as they currently support much faster charging. Even Samsung’s consisted of battery chargers with its flagship Galaxy phones aren’t as rapid as the devices can charge. Just how could Nokia have gotten from household name to handset has-been? If you’re a Nokia follower or a terrific smart device lover, this book is a must-read. It diligently checks out the mobile phone rise as a leading pet dog as well as pioneer of the smart phone industry– as well as amazingly sudden decrease after the development of mobile phones.


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Cybersecurity needs multi-faceted solution, role of tech company crucial: Microsoft
The global challenge around cybersecurity needs a multi-faceted solution with tech companies playing a bigger role while bringing in a larger pool of security professionals and applying best practices are crucial, Microsoft president Brad Smith said.
NEW DELHI: The global challenge around cybersecurity needs a multi-faceted solution with tech companies playing a bigger role while bringing in a larger pool of security professionals and applying best practices are crucial, Microsoft president Brad Smith said.
The top executive noted that recent incidents like the Facebook-Cambridge Analytica event were "tipping points" that impacted how people think about technology more broadly now.
"It (cybersecurity) is an extraordinarily important issue...I think the recent spate of cybersecurity attacks underscored that even more clearly. I think the solution has to be multi-faceted...(as a tech company) we have to ask ourselves how can we change our practices, how can we make our software and our services more secure and what more can we do to help customers around the world," he said during Raisina Dialogue.
"We have a global shortage of cybersecurity professionals in the workforce. I think we're going to need a global initiative to really accelerate the kind of training to put more cybersecurity professionals in place...I think this is going to be something that will be important for governments around the world to pursue as well," Smith said.
The executive said that an important aspect is also applying cybersecurity best practices, whether it's patching of servers on-premise, use of multi-factor authentication or security measures tied down devices that people use for their work.
Smith, who has co-authored a book called 'Tools and Weapons: The Promise and the Peril of the Digital Age' with Carol Ann Browne, said a degree of regulation would be needed for digital technology.
"...I think that there was a similar tipping point around privacy globally. This happened for Facebook and Cambridge Analytica in 2018, but it really then swept around the world. And that was a tipping point that followed one five years earlier with the Snowden disclosures," he added.
The Facebook–Cambridge Analytica data scandal involved British consulting firm Cambridge Analytica obtaining the personal data of millions of Facebook users, including those in the US and India (which are among the biggest market for the social media company) without their consent.
Smith pointed out that national deliberations are going on with people asking about the obligations that tech companies running social media sites should have around the removal of unlawful content.
"...another is what's the right balance for tech companies to take when they are removing content that may be lawful but that they or others may find objectionable. How do you balance that with free expression and the like," he said.
Smith added that a new model will probably emerge that will require tech companies to be more transparent and publishing the principles that they adopt and follow consistently to give individuals who are impacted some right to appeal and even perhaps having some regulatory review of whether they are adhering to the principles.
He also noted that the "changing relationship" between China and the United States, and China and some other countries is one of the most significant geopolitical developments of this decade, which is also impacting the technology sector.
"...we are definitely seeing an impact on hardware supply chains, in terms of many companies moving part, in some instances perhaps almost all or all of their hardware manufacturing, out of China and to other countries. That has been underway for the last, I would say, 18 months, even though it's not always discussed by companies publicly as much as it might," he said.
Smith added that hardware manufacturing capacity is shifting to Vietnam, South Korea or other parts of South Asia.
"...from a longer-term perspective, this creates potential new opportunities for, say India as well as others, to make themselves more of a location for hardware manufacturing," he said.


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Anyone looking forward to playing No More Heroes 3 on their Nintendo Switch is going to be disappointed, as the game’s director SUDA51 has taken to Twitter to announce that the game will be delayed until 2021. You can check out the announcement for yourself below.
As with the majority of game delays from 2020, the effects of COVID-19 on game development have proven to be a bit too much for the folks at Grasshopper Manufacture. The statement reads: “All staff members at Grasshopper have been working as hard as possible on developing the game in hopes of releasing it in 2020, but the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic have unfortunately proven to be a real body blow to our schedule, causing unforeseen delays in development.”
While the news of a delay is certainly disappointing for fans of the series, the reasoning is completely understandable, as studios across the world have been grappling with the effects of the current pandemic. In some good news though, SUDA51 announces that the comic book illustrator, Darick Robertson, best known for his work on The Boys and Happy!, will be joining the project to create some art for the game.
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From the forthcoming "Masters Of The Dark Arts" album in stores July 10th on Fat Beats Records.
Download: Juvenile – Nino The Magnificent
N.O.R.E. dropped by Showoff Radio to talk with Statik Selektah and ended up sharing some hilarious stories. In the interview he talks about getting in a bottle buying war with Diddy, Chris Lighty, and other record execs. He talks about hanging out with Justin Timberlake, and his new found love of Beer Pong. Finally, he talks about his new mixtape and staying relevant. Tune in to Showoff Radio each and every Thursday Night from 8p till Midnight EST on Shade 45!
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California exports hit decline thanks to strike
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- Mark Anderson, Sacramento Business Journal
The strike at Southern California ports and weak demand for personal computers in Mexico combined for a decrease in the Golden State’s export trade in November, according to foreign trade data analyzed by Beacon Economics.
The value of goods shipped out of California in November was $13.3 billion, a decline of 5.3 percent compared to the month the previous year.
Manufactured product exports in November totaled $8.3 billion, down 3.7 percent from November 2011.
Nonmanufactured exports (mostly agricultural products and raw materials) fell 8.6 percent
A big factor in the decrease was the timing of the strike by the International Longshore and Warehouse Union, which shut down 10 of the 14 main terminals at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach from Nov. 27 through Dec. 4.
“Between 16 and 17 percent of California’s merchandise export trade moves through these two ports,” said Jock O'Connell, Beacon Economics’ international trade adviser. “While shippers certainly incurred financial losses attributable to delays in moving cargo through the two ports, the strike’s impact on the state’s overall export trade in November is largely an accounting matter. Cargo that didn’t sail in November will more than likely turn up in December’s export statistics.”
The Beacon report also found that while Mexico remains the leading destination of California exports, shipments to Mexico declined by nearly 18 percent in November, driven by a decline in exports of computer hardware.
China — which for analysis includes Hong Kong and Taiwan — accounts for 13.5 percent of the state’s export trade.
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In this edition:
- Will the Bank of Canada hike rates again? This week will decide
- City of Niagara Falls launches new open data hub
- Indigenous Health Services and Reconciliation team unveils artwork
- Stocks slip, tech drags to start last week of June trading: Stock market news today
- Algoma fuels domestic product tanker business with $127-million newbuild investment in partnership with Irving Oil
- Vineland Growers Co-op doubles space for $100-million sales operation
Will the Bank of Canada hike rates again? This week will decide
Anyone worried about interest rates, economic growth and jobs numbers is bracing for a busy and consequential week. Canadians will be hit by a tsunami of economic data over the next 10 days.
The latest inflation numbers, data on how much stuff Canada’s economy is cranking out and a key reading on the mood of consumers won’t just tell us how the economy has performed through the first half of the year, they’ll set policy decisions that will dictate how the rest of the year will unfold.
“I would say it’s very important,” said RBC economist Carrie Freestone.
City of Niagara Falls launches new open data hub
Following nearly a decade of successfully providing Open Data access through the City’s website, a new and enhanced Open Data Hub is being launched where members of the public can discover and use items like spatial data that can be used to make maps, applications (apps) for visualizing the information, tabular data, reports, and live data feeds. For application developers, the data can also be accessed through an Application Programming Interface (API). Applying the Open Government philosophy, new data will be added as they become available.
Indigenous Health Services and Reconciliation team unveils artwork
As part of Niagara Health’s continued efforts towards promoting a culturally safe environment, Indigenous artwork was unveiled on Monday, June 26 during an event at the St. Catharines hospital. The original artwork will hang in the St. Catharines Emergency Department (ED) with reproductions at the other hospital sites.
The piece, by Indigenous artist Delbert (JayR) Jonathan, incorporates a depiction of Turtle Island with the medicine wheel in the centre. The medicine wheel is a symbol recognizable to many nations and portrays the importance of balance among mental, emotional, physical and spiritual health.
Stocks slipped to start the new week Monday as tech stocks fell and investors considered what the weekend’s short-lived challenge to Vladimir Putin by armed mercenaries in Russia means for markets.
Algoma fuels domestic product tanker business with $127-million newbuild investment in partnership with Irving Oil
Algoma Central Corporation (“Algoma”) (TSX: ALC), today announced it has placed an order with Hyundai Mipo Shipyard in South Korea to build two 37,000 DWT ice class product tanker vessels for a total investment of $127 million CAD. These new ships will be entered on long-term time charters to Irving Oil under Canadian flag, servicing the energy company’s refinery in Saint John, New Brunswick, with deliveries to ports in Atlantic Canada and the US East Coast.
Vineland Growers Co-op doubles space for $100-million sales operation
Vineland Growers Co-operative had a big problem.
The farmer-owned wholesaler and distributor, which packs and sends Niagara fruit to grocery stores across Canada, had become too successful for the Jordan Road location it called home for more than 100 years.
“We had rapid growth. We’d basically outgrown all of our facilities,” said co-op president Mike Ecker at the grand opening of Vineland Growers new Fourth Avenue facility in Jordan Thursday.
In the past six years, the co-op has more than doubled its sales, jumping from $45 million to hitting the $100-million mark for the first time in 2022.
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A new CDW-G survey finds unified communications implementations are on the rise, and as many as 33 percent of respondents are planning for a new implementation – good news for the likes of Cisco, Avaya and other unified communications vendors.
Network Appliance has partnered with Texas Memory Systems to certify interoperability between its V-series open storage controller and TMS’ RamSan-500 solid-state disk. The move is designed to allow solution providers to boost customers’ storage performance and simplify data management.
Novell is moving to a single price list, simplifying a system that solution providers said was too complicated. Novell will also add deal registration and other enhancements that partners and other solution providers asked for in a recent survey conducted by Novell.
As end users push back on the price of IT hardware and software, solution providers may be tempted to troll for lower-priced name-brand goods and find themselves in the ‘grey market.’ If it looks too good to be true, it probably is.
Troubled PC maker Lenovo tells investors it plans to focus more on the consumer and SMB markets as it announces a net loss of $97 million (£68 million) for its most recent quarter. CEO William Amelio will leave Lenovo, which has lost market share to rivals HP and Acer amid falling PC shipments.
It might be called the Consumer Electronics Show, but there’s a lot of business-to-business activity and technology that will find its way from Las Vegas into the workplace. Here are the most exciting technologies coming out of the show.


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Chinese travellers flocked to the country’s major tourist sites over the May Day holiday in one of the clearest signs yet of a return to normality in the country where the coronavirus pandemic started.
There were more than 50m tourism trips within the country on Friday and Saturday, according to figures cited by state media. That meant that two days into the five-day break, which ends on Tuesday, the number of journeys has overtaken the total over the three-day Qing Ming festival in early April.
Higher volumes of travellers will boost hopes that China’s economy, which contracted year-on-year for the first time in over four decades in the first quarter of 2020, is beginning to shake off the impact of coronavirus at a time when new cases remain low.
But despite signs of improvement on earlier this year, total numbers over the May Day holiday are expected to remain far below the same period in 2019, when people made nearly 200m trips.
“On a year-on-year basis, if we look at it from a retail sales perspective, or consumption, or services, it’s still a contraction,” said Iris Pang, greater China economist at ING.
She said, however, the May Day holiday could encourage people who were still reluctant to leave their homes to “restart their normal lives”.
In China’s biggest cities, some major attractions were reopened after long closures due to coronavirus. In Beijing, the Forbidden City was partially open for the first time since January 25 but total ticket sales were limited to maintain social distancing measures.
Last week, the Chinese capital announced that people arriving from most other parts of the country would no longer have to spend two weeks in quarantine, which had made normal business and tourism travel impossible. Beijing was still restricting access to cinemas and theatres, state media said on Sunday.
Shanghai’s main tourist attractions received more than 1m visitors on Friday and Saturday combined, Xinhua said. Tourist sites in the city are supposed to take in at most 30 per cent of their capacity, while visitors are required to wear face masks.
On Friday, China Railway carried 7.4m passengers, the highest daily number recorded since the Lunar New Year in February.
China reported just two cases of coronavirus to the end of Saturday, of which one was imported from abroad. A day earlier, the country’s health authorities had reported zero new domestic cases.
Over the past month, concerns have arisen over a potential second wave in the country, especially in Heilongjiang, a province in China’s north-east.
Additional reporting by Nicolle Liu in Hong Kong


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McDonald's is one of the ten most valuable brands in the world.
The ten most valuable brands in the world remain among themselves: In the annually published BrandZ ranking by Kantar, hardly anything has changed at the top. Probably the most interesting finding: In the Corona year 2020, the 100 brands listed in the ranking have achieved record growth overall. McDonald's is among the top 10 brands.
not only maintained its position as the world's most valuable brand, but actually widened the gap with Apple
, which once again came in second. Although the iPhone manufacturer increased its brand value by 74 percent, even more than Amazon (+64 percent), the e-commerce giant from Seattle nevertheless increased the difference in brand value compared to the previous year. While Amazon and Apple were still separated by 63.7 billion dollars at that time, it is now even 71.9 billion dollars.
Behind it, Google
regained third place from Microsoft
(410.3 billion; +26 percent) with a brand value of 458 billion dollars (+42 percent). Tencent
moves up from seventh to fifth place, while Facebook
also makes up two spots, landing in sixth place. Rounding out the top 10 are Alibaba, Visa, McDonald's
When looking at the overall rankings, one can get the feeling there hasn't been a pandemic with serious economic consequences for numerous industries and markets. According to Kantar
, the 100 companies listed have increased
their brand value by 42 percent
, generating a total value of $7.1 trillion - roughly equivalent to the combined gross domestic product of Germany and France.
"Our study shows once again that strong brands generate higher returns in a difficult environment, are more resilient and recover more quickly," said Christoph Prox
, who is responsible for brand at Kantar Germany. "The e-commerce segment
increased its share of all globally generated revenues from 12 percent to 15 percent in 2020. It was a good year for brands involved in this value chain - from retailers to couriers like DHL. But we've also seen growth in sectors that were predicted to face greater difficulties. For example, apparel brands have actually grown more overall than media and entertainment brands. Luxury brands
have also refocused and seen growth despite limited travel and global lockdowns."
Last year's growth winner was Tesla
, up 275 percent. The e-car maker enters newly ranked 47th and is also the world's most valuable car brand for the first time. With TikTok
(+158 percent, #45), Instagram
(+100 percent, #18), Netflix
(+55 percent; #24) and Xbox
(+55 percent; #59), digital networking and entertainment providers have also seen strong growth over the past year, which is also likely due to the pandemic. The same goes for the new entry of Zoom
(82nd) and Spotify
(99th) into the rankings.
German companies gain value
The seven German representatives in the ranking have also made strong gains in value. The most valuable German brand remains SAP
in 26th place with a brand value of 69.2 billion dollars (+20 percent) - however, the Walldorf-based company has lost a whole nine places compared to the previous year and has to cede the position of the most valuable European brand to Louis Vuitton (21st place, 75.7 billion dollars). Deutsche Telekom
(46th place, 43.1 billion dollars) and the car manufacturers Mercedes-Benz
(67th place, 25.8 billion dollars) and BMW
(71st place, 24.8 billion dollars) also grew by around 20 percent each - but all lost ground in the ranking. Siemens
(75th place, $23.6 billion), Adidas
(79th place, $22.3 billion) and DHL
(92nd place, $20.1 billion) also gain significantly in brand value and improve their ranking accordingly compared to 2020.
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According to Kantar, the availability of vaccines, the various packages of measures to stimulate the economy and, most recently, a renewed optimistic economic outlook were key factors in the growth of the Top 100
. However, these growth successes would hardly have been possible without a strong foundation of awareness, image and consumer loyalty - added to this is the superior market position of some platform companies.
Brand building and investment
"Brands that respond to changing consumer needs and behaviors are being rewarded. The results show that brand building and investment in the brand, is an important component of the growth strategy," Prox explains. "Our analysis found that 70 percent of a brand's success is based on good execution of a few fundamental factors: superior brand experiences
across consistently designed touchpoints; well-designed, functional products and services; ease of use; and awareness through excellent advertising. Through COVID-19, consumer needs for values such as trust and reliability are emphasized. Brands that evolve their values in this direction can positively stand out."
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Owners pounced on the Jeep Compass for its bland cabin and iffy performance, among other things.
Only 42 percent of survey respondents said they would buy the Compass again.
Owners disliked the Pathfinder, primarily for reliability issues.
Only 50 percent of respondents said they would buy the same car again, given the opportunity.
The Dart was the third-least-enjoyed car in Consumer Reports' study. Problems included mediocre performance and air conditioning that wasn't exactly blowing cold.
Reliability was also a concern, with many owners claiming that the car required multiple trips to the dealership.
Man, this list is not kind to Fiat Chrysler vehicles, is it?
Owners cited a rough ride, road noise, uncomfortable seats and a so-so powertrain.
Owners jumped on the Grand Caravan for its cheap interior, iffy transmission and uncomfortable seats.
To be fair, Fiat Chrysler's new minivan, the Chrysler Pacifica, is actually very good. So don't count out FCA's minivan offerings entirely.
The Frontier's underpinnings are more than a decade old, and it's beginning to show in terms of customer satisfaction.
Owners had issue with the truck's road noise, maneuvering capabilities and stiff ride.
Acura's fancy-pants Civic is the one car owners are least likely to repurchase, given a time machine and the chance to do it all over again.
Owners cited issues including poor value, road noise and lackluster transmission performance.


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Tucker Tourism News: Tourism returns to NYC a lot to the delight of the hospitality trade
May 21, 2021
As the city is awakening from the long pandemic, some of the most iconic places are now open for business.
Tourists flocked to Central Park on Thursday. For some, a stop at the nearby Plaza Hotel was part of the plan again.
The popular landmark on Fifth Avenue and Central Park South has been a staple of the city since 1907.
For the first time since the COVID-19 shutdown, patrons like Alexis Stewart and the ladies in her family were allowed back inside. You were sure to enjoy an Eloise Tea Party at the famous Palm Court.
“I just love spending time with my family and it feels like home,” said Stewart.
The lavish venue is stocked with tea and champagne, though social distancing and reservations are required for a 2021 hotel experience.
George Cozonis, executive director of the Plaza Hotel, said the reopening was symbolic.
“New York is finally open again, welcoming guests from all over the country and around the world,” said Cozonis. “We felt like we couldn’t say that New York was going to reopen until the plaza reopened.”
As more hotels follow the plaza, the impact of COVID on tourism will change.
The number of visitors to the city fell from 66 million in 2019 to just 23 million in 2020.
This lost 200,000 jobs.
To aid recovery, Mayor Bill de Blasio signed an ordinance abolishing a tax rate of almost six percent on hotel room occupancy for three months from June 1.
According to Vijay Dandapani, CEO of the New York City Hotel Association, this incentive enables hotels to cut the cost of their rooms and encourages customers to return.
“5.875% is nothing to sneeze over. It’s a price of $ 200. You see $ 12 saved in a single night. “
According to Dandapani, hotels are still only around 40% occupied.
In addition, there are still international travel restrictions and a decline in business and convention travel.
Even so, the city’s economy is slowly moving on a profitable path.
“Our hotels are ready to go again, and most importantly [in a] safe, clean and welcoming city, ”said Dandapani.
The health and safety of guests and employees will continue to be a priority. And instead of large galas, the Plaza awaits smaller, more intimate gatherings for the time being.
The aim is to be 100% occupied again by the popular holiday season.


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ROCKPORT, Texas — Cyber security attack concerns are becoming so serious that a group of congressmen have proposed legislation that would set up a National Guard type program to fight cyber attacks in the future.
Tuesday, May 4, cyber security expert Frank Mulcahy will be speaking with members of the Rockport-Fulton Chamber of Commerce about how to avoid becoming a victim of identity theft.
“80% of all data breaches involve an element of human behavior,” Mulcahy said. “Clicking on the wrong link, opening the wrong attachment.”
Mulcahy said 64% of the world’s data breaches happen to an American. He said people are simply not careful with how they handle their data.
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The designer says Goldenballs is the hottest ticket at selling briefs, despite never hiring him himself.
Becks, 38, has worked for rivals Armani, Adidas and now H & M, and has shifted about £300 million worth of gear for the brands.
Hilfiger, 62, said: “I have seen all kinds, but we all wish we look like David Beckham at the end of the day. He is like the underwear model of the century.”
But fashion fans have been left baffled by the former England captain’s smaller package in recent ads.
His advert for the Superbowl in February showed his boxers’ bulge much smaller than how he appeared in Guy Ritchie’s TV advert for his undies a year ago.
And the impressive bulge he showed off in tight-fitting boxers for Armani four years ago looks to have disappeared altogether.
An advertising source said: “Everyone is very confused.
The difference between two recent adverts and Guy’s shoot is vast.”


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Samsung, the South Korean electronics giant has a pair of new foldable handsets in the works following its unveiling of its Galaxy Fold, people who are familiar with the company’s plans told Bloomberg. One of the devices would fold outward, away from the user like the Huawei Mate X, and the other device would fold vertically.
The latter device is expected later this year or early next year, also both devices would have an in display finger print sensor.
When Samsung introduced its Galaxy Fold on February at Unpacked, it stole the show from the other four flagship phones the company announced there, including a 5G phone. Though many are intrigued by the Galaxy Fold, its consumer appeal may be limited by its uncommon design, limited availability and price.