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Samsung has zero intention of resting on its laurels, and is consistently searching for new solutions in layout and technological innovation to continue developing their smartphone market dominance. Which is since the Galaxy S5 is staged to meet up with and exceed expectations.
Lately rumors have multiplied, citing concepts like fingerprint visitors and integrated frameless screens. The Samsung Galaxy S5, like the Galaxy S4, will be a large-finish smartphone and to give you an notion of what it may possibly be, we have experimented with to summarize some of the confirmed specs and rumors:
Android 4.four- which will improve performance, memory management, and improve the device’s resources resources Proportions 143.eighty three mm prolonged x 72.27 mm extensive.
ISOCELL picture sensor technological innovation- separates specific pixels and reduces electrical cross discuss
WQHD screens- a 2560 x 1440 screen with a 560 ppi resolution The screen will be a lot more than 5 inches- surpasses its predecessor to offer you a Full High definition resolution of 1920x1080p
64 bit processor s5 galaxy
3GB of RAM
32GB inner memory
13-sixteen megapixel camera- this will fulfill Android fans’s call for a much more strong digicam
Retinal scanner- to unlock the mobile phone, not confirmed
An aluminum human body- a indicator of luxurious and good quality
In other rumors (like the concept phones underneath) we can see the new Galaxy S5 sporting a flexible curved show up to thirty degrees. If this rumor is confirmed in the official presentation of the solution, it will practically certainly result in an enhanced device price.
Regrettably eager customers won’t be capable to put it underneath their Christmas tree this year, since the launch is scheduled for February 2014. Maintain warn the Galaxy S5 will continue to leak out details about the new mobile phone that will be worth the hold out.


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CI Games have announced the next installment in the Sniper Ghost Warrior franchise.
Contracts looks to take the series in a new direction.
They’ve ditched the open-world of Sniper Ghost Warrior 3, which I reviewed here and scored a 3 out of 5 , in favor of “tense, mission-based scenarios” that make up the new contracts system. Of course the game will still have a multiplayer mode as well.
“It is exciting to see the team really motivated and working hard on our next sniping game,” said CI Games Chief Executive Officer, Marek Tymiński in a press release issued today. “They don’t have to start from scratch this time and can now – on top of developing new content – spend way more time on improving things they already have.”
Tymiński continued, “We were too ambitious in terms of the scope of Sniper Ghost Warrior 3, but we’ve learned from our missteps. Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts will be more focused on emergent gameplay with an open-ended mission design that the team feels strong about, but it will not be set in an open world. It is going to be a more tactical, more condensed experience and the game will offer plenty of replayability, both on the single player campaign and on the multiplayer modes.”
The press release notes that Contracts “distills the core sniping gameplay that series fans have come to love, offering dense, more focused maps that reward tactical thinking. With a wealth of optional objectives to complete, the combination of open-ended missions and emergent gameplay ensure these scenarios are wildly replayable.”
Players will have to deal with the harsh environment of a wilderness in modern-day Sibera, but will have “hundreds” of ways of taking out their targets.
Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts will launch sometime in 2019 on PS4, Xbox One and PC.

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Concerns about dangerous chemicals in the mango industry
Reporter: Sarah Hawke
MURRAY MCLAUGHLIN: Top End mango growers are racing to get one of Australia's favourite fruits off the trees and into the markets.
But many growers have been left with a sour taste in their mouths this week after the release of a list of 12 chemicals environmentalists claim are being used by the industry.
As Sarah Hawke reports, the NT Environment Centre is now calling for a ban on the so called "dirty dozen".
SARAH HAWKE: The NT's largest horticulture industry is entering it's busiest time of the year.
It's mid-harvest and mango producers are desperately trying to get their fruit off the trees and into the markets.
But behind the scenes a debate is raging about the industry's use of chemicals.
PETER ROBERTSON, NT ENVIRONMENT CENTRE: We believe it's out of control in the NT, the number of chemicals, the lack of regulation of the use of the chemicals, we believe it's a big problem.
TOM HARRIS, NT PRESIDENT HORTICULTURAL ASSOCIATION: It's a disgraceful bloody attempt to discredit a great industry for the NT.
SARAH HAWKE: The NT Environment Centre's Peter Robertson this week released a list of what he calls the dirty dozen.
12 highly dangerous chemicals being used by growers.
PETER ROBERTSON: All of them should be withdrawn from use, some of them, we believe, should be banned immediately like mirex and also chemicals like endosulphan and chlorpyrifos, these are extremely dangerous chemicals and we shouldn't be using them on food crops and in environments where they could interact with wildlife and other people.
SARAH HAWKE: But the head of the NT's Horticultural Association says the list is nothing more than a scaremongering campaign.
Tom Harris says not all the chemicals listed are used.
TOM HARRIS NT HORTICULTURAL ASSOCIATION: The Environment Centre does need to take a good hard look at themselves.
They've never once looked at, or rung to discuss with the Horticultural Industry as far as what we are doing, we've got a lot of programs in place, we've got a lot of things we're about to launch that will be integrated within future quality management systems.
And I think for the Environment Centre to come out with this statement at this time is just outrageous.
SARAH HAWKE: According to Tom Harris, most NT mango growers undertake stringent food safety programs.
He says commercial growers are under pressure from major wholesalers and supermarket chains to deliver a safe product.
TOM HARRIS: From the testing that has been conducted at the start of this season, there's actually been zero-detection of any chemicals in NT product that's been tested through the 'fresh-test system'.
So the consumer is absolutely protected, and I believe NT producers are doing a fantastic job to make sure their product is absolutely safe for the consumers.
SARAH HAWKE: But the Environment Centre says chemical residues have been found.
It's calling for better regulation of chemical use in the NT's mango industry.
PETER ROBERTSON: There is almost a complete lack of independent testing on behalf of Government of mangoes and other food crops and this is a very serious problem.
The public has a right to know what chemicals are turning up in the food that it is buying.
SARAH HAWKE: But the industry maintains traces of chemical residue are well below any dangerous level.
TOM HARRIS: There's been no chemical residues found that exceed the MRL levels that are set that are 100 times below the limits that are set as acceptable standards for human consumption.
SARAH HAWKE: Peter Delis operates one of the NT's largest mango operations at Berry Springs.
He's in the middle of harvest and is busy preparing his product for the international market.
He's rejected the Environment Centre's claim about toxic mangoes.
PETER DELIS, JABIRU TROPICAL ORCHARDS: I think everybody uses some chemicals on mango farms, I mean it's not just mango farms, I mean horticulture in general.
Chemicals are a part of the process in majority of operations around the world.
SARAH HAWKE: Peter Delis says the NT industry has been proactive in reducing the use of chemicals and is always looking for alternative options.
PETER DELIS: We're quite mindful of what consumers want, we identified an issue, several years ago with S7s, we took the lead on that and we managed that process.
There was no court pressure put on us to go down that path, it was something that we wanted to do ourselves, and if there are, or there are people who have concerns, or the Environment Centre has concerns, I would have thought the appropriate place to deal with them was actually to talk to the people that are in the know first, that are using it, and see if there are some solutions, if there are serious concerns.
SARAH HAWKE: Ian Kilduff from the NT's Department of Business Industry and Resource Development admits it is difficult to monitor the whole industry.
He says growers are conscious of consumer concerns.
IAN KILDUFF, RESOURCE PROTECTION: The industry itself is pretty much on the front foot and it has been for a number of years.
Oh, with their quality management systems which either consumer groups have forced upon them or major chain stores have forced upon them or the industry itself has put together.
SARAH HAWKE: The Environment Centre says it will continue its campaign to ban the use of dangerous chemicals.
Meanwhile, the mango industry is working hard to keep the fruit flowing into the markets and is hoping the report won't be too damaging at this critical stage of the season.


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Nio Stock (NYSE:NIO) is once again gaining momentum on Wallstreet after a 3 month downtrend, with Nio shares gaining 18.03 percent over the past month. The swing in investor sentiment has been driven by multiple catalysts, including a boosted price target from Deutsche Bank analyst Edison Yu. The boosted valuation came as a surprise to investors, especially following Nio’s 65% decline in monthly vehicle deliveries in October.
Nio delivered 3,667 vehicles in October, which was significantly lower due to interrupted production. During October, NIO allocated their resources towards restructuring and upgrading manufacturing lines to prepare for the production of new vehicle models. Analysts are confident that NIO deliveries will bounce back next month.
Deutsche Bank sees Nio recovery as catalyst in Q4
On Thursday, Deutsche Bank analyst Edison Yu raised the firms Nio stock price target to $70 a share. The analyst told investors that he expects monthly sales/deliveries to bounce back to September levels. Furthermore, Yu added that he expects the Q4 delivery guidance to improve to 24,000-25,000 vehicles.
Deutsche Bank’s target price represents a 66.7% upside from the current trading price, making it the second highest institutional valuation behind Citi, with analyst Jeff Chung setting a $72 valuation. Jeff Chung shares a similar bullish sentiment towards Nio stock, with the analyst expecting 93,000 vehicle deliveries for 2021. The company has already delivered just shy of 70,000 vehicles this year. However, it means Nio will need to deliver 23,000 vehicles in the last two months of 2021 to meet Chung’s target.
Electric Vehicle adoption in China set to benefit domestic pioneers like Nio
Despite the companies lowered October deliveries, Wallstreet institutions such as Deutsche Bank and Citi remain focused on the EV transformation in China. EV adoption continues to gain momentum across the developing world, with China expected to lead the charge alongside Europe and North America.
Piper Sandler analyst Alexander Potter believes that EV’s will represent 18% of new vehicle sales by 2025. This transition is expected to benefit well established EV manufacturers such as Tesla and Ford. However, with Government regulation in the Chinese EV market, we can expect domestic companies such as Nio, Xpeng and Li Auto to be the beneficiaries. By 2040, Potter sees EV’s potentially taking up 94% of all vehicles sales, highlighting the lucrative nature of the EV market which is expected to blossom over the next 20 years.
Final Thoughts – Deutsche boosts Nio Stock Price Target
Overall, the boosted target from Deutsche Bank highlights the analysts confidence in a Nio recovery over the last quarter of the calendar year. Yu expects the company to deliver 24,000-25,000 vehicles in Q4 despite the sharp decline in October. Nio plans to release its Q3 results on November 9, with Wallstreet expecting the company to generate $1.45 Billion in revenue for the quarter.
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Point-of-sale startup Toast today announced $30 million in new funding to expand and grow the business surrounding its Android-based platform, according to a press release from the company.
IBM unveiled Thursday two initiatives that aim to revitalize the fan experience at sports venues through mobile and Web engagement.
Ahti Heinla and Janus Friis, the founders of Skype, are working on a Starship robot that can be used by retailers and grocery stores to deliver two bags worth of products to a customer's home within 30 minutes of an order, much like Amazon's plans for drone delivery, but on the ground.
GSMA released a new study Tuesday that shows North America is the world leader in the adoption of new mobile technology like 4G and LTE networks, mobile commerce, Internet of Things and wearable devices.
While much of the focus on mobile commerce has been on the consumer market, the business-to-business mobile commerce market is also going strong, according to data collected by Usablenet.
Users of appFigures and Adobe Analytics will be able to view data from both platforms from within Adobe Analytics, thanks to an integration of the platforms that's now available.
While mobile traffic to travel sites are on the rise, most travelers choose to actually book their travel using a desktop computer, according to data compiled by Spring Metrics.
The global mobile point-of-sale system installed base is forecast by 451 Research to top 54 million units in 2019, up from 13.3 million units today, a 32 percent compound annual growth rate.
Orlando International Airport recently deployed an advanced Wi-Fi network, Bluetooth beacons and a mobile app to help business and leisure travelers navigate their way around the airport.
While 81 percent of banking customers said they use online banking, fewer than half use their mobile device to interact with banks, according to a TechChecks's survey summarized in this infographic.


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After a very long time since all forms of online gambling were banned in the United States, there’s a strong ray of hope. The US Supreme Court decision to deem the 1992 federal law on gambling as unconstitutional has opened the door for top online casinos in the industry to target the US market and put an end to all the offshore casinos that dominated the landscape.
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IT’S NOT ALL GOOD NEWS
Even though the 2018 Supreme Court decision is a huge step forward towards regulating the US online gambling and betting landscape, things are still far from being straightforward. Each state can now decide what’s the position they’re going to take on online gambling and so far, things are looking good only in a handful of states like New Jersey, Delaware, Pennsylvania, West Virginia or Indiana.
Online casino enthusiasts may think things are moving really slow, however, one must not forget that we’re talking about an industry that it’s still in its infancy. All the online casinos operating beforehand in the US were all illegal operating from Costa Rica or Panama, with no legitimacy whatsoever.
HOW TO FIND A GOOD CASINO IN THE US
Before you start looking for legal online casinos in the United States, you need to know a thing or two on how these venues can operate. Of course, the details change from state to state, however, there’s a general agreement that an online casino can’t legally operate in the US without having established their business in the country. This means all the big companies that want to provide their services to US players need to set up shop in the US.
It looks like the big companies decided to form partnerships with the existing land-based gambling companies rather than starting fresh. That was the case for William Hill, 888 and Unibet – three of the most successful iGaming companies that were quick to capitalize on the hunger that US casino aficionados had.
The first thing to check as a casino player looking for the US best online casino is the games offered by the casino you’re about to join. Of course, since only the top brands have breached the market so far, the choice isn’t that hard. However, as the casino offer will diversify in the United States, you should know what to look for.
Top online slot and table games as a must for any online casino that wants to entertain its customers and give them a great experience. The newest titles from top software providers like NetEnt or Microgaming, as well as the all-time classics, are a must for any casino that wants to succeed. However, if you would like to get a quick overview about playing casino games online, just take a look at this site.
US casino players are still marked by the times when offshore casinos ran the industry and withdrawals could get confiscated without reason. So, another very important feature that all casinos operating inside the US should offer is quick payouts. There’s nothing to boost confidence in your product like making sure players get their wins as fast as possible. To do so, casinos need to offer versatile deposit and withdrawal methods as well and that may not be so easy to achieve since the UIGEA law still a big roadblock in making online payments generally available for casino enthusiasts.
However, these big brands that we mentioned earlier found ways to make sure they can get the funds to their customers quickly and in complete safety, setting a standard that is going to be quite hard to follow by the ones deciding to join the market later on.
We’re sure that other states will show interest in making online gambling legal after the first reports about the tax revenue registered by the states that already allow this activity. After all, if done right, online gambling offers a win-win-win situation – players are happy to be able to enjoy high-quality services, casinos operate in a hugely diverse market and the states themselves round their revenue and can use the extra money for several projects.


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The JD Power 2020 Initial Quality Study (IQS), released today, puts Tesla at the bottom of its quality ranking. It is the first time that Tesla has appeared in JD Power’s influential quality study.
It is widely regarded as the industry benchmark for new vehicle quality. The key metric is the problems experienced for 100 vehicles (PP100). A lower score reflects fewer problems, and therefore higher quality. Tesla received an initial quality score of 250 PP100, or 250 problems for every 100 vehicles.
Tesla’s quality issues are primarily with cosmetic items, such as paint blemishes, body panels that don’t fit well, and squeaks and rattles, rather than central powertrain or infotainment functions.
Doug Betts, president of JD Power’s automotive division, told CNBC:
These are mainly the result of factory quality. In addition, in the area of electric vehicle problems, they have complaints related to a lower range than expected; the range meter is inaccurate.
Tesla was not officially classified against other brands. Betts explained:
Unlike other manufacturers, Tesla does not grant us permission to survey its owners in 15 states where required. However, we were able to collect a large enough sample of homeowner surveys in the other 35 states, and based on that, we calculated the Tesla score.
California, the largest electric vehicle market in the US USA, not included in the study. JD Power said it decided to profile the electric car maker based on the approximately 1,250 owners it was able to survey. The vast majority of respondents have a Model 3.
The annual survey, now in its 34th year, measures missing components and features that are difficult to use, difficult to understand, or not working as owners want. The 2020 US Initial Quality Study. USA It is based on responses from 87,282 new year 2020 vehicle buyers and lessees who were surveyed after 90 days of ownership.
Separately, the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. USA (NHTSA) announced today that it is initiating an investigation into Tesla’s problem with older MCUs (the media unit with a large touchscreen) on older Model S vehicles. In early June, Tesla owners opened a class action lawsuit over paint problems on Model 3 vehicles.
Fiat Chrysler’s Dodge is the number one national brand in the study’s history at # 1. Hyundai’s Genesis was the highest-ranked premium brand for the fourth consecutive year in the study.
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There is no good excuse for this type of quality problem. The upside of the JD Power 2020 study is the clear message it sends to Tesla about the need for improvement.
Moving at breakneck speed and a laser focus on innovation has served Tesla and most of its owners well. Past quality issues have not slowed its momentum.
But here’s the critical question: Can the company continue to show the way forward for electric vehicles to the rest of the auto industry while embracing the highest quality and reliability that its competitors can offer?
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The all-electric Ford Transit Connect Electric utility van became available for ordering during the recent Chicago Auto Show and Azure Dynamics, the company in charge of converting and selling the trucks, has announced that AT&T will be the vehicle’s “Lead Customer” with an order for two units.
AT&T announced about a year ago that it would spend up to $565 million to introduce 15,000 alternative fuel vehicles to the company’s fleet over the next decade, starting with CNG vehicles. AT&T’s first electric vehicle, a Smith Electric Vehicles Newton, joined the fleet last November. For the run-down on the Transit Connect Electric, including our first drive report, read this.
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It’s 2022 and the fact that millions of Americans still don’t have access to high-speed internet seems… outdated. Up to 18 million American households still do not have access to high-speed Internet.
The US government recently made some $42.5 billion available through the $1 trillion infrastructure bill to make broadband connectivity more accessible and it looks like Corning wants a chunk of it. stock. The company yesterday announced plans to build a new optical cable manufacturing facility in Gilbert, Arizona.
The plant is expected to open in 2024 and will supply AT&T, the largest fiber internet provider in the United States.
Gilbert’s specific investment was not disclosed, but, according to the company, its investments in fiber and cable manufacturing will exceed $500 million since 2020 and double Corning’s supply capacity.
The plant will create 250 new jobs and is designed to be able to expand if necessary.
AT&T expects demand to increase fivefold over the next five years. In a separate announcement, the company said it was rolling out fiber optic internet service in the Mesa, Arizona area starting in 2023.
To build and deploy these networks, the industry will need about 850,000 workers through 2025. Corning and AT&T together created the Fiber Optic Training Program, focused on equipping thousands of technicians with the skills essential to the design, installation and maintenance of a growing fiber network. The program aims to train 50,000 American workers over the next five years.


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For a full list of the Shortlisted businesses, click here.
Ticket prices for the Awards Night are: Standard price: €100 plus VAT; Chamber Members: €90 plus VAT and they can be booked by contacting Róisín at firstname.lastname@example.org. (Special discounts apply for Finalists and their guests – please contact Róisín at email@example.com to find out more.)
The Kilkenny Business Awards 2019 will take place in Lyrath Estate Hotel on Saturday 16th November at 6.00 pm. Over 20 awards will be presented on the night, including the Lifetime Achievement, President’s Award and the overall Business of the Year Award.
The process of choosing the winners began on 4th September at Rothe House & Garden, when the prestigious event was launched. Nominations were sought from businesses and from members of the public for the various categories. Once these nominations wereshortlisted to three businesses per category, interviews will take place in October.
This year, a new online nomination and application system was launched, as Kilkenny Chamber sought to reduce the amount of paper used in the process. This easy to use system has been devised by Chamber members MindaClient.
All businesses nominated and applying must have an office/base in Kilkenny city or county, and must be at least 12 months in business. See Terms & Conditions – KBA 2019.
Kilkenny Chamber, in association with the main sponsor State Street, has announced the shortlisted businesses that will go on to the peer-review round on October 23rd for the Kilkenny Business Awards, facilitated by the Pembroke Kilkenny and Kilkenny Ormonde Hotel.
The response to the county-wide call for nominations from local businesses has been extremely high having received a record number of nominations. The external adjudicators have examined over 150 applications and 56 independent local enterprises have now been shortlisted to go forward for the panel interview round.
Kilkenny Chamber has reported that more than 40 per cent of applications made were from non-members of Kilkenny Chamber and 63 per cent are new entrants to the Kilkenny Business Awards. The strongest categories were Customer Service Excellence, Small Business of the Year and Service Provider of the Year.
Kilkenny Chamber President, Marion Acreman commented, “Kilkenny Chamber is delighted that so many local businesses have engaged with the Kilkenny Business Awards this year. In particular it is great to see so many new businesses come to the fore. The standard of application was very high and the finalists that will go forward to the interview round are extremely deserving. Kilkenny Chamber wishes the finalists the best of luck and we are looking forward to meeting them at the awards’ ceremony in November.”
The 20 category winners and the overall Business of The Year award will be announced at the Kilkenny Business Awards ceremony on November 16th in Lyrath Estate Hotel along with the ‘Lifetime Achievement’ and ‘President’s’ award.


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The company has started a petition to bring the lobster emoji out of our dreams and onto our phones.
They've added indoor and outdoor seating plus beer and wine.
It's embracing the neighborhood's love of convenience foods and dining out with a solid lineup of local and new eateries inside the market.
The folks at Luke's Lobster are cutting the carbs and grilling up lobster tails instead.
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The crustacean chainlet opens its largest outpost to date, complete with a pocket park and waterfall to boot.
From fussy chef dinners to casual seafood supper clubs, there's something for many a fish lover.
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NFT and games startup Animoca Brands has completed a $65 million round of funding at a $2.2 billion valuation. In July, it raised $138 million at a $1 billion dollar valuation, including from Samsung.
Leading investors include Liberty City Ventures, Ubisoft Entertainment, Sequoia China, Dragonfly Capital, Com2uS, Kingsway Capital, 10T Holdings, Token Bay Capital, Smile Group, Tess Ventures, MSA Capital, Octava Fund, Adit Ventures, Summer Capital, Sigitech Holdings, Black Anthem Ltd, Mirana Corp, and Justin Sun.
Initially, Animoca focused on building games such as The Sandbox, where the token has a market capitalization of more than $700 million. It also has a number of game and non-fungible token partnerships, including with the Olympics, Formula 1, Manchester City and MotoGP.
Additionally, in the past few months, Animoca has made a series of strategic investments in play-to-earn initiatives, non-fungible token (NFT)-based products, and other entertainment solutions that implement blockchain in their development. The company was previously known for its video game products, but its expanding investment portfolio has shifted Animoca to resemble a blockchain entertainment fund.
The additional funding will be used to expand Animoca’s portfolio, acquire and manage strategic intellectual property, and continue the product development of its existing games.
Play to earn
One of Animoca’s key areas of expansion is play-to-earn games. This genre of video games enables players to buy NFTs characters or tools using in-game cryptocurrency and use the digital assets to enhance their performance in the game and earn the game’s crypto. These tokens can then be exchanged for fiat currency or used to continue buying NFTs. In August, Animoca launched REVV Racing.
Besides investing in play-to-earn games, Animoca also invests in play-to-earn communities. These are groups of players that train other players in these games with the goal of being able to make a living wage. One of these communities, Yield Guild Games, has player mentors across various lower-income countries in Asia and South America. Animoca was one of the first well known companies in blockchain to invest in the group.
While Animoca invests in more niche and lesser known initiatives, its portfolio includes leading blockchain brands, including OpenSea, Dapper Labs, and Bitski.
“In 2018 we laid out a strategy based on our assessment that in the future digital property rights would revolutionize industries by expanding financial inclusion, and that this significant change would start with NFT adoption in games,” said Animoca’s co-founder Yat Siu.
“That future is already here. With the backing of our new strategic investors, Animoca Brands will continue to advance blockchain in gaming – and beyond – to introduce billions of gamers and Internet users to true digital ownership.”
Meanwhile, Galaxy Interactive, another fund specializing in the interactive industry, just raised a second $325 million fund. And Dapper Labs raised an additional $250 million at the end of September.


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Artists respond to H&M hoodie scandal
Artists on social media quickly corrected the heinous error, clothing company, H&M made where they released an ad depicting a young Black boy in a sweatshirt that read, "Coolest Monkey in the Jungle."
The comparison of monkeys to African Americans was previously used to perpetuate White supremacy by dehumanizing Blacks; discrediting their beauty, intellect and creativity. Despite recent efforts to put diversity and inclusion on the forefront, the offensive imagery circulated by H&M sadly reminds us there is still, work to do.
Entertainers, Oakland rapper G-Eazy and singer The Weekend, have resigned their relationships with the company in light of the scandal. H&M has since pulled the ad and the shirts, apologizing for the gaffe.
Artist Chris Classic, sparked a series of artistic alterations, saying in an Instagram post, “…this little guy will see his pics and the mockery one day because the internet doesn’t erase… so I just hope he gets to see this one or any like it that celebrate him.”
Interpolating kingship, Classic and other artists helped change the narrative from derogatory to celebratory; the fashion mogul Diddy announced he is offering the young model a $1 million-dollar contract with his fashion company, Sean John.


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(Pocket-lint) - Kodak is teasing a new smartphone it is planning to unveil on 20 October. And yep, you're probably thinking exactly the same as us when we first found out.
The company has a Kodak Phones Twitter account and posted a picture of what looks to be a Kodak-branded shutter or on/off button and just the date. No further clues can be gleaned.
Coming Soon... pic.twitter.com/H9SkF8mPeZ— Kodak Phones (@KodakPhones) October 5, 2016
Even its website at kodakphones.com has been taken over by the teaser.
But as amazing as this might sound, it's not even the first phone from the camera brand. That was the Kodak IM5 Smartphone, which was announced in January during CES in Las Vegas and was eventually sold in the Netherlands for around €280.
For that money you couldn't expect high-end specs - the IM5 had a 5-inch 720p display and a 1.7GHz octa-core Mediatek MT6592 processor - but it was made by Bullitt Mobile, the same company that builds the rugged Cat phones.
Whether this latest handset will be manufactured by the same OEM source is unknown. It does look a tad higher end however, thanks to the aluminium surround. We'll know more on 20 October when all will be revealed.


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There’s nothing like a Steve Jobs keynote address to get the tech world buzzing.
Jobs, a rare breed of tech CEO who also doubles as a compelling public speaker, has used his keynote platforms to introduce his company’s most important products for years now. Over the past decade alone, so-called “Stevenotes” have brought us the iPod, the iPhone and the iPad, which respectively brought portable digital music players, smartphones and tablet computers to the mass market. Jobs will also be on hand at the Worldwide Developers Conference next week to introduce Apple’s new cloud service, as well as the next generation of its iOS mobile operating system.
To get you ready for next week’s main event, Network World is taking a look back at the top five “Stevenotes” of the past decade that have changed the tech industry in ways that even Jobs’s own Reality Distortion Field could never have predicted.
5. Apple switches to Intel processors (WWDC, 2005)
This may not have been the flashiest Stevenote out there, but Apple’s switch from IBM Power PC processors to Intel chips in 2005 set up the company to be a long-term powerhouse in the computer market and paved the way for such high-performance brands as the MacBook Pro and the iMac Core Duo that were released in 2006. At the time Jobs said the switch from IBM to Intel basically came down to choosing a processor that could give users the best performance while consuming the lowest amount of power.
“When we look at Intel, they’ve got great performance, yes, but they’ve got something else that’s very important to us,” said Jobs. “Just as important as performance is power consumption.”
The marriage between Apple and Intel has been a success so far, as Apple laptops such as the MacBook Air and the MacBook Pro are among the top laptops recommended by Consumer Reports.
4. The App Store forever alters the mobile data landscape (iPhone Software Roadmap, 2008)
It didn’t seem like such a big deal at the time, but we now know that the introduction of the App Store marked the beginning of the mobile application craze that has altered how users consume mobile data on both smartphones and tablets. You see, it turns out that smartphone users don’t want to get data solely from their mobile Web browsers. Rather they also want to have a series of applications that are specifically tailored to perform functions such as updating sports scores, providing live stock quotes or delivering news feeds. The App Store has been a huge hit for Apple, as the store has delivered more than 10 billion downloaded apps over the past three years alone and has spawned imitators such as the Android Market and the BlackBerry App World.
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The C-Suite Predicts The Future of 4 Industries
Here’s how data and technology will shape the future
October 20, 2020
Industries will be transformed by data, according to executives.
Consumers will be more empowered than ever based on the information at their fingertips, and as a result, companies will need to prioritize customer service.
Our executives interviewed key industry leaders about these trends and here’s what they had to say.
In the short-term, keeping air travelers safe during the pandemic is the priority.
Major changes for travelers are now commonplace, including social distancing markers in boarding lines and waiting areas to mask mandates on planes.
United Airlines is piloting pre-departure COVID-19 testing for certain flights.
Longer-term, efficiencies in operations will drive the future -- from predictive maintenance to electric aircraft. “The world is going to come back and get on airplanes, and when they do we want those airplanes to be even better than the ones they're operating today,” said Honeywell Aerospace President Mike Madsen.
Customer service will also drive the future of the industry. United Airlines Chief Operating Officer Jon Roitman predicts that 5 years from now, “United is going to be … the largest best global carrier in the world with truly engaged … motivated and caring employees that put the customer at the center of everything we do.”
The health care industry rapidly pivoted to telemedicine during the COVID-19 pandemic, said Brian Tyler, the CEO of McKesson Corporation, the largest pharmaceutical distributor in the US and in Western Europe. About a third of North America's pharmaceutical products flow through its facilities every single day.
That trend will continue as will technology and data revolutionize the industry, he said. Those changes will cause customers to demand a better experience. “They're just going to really want a more contemporary consumer experience,” Brian said, adding in the next five years the big challenge will be to rewire an industry that has not always been customer or patient centric.
Technology will allow building owners and operators collect data that empowers them to make decisions such as conserving energy.
Consider the Sydney Opera House.
The iconic Australian structure successfully reduced its water usage by 30 percent from its baseline, according to Louise Herron, CEO of the Sydney Opera House. That savings is equivalent to about 10 Olympic-size swimming pools per year, she said.
To achieve that goal, they put water meters on a lot of equipment. “We can spot a water leak immediately,” she said.
Meanwhile, the combination of Information Technology and Operational Technology Data will give enterprises an entire view of their operation.
Oil & Gas
Automation and digitalization will play key roles in allowing Shell to thrive during the energy transition, said Shell executive Bert Natalicchio.
Shell automates manual tasks and organizes insights to improve business decisions.
The value of a virtual environment helps end users collaborate to implement and test solutions around the clock, said Rajeev Gautam, president of Honeywell Performance Materials and Technologies.
Software that allows Shell to operate remotely helps predict maintenance and problem-solve in real-time. “The implications of catching these issues early are enormous,” Bert said.
For example, preventing a compressor failure can be worth millions of dollars in cost savings to Shell, he said.


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32-year-old Ibrahim Conteh graduated from Njala University in 2016, but, until 2019, his endless search for a job opportunity brought him more frustration. His penchant for working in the formal job market began to spiral down quickly as he wandered.
Conteh’s exposure to the job market challenge was not entirely bad. He used his free time to study consumer behavior and maximize markets’ opportunities by deciding to invest his meager resources in an entrepreneurship that created employment for himself and other young people who were equally unemployed and lived below the poverty line.
Conteh had started experimenting and developing his business ideas from a 10-hectare family cashew farm in Bo District, Southern Sierra Leone.
“For six months, I was just experimenting with seedlings of different cashew varieties to understand what works best,” he stated.
Six months after he was identified through UNDP Accelerator Lab’s nationwide grassroots solutions mapping exercise as a high potential innovator, enrolled in a 6-month (July-December 2021) Design and Entrepreneurship Training Programme to build capacity, Ibrahim has developed his passion for changing the narrative of what seems to be a culture of growing and not processing value-added cashew nuts in Africa.
With his newly earned skills from the training courses completed at the Institute of Public Administration Management (IPAM)-University of Sierra Leone and Limkokwing University, Ibrahim is now empowered to own a local cashew nut brand (We Roasted Cashew Nuts) and a registered business company named ‘We Cashew Sierra Leone Ltd.’
“The value for my cashew nut product has doubled the normal value and is far-reaching because I now have the skills to process what is growing locally. That is why I prefer to deshell, package, and brand my cashew nut product before distribution in the market,” he added.
Ibrahim and a team of 10 casual workers buy cashew from local farmers and use their hands to crack the shell, and the testa, peel the kernel that is baked or roasted in salted and non-salted flavors and packaged into branded sachet before distribution into the market. According to Conteh, added value to cashew nuts translates to higher price and profit margin, thereby attracting young people to trade his product and make a decent living, while ensuring zero poverty in Africa, which is the largest producer of cashew nuts.
UNDP is happy to learn that Ibrahim Conteh’s product has made it to the shelves of five big supermarkets in the country’s two biggest cities, including Monoprix, Choithram, and Freetown supermarkets in the capital city.
With a team of casual workers, ‘We Cashew Sierra Leone Ltd.’ has trained five marketers to sell its products along major streets in Freetown and Bo cities.
In a branded functional packaging, ‘We Roasted Cashew Nuts’ has defied many odds and positioned itself by simply adding value to a home-grown product, optimizing unique-selling points in a growing competitive market with an emerging potential to dominate the market.
‘We Cashew Sierra Leone Ltd.’ has secured 150 hectares of land in Yele, Tonkolili District, where Ibrahim and the team want to establish the company’s first cashew farm, providing job opportunities to more young people.
From a business idea borne out of his experience of being unemployed, a startup capital of $350, Ibrahim has set a new target of $10,000, which he hopes to generate in two years from sales and grants opportunities so that he can start his company’s cashew farm that mass produces every three years.
“My newly registered company needs equipment such as nutcracker, cashew kernel peeling machine, baker, cashew nut drying machine, peanut processing machine, and oil extraction machine to scale up,” he furthered.
Conteh’s short-term employment target is to recruit at least one hundred casual workers deployed in different parts of the country to market ‘We Roasted Cashew Nut’ while making a good living for themselves and their families.
‘We Roasted Cashew Nut’ is packaged and branded in 100g, 150g, 250g, and 300g.
Ibrahim is excited to partner with other local businesses. He also called on development partners to support his youthful initiative in our collective effort to realize the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and assure a prosperous future for young people in Sierra Leone.


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Cryptocurrencies have reached a record $ 14 billion in revenue in 2021, thanks to the emergence of new technologies in the field of decentralized finance or DeFi. Total cryptographic thefts increased by 516% last year, and 72% of these thefts occurred in the defense sector. Overall, fraud revenue has grown by 79% in 2021 compared to 2020.
According to the company ChainalysisFraud is the main form of cryptocurrency in 2021, and in the next rank, thieves have the highest income. The company says Difai has played a significant role in both areas and new users should be very careful.
“Defy is one of the most exciting areas of the cryptocurrency ecosystem that offers great opportunities for entrepreneurs and ordinary users,” the Chainalysis report said. “But if the spread of fraud and theft is not stopped with this technology, it is unlikely that Difai will be able to reach its full potential.”
Scams in the field of cryptocurrencies in proportion to the volume of transactions
Defy transactions grew by 912% in 2021. The impressive efficiency of tokens such as “Shiba Ino” also caused Difai tokens to attract the attention of many users. However, one of the problems with this technology is that many of its new code-level protocols are vulnerable. 21% of 2021 hacks used the same vulnerabilities.
The number of crypto thefts reached $ 3.2 billion last year. The number of scams also increased by 82% to $ 7.8 billion. One of the relatively new but popular methods of these scams is called Rug Pull, with which more than 2.8 billion dollars of capital has been stolen. In this technique, the developer abandons his project and runs away with the investors’ money before fulfilling his obligations.
However, the number of scams in the cryptocurrency area is very small, only 0.15% of the total $ 15.8 trillion volume of transactions in this space. Thus, it can be said that cryptocurrencies are becoming smaller and smaller every day in the entire crypto ecosystem.


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We all know the story by now —relatively low-key womenswear designer is thrust into the spotlight when First Lady Michelle Obama wears his gown to the Inaugural Ball. Since then, NYC-based designer Jason Wu has continued to dress the First Lady and the rest of the country in sweetly feminine designs, and even teamed up with Target for a successful mass-market collaboration. Though Mrs. Obama debuted a piece from his line this summer, Jason has just released the first full lookbook for his new diffusion line, Miss Wu by Jason Wu. Still enchanted and inspired by the French gal, the designer infuses Gamine staples throughout the Miss Wu collection. Updated mariner striped shirts, ballet flats and precious flirty shift dresses will lend a slight French accent to wardrobes everywhere. Miss Wu by Jason Wu will be sold exclusively at Nordstrom, and will make its grand debut this January.
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Rackspace exec says Amazon Web Services is doing it wrong
The rift between Amazon and its cloud competitors got a little wider on Thursday after Amazon Web Services' dominance in the market took center stage at the GigaOM Structure conference in San Francisco. Rackspace president Lew Moorman called for an open alternative to AWS, and warned the service is creating vendor lock-in.
Rackspace and Amazon are becoming increasingly bitter rivals as competition in the cloud heats up. Moorman's company is one of the leading participants in OpenStack, an open-sourced cloud standard. Amazon does not follow cloud standards, and that has lead to the development of OpenStack rivals such as CloudStack.
Soon Rackspace will compete directly with Amazon on the IaaS front, offering a cloud hosting service similar to AWS based on OpenStack, starting in August. Moorman obviously has a vested interest in pointing out Amazon's negatives.
Vendor lock-in is one area that Moorman has an issue with. "Once you’re integrated into a cloud provider it’s very tempting to use proprietary features of those clouds", he said. "And Amazon’s made great advances here and launched a lot of great services like SimpleDB and DynamoDB. But once you use these applications and once you use these components, you are truly fused to that cloud provider."
Another point Moorman brought up in his talk was the subject of AWS API cloning. Eucalyptus is an example of this. The company, which open-sourced its software that clones AWS APIs locally on Tuesday, is obviously who he is talking about. AWS endorsed Eucalyptus' activities back in March.
Moorman warned that simply cloning the API would not be enough. Since AWS is proprietary, those who clone the API would be simply baking the same compatibility issues into their own deployments that already exist in the AWS cloud.
"There’s the basic fact that APIs are nothing more than an interface to real technology", he argued. "They’re a bridge, a protocol. But the truth of the matter is the cloud is not a protocol".


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Sonoco Thermosafe has created the Pegasus ULD temperature-controlled device manufactured and supplied by Aerotuf.
The Pegasus ULD integrates Aerotuf’s patented AeroTHERM composite material technology and will be the first passive bulk temperature-controlled container for pharmaceutical use that is an approved ULD.
The new product was designed to fulfil a gap in the market for passive bulk packaging solutions.
Aerotuf’s patented materials will deliver a lighter and more damage-resistant unit than traditional metal containers.
The first Pegasus ULD will be the lighter AKP size, which fits a full US pallet and shares the same footprint of the AKE size without the overhang that accounts for over 80% of AKE/RKN transit damage.
Christopher Day, director of marketing, innovation and business development for Sonoco Thermosafe says: “The rugged, lightweight composite design of this unit load device enables the pharmaceutical supply chain to cost-effectively ship globally across the Americas, EMEIA and Asia-Pacific regions.”
Tom Pherson, president of Aerotuf says: “With our patented materials and expertise we continue to innovate the ULD, delivering more versatile, and damage resistant solutions across the industry, and this new partnership will see us further expand the AeroTHERM range in 2020, helping to protect more temperature sensitive shipments.”


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A new shipment of Italian blood oranges has arrived by ship in Shanghai. Protagonists of the Italian Republic Day on June 5 in the Beijing Embassy.
The export of blood oranges from Italy to China, thanks to the project financed by the European Union and Cso Italy The European Art of Taste, continues for Oranfrizer. After opening this market in March with the first export test that involved the sale of two containers, about 40 tons of blood oranges, the Italian company Oranfrizer on May 28 delivered a third container to Shanghai to the importer Mao Hong Ming which in these days is distributing about 20 tons of Made in Italy Tarot on the Chinese markets. Also this time the blood oranges exported by Oranfrizer have landed from Sicily to China by ship. They will be sold in the Beijing, Shanghai, Ningbo and Guangzhou areas and will also be used for online sales. Blood oranges will also be available for purchase on Benlai.com and were the protagonists of the Italian Republic Day scheduled for June 5 in the Beijing Embassy.
“We ended the blood orange season with this second exceptional export to China – says CEO Oranfrizer Nello Alba – the results of the first test rewarded us. We planned the trend of the season with the aim of serving all the markets with the same commitment, the blood oranges that we collected in Sicily simultaneously reached the fruit and vegetable departments of Italy, Europe and also China. We will continue to invest in the field to increase the supply of blood oranges. ”
“The demand for Italian blood oranges in China is large and substantial – explains Sara Grasso, Oranfrizer’s export manager – is emerging from all sectors of the sale of fruit and vegetables on the Chinese market. We are satisfied with this first experience and look forward to the second season”.
“Celebrating the feast of our Republic in the Italian Embassy in Beijing with the presence of blood oranges that we exported from Sicily is an honor for us – adds Salvo Laudani, marketing manager of Oranfrizer – We thank Ambassador Ettore Francesco Sequi and the his staff that is enhancing the entry of our fruit into the People’s Republic of China “.


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SPORTS COLLECTORS DIGEST STAFF
In a dynamic triple play, photographs of Babe Ruth swept the top three results in a Sports Photography auction Aug. 23 at Heritage Auctions.
Just days after dropping the hammer on over $11 million of elite memorabilia and trading cards in its famous Summer Platinum Night auction, Heritage produced dramatic results in this auction, adding $454,000 to its industry-leading sales tally. No fewer than 10 photos topped $10,000 by the time the last hammer fell, with the top lot being a photograph ofBabe wearing the uniform of the Boston Red Sox, selling for $37,200. The second-place shot, which sold for $34,800, features a full-body pitching image of Ruth. Nat Fein’s iconic Pulitzer-Prize-winning “The Babe Bows Out” from Ruth’s 1948 final farewell commanded $32,400 for third place.
“This might be the most dynamic subgenre in the hobby right now,” said Chris Ivy, Director of Sports Auctions for Heritage. “These prices would have been impossible just a few years ago, and we suspect that we’re still quite early in the growth cycle.”
Heritage said that perhaps the biggest surprise of the sale was a $22,200 result for a 1984 photograph of Michael Jordan participating in his first NBA game, easily a record for a sports photograph from the past half-century.
Other highlights included:
- $31,200: 1939 Lou Gehrig “Luckiest Man” Speech Original News Photograph, PSA/DNA Type 1
- $31,200: Circa 1920 Babe Ruth Original Photograph by Charles Conlon, PSA/DNA Type 1
- $23,400: 1920 Babe Ruth Original Large Photograph, PSA/DNA Type 1
- $25,200: 1951 Mickey Mantle Rookie Original Photograph from the Hillerich & Bradsby Archives, PSA/DNA Type 1
- $12,600: Circa 1919 “Shoeless Joe” Jackson Original News Photograph by Paul Thompson, PSA/DNA Type 1
- $10,800: 1937 Ted Williams San Diego Padres Minor League Original News Photograph, PSA/DNA Type 1


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Microsoft is making big strides and Game Pass is only one piece of the puzzle. The subscription service has kept the Xbox Series X/S relevant recently despite the lack of conversation-stealing first-party exclusives, but the company is turning its attention to the mobile space for its next big gaming push. While PS5 console warriors to argue over Call of Duty exclusivityMicrosoft positions Apple and Google as its real competitors.
It could be a favorable turn in the face of unprecedented antitrust scrutiny as it seeks to assert its authority. 69 billion dollars seized Activision Blizzard through regulators in the US and abroad. But when you consider Apple’s total revenue from gaming, it’s believable beating out both Microsoft and Nintendo last year Even though the iPhone maker doesn’t actually make games. Here are nine interesting takeaways from recent earnings calls, regulatory filings and interviews that begin to fill in the picture of Xbox’s present and future.
Game Pass is growing a ton on PC
While Game Pass’s best game library is on console, it’s the PC side of the service that really makes steam. CEO of Microsoft Satya Nadella confirmed from the company most recent earnings call PC Game Pass subscribers are up 159 percent from a year ago. The PC version’s game library has certainly improved in recent months, but the larger installed base is probably the bigger factor. “We’re seeing incredible growth in PC, which is where we’re really focused,” Spencer said WSJ Tech Live.
Game Pass reaches its limit on console
Despite reaching 25 million subscribers overall, Game Pass’ overall growth is still well below Microsoft’s initial expectations. This was reported by Axiosthe company was aiming for 73 percent growth for the year ending June 2022, but instead only reached 28 percent.
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And on the Xbox Series X/S, Spencer seems pretty confident that Game Pass will never make up more than 15 percent of Microsoft’s total content and services revenue. “I don’t think it’s going to get any bigger,” Spencer said on WSJ Tech Live. “At some point you’ve reached everyone who wants to subscribe on the console.”
Microsoft knows a big first-party exclusive is overdue
It may be part of the reason why Game Pass has stopped on console lack of major exclusives. Spencer recently admitted that they haven’t been in the company’s lineup lately. “One thing we’ve heard loud and clear is that it’s been a long time since we’ve shipped what people would say is a great first-party game,” he said. Same Brain podcast. “We may have excuses about Covid and other things, but at the end of the day I know people are invested in our platform and want to have great games.”
At the same time, I suggested that the era of covid-related game delays, at least for Microsoft’s first-party studios, is over. Don’t expect the big holiday drought of 2022 to continue next year, in other words. while Starfield and Redfall both will be released in the first half of next year, as major releases a fairy tale, Forza Motorsport 8, Sureand others are still waiting in the wings.
The rumored device for TVs was on the shelf (literally)
Project Keystone was supposed to be a key to TVs that would let you stream Game Pass in your living room without needing an Xbox. It was rumored to be imminent, but Spencer confirmed that it has indeed been scrapped in favor of more limited solutions through Smart TV manufacturers like Samsung. That Keystone prototype keeps on the shelf? It does not go into production. “Are we going to do a streaming device at some point?” he said on WSJ Tech Live. “I suspect we will, but I think it’s still years away.”
The company is serious about the Xbox store on mobile devices
Microsoft has signaled its ambitions to start competing in the smartphone space earlier this year, but recent regulatory filings in the UK make the plans clearer. “[Buying Activision Blizzard] The addition of Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard content will enhance the ability to create a next-generation game store that works across a range of devices, including mobile devices.” he wrote in October.
Spencer doubled down on that vision at WSJ Tech Live, criticizing Apple and Google’s 30 percent decline in in-app purchases on their respective platforms and arguing that the $69 billion acquisition was a play to make mobile more competitive. console market. “We need to break the existing duopoly of only two storefronts [mobile] platforms,” I said. It’s unclear how the company plans to do this, but potentially more acquisitions in the mobile space aren’t off the table.
Xbox Series X and S consoles are selling at a huge loss
While it’s well understood that console manufacturers often sell devices at a loss, especially at the beginning of a new release cycle, we’ve never known exactly how big those losses were. In no uncertain terms, Spencer recently tackled Microsoft’s losing Xbox Series X and S average between $100 and $200.
That’s the company’s defense of charging the same 30 percent fee on Xbox that Apple and Google complain they charge on profitably sold smartphones. At the same time, it also made the Xbox Series S a huge success. The company announced during its most recent earnings call that half of $300 Xbox users are brand new to the ecosystem.
Prices will rise in the future
Don’t expect this level of discount forever. While Spencer didn’t give specifics, he hinted at it during WSJ Tech Live price increases are coming. “We kept a price on the console, we kept a price on the games for us and our subscription,” he said. “I don’t think we can do this forever, I think at some point we’re going to have to raise the prices of some things.”
While he didn’t say what those things would be, Game Pass and individual game pricing seem like obvious bets. There have been subscription services as a whole recently increasing renewal costsand Spencer pointed to the $60 price point Microsoft maintains Halo Infiniteit’s outdated and doesn’t reflect the increased costs of development or the extra hours many players get out of modern games.
Call of Duty It remains on PlayStation
Microsoft has been clearer than ever no plans to do in the last weeks Call of Duty Xbox exclusive. “It’s not a plan, OK, we’re going to move somebody to where they have to play in the cloud or we’re going to pull it in two or three years. [Call of Duty]”, Spencer said on WSJ Tech Live. “As long as there is a PlayStation to ship, our intention is to continue to ship. Call of Duty On PlayStation,” I said in Same Brain. I liked it Minecraft He said he’d like to see it continue to be supported on PlayStation Call of Duty transition in one form.
Don’t expect a Microsoft VR metaverse anytime soon
Despite his boss announcing integration with Microsoft Meetings, Spencer said at WSJ Tech Live, “To me, building a metaverse that looks like a boardroom — I just find that’s not where I want to spend most of my time.” Meta’s Horizons VR dystopia just weeks ago. The veteran game director said he thinks companies should work on improving 2D gaming metaverses before moving into virtual reality.
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Facebook’s team based in Bellevue, Washington has been working to build a new AI assistant technology.
“We are working to develop voice and AI assistant technologies that may work across our family of AR/VR products including Portal, Oculus and future products,” a Facebook spokesperson acknowledged to Search Marketing Daily.
Ira Snyder, director of AR/VR and Facebook Assistant, is leading the effort, according to a report citing people who are familiar with the project. That team has been contacting vendors in the smart speaker space.
Snyder took the role of director about seven months ago. Prior to that, he worked as the general manager of research for the Facebook Reality Labs in Redmond, Washington.
He also spent nearly six years at Microsoft between November 2011 and November 2014, according to his LinkedIn profile. At Microsoft, he gained experience “incubating” a variety of new technologies and products.
Voice is not an entirely new area for Facebook, which already sees Amazon, Apple, Google, and Microsoft as competition in the space. The company has voice technology, but building it into hardware could put Facebook on another path.
Amazon, with Alexa, had 67% of the market share in the United States in 2018, while Google had about 30% share, according to eMarketer.
Few people use voice assistants and speakers for shopping.Voice commerce in 2018 will reach $2.10 billion -- just 0.4% of U.S. ecommerce sales, per eMarketer.
In October, Facebook debuted the Portal and Portal Plus video chat devices. The first Facebook-branded products for consumers put the company in the home-hardware game with Amazon, Google and Microsoft.
Some believe it is those portals that prompted Facebook to build an AI voice-control platform. But this isn’t the first time Facebook tried to build a virtual assistant. Facebook’s chat assistant, called M, was used in Facebook's messaging app, but Facebook shuttered it in January 2018.


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NetLogic Expands IPv6 Portfolio
The company doubles IPv6 processing capabilities.
NetLogic Microsystems, Inc. has announced the expansion of its IPv6 knowledge-based processor portfolio with the introduction of its NL82048 processor which doubles the IPv6 processing capabilities for next-generation switches and routers. In a press release by the company and presented on Trading Markets, NetLogic claims the NL82048 knowledge-based processor incorporates a number of ground-breaking innovations, and is the first device in the industry that is capable of supporting up to 512,000 IPv6 addresses or 2,000,000 IPv4 addresses
"'We are pleased to have the industry's most comprehensive portfolio of IPv6 knowledge-based processors,' said Chris O'Reilly, vice president of marketing at NetLogic Microsystems. 'By integrating key innovations that dramatically enhances the performance and enriches the feature set of our market-leading knowledge-based processors, we continue to enable our customers to develop highly differentiated networking solutions for next-generation LTE networks.'"


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Chinese telcom giant Huawei Technologies is suing US telco Verizon for patent infringement after previously failing to get an agreement through negotiations on license terms over a “significant period of time".
Australia has an opportunity to carve an important niche in the global machine learning field, according to a report into the sector’s patent filings launched by the Minister for Science, Karen Andrews on the Gold Coast on Monday.
Apple may have to stop selling some iPhone models in the US if a judgment that found it had infringed on two patents owned by multinational semiconductor and telecommunications equipment company Qualcomm is enforced.
Multinational semiconductor and telecommunications equipment firm Qualcomm has been awarded US$31 million (A$43.7 million) in damages for the infringement of three of its patents by Apple, from 6 July 2017 till the end of the trial on 15 March.
A court in Germany has dismissed a patent lawsuit filed by processor maker Qualcomm against Apple, saying that the patent concerned was not violated by its chips being used in iPhones.
Apple has said it would appeal a court verdict in China that imposes a ban on the import and sale of some iPhone models in response to action by processor maker Qualcomm.
Qualcomm has fired another shot in its battle with Apple, filing lawsuits in China to try and stop the iPhone maker from selling and manufacturing phones in the country.
Entropy coding technology known as ANS devised by a Polish academic is now sought to be patented by Google – even though he released it into the public domain precisely so no company could swoop on it and lock it up.
Counter drone technology company Department 13 has been granted a US patent covering coding technology that it says can dramatically reduce power consumption and cost in radio transmitters.
US telecommunications holding company Sprint has been awarded US$139.8 million in damages from Time Warner Cable for infringing on patents for VoIP services.
Apple has filed another lawsuit against Qualcomm, this time in the UK, upping the legal stoush between the two companies over patent royalties and deals on processors.
Melbourne-based ASX listed video technology developer Linius Technologies has secured additional US patents to further protect its intellectual property and reinforce its already existing core patent.
Tech companies from the United States, South Korea, and Japan occupy the top 10 2015-16 US patent registrations. Most of the top 50 are also tech based.
The Institute of Patent and Trade Mark Attorneys of Australia (IPTA) has warned that recommendations by the Productivity Commission on Intellectual Property Arrangements would significantly weaken the Australian patent system, introduce uncertainty into obtaining and enforcing patent rights, and make the system more expensive for innovators,
Imagine if your smartphone or tablet battery was smart enough to recharge itself using power from the radio waves it generates to go online. Radient says it can be done!
Australian businesses say the most significant barrier to innovation and business change is simply not having enough time to turn their ideas into reality, according to a new study revealing that traditional innovation measures, such as R&D and patents, had been growing solidly since 1990 but have flatlined since the end of the mining boom.
Microsoft has long held 310 core Android patents that earn it a pretty penny – $5 to $15 from every Android device sold. Manufacturers consider this a cost of using Google’s ostensibly free Android operating system.
There has been much relief among free and open source software developers following Google's win in its copyright battle with Oracle.
Lawyers at one of the oldest specialist intellectual property firms in Australia and New Zealand have slammed the High Court's decision to refuse leave to a patent applicant to appeal a decision by the Full Federal Court of Australia.
ASX-listed US-based technology products developer, Department 13 (D13), has been granted a US patent on technology that it says will further enhance its drone defence capabilities and advanced communication networking.
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It's been a week and a half for Nintendo news so there's no shame in feeling like you may have missed something important. That's why we've once again brought all the biggest news together to form one substantial but bitesized video.
This week we look at the announcement of Miitomo, the first official Nintendo-developed app for smart devices, the mounting evidence for Twilight Princess HD, as well as the surprise announcement of as-yet unannounced games coming to Wii U and 3DS before the end of the year. We've also rounded up all the releases, reviews, and the 'fabled' video of the week so you're totally up-to-date.
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Introduced on Thursday: 2011 Mitsubishi i-MiEV
What is it? The all-electric Mitsubishi Innovative Electric Vehicle has been available in Japan since last year and will arrive in Europe soon. The American-market model will be slightly bigger than those.
What makes it tick? It has a 16-kW (63 horsepower) electric motor and a lithium-ion battery pack that will take you up to 100 miles in mostly city driving, the company says. There’s also a three-way charging system, allowing for 110- or 220-volt power sources, as well as a quick-charger system. Mitsubishi has partnered with Best Buy for sales and home installation of recharging units, and with Eaton for recharging units with the hope of combating charging-station and range anxieties.
How much, how soon? The little four-seater will cost around $30,000. If you don’t think that’s too hefty a price for a car best suited for errands around town, know that dealerships in the western United States will receive the car this time next year, followed by the northeastern states in March 2012. It goes nationwide at the end of 2012.
How’s it look? Green cars are the bedbugs of the Los Angeles show — they’re all over. We’ll see if this one won’t be squashed by the competition.


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Time Warp Alert: the Totally ’80s Ski Weekend is Feb 20-22
February 20, 2015 @ 9:00 am - February 22, 2015 @ 9:00 pm
Can dayglo ski clothes melt snow? Did video kill the radio star? Do girls really just want to have fun?
All these questions – and more – will be answered during the fourth annual Totally ’80s Retro Ski Weekend at Beech Mountain.
This year’s time warp back the new wave era takes place Feb. 20-22 and includes live music, special guest appearances, retro festivities and 80’s-themed specials on lodging and meals.
Headlining the weekend is The Breakfast Club, America’s favorite 1980s tribute band. The Breakfast Club plays Saturday night in the Beech Tree lodge at Beech Mountain Resort. During intermission, the fun continues with the annual $500 Totally Retro Apparel Contest.
Friday night’s band is Buick MacKane, performing an all-80s set at the Mile High Tavern. Also that night at the Mile High Tavern is a $200 Madonna look-alike contest.
The Carolina Ghostbusters – complete with their vintage Ectomobile – will make multiple appearances in town and at the ski resort, and they will be joined by a talking replica of the KITT car from the 1980s hit television show, Knight Rider.
Another throwback event is an ’80s lip-sync battle Friday afternoon at Beech Mountain Brewing Co. in the alpine village at the ski resort.
Old school music fans will also have an opportunity to meet Brake Michaels of Charlotte. Brake is one of the nation’s top Bret Michaels look-alikes.
As always, skiers and snowboarders are encouraged to wear retro ski clothes on the slopes, and Reaganomics will be in effect with 80s-themed specials throughout town on lodging, meals, and ski rentals.
“Each year we’re excited to see so many people embrace the ‘totally eighties’ concept,” says Talia Freeman, marketing director for Beech Mountain Resort. “More than just skiing, it’s a pop culture experience and has definitely become one of our most popular weekends.”
So dig out those DayGlo ski clothes from that most righteous decade, dust off your cassette tapes, and make plans now for a ski slope time machine weekend on Beech Mountain.
For complete details and lodging specials, type www.BeechMtn.com into your personal computer, or dial 1-800-468-5506.


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Nintendo aims to record record sales – both hardware and software – during the next fiscal year, thanks to a line-up of upcoming games of some weight, as well as (apparently) a new Switch model, called Switch Pro .
Now, according to a new report from Bloomberg (via GR + ), it appears that the Big N is planning to launch the new version of Switch before the end of March 2022 strong>.
This statement comes from rather reputable sources linked to “component suppliers, software publishers and resellers” who claim that Nintendo believes the introduction of this new console will help keep Switch sales stable or slightly higher than year after year.
At the time of this writing there are few details about the new model, other than the fact that it will most likely feature an OLED screen to provide sharper images to gamers. But not only that: the insider NateDrake would also be almost certain of the arrival of titles capable of running only on the Nintendo Switch Pro.
La Casa di Mario plans to sell over 250 million units during the fiscal year, an increase of 45 million units compared to their current projection of 205 million for the current year.
Read also: Discovered the name of Nintendo Switch Pro?
We remind you in any case that the recent Nintendo Direct confirmed the upcoming arrival of Splatoon 3, The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword HD and Mario Golf Super Rush , while the remakes of Pokémon Diamond & Pearl and Pokémon Legends: Arceus will surely be enough to satiate fans’ appetites for months to come.
We recommend, as usual, not to lose sight of the Gameshift pages for all the further news coming from Nintendo (and beyond).
If you want to take Pokémon Sword home, we recommend that you take advantage of the discounted game price. If you don’t have a Nintendo Switch yet, you can get it on Amazon at the best price!


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Coinbase Custody Completed Its First Over-The-Counter (OTC) Trade From Offline Storage
Coinbase Custody has just finished its first over-the-counter (OTC) trade from cold storage. The San Francisco-based cryptocurrency exchange announced the news in a blog post published on Wednesday, March 13. According to the blog post, Coinbase Custody is directly integrated with OTC desk of Coinbase dubbed as “Coinbase Pro” now. It marked the availability of “immediate” liquidity and thus, it will enable the customers to use the OTC desk to price and confirm trades prior to transferring funds. However, earlier the trader had to withdraw assets from cold storage – where the private keys are kept on a device which is not connected to the internet – to a “hot,” or online, wallet at a trading platform in order to execute a trade. Coinbase underlined that the clients “can buy OTC and settle assets directly into Custody.”
The CEO of Coinbase Custody Trust, Sam McIngvale said :
“Being able to trade while their funds are held safely in cold storage is a feature that we’ve heard loud and clear that our customers want.” He further added:
“Coinbase offers the world’s largest regulated pool of crypto liquidity. Being able to access this market quickly and safely unlocks tremendous benefits for our customers.”
Brian Armstrong, the co-founder, and CEO of Coinbase outlined in February that according to him there are four common misconceptions about crypto custody solutions which tackled a perception that the hot storage is always important to provide the flexibility and speed required to the execute trades. He also noted the matter of fact that participating in a PoS network and earning returns on the staked coins does not mean that the latter needs to be stored in a hot wallet.
Genesis Trading also partnered with custody specialist BitGo in the month of January which facilitated their mutual clients to trade without removing coins from offline storage. Same has been practiced by OTCXN with custodians Kingdom Trust and Prime Trust. While the first Custody service for institutions was launched by Coinbase in May 2018 which became effective from June 2018.
BAck in October 2018, the exchange was qualified as a crypto custodian in New York state. New York Department of Financial Services had approved its application to create the Coinbase Custody Trust Company LLC which can provide custody services for bitcoin, bitcoin cash, ethereum, ethereum classic, litecoin and XRP.


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Portland's SKINS apparel partners with four NFL players
Apparel brand SKINS continues to integrate its compression gear into mainstream American sports, announcing on Monday that it’s working with four NFL players to promote the brand.
SKINS is a Switzerland-based apparel brand that specializes in baselayer compression gear it says helps improve athletes performance and speed-up muscle recovery. It opened its North American regional headquarters in Portland last summer, where it shares a Pearl District office and management team with Italian swimwear brand Arena.
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On Monday, SKINS said New York Giants linebacker Chase Blackburn, Kansas City Chiefs running back Peyton Hillis, Philadelphia Eagles linebacker Brian Rolle, and Buffalo Bills linebacker Bryan Scott will be the company’s NFL brand ambassadors. They will be featured in advertising, public relations, social media and point-of-sale merchandising efforts for the company’s new 100 Series product line, which was designed specifically for athletes in team sports.
But it’s clear that since opening its Portland offices last year the brand has been pushing to build its name among the more high-profile U.S. sports.
In April, for example, SKINS issued a news release announcing that the entire roster of the National Hockey League’s St. Louis Blues were using SKINS compression gear to help during a playoff run.
Erik Siemers is managing editor of the Portland Business Journal.
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FTX, one of the largest exchange platforms, is keen on attracting new clients through sports partnerships. The exchange has made heavy investments in sporting leagues, teams and stadiums, and this venture does not seem to be slowing down.
Monumental Sports and Entertainment (MSE) has announced that FTX US will be its official partner for its teams, including Washington Capitals, Wizards, Mystics and Capital City Go-Go.
Signs multi-year deal with MSE
Through this deal, FTX US will be the first partner for MSE in the cryptocurrency sector. The two parties have signed a multi-year deal that will boost FTX’s brand awareness among the fans of the four teams.
As mentioned earlier, FTX will be the official non-fungible token (NFT) partner for MSE. As such, the FTX US NFT platform will gain access to exclusive rights for any future NFTs released by MSE.
FTX will also feature in-game highlights through the “Big Block-Chain” campaign. This campaign will promote FTX via in-game announcements, arenas and social media. This will boost the exposure of the FTX US brand among fans.
Jim Van Stone, the President, Business Operations & Chief Commercial Officer, commented on this, stating, “Monumental Sports & Entertainment is thrilled to be working with FTX to bring the leading cryptocurrency exchange to the most loyal and sophisticated fans in the country.”
“The integration of blockchain technology with the sports experience has only just begun, and together we are going to advance to an entirely new frontier which will ignite fans beyond what they can even imagine today,” he added.
FTX seeking growth through sports
The MSE partnership is just one of the many that this exchange has bagged this year to boost its brand awareness. One of the greatest sports deals that the exchange has secured this year was in March when it signed a $135 million agreement to gain naming rights to the Miami Heat stadium, which has since been renamed FTX Arena.
The exchange also became the first crypto exchange to secure a deal with a baseball league. This was after signing a sponsorship for Major League Baseball. The exchange also signed the Wildcats men’s basketball team from the University of Kentucky to be its brand ambassadors.
The exchange has also been expanding its business operations. In September, the exchange unveiled an NFT marketplace for its US customers. In October, the exchange raised $420 million from a funding round, which increased its valuation to over $25 billion.
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Payments may not be top of mind for retailers. But that’s likely to change over the coming few years as we experience the biggest revolution in the way consumers shop and pay for a generation.
The line between in-store and online payments is blurring, thanks largely to the arrival of the mobile phone, with a little help from PayPal. That represents an opportunity for innovative retailers to gain competitive advantage by giving their customers a faster and more convenient way to shop and pay.
The retailing winners from this brave new world won’t be those that rush to develop an app simply to claim a first. Instead, they’ll be the brands that understand how new technology can help their customers, reflecting their changing lifestyles and the growing influence of social networks and word of mouth. This is about the customer, not the technology.
PayPal can help retailers make sense of this new world. We’re the only payment method designed for the digital world, with over 98 million active users around the world. We see the future of money in the shape of the digital wallet, supporting the 50 billion devices expected to come online in the next 10 years. We’re creating a world where consumers can use their digital wallet anywhere, anytime – in store, at home, on the go – from any connected device, including mobile phones, tablet computers and even games consoles.
Change is happening fast. PayPal will be available at the point of sale this year, helping retailers further develop their multichannel opportunities. We can’t predict the future, but we can help our retail partners shape it.
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Sea shipping is undoubtedly one of the most convenient and fastest ways of getting your goods transported to your desired location at the most reasonable prices. However, the rates of ocean freight have raised quite quickly especially after the COVID outbreak and the sudden increase in the demand for freight during the holiday season.
After a continuous increase in the shipping demand and critical negotiation, the price of the freight has increased by 85.5% as compared to the freight rates last year around the same time. The ocean freight benchmarking site mentioned that August witnessed a modest increase in the rates i.e., by 2.2% only. However, the increasing congestion at ports and the high demand for freight during the pre-Christmas period doesn’t make things easier. Container ships are enjoying the benefits by earning maximum financial rewards due to this high freight demand.
Xeneta focuses on the real-time analysis of the sea freight shipping, thus showing comprehensive insights into the current market conditions and how they are influencing freight prices. The increasing demand and inadequate supply have been major factors in these high freight rates. This supply chain disruption along with the COVID pandemic has a tremendous impact on the freight industry.
The CEO of Xeneta mentioned that a 2.2% increase in the freight cost looks normal in 2021, in fact, it is considered pretty modest considering the events that occurred this year. However, if it were a normal year, this would be considered quite beneficial for the carriers. The largest rise took place in the month of July.
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The sector showed one of the excellent revenue results, with the figure reaching a profit of $2.8bn in the first half of the year. This number is higher than the total profits accumulated by the Israelis in a period of five years. Research further shows that this high demand is the same in almost every trading corridor and every industry has witnessed a high import and export rate. Take the European international trading business, for example.
The country reported a rise of 0.5% in imports, while the exports crossed 3.4%. Even though the pace of growth is comparatively lower than other industries, it is still pretty high. The same condition is reported in the United States where imports grew by 2.1% and exports by 0.6%.
The XSI has recorded an increase in the freight price and if you consider the above number, it is pretty clear that the rates are not going to drop in the near future.
Delays in the Freight
Even though there is no guarantee of the same income and demand continuing at the same pace in the coming months, one thing is for sure that the rates are not going to drop anytime soon. If it continues to be the same, the demand is expected to grow exponentially in the coming days. The high demand and congested areas have made things really challenging for the shippers as well as the retailers. The delays in the shipment have been tripled within the first half of 2021 as compared to the same in 2020. You will be surprised to know that the travelling time between Europe and the Far East, i.e., a round trip takes approx. 100 days. The congestion has crowded the vessels at the port, not only leading to extreme delays in the shipment but also causing a lot of tension to the retailers and shippers. Planning the shipment of freight has become super challenging, especially during the peak seasons when the supply is outpaced by the demand. The vessels are stuck in the worst cycle of delays, which do not seem to be getting better soon.
What has made it even more challenging is the holiday season. With Christmas around the corner, this demand is not going to slow down. With high demand for freight, the vessels will stay tied up at the port thus leading to more delays in the future. Now, these delays will definitely have a severe impact on the already high freight rates. It is high time the industries started understanding this competitive marketplace. It is important to stay up-to-date with the current market conditions to ensure a proper and timely supply of your freight.
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It has become more important now than ever to choose your freight company wisely. After all, it is your company that decides how long it takes until your shipment reaches the destination. The rates also depend on the company you work with. Whether you need a one-time transfer or a bulk transfer, featuring a large quantity of items, VSL Worldwide Logistics is your one-stop destination for all types of cargo transfer services through the sea.