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Facebook has launched a new Poke app for Apple iPhone devices, which lets members of the social network easily communicate with friends.
The ability to poke contacts has been a feature of the website since 2004, allowing users to provoke a conversation.
The associated app, which can be downloaded for free through iTunes, lets iPhone owners share text messages, photographs or videos with friends.
However, the difference is that they automatically expire within one to ten seconds, depending on the sender’s settings.
Perhaps launched for users who want to keep secrets, the tool is similar to Snapchat, which is also available through the App Store.
A Facebook Messenger app is also available for those who would like to utilise the instant communication service on the go.
Mobile phone owners could save money on their monthly bill by downloading tools like this as opposed to using SMS, as long as they are connected to the internet.
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Archive for August, 2018
Yikes, where does the time go? The MX-5 Miata is fast closing in on its 30th birthday, but Mazda apparently couldn’t wait until the pearl-anniversary year of its beloved two-seat roadster to roll out a welcome round of enhancements. Ever since the first Miata debuted at the 1989 Chicago Auto Show as a 1990 model, Mazda has stayed wonderfully true to its original MX-5 concept: a front-engine, rear-wheel-drive, lightweight two-seat sports car with modest power, an easily removable roof, and a sporty-yet-compliant suspension.
You had to figure this was coming.
After setting the record books ablaze last year with the Dodge Challenger SRT Demon — and keeping its promise that it would be a one-year-only model — Dodge unveiled a more “streetable” version of much the same car for 2019. Plus it carried over some of the Demon’s drag-racing technology to a more budget-priced model aimed at … well … drag racing.
Class: Midsize Car
Miles driven: 454
Fuel used: 19.4 gallons
Even if you’re only casually interested in automotive technology, there’s a good chance you’ve heard of Cadillac’s ill-fated V8-6-4 engine, which became available for the 1981 model year.
Is the U.S. market ready for a return of the old-school body-on-frame midsize SUV? Ford seems to think so, as a revived version of the company’s Bronco SUV is being readied for a 2020 model-year debut.


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Perdue Farms is a prime example of a brand who has evolved to meet the needs of its customers, particularly as those needs have changed based on the pandemic. In an interview with eMarketer, Senior Vice President and CMO at Perdue, David Zucker, notes that the company is “very focused on the specific channels our consumers are interacting with.” He went on to report that these days, Perdue customers are “much more likely to shop through digital channels.” In response, the company is concentrating more of its marketing and sales efforts on ecommerce. (https://www.emarketer.com/content/perdue-farms-industry-voices-marketing-uncertain-times)
While Perdue had been in the process of launching a direct-to-consumer division, this initiative was accelerated by the onset of the pandemic, as consumers began shopping online more than ever before. With everyone spending more time at home and less time in grocery stores and restaurants, Perdue’s DTC model aligned perfectly with its customers’ needs, enabling them to order fresh, high quality meat for home delivery through the Perdue website.
To specifically address the challenges posed by the pandemic, Perdue took the DTC approach a step further by partnering with local fire departments and businesses to hold community chicken buying events, where customers were able to drive up and purchase Perdue chicken from the safety of their vehicles. This focus on customer service has served the company well, as evidenced by its longevity. In 2020, Perdue celebrated its 100th Anniversary as a family-owned business.
As its DTC business continues to grow, Perdue has launched a box insert program and is now accepting ads into customer shipments. PlusMedia is pleased to welcome this iconic brand to our client family and oversee the launch of their program. For more information on advertising opportunities with Perdue Farms, please contact Sandra Roscoe at 203-448-4810 or [email protected].


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Kaitlyn Lyle / Lantern reporter
With the number of snakes that were in the Columbus Moose Lodge 11 on Saturday, one might think it was a scene from an Indiana Jones movie, but in fact, it was the All-Ohio Reptile Show.
The family-friendly event, established in 1988, is held once every month in Columbus.
The Columbus show is the largest and longest running monthly reptile show in the U.S., said MT Schwartz, head of public relations for the All-Ohio Reptile Show.
Vendors are required to pay a $35 monthly fee to display their reptiles at the show, and visitors are charged a $4 entrance fee. This money funds advertising for the show and covers the cost to rent the venue. Vendors receive all the proceeds from their individual sales, but the show itself does not make a profit, Schwartz said.
“Each one of the people in there are basically a small business. There’s no large corporation. There’s two pet stores, everybody else is a small business, out-of-their-home type of person,” Schwartz said.
There are no permits needed to hold the show, and no added precautions that the show must follow, Schwartz said. Venomous reptiles are prohibited.
However, under Section 1501 of the Ohio Administrative Code, there are stronger restrictions on the selling and owning of reptile species native to Ohio.
Vendors with species native to Ohio must be inspected regularly and have licenses to sell the reptiles, according to the Ohio Department of Natural resources website.
“Most people don’t own native species because of that whole licensing issue and the requirements with it,” Schwartz said.
While the majority of animals at the show are reptiles, visitors can also find rabbits, ferrets, possums and birds from various other vendors.
Along with the shows, visitors can buy supplies for their pets as well. Aquarium tanks, cages and heat lamps for reptiles can be found at various booths around the venue.
According to those involved in the show, the reptiles there should not be termed exotic. But because some are not Ohio native species, they are addressed in Gov. John Kasich’s new legislation, proposed in response to the recent release of 56 dangerous exotic animals in Zanesville, Ohio.
“They’re definitely not wild, dangerous animals, I mean, these are pets,” Schwartz said.
The legislation was signed into effect by Kasich on Friday. Though the new legislation does not ban owning or selling wild animals, it attempts to restrict wild animal auctions and shut down illegal auctions. More legislation on the matter will be proposed by Nov. 30.
Vendor Greg Osterbrock owns Chirp N Time Cricket farm, a local business that raises crickets and mealworms to sell to reptile owners.
Osterbrock left his full-time job installing aerospace machines to devote his time to his bug business. He says that if there is a ban on owning “exotic” reptiles, it will severely impact his business as well.
“That’ll cut three-fourths of my business out. I do have a fishing industry that buys my bugs too, but there’s not enough in the fishing industry to keep me busy,” Osterbrock said.
Some visitors come to the show just to get crickets for their pet reptiles, Osterbrock said. Vendors at the show buy from him as well.
The reptile show is the largest in the U.S., and sees vendors and visitors from other states such as New York and Pennsylvania, as well as Ohio, Schwartz said.
“That’s one of the things people don’t realize, the impact on the economy. You’ve got people here who are using hotels, paying hotels to come to the show, using gas, all that… it’s a whole economic impact as well,” Schwartz said.
Some other vendors at the show, unlike Osterbrock, have full time jobs apart from selling and raising reptiles.
Amy Zerkle runs Zerkle Reptiles & Tropical Fish with her daughter Brittany Zerkle and her husband Rob Zerkle on her time off from her full-time job at Aquarium Adventure on Dublin-Granville Road.
Amy Zerkle agrees that the new legislation could negatively impact her business breeding and selling fish and snakes, and is glad she has another job to rely on.
The next reptile show is Nov. 19 at the Columbus Moose Lodge 11 at 1500 Demorest Road.


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The Fight Club star will be joined by the Kenyan tribesmen when he pounds the streets of the Big Apple on Sunday (01Nov09) to raise money for an African conservation charity.
The Maasai warriors have vowed to compete in their traditional robes and beads and had previously insisted on sticking to their open-toed sandals, made from rubber tyres, for the race.
Norton says, “They’re very comfortable in those (clothes). That’s what they walk and run in at home. That’s just sort of their normal day-to-day wear, and they’re really comfortable in it.”
But Norton has finally convinced his new pals to run in comfortable footwear and take advantage of sports giant Puma, which is sponsoring the team.
The actor took them to a shoe fitting earlier this week (ends30Oct09) and he’s hoping the warriors will take the sneakers back to Kenya with them and continue using the footwear.
He says, “The only thing they’re still debating a little bit is whether to switch from their sandals to running shoes…
“The guys are getting outfitted for Puma running shoes. They usually run in those (sandals) but I think they might convert… They like their sandals and that’s what they run in at home, but they had never run on pavement before, and so they’re debating maybe wearing Pumas.”
Norton’s team will be joined by pals Alanis Morissette and illusionist David Blaine when they line up for the start of the race on Sunday.


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Client Connections Media, a Web publisher in Florida, operated hundreds of websites, generating ad revenue that by some estimates hit $1.5 million a month based on voluminous traffic.
The sites were real enough. The traffic, it turned out, was not.
CCM, now defunct, masqueraded as a legitimate website publisher and generated nonhuman traffic on its sites using robotic programs known as “bots,” according to a report released earlier this year by Telemetry, an Internet forensics firm in London that referred to the company’s actions as “fraud.”
CCM convinced advertisers – and many in the ad tech business who place ads for them – that ads were being viewed by people, when in fact they were not.
The problem is, as soon as one bot network is uncovered, the fraudsters figure out new ways to fool the system.
“It’s a cat-and-mouse game,” said Jim Larkin, chief executive of Burbank ad network Barons Media, one of the companies caught up in the alleged scam. “Every time something like that happens, they’re able to adapt.”
Barons places ads on thousands of websites a day, according to Larkin, including sites operated by news outlet Al Jazeera.
The company’s business with CCM amounted to a small fraction of the roughly $10 million to $20 million CCM probably earned as a result of its fake traffic, according to Larkin, who also said Barons never charged the brands and agencies who bought the ad space on CCM sites.
With $15 million in annual revenue, Barons is a small fish compared with some of the other companies caught up in the CCM mess.
“We realized they were shady after the fact, just like everyone else did,” Larkin said.
According to the Telemetry report, several other businesses were impacted either directly or through business with a partner. They include large-scale video ad platforms Adap.tv of San Mateo, which is owned by AOL; San Francisco’s BrightRoll, a division of Yahoo Inc.; and New York’s Defy Media, the company formed by the merger of L.A.’s Break Media and New York’s Alloy Digital last year.
Defy, which became involved as the result of a former relationship with an unnamed ad network partner, still maintains a large presence in its Miracle Mile office.
The report found advertisers affected by the CCM scam include the Mercedes-Benz division of German carmaker Daimler, fast-food chain Burger King and Walt Disney Co.’s Touchstone Pictures.
Online ad fraud, sometimes referred to as “click” fraud, just won’t go away.
Thirty-six percent of all Internet traffic is generated by robots rather than humans, according to 2012 data from Reston, Va., analytics firm comScore Inc.
New York Web security firm White Ops released a report last year suggesting online advertisers, including some of the biggest brands in the world, have lost a total of $6 billion due to online ad scams.
These frauds are facilitated by the automated nature of ad buying online. While traditional person-to-person buying and selling still goes on, an entire industry has evolved in which “programmatic” ad exchanges have developed automated processes for what’s known in the industry as real-time bidding. This allows vast amounts of ad inventory to be auctioned off to buyers through a sophisticated computer program.
Programmatic networks, which sell massive amounts of ad inventory across hundreds, or even thousands, of different publishers every second, are especially vulnerable to fraud due to the high number of Web publishers using their platforms.
“What ends up getting sold off (on programmatic exchanges) is lower-quality or less prestigious inventory,” said Andrew Lipsman, vice president of marketing and insights at Reston, Va., Web analytics firm comScore Inc., which sells a fraud detection service.
Though executives of Playa Vista ad exchange Rubicon Project, a programmatic ad placement firm, did not respond to an interview request, the company in its latest quarterly report did acknowledge fraud is a problem on its platform.
“During the year ended Dec. 31, 2013, as a result of our screening and detection efforts, we terminated relationships with over 50 sellers that appeared to be engaging in such activities, resulting in fewer paid impressions in the year than would have otherwise occurred,” it said. Each seller could account for hundreds or thousands of individual pages with ad inventory on them.
John Murphy, vice president of marketplace quality at Pasadena ad exchange OpenX, said his company has weeded out a number of sellers from its platform for failing to meet its traffic quality requirements.
Additionally, OpenX has doubled its bot detection team since last year, bringing the total to around 20. Murphy said the company also rejects between 30 percent and 40 percent of the sellers of ad space who ask to be included on the exchange.
As a result, OpenX was named the most trusted real-time bidding platform in terms of inventory quality, and second most trusted in terms of fraud levels, in rankings released last week by Santa Monica programmatic analytics platform Pixalate.
“We’re feeling very good about our traffic quality right now,” said Murphy, adding, “Fraud rates are extremely low, single digits.”
Rubicon tied for second in inventory quality, which measures how much of the inventory sold is legitimate based on several factors. It placed sixth out of 20 companies in terms of fraud levels on its platform.
Meanwhile, ad dollars keep flowing to the Internet.
Companies spend roughly one-quarter of their advertising budgets in the digital realm, according to a November survey of marketing executives conducted by Stamford, Conn., research firm Gartner Inc. More than half said they planned to increase their digital marketing budget in 2015 by an average of 17 percent.
So brands are also taking it upon themselves to ensure their money is not being wasted, and that’s put pressure on ad networks to find solutions as well.
“Ultimately, the demand comes from the brands, because they’re the ones spending the money,” said David Sendroff, founder and chief executive of Forensiq, a fraud detection firm in New York that was hired by Barons after the CCM fraud was uncovered.
Barons also hired two additional quality assurance analysts to watch for invalid campaign traffic, bringing its total to three. The company has also eliminated a number of publishers from its network.
Apparently, it’s paying off.
“We’re seeing very low fraud traffic, like 3 percent,” said Daniel Kornblit, vice president of operations at Barons.
But with the flurry of entrants into the fraud-detection market, it’s become difficult to establish industrywide standards because each company measures things differently. And many refuse to share how they reached their results, citing concerns that fraudsters would then figure out how to work around their technology.
While that’s a legitimate concern, it leaves many mainstream publishers in the dark as to why some inventory was flagged, causing them to take a markdown on certain ad inventory.
“There’s no concrete standard. Every vendor is going to produce different results,” said Brian Fitzgerald, co-founder and president of Ladera Heights lifestyle Web publisher Evolve Media.
“It’s extremely difficult to be held to a third-party standard when you have no visibility into what the measurement criteria is and there’s no ability to audit that finding,” Fitzgerald added.
Larkin, Barons’ chief executive, agreed that third-party vendors should be more open about their measurement standards in order to help the industry as a whole.
“They need to give the information back to the publishers,” he said. “If you can have transparency in the ecosystem, the whole industry would get better.”
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By Lily Belcher
The Emergency Care Health Organization (ECHO) is opening its doors for families in need more often this year, allowing families to pick up emergency food and clothing three times a year, as opposed to two times. ECHO has also abolished the four-visit limit for families that use its services.
“Our goal is really to get to the root of the hunger and really help somebody get into a place in their lives where they can provide for themselves. In order to do that, it is just advantageous for them and for us that we can see them more than twice a year,” said Executive Director Eleanor Saunders.
ECHO has been serving Brandon families in need since 1987 by distributing food and clothing donated by the community. Before the expansion, families could make emergency visits six months apart, but the new policy and addition of two full-time employees has allowed families to use ECHO’s services every four months if necessary.
“We’ve seen how effective it is to have people on staff that all they’re doing full-time is helping people get back to work or helping people navigate through the very complex system that is social services,” explained Saunders.
The expansion, however, would not be possible without the generous support of the community. While many families suffered from unemployment and financial struggles in 2020 due to quarantine during the coronavirus, ECHO received an abundance of donations and was able to pass out food and supplies as soon as it came in. ECHO was able to donate the surplus of food and clothing to other nonprofits, such as Manna on Wheels, Landmark Ministries and Seeds of Hope.
ECHO accepts clothing and food donations year-round and is currently in need of gently used children’s shoes and men’s clothing, specifically small and medium sizes. Members of the community can make monetary donations online to help ECHO if they do not have items to give.


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PV Sindhu has landed yet another big endorsement deal. India’s most expensive female brand icon will endorse a multi-national tyre brand.
The official announcement will be made once, the Rio Olympics silver medallist is back from the BWF World Champioships in Glasgow, Scotand.
A deputy collector with the Andhra Pradesh State Government, Sindhu is No. 2 sportsperson behind Virat Kohli in terms of brand endorsements.
Post her Olympics success and commercial tie up with sports marketing company Baseline Ventures, Sindhu has moved up to be among the top five brand ambassadors in the country. Kohli, and the Bollywood Khans trio – Shah Rukh, Salman and Aamir – are the other three. She has surpassed once number uno MS Dhoni in terms of number of brand endorsements in hand.
Sindhu is presently endorsing big brands like Nokia, Bank of Baroda, Vizag Steel, Shri Shri Ayurveda, Apis, Yonex, Moov, Myntra, Gatorade and Himalaya healthcare. She has also been a brand ambassador for Goods and Services Tax.
Sindhu with her consistency and reliability brings so much to the table, that Yonex has opted Sindhu to be the face of its aggressive marketing campaign for badminton equipment and apparel in China. India’s badminton princess in the Yonex campaign stands taller than any Chinese badminton icon. The Japanese brand is also endorsed in China by the undisputed king of world badminton – Lin Dan. But Sindhu has become the first choice for Yonex to promote its brand in the land of Lin Dan.
Yonex had displayed larger than life drop down creative of Sindhu endorsing the brand at the Metro stations in China.


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Central Saint Martins pop-up shop
Kate Goodridge, a second year student on Central Saint Martins BA Graphic Design course has been in touch to let us know that they're running a pop-up shop next week at the City Arts & Music Project, selling a mix of limited edition, bespoke and handmade items. The show is part of their Off Sight exhibition, created for their campaign (which we recently posted about) to keep the printmaking facilities on site when the college moves to Kings Cross later in the year.
The pop-up shop runs from Wednesday 8 to Friday 10 June, and the main exhibition until Tuesday 21 June. All the profits go towards their final year show - it's a good cause, but more importantly, you might find some great work from an as-yet undiscovered talent...
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Agriculture Minister Yeshey Penjor said the government is looking for private partners to establish cold storages in the country.
“We are trying to put this as a public private partnership project, so we are looking for private partners. Private parties are interested and they can invest on their own also, however they want market assurance which in business theory is not correct. So at the moment we are having dialogue with the private sector for the partnership,” the Agriculture Minister said.
Lyonpo said that currently it is not needed since there is already some storage in some places which are underutilized.
“We are not stressing on this pilot project because previous governments have also installed cold storages in some places but it is not functioning. There are also private cold storages installed in Paro, Phuentsholing, Wangdue and they are underutilized thus what we thought was why not get private partnership and help these private storages who have already established this. So at the moment the government can store vegetables in these storages,” Lyonpo said.
Lyonpo also said, “While investing our scarce resources we need to assess carefully and establish things meaningfully. So we are not rushing and doing a careful study. Previously we had zero temperature storages in the country replicated from Nepal. It is in Dagana, Pemagatshel and Zhemgang but these are not being utilized fully, therefore, why make so many white elephants.”
Lyonpo added that it is important for the country to promote food industry and there are many opportunities.
He said in the regional level around three cold storages are required but they cannot be isolated cold storages but it should be clustered with industrial parks so that when there is production they can store it, dry it and powder it and make soups and chips from the farm produce and create employment opportunities for the youth.
“We are hopeful that by June 2021 we have some things to show,” Lyonpo added.
Previously Prime Minister Dr Lotay Tshering had said that the government has decided to build two cold storage units with multi chambers of 250 metric ton and 300 metric ton capacity worth Nu 17 to 20 million each.


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Last night Robinhood, the American fintech unicorn that provides free securities trading services to consumers via an app, announced that it raised an additional $460 million in its previously known Series G. That round is now worth $660 million at an $11.7 billion post-money valuation.
A little over a month ago Robinhood announced that it had raised a $200 million Series G, bringing its valuation to $11.2 billion at the time.
But Robinhood is not alone in posting such epic fundraising numbers.
American neobank Chime rode the pandemic-induced general savings-and-investing boom, raising a $485 million Series F a few days ago. That round came less than a year after Chime had raised a mammoth Series E last December.
Two different American fintech giants each raised more than $1 billion in under a year. That’s quite the feat. This morning as a refresher for us both, we’re going over what we know about recent growth from each company, as those metrics should help us understand why the two former startups are worth so damn much money.
We begin with Chime, which raised back in December of 2019. Around that time there were a grip of stories written about the company that included estimates of its revenue scale in the year:
- CNBC said Chime’s revenue would come in around $300 million in 2019. Forbes had the number at $200 million.
- Business Insider reported that Chime anticipated revenues of $200 million for the year.
The CNBC number was the last to be reported, meaning that was probably the most accurate. But each included lots of growth. The $200 million revenue figure was still a quadrupling compared to Chime’s 2018 result, according to the same Forbes story.


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AN EBAY trader who sold a toaster with a melted plug was later found to be falsely claiming that his products had appropriate safety testing certification.
Andrew Backhouse, of Wartling Close, St Leonards-on-sea, Hastings, was trading as a business seller called ‘deals-are-me’ on eBay, selling mostly refurbished Dualit toasters.
Backhouse sold a Pembrokeshire consumer a Dualit toaster for more than £80 plus postage.
However, when the item was delivered, the buyer found the plug had been melted and not useable.
The consumer complained to the seller but was wrongly accused of trying to scam the trader. Backhouse even told the buyer that he would be reported to police.
The consumer contacted Pembrokeshire County Council’s Trading Standards team who began an investigation.
At Hastings Magistrates Court on Thursday, March 31st, Magistrates heard that Backhouse advertised his toasters as being sold with a PAT (Portable Appliance Testing) certificate.
In his adverts he stated: ‘All my machines are supplied with a PAT Test Certificate valid for 1 year… Beware of any eBay “Refurbisher / Seller” that does not offer full PAT Certification. Anyone can just put a sticker on a toaster claiming it is safe. Insist on a checkable PAT Certificate from a bona-fide qualified tester!’
However, the Council revealed that the PAT certificate was not legitimate.
The tester’s name and address was not recognised by NICEIC as being a registered member, despite their Trademark being shown on the PAT certificate.
Backhouse admitted two offences under the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading regulations 2008.
He pleaded guilty to misleading the complainant by virtue of the PAT certificate and for aggressive practices in his reaction to the consumer when he complained.
Magistrates fined Backhouse £100 for each offence and ordered him to pay £93.24 in compensation, a surcharge of £34 and a contribution to costs of £1,500.
Following the case, Pembrokeshire County Council’s Lead Trading Standards Officer, Sandra McSparron, said: “Safety testing and certification is in place so that consumers are able to have confidence that items they buy are working and in a safe condition.
“Selling items that are clearly damaged and claiming that they have been appropriately tested undermines the processes put in place to keep consumers safe.
“By responding aggressively to the consumer’s complaints Backhouse aggravated the situation further.
“We are pleased to secure the convictions and hope this case sends a message to anyone considering using false certification on items they sell.”


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Bowmar Nutrition is back to close out another week with a flavor extension on its favorite day to launch new products at precisely midday Friday. The supplement getting the busy brand’s attention this time around is its whey-based protein powder, which has already seen plenty of flavor creations over the years, including the likes of Pancakes & Syrup, Peach Cobbler, and the limited Wedding Cake.
Bowmar Nutrition has gone with a classic flavor combination for its newest whey protein powder release, introducing Apple Pie Oatmeal. While oatmeal is in the name, the product still has all of the lean, low carbohydrate, high protein macros you’ve come to expect from the brand’s whey protein. That includes a solid 22g of protein per serving, all from whey, low carbs and fat, and around 120 calories.
Once again, Bowmar Nutrition is launching its new Apple Pie Oatmeal whey protein powder later today through its online store at the brand’s usual price for a 2lb tub at $44.99.


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At the blockchain conference “Blockdown 2020”, WordProof from Amsterdam presented a plug-in that provides articles on WordPress with a secure time stamp.
A plug-in for the web publishing platform WordPress now enables users to time stamp content on the Ethereum blockchain
The plugin can help with copyright issues to provide evidence of who exactly a certain content originates from. The readers can thus be certain that it has not been changed afterwards. WordPress is the top dog on the market with a share of 60 percent. Around 37 percent of all websites use WordPress as a content management system (CMS).
The plugin is implemented by the Amsterdam-based company WordProof. The plans were according to media reportson October 22nd at the London virtual conference Blockchains BlockDown 2020 announced.
The timestamp is an extremely important tool in the fight against fake news. It provides a unique fingerprint or hash for the latest version of the content that has been added to the blockchain. This proves that the owner of the content created it and that there was no subsequent processing or manipulation. Additionally, the website has proof of publication time which can be useful in the event of potential copyright conflicts.
WordProof also plans with other CMS
Jelle van der Schoot, Product Manager at WordProof, explained his company’s vision at Blockdown 2020. The goal is to be the most user-friendly time stamping tool for use in all content management systems and e-commerce platforms.
Jelle van der Schoot, Product Manager at WordProof
WordProof also offers support for EOS and Telos. In July, BTC-ECHO had already reported on the WordProof Timestamp Ecosystem . The project was one of the winners of the EU Commission’s innovation award.
The crypto sector is also increasingly being integrated into WordPress. In April 2020, Draper Goren unveiled Holm, an incubator for blockchain startups, the first DEX plugin for the CMS platform. The plugin enables website owners to use a built-in Decentralized Exchange (DEX) that enables users to exchange between crypto tokens and stablecoins.
The official WordPress site itself already has three pages of plugins that fall under the crypto applications category. The most popular include a crypto payment portal with over 10,000 active installations and a crypto price ticker widget with over 7,000 active installations.


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Facebook vice president of mobile engineering Cory Ondrejka, who has been overseeing the company’s acquisition of Oculus Rift and its integration, announced today he is leaving the company.
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Quite a bit of anticipation has built up about the upcoming release of the new Acura NSX. The brand has done a good job of getting everyone excited, saying things like the new model will provide the same level of excitement as the venerable Ferrari 458, but come at about the price point of the Porsche 911. Of course, Acura forgot to mention that the car won’t constantly break or spontaneously combust like a Ferrari, so there’s that as well.
In any case, a camouflaged version of the production car was spotted racing around the Nurburgring Nordschleife recently. Acura certainly wasn’t trying to hide the car, considering it is racing around with quite a few regular old cars, including a Mark IV Toyota Supra!
While the camo makes it hard to make out all of the details of the production model’s exterior, what can be distinguished is causing quite a stir. The car looks modern while still nodding to the NSX of old, a car that was incredibly advanced for its time. Some are even saying they see elements of the McLaren MP4-12C and the Porsche 918.
In the video of the NSX running laps, you can hear the alien hum of the electric motor as the car powers through turns. It looks pretty agile, as it weaves around lesser vehicles with relative ease, but exactly what level of performance it will deliver is still admittedly a mystery. One thing’s for sure, though: unlike the Tesla Model S, the new NSX can most definitely run a hard lap on the ‘Ring.


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Oracle has announced revenues for its fourth quarter, showing that they are up 39 per cent to $9.5bn (£6.4bn) and earnings of 46 cents a share. This is up 24 per cent on the same period a year ago.
The other revenue announcements reveal that new software licence revenues are up 14 per cent for the company to $3.1bn, and licence updates and product support revenues are up 12 per cent to $3.4bn.
Safra Catz said she is pleased that Oracle has succeeded in making the Sun Microsystems profitable. "We estimate that Sun contributed over $400m to non-GAAP operating income in our Q4," she said.
Charles Phillips, the companies president also spoke out about the results, stating:
"We continue to take large chunks of market share away from SAP.
"Over the past twelve months Oracle's applications business has grown 5% on a constant dollar basis, while SAP's business has declined 24 per cent over their previous four quarters," he said.
Larry Ellison, Oracle chief executive, highlighted gains against IBM. "Version 2 of our Sun Exadata database machine outperforms IBM's fastest computer in both data warehousing and transaction processing," he stated.
Ellison says that as a result, some of IBM's largest customers have begun buying Exadata machines in favour of big IBM servers in Q4 of Oracle's financial year.
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The briefing, from the Food Research Collaboration at the Centre for Food Policy, is a call to action for the UK government that argues the UK needs “less and dearer” sugar.
According to its authors, Dr Ben Richardson from Warwick University and Jack Winkler, Emeritus Professor at London Metropolitan University, the country needs to cut its sugar consumption by “at least two-thirds”. To reduce sugar consumption to the recommended level – 5% of daily calories, or about 7 teaspoons – required action on production as well as consumption, they argue.
Brexit: An opportunity to act
The UK should reduce how much sugar it grows and imports. This can be achieved through trade and agriculture policy, Professor Winkler and Dr Richardson suggest.
Specific actions that should be implemented include re-establishing the UK’s long standing quotas on UK sugar beet production and the price paid for it. Year-on-year, these quotas should be tightened and the wholesale price of sugar sold to large industrial buyers should be raised incrementally.
Brexit represents an “opportunity to act” because Whitehall will replace the European Union’s Common Agriculture Policy (CAP) with an independent strategy.
Indeed, the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) stressed the importance of improving public health in its current white paper, ‘Health and Harmony’. “Reducing sugar production is the perfect test of its good intentions,” Professor Winkler and Dr Richardson argue.
'People don't like taxes'
In April last year, the Government introduced a tax on soft drinks. This move was widely been credited with increasing the pace at which beverage manufacturers in the UK have reformulated their products. Six months into the new regime, the Treasury revealed it collected £150m in revenue from the tax - less than half the amount it expected - because sugar had been removed from drinks to bring them below the levy threshold.
However, Professor Winkler suggested that market mechanisms such as supply constrains could prove more politically palatable than further taxes.
“People don’t like taxes and people are voters,” he told this publication. “If you start putting taxes on chocolate and other sweet products, this may lead to some political opposition.
“The soft drinks industry levy was very intelligently structured because the government imposed it as a levy on manufacturers not consumers… If you try and extend the idea of putting a visible charge on other sweet products then people may begin to say ‘I don’t like this’.”
In contrast, he continued, agricultural policy is “almost invisible”.
“Nobody understands agricultural policy.”
Target manufacturers, not consumers or farmers
Professor Winkler stressed that the aim of these proposals is to target large food manufacturers – not farmers or consumers.
“Our goal is to give big food manufacturers, the majors who buy 10,000 tonnes of sugar or more [per annum], an economic incentive to reformulate. That is what we are really about," he told FoodNavigator.
Existing support payments that beet growers currently receive could be used to help them shift to healthier crops or develop local rural industries, the briefing suggests.
Meanwhile, if food makers were to push increased prices along to consumers the overall price impact would be “negligible”, the researchers found.
“Consumers need not suffer. One of the reasons for that is the cost of sugar in the total cost of various sweet products is tiny…. The increase that our proposals would bring would not even register in the weekly shopping bill,” Professor Winkler elaborated.
However, food manufacturers managing tight margins are “much more price sensitive”, he believes. “They regularly have cost control or minimisation programmes to keep their margins up. If the price of sugar is incrementally raised and the supply goes down... then we think they will either use less in their products – reformulation – or they will bid up the price. It is really reformulation that we are after.”
Towards a cohesive policy for health and agriculture
The academics stressed the need to develop a ‘joined-up’ approach to health and agriculture policy.
The report flags “contradictions” in current UK sugar policy. At present, Defra is trying to raise the production of sugar, while Public Health England is trying to reduce its consumption.
The need for consistency – and “blatant discord” between the approach taken by different government departments - is “one of the more startling findings” of the study, according to Graham MacGregor, Professor of cardiovascular medicine at Queen Mary University of London and chairman of Action on Sugar.
“It’s imperative that a joined up sugar policy with consistent strategies for the UK is in place.
“Sugar not only lacks any nutritional value, but it contributes to excess calorie intake which leads to weight gain, raising the risk of type 2 diabetes, heart disease, tooth decay and some cancers.”


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Amazon has solidified itself as the go-to destination for ecommerce.
With success in July, the marketplace giant recently held its second Prime Day event of 2022, dubbed Amazon’s Early Access Sale. And the results may surprise you.
Most notably, compared to Prime Day #1, average order value and cart size across all categories decreased by 6% and 7% respectively.
With fewer shoppers taking advantage of Amazon’s Early Access Sale, we expect holiday purchases to follow a similar pattern – which means you’ll need data to drive your strategy.
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2015 Volkswagen Golf GTI, Golf Recalled for Steering Malfunction
Barely since the launch of the 2015 Volkswagen Golf GTI and before the 2015 Golf goes on sale in August, the vehicles are recalled for a stabilizer rod malfunction. It's not the best possible foot forward right out of the gate, but it's nothing catastrophic and VW seems to have recognized and addressed the problem swiftly.
The Problem: On 2015 Volkswagen Golf GTI and Golf models produced between January 27 and May 12, 2014, stabilizer rod fasteners may not have been torqued properly during assembly at Volkswagen's Puebla, Mexico plant. Over time the fasteners can come loose, and customers will be able to hear a lot of noise coming from the front of the vehicle. If the fasteners fully detach, it may take increased effort to steer, increasing the risk of a crash. The issue of noise from the front axle was first reported during the 2015 Volkswagen GTI and Golf launch period, and VW followed up with a full analysis which revealed possibly loose fasteners as a result of handling faults in assembly.
The Fix: Volkswagen will alert owners to the recall, and dealers will be instructed to replace the front stabilizer fasteners at no cost to the vehicle owners. As of now, no accidents or injuries have been reported in accordance with this recall, identified as Volkswagen recall 40K9/1W.
Number of Vehicles Potentially Affected: Approximately 2001 2015 Volkswagen Golf GTI and Golf vehicles may have these improperly torqued front stabilizer rods.


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LA Foods keeping a close eye on Port of Baltimore Bridge crisis
East Coast to Midwest buyers relying on goods shipped via the Port of Baltimore face potential cost hikes following the collapse of that city’s Francis Scott Key Bridge. The American Trucking Association estimates that 4,900 trucks daily, carrying an annual average of $28 billion worth of goods, will now require rerouting, escalating expenses for shippers and consumers alike.
“The Key Bridge and Port of Baltimore are vital elements of our nation’s supply chain,” emphasized the association, projecting significant and enduring repercussions for the region beyond the immediate tragedy. Hazardous material shipments, like diesel fuel, are particularly susceptible due to tunnel restrictions.
The closure will exact a toll on time, fuel, and delays for trucks traversing the region, amplifying the economic disruption inflicted by the Port’s shutdown, noted the association.
The Council on Safe Transportation of Hazardous Articles declined to comment on the situation, saying only that they urge state and federal authorities to expedite efforts to reopen the port and replace the bridge. Maryland Governor Wes Moore has moved to declare a state of emergency and President Joe Biden has pledged federal resources to immediately address the crisis.
For Baltimore, a primary entry point for agricultural and construction equipment destined for the Midwest, the situation will likely have critical impacts, especially for Midwest farmers during peak planting and machinery import season.
Abe Eshkenazi, CEO of the Association for Supply Chain Management, laments the compounding disruptions already straining a fragile system. “If this were the only issue, I think we’d be in a much better position,” Eshkenazi said.
With disruptions likely to persist, companies may redirect shipments to neighboring ports, incurring elevated freight costs and potential congestion. Tinglong Dai of Johns Hopkins Carey Business School anticipates a prolonged period for logistics normalization, anticipating elevated shipping costs in the interim.
While alternative routes, such as rerouting to the Port of Virginia, may alleviate some pressure, concerns remain over global shipping rates and supply chain vulnerabilities. Despite assurances from automakers like General Motors and BMW, the incident underscores the logistical challenges ahead, necessitating collaborative efforts to mitigate disruptions and safeguard operations.
Larry Schwartz, Director of Business Development for LA Foods, says “We will continue to monitor the situation. More importantly, at this time we feel heartbroken for the families of the victims and the people of Baltimore.”


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Swift Parking just got Swifter: TfWM & Cammax Take Step Closer To Integrated Travel System
Transport for West Midlands (TfWM) have taken another step forward in their bid to develop an integrated travel network across the region with the launch of a hybrid parking payment system at Bromsgrove railway station.
The system developed in partnership with Cammax, a leading provider of self-service solutions, was designed to allow members of the public to combine payment for parking alongside travel costs and is another step in the regions development of Mobility as a Service (MaaS).
(MaaS) relates to various forms of transport services that are combined into a single mobility service that is accessible on demand. The aim of MaaS is to make it easier to facilitate passenger travel on a wide range of transport options, be they public transport or even bike-sharing.
TfWM is keen to invest in MaaS because it uses a single application to provide access to mobility, with a single payment channel being made available to the public, instead of multiple ticketing and payment operations.
As part of the drive to develop MaaS, which has now extended to parking payment, one of the key objectives for TfWM has also been to provide customers with a fully-integrated way to pay for their travel costs.
Now customers at Bromsgrove Station will be able to pay for parking with their ‘Swift cards’, an electronic ticketing scheme, similar to London’s Oyster service, as well as modern payment methods including contactless card payment.
Swift card users will benefit from discounted parking tariff charges and they can simply, enter their vehicle registration and tap their Swift card to pay at the parking machine on their way to the station platform, removing the need to return to the vehicle and display a ticket.
Councillor Ken Pollock, cabinet member for economy and infrastructure for Worcestershire County Council, said, “This is great for commuters in Bromsgrove who now have more convenient ways to pay for their parking and can use the same card on buses, trains and trams.”
Swift isn’t the first Smart transport scheme Cammax has worked with to enhance travel in Britain. The West Yorkshire based brand have also helped improve operations in both York, Nottingham and Bristol with tens of thousands of Smartcards registered across these systems offering integrated travel.
You can read more about TfWM and Cammax’s partnership at: https://www.cammaxlimited.co.uk/news/media/hybrid-cammax-parking-payment-system-tfwm-maas/
With the use of self-service technology, Cammax have been successfully enhancing their customers operations for the past 20 years. Their flexible approach to delivering tailored systems means they can provide customers with modern solutions to age- old problems.
Whether it’s processing payments faster, getting tickets in the hands of customers, or developing intelligent and innovative systems, Cammax are experts in helping organisations realise the benefits that self-service systems deliver.
Cammax Limited unveil new Parking Payment solution at BPA Parkex 2019
Cammax Limited publicly unveil new Outdoor Wall Mounted Payment Kiosk
UK-based kiosk manufacturer showcases range of parking payment solutions at BPA Parkex 2019
New kiosk machine joins range of existing Cammax parking payment solutions as company strives to deliver innovative solutions to the European parking market
UK-based kiosk manufacturers Cammax Limited have unveiled an impressive new edition to their range of parking payment machines as part of a sustained effort to deliver innovative technological solutions to the European parking market.
The new Outdoor Wall Mounted Payment Kiosk has today publicly been unveiled at BPA (British Parking Association) Parkex 2019 in a move the company hopes will cement their status as leading innovators in the industry.
Parkex is Europe’s largest dedicated parking event and the best place to discover first-hand the most innovative parking technologies available on the market today. The BPA exhibition is where the sector comes together to find solutions to the latest parking issues, exchange best practice knowledge and hear from the key stakeholders in this rapidly-evolving sector.
Over the last few year’s Cammax have worked closely with a number of car park operators, local councils and transport authorities to provide a range of parking and transport solutions to their customers. The firm offers highly customisable parking payment solutions with a wide range of indoor and outdoor payment machines, from card only to full card and cash payment, with a complete back end management tool to enable full estate and tariff management in real time.
Joining already-popular parking payment models like the Cammax Free standing Blade Payment Kiosk, which accepts payment via Chip & PIN Card or contactless card, the brand-new Outdoor Wall Mounted Payment Kiosk is unique in that it has no visible locks; instead the kiosk is opened electronically via bespoke Cammax software. The new model can also be fitted with peripherals including a receipt printer, barcode scanner and contactless payment device.
Following the public unveiling of the new kiosk, Cammax MD Julian Rooney said: “The parking industry needs to offer car drivers many alternative ways to pay for their parking, which is dictated by the marketplace and also by the physical and infrastructure requirements within different car parks. The new Cammax Outdoor Wall Mounted Payment Kiosk was developed to give our parking customers more choice as they seek to find a kiosk solution that’s right for them”.
He added: “Cammax are now providing multiple self- service platforms which cater for the new digital age and we endeavour to ensure that our suite of products can be tailored to as many client requirements as possible. This approach allows our clients to benefit from reduced development costs whilst obtaining a system that meets their exact needs, rather than being shoehorned into purchasing a massively expensive system that only achieves 80% of functional requirements”.
You can view the full range of Cammax parking payment kiosks here: https://www.cammaxlimited.co.uk/solution/parking-payment-kiosk/
About Cammax Limited:
Cammax limited are a leading providers of self-service payment solutions in the UK. With the use of self- service technology, the company has been successfully guiding customers through ticketing troubles, payment problems and queuing qualms for the past 20 years.
Whether it’s processing payments faster, getting tickets in the hands of customers, or reaching new markets, Cammax are experts in helping organisations realise the benefits that self- service systems deliver.
For more information you can visit the Cammax Limited website at www.cammaxlimited.co.uk
Cammax Limited: How Kiosks and New Technology are Transforming the UK Parking Industry
The adoption of new technology within the UK parking industry has become omnipresent in recent years as stakeholders attempt to improve operational efficiency and cut costs in view of the current political and economic landscape.
Recent research suggests that embracing new technologies, such as providing alternative payment options for customers, has led to big savings for operators and as such more and more are now turning to cashless parking schemes.
Feedback from the parking workforce has also been extremely positive in cases when new equipment has been mobilised; for example, civil parking officers demonstrate increased levels of aptitude when they are equipped with wireless hand-held devises, automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) and real-time incident reporting, boosting morale and freeing up staff to focus on other tasks.
As the industry moves towards a more automated future, more technological change is expected to contribute to the development of more agile, responsive and convenient parking services, increasing public perceptions and expectations of the industry.
As parking businesses grapple with the concept of improving efficiency and lowering costs, we take a look at some of the new technologies that are making things easier for customers and bosses.
The parking industry needs to be flexible and offer service users many different ways to pay for their parking, (this is dictated by the marketplace and also by the physical and infrastructure requirements within different car parks). That’s why over the last couple of years industry leaders have been working tirelessly with suppliers to develop cutting-edge solutions.
One established UK kiosk manufacturer, Cammax Limited, have worked tirelessly to develop an extensive range of parking payment machines that enable customers to make transactions quickly and conveniently, removing the need for physical staff and improving customer satisfaction. Self-service kiosks can now be configured to offer a range of chip and pin, coins, notes, and receipt printing options, providing an all-in-one-solution that is easy to manage and helps to reduce overheads.
Utilizing Big Data
Breakthroughs in the utilization of big data have also excited those in charge of parking facilities. The purpose of Big Data is to garner information from numerous sources in an attempt to extract patterns and trends associated with human behaviour. This data is then organised and manipulated and can be used to help develop engaging digital signage.
With length-of-stay info, occupancy statistics and payment processing, the parking sector is very data-rich so cleverly exploiting Big Data opportunities allows businesses to set optimal prices based on availability and other variables relevant to the situation, (i.e. weather events or even flight schedules for airport parking).
Processing information from the received data then enables leaders to establish dynamic pricing strategies, as successfully adopted by companies like Uber.
Improving Customer Experience
Poor parking facilities can ruin the whole experience for drivers but despite this bosses frequently overlook parking when evaluating their customer service offering.
In a move to address customer concerns, touch screens are being deployed to display safety and journey information but also provide timely and targeted promotional messages from retailers and local businesses.
It’s not just in the car park that parking companies can utilise new technology to improve the customer experience either. Online reservation systems are commonly being adopted to allow for a more quick and convenient experience and some systems even incorporate license-place recognition technology that allows quick entry for those who have booked online and reserved a space.


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PhonePe announces launch of Credit Section on the app
Enables users to view credit score free of cost, manage their credit card bills, repay loans & more
National, December 21st 2023: PhonePe, announced the launch of a new ‘Credit’ section on its platform. The new section will allow users to view their credit bureau score without any additional cost, conveniently manage their credit/ Rupay cards and repay loans and credit card bills. The Credit bureau report also provides users with summarized credit insights such as their credit utilization, credit age, on-time payments, and more.
PhonePe started with the objective of making payments ubiquitous on the UPI platform. Following its leadership in Payments, PhonePe segued into providing simple & intuitive tools for customers to achieve their financial goals by launching financial services like Insurance, Stock Broking and Mutual Funds. In today’s day and age where financial management is extremely critical, PhonePe has launched “Credit tab” where customers can easily access their credit score, repay credit card/ loans – while also being apprised on ways to improve their credit score.
Speaking on the launch, Hemant Gala, CEO, PhonePe Credit said, “We are excited to launch the Credit section on the PhonePe app, inching a step closer towards our aim of catering to the credit needs of our consumers across various segments. We believe that financial empowerment starts with understanding and managing your credit health. This launch is a significant step towards providing our users with the tools and knowledge they need to make informed financial decisions.’’
In the coming months, PhonePe will expand its credit offerings by introducing consumer loans within the app. This marks the beginning of its commitment to address the diverse credit requirements of its customer base across various segments. PhonePe is committed to building a lending platform distributing diverse products by partnering with the Banking and NBFC industry while adhering to the policy and guidelines set by the regulator. With the goal of providing accessible and responsible lending services, PhonePe is closely working with its lending partners to build a sustainable lending business.
Consumers can access the Credit Section on the homepage of their app as below:
About PhonePe Group:
PhonePe is India’s leading digital payments company with 50 crore (500 Million) registered users and 3.7 crore (37 Million) merchants covering over 99% of the postal codes across India. On the back of its leadership in digital payments, PhonePe has expanded into financial services (Insurance, Digital Gold, Mutual Funds, Stock Broking, and Lending) as well as adjacent tech-enabled businesses such as Pincode for hyperlocal shopping and Indus App Store which is India’s first localized App Store. The PhonePe Group is a portfolio of businesses aligned with the company’s vision to offer every Indian an equal opportunity to accelerate their progress by unlocking the flow of money and access to services.
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Amazon cemented its long-term interest in the grocery industry when it spent nearly $14 billion to acquire Whole Foods earlier this year. Now it’s making a subtler move aimed at improving its own grocery selection online.
Amazon recently told businesses that sell non-perishable grocery items on Amazon.com that it was lowering the fee it charges them on items priced at $15 or less. Amazon previously charged 15 percent on all grocery items, but will now charge only 8 percent on the lower-priced goods for at least the next year.
“To help you list more products and keep prices competitive, we are offering you a limited-time referral fee discount on Grocery products,” the email said, according to a copy forwarded to Recode. “This fee promotion starts at 12:00 a.m. October 15, 2017 (PST), and will run through 11:59 p.m. October 14, 2018 (PST).”
The move could be looked at as a competition-focused one: While Walmart also charges 15 percent across the board for grocery items sold through its online marketplace, its subsidiary Jet.com charges only 10 percent for most non-gourmet packaged foods, according to its website.
Perhaps more importantly, though, the fee reduction seems like an acknowledgement that it’s difficult for businesses to make a reasonable profit when selling some inexpensive groceries online.
Take, for example, a business that wants to sell a 40-ounce jar of peanut butter that retails for $5.49. The easiest way to make the product eligible for the Prime shipping program is to store it in an Amazon warehouse under its Fulfilled By Amazon — or FBA — program.
But the FBA storage-and-shipping fee alone for this one jar would be about $4.44 — in part because of its weight — and that’s before you factor in the cost for the seller to make or acquire the product as well as Amazon’s 15 percent commission under the previous fee structure. The economics don’t really work.
As a result, sellers and grocery brands have had to come up with alternatives to sell these lower-priced grocery staples through Amazon. One popular option is selling a certain product in a more-expensive bulk pack, as you might find in a Costco or BJ’s Wholesale Club.
Others sell their items at a wholesale price to Amazon, which then funnels the low-priced goods into membership programs such as Prime Pantry or Amazon Fresh.
The Prime Pantry program lets Prime members fill a box full of grocery items but it costs $5.99 per box for shipping. Amazon also sells low-priced grocery items through Amazon Fresh, but that grocery program costs $14.99 a month in addition to the regular $99-a-year Prime membership fee.
Still, Amazon recognizes that there are plenty of Amazon customers that will never pay for either program and it still wants those people to think of Amazon as a grocery destination. The problem is, it’ll never win that perception by only selling bulk-size packs.
That’s the context that likely played a big part in Amazon’s decision to lower its fee. (Amazon declined to comment.) The question is whether the reduction is a real solution to the problem.
David Rekuc, the marketing director for the e-commerce consultancy Ripen eCommerce, is skeptical that it is. While he believes there are some types of grocery items that might become profitable with the fee reduction, Rekuc says FBA fees or the cost for a seller to ship the item themselves still make it difficult to profitably sell a single unit of a low-priced grocery item — despite the lower commission.
“It’s nice to see and it may move the needle a little bit,” he said of the fee discount, “but it won’t fundamentally change [Amazon’s] penetration in grocery.”
This article originally appeared on Recode.net.


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Sony CEO Kazuo Hirai is stepping down from his position after six years in the role, and will be replaced by CFO Kenichiro Yoshida, Sony announced Friday.
“As the company approaches a crucial juncture, when we will embark on a new mid-range plan, I consider this to be the ideal time to pass the baton of leadership to new management, for the future of Sony and also for myself to embark on a new chapter in my life,” Hirai said in a press release. “My successor, Kenichiro Yoshida, has supported me closely since returning to Sony in December 2013 , contributing extensively beyond his remit as CFO and acting as valuable confidant and business partner, as we took on the challenge of transforming Sony together.”
The transition will take effect on April 1, 2018, at which point Hirai will continue serve as chairman and sit on the board of directors. Hirai originally joined Sony in 1984, working in the company’s music division, before joining Sony Computer Entertainment America in 1995. Four years later, he was named president and COO of SCEA, before taking over Sony’s worldwide video game business in 2006.
Yoshida was promoted to the role of CFO in 2014. In a statement, Yoshida said he plans to build on the foundations established by Hirai to “enhance our competitiveness as a global enterprise, and enable us to realize long-term profit growth.”
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MANILA, PHILIPPINES, May 24, 2018 – The National Basketball Association (NBA), PLDT Inc., and Smart Communications Inc. (Smart), leading telecommunications and digital services providers, today announced a new multiyear partnership that will make available select offerings of NBA League Pass, the league’s premium live game subscription service, to more than 62 million subscribers in the Philippines.
PLDT and Smart are now making available select offerings of NBA League Pass to their subscribers, providing fans with access to live and on-demand NBA games online and via mobile devices. The NBA League Pass offerings include Day Pass (Php50), which enables users to watch live games for a 24-hour period. The new offerings can be accessed online and through iOS and Android phones and tablets.
PLDT Home will provide users the option to add the selected NBA League Pass offering into their monthly broadband subscription, while Smart Prepaid and Postpaid customers can purchase the Day Pass by texting NBA50 to 9999. Additionally, PLDT’s broadband and Smart’s mobile subscribers will have access to NBA highlights, game recaps, and daily top plays on the official websites of PLDT Home and Smart 360.
“Filipinos have an unparalleled love for basketball, which is why the game has been at the center of our advocacy for sports excellence all over the country,” said PLDT and Smart Senior Vice President and Head of Consumer Business Market Development Oscar A. Reyes, Jr. “Through our groundbreaking partnership with NBA, we look forward to empowering Filipinos with digital experiences that enrich their lifestyle whether at home or on-the-go – through our world-class partners and innovative platforms, powered by the country’s most extensive and robust fixed-line and wireless networks.”
“We are excited to work with PLDT and Smart, two companies that share our passion for providing live NBA action and exciting content to our Filipino fans on the devices they use most,” said NBA Philippines Managing Director Carlo Singson. “PLDT and Smart provide the ideal platform for us to broaden our reach in the Philippines and provide more channels to bring the NBA experience to our passionate fans across the country.”
NBA League Pass subscriptions offer fans in more than 200 countries access to a complete season of live NBA games. Subscribers can watch regular-season games, NBA All-Star, NBA Playoffs, The Finals, as well as select preseason and NBA Summer League games live and in high-definition with live stats and multiple viewing options, including the NBA Mobile View, which delivers a closer shot of the action optimized for viewing on the smaller screens of tablets and phones.
Through the partnership, PLDT and Smart will also serve as official partners of NBA 3X Philippines presented by AXA, a 3-on-3 tournament featuring men’s and women’s teams and authentic NBA entertainment, showcasing their products and services at the event.
About the NBA
The NBA is a global sports and media business built around four professional sports leagues: the National Basketball Association, the Women’s National Basketball Association, the NBA G League, and the NBA 2K League, set to launch in May 2018. The NBA has established a major international presence with games and programming in 215 countries and territories in 50 languages, and merchandise for sale in more than 125,000 stores in 100 countries on six continents. NBA rosters at the start of the 2017-18 season featured 108 international players from a record 42 countries and territories. NBA Digital’s assets include NBA TV, NBA.com, the NBA App, and NBA League Pass. The NBA has created one of the largest social media communities in the world, with 1.4 billion likes and followers globally across all league, team, and player platforms. Through NBA Cares, the league addresses important social issues by working with internationally recognized youth-serving organizations that support education, youth and family development, and health-related causes.
About PLDT, Inc.
PLDT is the leading telecommunications and digital services provider in the Philippines. Through its principal business groups – fixed-line, wireless, and others – PLDT offers a wide range of telecommunications and digital services across the Philippines’ most extensive fiber optic backbone, and fixed-line and cellular networks. PLDT is listed on the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE: TEL) and its American Depositary Shares are listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: PHI). PLDT has one of the largest market capitalizations among Philippine–listed companies.
About Smart Communications, Inc.
Smart Communications, Inc.(Smart) is a wholly-owned wireless communications and digital services subsidiary of PLDT, Inc., the Philippines’ leading telecommunications company. Smart serves approximately 95% of the country’s cities and municipalities with its combined 2G, 3G, and 4G LTE network, providing mobile communications services, high-speed internet connectivity, and access to digital services and content to over 58.2 million Filipinos (as of September 2017), through its commercial brands Smart, TNT, and Sun. Smart also offers satellite communication services under the brand Smart World. As part of PLDT’s massive digital transformation program, Smart has committed to giving more than 90% of the population access to its most advanced LTE network by the end-2018, in order to support the country’s growing digital economy, as well as provide the best customer experience for an increasingly digital Filipino lifestyle.
(L-R): PLDT and Smart Consumer Marketing Head Andrew L. Santos, PLDT and Smart SVP and Head of Consumer Business Market Development Oscar A. Reyes, Jr., NBA Philippines Managing Director Carlo Singson, PLDT and Smart Chief Revenue Officer Eric R. Alberto, and TV5 President Chot Reyes
PLDT and Smart Chief Revenue Officer Eric R. Alberto and NBA Philippines Managing Director Carlo Singson
Collegiate and professional star athletes join PLDT and Smart’s NBA League Pass l
GlobalPort Batang Pier’s Mo Tautuaa and Meralco Bolts’ Jared Dillinger
(L-R): Smart Community Development and Partnerships AVP and Head Gabby Cui, TV5 President Chot Reyes, NBA Philippines Managing Director Carlo Singson, Smart Prepaid Brand Marketing Head Gerard Milan, and PLDT and Smart Consumer Marketing Head Andrew L. Santos.


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Although people in Kashmir are strictly abiding by the social distancing norms in order to keep coronavirus infection at bay and help prevent its spread, but those locked up in their homes cannot miss to go out to buy life saving drugs.
At many pharmacies, people were seen maintaining social distancing, however, as the lockdown completes two weeks many medical stores across the valley are staring at big problems as stock of medical supplies run dry, hitting mostly the patient.
“We are contacting the distributors for masks, but every distributor is telling us that masks are not available while as we are facing a great demand for masks, sanitisers are also in short supply”, said a chemist at Lal Chowk in Srinagar.
“Today on #WorldHealthDay, let us not only pray for each other’s good health and well-being but also reaffirm our gratitude towards all those doctors, nurses, medical staff and healthcare workers who are bravely leading the battle against the COVID-19 menace,” PM Modi tweeted on the occasion of World Health Day.
After months of insisting that masks aren’t necessary unless you’re unwell, health agencies across the globe are now encouraging mask-wearing for everyone. And the move appears to be backed by research that suggests masks, even homemade face covers, can be effective in protecting against Covid-19.
The pharmacists said that the lockdown has sent supply chain disruptions across the valley. Most small pharmacies dependent on suppliers in bigger towns to replenish their stocks cannot do that just now.
“We will sell all the medicines that is available with us and as long as we get our supplies, the administration should also try and help us, we get 95 per cent our supplies come from distributors in Sopore which we can’t get right now,” said a chemist in Bandipora in North Kashmir.
But the administration is making efforts to ensure there is no dearth of medicines.
DC Srinagar Shahid Choudhary said essential and life-saving drugs are received as per demand and regular supply will follow.
“J&K Government is augmenting supplies of protective equipment, life-saving drugs and essential supplies. Tremendous efforts by the resident commission, Health, IAF,” Shahid Choudhary said.(IANS)


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Survey shows high visitor satisfaction
The Namibia Tourist Exit Survey 2012-2013 launched this week revealed that holiday tourists are most satisfied with their visit to Namibia, with 85% rating it as “very enjoyable”.
Tourists who rated Namibia the highest are from the USA (93%), Germany (88%) and France.
The survey also revealed that 39% of the 6500 respondents interviewed for the survey had been in Namibia particularly for holiday or leisure purposes. Wildlife remains the number one drawcard, cited as the most significant attractor for holiday tourists when selecting Namibia as their destination.
Etosha National Park is the most visited national park, with nearly a quarter of all tourists travelling there. 80% of tourists from France visited Etosha.
Of the total holiday market, South African tourists are the most significant while Angola dominates the business tourism sector, with over one half of all tourist arrivals and almost all of the medical tourist arrivals.
The survey was carried out during three separate survey periods that fell between June 2012 and January 2013 at Hosea Kutako International Airport, Walvis Bay Airport, Buitepos,Wenela, Oshikango, Ariamsvlei, and Noordoewer, and a total of 6,500 respondents were interviewed.
According to Hon. Uahekua Herunga, Minister of Environment and Tourism, the Namibian tourism industry has identified the need for timely collection of tourism-related statistics which he said are very important for planning, tourism development, market investment and allocation of funds for improved tourism infrastructure. “The industry needs to know why visitors come to Namibia, where they come from, their activities and places visited, length of stay, the likelihood of repeat visits, and the primary motivation for visitors to travel,” said Herunga. The minister added that The Namibia Tourist Exit Survey 2012 – 2013 data will enable the ministry to compare past trends and compile the Tourism Satellite Account, National Accounts and Balance of Payment statistics. “If the current trend of developing tourism products in a sustainable manner continues and is upheld at all times, tourism will be a key catalyst for growth and nation building despite economic uncertainty,” Herunga emphasised.
The main activities of holiday makers include game viewing (34%), and nature and landscape touring (25%). Other activities include hiking and trekking (6%), adventure sports (5%), hunting (4%), shopping (4%), 4×4 trails (4%), and fishing (3%).
Tourists travelling to Namibia for the first time tend to stay considerably longer (16.1 nights) than those who have visited before (8.6 nights).
The most significant age group for all tourists visiting Namibia is the 30 to 39 year bracket. However, age profiles change by country of residence and purpose of visit. Visitors from Europe are older (52% are 40+) than those from Africa (only 44% are 40+).


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If I had to guess which Facebook pages are the most popular, I would chose Justin Bieber, Disney and MTV (not in that order). While they are on Facebook’s Top 100 Most Popular Facebook Pages In The World list, the chart toppers surprised me.
Currently, Coca-Cola® is the most popular brand page on Facebook. Companies such as MTV and Starbucks aren’t even listed in the top 20. A recent USA Today article examined the ways in which Coke® has begun to dominate the social media realm. Through the creation of smart phone applications and the use of contests and giveaways, the brand reached an unparalleled level of online intricacy.
While only a part of the company’s overall $2.9 billion advertising strategy, their efforts have clearly paid off. Wendy Clark, the company’s senior vice president of integrated marketing says that Coca-Cola places great emphasis on social media because consumers who follow their brand online are 10 times more likely to purchase their product. And it’s working: Coke’s beverage sales are up 6 percent worldwide year-to-date.
Coke has also earned respect on other social networks including YouTube, where its videos have been viewed 33.5 million times and Twitter, where it has 400,000 followers. While speculation is to be expected, Coke’s online success is nothing short of a well-calculated marketing takeover.
Earlier this month, Coca-Cola was named “Marketer of the Year” by Advertising Age, citing it as an example of how small and mid-sized brands also “can use creative stunts and strategic partnerships to get a lot done on a smaller budget.” This recognition further solidifies their claim as one of the best in online conversation. Coke’s secret? “Letting fans be fans,” says Michael Jedrzejewski, one of the pages’ original creators. “People are savvy enough to know when a Facebook page is contrived and manufactured.”
What are some of your favorite brand pages on Facebook? What sets them apart from the rest?
Kristin Serio is a social media coordinator at Linda Costa Communications Group . She enjoys piña coladas, long walks on the beach and a daily Diet Coke (or two).


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More than 4 million iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus handsets have been bought already, Apple has revealed. But how does this compare to previous launches? broadbandchoices takes a look.
Well, the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus are off to a good start. Actually, that's an understatement: the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus are off to an incredible start.
Pre-orders for the new device opened in the UK and 10 other countries on Friday 12 September, and 20 more countries shortly thereafter. In the first 24 hours, more than 4 million iPhones were ordered - a record-breaking figure.
The iPhone 5 generated 2 million day one pre-orders back in September 2012. Back then, that was a record, so it's quite striking that the runaway success of the iPhone 6 makes it seem like small potatoes.
According to some analysts, as reported by the Guardian, Apple may sell as many as 60 million iPhones before the end of December - an improvement on the 51 million sold in the same period last year.
Tim Cook, Apple's CEO had this to say: "Pre-orders for iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus set a new record for Apple, and we can't wait to get our best iPhones yet into the hands of customers starting this Friday."
However, that may be easier said than done. Apple is warning customers in Europe and the US that some pre-ordered handsets won't be delivered until October. Naturally, it'll have some in its stores ready for the already-forming crowd of Apple-mad phone fans, but if you're hoping to be first with the phone, just be aware that you may already be out of luck.


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Why YouTube is investing in its creators (again)
YouTube has promised to dole out cash to some of the top talent on its platform, helping popular creators fund new content and reach a broader audience.
“We’ll experiment with new formats and ideas. We’ll get our hands dirty. We’ll make some mistakes,” Alex Carloss, head of YouTube originals, wrote in a blog post Thursday. “Together, we’ll hopefully create some fantastic new content on YouTube.”
This isn’t the first time YouTube has opened up its checkbook to content creators, but its motivations now are radically different.
Back in 2011, the Google-owned company tossed $100 million at more than 100 channels across a broad range of verticals. Some were YouTube upstarts, but just as many were established media firms and figures: Hearst Magazines, Lionsgate, Thomson Reuters, the Comedy Shaq Network and Tony Hawk’s 900 Films, among others.
“That was all [YouTube’s] exercise in garnering some sort of legitimacy,” one publisher with a major YouTube following told Digiday.
Now YouTube is plenty legitimate, with ownership over a fifth of the digital video ad market. Yet it has decided “the time is right to make another important investment in our creators,” said Carloss. All of this money is going to “authentic YouTube creators,” not traditional media figures, a source inside the company confirmed. It’s unclear how much YouTube intends to hand out, but the company will only work with creators near the top of the charts, like Bethany Mota (7.3 million subscribers) or Freddie Wong (7.0 million subscribers).
Outrigger Media CEO Mike Henry, who helps brands develop and execute YouTube marketing campaigns, thinks the initiative is about taking YouTube stars and helping them create long-form programming.
“Stretching the popularity of YouTube stars beyond their typically short-form clocks is going to present a lot of advantages for Google, particularly for over-the-top consumption,” said Henry. Content that more closely resembles TV programming could be stickier for a broad range of demographics, he noted, and could also appeal to advertisers more comfortable with the format.
To that end, the company may consider pairing YouTube stars with established Hollywood producers. That’s “not an end goal,” but it’s certainly possible, said a source inside the company.
Others perceive YouTube’s new initiative as a defensive move while competitors like Yahoo, Vimeo and Facebook court popular video creators. “I think this is protection to keep these folks from leaving,” said David Cho, who has worked with YouTube at Grantland and The Awl.
Whether or not YouTube is scared of defectors, the company has come to recognize the immense value of its original content creators. It’s telling that Alex Carloss’ title, YouTube’s head of originals, is a new one; he used to be YouTube’s head of global entertainment.
“There’s almost no correlation between mainstream talent and YouTube success,” said Henry. “YouTube sees a lot of the same data we do. So rather than look to create a water-cooler moment for somebody who brings mainstream celebrity but doesn’t really resonate, bring someone who is already popular on your platform and build it from there.”
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