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Whats up with WhatsApp? Facebook reveals record ad revenue - but admits the messaging app it bought for $19bn lost $138mn last year
- Total number of monthly users reached 1.35 billion in the third quarter
- 864 million users accessing the service every day.
- Social network grew its advertising revenue by 64 percent in the third quarter
- Advertising revenue at the company totaled $2.96 billion
- WhatsApp reported just over $10 million in revenue in 2013, and a total net loss of $138 million for the year
- Facebook shares down 7.5% in after hours trading
Facebook has revealed a massive boost in its mobile ad revenue - but revealed the whatsApp service it recently bought is losing money.
The social network grew its advertising revenue by 64 percent in the third quarter, helped by a boost in mobile ads.
Advertising revenue at the company totaled $2.96 billion.
Advertising revenue at the company totaled $2.96 billion, and mobile ad revenue, a closely watched figure, was $1.95 billion, or 66 percent of Facebook's total advertising revenue for the quarter.
The Menlo Park, California-based company's stock slid 96 cents in extended trading.
'This has been a good quarter for Facebook and we have achieved strong results across the board,' Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in a conference call with analysts.
Mobile ad revenue, a closely watched figure, was $1.95 billion, or 66 percent of Facebook's total advertising revenue for the quarter.
That's up from 62 percent in the second quarter and 59 percent in the first three months of the year.
The 10-year-old company began offering mobile ads in 2012.
Now, Facebook is expanding into highly lucrative video ads, and earlier this year re-launched Atlas, a tool for marketers to better target people across 'devices, platforms and publishers' and to measure how well the ads work.
The Atlas move and the acquisition of LiveRail, an online video advertising platform signal that an 'important shift is under way at Facebook,' says Debra Aho Williamson, an analyst at research firm eMarketer.
Facebook is 'becoming much more ambitious in offering digital services far beyond what the company was initially created to do as a social network.'
The company has been on a roll lately, and its stock hit an all-time high of $81.16 on Tuesday before the results came out.
That's more than double its initial public offering price of $38.
Both the troubled IPO and the company's lagging stock price seem like a distant memory.
However, according to the SEC documents, WhatsApp reported just over $10 million in revenue in 2013, and a total net loss of $138 million for the year.
Mobile ad revenue, a closely watched figure, was $1.95 billion, or 66 percent of Facebook's total advertising revenue for the quarter.That's up from 62 percent in the second quarter and 59 percent in the first three months of the year.
WhatsApp does not currently show ads on its service and Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg has said the company will not rush to monetize the service.
Macquarie's Schachter said investors understand that WhatsApp is a 'long-term play,' and that what's most important right now is for the app to continue to grow its base of users.
The world's No.1 online social network said its total number of monthly users reached 1.35 billion in the third quarter, with 864 million users accessing the service every day.
Still, Facebook has had to be vigilant in attracting new users, especially outside the U.S., and ensuring that existing members return day after day.
Facebook had 1.35 billion average monthly users as of Sept. 30, an increase of 14 percent from a year earlier.
Daily users totaled 864 million, up 19 percent. Mobile monthly active users, meanwhile, were 1.12 billion, up 29 percent from a year earlier.
While Facebook has been growing its share of the worldwide digital advertising market, it's still a long way from catching up to rival Google Inc.
In 2013, Facebook had a nearly 6 percent share of the market compared with Google's 32 percent, according to eMarketer.
This year, Facebook is expected to grow its slice to nearly 8 percent, while Google's should decline slightly, to just below 32 percent.
Overall, Facebook earned $802 million after paying preferred dividends, or 30 cents per share, on revenue of $3.2 billion. Adjusted earnings and revenue both beat Wall Street's estimates.
The Menlo Park, California-based company's stock slid 7.5% in extended trading.
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For the past year workers around the globe have delighted in the benefits that have come from working from home. Business-on-top and trackies-on-bottom has been the go-to look for many Zoom meetings, with business-on-top serving a temporal purpose for the duration of the call before being ditched when that little red ‘x’ is clicked. However, workwear has relaxed significantly since the power suits of the 1980s. Many businesses have welcomed a business casual wardrobe in the workspace allowing workers to tentatively blend wardrobes of ‘work’ and ‘play’. Glimmers of personality and individuality have crept into office dress codes with a statement earing here or a pop of colour there. But, as the pandemic has revealed, rule-abiding uniform is not essential to productivity, nor is it beneficial to celebrating staff as the exciting individuals they are. In a post-pandemic world, what is the etiquette on office attire?
Previously, it was customary for women working in business to tower in elegant stiletto heels. In 2016, temporary receptionist Nicola Thorp was sent home from work after refusing to wear such footwear. This subsequently sparked a heated debate over the requirement of heels in the workplace and led to a parliamentary debate in March 2017. However, legislation protecting women from dismissal over their footwear was rejected by the government. This has not been an issue confined to the office but has also become a very global and public debate. In 2016, Julia Roberts made headlines by walking barefoot on the Cannes Film Festival red carpet in protest against the festival’s expectations of formal dress for women. Likewise, in 2018, Kirsten Stewart publicly removed her Christian Louboutin’s on the festival’s red carpet standing in solidarity with women across the industry and world. While the high-heel debate has been a high-profile public discourse, considerations to the struggles that may arise when people with protected characteristics are asked to conform to dress codes has often gone under the radar.
Expectations of office-appropriate dress have been evidently loaded with white privilege. Back in 2016, an MBA student called Rosalia tweeted a concerning Google search. The results showed that when searching “unprofessional hairstyles for work”, results displayed images of Black women with naturally Afro hair. Contrastingly, when searching for “professional hairstyles for work”, results yielded images of White women with neat up-dos. Rosalia’s tweet sparked campaigns against rampant racial bias in the workplace. Responding to these, California became the first US state to pass the Crown Act (Create a Respectful and Open Workplace for Natural Hair act). So far, only 12 other states have followed suit.
Ablism has also penetrated workplace dress codes. Concerns have been raised over how accessible workwear is for those with disabilities. For example, considerations must be made to the struggles neurodivergent people may encounter with particular fabrics and how comfortable wheelchair users are in restrictive garments.
While the pandemic may have physically distanced us, is it possible that the digitalisation of bringing work into the home has made our connections with clients, colleagues and partners a little more human? Rather than enter meetings in our professional get-up in white-washed offices, we have peered into each other’s homes commenting on furnishings, exchanging the triumphs and troubles of home-schooling, and excused dog barks, children’s giggles, and interruptions. We have all become a little more ‘us’ in the WFH space. While it is perhaps not the best idea to re-enter the office in a onesie, perhaps it is a good time for employers to shake up office dress codes.
After over a year at home, many of us may be thrilled to blow the dust off our favourite office looks. Some may also find office attire the necessary signifier of the boundaries between worktime and downtime. Nevertheless, business casual is continually on the rise across a variety of industries. Statistics show that the switch in office dress codes has been brewing for a while now. In 1995, US necktie sales reached $2 billion. However, by 2014, sales had plummeted to $850 million. In the UK, workwear retailers Charles Tyrwhitt and T.M. Lewin have introduced business casual ranges to adapt to the shift in demand. As a B2B marketing agency, it is important for the Skout dress code to strike an important balance. While the marketing industry has taken a significant leap towards casual dress, B2B engagements still tend to have an expected formality. Just as we apply the creativity and excitement of B2C PR to our client’s needs, our team can be seen tailoring comfortable, smart, accessible, and stylish looks for their workday. As we return to the office in 2021, perhaps the pandemic has been the significant push employers need to adapt dress codes that celebrate and appreciate their staff.


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Ok, it's time again, our annual sampling of predictions for the Supply Chain 2011 from a carefully selected panel of gurus and two of the supply chain industry's top analyst firms.
We've been doing this for a number of years now, and I will note that it is a lot harder to make such predictions than you might think. Each year, I ask a few of last year's participants back, add in some "new blood," and then we cajole and hector the group into finally sitting down and typing up their thoughts. We usually wind up with some true predictions, some thoughts on trends, some general ramblings... but it's all good.
As usual, in this column I am just picking out some of the highlights. The full text from each of the contributors will appear on our pages shortly.
Jim Barnes, president of consulting firm enVista, thinks on-demand or Software-as-a-Service (SaaS)-based solutions will continue to gain ground this year - and sees Microsoft as a growing force in supply chain software.
"SaaS providers specifically in the area of TMS will continue to make traction in 2011. Companies are gaining confidence in their ability to utilize SaaS solutions to run mission critical business functionality," Barnes says. "We will continue to see evidence of this in 2011 for ERP, WMS and Labor Management Solutions. Supply Chain-centric, even Fortune 500 companies are effectively utilizing SaaS solutions that are hosted in the cloud… Look for major shifts in supply chain software company strategies. Case in point Microsoft is making major moves to move a number of solutions to a SaaS model. Microsoft will more than move the needle - it will shake up the space."
He also predicts companies will start to invest some of all that cash many of them have been building up in the past year.
"Supply Chain-centric organizations will increase their spending in 2011 and I predict supply chain software sales to be on par with 2007," Barness adds. " Many companies are coming to end of term or maintenance contracts with their software licenses. End of term (life cycle) and maintenance contracts plus renewed faith in the economy will motivate companies to replace legacy POS, ERP, WMS and TMS solutions."
My good friend Gene Tyndall took a more trend-like approach to his predictions, after first wondering if "we ready to accept that we really have no idea about a year ahead, and thus we should expect the unexpected, prepare for surprises, and try to somehow balance degrees of optimism and pessimism."
With that in mind, Tyndall mostly focused on key supply, chain trends, noting for example that companies are increasingly recognizing how the structure of a company's supply chain organization can have a huge impact on its effectiveness.
"More and more leaders have come to recognize that despite impressive strategies, clear processes, and powerful technologies, unless the organization, people, skill sets, and culture are all world-class, supply chain performance will be mediocre," Tyndall says. "Organizational alignment and excellence, and change leadership, are taking front seats now."
Clearly related to that, Tyndall believes companies are increasingly concerned about the skills their teams have and a "talent gap":
"Engineers, analytics, and software savvy skills are very important, but so are the abilities to interact with peers, those in other processes, executive, suppliers, and customers, on a business level," Tyndall says. "Watch how the Supply Chain universities and recruiting firms deal with this trend, because every company is concerned about its talent gaps."
I will add that as so many of our supply chain organizations have been "leaned out" - to put a nice term to it - during the recession that relooking at the skills we possess and require is more important than ever.
My friend Dr. John Langley, just recently of Penn State as some of you may know, sees the deepening intereference of government in business and supply chain as a key fact of life for 2011.
"I am tempted to be nice and refer to this as government “involvement,” but the truth is that governmental organizations at all levels are finding ways to increasingly impose themselves on the functioning of the business world, and thus to “interfere” with the ways that companies and markets conduct themselves on a continuing basis," Dr. Langley says.
He adds: "The natural result of this is that companies have no choice at times but to be as conservative as necessary, so as to protect financial and other types of assets that are essential to the future of the businesses," implying this has been a factor in tepid economic recovery.
"Only when business and government have a mutual respect for each other, and recognize that neither can succeed without some meaningful level of cooperation and working together, will there be a significant movement for companies to give a bright “green light” to investment and innovation," he notes.
He also thinks supply chain executives and managers must continue to improve their true global capabilities.
"Essentially, the globalization of business has created significant, new opportunities on the demand and supply sides of many businesses, but this has also created an imminent need for planning and control capabilities that span the globe," Dr. Langley says. "So, we are seeing great interest in achieving shipment visibility throughout increasingly complex supply chains, and this visibility is necessary to be a legitimate and profitable player in the global marketplace. Also, considering the global threats and conflicts of which we already well-aware, and those that are yet to declare themselves, supply chains are faced with very significant pressure to be able to transform themselves in very short periods of time. "
We also had the chance to review some of the predictions from Gartner, which offers five high level supply chain predictions:
• Supply chain leaders will focus on redesigning their demand management processes and technology to help drive stronger market insights.
• Determining how to manage supplier risk will become a key requirement for leading organizations.
• Supply chain management (SCM) technologies based on software as a service (SaaS) and the cloud will continue to gain traction, but mainly in process areas, with strong alignment to the unique characteristics of these delivery models.
• Although in the last couple years the pendulum has swung back to favoring best-of-breed (BOB) SCM applications over ERP, supply chain leaders have identified a successful hybrid model that leverages the power of both.
• Supply chain segmentation is gaining traction in the business, and leading companies are figuring out how to formalize the process to make it consistent and repeatable.
That's all we have room for this week, so I am making this a two-parter. Next week, we'll have predictions from Mike Regan of TranzAct Technologies, Steve Murray of Supply Chain Visions, Marc Wulfraat of MWPVL International, a little more from Gartner, and some interesting predictions from the analysts at IDC.
In two weeks, the full text comments of all our prognosticators will be in our On-Target e-magazine.
If you missed our 2010 Supply Chain Timeline earlier this week in On-Target, you will find it here: 2010 Supply Chain Timeline. It's a fast way to review the year that was month by month.
Any reactions to our contributors' supply chain predictions? What would you add? Please send us your predictions for 2011 at the Feedback button below.


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Kurt wanted to buy a home for his wife and two children -- and he wanted to do it through a mortgage he could afford. But the 44-year-old Chicago man had spent time in prison on drug charges and hadn't been able to build up a credit history.
Kurt -- who asked that his last name be withheld to protect his family's privacy -- said he had turned his life around after prison. But, when it came to buying a home, his low credit score meant that he faced what he called "ungodly" high interest rates of 12 to 13 percent.
So, he sought out a controversial solution: Kurt found a company that helped him "piggyback" off a stranger's credit card by signing him on as an "authorized user" to the account. Having his name attached to a new line of credit, Kurt said, boosted his credit score. That boost, he said, allowed him to qualify for a home loan with an interest rate of just 6.9 percent.
"I was able to move forward from there to become a homeowner," he said.
The company that Kurt worked with, New York-based Tradeline Masters, says that it's helped tens of thousands of customers improve their credit scores. But as the mortgage meltdown continues, the "piggybacking" strategy employed by Tradeline and other companies has raised concern among law enforcement officials and the lending industry.
Some are taking action to stop the practice: The Florida State Attorney General's Office said it's launched civil investigations to determine whether two Florida-based credit repair companies were violating state law through their piggybacking services.
Meanwhile, Fair Isaac Corp., the credit analysis company that helps determine the scores for the nation's three major credit bureaus, said it's implementing measures to limit the impact that piggybacking has on consumer credit scores.
Piggybacking "is only a ruse to try to deceive the scoring systems and, by extension, lenders," said Craig Watts, a spokesman for the Fair Isaac.
Here's how it works: A consumer seeking to boost his or her credit score seeks the services of a credit repair agency. The agency, for a fee, acts as a matchmaker of sorts, seeking out a credit card holder who has good credit.
The card holder allows the poor-credit consumer to sign on to his or her credit card as an authorized user. In return, the card holder receives hundreds of dollars in compensation and is also assured that the poor-credit consumer will not actually use the card. The poor-credit consumer, meanwhile, sees his credit score increase by 10, 20, 30 points or more, potentially allowing him to qualify for more affordable loans.
Congress first allowed authorized users to build credit histories in the 1970s with the passage of the Equal Credit Opportunity Act. The law targeted women who were authorized users on their husband's credit cards, but didn't have cards of their own.
"It was aimed at helping women establish their own credit rating outside of their husbands," said Gerri Detwiler of Credit.com, a credit information Web site. "That was the law that essentially said creditors have to take into account that information that would show that a spouse has helped manage a credit account."
In the last five years, Detwiler said, credit repair agencies "figured out this was a loophole to help people with bad credit boost their credit scores quickly."


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In an effort to speed up the boarding process, American Airlines announced yesterday that it would allow earlier boarding for passengers traveling with one personal carry-on item that fits under the seat in front of them. American defines a personal item as a purse, briefcase, laptop bag or a similar item such as a tote that does not exceed 36 inches. Customers will be invited to board immediately before Group 2.
Passengers with a carry-on bag who wish to board before Group 2 can check their bag at the gate at no charge. I wonder if American thought this through. This means smart travelers can take advantage of the priority boarding AND avoid a $25 checked-bag fee at the same time. The carry-on bag would be retrieved at baggage claim upon landing.
American hopes that by encouraging passengers to travel light, it will create a more efficient and enjoyable customer journey - fewer people will be holding up the line and blocking the aisles while juggling to fit a bag into the overhead bin. Minutes saved during boarding will result in a more timely departure and arrival. Of course, the airlines pretty much created this situation when they started charging fees for checked luggage. To avoid the costly fees, passengers started carrying more and more on board.
According to American, the new boarding process was tested earlier this year at seven airports and received overwhelmingly positive feedback from customers.


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Edmund McMillen has announced that The Binding of Isaac will be loosing itself of PC exclusivity and debuting on consoles. The breadth of platforms has yet to be announced, but considering McMillen’s struggles with Nintendo, it would be misguided for Nintendo players to get their hopes up for a Wii Ware or Wii U release.
The divisive puzzle title has been a PC exclusive for nearly a year, with the failed attempt at a Nintendo 3DS port allowing only notions of further release attempts. With the console release, we’ll see additional elements added to the core game, including the Wrath of Lamb content and cooperative game modes. Other, vaguer game additions have been noted by McMillen.
No further release data has been announced at this time. McMillen’s Formspring is offering a Q&A that will populate more information as the man responds to fans.
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A new partnership with Cross River Bank will allow Seattle-based Remitly's customers to receive disbursements in near-real time over international debit card networks, the digital remittance company said.
Fort Lee, New Jersey-based Cross River Bank, which recently expanded its push-to-card transaction capabilities internationally, will serve as the settlement bank for Remitly's clients.
"We're super excited to offer to our customers the ability to send funds via Visa Direct to their loved ones back home," Matt Oppenheimer, Remitly CEO and co-founder, told Banking Dive. "That means instead of sending to a cash pickup location or instead of entering in their recipient’s bank account number, they can enter in their recipient's 16-digit debit card number in the country they're sending to, and the funds are available in real time."
Cross River's expansion into the international arena will "fundamentally change cross-border transactions," Gilles Gade, founder, president and CEO of Cross River, said Wednesday in a statement.
"With the current shift to online transactions, and limiting of human-to-human touch, today, more than ever, having a secure and reliable way of sending and receiving money is an integral part of daily life," he said.
As the coronavirus pandemic limits access to brick-and-mortar locations across the globe, Oppenheimer said the partnership provides its customers with more choices when it comes to sending money internationally.
More than 70% of remittances are sent to brick-and-mortar locations, Oppenheimer said.
"Now people are adhering to the stay-at-home orders and don't feel safe going to physical cash locations, so it's critical that we unlock additional channels to fulfill our vision and mission to increase financial services for immigrants around the globe," he said.
Transactions at the company grew 40% from February to March, a trend that has continued into April and May, Oppenheimer said.
"We're seeing a lot of growth in the business," he said. "It's really fueled by the fact that our services are essential and that people need reliable, secure and digital options to be able to get money."
Remitly expanded into the digital banking space in February, with the launch of Passbook, a bank account aimed at immigrants. The startup is partnering with St. Paul, Minnesota-based Sunrise Banks to offer the FDIC-insured deposits.
"[Immigrants] are providing so many essential services that we all enjoy," Oppenheimer said. "The huge impact that the remittances that they send home make on their families’ lives is so paramount in a global recession. ... It's a scary time to be an immigrant for a lot of reasons, and I think it's important now, more than ever, that we support them."


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History, as they say, repeats itself, and that’s exactly what seems to be happening now. Last year, when Samsung ditched the headphone jack for its flagship phones, it deleted old ads mocking Apple for doing the same. Now, Samsung has removed an ad its Caribbean subsidiary posted back when the iPhone 12 was announced, mocking its archrival for not including a charger in the box, and we think we know why.
Samsung is repeating history, but once again, it’s not going to make everyone happy
It’s because, as recent rumors have indicated, Samsung will be following in Apple’s footsteps and not bundling a charger with its upcoming flagship. The Galaxy S21 lineup will reportedly come without earphones or a charger in the box in Europe, and there’s a good chance the same will be true for markets in other regions as well. The official reason for doing so will no doubt have something to do about saving the environment, which is a commendable goal but not one Samsung should be tackling so soon, for reasons we’ve explained before.
Then again, hypocrisy seems to be something of a habit for Samsung, and we can only hope the company will let customers get a charger and/or earbuds for free with a simple call to customer service, as it did for the Galaxy Note 20 and Note 20 Ultra in the US, where the two S Pen flagships didn’t include earphones in the box. We’ll find out if that will be the case in less than a month from now – on January 14th, to be exact, the day the Galaxy S21 series is expected to go official.
What’s your take on the possibility that your Galaxy S21 may not come bundled with a charger (or earphones)?
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Intel is the first of the three graphics card manufacturers to offer a graphics driver optimized for the eagerly awaited magic adventure Hogwarts Legacy. But not much more is happening – although there are wide optimizations, bug fixes remain – once again – missing. The list of open problems gets longer.
The first graphics driver for optimized magic
Although Nvidia has released a new game-ready graphics driver with the GeForce 528.49 WHQL today, the version does not bring any special optimizations for the Hogwarts Legacy, which will be officially released on February 10th but is now already playable for buyers of the deluxe version. And AMD has not yet made a corresponding driver available either; Graphics cards of the RX 7000 generation are still stuck with Adrenalin 23.1.2, which was released two weeks ago, while older Radeon graphics accelerators are still being fobbed off with Adrenalin 22.11.2, which was released in early December. Within the next week, however, there is an update that is supposed to bundle the graphics drivers for new and old again. So Intel stays ahead in this regard.
Also, the Arc 220.127.116.1123 beta is already optimized for Returnal, which will jump from PlayStation on February 15th creates on the PC.
Many open errors are evidence of a big construction site
Apart from that, however, very little has happened, as a look at the official release notes (PDF) reveals: The list of known driver errors that have not yet been addressed is still comparatively long. And this time there is no listing of the fixed problems.
This shows once again: Arc is currently a major construction site for Intel. Most recently, however, the manufacturer was able to record significant performance gains, especially when using the outdated graphics API DirectX 9.
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TikTok, SiriusXM, and Pandora have recently joined forces in a bid to roll out innovative content across each of the platforms. This collaboration will enable the companies to offer listeners access to groundbreaking programming, special events, exclusive performances, and some of the emerging and top talent.
SiriusXM will soon launch a full-time music channel, TikTok Radio, featuring the trending songs that redefine the pop culture from the video-sharing social networking service. This channel, sonically synched to the TikTok experience, is expected to be presented by TikTok creators, DJs, and tastemakers and will be available as a streaming channel in vehicles, desktops, SiriusXM, as well as other connected devices. It is also likely to function as the radio version of its ‘For You’ page. In addition, it will feature a range of TikTok creators showcasing trending stories and music and a weekly music countdown of its top trending tracks.
For those uninitiated, Pandora is planning to launch a series of exclusive hosted playlists that features popular TikTok creators, who will be hosting, curating, and promoting the playlists to the fans. In the coming months, the TikTok Tastemakers series is also expected to be kicked off with Bella Poarch & other creators such as Nick Tangorra and Christian Shelton. Additionally, its listeners can tune in to the top TikTok Hits Playlist.
Furthermore, TikTok fans will gain access to the re-airings of Pandora LIVE, an original events series. Most recently, Pandora LIVE Powered by Women that featured Jazmine Sullivan and Gwen Stefani re-aired on TikTok.
According to SiriusXM’s President & Chief Content Officer, Scott Greenstein, the company is excited to partner with TikTok to develop new content on live radio and streaming platforms. Its platforms will deliver a unique opportunity for TikTok creators to engage with listeners and deliver new content experiences.


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Tax on women's sanitary products abolished
1 January 2021, 09:39
VAT on women's sanitary products has been slashed to zero bringing an end to the so-called 'tampon tax'.
Chancellor Rishi Sunak had committed to ending the widely unpopular tax on tampons and pads in the March Budget.
EU law had prevented member states from reducing the rate below 5%, which meant the period products were treated as luxury items and not essentials.
But the zero rate VAT on the period products started on January 1, the first day the laws no longer apply to the UK.
Mr Sunak said: "I'm proud that we are today delivering on our promise to scrap the tampon tax. Sanitary products are essential so it's right that we do not charge VAT.
"We have already rolled out free sanitary products in schools, colleges and hospitals and this commitment takes us another step closer to making them available and affordable for all women."
The Treasury previously estimated the move will save the average woman nearly £40 over her lifetime, with a cut of 7p on a pack of 20 tampons and 5p on 12 pads.
Felicia Willow, chief executive of women's rights charity the Fawcett Society, said: "We warmly welcome the scrapping of VAT on all sanitary products from January 1 2021 and congratulate the Government on taking this positive step.
"It's been a long road to reach this point, but at last the sexist tax that saw sanitary products classed as non-essential, luxury items can be consigned to the history books."


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At Bloomingdale’s, Barbie might as well be couture legend.
In conjunction with Barbie’s 50th birthday, which is evolving into a global celebration, Bloomingdale’s 59th Street on Feb. 11 will exhibit 120 Barbies through the decades in 60 vitrines on the third floor, with some first editions valued between $25,000 and $27,000.
From Feb. 11-22, Bloomingdale’s Third Avenue windows will be dressed in Barbie under the theme “My Boyfriend Is Back” and inside the store, a 242-square-foot Barbie boutique will display Barbie T-shirts, accessories, jewelry, DC Super Hero Barbies, a Barbie Book by Assouline, and the dolls, among other merchandise. There will also will be an event with live Ken and Barbie models. Similarly, Bloomingdale’s SoHo will have window displays and a Barbie shop. The Barbie fest concludes March 15.
“There’s a wide spectrum to Bloomingdale’s, a dichotomy. We can sell Chanel, Ralph Lauren and Canali, and we can also sell Beatles merchandise and Barbie,” said Michael Gould, the store’s chairman and chief executive. “At Bloomingdale’s, we like to make people smile and Barbie is fun. There aren’t that many females in America that didn’t grow up with Barbie.”
“Bloomingdale’s will really be the flagship retail partnership for Barbie’s 50th,” said Richard Dickson, senior vice president and general manager for the Barbie brand. Bloomingdale’s Barbie exhibit, Dickson said, will be “the largest collection ever displayed in the U.S. It will be like a curated museum experience.” In past years, Bloomingdale’s has showcased Barbie dolls dressed by top designers such as Giorgio Armani and Donna Karan.
Elsewhere, Barbie is celebrating with window displays, shop concepts, exhibits and exclusive and limited edition products at Colette in Paris, La Rinascente in Milan and Fred Segal in Los Angeles, among about 20 stores. “We have a retail partnership in every fashion capital and over 20 major cities around the world,” Dickson said.
For the first-ever Barbie runway show at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week on Feb. 14, Barbie’s parent, Mattel Inc., has lassoed 50 designers, Diane Von Furstenberg and Anna Sui among them, to create looks inspired by the doll, some of which will be displayed at Bloomingdale’s. In addition, the first-ever Barbie store is set to open in Shanghai on March 6 — an eight-story flagship in a former movie theater. Barbie art by Andy Warhol and Peter Max and others will be on view. There will also be a spa, a restaurant and, for older girls, a $16,000 Vera Wang strapless wedding gown. For any woman who buys it, Mattel will create a doll in her likeness in a miniature version of the gown.
The annual Veuve Clicquot Polo Classic in Pacific Palisades this weekend drew Kate Hudson, Tracee Ellis Ross, Laura Dern and more. See pictures of the star-studded event on WWD.com. (📷: @chelsealaurenla) #wwdeye
In his new book “Hollywood Royale,” Andy Warhol’s Protégé Matthew Rolston celebrates the Eighties revival of Hollywood glamour. Featuring more than 100 portraits taken by Rolston from 1977 to 1993, the book contains photos of icons like Michael Jackson, Cyndi Lauper, and @drewbarrymore, pictured here in 1991. “Hollywood Royale,” out today, will be accompanied by an exhibition opening at Los Angeles’ Fahey/Klein Gallery on March 1. #wwdeye
"Nowadays when life is not so happy with everything going on in the world, I think people come to me for a little bit of whimsy and color and fun." - Designer Rebecca De Ravenel on her cult-favorite jewelry line. (📸 : @vsteves) #wwd40
“Everyone is talking about how the retail industry is struggling, but I think it’s an incredible time because brands who are doing something different and innovative are setting themselves up for the future,” said @adamgoldston, who founded the luxury athletic brand @apl with his brother @ryangoldsten. The Goldston’s are part of WWD’s 40 under 40: a group of industry notables. See the rest of the list on WWD.com. (📷: @vsteves) #wwd40
@eyeswoon blogger Athena Calderone debuted her first-ever cookbook, “Cook Beautiful,” which is heavily centered on the presentation and visual expression of food. Pictured here are her miso glazed carrots from the book. Get the recipe on WWD.com. (📷: @johnny_miller_) #wwdeye
“It’s passion that helps get anybody to a certain point and it’s what’s propelled me,” said Kith founder @ronniefieg, one of WWD’s 40 under 40: a group of industry notables who are changing the face of retail, fashion and beauty. Fieg, who opened a Manhattan flagship on October 7, began his career at age 13 as a stock boy and salesman for footwear chain David Z. “I think staying true to [my] beliefs, hard work and passion have gotten me to where [Kith] is today.” See the rest of the 40 at WWD.com. (📷: @vsteves) #wwd40
25-year-old @samweaving is about to break out this fall, starring in Netflix’s horror film “The Babysitter,” fittingly out today on Friday the 13th. That’s not the only place you’ll be seeing her, though — Weaving’s got a role Showtime’s “SMILF” and another alongside Frances McDormand and Woody Harrelson in “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri.” Though she’s got a full plate at the moment, there’s one role she’s got her eye on: Marilyn Monroe. “I’m a little too young at the moment, but it’s on my bucket list,” the actress told WWD (📷: @dandoperalski) #wwdeye
BFF's Poppy Jamie and Suki Waterhouse celebrated the launch of their bag line Pop x Suki at Nordstrom last night. "The line is really about our friendship, and how we are so different but complement each other," said Waterhouse. 👯 (📷: Katie Jones) #wwdeye
After designing the new @louisvuitton and @bulgariofficial flagships and a @chanelofficial boutique opening in Japan, @petermarinoarchitect has another project on his plate: The Lobster Club. Located in the Seagram Building, it’s the famed architect’s first restaurant project in New York, serving up modern Japanese brasserie-style cuisine. Bronze hues, bespoke material detailing, blush and chartreuse tones and a heavy emphasis on Picasso can be seen throughout. Mark your calendars for Nov. 1 for the much-anticipated opening. (📷: @clint_spaulding) #wwdeye


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Intel launches skinny nippy Core M – its new BRAIN for fondleslabs
More than 20 products in the works, with first to touch down by Xmas
IFA 2014 Intel chose the IFA consumer electronics conference in Berlin this week to launch the Core M, its latest 14-nanometer processor aimed at high-end, two-in-one typoslabs.
"Core M is the first of a new product family designed to deliver the promise of one of the world's thinnest laptops and highest performance tablets in a single 2 in 1 device," Intel's senior VP and general manager of personal computing Kirk Skaugen said in a canned statement on Friday.
Not that the announcement came as any real surprise. Chipzilla has been promising us the Core M since the Computex show in Taipei in June, and it spilled the details on what we can expect from the chip in a presentation last month.
In a nutshell, Intel's new 14-nanometer "Broadwell" process delivers chips that run faster and cooler than the current generation of Core processors, which in turn means they can do away with fans so that OEMs can deliver devices with slimmer form factors.
At IFA, Intel said that more than 20 Core M–powered devices are already in the pipeline, most of which will be designed to operate in both tablet and laptop modes.
Many of the major brand-name PC vendors had prerelease kit on display at the show – including Acer, Asus, Dell, HP, Lenovo, and Toshiba – with the first devices expected to hit store shelves as soon as October.
Intel also let slip that it has been working with original design manufacturers (ODMs) to produce own-branded Core M kit. Specifically, Taiwanese outfit Wistron will build a product based on Chipzilla's "Llama Mountain" reference device, which it showed off at Computex.
In launching the Core M, Intel gave a few more details of how it plans to fill out the product line. The lower-end model of the processor, dubbed the Core M-5Y10/5Y10a (the "a" model being the OEM version) will max out at 2.0GHz, while the Core M-5Y70 will bring the clock speed up to 2.6GHz.
The Core M-5Y70 also supports Intel vPro technology – a package of features that includes Hyperthreading, Active Management Technology (AMT), and Trusted Execution Technology (TXT), among other bits and bobs – making it a more attractive part for business devices.
One thing the first run of Core M chips won't be shipping with, however, is support for Transactional Synchronization Extensions (TSX), hyped new instructions that can improve the performance of multithreaded code. Broadwell chips are meant to come with TSX support, but a bug in Intel's silicon means the company will be shipping the first batch of Core M chips with the feature disabled.
Intel also revealed that the Core M is a conflict-free part – meaning it has certified that none of the metals used to build the chip have been mined using slave labor in war-torn regions. The company has previously vowed to ensure that its entire supply chain is conflict-free by 2016.
Chipzilla says the first batch of Core M devices will be available at retail in time for the holiday shopping season, but that broader availability of the new chips won't happen until the first half of 2015. ®


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Five new ocean carriers have joined the Digital Container Shipping Association (DCSA) including CMA CGM, Evergreen, Hyundai Merchant Marine, ZIM, and Yang Ming.
Evergreen Line has introduced two new ‘Intelligent Services’ for electronic data transfer among container shipping supply chain stakeholders, including an i-B/L (Bill of Lading) and i-Dispatch, a system that delivers a variety of additional digital documents generated during cargo transactions.
Evergreen Line has teamed up with China-based online marketplace Alibaba.com to provide the site’s members with the option of booking sea freight services online with their purchases, offering guaranteed space and prices.
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Vodafone's Christmas exclusives
Vodafone has revealed its Christmas 2006 handset line up, which includes LG handsets for the first time.
One of the handsets, the L600V, will be exclusive to the network in the run up to Christmas. It will be a 3G enabled clamshell phone. The other handset, the KU800, is also 3G capable and has a touch sensitive keypad like its famous predecessor, the KG800 Chocolate.
The exclusive deal on the L600V follows previous exclusives it has secured with Nokia and Sony Ericsson to provide the Nokia 6234 and Sony Ericsson V630i.
The operator will be selling a total of ten exclusive handsets in the run up to Christmas, including its own brand 710 phone which it announced last month. Other handsets include the Samsung ZV40 and ZV50, Motorola V1100 and Sagem my600V and my800V. The announcement from the operator is a global one, and as yet it has not confirmed which handsets will be available in the UK.


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Up until now, the Nokia Lumia 928 has been a thing of total myth. There have been a few alleged "leaks" and numerous rumors, but in the end no one can be certain whether the phone even exists (or ever will), and in fact a Nokia representative herself told iTech Post very recently that the entire idea was a "dirty, dirty rumor."
But now we're seeing that it's possible this "dirty, dirty rumor" of a phone actually showed up in a (semi) public setting, as the Nokia Lumia 928 allegedly was seen at a private music event and may have even been used to record the show.
"Nokia hosted a small, private concert last night with artist Ed Sheeran (headliner for Taylor Swift) in New York City," the Nokia Blog reported on Friday, May 3. "I expected a launch for the rumored Nokia Lumia 928, but Nokians told me when I got there that we wouldn't see anything new. I later found out they weren't telling the whole truth."
There were apparently a few bloggers and analysts at the show, under the auspices that it would be a way to check out the Nokia Lumia 920s. Folks were even handed 920s in order to shoot the concert. But then something odd was noticed: Along with the Lumia 920s, there were also spotted what Nokia Blog referred to as "several devices covered in black cases on tripods, monopods, and even carried by a few people walking around." And apparently the devices seemed to match the description of the "rumored" (the blog makes sure to point out) Nokia Lumia 928.
"The xenon flash was unmistakable," Nokia Blog says. "I think the event was was set up to be filmed with several Nokia Lumia 928 devices. Nokia will probably publish this video during the launch."
Nokia Blog adds that the devices seen at the concert had backs that matched leaked images of the Nokia Lumia 928, too, along with its xenon flash and "roundish" speakers on the back.
"The top of the [alleged] Nokia Lumia 928 has the audio jack on the left and a microUSB or HDMI port in the center."
As there is an exclusive event being held in London on May 14, we're all anticipating the official reveal at last of the Nokia Lumia 928 at that time.
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INDUSTRY HONOR — Microdrones, an unmanned aerial systems company whose U.S.operation is in Rome, received honors for Best Manufacturer when the E.U. Drone Awards were announced in Brussels, Belgium, last month. There are six employees at the Griffiss International Airport location.
Microdrones soars to earn industry honors
Microdrones, a German unmanned aerial systems company whose U.S. headquarters is at Grifffiss International Airport, received the E.U. Drone Award for Best Manufacturer at the European Parliament in Brussels last month.
Hosted by the European Young Innovators Forum, the E.U. Drone Awards were created to recognize companies for their contributions in the unmanned aerial vehicle industry.
Out of 50 candidates from 14 countries that were nominated, nine finalists were selected in three categories: Best Drone Manufacturer, Best Drone-based Application and Best Emerging Drone Company.
“We are very proud and honored to receive this award,” said Mirjam Braas, Microdrones marketing manager for Europe. “The entire Microdrones team is extremely dedicated and hard-working and we appreciate the recognition.”
Founded in Germany in 2005, Microdrones developed the world’s first commercial quadcopter. It has operations in Siegen, Germany, Vaudreuil, Canada, and Rome.
“We’re proud to be working in Central New York’s drone corridor and contributing to its success,” said Sara Furlong, Microdrones’ Griffiss-based content marketing manager. “All of us being from CNY, the Rome team is happy to play a role in establishing this area as a tech hub for UAV companies – and hopefully spur further economic development.”
There are six employees in the Rome operation that’s located in a hangar at the airport. Additional hires are anticipated this year
In 2016, Microdrones merged with Avyon, a North American unmanned aerial vehicle solutions provider that brought the Microdrones brand to North America three years ago. The Griffiss location was opened by Avyon several years ago and operated as Pro Drones, USA, LLC.
When Microdrones set up shop for a Griffiss, the move was seen in the drone industry as one of many signs that the U.S. commercial market for unmanned aerial vehicle services and opportunities is taking off.
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The day after Thanksgiving is what is known in the consumer’s world as Black Friday. In the past few years, many companies, such as Macy’s and Target, have started opening on Thanksgiving. This is Macy’s third year opening its doors this early, and Target’s fourth year. Many companies are deciding to open Thanksgiving afternoon or evening in order to give shoppers the opportunity to get some deals even earlier than if they came out Friday morning, allowing the companies to receive more revenue at the beginning of the largest shopping season of the year.
For people who do not have any family to go to or have no plans for Thanksgiving, it is a fine idea. But, for those people who are being pulled away from their families and forced to work on this day in order to keep their jobs, it is a poor idea. The idea of a “Black Thursday” is getting out of control, taking away what should be quality family time. Last year, Kmart had it’s doors open at 6 A.M. on Thanksgiving morning.
Many stores, though, are avoiding opening on Thanksgiving, including Petco, Costco, TJMaxx, and more. One company, a sports store called REI, is refusing to open on Black Friday. These companies are standing in defiance to the consumeristic society many stores are endorsing to allow families to have time to be thankful for each other.
If you are supportive of the family side of Thanksgiving, please avoid shopping at stores that are opening on Thanksgiving and only shop at those closed on Thanksgiving, and even those closed on Black Friday. Let’s keep Thanksgiving about the family. To see a full list of stores closed on Thanksgiving, go to: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/stores-closed-on-thanksgiving_5644c352e4b060377347f964


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Some of the most frank and useful information about how to fight fraud comes directly from the mouths of the crooks themselves. Online cybercrime forums play a critical role here, allowing thieves to compare notes about how to evade new security roadblocks and steer clear of fraud tripwires. Few topics so reliably generate discussion on crime forums around this time of year as tax return fraud, as we’ll see in the conversations highlighted in this post.
Lance Ealy, an Ohio man who fled home confinement last year just prior to his conviction on charges of filing phony tax refund requests on more than 150 Americans, was apprehended in a pre-dawn raid by federal marshals in Atlanta on… Read More »
Two former security employees at Intuit — the makers of the popular tax preparation software and service TurboTax — allege that the company has made millions of dollars knowingly processing state and federal tax refunds filed by cybercriminals. Intuit says it leads the industry in voluntarily reporting suspicious returns, and that ultimately it is up to the Internal Revenue Service to develop industry-wide requirements for tax preparation firms to follow in their collective fight against the multi-billion dollar problem of tax refund fraud.
Scam artists stole billions of dollars last year from the U.S. Treasury by filing phony federal tax refund requests on millions of Americans. But as Uncle Sam has made this type of fraud harder for thieves to profit from, the crooks have massively shifted their focus to conducting refund fraud at the state level. Or at least according to Intuit Inc., the makers of TurboTax: The company says it believes that shift is responsible for a whopping 3700 percent increase in fraudulent state tax refund filings this year in some states.
TurboTax owner Intuit Inc. said Thursday that it is temporarily suspending the transmission of state e-filed tax returns in response to a surge in complaints from consumers who logged into their TurboTax accounts only to find crooks had already claimed a refund in their name.
In April 2014, this blog featured a story about Lance Ealy, an Ohio man arrested last year for buying Social Security numbers and banking information from an underground identity theft service that relied in part on data obtained through a company owned by big-three credit bureau Experian. Earlier this week, Ealy was convicted of using the data to fraudulently claim tax refunds with the IRS in the names of more than 175 U.S. citizens, but not before he snipped his monitoring anklet and skipped town.
Earlier this month, I wrote about an organized cybercrime gang that has been hacking into HR departments at organizations across the country and filing fraudulent tax refund requests with the IRS on employees of those victim firms. Today, we’ll look a bit closer at the activities of this crime gang, which appears to have targeted a large number of healthcare and senior living organizations that were all using the same third-party payroll and HR services provider.
An unusual number of physicians in several U.S. states are just finding out that they’ve been victimized by tax return fraud this year, KrebsOnSecurity has learned. An apparent spike in tax fraud cases against medical professionals is fueling speculation that the crimes may have been prompted by a data breach at some type of national organization that certifies or provides credentials for physicians.
In December 2013, an executive from big-three credit reporting bureau Experian told Congress that the company was not aware of any consumers who had been harmed by an incident in which a business unit of Experian sold consumer records directly to an online identity theft service for nearly 10 months. This blog post examines the harm allegedly caused to consumers by just one of the 1,300 customers of that ID theft service — an Ohio man the government claims used the data to file fraudulent tax returns on dozens of Americans last year.
Many companies believe that if they protect their intellectual property and customers’ information, they’ve done a decent job of safeguarding their crown jewels from attackers. But in an increasingly common scheme, cybercriminals are targeting the Human Resources departments at compromised organizations and rapidly filing fraudulent federal tax returns on all employees.


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Choose the Jedi Order GPU or the Galactic Empire GPU. Pre-orders open tomorrow.
1 September 2017, 10:01
Mirage AR Headset, Lightsaber controller and tracking beacon bundle costs £249.99.
17 July 2017, 11:01
Lenovo and Disney are teasing an AR headset, light sabre, and software Star Wars experience.
16 May 2017, 14:01
Disney says it won't pay the ransom to protect POTC: Dead Men Tell No Tales.
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And the Star Wars Humble Bundle III is now available.
29 December 2016, 12:01
Watch the revived 1993 vintage Star Wars action game in a 14 minute YouTube video.
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Disney's Aladdin, The Lion King, and The Jungle Book now available, via GOG.
30 October 2015, 14:36
Revises predictions upwards following successful beta. Launch trailer published (video).
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15.6-inch Full HD laptop offers Skylake Intel Core processor and Nvidia graphics options.
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This week on The Vergecast, Nilay Patel, Dieter Bohn, and Paul Miller go deep on Apple's updated operating systems: macOS Catalina and iPadOS.
Also, Sony confirms their next console will be the PS5 in 2020.
Stories this week: Apple’s macOS Catalina update is coming todayCatalina ReviewPhotoshop and Lightroom users should wait before updating to macOS CatalinaNetflix confirms it won’t port its iPad app to macOSYou need a MacBook with a butterfly keyboard or a modern Mac desktop to use macOS Catalina’s SidecarWhy I’m turning off auto-updatesApple starts selling Microsoft’s Xbox controller after adding support in iOS, macOS, and tvOSiPadOS review: it’s complicated, finallyLinksys' mesh routers can now detect motion using Wi-FiApple’s Siri can now play music through SpotifyiOS 13 has gotten better, but there’s still a long way to go Apple iPad (2019) review: no competitionSony confirms next console is called PlayStation 5 and coming holiday 2020The next console war is going to be way more fun than the last oneSamsung made the smartwatch Google couldn’t
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In all places you click on today, it looks like someone on the internet is speaking about cannabidiol—also referred to as CBD, a chemical compound derived from the hashish plant. Online retailers market the extract (also known as hemp oil) as a remedy for a wide range of illnesses, celebrities swear by its healing powers, and the ingredient is popping up in dietary supplements and beauty products, as well. There’s even a new FDA-approved drug derived from CBD.
Though hashish can be utilized to make marijuana, CBD itself is non-psychoactive—meaning that it doesn’t get you high the way in which smoking or consuming hashish-associated products containing THC (the plant's psychoactive compound) can. Still, there’s quite a bit docs don’t find out about CBD and its effects on the body, and a lot shoppers should understand before attempting it.
To get a greater idea, Well being looked on the latest science and ran a few of the most typical CBD-related well being and wellness claims by experts in the field. Here’s what researchers think about the way these merchandise are being marketed, and what potential users ought to keep in mind.
To stop smoking
There’s been some buzz about CBD oil being useful to folks trying to give up cigarettes, and one small, brief-term studythis link opens in a new tab revealed in 2013 in the journal Addictive Behaviors supports this idea.
A group of 24 people who smoke received inhalers with either CBD or a placebo substance and have been inspired to use these inhalers for per week each time they felt the urge to smoke. These with the placebo inhaler did not reduce their cigarette consumption in any respect during that week, but these with the CBD inhaler reduced theirs by about forty%.
The results "counsel CBD to be a possible remedy for nicotine addiction," the research authors wrote—but they also admit that their findings are preliminary. Ryan Vandrey, PhD, a cannabis researcher and affiliate professor of psychiatry at Johns Hopkins University (who was not involved in the 2013 examine), agrees that bigger, longer-term research are needed to know if CBD is perhaps useful for people who smoke looking to kick the habit.
For pain relief
Daniel Clauw, MD, professor of anesthesiology on the University of Michigan, believes that CBD could have real benefits for people dwelling with chronic pain. He cites a current clinical trialthis link opens in a new tab from pharmaceutical firm Zynerba (for which Dr. Clauw has consulted) that found that a CBD-derived topical drug supplied pain aid to patients suffering from knee osteoarthritis.
Zynerba is now not pursuing a model of that drug for osteoarthritis, says Dr. Clauw, and there are at the moment no standard recommendations for what dosage or formulation of CBD (in both oral or topical form) might work best for pain relief. But he does want pain sufferers to know that CBD products may be worth a attempt—and that they might provide aid, even without the high that merchandise with THC produce.
"I don’t think now we have that many good medicine for pain, and we all know that CBD has fewer side effects than opioids and even nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory medication, which can cause bleeding and cardiovascular issues," he says. "If I have an elderly patient with arthritis and a bit little bit of CBD can make their knees really feel higher, I’d want they take that than some other drugs."
RELATED: What to Know About CBD Oil and Chronic Ache
In skincare merchandise
CBD seems to have anti-inflammatory properties, says Dr. Clauw, which is one reason the sweetness industry has championed it as a new anti-growing older ingredient in many skincare products and spa treatments.
Francesca Fusco, MD, a dermatologist primarily based in New York Metropolis, recently told Well being that CBD oil is a rich source of fatty acids and different skin-healthy vitamins, and that it may improve hydration and decrease moisture loss. Just a few studies have additionally recommended that CBD oil might inhibit the expansion of acnethis link opens in a new tab, although this hypothesis has only been tested in laboratory cell cultures—not in precise humans.
As a therapy for autism
Mother and father of autistic children could look to CBD as a possible remedy, however they need to know that research in this space is really just beginning, says Vandrey.
CBD has been shown to work together with the body’s endocannabinoid system, a network in the brain that seems to play a task in social behavior, circadian rhythm, and reward processing—all of which could be atypical in people with autism. For that reason, researchers are excited a few study that’s currently underway at the University of California San Diegothis link opens in a new tab about CBD’s potential as an autism therapy.
However besides the fact that no human trials have been carried out on CBD for autism, there’s one other reason for potential sufferers (and oldsters) to weigh their options carefully. The industry remains to be unregulated—which means that, in lots of states, there are no laws or inspections to ensure that a product’s ingredients match what’s listed on the label.
Research performed by Vandrey and his colleagues has even shown that some CBD merchandise include significant ranges of THCthis link opens in a new tab—which might get a child high and cause different unpleasant side effects. "This is an area that exists in a grey space of legality," Vandrey says. "And because of that, anybody thinking about utilizing cannabidiol, of any type, should proceed with caution."
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Every day marine plastic pollution threatens the sustainability of our planet and if we continue to throw plastic into the ocean, by 2050 there will be more plastic in our waters than fish.
Adidas and Parle are on a mission to reduce the amount of plastic in our oceans by pledging to remove bottles and debris from the oceans by inspiring people to participate in a global movement.
The UAE Adidas Runners community is doing its bit to combat plastic pollution by being part of the initiative with the support of the Adidas Runners GCC captain Lee Ryan, who is taking the lead in encouraging people to be active towards the cause.
We have a motto with the Adidas Runners: ‘We start together, we finish together,’ Ryan said. “As captain, it’s up to me to inspire and motivate the community to show they deserve it, that travel matters, to share success and to lead by example with every step I take.” To lead along.”
Globally, major sports stars and celebrities have supported the movement like David Beckham and in 2019, 2.2 million runners from around the world took part in the Run for the Ocean. The initiative aims to clean 500,000 lbs. Plastic debris from the ocean.
Anyone of any age or ability can join the 2021 Run for the Ocean. 28 to the plastic of the sea. It’s a matter of running those kilometers to reduce fromth May 8th June; Every kilometer tracked will donate to the challenge.
To join, download the Adidas Running app, go to the Community tab and join the challenge. Adidas promises to reduce the amount of plastic bottles in the ocean by cleaning 10 plastic bottles (or equivalent weight) for every kilometer run.
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(NECN: Williston, VT) - Large crowds will be forming tonight outside many stores around New England, as shoppers line up for the best deals on Black Friday.
This holiday shopping season is expected to be a little more fruitful for retailers than the last two.
Thanksgiving day .. Karen and Linda Osborn emerged from Walmart in Williston, Vermont, with a cart full of items... and a sense of what they'd fill their cart with the next day.
This was the calm before the Black Friday storm.
When consumers kick off their holiday shopping season with a vengeance.
Compared to the past two years, 2010 is showing some promise for retailers, according to the Vermont Retailers Association. Consumers seem to be expressing a little more interest in discretionary and luxury items.
Tasha Wallis says the prediction nationally is for 2.3-percent growth over last year... perhaps even higher in New England.
Although consumer confidence seems to be up, some shoppers say their spending habits have been altered by the recession.
A planner, Julie Slattery put the finishing touches on her Christmas shopping Thursday, before many others had even begun theirs.
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DETROIT — In their love affair with the automobile, Americans are rediscovering their first sweethearts: the domestic car and truck.
After losing sales to Japanese imports almost steadily for years, the Big Three auto companies are gaining a larger share of the U.S. market this year. And industry executives and analysts say American manufacturers should do better in 1993.
``The Japanese market share almost assuredly will fall further,`` said Philip Fricke, a Prudential Securities Inc. analyst in New York. ``I do not believe it`s a fluke. I believe that it`s just the beginning of further market-share increases for Detroit.``
``Detroit,`` said Tom Pappert, sales vice president at Chrysler Corp.,
``appears to be coming back.``
Japan`s slide was apparent in data released Tuesday. In the first 10 days of September, Asian car companies had 24.2 percent of the U.S. market, down nearly 3 percentage points from the same period last year, according to Ward`s Automotive Reports.
The role reversal doesn`t mean an abrupt end to the painful shrinkage of the U.S. auto industry. General Motors Corp. has the capacity to produce many more vehicles than it can sell and will continue plant closings and mass layoffs.
Analysts say the Big Three will be unable to push Japanese carmakers out of America, despite the U.S. companies` recent sizeable advances.
Nevertheless, economists say the industry`s growing market share is lifting the economy, especially in the Midwest, where auto manufacturing is centered and where production lines, including those at Ford Motor Co.`s assembly plant on Chicago`s South Side, are working overtime to meet demand.
A few years ago people who preferred cars such as the Toyota Camry didn`t bother to check out similar domestic cars, said Rick Lynch, president of the Lynch Group, a dealer of Fords, Chevrolets and Buicks on Chicago`s Northwest Side. ``Now we see them; people who considered only a Japanese car now are cross-shopping.``
The renaissance of the domestic auto industry is the result of several overlapping factors, though price is probably most important. After two rounds of hefty price increases by Japanese carmakers in the last year-and another set for this fall-U.S. vehicles are cheaper than comparable imports.
American car companies also are profiting from big investments in equipment and new management, which have raised productivity and quality. With its mini-vans and sport-utility vehicles, the U.S. industry also offers products more attuned to today`s consumer.
``Buy-American`` campaigns and the recession are changing public sentiment, too, to the advantage of domestic manufacturers.
Consumers realize that buying an imported car ``isn`t just something that affects a few isolated people in the auto industry,`` said Bonnie Daws, a research analyst for Ford. ``The economic situation is trickling down to where it affects them, too.``
Of the Big Three, Ford is picking up the most. Thanks in part to a new leasing program, industry analysts project, the Ford Taurus probably will be the nation`s best-selling car this year, edging out the Honda Accord, which held the title for the last three years.
Chrysler and General Motors aren`t far behind. Chrysler is setting sales records monthly with its mini-vans and Jeeps, while GM`s Saturn is so much in demand that buyers have to wait as long as two months for delivery.
The sales increases are at the expense of Japanese companies. Last year, Asian manufacturers-a category that includes one non-Japanese firm, Hyundai Motor Co. of Korea-accounted for 27 percent of cars and light trucks sold in the U.S., their greatest share ever.
Over the first eight months of this year, their market share dropped to 25.2 percent, including vehicles produced by so-called Japanese transplant factories in the U.S., according to Ward`s Automotive Reports.
Moreover, auto executives and dealers say the trend appears to be more pronounced in California, the beachhead of the Japanese auto industry in America.
The gain in market share doesn`t ensure immediate profitability, however. Chrysler is expected to make money this year. But GM appears likely to post its second consecutive annual loss in 1992, and analysts say Ford`s profit will come mostly from earnings outside the North American market.
But greater market share by the Big Three should provide a much-needed payoff for the U.S. economy.
Diane Swonk, an economist for First National Bank of Chicago, calculates that over a year, an increase in market share of 2 percentage points would raise production by more than 500,000 vehicles and add 0.75 of a percentage point to changes in the U.S. output of goods and services.
The Japanese had seemed unstoppable. Suffering only a few off years, Japanese carmakers expanded market share in America from virtually nothing 20 years ago to 1 in 5 vehicles sold by the mid-1980s.
In the process, they forced American carmakers to idle assembly plants and eliminate tens of thousands of high-paying jobs.


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(Reuters) - Google Inc on Friday won approval from U.S. antitrust regulators to buy online advertising company Admeld Inc without any conditions, the Justice Department said.
The deal, announced in June, was designed to give Google, the world’s largest search engine, a bigger slice of the market for graphical display ads.
“The division concluded that the transaction is not likely to substantially lessen competition in the sale of display advertising,” the Justice Department’s antitrust division said in a statement.
Google’s purchase of Admeld is the latest deal in a buying spree of technology and engineering talent to bolster initiatives outside its Internet search business, from social networking to mobile advertising.
Google has made 57 acquisitions so far in 2011. It has declined to put a dollar value on the purchases of the companies, most of which were tiny.
The Justice Department is also reviewing Google’s planned $12.5 billion acquisition of Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc.
Google in general faces increasing regulatory scrutiny. The U.S. Federal Trade Commission and the European Union are both investigating Google’s business practices. The company faces accusations it uses its clout in the search market to beat rivals as it moves into related businesses.
New York-based Admeld provides technology that allows Web publishers to sell display ads as quickly as Web surfers visit different pages on a site.
Several companies offer different technologies that, working together, allow instant bidding for ads, including advertising exchanges such as Google’s DoubleClick and Yahoo Inc’s Right Media.
The Justice Department said Web publishers’ reliance on multiple display advertising platforms reduced the risk of the market tipping to a single dominant platform.
Recent entrants to the display advertising industry also factored into the Justice Department’s decision to allow Google’s purchase of Admeld.
Four-year-old Admeld counts Discovery Communications, Fox News, Hearst Television, and the Weather Channel among its clients, according to its website. The company’s revenues were around $30 million in 2010, the Justice Department said.
Google did not disclose the financial terms of the deal, although TechCrunch reported that Google paid roughly $400 million, citing anonymous sources.
The vast majority of Google’s revenue, which totaled roughly $29 billion in 2010, comes from small ads that appear alongside its search results. But the company has stepped up efforts to tap into the market for online display ads that feature images and videos.
Google said last year its display advertising business was generating revenue at an annual rate of $2.5 billion.
Reporting by Diane Bartz and Jasmin Melvin in Washington; Editing by Steve Orlofsky


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Producer Jeffrey Seller of Nederlander National Markets and Broadway In Richmond announced today that single tickets for HAMILTON will go on sale to the public Monday, February 6, 2023 at 10 a.m. at www.BroadwayInRichmond.com, in person at the Altria Theater Box Office, or by calling 1-800-514-3849 (ETIX).
Tickets will be available for sixteen performances, Tuesday, April 11 through Sunday, April 23. Altria Theater Box Office is open two hours prior to start time for shows on weekends and open Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. as well as two hours prior to any performance through the start time of the event.
There is a maximum purchase limit of eight tickets per account for the engagement. When tickets go on sale, prices will range from $49 to $169 (plus applicable fees) with a select number of premium seats available from $179 (plus applicable fees) for all performances. Groups of ten or more are available by emailing email@example.com or calling 1-804-592-3401. There will be a lottery for a select number of $10 seats for all performances. Details will be announced closer to the engagement.
Jeffrey Seller notes, “It’s tempting to get tickets any way you can. There are many sites and people who are selling overpriced, and in some cases, fraudulent tickets. For the best seats, the best prices and to eliminate the risk of counterfeit tickets, all purchases for the Richmond engagement should be made through www.BroadwayInRichmond.com.”[Feature photo by Joan Marcus]


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We stumbled across a brilliant piece on line showing which celebrities have envy inducing car collections.
Lewis Hamilton's collection, which includes a 1967 Ford Mustang, a Ferrari and a Pagani Zonda, is worth £5million! Perhaps not a surprise from the F1 superstar but how about Rowan Atkinson (yes Mr Bean!) with a collection worth £1.5million!
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Russia is being treated as an equal on the world stage amid Monday's summit between President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin.
"It's going to be a tough year," HBO's new overseer John Stankey told an audience of employees at a recent town hall meeting in New York City.
For those of us who still have to head into work, what does a midweek Fourth of July mean for productivity?
Here & Now's Peter O'Dowd looks at whether device companies are actually helping reduce technology addiction with Derek Thompson of The Atlantic.
Amazon could soon become the first trillion-dollar company in American history, and has its hands in much more than just online shopping.
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin told Fox News on Sunday that the U.S. was "putting the trade war on hold" with China.
President Trump vowed to work with Chinese President Xi to help the Chinese telecom company ZTE "get back into business."
The Atlantic's Derek Thompson says people should support the teams and players they like, no matter where they live.
T-Mobile's CEO says it would bring about broader services, lower prices and higher speeds. But consumer advocates worry it could have the opposite effect.
Netflix is considering buying some movie theaters, even though the streaming company has turned the movie business on its head.
Mark Zuckerberg is expected to face tough questions about data privacy, political advertising and his company's role in election interference.
The country's biggest owner of local television stations is under fire for making its news anchors read a scripted promo echoing conservative rhetoric about media bias.
A number of Facebook users discovered over the weekend that the company has been collecting text message and phone call data from their Android devices.
The U.K.-based data company used data from 50 million Facebook accounts to help influence the 2016 election.
More than two months after Republicans passed a $1.5 trillion tax cut, a handful of issues have come up with the way the law was written.
President Trump's proposed tariffs on steel and aluminum could have a big impact on how much you pay for beer, cars and other goods that use those materials.
Airlines, rental car companies and a bank have cut ties with the National Rifle Association by ending benefits for NRA members.
There's actually a lot of agreement on the issue if you look at public opinion, The Atlantic's Derek Thompson writes.
One moment from Sunday night's Grammy Awards is drawing criticism from the Trump administration.
The new flavors go on sale this week as Coca-Cola tries to attract young people and former customers to the brand.


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Untold 4-7 August 2022. First 10,000 passes Sold Out
It’s official: UNTOLD 2022 will take place from 4-7 August 2022 and the first 10,000 passes for the seventh edition are sold out.
Initially, organisers had prepared 5,000 passes for the first round of sales, but tens of thousands of fans have registered and are eagerly waiting to purchase their entry to the magical land in Cluj-Napoca next year. Because demand was so high, at 2pm when sales kicked off, festival organisers added to the number of passes. 10,000 fans are now happy to be part of the UNTOLD 2022 magic. A new round of passes will go on sale soon on Untold.com.


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(March 20, 2015) Spectacular art performances will be held to mark the forthcoming Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU-132), which will begin in Ha Noi on March 28, the Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism has announced.
(March 20, 2015) (TITC) – Hue Traditional Craft Festival 2015 themed “Quintessence of Vietnamese Craft” will take place from April 29 – May 3, 2015 with various attractive activities. It is the sixth time, the Festival has been organized aiming to gather and honor artisans and famous craft villages in Thua Thien Hue and nationwide.
(March 20, 2015) Travel agents, tour operators and hotels from 24 nations and territories will showcase their products and services at 141 booths during the 2015 Viet Nam International Travel Mart (VITM), scheduled for April 3-6 in Ha Noi.
(March 19, 2015) According to the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, the forth international puppetry festival will take place in Ha Noi from October 10th to 16th this year with the participation of 15 delegations from different countries.
(March 19, 2015) A photography contest themed ‘2015 National Tourism Year – Thanh Hoa’ was officially launched on March 18 in the central province of Thanh Hoa for professional and amateur photographers across the country.


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Chevron makes big North Sea strike
ONE of the biggest North Sea oil discoveries in recent years has been announced by US giant Chevron Texaco. It said it had made a 'significant oil and gas discovery' at the offshore Rosebank/Lochnagar well off the coast of Shetland.
Alex Salmond, leader of the Scottish National Party and a former oil economist with Royal Bank of Scotland, claimed that the new field could hold the equivalent of 500m barrels of oil.
He said: 'This is a significant new discovery and certainly a big find. It supports suggestions that there are still 50bn barrels there in the North Sea to be developed.'
Gary Luquette, president of Chevron's European oil operations, said: 'We are extremely encouraged by the well results. This is an exciting opportunity.'
Chevron owns 40% of the block while the State-owned oil companies of Norway, Denmark and Austria hold 30%, 20% and 10% respectively.
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Kenya Airways (KQ) has suspended its ticket sales to Malawi due to challenges in repatriating funds from the East African country.
KQ said in a statement released on December 16, 2022, that the suspension will only affect reservations made in Malawi and that travelers are still able to book and buy tickets through its website. However, the airline also warned that failure to repatriate the funds would lead to the suspension of its operations in Malawi.
“KQ has, throughout the year, actively engaged Malawi authorities to find a solution for the repatriation of significant amount of its blocked funds,” the airline explained.
“However, KQ has found it challenging to meet its operational costs and maintain the commercial viability of its operations in Malawi,” the airline added.
While Kenya Airways stated that it intended to continue operations in Malawi, which commenced in 1977, the airline also called on the Malawian government to put “mechanisms” in place to avoid the accumulation of trapped ticket revenues.
Trapped ticket revenue sales in Africa
Throughout 2022, airlines operating to some African countries have either threatened to or have halted operations due to trapped ticket sales revenues. This includes Gulf carrier Emirates, which suspended operations to Nigeria in early November 2022 over issues in repatriating ticket revenues from the country.
International Air Transport Association (IATA) regional vice president for Africa and the Middle East, Kamil Ala Wadhi revealed that up to $1.1 billion in ticket sales revenue was estimated to be trapped in Africa, according to a report by Nigeria’s The Will.
In the report, Wadhi said that Nigeria accounted for an estimate of $550 million in trapped revenues despite an intervention by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to release up to $425 million.


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(12:30 p.m. EDT) -- It's the cruise news we've all been waiting for: In a letter sent to the cruise industry Wednesday night, the CDC said cruising could restart from the U.S. as early as mid-July.
Cruise Critic's Managing Editor Chris Gray Faust dives into the details -- and reveals what these conditions could mean for cruise lines -- as the industry prepares for a U.S. restart.
Hello cruisers! Well this week has the news that we've all been waiting for. The CDC has issued more guidance to the cruise lines that could allow cruising to resume from the United States as early as mid July.
Don't pack your bags yet. It's not that simple and there are a still lot of questions with the CDC's current guidance. Here's what they are telling the cruise lines:
Passengers who may be exposed to or contact COVID-19 will follow the same quarantine procedures as other people. this means a local passenger might be able to drive home or someone from out of town could quarantine in a hotel.
We're still waiting to hear what the cruise lines have to say about this. Some will be able to comply with these guidelines better than others.
Still after more than a year with cruise ships being banned in the US,the idea of sailing from an American port is super exciting!
What do you think? Drop us a comment and let us know, and share this video with a friend. As always, smash that like button -- with extra gusto this week. Until next time; happy sailing!


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Globalization was thought to be the death-knell to the American manufacturing industry. Manufacturing plants, companies and – ultimately jobs – were exported to emerging and low-cost markets like India, China and other countries. For a while, it seemed that manufacturing jobs were gone forever.
However, manufacturing in the U.S. is not gone, it has just been transformed. While many low-skill manufacturing jobs have been exported overseas, high-skill (and high-paying) jobs remained. This is evidenced by the fact that major manufacturers like Honda built some of their most innovative and productive plants right here in the U.S., and they relied on U.S. manufacturing professionals to lead the way.
In addition, many companies are beginning to insource, or re-shore, their manufacturing efforts. That’s because the wage gap between American salaries and international salaries is diminishing by the day. In addition, American workers have been proven to be substantially more productive than their counterparts across the world, and leaner organizations looking to improve efficiencies need American workers to make it happen.
As a result, the manufacturing industry today supports an estimated 17.4 million jobs in the country, and the unemployment rate was 5.2 percent as of April 2014 – 1.1 percentage points lower than the average for all other industries.
There is a job for you.
Opportunities are out there, but require a higher level of knowledge and tangible skills than ever before. To compete in the global manufacturing job market, you need to be able to sell yourself as someone who understands the fast-changing dynamics of the industry, how to increase productivity, adapt to technology and solve problems creatively.
For more insights on today’s manufacturing sector, be sure to speak with your local Adecco representative.
Manufacturers and automakers have the opportunity to completely transform their workforce.


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A big brewery made a takeover offer for London craft beer producer Camden Town Brewery during its recent crowdfunding campaign, according to sources close to the company.
A beer company with a global footprint was reportedly interested in Camden's brand and was willing to pay above the £75 million ($116 million) Camden Town was valued at in its crowdfunding round, according to our source.
Our source didn't name the global beer company but said it owned a portfolio of brands around the world. That leaves just a small list of possible candidates such as SABMiller, which makes Peroni and Fosters, Stella Artois owner ABInBev, Heineken and Carlsberg.
Camden Town Brewery was reportedly uninterested in the offer, according to our source, with founder Jasper Cuppaidge keen to build an independent company. Camden Town Brewery declined to comment.
It's no surprise the world's largest beer companies are interested in Camden's brand. Camden Town is a staple in many trendy pubs across the UK and is know for its Camden Hells lager, its Camden Pale ale and its Belgian-style beer Gentleman's Wit.
The North London brewery raised £2.8 million ($4.3 million) in May through a crowdfunding campaign on platform Crowdcube, which surpassed its original target of £1.5 million ($2.32 million). It was this fund raising drive that attracted the offer.
Camden Town recently sold a 20% chunk of the business to an unnamed Belgian industrial family for £10 million ($15.47 million). That deal cut Camden Town's value to £50 million ($77 million), down from the £75 million it valued itself at in its crowdfunding campaign. The business is putting the funding towards building a second brewery in Enfield, North London.
Craft beer is booming in cities across the UK and Europe, as shown by the graph below.
As a result of the accelerating sales, craft breweries are attracting increased attention from the handful of global brewing conglomerates that dominate the beer market.
£56 billion ($86.6 billion) beer giant SABMiller, which makes the Fosters, Peroni and Grolsch, bought small London craft beer maker Meantime last month.


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A study released yesterday found that there is a direct correlation between multiple exposures to banner ads and an increase in brand awareness.
Diameter, the audience measurement and analysis division of DoubleClick Inc., conducted the Make-A-Wish Frequency Study for the Make-A-Wish Foundation, a Phoenix-based nonprofit that grants the wishes of children with life-threatening diseases.
Results of the study showed that advertising awareness of the Make-A-Wish banner ad rose 51 percent after five exposures to the banner from an initial awareness level of 16 percent to 25 percent. More than five exposures to the banner, the study noted, had no measurable effect on advertising awareness, suggesting that marketers looking to increase advertising awareness should cap their ads' frequency at that level.
For marketers looking to increase brand awareness, the study found an increase of 50 percent after eight exposures to the Make-A-Wish Foundation's ad. Also, element recall increased 126 percent after eight exposures, the study said.
“Through the Make-A-Wish Frequency Study, we were able to demonstrate conclusively the extent to which the Web is an effective vehicle for branding,” said Doug Knopper, vice president and general manager at Diameter.
Knopper said that when participants were asked what they remembered about the ad they just saw, the tag line “All she wants this holiday season is Hope,” which had an initial awareness of 4.2 percent, rose to 9.5 percent after five exposures. Advertising recall increased to 47.1 percent after eight exposures to the banner, from 22.8 percent after the initial exposure.
“The sophisticated methodology illustrated for us exactly what role each element, specifically logo, image and message, plays in creating an impression on our audience,” noted Paula Van Ness, president/CEO of the Make-A-Wish Foundation of America.
The Make-A-Wish Frequency Study was evaluated using Diameter's campaign evaluation system and DoubleClick's DART ad serving technology. Diameter said users were exposed to the Make-A-Wish banner ads a predetermined number of times and were segmented into four groups based on levels of exposure to the Make-A-Wish banner ad.


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Research In Motion Ltd (NASDAQ:BBRY)’s major launch of its radically improved operating system, Blackberry 10, is a pivotal moment for the company, formerly known as Research in Motion. The market has been anticipating this announcement, and since the start of the year share prices have taken a bumpy trip as they have risen over 30%. Is there still room for new investors? Compared to just a few years ago, when enterprise-provided Blackberries dominated the mobile market and share prices were several times their present value, it seems like there could be a plenty of room. And, despite the company’s well-known recent problems with profitability, it still is financially healthy, with no long-term debt.
When CEO Thorsten Heins took the reins a year ago, he said he wanted to pay more attention to the consumer market. So, in addition to rolling out their new operating system, they’re also releasing two new handsets. Furthermore, Blackberry has been aggressively courting developers, wisely recognizing that apps from private developers play an important role in whether or not consumers choose their product. CNET recently described this push: close to 10,000 developers have been involved in programming jam sessions across more than 40 countries. The company has nurtured developers by distributing thousands of playbooks and the new Z10 and Q10 phones to developers. In addition, they have committed to pay successful developers (who have earned at least $1,000) a minimum of $10,000 per year. While companies are increasingly recognizing how important individual contributors are to their company’s success, Blackberry’s efforts are noteworthy and should pay off handsomely.
In addition to the tens of thousands of apps that have been developed for the release, Blackberry has also announced partnerships for content from big names like Walt Disney, Sony Pictures, Universal Music Group, and Warner Music Group. All of this will be marketed with a Super Bowl commercial and a social media blitz. Nonetheless, there is still hefty competition from both Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG)’s Android phones and iPhones from Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL), who each are expected to exceed a million apps sometime in 2013.
Will this push towards the consumer market pay off? The marketplace is fickle. Android phones currently dominate the market with a share well over 60%. iPhones follow with close to 20% of market share. However, consumers (and investors) have been disappointed by the iPhone 5 from Apple, and this creates room for competition. Blackberry’s 80 million subscribers represent only a few percentage points of the global market. There certainly is an opportunity for them to significantly increase their revenue from mobile devices if only a small fraction of iOS and Android consumers make the switch to the new products. However, to capture these consumers Blackberry will need to demonstrate that their product compares favorably to not only Androids and iPhones, but also to the up-and-coming Windows phone from Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT). Preliminary reports from the UK, where the new phones have been available since Jan. 31, and from Canada, where the phones became available Feb. 5, have been encouraging. However, first adapter numbers do not necessarily point towards shifts in market share. Investors should watch, over the coming weeks, how consumers respond to these new devices.