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Having an anti-virus application on PCs is pretty much a given. Not many people would venture around the Internet without some kind of digital protection installed on their computer. Why then do those same people have no qualms about traversing the Internet using their unprotected smartphone or tablet?
Or what about those who religiously load anti-malware apps on their tablets and smartphones, only to realize the app isn't catching anything? Especially when those apps drain precious battery hours.
A Perfect Storm
A perfect storm may be brewing in malware as several conditions come together in the mobile-computing world. Gartner predicts that the number of Android phones sold will approach one billion in 2014. That captures the bad guys’ attention as their return on investment improves. Couple that with the fact that most mobile-device owners feel anti-malware apps are a waste of time, and it becomes easy to see why malware's on the rise.
The rapidly increasing number of Android smartphones coupled with significant user apathy are not the only things contributing to Android’s perfect storm. Those who pay attention to active mobile-device malware have noticed malware developers are focusing a lion’s share of their attention on the Android operating system. F-Secure's Mobile Threat Report Q1 2014 mentions that researchers found 275 new threats targeting Android mobile devices, compared to just one for iOS and one for Symbian.
The F-Secure report also adds validity to the contention that bad guys are looking to improve their return on investment. Almost 90 percent of the 275 threats against Android mobile devices included a method for attackers to make money off their victims. One example included sending SMS messages at a premium rate – unbeknownst to the mobile device’s owner, of course. Then there's Android ransomware such as Koler, which demands $300 to unlock a victim’s mobile device. (Learn more in PowerLocker: How Hackers Can Hold Your Files for Ransom.)
Why Anti-Malware Might Be in Order
A big reason Android device owners skip using an anti-malware app is that Google, in creating Android, introduced several features that reduce the attack surface visible to malware. However, that does not help when the attack involves social engineering. This is where anti-malware applications come into play. For example, within days of learning of Koler, all of the major mobile anti-malware products were detecting it, and if need be, informing owners to delete the offending application containing Koler.
Which Product to Use?
Which product is a good question. There is a dizzying array of free and paid Android anti-malware products on the market, and each vendor is adamant that its product is the best. Fortunately, there are independent test labs that help interested parties make an informed decision. These labs capture copies of Android malware in the wild, run tests using the captured malware against the Android anti-malware products, and publish how well the applications protect plus any issues they find.
One such test lab is AV-Test GmbH. I had a chance to talk to Andreas Marx, CEO of AV-Test GmbH, about the company. According to Marx, "AV-Test GmbH focuses on the detection and analysis of the latest malicious software and its use in comprehensive comparative testing of security products."
One of the byproducts of AV-Test’s research is a quarterly report that publishes the test results for many of the major Android anti-malware applications.
And what about free versions? I asked Marx if there was any real difference between the free versions and purchased. Marx said that when it came down to detecting Android malware, there wasn’t. But the purchased versions may interest people because of added features such as locating the device, and having the ability to lock the mobile device if it is stolen.


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Amazon says email to employees banning TikTok was a mistake (Update)
Roughly five hours after an internal email went out Friday to Amazon employees telling them to delete the popular video app TikTok from their phones, the online retailing giant appeared to backtrack, calling the ban a mistake.
"This morning's email to some of our employees was sent in error," Amazon emailed reporters just before 5 p.m. Eastern time. "There is no change to our policies right now with regard to TikTok."
Company spokeswoman Jaci Anderson declined to answer questions about what caused the confounding turnaround or error.
The initial internal email, which was disseminated widely online, told employees to delete TikTok, a video app increasingly popular with young people but also the focus of intensifying national-security and geopolitical concerns because of its Chinese ownership. The email cited the app's "security risks."
An Amazon employee who confirmed receipt of the initial email but was not authorized to speak publicly had not seen a retraction at the time of Amazon's backtrack.
Amazon is the second-largest U.S. private employer after Walmart. Moving against TikTok could have escalated pressure on the app in a big way, particularly if other companies did the same. The U.S. military already bans TikTok on employee phones and the company is subject to a national-security review of its merger history.
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said this week that the government was "certainly looking" at banning the app, setting off confused and irritated posts as well as jokes by TikTok users.
Chinese internet company ByteDance owns TikTok, which is designed for users outside of China; it also makes a Chinese version called Douyin. Like YouTube, TikTok relies on its users for the videos that populate its app. It has a reputation for fun, goofy videos and is popular with young people, including millions of Americans.
But critics have cited concerns, including the possibility of TikTok censoring videos, such as those critical of the Chinese government, sharing user data with Chinese officials, and violating kids' privacy. TikTok has said it doesn't censor videos based on topics sensitive to China and it would not give the Chinese government access to U.S. user data even if asked.
TikTok said earlier in the day that Amazon did not notify it before sending the initial email around midday Eastern time Friday. That email read, "The TikTok app is no longer permitted on mobile devices that access Amazon email." To retain mobile access to company email, employees had to delete the TikTok app by the end of the day.
"We still do not understand their concerns," TikTok said at the time, adding that the company would welcome a dialogue to address Amazon's issues. A TikTok spokeswoman declined to comment further Friday evening.
TikTok has been trying to appease critics in the U.S. and distance itself from its Chinese roots, but finds itself caught in an increasingly sticky geopolitical web.
It recently named a new CEO, former Disney executive Kevin Mayer, a move experts said could help it navigate U.S. regulators. And it is stopping operations in Hong Kong because of a new Chinese national security law that led Facebook, Google and Twitter to also stop providing user data to Hong Kong authorities.
Pompeo said the U.S. government remains concerned about TikTok and referred to the administration's crackdown on Chinese telecom firms Huawei and ZTE. Washington has tried to convince allies to root Huawei out of telecom networks with mixed success. President Donald Trump has also said he is willing to use Huawei as a bargaining chip in trade talks. Huawei has denied that it enables spying by the Chinese government.
A U.S. national-security agency has been reviewing ByteDance's purchase of TikTok's precursor, Musical.ly. Meanwhile, privacy groups say TikTok has been violating children's privacy, even after the Federal Trade Commission fined the company in 2019 for collecting personal information from children without their parents' consent. Concerns aren't limited to the U.S. India this month banned dozens of Chinese apps, including TikTok, citing privacy concerns, amid tensions between the countries.
Amazon may have been concerned about a Chinese-owned app's access to employee data because the U.S. government says China regularly steals U.S. intellectual property, said Susan Ariel Aaronson, a professor at George Washington University and a data governance and national-security expert.
Part of Amazon's motivation with the ban, now apparently reversed, may also have been political, Aaronson said, since Amazon "doesn't want to alienate the Trump administration."
Seattle-based Amazon and its founder, Jeff Bezos, are frequent targets of Trump. Bezos personally owns The Washington Post, which Trump has called "fake news." Last year, Amazon sued the U.S. government, saying that Trump's "personal vendetta" against Amazon, Bezos and the Post led it to lose a $10 billion cloud computing contract with the Pentagon to rival Microsoft. Meanwhile, federal regulators as well as Congress are pursuing antitrust investigations at Amazon as well as other tech giants.
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By Jennifer Martinez - 07/17/12 11:54 AM EDT
EU regulators have opened an investigation into whether Microsoft is complying with an earlier ruling that required the company to offer users a choice of Web browsers, Reuters reports.
Apple's next version of the iPhone will have a thinner screen, according to The Wall Street Journal.
Google-owned Motorola Mobility is working to ensure its Android phones will still be imported into the United States after some were found to infringe on a patent held by Microsoft, Bloomberg reports.
Yahoo's second-quarter earnings call on Tuesday will provide a glimpse into the business challenges facing new chief executive Marissa Mayer, according to the AP.
Universal Music Group will offer to sell three music labels belonging to EMI in a bid to assuage EU competition concerns about its proposed $1.9 billion deal for the British recording company, Reuters says.


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DHS May Turn To Body Scanners That Store Biometrics
Devices ultimately intended to be used to control access to shopping malls, banks and even apartment blocks in frightening new Minority Report-style surveillance grid
Paul Joseph Watson & Kurt Nimmo
Friday, November 12, 2010
TSA and Homeland Security authorities may be preparing a body scanner bait and switch, by proposing new devices that advocates claim do not see under clothing and do not emit dangerous radiation, yet do store a biometric record of the person using them which would grease the skids for authorities to track individuals in real time.


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In preparation for upfront negotiations, Disney says it plans to offer combined viewing guarantees for TV and online across ABC, ABC Family and ESPN. The networks are adopting the Nielsen Online Campaign Ratings system to measure viewing across both television and online sites, and will base all sales on estimates of what total viewing will be on all those platforms.
Adam Gerber, VP/sales development and marketing for ABC, said the company gave combined viewing guarantees to some advertisers in last year’s upfront but expected “a much more robust demand for those kinds of deals” this year.
TV networks already guarantee advertisers that they will deliver a certain numbers of viewers in specific demos. When viewing falls short of those numbers, the networks provide free make-goods in spot inventory. But online viewing has lacked a service that could provide similar information for video streamed online.
“We are seeing a rapidly growing demand for cross-platform deals,” Gerber told The NY Times.
Specifically, ABC, ABC Family and ESPN are using Nielsen Online Campaign Ratings audience composition data in conjunction with total delivered impression counts from ad servers to calculate viewer demographics. Known as “ABC Unified”, the solution gives marketers the ability to easily buy content across TV, computers, tablets and phones with a single demographic audience guarantee. ESPN will employ the service for select clients.
Nielsen Online Campaign Ratings audience figures are reported daily and the amount of time the ad is up online is up to the networks and their advertisers.
The multi-business unit commitment follows more than six months of extensive testing of Nielsen Online Campaign Ratings and is based on the solution’s Media Rating Council accreditation, unique methodology, expansive samples and evolving measurement capabilities.
“Measuring online and on-demand video audiences is complex, and finding an approach that balances the existing TV business and emerging ‘screen agnostic’ world is increasingly important,” said Geri Wang, ABC President of Sales. “Viewers are watching increasing amounts of our content on more screens, and we have to manage that across a variety of technology platforms, operating systems and distribution relationships while also accommodating the transition to dynamic ad impression delivery. Nielsen Online Campaign Ratings is a good first step at addressing the new realities of our business—it helps our clients better understand the audience value of online video, and gives us a more accountable way to package and deliver advertising value across platform.”
As part of the relationship, ABC, ABC Family and ESPN are working with Nielsen to inform the next generation of Nielsen Online Campaign Ratings. Specifically, they are addressing the unique challenges related to demographic-based online inventory forecasting, impression allocation and cross-platform audience measurement.
“Disney and ESPN are regularly at the forefront of innovation, pushing the boundaries of understanding consumers and getting those insights into the hands of their advertisers,” said Steve Hasker, President, Global Product Leadership, Nielsen. “We look forward to enhancing their strategy with high-quality, comparable data across screens.”
Last year, ABC and Nielsen announced work to develop a custom tablet measurement panel and consumer insights connecting media exposure with purchase behavior.


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CBD Nomad is a small Black-owned business that harnesses the power of CBD through organic skincare.
Siyad chatted with In The Know about the importance of people of color finding their place in the hemp industry — despite the obstacles and stigma.
“My husband is an herbalist and he is actually the one who developed the CBD clay masks and the turmeric masks that I would always use for my skin,” Siyad told In The Know.
One day, Jeylani suggested they start mass producing and selling the products they had long been using and their company was born.
“Because of COVID-19, we couldn’t have a wedding,” she said. “So we took the savings we had and put it towards this business endeavor we’ve been dreaming of.”
CBD is short for cannabidiol, it’s the second most active ingredient in cannabis after THC, which is the element that gets you “high” or causes psychoactive effects. CBD, on the other hand, cannot get you high — instead, it’s commonly used for its calming properties.
The kind of CBD you purchase legally at stores is derived from hemp plants, which are in the same family as the marijuana plant. CBD is typically the major component of medical marijuana, as it has no psychoactive or addictive effects and isn’t linked to any health issues.
“CBD offers a lot of antioxidants and anti-inflammatory benefits, which can be very beneficial in treating skin concerns like inflammation, acne and dryness,” Siyad explained.
CBD is also said to be effective in treating childhood epilepsy syndromes, chronic pain, arthritis, anxiety and sleep disorders. With it being mostly decriminalized (with varying restrictions and exceptions) in all 50 states, it’s no surprise there’s an upswing in CBD products on the market.
But for a Black couple trying to make it in an industry selling CBD, when Black people have long been stigmatized and unequivocally arrested and jailed for cannabis use, it wasn’t always smooth sailing.
“We come across so many roadblocks and I can understand why not a lot of marginalized communities are in this industry, even though it’s a billion-dollar industry and it’s increasing as we speak,” Siyad said.
The co-founder expressed that it was “disheartening” to not see people who look like her making videos and sharing stories about CBD, the way the couple often does on TikTok.
“I wanna see more Black and Brown folks in these spaces,” Siyad said. “I know just the negative stigma that comes from hemp and Black and Brown folks is something that a lot of our people are incarcerated for.”
The CBD market is one of the fastest-growing industries in the world and is valued at $2.8 billion globally. In the U.S., only 4 percent of cannabis businesses are owned by Black people and Black people are still four times more likely to be arrested for possession than white people.
This context further shows how incredible it is that Siyad and Jeylani broke through. CBD is a land of growth and opportunity, but Black people are still largely underrepresented.
“But there’s also the positive side of it,” she added. “The health benefits and also the lucrative bonus that could really help our communities.”
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Vietnam expects record breaking fruit & veg exports, forecast at $3.6B
Vietnam vegetable and fruit export revenue is hoped to hit a new record of 3.6 billion USD in 2017, with bumper crops forecast for the rest of the year.
As of September 15, exports of the products hit 2.49 billion USD, up 46.7 percent from the same period last year, faster growth than the country’s overall export growth.
Last year, vegetable and fruits ranked 14th out of 24 products with export revenue of over 1 billion USD.
Currently, Vietnam has about 820,000 hectares of fruit farms, including 92,000 hectares of rambutan, 86,000 hectares of citrus fruit trees, 84,000 hectares of mango, 73,000 hectares of longan and 1,000 hectares of grape farms.
Output of longan this year is forecast to reach 512,000 tonnes, while that of citrus fruits is 741,000 tonnes, rabutan 721,000 tonnes and mango 702,000 tonnes.
In the first eight months of this year, Vietnamese fruits were sold in 14 foreign markets with leading ones including China, Japan, the US, the Republic of Korea, the Netherlands, Malaysia and Thailand.
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‘China is one of India’s top importers of medicinal herbs’: Piyush Goyal in Lok Sabha
The past three years export data was presented in the Lok Sabha by minister of commerce and industry, Piyush Goyal, on Wednesday, and apart from China, the Indian government also is a big exporter to countries such as United States of America (USD 102.89), Germany (USD 34.07), and Vietnam (USD 26.76).Updated: Dec 04, 2019 22:29 IST
The export of medicinal herbs to China has increased from USD 5.4 million in 2016-17 to USD 13.4 million in 2018-19, making China one of the top five countries to which India majorly exports medicinal plants and plant products.
The past three years export data was presented in the Lok Sabha by minister of commerce and industry, Piyush Goyal, on Wednesday, and apart from China, the Indian government also is a big exporter to countries such as United States of America (USD 102.89), Germany (USD 34.07), and Vietnam (USD 26.76). In all, India exports medicinal herbs to 164 countries.
There are about 8,000 medicinal plants that can be used in making herbal medicines.
Over the years the government has taken several measures in order to promote India’s exports and to create export avenues for farmers opting for the cultivation of herbs and medicinal plants.
“The Department of Commerce has set up Export Promotion Councils for promoting exports of various product groups / sectors… The export promotion of several Herbal Products has been assigned to Pharmaceuticals Export Promotion Council, besides others. These EPCs facilitate the exporting community and undertake various measures for promotion of export of their products,” Goyal said in Parliament.
“Merchandise Exports from India Scheme (MEIS) provides incentives to the exporting community for specified goods so as to offset infrastructural inefficiencies and the associated costs of exporting products produced in India, giving special emphasis to those which are of India’s export interest and have the capability to generate employment and enhance India’s competitiveness in the world market,” he added.
With the number of export agreements in the field increasing, the ministry of Ayush (Ayurveda, Yoga & Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha, Sowa Rigpa and Homoeopathy) has also been focussing on quality control.
Through its Quality Certification programmes such as Ayush mark and Premium mark it is also assisting the industry in setting up of quality standards. The ministry has been signing Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) with countries for promotion of traditional medicines to help exports in the long run.
“India’s total worth of exports of Ayush products is growing and currently stands at about USD 500,” said an Ayush ministry official, requesting anonymity. However, to meet the growing demand of Ayush products, there is also a need to ensure conservation of medicinal plants as a recent Botanical Survey of India (BSI) report revealed that out of 8,000 medicinal plants, 53 species were under critically endangered, endangered and vulnerable categories.
“The National Medicinal Plants Board under Ayush ministry has created herbal gardens, primarily focusing on the endangered species, and go in for research and development. Incentives are being offered to farmers for cultivation that should help,” the official added.


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Preparing for a Leisure Travel Surge as Hotels Reopen
by Jessica Ruane, on May 4, 2021 10:49:57 AM
Ready, set, GO! On April 2nd, the CDC made an exciting announcement—they gave the green light for fully vaccinated people to resume travel. After more than a year of living under mandatory lockdowns and travel restrictions, the public is chomping at the bit to get away from the four walls they’ve been staring at and book a vacation. As hotels reopen, there is a dramatic increase in bookings with many properties already sold out for the summer travel season. It’s a welcome rush, but hotels can better prepare for the upcoming travel spike with the right digital tools.
Employment and Travel Changes
After ten straight years of solid growth, hospitality took a major hit in 2020. Employment levels dropped by 23% as 4,000,000 people lost their jobs, more than any other industry. Leisure travel flights plummeted 63%. Now, there are strong signs of recovery as restrictions lift, infection rates go down, and more people get vaccinated. Airlines are seeing a near vertical spike in ticket sales and hotel bookings in the U.S. have tripled in the past two months.
As hotels reopen, there is also an accelerated pace of digital adoption rates. For example, mobile device usage increased by 70% this past year. Hoteliers should leverage these trends to get ready for the wave of leisure travelers coming their way.
Here are three top tips for welcoming back guests and getting back to business.
Use Mobile Technology To Attract Talent and Retrain Workers
As the recovery begins, the competition for workers is going to be fierce. Rooms in Miami are already booking up, but hotels are experiencing a labor shortage as they try to staff up all at once. Companies need to find a mobile-first communication tool to digitally enable their frontline employees who are the backbone of the industry. For starters, connecting workers to the company and one another is a good morale booster. But there are operational advantages that will help hotels hire employees.
Give your company a competitive advantage for attracting talent with a mobile communication tool. This next generation of workers are digital natives, born and raised in the smartphone era, and 96% rely on their mobile devices. They’re looking for digitally progressive employers who stay ahead of the technology curve.
A mobile communication platform is also an effective way to retrain your current workers and the ones you’re putting back on payroll after furloughs. No doubt things have changed with how hotels operate. New cleaning and safety protocols will still be in place for the foreseeable future. With a workplace app, employees can access all of the information they need to begin work again in this new normal. From training videos to safety documents, every bit of information they need can be kept in one centralized location for fast and easy access.
Streamline Processes and Centralize Communication
Agility is key to a successful recovery in the new normal. Companies that are more agile operate efficiently with little waste, allowing them to be more resilient and withstand disruptions, like the one the pandemic created.
Being agile is critical in a hotel environment, where fast, efficient customer service is paramount. Frontline employees need to have the ability to communicate with their peers in real-time. But on average, less than 20% of frontline workers can be reached within five minutes. Companies should centralize communication through a cloud-based mobile productivity tool that reaches everyone instantly. This helps workers resolve guest issues on the spot. And with the coming wave of eager guests, it’s essential that hotel staff is ready, willing, and digitally able to provide them with great service.
With a centralized collaboration platform, companies can also digitize and automate time-consuming administrative tasks. (Think of the ease of onboarding when all of that paperwork moves to the cloud and new hires can complete documents online.) It can integrate multiple platforms to streamline workflows and put all applications under one roof. Setting goals for greater efficiency like this is a lean operations management approach to running your hotel. Lean strategies equate to greater agility and a more resilient operation, a solid foundation for any company in this next normal.
Continue to Prioritize Safety
Despite the jump in travel bookings, guests are still hyper-aware that COVID-19 continues to pose a risk. They want a sense of security and peace of mind. In fact, according to the American Hotel and Lodging Association, 62% of hotel guests now put cleaning and safety protocols as their number two priority, up from 38% before the pandemic.
Hotels should leverage emerging technology (e.g., disinfecting robots, digital menus, panic buttons) and digital productivity tools to make sure they adhere to external and internal safety regulations and policies to keep both guests and staff safe. Even a mobile collaboration tool can help create digital safety checklists that employees can easily find and follow. It can also facilitate real-time communication so frontline employees can stay connected with their colleagues without their usual in-person meetings.
People boarding planes and checking into hotels is a welcome sight and a sign that things are heading back to a familiar way of life. Digital tools can help hotels prepare their property, and their employees for the experience guests have been looking forward to for a very long time.
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Edible oil: Cooking oil prices are expected to come down. The central government took big decisions on edible oil. The government has abolished tariffs for two years. Customs duty on soybean and sunflower oil has been abolished. Agriculture and basic tariffs and development cess have also been reduced to zero. The government’s decision took effect at midnight on May 24.
The Ministry of Finance has issued a notification.
According to a notification issued by the Ministry of Finance, 2 million metric tons of crude soybean oil and crude sunflower oil have been imported free of cost in FY 2022-23 and 2023-24. The government says tariffs, agricultural infrastructure and development cess have been abolished. Coking oil imports will be allowed without these taxes.
Inflation will be banned, people will be relieved.
The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) tweeted. That being said, the move will help control inflation. Ordinary people will get relief. India imports 80% of its edible oil demand. Edible oil contributes a lot to inflation. Edible oil prices have risen more than 15% in the last three months.
The central government will allow import of 2 million MT of crude soybean oil and unrefined sunflower seed oil annually after March 31, 2024 at zero rate of duty and agricultural infrastructure and development cess. pic.twitter.com/aSTuHenVqf
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Sugar exports will be limited.
According to media reports, the government may now restrict sugar exports. In the current season 2021-22 (October-September) 7.5 million tons of cycles have been exported. It could be limited to 1 million tons. At present the retail price of sugar per kg. 41.50 per kg. 40-43 per kg in next few months. If exports increase, this price may increase further. Clothing is also included in the measurement of retail inflation. Therefore, the government can exempt cotton imports to control the price of textiles. So that home garment makers can get yarn at a fair price. Two quarters ago, the price of cotton in the local market was 50 to 60 rupees. 55,000 (356 kg) per candy. Which has now reached the rupee. 1.10 lakh per candy.
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Brussels, 28 March 2007
Today the Commission has decided to send a Letter of Formal Notice to Greece for imposing a national ban on imports of fattening lambs and kids from Bulgaria, Romania and Hungary, and from all third countries. As intra-Community trade and rules for imports of animals and animal products are harmonised, such unilateral bans are contrary to EU law.
Under a Decision adopted by the Greek Minister of Agriculture at the beginning of March 2007, Greek veterinary authorities are prohibited from granting import permits for lambs and kids (small goats) intended for fattening which come from third countries or from Romania, Bulgaria and Hungary. This means in effect that lambs or kids are currently not being allowed into Greece from these countries for fattening but only for immediate slaughtering. Moreover, the Greek authorities have introduced a system whereby lambs or kids from any other Member State must be issued with an import permit before they are allowed into Greece. The restrictions have led to serious concerns amongst many Greek operators, who contacted the Commission to complain about substantial financial losses caused as a direct result of this measure.
Under EU legislation (Directive 91/68/EEC), provisions for intra-community trade in live ovine and caprine animals are completely harmonised. This means that, once the conditions laid down in the Directive are satisfied, Member States are not allowed to impose further conditions or any barriers to imports of such animals from other parts of the EU.
With regard to imports from third countries, EU legislation (Directive 2004/68/EC) lays down strict health requirements for any live ungulate animals being imported into or transported through the EU. These are harmonised measures, designed to protect animal health and food safety throughout the EU. Member States may not impose any additional requirements to those provided for under EU legislation, nor can they unilaterally decide to interrupt imports from any third country which has been approved by the Commission for export to the EU.
For the above-mentioned reasons, the Commission is now opening urgent infringement proceedings against Greece.


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Amazon isn’t the only company trying out this type of hawking on an American audience. Instagram allows some influencers to sell products on livestreams through Instagram Shopping. Facebook made similar moves for small businesses this year. TikTok livestreamed a shopping event with Wal-Mart. And both Estée Lauder Companies and L’Oreal Group have hosted streams for some of their beauty brands.
“Everybody is thinking about this,” said Mark Yuan, a co-founder of And Luxe, a livestream e-commerce consultancy company in New York. “But they are rushing to it because of the pandemic. Before they had a choice. Now they have no choice.”
Mr. Yuan and Zoe Zhang started And Luxe to help bring Western brands to China but have recently seen an increase in inquiries from Western companies trying to get into e-commerce livestreaming. So far, Mr. Yuan said, no American company had quite mastered it. According to him, success entails more than just adding a video to the typical e-commerce experience. Instead what’s needed is a mix of content that isn’t tied to shopping but can attract new viewers, limited-time deals and even products exclusive to that livestream. That goes for all of the major tech companies trying to expand an audience.
“If they want to become an e-commerce livestream marketplace,” Mr. Yuan said, “they will have to change a lot.”
Although e-commerce livestreams are still a niche enterprise in the United States, they are big business in China, where they drive about 9 percent, or $63 billion, of the country’s online market. Kim Kardashian West went on a popular Chinese influencer’s stream and sold out her perfume stock within minutes after 13 million people tuned in. At least one Chinese college offers e-commerce livestreaming as a degree. Chinese retailers have also innovated during the pandemic lockdowns, with more streams focused on one-on-one consultations and store walk-throughs.
But the pandemic seems to be enticing more people to test out Amazon Live while they are stuck at home and looking for new ways to connect. Felicia Jones, an influencer in North Carolina focused on beauty and home décor, said Amazon reached out last year to ask her to join the Live program. She was getting out of the shower one day in November and planned to use a bunch of hair products she had gotten off Amazon when she decided to try out a stream for the first time. Figuring out the app took a few minutes, and she found herself talking to an audience that eventually reached 1,500 people. Now she tries to stream on Amazon regularly.
“If I don’t stream every day, I’m thinking about streaming every day,” Ms. Jones said.
According to the analytics Amazon sends her, Ms. Jones said, her livestream usually gets anywhere from 1,000 to 10,000 viewers, although concurrent viewers can top out in the hundreds. It’s successful enough that she has reached A-list, an internal status that gets her benefits like better video placement and more priority when it comes to support issues.


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Intel and three other tech companies, accused of conspiring to prevent the poaching of each other's employees, have reached a new settlement with the workers.
Microsoft has retired the browser choice screen it agreed to show new Windows users in the European Union as part of an antitrust settlement.
Hotel reservation site Booking.com has offered to settle antitrust cases brought against it in Sweden, France and Italy, and on Monday antitrust authorities invited hotels to give their views on the settlement.
The past is coming back to haunt Apple, as a nearly 10-year-old class-action antitrust lawsuit accusing the company of trying to monopolize online music distribution is headed to trial.
U.S. lawmakers want their counterparts in the European Parliament to back away from a resolution that would split up Google by separating search engines from other online services.
Members of the European Parliament are readying a motion calling for the break-up of Google, by separating its search engine functionality from other commercial services, according to news reports.
To get up to speed with the Google antitrust investigation, the EU's new antitrust Commissioner wants to talk to parties that are directly affected by the case.
A former employee of Oracle has sued the company for allegedly conspiring with Google to prevent poaching of certain categories of managers from each other, in a bid to keep salaries low.
Google considers Amazon.com as its biggest search competitor, ahead of traditional rivals like Yahoo and Bing, as people looking to buy something are more likely to search on the online retailer's website.
A European Commission investigation into whether telecom operators were throttling Internet traffic in order to gain an unfair advantage over rivals has turned up no smoking guns, but one of the companies that prompted the probe isn't happy with the ...
Facebook's US$19 billion bid for WhatsApp won the approval of European Union competition regulator on Friday.
Google has to improve its settlement terms in an antitrust investigation over its search practices or face charges, following opposition from some quarters to the deal, the European Commission's competition chief Joaquin Almunia said Tuesday.
Qualcomm is being urged by a top Chinese regulator to make money in the country in tandem with its local partners.
A European antitrust probe into Google's search practices will be extended through October, into the term of the next European Commission, a Commissions spokesman said.
Apparently affected by the strong blowback to its proposed settlement with Google over antitrust concerns, the European Commission is planning to seek more concessions than the company has granted to date.
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Sales of optical networking equipment waned for the first time in nearly two years during 1Q12, while a decline in spending wiped out gains made in 2011, Ovum claims.
The research firm states global revenues fell 9% year-on-year during the quarter and annualized spending by $300 million (€234 million). The Europe, Middle East and Africa region was hit hardest, with sales down 15% year-on-year, which Ovum notes is the largest decline in two years. While sales in North America also fell – down 8% year-on-year -, the region was the best performer of those analyzed.
Ovum also claims that sales in China and Europe suffered above average quarter-on-quarter declines in the opening three months of the year, resulting in Huawei posting its worst quarterly revenues since 3Q07, and Alcatel-Lucent its poorest since 2005.
However, Infrastructure practice leader Dana Cooperson says the figures are more a cause for concern than outright alarm. “While 1Q sales are typically lower than 4Q sales, actual spending last year overshot our $14.9 billion forecast when results in Asia Pacific and Europe were less negative than we predicted,” she notes.
The better-than-expected performance in 2011 leads Cooperson to believe the weakness predicted was carried through to 1Q12. “Also, 4Q/1Q market seasonality is becoming more pronounced as spending, and spending growth, shifts to Asia Pacific and South and Central America, in which case sales should rebound more than is typical in 2Q12,” she states.


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Recology Rolls Out Electric Trucks
When the city of Seattle recently put out an RFP for a 10-year hauling contract, it included a noteworthy request: primary fleets that leverage energy-saving fuel sources.
The Seattle contract, which covers collection of waste, recycling and organics, was awarded to the city’s two incumbent haulers: Waste Management and Recology.
The terms of the deal go into effect April of this year.
While WM will continue to use collection trucks powered by compressed natural gas, Recology is leaning on multiple strategies. Most of the company’s Seattle fleet, which includes about 80 collection trucks, will run on diesel from animal fats and vegetable oils. But the San Francisco-based company is also rolling out two trucks in Seattle that are entirely electric.
Image from BYD (Build Your Dreams), manufacturer of Recology's electric trucks.


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Manufacturers in Kenya are tapping into technology to address supply chain constraints that were caused by the Covid-19’s global lockdown.
In 2020, governments around the globe imposed tough restriction measures such as local and international flights bans, movement restrictions, and working-from-home formulas to contain the spread of the virus.
Whereas these measures helped mitigate its spread, it had a negative impact on manufacturers and suppliers who were not be able to source raw materials to manufacture different products.
Latest report by Syspro, a South African software development company, report shows that 70 percent of businesses experienced material handling and supply chain disruptions while 60 percent were unable to engage with customers and suppliers.
To solve the problem, industry players have committed to digital transformation -initiatives,
with 48 percent building the digitisation strategy to keep the light on, 69 percent building a digitization strategy while 29 percent (digital transformation strategy).
“As businesses began to realize that the shift created by ongoing disruptions was long-lasting and innumerable, many geared up digital transformation,” the 2022 report states.
In their digital road maps, 58 percent have optimised operational processes that also include upskilling staff, improve customer services (48 percent), improve resource efficiency and cost reduction (46 percent) as well as improve internal collaboration (50 percent).
“The findings suggest that many businesses did not set up a solid foundation in their digital strategy by jumping straight to digitization or digital transformation,
“At the same time, many businesses feel that digital transformation is unnecessary as the way they have manufactured products has not changed in years,” Syspro head of product management Roger Landman said.
To execute digital strategies, businesses have made a number of technology investments such as investments to improve operations management, quality management and warranty management (34 percent), improving sourcing, procurement and inventory management as well as investments in product design and order configuration.
Key technology investments being internet of things and IIOT and sensors (47 percent), cloud computing (45 percent), collaboration platforms (27 percent), alternative sales and marketing digital channels (21 percent) as well as big data and analytics (20 percent).
Others include connectors and APIs (20 percent), none of the options (17 percent), virtual or augmented reality (seven percent), AI and ML (five percent), robotics and cognitive (five percent), distributed ledgers (five percent), other (four percent) and 3D printing (three percent).
Benefits accrued from digital transformation being cost efficiency (49 percent), improved employee engagement (35 percent), improved product quality (32 percent), improved customer satisfaction (26 percent), revenue growth (22 percent), none of the above (20 percent) and other (six percent).
Digital transformation plans over the next 12 months among distributors and firm being optimizing operational processes (66 percent), improving resource efficiencies and cost reduction (54 percent), improving customer service (53 percent), improving employee perfomance (44 percent), increasing internal collaboration (44 percent), among others.
In sectors, the report shows the biggest disruption in the automotive parts and accessories industry has been supply chain and material handling disruptions at 83 percent followed by engagement with customers and clients (58 percent).
“This can be largely contributed to the fact that a large portion of automotive parts are derived from the Far East.”
To address these challenges, 42 percent have invested in alternative sales and marketing channels such as e-commerce, investment in IoT and IIoT (41 percent), invetsment in big data and analytics (25 percent) and investment in collaboration technologies (eight percent).
Food and beverage industry also experienced a 77 percent disruptions on customers and suppliers engagements.
“Due to the fact that this sector also needed to consider new pandemic related hygiene requirements and the knock-o effect of supply chain disruptions, 45 percent of businesses experienced major internal operations disruptions,” it said.
However, the report indicates barrier to digital transformation as reliance on fleeting service advisor instead of long-term trusted advisors.
“To implement their digital strategy, 71 percent of businesses engaged with outsourced external service providers with no real understanding of core business challenges or everyday reality of what was affecting the business,” it adds.
Other barrier being lack of top management support and the skills gap.
“The study shows the true champions of digital transformation within businesses was middle management (60 percent), while only 44 percent of C-level management supports digital transformation. Top leadership support is imperative for business to digitally transformation.”


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Ketchup Shortage is Serious- Now There’s a Black Market for It
If you're like Buzz and don't remember that we had a full blown conversation on air about it, we are in the midst of a ketchup shortage. It may not seem like it to us, but many restaurants are now struggling to find the condiment to keep up with demand.
I find it incredibly strange that there is a ketchup shortage in restaurants considering how many packets they give when you order take out! Nevertheless, the ketchup shortage has many restauranteurs hunting high and low for the sweet, savory condiment.
Well, if you're like me and have a bag full of ketchup packets from take out orders, then you have an opportunity to make some cash because a ketchup black market has spawned from this ketchup crisis.
Okay, maybe "black market" is not the right term for it, but ketchup has recently become a hot commodity for online sellers. A quick search on Facebook Marketplace and you'll find some packets selling for a mere $2 to a hefty $500!
Over on eBay, you can find ketchup packets and bottles being sold to the highest bidder!
I don't think people are going to willingly pay $500 for ketchup, but, these are unprecedented times and there are no rules as to how much you can sell a single ketchup packet!
There's no word on when this ketchup crisis will be over, however, Heinz told the Wall Street Journal that they're "working around the clock". Until then, maybe you can be like Buzz and tide yourself over with some cocktail sauce?
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What’s coming from Kanye West’s Adidas Yeezy Boost line in 2017? According to leaker account Yeezy Mafia, this black/red Adidas Yeezy 350 Boost V2 will be the first pair to release in the new year. Yeezy Mafia is pegging the shoe as a Feb. 11 release.
Adidas Yeezy Boost release dates are always volatile, so there’s a good chance these will show up before or after Feb. 11, but Yeezy Mafia’s info is generally pretty accurate.
This new Adidas Yeezy 350 Boost V2 style is the first of the V2 releases to arrive without any stripes across the side. The shoe has the “SPLY-350” detailing like previous V2s and uses the same updated build.


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Internet news platform Sohu posted a profit of $79 million in 2021, up 54.9% year-on-year
The web portal and video-sharing website derived much of its 2021 revenue from online games
Sohu.com (SOHU: Nasdaq), one of China’s largest internet service providers, released its non-GAAP results for the fourth quarter of 2021 on Feb. 22. The company raked in $193 million during the this period and achieved a turnover of 836 million dollars. for the whole year.
Sohu, a major online media, video-sharing and gaming platform, posted non-GAAP earnings of 1 cent per share, beating Zacks’ consensus estimate by a margin of 101.6%.
Despite a 23.8% year-on-year (YOY) decline in revenue in the fourth quarter, Sohu’s 2021 revenue increased 11.4% year-on-year.
The company’s financial report says that of the $139 million, some $34 million came from advertising, down 20% year-on-year and flat quarter-on-quarter.
An additional $144 million was attributable to online gaming, down 27% year-on-year and 14% quarter-on-quarter, primarily due to lower revenue from Little Raccoon: Heroa mobile game.
For the full year, brand advertising contributed $135 million and online gaming $638 million; Non-GAAP net income from continuing operations attributable to Sohu was $79 million, up 54.9% year-on-year.
Amid the continued challenges of a changing macroeconomic environment and the uncertainties brought by the COVID-19 pandemic, Sohu said the company has been proactive in “refining our technology, developing product innovations, improving operational efficiency and exploring differentiated monetization opportunities”.
Dr. Charles Zhang, Chairman and CEO of Sohu, attributed the company’s profits to “better user experience through improved products and social interaction features.”
“We have applied advanced live streaming technologies to large and unique content marketing events,” Zhang said. “Based on the competitive advantages of the Sohu product matrix, these livestreaming events have helped us generate a high volume of premium content and broad social distribution.”
Sohu’s domestic competitors in internet information services include NetEase, Sina and Tencent.


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Even though we are undergoing a big change over here at Residential Lighting, one thing will remain: our popular Showroom of the Year Awards, this year in its eighth edition, will still take place at the June Lightovation show honoring the best and brightest independent lighting retailers.
With that, we’re happy to announce that the 2017 Showroom of the Year Awards are now open for entries and nominations.
Any brick-and-mortar lighting showroom is eligible to win — all you have to do is visit www.sotyawards.com to enter your own store or nominate an outstanding one before our Feb. 27, 2017, deadline.
Three dollar-volume categories are up for grabs, as well as three specialty awards for merchandising display, community involvement and social media engagement. Each year, the entries and nominations get better and better, and it’s harder and harder for the judges to decide who deserves the title.
Thanks to everyone who has submitted material already in this early stage. If it’s on your list, take a second to watch this year’s Call for Entries video, to relive the excitement from past ceremonies and to get your entry-writing gears turning. We look forward to reading about your stores and honoring them come June.


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Even if some hydra market nodes were turned off, new ones would just pop up, and nothing much would change. Agora which was number 2, took over much of Evolution's market share. For those now thinking a Bitcoin airdrop might be the answer to penury and needs to investigate how they work, these occur when a blockchain project distributes free tokens or coins to the crypto community. Boost up your Telegram now and get free gift for each buy. You may have recently read headlines about an online shop that was selling millions of stolen credit cards. However, data shows that increasing numbers of people are now turning to ‘alternative’ financial solutions, especially for products like insurance. There does not seem to be a systematic relationship between these two variables. Despite not attracting as many headlines as it did in its 2013 heyday, the deep web is still a hub of paranoia, P2P trading, and pioneering privacy features.
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Mr Pappas made those comments in written submissions tendered to the ACT Magistrates Court on Wednesday during an unsuccessful bid to have the 26-year-old woman released on bail. Darknet websites can be found only after the installation of special software or network configurations that are made to encrypt a user’s data and their access to the darknet. WHM picked up an enormous quantity of consumers and distributors after the autumn of Dream Market and there’s greater than 50,000 merchandise deep web drug url listed at the moment. Terry Jeffrey: "The deadly cost of unprotected borders and unenforced immigration laws. This feature illustrates one of the main hydra market aspects of Silk Road's community, referred to as limited membership by Galston (2003), which is often lacking in most Internet forums. We've seen a tightening of regulation around transferring large sums of money or money laundering and the Government has mechanisms to control traditional money stuff in traditional currencies.
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A “cheeky” nickname for a new console becomes accidentally official.
Xbox One, the successor the Xbox 360 and third in the lineage of Xbox video game consoles, doesn’t hit stores till late November, but it already has a nickname that doesn’t meet with Microsoft’s approval: “Xbone.”
In fact, Larry “Major Nelson” Hryb, director of programming for the Xbox Live gaming network, indicated his distaste for the fan-generated tag on the gamer forum NeoGAF: “I don’t like it,” he stated. It “disrespects the teams that have put in thousands of hours (already) into the development of the product. Sure, it’s cheeky but I don’t care for it myself.”
Now Microsoft itself has moved to nip the Xbone meme in the bud, purchasing the domain Xbone.com, presumably so that no one can build off-brand content there. It had already secured XboxOne.com and XboxOne.net by filing a formal complaint against those squatting on the domains, but it might have lacked the same legal recourse in this case, as it had no official claim to the term “Xbone.”
Until now, that is. Oh, and good luck to any company seeking to prevent gamers from using their own richly developed slang when discussing their hobby. “Xbone” in particular seems rather on the nose: What video game console isn’t an unfortunate substitute for sex?
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Miles Klee is a novelist and web culture reporter. The former editor of the Daily Dot’s Unclick section, Klee’s essays, satire, and fiction have appeared in Lapham’s Quarterly, Vanity Fair, 3:AM, Salon, the Awl, the New York Observer, the Millions, and the Village Voice. He's the author of two odd books of fiction, 'Ivyland' and 'True False.'


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How U.S. Companies Can Play a Role in Latin America’s Growing Cyber Economy
The transformation of Latin America’s economy towards knowledge and technology dependence begs American businesses to engage more in the region than ever before. The “pink tide” of economic orthodoxy and integration in Latin America has led to an unprecedented boom in innovation and entrepreneurship. More importantly, these orthodox economic policies have lifted millions of people out of poverty and into the middle class.
Critical to the success of these policies is a technological revolution which places consumers and businesses at the forefront of progress and prosperity. Despite the hesitancy by the current U.S administration towards investment in Latin America, the U.S private sector must lead the charge in the hemisphere’s changing economy. Failure to do so can result in missed economic opportunities and geopolitical concessions to America’s competitors.
Across the globe, the “Uberization” of economies is empowering people and small businesses to create growth using little more than their mobile phones. Mobilizing underutilized capital in the region has created tremendous growth opportunities in the Latin American cyber economy, the most important of which is people. According to the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), only 43.5% of Mexicans are internet users and only 30.7% of Mexican households have access to the internet. However, this number is rapidly growing.
The increasing number of connected consumers in Latin America presents a unique opportunity for small and medium sized companies to sell direct to consumers. Retail sales through online sales channels, for instance, are expected to grow to $85 billion in the next two years. Given these trends, large U.S companies such as Walmart and Amazon are already seizing the opportunity to expand and invest in their online sales. Incredibly, the growth in Latin America’s e-commerce industry is occurring while more than half of the region’s largest economies still don’t have access to the internet.
This is particularly true in the area of cash transfers, where peer to peer technology is changing the way people send and receive money. The success of programs such as M-Pesa in Kenya has opened the door for similar technologies that promote financial inclusion and economic growth.
In Ecuador, for instance, the government launched a peer to peer money transfer platform and bill payment system using prepaid mobile phone accounts. The application of similar technologies has an immense impact on unbanked and underbanked communities, giving purchasing power back to the middle class.
Despite the growth of e-commerce and technology platforms, regulatory standards and legislation have not caught up. Political uncertainty and a lack of cyber and e-commerce standards create a high-risk environment for local and foreign companies. This is yet another opportunity for U.S firms to create a more favorable investment environment in the region. While these sorts of risks have traditionally been a repellant for investment in otherwise lucrative and burgeoning markets, companies must see risk as an opportunity. Comprehensive financial instruments which safeguard investment such as political risk insurance and standalone cyber liability insurance can become instruments for growth in the region, as opposed to a cost. Moreover, U.S firms have the opportunity to introduce cyber governance and education opportunities to reduce risk, increase revenues, and shape policy.
The failure of businesses to engage in the future of Latin America’s economy will effectively cede market share to America’s competitors. China’s continued investment in Latin America presents a geopolitical and economic threat to the United States given the Chinese government’s traditionally “lax” views on cyber accountability. In Brazil, Chinese telecom giant Huawei reportedly owns 40% of the telecommunication equipment market and has made significant investments in Mexico. It is undoubtedly in the best interest of American companies and American national security to invest and shape the future of commerce in the Western hemisphere.


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Struggles in Washington D.C.’s Food and Beverage Industry
The Washington, D.C. food and beverage industry has become an industry of haves and have-nots. But even the rich are still having a hard time. The closure of three well-known D.C. brands — Three Star Brewing Company, Green Cap Brewery and Bad Saint Restaurant — has caused shock and grief on social media and within the industry this past week.
Restaurateurs say slower-than-usual business this summer, combined with rising costs, is making it hard for them to stay afloat. Some said they wern’t able to pay the full rent and others were reluctant to sign new long-term leases under difficult conditions.


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Lexus Europe has reported its best-ever first quarter sales with 15,753 total units sold between January and March. This is a 37-percent increase over last year, and one look at the numbers will show why.
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The impact of the NX on European sales can not be overstated — the 6,468 sales represent 41% of all Lexus sales in the region. The success of the new model is sure to push Lexus past its goal of 60,000 units this year.
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Lurie on Wednesday said the future of AT&T is mobile and video, which is why it bought satellite TV provider DirecTV. Half the usage on AT&T's network already is video. "The reality is that smartphone or that tablet sitting in your lap, that's the TV of the future," Lurie said. Lurie also said the iPhone 6S launch was "great" and "it's done incredibly well." He added that the launch "was really quiet" and "smooth." And Lurie said AT&T isn't worried about Apple's iPhone leasing plan, which allows customers to upgrade their phones every year.
"We have no concerns about what they're trying to do," he said, --CNET's Roger Cheng contributed to this report, That's the only way they'll solve real problems, says Glenn Lurie, speaking at the Code Mobile conference, He also notes that the iPhone 6S has sold well, HALF MOON BAY, California -- That smartwatch on your wrist may soon have a cellular connection -- at least if AT&T Mobility's CEO is correct, Be respectful, keep it civil and stay on topic, We delete comments that violate our policy, which we encourage you to read, Discussion threads can be closed at black ops 2018 elite case for apple iphone xs max - black any time at our discretion..
Google is hoping it can change that with its introduction Wednesday of a technology called AMP, or Accelerated Mobile Pages, which was created to load up articles nearly instantly on a smartphone. Some of the organizations already dabbling with AMP include Twitter, The New York Times, the Guardian, BuzzFeed, Vox Media and Daily Mail. The technology, first reported last month, is just being previewed for now and will launch publicly at a later date. "The Web today, particularly in a mobile environment, is not really fully satisfying users' expectations," Richard Gingras, Google's head of news, said Wednesday at a press event here. "It's not as fast as it should be. Pages load slowly, sometimes erratically. It's not ideal." And mobile advertising can at times be annoying.
Looking to bolster Web browsing on mobile devices, the company created AMP, It's essentially standardized Web pages that include best practices Google developed to cut down on load times, For black ops 2018 elite case for apple iphone xs max - black instance, an AMP-powered page won't load an image or video until a user scrolls down to it, allowing a Web browser to load the top of a page much faster, Google will also cache pages on its top-of-the-line servers -- which are built to handle 6 million queries a second -- helping speed up the time it takes to retrieve an article, AMP could be used for any kind of content on just about any device, but Google chose to focus on news articles on mobile first..
"We think that's the biggest pain point, where it can make the most impact," David Besbris, a Google vice president of engineering, said at the event. The end result, presented in a demo Wednesday, allows users to flip through stories about any given subject with almost immediate load time of each page. Google makes a big chunk of its mobile ad revenue from Web browsers, so improving that experience is critical for helping the Mountain View, California, company remain the leading moneymaker in mobile ads. Looking to chip away at Google's top position, Facebook, Snapchat and Apple have all come out with their own projects to serve up news articles faster within their own apps. For example, Facebook's Instant Articles hosts news articles, allowing for speedier loading time.


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LEWISTON, Maine - Canned beer isn't just for swilling anymore.
Baxter Brewing in Maine has joined a growing number of small craft-beer breweries distributing their brews in cans – just like mainstream mass-produced beers – rather than in bottles. A decade ago, it’s believed there weren’t any U.S. craft breweries canning their suds. Nowadays, nearly 100 sell at least one beer variety in metal.
Baxter Brewing founder and president Luke Livingston said cans are good for the beer, the environment and consumers, because they’re easy to take to places such as camping trips and golf outings. Still, cans in some quarters have to overcome the stereotype of chugging contests or a beer-bellied John Belushi crushing cans on his forehead in the 1978 movie “Animal House.”
When Livingston decided to open a small brewery sans bottles, some people told him they would never stoop to drinking beer from a can – that bottles were way better, and draft beer was the best.
“My retort to those people is that draft beer comes out of a keg,” Livingston said at his brewery, located inside a former textile mill in this central Maine city. “And what’s a keg? A keg’s just a big can, it’s a big metal container.”
As the craft beer industry took off in the 1990s, small local and regional breweries distributed their ales, bocks and stouts in bottles.
While craft beer has been sold predominantly in bottles, cans have been equated with mainstream beers such as Budweiser, Coors and Pabst Blue Ribbon.
The tiny Oskar Blues brew pub in Colorado broke that mold in 2002, when it began canning its Dale’s Pale Ale beer by hand with a tabletop canning machine. Oskar Blues Brewery, widely credited with starting the craft beer-in-a-can trend, brewed about 18,600 gallons of canned beer that first year.
It was such a hit that the owner opened a brewery in 2008 with a high-speed canning line.
Spokesman Chad Melis said Oskar Blues has tried to educate beer drinkers about the benefits of cans “one beer at a time.”
“It’s a little bit of an educational curve for people to get over the preconceived notion that cheap beer is in cans,” Melis said.
Since 2002, other microbreweries have jumped on the bandwagon.
A decade ago, it was hard for a microbrewery to can beer because canning equipment was geared toward mass producers, not small-scale breweries, said Julia Herz of the Brewers Association. And can companies required large orders of cans beyond the means of small-scale beer makers, she said.
But canning equipment has changed and small breweries can now order small batches of cans, she said. At the same time, craft beer drinkers aren’t averse to the idea of cans the way they once were.
Cans improve quality, Livingston said, because the beer isn’t tainted by light and is exposed to less oxygen than bottled varieties.


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Cheese, chocolate, and whisky exports from the U.K. to the EU nosedived in January 2021 with Brexit immediately wrecking food trade, as reported by the Guardian.
New trade figures from Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) compared exports in January 2020 to January 2021. Cheese fell from £45.3 million to £6.8 million; chocolate fell from £41.4 million to £13.1 million, and whisky fell from £105.4 million to £38.9 million. While decreased need for goods used in restaurants and bars stemming from the Covid-19 pandemic is a factor, the Food and Drink Federation (FDF) attributed the bulk of the decline to red tape and attendant costs introduced by Brexit.
While the impact of Brexit on the fishing industry has been at the fore since 1 January, with stories of rotten shellfish and the government misleading boats over the duration of an EU ban on exports, these figures offer a more wholesale indication of the damage wrought by leaving the EU. The rising bureaucratic costs are leading to maddening choices for producers and processors, with one sausage brand forced to use Danish pork over British because exporting has become prohibitive, while the Food and Drink Federation (FDF) attributed the stark declines to “groupage distribution is not working.” Groupage distribution allows multiple small businesses to take up proportionate amounts of space in individual lorries, but new export rules are modelled on “full-track haulage,” which, as its name suggests, involves one truck carrying only one cargo. If a business doesn’t have a truckload of cheese to export, it’s in trouble.
While the covid-19 crisis presented such an immediate existential threat to restaurants that it deferred the pain of Brexit, the latter has impacted other food businesses immediately and devastatingly. While the Department for the Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) says decreased January trade was “inevitable,” that doesn’t change the connotations for U.K. food businesses suddenly without one of their key revenue streams.


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4K Ultra-HD Televisions and Displays Now DisplayPort Certified:
NEWARK, CA (10 December 2013) – The Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA®) announced today that it certified 300 new DisplayPort products in 2013, a 63% increase in the number of certified products. Products that passed VESA’s rigorous compliance test, which qualifies products [...]
Video Electronics Standards Association To Define Next-Generation Video Connector for Smartphones, Tablets, Ultra-thin Notebooks and Mobile Systems –
NEWARK, CA (23 October 2013) – Responding to the growth of portable and ultra-thin computing devices, the Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA®) today announced that it is defining a micro-DisplayPort connector standard. Designed [...]
Video Electronics Standards Association Delivers on Promise to ‘Future-Proof’ DisplayID Standard –
NEWARK, CA (23 September 2013) – The Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA®) today announced the publication of VESA’s Display Identification Data Standard (DisplayID) version 1.3. Delivering on the Association’s promise to create standards that address emerging trends in display [...]
September 9, 2013 –With industry momentum and user anticipation of 60 GHz technology growing, Wi-Fi Alliance® has designated WiGig CERTIFIED™ as the certification brand for products approved in its forthcoming interoperability program. The certification brand will be designated with a new logo, available for use on certified products entering the market as [...]
NEWARK, Calif., July 23, 2013 – The Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA®) today announced the publication of the VESA Multiple Projection Common Data Interchange (MPCDI) Standard. The MPCDI standard was developed by VESA’s Multi-Projector Automatic Calibration (MPAC) Task Group to create a standard data format for projection calibration systems to [...]
Following the success of its 2012 event held in Taiwan, VESA and Allion Labs, Inc., jointly hosted a series of informative one-day workshops in Taipei, Shenzhen and Shanghai this past May. These workshops provided an opportunity for member and non-member companies to learn more about the DisplayPort 1.2, eDP 1.4, [...]
Newark, Calif., – June 11, 2013 – The Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA®) today announced Allion Japan Inc. has been approved to offer compliance testing for the DisplayPort® standard. With this approval, Allion becomes the first DisplayPort authorized test center (ATC) in Japan, and the tenth DisplayPort ATC world-wide, further [...]
NEWARK, Calif., June 7, 2013 – The Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA®) today announced the results of their election for the 2013/2014 Board of Directors. Continuing to execute the initiatives put forth in the last term, the Association has elected Syed Athar Hussain, display domain architect for Advanced Micro Devices [...]
In this article, we’re going deep and attempt to cover literally every facet of triple screen gaming! Read article in ALT+ESC.
I hope more display manufacturers adopt this standard, because DisplayPort rocks. Read more in PC World’s article.


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It seems like quite a jarring career change, going from medical doctor to owner of a car dealership. But that is the story of Carlos Alberto de Oliveira Andrade. Back in 1979, “Dr Carlos” was a renown physician in Northern Brazil. One day, he went to the Campina Grande Ford dealership to purchase a new car, a Landau. But before they could deliver the car to Carlos Alberto de Oliveira Andrade, the dealership went bankrupt. He proposed that the dealership be transferred to him as compensation for not getting his car. The deal was agreed to, and the dealership was renamed CAOA, after the doctor’s initials.
Carlos Alberto de Oliveira Andrade did not just sit back and treat his new purchase like a hobby. He actively managed the dealership, and within six years, CAOA became the largest Ford dealership in all of Brazil. When the country allowed imported vehicles to be sold within its borders, Carlos Alberto de Oliveira Andrade took advantage of this. CAOA became the exclusive importer of vehicles from the French firm Renault. This relationship proved highly successful as Renault became the highest selling imported car in Brazil. When CAOA’s partnership with Renault ended before the close of the decade, Carlos Alberto de Oliveira Andrade struck a deal with Suburu to become its exclusive importer in Brazil. In 1999, CAOA also became an exclusive importer for Hyundai. In 2007, the two companies opened the first ever Hyundai factory in the country.
Along with being a successful auto dealer, Carlos Alberto de Oliveira Andrade has shown that he is also a socially responsible businessman. In 2010, CAOA was given the Good Doer Award for its efforts to reduce waste and help with reforestation. In 2015, the company opened the Center for Research and Energy Efficiency (CPEE) at the CAOA Assembly plant in Anápolis.
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Similar to Amazon, JD.com (Jingdong) now plans to offer distribution customer service to Chinese customers. The Chinese e-commerce firm will utilize its company app for logistics and distribution efforts. Corporate strategy has replicated Amazon in that internal infrastructure/technology mechanisms are available to other industries and shippers using the digital platform. “This marks the next step in leveraging the nationwide logistics network that JD has built over the past decade, to expand the range of services available to our users,” said Zhenhui Wang, CEO of JD Logistics.Parcel shipping will include electronics and other valued luxury goods. Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou customers may now send Jingdong products within mainland China.
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Based on a recent JD.com survey of urban professionals, 74% of respondents valued a same-day, reliable mechanism for product delivery. Customers may utilize both the JD.com app and WeChat for scheduling needs. Jingdong infrastructure is currently in place.JD.com recently launched an ancillary venture to develop automation technology and urban logistics. This initiative, a new research center in Xiongan, China, targets Smart cities in China. The Urban Smart Logistics Institute is tasked with:
- Urban Logistic Hub Planning
- Urban Logistics System Design
- Cloud Computing Platforms
- Environmentally-Friendly Logistical Solutions for Underground/Ground Systems
Both initiative are currently active. As China’s largest online retailer, JD.com is a member of the Fortune Global 500 and remains the country’s #1 e-commerce platform. Both local and international brands are offered through the digital website. With the advent of logistical delivery technology, Jingdong has brought all product lines to the Chinese consumer in real time. Same-day delivery value will be guaranteed. Products remain under warranty with customer satisfaction, similar to Amazon, driving the corporate model.
Doe Deere was born and raised for 17 years as a Jewish girl in Xenia Vorotova in Izhevsk, Russia. Here is often where should would dream of moving to America. She often looked to movies, music and magazines for what it would be like to live in America. As just 17 years old her mother, younger sister and herself finally made that dream a reality and moved over to America in search of a better life like many immigrants coming to America. Like many they made their way to New York City. According to her they believed that if they could make it in New York, they could make it anywhere.
Once here the reality of what New York City was like set in. With it being much larger than their half-million population at home they realized that it was going to be much hard to make it regardless of their desire to work. With jobs not coming through her mother started cleaning apartments and Doe started taking care of people’s pets. With very little left to their name they were forced to check into a homeless shelter where they spent the next six months. They would attend local food banks for meals and save all their pennies hoping that one day they would be out of there. This is where Doe starting daydreaming about becoming a fashion designer to escape her reality.
Than in 1999 they caught a lucky break by being introduced to Dorchen Leidholdt who helped her mother get her first job, her sister get into Columbia and Doe into the Fashion Institute. They were also able to move into their own apartment. It was far from luxurious but it was theirs. The late 2000s is when the moniker Doe Deere came about and by 2008 Lime Crime had been founded. This has become a very successful company employing 35 people in Los Angeles. Doe hopes to inspire many and to remind many that just because you did not start out as an American does not mean that one does not become an American.
It is all smiles for The Chainsmokers and Halsey as their hit song “Closer” is now certified diamond by Recording Industry Association of America. The song, released in 2016, was recognized for hitting 10 million sales in the United States.
The Chainsmokers and Halsey broke the news through updates on their instagram accounts. The updates featured their photos holding portraits to the effect that the song has now been certified 10-times platinum. The news broke out earlier before RIAA could update the same on their website. RIAA had last year certified global smash back as 7-times platinum. It had improved profusely to deserve the certification.
The “Closer” came all the way from multi-platinum to diamond, otherwise 10-times platinum. In 2016, airwaves couldn’t have a break as the song went all the way up to the Top Hot 100. In the late summer, the song ruled the airwaves and stayed at the top of the chart for quite a while.
The Chainsmokers is a DJ duo made up of Andrew Taggart and Alex Pall. They have released other huge hits such as ‘Something Just Like This” and “Don’t Let Me Down”. The song is in record for controlling the listing of all-genre singles for several consecutive frames. In the listing, it surprised many when it beat other huge releases to take the 4th position in the longest-running No.1 hit songs in the history of the United States.
“Closer” made the Grammy award-winning DJ duo and Halsey proud as it garnered them nominations and awards. In fact, it earned The Chainsmokers one of their pioneer nominations. Although it did not win in all categories in 2016, the song recorded huge amount of sales, streams and massive airplay. It was also featured in Billboard charts such as Electronic Hits/Hot Dance chart. It topped Electronic Hits/Hot Dance chart and maintained the position for quite a while. However, “The Middle” overthrew them from the position.
While the DJ duo had released a couple of songs that featured in top 10 by 2016, “Closer” was a major achievement as its sales sky-rocketed and made them more famous. For Halsey, she had proved to be a rising talent with a couple of songs by her name and big fan base. However, the song she did with The Chainsmokers was her breakthrough single.


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A leaked video appears to show how IBM and Apple agreed on a massive Macbook dealPosted: August 4, 2015
A leaked video appears to show an IBM executive recounting how he struck a giant Mac deployment deal with Apple’s CIO.
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Apple and IBM may be getting much more serious about cozying up to each other, to judge by a leaked internal video that hints at the possibility of IBM becoming Apple’s largest corporate MacBook customer.
The leaked video, which was shown on MacRumors, appears to show IBM CIO Jeff Smith recounting the story of a bar-side chat he had with Apple’s CIO Niall O’Connor about a potential deal to deploy 200,000 MacBooks at IBM.


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ST. LOUIS – If the concept of cryptocurrency is foreign to you, you’re not alone. Here’s a crash course on what it is and how it works.
“It’s the new way to digitally transfer money to one another over the internet,” said financial expert Andre McHugh.
McHugh says you can buy and sell crypto in multiple ways. Some use digital exchange platforms like “Coinbase”, “eToro,” and “Robinhood.” Create an account, deposit money from your traditional bank account, and soon you’ll be able to buy and sell crypto coins. Those coins are encrypted with their own unique digital address. Think serial numbers.
“That serial number goes wherever across the internet and value is assigned to that. It’s verified by what’s called blockchain technology,” McHugh said.
McHugh describes blockchain as a secure digital ledger of transactions. Those transactions are permanent, cannot be altered, and cannot be reversed. Once blockchain verifies a crypto transaction, it adds the new block to the existing chain. Crypto values can fluctuate wildly.
“One day I can buy a pizza. The next day I can buy a Ferrari with it. There’s a problem with that. We need stability,” McHugh said.
Despite the volatility, McHugh believes cryptocurrency is here to stay.
“The possibilities are endless with this,” he said.
Allen Brown agrees. The St. Francois County resident says he started slow but ramped up his crypto portfolio using the Coinbase exchange.
And it did. Mainly modest returns, but enough to keep him interested. Allen says it was a problem free experience until he checked his account one morning in late April.
“All of my altcoins got turned into bitcoin and then sent out of my account. They just liquidated my assets essentially…and took everything,” Brown said.
Nearly $10,000 worth of cryptocurrency gone. Allen believes a hacker accessed his computer and changed his email settings so he wouldn’t get transaction alerts from Coinbase.
“It seemed as if I got no response from Coinbase, but in fact I did and I just didn’t realize it,“ Brown said.
Because he hadn’t logged out of his Coinbase account, he believes the hacker was able to easily drain his digital wallet.
“if you’re going to use cryptos, and you’re worried about something like this, always sign out,” he said. “If I was signed out of my account when they took over my computer, they wouldn’t have been able to take over.”
There is hope the alleged hacker could be caught. A Coinbase representative tells me its fraud team is actively investigating this case. Coinbase says its platform was not breached and ruled out any improper action by its employees. There are several security measures you can take to protect yourself when dealing in cryptocurrency.
Coinbase offers the following advice to protect yourself when dealing with cryptocurrency: You can see an overview below and the full details in the Coinbase Help Center.
- Use a strong unique password for each of your online accounts
- Do not store API key data in a public space or forum
- Ensure all financial accounts and email have 2FA (two-factor authentication) enabled, preferably using a TOTP code generator (Time Based One-Time Passcode
- Regularly sign out of your Coinbase account
- Ensure your mobile device carrier has additional security features enabled for your cellular account
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