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News tagged ‘design’
A new alleged iPhone 7 photo has been recently spotted on the Internet. This time the image was posted on the website called techtastic.nl that has been correct in the past. The latest photo is quite similar to all previous leaks and shows a redesigned and slightly larger camera as well as new antenna bands. The handset depicted below apparently lacks the headphone jack, however, because of the poor quality of the photo we can’t be totally sure the 3.5mm connector is indeed missing. In general, the photograph goes in line with all current rumors and reports from reliable insiders.
A well-known designer Martin Hajek has recently created a new iPhone 7 concept that is based on the latest rumors about the upcoming device. In particular, the concept shows a new ‘Space Black’ color option, the rumored Force Touch Home button integrated in the front panel and new EarPods with a Lightning connector instead of the outdated headphone jack. You can take a look at the images below.
Two new images have recently appeared on the Chinese social network Weibo that once again prove Apple may be planning to ditch the headphone jack from the next-generation iPhone. The photos show something similar to the EarPods, but with the Lightning connector instead of the standard headphone jack. You can take a look at the leaked images below.
According to the latest report from usually-reliable DigiTimes reporters, Samsung will supply Apple with 40 million AMOLED panels for the rumored all-new iPhone that is expected to be released in 2017. In 2018, the figure may rise to 80 million units and in 2019 to 120 million units. Currently, Samsung Display is the main supplier of AMOLED displays for the Galaxy lineup. The orders from Apple and other vendors worldwide will allow the company to remain the main AMOLED display manufacturer in the world.
The widely-rumored iPhone 7 may get a brand new Home button, reliable insiders believe. According to the latest report from 9to5Mac reporters, Apple may replace the standard button with the one supporting Force Touch and providing haptic feedback. In addition to this, there will be no deep blue iPhone finish. It appears that this color was confused with a much darker gray option called presumably ‘Space Black’ that will debut this fall to match a similar Apple Watch colorway.
According to the latest report from The Telegraph, Google may be planning to launch its own smartphone by the end of this year. As noted by the reporters, the Google branding may allow the company to compete with Apple, Samsung and other vendors on equal terms. Currently, Google has a lineup of Nexus devices, however, aside from Google’s branding, these devices also have the name of the actual manufacturer on their bodies.
It is Sunday today, which means it’s high time I told you about the most interesting articles and rumors of the last seven days.
Several posts this week deal with the recently announced iOS 10 and new betas of iOS 9.3.3 and OS X 10.11.6 El Capitan. However, most of the articles tell us about the next-gen iPhone and possible specs of the device including a dual camera, no headphone jack and 256GB storage option. There are also some new leaked images of the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus back panels.
Several new images showing the alleged casing for the iPhone 7 have been recently shared by a French website Nowhereelse. There is no headphone jack on the leaked panel, moreover, one can see the dual speaker system for stereo audio playback. These photos go in line with previous rumors and reports from reputable experts and have been reportedly shared by supply chain insiders.
Two new spy photos shared by a reliable French website Nowhereelse prove that the iPhone 7 may get a larger camera module and its larger sibling called the iPhone 7 Plus or Pro may be equipped with a dual camera. Today’s photos go in line with recent reports from supply chain sources and analysts who claim Apple is considering a switch to more advanced photo sensors for its 2016 iPhone lineup.
According to a statement made by a Hon Hai chairman Terry Gou, Sharp will start shipping OLED panels for the completely revamped iPhone in 2017. According to the executive, the panels will be ready in time for Apple to use them in the rumored handset.
According to the latest report from the WSJ, Apple won’t completely change the design of the iPhone in 2016. The reporters believe that the company will improve water resistance and make the handset thinner and lighter. Moreover, it is very unlikely that the next-generation iPhone will get a headphone jack. As to the size, both iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus will resemble the 4.7-inch iPhone 6s and 5.5-inch iPhone 6s Plus. The report cites KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo who earlier this year said that the new iPhone may become 1mm thinner and made other predictions concerning the device.
According to the latest report from Macotakara, Apple plans to ship the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus with standard 3.5mm headphones and a Lightning adapter. Recent rumors suggest that the company will ditch the headphone jack to reduce thickness and weight of the devices and make the headphones compatible with the Lighting port of the handsets.
Apple has begun pulling the 2012 13-inch non-Retina MacBook Pro models from the shelves of Apple Stores in the United States. While the laptops are still available for purchase, they are no longer showcased to customers. They can’t take a closer look at the older devices and test them with their own hands. This may mean that Apple is preparing the ground for the rumored 13-inch MacBook Pro model with an OLED touch panel instead of function keys.
In addition to sharing a photo of the purported dual SIM card tray for the next-generation iPhone, Rock Fix has also posted several other images showing a dual lens camera module, headphone jack, and 256GB storage for the device. While the images seem to be legitimate, I don’t think we can believe them straight away.
Below you can take a look at the photos of the aforementioned leaked parts shared via Weibo.
It is Sunday today, which means it's high time I told you about the most popular posts of the last couple of days. Most of the articles this week deal with Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference and new versions of iOS, macOS, watchOS and tvOS announced during the keynote of the event. There are also several posts that tell us about the next-generation iPhone and Apple Watch and their possible specs.


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PreventIV Measures™ recognized for customer-focused package design
Each year, the Chicago Innovation Awards recognize ten Chicago-area businesses, nonprofits, and government organizations that develop the year’s most innovative new products and services. The event was created in 2002 by the Chicago Sun-Times and Kuczmarski & Associates to draw attention and raise awareness of innovation in “the Silicon Valley of the Midwest.”
The Awards attracts hundreds of entries from all over the Chicagoland area. A panel of judges narrows these choices down to the top 100 most innovative nominations, from which 10 final winners are chosen each year. In addition, the top 100 are posted online for a People’s Choice Award, which received more than 30,000 votes in 2013.
So we’re humbled and honored to report that a key segment of the PreventIV Measures™ packaging campaign, developed by Paragraphs for Sagent Pharmaceuticals, was selected as one of the 10 innovators recognized at the 12th Annual Chicago Innovation Awards on October 30.
As many as one hundred thousand people die each year from preventable medication errors, making it the third leading cause of death, ahead of automobile accidents, breast cancer and AIDS. Injectable medications are particularly susceptible to error because of the similarity of the one-inch vials they are packaged in. These vials often feature labels that make it difficult to distinguish one drug or dosage from another, especially in dim lighting conditions.
Sagent and Paragraphs worked together to develop PreventIV Measures, packaging specifically designed to distinguish each product by concentration and total strength, with the goal of helping healthcare professionals avoid medication errors.
In an interview prior to the awards, Sagent Pharmaceuticals founder and CEO Jeffrey M. Yordon praised the role of the Paragraphs team in developing PreventIV Measures. “I think it’s a great credit to our marketing team,” Yordon said.
Additional photos from the 2013 are posted on the Chicago Innovation Awards Facebook page.
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Border closures see Pacific Islanders pay up to $500 for a kilo of kava in Australia
By Liam Fox on Pacific Beat
For Pacific Islanders living in Australia the COVID-19 pandemic has had an unexpected cultural impact: international border closures mean local supplies of kava are running low and prices have skyrocketed.
On a typical Friday night the members of the Fofo'anaga Club in Sydney would consume up to ten kilograms of kava.
The Tongan club used to supply the kava but its stocks ran out months ago.
"We don't have any stock at all," said the club's Tevita Fifita. "It's just people bringing in their own supply."
The only way to obtain kava legally in Australia is to bring it in from overseas yourself, most commonly on a flight from a Pacific island country.
You can't buy it in shops and commercial imports are banned.
The continued demand for kava, combined with the drop in supply has led to a dramatic increase in price.
"Now everybody's talking about $200 a kilo," said Mr Fifita.
"There's a lot of people asking for that but people around me are telling them to get lost".
The price rise has been even more dramatic to the north in Brisbane according to Ratu Maseinawa, chairman of the Fijian Uniting Church.
"Those people that had kava before COVID-19, these people are selling it for three-, four-, five-hundred dollars per kilo, he said.
"That is absolute robbery to me, it's just cruel."
The kava drought is not just affecting social drinking, but also ceremonies for births, deaths and weddings where the consumption of kava is an important traditional feature.
"It just doesn't fit when you see no kava there ... it just doesn't look traditional to us".
At the start of the year, after vocal lobbying from Pacific islands governments, the Australian government increased the amount of kava people can bring into the country for personal use from two to four kilograms.
The Australian government also announced it would start a trial of commercial imports of kava but that has been put on hold due to the COVID-19 pandemic.


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Manufacturing bounces off lows, but still in decline
Australia's manufacturing sector continued to contract in May, but at a slower pace than it did in April.
The Australian Industry Group's Performance of Manufacturing Index rose 7.1 points last month to 43.8 - but that is still well below the 50-point level that would start signalling expansion rather than contraction.
The Ai Group says none of the manufacturing sub-sectors it tracks recorded growth last month, with mineral and metal products performing particularly badly.
The best performing sectors - though still shrinking - were wood and paper products, textiles and clothing, and petroleum, coal and chemicals.
The Ai Group's chief executive, Innes Willox, says the steep fall in the Australian dollar provided some relief last month, but not enough to lift the export sub-index from a very low reading of 28.5.
"The welcome drop in the Australian dollar in recent weeks will provide breathing space for many exporters and will help lift confidence," he noted in the report.
"However, the dollar remains well above its post-float average and there will need to be sustained falls if we are to see a real impact on import-competing manufacturers and exporters."
In some good signs for the sector, new orders rose 9.9 points to 42.3, indicating a possible recovery in future demand and activity.
Input prices and wages also grew at the slowest pace since June 2009, indicating that the costs pressures many manufacturers have been struggling with may be easing.


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Ohio University has spent $915,763 on COVID-19 personal protective equipment, or PPE, most of which was covered by federal grants.
OU had to increase its expenditures on PPE to keep students, faculty and staff safe, according to a previous Post report. In fiscal year 21, $809,324 was spent on PPE.
Among the products OU supplied were 3-ply disposable face masks, KN-95/N-95 masks, hand sanitizer, Clorox wipes, clear masks, face shields and disinfectant spray
Even during spikes of positive COVID-19 test results, Carly Leatherwood, a university spokesperson, said OU never experienced a shortage of supplies.
Ryan Spellman, a service desk coordinator at Alden Library, said whenever the library began to run low on PPE products, it would usually be restocked again quickly. He said that process typically only occurred when there was an increased demand for available masks, as Alden was a distribution point.
“I can happily say students absolutely used the products we provided to them,” Joseph Walden, a library support specialist at Alden, said in an email. “We had many people pick up the KN-95 masks and the individual bottles of hand sanitizer. And, we still have people using Clorox wipes and our surgical masks, too. People spend a lot of time studying in the library, so they seemed to take advantage of what we offer.”
Recently, Alden Library and Baker University Center also started offering free BinaxNOW tests, one test per week per individual, for students, faculty and staff. Those tests started to be offered at the library on Feb. 16.
Walden said he thinks Alden and Baker were the locations that gave out the free tests because of their centralized locations and easy accessibility to all.
However, Walden said he was unsure if the free tests were advertised enough due to a slow initial rollout.
“There was a time we went through 500 (masks) in less than two weeks, but I see it as a good thing as long as everyone has access to what they need,“ Spellman said in an email. "I am happy students are being mindful and using them."


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We must first determine whether news items are even worth trading before building a “Trade the News” method.
“Which news releases should I trade?” is a question you want to be able to answer.
The big event risks that have a significant influence on the major currencies should be familiarized by forex traders.
Remember, we’re trading the news because it has the potential to increase volatility in the short term, so we’d prefer to trade only the news that has the most market-moving potential for the currency market.
The news that tends to influence market action and create volatility generally consists of the following:
- Modifications in central bank policy (sometimes known as “monetary policy”).
- Changes in government policy (sometimes known as “fiscal policy”)
- Economic data releases have had unexpected results.
- Random tweets from a certain world leader who enjoys emblazoning his name on skyscrapers.
Knowing about forthcoming significant event risks might help you stay on the right side of the market.
How to Find Volatility-Producing Events
The Beo Forex Economic Calendar highlights the most important events and economic data from the countries with the most widely traded currencies.
On any given week, there might be over a hundred activities planned! It might be a pain in the buttocks to filter through so many occurrences.
Fortunately, our Economic Calendar makes determining the relative importance of any individual event simple.
You may use our Economic Calendar’s “Impact” filter to narrow down event listings.
By choosing just “HIGH,” for example, the Economic Calendar will only show events that have historically been associated with market volatility.
If you spend some time looking over the Economic Calendar, you’ll see that the most important events tend to revolve around interest rate adjustments, inflation, and economic growth, such as retail sales, manufacturing, and consumer sentiment.
Some instances are as follows:
- Central banks make interest rate choices.
- Inflation is a term that is used to describe the (CPI, PCE, PPI)
- Data about the labor market (unemployment, wage growth)
- Growth of the economy (GDP)
- Sales in the retail sector
- Production in the industry
- Surveys of business sentiment
- Surveys of the manufacturing industry
- Surveys of consumer confidence
- Data about the housing market (sales, construction)
- Balance of trade
Different nations may call comparable statistics by different names, but we attempt to make that clear in the Economic Calendar.
The relative relevance of this event may alter depending on what’s going on in the globe right now.
For example, interest rate decisions may be the major emphasis at one moment, but at another time, it may appear that no one cares.
This is why it’s critical to keep educated and understand what the market is now focused on.
Pay close attention to news from the United States.
While most economic news from other nations affects the markets, the largest movers and most closely watched news comes from the United States.
Whether it’s in the realms of military affairs, geopolitics, industry, energy, science, culture, or technology, the United States remains the world’s most powerful country.
It’s even been referred to as a “financial powerhouse.”
Even though setbacks, imbalances, and vulnerabilities have weakened its position, the US dollar’s dominance and influence will not be duplicated anytime soon.
The United States continues to have the world’s largest economy, and the dollar remains the world’s reserve currency.
This implies that the US dollar is involved in around 90% of all currency transactions, making US news and statistics crucial to follow.
With that in mind, let’s look at some of the most tumultuous news in the United States.
You should also pay attention to geopolitical news, such as inflation reports and central bank speeches, in addition to inflation reports and central bank speeches.
- Natural calamities
- Protests and political upheaval
- Elections are coming up soon.
Even if they don’t have the same impact as the other stories, they’re still worth paying attention to.
When our resident economic nerd, Wilson Walter, is in a good mood, he’ll generally write an essay on impending news stories that you can play with, complete with trading methods!
Keep an eye on the stock market as well. Especially the stock market in the United States.
There are times when equity market sentiment is a leading indicator of major currency market movements.
Our next step is to evaluate which currency pairings are worth trading now that we know which news events cause the biggest movement.
How to Pick Currency Pairs for News Trading
You now wish to trade the currency linked with the event’s economy once you’ve identified the event to watch.
When it comes to “Trading the News,” picking the right currency combination is crucial.
As a news trader, you’re attempting to accomplish two goals:
- Profit from the short-term increase in volatility…
- While lowering your transaction expenses to a bare minimum
Because news might produce higher volatility (and hence more trading opportunities) in the forex market, it is critical that we trade profoundly liquid currencies.
The narrowest spreads are seen in currencies with high liquidity, which helps you to keep your transaction costs low.
We can be confident that our orders will be executed smoothly and without “hiccups” when we trade with liquid currency pairings.
Have you noticed anything interesting here?
That’s correct! All of them are significant currency pairings!
Remember that significant pairings have the narrowest spreads since they have the most liquidity.
Because spreads grow when news items are released, it makes logical to start with the pairings with the narrowest spreads.
Let’s look at some strategies for trading the news now that we know which news events and currency pairings to trade.


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After 10 years, fans had assumed it would just never happen. But last night Blizzard shocked Australian fans with the surprise announcement that Australian World of Warcraft servers are set to go live October 28 in advance of the new expansion, Warlords of Draenor, which launches November 13.
World of Warcraft is the world's biggest MMORPG, or massively multiplayer online roleplaying game. It's a monthly subscription service that peaked at 12 million subscribers but still hosts an incredible 7.4 million active subscribers. World of Warcraft is in a league of its own in the world of MMORPGs.
A decade ago, Australian players first joined the game via North American servers. Later, Blizzard launched Oceanic servers set to follow Australian time zones, but the servers themselves were still located on the west coast of North America.
With this announcement, Blizzard is transferring the Oceanic servers to an Australian hosting location. It will also allow Australians who have used some of those old de facto servers the chance to make a free character transfer to the new local servers for a limited time. The Oceanic servers will transfer during an extended server maintenance next Tuesday night, going live October 28.
"Better late than never, ultimately," says Ion Hazzikostas, lead game designer on World of Warcraft, who visited Australia as part of prelaunch festivities for Warlords of Draenor. "We know we have a lot of passionate players here and it's something we've wanted to do for a long time. There are a lot of complexities and logistics that have gone into it to make sure that we're doing it right. So finally the stars have aligned and we're just happy to be able to roll out the feature now."
Local servers ultimately lead to a faster, smoother gameplay experience, which Hazzikostas says will benefit every player of the game, not just the hardcore raiders and PvPers.
"Playing the game with 40ms latency versus 300ms latency is just a better experience no matter what you're doing," Hazzikostas told CNET. "Except maybe pet battles."


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RJ Performance Calgary, Alberta- Canada, the undisputed leader of diesel engines and components market of North America is now all set to bring new sensation with its new business plans.
Online PR News – 11-February-2010 – – As was expected after the recent clientele meet at its corporate office in Calgary, Alberta- Canada, RJ Performance, the undisputed leader of diesel engines and components market of North America is now all set to bring new sensation with its new business plans. A reliable source revealed that like the previous ones, this brand new business plan is client oriented too; but the difference is that it offers a lot more benefits to clients that they even cannot dream. After going through a recent press notification that appeared on Usprwire (http://www.usprwire.com/Detailed/Automotive/RJ_Performance_All_Set_To_Invade_Diesel_Engine_Market_78256.shtml) and other media sources, existing as well as potential diesel engines and spare parts buyers, were waiting anxiously for the new announcement. As expected, making the critics spellbound, Marketing Director of RJ Performance unveiled the new business plan during a press conference on 6 Feb.
The new business plan of RJ Performance specifies the major changes in the existing service model. Now, the customers will get more value-added services at their end; it means they are going to save big on transportation and other related costs. By expanding the service department, service-response period will be reduced considerably. The company will soon appoint local representatives in high client-density areas. Technical head of RJ Performance said, “This is the most advanced client-end service plan. The time parameters for every task are set after studying the existing service plans of others. If because of any valid reason, the set standards are not matched, end-users will be compensated.”
The new business plan of RJ Performance Calgary also makes significant reduction in delivery period and charges. The company has already invested a huge sum and increased the stock significantly to ensure the delivery of most of the models within the shortest period. Regarding this aspect, Customer Relation Manager at RJ Performance said, “Now, even the most demanded diesel engine model will be available almost instantly. We have restructured our supply-chain model completely and the financial benefit will be passed to our customers. In turn, we will get the benefit of repeat or referred business.”
When the new business plan of RJ Performance is delivering so much on all the fronts to the clients, how the prices could have been left untouched. The Marketing Manger of RJ Performance said, “Though our prices have always been the challenge for others to compete but still we made significant reductions in the prices of even the hottest diesel engine models of Ford, General Motor and Cummins. The bulk buying and optimization of operating practices by deploying best business practices has made it possible for us.” http://www.rj-performance.com


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Kmart has announced they are introducing a 'Quiet Space' shopping experience in selected stores, which will make entering the busy shop more accessible for everyone.
The new initiative helps those who are on the autism spectrum or find it challenging to shop in such a high-sensory environment.
From this week, every Wednesday from 3:30pm to 5:30pm, select Kmart stores will provide a low-sensory shopping experience for customers with reduced noise, lighting and distractions.
Some of the changes include:
Store lighting will be dimmed
Kmart radio will be turned down
Register and scanner volumes will be reduced to the lowest level
Trolley collections will be limited
There will be minimal cages on the shop floor
No PA announcements will be made, unless it's an emergency
More team members will be available to support customers
The retailer shared that they engaged communities and advocacy organisations around Australia such as Ability Options, Aspect Australia and Autism New Zealand to bring this new initiative to life.
They also revealed they will have sensory maps available online to help customers plan their Kmart trips and create awareness around certain areas of the store that may have increased sensory stimuli.
Quiet Space will be offered at these locations:
South Australia – Churchill, Mt Barker
Western Australia – Bunbury, Midland, Innaloo, Rockingham
New South Wales / ACT – Gungahlin, North Rocks, Pagewood, Minto
Victoria – Templestowe, Wangaratta, Sanctuary Lakes, Leopold
Queensland – Toowong, Victoria Point, Stafford, Oxenford, Morayfield, Arana Hills
Northern Territory – Coolalinga
Tasmania - Launceston, Newtown
New Zealand – Queenstown, Porirua, Hamilton Central, Botany
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Hit Apple’s (AAPL) online store today and you’ll see a banner ad below all the usual images advertising products like the iPhone and iPod Nano.
Proclaming, “Wrap it up this Friday,” the ad boasts a “special one-day shopping event” for the upcoming Black Friday, the massive shopping day that follows Thanksgiving and usually sees a lot of deals in retail stores, especially for people who get up early.
Apple has been known to put up Black Friday sales, and last year’s was nothing to abandon early morning shopping plans over -- the company reduced some of its more expensive items, like Macbooks, by around $100.
This year, however, with iPad wreaking havoc as far as sales are concerned and topping many gift lists, retailers expect to move quite a few of Apple’s tabs. It’s a pretty safe bet to say we’ll see some kind of price reduction on the iPad from Apple; the question, obviously, is how much?
If you guess $100, you’re probably right. That would be in line with reduced-price iPads that have been showing up in stores already. Selected T.J. Maxx and Macy’s stores (TJX, M) across the country are carrying a few iPads for $399 (shaving $100 off the normal list price for the lowest-price iPads).
However, if Apple goes nuts and cuts iPads down even more, it might be an indication that we really are nearing the release of the iPad 2, as was speculated a few days ago. An analyst from Wedge Partners thinks Apple is working on production for the new, carrier-free tab right now, and that part of the next step moving forward will be to reduce iPad inventory. One great way to do that: slash the price substantially, especially for a one-day publicity stunt-type arrangement. And, as we all know, the one-day publicity stunt is Apple’s preferred means of operation (see also: Beatles on iTunes announcement).
Galaxy spinning up for Black Friday too
Black Friday is going to be a pretty massive event this year -- word is, retailers aren’t doing so well and want to make up as much as they can in sales from the rest of the year -- and you can expect to find all kinds of deals if you get up early enough.
One notable deal you can get at any Sprint (S) or Verizon (VZ) store is Samsung’s (005930.KS) Galaxy Tab at $50 off the list price, according to PC World. That drops the price of the Galaxy, with a 3G contract from one of the carriers, to $350. Of course, that doesn’t take into account any of the fees you’ll pay for various wireless plans -- but this does.
PC World also found a bunch of other deals for Galaxy on Black Friday and put together a list.
Meanwhile, if you’re not in the market for a tablet this Friday (or even if you are) and you have your iPhone handy, we ran down a few new apps for holiday shopping on our Fresh Apps list a few days ago. Those will get you started, but if you want to turn your iPhone into a serious deal-sniffing tool, add them to our list of Black Friday app essentials.


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HOME consumers in Scotland are downsizing and renting out rooms of their houses to be able to save money amidst the cost-of-living disaster.
A 2023 report by the UK’s greatest housebuilder, Barrats Developments PLC, has revealed that 31% of potential consumers in Scotland are contemplating shopping for and renting out a room for extra revenue.
Barrats’ analysis confirmed a pattern in direction of shared homeownership as shoppers battle to purchase solo.
Moreover, the report discovered that of these already on the property ladder, 50% would contemplate downsizing to a less expensive house to save cash on payments.
The ‘Tackling the Value of Residing Disaster’ report highlighted how the squeeze in peoples funds is altering the factors set by home-buyers in Scotland, with purchasers sharpening their deal with long run revenue.
To assist ease the monetary burden of buying a brand new house, Barratt Developments just lately introduced a deposit or mortgage contribution scheme, providing homebuyers as much as £30,000 in direction of their deposit or mortgage repayments.
In response to the Home Builders Federation, Barrat houses are as much as 64% extra vitality environment friendly than others, probably saving new consumers cash on family payments.
Doug McLeod, regional managing director for Barratt Developments Scotland, stated: “There’s little doubt that the cost-of-living disaster has modified the best way persons are shopping for houses.
“Worries round rising rates of interest, inflation and vitality payments have seen individuals contemplate new methods to generate revenue, together with renting out a spare room.
“Regardless of this, our analysis exhibits that persons are nonetheless assured within the UK housing market.
“With this in thoughts, we have now launched a wide range of schemes to assist these trying to put money into property, together with mortgage contributions and deposit assist for first time consumers.”


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Apple is all set to add a new product to its iPhone lineup, the much-awaited iPhone 15 is expected to launch on 12 September 2023. The American tech giant is known for producing premium products that give best-in-class performance, and ultimate camera quality. Apple is preparing to present a total of four new models in identical sizes to the iPhone 14 models, including two 6.1-inch iPhones and two 6.7-inch iPhones.
What to expect from the new iPhone 15?
One of the 6.1-inch iPhones will be the usual iPhone 15, while one of the 6.7-inch models will be an iPhone 15 ‘Plus’, succeeding the iPhone 14 Plus, which Apple brought back after the iPhone 8 series. The other 6.1 and 6.7-inch iPhones will be higher-end, better performance, and more pricey ‘Pro’ models. As with the iPhone 14/14 Pro range, the best attributes will be saved for the iPhone 15 Pro models to make the extra price worth it.
Rumors so far indicate that we can hope for a USB-C port instead of a Lightning port on all of the new models as suggested by the EU, and Dynamic Island is going to be available for all of them. IPhone’s notch which has been its design statement since the iPhone X might now be removed from the new iPhones as they adopt the Dynamic Island.
Recent rumors indicate the iPhone 15 models will be available for sale in blue, a coral shade that is a cross between pink and orange, white, black, and green/yellow. Blue and coral will be the latest colors for this year, with yellow/green, black, and white returning as basic shades in the lineup.
Apple’s Launch Event
Talking about the launch event, sources have confirmed the date of launch to 12th September 2023. The launch event would occur at the Pacific at Steve Jobs Theater, Apple Park at 7:30 pm (IST). The iPhone pretty much always goes on sale on a Friday, in the week following the event. The following iPhones and watches will be open for pre-orders on Friday, September 15, and the products will appear in Apple stores on Friday, September 22. Apple will certainly reveal its products on Friday of the week after the keynote. A piece of probable bad news for Apple fans here is that the iPhone 15 Pro Max could be shelved, because of rumored production issues. However, unless this hold is three weeks or more, Apple will inform its unveiling at the same time, but with a different pre-order and shipping date.
The Apple fans are surely excited to have a look at the new iPhone and experience the premium quality that the brand offers. The launch of the new flagship from Apple will surely excite the fans, also sparking the old rivalry between Samsung and Apple. The smartphone market will surely see some more flagships and competitors for Apple’s iPhone in the upcoming months ahead of the launch.


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LONDON, United Kingdom — For the third year in a row, we are pleased to unveil the BoF 500, the most important list of the most influential people shaping the global fashion industry today in more than 55 countries.
From François-Henri Pinault to Phoebe Philo, Suzy Menkes to Steven Kolb, Karl Lagerfeld to Kendall Jenner, the BoF 500 features top designers, executives, models and muses, retailers, media figures, tech innovators, catalysts and the creative class of photographers, stylists and creative directors that collectively drive the fashion world forward.
Each year, the BoF team polls the existing BoF 500 community for nominations, blending the results with data analysis and months of careful research to unearth names from all corners of the globe, which are then considered for inclusion in this hand-curated collection of fashion's key players.
This year, we are pleased to introduce 103 new entrants to the BoF 500, including Alessandro Michele, the creative director whose idiosyncratic vision has re-energised the troubled Italian mega-brand Gucci in a matter of months; Amal Clooney, the human rights barrister whose sense of personal style is praised and dissected the world over; and Kevin Systrom, co-founder and chief executive of fashion's premier social media platform: Instagram.
To accompany this year’s BoF 500, we are pleased to launch another special print issue, featuring some of the most influential members of the BoF 500 seen through the lens of 'Reinvention.' The issue features some of the most interesting fashion industry power players — from Gucci CEO Marco Bizzarri to Carine Roitfeld to Alexander Wang — who are reinventing brands, markets and themselves!
To explore the full BoF 500, click here.
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At Perrigo, innovation isn’t relegated to R&D, and Todd Kingma sees it emerge naturally within the legal team. Half of the general counsel’s responsibilities involve partnering with his business colleagues to develop strategy and support business development—a balance his current and former CEOs encouraged—but his whole objective for the legal department, in order to support business development, is strategic.
Kingma came to Perrigo in 2003 after serving for 12 years with Pharmacia Corporation, which merged with Pfizer in 2003. Initially, Pfizer offered Kingma impressive resources (its legal budget exceeded Perrigo’s total revenue at the time), but he was drawn to Perrigo’s potential despite being a small company. “At first I had to role up my sleeves and do a lot myself,” Kingma says.
“But Perrigo had an exciting vision that made sense to me: to expand in the health-care arena and focus on quality, affordable health care. The health-care debate was as alive and well then as it is today, and I thought Perrigo could be a part of the solution to a very real health-care problem.”
In the decade he has been with Perrigo, Kingma has seen the business grow 500 percent, from an $800 million shop with 2,800 employees to a $4 billion enterprise with a staff of approximately 10,000.
Perrigo has expanded through innovative organic and inorganic growth. It has a wide range of prescription and over-the-counter products that you would expect from a pharmaceutical company, but while most people don’t think affordable health care and quality issues apply to pet health, Perrigo is making the case for the opposite. “We recently acquired two businesses, [Sergeant’s Pet Care Products, Inc. and Velcera, Inc.], in that space,” says Kingma, who is part of the executive committee that is responsible for designing and implementing the company’s strategy. Pet products are not the only channel through which Perrigo is creatively diversified. In the last four years, it has also broken into the infant-nutrition and diabetes-care markets. Obviously, legal’s role in an acquisitive business is paramount, but Kingma says he and his team are present long before and after the ink has dried on such contracts.
Because of the nature of its products, Perrigo relies on Kingma and his team to keep the business compliant in the heavily regulated health-care, food, and drug industries. To the company’s credit, Kingma says Perrigo has never had any material compliance issues—it has not paid any material fines, issued any material recalls, or suffered a quality-related shutdown, as some competitors have.
“Our business is very sound, but we don’t want to assume that everything will be fine tomorrow,” Kingma says. “We have to continually challenge our assumptions and traditional business models. We don’t want to avoid issues, and we’re not afraid to toss out ideas—even if they are out of the box. The legal team is at virtually every important stage of the business process working with our colleagues to make things happen.”
One of the biggest and most recent steps the company has taken to ensure its portfolio continues to bear the earmarks of an innovative enterprise is its $8.6 billion acquisition of Elan Corporation, an Irish biotechnology company. Concluding that acquisition before the end of 2013 was a significant achievement for Perrigo and its legal team. While the subsequent integration of Elan will obviously contribute to Perrigo’s growth, the company expects to see continued growth from its core business, which Kingma says receives equal attention from his team.
“As we look to the future, we want to continue to strike a balance between organic and inorganic growth,” he says. “The legal team will be a significant contributor to both aspects of growth. Anyone can identify issues, but working side-by-side with our business colleagues has allowed us to be strategic partners.”


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The majority of the Bitcoin traders are looking toward the Fed’s new rate hike announcement, to make sudden decisions, Bitcoin sell/buy.
The US economy is currently facing high inflation issues and inflation currently is highest since the last 40 years. Since last year, the US Federal Reserve (Fed) has shown significant efforts to slow down the inflation rate via tightening monetary policies.
Today FED President Jerome Powell at 18.30 UTC (11:30 PM IST) will give verbal guidance on the rate hike and publish texted rate hike.
The money market (crypto, stock, etc.) will follow this announcement precisely. In short, the market will react on behalf of the rate hike announcement. If they increase the interest rate by a very small point than expected that the market will remain unfazed but increment with a very high point will bring a better level of panic sell pressure.
The concept of rate hikes & market fluctuation is very simple. If the Fed increases the interest rate then people prefer to hold their money in bank accounts, instead of investing in risky assets like Bitcoin, Ethereum, or any other stock assets.
Now three hours later, from the time of publication of this article, the Fed will announce its rate hike data, and the majority of the crypto & stock market traders are waiting for this moment, to short/buy for the short term to make a profit.
A few veteran Bitcoin traders shared their opinions on the upcoming Fed rate hike and claimed that the Bitcoin market is currently mature enough to deal with this situation and the trade price will remain almost unfazed or will show some increment, instead of expected downfall.
The current trade price of Bitcoin is $27,149 & this trade price is 0.24% down over the last 24 hours trade price.
The readers of this post are requested to research themselves to find the best circumstances to gain profit or short holdings, instead of depending on this report, as this report was prepared on behalf of the prediction made by the Bitcoin experts publicly.


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Another day, another exclusive in Epic Games’ shopping cart (ironically, their store won’t even have this function for at least six months). This time around, that exclusivity stings even more, as we are talking about the third numbered entry in the Borderlands series, a franchise with a loyal PC following that were expecting better news (and got the 2nd game to chart in the top 10 concurrent players chart on Steam over the past week, all out of hype for the new title). Sadly, good things don’t always last, so Borderlands 3 has been officially confirmed as an Epic Games Store exclusive for at least six months, which would place its Steam release date on March 13, 2020.
The original shooter-looter returns, packing bazillions of guns and an all-new mayhem-fueled adventure. Blast your way through new worlds and enemies as one of four brand new Vault Hunters, each with deep skill trees, abilities, and customization. Play solo or join with friends to take on insane enemies, collect loads of loot and save your home from the most ruthless cult leaders in the galaxy.
This news might not come as a surprise to anybody following Randy Pitchford on Twitter, as Gearbox‘s CEO has been tweeting his full support for the Epic Games Store since its unveiling last year, alongside the now classic excuses people who don’t really care about the health of the PC platform use when downplaying users’ issues with Epic’s aggressive approach to “competition”.


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More profit for shareholders
Prologis, a global provider in logistics real estate, has reported its results for the third quarter of 2019. Net earnings per diluted share were USD 0.71 for the quarter compared with USD 0.60 for Q3/2018. Core funds from operations per diluted share was USD 0.97 for the quarter, including USD 0.18 of net promote income, compared with USD 0.72 for the same period in 2018, which did not include any promote income.
"Our third-quarter results were excellent—reflecting record rent increases and significant earnings from our strategic capital business," said Hamid R. Moghadam, chairman and CEO of Prologis. "Markets remain healthy, driven by customers who are prioritising proximity to consumers to offset supply chain costs such as labour and transportation. Additionally, investor interest for our strategic capital ventures is exceptional, as evidenced by a record capital raise of more than USD 1.6 billion for our open-ended vehicles." (mw)


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SCCC to host special NHS Day
Somerset County Cricket are delighted to reveal initial plans for a special day to celebrate the efforts of the Country’s National Health Service.
Working with Love Musgrove and other local NHS Charities, the Club plan to collate fundraising efforts with an event at the Cooper Associates County Ground when safe to do so.
Central to this day will be limited edition shirts being worn by the Somerset players. The kit was designed by junior competition winner Tom, who submitted a concept that was chosen by Club Captain Tom Abell as the winning entry. In addition to the 500 sold through SCCC Shop, the player shirts will be signed and auctioned to add to the funds raised to this point.
The Club has so far raised over £4500 from the sale of the shirts, as well as significant funds in the Together Through This Test auction.
Somerset Chief Executive Gordon Hollins said: “We are delighted to announce initial plans for an event at the ground to pay tribute to our local key workers. Whilst we don’t know exactly when this may be able to take place, the ideas are certainly coming together and is a natural continuation from the release of our limited edition playing shirt. I know the Somerset players will be delighted to wear the shirt in some capacity and we hope to have more details on this over the coming weeks”.
For those who purchased limited edition shirts, these are expected to be delivered in early July and not late July as first mentioned.
More information about this event will be released in due course. Please keep an eye on this website and our social media channels for the latest news.Back to News


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In an attempt to tap the retail market, Liberty Shoes Ltd launched its retail format, Revolutions. The chain of retail showrooms to be housed in various shopping malls in India and abroad will be operated under a separate company, Liberty Retail Revolutions Ltd. The company has plans to foray into the ceramic industry by the year 2005, for which a separate company will be floated. Further Liberty Shoes is expecting an order from Wal-Mart, which will be the first such supply to retail formats internationally by the company.
Speaking at the announcement of the first store to be set up at Inorbit Mall at Malad in Mumbai, Adarsh Gupta, executive director, Liberty Group, said that in the next two years, the company plans to have 25 Revolutions store in India and six stores internationally.
The store will be positioned primarily within shopping malls in India. Singapore, Kuala Lampur, Dhaka, Colombo, Karachi and Dubai are destinations internationally. “Revolutions is a service brand which will house the entire range of footwear which Liberty has to offer. The target audience is in the age group of 14-35 years and prices of Liberty footwear range from Rs 500-5,000,” said Mr Gupta.
Apart from footwear, the store will also house fashion accessories like watches and artificial jewellery, which the company will be outsourcing.
Liberty Retail Revolutions Ltd is the new company under Liberty Group, which will hold 51 per cent stake, while the rest will be held by the family. Mr Gupta said that the total investment which will be made in the next 24 months is to the tune of Rs 20 crore. The international foray will entail investment of Rs 6-8 crore. “The turnover by the year 2006-07 from the 25 outlets is expected to be in the region of Rs 75 crore, contributing around 4 per cent to the total turnover of the group,” he said.
He added that in the first year, the company expects a turnover of Rs 8-10 crore. For Liberty Shoes Ltd, exports contribute around 25 per cent to the total turnover and is in the region of over Rs 50 crore.


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A single Bitcoin holder—called a “whale” in cryptocurrency parlance—likely manipulated the market and helped fuel the big rise in Bitcoin’s price in 2017, according to researchers. That year, Bitcoin’s price jumped from under $1,000 in January to more than $19,000 in December.
The news: Last year, University of Texas professor John Griffin and Amin Shams, an instructor at Ohio State University, published controversial research concluding that in 2017 just a few big players used the stablecoin Tether to prop up the price of Bitcoin following market downturns. Griffin and Shams now tell Bloomberg that just a single whale was likely behind the behavior. They say that one entity on Bitfinex, a popular cryptocurrency headquartered in Hong Kong, appears able to push the price of Bitcoin up when it falls below certain thresholds.
The research: Griffin and Shams studied Bitcoin and Tether transactions from March 1, 2017, to March 31, 2018. They found that Bitcoin purchases on Bitfinex increased whenever the price dropped by certain increments. According to Bloomberg, which saw a prepublication version of a paper set to be published in the Journal of Finance, the authors conclude: “This pattern is only present in periods following the printing of Tether, driven by a single large account holder, and not observed by other exchanges."
Tether’s general counsel Stuart Hoegner told Bloomberg that the research is “foundationally flawed” because it relies on insufficient data.
Crypto-controversy: The same executives who own Bitfinex also control Tether, which is no stranger to controversy.
In 2017, the two firms received subpoenas from the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission. In May of 2018, the US Justice Department opened a criminal investigation into whether Tether was indeed being used to manipulate Bitcoin. And the New York attorney general has sued Tether and Bitfinex, accusing them of participating in a cover-up after losing $850 million worth of customer and corporate funds.
Keep up with the fast-moving and sometimes baffling world of cryptocurrencies and blockchains with our weekly newsletter Chain Letter. Subscribe here. It’s free!


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The department is set to increase biosecurity controls across its airports and mail processing centres after seizing 152 pork products over a two-week period.
The pork products were tested at the Australian Animal Health Laboratory in Geelong, near Melbourne, where it was found that six of the 152 pork products were contaminated with the ASF virus.
In recent months, ASF has spread rapidly across sub-Saharan Africa, as well as mainland Europe and parts of Asia.
Australia’s head of biosecurity for the agriculture department Lyn O’Connell said the measures would keep the country’s AU$60bn agricultural industries free from the disease.
“Bringing banned products to Australia puts our environment, industries and animal health at risk. The detection of the virus in seized products at the border does not change Australia’s African swine fever-free status,” said O’Connell.
“However, the test results do reinforce the importance of continued compliance with Australia’s strict biosecurity requirements. If introduced, it [ASF] would have a significant impact on pig health and production, and contribute to wider economic impacts caused by a loss of access to overseas markets for our pork products.”
The Government urged people visiting or returning to Australia to pay attention to its biosecurity requirements and not bring banned products with them.
“If travellers are carrying foods, plant material or animal products in their luggage, they must declare them on their incoming passenger card,” O’Connell added.
“Before making online purchases, check what can and cannot be mailed to Australia. Products such as pork jerky cannot be brought into Australia except under specific import conditions. If you are unsure of an item, declare it, or don’t bring it at all.”
According to Australian Pork Limited, any passengers carrying and not declaring these goods when entering the country face fines of up to $420, 000 and imprisonment for up to 10 years.


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- According to sources at 9to5Google and Android Police, the Pixel 3 lineup will begin selling at T-Mobile and Sprint
- Both of those carriers will also sell the Pixel 3a and Pixel 3a XL
- Carrier announcements likely coming at Google I/O next week
Google's Pixel lineup has been Verizon exclusive since 2016, and while its phones work on all four U.S. carriers when purchased unlocked, it appears that Google will be expanded its carrier footprint in the U.S.
According to sources at 9to5Google and Android Police, the Pixel 3 and 3a series will be sold at T-Mobile and Sprint, leaving AT&T as the sole outlier (which is odd because AT&T loves phones that don't sell well).
No word on pricing yet, but the Pixel 3 currently sells for $599 at the Google Store (down from $799 when it debuted) and the 3a will likely begin at $399.
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Spigen Liquid Crystal ($10 at Amazon)
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Jabra Move Wireless Headphones ($68 at Amazon)
Google gives you a decent pair of USB-C earbuds with your Pixel 3 along with a 3.5mm dongle for connecting traditional headphones, but if you want to go wireless we'd recommend these Bluetooth beauties from Jabra. These cans are lightweight with an adjustable stainless steel band, making them comfortable to listen to for hours on end.
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Following sexual misconduct reports from 2018, Google has settled a shareholder lawsuit and announced major changes to how the company operates in these regards — including no severance packages for employees fired over sexual misconduct.
Pixel 5 and Pixel 4a 5G won’t launch until weeks after September 30 event
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Chinese airlines threaten Qantas' Kangaroo Route
Qantas is facing a new competitive threat on the Australia to Europe route from Chinese airlines, which are now expanding rapidly outside their domestic markets. In a rare interview, China Southern Airlines CEO Tan Wengeng told Sheryle Bagwell that Australasia was seen as ‘a natural testing ground’ for the company.
China Southern Airlines is Asia’s biggest airline, carrying almost 90 million passengers last year. In 2012, it took on Qantas' Kangaroo Route with the launch of its own 'Canton Route' from Australia to London via its Guangzhou hub in southern China, with fares up to 30 per cent cheaper than other major airlines.
President and CEO of China Southern Airlines, Tan Wengeng, is seen as a rising star in the Chinese Communist Party. He said Australasia was a popular region for the rapidly growing Chinese tourism industry.
China Southern is sparing no efforts to enhance our Australian passengers’ travel experience on our flights, and we have done a great deal to upgrade our products.Tan Wengeng, China Southern Airlines
‘China’s tourism industry develops at 20 per cent every year, and last year alone, over 100 million Chinese tourists visited abroad,’ he told Breakfast through an interpreter.
‘Sydney, Melbourne and Auckland tend to be more appealing destinations for Chinese tourists. I think more Chinese [tourists] visit Australia than the other way around, but we see more and more Australian people choosing to fly on our Canton Routes.'
With low labour costs and the backing of the Chinese government, China Southern Airlines has been able to offer a far cheaper product than its international competitors. Ticket prices for European routes are up to $500 cheaper than those offered by airlines like Qantas.
However, Mr Tan said the company, which is listed on the Hong Kong, New York and Shanghai stock markets, is still subject to market demands.
‘We would like to maintain our competitiveness, but we also need to realise that labour costs are increasing in China. We are working diligently to cut down operation costs,' he said.
While the company maintains a healthy leadership position in its home country, international travellers still cite concerns about the level of service, lack of English language skills, quality of food and safety on China Southern flights.
‘China Southern is sparing no efforts to enhance our Australian passengers’ travel experience on our flights, and we have done a great deal to upgrade our products,’ said Mr Tan.
‘I myself attach high importance to the service quality of our products. More importantly, on the Australasian routes, passengers can fly on the most state-of-the-art, newest aircraft.
‘We would like to focus on the skill of the airline and the quality of our service, so as to develop into a world-class carrier. I’m sure the Chinese aviation industry will be one of the biggest players in the world soon.’
Sheryle Bagwell travelled to Guangzhou as a guest of China Southern Airlines.
- Tan Wangeng
- President and CEO of China Southern Airlines
- Sheryle Bagwell, Business Editor


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Google Podcasts may be the tech giant’s podcast app of choice, but the company is reportedly developing an all-new piece of software for discovering and playing podcasts. Called ‘Shortwave’, the new app is apparently being developed by the Area 120 team, which is described by the tech giant as a ‘workshop for Google’s experimental products’.
The new software was revealed recently by a trademark filing that says it will “allow users to search, access, and play digital audio files, and to share links to audio files”. Although the trademark filing doesn’t specify the kind of audio, the app is understood to be focused on spoken content.
In an e-mailed reply to The Verge, Google reportedly said that Shortwave was “One of the many projects that we’re working on within Area 120 is Shortwave, which helps users discover and consume spoken-word audio in new ways. Like other projects within Area 120, it’s a very early experiment so there aren’t many details to share right now”.
It’s not immediately clear how exactly the new app will differ from Google Podcast, but the company it is definitely yet another example of the company coming up with multiple solutions for the same functionality.
One glaring example is the number of Messaging Apps offered by the company, including Allo, Android Messages, Hangouts etc., but the company now seems to be repeating history with podcasts, given that in addition to Google Podcasts, even the Google Play app offers podcast functionality.
With yet another podcast app now under development at Google, it will be interesting to see if it will fare any better than the abysmal 3.4 stars that Google Podcasts is currently rated at on the Play Store with just over a million downloads.


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Virtual and augmented reality-focused ad monetisation firm Admix has acquired media website VRFocus for an undisclosed fee.
Earlier this month it had been announced that the former owner of VRFocus, InvestVR, had laid off all of the site's staff.
Admix however has swooped in to buy the publication and, according to a statement from VRFocus site editor and former CEO Kevin Joyce to PocketGamer.biz, "we are re-hiring as many of the team as possible". A number of senior staff have now been retained to work on the site.
Joyce will continue in his role to oversee the transition, though how long he will remain at the company is "undetermined at present". VRFocus is currently on the hunt for a new editor.
Admix claims that the website will retain its editorial independence and continue to report on news in the VR and AR markets.
CEO Sam Huber said the deal was part of its efforts to create an ecosystem that helps developers in the emerging sectors be successful.
The move comes just after Admix raised $2.1 million in funding to double its headcount and ramp up its developer outreach efforts.
“The deal was made easy because our visions are aligned,” said Huber.
“Admix is all about empowering developers to be successful, through our community VR/AR Pioneers, and VRFocus is about showcasing VR’s awesomeness. Bringing VRFocus as part of the family is another move in that direction.”
Joyce added: “Admix, through its AR/VR Pioneers community, will continue to be centred on marketing tips and resources to help developers build successful VR companies, whilst VRFocus will continue in its role of showcasing the amazing worlds of AR and VR, reporting on its wide-reaching community whilst staying completely independent from Admix.”
You can learn more about VR and AR at our upcoming conference Pocket Gamer Connects London 2019 on January 21st to 22nd.


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Minecraft enthusiasts have been getting tons of good news lately. For instance, it was just recently reported that Nvidia just revealed Minecraft new block building with a brand new trailer that came out just recently.
Minecraft with RTX
IGN notes that this trailer shows the before and after-effects of the Nvidia raytracing features.
Also, there are a few thoughts on this update by the Minecraft’s development team.
In the trailer, there are various locales that get the RTX treatment on Windows 10 and these include “vibrant homes, glistening lakes, darkened tunnels full of glowing lava, and expansive caves with light filtering in from cracks above.”
Minecraft 1.15 update – New bees are rideable thanks to a modder
Now, more news regarding Minecraft is on the way to gamers.
Minecraft received bees thanks to the 1.15 update, and there’s already a modded which made these rideable.
PCGamer reveals that SethBling explained in a video that you could check out below that with the help of his datapack, players have the ability to craft saddles which can be placed on the bees.
More than that, they can create flowers on sticks to lead them around all over the place. The saddled bees have a dash move now as well.
How this works
The online publication notes that the way in which this works is interesting:
“With the datapack installed, any bee you look at has an invisible pig overlaid on it. It’s actually the pig you’re saddling and riding, which means that Minecraft now has flying pigs.”
The online publication mentioned above also notes that the flower on a stick is basically a reskinned poppy which as you may know by now, the bees are programmed to be attracted to even when they are not saddled. If you’re holding a flower, the bees will follow you.


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Microsoft is working on an update to its Phone Link app that will allow your Android phone to stream audio directly to (*11*) 11.
By the way, it also appears that Microsoft has changed the name of the app, from Phone Link to Link to (*11*), as seen on the Google Play Store (opens in a new tab).
According to (*11*) Latest (Opens in a new tab), you can enable these sounds on any (*11*) device you have connected your Android phone to. For example, you'll be able to hear sounds from WhatsApp or your SMS messaging app, useful if you're working on a computer with a headset plugged in and might otherwise miss a notification.
It's a feature users have been asking for, and while it's a welcome enhancement that's sure to help when your Android phone is docked, you may have never used (or even heard of) Talk Phone Link on (*11* ) eleven.
Streaming Spiceworld from Android to PC just got easier
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If you're on a Mac and also have an iPad or iPhone, switching between devices is nothing new to you. For example, if you sent an iMessage on your iPad, you can continue the conversation with a macOS device.
However, it has been difficult to do the same with laptops and PCs with (*11*). Sure, you can manage your content with OneDrive across multiple devices, but checking messages or managing notifications between your Android smartphone and your computer with (*11*) has never been an easy process.
This is where Phone Link (opens in a new tab) has been something of a lifeline for many users, and it does most of what it sets out to do. But for whatever reason, Microsoft has barely announced it since its May 2018 debut.
Being able to stream audio from your Android to your PC will only improve Phone Link's usefulness, but Microsoft could benefit from showing just how good this app is.
It's puzzling that such a useful tool isn't promoted much as part of the (*11*) 11 (and (*11*) 10) software package, especially since millions of users will already have it installed and are completely unaware of its existence. Perhaps a collaborative effort with Samsung or Google is necessary? I am available for consulting work, Microsoft…


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There’s one crucial question at the heart of every esports organisation’s goals. How do we monetise fandom?
They may have tons of passionate fans but merchandise sales, sponsorships, and the occasional live event just aren’t enough to bring in enough revenue to make esports organisations profitable.
This isn’t a unique problem to esports. Silicon Valley is filled with companies who have tons of users but aren’t turning a profit yet. The goal is to simply reach critical mass. Recently companies like Twitter have gone from operating in the red to the green after over a decade of scaling. The secret, for better or for worse, was user data.
Yesterday, Team Liquid announced the creation of Liquid+, a gamified home for fans to connect with each other and get rewarded with prizes. While the organisation does not plan to sell user data like social media companies, a platform like Liquid+ gives them access to valuable information.
To use the platform, fans connect their various online accounts to Liquid+. Then, when they watch a Liquid streamer or comment on an LCS game thread on Reddit, they are rewarded with points on Liquid+.
“We wanted to create something like the stadium feel of traditional sports,” said Victor Goossens, Co-CEO and Founder of Team Liquid, to Esports Insider. “Esports has a lot of cool aspects, we are a digital sport with fans all across the world, but we don’t really have a place for fans to come together. We can bring fans together to celebrate in one place like traditional sports fans – at least used to do – in their stadiums.”
In all, Reddit, Twitch, Twitter, and Discord are integrated on Liquid+. It’s an interesting slate of platforms, namely because the vast majority of users on all of them except Twitter are anonymous. Compared to platforms like Instagram and Facebook, the user bases on these platforms are more secretive by design. While the platform rewards connecting those accounts to Liquid+, Goossens doesn’t think it is crucial to enjoying the platform.
“You can still get a lot of things out of the platform even if you don’t connect all your accounts,” he explained. “The team has done a good job figuring out the point systems and making sure you can still get rewarded even though everyone has their own personal tendencies and maybe isn’t connecting all the platforms.”
As for what Team Liquid gets out of the platform, the main benefit is information in the form of user data. Being able to quantify the fan base gives better data to prospective partners and allows the organisation to engage with fans in the most effective way.
“Throughout my entire life, I’ve enjoyed making decisions by being informed,” Goossens said. “Whether that was as a StarCraft player or a poker player or running Liquid, I love to get people’s input and use that feedback to make good decisions. Us understanding our fans better is going to be valuable in a ton of different places. Being informed leads to better leadership and we are able to accomplish that [with Liquid+].”
Again, Team Liquid does not plan to adopt the model used by social media companies by selling user data to advertisers. The information it gathers through the platform will only be used to guide internal decision-making and reward fans. Privacy is also a key concern for the team.
“We are fully GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) compliant and we have someone in that role making sure user data is protected,” Goossens said. “A lot of what is in GDPR is what we philosophically and fundamentally believe. Even though GDPR is a European regulation, we are holding ourselves to that standard worldwide. We are not going to sell individual user data and we have committed to that in our terms of service. Internally you aren’t going to find anyone in Liquid who even wants to do that.”
The other major benefit, and the one most tangible upon launch, is a better way to bring brand partners closer to the fans. Rewarding fandom with branded products is a great way to cement the brand partnership.
“We are able to integrate our partners into the platform,” Goossens said. “If we did a sponsored event or a sponsored stream, we are able to connect that to redeeming points and asking people to tune in if they’re looking to collect those points. We are also able to use partner products as rewards, there are a lot of cool applications for partners on the platform.”
The fan response to the launch was great. Within hours, Team Liquid closed the beta sign up. The launch of the platform itself is planned for December and the organisation will be opening up the beta periodically until then.
Clearly Team Liquid’s fans have been looking for a place to gather and they now have that in Liquid+. As stadiums in traditional sports remain empty, Team Liquid’s digital meeting ground could be a precursor to similar applications across esports and sports alike.


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- Three US lawmakers have sent a letter to the US Olympics Committee urging them to restrict the US contingent from using China’s digital Yuan during the Winter Olympics 2022 in Beijing.
- The Republican politicians Marsha Blackburn, Cynthia Lummis, and Roger Wicker mentioned in their letter that using the digital Yuan will enable the Chinese officials to spy on the athletes.
- In April 2022, China began trials of its digital Yuan or the central bank digital currency (CBDC). The Chinese authorities are also exploring opportunities to let foreign sportspersons and visitors use the CBDC during the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics in 2022.
Three US Senators Expressed Concern Over Using Digital Yuan by American Athletes
Three republican US senators have appealed to the US Olympics Committee to restrict American athletes not to use the digital Yuan during the 2022 Winter Games in Beijing.
Senators Marsha Blackburn, Cynthia Lummis, and Roger Wicker wrote a letter to the authorities to prevent American participants from making transactions using the new digital currency at the next year’s Winter Olympics, expressing concerns over spying and data security.
In their letter to the Committee, the senators have requested officials to stop American athletes from accepting or using the digital Yuan because the People’s Bank of China (PBoC) may track and trace the activities of the athletes for spying.
China’s Plan to Rollout the Digital Yuan
China’s digital token Yuan is still in trial stages and has made the senators worried that it might challenge the status of the US Digital dollar as the dominant reserve currency in the world.
Chinese officials have asserted that the digital token will be mainly for domestic retail transactions. According to PBoC, currently, more than 20.8 million people have opened a digital wallet all over China.
In April 2020, China began trials of its digital Yuan and has given away the central bank digital currency or CBDC worth thousands of dollars to people in various cities. The PBoC has also stated it is exploring scopes of allowing foreign athletes and visitors to use the CBDC at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics in 2022, which could be the first such trial, including foreign nationals in China.
In their statement, the US senators mentioned that recently the Chinese government added new features to the digital Yuan, empowering the officials to track the details of athletes’ transactions. They further referred the payment and messaging app WeChat as an example. According to the senators, China was already using that platform for spying, intimidating, and arresting Chinese citizens.
The senators have requested to have a briefing on this matter within 30 days at the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. They have urged that the Olympic committee hand over the matter to federal agencies shielding the privacy of US athletes from the prying eyes of China’s Communist Government.
China’s Official Response to this Allegation
In response to the US senators’ statement, the Spokesman of the Chinese Foreign Ministry, Zhao Lijian told at a press conference that the action of the US lawmakers only showed their ignorance.
Zhao Lijian further added that US lawmakers should understand what a digital currency is. The senators should respect the spirit of the Olympics, and stop turning sports into a political issue by refraining themselves from creating troubles over China’s digital currency rollout.


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The average used Tesla price in November was $55,754, down 17% from the July high of $67,297. According to Edmunds’ data, the overall used car market fell 4% during that period. Used Tesla cars were in dealer inventory for an average of 50 days in November, compared to 38 days for all used cars.
Rising gas prices due to the Ukrainian war boosted demand for Tesla, one of the few long-range electric vehicles on the market. Tesla Inc.By itself it raised prices faster than other cars and increased profit margins. Also, some new Tesla car buyers are taking advantage of the booming market to sell relatively new cars in order to make a profit, ordering new cars to meet demand for new Tesla cars. pushed up.
Now that fuel prices are falling and interest rates are rising, Tesla’s output is increasingWhen EV competition intensifiesleading used Tesla prices to fall faster than the market, with a cascading effect on new Tesla prices.
Tesla last week New car prices in the U.S. dropped to $7,500 Investors are becoming more concerned about softening demand for the Model Ys and Model 3s delivered this year.
Nearly a third of Tesla’s used cars sold in August were 2022 models, which it plans to resell, analysts said. That compares with about 5% of other brands on the used market, according to research firm Edmunds.
“You can’t sell your current Tesla for more than you paid for it,” said Karl Brauer, executive analyst at car sales website iSeeCars.com. It would reduce demand for new Teslas.”
On Thursday, Musk said that “rapid changes in interest rates” have pushed up the price of all cars, both new and used, and that Tesla could cut prices to keep volumes growing. Yes, which could result in reduced profits.
Tesla, which has dissolved its media relations department, did not respond to Reuters’ e-mailed inquiries.
Certainly, Tesla is not the only one. The U.S. used-car market, which thrived after being hit by global auto manufacturing, is now facing a “used-car recession,” one analyst said after used-car sellers. I was. CarMax last week reported an 86% decline in third-quarter earnings..
But Tesla is leading the pullback. The factors driving up the price of the company’s vehicles were exaggerated compared to other brands, so Tesla “was basically the only viable product when it came to second-hand EVs for a long time,” says Ivan Drury. the director said. Insights from Edmunds.com.
EVs such as the Ford F-150 Lightning and Hyundai Ioniq 5 are making headlines in the market, said Liz Najman, content marketing manager at EV research firm Recurrent.
Software engineer Greg Profitt bought a new Model Y last year for $49,000 and sold it three months later for another $12,000. He ordered a new one, but he just bought a used Tesla at a discount.
“Because of the economy, it’s a little scary to buy new,” he said, adding that the new $7,500 discount would be too little to sustain demand.


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A publishing alliance between Infosys and Penguin was announced during Penguin CEO John Makinson's recent visit to Chennai. Penguin and Pearson Education and the Financial Times businesses are part of the Pearson Group. Various news reports on John Makinson's visit provide an interesting perspective on Pearson Group's Indian operations.
- Infosys and UK based Penguin group, a Pearson company, have tied up for publishing the books authored by Infosys. In an interview to Deccan Chronicle, John Makinson, chairman and chief executive of the Penguin Group said that both the companies signed an MoU a couple of months ago and the first book with the Infosys imprint would be released by June, this year. "Infosys will write books on computers and management and we will print the books," Makinson said. (Deccan Chronicle) Pearson Education has similar imprint alliances with other organisations like Cisco Press, and Macromedia Press and Adobe Press (both part of Pearson's Peachpit imprint), to publish technology titles targeting professionals and students, and Wharton School Publishing to publish business-related titles.
- Pearson Education set up its Chennai Publishing Programme in December 2004 with a full-fledged editorial team and has brought out 38 titles for the Tamil Nadu curriculum in the first year. Chennai was chosen as the site for the project due to its academic and editorial talent and it's position as a technology centre, said Mr Makinson. (The Hindu)
- Makinson said the company is outsourcing the digitisation of its content to India. Pearson's investment in this initiative amounts to $35 million, he said. Half goes into technology support and development for Pearson in general while the rest is used to develop the Pearson Education business, particularly for the US. The total investment in India is a bit difficult to aggregate as the company considers it business by business, he added. (Sify)
- Makinson said "We will work aggressively in the educational publication sector by making available original text material. Adaptations of the existing content as well as new content both for schools and the higher education segment will be our focus." (NewKerala.com)
- Penguin India has launched a business books imprint called Portfolio. "There's an enormous appetite in India for books about business," said John Makinson, Chairman and Chief Executive, Penguin Group. The imprint was launched in the US 2-3 years ago, and "seems to be relevant to the market in India," he said, speaking to Business Line. Penguin will publish books sourced from other Penguin territories but the main focus will be on Indian books for the Indian market. There are about 30-35 titles lined up, on business management, successes and failures. (Sify)
- Penguin India would start publishing in Malayalam this year in addition to their 8 Hindi titles and 2 Marathi titles published last year. They plan to publish 180 English language titles and 70 regional language titles over the coming year. The books will be a combination of old, new and translations. (Sify)
- At Rs 50 crore (£6.25 million), Penguin India's contribution to the publisher's worldwide revenue of £1 billion is small (partly because book prices in the country are very low) but then, "Pearson is also making money in India," Makinson said. (Sify)
David Davidar had indicated back in 2003 that Penguin India's annual revenues were in the region of Rs. 100 crores - they seem to only about half as much now.
- "We will strengthen our ties with Business Standard and increase out interest in it to 25 percent," Makinson said. (NewKerala.com)
Pearson currently has a 13.85% stake in Business Standard. Kotak Mahindra Group and Great Eastern Shipping are the other major investors in Business Standard.


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MillerCoors LLC has laid down the gauntlet in a battle with spirits with its newest brew called Miller Fortune.
To be served in a rocks glass or a jet black angular bottle, Miller Fortune features Cascade hops and caramel malt. It also packs a punch with 6.9 percent alcohol content, according to a story on Bloomberg.com.
A spokesperson for MillerCoors said the company is going after men between the ages of 21 and 27 who "take risks and seize opportunities" with this brew because the beer industry as a whole has lost seven share points to spirits and wine.
The cost of a six-pack will be $6.99 and is expected to be sold in stores on Feb. 10.


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Recently Cryptoslate had a chat with Emile, who is multi-chain DeFi wallet XDEFI’s co-founder and CEO. Emile has previously worked for Bloomberg and Reuters. His move from traditional finance to tech is recent. XDEFI was launched recently in Aug 2020 with co-founder David. XDEFI now has a team of 35 and a user base exceeding 70K.
During the chat, Emile highlighted that the staff at XDEFI had extensive experience in traditional finance with leading firms. Its personnel also have experience in blockchain, and in the development of decentralized applications.
XDEFI – Features
The problem that XDEFI was solving was to provide a fast and powerful cross-chain DeFi wallet. Compared to the competition, XDEFI has superior cross-chain support. It offers native integration with nine other chains and has plans to soon add more chains.
Emile feels that DeFi users need multichannel wallets because newer opportunities have emerged other than Ethereum. He brought out that XDEFI also has close links with THORChain and Terra ecosystems.
The XDEFI wallet has been built keeping in mind the needs of DeFi and NFT users. Their biggest pain point was switching between other DeFi wallets across chains. XDEFI allows secure switching to capitalize on opportunities on any chain.
Emile felt that very soon XDEFI will feature a mobile app, a web app and cross-chain API. XDEFI tokens will enable their staking for rebates, rewards and to participate in the governance of the XDEFI wallet.
XDEFI shortly plans to deepen integrations with existing chains and also integrate SOL, AVAX and FTM. It also plans to launch a Firefox extension, a mobile/web app, and cross-chain API. XDEFI also plans to launch a multichannel DEX aggregator.


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Earnings season is about to give us another profit opportunity with Shake Shack stock...
Shake Shack Inc. (NYSE: SHAK) will report fourth-quarter earnings after the bell on Monday, March 7. Analysts expect the fast-casual burger chain to report $0.07 per share on revenue of $50.4 million.
If the company beats estimates again, the Shake Shack stock price will likely jump in response. After all, shares of SHAK saw a weekly gain of 10% when the firm beat Q3 earnings expectations on Nov. 5.
But Money Morning Chief Investment Strategist Keith Fitz-Gerald - a 30-year market veteran who correctly predicted the dot-com crash - says Shake Shack stock isn't the Wall Street darling millions of investors think it is.
"What's happening with Shake Shack is a very serious warning that the markets have become frothy and that investors are chasing hot ideas rather than results," Fitz-Gerald said last July when the stock was trading a whopping 142% higher than its IPO price. Shake Shack went public in January 2015.
While some will see a Shake Shack beat as a reason to buy in, Fitz-Gerald has kept SHAK on his "stocks to short" list. There's one $50 million reason why Shake Shack stock is a short - even if the company posts another strong quarter.
Before we get to that, here's a recap of the company's stellar first year on the market...
What Pushed Shake Shack Stock Higher in 2015
When SHAK stock hit the market on Jan. 29, 2015, it was one of the most highly anticipated debuts of the year. The Shake Shack IPO raised $105 million by offering five million shares for $21 each. SHAK shares skyrocketed 119% on their first day of trading to close at $45.90.
According to Renaissance Capital, a manager of IPO-focused ETFs, it was the fourth best-performing IPO of 2015. Although the Shake Shack stock price peaked at $92.86 on May 22, it still saw an 89% gain from its IPO price by the end of 2015.
The blockbuster market performance coincided with a series of strong earnings reports. In its Q1 2015 earnings report, Shake Shack posted $0.04 per share on revenue of $37.8 million. That beat Wall Street expectations of $0.03 per share on revenue of $34 million.
Shake Shack's earnings growth continued when the company posted $0.09 and $0.12 per share in Q2 and Q3. Those numbers smashed analyst estimates of $0.03 and $0.07 for the respective quarters.
But the Shake Shack stock price is down 7.6% over the last three months, and Fitz-Gerald says shares will keep tumbling in 2016 thanks to this $50 million problem...
One Reason to Short Shake Shack Stock in 2016
The biggest drag on the Shake Shack stock price this year will be its absurdly high valuation.
Although Shake Shack trades lower than competitors like McDonald's Corp. (NYSE: MCD) and Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. (NYSE: CMG), its price-to-earnings growth (PEG) ratio sits at 4.74. This is unrealistically high considering a PEG ratio above one means the stock is overvalued while a ratio below one means it's undervalued.
Also, Shake Shack's 2016 price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio is 128.84 - nearly six times higher than that of McDonald's and double that of Chipotle. Those metrics conclude that each Shake Shack location is worth roughly $50 million as of last September. That's illogical considering how little the company has grown during its seven months on the market.
"If the Shack is going to achieve a McDonald's-like valuation per location, the company would have to open approximately 864 restaurants representing a 929% expansion from the 84 locations they operate today," Fitz-Gerald explained.
The burger chain's artificial valuation is a perfect example of investors' tendency to buy shares based on hype rather than financial data.
But hype can only last so long, which is why Fitz-Gerald considers Shake Shack stock one of the best short candidates of 2016. In fact, investors who followed Fitz-Gerald's recommendation to "short the Shack" last May are enjoying a 44% return.
"The deal breaker for Shake Shack - at least in my book anyway - is that it's always carried an insanely high and unjustifiable valuation," Fitz-Gerald said last November. "As much as I love the food, I think Shake Shack stock still has more room to the downside."
The Bottom Line: Shake Shack stock had a superb year in 2015. Thanks to frothy hype and strong earnings reports, SHAK stock soared to a nearly 90% gain last year. But the company is insanely overvalued right now. With absurdly high PEG and P/E ratios compared to its more seasoned competitors, we recommend shorting Shake Shack stock in 2016. Shares will see a drop-off this year as the hype runs out of steam and investors see the company for what it really is.
Alex McGuire is an associate editor for Money Morning. Follow him on Twitter at @AlexMcGuire92 for all of the biggest news on Shake Shack stock.
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The Uber IPO Anticipation Is Quickly Building... It's no surprise that investors are eagerly waiting for the opportunity to invest in the highest-valued company in the world. But the ride-hailing service just made a huge expansion announcement that will drive the hype to atmospheric levels. Here's why Uber's recent announcement is one of the reasons it will become one of the biggest IPOs in history...


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Wall Street is betting that Apple’s earnings will shrink 4%
FORTUNE — The chart at right, posted before Apple’s (AAPL) shares lost another $12 (2.5%) Tuesday, comes out of Morgan Stanley’s “What’s in the Price?” stock analyzer. It suggests that at Monday’s $480 a share, the market was pricing in long term earning growth for Apple of -4%.
Anything is possible, of course.
But in a note to clients early Tuesday, Morgan Stanley’s Katy Huberty characterized the situation as a “free option” on Apple’s track record of innovation.
By my calculation, Apple’s net income has grown an average of 64% per year since 2005 — although as Huberty points out, the implied long-term earnings growth baked into the stock over the past eight years has lagged considerably at 7%. She adds that the end markets Apple serves are growing 14% per year.
As if to underscore that point, Gartner reported early Wednesday that sales of Apple’s iPhone — the company’s biggest money maker — grew 22.6% last quarter. For the year, according to IDC, iPhone shipments grew 46%.
Android’s market share grew faster, of course, reaching 69.7% worldwide in Q4 according to Gartner, compared with iOS’s 20.9%.
But remember, even with that smaller market share Canaccord Genuity estimates that Apple took home 72% of all the profits in the cellphone business last quarter. Worldwide. Smartphone and dumb.
So it’s possible, as Apple’s share price is telling us, that the company is headed into a period of long-term negative earnings growth. But it doesn’t seem likely.


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Article: Battery life looks promising in early Samsung Galaxy S III tests
What I still can't comprehend is how the "RAZR" came to market ~3-4 months after rumors, with one of the thinnest android phones in the world, and then to top it off, a few months later came out with a phone that's the same size AND has the longest battery of any android phone. Clearly the technology is there. What this tells me is that a phone that's 2x the size of the RAZR MAXX should have at least 1.5 it's battery life.And I am not one to believe the phone should last more than 1 day -- but it should definitely last ~20 hours with extremely heavy usabe (so that's 20 hours of web surfing or 20 hours of video or 20 hours of phone calls - on 3G/4G/LTE not EDGE.)
Found a quote from Motorolla about the Droid MAXX and just had to add it:"DESIGN: SERIOUS BATTERY, SERIOUSLY THIN
DROID RAZR MAXX isn’t changing the rules — it’s creating a whole new game, in a full-on assault to what’s possible. At 8.99mm, it’s thinner than most smartphones and it packs more battery, too. Thinner and the longest talk time of any 4G smartphone? The competition doesn’t stand a chance."I think they are absolutely right sadly. If this phone was unlockable/supported by cyanogen/a 'nexus' which received a 'cleaner' OS I would've purchased out of contract already.
Like you say, the tech is there. I don't know why it's not applied all over. Probably a patent issue...
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What I don't like is talk time being the biggest benchmark. I barely talk on my phone.
One issue with talk time is the radios used. Moto has one of the best radios.
When the signal is in and out over and over it eats battery. Standby time is lowered as is talk time. I hate to admit it but Sammy often has issues with radios.
Wirelessly posted (Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; MSIE 9.0; Windows NT 6.1; Trident/5.0; XBLWP7; ZuneWP7))
I agree. I rarely talk on a phone either, so "talk time" doesn't tell me much.
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Amazon recently roped in its former executive and Tableau CEO Adam Selipsky to lead its cloud business. He will replace Andy Jassy once he moves to the role of Amazon’s CEO after Jeff Bezos steps down.
Who Is Adam Selipsky?
A Harvard Business School alumnus, Selipsky has earlier led the marketing, sales and support business of AWS as its vice president for 11 years. Selipsky had quit AWS to join Tableau as its CEO five years ago. He had first joined AWS in 2005, a year before its public launch, leading the sales, marketing, business development, partner management, technical support and customer service teams. Selipsky directly reported to Jassy.
Under his leadership, Tableau’s growth has quadrupled. He also led the acquisition of Salesforce last year.
“Adam will bring “strong judgment, customer obsession, team building, demand generation, and CEO experience” to the leadership team of the AWS vertical,” wrote Jassy in an email to AWS employees. “With a $51B revenue run rate that’s growing 28 percent YoY, it’s easy to forget that AWS is still in the very early stages of what’s possible,” he wrote.
Selipsky, along with Jassy, will begin their respective new roles at Amazon from May 17, 2021.
What To Expect From Selipsky?
AWS has high hopes from Selipsky as he takes on the mantle. Analysts believe Selipsky is a good choice as AWS CEO for several reasons such as:
1. He has an inside track on the inner workings of AWS. He understands the company culture, leadership principles and business foundation.
2. His past and recent leadership experiences make him an ideal candidate to drive the cloud business.
3. Selipsky has his finger on the pulse of the cloud market, which is expected to boost the bottom line of AWS in the coming tears.
Here is what we can expect:
Replicating the success of Tableau: Selipsky led Tableau for five years. He architected a staggering $15.7 billion acquisition deal with Salesforce during his tenure, quadrupled Tableau’s revenue and sent its share price soaring. Tableau had shifted its revenue base from software licensing to recurring subscription contracts. Experts believe he will ring the changes with AWS’ business model – add more services, expand its footprint and increase the revenue.
Taking cloud business to new heights: Selipsky is no stranger to the cloud business and has led the company’s customer-facing activities for years. He is clued in on changing customer requirements. Selipsky is expected to drive cloud adoption across industries and bring the customer acquisition cost down. His product expertise will give an edge to the AWS pipeline.
Ruling the competitive market: AWS has more than 30% of the cloud market and is a crucial driver in Amazon’s revenue. AWS has been rolling out state-of-the-art features to build a competitive moat. It will be interesting to see what Selipsky has up his sleeves to take on Azure, Google Cloud and Alibaba.
Building a solid tech team at AWS: Selipsky brings years of experience in building and leading successful teams. Being one of the leading cloud infrastructure companies, AWS heavily relies on a solid tech team. Moreover, its recent announcements around machine learning, Kubernetes etc. means AWS will go on a hiring overdrive for tech talents. Selipsky is expected to double down on the team-building efforts to take AWS to new heights.
Building a strong customer portfolio: AWS already has a strong customer portfolio that includes the likes of NASA and Netflix. Experts expect Selipsky to leverage data and insights to increase AWS’ catchment area and tap underserved markets.
Expansion in India: Amazon has announced setting up a second infrastructure region in India by 2022. It will bring developers, startups and enterprises to run their applications and serve end-users from data centres located in India.
Selipsky’s first challenge will be to address the rapid change the cloud business is witnessing since the pandemic. Another challenge will be to increase the scope of the already exhaustive list of products AWS offers. However, with the immense support from Jassy and the team, the company expects him to deliver positive results sooner than later.
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CD Projekt admitted that the people working on Cyberpunk 2077 will do crunch hours in the game’s final stage of development.
Crunch hours are absolute hell. Working day and night to deliver your product on time and in the best condition possible. This is a big problem in the video game industry. Developers often find problems that aren’t as easy to fix as you might think. But the publisher steps on their throat and reminds them of the game’s release date. That’s when crunching happens. Unfortunately, Cyberpunk 2077 requires crunch hours in its final stage, as was said in the conference call. Since they want to deliver the game in the perfect state a question asked if the development team was going to put in crunch hours, to which the response was:
To some degree, yes – to be honest. We try to limit crunch as much as possible, but it is
the final stage. We try to be reasonable in this regard, but yes. Unfortunately.
Horrible news. Anyone that doesn’t think so doesn’t understand what crunch hours do to a person. It’s constant work, not a lot of rest. And developers can get burned out by this. I wish they’ve decided to delay the game even more than put in crunch hours. Maybe they could have released both Cyberpunk 2077 and their other secret project, that being Cyberpunk 2077 multiplayer, at the same time.
Still, if you want to support the developers and their hard work, you can pre-order Cyberpunk 2077 on HRK Game right now!