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Honda’s “Impossible Made Possible” commercial is making people think “How did they do that?” and is a big hit online. But how did they do it? Check out this link to see see the commercial and then HOW they made such a cool commercial.
We read a lot about about self-driving cars and driverless technology; technology to make parking easier and alert us to pedestrians we may not see. It is impressive and making us increasingly safer. But it’s totally different to watch this technology at work, especially Honda’s new automatic valet parking system. Read the article and check […]
It has been a while since Honda unveiled a mini sports car like the S660 concept revealed in Japan. According to this article, “The S660 will be one of the six minicars Honda plans to introduce by 2015 to challenge Toyota Motor Corp. subsidiary Daihatsu Motor Co. and Suzuki Motor Corp., the leaders in a […]
If you’re into Formula One Racing (or any kind of racing), the sound of an engine might send your heart racing. That’s what Honda is hoping for with the release of the audio of it’s new formula one V6 engine, set to hit the tracks in 2015. If this gets your blood pumping a little […]
We love a good food fight, especially one that we don’t have to clean up. However, Honda is making the point on Twitter that the new Odyssey COULD clean up a food fight with its HondaVac. Honda tweeted out pictures of the HondaVac cleaning up after popular (and messy) snacks like Oreos, Cheetos, Taco Bell, […]
Consumer Reports recently got their first drive of the 2014 Honda Accord Hybrid and called it worthy of the ‘Accord’ name. Now that’s saying something. Here’s what else Consumer Reports had to say: “Overall, marrying its slick hybrid technology to the already capable Accord and at a reasonable price is good news. It would be […]
We love all things creative. Especially Honda commercials. Especially when they aren’t what you expect and surprise you. Check out one of Honda’s latest commercials for the CR-V HERE and you’ll understand what we’re talking about.
The US News and World Report website did a thorough study of the best compact SUVs on the market and the 2014 Honda CR-V is definitely at the top of its class. How top? #2 in Affordable Compact SUV #1 in Affordable Compact SUVs with 2nd row #2 in Affordable Crossover SUV “The 2014 truly […]
Have you ever wanted to take a tour of the Honda Museum in Japan but can’t afford the plane ticket? Well, now you can. A virtual tour, anyway. According to this article on Motortrend.com, “In addition to a modest gift shop, café, and archive room, the first floor also features a special section dedicated to […]
If you’re like us, you’ve been anxiously awaiting the 2014 Honda Accord Hybrid. Well, it’s here. And so are the rave reviews. Not only do people love the ‘achievable’ (read honest) gas mileage claims of 50 city/45 highway, the 2014 Honda Accord Hybrid has a ‘refined’ ride that seems very un-hybrid. Check out this article […]


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Anthem, the newest IP from Mass Effect developers BioWare closed the show at EA’s E3 Press Conference today with a new trailer, group interview with key developers, and some sweet gameplay. You can watch that segment below.
Most importantly, the game is set for a February 22, 2019 release date on PS4, Xbox One, and PC. Anthem has been compared to the likes of Destiny and Borderlands upon its reveal at last year’s E3, due to its heavy emphasis on co-op play shooting for loot. Of course, none of those games have jetpacks that make you fly.

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Duchess Kate is anticipated to host a modest gathering of family and close friends, instead of having a large celebration.
Kate Middleton attends the Earthshot reception at Cop26 in Glasgow tonight in a stunning Eponine coat dress.
Kate Middleton joins Ant and Dec in an effort to raise awareness about addiction.
Duchess Kate divulged the favorite foods of her three royal kids namely Princess Charlotte, Prince George and Prince Louis.
Duchess Kate showed her diplomatic sense of fashion while joining Prince William for a week-long royal tour to Scotland this week.
Duchess Kate placed daffodils from Kensington Palace when she dropped by in Sarah Everard’s memorial in South London on Saturday.
Prince William and Duchess Kate posed for 2020 Christmas card with their kids.
Duchess Kate went to the University of Derby on October 10 to talk to first year students and hear about how the coronavirus pandemic has affected the start of their university life.
Duchess Kate received a gift from Prince William when they were still in the courtship stage but she was not impressed with it.
Duchess Kate’s Superga sneakers are available on sale in the Amazon’s Big Style Sale.
Duchess Kate and Prince William made a video call to schoolkids, who have parents that are working on the frontline.
Duchess Kate and Prince William reportedly turned out to be the first royals to visit coronavirus frontline health workers when they visited them at a London NHS 111 call centre on Thursday.
Duchess Kate is spotted when she went shopping for books in Kensington.
Duchess Kate is wearing £410 red gown from Needle & Thread store for the evening event.
Prince William is reportedly planning to take Duchess Kate and their kids in his wife’s upcoming birthday.


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Monday, 14 Feb 2011
ViewSonic announced the launch of its new Dual-SIM Android Smartphone, the V350 and its new 10 inch professional tablet PC, the ViewPad 10Pro. Both will be previewed for the first time in Europe at Mobile World Congress (2B77 Hall 2) on 14 February 2011.
Monday, 3 Jan 2011
ECS plans on launching environmental friendly MB40/50 series notebook, eBook Reader, and Tablet PC at CES 2011.
Thursday, 30 Dec 2010
ARCHOS announces the availability of the ARCHOS 70 internet tablet (250GB version).
Wednesday, 22 Dec 2010
HP is rumored to be prepping a line of WebOS based tablets for CES next month.
Tuesday, 21 Dec 2010
We know Motorola is making a huge announcement at CES 2011, related to its tablet. But what we didn't expect, is this promo video that hints at what it'll be showing, and takes a few shots at the iPad and Galaxy Tab at the same time.
Monday, 20 Dec 2010
NVIDIA's on a roll. To be precise, it's their Tegra 2 dual-core chip, which has been reportedly flying off the shelves with a sizeable order from Samsung for the first half of 2011, which points to either a new tablet or Tegra 2 powered smartphone.
Thursday, 16 Dec 2010
Huawei's launches its first tablet, the IDEOS S7, in Singapore today. The tablet which incorporates Huawei's "Smart for all" concept by combining full feature performance with high-quality hardware and software, is powered by Android 2.1.
Thursday, 9 Dec 2010
Intel is laying its plans to introduce its processor chips onto tablets and smartphone manufacturers by late 2011.
BlackBerry App World vendor portal to begin accepting BlackBerry PlayBook apps from developers.
Tuesday, 7 Dec 2010
Right after the Google Nexus S announcement, we also spotted Google's Andy Rubin giving a demonstration of the upcoming Google Android 3.0, aka Honeycomb, on a prototype Motorola tablet.


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Aviation Industry bodies called for a crackdown on manufacturers of counterfeit lithium batteries and mis-labelled and non-compliant shipments.
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The International Air Transport Association (IATA), in partnership with the Global Shippers Forum (GSF), the International Federation of Freight Forwarders Associations (FIATA) and the International Air Cargo Association (TIACA), are amplifying their efforts to ensure the safe air transport of lithium batteries. The organizations are also renewing calls for governments to crack down on manufacturers of counterfeit batteries and of mis-labelled and non-compliant shipments introduced into the supply chain, by issuing and enforcing criminal sanctions on those responsible. Consumer demand for lithium batteries is growing by 17 per cent annually. With it, the number of incidents involving mis-declared or undeclared lithium batteries has also risen.
“Dangerous goods, including lithium batteries, are safe to transport if managed according to international regulations and standards. But we are seeing an increase in the number of incidents in which rogue shippers are not complying. The industry is uniting to raise awareness of the need to comply. This includes the launching of an incident reporting tool so that information on rogue shippers is shared. And we are asking governments to get much tougher with fines and penalties,” said Nick Careen, IATA’s Senior Vice President, Airport, Passenger, Cargo and Security.


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There is evidence to say that the corona virus (covid-19) outbreak has negatively impacted any kind of businesses in Indonesia, including the logistics sector. Many business players have suffered business loss, many are threatened with bankruptcy.
Unfortunately, incentives as the government has promised to help the sector has not been realized yet. Majority of logistics business admitted that they have not accepted the incentives like stimulus or credit facilities from the bank yet, no extension of grace period nor reduction of interest rate from the bank.
The survey of Indonesia Logistics and Forwarders’ Association (ALFI/ILFA) released today, Thursday, September 24, explained that 77.7% of the respondents admitted that they have not been benefitted with the incentives yet. They never accepted the credit facilities nor relaxation yet. Meanwhile, 9.2% of the respondents admitted that they have become the beneficiaries of the incentives of credit facilities and relaxation. The remained respondents admitted that the incentives of interest rate reduction were still in the process.
ALFI has conducted a survey on the impact of the pandemic to the logistics sectors that involved as many as 1,256 respondents. The survey took place for one month from early August.
Most of the respondents are ALFI members. In total, ALFI members reached 3,412 companies spreading throughout 34 provinces nationwide. Of the total, as many as 291 companies are PMA (joint venture with foreign).
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The survey also explicates the level of toughness of the logistics companies if the pandemic will not end soon, saying it very various.
Around 12.6% of the respondents say that they will be able to survive for the next three months, 35.4% for the next three to six months and, 51.9% of the respondent say they are able to survive for six to 12 months.
Around 95.6% of the respondents say that their business income decreased due to the pandemic, while only 4.4% say that their income was steady and increasing.
Fortunately, the survey concludes that there was no massive labor lay-off (PHK) in the logistics sector until now.
ALFI Chairman Yukki Nugrahawan Hanafi affirmed there were some logistics sub-sectors that seriously hit by this pandemic, while some were still stable, even grew up, during the pandemic. Yukki said the logistics running services in the commodities of electronic, automotive, and textile had been seriously hit by this pandemic. Those that were stable and even grew up include e-commerce logistics, courier service, warehousing for basic commodities and retail, and logistics services of business to consumer (B to C) and consumer to consumer (C to C) transactions.
Yukki affirmed that the PSBB (large-scale social distancing) policy at some provinces have significantly affected the logistics business. Since the PSBB stops the operation of some industries and manufacturing activities, the process of raw material import and the export activities also stop.
Yukki said this automatically disturbed the logistics activities. “Though there are some exemptions, but no doubt, this has affected the logistics activities, the ones that support the industry activities in particular,” he said.
The ALFI survey also proves it. According to the survey, around 52.9% of the respondents affirmed that they faced obstacles in operation during the pandemic, while 47.1% of the respondents admitted of facing no obstacles.
They got the obstacles from some process, including 41.5% from the sea port and air port process, 21.1% from land roads, and 37.4% relates to permit and additional cost.
Yukki said that ALFI will recommend the result of the survey to the government’s related institutions, expecting it to be reference for the government in making some policies, especially policies relating fiscal, monetary, trade, and industry.


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Genesis has come a long way in a short amount of time and it appears the company has green-lighted an ultra-luxury flagship.
Speaking with Automotive News, the chairman of the Genesis National Dealer Advisory Council said the X Convertible concept will be going into production.
Peter Lanzavecchia said the news was confirmed by Genesis chief creative officer Luc Donckerwolke, but little else is known about the company’s plans at this point. However, Lanzavecchia is excited about the model as he told the publication it will be a “true halo flagship for the brand” and is going to result in a “lot of Bentley Continental convertible trade-ins.”
Also: Genesis X Convertible Concept Is So Beautiful You May Need To Do A Double Take
Lanzavecchia went on to suggest the production model could cost over $200,000 (£161,537 / €183,950) or even more than $300,000 (£242,306 / €275,925). While that appears to be a guess, he said “I think production of that convertible would help put an exclamation point at the end of the sentence saying Genesis is a full real luxury brand.” He also indicated production will likely be extremely limited, although that isn’t surprising.
While the news hasn’t officially been confirmed by Genesis, the X Convertible concept was unveiled last November as the third member of a family that also included the X and X Speedium Coupe concepts. It featured a striking design and a retractable hardtop with “transparent moonroofs” above the front seats. This promised to provide an open feeling even when the roof was closed.
Genesis didn’t provide many details about the concept, but the electric convertible featured a four seat interior with a digital instrument cluster that flowed into a vertical infotainment system. The cabin also had leather seats and wool upholstery.


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Reliance Retail, India's largest retail chain has found a much easier way to expand their dominant position in the country: acquire most of the units from the second largest chain.
On Saturday evening (local Indian time), Reliance Retail announced that it had entered into an agreement with Future Group to acquire the retail, wholesale, logistics and warehousing businesses for $ 3.4 billion.
Today's announcement complicates the future of Amazon and Walmart's Flipkart in India, the world's largest open market for users, where e-commerce is still only 3% of all retail sales. According to consulting firm BCG and local retail group Retailers' Association India, the Indian retail market will grow to $ 1.3 trillion by 2025, up from $ 700 billion last year.
Amazon has also shown interest in Future Retail. The company, which had bought a tiny portion of Future Group's business last year, was in talks to increase its stake in the company, according to previous local media reports. The American e-commerce company, which has invested over $ 6.5 billion in its India business, announced in January that it has also signed a deal with Future Group to allow the Indian company to sell online help.
The Future Group, which began its journey as a seller of stonewashed fabrics in the 1980s, serves millions of customers in more than 1,500 stores in more than 400 cities. Today's deal will help Future Retail reduce its debt.
Mukesh Ambani, Whoever controls Reliance Industries (whose subsidiary Reliance Retail is) has secured around $ 20 billion from Facebook, Google and 11 other high-profile investors for its telecommunications company Jio Platforms this year.
Now Ambani, India's richest man, has turned its eyes to e-commerce. Jio Platforms and Reliance Retail announced JioMart last year. The e-commerce company, which began trials in select suburbs of Mumbai late last year, has expanded to more than 200 cities across India.
Facebook, which has invested $ 5.7 billion in Jio Platforms, said the company will be looking at ways to work with Reliance to digitize the country's 60 million mom and pop stores as well as other small and medium-sized businesses.
“With this transaction, we are pleased to provide a home and business environment for the prestigious formats and brands of the Future Group, which have played an important role in the development of modern retail in India. We hope to continue the retail growth momentum with our unique model of active collaboration with small traders and kiranas as well as large consumer brands. We are determined to continue delivering value to our consumers across the country, ”said Isha Ambani, Director at Reliance Retail, in a statement.


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Big Four audit and consulting firm Deloitte has rolled out a blockchain-based platform designed to provide users with blockchain demonstrations and experimentations.
In a press release published on Aug. 19, Deloitte revealed the launch of the Blockchain in a Box (BIAB) platform, which the company built based on customer interest in understanding blockchain capabilities in real world use cases.
Demonstrational platform for prototypes
Deloitte described the new platform as: “a mobile, self-contained technology platform capable of hosting blockchain-based solutions across four small-form-factor compute nodes and three video displays, as well as networking components that enable integration with external services, such as traditional cloud technologies.” Commenting on the product launch, the United States blockchain leader at Deloitte, Linda Pawczuk, said:
Recently, Deloitte, Fidelity and Amazon, along with other 20 firms, began supporting a new blockchain accelerator program called Startup Studio. The program will provide workshops to blockchain startups to help them enhance a variety of skills, including product design, law and engineering, smart contract development, and finance and hiring, among others.


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Via RT America: Bayer has won approval for its plan to purchase agriculture giant Monsanto. The company agreed to sell off close to $9 billion in assets to make way for the $62.5 billion merger. Bayer’s sell-off of assets will be the largest divestiture ever in the United States. Shares in Bayer have jumped close to three percent following the announcement. Host of America’s Lawyer Mike Papantonio joins Ed Schultz to discuss.
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Ed Schultz: Bayer was won approval for its plan to purchase agricultural giant, Monsanto, and it is a whopper. The company agreed to sell off close to $9 billion in assets to make way for a $62.5 billion merger. Bayer’s sell off of assets will be the largest divestiture ever in the United States. Shares in Bayer have jumped close to 3% following the announcement.
For more on this, we’re joined tonight by host of America’s Lawyer, Mike Papantonio. Mike, always a pleasure. Great to have you with us tonight. You have done excellent documentation on Monsanto. They have not been a good player to the environment. What does this deal mean?
Mike Papantonio: Well, actually, I’ve been toe-to-toe with Bayer and Monsanto with just about the same amount. Look, this is a disaster for consumers. It’s great for Wall Street. They need to be having … breaking out the champagne on Wall Street. Together, these two companies have been sued probably more than any two other companies with the exception of Dow and DuPont who did their merger together recently. These two companies in the past have been charged with price fixing, negligence, environment destruction, contamination.
In the 1980s, I handled the … Well, I handled the case actually into the ’90s where Bayer was actually sending blood tainted with AIDS virus to African countries. After they took it off the market in the United States, they went ahead and sent it to hemophiliacs over in Africa, Asia, and South America knowing. It was called Factor VIII. But it gives you a sense of what these companies are about.
There’s no question in my mind that this corporate merger is really just two massively corrupt companies joining to rip off American consumers. That’s what’s going to happen.
Ed Schultz: So, this is just a major lobbying effort to make sure it happens. Why would the United States government allow this to go forward if they’ve been such bad players?
Mike Papantonio: Well, I mean, the truth is, when it comes to decisions like this, consumer issues don’t matter anymore. This is an extension of NAFTA and CAFTA and what would have been TPP if Hillary Clinton had been elected. For example, the Justice Department is making Bayer, for example, sell off their seed and herbicide holdings. It doesn’t mean anything. It sounds great, but it doesn’t mean anything. Both of those businesses are going to be sold to a German company called BASF, so there isn’t going to be any additional competition or variety available in the market. The DOJ knows this. I mean, it’s not just me talking. They have enough sense to understand this.
There’s still going to be about five companies, five companies, across the globe that control more than 90 to 95% of all the seed market. They want to own what we eat. They want to own every aspect of what we eat. Just like some of the companies that are going in and buying all of our water, they’re coming in and buying all of our seeds.
This is a train wreck. The DOJ can dress it up however they want. Say, “You know, we really looked at this.” They didn’t look at a thing. All they looked at was is Wall Street happy about this? We’re going to see more cases come out of this and they just become such a giant that it makes it difficult. We’ve been going toe-to-toe with Monsanto and Bayer for decades, case after case. It’s not going to change what we do. But out there, the consumers are going to be more and more of a victim as we see these types of mergers take place like DuPont and Dow, and now Bayer and Monsanto.
Ed Schultz: Quickly, moving forward, with Bayer this powerful, do you expect their culture to change at all or get worse?
Mike Papantonio: No, it’s going to get worse. I mean, the truth is, when you look at the … The advantage I have, Ed, is I actually read the documents. When I take a deposition or try a case, I actually get to see the documents. I get to see the mindset of this culture. I got to tell you, the mindset of this culture is frightening to begin with. Individually, Bayer and Monsanto, it’s frightening individually. But you put those two minds together, and something ugly is going to happen to consumers all across the globe.
Ed Schultz: Mike Papantonio with us tonight. Thanks, Mike, host of America’s Lawyer, here on RT America.


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Foster farms donates $25,000 in poultry products for camp fire relief
Donation Will Be A Part of Efforts to Rebuild Communities
CHICO, Calif. — Poultry producer Foster Farms is donating $25,000 in cooked chicken products to assist families affected by the recent Northern California Camp Fire. The donation will be distributed directly to families at sites throughout Chico. Foster Farms will be joining with Community Action Agency of Butte County, Sacramento Food Bank & Family Services, the Food Bank of Contra Costa & Solano and other Bay Area Food Banks and will contribute to the first phase of ongoing post-disaster relief.
“Community involvement has been a Foster Farms value since 1939,” said Foster Farms CEO Laura Flanagan. “As a California company, we feel a responsibility to step forward and support our fellow Californians in times of need.”
“We so appreciate this generous donation from Foster Farms, a longstanding partner that has responded time and time again to our communities during times of crisis,” said Blake Young, CEO of Sacramento Food Bank & Family Services. “While the fires have been contained, the road to rebuilding will be a long one. Foster Farms’ donation will help us begin.”
For the past 10 years, Foster Farms has provided holiday meals to people in need across the West Coast. This year alone, the company’s donations provided Thanksgiving turkey to more than 125,000 families. Foster Farms hopes that its donations will encourage other California businesses to support the post-fire relief effort and join in the fight against hunger. To donate to Community Action Agency of Butte County to support Camp Fire relief visit http://www.buttecaa.com/donate/.
About Foster Farms
Since 1939, West Coast families have depended on Foster Farms for premium quality chicken and turkey products. Family-owned and operated, the company continues its legacy of excellence and commitment to quality established by its founders, Max and Verda Foster. Foster Farms specializes in fresh, all-natural chicken and turkey products free of preservatives, additives or injected sodium enhancers. Based in California’s Central Valley, with ranches in the Pacific Northwest, the company’s fresh chicken and turkey are produced in or near each region served. Foster Farms also produces delicious pre-marinated, ready-to-cook and fully cooked products that meet the quality and convenience needs of today’s home cooks, retailers, warehouse clubs and foodservice customers. The company’s commitment to excellence, honesty, quality, service and people is a source of great pride, and, a longtime family tradition.
Food safety is Foster Farms’ highest priority and the company would like to remind consumers to always follow safe handling, preparation and storage guidelines for the preparation of fresh poultry products. All fresh poultry products should be cooked to an internal temperature of 165 degrees Fahrenheit as measured by a meat thermometer to ensure safety. Visit velo-talk.com to learn more.


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“Counter-Strike: Global Offensive” (“CS:GO”) players in two countries can no longer open loot boxes after installing a new update from Valve, according to the publisher and developer’s update release notes.
Under the miscellaneous section of Wednesday’s update release notes is a statement that “customers in Netherlands and Belgium will be restricted from opening containers.”
Containers, in this case, refers to loot boxes, which contain randomized in-game items. Whether or not loot boxes can cause an addictive or compulsive desire to keep purchasing them was at the core of the concern for some countries, including the Netherlands and Belgium, which resulted in the research of the effect of loot boxes on gamers.
In Belgium, it was determined in May that loot boxes do constitute gambling, but the government has not yet pursued prosecution against top offenders, which include Valve as well as Activision Blizzard and EA. Perhaps Valve decided to preemptively disable loot boxes in Belgium in order to avoid prosecution.
A study by the government of the Netherlands on loot boxes declared that “loot boxes do not contravene the law if the in-game goods from the loot boxes are not transferable.” Because the loot boxes’ contents in “CS:GO” were being traded, the boxes were determined to contravene the Netherlands’ Betting and Gaming Act.
Last month, Dutch players of “CS:GO” and “DOTA 2” were upset by the sudden restriction in trading of items and marketplace purchases. The decision came after it was found that users were selling items obtained from loot boxes for actual currency, which at times reached the equivalent of thousands of U.S. dollars for rare in-game items. Valve made the decision to shut down trading in June with a message to “CS:GO” and “DOTA 2” players that they would attempt to “find a solution that is less inconvenient.”
Another note on Wednesday’s release states, “Steam Trading and Steam Market features are now re-enabled for Steam accounts in Netherlands.” So it would appear that trading is now allowed for Dutch customers, and the best solution determined to be restricting loot boxes, instead.
Valve did not immediately respond to Variety’s request for comment.


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The Wii U to be playable at Eurogamer Expo
As part of the build-up to the release of the Wii U at the end of November in the UK Nintendo will be bringing their new machine to the Eurogamer Expo.
Eager gamers will be able to get their hands on Nintendo's brand new home console and try out a handful of the Wii U's launch titles a full two months before they hit shelves in the UK and Europe.
The Eurogamer Expo kicks off the London Games Festival in the last weekend of September (27th-29th) at Earls Court with a whole host of playable versions of the biggest games due to be released between now and Christmas.
The Wii U will arrive in the UK on November the 30th in the two flavours, the white 8GB Basic model and the black 32GB Premium model. Expect crowds of excited gamers to go nuts trying to get their hands on one.


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(WASHINGTON) – The General Executive Board recently voted to support a Teamsters Union boycott of Yuengling beer over the owner’s push for anti-union laws.
The owner of D.G. Yuengling & Son Inc., based in Pottsville, Pa., publicly stated that Pennsylvania should become a “right-to-work” for less state. Businesses “shy away when they come into this state and have to join a union,” said company owner and President Dick Yuengling Jr.
Organized labor in Pennsylvania has responded with protests and boycotts. Teamster members and their friends and families are encouraged to actively boycott Yuengling beer products including:
•Lord Chesterfield Ale •Light Lager
•Dark Brewed Porter •Black & Tan
As substitutes, there are many good brands of beer that Teamster members either produce or deliver. Here is a sample list:
•Bud Light •Budweiser
•Michelob •Michelob Light
•Miller Light •Coors
•Coors Light •Dundee Ales and Lagers
•Genesee Beers •Labatt’s Blue
•Molson Canadian •Molson Export
Founded in 1903, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters represents 1.4 million hardworking men and women throughout the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico. Follow us on Twitter @Teamsters and “Like” us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/teamsters.


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Women's Entrepreneurship Day is the world's largest celebration of women entrepreneurs, intrapreneurs, innovators and job creators.
The gala celebrates outstanding women and girls from the community. Here is the list of dynamite women that will be honored this year in Massachusetts.
Starting this fall the UMass Family Business Center will host a new peer group for women business owners and key managers, which will meet nine times per year...
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PowerMoves.NOLA's has an ongoing effort to increase the number of America's venture-backed companies founded by entrepreneurs of color in high-tech sectors.
The National Association of Professional Women (NAPW) announced today that Chicago will be the first stop on its three-city National Networking Summit Series.
TiEcon 2015, the world's largest gathering of entrepreneurs, will become ground zero for "disruptive entrepreneurship" on May 15-16 in Silicon Valley.


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iPad mini ship times improve to 1-3 days in U.S. Online Apple StoreIn an update to its U.S. online storefront on Sunday, Apple is now showing ship times of the popular iPad mini stand at 1-3 business days, down from the 3-5 days quoted late last month.
The new ship-by times suggest Apple may finally be overcoming the severe supply constraints seen shortly after the 7.9-inch tablet launched in November and continued throughout the lucrative holiday quarter.
Apple saw high demand for the device when pre-orders went live at the end of October, with the U.S. store selling out of the White & Silver model in a matter of hours. The company later announced that the iPad mini sold three million units over its first weekend on sale.
Chief executive Tim Cook said in the company's quarterly earnings conference call for the first fiscal quarter of 2013 that suppliers were having trouble meeting demand, but estimated a balance could be reached by the end of the March quarter. Sunday's new shipment estimates suggest supply is catching up to demand.
At the end of January, the ship-by time for all models, including the Wi-Fi + Cellular versions, was quoted at 3-5 days, which itself was an improvement from the one-week estimates seen in December.
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- Adonit ships new Pixel stylus to compete with Apple Pencil
- IDC: $200-350 Chromebooks shipped 37% more U.S. units in Q1 vs Apple's $1,200 MacBooks
- Deals: iMac 5K for $1,499, 38mm "Apple Watch" for $399 plus free stand, iPad Air for $270
- Apple, Maine Department of Education working to swap 'toy' iPads for MacBooks


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Governments around the globe are “failing to protect” children from the effects of junk food marketing, a new report warns.
The World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF) said that the junk food marketing has a “damaging impact” on children’s health and nutrition.
Marketing affects what children want, buy and eat, which in turn affects their health and contributes to the increasing levels of childhood obesity, it said.
Previous research has shown that seeing 4.4 minutes of food advertising can lead to children eating 60 more calories a day, and eating as little as 46 extra calories each day can lead to excess weight in children.
Global childhood obesity rates are on the rise and, in the UK alone, one in three children are overweight or obese when they leave primary school. Overweight or obese children are more likely to be overweight or obese adults, putting them at an increased risk of a number of deadly conditions including at least 12 different cancers.
The report takes lessons learned from around the world, highlighting that restricting marketing of junk food to children reduces their exposure to these products and therefore reduces how much of them they eat. This can help reduce childhood obesity rates and it is why marketing restrictions are internationally recognised as urgently needed.
“Our report highlights the vital role that governments play in ensuring that junk food is not actively promoted to children,” said Kate Oldridge-Turner, Head of Policy and Public Affairs at WCRF.
“We are calling for the new UK government to take a fresh approach at tackling childhood obesity rates… For example, by introducing tighter restrictions on junk food marketing aimed at children that prevent food companies finding loopholes in the current legislation; such as a 9pm watershed on junk food adverts across all media.”


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Massive Wisconsin pileup caught on camera
A legacy of love brings help, hope to people with ALS
The passage of a landmark marijuana legalization measure Tuesday means Uruguay is set to become the first country in the world to have a system regulating legal production, sale and consumption of the drug.
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SAN JOSE, Calif. >> Apple and Samsung have failed to settle their patent dispute despite a daylong meeting between top Samsung executives and Apple CEO Tim Cook hosted by a mediator earlier this month.
That’s according to a court filing the companies made Friday in the 2-year-old case before Judge Lucy Koh in the U.S. District Court in San Jose.
While the two sides said they remain willing to work through a mediator, the lack of a settlement points them toward a trial in March.
The world’s top two smartphone makers have waged legal battles over mobile devices since Apple accused Samsung of copying the iPhone and the iPad in 2011. Later, Samsung claimed Apple used its technologies without permissions, expanding battles to courts in Asia, Europe and North America.


text: Brazil's footwear exports decreased by 7.7 percent in volume and 9.4 percent in revenues in March, as compared with the same period last year, with 9 million pairs priced at $83.9 million, bringing to a short-lived recovery to an end. For the full first quarter of 2019, exports were still up by 14.9 percent in volume and by 6.4 percent in revenues as compared with the same period last year, said the Brazilian Footwear Industries Association, Abicalçados. Sales of shoes abroad reached a total of 35 million priced at $267.1 million during the period, led by the U.S., where exports grew by 41 percent in volume and by 43.9 percent in value. On the other hand, the volume of exports to Argentina, the second destination for Brazilian footwear, decreased by 34.9 percent in March alone as compared with the same month last year. Brazil's imports grew by 3.5 percent in volume, but fell by 7.4 percent in value in the first quarter of 2019, with 9 million pairs priced at $93.5 million. Vietnam accounted for over 30 percent of the shoes imported by Brazil, with 2.8 million pairs worth $45.62 million, a decrease of 16.3 percent in volume and of 18.6 percent in value.


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Frances Flower never dreamed a career in animal welfare would one day lead her to Texas and a job in a natural and organic foods supermarket. But shortly after completing her PhD in our Animal Welfare program in 2006, the British-born Flower was recruited by Whole Foods Market. She moved to Austin, where the grocery chain’s global office is located, and has spent the past nine years managing the day-to-day operations of their animal welfare program.
It all started with a love for animals.
“I loved studying animal behaviour, why animals do what they do,” Flower said. While working on a Masters in Applied Animal Behaviour and Animal Welfare at the University of Edinburgh in the 1990s, she came across an ad for a research project led by UBC Animal Welfare Professor Dan Weary. Flower jumped on the opportunity to be part of a project looking at the maternal bond between cow and calf, which was conducted at the UBC Dairy Education and Research Centre, a decision that led her to pursue her PhD in our Animal Welfare program.
“The UBC Animal Welfare program was a great experience,” she said. “The researchers are very well respected in the animal welfare world and we were exposed to a whole spectrum of animal welfare related issues.”
Flower’s experience working with dairy cows at the UBC Dairy Education and Research Centre prepared her well for her current role at Whole Foods; as a Livestock Associate, she works with 2,700 farmers and ranchers in the US, Canada and Australia to ensure that they meet the company’s strict animal welfare standards. Whole Foods Market requires that all the farms and ranches that supply meat to the stores (including beef cattle, pigs, chicken and turkey) must be third-party inspected and certified to Global Animal Partnership’s (GAP) 5-Step® Animal Welfare Rating Program. The 5-Step program is a multi-tiered set of standards that recognises producers for their welfare practices:
- encourages and inspires farmers and ranchers to move up the welfare ladder, if they so choose
- engages a broad spectrum of producers, rather than a minority segment of the agricultural community
- allows for a wider selection of products from farms and ranches for greater consumer options
- more accurately recognizes producers for their welfare practices
- better informs consumers about the production systems they may choose to support
“Consumers want to know how animals are raised,” she said, adding that the rating system has impacted the welfare of 290 million farm animals in the U.S., Canada and Australia. “We’re dedicated to helping our customers make informed choices about the food they eat.”


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December 20 was the deadline for corporate suppliers of the world’s biggest consumer—the U.S. government—to have a say in new regulations aimed at ending indentured servitude overseas. The rules stem from an executive order Obama signed last year, called “Strengthening Protections Against Trafficking In Persons In Federal Contracts.”
The President’s dictate is unequivocal on one key point: If a company wants to keep the government as a customer, it must stop hiring overseas workers who had to buy their jobs. Foreign workers recruited from some of Asia’s poorest corners often go deep into debt to pay brokers for a crack at jobs on consumer-electronics assembly lines.
Procurement lawyers in Washington say the ban applies all the way down the supply chain. It even applies to contractors selling commercial off-the-shelf goods.
Technology companies are already concerned about the ban. The new rules could force manufacturers to shoulder more of the costs of filling factories with cheap labor. Today those costs often fall on the workers and their families; shifting the burden would probably increase prices all the way up the supply chain.
Hey, someone has to pay for your new gadget.
Learn more at Cam Simpson’s and Adam Satariano’s Business Week article: What Obama’s Anti-‘Human Trafficking’ Order Means for Apple.


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Jack Ma will relinquish control of Chinese fintech behemoth Ant Group, the business announced on Saturday following a Communist Party assault on the nation’s digital sector that singled out the flamboyant billionaire.
Ma, one of China’s most well-known businessmen, formerly served as an example for a generation of Chinese technology tycoons with his rags-to-riches story and love of public display.
However, the former English teacher has withdrawn from the public eye after Beijing destroyed Ant’s anticipated IPO in Hong Kong in 2020 as a result of his scathing remarks about government regulators.
In a statement released on Saturday, his business announced changes to its ownership structure that would prevent “any shareholder, acting alone or in concert with other parties, from exercising control over Ant Group.”
The notice outlined the company’s previous complicated organizational structure and stated that Ant was the “control person” because Ma indirectly controlled 53.46 percent of his shares.
According to the information in the statement, he will only possess 6.2 percent of the vote rights after the adjustment.
The Ant statement suggested that the change is being made to further improve the stability of our company structure and the sustainability of our long-term development.
It stated that ten people, including the founder, management, and employees, will “use their vote rights independently.”
The alterations won’t affect any stockholders’ financial interests. The largest digital payments platform in the world, Alipay, is run by Ant and has hundreds of millions of users monthly in China and beyond.


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Microsoft has today confirmed that its Skype app is now available for Windows Phone, as it continues to ensure that its software reaches multiple platforms. Microsoft has made a habit lately of releasing apps for Android and iOS, so Windows Phone users will no doubt be relieved to see their platform get some more app attention from the company.
The software is being released in beta form initially, and is available to download immediately from the Windows Phone Marketplace. The final ‘gold’ version of the app will be released at some point in April, and between now and then, the Skype team want to hear your feedback.
Skype for Windows Phone (Beta) will work both over wi-fi networks and standard 3G and 4G cellular networks. While Microsoft highlighted the fact that the app will only work Windows Phone 7.5, the company’s announcement unusually went further, by including a list of devices that have been “tested and certified...for the best performance of Skype for Windows Phone”; the list includes Nokia’s Lumia 710 and 800, HTC’s Radar and TITAN, and Samsung’s Focus S and Focus Flash handsets.
The beta release will be made available in English only; there’s no news yet on other languages that may be supported once the final app version is released. If you're cool with that, you can download it from the Marketplace now.
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The shifting of polluting textile dyeing and printing mills outside the city limits could be a reality with the state government approving specified shifting zones for the industrial units with the addition of few provisions in the General Development Control Regulation (GDCR).
Thai firm goes for aniline-free indigo dyeing
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A ‘money laundering’ scam with a twist has been unearthed in Philadelphia. And police are concerned this isn’t the only group running the confidence game.
Philadelphia police have charged five men with a scam in which they told told businessmen they could double their money using black bills smuggled into the United States. Lt. Ray Evers said Wednesday a businessman tipped police off to the scheme to bilk people out of thousands of dollars with the promise of making money by cleaning up the cash.
“They’ll cut open a large stack of U.S. currency that is painted black,” said Evers. “They’ll pull the top two dark bills out. The money is placed in some tin foil and they use a special compound to extract the dark ink from the U.S currency.”
Lt. John Walker said police worry others are being scammed and are too embarrassed to report it.
“It’s basically a bait and switch, it’s a confidence game, these guys are good at what they do,” said Walker.
Walker said the scam takes advantage of people seeking some quick cash.


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This is its fourth market in which it expects to raise a million customers this month, announced the company’s co-founder and president, Daniel Vogel.
The so-called Mexican technological “unicorn” has an absolute valuation of 2,200 million dollars and last year it raised 250 million dollars in an investment round.
Bitso will offer the instant transfer service online through the PSE system, in addition to allowing the sale of cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin and ether, among others, as well as its new Bitso+ product, which generates returns through the platform.
The company currently has some four million customers in Mexico, Brazil and Argentina. “We see Colombia as a key market for us, where we are reaching with this expansion plan from the point of view of our products, hiring people and growth in the country, it is a very dynamic market in terms of cryptocurrencies,” he explained.
According to the report “Chainalysis Cryptocurrency Geography for 2021”the value of cryptocurrencies received by Latin America was 352.8 billion dollars between July 2020 and June 2021.
Latin America represents approximately 9% of global transactional activity, figure that only shows a small portion of the potential that the region may have in terms of cryptocurrency adoption.
The Chainalysis study positioned Colombia as the third country with the highest adoption of crypto in the region and eleventh in the world.
Colombia also gave impetus to a pilot project created by the Financial Superintendence of Colombia (“SFC”), in which the authority developed a joint test space in terms of cryptocurrencies between the digital ecosystem and the National Government. This project led Bitso to put a strong focus on this country as well, being part of the pilot test and this Thursday, it announced the formal start of operations in Colombia.
“We are extremely proud to be able to expand our operations and offer our services to all Colombians,” expressed the CEO and co-founder of Bitso. “Currently, approximately 70,000 million dollars a month in crypto are traded in Colombia, which shows the great acceleration that this market has had in recent years, and the need to diversify financial options. Bitso arrives in the country with the aim of accompany all Colombians on their way to digitization and financial inclusion, and to become a market leader in 2022”Vogel added.
The opening of the Colombian market adds to various initiatives carried out by Bitso in the region and in Argentina to help the inclusion and financial freedom of the region in the last year, including the recently launched Bitso+, which allows current and new customers to earn up to 15% per year in USD stablecoins in their Bitso wallet and up to 6% per year in Bitcoin, with no additional fees or withdrawal lockouts.
Vogel, an economist and systems engineer at Stanford University, ruled out further rounds of investment in the immediate future for the company, which has 600 employees. “We are very focused on continuing to grow this business, but at this time there is no need to raise capital,” Vogel concluded.
Bitso currently has investments from the funds Cometa, Pantera, Coinbase Ventures, QED Investors and Kaszek, Tiger Global, Coatue and Bond.
For its part, a key factor that is giving more certainty to Latin American users of cryptocurrencies is the regulatory advances in the matter, since in this way user funds can be secured in this relatively new financial technology. Bitso is the first and only Latin American company to be regulated by international authorities; has the Distributed Ledger Technology License, granted by the Gibraltar Financial Services Commission, which requires the adoption of the highest international standards in cybersecurity, PLD/CFT and fund protection for all its clients.


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Subdial Clubhouse is expected to enhance corporate transparency and further build trust with consumers. “We’re trying to build something much closer to a real trading marketplace, driven by data every step of the way, where you can sell something and immediately take money to buy something new,” says Davis. Annual sales in 2021 have increased by 300% to £15m.
Analysts are encouraged by this type of business model. “Platforms that are able to take inventory risk because they understand the market, the prices, and are confident they can sell it,” says McKinsey’s Balchandani. “It’s a model that will win.”
Similar to Delray Watch, A Collected Man builds its following by providing extensive information and educational resources. Very detailed guides and articles inform consumers about the watch industry. Typical topics include “Women in Watchmaking” and “How Five Collectors Under 30 Approach Watches.”
Detailed articles also appeal to brands. “We’ve been shocked at how often we get contacted by the big brands themselves, saying, ‘I send people this article twice a week, three times a week,'” says Walton, CEO of A Collected Man. “When you give back [by providing useful content] it builds trust in the community. You don’t have to go out and yell at yourself.
Takeaway key: The growth of the second-hand watch market has been accompanied by the emergence of startups eager to capture a share of the market. The challenges are building consumer trust for authentication as well as reliable pricing for inventory. Companies such as A Collected Man, Delray Watch and Subdial use data algorithms, social media and online educational resources to win customers.
Correction: This article has been updated to reflect A Collected Man sales for 2021. A previous version listed the figure for 2020. (May 11)
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As such, it is crucial that IT managers avoid being in a situation bereft of innovation and responsiveness to
prevailing trends that should lead their companies to move forward.
Dell Philippines country manager Christopher Papa gave his insight on the matter in a short chat with Tech Buzz during the global IT leader’s Solutions Tour in March.
Papa mentioned five major IT trends Philippine companies should not ignore that would greatly affect business organizations and even consumers. These trends ensconce the importance of cloud computing, business intelligence, mobile devices, security, social media, and other digital solutions to today’s businesses.
These trends, he said, are currently shaping IT decisions globally and should become imperatives for local IT
managers to accept, adopt and implement.
One cloud does not fit all
With cloud computing reaching an inflection point, enterprises are adamant in their pursuit for comprehensive
strategies before engaging in the cloud. An increase in awareness of how one cloud does not fit all, the best
interests of these enterprises lie in identifying key options available, such as the type of cloud, as well as
guaranteeing data security in terms of movement in and out of the cloud.
CYOD: the new BYOD
Taking the risks and hazards of the Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) concept into consideration, Papa predicts that businesses will start exploring in 2014 an alternative mobility business model that that will bridge the gap between employee choice and CIOs’ management and security concerns for an organization. Named Choose Your Own Device (CYOD), it will enable businesses the liberty of selecting a company-approved device equipped with the right security configurations and standardization. This will decrease the chances of corporate networks being vulnerable to problems stemming from personal data, viruses, apps, open ports, and cloud services.
Moving Beyond transactions to digital relationships with social media
Papa emphasizes that as customer feedback conceives the best ideas and insights, social media is becoming the
tool of choice in figuring out what the individual consumer wants and expects. Today’s social media is evolving into an important aspect of any company in 2014, growing into an extension of a brand and their respective relationships with their customers.
Big Data analytics get simpler to deploy
Observing that Big Data Analytics can be leveraged by businesses for their own benefit, more organizations
are seeking to gain insights on how to successfully mine data for business intelligence. But with some of these companies not being ready to invest in hardware and in-house skills sets to support the complexities of Big Data analytics infrastructure, the opportunity for innovation arises. Through development of new analytical models and supporting tools, more organizations will have the capability to operationalize Big Data analytics with these enhancements. From outsourcing data analytics to cloud-based service providers to purchasing simple data analytics start-up kits, an increase in options to leverage Big Data analytics will pave the way for these businesses to perform better.
Security at the core of business strategy
Always being a top concern, organizations are always on their toes when it comes to security, acknowledging
that it has evolved into becoming the business strategy in 2014. Seeing the increase in risks and the challenges that can produce costly results, organizations are veering away from managing security in silos.
Instead, they will start to take on a holistic strategy, in which the focus lies in connecting security to the infrastructure, as well as information and applications that are considered vital to the organization’s stability.


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Inventors at UCI have developed a novel electrocatalyst that reversibly converts carbon dioxide to its reduced form for the power source of a flow battery. The incorporation of this novel electocatalyst allows a common chemical, such as carbon dioxide to be included in the flow battery providing more affordable alternative than what is currently used. Furthermore, this technology has increased solubility, improving the energy density of the battery.
Long term energy storage and discharge
·Novel electrocatalyst reversibly converts carbon dioxide to formate to store or release energy
·Incorporation of common chemicals decreases cost
·Flow battery system allows energy capacity to only be limited by size of containers used to store reactants
·Long discharge time allows for longer life of battery
·Improved energy density means a more efficient battery
Large capacity energy storage has the potential to change how large companies and cities manage and use electricity. If this way to store energy had a large discharge time to accommodate large groups of people and was also more affordable than what was currently on the market, it would be an instant success. The market for large scale electronic storage is expected to exceed $4 billion by 2025 according to BCC Research. Current options for large capacity energy storage are limited to the use of hydropower and dams which can be environmentally and geographically challenging.
Inventors at UCI have developed a carbon dioxide-formate flow battery for long term energy storage using a novel electrocatalyst. This has the potential to be more cost effective, efficient and environmentally friendly than what is currently on the market for large capacity energy storage.
This technology is currently in development. The electrocatalyst has been developed and is being tested to determine if it works with other similar organic compounds.


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For our latest survey, we contacted 14 investors who are active in climate tech. Beyond sharing their investment thesis, they also let us know what they’re looking for and how they measure success.
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How should early-stage sex tech founders approach challenges in fundraising and customer acquisition? We found some answers.
When the Lora DiCarlo wagon finally arrives, the rolling glass box’s back door opens and another journalist pops out to get on his way. The sex tech company has a week packed full with 20-minute rol
CES parent the Consumer Technology Association created a public relations disaster in January when it unceremoniously revoked an award from sex tech startup, Lora DiCarlo and its product Osé. “Vela
Sex, despite being one of the most fundamental human experiences, is still one of those businesses that some advertisers reject, banks are hesitant to financially support and some investors don’t wa
A group of sex tech startup founders, employees and supporters gathered outside of Facebook’s NY office in Manhattan to protest its advertising policies with respect to what it classifies as sex
Months after revoking its award, the CTA has decided to re-award Lora DiCarlo the same day it planned to announce a $2 million funding.
In this week's newsletter: The college admissions scandal engulfs TPG, Accel raises $2.5B for three funds and investing app Stash brings in $65M.
In this week's startups newsletter: Y Combinator president Sam Altman is stepping down, Marie Kondo is raising VC and Munchery has finally filed for bankruptcy.
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NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) -- Residents of the Bronx may have further to go to get to their local post office next year.
The United States Postal Service is planning to close 17 post offices in the borough alone. That's half of the planned 34 closures in New York City altogether.
State-wide, New York is poised to lose 112 post offices. New Jersey is set to lose 50; Connecticut will lose 15. Some 3,600 post offices are expected to be shuttered across the country.
Under the plan, the USPS will close the locations and replace the services with small kiosks at local businesses like grocery stores.
The local postal union held a protest march Wednesday, reports CBS 2's Don Dahler. In front of the already-closed Oak Point post office, protestors sent a message: no more closings.
"Keep the post office open! Keep the mail in the Bronx!" they chanted.
And while most of the demonstrators were postal workers afraid of losing their jobs, the closings have plenty of others concerned.
"The technology is not only displacing people now and jobs, but it's even displacing our facilities," said John Lougheed of Parkchester.
Given the recession, online bill pay and people going to the post office less frequently, the postal service says it just can't keep up. Last year the postal service posted a net loss of more than $8 billion as nearly 80 percent of post offices don't generate a profit. That loss is $3 million greater than the year before.
Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. said it's just going to have to find a way.
"The Bronx cannot afford such a considerable loss of both jobs and commercial activity, and the federal government must seriously reconsider enacting any post office closure plan that would have a serious negative impact on Bronx communities," Diaz said.
Most of the people who are affected by the cutbacks are the ones least likely to be online -- the elderly.
"Yes, yes, especially the elderly and the disabled. Yeah, so it's definitely going to be harder," said Jasmine Grey of Co-Op City.
"It's going to be hectic because a lot of people depend on this place. Because they're senior citizens, they live close, and this is the closest post office here," added Eugene Cortez of the Cyprus section of the borough.
The USPS said it chose the thousands of locations nationwide based upon several factors.
"These locations themselves are not in convenient locations. They have limited parking or access and are not on major roads or cross streets," said Dean Granholm, VP of Delivery and Post Office Operations.
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Spring renewal doesn’t just apply to flowers and trees. RV dealers in Utah are learning it’s a time of rebirth for them as well, according to KSL-TV, Salt Lake City, Utah.
Rob Jensen, manager of Ardell Brown RV Sales, a Camping World/Freedom Roads store in Draper, Utah, says winter’s usually slower for RV dealers, but this winter was especially so.
The good news: with the return of spring came the return of sales. “People start thinking, they get that itch to go outside and stop hibernating indoors,” Jensen said, “and they go camping again.”
Jensen said people still aren’t going as far away for vacations as they did before the recession, but that’s actually helping RV dealers. “If someone actually did the math, it’s actually quite cost-effective to own an RV and to use it, take your family camping,” he said.
It doesn’t hurt that prices are lower than they’ve been in years. The Recreation Vehicle Industry Association (RVIA) reports RV shipments fell 63% from last year to this year, prompting manufacturers to offer huge markdowns to dealers in hopes of reducing their inventory.
In exchange, dealers are able to keep prices lower, according to Jensen. “They’re selling things at 30% to 40% off of what we normally even buy them for direct from the manufacturer.”
Jensen says sales were definitely lower this winter than they normally would be in the off-season, but things this spring are much closer to an average year. If you consider 2007 as an anomaly because it was a peak sales year, 2009 is looking a lot more like 2005. Ardell Brown delivered 82 RVs this April compared with 92 in 2005.
It was never as bad in Utah as it was in some other states. Jensen says Ardell Brown was one of the top two sellers in its ownership group. He believes that could be, in part, because Utahns have more ready access to vacation spots than people who live in other states, therefore making an RV a bit more attractive here for someone wanting to vacation closer to home.


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Recruitment in the Tourism and Hospitality Industry is going through one of its most challenging times for staffing.
We invite you to see what Dartmouth has to offer as a fabulous place to work as well as visit.
In partnership with South Devon College we are launching this new initiative to engage more people to think about going into the Hospitality industry and coming and working in Dartmouth.
As the hospitality and tourism sectors gear up to fully re-open later this month South Devon College is hoping to change the perception of jobs in the sector.
South Devon College offers a range of hospitality and tourism qualifications and says that jobs in the sector shouldn’t be seen as just a stop gap but as a career with good opportunities for progression.
Currently there are more than 1,000 tourism businesses in Torbay employing over 12,000 people and that’s set to increase with multi-million pound investments in new hotels across the Bay.
“The time for choosing a career in the tourism and hospitality sector has never been better,” said Lynn Stephens, Head of Leisure and Hospitality Industries at South Devon College. “We have so many opportunities coming to the Bay with the reopening of existing businesses, the new brands and investments into the visitor economy, aligned with huge growth projected for UK staycations.
CAREERS: Upload your Vacancies here
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These are the stories that attracted the most eyeballs last month.
1. Yes, Facebook chose Meta for its new name and forwards Meta.com – Facebook is now Meta, a company with metaverse ambitions. Domainers have been registering meta domains in droves, but not just because of this rebranding.
3. .Club top level domain went MIA today – The entire top level domain went down, taking sites built on .club with it.
4. EU Directive on domain owner data could create headaches for domain companies – It doesn’t “ban privacy” as some alarmists state, but it will be a pain for domain companies.
Podcasts (in reverse chronological order)
#360 – GoDaddy domain investor update with Paul Nicks (listen)
#359 – Managing DNS abuse with Elliot Noss (listen)
#358 – Ethereum Name Service (listen)
#357 – The power of great domains with John Rampton (listen)


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A Gerard Richter painting purchased by Eric Clapton for £2million ($3,218,998.99) has sold in auction for more than £21million.
The Daily Mail reports that Clapton, 67, bought the painting in 2001 and it was auctioned at Sotheby's in London. The sum it was sold as is the highest a painting has ever sold by a living artist.
The final winning bid was at a whopping £21,321,250 ($34,322,042.83), The Daily Mail reports.
The oil painting called, Abstraktes Bild was made in 1994 and is an abstract creation covered in shades of reds, blues, yellows and greens. The BBC reported that Sotheby's called Abstraktes Bild a "paradigm of Gerhard Richter's mature artistic and philosophical achievement".
Before the sale, The Telegraph reported Alex Branczik, Sotheby's senior director of contemporary art said: "Abstraktes Bild is one of the great abstract masterpieces by Gerhard Richter, and its appearance on the market presents collectors with the unique opportunity to acquire an outstanding work by one of the greatest living painters."
The Independent said that the artwork was estimated at £9 million ($14,487,209.07) to £12 million ($19,316,278.76) pounds. The buyer of the artwork, was Natasha Mendelsohn of Sotheby's, who was acting for a client via telephone. She outbid her co-worker Tobias Meyer who is the worldwide head of comtemporary art who was also working for a client.
The Daily Mail reported that the sale broke a previous record for highest price sold by a living artist which was a Jasper Johns painting that sold for £17.8million in 2010.
Clapton purchased three Richter paintings in 2001 at Sotheby's. Richter, 80, lives in Cologne, Germany and is well known for his abstract art. The Independent said about Richter that he "has become the world's most bankable living artist, dealers said. His highly decorative abstractions, often painted with a squeegee, have become particularly sought-after by wealthy international collectors and set seven of the 10 highest prices paid for the artist at auction."


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Andrea Price Joins The HumbleBrag as Chief Imagination Director
After more than a decade in digital marketing, most recently at Tommy Hilfiger as Global Digital Marketing Director, Andrea Price did the unimaginable; she quit her job and took a year off. On LinkedIn her explanation reads:
“Sometimes a girl has to go into the wild, meet new people and figure out what she wants her life to look like.”
Today, she has joined The HumbleBrag, a thought leadership agency specialised in PR and strategic communications. The HumbleBrag was founded in 2017 by Lucy von Sturmer (aged 30) and works exclusively with purpose-driven agencies, companies, NGOS and brands.
While Lucy and Andrea met 10 years ago in New Zealand, they reunited in Amsterdam and it’s their shared vision for living a life in line with their purpose that lit the spark. They both value risk-taking, thinking outside the box, and fearless leadership. Speaking of the role, Andrea says:
“I want to be a good person and working for a purpose-driven company with purpose-driven clients helps me to live that. It's great to go to bed each night knowing your being authentic."
What does an Imagination Director do?
“I would love to say: I just imagine stuff all day. In reality, I am working with Lucy helping to turn her vision into client services and build the kind of company that we are proud of and enjoy working for.”
While it’s personal for both, Lucy and Andrea also understand their proposition makes good business sense. A recent WARC report reveals that a whopping 8/10 consumers believe businesses bear as much responsibility as governments for driving social change. “The masquerade of marketing is crumbling,” says Andrea.
“Brands can no longer stand behind glossy images and well-written copy to sell products. The modern consumer is calling bullshit. Today, if you want people’s attention, you better have something interesting to say.”
In response to this, The Humble Brag calls for ditching the corporate, faceless tactics of yesterday and meeting this growing call for authenticity head on. No only do they believe this is key to personal happiness, but brand relevance too.


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Digital entertainment and media advertising platform Azerion continues its merger and acquisitions activity with the purchase of programmatic agency and trading desk Hybrid Theory, expanding its footprint across the U.S. and broader APAC market. The financial terms of the deal have not been disclosed.
Hybrid Theory, run by chief executive Patrick Johnson, has worked with clients including Lexus, Marks & Spencer, Tui and Europcar and has offices across six countries including the U.K., Hong Kong, Australia, the U.S., Spain and Singapore. It also claims to have generated gross revenue of $18.6 million (£15.6 million) in 2021, according to a press release.
According to Luma Partners’ last market report for the second quarter of the year, ad tech merger and acquisition activity was slowing. However, with uncertain economic conditions, consolidation of marketing and ad tech companies is likely, and Azerion has continued to grow its scale through a number of deals and media partnerships across the gaming and digital media sectors.
In the deal, Netherlands-headquartered Azerion will integrate Hybrid Theory’s custom-built technology that it claims “connects intelligence with human nuance, understanding and creativity” to heighten advertising engagement. The company has not returned a request for comment regarding changes to headcount.
Azerion currently works with over 19,000 gaming titles and the world’s largest digital media platforms such as eBay, Bauer Media Group, The Telegraph, The Guardian, Hearst and Italia Online. The company claims to have three pillars to its business to offer brands and publishers; content, technology and advertising.
Patrick Johnson explained that joining the Azerion Group would help achieve greater scale for Hybrid Theory.
“Hybrid Theory’s unique capabilities in data now have the addition of proprietary first-party data at scale, which coupled with Azerion’s branding capabilities provide an unparalleled linkage with our performance heritage,” he added.
This is the latest in a spree of deals from Azerion over the last two years. Its number of acquisitions is in the double figures. At the end of October, it also announced the acquisition of sales house and publisher technology company [M]media, which offers display, video and native advertising capabilities. Earlier this month, Azerion partnered with Right Thing Media in Australia to improve its social media advertising service.
Last October, Azerian acquired Inskin and Pub Galaxy which helped strengthen its European digital advertising approach.
Umut Akpinar, co-CEO of Azerion, said that the acquisition of Hybrid Theory would provide Azerion with “enhanced skills and capabilities to manage advertiser campaign performance.”
He added: “We are confident that Hybrid Theory’s market-leading data capabilities will provide Azerion with the best-in-class technology to power better and smarter data-driven advertising potential to our advertisers and publishers.”


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The regulator has put forward this guidance to generate consistency in the treatment of vulnerable customers
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has issued final guidance to make clear its expectations for firms on the fair treatment of vulnerable customers.
The regulator defined a vulnerable customer as “someone who, due to their personal circumstances, is especially susceptible to harm, particularly when a firm is not acting with appropriate levels of care”.
The definition and guidance is to ensure that firms have consistency on this matter, as the FCA will continue to hold firms accountable for the treatment of vulnerable customers - for example, firms may be asked to demonstrate how their business model, actions and culture will support them.
It reminded firms that in treating customers fairly, they should also be aware of their obligations under the Equality Act 2010 – it is likely that a breach of this law would subsequently breach FCA rules.
Nisha Arora, the FCA’s director of consumer and retail policy, said: “Protecting vulnerable consumers remains a key focus for us and given the impact of the coronavirus pandemic, it is more important than ever that firms get this right.
”The guidance being announced today will help ensure vulnerable consumers are treated fairly and achieve outcomes as good as other consumers.
“While some firms have made significant progress, we want to see all firms across sectors taking steps to understand and respond to the needs of their customers, particularly those who are most vulnerable to harm.”
Memorandum of Understanding
The FCA’s recent Financial Lives research found that 27.7 million adults in the UK now have characteristics that are considered a vulnerability, such poor health or low financial resilience.
The regulator believes that firms should understand the vulnerabilities of customers so that they can better deliver fair treatment throughout the whole customer journey.
A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was also published by the FCA, together with the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC).
This sets out how the FCA will cooperate and work with the EHRC on equalities issues, to help protect people in the financial services markets.
It will also support the FCA’s efforts as it seeks to eliminate discrimination and advance equality of opportunity in line with its obligations under the Public Sector Equality duty.
Arora added: “We also remind customers to tell your providers if you have specific needs – whether that’s due to ill health making it difficult to access a service, or a recent emotional or financial shock that is impacting your finances. Doing this will help firms support you.”
Meanwhile, the Association of British Insurers (ABI) welcomed the guidance.
A spokesperson for the ABI, said: “Insurers treat the identification and support of potentially vulnerable customers as a priority.
”It is also good to see a number of examples of best practice across the industry highlighted in the document, as well as recognition of the importance of support for frontline staff dealing with vulnerable customers.”


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Ovolo Hotels has launched a new ‘By Ovolo’ sub-brand in an effort to re-emphasise the boutique nature and innovative design of the properties that sit beneath it, relaunching one of its existing properties under the new moniker.
The former Ovolo Inchcolm has now been renamed as ‘The Inchcolm By Ovolo’, with the company saying the change as highlighting the Neo-Georgian character the hotel offers, from its characteristic heritage finishes to subtle 1920s undertones. The brand shift will also allow the company to introduce indulgent new experiences for guests to enjoy during their stay.
“Think a 1920s Paris salon where Gertrude, Ernest and Pablo would comfortably rub shoulders while sharing trailblazing ideas,” said Ovolo Group Managing Director, Dave Baswal.
“From the moment guests set foot into the lobby of the all-suite boutique hotel, they are transported to another time and place where prestige and lushness reigned.
“The Inchcolm is the clandestine gem that history lovers, art lovers and just lovers in general are looking for,” he added.
The property rebranding aims to take guests deep into the history of the building, back to its original construction in 1880 by local surgeon, Dr John Thomson, which was converted 20 years later into a medical practice. Dr Thomson’s socialite wife Marie was a well-known identity of the time, who as an original resident of the building, hosted renowned parties with free-flowing martinis.
In honour of this, The Inchcolm by Ovolo has replicated Martini Hour, in tribute to Marie Thomson. Guests booking direct will receive a free martini during this daily social soiree, with their rooms also featuring an exclusive sweets bar, WiFi and access to the hotel fitness centre.
The martini menu available to guests also includes The Inchcolm Martini, which feature Ketel One Vodka, Sipsmith London Dry Gin, Fennel infused Dry Vermouth Orange Bitters and Olive Juice. Another option is the Cucumber Rose, with ingredients including Cucumber infused Tanqueray Gin, Marie Brizard Elderflower, Rosewater, Prosecco, Cucumber ribbon and rose petal.


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Lenovo has launched its new premium tablet in the market of India dubbed Lenovo Tab P11 5G and the device is coming with the power of a Qualcomm processor and it is housing a massive battery on the board. The device is featuring a 13 megapixel camera sensor on the back panel and it is offering up to 256 GB of internal storage. So let’s dive into the article to check out the complete specifications along with the Indian pricing and availability details.
Everything about Lenovo Tab P11 5G
The Lenovo Tab P11 5G features an 11-inch 2K display with a 60Hz refresh rate and 2000×1200 pixels resolution. The tablet is powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 750G SoC along with 6GB/8GB LPDDR4x RAM and 128GB/256GB UFS 2.1 storage that can be expandable up to 512GB using a microSD card.
Speaking about the camera department, the Lenovo Tab P11 5G features a 13MP rear camera and it is offering an 8MP front facing camera. The device is housing a massive 7,700mAh battery on the board and it is running on Android 11. The software is disappointing side as it would be awesome if the company offers the device with at least Android 12 out of the box.
It is also coming with IP52 water and dust rating, and the device offers JBL-powered speakers as well as Dolby Atmos support. Regarding the connectivity options, the device is supporting 5G, Bluetooth 5.1, Wi-Fi 6, among others. It is also coming with Lenovo Precision Pen 2 stylus and keyboard support.
Regarding the pricing and availability, the Lenovo Tab P11 5G with 128GB storage is priced at ₹29,999, and the 256GB storage option is having a price tag of ₹34,999. The device will be available from the official website of Lenovo and Amazon.
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Griffin Technology has announced a new BreakSafe Magnetic USB-C Power Cable for the Retina MacBook, which makes up for the lack of Apple's own MagSafe technology on the 12-inch notebook. The six-foot cable is also compatible with other USB-C notebooks like the Chromebook Pixel and will be available in April for $39.99.
BreakSafe has a patented quick-release magnetic connector that plugs into the Retina MacBook and safely disconnects from the rest of the cable when put under stress or strain -- for example, if someone trips over the power cord. The 12.8mm connector is small enough that it can be left in the USB-C port without using much space.
The Nashville-based accessory maker also unveiled a wider range of USB-C adapters and three-foot cables, including a USB-C to USB-A adapter ($19.99), USB-C to USB-A cable ($19.99), USB-C to Micro USB cable and USB-C to USB-C cable ($29.99). The adapters and cables are available now through Griffin's website.
Last, Griffin’s iMic USB-C audio interface will be available for $49.99 in Q2 2016.
Apple says iOS 16.4 is coming in the spring, which began this week. In his Sunday newsletter, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman said the update should be released "in the next three weeks or so," meaning a public release is likely in late March or early April.
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Someone like Andy Ihnatko was thrilled Apple moved to USB-C because he hated how the Magsafe adapter came unplugged.
The reality is, in everyday life, the end user would rather have their device get unplugged than be pulled off a table by a dog, child, or adult. I feel that the USB C move was a step backwards in that regard. Good for Griffin. Hope they sell loads of these.
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Egyptian photojournalist: In the Nov. 27 Section A, an article about an imprisoned Egyptian photojournalist said the government would have charged the cost of damages from a security raid to 215 prisoners. The cost would have been spread among hundreds of defendants.
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HTC is soon expected to release a larger version of its One smartphone called the HTC One Max, after leaked images of the purported device were published by Twitter account @evleaks.
Images of what appears to be Google's second-generation Nexus 7 Android tablet have been leaked online, suggesting an official launch of the device is not too far away.
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Sony's next Android phone is expected to come with a 20-megapixel camera that can record 4K video, after a software build purported to be from the device was leaked.
Google hasn't officially released it yet, but the company's 4.3 version of the Android mobile operating system looks like it will soon coming to the Samsung Galaxy S4.
Chinese smartphone manufacturer Huawei is ambitiously targeting a sales figure of 10 million units for its new Ascend P6 Android phone, according to the company's CEO.
Samsung has confirmed it will release its new Galaxy Tab 3 range of tablets in Australia "later this year" but has refused to confirm pricing or exact availability details.
LG's new white Google Nexus 4 will be sold "exclusively" through Harvey Norman from mid-June, the company announced today.
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Leaked press images have all but confirmed that Google is set to launch a white variant of its Nexus 4 Android smartphone.
Virgin Mobile has today announced it will sell the Sony Xperia SP Android phone in Australia. The device is available online and at Virgin Mobile stores across the country.
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WAUKESHA - An eco-friendly salon is coming to
Internationally recognized hair designer Ralph Van
Atta is opening a stylish, low environmental impact salon called Van
Bier Salon at 914 Clinton St., and grand opening festivities will
kick off with a ribbon cutting at 5:30 p.m. Friday.
According to a press release from the Downtown
Business Association, Van Bier Salon will “blend modern style and
comfort with historic architecture,” using low-chemical products
from eco-friendly suppliers and purchasing 100 percent of its energy
from renewable and sustainable resources.
The salon will also donate to several local
charities, according to the release.
Van Bier Salon’s hours are from noon to 8 p.m.
Tuesday and Wednesday, from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday, from 9 a.m.
to 5 p.m. Friday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday.