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The International Fitness Summit (IFS) is gearing up for an extraordinary event that promises to be a game-changer for fitness enthusiasts around the world
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The International Fitness Summit (IFS) is gearing up for an extraordinary event that promises to be a game-changer for fitness enthusiasts around the world.
With innovation, inspiration, and transformation at the core, IFS has curated a lineup of headline speakers that will leave attendees empowered and motivated to reach new heights on their fitness journeys, and we’re proud to be connecting them with attendees and other fitness industry professionals and enthusiasts.
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Renowned entrepreneur and motivational speaker Steven Bartlett is set to take the IFS stage by storm.
As the founder of multiple successful businesses, including the rapidly growing Social Chain Group, Steven is a true visionary.
With his insightful wisdom on harnessing the power of mindset, determination, and resilience, attendees can expect to gain practical tools to conquer both their fitness goals and personal aspirations.
Chris Williamson, known for his relentless pursuit of self-improvement and his popular podcast "Modern Wisdom," brings a fresh perspective to the fitness landscape.
As a high-performance coach and speaker, Chris specialises in breaking down barriers and facilitating personal breakthroughs.
At IFS, he'll share strategies for pushing past limitations, embracing discomfort, and optimising performance – all crucial elements in the pursuit of holistic fitness.
Fitness influencer and advocate for body positivity, Courtney Black, is a force to be reckoned with in the fitness community.
Her journey from personal struggles to empowerment through fitness has resonated with thousands.
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Balancing a demanding career with a commitment to health and fitness can be a challenge, but Ali Abdaal has mastered the art.
A doctor, YouTuber, and productivity expert, Ali is well-equipped to share his insights on maintaining well-being while striving for success.
His session at IFS will shed light on effective time management, sustainable fitness routines, and maintaining a harmonious work-life-fitness equilibrium.
Bestselling author, online coach, and social media sensation, James Smith, is known for his unfiltered approach to fitness and health.
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Hero MotoCorp hikes prices of scooters, motorcycles by up to Rs2,200
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New Delhi: The country’s largest two-wheeler maker, Hero MotoCorp Ltd, on Monday hiked prices of its products, ranging from Rs500 to Rs2,200, and across models, to offset the impact of rising input costs.
“The company raised the prices—ranging from Rs500 to Rs2,200—across different models to partially offset the commodity cost increases, effective from 1 May,” Hero MotoCorp said in a statement. Hero MotoCorp sells a range of two-wheelers starting from entry-level bike HF DAWN to top-end Karizma ZMR, with prices ranging from around Rs40,000 to over Rs1 lakh.
Last month, the company dispatched 5,91,306 units of two-wheelers, 3.49% down from 6,12,739 units in the corresponding month last year. “With the ongoing marriage season, the company expects to maintain the trend of robust retail sales in May,” the two-wheeler major said.

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The industry is miffed with non-availability of rail racks as well as congestion on roads and is, therefore, clamouring for coastal shipping to move cars. This move, apart from easily getting access to the ports like Ennore and Chennai, where exports have been happening at a brisk pace, will be benefitting dealers as they could get the consignments rather quickly, compared with the conventional road tansport mode.
For that to happen, there is a need to beef up infrastructure at the existing ports as well as necessary clearance has to be obtained from the concerned governments, said industry stakeholders.
According to a CII -AT Kearney study titled, Building world class automotive supply chains in India, while India is on course to become the worlds third-largest auto manufacturer by 2020, the challenge for supply chain professionals will be to build a supply chain that is prepared to manage long-term growth.
Indias logistics costs as a percent of sales are at least 30% higher than those in China and other larger automotive markets because of inefficiencies and high inflation in cost drivers such as fuel and wages.
The study released in Chennai on Thursday said that the cost of logistics has a big impact on the supply chain because of Indias predominant use of road transport.
Tom S Chackalackal, executive director (manufacturing), Ford India, said that major logistic challenge for car makers in India is the single mode of transport by road.
We are looking for a multi-modal transport system like in the US and Europe. Logistic costs are a challenge in India as diesel prices are going up constantly, Chackalackal said.
According to him, the single mode of transportation constraints the company in the number of units that could be sent to ports for exports. To overcome this, the surrounding smaller ports could be used to facilitate coastal shipping of cars to the major ports for export purpose.
Our Chennai plant will cater to both and domestic and overseas markets. We are in talks with a few of ports for the outbound consignment from our Gujarat facility, Tom said.
Sanjay Kumar, director (operations), Ennore Port, said that it is in the process of facilitating more car exports. We are increasing our storage space for the cars, in order to increase efficiency in handling more cars. The additional space of around 10,000 cars would be ready by the middle of 2014-15, he said
Currently, it has a storage capacity for 10,000 cars and an additional storage area for 2,500 cars near the wharf.
This capacity is almost fully utilised now and the port is looking at more car manufacturers to export from the facility for which the expansion would be required.
The Ennore Port had already inked a long-term agreement with Nissan Motors to facilitate export vehicles from the port. Under the 10-year agreement, Nissan has concessions up to 60,000 units per annum in the wharfage. Ennore port is also in the preliminary talks with Ford for signing a similar agreement. Ford currently exports around 20,000 cars from Ennore Port and this is expected to grow to 60,000 in two years, he added.
According to him, Honda Cars India has also expressed interest to start exports from Ennore Port.
The auto major, which has its manufacturing facilities in north India, has started trial run of bringing a few cars to Ennore Port for exports.
Ennore Port has set an ambitious target to becoming the number one car exporting port in south by handling 2.5-3 lakh units by 2014-15. The port, which exported 1.45 lakh units in 2012-13, is expected to see exports of 1.75-2 lakh units this year. Car companies that export from Ennore port include Nissan, Ashok Leyland, Ford and Toyota.


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OverActive Media CEO Chris Overholt Steps Down, Co-founder Adam Adamou Appointed as Interim CEO
OverActive Media, a prominent North American esports and gaming company, has announced that Chris Overholt, its current CEO, will no longer lead the company. However, the news doesn’t end there. Read on to learn more about what’s happening at OverActive Media.
The company, which is known for owning popular esports brands such as MAD Lions, Toronto Ultra, and Toronto Defiant, has appointed Adam Adamou, its co-founder and current Chief Strategy Officer, as interim CEO as they search for a replacement for Overholt.
Overholt, who worked for the Canadian Olympic Committee for almost a decade before joining OverActive, led the company since his appointment in 2018. During his tenure, he was able to list the company on the Toronto Venture Exchange in 2021 and fostered partnerships with Bell and TD Bank.
Adamou, on the other hand, is a well-known figure at OverActive, having co-founded the company alongside Overholt in 2018. He has been the company’s Chief Strategy Officer since then and will now step into the CEO role for the first time.
Adamou said: “We are in an exciting industry at an incredible time and OverActive is poised to seize the many opportunities that lay ahead. Our priority remains — to redefine the future of sports and entertainment by focusing on today’s generation of fans.”
OverActive Media is a Canada-based global holding company with an impressive track record in the Canadian esports market. The company has been able to create interesting partnerships, such as the one between MAD Lions and Warner Music.
While the company did not mention whether they have already begun talks with candidates for the CEO position or how long they expect the search to take, it is clear that the company is in good hands with Adamou at the helm.
Overall, OverActive Media’s announcement of Overholt’s departure and Adamou’s appointment is significant news for the esports and gaming industry. It will be exciting to see what direction the company takes under Adamou’s leadership and who they ultimately choose as their new CEO.


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By Еvan Osentоn
It’s being called the protest of the century, the greatest security risk Seattle has ever known, and a "kick to the groin" of the ruling class.
From Nov. 30 to Dec. 3, 1999 over 120,000 people will converge on Seattle to shut down the World Trade Organization summit. Their intention is to literally prevent the over 6000 delegates from meeting–to physically bar them from the Seattle Convention Center while simultaneously distributing their message of opposition to the world media.
Such a well organized mass-resistance to an international agency is infrequent (to say the least) and was met by an equally impressive police presence.
On Nov. 30, the two forces collided in a clash reminiscent of the civil rights protests of the 1960’s. Protesters sitting in front of buildings were met by armed police who attempted to scatter them with rubber bullets and tear gas. Tanks rumbled through the cordoned Seattle downtown core–eight blocks by eight blocks shut off to the public and clogged with protesters waving banners and carrying placards.
None of this is new to anyone who has been following the mainstream news for the past week. But do the majority of people really know what the issues at hand are?
Background of the WTO
A relatively new institution, the WTO was born in 1994, the successor to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), created following the Second World War. Currently, the WTO has over 130 member countries with several prominent countries such as China and Russia actively seeking membership. However, the WTO agenda is generally considered to be driven by the United States.
As an international organization governing trade between nations, the WTO states its purpose as guaranteeing that trade flow as freely as possible; that "consumers and producers can enjoy secure supplies and greater choice of the finished products, components, raw materials and services that they use." They claim the result of freer trade is a more prosperous and accountable economic world. They also claim their role as international trade arbiter reduces the risk of trade disputes spilling over into violent political or military action between nations. The architects of the GATT felt closer economic integration through trade and the economic prosperity generated therein would prevent another world war. By lowering trade barriers, the WTO claims they break down barriers between peoples and nations; that through increasing the wealth of developing nations a better standard of living and a cleaner environment can be enjoyed by all member countries.
The WTO argues that increased global trade benefits everyone, especially underdeveloped countries, by encouraging prosperity. They boast that total international trade in 1997 was 14-times the level of 1950 and that this fact has helped contribute to unprecedented growth. In short, the WTO sees itself as a force that works for unprecedented growth through breaking down barriers to trade; growth that allegedly makes for a better world.
Opponents of the WTO
Resistance to the WTO is widespread and unique in that it combines seemingly disparate forces such as labour interests and environmental groups. Many of those opposed to the WTO believe global free trade gives multinational corporations vast powers to enforce their agenda against the will democratic governments. They claim that by allowing the WTO to expand these corporate powers, governments will be further crippled and be even less able to protect their citizens from corporations. They feel the only aim is to increase corporate wealth at the expense of the cheap labour and lax environmental regulations typically found in underdeveloped nations.
Protesters at the Seattle WTO summit include such diverse interests as Amnesty International, religious groups, Greenpeace, the American Federation of Labour, and farm leaders. As Reuters News Service put it, "The protests are over just about everything you can demonstrate against."
Opponents of the WTO warn of an encroaching regime of corporate dominance–one, they say, could ensure human misery, environmental catastrophe, and short-term profit to the detriment of billions of people. They assert that removing barriers to free trade generally means weakening or preventing environmental, wage, worker safety, public health, and consumer protection legislation. Worker’s rights might also be compromised, leading to a rise in child and slave labour. A cessation of the right to organize, the right to bargain collectively, and increased discrimination in the workplace would be the by-products of a thriving WTO. Essentially, critics argue the last five years (since the WTO’s inception) have seen enormous harm to the economies and resources of the developing world as well as to democracy worldwide.
The Expert Opinion
University of Calgary Law Professor Irene McConnell recently spoke on the U of C campus to discuss why such dramatic protest is being witnessed in Seattle. She has studied GATT and presented some of the cultural, health, and environmental implications GATT and its governing body, the WTO, have on the world today.
McConnell’s talk focused on explaining how the WTO is supposed to work and how it has worked to this point. She explained that while the fledgling WTO is supposed to be benefitting the poorer nations of the world, the reality is a furthering of their plight.
"The WTO is making plans for trading into the future," she said. "However these plans may have ambiguous effects on the poor of this world. The WTO is making plans right now, in Seattle, for trading away the future in non-economic matters such as the environment, culture and health–matters which will determine the quality of life in the future."
McConnell explained that the WTO is well-intentioned, which is why few opponents are calling for its outright dismantling.
"The WTO is here to stay," she said. "Having recognized this, we need to put our efforts into changing the flight plan the WTO is now on by taking steps to cure the flaws identified in the WTO system."
McConnell explained that the WTO does have positive qualities, at least in theory.
"The advantages [of the WTO] come out of standard economic theory which says that if we conduct our economic business, either domestically or internationally, on the basis of specialization, that we will all benefit because production will be much more efficient," she said.
"If you unilaterally lower your tariffs, you will achieve a certain level of benefit, simply because goods, at a lower price, will be able to come into the country. Countries that specialize in certain goods will ship to you at a lower price than perhaps your domestic producers can make them for, or perhaps they’re simply not available in your country, so your consumers benefit. They benefit as a result of lower prices and a bigger choice in consumer goods. So even if you, yourself, only lower the tariffs, you should benefit according to economic theory.
"If you have mutual lowering of benefits across the board then you will have mutual gains from trade and everyone should benefit. We specialize, we then compete with each other as to who can produce the goods the most efficiently and at least cost."
McConnell cautioned that this particular concept really operates only in theory, but that it is the rationale for the WTO’s actions nevertheless.
This theoretical premise is the reason for the WTO’s many shortcomings, says McConnell, adding that the poor suffer the most from the current operation.
"The economic growth generated in part through the increased trade that has occurred in the last 50 years has had ambiguous welfare effects," she said. "It is true that the rich of industrialized countries have prospered, but the poor however, whether in rich or in poor countries have not necessarily benefited from increased trade."
She said that it is not difficult to find statistics to show that the rich have prospered while the poor have seen their standard of living decrease throughout the 1990’s.
"The current director general of the WTO [Michael Moore] has acknowledged that the WTO has failed the poor of the world and he has made helping the poor countries his priority during his term of office."
McConnell described how the WTO has spawned other inequities. "Despite their avowed commitment to free trade, rich countries have conspired to keep their markets closed against poor country exports. Rich countries cut their tariffs by less in the last negotiating round than poor countries did. Since then they have found other ways to close their markets, notably by imposing anti-dumping duties on imports that they determine to be unfairly cheap."
Rich countries are particularly protectionist in sectors where developing countries are best able to compete, such as agriculture, textiles and clothing, said McConnell.
"A UN agency reports that developing countries could export $700 Billion more a year by 2005 if rich countries did more to open up their markets," she said. "There’s tremendous potential there for poor countries to be enriched by trade."
"Poor countries are also hobbled by a lack of know-how about the WTO," she continued. "Many had little understanding about what they had signed up to. That ignorance is now costing them dearly. Implementing commitments to improve trade procedures, which they are required to do, and to introduce intellectual property laws, a tremendous undertaking, can cost more than a year’s development budget for the poorest countries."
McConnell explained that instead of using the money for development as they see fit, poorer countries are forced to put money into WTO commitments.
"These commitments may or may not bring them economic benefits," said McConnell.
Moreover, she explained, in those areas in which poor countries could benefit from WTO agreements, they are often unable to do so.
"Of the WTO’s 134 members, 29 do not have missions at the Geneva headquarters," she said. "Many more can barely afford to bring their complaints before the WTO dispute settlement process and the WTO is not permitted to fund a dispute settlement process of one country against another."
Her main criticism is that poor countries are not benefitting from the WTO system despite assurances they would, said McConnell
"They’re supposed to [be benefitting], according to economic theory and under WTO’s convictions and beliefs, but they are not. Did [poor countries] make a mistake? Perhaps they made a mistake, but under economic theory it should have worked better, and I think if the rich countries hadn’t been greedy and wanted always more, then it might have worked out better."
McConnell noted other flaws in the WTO system that lead her to conclude the WTO is trading away our future in respect to non-economic matters.
"[These are] matters that determine quality of life in the future," she said. "Trade-generated growth and the WTO rules which promote trade do not guarantee that the quality of life will improve. I’m including education, human rights, and labour rights in this list as well. These are aspects of our lives that we cannot entrust to market forces, nor to institutions like the WTO which give primacy to market forces. These are public goods and there is often no market in these goods or the market fails to provide an adequate supply of these goods. When there is no market or the market fails, governments must intervene with policies, laws, standards, and economic incentives, to ensure that public goods are supplied. The WTO can trade away our future with respect to public goods if its rules prevent governments from intervening effectively or intervening at all. If the WTO is not to trade away our future it must give governments room to manoeuvre to provide the quality of life people desire."
McConnell concluded with a warning.
"The WTO’s plan to generate economic growth and prosperity worldwide will not necessarily lead to economic prosperity for any of its members, and unless the interests of the poor countries are made a priority there is no reason to believe that trading into the future will improve the economic lot of the world’s poor."
Even protesters admit this year’s action in Seattle isn’t likely to change the outcome of the trade talks. However, they feel that it is an important gesture to let the public know the issues of the WTO and their vision for global trade is being contested. According to at least one protester, his goal is to create something that later will cause politicians to say, ‘Remember Seattle?’–Making them pause before advancing a corporate agenda. Protesters hope that moment of pause will lead to more responsible decisions; decisions that can lead to better working conditions both in the first world and in developing nations; decisions that will pay close attention to the environment and to profitability; and decisions which will enrich the lives of people everywhere rather than the lives of the wealthy few.


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Crawfish Tracker: Prices stall in the capital area
BATON ROUGE - For the first time this year, boiled crawfish prices are seeing little to no change from week to week.
According to WBRZ's Crawfish Price Index, the average price of boiled crawfish in the capital area is about $4.22 per pound as of Thursday. While this is still the lowest average price we've seen this season, it's a holdover from last week as most vendors opted not to lower their prices further.
This is the first time prices have stalled all year, likely due to increasing demand among other factors.
You can compare local restaurants for the best prices on boiled crawfish by regularly checking the price index here: http://www.wbrz.com/crawfish-price-index
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Rob Perazza, editor of DC Comic's digital offering under the Zuda banner, has announced that Zuda is abandoning the competition aspect to its choice of future digital comic projects.
Forming some kind of Comic Book Idol, readers vote on their favourite new strips every month, the winner getting a Zuda contract and continuing the publication of their project, online with potential for print in the future, such as the successful High Moon series.
But with accusations of cheating, aggressive lobbying and fixing results that already doomed one very promising applicant, Zuda has now removed that aspect of its publishing model.
What will replace it, is not yet clear. And what it means for the future of DC Comics and the recruitment of new work, digital or otherwise – well let's just say that's probably developing…


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Mitt Romney gives a preview of his own “jobs plan” speech in Nevada, in today’s USA Today. The most intriguing proposals, from where I sit:
I will direct every government agency to limit annual increases in regulatory costs to zero. The impact of any proposed new regulation must be offset by removing another regulation of equivalent cost. Every one of President Obama’s regulations must be scrutinized, and those that unduly burden job creation must be axed.
Where President Obama left America’s trade interests untended, I recognize the job-creating potential of international commerce. I will create the “Reagan Economic Zone,” a partnership among countries committed to free enterprise and free trade. It will serve as a powerful engine for opening markets to our goods and services, and also a mechanism for confronting nations like China that violate trade rules while free-riding on the international system. I will not stand by while China pursues an economic development policy that relies on the unfair treatment of U.S. companies and the theft of their intellectual property. I have no interest in starting a trade war with China, but I cannot accept our current trade surrender.
China is, indisputably, one of the villains of recent campaign seasons, a phenomenon likely to accelerate in 2012. Earlier this year in Nevada’s special House election:
[Republican Mark] Amodei is running a dramatic Web and television ad (running sporadically in the Reno market), featuring a fictional futuristic Chinese newscast in which the anchor cheerfully describes how debt and borrowing led to American subservience to a new Chinese empire. “Once upon a time, America became its own worst enemy,” says an English-language voiceover with a Chinese accent. “When all their borrowed money ran out, they kept spending out of control. Their President Obama just kept raising the debt limit — and their independence became a new dependence. As their debt grew, our fortune grew — and that is how our great empire rose again.” Amodei appears at the end of the ad, declaring in a gravelly voice, “It’s not too late to stop this nightmare.” (The ad emulates a commercial from Citizens Against Government Waste, which featured a Chinese professor in the year 2030, explaining how runaway spending and government growth put America in crippling debt to China and “now they work for us.”)
I wonder if these lines are, metaphorically, shots across the bow of the incumbent . . .


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T-Mobile, the Un-Carrier, today announced a new plan for those who want a more economical deal. The plan is aimed at customers who only need two lines. The limited-time plan, named T-Mobile’s Spring Break, will offer 12GB of LTE data along with unlimited talk and text for $80 a month. The 12GB will not be shareable, each line gets 6GB, as both lines are basically paying $40 each. As part of T-Mobile latest’s Un-Carrier move, the plan will offer Binge On and Music Freedom-allowing both users to save a ton of data when watching movies or listening to music through Spotify or any other compatible music app.
Families who want fewer lines deserve a better option and we’re giving them one! Don’t let Verizon trick you with their misleading ads. They lure you in with the promise of a ‘Large’ serving of data for $60, only to sneak in another $20 PER LINE in monthly access fees – to use the data you already own! At Verizon, $60 actually means $100 for 2 lines and 6 GB!” said John Legere, President and CEO of T-Mobile USA. “Even worse, these guys charge you those access fee again and again, every single month. Don’t believe the BS; come to T-Mobile where we do data different!
This $80 plan will be available tomorrow April 8. T-Mobile have announced when they will stop offering this limited-time plan. The company also stated that starting tomorrow as well, any customer (new or existing) can walk into any T-Mobile store and walk out with a free smartphone including the LG K7 and coming soon, the Samsung Galaxy Core Prime.


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SYDNEY — Vibe Creative Group has won a 2014 Summit creative award for its Cape Breton Island destination marketing campaign called 'your heart will never leave.'
The submission from the Sydney-based agency was chosen out of more 5,000 others from 24 countries.
“Cape Breton Island is such an amazing destination and our goal is to encourage more people to visit," said Tracey Boutilier, owner and managing director of Vibe. "It was a privilege to work on this campaign alongside Destination Cape Breton Association and to learn that the creative is considered best in class.”
Summit awards are judged in 20 major categories and singled out for things like innovative and creative concepts, strong executions and the ability to communicate and persuade.
“To visit this place, or to have lived here and moved on, one thing rings true — your heart will never leave," said Neil Gascoyne, Vibe's creative director.
"That is the power of this destination marketing campaign, it speaks to the heart of how we really feel about Cape Breton Island.”


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Oppo execs hint at multiple Qualcomm Snapdragon 875’s ‘lite’ versions, Snapdragon 860 to launch soon
The tipster added that this piece of information was revealed by some Oppo executives during a meeting. Some execs also talked about ‘Snapdragon 860’, processor which hasn’t launched yet.
Qualcomm might just do what it hasn't in years – launch a ‘Lite' version of its flagship 8xx processor series. The company, which has Snapdragon 865 and 865+ as the only two versions of the chipset right now, may announce multiple versions of the upcoming Snapdragon 875 as well, says Digital Chat Station, on Twitter. The tipster added that this piece of information was revealed by some Oppo executives during a meeting. Some execs also talked about ‘Snapdragon 860', processor which hasn't launched yet.
The Digital Chat Station handle even names the two Oppo executives - Liu Bo and Li Zi Gui were present in the meeting. The company CEO Liu Zuohu — or Pete Lau as we know him, was also said to be present.
没听错的话，绿厂产品沟通会上说的是骁龙860？然后骁龙875系列可能也会有lite版本。绿厂的下一代新机依旧将轻薄贯彻到底。— Digital Chat Station (@StationChat) August 6, 2020
Also read: Qualcomm Snapdragon 865+ launched
Having multiple versions including the ‘Lite' variant of Snapdragon 875 will probably solve one of the big issues faced by OEM players this year with Snapdragon 865. With 865, manufacturers find it more expensive to integrate a chipset that doesn't integrate a 5G modem. The modem has to be added separately, which adds to the cost. The ‘Lite' variant of Snapdragon 875 may solve this problem.
Although the tipster mentions Qualcomm Snapdragon 860, it might be a possibility that this chipset won't every launch. As Android Authority speculates, if Qualcomm sticks with its launch plan like every year, it will introduce the rumoured Snapdragon 875 by end of this year. This doesn't leave it with enough time frame to launch the Snapdragon 860. In addition, the model number suggests it to be the lighter version of Snapdragon 865 but Qualcomm is already giving Snapdragon 765G, which it launched alongside the 865 late last year.
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If you’ve been a fan of buying stuff on the internet without having to pay sales tax in your state, happy days appear to be coming to an end, just in time for the holiday shopping season.
Internet sales have long been (mostly) sales-tax-free. If you live in a state with a sales tax, you’re supposed to pay the tax on any items that you’re going to use in the state, whether or not the retailer charges the tax–a law that millions of people have routinely ignored. But Amazon, which has long fought having to collect sales tax, in September started collecting the tax on sales to customers in California, as detailed by USA Today. (And as California goes, states in general often follow.)
Oh, and you know the Republican line about how that party is opposed to all taxes? Not when it comes to this: As The Wall Street Journal reports, Republican governors, including New Jersey’s Chris Christie, are also going after Amazon and others to start charging sales tax.
Amazon has long been a leader in fighting against collecting sales tax in states where it does not have a physical presence. That tactic will increasingly go by the boards if Amazon adopts a strategy it’s considering of offering same-day delivery in some areas, which would require more warehouses in more states. If you’re Amazon, if you see your financial advantage over bricks-and-mortar retailers disappearing as you’re obliged to collect sales tax, you may instead now want to see a nationwide standard allowing states to require online retailers to collect sales tax. Amazon already collects sales tax in New York, Pennsylvania, Texas, Washington, North Dakota, Kentucky, and Kansas.


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Blu-Ray on pace for $1 billion in 2008 sales
LAS VEGAS Home entertainment executives said they expect the Blu-Ray DVD format to gain traction this year and approach $1 billion in sales as player prices fall and consumer awareness rises.
“I think we’re going to come close to $1 billion in software sales for 2008,” 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment president Mike Dunn told retailers at the 27th annual Home Media Expo in Las Vegas this morning. That compares to just $260 million generated by Blu-Ray in 2007.
While those sales will represent only 7 percent of the $15 billion in total DVD sales expected in 2008, they’ll more than double to $2.5 billion in 2009 and overtake standard DVD by 2012, according to the Entertainment Merchandisers Association. The industry is counting on Blu-Ray to reinvigorate the DVD business, where sales were flat last year and are expected to decline the next few years.
During the Home Media Expo opening session June 24, Blockbuster Entertainment president Jim Keyes told the audience more than 2,000 Blockbuster stores now have Blu-Ray display areas that give customers a side-by-side comparison of movies on Blu-Ray compared to standard DVD.
Keyes said the chain is also training employees to explain the benefits of the high definition format. “This is the first time in a quite a while that we’ve had something really new to talk about in stores,” said Keyes.
But Forrester Research principle analyst James McQuivey said it would take at least another year for consumers to get on the Blu-Ray bandwagon. “I don’t think you’re really going to see it happen until the 2009 holiday season,” said McQuivey.
Longs braces for challenge in Hawaii
WALNUT CREEK, Calif. —Longs Drug pulled up stakes in three states last year to focus on its core markets, and that move is helping it reinforce its base in Hawaii, a place it’s dominated for more than 50 years but is now home to newcomer Walgreens.
While Longs has declined to comment directly on Walgreens’ November 2007 debut in Hawaii, it’s been bracing for what’s arguably its biggest challenge ever in the Aloha State. Longs increased its store count by more than 15 percent in Hawaii in 2007—roughly double its overall average—and plans to open its first drive-through stores there later this year.
Longs chief executive officer Warren Bryant touched on Longs’ recent efforts in Hawaii at its annual shareholders meeting in May. While he never mentioned Walgreens arrival there, he reassured shareholders that Longs plans to hold on to its top spot in the state.
“We opened six new stores in Hawaii in 2007, bringing our total to 38,” Bryant said. “Longs has had a strong presence in this market for many years and is taking steps to enhance that presence.”
Bryant didn’t comment on Longs’ expansion plans in Hawaii for 2008, but it is likely to match its six openings in 2007 to counter a similar number planned by Walgreens. One store due to open in Honolulu later this year will be its first ever in Hawaii with a drive-through window, and it plans to add another drive-through as part of a Maui store remodel.
Drive-through pharmacy is one area in which Longs has evolved slowly. The 516-store chain currently has 57 stores with drive-through windows and opens them whenever space allows in new stores and remodels. Walgreens is making them a staple of its stores in Hawaii and plans to have up to seven stores open by the end of 2008, and eventually open up to 30 in the state. Conversely, drive-through locations have been a priority for Walgreens for many years, and as of the end of May, the company operated a drive-through window in 5,381 of its 6,252 stores.
FTC balks at Illinois clinic bill
WASHINGTON —The convenient care clinic industry is applauding the Federal Trade Commission on its recent approval of staff comments regarding the proposed regulation of retail healthcare facilities in Illinois.
The comments were filed by the staff of the Office of Policy Planning and the Bureaus of Economics, Competition and Consumer Protection with state Rep. Elaine Nekritz, D-North-brook, regarding HB 5372 and the proposed regulation of retail health clinics within the state.
“The FTC comments continue its advocacy of an open and competitive healthcare marketplace where retail-based clinics can play an increasingly important role in providing consumers in Illinois and other states with easier access to high-quality, affordable health care,” said The Convenient Care Association in a statement.
The FTC’s comments addressed Nekritz’ concerns about provisions in the bill that could be considered anticompetitive and her specific concerns over the bill’s prohibition on the location of a clinic “in any store or place that provides alcohol or tobacco products for sale to the public.”
According to the comments, although Illinois’ initiative to provide for the emergence of this new model of healthcare delivery is to be encouraged, “several of HB 5372’s provisions could harm healthcare competition and the emergence of new clinics, without providing countervailing benefits for Illinois healthcare consumers.”
One such provision in the bill would restrict the ability of third-party payers to negotiate lower co-pays with retail clinics and pass those savings on to healthcare consumers. In addition, the rationale for not allowing a clinic in a retail store that also sells tobacco or alcohol is unclear, according to the FTC, as this restriction could limit the supply of retail clinics and the basic medical services they would provide if retail stores were to decide sales of tobacco and alcohol were more profitable than having a retail health clinic.


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03 Feb Cardano (ADA), Litecoin (LTC), and Tron (TRX) Lead the Comeback
After a rough couple of days on the cryptocurrency market, it seems that most coins have begun rebounding today.
Early Thursday, news broke that India was planning to ban cryptocurrencies. As usual, the media altered what the Finance Minister actually said and scared a group of cryptocurrency investors. Arun Jaitley made a statement saying that India “will take all measures to eliminate the use of these cryptoassets in financing illegitimate activities or as part of the payments system.” In no way was he saying that all cryptocurrencies were being banned but people read the misinterpreted media reports without doing any research of their own and panic sold, again.
Will the large panic selloffs end anytime soon? Probably not. With a new influx of unexperienced cryptocurrency investors, these things are inevitable. This is the new “wild west”, after all.
If you are one of the individuals who have panic sold recently, please do your research. There will be regulations that are implemented, as governments continue scrambling to keep up with cryptocurrencies and Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs). However, things can be easily misinterpreted and spun differently in the media. So, please listen to the actual interviews of the top executives making these announcements and come to your own conclusion on its potential effect on the market. If your only intention is to make quick money because you’ve read stories of others becoming millionaires within months, you have to have much thicker skin than most. A little correction on the market is to be expected.
With all that said, the market is recovering and putting most at ease. These are the top altcoins making a rebound today.
There isn’t immediate news for each of these coins, as to why they have quickly rebounded. It may just be that the enthusiasts behind these coins have “bought the dip” and added more to their current portfolio. Currently, ADA is leading the top 10 with the most gains in 24 hours. It is selling at $0.43 a coin, up 20.53%.
Litecoin is just behind Cardano in rebound gains for the day. There hasn’t been much news lately about Litecoin since founder, Charlie Lee, sold all of his LTC.
Currently, LTC is sitting at the 6th largest cryptocurrency by market cap and is selling for $152.26, a coin, up 19.73%.
TRX has been on a slow decline the last month. However, the coin seems to be picking up some momentum today. Just yesterday we reported that Tron Dogs just announced the new features that will be added to the game and the mobile version being launched soon. The launch of the game’s English version has yet to affect the price of the coin but as new features emerge, it just might.
Currently, TRX is selling for $0.044 a coin, up 13.88%, in 24 hours.
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Five more Time Capsules from the Design Council’s Project 2045 have been discovered, containing predictions from 1995. The capsules – designed by The Partners before it was bought by Design Braslia – were discovered in Gloucestershire this week. Ideas included a Europe-wide extension to the London Underground, packaging designs for intravenous food for anorexia victims and plans for Buckingham Palace to be converted into flats for London’s homeless. `It’s a relief that more tins have been discovered, we were wondering where they’d got to,’ admits Design Council’s Project 2045 Officer Maurice Blow. 1479 of the 2045 capsules have now been found, the last in a drainpipe in Tyneside last year (DW 1 June 2044).
Sam Jacob Studio has been commissioned to design the exhibition spaces and interiors of the new Cartoon Museum, and will work with graphic design studio Fraser Muggeridge to create a
Kin Design has created interactive installations for the Eden Project’s new permanent show Invisible Worlds, which delves into the fascinating stories of miniscule micro-organisms, and the impact humans have made
Research shows that over half of designers have been to university, compared to a third of the UK workforce on a whole. We chat to Hilary Chittenden, senior foundation manager
The design consultancy has rebranded the alcohol subscription service, which sends its members a surprise bottle of gin plus other goodies every month.


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text: Beauty Hair What Getting a Haircut Is Like Post-Quarantine Your favorite salon has reopened, but what are the risks of getting that much-needed trim? By Erin Lukas Erin Lukas Instagram Twitter Erin is a Brooklyn-based beauty editor and has been with InStyle since 2016. She covers all facets of beauty for the site. InStyle's editorial guidelines Published on June 18, 2020 @ 05:49PM Pin Share Tweet Email I am fully aware that my haircut and color should not be one of my major concerns during a pandemic. However, after months of questionable DIY bang trims and getting sick of seeing my overgrown roots whenever I look in the mirror, I would 100% be lying if I said I wasn't looking forward to getting back into my stylist's salon chair. And it turns out I'm not the only person who has been thinking about their pandemic hair, either. According to a survey update on post-lockdown consumer habits by Coresight Research that was shared on WWD on June 15, consumers are getting back to regular activities. In the past two weeks alone, 21% of the survey's participants got a haircut. But I can't lie, even though I've been thinking about my next hair appointment since salons where temporarily shut down in March, I'm also hesitant about booking my first post-quarantine salon appointment. Georgia Salons Are Reopening — And Adding "COVID-19 Fees" So, is it actually safe to go to the hair salon right now? Will getting a haircut increase my chances of contracting COVID-19? With lockdown restrictions lifting across the country, I reached out to a population health expert to find out the biggest risks at hair salons, as well as salon owners to discover how they're protecting their clients and their stylists. What Are the Risks of Getting a Haircut at a Hair Salon? The reality is that as long as there are cases of coronavirus in your community, it's not going to be 100% safe to go to the hair salon. "The main way that people catch the virus that causes COVID-19 is by breathing while close to an infected person, especially in an enclosed space," explains Anna Bershteyn, PhD, Assistant Professor in the Department of Population Health at NYU Langone Health. "It's impossible to keep a safe distance at a hair salon because staff need to be physically close to you to do their job." Dr. Bershtyn says that you can lower the risk of exposure by going to a salon that is practicing social distancing by placing the chairs six feet apart, ensuring that your stylist is wearing a mask and eye shield, avoid using the bathroom, and ask for a chair near an open window, if possible. And think twice before getting into an in-depth conversation with your stylist about the all of documentaries you watched on Netflix while quarantining. "Keep conversation to a minimum because talking can create droplets that spread the virus," Dr. Bershtyn adds. Nancy Honey/Getty Images What Are Salons Doing to Keep Everyone Safe? The good news is that if you do decide to book an appointment for a haircut or highlights, salon owners are not taking safety lightly. While the regulations may vary a bit from state to state, salons are given reopening guidelines by their governors and their state's board of cosmetology. "To be a hairdresser in any state, you have to go to beauty school and you have to learn the laws and rules regarding sanitation, so there’s a lot of it that’s already a part of our culture," says Jason Backe, celebrity colorist and co-owner of STARRING by Ted Gibson in LA. STARRING is a unique salon because it's unknowingly been practicing social distancing since it opened in 2019. The salon's chairs are eight feet apart in semi-private "clouds." There's a secure front and back entrance, no assistants or front desk person, and cashless. "When Ted and I came up with the concept of the salon, we were thinking about 'the salon of the future' and how that would be an intimate, luxury experience, not a safety precaution," explains Backe. STARRING reopened on June 3, and while the salon's four stylists and clients are all excited, they're playing it extra safe by taking things slow. "We’re only open five hours a day," Backe shares. "We have a really small team of four, but we're working opposite days so if by chance one of us gets sick or a client who has come to see one of us gets sick, not everyone is going to get sick at the salon." The stylists are also wearing masks, asking that clients wear mask, aren't double-booking services, and removing magazines and drinks from the salon. Shopping for Makeup Post COVID-19 Lockdown Will Never Be the Same While many salons are following similar protocols, for larger spaces, only booking a small number of clients is not a financially viable long-term solution. "Currently we are not double-booking clients and only operating every other chair," says Riawna Capri, celebrity stylist and co-founder of Nine Zero One Salon in LA. "This may not be financially feasible for many salons in the near future. Hopefully there’s a resolution soon, otherwise the hair salon industry will diminish. Something has to give. Is that a vaccine? Is that us raising our prices? Right now the future is unknown.” Nine Zero One also re-opened this month, returning to its original location in West Hollywood. "Making things more intimate, more of that family vibe is how we started," Capri says. "Some of that got lost on Melrose Place [the salon's second location]. It feels amazing for us the staff to be back home, and also for our clients." Capri shares that the salon is currently not doing blowouts as an extra precaution. In addition to spacing out clients, Nine Zero One stylists are working in morning and evening shifts and all staff members are wearing masks. "People should expect longer appointment times and expect a possible higher ticket than normal because there will be more work to be done and more color to be used." Clients will wait in their cars if they arrive to their appointment early, have their temperature taken and apply hand sanitizer at the door, and wear a mask at all times while in the salon. It's also recommend that clients don't wear extra layers of clothing and leave their bags in their cars or at home. "We will not be hanging up any coats because we don’t want them hanging next to anyone else’s coats," Capri says. Can COVID-19 Live on Your Beauty Products? Molly Black, co-owner of Gem Salon + Spa in Saint Paul, Minn. is following similar precautions to Nine Zero One. While Minnesota allowed salons to reopen on June 1, Black waited until June 17 to reopen to ensure safety measures were properly in place. "Because our services are non-essential, it seemed unwise to add to the risk and potentially undermine all the effort and sacrifices being made to battle the pandemic," she explains. "And because everything was changing so fast, we wanted to be sure we were not reopening on someone else’s agenda. We needed time to reach a consensus as a team about how to proceed." In addition to social distancing and extra sanitation in the salon, Black says that Gem is offering virtual consultations ahead of appointments to minimize exposure time. "Virtual consultations have taken the guesswork out so we can be more prepared and efficient during the actual appointment." What Should You Do Before Going to the Salon Your personal health is your responsibility. Before booking an appointment, check with your salon to see that they are following the safety guidelines set out by your state. Salons will typically have their policies and appointments guidelines on their websites, but if you're unsure about anything, call and ask questions. Once you do go to the salon, wear a mask, wash your hands, and if you don't live alone, check in with your family to see how they feel about it. "Make sure that everyone you live with is comfortable with you going, because everyone will share the risk," duggests Dr. Bershteyn. "If you decide to go, bring a mask that fits well, eye protection, gloves or a disposable tissue for high-touch surfaces like door handles, and hand sanitizer." And please, cancel your appointment if you feel sick, or else you're putting the salon's health and business at risk. So, what's the most important factor to consider when you're deciding if you should get a haircut? "Most of all, look at the number of cases in your area, think about the risk and who around you is vulnerable to the disease, and make sure it is a risk you are willing to take," says Dr. Bershteyn.


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A brute and his accomplice swiped a fidget spinner from a Nostrand Avenue store on May 28 and beat up a teen who tried to stop them, police said.
The baddie grabbed the $20 stress-relieving toy from the store near Avenue T at about 3 pm, and when a 17-year-old boy confronted him, he hit the teen in the face, causing a cut on the right side of his face, according to authorities.
Another punk then whacked the victim in the head with a broom, officials said.
A nogoodnik broke into a woman’s E. 26th Street home sometime overnight on May 27 and stole her purse, police said.
The woman told police the intruder climbed through a window in her home near Kings Highway while she was sleeping sometime between 11 am and 7 am, and grabbed her bag from on top of the radiator, according to authorities.
The baddie ran off with the bag containing a debit card, credit card, gold earrings, and cash, police said. The cur charged $40 to her credit card at about 4 am, officials said.
Cops cuffed a guy who they say stole cash from a tip jar inside an 86th Street store on May 21.
The suspect took out the $20 from the jar on top of the counter inside the W. Seventh Street store a little after midnight, according to authorities.
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In spite of being a essential for life, clean, drinkable water can be very hard.
Ford detailed a bunch of its roadmap for the next few years at a special.
As Volkswagen prepares itself for its big EV rollout, it has locked $25 billion in.
Renault’s EZ-GO was recently unveiled at the Geneva Motor Show. The car is designed keeping.
Honda’s lovable tiny Urban EV Concept stole hearts at previous year’s Frankfurt Motor Show, and.
Volkswagen’s futuristic electric sedan stole the limelight at the Geneva Motor Show . the.
Porsche recently revealed its brand new EV, The Mission E Cross Turismo at the Geneva.
Harley-Davidson, Motorcycle giant is now a stakeholder in Alta Motors, the electric motorcycle and light.
Porsche is now preparing itself for the launch if its EV, with a 2019 target.


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Carlyle shares fall 6% after reporting earnings miss
(4:44 PM ET) NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Carlyle Group L.P.
shares fell 6.23% at the end of the trading day on Wednesday after reporting its first-quarter profit fell because of complex carve-outs from some of the bigger deals that have not closed yet not reflected in the results, say analysts. They are expected show up in future quarters. The firm was involved in some of the biggest buyouts in the first quarter, including the sale of Tyco's International Ltd's Korean home-security unit for $1.9 billion and Johnson & Johnson's blood-testing unit for $4.2 billion. "Although the investing environment has grown more challenging over the past few quarters, we have been successful in committing to several exciting investment opportunities, and we are executing sales at attractive prices around the world," said William Conway, Carlyle's co-founder and co-chief executive. The private equity manager reported profit fell 26% to $25 million, or 41 cents a share, down from $34 million, or 66 cents a share, from the same period a year earlier. The firm's economic net income was also down, $322 million, or 85 cents a share, compared to $394 million, or $1.02 a share, from the year before, missing analyst expectations. Analysts expected earnings at 99 cents a share on revenue of $868.9 million, according to FactSet. Carlyle's deal making fell off in the quarter to $3.1 billion in the first-quarter, compared to $4.1 billion the year before.
Yelp cuts loss as sales rise 66%
(4:19 PM ET) SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Yelp Inc.
on Wednesday reported a first-quarter loss of $2.6 million, or 4 cents a share, on sales of $76.4 million. During the same period a year ago, the online review and recommendation company lost $4.8 million, or 8 cents a share, on revenue of $46.1 million. Analysts surveyed by FactSet had forecast Yelp to lose 6 cents a share on $75 million in sales. Yelp also estimates its second-quarter revenue will be between $85 million and $86 million, while analysts had earlier forecast $85.4 million in sales. Yelp shares rose 1.3% in after-hours trading.
Twitter, eBay losses drag on tech stocks
(9:43 AM ET) SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Losses from Twitter Inc.
and eBay Inc.
pulled the tech sector into the red Wednesday following disappointing reactions to those company's latest earnings reports. Twitter fell more than 11% to $37.75 a share, while eBay was down more than 6% at $51.06. The Nasdaq Composite Index
which includes many leading tech stocks, fell almost 23 points to 4,083.
Phillips 66 tops earnings forecast
(8:41 AM ET) NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Phillips 66
on Wednesday reported first-quarter earnings of $1.6 billion, or $2.67 a share, versus $1.4 billion, or $2.23 a share in the same period a year earlier. Excluding $706 million related to the gain on the exchange of Phillips Specialty Products, the energy company said it earned $806 million, or $1.47 a share. Analysts surveyed by FactSet had forecast earnings of $1.35 a share. Phillips 66 shares were up 0.5% in premarket trade.
WellPoint adjusted earnings above expectations
(6:46 AM ET) LONDON (MarketWatch) -- Health-benefits company WellPoint Inc.
said first-quarter net earnings were $701 million, or $2.40 a share, compared with $885.2 million, or $2.89 a share, in the same quarter last year. Operating revenue rose 1.2% to $17.64 billion from $17.44 billion a year ago. Adjusted earnings for the most recent quarter were $2.30 a share compared with $2.94 a share in the year-earlier period. Analysts polled by FactSet had expected adjusted earnings of $2.10 a share. WellPoint said it now expects 2014 adjusted per-share earnings to exceed $8.40 a share, reflecting balanced enrollment growth across its markets. Analysts currently project 2014 earnings of $8.41 a share.


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Verizon, AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile will all have a BlackBerry 10 device
BlackBerry chief executive blamed long testing periods for the delay, but which exact carriers will have the upcoming all-touch BlackBerry Z10 and full QWERTY BlackBerry Q10?
First, Verizon Wireless has announced it will stock both the BlackBerry Z10 and Q10, with the flagship Z10 arriving at a price of $199 on a two-year contract. Moreover, the white version of the Z10 will be a Verizon exclusive in the United States. Both devices will come with 4G LTE connectivity.
The nation’s second largest carrier, AT&T, will also have both the BlackBerry Z10 and Q10, also running on its 4G LTE network.
Sprint on the other hand will only sport the BlackBerry Q10 "later this year." Sprint hasn’t really revealed much else saying that “additional details, including pricing, will be shared closer to availability" in a press release. We also don’t know whether that device will support Sprint’s 4G LTE network, but we’d guess that it would.
And now T-Mobile has also confirmed that it will carry the BlackBerry Z10, and moreover - it will be T-Mobile's first 4G LTE device. The carrier also has a sign-up page that will notify you when pre-orders become available.
And here are the details about the global launch of BB10:
- In the UK, the BlackBerry Z10 will come on EE, O2, Vodafone, Phones 4u, BT, 3UK and the Carphone Warehouse.
- In Canada, the Z10 will launch on February 5th. Price will be $149.99 on a 3-year contract.
- In the UAE, the BlackBerry Z10 will arrive on February 10th.


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In August this year, the British supermodel, actress. And one of the “stylish people in the fashion industry under the age of 45” according to the American version of Vogue magazine Cara Delevingne began to celebrate her 30th birthday and can not stop.
They say that for Kara it was some kind of life milestone and she was very stressed about this. And then another festival of arts and radical self-expression took place in the Black Rock Desert, where Delevingne expressed herself in full and spent a week there in a drug frenzy, with virtually no food and personal hygiene products.
A couple of days ago, Kara was supposed to fly to the event on Jay-Z’s private jet, but she was 2 hours late, and when she finally got to the airport with her legs sticking out of the car window, the crew refused to take her into the air.
As a result, Delevingne, in a terrible state and dirty socks, wandered around for a couple of hours, trying to get through to someone and solve something there.
Nearby were the paparazzi, who carefully saw what one of the “stylish people of the fashion industry” now looks like.


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Mango is stepping up its game in the U.S.“We've redefined our commercial strategy and approach to the U.S. market," said Mango vice chairman Daniel Lopez, noting that the Spanish retailer's flagship at 561 Broadway in SoHo underwent a recent renovation. The look represents the company's latest prototype, first seen at C/Serrano in Madrid in March. "The new store concept is a milestone for Mango and marks a new image for the brand and its stores."The SoHo flagship is the first U.S. store to feature Mango's new prototype. "The U.S. is one of the biggest and most competitive markets in the fashion world, and New York is one of the global fashion capitals, which makes it the perfect place to launch our new store design," Lopez said. "We’ve been transforming the store network at a record rate." Mango has invested 600 million euros, or $650 million, since 2013. The 6,458-square-foot SoHo flagship features an area that's partially walled-off by glass where different art installations will be housed throughout the year. "The SoHo flagship will represent a unique space where fashion, art, culture and technology coexist," Lopez said. "We're looking at how to innovate in our stores in order to offer unique shopping experiences in a welcoming environment, and this flagship will help us to achieve this."Lopez said Mango plans to convert the entire chain to the new concept, but didn't give a time frame. About 24 percent of Mango's store fleet has been converted to large-store formats since 2013.Mango in 2015 decided not to renew its agreement with J.C. Penney Co. Inc. to sell MNG by Mango exclusively at 450 department store shop-in-shops, citing only a 0.5 percent bump in its business. The Spanish retailer will get exposure through a new deal with Lord & Taylor to sell its fast fashion on the department store's e-commerce site."Through this formula, the company, which has been selling in the U.S. for years through mango.com, seeks to strengthen its presence in one of the most dynamic markets in the world," said Lopez, adding that Mango initially won't have a presence at Lord & Taylor units.Mango is also developing a dedicated U.S. online store with improvements that include better navigability of the web site to facilitate shopping, and reduced delivery times, including the launch of next-day service and enhanced after-sales services.
Mango's U.S. online sales in 2016 via mango.com grew 32 percent. So far this year, the increase is around 54 percent, Lopez said. "The forecast for the end of 2017 is to register 50 percent growth," he added. "The agreement with Lord & Taylor demonstrates our company's interest in the U.S. market. Entering the e-commerce of a firm like Lord & Taylor will accelerate our sales in the U.S. At the same time as this e-commerce offensive in the U.S. market, we also decided to invest in remodeling our SoHo flagship with the aim of adapting the store to the new design and technology standards that characterize our latest shops.
"Mango's new medium-term strategy in the U.S. is to consolidate sales through e-commerce, combined with the presence of flagships such as SoHo and other large North American cities," Lopez continued.
Breaking: @cushnieetochs’ co-founders @carlycushnie and @ochsmichelle are parting ways. After a 10-year run, Ochs is leaving the brand. Get the full story on WWD.com – link in bio. #wwdnews #wwdfashion
@maybelline’s Kanako Takase had snow bunnies in mind when creating the beauty look for @philipppleininternational. Playing off of the bedazzled snowboards in the collection, Takase mixed two highlighters together for a luminous sheen. #wwdbeauty #nyfw (📷: @jilliansollazzo)
“There’s a huge gap between the old way of doing things and today. It takes the youth to help evolve that. You have to count on the kids today to help lead you into the future. A lot of these retailers are stuck in the past. Communication is the biggest thing,” said @ronniefieg of @kith on the youth’s role in retail. On Monday night, Jeff Staple moderated a keynote session with Fieg and @syresmith at Assembly - a series of workshops, talks and keynotes addressing topics or issues in the apparel industry. Head to WWD.com to read more advice from Fieg and what Smith thinks of his dad @willsmith’s Instagram account and sustainability (📷: @weston.wells)
@joansmalls closed the @michaelkors fall 2018 show in black sequined pants and a varsity T printed with 19 on the front and 81 on the back. 1981 – the year Kors went into business. #wwdfashion #nfyw (📷: @giovanni_giannoni_photo)
“You think your life is going to be a certain way, and nothing you thought would happen ends up happening. Never in my wildest dreams did I think I’d be designing clothes and working with Mickey Drexler, and building something I’m deeply proud of,” said Jenna Lyons. Nine months after leaving @jcrew, Lyons is exploring the meaning of happiness. Read the interview, where Lyons talks about reinvention and more on WWD.com – link in bio. #wwdfashion (📷: Farrell) #jennalyons #jcrew


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Equifax sold more than 17,000 lists of consumer data to Direct Lending Source Inc. and other companies, according to the FTC.
FTC settles with Equifax over sale of mortgage payment information
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China, the world’s biggest grain consumer, has drafted a law to tighten controls over the production and trade of grains, including a clause that forbids the unauthorized use of genetically modified seeds.
The proposed law defines the authority of agencies in controlling and monitoring markets, including rules legitimizing government powers to limit the size of a company’s operations, imports and exports of grains, according to statements on the State Council’s website dated Feb. 21, which said the government is seeking public feedback before enacting the legislation.
The research, experiment, sales and imports and exports of genetically modified seeds must comply with government rules and no businesses or individuals should engage in the unauthorized application of biotechnology in major grains, it said.
“It’s normal” that the government continues to be cautious about genetically modified crop seeds, Tommy Xiao, analyst at Shanghai JC Intelligence Co., said by e-mail. “The approval will take some time and due process,” he said.


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Microsoft To End Band Wearable Support On May 31st
It has been a while since Microsoft stopped selling its Band fitness wearable and decided that it would no longer release any new versions. That decision was made over two years ago and the company has now decided to end support for the Band wearable completely. It has confirmed that the Band will no longer be supported after May 31st.
Microsoft Band No Longer Listed In Its Online Store
Several weeks ago, it was rumored that Microsoft could be discontinuing their Band series of fitness trackers. It looks like the rumors have partially come true because as noticed by ZDNet’s Mary Jo Foley, Microsoft’s online store is no longer listing the Microsoft Band anymore, and has also removed all references made to it.
Microsoft Band Series Of Fitness Wearables Could Be Discontinued
The original Microsoft Band was an unexpected surprise from Microsoft, and it also proved to be rather popular. Then last year we were treated to the Microsoft Band 2, and now that we’re in 2016, does this mean we can expect to see the Microsoft Band 3? According to a report from ZDNet, apparently not.
Microsoft Band 2 Update Adds Weight Tracking Capabilities
Fitness bands are great if you’re trying to get in shape or better understand your body. They can track your calories, steps, distance, some even track your heart rate, sleep cycles and more. Now if you’re the proud owner of the Microsoft Band 2, you will be interested to learn that Microsoft has recently issued an update for the device with new features.
Microsoft Band Gets Several New Features Today
Microsoft today announced that several new features are coming to its wearable activity tracker today, fans have been asking the company for some of these features, and it has finally listened to them. Microsoft Band gets all-new music controls today aside from activity reminders as well as an improved and enhanced Exercise Tile.
The New Microsoft Band Is Now Available For Purchase
Earlier this month Microsoft announced the new Microsoft Band. Given that the previous iteration of the Microsoft Band proved to be quite a hit, the successor to it was highly anticipated as it was supposed to introduce new features and improvements that some users felt were missing from the original.That being said, if you do like what you see, you might be pleased to learn that the new Microsoft Band […]
Original Microsoft Band Gets Price Cut
It was only a year ago when Microsoft launched its first fitness tracker, called the Band, the wearable device proved to be quite a hit among consumers. Naturally there was a lot of anticipation concerning the second-generation Band which the company recently unveiled, and now that the new one is out the time is right to offer a price cut for the original Band. Not only will this enable the budget […]
The New Microsoft Band Gets Improved Design And Cortana
At its event today where it unveiled the new Lumia 950 and Lumia 950XL as well as the Surface Pro 4 tablet Microsoft also unveiled an updated version of its activity tracker. Like the last one the new activity tracker is also called Microsoft Band, however there’s a fundamental difference, the new Microsoft Band has received design updates and it honestly looks much better than its predecessor.
Microsoft Band 2 Renders Leaked
It was first reported a couple of months back that Microsoft has started developing the second-generation Microsoft Band. The company’s wearable device turned out to be quite successful so there are many people out there waiting to see what it’s able to achieve with the new one. It’s expected to show off the new Band at its event next month, today purported renders of the Microsoft Band 2 have leaked online.
Microsoft Band Is $50 Off For A Limited Time
Microsoft appears to be in quite a generous mood this week because it’s cutting prices on some of its most popular products, just yesterday the company discounted the Surface Pro 3 tablet by $200. If you’ve been on the fence about picking up a Microsoft Band then you might want to get an order in today because the company has shaved $50 off its regular price for a limited time.
Microsoft Band Manufacturing Has Reportedly Been Stopped
Not too long ago Microsoft confirmed that development on the next-generation Band wearable fitness tracker has begun, according to a new report the company is halting production of the original Band to focus on the successor’s development and release. Many of you would remember that the Microsoft Band proved to be a hit for the company, selling out almost instantly after it was first released with strong demand continuing months after that.
Microsoft Working On Second-Gen Band
About nine months back Microsoft also made an entry into the consumer wearable device market with a product simply called the Microsoft Band. It’s not a smartwatch per se, rather it’s more of a fitness band that focuses exclusively on health and fitness related data tracking but is capable of doing notifications as well, and can also display the time. Since then the company has added new features to the device […]
Reviewer: Microsoft Band Heart Rate Monitor Is Rather Accurate
The Microsoft Band is definitely a piece of wearable technology that is worth your while in checking out – since it does more than just offer you the time, but will also be able to keep track of your heart rate too, now how about that? Fitness buffs would definitely love such an idea, but just how accurate is such a device? MIT Technology Review claimed that testing out the […]
Microsoft & TaylorMade Wants To Up Your Golf Game
Late last year Microsoft surprised us all when they announced the Microsoft Band, a simplistic fitness tracker that came with a heart rate sensor. Its $199 price tag made it a relatively affordable purchase which resulted in it being extremely popular to the point where it was unavailable for a brief period of time due to a lack of stock.That being said if you’re the owner of a Microsoft Band, […]
Microsoft Band Will Soon Support Third-Party Apps
The Microsoft Band is a fitness tracker from Microsoft that despite its somewhat quiet launch, proved to be a pretty hot device, so much so that many customers were having a hard time trying to get ahold of it. However if there was one limitation to the device, it is that unlike Android Wear and the Apple Watch, third-party app support was minimal at best.The good news is that if […]
Microsoft Band Available From Amazon, Launches In UK Next Month
In October last year Microsoft launched a wearable device called the Microsoft Band. The device quickly became popular so much so that Microsoft had difficulty plugging the demand and supply gap. It has been working hard to ensure that interested customers can pick one up. Starting today the Microsoft Band will be available for purchase from Amazon. The company also confirmed that the Band will be available in the United […]
Microsoft Band To Make Its Way To 765 Best Buy Stores
The Microsoft Band is Microsoft’s attempt at creating a wearable and perhaps to everyone’s surprise, including Microsoft, it proved to be a pretty big hit amongst customers to the point where it seemed like Microsoft did not anticipate the level of demand which saw the fitness band sold out during the holiday season.Now the good news is that if you were looking to get your hands on the device, you […]
Microsoft Band Update Adds Bike Tile, Virtual Keyboard And More
Microsoft Band is receiving a major software update today, its first ever since the device was launched in October last year, the update brings several new features like a bike tile, a virtual keyboard, new guided workouts and a lot more. Microsoft’s wearable device has been hard to get since there’s great demand for it, those who were fortunate enough to get one will now enjoy the features that this […]
Microsoft Band Availability Point To Early 2015 Timeline
One thing is for sure concerning the Microsoft Band – there has been way more demand compared to the availability of the hardware itself, and this does come across as surprising, taking into consideration how low key, relatively speaking, the piece of wearable technology was before it was introduced. In fact, the Microsoft Band has proved itself to be so popular, so much so that it has been sold out […]
Microsoft Band Stock Replenished In Microsoft's Brick And Mortar Stores
There is still a few more weeks to go until Christmas and if you were thinking about getting your hands on the Microsoft Band either for yourself or for someone else, you will be pleased to learn that Microsoft has recently announced via Twitter that they have more units in stock of the Microsoft Band at their retail stores in the US.It seems that the replenishment of stock is only […]


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|Mon Oct 13, 2008 - 11:35 AM EDT - By Jennifer Chappell|
Brighthand is reporting that T-Mobile has already sold 1.5 million T-Mobile G1 smartphones. Man alive, that's a lot of phones! All those were pre-ordered, and since the availability ran out, I'm sure there would have been many more sales. T-Mobile has sold all the smartphones that it has available to ship by October 22, which is the launch day.
Geek.com reported last week that T-Mobile had received so many pre-orders that they nearly tripled their production.
Those numbers are pretty interesting since Apple sold 1 million iPhone 3Gs during their launch. Looks like the iPhone and the G1 will be fierce competitors.
According to Ed Hardy at Brighthand, there are two options available for those who are wanting a T-Mobile G1 as soon as possible but didn't get their pre-order in. There will be about 2 million units in T-Mobile stores across the U.S. later this month when the smartphone launches. If you don't care to brave the crowds in those stores, you can put in a pre-order now, but those won't be delivered until some time after the launch day. If I were going to get a T-Mobile G1, I'd go the pre-order route because I cannot handle crowds.
Head over to www.T-MobileG1.com to find a store.
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Let's stipulate for the record that Congress has every right to ask questions of private industry as it works on the nation's behalf. I remember reading something to that effect when I was studying social studies once upon a time.
Then you have this: A public letter sent to Google CEO Larry Page by eight members of Congress inquiring "whether this new technology could infringe on the privacy of the average American."
News flash: Congress has discovered the 21st century.
It's not that the congressional representatives who signed onto to this letter were necessarily naive about how technology gets used in the real world. Or that they were simply preening for publicity's sake in seizing on one of the big tech stories of the season, knowing they were guaranteed news coverage.
But this topic offers a rare opportunity to preen. Google Glass, a product that's at least a year away from consumer availability, is now congressional catnip. The letter's co-signatories are demanding more information about how Google intends to stop Glass from collecting user data about someone without someone's consent. That's for starters:
- When using Google Glass, is it true that this product would be able to use Facial Recognition Technology to unveil personal information about whomever and even some inanimate objects that the user is viewing? Would a user be able to request such information? Can a nonuser or human subject opt out of this collection of personal data? If so, how? If not, why not?
- Will Google Glass have the capacity to store any data on the device itself? If so, will Google Glass implement some sort of user authentication system to safeguard stored data? If not, why not? If so, please explain.
Turns out that Google Glass's product director was asked about the privacy implications of the device Thursday afternoon during one of the sessions at the company's I/O conference. He was quoted as saying that Google has thought about the social implications and etiquette since day one. (Whatever that means.)
Google knows this is just the opening scene in what promises to be a predictable kabuki-like script. After Congress gets done with grandstanding, Google will dutifully promise to do its best and be a good corporate citizen, respectful of the individual's privacy -- and it won't make a whit of difference in the end.
This comes down to individual behavior. You can hope people will do the right thing. But it's like smoking or buying supersize soda cups. All the tut-tutting in the world isn't going to change human behavior. I'm not defending the right of jerks not to ask permission before photographing or filming people. But you know that they will, because that's just people being people. Bad etiquette is bad etiquette, and it makes little difference what lawmakers say or do.


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Trio scoop business awards
THREE local businesses have scooped three top awards in the 2017 Coventry and Warwickshire SME Business Awards.
Aladdins Indian Dining in Tiddington has been chosen as Restaurant of the Year, The Old Thatch Tavern in Stratford is winner of the Pub of the Year and Purity Brewing Company based at Great Alne is now Business of the Year – with less than 50 employees.
Ala Uddin, owner of Aladdins said the award was a fantastic tribute to his team.
“We are all winners. Our diners, our customers and our staff are the real winners. We opened in 1994 and have built the business up over the years so it’s great to be recognised,” Ala Uddin said.
Sandie Coleman, proprietor and licensee of The Old Thatch Tavern was also celebrating being an award winner with her small but dedicated team of staff.
Sean Davies, general manager at The Thatch said: “We’ve got a great team here and the customers also make it happen as well so a big thank you to everyone,” Sean said.


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Google+ launched in 2011 as Google’s attempt at a social media platform. Originally conceived to take market share from social media juggernaut Facebook, it never achieved its goal. Other than some hardcore fans, Google+ by 2018 has become largely a has-been. So when news broke that there had a been a data breach of user information at G+, it was not a huge surprise that the corporation announced it would be shutting down operations over the coming months.
The end of Google+ has seemed inevitable for a while. The question is, now that Google has officially announced the end, what impact will it have on SEO?
When it first launched, Google hinted that Google plus and +1 buttons would be a factor in search rankings. They did show up in searches over the years. Google also offered Search Plus Your World, a personalized search that showed results based on what your Google plus friends searched for and clicked on. Google actively tried to drive conversation on its social network by recommending people take their search to Google+, including highlighting Google+ content in search results and in Google News and showing users what was trending on Google plus. There was also an in-depth local search integration between Google Local and Google plus results.
Ultimately, all these attempts to promote Google+ failed. Over the years, Google stopped the heavy promotion of G+. Features and integrations with other Google products slowly faded. At this point, G+ does not play a large role in Google search. Although it has affected search in the past, it has been inactive for a while now.
When Google+ is shut down for consumer use in August 2019, I expect no impact to SEO. This has been a long time coming, Google just made it official.


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The digital campaign conveys the eternal promise between siblings while also advocating BL Agro’s initiative that normalises men shouldering the responsibility of cooking.
Stock with new prices has just entered the market for retail consumers. The mustard crop has been good this year and the new oil has started entering the market, which is priced lower than it was last year. Not only edible oils, retail wheat and wheat flour prices are stable as well, as the government regulations have been useful in keeping domestic prices in check.
The ad film focuses on voting carefully and spreads the message amongst young voters to choose the right candidate for the country ...


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Published on : Wednesday, December 29, 2021
The annual tourism revenue in 2020 is no doubt higher than the receipts generated this year since tourists were still able to enter the country from January to mid-March last year before the lockdown was imposed.
But if you compare the figures from April to September of both years covering the pandemic period, the tourism industry this 2021 is seeing a renewed hope towards a steady recovery path.
Data from the Department of Tourism (DOT) showed that tourism receipts from April to September 2021 reached PHP3.1 billion, up by 91.6 percent from PHP1.6 billion generated in the same period last year.
The current tourism scenario is looking generally optimistic as we end 2021.
As Alert Levels have gone down, local travel requirements were also eased. Many of our destinations now accept local tourists who are fully vaccinated, with no need to present a negative RT-PCR test, as said by Tourism Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat.
Since the gradual resumption of tourism operations last September, more establishments have reopened and the country saw an uptick in the number of domestic travelers in major tourist destinations.
In Boracay alone, tourism arrivals ballooned by 1,151.61 percent to 173,104 from the 13,830 tourists recorded on the island during the same period in 2021.
The DOT also continued to promote the Philippines as a country that banks not only on the safety of travelers but also its host communities as it actively vaccinates tourism workers nationwide.
As of December 24, at least 88.38 percent or 282,780 tourism workers have been inoculated against coronavirus disease, while the remaining 11.62 percent are waiting for their schedule.
Philippine Tour Operators Association, Inc. (PHILTOA) president Fe Abling-Yu, meanwhile, hopes that the eased restrictions would continue throughout 2022.
For 2022, Romulo-Puyat sees “revenge travel” manifesting across all markets of the Philippine tourism industry.
And in the wake of disconnect and economic hardship brought about by the pandemic, Filipinos are likely to travel more consciously.
The DOT has vowed to pivot towards sustainable tourism development models, with focus on providing guests with high-quality experiences rather than mass tourism and short-term gains.
With no certain date yet as to when the country will open its borders for foreign leisure travelers, the DOT believes domestic tourists will continue to be the main tourism growth driver next year.
Apart from them, the DOT said it will tap into the growing workation market, seeing that remote work is likely to stay throughout and even after the pandemic.
The trend was something that came along as a need by employees who worked from home during the pandemic, yet also needed the time to take a break and recover from cabin fever.
But if the Philippines reopens, she said foreign tourists can rest assured that health and safety protocols would be in place.
The Philippines was supposed to end its almost 21-month closure to foreign tourists last December 1, but the plan was suspended amid the growing threat of the heavily mutated Omicron coronavirus variant, of which four confirmed cases were already reported in the country.
The Tourism chief is also hoping to successfully host the World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) Global Summit in March 2022, a MICE event seen to boost the Philippine travel sector’s recovery.
The WTTC Global Summit is widely considered as the most influential event for travel and tourism professionals and stakeholders, and they are making sure that the health and safety of guests, as well as the staff, are on top of their priority list.
Meanwhile, the DOT is working on a “rehabilitation and recovery” plan following the devastation of Super Typhoon Odette, which has affected several tourist destinations, including Bohol, Camiguin, Cebu, Negros Oriental and Occidental, Palawan, Siargao, and Southern Leyte.
Romulo-Puyat said the plan will focus on addressing immediate concerns of affected tourism workers, such as cash-for-work or alternative livelihood programs and the reconstruction of affected facilities of various enterprises.
The agency, through the Tourism Promotions Board, is also facilitating the delivery of relief goods and basic necessities to Cebu, Siargao, Tacloban, Palawan, and Negros Oriental.
Cash donations from tourism stakeholders were also given to affected establishments and DOT Regional Offices. In addition, the DOT is in close coordination with the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) for financial assistance.
In Siargao, Romulo-Puyat said the DOT together with the Makati Med Foundation will continue with the vaccination program for tourism workers, and at the same time see to the immediate medical needs of the community.


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China shows the mirror which has created a strong social media app
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SPRINGFIELD — The Phoenix Center is holding a yard sale fundraiser on April 26.
From the Facebook event:
Phoenix Center residents and staff are having a yard sale. We are taking donations from March 15-April 15. Items will be sorted and cleaned and organized for the sale. Items accepted include household goods, furniture, books, tools, etc. NO CLOTHES or BEDDING. You can drop off your donations between 9a-3p Mon-Fri. Time to clean out your closets and cabinets! All funds raised will go to help residents buy food, clothing and other needed items.


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Virtual reality has been a topic of conversation for years, but it's been far from a big business. The HTC Vive has popped up, Facebook's (META -1.19%) Oculus is now available, and Sony's (SONY -0.71%) PlayStation VR are some of the industry leaders, but they're far from household staples.
Where VR may gain some traction in coming years is in VR arcades or theaters. Here are four U.S. publicly traded companies that could play big roles in building the VR business of the future.
HTC and Facebook's Oculus platform are the two clear leaders in VR today. Oculus also works with Samsung Gear VR, so it's a broader hardware platform than other competitors. The Oculus site is also one of the most complete platforms for developers, with a store that connects users with content.
For now, Facebook is pushing into the VR space largely hoping to get users to use the technology at home. Most VR arcades today are using HTC or other platforms, not Oculus. VR arcades are popular in Asia and are growing in the U.S., though, so if Facebook can adapt its model to move beyond sales to home users, bringing in business customers like arcades, this could be THE leading VR platform.
Sony's PlayStation VR headset is one of the best in the industry and plugs right into a PlayStation 4. That makes it easy to use and accessible to millions of customers. But it could also limit Sony's long-term potential in VR.
Like Facebook, Sony is going to have to figure out more than how to make great VR content. It'll have to figure out what the business model is going to be behind that content. But being a leading console maker and having leading VR technology is a good place to start from when building a VR business model.
AMC and IMAX
Two surprisingly aggressive VR companies are IMAX (IMAX 1.07%) and AMC Theaters (AMC). The two have launched an IMAX VR Center in New York City within an AMC multiplex. IMAX is developing its own VR content and has a flagship location in Los Angeles where it's testing the VR concept on its own.
The two companies are offering a place to watch VR content, although that could change into more game content depending on what's successful. As a content and technology company, IMAX is a key player to watch in VR. It could bring some very interesting content to the industry, and if it can develop an experience that works well in the theater setting it can leverage partnerships with companies like AMC to grow in VR. Right now, IMAX and AMC are just feeling out what works in the industry, but don't be surprised if this becomes a big business for them in the future.