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TÜVRheinland begins 802.11n Wi-Fi certification testing
June 26, 2007 -- The company announced that its Wi-Fi test labs in the U.S. and Japan have been approved by the Wi-Fi Alliance.
June 26, 2007 -- TÜVRheinland, a provider of independent testing and certification services, announced that it is now accepting test applications for wireless devices utilizing the IEEE 802.11n standard for Wi-Fi.
The Wi-Fi Alliance has finalized the Wi-Fi 802.11n , draft 2.0 certification test plan, which was set to launch on June 25. Compliance to the test plan ensures a product's interoperability with other Wi-Fi devices in the consumer and enterprise markets.
According to a press release, TÜVRheinland is one of only four companies globally with testing laboratories authorized by the Wi-Fi Alliance for this program. The company's facilities in Silicon Valley and Yokohama, Japan are pre-qualified to perform testing for the more than 300 members of the Wi-Fi Alliance, a global industry association that promotes the growth of Wi-Fi devices.
"We expect a rapid market acceptance of wireless products running 802.11n because of their ability to stream video between devices," says David Surber, vice president of engineering for TÜVRheinland. "We are proud to be one of the first labs authorized by the Wi-Fi Alliance to perform 802.11n testing, enabling our clients worldwide to meet that market demand."
TÜVRheinland says its facilities test all types of wireless devices including laptops, wireless routers and switches, PDAs, VoIP telephones, printers, computers, game stations and computer accessories.


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Google has officially declared the second generation of Pixel smartphones both featuring solid specifications and one of the best cameras on the market. Apart from that, there were a variety of different products that the search giant announced including a brand new premium Chromebook called the Pixelbook.
Now this is the second time Google is aiming at a premium laptop loaded with its Chrome OS. The first was the Chromebook Pixel which made its debut in 2013. Sundar Pichai, who had been Senior Vice President of engineering and in charge of Chrome and Android at the time had said that the aim behind the high-end Chromebook Pixel model was “to push the boundary and build something premium. Google engineers put out on the ‘labour of love’ project a couple of years back, asking themselves, ‘What could we do if we really needed to design the best computer possible in the best price possible?”
In 2015, Google refreshed the Chromebook Pixel with minor changes on the outside but more solid updates on the inside including the processor, storage and also the battery.
While the notebook did stand outside, it didn’t receive a lot of attention and considering that the high price point, it made more sense to opt for a Windows machine.
This year Google has yet again made an attempt to lure customers into buying a premium top-of-the-line notebook running on Chrome OS. It may be folded like a tablet, or propped up in tent manner whenever you are consuming media. It is similar to the Lenovo Yoga series as well as other convertible Windows notebooks. It has an aluminum unibody design and Google has set a glass visor on the lid exactly like the Pixel smartphones.
It runs on Chrome OS with assistance of Android apps and best part, it comes with Google Assistant built-in.
As for hardware, the new Pixelbook is being supplied in a Intel Core i5 or even an i7 processor and up to 16GB of RAM. Storage sees a big bump as Google is offering up to 128GB going all the way up to 512GB of SSD storage. The touch LCD display steps at 12.3-inches with a 2400×1600 resolution. There is a backlit keyboard, a massive trackpad, dual speakers, a headphone jack, four microphones and two USB-C interfaces for charging and data transfer. Speaking of charging Google states that a 15-minute charge can give approximately 2 hours of battery life to the Pixelbook.
Pricing begins at $999 which sets it in the premium class. At that price point you’ll find tons of solid Windows options which obviously give you a wider scope for productivity. It seems that Google has once again made a excellent useless item. I really don’t find the product going mainstream especially at that price tag.
Having said this, I really love how the Pixelbook is designed and I am looking forward to check it out, if it ever comes to India. Google never launched the Chromebook Pixel in India and it appears unlikely that Google will change its mind for its new product.

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Local businesses react to new CDC guidance
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (WNDU) - Mask wearing is no longer mandatory in most St. Joseph County, and South Bend city-owned and operated facilities.
The edict issued today is consistent with new CDC guidelines that fully vaccinated individuals no longer need to wear face coverings in most situations.
“What we’re going to recommend people do is if they are not fully vaccinated that they wear a face covering but it’s not going to be mandatory. We’re not going to ask people. They’re going to be able to enter without that. We do ask that because we think it makes sense,” said Andy Kostielney, St. Joseph County Board of Commissioners’ President.
Other entities were not quick to follow the lead of local government.
Many of the businesses, churches, and libraries 16 News Now reached out to today did not respond, although the Kroger grocery chain did issue this statement:
“At this time, The Kroger Family of Companies continues to require everyone in our stores to wear masks. We are encouraging and incentivizing associate vaccinations by offering a $100 one-time payment to associates who receive the recommended doses of the COVID-19 vaccine. As we have throughout the pandemic, we are reviewing current safety practices, the CDC’s latest guidance, and soliciting feedback from associates to guide the next phase of our policy.”
Meijer also responded to our inquiry with this statement:
“While we are aware of new CDC guidance, many state or local orders in the Meijer footprint remain in effect regarding masks. In order to help ensure the continued health and safety of all its team members and customers, Meijer continues to require face coverings by anyone entering a Meijer store or Meijer Express station at all locations, except where medical conditions prevent them from wearing one.”
South Bend Regional Chamber of Commerce President Jeff Rea said the CDC guidelines caught many by surprise. “So my impression from the businesses I talked to this morning is very quickly the mask mandate will go away. I haven’t talked to too many who say I’ll keep it in place. Initially if you were talking to me a couple of weeks ago, many of the national retailers were, had planned to keep it in place. Just given what was happening around the country, but the fact that almost every adult has had a chance to get vaccinated, Has lead them to think now is the time to lift that.”
Pati Kobalski said she has had COVID once, but is leery of the vaccine, and used to wearing her face mask. “Probably still continue to wear it when I go shopping, when I go out, I’m just used to it now. It’s kind of like used to wearing it. I feel better wearing it I guess.”
A spokesperson for the South Bend Farmer’s Market said the board of directors there will meet on Saturday and is expected to reconsider its policy on face coverings.
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Bayer announces name for new biotechnology trait coming in the near future, first in industry designed to help cotton growers protect against tarnished plant bugs and thrips species; field days expected in 2020.
St. Louis (December 18, 2019) – Tarnished plant bugs and thrips have long been important pests in cotton, while growers have limited options to help manage these insects. That is set to change with a new cotton trait developed by Bayer – named ThryvOn™ Technology – which will provide cotton plants increased protection, and growers an additional tool, against these damaging pests.
Announced this past weekend by Bayer at the Deltapine New Product Evaluator (NPE) Summit, ThryvOn Technology will represent the first trait in the industry designed to help cotton growers protect against these pests and help reduce the need for some insecticide applications.
Pending various factors such as regulatory approvals, ThryvOn Technology is expected to be available to cotton growers in the next few years – the early 2020s – and stacked with Bollgard® 3 XtendFlex® Technology, providing cotton growers the latest technology for insect pest and weed control.
“We believe that once available, this technology system will provide immense value to cotton growers by promoting plant health and helping protect yield potential against pests that, until now, were not able to be managed through a biotech trait,” said Jon Riley, North America Cotton Launch Lead.
Once launched, some expected benefits of ThryvOn Technology stacked with the current industry-leading herbicide and pest protection traits include:
- Season-long protection against feeding damage from tarnished plant bugs and thrips species* through built-in trait technology
- A potential reduction in the number of foliar insecticide applications needed for control of tarnished plant bugs and thrips species*
- ThryvOn Technology will be stacked with the proven Bollgard® 3 XtendFlex® Technology
“We’re also excited to move one step closer to commercialization by announcing the name of ThryvOn Technology, a name that conveys our desire to help cotton growers everywhere thrive in the face of challenges from tarnished plant bugs and thrips species,” said Travis Coffman, Cotton Trait Marketing Manager for Bayer.
Beginning in 2020 and pending various factors such as regulatory approvals, growers will be able to see educational, academic test plots this growing season.
*ThryvOn™ Technology will protect against two species of tarnished plant bugs (Lygus hesperus and Lygus lineolaris) and Thrips (Frankliniella spp.).
Bayer - Brian Leake, 314.694.5107
ThryvOn™ Technology is not currently available for commercial sale or commercial planting. Commercialization is dependent on multiple factors, including successful conclusion of the regulatory process. The information presented herein is provided for educational purposes only, and is not and shall not be construed as an offer to sell. It is a violation of federal law to promote or offer to sell an unregistered pesticide


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Tickets for the Belgrade Philharmonic’s new 2019-2020 concert season will be on sale at the Belgrade Philharmonic’s Ticket Office (Studentski trg 11), on Monday, May 13, at 10 a.m. Terms of sale and ticket prices are the same as last year.
May 13-24 – sale of sets for current subscribers
May 27-31 – sale of sets for new subscribers as well as online sales
June 03-07 – sale by series
June 10-14 – sale by series online
June 17 – free sales
The concert season is dedicated to Ludwig van Beethoven and will be published in detail on May 10, 2019.
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After announcing earlier this year that Horizonte west forbidden may not reach its early launch date of 2021, the Games Guerrilla developer formally announced today that the next action and adventure title would slide around 2022. Specifically, the game will come now Both PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 at the beginning of next year, on February 18. 2022.
This release date announcement for Horizonte forbidden, was revealed today during the Vivo Live Night of Gamescom. The guerrilla game director, Jonge Mathijs, appeared in a video to inform the fans that the game would be delayed a little before revealing the launch date mentioned above. There are no additional gaming images of _Horizonte forbidden was shown in this presentation, but it was revealed that early orders will begin next week on September 2.
Horizon Forbidden West is launched on February 18, 2022 for PS5 and PS4.
Anticipated orders will be available on September 2.
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While the decision to transfer the launch of the game to 2022, it was certainly not easy, we would like to take a moment to thank all our fanatics for their unwavering support; We know how much he has been waiting to meet Aloy and the friends of him, continuing his story and exploring a new and more dangerous world, Jonge said in a PlayStation publication blog that details the new release date of the game. Your passion, fan art, cosplay, virtual photography and videos have meant a world for all of us.
Although it is annoying to see that horizonte west prohibited now has been officially delayed until 2022, it is not a surprise to see that this delay occurs. In fact, a few weeks ago, reports began to circulate that this delay until next year was essentially a forgotten conclusion. Although PlayStation and Guerrilla Games waited so far to confirm those reports, many fans had already prepared accordingly in recent weeks.
How do you feel about Horizonte West Forbidden Officially Backing A 2022? Is it annoying by this delay or is it more than comprehensive given the current circumstances? Notice me in the comments or send me a message on Twitter a @ mooreman12.


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The iPhone 13 is predicted to be made official at a press occasion in September and now it appears kike we’ve some extra particulars concerning the handsets.
In line with a latest report, the brand new iPhones will help 25W quick charging, the present iPhone 12 fashions solely help 20W charging.
Apple will apparently launch a brand new 25W energy charger for the iPhone 13, in fact that is going to price you further as they not provide a charger within the field.
This years iPhones will get a lot of upgrades over the present iPhone 12 vary, it will embrace some design adjustments together with a smaller notch on the entrance.
The handsets will function the brand new Apple A15 Bionic processor and we’re additionally anticipating them to return with extra RAM than the iPhone 12 lineup. We additionally heard lately thatn this years iPhones could function an all the time on show.
We are able to additionally anticipate to see some new cameras, the highest Professional fashions will include LiDAR and all fashions are stated to get auto concentrate on the ultrawide cameras.
Apple are anticipated to launch 4 new iPhones in September, two commonplace fashions and two Professional fashions similar to with the iPhone 12. We’re additionally anticipating to see the brand new AirPods 3 at this years iPhone press occasion.
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Finland’s first merger block will not be appealed
A Finnish grocery retailer has said it will not appeal a court’s decision to block its acquisition of a rival, marking the first time the country’s enforcer has successfully prohibited a merger.
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Shenandoah Growers Inc. of Harrisonburg, VA has issued a recall for organic basil sold under a variety of brand names that may be contaminated with Cyclospora. The recalled basil, sold under the brand names Fresh Cut, The Fresh Market, Good & Gather, Nature’s Promise, O Organics, SE Grocers, Simple Truth, That’s Tasty, Wild Harvest, was sold at stores between 10/20/2020 and 10/30/2020 and should no longer be on store shelves. Consumers who have these products at home should not eat them as Cyclospora can cause serious illness.
The recalled basil was sold in plastic clamshell containers at grocery stores in Georgia, Tennessee, Florida, Virginia, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Connecticut, Delaware, New Jersey, New York, and Washington DC.
The recall was issued after the Florida Department of Agriculture discovered Cyclospora in a package during random product testing on 11/2/2020.
Cyclospora is a parasite. Symptoms of an infection include abdominal cramps, diarrhea, vomiting, nausea, body aches and fatigue. These symptoms can last weeks or months if untreated with antibiotics.


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Retail stores closed during lockdown
Posted: Tuesday 5th January 2021 - 9:10 AM
Following the announcement of a national lockdown both Castleford Tigers' retail stores will be closed until further notice.
The Tigers' stores in Carlton Lanes & Xscape Yorkshire will be shut as part of the ongoing Covid-19 prevention measures.
Castleford supporters can shop online, anytime by visiting castlefordtigers.com/shop, where you can pre-order the Tigers 2021 Home & Away shirts in all sizes!
2021 Season Ticket renewals are still being carried out by staff, and our hotlines remain open for supporters who would prefer to contact the club rather than wait to be contacted.
The club would like to thank Castleford Tigers supporters for their patience and understanding at this time.
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Mazda Roadster RF to go on sale from Dec 22 across Japan
Based on the Roadster compact open-top sports car, the new model is equipped with a power retractable hardtop roof.
HIROSHIMA, JAPAN: Mazda Motor Corporation has announced that it will start taking orders for the Mazda Roadster RF (retractable fastback), which is known as MX-5 RF overseas. Based on the Roadster compact open-top sports car, the new model is equipped with a power retractable hardtop roof. It will go on sale on December 22 at Mazda dealerships throughout Japan.
The Roadster RF is powered by the SKYACTIV-G 2.0 gasoline engine. It will be available in six exterior colours. "Inheriting the Jinba-ittai feel from the first model, the Roadster has preserved the pleasure of open-top driving and shared that joy with fans for over 27 years," said Masamichi Kogai, Mazda's Representative Director, President and CEO.
"Now we welcome a new addition to the Roadster family: the Roadster RF. I'm certain this model, with its gorgeous lines and easy-to-operate electric hardtop, will help us introduce the joy of open-top driving to an even wider range of customers. At Mazda, we'll continue our efforts to enrich people's lives through various touchpoints – including this new Roadster RF – and become a one-and-only brand our customers will choose again and again."
The interior and exterior designs have been integrated to heighten the open-air feel with the top down. The RS model grade features seats jointly developed with RECARO.
The trunk's capacity of 127 liters is almost exactly the same as that of the soft-top MX-5. It can accommodate two carry-on bags (within 55 cm x 40 cm x 25 cm). A multi-purpose box in the trunk can be used to store tools and other items.


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CEAT International has extended its Official Tyre Partnership deal with Serie A club Torino FC. Cairo Pubblicita, a company of the Cairo Communication group, played an important role in the successful extension of this agreement.
The agreement that was first signed in 2018 for two seasons will now run until the end of the 2021-22 season. The deal is reportedly estimated to be worth $200,000 per season. Cairo Pubblicita holds the marketing and commercial rights of Torino FC, so it is not surprising to see them brokering this deal.
The partnership makes the tyre manufacturer the club’s official tyre sponsor. According to the terms of the agreement, CEAT branding will feature at the club’s stadium on matchdays, ticketing services, and official website. With this deal, the brand will try to expand its presence in the European market.
Amit Tolani, Chief Marketing Officer of CEAT Tyres LTD, said, “We are extremely proud to extend our relationship with Torino Football Club, one of Italy’s most prestigious and historical Clubs. This collaboration has been high-yielding for the brand CEAT thanks to its fortified presence in Italy. The renewal will only continue to further expand our presence and position our products into the global markets.”
Andrea Ancora, Vice General Manager of Cairo Pubblicita, also expressed happiness about this deal since both parties have benefitted from the collaboration for years.


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Bernstein Expects Crypto Revenue to Jump to Around $400B by 2033
This year will lay the foundations for a decade-long “golden age” of innovation for cryptocurrency applications, as crypto pivots from a fat infrastructure thesis to a fat application thesis, Bernstein said in a research report on Monday.
The broker expects total crypto revenue to grow by sixteen fold in the next 10 years, from around $25 billion in 2023 to about $400 billion by 2033.
Of the estimated $400 billion revenue pool, Bernstein says that “decentralized blockchain-driven revenue” will account for nearly half of the total revenue pool from only 15% today.
Bernstein expects on-chain revenue to inflect from less than around $4 billion today to close to almost $200 billion in the next ten years, driven by “innovation in blockchain scalability and application growth across financial services and consumer tech segments.”
Consumer and finance applications are expected to account for about 75% of on-chain revenue from around 40% last year, the report said.
Within on-chain financial applications, decentralized exchanges (DEX), lending and structured/tokenized products are expected to be the lead revenue drivers, the report added.
Non-fungible-token (NFT) based gaming revenue is predicted to be the largest driver of growth within on-chain consumer applications, and for off-chain revenue, Bernstein expects institutional services - including prime broking, custody and market making - to be a growth driver.


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The Hema Mega Push-Up Bra ad campaign surprisingly stars the gender-bending supermodel Andrej Pejic. Touted as being a revolutionary piece of lingerie, it actively gives Pejic, who is a man despite his delicately feminine features, some serious cleavage. Imagine what it can do for a woman who is naturally endowed with breasts!
Created by Doom & Dickson, an ad agency based in The Netherlands, the Hema Mega Push-Up Bra ad campaign is not shocking because it uses a male supermodel, it is shocking because of its results. The 20-year-old Australian-raised Pejic has already appeared in male and female campaigns for major fashion houses such as Jean-Paul Gaultier. The Dutch retailer is sure to garner a lot of attention with this campaign.


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Kanye West’s campaign pays big checks to anti-Semitic advisers
Kanye West rubbing shoulders with white nationalists Nick Fuentes and Milo Yiannopoulos cost the rapper hundreds of dollars.
According to TMZthe 45-year-old presidential dream led to hundreds of dollars in the accounts of the two anti-Semitic commentators.
The disgraced rapper tapped Yiannopoulous for his presidential campaign advice.
Fashion mogul Kanye’s Official Presidential Committee 2020 has paid a former Breitbart writer $40,000 for his services.
The documents revealed that the alt-right media personality received the payment before Christmas 2022 for his involvement in ‘Campaign Closing Services’.
Additionally, the 38-year-old pocketed a $9,955 paycheck from the rapper’s campaign last November on behalf of “Domain Transfer.”
Meanwhile, the Kanye campaign paid $14,719 to Nick Fuentes, infamous for praising Adolf Hitler.
The far-right young commentator’s payout for travel costs reached more than $9,000 when the duo met former President Donald Trump at his Mar-a-Lago resort.
However, West’s anti-Semitic backlash escalated, leading to severed relations with the two radical ideologues.
Additionally, Ye’s campaign reportedly brought in over $228,000 still available at the end of the year.
Meanwhile, Kanye West was a billionaire; however, after the anti-Semitic backlash, most of his fortune crumbled to dust. In the amazing moment, a dog has now rated a famous rapper more than once.
According to Animated Times, Magazine All About Cats published The Ultimate Rich Pet List.
Gunther VI starred in the Netflix show Gunther’s Millions is Worth $500 Million, which makes the dog’s fortune outweigh the disgraced rapper’s $400 million net worth.


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Phil Spencer talks about one of the most anticipated Xbox games, and compares it to other proposals of the genre.
We still don’t know much about what’s new mythThen it’ll come to Xbox Series and PC sometime in the future with led development playground games ألعاب. It’s going to be a reboot, and that always brings up some unknowns. But Phil Spencer, Jeff DXBox, he admitted that he would follow a similar line in Interview IGN portal.
The manager gave new clues about Fable, which he mentioned after being asked about their similarities I acknowledge s Sheikh Scrolls 6, noting that Playground will distance itself from the aforementioned fantasy RPG.
Fable will be more fun than other fantasy RPGs from Xbox“It was never a superstition, He’s always been a little more cheerful and a little more British‘I think I can say, and I think Playground will keep it there,’ says Spencer, who also adds that ‘Elder Scrolls 6 is a long way off and when it comes out, I think it’s going to be great. Recognized it will be based on a central fantasy RPG, but there will be some distinct differences from what the Elder Scrolls have traditionally done.” Remember that Avid is based on the realm of the Eternal Pillars.
On Avuvud himself, the good old Spencer doesn’t provide much evidence, having recently learned that Spencer will have All the time and resources to complete your project. “I think Avowed is going to be awesome when it’s released and I want to give them the time and resources to create the most amazing game they’ve ever built.” remember it You can join the Xbox game Pay only 1 euro for the first month to access a library of hundreds of games at no additional cost.


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Global smartphone sales jumped to 380 million devices in Q1 2017. The number marks a 9% rise from the same period in 2016, according to analyst company Gartner. Samsung and Apple keep their top positions, but Chinese companies Huawei, Oppo, and vivo are accountable for almost a quarter of all global sales.
Samsung still leads comfortably, but experienced a decline in amount of devices shipped due to the discontinued Galaxy Note7. Apple is the second, but its sales remained flat, which meant it lost ground in the growing market.
The following three companies all grew handsomely with Huawei reducing its deficit to Apple from 6.5 to 4.7 percentage points.
Oppo managed to achieve a 94.6% increase in shipments and missed the third place by a margin of 250,000 units or 0.9 percentage points.
vivo sold almost 26 million devices between January and March and holds the fifth place with a 6.8% market share. According to Gartner, “Vivo saw growing demand of its smartphones from the emerging markets in Asia/Pacific, including India, where sales grew over 220 percent thanks to its increased brand appeal”.
Analysts also published distribution of worldwide smartphone sales by OS. Android is still the top operating system with 86.1% of the devices, while iOS accounts for 13.7%. Other platforms only contributed 0.2% of the sales.
Neither did you :) guess you're one to. One thing is for sure, if I did know how to make 960fps slo-mo video I would be smart enough to make them go longer than a few puny seconds, lol. What a useless feature
To call someone or something an idiot means you know more things than them. I doubt you even knew how to make a 960fps Slow Motion-recording smartphone. Lol
They are idiots indeed, that's why they sell less phones and have next to no market share.


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PureGym, the country’s largest gym operator, is set to open its second gym in Bath next week in the former Argos building on the Upper Bristol Road.
PureGym opened its first Bath gym in March 2020 in Spring Wharf, which has proved hugely popular amongst the local community and students.
Thanks to high demand, the company decided to open a second gym in the city, located opposite Victoria Park.
The new PureGym Bath Victoria Park will open at 12pm on Wednesday 11th May and will offer members low price, zero-contract memberships.
Spread over two floors, the gym will be open 24/7 and features:
- A functional zone, free weights area, fixed resistance, cardio equipment and a fitness studio
- A range of classes all included within the membership price
- Certified PTs, available to help their clients achieve their health and fitness goals
- 51 free cark parking spaces
A spokesperson for PureGym, said: “There is huge appetite for affordable gyms in Bath and we are therefore delighted to be opening our second club in the city.
“Our newest gym is in a prime location opposite Victoria Park, will be open 24/7 and will provide a fantastic range of fitness equipment and classes, all with affordable zero-contract memberships.
“We have ambitious plans for UK expansion and look forward to welcoming new members to PureGym Bath Victoria Park.”


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Tickets for the first ever international at The Brewery Field between England and Republic of Ireland Under 18 Schoolboys are now on general sale.
Set to be played on Friday 3rd April, demand for tickets is extremely high.
You can purchase your ticket for the game online via our ticket store, or in person at The Moors Tavern.
You can also purchase your ticket at the club shop during Spennymoor’s home games against Hereford and Guiseley this month.
The deadline for purchasing your ticket online will be at 11.59pm on Wednesday 25th March.
All tickets purchased online will be posted ahead of the match.


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Threads hits 100 million users in just 5 days
What's the fastest way to grow a new social network? It turns out converting your existing 1 billion+ users over to the new thing isn't a bad start.
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has confirmed that the company's new Threads service has crossed 100 million users in its first five days. The new Twitter competitor piggybacks on Instagram to simplify account creation and connect who you follow.
How precedented is 100 million users in less than a week?
“In 20 years following the internet space, we cannot recall a faster ramp in a consumer internet app,” a UBS analyst wrote at the time.
For comparison, Instagram reached the same milestone after two and a half years about a decade ago.
The landscape is obviously different in this decade. TikTok only took nine months to hit 100 million users. But the appetite for a more mainstream alternative to Twitter is especially strong right now.
Still, virtually no one saw the immediate success of Threads coming. Just a month ago, I thought Instagram's “Project 92” app just looked like the comments section from Instagram.
I also thought it was a no-brainer move that let Meta take advantage of the ActivityPub/Fediverse movement. Now it seems like Meta could have never promised to support interfacing with Mastodon and other federated Twitter alternatives.
Of course, the next challenge for the folks at Instagram is to make Threads stick. The 1.0 version of the app is especially bare bones. It's also easier to have users sign up than it is to have users stick around and engage.
Apple has joined the fray on Threads, though, which signals this thing might be more than a small tight knit community.
Threads is available everywhere but the EU via the App Store.


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From now on, Volkswagen’s most powerful cars will bear a very different looking R. This is because Volkswagen R has launched a brand new R logo.
The letter R is now stripped down to its essential components giving it a more distinct and sleek look.
Klaus Bischoff, Head of Volkswagen Design Centre, and his team developed the new R logo together with Technical Development and the Volkswagen R Marketing Team.
As the sportiest part of Volkswagen, designers carefully drew the R to be characterised by the pristine line width and clearly horizontal arrangement that features dynamic curves.
The design of the new R logo was created to not only give off the impression of power but define Volkswagen’s commitment to performance and exclusivity.
The first car to carry the new R logo will be on the Atlas Cross Sport R-Line in North America before the rest of the Volkswagen R range will start sporting the same logo.


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Qualcomm posted a higher first-quarter profit after items, due to demand for its mobile phone chips, and its shares jumped following the report.
The wireless technology and chip supplier also gave a forecast for the current quarter that was in line with analysts' expectations.
Qualcomm posted a profit of $767 million, or 46 cents per share for the period ended Dec. 30, compared with $648 million, or 38 cents per share in the year-ago quarter. Revenue rose a better-than-expected 21 percent to $2.44 billion.
Qualcomm shares gained as much as 7.43 percent in after-hours trade, having closed down 29 cents, or 0.79 percent, at 36.63 during regular trade on the Nasdaq.
But profit in the quarter before stock-based compensation and other items was 52 cents per share, Qualcomm said in a statement. Analysts expected a per-share profit of 53 cents, on average, on revenue of $2.22 billion, according to Reuters Estimates.
"The demand for CDMA-based devices, applications and services continues to accelerate around the world," Chief Executive Paul Jacobs said in a statement.
CDMA is a cell phone technology used by Qualcomm and others and it is also used in smart phones.
In December the company forecast adjusted earnings per share of 52 cents to 53 cents and revenue to be at the high end of its previously announced range of $2.3 billion to $2.4 billion.
For the current quarter, San Diego-based Qualcomm forecast earnings per share before items of 50 cents to 52 cents on revenue of $2.4 billion to $2.5 billion.
That compares with current analyst estimates of a profit of 52 cents per share on revenue of $2.43 billion.
Shares of Qualcomm advanced 6.5 percent to $39 in after-hours trading. In regular Nasdaq trade, the stock fell 29 cents, or less than 1 percent, to close at $36.63.


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North American precast concrete producers tell us they are buying more equipment, raising prices, and hiring more employees. Signs of better times are widespread: Puget Sound Precast is adding sales staff in Washington; Midwest Perma-Column is expanding product lines in Illinois; and in Pennsylvania, High Concrete is investing in new technology across its entire operation.
The National Precast Concrete Association (NPCA) confirms the trend. “According to our annual benchmarking survey, the precast concrete sector is experiencing its fourth straight year of solid growth,” says Ty E. Gable, NPCA president.
During the Great Recession, the association estimates U.S. sales of precast and prestressed concrete, and pipe contracted by about 40%. “The precast sector tends to lag about a year behind the rest of the construction industry, so we go into recession later and recover later,” Gable notes. But with strong performance in 2015, NPCA expects about half of those losses will have been recovered.
“The precast segment is very regional and some regions of the country have recovered better than others,” Gable says. “Because precast products are so diversified, the sales volume tends to go up and down with the local economy.”
According to TCP’s survey, public sector construction is strongest in the Northeast and Western states, commercial work leads in the Midwest, and Southern precasters report strong performance in commercial, residential, and infrastructure markets.
Most precast producers say infrastructure sales are strongest. Patrick Sibborn, who handles heavy civil sales for Oldcastle Precast in Atlanta, expects transportation budgets to have the biggest impact on business in the coming year. Precast accounts for 20% of Oldcastle’s Americas Products revenue.
Puget Sound Precast in Tacoma, Wash., is also counting on transportation funding to drive demand, says David Earl. The producer became state DOT-certified this summer.
NPCA is advocating for passage of a long-term transportation bill and a permanent fix for the Highway Trust Fund. “There is sentiment in Congress for a long-term transportation bill, but no consensus on how to pay for it,” Gable says. “We are hopeful and working for a long-term bill, but it’s going to be difficult gathering momentum with all of the other issues Congress will be pressed to debate this fall.” (See “Public Spotlight.”)
Overall, precasters expect revenue to improve this year, or match their 2014 results.
NPCA anticipates sales volumes could increase up to 10% in 2015, which would equate to about $19 billion for precasters. Earlier this year, Gable said he considered precast “well-positioned for the future,” citing the concrete industry’s growing emphasis on modularity, sustainable construction, and new technology.
Demand for precast will rise more than 6% annually through 2018, according to Precast Concrete Products, a study published this January by The Freedonia Group, an industry market research firm. As U.S. construction activity rebounds, the study says the benefits of precast concrete, such as reducing project time and expense and improving quality, will boost demand.
The report anticipates the highest demand over the next three years will be for structural building components, architectural building components, and transportation products.


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Like many golden retrievers, Cali has some arthritis pain. And like a growing number of dogs (and humans) she’s trying CBD for relief.
CBD is derived from hemp but, unlike medical (or recreational) marijuana, it has no THC and Cali does not get a “high” from her Special cookies.
According to a recent study, the benefits are real and measurable — dogs getting CBD, vs. a placebo, had reduced inflammation and pain and greater mobility. Owners and veterinarians reported on the dogs’ condition and any changes in their gait. All the dogs had bloodwork done before and after the treatment. No ill effects were recorded — but the study lasted only 4 weeks. Nine out of 10 dogs who got the CBD showed improvement that lasted for a couple of weeks after the treatments ended.
The participating dogs got daily treatments, though, and Cali is probably taking far less CBD. She may need more of her CBD treats… a prescription she will be delighted to follow!
She’s also getting chiropractic adjustments and laser therapy. She is cheerful, playful, and happy, and eager to run and jump for a tennis ball, so I don’t think she’s in a lot of pain. But she’s still young, and her arthritis is likely to get worse, so I am learning what I can about available therapies.
This small, short-term study is promising. It could lead to studies with humans. CBD is popping up everywhere, including local pet stores. It’s great to have some indication that it could be effective.


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The start-up Starship Technologies, launched by the founders of Skype, Ahti Heinla and Janus Friis, has completed a funding round of $ 17.2 million led by Daimler. Founded in 2014, the company has developed a six-wheeled robot capable of moving autonomously in an urban environment. Its capabilities allow it to deliver small packages and items within a radius of 5 kilometers around its home base. As for the delivery time, it is between 5 and 30 minutes.
The devices have already been tested on public streets in Europe and South America. The company even launched a small-scale commercial service in London last year. With this investment, Starship Technologies plans to continue the development of its delivery robots around the world.


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The music industry has made a big shift to streaming and Canadian music artists are paying for it.
Streaming has changed the music industry for ever, but not for the better.
It was so gratifying to watch well-known Quebec musician Pierre Lapointe stand up for music creators on this year’s Franco Felix Awards programme, which was broadcast on C.B.C News from Montreal. Lapointe is one of Canada’s most celebrated French singer-songwriters.
Lapointe spoke out against digital streaming sites like Spotify and Apple Music:
“The problem is the huge corporations who make loads of money and are not giving any of that money back to society, as they put all their money in tax havens. They’re the ones who have to make sure that money comes back to the creators to pay for the content they produce. I don’t understand how these multinational companies don’t understand this. So it’s up to the governments to make it happen, but the governments, including the Canadian government, are corrupt. They’re influenced by the lobbyists.”
He went on to say: “For a million streams on Spotify of my song Je déteste ma vie, one of my best-known songs, I made, as a songwriter, around $600.”
It’s clear to many music artists that the Government of Canada needs to ‘step up to the plate!’ Canadian music makers have been dealt a devastating blow since streaming giants have taken over the music industry, and just like anyone else, we deserve to earn a living wage.
In October, over 200 Quebec musicians signed a letter to demand the Government take action to make Spotify, YouTube, Apple Music, other streaming giants pay out more to creators.
Excerpt from the letter of protest:
“For sure, the arrival of services like YouTube, Spotify and Apple Music have created a huge amount of choice and access to music like never before. Music has never been more present in our lives and that evolution is fantastic. But the paradox is that at the same time it’s become much more difficult for creators and the people around them to make a living. For many of us, our living conditions have become much worse in the last few years.”
The facts speak for themselves:
- 0.004¢ per song stream is what a songwriter makes on Spotify
- Spotify has raised its subscriber target at the end of 2019, from 255 to 270 million
- Spotify reported total revenue of €1.67bn in the second quarter of 2019, up by 31%, and 108 million subscribers (for the same quarter)
- The hit song “Happy” earned Pharrell Williams a mere $2,700 in songwriter royalties for 43 million plays streaming
– Audio Stream value - 1500 plays equal 1 album unit sale
- Video Stream value – 11,750 views equal 1 album unit sale
- 80% of music industry revenue came from streaming (2019)
- Musicians are the most followed users on social media worldwide
- Streaming on Pandora, an independent artist would need around 87, 515 plays a month to earn the US monthly minimum wage of $1,472 (approx. $9.49 Cnd per hr)
- YouTube and Apple Music pay $0.00074 and $0.0064 per stream
- In 2018, Canada had the world's sixth largest music industry
- In 1986, 26% of all global concert ticket revenue went to the top 1% of performers
- Today, it's 60% of global concert revenue that goes to the top 1% of performers
Why our government should be working for music creators to settle the disparity:
Rolling Stone reported that music makers only receive 12% of the money generated by the music industry and music superstars are the new 1%.
“The IFPI, the organization representing the interests of the global recorded music industry, has released its 2019 Global Industry Report. It indicates that global recorded music market grew by 9.7% in 2018, the fourth consecutive year of growth. The IFPI's figures show worldwide total revenues for 2018 were US$19.1 billion. Canada's recorded music market, however, appears to have stagnated.” Michael Raine, for Canadian Musician magazine.
Perhaps, even if billions of dollars are earned from streaming in Canada, streaming revenues will not sustain the Canadian music industry, if the lion’s share is going into the pockets of transnational streaming giants.
Editorial headline in the popular Montreal newspaper, Le Devoir on 30, October, 2019:
Musique en péril: le temps d’agir
Music at Risk: Time to Act
Robert Dutrisac goes on to say:
“Dominée par des sociétés transnationales, et apatrides quand il s’agit de payer leur dû en taxes et impôts, la révolution numérique est un véritable cauchemar pour l’industrie québécoise de la musique.”
Dominated by transnational corporations, who are stateless when it comes to paying their taxes, the digital revolution is a genuine nightmare for the Quebec music industry.
I would go much further and say this immense disparity is hurting the entire music industry, not just Quebec artists. Talented music artists in all of Canada have been marginalized and face poverty. I have personally seen the music industry go from being a viable income source to a financially risky bisiness since the 1990’s. We need Federal legislation to force the streaming giants to pay us our fair share.
“Pay the Band Not the Man”
Canadian Federation of Musicians - video
What's the best way to support Canadian musical creators? Buy downloads, buy CDs and albums of your favourite indie music artists!


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Community gathering banned during Raja festival in Bhubaneswar
Bhubaneswar: Amid the rising cases of COVID-19, the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Saturday banned outdoor activities such as community gathering and playing of ‘Raja doli’ and cards during the Raja festival.
The BMC said in an order all kinds of outdoor activities like Raja Doli, Bagudi and card playing due to the festival are prohibited in the interest of containment of the spread of COVID-19 disease.
While issuing instructions for the shop and business establishments, the BMC said they will ensure strict maintenance of social distancing among customers.
In case it is found that the social distancing is not being maintained, steps will be taken for sealing of shops. Suspension of trade license and in extreme cases permanent cancellation of trade license will be undertaken after observing due procedure of law, the order said.
The BMC asked shop/business establishment owners not to entertain any customers who are not wearing masks/face covers.
It further stated public if found not wearing masks and not adhering to social distancing guidelines, they will be fined as per the government guidelines.


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Today’s May 4th and, unless you’ve been living on a rock on the sand planet of Tatooine for the past five years or so, you should know that means it’s Star Wars Day, as decreed by Disney. In celebration, TT Games has shared some new key art from the upcoming Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga, showcasing a few iconic locales and characters.
This new entry is a complete retelling of the saga, meaning even those who played the classic Lego Star Wars games will have a new take to experience.
A new interview has also confirmed a few things, like the fact the game will feature nearly 500 playable characters, including everyone’s favorite Jedi, Yaddle.
Correction: “There are nearly 500 characters in this game, with many of them playable.”
Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga will launch later this year, and more information is promised to be revealed this summer.
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TANZANIA Food and Nutrition Centre (TFNC), wants over 90 per cent of children under five years old to get Vitamin A supplementation, with some district councils recording less than 50 per cent of children accessing such nutrients.
The Centre noted that it has secured funds to conduct campaign of providing Vitamin A supplements to children in 12 regions with low intake of the nutrients.
Executive Director of TFNC, Dr Germana Leyna, explained that the 12 regions will be chosen for the next campaign considering areas with low level of vitamin A nutrients.
The Centre conducts the Vitamin A supplementation campaign annually, in June and December of every year.
Vitamin A supplementation reduces child morbidity and mortality and is recommended for infants and children from 6 to 59 months.
He said Vitamin A supplements given to children will not cause any significant side effects when the recommended age-specific vitamin dose is administered.
She was briefing a team of information officers from institutions under the Ministry of Health, Community Development, Gender, Elderly and Children who were accompanied by journalists during a tour of TFNC offices in the city on Monday.
The group was on a campaign dubbed, ‘Tumeboresha Afya’, which intends to showcase improvements made in the health sector during the fifth phase government. “We want to see that this campaign is well conducted and excels and reaches a bigger percentage of children,” she said.
Elaborating on other plans, she said the centre also looks forward to incorporating more private sector players in advocating for nutrient supplements in industrial processed food such as cooking oil, maize floor and wheat flour.
The aim, he said, is to reduce the level of malnutrition among Tanzanians.
“We have engaged the members of the private sector because they are the ones who are big manufacturers of those food products,” she said, adding that this also goes hand in hand with the efforts to increase consumption of iodized salt by campaigning among industries producing salt.
However, TFNC mentioned that many small-scale manufacturers were still not considering adding element of iodine in salt.
This has compelled the centre to take measures, including identifying small producers countrywide and has educated them over the importance of adding the iodine.


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Amplitude, a Y Combinator-backed mobile analytics service aiming to take on the likes of Flurry and Mixpanel by offering advanced features at more competitive prices, is officially making its public debut today ahead of YC’s Demo Day. And the company has actually gone through this process before, as it turns out – it’s the same team from the text-by-voice Android app Sonalight, which was in the YC Winter 2012 cohort.
Explains Amplitude co-founder Spenser Skates, Sonalight did “decently” well, reaching hundreds of thousands of downloads, and some number of paying customers, but it never really became a mainstream success. However, the team, as a part of the process of building their own mobile app, had also spent a lot of time creating their own tools for analytics in order to examine their data in custom ways.
Other developers in Y Combinator were soon asking for that same product, after getting a look. So the team pivoted from Sonalight, and built what’s now called Amplitude.
Things got off the ground around a year and a half ago, says Skates. “We looked at the market, and we knew a lot of other mobile companies were really unhappy with what they had for analytics,” he explains. Companies would begin with something free like Flurry or Google, then work their way up to advanced, but expensive services like those from Mixpanel or other enterprise-level players.
But Skates thought they could do something better by building a more developer-centric service, and one that was focused on mobile only.
Today, Amplitude has grown to around 30 business customers using its platform (via its open source SDK), and has a reach of around 20,000 applications, thanks to an integration with the Corona Labs SDK. But the service hadn’t been available for public sign-ups until now.
What makes Amplitude different is not only its strict focus on mobile, but also on delivering real-time analytics for things developers need to track like funnels, segmentation, monetization, and more. Plus, it does so at a lower cost. This is especially important for new launches, says Skates. “If you’re launching a product, you need to know right away if it’s succeeding or failing. You don’t want to wait 24 hours for the data,” he says.
Another feature that makes Amplitude stand out is that it offers direct database access to the raw data. That is, developers can connect directly to its servers and type in a SQL query on the raw data itself, and then analyze the data in any way they want, or pull it into Tableau, for example.
It’s this feature in particular that’s attracted several ex-Zynga employees who are now running their own mobile startups. A few notable customers include former Zynga GM Siqi Chen, now of Heyday; former Zynga VP Bret Terrill, now of 12 Gigs; plus Michael Carter of Game Closure; Hullabalu; LVL6; and others.
Skates says that Amplitude has been attracting customers who have “experienced the pain” of using other mobile platforms, as well as those who are looking for the advanced feature sets without the higher costs of using something like Mixpanel.
“Our costs are probably a fiftieth of Mixpanel’s,” he says. “Mixpanel keeps all data in memory to serve at query time and we pre-process it. But the hard part about pre-processing is you need to be able to predict in advance what people are going to query on, and we’ve figured out a way to do that. We’ve been very smart about how to save space, and computation in memory in order to deliver that very cheaply,” says Skates.
The company offers a freemium service, with plans that range from $299 to $1999 per month up to enterprise pricing. Today, Amplitude is growing at 30%-50% month-over-month in terms of data collected, and is seeing around 8 billion events per month (or around a third of what Mixpanel does, Skates notes).
San Francisco-based Amplitude is a team of four full-time, including co-founder and CTO Curtis Liu. The company still has a small amount of angel investment from its Sonalight days, but is not discussing its funding plans at this time.


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Michaels Arts & Crafts moves to bigger digs in Salinas
Looking for beads, rubber bands, crafts, ribbon, scissors? Salinas now has a spacious new hot spot for you, Michaels at 1690 N. Main Street.
For 30 years, Michaels Arts & Crafts has served the needs of Monterey County artists, crafters, and designers from its location at the north end of the Northridge Shopping Center parking lot. For those familiar with the old store's narrow aisles and having to part the silk flowers to find their way to the glass vases, it was always a challenge. Most people feared knocking over a display or dropping something as they stretched to get it off the top shelf. Michaels has now moved across the street to Harden Ranch Plaza.
"The store has always been a success," said Judy Quye, vice president of Michaels Pacific Region, "and now it's the biggest new store in Michaels today. We have a strong customer base in this community. Steinbeck Country is a very artistic area. Lots of folks make a living with their crafts, jewelry, and art." Quye went on to say that Michaels feels a part of this creativity by supplying quality art supplies and being "a great kid's store."
The Irving, Texas based company operates 1,200 stores in the United States and Canada. Quye also pointed out that Michaels hired 20 more associates to run the bigger store. She praised the store manager, John Ellis, whose enthusiasm for Salinas has helped make the expanded store happen.
Salinas Mayor Joe Gunter was on hand for the grand opening, Sunday morning. "This is a big deal," Gunter said. "A really huge deal, bringing more jobs to Salinas."
The first 100 people to enter the store were given $10 gift cards. George Belnas of Salinas had the lucky place in line and won a $50 gift card.
Speaking of lines, Gunter had the best one of the morning. After cutting the ribbon and declaring the new store open, Gunter said: "They've got great scissors at Michaels."


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Now we’ve said this before. Despite Venom doing the miraculous numbers in the box office, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse feels like the true flagship nexus film that Sony Pictures should hitch all their wagons to when it comes to their Marvel endeavours.
And now with the release of this exclusive clip, this notion seems to be even more valid. Lithe animation, humour down to the *bagel!* onomatopeia and the comic book stylisation of the art… near flawless.
Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, the creative minds behind The Lego Movie and 21 Jump Street, bring their unique talents to a fresh vision of a different Spider-Man Universe, with a groundbreaking visual style that’s the first of its kind. Spider-Man™: Into the Spider-Verse introduces Brooklyn teen Miles Morales, and the limitless possibilities of the Spider-Verse, where more than one can wear the mask.
Watch the Spider-Man: IntoThe Spider-Verse “Another, Another Dimension” Clip in the player below:
We’re even more elated about the spin-off news now.
Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse is slated for release come December 12th 2018


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Tyson Foods and Unilever are leaving the Grocery Manufacturers Association — the latest big-name members to depart amid industry pressures that have roiled the trade group.
The departures follow those of Campbell Soup Co., Nestlé, Dean Foods and Mars, all of which decided not to renew their membership in recent weeks.
At least six major food companies have now broken with the association as it struggles to navigate deep disagreements within the industry over how to respond to rapidly changing consumer tastes. POLITICO first reported on the internal strife last month.
To read the rest of the story, please go to: Politico


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UFB fibre is now rolled passed 517,000 premises, with 39,510 customers (or 7.7%) choosing to connect, according to the latest MBIE update released by ICT Minister Amy Adams.
The update says the rollout is 7% ahead of schedule.
The 10-year rollout is happening faster in some areas than others.
In Northland, for example, NorthPower Fibre has finished its rollout. In Auckland, Chorus' is 26% of the way through.
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Upload is teaming up with Udacity, Google and HTC to build an industry-recognized VR certification program.
Udacity is an online education platform designed to teach students marketable skills valuable to tech employers. Their previous programs include several coding languages and a study in self-driving cars.
According to Udacity representatives, the organization will now be adding a VR track to its “nanodegree”program. Udacity’s nanodegrees are certification routes that can be completed completely online at a student’s own pace. These courses typically take between 6-12 months and cost $199 per month. Students will also receive half of their tuition back if they complete a course within six months. The new VR course will follow this pattern as well.
The VR nanodegree program was curated by Udacity after the organization interviewed dozens of VR savvy companies about the type of skills they look for in a potential new hire. This information was then built into a curriculum through a joint effort between Google, HTC and Upload.
In addition to the online portion of the course, Udacity has started an optional in-person component called Udacity Connect where students going through the course meet as a group, accompanied by a facilitator. In San Francisco and Los Angeles, Udacity Connect VR sessions will be held at the Upload Collective, providing students access to dozens of VR companies looking for talent. The SF location has over 30 VR companies working out of it, and LA will soon be opening with even more space.
Udacity’s VR Nanodegree is spearheaded by Christian Plagemann, internal founder of the GoogleVR team. It was the difficulty he had hiring Google’s VR engineers that inspired him to join Udacity and create the VR Nanodegree. In his own words, “The ability for companies to develop what they want (in VR) is lacking. There are not enough people for all the ideas.” Some other notable developers of the course include:
-Matt Sonic: founder of San Francisco Virtual Reality
-Vasanth Mohan: graduate of Stanford’s Virtual-Human Interaction Lab and the popular VR teacher Fuseman on Youtube
-Chris Birke: veteran game developer and software engineer
-Austin McCasland: VR designer and Master’s graduate from Carnegie Melon’s Human-Computer Interaction department
-Sky Nite: author of Virtual Reality Insider and developer of Upload’s 2-month VR Academy
VR/AR will have as significant an effect on our lives as smartphones. Now is the perfect time to develop the skills that will build our future world. For updates about the VR Nanodegree, sign up today.


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Are mangoes a part of your menu? The National Mango Board hopes to educate chefs and restaurateurs on creative ways to prepare fresh mangoes, as well as how to handle them correctly.
Now, thanks to the Board’s hard work, mango dishes are appearing on more and more menus across the country. The unique flavor and texture serve as an enhancement to many dishes and provide myriad possibilities for menu innovation.
In addition to its online videos demonstrating mango preparation techniques, the Board has staged in-kitchen demonstrations at several restaurants. The goal is to inspire chefs to use mangoes in new and exciting ways and spread mango awareness.
The Mangover Your Menu recipe contest recently challenged chefs to present original dishes or reinvent old recipes using fresh mango. The top prize went to Chef Michael Garahan of Joliet Illinois, for his shrimp and mango gumbo.


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“Kimjang” is the traditional practice of pickling kimchi for the cold winter months, now protected on UNESCO’s intangible heritage list, but fewer and fewer households are actually bothering to make their own kimchi nowadays. More surprisingly, many Koreans no longer eat their most famous dish.
One double-income couple in their 30s say they rarely eat kimchi because they do not eat at home much, and when they do, they buy meal kits that just need to be heated up.
“We used to get kimchi and other side dishes from our parents just after we got married, but we ended up throwing a lot of it away and decided not to accept any more food,” the wife said. “Of course we buy small portions of kimchi when we eat instant noodles or maybe make kimchi stew at home sometimes.”
Kimchi consumption has declined as western food is being embraced here. The Korea Health Industry Development Institute studied the nutritional intake of Koreans and found that the average daily intake of kimchi fell from 79.43 g per person in 2008 to 59.87 g in 2019, down 24.6 percent.
The trend has also led to a steady decline in sales of special kimchi refrigerators, which were once hugely popular. To remain appealing, home appliance makers have begun to add new functions to their kimchi fridges.
LG’s Dios now has tailored storage conditions for readymade kimchi from different food makers, while Winia’s kimchi fridges can also store wine, beer and soju in optimum temperatures.
The older generation still prevail on their children to make kimchi together, but many younger people think the annual ritual of kimjang is fusty and outdated. One 37-year-old office worker said, “We don’t eat that much kimchi nowadays and I don’t understand why I have to sacrifice a whole weekend every year to make it. My mother-in-law goes to see a doctor for her back pain after every kimjang season, and I just don’t understand why she keeps making kimchi.”
Kim Jung-sook, the head of the Gwangju Kimchi Academy, said, “The decline is inevitable because a growing number of young people have grown accustomed to western food and more and more women have jobs. If the older generation who know how to make kimchi die or are no longer capable of making it, we could end up seeing the tradition disappear.”
Kim added, “We need to make kimchi-making kits that reflect the unique tastes of different regions of the country available at the market and train experts so that kimchi will continue to be made at home. Kimchi is getting more and more popular outside Korea due to its health benefits, so we should really be able to hold on to our status as a home of kimchi and kimjang.”
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Report: Sales Growth of Orphan Drugs Will Far Outpace Other Products
Sales of orphan drugs are expected to grow more than twice as fast as non-orphan drugs in the U.S., Europe and Japan in the coming years, as drugmakers take advantage of lower costs for clinical trials and higher prices when products launch, a new report shows.
Orphan drug sales will reach an annual growth rate of nearly 11 percent in 2020, compared with a roughly 4 percent annual growth rate of non-orphan drugs, according to the report by EvaluatePharma.
Total sales of the products will grow from $97 million in 2014 to $176 billion by 2020, representing 19 percent of the total global share of prescription sales, the report said.
The quick pace of growth stems from the fact that Phase III orphan drug development costs are roughly half that of non-orphan products, while the expected return on investment of orphan products is nearly two times greater than non-orphan drugs.
The average cost per patient of an orphan drug is six times that of a non-orphan drug, the report said.
The FDA granted a record 260 orphan drug designations in 2013, while orphan drug designations in Europe and Japan both declined by 17 percent, according to EvaluatePharma.
Read the report here: www.evaluategroup.com/public/Reports/EvaluatePharma-Orphan-Drug-Report-2014.aspx. — Jonathon Shacat
Originally appeared in Drug Industry Daily, the pharmaceutical industry’s number one source for regulatory news and information. Click here for more information.


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Female Founders Disrupting HealthTech
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Remarks with Jeanne Pinder, Founder & CEO of ClearHealthCosts, a journalism startup in New York City that is bringing transparency to the healthcare marketplace by telling people what things cost.
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Italian labeling specialist PE Labellers is celebrating after Coke-owned Brazilian water brand Água Crystal scooped a packaging award that owes much to its technology.
Coca-Cola FEMSA Mexico, the largest soft drinks manufacturer in Latin America, bought Brazil’s third-largest bottler Spaipa – which also serves the Coca-Cola system – for $1.86bn in August 2013.
In 2010 Spaipa produced 213m+ cases of 12 bottles each (2.556bn bottles in total) and recently launched its Crystal Eco bottle (pictured) with 20% less PET using PE Labeller’s Adhesleeve technology.
Pre-glued films boost efficiency
Adhesleeve is a labelling system launched in 2009 that comprises a roll-fed labeler that uses pre-glued films, PE Labellers marketing manager, Francesca Buratto, told BeverageDaily.com.
“Coca Cola started to use the Adhesleeve N 810/18T labeller and pre-glued labels in January 2013. In November 2013 Água Crystal won the Grandes Cases de Embalagem 2013 award thanks to the increase in production of the line obtained with Adhesleeve Technology,” Buratto said.
“This gave a 28% increase in line efficiency compared to a line with traditional hot melt labeler,” she added.
Buratto said that PE Labelling’s Adhesleeve is used across the world – in Europe (Italy, Germany, France, Spain, Poland), Africa (South Africa and South America), South America (Peru, Brazil) Mexico and others in production sectors including food and beverage, dairy and chemical.
The technology allows for a 70% saving on electrical consumption within the labeler, since hot glue is not used, while pre-fixed glue on the roll during printing is based on acrylic polymers.
Chemical solvent use eliminated
The machine also eliminates the need for chemical solvents to clean it since hot glue is not used, which cuts out an employee health risk in the workplace.
Using Adhesleeve Coke also cut the thickness of its label film used on the Crystal bottles by 30% – from 35μ (microns)to 25μ.
In addition, Crystal Eco allowed for a 75% reduction in the length of air conveyer belts between blow molding machines and the filler – 250m to 55m – and use of fewer blow molders.
Spaipa has four factories and 14 bottling lines for Coca-Cola, Fanta, Sprite, fruit juices, sports drinks (Powerade), mineral water and beer.
Coca-Cola FEMSA’s purchase of the company boosted its volume in Brazil by 40%, and it now accounts for around 39% of the Coke system’s volumes in the country.


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BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA: Brisbane’s hotel market is strong with the capacity to grow by up to 450 rooms a year for 10 years, according to research commissioned by economic development board Brisbane Marketing.
Brisbane Lord Mayor Graham Quirk said Brisbane Marketing and Brisbane City Council were working with the State Government to encourage hotel development and improve the city’s business, convention and tourism potential.
“Current research estimates Brisbane is losing around 87,000 visitors and $130 million in visitor expenditure due to a shortage of hotel rooms,” Cr Quirk said.
“This is equivalent to more than 1100 jobs and $106 million in economic activity for the city, which is why it is an absolute priority for Brisbane.
“Brisbane’s hotel industry has experienced strong trading conditions over a number of years and has the capacity for an additional 299-446 hotel rooms a year for the next 10 years to meet current and future demand.”
Brisbane Marketing’s investment attraction team, working closely with the State Government, through the Department of Tourism, Major Events, Small Business and the Commonwealth Games (DTESB), commissioned research which has been used in ‘A guide to Hotel Investment in Brisbane, Australia’ to show international investors the opportunities available in Brisbane.
“Brisbane is continuing to grow into a destination of choice for international visitors and events, including the upcoming G20 Leaders Summit 2014, and I want to ensure we can continue to accommodate these events,” Cr Quirk said.
“According to our research, Brisbane’s domestic and international business and leisure visitors are forecast to grow, creating strong demand for more world-class hotels.
“In the ‘Economic Development Plan 2012-2031’ I made a commitment to facilitate major new hotel development. As a result the council has introduced a moratorium on infrastructure charges to directly assist the future investment and development of four and five-star branded hotels in the Brisbane City.”
Brisbane Marketing CEO John Aitken has also recently appointed a hotel investment manager who is aggressively targeting international hotel investors, operators and developers for Brisbane.
“Our hotel investment manager is working with potential international hotel investors to encourage them to take advantage of Brisbane’s strong demand for hotel rooms,” he said.
“In fact, she returned this morning from a trip to Singapore, Hong Kong and Kuala Lumpur where she presented opportunities for investment into Brisbane to more than 35 potential investors, operators and industry allies.
“Brisbane is an attractive proposition for potential investors and has been ranked as the fourth most sought-after location for hotel investment in the world in the Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels’ Hotel Investor Sentiment Survey.
“The many recent acquisitions and planned refurbishment and expansion of existing hotels show there is great interest in Brisbane’s hotel market.”
The push for more hotels has been welcomed by the Accommodation Association of Australia, with CEO Richard Munro saying it “would not adversely impact existing operators”.
Munro was speaking in response to the release of the guide and said recent growth in occupancy and RevPAR (revenue per available room) in hotels in Brisbane shows the city is ready for further investment in tourism accommodation infrastructure.
“The Accommodation Association is supportive of the Queensland Government’s objective of doubling revenue from tourism by 2020,” Munro said.
“If this objective is to be achieved, it’s inevitable that additional room inventory will be required.
“The Brisbane accommodation market is rebounding well from the global financial crisis and by the time significant new supply comes online, every indication is that it will ‘grow the pie’, as opposed to take business away from existing operators,” he said.
Munro said the Accommodation Association looks forward to working with the Queensland Government and other stakeholders to further enhance the drivers for business in the accommodation industry.
“Enticing more business events, boosting aviation access and having a strong ongoing commitment to tourism marketing are vital ingredients of a successful hotel business in Brisbane,” Munro said.
“Since being elected, the Newman Government has actively promoted these initiatives and for the accommodation industry, it’s important that this continues to take place.”


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If you’ve been under a rock or staring at a fidget spinner over the past few days, you may have missed the news that Amazon is working to purchase Whole Foods for nearly $14 billion dollars. The markets favored the new partnership as they pummeled their competitors.
Both companies have unlocked several short and long-term opportunities with this purchase.
Hundreds of New Fulfillment Locations<
As the business idiom goes — location, location, location. With hundreds of stores, fastidiously, placed in affluent locations, Whole Foods could be viewed as an incredible real-estate acquisition for Amazon.
The distance from the warehouse to the home determines how quickly we can get those batteries that we need, right now.
Amazon, currently, offers same day deliver in nine markets. In 2015, Piper Jeffray analysts predicted that households with an annual income greater than $50,000 are the core market for same day delivery. They also estimated that Amazon fulfillment locations were within approximately 20 miles of 50-65% of their target market. This acquisition moves Amazon from the outskirts into the neighborhood.
Every Whole Foods doubles as a return location, micro-warehouse, pick-up location, and, as we’ll discuss later, landing pad.
High-Price Meets Hyper-Efficient
Amazon and Whole Foods have projected very different images of themselves. We don’t think low-price products when we think Whole Foods. Whole Foods, which some of my friends call “whole wallet,” focuses on their high-quality, high-price, heavily curated selection. On the other hand, Amazon is known for their hyper-efficiency, value and choice.
For Amazon, the ability to distribute products they already sourced at a higher-margin is a boon for their business. In other words, the Whole Foods markup builds Amazon a highly profitable channel for their goods.
Whole Foods realized that they need to provide a lower price-point option to reach a larger market. Therefore they launched Whole Foods 365 “Where Quality Meets Savings” to address more prices sensitive consumers. With Amazon’s lower cost supply chain, Whole Foods 365 may have found what it needs to get prices down to a point where they can, not only, undercut Walmart and Costco but provide a more convenient experience to their button-loving consumers.
Enabling the Last Mile
Amazon has focused on getting their products to their customers efficiently since they were founded. Amazon Prime, Amazon Fresh, Amazon Flex (delivery), Amazon Fresh Pickup, andAmazon Go are all relatively recent forays the company has made to disrupt retail with faster delivery.
Taking a step back, let’s recall what each company has to offer. Amazon has a more sophisticated tech infrastructure, innovative online consumer experience, better fulfillment processes and inventory management. What Amazon lacks is the human face and the connection to our communities. The only smile many know of Amazon is their branding on the corrugated boxes.
Whole Foods has property in incredible locations, a strong brand, and tens of thousands of employees that serve their communities in their locations. These are the missing pieces that Amazon has needed to scale their “last mile” delivery. It’s not easy to build a culture of service-drive people, and Whole Foods has an incredible staff that could support their new machine-driven parent.
Whole Foods currently has distribution partners like Instacart and Postmates who will likely lose a lot of business. They are just two services that could be cut-off in the future as Amazon has a new fulfillment location in our neighborhoods.
In NovemberAmazon announced that it was testing a new AI-powered store that didn’t require checkout. More recently, it was reported that their system was having a difficult time tracking when there were over twenty people in the store at any given time. Although this concept will come to market some time in the not-so-distant future, Whole Foods will provide an incredible testing ground once Amazon is ready to deploy their solution at-scale. This would allow us to treat Whole Foods like an extension of our refrigerators.
It’s still too early to know but we may look back and say that Amazon just acquired an entire fleet of drivers that could, if they wish, accomplish several activities for their new parent company.
The Machines are Coming
Lurking in the background of every future of technology discussion are two topics: drones and autonomous vehicles. Amazon has been quiet on the latter but it’s obvious that they could be a huge winner if they could deliver their own goods. However, there’s still was a major logistical issue for both of these endeavors — where do we take our vehicles and drones to re-charge and re-stock.
With this massive real-estate acquisiton, Amazon has inherited hundreds of local roofs and parking lots that could now re-charge and re-supply their fleets. As less and less of the population drives, these parking lots will allow expansion of the store and more room for other activities.
Cheers to a Convenient Future
The future of retail going to be interesting for all of us. It’s hard to deny that the market continues to create a world where we’re all going to have more time to watch Designated Survivor and The Housemaiden and less of a need to ever take time out to run errands.
We will choose the most convenient options that align with their pocket-book and values, in that order.
Over the past few years we’ve seen Amazon testing new ways of getting groceries in consumers fridges, with Amazon Fresh, Amazon Fresh Pickup, drone delivery, and Amazon Go. As I look back with this acquisition, I can’t help to think, “Were they just preparing for this the whole time or did they realize they couldn’t do it alone?”


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Earlier this week, Gap launched their 2017 summer campaign, titled "I Am Gap, Portrait of an American Summer." Releasing a short video and a series of photos, the campaign is totally all-American...and totally inclusive.
Gap has long been dedicated to diversity. On the brand's website, they dedicate an entire section to their mission of inclusivity, stating: "Diversity unlocks our innovation, helps attract and retain talent, and builds connections with our customers," so it's not entirely surprising that they chose a hijabi as one of the stars of their summer campaign...but it is about time!
"I am curious, passionate. A hard worker and a dreamer. I am kind-hearted — and all about my friends and family. I am Hybutalla," reads the caption on Gap's Instagram post.
On their official poster, Gap declares: "This summer we set out to explore America: And we found you. Brave and loving. Funny and powerful. Complex and strong. You are gap."
The commercial itself showcases the diverse beauty of America.
It's not the first step toward diversity the brand has taken, though. Another recent campaign for Gap Kids featured an 11-year-old model named April who has a skin condition called Vitiligo. April's campaign ran with the title "Confidence is Courage."
In 2013, Gap cast a Shikh model in their #MakeLove campaign, which ran during the holiday season. When the ad was criticized online, Gap defended their decision by changing their Twitter cover image to a photo of the Sikh model.


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- Amazon has agreed to acquire a minority stake in Future Retail, an Indian retail company that owns several supermarket brands and operates more than 1,500 stores in India, Reuters first reported.
- Amazon's share of the company will amount to 3.58%, which is worth about $104 million, sources told Reuters. The companies did not disclose the value of the deal.
- Future Retail is India's second-largest retail chain. Its footprint includes department stores, big box stores and grocery stores, including Indian grocers Big Bazaar and Foodhall.
Amazon and Future Retail were reportedly in talks about the deal for more than a year. Initially, investors expected Amazon's stake to be closer to 10%, according to Reuters. Amazon also holds stake in two other Indian retailers: supermarket chain More and department store Shopper's Stop.
The deal coincides with another major announcement that Amazon will expand AmazonFresh to India, starting with service in Bengalaru. The e-commerce giant has also opened its first campus in India, which will house 15,000 of the company's 62,000 employees in the country.
As its acquisition of Whole Foods two years ago proved, Amazon highly values the steady traffic and consumer insights that come with brick-and-mortar grocery. But it also wants to build out its online offerings. After a failed attempt at acquiring Indian e-grocer Flipkart last year, Amazon is making gains in the country, which has one of the fastest-growing retail economies in the world. Since entering the market, Amazon has invested at least $5 billion in the country of 1.3 billion.
Walmart, which won the bid for Flipkart and paid $16 billion to acquire it, is Amazon's toughest competition in India right now. The Flipkart deal was Walmart's largest ever and gave the retailer a major advantage in India's fast-growing e-commerce market. In addition to its presence with Flipkart, Walmart India operates 25 Best Price Modern Wholesale stores in the country.
India is wary of e-commerce giants entering the country and established a new law late last year that prevents them from forming exclusive partnerships with sellers or selling goods to consumers at steep discounts. According to CNBC, this will make it so that e-commerce companies can only create a "marketplace" for buyers and sellers.
But the law only applies to e-commerce companies, and Amazon's tie-up with Future Retail gives it a brick-and-mortar foothold with Indian consumers. The move aligns with the company's plans to move from online to physical retail, using its acquired properties as a way to test and learn in the grocery business as it works covertly on its own grocery chain in the U.S.


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Growing number of Bitcoin Exchanges in Japan
Japan is now the biggest Bitcoin exchange market in the world.Japan beats China and US to become the largest Bitcoin Exchange market in the world with a $135 million ( INR 8,640,000,000*) daily trading volume and exceeding 50 percent market share.
(*Price of $1 as on 2nd May,2017= INR 64)
Japan recently legalized Bitcoin on April 1,2017 which had a huge positive impact in the Bitcoin markets all over the world. But now what Japan is going to experience in it’s Bitcoin sector will totally shake the global Bitcoin Markets.
Eighteen companies are applying for the new license to Japan Cryptocurrency Business Association that is required to operate a cryptocurrency exchange in Japan. Out of eighteen, ten new companies are entering into the Bitcoin space for the first time in order to meet huge demand.
These include SBI Holdings’ SBI Virtual Currencies, GMO Internet, Kabu.com Securities and Money Partners Group, along with the extant Japanese exchanges such as BitFlyer.
SBI Holdings has set up SBI Virtual Currencies, an exchange between the yen and cryptocurrencies like bitcoin and that of the Ethereum platform. The GMO Internet group is also establishing its own company, with plans to increase the number of digital currencies it trades based on demand. Kabu.com Securities and foreign exchange trader Money Partners Group plan to enter the field as well.
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That's what you call hourglass! Kim Kardashian, 34, showed off her insanely skinny waist in a sexy bedtime selfie on Monday, March 16, cinching in her middle with a waist training corset while she did some last-minute household chores.
The mom-of-one said she was "organizing and cleaning before bed," while wearing her beloved PreMadonna87 waist trainer. Wearing all black, Kardashian is perfectly silhouetted against her white marble bathroom and her tiny waist looks so extremely skinny, she almost looks like a cartoon character!
It's not the first time Kardashian has displayed her waist training efforts. Back in November she showcased her new, blue corset which was whittling inches off her midsection. Sisters Kourtney Kardashian and Khloe Kardashian are also fans of the supposed waist-shrinking aide, and have shared snaps of themselves looking contoured in the corsets too.
Fans of the garment claim frequently wearing the tight corset can permanently change your figure and reduce the size of your waist. Critics, such as clinical professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Yale School of Medicine, Mary Jane Minkin (via Women's Health Magazine) say your body will always return to its original size and the trainer could "theoretically could cause rib damage."
The Kardashian-favored corset, What's a Waist, retails at $143.50.
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Following the release of macOS Mojave 10.14.2 beta 2, Apple on Wednesday released new betas to developers for iOS 12.1.1, tvOS 12.1.1 and watchOS 5.1.2. It’s the second beta for the iOS and tvOS updates, and the first for watchOS.
Important news regarding Minecraft for Apple TV as Microsoft said it was “reallocating resources” to more popular platforms. The game still works on your Apple TV, but is no longer being updated or supported. Microsoft was kind enough to offer refunds on any purchases made within the last 90 days.
Starting March 2019, all new iPhone and universal iOS apps and their updates must be built with the iOS 12 SDK and support the new iPhone XS Max, Apple’s highest-resolution iPhone yet. All new watch apps and updates will need to be built with the watchOS 5 SDK and support the new Apple Watch Series 4.
According to Apple CEO Tim Cook on an earnings call Tuesday afternoon, Apple currently counts over four million users who are participating in the latest beta programs for iOS, macOS, watchOS and tvOS.


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The proposed AT&T-T-Mobile merger has many different groups standing athwart recent telecom history and yelling, "Stop!"
This Spring's CTIA delivered something totally new to the US mobile market: 3D phones.
Sprint may have groaned after rival carrier AT&T announced plans earlier this week to gobble up T-Mobile, but that didn't stop the carrier from debuting two splashy wireless devices at CTIA Tuesday.
HTC has just announced the first Windows Phone 7 device with a 4.3-inch screen for AT&T.
The network chiefs of the three biggest U.S. mobile operators disagreed about some emerging network technologies during a Tuesday afternoon panel discussion at CTIA Wireless but agreed that the wireless industry is in a period of major change.
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AT&T's planned acquisition of T-Mobile USA will advance U.S. leadership in mobile data and improve consumers' wireless experience, the company's top executives said on a conference call Monday morning.
AT&T’s surprise buyout of T-Mobile USA for $39 billion has industry watchers scrambling to figure out what the deal means for subscribers, the U.S. cellular industry and investors.
AT&T will buy T-Mobile USA for $US39 billion in cash and stock, easily making AT&T the nation's largest wireless carrier, ahead of top-ranked competitor Verizon Wireless and reducing the number of major national wireless carriers from four to three.
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Sometimes the best things come in small packages. Starbucks must be willing to test that motto, because the coffee chain has decided to shrink one of its beloved beverages. That means that a Mini Frappuccino could be coming to a Starbucks near you!
That's not all that Starbucks has been up to. Between increasing its express stores and bringing back the Pumpkin Spice Latte earlier than anticipated this year, the coffee giant has been pretty busy.
Check out the slideshow above to learn about the new Mini Frappuccino and more.


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HONOLULU (KHON2) — They are ooh-ing and aah-ing over the 27 presentation platters in this year’s culinary fest by the Hawaii Jiangsu Zhejiang Shanghai association.
For 23 years this event has been the most prestigious local Chinese cooking competition, garnering media coverage from mainland China.
“Judge looking for smell, color, taste, setting, nutrition,” said judge Benny Fan.
In recent years the criteria highlighted dietary needs.
“Less oil, sugar, salt. Make everybody healthy, this is very important,” said organizer Dr. Wang Jing Ping.
The competition included entries from local Chinese restaurants as well as home kitchens, each showcasing the cuisine of their ancestral regions.
The first prize of a crockpot and the competition medal went to Jing Kun Cheng with a dragon boat of spring rolls, dressed as flowers.
Another top prize went to Evagold Yip. Her fake fish is entirely plant-based.
“It’s vegetarian fish. One side dried fish, other side with black bean sauce, so yin and yang,” said Yip.
A monster lobster platter and a seafood brew by king lobster restaurant were auctioned off for $500, benefiting the Jiangsu Zhejiang Shanghai association.