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On the surface, it might not make sense for executives from companies selling automotive components, insurance and paint to attend the North American International Auto Show.
After all, the news media focus on new production vehicles and concept cars, and on grilling automaker executives. When the public arrives after press days, the majority of consumers come to shop for their next vehicle.
But suppliers such as Michelin North America, Denso International America, Johnson Controls and others have found the show to be a valuable one-stop shop to conduct business meetings, introduce products and technologies and interact with the public. The show also lets suppliers keep an eye on competitors' products.
Some companies also use the show as a forum to recruit engineers during the supplier preview days.
"Suppliers have been an integral part of NAIAS for more than 20 years," said Rod Alberts, executive director of the show. "Like the OE exhibitors, the key Tier 1 suppliers are offered the opportunity to host press conferences, and many choose the NAIAS as a global stage for product announcements and launches."
With the expansion of Cobo Center, the 2014 Detroit show will include a record 28 suppliers, including newcomers Comau Group, Ricardo PLC and Samsung Electronics Co.
Michelin has sponsored the media center for 25 years and is perhaps the supplier with the highest profile. The French tire maker has held press conferences at the show to introduce tires, and will again at the 2014 show.
Ken Kruithof, Michelin's North American marketing and sales career manager, said the show enables the company to demonstrate how tires help automakers create vehicles that meet design, appearance, performance and fuel economy goals.
Michelin's advances in tires with low rolling resistance might otherwise pass under the radar. But at a time of increased interest in fuel economy, said Kruithof, "The show allows us to have that conversation with media."
Over the show's 25 years, insurance companies, software firms, transmission manufacturers, electronics suppliers, and others have had displays. Most have been in the Cobo basement or lobby rather than on the main floor. Japanese supplier Denso has had a stand on the main floor since 2008, staffed by engineers and executives.
At last year's show, Denso displayed several fuel-saving technologies, such as advanced starters for stop-start systems and an electrically powered air conditioning compressor used in hybrid and electric vehicles.
Terry Helgesen, Denso's senior vice president of industry relations, said the company's stand and integrated offices on the show floor make it easy to hold meetings and display products.
After press days, Denso has opened its display to groups of high school students. Spokeswoman Bridgette LaRose said the show enables the company to show its support for the region and the industry.


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Palantir's New Press Release: Apollo is Coming
Palantir has just released a press release that can be read here.
This press release was to inform the public that on April 27th, 2022, we will get a product demo day for one of Palantir's most complex products - Apollo.
From the PR,
These new products will enable companies to autonomously deploy and manage complex software in production across many heterogeneous environments with a homogenous approach. Among a host of new offerings, developers and DevOps organizations that adopt Apollo can ship new features faster, encode security and quality requirements, and write code once that works across virtually all environments — from public cloud, private cloud, hybrid cloud, on premises, data centers, and edge devices, including Humvees, drones, satellites, and more.
Apollo is a complicated product. Most people don't understand it. My hope is that this product demo event is not only rooted in showing the new innovations they've created for Apollo, but also explaining it in a more simpler way for audiences and organizations to understand the value proposition.
When Palantir says that "These new products will enable companies to autonomously deploy and manage complex software," they are arguing for Apollo being a foundational backbone to how most organizations ship software.
If organizations see the value in implementing Apollo along with the new product features Palantir is introducing, we should see more wanting to inquire on how Apollo can fit within their own, custom needs.
Palantir is making this event semi-exclusive, which is why they are requiring people to apply to come to the event - likely to prospect leads to close more deals vs. having it be openly public. Companies that register may already have a sharper desire to buy the product.
From their PR:
"Advance registration for Apollo Demo Day is required, and is available at https://www.palantir.events/apollo-demo-day.
Capacity is limited, and registration will close 24 hours prior to the event. For any questions regarding the event, please email firstname.lastname@example.org."
I'll release my thoughts on the new demo day offerings when they are released in 2 weeks.

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Shop Maryland for the Holidays’ annual campaign was announced Oct. 26, as an initiative to buy local for this upcoming holiday season by Maryland Comptroller Peter Franchot. The campaign will be partnering with Maryland Retailers Associate and restaurants with a new addition of credit unions this year.
Several Maryland-based credit unions are offering financial incentives to their members for shopping at local businesses from now until 2021.
“Holiday sales can dictate whether a business survives and this year especially,” Franchot said in the press release, “They’re depending on support from local customers to keep the lights on.”
Each credit union determines their own specific reward system for its members.
State Employee Credit Union (SECU), Maryland’s largest credit union, is participating this year. As a reward, they will double credit card points, Dave Sweiderk, president and CEO of SECU Maryland, said in a statement.
Several other credit unions are participating in the financial incentive program, including:
- Five Star of MD Federal Credit Union
- Market USA Federal Credit Union
- Atlantic Financial Federal Credit Union
- Chessie FCU
For more information on shopping local and for how to contact your credit union to find out how they’re participating in the rewards program, visit the Comptroller of Maryland website and click on Comptroller Initiatives.


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Snapchat+ users are getting new features as the subscription hits more than 1 million subscribers. In a press release today, Snapchat disclosed its “Summer Drop” features exclusive to its premium members.
One of the first additions is that Snapchat+ users will have highlighted replies to stories of content creators and celebrities on Snapchat, otherwise known as the “Snap Stars” This will differentiate the subscriber's replies from replies of non-subscribers.
Other features focus more on customizable visuals. Subscribers can now change the home screen icon for their Snapchat application, ditching the icon of its bright yellow.
Users can also customize what emoji their friends see when they open a snap. So, where friends of a non-subscriber would see a red, purple, or blue shape outline, subscribers' friends can see the emoji selected by the user besides their avatar.
Snapchat+ users can also get unique Bitmoji backgrounds available exclusively to them.
Snapchat+ launched earlier this year in June for $3.99/month. The subscription is now available to residents in the U.S., Canada, the UK, New Zealand, Germany, India, France, UAE, Qatar, Oman, Denmark, Israel, Switzerland, and many others.


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Partnership with Blueprint Gaming strengthens NetEnt’s position in the UK
Thanks to an agreement signed with UK-based Blueprint Gaming, the Swedish software developer will further the UK footprint with Blueprint launching NetEnt’s portfolio of exciting and innovative video slots across its network. This means NetEnt fans in the UK will soon be enjoying games like Starburst™, Twin Spin™, Dead or Alive™, and more games in Blueprint’s arcades, bingo halls, licensed betting offices and pubs across the UK.
About Blueprint Gaming
Blueprint Gaming is a leading UK based game studio, part of the Gausselman Group which is a German gaming and gambling company founded in 1957. One of their well-known brands is Merkur Sun, recognized worldwide as a symbol of quality.
Blueprint Gaming, on the other hand, is a UK based game studio that is responsible for the creation of exciting slot games for the Global online and mobile markets. Their games are also available at over 100,000 land-based gaming terminals across the UK, Germany, and Italy.
Even though the company has created a wide portfolio themselves which have become established firm favorites, the company isn’t shy to partner up with other brands to offer players familiarity and operators unique marketing opportunities.
“The ability to offer our customers and players content from NetEnt is an exciting opportunity and we are delighted to be working closely together on offering UK players a truly compelling variety of market-leading content”, says Matt Cole, Managing Director of Blueprint.
Partnership with Blueprint Gaming
The news brought by NetEnt is a highlight for the company that already signed a comparable deal in 2015 with William Hill, supplying their casino games to their licensed betting shops in the UK.
The agreement with Blueprint Gaming is a long-term deal and the expectation is that the first NetEnt games will be launched in the first half of 2020.
“This is a landmark deal for the NetEnt Group in our quest to build brand awareness and new revenue streams from new product verticals. Blueprint Gaming is the market leader in the UK, and we are delighted to expand our reach with them”, says Andy Whitworth, Chief Strategy Officer at NetEnt.


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According to McKinsey, implementing faster connections in mobility, healthcare, manufacturing, and retail can increase global GDP by $1.2 - $2 trillion by 2030, and this can have a cumulative economic impact of $1 trillion on India by 2035, reported Telecom Regulatory Authority of India.
In view of this, 5G rollouts are being planned to expand new-age technologies and various digital applications. Next-generation 5G networks will allow enterprise & governments to leverage technologies like IoT, AI, AR/VR, and private LTE to support Industry 4.0.
It will enable more mission-critical IoT devices to be connected reliably through wireless while providing enhanced broadband for immersive and seamless experiences and better access to healthcare, education, e-governance, banking, crisis management, etc. As per the GSMA forecast, over the period 2023-2040, 5G technologies will contribute approximately $450 billion to the Indian economy (0.6% of GDP by 2040).
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A large focal point of President Trump’s political agenda during his 2016 campaign was focused on trade with the United States and its impact on the U.S. economy. In turn, it began to shed light on U.S. trade relationships with Mexico and China. While renegotiations Mexico and Canada have resulted in a revised trilateral trade agreement (USMCA), trade with China is still under significant pressure.
Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 allows the United States the authority to enforce trade agreements and address unfair acts, policies, and practices. Section 301 allows the United States to impose sanctions on foreign countries that violate trade agreements or engage in other unfair practices. If negotiating does not produce a result that is found fair, the U.S. is allowed to raise import duties on the said foreign country’s products, which is the mechanism currently being used against China. As such, tariffs on Chinese goods and imports have increased, making manufacturing costs in China more uncertain.
As mentioned earlier, China is currently being targeted by the Trump administration with regard to broad-based tariffs. Being that more than half of the United States’ global trade deficit, which is currently close to $600 billion, is with China, it makes them the obvious target. Trade deficits, however, are not always a bad thing.
The economic theory behind free trade is to enable businesses to purchase goods and services from countries that can offer them at the lowest cost. This strategy can help bolster consumer spending, which in turn grows the economy and creates jobs.
In China’s case, it is able to produce many of the manufactured products Americans want and need at much lower costs than U.S. suppliers can produce them domestically. By spending less on manufactured products, Americans have more money to spend in other areas, such as eating out, cable television and vacations, which is why the U.S. economy has shifted from a manufacturing to a service economy. As such, the U.S. tends to run trade deficits with most of its trading partners. Some policymakers feel that countries without a strong manufacturing base are at great economic risk; however, the U.S. has thrived over the last 30 years, all while its manufacturing contribution has dwindled from 35% down to 12% of GDP.
Free trade, however, is not a perfect system. The World Trade Organization was developed to help monitor and enforce free trade rules and regulations among member countries but it is not always successful. Government intervention can disrupt an otherwise “stable” system by subsidizing the domestic production of certain products. One example is China’s steel industry, which is primarily state (government) owned. China is notorious for producing low-cost steel and “dumping” it into foreign markets to force its global competition out of business. Being that the Chinese government owns these businesses, they can afford to sell the steel for a period of time below their cost to produce it. While this practice was supposed to stop after China was accepted into the World Trade Organization, there is evidence it still happens.
Due to the numerous and uncontrollable variables that can impact manufacturers around the world, the best solution to mitigate their risk is to diversify their manufacturing footprint. By having factories in different countries, manufacturers can shift production from one to the other, depending on the lowest total cost to produce their products. While this strategy carries its own set of challenges and risks, which include capital investment, overcapacity, cultural differences, and knowledge transfer capabilities (training), it is being implemented by many manufacturers in the United States and other developed countries.
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Not long ago, it was accounted for that Square Enix put the The Deus Ex arrangement on break in the wake of disappointing offers of the most recent passage, The Deus Ex: Mankind Divided. It’s not genuine that the arrangement is leaving perpetually, Square Enix CEO Yosuke Matsuda said in another meeting. Truth be told, plans- – in any event preparatory plans- – are as of now in progress for another portion.
“We have never said anything in regards to stopping that title however for reasons unknown that is the gossip out available,” he told GI.biz in a colossal meeting.
That being stated, Matsuda emphatically proposed that the Deus Ex arrangement is taking a breather for the time behind. Arrangement designer Eidos Montreal is at present taking a shot at an Avengers amusement, and justifiably it sounds like that venture is taking up the lion’s offer of the studio’s improvement assets.
“What I can state is Eidos Montreal has constantly created Deus Ex, and the issue is we don’t have boundless assets,” Matsuda said. “We have a few major titles that we work with and that is incompletely a factor in what our lineup resembles. Obviously, hopefully we will take a shot at all of them constantly, yet the truth is a few titles need to sit tight. The reason there isn’t a Deus Ex at the present time is only a result of our advancement lineup in light of the fact that there are different titles we are dealing with.”
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Matsuda included that Deus Ex is an “imperative establishment” for Square Enix generally, including that a few discourses are as of now being had about what Square Enix needs to do with the following Deus Ex diversion. No further points of interest are accessible right now, nonetheless.
Humanity Divided propelled in August 2016 for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC. GameSpot’s Mankind Divided survey scored it a 8/10, with analyst Edmond Tran expressing, “Humanity Divided is as yet an exceptionally satisfying background, one which feels uncommon in diversions today.”


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Every year, Destiny 2 fans gather back in The Tower for The Dawning, the universe’s winter holiday centered around gift giving. This year, players can hang out with Saint-14, throw snowballs at each other, and chill on Europa with their new Stasis powers from Dec. 15 to Jan. 5, 2021.
The holiday vendor, Eva Levante (dubbed “space grandma” by fans), will return to The Tower on Tuesday to offer players the Holiday Oven. As in previous years, players can collect ingredients by defeating enemies in a variety of ways, and then bake those ingredients into special holiday cookies for Destiny’s NPCs.
By delivering holiday cookies and completing missions, players will generate Dawning Spirit this year, which will apparently bolster Eva’s rewards over the course of The Dawning. These rewards include an Exotic ship, which players can customize with engine effects and an animated shader.
Players can also earn a new fusion rifle by participating in The Dawning. The Glacioclasm is a Void weapon, and Destiny 2 data miners have already discovered all its potential perk combos.
As always, players can buy holiday-themed items from Destiny 2’s Eververse shop, like an elf-themed Ghost that’s actually pretty cute. Bungie’s article doesn’t describe how players can get the fancy new Dawning armor. In previous years, the armor set has only been available from the Eververse store.
The Dawning is free for all Destiny 2 players, and doesn’t require Beyond Light or Season of the Hunt.


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HOLLYWOOD’S TALKING A LOT ABOUT Google. What else is on
To check the barometer, I sat on a panel at Digital
Hollywood in Santa Monica last week with five other speakers to cover the
most ground I’ve ever seen any panel attempt to navigate: "Broadband
Advertising: The Power Surge — Video, PODs, Social Networks, Links &
Banners — Entertainment, Digital Publishing, Communities and Search Engines
Emergence." We could have talked about immigration rights and Iraqi politics and
it still would have been on-topic.
I was inspired by Aaron Goldman who, at the Search Insider
Summits, has kept a running checklist of the biggest buzzwords from the event
and then shared them during his panel. I thought it would be fun to do that
while on my panel, though it was a bit more challenging to take notes and
participate in the panel at the same time.
I tried keeping tabs of 35 buzzwords, themes, and topics, and I
had no way of noting who said what. While I can’t credit each of them with their
takeaways, I’ll acknowledge en masse the wise coterie who I had the pleasure of
learning from: Disney Online’s Brad Davis, Fuel Industries’ Brady Gilchrist,
McCann WorldGroup’s Marc Ruxin, Advertising.com’s Ben Trenda, Maven Networks’
Nicholas Troiano, and moderator Warren Lee of Canaan Partners.
On to the hottest buzz:
Brands: Branding, protecting brands, and catering to big
brands were at the heart of the discussion. Fittingly, the phrase "direct
response" never came up; this is Hollywood, after all. Brands also tended to
take a beating for how slow they’ve been shifting budgets online, tapping into
emerging media, and getting with this digital age. While it killed the
conversation, I took a moment to applaud brands for how quickly many of them
have been moving when you consider how rapidly everything has been changing.
Not all brands are adapting gracefully; just springing for a fancy
profile on MySpace doesn’t make one a social media marketer by any real measure.
There are also inherent obstacles the clients face internally, such as siloed
approaches to marketing, and some marketers are better at tackling these
challenges than the rest of their peers. As for those silos, Brad Davis of
Disney Online summed it up best: "Welcome to traditional media."
Measurement: Every panelist stressed the importance of
measurement, with some discussing the role of analytics and reporting as part of
that. In fact, measurement was a far more frequent topic of conversation than
targeting, engagement, integration, optimization (by my count, mentions of
measurement outnumbered all those other topics combined). Efficiency and ROI
were also brought up repeatedly. I’m not sure how much of anything new was said
in this regard; generally, remarks stuck to the theme of digital media being
held to a much higher standard than traditional media — and not living up to
While most marketers can improve the way they measure online
media, just as pressing is the need to devise better ways to measure the impact
of online media on offline events. Marketers in Hollywood, for instance, want to
know how much a paid search campaign powers box office performance opening
weekend or first-week DVD sales. For an even better challenge, what about
finding out how much incremental business was spurred by an online ad campaign?
Google: The leading search engine didn’t come out all that
well in Hollywood, mostly due to privacy concerns, especially in light of the
DoubleClick acquisition. Others just feared what Google will do with all its
newfound power. One panelist suggested that as Google’s dominance grows, more
innovation will come from outside of Google, essentially because so many Davids
will want to take a shot right between Googoliath’s eyes (or its os, perhaps).
That’s a great statement for a sound bite, but I wonder how
accurate it is. A single powerful entity clearly helps with marketing; Firefox
is the anti-Internet Explorer, while the Mac is personified as the cooler,
younger, unkempt alternative to the stodgy PC. Still, innovation arises in all
markets when there’s a major market leader, when there are many strong
contenders, and when there’s not a market at all. After all, there was no Google
— no single, dominating search engine — when Google was incorporated in 1998
(in August 1999, Northern Light led with a 16% market share, followed by
AltaVista at 15.5%). Lastly, one shouldn’t easily discount the innovation coming
from Google itself with its recent rollouts such as universal search and
800-GOOG-411 Voice Local Search.
Eight years ago, Google’s market share was under 8%, but those
rags-to-riches stories can only warm your heart in a two-hour movie. Yet Google
got into pole position and stayed there, with no clear competitor in sight for
the immediate future, at least for the core business of search. That defies the
laws of the Hollywood ending. It’s no wonder that, like director Billy Walsh in
Sunday’s season premiere of "Entourage," Hollywood marketers are looking for
someone to write a new third act.


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The folks at Jon Peddie Research have compiled some graphics hardware shipment figures for the third quarter, and their numbers suggest Nvidia has reclaimed some market share from AMD. At the same time, Intel saw its piece of the pie grow about two points:
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JPR says AMD has attributed its market share decline to "weakened demand and OEMs letting their GPU inventory run down to avoid being stuck with leftover processors." Some of AMD's customers switched to Nvidia products "due to real and perceived shortages in supply," the research firm adds.
Looking at the graphics market as a whole—and remember, JPR mixes integrated and discrete offerings—today's report shows that shipments were down 1% from the second quarter, allegedly because of reduced notebook sales. (JPR says the iPad could be partly to blame here, since Apple has already shipped 8 million of 'em.) Compared to the third quarter of 2009, however, Q3 2010 shipments were actually up a cool 10%.
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Flipkart will be hosting Independence Day Sale soon in India. The e-commerce site will host the sale from August 6, when various smartphones and electronic items will be available at discounted prices. Motorola has announced a bunch of deals and offers that consumers can take advantage of while selling Flipkart.
While Flipkart is on sale, many Motorola smartphones, such as Moto G71, Moto G31, Moto G52, etc., will be available at a reduced price. Flipkart Plus members will have early access to these offers on August 5th. Let’s take a look at the Flipkart Independence Day Sale on Motorola smartphones that have been announced so far.
Independence Day Flipkart Sale Offers on Motorola Smartphones
Motorola has announced several offers and discounts on its smartphones that will be available during the Independence Day Sale on Flipkart. The sale will start on August 6 and run through August 10. During the sale, customers can buy the Moto G71 5G for 15,999 rupees. ICICI Bank and Kotak card holders can take advantage of an additional discount of 1,000 rupees, bringing the price down to 14,999 rupees. The G71 features a Snapdragon 695 5G processor, a 50MP triple camera, and a 6.4-inch AMOLED display. It also has a 5000 mAh battery.
The Moto G52, which comes with a 6.6-inch 90Hz pOLED display, 50MP triple camera setup and Snapdragon 680 SoC, can be purchased for 12,499 rupees. The price is inclusive of ICICI Bank offers and Kotak Card.
Besides, the company also offers discounts on budget smartphones, such as Moto G22 and Moto E40. Both devices can be purchased for 8,999 rupees. The G22 has a 90Hz LCD display, 50MP quad-camera setup, and features a MediaTek Helio G37 SoC. The E40, on the other hand, has a 90Hz LCD screen, a 48MP triple camera setup and a 5,000mAh battery.
Motorola also offers discounts on the Edge series. The flagship Edge 30 Pro with Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 SoC can be bought for Rs 41,999 during Flipkart’s Independence Day sale. On the other hand, the Edge 30, which features a Snapdragon 778G+ SoC, a 144Hz pOLED display, and a 50MP triple camera setup, can be purchased at a starting price of Rs 25,999.
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Google had announced at the I/O developer conference last month that it will bring personalized restaurant recommendations and more to the company’s mapping tool. Some of the Map users have already got these features and it will be gradually available to all. Read More
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Many of the Google services like YouTube and Google search are still unavailable in China, where the popularity of android-based smartphones has always been massive. So, Google will be launching a China-specific version of this service. When the users launch and try to find navigation on this app, they will be automatically directed to an app from AutoNavi, a mapping company owned by Alibaba. Read More
Google is rolling out the two-wheeler mode on Google Maps after much dilemma among the bike and scooty riders on Indian roads. This feature finally comes as a relief to these riders who were stuck between the Walk and Drive mode of Maps, making it difficult for them to find their way. Read More
The new update on Google Maps will give you an entirely new experience in terms of appearance and design. Google has come up with this change to give the users more freedom and flexibility to get around their daily tasks whether it is finding a coffee shop or get to your nearest subway in a better and refreshed way. Read More
Google is coming up with a new feature on Google Maps to show you the time the you need to wait at a restaurant. While this feature seems to be already available in Google Search, users can get a fair idea before deciding where to go based on Google’s estimation.
Google has come up with a new feature in Google Maps which lets you navigate to multiple destinations simultaneously when you want to look for directions in your android. Before this feature, if you wanted to look for other destinations during an ongoing navigation trip on your android phone then you had to close that ongoing trip and then start a new navigation trip.
When Apple launched its Map service back in 2012, it was quite the disaster. It had many major issues including inaccurate directions, wrongly labelled landmarks and 3D rendering problems. In fact, Tim Cook himself wasn’t very pleased with this service.
Ever since then Apple has been putting in a great deal of efforts to improve their Maps service and these efforts have finally paid off. A recent report by Associated Press states that Apple Maps is now used three times more than its “next leading competitor” on iPhone and iPad, with more than 5 billion map-related requests every week. The “next leading competitor” obviously being Google’s Map service. Read More
Google Maps for Android is getting an interesting update in its version 9.1, which will allow the users to share My Maps. With My Maps, users could create custom maps which they can now share, owing to the update. There is, however, a provision to hide the elements in the interface as the unnecessary items like the search bar will be taken away from the full-screen mode. So while the search bar and quick-launch for directions are not necessarily the things one would want to share, they can be simply removed with a single tap on screen. Now, in order to get the text entry field and the buttons back, the user needs to tap on the screen once again. However, the turn by turn navigation mode will not work for the features. Read More
Google Maps is one of the most powerful and useful Apps on your android phone. The App has incredible features which makes getting directions, searching for locations, and finding your way around a place extremely easy. Now, with some of the lesser-known features mentioned in this article, you can enhance your experience and get more out of Google Maps than just navigating from one place to another. Read More


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With the global economy in the doldrums, the stock market’s booming performance seems to reflect a totally different reality, leaving many investors to wonder why.
The economic damage wrought by lockdowns and measures to control the spread of COVID-19 has been deep and sustained, leaving the global economy in a severe recession. Although most economists agree the global economy will bounce back in 2021, this outlook is being tempered daily in the face of the recent resurgence in global infection rates and continued signs of a softening in the economic recovery.
And yet, despite the pandemic-induced economic woes, global equity markets have largely soared, from the low reached on March 23. This performance has left many investors baffled as to the cause of this apparent disconnect between the performance of the economy and that of the markets.
Historically, the apparent disconnect between the markets and the economy is fairly normal. That’s because stock prices tend to reflect the outlook for the future earnings and prospects of a specific company. What the broader economy is doing at any given time can influence stock prices, but there’s not always a direct correlation. Looking at the current situation, while the overall economy is struggling, certain companies have actually prospered during the pandemic.
Another important factor is that the performance of an index – such as the S&P 500 – does not necessarily reflect the performance of all or even the majority of stocks that make up that index. If one or a few sectors of an index surge high enough, they can pull the overall index up with them, covering the poorer performance of the rest of the market.
And that’s exactly what’s happened: there’s been a massive surge in technology share prices. In fact if we strip away the performance of key technology company shares – specifically Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Netflix, Microsoft and Alphabet (the parent company of Google) – the S&P 500’s year-to-date return is actually negative.
Yet, this support for technology stocks even during the economic slowdown is reasonable. Their services and products are almost perfectly aligned with what their customers need in a socially distanced and locked-down world, including work-from-home support, telecommunications, online entertainment and education, web-based support, and point-and-click delivery services.
Adam Bosak is an Investment Advisor with RBC Dominion Securities Inc. Member–Canadian Investor Protection Fund.


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HP boosts profits in line with its forecasts
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SAN FRANCISCO - Hewlett-Packard Co. , the No. 2 computer maker, today posted a higher quarterly profit on strong demand for servers, personal and notebook computers and raised its sales forecast for the second half of the year.
Shares of the computer and printer maker, whose record-high quarterly sales topped even the most optimistic Wall Street forecasts, rose 3.4 percent in after-hours trade.
HP said net income for the second quarter ended April 30 rose to $884 million, or 29 cents a share, from $659 million, or 22 cents a share, a year earlier.
Revenue rose 12 percent to a record $20.1 billion from $18.0 billion, helped by the weak U.S. dollar relative to the euro. Adjusted for currency effects, HP said quarterly revenue increased 4 percent from a year ago.
Chief Executive Carly Fiorina said in a statement that revenue from PCs, computer services, software, services, and imaging and printing were all records for the second quarter.
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"We surpassed $20 billion in quarterly revenue for the first time in our history," she added.
Excluding items, Palo Alto, California-based HP said it had a profit of $1.03 billion, or 34 cents a share, up from $877 million, or 29 cents a share, a year earlier.
HP's results included a settlement amounting to 2 cents a share reflecting an agreed reimbursement to the Government of Canada.
Excluding items, analysts had forecast HP to earn a profit of 34 cents a share, on average, within a range of 33 cents to 36 cents, on revenue of $19.3 billion. In February, HP forecast earnings per share before items of about 34 cents, which was then in line with analyst expectations.
"The positive take-away from that is that to the extent there is upside at the sales line, that was able to drive earnings upside as well, which I think was somewhat of an issue in the past in that sales upside didn't lead to earnings upside," Shagrin said.
HP said it expects revenue in the second half of the year of $39.7 billion to $40.7 billion and confirmed its expectation of second-half earnings per share before items of 74 cents.
For the second half of the year, analysts expect revenue of $39.8 billion and earnings per share before items of 74 cents, according to Reuters Research, a unit of Reuters Group Plc.
An HP spokesman declined to comment on why HP declined to provide a third-quarter forecast.
Revenue from desktop PCs rose 14 percent from a year ago, while notebook revenue increased 26 percent. It was the third consecutive quarter, HP said, that its year-over-year revenue growth exceeded that of its rival, Dell Inc..
HP said that revenue from servers using Intel Corp.-compatible processors and either Microsoft Corp.'s Windows operating system or the Linux operating system climbed 32 percent from a year earlier.
Shares of HP rose 33 cents, or 1.7 percent, to close at $19.83 on the New York Stock Exchange. The stock is down about 14 percent year to date, amid a broad downturn in the value of technology stocks. In extended trade, HP shares rose to $20.45 on the INET electronic brokerage system, after the release of earnings.


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Gary Smith, GMB general secretary, warned it would be a “huge mistake“ to put all the nation’s eggs in one energy basket.
Online giant Amazon is being asked to formally recognise a trade union at one of its sites which has been hit by strikes. The GMB says it would be the first time workers at the company would have formal union recognition for collective bargaining over pay and conditions. The move follows strikes by hundreds of GMB members [...]
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Supreme season officially kicked off last week, with an expansive range of apparel and accessories touching down on shelves across the world. Beforehand, the brand revealed the entirety of its Spring/Summer 2024 collection, with highlights including new designs featuring characters from The Muppets and two teasers of upcoming Nike collabs. While we await word regarding the release of Supreme’s three upcoming Nike SB Air Darwin Lows, the streetwear titan has now officially revealed its first project of the season with the Swoosh — introducing the duo’s take on the Air Max Dn.
The new Air Max silhouette, which was unveiled at the start of the month, is seeing its first release presented by Supreme, arriving just over a month ahead of its previously expected debut on Air Max Day. Its color arrangement leans heavily on black, with forest green accents appearing at the midfoot and heel alongside yellow Air Max branding. Reflective “Supreme” text stretches across the entirety of the upper’s lateral, while an additional “Supreme” hit can be spotted in white at the visible Air unit.
Release for the Supreme x Nike Air Max Dn is set to go down on February 22 at Supreme storefronts in both the United States and Europe. Following this, its locations in Japan and Seoul are set to release the shoe on February 24.


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Are Australian celebrities caught up in Jeep's missing millions? Car manufacturer struggles to trace $10million in vehicles loaned to people including ambassadors like Jesinta Campbell and Karl Stefanovic
Many Australian celebrities enjoy brand ambassador roles that see them receive luxurious items on the house.
But according to the Daily Telegraph, one brand that's looking to cool off on giving out freebies is Jeep, with parent company Fiat Chrysler Australia scheduled to cut down on its ambassador program.
It comes due to management struggling to trace around $10 million in automobiles given to celebrity partners, which include the likes of Karl Stefanovic and Jesinta Campbell.
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Search is on: Jeep Australia and its parent company Fiat Chysler Australia are on the hunt for $10million worth of vehicles said to have been loaned to people, including celebrity ambassadors like Jesinta Campbell
'There are hundreds of cars missing that no one could account for,' a Fiat Chrysler Australia insider told the publication.
MasterChef's Matt Preston, former soccer star Harry Kewell, cricketer Shane Warne and his ex-partner Liz Hurley are among the names said to have received Jeep or Fiat Chrysler Australia products.
None of the ambassadors or vehicle recipients are suspected of any wrongdoing.
Some may remember Karl Stefanovic lending his Jeep Grand Cherokee to Jesinta last April after the model's partner Lance 'Buddy' Franklin damaged hers when he crashed into three parked vehicles.
The duo share the same manager in Sharon Finnigan, who, according to SMH, presented many of her clients, like Natalie Barr with a high end Jeep in December of 2012.
Faces of Jeep: Karl Stefanovic and Jesinta Campbell are among the brand's ambassadors who have been gifted vehicles. None of the ambassadors or vehicle recipients are suspected of any wrongdoing
Jeeps for all! Karl and Jesinta share a manager, Sharon Finnigan, who in 2012 gifted some of her clients, including Natalie Barr (pictured) and Deb Knight Jeep Grand Cherokees
Some of the $10 million worth of automobiles were distributed under former executive Clyde Campbell, who resigned in 2013.
Fiat Chrysler Australia filed allegations in a Federal Court that Mr. Campbell distributed vehicles to certain celebrities, like Shane Warne and Elizabeth Hurley, in breach of company governance rules.
However, last month his legal representative claimed that the allegations were 'scandalous' and would be fought.
Allegations: Fiat Chrysler Australia filed allegations in a Federal Court that former executive Clyde Campbell distributed vehicles to certain celebrities, like Shane Warne and Elizabeth Hurley, in breach of company governance rules
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Study: EVs Save Fleet Operators $16,000 A Year
June 17th, 2014 by Christopher DeMorro
Though electric cars may cost more up front, their low-maintenance nature and low-cost fuel make them a natural fit for small businesses that require a lot of daily, local driving. A new study estimates that over a seven-year lifespan, the average electric car saves owners $16,000 in fuel and maintenance costs.
According to Green Car Reports, the study comes from the Canadian province of British Columbia, which also found that short-range, affordable EVs have enough range to cover the needs of 94% of fleet operators. Furthermore, each EV can save operators $16,000 apiece in fuel costs, maintenance, and of course, tax credits. British Columbia offers up to $5,000 for the purchase of an electric vehicle, but even factoring that out, EVs still come out ahead to the tune of $11,000 over a seven year span. That’s still more savings than you’d see by just not owning a car.
A bigger problem is the lack of variety in electric vehicles, though that too will soon change. As it stands, even those companies that would benefit from electric vehicles may need something bigger and more versatile than a Nissan Leaf. Thankfully production of the Nissan e-NV200 electric van has already begun, meaning a new commercial element of the electric vehicle equation.
These cost savings need to be trumpeted by EV makers as they try and tackle the lucrative commercial vehicle market. The less money going to oil companies and staying in the pockets of business owners, the better.


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Sony has released PlayStation 4 firmware update 7.02 (thanks, Twisted Voxel). This is the second patch released in the last week to improve overall system performance and security. It might be possible that it fixes errors left after the last major 7.0 update, which introduced some novelties (according to the unwritten rule that the biggest changes are signed with round numbers) - it increased the number of participants of Events to 16, improved the quality of voice calls and made RemotePlay available on Android.
Installation is mandatory, so prepare about 470 MB of space on the hard drive of your console. Unless you don't care about using online services, you might try to shave some MBs from that number (which we don't encourage). If you missed the December 13 update, reserve an additional 450 MB.
There are no plans for PlayStation 4 to get even bigger upgrades in the future. Efforts will most likely be directed to PS5, which is expected to be on sale before next Holidays. Especially since Sony has already confirmed that it will begin to introduce changes that have been suggested in recent years, e.g. regarding the user interface, which has been causing problems throughout the last generation. Unfortunately, the company does not yet declare what specific changes will be made, but we do know that the it cares about the player opinions, as it regularly sends out surveys on PS4 usage to selected people. The last one was delivered in November.
Many dream of finally seeing their game time counter in the menu. Hopeful, but unfortunately false rumors on this subject appeared on the occasion of May updates for PS4, but now we can safely assume that we will not see such improvements in the current generation. PlayStation has unfortunately never released this feature, and the last time we were able to see our full private stats was on the occasion of PS4's fifth anniversary - a video of our gaming history could be generated on a special page. Next year we'll see if this and other wishes of PlayStation users will finally come true.
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To say that the last week was interesting in the cryptocurrency market would be a massive understatement. Bitcoin almost reached $50K, Ethereum shot past $1800, BNB peaked at around $150 – these are just some of the highlights.
Starting off, a few days ago, Bitcoin received perhaps what might be considered as its major endorsement in the recent years – Tesla revealed a bitcoin buy worth $1.5 billion in January. That’s right – one of the world’s largest public companies allocated around 15% of its net cash into Bitcoin.
Needless to say, this sent the primary cryptocurrency for the skies as its price surged from around $39,000 to $48,000 in a day. After what many considered to be a healthy correction and a dip below $44K, Bitcoin charted a fresh all-time high, which currently sits at exactly $49,000.00 on Bitstamp. At this point, it seems like a matter of time before it’s breached.
Altcoins had a huge week as well. Ethereum is currently trading well above $1,800, and it’s also painting fresh highs daily. The DeFi market is popping with the total value locked in various DeFi protocols topping $40 billion.
It’s also worth noting that Binance Smart Chain (BSC) is also catching up to speed with some projects standing on the top of interest meters, such as PancakeSwap – a Uniswap alternative for BSC, which has already surpassed SushiSwap in terms of total market capitalization.
In any case, the week was particularly positive in terms of developments. The oldest bank in the US, BNY Mellon, announced that it would custody Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies for its institutional clients. Another leading payment processor, Mastercard, joined the likes of Visa and said that it would potentially integrate cryptocurrencies in its network of merchants.
All in all, the past seven days were thrilling, and it remains very interesting to see what will happen next.
Market Cap: $1468B | 24H Vol: 201B | BTC Dominance: 60.3%
BTC: $47,673 (+26.71%) | ETH: $1,847 (+8.47%) | XRP: $0.571 (+32.15%)
Tesla Bought $1.5 Billion of Bitcoin – BTC Skyrockets to New ATH. Tesla, one of the world’s largest companies, spearheaded by the world’s richest man, Elon Musk, has bought $1.5 billion of BTC in January. This became clear in an SEC filing filed a few days ago where the company also revealed that it may begin accepting bitcoins for its products.
Oldest American Bank BNY Mellon to Custody Bitcoin for Its Institutional Clients. The oldest bank in the United States, BNY Mellon, announced that it will custody Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies on behalf of its institutional clients. BNY Mellon becomes the latest bank to do so as the demand for BTC by institutions is increasing.
Mastercard to Support Select Crypto Assets Directly on its Network in 2021. One of the world’s leading payment processing companies, Mastercard, revealed that it will integrate cryptocurrencies directly into its merchants’ network in 2021. This comes shortly after the largest company in the field, Visa, announced the same thing.
Bitcoin Institutional Demand Accelerates in 2021 Says Grayscale CEO. According to the CEO of the world’s largest cryptocurrency asset manager, Grayscale, institutional interest in Bitcoin is accelerating in 2021. He also said that the narrative has shifted from “why” to “why not” when it comes to investing in BTC.
Ethereum 2.0 Staking Hits Milestone 3M ETH Worth $5.4 Billion. The total amount of ETH staked on the Ethereum 2.0 blockchain has now topped three million. There are over 84,000 active validators and almost 9000 pending as the chain seems to be progressing quite impressively.
Gamer Shells Out $1.5 Million For Virtual Estate, Sets New NFT Sale Record. The frenzy around non-fungible tokens continues with full force. In a staggering sale, someone has paid over $1.5 million for virtual real estate. The user purchased 9 Genesis plots of virtual land on the blockchain-powered gaming platform.
This week we have a chart analysis of Bitcoin, Ethereum, Ripple, Cardano, and Binance Coin – click here for the full price analysis.
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Saturday, February 25, 2012
Nike Foamposite Galaxy: Limited edition sales cause riots
A large crowd gathered to buy a pair of Nike Foamposite Galaxy shoes outside The Mall at Prince George’s in Hyattsville, Maryland . However when they were told the new shoes would not be for sale a riot broke out. Police arrested one person for disorderly conduct. The special limited edition Nike Foamposite Galaxy were selling for $220 per pair and there were 12 pairs for sale. The limited edition shoes are reportedly worth ten times more on the secondary market. A similar event happened outside a Foot Locker store in Orlando when the limited edition shies went on sale. Riot police broke up a stampede by shoe-hunters at Florida Mall and two arrests were made for trespassing. The crowd began getting unruly as hundreds packed the parking lot, waiting to buy the shoe that was timed to be released during the NBA All-Star Game in Orlando. Police officers dressed in riot gear held the angry growd at bay as a helicopter with a spotlight hovered overhead.
These events are not new and just before Christmas, the re-release of the Nike Air Jordan XI caused a ruckus at stores across the US, with crowds fighting. In Jersey City, N.J., a 20-year-old man was stabbed seven times amid a crowd of about 300 people waiting to buy the shoes. In Richmond, Calif., police said one person fired a shot at a mall as about 1,000 people lined up for their chance at the shoes; a suspect was arrested. Near Seattle, police used pepper spray to control fighting among would-be Air Jordan owners. Unruly shoppers also were reported in Indianapolis, San Antonio, Charlotte, N.C., and Richmond, Va., resulting in several arrests and injuries.
Nike has relied for years on its limited edition sneakers to generate a lot of buzz with minimal advertising.


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4 Ways To Build Job SecurityMarch 20, 2019
The United States has one of the lowest minimum wages of any modern country in the world. Our modest salary floor impacts our economy on every level, from the rising underemployment rates to a bloated welfare program that chiefly rests on the backs of the struggling middle class.
But all of this is subject to change: The arrival of 2019 has brought a wave of minimum wage hikes at many state and local levels along with a push to bring the national minimum wage up to $15 by the year 2024. In total, 21 states and Washington DC have increased their minimum wages, with the biggest jump of $1.00 per hour more being passed in California, Maine and Massachusetts. There are now a total of 29 states with a minimum wage that surpasses the federal level, which has remained stagnant at $7.25 for more than a decade.
The recent wage increases impact 5.2 million workers across the country. While at first glance this might seem like fantastic news for the economy, financial experts are dubious about how recent hikes and the proposed increase in the federal wage will impact the national economy.
The push to boost the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour is more dramatic than any wage hike this country has ever seen. This factor makes it impossible for economists to draw on studies and actual history for conclusions about the effects of the proposed hike. However, based on market trends and the fundamental laws of economics, they’re predicting several negative fallouts from the hikes.
Let’s explore what happens when minimum wages increase.
How do wage increases affect the job market?
Economists are predicting the proposed hike in the federal minimum wage, along with the local and state increases that have already passed, will have two negative effects on the job market:
1.) A surge in move-outs to the suburbs
An increase in local and state government minimum wages will likely push employers to move across borders to avoid paying higher wages, particularly from central cities to suburbs.
For example, Washington, D.C. has raised its minimum wage to $14 an hour. This may lead to a mass exodus of Washington businesses as they move toward locations with lower minimum wages in surrounding areas. A move to a suburb like Arlington, Virginia, where business owners can pay their workers almost half the hourly wage they’d need to cover in Washington, will help them remain profitable.
2.) Businesses cutting corners
Businesses forced to double their workers’ pay or even to modestly increase it will need to find a way to continue turning a profit. They will likely attempt to cut corners any way they can. This may translate into letting workers go, replacing humans with robots where possible, or even cutting down on their level of service to reduce the need for human resources. For example, fast food joints might start using machines instead of human workers and hotel chains may start skimping on their cleanups between guests to compensate for increased payroll.
Regardless of the way that businesses choose to cut corners, it will likely lead to an increase in unemployment rates and underemployment rates across the country. It may also trigger a surge of illegal work among workers who suddenly find themselves out of a job.
How do wage increases affect the consumer?
When all the dust settles, it is the average consumer who will likely bear the brunt of the minimum wage hike.
Most companies hiring minimum-wage employees are small businesses with profit margins that are too thin to absorb a serious hike. These businesses will be forced to pass on their higher expenses to consumers. Grocery prices will shoot up, labor costs for services and repair persons of any kind will rise, and fast food meals will see a noticeable price increase.
Predictably, the consumers most likely to be affected by the hike are the poor and middle class, who tend to frequent businesses that hire minimum-wage workers. Ironically, the same workers rejoicing over the proposed hike will likely be those who have to pay for it most.
How do wage increases affect federal taxes?
One positive impact of a minimum wage hike is the hope that an increase in wages will reduce the number of workers who are dependent upon government assistance programs, thus reducing the average taxpayer’s burden. Of course, this is pure speculation and is not based upon any studies of similar increases.
Also, when low-wage workers are pushed over the qualifying threshold for government assistance, they may be coming home with less pay after a wage hike.
While no one can say for sure how a minimum wage hike will affect the economy on a national and individual level, economists predict it is far more likely to have a negative effect than a positive impact.


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Walmart held a day-long Global Seller Summit in Delhi on September 27 to help Indian companies leverage Walmart’s eCommerce Marketplace to grow in the U.S. and Canada. Indian manufacturers, brands and sellers attended to hear from local and global Walmart experts, logistics and fintech service providers, and Indian companies that are already thriving on Walmart Marketplace.
- Building on a major drive to attract Indian sellers to its U.S. Marketplace, which kicked off in January, Walmart is now also inviting Indian sellers to apply to join its Marketplace in Canada.
· As part of Canada’s retail scene for almost 30 years, Walmart is one of Canada’s most popular brands. It operates more than 400 stores nationwide and is one of the largest online retailers and fastest growing marketplace platforms in Canada.
· The winter holiday season in North America is retail’s busiest time of the year. Walmart data shows that customers start researching their holiday buys in October, with steady sales throughout November and December.
· Walmart is preparing to help Indian sellers take advantage of this key shopping season with tools like Walmart Fulfillment Services (for fast and easy shipping) and Walmart Connect (for targeted seasonal promotions).
· Walmart sees outstanding potential for Indian sellers in highly searched categories like home, apparel, leather accessories, and beauty and personal care.
· Indian companies are leveraging the Walmart Marketplace for D2C export success. Walmart is seeing top suppliers like Welspun adding D2C sales to their business, as well as exciting new digital-first brands such as Rage Coffee and Mensa Brands coming on board the platform to grow in overseas markets.
Michelle Mi, VP, Emerging Markets and Business Development, Global Sourcing – Walmart – “Walmart is continuing to deepen our connections to Indian sellers and to invest in tools and services to support them to do business overseas. We are focused on building long-term relationships with even more Indian companies. Helping sellers build their business in the U.S. and establish themselves in Canada with Walmart Marketplace underscores our confidence in the potential of these markets for Indian sellers as we work towards building our exports from India to US$10 billion a year by 2027.”
Dipali Goenka, CEO and Joint MD, Welspun India – “Welspun is a customer-centric company, and we are proud of our strong partnership with Walmart fostered over the last two decades. This year, we entered Walmart’s US Marketplace with our highly regarded Welhome products designed specifically for American shoppers. As a brand with digitization at its core, we are rapidly growing our e-selling capabilities to meet and exceed Walmart’s standards for excellence and continue to unlock new opportunities.”
Bharat Sethi, CEO and Founder, Rage Coffee – “Being a digitally native brand, we take an omnichannel approach to cater to consumers across online and offline formats. Our journey – from sourcing and production to distribution, retail and delivery – puts the customer experience front and centre, and we are proud to scale to global markets with a unique product proposition and a strong quality-first mindset. Our partnership with the Walmart U.S. Marketplace has helped us reach more consumers in that market and become part of their daily coffee routine. We are excited about possibilities to grow further and build a globally known brand.”
Pawan K Dasaraju, Founding Member, Mensa Brands – “At Mensa Brands, we understand the opportunity global eCommerce provides homegrown brands that aspire to grow and meet customer expectations in high-potential markets like the U.S. and Canada. With resources like Walmart Connect, brands on the Walmart US Marketplace can gain insight into what customers expect, build a custom assortment accordingly and ensure that quality standards are consistently met and improved upon. This is what helps brands build trust.”


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No FDA Label Requirements for Honey
PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. - Interest in keeping bees and harvesting honey continues to grow in Missouri right along with the University of Missouri's Master Beekeeper program.
"As more people begin beekeeping we get more new producers of honey with questions," said Moneen Jones, a research assistant professor at the University of Missouri's Fisher Delta Research Center and coordinator of the Master Beekeeper program.
Just this past week, one new local honey producer in southwest Missouri contacted their local University of Missouri Extension office after trying to figure out FDA labeling requirements for their honey. They had been researching and had not found much.
"There are no FDA label requirements for honey," said Jones. "However, for Missouri, or your particular state, abide by the rules on weights and measures."
One option is to use pre-printed nutritional labels available for purchase online (such as MannlakeLTD, Dadant). This is what is used on honey bottles at the research center to disclose the number of carbohydrates or sugars in honey.
"Missouri also does not regulate honey or honey product sales," said Jones.
The newest rule reversal, which happened last year in Missouri, can be found online at http://www.moga.mo.gov/mostatutes/stathtml/26100002411.html.
More information about the Master Beekeeper program in Missouri and upcoming classes in the certification program can be found online at http://extension.missouri.edu/masterbeekeeper.
Source: Dr. Moneen Jones, (573) 379-5431


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Perhaps paving the way for the next Snapchat or Instagram, venture-capital backed mobile startups raised lots of cash in 2018. Across 150 deals, U.S. mobile and telecommunications startups took about $3.5 billion, last year.
That’s according to the latest MoneyTree report from PricewaterhouseCoopers and CB Insights.
Internet-related startups raised $9.1 billion across 540 deals, software startups (including non-Internet and mobile software), took $3 billion across 111 deals; and startups solely focused on consumer products and services took $382 million across 51 deals.
All together, stateside startups took a whopping $99.5 billion across 5,536 deals, last year, per PwC and CB Insights.
The market hasn’t been that rich since before the dot-com bubble popped in 2000; and it was significantly more than the $76.4 billion exchanged in 2017.
“2018 was a phenomenal year for U.S. venture capital, with $99.5 billion invested — a record-breaking 55 unicorn births, 184 [$100 million+] mega-rounds, and funding levels at their highest since 2000,” Tom Ciccolella, partner-US ventures leader at PwC, notes in the report.
“Mega-rounds” -- which consist of investments greater than $100 million -- were particularly popular in 2018. From 2017 to 2018, they grew in number from 120 to 184.
Among other notable deals in 2018, Epic Games -- maker of the gaming mega-sensation Fortnite -- raised $1.25 billion, and mobile commerce company Instacart took $600 million.
Yet, growth wasn’t the only story in 2018. For example, Artificial Intelligence funding appeared to peak in the third quarter of the year, and then taper off in the fourth.
In fact, AI-related funding actually declined from $2.7 billion in the third quarter of 2018 to $2.4 billion in the fourth.
Additionally, startups just trying to get off the ground had a more difficult time raising cash in 2018, compared to 2017. According to PwC and CB Insights, seed stage investments declined year-over-year.Among other popular sectors, U.S. Fintech -- or financial technology -- startups saw funding increase by 38%, from 2017 to 2018. That worked out to about $11 billion in funding spread out across an estimated 627 transactions.


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This year’s International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas—the largest in its 44-year history, with 1.861 million net square feet of exhibit space—features a veritable feast for tech lovers, from ultra-thin TV sets to touchscreen game consoles.
But by far the coolest gadgets come courtesy of the six auto companies exhibiting at the show – Ford Motor Co., General Motors, Chrysler, Kia, Audi, and Mercedes.
Traditionally, car sales have been driven by safety, speed and performance, but today’s consumers are looking for novel electronics, demanding that their cars provide the same connectivity and entertainment value as their iPhones.
Consumer electronics for vehicles are not a mere accessory but a lifestyle revolution, argued Dieter Zetsche, Chairman of Daimler AG and head of Mercedes-Benz Cars, in his keynote speech. “The car is a personal declaration of independence,” he stated.
And he’s not alone. CEA industry forecasts factory-installed vehicle technologies will increase by 16 percent, to nearly $7 billion in 2012.
Touchscreens, software, apps and social media are all big themes for the auto exhibitors, dashboard system capabilities run the gamut from booking you tickets to the opera, to finding places to eat, to giving verbal alerts on store deals as you drive past. Through a Google app, it’s now possible to Google Map a location on your home computer and download it straight to your car.
Other notable tech at the show are Samsung Electronics Co. and LG Electronics Inc. organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) TV sets. OLEDs—used in some smartphones—give a much sharper color. Screens are super-thin too. The LG set is only 4 millimeters thick.
Ultrabook laptops (think Apple’s Macbook Air) are a big hit. Hewlett-Packard Co. and Intel Corp. are both displaying some cool Net-Field Communication (NFC) technology which allows electronics to “talk to” one another. Laptops of the not-so-distant future may be able to read electronic credit cards when we make online purchases or exchange information with our smartphone by simply tapping the phone against the laptop.
John Donahoe, president and CEO of eBay, who spoke at the show, believes that the intersection of technology and retail is having a profound impact on consumers’ shopping experience. Over the next three years, he predicts, “shopping and paying” will see more profound change then what we’ve seen over the past 10-15 years.


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Intex Aqua Lions: Intex, an Indian smartphone company which was founded in 1996, has launched a new phone on Monday especially for the IPL lovers. The low-budgeted smartphone, which is now revealed, is named after the Gujarat Lions IPL team, a team owned by Intex technologies. The Intex Aqua Lions, which is priced at Rs 4,999, is now available in the market. The company claims that the phone is specially designed for the IPL cricket lovers. The budget handset as per the company is designed for IPL fans.
For enhancing the connection with the young consumers, Sanjay Kumar Kalirona, Mobile Business Head of Intex Technologies said, “With Gujarat Lions, Intex has further strengthened its association with cricket and youth. The Lions series will help in reinforcing the brand association and enhance the connect with young consumers.”
The Aqua Lions sports a 5.00-inch screen phone with 720×1280 pixels. It is powered by 1.2GHz processor, and the battery is backed up by a 3500mAh battery. It has been claimed by the company that the battery provides a talk-time of 6-8 hours and the standby time up to 20 days. And further on, the battery saver mode in the smartphone enables the battery life to increase the battery up to 50 percent. The device measures 145.00 x 71.50 x 9.50 mm and weighs 172 gm.
The memory of the device is coupled with 1GB RAM and 8GB internal storage. In supplement, the memory of the phone is expandable and can be extended up to 32GB. It runs on the Androidv5.1 Lollipop version. The camera features 5-megapixel rear camera along with flashlight and front camera comes with 2-megapixel. The connectivity options include Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS, and 3G connections. Hence, it does not support a 4G connection. Sensors on the smartphone include Accelerometer, Gyroscope, and Proximity sensor.
The handset further on comes with some pre-loaded apps for the consumers. It included Intex service, Clean Master, Opera Mini, Saavn, Freecharge, Newshunt, I-store, Hike messenger and much more. The major app which is integrated within the device is Gujarat Lions official app, which will render live updates of IPL match. It is pre-loaded with the Matrabhasha service, which facilitates the users to communicate in 21 regional languages, including Hindi.
Intex, which is an India’s biggest smartphone makers, initially used to manufacture computer peripherals. The company started with manufacturing featured phones and now also produces Android smartphones. It has also expanded its business line increasing a product portfolio. The firm has recently manufactured the TVs and introduced an Android smartwatch too.


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EA will launch a multiplayer beta for the new Medal of Honor game on 5th July according to retailer Play.com.
"The BETA will take place between July 5th and July 17th - access codes will be emailed on July 5th. All pre-orders through Play.com will entitle customers to an access code. BETA access details are subject to change at any time."
The multiplayer side of Medal of Honor, which will be shown off at E3 in Los Angeles next week, is being developed by Swedish studio DICE, while the single-player campaign has been put together by EA Los Angeles.
So far we've only seen the single-player in detail. Check out our most recent Medal of Honor single-player preview for a full overview.
The game is due out for PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 on 15th October.


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According to experts polled by Reuters, the United States will surpass other developed countries in terms of economic growth in 2021. However, another wave of the pandemic may considerably worsen its economic prospects. The surge in new cases will remain the most pressing problem in the next three months, experts say.
According to a survey of 100 economists conducted by Reuters, economic activity in the United States will increase thanks to the $1.9 trillion stimulus bill and the $2 trillion infrastructure development plan proposed by US President Joe Biden. The world's largest economy is likely to expand by 6.2% in 2021. This is the brightest outlook for the period more than two years ago and if achieved would mark the fastest calendar-year growth since 1984.
At the same time, about 70% of respondents noted that the biggest risk to the US economy could be a surge in new coronavirus cases in the next three months. However, experts reckon that the government is unlikely to re-impose lockdown restrictions. Besides, currently, investors are more focused on upbeat economic data rather than the epidemiological situation.
This year, the US economy may face high inflation. However, the Federal Reserve has enough tools to keep inflation under control. Fed Chairman Jerome Powell assured traders that the regulator would not allow inflation to exceed the 2% target. All in all, economists are optimistic about the prospects for the US economy in 2021. They are sure that in the near future it will recover to pre-crisis levels. At the same time, it will take more than a year before employment stabilizes.
Taking into account the preliminary estimates, in the first quarter of 2021, the US economy grew by 5.8% in annual terms. In the current quarter, it may increase by 8.5% versus the previous forecast value of 7.2%.


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Pepsi & Walter Pakistan Bring Eco Friendly Lighting to the Underprivileged
PepsiCo Pakistan has launched “Lighting up Lives”, a nationwide campaign created by Walter Pakistan that invites consumers to help deliver eco-friendly lighting to underprivileged communities simply through buying a bottle of Pepsi during the holy month of Ramadan.
Pepsi is the global partner of Liter of Light, an organisation dedicated to bringing eco-friendly lights to people living without electricity. Using simple, green technology, Liter of Light turns empty multi-serve plastic Pepsi bottles into solar-powered light sources, which have been deployed in communities across Philippines, India, Indonesia and Pakistan.
During Ramadan PepsiCo Pakistan will donate Re. 1 for every 1.75L bottle of Pepsi purchased, enabling Pakistani consumers to become part of the movement to end darkness in underprivileged homes across the country.
The challenge was to bring out the message of “Lighting up Lives” in a youthful yet emotional way that communicated the idea to the core target group and a wider audience.
Walter, PepsiCo’s creative partner in Pakistan, crafted a TVC that features young local stars, Hamza Ali Abbasi, Sanam Saeed, Syra Shahroz and Azzfar Rehman , as well as the voice of Pakistani Sufi musical legend, Abida Parveen, who sang “Noor-e-Azal, Noor-e-Khuda” “Light Eternal Light Divine”, the theme song for the campaign.
“We aimed to create a heartwarming, feel-good campaign to establish an instant emotional bond with the consumers so they’d want to watch it again and again, and hopefully, be motivated to become part of the Liter of Light cause,” said Asma Nabeel, chief creative officer at Walter.
“Ramadan is a month of warmth, compassion and blessings, and with this campaign, we sought to create a natural and emotional fit with the brand, elevating it to stand for something bigger during this holy month.”
The campaign broke on June 10, a week before the start of Ramadan, airing simultaneously on 55 TV channels (both satellite and terrestrial) throughout the prime time 6 pm to 9 pm slot – a first in the history of Pakistan advertising. The campaign will continue to run throughout the month, along with a comprehensive integrated marketing communications that cross all touch points.
“Liter of light is a powerful initiative and as an iconic brand we wanted to take the idea to the next level. It was important for us to appeal to a wider audience while keeping the core target market in mind,” said Muneeza Anwar, brand manager Colas, PepsiCo Pakistan.
“As a brand, it’s important for us to inspire the youth and help the community. Ramadan provided the perfect harmony for this concept to come to life,” added Salman Butt, marketing manager Colas, PepsiCo Pakistan.
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UBS Expects Apple to Sell 24M Apple Watches in Fiscal 2015
According to a new survey carried out by UBS, Apple is likely to sell around 24 million Apple Watch units in its first nine months of availability, while analyst Steven Milunovich notes that most units will sell at an average price between $420 and $430, AppleInsider is reporting. The poll, which consisted of 4,000 consumers, also revealed that 10% of consumers said they are “very likely” to buy a smartwatch in the next 12 months.
It must be pointed out that Apple’s fiscal 2015 concludes at the end of September, which means the estimates don’t include the 2015 holiday shopping season. So, if Apple sells 24 million Apple Watch units with an average price of $425, Milunovich says it would result in sales of $10.3 billion, and with an assumed 33% level of gross margin, would add $3.4 billion in profit to the company’s bottom line for fiscal 2015.
Looking to fiscal 2016, Milunovich’s estimates increase to 40 million units, resulting in $17 billion in sales and $6.2 billion in profit. And by 2018, his projections call for Apple to be selling 67.6 million Apple Watch units in a single fiscal year. The analyst said it’s likely that the iPhone and Apple Watch will prove to be complementary products, much like the Mac and iPad. But he said it’s also possible that the Apple Watch could eventually become the successor to the iPhone.
“With a sophisticated user interface and third-party apps coming on, Apple may be readying for the time when the Apple Watch encroaches on the smartphone market.”
UBS is maintaining its “buy” rating for AAPL with a price target of $125.


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The last 18 months have provided plenty of networking and educational opportunities within the realm of holiday rentals, but none offline. As a result, real-world interaction has been largely limited, and physical conferences have been pretty much out of the question. However, as markets unlock, vaccines roll out, and demand recovers, physical events are again on the horizon. One milepost on this route is the first-ever Short Stay Summit, scheduled for Tuesday, 14 September 2021, in London.
In years before Covid-19, the vacation rental industry saw a plethora of physical events in various locations. Short Stay Summit is proposed to consolidate that experience in Europe in the form of the Short Stay Summit. The European Holiday Home Association (EHHA), the UK Short Term Accommodation Association (STAA), and the Vacation Rental Management Association (VRMA) have all come together to create “the largest European conference in the industry since 2019”.
2021 Short Stay Summit: Merilee Karr interview
We spoke with the Chair of the STAA and CEO of UnderTheDoormat, Merilee Karr, about the circumstance that paved the way for Short Stay Summit and what lies in wait for those who attend.
Hello, Short Stay Summit, Goodbye, VRMA Europe
The Short Stay Summit is due to replace VRMA Europe, the last edition of which took place in Prague in 2019. As Merilee explains in the video, this is key to highlighting the industry’s collaborative nature and providing one unified platform for industry professionals to network, educate themselves, and seek opportunities.
The summit will take place at Tobacco Dock in central London, and the choice of venue is intended to act as a reference to the uniqueness and character of vacation rental properties. The venue’s design also makes it completely Covid-secure, which of course, also played a big part in its selection for the summit.
The last year and a half have seen consumer priorities shift drastically to put vacation rentals front and center for travel. The coming time will prove critical if industry professionals are to capitalise on this shift fully. Industry events, especially those at the scale of Short Stay Summit, can help learn what short-term rental businesses must do to keep up.
The Short Stay Summit is one-day event supported by Vrbo, Booking.com, Homes & Villas by Marriott International, Awaze, Rentals United, UnderTheDoormat and Breezeway. This will be the largest European conference the industry has seen since 2019.


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According to The Weather Company, an IBM Business unit, weather-related delays cost the freight industry approximately $8.7 billion a year. To help minimize those costs and the shipment inefficiencies that go with them, the firm is rolling out a new system dubbed Operations Dashboard for Ground Transportation – a solution designed to help “optimize workforce productivity” and route selection for freight and logistics companies.
According Mark Gildersleeve, vice president and head of business solutions for The Weather Company, this new dashboard includes information on weather and road condition information, such as precipitation, wind, fog, ice and pooling water.
The dashboard also integrates real-time traffic flow and incident data, and flags safety hazards, he added in a statement.
"By providing freight and logistics companies with a single view of critical weather and traffic information, we are providing them with the ability to make proactive decisions that can reduce inefficiencies and potentially keep their drivers out of harm's way," Gildersleeve explained.
"We understand that weather can be disruptive, but with the right insight companies can be prepared to make proactive decisions," he pointed out.
The company also noted that its new dashboard is designed to provide input across trucking and fleet organizations, large and small, thru a variety of avenues:
- Dispatchers will have access to a dashboard of the network of vehicles and locations, with a view of relevant weather, traffic, and safety information on each route.
- Distribution center executives will have access to a dashboard-level view of weather and traffic that impacts the safety of relevant personnel and facility operations.
- Drivers will receive live, location-based alerts for current locations and upcoming locations based on current trajectory. Drivers will also have the ability to check weather and traffic while planning the day's travel and during breaks.
Additionally, dispatchers can set up individualized alerts of approaching hazards that are delivered via application program interfaces or APIs as well as in-cab or mobile devices. This “alerting capability” can track a driver's trajectory and send alerts based on approaching weather, the company said.


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Quantum mechanics, it’s certainly an intriguing and almost spooky field, but over the next decade or two we will see a major shift in the understanding and utilization of the various applications of quantum physics. One company based in San Marcos, Texas is already working on 3D printing technologies which are within the quantum realm.
Quantum Materials Corporation (otcqb:QTMM), has been researching and producing quantum dots for several years now. Quantum dots are the tiny little nanocrystals which are produced from semiconductor materials. They are so tiny, that they take on quantum mechanical properties. Today the company announced that they have secured a specific type of quantum dot technology which has been developed by the Institute for Critical Technology and Applied Science and the Design, Research, and Education for Additive Manufacturing Systems (DREAMS) Laboratory at Virginia Tech.
The technology is based around a patented process which embeds tiny quantum dots into products during a 3D printing process, so that their manufacturers can detect counterfeits. The quantum dots are embedded in such a way that they create an unclonable signature of sorts. Only the manufacturers of the products which have these signatures embedded, know what they should be, making it easy for them to detect illegal copies. Such a security feature would work well within a variety of markets.
“The remarkable number of variations of semiconductor nanomaterials properties QMC can manufacture, coupled with Virginia Tech’s anti-counterfeiting process design, combine to offer corporations extreme flexibility in designing physical cryptography systems to thwart counterfeiters, “stated David Doderer, Quantum Materials Corporation VP for Research and Development. “As 3D printing and additive manufacturing technology advances, its ubiquity allows for the easy pirating of protected designs. We are pleased to work with Virginia Tech to develop this technology’s security potential in a way that minimizes threats and maximizes 3D printing’s future impact on product design and delivery by protecting and insuring the integrity of manufactured products.”
The security that such a technique offers is quite high. Not only can Quantum Materials Corporation print quantum dots into object, and have those dots emit specific colors, but they can print the dots into an object shaped in several different ways. In addition the company has the ability to use dual emission tetrapod quantum dots to give off two different colors at once. Such technology should easily slow down product counterfeiting, by giving each product a nanoscale signature, that only its manufacturers know exists.
As 3D printing technology expands, we will find ourselves in a world rife with intellectual property theft. This new quantum dot technology could give companies the ability to 3D print their own products, while maintaining the ability to make sure others are not doing the same with their proprietary designs.
Let us know what you think about this new method of 3D printing quantum dots into products, via the Quantum dot printing forum thread on 3DPB.com.
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The Bianca Rae Foundation teamed up with The Gardens on El Paseo and El Paseo Village to host the first ever “The Gardens to the Rescue” adoption event. Over 10 retailers at the shopping center hosted adoptable dogs and cats from seven local animal organizations. Humane Society of the Desert, Loving All Animals, Coachella Valley Animal Campus, Living Free, the Palm Springs Animal Shelter, Whiskers and Purrs and Virtual Rescue all brought adoptable dogs and cats.
People from all valley cities stopped by looking for a new member of their family. We are so grateful to everyone who came by, bought raffle ticket (proceeds benefited the Bianca Rae Foundation and Humane Society of the Desert), and of course those who saved a life by adopting.
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It’s heartbreaking and sad as the Nigerian Movie Industry looses another Young and Amazing talent, David Mela to the cold hands of Death.
David Mela was a fast-rising Nollywood actor, model and fashion designer. According to reports, David was going through a lot until his death. It was gathered that he passed away after battling an undisclosed sickness.
His last post on Facebook shows he has been passing through a lot before his death.


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If we prolonged for a time when a phones didn’t scan a faces or cost $1,000, there’s a new handset entrance for you. HMD Global has launched another new Nokia 3310, and this one brings 3G speeds and a 27-day battery. And it’s entrance to a U.S.
When Nokia showed off a 3310 reboot during Mobile World Congress progressing this year, it now combined buzz. Not usually was a favorite candy bar handset from a 2000s back, it also brought an updated pattern with a 2.4-inch screen, a removable battery, and a MicroSD slot. But it had problems, too. It didn’t have a hold screen. It didn’t run Android like a other Nokia phones. And, many importantly, it was tied to 2G networks, that meant U.S. buyers were sealed out.
That’s altered with a arriving Nokia 3310 3G. Not usually will it move high(er)-speed Internet access, it will also be means to make calls on U.S. networks. HMD says it will be rising a Nokia 3310 3G in a U.S. though hasn’t given a time support for recover yet. An HMD deputy told me information would be accessible “in a entrance weeks.”
We do know that a handset will be an Australian disdainful during first, where it will cost $90. HMD has also arguable that a general Nokia 3310 will cost 69 Euros, that works out to around $80.
Low price, tiny functionality
However, even for such a low price, a U.S.-bound Nokia 3310 doesn’t offer many over nostalgia. It still runs a Nokia Series 30+ handling complement (which now has a customizable UI), though many people would rather have an Android fork. Plus, it usually has a 2MP camera and usually facilities a tiny handful of apps. And it doesn’t have a hold shade or Wi-Fi. It does, however, come in blue, yellow, red, and charcoal, and includes an upgraded chronicle of a classical Snake game. So there’s that.
For comparison, a Jelly phone has a same 2.4-inch shade though also brings a full chronicle of Android Nougat, 4G networking, an 8MP camera, and GPS. The Nokia 3310 is lovable and kitschy, though we can’t suppose many people indeed shopping one—or amatory a one they’ve purchased.
Nor do we know either it’ll be sole by any of a vital U.S. carriers. Even with Nokia’s branding, HMD has struggled to make inroads in a U.S. cellphone market. The Nokia 6 is a usually HMD Global handset on sale in a U.S., though it’s usually accessible by Amazon, and only for ATT and T-Mobile customers. At $180 (with close shade ads) it’s usually $100 some-more than a Nokia 3310 cost tag, and we get a full-featured smartphone regulating Android 7.1.
During a introduction, HMD Global arch selling officer Pekka Rantala pronounced a Nokia 3310 will interest to people who wish “a summer phone… a festival phone, and… an intent of desire.” This seems like an extremely tiny niche, though we get what he’s saying. The Nokia 3310 could interest to smartphone users who wish a singular phone to take on vacation, or to relatives who wish their kids to be means to call them. But even then, it’s substantially not value it. Most of a carriers have already begun to transition to 4G LTE exclusively, and there’s no revelation how many longer 3G networks will be reliable. And like a Nokia 6, it’s doubtful to work on a Verizon or Sprint spectrum.
So, while a Nokia 3310 might be lovable and cheap, even during $80, it’s frequency a bargain. But, hey, if we unequivocally wish to play Snake regulating hardware keys, afterwards it’s substantially a phone of your dreams.


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