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Investors are rushing into the relative safe haven of the bond market, causing the yield on the U.S. 10-year Treasury to plummet.Real Estateread more
President Donald Trump on Thursday directed the U.S. intelligence community to "quickly and fully cooperate" with Attorney General William Barr's investigation into the...Politicsread more
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Apple is planning an all-you-can-read subscription news service in partnership with publishers, according to a report by The Wall Street Journal. Apple would bundle news content from across media outlets then keep about half the revenue, the report says.
The service would be a quick way to monetize Apple's News app and would likely bolster the company's services revenue at a time when hardware sales are slowing. But it'll be a tricky sale for news publishers who are increasingly facing tighter profit margins.
The plan would involve a paid tier of the Apple News app that would cost about $10 per month and include news stories that are currently hidden behind publishers' paywalls. Apple would keep half of the fees, and the other half would be divided among publishers based on how much time readers spent reading each outlet, the report says.
The deal would offer publishers significantly less than they make through their own subscription services today. For instance, The Wall Street Journal charges more than $20 a month for various digital subscriptions.
Apple is also developing a new video service, CNBC reported in October. The company has been shifting toward recurring revenue schemes as iPhone sales shrink. Goldman Sachs separately this week said a bundle could drive growth in Apple's services segment.
Read the full Wall Street Journal report.


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Photos purporting to show Apple's upcoming fifth iPhone device have leaked for the second time in a week.
Last week two instances of images allegedly showing the next-generation iPhone were published to the internet.
Both accounts, along with images given to Kitguru, appear to confirm reports of a 4-inch screen and bigger form factor of 58.47mm x 123.83mm.
The photos of the "pre-release test sample" similarly confirm reports of a headphone jack moved from its traditional position on the top of the handset to the bottom.
The Kitguru report has since been removed from the website.
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There’s been a tremendous recent emphasis on how businesses should help the societies in which they operate. That push led to the rise of corporate social responsibility (CSR), which emphasizes how companies should use their resources for the greater good. A new, similar concept known as corporate social innovation, or CIR, tasks enterprises with using their capabilities to engage with the public and solve problems.
This post will examine what CIR entails, and how you can implement it at your company.
What Is Corporate Innovation Responsibility?
The basis of CIR is that companies have an obligation to put some of their finances toward innovations to help the public. CIR is very similar to corporate social innovation. But, India, in particular, defines it differently and incorporates it into the nation’s laws.
India requires businesses that meet a specific profit margin to spend at least 2% of their annual profits on CSR. However, in September 2019, the country’s government widened the scope of CSR to include money given to tech incubators. That’s when the CSI definition gained prominence.
These more extensive efforts can span into investments for fields like science and technology, as long as the efforts of the receiving organization support India’s sustainable development goals. Some analysts say this transition has turned CSR into corporate innovation responsibility.
So far, most other nations have not officially defined CIR like India has. However, many companies are still making decisions that easily fall under the CIR umbrella. For example, Bridgestone, the brand known for its tires, announced a new Global Innovation Park, which will initially be in Kodaira, Japan. In addition to restructuring the facilities there, the brand plans to open four new facilities.
The Global Innovation Park will be a testing ground for numerous advancements that focus on helping society members stay mobile. One of the sections of the facility is barrier-free to promote inclusivity for people with differing abilities. Then, in Brazil, some people in the business community want to focus on using innovations to spark positive changes in both the corporate world and broader society.
How Can Businesses Get on Board With CIR?
CIR done right can have a long-lasting impact on a firm’s customers, partners and employees. What should businesses do if they want to embrace CIR?
One smart step to take is for businesses to partner with environmentally friendly corporations. Anja Manuel, a leading expert on how to move into international markets, emphasizes creating a culture of global technological progress through cooperation. In a TED Talk, Manuel discussed how China is focusing on innovation, but in ways different than those in the West.
However, some of China’s methods are valuable for other nations to mimic. For example, it’s rapidly investing in tech companies from the United States and giving students more access to high-quality science and technology educations. Making progress in CIR may mean working with sustainable companies doing business abroad, but it could also require staying tuned to innovations occurring domestically.
If company leaders aren’t ready to directly collaborate with companies that are leading the way in societal changes, they can support the efforts of those firms through financial investments. For example, in 2018, the Asia-Pacific region was the leading investor in solar-powered innovations. Environmental sustainability will undoubtedly continue to be a crucial issue, particularly with the spotlight on climate change mitigation.
Environmental sustainability is not the only facet of CIR. But, if you consider how the state of the planet has such a significant impact on things like the food supply, wildlife and weather patterns, it’s arguably foolish to overlook the environment in any CIR plan.
Another opportunity to integrate CIR at a company is to sponsor a hackathon. One such event at Stanford University tasked students with tackling environmental issues in 31 hours. No matter how you choose to devote time and talent to CIR goals, remember not to see CSR and CIR as distinctly separate. They can and should influence each other by informing what your company does to help others and the planet.
View CIR as a Methodical Process
Some companies receive scrutiny if it appears they have only adopted CIR to capitalize on the trend of customers expecting brands to positively affect the world with their resources. As your enterprise explores how and when to implement CIR, aim to avoid that pitfall.
Although CSR and CIR differ, they both should be authentic, and the public should get the impression that your company is engaging in these related practices thoughtfully, and for the right reasons. Whether you own a business, specifically oversee corporate sustainability or are in some other position of power, be strategic about how you move forward with CIR.
It’s preferable to take part in a slow and purposeful process, instead of one that happens too quickly and appears to lack authenticity. Finally, encourage everyone at the company to play their part in making CIR happen. As we discussed earlier, adequate CIR may require collaborating with companies operating elsewhere. However, collaboration can start from within, and teamwork can amplify efforts.


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With 10 million downloads in three days, Angry Birds Space has vaulted the mobile-game business into the stratosphere of bona fide entertainment blockbusters.
It’s hard to calculate how much money the game has generated because prices range from 99 cents for Angry Birds Space on iOS to $6 on Windows PCs. At a minimum of $10 million, that puts Rovio in a different league among mobile-game publishers.
Still, the mobile game industry is young and its revenues are much smaller when viewed against the backdrop of other entertainment hits. If this were a movie’s opening weekend, the $10 million take wouldn’t be so impressive, as Hollywood’s “The Hunger Games” proved over the weekend with box office receipts of $155 million.
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And in its first 24 hours in November, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 generated $400 million of sales on the PC and consoles.
But looking at the sheer number of users, Rovio’s 10 million customers is impressive. The Modern Warfare 3 user count was just 6.5 million people making purchases in the first 24 hours. At around $10 each, The Hunger Games’ opening audience was perhaps 15.5 million people.
Worth noting as well: Rovio is selling a lot of non-game merchandise through partners such as Walmart. It is also selling virtual goods inside the game, with in-app purchases of 99 cents or more. There is no limit to the number of virtual-goods purchases that players can make in the game.
All told, Rovio has reached far more users across the globe than the other blockbusters, with more than 700 million downloads of the whole Angry Birds series since December 2010.
“That’s a pretty significant achievement that has not happened on iOS or Android before,” said Matthaus Krzykowski from mobile search firm Xyologic and an occasional consultant for VentureBeat. “For comparison, it took a juggernaut like Pinterest more than one and a half months to get to such numbers.”
Rich Wong, a partner at Accel Partners, the venture capital firm that is a backer of Rovio, said that the spectacular Angry Birds Space launch is due to great execution and other factors, including the fact that there are far more smartphones and tablets in the market today than one or two years ago.
Rovio also leveraged third-party promoters such as T-Mobile, which created a 300-feet-long slingshot with a Red Bird on the Seattle Space Needle (pictured). It also worked with Walmart, Samsung, and National Geographic on cross promotions and collaborated with NASA for publicity that raised the game’s visibility.
Rovio was able to debut Angry Birds Space on iOS (the iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad), Android, the PC, the Mac, and the Barnes & Noble Nook eBook reader all on day-one. It is also working on versions for other platforms such as Windows Phone 7.
Andrej Nabergoj, chief executive of App-o-day mobile discovery site Iddiction, said, “Angry Birds Space is really polished game. It’s a textbook example on how to build on existing intellectual property. If the original Angry Birds was a surprising success, nothing was left to coincidence here. Deeper game play, gorgeous graphics, innovative physics, reinterpretation of the original music. But most importantly, as extremely well-coordinated and innovative global marketing campaign involving the space station, installations, etc. Angry Birds Space repositions and re-establishes Rovio as one of the leading and most innovative mobile gaming companies.”
Tim Merel, managing director at Digi-Capital, a boutique gaming investment bank, said, “It points to the strength of the brand, and in particular the potential for Angry Birds to turn Rovio into one of the first true trans-media games companies to come out of mobile. The potential for Rovio as an entertainment platform company is very strong, and 2012 is likely to be a pivotal year for realizing that vision. Delivery on all fronts (other game types, TV, film, toys etc.) is what the company has the potential to achieve commercially, so it will be fascinating to see how” the team chooses to do so.
Peter Farago, vice president of marketing at analytics firm Flurry, said the only thing that comes close in numbers is the Draw Something game, created by OMGPOP (which was promptly acquired by Zynga), which took five weeks to get to 20 million downloads.
Jeff Scott, editor of 148Apps Network, said, “It’s great that it still has such life left in it. Rovio has said that it is bringing three to four additional Angry Birds games out this year. If they continue to pull these huge numbers they may well be on their way to (their stated goal of) ‘being bigger than Disney.'”
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Starbucks Corp. said it is ending the test of a service that allows consumers to order their coffee drinks online or via phone for pick-up in the store.
Starbucks launched the service locally in October 2001, and tested the Starbucks Express service in 11 stores in the Seattle area -- most of them in Bellevue, Redmond and Kirkland. A single store in Seattle offered the service.
The Seattle-based company rolled out a much larger test in more than 60 stores in the Denver area in August 2002.
Now the company says the test -- and the service -- will end Feb. 23.
A note on the service's Web site stops short of calling the test a failure.
"While the Starbucks Express service was highly regarded by many customers, the service was being offered as a market test in Denver and Seattle. The test was scheduled to conclude at the end of January. We gained tremendous insights about what you, our best customers, expect from a convenience service and we greatly appreciate your participation in and enthusiasm for the program."
Customers were required to register online and to provide billing information with a credit or debit card to establish a prepaid account. The service cost an extra 25 cents per order. Starbucks said any unused balances on those accounts will be fully refunded when the service ends.
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Telewest Broadband has decided to challenge Sky's dominance of the Personal Video Recorder (PVR) arena with its own set top box due to be launched at the end of the summer.
The device will have 160Gb of storage (around 80hours) as well as three video tuners (one more than Sky+) and allow customers to record two programmes simultaneously while watching a third.
The set-top box will feature all the standard PVR options such as allowing customers to pause and instantly rewind live TV if their viewing is interrupted.
The Telewest Broadband PVR will also deliver high-definition TV (HDTV) content in the future - offering a significant improvement in picture quality compared with today's standard-definition digital TV broadcasts, especially on larger plasma and LCD screens.
Eric Tveter, president and chief operating officer at Telewest Broadband, said: “We will make our personal video recorder set-top box available later this year, putting a stop to missed soaps, interrupted films and arguments over which programmes to record. It's a fantastic box of TV tricks that people will wonder how they ever survived without!”
Eric Tveter added: “Telewest Broadband's unique combination of personal video recorder and television-on-demand services will mean our customers have the best of both worlds - freedom from the TV schedule with PVR control, and on-demand access to a wider selection of movies and TV content. It's not about offering people more TV, but giving them the freedom to watch exactly what they want, when they want.”
Pricing for the unit is yet to be confirmed however a spokesman for Telewest said that they were considering a rental option rather than the retail route Sky has taken with its Sky+ box. This he said "would reduce the intitial cost to the consumer at the beginning."


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Toshiba Corp CEO Satoshi Tsunakawa said that his company is open to talks with Western Digital in their dispute over the sale of the Japanese conglomerate's chip unit.
Speaking at the company headquarters during a news conference after asking regulators for extension on financial filing and deal on chip unit sale, Mr. Tsunakawa said that WD "used to be a good partner, so we want to continue talks. I'm disappointed with the current dispute." He addd it was important that they joined forces to better compete against bigger rival Samsung Electronics. But Toshiba;s CEO added that his company would not be the first to propose WD join the consortium and it was still considering whether to block Western Digital employees not based at the plant from accessing joint venture data servers.
Western Digital, which jointly runs Toshiba's main semiconductor plant, has sought a U.S. court injunction to prevent any deal for Toshiba's chip unit that does not have its consent.
Toshiba softened its stance against Western Digital on a day of further indignities as the crisis-wracked conglomerate saw itself demoted to the second section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange and estimated bigger losses for the past financial year.
Earlier this week, Toshiba chose a consortium of Bain Capital, Sk Hynix and Japanese government investors as preferred bidder for its memory chip unit, the world's No. 2 producer of NAND flash chips. It wants to close a deal, worth some $18 billion, by June 28, the day of its shareholders meeting.
But according to unconfirmed reports from Japan, the Bain consortium members had made resolving the dispute with Western Digital a condition of their investment.
The participation of South Korea's SK Hynix Inc. in the Bain consortium has raised concerns that the winning bid may find it difficult to clear anti-trust reviews. Its presence has made Western Digital reluctant to join the group in its current form due to worries that high-level technology for NAND chips could be leaked to its rival.
But Mr. Tsunakawa said SK Hynix would not be holding any equity and would not be involved in management.


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Abraxas Group LLC (“Abraxas”), a boutique advisory firm focused on supporting Middle Market companies in transition, is pleased to announce the successful business transformation of client Luster Products.
Luster Products is a family-owned consumer goods company serving the multi-cultural haircare market. The company has two main brands that cater to this segment: Pink® and S-Curl®. Luster Products has deep roots in the industry, having been founded in 1957 and ranking as the top of the “heritage” companies in its segment.
In January of 2020, David Johnson of Abraxas Group joined the Luster Products leadership team as Interim Chief Operating Officer, with a mandate to drive a business transformation. In the face of the historic challenges that 2020 presented to all companies, especially those in the middle market, David and the Luster Products team developed and executed a business transformation that resulted in dramatic improvement in the company’s profitability and key operating measures.
Jory Luster, President and CEO of Luster Products, had this to say:
“What David has built at Abraxas Group is special, and my family and company were the beneficiaries of that in 2020. David is simply a different type of consultant. He joined the team, rolled up his sleeves, and he worked with us to craft a business transformation that would not only meet our business objectives but one that was true to the culture that my family has built and nurtured over 60 years. This was a true and successful partnership.”
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In a recent Instagram post, 27-year-old Chelsea Naftelberg looks pained, with her eyes shut, a hand over her face and a grimace.
She’s superimposed a cartoon hamburger, ice cream cone and serving of french fries over the selfie. The photo is captioned: “2 days down, 28 to go. #whole30 #thestruggle.”
The latest diet craze to hit New York isn’t just about dropping pounds, it’s about broadcasting your painstaking effort to your social media followers.
The Whole30 program is a strict dietary “reset” that lasts 30 days and takes the Paleo Diet — in which followers eat like hunter-gatherers — to new extremes.
Like with that popular regimen, grains, dairy, legumes, alcohol and added sugar are off limits.
What makes the Whole30 different, though, is that it’s all or nothing. If one bite of a doughnut is consumed on Day 29, it’s back to Day One to start the program all over again. And you can’t step on the scale: Weigh-ins are not allowed.
Naftelberg, a social media manager from Brooklyn, found out about the program from “a girl she follows” on Instagram from Minneapolis, who did the Whole30 and artfully posted her approved meals.
“It seemed really doable and feasible, and something that would be a challenge,” Naftelberg tells The Post.
Naftelberg and her law-school boyfriend, Mike DiPietro, 25, began the program in mid-January to combat some holiday weight gain.
Soon, her Instagram feed — @chelseaoutloud — went from cute selfies with her boyfriend to eggplant lasagna, eggs over smashed sweet potatoes and zucchini pasta.
“Between Instagram and Twitter and Pinterest, it’s the perfect thing for Whole30,” she says. “I have my Whole30 board, so now when anyone comes to me saying they want to do the Whole30, I just send them to my Pinterest.
“My boss has done it, I have friends who are thinking about doing it now, but a bunch of people at work did it at the same time as me,” she continues. “I think we kind of inspired a bit of a movement when we started doing it.”
Salt Lake City nutritionist couple Dallas and Melissa Hartwig founded Whole30 after Dallas, 36, reduced his chronic shoulder inflammation by switching to the nutrition plan. They shared the program on Melissa’s blog in 2009, and it slowly went viral through word of mouth — or, more likely, sharing of link.
So what’s the draw? Just the simple promise that the program will “change your life.”
By cutting out what the Hartwigs consider to be “psychologically unhealthy, hormone-unbalancing, gut-disrupting, inflammatory food groups” for a whole month, the body is supposed to “heal” and the metabolism reset.
“Getting in control of your food gives people a sense of self-confidence and self-efficacy that spills over into every other area of their life,” Melissa, 41, tells The Post. “Having such a powerful experience, people started to share that, and that’s really how it grew.”
Their first book, “It Starts With Food,” released in 2012, explained the premise of the program and slowly rose to the top of the New York Times best-seller list.
And their follow-up is the No. 1 cookbook on Amazon just over a month after its release.
The couple estimates that more than 10,000 people have completed the diet.
“We did no advertising, we did no promotion of our own,” Melissa says. “It was just this groundswell of word of mouth, this underground campaign from people who have done the program and experienced the amazing results.”
But if their marketing budget is virtually nonexistent, their 21,300 followers on Twitter, 141,000 on Instagram, 217,000 likes on Facebook and A-list fans like model Molly Sims have certainly gotten the word out.
Financial District-based consultant Nicole Widder, 35, heard about the program through a friend. After researching it online, she felt it “spoke to her” as a way to fix her bad nutrition habits, like unconsciously reaching for the office M&M bowl.
As she neared the end of the diet, her Instagram feed — @nlwidder — filled with photos of her kitchen counter, where chopped onions, cauliflower rice and no-sugar-added bacon are all captioned with #Whole30.
The reality, though, is less dreamy — Widder had to throw out her $50 tickets to the city’s Texas Chili Cook-Off earlier in May because of the restrictions.
“The hardest part for me has been eating out, just living in New York,” she says, adding it’s not impossible, but usually involves questioning waiters about dishes. “I work in Union Square and yesterday I found myself at Whole Foods three times.”
Marlen Quiles, 45, who owns a catering company in Bayonne, NJ, discovered the program through a friend on Facebook who “posted every day what she was eating and how she was reacting.”
“I think it was very helpful,” she says. “I think everyone who’s on a diet or has some kind of weight struggle should do that.”
But not everyone is happy to see their social media feeds taken over by snaps of zucchini pasta.
“It’s the inverse of losing a friend to drugs,” says Long Island-based online personality Trevor S. “If a friend is really committed to a fad diet, you’re kind of losing them, and there’s a little bit of tragedy in it.”
Trevor, 30, even created a meme of a girl running, paired with the words, “Exercising for just 10 minutes a day raises your risk of posting inspirational quotes by 60%.”
He got 2,654 likes, and when it was regrammed by the popular account @thefatjewish, it received 179,000 likes and a comment of “amen to dat!”
“It seems like whenever somebody starts a fad diet or a new fitness program, it makes them want to become evangelical about it, and it alienates everybody,” Trevor tells The Post. “There’s kind of this implication like, ‘I’ve discovered something that makes me better than you.’”
And some pros say this is just the latest in a string of fads.
“People have historically been attracted to quick-fix magic bullets, gimmicks, and it works,” says Keith-Thomas Ayoob, a dietitian and professor at Albert Einstein College of Medicine. “Thirty days and I’m done — so there’s something very seductive about that.
“You don’t reset your eating habits and metabolism by eliminating good food groups. The list of avoids is ridiculous. The idea of avoiding all dairy, all whole grains, beans — it just makes no sense.”
But dieter Widder says the proof is in the pudding: She’s sleeping better, has clearer skin, and, on Day 31, discovered she’d lost 12 pounds and 3 inches from her waist.
And by the time Naftelberg reached the end of her Whole30 on Valentine’s Day, she says she’d lost her “gluten gut” and six pounds.
To celebrate, she and boyfriend DiPietro — who shed 16 pounds in the 30 days — went wild … well, kind of.
“I made us Paleo ramen that included honey in it, which is not on the Whole30,” Naftelberg recalls. “And a vegan ice cream. We shared a bottle of sake as our first real indulgence. It felt like one after 30 days.”


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Hires and promotions, March 14
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Vendini, in San Francisco, appointed Mark Guarnera executive vice president overseeing product, marketing and member services. Guarnera previously was vice president of sales.
Truaxis in Redwood City named Jen Millard chief revenue officer. She was founder and managing partner of Retail Growth Partners LLC.
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Today's business and finance round up 30th November 2021
🚢Asda charters private ship to save Christmas sales
30th November 2021
Good morning At midnight Barbados became the world’s newest republic after ditching the Queen as head of state. The Caribbean island has sworn in its first ever president coinciding with its 55th anniversary of independence from Britain.
Asda charters private ship to save Christmas sales
Twitter CEO logs out …again
RETAILAsda charters private ship to save Christmas sales
What’s going on?Asda is pulling out all the stops to ensure that shelves are well stocked during the peak Christmas period. The UK’s third biggest supermarket has chartered its own cargo ship full of festive items like toys, decorations and clothing.
Why is this important?
Asda is taking drastic measures to avoid disappointing shoppers during the festive period as it, along with other retailers, battle global supply chain disruptions.In its latest trading update it announced that it was chartering its first ever cargo ship carrying 350 containers of items from China. It also reported that sales in the three months to October were down 0.7% compared to the year before at £4.9bn. The grocer blamed the fall on the easing of lockdown restrictions which weakened demand for supermarket shopping as people returned to eating out. Other measures Asda is taking over the next few weeks include recruiting 15,000 temporary workers and increasing its stock of turkeys and other festive food compared to last year.The UK is in the middle of lorry driver shortage which is disrupting the delivery of goods to supermarkets. On top of that production in Asia has been hit by Covid restrictions which has delayed the distribution of products.TakeawaySupply chain worries have become a regular feature of company trading updates in recent months. Retailers including John Lewis, Costco and Walmart in the US have all arranged their own ships to secure goods in time for Christmas. But smaller companies without the resources to take such measures could be left empty handed.
SOCIAL MEDIATwitter CEO logs out …again
Yesterday Twitter CEO, Jack Dorsey, announced that he would step down from his role and be replaced by chief technology officer Parag Agrawal.It’s the second time Dorsey will leave the social media giant he founded 15 years ago, back in 2008 he was ousted by the board before returning in 2015.Dorsey is also the boss of another multibillion-dollar company, digital payment platform Square which he co-founded in 2009 during his hiatus from Twitter. According to Forbes, Dorsey’s shares in both companies have given him a personal fortune of over $12bn. For years he faced criticism over his dual roles with investors calling for him to step back from one of them to focus on the other.Dorsey's time at Twitter has been pretty tumultuous. Revenue growth in recent years have been steady, but shows signs of slowing, with the year-on-year increases falling from 25% in 2018 to 7% in 2020.Along with other social media companies it’s also found itself at the centre of controversies related to hate speech and misinformation. Dorsey’s departure has been a long time coming. Running two huge companies is a huge ask and investors have been concerned that he was spreading himself too thin. Given Square is valued at over $98bn compared to Twitter's $38bn, it’s perhaps no surprise which one he chose.
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Joy e Bike, part of the WardWizard Group, will begin accepting pre-orders for its new Mihos electric scooter on January 22, 2023. The Joy e-Bike Mihos were launched earlier this month at the 2023 Auto Expo with an introductory price of ¥149,000 first 5,000 customers (ex-showroom, India). Potential customers can reserve the e-scooters for free online or at one of the company’s more than 600 showrooms across the country.
WardWizard also revealed that deliveries of the Mihos electric scooters will be phased in from March. Mihos was designed and developed with polydicyclopentadiene (PDCPD) for greater durability and flexibility, the company said. The model is also equipped with a wide and long seat, while the seat height is 750mm for easy access. Styling incorporates retro classic lines and curved body shell.
Also read: Auto Expo 2023: Joy e-Bike unveils Mihos EV ¥149,000
Commenting on the opening of pre-orders, Yatin Gupte, Chairman and General Manager, WardWizard Innovations Mobility, said: “We have had an amazing response to MIHOS at the Auto Expo. Visitors not only appreciated its retro design, but also praised the way it was used to make the scooters for increased safety (PDCPD). In response to the positive response from consumers, we are pleased to start booking MIHOS online for free. Our idea is to provide services to our patrons through both online and offline media. With its state-of-the-art technology and advanced features, we have Confidence in meeting customer expectations.”
The Joy electric bike Mihos measures 1,864mm long, 700mm wide and 1,178mm high. The wheelbase is 1,360 millimeters. The electric scooter has telescopic forks at the front and a spring suspension at the rear. This model has a ground clearance of 175mm. This model also has features like smartphone connectivity via Bluetooth, remote tracking, reverse mode, GPS tracking, regenerative braking, side stand indicator and hydraulic combined braking system (CBS).
Power comes from a 2.5 kWh lithium-ion battery that powers a 1.5 kW BLDC electric motor that produces 90 Nm of peak torque. The company claims 0-40 km/h acceleration in under 7 seconds and a top speed of 70 km/h. The company says its batteries contain a series of safety sensors for current protection and thermal cutoff. The model promises a range of 100 kilometers on a single charge and can be fully charged in four hours.
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What Minnie will be wearing to the Metro's
Well now that the Minnie-is-hosting-the-Metro-FM-Awards secret's out (Yay, us!), Minnie has revealed what she'll be wearing to the event- because you know that's the real important stuff.
Minnie always looks glam at events, especially when she's hosting those events, so you can be sure her styling team is going to pull out all the stops to make sure she looks glams.
And now it's been announced that Minne will be dressed by legendary designer Michael Costello who also dresses... wait for it Beyonce and Kim K (among others).
"Through my New York based celebrity stylist, Steven "Bouzhee" Kinlock, last September I had the honor of meeting designer Michael Costello. Steven will be arriving next week, with garments from the New York based Costello," Minnie says.
Yes, Minnie, but we read GARMENTS so how many outfit changes will there be?
All Minnie says is that fans can expect "as many hair changes as the outfits".
We can't wait!


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The 10th edition of the World Retail Congress will be held in Dubai under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, vice president and prime minister of the UAE, and ruler of Dubai.
In conjunction with the Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Majid Al Futtaim becomes the official partner of the World Retail Congress 2016.
“Dubai is one of the most important and dynamic retail environments in the world and the MENA region represents tremendous growth potential for the companies that participate in the World Retail Congress. Our partnership with Majid Al Futtaim and the Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry will help us use the 10th anniversary of the World Retail Congress to spotlight innovation in retail development and open doors to new investment and expansion opportunities for global brands to reach millions of new customers,” says World Retail Congress chairman Ian McGarrigle.
“We’re excited to have the opportunity to partner with the World Retail Congress and Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry to make the 2016 edition of the World Retail Congress an event that truly reflects the innovative thinking and pioneering spirit that Dubai is known for,” adds Alain Bejjani, CEO, Majid Al Futtaim Holding.
“This is the first time that the World Retail Congress is being held outside Europe, which is a testament to Dubai’s reputation as a leader in the MICE industry and hosting world-class global events and exhibitions. Partnering with Majid Al Futtaim, we believe World Retail Congress 2016 will set the benchmark for future editions of the world’s largest annual retail event,” affirms Majid Saif Al Ghurair, chairman, Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
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The Dubai Festivals and Retail Establishment (DFRE) has unveiled an exciting line-up
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The UAE e-commerce market is expected to reach $9.2 billion in 2026,
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New uberX Prices – and Win Tickets to Live Comedy!
The uberX service was launched here in KL with a simple goal – to allow the people of our city to move around in a safe and reliable way, at the lowest possible price. With prices up to 40% cheaper than a normal taxi, we’ve had a huge response from KL-ites.
Equally important, the uberX product also became a means of economic empowerment. Former taxi drivers and women are among the categories of KL-ites who’ve benefited from the Uber platform, and we’re proud to have played a role in developing our city.
Despite our rapid growth, we’ve never wavered from our commitment to ensuring that all rides are safe and reliable – which includes regular investment in system infrastructure upgrades and insurance premiums. As such, riders are able to benefit from the following high standard safety measures:
In addition, to ensure a higher level of availability of cars on the system, Partner Drivers need to be compensated fairly and equitably for their hard work – and this is getting more challenging with the rising cost of living in the city.
Taking all this into account, effective from midnight, 6 May 2015, uberX fares will be revised as follows:
In spite of this, we’re almost 20% cheaper than regular taxis!
Our aim is to always connect you with safe, reliable and cheap rides in the city. Riding with Uber removes the hassle of battling our city’s notorious traffic jams, and we’re sometimes even cheaper than parking!
NOW HERE’S A SWEET DEAL FOR PJ!
Just apply the promo code
and enjoy 3 Free Rides, worth RM20 each.
Valid till 17 May 2015.
*Your ride must start or end in PJ – which includes the PJ Old Town, PJ New Town, SS1 to SS7, SEA Park, Taman Megah, Taman Universiti, Taman Bahagia, Taman Paramount, Kelana Jaya, Section 5 to Section 17, Damansara Jaya, Jalan Templer, Jalan Gasing, or Jalan Semangat areas.
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and you’ll immediately stand a chance of winning these #Uber-exclusive tickets!
We’re excited to expand the Uber for Business platform beyond business travel, to include a world-class customer transportation solution, Uber Central. With Uber Central, organizations of all shapes and sizes can now easily provide on-demand, door-to-door transportation for their customers, clients, and guests.
A little over a year ago, we set out to put a new spin on an old classic–make reliable food delivery available at the tap of a button. Back then, we started by offering food in the UberEATS app from 1,000 pioneering restaurant partners in four cities. And today, more than 40,000 restaurants globally–from poke shops to pasta spots–are sharing food with customers through UberEATS. With a growing restaurant community comes more choices and more complexity. So we’re cooking up features to continue to make UberEATS easy and reliable. Here is a taste–
This flu season, we’re delivering free flu-fighting care packages across the country. When you receive a pack, you’ll have the option to request a free flu shot from a registered nurse–for up to 5 people.


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Google improved its game with the Android TV platform last year. Now the search giant has many partners running the platform, including new players like OnePlus and the recently released Realme TV. The platform is constantly receiving new features and reports indicate that it will be renamed Google TV during Google I / O. Among the well-known partners that are pushing new hardware with Android TV, we have Xiaomi. The Chinese giant is preparing for the announcement of a new product – the Mi TV stick.
The company has a broad portfolio of Android TVs. The 4K series ranges from 43 inches to 65 inches. Xiaomi also offers the Mi TV Box as a set-top box with Android TV. Now the company started testing a new form factor for this type of product – a streaming stick.
A few weeks ago, the device was discovered on Gearbest, but nothing could be said about the accuracy of the material on the occasion. Now, however, the company's new teaser confirms the readability of the business listing. The company today published the first official picture of the upcoming Mi-TV stick via an online event. In the picture we see a remote control and a slim dongle. Interestingly, the remote has Google Assistant, Netflix, and Amazon Prime video buttons.
We can get some of the specs by returning to Gearbest's list. The Mi-TV-Stick is a dongle version of the Mi-Box S. The Amlogic S905 Y2 quad-core chip with 2 GB RAM and 8 GB memory is located under the hood. There is also a Mali G31 GPU that ensures graphic tasks. The device comes with Android TV based on Android 9 Pie. The stick offers DTS-HD audio support, Dolby Stereo and "High Clarity 4K HDR". The connection for the dongle is HDMI 2.0.
The Mi TV stick costs $ 79 at Gearbest. However, this is just a placeholder. We believe that it can be cheaper than the Mi Box S, which is retailed for $ 59. The official launch of the Mi TV Stick could take place in the coming days. While the first release will be in China, we believe this is a product that can do well in Europe and India. Therefore, Xiaomi can consider this fact for global release.


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Soccer.Fusion.net is an example of a next-generation television model focused on engaging its audiences beyond traditional linear television. The site is taking a fresh approach to deliver content that is new and different for its millennial audience with recently hired top-notch talent, an on-site crew in Brazil and its process for speedy publishing of World Cup highlights. With Ooyala, the site is reaching viewers wherever they are, on any screen and bolstering revenue via ad monetization. Ooyala is powering all video content, both live and on-demand, for the site throughout the course of the World Cup tournament.
" Soccer.Fusion.net's digital offering aligns with what we believe the broadcasters of tomorrow will look like, particularly with regard to sports," said Jay Fulcher, chief executive officer of Ooyala. "Sports have paved the way for digital TV innovation. Fusion's site showcases how Ooyala's technology enables customers to build new business models incorporating social engagement and capturing lucrative sports audiences by capitalizing on the huge opportunity presented by the most popular online sporting event in history."
With the rise in mobile viewership, as seen from Ooyala's Q1 2014 Video Index Report, Soccer.Fusion.net prioritized its site to be mobile-centric, tapping Ooyala to ensure Soccer.Fusion.net's premium online content reaches any screen, anywhere and at anytime. Ooyala is also providing real-time analytics on performance of Soccer.Fusion.net's content so the broadcaster can tailor its strategy throughout the World Cup tournament to maximize viewers and revenue.
"Fusion is excited to be providing viewers with a fully immersive World Cup experience across our television, digital and social platforms," said Hong Qu, chief technology officer of Fusion. "We want to be an incubator for innovation, taking risks with new forms of online content and new ways of delivering that content to consumers -- especially on mobile devices. Ooyala's technology and analytics gave us the complete solution we needed to reach more audiences on more screens."
Fusion is a news, pop culture and satire TV and digital network. It engages and champions a young, diverse, and inclusive America with a unique mix of original reporting, lifestyle, and comedic content that is both smart and irreverent. Fusion launched in millions of households nationwide on October 28, 2013. Seven major distributors are carrying the cable network including Dish network, Cablevision, Charter, Cox, AT&T U-Verse, Verizon FiOS and Google Fiber. For more information about Fusion visit fusion.net or follow us on Twitter @ThisIsFusion and facebook.com/FusionNetwork. Fusion is a joint venture between Univision Communications Inc. and the Disney/ABC Television Network. To find out if Fusion is available in your area visit: GetFusionTV.net.
Ooyala delivers personalized video experiences across all screens and is a leader in online video management, publishing, analytics and monetization. Ooyala's integrated suite of technologies and services gives content owners the power to expand audiences through deep insights that drive increased viewer engagement and revenue from video.
Companies using Ooyala technology include Univision, Foxtel, Comedy Central, NBC Universal, Telstra, ESPN, Bloomberg, Telegraph Media Group, Telefonica, The North Face, Rolling Stone, Dell, Sephora and Yahoo! Japan. Headquartered in Mountain View, California, Ooyala has offices in New York City, London, Sydney, Tokyo and Guadalajara, Mexico. The company works with premier reseller and technology partners throughout the Americas, Europe, Africa, Japan and the Asia-Pacific region. For more information, visit www.ooyala.com.
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A plan to restrict retail in downtown Nashville's tourist district "runs the very real risk of creating a culturally homogenous neighborhood," according to business owners and developers opposed to the idea.
That group now is pushing a narrower alternative to a bill written by Metro Councilwoman Erica Gilmore, which will continue to be debated throughout the summer.
Gilmore's bill seeks to ban national chains from opening a store on Lower Broadway, or parts of Printer's Alley and Second Avenue North. She also seeks to ensure other businesses moving to those addresses somehow conform to the overriding country and music theme in that part of downtown.
The proposed rules would affect 17 acres of property on Lower Broadway, Printer's Alley and Second Avenue North. That is 0.8 percent of the 2,000-plus acres of property downtown.
That sliver, though, is Nashville's tourism epicenter. The streets are lined with honky-tonks, music venues and stores selling boots and records and other items that reinforce the Music City brand. And that's the heart of the argument being waged: Whether allowing businesses not directly tied into the country or music theme would degrade and devalue the brand that draws tourists from all over the world.
The first battleground in the debate was the corner of Broadway and Third Avenue South, where the western retailer Trail West is located. An unidentified developer, under contract to buy the building, had recruited Walgreens to open a store there — a deal that's now dead.
Now a group of business owners and developers, opposed to the idea of restricting retail, has offered an alternative plan.
"We understand and appreciate that our proposed legislation does not accomplish what the original draft of the legislation tried to do — to lock the historic district forever inside of a glass bubble, never to change or evolve," said James Weaver, an attorney and lobbyist at the law firm Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis.
Weaver has coordinated the push-back to Gilmore's plan. Among those in the group is Steve Turner, a son of Dollar Tree's founder whose company, MarketStreet Enterprises, led the way in revitalizing the Gulch. There's Larry Papel, an attorney who has invested in the redevelopment of Union Station, among other properties. And there's Michael Hayes, president of developer C.B. Ragland Co.
"Not one of the owners that I have talked to has expressed anything but horror associated with creating a 'one size fits all' look and feel to the downtown tourist area," Weaver wrote in a letter to Gilmore and Metro planning officials. "The owners simply believe that change, over time and controlled pursuant to the existing historic overlay, is not and evil or bad thing.”
Now, the details.
The alternative bill limits any retail rules to four blocks of Lower Broadway, omitting Printer's Alley and Second Avenue North, which are covered by Gilmore's legislation.
Gilmore defines a chain as a business having 11 or more other locations. The alternative boosts that threshold to 50.
Metro Planning Commission rejected Gilmore's first version of the bill, by a 6-1-1 vote. That meant the bill would have needed a super-majority of the Metro Council to approve it (27 of 40 votes).
Gilmore has told me she's working on a revised version that makes at least one big change — eliminating a requirement that products for sale must align with the local country and music scenes.
Both proposals are expected to be debated again by the Metro Planning Commission, before being sent back to Metro Council for any official action one way or the other.


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BY KELLY ROCHE
Canadians are shopping like Scrooge this Christmas, according to a new CIBC poll.
The average amount they’re willing to drop in 2016 is $597 — an 8 per cent drop compared to $652 last year.
Still, 51 per cent of people polled said they’re expecting to go over budget.
“The danger comes from what’s not wrapped – the entertaining, travelling, or even tempting Boxing Day sales and New Year’s festivities,” said CIBC Imperial Service vice-president David Nicholson.
“If we’re not careful, these unplanned expenses can derail even the most mindful budgeters and lead to tighter finances, stress and even regret when the bills come due.”
Atlantic Canada has the country’s top gift-buyers, spending $803, according to the poll, while Ontarians and Quebecers cut their holiday shopping budgets by 12 per cent and 10 per cent, respectively.
Millennials are taking a savage approach to saving, cutting spending by 14 per cent to about $400 on average.
One in five millennials are anticipating ‘a little guilt’ or ‘pain’ when they see their credit card bills; 18 per cent say they can’t remember the last time their balance was zero.


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LOS ANGELES — OneUnited Bank, the largest Black-owned bank in America, introduced the new controversial limited-edition Harriet Tubman Card in celebration of Black History Month.
The card is receiving a lot of backlash for what many on social media are calling the "Wakanda forever" position, from the hit movie "Black Panther," of the famed abolitionist's hands.
The card displays Tubman with her arms across her chest. The bank tweeted a statement on Thursday saying, "Harriet Tubman is the ultimate symbol of love - love that causes you to sacrifice everything, including your own life. The gesture is the sign language symbol for love. It's so important that we love ourselves."
People across social media are offering a variety of different views on the matter. Some people said the design is just awful.
However, others said they see the effort and will support the design.
RELATED: 'Black Panther 2' gets release date
"We have the power to place Harriet Tubman on a global payment device in celebration of Black History Month," states Teri Williams, President & COO. "This symbol of Black empowerment in 2020 will pave the way for the Harriet Tubman design on the $20 bill."
The Harriet Tubman Visa Debit Card is the first limited edition card offered by OneUnited Bank and will only be available in 2020. The card image is from the painting "The Conqueror" by the internationally acclaimed artist Addonis Parker. Anyone who obtains the limited-edition Harriet Tubman Card in 2020 can carry the card design for life.
Harriet Tubman not only escaped slavery, but she also made 19 missions to bring 300 others, including family and friends, to freedom. She also served as an armed scout for the Union Army and was an activist in the struggle for women's voting rights. Tubman is set to be on a redesigned $20 bill in 2028 due to her profound impact in history.
In addition to its limited-edition Harriet Tubman Card, OneUnited Bank will promote the "Right to Vote" theme for Black History Month to elevate the #BankBlack and #BuyBlack Movements to the next level and beyond. For more information visit www.oneunited.com/HarrietTubman.


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Pro-GreenMX x Team Green Kawasaki
Here at Pro-GreenMX we are absolutely stoked to announce our partnership with the official Team Green UK MX team for the 2019 season.
As the new season approaches and sponsorship plans are beginning to be put into place for riders/teams, we are proud to reveal our first confirmed team of the season as the highly regarded Team Green Kawasaki, led by ex-British and World Championship contender Jeff Perrett and Kawasaki UK’s racing co-ordinator Ross Burridge.
Synonymous within UK youth motocross, Team Green continue on their journey to dominate with a hugely exciting line-up for 2019. Competing across a variety of championships, ranging from the Maxxis British Motocross Championship to the MX Nationals, Dutch ONK and the famous Arenacross, it is a pleasure to bring our brands together in what is going to be the biggest year for us both yet!
Want to know why we our premier salt-free products have been chosen by such a reputable set-up? Here’s what “the boss” Jeff Perrett had to say on our partnership..
“On a personal level I’m pleased about Team Green teaming up with Pro-GreenMX for 2019 and hopefully way beyond that. Having now seen how good the Pro-Green product range is after the Team Green Academy team used it throughout 2018 it was an absolute no brainer for us to pick up the phone to the Pro-Green team and enquire about support for the official Team Green UK MX team. I’m delighted to say the guys said “yes” and we can announce our partnership with such a proactive and progressive brand. The product is so good. It doesn’t eat into metal and anodising like some cleaners, which is just as well because too many times I’ve sprayed some cleaners on and then got distracted and come back to wash it off to then have streaks all over the bikes! I’ve often thought “I’ve got to stop doing that!” but now I don’t so there’s even time to stick the kettle on for a well-earned brew! It’s environmentally friendly too so it’s a triple whammy result. Good for me and great for all of the Team Green riders and the environment. We’re now more “Team Green” than ever and I would to thank Brad, Steve and everyone at Pro-Green for their support to our programme.”
We cannot be any more excited for the new season. We have so many more exciting announcements to come so stay tuned! Don’t forget, if you want the chance to work with us this year then make sure you apply on our rider’s page before Sunday!


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Comfort with a tasty twist
The humble khichdi stopped short of being the national dish of India last year. But it has kept the pot boiling in food innovations. The country’s comfort food number 1 is making a comeback on restaurant menus, thanks to a growing appetite for healthy meals.
In Ahmedabad, hospitality professional Preet Kadia and entrepreneur Meet Lakhani have partnered to start Urban Khichdi. The casual restaurant in Vastrapur offers a smorgasbord of the gut-friendly food that is not usually found on restaurant menus.
Explains Kadia, “I spent many years away from home studying hospitality management and working in hotels and clubs, and missed home foods. Thus I began to think of starting a place that offers homely food. I decided to make khichdi, the definitive comfort foods for millions of Indians. It has many variations—from the Patli Khichri of the Sindhis to the Khichuri of the Bengalis—and appealed to me as the focal point for a new restaurant.”
Soon, Kadia started his research and found four aspects to the superstar of nutrition. “First, I worked on the simple khichdis we make at home when we do not feel like having an elaborate meal. Second was sourcing recipes of the regional versions of khichdi that exist in different states. Third, I went on to create my own signature khichdis that would appeal to different palates like those who like spicy and tangy food, or have a sweet tooth. And the fourth and last one was having khichdis with Thai flavour or mixed with crunchy Tex Mex snacks; as people also want global takes on comfort foods.”
And meeting a like-minded partner in Lakhani, a textile and garment businessman, who has recently entered the restaurant industry, gave momentum to the idea of setting up Urban Khichdi, near the university area. Lakhani says, “Urban Khichdi is an interesting counterfoil to the heavy and fried food being served everywhere. Affordably priced foods could wean students away from junk food to well-balanced meals served with curd and ghee.”
The Green Moong Khichdi is the simplest kind, the Swaminarayan Khichdi takes inspiration from the Swaminarayan and Vaishnav temples, which is prepared without onions or garlic. “The Vaghereli Khichdi is the variety made in Gujarati homes, while the Panchkutti Khichdi inspired by Marwari cuisine has different kinds of dal and ghee. Many people like garlicky food, so we have Hare Pyaz ki Lehsooni Khichdi which is a hot-seller.”
With plans to take the brand across India and overseas, the duo has also given equal importance to desserts. “Sukhdi, Moong Dal Halwa, Pudina kheer and Paan Shot are a big hit,” says Lakhani.
The yellow signboard outside is as charming as the culinary novelties inside this bistro-style restaurant. Comfortable furniture and pleasant interiors apart, the wall—painted with images showing how humankind evolved to eat cooked food—acts like a visual appetiser. In 2017, khichdi became a top social media trend, after the news broke that it was going to get India’s national dish tag; now it’s the main course of a gastronomic trend.
Highlights of menu
Pudina Mirch Khichdi, Kolhapuri Khada Masala Khichdi, Masaledar Vegetable Khichdi, Palak Paneer Khichdi, Chulbuli Khichdi with tang of kokum and tamarind, coconut-laced Malabari Khichdi, Mumbai Tawa Khichdi, inspired by risotto and Cheese Masala Khichdi.


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Chicago Heights, Ill., manufacturer of fixtures, furniture, and graphics named to list of fastest-growing companies in Chicago and surrounding areas.
A store fixture manufacturer was one of several companies to be named a winner of the 2022 Manufacturing Leadership Awards presented to North Carolina manufacturers.
Originally planned to take place May 12-13, 2021, the new event dates are Tuesday, August 24 to Wednesday, August 25, 2021, at McCormick Place in Chicago, Illinois.
Uses barbed channel lock fastening to meet aggressive deadlines
WINNIPEG, Manitoba -- Retail display maker Chandler Inc. designed and engineered an intimate, boutique-like experience for a marijuana retailer in Winnipeg. Sleek fixtures and finishes helped to create a welcoming ambiance. The retailer, Garden Variety, believed differentiation was key to success in their rapidly evolving industry, according to a story on the Chandler website.
SPI Software helps retailers connect with consumers throughout the consumer purchasing lifecycle, from the inspiration phase to the delivery of a personalized project and ensure continuity between online and in-store interactions.
Wood retail displays and fixtures are part of the scene.
Carlson Co. Inc. has manufactured fixtures and cabinetry for some of world's leading high-end retailers for 30 years.
The new idX Virginia location will be the new decor and graphics hub for idX and will work in conjunction with idX Baltimore.


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SushiSwap’s SUSHI token – a relatively unknown crypto, is the best performing crypto-asset in the last one week, as it has surged more than 85% – making it the best-performing coin in the top 100 by market capitalization.
Data from Coingecko showed that in the past one week, Sushi gained 85%. Its main audience is DeFi traders and associated entities looking to capitalize on the boom in project tokens and create liquidity.
What you should know
The coin gain is largely attributed to the ongoing rally across the Decentralized Finance assets. Top digital assets across the Ethereum altcoins risk spectrum have pushed such assets even at record highs from their local lows.
- The crypto asset is an Automated Market Maker (AMM). A well-known tool used by a significant number of crypto users.
- It began its debut in September 2020 as a fork of Uniswap, the AMM which is now synonymous with the (DeFi) movement.
- SushiSwap aims to diversify the AMM market and also add additional features not previously present on Uniswap, such as increased rewards for network participants via its in-house token, SUSHI.
What they are saying
It’s important to note that this fast-growing crypto is listed on the fifth largest crypto exchange FTX.com and its CEO, Sam Bankman-Fried, recently commented on the exchange and its token SUSHI.
“Sushiswap had really shitty autumn, as the glow of Defi summer wore off and the memory of NomiGate lingered. And during that…. it just kept on building. I’m not really involved in what Sushi is doing, but I’m happy to see it keep pushing the industry forward,” Bankman-Fried.
Chinese photo-editing app, Meitu buys $40 million worth of Bitcoin & Ethereum
Crypto experts argue that such strong demand in the Bitcoin market is largely attributed to the fact institutions are coming
The Share value of a Chinese photo-editing app, popularly known as Meitu Inc surged as much as 14.4% this morning after the Chinese company known for its beauty-focused app said it had bought $40 million worth of Ethereum and Bitcoin.
The Chinese technology firm, late-night yesterday revealed in its most recent filing that it bought $22.1 million worth of Ether and $17.9 million worth of Bitcoin on March 5 in a report credited to Reuters.
Meitu is the latest global firm holding Crypto as a form of its treasury operations. About a month ago, Tesla Inc revealed it had bought $1.5 billion of Bitcoin, which sent the world’s most popular crypto’s price up 20%.
So fast Ethereum has printed gains of about 530% while the flagship Crypto’s yearly returns stand at about 430%.
Meitu said it was buying the popular Cryptos for investment and partly as preparation to enter the blockchain community and that it would support such purchase from its existing cash reserves.
Meitu is evaluating the possibility of integrating blockchain technologies into its businesses based abroad, which could include projects on the Ethereum blockchain network.
Recall some days back, a leading global bank, Citi had suggested the flagship crypto-asset could “become the currency of choice for international trade,” thanks to its “decentralized design, lack of foreign exchange exposure, fast (and potentially cheaper) money movements, secure payment channels, and traceability.”
Crypto experts argue that such strong demand in the Bitcoin market is largely attributed to the fact institutions are coming.
The market liquidity is tightening at the flagship Crypto market, as there are less than 4 million BTCs in circulation available for upcoming investors including the likes of Grayscale, Paypal, Microstrategy, hedge funds, MicroStrategy Inc.’s Michael Saylor purchased more Bitcoin to raise the enterprise-software company’s holdings to more than $4 billion.
Dogecoin could eventually hit $1
Dallas Mavericks owner, Mark Cuban is predicting the price of the Dogecoin will eventually hit $1,
Dallas Mavericks owner, Mark Cuban is predicting the price of Dogecoin (DOGE) will eventually hit $1, after few days of accepting the crypto as a form of payment.
In a recent tweet, posted by the American-based billionaire, Cuban revealed customers had used more than 20,000 Dogecoin — roughly $1,018 at the time of writing this report — in transactions for his basketball team claiming the franchise was now “the largest Dogecoin merchant globally .”
Cuban anticipates that if basketball fans were to purchase 6,556,000,000 DOGE worth of Mavericks merchandise, the price of the token touch will “definitely hit $1.”
The @dallasmavs have done more than 20,000 #Dogecoin in transactions, making us the LARGEST #DOGECOIN MERCHANT IN THE WORLD ! We thank all of you and can only say that if we sell another 6,556,000,000 #DOGECOIN worth of Mavs merch, #dogecoin will DEFINITELY HIT $1 !!!🚀🚀🚀
— Mark Cuban (@mcuban) March 6, 2021
Cuban was known for creating the video portal, Broadcast.com with Todd Wagner in the mid-nineties and sold it to Yahoo for $5.7 billion in 1999.
Today he owns the NBA’s Dallas Mavericks and has stakes in Magnolia Pictures, AXS TV, and dozens of small startups.
According to Forbes, Mark Cuban is valued at about $23.4 billion at the time of writing this publication.
What you should know: Dogecoin is a type of digital coin that is decentralized and facilitates peer-to-peer digital transactions. This means you can send money online with much ease. It’s usually referred to as “the internet currency.”
It is different from BTC’s proof-of-work protocol in many ways, one of which is the Scrypt technology. The fast-growing altcoin also has a block period of 1 minute, and the total supply is unlimited, meaning that there is no limit to the amount of Dogecoin that can be mined.
“The recent rise of dogecoin, a meme coin, should serve as a reminder to everyone in the space that the most popular use case for crypto is still pure speculation,” said Anil Lulla, a former analyst at Bloomberg and co-founder of the cryptocurrency research firm, Delphi Digital.
- Dogecoin (DOGE) is based on the popular “Doge” Internet meme and features a Shiba Inu on its logo.
- The open-source crypto was invented by an American known as Billy Markus and an Australian identified as Jackson Palmer. The crypto asset was forked from Litecoin in December 2013.
- This fast-rising crypto is being primarily used as a tipping system on popular social media platforms like Twitter and Reddit in order to reward the creation or sharing of quality content.
Crypto exchanges presently having Dogecoin listed include YoBit, BitAsset, Binance, Huobi Global.
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The Chainsmokers and Nas join Music NFT platform Royal's $55 million funding round
Royal is an NFT platform that lets artists raise money from their fans through NFT sales and receive royalties in return. The platform had raised $16 million in its seed round earlier. Royal has now raised $55 million in a round led by Andreessen Horowitz, Coinbase Ventures, and artists like the Nas and The Chainsmokers.
The platform was launched this summer by Justin Blau, better known by his stage name DJ 3lau. The artist has already tested the concept by releasing 333 NFTs representing 50% of streaming ownership in his new single. He distributed those 333 NFTs for free to fans. The value of these has skyrocketed to $8000 each.
Blau added that Royal intends to open its platform to many more artists and plans to let fans choose to invest in 1,000 songs by next year.
Music copyright is notoriously complicated and has been the subject of costly lawsuits for decades. Royal’s model of cutting out middlemen and using blockchain technology to raise money directly from fans could make the royalty process less contentious. Still, there are many constraints now relating to permissions and control, including the songs used by third parties and advertisers.
“The value of music ownership is vastly misrepresented and undervalued today, but it won’t be for too much longer, as more musicians embrace the web3 ecosystem,” Blau wrote in a recent blog post describing the emerging NFT era.


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SAN FRANCISCO and TOKYO, Sept. 5, 2018—Sight Machine Inc., the category leader for digital manufacturing, today announced a strategic partnershipwith Macnica Networks Corp., one of Japan’s leading value-added distributors for advanced network products and information technology, expanding Sight Machine’s presence in the Japan market.
Demand for Sight Machine’s technology has surged in Japan as the country’s manufacturers embrace digital transformation initiatives as a way to continue improving their operational excellence. With customers across the automotive, food and beverage, chemicals and electronics categories, the Japanese and Asia-Pacific regions have become Sight Machine’s fastest-growing markets. The company last year opened an office in Tokyo, joining existing Sight Machine offices in Taipei, San Francisco, and Ann Arbor, Mich.
Sight Machine has entered into a reseller partnership with Macnica Networks, which provides systems integration services for a wide range of Japanese manufacturers.
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When it comes to the customer journey, marketers have traditionally focused on mapping the customer’s experience. However, with an ever-increasing number of channels and platforms for engagement, it is becoming more and more difficult to pinpoint the next steps that a customer will take.
Every customer journey is unique, and likewise, every customer has different needs. As a result, so much time is spent mapping multi-touch, cross-channel journeys that the evolving customer has already moved beyond, making it difficult to take profitable action.To better understand how marketers can make the move from mapping to shaping and influencing the customer journey, the Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) Council is partnering with analytics experts Teradata to host a webinar to discuss the next steps marketers can take to intervene and better inform the customer journey.
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Vodafone alerts privacy watchdog
Vodafone says it has informed the Privacy Commissioner about a data breach identified by a customer yesterday.
The customer said he had been able to access details of other people's Vodafone's accounts, including personal information, their internet usage and credit-card details by using a default password.
Vodafone spokeswoman Emma Carter said that according to its information it was possible only 24 fixed-line broadband accounts had been vulnerable. She denied credit-card information could have been compromised.
The customer said he called Vodafone's contact centre on Friday to alert it to the vulnerability and spent three "obnoxiously frustrating" hours on the phone trying to report the issue.
"It came to the point where their manager said they would call me on Monday but they didn't and I don't think they really understood the gravity of the situation," he said.
Carter said Vodafone investigated the issue overnight and identified a block of 100 fixed-line broadband accounts that were allocated the same initial activation password when their accounts were set up last month.
However, the company could not at this stage rule out the possibility there were more. Of the 100, 76 had changed their default password, she said.
Carter said Vodafone had now protected the remaining 24 accounts by resetting all the initial setup passwords on those accounts.
"We apologise for any concern this has caused our customers, and reassure them that it is not possible to access credit-card details or personal financial information," she said.
Vodafone mobile customers were not affected.
Charles Mabbett, a spokesman for the Privacy Commissioner, confirmed Vodafone had reported the incident and said it appeared to be responding appropriately.


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Trailer movie and special website of Nissan Live are released from Momoclo!
The Blu-ray and DVD media of the live event “Momoclo WORLD SUMMER DIVE 2013.8.4 at the Nissan Stadium” will be released on 29th January 2014. Today, the trailer movie and the special website for this media are uploaded and opened!
The live on 4th August 2013 at the Nissan Stadium in Kanagawa is the largest-ever one-man live event by Momoclo. Various artists including the guitarist Tomoyasu Hotei lent their performance to the members of Momoclo, and about 60 thousand fans enjoyed the live event themed as “the first fusion of sports and idol”.
On the special website in addition to the trailer movie, 15 special pictures of the live event will be daily on release. They include special messages from the members of Momoclo, so don’t miss checking the website!
The trailer of “WORLD SUMMER DIVE” at the Nissan Stadium:
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Despite the recent fallout between Big Baller Brand and the Ball family (Lonzo, LiAngelo, and LaMelo), neither Lonzo and LaMelo will be signing a sneaker endorsement deal with Nike, according to their father Lavar Ball.
In a TMZ video, Lavar addressed the Swoosh's rumored interest in signing LaMelo, who is forecasted to be a top 2019-20 NBA pick by stating, "Everybody is scouting Lamelo. It's okay though—I said it is a family brand, didn't I?" Even though Lonzo has voiced his concerns regarding the defects on his signature ZO2 sneakers and hinted at a potential move to Nike, Lavar confirms that his son will remain with BBB, saying "Lonzo can think all day. He ain't signing with nobody. Big Baller Brand. That's what I said."
Lavar also teased a big Big Baller Brand comeback sometime in the future, but details regarding its return have yet to be disclosed.


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Google is quite persistent and hopeful that one day, it will conquer the living room of consumers. The search engine company will, reportedly, rebrand its set-top box as the "Nexus TV." The rebranding puts it in line with the Android tablets and smartphones of the company.
The information about the Google TV makeover allegedly came from an unnamed employee of Google. The said device is set for debut in mid-2014.
"The battle among technology companies to take over the living room is getting even more crowded. Google has been developing a "Nexus"-branded TV set-top box and could launch it in the first half of next year, according to people who have seen the device or were told about it," wrote Amir Efrati of The Information [subscription required] that first reported about the rumor.
The new report seems to confirm an earlier report that appeared on The Wall Street Journal in July. Purportedly, Android creator Andy Rubin demonstrated the prototype of the set-top box during last year's edition of the Consumer Electronics Show. The said Google TV device runs on Android and comes equipped with a Kinect-like motion sensor, and a video camera. It supports streaming services and video chats through Google Hangouts.
The Nexus TV will be "aggressively priced" according to the report and if aims to battle it out with Roku and Apple, then the tag price will ideally be below $100. If the Nexus TV will be the same TV demoed by Rubin, then it will not be supporting live broadcasts
Google's venture into the living room has failed on several occasions. While the Google TV platform installed in smart TVs and the premium-priced Nexus Q have failed to take off, the $35 Chromecast, an HDMI dongle that gives users access to some streaming services, is sitting on store shelves.
If the Nexus TV takes off, it will challenge Amazon set-top box, which is rumored to be in the works. However, Amazon won't be Google's only concern as the internet search engine giant will also have to take on Microsoft and Sony, which are looking to dominate the living room with Xbox One and PlayStation 4.
Google did not comment on the Nexus TV rumors.


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The tech world doesn't sleep, and this week was no exception. However, we know our readers need a little shut eye every now and then, so we've conveniently rounded up this week's top 25 digital media resources in case you missed a few stories. Read on for the best free word processors and apps that are so strange, they just might make you a better person.
Archives for November 2013
There is no worse feeling than having to cover a brilliant t-shirt with layers during colder weather. Fortunately, the craftsmen of the Internet have come together to produce a slew of warm sweaters that still express allegiance to your fandom of choice. See also: 15 Geeks Confess Their Deepest, Darkest Secrets Whether you want to show how much you love Doctor Who or connect with a fellow H.P Lovecraft fan, these sweaters have got you covered (literally).
IKEA recently ran a multi-platform ad campaign, allowing customers to sell their second-hand furniture from the Swedish company via an online flea market. The Norway-based ad agency behind IKEA's campaign, SMFB, selected 50 Norwegian customers to sell their used furniture. SMFB created the virtual marketplace by encouraging sellers to photograph their furniture on Facebook, and then marketed each product on IKEA's Facebook page.
Pop star Katy Perry became the most popular person on Twitter on Sunday, with well over 46.4 million followers at the time of this writing. She passed Justin Bieber, who didn't quite make it to a year with the title, and appears to be putting some distance between herself and second place. See also: 14 Ways Katy Perry Can Help You Take Life Less Seriously Perry's number of followers also surged past Lady Gaga, the former number one, earlier this year.
For couples who watch TV together, there's no betrayal quite like sneaking an episode ahead when the other isn't around.
If your relationship involves a lot of texting, it may not be the happiest of unions. That’s the most significant finding of a study published this week on how serious couples use digital technology to communicate. Conducted by researchers at Brigham Young University, the study found that when men text their female partner frequently, they also find the relationship to be of lower quality.
The human response to artwork is highly subjective, but what if a little "brain zap" could make viewing art more intriguing?
It’s not often that Apple’s CEO, Tim Cook, uses his voice for issues not directly related to the company’s latest innovations, but on Sunday, he penned an Op-Ed in the Wall Street Journal regarding an issue that affects every company in the U.S. See also: 15 Most-Followed Politicians on Twitter Addressing the upcoming Senate vote on the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) scheduled to take place on Monday, Cook wrote an impassioned editorial outlining Apple’s stance on the issue.
Apple's iPhone 5S boasts a Touch ID fingerprint scanner that uses the ridges and pores of a finger (or other body parts, including nipples and lips) to identify a phone's user and unlock the home screen. While some felt the technology was state-of-the-art, others quickly found ways to hack the scanner, and claimed it was a problematic security feature.
The company logo on Google's homepage today resembles a calculator display in honor of Shakuntala Devi, mental calculator also known as the "Human Computer". Born in Bangalore, India on November 4, 1929, Devi had the ability to memorize numbers and perform complex calculations from an early age. She toured the world demonstrating her capabilities in the 1950s and 1970s, and won several contests against a computer, including being the quicker to calculate the cube root of 188,132,517.
Video games are often praised for innovatively combining play with visuals, but the best of them also build experiences to include your other senses. The perfect video game soundtrack delights your ears and your imagination. Whether it's an essential mechanic of the game or an element for creating pivotal moments, music plays a crucial role in our play. See also: Top 10 Most Amazing iPhone Puzzle Games These nine titles put just as much thought into the sounds of the game as the sights.
Google has added another odd place to the long, long list of sights you can see on Street View: a real naval submarine. More precisely, Google hired virtual tour experts C Inside Media to photograph the interior of the retired British submarine HMS Ocelot, The Register reports.
BlackBerry has decided not to sell itself and is instead raising $1 billion and replacing CEO Thorsten Heins with John S. Chen, the previous CEO of SAP company Sybase. BlackBerry, which had until Nov. 4 to agree to an acquisition by Fairfax Financial Holdings for $4.7 billion, is instead seeking to raise about $1 billion by selling convertible notes to a group of investors including Fairfax, according to a press release from the company.
You've taken the perfect photograph on Instagram. The cropping and composition is flawless. The filter thoroughly expresses your artistic intent. It's simply too good to sit idly in your smartphone.
Welcome to this morning's edition of "First To Know," a series in which we keep you in the know on what's happening in the digital world. Today, we're looking at three particularly interesting stories. Netflix posted a series of videos to its site shot in 4K, also known as Ultra HD (which translates to 4,000 horizontal pixels). According to Krebs on Security, hackers broke into a limo reservation service and exposed the data of more than 850,000 customers.
Hot cup of joe. Java. Go juice. Brown stuff. Sweet brown nectar from the gods. No matter what you call it, you need coffee, and you need it every morning -- at the very least. See also: What Your Coffee Preference Says About You We all know what it's like wake up for work, and already be craving that first taste of coffee. Here are 10 GIFs that show just how bad you need it. Image: Flickr, Sandra.
Twitter now expects to price its IPO at $23-$25 a share, up from the original price revealed last month of $17-$20 a share, according to a new filing with the SEC. At the high end of that price range, Twitter would raise as much as $1.75 billion from its IPO and the company would potentially be valued at more than $15 billion.
Just ahead of Twitter's looming IPO, IBM has sent a letter to the company charging it infringes on at least three U.S. patents. The patents refer to "efficient retrieval of uniform resource locators [URLs]," a "method for presenting advertising in an interactive service" and "programmatic discovery of common contacts," Twitter disclosed in an SEC filing on Monday.
Scar may have been an evil fratricidal lion, but he sure knew how to stage an uprising. Even with his impressive public speaking skills, he still wasn't the best manager -- as evidenced by the fact he was mauled to death by his employees. See also: 9 Profound Quotes From Your Favorite Pixar Movies If you have your sights set on dominating the business world, you can learn from Scar, and the rest of the Disney villains' successes and mistakes.
This month marks the 50th anniversary of John F. Kennedy's assassination, but Susan Bellows would prefer you observe the date by remembering the president's life, not his death. Bellows produced and directed "JFK," an episode of American Experience on PBS. The film coincides with Kennedy's Nov. 22 assassination and explores his life from birth to hours before his death. See also: John F.
The revelation that the NSA has been secretly spying on Google data centers worldwide doesn't sit well with the search giant. In a video interview with The Wall Street Journal, Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt said the practice was "outrageous" and criticized the NSA's collection of Americans phone records. "It's really outrageous that the National Security Agency was looking between the Google data centers, if that's true.
Tablets are more than just mindless entertainment devices -- they can actually help you stay productive. Take a look at our five recommendations.
Motorola added a landing page to its website teasing the launch of Google's upcoming Moto G smartphone.
Now that travelers can use portable electronics from take off through landing on flights, Amazon is celebrating by shaving 15% of Kindle products.
Computer science researchers at Cornell University claim to have found a way to subvert the system driving production of the digital currency Bitcoin. The researchers call their technique “selfish mining,” through which individuals or groups of Bitcoin miners can collect more than their fair share of the currency. This could cause a chain reaction collapsing the system.
theSkimm is looking to build out a better news experience for busy professionals, particularly millennial women.
Entrepreneur Jon Wheatley purchased a $40,000 apartment in Las Vegas last year to just rent out on Airbnb. Was it worth the investment?
The world of feline fashion is a fickle, furry beast. Luckily, the new Tumblr titled "Meowtfit of the Day" offers all the cat couture inspiration you could ever need. The blog, created by Katja Wulff and Dan Sörensen, showcases Gucci the cat donning Wulff's clothing. After dressing Gucci in various combinations of leggings, skirts, underwear and shoes, Wulff snapped a few silly photos to share on Meowtfit.
A new study reveals that 8% of Americans get their news on Twitter -- people who are younger, more educated and more mobile than the 30% of Americans who get their news on Facebook. Half of the 16% of U.S. adults who use Twitter get their news on the social network, according to the study, which was published by the Pew Research Center on Monday, the second in a series of studies analyzing the relationship between social media and news.
Apple’s iPad Air is off to a flying start. New data from mobile-app analytics firm Fiksu suggests that early adoption of the tablet is around five times higher than it was when the fourth-generation iPad launched last year. Fiksu tracks this data by seeing how many iOS devices are using its client apps on an hourly basis, and it found that iPad Air usage (0.75% of Fiksu apps) was roughly five times higher than that of the iPad 4 (0.14%) three days after launch.


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November 23, 2014
How are regulatory concerns in a number of regions, most notably the EU, changing the marketing of digestive-health products?
Which delivery systems will likely work best for skin-care probiotics?
Nondigestible oligosaccharides act as prebiotics. But are some more effective than others?
Despite messiness in U.S. pet regulations, ingredient suppliers are still innovating ingredients for animal nutrition.
There’s a downpour of research on nutrients for brain health.
November 22, 2014
A rundown on the latest research
Can dietary supplements supply allergy sufferers with what they really need: efficacy and speed?
November 20, 2014
Here's one industry expert's opinion.
October 22, 2014
Nutrients can degrade during a product’s shelf life, but are some manufacturers adding too much overage?
October 16, 2014
Cactus fruits offer ample nutrition in an exotic package.
October 06, 2014
For just pennies a day, lutein and zeaxanthin supplements can save the U.S. economy significantly in age-related eye disease healthcare costs.
September 19, 2014
The multivitamin is still working to win the endorsement of U.S. scientific bodies. Why?
September 08, 2014
PNI is the latest chia supplier reassuring customers about chia safety, following industry reports of Salmonella-related recalls.
Supplement-related liver injuries rose from 7% to 20% between 2004-2013.
FTC orders required Jared Wheat and Stephen Smith of Hi-Tech Pharmaceuticals to recall their deceptive weight-loss products.
September 03, 2014
The American Botanical Council reports these estimates in its latest issue of HerbalGram.
August 27, 2014
Why it may pay for supplement firms not to settle with patent trolls
As evidence, the company announced plans this week to invest $30 million in its Nova Scotia omega-3 facility.
For ready-to-eat meats, a rinse with hibiscus extract may be an effective Listeria deterrent.
August 25, 2014
But questionable antiaging and diabetes claims are also on the rise.
August 22, 2014
Aromatic herbs such as coriander and spearmint have real potential for improving human diets.
August 15, 2014
Another study supports seaweed supplements for people with low iodine.
August 13, 2014
Flavors like Roasted Jalapeno and Honey Smoked BBQ may be just what's needed to reinvigorate the nutrition bar market.


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Samsung sells 100 million Galaxy S smartphones
The South Korean firm said Monday it sold more than 25 million Galaxy S smartphones, 40 million Galaxy S II smartphones and 41 million Galax S III smartphones in the last three years.
Samsung rolled out the first Galaxy S model at the end of May 2010, scrambling to catch up with Apple, which was reshaping the market with the iPhone.
Despite a late entry, Samsung quickly caught up the U.S. firm and became the biggest smartphone maker.
Galaxy S series achieved the 100-million-sales milestone faster than Apple’s iPhone. It took about four years for Apple to sell more than 100 million iPhones.
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Get High Quality Hand Finished Bamboo Handle Boar
A new beard brush has been launched by iOwl in time for the holidays. It is hand finished, luxury, and designed to give a luxury feel to beards, coming in a high quality gift box.
International Owl has launched a new high quality beard brush ahead of the holidays, a time on which big retailers and Wall Street place high importance. It is a chance to measure economic strength and gauge consumer confidence, and the new beard brush makes an ideal gift ahead of Black Friday.
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