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Data from the US Department of Argiculture (USDA) predicted that Indonesian stockpiles of the most-used oil from crops will rise 66% to 3 million metric tons by the end of 2013/14.
Dorab Mistry, a director at Godrej International Ltd. and trader of oils for three decades, told Bloomberg that futures could drop by up to 13% to 2,000 ringgit (€460) per ton by January, marking the lowest prices since 2009.
USDA predicts increased exports
In a 2012/13 trade outlook the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service said that Indonesia’s palm oil exports were up 200,000 tons to 20.3 million based on strong year-to-date shipments.
By the authority’s 2013/14 statement it said Indonesia’s palm oil exports would be up 300,000 tons to 21.3 million due to expectations of stronger demand.
In a separate USDA gains report published earlier this year it was said that increased productivity and plantation area expansion remained the key drivers of higher Indonesian crude palm oil (CPO) production.
“Annual average Indonesian CPO yields have grown by approximately three percent over the past 10 years. Planted area has also increased over the past nine years, and Post expects that oil palm planted area will continue to expand throughout 2013 and 2014,” it said.
On the receiving end
Anglo-Dutch food giant and palm oil user Unilever declined to comment on how the commodity fluctuation might affect it but told FoodNavigator: “We buy around 1.5 million tonnes [of palm oil] every year, or about 3% of global production. The majority of plantations where our palm oil is sourced from are in Malaysia and Indonesia - roughly 70% of total – the rest from Africa and Latin America.”
According to Greenpeace, which campaigns for sustainable production of palm oil: “Our consumption of palm oil is rocketing: compared to levels in 2000, demand is predicted to more than double by 2030 and to triple by 2050.”
“Over 70 per cent ends up in food, but the biofuels industry is expanding rapidly. Indonesia already has 6 million hectares of oil palm plantations, but has plans for another 4 million by 2015 dedicated to biofuel production alone,” it added.


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TOKYO: Japan's Mitsubishi Motors is considering shutting down its Pajero subsidiary and closing a factory in central Japan that produces the sport-utility vehicle of the same name, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters on Wednesday.
Mitsubishi is considering shutting Pajero Manufacturing Co Ltd and its factory in Gifu prefecture within three years, the sources said, declining to be identified because they were not authorised to speak to the media.
The company is due to decide on the move at a board meeting on Monday. A Mitsubishi Motors representative said nothing had been decided.
In addition to the Pajero, the Gifu factory also produces the Mitsubishi Delica D5 mini-van and the Mitsubishi Outlander SUV. Both of those will likely be produced elsewhere, the sources said.
Japanese automakers including Mitsubishi Motors have been forced to reconsider their strategies as the coronavirus pandemic eroded demand for cars.
Mitsubishi Motors is scheduled to disclose its mid-term plan on Monday.
The automotive sector is one of the largest industries contributing about 7.1% to India’s GDP and generating huge direct and indirect employment. In the Union Budget FY24, the industry has got major boost towards electric vehicle manufacturing, hydrogen fuel adoption and the changing technology mix. However, there were certain misses with regards to the GST reduction.

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The Bangalore International Center (BIC), a middle in Domlur known for facilitating expressions, social and scholarly occasions, presently has a Metaverse avatar.
The Metaverse space was sent off close to three weeks prior and four occasions have been facilitated since. Since BIC occasions are free, the computerized space is likewise free to explore.
Talking about the new drive, privileged chief V Ravichandar says there is not a viable replacement for this present reality, eye to eye gatherings, bistro visits or live occasions. “But day by day, more people are spending time in the digital universe compared to the physical one,” he points
Plus, computerized presence can beat actual limits and time limitations. Ravichandar delineates, “If you look at our YouTube channel, close to 40% of our online traffic comes from outside Bengaluru, from countries like the USA, Australia, and Europe,” he says.
A time-basic occasion can be best consumed carefully for those external Bengaluru, he adds.
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Redmi K20 is all set to make its debut in China on 28th May. Ahead of the phone’s official launch next week, Xiaomi sub-brand Redmi has now confirmed that the upcoming flagship device will come with a gradient finish.
An official image showcasing the Redmi K20 has been shared by the company on Weibo which showcases the gradient paint job with a heart-shaped pattern at the back. It also confirms the triple rear camera setup, placed vertically in the top-center location along with an LED flash.
Yesterday, the company confirmed that the smartphone will come equipped with a 7th-generation in-display fingerprint sensor. It comes with a 3P lens and has 7.2μm ultra-large pixels, offering 100% higher photo-sensitive area and 30% more accuracy than the previous generation scanner.
Prior to that, the company had confirmed that the Redmi K20 will come with a 48 MP primary camera along with support for 960 FPS slow-motion video recording. It is also confirmed to be powered by a 4,000 mAh battery.
Previous leaks suggest that the smartphone will come with a 20 MP front-facing pop-up camera, which will enable the company to offer a notch-less display panel. It is rumored to come with a 6.39-inch Full HD+ OLED screen.
The smartphone was recently spotted on benchmarking portal AnTuTu, confirming that the device will be powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 chipset. Along with the Redmi K20, the company is also expected to launch the Redmi K20 Pro smartphone at the 28th May launch event.


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PUBG Mobile will be dominating the headlines with a positive outlook as a new season is about to arrive. The Season 9 in PUBG Mobile brings excitement among players for fresh content, challenges and rewards. But this is not the most exciting update as a sneak-peek into PUBG Mobile 0.15.0 update has kept fans on the edge of their seats.
Before we get to the PUBG Mobile Season 9 changes, here's what to expect from in the game in the near future. PUBG Mobile 0.15.0 update is just around the corner and the developers confirmed that a new Arcade mode is coming with additions of heavy weaponry such as rocket launcher, grenade launchers and RPG.
But that's not it. Players will finally be able to fly helicopters in PUBG Mobile's new Arcade mode. There's no exact release date for this new 0.15.0 update, but it shouldn't be long considering the 0.14.5 is already coming with Season 9 on Friday.
It might be hard to wait for the new Arcade called Payload Mode in the upcoming update, the arrival of PUBG Mobile 0.14.5 should keep fans occupied. The new season will be rolling out on September 13, bringing exclusive warrior-themed wardrobe, gear, new missions and valuable loot, with an all-new "A Warrior's Journey" in-game event and more.
"The PUBG MOBILE Royale Pass Season 9 offers new missions and valuable loot, with an all-new "A Warrior's Journey" in-game event. All earnable rewards in Royale Pass Season 9 are themed with warrior motifs from around the world," PUBG Mobile noted.
As a part of the PUBG Mobile 0.14.5 update, players can expect the following changes:
- Redesigned Missions and Ranking pages
- Countdown Timer leading to the new season
- Upgraded Royale Pass customized sharing page
- New Weekly Mission crate reminders
- Achievement chain progress system
- Emotes can now be dismantled
- Rewards and a discount on rare firearm finishes with the purchase of Unknown Cash
It must be noted that the new update requires 200MB space on the phone and all players in a squad must be on the same version to play with each other. Stay tuned for updates.


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That's the asking price for a pair of the extremely limited Air Jordan XII "DB Dozen" which recently hit Flight Club. At the unveiling of this year's Nike Doernbecher Freestyle collection, a dozen pairs of unique Air Jordan XIIs were also introduced and eventually auctioned off on eBay with the money generated going to the Doernbecher Children's Hospital. Each pair featured Hatfield's XII sketches emblazoned on an existing pair of the Air Jordan XII Retro "Gamma Blue" along with Hatfield's autograph and a box with Hatfield's notations on the XII.
The particular pair that hit Flight Club is for the size 17 model and is arguably the most colorful of the set. The original eBay auction for it ended just shy of $5,800. Here's the link to Flight Club in the event one of you may be inclined to cop.


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E1 strikes film and TV content deal with iTunes in Canada, US, UK
Canadian media company E1 is offering its film and TV content via iTunes online stores in Canada, the US and the UK. The company's key launch title is the blockbuster Twilight, which it distributed theatrically in Canada and the UK. 'We are excited to be able to offer film and TV enthusiasts the opportunity to rent or purchase E1 content on iTunes,' said E1 president of filmed entertainment Patrice ...
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Air Jordan Retro 12 - Obsidians
As we inch closer to the launch of the “Obsidian" Retro XII’s, more high quality photos of this never before retro’d sneaker will surface.
The “Obsidians” will return for the first time since it’s initial release in 1997. Similar to the quality of the upcoming Retro XII “Playoffs”, this Obsidian colorway appears to be almost identical to its original counterpart. An obsidian leather upper and a white mudguard delivers a perfect look to match the "UNC" Tar Heel uniform. Little highlights of University Blue and finishes off this colorway on the tongue, heel, and outsole branding. One quick difference between this and the original model is that this version will have plastic chrome eyelets instead of metal. This model along with the rest of the Retro XII’s will be packaged with the new Jordan box that includes an exclusive XII hangtag.
The Air Jordan Retro XII “Obsidians” will release on June 23, 2012 for $160.00 USD.
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An electrical fire mistaken for an explosion triggered the evacuation Wednesday morning of a plant in northern Wisconsin specializing in clear plastic storage containers, local media report.
At about 11:30 a.m., a worker at the IRIS USA plant in Pleasant Prairie reported what was thought to be a possible explosion. In fact, it was a problem in an electrical panel, authorities report. No explosion or fire resulted.
Workers immediately evacuated the 570,000 square-foot manufacturing plant while emergency crews blocked off the area. Once the factory was determined to be safe, production resumed.
The factory is scheduled to complete retooling this month to make consumer face masks in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Monthly capacity is an estimated 70 million masks per month.
IRIS USA is the U.S. division of Japanese household products manufacturer, IRIS Ohyama. The company is presently shipping consumer masks from China to meet the demand.


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Aston Martin is to price its stunning new soft-top DB9 Volante at the same level as a hard-top Bentley Continental GT, further enhancing the choice for luxury sports car buyers.
The 2+2 DB9 Volante, revealed this week ahead of its debut at January's Detroit Motor Show, will throw down the gauntlet to Bentley, whose soft-top Continental GT is at least two years from production.
The price will be finalised closer to launch, but expect it to be around £110,000 - a 10 per cent premium over the coupé.
And the DB9 Volante is shaping up to be a class above the soft-top Astons of recent history.
Underpinned by a stiff, bonded aluminium structure, it promises better ride and handling, while its clean-sheet design means that its roof folds flush with the boot under a hard cover, a big improvement over the 'pram' design of the DB7 Volante.
'We planned a convertible from the beginning,' said Aston boss Uli Bez, 'so the Volante has been thoroughly designed and engineered from the outset.'
Performance hasn't been finalised, but power will come from the 450bhp 6.0-litre V12 used in the coupé and, despite a slight rise in the kerbweight, Aston is expecting a top speed of 'more than' 180mph and 0-62mph in 'under five seconds.'
Two transmissions will offered - a six-speed Graziano manual or six-speed ZF auto.
The extra bulk of the electro-hydraulic hood, bulkhead stiffening and safety equipment adds up to 80kg, depending on the version, to the DB9 coupé's kerbweight.
That takes a manual Volante to 1760kg and an automatic to 1820kg, up to 115kg lighter than the outgoing DB7 Volante, thanks to the light aluminium chassis of the new car.


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An innovative and pioneering system involving smart and circular packaging, the digitalization of wholesale purchase and the automation of the processes, receives the €25,000 prize.
Novo Verde, announces ZeroCups as the winning project in the latest edition of the Novo Verde Packaging Enterprise Award. The awards ceremony took place on the 6th of June and the Secretary of State for Environment and Energy, João Galamba, attended the opening session.
The winning project, ZeroCups, is the result of a joint venture between The Loop Company and Loja Do Zero. It is an innovative and pioneering system of large-scale retailing with the aim of replacing single-use packaging with smart reusable packaging (ZERO Cups) with full history, traceability and measurement of environmental impact throughout its life.
Pedro Simões adds that “choosing the winner of the Novo Verde Packaging Enterprise Award was challenging, as the five finalists presented solutions that were absolutely in line with the mission of this award – to promote the best circular economy solutions in packaging. The ZeroCups project stood out for its innovation, the way it rethought packaging and, above all, its impact on the consumer. The fact that this project aimed to replace single-use packaging with smart reusable packaging – Zero Cups – has been crucial.”
The aeroREPC project received an honourable mention for bringing together two areas that are currently considered top scientific topics: Aerogels and waste reuse. The aeroREPC project, which focuses on the development of new aerogels from post-consumer packaging (REPC) waste, is expected to make a significant contribution to the circular economy by aiming to create new value-added products from waste.
The Novo Verde Packaging Enterprise Awards recognize innovative solutions in the packaging sector and culminated in an event where the five finalists presented their projects to a jury composed of Fernanda Ferreira Dias, Director General of Economic Activities, Gonçalo Lobo Xavier, Chairman of the Portuguese Association of Distributors, Nuno Lacasta, Chairman of the Portuguese Environment Agency, Paulo Praça, Chairman of the Waste Management Association and Ricardo Neto, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Novo Verde.
This edition of the Novo Verde Packaging Enterprise Award received numerous applications, which were evaluated by the Monitoring Committee, composed of Novo Verde and EY (Ernst & Young), according to strict analysis criteria established in the program regulations.


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Fairfax Media has this morning reported that Foxtel is about to buy a large stake in struggling free-to-air station Channel Ten. However, the station immediately issued a media statement suggesting the article was inaccurate and no deals had yet been done.
Just as the article came to light (“Foxtel Closes in on Ten Network Deal”) Channel Ten issued a media statement saying that no deal had been finalised and urged “caution in dealing in its shares on the basis of media speculation about potential transactions involving the Company”.
This morning’s Fairfax article claimed that Foxtel is close to agreeing to buy a 14.9 per cent stake in Ten Network Holdings. That would see the subscription TV provider pump $85 million into the broadcaster and raise a further $100 million more through a general offer to shareholders.
However, Channel Ten this morning debunked any idea that shareholders had agreed to Foxtel’s offer. The statement read in full:
Ten Network Holdings Limited (ASX:TEN) (‘TEN’ or the ‘Company’) notes the article in today’s Australian Financial Review in relation to its strategic review process. That process continues and may or may not result in a transaction which is acceptable to TEN. One component of that process involves discussions with Foxtel about the terms on which it may potentially invest in TEN.
TEN will update ASX again when required to do so under its continuous disclosure obligations. In the meantime, TEN urges caution in dealing in its shares on the basis of media speculation about potential transactions involving the Company.
Sustainable soap brand Single Use Ain’t Sexy has been greeted with a huge influx of support after raising over half a million dollars in funding via a crowdfunding campaign. The brand has launched itself into the ‘green economy’ by calling on the Australian public to financially back them and their mission to get Aussies to […]
Queer Artist Ryan James Caruthers has publically slammed software company Unfold after it asked to use the artist’s work for free as part of its Pride Month social media campaign. Caruthers took to Instagram to show screenshots of the conversation he had with Unfold after it asked the artist to share 12 of his images […]
After relaunching in September last year, TWOOBS has become a ‘kinda’ shoe brand by also focusing on making the world a ‘kinder’ place and creating more consumer-conscious shopping. The vegan shoe brand founded by sisters Jess and Stef Dadon changed its marketing approach last year and stopped using social media to push sales the old-fashioned […]
Highly experienced tourism marketer Kelly Ryan has been appointed to lead the marketing efforts at Visit Sunshine Coast (VSC). During the past 12 years, Ryan has supported Canberra’s tourism industry in senior marketing roles, including as director of strategy and insights as well as director of marketing at VisitCanberra. Most recently, Ryan has been working […]
GHO Sydney has developed a new educational platform for Family Planning NSW to help parents and carers of children with disabilities navigate the changes to their bodies, emotions and social interactions. The project, ‘Planet Puberty’, was made possible through funding from the federal government’s Department of Social Services, and was co-designed with people with disability […]
JCDecaux today announced conservation organisation, Bush Heritage Australia, as its major charity partner for 2021. The partnership is part of a series of ‘social impact’ initiatives the business is launching this year, under the banner of JCDecauxHEART. JCDecauxHEART focuses on three areas of social impact: health and mental health, environmental sustainability, and enriching urban communities. […]
Shameless Media’s Michelle Andrews and Zara McDonald’s latest podcast, The Books That Changed My Life, will launch exclusively on LiSTNR on Tuesday, 15 June. Throughout the series Michelle and Zara will talk with guests including Kevin Kwan, Laura Henshaw, Jock Zonfrillo, Susan Carland, Hamish Blake and Delta Goodrem about the books that have had a profound impact […]
In celebration of Pride Month, cult streetwear brand Champion has announced an Australia-and New Zealand-first Pride range, Champions of Pride, and ongoing partnership with the Queer Sporting Alliance. Championing a cause, celebrating community, and aiming to create real change, the capsule collection proudly heroes the Pride colours in a selection of signature Champion tees, iconic […]
Following the successful deployment of BankiFi’s technology platform at The Co-operative Bank in the UK, BankiFi has appointed Lloyd Parata to lead their expansion into the Australian Financial Services market. BankiFi’s technology platform ensures banks remain relevant by offering SMEs an innovative solution to operate their business, whilst avoiding common challenges like late payment. Parata, […]
Mars Wrigley 5 Gum has partnered with Twitch to launch Team CLUTCH, a team of Twitch streamers who will assemble on for three live squad streams tackling popular games like Fortnite while embodying the brand’s ethos of ‘life happens in 5’. This partnership builds on 5 Gum’s 2020 Twitch activation, and is set to create […]


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Just Eat PLC (JE) Given Average Recommendation of “Buy” by Analysts
Shares of Just Eat PLC (LON:JE) have been given an average rating of “Buy” by the sixteen brokerages that are presently covering the firm, MarketBeat reports. Five research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, ten have issued a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the company. The average 12 month target price among analysts that have issued ratings on the stock in the last year is GBX 821.64 ($11.06).
A number of research analysts have recently commented on JE shares. Deutsche Bank increased their price target on Just Eat from GBX 790 ($10.63) to GBX 830 ($11.17) and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, November 1st. J P Morgan Chase & Co increased their price target on Just Eat from GBX 826 ($11.12) to GBX 835 ($11.24) and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Tuesday, October 3rd. Numis Securities reiterated an “add” rating and issued a GBX 845 ($11.37) price target on shares of Just Eat in a research note on Tuesday, October 31st. Credit Suisse Group increased their price target on Just Eat from GBX 825 ($11.10) to GBX 870 ($11.71) and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Wednesday, November 1st. Finally, Peel Hunt reiterated a “buy” rating and issued a GBX 895 ($12.05) price target on shares of Just Eat in a research note on Thursday, November 16th.
In other news, insider Frederic Coorevits sold 13,500,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, November 2nd. The stock was sold at an average price of GBX 760 ($10.23), for a total value of £102,600,000 ($138,088,829.07).
Just Eat Company Profile
Just Eat plc is a United Kingdom-based operator of digital marketplace for takeaway food delivery. The Company’s segments include the UK, Australia & New Zealand, Established Markets and Developing Markets. The Established Markets includes Benelux, Canada, Denmark, France, Ireland, Norway and Switzerland.
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Delivery charges for Scottish shoppers £38m higher than rest of UK
The figures was calculated by researchers at the Scottish Parliament
Delivery charges for online shoppers in Scotland are on the rise, with customers north of the border now paying £38.1m more than those other parts of the UK every year, research has found.
It means that Scottish shoppers in affected areas are paying almost £75 more per year to have parcels delivered to their home addresses than their counterparts south of the border.
"Given that online shopping is on the increase, so is the postcode penalty paid by households and businesses"
Richard Lochhead MSP
The total figure is £1.8m higher than last year, when it stood at £36.3m, with more than 510,000 shoppers in Scotland currently affected by the extra surcharges.
The study was conducted by researchers at the Scottish Parliament's information centre (SPICe), who studied the number of people living in postcodes affected by additional fees.
It found that over the Christmas period alone, the total extra cost faced by Scottish shoppers having parcels delivered amounted to £11.4m.
The surcharges added to delivery costs to more rural or remote areas have previously been described by MSPs as a "postcode penalty".
Last year, a study for Citizens Advice Scotland found that those living in the north and north-east pay at least 30 per cent more for delivery than consumers elsewhere.
This figure rises to an average of 50 per cent more for the Scottish islands, with one extreme example being a £500 delivery fee for postage to the Outer Hebrides for items costing £85.
SNP MSP Richard Lochhead, whose Fair Delivery Charges campaign seeks an end to such costs, said the rising fees are "hugely frustrating".
He said: "The campaign is making a positive difference but given that online shopping is on the increase, so is the postcode penalty paid by households and businesses.
"Scottish consumers in rural areas – who are often more dependent on online shopping than those who live on the mainland – should not have to live with these eye-watering surcharges that are often imposed randomly and not by all retailers."
He continued: "Having to pay extra delivery charges can really hit families in the pocket, especially when buying Christmas presents for friends and family.
"The authorities have thankfully begun to take action, but it's now time to put the foot on the accelerator and take more and faster action.
"It is also time for the UK Government, that holds responsibility for regulation, to consider what more can be done, otherwise more Christmases will come and go with Scotland's delivery surcharge bill just getting higher and higher."


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Innovation Outperformers – Highlights from New IBM Research
More Than Magic
According to a recent research study published by the IBM Institute for Business Value, outperforming organizations are 79% more likely to establish dedicated innovation teams.
For those of you who don’t have time to download, print, and read the whole thing, I’ve taken the liberty of collecting the highlights for you.
IBM’s analysis revealed three key categories that separate Outperformers from the rest:
- Organizational structures and functions that support innovation
- Cultural environments to make innovation thrive
- Processes to convert ideas into innovation
IBM found that Outperformers approach innovation differently. They:
- Align innovation with business goals
- Structure open forms of innovation
- Create specialized teams
- Lead with an innovation focus
- Encourage innovative behaviors
- Sustain innovation momentum
- Generate new ideas from a wide range of sources
- Fund innovation
- Measure innovation outcomes
Another important point to keep in mind, but not highlighted in the report, is the tension between inefficiency and innovation. The more inefficient the organization, the fewer resources available to invest in innovation.
Something to think about…
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St. Paul – Today, Representative Paul Thissen (DFL-Minneapolis) introduced legislation to change the economic balance of power between Minnesotans and the behemoth Internet companies that dominate our economy. The measure would require those companies to reimburse individual consumers for the value of the personal information they provide. Rep. Thissen initiated the legislature's effort this year to ensure consumer privacy rights are protected, a fight he and his colleagues continue to wage as the session enters its final weeks.
"Right now, our economy is becoming increasingly dominated by a handful of incredibly powerful companies who make huge amounts of money trading on the personal information of Americans," said Representative Thissen. "It's time for Minnesotans to have ownership of their own personal information recognized and to share in the profits made off the sale of that information."
The legislation requires the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission to set a value for personal consumer information. Starting in 2019, any company that sells or shares personal consumer information, or that uses such information for advertising, will have to pay the individual consumer a fair value for use of that information.
"We have an incredibly unfair economy right now where a very few are benefiting and making historically unprecedented profits at the expense of the vast majority,” said Rep. Thissen. “It's time we stand together and demand that economic gains being produced by trading information are shared with those who provided the information.”
Just this week, Rep. Thissen’s provision to give consumers the right to oppose selling or sharing of Web browsing data was cut from the Jobs bill conference committee report.
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A maligned script, hangul is now hipPearl Buck once said hangul was the simplest and best script in the world. The best-selling nonfiction author Jared Diamond called it “ingenius.” Koreans, however, don’t seem to think much of it.
Long enamoured with the English alphabet, Korean are increasingly turning to their own script to add a dash of decoration to commercials, Internet pages and modern art.
Daetoo Investments & Security led the way with its television commercial, which first aired in early April. The commercial shows thousands of hangul letters rotating and coming together to make up a photo of a human face. Oliver Griem, a media design professor at Hongik University, led the development of the ad.
“Through this project, we learned that the Korean letters were just as great to work with as English letters,” said Jung Won-hwa, a team director at Welcomm Communications.
In an April commercial for Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance, Korean letters fall like raindrops, breaking into white foam as they land on the shoulders of the actor Han Suk-gyu.
“We used a 3-D technique to show how each vowel and consonant broke apart,” said Jang Jong-cheol, vice director of Cheil Communications.
Hangul has proven popular in the digital industry as well. “Mini hompys,” or small templates for personal homepages made by companies such as Cyworld, are creating special fonts of their own.
“Pretty hangul fonts are popular among Internet users because they can use them to express their feelings more freely in their writing,” said Kwon Chang-hyun, a team head at SK Communications, the company that runs Cyworld. Cyworld sells 87 new hangul fonts, including the squiggly “pea font” and the curvy “water drop font.” An average of 20,000 people purchase these new fonts online every day.
The craving for the newer and cooler fonts has gone so far that some Internet sites are offering “celebrity fonts,” which are supposed to imitate the handwriting of one’s favorite star. At first, celebrities like the actress Moon Geun-young and singer Lee Hyo-lee made their personal fonts, and now there are over 20, including the “Yoon Do-hyun font,” “Bi (Rain) font,” and “Son Ye-jin font.”
The fonts, however, don’t actually look like handwriting ― they instead capture the “spirit” of the particular celebrity. The “Moon Geun-young font” is small and cute, what one would expect from the good-girl teenage star. The “Yoon Do-hyun font” is “manly and powerful,” like a rocker should be.
Designers and artists have even turned to hangul to get new ideas. In the artist Kim Ban-seok’s newest work, “Geul Geurim (writing picture),” he used the lines from vowels and consonants to create an image that reflects the title of the work.
In a fashion show in February, the designer Lee Sang-bong introduced a wardrobe that had hangul letters printed all over it. “Hangul is artistically valuable and is very effective at delivering emotion,” Mr. Lee said. “Foreigners feel that hangul has a modern feeling and to them, each character looks like a work of art.”
“Foreign buyers liked the idea so much they asked me to use more hangul on the designs,” he said. “I think I’ll put hangul on neck ties, T-shirts and scarves as well.”
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Copperas Cove grandmother to open clothing shop for children
Fri, 2016-10-21 05:00 News Staff
By LYNETTE SOWELL
Patricia Johnson might be confined to a wheelchair due to her health issues, but that isn’t preventing her from seeing a longtime dream becoming reality.
Johnson has formed a nonprofit called Thanks For The Little Things, and is in the process of transforming the tiny two-bedroom house at 412 E. Ave. D into a children’s clothing store with a twist.
“I took notice when I was living in North Carolina of the poverty that I had seen, children not having clean clothes, and they would come to church and it really bothered me, that they really weren’t dressed well and were in need of better clothing,” Johnson said. “I started thinking, well, the mothers probably didn’t have the kind of finances that they could afford to buy better clothing. So maybe someday I would have a shop where mothers can bring their children and not have to worry about trying to pay for clothing for them. They can just come in and fill up bags and the children would have nice clothing for a donation.”
That dream went on the back burner, especially from 2012-2014, when Johnson faced health issues and multiple surgeries. However, this summer she decided now is the time to go forward.
On Saturday, Johnson’s family and friends began painting the rooms inside the house and started to make the cosmetic changes to the building’s interior to turn it into a shop.
Johnson said it won’t be like Salvation Army or Goodwill stores, that she has seen mothers in those stores, looking through racks and looking for bargains, and the prices were not affordable.
Thanks For The Little Things will take care of infants and children from head to toe, she added.
Mothers can come into the shop, where they will fill out a form to state what they have need of. Johnson said it’s not an application, but Thanks For The Little Things needs to track how many families and children they will be helping, as they are a nonprofit.
“We will have bags of shampoo, toothbrush, toothpaste, soap, and more,” Johnson said. “We’ll also provide socks and shoes, sneakers, undergarments.
We’ve already spoken to a couple of barbers to do free haircuts for the boys throughout the school year. We are also seeking hair stylists or ladies who know how to braid hair, to keep the girls’ hair done.”
Johnson said she’s ordered 900 children’s books, so every child who comes to the store can get a free book, every time they come.
After a mother fills up a bag with clothing for her children, she will simply put a donation in the box that will be on the counter.
“Nobody’s going to know how much you’re putting in, but one of the things that will be expressed is all you have to do is give a donation. That’s all I ask,” Johnson said.
The shop will be run by volunteers who will assist the mothers as they shop. Johnson is also seeking funds, as well as donations of new and gently used clothing and shoes. What she has collected so far is in a storage unit, and volunteers will start stocking the shelves as soon as work on the building is complete.
“I dreamed of this, and it’s going to be a yellow house,” Johnson said. “The reason I named it Thanks For the Little Things is sometimes the little things count and are more important than the big things.
Small things can mean so much, and that’s all I want to do.”


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Beginning next month, Starbucks will debut delivery services in 150 stores in Beijing and Shanghai using Alibaba’s on-demand food delivery platform Ele.me, the two companies announced.
Alibaba’s Ele.me platform hosts 3 million registered riders who primarily deliver food orders, but have also broadened services to include medicine, groceries, and flowers. The fleet has been customized to carry Starbucks’ beverages. After piloting in Beijing and Shanghai, the plan is to then expand the delivery program to more than 2,000 stores in 30 cities across China.
The announcement comes a week after Starbucks reported its third-quarter earnings, noting underperformance in China as it continues its growth phase there. On the earnings call, Starbucks CEO Kevin Johnson acknowledged “the need to move faster and enable delivery in China.”
Also on that call, Starbucks China CEO Belinda Wong pointed out that some upstart competitors have moved into the coffee space offering lower prices and delivery. That said, she believes Starbucks will prevail in delivery.
“While recent coffee market entrants have chosen to capitalize on delivery combined with heavily discounted offers, there’s significant compromises at play in terms of quality, experience, and business sustainability,” Starbucks China CEO Belinda Wong said at the time. “These will prove to be short-lived. Let me assure you that our new delivery service will adhere to the high standards our customers in China have come to expect with regard to the Starbucks experience.”
Starbucks will enter Alibaba’s Hema supermarkets
In addition to the Ele.me delivery service, Starbucks will enter Alibaba’s Hema supermarkets, whose stores are known for its digitized grocery shopping experience. Within select Hema stores in Hangzhou and Shanghai will be “Starbucks Delivery Kitchens,” a back-of-the-house operation where trained baristas will fulfill online Starbucks delivery orders.
Starbucks’ partnership with Alibaba goes beyond the delivery service. Starbucks and Alibaba will launch a virtual Starbucks store by integrating both companies customer-facing mobile platforms, including My Starbucks Rewards, Taobao, Alipay, Tmall, and Koubei. Within the ecosystem of apps, shoppers will be able to order a Starbucks beverage or send one to a friend using the company’s “Say it with Starbucks” social gifting platform or buy merchandise.
“Our transformational partnership with Alibaba will reshape modern retail, and represents a significant milestone in our efforts to exceed the expectations of Chinese consumers. Starbucks China is one to watch, and I have full confidence in the team that will bring the new innovation behind the Starbucks Experience to life,” CEO Kevin Johnson said in a statement.
More than 500 million Chinese consumers shop on Alibaba’s platforms. They’re frequent users of the apps too. Taobao, an online marketplace, is opened an average of 7.8 times per day.
With coffee consumption on the rise in China, Starbucks sees the opportunity for growth in a market that has traditionally opted for tea.
Starbucks first entered China in 1999. This year, the company plans to open 600 new stores in China, with a goal of operating 6,000 stores in 230 cities in China by the end of fiscal 2022.
Julia La Roche is a finance reporter at Yahoo Finance. Follow her on Twitter. Send tips to firstname.lastname@example.org.
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Bill Cullen has re-entered the Irish motor trade. The former Renault CEO and one of Ireland’s best known business personalities has opened a new showroom on Naas Road, where he has been appointed an official dealer for the SsangYong franchise. His dealership, named ‘Bill Cullen Premier Motors’ will stock the Korean range of SUVs as well as a variety of used cars.
‘I am delighted to be back,’ said Bill. ‘I’ve been itching to get back into the motor trade for some time. I had noticed that SsangYong had a new range that was performing well in other markets and when I spotted that it had entered the Irish market I knew it was time to make a move.’
Bill and his partner Jackie have recruited a team of sales people and servicemen. Their new showroom, which is located on the Dublin city end of Naas Road, opposite Brooks, spans over 950 square meters. It has been transformed in a matter of weeks and now aims to serve Dubliners and commuters from the surrounding counties.
“We are in an excellent location with easy access from the M50 and the red Luas line going by our door – we’re a stone’s throw from the Bluebell Luas stop. Both used car buyers and people interested in the new SsangYong range now have a new destination to come to and as of today Bill Cullen Premier Motors are open for business.”
Speaking about what attracted him to the Korean franchise, Bill said, ‘SsangYong are a very ambitious car brand and the new range features efficient, powerful engines and a sleek design that will appeal to Irish car buyers. I’m also very pleased with the five year warranty and five year road side assistance across the ranges. I can see this range appealing to families, individuals and business owners alike – particularly since the SsangYong Korando Commercial had been voted Irish Continental Commercial SUV of the Year 2014.’
Joe Harris, CEO SsangYong Motors Ireland said he was thrilled to have the well accomplished business man on board. ‘Bill has been a cornerstone and pioneer of the Irish motor trade for many years and his personal and professional achievements are second to none. We are delighted to have a person of such incredible achievements and his excellent team on board and we are confident that this appointment will see the SsangYong brand continuing to go from strength to strength.’


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The FDA's recall of 465,000 Abbott Laboratories pacemakers earlier this week alerted medical-device makers that they increasingly need to be prepared to issue security updates and take cybersecurity issues more seriously.
The agency recalled the devices Tuesday, saying the cardiac pacemakers made by Abbott (formerly St. Jude Medical) required firmware updates to correct vulnerabilities that leave the devices open to hackers. Rather than removing the devices, patients and physicians can install the update at a medical facility, but not remotely.
Cybersecurity issues in medical devices are now a point of concern for devicemakers and the FDA, according to Mac McMillan, CEO and co-founder of the privacy and cybersecurity consulting firm Cynergistek.
Given the added attention from regulators, devicemakers will have to be more proactive about developing and releasing updates.
"If devicemakers didn't already have developers sitting around looking at cybersecurity, they now have to incur the costs of making sure their devices stay current," McMillan said. "In the past, they've developed devices and put them on the market and moved onto the next device. This is a new thing for them."
The vulnerabilities were first discovered last year, after cybersecurity firm Medsec Holdings informed the investment firm Muddy Waters Capital about the issue. In January, St. Jude Medical, which was acquired by Abbott in January 2016, released a patch for a different set of cybersecurity problems.
The medical device industry can learn some lessons from consumer tech companies, which actively push updates before problems even become public.
"When Apple releases an iPhone update that includes security updates, everyone applauds Apple," said Mike Kijewski, CEO of Medcrypt. "If you have a device and a vendor never does a cybersecurity software update for it, it doesn't mean they're great at cybersecurity—it means they're not taking cybersecurity seriously."
Companies that don't shift their cybersecurity approach will take a hit, said Stephanie Domas, lead security engineer for Battelle's DeviceSecure services. "Manufacturers that are not taking cybersecurity as seriously as they should will realize that this is something that causes business impact."
As devicemakers transition into a new cybersecurity model, some may be more proactive and announce updates before FDA mandates, Kijewski said. But those changes likely won't occur until Abbott's recall shakes out.
If Abbott feels a huge backlash from patients, providers and investors, other devicemakers may hold off on issuing updates, Kijewski said. If the updates aren't weighed down by FDA requirements, devicemakers could act quicker.
The FDA could encourage proactivity by easing regulations, Kijewski said. "If the FDA can say you're just doing the update for cybersecurity and the changes are minimal and the functionality of the device isn't changing, they can make the update happen faster," he said, which will be cheaper for the vendor. "I expect you'll see in the next 90 days one device vendor releasing something about a device update," he said.
But getting updates installed and determining who is responsible for installing the upgrade is another issue, Domas said. In the case of Abbott's pacemakers, it's on physicians, since in the advisory the company released it recommended physicians "determine if the update is appropriate given the risk of update for the patient."
"That seems insane to me," she said. "A physician does not know cybersecurity. How can we be asking physicians to make that decision?"


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Sales of x86 servers in China will increase substantially this year after a slowdown in 2007, local analysts report.
The market value will rise 11.8 per cent to $1.68bn, while unit sales will increase 16.1 per cent to 690,000, according to forecasts from Beijing-based CCID Consulting.
"The driving forces for market growth came from the fast-growing telecom and value-added telecom services, accelerating IT applications in the transportation sector [and] the warm-up of the SMB market," said CCID analysts.
A number of new markets for servers opened up and began to account for significant sales in China last year.
These included online banking and securities trading, new "socialist countryside building" and city emergency system building, according to CCID.
China's market for x86 servers was worth $1.5bn in 2007, with 595,000 servers sold, according to estimates based on initial sales data.
These figures indicate that the market suffered a significant slowdown in the rate of increase in sales revenue to below 13 per cent last year, after growing almost 20 per cent in 2006.
Huawei and ZTE, China's largest telecoms equipment makers, began selling servers in significant numbers during 2007, challenging market leaders Dell, HP, Sun Microsystems and IBM in the telecoms sector.
"If ZTE and Huawei enter the enterprise-level market, competition in the server market will intensify. The whole market pattern will change and a new round of reshuffling will be imminent," said CCID analysts.
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One of the features Apple announced at WWDC 2021 was a feature for the AirPods Pro called Conversation Boost. This essentially turns the earphones into some kind of pseudo hearing aid where it can help enhance the volume levels of people talking around you, and the good news is that it looks like the feature is here.
As part of the latest AirPods Pro firmware update, Apple has finally brought Conversation Boost to its earphones. Note that this seems to only work for the AirPods Pro, so for those who own the regular AirPods or AirPods Pro Max, it doesn’t look like this will be a feature that you can take advantage of.
To enable the feature, you’ll have to launch the Settings app on your phone, scroll down to Accessibility and look for AirPods. Then you’ll have to go to Audio Accessibility Settings, choose Headphone Accommodations, choose Custom Audio Setup, and follow the prompts. At the end, under Customize Transparency Mode, scroll down and look for Conversation Boost and toggle it on.
Keep in mind that this isn’t a replacement for a proper pair of hearing aids, but for those who aren’t necessarily at that point where they might need hearing aids but could still benefit from a boost in speaking volume, then it could be worth checking out.


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ANZAC Cottage will hold its Sunset Service held at 5.15pm, “at the going down of the sun” on ANZAC Day, April 25 this year.
The ceremony will be preceded by a free wreath making workshop for children at 3pm where they can fashion their own wreaths in readiness for the Service.
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Johnson & Johnson reported a better-than-expected first-quarter profit on Tuesday and raised its full-year sales forecast, helped by strong demand for its cancer treatments.
The company’s blockbuster rheumatoid arthritis drug Remicade has come under pressure from cheaper copies of the treatment, pushing the company to focus on newer treatments such as cancer drugs.
Quarterly sales of its cancer treatments surged 45 percent to $2.31 billion, accounting for nearly a quarter of its pharmaceutical unit’s revenue.
In contrast, Remicade’s first-quarter sales fell 16.9 percent to $1.39 billion.
The company said it plans to streamline its global supply chain and expects pre-tax savings of $600 to $800 million by 2022.
Healthcare Companies On The Rise
The healthcare conglomerate also said it would increase its capital expenditure by 15 percent in the United States, bringing the total to $30 billion over the next four years, as it reinvests the windfall from U.S. tax reforms.
For the full year, J&J raised its sales forecast to a range of $81.0 billion to $81.8 billion from $80.6 billion to $81.4 billion estimated previously.
“The first-quarter print should ease concerns around tempered revenue growth,” BMO Capital Markets analyst Joanne Wuensch said.
Sales at J&J’s consumer products unit, which makes Band-Aids, Neutrogena beauty products, and Tylenol, rose 5.3 percent to $3.40 billion.
Net earnings fell to $4.37 billion, or $1.60 per share, in the latest quarter from $4.42 billion, or $1.61 per share, a year earlier.
Excluding items, the company earned $2.06 per share. Analysts on average were expecting earnings of $2.02 per share, according to Thomson Reuters.
Total sales jumped 12.6 percent to $20.01 billion, beating analysts’ estimates of $19.46 billion.
Shares in the Dow-component were marginally up at $132.6 before the bell.


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Ariana Grande performed her brand new single ‘Focus’ for the first time at the IHeartRadio Theater over the weekend and absolutely killed it.
— iHeartRadio (@iHeartRadio) October 31, 2015
However, It didn’t all go to plan, during her sit down performance mid show a fan threw a smartphone up on stage. She handled it like a sweetheart and responded with “Did someone throw a phone at me?” she asked. “Did someone just throw a phone on stage? That’s so dangerous. What if your screen cracked?”.
— Michaella good (@Vader_good) October 31, 2015
I guess it’s all part of being a superstar, you may remember Bieber had a water bottle lobbed at him
and Harry Styles once copped a shoe to the nether regions.


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AC Schnitzer has modified the hybrid sports car to make it the perfect pursuit vehicle.
After previewing its performance modifications for the BMW 8 Series Coupe, German tuner AC Schnitzer has created a custom cop car for the Tune it! Safe! Campaign, which aims to "combat illegal and unsafe tuning with a nationwide campaign." Every year, a German aftermarket tuner is selected to create a police-themed vehicle for the campaign.
This year, AC Schnitzer chose to convert the BMW i8 sports car into a police car we would happily pull over for. Currently on display at the Essen Motor Show, the hybrid police cruiser will be shown at events, trade fairs and tuning events for the next year.
The BMW i8 police car has received a host of modifications. To start with, AC Schnitzer has lowered the car by 20 mm on the front and rear axles, bringing it much closer to the ground than the production vehicle to increase the cornering stability. This makes it perfectly equipped for chasing criminals in high-speed police pursuits, so it's a shame it won't be used as a real police car.
21-inch lightweight forged wheels and an aerodynamic carbon body kit, which includes front spoiler elements, a front spoiler, a hood top, and front side wings, also make the car lighter. There's also carbon side skirts and a three-part carbon rear diffuser providing extra downforce.
Rounding off the exterior changes are carbon door handles and mirror covers, along with flashing police lights and a German police livery. Inside, the BMW i8 cop car features aluminium shift paddles and pedals, as well as an aluminium cover for the iDrive System Controller.
There's no word on any performance upgrades, but the stock BMW i8 is powered by a turbocharged 1.5-liter three-cylinder engine that delivers 228 hp, and a 141-hp electric motor, producing a combined output of 369 hp. That's enough to propel it from 0-62 mph in 4.2 seconds and onto a top speed of 155 mph.


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Furaiki 4 update 1.11 is now available for Nintendo Switch players. According to the official Furaiki 4 game patch notes, the latest update added a minor fix to the game.
Since the release of the game, players were experiencing a number of issues with the game. Today’s Furaiki 4 patch 1.11 is expected to fix a few of these issues.
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Dell Inc., the world's biggest maker of personal computers, said it would push deeper into countries with lower operating costs by hiring an additional 1,200 people for a call center in India and building a factory in Eastern Europe. Michael Dell, Dell's founder and chairman, yesterday opened the company's third Indian call center in the northern state of Punjab. He said he expected the center to have about 1,500 workers in a year, compared with 300 now. The company employs more than 7,000 people in India, its largest work force outside the U.S. India's business process outsourcing sector has become a magnet for global companies. Mr. Dell also said the company would be setting up a second European computer-making plant "somewhere in the eastern part of Europe" but declined to give the location. The plan to set up a plant in Europe in part seems designed to shore up its business against Hewlett-Packard Co. in one of the few big markets where it outpaces Dell in sales.
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It seems that today the “conspiracy” of smart watch manufacturers was accidentally revealed. Of course, there is no real conspiracy, but still, many manufacturers of such devices, as it turned out, are cunning or even outright lying about some of the specifications of their products.
We are talking about weight and size indicators. The author of the channel DC Rainmaker found that Samsung very much underestimates the thickness and weight of the new Watch5. As a result, it turned out that not only Samsung does this.
But let’s start with her. According to the company’s website, the 44mm version of the Watch5 is supposed to be 9.8mm thick and weigh 33.5g. In fact, the watch weighs 55g and the case is 13mm thick! The Watch5 Pro is supposedly 10.5 mm thick, but in fact it is almost 50% larger (15.1 mm)!
Interestingly, if you remove the strap, then the mass of the watch itself will turn out to be exactly the same as it is indicated on the site. That is, we can say that in this case, Samsung is not lying. Moreover, the site has a postscript stating that the mass does not take into account the strap, but why would anyone need a mass of watches without a strap? In addition, such a focus will no longer work with the thickness – it is simply indicated incorrectly.
But the highlight is that the author decided to check the watches of other brands, and it turned out that this is the norm. In particular, Apple, Garmin and Polar also underestimate the thickness of their watches, which seems to be the norm. Although there are exceptions: Fitbit and Wahoo indicate the parameters correctly. It seems that companies just measure the thickness each in their own way. For example, Samsung apparently measures only the thickness of the side edge, while Apple and Garmin do not take into account the lower protrusion with sensors. A similar situation has long been the norm in the car market: automakers measure the clearance as they want, and it very rarely corresponds to the actual minimum distance from the lowest point of the car (excluding wheels) to the road.
Large AMOLED, GPS, SpO2, 5ATM, 117 sports modes. Xiaomi Smart Band 7 Pro presented internationally
Xiaomi has introduced the flagship smart bracelet Xiaomi Smart Band 7 Pro to the international market. This is a long-awaited analogue of the Chinese Mi Band 7 Pro, which debuted in July 2022.
The novelty has already become available in a number of European countries at a price of 99 euros (the exact price depends on the region). Users are offered several options for the colors of the case and straps. For the first buyers there is an impressive 20% discount – the bracelet can be bought for 79 euros.
Externally, the bracelet is more like a smartwatch thanks to the large 1.64-inch AMOLED screen, which occupies 87.7% of the front panel area. Among other features of the novelty are a resolution of 456 x 280 pixels, a built-in GPS module, improved heart rate and SpO2 sensors, more than 110 training modes, water protection (5 ATM), Bluetooth 5.2BLE support, a 235 mAh battery, battery life – about 12 days.
Photos of the first unboxing of smart watches Pixel Watch hit the web. To work, you need a smartphone with Android 8.0 or later
Pixel Watch smartwatch will be presented on October 6, we have already seen commercials and renders, now it’s time for unboxing.
A Reddit user who shared pre-announcement photos of the Pixel 6 posted unboxing shots of the Pixel Watch. You can see that the watch will ship in a small box and will initially run Wear OS 3.5.
The watch itself is exactly as we saw it on all promotional materials.
The box also states that the kit includes a magnetic charger and two identical straps in different sizes. The package also says that the watch supports GPS and will work with devices with Android 8.0 or later.
According to early reports, the watch is based on the Exynos 9110 SoC, has 1.5-2 GB of RAM, 32 GB of flash memory and an OLED screen.
Huawei’s best smartwatches launch in Europe on October 12th. Watch D is equipped with a blood pressure monitor, a large AMOLD screen, IP68 protection, GPS, NFC and allows you to register ECG
Huawei has finally revealed the launch date for its Watch D smartwatch in Europe. The novelty will be available in Germany from 12 October. The cost was announced earlier – 450 euros.
In terms of functionality, Watch D is the best Huawei smartwatch. They are equipped with a cuff tonometer, GPS receivers, an NFC chip. There are also heart rate and SpO2 sensors, ECG registration is supported. The AMOLED screen is characterized by a diagonal of 1.64 inches and a resolution of 456 x 280 pixels, the battery capacity is 451 mAh.
In China, Watch D debuted in December last year. In Europe, they were introduced in May of this year, and it will only come to real sales on October 12th.
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New sachet products by Cobeco Pharma
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Lately Cobeco Pharma extended their range of sachet products with offering their Cannabis and Guarana Lubricants as well as their iconic Penis XL Creams in boxes with 6 sachets. By adding these products to their assortment they are giving their retailers something new to sell. Sachets that can easily be taken along on a journey to spice up a moment when required. For more information Cobeco Pharma reverse to their online catalogue; links can be requested at email@example.com.


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Three aftermarket product areas should see a boost this year based on market trends:
1. Wear-and-tear policies. The comeback in leasing should encourage the sale of protection policies that cover lease customers from lease-end charges. Toyota Financial Services confirmed recently it expects to launch Toyota-branded wear-and-tear policies in early 2012.
2. Extended-service contracts for older cars. Many customers are keeping their cars longer. At the same time, there's a relative shortage of newer used cars, reflecting the drop in new-car sales in 2008 and 2009. Service plan vendor American Auto Guardian Inc. expects F&I products for higher-mileage used cars to be hot in 2012, says Jeff Teuscher, vice president of sales.
3. Products that bring customers back for service. The downside of the comeback in new-car sales is that new-car margins will probably come under increasing pressure. That makes service absorption -- the degree to which the service and parts department can pay a dealership's fixed costs -- more important than ever.
Lithia Motors Inc., the nation's ninth-largest dealership group, says one of its goals for 2012 is to increase sales penetration of its Lifetime Oil and Filter product. The idea is to keep customers coming back to the dealership for service. Penetration was 36 percent in the third-quarter of 2011, up from 34 percent from a year earlier, the company said.
All in all, the market for F&I looks rosier for 2012.


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The 2000 edition of The Big Picture – Retail is published this week. Subscribers to Design Week will receive free copies of the publication, which gives a rundown of business and trends in the retail sector. Further copies are available, price £40, from Customer Services, tel: 020 7292 3704. Alternatively, the contents can be viewed on DW’s website, www.design-week.co.uk
Offthetopofmyhead’s founder and creative director says there’s no such thing as brand design and much of what the design industry says about brand is incomprehensible, pretentious and just plain daft.
The new store — conceived by design and architectural practice Gensler — has a gaming lounge, multi-purpose Community Theatre and a McLaren sports car on the ground floor.
From vegan vending machines to zero plastic takeaways, the food industry is finding inventive solutions to its plastic problem.


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As part of the agreement, Total will purchase part of the output of PureCycle Technologies’ future facility in the US and assess the interest of developing a new plant together in Europe.
PureCycle Technologies has introduced an innovative way to separate colour, odour and other contaminants from plastic waste feedstock to transform it into virgin-like recycled polypropylene.
The company, which will begin construction on its first plant in Ohio this year, will produce 48,000 tonnes of recycled polypropylene.
Valérie Goff, Senior Vice President, Polymers at Total, said: “This partnership is an important new milestone for Total as it strengthens the Group’s position in chemical recycling.
“This first partnership in the United States opens new perspectives for addressing the challenge of the circular economy and achieving our ambition of producing 30% recycled polymers by 2030.”
Mike Otworth, CEO of PureCycle Technologies, commented: “The introduction of recycled polypropylene that can be used interchangeably with virgin resin will have an enormously beneficial impact on the global plastics circular economy.”


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Research aims to standardize beer
MINNEAPOLIS -- Scientists hope a new study will help develop a way for brewers to manufacture a beer that tastes as good in the dead of winter as it does on a hot summer day.
The study will investigate how growing conditions and locations can affect hops, barley and other ingredients and change the flavor and aroma of a brand of beer from batch to batch.
The Department of Agriculture has awarded a $300,000 grant to a subsidiary of Brooklyn Center, Minn.-based Mocon Inc. to study how variables affect beer ingredients, and to develop a high-tech instrument that will adjust the beverage to a brewer's standard.
Mocon's Microanalytics subsidiary in Round Rock, Texas, is working with a taste panel at Texas A&M University on the two-year study.
The aim of the beer study, once the aroma and flavor components have been identified, is to create a quality control detector that can adjust the components to a standard level and is easy to use on the production floor.


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Agriculture dep’t aims to double value of farm and fishery exports to Canada
THE Philippines aims to export more farm and fishery products to Canada with a target of doubling the value of such shipments over the medium term, the Department of Agriculture (DA) said.
In a virtual call with new Canadian Ambassador to the Philippines Peter MacArthur on Aug. 7, Agriculture Secretary William D. Dar said that an agreement has been reached to expand areas of agricultural cooperation and partnership in potato and dairy production, food logistics and markets, and agroforestry, among others.
“We wish to improve our balance of trade with Canada in succeeding years by selling more Filipino products like coconut water, virgin coconut oil (VCO), pineapples, mangoes, and melons,” Mr. Dar said.
Mr. MacArthur said that Canada is ready to assist the government in building producers’ markets, enhancing food supply logistics, and implementing an agro-forestry program that will benefit indigenous communities.
According to the DA, the Philippines exported around $98.8 million worth of farm and fishery products to Canada in 2019.
Coconut products led all exports at $23.8 million, followed by pineapple, dried guava, mango, and mangosteen amounting to $10.3 million, and fish products such as tuna and bangus worth $9.4 million.
“With about one million Filipinos residing and working in Canada — representing 2.7% of that country’s 37.7 million population, according to latest estimates — demand for various Philippine food products is expected to grow,” the DA said.
The DA said that in 2019, Canada exported $192 million worth of food products to the Philippines.
Frozen pork and offal amounted to $57.3 million, followed by deboned meat, ham, and other meat products $20 million, potatoes $11.6 million, and pig fat $6.7 million.
Mr. Dar said the first phase of adaptation tests for eight Canadian potato varieties were completed in Buguias, Benguet province while the second phase will start in October.
“If the adaptation trials succeed, yielding quality and cost-efficient potatoes (compared with) traditional varieties, Cordillera farmers could subsequently produce their own seed instead of relying on imports, and produce in commercial quantities for both table and processing use,” Mr. Dar said.
The potato trial is a joint project of the DA’s Cordillera Administrative Region high-value crops development program, Canada’s Prince Edward Island Potato Board, and the Canadian Embassy. — Revin Mikhael D. Ochave


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Monday August 7, 2017
By Richard Bosselman
AN incoming one-tonne utility tipped to further accelerate the sales pace of fast-growing Chinese brand LDV won’t be blemished by a poor crash test result.
This belief has been expressed by Great Lakes Motor Distributors in the wake of a scathing attack from Government-accredited safety agency, the Australasian New Car Assessment Programme, in respect to its most popular current product, a van that also configures as a people-carrier.
A three-star crash test result just issued for the LDV G10, which sells here in two-seater commercial and nine-seater passenger formats, is the second successive damning score from ANCAP. In 2015 its V80, another van, was slammed for achieving a two-star result.
GLMD remains highly confident, however, that the incoming T60, an entry into the booming one-tonne utility sector, will achieve the same level of safety as the category big guns, which all have the five star maximum.
That will be important not just for its commercial sector credibility – because many fleets insist on only five star product – but also with family users, who now see double cab four-wheel-drives as substitutes for full-blown sports utilities.
There is no indication when ANCAP, which is based in Melbourne and receives NZ Government and NZ Automobile Association funding and support, will crash test a T60.
However, a senior manager with GLMD, which is run by colourful father and son Rick and Deon Cooper and also has the rights to SsangYong, assures the ute will be the first LDV here to achieve a top-level rating.
“We have full confidence in (LDV owner) SAIC, who have committed to making all future products from LDV achieve a minimum of a five star ANCAP score.” asserted sales and marketing manager Warren Willmot.
“SAIC Motor (LDV) are committed to becoming a global vehicle brand. They understand the importance of safety in their export markets, including the UK, Australia and New Zealand.
“Their newly opened test facilities are state-of-the-art, and the level of investment made by SAIC is remarkable.”
In releasing some pricing details for the T60, which seems vaguely Ford Ranger-esque in size and styling overtones, GLMD has gone against normal convention by citing stickers that are exclusive of the Goods and Services Tax.
This, Willmot explains, is because most LDV product goes to commercial users who are used to GST-exclusive pricing.
“LDV pricing is always marketed with GST excluded as 95 percent of LDV customers are business/companies.”
He said this was common practice in the commercial industry. Regardless, all major players issue GST-inclusive prices and, certainly, the tax is likely to apply somewhere in the calculation.
With GST, the T60 obviously doesn’t look as sharp as GLMD would have it.
With the 15 percent tax loading added, the entry manual double cab 4x4 model that it cites as a $28,990 offer figures at $33,338. The alternate six-speed automatic is set to cost $35,638.
The T60 is also available in a four-wheel-drive Luxury grade, priced at $37,938 (GLMD says $32,990 plus GST) for the manual and $40,238 ($34,990 plus GST) for the automatic.
With tax included, the Mitsubishi’s Triton would seem to be the nearest-priced big name rival.
LDV will be adding single cab models to the T60 line up in December, followed by rear-drive units in 2018 and also a rebodied seven-seater SUV variant known as the D90. Prices for those models have not been cited.
LDV says it is supporting the T60 range with a five-year, 130,000km warranty and roadside assistance package.
Meantime, there has been no comment about how the G10’s crash test result might affect LDV’s standing here. The model was a significant driver in the brand having raced up the sales charts in 2016, when it was cited as the second fastest-growing marque represented here.
The model has been the subject of a high-profile marketing campaign, in which a courier cites having clocked 1.1 million trouble-free kilometres in the type – though the fine print reveals it was actually a cumulative count from a number of vehicles, not a single example.
ANCAP was critical of the model for having sub-par safety equipment and structural integrity, a finding that has spurred the New Zealand Automobile Association, which speaks locally on behalf of ANCAP when crash test results are released, to suggest the passenger edition should be given a wide berth.
AA Network Support Manager Phil Collings says it’s disappointing to see a vehicle designed as a family car rate so poorly.
“This is the type of car you would either spend a fair amount of time in for work, or use to transport a big family or group, and yet it fails to provide sound structural safety and is missing key safety features like seatbelt pre-tensioners and head and chest protecting side airbags,” he says.
The van achieved an overall score of 24.49 out of 37, with a score of 9.37 out of 16 recorded for the frontal offset test, with the head region of both front occupants recording ‘good’ ratings, but all other body parts scored ‘marginal’ ratings save for the lower leg area, which was deemed ‘acceptable’.
ANCAP said the frontal offset test resulted in excessive brake pedal movement, a split in the driver footwell, and the steering column and dash components providing potential knee injuries for the occupants.
A default score of 16 out of 16 was achieved for the side impact test, even though the test as not taken.
ANCAP said that large vehicles like the G10 can be expected to perform well in the side impact test, therefore a default score of 16 was awarded.
The pole test, whiplash protection test and pedestrian protection test were not undertaken, due to the fact that the outcome of the tests would not improve the G10’s overall rating.
As the NZAA points out, the G10 is only equipped with dual frontal airbags and side chest-protecting and side head-protecting curtain airbags are not available.
The G10 is also devoid of autonomous safety technology, with autonomous emergency braking and lane support systems not fitted.
ANCAP chief executive James Goodwin said the lack of safety in the G10, and in commercial vans in general, was disappointing.
“There were a number of serious concerns with the G10’s structural performance with the driver footwell rupturing and excessive pedal movement. Steering column and dash components were also a potential source of knee injury for the driver and passenger,” he said.
“The G10 also lacks important safety features such as head- and chest-protecting side airbags and seatbelt pre-tensioners which consumers today expect to be provided as standard – particularly in a vehicle which can carry up to nine passengers.
“The safety standards of passenger and commercial vans remains well below those offered in other segments with 67 per cent of vans rated by ANCAP holding a rating of four stars or less so we urge all brands to ensure an emphasis on safety carries across all market segments.”
Asked for comment, Willmot referred to an official statement that came out of LDV.
“LDV and SAIC are disappointed with this result and will use the valuable data from this test improve the LDV G10's safety performance.
“SAIC recognises the importance of safety and is committed making all future products from LDV achieve a minimum of a five star ANCAP score.”


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The one event that all gamers love is E3. The reason behind this being that all major game developers hold conference panels and unveil gameplay footage of their upcoming games during E3. Not just that, but game developers also use the E3 event as an opportunity to announce new games, DLCs and launch dates. With that being said, today we are going to check out everything that Ubisoft unveiled during E3 2018.
Beyond Good & Evil 2
Ubisoft started the press conference by unveiling Beyond Good & Evil 2. The crowd had a great reaction to the game because no one was expecting Ubisoft to show actual gameplay footage of the Beyond Good & Evil 2.
Nonetheless, the trailer for the game is super confusing and the only thing that we can take from it is that Beyond Good & Evil 2 will bring back Jade and that it will feature a co-op mode.
The Division 2
One of the most amazing games that Ubisoft unveiled during the press conference was The Division 2. The creative director for The Division 2 took the stage and he announced that the game will come out in 2019 and that it will feature new raids and a free DLC.
The best thing about The Division 2 is that it will take players in a post-apocalyptic Washington D.C. where they will need to create teams with their friends and fight over resources. We should also mention that the game’s trailer kept dropping hints about “civil war” and this sounds exciting!
If you are the type of person who loves playing games with your friends, then Trials Rising exactly what you need. This is a fun motorcycle game where players get to compete against other people in incredible races that take place on the top of skyscrapers, medieval castles and much more. In addition, Trials Rising is scheduled to launch in February 2019 and it will be available for PC, Xbox One, PS4, and Nintendo Switch.
Skull & Bones
Everyone dreams about being a pirate while being a kid and Ubisoft is looking to give people a chance to live their childhood dream. Ubisoft revealed a six minute gameplay footage of the upcoming Skull & Bones game and we have to say that it looks amazing!
What’s incredible about Skull & Bones is that it runs on 4K graphics and that the naval battles are as accurate as they could get. We should also mention that players can create crews with their friends and work together in order to find treasures and hunt other ships for loot.
VR technology is taking over the world and Transference is a great example of that. Transference is an upcoming VR horror game. The game is being developed by Ubisoft Montreal and it will be available on Xbox One, PS4, Oculus Rift, HTC Vive and PSVR. Nonetheless, the gameplay footage looks creepy and the VR dynamic makes it even scarier.
Starlink: Battle for Atlas
Nintendo Switch fans should be happy to know that a brand-new game is coming their way! Starlink: Battle for Atlas is a Nintendo Switch exclusive that features the famous starship pilot Fox McCloud. Moreover, the game is being developed by Shigeru Miyamoto who is renowned for creating amazing Nintendo games.
The short game trailer shows us that players will be able to get into fun space battles and defeat their opponents by outmaneuvering them and shooting huge rockets at their ships. Starlink: Battle for Atlas will be available for purchase on Nintendo Switch starting 16h October 2018.


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The CEO ofTrump Media and Technology Group Devin Nunes said on Friday that Truth Social is trying to build its own ads platform because we don't want to be held by Google. The former California congressman, who now runs former President Trump's app Truth Social, made a comment on Mornings with Maria on the day after a bipartisan group of senators led by Utah Republican Mike Lee introduced legislation that would force Google to break up its dominant online-ad business.
A news release from Lee's office stated that the competition and transparency in digital advertising would restore and protect competition in digital advertising by eliminating conflicts of interest that have allowed the leading platforms in the market to manipulate ads and impose monopoly rents on a broad slice of the American economy.
The Utah senator said he introduced the bill as a first step towards liberating the Internet from the grip of Big Tech monopolists. He argued that the broken system has been the primary driver of growth for tech companies that have failed us by undermining our privacy, censoring our speech and exploiting our children. There is no question that Google has multiple monopolies across the tech sector, Nunes told Maria Bartiromo on Friday. That is why we are trying to build our ad platform because we don't want to be beholden to Google. He went on to say that as someone who had to use Google ads in his past life in political campaigns, the biggest concern I always had was that they had to approve my ads before they went on to a banner ad or video, and that was really problematic because often times they were much harder on Republicans than on the left. ELON MUSK: DIVISION HATE A Google spokesman did not respond to FOX Business request for comment.
Nunes told Bartiromo that we can't use any tech tyrants because we don't want to be shut down.
He said that as we look at our advertising and how we are going to bring in advertising revenue, we don't want to be beholden to Google. The challenge that we have to have is to build that technology out so that we can go out to the marketplace and that it is easy to use so that we can bring in revenue to our company. He said that it is a big challenge for us to move forward and that we are currently working on it.


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UPDATE 10/7/21: The date of the MUTTS Canine Cantina grand opening has changed to Oct. 27.
MUTTS Canine Cantina will open Oct. 27 at 1070 Watters Creek Blvd. in Allen. The dog-centric restaurant and bar requires a day pass or membership to visit. Owners are planning a grand opening “pawty” at 3 p.m. that afternoon to mark the occasion. Guests will have the chance to win merchandise, gift cards and food items.
“We’re so excited to grow the MUTTS brand, open our doors to the Allen community and become the city’s newest hub for socializing, eating and drinking while treating Allen’s four-legged locals to the same pleasures,” franchise owner Pavan Shree says. “Located in Watters Creek resort-style, mixed-use development, we hope that the new outpost will attract the shoppers and residents in the nearby lofts who are already the regulars at the commercial hotspot.”
USA Today recently named MUTTS one of the country’s “10 best dog-friendly restaurants.” Canine visitors can enjoy two off-leash private dog parks as well as all the water they can drink. Their human companions may partake in a variety of food and beverage items including the MUTTS original chicken sandwich and its signature frozen margarita, the “barkarita.”
This will be the third MUTTS location, joining outposts in Uptown Dallas and the Clearfork area of Fort Worth. New locations are also planned for Austin, New Braunfels, El Paso, Phoenix, and Tucson, Ariz.


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Chinese construction machinery makers are opening banks, designing tractors and abandoning core business deals to diversify and stay profitable.
Japan's consumer inflation eased in January for a sixth straight month increasing expectations that the Bank of Japan will undertake further stimulus.
Microsoft plans to close two of its factories in China by the end of March, according to the Dow Jones News Service.
General Motors is to stop making cars in Indonesia, leading to a closure of an assembly plant and axing some 500 jobs.
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Tony Fernandes, Group CEO of AirAsia, attributes the first quarterly net loss in two years to "paper loss from foreign currencies" and is pleased with improved operating numbers and results of its associates.
Richard Lancaster, CEO of CLP, discusses the firm's performance in 2014. He also outlines the firm's focus within Asia, with China and India as its primary growth markets.
Mark Eibel, chief investment strategist at Russell Investments, attributes the mixed finish on Wall Street to a lack of U.S. data and the fact that markets are largely driven by events in Europe.


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According to Nielsen, the radio continues to be ‘the top reach vehicle’ for Hispanic adults
Radio is America’s top weekly reach platform, both overall and with Black and Hispanic consumers — 75 million of whom tune in each week.
Hispanics represent 17% of the U.S. population and by 2060 will comprise 28%, according to U.S. Census estimates. Radio reaches 96% of Hispanics in the U.S. weekly, more than any other demographic group, per Nielsen.
Our infographic shows some insights from Nielsen Report’s about the importance of radio to connect with the Hispanic Audience.
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Входящая в «Ростелеком» уфимская «Башинформсвязь» купила столичную
ИТ-компанию «Старт2ком», финансовые результаты которой за последнее время
выглядят более чем скромными. Примечательно, что с мая 2018 г. «Старт2ком»
пытается взыскать с «Ростелекома» через суд 430 млн руб. — сумму, в разы превышающую выручку истца.
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Earlier this year, Apple Music launched some of its top charts as playlist series. Today, YouTube is doing something similar. The company announced it’s making its YouTube Charts available as playlists in YouTube Music to users across the 29 markets where the music service is live. Each market will receive five of these “charts playlists” — three specific to their country, and two global lists, the company says.
The Top 100 Songs and the Top 100 Music Videos will be offered both as local and global playlists, while the Top 20 Trending Songs will be offered as a local playlist.
This latter playlist is updated several times per day in order to offer a real-time view into current music trends in a specific country. It’s also the first “dedicated external signal of the country’s most-viewed new music on the YouTube platform,” Google explained in a blog post this afternoon.
The other Top 100 Songs and Music Video charts are calculated differently and updated less often. The Top Songs is based on the overall performance of a song on YouTube by view count, which includes counting all the official versions of a song — meaning, the official music video, the user-generated content that uses the official song and lyric videos.
The Top Songs chart is updated weekly, according to YouTube’s documentation on how the charts are calculated.
The Top 100 Music Videos ranks the official music videos by view count in the previous week. It’s also updated weekly.
By comparison, YouTube Music’s Top Songs and Music Videos charts seem to have the potential to be more stale than those on rival services. For example, when Apple announced its Top 100 Songs chart would be available both as global and local playlists, it said it would update them daily at 12 AM PT based on Apple Music streams. Spotify’s top charts are also available both as daily and weekly charts.
“The charts, currently topped globally by Ariana Grande’s ‘thank u, next,‘ are the most accurate reflection of what’s happening in music culture and based purely on the number of views from more than 1 billion global music fans on YouTube each month,” noted the post, which does speak to YouTube Music’s strength.
Apple Music and Spotify are both fighting to break into the triple-digit millions in terms of paying customers, while Spotify is nearing 200 million total actives. But YouTube has a billion-plus users from which to generate its data. That’s not insignificant.
The new charts-turned-playlists are now available in the YouTube Music app. The playlists will appear on users’ home screens and be surfaced through search, says YouTube.
YouTube Music turns its Top Charts into playlists
Шведская Telia продала «Казахтелекому» свою долю в казахстанском сотовом операторе Kcell за $445 млн. Цена сделки в полтора раза ниже рыночной стоимости данного пакета. Теперь единственным конкурентом структур «Казахтелекома» на сотовом рынке республики остается местная «дочка» группы Veon.
Экс-акционер «Мегафона» бросил Beeline в одиночку сражаться с госмонополистом
The Google Play Store is receiving an update today that will allow customers to make charitable donations to nonprofits from their Android device. While it may seem odd to be rallying for support for charities within the same marketplace where users download apps and games, it’s not uncommon — Apple for years has collected donations for the American Red Cross in the wake of natural disasters like the California wildfires and hurricanes, for example.
Google’s implementation, however, isn’t a launch tied to a single event. And it’s rolling out support for several charities, not just the Red Cross.
Users in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Germany, Great Britain, France, Spain, Italy, Taiwan and Indonesia will soon see the option to make a donation to a number of organizations, including also charity:water, Doctors Without Borders USA, Girls Who code, International Rescue Committee, Room to Red, Save the Children, UNICEF, World Food Program USA and World Wildlife Fund US, in addition to the American Red Cross.
To access the feature Android users can head to play.google.com/donate to read about the organizations or to make a donation using the payment card they have on file for the Play Store.
To be clear, this is about the Play Store itself collecting charitable donations, not allowing Android app developers to do so. Google Play is covering all the transaction and disbursement costs, so the organizations receive 100 percent of users’ donations.
The feature’s launch has been timed with the holiday season, which often inspires charitable giving. It’s also a sort of belated nod to Giving Week 2018, the movement that encourages people to volunteer, fundraise and donate to worthy causes. (Giving Week this year wrapped on December 5).
The donations feature may offer a different selection of nonprofits in the future, we understand, though Google is not announcing any planned additions at this time.
Google says the feature will begin to roll out to Android users in the supported markets over the next few days.
Android users can now donate to charities through the Google Play Store
Цена, характеристики и фото необычного «топового» смартфона от китайского производителя, анонсированного сегодня широкой публике. Очередная модель в премиум-линейке Vivo Nex стала первым телефоном производителя с двумя дисплеями, созданными по технологии


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Maruti Suzuki has finally taken a step, which will help them reduce waiting period on the new Swift. The companies production facility at Manesar is facing several labor issues, causing loss of production and increase in waiting period of its latest hatch, the new Swift. India’s largest car maker has thus decided to shift part of the new Swift’s production to Gurgaon, where its first plant is situated. The company has also hired temporary workers to commence production at Manesar, where close to 250 cars were produced yesterday. The second plant at Manesar has been advanced to increase production. The strike, which is in its tenth day is expected to continue indefinitely as the Maruti Suzuki management and the workforce are yet to come to a mutual decision.
“The company has taken this decision to deliver Swift cars as soon as possible to customers who have booked them and are waiting for the delivery. As the company is working with less manpower at the Manesar plant these days, the decision to make the Swift both at Manesar and Gurgaon will help the company to raise overall volume,” Maruti Suzuki said.


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Walmart has reasserted its curiosity in blockchain-backed drones with a latest patent utility.
Commerce big Walmart filed for an utility entitled “Cloning Drones Utilizing Blockchain” in January 2019 with the USA Patent and Trademark Workplace publishing the patent on August 1. The patent for an unmanned aerial automobile (UAV) blockchain-based coordination system was revealed the identical day as Walmart’s digital foreign money patent utility.
The appliance isn’t Walmart’s first foray into blockchain-backed drone tech. In 2017, Walmart sought a patent for a blockchain-based drone bundle supply system, amongst different purposes.
In keeping with the patent, blockchain know-how is used to transmit info, like drone identification numbers, flight heights, flight speeds, flight routes, battery info, or loading capability, to different drones. Info may be shared based mostly on the intermediate location between drones.
The good thing about blockchain know-how, the patent claims, lies in knowledge integrity:
“A blockchain ledger could retailer any form of info which may be saved in some other format or medium, for instance, a big checklist of directions of various varieties, navigational info, and maps. In such a approach, a identical software program profile could also be deployed throughout the cloned drones.”
The appliance joins a bunch of different UAV purposes by the commerce big with most describing a supply service of kinds.
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Coordination and communication are additionally listed as invaluable makes use of. By encrypting knowledge on a decentralized ledger, operational parameters may be executed with out worry of being compromised.
Patent utility publishing and patent issuance aren’t the identical, nevertheless. The patent purposes is step one in an extended utility course of.
Wal-Mart’s curiosity in blockchain know-how caught most without warning earlier this month with a patent publishing for a cryptocurrency not in contrast to Fb’s Libra.
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this year 11, electric cars A new force suddenly rises. China’s excellent car sale car Shenzhou car business platform revealed that as of 11 March 15, Tmall China business car flagship store only 11 double Cruze classic items sales have more than 600 million yuan, today only 8 hours before the sales will exceed 3000 units, an average of 1 minutes to sell 6 units, Tmall products NO.1.
China auto sales car 11 double single product sales broken
sold the Cruze classic the Imperial Palace 8 ring around the end to end,
as this year’s double 11 new players, the performance of the sale of Chinese cars is very eye-catching. As early as October 13th, the sale of Chinese cars will jointly Tmall launched the double 11 big promotion. Consumers only need to pay 499 yuan deposit, to buy or sell any of the country’s car line car sales success, you can get a iPhone of $7, as well as the opportunity to get half price car.
unprecedented preferential activities greatly stimulated the enthusiasm of consumers to buy. The sale of Shenzhou car relevant responsible person said, during the double 11, Guangdong, Jiangsu, Hubei three provinces, the largest sales accounted for 11, the car sales of 70%, especially the three or four line of the city of Guangdong Province, Dongguan, Jiangsu and Changzhou, the purchasing power is extremely strong, boosting the eastern region to become this year’s champion to buy.
friends joked, so many cars can sell around 8 the Imperial Palace
this year, during the 11 double, the focus of China’s sale of vehicles, the main push star models, to create a single burst". The sale of the Shenzhou car responsible person said, like the Cruze classic, buy send iPhone7, and half Car Buying chance to consumers see benefits, and achieved very good results. The 11 period, the Cruze classic sales have been close to 7000 taiwan. Friends joked, can be surrounded by 2 ancient city wall, the the Imperial Palace, Shanghai, the Bund, filled with 18.
consumer groups younger, lovers become the main car
data show that even cars such a big guy, young people are also the main consumer, after 85 accounted for up to 87%. The launch of this synchronization network survey results show that 51% Car Buying is used as means of life; 23% Car Buying is used as self driving tour, Car Buying to pragmatic.
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is double 11 singles, to buy this thing couples or a sense of hard brush. Data show that the purchase of the crowd, the couple files accounted for 40%, becoming the first major.
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