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Nigerian posed as Des O'Connor in card fraud
A John Lewis sales assistant spent nearly £1,000 of TV presenter Des O'Connor's money as part of a massive credit card scam.
Scam victim: Des O'Connor and his wife Jodie
Olanrewaju Apalara, 26, used his mobile phone to record the veteran star's card details and those of dozens of other customers at the company's flagship Oxford Street store in London. Back home, he used the information to order electronic goods and other items from internet sites, then sold them online.
He bought nearly £170,000 of goods in total and became so arrogant he started obtaining them under the online name 'killer fraud'.
But the Nigerian-born former IT student was caught when John Lewis's fraud department was alerted to a high number of 'unusual transactions'.
Yesterday he was jailed for 18 months after admitting obtaining property by deception and converting the proceeds of criminal property.
Southwark Crown Court heard how Apalara, of Dagenham, Essex, would type customers' card numbers into his phone while they paid for goods in the sports and gardening department.
Prosecutor Ben Douglas-Jones said: 'He used his position of trust to obtain the details of bankcards and pin numbers from customers who he served. Cards obtained from other sources were also used.' Apalara used two internet shopping sites where he knew the 'integrity of the card verification system was flawed', the court was told.
His purchases were delivered to friends and relatives all over London and he would visit them to pick up the goods.
The nine-month crime spree ended when John Lewis called in police.
In December 2005, officers arrested Apalara after watching him punch a customer's card number into his phone as he stood by the till.
He gave two false addresses, sending officers on a 'wild goose chase', and then refused to answer any questions.
But Mr Douglas-Jones said: 'At his home police seized a number of items, including computers which showed the transactions.
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They also found evidence of a money transfer to someone in Lagos, Nigeria.'
Apalara managed to log 183 bank cards between March and December 2005, despite working only a two-day week.
He made 907 internet transactions and the court heard the value of the goods involved would have reached £300,000 if he had not been caught before they had all been delivered.
He used details from the card belonging to O'Connor, who was presenting Channel 4's Countdown until earlier this year, on orders worth £2,500 but only £901 worth had arrived.
Nigel Peters, QC, defending, said his client turned to fraud because of his mounting student debts.
Judge Anthony Pitts told Apalara, who had been studying for an MSc at King's College. London: 'It is a tragedy to see someone of your intelligence and ability in front of the court.'
But he said Apalara had abused his position in a 'serious and determined fraud.'
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We write as a coalition of 47 think-tanks, advocacy groups and organisations in response to proposed plain packaging tobacco control measures, and by the announcements by several countries of their interest in such policies.
Firstly, the right to own property is a fundamental human right. Thus, the protection of property rights, physical and intellectual, is critical. Creating an environment where property rights are protected and legally enforced contributes to social and economic growth and stability.
Intellectual property rights (IPR) promote trade in developed and emerging economies. The importance of secure intellectual property rights is recognised in international treaties and conventions.
As highlighted in various studies and indexes, there is a strong positive correlation between a country’s robust intellectual property rights enforcement and gross domestic product (GDP) per capita. Additionally, the protection of intellectual property rights is crucial to the economic development of every country. This is why intellectual property rights advocates are concerned with the discussion of plain packaging policies around the world.
We, the undersigned organisations, stand against the infringement of trademarks through plain packaging. Plain packaging prohibits the use of trademarks and therefore significantly erodes the value of this intellectual property - a dangerous precedent to set for commerce in general. Denying a manufacturer the right to use its trademark to identify its product strikes at the very core principles of corporate identity and freedom.
Governments all across the world have championed the success of plain packaging (PP) and its ability to curb smoking. Yet the data suggests that the plain packaging efforts may not be as successful as these governments would have the public believe with smoking rates actually increasing in a number of Australian states in the year following the policy’s implementation.
However, the Australian National Drug Strategy Household Survey (NDSHS) 2013 data suggests that youth daily smoking may have increased from 2.5 percent in 2010 (under branded packaging) to 3.4 percent in 2013 which was the first year of plain packaging.
But, RMIT University Professor Sinclair Davidson has raised serious concerns about the results of the Australian government’s Post-Implementation Review 2016, where the results show a dramatic decrease in smoking after the introduction of plain packaging.
Professor Davidson showed that the trend line was deliberately engineered to attribute any falling smoking prevalence to plain packaging. The econometric analysis in the PIR also omits a price variable; making implicitly the incorrect assumption that price plays no role in an individual determining whether or not to consume tobacco. Thus, the Post-Implementation Review about the successes of plain packaging in Australia should be viewed with scepticism.
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Trademarks, brands, and logos are a critical way to provide brand information to consumers which is an assurance that they are purchasing a legitimate, quality product. When this brand information is silenced through policies such as plain packaging, it has dangerous effects for consumers. For example, there has been a 24 percent increase in the consumption of illicit tobacco in Australia since plain packaging took effect.
By not allowing companies to use their trademarks, plain packaging forces consumers to make uninformed decisions and in many cases puts them in danger by forcing them to enter the illicit ‘black’ market in search of goods.
There has been an international trend toward plain packaging for different items such as alcohol, sugary foods, drinks, and even baby formula and toys. Indonesia has threatened to introduced plain packaging plans for alcoholic products.
The Australian government is now considering introducing graphic warning labels on alcohol, sugary drinks and food products the government believes could be considered unhealthy. South Africa has gone even further and has introduced plain packing like regulation on baby formula for infants and young children. This also includes prohibitions on any photo except those showing the correct method to preparing and using the product.
Additionally, the baby formula label cannot advertise any other designated product. Most outrageously, plain packaging has even been suggested for toys, with the argument that some toys reinforce boys to be ‘macho’ and girls to be ‘submissive’, therefore, proponents demand a public campaign for plain packaging on toys for children.
Countries renowned for their robust defense of property rights drive economic growth and stability. Weakening IPR is not only detrimental to the economy, but it can also place the public’s health and safety at risk. In order for countries to reach or remain economically successful, it needs to robustly protect and enforce IPR.
We urge governments around the world to focus on strengthening the protection of intellectual property rights instead of infringing on them by pursuing detrimental trademark infringement policies such as ‘plain packaging’.
The letter is signed by 47 think tanks, advocacy groups and organisations and can be located here.
The Property Rights Alliance (PRA) based in Washington DC, USA stands as an advocacy organisation dedicated to the protection of physical and intellectual property rights.

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Non-profits face the same issues that other small businesses do, but often lack the funds to run at top speed. Perhaps they can't hire an employee to design their website, or even an outside contractor.
One local consulting firm wants to help.
Herring Consulting, a small Downers Grove web design and development firm, is holding a contest for non-profit organizations whose main focus is “to help mankind and change the world.” Herring says it understands that some of these businesses don’t have the resources to launch an effective web site for distributing their message. Its development team will work with the organizations to design and implement a site that allows them to publish content and connect with the community.
Ultimately they will provide a customized website based on the open source platform, Drupal 7. This is estimated to be valued at $54,000. Judges will base their decision based on information sent in from the companies themselves, and through feedback on Herring’s Facebook page.
Applications are being accepted through May 31, 2011 through the Herring Consulting website. An initial listing of candidates will be available starting May 15th, 2011. Results of the contest will be announced on June 15th, 2011.


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Most marketers (85 percent) plan to increase the adoption of agile marketing in the next two years, according to Merkle’s Q2 2020 Customer Engagement Report, which explores how brands are pivoting operations during COVID-19, as well as how recent privacy regulations are positively impacting customer engagement.
In analyzing marketers’ organizational practices across agile adoption, Merkle found that 89 percent of marketers use agile methodology in some function or team, and nearly the same percentage (88 percent) use agile in their marketing practices in one way or another.
Larger companies have been practicing agile marketing the longest; of the group with annual revenue of more than $1 billion, 25 percent indicate agile usage for over 10 years. For lower revenue groups, agile usage was just seven percent.
The retail, financial, health and high-tech segments have shown the highest levels of agile planning, whereas travel, media and entertainment segments show a less mature adoption of agile.
When asked about the barriers to the adoption of agile marketing, 39 percent of respondents cited a lack of expertise, followed by 33 percent who expressed concerns about it disrupting their business.
While the recent passing of consumer data privacy regulations, marketers have been forced to rethink the way they leverage first-party data and build new processes to address compliance. Still, marketers say they’re confident that they can adhere to them.
In May 2018, the UK established the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), restricting how companies collect and manage consumer data. California followed suit when it affected the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) on January 1, 2020. Under the CCPA, brands must disclose data collection and sharing practices to customers, prohibiting them from selling personal data of consumers under the age of 16 without explicit consent. The CCPA also gives consumers the right to request to opt-out of the sale or sharing of their personal information and the right to request that their data be deleted.
Despite these limitations, 92 percent of respondents are confident in their ability to comply with privacy regulations. What’s more, 67 percent see recent privacy regulations as positively impacting marketing. Over half (54 percent) say privacy regulations have made them more aggressive in their efforts to acquire first-party data. As regulations give brands a better understanding of where their customer data comes from, they’re able to deliver more enhanced personalization.
First-party data remains a significant driver of personalization, but some use a combination: 41 percent of respondents say they use first- and third-party data for personalization. Thirty-seven percent say they only use first-party data, while 21 percent say they only use third-party data.
Merkle found that UK marketers choose first-party data most often, while US marketers use first- and third-party data together 11 percent more often than their UK counterparts. The discrepancy could be due to long-established privacy regulations in the UK or indicate that US marketers are more mature in leveraging both types of data.
When asked which data policy components are most cornering to them, 40 percent chose keeping accurate inventory of customer data, and 27 percent chose notifying customers of how they’re using their data.
To help develop new capabilities to meet data regulations, 70 percent of respondents brought in marketing service providers, 53 percent hired legal support and 46 percent tapped a consultancy.
Through a channel lens, email (19 percent) and digital media (18 percent) are the most affected by privacy regulations. Respondents ranked point of sale (POS) the least affected.
In February, Merkle surveyed 400 marketers at major US and UK brands spanning various industries.


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It's all about the money!While ephedra.com does not promote the use of ephedra, it does seek to preserve our freedom of choice. With our sympathy going out to the unfortunate few that did not abuse ephedra but may have suffered an adverse reaction, the following is the opinion of ephedra.com.
Where is the responsible reporting by the news industry when you need it? It started out as a few bad apples (abusers). Then the greedy litigating ambulance chasers saw a way to make money and created a parade of greedy copycat opportunists. And to help sway the opinions of juries, they encouraged everyone they could, especially the news industry, to jump on the ephedra bashing bandwagon.
And the pharmaceutical industry took notice. They knew that ephedra (as is true with many natural remedies) was competing with their drug sales. And they figured that by spending a little money on hyping the problems of ephedra (no natural or manufactured remedy is perfect) and some more money in buying off politicians to manipulate the FDA (class action lawsuits had emptied the pockets of the ephedra product manufacturers - the only competing force that would have prevented this), they could get ephedra banned. And they would stand to make a killing from increased sales of their unnatural concoctions. And while we only see the tip of the iceberg - the FDA trying to "protect us" - what we really have is the FDA being manipulated by the industry they supposedly oversee.
With the proposed FDA ban, there are more ephedra bashing news articles than ever. So it looks like the news industry wants a piece of ephedra too! Why sell any old news when what really sells is sensationalized bad news! Leave it to the news industry to take the easy road and help throw stones at ephedra rather than investigate, expose the truth and help defend our freedom of choice from the selfish interests that stand to profit from this ban! Say hello to being manipulated and good-by to our freedom of choice!
To provide a contrary perspective, ephedra.com provides a page as a resource for published news (and opinion) articles that don't bash ephedra. (If you want to see the bashing articles, just do a search on any search engine for 'ephedra news'.)


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Real estate investor and restaurant owner Dennis Kefallinos plans to take a big gamble on a new retail project in Detroit.
Kefallinos on April 30 will announce the opening of a 40,000-square-foot retail development called Shops in the Kresge Building. The project will feature 120 small spaces to be leased to retailers for $600-to-$1,200-per-month.
The name for the shops pays homage to its location in the building where the heart of Detroit retail once thrived; the former Kresge store and headquarters on Woodward at State Street.
Kefallinos vision for the center is a bustling area where consumers can browse and purchase art, clothing and food from local entrepreneurs. Along with the retail, he hopes the creation of a new bar and restaurant will make the project a destination along Woodward.
Ive got a lot of determination and a unique concept, he said. And theres a lot of demand for a destination spot in Detroit right now.
By charging low rent for a space ranging from 120 to 400 square feet, Kefallinos hopes the project will be a way for local entrepreneurs to get a start. He also hopes its a way for Detroit to get a start in retail as well.
You have to go back to the original ideas, he said. This is how (retailers) got started in the 1900s.
The leasing and marketing effort will launch with the projects announcement, but five spaces have been leased, Kefallinos said.
He has attempted this idea with the Russell Bazaar in the Russell Industrial Center, which he also owns. There are currently 110 retail spaces leased in that venture.
Kefallinos plans a different character in the downtown retail project, expecting it to be more family-oriented than the more hipster audience at the Russell Industrial Center.
He would not say how much he spent on the interior space at the Kresge building. He has owned the building for more than 10 years and is fronting his own money for the build-out of the space, complete with slate floors and marble appointments in the individual retail spaces.
Also included with be the 5 & 10 restaurant and bar to be fronting Woodward.
With the Russell Bazaar being the only precedent outside of what hes seen in Europe and South America, Kefallinos readily admits there is risk in the move.
Its a gamble, he said. Especially when I see everything closed up on Woodward and everyone leaving the city. But at the end of the day, even if its not successful, Ill be happy to know that I tried.
Retail consultants say the idea has worked in other markets, but management of the space and selection of the tenants is crucial.
This has worked all over the world, and especially during a down-cycle of the economy when large spaces are available, said Stan Eichelbaum, a Detroit native and president of Ft. Lauderdale-based retail developer advisory firm Marketing Developments Inc. You can wind up with wonderful public marketplaces, a very invigorated form of retailing.
Ken Nisch, chairman of Southfield-based retail consulting firm JGA Inc. said the difference between a flea market and a specialty market will be contingent on the management.
Make-it or break-it will be the mix of tenants, how its marketed and how interactive it will be, involving food and bars, he said.
The Kresge project is a relatively big leap for Kefallinos, who has focused on real estate acquisition, restaurants and apartments.
He moved to the United States from Greece at the age of 15. He worked his way up in the restaurant industry from the job as a busboy until he purchased his own restaurant, Nikkis in Greektown in 1980.
Hes broadened his roster of restaurants to include three, in addition to the development of rental residential projects. Across the city of Detroit, Kefallinos owns 800 rental units combined at all of his properties and has another 200 in the works.
Retail is something thats missing in Detroit, he said. And owning the historic Kresge building inspired him to make his move.
Im looking for tenants with a vision like mine, he said. Those who see that this can be a great city again.


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ROCHESTER, Minn. (KTTC) -- Minnesota governor Tim Walz is taking a victory lap.
Minnesota is the latest state to adopt stricter standards for tail-pipe emissions. The 'clean cars' rule was finalized in the sate registrar Monday, mandating that auto dealers get more zero emissions cars onto sales lots.
"This is a win, win, win, on many front," Walz said after touring Phillips and Temro Industries, an Eden Prairie plant manufacturing home and commercial electric vehicle charging equipment and battery warmers.
While Minnesotans most likely won't start seeing more electric vehicles on roadways until 2025, there was a lot of campaigning from auto dealers to block the ruling.
"What this really does is it give Minnesotans more of an opportunity," Walz said. "It asks manufacturers to provide those vehicles so they are out there."
The governor says eventually the state will jump from offering around 14 different electric models, to more than 40.
"I know with this act there will be people all over the Midwest buying these vehicles right here in Minnesota," Chair of the Board for Fresh Energy Raj Rajan said.
While the new rule doesn't take effect until Jan., 2025, auto dealers are worried now.
"It's a recipe for disaster," Minnesota Auto Dealers Association president Scott Lambert said. "We could not get the Walz administration to address this concern, much less talk to us about it."
Because the new standard was a Minnesota Pollution and Control Agency ruling, there was no legislative discussion. Earlier this year, Senate Republicans pushed back on the ruling, resulting in an environmental bill stand off.
Republication Senate Majority Leader Paul Gazelka sent a statement to KTTC, saying quote: "I’m not surprised Governor Walz continues to issue mandates after the last 18 months. His emergency powers may be over but his ego trip is not, and it looks like ‘One Minnesota’ is just ‘Walz’s Minnesota.’"
Lambert says the need or the demand for electric vehicles in Minnesota, just isn't there.
"Minnesota tops the nation on truck demand," he said. "86 percent of the vehicles we sell are trucks. And that's how Minnesotans work and play and manage their lives. Barely two percent of the demand is for electric vehicles. What the rule will do, the particular effect of the rule is that it's going to make it much, much harder to get trucks in Minnesota."
Lambert still believes the state should reject the ruling and guesses it will most likely become a campaign issue. He also says legal recourse is still on the table.
Even so, Walz is remaining sturdy in his stance, as Minnesota becomes the 15th 'clean car' state.
"In the 14 other states, the sky did not fall," Walz said. "The car industry did not collapse, jobs were not lost. In fact, the opposite happened in every state."


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Victor, N.Y. -- The Bon Ton store at Eastview Mall is no more.
The store was demolished on Friday.
Von Maur will move into the empty space. It will be the high-end retailer's first department store in New York state.
Von Maur is expected to open in October 2013.


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MSI has given us a fleeting teaser of an incoming PCIe 5.0 SSD from the firm’s Spatium range of solid-state offerings.
The Spatium PCIe 5.0 SSD will run with the new Phison PS5026-E26 controller – which was revealed at CES 2022 – and is an add-in board which uses the NVMe 2.0 interface. As Wccftech spotted, MSI gave us a glimpse of the drive on Twitter, but with little info sadly.
Can't wait to meet something new? Check these latest hardware with our MEG Z690I UNIFY at #MSICES2022!✨SSD: #Phison PS5026-E26, which is Phison’s first PCIe Gen5 SSD #MSIXPHISONGEN5✨Memory: @CORSAIR Vengeance DDR5 32GB*2 pic.twitter.com/nh7Llnr6lXJanuary 10, 2022
As mentioned, we did hear about the Phison PS5026-E26 controller last week at CES, billed as targeted for heavyweight computing and high-end enthusiast gaming, and offering a rated performance of up to 12GB/s for read speeds and up to 11GB/s for writes.
In short, the next Spatium offering from MSI will be blisteringly fast, and it follows the current Spatium drives that were launched last year with PCIe 4.0 support and read speeds of 7GB/s and writes of 6.8GB/s (for the M480).
Analysis: Speed demon SSD, but not one you’ll need in the near future
PCIe 5.0 is still a tech of the future, really, even if drives are now being talked about as readying for launch before too long. Remember, Intel’s Alder Lake is the only platform to support the standard right now – and those 12th-gen chips only came out in November 2021, just a couple of months ago. AMD’s Ryzen silicon won’t support PCIe 5.0 until next-gen Zen 4 CPUs emerge later this year.
However, PCIe 5.0 isn’t something the average user needs to be remotely concerned about right now. The kind of performance on offer is overkill for these folks, and the first PCIe 5.0 SSDs to emerge will doubtless be stupidly expensive anyway. Realistically, PCIe 4.0 is currently plenty fast enough – and still has a good deal of headroom, in fact – for consumer storage drives.
We know Samsung has PCIe 5.0 coming in the form of an enterprise SSD with read speeds of up to 13GB/s, but that’s obviously not for consumers. Basically, in the near future, only serious applications such as AI are likely to feel the benefit of these high-performance SSDs. It’ll be much further out that PCIe 5.0 SSDs will be relevant for your average (or even enthusiast) PC owner, of course, and MSI hasn’t put any release date on its Spatium PCIe 5.0 model yet. It is, of course, promising to see a teaser this early in the year, though…


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Little black dress event set
Published 12:05 am Tuesday, January 15, 2013
The ultimate girls’ night out is planned later this month as a fundraiser for the Imagination Library.
Covington County’s first Little Black Dress Event, set for 7 p.m. on Jan. 25, will include a silent auction, a meal, guest speaker and a grand prize drawing for a week at the beach, Imagin-ation Library organizer Curtis Simpson said.
And the women who participate will be treated to valet parking and be escorted their seats by some of the area’s most fashionable men, he said.
The silent auction includes a watch valued at $1,200 from Christopher’s; a Tempurpedic mattress valued at $2,500 from Mr. Mattress, owned by Jeffery Douglas; a deep clean and carpet clean for the home valued at $800 from Extra Clean; a dinner for four couples served by George and Patricia “Sister Schubert” Barnes; a Michael Kors watch valued at $250 from Ward & Co.; a spa session from Oasis; and special items from both Maurice’s and Ansley Place.
Ansley Place, Town and Country, Maurice’s and Oasis will provide items for the fashion show.
Barbara Dooley, wife of legendary college football coach Vince Dooley, will be the guest speaker.
And one lucky “girl” will get a prize for a whole week out – Roy Mohon is donating a week at a two-bedroom, two-bath condo on the beach. The winner will be determined from a drawing of all who purchase tickets.
What to wear? A little black dress, of course.
A limited number of tickets are available for $100, or a table for six for $500. Tickets are being sold at Ansley Place, Harold’s, Brooks Hardware and the Chamber of Commerce.
Corporate sponsors include Darby’s, CenturyLink, Henderson Sewing Machine and Ansley Place.


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Ebiquity’s Jide Sobo outlines the findings of a new report on the role of context in optimising digital media ROI.
Month: November 2020
Our Jed Meyer discusses the evolving ad-supported streaming landscape – a significant growth area for brands in 2021.
Ebiquity Asia Pacific appoints Arvind Sethumadhavan as Managing Director SEA and Chief Product Officer APAC
Ebiquity plc announces the appointment of Arvind Sethumadhavan to the dual role of Managing Director of their SEA business and Chief Product Officer for Asia Pacific.
Jed Meyer discusses how to craft and place messages to a public whose emotions will remain raw for the foreseeable future.
Nationwide’s head of media Chris Ladd calls on the industry to do better in supporting brands as they develop diversity and inclusion strategies, they can be proud of.
As more consumers shop online this holiday season, retailers must recreate that moment of stumbling upon the perfect gift.
Ebiquity plc today announced the appointment of Ruben Schreurs to the newly-created role of Group Chief Product Officer.
We are pleased to announce the appointment of Cormac Loughran to the newly-created role of New Business and Marketing Director.
Martin Vinter says that Brand owners will have to re-think Christmas campaigns financially, creatively and – importantly – societally.


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With the massive 1.0.4 patch just around the corner, Diablo III developers finally spill the beans regarding the highly anticipated Legendary item changes. Since its launch Diablo III has been heavily criticized for its lackluster "Legendary" items and after three months of listening, it seems like the developers are finally ready to make some big changes. But is it already too late?
With PvP far from sight and a lack of additional content to keep players coming back, it's no surprise the amount of Diablo III players are dwindling. But perhaps the upcoming changes will be enough to pull players back into the game. Now it looks like the developers are finally taking some notes from the success of Diablo II:
Many of you commented, rightly, that the Legendary items in the game didn’t feel unique enough. Something that Diablo II did really well was to create some very memorable items, and they were called “Uniques.” While we call them Legendaries now, the word “unique” was something we tried to keep in mind when making these changes. The rarity of Legendary items combined with their color means that when they drop you should feel like you’re getting something special, something that isn’t just another sword. A truly legendary item should have history behind it, something that you can imagine a powerful wizard imbuing with special magics from within the depths of his musty library.
In addition to making legendary items much more powerful (see screenshots), Blizzard will be adding unique abilities to a number of them such as the Lidless Wall, now with "You have a chance to be shielded when hit by enemies", or Firewalkers now with "Burns the ground you walk on". Another change that is sure to make many happy is a promotion of build diversity through a number of legendary items.
Since the first Diablo game, a number of brave souls have dedicated their entire gaming experience to experimenting with unconventional builds such as the melee wizard or the range barb. Unfortunately, Diablo III didn't leave much room for too many of these builds, but now a handful of legendaries will encourage them. For example, melee wizards can have a weapon that gives a bonus to Spectral Blade damage while barbarians can have a weapon that gives bonuses to Weapon Throw and Ancient Spear.
For all of the juicy details, head on over to the official developer's blog. Are the upcoming changes enough to bring you back to the game?
Where were the articles for the patches for Rift, BF3, Mass Effect 3, Shogun 2, Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion, etc.
Articles about patches on a site like Tomshardware is stupid.
Oh wait they just did that, but remove WoW and replace with Diablo. Totally news worthy...
diablo 3, a VERY major game that was what, 10 or so years sense the last one. yea... keeping up with the early game patches is a waste of time...
patches that are major changes in a game that sold as well as this... it broke pc only records didnt it, is to be expected.
Look at the URL of this site.
What does it say? HARDWARE. The recent apple spam actually makes sense.
Good job at also not countering my point. Failure.


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Quaker is to use an electric train to transport porridge oats from its factory in Cupar, Scotland, to its storage depot in Lutterworth, Leicestershire.
Quaker, part of PepsiCo, expects to cut the overall number of road miles travelled by its fleet transport by over 300,000 miles per year, saving more than 180 tonnes of CO2 annually.
In addition to reducing road miles, the electric train will help PepsiCo move closer to achieving its goal of using 100 per cent renewable energy at its manufacturing and distribution sites within 15 years. The train will also increase productivity, enabling greater volumes to be transported than by lorry.
Walter Todd, vice president operations at PepsiCo UK, said: “This initiative not only improves productivity and reduces costs, it also serves our commitment to cutting carbon emissions and becoming a more environmentally sustainable business.”
PepsiCo is exploring further possibilities for expanding the use of electric train throughout its businesses. Initiatives include:
* Quaker and Walkers, which is also part of PepsiCo, are working together to eliminate empty running routes. After delivering crisps to Fife, Walkers lorries transport Quaker products instead of making the return journey empty.
* PepsiCo is working with retailers to identify mutual transport routes and eliminate empty running routes for both parties. This has resulted in the elimination of around 700,000 miles per year.
* Walkers has integrated two thirds of its British potato cargo into its in-house fleet. Walkers designed a special trailer capable of simultaneously carrying bulk raw materials and finished product, enabling the fleet to make deliveries to retailers en route to the farm. This saves just under 300,000 miles per year.


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Closing Bell: Stocks Make Slight Gains on Upbeat Jobs, Retail News
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Rare school photo of Monroe up for auction Last Updated : 26 Nov 2012 03:32:26 PM IST file photo: Marilyn Monroe
A rare photo of screen icon Marilyn Monroe at her school graduation in 1941 is going under the hammer and is expected to fetch 1,500 pounds.
The picture shows a fresh-faced 15-year-old Monroe, then known as Norma Jeane Baker, standing with her whole class at Ralph Waldo Emerson Junior High School in Los Angeles.
The photograph, which measures 8x24 inches, is expected to sell for up to 1,500 pounds when it goes under the hammer at the auction in Stockport, Cheshire, next week, reported online media.
Also up for sale at the same auction are nine Christmas cards sent by Charles and Diana, the Prince and Princess of Wales.
The cards, sent over successive years, feature photos of young William and Harry growing up and are signed by the royal couple with festive greetings.Source:PTI, Other Agencies, Staff Reporters
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To raise funds to help with their expenses, the group is holding a large garage sale on Saturday and Sunday from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. at 2521 Kinser Pike in Bloomington.
"We have tons of furniture -- new, used and antique -- a washing machine, housewares, sporting goods, books, NASCAR/Pepsi collectibles, Dell computers, clothing and loads of other treasures," said New.
"The work down there is hard. It is really hot and humid and you sweat all the time, but we are all so passionate about helping," she added. "Please stop by and help support this great cause."
Anyone who wants to make a monetary contribution or donate items for the sale can contact New at Chief's Restaurant where she works. The number is 301-4135. They will come and pick up items.


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Fresh from closing its purchase of newsreading app Pulse, LinkedIn has made another acquisition to dive deeper into the mobile space. TechCrunch has found out, and confirmed, that the social network has aqui-hired Maybe, the social polling startup founded by Omar Hamoui — the man who set up, ran and then sold mobile ad company AdMob to Google for $750 million.
All staff from Maybe, except for Hamoui himself, are now at LinkedIn and working in its mobile division. That includes four engineers and one designer, LinkedIn has told us. Meanwhile, Maybe itself has now shut down. Financial terms of the deal are not being disclosed.
Maybe first emerged in June of last year, a startup that was incubated and spun out of Hamoui’s now-defunct startup generator Churn Labs.
Maybe was one of the contenders in the area of polling startups — an area that has seen some other M&A activity, specifically with the acquisition of GoPollGo by Yahoo. Others include Seesaw, Fashism and Thumb.
It’s not clear why Maybe closed up shop so fast. Maybe because the polling space is so crowded? Maybe because Hamoui is working on something else? Maybe because LinkedIn made Maybe an offer it couldn’t refuse? LinkedIn is not commenting further, and we have not yet heard back from Hamoui himself. Maybe we will update when we do.
Update: Hamoui has now responded to confirm the acqui-hire as well, and explain a little more of what went on:
“After a number of different product directions we didn’t feel that what we were building was having the impact we wanted,” he says.
Putting aside competitive pressures in the polling space and startups in general looking for just the right product for the market, there is a connection between LinkedIn and Admob: Kevin Scott, SVP of Engineering at the social network, was previously VP of Engineering at AdMob. TechCrunch understands that after Hamoui and his two co-founders, Haider Sabri and Wayne Pan, met with him, they all decided it would be a natural next step for the mobile-focused team that they had built up.
“Although we had plenty of cash of in the bank, we were really impressed with the team and vision at LinkedIn,” says Hamoui. “Having the excellent mobile focused team we had built join them was clearly a way to have the kind of impact we were hoping for.”
Hamoui says the his own next steps “aren’t locked down yet.” We’ll definitely keep you posted with what we find out.
Another step for Adobe in its bid to become the go-to place in the cloud for those working in design and other creative industries: it is acquiring Thumb Labs, a bootstrapped, New York-based mobile app design agency.
Jared Verdi, one of the co-founders of Thumb Labs along with Rich Kern, tells TechCrunch that financial terms of the Thumb Labs acquisition are not being disclosed.
The news follows on from Adobe’s acquisition of another New York-based design startup, Behance, a platform for designers and others in the creative industries to share their work, which Adobe picked up in December 2012 reportedly for around $150 million. Earlier this month, Adobe put the Behance acquisition into context when it announced a massive push on its Creative Cloud strategy, with social/community features powered by Behance.
Verdi tells TechCrunch that Thumb Labs will see out existing contracts it has with other clients, but as of May 31, it will focus its efforts exclusively on making mobile apps for Behance.
That’s a position it knows well. Thumb Labs, which officially launched as a business in 2011, created the first mobile app for Behance, and as it points out in a note announcing the deal on its site, “We have been working closely with their talented team ever since.” That’s included a new version of the Behance app, and its Creative Portfolio app. There are under 10 people working for Thumb Labs right now, Verdi says, and all of them are joining Adobe, based out of New York.
Thumb Labs’ other clients have included a roster of startups, such as TechStars alum Bondsy (a platform to trade goods with friends); CanDoBaby (an app to make baby books); and ReadyForZero (a debt management app).
The main part of Thumb Labs’ work will now be focused both on maintaining Behance’s existing apps, as well as developing new ones. This will include “definitely some tablet work”, including an iPad app, as well as apps for more platforms beyond Apple’s, and in general making Behance’s main site design responsive so that it’s more mobile-web friendly.
Over time, there will be more focus on other Creative Cloud initiatives, which makes sense considering how linked the rise in cloud services has been with the boom in smartphone and tablet use. “We’ll also be working with other teams at Adobe for integration into the Creative Cloud. Mobile is a big part of that,” Verdi said.
In a way, getting acquired by Adobe is a natural fit for a design house like Thumb Labs, and Verdi says that it’s coming at a key time of change for its new owner. “In the creative profession everyone uses Adobe products, and the new focus on Creative Cloud is the biggest change we’ve seen in a while,” he said. “They’ve announced a number of exciting things, and hopefully we will be a part of them, too.”
The Startup Battlefield competition at our Disrupt events is like a mini startup school. The dozens of chosen startups that go through the Battlefield training process end up with solid presentation skills, hard-earned pitching prowess and newfound courage.
And also, lots of public visibility, which is great for getting users, hiring top employees and luring clients and investors.
The Battlefield has gone so well that our current staff has been getting overwhelmed by the record number of applications. We need help, so we’re creating a new position called the Battlefield Editor.
We’re looking for a bright, talented person to help manage the entire process, from bringing in applicants to picking the 30 finalists and getting them ready for the Disrupt stages in San Francisco, New York and, this year’s addition, Berlin. In this position, you’ll also get to give out a huge trophy and a big cardboard check for $50,000 to one lucky startup, as they debut to the media and the investor world. Battlefield winners and finalists have included huge success stories like Mint and Yammer among others.
Are you already in the Startup Whisperer role at a popular accelerator and think you can take your show on the road? Read TC every day, just finished your MBA and want a more meaningful job than McKinsey? Can you find the Next Big Thing? Send your resume and a letter explaining your interest here.
TechCrunch is looking for someone to oversee the Startup Battlefield process in all its phases — including applicant recruitment, applicant review and final selection (working under the direction of TC’s co-editors), finalist training and rehearsals, and finally stage management at Disrupt. The role’s title is Battlefield Editor. In addition to those responsibilities, the role will focus on expanding our network of angels, incubators, VCs and accelerators to recruit a stronger pool of Battlefield applicants, strengthening our rehearsal program, and developing the Battlefield franchise, both online and offline, for applicants and alums.
The role requires a strong writer who can post on TechCrunch about Battlefield matters, as well as manage many threads of communication with the many parties who make up the Battlefield. The core of the job is a strong ability to work with relatively green, unlaunched startups and prepare them to present brilliantly on the TC Disrupt stage before a group of highly distinguished judges. That preparation process takes enormous focus and commitment. Beyond that core requirement, the role will also work to help expand the Battlefield franchise in a variety of ways, including improved ties with Battlefield alums.
Candidates should have deep experience in the Silicon Valley startup world and direct experience working with startups and investors to help shape new ideas and prepare them to pitch investors. They should possess very strong personal and written communication skills, outstanding organizational skills, a high capacity for detail work, and a very patient and winning attitude.
For years, the iPhone has carried a small etching on the back that says ‘Designed by Apple in California. Assembled in China.’
It’s fueled the stereotype that China is the world’s factory, but hasn’t had a flexible enough education system to produce R&D talent that can also design world-class products for a global audience.
But that’s a stereotype that isn’t exactly true anymore.
A small group of companies — both small, bootstrapped app startups and multi-billion dollar giants like Tencent — are showing that they can design apps or higher-end hardware with international appeal.
Tencent, one of the country’s gargantuan Internet powers with a market cap of $72 billion dollars, often likes to point out the international reach of its messaging app Weixin or WeChat. That app has blossomed to more than 190 million monthly active users over the past year and with about 40 million of registered users outside of China.
“I’m very glad to see the internationalization of Tencent,” said the company’s CEO Pony Ma this month at the GMIC conference in Beijing. He later added, “The manufacturing sector in China went globalized and the service industry can be internationalized as well…. It’s difficult, but if we can make it, it would be a revolution.”
Interestingly enough, WeChat’s growth abroad is being fueled by the Chinese diaspora — immigrants are taking WeChat with them to stay in touch with their families back home, according to app-tracking services like Onavo. They base this hypothesis on the correlation of WeChat active usage with that of other Chinese-language apps.
Younger Chinese startups are also building internationally as well. I met a Shanghai-based startup called Intsig two weeks ago that has a business card scanning app called Camcard with 50 million registered users and 10 million monthly actives, with half of them outside of China.
“A lot of people are surprised when they find out we’re a Chinese company,” said Louisa Cao, who heads marketing for the company. It helps that exchanging business cards is much more ritualized and formal in China and Japan than it is in the West, so that gives startups in Asia a competitive edge on understanding what consumers want in a product in this area. Similarly, messaging apps out of Asia like Line, Kakao and WeChat are leading the way, with Western startups like Path arguably borrowing some of their strategies like stickers.
Blux, another company out of Xian, the second-tier Chinese city that’s home to the famous army of Terra Cotta warriors, has built a higher-end photo app called Blux Camera that’s been featured by Apple more than 100 times on the iTunes homepage for global audiences. As the cost advantages that China has over Western markets narrows, the co-founder Jo Yin told me that it now can make economic sense to run global market-facing startups outside of the traditional hubs of Beijing and Shanghai (as they’ve become too expensive).
One of the reasons that all of these startups can built products for foreign audiences is because they’ve been trained either at Western universities or through working for multi-nationals. Some are run by “sea turtles” or Chinese who have returned home after years of working or studying abroad. Intsig’s CEO Michael Zhen spent years at Motorola where he picked up ideas on how to manage teams and think globally.
It’s also helped that the Chinese government has gone far in protecting and nurturing domestic technology companies and startups, a trend which continues with the government’s recent investment into a GPS alternative called Beidou and an Ubuntu-based OS that would help Chinese firms move off Western software platforms. Now that companies like Tencent have reached a certain prowess in domestic markets, they can look outwards.
To be fair, achieving global reach is something only a small fraction of local Chinese startups can do. It requires an international fluency; founders have to understand what kind of design and marketing attracts foreigners. Chinese web services can seem noisy and busy; they can be filled with more links and text as Mandarin characters are complicated to create on QWERTY keyboards.
There are even a few U.S. growth-stage companies that haven’t been dissuaded by Google’s very public about-face on the Chinese market and are hiring design and developer talent locally. Evernote recently launched a China-focused version of its enterprise service and they very intentionally took on local hires to develop product.
“It’s easy to sell your products everywhere. But when we say we want to be a global company, it’s because we want to make our products everywhere,” said Evernote CEO Phil Libin, when he launched Evernote for Business locally in China.
He went on to say that China’s copycat reputation is unfair.
“Chinese companies don’t have a good reputation for innovation in the West. The reputation that Chinese companies have is that they don’t really innovate. They just copy and I don’t think this reputation is right. It’s not a problem that Chinese companies copy. It’s that everyone copies. Chinese companies don’t just copy. They copy and improve. Copy and improve is what everyone does everywhere. That’s what Apple does. That’s what Microsoft does. That’s what Facebook does. Very few companies start with a first-of-a-kind idea.”
Indeed, probably the most interesting company to watch as it expands globally is Xiaomi, which did just that. They took Android and improved upon it.
They’re probably the best example of how China is moving up the value-chain from low-cost manufacturing into high-end design.
Just three years afters being founded, the company is on track to do $4.5 billion in handset and accessory sales. Some have made the metaphor that Xiaomi is the “Apple of Android” in that it’s an integrated hardware and software maker that has built its own special skin of Android and sells high-end hardware at or around the cost of materials. They compete head-to-head against Samsung in mainland China, and according to third-party mobile app analytic services like Umeng, they’re in second place.
Although Xiaomi will only publicly talk about its plans to sell handsets in Hong Kong and Taiwan, a source close to the company says it’s been on the lookout for a general manager that could bring their Android skin, the MIUI, to North American audiences.
They’ve been able to develop a rabid fan base locally in China because they allow people to participate in the designing of the phone by requesting features. Internally, they have small teams of engineers, product managers and designers that work alongside each other on a very fast cycle. They release a new version of the MIUI every week.
But they don’t know if the model will translate abroad yet. Chinese consumers are very comfortable with paying for the full-cost of the phones upfront and buying devices online instead of through brick-and-mortar stores.
“We don’t know how developed regions like Taiwan and Hong Kong will accept products like Xiaomi,” said co-founder Lin Bin in an interview. “Greater China is just one step beyond mainland China.”
Shashi Seth, whose résumé includes management and executive roles at Yahoo, Aol, and Google, is joining the Tribune Company as the president of a new unit called Tribune Digital Ventures.
Seth’s role was first reported yesterday at AllThingsD, and the company is now confirming the news. It says Tribune Digital Ventures will operate as an independent unit based in Silicon Valley.
Seth told me that his job will be to develop new products around Tribune content, making sure that it “gets used appropriately on the Internet and mobile side.” A big part of that is finding new ways to circulate traffic between Tribune’s different properties, whether they’re in print (it publishes newspapers including the Chicago Tribune and the Los Angeles Times), broadcast or digital. The goal, he said, is to create “a network effect across these disparate mediums and build a bridge between them.”
It sounds like partnering with startups is going to be a part of that mission. As for whether that will involve making startup investments, Seth said, “It is within the realm of possibility, but I think first and foremost we have to come up with a strategy.”
Seth left Yahoo in January, where he was most recently the senior vice president of its Connections business unit, which included products like Yahoo Search and Mail. He has also been the senior vice president of global ad products at Aol (which owns TechCrunch), head of monetization at YouTube, and search product lead at Google. He has startup experience as well, founding and serving as CEO of a wireless startup called Conexo and chief revenue officer at Cooliris.
“I’m fascinated and disappointed at the same time with what the traditional media world is going through,” Seth said when asked why he joined the Tribune Company. “I know and feel it in my heart that the content itself is amazingly valuable. … I think newspapers and broadcasters have given up the ownership of that space to the new Internet world. What I’d love to do is find a way to actually reclaim it.”


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Nintendo delivered what fans wanted, along with a couple big surprises as well. Here’s a roundup of the hottest news from the Nintendo Direct at E3 2019.
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Big news was announced at Microsoft, Bethesda, and Devolver Digital’s E3 2019 press conferences today. Here’s the hottest info you should know about.
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So much big news just dropped at the EA Play event. Here’s a roundup of the latest on Apex Legends Season 2, FIFA 20, Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order and more.
5 Games Confirmed for E3 2019 That We Can’t Wait to See
It’s the most wonderful time of the year! E3 2019 kicks off next week and we can’t wait for all of the usual internet-breaking surprises that will inevitably come out of it. Be sure to follow our blog and Facebook…
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2018’s Electronic Entertainment Expo (AKA E3) is set to take place in June, filled with exciting announcements, demonstrations, and more. Gaming fans will get to see and try some massive incoming releases, as the biggest companies in the industry whet…
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Following Sony and Microsoft’s tantalising presentations, two more major names in the gaming industry have wowed visitors at this year’s E3. Ubisoft and Nintendo held wildly different events, but both gave us all plenty to be excited for … Ubisoft:…
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Pay with BKM Express
BKM Express users will be able to enjoy a magical shopping experience with Google Glass by using simple voice commands and eye contact, thanks to work undertaken at BKMLab, an innovation incubator set up by Bankalararası Kart Merkezi (BKM) to introduce technological developments to the payment systems industry.
Harnessing the collaborative power of banks in Turkey, Bankalararası Kart Merkezi (BKM) has achieved another first in its continued effort to contribute to the development of payment systems in the country. With the new Google Glass payment application, developed by the engineers at BKM Laboratory (BKMLab) – an innovation incubator within BKM -, BKM Express users will be able to experience digital payments using wearable devices. They will be able to give simple voice commands while wearing Google Glass to shop with BKM Express, the digital wallet of choice for credit and debit cards selected by 16 banks in Turkey.
FIRST PAYMENT EXPERIENCE WITH WEARABLE DEVICES
Membership of BKM Express will be sufficient for using Google Glass as a payment method. Existing members will access their digital wallets and pay for goods and services by opening the BKM Express Google Glass application and using simple voice commands.
BKMLAB WILL INNOVATE FOR THE TURKISH PAYMENT SYSTEMS SECTOR
Dr. Soner Canko, General Manager of Bankalararası Kart Merkezi, stated that BKMLab will develop many innovative payment solutions in the future and added, “With BKMLab we aim to implement many projects that will accelerate the growth of the payment systems sector in Turkey leveraging advanced technologies to offer richer and more convenient payment experiences to customers. BKMLab will develop new methods, applications and techniques that enhance card usage and increase cardholder recruitment in Turkey. It aims to develop innovative and transformational solutions based on the changing needs and habits of Turkish customers.
BKM Laboratory is composed of engineers who are creative and experienced in payment systems. It aims to introduce newsolutions to the payment industry and act as a bridge between the payment industry and the world of technology. Turkish payment systems market, closely followed by many countries throughout the world thanks to its many groundbreaking products, will continue to be a model for the world for creativity and innovation in payment systems; BKMLab will be the new center of this innovation in Turkey.
About BKM Express
BKM Express, developed and launched by BKM (Interbank Card Center of Turkey) with the collaboration of banks and leading companies of e-commerce industry, stores credit cards, debit cards and prepaid cards issued by 16 banks (Akbank, Bank Asya, Denizbank, Finansbank, Garanti Bankası, Halkbank, HSBC, ING Bank, İş Bank, KuveytTürk, Şekerbank, TEB, Türkiye Finans, Vakıfbank, Yapı Kredi Bankası and Ziraat Bank) in a single digital wallet. The cardholder, who becomes a BKM Express member through www.bkmexpress.com.tr, can shop online by using a one-time password from the mobile phone without having to use card information. The cardholder also takes the advantage of the card’s reward, mileage, promotion and installment opportunities. Cardholders are also able to send money via BKM Express mobile application to a card or mobile phone number. BKM Express plays a crucial role in the growth of e-commerce market. As of today BKM Express has reached more than 650 merchants and 350 thousand users.
Established in 1990, the operations of Bankalararası Kart Merkezi (BKM) in the field of card payment systems are:
– Validating interbank transactions and performing clearing;
– Finding solutions to common problems;
– Performing strategic operations throughout the country for card payment systems; and
– Developing the rules and standards for domestic cards.
Considered as a model throughout the world thanks to its productive operations and high transaction volume, with its solid technical hardware, infrastructure and human resources, BKM is continuing on its efforts to provide the best service to its members, retail industry, public and cardholders in the field of card payment systems.


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A Teesside woman spotted what seemed like the perfect little number for a night out with the girls.
But when it arrived in the post and she tried it on she was left disappointed - and claimed it made her look like a tampon.
The dress, which is sold out in most sizes on the PrettyLittleThing website, claims to be 'the perfect attire for chillin.'
The shopper said: "I bought it for a girls' night out for my friend's birthday, but had to find another outfit.
"It was supposed to be a 10, but fits more like a dressing gown."
She added: "I look like a tampon."
It wasn't at all like what she thought it would be.
The fed up woman says that her friends have been comparing the look to that of the Michelin Man via WhatsApp.
The unsatisfied shopper is yet to send the item back, but has told us that she has been offered 30 per cent off her next PLT purchase as means of apology.
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Combining an Oyster card, a Barclaycard Visa, and the NFC-enabled Nokia 6131, Transport for London hopes to stream passengers through its tunnels in a quick and orderly fashion. 500 testers have been flitting about the city for six months and nine out of the ten say they've enjoyed the ease of use, convenience and status of such fun tech. The tweaked sets have enabled the testers to use their existing travel cards, top up pre-pay cards, and even buy snacks while on the run. RFID hacks aside, we welcome any and all use of a mobile wallet system -- that Japan has enjoyed for some four years now -- to help ease those arduous and time-consuming treks into our pockets and reduce the always embarrassing display of pocket lint.
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This hungry squirrel is taking New York by storm, one taco at a time.
New York’s wild animals have become internet sensations for snatching food crumbs off the street (2015’s Pizza Rat is perhaps the best-known among them). Naturally, this Twitter photo uploaded on Wednesday morning of a squirrel munching on a hard-shell taco in Brooklyn, is going viral.
The furry rodent was spotted atop a tree branch by Twitter user Maria Bianchi, and people are going nuts. “Move over, Pizza Rat,” she captioned with the photo.
“Pizza Rat and Taco Squirrel could be the most important children’s book ever,” one user wrote.


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Payment solutions are a key part of any business strategy with the unprecedented growth in electronic payments. Payments Canada reported that new technology and payments innovation were rapidly changing the way Canadian ….
While there are many benefits to accepting credit cards, protecting sensitive payment data should be a priority for any business. In addition to doing your part in keeping the payments ecosystem healthy, ….
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Sales of the homeless-run newspaper ‘Hus Forbi’ have plunged by a third in the past year – a fall of 30,000 between April 2017 and 2018.
This is largely due to many people paying for the paper but not actually taking it with them. However, although the same amount of money is being donated, it’s actually bad news for the newspaper and its sellers.
A good deed?
Many think they are helping by giving the sellers a chance to sell it to someone else while still giving them money, but this often ends up having the opposite effect. This is because the newspaper doesn’t receive revenue when a buyer just gives the money to the seller without taking the paper.
If the newspaper continues to lose revenue there are consequences for the sellers as well.
“The sellers receive both summer and winter clothing from us, but that will be something we need to cut down on because revenues are lacking,” Henrik S Pedersen, the paper’s chairman, told DR.
Remember to take the paper
‘Hus Forbi’ was founded in 1996 and largely focuses on issues related to homelessness and is distributed by the homeless. The paper is sold by about 2,750 registered sellers all over Denmark.
The paper costs 20 kroner and the sellers receive 8 kroner from each sale, while also being provided with clothing for the summer and winter.
“Take the paper with you. Both we and the sellers will profit. Besides that, it’s a worthy way of supporting the sellers – by buying a product and not giving out charity,” Pedersen added.


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After two years of seeing smaller companies dabble with smart watches, the big tech companies have decided it’s time to enter the market.
Samsung and Qualcomm both unveiled their first connected watches this week, Sony recently updated its SmartWatch product and Google and Apple are both rumored to be prepping their own releases in the next year or so.
The smartphone war is heating up, but what exactly are these companies fighting for?
Until now, smart watch shipments have been negligible, to say the least. Most analysts we spoke with only started tracking the market recently and estimate that units are currently measured in the thousands per month. But the expectation is that the market will explode in the next five years.
Jeff Orr, a mobile industry analyst with ABI Research, estimates that there will be 1.2 million smart watch shipments worldwide this year, 7 million in 2014 and 140 million in 2018. That growth, he says, is based on the assumption that three or more big players enter the space and drive consumers to adopt the device.
“I’m a big believer that in all tech markets, when you want to warm up audiences to a new product, there needs to be that champion for it,” he told Mashable, pointing to brands like Samsung and the rumored entrance of Apple. “They have that multinational reach and the channels to affect getting that message out.”
Other analysts are even more optimistic for smart watch shipments. Angela McIntyre, a research director at Gartner covering wearable electronics, projects vendors may ship “upwards” of 5 million smart watches this year and twice that number next year if more big players enter the market.
While these estimates are impressive for a new product category, it falls well below the smartphone market. Smartphone shipments topped 100 million in 2007 — the year the original iPhone was released — and they are expected top 1 billion this year.
To put it another way, the smart watch market probably doesn’t have the same potential for user and revenue growth as the smartphone market, but it offers other perks for smartphone companies. McIntyre argues that manufacturers may be able to bundle the watches together with larger phones — aka “phablets” — to boost sales of both. She also speculates that smart watches may evolve to the point where they could “displace” some sales of smartphones, so better to invest in the technology now.
“At this point, they are looking for synergies with their big money makers which are the smartphones,” McIntyre says, adding that the watch may serve as another way for companies to bring and keep people in their product ecosystem.
Beyond that, analysts note a certain amount of excitement for wearable devices in general — particularly wearable fitness technology — which may translate to sales for smart watches. And while smart glasses — or Google Glass, in particular — may have dominated coverage of wearable computing for awhile, the analysts we spoke with still believe the market for watches is significantly larger.
Orr estimates that there will be fewer than 10,000 smart glasses shipments worldwide this year, about 2 million next year and 75 million in 2018 — a little more than half his projected estimate for smart watches that year. The reason, he says, is that smart glasses is a more “specialized” product with potential for particular professionals rather than average consumers. He also believes there is more of a cultural adjustment required for a mainstream audience to buy and use facial computing technology than for watches.
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China intends to humiliate America soon
May 21, 2019 - 12:07 PM
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China plans to raise tariffs from 10% to 25% on imports of liquefied natural gas from the United States, what is a disastrous shift to the LNG industry in the United States.
The Chinese cartoons come in response to Washington's "hostile" actions. Two weeks ago, US President Donald Trump accused Beijing of blocking trade negotiations and announced a 200-billion-dollar increase in tariffs on Chinese goods.
Trump promised to expand the measures to cover all Chinese imports, Beijing responded, and raised tariffs on US goods worth $ 60 billion, including liquefied natural gas.
China's LNG market is the largest and fastest growing in the world, according to Torres Diaz, head of gas market research at RystadEnergy, which will grow by about a quarter this year.
Based on these data, it was decided to launch most of the projects to build gas liquefaction plants in the United States, recently opened a gas plant in Louisiana, including 3 liquefied gas lines with a total capacity of 13.5 million tons per year.
Because of the trade war between the world's two largest economies, US companies have exported only 300,000 tons of liquefied natural gas (LNG) to China over the past four months, compared with 1.4 million tons exported in the same period last year.
In the midst of these developments, there is a golden opportunity for Russian gas companies to increase their share of the Chinese gas market at the expense of the US share, especially with the start of a new pipeline of 38 billion cubic meters of gas annually called "Siberian power" to pump gas from Russia to China.


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YouTube is one platform that people have been using for decades now and love to stream their favorite videos and music on it. The level of simplicity that the app has maintained since its launch has been incredible as is part of the reason why communities of people are creating content for YouTube while the rest sit back and enjoy videos from their favorite creators.
YouTube has grown tremendously in these past years and YouTube creators enjoy being on the platform because of the visibility that it offers and also perks like monetization and appreciation for reaching a set number of subscribers. However, all these years, YouTube creators and streamers have been using third-party applications to raise donations from their fans which can be for any XYZ purpose. The fact is that viewers make those donations to their favorite YouTubers out of their own free will but all of this was being done on third-party apps.
Not anymore, YouTube has recently launched its “Super Thanks” feature that brings the functionality built-in into the video streaming platform. While the feature is still in beta, creators are excited for this feature to roll out officially. According to recent reports, YouTube is making its Super Thanks feature available to thousands of additional beta creators in over 68 countries.
As mentioned in a report by Engadget, the video streaming platform by Google is planning to make the feature available to every user in the YouTube Partner Program. YouTube says that it is important for them to add more ways for the creators to earn money, even if the company is late in offering this feature.
YouTube Super Thanks can be the beginning of a new era for YouTube because, with options like this, more creators would want to join the platform and create more content. Having said that, YouTube users using Super Thanks feature will be given four options to donate- In the United States, the donation amount starts from $2, $5, $10 and ends at $50 at one time. However, the figure of these donation amounts will change varying by market. Once the user finishes the donation process, creators will see an animated GIF of balloons floating across their screen and YouTube will pin comments from the user who donated along with the amount he/she donates.
You must be thinking about the generosity shown by YouTube in keeping its community happy by offering creators more ways to monetize themselves, right? Well, YouTube is a company and no company works without profit. YouTube will reportedly take a 30 percent commission off all donations that take place through the Super Thanks feature.
YouTube is in a competitive market with players like TikTok, Reels, and Twitch and this is one of those ways where the company tries to make a win-win situation for all by, of course, creating a whole new revenue generating stream for itself. a


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One of academia's leading cryptanalysts has rated a new security format as " absolutely unbreakable".
Permanent Privacy, which has been verified by Peter Schweitzer at Harvard, is offering $1m to anyone who can crack the encryption.
The platform is based on AES encryption, but has an extra layer of security which its developers claim makes it impregnable.
Peter White, managing director of Permanent Privacy, said: "The world of cryptography shuns and disparages outsiders, but Permanent Privacy is the real thing.
"You can now send emails and store data with 100 per cent security. Even the Pentagon cannot read your secrets if they do not have the keys."
Permanent Privacy explained that the inspiration came from the idea of encrypting a piece of plain text that was unintelligible gibberish.
"If the plain text is gibberish and has no meaning, there is no understandable form or relationship between the plain text and the cyphertext," the company said.
"So when you launch an attack on the cyphertext, and try all combinations of the key(s) in order to decrypt it, the plain text will certainly appear.
"The problem is that you will never know which of the perhaps billions of combinations is the plain text as you have no way to judge this."
As a result, the security firm is offering the $1m prize to anyone who can crack its offering.
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DiDio & Lee Says DC Will Take the Time to Do "Watchmen"/Rebirth Story 'Right'
Retailing | Heidi MacDonald reports on last week’s Diamond Retailer Summit, where the news was mixed: Comics sales are up this year, but the increase is smaller than in 2013, triggering fears that the market is cooling down. Some publishers are retrenching, with Image announcing it will no longer release variant covers, Marvel simplifying its ordering requirements for variants, and BOOM! Studios cutting the number of titles it will release next year by 15 percent. [Publishers Weekly]
Legal | Malaysian cartoonist Zunar announced Monday that another of his books is drawing government scrutiny, as police are questioning the sales assistant who handles online sales of his book Sapuman – Man of Steal. “My sales assistant did nothing illegal as the ‘Sapuman – Man of Steal’ is not officially banned by the government” Zunar said. “On the contrary, the police should investigate who took RM2.6 billion of public funds instead of clamping down on book sellers who sell books legally.” The cartoonist is currently facing nine charges of sedition stemming from one of his Tweets, and his books have been banned and his assistants harassed in the past. [The Malaysian Insider]
Publishing | Todd Allen pulls the camera way back for a broad look at four challenges facing the comics market: the shift from serial comics to graphic novels, editorial changes at DC Comics and Marvel, and the virtual monopolies that comiXology has in the digital sector and Diamond Comic Distributors has in print. How could that play out? “In the best-case scenario, Marvel’s relaunch sticks with the audience, DC restaffs and regains its footing, the Direct Market retailers embrace risk diversification and increase their stock of independent comics, bookstores continue to expand their graphic novel selections. Comics enter a legitimate golden age. In the worst case, Disney and/or Warner Bros. both tinker with their formula of making monthly print comics and Direct Market retailers face a new and uncertain business model.” [Publishers Weekly]
Legal | A 54-year-old man was sentenced this week in a Quebec court to 60 days in jail for watching pornographic anime featuring characters that appeared to be minors, a violation of Canadian law. A former private security guard, Regis Tremblay admitted he watched the cartoons several times in January 2012 out of “curiosity” while working at Canadian Force Base Valcartier, north of Quebec City. Investigators say they discovered 210 “hentai” files from a hard drive, and 501 “incriminating” web addresses from Tremblay’s browser history. Following his jail sentence, Tremblay will have to register as a sex offender. [Canoe]
Conventions | Richard Bruton notes that the Dublin International Comic Expo (DICE) has taken the unusual step of posting a link to its harassment policy at the top of its home page. “Having a quick look around it’s the only comic event/festival/expo/con site to feature it so prominently,” he writes. “Some make mention of their policies in FAQ or About sections, but as far as I know DICE is the first to do so this way.” He does take issue with one vaguely worded item in the policy, though: “In particular, exhibitors should not use sexualized images, activities, or other material.” [Forbidden Planet]
Retailing | A federal judge has issued a temporary restraining order halting the $21.4 million purchase of retail chain Hastings Entertainment by Joel Weinshanker, president and sole shareholder of Wizkids parent National Entertainment Collectibles Association. The order was granted at the request of two Hastings shareholders who sued to stop the sale, insisting the price paid for the retailer is too low; it will remain in effect until a hearing can be held on June 12. Hastings issued a statement Monday pledging to “vigorously dispute these claims.” Hastings operates a chain of 149 stores that sells books, comics, video games and more. [Amarillo Globe-News, via ICv2]
Retailing | Amazon may be charging full price for Hachette’s graphic novels as part of its continuing contract dispute with the publisher, but Barnes & Noble has leaped into the breach with big discounts and a buy-two-get-one-free promotion on Hachette’s Yen Press manga and Little, Brown’s Tintin books. [ICv2]
BookExpo America takes place the Javits Center, just like New York Comic Con, but it’s a completely different kind of show. It’s a trade show, not a consumer show, so the folks in the aisles aren’t fans looking for a fix, they are potential customers to be wooed. And what you see there is a pretty reliable guide to what everyone will be talking about in a couple of months.
So if you happened into the little graphic novel enclave at the right time, you might see Gene Luen Yang sitting there, pen in hand, ready to autograph a free Avatar graphic novel for you, or maybe Rep. John Lewis, the civil rights pioneer, sitting next to Andrew Aydin, with ashcans of their graphic novel about Lewis’ life, March, and while you might have to wait a few minutes for your turn, you wouldn’t have to stand on the sort of long lines they might draw at San Diego. The pace is more leisurely than a comic convention — the creators chat as they sign your comics — and the blasting noise of video game and movie displays is blissfully absent.
It’s true there aren’t a lot of comics publishers at BEA, although there are a fair number of book publishers who include comics in their lines. Abrams didn’t send their ComicArts people, but if you consider Diary of a Wimpy Kid to be a comic (I’m always happy to claim that one for our side), then they were well represented, and many attendees had Wimpy Kid stickers on their badges.
Conventions | The Tokyo Big Sight convention center in May will lift the ban on events associated with the manga Kuroko’s Basketball. Creator Tadatoshi Fujimaki and numerous venues that were hosting manga and doujinshi (fan comics) shows have received threatening letters, some containing liquid or powder, and as a result, Kuroko’s Basketball fan events have been canceled and doujinshi tables have been banned from several comics events. (More background here.) [Kotaku]
Publishing| Marvel Editor-in-Chief Axel Alonso talks about bringing more Latino characters — and more diversity in general — to the Marvel lineup: “People out there reading our comic books are of all sizes, creeds and colors and it’s our responsibility to make them feel included. This isn’t some PC initiative, this is capitalism. This is about supply and demand.” [Fox News Latino]
Creators | Grant Morrison discusses winding up his run on Action Comics: “Symbolically I’m not a big fan of dealing with politics in superhero comics because I think it diminishes both sides of the argument, but I do have my own take on things. I’ve got my own politics and so they do tend to find their way in. And really for me, its more symbolic, the way story winds up to tackle all those issues and looks at them through the perspective of Superman and Red Kryptonite and weirdness. So it’s gone underground. I think the early Superman was very much more aligned with the anti-establishment, anti-authoritarian current, because I think when Superman started out that he was what entered into.” [Comics Alliance]
Manga | Tezuka Productions, which handles the works of Osamu Tezuka, has signed a deal for Diamond Comic Distributors to distribute its comics, toys, T-shirts and other products outside of Japan. [Previews World]
Comics | Sean Howe, author of Marvel Comics: The Untold Story, discusses the clash between the creative drive and the corporate interest, as it played out at the House of Ideas: “There’s certainly a cautionary tale in there, but I think it’s inevitable — because Marvel Comics is a really rich example of the way that pop culture works and that the Marvel story really gets to the way that art and commerce are always going to be battling it out in pop culture. If you’re trying to have mass appeal and artistic expression at the same time, there are going to be compromises. And when you bring powerful corporate interests into the equation, it’s pretty predictable what will happen.” [The Phoenix]
Diamond has released its Silver Sponsor comics for Free Comic Book Day, meaning that the full array of FCBD comics is now before us. There’s quite a variety: Judge Dredd, Buffy, Gilbert Hernandez’s Marble Season, Smurfs, Donald Duck, Voltron, My Favorite Martian. There’s an anthology of Middle Eastern comics and a (censored) Howard Cruse comic. Over at The Beat, commenter Torsten Adair points out that BOOM! Studios is putting out a Dune comic that hasn’t been announced anywhere else—although the solicit text makes it clear that this is just the first of a series: “a must-have precursor to the epic launch of the adaptation of Dune books from BOOM! starting in July!” And Marble Season was only announced on Thursday. On the other side of the news cycle, the Oni Press selection, Bad Medicine, was first announced in 2008 and is just now coming to the surface—it isn’t even on Oni’s website. The writers are the extremely busy team of Nunzio DeFilippis and Christina Weir, and the art is by Christopher Mitten.
A few other observations: The Gossamyr comic from Th3rd World Studios features art by “talented newcomer Sarah Ellerton.” I don’t know who let that by, but Ellerton is anything but a newcomer; she has been making webcomics (Inverloch, The Phoenix Requiem) for close to a decade now, although it’s clear from the cover that her art has matured quite a bit. Viz is back in the FCBD game but not with their Shonen Jump samplers of years gone by; this year they are all about Voltron Force, and they were pretty excited about these graphic novels at NYCC this year. Yen Press is highlighting their adaptation of Cassandra Clare’s The Infernal Devices, which was announced at NYCC.
“We had a record amount of entries from publishers this year with more than forty-five different titles” said FCBD spokesperson Leslie Jackson. “Retailers on the committee had a tough time deciding on which titles to choose for Gold sponsorship, but we’re sure fans will be pleased with the line-up for next year.”
While the choices may have been difficult, it’s hard to imagine that someone couldn’t come up with something more enticing than what Image has to offer: “An anthology featuring all-new stories with a mix of Image’s old and new best loved characters!” Could you possibly get any vaguer than that? They don’t even have a cover design. If my comic got bumped for that, I’d be steaming. On the other hand, Archaia’s 48-page hardcover, featuring new material (not reprints or bits of something to come) looks mighty sweet, all the more so because they name names: A Mouse Guard story from David Petersen, a Jim Henson’s Labyrinth story by Ted Naifeh and Cory Godbey, a side story from Royden Lepp’s new graphic novel Rust, a Cursed Pirate Girl story from Jeremy Bastian, a Cow Boy story by Chris Eliopoulos and Nate Crosby, and a Dapper Men tale from Jim McCann and Janet Lee. There’s this year’s wow factor.
The line-up actually seemed pretty obvious to me, so I went back and looked at the Gold Sponsors for the past five years. Sure enough, six of the publishers are there every year: Archie, Dark Horse, DC, IDW, Image, Marvel. Since five of these are also Diamond’s premier publishers, and Archie is a newsstand juggernaut, there’s no surprise there. BOOM! Studios has been a Gold Sponsor for the past four years and Archaia for the past three. The other slots vary: Ape Entertainment was a Gold Sponsor in 2011 and 2010 but is missing this year, and Bongo and Oni are back after a two-year absence. Others who have popped up once or twice in the past five years: NBM/Papercutz (2011), Drawn & Quarterly (2010), Viz (2008 and 2009), Dynamite (2008), Virgin (2008), Gemstone (2007), and Tokyopop (2007).
There’s more to come: The Silver Sponsors will be announced next week.


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Today is World Tourism Day! 🌎 Tourism is a huge economic driver for Hampton Roads. From the beautiful, sandy shores of Virginia Beach to the centuries of culture that define the Historical Triangle, Hampton Roads is a great place to explore, and there are countless ways to appreciate the beauty of the region. Today, we thank everyone who plays a part in improving our region's quality of life, allowing the tourism industry to flourish. What is your favorite local attraction or site to visit? Tell us in the comments below!
Governor of Virginia Glenn Youngkin announced today that Alliance Investor Amazon.com will build two world-class facilities and create more than 1,000 new jobs in the City of Virginia Beach (Virginia Beach City Government)! Alliance President and CEO Douglas L. Smith stated “In the past few years, Amazon has truly embraced the Hampton Roads community, opening facilities in multiple locations and quickly becoming one of the region’s major employers. Today’s announcement marks yet another milestone in Amazon’s investment in and dedication to Hampton Roads. The Alliance congratulates Amazon, along with the Virginia Economic Development Partnership and Virginia Beach Department of Economic Development on their continued success and thanks them for their commitment to growing the Hampton Roads economy.” Learn more: https://www.vedp.org/press-release/2023-09/amazon-virginiabeach
Hampton Roads Workforce Council hosted their exciting Workforce Innovation Awards last evening at Rivers Casino Portsmouth! 👏 Congratulations to all the winners including Michael Paris, Bureau Manager for Norfolk Economic Development, for being named 2023 Workforce Champion of the Year!


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Dozens of Hampshire jobs are at risk after Blockbuster became the latest high street name to plunge into administration.
The DVD and games rental company, which has 12 stores in the Daily Echo region, has appointed administrators after a period of poor trading.
The news comes after HMV took the same measures on Tuesday.
The company, which has its main headquarters in Uxbridge, employs almost 4,200 staff in 528 stores across the UK.
Lee Manning, from Deloitte, said: “In recent years Blockbuster has faced increased competition from internet based providers along with the shift to digital streaming of movies and games.
“We are working closely with suppliers and employees to ensure the business has the best possible platform to secure a sale, preserve jobs and generate as much value as possible for all creditors.
“The core of the business is still profitable and we will continue to trade as normal in both retail and rental whilst we seek a buyer for all or parts of the business as a going concern.
“During this time gift cards and credit acquired through Blockbuster's trade-in scheme will be honoured towards the purchase of goods.”
It comes just a day after HMV also called in the administrators, following in the recent footsteps of Jessops, Comet and JJB Sports.


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Enas Al-Banna wrote Sunday, October 29, 2023 10:00 AM
Some people may suffer from an inability to stop eating and craving unhealthy food, which ultimately causes weight gain and difficulty controlling it afterwards.
In this context, Dr. Hisham Al-Amri, Clinical Nutrition Consultant – Kasr Al-Ainy, explained that there are some people who may not be able to control how they eat, and there are severe cases suffering from binge eating disorder, which means eating large amounts of food in a short period and feeling unable to eat. Stop.
The therapeutic nutrition consultant added that it is possible Appetite control To maintain weight by following the following:
Eat only when you feel hungry. If you are only hungry, this is the right time to eat.
Stop before your stomach is full of food and eat slowly because the stomach takes some time to receive and digest the food you have just eaten.
Eat more snacks full of fiber and vitamins when you feel hungry, such as peanut butter with wheat biscuits or low-fat cheese with a slice of wheat bread.
Exercising helps you lose weight, control it, and adhere to healthy meals.
Reduce calories and replace them with healthy products such as wheat flour, dark chocolate, and low-fat milk
Stay away from the source of food temptation, including high-calorie foods around you, and also avoid watching food videos on social media.
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Bayern are reportedly ready to pay 60 million euros for Ajax defender, Matthijs de Ligt.
De Ligt is a product of the famous Ajax academy and is being considered one of the hottest prospects in football.
German daily Kicker claim that Bayern are ready to submit an offer of 60 million euros for de Ligt.
Matthijs de Ligt only recently hinted that his time at Ajax could be over. The youngster also stated that money would not influence his decision.


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