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Operators in regions such as Europe, Asia and the United States have started the 5G race with commercial launches this year. RCR Wireless News interviewed Ignacio Contreras, director of marketing for 5G of Qualcomm, to learn more about the company’s vision on the current status of 5G and the future of this technology
Q: Global operators have been deploying 5G networks faster than what the industry initially expected. What is Qualcomm’s vision in this regard?
A: What we see is that 5G technology is being deployed very quickly both at network levels and in terms of device availability. Supposedly, 5G technology was not going to be commercially launched this year. A couple of years ago, the industry expected the first commercial deployments in the 5G segment to take place in 2020. Today we have more than 30 5G networks in China, Europe, the United States, Korea and Australia and the leading Android device manufacturers have already launched devices for this technology.
It is interesting to note that the first year in which 4G was launched there were only three or four networks that were launched commercially in the United States and Europe and few devices available supporting the technology. China did not enter the era of 4G massively until three or four years after the technology was launched. What we are seeing now with 5G is very different, with China, Europe and the United States launching simultaneously. These operators are not competing to see who launches first but they want to offer 5G due to the ability of this technology to meet the growing demand for data from users.
Q: What role did Qualcomm play in the 5G acceleration process?
A: In 2017, Qualcomm along with other operators saw the need to accelerate the agenda for 5G and some initiatives were taken within the specifications for this technology to allow the commercial launch of this technology from this year. Some of these initiatives include the 5G NSA mode, in which 5G radios are mounted on the 4G core network, allowing rapid use of the new 5G bands without touching the core network.
Q: Are you seeing different deployment strategies in the different regions where 5G is already operational?
A: One of the things we see is that most of the deployments have been made with NSA architecture, since it allows accelerating the marketing of 5G. Another peculiarity that we see is that most of the launches are also being done with unlimited plans by the operators due to the capacity of the networks and it can already be seen how 5G technology allows companies to have new approaches to the business.
Q: And how do you evaluate the deployment of 5G by state operators in China?
A: In China we are seeing a very rapid deployment. Many people did not think that at this point the three state operators would have launched the technology. The deployment goals that operators have, which include about 50 cities by the end of this year and 1 million 5G base stations is a scale that nobody expected. This launch in China allows developing very important economies of scale for manufacturers of 5G devices.
Q: What perspectives do you see for the adoption of 5G in underdeveloped markets such as Latin America, Africa or specific regions in Asia?
A: There are always regions that launch before and others after but we see regions like Latin America that are ready from the point of view of infrastructure. Regarding the availability of devices, we already see 5G equipment globally in the order of $ 500. The launch in these regions depends more on the availability of spectrum. I believe that 5G will be a reality in some Latin American countries and in India as soon as next year. In some Latin American markets such as Brazil, Mexico, Chile and Argentina, there is interest on the part of operators with ongoing field tests. Once the spectrum is available, the launches will be given in an accelerated way since the equipment and infrastructure is already there.
Q: If we position ourselves at the end of 2020. What is the scenario that Qualcomm sees in terms of global 5G deployments?
A: At the end of 2020 we see a world of 5G very different from what we see today. What we will see during the next year is that 5G will not only be available on premium devices but also on mid-range devices and other types of devices such as PCs and Internet with FWA technology. We will also see national coverage in some countries by the end of next year with the availability of lower 5G bands such as 2.5GHz and 3.5GHz. This will also be complemented by Dynamic Spectrum Sharing (DSS), a technology that allows operators to use any spectrum band they have available for 4G to offer 5G without the need to make a spectrum re-farming. We will also see operators in 2020 launching 5G with millimeter wave and sub-6 technologies simultaneously. At the end of the day, it’s all the same 5G. That is why we will see a lower level of debate about whether millimeter wave or sub-6 is convenient since operators are going to look for all available bands. We will see millimeter wave in other countries outside the United States, such as Japan, Europe and South Korea over the next year.
Q: What scenario are you seeing for commercial launches of 5G with SA architecture?
A: In the second half of 2020, we are going to see the transition of some operators towards the SA architecture, in many cases supported by DSS technology, which will work as an enabler for this transition towards SA architectures.
Q: You talked about 5G in mid-range devices. In which price range are you seeing 5G devices in a year? What is Qualcomm doing to make the adoption of 5G more massive in the coming years?
A: Qualcomm has announced that from 2020 we will have available Snapdragon platforms in the 800, 700 and 600 series that enables a wider range of products using 5G. We have seen some market signals that estimate that in China 5G devices could be seen in the range of $ 300 next year. We have a product portfolio that allows you to quickly bring 5G to a range of products beyond the premium segment.


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Last week, we reported on a security warning issued by Microsoft which concerned users of multiple versions of Windows Vista, Office 2008, and Windows Server 2008. This week, we learned that Microsoft won’t be addressing the issue in its latest round of patches, which they’re set to release tomorrow.
Microsoft explains that the “remote code execution vulnerability” is due to the way its software handles TIFF images, a format popular among photographers and the publishing industry.
“An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by convincing a user to preview or open a specially crafted email message, open a specially crafted file, or browse specially crafted Web content,” writes Microsoft. “An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could gain the same user rights as the current user. Users whose accounts are configured to have fewer user rights on the system could be less impacted than users who operate with administrative user rights.”
The lack of a patch for the TIFF exploit means that users of the Windows Vista, Office 2008, and Windows Server 2008 won’t see any relief from this problem for some time. However, it’s entirely possible that Microsoft could break with their tradition of releasing patches one a month, and release a patch for this specific issue sooner. On the same blog post where they announced the discovery of the TIFF issue, Microsoft said that they could provide an “out-of-cycle security update, depending on customer needs.”
Click here to see Microsoft’s security report, as well as a complete list of affected Microsoft software.
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Tragedy has struck recently with pedestrians being hit by cars. Bad weather and dark clothing are major culprits.
Wearing clothing that has reflective properties, either stripes or an actual reflective vest, can prevent this tragedy, making the difference between life and death.
Oftentimes sidewalks are not available or have not been plowed, so people are forced to walk in the street. Some may have to retrieve their mail from mailboxes across the road from their homes. Streetlights are iffy at best and frankly are no match for dark clothing and bad weather. For some seniors, hearing loss and changes in their peripheral vision may make it harder for them to hear or see a vehicle approaching.
It’s not just roads that pose a risk. Parking lots are dangerous at night. Motorists backing up may not see a person in dark clothing crossing behind the vehicle. This is a preventable disaster.
A reflective vest is visible hundreds of feet away, giving a motorist plenty of time to maneuver safely and avoid hitting a pedestrian. Eastern Area Agency on Aging has made a commitment to increasing the visibility of seniors and adults with disabilities through its Vest Dressed for Safety program, which offers reflective lightweight orange-mesh vests with front and back panels held together by elastic strips. The front panels fasten together with Velcro, which is helpful to seniors with arthritic hands.
Since the program’s inception a few years ago, EAAA has distributed hundreds of vests. While reflective clothing is available through local retailers, EAAA wants to make obtaining a vest as easy as possible, without having to shop around.
“If getting a vest becomes complicated, with going from store to store, people may not bother,” said Noelle Merrill, executive director at EAAA. “We wanted to make it easy for people to be safer.”
EAAA asks for a $10 donation to help cover its costs. You may purchase a vest online at www.eaaa.org under the Donate Now button by selecting Vest Dressed for Safety. Or call EAAA at 800-432-7812 for information.
A black coat may be stylish but an orange vest, or other reflective clothing, can save your life.
Carol Higgins Taylor is director of community education at Eastern Area Agency on Aging.


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Brunei must strive hard to become tech-savvy: Minister
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BRUNEI should not be complacent with its current technology advancement and should continue working towards achieving the Sultanate's quest of becoming a "sophisticated society" by 2017, said the Minister of Communications yesterday.
Pehin Orang Kaya Hamzah Pahlawan Dato Seri Setia Hj Abdullah Begawan Mudim Dato Paduka Hj Bakar described "sophisticated society" as a community where people are free to choose, able to own and know how to use a technology which would eventually improve the quality of their lives or in other words, being technology-savvy.
He recalled that when mobile phones were first introduced in the country 20 years ago, they were bulky hand-held phones that were so exclusive that only certain people could afford them.
However, this has changed in time,he said adding that the formerly brick-sized phones had become so compact that they could fit in the smallest pockets.
"Mobile phones are now an affordable commodity, no longer a luxury, but it is now a necessity," said Pehin Dato Hj Abdullah at the launching of a technology gallery at the office of Authority for Info-communications Technology Industry (AITI) of Brunei Darussalam yesterday.
"From this example, I see sophistication comes in the form of affordability, where everybody owns a mobile phone today. In fact, our mobile phone penetration has even exceeded 100 per cent since 2008. This figure shows inclusivity, where nobody is left behind embracing this technology into their lifestyles," he added.
He said people knew that technology changes rapidly and that it was hard to keep up with the pace of modern technology advancements.
He added that like mobile phones and personal digital assistants (PDAs), the Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology was no exception.
The minster said that RFID had now transformed from merely a barcode into a technology that makes inventories and data more thorough as well as accurate.
Despite lauding the efforts of AITI in generating awareness towards the use of RFID through launching the gallery, the minister, however, said that there were still more to be done.
"AITI need to bring together more support to ensure the full exploitation and utilisation of RFID. Research and development is a key element in this support. This is where I feel the academia, students and entrepreneurs can explore the possibilities and relevance of RFID in facilitating their interests," he said.
"Coming back to our vision to be a sophisticated society, I believe that we should not stop in our quest for sophistication. Just by mastering the know-how in using a certain technology, such as mobile phones, we should not feel that we are sophisticated enough. We should not be complacent."
He said that new emerging technologies would continue to amaze people with their solutions and applications.
"Our minds, skills and adaptability shall be in line with these changes. We should be receptive and able to embrace these technologies into our lifestyles."
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Threaded fasteners specialist, Packer Fastener, officially opened a new facility this month in the Eau Claire, WI area. The company began in 1998 and has continued to grow ever since.
The newest locations represents Packer’s seventh Wisconsin branch and it recently celebrated its 100th employee.
An ISO 9001 certified fastener supplier, Packer Fastener is “driven by an intense customer focus,” serving the needs of commercial contractors and fabricators. Aside from a large selection of fasteners, the company also offers tapes, chemicals and paints, tools and accessories, personal protection equipment, cutting and machining, and more.
A few of its top values:
- Speed: From quoting, to sourcing, to order acknowledgement and delivery, expect quick and efficient service.
- Accuracy: The company holds itself accountable for product order accuracy and on-time delivery.
- Availability: Packer offers the largest threaded fastener inventory in Wisconsin, tailored to meet the needs of contractors and fabricators.
- Expertise: Packer Fastener holds a rigorous in-house training program — known as, Packer University — to ensure all employees are experts in the industry.
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Burger King has transformed a simple TV ad into a mouthwatering engagement goldmine...almost. The fast-food chain would have gotten away with it, too, if it hadn't been for those pesky kids at Google (and on the internet at large).
Let's back it up: On April 12, Burger King aired an ad in which an actor asks, "OK, Google, what is the Whopper burger?" The line was intended to prompt Google Home devices (which are brought online by the words, "OK, Google,") to read a list of Whopper ingredients from Wikipedia, where Google Home gets most of its search results. Never missing a chance to poke fun at major brands online, anonymous pranksters edited the Whopper Wikipedia article to include ingredients like a "medium-sized child," "toenail clippings" and "cyanide." Ouch.
Following the Wikipedia prank, Burger King's voice-activated search effort was halted by Google engineers, who updated Google Home software not to react to the ad. As it happens, Burger King did not consult with Google before airing the ad, which led to Google's swift action.
Amid the blowback, Burger King has seen a fair deal of media coverage around the ad, not to mention social media engagement, probably getting far more eyeballs on the ad than anticipated. Far from being a crisis, it's a good case study in how risk-taking can pay off in cutting through the noisy news and social media cycle. (Case in point: Even Pepsi's tone-deaf Kendall Jenner ad is receiving accolades within the media world).
It might not be a bad idea for brands to start investigating how voice search might be integrated into their marketing efforts. Home devices—and voice-activated search—are here to stay. As long as it's not limited to Wikipedia, of course.
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The American Pet Products Association predicts U.S. pet owners will spend an estimated $60.59 billion on their pets in 2015. Naturally, cost varies depending on the dog’s breed and size. And even though dogs are more expensive to own the cats, canine pet visits grew 1.9% in 2014.Read More
Editor’s Note: This post was originally published in March of 2014
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It makes perfect sense that Mad Max: Fury Road features awesome motorcycles and is widely acclaimed as a “feminist movie.” Its main characters, including the heroine, use the bikes (among other things) to win their freedom from a misogynist patriarchy.Read More
Americans spent over $30 billion on their pets last year, right in step with the economic recovery, and veterinary clinic owners and managers who expect to see their business expand this year may very well be right.Read More
May’s seasonally adjusted annual auto sales rate topped out at 17.8 million vehicles, the highest mark since July 2005, which would have to mean, according to popular misconceptions, that dealerships have been raking it in. Car buyers, in fact, believe auto dealers make upwards of 20% per sale of a $30,000 new car.Read More
According to a recent study by New York University, the funeral industry, or at least something along those lines, was invented by Neanderthals 50,000 years ago.Read More
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It’s easier to sell things if you also marvel at them, and if bicycles can teach us anything about building materials, it’s that a little marveling can go a long way towards lucrative, long-term business relationships and higher sales.
Men and shopping are not normally spoken in the same breath. When it comes to shopping, men are more likely to respond to more utilitarian aspects of the experience – such as parking availability and the length of the checkout line. But when it comes to “their room” and developing a man cave, they are highly invested. This can be the man’s best chance to shine with home furnishings purchases and designing a room in their home.
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PSP2 January 27, Xperia Play February events OKed
Swirling rumors of a PSP2 unveil on January 27 were supported on Tuesday with a corroborating story. Sony's console should be revealed that day and will be quickly followed by the Xperia Play in February, likely at Mobile World Congress. The Bloomberg source hinted that the two might be linked through a platform that would not only share music and movies through services like Qriocity but also games, although it wasn't stated that the PSP2 and Xperia Play would have the same game support.
No technical details were given, but an early prototype of the PSP2 has hinted at a best-of-both-worlds control scheme that would meld both a touchscreen, and possibly a backside touchpad, with dual analog sticks and other hardware PlayStation controls. Claims that its performance might be as fast as a PS3 may have gained weight as they came from the same publication that first backed the January 27 date.
The company's PlayStation group head, Kaz Hirai, has already alluded to mixing touch and buttons.
The one-two combination would be targeted at fighting off both Apple and Nintendo. Although the NPD began keeping US console sales data largely secret beyond its clients last summer, PSP sales plunged in 2010 and saw the PSP Go's price slashed repeatedly after it failed to take off. Most of this has been attributed to the lower prices and stronger game lineup of the Nintendo DS series, but it has increasingly been attributed to Apple's iPod touch and iPhone. The faster hardware, greater Internet awareness and less expensive games have been draws where the PSP has mostly gone unchanged since 2004.
Apple sold 19.45 million iPods in just the fall alone and acknowledged during its fiscal results call that over 50 percent of those were the iPod touch. Sony has only sold 18.5 million PSPs in the US in its roughly six-year history where Nintendo has shipped 47.4 million DS systems.


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Update: The exciting announcement was a competition according to a tweet on the official twitter account.
"We love each and everyone of you for your enthusiasm and passion for LBP but sadly we think you may of jumped the sack-gun on this occasion!
We have some very cool news to share today about an awesome competition though!:)"
Original: LittleBigPlanet is to get an exciting announcement later today according to its official Twitter account.
"There's no weekly LBP Update today but stay tuned to the @PlayStation Blog because we have an exciting announcement coming tomorrow instead! — LittleBigPlanet (@LittleBigPlanet) August 12, 2013," says that post.
It's already being suggested that the rumoured Sumo Digital developed LIttleBigPlanet 3 could be the subject of this 'exciting' announcement.
Media Molecule is currently working on its own secret project for PS4, while LBP 3 is rumoured to be in development for PS3, although there will be many who would also like to see it make an appearance on PS4.
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Dubai Parks and Resorts will open the region’s largest theme park destination on 31 October, 2016.
This unique destination will comprise three theme parks – Bollywood Parks™ Dubai, MOTIONGATE™ Dubai, and LEGOLAND® Dubai, together with LEGOLAND® Water Park. The destination will also include Riverland™ Dubai, a themed retail, dining, and entertainment experience, along with the Lapita™ Hotel, a Polynesian-themed family resort. The entire range of products and prices will be announced soon.
“This has been a long-time coming and I can’t say enough about how excited we are to welcome our guests to the destination to ‘experience =amazing’,” said Raed Kajoor Al Nuaimi, CEO of Dubai Parks and Resorts.
“Nothing of this magnitude has ever been done before, and we look forward to offering our guests close to 100 unforgettable rides, attractions and experiences. As the largest entertainment destination in the region, Dubai Parks and Resorts will create jobs in Dubai, support the UAE’s tourism vision and grow the family leisure industry in the region.”
Annual passes are currently on sale and details of daily passes will be announced soon.


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The U.K. aims to have a plan by the end of this year that lets people use their mobile phones or smart cards to pay for travel across England's public transport system.
First Nokia blended the mobile device and computer experience with its Microsoft partnership. Nokia's entrance into the netbook market with the introduction of the Booklet 3G is just another step that blurs the line (or muddies the water) between com...
Droidify - an unofficial Spotify app that allowed owners of mobile phones running Google Android to access the online streaming site - is thought to have been pulled from the Android app store.
Nokia plans to roll out a micro financing program for mobile phones across 12 states in India.
Battery manufacturer Duracell have revealed their very own wireless charging device, dubbed 'myGrid'.
One in five Brits have more than one mobile phone or contract in order to get the latest handset or cheapest deal, says Moneysupermarket.com.
Samsung Australia unveiled five new touch-screen mobile phones yesterday at a media event in Sydney.
Nokia Ovi app store users can get their hands on a special edition of the music identification app Shazam free of charge until the end of November.
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More than 15 million of the 38.1 million mobile phones sold during the second quarter used a touchscreen as the primary interface, according to market research company Canalys.
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Users of the first Android phone, the G1, may be unable to get significant future operating-system updates because the phone's internal flash is nearly full.
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The new owners of the Greencastle NAPA auto parts store at 105 S. Warren Dr. -- Rod and Terri Canine (front, third and fourth from left) -- join former owner Bill Hamm (second from left) and the local NAPA staff in celebrating their arrival with an open house and grand reopening ceremony recently. The Canines, who also own the Cloverdale and Crawfordsville NAPA businesses, purchased the Greencastle store from the Hamm family. Bill Hamm has agreed to stay on and help with the transition and work with his customers, Canine said. The NAPA store is open seven days a week with hours of 7:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday, 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturdays and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sundays.
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FMB Pirate Fest attracts thousands
Thousands of people said "Ahoy!" to Fort Myers Beach this weekend at the 6th annual Fort Myers Beach Pirate Fest.
Some dressed up for the occasion, while others just checked out the vendors and food.
The festival featured hundreds of professional pirates from across the country, as well as a variety of events, including a costume contest, a pirate ball, and even a ship-to-shore pirate battle.
An event organizer, Kathy Gilbert, says last year was a record turnout for the festival, with 8,000-10,000 people in attendance.
This year, they estimate about 2,000 less attending due to rain and storms.
However, the event still proved to be a huge success for businesses on the beach, bringing season-like numbers for local restaurants and some traffic backups on the Matanzas Pass Bridge.
"This year we expanded the event to under the bridge. We brought in more vendors and entertainment," Gilbert said.
Gilbert said the food and gift vendors were somewhat limited to make sure local businesses got a boost.


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LG has recently partnered with Infineon Technologies to introduce new technology into its upcoming LG G8 ThinQ smartphone. The companies are looking towards Time-of-Flight (ToF) to gain a competitive edge in imaging – something that LG claims will suit selfie and photo fans.
In the brutal and bitter battle towards market share supremacy in the smartphone sector, manufacturers have been faced with increasing challenges. Processing chips have been getting smaller and more powerful and more cameras have been packed into smartphones phones but aside from that, little innovation has been found.
What is ToF and is it Better?
LG’s move towards ToF technology isn’t exactly new (and in fact, ToF isn’t limited to smartphone cameras) but it is one of a handful to leverage on this angle. Currently, both Oppo and Honor also use ToF technology in limited phone models.
While other 3D technologies make use of complex algorithms to calculate an object’s distance from the camera lens, ToF delivers more accurate measurements by capturing infrared light as it is reflected off the subject. As a result, ToF is faster and more effective in ambient light, reducing the workload on the application processor thereby also reducing power consumption.
The fast speed that ToF offers also allows it to be used in other applications such as biometric authentication like face-recognition. What’s more, because ToF sees objects in 3D and is not affected by light from external sources, it delivers an excellent recognition rate, both indoors and out, ideal for implementation in augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) applications.
In short, ToF is simpler, more efficient and faster.
How Infineon is Involved with LG and ToF
Infineon’s REAL3 image sensor chip will play the starring protagonist in the front-facing camera of the upcoming LG G8 ThinQ. The phone will be shown off this year at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona and hopefully, demonstrate a new level of front camera capability in a smartphone.
As a leading manufacturer of power semiconductors, Infineon is also recognized for its technological excellence in sensor solutions. The German chip maker enables highly reliable automotive, power management and digital security applications. The company developed the ToF technology featured in the LG G8 ThinQ for use in both premium, high-end smartphones as well as mid-end devices.
“Infineon is poised to revolutionize the market,” said Andreas Urschitz, division president of Infineon’s Power Management & Multimarket division. “We have demonstrated service beyond the mere product level – specifically catering to phone OEMs, associated reference design houses and camera module manufacturers. Within five years, we expect 3D cameras to be found in most smartphones and Infineon will contribute a significant share.”
“Keeping in mind LG’s goal to provide real value to its mobile customers, our newest flagship was designed with ToF technology from inception to give users a unique and secure verification system without sacrificing camera capabilities,” said Chang Ma, senior vice president and head of Product Strategy at LG Mobile Communications Company. “The LG G8 ThinQ featuring ToF will be the optimal choice for users in search of a premium smartphone that offers unmatched camera capabilities.”
What This Means for the LG G8 ThinQ
ThinQ has traditionally been top-of-the-line for LG and while we do not have official data for the model yet, this first snippet of news is at the very least… different. Aside from ToF, it is likely that the G8 will sport a high end Snapdragon processor such as the 855.
With a snappy processor, excellent imaging and possibly a 4k resolution display, technically the LG G8 Think can be expected to offer monster performance.
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TRI finds growing confidence
Managers of UK chain hotels are becoming more positive about business levels, according to a new survey by TRI Hospitality Consulting.
Its latest Confidence Monitor for Q2 2009 found that 39% of respondents were optimistic or very optimistic.
This compares with 29% who were upbeat in the poll for Q1 and 16% in the last three months of 2008.
The survey also found that managers regarded marketing as important to a hotel's performance with nearly 70% saying they had either increased or maintained their budget compared with 2008 levels.
But balancing this, nearly 75% of the 118 managers who responded said that they had cut staff numbers in the first three months of the year.
But a similar figure said they now planned to maintain this level of staffing.
About 30% of the managers said they hoped to maintain or grow their occupancy levels and to increase average room rate during the year.
But only 20% expect to maintain or increase revPAR (revenue per available room).
David Bailey, TRI's deputy managing director, said: "These are tentative signs that confidence levels are rising as operators adapt and get to grips with the recession and also find themselves three months nearer to recovery.
"Although the UK hotel industry has now dropped some way from its trading peak in 2007 and most of 2008, it would be wrong to conclude that all operators are suffering to the same extent.
Recessionary conditions create winners and losers, and there is a small but significant proportion of operators who still expect to achieve occupancy and revenue growth in the current climate."


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Visa shots made easy
The worse place to take a passport photo is the photo kiosk.
If you've got a digital camera (or even a smart phone), some white walls and another person, you can get your own visa photos for nothing - instead of paying the photo kiosk for Bt150 for six photos. After you've taken the digital shot, visit www.epassportphoto.com and, using the country specifications guide, you upload the photo into the website, adjust and edit the photo. The website will try to sell you its Pro service so just make sure to click "No thanks" after you finish editing. You'll then get four passport photos that you can print for Bt5.
Old Lao capital heads for the big time
Luang Prabang province, a major tourist destination in Laos, expects to have at least 165,000 visitors this fiscal year, an increase from 154,000 tourists in 2010/11. Currently, the boom town has about 150,000 travellers, says the Culture and Tourism Department, and the number of vacationers may well exceed its target. Tucked away in Laos' north, Luang Prabang was the Lao capital before becoming a Unesco World Heritage site. The old town draws foreign tourists for its beautiful temples and as yet unspoilt lifestyle. - Vientiane Times/ANN
Rent an iPad
The new iPad, loaded with stacks of travel applications, is now waiting for visitors to Singapore for S$30 a day. TouristPads (www.Touristipad.com) is the company renting out the iPads, giving travellers unlimited high-speed 3G connectivity anywhere in the city. Travellers can reserve their iPad online at least 24 hours, before they need it and the tablet will be delivered to the airport or hotel. Your Singapore Guide, Hungry Go Where and I Eat Hawker are among many helpful apps.
Korea from the bus
Seoul has launched its "K-shuttle" tour programme to promote the South Korea to foreign visitors. The "K-shuttle" takes in two circular routes, one travelling to southwestern parts of the country and the other to the southeast for trips that last for two nights and three days. Experienced tour guides with tour guide-interpreter licenses and EFR (Emergency First Response) certificates are on board the bus. For reservations, go to www.K-Shuttle.com.
Tourism growth in China slows
Despite the increasing number of tourists from abroad that Beijing received in the first half of the year, growth is slowing down. The capital welcomed more than 2.5 million tourists from overseas - including Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan - in the first half of the year, an increase of 4.2 per cent year-on-year. However, the growth has slowed since the second quarter of the year and is expected to continue slowing down, according to the Beijing Tourism Development Committee. Beijing will come up with better idea to draw foreign tourists. - China Daily


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Servpro of Wayne and Servpro of Northern Sussex County is pleased to announce the launch of their 2013 Facebook campaign, and they are seeing "Red".
Thursday, March 7, 2013 • 9:28pm
For every new like to their Facebook page, Servpro of Wayne and Servpro of Northern Sussex County will make a donation to the American Red Cross of North Jersey.
" I am a big believer in the power of social media", said Jack Oliver, President of Servpro of Wayne. "Our team works extremely hard to present a quality product for all of our digital mediums, and we have found Facebook to be a great place to deliver information that is relevant and useful for our audience," Oliver said. "We strive to be an information resource first. We take every precaution against using Facebook as a glorified sales pitch. We really do have some good content."
One of the unique things about the campaign is Servpro isn't asking for a donation.
"Visit our page, hit the "Like" button, and we make a donation. Not the post, like the page. Share it with your Facebook friends. And it's no cost to the consumer" Oliver added. "It doesn't get much simpler than that."
Oliver acknowledges the marketing strategy element but said "if we can help brand our company while helping a great organization like the ARC, everybody wins."
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Microsoft appears to have clarified when Windows 10 Mobile will formally be released, both on new devices and on updates for older phones.
Happier drivers might mean better service for Lyft users.
The newest Android keyboard taps into neural network technology, which tries to work similarly to a human brain.
The new fee is coming in November for those still clinging to their old plans.
The standalone version of HBO is now available on Roku.
The enormous device just passed through FCC certification, which means it could be on a (very large) shelf soon.
The console wars continue as PlayStation 4 bundles now start at $350.
May the Force be with Origin's servers.
Firefox is proposing a set of guidelines that will guide the Firefox maker's actions when it comes to content blocking.
The SHA-1 hashing algorithm, still used to sign almost one in three SSL certificates, can now be attacked for as little as $75,000, and should be urgently retired, researchers say
With an Apple streaming TV service rumored for next year, it never hurts to be prepared.
If you still like sketching and writing by hand, but also want quick digital backups of your notes, you'll find a friend in Wacom's new Bamboo Spark.
Don't call it a Dislike button, but Facebook is taking a new approach to the Like button with a system allowing you to express empathy.
Love Skype, but hate what it's become? Here are three tweaks that will help make it better.
Having trouble installing and setting up Windows 10? You aren’t alone. Here are a dozen-plus of the most common problems, along with a few solutions


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Less than two months after its launch, Cox Communications Inc.'s Las Vegas
system said it surpassed the 1,000 mark in high-definition-TV subscriptions.
Cox launched the service July 1, with subscribers being charged $10.15 per
month to rent HDTV digital set-top boxes and remote controls.
The operator offers the local CBS and PBS affiliate in HDTV, as well as two
Home Box Office channels and two Showtime channels. Discovery HD Theater is
available for a separate $5-per-month fee.
Last week, newly-named Discovery Networks U.S. new-media president John Ford
said 80 percent of Cox's HDTV subscribers were taking Discovery HD Theater.
Cox said it will add more HDTV channels as they become available, including
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Her concern is for 2009, which so far has little or no visibility. Much of the business for 2008 is already booked, she explained, but how many may not cruise next year, because of the economy, is the big question.
At William Blair & Company, Leisure Analyst Bob Simonson said: “I think we are in a recession, and the consumer will be much tighter with his money this year than last year.” He admitted taking a somewhat contrarian position, but believes that what he called the “budding recession” will start having an impact on middle income households.
Simonson expects Caribbean pricing to go down during the year and that European cruises will start to become affected, too. It is the aspirational buyer that will be impacted, he said, the customer who needs to borrow and buys a European cruise on credit.
Those who travel first class will go anyway, he said.
At Wachovia Capital Markets, Senior Analyst Tim Conder did not see much that can derail the cruise industry, which he said “has proven that it can do well in hard times if necessary.”
It is important to note that pricing is up for 2008, said Robin Farley, leisure and gaming analyst at UBS Investment Research. She said that yield and pricing are driven by deployment – such as moving more ships to Europe, by introducing new ships, and by reducing capacity in the Caribbean.
“While business could slow down,” she said, “I believe that is already factored into the forecasts.”
Earnings forecasts (per share) for the year are from $3.10 to $3.30 by Carnival Corporation, compared to actual earnings of $2.95 in 2007, and from $3.20 to $3.40 by Royal Caribbean Cruises, compared to actual earnings of $2.82 for 2007.
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WESTCHESTER COUNTY, NY — The Director of Accounting and Human Resources for a kitchen remodeling firm with outlets in Mamaroneck, Bedford and Greenwich was charged in federal court with embezzlement and identity theft.
According to an indictment unsealed today in White Plains federal court, Susana Rivera was hired as the Director of Accounting and Human Resources at Bilotta Kitchens, a family-owned kitchen design and remodeling business in Mamaroneck, Bedford and Greenwich. Starting in November 2019, she made hundreds of unauthorized charges in a total amount exceeding $175,000 to the company’s credit cards for personal expenses, including jewelry, beauty treatments, laser treatments, travel, pets, cosmetic surgery, clothing and cars, including a partial payment on a $100,000 Corvette, prosecutors said.
Rivera is accused of defrauding the firm’s payroll company to make unauthorized payments in a net amount of more than $370,000 to a fake vendor that she created to receive the money. Rivera is also accused of causing unauthorized transfers from the victim company’s bank account in an amount exceeding $2,900 to pay her personal utility bills.
To get restrictions on the use of the victim company’s credit cards removed, prosecutors said Rivera posed as an owner of the victim company in telephone calls with the company’s credit card provider. She is also believed to have sent the credit card company photographs of the owner’s driver’s license to cause credit card company personnel to believe she was the owner.
“No more than one month after joining the company she allegedly defrauded, Susana Rivera started down a path of embezzlement that would eventually result in more than half a million dollars in losses to her victim,” FBI Assistant Director Michael Driscoll said in a statement announcing the indictment. “Spending this money on a variety of luxury and personal items, she jumped headfirst into this scheme with seemingly no signs of slowing down—until we showed up to levy the charge. Financial fraud schemes wreak havoc on private businesses and the economy alike. Any attempt to defraud a victim in this way will most certainly be met with consequences in our justice system.”
Rivera is charged with one count of wire fraud, which carries a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison. The 40-year-old Bronx woman is also charged with one count of aggravated identity theft, which carries a mandatory sentence of two years in prison.
“Susana Rivera abused the trust her employer placed in her by stealing more than $500,000 in hundreds of individual thefts over 22 months,” U.S. Attorney Damian Williams said. “She stole and used her employer’s identity to further her scheme. She will now be held accountable for her thefts.”


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NEW YORK Paris-based yogurt maker Groupe Danone has launched a review of its global media business, according to sources.
The client spends an estimated $500 million on measured media annually.
The U.S. business is handled by Havas Group's MPG and sources said the incumbent is participating in the review. Danone spent approximately $140 million on ads in the U.S. last year, per TNS.
Danone is said to be reviewing media accounts on a market-by-market basis, in a fashion similar to the process it conducted in 2005-06, the last time it reassessed its media assignments.
MPG won the U.S. business in October 2006, beating out the incumbent, WPP Group's MediaCom in the final round of the U.S. review. The shop will defend its assignments in the U.S. and other territories, per sources.
Other contenders in the U.S. are said to include Aegis Group' s Carat and WPP's Mediaedge:cia, per sources.
During the last global review, MPG also won the client's assignments in France and Mexico and defended Spain and Portugal.
Sources said MediaCom would contend in several markets, but not the U.S. The agencies either declined comment or referred calls to the client. Client representatives did not respond to inquiries.


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'The Surge' Features & Gameplay: Futuristic Third-Person Action RPG Reveals Zombies & Robots Gone Wild On Xbox One, PlayStation 4 & PC
"The Surge" is nearing its most awaited launch next month and fans are getting excited of what its gonna offer. From the creators of the game the "Lords of the Fallen", Deck13 Interactive is taking a giant leap as it brings the game's latest features and combat style. It will bring in the zombies and the robots that have gone wild and ready to fight the game hero, Warren.
The latest report from Digitaltrends, shows how the game is going to be played as the protagonist Warren attacks the enemy. "The Surge" is a third-person, action RPG that is patterned after the Souls series, a mixed creation after the Rise of the Robots and the Monster Hunter. The gamer is protected by the exoskeleton as it engages in combat against industrial woker-zombies, agro security robots and other machine-enemies.
Players have to be careful, otherwise they will meet their early demise. However, if the game players will strive hard in the game, they will have their biggest reward as they make new armors taken from the metals body parts of the enemies. Well, "The Surge" starts with the worker reporting for work at the factory complex. Covered by the exoskeleton, the gamer moved inside and will have to face the attacks of the enemies as reported by Gamesradar.
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"The Surge" is expected to be released on May 16, 2017 on various platforms such as Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and on PC using Microsoft Windows. It is a single-player video game that is published by Focus Home Interactive. For the fans out there who are waiting to play the game, stay tuned to Gamenguide for more updates.


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ILO believes that users will utilize the platform to contribute content and play games. The company estimates their product could serve over 10 million people in a single day, expanding into further markets throughout 2019.
The “wall street and technology” is a new cryptocurrency that has launched an alpha release ahead of its initial coin offering. The currency was created by WallStreetNinja, a company that wants to disrupt the finance industry with blockchain technology.
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As the crypto markets erupt and decentralized ecosystems rush toward full mainstream acceptance, there has never been a better moment to start WallStreetNinja.
Unstoppable Ecosystem is a completely decentralized solution that will carry the movement ahead towards a web browser-based experience that is free of unwanted browser extensions and smartphone wallet applications.
Web-based, fully decentralized, multi-chain, swap, dApp browser, and entirely non-custodial, WallStreetNinja “the Unstoppable Ecosystem” (aka WSN) will offer the much-needed answer, including a single sign-on facility through Dfinity’s Internet Identity.
On the 2nd of December 2021, WallStreetNinja successfully released the Alpha version of their innovative technology, ushering in a new era in the Decentralized Ecosystem arena.
With a successful first product launch under their belt, WallStreetNinja is gearing up for its highly anticipated Initial Liquidity Offering (ILO), which will take place on the Unicrypt platform and close on December 7th, 2021.
The WallStreetNinja Ecosystem will soon enable projects to provide unstoppable access to their decentralized consumers. Projects that operate in decentralized ecosystems are encouraged to contact the WSN team in order to have their projects whitelisted in the ecosystem’s wallet, swap functionality, and dapps section.
High-profile industry leaders including as Darkpool Ventures, Midas Touch Consulting, and CoinNexus have already funded and promoted WallStreetNinja. These types of partnerships not only give funding, but also bring value in the form of advise from subject matter experts in the fields of technology, finance, and cryptocurrencies.
“We are happy to announce the successful deployment of the product Alpha, which lays the groundwork for future development,” the WallStreetNinja team said. “We are also excited about our upcoming Initial Liquidity Offering (ILO) on the Unicrypt platform, which will kickstart the WallStreetNinja Ecosystem’s token economy.”
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PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona farmers will quickly begin hemp that is planting its byproduct – CBD oil – is exploding in appeal, with a few supporters saying it may overtake a conventional crop into the state because there’s more income when you look at the cannabis plant than cotton.
The market that is emerging hemp, containing ultra-low quantities of the THC that produces a high in cannabis, is going to be focused in Arizona on creating plants and seeds which can be used to help make CBD oils, said Randy Pullen, a former state Republican Party president and hemp processing business investor who aided put up a situation chapter regarding the Hemp Industries Association.
CBD oils are increasingly getting used in meals so that as discomfort relievers, and for other health conditions. In April, nonetheless, the meals and Drug management issued warning letters to organizations in making health that is unapproved about CBD services and products.
Farmers can see a profit that is big over standard Arizona crops like cotton or alfalfa, Pullen said, netting $600 per acre cpd oil contrasted with about $100 for standard crops like cotton.
“Economically it’s a great deal more profitable to plant and harvest hemp than it really is to grow and harvest cotton or alfalfa,” Pullen stated in a job interview Tuesday.
That estimate may differ commonly though, centered on federal studies regarding the crop done prior to the recent CDB oil trend.
And farmers, a lot that is notoriously careful are going to be wary about switching to a crop without a recognised market and purchasers stepping up to contract for crops, stated Kevin Rogers, executive vice president with all the Arizona Cotton Growers Association.
“These guys have opportunities in land, in machinery, in precisely what it requires to help keep their farms year that is going year,? Rogers stated of cotton farmers. “A man may decide to try five acres from it, nonetheless it’s method pre-mature. It’s great that there’s a brand new crop for us. we can glance at, but it’s into the infancy stage”
The 2018 state legislation permitting hemp that is industrial and processing was to simply take impact in August after state agriculture officials put up a certification and certification system. But state lawmakers relocated within the effective date of this state legislation to might 31 after the federal Farm Bill passed in December and legalized industrial hemp nationwide.
Brian McGrew operates this system when it comes to division and stated its applications that are now reviewing expects to begin with issuing licenses this week. Seeds could possibly be within the ground by mid-month.
About 200 applications, primarily for growers and processors, was filed following the window that is official on Friday. He stated that 35 of those are complete, including the fingerprint clearance card, and the number is rising daily wednesday.
The nationwide Conference of State Legislatures claims significantly more than 40 states established hemp that is industrial programs.
The cannabis targeted for Arizona isn’t the same variety as utilized to create hemp rope, but alternatively is a stress optimized to make probably the most plants and seeds to process into CBD oils and powders. After the plants and their seeds are eliminated and prepared, the staying dietary fiber can be utilized for animal feed, being a concrete strengthener or as insulation, among other uses, Pullen stated.
Farmers among others involved in hemp, including people who harvest, transportation and process it, must hold state licenses given by Arizona Department of Agriculture and obtain fingerprint clearance cards. Licenses begin at $150 for harvesters and transporters and visit $1,500 for the grower and $3,000 for a processor. Costs per acre or per ton of processed material plus evaluation costs are added on and licenses can be renewed yearly.
The department will not understand how numerous acres can be planted in hemp this season just because a farmer may show his entire holdings as a possible area that is growing. As soon as planted, the plots are going to be marked with indications showing it’s commercial hemp.
Pullen stated he won’t be surprised to see hemp displace a few of the cotton grown in Arizona in the event that market will take off as some research reports have recommended. their state saw about 175,000 acres planted in 2017, federal figures reveal.
“Probably 50 % of which will be hemp in a couple of years,” he said.
Rogers, the cotton relationship official, said that’s not very likely unless and before the market matures.
“Obviously the cost of (cannabis) oil is outrageously priced, so everyone’s taking a look at that and thinking they’re going to help make tens and thousands of dollars,” rogers said. “And you realize, i really hope someone does. But our dudes are likely to wish to have good agreements and be sure it is planning to work.”
One concern for growers is pushback from medicinal marijuana manufacturers who worry that hemp will cross-pollinate with regards to marijuana strains. Arizona marijuana that is medicinal grown in greenhouses, but any hemp plant within 10 kilometers could jeopardize the industry.
“They are extremely concerned about that,” Pullen stated. “We’ve seen that over the nation.”
There are not any state guidelines on what hemp that is close be grown to greenhouses where medical marijuana is farmed, McGrew stated.


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Another case of fire Samsung Galaxy Note7 led to the destruction of the vehicle Grand Cherokee
A few days ago, Samsung announced that it is Recalling all sold smartphones Samsung Galaxy Note7 except those sold in China, because of the danger of fire.
The scrap was tiny, but the American family, which reports FOX 13 News, that does not help. A resident of St. Petersburg Nathan Dornacker (Nathan Dornacher) together with his wife went to the Labor Day (Labor Day) at a school Desk for my daughter. After returning home, they brought the table, and when he returned found that their car was a Grand Cherokee in flames.
The owner of the car claims that he left the Samsung Galaxy Note7 charging in the car which was his pride. Quickly arrived firefighters to save the car failed.
We will remind, the Australian airline in any case forbidden to use in flight smartphones Samsung Galaxy Note7 and charge them.
And in China, it was registered the first case of ignition Xiaomi Mi Max.


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Magazine news & analysis
Monocle has sold a stake to the Japanese media company Nikkei, as the two companies enter into a strategic partnership.
Jed Glanvill, the former chief executive of Mindshare, has been appointed to oversee the audience measurement review initiated by Newsworks.
Although the overall sector performed poorly, the traditional, more upmarket magazines are faring well. By Jane Wolfson.
The publisher's new chief executive is a departure from past leaders - and innovation is top of her agenda. By Arif Durrani.
Following the Radio Times posting a circulation of 762,814 yesterday, Kathy Day, the managing director of Radio Times Group, explains why the magazine is still going strong in the internet age.
The Economist's UK edition was crowned king of the current affairs titles in the Audit Bureau of Circulations' most recent report, with a combined print and digital readership of 223,730.
IPC Media maintained its dominance in the home interests sector in the first half of 2014, with its Ideal Home, Style at Home and Living etc, all increasing their combined print and digital circulations.
The digital transition taking place within the UK's magazine industry was highlighted in today's report for the first six months of 2014 by the Audit Bureau of Circulations.
IPC Media's iconic 62-year-old music title NME suffered an almost 19 per cent decline period on period in its joint print and digital circulations in the first half of the year.
IPC Media's Marie Claire was one of two leading women's UK monthly lifestyle titles to suffer a double-digit fall in joint print and digital circulations in the first six months of 2014, according to figures released today.
Hearst Rodale's Men's Health has the highest combined print and digital circulation of any men's magazine at 207,254, according to figures from the Audit Bureau of Circulations.
As The Week reports its first digital ABC, chief executive Kerin O'Connor talks about the reasons why Dennis Publishing made the move and why it is not included along side the magazine in the official ABC audit.
Hello!'s circulation has overtaken OK! magazine for the first time in 15 years, according to the latest report from the Audit Bureau of Circulations.
It is only "ABC Day" to those in the media business. For readers it's just another great day to interact with their favourite brands, says James Papworth, marketing director of PPA.
Hearst's Company magazine aimed at 16-24 year old females, is set to become a standalone digital brand after its October issue out next month.
We catch up with Jerry Wright, chief executive of ABC, as he oversees the Consumer Magazine Report and makes his guest cricketing debut as MediaTel take on Kantar.
Future, the consolidating international media group, has unveiled its new executive management team under chief executive Zillah Byng-Maddick.
Condé Nast's September 2014 issue of Vogue is the monthly magazine's biggest-ever fashion issue, carrying more than £4.5 million-worth of ads.
News the former permanent secretary for government comms, Matt Tee, has been appointed as the first chief executive of the new media regulator, IPSO, has met with a mixed reaction.
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They're called 'electric highways,' and they might change everything about how we drive.
Charge-as-you-go technology could revolutionize the automotive industry.
Later this year, English engineers will begin testing a project that could revolutionize how we fuel our cars.
Called " electric highways ," the technology is pretty much what it sounds like: roads that can power electric vehicles on the go.
If you've ever played the classic Super Nintendo game " F-Zero " ... yeah, it's kinda like that.
The project is an ambitious attempt by the U.K.'s government to tackle two of the biggest complaints about electric vehicles.
The biggest problems facing owners of electric cars (and what's possibly preventing others making the jump from gas) are the cars' limited range and the inconvenience of finding scarce charging stations.
The 2015 Nissan Leaf can travel 84 miles on a single charge. The Tesla Model S (with 70 kWh battery) can travel 230 miles. But with charging stations so few and far between — especially when compared to gas stations — electric cars still aren't a great fit for long-distance trips.
Here's what the engineers at Highways England will be testing.
Along the road will be a series of power converters and stations connected to power transfer loops built into the left lane. If all goes according to plan, vehicles fitted with wireless charging technology will be able to stay charged as they drive in the powered lane.
But why invest so much time and money into a project that's only going to affect a fraction of the world's cars?
Because it has the potential to change the future of the automotive industry.
As is the case with most technology, advances come in stages. As breakthroughs happen in the electric vehicle market, demand for them will rise and more people will shift to the newer, lower-emission technology.
In Highways England's technology road map, informed by the Automotive Council ,the prediction is that by 2050, nearly every vehicle purchased in the U.K. will be an electric car or other ultra-low-emissions vehicle (ULEV).
This is just part of England's long-term plan to build the infrastructure needed for electric vehicles to thrive.
They'll also be adding charging stations.
The British government's Road Investment Strategy outlines plans to install charging stations every 20 miles along highways. Their government's commitment to automotive innovation seems pretty far ahead of the U.S. government's. Hopefully, if the numbers continue to point toward a ULEV future, the U.S. will follow the U.K.'s lead.


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If all you want in a coffee machine is the ability to brew drinkable joe quickly without busting the budget, the attractive Capresso MT600 fits the bill -- just don't expect gourmet results.
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Bank of America apologizes for a glitch that's causing duplicate Apple Pay charges. Also, Google creates a new app for organizing email, and Google users can give their accounts extra protection with USB security keys.
The iFixit team reveals the secrets inside the new iPads, Groupon mimics Yelp, and Microsoft kills the free version of Xbox Music.
The defeated Bitcoin exchange, which claims to have lost nearly $400 million to hackers, is ordered to hand over any remaining bitcoins to US and Canadian customers.
The plaintiffs will own a 16.5 percent stake of the new Mt. Gox and split 200,000 Bitcoins recovered by the failed exchange.
The court has ordered the bankruptcy trustee to start liquidating the assets of the embattled bitcoin exchange.
Shuttered Bitcoin exchange has asked a Tokyo court for permission to liquidate, citing the complexities in such a rehabilitation process, the Wall Street Journal reports.
Mt. Gox attorneys say in a court filing that Mark Karpeles is unwilling to travel to the US to address questions regarding the exchange's closure.
The imploded exchange’s saga continues as a US bankruptcy judge orders Mark Karpeles to better explain the disappearance of 650,000 bitcoins.
The embattled bitcoin exchange says it’s consulted with the metropolitan police department over the disappearance of 650,000 bitcoins.


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Today is National Coffee Day. But you can also get a buzz from snack foods like these that contain added caffeine.
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UK brands such as Rolls-Royce, Jaguar and Land Rover are showing their new models at the China Motor Show in Beijing to help boost sales in an intensely competitive market.
More than 1,100 vehicles will be on display at the exhibition which will also be attended by General Motors, Toyota, Volkswagen and Hyundai, along with SAIC and Dongfeng, China's domestic carmakers.
Although sales growth is forecast to slow from last year's 15.7% to 8 to 10% this year, China remains the world's biggest auto market with 17.9 million vehicles sold last year.
The expo comes as a growing number of Chinese cities are restricting the number of cars on the road in a bid to battle pollution and congestion, moves that analysts warn could cut into purchases.
The eastern city of Hangzhou, a popular tourist destination, last month became the sixth major city to implement such a restriction, with some estimates placing the limit at 80,000 cars a year.
The boss of Mercedez-Benz in China told Sky News earlier this year that survival in the automotive industry is based largely on success in China.
German auto giant Daimler also announced recently it had signed a $1.4bn deal with Chinese partner Beijing Automotive Industry Corporation to expand production at their joint venture in Beijing.
Among the cars on display at the exhibition will be one of the first 1965 Ford Mustang Convertibles.
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On 17 October 2017, the ICO will launch a dedicated telephone service aimed at helping small businesses prepare for new data protection laws, which will go live on 1 November 2017.
The ICO has announced that the phone service will add to a package of tools and resources already available for organisations preparing for the GDPR. Businesses that have yet to begin preparing for the GDPR can access a range of resources on the ICO’s dedicated data protection reform web pages.
By the end of 2017, the ICO aims to publish a guide to GDPR. This will expand the content of the current overview to create a comprehensive guide comparable to the current Guide to Data Protection.


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Experience Store, New Balance’s former partner in Spain and Portugal, filed for bankruptcy. The company filed for bankruptcy after the U.S. brand did not renew the collaboration contract between the two parties when it expired at the end of 2021.
In this context, the 11th Commercial Court of Madrid has declared the conclusion of the insolvency proceedings, as well as the extinction of the two companies that make up the Experience Store group, as published by the financial newspaper Expansión.
The former licensee of New Balance in the Iberian market estimates the damages caused by this business breakup at 40 million euros. Experience Store had an exclusive agreement with the U.S. company since the 2011-2012 season by which it managed its points of sale in Spain and Portugal.
The company accuses the American brand of having given it to understand that its collaboration would remain in force until 2025, which is why it maintained the openings and the investment. The contract expired last December 31 and New Balance informed Experience Store of its intention to terminate it last summer, something that the licensee considered «unexpected» and which resulted in 22 closures and 250 layoffs.
The conflict has resulted in criminal proceedings for which the judge has summoned Anna Scheidgen, former CEO of New Balance in Iberia (who recently ended her career), her daughter, Angela Scheidgen, and Paul Gauron, executive vice-president of the firm, to testify as investigators on November 7.
If Experience Store accuses the sports brand of coercion, market crime and access to privileged information, New Balance argues that it chose to break the contract with its ex-partner for failing to comply with the payment schedule and accumulating debts of more than 6 million euros.


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Due to the worsening flood situation across the country, the price of almost all vegetables and sugar have gone up while the prices of onion, egg, and fish remain stable. At the capital’s different kitchen market, onion was found selling between Tk 32 and 34 per kilogram (kg), which was Tk 36-38 last week. Per dozen egg was selling at Tk 90-95, sugar is selling at Tk 54 per kg which was Tk 50-52 past week. Green chili price has gone beyond expectations. It is selling at Tk 180-200 per kg.
As the country, mostly in the northern regions, is experiencing severe flooding, most of the crops have been submerged. As a result, vegetable prices have suddenly shot up, said vegetable traders of Karwan Bazar kitchen market - one of the biggest and busiest in town. Customers otherwise are claiming a different reason for the price hike of groceries. They said that due to a lack of surveillance of the authority concerned, the price of essential items has suddenly gone up. Similar voices were raised at the capital’s Rampura and Malibagh kitchen markets.
In the vegetable market, papaya is selling at Tk 40, cucumber between Tk 80 and 120, carrot at Tk 100, tomato between Tk 30 and 40 per kilogram while lemon cost between Tk 20-40 (four pieces), brinjal cost Tk 50-60, bitter gourd sold at Tk 50, okra at Tk 50, gourd Tk 50-60, and potato is Tk 20-22 per kg. Karwan Bazar vegetable trader Ibrahim said that due to flood, vegetable supply is not as much as it should be as a result prices of many of the vegetable items have shot up.
In the meat market, beef and mutton were selling at Tk 550-570 per kg and Tk 750per kg respectively while broiler chicken was selling at Tk 130 a kg, red layer chicken and Pakistani chicken are selling at the same price, at Tk 180-220.
During visits to the fish market in Rampura, it was found that the prices did not fluctuate much. Chital fish was selling at Tk 500-550 per kg, Awn fish at Tk 650-700, Rohi is at Tk 280-350 per kg, Katla at Tk 300-350, tilapia sold at Tk 140-160, Boal fish at Tk 700-900, Pangasius sold at Tk 150-180, Pabda sold at Tk 500, and Shing sold at Tk 400-600.


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08 November 2010 00:00 [Source: ICB]
Market entrance by Brazil's Braskem expected to lead to significant production shift
All eyes are on the Latin American bioplastic market as Brazilian chemical company Braskem successfully starts sugarcane-based polyethylene (PE) production at its Triunfo facility in the Rio Grande de Sol region.
Braskem's 200,000 tonne/year green PE production, currently the single largest bioplastic capacity worldwide, is expected to jumpstart Latin America's nascent bioplastic industry, according to market research firm Frost & Sullivan.
"The Brazilian market for bioplastics shows promising growth projections for the next five years," said research analyst Alessandra Lancellotti. "Key drivers of the bioplastic market in Brazil include the availability of feedstock and a focus on the carbon footprint among key end-user sectors."
In 2009, Brazil's bioplastic market - mainly polylactic acid (PLA), starch-based and polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB) resins - reached a volume of 1,286 tonnes and revenues of $4.4m (€3.2m), Frost & Sullivan estimated. It is expected to reach a value of $618m by 2015, with 250,086 tonnes consumed locally.
"Brazil is the world's leading sugarcane producer, delivering attractive production costs for bioplastic," said Lancellotti. "Constant increase in sugarcane and ethanol production in Brazil will be a competitive advantage for the country to expand bioplastics production based on ethanol."
Among commercial crops, sugarcane ranks as the most efficient in terms of sugar output, and also has a natural advantage over corn-based bioplastic at current yields, said George Rodriguez, director of US consulting firm Argeni. "Even the waste sugarcane bagasse is used to fuel power plants in Brazil," he added.
The strong economic growth in Latin America will also contribute to the bioplastic industry's growth in the region, said Rodriguez. "Latin America has all the elements in place to be a big bioplastic player. Geopolitically, Latin America has lower risks than Asia, where unpredictable flash crises may occur that can impact global trade."
Rodriguez said bioplastics would also benefit from Latin America's rich land and water resources, vast experience with sugarcane, great infrastructure for biomass-derived products and healthy local markets.
Latin America's share of global bioplastic production is estimated to reach 40% by 2013, according to US analyst firm Jefferies & Company. This year, Braskem is expected to account for 25% of global bioplastic capacity.
Braskem's market share is expected to increase, with the company planning to build a second green PE plant with a capacity of 350,000 tonnes/year. No location has been announced.
Since last year, Braskem has established several domestic and international partnerships for its Green PE supply, such as consumer goods manufacturers Procter & Gamble (P&G) and Johnson & Johnson, packaging companies Tetra Pak and Petropack, cosmetic companies Shiseido and Natura, and plastic trading firms Toyota Tsusho and Acinplas.
Braskem is specifically producing high-density polyethylene (HDPE), because there are currently three HDPE lines in Triunfo, according to several consultants. Other variants of PE include linear density (LDPE), linear low-density (LLDPE), medium density (MDPE), very low density (VLDPE), and ultra-high molecular weight (UHMWPE).
"Green PE is identical to oil-derived polyethylene, so it is truly a direct substitute for existing HDPE markets and applications," said consultant Jim Lunt of US-based Jim Lunt & Associates.
"In principle, if you have a cheap source of ethanol and existing PE capacity, anyone can make HDPE. The route to convert ethanol to ethylene was practiced commercially until the 1960s, so I don't think there is any patentable blocking technology in the manufacturing."
Lunt estimated that Braskem's green PE pricing was 15-30% higher than conventional HDPE. As of October 22, ICIS assessed the blow-molded HDPE domestic price in Brazil at $1.02-1.09/lb FOT (free on truck).
"Right now, I believe Braskem can get more in some markets," said Lunt. "Over time, the only limiting factor for economics is the price of ethanol and the cost to convert it to ethylene. All other processing steps are identical to today's processes and should have the same economics."
Armeni's Rodriquez agreed that Braskem's green PE could command a double-digit percentage premium. "Green PE customers plan to get even more value back from the market in the form of higher profit margins, increased market share, loyalty and the priceless brand equity associated with higher renewable resource content," he said.
Over time, competition and innovation would put pressure on green PE producers to reduce prices, Rodriquez added.
Solvay Indupa said it was still committed to a 120,000 tonne/year green polyvinyl chloride (PVC) facility in Sao Paulo, which was originally expected to start up in 2011 but has been delayed.
Dow Chemical also remains interested in a green PE projects, but the US chemical major has not revealed specific plans so far. Plans, announced in 2007, to build a 350,000 tonne/year sugarcane-based PE plant in Brazil with ethanol producer Crystalsev dissolved last year.
In late October Braskem announced plans to build sugarcane ethanol-based polypropylene (PP) plant with a minimum capacity of 30,000 tonnes/year, to be completed by 2013. Braskem did not reveal where the plant would be built.
Argeni's Rodriquez added: "If Braskem can grow the green PE market successfully and demonstrate sustainable golden profit margins, we will witness the frantic eruption of Latin America's green rush, featuring a variety of impactful bioplastics and chemicals from sugarcane."
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James Yancey, VP of Global Strategy at IgnitionOne, on the future of Facebook Sponsored Stories combining social graph and third-party data.
What would happen if Facebook partnered with third-party data providers? Warning: if you’re a privacy fanatic, then it will probably stress you out to read any further. For those with an open mind, hear me out. If you take 900 million active users and understand not just how many friends they have, but how valuable those are based on their interests, demo data and influence – what are the possibilities?
In the months anticipating the Facebook IPO, the news had been calling for more ads that show clear direct performance, like search or display. And finally Facebook has been delivering one ad unit that shows comparable promise, the Sponsored Story. It’s a simple idea: show a socially relevant ad unit to friends only in the format and context of other updates in the news feed.
The success of the Sponsored Story is based on an idea that Facebook calls “amplification”. The thought behind amplification is that the original ad can reach many people at scale if their friend’s “like” it and it shows up in their subsequent news feeds. But again, it’s tied to reach metrics. Direct response advertisers have lost their interest and patience in many cases when comparing it to things to which they are accustomed.
All ad units that show up on mobile devices are in the news feed, however it still must be remembered that despite these efforts you still cannot tailor exactly who is going to see those ads. If you create a Sponsored Story it only shows up on the feeds of the Facebook friends of the people who have interacted with the post. For instance, on my news feed, Sue sees that Bob commented on a post by Brand X. The same message appears on Sue’s mobile, but there is no control over to which friends it can or cannot be shown as currently there is no targeting. Third-party data would allow marketers to automate the targeting of ads based on the information available, such as displaying certain behaviour or preference in the past, and paying appropriately.
The Mobile Advantage
Strategically, the most recently noted aspect of these ads is their success on mobile devices. Although Facebook had previously downplayed the importance of mobile, Mark Zuckerberg himself has now stated that Facebook will be a mobile company in two-years time. That’s no small task, no matter how much cash you have in hand. The recent acquisition of Instagram was one step in that direction.
Enter Facebook Mobile Sponsored Stories. This ad unit boasts a whopping 1200% increase in CTR compared to other Facebook ads and earns 11.2 times as much money per impression, compared to Facebook’s desktop ads. These are significant signs that directionally they are onto something like the keyword-based text ad for search.
As the only Facebook advertising available on mobile devices, there is much satisfaction in the fact that mobile Sponsored Stories have a CTR that is finally rivalling other channels like display and search. Additionally, Facebook states that 50% of all its users access Facebook via mobile. This represents a major opportunity for a mainstream channel that knows your location, yours interests and your influence. All it’s missing is allowing this to be combined with other third-party data which companies have so feverishly collected — and they just have with the new Facebook Ad Exchange.
It’s great to know that Joe likes pizza, but it’s better for advertisers to know that he is in the market for a new home, car or job. Profiles and status updates rarely convey this with accuracy, but by extending real-time bidding to Facebook we can now potentially know just that, and allow it determine how much I am willing to pay for a display impression on standard Marketplace ads. This is nothing that Facebook technically does, however it’s something that they allow in that they are passing the cookie IDs to be matched against other data that has been collected. Yet this wouldn’t apply to Sponsored Stories due to the fact that there is no auction involved. For example, only the brand would pay to advertise that someone likes their brand.
Now let’s take this all further. What if Facebook partnered with third-party data providers and they could understand not simply your amplification, as in how many friends you could reach, but also how valuable those people were to an advertiser. It goes like this: your company sells credit cards, you actually have great content and a strong community around your Facebook Brand Page. I am a customer and I “like” your brand page. Today, as the credit card company, you can decide to allocate media budget behind my “like”, making it a Sponsored Story that will be shown to all of my friends in the news feed. If you don’t allocate budget to turn it into an ad, then 10-20% of the audience is likely to have it show up in their feed organically. So, a marketer today makes that decision based on reach. Now imagine a future reality where it’s not based solely on my reach, but the value of the people I can reach to the advertiser whose page I just “liked”. Facebook would know the third-party data on each and every friend that I have, giving a clear likelihood as to whether they would be likely to apply or get approved for that credit card.
Suddenly, similarly to how RTB performs on display ads, an advertiser could decide how many of my friends they were willing to pay for a Sponsored Story ad to be shown to or not. Potentially this amount could differ anonymously
on a friend by friend basis. The key difference is that they wouldn’t be bidding against other advertisers, because they are liking my brand. It’s merely a matter of how much I’m willing to pay. Facebook would hold the associated values that a person’s friends would represent. It would be a good filter for the user so as to not show me likes for brands in which I have no interest. Facebook suddenly has a way to monetise Sponsored Stories in a much more enriched way, at scale.
Bringing this back to mobile, currently the only ads that can get into the news feed are exclusively Sponsored Stories. Now take our dynamic pricing model using third-party data and suppose that as an advertiser, gauging the value of a Sponsored Story, you could determine not only how valuable my friends are but how close they are to brick and mortar locations. It would make the ultimate mobile ad unit.
Of course it still must be remembered that one of the main elements in producing a successful Sponsored Story is to create good organic content. I use the example of a “like” here for simplicity, but of course there is a much deeper strategy on how brands need to create compelling content to make all of Joe’s friends want to click on that Sponsored Story. I can see a massive shift in focus of advertisers energy and effort to content creation, if they could have a more clear case for the value of these ads.
To sum it all up, Facebook has huge potential to partner with third-party data providers in order to more clearly value the content and “likes” of user-generated Sponsored Stories. The incentive for the advertiser and Facebook is aligned: only showing ad units that are most relevant to the user that are likely to be of value and interest.
Facebook already knows the social reach of a user’s friends and their interests. In the future, if there is a permissible and legal way for Facebook to leverage anonymous user-level data around social influence and interests, this could be a powerful new way to extend auction fundamentals to socially contextual and mobile ads.
We are seeing a shift in focus to the extended social value that an individual can deliver. Historically, value has been attributed to the channel (TV, radio, online) in getting ads and messages out to consumers. Today, we are seeing new metrics and measurement shift from the channel to the individual using multiple data sources. In the near future, I think we’ll see more examples of the individual’s influence over a network hold importance more so than the channel, in many ways.
Today’s advertising industry is demanding a 1-to-1 direct response on Facebook. We know its IPO valuation is not related to its ability to generate revenue today, it’s based on what the company can do to extend the social reach at a lower cost in the future with the advancement of new social tools and mobile technologies. When people think about what Facebook can offer in the future, all the possibilities around combining third-party and social-graph data have to be considered. In a world where the value of your friends may be greater than yourself as an individual consumer, maybe having 5,000 “friends” wouldn’t seem so impersonal?Global Desk Editor


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After many speculations and reports, Bajaj Auto has confirmed that its biggest and most powerful motorcycle will be christened as the Dominar 400. The Dominar 400 — which, in Spanish, translates “to excel or exceed in power” — will be unveiled in India on December 15, 2016. As reported earlier, the first batch of Dominar 400 motorcycles have already been rolled out from Bajaj Auto’s Chakan Plant.
Bajaj aims to sell about 10,000 units of the Dominar 400 per month. While the number seems a bit too optimistic, Rajiv Bajaj, Managing Director of Bajaj Auto, insists that it isn’t, as the motorcycle will be pitched squarely against the Royal Enfield clan. Royal Enfield, which mainly deals in 350-500cc segment, manages to shift around 50,000 motorcycles per month.
Image of Bajaj CS400 (now Dominar 400) concept for representation purpose only
Powering duties would be provided by a 373cc, liquid cooled single cylinder engine that will be tuned to produce 35 hp at 8000 rpm. The Dominar 400 will also feature a full LED headlamps (a first for an Indian motorcycle), ABS (likely to be an optional feature), a fully digital, split instrument cluster, back-lit switch-gear, and a mono shock suspension at the rear.
Speaking about the upcoming launch Eric Vas, President (Motorcycle Business), Bajaj Auto, “We are delighted to announce the name of the most anticipated brand from the Bajaj Auto stable. The Dominar 400 has already created lot of excitement amongst bikers, which is befitting for what’s going to be one of the most path breaking products in the history of the Indian motorcycle industry.”
We’d be bringing you all the LIVE details from the launch event so don’t forget to tune into Motoroids for all the latest updates. Meanwhile, share your views about the Dominar 400 through the comments section below.


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Capcom revises earnings forecast due to Lost Planet
Lost Planet 2 is disappointing Capcom's investors as well as game critics - earlier today, the Japanese publisher revised it's annual earnings forecast in light of the title's lacklustre retail performance.
Capcom had expected Lost Planet 2 to be a big hit among Western gamers, predicting it would shift more than 3 million units. However, critics bemoaned the game's design and as a result, the Lost Planet 2 missed Capcom's lofty expectations.
An official company report notes,"Capcom has been unable to offset the large shortfall in sales relative to the plan for the flagship title "Lost Planet 2" that was released overseas in the fiscal year's first quarter."
Overall, the Japanese publisher trimmed its net income by more than 40 percent or 1.2 billion yen from its original projections.
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CALL TO ACTION: ReusableNYC Coalition Calls on McDonald’s to Keep Toxins Out of Food PackagingAugust 6, 2020
ReusableNYC, a coalition over over 40 nonprofits and community organization groups- including Safer Chemicals and Mind the Store and NYLPI- formed in response to concerns about the needless waste and pollution created by single-use foodware — utensils, cups, clamshells, straws, and more. Research has shown that 67% of street litter originates as food and beverage packaging, and that historically, only 9% of all plastic is ever recycled.
NYLPI joins with our coalition partners in calling on fast food chain McDonald’s to stop using PFAS in its products. We urge you to take action here!
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