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Consumers can now use ATMs to reduce their environmental impact and get cash.
ATMs help consumers and businesses recycle
November 9, 2012
Most consumers and businesses have adopted environmentally friendly practices as a way to save money, reduce their carbon footprints and develop positive reputations. There are now ATMs that can help them achieve their goals of becoming more "green."
Greater ATM use driving terminal innovations
Many banks are currently undergoing transitions that involve putting more focus on self-service options and reducing their staff presence at local branches. This move is intended to cut back on payroll costs and provide customers with 24-hour service, as a new wave of ATM machines can facilitate complicated transactions, including deposits, money transfers and even bill payments.
At the same time as use is increasing, consumers are also making more frequent stops at ATM machines as the economy improves, according to ATM Marketplace. However, greater cash processing also means higher costs. ATM deployers and financial institutions are absorbing additional expenses when it comes to counting, protecting, transporting and processing paper bills for their terminals, the source adds.
In fact, Wincor Nixdorf estimates these costs mount to $300 billion worldwide. This has spurred the development of cash-recycling ATMs that are currently being implemented by firms as a way to offset those expenses.
Consumers can recycle old phones in ATMs
If consumers are looking to reduce their carbon footprints even further when they visit ATMs, they might be interested in a line of terminals that can be used to recycle old electronics, such as smartphones. The EcoATM allows consumers to insert their discarded mobile devices in exchange for cash.
"You place your device inside of the chamber, the system will close on it and will identify that phone via the use of artificial intelligence software, camera and vision systems and will come up with a price," said Tom Tullie of EcoATM.
The latest phone models can be traded for more than $200 in cash, the source adds. There are currently 181 of these terminals across the country that allow consumers to deposit their smartphones for refurbishment or recycling rather than gathering dust in their junk drawers. Currently, more than half of Americans have smartphones, but only 20 percent of those devices are recycled.
If ATM deployers are looking for better ways to make their machines more environmentally friendly, they might also consider offering paperless receipts to reduce waste and costs.


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Egypt’s berry and citrus sectors have taken giant steps forward in the last few years and, with growers determined to produce the right varieties, to the right standards and at the right time, the north African country is becoming an increasingly important source for the UK.
Exporters are no longer content to be seen as an alternative to Spain, Israel and Morocco, and have their sights set on becoming a high-quality source in their own right.
Progress has been seen perhaps most clearly in the soft-fruit category, where Egypt is coming into its own as a key source. UK demand for berries is riding high and importers are looking to secure top-notch supply all year round. Egypt is growing in popularity as a source, says Adrian Olins, procurement executive at BerryWorld, and this looks set to continue.
The Egyptian berry season started earlier than ever in November this year, even though temperatures reaching 30°C-31°C at the start of the season temporarily held back supply. The first significant arrivals hit the UK market mid-month.
“Volumes are good for this point in the season, but the quality was mixed to start with, where the warmth had an effect on quality,” says Olins.
“Production has had a boost this season, with growers putting in more plantings and some of the more well-established producers extending plantings over more hectares,” he adds. “There will be higher volumes available.
“This makes a change from this time last year, when a two-week void in the market opened up after the Netherlands finished early, English production had wound down, and Egypt and Israel were not as early as this year. The market will be more stable this season.”
Hatem Ezzawy, operations manager at Egyptian exporter Pico, says the outlook for the season is promising. “The plants are looking healthy, and the fruit is high quality - we are happy, and we have our fingers crossed for a good season,” he says.
Pico grows soft fruit on 200 acres and plans to export 2,500 tonnes of strawberries this season, with 50 per cent earmarked for the UK.
“There has always been high demand before Christmas and we have always been short of the market, with high prices even on a bad year,” says Ezzawy. “Historically, January prices have been decent, but we are hoping for an improvement this year because we are January croppers really, and a major part of the crop comes on stream in the New Year.”
The volumes available from Egypt are increasing each year as new plantings are put in the ground but, according to Ezzawy, this will not affect the UK market. “The acreages in Egypt are increasing and so are volumes, but the UK market is not very sensitive to this as retailers are very specific about quality standards and certifications,” he says. “Production will be 10-15 per cent up on last year, but volumes for the export market will be the same as they were last year, and prices will not be affected.”
Egyptian growers avoid planting varieties that are not suitable for the UK market, with Tamar, Susana, Sweet Charlie, Festival and Winter Dawn popular across UK supermarkets. “We have strong feedback for each variety, which is why we continue to grow them,” says Ezzawy. “Marks & Spencer will only take Tamar and, very rarely, Susana, but the other UK retailers will take more of a range, though each has their favourites.”
The right varieties and improved growing methods have been key to increasing exports to the UK, Ezzawy says. “Egypt is becoming more consistent in terms of volumes and the quality has become much better than it was in was in the past, so we are now consistent in quality and supply,” he explains. “The growers that the UK deals with operate to high standards, and are accredited by the British Retail Consortium, Tesco Nature’s Choice and GlobalGAP, and pesticide regulations are adhered to religiously.
“The large and professional farms mean that UK retailers are comfortable about sourcing from Egypt, and each supermarket can get the volumes they need from a small number of farmers, which makes us easier to deal with.”
Ezzawy is confident that the main competitiors to Egyptian supply are not able to beat this offer. “Israel has an erratic supply pattern and, though the quality is good - no question - and the growers are very technically competent, the structure of the industry with a lot of small growers means that it is more fragmented, and can be more difficult to deal with,” he says.
A number of UK soft-fruit players have made trips to Egypt this season to monitor production and meet growers. Olins visited the Delta region, the main growing area for strawberry production, and was impressed by what he saw. “The growers are very professional and are keen to break into the market,” he says. “They are highly skilled and make the most of their good growing conditions, the logistics are improving, and communication is good - they are relatively easy to work with.
“Egypt has what UK importers look for - one grower has lots of hectares, and they are growing the right varieties, at the right time and in the right quantities,” he adds. “Israel is finding it hard to compete with Egypt because the latter’s cost of labour is much cheaper. Historically, Israel was the preferred source over Egypt, but Egypt is becoming more and more popular, as growers improve on their varieties and produce better quality.”
FPJ caught up with Julien Roberts, soft-fruit buyer at Sainsbury’s, on a visit to Egypt this week. “The growing conditions are good and the crop is high quality, with early Winter Dawn and Tamar both shaping up well - I am hopeful for a good Egyptian season, which will make a nice change after weather issues seen in other sources this year,” he says.
“Egypt is becoming more and more important to us as a source, because land for building on is becoming more of an issue in Israel and some plantings have been torn up as a result,” he explains. “We are moving quite strongly into Egypt, first as a back-up to Israel and then as a high-quality source through the Christmas period. This has happened gradually in the last three or four years.
“We do our best to visit every year at the start of the season,” he adds.
Sainsbury’s will import 100-150t of strawberries a week from Egypt, from now until February. The retailer is growing an exclusive variety in Egypt, named Red Merlin, and production is in its second year. The premium variety is building in volume and will hit the shelves in two weeks.
Soft fruit is not the only category to show promise in recent years and, in similar ways, the Egyptian citrus sector has developed substantially in that time. Egypt stands as an attractive source for UK citrus importers because of competitive labour and shipping costs, alongside heavy investment in production and packing protocols, recognising high product demands of the UK as an export destination, says Bobby Welch, citrus manager at importer Richard Hochfeld Ltd.
UK importers recognise the high quality of finished product from Egypt and the subsequent higher values that can be achieved, he adds. “This is matched by the ambition of Egyptian exporters as they aim to bring their products up to the level of the highest expectations of all sectors of the UK fruit fraternity, including the major supermarkets.”
The Egyptian citrus season starts in the run-up to Christmas, when Navel and Baladi oranges, for the fresh and juicing market respectively, will come on stream, followed by Valencia in February. Orange production accounts for half the total fruit production in Egypt, with Navel the predominant variety.
Production is forecast to drop by 10-15 per cent overall this season, following high temperatures in the flowering period.
Egyptian exporters have made progress in meeting the requirements set out by UK supermarkets, Welch says. “Our suppliers have made high-level investments in new production protocols, recognising the UK’s need for full certification and accreditation,” he says. “We must anticipate further advances by Egyptian exporters across the board.”
Fierce competition from Spain, Israel and Morocco has historically kept Egyptian citrus exports in check, but the country is now better positioned than ever to boost its exports to the UK. Sendings to non-traditional markets, including Croatia, Russia and Norway, are also on the up.
Mohammed Hosni, deputy general manager at Aratco, the Egyptian subsidiary of Sharbatly Fruit, says the Egyptian citrus sector has taken major steps forward in the last few years. “The citrus sector has developed, and knows more and more about what the UK market requires in terms of quality standards, and importers are switching to Egyptian fruit,” he says. “Supermarkets are asking for more programmes from Egypt and this is a big step forward - previously, you could only find Egyptian citrus on UK wholesale markets, but this is not the case anymore.”
Aratco exported 46,000-48,000t of citrus last season and expects to send out around 56,000t this year, bucking the slowdown and continuing to grow exports by around 15 per cent each year.
Europe is the third-largest export market for Aratco, with the continent taking 12,000-15,000t and the UK importing 6,000t of Navel, Baladi and Valencia last season. The Middle East and Russia make up the top two destinations. “We are finding new markets, and we have found that existing markets are asking for higher volumes,” says Hosni.
The Egyptian citrus sector is making moves towards improving its offer of oranges and growing the production and exports of soft citrus, with research and development in the pipeline. “We are planting early and late orange varieties to see how they cope with the growing conditions in Egypt, and we want to see how we can develop the soft citrus market because, at the moment, we do not have a presence in this market,” says Hosni.
With prospects looking good for both the citrus and soft-fruit seasons, and research and improvement underway in both categories, Egyptian exports can expect to cement their relationship with the UK this year.


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Facebook and its Instagram and WhatsApp platforms were down worldwide on Monday. Employees who use Facebook’s internal system are also gone.
The company said it is aware that “some people are having difficulty accessing the Facebook app” and is working to restore access. Regarding internal failures, Instagram chief Adam Moussari tweeted that it felt like an “ice day”.
The company did not say what caused the shutdown, which began around 11:45 ET. It is common for websites and apps to be shut down, although it is rare globally. Users reported lack of access to Facebook in California, New York and Europe.
Doug Medori, director of Internet analytics at Kentucky Inc., said Facebook appears to be advertising online that tells the entire Internet how to access its features are not available.
Medori said the DNS route that makes the world of Facebook networking seems to have been withdrawn. The domain name system is an essential element of how traffic is routed on the Internet. DNS translates an address like “facebook.com” into an IP address like 22.214.171.1240. If Facebook’s DNS records have disappeared, no one can find them.
Facebook is going through a separate major crisis as former Facebook product manager Francis Hogan provided internal documents to The Wall Street Journal exposing the company’s awareness of the damage caused by the company’s products and decisions. has been. Hagen went public on Sunday at “60 Minutes.”
Hagen also filed anonymous complaints with federal law enforcement agencies about how Facebook’s own research shows how it promotes hate and misinformation, increases polarization, and especially Instagram teens. May damage girls’ mental health.
The magazine’s stories, called “The Facebook Files”, portray a company focused on growth and the public interest. Facebook has tried to reduce research. Nick Clegg, vice president of company policy and public affairs, wrote in a memo to Facebook employees on Friday: “Social media has had a huge impact on society in recent years, and Facebook is often the place where most of the debate There is a part. ”
Meanwhile, Twitter told the company’s main Twitter account that the platform was flooded, posting “hello literally all” as jokes and memes about Facebook’s closure.


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Here's the news Vauxhall fans have been waiting for! A leaked document from parent company General Motors appears to confirm the arrival of an all-new coupé that resurrects the Calibra badge.
The document names the newcomer and reveals it will be based on the Insignia’s Epsilon II platform. That means we should expect a two-door coupé version of the family model, with a look inspired by the GTC Concept seen at 2007’s Geneva Motor Show.
This car was powered by a 2.8-litre turbocharged V6, similar to the Insignia VXR’s unit. A range-topping version of the Calibra would be likely to use this engine, and build on the Insignia’s 321bhp power output. Reports also suggest that engineers are working to improve the car’s agility by shortening the wheelbase and fitting flagship models with four-wheel drive.
Performance will be impressive, with the top-of-the-range VXR set to cover 0-62mph in less than six seconds and hit a limited top speed of 155mph. A host of smaller turbos will power lesser models. Production is due to start in October 2012 at GM’s Russelsheim plant in Germany, with sales kicking off in 2013. The original Calibra – based on the Cavalier MkIII – was built between 1989 and 1997.
Vauxhall is also working on a four-seater cabriolet, based on the Astra. GM Europe boss Nick Reilly said the car would provide a ‘halo’ for the range, and could be called Manta.


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The Killingworth based business has invested a record amount of money in 35 new Toyota fork lift trucks for its long and short term fleet.
Permatt, the largest independent fork lift truck supplier in the North East, is now well on the way to reaching 400 vehicles in its fleet of materials handling equipment.
Mark Percy, managing director, said: “Adding these machines into our fleet separates us from our competitors. We are now able to offer brand new Toyota machines for hire for periods as short as one week up to five years.
“Already more than half are committed to customers on long term hire and others on casual rental. This all means we can be more flexible as a business and can respond promptly to customer demand, whether that’s ongoing growth or a spike in business.”
The new vehicles include a range of electric, gas and diesel one to four tonne trucks that can handle a range of diverse products from fruit and veg, automotive parts, animal feeds and engineered steel.
Permatt, which employs 24 people at its custom-built premises on Camperdown Industrial Estate, Killingworth and depot in Penrith, has seen annual turnover rise to almost £3m. The company has enjoyed significant recent growth since becoming a main Toyota fork lift truck supplier for the North East and Cumbria.
Established in 1981, Permatt has longstanding business relationships with a broad range of customers across the region, supplying specialist trucks, spare parts, maintenance and operator training.


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Oct 17, 2011, 8:46 AM EDT
Workers in NBA areas have become the latest pawn in the labor dispute that will have the NBA closing the doors to those arenas for at least the first couple weeks of the season.
Both sides have started pointing to those arenas workers — many of whom make minimum wage or just a little more to give fans hot dogs and beer, then after the games go through the building to clean up hot door wrappers and beer cups — as the ones really hurt by the other side in the lockout. Those are the people missing paychecks that really matter. And no doubt some of those workers will be hurt by the NBA buildings closing their doors for any number of dates.
The Pacers Danny Granger injected himself into this debate with this tweet Sunday:
It’s a nice gesture. You know what would be a nicer gesture? Ending the lockout and letting those people get back to work.
Make no mistake, this is in part PR by the players. Not saying it’s not a well meaning move by Granger, just saying there is a PR aspect to this. Fans are growing more and more weary of the PR war, they just want hoops.
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Emirates will introduce a brand new service to allow clients to make use of their laptops and pill units till simply earlier than they board their flights to the US.
Emirates clients travelling to the US by way of Dubai will be capable of utilise their laptops and pill units on the primary a part of their journeys, and in addition throughout transit in Dubai.
They should then declare and hand over their laptops, tablets, and different banned digital units to safety workers on the gate simply earlier than boarding their US-bound flight.
The units will probably be fastidiously packed into packing containers, loaded into the plane maintain, and returned to the shopper at their US vacation spot.
There won’t be any cost for this service.
Passengers on US-bound flights beginning their journeys in Dubai are inspired to pack their digital units into their check-in baggage within the first occasion, to keep away from delays.
Customers ought to be conscious that there will probably be an in depth search of all hand baggage on continuous flights to the US from Dubai.
They ought to subsequently declare their units earlier than the search, or guarantee their digital units are packed into their check-in baggage within the first occasion.
Tim Clark, president, Emirates Airline, stated: “Our purpose is to make sure compliance with the brand new guidelines, whereas minimising disruption to passenger circulation and affect on buyer expertise.
“Our new complimentary service allows passengers, significantly these flying for enterprise, to have the pliability to make use of their units till the final potential second.
“Once on board they will nonetheless keep linked on their cellphones.
“Our historic information exhibits that on Emirates’ US flights, 90 per cent of passengers utilizing our on-board cellular and Wi-Fi connectivity providers achieve this by way of their sensible telephones.
“Only six per cent join by way of their laptops, and 4 per cent by way of their tablets.
“That is not to say that other passengers are not using their devices offline, but perhaps the silver lining to this is that they can now justifiably give themselves a break from their devices, enjoy our on-board service and catch up on the latest movies, music, and TV box sets that we have on offer.”
Emirates is working to make sure that its operations adjust to the newest restrictions on digital units within the cabin, for when the foundations take impact on March twenty fifth.
Emirates will deploy additional workers on the airport to ease and help passengers, particularly within the first days of the brand new guidelines being applied.
From Saturday, travellers on continuous flights to the US from Dubai International airport won’t be allowed to hold any digital system bigger than a mobile phone or smartphone, excluding medical units, into the plane cabin.
Travellers should pack these digital units of their checked-in baggage.
This new safety directive, issued by the US Transportation Security Administration, applies to all passengers travelling on continuous flights to the US from Dubai, together with these in transit.
It doesn’t apply to passengers travelling on Emirates’ US-bound flights by way of Milan and Athens, or Emirates flights to/from every other vacation spot.


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F-Secure, TCL Join Forces to Bring Encryption, Privacy Protection to Android UsersNew agreement will see F-Secure's award-winning Freedome VPN preinstalled on TCL's Android devices.
F-Secure, a European cyber security provider, is teaming up with one of the world’s largest mobile device manufacturers to help Android users take control of their online privacy. A new agreement between F-Secure and TCL will see F-Secure’s award-winning Freedome VPN preinstalled on TCL’s Android smartphones and tablets.
Freedome is a personal VPN that lets people encrypt their communications over public Wi-Fi, block online tracking attempts and malicious websites, and change their virtual location. Freedome won the 2015 Meffy Award for Consumer Trust last year, establishing it as a leading privacy protection product that helps people take control of their online privacy.*
“People everywhere are becoming more concerned with how they expose their personal information while communicating online,” said Jedi, the Vice President of TCL Corporation and the President of Internet Business Group. “They’re talking about things like encryption, and want to know what they should be doing to prevent others from snooping on what they do online. Freedome is a user-friendly way to address these concerns, and we’re thrilled to have the app preinstalled on our Android devices.”
According to Kirill Zelenski, F-Secure Director, Business Development, the deal is indicative of a greater appreciation amongst device manufacturers that security and privacy are gaining traction as things consumers want in their mobile phones. “Everyone knows mobile devices and services are becoming more popular, and so securing these devices is becoming more important. Freedome has security features that protect both people’s devices and communications, so packaging it with devices is a great way to add value to any smartphone or tablet.”
Freedome is now available on TCL and Alcatel Android phones and tablets sold worldwide (except China) as a “Featured App”. The pre-installation includes a free two-week trial period for the VPN.
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PhotoBox, Europe’s leader online personal publishing and printing services, today announces a strategic partnership with Bounty, the largest parenting club in the UK. Through the partnership young parents will have access to PhotoBox full range of photo products designed to celebrate and share their baby’s precious moments.
The new three-year deal will create the biggest bespoke photo service for parents in the UK. Both PhotoBox and Bounty are leaders in their fields, growing fast and with a similar customer base of young mothers and growing families.
Stan Laurent, CEO of PhotoBox, explains “This is a key win for PhotoBox as part of our active partnership and acquisition strategy aimed at creating meaningful, long lasting relationships with like-minded brands. Bounty’s multi-channel community, which reaches an incredible 96% of new mums, is of great strategic importance to us. In return we offer Bounty an unrivalled, innovative range of quality customisable products, such as personalised birth announcement cards, diaries and photo books, coupled with spotless customer service and supported by an integrated platform with a Europe-wide infrastructure and footprint.”
By partnering with PhotoBox, Bounty will give their community access to PhotoBox wide range of social media applications, including photo uploads from Picasa, Flickr and Facebook direct to a PhotoBox account as well as their brand new sharing platform, which enables users to embed slideshows and photos to a webpage and share their photo book creations with family and friends.
Ian Beswetherick, Managing Director of Bounty, said of the partnership, “It is very important to Bounty to work with organisations that understand the needs and wants of our members and offers them excellent value. We know from our own insight that Bounty members enjoy sharing photos and cherished photo gifts with family and friends. Through partnering with Photobox and offering their high quality photo products, we are confident that our members will reap the benefits of capturing and sharing the many precious moments of family life.”
Initially Photobox will power Bounty as their new online photo printing and personal publishing partner via the co-branded www.bountyphotobox.com and will launch with a series of special offers and an exclusive photo pack for new parents available from www.bountyphotobox.com/newbaby.
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For the collection, a new inventory system was implemented – with simple and advanced search functions so that products can easily be filtered from the hundreds of items.
They don’t have any system to maintain their business data. We faced issues in finding the products for the different types of categories. Same with the News categories.
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It’s not just the “Big Three” that are in trouble — when the rubber hits the road, Brooklyn auto dealerships are also ailing.
As the White House moves to bail out GM and Chrysler, sales are plummeting by as much as 50 percent at lots around the borough.
“It’s tough out there,” said Chris Erato, vice president of Giuffre Auto Group, whose Mitsubishi, Kia, Mazda and Hyundai dealerships in Bay Ridge and Bensonhurst have lost one-quarter of their business since September.
“We used to have customers coming in, and [the worst that would happen is that] we couldn’t get them approved — now they’re not coming in at all,” he said.
The lack of customers has turned a Bay Ridge Volvo showroom on Fourth Avenue into a veritable ghost town, prompting salesmen to tell a Brooklyn Paper reporter that he would probably be the day’s only visitor.
It was 11:30 am.
Sales plummeted by one half since the summer according to dealer Steven Hoffman, who said that the plunge this fall has been the worst he’s witnessed in 17 years at the dealership.
“If it continues like this, dealerships will close,” he said. “Dealers can’t continue to lose money month and month and stay in business.”
Facing a faltering economy and a showroom loaded with domestic makes, Bruno Buick Pontiac GMC in Gowanus — where sales are about 10 percent below their marks — is trying to attract customers with rebates and discounts.
“Dollars talk,” said Sales Manager Paul Rademacher. “The people who come are looking for a bargain — and they find it.”
But some customers are choosing to steer clear of the Big Three — and that’s the problem.
“If somebody really believes that GM won’t be around next year, then there is no price or finance package that is going to lure them in,” he added.
The much-ballyhooed bailout could bring some additional customers attracted by bigger rebates and more lenient financing packages that dealerships might be allowed to offer, but it’s unlikely to immediately restore consumer confidence — the greatest roadblock facing car dealerships.
“People are afraid,” said Erato, who noted that most current customers are making “need-based” purchases, not “want-based” buys. “It’s the second largest purchase you make in your life. Why would you want to do that when you might not have a job next week?”


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Popular Android app NFC Task Launcher has received a new update. Version 7.0.1 gives users a new drawer layout, the ability to edit actions, a contact picker, and Google+ +1 integration. The update also includes a number of bug fixes.
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(The Audi A1 Clubsport quattro with a turbocharged five-cylinder gasoline engine does zero to 100 kilometres an hour in 3.7 seconds and zero to 200 km/h in just 10.9 seconds. Derek McNaughton, Postmedia News. Other images, Audi, handout.)
The Audi A1 has been sold in Europe for some time now, yet we in North America can’t buy an Audi smaller than an A3. Not that there’s anything wrong with the A3, but our fondness for the diminutive A1 surely isn’t that far off the marketplace, which is witnessing a surge in the compact segment at the moment, no doubt because of gasoline prices, which aren’t likely to ebb soon.
Yet, when we asked an Audi manager if Canada would get the A1 soon, the answer was clenched teeth — meaning it would be great to have, but not likely to happen in the short term. That’s not a definite no, and like all car company people, talking about future product is verboten, but it appears if Canada is going to get an A1, it’s likely to happen with the next model revision in about 2014.
Too bad. Priced right (say $24,995 to start?), the A1 diesel quattro would be the ultimate city car – frugal, fun, luxurious and sporting. All those VW Golf TDI buyers would have an alternative. Perhaps now that BMW is revising its 1 Series and planning a diesel version for North America, Audi will be pressured to follow suit? At least we hope…and wait.
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Bush Administration to Appeal Injunction Preventing Implementation of Drug Discount Card
The Bush administration will appeal a court decision issued earlier this month blocking the implementation of its pharmacy discount card program for Medicare beneficiaries, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid services Administrator Thomas Scully said yesterday. "We are determined to get a prescription drug benefit to seniors. We should be actively looking at anything that works," Scully said (McQueen, AP/Nando Times, 9/19). Under the discount card plan, the federal government would approve discount cards issued by pharmacy benefit managers, which would use the purchasing power of Medicare beneficiaries to negotiate with pharmacies and drug makers to reach discounts of between 15% to 25% off of drugs' retail prices (California Healthline, 7/16). On Sept. 6, U.S. District Court Judge Paul Friedman issued an injunction against the program in response to a lawsuit brought by pharmacist groups alleging that the administration lacks the authority to implement the plan without congressional approval and violated federal rules by drafting the plan without open meetings or a public comment period. Friedman said pharmacy groups have a "substantial likelihood" of winning their case (California Healthline, 9/7).
Speaking to the National Health Council, a business and consumer group, Scully said, "This card ... ought to get done this year. Seniors and the uninsured are the only ones paying full price for drugs" (Hallam, Bloomberg, 9/19). He added that he was "confident" that Congress will consider legislation to back the program, which he called an "important first step in Medicare reform" (AP/Nando Times, 9/19). After the injunction was issued, Sen. Bill Frist (R-Tenn.) said he would introduce a bill to grant the administration the authority to implement the discount program, but he has not yet done so (Bloomberg, 9/19).This is part of the California Healthline Daily Edition, a summary of health policy coverage from major news organizations. Sign up for an email subscription.


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Èkó House, a modern Pan-African restaurant located in Rockville Town Square announces its grand opening weekend on July 29 and 30, 2022. Èkó House, which celebrates Nigerian culture with fusion cuisine, art, and entertainment, has been open since February, but will have its ribbon cutting ceremony and celebration next weekend. “With exquisite cuisine, carefully curated interior, and exciting ambiance, each moment transports you to the vibrant city of Lagos. “
Attending Friday’s ribbon cutting ceremony at 5 p.m. will be: Will Jawando, Montgomery County Council Member; Marji Graf, President & CEO, Rockville Chamber of Commerce; Ricky Barker, Director, Community Planning and Development Services; and Cindy Rivarde, Director, Rockville Economic Development Inc., among others. On Saturday, July 30, SIMI, the Afrobeats singer/songwriter, Isaac Gerald and the Ayo Band will perform from 7:00 p.m. – 12:00 a.m. Tickets start at $75 and can be purchased in advance here. “As one of the few Nigerian restaurants in the DMV, we are excited to share the richness of Nigeria’s culture and cuisine with the Rockville community,” said Yomi Ajao, co-founder, Èkó House. “We want the community and the greater region to experience Èkó (Lagos), here in Rockville, Maryland. Rockville Town Square offers an array of culinary offerings, and we are thrilled that Èkó House is now an option.”
The menu at Èkó House includes popular Nigerian staples such as Suya; grilled snapper fish; fried & roasted plantain (bole); Suya wraps; goat meat and catfish pepper soup; Gizdodo; Asun; and the popular Jollof rice. Additional menu items include Èkó rice, which is rice sauteed with smoked palm oil, mixed peppers, and goat meat bites and Èkó burger with the Èkó House special sauce. Francis Odiase, co-founder, Èkó House, said, “It’s been wonderful to watch Nigerians, Africans and non-Nigerians savor Èkó House’s food. We already have several customer favorites and plan to add them to the menu.” Other features of Èkó House include live music, an in-house DJ, and an impressive collection of art pieces by Nigerian artists.


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Interactive Network is tinkering with its game plan in preparation for a long-awaited national rollout in September.
The play-along system today breaks a TV spot in Chicago and San Francisco introducing a new name for the service, Live Action Games, and a huge price cut.
For Interactive Network, the changes could be what makes or breaks the company. IN has struggled in its early markets, amassing only 5,000 subscribers since its 1991 launch.
The 60-second spot emphasizes the fun of playing along with TV. It's the first creative work from Kobs & Draft, Chicago, since the agency took over the estimated $8 million account in March from Goldberg Moser O'Neill, San Francisco, and others.
"What you will see [in the spot] is the transition of TV from being black & white to color and now interactive, and Interactive Network being the revolutionary group to do that," said Teresa Crummett, VP-marketing.
A direct mail piece that dropped earlier this month, also via Kobs, touts IN's ability to make the subscriber "part of the action."
In Chicago and San Francisco, Interactive Network is offering Live Action Games for $9.95 a month plus a $30 set-up fee and a $25 refundable deposit for the control unit, making the total about $175 per year. That's far below what IN used to charge: $199 to purchase hardware plus $15 a month.
The changes follow the arrival of Peter Sealey, former Coca-Cola Co. senior VP-director of global marketing, as Interactive Network president last January.
The new strategy was tested for a few months with TCI Cablevision of Michiana in South Bend, Ind., IN's newest market. In addition to Chicago and San Francisco, IN is also available in Sacramento, Calif.
The national rollout will start in mid-September in several markets, a spokeswoman said, adding that IN will no longer try to sell its units. The hope is that the combination of the lower price point and the emphasis on fun will help boost subscriber levels.
But it's unclear just how well the strategy has worked in South Bend. IN wouldn't divulge numbers, and neither TCI's local marketing manager, Leslie White, nor the regional VP-marketing, Richard Coats, knew how well it was selling.
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Richmond, VT (PRWEB) June 23, 2014
In a land where mustard typically comes in yellow plastic squeeze bottles, one Vermont-based company dares to be different. Exhibiting for the very first time at the 2014 Summer Fancy Food Show at The Javits Center in New York City on June 29 – July 1, Green Mountain Mustard will give visitors to its booth, #5031, an exclusive first taste of the new sriracha and seasonal fall sweet potato and apple cinnamon mustards.
Green Mountain Mustard has evolved from a booth at local farmers markets to a gourmet condiment company offering more than eight innovative flavors of mustard including: an award-winning garlic & oregano, red habanero, and horseradish mustards. Founder, Michael Adams, started Green Mountain Mustard with the help of his parents, Ed and Jeanne Adams, in 2007 and now sells his unique flavors online and in more than 50 retailers in the New England area.
“We were selling energy bars at a farmers market the next town over and noticed that no one was selling mustard – or any condiment for that matter,” said Green Mountain Mustard Founder, Michael Adams. “We whipped up nine jars of our original Sweet-Hot Mustard and brought it to the market the next weekend and it sold out in 30 minutes. The next weekend we brought 24 jars and sold out in just over an hour. The process repeated throughout the summer. We knew we were on to something.”
Known for its daring flavor profiles, the company has created mustard with made-from-scratch sriracha, sweet potatoes, everything bagel seasoning and even Vermont apples. Green Mountain Mustard provides a taste experience unlike any other, making it an ideal addition to more than just sandwiches.
Customers can download a free cookbook from the Green Mountain Mustard website that has 17 different recipes using the current flavor lineup, complete with full color photos for each dish. A sampling of recipes include: Potato Kielbasa Skillet with horseradish mustard, Spicy & Crispy Bacon Dip with red habanero mustard, Jalapeño Mustard Taco Bake, and many more.
Green Mountain Mustard is continuing to expand its availability in more retailers across the New England area. The company encourages attendees to the 2014 Summer Fancy Food Show to stop by booth #5031 to learn more and have an exclusive first taste of the new and seasonal mustard flavors.
For more information about Green Mountain Mustard’s retailers, flavors, and recipes, please visit http://www.buymustard.com.
About Green Mountain Mustard
Green Mountain Mustard was created in 2007 by founder, Michael Adams, and his parents, Ed and Jeanne Adams, using a single mustard recipe. After repeatedly selling out in minutes at local Vermont farmer’s markets, Green Mountain Mustard expanded. Their products are now sold online and in more than 50 retailers in the New England area. With the mission of ridding the world of boring yellow mustard, the brand’s unique flavors include: Atomic Rooster – sriracha mustard, Deli Dirt – everything bagel mustard, Spud Muffin – sweet potato mustard, and many more. For more information on Green Mountain Mustard, please visit http://www.buymustard.com.


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2. Care is shifting away from the traditional inpatient setting.
“Ambulatory clinics, at-home care, self-administered diagnostics, and always-on remote monitoring are growing areas of interest. Seventy percent (70%) of startup companies in the diagnostics sector have a product applicable to the point-of-care,” the report said. “These trends have implications for reimbursement and clinical support.”
Deloitte analyzed MTI startups for the past three years and determined the share of point-of-care products has since grown from 62% in 2019 70% in 2021, while companies in the genomics/sequencing category decreased from 12% to 7%.


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Hyundai Offers Discounts Across its Cars
The automobile industry is experiencing a breakdown from several months now and the statistics of June 2019, speaks it all. Hyundai Motor India Limited is another company to face the consequences and has endured a 7.3 percent drop in sales last month. They also faced a deficit of 3.2 percent in combined domestic and export volume and this period is being called the worst in several years.
Hyundai, however, is doing everything they can to maintain the sales and now they have come up with the strategy of offering huge discounts across its range of cars. In the hatchback segment, Hyundai Santro which was launched last year gets a discount of Rs. 15,000 and an exchange bonus of Rs. 20,000. Following that, Grand i10 which is a top-selling brand of Hyundai can be had at a discount of Rs. 90,000 that includes Rs. 60,000 cash and Rs. 30,000 exchange bonus. Hyundai Xcent which is another major selling product of the company gets Rs. 60,000 of cash discount and Rs. 35,000 of exchange discounts. The elite i20 which is one of the best selling products from Hyundai is available at an exchange bonus of Rs. 20,000.
The company has offered discounts on the Sedan segment as well as making the Elantra available at a cash discount of Rs. 1.25Lakhs and an exchange bonus of Rs. 75,000. Verna which is a C-segment sedan is offered at an exchange bonus of Rs.30,000 and Hyundai Tucson which is a successful SUV is available at a discount of Rs. 25,000 and can be availed at an exchange bonus of Rs. 75,000.
Which of these cars are you going to buy? Grab them before the deals run out!


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MyMobile is a new magazine from the iStart editorial group. It focus on mobile phones and other mobile technologies and how this is used in New Zealand. Editor David McNickel says the idea for MyMobile came a few months ago when he decided to upgrade his phone. "All I wanted was a phone that could make calls and wouldn’t be heavy in my jacket pocket," he says. "So I started looking around – and the choices that confronted me were quite overwhelming – did I want a mobile that could take photos or shoot video? What sort of camera quality should I expect? What about web browsing, WAP, MMS and predictive text? Did I want a slider or a clam? Did I need Mobile JetStream [Telecom New Zealand CDMA] or Vodafone’s GPRS? There were so many options and I really had no clue about how to sort through them all."
The magazine includes New Zealand’s complete mobile phone buyers guide of every network approved handset on the market that month – complete with a picture, pricing and specifications checklist. In addition, he promisses to review up to five new handsets in every issue.
Currently their website holds information on subscription only, the content is not available on-line (yet). As part of the press information David also sent us some interesting statistics of mobile phone usage in New Zealand:
2.8 million New Zealanders currently have a mobile phone (in a country with 4 million people!)
On average New Zealand users buy a new phone every 12-18 months


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There is a rumor we’ve heard just today suggesting that Samsung Galaxy S3 bound for the United States (US) will be using a dual-core Qualcomm S4 instead of the reported Samsung’s Exynos quad-core processor that would be clocked at 1.4 GHz. As much as we want to believe such rumor, we take it half-heartedly right now considering Samsung hasn’t confirmed or even released legit information about this rumor. This allegation, however, seems real considering it was rumored to be Samsung’s executive who opened this topic up and immediately spread like and wildfire.
This swapping of processor is not new to everyone as HTC has also done it on its newest flagship, HTC One X, just to be able to meet the demand for a 4G LTE connectivity. So, we assume that there is also a greater possibility that Samsung would do this, if its trademarked Exynos process has an issue with 4G LTE networks in the US. One Samsung executive allegedly said that Samsung Galaxy S3 will be sold in Europe with its own quad-core processor and the Korean will get the same with a mix of LTE-capable models. The US, however, seems to be the one suffering for the reduced specs in the processing unit for the reasons that were never stated.
Again, this rumor has never been confirmed by concerned parties but this is a potential bad news for people who have been intently waiting for the release of Samsung’s greatest and most powerful smart phone to date. I am not sure about this but I think this issue happens because of conflicts between the phone’s processor and the network’s HSPA+/LTE bands. Just like Nvidia Tegra 3, Samsung’s Exynos may have inconsistent behaviors or the chipset isn’t just right for the faster internet connection.
While the device could sure run using the same CPU, the performance couldn’t be guaranteed and both manufacturers and operators couldn’t take the risk of putting their customers to a very bad situation where it could be a ground for extreme dissatisfaction of service and eventually termination of contract. Things like these are viral; one dissatisfied customer could grow to a hundred. And while communications is a cutthroat market in the US, no operators would like to see their customers dissatisfied even before they could actually use the device.
Adding to the drama, however, is the report from The Korean Times that Qualcomm is actually in the midst of a crisis. The company was reportedly not being able to meet the demands of manufacturers like LG Electronics and Pantech that spend billions of dollars each year just to be fed with Qualcomm’s popular S4 chips. Samsung is also one of the manufacturers that order from the company and if it is really in the midst of production crisis, it could be that the rumor that Samsung Galaxy S3 will be using Qualcomm’s CPU would all turn out to be a bogus. At least, we’d love to see it that way. We’ve been expecting a better device from Samsung and if we are given the ones which have different specs, it would be a turnoff.


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Karim Ghonaim, a member of the Board of Directors of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Cairo, said that the division discussed at its last meeting the extent of the impact on the Egyptian information and communications technology market, especially smartphone and computer sectors, given that several electronics factories in China were closed to 10 February.
A new crisis has erupted between mobile phone dealers and Chinese company OPPO due to the company’s going back on its contracts with dealers. Traders said that the company refuses to continue the contracts concluded with traders and ignored its obligations, despite many of them realising the required target of sales. A number of traders …
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We cut down our marketing budget by 70% to support the difference in prices, says Abdelmohsen
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Smartphones represent 78% of devices sold during Q3 2015, according to IDC report
We reduced our spending investment by 90% and are studying layoffs, says CEO El-Khawaga
Mobinil continued to regain lost clients for the second month in a row, with customer numbers growing to 33.7m users last December.
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Pendo is positioning itself to break out in the fast growing software product engagement space.
The North Carolina based company has recently signed numerous high profile contracts with customers in various verticals, including Instacart, Lithium Technologies and MetLife, among others.
Product engagement software connects users to their customers through direct feedback on features and offerings, making it easier to prioritize new feature requests and facilitate innovation. A good product engagement tool will help users navigate the mountains of user data generated to find valuable and actionable insights.
The market for this very particular SaaS niche is already valued at $20 billion and growing quickly. It is populated both with startups and large tech companies like Adobe and Google, both with their own well-known analytics platforms.
And the company is performing well despite stiff competition. Pendo has seen a 170% increase in bookings in the second quarter of this year. The business has grown between 300% and 400% each year and currently has over 600 customers and 200 employees. According to Pendo’s website, the company’s clients work in a wide variety of industries, including logistics, security, hospitality, insurance, and the financial services industry.
Last month, the company was even named one of JMP Securities’ Hot 100 private U.S. software companies. The investment bank judges companies on criteria that includes financial growth, customers, products and services, market potential, and quality of leadership.
Since its founding in 2013, Pendo has raised over $50 million in funding from a variety of investment firms, including Spark Capital and Salesforce Ventures.
The company was founded by product managers with experience working for Google, Red Hat, Rally, and Cisco with the goal of analyzing and understanding what is truly driving product success for their customers.
Citing the company’s belief that users are some of the greatest assets to any business, Pendo CEO and co-founder Todd Olson expressed particular satisfaction that so many of the company’s new clients are global players. The future looks bright for Pendo, and it’s only just beginning.


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This is new. This could pose a threat of great magnitude to Google’s search business.
The Facebook search which was so far just about searching
people, pages and apps is getting big. It now allows you to search for places (using Bing maps), restaurants etc. Facebook has a partnership with Bing as it is known. I think this partnership is getting to a new level. Which makes me suspect that the surprise that Microsoft is holding from us till Monday is the news about this deeper level of integration of Bing with Facebook.
If my assumptions are true it’d be great for both companies. Bing hasn’t done well. But on the back of Facebook, it’s growth could soar within a month. While on the other hand Facebook could secure another source of revenue as it is likely that MS will share its revenues. Something, Facebook could use to bring some relief to its shareholders.
There is a lot of buzz in the media about Google turning into Microsoft. More people are willing to buy this argument because the saying comes from none other than the prophet of the personal computing industry- STEVE JOBS. Only Larry knows the actual context of the conversation and what Steve meant. But the way Steve’s lines are being perceived in the media and spread is TOTALLY WRONG. Google is relevant and growing. It shall be as far as we all can see.
Before I present my argument, let us understand why Google is different from Apple and Microsoft. About the only commonality of Google, Apple and Microsoft is that all of them are giants whose majority of the revenues come from the consumer market. Apart from that, the DNA of Google does not match with Apple’s or Microsoft’s. Google makes product, makes it freely available to the consumers. While Apple and Microsoft make products for consumers to BUY. The financial dynamics of taking a physical product to the market is COMPLETELY DIFFERENT from making a free service available online. Hence, Google can afford to be wrong more often than Apple and Microsoft and which is why Google can develop “Labs” and a few other services and then shut them down. What Google builds and shuts down is like, how Steve Jobs would put it, “We do it as a hobby” (Read Apple TV).
It is completely wrong to say that Google is facing a crisis situation as Microsoft is. The problem with Microsoft is that they are in the business of selling operating systems for desktops and laptops. While people would buy both desktops and laptops for probably 5 more years but personal computing is certainly going to be completely disrupted with the proliferation of post-PC devices-an industry where Microsoft has arrived too late. On the other hand, Google sits in a rather pretty position. People now own more devices to consume Google’s ads.
Google earns its revenues from search. Is search going to be disrupted? Hell yeah, even Eric Schmidt thinks so. He thinks that Siri will change the way people search. I agree with him. But what phone do you use? Majority of the people who are reading this blog are going to own an Android phone if they don’t already. Ding Dong. Android’s Google’s. Siri will eat into Google’s search revenues. Sure. But only a little. Majority of the people can’t use Siri because they don’t have an iPhone. They’re gonna have an android. Just as majority of the people own Windows even though Mac is way classier.
Only two things can happen here on. Either Google would make their very own Siri. Or someone else will. Now whoever does, which mobile platform do you think it will be built on? Mango is not even ripe yet. Moreover search is not Microsoft’s primary business.
I bet that Google will have an answer to Apple’s Siri on Android within a year if not sooner. As long as people are going to search or take actions on their personal computers, Google is very much in business. Healthily so.


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A tasty alternative for unneeded gifts.
Everyone has experienced that moment on Christmas Day – opening a present, only to wish at once that it was something entirely different.
Burger King wanted to offer their guests the opportunity to turn unwanted gifts into something everyone will love.
For 2016 Christmas, Burger King gave the chance to exchange spare Christmas gifts for a Whopper on Boxing Day at restaurants throughout Brazil, the UK, USA, Mexico and Russia.
People who couldn’t get to a restaurant in person could take part through social media. The first fans to post a picture of their unwanted present with the tag #WhopperExchange won a gift card to redeem a Whopper at their local Burger King.
Whopper Exchange gave thought for food, resulting in over one billion media impressions, while transforming the way people feel about unwanted Christmas presents.
It was one of Burger King’s biggest global activations of the year, helping the brand establish its witty and provocative tone of voice.


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Rubber Jumps Most in Two Months as Oil’s Rally Boosts AppealAya Takada
Rubber jumped the most in two months after oil in New York surged to a 15-month high, boosting the appeal of the commodity as an alternative to synthetic products used in tires.
Rubber for delivery in December on the Tokyo Commodity Exchange advanced 4.4 percent, the biggest gain for a most-active contract since May 10, to settle at 245.1 yen a kilogram ($2,475 a metric ton).
West Texas Intermediate oil rallied 12 percent in the last three weeks, supported by U.S. crude stockpiles that tumbled for a second week. Stocks and commodities rose after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke said the world’s biggest economy will continue to need stimulus for the foreseeable future.
“Rubber chased gains in oil amid speculation that the U.S. will maintain monetary stimulus,” Kazuhiko Saito, an analyst at broker Fujitomi Co. in Tokyo, said by phone today.
Rubber for January delivery on the Shanghai Futures Exchange rose 4.2 percent to close at 18,000 yuan ($2,934) a ton.
China may soften its stance on monetary policy after Premier Li Keqiang said the nation’s economic growth and employment must stay above a certain floor, according to Nomura International (HK) Ltd.
Natural rubber imports by China, the world’s largest consumer, were 130,000 tons in June, the customs agency said yesterday. That compares with 177,400 tons in May and 163,317 tons a year ago, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
Thai rubber free-on-board fell 1.1 percent to 79.85 baht ($2.57) a kilogram today, according to the Rubber Research Institute of Thailand.


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The Kardashians star shared her first family portrait with her kids True Thompson, 4, and her baby boy, nearly 5 months, for Christmas.
In the stunning snapshot, Khloe dropped jaws in a red strapless Nicolas Jebran gown—while dripping in Lorraine Schwartz diamonds—as she held hands with True, who matched in a sweet red dress from LA ROXX with neutral Converse shoes and a red bow in her hair.
To complete the trio, Khloe carried her baby boy in her arms. For his rare photo op, he was dressed in a black onesie to mark his first holiday season.
"Merry Christmas," the 38-year-old wrote with hearts, to which Kim Kardashian replied, "My babies."
In another pic, Khloe and True were seen enjoying a mother-daughter moment. "My precious girl," Khloe captioned the photo, thanking the clothing brands for making their matching attire.
Khloe welcomed her son—whose name hasn't been publicly revealed—in July via surrogate with ex Tristan Thompson.
As of September, she and the NBA player were not on speaking terms, aside from "coordinating for the kids," a source told E! News at the time. However, Tristan made an appearance at the Kardashian-Jenners' Halloween festivities and later celebrated Thanksgiving, doing criminal justice work with Kim.
Over the weekend, Khloe joined her sisters at Kourtney Kardashian's home for an iconic party on Christmas Eve, featuring candy galore, a performance from Sia and plenty of head-turning fashion moments.
But it was a simpler pleasure that really made Khloe's Christmas this year. "The pressure of not having to come up with an elf on the shelf set up is the only gift I needed today!" she wrote on her Instagram Story. "Merry Christmas everyone! And to all a great night!"
Keep scrolling to see all the festive photos of the Kardashian-Jenner Christmas party.


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According to posters in China on the BoxOffice.com forum STiD
has opened to an estimated $3.2 million there (that's just for its opening day). That's 60% of G.I. Joe 2's
opening day. If STiD
ended up with a gross in China 60% of G.I. Joe 2's
it would result in a $30-35 million take. Star Trek
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The lead developer of the stand alone version of the DayZ mod for ArmA II has now said that they "don't know" when the game will be released, saying, "We're going to take our time."
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The stand alone game launch of the ArmA II mod DayZ has been delayed past its planned launch before the end of 2012, but a closed test will be launched soon for a few testers.
The first screenshots from the upcoming stand alone version of the popular zombie game DayZ have been released, showing off the interior of one of the game's houses.
Bohemia Interactive has confirmed it will publish a stand alone game based on the ArmA II mod DayZ. The original mod will still be available and will also be updated.
The acclaimed DayZ mod for ArmA II could become a stand alone game by the end of 2012, with a low price point, if the mod's developer can get a financial agreement settled.
DayZ, the zombie-themed mod for ArmA II, now has 420,000 players, according to its creator, with 22,000 peak concurrent players and 110,000 players in a 24 hour period.
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Microsoft’s latest console release, Xbox One, more than doubled the previous Australian sales record for a console during launch week.
A new generation of console gaming and home entertainment kicks off with the Xbox One launch party, hosted in Sydney's Luna Park as the city lights up.
Sony has hit a strong blow in the first hours of IFA 2013, announcing a grand total of 18 new products in its digital imaging, home entertainment and VAIO notebook line-ups.
Bush Australia is expanding its range of retro digital audio products with the addition of the Heritage, a DAB+ digital radio.
Kogan has announced it will sell a range of 3D TVs, 3D Blu-ray players and active 3D glasses.
Denon is offering its customers a free upgrade to enable the Apple Airplay service on its D-N7 multimedia system. The upgrade, which usually costs $60, is available to anyone purchasing the Denon D-N7 until June 30.
Samsung has announced the pricing for its 2011 Australian line-up of plasma, LCD and LED televisions. Most of these TVs will be released in April and May, although some models are already available.
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The BBC iPlayer is now offering web users the chance to watch TV shows broadcast on rival channels including ITV and Five.
The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has concluded a review of consumer, reception, interference and technical issues surrounding the broadcast of 3D TV in Australia. The Australian regulatory body has released a new set of guidel...
The Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA) has been busy certifying hardware, with more than 9,000 consumer electronics products receiving its stamp of approval. Now its software certification is the spur to new growth in home media networks.
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Having to wear glasses is one of the big drawbacks of current 3D TVs. They can be uncomfortable, they're often expensive, and they make you look like a dork.
Mitsubishi expects its 92-inch 3D TV to be the largest consumer television on the market when it launches mid-year -- even if very few consumers can afford it.
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Questions over worker safety at Amazon are intensifying once again after a tornado struck an Amazon warehouse in Edwardsville, Illinois, on Friday, leaving six people dead and another hospitalized.
On Monday, the federal Occupational Health and Safety Administration said it opened a workplace safety investigation into the warehouse collapse. Meanwhile, workers and activists are calling for more action.
Concerns over labor rights at the e-commerce giant have been mounting, exacerbated by allegations the company failed to “adequately notify” workers and health officials of Covid-19 cases.
“This incident calls into question so much of Amazon’s practices in their warehouses,” said Marcos Ceniceros, an organizer at Warehouse Workers for Justice. “This is not the first time we’ve seen workers suffer at Amazon and we want to make sure that they’re not continuing to cut corners and putting workers at risk.”
Warehouse Workers for Justice has called for a hearing in the Illinois state legislature examining what led to the deaths at Amazon’s warehouse. They are also calling on the company to ensure it has safety and training protocols in place for extreme weather events and other risks, like Covid-19, in the future.
Speaking to the Intercept on Monday, 12 Amazon workers described concerns over workplace safety. Some said they had never experienced a tornado or fire drill on the job, and several said they would be uncertain of what to do in an emergency.
John Gasper, associate professor of economics at Carnegie Mellon University’s Tepper School of Business, cautioned that he didn’t know the particulars of what happened at Amazon. But he said for companies like Amazon that have high turnover in labor, it likely is harder to conduct regular emergency training schedules, particularly during the busy holiday season when there are many seasonal workers.
“The cost of the time to do the drills is also time they are not [moving] the packages,” he said. “They have to think about these tradeoffs. But I don’t think any company wants to harm its employees.”
Amazon said workers at the warehouse had little time to prepare when the National Weather Service declared a tornado warning on Friday night. The tornado arrived soon after, collapsing both sides of the warehouse and caving in its roof.
“There was a tremendous effort that happened that night to keep everybody safe,” said John Felton, Amazon’s senior vice-president of global delivery services, speaking alongside the Illinois governor, JB Pritzker, in Edwardsville on Monday and pledging a review of all the events that took place Friday.
An Amazon spokesperson, Kelly Nantel, said the warehouse received tornado warnings between 8.06pm and 8.16pm on Friday and site leaders directed workers to immediately take shelter. At 8.27pm, the tornado struck the building.
Felton said most of the 46 people in the warehouse known as a “delivery station” headed to a shelter on the north side, which ended up “nearly undamaged” and a smaller group to the harder-hit south end. The company said those are not separate safe rooms, but generally places away from windows considered safer than other parts of the plant.
Amazon has pledged to assist workers and their families affected by the tragedy, including donating $1m to the Edwardsville Community Foundation. The company declined to answer questions on Monday about its disaster plans at the plant, including whether employees were required to perform drills.
The tornado that hit Amazon’s facility was part of a swarm of twisters across the midwest and south that leveled entire communities. Another tornado destroyed a candle factory in Mayfield, Kentucky, killing multiple workers on an overnight shift. Osha, which is part of the US Department of Labor, said federal investigators were not investigating the Kentucky factory collapse because the state has its own workplace safety agency.
Ceniceros said as extreme weather intensifies due to the climate crisis, hange, workers are investigating how to protect themselves and hold corporations accountable.
The Edwardsville warehouse is part of a vast patchwork of concrete-and-steel structures that have popped up in the St. Louis region over the past decade, drawn by its confluence of major highways and railroads, cheap costs and Americans’ expectations for getting packages delivered soon after they click a link to order them.
A researcher who studies the warehouse industry and the pressure put on Amazon workers to meet strict productivity quotas said even if Amazon’s team did everything right in responding to a devastating tornado, it raises the question about the structure of enormous warehouses popping up across the midwest as some climate experts warn of more frequent and severe storms.
“We don’t think of warehousing as one of the industries that’s going to be severely impacted by climate change but then you have a case like this,” said Beth Gutelius, research director at the Center for Urban Economic Development at the University of Illinois-Chicago.
At the governor’s press conference Monday, Nantel emphasized that the 1.1m sq ft building was “constructed consistent with code”.
But Pritzker raised the possibility that current codes aren’t enough to meet the dangers of increasingly devastating storms. He said there will be an investigation into updating code ,“given serious change in climate that we are seeing across the country”.
Marc Wulfraat, a supply chain consultant who has studied Amazon’s warehouses and distribution centers, says the one in Edwardsville appeared standard for the industry with 40ft concrete walls, not unlike many others popping up around the country as consumers shift from stores to online buying.
“It was basically a warehouse, with nothing particularly distinctive to Amazon,” said Wulfratt, president of MWPVL International, a consultancy in Montreal. “They abide by code when they put these buildings up. There is no way around it.”
Gutelius said she couldn’t help but view the tragedy as a spillover effect of American consumer demand for getting packages shipped quickly.
“Yes, it was a freak accident, but the facts are still that these workers were making sure my dog gets a frisbee – tomorrow – and gave their life for it,” she said. “It seems really kind of ridiculous when you think about what the stakes are.”


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While there are plenty of racing games on mobile to go around, Microsoft thinks there's still room for one more and has chose to open up its Forza franchise to iOS and Android platforms. The game will also be coming to iOS and Android at a later date this year.
The game builds off Miami Street, a free-to-play title from 2018, so if this all seems oddly familiar to you, there's a reasonable chance that's the cause.
Trump escalates feud with Rep. Ilhan Omar
Her political success made her the first of two Muslim women to obtain state seats in the midst of religious and racial tensions. The civil rights group was in fact founded in 1994 but grew significantly after 2001.
Rep. Andy Barr continues war of words with Rep. Ocasio-Cortez
I think it has effects on everybody: "Increased isolation, depression, anxiety, addiction, escapism", she added. Likewise, Ocasio-Cortez writes all of her own tweets and Instagram posts.
OnePlus 7 Could Be Unveiled On This Date
Recently OnePlus CEO Pete Lau revealed some key details about the upcoming OnePlus TV at a student interaction in Europe. This year, in 2019, The Chinese brand - OnePlus is expected to launch three smartphones instead of two like every year.
Forza Street is already available for Windows 10 devices. Even then, it was expected to release as early as spring/Q2 2019, and as it would only be able to play digital games, it was reported it could cost as much as $100 less than the present system. Racers will have to focus their efforts on hitting the gas and brake pedals and timing their boosts to win races.
"In Forza Street, new Forza fans and seasoned drivers alike can collect and assemble a legendary lineup of cars to compete in intense, cinematic races".
You can download Forza Street from the Microsoft Store for Windows 10 PCs and tablets now. With the game now available to play on Windows 10 devices, Beaudoin says the company will continue to add new features, actively engage in community feedback, and improve the gameplay as time passes on.


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Local cafe chain steps up security after cyber attack
Updated On: Feb 03 2013 12:19:31 AM EST
A cyber attack breached debit and credit card information at The Works Bakery Cafe.
Don Brueggmann said he is working with authorities investigating the incident. They believe the attack happened sometime in mid-January and could have gone on for two weeks.
Brueggmann said they started taking steps to fix the problem.
“As soon as we discovered that it was, in fact, a security breach here, we acted immediately to shut that down and re-secure our systems,” Brueggmann said.
The changes include new hard drives and increased anti-virus protection.
It was unclear how many customers have been affected, but the company is urging customers that have made credit and debit card purchases at any location to call their bank.
The Works Bakery Cafe has locations in Keene, Concord, Portsmouth, Durham and Battleboro. They are also located in Manchester, Vt. and Portland, Maine.
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It appears that small and medium sized businesses (SMBs ) want a better explanation of value, as well as a consistent cross-channel experience from tech suppliers.
While it’s still a nascent market, vendors looking to push SMBs to take the next step in technology must take their wants and needs into consideration when reaching out, according to recent research.
In fact, June, 2015 polling by SMB Group showed that “figuring out how different technology solutions could help their businesses was the leading tech challenge cited by U.S. small businesses.”
And about half (42 percent) of SMBs made that observation.
“This was the third-biggest challenge among respondents from medium-sized businesses, cited by 31 percent; among this group, implementing new solutions and upgrades was the leading issue (40 percent),” reported eMarketer. “Around two-thirds of respondents from each group said securing or protecting their companies from threats was a challenge — a lingering issue for small businesses.”
What else is an issue?
“Containing technology costs rounded out the top three small-business challenges,” according to eMarketer.
How can vendors improve the purchasing experience?
A majority of respondents need vendors to more clearly articulate how their solutions will help improve specific business goals, as well as provide a consistent experience across channels.


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Another in a series of hair weave thefts hit a Dallas store this week.
The unusual crime is costing the owners thousands of
dollars. Police aren't saying if this incident is connected to others, but the crime has been a probably for beauty shop owners in the area.
Surveillance cameras caught five suspects on camera at the Max Beauty Supply store on Westmoreland Road around 4 p.m. on Wednesday.
A worker at the store said the five people lingered for a while in the aisles before striking.
The worker confronted the thieves in the parking lot as they piled into a car. The worker tried to take the keys from the thieves so they couldn't drive away, but they pepper sprayed her.
"I never thought it was gonna hurt that much but it just...burns... you feel like your face is on fire," the worker said.
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The New Canaan Library is offering residents an opportunity to get the inside scoop for home-brewing your own beer.
It's not too late to sign up for the Feb. 28 workshop at the library.
At the 6:30pm class, participants will learn how to brew and appreciate their own beer during this refreshing workshop that will cover beer ingredients such as hops, grain, water and yeast, sanitizing, fermentation and beer styles. Samples of home brew will be served.
The class will be lead by Tess and Mark Szamatulski who started selling home brewing supplies by mail in 1991. Since then, their business, Maltose Express has grown and they now have a 7,000-square-foot store in Monroe, which happens to be the largest store in the Northeast. They are the authors of two of the best-selling beer recipe books, Clone Brews, Second Edition and Beer Captured.
Also, the couple has been filmed for the Discovery Channel's series "How Things Work" and have been featured on Time.com. Their beers have garnered many awards in home brew competitions. Registration is required for this program. Register Now.Participants must be 21+ years