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Editor and Publisher Simon Wallace has launched Toronto's first iPad magazine. Exclusively available to tablet users, the 'Toronto Tempest' is revolutionizing the delivery of online publication, and will moreover delve into a slew of hot topics.
According to Wallace, the Toronto Tempest iPad magazine will feature articles on poetry, feminism and violence -- topics that are seldom covered within this digital platform. For the online user in search of something fresh and intelligible, this periodical may be just the right answer.
Fully embracing a growing iPad magazine movement, the Toronto Tempest is now being sold on iTunes and will be available on a bi-monthly basis. In the future, Wallace hopes to expand the enterprise by teaming up with the Android and iPhone digital markets.
The 'Toronto Tempest' Set to Release Bi-Monthly Issues on the iPad
1. Ipad Magazine Movement - The growth of iPad magazine is opening huge opportunities for businesses and publishers that want to engage readers in new, innovative ways.
2. Tablet-only Publications - Tablet-only publications present immense potential for businesses that look to gain momentum in the media industry with less upfront investment than required for a print version.
3. Diversity in Digital Media - There is an increasing need for diversity and representation in digital media to include topics that will appeal to a wider range of readers.
1. Media and Publishing Industry - The media and publishing industry has wide-ranging opportunities to take advantage of the increased consumer adoption of digital media and tablets.
2. Technology Industry - The technology industry has opportunities to develop new tools and applications to target tablet users who are revolutionizing the delivery of online publications.
3. Marketing Industry - The marketing industry has an immense opportunity to harness the power of tablet-only publications in creating innovative ways to communicate with audiences.


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This is when a new Mexican restaurant El Mexicana will open its doors in Doncaster
A brand new Mexican restaurant has announced an opening date for its first ever branch in Doncaster.
Chain restaurant El Mexicana is scheduled to open at Lakeside Village Outlet in April – becoming the latest eating out name to hit the town.
The 'grab and go burrito bar’ already has 17 branches across the UK and the Doncaster outlet has been funded with a seven figure funding deal.
The deal has been brokered by ThinCats, the leading alternative lender to mid-sized small and medium enterprises.
The funding will allow the business to acquire new sites and modernise facilities with self-service kiosks.
Established in 2011, the aim over the next two years is to expand the number of branches to 22.
The business is run by managing directors John Coverley and Paul Stagg, who together bring over two decades of experience managing outlets in the “food-to-go” and “fast-casual” market.
With the popularity of Mexican food continuing to grow across the UK, John and Paul saw an opportunity to expand further by opening a Doncaster branch.
The loan will be used to support the business’s growth strategy including the opening of new sites, acquisitions and capital expenditure.
Mr Coverly said “We’re excited to be working with ThinCats as part of our ambitious growth strategy.”
Stuart Thompson, Regional Director Business Development, ThinCats said “This is an excellent business, with an exciting product, run by two experienced businessmen. We are delighted to support this growth.”

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Prism Plastics opens doors to customers
Prism Plastics Inc. held its 13th annual Open House and Customer Appreciation Day on Aug. 10, the New Richmond Chamber of Commerce, employees and their families, and suppliers and customer were all invited.
"We call it our customer, vendor and employee appreciation day," said owner and president Mark Fagerland.
He said he grills the food for the meal the company serves its guests himself.
"It's a lot more work than just having it catered," Fagerland said. "But it makes me feel a little better when I can stand over the hot grill and do the grilling myself."
Fagerland said it is important to him to show not only his employees but everyone he works with the appreciation the company has for their work.
"We wouldn't be where we are without their input as far as the suppliers go and their business as far as the customers go," said Fagerland. "From an employee standpoint, we obviously wouldn't be here at all if we didn't have good quality employees."
Prism Plastics Inc. is an injection molding company, creating products for a variety of companies in a variety of markets. Fagerland said this includes the medical, electronics, and gaming industries.
Fagerland said Prism Plastics manufactures for anyone from large corporations to a single person with one product.
"To me that small guy is just as important as the large corporation," Fagerland said. "You never know when that guy that's got one little project could turn into something big."
Fagerland said the event is also a way to bring not only the business, but the injection molding community together.
"Next Monday we'll all be competitors again," Fagerland said, "but for at least one day, we can all break bread under one roof and have a nice casual atmosphere."
The event includes a tour of the facilities, including Prism Plastics' new injection molding and micro-injection molding press in their clean room.
Fagerland said the tour is not only a way of showing customer appreciation; it is also a way of showing appreciation for employees.
"I try to show my appreciation every week, or every two weeks, when we hand out paychecks," said Fagerland. "But this is one more way of getting everybody that has led to the success of this business under one setting."
Prism Plastics Inc, said Fagerland, tries hard to make sure they stay as involved in the community as possible. This includes hiring workers from St. Croix Industries, which gives jobs to those who are developmentally disabled and or mentally ill. Fagerland said there is one person from St. Croix industries who works with Prism Plastics full-time. There were 30 St. Croix Industries workers present at the Open House and Customer Appreciation Day event.
Fagerland said contributing to the community and staying involved in the community is important to him.
"I look forward to doing this every year."


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Tech Companies Slash Jobs, Tighten Belts In Tough Economy2:37 PM EST Thu. Oct. 30, 2008
Economic uncertainty is hitting high-tech hard. Technology companies are announcing layoffs and other strategic initiatives to streamline their budgets and save some cash. Whether it's putting thousands of employees on the chopping block, chipping away at travel spending or even cutting ever-important user conferences, a host of companies are tightening their belts.
Here, ChannelWeb rounded up 12 companies that have recently made big moves to save a few bucks.
Motorola is expected to cut thousands more jobs, on top of the 10,000 job cuts it's announced since early last year, the Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday, citing unnamed sources.
The cuts come as Motorola's new co-CEO Sanjay Jha (pictured) tries to bring profitability back to Motorola's mobile device division, which has been steadily losing money. Jha is said to be changing Schaumburg, Ill.-based Motorola's device strategy by scraping a good number of designs and focusing mostly on mid-tier devices. Motorola also plans to ramp up its attention to the open source Google Android mobile operating system in a bid to capture some of that growing market.
Qwest Communications International said this week it will slash about 1,000 jobs to compensate for a massive earnings slip in the third quarter.
According to a Qwest press release, it expects to cut 3 percent of its work force "through a series of actions." The layoffs are expected in the fourth quarter.
Qwest's earnings plummeted from $2.1 billion in last year's third quarter to $151 million in this year's and revenues dropped two percent to $3.2 billion from last year.
In its bid to realign its business and boost competitiveness, Dell has cut nearly 9,000 jobs. While Dell CEO Michael Dell (pictured) said earlier this month that the job cuts have essentially ended, the world's second-largest computer maker said it was still unclear whether the global PC market will improve.
The slashing of 10 percent of Dell's global workforce came after HP took over the number one spot in the PC market. Dell has said some of the cash saved from the job cuts will be used to make acquisitions in an attempt to get Dell back into the top slot.
Budget cuts don't always result in layoffs, however, as evidenced by NetApp. The storage vendor this week announced that it is cancelling its first annual user conference, NetApp Accelerate, in 2009. According to NetApp, the conference was deep-sixed in response to customer feedback about their increased restrictions on corporate travel.
The conference was originally slated for February in San Francisco. The company said registered attendees will receive full refunds of any deposits and/or conference fees they have already paid.
"We had more customer interest in NetApp Accelerate than we anticipated," said Elisa Steele, senior vice president, Corporate Marketing, at NetApp in a statement. "But those same customers told us their travel budgets were being cut and it was difficult to commit to attending in today's climate of economic uncertainty. For those reasons, we decided to cancel this year's program."
Pictured here is NetApp chairman and CEO Dan Warmenhoven.
IBM late last week revealed that it will deauthorize distributor Synnex from selling System x products starting early next year, telling Synnex co-CEO Kevin Murai that IBM needed to regain share and relevance in the market.
While IBM hasn't come straight out and said it to either Synnex or ChannelWeb, pulling System x gear out of Synnex could be seen as a sign to tighten the reins in an uncertain economy. IBM did not, however, end its System x relationships with other distributors like Arrow Electronics, Avnet, Ingram Micro or Tech Data.
"They really didn't have a lot of answers. What they said was they are losing share in the market, losing relevance in the channel, and as a result, they felt a need to take capacity out of the channel," Murai told ChannelWeb this week.
Software giant SAP said this week that it will cut research and development spending and will likely implement a hiring freeze and restrict travel expenses in an attempt to come out of the credit crisis on a high note. In the third quarter, SAP reported slumping software and related service revenue, which hit less-than-expected numbers. At the time, SAP called the belt-tightening a response to a "very sudden and unexpected drop in business activity."
The company may not be shouting its own name in glee this year. Yahoo earlier this month posted lower quarterly profits and announced plans to cut at least 10 percent of its global workforce to save some dough. According to Yahoo, it plans to cut at least 1,500 of its 15,000 employees and reduce its expense-run rate by around $400 million by year's end. The recent round of slashing expands on the roughly 1,000 jobs Yahoo put on the chopping block back in February.
CFO Blake Jorgensen (pictured) has said more cuts could come next year if the economy continues its downward spiral.
Sun Microsystems has been in a perpetual restructuring mode for the last several years and this year has laid off hundreds of employees. While Sun's financial results are expected to come Oct. 30, it issued preliminary numbers on Oct. 20 and expects to report a net loss of 25 cents to 35 cents a share for the quarter ended Sept. 30 on sales between $2.95 billion and $3.05 billion -- down from $3.22 billion in the same period one year ago.
Symantec saying it might not fill its global channel chief position after Julie Parrish leaves at the end of the month could be seen as a sign of tightening the financial belt. While Symantec hasn't said specifically that it's curbing spending or implementing a hiring freeze, COO Enrique Salem (pictured) said he and other top executives are evaluating whether hiring another global channel chief is the most efficient course of action.
"What I always look at when there is change, I ask, 'Is there a more efficient way to run the organization?'" Salem told ChannelWeb. "So my sense is, stay tuned, we'll try to come up with the most efficient way to run it and right now probably put more responsibility into the three leaders that we have around the world."
Avid Technology said this week that it plans to cut 410 jobs -- 15 percent of its workforce -- along with selling off its Softimage 3D game animation business to Autodesk for $35 million -- which takes another 90 employees off the payroll -- to raise capital in the credit crunch. Gary Greenfield, CEO of the audio and video editing software company, however, said he has seen no specific evidence that the economic downturn has hit the struggling Avid.
After posting less-than-expected third quarter profits, Xerox this month said it plans to cut 3,000 jobs, or 5 percent of its work force, to make up for a slowdown in orders from large U.S. companies. The company said the restructuring will touch all departments except sales.
Even before the country hit economic hard times, Xerox had been cutting costs and positions, eliminating 8,800 employees since 2005, 1,500 of which were slashed this year alone.
Pictured here is Xerox chairman and CEO Anne Mulcahy
Systems integrator Agilysys last week eliminated three top executive positions to save on corporate overhead and streamline budgets. According to Agilysys, the positions of executive vice presidents Robert J. Bailey and Peter J. Coleman and senior vice president of IT and operations Jeff Levine have been axed. The trio reported to Arthur Rhein, who retired last week as president and CEO and stepped down as chairman. Agilysys has said it will not fill the now-vacant positions.
"As a result of our emphasis on reshaping and streamlining this company, it has become clear that we no longer can afford the corporate overhead that was anticipated to support our previous growth target," said Agilysys president and CEO Martin Ellis. "As a result, we are restructuring corporate SG&A to improve operating performance, deliver sustainable earnings growth and position the company for the future."
Agilysys said it has set a strategic objective of realigning overhead infrastructure with current market realities. In addition to $17 million of expenses eliminated as a result of cost-reduction initiatives earlier this year, the company has identified further opportunities, including a management realignment and headquarters consolidation.


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Zimbabwe bans second-hand underwear By KITSEPILE NYATHI in Harare | Monday, January 9 2012 at 14:19
Zimbabwe has banned the sale of second-hand underwear, sparking protests from traders who say the move will push them out of business.
According to a notice published in a government gazette, it is now forbidden to import “second-hand undergarments of any type, form or description – whether purchased, donated or procured in any other manner.”
This followed complaints by Finance Minister Tendai Biti who last year said he was shocked to discover that many Zimbabweans bought used underwear from market stalls.
The ban became effective on December 30.
“I am told we are now even importing women’s underwear,” Mr Biti said.
“How does this happen? If you are a husband and you see your wife buying underwear from the flea market, you have failed.”
The government has also imposed 40 per cent duty and 15 value added tax (VAT) on all underwear imports and a $3 penalty for every kilogramme of the clothing entering the country.
But Zimbabweans who buy second-hand goods from outside the country for resale say the ban is insensitive.
“People are not buying used underwear because they like it,” said Mr Goodson Ndaba, a cross-border trader.
“Besides, this will have a serious impact on thousands of Zimbabweans who survive on selling second-hand clothing.”
The majority of Zimbabweans earn a living from the informal sector in a country with an unemployment rate of over 80 per cent.
Traders buy bales of second hand clothing from Dubai and China for resale.
Several African countries which have thriving second hand clothing markets have issued similar bans on used underwear.
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In a world of Rovio’s "Angry Birds" and King’s "Saga" series, indie game developer Space Ape is looking to break mobile gaming’s streak of one-hit wonders with its second title, "Rival Kingdoms: Age of Ruin." The real-time strategy game with a fantasy element had a million downloads in the first week of release in May and now has almost 4 million players. This is no surprise to Space Ape: the company was planning "Rival Kingdoms'" debut even as it was working on its first full game, "Samurai Siege" in 2013.
After releasing -- then swiftly shutting down -- a real-time predictive sports game when Space Ape was founded in 2012, company execs took a different direction altogether with "Samurai Siege." The team of 18 worked on the "Clash of Clans"-like strategy game for around eight months before launching in October 2013. Within two weeks it had 1.2 million downloads and 300,000 daily active users, it now has around 14 million downloads.
“The plan for Siege was to be fast and pay the bills. So we made some smart choices to follow Clash and focus on a few key things,” said Simon Hade, one of the three Space Ape co-founders and a veteran of Electronic Arts and Skype. Siege “made us profitable as a company to the tune of $20 million a year, but we knew that we were rushing it.”
Space Ape had ideas left over from Siege because of the short turnaround, so it started working on "Rival Kingdoms" in January 2014. To do it the way they felt was right, the company employed a team twice the size of Siege’s and kept the game in development and testing for over a year. It brought in writer Rhianna Pratchett, who worked on "Tomb Raider," and composer Richard Jacques of "Mass Effect" to build the world and give it a history.
It paid off. "Rival Kingdoms" topped strategy game charts in multiple countries including the U.S. and France. The mix of classic base-building with quests, a rich storyline and characters called Ancients to aid players on their journey and against other people got the community addicted in a way that most mobile games couldn’t.
For game developers and publishers, successfully capturing and holding the attention of mobile gamers is a struggle and doing it twice is even harder. Often, developers will bring out new versions of an already popular game -- think Rovio, which has 14 different titles that feature the "Angry Birds" -- and have another one released by month’s end.
“Catching lightning in a bottle once is rare. Doing so more than once is almost as magical as what I imagine it’s like riding a unicorn,” said Joost van Dreunen, CEO of SuperData Research. Hence the multiple versions of already-popular games. (Finnish gaming company Supercell has proven to be an exception to this, having two hits with "Clash of Clans" and "HayDay.")
One reason it’s hard to follow up a blockbuster with another smash hit is that success can make game publishers conservative. “The challenge for game companies following a hit is answering the question of how to innovate without alienating your fan base. They don’t necessarily get hesitant, but rather start to mitigate risk,” said van Dreunen.
A number of gaming companies have shut down mobile titles due to lack of uptake, like Supercell’s follow-up "Smash Land," which didn’t do nearly as well as "Clash of Clans." Zynga’s "FarmVille Country" mobile game only gets around 350,000 daily active users. Compare that to "FarmVille 2," which clocked in at around 8 million a day in 2013.
Part of a game's success comes down to smart marketing, like using a celebrity for advertising, and favorable placement in the app stores, which can be a problem for startups competing with the likes of King, Rovio and Zynga. Front-office experience helps too: alongside Hade at Space Ape is John Earner who used to work at Playfish and PlayStation, and Toby Moore of Mind Candy.
For follow-up games to succeed, they also generally need a big marketing push. Almost everyone in the world has seen Kate Upton in the "Game of War" ads, with developer Machine Zone reportedly spending around $40 million on the campaign. "Game of War" has an estimated 3 million daily active users, making it a hard game to compete with for player attention in the mobile space.
Altogether Space Ape has received $11 million in funding from six investors, including Northzone, the institutional investor behind Spotify. It bolsters this with the income from "Samurai Siege" and now "Rival Kingdoms." When Space Ape first started working on "Samurai Siege" it had a team of 12 people, that grew to 18 upon launch and the company now has 95 employees.
"Rival Kingdoms" has spawned its own thriving community, there's a "Rival Kingdoms" subreddit and wiki to help gamers around the world collect Ancients and share in-game codes and strategies.


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These 3 Big Advertisers Weigh in on Partnership Spend and Where It's Going (Hint: It's Up)
The past 18 months have changed the world'and how we live in it. The pandemic had an unanticipated impact on people's habits. Marketers have had to adjust their strategies in order to survive.
One channel seeing significant growth? Affiliate and partnership marketing.
Here's a closer look at the state of affiliate and partnership marketing spending.The Growth of Affiliate and Partner Marketing
All marketing channels underwent change due to the pandemic. However, the pandemic's impact on affiliate and partnership marketing was especially significant.
Here are some eye-opening findings from a survey about this up-and-coming marketing channel:
- Nearly 50 percent of advertisers said they plan to'increase'their spend on affiliate and partnership marketing.
- Less than 20 percent of advertisers plan to'decrease'their spend on affiliates and partners.
- 27 percent of advertisers spend'more than $250K'every month on affiliate and partner marketing.
The takeaway? Even advertisers who are already allocating a significant amount of their marketing budgets to this channel are planning to increase their spend moving forward.The Benefits of Affiliate and Partner Marketing
What's responsible for the growing affiliate and partner trend, according to survey respondents?
For starters, it's an excellent way to get new customers.
Says Buyagift Head of Partnership Madara Polycarpou, 'The market is full of new users who were thrown into the ecommerce environment during the pandemic. Companies are fighting for their attention and what is a better way to work with a wide variety of affiliates who can highlight your brand to millions of their users, especially when it's offer or discount led. Customers are also becoming more savvy and the affiliate channel is the place to be for those who know how to shop.'
It's also a great way to attract boomers (and their disposable income) while also boosting brand loyalty.
'The National Retail Federation put out a survey that showed 45% of boomers shopping more online due to the pandemic. We also saw that brand loyalty decreased during the pandemic and that consumers were open to trying new brands during their quarantine. Affiliate marketing can be a great NTF introducer whether it's Coupons/Cashback to get someone over the hump of purchasing or Content to introduce a brand to a new audience,' reports Foot Locker Senior Manager of Affiliate & Partnership Marketing Heidi Solchenberger.
The channel's flexibility is also a selling point.
Lovehoney Global Affiliate Marketing Manager Christina Weaver explains, 'The affiliate channel was able to react very flexibly to the pandemic due to the diversity of publisher sites within the digital space. With such an increase of online search demand within our sector we thought it important to harness this opportunity to ensure we had coverage on all the key players within the industry, to which I am sure most other brands also adopted as a tactic.'Affiliate Marketing and Total Marketing Spend
Despite its many benefits, affiliate marketing still represents less than 30 percent of most advertising budgets. Meanwhile, less than 20 percent of marketers say they spend at least half of their budget on this strategy.
And while the majority of advertisers have held steady in terms of their affiliate channel budgets, 30 percent have increased their spend. Insiders expect more companies to get in on the trend.
According to Polycarpou, the growing popularity of this channel comes down to two things:
- The importance of having the right marketing mix
- An increased understanding of the value of the channel
'The affiliate channel continues to diversify the types of publishers within the industry, bringing in some non-traditional affiliate types into the mix (i.e. Google Shopping, Display, PPC). So as the industry becomes more diverse in it's offering, this in turn will start to increase the slice of the spend pie for the channel, so I do believe we will see a continuation of this trend, particularly as the channel has done so well over the pandemic and showcased its potential,' adds Weaver.
The impact of COVID-19 challenged marketers in unprecedented ways. Affiliate and partnership marketing offers unique solutions. The channel's growing profile points to its tremendous value for companies looking to thrive in today's dynamic business landscape.


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Microsoft is rolling out a new build of the Office suite to Windows users in the Office Insider Fast ring. It introduces the new product icons for Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and Outlook.
In its ever-growing set of improvements to the Skype apps, Microsoft has added the ability to mute a person who you're on a call with. The feature is currently available for Skype Insiders.
The popular anime streaming website, Crunchyroll, has announced that the price of its premium tier subscription will be increasing in several markets. The increase reflects the rising cost of content.
After open-sourcing the Windows Calculator app earlier this month, Microsoft has started working on a major new feature for it - a graphing mode. It's currently unclear when it will be implemented.
Microsoft has taken inspiration from Nintendo's Nindies and Direct presentations, and they're both starting their series of streams highlighting new and upcoming games for their platforms.
Announced almost a year ago, AT&T's 5G Evolution network isn't just plain old 4G LTE, but it's actually slower than the 4G LTE services that are provided by competitors Verizon and T-Mobile.
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Microsoft today released Windows 10 Insider Preview build 18362 to the Slow ring. The build could be the RTM build for the next feature update to the operating system, version 1903.
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In what is being taken as another sign of an incoming recession, auto sales across the board are down—and down significantly.
Often used as a strong indicator of a healthy consumer economy, auto sales provide an early warning signal for economists and businesses hoping to forecast our unpredictable economic future.
U.S. auto sales crashed by 6.1% throughout the month of April 2019, to 16.4 million units sold.
This is the biggest drop since May 2011 and the lowest amount of sales throughout a month in over five years.
A similar story is unfolding all across the globe, pointing to a much wider problem within the industry.
However, I believe that there is more to this story than first meets the eye.


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(Drinking too much beer, red wine or even coffee could lower your sperm count (Getty images))
Drinking in moderation may not be harmful but consuming too much beer, red wine or even coffee could lower your sperm count, a new study has revealed.
Researchers in Britain have carried out the study and found that beer, red wine and caffeinated drinks like coffee contain high levels of oestrogen-like chemicals linked to male fertility.
And what's shocking is that the study found the drinks when taken with roasted peanuts, can cause more damage as they too contain high levels of phytoestrogens, naturally-occurring plants compounds.
In fact, according to the researchers, a particular type of phytoestrogen, called isoflavones, which mimic the female sex hormone oestrogen, are to blame.
In their study, the researchers surveyed dozens of food using a sensitive chemical technique and measured levels of isoflavones and lignans, a second oestrogen-like chemical, but did not speculate on the effects on health or fertility.
Lead researcher Gunter Kuhnle of Medical Research Council in Cambridge said the study clearly showed more food and drinks than previously thought to contain the compounds, The Daily Telegraph reported.
"The data we have collected has enabled us to put together an accurate table of which foods contain the highest levels of phytoestrogens, so we can look at the effect of long term exposure and work out what the safe levels are likely to be for humans," Kuhnle said.
The study has been published in the latest edition of the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry .


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An increased confidence in the global dealmaking environment is highlighted in the most recent CCB as over 80% of technology respondents said corporate earnings, short-term market stability and credit availability were all improving. Further, 65% of respondents say they intend to pursue cross-border technology acquisitions, up from 26% in our prior CCB in October 2018.
Further propelling M&A activity is the mounting investor pressure on maturing companies to combat slowing organic growth. We see most companies respond to growth concerns by looking internally at portfolio optimization and divestitures (see EY Technology Global Corporate Divestment Study) as well as externally in the market at M&A to unlock growth. As M&A becomes the new growth engine, more companies are buying assets to scale existing technology to not only survive in the market, but to win.
Megadeals on the rise
The first quarter of 2019 saw a 5% decrease in the number of announced technology deals, but a 4% increase in total deal value over the prior quarter. Looking back to the first quarter of 2018, deal volumes and values are up 2% and 39%, respectively, in the first quarter of 2019, further highlighting that larger technology deals are on the rise. Notably, there were 11 technology deals with a purchase price of US$3b or greater compared with 9 such deals in the fourth quarter of 2018. An active deal market not only signifies confidence in the global economy, but underscores the reality facing both growing and maturing companies of all sectors: transformational technology deals are needed to evolve their businesses to not only win in the market, but to survive.
Looking forward at the next 12 months, roughly two-thirds of executives expect deal pipelines to grow in the coming year, buoyed by growing confidence in the technology sector. Only 51% of respondents in our prior CCB believed the technology sector was improving from a holistic standpoint. Our latest poll shows supreme confidence in the sector, with 92% of respondents indicating the technology sector is moving in the right direction.


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A special celebration in the region of Salzkammergut, the home of Robamat.
Stand 7-331, Hall 7, 16 - 18 January daily from 09 a.m. - 05 p.m.
13. - 15. September 2017. ROBAMAT und FRECH als Aussteller vertreten.
Juicy steaks and delicious fish!
BMW celebrated its "50 years anniversary of BMW in Lower Bavaria". ROBAMAT used a temperature control device for creating a delicious food experience.
"Leading - Innovation - Vision" according to this motto Robamat informed about the topic multiple zone temperature control during the Millison technology forum.
ROBAMAT presentation from 21st to 24th of June 2017 at the international exhibition METEF.


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For the second year in a row, Budweiser used puppies to “win” the Super Bowl. The beer company’s “Lost Dog” ad scored more pre-game YouTube views than any other Super Bowl commercial, and it also earned the top spot on Hulu’s AdZone.
The “Lost Dog” ad features a cute puppy, a farmer, and a few of the Clydesdale horses that always make an appearance in Budweiser’s Super Bowl commercials. Stylistically, it is similar to the beer brand’s “Puppy Love” ad, which was the most-viewed spot of last year’s Super Bowl and has received 56 million views to date.
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“Lost Dog” has performed similarly well. Since it was uploaded to YouTube on January 28th, it has received more than 21 million views. Other popular Super Bowl ads on the world’s biggest video sharing site include T-Mobile’s Kim Kardashian ad (13.5 million views), Bud Light’s Pac-Man ad (13.1 million views), and No More’s chilling PSA about domestic violence (5.6 million views). All of the ads from the Big Game can be watched on YouTube’s Adblitz channel, where viewers can still offer their ratings for each spot.
Over at Hulu, viewers voted for their favorite Super Bowl ads via the AdZone channel. “Lost Dog” took the top spot there, too, but Hulu users also picked winners across five different categories:
Funniest Ad: Fiat – “Pill”
Ads That Will Move You: Coca-Cola – “#MakeItHappy”
Celebrity Cameos: Esurance – “Sorta Pharmacy”
Creature Features – Ads with Animals: Budweiser – “Lost Dog”
Game Day Movie Trailers: Fast & Furious 7
AdZone, sponsored by Toyota, also offers a complete library of this year’s Super Bowl commercials. As far as I’m concerned, this one isn’t getting nearly enough credit, but then again, it’s hard to compete with cute animals.


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A pair of sneakers worn by NBA legend Michael Jordan in 1985 was on Sunday sold for Ksh59,751,552 ($560,000), at Sotheby’s auction house.
The autographed Nike Air Jordan 1s were designed for Jordan during his rookie years with the Chicago Bulls in 1985.
“Produced between February to April 1985, Jordan wore the present pair of Air Jordan 1s during an early, pivotal point of his career. This catapulted the sneaker’s popularity,” Sotheby’s said.
The sneakers had red laces and the right shoe has Jordan’s signature in permanent marker.
Another interesting feature is that the left shoe is in a size 13 while the right one is 13.5.
“Jordan wore Air Jordan 1s until October 29, 1985, when he broke his foot and subsequently took off 64 games during his second season while healing. He wore modified versions of the Air Jordan 1 upon his return to the game,” Sotheby’s said.
The Air Jordan 1s broke the record
The auction house surpassed their initial target of $100,000 (Ksh10,680,000) to $150,000 (Ksh16,020,000), breaking the world-record of sneakers.
The bidders were from six different countries across four continents.
The Air Jordan 1 auction coincided with the release of the final episode of ‘The Last Dance’, an ESPN docuseries about Jordan and Chicago bulls NBA dynasty. Sunday was also the 35th anniversary of the Air Jordan.
The 10 part series had an average of 6.1 million views making it the most-viewed ESPN documentary ever.
Before Sunday’s auction, the Nike Moon Shoe was the record holder of the highest bid pair of sneakers. Last year, the shoes were auctioned for $437,500 (Ksh46,725,000) at Sotheby’s auction house. The waffle-soled running shoes were designed by Nike’s co-founder Bill Bowerman for the 1972 Olympic Trials.
According to Sotheby, sneaker collecting has proven to be a lucrative business.
“The shoe sale shows the incredible appeal of Michael Jordan as one of the most recognizable and legendary athletes of all time. It also shows that sneaker collecting is truly a global and growing market,” Sotheby said.
Currently a pair of Air Jordan 1 on Nike’s website range between $90 (Ksh9,612) and $115 (Ksh12,282).


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News tagged: 4G LTE
We heard rumours about the upcoming Samsung Z2 smartphone, but the newly leaked image allegedly shows the unannounced LTE version of Samsung Z1 smartphone. All those looking for the successor of Samsung Z1 will have to be patient and wait a little more.
Panasonic is mostly known by its television lineup, but lately they have started putting big efforts in smartphone lineup as well. The company's latest Eluga L 4G smartphone has officially landed in India today and comes with a price tag of INR 12,990, or around $200.
One of the most popular network carriers in the US has decided to launch its own branded tablet, called Trek HD 4G LTE. The tablet runs Android Lollipop operating system and will be available to purchase from AT&T starting May 12 and in AT&T stores nationwide on May 15.
Samsung has officially launched its entry-level tablet in South Korea. Two models are available for purchase, the Galaxy Tab A 9.7 with WiFi only connectivity and the same model with 4G LTE support. Both models are available in Smokey Titanium and come with S Pen.
The most popular Indian retailer Flipkart has announced that the second generation of Motorola Moto E 4G LTE smartphone is now available for purchase starting today. Flipkart is selling the smartphone for Rs. 7,999, which is the equivalent of $127, but there is a catch.
Alongside Nexus 6, the popular network carrier Verizon has also announced the second generation Moto E smartphone. While the 3G model of the smartphone is already available, the carrier has now listed the LTE-packing Motorola Moto E (2015) on its website.
Alongside OneTouch IDOL 3 smartphone lineup, which is designed to compete with iPhone 6 and 6 Plus, Alcatel also has something for budget oriented customers. The new PIXI 3 lineup consists of three tablets and two smartphones or should we say phablets.
There were some details that Motorola could announce an updated Moto E smartphone for Verizon, but not many details were leaked. Motorola did exactly that, announced a new Moto E smartphone that comes with or without LTE support and runs Android 5.0 Lollipop.
Sony Xperia E4 is a great affordable smartphone, but one thing is missing from it - the 4G LTE connectivity support. That disadvantage is now taken care of by introducing the Xperia E4g, which is basically the same smartphone that has 4G LTE connectivity.
UK wireless carrier EE has announced it will spend £1.5 billion in order to cover 90 percent of the country with 4G service by 2017. Over the next few years, EE will grow its 4G/LTE network to include 99 percent of the country's population in cities and rural areas.
The new Motorola Moto G LTE has been rumoured for a while, but there was not many details. Today, the company has quietly listed the new Moto G LTE on its Brazil site, which is already available for purchase from a Brazilian retailer for BRL 899, which is around $350.
The four big carriers, Verizon, AT&T, Sprint, and T-Mobile are all working to bring 4G LTE wireless service to the subway system in Chicago. The city will work with those carriers, according to Rahm Emanuel, mayor of Chicago. A new network is being created
MetroPCS customers can begin receiving unlimited 4G LTE data each month for just $50, rather than the normal cost of $60. The T-Mobile subsidiary carrier throttles data with its other plans so that only a certain amount of data per month is fast. Yet, people can now
Motorola is preparing to launch an updated version of the entry-level Moto E Smartphone. Argos UK has listed the Moto E Styx, an unannounced Motorola handset that shares a couple of specs with the Moto E. It is likely to come with the same design and 4.3" screen size.
Argos, a retailer from the UK, has listed an unannounced Motorola Smartphone. The Moto G Titan has a spec sheet that is nearly identical to that of the Moto G 2014. We're sure that it will bear the same design. The only differences will be in the few extra features.
As promised, Lenovo has begun launching its train of affordable 4G enabled Smartphones. The latest one to be launched is the Lenovo A6000, a 5-inch class device. Its gut consists of a 64-bit Snapdragon 410 chipset, partnered with 1 GB of RAM and an 8 MP rear camera.
At CES 2015, Lenovo announced a new 64-bit Android phablet that runs on Intel's Atom platform. The Lenovo P90 has a 5.5-inch 1080p display that is powered by a quad-core Intel Atom Z3560 clocked at 1.83 GHz, coupled with 2 GB of RAM and a large 4,000 mAh battery.
Consumer Electronics Show 2015 is just around the corner and E FUN has decided to unveil new tablets just ahead of it. The tablets are from the 2-in-1 Nextbook Ares series, have 4G LTE connectivity support and runs Android 5.0 Lollipop operating system.
Like some other manufacturers, Archos has also decided to unveil its new lineup of devices ahead of Consumer Electronics Show 2015. The lineup consists of 50 Diamond smartphone and three new tablets - 70 Helium 4G, 80b Helium 4G and the 101 Helium 4G.
Images of the upcoming Xiaomi Redmi 2S have been leaked. The successor of the Redmi 1S will allegedly come with dual-LTE slots. Also, the Redmi 2S will be slimmer (9.2mm vs 9.9mm) and lighter (132g vs 158g) than the Redmi 1S, but it will be slightly taller.


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Founded in 2009, Tokopedia has grown to become one of the largest C2C marketplaces in Indonesia, fighting against giants like eBay, Rakuten, and Multiply along the way. On its recent fourth anniversar...
Indonesia is a tricky market. Though it has immense potential growth over the next decade, the country is comprised of over 10,000 islands, with diverse languages and cultures in many different areas, so reaching out to these people has its own sets of challenges. The tech infrastructure is still growing, too. But where many might see a hindrance at first glance can turn out to be opportunities for savvy players
Indonesia is no stranger to PicMix. As one of the country’s bigger social networks, it has garnered 15 million users worldwide and seen over 225 million photos posted, despite being no more than two y...
This evening marks the start of our Startup Asia Jakarta 2013 conference at Gedung Indosat, where startup founders and investors come together to network and have a little fun before our actual confer...
Coda Payments co-founder Paul Leishman explains three reasons why startups should seriously consider monetizing their products via phone credits.
Remco Lupker is the co-founder of Indonesia’s biggest classifieds TokoBagus. He is also arguably one of the first foreign entrepreneurs who has really made it in Indonesia.
Meet Langit Musik, an online music streaming site in Indonesia run by Telkomsel, and Melon Indonesia.
Singapore-based marketplace mobile app Carousell has successfully raised S$1 million ($800,000) seed funding led by Rakuten, with follow-on investments by Golden Gate Ventures, 500Startups, and a few ...
At Startup Asia Jakarta next week, I’ll be interviewing photo social network PicMix, which has become one of Indonesia’s biggest social networking apps to date.
Tech In Asia takes an in-depth look at the numbers that make up the Southeast Asian region. There are more than 190 million internet users in Southeast Asia.
Among eight of the best teams in SEA, only one emerged victorious. After winning 2-0 against Malaysia’s Team Titan, Philippine team AMD.Mineski grabbed first place in the recently held Gigabyte Minesk...
Indonesian hackers still attacking civilian Australian sites, gets final warning from Anonymous Australia
Anonymous Australia has sent a final warning to Indonesian hackers to leave citizens’ sites alone or face imminent cyber war.
eBay and Telkom Indonesia quietly roll out their joint-venture project called Blanja.com.
Besides a new website interface, Qraved now offers incentives for users to start making online restaurant bookings in Indonesia: discounts.
We’ve been told that Indonesia’s flight search engine Traveloka has similarly been punked by a cybersquatter that’s tricking people into visiting porn sites.
Indonesian trainers, it’s a long time coming, but the long awaited, one of a kind, movie-only Mystery Gift Pokemon can finally be caught in Indonesia!
HijUp is an e-commerce site that mainly sells Muslim fashion items for women in Indonesia.


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Centrokoka: the new Roxell distributor for Serbia
The family business Centrokoka will distribute our systems for broilers, broiler breeders, turkeys and pigs. The poultry sector is growing in Serbia thanks to funds for investment in agriculture (IPARD). This country is a candidate for EU membership, which can offer positive prospects for export growth.
The pig sector has always played an important role in Serbia, since pork is the most popular meat product in the country. However, the poultry sector is now growing, and this is due to several reasons. First, agricultural investments are increasing. In addition, Serbia is a candidate to join the European Union. If they are admitted to the European Union, they can expect increased export opportunities. Serbia also has the advantage of having access to the raw materials required to produce animal feed: corn, soy, wheat, sunflowers and so on. They are therefore less dependent on the availability and prices of raw materials on the worldwide market. Another important factor is that Serbia already has several breeding companies for broiler breeders and layers.
Until recently, Roxell had a long-standing distributor in this region, however, they have now retired. But there is a new successor: Centrokoka. This company was founded 17 years ago and is now a prominent name in the poultry sector. Centrokoka is a small family business with a driven, young man at the helm, Bojan Jovanovic. They will distribute feeding, drinking, nesting and heating systems in Serbia. In addition, they will carry out the installations themselves and also offer after-sales service.
Roxell is delighted to welcome Centrokoka as its new distributor in this up-and-coming region.
Contact details "Centrokoka-MBD" d.o.o.:
Bojan Jovanovic, Owner: email@example.com
Mesovito Preduze Centrokoka-MBD DOO , Cane Babovic 11, 12000 Pozarevac, Serbia
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That’s right: MARVEL Family…
Oh, boy, I love surprises! And here’s one right here: DC in October will be releasing the Marvel Family #1 Facsimile Edition — ads and all, as usual — because it includes the first appearance of Black Adam.
Dig the solicitation info, which Bleeding Cool reported Thursday afternoon:
MARVEL FAMILY #1 FACSIMILE EDITION
(W) Otto Binder (A/CA) C.C. Beck
In advance of the hotly anticipated Black Adam film, DC offers the Marvel Family #1 Facsimile Edition—a re-creation, including the original advertisements, of Black Adam’s 1945 debut by Otto Binder and C.C. Beck!
In-Store Date: 10/18/2020
A few thoughts:
— Knock me over with a feather: I never thought I’d see the day when DC would put out a comic with “Marvel” in big red-and-black letters at the top of a cover, even a reprint. As we all know, DC in the ’70s was forced to call its original Captain Marvel comic Shazam! because of legalities that are too complicated to get into here. I mean, they even changed the character’s name to Shazam, as we all know. So, damn this is fab.
— This was a surprise solicitation and orders at your shop are due Sunday, Sept. 25. That’s this Sunday. So get on that! (I can only speculate why DC didn’t solicit this sooner.)
— The release date is only three days before the movie Black Adam officially hits theaters Oct. 21.
— Standard Price Comparison: Last year, a slabbed, 9.4-graded original copy — published by Fawcett, natch — sold at Heritage Auctions for $186,000, including buyer’s premium. (There’s a much lower grade copy up for auction soon.) The Facsimile Edition runs a mere four bucks.
— SHAZAM! POWER OF HOPE by ALEX ROSS and PAUL DINI to Get 2023 Re-Release. Click here.
— DC to Re-Release JEFF SMITH’s Beloved SHAZAM! Miniseries in Hardcover. Click here.


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The first day of Macworld 2010 has highlighted the problems caused by Apple's withdrawal from the show, but a healthy number of businesses and consumers are still attending.
Apple said in December 2008 that Macworld 2009 would be its last appearance, and one attendee described it as outrageous that the company had continued to release news ahead of the show and steal its thunder. Yet stand holders on the show floor were upbeat.
"You notice the lack of Apple's big stand in the exhibition, but at the end of the day it hasn't been too big a loss," said Pat Lee, director of desktop products at VMware.
"Macworld is all about the customers after all, and we have been seeing plenty of those today."
Expected visitor figures have not been released, but attendance is expected to be down slightly on previous years.
The bulk of exhibitors on the show floor are from the consumer and peripherals end of the Apple market, but the big names are here too, such as Microsoft, Cisco, HP and VMware.
Microsoft has been giving some information on new features promised for Office for Mac 2011, including collaboration and multi-working tools. HP is showing new apps for the Mac platform, and printers aimed at the Apple market.
VMware, meanwhile, is showing its Fusion 3 product for the Mac, launched last October.
Dr Kuan Hon criticises GDPR consent emails that will only eviscerate marketing databases and 'media misinformation'
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Global payment provider Klarna has appointed a general manager for Australia and New Zealand following its announcement in late 2019 that it will launch in Australia this year.
Francine Ereira will lead the business’ launch in Australia and oversee daily operations and expansion across the region.
She will commence with her role on February 3.
Late last year, Klarna has announced it will enter into an exclusive partnership with the Commonwealth Bank of Australia to launch Klarna in Australia and New Zealand.
“We’re absolutely delighted that Fran will join Klarna and help accelerate our global journey to offer consumers more transparent, flexible and intuitive retail services centred around their needs,” said Klarna CEO Sebastian Siemiatkwosk.
Siemiatkwosk said the combination of Ereira’s strategic leadership and operational experience in the fast growing digital and payments sector in Australia will be a huge asset to their global team.
“As Klarna continues to grow rapidly across markets, we are excited to bring new innovative services to Australian consumers and add real value to all our merchant partners to further help unlock potential so they can compete effectively.”
Ereira has been in senior roles at some of Australia’s most prominent retail and technology companies including The Walt Disney Company, Sheridan, eWave and Temando. Her most recent role is a senior executive at Zip Co.


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Carr’s Milling Industries, the Cumbrian-based agriculture, food and engineering firm, has seen a 45% rise in half-year profits.
Profits for the 26 weeks ending 1 March jumped to £5.17 million, up from £3.57m in 2006. Carr’s revenue increased by 46% to £162m and adjusted operating profits rose 41% to £6.43m.
Meanwhile, the company’s flour milling operations saw profits climb 21% to £1.11m on revenue growth of 58% to £39.7m, due to two flour price increases and a cost reduction plan.
Carr’s Milling Industries chairman Richard Inglewood said food price inflation had enabled it to recoup much of the lost margin in its food business.


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LONDON -- We're in the midst of the Christmas reporting season, when analysts pore over the sector's festive sales. William Morrison published its figures on Monday, J. Sainsbury reported today, and Tesco presents its figures on Thursday.
Tesco's numbers will, perhaps, be the most anticipated, as it marks the anniversary of its now infamous 2012 profits warning -- the company's first in 20 years.
But it would be wrong to put too much emphasis on Christmas trading. The Financial Times points out that only twice in the past five years has the supermarket chain with the best Christmas sales gone on to deliver the best share price performance in the following year. Supermarket sales are not as seasonal as, say, the drinks industry.
So what are the listed supermarkets' prospects in 2013? My guess is that there'll be one winner, one loser, and one that treads water.
It's Morrisons' management who find themselves in the naughty corner this January. But although its 2.5% fall in like-for-like sales over Christmas have caught the headlines, there are more deep-seated issues that will weigh on its shares this year.
CEO Dalton Philips has finally admitted that the chain is behind the curve in both online grocery sales and convenience stores. Previously, the company's language had an air of "we'll wait and see what mistakes the others make." But Morrisons is now playing catch-up. That will take time and money.
It will also absorb management attention, and a number of high-profile defections last year suggest all may not be well at the top. In any case, a new management team will be bedding in. Among last year's departures were the commercial director who had only joined (from Waitrose) two years earlier, the marketing director, and the HR director. Finance director Richard Pennycook will leave in June.
And structurally, Morrisons' strengths are in the north of the country, which won't see much in the way of economic recovery this year.
Top of the class
If Morrisons is in the naughty corner, Sainsbury is currently top of the class -- at least among the three listed supermarket groups. In fact, the real star pupils are those associated with the two extremes of quality and value: John Lewis-owned Waitrose, and the "hard-discounters," Asda-owned Aldi and Lidl. Consumers are either saving their pennies or treating themselves, and these companies offer a distinctive message of one or the other.
Sainsbury had a good 2012. Its sponsorship of the Olympics paid off and the last quarter's figures, released today, show underlying sales up nearly 1%. The group boasts eight years' worth of quarterly sales growth -- that's quite a feat.
But its strong sales performance is factored into the shares, which have risen 11% over the past 12 months, compared with drops of 10% for Tesco and 20% for Morrisons.
So my tip for the most promising supermarket chain of 2013 goes to Tesco. This will be the second year of its turnaround plan, and investors might reasonably hope to see some results starting to come through.
Of course, it's a long haul to reinvest in the core U.K. grocery business, which was neglected in favor of Tesco's sexier diversifications and international business: too many after-school activities and not enough attention to the three "R"s, you might say.
But having been chastised by the market, there's no doubt it's working to correct that. With the dominant U.K. grocery market share -- at around 30% roughly equal to Sainsbury and Morrison combined -- it's a powerful competitor, which could make it a tough year for the other two.
Tesco's quarterly results tomorrow are unlikely to set the world on fire. Industry estimates suggest it simply reduced the decline in like-for-like sales. But positive things to look out for include any progress on its "review" of the U.S. Fresh 'n Easy chain, where it has finally capitulated after years of mounting losses, and management changes in the U.K. Pundits are speculating that CEO Philip Clark will step back from day-to-day control of the U.K. business, which to my mind would be a sensible move.
One investor who will be looking out for Tesco's results -- but not swayed by a single quarter's performance, for sure -- is Warren Buffett. The veteran U.S. investor has been a major shareholder since 2006 and topped up his holding last year after the company's profit warning. What's more, it's the only U.K. share he holds.
The article How Will the Supermarkets Fare in 2013? originally appeared on Fool.com.
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Tata Chemicals says delayed subsidy creating liquidity problems
MUMBAI (Reuters) - Tata Chemicals Ltd (TTCH.NS) has pending dues of 14.96 billion rupees from the government on account of fertiliser subsidies, its chief financial officer said, adding that delayed payments were creating liquidity problems for the company.
India controls prices of some fertilisers sold to farmers, and compensates producers through cash payments to make up for the shortfall.
Earlier on Friday, Tata Chemicals posted a net profit of 2.24 billion rupees, unchanged from a year earlier.
(Reporting by Kaustubh Kulkarni)
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PIGEON FORGE, Tenn. (WVLT) -- Lumberjack Feud is trying to help feed the hungry in Sevier County, and offer a deal to see their show at the same time.
The Lumberjack Feud Christmas Show is asking people to bring 3 cans of food, in exchange for free admission to the show. Folks living in Sevier County and surrounding counties can pay an additional $13.00 to upgrade to the dinner show.
"We find that it's very important to be a good community business citizen and what better way to do it than to provide a food shelf drive that will benefit the needy during the holiday season," said Rob Scheer, General Manager of the Feud. "We'll open up our business for a couple cans of food to people that live in the area so they can come in and enjoy some holiday spirit."
The Lumberjack Feud will run the food drive until November 18th and it will benefit Sevier County Food Ministries.
For more information call 865-428-8688.


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Sony to Make Next-Gen PlayStation Announcement February 20
January 31, 2013 9:13 PM
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Sony offered a teaser video on Twitter
Sony's PlayStation Twitter handle
posted a video today
that teases the next-generation console, which will be announced February 20, 2013.
The PlayStation Twitter account posted a tweet saying, "See the future," with a link to the teaser video for the new console. It doesn't reveal any images of the hardware or gameplay, but rather a vague collection of shapes related to the PlayStation console and controller.
Check out the video here:
The next-generation PlayStation console, dubbed PlayStation 4, is rumored to have a custom chip based on
A8-3850 with a quad-core 2.9GHz processor and a 1GHz graphics card with 1GB memory. Hiroshi Sakamoto, Sony's vice president of home entertainment, recently said that the company planned
an announcement at the E3
in June, but that an announcement could come earlier. Clearly, the latter is true.
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2/1/2013 6:01:39 AM
Why would it lack the modern ISAs? I think you mean it would no include all of the older stuff like x87, 3dnow,maybe some the 128b and 256b functions and maybe the branch prediction engines. It will be a cpu with stripped out legacy bloat. They chose the fusion architecture since it is the most recent and more efficient architecture AMD has shipping. Since consoles are usually already behind a tad then they ship, why make it even more outdated?
I get the feeling most of the details will be correct but the clock speeds might be higher. Maybe these consoles will turn a profit on day one this time. We shall see.
2/1/2013 7:02:54 AM
I mean it lacks the newer stuff.
2/1/2013 9:06:40 AM
It can have whatever ISAs they want it to have. They're not buying the CPU off the shelf, lol. It's a console -- it's going to have custom features.
Also, it won't be Llano-based. Promise. Llano is from two years ago, and provides no savings or efficiencies of any kind over its newer counterparts. The console isn't even out yet. Sony is stupid, but not THAT stupid.
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“We did the whole thing soup to nuts in four weeks,” says the founder of STORY, Rachel Shechtman. “We enable big companies to be nimble like startups. It’s one of the things we’re known for. We understand, and are able to navigate, what’s happening in the market.”
The idea behind the West Chelsea store is that every four to eight weeks, it completely reinvents itself, from the merchandising to design, coming back to life around a theme, idea, issue, or trend. This sort of creative approach to retail has earned Shechtman a slew of accolades including being named to Fortune’s 40 Under 40 List and to Fast company’s Most Creative People in Business list.
According to Shechtman, food is on trend and contextually relevant, which is why the collaboration was exciting. Ideas like fruit are incorporated into the designs of luxury shoe and accessories brand, Charlotte Olympia, whose pieces sit next to jet.com food offerings in the store.
She was also fascinated, and ultimately motivated, by the breadth and depth of jet.com’s offerings, and as a retailer, the e-commerce site was a natural fit with STORY’s own raison d’être. “They have everything from Stumptown Coffee to New York Matcha Bar, to indie brands and artisan assortments. No one knew about this, so I thought that was cool,” she says.
The collaboration, which extends through Father’s Day, is designed to ensconce the consumer in “Discovery, entertainment, and community,” says Shechtman. The discovery part is the act of understanding jet.com and its offerings. Regarding entertainment, there will be a slew of in-store sampling and cooking, while community will be built through dozens of complimentary events with STORY’s A-list supporters. “People like Christene Barberich [Co-Founder, Refinery29] and Bobbi Brown, and Maya from the restaurant Jacks Wife Frieda,” Rachel enthuses.
The most important aspect of this collaboration is recognizing that online impact drives offline behavior. “We look at it as a holistic 360-degree experience,” adds Shechtman.