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Cisco has added Dentsu Aegis Network's Isobar to its roster of agencies, naming it digital marketing innovation agency of record (say that 10 times fast).
Under the partnership, Isobar has signed onto a one-year retainer contract with the IT, professional networking and cybersecurity solutions provider to help it develop its new "digital experiences" offering. Isobar Chief Innovation Officer Dave Meeker said the work was won without a review and came in through an existing relationship between Cisco and Merkle, the data firm in which Dentsu Aegis acquired a majority stake in 2016, and which now works across the holding company's various agencies.
"Merkle has a longstanding relationship with Cisco and we're always looking for synergies," Meeker told Ad Age.
Moving into 2020, Isobar will be embedded into Cisco's digital experiences division, which was recently created for the development of new products and solutions and to keep the tech conglomerate "on the forefront of technology." The first internal project is expected to launch later this summer.
Devin Hood, director of Cisco's digital experiences and social media group, said "constant innovation in the digital space is a must."
"Part of the model we pride ourselves on is empathy with and for our consumers," Hood said, "constantly iterating, testing and validating feedback directly with consumers based on some of their biggest challenges. I anticipate many new utilities across the spectrum of MR/VR/AR, voice, design, personalization, web, mobile, video and maybe even a few surprises we haven't begun to dream up."
Hood said Cisco found in Isobar a partner with "the agility, creative chops and adaptability it takes to rapidly prototype and scale if needed."
Isobar is a network of 6,500 people and has worked with a wide range of clients including the Smashing Pumpkins' Billy Corgan—the agency created a VR experience for the song "Aeronaut," off Corgan's 2017 solo album "Ogilala"—and the U.S. Air Force, including revamping its portal through which airmen communicate and access information.
Cisco's lead creative agency is WPP's Ogilvy while its media is handled by DWA, a business-to-business digital media and marketing shop acquired by Merkle in 2017. Last year, Ogilvy created a spot starring "Stranger Things" actor Millie Bobby Brown that promoted Cisco's Webex enterprise software for virtual meetings, aiming to set it apart from competitors like Slack and Zoom.
Meeker said Isobar will work with the Webex brand as part of the partnership with Cisco to identify what the future workplace will look like and imagine how people will communicate in the future. "How do you use AI and automation to make online experiences better?" he added.
According to its most-recent earnings report, Cisco spent a total of $7.1 billion on sales and marketing in the nine-month period ended April 27. That figure is up slightly from the $6.9 billion the company spent during the same period in the previous year.


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Pizza Girl™ is gracing retail shelves once more as it reenters the market with three updated sauce varieties: Marinara, Arrabbiata, and Vodka flavor profiles. After a pause in its operations due to the pandemic, the specialty sauce purveyor is coming back stronger than ever as it relaunches in Gelson’s Markets in California.
“Coming from an Italian family of pizza makers, it was always a dream of mine to have a home product line featuring my grandmother’s recipes, reinvented, for everyone across the country to enjoy,” said Caroline D’Amore, Executive Chef and Owner of Los Angeles-based family restaurants, D’Amore’s Pizza, and CEO and Founder of Pizza Girl. “Essentially, the pizza business is in my DNA, and I am proud to carry on the tradition through my own interpretation, keeping my great grandmother’s recipes alive, following in my dad’s entrepreneurial footsteps, and adding my own modern touch.”
According to the release, Pizza Girl is now ready for a relaunch with a stronger foundation than before. Ready to meet the demand for her sauces, D’Amore has had time to properly align her production and farm locations and work with suppliers and partners who will strengthen her vision.
“The integrity of our product is everything, and we will only ever produce and put out sauces that are up to these standards," D’Amore added. "If it meant pausing to adjust our growing needs to meet consumer demand, along with personal events, then those were the necessary steps to take. We are so excited to be rolling out our new product inventory this spring, into forever.”
Alongside the relaunch of its e-commerce site, Pizza Girl is now available at Gelson’s Markets in 24 oz glass jars with plans to expand to other retailers throughout 2021. The family-derived recipes originated with D’Amore’s great grandmother, “Big Mumma,” in Italy, and have been perfected over time in California using only local, USDA-certified organic ingredients sourced with integrity.
Being a socially conscious company with integrity is the backbone of Pizza Girl. In addition to donating 5 percent of profits from every jar sold to charities close to D’Amore’s heart, Pizza Girl has partnered with shipping companies that share its belief in sustainable, eco-friendly packaging inclusive of recycled materials.
“After seeing the amount of plastic used in this industry, from packaging to the use of plastic jars, we see it as our responsibility to be as environmentally conscious as possible,” said D’Amore. “Pizza Girl is for families to enjoy together. We need to ensure our planet is healthy so that future generations can continue to enjoy the earth’s natural bounty.”
For more specialty, deli, and dairy developments in the industry, keep checking back for the latest.

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April 5, 2001 (Washington) -- Since the mid-1990s, the government has been trying to cut down on the number of cases of people getting sick from eating contaminated food. So the federal regulators have been phasing in new rules aimed at promoting good practices, increasing surveillance, and raising more attention to overall safety.
But according to the CDC's latest report, it is difficult to determine what effect, if any, these efforts have had at all.
Investigators have estimated that food-borne illnesses affected about 76 million American each year. In these types of incidents, sufferers may not be affected at all or could show symptoms ranging from gastrointestinal problems to even death.
Comparing 1996 to 2000, the CDC noted Thursday that while it appears that the overall incidence of food borne illness is now on the decline, regional variations and substantial year-to-year fluctuations have made it nearly impossible to identify a national trend.
The CDC said that the incidence of infections with a germ called E. coli 0157 appeared to increase from 1999 to 2000 in at least five states, but a trend could not be discerned due to yearly variations. E.coli 0157 infectioncan cause stomach cramps and bloody diarrhea and can be fatal.
Similarly, an apparent increase in Shigella, an organism that causes diarrhea, could be blamed for outbreaks in California and Minnesota -- so health officials can't tell if the national incidence is on the rise or decline, the CDC said.
According to the CDC report, it is almost impossible to determine how often the most common infections occur, because not all cases are reported to health officials and not all facilities test for all the usual microscopic suspects. And because people also can become infected through other sources like drinking water, the actual source of the germ may never be discovered.
Despite the CDC's uncertainty, industry representatives maintain that the new regulations have made a difference.
Because food producers were made a critical part of the process, the regulations have encouraged good manufacturing practices, says Peter Cleary, a spokesman for the Grocery Manufacturers of America, the world's largest association of food, beverage, and consumer product makers. Helping to develop their own solutions, he tells WebMD, has worked better than taking a "one size fit all" approach.
Food safety experts agree -- in part. They say the regulations were a step in the right direction but that the government, industry, and consumers should not consider these regulations to be a "magic bullet."
"These bugs have been around longer than any humans, and it would be safe to assume that they can adapt," explains Ronald Labbe, PhD, a professor of food microbiology at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst. "We are intruding on them, they are not intruding on us."
Still, Labbe adds that there is no reason for consumers to take radical action.
"There is always going to be some element of risk. It's something you have to put up with in life," he tells WebMD, noting that at the very least there is no way to establish whether food from a restaurant will be safe.
To decrease the degree of risk, Labbe says there are several steps consumers can take. Among them, Labbe suggests avoiding raw protein-based foods like shellfish, keeping a clean kitchen and hands, as well as following the directions on food labels.
"Most of the steps are just common sense," Labbe notes.
But at the same time, consumers can also exercise some flexibility, Labbe tells WebMD. For example, he says, although it is advisable to refrigerate leftovers right away -- it probably would not kill anyone to leave that turkey out for an hour or so.
"I find myself in that category as well," Labbe says. "You just have to make sure that you refrigerate it before going to bed. Leaving it out overnight could be a big deal."


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April 15, 2011. Retrieved online April 18, 2011 from Brook Stockberger, Las Cruces Sun-News
LAS CRUCES – Earth Day is Friday.
There are a variety of Las Cruces area businesses who are making an effort to become environmentally friendly.
Las Crucen Mae Walker can often be found at the Farmers and Craft Market Downtown on Saturdays. She has found a way to mix her hobby of making jewelry with her desire to be green and also start a business called Splendid by Mae, which she operates out of her home. She takes pieces of jewelry that are normally tossed into the trash and turns them into her own design.
“So many people have broken pieces that end up in the landfill,” Walker said. She said much of the components are metal and will not decompose.
“I rework the metal and turn it into what’s in style,” she said.
ROJO Apparel was started by friends Jose Rodriguez and Aron Jones with a goal of helping people while building a company. The business owners donate to Global Aid Network, specifically to provide meals to people in Zimbabwe.
“On the business-plan side of things, we think of the poor as our primary stakeholders,” Rodriguez said. “The poor tend to be affected the most by climate change. We have to ask ‘What kind of environmental footprint are we leaving?'”
ROJO Apparel has launched an eco-clothing line with shirts made from organic cotton.
Positive Energy Solar, which installs photovoltaic power systems, buys carbon offsets, or what are often called “green tags,” which can be used for a variety of green friendly projects, like planting trees.
“We add up all the miles we drive our service trucks and personal vehicles for work,” said Mark Westbrock, manager of the company’s Las Cruces branch.
He said the carbon offsets bought go to helping others pay to generate solar and wind power. The company also recycles waste materials from job sites and uses solar panels to power its offices.
Watching the trash/saving money
English Bird, executive director of New Mexico Recycling Coalition, has told the Sun-News that companies can help themselves by monitoring what is thrown in the trash.
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Worried About Nothing?
In its survey of 240 managers and executives across a variety of disciplines, the business video platform provider found that more than half of them (51.2%) are concerned that employees will upload irresponsible content to the company network, and 12% of executives even admit they worry about employees uploading embarrassing videos of them from company parties.
In spite of the anxiety of executives, many of them see the value of videos. Additionally, there’s not much history to warrant their apprehension. The study found that 100% of them have never seen an inappropriate video uploaded to the company network, and the top comments executives made about the employee-generated videos they’ve seen are that they have been useful (38.2%) and appropriate (35.3%).
More Videos, More Productivity
So why are they all so nervous about the possibility of inappropriate behavior? It might be because those who produce the most attention-grabbing videos are not in the C-suite. When asked who produces the most interesting corporate videos, coworkers topped the list at 45.5%.
But that shouldn’t make executives nervous, especially because employees feel more productive when creating videos. An overwhelming majority (73%) say that employee-generated videos have increased their productivity to some degree.
So what types of videos are they even producing? According to the survey, how-to videos came out on top with more than three-quarters of executives (75.8%), followed by communication from management (48.5%) and town hall meetings (42.4%).
From the likes of this survey, executives are a lot like mothers -- they’re going to worry regardless of how beneficial employee-generated videos are in the enterprise. However, what’s not clear is if they are putting their worries into action by creating an action plan that addresses inappropriate video content.
Better Video, Any Where, Any Device
However, if you are interested in giving your employees the best tools for their video creation, the survey coincides with the release of Qumu’s update of its Qumu Video Control Center product. Version 6.2 features a new, patent-pending technology called “Pathfinder” that gives all users a quality viewing experience regardless of their location or device.
Quality video takes a lot of bandwidth, but not everyone is always able to watch high-quality video with ease. When they are on the road, working at a client site or using a mobile device, you can’t always guarantee that that their viewing quality will meet expectations. With Qumu Pathfinder, videos are adjusted based on these types of variances.
Qumu Pathfinder understands who your audience is.It knows what department they work in, their access rights and the characteristics of the network(s) they use, as well as the type of device they’re using. It can adjust bandwidth allocations based on pre-set criteria defined for individuals or audience groups.
Qumu Pathfinder works with the Qumu Video Control Center’s capability to simultaneously route to multiple CDNs. This includes corporate CDNs such as Blue Coat, Cisco, Riverbed and Qumu’s VideoNet, as well as internet CDNs such as Akamai or AT&T ACDN.
Regardless of how well you and your organization embraces online video, it's harder to dispute its impact on employees. As well, thanks to Qumu, organizations need not spend their time worrying about the quality of video being delivered -- leaving plenty of time to worry about other things.


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There’s more to intelligent retail than fridges that know when you’ve run out of milk
13 January 2018
Technology has been changing the way we shop for years, to the extent that going to a physical store almost seems like a quaint indulgence these days making intelligent retail a common trait of shopping.
And it goes beyond mere online retail and a fridge that can buy you milk when you run out – that’s just so 2000s. These days, virtual reality headsets enable us to buy cars without ever stepping into the driver’s seat, and Amazon’s Alexa or Google Home let you do your home shopping by talking to a virtual assistant without leaving the comfort of your armchair.
Refining the simple act of ordering goods and services using different devices is just the beginning. Retailers are also using it to improve the customer experience. Apps are being designed which can measure customer behaviour through loyalty programmes, with data analytics being used to give customers a more personal service.
Retailers know what your favourite brands are, the food and drinks you prefer and the styles of clothes you like to wear – and they can target you with discounts or special offers to entice you to buy more of them.
Technology is even being used to answer customer queries. If you’ve ever used webchat to talk to a retailer, it’s more than likely it is being answered by an artificial intelligence (AI) system than a genuine customer service agent.
Through machine learning, AI is able to accurately predict the right answers to customer questions. It has become so sophisticated you can even order pizzas online through a chatbot, or buy insurance. AI is even making strides in learning how to handle customer complaints.
Technology has already disrupted the retail market, but there is a long way to go, and it’s certainly an area retailers are prioritising when it comes to investment. We may not be at a stage yet where everyone is sitting in their living rooms doing their shopping in VR headsets, or talking to their home automated devices to stock their cupboards up, but the way things are heading, it’s not far off…
This article was published in our Business Reporter Online: Future of Retail.
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Qualcomm is a multinational corporation which designs and manufactures semiconductors and wireless telecommunications products. Its main three business units are: Qualcomm CDMA Technologies (QCT), Qualcomm Technology Licensing (QLT) and Qualcomm Strategic Initiatives (QSI). Their range of product includes processors, modems, RF systems, connectivity solutions, etc. Qualcomm was founded in July, 1985.
On the other hand, Nuvia is a company which was founded in 2019. They create high performance silicon design for a compute-intensive world. They design processing chipsets for data centre servers and processors. They have proven to design world-class high speed and high performance processors.
Qualcomm just bought the two year old start-up Nuvia for $1.4 Billion. It is huge news and the company is focusing on building next-generation CPUs for use in data centres, mobiles and other devices. 5G is further accelerating the convergence of mobility and computing. This acquisition builds Qualcomm Technologies’ Snapdragon technology leadership, delivering step-function improvements in CPU performance and more power efficiency to meet the demands of the next generation computing.
The huge craze among the news is because the start-up company Nuvia is just 2 years old and Qualcomm acquired it for $1.4 Billion. It is definitely shocking news. Nuvia CPUs are expected to be integrated across the products of Qualcomm. Let that be smartphones, next-generation laptops and digital cockpits. As a part of the acquisition, the founders of Nuvia, Gerard Williams III, Manu Gulati and John Bruno along with their employees will be joining Qualcomm.
Qualcomm is going to use the talent and technology that this company has to offer. It is going to make significant changes in the chip market. Qualcomm has spent most of its last decade to build their own internal chip design and to not rely on other third party companies. They built their company to integrate better software and hardware. Nuvia’s co-founders gained expertise not just at Apple but even Amazon, Google, Facebook and others too.
All these companies are trying to build their own data chips. While Apple cut a deal with Qualcomm to continue using Qualcomm modems for its products. Apple is reportedly working hard to build its own cellular modems. This is where companies like Nuvia come in.
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Fears of a global recession mean multinational blue-chip companies, which have increasingly relied on foreign markets to fuel their growth, have no place to hide.
In recent weeks, investors have dumped the likes of GE, Dow Chemical, Honeywell, 3M and other companies that ramped up foreign operations in recent years, pushing shares in some of those companies to lows not seen in years.
Though prices of some have shown some strength in the past couple of days, economists continue to wonder just how these giants will fare when the dust settles.
It's a serious question for Maplewood-based 3M, which banked its future on overseas growth. It operates in 60 countries and sells products in 200.
Like the shares of Honeywell, Dow Chemical and GE, 3M stocks are selling at about 60 percent of last year's prices as investors seek liquidity while world economies falter.
Cliff Waldman, an economist for Manufacturers Alliance/MAPI, said multinational firms had looked pretty smart for diversifying much of their earnings potential overseas while the U.S. market was languishing.
"But our multinational [companies] are not going to be so fortunate anymore," Waldman said. "Our multinational [companies] really have a lot to worry about."
3M, the $26 billion maker of Post-It Notes, Scotch Tape, sandpaper, TV-screen brightening films and 50,000 other products, has spent recent years building and buying factories, technology and distribution centers around the world. The company has operations in Poland, South Korea, China, Singapore, Russia, Taiwan, Brazil, Germany, France, Australia and elsewhere. On Monday, 3M announced its latest acquisition: Financière Burgienne, a provider of finished license plates in France.
3M's globe-trotting seems to have paid off. International operations drove 3M growth as the U.S. economy lagged. 3M now generates about 65 percent of its sales offshore (up from 53 percent in 2001). Last year, international sales grew 10 percent.
After posting record earnings in its second quarter this year -- up 3 percent to $945 million -- 3M CEO George Buckley touted the "outstanding growth" of the company's global portfolio. Going forward, 3M expects China sales alone to triple from $1 billion to $3 billion by 2013. And the company is investing in seed operations in Turkey, Kazakhstan and Ukraine. But analysts say it's anyone's guess how 3M and other giants dependent on fast-growing economies will fare in a global recession.
Stock prices alone don't tell you much, said Edward Jones Research Analyst Dan Ortwerth. He maintains his buy recommendation on 3M's stock but advises caution.
"You are going to see a lot of volatility in stock prices these days because of the sheer amount of uncertainty," Ortwerth said. "In my view, the decline in the stock price of 3M is not pointing the finger nearly so much at 3M as it's pointing at the world in which 3M lives.
"There is still a strong chance that there will be a punch and we should be prepared for dimming figures in the near term [regarding sales] performance numbers," Ortwerth said. "But I wouldn't be surprised if 3M suffers less than some of these more risky players out there and emerges on the other side."
Hitting growth targets in the future could be tough, said Waldman, of the Manufacturers Alliance. Major economies such as Germany, Japan, and France already have slipped into negative territory in the second quarter, he said.
"Japan is getting close to a recession. And the financial crisis in Europe is a mess right now. It's as big a mess as here," Waldman said. "Growth in other key industrialized economies has either stalled or contracted."
Waldman said China's once- thriving export business is at risk. "So 2008 is going to be a problem for multinational companies," he said. "And I would expect that 2009 will be as well."
World stock markets are not a direct indicator of earnings strength. But the unprecedented and seemingly unrelenting waves of bad economic news -- including bank failures, strangled credit markets and wild market swings -- have rattled consumers and led to penny pinching from boardrooms to living rooms.
3M, Minnesota's only member of the Dow industrials, fell from $96 a share a year ago to $51 last week, then closed at $59.37 Tuesday.
Several analysts cut their 3M price targets last week. In March, Merrill Lynch changed its stock recommendation from neutral to underperform. On Oct. 2 Barclays swung from "equal weight positive" to "equal weight neutral." But Goldman Sachs changed its recommendation from sell to neutral on Tuesday.
Company officials seemed to take the bumps in stride.
"We are not having any problems getting the credit we need to fund our operations today," said 3M spokeswoman Jackie Berry. She declined to comment further, citing the quiet period before quarterly earnings are released Oct. 21.
Last month, Buckley and CFO Patrick Campbell told analysts that they expect earnings to rise 10 percent this year despite the international market turmoil.
Retired University of St. Thomas manufacturing professor Fred Zimmerman said 3M has a sound business model and predicts it will perform at about the 85th percentile of U.S. companies over the next few years. That probably will mean a drop in business, he noted.
"But 3M is not like East Coast banks who operate out of high buildings where the air is thin, spend more money than they should, make bad loans, recategorize them as roses and then sell them to other dumb banks," Zimmerman said. "3M will do fine. They have a strong balance sheet."
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Gary Vee is opening a NFT-required restaurant in New York City, planned to open in 2023. Named the Fly Fishing Club, not much is known about the rewards that the NFT holders would have. Could be royalties on the NFT sales, small ownership in the company, or just even airdrops. For you to be required to have an NFT, probably means that some rewards would be given to the NFT holder, as well as restaurant access.
Media monetization company BBTV will soon allow creators to get paid in Bitcoin, Eth, and US stablecoin. Creators rejoice stating that it will be a much simpler method of crypto payments. As of now, creators would have to do multiple transfers from their banks into their crypto accounts. CEO Shahrzad Rafati. “Creators have been really vocal about their interest in entering the Web3 revolution, and we’re very proud to lead the way,” The company’s bigger known clients are Sony, Viacom, and NBA. Small and midsize businesses are expected to start adopting crypto payments in 2022.
The Gentlemen of Crypto is a daily live cryptocurrency podcast that broadcasts on YouTube. Isaiah Jackson and King Bless provide cryptocurrency analysis across a variety of blockchain news stories.
Solana visa. Looks like Bank of America is bullish on Solana, a strategist for the company came out saying that Solana could be the “Visa” of the crypto world. Bringing up how fast the transaction speeds could be. Also, how fast of adoption it was, since it came out in 2020, it is already a top 10 cryptocurrency project with a total market value of $87 billion.
Jan 13, 2022: Top Cryptocurrency gains / losses: 55
- Ethereum (+0.1%)
- Solana (+6.0%)
- Luna (+5.0%
NYC Restaurant NFT membership: 3:09
- Gary Vee, announced his latest members-only private dining club in New York City, called Flyfish Club
- Would require a NFT to be allowed in the restaurant
- Planned for 2023
- ““By utilizing NFT’s, FFC is able to create a loyal, member-community that we can provide special experiences for. NFT’s create new modernistic financial models, which will allow FFC to deliver an exceptional and sustainable product for years to come.” “
BBTV creator media monetization: 19:32
- Content creators on BroadbandTV Corporation (BBTV) will soon be able to get paid in crypto.
- The move to integrate crypto payments is a response to creator interest
- “Being paid directly in cryptocurrency saves me time and at a minimal charge compared to the multiple transfers from my bank to different wallets.” – Joseph Hogue
- 2021, BBTV also participated in a seed round for the social nonfungible token platform Nifty’s Inc.
Solana could become “Visa of Crypto” according to BoA strategist (Solana Visa): 27:59
- Bank of America digital asset strategist Alkesh Shah has predicted that Ethereum competitor Solana could become the “Visa of the digital asset ecosystem”
- SOL, is now the fifth-largest cryptocurrency with a market capitalization of $47 billion launching in 2020
- “Solana prioritizes scalability, but a relatively less decentralized and secure blockchain has tradeoffs, illustrated by several network performance issues since inception.”
Looksrare NFT trading platform: 34:44
- YuzuSwap, the first decentralized exchange on the Oasis Network
- Binance labs invested $200 million dollars
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Informed Sources has launched a service to provide site-level retail fuel price information, updated in near real time, to consumers and third-party organisations through its Motormouth subsidiary.
“With agreement reached between Informed Sources, BP, Caltex, Woolworths, 7-Eleven and the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission late last year, we had the go-ahead needed to enable the frequent release of this data to the consumer,” Informed Sources Managing Director Alan Cadd said.
Informed Sources captures retail fuel prices in a number of ways, including electronic capture from its largest subscribers. The undertaking with the ACCC requires electronically captured data from all subscribing petrol retailers to be accessible at the same time to consumers and third-party organisations.
“We see this as a real win for motorists as they’ll be able to see accurate prices on a timely basis through our subsidiary, Motormouth, and, with the innovation of app developers and commercial groups accessing the data from here, we also expect motorists to enjoy smarter options in how to view this information in the future,” Mr Cadd said.


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"The ring of the new year has come with an unpleasant surprise for some users of Microsoft's Hotmail service. According to multiple postings on Microsoft's official support forum for Windows Live, a number of users are reporting that their entire Hotmail accounts have been completely deleted without warning." | more
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Software giant Microsoft has said that it will improve Windows Live Hotmail in a new upgrade. Amongst the cunning plan is to link a user's account to a specific PC which will stop them being hijaked.
Microsoft said that it is investigating a security snafu at its Hotmail property that occurred earlier this week. Some Hotmail users report that, upon logging into their account, they would see the inbox that belonged to someone else.
Microsoft quickly issued a statement: "Microsoft is investigating reports of a limited number of instances in which Windows Live customers may have access to other customers' accounts when accessing their account through mobile web browser.
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Fiat, the Italian automaker that controls Chrysler Group, said
first-quarter profit fell 23 per cent on costs for new Jeep model
Trading profit, or earnings before interest, taxes and one- time items, declined to 618 million from 806 million a year earlier, the company said yesterday.
First-quarter profit at the US automaker fell 27 per cent to 593 million ahead of the introduction of new Jeep Compass and Cherokee sport-utility vehicles.
Fiat stuck to a target to increase full-year profit to between 4 billion and 4.5 billion from 3.81 billion in 2012, even after the European auto market plunged 9.7 per cent in the first quarter.
The stock has gained 22 per cent this year, valuing the carmaker at 5.8 billion. - (Bloomberg)
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Prestige targets business opportunities in Apapa with new branch
Prestige Assurance Plc, a member of New India Assurance Co. Limited, has launched a new branch in Apapa, strategically to reach out to more customers closer to their door steps.
The company said it has put in place modern facilities and capable human resources to ensure its customers in Apapa and environs are adequately served.
The Chairman of the company, Hassan Usman, said the company is prepared to meet all its claims obligations, adding that it has the financial capacity that make it a clear leader in the sector.
Usman represented by a director, Muftau Oyegunle, said the company has an array of products that customers in Apapa should take advantage of for protection of their assets and healthcare needs.
The Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, Balla Swamy, said in its commitment to continue to add value to its customers, the underwriter has developed a set of new products, including prestige Overseas Mediclaim Policy (POMP), unemployment policy and many others.
“However, we shall continue to invest in our people, product, technology for service excellence and good customer relations, while remaining committed to complying with all regulatory requirements,” he assured.
Prestige Assurance Plc was established in 1952, as a branch office of the new India Assurance Co., one of the leading insurers in the Afro- Asian region in 28 countries.
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T-Mobile UK has announced that it has sold 100,000 Android mobile phones, also known as the HTC G1 Dream, since the device was released 6 months ago.
The mobile phone network says that the sales of the phones had outstripped sales of other T-Mobile handsets in the UK apparently. There was also an official confirmation that T-Mobile will definitely be releasing a second smartphone based on the Android platform.
This can either mean that the HTC Magic that Vodafone is launching, will lose its exclusivity later this year or that HTC will be launching a third Android phone for its T-Mobile friends or that the network will get another supplier - may be Samsung with its I7500.
T-Mobile US announced that it sold 1m G1 since launch, which would have put the total global sales of G1 at around 1.3 million, given the fact that it is on sale in more than 12 countries. HTC revised its 2008 sales forecast up to 1 million units sold in November while Morgan Stanley estimated that only 300,000 G1 had been sold.
In comparison, Apple took around 11 weeks to sell more than 1.1million 1st generation iPhone while the second version took less than 80 hours to reach that figure.
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T-Mobile doesn't have a potent competitor to the iPhone 3G and will desperately need another phone to replace the ageing T-Mobile G1. The firm has been pushing the G1 hard ever since it staged a massive marketing demo in Liverpool train station and used it in almost all its adverts. The G1 still have a premium slot on T-mobile's website, which means that overall, one could even say that sales have been unexceptional.
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If you want to go cruising in style, iconic Italian style, take a look at the new Riva 76 Bahamas, which just made its U.S. debut at the Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show. It’s a combination of high-tech, legendary Riva styling and massive power – plus what the company calls “shark grey” paint with “bright black” detailing – that will turn heads in harbors from the Med to Miami. The new Riva also has a very cool carbon-fiber convertible top that transforms the three-cabin (plus crew), four-head beauty from an open boat to a coupe, all in 90 seconds.
“The new convertible epitomizes the synergy between excellence in yacht design and excellence in naval engineering,” said Alberto Galassi, CEO of the Ferretti Group, Riva’s parent company. The new Riva, he said, uses cutting-edge technology “and cruises like a dream.”
Powered by twin 1,550-hp MAN diesels, the new Riva cruises at 28 knots and tops out at 32 knots. If that’s not fast enough, you can opt for twin 1,800 MANs to cruise at 32 knots and top out at 37 knots.
Either way, the wind will definitely blow in your hair with the convertible top down. If the weather changes, push a button and raise Riva’s patented C-Top, made of carbon fiber. It lifts up from the forward cowling on two carbon fiber struts on each side and hooks into the double-curved, raked windshield with accents of polished stainless steel. Meanwhile, with the top raised, an extra seating and dining area opens up where it used to be. Neat.
True to its heritage, the Riva exudes luxury from stem to stern, with sunpads and lounges forward and aft. Below, the full-beam master has a forward-facing double bed and en suite head that is divided in to three separate areas – the sink, the shower and the toilet. The galley is down, as in an extra lounging area with an L-shaped sofa.
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UPDATE: For the Vietnamese version of this article, click here
An article came out last week on Thong Tin Cong Nghe, a local Vietnamese tech blog. It outlined eight trends that entrepreneurs should tackle in 2014. Included in this list are: wearable computing, tourism, education, health technology, e-commerce, 3D printing, cloud computing, and beer technology.
The nice thing about these lists is that they give you a quick peek into what could happen in the future. But the problem with them is they’re almost always wrong. Look at this Wired article in 2011. Every single prediction was wrong.
The thing is, it’s near impossible to accurately predict the future, unless you’re some visionary like Isaac Asimov or Marshal McLuhan. But these legends both still got things wrong. At the end of the day, it’s predictions like these that can lead entrepreneurs astray.
At events in Vietnam recently, and in my many interviews with new entrepreneurs, I’m amazed by the number of founders who, when asked why they are doing their product, they reply with “because it’s the new trend.” But as Alexander Osterwalder notes in the Wall Street Journal notes:”You know you’ve encountered another “wantrapreneur” when you bump into somebody who can reliably ID all the trendy topics VCs are currently investing in.”
The article is a thorough wake up call to entrepreneurs and you should give it a read, but the gist is: solve problems, don’t follow trends. And I think this is one of the most overlooked points for young entrepeneurs in Vietnam. Stop looking at trends for inspiration on your next startup. Look at what problems users and customers are facing in Vietnam and solve those problems. There’s plenty to solve. It’s not like the USA, where many of the basic societal problems like payment and transportation are fixed already. In Vietnam, it’s a totally new frontier.
If your startup has a reliable business model and an effective solution to a large problem, your users and investments will come.
P.S. Of course, these principles apply across the Asian ecosystems and are not just restricted to Vietnam. But given the latest interviews, I felt it had to be said.
(Editing by Terence Lee)


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The VM-aware storage vendor also announced new predictive analytics capabilities, nine new all-flash model options, and two new cloud offerings.
Mountain View CA-based storage vendor Tintri has announced a new scale-out storage platform with support for up to 160,000 VMs to support large private cloud infrastructures running diverse virtualized workloads. Related announcements included new predictive analytics capabilities, nine new models in the Tintri VMstore T5000 All-Flash Series, reflecting different new capacity options, and two new Tintri Cloud offerings.
“The new scale-out platform has two components to it,” said Chuck Dubuque, Senior Director, Product and Solution Marketing at Tintri. Not surprisingly, given Tintri’s overall focus on doing everything at the VM level, rather than the LUN level as had traditionally been the case with enterprise storage, as well as the VM-aware file system nature of their solution, one of these components is motivated by a desire to replicate an aspect of VMware’s design.
“Our VM scale-out software draws its inspiration from way VMware scales compute,” he said. “We want to do that same model of self optimization on the storage side.”
The scale-out software’s federated node design treats multiple Tintri VMstore appliances as one pool, regardless of their size and performance, and regardless of whether they are hybrid or all-flash, and with over 10 petabytes of capacity. It will also automatically provide the best placement recommendation for VMs.
“One thing customers have still had to do manually, is that if they were running out of space on one array, they would have to migrate them manually to another, and when they bought a new array they would have to figure out what to move,” Dubuque said. “This scale-out capability answers those questions. It keeps 30 days of historical data, and uses its algorithms to make least-cost recommendations. It’s a manual process at first – and can be configured to remain like that if that’s what the customer wants – but eventually twice a day it will look at algorithms and alert you with recommended actions with moving VMs from one VM to the other. This is also valuable when you initially populate a new array. Rather than figure out what to move when you have new storage, it will figure out what you should do.”
Tintri has always offered real-time, VM-level analytics as part of its Tintri Operating System and Tintri Global Center management system. The second new component now expands this to include a SaaS offering of predictive analytics that gives the ability to model both capacity and performance requirements, using big data engines like Apache Spark and Elastic Search.
“We think that about 80 per cent of our customers need this data,” Dubuque said. “Before the data would warn you if you were say, 80 per cent full, but this tells you things like when you will run out, or when you will hit a performance cliff.”
Further SaaS application modules are coming.
“We will add additional modules in the future at a pretty fast clip – like every couple weeks,” Dubuque said. “All these initial capabilities will be included as part of the maintenance contract. In the future, there may be some models we would add as add-ons where the customer would pay extra, but we haven’t figured that out yet.”
The announcement also includes nine new Tintri VMstore T5000 all flash models with capacity expansion capabilities.
“Our all-flash arrays have three different models, and we are introducing nine new models underneath them with different capacities,” Dubuque said. “These will range from starting at 17 TB to 308 TB on the largest T5080.
“We are switching to higher density drives, and each of the three base models now has a max capacity model and two smaller ones which can be doubled from an expansion capability,” he added. “This will let customers choose the right mix of capacity and performance, with the models being expandable if they don’t know what the right mix is today.”
Two new Tintri Cloud offerings were also announced. The Tintri Foundation Cloud scales out to 1.2 PB in as few as 8 rack units. The larger Tintri Ultimate Cloud delivers a 10 PB cloud-ready storage infrastructure for up to 160,000 VMs, delivering over 6.4 million IOPS in 64 RU. Both the Foundation Cloud and Ultimate Cloud include Tintri’s complete set of software offerings for storage management, VM-level analytics, VM Scale-out, replication, QoS, and lifecycle management.
VM Scale-out will be available through Tintri Global Center Advanced, which will be available in June 2016 as both a separate software license and a part of the Tintri Software Suite
Tintri Analytics is available immediately to customers with current Tintri VMstore support contracts.
The Tintri VMstore T5000 All-Flash Series with new capacity options is available now.
Tintri Foundation Cloud and Tintri Ultimate Cloud will be available for purchase in June 2016.


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Before stepping into her role as Sam's Club CEO in 2012, Brewer served six years in executive roles with Wal-Mart and 22 years at Kimberly-Clark, where she worked her way up from a research technician to president of manufacturing and operations.
During her time at Sam's Club, Brewer connected with Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz in a very unexpected way.
According to Fortune, Schultz came to the retailer's Bentonville, Arkansas, headquarters in 2016 for a panel discussion with Wal-Mart CEO Doug McMillon. But when McMillon had to cancel at the last minute, he called on Brewer to stand-in (Sam's Club is owned by Wal-Mart.)
From there, the two continued to build on their relationship, with Brewer and her team visiting Starbucks' flagship "roastery" in Seattle, where Schultz asked Brewer if she would consider joining the company's board. Fortune reports that Brewer initially declined Schultz's offer, but joined Starbucks board earlier this year after stepping down from her leadership position at Sam's Club.
Kevin Johnson, who took over as Starbucks CEO in April, tells Fortune that Brewer's impressive work as a board member is what made him consider her for the COO role about two months ago as other board members agreed that she would be a great addition to the company's executive team.
"She has been a trusted strategic counselor to me ever since she joined our board of directors, and I deeply value her insight, business acumen and leadership expertise," Johnson said in a press release.


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DUBLIN—Ireland's troubled banking system became the latest flash point in Europe's continuing economic crisis, as the government said it would split up the weakest of its major banks to stave off a run by depositors.
Irish Finance Minister Brian Lenihan, days after meeting European Union officials, said state-owned Anglo Irish Bank Corp. would be divided into a government-backed bank that would hold customer deposits and an "asset recovery bank" holding the bank's increasingly bad loans. The asset-recovery bank could be sold in whole or part down the road. Mr. Lenihan said the cost of the restructuring would be announced in October.
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TOKYO Asian stocks were on edge on Wednesday with most markets stumbling as geopolitical tensions flared after Turkey downed a Russian fighter jet, while crude oil prices eased from two-week highs.
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With more than 3000 specialised apps launched alongside the iPad, the majority of them don't come cheap.
As the iPad App Store continues to grow at a fast pace, TechCrunch reported that there are more than 3000 apps in the App Store and most of them are paid apps (2523 paid and 599 free).
Games are the most prominent, with 942 total iPad apps, of which 804 are paid apps. And of the 154 book apps available, nearly all are paid apps.
The average price of apps is $US4.99, a significant rise from most iPhone apps. The total cost of every iPad app in the store rings up to a whopping $US12,572.
Newspapers and magazines have also set their prices high, with Time magazine’s iPad app costing $US4.99 per issue and a Wall Street Journal iPad subscription ringing up at $US17.29 per month.
MacGuide previously wrote about the inflated prices of iPad apps, but most consumers are hoping that app prices will start to fall as developers eventually drop prices, as they did with iPhone apps when the device was introduced.
As users start to decide how much they’re willing to spend on apps, developers and content providers will start to take note and adjust prices accordingly, meaning that the app store could be priciest now as there’s not yet an expected norm when it comes to app pricing.


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With E3 less than two weeks away, we’ve got some new details on what Xbox has got going on for the biggest gaming event of the year!
We’ll be kicking things off with our annual Xbox E3 2018 Briefing, which you can watch live beginning on Sunday, June 10 at 1:00 p.m. PDT. During the briefing, you’ll have a chance to check out everything from in-depth looks at previously-announced games to trailers for our unannounced titles coming in 2018 and beyond. You can watch the Xbox E3 2018 Briefing live beginning at 1 p.m. PDT on June 10 on the official Xbox Channel on Mixer, or on the Mixer app for Xbox One and mobile. Viewers logged into Mixer will be eligible for a special MixPot full of digital content – stay tuned for more details.
As was the case last year, the Xbox E3 2018 Briefing on Mixer will be offered in six languages: English, German, French, Italian, Spanish (LATAM), Portuguese (LATAM), and includes support for English Closed Captions. To select an alternate language, click the “cog” button within Mixer to view the available list. We’re excited for fans all around the world to join in on the Xbox E3 2018 Briefing festivities.
We’re also very happy to announce that we’re partnering with cross-platform entertainment media brands Fuse and FM to bring the Xbox E3 2018 Briefing to cable and satellite subscribers in the U.S. and Canada at 1:00 p.m. PDT (or 4:00 p.m. EDT for you east coast dwellers!). The Briefing will also livestream on Fuse.tv and an encore presentation will air on FM at 9:00 p.m. PDT (12:00 a.m. EDT).
Be sure to hit up Fuse.tv to find out where you can watch Fuse.
This year will mark the first year that Inside Xbox will be airing during E3. Inside Xbox will air Monday, June 11 at 3 p.m. PDT and will feature a livestream full of exclusive announcements, game demos, interviews, giveaways and more.
Mixer at E3 2018
Mixer is the best place to catch all of the action from this year’s E3. From Saturday, June 9 to Friday, June 15, tune in at www.mixer.com for the latest news, gameplay, exclusive interviews and more. For fans attending E3 in person this year, we’ll have a dedicated Mixer booth located in the South Hall of the LACC, where you can get hands-on with new titles, watch the live broadcast each day, and catch your favorite Mixer Partners streaming live from the show floor. We’re also happy to announce a special showing of HypeZone Live featuring a new battle royale experience. Players can compete to see if they can make it into the HypeZone and walk away with some sweet swag.
Enjoy the Xbox Experience at the Microsoft Theater
This year, we’re excited to call the Microsoft Theater our Xbox home base for the week of E3.
On Tuesday, June 12 and Wednesday, June 13, E3 Expo Badge holders will have the opportunity to experience our brand new Xbox Experience at the Microsoft Theater during expo hours. Featuring a diverse lineup of blockbuster games and experiences, including many of the titles shown in our briefing, attendees will have an opportunity to experience hands-on why Xbox is the best place to play.
Whether you love first-person shooters, action-adventure games or the latest independent darling, the Xbox Experience is the place to be this E3.
Visit the Xbox Official Gear Shop
For the first time, come and visit the Xbox Official Gear Shop by Microsoft Stores in the Xbox Experience at E3. Fly your gaming colors and show off your fandom for Xbox and award-winning franchises like Halo, Forza Motorsport, and Gears of War as well as limited edition designer collaborations. We will have more information on this exciting new initiative over the coming weeks.
Celebrate E3 at Microsoft Store
Check out your local Microsoft Store on timing and details to watch the Xbox E3 2018 briefing taking place on Sunday, June 10, and participate in Forza Motorsport 7 tournaments for a chance to win Xbox One themed prizes.
If you are in Los Angeles, we’ve also got a special event taking place at the Microsoft Store at Westfield Century City where we are celebrating E3 with USC Alum and now Tennessee Titans cornerback Adoree’ Jackson on Sunday, June 10. Visit Microsoft Store for more information and timing.
Finally, for fans planning to attend in person, we recommend you take a look at E3’s updated security protocols to ensure you have an optimal experience.
Be sure to head on over to the Xbox E3 Online Experience for more information and details on what we’ve got going on for the week.
Here’s to a great E3!


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Shares of artificial intelligence software firm C3.ai fell sharply on Thursday after the company’s latest financial result Analysts saw a flurry of price target cuts and at least one downgrade, leaving the Street seriously disappointed.
For its fiscal second quarter ended October 31, C3.ai (ticker: AI) posted subscription revenue of $47.4 million, up 32% year on year and slightly below Street forecasts.
Shares of C3.ai fell 17.3% to $27.98 on Thursday, after setting a record intraday low of $27.90.
Total revenue was $58.3 million, up 41% from a year ago and slightly above both Company’s Guidance Range $56 million to $58 million and the Wall Street analyst consensus at $56.9 million. On a non-GAAP basis, the company lost 23 cents per share in the quarter, lower than the Street consensus estimate at a loss of 28 cents. Under generally accepted accounting principles, the company lost 55 cents per share.
There was some noise around remaining performance obligations, or RPO, which was $465.5 million, up 74% from a year ago and up 60% sequentially. However, the strong numbers were almost entirely due to the expansion of the company’s relationship with oil services firm Baker Hughes.,
The company said it has increased its total contracts from $45 million to $495 million over the next 3.5 years with guaranteed revenue of $357 million. The company said it now has 104 customers, up 63 percent from a year ago.
BofA Global Research analyst Brad Sills cut his rating on news of underperforming C3.ai shares from neutral, with a new target price of $40, down from $65. Sills writes in a research note that subscription revenue was lighter than expected. He also says that when you take back the extended Baker Hughes deal, the remaining performance obligations have actually fallen 16% from the July quarter. The analyst writes that “sales execution challenges stemming from a failed sales restructuring” impacted both subscription and RPO growth, and he sees the risk to consensus revenue growth projections.
JPMorgan analyst Mark Murphy, who already had an underweight rating on the stock, slashed his target price from $53 to $43. He cited the same factors that were listed: The company recognized that a sales restructuring failed to provide the business the expected lift, resulting in disappointing subscription revenue growth.
“While we remain constructive on C3’s technology and long-term opportunity, we think investors will be focused on monitoring its ability to digest a noisy Q2 and see a rebounding booking performance for Q3,” they write.
For the January quarter, the company is forecasting revenue of $66 million to $68 million with a non-GAAP loss from operations of $26 million to $30 million. For the April 2022 fiscal year, C3.ai sees revenue of $248 to $251 million, with a non-GAAP loss from operations of between $100 million and $108 million.
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Popularity of secondhand storesThe secondhand retail market, particularly secondhand apparel , has been gaining traction in recent years, and is projected to grow at a fast pace globally. According to the JJ竞技直播观看(JJ竞技数据抽注网) Global Survey, clothing was the most popular item that consumers purchased secondhand in 2022. The increased interest in secondhand articles has many drivers behind it, and affordability and the consumer’s wish to live a more sustainable life are the leading ones across the UK. eBay, one of the world's earliest secondhand marketplace players, was a well-known brand, and used by 70 percent of UK consumers .
Besides online marketplaces, one of the most common types of secondhand stores in the UK is the charity shop. In 2020, sales in charity shops were around 700 million British pounds since 2017. British Heart Foundation was the most popular charity with the British public in 2022.


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More DIY restaurant food from Center City District
The Center City District has just released its winter 2012 edition of its popular, downloadable cookbook, Center City Cooks, as it gears up for the next Center City District Restaurant Week (Jan. 20-25 & Jan. 27- Feb. 1).
The cookbook contains a dozen recipes for appetizers, main dishes, desserts, and cocktails.
Among them: California Dates and Pennsylvania Goat Cheese (wrapped in smoked bacon) from Square 1682; Risotto with Radicchio with a recipe provided by Liberte Urban Chic Lounge @ Sofitel Hotel; a decadent desert, Chestnut Crespelli, from Le Castagne; and The Devil's Spice Cider, a yummy drink from Devil's Alley.
Of particular note: The Prime Rib restaurant divulges its recipe for lobster bisque - a rich classic.
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Feb 19, 2013 8:23 PM by Bill Folsom
There is a cause and effect linked to the gun control debate at the Colorado state capitol. Lawmakers are pushing for gun control like never before and because of it many gun shops are seeing sales like never before.
At Dragonman's gun store in El Paso County, sales are faster than stock can be replaced. "They're buying the ammo, they're buying the clips. Look at the walls. Very busy. We sold in the last six weeks 800 guns. That's a record," said Owner, Mel Bernstein. He also says the price of some hard to find guns has doubled, even tripled.


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Safari's Intelligent Tracking Protection is misspelled, says Google: It should be Dumb Browser Stalking Enabler
Chocolate Factory boffins doubt Apple can fix it, either
Google security researchers have published details about the flaws they identified last year in Intelligent Tracking Protection (ITP), a privacy scheme developed by Apple's WebKit team for the company's Safari browser.
In December, Apple addressed some of these vulnerabilities (CVE-2019-8835, CVE-2019-8844, and CVE-2019-8846) through software updates, specifically Safari 13.0.4 and iOS 13.3. Those bugs could be exploited to leak browsing and search history and to perform denial of service attacks.
But they're not quite fixed, according to Google's boffins. In a paper [PDF] titled, "Information Leaks via Safari's Intelligent Tracking Prevention," authors Artur Janc, Krzysztof Kotowicz, Lukas Weichselbaum, and Roberto Clapis claim that the proposed mitigations "will not address the underlying problem."
And on Wednesday, Justin Schuh, Google engineering director for Chrome security and privacy, made a similar claim via Twitter. Google, he said, had found similar security flaws in a Chrome tool called XSS Auditor and had decided they were fundamentally unfixable.
"After several back and forths with the team that discovered the issue, we determined that it was inherent to the design and had to remove the code," he explained.
Schuh expressed skepticism that Apple will be able to salvage ITP. "They attempt to mitigate tracking by adding state mechanisms, but adding state often introduces worse privacy/security issues," he wrote.
The Register asked famously non-communicative Apple to weigh in. And as might be expected, we haven't heard back.
Intelligent Tracking Protection's reason for being is to protect users from being tracked online. It tries to do so by preventing web resources from being loaded in a third-party context. For example, it stops third-parties (e.g. Google) from knowing when users visit non-Google websites that contain code for fetching Google resources (e.g. images or scripts).
But the techniques ITP uses to shield users from third-party tracking are trackable, Google says.
You had one job, Cupertino: Apple's Intelligent Tracking Protection actually gets tracking protectionREAD MORE
One such method involves creating a list of websites that make cross-site resource requests and counting an "ITP strike" when that happens. Given enough of these, ITP takes steps to enforce privacy, specifically removing relevant cookies and trimming the Referer header so it only includes the origin (domain) instead of the referring document's full URL. This reduces the information available to infer a user's identity and to associate it with third-party requests from other websites.
"As a result of customizing the ITP list based on each user’s individual browsing patterns, Safari has introduced global state into the browser, which can be modified and detected by every document," the paper explains. "Any site can issue cross-site requests, increasing the number of ITP strikes for an arbitrary domain and forcing it to be added to the user’s ITP list."
In effect, ITP's global list can be force-fed new entries which can then be read to reveal the ITP state for any domain, a process not unlike the side-channel techniques used to probe processor memory registers. The end result is that ITP itself is a fingerprinting vector.
"What you end up with is a personalized anti-tracking model baked into your browser," explained Artur Janc, a Google security engineer and one of the paper's co-authors, via Twitter. "That model is not only a unique identifier, but also reveals information about sites you visited since last clearing browsing state. That's not great."
The Google research paper describes five attacks and provides links to four PoC implementations (best experienced using Safari):
- 1) Revealing domains on the ITP list
- 2) Identifying individual visited websites
- 3) Creating a persistent fingerprint via ITP pinning
- 4) Forcing a domain onto the ITP list
- 5) Cross-site search attacks using ITP
Though the paper discusses mitigations, which Apple applied with its patches in December, it contends that the ITP fingerprinting attack and and the ITP list exposure attack should still be possible.
Janc credits Apple with trying to improve online privacy and observes that these side-channel concerns apply to anyone altering browser data based on locally gathered data where those changes can be detected remotely. ®


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Louis Vuitton: Objets Nomades at Salone del Mobile 2017
Created in 2012, the Objets Nomades collection keeps alive Louis Vuitton’s long tradition of beautifully crafted travel objects.
This year’s exhibition added 10 new Objets Nomades to the total colleciton of 25, including designs by IDS Alumni Raw Edges, nendo, Patricia Urquiola (above left), the Campagna Brothers (above centre) and Marcel Wanders (above right). With this collection, two new designers joined the House: India Mahdavi and Tokujin Yoshioka.
Over 160 years after Louis Vuitton began exploring new territories and ideas of travel, the Objets Nomades collection can be seen as proof that Louis Vuitton has lost none of its sense of adventure.


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The Electronic Frontier Foundation is petitioning the US Copyright Office for a DMCA exemption legalizing "jailbreaking" — modifying the devices you own so that they can run software of your choosing. The Copyright Office holds hearings every three years on DMCA exemptions and these need to be renewed at each hearing.
To highlight the need for a jailbreaking exemption, EFF has made this video showing how Sony shipped its PlayStation 3 with the promise that users could run GNU/Linux on it, a promise that was taken up by many purchasers, including the USAF, who used a room full of PS3s running Linux to make a clustered supercomputer. But Sony changed its mind and revoked the feature after the fact and began to actively pursue legal penalties against researchers who attempted to restore it.
However, in April 2010, Sony's mandatory firmware update — version 3.21 — removed the ability to install "Other OS" — meaning no more Linux on your PlayStation. To add legal muscle to its firmware, Sony sued several security researchers for publishing information about security holes that would allow users to run Linux on their machines again. Claiming that the research violated the DMCA, Sony asked the court to impound all "circumvention devices" — which it defines to include not only the defendants' computers, but also all "instructions," i.e., their research and findings.
This means you can set your PlayStation on fire, but you can't run Linux on hardware you own. To illustrate how ludicrous this is, we made a video illustrating what an owner can do with a PlayStation — and what Sony contends they can't.


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Vishing or voice phishing - when a criminal impersonates trusted organisations like your bank or the police on the phone to gain access to your money - is on the rise, and making criminals serious cash.
Nearly £24m was lost to phone scams in 2014, according to Financial Fraud Action UK - treble the amount of scams in 2013. And the majority (80%) of people conned out of cash were over 55, according to the Financial Ombudsman, with one in five of these being over 75. Often, due to the tactics these fraudsters use, the bank is not to blame and the money cannot be claimed back.
What is vishing?
Fraudsters con people out of money by impersonating the police or their bank. Also known as the 'No hang up' method, the scammers will ring you and impersonate a trustworthy figure like a bank or the police, they can stay on the line even after you have hung up. This means that if you use the same phone to call your bank (or anyone else) the scammers will still be on the line.
Many fraudsters even have the technology to mimic an official telephone number so it comes up on your caller ID display or sync with your text messages from your bank. This means you can't always rely on your phone's caller ID. Citizen's Advice also revealed that one in three cold call scams are for fraudulent financial and professional services and cold calling is the most common type of fraud, closely followed by internet fraud then postal fraud.
Can I get my money back from the bank?
Banks aren't necessarily accountable if you're caught out. Of people who complained to the Ombudsman, one in four cases found the bank’s response to the fraud was not good enough, so the customers were compensated. The remaining complaints found that the bank had done all it can do and that the money had been stolen with the bank not at fault. 'Banks have a duty to act on their customers’ instructions. So if a consumer transfers or withdraws money themselves during a scam, they’re unlikely to get it back,' an Ombudsman spokesperson explains.
This means that you need to be diligent in what you do and don't believe. In general, if it seems too good to be true it probably is - and it's unlikely that you've won something if you haven't entered the competition.
If you're contacted out of the blue then there is good reason to be suspicious. These points might seem obvious but the criminals are very persuasive and you need to make sure any vulnerable relatives do not fall victim. 'Some older people are more vulnerable to fraud because they live alone or in isolation,' says Caroline Abrahams, Charity Director at Age UK, 'but fraud is something that can happen to any of us. In fact, people who are financially proficient and avid users of the internet are just as likely to be at risk.'
Follow these tips to avoid getting caught out
1. If in doubt, don’t reply, hang up and wait five minutes to clear the line or use another phone to call your bank in case the scammer is still on the line.
2. Your bank will never ask you to transfer money to a new account for fraud reasons and it will never send someone to your home to collect cash, bank cards or anything else.
3. Banks never ask for your PIN or passwords in full on the phone or via email – including keying your PIN into your phone.
4. Protect your financial details by shredding old bank statements, receipts and other documents containing any financial information (such as account numbers) when you throw them away.
5. Genuine computer firms do not make unsolicited phone calls to help you fix your computer so if someone calls you about this they are not really hoping to help you.


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ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Anne Arundel County police are searching for a suspect who pepper sprayed a shop keeper during a suspected shoplifting.
Police say officers were called to the Ulta Beauty store Friday afternoon in Harbor Center shopping center for a reported shoplifting.
Police say a suspect stole about $1,000 worth of fragrances from store shelves. Then a second suspect sprayed store employees with a chemical pepper spray, and the two suspects escaped.
The employee who was sprayed was treated by fire department personnel and was taken to a hospital for further treatment. A store manager declined treatment.
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Fujitsu Technology Solutions to restructure, adjust headcount
FTS to focus on services and solutions, parent company cuts 5,000 jobs
Fujitsu Technology Solutions (FTS), the Europe, Middle East, African and Indian subsidiary of Fujitsu Ltd has announced a restructuring initiative to streamline operations and reduce operating expenses.
The restructuring will result in a "headcount adjustment" according to FTS, as the company looks to cut OPEX by 150m euros ($203.3m).
The company cited an "increasingly challenging economic environment and to fundamental changes in the ICT market," for the restructure, which will see a shift to services and solutions.
Fujitsu will seek to increase its relatively small share of the services market in the CEMEA&I region. The company will streamline and balance its product portfolio and coordinate research and development, supply and manufacturing more seamlessly with Fujitsu's operations in Japan.
Rod Vawdrey, chief executive officer at Fujitsu Technology Solutions commented: "Fujitsu continues to globalize into an end-to-end services, solutions and technology provider, strengthening its value proposition to customers as a strategic partner, worldwide. Through its size and global reach, and thanks to its broad portfolio, ranging from hardware, software and solutions to ICT services, Fujitsu is one of only a few companies worldwide able to deliver comprehensive end-to-end solutions from a single vendor."
Parent company Fujitsu Ltd has also announced the loss of 5,000 jobs, and the merger of its LSI chip business with that of Panasonic Corp.
Fujitsu Ltd has predicted a net loss of Y95.0 billion ($1 billion) for the full business year, down from a profit of Y42.71 for the previous business year.
FTS was created when parent company Fujitsu bought German engineering company Siemens out of 50-50 joint venture Fujitsu Siemens Computers.


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Indian wedding business goes global
The big fat Indian wedding business is going global. Soon the unique wedding exhibition, Celebrating Vivaha, will spread wings to three countries: Britain, Malaysia and Singapore.
Come May 2008, the wedding extravaganza will charm Britons and non-resident Indians (NRIs) at the Barbican Exhibition Centre, London.
"A three-day exhibition from May 16 will try to cash in on the Indian root and a growing fascination of foreigners for the Indian way of tying the nuptial knot," said Rohit Moona, the business coordinator of the Celebrating Vivaha exposition.
"Currently, the Indian wedding market is worth over Rs 800 billion and is growing by at least 25 per cent per annum. Some NRIs come to India to purchase bridal wear and this effort will help them get it in their current country and will boost the Indian wedding market," Moona told IANS.
The organisers of Celebrating Vivaha are also hoping to take the event to the US, Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh by 2009.
The exposition is a platform to showcase the latest in the wedding market. From bridal wear, trousseau packaging, jewellery to lifestyle products ranging from showpieces, cutlery, utensils, paintings and gift items are exhibited and sold at the same place.
The fair even has the facility to offer wedding planners and honeymoon packages.
Organisers and exhibitors were of the opinion that the growing popularity of Bollywood stars and especially the television operas of Ekta Kapoor are catalysing the growth of the Indian wedding market.
"The presence of Bollywood stars in the exhibition yields good results. Besides, women abroad are influenced largely by Ekta Kapoor's soap operas," said Ratika Seth, communication head of the fair.
"People want to organise their weddings as it is shown in daily opera's and they do not mind exceeding their budget for it.
"Whether one believes it or not, Shilpa Shetty is a household name in London. Similarly, Shah Rukh Khan is a mini god in Malaysia. And their presence boosts the business," she added.
The event turned into a pan-Asia fair last year with its first offshore opening in Dubai. The fair is known as In Touch With Fashion there. The second edition of it is scheduled for October 10-13 at the Al Bustan Hotel, Dubai.
Overwhelmed by the response of the customers, both exhibitors and organisers are upbeat about the future.
"I have been associated with Vivaha since the beginning and every time the response of the customers is getting better, especially the walk-in-customers," said Aarti Mehra, an exhibitor, fashion designer and owner of bridal wear label Study by Janak.
"The ratio of immediate sales on the stalls is not too high but 99 per cent clients come back after the exhibition to purchase," added Mehra.
"The Dubai fair proved a runaway hit! And I am confident that my future efforts will consolidate our position as an international event, and help take the Indian wedding global," said Tarun Sarda, chief executive officer of the fair.
The organisers said that this year they will exhibit at Bangalore and Hyderabad and then move on to cities like Nagpur, Indore, Ahmedabad, Lucknow, Pune, Jaipur, Coimbatore and Bhubaneswar.
By 2009, they plan to move to 20 second-rung cities other than Chennai, Kolkata, New Delhi and Mumbai.


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Madrid will be the first city to host the exhibition of some of the best packaging designs in the world, which will be shown on November 13 and 14 at Packaging Innovations (IFEMA), the annual reference fair for the sector. These are the winning works of the latest edition of the Pentawards. Among them, are the Microsoft package for the Xbox Adaptative Controller, which has obtained the Diamond Pentaward, and designs for other major brands such as Xiaomi, Henessy or Pepsico.
The Pentawards, the most prestigious awards in the world in the field of packaging, began in 2007 in order to value the work of designers and present their best proposals across 5 categories: food, drinks, products body care, luxury and other products. They are awarded annually and this year there have been more than 2,000 applications from 54 countries on five continents.
As Raquel Carboneras, director of Packaging Innovations, points out, “those who visit the event will have a unique opportunity to see the best of design and packaging internationally, as well as discover the experience and viewpoints of well known names within the sector.”
The best success stories at the Pentawards Conference
Packaging Innovations will bring together several of the winners of the Pentawards and design and packaging gurus around the Pentawards Conference. On the first day of the fair, on November 13, Enrique Moreno, CEO of Cabello x Mure - an award-winning study in the Food category - will talk about “Packaging and trends, the value of emotions”. Next, Steve Honor, from Diageo UK, will address the role of design as a tool to connect with the consumer.
In the afternoon, Gonzalo Jaén, creative director and CEO of Digital Fish, a firm that has received a Sliver Pentaward in the beverage category, will address the importance of updating the packaging.
On the 14th, Javier Bidezabal, Johana Dueñas and Eduardo España, from Auriga, will open the session with the presentation “Experiences of unboxing”. This studio has just received a Platinum Pentawards, the highest distinction after the Diamond Pentaward. After his intervention, it will be the turn of Nacho Lavernia, confounder of Lavernia & Cienfuegos, who has obtained a Silver Pentaward. His presentation, "The popularization of luxury", will deal with the evolution of the design of perfume products in the large distribution, to offer consumers the attributes of luxury but at affordable prices.
Two other Pentawards winners, Marc Morillas, from Morillas Branding Agency, and Beatriz Suárez and Miguel Ángel del Baño, from Estudio Maba, will put the finishing touch to the morning conferences with their presentations “Packaging: know your winning horse” and "The designer as an ally."
The next packaging: ecological, intelligent and interactive
Visitors to Packaging Innovations, which will be held jointly with Empack, Label & Print and Logistics & Distribution, will know all the news of a sector that is undergoing an intense transformation as a result of the emergence of electronic commerce, the growing concern for the environment and sustainability, and new consumer habits.
This is reflected in the “Trends Packaging 2019” study, conducted by the CoolHunting consultancy for Packaging Innovations that shows a growing interest of buyers for degradable and recyclable packaging, and for those that incorporate qualities that extend the life of the products.
Another trend that is gaining ground is that of smart packaging - which, for example, informs about the state of its content or warns the consumer of when it is necessary to replace it - and interactive packaging, which allows customization or connection With social networks.
In the field of design there is a strong tendency to reflect pride in the local packaging, presenting it as close and authentic and as a differential value in an increasingly globalized world.
Also trending is "Mysticism on demand", with messages based on slow consumption, on healthy and spirituality. And the so-called Net Art, -popular with millennials- that incorporates aesthetic references to virtual and computer design programs.


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Nintendo says no to virtual equality in life game
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Nintendo isn't allowing gamers to play as gay in an upcoming life simulator game.
The gaming company said Tuesday it wouldn't bow to pressure to allow players to woo characters of the same sex in English editions of "Tomodachi Life." This follows a social media campaign launched by fans last month seeking virtual equality for the game's characters.
The fans had urged Nintendo Co. to add same-sex relationship options to the English hand-held Nintendo 3DS game ahead of its June 6 release.
The game was originally released in Japan last year and features a cast of avatars based on real players living and playing on a virtual island.
Several past life games like "The Sims" and "The Elder Scrolls" have allowed players to create characters that can have same-sex relationships.


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Editor’s note: How refreshing to see that there are efforts being made to introduce children to foods other than chicken nuggets and pizza. Great step toward changing a culture that has spawned a childhood obesity epidemic.
Second-grader Tyler Keely thought the pomegranate seeds he popped into his mouth tasted like another fruit altogether.
“It tastes like apple juice but in a gummy,” he said.
Tyler and his classmates at Mount Wolf Elementary School paused their normal classroom lessons this week for a visit from cafeteria manager Wendy Garman, bearing sample-size cups of pomegranate seeds, which she described as looking like “ruby red kernels of corn.”
Before trying the arils, or seeds, the students saw pictures of where the fruit grows in Arizona and California, and passed around a whole fruit and one that was already sliced to see the inside.
Fresh Express Inc. is voluntarily recalling a limited quantity of expired 10-oz. Hearts of Romaine salad with the expired Use-by Date of Aug. 23, 2012 and a Product Code beginning with “G222” as a precaution due to a possible health risk from Listeria monocytogenes.
No illnesses are reported in association with the recall. No other Fresh Express products are being recalled.
Fresh Express customer service representatives are already contacting retailers to confirm the product was removed from their inventories and store shelves in accordance with standard procedures for products that have reached their expiration date. Customers with questions may contact their Fresh Express customer service representative.
In an unlikely event that consumers may still have this expired product in their refrigerators, it should not be consumed, but discarded instead. Consumers with questions may call the Fresh Express Consumer Response Center at 800-242-5472 during the hours of 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time.


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Sony have released details on the upcoming update,1.70 for the PlayStation 4.
The new update, which Sony have said is ‘coming soon’, will allow players to pre-load games whilst also edit their captured footage with the SHAREfactory app.
This new editing app will let you apply text, stickers and video commentary if you have a PlayStation Camera to your gameplay footage. Users will also be able to put their gameplay footage on to their USB sticks.
A trailer for the SHAREfactory has also been released. Let us know your thoughts via the comment section below.


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Microsoft: Use Public Health Strategies to Fight Cyber-attacks
title=Established Methods Inadequate in Fight Against Botnets} In his paper, the Microsoft executive compared not following security risks to ignoring the hazards of smoking or spreading dangerous human viruses such as SARS and H1N1. According to Charney, established security methods-firewalls, antivirus software, patching and the like-have been inadequate in fighting botnets, which are computer robots that spread malware or viruses.Charney proposes that technology products be required to receive a health certificate, while suggesting that health certificate requirements could lead to software patches, firewalls and antivirus programs being applied properly. He mentioned the EuroPriSe (European Privacy Seal) as an independent seal to use as a model. Of course, it's not a perfect solution. Charney notes that it could happen that a user requires a VOIP connection for a 911 call and his or her connection gets blocked because the system lacks a proper health certificate. "Information learned through the health examination process may be extremely valuable to those attempting to understand and preserve the health of the Internet," Charney wrote. In his paper, Charney proposed three steps: ensuring that devices can earn trustworthy health certificates; building an infrastructure that allows companies to receive the health certificates and act on them; and encouraging quick sharing of information about new threats. The "Collective Defense" strategy entails teamwork among governments, ISPs, the IT industry and users, according to Charney. "We cannot expect consumers to become security experts, but if we think about how the public health model helps consumers to understand when they are ill and when they should get treated, we can come up with relevant concepts that are applicable to Internet security," Charney concluded.
"If a device is known to be a danger to the Internet, the user should be notified and the device should be cleaned before it is allowed unfettered access to the Internet, minimizing the risk of the infected device contaminating other devices or disrupting legitimate Internet activities," he advised.


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For people in the path of the pope's East Coast tour, getting a package delivered might require some divine intervention.
FedEx, UPS and the U.S. Postal Service have all told customers to expect service delays and disruptions as Pope Francis visits New York City, Philadelphia, and Washington, D.C., this week.
He touches down in the nation's capital on Tuesday, fresh off a visit to Cuba, before heading to New York on Thursday and Philadelphia on Saturday, where he will stay for a day before heading back to Rome on Sunday.
That might be good news for Catholics eager to catch a glimpse of the pope, but bad news for people waiting for the delivery of their new iPhone, due out on Friday.
In Philadelphia, some USPS collection boxes will be removed or locked, and service delayed for some zip codes. USPS expects "only minimal/limited delays to deliveries and collections" in New York and Washington.
FedEx told customers to expect "delays and disruptions" in certain areas of all three cities.
"Our goal is 100% reliability and we appreciate our customers’ patience and understanding while our operations teams work to minimize any delays," the company wrote on its website.
UPS customers can expect no deliveries or pick-ups in certain zip codes, and can check their status online.
With massive crowds expected, cities are committing large security details to ensure the pope's safety. The NYPD said there will be at least 7,000 uniformed cops and thousands of undercover officers on the ground as Pope Francis visits the city.


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Confirming rumors from last week, enterprise cloud computing titan Salesforce confirmed today that it has agreed to purchase New York City-based Buddy Media for $689 million.
Buddy Media offers social media analytics for some of the biggest brands in the world, including Ford and Hewlett Packard, and together with Salesforce’s Radian6, it could give companies unprecedented insight into their social standing online. Salesforce will buy the company for $467 million in cash, $184 million in common stock, and $38 million in vested options and restricted stock units.
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