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JetSmarter is more than just a private jet company. JetSmarter makes use of the mobile market as its primary platform, offering a more available private jet option for travellers via its iOS and Android app. Its algorithms create a unique opportunity not only for renting custom charters, but also for booking still-available seats on thousands of planes, thus efficiently filling space, meeting consumer and business needs and conserving resources. Through this technology, JetSmarter has lowered the barrier of entry into this private market, meriting its nickname as ‘industry disruptor.’
Since graduating Cum Laude from Boston University in 1989, Jason Binn has founded Niche Media (more commonly referred to as Greengale Publishing) and DuJour Media Group, been named Chief Advisor of Gilt Group, partnered with Getty Images and WireImage to display his personal photographic works, been named Ernst & Young’s Entrepreneur of the Year and earned many other accolades. Now, he will be taking his 25 years of marketing experience with him to the JetSmarter team as the new Executive Director.
Binn’s foremost concerns will be client relations and partnerships, as he hopes to collaborate with key influencers and leaders in the private aviation market, including, but not limited to, the company’s already existing celebrity members like Kim Kardashian and Jamie Foxx. Client Ashley Benson is hosting a private Vegas soiree for the company, and Binn will likely leverage JetSmarter’s backing by Jay-Z and the Saudi royal family to further push branding efforts.
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No, Amazon Owner Jeff Bezos Didn’t Buy the Yacht Flying Fox
The world’s biggest tech giant Jeff Bezos is not the owner of the 136-meter superyacht "Flying Fox" and he has never been on a holiday in Turkish Riviera on board of this mega yacht, according to some serious sources.
Did Jeff Bezos buy the one of the world’s biggest mega yacht Flying Fox? In the event that it sounds like an unrealistic banner, that is on the grounds that it is.
Actually Jeff Bezos, the 4th richest person in the world, has also a new boat under cosntruction. You can find news about it here: Jeff Bezos is constructing a 127-meter sailing yacht at Oceanco
In the past weeks, bits of gossip started to circle online that the Amazon owner purchased the 136-meter mega yacht Flying Fox at $400 million. This hypothesis commenced after columnist Yashar Ali tweeted a photograph of the yacht seen in Hisaronu bays in Turkey, from his Twitter account. In this tweet, Ali mentioned to the Flying Fox as "Jeff Bezos' new superyacht", however in the short notice he deleted his post.
According to him he tweeted about Bezos owning the vessel in the wake of seeing an Instagram post by eyewear creator Loree Rodkin which recommended the yacht had a place with the tech boss.
In any case, it seems none of that is valid. A source with information of the circumstance reveals to some magazines that Jeff Bezos does not buy the yacht Flying Fox and he is not the owner. The source also states that he has, at any time, never been on board of this mega yacht. After this, the company Amazon also denies that CEO Jeff Bezos owning the yacht.
Jeff Bezos has been connected to the Flying Fox as a possible buyer since German yacht producer Lürssen initially started building the yacht in 2017. The yacht has recently been accounted for to merit an incredible $400 million, which may clarify why the world's most extravagant man, as per Bloomberg and Forbes, is continually proffered as a potential buyer.
The 136.0m Flying Fox yacht was produced in 2019 by Lürssen. She includes an outside structure by Espen Oeino and an inside by Mark Berryman. She can rest up to 22 visitors dealt with by a team of 54. Flying Fox's inside design dozes up to 22 visitors in 11 rooms, including an ace suite, 10 VIP staterooms. She is likewise equipped for conveying up to 54 group locally available to guarantee a casual extravagance yacht involvement. Immortal styling, excellent decorations and lavish seating highlight all through to make an exquisite and agreeable environment. She is worked with Steel frame and Aluminum superstructure. Flying Fox is equipped for 20 ties level out, with a cruising velocity of 15 hitches.
According to sources, the owner of Flying Fox is Imperial Yacht Fleet from Monaco and the boat is registered as commercial charter yacht.

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Praise for Viper Subsea
A PORTISHEAD company has been praised for its successful export strategy which has contributed to it’s rapid expansion.
North Somerset MP Dr Liam Fox visited the head office of Viper Subsea, at Portisfield in Bristol Road, to congratulate the company on its ingenuity after it recently secured a major contract to export to Azerbaijan.
Dr Fox, who called at Viper Subsea before a trip to Azerbaijan to promote the skills and enterprise of south west businesses and help strengthen export opportunities, said: “Viper Subsea is an example of British enterprise at its best, overcoming domestic economic difficulties, looking for global markets and finding them.”
Up to 90 per cent of Viper Subsea’s business is export work. The company provides consultancy and designs and manufactures engineering products in the UK, which it sells to the oil and gas sector worldwide.
Viper Subsea managing director Neil Douglas said: “The timing of Dr Fox’s visit to us was excellent as he was heading off to Azerbaijan just five days after meeting with us. To have your local MP promote your business on his travels to further increase the export potential is fabulous.”
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Established in 2007, in Viper Subsea collected The New Enterprise Award at the Subsea UK Business Awards in 2011 and Neil Douglas was named as Institute of Directors South West Director of the Year.
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Financial services technology provider IRESS has appointed a new group executive, product.
Aaron Knowles has been appointed to the newly created position of group executive, product, a statement issued by IRESS said.
Mr Knowles will be responsible for all product functions across the company and will report to IRESS chief executive Andrew Walsh.
According to Mr Walsh, the creation of the new role reflects the growing demand for IRESS’ solutions.
“Clients are increasingly asking us to deliver integrated solutions that draw on both our financial markets and wealth management product range,” he said.
“The new role will ensure our teams are well positioned to continue to meet the needs of all clients.”
Mr Walsh said Mr Knowles brings “deep product and commercial knowledge” to the role.
“He has spent more than a decade at IRESS in a range of client-facing, business and product roles including four years as executive general manager, product – wealth.”
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|A recent New York Times poll found that 93% of Americans favor labeling of GMO foods.|
"Three-quarters of Americans expressed concern about genetically modified organisms in their food, with most of them worried about the effects on people’s health."
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The pushers of GMO's are unleashing science fiction monstrosities that threaten to overthrow the farm and village alike. It is time to get out the torches and pitch forks, gather publicly and make our demand -
"We want food! REAL food!"
And we want fake food to carry warning labels.
Most villagers agree that food producers should tell us if there are genetically modified products in what they are trying to sell us. But the mad scientists don't want to reveal the monster they are creating and unleashing upon a reluctant world.
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The following are some of the larger corporations that are actively fighting against GMO labelling. They don't really want you to know the truth about what you are eating when you consume their products.
It is estimated that 75-80% of processed food in Canada contains GMOs.
Campbell Soup Company
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Apple store stock levels of the mini 'a bit low'
Some online as well as physical retailers are reporting shortages, or in some cases complete outages, of Mac mini stock. Internet retailers Amazon, MacConnection, MacMall, and J&R are all reporting partial or complete sell-outs of the diminutive desktop. According to reports gathered by AppleInsider, Amazon is reporting only a few units of the Mac mini server, with MacMall and MacConnection completely bereft of stock. Also, German Mac news site Macerkopf.de reports that supply of the computer are being depleted in Germany.
MacNN contacted all of the Washington DC-area Apple stores, and found limited stock in two of the stores out of the seven contacted. One store employee regarding Mac mini availability alleged that "stock levels are a bit low, but it's a holiday and we haven't had anything but iPhones arrive in days."
The last update to the Mac mini was in the summer of 2011 to the Sandy Bridge processor line, as well as the addition of a Thunderbolt port. The Mac mini has been updated more recently than the iMac, with the flagship all-in-one last seeing an update in May of 2011.


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Kent's mask mandate effective immediately
While in Kent, mask and face coverings are now mandated but there is no instrument in place for enforcement.
Kent City Council voted to approve an ordinance mandating face coverings on Wednesday. Classified as emergency legislation, it takes effect immediately.
The mandate applies to all people within the city’s limits. Indoors, in addition to facial coverings, people are required to keep a minimum distance of 6 feet from non-group members. Outdoors, a minimum distance of 6 feet from non-group members must also be kept. If that is not possible, facial coverings must be worn.
The legislation requires that, unless a person meets an exception, all customers must wear facial coverings when inside stores or at restaurants and bars when not at their tables. Facial coverings would also be required when inside office spaces open to the public and while at personal care or grooming businesses. They may be removed, however, when customers receive services on a part of the head that is obscured by a mask.
City manager Dave Ruller said discussion about the topic had become more and more of a local issue recently, with residents expressing ample interest in seeing a mandatory mask ordinance adopted. In response, legislation was created by law director Hope Jones and health commissioner Joan Seidel, with the language mirroring similar ordinances seen in surrounding cities.
The ultimate goal of the measure is to protect the residents of Kent, Jones affirmed. Seidel said Kent wants to be proactive in its efforts to slow the spread of coronavirus. She told council that, looking at the daily number of new cases in Ohio currently, the state is on target to “be the next Texas, the next Arizona” in three to four weeks. By encouraging everyone to wear a mask, Seidel said, it would give people who are on the fence about wearing a mask that final "push" to wear one.
"Even for people who don't believe in masks, the great thing is masks still work for them, too,” Seidel said. “We want to ensure that we not only are practicing our rights but our responsibilities as citizens to protect ourselves and each other. That's why we're making this request."
Jones noted the ordinance did not have a section regarding enforcement because she wanted to hear council’s opinion about it. Council chose to approve the legislation as it was presented without adding an enforcement section. Ruller said the legislation is not meant to criminalize masks but, rather, is meant to educate and inform. He suggested establishing something along the lines of a hotline to the health department or possibly a web-based forum that people could use to report issues. Law enforcement would be called in, though, if a confrontation about mask wearing became violent.
No forum or hotline is currently in place, Seidel told the Record-Courier in a later email.
Councilman John Kuhar chose to abstain from the vote. Earlier in the meeting, he stated it was basically because he felt unsure about the government telling people what to do with their bodies. However, he noted, he voluntarily wears a mask in public.
Councilwoman Gwen Rosenberg, owner of Popped!, 175 East Erie St. #201, was asked at the meeting how comfortable she is enforcing the matter. If someone entered her business without a mask, she responded, she would not ask employees to confront that person. Rather, they will likely get that person served as fast as possible so they can leave.
Prior to the meeting, she had also spoken with other local business owners about their thoughts on a mask mandate. Rosenberg later told the Record-Courier that she found that they were worried about their businesses becoming a point of confrontation, noting videos of irate customers circulating on social media.
"They're trying to keep their businesses alive, let alone deal with some kind of social media fallout for taking a position on mask wearing," she said. "I think a lot of business owners were sort of laying low but, in the conversations that I've had, they were really kind of resigned to the fact that a mask mandate was coming."
Though it is new to customers, businesses and their employees have been under a state mask mandate for some time now. Rosenberg said she sees mask wearing as a way to protect employees from exposure. People should not lose sight of the fact that the people that serve them work with the public all day and it is in the interest of the safety of those workers that customers wear masks, too.
Starting Friday, Rosenberg said, the city will pass out masks for businesses to hand out to customers who do not have one. She plans to have a section of her shop that features hand sanitizer and masks for people to use.
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JULESBURG - The Pony Express had already ridden off into the sunset when William Dye Sr. and his son Fred opened the Dye Hardware Store 115 years ago today. Like it has since Feb. 23, 1886, the store will open for business, still selling wooden handles for milk pails and hand-forged wagon wheel bolts.
But there won't be a special celebration. Just too busy.
"A small community is a big plus. It is very easy to live out here," said the current owner, Tyson Pfau, who started working at the store as a 15-yearold. "The only drawback is the farm economy in Sedgwick County has been hit hard," he added, excusing himself to wait on a customer.
Heart of the community
The first ledger notations from Feb. 23, 1886, identify the frontier town as "Denver Junction." Modern-day Julesburg is at the spot where the frontier trail split off toward Denver and was the site of a Pony Express stop.
The store became the heart of the community on cold winter days, thanks to its hot stove in the back and room to chat a spell about the weather, crops or politics. It really attracted customers during the World Series.
Dye Hardware Store stayed in the Dye family for 109 years, until it was sold in 1995 to Pfau, who had learned the retail trade working for the Dyes while he attended high school in Julesburg.
One of the earliest Dyes, known to one and all as "Tin" Dye, was a tinsmith, as were some of the other Dyes, and their talents far exceeded such basic work at putting on tin roofs and gutters. "Tin" Dye made metal oil cans, tubs, boilers, milk pails, stove pipes and funnels for the store's shelves.
Didn't charge interest
There is still a bin full of milk-pail handles and another of hand-forged wagon wheel bolts. Other handmade metal bins hold nails and a custommade nail rake.
In the 1950s, Dye Hardware became store No. 802 in the rapidly growing ACE Hardware franchise, but it retained the family name. The new owner also kept the name.
Phyllis Dye started work at the store at age 22, although she had three children. Today she has a heart and mind full of memories, as well as those first ledgers, and turn-of-a-bygone-century hardware store ads.
Her husband, John Robert Dye, who died two years ago, was the fourth generation of the Dye family to run the store.
"We didn't charge interest when people billed things to their account," she said. "Some people only paid once a year" after the harvest was in, "but we knew they were good." Others came in the day the statements were being prepared and paid up, she said. "We hardly ever got stuck" with no payment - or with a bad check. "There are a lot of good people here in Sedgwick County," she said.
Peanuts set out for listeners
William C. Dye, Phyllis' late fatherin-law, once said the store had the first radio in town that would talk. For several seasons, when that radio was still a novelty, a blackboard was put up in the store to keep score during the World Series. Large barrels of peanuts were provided by the store for the enjoyment of listeners, recalled W.C. Dye in an interview 35 years ago with a Denver Post reporter.
W.C. Dye remembered a severe lightning storm when he was a boy. One bolt that hit the store "made a terrible bang" and literally ran down a shelf outside and welded 40 or 50 stovepipes and some empty lard cans together.
A motto on the wall at the time read: "We're not good because we're old. But we're old because we've been a good place to trade for over 80 years."
In an era long before convenience stores were open from 7 a.m. to 11 p.m., Dye Hardware opened at 7 a.m. and closed at 6:30 p.m. but stayed open until 10 p.m. on Saturday nights so farmers and ranchers could stop by after sunset to pick up needed supplies.
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Homeowners in Rugby are being warned about a business that is using false information.
According to Warwickshire County Council’s Trading Standards Service, Aquacoat Roof Coating Ltd is using an incorrect address on its advertising and claiming to be a limited company when it is not.
Aquacoat Roof Coating Ltd has been carrying out roofing work in the Rugby area. The trader is calling unexpectedly at homes in the town offering to jet wash and paint roofs. The business has been advertising its address on paper work supplied to customers as 72 Priory Road, Kenilworth. This is an accommodation address and the owners of the address have confirmed that Aquacoat Roof Coating Ltd have not registered to use the address.
The business also claims to be a registered limited company but is not registered as a limited company on the Companies House website.


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Sunday, July 15, 2012
The boss of a national pizza chain has “fallen in love” with Tottenham after working at its branch in the High Road for a Channel 4 documentary.
Fouad Haghighat donned a uniform and spent two days behind the counter in Pizza GoGo for the programme Undercover Boss, in which chief executives disguised as workers go back to the shop floor.
The takeaway - the first of the multi-million pound business set up by Fouad’s father in 1987 - found itself at the epicentre of last summer’s riots and was forced to close for nine days following smoke and fire damage.
Fouad was impressed with how well Tottenham has recovered in the year since the unrest and was struck by its positive vibe.
He said: “I found that people were relaxed. I saw the “I Love Tottenham” banners everywhere and wore the badge when I was making deliveries.
“Most people I spoke to told me the rioters weren’t even from Tottenham. They were just using it as an excuse.”
The shop’s manager Mohamed Ayubi, who has lived in Tottenham for 16 years, stopped the building from burning down completely when he pushed a burning police car away, saving the homes of families living in the flats above.
“It’s heartwarming to know that somebody in my business cares so much,” added Fouad. “But it reflects most people who have businesses in Tottenham. They did what they could.
“I fell in love with the place. I officially love Tottenham, too!”
Fouad knows nine days is a long time in business to be closed and the company handed out leaflets advertising they were re-open.
The takeaway didn’t get any calls for two months as people assumed they were closed.
“It had a big effect on our business,” he said. “Fortunately we have very local customers so they’re all coming back to us.”


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We have become the only bus firm in the UK to be part of a prestigious league of 100 companies, recognising us as the best in our field at communicating with customers through social media such as Facebook and Twitter.
The Social Brands 100 list was selected following detailed research of the social media sites of over 700 organisations and places trentbarton ahead of such household names as the BBC, British Airways, Coca Cola and John Lewis.
Alex Hornby, our Commercial Director, commented: “This is a great result for our trentbarton LIVE team who work round the clock to keep customers informed on our social media sites. Facebook and Twitter have become an invaluable form of two-way dialogue that enables us to communicate and get to the heart of our customers’ thoughts and needs. Over 32,000 people follow our range of social media sites to date.
“For a locally owned East Midlands business to share the spotlight with big budget, international super-heayweight brands, and us being the only bus company to feature at all, is a huge achievement and I'm really proud that our team's efforts have been recognised."
Social Brands 100 was created by social specialists Headstream in 2011 as an initiative to identify and acknowledge brands leading the way in social using qualitative and quantitative analysis. More information on the Social Brands 100 list can be found at www.socialbrands100.com
Picture caption: Commercial Director Alex Hornby with the trentbarton customer services team of (left to right) Nicola Grebby, Jane Beaver, Adele Gillott and manager Steve Hathaway, alongside a trentbarton LIVE bus.


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Walmart over the years has been working to turn its physical retail stores into online fulfillment centers, and now, with its latest set of test stores announced today, the retailer will try out ideas to make that transition more seamless. Walmart says it will deploy personnel to four test stores across the U.S., where they’ll prototype and iterate on new technology and tools that will serve the needs of Walmart’s in-store shoppers and online shoppers alike, including changes involving augmented reality, handheld mobile devices, new apps, in-store signage, omni-assortment and revamped checkout stations.
The idea is to turn these four test locations into rapid prototyping environments, where teams can test solutions in real time, make changes, scale what works and scrap what doesn’t. Some of the changes being put into place will be visible to the customer, while others will be more behind-the-scenes.
At launch, Walmart has identified four areas where it’s looking to test new ideas: assortment, inventory, picking and checkout process.
In one store, it will test moving the majority of the in-store apparel assortment online — meaning the same items can be found both in the store and online. This isn’t always the case today, as not everything stocked in the stores is also on the Walmart website, and vice versa. This test will focus on determining what has to take place to make all the eligible items in a store “omni-available,” Walmart says, a reference to its desire to be a true “omni-channel” retailer.
A second test will involve a new app that aims to speed up the time it takes to get items from the back room to the sales floor, using augmented reality (AR). In this test, instead of scanning the barcode on boxes that are ready to go, the app will use AR technology to highlight those boxes. The hope is that this will help to move the product to shelves, and in front of customers, faster than before.
Another experiment uses a combination of handheld devices and in-store signage to help associates better navigate to the right locations when picking items for online orders. In early tests, Walmart says the percentage of time it takes associates to find items on the first try has already gone up by 20% in some of the categories that tend to be more difficult to find.
The fourth test will expand and build on an experimental checkout experience Walmart previously announced in June. In this store, Walmart does away with individual checkout lanes, and transitions cashiers into the role of “hosts” in a new area of the store that resembles a self-checkout destination. Here, customers can opt to check out themselves or have a “host” offer full-service checkout. In either case, store staff are around to help with any issues that arise.
The expectation is that checkout lanes will move more quickly than the old style of individual checkout lanes. With the latter layout, a surge of new customers coming to the registers could cause bottlenecks if there weren’t enough lanes staffed. In the long run, the new layout could free up cashiers to help with other tasks in store as a checkout station may not need as many “hosts” on hand to run things.
The four stores may test other technology and digital solutions in the future, as well, but Walmart didn’t expand on its plans. Two of the stores in Northwest Arkansas, including a Bentonville location, are up and running. Two more are planned to be up and running soon.
Each store will have four new employees staffed to aid with the prototypes — a product manager, a technologist, a business owner and a designer.
“We’re moving quickly to use our physical retail stores to not only serve in-store shoppers, but to flex to meet the needs of online shoppers, too, in ways that only Walmart can,” said John Crecelius, Walmart U.S. SVP of Associate Product and Next Generation Stores, in a statement. “That’s where our new test stores come in. Their purpose is to find solutions that continue to help our stores operate as both physical shopping destinations and online fulfillment centers in a way that has yet to be seen across the retail industry,” he added.


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THE SO-CALLED white van man has the worst reputation of all drivers on British roads — but doesn’t deserve it — according to the results of a new survey.
An national independent study conducted by Select Car Leasing saw other road users give van drivers the top spot in a shameful list of the UK’s meanest and most selfish motorists. Despite pipping lorry drivers to number one, stats from road safety organisation IAM Roadsmart showed the White Van Man’s bad reputation may be undeserved. More people than in any other category (30%) said they found van drivers to be the most unpredictable behind the wheel.
They also topped the list for veering into other lanes, getting distracted and not indicating properly.
But according to stats from safety experts IAM Roadsmart, latest figures suggest van drivers may actually be getting safer behind the wheel.
The charity claims online shopping and increasing demand for next-day deliveries means there are more vans in use on British roads than ever. But while there were more than 15,500 accidents involving vans in 2006, by 2016 that number had fallen to just 13,125.
In that time, miles travelled by van drivers had increased by more than 22 per cent.
Daren Jasper, Head of Vans at Select Car Leasing agreed that the poor reputation van drivers have been handed is undeserved.
"The White Van Man is a very old-fashioned British stereotype, and one we should have got rid of a long time ago."
“Increases in online shopping from retail giants like ASOS and Amazon mean more and more people rely on the service of van drivers every day."
“Many of these orders are now completed by independent couriers to keep up with demand. But the fact people still don’t trust them to share the road in a safe way is bizarre. Many of our best customers, and the best drivers on British roads, are what some might describe as ‘white van men. They are simply not the inconsiderate and aggressive drivers they are often made out to be and the stats from IAM Roadsmart prove that."
“Last year, vans and light goods vehicles racked up 49 billion miles across the UK. That is almost a quarter more than 10 years ago."
“To have reduced the number of crashes in that time by 16 per cent is considerable.”
“We're actually seeing some of the most advanced vehicles on the road taking the guise of a van. The majority of vans on our roads are also less than five years old compared to roughly five per cent of cars.
“By nature, that means they are kitted out with all the latest safety features such as lane detection, departure warning and cruise control”
A total of 1,200 people took part in the Select Car Leasing survey. Almost 40 per cent of respondents said they think van drivers are the most likely to be mean or selfish on the roads, while 25 per cent said they feel lorry drivers would beep others for no good reason, give them less space or not let them in.
Just 16 per cent thought bus or coach drivers would be the most likely to behave that way. But when quizzed about what driving-related fears they have, 246 people said they worry about the actions of lorry drivers, while stunningly only 138 said they fear crashing into another vehicle.
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It was another record breaking year in 2013 at Stairlift Solutions with hundreds more satisfied customers added right across the country. We’ve certainly hit the ground running this year too with January proving to be a very busy month so far!
We are delighted to announce that the brand new seat for the Brooks Slimline Stairlift has been received very well since it was released last month. Not only does it look nicer but it also saves space as well so it’s a winner all round!
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Apple has received a legal notice from the Coalition for a Safer Web for not removing Telegram from its App Store. Though it has blocked Parler, it seems it has still not restricted access to Telegram. Lately, Telegram has been in the news for all the wrong reasons including not taking action against violent content that has been found on the platform quite frequently.
The Coalition for a Safer Web filed a lawsuit against Apple at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California on Sunday. The main allegation against Apple was that it continued to feature Telegram on its app store and didn’t take any action, despite repeated requests, to get the app removed. The lawsuit stated that “despite Apple’s knowledge that Telegram is being used to intimidate, threaten, and coerce members of the public”.
The Coalition, a non-profit organization that works towards the elimination of extremist content and terror-based elements, has alleged that Apple has not adhered to the guidelines and policies it formed for itself and has failed to regulate the content on its app. Due to Apple giving a free-hand to users, violent and malicious content has been found on Telegram which features on its App Store.
It is interesting to note that this lawsuit has been filed in the same week when global companies like Amazon and Google, along with Apple, took effective steps to sever their ties with Parler owing to the app not taking any action against hateful and misleading content brewing on the app. There were reports that pointed towards Parler being used by malicious users to carry out several illegal activities in Washington D.C, including the Capitol attack.
The lawsuit has been filed with the intention of putting some pressure onto Apple so that the company would look closely into the activities of Telegram and consider removing it from its App Store. The lawsuit also gives the reference of a CSW press release from the month of June in 2022 which stated that the encrypted messaging app was being used as a “communications channel for the Russian government and affiliated Neo-Nazi and white nationalist groups, sowing misinformation and racial division in the United States and in Europe.”
The lawsuit further alleged that Telegram is being used as a platform to plan and carry out violent activities before the inauguration of President-Elect Joe Biden.
The suit has called Apple ‘unfair’ and selective in its practices as it de-platformed the app Parler and ensured the removal of Epic Games’ ‘Fortnite’ but has failed to take any action against Telegram so far. Experts suggest that since its launch in the year 2013, Telegram has been violating App Store’s policies and guidelines quite consistently. Despite this, it has been observed that Apple never even issued a warning to the app.
Through the lawsuit, the applicants have put across their demands, which includes a jury trial. Some of their other demands include providing compensation for each plaintiff for the damages incurred and order asking Telegram to be removed from the App Store till the time it vows to follow each and every guideline laid out by Apple.


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AMD Zen chips
AMD Announces "Zen 3" Architecture to Hit AMD X470 and B450 on Reddit
AMD has recently announced its new "Zen 3" Architecture, which is expected to hit the new AMD X470 and B450. The announcement was released on Reddit.
AMD Zen CPUs Set For CES 2017 Launch
AMD is reportedly launching its Zen CPUs next year at the CES event in January.
AMD Zen To Be A Serious Rival Of Intel CPUs
Advanced Micro Devices develops its flagship Zen processor that will be a serious competitor to Intel CPUs.
AMD's Upcoming Processors Will Be Faster
AMD's next generation of processors will be faster. Read here to know the reasons.


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More businesses registered new trucks and vans in the last three months than in any quarter for the last 27 years, in a sign that the white van man, much maligned for his unruly driving, is far from dead.
Motoring experts hailed the figures as a sign that the UK’s economy was recovering and businesses were more willing to make long-term investments.
It comes less than a week after sales of cars hit record highs in March, thanks in part to bosses buying fleets of cars for their companies.
The Society of Motor Manufacturers & Traders reveals today that 108,456 vans and trucks were registered between January and March – twice the number registered in the same period at the height of the recession in 2009.
Mike Hawes, SMMT’s chief executive, explained: “Commercial vehicles are crucial to the functioning of Britain’s economy and these latest figures paint a very encouraging picture. As business confidence grows, demand for the latest vans and trucks is now back to pre-recession levels – outpacing the rest of Europe.”
He added that there had been pent-up demand by some companies which had held off buying vehicles in recent years and have been attracted now by continuing low inflation rates and stronger financing deals offered by manufacturers.
The Ford Transit is the most popular by far, selling 12,627, followed by the Vauxhall Vivaro and Volkswagen Transporter, selling 7,449 and 5,765 respectively.
The SMMT also pointed out that the rise and rise of online shopping and the cut-throat nature of delivery services has also seen demand for vans grow significantly.
There were 97,775 vans registered in the past three months, up 22.3 per cent on the same period a year ago, with annual registrations almost hitting an all-time high.
Online sales, and the need for more home delivery, is also helping to boost the UK van market, which is outperforming Germany and France – the first and second biggest market for vans and trucks in Europe.
Stricter rules to reduce exhaust emissions have also helped with the rise in registrations of newer vehicles. All new vans from September must adhere to the rules, known as Euro-6.
The rise in sales is also a welcome boost for UK manufacturing, with several major manufacturers producing vans and trucks here.
It comes after more cars were registered in March than any other month for the last 16 years. A total of 492,774 cars were registered – the best since the twice-yearly number plate changes introduced in 1999 – making March the 37th consecutive month of growth for the UK’s new car market.
Fleet car sales were up 11.6 per cent, while registrations so far this year were up 6.8 per cent to 734,588.
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Nvidia CEO Jen-Hsun Huang admits that PCs with integrated graphics have "largely become good enough." So why is the company doing so well?
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Nvidia's new X1 superchip is meant for much more than mobile gaming, which has been at the forefront of visual tech maker's agenda for the last few years.
Amid the ITC development this week, Nvidia's chief administrative officer David Shannon acknowledged all of this reflects "typical legal ping pong."
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The Tesla K80 dual-GPU crams in twice as many flops and double the memory bandwidth of its predecessor, the Tesla K40 GPU accelerator.
Look out, Tianhe-2. The US Department of Energy will spend $325 million to build Summit and Sierra by 2017, two supercomputers set to crush the reigning speed champs.
The companies are now not only squabbling over GPU and chip patents, but which firm offers the fastest processors.
For the year to date, Nvidia has produced $3.43 billion in revenue for the first three quarters, up 15 percent from a year earlier.
The company claims that the new flagship 980M provides up to 80 percent of the performance of its desktop equivalent.
The new lineup is being marketed as both a workstation and a gaming notebook, complete with a quad-core Intel Core i7 processor and Nvidia GeForce GTX 860M graphics.
Honda has debuted an Android-based vehicle infotainment system powered by Nvidia's Tegra chip.
ARM's CEO has defended the company's stance in light of Nvidia's push to ban the sale of devices allegedly infringing upon intellectual property.
Running Steam's Big Picture Mode and ready to be a future Steam Machine, this system brings the latest and greatest desktop graphics card into the living room.
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The first Chromebook with the Nvidia Tegra is going to shake things up, especially for Intel.
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WASHINGTON, May 6, 2016 - Half of all adults read the nutrition facts label “always” or “most of the time,” according to the latest Health and Diet Survey from the Food and Drug Administration.
When asked whether they looked at the label when deciding whether to buy a food product, the specific breakdown was: Always (16 percent); most of the time (34 percent); sometimes (27 percent); rarely (12 percent), and never (10 percent).
In the 11th such survey conducted since 1982 – and the first to sample cell phone users – FDA also found that nearly 90 percent of adults thought they ate more salt than they should, while three out of four said that products in supermarkets contained “more or the same amount of salt as five years ago.”
“The survey helps the FDA make informed regulatory, educational, and other decisions with a better understanding of consumer knowledge, attitudes, and practices about current and emerging nutrition and labeling issues,” FDA’s Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition said. “It also identifies any changes in consumers’ knowledge, attitudes, and practices. FDA researchers analyze the data in this and previous surveys, and the FDA encourages other researchers to use the data as well.”
To combat obesity and reduce sodium consumption, FDA is preparing to finalize changes to the nutrition facts panel for food and beverages and to propose draft guidance to food manufacturers for reducing the sodium content of their products.
FDA-proposed changes to nutrition labels would require listing of added sugar content, update serving sizes, and alter daily values for nutrients such as sodium, dietary fiber and Vitamin D. FDA proposed to require labels disclose the content of added sugars as a percentage of a recommended daily limit. The label has traditionally only required listing total sugar content.
The sodium targets are meant to “begin a dialogue” with industry about the best ways to “remove excess sodium in the U.S. food supply,” Susan Mayne, director of FDA’s Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, told a conference of food lawyers this week.
Reacting to the survey, the Grocery Manufacturers Association said it continues to believe that the only information required for labels should about health or nutrition. “That way, consumers continue to know that the mandatory information on the label is there because it provides required health or safety information.”
The survey did not address genetically modified foods, which FDA has said are just as safe as non-GMO foods.
Thomas Gremillion, director of food policy at the Consumer Federation of America, called the figures showing how many consumers use the label information “impressive” and said it “underscores the success of the Nutrition Facts label in empowering consumers to make better choices. I think it also underscores the importance of designing the Nutrition Facts label to maximize consumers’ access to straightforward, actionable information.”
People who don’t use the nutrition facts label offered a variety of reasons for not doing so:
- 18 percent said they didn’t think food labels are important;
- 57 percent said they buy what their family likes;
- 49 percent said they’re satisfied with their diet or health;
- 8 percent said they get product information from sources other than the nutrition facts label;
- 18 percent said they don’t think food labels are important.
Respondents could choose more than one answer.
In another major result, 90 percent of the adults said they had heard about trans fat (or trans fatty acid) in foods. Sixty-six percent of these adults knew that trans fat raises the risk of heart disease. Yet, a quarter of adults could not tell whether trans fat raises or lowers the risk of heart disease.
In addition, 72 percent of adults answered affirmatively when asked whether they had “heard anything about cancer being related to things people eat or drink.” Twenty-six percent said they had not.
(Philip Brasher contributed to this report)
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Mahindra has released a teaser of the facelifted XUV300 sub-4 meter compact SUV on Instagram ahead of launch. The facelifted, 2022 Mahindra XUV300 is expected to be launched in the coming days. The teaser indicates that visual changes will be quite minimal, and hints at a performance upgrade. Apart from the new Twin-Peak Mahindra logo, there’s no stylistic change that differentiates the facelifted XUV300 from the current version. The real change is likely to come under the skin – the engine department to be specific.
Mahindra is expected to equip the 2022 XUV300 with an uprated turbo petrol engine. The 1.2 liter-3 cylinder T-GDI unit is likely to see a higher state of tune, making 130 PS-230 Nm. This will reinforce the XUV300’s position as the most powerful compact SUV in its segment. Currently, the turbo petrol engine on the XUV300 makes 110 PS-200 Nm. There will be two gearboxes on offer – a 6 speed manual and an automated manual transmission (AMT). The diesel engine – a 1.5 liter-4 cylinder unit that makes a class leading 115 PS-300 Nm – will be carried over. The diesel engine gets the same gearbox options as the petrol motor – a 6 speed manual and a 6 speed AMT.
XUV300 Electric: Coming soon
While the facelifted XUV300 will be more of an incremental change, a big step forward for brand Mahindra will be the launch of the all-electric XUV300. The XUV300 Electric’s launch is slated for 6th September, and the electric SUV will take on the Tata Nexon EV. In terms of pricing, we expect the XUV300 Electric to start from under Rs. 15 lakh, rubbing shoulders with the Nexon EV.
Also read: Mahindra XUV700″s first accident shows its build quality
While range per charge and performance figures have yet to be revealed, it’ll be safe to assume that the XUV300 Electric will match or exceed the specs of the Tata Nexon EV. This means a real world range of about 250-300 Kms, a 140 Kph top speed and a 0-100 Kph sprint timing of under 10 seconds are safe bets to make.
The XUV300 Electric, which is likely to be called the XUV400 EV, will be longer than the petrol/diesel engined models. The additional length could boost boot space of the electric vehicle. The reason for the additional length has to do with the fact that the XUV400 being an electric vehicle will not be constrained with the Indian government’s duty regulations on sub-4 meter cars.
The XUV300, which is based on the Ssangyong Tivoli (a compact SUV measuring over 4 meters in length), had to duck under 4 meters for excise duty benefits. The XUV400 EV does not qualify for excise benefits. So, there’s no reason for Mahindra to curtail its length to below 4 meters. The XUV400 will be front wheel driven, and get an automatic transmission as standard. Over to the launch now.
Also read: 10 DC Design cars & how they look in the REAL world: Maruti Swift to Mahindra XUV500


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A mistrial was declared in the second trial concerning the involvement of 10 poultry industry executives in an alleged price fixing scheme. Defendants included executives from Tyson Foods and
Pilgrim’s Pride. A new trial is set for June 6 in response to the Department of Justice's request to retry the case for the third time. The complaint alleges the executive
attempted to fix prices and rig bids for chickens sold to grocery stores and restaurants.
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The ongoing discussion on the factors driving inflation has intensified in recent months.
In the beginning, when inflation had spiked, there was broad agreement that this was due to supply considerations, as Covid-19 had disrupted the operations of firms across the world and raised costs. Then, the Ukraine war added to these problems, particularly in Europe, which had to radically change its energy provision to more costly sources. At the same time, many economists from the neoliberal spectrum were arguing that the main reason for inflation was the fiscal support that governments provided to households, as this kept demand high while supply had fallen.
With the gradual readjustment of global supply chains and progressive reduction in energy costs, combined with the elimination of Government support measures related to the pandemic and the impact of monetary policy tightening, many assumed that inflation would fall sharply. However, while inflation is declining, it remains very stubbornly high.
The notion of ‘greedflation’
Enter the new theory – greedflation, a term denoting price hikes imposed by corporations to leverage the current inflationary climate and inflate their profits, regardless of actual cost pressures.
It started with left-leaning economists such as Robert Reich, who noted how, while costs were declining, firms were not passing on these savings but instead were widening their profit margins. Gradually, the evidence for this grew and started to convince even more traditional economists, notably the European Central Bank’s President, Christine Lagarde. In a session with the European Parliament’s economic committee last June, she noted that increased corporate profits were worsening inflation and called for better data on profit margins and closer scrutiny from competition authorities.
Of course, the notion of greedflation is being strongly contested by neoliberal economists. The Economist argued recently that greedflation is a nonsense idea and that the cause of inflation is that governments were too generous in forking out assistance during the pandemic.
Yet the evidence is steadily increasing that corporate profits are rising in many countries while wages remain compressed.
Malta’s inflation should be steadily declining? Why isn’t this the case?
Interestingly, the Central Bank of Malta appears to be taking a stand for the notion of greedflation explaining why inflation in Malta is appearing to be persistent. In fact, Maltese firms were shielded entirely from the energy shock and today benefit from the lowest energy and fuel prices in Europe, and so one would expect Malta’s inflation to be steadily declining. Yet, after months in which our country’s inflation was lower than that in Europe, the data seem to show that, if one excludes energy and fuel prices, inflation in Malta is, in fact, exceeding that in Europe.
In In its most recent economic outlook the Central Bank of Malta has, in fact, pointed out that, since 2022, inflation persistence has increased and that this occurred for both goods and services. Basically, what this means is that, once prices rise, this rate of increase is persisting for much longer than it used to do in previous years. Something appears to have changed in Malta’s inflationary process.
In a recent article, Alexander Demarco, Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Malta, noted that “the fact that HICP (Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices) inflation has been so high and prolonged suggests that, apart from rising costs, inflation could be also driven by other factors, such as profit mark-up adjustments, as wage inflation both in Malta and the Euro area remained on average relatively benign after 2019, and well below overall HICP inflation.”
Demarco argues that, “at a sectoral level, agriculture & fishing, manufacturing, real estate, and wholesale & retail trades, together with accommodation and food services (hotels and restaurants) reported an increase in their profit mark-up in 2022. These were also sectors whose output price increased at a higher rate than the overall average”. For instance, the wholesale & retail trades, transport and accommodation and food services sectors reported a 20.6% profit mark up over costs in 2022, up from 17.4% in 2019.
Firms are not justified in raising their prices further
In a more recent article, Demarco argues that, in light of these increases in profit margins, firms are not justified in raising their prices further now that workers are rightfully demanding better wages. He writes that, even if wages were to rise by 4.1%, firms would still have the same profit margin they had in 2019 (that is, before the pandemic and the Ukraine war). If, instead, they opt to raise prices in reaction, they would be keeping inflation higher just to keep on making more profits than they used to make before.
In the most recent Outlook for the Maltese Economy, the Central Bank of Malta economists noted that “profit margins in the industrial sector have reached historical highs” and that “in the services sector, the increase in profit margins in 2021 and 2022 may reflect a normalisation in profit margins following the sharp declines experienced in 2020 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, profit margins in this sector exceeded those in 2019. We observe a broad improvement in profit margins across all sub-sectors of the services sector, which reverses the trend decline in profit margins that occurred between 2015 and 2019.”
All this suggests that developments in profit margins could play an important role in driving price inflation in the coming months. It is important that firms realise that, after having been shielded from the huge shocks faced by their counterparts abroad, they must exercise caution not to reduce Malta’s competitiveness at this crucial juncture. Higher profits should be the result of higher efficiency or the introduction of new technologies rather than an increase in mark-ups. The latter route is likely to result in lower demand, especially in light of weakening foreign demand, and could lead to a reduction in the country’s economic prospects.
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The roofing industry continues to demonstrate its resilience in the face of an ongoing pandemic and a supply chain crisis, according to the latest survey data.
Each year, Roofing Contractor asks roofing professionals and experts to share their insights into key industry trends and the economic status of roofing for our State of the Industry Report. By partnering with BNP Market Research — the survey and research arm of RC’s parent company, BNP Media — we analyze and report on those responses and highlight key findings.
The 2022 report clearly shows the impact of a two-year COVID-19 pandemic and the supply shortage, but also contained some surprises. View our report as well as commentary from metal roofing professionals, roofing contractors and legal experts to discover the opportunities that can help guide contractors toward success in the coming year.


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T-Mobile and Verizon both sped up their 5G systems in May, but T-Mobile still has a ways to go on speed, and Verizon really needs to tackle its 5G coverage issue.
According to our Race to 5G math, T-Mobile is still in the lead thanks to its massive blanket of low-band 5G across the country and its broad array of available 5G phones. The company even announced that it's (sort of) the first network to support 5G in all 50 states, thanks to a roaming agreement with GCI in Alaska.
But T-Mobile's nationwide speeds are still low. At 78Mbps according to Ookla Speedtest Intelligence, they're really 4G speeds, so it isn't delivering what we'd call a radically new 5G experience (note: Ookla is owned by Ziff Davis, PCMag.com's parent company).
That will hopefully change over the next few months. Speedtest's Milan Milanovic tested T-Mobile's new mid-band 5G network in New York and found that even just adding a few mid-band towers in a few neighborhoods doubled average download speeds citywide. With peak speeds that he saw at 1.2Gbps, a broader mid-band rollout may finally be that fast, citywide 5G we've all been promised.
Sprint users with first-generation 5G phones will need to get new devices to tap into the new network. T-Mobile's mid-band 2.5GHz system works with currently-sold T-Mobile-branded 5G phones and Sprint-branded Galaxy S20 series devices, but older Sprint 5G devices will fall back to 4G, the carrier has said.T-Mobile's speeds are climbing thanks to its new mid-band network
Citywide coverage is Verizon's problem. Verizon continues to be the 5G speed leader and chalked up another several points in our rankings by showing sub-10ms latency on many devices, according to Ookla Speedtest Intelligence. The company boosted its upload speeds this month and added a 35th 5G city, San Diego. But we still estimate that Verizon's short-range, outdoors-only millimeter-wave system only covers about 15 million people across those 35 cities, a tiny fraction of the US population.Verizon is fast, but needs to do better than this on coverage
This has led smart observers, including Android Police's David Ruddock, to wonder if millimeter-wave is a dud of a technology. It's been more than a year since Verizon launched its millimeter-wave network, and it's still not available to the vast majority of Americans, or even the most people in the 35 cities Verizon covers.
Verizon made some partnerships this month that might help that, most notably with Pivotal Commware, a company that sells repeaters it says can greatly extend millimeter-wave 5G range around neighborhoods and indoors with less cost and installation trouble than standard 5G panels. We don't know when those are coming to Verizon's network, though.Pivotal's repeaters help get 5G into your home (Source: Pivotal Commware)
Millimeter-wave providers are still expanding. This month, Comcast's wireless service, which uses Verizon's network, said that it will add 5G service for its subscribers for free, and T-Mobile asked for permission to test millimeter-wave in three cities.
As for AT&T, not much changed with the carrier this month. It did promise to stop calling its 4G network "5G evolution" in advertising, although the misleading "5G E" icon will not go away on phones. AT&T has a millimeter-wave system in 35 cities and a low-band 5G system covering about 120 million people, according to the carrier.
More 5G Phones, Few 5G Homes
Phone makers continue to roll 5G into their higher-end devices in the US. The Moto Edge+ debuted with Verizon 5G this month, and OnePlus told us that it's focusing on getting standalone 5G, the next version of the technology, into its future devices.
But in the US at least, 5G is still mostly restricted to high-end smartphones. We haven't gotten the less-expensive smartphones that other countries are seeing (while the Nubia Red Magic 5G is sold here, it doesn't work well on our 5G networks). AT&T and T-Mobile have no 5G hotspots. And Verizon execs have said that their 5G home service expansion will only come later this fall (although they agree that it will come this year).
US Cellular's new CEO, Laurent Therivel, also said that 5G home access was a near-term priority of his, but wouldn't commit to when the company would launch it.
We've heard of less expensive 5G phones coming, including versions of the TCL 10 Pro and the Samsung A-series, but so far those companies have only released the 4G versions.
So it's clear where the carriers have their to-do lists for summer: 5G needs to be more affordable, more accessible, and faster. We'll keep tracking it here.
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Japan gains new emperor after crown prince ascends throne
The Chrysanthemum Throne has a new emperor after former-Crown Prince Naruhito acceded to the throne as the emperor of Japan Wednesday, May 1.
With the accession of Emperor Naruhito, the new era REIWA has also commenced, according to a press release from the Consulate-General of Japan.
The Consulate-General of Japan invites the local community to sign a congratulatory book celebrating the accession of the emperor.
Anyone interested can sign the book between 9 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. from May 2 to 3 and 6 to 8 in the Culture Room of the Consulate-General of Japan in Hagåtña, 6th floor, ITC building.
For more information, contact Osamu Ogata, deputy consul-general, at 671-646-1290 / email@example.com.


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- Former Hacking Team developer reportedly in contact with a terrorist group
- Black Hat 2015: Cracking just about anything
- Ad group urges FTC to reject right to be forgotten in US
- Banks balance security and workflow when encrypting in the cloud
- Neiman Marcus case a reminder to check your cyber coverage
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Rackspace launched the Open Cloud Academy today, a training program to teach skills in various open source areas, such as OpenStack, Hadoop and Linux, with a specific focus on Cloud computing.
Freelancing website oDesk seeks to address a skills gap and save money for startups by connecting Australian businesses with freelancers from around the world, according to the company’s CEO, Gary Swart.
- Westpac, NAB, RedBalloon debate ingredients of digital transformation
- News Corp partners with Quantium and MCN to launch new digital advertising products
- AppNexus president: Programmatic ad exchanges collaborations are the future
- Carnival Australia CEO: How we are leading with customer data
- How Australia Post’s IT and marketing chiefs lead digital change - together


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Minding your tire pressure is important, and most drivers know it.
However, according to recent studies by the Tire and Rubber Association of Canada (TRAC), a good portion of us Canadians don’t understand how to check or adjust those tire pressures properly – though that doesn’t stop many of us from trying.
One report suggests that nationally, improper tire inflation pressure is responsible for wasting hundreds of millions of litres of gasoline a year. That’s why it’s important to make sure you’re checking and adjusting your tire pressure regularly. Committing to a monthly tire care routine can pay big dividends, since properly inflated tires last longer, handle better, and burn less gas.
Just make sure you know what you’re doing. In this post from Reddit, Vaultboy4111 shows what might happen if you don’t.
At first, it’s a little humorous: a customer sees a warning light from their tire pressure monitoring system (TPMS), which is designed to help drivers monitor inflation pressure via an in-car display, or alert drivers of a dangerous low-pressure situation in real time, so they can take corrective action sooner.
These systems can be fussy, especially during seasonal transition months with widely fluctuating temperatures, and on older vehicles. That’s why you need to check your tire pressure with a handheld gauge once a month, even if your vehicle has TPMS.
Anyhow, this customer’s TPMS system warning light wouldn’t turn off, so they just kept adding air. They assumed (incorrectly) that the light would vanish once optimal pressure was reached. After pumping the tire up to nearly four times its safe inflation pressure, the light remained. Defeated, the customer visited a nearby tire shop for assistance, complete with an extremely over-inflated rubber time-bomb mounted to one of their wheels.
“When your job turns you from a shop tech to bomb-defusing tech,” wrote one commenter.
Another offered this video, which shows what happens when tires explode from excessive overfilling. For context, most tires on the road need about 30 to 60 psi of inflation pressure, with smaller cars on the lower end of the scale, and heavier trucks on the other. A heavy-duty pickup may use as much as 80 psi in its tires. The customer inflated their tire to 112 psi.
That overinflated tire could’ve injured or killed the occupants of the vehicle, occupants of other vehicles, passersby, or the unsuspecting technician, should the tire have detonated while they were working on or near it.
Making matters worse, severe over-inflation also compromises the tire’s structure, meaning the tire is destroyed whether it explodes or not. Lesson learned? While checking and adjusting your tire pressure regularly is important, it’s just as important to make sure you’re doing it safely and properly. Your owner’s manual, and the literature that came with your tires, have the full scoop.


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One of the first Apple 1 computers has gone under the hammer at auctioneer Bonhams for a shade under $1m.
That's a lot of money for a few bits of wood, plastic and metal, but it is fair to say that while $905,000 (£563,904) is a lot of money, the Apple 1's place in the pantheon of IT history — alongside that of its designer, Steve Wozniak — should be somewhere very close to the front.
It is no surprise that an Apple 1 should sell at that price. Steve Jobs managed to get the first order for 100 Apple 1s to be sold at $500 each. He eventually sold 200 of them.
These days, Apple 1s regularly come up for sale at auction and over the years they have steadily increased in value. It is only a matter of time before one sells for $1m.
According to the auctioneers, the Apple 1 was expected to sell for between $300,000 and $500,000 before the Henry Ford Museum of Dearborn, Michigan, stepped in to buy it.
Commenting on the sale, Cassandra Hatton, the senior specialist in charge of the auction for Bonhams, said that the provenance on the Apple 1 was excellent and the condition outstanding. She said that it was not surprising that it did so well.
"We are thrilled to have broken the world record for its sale, and are even more thrilled that it is going to a wonderful new home at the Henry Ford Museum," Hatton said.
In addition to the intact motherboard, this Apple 1 that was sold has a vintage keyboard with pre-7400 series military specification chips, a vintage Sanyo monitor, a custom power supply in a wooden box and two vintage tape-decks.
The lot also includes ephemera from the Cincinnati AppleSiders such as their first newsletter, Poke-Apple, from February of 1979 and a video recording of Steve Wozniak's keynote speech at the 1980 "Applevention".
The example that was sold is one of 50 hand-built for the ByteShop by Woz in the summer of 1976, almost 40 years ago.


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On Wednesday, March 13, Spotify filed a complaint with the European Union, alleging that Apple uses unfair practices in the App Store. Specifically, Spotify is upset at the 30% that Apple charges developers for subscriptions, and it claims that it’s designed to give Apple Music an unfair advantage in the marketplace.
Apple pushed back on Spotify’s claims on Friday, stating saying that Spotify “wants all the benefits of a free app without being free,” that it conveniently left out that Apple’s 30% cut drops to 15% after a year, and that only a “tiny fraction” of subscribers sign up via the App store.
In its latest statement, Spotify stated that “every monopolist will suggest they have done nothing wrong and will argue that they have the best interests of competitors and consumers at heart,” and went on to reiterate that Apple’s policies hurt consumers. “This is evident in Apple’s belief that Spotify’s users on iOS are Apple customers and not Spotify customers, which goes to the very heart of the issue with Apple.”
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When you think of Samsung, you typically picture smartphones, TVs, and maybe even washing machines or semiconductors. You wouldn't associate the South Korean company with light switches, door locks, and delivery trucks. But that's all about to change.
Samsung recently pledged to invest more than $1.2 billion in start-ups and research and development (R&D) for the Internet of Things (IoT) and connected devices. A clear business opportunity exists for technology manufacturers that can stake a claim in the IoT. Market research firm IDC expects(Opens in a new window) the IoT market to be worth $1.7 trillian by 2020. Much of this revenue will be driven by consumers, with each of us expected to own 50 connected devices—our small personal claim in a world expected to produce more than 30 billion connected devices.
Practically speaking, this means sensors on delivery trucks will be able to collect real-time data to detect when the trucks might be at risk of failing. Hospitals will be able to install sensors on beds to correlate patient recovery times with the angle at which the bed is reclined. Sensors on utility poles will be able to create a network that can detect where the majority of utility pole failures will occur. In all of these instances, Samsung could, theoretically, deliver the sensors or the operating system (OS) on which the data is processed, the cloud in which the data is stored, or the security measures that keep the data from being pilfered by hackers.
But Samsung wants to own the action, not just participate in it. Like IoT competitors Intel and Qualcomm, Samsung has heavily invested in microchips and processors. As devices have gotten smaller, so have the chips. As the internet has become more connected, so have the devices that interact with one another. What Samsung is attempting with its massive investment is to create both the devices that power the IoT and the ecosystem in which those devices communicate.
A Samsung Lightbulb?
But perhaps more interestingly, Samsung could also create the delivery trucks, the hospital beds, the utility poles, and any other product that lends itself to connectivity. Samsung has been coy about whether or not it intends to reach beyond gadget, chip, cloud, and OS development to create things such as lightbulbs, light switches, and door locks. "There's ample opportunity across the board," said Curtis Sasaki, VP of Ecosystems at Samsung. "We don't even have to decide."
Sasaki did discuss the possibility of an exclusive Samsung deployment across a single, connected office building. "If you think of office buildings, you literally have thousands of light switches, plugs, and robust energy management controls," he said. "A single deployment in a building is a lot of products and devices."
Think of the business potential. To take advantage of this, Samsung has taken a four-point approach to owning the IoT. It has already begun building the OS, the storage, the hardware, and the security that will provide the foundation for a global IoT. "By 2020, 100 percent of Samsung products will be connected," said Sasaki. "But we're going further than just hardware, operating system, security, and cloud. We also want an ecosystem of partners."
This means working with other technology companies, auto manufacturers, industrial designers, and even municipalities to help lay the foundation for the IoT. "The IoT space won't be a single company dominating because the space is so diverse," said Sasaki. "We have a lot of consumerization products but our semi-conductor products are also in Dell products. In both cases, we're pretty excited."
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If in 2016 you think of Samsung as an Apple competitor, by 2020 it might be more appropriate to consider it in the same vein as General Electric. General Electric started as a company that produced electric lamps, but then it began to produce the energy to power the lamps. Next, it began investing in businesses that would use the energy it produced to run their products. It quickly became a leader in electric product development, creating things such as the X-ray machine, the electric locomotive, electric kitchen appliances, and even the toaster oven. The company has registered more than 67,500 patents.
Similarly, Samsung is slowly dipping its toe into the IoT waters one stage at a time. In 2014, it acquired SmartThings, a home automation company focused on connecting home appliances to smartphones and computers. In 2015, it unveiled Artik, its open-source end-to-end IoT platform. In April 2016, it teased its unnamed IoT OS. Last month, it acquired Joyent, a server and data rental company; a few weeks ago, it announced the $1.2 billion investment. In concert, all five actions clearly indicate Samsung's mission to conquer IoT—from the devices we use to the system on which they run to the cloud on which the data they produce is stored.
But, even if Samsung plunges head-on in an attempt to conquer the IoT from every angle, the company knows it's a real long shot. This is why it's hedging a bit by focusing on partnerships. "From a Samsung perspective, it would be a shame on us if we can't get all of our products to work together seamlessly," said Sasaki. "But most people don't have a 100-percent Samsung home. That's where the interoperability [with other manufacturers' devices] matters. Unless we do this in an open way, we may explode the entire adoption into smart homes. Better to get consumers educated, have products interoperate [with other manufacturers' devices], and create a seamless experience between Samsung products."
Samsung will divide the $1.2 billion it invests between internal projects and external start-ups with which it can partner to advance IoT development. But the company also has a cash pile of more than $60 billion(Opens in a new window) it can use to research an incursion into gadgets, fixtures, automobiles, and anything else driving data into the IoT.
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Early stage investment companies can be tricky things for investors as their portfolios are usually illiquid, which makes them hard to value.
In its case, though, recent funding rounds have put a clear value on the businesses.
Both companies - SatoshiPay and Sthaler - are focused on secure electronic payments.
Germany-based SatoshiPay has developed a blockchain-based micro-payment system that is currently being piloted by publisher Axel Springer, one of Europe’s largest publishing houses.
Through an e-wallet, payments can be made directly to Axel without the need for an intermediary, with transactions logged by the blockchain.
Meinhard Benn, SatoshiPay’s founder and CEO says the key attractions are the cost, which is less than 1p per transaction, and speed, with each payment taking less than five seconds.
Such is the versatility of the platform, it can split payments between various contributors – author, editor or in any way Springer wants.
The e-wallet is denominated in eurotokens and uses the Stellar open payment platform.
Readers get a prompt when they come across a piece of paid-for content and just hit proceed for the payment to be seamlessly carried out.
Global payments, too, are straightforward through the e-wallet, with people accessing content in South America able to pay someone in Asia as easily as someone in the next room.
SatoshiPay also has pilots underway with business newspaper City AM and widely followed tech website, the Register.
Börsenmedien, a supplier of finance information to German speakers and a 5% shareholder in SatoshiPay, has also agreed to use the system for its news sites.
“It’s simplicity itself,” says Benn, who compares it to tapping into the London Underground with contactless or an Oyster card.
AIM-listed investment group Blue Star owns 27.9% and tried unsuccessfully to merge with SatoshiPay last year.
Tony Fabrizi, Blue Star’s chief executive, believes SatoshiPay is a £100mln company in the making so his keenness to build closer links is understandable.
Ultimately, market conditions meant the merger was not able to conclude, but SatoshiPay has since gone on to raise £1.68mln through a funding round that valued it at £15mln.
Fabrizi believes the attempt to merge was a major assist in this funding.
SatoshiPay’s rising value was also a major contributor to a sharp rise in Blue Star’s own net worth in the year to September.
On a per share basis, NAV went up to 0.29p from 0.21p, even though Blue Star chopped the value of another of its investments Disruptive Tech by £1.3mln to £300,000.
Finger recognition advance
A significant rise in the value of Sthaler also helped the NAV and Fabrizi expects it too will develop into a sizeable business in future.
Sthaler has developed a finger recognition security system, Fingopay, with Japanese giant Hitachi.
Using infrared technology, the unique vein pattern of an individual’s finger is mapped against a template and can verify payment in seconds.
Already widely used in Japan, Sthaler has started to roll-out the technology at selected universities in Copenhagen and London.
More launches are planned for later this year.
Blue Star has a 0.9% stake in Sthaler, which had a value of £33mln at the September year-end.
Again, like SatoshiPay, Fabrizi sees the value rising to more than £100mln eventually.
Blue Star itself is valued at £2.69mln at 0.14p, which is a 50% discount to stated NAV and a substantial disconnect to the potential Fabrizi sees.
As both of its star portfolio companies grow, Blue Star will have to juggle with the cash commitments required to maintain its stake.
But as the two companies have raised funds recently, it is not an imminent decision.
Blue Star itself raised £200,000 in January, which has given it some breathing space to sit tight while they develop.


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Tesla is delaying its Autopilot drive for navigation in its version 9 software update, Telsa CEO Elon Musk has said in a tweet.
Musk made the comment this morning on Twitter in response to an update request on the V9 update:
“V9 moving to wide release now. Holding back Autopilot drive on navigation for a few more weeks of validation. Extremely difficult to achieve a general solution for self-driving that works well everywhere.”
The eagerly anticipated software update will be rolled out on Model 3, Model S and Model X vehicles. The update to the Navigate on Autopilot feature is designed to guide a car rather than drive it fully autonomously.
Consumer groups have previously described the word ‘autopilot’ as deceptive marketing after two people died in an Autopilot-related incident.
However, a survey by Consumer Reports yesterday ranked Tesla’s autopilot second in a list of partially automated driving systems. It was beaten to the top by Cadillac’s Super Cruise.
Tesla holding back autopilot mode
Tesla release notes gave the following description of the feature:
“When Navigate on Autopilot is active, a single blue line indicates the path ahead, keeping your car in the lane. Gray lines highlight lane changes for a more efficient driving route. Navigate on Autopilot will also automatically steer toward and take the correct highway interchanges and exits based on your destination.”
V9 moving to wide release now. Holding back Autopilot drive on navigation for a few more weeks of validation. Extremely difficult to achieve a general solution for self-driving that works well everywhere.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 5, 2018
Musk first announced two years ago that Tesla cars would be built with hardware that facilitates fully autonomous driving.
The V9 update will also include a dashcam feature, a blindspot warning, extra mobile integration, obstacle aware acceleration. It will also let owners play Atari games on the dashboard while the car is parked.
It follows a testing time for Musk, who recently stepped down as chairman after the SEC charged him with securities fraud.
Tesla has also fallen out with two Mobile Ey and Nividia, two of its two key partners in its autonomous vehicle mission.


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An ambitious, billion dollar partnership is underway between TPG and Vodafone, where Vodafone’s network will migrate TPG’s subscriber base in exchange for optical fibre infrastructure to be serviced by TPG.
Telecommunications company, Amaysim, has launched its new Unlimited 1GB plan in Australia for $24.90. The company said, in a statement, that this new plan was launched with the budget conscious consumer in mind.
Vodafone is prepping its network for faster 5G Internet primed for virtual reality applications after striking a deal in excess of a billion dollars with TPG.
Biometric security, a focus on photography and improved battery life will be the hallmarks of Android Marshmallow when it premiers on upcoming Nexus devices from Huawei and LG.
Yeah, that's a lot of phones.
The FCC database indicates the upcoming LG 5X will work on all major US carriers and carry a 5.2-inch screen.
A big leak, apparently from an internal Microsoft presentation, appears to confirm the specifications of the Lumia 950, 950XL, and Lumia 550, along with a Microsoft Display Dock to plug them into.
The iFixit team also figured out how the new iPhones' cameras are so spectacular.
Rain, hail or shine (in the case of Sydney non-stop torrential rain and bellowing wind) the iLovers camped outside Sydney’s Apple store on George Street to nab what’s known as one of the world’s most popular devices.
Sales for Apple’s iPhone 6s series kicked off this morning as Sydneysiders fared harsh weather to be among the first in the world to own the latest iPhone.
Apple has done it again, at least according to the first takes trickling out today.
Vodafone customers keen on a near-stock Android experience can buy Motorola’s flagship smartphones — on a contract — as of today, with pricing starting from a low $45 a month.
Try to order a 6s Plus in Rose pink from Optus and it’s sold out. Head over to Vodafone’s site and it’s the same story. The initial allocation for Rose Gold iPhones is exhausted for all capacities, whether it is 16GB, 64GB or 128GB.
Developer sleuthing turns up huge RAM upgrade for new phones.
Microsoft device fans have been patient, and on October 6, they could finally get what they want. Microsoft is expected to announce new Surface devices, flasghip Lumia Windows phone, and maybe even a next-gen Microsoft Band at the invitation-only eve...
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In September 2014, Microsoft announced the Windows 10 operating system promising to be different and innovative when compared to earlier operating systems. One of the biggest draws is Microsoft’s claim that this new operating system can offer multi-OS support, which means Windows 10 operating system offers the real compatibility to run iOS as well as Android apps seamlessly.
After months of rumors, Microsoft finally revealed its plans to get mobile apps on Windows 10. iOS and Android developers will be able to port their apps and games directly to Windows universal apps, and Microsoft is enabling this with two new software development kits. On the Android side, Microsoft is enabling developers to use Java and C++ code on Windows 10, and for iOS developers they’ll be able to take advantage of their existing Objective C code.
What is the need for Microsoft to support iOS and Android apps?
Microsoft wants Windows 10 to be a development target for Android and iOS developers. And by making such apps portable will encourage developers to support its own software. Apart from that, it is expected that consumers who are otherwise averse to Windows operating system due to lack of applications will instead adopt Microsoft’s platform. The goal seems reasonable, particularly when the chunk of the market (96.3%) is currently dominated by iOS and Android applications.
In fact, Android apps that run on Windows 10 won’t resemble Windows applications – they’ll look like Android. iOS applications that don’t receive UI overhauls will resemble iOS apps.
How it works?
Windows 10 offers the flexibility to eliminate the complete code rewrite, which means Microsoft has SDKs in Java and C++ for Android and Objective C code for iOS. However, this doesn’t imply that you can just download an app from Google play or the Apple app store and have it work. Developers have to use the conversion software to run it.
One of the major attractions of this operating system is it brings everything together – Start, Taskbar and Action center improvements as well as polishes Continuum and Task View and provides enhanced experience for Virtual Desktops – it consists of new mail and calendar apps.
Microsoft has enabled developers to use Java and C++ code on Windows 10 and iOS developers on the other hand, can take the advantage of their existing Objective C code. Microsoft’s aim is to enable developers to migrate their code across with minimal changes and then subsequently leverage the capabilities of Windows like Cortana, Xbox Live, Holograms, Live Tiles and much more. Microsoft has been testing its new tools with some versatile developers like King, who is pioneered to have developed the Candy Crush Saga on Windows phone – has been converted from iOS code using Microsoft’s tools without any changes.
Along with the iOS and Android SDKs, Microsoft is strategizing the method for websites and windows desktop apps to make their way over to Windows universal apps. Microsoft has developed a model, wherein websites can run inside a Windows universal app and use system services like notifications and in-app purchases. This way, it becomes easier for website owners to create web apps with minimal effort and publish those apps in the Windows store. It may not serve as a best alternative to native apps for a variety of scenarios, but for simple websites it means a lot – offers a new way to create an app, eliminating the need for its developers to learn new coding languages. Apart from that, developers will also be able to leverage their .NET and Win32 apps work and migrate them to Windows universal apps.
Using some of its HyperV work, Microsoft is virtualizing these existing desktop apps on Windows 10. Adobe is one specific test case, where Microsoft has been working closely with the firm to package its apps to make it market ready for Windows 10. Using this virtualization technology, Adobe Photoshop elements will be available on the Windows Store as a universal app. Since performance is the key issue for many desktop apps, it will be quite intriguing to know if Microsoft can manage to maintain a solid app experience with this virtualization.
What does that mean to Microsoft?
Collectively, Microsoft is referring to these four new SDKs as bridges or ramps to make developers interested in Windows 10. Microsoft considers this as a crucial moment to really win back developers and set a firm footing that Windows has a place still existing in this world, where Android and iOS are still dominating. The goal is to get Windows on one million devices within the next two to three years.
That’s a pretty big goal, considering that Microsoft still has the tricky mix of ported apps to contend with, which could result in an app store, just like what Amazon has or even challenging, where developers would be uninterested to port their apps. This is just a small beginning and Windows universal apps, though promising still has a rough road ahead.
How will Innovapptive support the Windows 10 operating system?
Innovapptive will offer Windows 10 support and enable all its apps (around 77+) that currently run on Android and iOS platforms to be compatible with Windows 10. That means a promising opportunity for customers on Windows 10 to seamlessly adopt one of the largest portfolios of Enterprise Mobile applications.
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The fully electric hatchback will get a price of under Rs 9 lakh; the planned launch is around April - June 2020.
Mahindra has announced that it will expand its portfolio of electric cars with the launch of eKUV100 on the market from April to June 2020. At a recent event, Pawan Junka, Managing Director of Mahindra & Mahindra stated: “Our approach (with eKUV) depends on joint mobility, Thus, we focused on how to make it accessible to everyone. "The company revealed that the price of the fully electric hatchback would be less than the lakh mark of 9 lakh and would offer a range of 130-150 km with one payload. EV, which debuted as a concept at the Auto Expo 2018, will be shown in production in the next biennial release of the auto show.
With an aggressive price of less than Rs 9 lakh, the eKUV100 will essentially become the most expensive and traditional electric car in the Indian market, although it remains to be seen if this price includes FAME 2 (faster adoption by the Indian gove
ment). And manufacture of electric vehicles) subsidies to commercial vehicles. As such, the new Mahindra would undermine his brother, eVerito, as well as Tata Tigor EV, which were priced at Rs 9.12 lakh and Rs 9.44 lakh, respectively, and these figures include gove
ment incentives available. For reference, KUV100 NXT orders with a combustion engine between Rs. 4.88-7.95 lakh in its current form are BS4 compliant.
Mahindra also emphasized that eKUV100 would be more fleet-oriented. As such, the company believes that its planned range of 130 to 150 km will be sufficient for its intended function and that the electric aperture can be used for shared mobility when charging when not in use during the day to recharge the batteries. Goenka and other key officials felt that attracting a private buyer would require a much higher rank. This can only be achieved by increasing the size of the battery, which in tu
increases costs and leads to car exit.
We have already run a pre-production prototype from eKUV and you can read the full review here. The EV motor with a 40 kW (54.4 hp) electric motor is expected to drive the front wheels through a single-speed automatic transmission. The battery is likely to be a 15.9 kWh unit, which can be used in 5 hours and 45 minutes with a regular AC charger or 55 minutes with a fast DC charger.
At launch, Mahindra eKUV100 will not have direct competitors, although the status quo may change in the future. Maruti Suzuki is working on the full electrical redundancy of Wagon R and is also said to be developing Hyundai at affordable prices for the Indian market.
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