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The Dow Jones Industrials (DJINDICES:^DJI) has gotten a lot of support from earnings season so far, setting new all-time record highs on Wednesday on the strength of tech giant Intel's (NASDAQ:INTC) second-quarter report. This afternoon, IBM (NYSE:IBM) will add its name to the list of Dow-component tech stocks reporting earnings, and investors are anxious to find out whether one of the most influential stocks in the Dow will be able to follow in Intel's footsteps and finally play a leadership role in the Dow's bull-market run.
IBM expects to release its earnings report after the market closes Thursday afternoon, with last quarter's report becoming available to the public at around 4:05 p.m. EDT. The Dow component will then hold a conference call at 4:30 p.m. EDT in order to discuss the results.
Investors expect IBM's financial results to continue a trend that the tech giant has seen lately, with revenue expected to decline despite a solid increase in earnings per share. Unlike Intel, which has continued to remain reliant on traditional PC-related products for a substantial portion of its overall success, IBM has largely moved on from the hardware segment. Instead, IBM has focused on providing higher-margin services, software, and other offerings to enterprise customers, taking advantage of the rise of data analytics to help clients build full-service platforms to evaluate their own business prospects.
IBM's strategy makes sense and is similar to what a number of its peers have done, leaving lower-margin businesses by the wayside as they try to take advantage of better opportunities elsewhere. But at least this quarter, the strategy means that IBM won't necessarily see any benefit from the explosion in PC demand that helped drive Intel's success during the quarter. With enterprise customers in the midst of a hardware replacement cycle, Intel now thinks businesses will replace PCs with newer models at least for the rest of 2014 if not into 2015 as well. IBM won't benefit directly from that trend and can only hope that it can get some secondary positive effects from greater enterprise spending.
The other reason IBM will have difficulty topping Intel's results is that IBM faces a lot more competition in its selected core businesses. Due in large part to the decline in PC sales over the past several years, competitors haven't bothered to challenge Intel's dominance of the failing segment, and that put Intel in the best position to capitalize when that trend turned around. By contrast, IBM faces a price war in certain cloud-computing services, and several other large tech companies both within the Dow Jones Industrials and without are all vying for the same business from enterprise clients.
If IBM can deliver even a modest positive surprise, the resulting upward movement could have a larger impact on the Dow Jones Industrials than Intel's boost yesterday. The most important factor in whether Intel will move markets tomorrow is whether it can implement some of its bigger-picture ideas and start executing more effectively for the long run.


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Almost 5 months after Google introduced that it was going to make G-Suite legacy free edition users start paying for his or her accounts, it appears to finally have a path in place that most individuals might be proud of. According to 9To5Google, there’s now a no-cost possibility that’ll let folks hold utilizing their G-Suite accounts for private use, and signing up for it gained’t contain a music and dance of becoming a member of a waitlist or transferring knowledge between accounts.
In January, Google announced that free G-Suite customers must begin paying for Google Workspace in the event that they wished to maintain their accounts, after around a decade of retaining the legacy free tier round. The firm stated that if customers didn’t determine which paid Workspace tier they wished by May 1st, they’d be mechanically upgraded primarily based on their use. Later, Google stated you’d have the choice of transferring to a free account, however that you simply’d lose some options doing so. Now although, there’s going to be an possibility to simply hold utilizing the service that’s open to individuals who aren’t utilizing it for enterprise functions, in response to a Google support document.
The no-cost private use possibility will allow you to hold utilizing a customized area with Gmail, use free Google apps like YouTube, Docs, and Meet, and hold all of your knowledge and purchases. Basically, every little thing’s going to remain the identical, so long as you select the no-cost private transition path by June twenty seventh. You can discover the directions on how to take action in the Google support document, and Reddit consumer u/AB3DC has posted screenshots (certainly one of which you’ll see above) within the GSuiteLegacyMigration subreddit exhibiting what the method will seem like. Google does word that “G Suite legacy free edition does not include support,” and that it might “remove certain business functionality” from the plan sooner or later.
Personally, this “transition path,” as Google calls it, looks like what ought to’ve been introduced within the first place. Lots of people weren’t terribly glad concerning the earlier model of the plan, particularly those that weren’t a part of an organization, and had simply been utilizing G-Suite free as a result of it was possibility for energy customers on the time. For some time, it appeared like Google was going to make them pay for enterprise options they completely didn’t want.
It didn’t assist that, initially, folks’s choices have been both to start out paying up or export their knowledge and arrange a brand new commonplace account. In April Google moved the deadline back, and introduced that there could be a device to allow you to switch to a free account, however you needed to be a part of a waitlist for that, and you’ll’ve misplaced entry to the flexibility to make use of a customized area. To put it merely, it was nonetheless going to be type of a ache within the ass (as evidenced by the truth that there’s an entire subreddit devoted to discussing the transition). Now, it looks like Google has obtained it sorted: in case you’re a enterprise, you’ll pay. If you’re not, you don’t must.

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- Amazon’s Black Friday deals are available through November 27.
- Some standout tech deals include discounts on Amazon’s new Echo lineup, Bose noise-cancelling headphones, Apple’s MacBook Pro, and a 4K TV from Sony among many others.
- Read Insider Reviews’ Black Friday 2020 deals and Cyber Monday 2020 deals coverage for more savings.
- You can also check out more of the best Amazon Black Friday deals here as discounts go live.
Black Friday isn’t here just yet but Amazon already has plenty of tech deals to choose from. The online retailer began its Black Friday sales on November 20 and plans to run them through November 27, offering a variety of discounts whether you’re looking for a new smart speaker, video doorbell, laptop, or TV.
Amazon seems particularly focused on home entertainment deals this year, as many of the retailer’s discounts include TVs from Samsung and Sony as well as speakers and soundbars from Sonos. Other top deals include bargains on Amazon’s newest Echo devices, which the company only announced in September.
Here’s a look at some of the best tech deals available on Amazon for
2020 right now. Amazon says new deals will be popping up throughout the day through November 27, so be sure to check back as discounts change.
Updated on 11/26/20 by Amir Ismael: Added in deals on Apple AirPods Pro and WD_Black External Gaming Hard Drive.
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The deals below are available on a rolling basis between now and November 27. Some deals may only be available for a limited time.
The Ring Video Doorbell Pro offers many of the perks of the standard Ring doorbell, but the best thing about it is its sleek profile that fits on a door frame. Amazon is offering it at an $80 discount for $169.99 as part of its Black Friday deals running from Nov. 20-27.
This bundle gives you a video doorbell and another screen through which to see who’s at the front door and chat with them remotely. You can get this bundle even cheaper at $149.99 during Amazon’s Black Friday sale running Nov. 20-27, a discount of $124.99
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The latest Echo speaker from Amazon takes on a spherical design for more effective room-filling audio. It’s getting a $30 price drop to $69.99 during Amazon’s Black Friday event, which run Nov. 20-27.
Marking a noticeable shift from previous models, the new Echo swaps out the lineup’s traditional cylindrical design for a brand-new spherical form factor. You can get this mini-Echo even cheaper for $28.99, a $21 discount, during Amazon’s Black Friday deals, which run from Nov. 20-27.
The Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K streams video in 4K straight to your TV. You can get it even cheaper at a $20 discount during Amazon’s Black Friday sale, which runs Nov. 20-27, bringing the price down to $29.99.
The Echo Show 5 may not be Amazon’s newest smart display, but it is still ideal for listening to music, accessing Alexa, and making video calls. This bundle comes with a Blink Mini indoor camera, adding even more value. It is now available for just $49.99 during Amazon’s Black Friday sale, which runs from Nov. 20-27.
The Eero Pro 6 is Amazon’s mesh Wi-Fi routers that are designed to be placed throughout a home, especially in dead zones, and deliver strong and fast Wi-Fi signals.
Best Black Friday headphone and speaker deals on Amazon
The Bose QuietComfort 35 II are still excellent headphones and exist alongside the newer Bose 700 as a more affordable wireless noise cancelling option. They are 33% off during Amazon’s Black Friday sale running Nov. 20-27.
These wireless Bluetooth earbuds have a battery life of up to 16 hours. In addition to smartphone compatibility, they are sweat, water, and dust resistant, making them an attractive option for budget seekers. It’s rare to find a pair of wireless earbuds from a known brand like Skullcandy for under $50, which is what makes this Amazon Black Friday deal worth paying attention to.
The Sonos Move looks good, sounds great, and integrates with the rest of the Sonos ecosystem. During Black Friday, this portable speaker drops to $299, $100 off its usual going rate and the lowest price we’ve ever seen.
With the Sonos Beam, your living room becomes the center of a blissful smart home. It delivers big, balanced sound, and is a serious improvement over the built-in speakers in most TVs. Right now, shoppers can save $100, the best price we’ve seen since last year.
The 24-inch Insignia 720p TV is a nice fit for buyers who want a small smart TV for casual viewing. The TV is on sale right now for just $80 at Best Buy and Amazon.
Samsung’s Q60T lacks the local dimming feature that the company’s more expensive TVs offer, but it still provides a colorful 4K screen with Alexa built in for voice controls. The full retail price is a bit high for a 50-inch set, but the current $150 discount is a solid deal.
The Sony X800H features 4K HDR support with wide color reproduction. The Android smart TV also offers better viewing angles than most LCD TVs, ensuring you get a good view no matter where you sit. The current $798 sale price is one of the lowest we’ve seen so far.
Samsung’s Q80T offers all of the features that buyers should look for in a high-end QLED TV, including quantum dots, full-array local dimming, and an HDMI 2.1 port. The TV’s full retail price is a bit high, but the current $300 discount makes it a better value.
This 75-inch Samsung 4K QLED TV offers full array backlighting, wide viewing angles, HDR, and 120hz refresh rate.
Packed with Sony’s latest X1 image processor and improved audio, Sony’s X950H 4K TV was already a solid value for those looking to upgrade their entertainment system. But the 65-inch version is roughly $200 cheaper on Amazon leading up to Black Friday, bringing its price down from $1,599.99 to a more affordable $1,398.
Olympus has for years put a high emphasis on building cameras that are the epitome of the word “tough. Its TG-6 rugged point-and-shoot upholds that reputation with a design that’s waterproof up to 50 feet while still offering solid image quality. It’s $100 off on Amazon leading up to Black Friday.
Right now, a few colors of the Fitbit Charge 4 are discounted to $100, a great price for a solid fitness tracker. Not only does it have GPS and a heart rate monitor for keeping track of your workout, but it can also play music on Spotify.
Amazon’s deals began on November 20 and will be running through November 27. New deals will appear daily throughout the week, and some of them will only be available for 24 hours. The company is also extending its returns window so that customers can return products shipped now through December 31 by January 31, 2021 for free.
Amazon’s Black Friday page will be the place to check if you want to browse the retailer’s holiday shopping discounts. Just like years past, Amazon will also be offering Alexa-exclusive deals that can be discovered by asking, “Alexa, what are my deals?” These Alexa-only discounts also started on November 20.
Unlike Amazon Prime Day, you don’t need to be a Prime member to take advantage of Amazon’s Black Friday deals. But you do get perks like faster delivery and exclusive deals if you sign up for Prime which costs $12.99 per month. It’s a worthwhile option if you plan to do the bulk of your holiday shopping on Amazon and want the flexibility to order last-minute gifts.
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Sunderland offshore worker is set to take on takeaway giant JustEat with new app
A new food delivery app exclusive to Wearside called Sunderland Eats is aiming to take on JustEat and give back to the local community.
The new app, which has been running since December last year, is aiming to help smaller businesses across Sunderland by offering a more competitive rate than takeaway giant JustEat.
Set up by 30-year-old Jonathan Jopling from Fulwell, Sunderland Eats has managed to gain traction on social media as over 40 local businesses such as takeaways, delis, and sweet shops sign up to the app.
Jonathan has told the Echo about how the first few weeks have gone and how he is hoping the app will help smaller businesses across the city.
He said: “I was worried at first as we were going up against a company worth £14billion in JustEat but I couldn’t be happier with how it has gone.
"People are flocking to our social media pages as word is getting round and I’m pleased that businesses are putting their faith in us.
"If you’re a huge company like McDonald’s then JustEat is great but smaller businesses often struggle to afford their rates, especially due to the impact that the Covid-19 pandemic has had on the industry and hopefully we will be able to help them recover.
"We’re able to save companies up to 50% on commission and it means that we now have some smaller local businesses which are exclusive to us.”
He added: “With us offering lower commissions, it means that we can help businesses but we have also pledged to help other causes within the city.
"We give a percentage of the commission that we make back to charities such as Sunderland Foodbank.
"I do work away from home a lot but my family still live in Sunderland and I want to offer something rewarding for my local area.”


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GreenTech Automotive to open $1B Tunica, Miss., plant
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Tunica County will become home to a new hybrid automobile development and manufacturing facility that will initially employ 1,500 with a $1 billion investment.
Charles Wang, CEO of a new Mississippi company called GreenTech Automotive Inc., said the company will begin operations on 1,500 acres at Tunica County’s Metro industrial megasite, with an option to purchase more land as needed.
The plant will produce 150,000 vehicles annually in phase one. The company’s Web site targets production to begin in the “next few years." No retail cost estimates were given for the vehicles.
“We are excited to be bringing the latest in automotive innovation to Americans, made by Americans, and we look forward to the very significant impact that our project will have on the local and regional economic landscape,” Wang said in a statement.
The company plans to produce a full line of sub-compact cars, compact cars, midsize cars, full size cars, and SUVs in different models. According to Wang, GreenTech’s proprietary technology will enable the company to mass produce hybrid vehicles that meet the lower emissions and fuel consumption standards the Obama administration has set for 2016.
Core technologies that will be used in the manufacturing process have been developed in Europe, according to the company. Wang said a German corporation will design the engineering of the automobiles, while the hybrid engine will be designed by another German independent engine research and design company.
More specific details on investment partners were not released, nor is much information about those partners included in material on the company’s Web site.
GreenTech Automotive Parts & Supply division will be located in the auto parts park near the assembly plant and Wang said other third-party part assembly shops will be established on-site. Existing third-party suppliers in the surrounding area will provide the remaining parts. Some parts will be imported.
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Intel on Thursday introduced its next-generation of PC chips that could make laptops and desktops faster and more power efficient.
The antitrust lawsuit filed today by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission's against Intel Corp. could turn out to be a great Christmas present for Advanced Micro Devices Inc. and Nvidia Corp.
Netbooks could offer longer battery life and better system performance when Intel launches its second generation of Atom processors, which are due to start shipping soon.
While rumors are swirling around the Internet that Intel is looking to buy rival chips maker Nvidia, analysts say it's nothing but talk and bluster.
While Intel nurses a self-inflicted wound after pulling the plug on its long-anticipated Larrabee graphics chip, analysts said rivals AMD and Nvidia need to make hay with the extra time they've been given.
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On February 23, 2021, as the first industry grand meeting since the global COVID-19 epidemic raged, the Mobile World Congress (2021 MWC Shanghai) was grandly held in Shanghai New International Expo Center. With the theme of "Harmony and Symbiosis", the exhibition focused on 5G connectivity, industry intelligence and artificial intelligence, and attracted the enthusiastic participation of nearly 20,000 professional participants. At the same time, this exhibition is also the first time in MWC history to adopt a new mode of integration of online and offline, which provides a new model reference for industry exhibitions in the post-epidemic era.
Focus on the theme of "Empowering Operation with 5G Scheme", Sichuan Changhong Network Technology Co., Ltd. brought a number of new products to this exhibition. Based on the three business plates of "full bandwidth network access and coverage, digital media terminals and end-to-end system solutions in the Internet of Things industry", Sichuan Changhong Network Technology Co., Ltd. showed its latest technological achievements to global operators and industry partners, attracting the attention of many operators' customers and professional media.
During the exhibition, the GSMA think-tank released the "China Mobile Economic Development Report 2021". The report pointed out that China will continue to maintain its position as one of the leading markets for 5G technology in the world. In 2020, more than 200 million new 5G connections was added; It is estimated that by 2025, China's 5G connections will exceed 800 million, providing a series of products and services for individual consumers and the wider economy.
As the pioneer of the domestic 5G terminal industry, Changhong Network Technology has continuously investing. In this exhibition, Changhong Network Technology has launched a series of 5G network equipment terminals, including enterprise gateway, Industrial Internet of Things gateway, 5G V2X RSU, 5G+8K+WiFi 6 home intelligent Hub, MiFi, etc., helping global operators to speed up the deployment of 5G networks and build a solid foundation for the commercialization of new networks.
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Piet Hein Van Dam, founder of the ultra-personalised nutrition startup Clear Health Programme, says the pandemic is having a number of paradoxical effects on nutrition right now but the demand for preventative health solutions has been made crystal clear.
“Before, personalised nutrition and preventative health for most people was a ‘nice to have’ rather than a ‘need to have’.
“Now there’s this realisation that there’s a strong relation between mortality and general health and obesity, making it much more relevant.
“The global population suddenly understands that some things can take over our health systems and block economies so this has brought attention to the importance of prevention, over treatment.”
Amsterdam-based business Clear runs a three week programme in which users wear a discreet glucose monitoring patch continuously (on the back of the arm). In the first week they log their food, mood, exercise and sleep in order for the programme to discover their baseline, week two sees the wearer diversify their diet and exercise and week three is when the numbers are crunched and the service recommends what foods produce the best glucose responses for the individual.
The service offers consumers with data analysis, a personalised diet, coaching, recipes, reminders, suggestions, and a community of other service users with whom they can interact in order to discover just how individual their own diet and exercise responses are.
The startup founder and doctor of physical chemistry says the biggest change for his company has been the increased interest from businesses involved in health and wellness, from gyms to hospitals.
“Lifestyle businesses often don’t have online propositions in place as it stands and now they need to be able to provide services from a distance so we’ve had a lot of proposals from wellness centres, gyms, personal trainers and even medical institutions.”
Clear has even partnered with one hospital, the name of which cannot yet be disclosed, to help provide thousands of its patients with personalised nutrition advice to help them keep their weight down pre- and post-operation.
“This is ideal for them because it means they can personalise their care and they can continue their care outside the hospital walls.”
These potential partnerships were already an aspiration for Clear before the pandemic but the crisis has set the motors running, says the doctor.
A time for entrepreneurs
Van Dam says that a time of crisis is the time for entrepreneurs to step up to the plate.
“As startups in the health and wellness space, our role is to address the big problems in the world. We are responsible for making sure economies start to grow again. Necessity is the motor of innovation and a change in global health and wellness is necessary right now so we have to step in.”
In the short term, the entrepreneur says the pandemic has created an audience of two extreme halves – those who have no time at all and those who have all the time in the world.
“A lot of people are interested but they don’t have the mental space or time or the spare money to devote to their diet right now, like those who are trying to look after young children.
“Those people are looking forward to working on their diet again when they can go back to ‘normal’.
“On the other hand, we have families with grown up children who have time on their hands and are looking to improve their health and they're interested in personalised services which give them something to focus on.”
Speaking about the best ways to communicate with consumers at this time, Van Dam says Clear has been hosting virtual meetings for its users, providing them with an opportunity to engage and interact with the service and other users – something very much appreciated at a time of extreme isolation.
He says this is an ideal time to educate current and potential customers.
“We are also getting involved in several webinars, many hosted by other people, just to help explain how our service works and the importance of personalised nutrition for improving overall health."


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As ecommerce companies slowly get back in shape to deliver essentials, the lack of delivery personnel to fulfil the increased demand has led the companies to ideate innovative solutions.
For instance, Grofers was looking to hire an existing idle semi-skilled workforce in its warehouses across cities. Similarly, it has come to light that BigBasket has partnered with the National Restaurant Association of India and Retail Association of India to offer jobs to those laid off due to the Covid-19 lockdown.
The company is reportedly offering temporary job opportunities for restaurant staff and retail employees registered with NRAI and RAI.
RAI had launched a ‘Food Soldier’ Project to overcome the delays in the supply market. ‘Food Soldiers’ are all those individuals engaged in the supply, storage, retail and delivery of essential products who are risking their lives to ensure consumer needs for food and essentials are met.
The project aims to optimise the supply chain, ensure adequate staff and timely deliveries. RAI said that steps are being taken to deploy the workforce that is employed with non-food retailers in the stores that are selling essentials to overcome the shortage of manpower. RAI is also in discussions with online food delivery firms like Swiggy and Zomato to tie-up with retailers for the last-mile delivery of essentials.
Over the last week, since lockdown has been implemented across the country, ecommerce companies are facing a shortage of manpower for deliveries. Since the lockdown was imposed, several thousand migrant workers have left the towns while others faced challenges in coming out of the homes due to restrictions.
A part of this was solved by the government intervention and allowing e-passes to the delivery partners of all such ecommerce companies. Even then, delay of online orders has been pretty visible across the country.
While online grocery platforms such as BigBasket and Grofers have now reinstated their operations across cities, they are first trying to fulfil existing delayed orders and new orders are showing delivery slots over a week as well.
RAI noted that modern retail has de-grown by 30-40% in the last 15 days due to supply chain problems, shortage of manpower with attendance below 30% and lower customer entry due to social distancing.
The organisation noted that consumers are buying pure low margin items and hence the reduced sales give a margin of around 12 % against the normal 21%. It further noted that compulsory direct home delivery is not viable in a country where ecommerce is only 2%
The burden falls down on over 12 Mn kirana stores, which are finding it difficult to manage walk-in customers and home deliveries at the same time.


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We don’t normally link to idiots, but today Daring Fireball brings us this interesting titbit:
In the various demos of the ZuneHD Microsoft spokesmen have made passing remarks regarding applications coming to the new Zune platform. It was unfortunately not clear if they were talking about simple games like Solitaire, or more complex apps like Crash Bandicoot or Skype.
According to Gruber Microsoft is approaching various iPhone app developers to port their applications to the ZuneHD.
Gruber received an e-mail from an iPhone twitter app developer that said:
He was contacted by Microsoft a few months ago, with an offer to port his app to the Zune in exchange for â€œa bucket of moneyâ€. He turned them down, but assumes, as I do, that Microsoft reached out to the developers of multiple popular iPhone apps.
Whether this presaged an open marketplace of applications, or if Microsoft is planning to just launch with a select few great apps in not known, but it is interesting that the claim is that Microsoft has been working on this issue for some months, suggesting this may be a big launch day surprise to spring on the buying public.


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“The ban on imports of agricultural products declared by Russia on Thursday will tell on all the German exporters, but the exporters of cattle meat, sausage, dairy products, vegetables, fruit, ready to eat products will be hit particularly hard because Russia is a very important market with a high purchase power,” they said.
The Russian government imposed a one-year ban on imports of beef, pork, poultry, fish, cheeses, fruit, vegetables and dairy products from Australia, Canada, the European Union, the United States and Norway, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said on Thursday.
In response to Western sanctions, President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on Wednesday to ban for one year the imports of agricultural, raw and food products from the countries, which imposed sanctions against Russia.
The ban comes into force as of August 7.


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Published: October 11, 2014 | Category: Casino Games
Four of our favourite online casino software providers each recently launched new online slot machines and these brand new slots can now be found in some of the best online casinos in the world. Microgaming actually launched a trio of new slots towards the beginning of September called So Much Sushi, So Much Candy and So Many Monsters.
The company then went on to release another new slot in October called Red Hot Devil. “Red Hot Devil is an eye-catching game thanks to its bright artwork and rock 'n' roll theme. But what makes it even more appealing to players ...


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So, it's finally happened. The little voice-over-IP companies that could have garnered the attention of regulatory bodies in three (MN, WI, and CA) states, including here in California. PUC aim: Regulate Net phone service:
With Internet phones emerging as a possible replacement for traditional voice networks, regulators say they need to step in to ensure that consumers are protected. But some companies -- many of them start-ups that have yet to show a profit -- are worried that government intrusion could hurt them financially and punish the industry just as it's gaining momentum. Commission officials say that, even though the companies are moving phone calls over the Internet, they are providing service that is identical to regular carriers' and should have to follow the same regulations. ``What we're looking at, in essence, is protecting the consumer,'' said Helen Mickiewicz, legal counsel for the PUC.
Which beggars the question of, "What are we being protected from?" Rate plans? Those aren't regulated by the PUC. Fraud? That's the attorney general's job to investigate and correct. What exactly does the PUC want?
[T]he companies could be required to provide 911 access, contribute to a fund that subsidizes phone service in rural areas, and pay fees to access to the networks of local phone carriers... Internet phone providers say the extra fees could cut their competitive advantage. And they argue that their service does not fit neatly into a regulatory framework that was created for another telecommunications era. ``The technology we're offering is different,'' said Huw Reese, vice president of sales and marketing for Santa Clara-based 8x8, whose service is called Packet8. ``It is a data service in that we're using the Internet to carry calls. It cannot be regulated in the same way.''
We shall see if that's true or not.
Regulators are especially concerned that some companies do not offer reliable 911 service. "What happens if a 15-year-old is using a VoIP phone,'' Mickiewicz said, ``and fire breaks out and the kid can't call 911? Who's going to get the blame? People will be saying, `Why weren't they regulated?'"
When people bring up "what if" scenarios, what they're really talking about is risk management. That is to say, "What is the liklihood and consequences of event A occurring compared to the cost to prevent or mitigate event A?"
For their part, companies say they do want to offer 911 service, but current technology makes it difficult. ``It's not like companies like these don't want to offer this service,'' said Ravi Sakaria, chief executive of New Jersey-based VoicePulse. ``But there has to be a large enough market for someone to invest in this issue.''
And that's really the crux of the matter here. It's difficult for me to understand how states are willing to forego taxes online, but want to clamp down the iron fist of regulation on companies that simply transmit IP packets from one network to the next, just like every other ISP in the world.


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On March 8th, the China Home Appliances and Consumer Electronics Expo ("2018AWE") was opened in Shanghai with the theme of "Smart Life, Illuminating Future Visions". As one of the most influential and discourse-powered events in the field of global home appliances, consumer electronics and smart products (software and hardware), this exhibition will focus on the new world of smart homes constructed by new technologies and new products. At the same time as the latest achievements in smart technology, it provides a terminal entrance for end users to quickly enter the future imagination world. As an accelerator of the smart world in the future, flexible display technology has an irreplaceable role in the consumer electronics industry chain. During the exhibition, the well-known flexible display represents the company Visconnovo brings a large number of flexible technology appearances, and accelerates the application of flexible displays in smart homes and smart life through technological innovation.
With the impact of the Internet and the Internet of Things, the smart life in the era of large-scale connectivity has quickly reached consumers. The new display technology has ushered in the era of “ubiquitous screen” in the promotion of mutual integration with mobile internet and smart internet. Visionox, as the world’s leading manufacturer of new display solutions, exhibited “the world's first fully flexible folding screen full module” product during the exhibition, with an inward bend radius of 3mm, an outside bend radius of 5mm, and a number of bends exceeding 10 Millions of times, technology is at the leading level in the world. Experts in the industry analyzed that this flexible folding screen will bring infinite possibilities to the digital economy in the future, and will serve as an accelerator to promote the collaborative technology innovation of the whole industry and the transformation and upgrading of the new industrial ecosystem. At the same time, it will also apply to terminal industries such as home appliances and consumer electronics. Smart home and other related industry innovations have milestone significance.
In 2018, the scale of smart homes in China will usher in explosive growth, and smart hardware is also rushing into the era of intelligence. In this exhibition, Visionox also showcased innovative application terminals such as flexible display smart speakers, flexible display smart jewelry boxes, and flexible e-books equipped with flexible AMOLED screens. These innovative technologies, products and applications are closely related to consumer electronics applications. It will bring inspiration to China's home appliances and consumer electronics and other related industries. It will also open up a new pattern of collaborative development across the industry, highlighting the future of flexible displays everywhere.
Flexible AMOLED is becoming a new type of display technology development trend and a global technology field due to its all-solid state, active emission, high brightness, high contrast, ultra-thin, low power consumption, no viewing angle restrictions, wide operating temperature range, and soft display. Investment hotspots. At present, the technology has a higher penetration rate in the entire display field, especially in the smart home and consumer electronics applications. With years of independent innovation and technology accumulation, Visionox has fully mastered the flexible OLED display technology and scale production applications. And in Beijing, Jiangsu, Hebei and other places to set up R & D center, the first independently designed and built a professional production line of the 5.5 generation of AMOLED production line in mainland China, leading the construction of China's first 6th generation full-flex AMOLED mass production line. For many years, Visionox insisted on mass production as its orientation, while relying on original technology to innovate products and services, it also collaborated with the upstream and downstream enterprises to develop together, and strived to promote the development of the OLED display industry chain and the application of OLED technology in a wider area.
Faced with the upcoming future smart home world, Visionox flexible display "ubiquitous screen" carries high-level demands of users for scientific and technological advancement, flexible OLED display technology, intelligent life from everything interconnection to all things display, or will be in the future Display technology plays an important role in the intelligent advancement process. With the breakthrough of the screen form and the release of technological imagination, Visionox will accelerate the “ubiquitous screen” flexible display of terminal applications in the future of smart ecology, together with the industrial chain to build a new vision of a flexible vision.


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U.S based online payments giant—PayPal, has recently made it first blockchain technology-related investment. According to the report announcing the investment, PayPal reportedly joined the extension of a Series A funding round in Cambridge Blockchain.
Amount invested by PayPal not Yet Disclosed
This is a startup focused on helping financial institutions and other companies articulate and manage sensitive data using shared ledgers.
Although the amount invested by Paypal into the startup has not been disclosed yet, a recent filing with the financial watchdog, SEC revealed that the startup has raised a total of $3.5 million in new equity from several investors over the past nine months.
Going by this number and the $7 million close of its Series A in May of 2018, the startup has raised a total capital of about $10.5 million.
That first $7 million is broken down into two parts. The first part is $4 million of new capital while the second portion is $3 million of converted notes, which originated from several investors, including HCM Capital, the VC arm of Foxconn, which manufactures the iPhone for Apple, as well as Digital Currency Group.
The $3.5 million recently filed with the SEC, is a product of PayPal’s involvement with the startup along with Omidyar Network, a self-styled “philanthropic investment firm,” composed of a foundation and an impact investment firm. Established in 2004 by eBay founder Pierre Omidyar and his wife Pam.
PayPal’s First Crypto Investment
Confirming PayPal’s involvement in the funding processes. A spokesperson from the company said:
“We made an investment in Cambridge Blockchain because it is applying blockchain for digital identity in a way that we believe could benefit financial services companies including PayPal. Our investment will allow us to explore potential collaborations to leverage blockchain technology.”
The spokesperson also confirmed that Cambridge is PayPal’s first investment in a blockchain company. Hopefully more is to follow.
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Odds are, you’ve come across or even used open source software at some point, but what does the term “open source” really mean? And is it worth it to use any program that labels itself as such?
This type of software is actually pretty commonplace for things like Microsoft Office alternatives, photo editors, media players, and even entire operating systems. As such, it’s important to know about its benefits and downsides and whether open-source software is worth using at all. Come see what we have to say about it!
Yikes! The attacker responsible for the recent T-Mobile hack now claims that they have “full info” on all T-Mobile customers in the United States.
Another leak reveals more images of the potential Fitbit Charge 5 device, and honestly? Its color display and pretty band colors look super gorgeous.
ZTE just announced its latest phone, the Axon 30 5G. Not only does it have a super affordable price, but it also boasts an … invisible selfie camera?
Open-source software is something you’ve likely come across on the internet, commonly made by smaller development teams as free alternatives to popular programs. But this goes much further than price—open-source programs offer a lot of other positives that make them worth using. Read More »
Intel is introducing a forthcoming line of consumer-level high-performance GPUs and branding them as Intel Arc. The brand is set to encompass both the software and the hardware within the high-end discrete GPUs, in addition to multiple hardware generations. Read More »
One of HP’s best high-end Chromebooks is about to get even better. Of course, we’re talking about the HP Chromebook C1030, which will reportedly get an upgrade to Intel’s upcoming 12th-Gen Alder Lake processors in 2022. Read More »
Samsung’s new Galaxy Z Fold 3 isn’t just the first foldable with an under-display camera; it’s also the first phone to utilize Samsung’s groundbreaking Eco2 OLED technology. The new display panel cuts down on battery consumption by 25% and even improves the Z Fold 3’s under-display camera quality by allowing more light into the phone. But how does Eco2 OLED work? Read More »
After months of hype, leaks, and weird manifestos, Nothing is finally doing something. Its $100 Ear 1 buds go on sale August 17th, backed by the intense media coverage you would expect for a Samsung or Google product. Read More »
Noodles are a popular meal option thanks to their versatility, but they can be a bit of a hassle to cook. With this microwavable noodle bowl, however, you can cook your pasta in a few minutes without all the cleanup. It has a steam release vent on the lid that allows for splatter-free heating, and the lid itself stays cool to the touch and has easy-lift tabs for easy opening. You can even chuck the bowl in the top rack of the dishwasher when you’re done. Winner winner noodle dinner!
Android has placed a bigger focus on improving accessibility throughout the past year. Now, Google has updated its Android Accessibility Suite to add “Camera Switches” to Switch Access, which allows you to use facial gestures to control your phone. Read More »
ZTE recently announced the Axon 30 5G, a $500 smartphone and the company’s latest attempt at under-display camera technology. The Axon 30 5G launched in China earlier this month, but ZTE now confirms that it’s planning a U.S. and global release for September 9th. Read More »
This week T-Mobile confirmed that it’s looking into massive claims floating around the web that someone is selling nearly all of its U.S.A customers’ sensitive data. Motherboard reported that it’s in contact with the seller, who claims to have “full customer info,” including Social Security numbers, phone IMEI numbers, names, addresses, driver license info, and more for T-Mobile USA. Read More »
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Zagat has now officially released an all-new website as well as new Android and iPhone apps. All of these will now allow you to browse the latest content from some of your favorite local spots. Also, you may now browse the ratings without having to log in.
According to Zagat, “Our new website and mobile apps feature the latest news and video content from our expert local editors and curated lists (think “10 Hidden Restaurant Gardens Around DC“), along with powerful search, helpful filters (like Neighborhoods and Cuisines) and map-based browsing to help you find the local gems.
Through our digital products – and the Google products you use every day like the new Google Maps for Mobile – you can rely on Zagat’s curated lists and summary reviews to cut through the clutter so you can find the perfect spot, every time.”


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Diadora has found a new way to celebrate a sneaker release.
The “All Star” and “Energy” editions hit stores Saturday.
The brand tapped a musician and a stylist to wear its Tubular sneakers in the new spot.
Navigating the world of e-commerce can be dizzying. Luckily, Footwear News editors are here to help.
Keflezighi, the only athlete to win the New York Marathon, Boston Marathon & an Olympic Medal, has endorsed Skechers Performance since its 2011 launch.
Girls can celebrate Valentine’s Day in everything from red party shoes to pink sneakers.
Who’s in, who’s out, who’s been promoted and hired — find out all the industry moves in one place, brought to you weekly by FN.
FN is rounding up the best shoe moments, from the field to the halftime show stage.
Fisher will be replaced by another former NBA standout, Kurt Rambis, as interim coach.


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T-Mobile threw another one of its flashy “Uncarrier” events again Wednesday night, announcing that it will not charge its customers for data they use when listening to streaming music from some of the industry's top services.
The news came...
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Designing an app that turns a smartphone into a universal remote control isn't a technological quad somersault off the 3-meter board anymore.
Flyover Innovations, obviously, didn't want to flop headfirst into the pool of same-old, Bluetooth-connected...
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Apple Inc is close to paying a record $3.2 billion for Beats Electronics, two people with knowledge of the matter said, an expensive foray into music streaming and headphone gear that would mark a departure for the usually cash-conservative iPhone maker....
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TORONTO (Reuters) - Searching for that elusive parking spot or a nearby attraction? Forget about consulting your smartphone, just look at the car dashboard.
Whether it is streaming music and listening to audio books, or even ordering a pizza, apps are...
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Online music streaming service Spotify is recruiting a U.S. financial reporting specialist, adding to speculation that the Swedish startup is preparing for a share listing, which one banker said could value the firm at as much as $8 billion.
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These four devices represent some of the best tech out there:
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The good: The iPad Air delivers improved performance and impressive battery life in an attractive and impossibly thin-and-light package. An improved front-facing camera makes...
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T-Mobile is shaking things up again, announcing new perks for wireless users in an effort to woo them away from rival carriers.
At a media event in Seattle on Wednesday evening, T-Mobile rolled out a try-before-you-buy program as well as unlimited music...
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Rather than making any single splashy announcement, Apple's latest developers conference keynote Monday was all about how the company plans to make its gadgets work together even better.
The ease and simplicity of its iPhones, iPads and Macs have long...
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Apple Inc. is nearing a deal to buy Beats Electronics LLC, the premium headphone maker that recently launched a subscription streaming music service.
The Cupertino tech giant would pay $3.2 billion for Beats, according to a person with knowledge of the...
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Apple Inc., in what would be the largest acquisition ever for the tech giant, is close to buying high-end headphone maker Beats Electronics for $3.2 billion.
The talks between Apple of Cupertino, Calif., and Beats Electronics of Culver City were first...


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A proposed class action alleges Welch Foods, Inc. has misled consumers by stating its juice products contain “No Artificial Flavors.”
According to the case, the packaging and labeling of Welch’s juice products, including its “Light Concord Grape Juice Beverage” and “Light White Grape Juice Beverage,” are intended to give consumers the false impression that they are buying “a premium, all-natural juice product,” instead of one that contains artificial flavors.
Per the suit, Welch’s juice products are falsely and misleadingly labeled and advertised, making them misbranded under federal and state law.
“Both these products’ advertising claims that these products contain ‘No Artificial Flavors,’” the complaint says. “This statement is false. Both these products include artificial flavoring chemicals that simulate the advertised fruit flavors.”
Although the labels of Welch’s grape juice products display “lifelike illustrations” of fresh grapes and state that the beverages contain “no artificial flavors,” they contain a synthetic chemical flavoring agent identified in the ingredients lists as “malic acid,” the lawsuit attests. According to the suit, the malic acid Welch’s includes in its products is not naturally sourced but is instead “manufactured in a petrochemical factory from petroleum feedstocks.”
Because the malic acid, a synthetic chemical, “simulate[s] and “reinforce[s]” each of the Welch’s grape juice product’s characterizing fruit flavors, the front labels are required by law to disclose the presence of an artificial flavor “rather than misleadingly suggest that the Product’s flavor is conferred only by natural fruit juices,” the case argues.
The lawsuit further alleges the Welch’s products’ labeling violates federal and state food labeling requirements in that the drinks’ ingredients lists identify the malic acid component as only generic “malic acid” instead of its more specific, non-generic chemical name, dl-malic acid.
“Because Defendant uses a misleading and unlawful generic name for this ingredient, consumers have no chance to identify it as a synthetic chemical or to know that the Product is artificially flavored,” the complaint contends.
Moreover, the case claims the defendant’s representation that the products contain “no artificial flavors” is “even more deceptive” given the juices do contain an undisclosed artificial ingredient. Per the suit, federal and state consumer protection laws require that all food products containing artificial flavors disclose the presence of such “prominently on both the front and back labels.”
“Defendant fails to do so, deceptively and unlawfully persuading consumers that these Products are ‘naturally-flavored’ when they in fact contain artificial flavors,” the lawsuit says.
According to the case, consumers would not have purchased Welch’s grape juice products absent the defendant’s allegedly false and misleading labeling.
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Jun 22, 2021
Logistics | Responsibility
Green Delivery in Berlin: 2.5 million parcels per year – Hermes has developed a blueprint for sustainable urban logistics
In many parts of central Berlin, Hermes deliveries will be carbon-neutral from now on: every year, more than 2.5 million parcels are to be delivered by cargo bike or electric van. This means that more than 300,000 Berlin residents will be receiving emission-free deliveries, either to their doorstep or to a ParcelShop.


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A century-long battle over the use of the Budweiser trademark has taken a new twist with the purchase of a small Czech brewer by AB InBev, the global beer giant.
AB InBev, the world's biggest brewer by volume, said on Thursday it had acquired Pivovar Samson, a Czech brewery based in the Bohemian town of Ceske Budejovice, known in German as Budweis, cradle of Budweiser-style beer.
The purchase is the latest chapter in the long war between AB InBev, the maker of the US-brewed Budweiser beer, and the Czech state-owned brewer Budejovicky Budvar.
Both companies claim the use of the Budweiser trademark, one of the world's most valuable brand names, and used by both in different markets.
With the purchase of Budweis-based Samson, AB InBev hopes to bolster its claim in courts and jurisdictions across the globe, where the fight with Budvar has played out for roughly 100 years.
AB InBev's Budweiser sells mainly in the Americas and Asia, while the version made by Budvar, the Czech Republic's fourth-biggest brewer, is sold in several European countries, including the Benelux, Britain and France.
In 2013, Budvar lost a bid in a EU court to ban AB InBev from using the name worldwide, a decision the Belgium-based multinational says should end the dispute.
But this is unlikely, as Budvar has a good legal track of its own, having won 88 of 124 disputes closed worldwide between 2000 and 2011, according to the Czech News Agency.
A spokesman for AB InBev said the acquisition of Samson "further strengthens AB InBev's legal position, particularly as it relates to the Budweiser brand".
But a spokesman for Budvar replied that the transaction had "no effect" on the dispute.
"The brewery they have bought now didn't have a single trademark referring to Budweiser, nothing that could affect the relationship to us or the legal dispute," Budvar spokesman Petr Samec said.
AB InBev said Samson, which has traditionally focused only on the domestic market, would be integrated in its stable of European brands.


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$23M In Venture Capital Raised By Black-Owned Hair Brand
Mayvenn hair is making waves in the beauty industry.
The black-owned startup and popular hair brand Mayvenn recently raised $23 million in venture capital funding, reports Black Enterprise. The company got its start selling quality virgin human hair and extensions in 2013. Mayvenn is also recommended by more than 100,000 stylists. According to Co-founder and CEO Diishan Imira, the money that the company raised will go towards the creation of a new service for the company which will allow customers to have their hair installed by Mayvenn certified hair stylists for free, cites News One.
“Mayvenn has been well received by the investment community because it’s different. Investors saw that we had traction and an ownable stake of a large, fragmented market that has been highly overlooked with millions of dollars in buying power who wanted a better way to find and purchase hair. Additionally, as founders, we’re not only passionate about our mission, but have very unique and complementary skill sets to go out and solve these problems.”
It’s reported that the beauty industry is expected to be worth more than $390 billion by the year 2020. Black entrepreneurs are seeing to it that they will see a piece of this pie. In fact, Essence Ventures, Cross Culture Ventures, Impact America Fund, and 16z were all instrumental in helping Mayvenn secure the new funds.
Other black-owned businesses are also making their waves in venture capital. In fact, two women behind wildly popular makeup brand Mented Cosmetics, Amanda Johnson and KJ Miller, recently chose to knock down barriers for African American women in the realm of entrepreneurship. This occurred after the duo became the 15th and 16th African-American women in history to garner $1 million in venture capital funding for their startup, noted News One.
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The company’s data shows that stylists on the program are already seeing large increases of 40 percent to 50 percent in the number of clients coming into their businesses. To date, Mayvenn has paid over $20 million in commission to hairstylists across the country with a core mission to change the direction dollars flow in the beauty industry, reports Black Enterprises. Imira also stated that the company has big plans for the infusion of capital.
“Our plans for this new infusion of capital is to invest heavily in consumer and brand marketing. We’ve been a very B2B driven company thus far, but demand has grown so much that we will be able to better serve our customers by having direct relationships with them, while also driving more business for our stylists. Our newest feature will be game-changing. In certain areas, and soon-to-be nationwide, Mayvenn customers will be able to buy hair directly from Mayvenn and we will pair them with a top-tier stylist in their area, who will do their hair free of charge, in an effort to provide the best possible end-to-end experience for our consumers.”
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Been holding out for a white version of the BlackBerry keyboard phone? Well, your dreams have come true.
To celebrate the release of "Age of Ultron," a type of star that will "live fast and die hard" is creating a nebula fitting for a Norse god. (Well, not really for that reason.)
A longtime military workhorse, the Chinook helicopter has undergone a tech overhaul. The newer CH-47F models can be programmed to fly and will soon be able to stream live video feeds from drones in the cockpit.
Yes, it's expensive, but the best gear always is.
The Audiophiliac spends a bit of quality time with the Toblerone-shaped high-resolution music player.
The Audiophiliac spends quality time with an extraordinarily high performance in-ear headphone.
CEO Satya Nadella's comment that female employees should trust in karma opened Microsoft's eyes to unconscious bias.
The company's new smartphone-controlled quadcopter, first announced in May, is finally flying into stores.
Wacky TV sitcoms, crime shows, late-night soaps, Saturday morning cartoons and even space sagas get lampooned by Adult Swim in the ultimate creepy homage.
The world's biggest subscription video service gets first crack at streaming the "Crouching Tiger" sequel -- simultaneously debuting in selected IMAX theaters on August 28, 2015.


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Time To Change Your Light Bulbs
in the dark about the upcoming light bulb switch. Incandescent bulbs are being phased out, starting in a little over a month. When it's as easy as flipping a switch, most people don't give their light bulbs a second thought. But they'll have to come January first when 100 watt incandescent bulbs will be phased out. "No, I didn't know that. Uh-oh, I have to stock up then," consumer David Judd said.


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Cannabis, including several colourful cannabis edibles, was seized from unlicensed retailers in New Brunswick on February 2.
Investigators from the province’s Department of Justice and Public Safety’s Safer Communities program enforced warrants: in Fredericton at High 420 at 315 Main St, and in Dieppe, serving Green Buddha/Giggles to Go at 432 Champlain St.
Officials say a “yet to be determined” amount of cannabis, cannabis derivatives, cannabis products, and other items were seized. A company called Giggles2go is still visible online, and offers delivery in the Fredericton area.
Two men were arrested in connection to the raids, one at each location. Both have subsequently been released. A 24-year-old man arrested in connection to the raid in Fredericton has a court date in April. The investigation related to the raid in Dieppe is still ongoing
An image shared by officials from the Dieppe raid of the Green Buddha/Giggles to Go location shows several edible cannabis products that are knock-offs of popular snack food brands like Nerds, Chips Ahoy, Jolly Ranchers, Skittles, Mars Bars, and Starburst.
Such products have become more popular and common in Canada in the last few years. Packaging can be found online and often includes a California THC logo stamp and may change the spelling of the brand name in question.
In 2022, candy manufacturer Mars Canada Inc. won a lawsuit against several illicit online cannabis retailers in Canada who have been selling products using logos and branding associated with Skittles.
Cannabis NB, the provincial regulator and retailer, held its first Cannabis East consumer and industry trade show in Moncton over the weekend. The day-and-a-half event included a Cannabis NB “pop-up shop” for cannabis sales.


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ASM Pacific Technology posts 40.4 per cent fall in net profit
Chief executive predicts slowdown will be shallow and short
Hong Kong-listed ASM Pacific Technology, the top global supplier of semiconductor assembly and packaging equipment by revenue, predicts a moderate improvement in the industry this year after posting a 40.4 per cent drop in net profit last year.
In a regulatory filing on Wednesday, ASM Pacific chief executive Lee Wai-kwong said the company was “encouraged by the rebound in bookings” in the three months to December.
“This probably confirms ... that the current [slow] industry cycle should be shallow and a short one,” Lee said. “Overall, we believe that we will again demonstrate our resilience in 2016.”
ASM Pacific, which is 40 per cent-owned by Nasdaq-traded ASM International, reported a net profit of HK$952.9 million last year, down from HK$1.6 billion in 2014.
Jefferies equity analyst Ken Hui said the weak profit was caused by ASM Pacific’s higher operating costs, tax expenses and non-operating losses from activities outside its core business.
Total revenue for ASM Pacific last year declined 8.8 per cent to HK$12.9 billion from HK$14.2 billion in 2014.
“Unfavourable macroeconomic conditions, such as a slowdown in China’s growth, a weak stock market and a much slower pace of growth in smartphones, seem to have dented business confidence and discouraged investment,” Lee said. “However, we did notice that confidence seemed to have been restored to a certain extent towards the end of the year.”
Manufacturing customers in China, including Hong Kong, contributed 48.2 per cent of ASM Pacific’s total revenue last year. The company’s other major markets were Europe, the Americas, Malaysia and Japan.
Its top 20 customers included semiconductor makers, outsourced chip assembly and test services providers, light-emitting diode makers, contract electronics manufacturers and automotive component suppliers.
“With the industry recovery, ASM Pacific guides for its first-quarter revenue this year to be sequentially flat to slightly better,” Jefferies’ Hui said.
Technology research firm Gartner has forecast worldwide semiconductor capital spending to decrease 4.7 per cent to US$59.4 billion this year, down from US$62.3 billion last year.
“Capital investment policies of leading semiconductor vendors have remained cautious against the background of sluggish electronics demand,” Gartner senior research analyst David Christensen said in a report last month. He added that the “long-term outlook shows a return to growth, although the wafer-level manufacturing equipment market is expected to enter a gentle down cycle in 2016”.
ASM Pacific shares rose 0.08 per cent to HK$61.55 on Wednesday.


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Minot, N.D. Every month, the Minot Chamber of Commerce awards several community members for excellent customer service.
Nominated by customers, the awardees receive a number of prizes including an Eagle pin, symbolizing their dedication to the community. Over 12 years thousands of community members have been honored. This month, 10 people were selected.
The chamber they hope the continuation of the ceremony will encourage people to come to the Magic City, knowing they will receive the best service.
"Yes, it's important to recognize businesses but it's perhaps, in our community especially, more important to recognize customer service. Because the customer service, good customer service, keeps people coming back and that in turn makes the business successful," says Minot Chamber of Commerce President, John McMartin.
If you would like to nominate someone, please visit the Minot Chamber of Commerce website.


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Treaty 6ix hoodies, hats meant to wear and educate
- Morgan Esperance | September 12, 2020
In late July, Tesler Mosquito thought to create a clothing brand called Treaty 6ix, to educate people about the Treaties.
“I want people to hear Treaty 6ix and do some research and they'll be wondering what it is and educate themselves further,” Mosquito said.
He started selling the hoodies and hats only six weeks ago, but already has sold 450 hoodies and counting. Orders have gone as far as Iqaluit, Nunavut, Prince Edward Island, California and Victoria, BC.
“I came up with Treaty 6ix, with ix. I think it has that mainstream feel to it,” said Mosquito.
“So, I decided to make some hoodies and the hoodies got a really good response online.”
Mosquito runs his business out of his home, where he converted his basement into a warehouse space for packaging and mailing products.
With the support of his Mosquito Grizzly Bear’s Head First Nation, Mosquito’s first bulk order included an exclusive backpack along with the hoodies and snapback hats.
“I want to get some toques for the fall and wintertime. I'm going to investigate a jacket also to put on top,” he said.
Mosquito completed his Bachelor of Education degree in 2019 through the Indigenous Teacher Education Program (ITEP) in Saskatoon. He intends to use his education to teach through his brand.
Treaty 6 was signed between the British Crown and the First Nations at Fort Carlton, Saskatchewan on August 23, 1876. Eleven numbered Treaties were signed between 1871 and 1877.
Mosquito has been busy getting his clothing line going and building his clientele but he also plans to tell the story of his apparel and intends to donate a per centage to an as-yet undetermined cause.
“I’ve been giving some hoodies away. It’s awesome once you own a business, you’re able to bless with random gifts,” he said.
Mosquito hopes his brand will appeal to Indigenous and non-Indigenous people.
“It's going to promote inclusiveness and focus on the positives,” he said.
“The positive of life, the positives of the relationship especially with the Indigenous community and non-Indigenous community.”
Mosquito wants people to see Treaty 6ix as a key word, and something will click in their minds to remember where the name comes from.
“It was a relationship between two cultures, two nations, a bunch of Indigenous nations and the British government made Canada what it is today,” he said.
Purchases can be made by messaging Mosquito through his “Treaty 6ix” Facebook or Instagram pages. Sweater colours will change through the seasons.


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BMW suffered a significant drop in sales in August. However, the carmaker confirmed that it wanted to set a new record for 2006 as well.
The car maker BMW posted a significant drop in sales in August. The number of vehicles sold by the BMW Group fell by 10.9 percent to 88,394 vehicles, the company announced on Thursday in Munich. Sales of vehicles from the core BMW brand fell by 10.1 percent to 76,502, while those of Mini fell by 15.8 percent to 11,832 cars. In the Motorcycles division, sales fell 4.7 percent to 6,279 machines. Only the Rolls Royce brand recorded a small increase in sales to 60 vehicles.
Slight plus until August
Calculated over the first eight months, however, there was an increase of 3.8 percent to 889,345 vehicles for the entire group. At BMW, growth was 6.0 percent to 760,237 vehicles. Only MINI and the motorcycle division recorded a decline so far this year. The sales figures for the small car fell by 7.6 percent to 128,710 cars due to the conversion of production at the Oxford plant and due to the upcoming model change. For motorcycles, sales figures were 3.2 percent below the previous year's level, partly because of the long and harsh winter.
Regardless of the somewhat weaker months of July and August, Sales Director Michael Ganal confirmed the previous plans for the full year. For example, BMW wants to exceed last year's sales record of more than 1.3 million vehicles. BMW had posted vigorous sales growth, especially in the first few months of the current year.
The corona crisis is also causing production to come to a standstill at Porsche. The VW subsidiary expects a significant decline in sales in the first quarter
The French car manufacturer PSA was able to increase its sales in the third quarter. This was primarily due to the demand for higher-priced SUVs
The model change for the BMW 3 Series has caused a drop in sales for the Munich-based company. For the core brand, it was 4.7 percent
BMW Motorrad is feeling the effects of weak demand in southern Europe. In May, sales by the Munich-based company fell by almost nine percent
BMW expects the overall market to decline by up to 20 percent this year. Nevertheless, CEO Norbert Reithofer sticks to the long-term


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Uber Technologies Inc on Tuesday similarly improved shipping offerings, launching an app-based grocery provider in various Latin American and Canadian cities, with the United States to observe later this month.
The company’s modern foray into the shipping area is in partnership with Cornershop, a Chilean on line grocery issuer that Uber has held a majority stake in for the reason that October.
Customers in Canada’s Montreal and Toronto, eleven Brazilian cities, together with Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo, 4 Chilean cities, Colombia’s Bogota and Peru’s Lima will be capable to order groceries from neighborhood shops and chains via the Uber Eats app.
In Canada, groceries can be ordered from massive chains Walmart Inc and Metro Inc.
A launch in U.S. cities is anticipated later in July, establishing with regional retailers in Miami and Dallas, an Uber spokeswoman said.
Uber stated it had some 9,500 energetic merchants, with grocery-convenience orders growing with the aid of greater than 176% in view that February throughout the Uber platform.
Uber’s grocery transport push comes at a time when its core ride-hailing commercial enterprise is beneath strain round the globe with coronavirus lockdown orders maintaining many passengers at home.
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At the equal time, Uber’s restaurant transport commercial enterprise Eats has considered developing demand in the course of the pandemic, with second-quarter meals transport orders up greater than 100%.
Uber on Monday stated it would collect U.S. meals shipping rival Postmates for $2.65 billion to drastically expand the commercial enterprise of imparting daily goods, which includes groceries.


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Voice Shopping Holds Promise: According to a new Forrester Research brief, the US installed smart speaker base will grow from 21 million last year to 166 million by 2022. Consumers' comfort level with using smart speakers in the path to purchase is also on the rise. Currently, 8% of users research products and 12% order items via an Amazon Echo-type device. However, 54% are interested in using a smart speaker for research, and 48% to buy. eMarketer projects 18.2% of the US population will use voice-enabled speakers by 2021.
Aldi Makes Good: Germany's no-frills grocer Aldi has been on an expansion tear in recent years, and it appears to be paying off. A YouGov comparison to more established The Kroger Co. found that Aldi doubled its "impression score" (on a scale of -100 to +100) from 15 in January 2013 to 29 in March 2018. Kroger, meanwhile, remained at 30 over the same timeframe. And when US consumers were asked about where they were more likely to shop next for groceries, Aldi beat Kroger, 26% vs. 23%. Aldi shoppers are more likely to be on a budget (68%) than Kroger customers (59%), however. Kroger is concentrating on ecommerce efforts like a new partnership with Instacart.


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Last year saw the global PC market make a big comeback with device shipments reaching 143.7m units during the fourth quarter marking the third consecutive quarter of annual growth according to new data from Canalys (opens in new tab).
Throughout the whole year though, PC and tablet shipments grew by 17 percent in 2020 to reach 458.2m units representing the highest volume since 2015.
Chinese PC giant Lenovo (opens in new tab) led the market during both Q4 and for the full year with shipments of 28.8m and 87m units respectively. Following closely behind in second place, Apple (opens in new tab) managed to ship 26.4m Macs and iPads in the fourth quarter to reach a total of 81.4m units for the full year. HP, Dell and Samsung took the remaining spots in Canalys' list of the top PC vendors and each company posted double digit shipment growth during the last quarter of 2020.
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As was the case last quarter, the continued surge in demand was likely the result of more employees working from home (opens in new tab) and students shifting to distance learning (opens in new tab) as a result of the pandemic.
Tablets and Chromebooks
During the holiday season, tablets (opens in new tab) continued to see strong sales and shipments were able to hit an all-time high of 52.8m units. Compared to 2019 though, tablets sales saw a 28 percent increase and a total of 160.6m units were shipped throughout last year.
Canalys analyst Ishan Dutt provided further insight on last year's record tablet sales in a press release (opens in new tab), saying:
“The growth momentum enjoyed by tablets shows just how important easy access to computing power has become in the current time. Their versatility across, not just different form factors and price points, but also connectivity options, make them an ideal device across a variety of use-cases, from simple slates for e-learning and content consumption all the way to high-performance detachables for productivity users who are adapting to spending a larger proportion of time at home.”
At the same time though, Chromebooks (opens in new tab) also saw a huge increase in demand with the overall market almost quadrupling in size when compared to the same period a year ago. HP retained the top spot in the market with 3.5m units shipped while Lenovo came in second with 2.8m units shipped. Acer and Dell also maintained their spots during Q4 with each vendor shipping around 1.5m units. Samsung took the fifth spot after surpassing Asus and the Korean company shipped just over a million units in the fourth quarter of 2020.
Expect to see PC, tablet and Chromebook makers continue to innovate with new features and designs in 2021 as they look to build on the momentum from last year's strong sales.
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