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Guess what, Prime Day could contribute to a rise in fear-based social media usage. Amazon’s Ring video doorbell was one of the company’s best-sellers on the first day of its two-day Prime shopping fest, thanks to the steep discounts the e-commerce giant offered on Ring and other surveillance products. This year’s Ring push, similar to the company’s wildly successful campaigns to sell Alexa Echo devices in years past, could lead to a more widespread embrace of what Recode’s Rani Molla called “fear-based social media,” as more Americans install surveillance devices in their homes. Ring’s attendant app, Neighbors, lets people in a given community report crimes and share footage of those crimes (spoiler: it’s mainly of people stealing Amazon packages). As Molla writes, “in practice, that means a lot of reports of ‘suspicious’ brown people on porches and a general perception that the world is a scarier place than it is.”
The big deal: People of color are still disproportionately featured in Ring videos of “crimes,” and racist language on the Neighbors platform is commonplace. It’s also bad for the mental health of the people who own the devices because they contribute to an inaccurate perception that crime is more common than it actually is.
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Uber is (finally) setting diversity goals for 2022. So we know it’s serious, the company is tying the goals to “the compensation of several of its senior executives,” according to CNN. Uber released its diversity report this week, and the company has work to do. White men made up 30.1 percent of its US workforce, and black women made up 5.3 percent, black men 4 percent, Hispanic women 3.7 percent, and Hispanic men 4.6 percent. Though these percentages are low, they are up slightly from last year. Uber’s corporate workforce (not including drivers, of course) grew from 18,000 to 26,000 this year.
- The breakdown: The percentage of women in leadership roles at the company grew from 20.9 percent to 28 percent in 2019. But compare that to Uber’s main competitor, Lyft, where women occupied 32.8 percent of leadership roles in 2018.
- Here’s how Uber’s diversity numbers compare to those at several other big tech companies in 2018.
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Instacart’s app hounds workers when they don’t want to accept an order. Instacart’s “full-service shoppers” are reporting that when a gig comes up for them in the app, there is no way for them to decline the request. Instead, these workers say, they have to “mute their phone, close the app, or sit through about four minutes of that strange pinging, which many say sounds like a submarine’s sonar” to avoid a job for any number of reasons, but often because the gig doesn’t pay enough. On top of this, workers say they are penalized for declining gigs by getting barred from gaining “early access,” a system that surfaces better jobs. (Instacart told Bloomberg it doesn’t force anyone to take on unwanted tasks.)
Background: Instacart (which is eyeing an IPO) has faced several other controversies over worker pay practices. In 2017, the company paid $4.6 million to settle a lawsuit brought by workers who claimed they were wrongly classified as contractors. Under public pressure this year, the company also changed a controversial policy that used customers’ tips to cover its base pay minimum.
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Congress wants less talk and more action from Apple on privacy. Privacy advocates, along with lawmakers, say that Apple “has not put enough muscle behind any federal effort to tighten privacy laws” and is an “ally in name only,” according to the Washington Post. Though Apple CEO Tim Cook has been very vocal in advocating for federal privacy regulation, the company has not yet backed a bill. And in states that are introducing their own privacy legislation, like California, Washington, and Illinois, Apple has tried to discourage or “soften” the proposed privacy measures.
This is significant because states’ stances on privacy regulation could be a roadmap for federal lawmakers looking to impose new rules.
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The comedian is the new face of the "period panties," now available in crimson color.
The acquisition is another sign of a changing intimates apparel market.
The company alluded to the impact of store closures in its outlook.
The intimates pieces will be sold exclusively on Farfetch.
The brand is made up of athletes designing for athletes. "And we're in the early innings," McDonald says.
The women's ath-leisure apparel brand plans to use the investment to expand its product categories, hire…
Cosabella co-ceo Guido Campello and his wife Sapna Palep, a dermatologist, have acquired the company.
The shapewear industry is growing and the reality star is furthering the conversation with Skims Solutionwear.
The collection marks the intimates company's first influencer-design collaboration.
The company is laying off about 15 percent of its core lingerie staff.
Starting Oct. 15, the line will include the Cotton Collection.
The new Go Anywhere collection, includes a full line of men's and women's apparel basics.
The campaign marks the brand's promise to be more inclusive.
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Amazon will probably enter Poland soon. Facebook Shops will open soon after. However, the rudder, sailor, ship, and even the sea of Polish e-commerce is the one and only Allegro. Since the middle of the year has recently passed, this is a good opportunity to summarize the sales trends on the website, through which almost every second zloty spent on online shopping passes. Let’s start with the most important thing, i.e. sales in value and quantity per month. The best month was April (3,468 billion in turnover and almost 90 million transactions). May and June noted a decline, but even this last month recorded a better result than the peak of pre-Christmas shopping, i.e. December 2019 by 14% and 28% respectively. Overall, 1H 2020 Allegro closed with a 54% increase in turnover (sic!)
Which categories contributed particularly strongly to this record result? Well, firstly, all te main categories available on the platform grew. The smallest one was photography, because only by 4.2%. Phones and accessories (+12.7%) and jewellery and watches (+17.9%) have ended slightly better, even though they are still below the line. Even such an “extravagant” category as DJ and stage equipment has grown by as much as ¼, despite the fact that the entire event industry was frozen. In turn, the best performance (excluding niche categories) was in the supermarket category (+113.6%), health (+111.9%), industry (+84.4%), books and comics (+75%) and home and garden (+73.1%).


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Clean label — ingredients consumers can recognize on a label — continues to be a priority for consumers of baked foods, according to the 2022 Life Through the Lens of Bakery consumer research study. American Bakers Association in partnership with 210 Analytics and sponsored by Corbion.
“Respondents told us that they tried hard to avoid artificial ingredients,” said study author and director of 210 Analytics Anne-Marie Roerink during the study’s presentation at the expo. of the baking industry this year. “They want to see real butter, real eggs and natural ingredients.”
Dairy ingredients and eggs not only thrive because consumers recognize them; these ingredients resonate with them.
“Using real dairy and eggs in industrial production gives baked goods the appeal of a ‘mom and pop’ bakery,” said Morgan Thomes, Account Manager, Bakery, Agropur. “Dairy products and eggs fit the mega-trend of clean labeling and shorter, simpler ingredient declarations with less processed ingredients.”
The bonus is that dairy ingredients and eggs provide nutrition and functionality that no other ingredient can replace. They also have that desirable claim of being made with the real deal.
“The benefits of real dairy and eggs in baked goods go far beyond the richness and mouthfeel they provide,” said Susan O’Shaughnessy, Senior Applications Specialist at Edlong. “These ingredients are highly functional due to their unique composition of fats, proteins and sugars.”
But in an industrial bakery environment, these ingredients have their limits.
“For example, cream cheese requires refrigerated storage, tempering before processing, and can break down when exposed to direct heat during the cooking process,” said David Cullinan, director of business development and innovation at EFCO. “For these reasons, we offer a shelf stable cream cheese filling that does not require tempering and is tolerant of the industrial baking process.”
By understanding the limitations and benefits of dairy and egg ingredients, bakers can leverage these own brand ingredients for functionality, nutrition and consumer appeal.
This article is an excerpt from the November 2022 issue of Baking & Snack. To read the full article on dairy products and eggs, click here.


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THE WINNERS IN BUSINESS have shifted markedly in the last decade. When the 2010s began, the world’s ten most valuable public companies by market capitalization were based in five countries, only two of them were in the tech sector, and none was worth more than US$ 400 billion. Today, all of the top ten are in the U.S. and China, the majority are tech companies, and some — at least temporarily — have surpassed US$ 1 trillion in value.
Given the relentlessness of change on multiple dimensions, the keys to success are likely to be just as different over the next ten years. What will it take to win in the next decade? The Boston Consulting Group recently released a series called “Winning the 20s”, in which we present five imperatives for the next decade for organizations of all shapes and sizes:
- Master the new logic of competition;
- Design the organization of the future;
- Apply the science of organizational change;
- Achieve innovation and resilience through diversity; and
- Optimize for both social and business value.
In this article we will do a deep dive on the first imperative: Mastering the new logic of competition. For details on the other four imperatives, visit: bcg.com/en-ca/featured-insights/winning-the-20s/overview.aspx.
Mastering the New Logic of Competition
Internet and mobile technology ushered in the Information Age, profoundly affecting technology-intensive and consumer-facing. industries such as electronics, communications, entertainment and retail. But the emerging wave of technology — including AI, sensors and the Internet of Things (IoT) — is poised to turn every
business into an information business. The combination of an exponential increase in data, better tools to mine insights from that data, and a fast-changing business environment means that companies will increasingly need to — and be able to — compete on the rate of learning.
The emerging wave of technology is poised to turn every business into an information business.
Instead of the ‘economies of scale’ that today’s leaders grew up with — based on a predictable reduction of marginal production costs across a relatively uniform offering — tomorrow’s leaders will pursue ‘economies of learning’, based on identifying and fulfilling each customer’s changing needs by leveraging data and technology.
The arenas of competition will also look different in the 2020s, requiring new perspectives and capabilities. The familiar picture of a small number of companies producing a common end product and competing within well-defined industry boundaries will be replaced by one where competition and collaboration occur within and between ‘ecosystems’. Because ecosystems are fluid and dynamic, and not perfectly controllable even by the orchestrator, companies will need to be much more externally oriented, to deploy influence indirectly through platforms and marketplaces, and to co-evolve with ecosystem partners.
Orchestrators of ecosystems will be able to leverage the assets of other participants, and as such, ecosystem-based competition tends to have a winner-take-all nature. These factors are already causing rapidly rising valuations relative to tangible assets for the top companies, as well as an increasing gap between the profitability of high and low performers. But there is not yet any playbook for how to harness this premium. Practice is racing ahead of theory, and pioneers who can crack the code on ecosystems will be greatly advantaged.
Finally, companies will increasingly compete on resilience. Accelerating technological change, political gridlock, a shifting geopolitical power map, the increased scrutiny of business, and the polarization of society all point to an era of protracted uncertainty in which corporate life cycles are likely to continue shrinking. Companies will therefore need to worry not only about the competitiveness of their immediate game, but also about the durability of that game and their ability to weather unanticipated shocks.
Most of today’s incumbents — designed for relatively stable, classical business environments — are not well adapted for this more dynamic environment. Therefore, today’s leaders need to fundamentally reinvent the organizational model in order to become future winners.
Based on our research, following are five principles for mastering the new logic of competition.
PRINCIPLE 1: COMPETE ON THE RATE OF LEARNING. Learning has long been considered important in business. As Bruce Henderson, BCG’s founder, observed more than 50 years ago, companies can generally reduce their marginal production costs at a predictable rate as their cumulative experience grows. But in traditional models of learning, the knowledge that matters — learning how to make one product or execute one process more efficiently — is static and enduring. Going forward, it will instead be necessary to build organizational capabilities for dynamic learning — learning how to do new things, and ‘learning how to learn’ by leveraging new technology.
Today, artificial intelligence, sensors and digital platforms have already increased the opportunity for learning more effectively — but competing on the rate of learning will become a necessity in the 2020s. The dynamic, uncertain business environment will require companies to focus more on discovery and adaptation rather than only on forecasting and planning.
Companies will therefore increasingly adopt and expand their use of AI, raising the competitive bar for learning. And the benefits will generate a ‘data flywheel’ effect — companies that learn faster will have better offerings, attracting more customers and more data, further increasing their ability to learn. For example, Netflix’s algorithms take in behavioural data from the company’s video streaming platform and automatically provide dynamic, personalized recommendations for each user. This improves the product, keeping more users on the platform for longer — generating even more data to further fuel the learning cycle.
However, there is an enormous gap between the traditional challenge of learning to improve a static process and the new imperative to continuously learn new things throughout the organization. Therefore, successfully competing on learning will require more than simply plugging AI into today’s processes and structures. Instead, companies will need to:
- Pursue a digital agenda that embraces all modes of technology relevant to learning — including sensors, platforms, algorithms, data and automated decision making.
- Connect them in integrated learning architectures that can learn at the speed of data rather than being gated by slower hierarchical decision making.
- Develop business models that are able to act on dynamic, personalized customer insights.
PRINCIPLE 2: COMPETE IN ECOSYSTEMS. Classical models of competition assume that discrete companies make similar products and compete within clearly delineated industries. But technology has dramatically reduced communication and transaction costs, weakening the logic for combining many activities inside a few vertically integrated firms. At the same time, uncertainty and disruption require individual firms to be more adaptable, and they make business environments increasingly shapeable. Companies now have opportunities to influence the development of the market in their favour, but they can do this only by coordinating
with other stakeholders.
As a result of these forces, new industrial architectures are emerging based on the coordination of ecosystems — complex, semi-fluid networks of companies that challenge several traditional business assumptions. Ecosystems blur the boundaries of the company. For example, platform businesses such as Uber and Lyft rely heavily on ‘gig economy’ workers who are not direct employees but rather temporary freelancers. Ecosystems also blur industry boundaries. For instance, automotive ecosystems include not just traditional suppliers but also connectivity, software and cloud storage providers. And they blur the distinction between collaborators and competitors. Amazon and third-party merchants have a symbiotic relationship, while the company competes with those merchants by selling private-label brands.
A few digital giants have demonstrated that successfully orchestrating ecosystems can yield outsized returns. Indeed, many of the largest and most profitable companies in the world are ecosystem-based businesses. One example is Alibaba, which leads China’s massive e-commerce market, not by fulfilling most functions directly but by building platforms that connect manufacturers, logistics providers, marketers and other relevant service providers with one another and with end users. By decentralizing business activities across large groups of firms or individuals, the Alibaba ecosystem is rapidly adaptive to consumers’ needs and also highly scalable — resulting in 44 per cent annualized revenue growth for the company in the past five years.
The playbook for emulating these ecosystem pioneers has not yet been fully codified, but a few imperatives are becoming clear:
- Adopt a fundamentally different perspective toward strategy, based on embracing principles like external orientation, common platforms, co-evolution, emergence and indirect monetization.
- Determine what role your company can play in your ecosystem or ecosystems. Not all companies can be the orchestrator.
- Ensure that your company creates value for the ecosystem broadly, not just for itself.
PRINCIPLE 3: COMPETE IN THE PHYSICAL AND THE DIGITAL WORLD. Today’s most valuable and fastest-growing businesses are disproportionately young technology companies, which operate ecosystems that are predominantly digital. But the low-hanging digital fruits in consumer services, including retail, information and entertainment, seem to have been plucked. New opportunities are likely to come increasingly from digitizing the physical world, enabled by the rapid development and penetration of AI and the Internet of Things (IoI). This will increasingly bring tech companies into areas — such as B2B and businesses involving long-lived and specialized assets — that are still dominated by older incumbent firms.
Early signs of ‘hybrid’ competition at the physical-digital intersection are already emerging, with Digital giants moving into physical sectors. For example, Amazon has opened new retail stores in addition to its acquisition of Whole Foods, while Google has entered automotive and transportation through its Waymo subsidiary. Meanwhile, incumbent companies are furiously pursuing digitization. For example, John Deere has invested heavily in IoT technology by adding connected sensors to its tractors and other equipment. The company collects and analyzes data from each machine, using the insights to provide updates to its equipment or suggestions to users. “Our roadmap is calling for machine learning and AI to find their way into every piece of John Deere equipment over time,” said John Stone, the senior vice president for Deere’s Intelligent Solutions Group.
These trends point to a new battle between younger digital natives and traditional physical incumbents. But unlike in the past decade, in which upstarts unseated many legacy leaders with purely digital models, the next round is likely to be a more balanced contest. Technology companies no longer have a limitless social licence; in the next decade, they will have to navigate thorny issues like user trust, data privacy and regulation, which will likely be even more critical in the context of hybrid competition. And incumbents will still have to fight against institutional inertia and the long odds of disruption, but they will be able to better leverage existing relationships and expertise in the physical world. Therefore, the next wave of ‘natural selection’ in business is likely to test both digital natives and incumbents — and winners could emerge from either group.
What will make the difference? To succeed in hybrid competition, companies will need to:
- Build strong relationships with actors on both sides of the ecosystem — customers and suppliers.
- Rethink existing business models in order to win the battle for new hybrid markets.
- Adopt good practices for governance of data and algorithms to preserve users’ trust.
PRINCIPLE 4: COMPETE ON IMAGINATION. Companies can no longer expect to succeed by leaning predominantly on their existing business models. Long-run economic growth rates have declined in many economies, and demographics point to a continuation of that pattern. Competitive success has become less permanent over time. At the same time, markets are increasingly shapeable, increasing the potential reward for innovation. As a result, the ability to generate new ideas is more important than ever.
However, creating new ideas is challenging for many companies. Inertia increases with age and scale, making it harder to create and harness new ideas. Our analysis of companies around the world shows that older and larger firms have less vitality and less capacity for sustainable growth and reinvention. To date, business and managerial theory has emphasized a ‘mechanical’ view — dominated by easily measurable variables like efficiency and financial outcomes — rather than focusing on how to create new ideas.
To overcome these challenges, companies need to learn how to compete on imagination, which lies upstream of innovation: In order to realize new possibilities, we first need inspiration (a reason to see things differently), and then imagination (the ability to identify possibilities that are not currently the case but could be). Imagination is a uniquely human capability — artificial intelligence today can only make sense of correlative patterns in existing data. As machines automate an increasing share of routine tasks, individual managers will need to focus on imagination to stay relevant and make an impact.
How can companies compete on imagination?
- Focus on anomalies, accidents and analogies, rather than averages, in order to spark inspiration.
- Enable the open spread and competition of ideas — for example, by limiting hierarchy and empowering employees to experiment and make imaginative proposals.
- Become a ‘playful corporation’ that is able to effortlessly explore new possibilities.
PRINCIPLE 5: COMPETE ON RESILIENCE. Looking ahead to the 2020s, uncertainty is high on many fronts. Technological change is disrupting businesses and bringing new social, political and ecological questions to the forefront. Economic institutions are under threat from social divisions and political gridlock. Society is increasingly questioning the inclusivity of growth and the future of work. And planetary risks such as climate change are more salient than ever.
Furthermore, deep-seated structural forces indicate that this period of elevated uncertainty is likely to persist. Technological progress will not abate; the rise of China as an economic power will continue to challenge international institutions; demographic trends point toward an era of lower global growth, which will further strain societies; and social polarization will continue to challenge governments’ ability to effectively respond to national or global risks.
Under such conditions, it will become even more difficult to rely on forecasts and plans. Business leaders will need to consider the larger picture, including economic, social, political and ecological dimensions, making sure their companies can endure in the face of unanticipated shocks. In other words, businesses will effectively need to compete on resilience.
Building resilience is often at odds with traditional management goals like efficiency and short-run financial maximization. But to sustainably thrive in uncertain environments, companies must make resilience an explicit priority. Here’s how:
- Prepare for a range of scenarios to ensure that strategy is robust and risks are survivable.
- Build an adaptive organization that can rapidly adjust to new circumstances — for example, by constantly experimenting to identify new options.
- Proactively contribute to collective action on the biggest issues facing global economies and societies, in order to maintain a social license to operate.
As if winning in the present weren’t challenging enough, the more essential task for leaders has always been winning in the future. Our fast-changing world will continue to test status quo assumptions, making it critical for leaders to look ahead and develop an agenda for succeeding in the coming decade. In this excerpt from our Winning the 20s series, we have provided a starting point for that journey by addressing some of the thinking and mindsets that will be required to master the new logic of competition.
is President and CEO of the Boston Consulting Group. Martin Reeves
is Senior Partner and Managing Director in BCG’s New York City office and Director of the BCG Henderson Institute. He tweets @MartinKReeves. Ryoji Kimura
is a Senior Partner and Managing Director at BCG and Global Leader of the firm’s Corporate Finance & Strategy Practice. Kevin Whitaker
is an Economist at the BCG Henderson Institute. To read the complete Winning the 20s series, visit https://www.bcg.com/en-ca/featured-insights/winning-the-20s/overview.aspx
This article appeared in the Fall 2019 issue. Published by the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management, Rotman Management explores themes of interest to leaders, innovators and entrepreneurs.
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Richard Osman has announced that he's written a new thriller book series.
We Solve Murders follows a father-in-law and daughter-in-law detective duo who discover a dead body and a bag of money while working on a remote island.
Following the success of his Thursday Murder Club series, which centred around a group of pensioners who band together to solve crimes, Osman's latest book venture will be released on September 12. You can pre-order it now.
Waterstones posted a video of the Pointless star announcing the news on X — formerly Twitter.
"I have a brand new book coming out this year. It is not a Thursday Murder Club book, it is a brand new one and it is called We Solve Murders," he said.
"Dead bodies, bags of money, killers on the loose and brand new detective duo is born. Father-in-law Steve Wheeler and daughter-in-law Amy Wheeler go on a breakneck race around the world to try and stay one step ahead of a deadly enemy.
"Here's the checklist: Are there murders? Yes, there are. Will you laugh? Yes, you will. Will you love the characters? Yes, you will. Might you cry? Yes, you might."
Osman appeared on This Morning earlier this week (February 20), where he confirmed that the new series had already been snapped up for a Netflix adaptation before publication.
"Netflix have bought the rights to We Solve Murders, which is great. So it could be a busy few years," he said. "Unless everyone reads We Solve Murders and says, 'This is not for us'. In which case they'll go quiet.
"But I think anyone who likes Thursday Murder Club will like it. A lot of it is the same. It's British humour, there's a few tears, it's solving murders."
We Solve Murders will be released on September 12. The Thursday Murder Club series is available to buy on Amazon.
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A group of investors has filed a lawsuit against Tesla Inc. and CEO Elon Musk for allegedly violating their fiduciary duty based on tweets Mr. Musk sent over the past year, including one saying he had secured funding to take the company private.
Tesla investors in the suit, including the $2.1 billion Ohio Laborers' District Council and Contractors Pension Fund, Westerville, are seeking a declaratory judgment against Mr. Musk and the Tesla board for violation of their fiduciary duty, injunctive relief related to Mr. Musk's Twitter use, and monetary damages. The lawsuit was filed under seal, and a public version is expected to be available by March 12, according to a news release from Grant & Eisenhofer, the law firm that made the filing in the Delaware Court of Chancery.
The Securities and Exchange Commission accused Mr. Musk of misleading investors and, in a settlement agreement in September, forced him to step down as chairman, and fined both him and Tesla $20 million each.
Also, the settlement requires Mr. Musk to obtain preapproval of any written communications that contain, or reasonably could contain, information material to Tesla or its shareholders. In February, the SEC filed a motion for an order to show cause why Mr. Musk should not be held in contempt for violating the agreement after he tweeted that Tesla would produce about 500,000 cars in 2019.
"His conduct has not only cost Tesla shareholders dearly but threatens to expose the company to even greater liability and litigation in the future," said Michael Barry, director at Grant & Eisenhofer, in the news release. "For its part, the board of directors has been completely ineffective, and in fact Tesla still identifies Mr. Musk's personal Twitter account as a source of official disclosures by the company. It has to stop."
Tesla did not immediately respond to a request for comment.


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Apple’s New Strategy In Tax Case
Apple will start transferring billions of euros to Ireland within months where the cash will be held while the iPhone maker fights a European tax case.
In 2016 the European Commission hit Apple with a tax bill of +to 13 billion euros (A$20.95 billion). It ruled that Ireland had granted unfair deals that reduced Apple’s effective corporate tax rate.
In the latest case the Irish Government has confirmed that Apple’s money will flow into an escrow account by the end of June with Ireland getting all the money by the end of October.
The EU is suing Ireland for not collecting Apple’s tax arrears which the five-month deadline stipulated. The appeal may take five years and regulators have ruled that until it is resolved the funds must be held in an escrow account.


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In a newly released market forecast report by Dell’Oro Group, overall Wireless LAN (WLAN) market revenues are expected to rebound in 2010, reaching $5.5 billion, which exceeds the market’s revenue record set in 2008. The strongest growing WLAN market segment over the next 5 years is forecast to be the enterprise segment, which by 2014 is expected to exceed the size of the small office, home office (SOHO) segment, currently the largest segment.
“Network spending slowed in 2009, but as confidence in the economy returns, we expect that businesses will return to a traditional four-year replacement cycle for their WLAN equipment,” said Loren Shalinsky, Senior Analyst of Wireless LAN research at Dell’Oro Group. “The huge growth of Wi-Fi enabled devices, including cellular phones, e-book readers, and netbook computers, also will drive WLAN equipment growth, as consumers and businesses look for ways to connect these devices. Service Providers are developing business models to take advantage of the Wi-Fi connections on cellular


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Toyland Is Tough, Even for Robots
By BARNABY J. FEDER
Published: February 21, 2002
MARK TILDEN recalls being a lonely child, repeatedly uprooted by his family's moves around Canada. He took comfort in his gift for constructing toys, especially mobile toys.
''I was born a compulsive builder,'' Mr. Tilden said. ''I made my first robot out of sticks and rubber bands when I was 3.''
Mr. Tilden, now 41 and a resident of Los Alamos, N.M., figures he has made thousands more since then. His designs have included machines to explore other planets, mine-clearing devices, toilet bowl cleaners and, more recently, a line of toys called B.I.O.-Bugs. The footlong creatures, which vaguely resemble roaches despite having just four legs, were a hit at the 2001 Toy Fair in New York and were brought to market last fall by Hasbro.
Mr. Tilden's specialty has been designing robots with little or no brainpower. Instead, they are built around networks of simple sensors, switches and mechanical systems that respond to analog signals like lightwaves, heat or sounds without any need to convert them into a digital code of ones and zeros for analysis by a microprocessor.
Colleagues marvel at the dexterity and speed with which Mr. Tilden builds devices, noting that such finesse seems unexpected in a man so large and rotund that he jokingly describes himself as ''big enough to create my own ozone layer.'' Then there is his ingenuity. Many a Tilden robot consists largely of components harvested from cameras, videocassette recorders and other devices retrieved from junk bins.
''Tilden is unique in his ability to intuit and hack analog circuits,'' said Rodney Brooks, head of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Artificial Intelligence Laboratory. ''You just cannot find anyone else with his virtuoso skills in that area.''
But if Mr. Tilden has become widely known, even admired, among robotics experts, his views have not won him a large following. Nor has his recent plunge into the toy business played out as he hoped. Simpler is not always better for toy makers looking for unique products, he learned, and unexpected events, like domestic terrorism, can change perceptions of even a toy.
Mr. Tilden has been arguing with little success for well over a decade that progress in robotics would be much more rapid if researchers concentrated on designing relatively dumb robots rather than devices stuffed with increasingly powerful programmable electronic brains. The trick, in Mr. Tilden's view, is to equip simple-minded but physically robust robots with mechanical variations on animal nervous systems.
Nervous networks do not organize and process information digitally as computers do. Nonetheless, he points out, every second of life on earth is filled with millions of types of dim-witted creatures using nervous systems to respond instantly to environmental challenges that stump the powerful digital brains of today's computer-driven robots.
''All life is analog,'' Mr. Tilden said.
Many other robotics experts are also interested in nervous networks. And many are just as convinced as Mr. Tilden of the value of designing robots from simple building blocks. But most believe that without digital brainpower -- lots of it -- machines will have little potential to learn from experience and be far too limited in their ability to interact usefully with humans or other machines.
The robotic design wars that have preoccupied Mr. Tilden since the late 1980's have largely been waged in university laboratories, obscure journals and government-financed research projects. Mr. Tilden's main livelihood since 1993, for instance, has come from research at the federal government's Los Alamos National Laboratory.
In recent years, though, the toy industry has emerged as a new playground for the robotics theorists. In this sector, as in the others, the advocates of programmable robotics clearly have the lead and the upper hand. Products like the Sony Aibo (which cost $2,500 when it was introduced in 1999), Furby and Lego Mindstorms have been huge hits. Robotics and virtual pets accounted for only $160 million of the $2.3 billion toy industry's revenues in 2000, but Poochi and Tekno, both robotic toys, were individual best sellers.
The novelty of Mr. Tilden's approach and some of his inventions caught the eye of executives at WowWee just over a year ago, shortly before the company was acquired by Hasbro, the second-largest toy company after Mattel. Mr. Tilden said he was thrilled by the invitation to become a consultant.
''You build something for NASA and you only build two of them,'' Mr. Tilden said. ''You build for the military and they might want 50. But here it could be millions.''
Mr. Tilden's fondest dreams were battered a bit by his first year in the toy business, though. B.I.O.-Bugs, priced at $39.95, reached toy stores last September. There were four bugs in the line, each with slightly different behavioral tendencies. The red Predator was the most aggressive, the blue Stomper the noisiest, the green Destroyer slightly more suited to moving in rough terrain and the yellow Acceleraider the speediest. The battery-driven bugs operate on their own or under remote control.


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Soon, Spanish travelers will be able to fill out claims for incidents involving airline delays, lost baggage, overbooking, and receive compensation in cryptocurrency. This opportunity has now become a reality thanks to a partnership between a domestic crypto exchange and a law firm.
According to El Mundo Financiero, crypto exchange Criptan, based in Valencia, Spain, has signed an agreement with Wings to Claim, a Spanish legal association that owns a platform that specializes in handling travel-related incidents. Travelers will now be able to receive compensation in cryptocurrency instead of euros.
The platform distributed the euro within the account using the Criptan crypto exchange. If any customer eligible for compensation wants to receive money in cryptocurrency, the exchange will refund money in coins such as bitcoins (BTC). Wings to Claim explained the adoption of crypto by the fact that they want to keep up with the growing trend of cryptocurrency adoption in the tourism and hotel sector.
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Robert Oatley Vineyards (ROV) has confirmed the appointment of two new winemakers based at its Mudgee winery.
Following the departure of Rob and Pia Merrick, who moved to Victoria earlier this year to pursue other career options, Debbie Lauritz has been appointed head winemaker – Mudgee, supported by David Richards, both of whom moved to Mudgee earlier this year when ROV began processing for Cumulus Wines at the family’s Montrose Winery.
An experienced wine show judge, Debbie has been the senior winemaker at Cumulus for the past decade where she has developed an affinity for cool climate winemaking and the regions of the Central West NSW. She has also worked in Alsace, Marlborough and Niagara (Canada).
“This augers well for ROV,” says director of winemaking Larry Cherubino.
“Debbie will be working with a wide range of regions from across the country – she is a very experienced and talented winemaker. Additionally, her off-sider David Richards, is a terrific new appointment.”
Debbie said: “I’m looking forward to working in a company with such diversity of brands, across different wine regions – from Margaret River to Mudgee. I’m excited to be a part of the great team at Mudgee – being involved in the whole process from vineyard through to bottling.”
Launched in 2006, Robert Oatley Vineyards marks the Oatley family’s return to winemaking. The Robert Oatley, Wild Oats, pocketwatch and Montrose wines (among others) are made by Larry Cherubino and his team from grapes grown on their family-owned vineyards in Mudgee and Margaret River as well as from growers around the country.
Their wines are distributed direct by the Oatley’s sales team Oatley Fine Wine Merchants, to fine wine retail and on-premise accounts Australia-wide. They operate two cellar doors: Craigmoor Wines at Mudgee (specialising in wines from their local vineyards) and Robert Oatley Margaret River.


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Montrose introduce season ticket payment plan
Reacting swiftly to fan feedback, the club have this week announced they will make season tickets more affordable with the introduction of a payment instalment option.
Instead of paying the full amount upfront, supporters can now chose four easy monthly payments, at no extra cost.
The club’s operations manager, Davey Byrne explained: “When our season tickets went on sale last month, we received a number of queries regarding payment instalment options, reflecting the reality of the current cost of living crisis that we are all facing.
“Determined to do what we could for our fans, I am delighted to announce that, together with our on-line payment partner Go Cardless, we have been able to setup this monthly instalment option, at no extra cost to our supporters.
“We continue to work really hard, making football as accessible as possible to supporters right across our fan base and we very much hope this will allow even more Mo fans to enjoy watching the team we all love over the coming season.”
Last week the club announced that its season tickets for under 18s would cost just £50 as the Angus side looks to build on the positive atmosphere being created on matchdays inside the ground.
The ground prices for next season are: Adult £250, concessions £135, concessions are OAPs, full time students and disabled, U18 £50, U12 free when purchased with adult/concession.
Season tickets are available to buy online at the club’s website www.montrosefc.co.uk
Montrose have also publicly thanked once again their main sponsors for their continued support during a period of ongoing economic uncertainty.
Club chairman, John Crawford said: “We continue to be so grateful to all our sponsors, without whom we simply would not be able to run our club in the way we do, helping Stewart and his team to deliver the on-pitch success we are all enjoying right now.”


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Tesla Inc (TSLA.O) Chief Executive Elon Musk has sold nearly $9 billion worth of shares since the world’s richest person polled Twitter users about offloading 10% of his stake in the electric-car maker.
He sold a combined 8.2 million shares, which is nearly half of the 10% stake that he had pledged to sell.
Musk on Nov. 6 said he would sell 10% of his stake if Twitter users agreed. He owned a combination of about 244 million shares through his trust and stock options, bringing his stake in Tesla to about 23% as of June 30. It included 170 million shares held by his trust.
Musk’s tweet was vague. He did not outline if he was intending to offload 10% of his shares he indirectly owned through the trust or if his stock options were also part of the deal.
Musk had an option to buy 22.86 million shares at $6.24 each, which expire on Aug. 13, 2022, according to a Tesla filing.
After buying about 6.4 million stocks, he has options for about 16.5 million more shares he needs to exercise by next August.


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Gorman-Rupp reports record results for the past nine months
October 23, 2008
The Gorman-Rupp Company is having a record-setting year
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Event: Bollywood Hotties like Katrina Kaif, Anushka Sharma, Shazahn Padamsee and many others at Femina event, where Femina's '50 Most Beautiful Women' issue was unveiled and beauties were also felicitated with the honour. The event was held at ITC Hotel, Mumbai.
Venue: ITC Hotel, Mumbai.
Bollywood actress Anushka Sharma was snapped at the airport.
Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty Kundra was snapped at the airport with husband Raj Kundra and mother.
Bollywood actress Shabana Azmi, fashion designer Manish Malhotra among others snapped at the airport.
Bollywood actress Kriti Sanon was spotted outside her residence.
Bollywood's 'HASEENA' Shraddha Kapoor was spotted at Hakkasan.


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DVDs and Blu-rays are still available for those who like them, but watching movies online, be it on a streaming service or buying a digital copy for yourself, is easier than ever. One of the many places to find flicks is Google Play, but you may be surprised to learn that the service's top-selling movie isn't a major blockbuster from recent years or even a cinematic classic that's been enjoyed for decades. It's The Interview, the 2014 comedy starring Seth Rogen and James Franco that never saw a wide theatrical release.
According to Variety, The Interview still ranks as Google Play's most sold movie, outperforming recent hits like Frozen, Deadpool and Star Wars: The Force Awakens. While the quality of The Interview compared to those other movies is definitely up for debate, its digital success is yet another win for how the movie has been received online ever since the wide theatrical release was cancelled in December 2014 after threats were sent out by hackers allegedly connected to North Korea. The Interview's prestigious ranking on Google Play was part of a data drop that was released today that revealed some of the series best-selling products, which included Adele's "25" as the top album, Fifty Shades of Grey as the top book and Facebook as the top app.
Directed by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg, The Interview followed James Franco's Dave Skylark and Rogen's Aaron Rapaport, a talks show host and producer, respectively, who manage to arrange an interview with North Korean dictator Kim Jong-Un, who is a fan of the Skylark Tonight show. The two of them are then tasked by the CIA to use this opportunity to assassinate Kim. Had this movie taken place in a different country, The Interview would have gone down in the movie history as just another Rogen/Franco outing that filled their brand of absurd comedy. In fact, looking just at critical reception, The Interview earned mixed reviews, and ranks at 51% on Rotten Tomatoes. However, thanks to the controversy over its theatrical release and how Sony opted to put it out digitally instead, it will forever mark an unusual period in Hollywood. The insanity surrounding the movie also included the infamous Sony hack in November 2014, which leaked information not just about upcoming projects, but emails and personal information connected to studio employees, their families and celebrities in contact with Sony at the time.
Despite all the controversy surrounding The Interview years back, this Google Play ranking shows that the movie is still striking back with its own unique success. Besides Google Play, The Interview is available for purchase on YouTube, iTunes and Xbox Live. For a while the movie was also available to stream on Netflix, but it was taken down last October, though you can still rent it through the company's DVD service.
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July 14 (Reuters) – U.S. on the internet profits through Amazon.com Inc’s (AMZN.O) Primary Working day shopping function jumped 8.5% from previous 12 months to approximately $12 billion, as inflation-hit People in america pounced on discounted necessities and electronics, confirmed data from Adobe’s Digital Financial state Index.
Amazon explained on Thursday the two-working day procuring celebration, on July 12 and 13, was its biggest ever globally, with users of its Prime loyalty software getting more than 300 million items, or 100,000 solutions a moment.
Buyers have been hit tricky by a long time substantial-inflation in the latest months, which retailers including Walmart Inc (WMT.N) and Goal Corp (TGT.N) explained has led to restrained purchases of discretionary goods.
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Soaring charges of almost everything from food stuff to garments spurred shoppers to acquire edge of deep discounts from various massive U.S. merchants that piggyback off Amazon’s Key Working day.
“Individuals took advantage of bargains that were made available, soon after obtaining knowledgeable several months of heightened charges, on-line,” Adobe Vice President Pat Brown reported.
Merchants are giving big bargains to get rid of the surplus inventory they are sitting down on immediately after they went on obtaining sprees for the duration of the pandemic-provide-chain disaster to cater to buyers flush with cash from previous year’s stimulus checks.
Finest Acquire Co Inc (BBY.N) marketed its competing Prime Day searching function as “Black Friday in July” and presented about $100 off on Google smartphones and Sony headphones. Very similar discounts ended up also marketed on Focus on and Amazon.
Toys noticed the greatest reductions throughout shops, with ordinary markdowns at 15%, according to Adobe. Apparel was discounted at 12%, whilst the electronics price cut concentrations of close to 6%.
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Her shingle, Shondaland, will begin producing new series for Netflix while she continues to stay involved in her current broadcast series. Executive producer Betsy Beers will also come to Netflix with Rhimes, one of the most successful TV producers of the past decade.
“Shonda Rhimes is one of the greatest storytellers in the history of television,” said Ted Sarandos, chief content officer, Netflix, in a statement. “Her work is gripping, inventive, pulse-pounding, heart-stopping, taboo-breaking television at its best. I’ve gotten the chance to know Shonda and she’s a true Netflixer at heart — she loves TV and films, she cares passionately about her work, and she delivers for her audience. We’re so excited to welcome her to Netflix.”
Netflix is familiar with the Shondaland milieu. The streaming service has long carried older episodes of “Grey’s Anatomy,” “Scandal” and “HTGAWM” in the U.S., and in select markets around the world.
The Rhimes pact reflects Netflix’s increasing interest in producing original series the company can own, as well as the arms race continuing to escalate between not only the streaming service and TV networks, but other subscriber VOD options like Amazon Prime and Hulu. Earlier this week, Amazon signed on another proven hitmaker, Robert Kirkman, creator of AMC’s megahit “The Walking Dead.”
Netflix has been a whirlwind of activity as of late, signing filmmakers Joel and Ethan Coen to a deal for a series, “The Ballad of Buster Scruggs.” The company also just made its first acquisition, Millarworld, which will yield intellectual property from a roster of comics that have yielded movies in the past from “Kickass” to the “Kingsman” franchise.
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Asia and the Middle East have helped boost red meat exports from the UK following a challenging start to the year, with Brexit and Covid impacting shipments of beef, lamb and pork to Europe.
According to AHDB, shipments of pig meat, including offal, have risen in both volume and value, increasing 31 per cent to 63,000 tonnes, worth over £110 million – up 42 per cent compared to the same period last year.
AHDB Head of Asia Pacific Jonathan Eckley said the Far East remains a key market for red meat exports from the UK, and AHDB is continuing to identify opportunities in new and existing markets to help boost trade.
He added: “The start of the year has been incredibly challenging for our red meat exports and while the third country demand has helped to boost trade, it hasn’t been able to offset the fall in shipments to the EU.
“However, the Asian markets have once again proven to be hugely important for our exports. While some countries are importing smaller volumes from the UK, the overall value is increasing for example Singapore, which has this year seen an 87 per cent increase in the value of our pork shipments.”
Demand for UK pork was also evident in the Philippines with the value of shipments increasing four-fold compared to the same period last year – bringing a £10 million boost to the sector. Exports to South Korea also grew and were valued at £2.5 million.
Mr Eckley added: “Despite the challenges we face due to Brexit and Covid, AHDB continues to have a virtual presence at trade shows and networking events across Asia, in a bid to build relationships between our exporters and key influencers.”


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The owner of Carbone’s Fine Food and Wine in Dallas filed a lawsuit on June 1, 2022 against Carbone, an Italian restaurant 2 miles away with a similar-sounding name. Carbone’s owner Julian Barsotti says customers are confused and that he wants to protect his family name.
The case has divided Dallas diners because it’s a David and Goliath-like food fight that pits New York City newcomer Carbone against Dallas-born Carbone’s.
Carbone parent company Major Food Group owns about 30 restaurants across the globe that tend to be celebrity magnets for people like Kim Kardashian, Jennifer Lopez and Adele. Carbone’s is a one-off restaurant in Dallas; its owner operates four other restaurants locally.
Read the details of the Carbone’s-Carbone trademark lawsuit. Here are 5 things to know about this high-profile case in Dallas.
1. Both restaurants serve Italian food on or near Oak Lawn Avenue in Dallas.
Carbone’s opened first, in April 2012 in Dallas. Carbone opened in Dallas about 10 years later, in March 2022.
But Carbone originated in New York City in March 2013. In its nine years in business, Carbone expanded from NYC to Miami, Las Vegas, Hong Kong and now Dallas.
Both Dallas restaurants are located on or near Oak Lawn Avenue. Carbone’s is at 4208 Oak Lawn Avenue near the Park Cities. Carbone is at 1617 Hi Line Drive, with the back of the restaurant butting up against Oak Lawn Avenue.
2. Carbone’s does not have a federal trademark; its owner believed it was covered under common law trademark. Carbone has one federal trademark and a second one pending.
Barsotti did not trademark his restaurant name. He didn’t need to, he says, believing that common law ownership in Texas happens naturally.
Major Food Group — that’s the Carbone parent company — has two trademarks filed. One federal trademark for Carbone Restaurant was filed Jan. 27, 2012 and registered Sept. 24, 2013. A second federal trademark, for the name Carbone, was filed Aug. 4, 2020 and is not registered yet.
A judge will decide which trademark will prevail. The judge will also weigh how much harm, if any, has been caused.
The Dallas attorneys will argue that common law should protect the name Carbone’s back to 2011, even before the restaurant opened, because 2011 was when the lease was signed and the name was placed on the exterior of the building.
The attorneys representing the New York City restaurant could argue that the federal trademark reigns and that it dates back to early 2012, before Carbone’s opened in Dallas, says John Cone, an adjunct professor at SMU who teaches trademark law.
3. Customers, employees and food have showed up to the wrong place.
At least 20 people have walked into Carbone’s thinking it’s Carbone, Jonathan Nietzel, general manager of Carbone’s, tells The Dallas Morning News. He also says that a handful of people looking to get a job at the new Carbone showed up at Carbone’s instead.
Nietzel has a log of more than 1,400 phone calls that Carbone’s employees have answered from people attempting to call the other restaurant, Carbone.
The GM also has proof that the city of Dallas and the restaurant’s produce purveyor have sent items to the incorrect address, confusing the two restaurants.
4. The owner of Carbone’s was hesitant to file a lawsuit.
“We want to work this out amicably,” says Carbone’s attorney Matthew Yarbrough, “but we want to preserve the rights to Julian’s family name.”
Barsotti has told The News several times that he didn’t want to resort to legal action. Barsotti hoped Carbone wouldn’t open at all, after his attorney sent a cease and desist letter on Dec. 1, 2021. It went unanswered and the restaurant debuted about four months later in Dallas.
Carbone’s parent company Major Food Group didn’t respond to requests for comment, so we don’t know why the company didn’t respond to the cease and desist letter.
It’s too early to know whether one of the restaurants would need to change its name, temporarily or permanently. Yarbrough, representing Carbone’s, plans to file a temporary restraining order soon.
5. A trademark law professor calls the case ‘a very difficult fight to predict.’
“There’s no doubt here, they’re the same name and both Italian restaurants,” Cone says. Cone isn’t involved in the lawsuit.
He notes that “the dates are so close,” speaking to the timing that each restaurant opened and the date Carbone parent company filed for its first federal trademark.
Attorneys, restaurateurs and foodies will likely be watching closely to see what happens next.


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It’s been little over a year since the launch of Fenty Beauty shook up the make-up market and its 40 foundation shades challenged the established heavy-hitters to up their diversity game in the process.
Gloss Bomb Lip Luminizers and Match Stix Shimmer Skin Stix have become such an instrinsic part of our beauty vernacular, and our cosmetics bags, we struggle to remember a time before Rihanna became a make-up mogul. However, that’s where our story begins, when hijabi model, modesty advocate and Grazia Girl Gang’s member Mariah Idrissi received an email from the superstar’s team telling her Rihanna wanted to book her for the latest Fenty Beauty campaign. “I was thinking, “Is this real?” Mariah recalls. “It came at a time in my life when I had just left my old management, was in-between signing with a new one, and feeling so confused about the path my career was taking me.”
As signs go, Rihanna’s seal of approval is up there with showing Mariah her concerns were unfounded. “As a musician and actress Rihanna smashes it, and as a businesswoman on top of everything else, she just proves to be one of the world’s most powerful trailblazing women,” she observes.
It wasn’t long before Mariah was in a trailer in Palm Springs shooting the Mattemoiselle campaign with three other models, all flying the flag for inclusivity, sending selfies to Rihanna so she could pick which shade she liked on her most. “Her entire campaign just screams representation and diversity so without a hijabi model, it just wouldn’t be complete,” she points out. “It was admirable how hands on she is, this is literally her baby.”
The Fenty Beauty campaign is just the latest in the roster of Mariah’s bookings to date which also include H&M and Zara, and according to Mariah, hijabi models have an important role to play in educating the industry. “I think we still have some way to go. It’s really important that as Muslim women we ensure we are vocal about how we want to be represented in a way that is in accordance with the essence of the hijab. Not all brands or designers are going to be experts in the conditions of hijab and often rely on the model to know, and assist them. As a model who wears a hijab, it’s our responsibility to know to how to represent ourselves on a shoot.”
Mariah believes that the success of Fenty Beauty lies in its meaningful messaging which addresses women of skin tones and sizes, “I genuinely love the whole collection. There’s a ton of makeup brands out there but when you feel catered to it just adds that bit extra.”
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Companies address predominantly cyber risk reactively, without formulating risk management methods and techniques, says Aon PLC in a cybersecurity report issued on Monday. has baseline measures in place to monitor critical suppliers and suppliers, according to the report "Balancing risk and opportunity through better decisions."
The report is based on self-reported data received globally from 996 organizations representing 20 industry groups.
The report states that 40% of organizations say they have adequate teleworking strategies to handle the rapid digital development. threatens to auction off stolen data.
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July 27 (Reuters) - Canadian meat-packaging company Maple Leaf Foods Inc reported a 19 percent rise in quarterly profit on Thursday as it sold more pork products.
The company, whose brands include Schneiders frozen meat and Larsen sausages, said adjusted operating earnings increased 24 percent to C$75 million ($60.2 million) in the second quarter ended June 30.
Maple Leaf, one of Canada’s biggest pork processors, is on the hunt for acquisitions in the United States, after years spent upgrading old factories and shedding business lines.
In February, the company bought U.S.-based Lightlife Foods Inc, a manufacturer of plant-based protein foods, for $140 million, Maple Leaf’s first deal since 2004.
Net earnings rose to C$37.3 million, or 28 Canadian cents per share, in the quarter, from C$31.4 million, or 23 Canadian cents, a year earlier.
On an adjusted basis, Maple Leaf earned 41 Canadian cents per share compared with 32 Canadian cents a year earlier.
Sales rose to C$925.9 million from C$854.6 million.
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Sony is becoming a code word for radio silence.
Yesterday, the entertainment giant missed its own deadline in getting its beleaguered PlayStation network back up and running.
Sony said a week ago Sunday that it would have its system up by the end of the week. But that was before an additional attack on the gaming service.
So far, hackers have obtained access to stolen names, passwords, e-mails, addresses and birthdays, and Sony has yet to rule out the possibility that credit card numbers also were stolen.
Since the first attack on April 19, Sony has been rebuilding the PlayStation network, and is now testing security internally.


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Apple updated its investor relations page today to note that it will announce its earnings for the first fiscal quarter (fourth calendar quarter) of 2015 on Monday, January 27. The quarterly earnings statement will be released sometime 1:30 PM Pacific/4:30 PM Eastern, with a conference call to discuss the report taking place at 2:00 PM Pacific/5:00 PM Eastern.
The earnings release will likely provide a look into initial sales of the iPad Air 2 and iPad mini 3 during their first quarter of availability as well as sales of the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus throughout the holiday season. Apple reported a record $182.8 billion in sales for fiscal 2014, with a record 169.2 million iPhones on the year.
MacRumors will provide coverage of both the earnings release and conference call on January 27.
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The crypto-verse has been a witness to scams and hacks of the highest order. Now, it seems like this has reached the Ape dominated NFT space. This time, scammers eyed BAYC, MAYC as well as Doodle NFTs from actor, Seth Green.
Green took to Twitter to reveal that he had lost the aforementioned NFTs through a phishing attack. Along with this, he also urged the community not to buy or trade these NFTs. The actor seemed to have found a user who had purchased his stolen ape.
Initially, only the BAYC NFT was sold, however, the scammer went on to soon sell the remaining three for about 160 ETH which is over $300,000. While Green continued urging the community to stay wary of the above seen NFTs, SlowMist, a blockchain security firm tracked down the scammer’s address.
Elaborating on the scammer’s whereabouts, Slow Mist said,
The platform discovered that the NFTs that were lost from the aforementioned eight wallets ranged from MAYC, Doodle, BAYC, and VOX along with 12 other NFT projects. SlowMist further added,
“They were sold for a total of 194 ETH. Most of the ETH was converted into renBTC and crossed over to multiple wallets on the Bitcoin blockchain. It was then sent to mixing platforms to avoid tracking.”
BAYC NFTs a scammer favorite?
While some believe they are overrated, a few others continue to splurge on apes running the NFT jungle. The Bored Ape Yacht Club [BAYC] has encountered multiple attacks. Just a couple of weeks ago, a hacker pocketed $1 million by meddling with the official Instagram account of BAYC.
While several speculated that its value would go down following Elon Musk’s dig at NFTs, BAYC managed to stay afloat. At press time, the floor price of the NFT collection remained at 97.5 ETH with a 3 percent drop over the last 24-hours. Additionally, the daily volume of BAYC was at 1,193.3757 ETH.
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The search engine for people who don’t like being spied on, DuckDuckGo, has had it’s biggest week ever, following the leak that the National Security Agency was forcing search engine providers Google and Microsoft to turn over user data. And DuckDuckGo's traffic uptick has been so significant, that two new product launches have been delayed while the company tests to make sure the products still work with so many users.
“We delayed the launch of a new mobile app and the redesign of DuckDuckHack.com,” said DuckDuckGo founder Gabriel Weinberg, in an interview with Upstart Business Journal this afternoon. “So far, they’re working fine.”
The Philadelphia-based company, founded in 2008, served 1.8 million direct queries on June 5, the day before the Washington Post reported that a program code-named “PRISM” had forced Google and Microsoft (with the Bing search engine) to hand over user data. AOL, Apple, Facebook, Yahoo, Skype, YouTube and Paltalk were also asked to hand over information, according to the report.
"We’ve had times our traffic go up significantly like this, but it’s clear people are looking for a private alternative,” said Weinberg.
The founder said half his staff is scattered all over the world, with the other half working at the Philadelphia headquarters. But that hasn’t kept the employee’s mood from noticeably changing.
Michael del Castillo is the technology and innovation reporter at Upstart Business Journal, a member of American City Business Journals. A graduate of Columbia University, his work has appeared in the New Yorker. He is also the cofounder of Literary Manhattan, a nonprofit dedicated to promoting Manhattan’s literary community and creating new ways to appreciate literature.
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Tim Cook, and the individuals who make Apple incredible to say the least, held its first Apple Event of 2021 today, once again virtually thanks to COVID19 from its Apple Headquarters in Cupertino, California, which included a faster iPad Pro now with the M1 chip and 5G, a new iMac with color backs 4.5 K Retina display and now the M1 chip, new AppleTV 4K now with A1 Bionic Chip and new Siri Remote, and the iPhone 12 coming in purple for Spring.
A brand-new Apple product unveiled today at the Apple Event was AirTag, where you can attach one of your keys, and slip another into your backpack, in case you ever lose your keys and you need to find them, thanks to FindMy famous from FindMyPhone.
Plus, Apple Card, which has become the most successful credit card launch in the world, also helping you build credit as oppose to hurting it, which also is a good companion to your Apple Pay, now allows you to share your Apple Card with your spouse, and your entire family ages 13 and up.
Well known Florida blogger, Jess Fay, got into some Uncommon James jewelry today with the UJ Butterfly Ring, where you can carry yourself through times of change while holding a feminine and fun piece decorated in sparkling stones.
Kristin Cavallari was definitely for the beach today as Kristin was sent official swimwear by one of her friends, who is Camille Kostak, who also models swimwear, and is a master of other professions such as cheerleading in the NFL, and host of TBS’s “Wipeout”.
Kristin Cavallari showed off all her love today to Lorissa’s Kitchen, who make protein packed snacks as the 2 partner to support moms who own businesses, with Lorissa’s shopping at Uncommon James for a bunch of goodies.
Carrie Underwood, who’s proclaimed as the queen of the country scene, cemented that title once again Sunday night at the ACM Awards in Nashville, Tennessee, with jewelry and diamonds from none other than Kallati Jewelry, stemming by A-List item supplier, DorazioPR.
Kelsea Ballerini showed off Sunday night why she’s one of the leading ladies of country at the ACM Awards in Nashville, Tennessee wearing fine jewels by Le Vian Jewelry and Anabela Chan, all powered and supplied by A-Lister agency, DorazioPR.
Maren Morris showed off her girls best friends Sunday night at the ACM Awards in Nashville, Tennessee where Maren jeweled up in Le Vian Jewelry and Kallati Jewelry thanks to the jewel client of A-Listers who are DorazioPR.
Amanda Kloots revealed today an email that stopped her in her tracks, a Reiki Master reached out to Amanda saying that Amanda’s late husband, Nick Cordero, reached out to them while in a coma last year while suffering from COVID19, saying there are no regrets about getting COVID, they didn’t know it was coming, but Nick was proud to be with Amanda, raise his son, Elvis, and live his life.
Kristin Cavallari gave the lowdown today about her Uncommon James Summer 2021 Exploration look, Kristin’s sailing on the waters with the UJ Protective Necklace, UJ Bound by Love Bracelet, UJ Big Love Necklace, and UJ Wishful Necklace, all stacked up to stand out as a guiding light across the seas.
Uncommon James today caught up with one of their UJ enthusiasts, Peta Murgatroyd, who’s lately been wearing the UJ Classified Necklace, with lots of questions with it, you can keep your style locked down with the UJ Classified Necklace, a dainty chain featuring a lock pendant in 14 karat gold plating.


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Buggy Cyberpunk 2077 shaves billions off company stock
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Video game maker CD Projekt RED has lost billions in value since the ill-fated launch of its much-hyped Cyberpunk 2077 title last week, Monday stock figures showed.
Rolled-out worldwide on Thursday and reported to be one of the most expensive video games ever made, the dystopian-themed Cyberpunk 2077 triggered a backlash from gamers who complained it was riddled with bugs, performed poorly on standard consoles and even risked triggering epileptic seizures.
CD Projekt Red plunged 15.6 percent in early trading on Monday on the Warsaw Stock Exchange (WSE) before starting to inch back up.
The company's stock value sank to 32.3 billion zloty ($8.8 billion, 7.2 billion euros) on Monday, down from 42.7 billion zloty last week prior to the Cyberpunk 2077's launch.
The company issued apology on Monday vowing to "fix bugs and crashes" with patches in January and February and offered refunds to gamers who are not willing to wait.
The game's release had been delayed twice this year and CD Projekt RED was forced to add health warnings last week after one reviewer complained it had caused an epileptic seizure.
Last week the company said it was looking into a "more permanent solution" to tackle the health risk "as soon as possible".
Despite the problems, entertainment rating website Metacritic has given Cyberpunk 2077 a score of 90 out of 100 based on 54 reviews, describing it as "an open-world, action-adventure story set in Night City, a megalopolis obsessed with power, glamour and body modification."
Ratings by gamers posted on the site were, however, less upbeat, with Cyberpunk 2077 earning a score of 6.9 out of 10 as of Monday based on reviews from 14,819 users.
CD Projekt RED spent an estimated 1.2 billion zloty ($328 million) to make Cyberpunk 2077, according to analysts at Polish bank BOS, which would make it one of the most expensive games ever made.
The company rose to global prominence five years ago thanks to its hugely successful "The Witcher: Wild Hunt", a sombre fantasy whose monster-slaying hero is endowed with superhuman powers.


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Icahn: I'll pay up to $1 billion, '10 cents more,' for Pep Boys
Bridgestone has until midnight Christmas Eve
This morning, Pep Boys – Manny, Moe & Jack, the Philadelphia auto service chain with 800 stores and garages, said investor Carl Icahn's latest proposal to buy the company, for $16.50 a share, beats the previous offer from Bridgestone Retail Operations LLC.
Icahn has also pledged to pay "10 cents more per share" than Bridgestone, "up to a maximum of $18.10," which would bring the value of the deal above $1 billion.
Pep Boys says Bridgestone has until 5 p.m. tomorrow (Christmas Eve) to beat Icahn's offer. Icahn says Pep Boys has until 8 p.m. that night to accept it or his proposal expires..
Bridgestone agreed in October to pay $15 a share, or more than $800 million, for Pep Boys, which reports sale of over $2 billion a year but is only marginally profitable.
Bridgestone wants to join Pep Boys' garages, tire and fleet-service operations, which have reported modest growth, to its 2,000 Firestone stores, based in Tennessee. That deal would likely lead to layoffs or relocations for many of Pep Boys' 500 employees at its Allegheny Ave. headquarters.
Icahn wants to combine Pep Boys' retail stores, whose sales have been flat, with his smaller AutoPlus chain, based in Georgia, which he bought earlier this year. Regional parts retailers face stiff competition from a few large national chains like AutoZone.
Could Pep Boys' competing bidders work out a common deal, with Icahn buying Pep Boys' stores and Bridgestone buying the garages?
Since Icahn is also a major Pep Boys shareholder, he has some incentive to push Bridgestone's offer price higher, notes Robert Costello, head of $100 million-asset Costello Asset Management in Huntingdon Valley.


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China has banned and shut down some 4000 websites including online accounts in a three-month campaign to clean up the internet. The government has shut down the websites that are considered to have “harmful” online information according to Xinhua news which cited country’s illegal publication watchdog.
China has a strict control over the internet for long, the country has been targeting the illegal online activities from time to time including gambling, pornography, religious content and even fake news and rumours.
According to China’s National Office, the authorities started the campaign in May and tackled 120 violations and ordered 230 companies to remove the irregularities. More than 147,000 documents containing harmful information was removed from the internet by the end of August.
According to Xinhua News the cleanup campaign targeted the content spreading improper values, obscenity, vulgarity and the content infringing copyright.
The authorities also claimed last week that they have blocked an online live-streaming pornography platform which was hosted in Cambodia, the platform has more than 3.5 million registered users.
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NEW YORK (AFP): Major music industry labels are pledging to halt business on Tuesday (June 2) in solidarity with anti-racist demonstrators demanding structural social change and an end to police brutality.
(Reuters) - Fewer than half of Americans plan to go to sports events, concerts, movies and amusement parks when they reopen to the public until there is a proven coronavirus vaccine, according to a Reuters/Ipsos opinion poll released on Tuesday.
UNITED NATIONS: United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres pledged on Sunday (Apil 19) that all human beings should unite as one to combat the common enemy of coronavirus and rebuild a fairer world.
THE rise of social media in its many varied platforms have opened the possibilities for people to connect with others in new ways. This trend has also given birth to a bevy of social media starlets who initially began on their journey as a way to express themselves.
Police in Chongqing investigate allegations that He’s partner beat her up during their year-long relationshipTwo of man’s ex-wives say they experienced similar violence
Shanghai: Chinese consumers closed in on a new spending record during the annual “Singles’ Day” frenzy, the world’s biggest 24-hour shopping event, which kicked off this year with a glitzy show by US megastar Taylor Swift.
THEY tried their best to shake it off (yes, like that Taylor Swift song) but the primary kids of SK Sri Petaling just couldn’t get rid of the sticky notes.
SINGAPORE (Bernama): Malaysian Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad has again topped the list as Malaysia’s most admired man, according to YouGov’s annual study of which public figures people look up to.
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the editor of 'fruits' magazine on the rise and fall of harajuku
Shoichi Aoki, the editor of the pioneering Japanese street style magazine, sounds off on the future of Tokyo style.
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'STREET London 1985-1996' charts the most major looks to grace the capital in the late 80s and early 90s.
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The New York tech show hosts a number of product debuts, including Gateway's latest all-in-one PC, Palm's Centro phone and a pair of new iRobot gadgets.
At DigitalLife, cool toys but no clear direction reporter's notebook
The consumer trade show can't decide whether it's for industry geeks or the general public. September 28, 2007 Video: DigitalLife 2007 wrap-up
Ms. Pac-Man's still got it
DigitalLife 2007 visitors flock to Namco booth for old-school gaming, despite presences of Halo
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September 28, 2007
Lotsa laptops at DigitalLife 2007
A trio of new laptops--from Dell, Toshiba and HP--might be just what mobile gaming fans are looking for.
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Something to strap on your Wii controller
Atlantic's GameKeeper unveils a fashion accessory that doubles as a safety device. No more accidental flinging? September 27, 2007
A taste of Valley culture amid consumer-tech blitz
The TechCrunch-sponsored "Disruptors" panel featured some compelling inquiries--it's too bad so few people actually turned up.
September 27, 2007
iRobot CEO: Forget 'The Jetsons'
Chief executive Colin Angle offers a vision for the robot home contrary to the one you might have looked forward to as a kid.
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Photos: iRobot phones home, cleans gutters
Two vastly different robots unveiled at DigitalLife offer practicality and Jetsons frivolity for the home.
A robot for fall fallout iRobot not just phoning it in September 27, 2007
Palm Centro for Sprint gets official
Company hopes it will attract a new customer base of those ready to make the jump from cell phone to smart phone. September 27, 2007
Spykee instead of Spike to watch the house?
When triggered by a motion sensor, Erector's robot takes 3 photos of what it sees and sends them to a portable device. September 27, 2007
Friendster, in a bid for popularity, introduces 'Fan Profiles'
Flagging social network introduces way for celebrities, organizations to create profiles. But, it probably won't ameliorate its problems. September 27, 2007
Gateway mimics Apple with 'One'
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Review: Gateway One
It has a sleek design and best in class upgrade-ability and cable management, but also a small screen and slow performance for the price. September 27, 2007
Linksys bows two Vista-friendly Media Center Extenders
Cisco's Linksys consumer networking brand announces two Media Center Extenders, including one with a built-in DVD player. September 26, 2007
D-Link DSM-750 combines Extender, online video service
Due in November, the D-Link DSM-750 combines a Windows Media Extender with video service active-TV, delivering more than 200 content "channels." September 26, 2007
At press kickoff, everyone just wants to play 'Guitar Hero III'
Earth to Ziff Davis: Don't hold a Guitar Hero III
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NY's 'Halo 3' launch was no riot, but it was closereporter's notebook
For the final installment of its wildly popular Xbox 360 first-person shooter trilogy, Microsoft pulls all the stops. September 24, 2007
A guide to NYC's Digital Technology Week: Part II
Here's the rest of the goings on, both the official and the unofficial. September 25, 2007
A guide to NYC's Digital Technology Week: Part I
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Company will Demo Powerful New Business Intelligence Products in Booth #1936 at the Sands Expo and Convention Center in Las Vegas, September 24-26
Las Vegas, NV — BIS² will introduce several powerful new business intelligence products as well as upgrades to its existing multi-award-winning casino optimization software at the 2013 Global Gaming Expo (G2E). Company executives will reveal BIS²’s latest innovations in Booth #1936 at the Sands Expo and Convention Center in Las Vegas, September 24 through 26.
“We are pleased to be showcasing our exciting new additions to our suite of BI products at G2E,” said Andrew Cardno, BIS²’s Chief Technology Officer. “I don’t want to spoil the surprise, but I’m confident attendees will be impressed by the capabilities we’re adding, which are based on extensive customer input and a tremendous effort on the part of our development team.”
Added Mukesh Gordhan, President of BIS², “G2E is the biggest and most important gaming convention of the year, and we look forward to the greatly expanded BIS2 Team reconnecting with our valued customers, as well as meeting casino operators interested in using our technology to improve profits and provide better player experiences. Since last year’s G2E, BIS² has experienced dramatic growth thanks to our many loyal and enthusiastic clients. It’s gratifying to see our extensive investment in R&D validated by the gaming industry’s rapid adoption of our products.”
Global Gaming Expo (G2E) is the international gaming trade show and conference “by the industry and for the industry.” Organized by the American Gaming Association (AGA) and Reed Exhibitions, G2E made its debut in fall 2001, defining itself as the pre-eminent show for the gaming-entertainment industry. The AGA represents the commercial casino-entertainment industry by addressing federal legislative and regulatory issues. The association also serves as a clearinghouse for information, develops educational and advocacy programs, and provides leadership on industry-related issues of public concern. Reed Exhibitions is the world’s leader in organizing a wide range of events, including exhibitions, conferences, congresses and meetings.
BIS²’s gaming industry solution, gameViz™, enables casino operators to gain a competitive advantage by viewing and analyzing gaming-floor data. BIS² uses innovative visual data representations known as Super Graphics™ to provide sophisticated business insights, allowing casinos to rapidly adapt to changes in customer behavior. BIS² is an innovative leader in enterprise-ready, standards-based, visually enabled analytics solutions that reveal the trends and patterns in operational data so organizations can identify what actions are required today and in the future. BIS² software products have been recognized with multiple awards including Casino Journal’s Top 20 Most Innovative Gaming Products, Casino Enterprise Management’s Top-10 Slot Floor products, the Data Warehousing Institute’s Advanced Analytics Best Practices Award and Gaming & Leisure Magazine’s Technology Impact Award and Product Interoperability Award, among others. BIS² also offers industry-specific solutions for the airline industry (airViz™), clubs and hospitality (clubViz™), resorts (resortViz™), telecommunications (telViz™), insurance (insuranceViz™), retail (retailViz™), entertainment (entertainmentViz™), manufacturing (makeViz™) and financial services (moneyViz™). For more information, please call 1-877-592-2472 or visit: www.bis2.net.


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The National Agency for Food And Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has advised Nigerian exporters to stop embarrassing the country by obtaining the agency’s certification of products.
The Spokesman of NAFDAC, Abubakar Jimoh, gave the advice while fielding questions from newsmen in Abuja on Monday on the rejection of about 25 Nigerian produce by the European Union (EU) between 2015 and 2016.
Jimoh explained that the EU had rejected the 25 exported food products from Nigeria for lack of standard.
Some of the food products on the EU rejection list from Nigeria include beans, sesame seeds, melon seeds, dried fish and meat, peanut chips and palm oil, among others.
He therefore urged exporters to subject their products to NAFDAC’s standard and internationally accredited laboratories for proper certification.
He said that the screening and certification of any product for export by NAFDAC was free of charge in spite of facilities, personnel and chemical reagents being used to conduct such tests.
“The Federal Government is doing this as a deliberate policy to encourage our exporters and to satisfy international standards for exports.
“We are now appealing to our exporters not to run away from product certification of NAFDAC, it is free and we don’t charge anything for such service.
“We have adequate personnel and equipment to carry out such responsibility in the country,’’ Jimoh said.
The spokesman lamented that the action of exporters has put the country’s image in bad light and also cause a huge loss to the exporters themselves which had implication to the economy of the country.
According to him, NAFDAC had six functional laboratories that conduct various types of products test across the country.
He also decried exporters’ penchant for bypassing NAFDAC and smuggling of their products at the detriment of the country’s economy and their income.
Jimoh said that the agency had two functional laboratories in Lagos, one each in Kaduna, Agolo in Anambra, Maiduguri and Port Hacourt, while the one in Calabar had not been completed.
He disclosed plans to establish another laboratory in Benue to serve exporters in the North Central part of the country.
Jimoh, who is also the NAFDAC Director Special Duty, noted that the laboratory in Lagos had been accredited internationally and any product that gets approval from such lab would be recognised globally.
He confirmed that the EU had certified the laboratory in Lagos and considered it as meeting the world standard.
He disclosed that Kaduna laboratory was inherited by NAFDAC from the Federal Ministry of Health and later gutted by fire, but that the agency had built a new lab.
The spokesman added that the Kaduna laboratory was built to serve all agricultural farm produce coming from the north for screening and certification and exportation.
He added that the laboratory has required facilities and equipment and was now awaiting international accreditation.
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June 18, 2018: Robert Meshel, Director of the Siemens’ Additive Manufacturing Network initiative, recently named data the most valuable asset of Industry 4.0. With the digitization of information throughout the supply chain, intellectual property is more vulnerable than ever to loss or compromise even as it becomes the heart of the global economy. Already, companies ..
8/24/2017 – Last year, global software company Siemens announced that it would be expanding its Frontier Partner Program, an initiative that partners with startups and gives them access to Siemens’ technology. One of the additions to the program at that time was Identify3D, a company that provides security and traceability software for digital manufacturing. The partnership has worked out ..
5/18/17 – by Anthony Aguon, Corrine Bona, Howard Hsu, Jordan Raabe I. INTRO Only several years ago in the early 2010’s, additive manufacturing, more commonly known as 3D-printing or AM, became a hotly evangelized technology, propelled by a vanguard of early-adopting consumers who envisioned 3D printers would one day be as common in the home ..
2/28/17 – Our friends over at Moog are making some great progress with Metal Additive Manufacturing. Moog’s Additive Manufacturing Center (AMC) in East Aurora is paving the way to defining the new digital supply chain. By: George Small | George is a Principal Engineer at Moog Inc., working in the Space and Defense Group ..
A guest post by Ralph Resnick, President and Executive Director, National Center for Defense Manufacturing and Machining (NCDMM) and Founding Director of America Makes looks at cyber security risk in manufacturing. With increased shop floor connectivity, Manufacturing 4.0 and the introduction of Chinese industrial Additive Manufacturing systems coming to the US market, what should we really ..


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Mitsubishi creates another PHEV.
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Huge thanks to Tony who did almost all the news this week… russell’s rant, there is no apple car Mark The 3500 Chevy Bolt EVs in the US travel past 4.5M miles Here’s a preview of the upcoming 2018 Leaf Tony Heavy Hype from Fisker And an interesting article about how Fisker hired a company […]
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eBay Australia and Australian Fashion Council award $100,000 to Dempstah in Circular Fashion Fund
eBay Australia, in collaboration with the Australian Fashion Council (AFC), has announced Dempstah as the winner of the 2024 Circular Fashion Fund.
The design practice, which recycles Australian textile waste into spun yarn, will receive a prize fund of $100,000. Runners-up RCYCL and The Very Good Bra will each receive $50,000. The announcement was made at eBay’s office with the Federal Minister for the Environment and Water, The Hon. Tanya Plibersek MP, present.
The Circular Fashion Fund was established to support the development of the circular fashion economy and align with the industry’s goals to achieve circularity by 2030. Seven finalists were shortlisted and invited to pitch their ideas to a panel of industry experts. After the pitch, Dempstah, RCYCL, and The Very Good Bra were selected as the funding recipients.
Participants were evaluated based on three criteria: Innovation, circularity and business viability/scalability. Selected businesses showcased new or improved products or processes and offered creative strategies to address circularity in fashion. They also demonstrated scalability and a track record of success, indicating their ability to effectively utilise the funding.
“At eBay, our purpose is to provide economic opportunity for all, and we have a proud history of helping businesses grow through various grants globally. Circularity is the future of the fashion industry and we all have a part to play in making that transition. Initiatives like eBay’s Circular Fashion Fund are an important step towards achieving that goal, and we’re incredibly proud to have launched it in Australia this year. We know the businesses awarded today will drive positive change in the fashion industry,” said eBay Australia’s Fashion Lead, Anne-Marie Cheney.
Dempstah is a design practice that recycles Australian textile waste into spun yarn. RCYCL provides a direct-to-consumer satchel that allows people to recycle their used clothing. The Very Good Bra is the brand behind the world’s first 100% compostable botanically circular bra.
“We’re grateful to eBay and the Australian Fashion Council, who are actively investing and driving circularity in the fashion industry. The Fund will go towards establishing a micro mill in North West Tasmania, which will allow us to house and operate fibre recovery machinery and develop greater insight into this milling process. We’re thankful for the opportunity to find more mentors with experience in small-medium scale industrial domestic manufacturing,” said Guy Dempster, Founder of Dempstah.
The three recipients will enter into a three-month program of mentoring, networking, and workshops to learn how to market and scale their business. eBay’s Circular Fashion Fund is a global initiative that began in the UK in 2022. Over the next three years, eBay plans to continue running the Fund with the goal of forming an international alumni of circular fashion businesses.
“It’s incredibly inspiring to see the creativity and innovation across 2024 eBay Circular Fashion Fund Finalists. Along with government support and industry collaboration, programs like this are essential to expedite our efforts towards our goal of a circular economy by 2030 and net zero by 2050,” said Chair of the AFC Board, Marianne Perkovic.


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Gabby Douglas' rise to the top has been as stunning and quick as one of her moves on the uneven bars. According to marketing experts, it's estimated that she will make between $2 million and $4 million in endorsement revenue per year for the next four years.
Crowdfunding began as a social experiment and has been validated by
thousands of consumers in a short period of time. New data suggests that
this type of funding has facilitated more than $1.5 billion in global
business transactions. Crowdfunding is known as an individual
contribution for non-monetary benefits.
Many business owners spend a lot of money buying the latest tools and
gadgets for their employees after hearing promises of how they will
improve productivity and increase sales. With all of the technological
advancements that have come about in recent years, many business owners
are left trying to figure out what to invest in and what to stay away
from. Here are a few things to consider about how to make your
Reports are swarming around the Internet that the social business
network, LinkedIn, has been compromised. According to ZDNET.com and many
other tech sites and blogs, there is a major issue at hand that could
worsen. The sites are reporting that more than 6.5 million passwords
have been leaked.
The International Telecommunications Union (ITU), which is part of
United Nations, wants to assume management of the Internet, and its
members will debate the plan when the group meets in Dubai in December.
At this point, U.S. Congressional officials state that they intend to
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(05-03) 11:11 PDT San Francisco -- Analysts say Samsung broke away from Apple in smartphone market share sometime last year. And gadget connoisseurs have long grumbled that the Cupertino company has lost a step to its South Korean rival.
But now the ultimate arbiters of taste have weighed in: muggers. Call it Market (Street) research.