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After presenting the iPhone 11, a 10.2-inch iPad and the Apple Watch Series 5, Apple’s portfolio keeps getting wider. The company is almost ready for its October 2019 event which is widely expected by the whole tech community.
This is what you should expect from the company’s upcoming event.
16-inch MacBook Pro and macOS Catalina
People have been talking about the new MacBook Pro, or at least one with a larger display, since past February. According to a report by the famous analyst Ming-Chi Kuo who predicted the 10.2-inch iPad, users should look out for an “All-new design 16—16.5[-inch] MacBook Pro.”
Additional reports pointed out that the upcoming model would replace the existing 15.4-inch MacBook Pro, and could use a chassis which is similar to that current mode, only with trimmed-down bezels to fit a larger screen.
Reportedly, Apple is currently ditching its highly controversial ‘butterfly’-style keyboard and the 16-inch MacBook Pro is expected to be the first laptop featuring a traditional scissor-mechanism key design.
Just a while after Apple’s September 10 event, the company updated its macOS Catalina website, stating that the new macOS is coming in October. Thus, the October event would probably be a good place to announce the firm date for its release.
Faster iPad Pros
Considering the fact that the present 11-inch and 12.9-inch iPad Pro models were revealed last October, Apple will probably upgrade these high-end tablets very soon. Last month, a Bloomberg report highlighted some processor and camera improvements, similar to what Apple uses in its new iPhones, which should launch in “the coming weeks and months.”
This means that we might see a new tablet running on a chip that’s faster than the iPhone 11’s A13 chip, just as the 2018 iPad Pro’s A12X processor beats the iPhone XS’ A12 chip on benchmark tests.
Despite the fact that the advanced chipset would probably be enough for the new iPad Pro to keep its professional classification, there is still a chance it could include a three-camera setup, which is similar to the iPhone 11 Pro.
Mac Pro Update
At WWDC 2019, Apple presented a pricey new Mac Pro with an upgradable modular bay design, which shares a lot of visual cues with the beloved 2016 model, colloquially called “the cheese grater.”
The price of the new Mac Pro starts at $5,999 with an 8-core Intel Xeon W processor and no monitor. For such a powerful Mac, Apple’s making a $4,999 Pro Display XDR display which measures 32 inches, offers 6K resolution and includes high-dynamic range support. Additionally, Apple is selling a $999 monitor stand to prop it up. However, all these prices combined, probably won’t even touch the top-of-the-line Mac Pro, which could go upwards of $35,000.
Apple gave a Fall 2019 window and the page where you can sign up for notifications about Mac Pro availability used to say “Coming September”, however, it now says “Coming This Fall”.
For that reason, we expect full pricing and an availability date for the new Mac Pro at the upcoming October event.
Bundle pricing for services or AR Glasses
Currently, we know the pricing for Apple TV Plus ($4.99 per month), Apple News Plus ($9.99 per month) and Apple Arcade ($4.99 per month), but with so many services, Apple will probably sweeten the deal with bundle pricing to get more subscribers for all three services.
And while the company could reduce monthly pricing (currently $19.97 per month for all three), there’s another way Apple could make things interesting for both – creators and users: Give a discount on iCloud pricing.
In a Bloomberg report related to the new iPad Pros, there were some signs pointing to a more expensive version of Apple’s AirPods in progress. This means that the new wireless headphones which may feature “water resistance and noise cancellation,” could be launched “by next year.”
Yet, after all the predictions and expectations, the only thing for us to wait for, is Apple October 2019 event to see what actually happens.
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Facebook announced the release of their new phone on Thursday, but it is not what many people expected. Instead of having an actual device, Facebook has developed software to work in tandem with their own messenger app. This feature reaches through a wifi connection and connects people to each other, much like Skype.
Facebook users can now phone their friends from Facebook using the Facebook messenger app with the most current upgrade. When using this app, people can select their contacts and start an IM conversation with them, but they can also send a direct call.
Each conversation box now has a small “i” in the corner that can be selected. This will bring the user to a phone conversation in which they can actually talk to their contact, provided they have the updated software and answer the call. This service only works for the iPhone as of now, but android phones may be just around the corner.
Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive of Facebook, has said that a physical phone isn’t a good idea for them. Taking the software route instead of making hardware allows them to test certain aspects of a feature or service without having to issue a recall. Any problems that occur within the programming can be fixed with simple updates rather than making entirely new models.
In addition, only developing software means that they are able to sidestep some of the competition and make programs that can be compatible with multiple operating systems. This means that while they have a deal worked out with Apple and the iPhone, Facebook can still be accessed and used by android users. Keeping their options open and not jumping into the hardware market means more money in the end for Facebook.
Consumers can count on seeing Facebook continue to make advances in the messaging and communications arena.

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Expect to see holiday promotions begin while still buzzing from Halloween candy. Because of the short holiday shopping season (26 days between Thanksgiving and Christmas, and four weekends compared to 2012′s five) retailers will waste no time getting consumers in the holiday spirit. ShopperTrak today released its first holiday predictions and among them is the likelyhood that promotions (ie commercials and ads) will begin as early as the day after Halloween.
“Nobody can afford to procrastinate,” says Bill Martin, founder of ShopperTrak, which provides statistics on customer foot traffic at shopping malls and stores. “Retailers must have their holiday marketing and operations ready to go when November begins, as consumers will be ready to take advantage of those deals.”
Last year, in 2012, we had the longest possible calendar spread between Turkey Day and Christmas. This year, Thanksgiving is Nov. 28, leaving 25 days in the traditional holiday season.
Other predictions from ShopperTrak include:
Sales will be up. The firm expects retail sales to rise 2.4 percent in November/December compared to 2012.
But shopper traffic will be down 1.4 percent, meaning people will be spending more money in fewer stores. It’s a big deal considering holiday sales and store shopper traffic historically account for 20 percent of annual retail activity, ShopperTrak says.


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Families hoping to capture festive fall photos, pick out the perfect pumpkin or rack up on homemade treats have another week to do so at a Thibodaux pumpkin patch.
The pumpkin patch known as the “sea of orange” remains open daily through Oct. 31 at First United Methodist Church, 1255 Canal Blvd., Thibodaux. The patch opens at 10 a.m. and closes at dark each day. Admission is free.
The patch features pumpkins of various sizes for use as Halloween decorations and photo opportunities.
The patch’s country store sells homemade baked breads, candy, cookies and crafts.
Children enjoy seeing the rows of bright-colored pumpkins and posing for photos next to the large orange fruits.
“It’s a good outing for them,” said Bill Cain, a pumpkin-patch volunteer.
Another local pumpkin patch opened for just one day this year as opposed to its usual run every Saturday in October.
The St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church and School opened its pumpkin patch at Just Kids At Art on Oct. 18, but decided against holding weekly events this year at the Houma location.
The Thibodaux church’s 13th annual pumpkin patch opened Oct. 4, offering local children a chance to visit for story times, crafts, games and other activities.
Since early October, thousands of schoolchildren, parents, teachers and others have made their way through the “sea of orange” as part of Pumpkin Patch Playland and scheduled school field trips.
The playland is done for the year and story times are booked up, but visitors can still take advantage of the most important part of the pumpkin patch – snapping photos of children with the colorful pumpkins and watching them enjoy the festive fruits.
For information, call First United Methodist Church of Thibodaux at 447-4287.


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Chigwell businessman jailed for £4.75m VAT fraud
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A businessman who made almost £5million by reclaiming VAT on empty boxes he sent abroad has been jailed for six years.
Robert Waterman, of Vicarage Lane, Chigwell, was investigated by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) who found he had created a fake trade in computer memory sticks to fraudulently claim £4,757,858 in VAT repayments between April 2013 and March 2015.
Waterman used the proceeds from his fraud to buy a £1.15m house with no mortgage, drive a Range Rover Sport and fund a holiday home in Marbella, Spain. He also bought a £310,000 property outright in Ilford.
The 43-year-old claimed to be exporting memory sticks to Dubai through his company Asset Innovations UK Ltd. He would then reclaim all the VAT as they were being exported outside the EU.
In reality Waterman, who was already banned from being a company director, was not exporting or even buying the memory sticks. Instead he was forging purchase invoices for the goods and sending empty parcels to a PO Box address in Dubai.
He used his fake trade to file monthly VAT returns to get his hands on the money with a further £530,000 being withheld as HMRC investigators closed in on Waterman’s fraud and arrested him in June 2015.
HMRC has secured a restraining order worth £4 million on his assets, including houses and cash in bank accounts, as it looks to recoup the full proceeds of Waterman’s crime.
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Paul Barton, assistant director of HMRC’s fraud investigation service, said: “Waterman went to great lengths, even flying to Dubai to set up a foreign address, to execute his scam.
“His sole intention was to steal money to fund a millionaire’s lifestyle with cash that should have been funding vital public services.
“Now, as a result of our investigation, not only is Waterman behind bars but already we have restrained his assets. We will not tolerate tax fraud and our job doesn’t finish when someone is jailed. We will now continue our confiscation proceedings to reclaim all the money he stole.”
At an earlier hearing Waterman pleaded guilty to cheating the public revenue, money laundering, furnishing false documents with the intent to deceive in relation to fraudulent VAT returns, operating a company while a banned director and absconding while on bail.
Today he was jailed for six years at Chelmsford Crown Court and banned from acting as a company director for ten years.


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Finally, users will be able to update their iCloud settings, check their storage capacity, delete older items to free up storage, and update their storage plans - the first time such functionality is available outside of the iOS and macOS ecosystem.
The new iCloud for Windows app is now available on the Microsoft Store, making it easier for Apple and Microsoft customers to access their iCloud account across Windows 10 PC and Apple devices, Microsoft announced in a Monday blog post.
"You can now access your iCloud account across Windows 10 PC and Apple devices", a Microsoft representative told me.
While Apple would undoubtedly prefer that you buy a Mac, the company has to acknowledge that many iPhone and iPad users are still saddled with Windows on their desktop and laptop computers, and therefore has long offered Windows versions of key apps such as iTunes and iCloud. This time, you can sync bookmarks stored in the iCloud with three different browsers, namely Internet Explorer, Firefox, and Chrome. The new offering is mainly powered by Windows technology, which is used in one's drive files to boost a user's offline productivity and also allows the quick exchange of files on iOS. But everything else should be accessible to iCloud and Windows users without an iCloud Drive experience for Windows 10 users any additional software.
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The Japanese youngster will pen a six-year deal with the club where he will play with Castilla under the orders of Raul Gonzalez . Real Madrid have completed the signing of FC Tokyo midfielder Takefusa Kubo , dubbed the "Japanese Lionel Messi".
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Gatland will relinquish his role as Wales boss after the World Cup and will then start his official Lions duties in August 2020. Warren Gatland has been confirmed as head coach of the British and Irish Lions for the 2021 tour of South Africa .
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He says in a speech to be... "Any Tory leadership candidate should know that Parliament will continue to fight against no deal". He told the BBC: "We have run out of all the possibilities that any of us can at the moment think of".
Apple's iCloud is a fully-featured service for storing files and images, syncing contacts, and different issues, so long as you are working solo and never trying to collaborate. However, it can now be downloaded from the Microsoft Store.
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According to a new report by Navigant, the market value of the global Smart Street lamp will reach $610 million trillion in 2017 and grow to $6.9 billion in 2026. Market share is expected to grow from 2% in 2017 to around 20% in 2026.
The Global Smart Street lamp market will increase to $6.9 billion by 2026
"Smart city street lighting," the report concluded that LED lighting has now become the world's most urban traditional street lighting standard alternatives, intelligent control began to become more extensive and gradually with LED lighting deployment.
Many cities around the world are likely to replace existing streetlights with new and more efficient lighting in the longer term, not only to achieve energy efficiency standards, but also economic viability. LED lighting is clearly the wisest option, but the new Navigant report says intelligent control currently accounts for only 2% of the 2017-year-old streetlight installation base, and is not fully utilized.
According to the report, this situation may change, the installation base of Smart street lamps is expected to grow from the current 6.3 million to the astonishing 73 million in 2026.
"With the LED becoming a street lighting upgrade technology, the next frontier of Intelligent Street lighting network is to rapidly increase the deployment of control technology and transform it into an innovative platform for smart cities." "Sensors and other technologies are being added to the smart street lighting network to provide a large number of new city services, including gun detection, air quality monitoring, electric car recharging, traffic management and smart parking," said Ryan Citron, an analyst at Navigant Research. ”
Obviously, the driving factors behind the smart street economy are many. LED lighting is widely accepted as a result of significant cost reductions and improved lighting quality. LEDs can now provide the necessary yellow light for streetlights. One years ago, Cree through the introduction of a new RSW LED street lighting system, this is the first generation of lighting, not only to improve energy efficiency, but also to provide the most need for street lamps warm color temperature.
"Cree is committed to providing a better lighting experience by continuing to develop the real potential of LED technology," said Norbert Hiller, executive vice president of Cree lighting. Cree's RSW series ensures that residents no longer need to face the glare of streetlights at night, save energy in the city, and reduce the residents ' complaints about the glare of street lighting. ”
The Navigant report explains that installing intelligent control systems while deploying new LED lighting is the cheapest way to explain why smart controls are still lagging. Smart streetlights may be an important tool for cities to adapt to future energy efficiency requirements, but there are some hurdles. Navigant study highlighted these concerns: "To alleviate citizens ' concerns about surveillance and privacy intrusion, there is still a pattern of legacy street ownership in some jurisdictions, the complexity of application projects and the need to raise upfront capital are all challenges to the smart street market." ”
Navigant predicts that by 2026 Europe will have the largest installed base of intelligent streetlights, followed by the Asia-Pacific and North America.
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Happy Earth Day: History of the holiday and how you can help the planet
For the past five decades, people have come together on April 22 to celebrate Earth Day and show their support for environmental protection. While the day is normally marked by festivals, demonstrations and other various public events, the COVID-19 pandemic has put a pause on this year’s festivities. Fortunately, there is still a wide range of activities people can do both now and in the future once things return to normal.
Ardmore Beautification Council Executive Director Julie Maher said Earth Day 2020 is particularly special because it marks the 50th anniversary of the holiday.
“Earth Day was founded by Sen. Gaylord Nelson after he witnessed the ravages of a massive oil spill in Santa Barbara in California in 1969,” Maher said. “He wanted to create a national day to focus specifically on the environment.”
Maher said Sen. Nelson took inspiration from the student anti-war movement, and his goal was to infuse the energy of the protests with the emerging public consciousness about air and water pollution. He announced the idea of a national teach-in on the environment and chose the date of April 22 because it falls between spring break and final exams.
Twenty million Americans participated in the first Earth Day in 1970, and the event proved to be incredibly successful. By the end of the year, the United States created the Environmental Protection Agency and Congress had passed the Clean Air, Clean Water and Endangered Species Acts.
Maher said there are many things people can do to help the environment right now. One of the best things to do would be to plant a garden or even a few decorative plants and flowers around your home.
“Planting a garden is a great way to get some fresh veggies into your diet, and if you don’t want to commit to all the work gardening entails, plant a few seeds or seedlings,” Maher said. “Plant them in a pot or in the ground and get some living green growing around you.”
Maher said there are several things people can do to help the planet once stores and businesses are all open again. She suggested shopping at the local farmers market for fruits and vegetables, and doing some shopping at thrift stores for clothing and home decor.
“There’s no reason why Earth Day can’t be every day,” Maher said. “At Ardmore Beautification Council we’re dedicated to protecting the environment and creating a beautiful city for our children and grandchildren to enjoy. Even though we had to cancel the Earth First Expo this year, we plan on bringing it back even bigger and better for 2021.”


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Plus sized brand, Yours Clothing is to release a new campaign next week, created by TBWA\Manchester.
Described as a “turning point” for the brand, with a bold new message of “fashion freedom”. It will appear on television, radio and online.
“In the often transient and superficial fashion sector, we were inspired by the recent advances in the plus size industry to create a more meaningful message. Rather than focusing on products and trends, our campaign is about how fashion makes you feel, showing that with Fashion Freedom, every woman can feel strong and powerful,” explained Fergus McCallum, CEO of TBWA\Manchester.
The TV ad features 4 customers, ranging from sizes 16-26, who were chosen from hundreds via a social media competition. It was directed by fashion director, Chris Cottam, through Chief Productions in Manchester. It will debut on ITV on 12th October.
“This campaign is a significant shift for the brand. Fashion Freedom is #AllYours represents our commitment to women everywhere, to help them reveal that they can be strong and powerful in different ways no matter who they are or where they come from,” added Eve Tyers head of marketing at Yours Clothing.


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Thor’s Skyr, the American-made skyr brand that uses traditional Icelandic methods and all-natural ingredients, will host an exclusive pop-up in collaboration with Viceroy Santa Monica (1819 Ocean Ave.), the recently renovated iconic beachside hotel located steps away from the water in the heart of Santa Monica. Thor’s Skyr and Viceroy Santa Monica will partner to pioneer the first-ever pop-up skyr bar in America on Saturday, April 22, from 8-11 a.m. on the outdoor patio of the hotel’s signature restaurant, Sugar Palm.
Skyr bars are common in Iceland, serving freshly blended smoothies and fruit-topped bowls with skyr as the base. The Thor’s Skyr pop-up brings the Icelandic staple to Los Angeles, offering complimentary smoothies and skyr bowls to guests looking to kick off their weekend healthily. A variety of fresh ingredients and toppings will be available to choose from, including prickly pear, ginger, almond butter, and more, sourced by Sugar Palm’s Executive Chef Jason Francisco. To honor Earth Day, the smoothies will be made using bicycle-powered blenders, which guests can try out for themselves. DJ Asha will play a set at the event.


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China is now the world's largest smartphone market, and Apple appears to be falling behind in the race to the top of the great wall of Chinese smartphone sales. Particularly if the other guys make phones that look just like the iPhone. Fortunately for Chinese phone makers, Apple has not gotten around to suing anyone in China--yet.
So who is applying all of this heat in the Chinese smartphone marketplace? Let's take a look some of the "cheap and cheerful" devices that are taking Apple's Chinese lunch money.


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The aftermarket specialist has decided the big crossover needs some increased excitement credentials, treating it to an array of enhancements, including a diesel engine workout.
The second generation Volkswagen Touareg has been around since way back in 2010, meaning it’s about run its course. But since such big machines still dwell for a little longer than other mainstream models, before the replacement comes the buyers can spice things up with the assistance of tuners. Wimmer Rennsporttechnik for example decided to take the most popular version, equipped with the 3.0-liter TDI V6 engine out for a spin. Thanks to the software optimization procedure the power now stands at 240 hp (177 kW) and 387 lb-ft (525 Nm) instead of the standard 204 hp (150 kW) and 332 lb-ft (450 Nm).
The actual ECU workout was available since last year, but now the tuner decided to make a complete package. First and foremost the power upgrade will now reach 310 hp (228 kW)and 443 lb-ft (600 Nm). The Touareg also nails some great looking 21-inch black alloy wheels and comes with a sporty KW coilover suspension kit. And the looks are not the only thing, as the soundtrack is being spiced up via an aftermarket exhaust system developed in-house. We still know nothing about the performance specifications, but the normal 62 mph (100 km/h) sprint takes 8.7 seconds.


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BMW Group and Great Wall Motor are partnering to produce electric MINI vehicles in China, the biggest market for the technology
Tesla Inc.’s announcement follows Beijing’s April promise to end restrictions that required foreign automakers to work through local partners. The Shanghai city government says it will “strongly support” Tesla
Volkswagen agrees to a $10 billion settlement and acknowledges that vehicles were programmed to cheat on emissions tests.
A series of electric vehicle charging stations are being installed on B.C. roads and will help address “range anxiety”
Ford Explorer exhaust odours have sparked a request for a recall on 1.35 million Ford Explorer SUVs. The Center for Auto Safety is investigating
The unemployment rate moved up last month despite the addition of new jobs because nearly 76,000 more people entered the workforce
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Canadian businesses and organizations in the cleantech sector secured $155.4M in government grants, contributions and incentives from federal and provincial programs in May and June 2018. Can your business benefit?
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As tempting as it is to try to forget about how tough the last year has been, it’s important to remember what happened so we can prepare for the future...
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"Vietnam is seen as the country that will benefit the most to get the biggest benefits from the TPP, compared with other participating nations, and this will be a great chance for the country to boost its exports and join the global supply chain," said Dr Nguyen Tien Dung, principal of the Law-Economics University, during a speech at the workshop.
"However, Vietnam has the lowest level of development in the 12 TPP nations and the country will face great challenges," he added.
Ngo Chung Khanh, deputy head of the Ministry of Industry and Trade’s Multilateral Trade Policy Department, said: "TPP is the new model of regional economic cooperation with the aim of solving problems emerging in the 21st century like labour, state-owned enterprises and environmental protection," he said.
"TPP is expected to create favourable conditions for promoting trade and investment by cutting nearly 100 per cent of tax."
Khanh said the TPP’s benefits would be even greater than Vietnam’s membership in the World Trade Organisation (WTO).
Vietnam should be focused on garments and textiles, and on labour and intellectual-property protection, he said.
"Garments and textiles are the core benefit for Vietnam. At present with a tax level of 17-25 per cent, Vietnamese textiles and garments will strengthen their foothold in the US market with 20-per-cent market share and ranking second," Khanh said.
If taxes were zero, the turnover and volume of the Vietnamese textile and garment industry would rocket.
"But to take full advantage of the TPP, Vietnam must improve the situation where US$15 billion of the total of $19 billion in export revenue has to be spent on imported materials," he said.
As for the labour field, the TPP will apply economic sanctions if Vietnam violates the International Labour Organisation’s regulations. These have already been applied in the country under the WTO, but only for reference.
"Within the TPP, labourers will have the right to set up their own organisations that protect their rights, and the organisations would not be able to join the Vietnam Labour Federation," he said.
Protection of intellectual property will be tightened under the TPP as well.
"TPP will bring great opportunities for Vietnam’s economy by promoting trade between Vietnam and the EU, [and with] the US and other TPP member nations; diversifying export markets; improving the investment environment and attracting high-quality investment; and opportunities to join the global supply chain," he said.
"However, TPP will bring pressure in agricultural competitiveness, such as in milk products."
The TPP will promote the market economy but high standards in administrative management will create challenges for state management.
A series of laws will be released to implement TPP commitments.
"TPP will increase the speed of economic growth, create more jobs, improve incomes and eradicate hunger but increase competitiveness. It could cause local enterprises to collapse and go bankrupt," Khanh warned.
He also pointed out that the state budget would be affected but not as much as feared, as the portion of the budget from import taxes has been falling year on year.


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Beyonce stars in H&M summer ad campaignMarch 21, 2013 @ 8:18 am
NEW YORK (AP) - Beyonce, who seems to be everywhere as she prepares for her upcoming world tour, is going to be seen in even more places.
The 31-year-old singer is featured in H&M's new ad campaign, announced by the retailer Thursday. Mrs. Carter, as she's called in the ads, is seen lounging on a beach wearing a sundress, short shorts, a bikini and other key items from the summer collection.
H&M says the ads, which were shot in the Bahamas, aim to capture the many sides of women, showing Beyonce as strong, vulnerable, sensual, fun, flirtatious and maternal.
Beyonce said that thanks to the tropical island setting, she felt more like she was shooting a music video than a commercial.
She and her husband, Jay-Z, whose real name is Shawn Carter, have a year-old daughter, Blue Ivy.
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JAKARTA — The Indian government is investigating Chinese tech giant, Huawei. The findings of the investigation led to accusations of tech companies manipulating earnings.
India’s finance ministry said a major telecom company failed to record revenue of 4 billion rupees (747.9 billion rupees) on its books and posted expenses of 4.8 billion rupees ( 897 billion rupees).
A spokesperson for Huawei in India did not immediately respond to the allegations. Last month, Indian tax authorities raided New Delhi-based Huawei. In addition, senior Huawei executives operating in India were also visited by Indian tax authorities.
reported from South China Morning Post, India’s finance ministry said further investigations were underway. The move comes amid rising tensions between India and China following 2020 border clashes between neighboring countries.
In February, India blocked access to 54 mobile apps, mostly from China, citing security concerns. Globally, Huawei has been at the center of a campaign by the United States, which has called on its allies to isolate Huawei from 5G infrastructure over spying concerns. The company denied it was a security risk.
While in India itself, Huawei is not considered a 5G network provider to operate in one of the biggest markets in the world. Moreover, Huawei also had to stumble due to trade restrictions imposed in the global business environment.
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Palm: Struggles Ahead
Faced with stiffening competition from rivals releasing lower-priced smartphones, including BlackBerry 's BlackBerry Pearl, the Motorola Inc. (NYSE: MOT) Q, and the E62 from Nokia Corp. (NYSE: NOK), Palm earlier this month reduced its preliminary earnings estimate by around $30 million. The company reported revenue up 4 percent to $355.8 million, slightly above Wall Street estimates. (See Going Pro(-sumer).)
Palm's stock, which had dropped by 15 percent in the three months ending Sept. 1, rose slightly in after-hours trading today.
"These results are the strongest indication yet that Palm Inc. has its hands full," says Carmi Levy, senior research analyst at Info-Tech Research Group , "as it fights to maintain its formerly dominant position in a market that's in a tremendous state of flux."
The company also said it would buy back up to $250 million of its own stock, saying it considers the share price undervalued.
While the new 700p and 700w Treos have proven popular with many enterprise customers in the United States, retail carrier sales have been slow. In addition, prices for the Treo have remained higher than the new models from other manufacturers -- a factor president and CEO Ed Colligan addressed in the conference call this afternoon announcing the quarterly results. (See Nokia, RIM & Moto: 'Prosumer' Trinity.)
"To address the aggressive competitive environment in the retail market, we've made pricing adjustments to our product line and will announce a new, lower-priced product in the very near future," said Colligan. (See Tracking the New Treos.)
On Sept. 12, at the CTIA convention in Los Angeles, Palm announced the release in Europe of the Treo 750v, which runs on Microsoft Corp.'s Windows Mobile 5.0 operating system. The 750v will be sold by Vodafone, which has not yet announced pricing, but is expected to retail for under $200. It will be the first Palm device to operate over Vodafone's advanced 3G/UMTS network.
The 750v is also expected to be expensive to produce, however, which means it may not help Palm's bottom line. "We believe the new product does little to alter the competitive landscape for Palm," Deutsche Bank analyst Jonathan Goldberg wrote in a research note after the launch.
Despite the high regard in which Palm products are held in the U.S. enterprise market, it's not clear that the company can match the flashy designs and consumer-friendly features that could define the future of the rapidly converging mobile-device market.
"Today's cell phone is tomorrow's smartphone," adds Levy, "and this is an area where Palm has traditionally lagged market giants Nokia and Motorola."
Palm also faces a dwindling lifespan for its Palm operating system, which is owned by a separate company, PalmSource -- a wildcard that Colligan essentially dismissed in his responses to questions from analysts today.
"The Palm operating system continues to get great reviews as the best solution on the market," Colligan said. "We have offerings on the two industry-standard platforms, Windows Mobile and the Palm OS. Our platform has stood the test of time, and we will continue to innovate on top of it."
"Continued innovation," in this market, may amount to standing pat in a game where the stakes are escalating rapidly.
— Richard Martin, Senior Editor, Unstrung


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Volkswagen South Africa shut down its Uitenhage plant on Wednesday because of a strike by the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) in the component industry.
“Volkswagen of SA was regrettably forced to close its Uitenhage-based production plant indefinitely after the morning shift today,” the company said in a statement.
There was no strike at the plant itself, but the strike by people in the components industry would result in a substantial loss of volume of their Polo vehicles destined for worldwide right-hand drive markets.
Volumes of Polo and Polo Vivo models destined for the local market would also be affected.
Employees were advised that, as soon as the supply of components was resumed, they would be told and asked to return to work.
The company regretted the situation, which came after an eight-day strike in the motor manufacturing industry and which had a severe impact on customer deliveries. — Additional reporting by Sapa


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The last decade was one of seismic change for the music industry — an industry that was turned on its head in the late 1990s and early 2000s in part by music sharing software like Napster and the introduction of the iPod.
In fact, in the 2010s, years of plummeting revenues for the music industry saw some respite, with what some called the dawn of a new "Golden Age" for the music business.
The main headline from the last decade in music comes from the meteoric rise of streaming, undoubtedly part of the reason for rising revenues.
According to the Recording Industry Association of America, streaming accounted for just 7% of U.S. market music consumption in 2010. By the first half of 2019, streaming represented 80% of music consumption in the U.S.
Streaming growth came at the expense of digital downloads and physical album sales (think CDs).
And similar streaming numbers prove consumers are willing to pay for premium services.
An average of 1.5 million people were paid subscribers to a music streaming service in 2010. That number grew to 61.1 million in the first half of 2019, the RIAA said.
Another change in music consumption came from a sort of vinyl revival.
Revenue generated from vinyl sales grew by more than $400 million between 2010 and 2018, according to the RIAA.
As for the biggest albums? Adele snags both the No. 1 and No. 2 spots on the list, followed by a handful of Taylor Swift albums, Drake albums, a Bruno Mars album and the soundtrack from Broadway sensation "Hamilton."
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Monthly newsletter for January 2022
Here’s wishing you a happy new year and start to 2022!
It has been a flying start out of the gates for the Collective this year, with the portfolio achieving a significant return this month due to tailwinds of a stronger SGD and some significant jumps in our portfolio. The Karuizawa 1981 Eight Headed Dragon performed exceptionally well with a +59% jump to £10,500 and the Karuizawa 1980 35 Year Old Moon Above Daimotsu Bay moved +60% to £9,600. Both these bottles had not featured in an auction for more than 2 years, so it is great to see our strategy paying off. This puts us on track to over-achieve our +12% annual benchmark again, with a full quarter to go before we close out the 3rd year of operations (well ahead of schedule!)
SVC received ongoing media support in December, with another multi-page article in the December print and online edition of Millionaire Asia magazine. Given the rise of alternative investment assets ranging from collectible watches to handbags, we continue to get interest from the press on what we are building here in the whisky space. Asia continues to be a strong and growing base for whisky collecting, with some of the oldest whiskies in the world hitting Singapore recently, Pernod investing in a new brand and distillery in China that will open to visitors in 2023, and a fast-changing landscape in India’s whisky appreciation clubs.
We foresee ongoing auctions by established brands that will continue to bring excitement into the category this year (starting with the Highland Park 50yr old at Bonham’s Hong Kong next week), but which will likely cause some frothiness in the market for inexperienced investors who are not familiar with the liquid they are investing in. The macro landscape is also an unknown at the moment, with ongoing tax legislation being discussed between governments that could play in our favour if we have some luck (most recently with whisky tax treaties being discussed between UK and India, which would be a positive outcome for the category). All in all it makes for an exciting year for the industry and the Collective.
As things hopefully start to return to normal after Covid, and for those of you that will finally be flying internationally again, hopefully you will be able to visit some of the great whisky bars globally soon, as well as popping by WhiskyBrother Bar for a dram too!
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The Frankfurt laboratory of Exova Warringtonfire, the specialist fire and security testing and certification provider, has recently extended its services in response to new regulations in the construction sector. This latest development means that Exova Warringtonfire Frankfurt can now provide testing to EN 16733 standard which will be part of the EN13501 norm in the near future.
This additional test determines a building product’s propensity to undergo continuous smouldering and is of particular interest to insulation manufacturers as well as the construction sector in general. Exova Warringtonfire Frankfurt is one of the few specialist fire testing laboratories in Germany which offer this test.
Holger Bräuer, general manager at Exova Warringtonfire Frankfurt commented: “Construction sector businesses need to be prepared for the introduction of this new norm. I am confident this will be a valuable addition to our testing portfolio and will support customers across Europe especially for those selling products into the German market”.
Exova Warringtonfire Frankfurt is currently undergoing a programme of extending and broadening its test service offerings alongside an overall expansion of Exova business and services worldwide.
Exova Warringtonfire tests reaction to fire, as well as fire resistance for a wide range of materials and applications in the construction and transport sectors.


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Town of San Diego simply introduced a lawsuit towards companies that work with town and did not pay their metropolis hashish taxes, cash town counts on coming in from the hashish business with the intention to maintain infrastructure operating.
It’s no shock town is upset about lacking this tax cash, as they’ll use it to assist with price range cuts within the face of extra COVID-19-related bills, that are inevitably coming this winter. Not solely will there be bills, however different industries town depends on, resembling tourism and lodge taxes, have been drastically lowered, so the earnings is required greater than ever.
Officers from town declare that Grizzly Peak Farms, one of many foremost firms getting sued, owes practically $10,000 in again taxes. Grizzly Peak is positioned in Oakland, however they owe taxes for product delivered to San Diego on the market inside metropolis limits.
“It actually sort of slipped by way of the cracks,” stated Dave Gash, proprietor of Grizzly Peak, who claims the corporate didn’t imply to evade the tax and as a substitute weren’t conscious that it wanted to be paid. “It’s professional, nevertheless it’s a bizarre metropolis tax. We by no means heard about it, so it was bizarre to us. They haven’t been calling us about this or sending us notices.”
Confusion Over San Diego Tax Legislation
The tax legislation in San Diego is a bit odd, as a result of in most locations, hashish companies would solely be taxed in the event that they operated inside metropolis limits. On this case, even companies that present product to these positioned in San Diego need to pay a tax. That is the results of a number of tax codes in different areas mixed to make a singular system for town of San Diego.
This technique of taxation depends on one thing known as “apportionment,” which divides up income primarily based on the cities wherein product is offered. It applies to out-of-town suppliers in addition to the dispensaries and cultivation services inside San Diego.
As a way to be compliant, dispensaries additionally need to cost gross sales tax to leisure prospects, and town will get a few of that cash as properly. Nonetheless, San Diego doesn’t cost medical prospects a gross sales tax. Whereas the foundations could also be complicated, they place the heaviest burdon on the companies and depart medical shoppers fully untaxed.
San Diego hashish legal professional Jessica McElfresh claims that the tax laws will be exhausting to observe, so it’s not a complete shock that some persons are getting confused.
To this point, this hasn’t deterred Gash from doing enterprise with town that’s suing him for again tax fee. He nonetheless plans to open a brand new enterprise location in Kearny Mesa, San Diego both this yr or subsequent.
Along with out-of-town suppliers, town’s hashish tax applies to greater than 20 licensed dispensaries in San Diego and greater than a dozen licensed cultivation services.
Regardless of the lawsuit to gather tax cash owed, and the marginally complicated nature of the tax codes inside the metropolis, companies nonetheless appear pleased to do hashish enterprise in San Diego.


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The Florida Panthers head into the 2014 NHL Draft with the first overall pick after edging out the Buffalo Sabres for the top selection during the NHL Draft Lottery. Though they had just an 18.8% chance of improving their spot, that’s exactly what happened as the Panthers jumped from the second spot to the first spot.
What are the Panthers planning to do with their pick? According to one recent report, they’re actively shopping it and want to make a trade.
Florida GM Dale Tallon told PTS he is actively shopping the No. 1 pick in this summer's NHL draft. Not just accepting offers – shopping it.
— Damien Cox (@DamoSpin) May 2, 2014
The Panthers trading away their top pick wouldn’t be a surprise. The organization had the number one selection in both the 2002 and 2003 Draft, but traded both of those away. Considering this year’s crop of prospects is widely believed to be a rather weak field, it may not be a bad idea for the team to trade their pick away, especially if they’re hoping to win now.


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Exotic automaker McLaren has picked Putnam Leasing to handle leases for the relaunch of the brand in the United States.
Putnam, of Stamford, Conn., specializes in financing small volumes of high-end new and rare collector cars, said Putnam CEO Steven Posner. Customers often "lease-to-own," meaning they buy their cars at the end of a lease. The idea is to keep monthly payments lower so cash can be invested someplace else, he said.
The MP4-12C is McLaren's first car of its own since the F1 in the early 1990s. The manufacturer, an expert in using carbon fiber, has been building engines and cars for others. For instance, McLaren built the Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren Roadster a couple of years ago.
Customer deliveries of the McLaren MP4-12C began month, Joseph said in a phone interview. Prices start at $231,400, including freight.
"The difficulty is, not only is there a new car, it's a new automotive company. You've got to find a finance company that really, really knows that market," said Tony Joseph, director of McLaren's North American region. "That's where the bulk of their (Putnam's) experience is; in super-luxury cars, super-sports cars."
McLaren's New York-based subsidiary has nine U.S. dealers and one Canadian dealer signed up. McLaren hopes to sell around 150 cars in the first year and eventually reach 700 annually in North America, Joseph said.
Putnam also creates so-called "substitution of collateral" leases, where a customer can change cars and keep the same monthly payment, Posner said.
"More people are leasing these cars because they want to hold onto their money," he said. "Why invest money in an asset that's going to depreciate?"


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The Last Day v1.1 is now available on Windows platforms!
The update adds more content, fixes bugs, improves gameplay mechanics, and adds many more features.
Have fun playing the game! It's available for free on the game's IndieDB Page.
-The Melted Gravel Software Team
Visit www.meltedgravelsoftware.weebly.com for the latest updates on The Last Day and other games we are working on.


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We have one good news and one bad news.
This time it is better for the bad news comes first. As lockdown imposed in Hebei China, shipment restrictions are set. Packages are not able to ship out to Hong Kong for dispatching.
Orders (not dispatched ones) will put on a hold until further notices. Latest update shows the shipment restrictions might release on coming week. More updates will provide once the lockdown restrictions releases.
While the good news is, we are offering direct gateway to PayPal for collecting payment during checkout, no need to transfer your payment manually anymore!
Stay safe and take care!


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Dassault Systèmes’ ‘3DVIA Make’ Allows Retailers to Offer Custom 3D Printed Products with No Inventory
Industry leaders have been predicting that 3D printing would be the death of traditional manufacturing for several years now. However, we’re still not even close to that being a reality as 3D printing is still more expensive in time and resources than traditional mass production. But what if replacing traditional manufacturing is the wrong goal?
3D printing has been an unquestionable success within the areas of rapid prototyping and industrial manufacturing, but it has had trouble catching on in the large-scale consumer retail market. Small-scale and custom production is where 3D printing has really started to show its value to consumers. From jewelry to props to industrial part manufacturing, the ability to produce individual or short runs of products for little to no additional cost is allowing consumers unprecedented flexibility and customization options.
French software developer Dassault Systèmes is one of the largest 3D design software, 3D Digital Mock Up, and Product Lifecycle Management solution providers in the world. Their new 3D printing software called 3DVIA Make is bringing the world of customer-personalized products to businesses of any size without the requirement of large investments in software, inventory management or a large-scale shipping and fulfillment processes.
With 3DVIA Make, Dassault has adapted its robust 3D design and planning software to a simple, easy-to-use product personalization interface. This means that retailers can offer a small selection of products on their website that customers can extensively customize and have shipped directly to them without the retailer needing to produce or inventory any products in-house.
And unlike services like Shapeways or Materialise, 3DVIA Make can transmit and fulfill orders using options available to any 3D printing service or local service provider. So a retailer could provide a retail website and offer 3D printing options and materials from several different providers and not restrict themselves to the available material and finishing options from a single company.
“3D printing lets retailers reduce inventory and create products on-demand, and 3DVIA Make creates the ultimate customer-facing experience to take advantage of this flexibility,” explained Igal Kapstan, VP of Product Management, 3DVIA MakeE, Dassault Systèmes. “By letting consumers easily create personalized products that meet their exact needs with very little infrastructure cost for the retailer, 3DVIA Make’s collaborative personalization creates a win-win for the customer, retailer and brand.”
Using a standard WYSIWYG–What You See is What You Get–interface, 3DVIA Make provides consumers the ability to easily alter their selected product and view in 360 degrees with interactive, real time 3D rendering. Once the sale is finalized it can instantly be transmitted to a 3D printing service provider and shipped to the customer within a matter of days.
“Merchandise that can be highly personalized is going to be an important revenue-stream for online retailers in the years and decades to come,” said Taxal’s managing director, Allan Behrens. “3D printing technology is creating opportunities for sales and brand interactions that were simply not feasible a few years ago. Businesses that can effectively leverage this new ability to sell user-personalized merchandise, as well as manage the distributed manufacturing that’s necessary to maintain an on-demand supply-chain, will be significantly ahead of the curve as this technology continues to mature in the online marketplace.”
Software solutions like this are going to radically alter the landscape of businesses by giving them access to tools and manufacturing options not often available to them. And while the obvious use for 3DVIA Make would be products like jewelry or cell phone cases, the software can be adapted to virtually anything that can be personalized–products like trophies, small engine or car parts, and even toys and statues. And because 3DVIA Make is being targeted to businesses and retailers, the software cost has only minimal upfront costs and can be based on profit sharing or transaction-based fees.
Do you think 3DVIA Make will change the way consumers purchase products online? Are you a business owner that would be interested in software like this? Tell us about it on the 3DVIA Make forum thread over on 3DPB.com.
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HONG KONG, July 12, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Broadening the reach of installment finance among China's young generation to tap latent demand will be the main strategic driver in the coming years for LexinFintech Holdings Ltd. ("Lexin") (Nasdaq: LX), its CEO Jay Wenjie Xiao, said at the RISE Conference in Hong Kong.
A leading online consumer finance platform for educated young adults in China, Lexin will expand the range of installment shopping activities for its customers through its e-commerce platform Fenqile. It's a strategy that harnesses the rapid increase in consumption in China, which has created huge demand for consumer credit.
Fenqile began as a platform selling computers, smartphones and other consumer electronics, and now its customers can purchase a wide range of products, from cosmetics and personal care to plane and train tickets, as China's young people increasingly use credit to improve their quality of life.
Mr. Xiao's remark came as China's retail sales, forecast to reach US$5.8 trillion in 2018, are poised to overtake those of the US this year, making China the world's largest consumer market, according to Mizuho Bank. It's where Lexin plays a part, says Mr. Xiao. Just a decade ago, China's retail sales were a quarter that of the US.
"China is increasingly looking to make consumption the driving force of economic growth, in addition to the traditional engines of investment and export. Consumer finance providers can help with that as they stimulate domestic demand by helping consumers enhance their purchasing power and ability to pay," said Mr. Xiao.
In an industry-wide e-commerce shopping festival on June 18, for example, Fenqile saw its sales surge 220% compared to the same date last year, with the number of participants doubling from a year earlier.
Despite the rising consumption, China's consumer finance remains a largely untapped market. A substantial number of people have been underserved by traditional financial institutions which lack the relevant information to make credit assessments and offer financial products to address individuals' credit needs.
China's overall unsecured consumer loans accounted for only 9% of its GDP in 2016, compared with 15% in the US in the same period, according to market research firm Oliver Wyman.
To tap the underserved market, Mr. Xiao said Lexin will closely work with financial institutions to combine the advantages of both sides.
"Traditional institutions have tended to focus on mortgages and enterprise loans and therefore haven't made their way to consumer finance effectively. Fintech companies like Lexin have expertise in product operations and risk management using big data and AI, while financial institutions have licenses to provide financial services with abundant funding," he said. Lexin has more than 30 funding partners which are mainly financial institutions.
The use of installment finance will continue to rise over the next few years, and along with the expansion of consumer credit, the concept of making purchases on an installment basis is increasingly seen not just as a way to satisfy an urgent need, but also as a normal method of shopping, according to a January report published by Lexin, with support from its e-commerce partners including Apple, Dell, L'Oreal, and P&G.
The total number of registered users of Lexin reached 26.4 million as of March 31, 2018, up 95% from a year earlier; and users with credit line grew 64% to reach 8.2 million over the same period.
About LexinFintech Holdings Ltd.
LexinFintech Holdings Ltd. ("Lexin" or the "Company") is a leading online consumer finance platform for educated young adults in China. As one of China's leading financial technology companies, Lexin integrates its e-commerce-driven online consumer finance platform, Fenqile, with advanced risk management technologies, the Company's Dingsheng asset distribution and fund matching technology platform, and the Company's Juzi Licai online investment platform for individual investors, to create a comprehensive consumer finance ecosystem. The Company utilizes technologies including big data, cloud computing and artificial intelligence to enable the near-instantaneous matching of user funding requests with offers from the Company's more than 30 funding partners, which include commercial banks, consumer finance companies, and other licensed financial institutions. By serving the credit needs of China's educated young adults, Lexin helps its more than 20 million registered users to enjoy a better quality of life through the use of better credit.


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The ethnic seasons are well underway!
Rosh HaShanah is great time to showcase Jewish cards
AS ONE ethnic card sending occasions finishes, the next one starts. Hot on the heels of Eid, Jewish New Year is the next festival retailers need to focus on.
Jewish New Year, also known as Rosh HaShanah, falls on September 17 this year .
“Jewish New Year is the largest card-sending occasion in the Jewish calendar” said Rajeev Arora, of Davora Ltd, the specialist card publisher, “it’s a great time for retailers to showcase other Jewish cards too, such as Bar and Bat Mitzvah, and Mazel Tov cards”.
Ethnic occasions are becoming must-have ranges for small and large retailers alike, as the UK becomes increasingly multi-cultural.
Recent estimates place the collective ethnic population at over five million or almost 10 per cent. With occasions such as Eid, Diwali and Chinese New Year routinely being taught in school curriculums, awareness of these occasions is on the increase across the UK.
One of the challenges for retailers is that the dates for many of these occasions change from year to year, so each year Davora offers a free wallplanner with all upcoming dates listed. To get yours drop an email to firstname.lastname@example.org


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StorIT announces participation at Gitex 2016
Value added distributor StorIT Distribution announced that it will be highlighting its range of solutions at Gitex Technology Week 2016. The company will showcase its solutions for converged infrastructure, cloud computing, virtualisation, business continuity and disaster recovery, computing, archiving, data analytics and datacentre solutions and promote its managed services in addition to meeting its customers and partners at Gitex 2016.
The distributor will promote its turnkey solutions portfolio including data storage, backup, data protection, information management and high performance computing solutions from partners such as EMC, Commvault, Tintri, Quantum, QLogic, Mellanox, Unitrends, SAS, ATTO and Supermicro. The company will highlight its value added services such as business need assessment, architecture and proof of design to optimise solutions to customer requirement and its managed services. StorIT’s vendors will focus on the latest innovations in the IT space through its presentations.
“Gitex is one of the most important events in our calendar and an ideal forum for us to meet our existing customers and partners, introduce new products and services and sign on new partnerships. We plan on demonstrating flash storage and backup and recovery solutions at our stand. In addition to this, we plan to showcase our extensive portfolio of data management solutions and promote our range of professional services, managed services and training programmes. ”
“Technology experts from some of our key vendors will be present on our stand to address customers and partners’ queries. Going by the response we have received at Gitex over the years, we are looking forward to a successful participation once again this year,” said Suren Vedantham, Managing Director, StorIT Distribution.


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McDonald's is the most popular fast food restaurant in Birmingham - with more branches in the city than anywhere else in the UK, bar London.
The fast food giant serves up all manner of treats to scores of Brummies every single day - be it Chicken McNuggets and Chicken Selects, or Big Macs, McFlurries and salty fries.
The Golden Arches, as it is known to some, is a reliable source of food for many - with branches of Maccy D's from the city centre to the suburbs.
But, if you often find yourself a little too lazy and stuck indoors on a grim day, desperate for your fast food fix but incapable of leaving the house, you're in luck.
Just Eat is to partner nationwide with McDonald’s in the UK and Ireland to offer McDelivery, the service has confirmed on Tuesday.
The partnership will be implemented during 2020.
McDelivery has proved extremely popular with customers in the UK and Ireland, since it launched in 2017 and 2018 respectively.
The partnership follows the successful roll-out of Just Eat’s delivery capability in the UK with broad geographic coverage being an essential prerequisite to partnership.
Peter Duffy, Just Eat’s Interim CEO, said: “We are delighted to announce that we have agreed to partner in the UK and Ireland with McDonald’s. This partnership, along with our recently announced relationship with Greggs, will require significant investment but will accelerate our growth ambitions and enhance our market position by offering our customers the widest choice available.”


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Acouple of weeks ago, as an occasional technology correspondent for “CBS News Sunday Morning,” I was the host of a report on spam. The story included interviews with a senator who’s pitching an anti-spam bill; the chief executive of the company who washes the spam out of 10 percent of the world’s e-mail; and an actual spammer who admits sending out up to 180 million pieces of junk e-mail a day and proudly calls himself “the most hated man in America.”
But for me, the most surprising interview was with Bob Wientzen, chief executive of the Direct Marketing Association. The association is a powerful organization of 5,000 member companies that leads the fight for the right to send marketing materials by phone calls, faxes, postal mail — and spam.
It’s important for you to know what the association says, because it’s got Congress surrounded with lobbyists (and you don’t). They’re vigorously fighting Senator Chuck Schumer’s anti-spam bill, for example, which proposes a Do Not Mail list (along the same lines as the recent Do Not Call list for telemarketing).
On spam, the association takes a stand reminiscent of tobacco and liquor companies: it preaches that the thing is actually O.K. when used in moderation and with responsibility.
“We think that spam is e-mail that misrepresents an offer or misrepresents the originator, or in some way attempts to confuse or defraud people,” he said. So, I asked, is “unwanted commercial mail” too broad a definition?Continue reading the main story
“That’s far too broad,” he said. “Legitimate marketers, using e-mail properly, can make an attractive offer to a lot of people who didn't necessarily know they wanted something.”
The association’s position is that any company should be allowed to send you exactly one unsolicited e-mail — and then buzz off if you say so. “We think that commercial e-mail should always — and I emphasize always — provide for a way for the consumer to say: ‘I don't want to hear from you again. One bite of the apple is enough. Having heard from you, I don't want you to send me email again.’ So we think that the approach of allowing a single message, and then an opt-out, makes the most sense.”
Then Wientzen gave me an example of a car company that wanted to send out a $1,000 discount offer to prospective buyers. But because spam has such a bad name, the company wound up not making the offer. Wouldn’t I prefer a system that would have permitted that offer to reach me? I had to admit that that sounded reasonable.
In the meantime, the association is aggressively supporting bills that make it a felony to send out fraudulent e-mail with fake return addresses.
I was wavering. The system he envisioned actually didn’t sound so bad.
Finally, Wientzen pointed out that at this point, the economy needs any help it can get. “We did a survey that found that about 33 percent of the folks who have e-mail said they had made a purchase in the last year as a result of receiving e-mail. And about 12 percent of those folks had made a purchase from a company they never heard of. So the reality is that this is a form of commerce that is generating sales, and that's not an inconsequential fact to keep in mind.”
As I walked out of that interview, I found that Wientzen had actually budged my thinking. Maybe his system would work. I could live, I thought, with one — only one — unsolicited message from a company, if it had a legitimate return address and a foolproof opt-out link.
But the next day, I read an article in an MIT journal that pointed out that there are 24 million small businesses in the United States. If only 1 percent of them send you only one e-mail message each year, you’ll be deleting, and opting out of, 662 little apple bites a day.
Back to the drawing board, Bob.
Is any unsolicited commercial message spam? Or would honest offers from undisguised companies be OK, provided they had ironclad opt-out links? Post your thoughts on the feedback board.
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Following the original announcement of a collaboration with Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) back in May, Aurora Cannabis Inc. (NYSE: ACB; TSX: ACB) and UFC today officially launched a new joint clinical research program studying the effectiveness of CBD.
Volunteer athletes from the UFC will take part in research in Las Vegas aimed at discovering the specific, quantifiable effects of CBD on treating inflammation, pain, and recovery periods after injuries.
Due to take part in multiple phases, the trials are aimed at producing peer-reviewed research through a collaboration between these Aurora and UFC medical professionals:
- Dr. Kelly Narine – VP of Global Research and Medical Affairs
- Dr. Jason Dyck – Chair of Global Scientific Oversight Committee
- Dr. Duncan French – UFC Vice President of Performance
Data uncovered from the research project will be used to formulate the new ROAR brand of topical CBD products aimed at athletes and other highly active consumers.
Those ROAR products will be backed by the main U.S. mixed martial arts organization as the “official CBD choice of the UFC.”
Discussing the international collaboration effort this morning, Aurora’s Chief Executive Officer Terry Booth commented:
Anecdotes from consumers have propelled CBD to unprecedented levels of popularity in the U.S., but companies across the industry are consistently on the hunt for evidence-based data to present as new regulations are expected to land soon.
That lack of clear data has led to problems on the U.S. side, with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) beginning to crack down on CBD products that intimate they can treat or cure conditions such as anxiety, sleeplessness, PTSD, ADHD, eating disorders, and other medical issues.
Most recently, Curaleaf Holdings CSE: CURA; OTCQX: CURLF) was issued a letter of warning by the FDA about ceasing such claims regarding the company’s CBD tinctures, pain relief patches, vape pens, and pet-based products.
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A Lithuanian company plans to create a paradise vacation island in the Maldives staffed solely by beautiful blonds.
If the exclusive spa resort gets the go-ahead, it will have a no-brunette policy and hopes to attract tourists from around the world and also dispel stereotypes about blonds being dumb.
The company behind the blond ambition, Olialia, officially unveiled its plans this weekend and hopes to offer direct flights and a yacht service to the island, also staffed and operated entirely by blonds.
"Blonds are a great power that should not be underestimated," the Olialia group's Giedre Pukiene told the Maldives Traveller. "We are smart, beautiful, reckless and purposeful."
The company, which already has a blond-only policy, has a diverse array of business interests from a limo and bus service to ice cream and Lithuanian nightclubs.
The resort is due to open in 2015 but the proposal could run into trouble as laws in the Maldives state that islands should hire 50% locals, who are nonwhite and nonblond.
The idea has sparked widespread criticism from groups branding the idea racist.
In its defense, the company says it does not discriminate but that brunettes often find themselves reaching for a bottle of hair bleach after spending time around so many blonds.
"We find that when women with dark hair work here, they are surrounded by all these beautiful blonds, so eventually they end up going blond too," Pukiene said.
The Maldives are a group of more than 1,000 islands in the Indian Ocean. About 200 are inhabited.


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In yet another boost for the UK solar market, the government has now announced that it will invest a total of £8.4m in research and development into new technology that will lead to the creation of a range of new specialist plastic electronics products including long-life solar cells.
A range of specialist plastic electronics businesses will benefit from the investment, which was announced by the Universities and Science Minister, David Willetts, during a speech to the Tomorrow's Giants conference in London.
Thirteen projects, involving more than 30 industrial and academic partners, will be able to take advantage of the funding allocated as a result of two competitions run by the government-backed Technology Strategy Board.
Willetts said, “It is early days for this emerging field, but plastic electronics will give rise to a range of new exciting products, such as ultra-efficient lighting and cheaper, longer-lasting solar cells. Looking ahead, this technology offers enormous potential to help our local environment, improve our everyday standard of living and support the nation's economy.
“The global market for plastic electronics is now worth almost US$2bn (£1.3bn) and is forecasted to grow to as much as US$120bn (£80.2bn) by 2020. The funding I've announced today is important in supporting UK businesses to be world leaders in one of the key industries of the future. Commercially exploiting the outputs of the UK's world-leading science and research base has a vital role to play in helping our economy to grow.”
The government has offered £7.4m to eight projects to help build the supply chain and to overcome the barriers to UK exploitation of plastic electronics technology, including more than £800,000 from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC). A further £1m has been offered by the Technology Strategy Board to five projects to encourage UK businesses to use plastic electronics in their product development by producing demonstrators with potential for real commercial value.
Iain Gray, Chief Executive of the Technology Strategy Board said, “The UK is among the world's leading players in plastic electronics, and the opportunities to be a major part of a whole new manufacturing sector are very real. The benefits are potentially huge – for the UK economy, our society and the environment. And the sector is predicted to grow at an astonishing rate over the next two decades.
“Very sophisticated plastic electronics technology already exists but we believe that there are huge opportunities out there for much broader incorporation of the technology into products. The challenge is to entice companies, especially those from the design sector, to work with the technology.”
Plastic electronics allows circuits to be produced at relatively low cost by printing electronic materials onto a range of rigid or flexible surfaces.


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Shares in online movie service
took it on the chin Thursday, thanks to uncertainty over its planned movie download service.
The Los Gatos, Calif., entertainment company saw its shares decline 9% by the end of Thursday trading. The slide came just a day after Netflix posted solid third-quarter earnings. News out of the third-quarter analyst call provoked the selloff when CEO Reed Hastings said the company would delay online downloads indefinitely thanks to pushback from Hollywood content providers.
The studios are looking for ways to best monetize movie product in an environment in which piracy remains an ongoing concern, box-office results have been soft, and DVD sales have been inconsistent. Netflix will continue to pursue download technology, but Netflix plans will wait until Hollywood comes around and coughs up the content.
While the company posted light top-line earnings, subscribers grew an impressive 61% to 3.5 million and are on target to surpass 4 million by year's end.
Late Thursday, Netflix was down $2.52 to $25.83.


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Casite Announces 90th Anniversary Promotion July and August Winners
Vehicle owners who visit the Casite Facebook page have the opportunity to upload a photo of themselves, or a family member, friend, or pet (their Motor Honeys), with their "ride." Contestants and their friends can vote once a day for their favorite photos. Contestants can also upload a photo of a different vehicle once each month through October to increase their chances. Enter to win at www.showmeyourmotorhoney.com.
Each of the monthly winners and the top 90 voted entries at the end of the promotion will qualify to win the $9,000 grand prize, which will be announced in November during AAPEX 2013 in Las Vegas. More information regarding the “Show Me Your Motor Honey” promotion, including promotion details, rules, regulations and the list of monthly winners can be found on Casite’s website at www.casite.com.
July’s nine lucky winners are: John Mitchell, Dave Taube, Greg Wade, Shawn Thaxton, Justin Newberry, Garrett Hall, Jon Hamilton, Nicholas Sciortino, and Grady Malachowski. The nine winners for August are: Michelle Bennett, Sheldon Rody, Grady Dillion, Jaqueline Soper, Richard Brown, Emily Pelc, Joe Roberts, Sergio Duarte and Greg Stephens. All of these winners will receive a $90 Visa Gift Card and are now eligible to win the grand prize.
For more than 90 years, Casite has been supplying the global aftermarket with premium automotive chemicals. For more information on The Casite Company, visit http://www.casite.com or call 1-888-CASITE-


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MP Michael Phelps Brand and Aqua Sphere Launch MP Training Suits
The launch of the MP brand last year – the much anticipated collaboration between Michael Phelps, the most decorated swimmer of all-time, Bob Bowman, head men’s swimming coach for the 2016 U.S. Olympic team and Arizona State University head coach, and Aqua Sphere, the premier swimming equipment manufacturer for fitness swimming and triathlons – has created a blistering new line of premier competitive swim gear and training equipment which is gathering impressive media reviews from independent testers.
This February, MP training suits are the latest products to arrive at retail in the UK and they are designed to effectively meet the durability demands of competitive swimmers. Made from XLance Eco, a technologically advanced sustainable fabric which is extremely chlorine-proof, the elasticity in these swimsuits remains the same even after 240 hours in the pool. In addition, the fabric has an immensely long-lasting resistance to sweat and sun cream. Further to their invaluable technologically-advanced features which competitive swimmers will welcome, Phelps himself enjoys electrifying colours and patterns and he has personally selected the vibrant fabric prints which give the range huge visual appeal. The end result is a range of MP training suits which not only perform well, they look super stylish. Available in women’s one-pieces SRP £34.99 and men’s briefs SRP £29.99, all the designs are named in honour of Phelps’ beloved USA hometown, Baltimore.
With their vast expertise, Phelps and Bowman had very clear ideas about what should be improved in the world of competitive swim gear. In creating the MP brand, Aqua Sphere relied on them to drive the product development priorities and provide feedback throughout the process in order to convert those ideas into working products.
Phelps will train using the entire line of MP swim gear heading into the 2016 Olympics.
“The 2016 line of MP products builds off of the successful launch of the brand in April 2015,” says a spokesman for Aqua Sphere. “We look forward to the continued introduction of innovative technical swim products to serve competitive swimmers’ needs.”
For more information on MP products, please visit http://www.aquasphereswim.com/uk.
Launched in the spring of 2015, MP designed by Aqua Sphere is a shared vision to develop innovative products that are inclusive and accessible to a broader range of swimmers across the full swimming lifecycle. Combining Aqua Sphere’s global product design expertise and distribution with Michael Phelps’ and Bob Bowman’s experiences at the highest levels of swim performance, the MP brand features technical swim products leveraging proprietary technologies and performance enhancing designs.
About Aqua Sphere
Established in Genoa, Italy, in 1998, Aqua Sphere is the premier swimming equipment manufacturer for fitness and recreational swimming, aquatic exercise and triathlons. With the launch of its cutting-edge Seal Mask—the world’s first swim mask, the company set the industry standard and today continues to innovate with a complete range of premium products, including eye protection, swimwear, triathlon wetsuits, footwear, and swim fitness and training accessories. The designs have gained the respect and loyal following of many celebrities and notable athletes, including the world’s most decorated Olympian Michael Phelps, with whom Aqua Sphere is partnering to develop a global brand partnership. Alongside its parent company Aqua Lung and supported by an international distribution network, Aqua Sphere has grown into a worldwide enterprise representing unparalleled design, development and manufacturing expertise, with a global footprint in more than 90 countries. For more information, visit http://www.AquaSphereSwim.com orhttp://www.Facebook.com/AquaSphereSwim.
About Aqua Lung
Aqua Lung pioneered the creation of modern diving equipment in 1943 when Captain Jacques-Yves Cousteau teamed with Emile Gagnan to develop the first “aqua-lung” that made underwater exploration possible. Today, the brand continues to be the leading global designer and manufacturer of dive and water sports gear. With a deep commitment to quality, research and testing, Aqua Lung has revolutionized the scuba diving experience by setting industry standards for scuba equipment in technology, comfort, safety and design. The company’s rich history as an expert in the dive and water sports industry has led to the demand of Aqua Lung equipment for recreational, technical and military applications in more than 90 countries around the world, under the brand names of Aqua Lung, Aqua Sphere, Apeks, U.S. Divers, and Stohlquist. For more information, visit http://www.AquaLung.com or http://www.Facebook.com/AquaLungDivers.


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Princess Diana's Dresses Unite For A Good Cause
The latest event to honor the ten year anniversary of Princess Diana's death is an exhibit of 25 designer gowns that Diana had auctioned off at Christie's a few weeks before her death. The "Diana, Princess of Wales: Dresses for a Cause" exhibit will take place at the Appleton Museum of Art in Ocala, Florida from October 14, 2007 through December 31, 2007. The dress owners will be coming from all over the world to deliver their dresses and the "dress reunion" is expected to be the largest collection of Diana's auctioned dresses ever assembled since the original auction in June 1997. Special events such as appearances by Chef Darren McGrady, Diana's personal chef; Jayne Fincher, Royal Photographer; and Nigel Arch, Director of Kensington Palace are also planned. Tickets to the exhibit are $12 for adults and will raise money for breast cancer education, prevention and research initiatives in Central Florida.


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REMINDER: Easy Street Records auction is on today in Queen Anne
Easy Street Records, who announced the closure of their Queen Anne location on Jan. 2is holding their in-store auction of memorabilia and fixtures Jan. 20.
The preview galleries reveal a treasure trove for music fans including posters of album covers, banners and other promotional material for artists such as Jack White, Bruce Springsteen, Black Keys, AC/DC, The Clash, Devo, Radiohead, Death Cab for Cutie, The Posies, Dave Matthews, Nirvana, The Ramones, Bob Marley, The Cure, Jane's Addiction and and many more.
The auction start time is 11 am. The auction will close when it's all sold or the doors close at 8pm.
Easy Street Records held a final closing party for the store on Jan. 19 featuring Yo La Tengo.
The store, at least for a little while longer, is located at 20 Mercer Street in lower Queen Anne.


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The manufacturer of the best smartphone of 2016, Samsung is prepping up for the launch of their “next big thing” of 2017. To be honest, Galaxy S7 was almost everything we hoped for this year, with improvements throughout leading it to be one of the most powerful, stylish and all round accomplished smartphones on the market.
Since the launch of Galaxy S8 is still two or three months away, there’s a limit to what we can say for certain about the phone. Fortunately, Android market is easy to predict, so most of us might already have an idea about the processors, modems, and camera technology which will be available for the company to utilize before the phone’s debut.
Expected Specs of Galaxy S8 :
- Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 830 chip or Samsung’s Exynos 8995
- 4K display
- Edge-Style screen
- Enhanced AI services
- 6 Gigs of RAM
- 5.2″ 2160 x 4096 screen
- 30 MP rear camera (Dual lens technology) & 8 MP front camera
- 4200 mAh battery
- An iris scanner
“The Snapdragon 830 isn’t official yet, but it has been rumored and is the likely name for the next major flagship smartphone chip from Qualcomm. It’s likely to be faster, smaller and more efficient than the Snapdragon 820 – or at least those are all areas Qualcomm will probably try and improve. In fact, a leak suggests the Galaxy S8 could have a 3.2GHz octa-core Snapdragon processor, which certainly sounds fast.” – TechRadar reports.
And the biggest news of all, is its alleged 90% screen-to-body ratio, leaving the device to feature a nearly bezel-less display. In my opinion, this definitely would be a great move considering all the positive reactions garned by the almost bezel-less Xiaomi Mix.
Another rumor surrounding the Galaxy S8 suggests that Samsung is also delving deeper into development on a new voice assistant app, allegedly named “Bixby”, which is said to replace S Voice. This rumor is connected to Samsung’s recent acquisition of Viv Labs, a start-up created by the same team that created Siri.
Despite all the disappointments put forward by the company’s latest phablet Note 7, I am still excited to see what Sammy brings to the table next year. All the rumours surrounding Galaxy S8 sounds really promising, but we’ll have to wait at-least two months to get the original product. Let us know in the comments if you’re interested about the “Next Big Thing” and of course stay tuned for more updates.