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The new instant digital camera will allow consumers to print, post and share photos instantly.
Wi-Fi enabled XS100i now shipping; two additional POV cameras debut. Polaroid expands their existing line of hi-definition sports action cameras at the International Consumer Electronics Show, January 7-10 in Las Vegas, NV.
Polaroid is pleased to announce the addition of world champion wakeboarders Harley Clifford and Julian Cohen to the Polaroid action team. Clifford and Cohen will help promote the Polaroid line of mountable hi-definition sports action cameras including the XS80, XS100 and the XS100i.


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MarkLives serves up a trade-media success story in a time where media organsiations have been actively divesting from journalism.
Faced with losing both retainers at what was at the time South Africa’s two foremost industry trade publications, founding editor Herman Manson drew up a one-page businessplan that put people-centred journalism at the core of the new media platform’s content offering.
Manson, in naming the site, wanted it to reflect his desire to place people and their stories at its heart, and so decided to name it “Mark”. The name has obvious links to marketing, making your mark, brand marks, etc. It also puts a human name as the focus for the site’s brand identity, a reminder of the kind of journalism the MarkLives should be publishing.
Also, as other publishers have divested from content, we’ve gone the other way. We actively invest in journalism and good old-fashioned journalistic systems and processes, including editing, subbing and fact-checking.
Today, MarkLives is arguably South Africa’s primary journalism-driven online platform for news, opinion, analysis, case studies and profiles on the South African and southern Africa’s advertising scene, offering a fresh, independent and investigative view of the region’s changing communication landscape and gaining influence through breaking industry news and in-depth features.
This is where we tell the stories of the broader marketing and advertising industry, and marketing and agency folk read about the latest account wins, appointments and acquisitions. We actively cover the new wave of entrepreneurial agencies and creative talent, as well as what else is happening in the market.
We’ve also established the highly rated annual Agency Leaders Most Admired poll, which sets to find out what South Africa’s top agency leaders think of their competitors, whom they see as effective managers and great creative leaders, and where they believe their future competition is likely to come from.
The site has built an engaged monthly audience of more than 37 000 marketing and senior advertising execs (as well as media editors and publishers) and serves over a million pages of content a year. An active careers portal, Careers.marklives.com, and a new-business acquisition tool for agencies, Ramify.biz, have since been bolted onto the main site.
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Not just Gates: 8 billionaires in Washington state
Eight of the richest people in the world live in Washington state.
Forbes magazine includes eight billionaires from Washington on its annual list released this week.
KOMO-TV reports the richest people from the Evergreen State include Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, Amazon.com CEO Jeff Bezos, Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz and a few people with less name recognition.
Also on the list are James Jannard, who founded sports equipment and sunglass maker Oakley, Craig McCaw who made his money at McCaw cellular, and Gabe Newell, who founded video game company Valve with another Microsoft alum.
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IRELAND fans can bag a bottle of beer for just €1.34 in Copenhagen — where a pint usually goes for around €10.
And Irish pubs will slash their prices as 5,000 footie fans flock to the Danish capital ahead of Saturday’s crunch World Cup qualifier.
We can reveal that Billy Booze, in the Kattesundet part of the city, is the cheapest spot for drink.
It offers a bottle of Budweiser or Corona for ten krone, or €1.34. And home brews like Tuborg and Carlsberg go for around €2.50.
But the Globe Irish Pub hopes to lure supporters in by cutting the price of pints to around €6.
Manager Phil Murray yesterday told us: “We got 40 kegs in this morning, 20 coming on Wednesday and a standby order for Saturday if I need it.
"That’s three or four times our usual order.”
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Kennedy’s Irish Pub will also drop their prices to €5.40 a pint as Martin O’Neill and Roy Keane fight for a key win.
Superfan Davy Keogh said Irish pubs are worth the extra few euros.
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The Steve Jobs keynote at WWDC 2008 ended a few minutes ago, and now it’s time to reflect on what it means to web workers. In truth, what it means is – not much. While WWDC is a developer conference, the usual runaway rumors had many people hoping that there would be revolutionary announcements from Apple that would make our lives better. Even the legendary Apple “reality distortion field” couldn’t keep many people happy, to judge by the grumblings I heard from many of my Twitter contacts.
To be sure, a couple of little bits of news from today are of mild interest to web workers: Apple’s new “MobileMe” synchronization service, and (of course) the iPhone 3G. But as neither of these is immediately available, their announcement leaves almost as many questions as answers.MobileMe is essentially an upgrade of the existing .Mac service – at the same $99 per year price point. At that price, you get synchronization of mail, contacts, and calendar items between Macs, PCs, and iPhones, as well as access to the data “in the cloud” through a new web application. The web application is very, very pretty, with an Apple desktop feel – though there was no mention of whether it would run in any browser other than Safari. (Update: Apple’s press release on MobileMe says it’s compatible with Safari, IE7, or Firefox 2+). There’s a 60-day free trial, and you get 20GB of storage with your account. Given the amount of competition there is for email and storage and synchronization from other providers, free and paid, I don’t foresee immediate overwhelming adoption here.
Much of the keynote was taken up by lackluster demos of iPhone applications that will be available through the AppStore (which will launch in early July when the new iPhone is released). The new iPhone 2.0 software itself is due out in early July, and will be a free upgrade for current users. New software capabilities include better Asian language support, full support for iWork and Office documents, and contact searching. Of these, the most significant win for web workers will be the document support; that should make it much more practical to review work or read large documents on the go.
The new iPhone – dubbed iPhone 3G because it does have the widely-leaked 3G capabilities – represents an incremental advance over the current models. The new phone is thinner, comes in black or white, has double the battery life of the first-generation models, and has built-in GPS. Most significant is a price drop: $199 for 8GB or $299 for 16GB (but remember, much of the cost of an iPhone is the 2-year commitment to an AT&T plan to go with it).
The new phones are due July 11 in 22 countries, rolling out to 70 countries over the next few months. That means there will be about a month when you can’t buy an iPhone at all – which is a good thing. That should be ample time to let the enthusiasm from another Jobs keynote settle, and decide whether you really need one. So far, we haven’t seen enthusiastic iPhone uptake from our readers – do these improvements change you mind?


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It was from the moment Kim Jones, the London-based creative director of Fendi, pulled down his own huge silk curtain and music blared that New York Fashion Week truly began.
Usually Fendi shows, which are held in Milan, attract a stellar crowd by any measure, but on Friday the great and good from New York and afar gathered in the 12,000-square-foot Hammerstein Ballroom for something special.
To mark the 25th anniversary of Fendi’s legendary Baguette handbag, Jones enlisted the help of fellow designer Marc Jacobs to create a no-holds-barred, runway extravaganza to celebrate the moment in high style — and oh, was it a starry affair.
Leading the front row, as Sex and The City fans might well have expected, was Sarah Jessica Parker. The actress helped launch the handbag into its pop culture status during the mugging scene in the series, which sees her held at gunpoint and asked for her bag, to which she replied: “It’s a baguette.”
She took her place next to Kim Kardashian, who wore a skin tight, sparkling panneled Fendi dress, and American TV personality LaLa Anthony who opted for a pink, shearling jacket and Fendi monogram boots.
Designer Jones also welcomed his set of supermodel friends. Kate Moss joined the likes of Christy Turlington, Amber Valletta and Shalom Harlow to cheer on her daughter Lila as she opened the show and their friend Linda Evangelista, who came out to close it.
Londoners Adwoa Aboah and Lily Allen also showed up to support Jones, who studied at Central Saint Martins before rising through fashion’s ranks.
Also taking place on Friday was Proenza Schouler. The NYC-based brand saw models Karen Elson, Emily Ratajkowski and Karlie Kloss gather to watch Bella Hadid strut in a golden knitted dress, while up at the World Trade Center, Rebel Wilson joined John Travolta’s daughter Ella Bleu in eyeing up Kate Spade’s latest collection.
Over the weekend, it was Julia Fox who made a splash in city. At Elena Valez’s show on Saturday, the upcoming designer welcomed Kanye West’s ex with a welcome plus one – her 20-month-old son, Valentino. The mother and child duo both wore Valez looks for the show, though Valentino stole focus with a pair of black baby Crocs. Undeniably chic.
On Sunday, Fox left the F’row and joined the field as as walked for Tommy Hilfiger in torrential rain. She was not short of fans to cheer her on, though. Kate Moss posed with her daughter’s best friend and model Stella Jones on arrival, before taking her seat next to singer Shawn Mendes. The Kardashian-clan counting Kris and Kourtney also braved the weather to support the latter’s musican husband Travis Barker, who took to an on-stage drum set during the show.
Earlier in the day, highlights included the Ulla Johnson show which saw Vice President Kamala Harris’ stepdaughter Ella Emhoff take a pew, as well as Prabal Gurung who welcomed Anna Wintour and Drag Race star Milk to enjoy his latest collection.
Scroll through the gallery above for the best of the front row. New York Fashion Week runs until September 14.


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While it's still months away from becoming a reality to the general public, Jaguar has been busy developing, testing, and tuning its latest roadster: The all-new F-Type.
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It's undoubtedly a sign of the times when stalwart luxury automakers are downsizing their engines to boost sales.
The Jaguar C-X16 concept made its American debut at the 2011 Los Angeles Auto Show, resplendent in a new white livery.
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SonyStyle.com used to report a shipping date of December 8th for the X1a, but that date has came and went (almost). We rung up our rep at Sony Cierge (Sony’s concierge service) on Madison Avenue in New York City, and they advised us that the X1a will not be shipping until January 9th. At post time SonyStyle.com is now reporting a January 12th ship date. Oh well. We’ll stick to our other X1 for the time being… Is there anyone else waiting for this thing, or have you just bought an AT&T HTC Fuze and called it day?
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Are we heading for a new tech bubble? Investors bet £1billion AGAINST trio of unicorns racing for global glory
- Lyft, Pinterest and Zoom are all start-ups which have just listed on Wall Street
- Hedge funds and other investors are betting on share price falls of these firms
- Uber is set to list on the New York Stock Exchange this year
Investors have placed bets worth more than £1billion against the three ‘unicorn’ companies that have floated in the past month – prompting fears of another tech bubble.
Hedge funds and other investors are betting on share price falls for taxi app Lyft, social media company Pinterest and video conferencing firm Zoom – all start-ups which have just listed on Wall Street.
The huge bets are being seen as a warning sign that companies touted as the next Apple, Google or Facebook are being overhyped.
‘Unicorn’ companies: Lyft, Pinterest and Zoom have recently listed on Wall Street
Private tech start-ups, backed by deep-pocketed venture capital firms, are in a stampede to sell shares to the public as they bid to become the next $1trillion company.
Microsoft last week passed the magic milestone as it overtook Apple and Amazon as the largest company in the world.
Uber, the popular taxi app, Airbnb, the home-letting site, and WeWork, the office space firm, are among the major American unicorns lining up blockbuster floats this year or next.
On Friday, workplace chat app Slack, thought to be worth about $17billion (£13.1billion), filed plans to float within weeks.
The term ‘unicorn’ describes a rare breed of company that is privately owned and has earned a valuation of more than $1billion.
But fears are mounting that many unicorns may struggle to emulate the success of listed tech giants such as Facebook, Google and Microsoft in generating billions of dollars in profits from their vast user bases.
Most have never made a profit and instead still rack up significant annual losses.
Industry experts told The Mail on Sunday that many unicorns were being ‘priced for perfection’ and given a valuation that assumed the firm would eventually dominate all its rivals and reap enormous profits.
Yet – unlike Facebook or Google – most face major hurdles in conquering their respective markets. Some of these may prove insurmountable, the experts said.
If such fears are realised, shareholders could lose money in another tech bubble –almost 20 years after the dotcom crash that left investors deep in the red.
The biggest name preparing to float is Uber, which will list on the New York Stock Exchange this year in a move which could value it at $91.5billion (£70.8billion).
But the company, which made a $1.8billion loss last year, has warned that it may never make a profit.
Lyft, a major rival to Uber, is valued at $16.2billion (£12.5billion), but its shares have dropped more than 20 per cent since it floated at the end of March.
Shares in Pinterest and Zoom jumped last week when they listed in New York, valuing them both at more than $15billion. But while Zoom turns a profit, Lyft and Pinterest do not.
Research by The Mail on Sunday found some sceptics had already started to ‘short’ these stocks – a tactic where traders borrow shares from another investor, sell the shares and hope to buy them back at a lower price.
They then return the shares to the original investor and pocket the difference.
Lyft shares have dropped more than 20 per cent since it floated at the end of March
As many as 16.9 million Lyft shares worth $994million (£767million) are out on loan to short-sellers, according to financial data firm IHS Markit. That is over half the shares available to trade on the stock market.
Meanwhile, in just a week, bets worth $236million (£182million) and $94million (£73million) have been placed against Pinterest and Zoom respectively, giving total short positions of £1.02billion for the three firms.
The identities of short-sellers have not been revealed.
However, Lyft has threatened to sue Morgan Stanley for allegedly helping its previous investors to bet against the shares – allegations the banking giant denies.
Analyst Richard Holway, chairman of TechMarketView, said he now feared a bubble was forming.
‘Up until this current rash of initial public offerings (IPOs), I certainly did not believe we were in any kind of bubble,’ Holway added.
‘I believed most of the companies that were quoted on the stock market were fairly valued. Whatever you think of them, Google, Facebook and Apple are very profitable.
‘Of the ones that are coming at the moment, I’m sure there will be one or two that will succeed and we’ll all say, “If only we’d invested in Pinterest or Zoom.”
‘But I believe there will be a similar rash of failures. Every one of them is being priced as if they’re going to succeed spectacularly. And that isn’t possible.
‘And therefore, there are bound to be – I’ll guarantee it – quite a big number of current IPOs that will be under water in a relatively short period of time.’
In just a week, bets worth $236million (£182million) and $94million (£73million) have been placed against Pinterest and Zoom respectively
Eileen Burbidge, a partner at London-based technology start-up investor Passion Capital, said investors would eventually run out of patience if loss-making firms kept trying to float. ‘It’s certainly an opportune time to list,’ said Burbidge, who has been dubbed ‘the Queen of British venture capital’.
She added: ‘Winners are going to be those rare tech companies that are genuinely profitable, such as Zoom.
‘This may lead to less patience for companies that don’t have plans to be profitable anytime soon.’
This week, Apple and Google’s parent company Alphabet will reveal quarterly profits totalling several billions of dollars.
Meanwhile, music streaming company Spotify, which was a unicorn company that floated last year, is set to reveal it has trimmed losses as it searches for profits.
David Richards, chief executive of WANdisco, a British software company based in Silicon Valley, pointed out that the value of these companies is in the software. He said Airbnb is the largest hotel chain but has no hotels and Uber is the largest taxi company, but with no cars.
‘Maybe it is a bubble, but underestimate these companies at your peril because they can scale ridiculously well,’ he added.
Uber will list on the New York Stock Exchange this year in move which could value it at $91.5bn
Alec Dafferner, who runs the San Francisco office of tech investment bank GP Bullhound, also played down fears of a bubble similar to the dotcom boom.
He said: ‘We can all argue about specific valuations, but these are real businesses and significant products that people use.’
But a joint report this month by PwC and CB Insights revealed that the number of US unicorn companies has hit a record 147, with a combined valuation of $582.4 billion (£451 billion), and highlighted a slight drop-off in funding for these start-ups – suggesting that their investors could be eyeing an exit.
Some companies have even handed shareholder privileges to venture capital funds that put in money just before a float, limiting the chance of the investor losing money. This means the common shares bought on the stock market are less valuable than they may seem, says Ilya Strebulaev, a professor at Stanford Graduate School of Business.
Based on analysis of more than 100 unicorns, Strebulaev calculated they were on average overvalued by around 50 per cent. That means if a private company valued itself at £45 billion, its real value would be closer to £30 billion.
Another concern is the lack of voting rights for investors who buy shares after a float.
Lyft has followed Snapchat and Google by introducing a dual-class share structure which limits voting power for small shareholders, allowing the founders to keep control of the company’s strategy.
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Device/Diagnostics Quarterly Dealmaking Statistics, Q2 2018
A look at the financing, M&A and alliance activity in April-June 2018
Second quarter device financing totaled $3.4 billion, less than half of the Q1 aggregate. Conversely, the $10.6 billion in device M&As was a 58% upsurge over the previous quarter. Like the device trends, total Q2 diagnostics financings (at $959 million) showed a 36% decline from Q1, while the $4.8 billion in M&A volume exhibited a significant increase over the previous quarter.
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Ravindra Jadeja took to Twitter to flaunt his India jersey that sparked a healthy banter between fans of Mumbai Indians and Chennais Super on social media.
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Ravindra Jadeja Leaving Chennai Super Kings and Joining Mumbai Indians On Twitter
New Delhi: India star-allrounder Ravindra Jadeja, who was not a part of the recently concluded ODI series against West Indies, took to Twitter about a week back, flaunting his India jersey and captioned the tweet as, ‘Blue addiction.’
Ever since then, social media has been abuzz speculating his IPL future, which seems to have hit a road block with Chennai Super Kings, a franchise he has been part since 2013.
Mumbai Indians’ fans have pretty much started believing that Jadeja would be a part of the MI unit from next year and if that happens, Rohit Sharma would be more than happy to have his services – even more so after their dismal show in last year’s IPL (2022).
The tweet sparked a healthy banter between CSK fans and MI fans as one user wrote, ‘But we want to see back in yellow also.’ while another tweet read, ‘IPL having more blue jersey team. But he is going to stay on Yellow.’
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After Qualcomm announced and detailed the brand-new Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 chipset, it didn’t take long for Android OEMs to confirm that they will slap the latest and greatest CPU in their smartphones. Here’s what you need to know.
Designed to be the go-to flagship smartphone chip over the next 12 months, it should come as no surprise that a host of manufacturers have jumped at the chance to tell everyone that they’ll utilize the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 in their hardware.
The new chip is built on a 4nm process with a different core configuration than its predecessor. This time you’ll find a “Prime” Arm Cortex X3 clocked at 3.2GHz with four “Performance” (2.8GHz) and three “Efficiency” cores (2GHz). It was previously three and four, respectively, with Qualcomm finding a boost for multi-thread executions with this approach. Another optimization sees two of the Performance cores support both 64- and 32-bit operations so that older apps can run efficiently.
Up to 16GB of LP-DDR5x 4200 MHz RAM is supported, with Qualcomm claiming that this Kyro CPU is up to 35% faster than the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1. An X70 5G modem is also included with Wi-Fi 7 also touted.
Quite a few vendors are trying to claim they will be the “first” to market with a Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 smartphone, but what matters more is just what devices we’ll see with it inside. Here’s the confirmed list so far:
Every device confirmed coming with Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
Vivo X90 series
After speculation, we finally have the “first” smartphone with the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 unveiled. The Vivo X90 Pro Plus has been launched and packs the very latest chipset. Sadly, as with many nice things in the Android space, the device is set to be limited.
This China-only device has a sibling non-Pro handset that will ship with the MediaTek Dimensity 9200 processor, but the rest of the specifications are similar including a 120Hz AMOLED display, Zeiss-branded camera system, plus more. Vivo fans will be able to get hold of the X90 Pro Plus from December 6 priced at ¥6499 which is approximately $910 with the current exchange rate.
OnePlus 11 series
OnePlus is set to launch the 11 series with Qualcomm’s silicon once again. Over the past few years the Chinese firm has released a number of affordable smartphones with MediaTek processors. Only the latest and greatest Snapdragon processors are found in the company’s highest-end flagship devices. That looks set to continue this year with the OnePlus 11. A recent Weibo post confirms that the upcoming handset will be powered by the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2.
Xiaomi 13 series
Traditionally, Xiaomi launched its biggest device toward the latter portion of the year. This means that we often see smartphones launch in China just before the New Year. Xiaomi has confirmed on Weibo that the 13 series is coming soon and with the latest processor in tow.
Motorola X40 series
Although Motorola no longer competes directly with the best in the business in the sales charts, we’ve seen a number of impressive devices be added to the growing X-series lineup in recent years. The latest will be the Moto X40, which will be Motorola’s first smartphone touting the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 processor. A post on Weibo has teased the new model with an obscured but curvy phone silhouette on show.
Oppo Find X series
Although Oppo has not explicitly confirmed which of its smartphone lineup will launch with the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2, it’s highly likely that we’ll see the Find X5 Pro follow-up to come with the latest processor onboard. It’s not clear when this device will be unveiled, but it could be in early 2023.
iQOO 11 series
Another subsidiary of BBK Electronics, iQOO is a bigger brand in Asian markets with little prevalence in the rest of the world. The company does make a number of flagship phones with some even featuring BMW Motorsport branding and theming. Despite a lack of global availability, iQOO has confirmed on Weibo that the upcoming iQOO 11 will sport the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2. We’d love to see the brand expand into more territories with this release.
RedMagic 8 Pro
Gaming smartphone maker RedMagic has also taken to Weibo to confirm that the upcoming RedMagic 8 Pro will be using the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 too. Many of the firm’s flagship devices are aimed solely at the hardened mobile gamer, meaning the RTX-capable processor will be a key selling point along with hardware tailored to maximize gaming performance.
Smartphones expected to arrive with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
Based on previous releases and device trends, we’re expecting a number of future smartphones to come with Qualcomm’s latest chip. While none are outright confirmed, the track record of launches from the following manufacturers heavily hints that the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 will be utilized.
Devices from Asus ROG, Honor, iQOO, Motorola, Nubia, OnePlus, Oppo, Redmagic, Redmi, Sharp, Sony Corporation, Vivo, Xiaomi, Xingi/Meizu, and ZTE are expected to use the processor after being teased during the announcement keynote.
Samsung Galaxy S23 series
Samsung has traditionally offered Qualcomm-powered devices in North American markets only. Exynos models are normally offered in the rest of the world much to the disappointment of many Samsung Galaxy fans. A recent report suggests that all versions of the S23 will come with a Qualcomm processor, but it’s not confirmed at this stage.
We do, however, expect the Galaxy S23, S23, and S23 Ultra to come with the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 when the trio launches in early 2023.
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Tell us if this sounds familiar: Hybrids will kill the driver-oriented sportscar. It's the line taken by no small share of enthusiasts, and some of them are among us here at Autoblog. But the skeptics were silenced – or temporarily hushed, at least – when Honda took the wraps off of its CR-Z coup concept. After all, anything that could bring back the CRX hatchback with added oomph at no extra cost at the fuel pumps has to sound good to anyone's ears, right? But you didn't think Toyota would let Honda have the fun all to itself now, did you?
It's far from official, but reports out of Japan suggest that Toyota may be working on a reborn hybrid sportscar of its own. The company once known for its sports-coupes recently unveiled the FT-86 concept, and could be set to follow up with a gasoline-electric resurrection of the cult classic MR2. The budget-friendly mid-engine/rear-drive sportscar had a big following who led the legions of the disappointed when the third-generation model was discontinued two years ago. But if the latest reports are to be believed, Mr. Two could be back – in hybrid form.
Details are scarce, but according to Japan's Best Car, we're looking at a two-seat two-door coupe with a gasoline engine mounted amidships behind the cabin, coupled to an electric motor in a more performance-oriented version of the Toyota Synergy Drive popularized by the Prius. Reports suggest it could adopt the MR-S nameplate, which is what the last MR2 was known as in Japan, so there's just as good a chance that it could wear the MR2 nameplate on this side of the Pacific. That's about all we've got for now, but if we all (Toyota included) play our cards just right, Japan's beloved budget mid-engined car could be coming back...with a charge.
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San Francisco-based wallet-as-a-service (WaaS) provider Magic has raised $52 million in a strategic funding round led by PayPal Ventures, bringing the company’s valuation to just under 500. millions of dollars.
Other participants in the fundraising include Cherubic, Synchrony, KX, Northzone and Volt Capital.
- The latest capital injection will be deployed to extend Magic’s functionality and enable growing use cases. Emphasis will also be placed on deepening integration within the European Union (EU) and the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region.
- Commenting on the latest development, Alan Du, Partner at PayPal Ventures, said:
“Mass adoption of web3 is a hot topic, and Magic is facilitating that with a safe and simple solution. We are proud to invest in Magic and are confident that the company will help increase the number of use cases for Web3 among global brands.
- Sean Li, co-founder and CEO of Magic, pointed out that global brands have realized the potential of blockchain beyond crypto and are using it to engage with their customers and monetize the experience in new ways.
- The executive further revealed that Magic works with Fortune 500 companies to bring their Web3 use cases to everyday users.
- According to Statistics, the WaaS provider has created over 20 million unique wallets and its SDK is used by over 130,000 developers. Magic’s scalability produces over 2,000 wallets per second (wps) compared to the fastest alternatives at 80-100 wps.
- Besides Magic, several other companies in the Web3 space are betting on the wallet-as-a-service model that allows users to connect crypto tools to their operations. Coinbase recently announced the launch of a WaaS service that will allow businesses to customize blockchain wallets for their customers.
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Global PC shipments grew 4.6% to 71.6 million in the second quarter of 2021, According to new data from Gartner. This growth is much lower than the 35.7% growth seen in the first quarter, partly .
When the coronavirus pandemic left many students and staff isolated at home and tightened their budgets, companies began closing factories to accommodate the lack of demand. However, the dynamic quickly changed as people began buying devices to keep themselves connected when stuck at home – reflected in the growth of PC shipments in late 2020 and early 2021.
Gartner research director Mikako Kitagawa said in a statement that the impacts of the reduction include higher costs for consumers and up to 120 days for enterprise devices. Gartner also pointed out that the enterprise market was more affected by the shortage than the consumer market, specifically “mobile PCs” for Gartner.
Lenovo widened its lead among global shippers from 24.4% to 24.1% despite a drop in market share. Its closest rival, HP, fell from a market share of 23.5% to 20%. Dell, Apple and Acer were the biggest winners in terms of total shipments, registering growth of 14% or better compared to the second quarter of 2020. HP was the only company in the top six to show a decline in growth.


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Google has stopped supporting the original Chromecast. This comes around a decade since the $35 streaming stick was launched in 2013. A message about the end of support appeared on a number of Google support . Google brought us the news that “Support has ended for Chromecast (1st Gen)”. These devices do not receive any software or security updates and Google no longer provides technical support. Users may notice a degradation in performance.”
End of support for Chromecast models appears to have occurred at the end April when a Support page was updated with firmware versions. The first-generation Chromecasts are not expected to stop working instantly, but they will lose their functionality over time.
This was a cost-effective solution at the time
Chromecast is a small, but surprisingly popular device that plugs into the HDMI port of your TV to stream videos from your laptop, tablet or phone to your big screen. It was priced at $35 and offered a cheap way to get video streaming apps on your TV, when many people had not yet made the switch to smart TVs.
Google released several Chromecasts in the following years, including a model with 4K resolution in 2016. The 2020 Google TV Chromecast is the latest model. It comes with its own remote. The Chromecast streaming stick has its own interface, rather than relying solely on content from your smartphone. This is a major shift in the Chromecast lineup.
Google hasn’t been updating Chromecast regularly, even though support for the original device is officially ended. According to 9to5Google, the most recent update for the device was released in November last year. This was the first update the device received in more than three years.


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Boot Camp for Business Success
Improving the economic base of disaster-impacted communities is one of the major stages of
the disaster recovery process. As a result, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) has given grants to organizations, like the Women's Center For Entrepreneurship Corporation (WCEC), to help develop and nurture small businesses and its owners.
On September 9th, WCEC will be using a $300,000 grant to host a free half-day Business Boot Camp. SBA Business Administration Specialist Sheryl Paynter says the goal of the Boot Camp is to provide the resources to help start or grow businesses in the Southern Ocean County region impacted by Superstorm Sandy.
"There's actually going to be three different tracts for this business boot camp and the tracts will be if you're looking to start, looking to expand or looking to maintain your business and there will be three class in each tract through out the morning and of course if you find another tract that might have a more interesting class for you, you're more than welcome to switch to a different class," said Paynter.
However, the Business Boot Camp could also serve as a "Field of Dreams," so to speak.
"It's also an opportunity for people who have not been in business before to look around and see what the needs might be in the community and start their own business."
Paynter said the Business Boot Camp will also help familiarize folks with all the help and support that's available to potential or current business owners.
"Hopefully the after affect of having this seminar is that people can continue to become more aware of the Women's Business Center, the Score Small Business Development Center."
The seminar will be held on Tuesday, September 9th, 2014 from 7:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. at the Holiday Inn located at 151 Route 72 West in Manahawkin. Those interested in attending Business Boot Camp-Business After Sandy may register at by clicking here. There is no fee to attend, but registration is required. Additional information on the program can be obtained at wcecnj.org.
The WCEC Boot Camp is being hosted in partnership with the Southern Ocean Chamber of Commerce, the U.S. Small Business Association and the Women's Center for Entrepreneurship Corporation.


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Yep, he’d be better at keeping your iPhone safe.
You KNOW when it really is time to hang the black flags out for Apple on security when even the permanent home of our resident iDiot recognises that it is utterly, utterly, useless.
And who can blame them?
DoulCi have rendered Apple’s Kill Switch completely unusable by either bypassing the iCloud or making the iPhone completely invisible as in this video:
We’ve also reported on how Siri let’s you into a locked iPhone and, just to compare the two, how Android phones are now coming pre-installed with Malware.
So, if the Daddy of them all, the ones who will defend Apple and put down BlackBerry at EVERY OPPORTUNITY are now saying that Apple’s security is crap then maybe the tide is turning for even them too!
Here’s the BGR article, you’ll no doubt be expressing utter shock at the headline:
It Turns Out iOS Isn’t Much Safer Than Android For Enterprise Use
A new report from Marble Security reveals that while Android has significant security issues due to malware-ridden third-party application stores and the ecosystem’s software fragmentation, iOS isn’t that much safer for use in an enterprise environment.
According to the company, both mobile operating systems pose risks to the enterprise, for different reasons.
“Some people believe that iOS is a more secure operating system than Android. This report maintains that neither iOS nor Android is inherently more secure than the other,” the report reads. “That said, Apple controls app distribution and OS version control in a more secure way, which creates a more secure operating environment than Android. However, the risks to enterprises allowing employees to bring in their own devices, whether iOS or Android-based, are not that dissimilar.”
The company cited an OpenSignal.com report that counted 11,868 different types of Android devices running different Android versions, with some of them having “security vulnerabilities, old patch levels, insecure configurations, or unsecured apps installed from the factory.” The wide variety of Android devices and third-party Android app stores, and the open nature of Android, are all factors that make it easier for hackers to create apps with malicious intentions for Google’s platform, such as the bitcoin-mining apps that were found in the Google Play Store recently.
However, iOS device users can also install apps that have not been vetted by Apple, after jailbreaking their devices. The company has also detailed a silent kind of iOS jailbreak app that manages to hide the jailbroken status of the device, which would allow attackers to take advantage of a device. Furthermore, attackers can target iOS and Android devices through similar means, including SMS or through Wi-Fi hotspots.
“It is our view that within three months of the release of new iOS or Android versions that there is no difference in the risk of jailbreak or rooting, and that tools to prevent detection are similar on both platforms,” Marble Security wrote.
The company found that both platforms are equally exposed to phishing, spear-phishing, SMS-phishing and App-phishing and to SSL vulnerabilities, revealing that the hackers who managed to hold iOS devices for ransom in Australia first phished data from iPhones and iPads.
Furthermore, iOS devices can be targeted through websites. “This attack strategy requires a user to visit a web page on their iPhone or iPad. If that user installs a hostile configuration profile, then the enterprise is at risk for intercepted traffic, fake app installation, sophisticated phishing, and APTs,” the report said.
The study further revealed that the app categories with the most variable risk behavior for enterprise are social networking and productivity apps on Android, and games and news apps on iOS. The company has apparently analyzed more than 1.2 million apps on both Android and iOS for the study, which can be accessed in full by following the source link below.
Look, let me remind everyone of a some VERY important facts.
Employees and CEO’s are now being held LEGALLY RESPONSIBLE for loss of data.
It’s not JUST A PHONE that anyone can foist upon all the other employees whatever their trendy friends think is cool.
No one has ever hacked a BlackBerry.
And no one ever got FIRED for buying them.
Seriously, when you have the facts to hand, in business, who the hell would even contemplate an iPhone?
And if you have already moved…
Get #BackToBlack yesterday before it affects your job prospects.


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OnePlus 5T price set to stay the same as the OnePlus 5
11 November, 2017, 01:42 | Author: Randy Kelley
TechRadar didn't explicitly mention the price of OnePlus 5T it saw in those documents, but we assume it to be £449 for the 64GB variant and £499 for the 128GB variant, considering the OnePlus 5 was launched in the country at these prices.
Well, OnePlus has been steadily making its phones costlier by around Rs. 5,000 each passing year.
We may not know the pricing details officially until November 16 when the OnePlus 5T is announced at an event in NY.
The smartphone is expected to bring with it a new design scheme and bring along some enhancements to the internals too. The display on the phone was 5.5-inch Full HD AMOLED capable of pumping out 401 pixels per inch. Clearly, the company was planning to introduce a new device.
The current generation OnePlus 5 comes with the same 1080p panel found in the previous generation 3T. But the company won't just stop there.
As per the latest reports, OnePlus 5T is said boast a 6.0-inch FullView display having 18:9 aspect ratio. The OnePlus 5T is expected to sport an aluminium unibody chassis and have bottom-firing speakers with the 3.5mm jack again finding a place on the device.
Other stipulated features inside the new phone include 16MP front-camera, dash charge technology, Type-C USB port, a Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 Octa-core processor, 6GB/8GB RAM and 64GB/128GB storage options.
The modest 3300mAh battery pack on the phone is also likely to get a bump and be upgraded to 3450mAh.
As of now, OnePlus has not made any official comment on the leaked documents, but if the leaks do turn out to be true, OnePlus 5 owners will surely be angry, as the new OnePlus 5T is coming with several upgrades over the predecessorbut the same price tag.
Even though pretty much everything else about 5T is known, confusion remains over the price of the phone. The publication claims to have obtained the information from a confidential documentation that contains the pricing of OnePlus 5T in the UK.
While this clearly suggested that the upcoming phone's price won't exceed the Rs. 39,000 mark, it didn't reveal the exact pricing.
Penney, similar to many other retailers, heavily discounted apparel in the third quarter to clear room for holiday merchandise. Penney Company Inc (NYSE: JCP)'s shares owned by insiders are 1.9%, whereas shares owned by institutional owners are 73.5%.
However, in order to introduce wireless charging, the Cupertino-based company has launched the 2017 iPhones with glass chassis. OnePlus says it is launching another edition of The Lab, a section of the forum devoted just for the OnePlus 5T community.
Zimmer said Bridgewater at times has been rusty. "So we just keep going from there and see how this thing plays out". Head coach Mike Zimmer declared Case Keenum the Vikings starter for Sunday's game in Washington.
In other news, insider Jen Hsun Huang sold 110,000 shares of the business's stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, September 6th. RPX Corporation is engaged in providing an alternative to litigation through its patent risk management services.
Units assigned to the strike force will conduct coordinated operations in worldwide waters to demonstrate the U.S. Shin Won-sik, former head of the South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff operational headquarters, said that the U.S.
If you're a hardcore gamer willing to shell out $500 for the premium gaming experience, the Xbox One X will give that to you. Big Xbox One X "launch titles" include Rise of the Tomb Raider, Middle-earth: Shadow of War, and ARK: Survival Evolved.
Blatter also famously argued in 2004 that players could boost the popularity of the women's game by wearing tighter shorts. She said she's seen inappropriate behavior from coaches, doctors, press officers - and between players.
The Post's Michael Scherer followed Senate candidate Roy Moore (R) in the final days of his primary campaign against Sen. Even if Moore was allowed to step down, Alabama state election laws bar nominations within 76 days of election day.
There was some controversy over the sentence, as Kakehi was exhibiting signs of early onset dementia at the time of the murders. Kakehi first Wednesday at the age of 24, launching a fabric-printing company in Osaka Prefecture with her first husband.
Bennett was released by the Packers on Wednesday, following a three-year, $21 million contract he signed as a free-agent in March. For starters, three of Bennett's seven touchdowns last season came in one game (Week 5 against the Cleveland Browns ).
Uber expects uberAIR trips from the Los Angeles airport to the Staples Center will take less than 30 minutes during rush hour. The ride-sharing firm signed has a deal with NASA to develop an air traffic management system for its aerial taxi service.
Representatives speaking on Carey's behalf said they would pay the debt but not the amount stated by the former security guard. The complaint is being raised after Carey failed to pay the company for services they provided and ended a two-year contract.
McGregor storms cage, goes made, pushes referee
After exiting the cage, McGregor decided he was not finished with his thoughts regarding the situation ( Warning: NSFW language ). Still. gotta think there's gonna be hell to pay for his actions. "Act professional", Goddard could be heard telling McGregor.
Moyes appointed West Ham manager
Fanatik report Fenerbahce are interested in the former West Ham manager if they look to replace current coach Aykut Kocaman. Moyes' first match in charge will come after the global break, a trip to Watford in the Premier League on November 19.
Tesla can't ramp up Model 3 production until 2018
Also this: The company spent $1.1 billion on capital expenditures this quarter and expects do roughly the same next quarter. Today, the company said it delivered 26,137 cars during the third quarter, but only 222 of those were Model 3s.


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2013 Autos: Mileage Matters
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2013 Autos: Mileage Matters
“Fuel economy is the No. 1 concern of buyers,” says Ford’s new Chief Operating Officer Mark Fields, and that’s all the more true for real estate practitioners, who spend a good part of their week behind the wheel. The latest in a long-running series of studies by the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute finds that the typical car is now delivering better mileage than ever before. But the better news is that you don’t necessarily have to sacrifice comfort, convenience, or legroom to improve your efficiency.
Consider the new-for-2013 Porsche 911 Carrera 4S. The all-wheel-drive sports car delivers a marked improvement in power compared to the outgoing model, even as mileage jumps more than 15 percent. You can tell a similar story about almost every new product on the market. As we earlier noted, the new three-row Nissan Pathfinder gains 30 percent compared to the old 2012 model.
There are a variety of reasons behind these improvements. Even conventional gas-powered products makers are slashing vehicle weight, and the general rule of thumb is that every 100 pounds translates into about one extra mile per gallon. The industry also is migrating to more advanced powertrain designs, such as the direct injection used in the new Honda Accord V-6 and the turbocharging technology that’s at the heart of the various Ford EcoBoost engines. Ford will offer a new 1.0-liter EcoBoost on the updated Fiesta model that will deliver significantly more power than the current 1.6-liter naturally aspirated engine, even though mileage expected to be well in excess of 40 miles per gallon will likely be the highest of any non-hybrid model sold in the United States.
That said, expect to see more hybrids and other battery-based vehicles in 2013 and beyond. By the end of the new model year, virtually every maker in the U.S. market will have at least one “electrified” offering. Toyota and its Lexus brand will offer hybrid versions of virtually every model. Toyota has also just launched its first pure battery-electric vehicle, the RAV4-EV, as well as a plug-in version of the Prius.
Honda will add a plug-in version of the Accord and a full battery-powered Fit. Nissan, meanwhile, is working up a hybrid Altima and will have a battery car for Infiniti in 2014, though the Leaf will remain its primary electrified model this coming model year.
Detroit is expanding its battery-model mix as well. GM’s Chevy brand will add the new Spark EV minicar alongside the Volt plug-in, currently the nation’s best-selling advanced propulsion vehicle. Ford is rolling out an array of new battery-based products, such as the C-Max and Fusion hybrids and Energi plug-ins.
Japanese makers were first to market with hybrid technology, and Toyota remains the dominant player from a sales perspective — especially having expanded its Prius “family” to include the plug-in and the new compact Prius C hybrid. But Europeans are rapidly expanding their lineup; even Porsche is offering hybrid versions of its Panamera four-door coupe and Cayenne crossover models. Among more mainstream offerings, there’s the new Volkswagen Jetta Hybrid. That said, European makers are well aware that American motorists have less than fully embraced battery technology so far. Add all the hybrids, plug-ins, and BEVs together, and they still account for less than 3 percent of the total U.S. new car market.
No wonder, then, that European makers are expanding their lineup of diesel powertrains. Audi will adding four new models for 2013. Also, VW is trying to boost capacity at its new U.S. assembly plant. Currently, about 20 percent of its midsize Passat models are coming with diesel technology. VW Group of America CEO Jonathan Browning believes that could soon top 30 percent. For those who tend to do more highway driving, diesels tend to deliver better mileage than most hybrids — and even in urban settings they’re close, while sacrificing little in terms of performance.


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Hungry in Salt Lake City? There’s an app for that.
Useful foodie apps have been popping up recently, making eating out in Salt Lake City a whole lot easier. You can download free apps on your smartphone to track down food trucks, order Greek take-out or even save a few bucks at your favorite restaurant.
Greek Souvlaki, one of Salt Lake’s oldest (and Greek-est) fast-food joints, has launched its own free app, which lets you order gyros and more without waiting. Available in the iTunes app store, it’s an ideal solution for busy weeknights and quick work lunches.
Zest Kitchen & Bar (ZestSLC.com)—a downtown bar that serves vegetarian food and creative cocktails—has developed a unique app that “keeps people informed of events and offers special discounts,” says owner and chef Casey Staker. You can reserve seating, collect loyalty rewards and peruse the gallery of Zest food porn. Downloading the Zest app gets you access to temporary deals like $5 off during lunch hours—and use the money you save on the fabulous chocolate cake.
For food-truck enthusiasts, NomNom Finder (NomNomFinder.com) promises to revolutionize the way you find your favorite food truck. With the app, you can locate food trucks or even plan your week around them. If you don’t see your favorite truck, just submit it. “NomNom Finder is an app that was born out of a real need to find food trucks in real-time,” says co-founder Hala Saleh. “Food trucks are growing in popularity here in Utah and all over the country, and the NomNom team are big fans.” Â
Whether you’re in the mood for cocktails and small plates or stalking food trucks along the Wasatch Front, technology has once again made your life awesome. Download these apps, support local businesses and gratify your cravings.


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Xerox’s largest authorised distributor in the world, South Africa-headquartered Altron Group recently celebrated its 50th anniversary of being in business.
Company CEO, Craig Venter, has congratulated the company on the milestone of achieving 50 years in business, having first opened its doors in April 1965.
“Successfully staying in business for more than a few years is an achievement in any market, but being in business for 50 years is extraordinary and a reflection of how the Altron Group and its businesses have not only weathered competitive, economic and political storms, but have flourished through a strategic focus on growth and development opportunities,” Venter said.
“According to the United States Bureau of Statistics, the general corporate lifespan is relatively short. Only 50% of businesses survive five years and under 20% survive after 20 years. This highlights the magnitude of the achievement, particularly in light of Altron’s humble beginnings,” he added.
Regarded as one of the most successful family-owned businesses in South African history, Altron opened for business in 1965 when Dr Bill Venter, a then 33-year-old telecoms engineer, and several colleagues, founded United Electric, which was renamed Allied Electric later in the same year. Allied Electric started business as a small national manufacturer of electronic components which were then distributed on behalf of leading French, US and UK principals and manufacturers.
Several Altron TMT partners joined Venter in paying tribute to Altron on achieving 50 years in business. These include Barclays Africa, Xerox, Nedbank, Motorola and Vodacom.
Maria Ramos, chief executive, Barclays Africa, congratulated Altron on its 50-year anniversary and praised the company on reaching this milestone.
“We have been associated with Altron over the years through multiple subsidiaries in both the Altech and Bytes businesses. Altron is one of the leading converged services businesses in Africa and this is a significant milestone. We congratulate Altron on reaching their 50th anniversary,” Ramos said.
Dr Sophie Vandebroek, Xerox chief technology officer and president, Xerox Innovation Group, said the relationship with Altron, through its subsidiary Bytes Technology Group, was an important one for the company.
“Xerox has been strongly associated with Altron since the acquisition by FinTech of Rank Xerox South Africa in 1987. As Xerox’s largest authorised distributor in the world, Bytes and Altron are both valuable partners of our organisation and we look forward to continually expanding our long and fruitful relationship,” Vandebroek said.
Vodacom, a partner primarily through the Altech Autopage business, congratulated Altron on its 50th year. The relationship with Vodacom dates back more than 20 years to 1994, when Vodacom began operations in South Africa.
Shameel Joosub, CEO, Vodacom, commended Altron on the achievement. “Altron has been a partner of Vodacom since we opened our doors in 1994. Subsequently, our relationship has extended to include collaboration in a variety of businesses and we wish the Altron Group continued success,” Joosub said.


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United Bank for Africa (UBA) Cameroon has emerged the winner of the prepaid innovative product of the year award at the Prepaid Summit Middle East event in Casablanca Morocco, sponsored by the electronic payment company, Visa.
UBA Cameroon won the award for a cobranded Student ID Visa Prepaid concept that aims to provide students with a multi-function Visa card. The card, which serves as an ID for student, contains vital information such as the department, university year and can also be used internationally.
“I am very happy that UBA Cameroon has been recognised for its efforts in support of the development of electronic payments,” said Mohamed Touhami El Ouazzani, GM of Visa for Morocco and Francophone Africa.
The emergence of UBA prepaid Visa card has seen the bank sign three partnerships with Université de Douala, Université de Yaoundé 1 and Université de Yaoundé 2.


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On December 20, Santa Monica citizens will join 10 million Los Angeles residents in 88 cities throughout the County, putting aside political, religious, and cultural differences to unite on a single, positive action:
Going 24 hours without using a single plastic bag.
Sponsored by Heal the Bay in association with a host of retail, government, and nonprofit partners, “A Day Without A Bag” is an attempt to build broad awareness about the environmental, social, and economic impacts associated with single use, disposable plastic bags. The all-day event will encourage consumers to replace plastic bags with more eco-friendly reusables, by distributing thousands of free bags to shoppers, and providing education about the ecological and economic costs of disposable plastics.
Santa Monica shoppers will receive their free bags at various retail locations, including Whole Foods, 99¢ Only Stores, Ralph’s, and other high-traffic retail hubs (see healthebay.org for a complete list). This green holiday gift is intended to kick off a more eco-friendly holiday season, and ideally spark longer-term behavior changes. New Year’s resolutions are, after all, right around the corner….
A Day Without A Bag will culminate in a high profile media event at The Grove, inviting celebrities, media, and public officials to join in a coordinated search for sustainable alternatives.
Once lauded for their convenience, plastic bags are coming under increasing scrutiny for their high environmental and economic costs. Unfortunately, the very same attributes that once made plastic so popular are now coming back to haunt them:
They are cheap, and therefore easily expendable;
They are lightweight – easily blowing into waterways and oceans;
They are extremely durable, persisting for thousands of years in marine and terrestrial ecosystems.
Over six billion plastic bags are used annually by Los Angeles residents, less than five percent of which are “recycled,” or more accurately “downcycled”, i.e. converted into lesser grade products that ultimately must be disposed of at the end of their lifecycles. The vast majority of the remaining 95 percent end up occupying landfills, or escaping into the natural environment, where they pose increasing threats to ecosystems and wildlife.
The impacts of plastic debris on the marine environment are particularly alarming. According to the Algalita Marine Research Foundation (AMRF), there are areas of our ocean so filled with debris that plastic to plankton ratios have now reached as high as 30 to 1. One of the leading organizations working to document plastic waste in our oceans, the AMRF has been conducting sampling studies for the past decade in the North Pacific Gyre, a collection zone for marine debris due to its unique current patterns. The quantities of plastic waste found in the gyre, if gathered into a single mass, would fill an area twice the size of Texas.
In addition to the ecological costs, plastic bags exact a significant economic toll upon local municipalities. Cleanup and disposal fees for plastic bags cost cities an estimated 17 cents per bag, paid for by consumers’ taxpayer dollars. And for coastal cities such as Santa Monica that generate revenue through tourism, plastic trash on beaches can potentially threaten a valuable source of income.
The December 20 A Day Without A Bag event is part of a larger collaborative effort to create a groundswell encouraging more consumers to bring reusable bags throughout the year, and to launch an annual event focusing on positive education and awareness. While education alone will not solve the problem of plastic waste in the environment, it is a key, effective component when coupled with relevant policies and participation from industry and business partners.


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Prepare yourselves for the year’s most exciting tech news: the Kim Jong-un approved, North Korean produced Arirang smartphone is due for general release (in North Korea).
According to the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA):
Kim Jong Un looked round different places of the factory including assembling shop.
He learned in detail about the performance, quality and packing of “Arirang” hand phone being made at this factory.
He highly appreciated the creative ingenuity and patriotic enthusiasm with which the officials and employees of the factory laid a solid foundation for mass-producing hand phones by building a new modern hand phone production process.
He praised them for developing an application program in Korean style which provides the best convenience to the users while strictly guaranteeing security.
Kim also reportedly approved of the phone cameras, which he complimented for having “high pixels”.
As Daily NK points out, this is the first time the regime has offered “the Kim family stamp of approval” to phone ownership in North Korea. Koryolink, the nation’s sole 3G provider, has over two million subscribers.
Despite KCNA’s insistence that the devices are domestically produced, Tech in Asia suggests that the parts may actually be manufactured in China and only assembled in North Korea.


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05/16/2005 at 01:00 AM EDT
When actors, musicians, fashion and flashbulbs join forces, it's usually a red-carpet affair. But when singer Bryan Adams turned his lens on celebrities swathed in Calvin Klein, things were decidedly more low-key. "Jennifer Aniston
was shot in a parking lot," says Adams. So were Scarlett Johansson
and Lindsay Lohan
. Gwyneth Paltrow
"was photographed in my kitchen," he adds. And Hilary Swank? "I got to her house, moved furniture and did the shoot in 10 minutes." Adams has teamed with the design house to shoot more than 90 notables, including actresses, athletes and socialites, for American Women, his third book benefiting breast cancer patients, due out this month. Many of the models have been touched by the disease in some way, as has Adams, whose friend Donna died from it in 1998. "She wasn't a celebrity. She was just a mom with two kids," he says of the woman he now calls his muse. "Her last e-mail to me was, 'I hope you sell a lot of books.' "


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In the second phase, the membership programme will be extended to all existing customers starting the fourth quarter of the ongoing financial year. Hyundai Motor India will also offer some benefits to engage prospective customers through this membership service at the time.
At present, the carmaker has tied up with 20 partners across vehicle needs, mobility services and lifestyle companies to offer exclusive benefits to Hyundai customers. The partners include Mobis, Shell, JK Tyre, Revv, Zoomcar, Avis, Savaari, Gaana, Zee5, Oyo, Dineout. Hyundai will continue to add new partners on to the platform.
S S Kim, MD & CEO, Hyundai Motor India, said, “Through these endeavours we at Hyundai aim to become the lifetime partner of our valued customers in automotive and beyond. We will cater to the diverse needs of our customers and closely knit a long-lasting relation through this unique initiative.”
He further added, “Beginning the journey with more than 20 distinct partners under one platform and no membership fee, ‘Hyundai Mobility Membership’ will create value proposition further leading to enhanced customer convenience and satisfaction.”
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- Hyundai expects sales to remain robust with Creta, Venue leading charge
- Hyundai rolls out premium assurance programme for SUV Tucson, Elantra sedan
- Hyundai now says recalled vehicles should be parked outside
- EESL to procure 250 EVs from Tata Motors, Hyundai Motor India
- Maruti and Hyundai aim 2020 output at 70% of 2019
- Hyundai Motor India appoints Ganesh Mani and Tarun Garg to its board


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The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) has initiated collating district-wise data or origin of export goods, in deference to Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s emphasis on such a break-up of data, in her Budget speech this month.
The additional information from the export declarations will provide a key statistical input to policymakers on the importance of each district for export and will help in aligning the policies to enhance local capacity. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has called for development of districts into data hubs and district-wise data on exports will help in pursuing this objective.
The export declarations would also include declarations made by exporters intending to avail India’s Free and Preferential Trade Agreements (FTAs/PTAs) to trade with partner countries. This would provide critical data on the gains being made by Indian exporters under FTAs/PTAs and help the government align India’s foreign trade policy in the nation’s best interests, said a statement issued by the Union Ministry of Finance on Monday (February 17).
CBIC has now made it mandatory that every GST (Goods and Service Tax)-registered importer and exporter must declare their GSTIN (Goods and Service Tax Identification Number) on the import and export declarations. Not only will this help the taxpayers to claim the Input Tax Credit and IGST (Integrated GST) Refunds, it would also help in combating frauds.
The above initiatives of the CBIC will help policy makers take data-driven decisions.


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Banc of America Sec. cuts Apple Computer price target
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Link: Banc of America Sec. cuts Apple Computer price target
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Interesting: AAPL for 1/30/2006: High - 76.60, Close - 75.00 (up 4.12%)
Am I allowed to make a prediction? My target is about $95 with a split to follow soon after. I expect demand to really increase after the July Mac World Expo. The new Intel Mac Pro's will be announced for release in October. They will feature Dual, Dual core processors or "Quads". They will be blazing fast and alleviate all doubt about OS X being the superior operating system.
Apple will buy Disney and strengthen its effort to put a Mac Media Center in the living room. Apple will then be in a position to leverage Disney's distribution and media delivery channels. Thus achieving what Microsoft and all the others have failed to do, again.
Really? Really, really!
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LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) – A completely legal marijuana alternative is becoming increasingly popular, described as a middle ground between CBD oil, which contains very little to no THC, and marijuana that the police made legal on 10/11.
Captain Ryan Dale spoke to the media about the product Friday morning after a new store called 50 Shades of Green opened on 19th and O Streets.
“We just want to provide some education,” said Dale. “But I don’t think it’s something to worry about.”
A 10/11 NOW reporter walked into 50 Shades of Green. They have different shapes and types from Delta 8, from the plant, from steam cartridges and oils.
Customers tell me they are thrilled to have it here in Lincoln.
“It’s not as good as what you would get on the street, but it’s legal so you don’t get into trouble,” said Tanisha Schlegel, a customer of 50 Shades of Green.
Schlegel and her boyfriend Justin Mason have shopped at 50 Shades of Green a couple of times.
“It helps me with my ADHD, my bipolar disorder,” said Mason.
When looking at Delta 8, it’s hard to tell the difference between illegal marijuana known as Delta 9 and Delta 8.
CBD Remedies owner Adam Brewer said he has been selling the product for about 10 months.
“I’d say Delta 8 is somewhere between CBD and Delta 9, the marijuana extract,” Brewer said.
Unlike CBD, it can contain more than 0.3% THC.
“It has mild psychoactive effects,” Brewer said. “It’s milder than Delta 9, but it doesn’t have a major impact on sleep, anxiety, or depression.”
Although it contains THC, even if it looks like delta-9 marijuana, it’s legal.
The police said the officers would not be able to tell the difference easily.
“We would suggest, and it’s just a suggestion, that you leave the Delta 8 products in their original packaging when you carry them with you, in the car or at home, and even have your receipt with you.”
Dale said police could seize someone’s Delta 8 if they suspect it’s illegal, and a test at the State Patrol lab will tell the difference.
A couple of things to keep in mind is that after using Delta 8 you can test positive on a drug test, the same goes for CBD products. It is also illegal to drive while under the influence of Delta 8.
While there are no laws regulating Delta 8 sales, CBD Remedies requires customers to be 21 and 50 Shades of Green do not sell to anyone under the age of 18. Both require ID.
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Union members in Rome rejoiced as its labor court has ordered Fiat to hire 145 unionized workers. The conflict between Fiat and the union arose when the automaker asked workers last year for more flexible working conditions in order to cut absenteeism and increase productivity. According to the Fiom-CGIL union, Fiat violated an Italian law that bans discrimination against union members.
It also said that Fiat had excluded many of its members from new hirings at its factory in Pomigliano, near Naples, which employs about 2,100 workers who make the Panda minicar. The union went up against the plan and rejected a new contract with Fiat that included the reforms. The union asserted that its members hold the right to be represented at Fiat’s plants and so it filed 61 suits in 20 courts throughout Italy.
Several courts have favored Fiat while others ruled in Fiom-CGIL’s favor. Last April, a Turin labor court scrapped 21 appeals from Fiom, concluding that the union didn’t have a right to representation.
Fiat, which has about 86,000 workers in Italy, is reducing its capital expenditures in Europe by half a billion euros in 2012 due to an extended market slump in the region as the result of persistent national debt problems and its own overcapacity. ACEA said that in the first five months, Fiat Group sales fell by 16.6% to 375,795 in the EU and EFTA countries while the total European market had a 7.3% decline.


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HUAWEI gave us our first glimpse of its in-house operating system, HarmonyOS, way back in 2019 running on a smart TV. Today, the company has released the developer beta of its operating system and is calling it HarmonyOS 2.0. The company is now accepting applications for testing the beta build of HarmonyOS 2.0 via the official developer channel. “Over 15,000 APIs have now been made available, including distributed system services, software and hardware abilities,” says HUAWEI.
If you want to try HarmonyOS 2.0 beta on any of the aforementioned smartphones, you need to apply for the beta testing program from this page. Once your application is approved, you will soon receive the HarmonyOS 2.0 update that will replace the EMUI build running on the device. “More than 100,000 developers have joined the HarmonyOS ecosystem, thanks in large part to expert-level support, a wealth of enriching training courses and easy-to-access materials, and open-minded developer communities,” the company said in its press release.
Following is a list of smartphones that are compatile with HarmonyOS 2.0 beta:
- HUAWEI P40
- HUAWEI P40 Pro
- HUAWEI Mate 30
- HUAWEI Mate 30 Pro
- HUAWEI MatePad Pro
Now, the company has not revealed the key features or changelog of the latest HarmonyOS iteration, but a few developers have already shared a UI walkthrough video on the Chinese microblogging platform Weibo. Take a look at this video of a developer running HarmonyOS 2.0 on a HUAWEI P40 series smartphone.
As you can see in the video, the design language of HarmonyOS 2.0 is not too different from EMUI’s latest iteration. Even the iconography and UI transitions retain the familiar look. However, the biggest change that comes with HarmonyOS 2.0 is that it will offer a seamlessly uniform experience across a wide range of connected devices that range from phones to smart TVs.


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Photosynthesis: Transforms Carbon Dioxide into Oxygen and a bit of Water -- AND CARBON!
And talk of Nano-Technology
First, let me go on the record as saying I'm a huge Raspberry Pi fan. If you haven't heard already, a Raspberry Pi is a small but complete $35 computer (or $25 without Ethernet). It's a complete 700 MHz ARM CPU with a GPU and 256MB of RAM. It has two USB ports, Ethernet, Audio as well as video out over RCA (Composite) or HDMI at 1080p. It uses an SD Card for its hard drive and takes 5V at >700mA of power over a mini USB.
It's a complete Linux machine - It really is. You don't need to use it for anything they expect you to use it for. If you want to install Fedora Remix and make it a little NAS with an attached USB hard drive, feel free. You can make it a tiny web server or use it as a little VNC client while you VNC into your work at 1080p from your 42" HDTV.
NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has apparently made a discovery "for the history books," but we'll have to wait a few weeks to find out what the new Red Planet find may be, media reports suggest.
The discovery was made by Curiosity's Sample Analysis at Mars instrument, NPR reported Tuesday, Nov. 20. SAM is the rover's onboard chemistry lab, and it's capable of identifying organic compounds — the carbon-containing building blocks of life as we know it.
SAM apparently spotted something interesting in a soil sample Curiosity's huge robotic arm delivered to the instrument recently.
- Curiosity chief scientist John Grotzinger
"This data is gonna be one for the history books," Curiosity chief scientist John Grotzinger, of Caltech in Pasadena, told NPR. "It's looking really good."
By keeping its tablet prices so high, he said, Apple could lose its place as the biggest tablet seller, just as it did with smartphones when it lost the first-place position to Samsung, which makes less expensive phones using Google’s Android software. The iPad still dominates the market with a 50 percent share, according to third-quarter figures from the research firm IDC, but that is down from 60 percent a year ago. Samsung is in second place with an 18 percent share, Amazon is third with 9 percent, and Asus, which makes Google’s Nexus 7 tablet, is in fourth with 8.6 percent of the market....
Complicating the decision on hardware, different tablets connect to different online stores for apps, music and video. If you have built your music and app collection on Apple devices, an Android tablet may mean starting from scratch, and vice versa.
Cern scientists reporting from the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) have claimed the discovery of a new particle consistent with the Higgs boson.
The particle has been the subject of a 45-year hunt to explain how matter attains its mass.
Both of the Higgs boson-hunting experiments at the LHC see a level of certainty in their data worthy of a "discovery".
They claimed that by combining two data sets, they had attained a confidence level just at the "five-sigma" point - about a one-in-3.5 million chance that the signal they see would appear if there were no Higgs particle.
However, a full combination of the CMS data brings that number just back to 4.9 sigma - a one-in-two million chance.
The original launch date for Ivy Bridge was to be April 8th, but that has had to be adjusted, not least because of surplus stocks of Sandy Bridge wafers that need to be used up. It seems that the 7 series desktop chipsets - Z77, Z75, H77 and B75 - will be available from retailers on April 8, but Ivy Bridge processors will start rolling out 3 weeks later, on April 29.
There are ten i5 and i7 processors due for release on April 29. These include i7-3770, i7-3770K, i7-3770S and i7-3770T from the i7 range. For the i5 range, we will see i5-3570K, i5-3550, i5-3550S, i5-3570T, i5-3450 and i5-3450S processors.
Five weeks later, on June 3, Intel will launch several more i5 processors, as well as the mobile chipsets. The processors to be launched at this stage include i5-3470, i5-3470S, i5-3475S, i5-3570 and i5-3570S. Core i3 and Pentium processors with the new core will not be available until the holiday season.
According to Om Malik at GigaOm’s sources, we should see the long-awaited Google cloud storage service, Google Drive, next month.
He says that “sources familiar with the company’s plans” have marked the first week of April as the release period. Google Drive (or possibly GDrive) has been rumored for over half a decade, but has yet to materialize while services like Dropbox and Apple’s iCloud have flourished. A Google cloud storage service wouldn’t be anything revolutionary, it’s just surprising to many that it hasn’t happened yet.
In this video below, miniature balls roll up the slopes just as if they were pulled by a magnet. This behavior seems impossible as it defies gravity, and the magnetic forces can’t help, as the balls are made of wood! I can assure you there are no fancy computer graphics. Just cardboard, glue, and some wooden balls. It’s a real scene, indeed!Check this out:


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In the Virtual Stacks, Pirated Books Find Eager Thumbs
Published: June 3, 2004
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The Association of American Publishers, the book industry's main trade association, has also pressed I.R.C. administrators to block channels focused on book trading. The association succeeded in shuttering a popular channel known as #bookwarez last year but concedes that the group may well have reconstituted itself on a different I.R.C. server or under a new name.
''We have detected more of the piracy activity in the peer-to-peer networks, which to us is the most threatening because I.R.C. rooms are a little difficult to use,'' said Edward McCoyd, the director of digital policy for the publishers' association. ''You have to be a little technically savvy in most cases to trade in those rooms, whereas peer-to-peer is so intuitive and people have already been introduced to the technology through music sharing.''
Some members of the association have felt the sting of the illegal activity. ''A few publishers have seen the sales of some books falling off from sales in previous years, based on how much trading was going on,'' Mr. McCoyd said. Nonetheless, electronic book piracy appears to have little impact on the industry's bottom line, according to publishers.
Federal law enforcement officials have far higher priorities today but had begun to take notice of the piracy phenomenon before terrorism became a top concern in September 2001. The arrest of an encryption expert earlier that year for promoting a program that could crack the security protection for Adobe's eBooks format led to the prosecution of his employer, the Russian software company ElcomSoft, on charges of violating the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. But a United States District Court jury in San Jose acquitted the company of the charges in 2002, raising concern that future prosecutions might also be unsuccessful.
Mr. McCoyd said the publishers' association was unaware of any new federal investigations involving book piracy on the Internet.
Yet the limits of the technology available for reading digitized books may be working in the industry's favor. Sitting in front of a big computer screen is not like curling up with a book on the sofa, and hand-held devices tend to strain the eyes after 10 minutes or so of steady reading.
''The same reasons that legal E-books have been slow to catch on are the same reasons that illegal downloading of book files is nothing more than a concern rather than a critical stage for us,'' Mr. Applebaum said.
Still, technologists believe that gadgets will eventually emerge to make the reading experience similar to that of cracking open a book.
''And as technology gets better and devices on which you can read books get more and more popular, people will look for ways to obtain books freely,'' Mr. Price of Envisional said.
Photo: SHEEPISH -- ''I was pretty broke and couldn't really afford $100 textbooks,'' said Joseph Ruesewald, a recent graduate. (Photo by Tom Strattman for The New York Times)


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The ongoing retail rivalry between giants Walmart and Amazon is escalating as the companies strive to innovate faster – but one still has a leg up in the consumer-centered arena of the competition, experts say.
According to a new note from researchers at Moody’s Investors Service, Amazon is lagging behind Walmart in a few areas.
When it comes to the grocery aisle, researchers estimate that Amazon generated as much as $20 billion in revenue from groceries last year. Amazon owns Whole Foods, and also offers delivery through both Amazon Prime Now and AmazonFresh.
However, Walmart – which also owns Sam’s Club – generated an estimated $270 billion. It is the world’s largest grocer. While it already offers same-day pickup at thousands of store locations, Walmart announced last week that it would begin testing in-home delivery.
Researchers noted that Amazon’s “very limited, physical footprint” likely means it will continue trailing Walmart in this space. It also noted that promotions, like price cuts at Whole Foods, have not yet caught hold.
Amazon has a big head start on Walmart when it comes to third-party sales, collecting fees for helping to facilitate those transactions, but Moody’s believes Walmart will be able to narrow that gap. Its massive distribution network is a benefit, as is the fact that – unlike Amazon – Walmart is unlikely to offer a line of its own branded products in competition with the vendors it’s working with.
The fact that Amazon gathers data from its third party vendors and also sells its own products alongside theirs has rendered it a target for antitrust considerations on Capitol Hill.
Moody’s also noted that U.S. retail sales still heavily favor brick-and-mortar – with 85 percent of transactions still taking place in stores – another win for Walmart, which owns more than 11,360 retail units across the globe.
On the downside for Walmart, however, are headwinds in its international business and the fact that it lags behind in advertising.
Meanwhile, Amazon Web Services will continue to propel Amazon’s profits forward, in a space where Walmart cannot compete.
“It generates steady profitability, ‘financing’ the retail businesses prodigious investments and offsetting periodic and sometimes significant, operating losses on the retail side that can result from the myriad investments,” researchers wrote.
Amid the battle between the two retail giants, some small businesses are falling victim. Moody’s noted that once either Walmart or Amazon targets a new product to add to its business line, smaller retailers can be a casualty.


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Mar 27, 2015 MIT engineering professor Richard Larson aka "Dr. Queue" on why lines make us tick
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Feb 19, 2015 Walmart is the world's largest retailer, but what are its paths to growth?
Feb 16, 2015 AmEx is out of the picture, but partnering with Costco is still alluring
Feb 5, 2015 Restaurant and retail workers are the least likely to get paid sick days.


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There have been some massive smartphone releases in the first half of 2014, so our unequivocal top 10 mobiles list has seen a big shake-up.
Impressive newcomers from Samsung, Sony and HTC have shot straight to the winners' podium, but where does that leave last year's favourites?
It is, as ever, bound to draw some outcry, but we staunchly believe that you won't do any better than the 10 smartphones on this list.
So if you're currently on the lookout for a new phone and are only interested in the best of the best, click play below to find out which mobile deserves that lonely space in your pocket.
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Aurora Cannabis (NYSE:ACB,TSX:ACB) announced a plan to acquire all issued and outstanding shares of the Whistler Medical Marijuana Corporation.
As quoted in the press release:
Whistler operates two indoor licensed production facilities, with its first located in Whistler, British Columbia, and the second, a recently licensed, purpose-built, state-of-the-art facility located a 20-minute drive from the Whistler facility. Once the second facility reaches full capacity (anticipated for Summer 2019) the facilities are anticipated to have a combined production capacity of over 5,000 [kilograms] per year. Whistler sells medical cannabis derivatives internationally to both Australia and the Cayman Islands, and through the addition of Aurora’s deep experience in completing EU GMP certified facilities and its large global distribution network, Aurora plans to pursue additional international export opportunities.
“This transaction adds an iconic, organic certified BC-based brand with exceptional traction and a significant price premium in both the medical and retail markets,” said Terry Booth, CEO of Aurora. “We intend to accelerate the completion of Whistler’s Pemberton expansion project, and leverage our domestic and international distribution channels to increase market reach for their exceptional products. Whistler has established leadership in the organic cannabis market, and we look forward to welcoming Christopher and his team to the Aurora family.”


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Sparkling success for tonic water maker Fever-Tree with sales soaring 71% to £60m last year
Tonic water maker Fever-Tree saw sales soar 71 per cent to £60m last year.
The firm posted pre-tax profits of £16.7million – six times more than the £2.5million made in the previous year.
Fever-Tree, which launched in 2005 and floated in November 2014, sold 135million bottles of tonic water in 2015 and secured deals to sell its products in Marks & Spencer.
Chief executive and co-founder Tim Warrillow said: ‘For us 2015 really proved to be an exceptional year, we’re very pleased given it’s our first year as a public company.
Speaking about its deal with Marks & Spencer, he added: ‘M&S have made their reputation on own brands.
They’ve only relaxed this recently for brands which they accept they can’t compete with, which is a testament to how quickly we’ve established ourselves.’
Fever-Tree has benefited from recent trends in alcohol consumption, which has seen people drink less but opt instead for premium brands – a preference which also applies to mixers.
And founders Warrillow and Charles Rolls have cashed in as a result – with their 19.36million holding of shares now worth £115million.
Shares were up 11.5p to 593.5p.
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The current shortage of heavy goods vehicle (HGV) drivers in the UK is hitting consumers hard, leading to distribution problems in food, fuel and groceries. Long queues have been seen at petrol stations across the UK and service stations are rationing fuel for customers.
The supply-chain problem has also triggered empty shelves in some major supermarkets. With a shortfall of over 100,000 HGV drivers, logistics operators are struggling to meet supermarket demand, and facing increased costs for hiring additional truck drivers to reduce delays. Meanwhile, Morrisons, the UK’s fourth-largest supermarket chain, has already warned that a shortage of drivers will increase prices.
While many people are quick to blame the UK’s exit from the EU, there are a number of contributing factors: tax charges to truck drivers, drivers approaching retirement, training delayed by COVID-19, and increased competition for drivers from haulage companies are all contributing.
In response, some logistics providers are offering sign-on bonuses of about £2,000 to attract new drivers. The government also has a plan to issue 10,500 temporary visas to foreign HGV drivers. However, this is a short-term fix and can only lead to minimal improvement until Christmas.
The problem with the quick fix
The proposed temporary visa scheme seems condescending by nature – it depicts foreign truck drivers as “disposable workers” that can be used and discarded after a short period. This is a recurring theme in UK history. About 600,000 African soldiers were recruited to fight for Britain during the second world war, but these men were abandoned when the war was over.
Similarly, the UK needed people to rebuild the economy after the war and some workers were recruited from the Caribbean. These immigrants worked in critical sectors like health, public transport and manufacturing, but were treated unfairly afterwards, denying certain legal rights to the workers and their families.
The current stress and pressure that migrant workers face during visa renewal presents a systemic obstacle to relocating and living in the UK. The temporary nature of the proposed visa presents uncertainty in terms of career stability and long-term socioeconomic planning, especially for families.
The big picture
To help understand the reality of the present, the UK needs to critically review its past regarding migrant worker recruitment. The government needs a more robust and sustainable solution to the national shortage of truck drivers. The government should offer long-term benefits tor foreign HGV drivers and new incentives and schemes to develop skills domestically.
1. Training grants for future HGV drivers
The UK has an ageing HGV driver workforce, with few young people considering a career in this sector. To build a lasting solution to the current problem, the government needs policies and programmes to facilitate and incentivise HGV training for the local population, especially young people.
Pertemps Driving Academy, with branches in England, Scotland and Wales, is setting the pace by offering free licence acquisition training (worth £5,000) to new drivers at its Worcestershire and Yorkshire branches. In return, the beneficiaries are required to sign a two-year work contract with Pertemps. The government should collaborate with driver recruitment agencies in the logistics sector to scale up this idea.
2. Enabling cross-sector job transition
Workers who have lost their jobs during the pandemic might need to consider truck driving as a new career – they may even make more money. HGV drivers earn up to £35,000 per year on average, higher than the median annual earnings in the UK.
The main players in the UK logistics sector should provide easier and quicker pathways for other professionals and workers in relevant sectors to transition to new jobs where there are staff shortages. For example, the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport should develop a programme to fast-track training and certification of transiting workers from other sectors.
3. Investing in autonomous vehicles
Undoubtedly, technology will impact future transportation. With Abiola Oladipo, the CEO of Manchester-based Tiwakiki Consulting, I am investigating the impact of smart logistics technologies like driverless trucks on global sustainability challenges.
Driverless trucks could support the UK logistics infrastructure for moving people and goods from a warehouse or distribution centre to the final delivery destination. The UK can tap into the potential of automated transport to proactively avoid future labour shortages in the logistics sector.
This might not be a short-term solution but it is where we are heading, as we currently have self-driving cars and automated railways. The government should spend some money to encourage small businesses and truck manufacturers to invest in smarter self-driving technologies that can drive the country’s logistics system more effectively.
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After his collaboration with US retail chain Target, French fashion enfant terrible, Jean Paul Gaultier is looking into other ways of widening his reach, teaming up with upscale furniture brand Roche Bobois.
According to Women's Wear Daily, the designer plans to unveil the collection over the coming months.
It is also Roche Bobois who sponsored Gaultier's refurbishing of the Elle Decoration suite unveiled this week, an apartment in the architecture museum in Paris, which was previously relooked by the likes of Maison Martin Margiela or Christian Lacroix.
Gaultier already designed furniture in the early 1990s, when he partnered with French furniture maker, VIA. His new range comes as part of a trend of fashion designers branching out into interiors: for Diesel, it is part of its Successful Living, Diane von Furstenberg announced a home collection for 2011, and Vivienne Westwood launched wallpaper, for instance.
The Elle Decoration suite, which was fitted out in JPG's signature nautical stripes, can be visited at the Palais Chaillot from May 8. Visit http://www.citechaillot.fr for more information.Reuse content