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With #StartUpIndia getting the right fillip in recent times, India has witnessed a surge in the number of new businesses being launched each day. Odisha too, is seeing an impressive number of young entrepreneurs join the bandwagon. Leaving behind established jobs, living passions to create something new – each of these entrepreneurs is willingly addressing risks and challenges to set up his dream business. The success of some noteworthy entrepreneurs from the state, like Ritesh Agarwal, Srikumar Mishra, Pritam Panda, Uttam Tripathy, etc, is providing the right kind of encouragement to these budding entrepreneurs.
The story of Ritesh Agarwal and his OYO Rooms is indeed interesting. Ritesh decided very early in his life that he would pursue his dream of nurturing excellence in the hospitality industry through OYO Rooms. Dropping out of college, grabbing the Thiel fellowship, Ritesh set up the Airbnb-like business at the age of 18, and became a millionaire at the age of 22. While Ritesh has expanded his business across India, the founder of Milk Mantra, Srikumar Mishra decided to be a baron within the limits of Odisha. Quitting his job as Director, Tetley, Srikumar set up Milk Mantra to address the scarcity of quality milk in the state. Fashion designer Pritam Panda had a completely different dream – he wanted to take the handloom of Odisha, especially Ikat, to the world stage. His efforts have made Ikat a household name today all over the globe.
These entrepreneurs are not alone in achieving success on their own right, and putting Odisha on the world map. There are many more names in different spheres. Some like Uttam Tripathy have taken the flavour of Odisha to London, and have been crowned with overwhelming success. His restaurant ‘Potli’ is a great draw for all Indians in London. Irrespective of their dream, all these entrepreneurs have one thing in common - single-minded dedication which has helped them overcome great hurdles in life to achieve their dreams. In turn, they have become idols for the newgen to follow.
Can you think of more such inspiring entrepreneurs from the state of Odisha who can be idols for the budding ones? Do share your thoughts here.


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November 21, 2017
Zürich, Switzerland-based Oviva Health, developer of a dietary intervention delivery platform, has secured $12 million in Series A funding. Participants in the round include Albion Capital, Eight Roads Ventures, F-Prime Capital Partners, Partech Ventures, and Walking Ventures.
Oviva was founded in 2014 after observing dietitians’ need for improved patient engagement and is currently active in...
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Earlier this month Washington DC-based telehealth startup, Pacify, has raised $1.1 million from local accelerator Acceleprise and a dozen angel investors. The startup is initially focused on pediatrics and connecting new parents with lactation consultants, nurses, and dietitians via video visits through a mobile app. The company's service is not yet commercially launched but it is being used by a...

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ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- The best company to work for in the entire country is a family-owned supermarket chain based here that puts its workers ahead of its customers, according to Fortune magazine.
Wegmans, the 67-store operation known for its innovative merchandising and customer service, captured the No. 1 spot in the magazine's annual list of the "100 Best Companies to Work For." The retailer is profiled in an issue of the magazine that is scheduled to hit newsstands today.
The other supermarket operators on the list were Stew Leonard's, the Norwalk, Conn.-based operator also known for its innovative merchandising, at No. 29 on the list; natural-foods specialist Whole Foods Market, Austin, Texas, No. 30; and employee-owned Publix Super Markets, Lakeland, Fla., No. 94. Wegmans, Whole Foods and Publix also are among 22 companies that have been on the list in each of the eight years it has been published, beginning in 1998. Wegmans ranked No. 9 on the list last year.
The Fortune article explains that Wegmans' worker-centric policies help it to achieve operating margins of 7.5% on annual sales of about $3.4 billion, despite labor costs that run an estimated 15% to 17% of sales, vs. 12% for the industry as a whole.
"They really invest in their people," Ann Harrington, senior reporter, Fortune told SN.
As an example, she cited Wegmans' sending of a cheese specialist on a 10-day tour of Europe to study cheeses.
The ranking is generated through surveys of employees asking how they feel about their workplace. In addition, Fortune conducts an analysis of worker benefits, policies and procedures, Harrington explained. Two-thirds of the score for each company is based on the survey of employees, while the rest of the score is calculated through the evaluation of benefits.
"This is the culmination of my whole life's work," said Robert Wegman, chairman, in a prepared statement. "No matter how much we invest in our people, we get much more in return."


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Poland is the CEE equivalent of Germany and France (see earlier post below) in that its economy has stubbornly refused to dip into negative territory for very long. The thinking is that its internal market is big enough, and its dependence upon foreign trade so much lower, that the economy hasn’t been impacted as heavily as those in the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Germany.
Now, inflation numbers for July (y-o-y growth of 3.6%) beat expectations, leading analysts to say that further interest rate cuts will now be on hold. For the moment.
‘Poland’s CPI not only beats the consensus but also the regional trend, showing once again that as a more closed economy it has its own dynamic and has not been affected to the same extent as its neighbours by disinflationary import price pressures,’ said Peter Attard Montalto, emerging markets economist at Nomura in London.
Still, there could be pressure for another (possibly final) rate cut by the central bank come September.


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Charles views supercars on visit to mark 50 years of Pirelli Tyres in Carlisle
The Prince of Wales has marked the 50th anniversary of the opening of the huge Pirelli Tyres factory in Carlisle with a tour of the site.
Charles began his day-long visit to Cumbria at the factory, which first opened in 1969 and employs 900 people in the local area.
He toured the Italian firm’s operation, spoke to bosses at the company, and chatted with shift workers and apprentices.
Pirelli has been operating in the UK since 1929, and employs 1,300 people at its sites in Carlisle and Burton-on-Trent.
At the end of the 50-minute visit, Charles unveiled a plaque to mark the occasion, receiving a round of applause from factory workers.
Chief executive Marco Tronchetti Provera said: “It’s a special day for Carlisle. A special day for Pirelli.
“It was a great honour to welcome His Royal Highness to our factory in Carlisle during this important anniversary year, and so celebrate the enduring and fruitful relationship between Pirelli and the United Kingdom.
“It will be a day that we will all long remember.”
The factory focuses on tyres for premium and prestige cars and Charles was shown a range of supercars.
The royal visitor chatted with the firm’s senior managers as he viewed a Range Rover, a McLaren Spider, a Jaguar E Type, a Ferrari Dino and an Aston Martin DBS Superleggera – all fitted with Pirelli tyres.
The prince was accompanied on the visit by Italian Ambassador to the UK Raffaele Trombetta, and Andrew Mitchell, HM Trade Commissioner for Europe.
Later, Charles left for the next part of his visit to Cumbria, with a trip to open Windermere Jetty Museum of Boats, Steam and Stories in Bowness, followed by further visits to Ambleside and Hawkshead.


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How wireless technology will change global health
There are now more than 5 billion mobile phone subscribers worldwide and the vast majority of those individuals are from emerging economies. This global platform means that there is now the opportunity to place a diagnostic and communications tool in the hands of nearly everyone on the planet.
Using mobile technology applications can be sophisticated or basic. For example, on September 2 in Zanzibar, Tanzania, hundreds of cartons of counterfeit drugs were impounded by the Zanzibar Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics Board and Interpol in a special operation dubbed “Mamba 111.” Countering the world’s counterfeit drug problem has become a growing issue in the developing world. According to the World Health Organization (WHO) records, 10 percent of drugs circulating the world market are not genuine and 25 per cent of all counterfeit goods are consumed in poor countries—counterfeit medicines are 45 percent of the market in Nigeria and Ghana, for example.
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Irish online classifieds site DoneDeal has completed an investment deal with the Schibsted Media Group, which sees Schibsted take just a 50.09pc stake of DoneDeal.
As part of the deal, Fred Karlsson, co-founder of DoneDeal, will continue to manage the company and will still be a major shareholder of the business. Financial details of the deal have not been disclosed.
DoneDeal had revenues of more than €3m in the fiscal year ending 30 April 2011, with the business growing 124pc year-on-year. It employs 10 staff members at its office in Wexford.
It was founded in 2005 by both Fred and Geraldine Karlsson and today it has more than 2m unique visitors to the website each month. Some 85,000 new items are advertised each month across its 119 classified sections.
“The investment by Schibsted is a significant vote of confidence in the achievements of all the team at DoneDeal and the prospects for the company over the coming years,” said Fred Karlsson.
“Our new partnership with Schibsted will be very much based on providing collaborative synergies to work and learn from each other in providing an even better service and experience for our customers and will provide DoneDeal with a significant business partner that can support us in taking our business to the next level of growth that we now aspire to.”
The Norway-based Schibsted Media Group operates as a Classified Media division, supporting online classified sites across 25 countries.
“We are very happy to include DoneDeal into our family of online classified sites in Schibsted,” said Terje Seljeseth, CEO of Schibsted Classified Media.
“A strong No 1 position in the local Irish market together with a financially sound and profitable business operation means that DoneDeal is ideally positioned to grow further in the years to come and to take advantage of society’s move to greater use of online classifieds sites to buy and sell things.”


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The dog days of August are here, and while local youngsters are still enjoying local beaches or their backyard pools, parents are already thinking ahead to the coming school year.
Some have likely already been shopping local retailers looking for their latest fashions for the Fall and Winter so their future president, school principal or pro athlete could look his/her best heading back to class in September.
To help one local family offset some last-minute, back-to-school shopping costs, Patch is hosting a “Best Dressed Student” contest with the winner receiving a $100 gift card to in Deer Park.
Whether your kid is a rock star in training or a professional fashinista already, the contest is about showing off personal style. No matter if your kid has been rocking the same awesome jean jacket for years, or is a poster child for the hottest trends, we want to see it!
To submit a photo just click the "upload photos and videos" button above and choose your best picture. It's that easy.
We're asking parents to submit photos of their well-dressed son or daughter (or both) to this article on Patch, and later this month Patch editors will meet to pick the “Best Dressed Student.”
The contest runs through August 26, and the winner will be announced on Patch on August 29 so we can get the gift card to the winning family in time for the Labor Day weekend sales at Tanger. We'll also contact the winner directly.
We look forward to seeing all of the well-dressed kids from our Patch towns.


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An Australian record label has agreed that a Harvard University law professor’s use of a popular song in a lecture that was posted online constituted fair use of the material, as part of a settlement that ends a legal dispute between the two parties.
Liberation Music had threatened to sue the professor, Lawrence Lessig, over his use of the song. But Mr. Lessig, who is a prominent scholar of Internet law and a supporter of reduced copyright restrictions, responded by suing the company for what he said was its abuse of copyright laws.
The Electronic Frontier Foundation, which supported Mr. Lessig in the case, announced on Thursday that the dispute had been settled. The record label agreed that Mr. Lessig’s use of the song was fair use, and said it would “amend its copyright and YouTube policy to ensure that mistakes like this will not happen again.”
The foundation said the settlement also required the label to pay Mr. Lessig “for the harm it caused,” but the amount was confidential under the terms of the agreement.


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FreshAddress Moves Office
The firm's new address is FreshAddress Inc., 288 Walnut Street, Newton, MA 02460. The telephone and fax numbers remain unchanged.
Those in the industry shared their thoughts with the press and via social media.
Jennifer Breithaupt, who runs Citi Private Pass, shares how the financial brand taps into customer passion for music, sports, and dining to boost credit card revenue.


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Who Wins With Generic Lipitor Recall? -- The Motley Fool
Nov 28, 2012. The company partners with Watson Pharmaceuticals NYSEAGN on an "authorized" generic version of Lipitor. Watson could increase its. Nov 30, 2011. The blockbuster drug Lipitor went generic Wednesday, likely costing its maker. But another generic maker, Watson Pharmaceuticals WPI of. Jul 9, 2013. --Launching a so-called authorized generic via Watson Pharmaceuticals, which shared about 70% of its Lipitor-related profits with Pfizer and.
Pfizer drug Lipitor goes generic, cholesterol war costs less - Nov. 30.
Dec 1, 2011. Watson Pharmaceuticals Inc will sell an "authorized generic" form of Lipitor made by Pfizer, with an estimated 70 percent of its sales going to. Nov 30, 2011. Watson Pharmaceuticals has launched its generic version of Pfizer's. Watson has launched Lipitor atorvastatin as part of an exclusive. Nov 30, 2011. Largest generic product launch in US history - PARSIPPANY, N. J. Nov. 30, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc. NYSE WPI.
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Atorvastatin Branded drug Lipitor U. S. sales $2.23 billion Companies Daiichi Sankyo/Ranbaxy Laboratories, $1.20 billion; Watson Pharmaceuticals, $1.02. Nov 30, 2011. Watson Pharmaceuticals confirmed its launch of generic Lipitor, Pfizer blockbuster cholesterol-lowering drug that lost patent protection.


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Canfor Corporation (TSX: CFP) today reported net income attributable to shareholders (“shareholder net income”) of $110.3 million, or $0.77 per share, for the second quarter of 2013, compared to $61.9 million, or $0.43 per share, for the first quarter of 2013 and $2.6 million, or $0.02 per share, for the second quarter of 2012. For the six months ended June 30, 2013, the Company’s shareholder net income was $172.2 million, or $1.21 per share, compared to a shareholder net loss of $15.4 million, or $0.11 per share, reported for the first half of 2012.
The shareholder net income for the second quarter of 2013 included various items affecting comparability with prior periods, which had an overall net positive impact on the Company’s results of $22.6 million, or $0.16 per share. After adjusting for such items, the Company’s adjusted shareholder net income for the second quarter of 2013 was $87.7 million, or $0.61 per share, up $17.4 million, or $0.12 per share, from an adjusted shareholder net income of $70.3 million, or $0.49 per share, for the first quarter of 2013. Adjusted shareholder net income for the second quarter of 2012 was $9.2 million, or $0.07 per share.
The Company reported operating income of $128.2 million for the second quarter of 2013, compared to operating income of $100.0 million for the first quarter. The positive variance reflected improved results in the lumber segment mostly as a result of increased shipments and, to a lesser extent, lower manufacturing costs.
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Purchasers of cars manufactured by Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) have filed a purported class action in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois arising out of their cars’ vulnerability to hackers taking control of their cars’ functions, including steering. The lawsuit has been brought against the car manufacturer, FCA, and the manufacturer of the computerized dashboard system known as Uconnect, Harman International Industries, Inc.
Plaintiffs allege that the Uconnect system, which controls the vehicle’s entertainment and navigation systems, can be accessed by hackers either through its cellular internet connectivity, USB or even radio signals. Plaintiffs claim that the vehicles are vulnerable to hackers accessing the Uconnect system and from there, can access and issue commands through the vehicle’s separate internal control and communication system that operates the functionality of the vehicle.
The complaint notes that as early as January, 2014, Defendants knew about vulnerabilities with the Uconnect system in certain vehicles, yet waited 18 months to release a software update attempting to fix the issue pursuant to a July 23, 2015 safety recall. Plaintiffs claim that Defendants only issued the software update after a July 21, 2015 article published by Wired reported how security researchers were able to remotely hack a Jeep Cherokee while in motion and control the radio, locks, wipers, steering, braking and engine functionality. Plaintiffs complain that the software update provided by FCA does not solve the security defect in the car as long as the Uconnect system is coupled with the vehicle’s internal control system.
The class action complaint contains a nationwide class, as well as an Illinois and Missouri class of owners of vehicles that were subject to the July 23, 2015 safety recall. The complaint alleges the following theories: (1) Violation of the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act; (2) Breach of Implied Warranty of Merchantability; (3) Fraud; (4) Negligence; (5) Unjust Enrichment; (6) Violation of Illinois Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act (Illinois class); (7) Breach of Implied Warranty of Merchantability (Illinois class); (8) Fraudulent Concealment/Fraud by Omission (Illinois class); (9) Violation of Missouri Merchandising Practices Act (Missouri class); (10) Breach of Implied Warranty of Merchantability (Missouri class); and (11) Fraud by Concealment (Missouri class).
Aside from damages, the complaint seeks injunctive relief consisting of an order requiring Defendants to notify the class of the defective nature of the car and directing Defendants to permanently and completely remedy the defects in the car or issue refunds. The Plaintiffs also request that the court monitor any remedial program or measures to ensure its completion.
This case demonstrates that while the “Internet of Things” is bringing convenience to our daily lives, there are real potential drawbacks to giving this kind of access to our household devices. Further, the allegations in the class action complaint come as no surprise. For example, last December we predicted, “[w]hile vehicles capable of automated driving are already beyond the sketching phase, it is not difficult to envision a scenario where hackers could do more than merely steal data.” It appears that scenario has arrived.


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Last year the watchdog opened an investigation into whether restrictions on combining the platform with third party map services were hurting competition. NetChoice said these practices include preventing customers from changing providers in search of lower costs, stronger service offerings and more innovative solutions for their businesses. According to a new report by Counterpoint Research, almost 50 per cent of the world’s smartphones sold in the first quarter of the year were made with anOLED screen. Counterpoint Research’s Global Handset Model Sales Tracker shows that the share of OLED display smartphones in global sales hit a record high in the first quarter. The company has a skilled workforce and robust infrastructure to facilitate the digitisation process. There is a diverse talent pool of IT specialists, data analysts and technology experts who are leading our digitisation efforts.
NetChoice took aim at Microsoft and Oracle in one of the public comments. The Federal Cartel Office last year classified Alphabet as a company of “paramount significance for competition across markets”, allowing for closer monitoring for possible abuse of its market position. Mobile networks play a key role in driving social and economic inclusion in the country. The strong digital infrastructure being established in India will help bridge the Tech News digital divide, create jobs, drive entrepreneurship and boost the economy. According to a recent report, the number of 5G mobile subscriptions in India will reach 10 million by the end of the year. The number of mobile subscriptions in the country will increase to around 700 million by the end of the decade, according to the study.
The ambitious project seeks to create a hub for emerging technologies under the guidance of Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the President of DIFC. NetChoice took aim at Microsoft and Oracle in an example of public comments Tuesday. There is a partnership between a South Korean gaming company and an automotive couture icon. You can get your hands on both the La Voiture Noire and the Grand Sport Vitesse with additional secret colour themes unlocked. The company has improved the translation capabilities of chrome onios Users can now translate sections of a website into other languages.
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Vedanta has been able to effectively manage customer relationships and understand specific customer requirements by streamlining the product development process from product lifecycle to customer relationship management. IIoT devices were put in fabric filters to improve emissions control at the power plant. The fabric filters installed after the electrostatic precipitators in chimneys prevent emissions from escaping into the atmosphere. It calls for strict regulation and oversight of technology, as well as public awareness and education. generative artificial intelligence could be used for malicious purposes such as deepfakes, misinformation, identity theft and cyberattacks according to the group. One of the largest data hacks in US history poses a serious risk of identity theft and fraud for the victims.
The Federal Cartel Office warned the parent company of the search engine that it intended to prohibit some anticompetitive practices.
The report that threw light on the Indian culture of nicknames was the inspiration for the new lenses. In India, the practice of owning a nickname is more common than one might think. The “My Nickname IN” and “In Top Nicknames” will be available in India on June 21 and the users can access them by searching for “In Top Nicknames” and “My Nickname IN” in the lens carousel. There was a bug in the Privacy Dashboard that caused the messaging app to access the device’s microphone, and now it has been fixed. The user said that his device’s Privacy Dashboard showed that he was having his microphone accessed.
The detection of Triangulation (TriangleDB) on Apple smartphones was announced three weeks ago. Dozens of smartphones belonging to laboratory workers and other citizens were at stake. 600 data and cyber security specialists are going to be hired by Lloyds Banking Group as part of its digital transformation, with the opening of a tech centre in the Indian city of Hyderabad.
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Tracking and machine learning models trained on near real time satellite imagery are being used by Vedanta to monitor and improve the routes of vehicles that deliver coal to its power plants. This helps to control coal movement and quality and reduce instances of coal pilferage. The company is cognisant of reducing its carbon footprint by offering a green range of aluminum. Machine learning and the industrial internet of things are some of the technology capabilities it has used to do so in a cost effective manner. The investigation found that HiSilicon sells its chips to third party vendors who then sell them to government customers.
He said that there are software companies focused on banking and financial services in Hyderabad. Since the turn of the century, large businesses have been outsourcing IT work to India, with waves of outsourcing and the establishment of captive technology centers. Businesses are increasing their footprints in business and tech hubs such as Bangalore andPune.
The hackers have posted on a dark web leak site the BlackCat ransomware gang and have allegedly stolen 80 gigabytes of compressed data from Reddit in a data breach that happened in February. No user passwords, accounts, or credit card information were impacted by the fact that the production systems were not compromised. HR professionals are in high demand for their expertise in managing terminated employees. According to a report by ZDNet, the HR professionals are using artificial intelligence to help with difficult conversations.
The BEUC represents consumer organizations in 13 countries in the EU. The call was issued to coincide with a report from a member. generative artificial intelligence poses serious threats to privacy, security, democracy and human dignity according to a group.


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Some small business owners say they're hiring but they can't find employees, despite millions being unemployed.
Every time Apple releases a new phone or tablet, the Portland, Ore., company Grove only has a few weeks to make its signature bamboo cases. Here's an inside look at how they do it.
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Wal-Mart's first-ever 'American Idol'-like competition has pulled in 4,000 entries. Here's a sampling of a few creative ones vying to win the grand prize.
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Google Makes Android 4.0 Source Code Available
Google today made the source code of Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich available to developers. This build of Android is the specific version that will ship on the Samsung Galaxy Nexus, the first Ice Cream Sandwich smartphone, and is numbered 4.0.1. Google said that the code contains the entire Android family tree, including 3.2 Honeycomb, but Google prefers that developers ignore Honeycomb and focus all efforts on Ice Cream Sandwich instead. The source code is free to download.
Hands-On: Android 4.1 Jelly Bean
The latest version of Android offers a lot of performance upgrades and some new whiz-bang features. Phone Scoop takes it for a spin on the Galaxy Nexus.
Google Tweaks Wallet for Select Android Phones
Google has released a minor update to Google Wallet, its mobile payment tool. The updates include user interface changes, improved management of Citi Mastercards, and more flexible prepaid card top-ups.
Samsung Intros Programmable NFC Tags Called TecTiles
Samsung today announced the availability of TecTiles, small, programmable near-field communication stickers that can be used to activate certain actions on NFC-equipped smartphones. Using a separate Android application, the tags can be programmed to change device settings, such as join a Wi-Fi network or set the phone to silent; to initiate communications, such as a text message or a phone call; as well as to interact with social networking sites, such as to set Facebook status updates or send a message to Twitter.
Android 4.1 "Jelly Bean" Brings Speed, Revamped Features
Google today announced version 4.1 of its Android OS for smartphones. Nicknamed "Jelly Bean", the new OS is designed to be faster overall, and revamps keys parts of the interface.
Google Sending Android 4.0.4 to Galaxy Nexus, Nexus S
Google today announced that it is delivering a small system update to the GSM variants of the Samsung Galaxy Nexus and Nexus S, in addition to the Motorola Xoom Wi-Fi edition. Android 4.0.4 brings stability improvements, better camera performance, smoother screen rotation, and improved phone number recognition.
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Over the last few decades, manufacturing has seen a truly global expansion. While China is still an undisputed leader, countries such as India, Bangladesh, Cambodia, and Vietnam are rapidly catching up. Yet one simple problem remains: Many of these “upstart” manufacturers have no easy way of selling their products to merchants around the globe. One company is seeking to change that.
Why Integrating Global Supply Chains so Hard
Over the last decades many countries such as India, Bangladesh, Cambodia, and Vietnam have invested in manufacturing with the hopes of taking a piece of the pie in the global ecommerce and retail boom.
However, most of these countries are still struggling to sell globally, especially to smaller merchants, who are increasingly entering the global procurement ecosystem. Numerous language barriers, time zone differences, problems in sending money internationally, and issues with international shipping exacerbate the situation.
There’s also a growing belief that China no longer wants to be the world’s factory.
“With education and wages on the rise, shrinking its cost advantage, China now wants to focus on higher-end manufacturing, lean on domestic consumption to fuel its economy, and leave the work of cranking out cheap, labor-intensive goods to others,” QZ.com explains.
In other words, a perfect storm is brewing – and innovation is happening at a rapid rate. Listing Bird is one of the names leading the charge.
Listing Bird: Redefining a Stagnant Industry
Listing Bird is an emerging online platform that automates end-to-end sourcing using artificial intelligence (AI). The company is building a chatbot that will not only take on the negotiation process and prevent buyers from having to manage dozens of conversations at once, but will be the first in the industry to offer seamless translation in the manufacturer’s native language. This can make it easy for even the smallest factories in the most remote parts of the world to gain access to buyers in the competitive marketplace.
The AI system also streamlines shipping coordination on behalf of the client (the merchant). This saves dozens of hours of time, which merchants can reallocate to working on their businesses.
Listing bird’s business model hinges 100% on the merchant’s satisfaction. The customer is king, and suppliers compete to provide the best deal to the merchant. There are no monthly contracts or hidden fees. Listing Bird only makes money on the back end, which motivates them to only work with the best possible suppliers that offer maximum value.
The Future of Global Sourcing
It’s unclear what the future of global sourcing has in store. However, this much we do know: Things are changing. And if you want a peek into where things are heading, look no further than Listing Bird. Big things are happening and they seem to be leading the way.


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Performance issues in Windows 11 are caused by prebuilt PCs that have been overclocked or modified in some way. Microsoft has released a new feature to mitigate these performance problems, but business users might not be able to use it yet due to their customizations.
The “windows 11 gaming performance reddit” is a website that has been created to discuss the issue of prebuilt PCs causing issues in Windows 11.
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- For weeks, Windows 11 has been touted as the finest operating system for gamers.
- Microsoft seems to be setting security measures by default, which may have an impact on game performance.
- With GPUs becoming more scarce, this shift might have a significant impact on gamers.
Over the past several months, Microsoft has been touting how Windows 11 is the OS gamers have been waiting for to meet all of their gaming demands. The best gaming features in Windows 11 may be found here. The gaming aspects have proven appealing so far, but it seems that this may soon be shattered with the next update.
Future prebuilt PCs with the new OS preinstalled might be the next stumbling hurdle, since it comes with extra security protections enabled by default. One of these traits has now been found to have major implications for game performance.
There will be more suffering ahead.
Prepare for more misery if you thought TPM 2.0 limits were a stretch. The average frame is predicted to decline by 28 percent. This is made worse by the fact that GPUs are getting tougher to come by. If Microsoft decides to stifle the performance of the processor in your recently upgraded PC, you’ll be frustrated in under a minute.
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Virtualization-Based Security (VBS), which was introduced with Windows 10, seems to be the problem. It seeks to improve your system’s security by isolating a subsystem and preventing viruses from infecting your computer.
All of this is fantastic, however the biggest difficulty arises during the update process. You don’t have to worry about VBS being enabled if you’re going from Windows 10 to Windows 11. If you were previously using the earlier corporate version of the OS, however, you may have issues.
You’re in for a surprise if your PC previously had an OEM copy of Windows 11 installed on it.
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VBS has been tested on a variety of games with and without VBS, and there is clearly a difference.
Horizon Zero Dawn had a 25% decline in sales, Metro Exodus saw a 24% drop, and Shadow of the Tomb Raider saw a 28% drop in sales. As a result, VBS causes a decrease in performance. When you install Windows 11, VBS is turned on by default.
In a strange twist of fate, this does not happen while upgrading from Windows 10.
Although activating VBS has no known effect on hardware speed, it does reduce power consumption for both the CPU and graphics card. It’s implied that the decline in performance is caused by something else.
VBS is now disabled by default while installing Windows 11. As a result, there is now no need to be concerned. What isn’t known is whether or if the major PC makers will include VBS support when they release new machines.
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Sometimes unintended consequences are hard to see in a controversial, emotional issue, and that sure goes for the future of supply management (SM). Much has been said about the possible demise of SM as a trade-off for increased access to offshore markets. That appears to be the unmentionable mantra of the Canadian Agri-Food Trade Alliance, a lobby group of mainly free trade commodity organizations. The free trade theory is that the elimination of SM will see vast new profitable tariff-free offshore markets opened up that would offset the economic loss of eliminating SM.
Well, be careful what you wish for, particularly if you support that theory and happened to be a beef or pork producer.
Norman Storch, a prominent Hanna-area rancher and a founding father of the Alberta Hatching Eggs Marketing Board, put forth the observation that livestock producers in Canada may have much more to lose than gain with the elimination of supply management. He suggests that eliminating SM could see cheap American chicken and turkey products flood into Canada. Such a flood would in all likelihood put pressure on not only beef and pork prices, but also reduce their consumption for a long time. That’s a real threat considering the fickle nature of consumers who tend to vote with their wallets. For most consumers $4/kg chicken would look a lot more attractive than $20/kg beef or pork.
Sure there is the temptation for retailers to capture more profits from the importation of cheap tariff-free poultry products. But in the food-marketing battle, market share is as important as margin. Retailers and fast-food joints could well mount a campaign to increase their share of total meat consumption with an onslaught of cheap U.S. chicken. That would be hard for the beef and pork industry to withstand except with their own lower prices. We all know who will pay for that marketing situation. Sure robust high-paying export markets for beef and pork could offset a domestic decline in prices and consumption — but there is no guarantee that will happen.
Time will tell, but it would be ironic that the demise of poultry supply management would see a decline in beef and pork economics and consumption. Sometimes leaving well enough alone is a more prudent policy.


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India: Robots Antidote to Poor Quality?
Can robots aid the “Make in India” quality movement long stymied
by “chalta hai”?
“I didn’t spray paint this tank as well as it should be done, but hey, it’ll do, “chalta hai” (It’s OK).
The “chalta hai” syndrome
For many industries in India quality is elusive, what the head of the country’s Quality Council sees as devastating for India’s future. The quality of goods and services in India lags that of many other developing countries, he says, because of “chalta hai”, a Hindi term meaning the casual acceptance of shoddiness or poor quality in goods and services as a way of life.
In a recent article, Adil Zainulbhai, head the India’s Quality Council and former chairman of McKinsey India sees a need to quickly reverse the “chalta hai” attitude: “India has to break out from its low-quality past and embrace quality in the next stage of its growth…We are at the cusp of a quality revolution that sees it not only as an economic necessity but a political statement, through the “Make in India” campaign, as well. If one leg of the campaign is investments and jobs, its other leg is quality.”
As we all know, bad habits are hard to break; pervasive, country-wide bad habits especially so; bad habits resident in 1.3 billion people quite possibly even harder to stem and reverse.
Robots the quality option?
Some Indian manufacturers have turned to robots as a solution for “chalta hai”.
Can an ever-growing legion of robot deployments make a difference, foster real change, set a standard?
The Royal Enfield Motors’ plant, near Chennai, thinks so. The plant installed four ABB robots in its paint shop and immediately reversed any quality problems. According to a Bloomberg piece the robot painters reduced paint wastage by half, painted four times faster than humans and never missed a spot. Success for Royal Enfield resulted with the installation of thirteen more robots.
The speed of the robots also increased productivity, which is another nagging problem facing the “Make in India” program. A study by theBoston Consulting Group on India’s growth and jobs concluded that labor productivity in “Indian factories is the worst among major economies, that Brazilians, who ranked second to last, are still three times more productive than Indian workers.”
Although robot deployments in India are up over 20 percent, the actual numbers sold, about 2600 according to the International Federation of Robotics, are miniscule for such a massive country. In comparison, neighboring China bought over 68,000 in 2015.
It’s difficult to imagine “chalta hai” and productivity as worries when theUnited Nations World Economic Situation and Prospects (WESP) 2017 report projects India’s economy to grow by 7.7 percent in 2017, and then 7.6 per cent in 2018. That’s the best economy in world! China has forecast 6.6 percent growth.
Making room for everyone…and everything
The report shows that India is buoyed up by massive consumption from a young, quickly expanding consumer base: 260 million middle-class citizens, 385 million millennials, with 50 percent of those numbers under the age of twenty-five.
However, as the consumer base continues to increase, it will be more difficult for India to meet demand without automation. China is passing through that automation phase today, as witnessed by a colossal push for automation. India lags China’s need to increase quality and productivity, but not for long.
On the surface of things, the “robotization” of India may look anemic today, but, driven by the approach of massive consumption, that will change quickly. It’s reasoned that India is mirroring where China was a few years back.
In fact, China has made great note of India’s rising consumer demand and also that wages are half that of China. As such, places like Sri City, an industrial park in India’s southern state of Andhra Pradesh, are seeing a rapid incursion of Chinese companies: Lenovo, Gionee, Vivo and Xiaomi have each put up production facilities in India over the last year. Another, Xi’an LONGi, will invest $225 million to set up a facility to make solar cells and components.
Apple’s Tim Cook was in India recently. With iPhone sales (69 percent of Apple’s revenue) flat in China since 2015, India may well become Apple’s new China. “According to the study conducted by Google and The Boston Consulting Group, from 2015 to 2020, the number of smartphone users inIndia will double, amounting to 520 million, or 39 percent of the country’s projected population.”
Fear of low-paying jobs being lost to robot-driven automation is somewhat mitigated at the sight of new these factories coming to stay. Eventually, these factories will also see robot workers as well, but that, according to recent studies, is a ways off.
A study by Metra Martech Ltd., an industrial analysis firm, “shows they [robots] help create more jobs than they eliminate from the assembly line. While displacing some types of jobs, robots also create new ones, like engineers to maintain and program them.”
All eyes on consumption
“They see that Indian consumption is going up,” says Ravindra Sannareddy, managing director of Sri City, “so they want to put factories in India, and also some of the people are coming to India to make in India and export because wage levels in China are going up.”
Domestic consumption plus exports! It seems India is where China was six years ago, which should please Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his prospects for a re-industrialization of India.
Such rapid growth potential was what interested Samay Kohli and Akash Gupta co-founders of GreyOrange Robotics, based in Gurgaon, to build robots for logistics. After studying multiple industries, the pair chose warehousing/logistics because “it seemed poised for the most growth in the years to come and the customer pain points were quite stark.” They were right. GreyOrange flourished quickly and now counts as customers the likes of Delhivery, DTDC, Flipkart, Aramax, Jabong and Kerry Logistics.
Chalta hai will not disappear tomorrow and robots have a long ways to go yet in automating Indian industry, however, the need for increased productivity to meet the consumer demands of a massive consumer base growing ever more massive will remain and grow more intense.
Similar to what has taken place in China, Indian consumers sooner than later will demand quality…or they won’t buy.
Indian consumers, especially the middle class, won’t care if its robots or human workers making good on their demands for quality products.
For now, its robots winning out in the war of quality, which will allow Adil Zainulbhai scant time to overcome the well-entrenched “chalta hai”


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Apple-Beats Music Acquisition Confirmed, Dr. Dre A Billionaire
By Tanya Diente | May 29, 2014 12:48 PM EST
The leaf on the Apple symbol is tinted green at the Apple flagship store on 5th Ave in New York
Cupertino tech titan is already preparing to finalize the deal this week. According to GSM Arena, Apple and Beats Audio Electronics acquisition is now worth $3 billion which is lesser than the original reported amount of $3.2 billion. Apple will be paying $2.6 billion in cash while the remaining $400 million in stock, reports NYTimes. Weeks earlier a video went viral in media websites like Youtube (video below), showing a reportedly drunk Dr. Dre, Beats co-founder, making claims that he would be hip-hop's first billionaire. This led to assumptions that his claim jeopardized the amount of the acquisition.
However, Apple lowered their offer for the acquisition because of "due negligence," according to Cult of Mac. Apple took time to go through the financial reports of Beats Audio Electronics. It also checked on the business activities of "Beats Music," and learned that the number of subscribers to "Beats Music" streaming service is only at 111,000. While its competition "Spotify" has over 10 million paying subscribers and about 30 million free users. Apple does not have their own music streaming service and Beats Music might just be the platform they need.
Market analysts, according to CNet, report that Apple is after the Beats Audio technology and engineering to further enhance its audio products and audio technology. Apple also wants to maximize the Beats brand itself, which has great product and fashion appeal to most users. Most of Beats technology is heavily marketed as compatible with Apple products. This would make the technology assimilation somewhat streamlined. Other analysts also speculate that Apple is looking to capitalize on the connections that Beats co-founders Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine can provide in the music industry. According to NYTimes, Apple's chief executive Timothy D. Cook praised Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine for their talent and calling them "unique." He likens the Beats co-founders to a precise grain of sand on the beach that is very hard and rare to find. Dr. Dre and Iovine are expected to be present at Apple's WDC on June 2 to finalize the acquisition.
Apple has declined to share its plans for the products they will make with Beats, reports NYTimes. So it would take time to see how the acquisition turned out. Once the acquisition is complete, Dr. Dre will reportedly earn $750 million before taxes. Adding this amount to the $275 million he earned last year would still put him quite close to becoming a certified billionaire in net worth. So his drunken claim as being a billionaire on the viral video will be justified after all.
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Sales and service facility named Business of the Month
JERSEYVILLE - Southside Auto has been recognized as the Jersey County Business Association Business of the Month for October.
"We wish to thank the Jersey County Business Association for the Business of the Month award," co-owner Pat Raymond said. "The Jersey County Business Association has been quite helpful in our community, offering information and assistance to small businesses wishing to locate in Jersey County."
For 40 years, Southside Auto has been keeping Jerseyville and surrounding area residents tooling around town. Pat and Linda Raymond opened what would eventually become Southside Auto out of their home in Kane in 1972.
"Linda and I decided to open our own collision repair business over 40 years ago at our home in rural Kane," Pat said. "The shop was a converted milk barn and the office was our kitchen."
In 1975, the couple opened the existing location at 1499 S. State St. in Jerseyville. Over time, they added experienced repair technicians to perform mechanical work for domestic and imported vehicles and collision repair, including insurance claims for all makes and models.
"Throughout the next 35 years, we added pre-owned auto sales, mechanical repair and 24-hour towing to our business," Pat said. "We work on domestic and import vehicles, large trucks and antique cars."
As the business expanded, Southside earned the distinction of having the largest pre-owned inventory in Jersey County.
"There are over 100 cars and trucks to chose from at this time," Pat said. "Recently, we purchased an additional three acres in order to expand our facility for storage and sales."
The couple, who has been married since 1969, has three children and six grandchildren. Of the 10 employees working at Southside Auto, several are children and grandchildren.
Pat and Linda also enjoy taking cars from their ever-growing antique collection out for a spin around town. Their "mobile museum" includes a 1930 Model A, 1933 Plymouth, 1933 Chevrolet truck, 1964 Blue Impala Convertible, 1964 White Impala Convertible, 1971 Buick Skylark, 1971 Chevrolet C10 Pickup, 1979 Corvette and a Crosley.
While the Raymonds say they are appreciative of the distinction of Business of the Month, providing the best service possible for their loyal customer base is where their priority continues to lie.
"We would like to thank all the people in our community that have helped make our business successful," Pat said. "Our goal is to provide a service and product to the residents of Jersey County that they will be pleased with."
Southside Auto is open for business from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday and closed on Sunday. After-hours appointments are available upon request.
For more information, call (618) 498-4028 or visit the website at www.southsideauto.net. Twenty-four-hour towing also is available at (618) 535-5344.


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Internet Marketing News February RecapMarch 1, 2013
As we say hello to March and hopefully spring, let’s take some time to recap the top stories in the search industry. February started out with an 11% increase in the US search activity, between the months of December and January. Google stayed constant at 67% of the market share with Bing rising to an all-time high of 16.5% (ComScore). Below are some of the top stories for each big player.
- The largest story for Google this month is the new enhanced campaigns and the major impact they will have on mobile and desktop paid search that will roll out this summer. While a lot of details are still being uncovered, Google did release a new bidding tool for the new structure.
- The second largest story was releasing a video showing titled, “How It Feels [through Glass]” as well the #ifihadglass purchase campaign
- Google also made a variety of updates, including incorporating search funnel data in campaigns, ad groups, keywords and ads tabs to make it easier for advertisers to act on. A second change is the introduction of extension ads offer to only those who have upgraded to enhanced campaigns.
- Google signed a deal with Yahoo to display its ads on selected Yahoo properties and co-branded sites. This deal is non-exclusive, so Yahoo will also continue to display ads from competitors such as Bing.
- There were also two main penalties in February regarding selling links and advertorials. Both Interflora and UK Newspapers were penalized followed up with a warning on their webmaster blog.
- Bing has also made some updates including a faster, more accurate auto suggest functionality. The speed is done through “ghosting” where Bing can serve suggestions in the main box and alternatives below which Bing claims has sped up user searches by over 16%. Suggestions are made more accurate based on two key themes- navigational queries and search history.
- Bing also announced a new Sitemap plugin which will help webmasters create two different types of XML sitemap files. One is a comprehensive sitemap of all URLs seen in sever traffic and another is dedicated to store URLs that have changed recently.
- Marissa Meyers is the center of news over at Yahoo. Early on in the month she expressed unhappiness with the current Yahoo-Microsoft deal saying she would wish the two companies would exchange more than search market share.
- Her new HR policy at Yahoo that eliminates work from home options by June 1 sparked quite a controversy. While she does give employees until the summer to make adjustments, she’s received criticism and backlash both internally and externally about this decision.
- In more search news, Yahoo has promoted Laurie Mann to run Yahoo Search and the UI Innovation.
- Launched a more personalized redesign of their homepage which is also optimized for mobile tablet.
- After January with the launch of Facebook graph, Facebook switched to ads and ecommerce. Facebook did introduce promoting your friends posts for $7, an extension of promoting your own posts which they launched in October.
- Introduced gift cards where you can load dollar amounts to stores such as Jamba Juice, Olive Garden, Sephora and Target in one reusable card. This enables gift giving right over the social network.
- Building off of the free voice calls you could make over the messenger app, announced in January, you now have the same functionality in the native IOS app.
- Wrapping up February, Facebook announced they would acquire Atlas Advertiser Suite which would add tools to compete with Google.
- Made a series of eCommerce plays in February.. The first was teaming up with American Express to allow customers to pay with hashtags. For those that sync their American express card with Twitter, users can use a hashtag to activate your account for payment.
- Announced its own Advertising API which will allow large ad agencies develop far more sophisticated campaigns like they would on Facebook and Google.
- Redesigned its search functionality which allows users to uncover older tweets. Twitter will decide which old tweets show up in search based on engagement, favorites, retweets and clicks.
- Twitter also got roped into some bad press around both Burger King and Jeep being hacked. While both brands were generally unaffected in the end, many called for Twitter to ramp up the security with dual verification.
- Google+ now allows third party developers build Google+ authentication, sharing and interaction into their services. This will allow users to log into sites using there Google+ profile similar to how they already can use Facebook and Twitter. This also means that Google now can access more information about their users and how they act on non-Google sites.
- NASA hosted an hour long Q&A with three astronauts on the International Space Station through Google+ Hangout. They welcomed questions via Google+, Twitter, YouTube and Facebook before the event as well as in real-time.
- BrightEdge announced a study that stated followers of Top 100 Brands on Google+ grew 9,400% since 2011.These top 100 brands have 20.9 million fans on Google+ up from just 222,000 in 2011. While this doesn’t compare well to Facebook and Twitter, Google+ is looking more like a mainstream social network.
- Some big changes are coming to YouTube in early March including redesigned channel pages as well as a subscription guide that will follow you across YouTube. Check back here in March for a full overview.
- There are also plenty of rumors that YouTube will reveal a pay-to-view service. In addition Android Police is set to uncover a brief string of code in the most recent update for YouTube’s application that hints at a premium retail model.
What’s new at Catalyst?
- Catalyst celebrated our 15th year anniversary! Check out the pictures of the celebration on Facebook.
- Catalyst published a new eBook: Social SEO Strategies: Mastering the Art of Social SEO.
Have any questions about any of the above stories or think we missed something? Let us know in the comment section below. And be sure to check back later for an a recap each month.


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ANDI and Naturgas have launched the first hydrogen corridor project in Colombia together with nine companies.
“The Hydrogen Corridor is not just a concept, it is about rethinking the way we transport cargo in a country where more than 95% of goods are moved by road. As we all know, transportation is a major contributor to greenhouse gas emissions,” said Karen Peralta, Director of the ANDI-Naturgas Hydrogen Chamber.
According to the figures, transportation has an important share in the country’s greenhouse gas emissions. About 12% of the country’s emissions correspond to transport, with 6% corresponding to freight transport.


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COMMENT: Wholesale destocking hits drinks firms
Reluctance by wholesalers and distributors to order in fresh stock, for fear that consumers will not buy, is proving to be the weak spot in drinks companies' handling of the economic downturn in early 2009.
Pernod Ricard announced yesterday (15 April) that like-for-like sales fell by 12% in its fiscal third quarter, the three months to the end of March. It attributed two thirds of this decline to destocking by wholesalers and distributors throughout January and February.
Today, SABMiller, announcing flat beer volume sales for the year to the end of March, said that destocking was a major reason for a 7% drop in its beer sales in Russia.
These examples are only the latest in a series of grumbles about destocking that have reached just-drinks' ear from drinks companies both large and small in 2009.
Earlier this year, Pernod rival Diageo blamed destocking for sales slips in certain markets, and particularly Spain, in the final six months of 2008. French wine firms have also lamented that merchants and importers have been running down existing stocks, rather than ordering new batches.
The coming results season, in that case, could be the one in which the global economic downturn comes home to roost on drinks companies' top-line growth.
Distributors, wholesalers and importers, quite logically, are clearing what they have in their warehouses before ordering any more, given uncertainty about consumer confidence amid persistent warnings about falls in gross domestic product and rising unemployment.
Pernod admitted yesterday that it has been surprised by the level of destocking that has taken place in some markets.
At some point, however, stocks will begin to run out.
Pernod CEO Pierre Pringuet said yesterday that he expects orders to pick up in the firm's fourth quarter.
Trevor Stirling, analyst with Sanford Bernstein, agreed with Pernod's forecast, but warned that restocking is likely to be a more gradual process.
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Microsoft is bringing a “Meet Now” symbol to the current Windows 10 variation’s taskbar to allow customers to rapidly establish a video call and welcome their coworkers and even good friends to review points practically. The brand-new advancement comes by six months after the Redmond firm presented the Meet Now include on Skype to allow individuals to begin a digital team discussion without calling for any application or register. Arising gamers consisting of Zoom have seen a substantial boost in their fostering throughout the pandemic. Nevertheless, Skype hasn’t obtained any significant development. Microsoft’s most current action is, hence, a method to improve Skype use.
Microsoft has likewise provided admins the capacity to make use of a Group Policy to allow Save Target As for customers in Microsoft Edge IE Mode. The upgrade additionally consists of solutions for presenting inaccurate CPU regularity as well as DDE applications. Also, there is a repair for the beginning Windows Subsystem for Linux 2 (WSL2) on ARM64 tools. A predicament in the Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCPIP) chauffeur that restricts efficiency.
Last month, Microsoft presented the Meet Now switch to Windows Insiders on the Dev network. That screening has allegedly aided the Windows manufacturer to now bring the very same experience to beta testers.
Based on an assistance web page on the Microsoft website, the Meet Now symbol on the taskbar is currently offered on Windows 10 variations 1903 and 1909 with the KB4580386 launch. Customers on the current Windows 10 variation are, nonetheless, yet to obtain the brand-new function.
“In the coming weeks, you will certainly have the ability to quickly establish a video call and also get to loved ones in a split second by clicking the Meet Now symbol in the taskbar notice location.” Microsoft’s Senior Program Manager Brandon LeBlanc created an article introducing the brand-new Windows 10 upgrade.
At first, Microsoft is offering Meet Now on the taskbar of the Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 19042.608 (KB4580364). The brand-new Windows 10 launch is likewise readily available in the Beta network for preliminary screening. Nonetheless, if whatever functions well, Microsoft appears to be in strategies to bring the brand-new experience to all Windows 10 customers in the coming future.
TheWindows 10 upgrade concerns the making use of Group Policy Preferences to set up the homepage in Internet Explorer. It likewise resolves the trouble with untrusted URL navigating from Internet Explorer by opening them in Microsoft Defender Application Guard making use of Microsoft Edge. Similarly, the upgrade solutions the problem impacting programmer devices in Microsoft Edge for remote debugging on Windows 10 equipment.
Along with giving way for the Meet Now symbol, Microsoft has supplied a wide variety of repairs and renovations with the most up-to-date Windows 10 construct offered for the Insiders that get on 20H2 or Windows 10 October 2020 Update.
Skype got the Meet Now function in April to allow customers to swiftly make a video call and welcome their calls straight via a web link without calling for any particular application or join. The experience resembles just how you accept somebody for a digital conference on Zoom. The receivers of the welcomes can sign up with a call via their Web internet browser, make use of Skype for Web, or prohibit their microphone and cam as well as see the video or listen to on their systems.


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Adrian Grenier’s running with a new pack these days. The actor, and now activist, has teamed up with Kiehl’s Since 1851 on their Earth Day initiative, an environmental and celebrity partnership which will raise funds for Waterkeeper Alliance waterkeeper.org.
Kiehl’s is commemorating the introduction of a larger size (16 oz.) of their Superbly Restorative Argan Body Lotion (made of fairly-traded, organic, Moroccan Argan Oil and Argan Leaf Extract) with a Limited Edition Label Art Series for $55, one of which Adrian designed. 100% of the net profits are going to the Waterkeeper Alliance. Singer Erykah Badu, surfer Kelly Slater and a team of students from Parsons The New School for Design have each created a unique and beautiful label, as well. The Limited Edition bottles, which are made from 100% post-consumer recycled packaging, will be available in Kiehl’s freestanding stores and kiehls.com on April 20 in time for Earth Day 2009.


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To “re-engage” with Chinese users running illegitimate software.
offering free upgrades to Windows 10 to all Chinese Windows users, regardless of whether they are running genuine copies of the software.
Recent studies show that three-quarters of all PC software is not properly licensed there.
Myerson said Windows 10 would be released globally sometime “this summer”. That is the first time Microsoft has put a time frame on the release, although it has been expected in autumn, based on Microsoft’s release history.
Lenovo said in a statement that it will make phones running Windows software, available through China Mobile, sometime later this year.
Microsoft also said it is working with Chinese handset maker Xiaomi – which generally uses a form of Google’s Android on its devices – to offer some customers a test version of Windows 10 on their smartphones.
No more passwords with Windows Hello.
Microsoft will introduce an automatic biometric sign-in option with its Windows 10 operating system due out later this year, the first time it has offered such a service widely across devices.
The feature, called Windows Hello, means users will be able to scan their face, iris or fingerprint to verify identity and access Windows phones, laptops and personal computers.
users’ biometric data would be stored locally on the device and kept anonymous to make sure personal data is safe from hackers.
Windows Hello will only be available on new devices that are capable of running the new feature. Chip-maker Intel said all machines incorporating its RealSense F200 sensor will run Windows Hello.
if you have an Office 365 business account you can get in on the Office action thanks to an official Office 2016 Preview build being made available.
this early build isn’t packed with all the features the final Office 2016 suite will have.
It looks as if improvements have been made to Outlook, such as faster search, flexible email storage options, and multi-factor authentication
The news of Office 2016 Preview for businesses comes a week or so after the release of Office 2016 Preview for Mac OSX. This is no coincidence as both packages share similar colourful and minimalist designs.
You can sign up to the Office 2016 Preview at Microsoft Connect.
According to a Microsoft security advisory, issued on Patch Tuesday, the update is meant for supported editions of Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 to “add support for SHA-2 signing and verification functionality”, since the use of SHA-1 for signing purposes is discouraged and no longer a best practice.
It’s worth noting that KB3033929 is a reissued update for a buggy patch, 2949927, pulled last October by Microsoft.
Krebs advised users to temporarily avoid installing KB3033929, in case it is removed, re-issued, or instructions are provided via tech help forums.
one of the world’s largest providers of free email services,
The On-Demand password service means users will no longer have a specific password or pass phrase linked to their account. Instead, when you want to log into Yahoo’s email client you’re presented with a “send my password” button. Clicking this sends an automatic text message with a time-sensitive code you can use to log in. Spend too long faffing around, or you miss the text, you’ll need to request a new code to gain access to your email.
While the service is only live for US users at the moment, a worldwide rollout for Yahoo.com account holders is planned. Also, those using Yahoo’s email client on an iOS or Android device can choose to set up app passwords to add an extra layer of security.
TPG Telecom has announced to the ASX a full acquisition of rival ISP iiNet for approximately $1.4 billion.
If approved, the combination would create a monster telco with revenues of $2.3 billion, earnings of $654 million and a combined broadband user base of more than 1.7 million.
iiNet shareholders will receive cash consideration of $8.60 per iiNet share,
The two providers already position themselves in different market segments: TPG in the “value-based” lower end of the market while iiNet positions itself as a “premium” offering.
will that offer better service for the lower end or lesser service for the higher end – either way 2bites of the cherry
The first auction on the new platform will have a New York theme, with Yankee Stadium memorabilia on sale.
It will take place on 1 April and will include the giant letters from the New York baseball stadium, which could fetch up to $600,000 (£406,500).
However, evening sales of high-value artworks and other specialist items will not be included, Sotheby’s said.
The auctions will be streamed on a new eBay platform: ebay.com/sothebys. The first will include photographs, alongside the baseball memorabilia from the famous player Reggie Jackson, who won the World Series five times.
Apple chief executive Tim Cook offered a part of his liver to a dying Steve Jobs, according to a new book due to be released this month.
In 2004, Mr Jobs announced that he was suffering from pancreatic cancer and by 2009, the Apple chief executive was very ill, unable to come into the office and waiting for a liver transplant.
Mr Cook regularly visited Mr Jobs at home and after one visit he “left the house feeling so upset that he had his own blood tested”, according to excerpts
Mr Cook found out that he, like Steve Jobs, had a rare blood type, and guessed that it might be the same.
According to the book, he went through a series of tests and discovered that a partial liver transplant was feasible.
But when he shared the news with Mr Jobs, the dying Apple boss reacted angrily, according to the book.
“He cut me off at the legs, almost before the words were out of my mouth,” an excerpt says.
“‘No,” he said. ‘I’ll never let you do that. I’ll never do that.'”
“Steve only yelled at me four or five times during the 13 years I knew him, and this was one of them,” Mr Cook added.
Telcos and internet service providers will be able to store the metadata of Australian citizens required under the Government’s proposed two-year retention scheme outside of Australia.
Turnbull confirmed to the House that the amendments contained no requirement for the physical server hosting the data to be located in Australia.
Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull admitted the internet and telco industry could store the mandated data set in offshore facilities.
Former iiNet chief regulatory officer Steve Dalby last year said the ISP would try to find the lowest cost option for storing the required data, which “at the moment .. is in China”.
Google is tightening supervision of its freeforall Play store, forming a special team to screen new apps for malware and sexually explicit material, and strengthening its age-based rating system.
The change brings Google Play, a bazaar for digital games, social media apps and entertainment software, closer to Apple’s tightly controlled App Store with Google launching a new rating system that will spell out which apps and games are appropriate for certain age groups.
Google said that its expert team will screen each app submitted by developers to spot earlier anything that runs afoul of its rules. Google had previously only used automated technology for screening at the time of submission.
The new process will not create bottlenecks, Google said in a blog post, promising that approved apps will become available on Google Play within “a matter of hours” after submission.
Apple does not disclose specifics of its app review period but puts the average wait time at seven days for Apple’s App Store.


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SAN DIEGO (KGTV) — San Diego isn't just America's Finest City, it's also a haven for those seeking to enlighten their culinary horizons.
Yelp recently named San Diego to its list of top 10 cities for food lovers, coming in fifth and touting some new, delicious spots locals and tourists alike have raved about.
The website specifically pointed to dishes like Werewolf's pork belly Benedict in the Gaslamp District, Convoy Street's TastyPot for some kimchi dumpling hot soup, and hot chicken at Hillcrest's Common Stock. Yelp also threw some love behind Spring Valley's Cali Comfort BBQ.
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San Diego has certainly reveled in the limelight for foodies. Last year, WalletHub ranked the city ninth on its list of best cities for foodies. Early this year, Yelp also celebrated San Diego as one of the top 100 places to eat in the U.S.
TripAdvisor also named San Diego as one of the best cities for pizza in the U.S.
Don't even get us started on our local Mexican food...


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Blog: eBay's fashion focus
Leonie Barrie | 20 January 2011
Most of us probably still think of eBay as an auction site, so it's a bit of a wake-up call to know that 60% of the items it sells are through the 'Buy It Now' format. Add in the fact that its full-year revenues have just surged 13% to $9.2bn, and this 60% share - around $5.52bn - make it a formidable online retailer too.
Its competitors should be watching particularly carefully on the fashion front too. Fashion is eBay's most successful category with millions of visitors each month - in the UK alone its sales of clothes, shoes and accessories were 10% above the market average, the company says - and it is making a huge effort to build on this success.
Last year eBay launched its Fashion Outlet in the UK and Germany, attracting over 30 high street names and more than 180 brands including Superdry, Firetrap, G-Star Raw and Ed Hardy. And it has just bought German fashion site, brands4friends, for $200m.
What's more, not only is it taking on the high street and winning, but it's also tapping into new areas such as mobile applications, which are helping to position the retailer at the forefront of trends shaping the future of shopping and payments.
Bar-code scanning technology, the integration of selling and buying features into a single smart phone app, and of course the greater uptake of smart-phones and tablet devices have all boosted its mobile shopping credentials. In 2010 eBay nearly tripled its global sales through mobile devices to $2bn - up by more than 200% on 2009.
The biggest clouds on the horizon? Increasing competition from major online retailers such as Amazon and Google, for whom the online apparel segment - a $27bn market in 2009, according to Forrester Research - is also proving an irresistible lure.
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Credit card spending tops cash
SPENDING on plastic finally overtook cash spending in Britain today. At 10.38 am, in the huge Tesco stores in London's on Cromwell Road, schoolteacher Helen Carroll from Portsmouth signed her card for her grocery bill, taking the total spent on credit and debit cards ahead of cash transactions for the first time ever.
The UK payments association, Apacs, today said it had calculated that by the end of Friday a total of £269bn will have been charged on cards in Britain against cash spending of £268m.
Carroll was born in June 1966, the very month the first credit card - the Barclaycard - was introduced in this country.
Her transaction today was an old-fashioned signature on a print-out rather than the new chip and Pin system, as Apacs was keen to stress that contrary to folklore there is no 1 January cut-off for using signature-based cards.
Jemma Smith of Apacs said: 'When the first plastic cards appeared in Britain in June 1966 only a handful of retailers accepted them and there were very few customers.
'But in less than 40 years, plastic has become the most popular way to pay due to the added security and flexibility it offers.
'The key driver has been the introduction of the debit card, which now accounts for two-thirds of plastic transactions and is used by millions every day.'
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It won’t be long guys – we’re expected to see the new Honda Accord in Malaysia very soon and this new video by Honda Thailand is making the wait even more unbearable.
Ever since the release of our new review of the 3/4 new Toyota Camry 2.5V, netizens have been quick to respond with discontent; of the car’s pricing, lacklustre looks and its carried-over engine and transmission.
According to the comments in the same video, most are now more inclined to wait for the new Honda Accord to see how well it’s packaged before pulling the trigger.
While that may be a fair assessment, I don’t buy into those who said “Top up and buy a C-Class” though. I mean come on, if you were looking at a Mercedes-Benz C-Class or even the new G20 BMW 3-series, you wouldn’t bat an eye at the Toyota Camry or the Honda Accord – they’re just totally different cars.
Recently in Thailand, the new Honda Accord was launched with a 1.5-litre turbocharged engine making 190 hp and 243 Nm along with 2.0-litre naturally-aspirated engine aided by two electric motors. At its international launch, the new Accord was also introduced with a 10-speed gearbox, although don’t expect it to be fitted in our local models just yet.


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Miller will stop working for the firm on 31 March, while the craft brewer's current owner SABMiller has confirmed the brewery will continue to be run independently by the new GM.
Edwards was at the forefront of Miller Brand's premium beer portfolio and boosted the company's reach in the category as director of brand marketing.
Nick Miller was the managing director of Miller Brands, the UK arm of SABMiller, until 2011, when he left to join Meantime. SABMiller then purchased Meantime in May 2015, before the company changed hands again following the deal with AB InBev last November.
Numerous brands, including Peroni, Grolsch and Meantime were then set to be sold off by AB InBev, in order assist in meeting competition requirements to ensure the merger was completed. As a result, Meantime are set for ownership by Japanese brewery Asahi following the finalisation of the proposed acquisition of SABMiller by AB InBev.
Of his departure, Miller said: "It has been a privilege to lead such a wonderful group of people at Meantime and to work with a great group of other customers, as we have taken Meantime beers to more and more outlets and built a loyal following both here in the UK and abroad."
Edwards noted Meantime's growth since launching in 2000 and said Miller has taken beer production to new heights.
"I have long been a huge fan of the brand so this appointment is a huge honour for me and I am looking forward to working with the team in Greenwich to continue building on the success of Meantime in the UK and beyond."
Meantime was acquired by SABMiller for an undisclosed sum last year. Edwards' enthusiasm to grow the brand's global presence fits with plans announced by the beer giant at the time of the acquisition to look to export the craft brewer's products.
Building on success
Sue Clark, managing director of SABMiller Europe, said: "I am looking forward to working with Laura to continue the strategy of building on the success of Meantime and we are delighted to be able to appoint a fantastic candidate from our internal talent pool with a great passion for beer and outstanding commercial capabilities.
"Since SABMiller purchased Meantime Brewing Company last year, we have ensured that it has continued to operate as a stand-alone business within our wider organisation.
"This will continue to be the case under Laura's leadership. Meantime is at the vanguard of innovation of both beer styles and flavours and is well placed to continue to take the beer category to new consumers on new occasions."
Meantime revealed its seasonal beer line-up earlier this week.


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A Swedish company finally comes up with a way to protect riders’ legs.
In recent decades, motorcycles have evolved a lot, becoming faster and more efficient urban transportation methods. However, one cannot deny that motorcycles are not the safest way of traveling. It is estimated that nearly 5,000 people in the US alone lose their lives in motorcycle accidents, while more than 80,000 are injured every year.
Motorcycle manufacturers have always tried to make motorcycles safer for their riders. It’s important to mention that, even though bikes are still riskier than cars when mishandled, modern motorbikes are much safer than previous times, thanks to the industry’s technological advancements. These days, most two-wheelers come equipped with anti-lock braking technology, tire pressure monitors, adaptive headlights, and, in some cases, advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS) such as Lidar sensors and cameras.
In 1976, a man named Tamas Straub patented the first-ever motorcycle airbag, yet it could not get appropriate funding, and his patent was canceled in the following decade. Ever since then, modern motorcycle manufacturers have been working on developing an airbag technology suitable to be used on motorcycles. Honda was the first company to launch a bike with an airbag located just above the fuel tank, but it was not really a perfect solution as it was only effective in head-on collisions.
These days, we have inflatable jackets to protect the rider’s upper body, shielding him from all sides. It is a much better option, but the driver’s legs are still unprotected in case of an accident, especially when sliding. It is also important to note that the rider’s legs are the first body part making contact with the ground, and, thanks to the weight of the motorbike and its momentum, the legs face the highest chances of injury during an accident.
However, this might change soon as Swedish company Airbag Inside Sweden AB is currently working on developing jeans that would inflate in case of an accident. The jeans would feature concealed air-bladders within the jeans that would inflate almost instantly in an accident.
At this moment, there’s no information as to when the airbag jean will be ready. Currently, the system works, but it still has to be triggered manually. However, the company has released a video in which the CEO can be seen demonstrating the product. He mentioned Airbag Inside is currently in talks with researchers at Sweden’s Uppsala University to develop smart sensors that would enable the jeans to inflate automatically when there is an impact or a collision.
In the video, the CEO also reveals that the company is planning to launch in the American and European markets under the brand name MO’CYCLE .
More details to come.