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Orah 4i Launches in the US and Makes Live VR Achievable
Orah 4i is the first camera custom-designed for live streaming events in Virtual Reality. It has broadcasted high-profile events such as Sony Crackle’s red-carpet premiere of “The Art of More”, the French Open and the Google I/O conference this year. Now, Orah 4i is officially shipping in the US, promising many more live VR experiences for consumers.
2016 has often been predicted to be the year in which Virtual Reality takes off and reaches the consumer market. And while affordable VR glasses have found their way to the masses, there is still an essential part missing: High-quality content to watch. “The main reason is that producing VR content is often complicated, time-consuming and expensive,” explains Nicolas Burtey, CEO and founder of Orah. “With Orah 4i we aim to change this by offering a solution that makes VR content creation easier, quicker and more affordable for professionals.”
Orah 4i is the first all-in-one VR camera capable of capturing and streaming high-quality 360 video in real-time with the push of a button. It renders professional image quality, possesses incorporated 3D sound capabilities and is directly integrated with YouTube. This way anybody can set up the camera, log in to the web app and stream live in 360. No additional editing and no further equipment is needed.
The camera can be set up anywhere – on the red carpet with the stars at a movie premiere, on stage with the band at a concert or right next to the field at a sports match. Thereby Orah 4i offers the audience a whole new viewing experience, at the heart of the action, with an ability to choose their own perspective on the event. Orah 4i is available for $3,595 US on www.orah.co.
Orah is a leader in virtual reality solutions. Founded in 2012 under the name VideoStitch the company quickly established itself as a major provider of high quality live and postproduction 360° video creation software. With Orah 4i it entered the hardware market in 2016, offering the first all-in-one 4K camera designed for VR live streaming. Orah thus provides a solution for every scenario in VR video production on the market to date. Its customer base ranges from small production houses to Fortune 500 companies in over 62 countries, primarily from the entertainment and media industry. Originally founded in Paris, Orah is now headquartered in California. Today it employs a team of 40 VR enthusiasts across Paris, Santa Clara and Los Angeles. For more information please visit www.orah.co.


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Despite Apple releasing iOS 8.0.2 to fix issues that were caused by iOS 8.0.1, Australian iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus users are still reporting that they are experiencing problems with cellular network connectivity and Touch ID.
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Apple fanboys in Singapore, Hong Kong, and Japan can preorder the latest iPhone from September 12 and receive the smartphone on September 19, when it is available to nine countries in the first wave of its global launch. Surprisingly, China is left out of this initial list.
Most people use the include Maps app or Google Maps for navigation on the iPhone, here's why Garmin's new offering is worth a look.
Database as a Service is an emerging area of cloud computing. GenieDB wants to win in that market by offering a version of MySQL that provides continuous availability using a geographically distributed, multi-cloud service offering.
The satellite giant could make a bid for the fourth-largest U.S. cellular firm in the coming months — despite a failed Sprint bid earlier this year.
The deal would give Apple access to about 700 million subscribers on the world's largest cellular carrier, pushing the iPhone into a new market never seen on this scale before.
Apple’s global release of the new iPhone 5c and iPhone 5s will be hitting Indian shores on November 1. While it appears to have slashed prices, it may find it harder than before to find success.
Optus has launched a Thuraya satellite case for the iPhone 4 and 4S, aimed at keeping people in regional or remote areas of Australia connected when outside of the network footprint.
Despite being engaged in a global patent battle, Apple and Samsung are happy to work together on a major component for the new iPhone 5s.
Though revenue is down, T-Mobile's subscriber base is up. After finally opening up its doors to the iPhone 5, the cellular firm sold half-a-million in just one month.
It seems that the 2013 mobile landscape belongs to Qualcomm, partly due to the success the company is having with its Snapdragon 600 silicon, and Apple's expected production ramp of the iPhone 5S.
But is it too late for T-Mobile? Has Apple seen its iPhone peak, or will the fourth largest US cellular firm be able to claw back its falling subscriber base?
At the start of RSA 2013, Juniper Networks is rolling out a global database to track attacks on individual devices.
Telenav has introduced a new version of its Scout for iPhone app that brings shared navigation to the mobile world. Recipients don't need the app or even an iPhone to get turn-by-turn navigation via email, text, or Facebook.
The company is building a global-scale manufacturing process for goods that aren't intended to be mass produced - from customized iPhone cases, to spare parts, to specialized 3D maps.
Apple's smartphone led the pack for the first time, surpassing longtime leader Nokia in its percentage of mobile Internet usage.
Phil Schiller, Apple's SVP of global marketing, has told a Chinese newspaper that a cheaper iPhone isn't in the company's product roadmap.
If you purchased an iPad mini with LTE you need to keep an eye on your data usage. This essential iOS app monitors the cellular data usage on your LTE iPhone or iPad so you can avoid expensive overage charges.
Apple's software subsidiary is positioning its database as another way small businesses can create smartphone or tablet applications for internal use.
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Gigabyte just launched its new edition of the 900 series from Nvidia, with superior cooling and base clock rates without an increase in power requirements, the new graphics cards from Gigabyte look set to be the high-end graphics cards for those who want the most out of their gaming rigs. What're your thoughts and opinions of the new series? Link for more info: http://www.gigabyte.com/press-center/news-page.aspx?nid=1405


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Overcoming its reasonably high price tag and lack of launch games, Nintendo's latest handheld has still been leapt upon by gamers and early adopters who hunger for the newest technology available.
According to official GameTrack statistics, over 92,000 units were sold in the machine's first three days on sale - April 3rd, 4th and 5th - representing nearly £14m changing hands on hardware alone over that weekend. Interestingly, the DSi has sold faster than either of the first two incarnations of the machine, which suggests the prospect of DSiWare and the double cameras are really capturing the public's imagination.
With the kiddiwinks now on their Easter holidays and with reports of machines still available there's every chance DSi will put in another storming performance this week.
I have heard about this, but I want to know why there's only UK sales that are being publicised, how about a collective Europe sale? :<
And without me, it would have just been 89,999.
@Wiiloveit: And without us it would have been 89,998
You guys bought over 2,000 units between you?! Any jobs going where you two work?
@Blaze: not DSi-specific, but Rhythm Heaven was released the same day in NA... dunno about EU launch-day game releases, though. :3
@Prodody: Yup. Gotta prepare for Christmas early. And I have a big family
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Out with the old, in with the new. Well, sort of. The Chrysler Concorde has donned LHS clothing for 2002.
It's no secret that wives and moms hold the purse strings when it comes to new vehicle shopping.
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The new midsize sedan went into production this month
Chrysler’s lauded Pentastar engine is coming under fire for, well, not firing: Due to a manufacturing mishap, the engines can lose power and fail.
For the second straight year, Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne has declined his annual salary and bonus as the Detroit-based automaker works to nurse itself back to full-strength once again.


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Sources claim Walmart has plans to roll out its movie and video streaming service Vudu internationally. Vudu wants to complete more on the global front with Netflix and other players in the TV and movie streaming business. The first stop for Vudu is expected to be Mexico this June according to sources.
The rollout in Mexico would be followed by a broader scale deployment to other countries in Latin America. Rumors claim that is many as 30 Latin American countries could get support for Vudu this year. Vudu is also expected to launch in parts of Europe and Asia later this year.
It hasn’t been that long since Netflix made its international push after being in the United States alone. Vudu will have something working in its favor that competing services haven’t had, which is the ability to push the service in major retail locations. Walmart owns 5000 stores in 26 different countries and has a heavy Latin American presence. A rollout of Vudu in Latin America first makes more sense when you consider the heavy Walmart retail presence in the area.


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By Linda Lisanti
Unless you've been living under a rock, visiting some far-off galaxy, or are not even aware that something called the Internet exists, you've likely heard of social networking sites like MySpace and Facebook. You've also likely thought that these sites -- where members can share nearly everything about their lives -- are used only by the younger generations, and have little influence on your business. But you're wrong.
"Social networking started in the teen market, but the technology is starting to mature," said Catherine Brown, director of enterprise social networking for Dotster Inc., a provider of Internet business services. "We're seeing more diversity and more adults using it." Usage is growing exponentially and is not expected to slow down, she added. To see results from a study on social networking usage by age, click here.
For many people, social networking has become an integral part of their lives, with MySpace and Facebook each claiming hundreds of thousands of users. A recent survey of households by research firms TNS and The Conference Board found one out of every four people online visits social networking sites, and about half of social networkers visit on a daily basis. Of those who make daily visits, half say they log on several times a day.
People stay longer on social networking sites than on static Web sites because the content on these sites is constantly changing, Brown noted. With blogs, forums, chats, bulletins, picture and video sharing, and more, there's plenty to keep users amused.
The opportunity to reach millions of consumers in an entertaining and interactive way is leading businesses, including convenience store operators, to begin viewing social networks as an important marketing channel. When 7-Eleven Inc. redesigned its Slurpee Web site earlier this year, it added social networking capabilities so fans can now share photos, videos and post messages about the frosty beverage. From January to May, page hits on the Web site increased nine-fold, according to the retailer.
Shell Oil recently introduced new interactive features on its Web site, including discussion boards and a blog -- both forms of social networking. A search of MySpace and Facebook these days also finds multiple c-store retailers with official or non-official profile pages. Among them are Top 25 industry chains like 7-Eleven, BP's ampm, Chevron, Circle K, RaceTrac, Wawa, QuikTrip and Kum & Go.
"From a business perspective, we're on the cusp of social networking taking off," said Brown, who believes social media can benefit any business whether it's by developing an Intranet where employees can address issues and share best practices, or creating a customer-facing social network that a company can use to strengthen its brand.
Customer-facing networks may include social networking capabilities a retailer adds to its own company Web site, or a persona or presence it develops on third-party sites such as MySpace and Facebook, explained Don Ryan, vice president of technology and media for New York-based TNS. He suggests retailers incorporate both approaches.
However, Ryan cautioned that to make the most of either approach, brands must treat users like friends and engage them as friends, which results in a higher-quality bond.
He refers to this concept as "friending," and said retailers need to understand it demands certain core values in order to be effective. "You have to be authentic, open, provide value, form two-way communication, listen, be lively and interactive," he advised. "What you want to avoid is being one-way, static or authoritarian."
To see other guidelines for social networking, click here.
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Cody's Convenience Stores is realizing the benefits of friending. Tom Cook, vice president of operations for the 38-unit chain based in Springfield, Mo., said Cody's profile pages on MySpace and Facebook, which were set up earlier this year by its graphics designer, Andy Jared, help the retailer communicate with shoppers it might not otherwise reach, particularly the teen to mid-20s demographic.
"We're always open to ideas and different ways to generate interest in our company," Cook said. "This is a great way to advertise, to get your name out in a fun atmosphere, and a great way to interact with your customers in a different type of environment."
Since launching its MySpace and Facebook pages in March, Cody's has acquired more than 1,000 "friends." One of the ways it connects with these potential customers is by sending each friend a coupon on their birthday, with the offers ranging from 3 or 4 cents off per gas gallon up to 20 gallons, to a half-price pizza. "The returns we're seeing are as good as doing direct mail," Cook said, noting Cody's uses its MySpace and Facebook pages to promote its monthly in-store specials as well. "If we have hot deals going on, we want to make sure people are aware of them."
Feedback generated from MySpace and Facebook users also has provided the retailer with new ideas for promotions. "We got a comment once asking us if we had ever considered running a cross-promotion with ice and beverage multi-packs, so we tried it in July," Cook explained. "We did a free bag of ice with the purchase of any 12-pack of soda or beer. The promotion was well received. Anytime you get ideas from your customers, you want to roll with it."
Unlike Cody's, Altoona, Pa.-based Sheetz Inc. chose not to create its own "official" pages on MySpace and Facebook, but the chain does keep a watch on Sheetz-related postings and the several non-official Sheetz pages on these sites, according to Brad Doliveira, Sheetz digital communications manager. "We look to see what people are feeling; for broad-based issues whether it's service- or product-related; generally, what we're doing right or wrong. We also try to ensure, as much as we can, that there isn't anything being posted that would be harmful to the brand," he explained.
In lieu of third-party sites, Sheetz hosts a social networking feature called Overflow on its company Web site. The idea spun off from a Sheetz music video tribute that was posted on You Tube by Blue Steel, a group of teens from North Carolina.
"When we redid our Web site in 2006, we wanted to infuse more fun into the site, and have a fun way to interact with our younger demographic. Instead of just putting the Blue Steel video up, we said 'let's build off the You Tube phenomenon, and let customers post their own videos, songs and pictures on our site,'" Doliveira recalled, adding everything submitted for posting is first screened by Sheetz for appropriateness.
Today, Overflow gets about 3,000 views per month, with an average visit time of 5 to 6 minutes. Sheetz uses the site to market itself and its products, but in a very non-intrusive way. "People know instantly when they're being advertised to," Doliveira said, "so it's important to walk the line in the marketing sense."
Upon entering the site, users are forced to initiate something like clicking on a picture of a burger or a cup of Sheetz Bros. Coffeez. When they do, they find a tongue-in-check message about that product rather than a sales pitch or a cents-off coupon. "On Overflow, they see what our brand products are, but in a lighter way," he said, noting most of the graphical content takes a youthful spin. "We want to be representative of the Sheetz brand in certain aspects, but a departure, too."
The retailer is now working to add games to enhance Overflow, and even talking about creating an arcade concept that would compel people to return to the site again and again -- further building the brand connection. Sheetz has featured games on its Web site before -- one was a Pac-Man offshoot in which a cup of coffee chomps on cookies
Doliveira also believes there's future potential in establishing an Overflow-type site for internal use, based on the number of submissions Sheetz employees have made to Overflow since it began. Such a site, removed from public view, would foster team building and increase awareness of issues among the chain's 350 stores, he said.
Ultimately, whether it's an employee Intranet, corporate profile pages on MySpace and Facebook, or a social networking site all their own, experts agree social networks are a worthwhile investment for convenience store operators.
"Social media is an important marketing channel for retailers, and it's only growing in importance," said Ryan of TNS. "If a c-store retailer is not involved in social networking today, they should be in the next 12 months."
By then, with the continuing evolution of mobile devices and the amazing advancements being made in video games, there may be a whole new wave of social networks taking over the digital world.
"The trick is keeping up with the next big trend," said Sheetz's Doliveira. "It's a fun and frustrating job."


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India's new government has made fighting inflation its top priority, easing concern about the potential for conflict with the country's hawkish central bank.
Outlining Prime Minister Narendra Modi's economic plan to parliament earlier this week, President Pranab Mukherjee said the government would address bottlenecks that have caused food prices to rise more quickly in India than in other major economy.
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Annual consumer price inflation in India, Asia's third biggest economy, hit a three-month high of 8.59 percent in April – driven mainly by higher food prices.
The Reserve Bank of India has hiked interest rates three times since September to curb inflation and there was some debate before Modi's landslide election win last month about whether the new government would pressure the central bank to pull back from its hawkish inflation stance.
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"Despite worries that they [the government and central bank] would come with two different agendas, the finance minister has adopted a conciliatory tone talking about the need for inflation control and implementing measures, both short-term and long-term," said Radhika Rao, an economist at Singapore-based bank DBS.
"Of course much of this is still rhetoric and we have yet to see anything material," she added.
Still, analysts said it's a positive sign that India's new government is making the right noises about structural reforms to tackle inflation.
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According to reports in the local media, India's finance ministry is expected to submit a plan to address supply-side issues to tackle inflation to Modi soon.
Containing inflation is not an easy task, say analysts, since warehouse shortages, irregular supplies of vegetables in a mainly vegetarian country and weak infrastructure can all contribute to volatility in prices.
In addition, there are concerns that forecasts predicting below-average rainfall during this year's monsoon season could further fuel food inflation.
"Structural inflation in India is not going to go away anytime soon and raising interest rates alone is not going to help in the long run," said Vishnu Varathan, market economist at Mizuho Corporate Bank.
Read MoreIndia stocks' Modi-powered rise may end soon
"So it is gratifying that the government is stressing the need to control inflation," he said.
Economists said the next big focus in terms of Modi's economic agenda is the budget, expected in early July.
"The budget will be very important and the backdrop is quite challenging," said Rao at DBS.
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Modi has pledged to revive India's economic fortunes and the challenge for the new government is balancing that need to tackle inflation while lifting economic growth, which is running below 5 percent for a second year.
Optimism remains high that the government will deliver, with Mumbai's benchmark stock index this week hitting a fresh record high.


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On Thursday night, at the Victorian Streetwalk, Santa will sit in his little wooden cottage and listen patiently as, one by one, hundreds of children tell him what they want for Christmas.
As the kiddies go home and get tucked into their beds, ol’ St. Nick might think about taking Mrs. Claus over to the Saratoga Springs Heritage Area Visitor Center.
This year, there’s going to be a new wine tasting event at the Visitor Center, with samples from vineyards across New York state.
The 31st annual Victorian Streetwalk, organized by the Saratoga Springs Downtown Business Association, is scheduled from 6 to 10 p.m., and gets rolling around 5:30, as carolers serenade the crowd that’s lining up along Broadway waiting for Santa.
Just before 6 p.m., Santa and Mrs. Claus will rumble into town in a horse-drawn carriage, escorted by dozens of area schoolchildren dressed as elves.
At 6 p.m., Mayor Joanne Yepsen will light the holiday tree in front of Putnam Market.
Throughout the evening, there will be free entertainment at 35 downtown sites plus strolling street performers.
The Adelphi Hotel, which re-opened this fall after a major five-year renovation, is a new venue, and the Octavo Singers of Schenectady will perform on the grand staircase in the elegant lobby.
Saratoga City Ballet will perform excerpts from “The Nutcracker” downstairs at Saratoga Arts.
“People may be used to seeing the City Ballet and the Octavo Singers at the Universal Preservation Hall,” says Tonya Pellegrini, the D.B.A.’s director of marketing and promotions. “Those two groups have been moved. UPH is closed, to get ready for their massive renovation.”
The Skidmore Circus Club, which will be outdoors near the post office, is a new addition to the event. “They do acrobats and juggling and hula hoops,” says Pellegrini. “They’ll be interacting with the kids and doing small circus acts for the kids and their families.”
This year, the D.B.A. is also hoping people find their way to Phila Street.
“Hattie’s, Ben & Jerry’s, Bailey’s restaurant, Harvey’s, all of those locations will have live music,” Pellegrini says.
Back on Broadway, a big firetruck will be parked at the Division Street intersection.
“They’ll have the ladder up and they’ll have some elves,” she says.
- Mother Ginger, a favorite “Nutcracker” character from the National Museum of Dance’s School of the Arts, will be near the Eddie Bauer building.
- This year’s select middle and high school choruses will be from Burnt Hills, Shenendehowa and Glens Falls schools.
- Actors from Homemade Theater will be strolling in their costumes for “A Christmas Carol,” which opens Dec. 8 at the Spa Little Theater.
- The annual Saratoga Festival of Trees, with more than 250 twinkling decorated trees, wreaths and other holiday items, will be happening at the Saratoga Springs City Center.
- The Saratoga County 4-H Club’s annual display of gingerbread houses will be in three locations: Saratoga Arts, Saratoga Springs Public Library and the. Saratoga Springs City Center.
- Animal lovers will want to check out the Newfoundland dogs at the Saratoga Springs Visitors Center.
- The Saratoga Springs Post Office will be stamping greeting cards with a special Victorian Streetwalk cancellation. “People bring down their holiday cards. You have a month to get them in the mail after that night,” says Pellegrini.
- The D.B.A. will be selling its 2018 Local Living Guide, a booklet of coupons and discounts, in front of G. Willikers toy store. The entertainment books cost $15.
— Karen Bjornland
31st Annual Victorian Streetwalk
WHEN: 6-10 p.m. Thursday (Nov. 30)
WHERE: Downtown Saratoga Springs
HOW MUCH: Free
PARKING: Broadway will be closed to traffic from 5 to 9 p.m. from the Route 50 arterial to Spring Street. CDTA will run free shuttle buses every 20 minutes from 4:30 to 10 p.m. from the Empire State College parking lot on West Avenue, from NYRA’s Oklahoma Track at East and Union avenues near Northway Exit 14 and from the Weibel Avenue Skating Rink parking lots.
NO DOGS: Because of the large crowd, pets are not allowed
MORE INFO: www.saratogaspringsdowntown.com, Facebook
They turn back the clock at Impressions of Saratoga
Ankle-length dresses and bonnets, stove pipe hats and waistcoats. Nineteenth-century clothing is an emblem of the Victorian Streetwalk.
And if you want to see these styles of yesteryear, it’s best to visit Impressions of Saratoga.
The owners and employees of the gift store have dressed in Victorian garb for one night every year since the first Streetwalk in 1986.
“We have a lot of fun with it,” says Maddy Zanetti, president of the Saratoga Springs Downtown Business Association and a co-owner of the store with Marianne and Dave Barker. “There are almost 10 of us that are all dressed up.”
Each year, on the Thursday after Thanksgiving, a rack of hats and clothing is wheeled out of storage, and employees select and assemble their outfits.
“Over the years, we’ve collected various pieces of Victorian garb from different places,” says Zanetti. A former employee, a Skidmore student, also made some of the clothes. “Some of the girls don’t wear the hats. They just wear their hair back in a little bun.”
Victorian shoes are hard to come by and are too small for today’s woman, so the women at Impressions wear riding or paddock boots with their long skirts.
“People get a kick out of it,” Zanetti says. “They love asking us about the outfits. They want pictures with us.”
— Karen Bjornland
Kids can visit Santa’s cottage
Have your kids been naughty or nice?
They can tell Santa all about it when they visit him on Broadway in Saratoga Springs.
Santa will be in his cottage from 6 to 10 p.m. during the Victorian Streetwalk.
After the Streetwalk, he’ll be there from 4 to 7 p.m. on Fridays and from 1 to 4 p.m. on Saturday and Sundays, through Dec. 23.
— Karen Bjornland
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Lechonk just reached legendary Pokemon status: The AEW signs are appearing
Pokemon’s latest heartthrob, Lechonk, has fans all over the world excited for the Gen 9 releases. So excited, in fact, that a fan brought a sign dedicated to the popular pig to an AEW wrestling event.
The Pokemon Company revealed a new trailer for Pokemon Scarlet & Violet on June 1, 2022, and part of that trailer introduced the franchise’s latest extremely popular Pokemon… Lechonk.
Fans quickly took to Twitter to express their love for the latest creature.
However, it hasn’t stopped there as someone brought a sign to AEW Dynamite later that evening that was dedicated to the popular pig.
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During a monologue from AEW star Maxwell Jacob Friedman on June 1, a quick shot of the crowd in Los Angeles showed a very-dedicated Lechonk fan showing his love for the new Gen 9 ‘mon.
AEW Dynamite fans have loved showing their interest in the gaming and influencer space by dedicating signs to various topics. In September 2021, a diehard fan sent a message to Rockstar by using a sign that said: “Announce GTA VI.”
When it comes to the influencer side of things, well, one of their stars challenged Logan and Jake Paul to a wrestling match… with a valuable Charizard card at stake if she wins.
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Some fans think that Lechonk might actually make a good wrestling star, thanks to his bio on the Pokemon website.
It reads: “Timid and Fainthearted—but Also Strong. If attacked by an opponent and startled, it will charge forward in a panic. It may appear fat at first glance, but in reality, the Pokémon’s body is mostly muscle built by constantly walking around in search of food.
While it’s obvious the perfectly round creature won’t be able to appear in an AEW match anytime soon, it’s clear that fans of the ‘mon are excited for its release in November.


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ClubLexus Photo of the Week: 2.0L Turbo Engine in a Wormhole
While I was poking around on the Lexus Malaysia Facebook page earlier, I saw they posted a glamour shot of the new 2.0L turbo engine on display at the Tokyo Motor Show last year. To make sure the assembled media peeps knew exactly how important the marque's first turbocharged engine was, Lexus enlisted Neil deGrasse Tyson to create a wormhole right there on the show floor, and balance the new mill right in the middle. It looked pretty cool.
Actually, I made that up. But I did dig up one of my shots from the show--the motor sure does look cool in that trippy interstellar case, doesn't it? Click on the image for an uber hi-res version.
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text: Airbus was set to unveil a landmark jetliner deal with Japan Airlines, breaking into territory long held exclusively by Boeing. Economists and executives fear a long U.S. shutdown risks restraining key parts of the economy that had been expected to accelerate. Buffett's investments during the financial crisis have brought in $10 billion, a pretax return of nearly 40%. Puerto Rico's bond declines have sparked concern among U.S. officials, who fear the impact on the muni market. A top Madoff aide is set to testify in a case against five former employees of the Ponzi-scheme operator. The Supreme Court will hear arguments over whether victims of R. Allen Stanford's fraud can sue third parties. Wal-Mart is pitching U.S.-made goods, pledging to increase domestic purchases by $5 billion a year. Wal-Mart said it revamped its practices in Asia and is mulling Chinese acquisitions. Macy's has shelved an online-expansion plan in China as growth there slows. GM plans to expand an online shopping tool that lets car buyers bypass showrooms. Finmeccanica is selling its power-equipment unit to an Italian state fund in a $1.36 billion cash-and-debt deal. "Gravity" set an October box-office record with a $55.6 million opening.


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The garment makers’ platform has rejected the report of the Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) that says garment workers are getting 26 percent less than they should have despite a hike in their salary.
The assertion of not adjusting 5 percent annual automatic increment with the basic of the new wage structure is found to be false, the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) said.
Whereas the accumulated impact of the automatic annual increments yields an aggregated 27.63 percent increment to the basic in all grades over five years, the actual hike ranged from 28.7 percent to 36.7 percent, the association said.
“We would appreciate if the TIB clarifies the methodology of its calculation,” the BGMEA said in a statement on Wednesday.
On Tuesday, the TIB said it also found that factory owners have raised the production target by 30 percent to 36 percent with the hike of the wage, which came into effect in December last year.
As a result, workers are under pressure to fulfill the time-bound production target and they even sometimes could not go to toilets as they have to fulfill the target.
It said nearly 4 lakh workers lost jobs because of the inspection of the factories by the Accord and the Alliance. However, all the workers were not paid compensation.
In response, the BGMEA said production efficiency is a continuous process.
“We have to bear in mind that we are operating in a global market where economic competitiveness matters most. Whereas China, Vietnam and Turkey’s efficiency are 65 percent 55 percent and 70 percent respectively, we are at 40-45 percent only.”
“To the best of our knowledge there was no correlation with the increase in the minimum wage and efficiency as considered by the Minimum Wage Board.”
However, in order to sustain the competitiveness of the industry, wages should always be linked to skills in future. “The BGMEA will strongly recommend wage – skill matrix so that workers get paid according to their skills.”
The BGMEA statement said workers go to toilets during working hours.
Workers working overtime without additional payment are not also properly substantiated by the TIB, the association said.
“Similarly, the issue of unpaid or unmet compensation is not substantiated and detailed data are sought from the TIB on these matters.”
“In the light of the misinterpretation and misrepresentation of the facts, the BGMEA could formally like to sit and collaborate with the TIB to assess the actual situation based on a substantial sample size.”
The trade body said the publication of such reports just a day before the Rana Plaza anniversary is not appreciated.
“Ours is an industry where the exports alone are more than $30 billion. Striking improvements in safety and workers’ rights have occurred over the past years. To condemn the whole industry based on a study with a sample size of 80 respondents is indeed unjust.”


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Kingdom recovers from chaos
Amid celebrations for highly revered King Bhumibol Adulyadej's birthday today, Thais will be taking stock of the relative calm after scenes of chaos in Bangkok earlier this year, when red-shirted anti-government protesters besieged the streets.
One immediate effect of the unrest in April and May was the cancellation of holidays by Hong Kong tour groups. Travel industry leaders have now put fears about political violence behind them as Thailand seeks to maintain its standing as the third most popular destination for Hongkongers after the mainland and Macau.
Concerns also seem to have been allayed among tourists from other parts of the world. Official government figures show 1.19 million tourists entered Thailand in September - an increase of 13.3 per cent on the previous year. A total of 14.8 million are expected to have visited by the end of the year.
In turn, the number of Thai visitors to Hong Kong is also on the rise, with monthly figures from Hong Kong Tourism Board showing 26,665 having arrived in September - a rise of 16.2 per cent on the same period last year.
Despite six heads of government and several major protests since tycoon Thaksin Shinawatra was ousted as prime minister in 2006, recent business indicators are mainly positive. Airports in Thailand, for instance, last week announced a doubling of full-year profits, mainly on the back of exchange rate and investment gains.
The most visible sign of Thailand's exports in Hong Kong are supermarket shelves piled high with Thai rice. Yet, overall, data-processing machines account for the main export, followed by car parts, accessories and cars from Thai assembly lines. Toyota, the world's largest carmaker, plans to produce 12,000 units of its hi-tech Prius hybrid vehicle each year in Thailand.
Rice only comes after precious stones and jewels on Thailand's league of export products, accounting for 3.56 per cent of the total, according to official figures. Asean members and China form the biggest trade partners, with Hong Kong taking 6.22 per cent of Thai exports. When it comes to market share for commodities, such as rice, tapioca, rubber and shrimp, Thailand dominates, with a 71 per cent hold on tapioca. Its market share is also rising for rice and rubber.
Price controls and subsidies help keep down inflation, which is forecast at 3.3 per cent for this year.
Thailand's Consul General to Hong Kong, Jitti Suwannik, says business leaders and Thai agencies are working closely to ensure trade ties remain strong. He says Hong Kong is the kingdom's fourth most important export market.
'The role of co-ordinating bodies, such as the Hong Kong-Thailand Business Council in Hong Kong and Thailand-Hong Kong Business Council in Thailand, is vital in promoting further contacts for our mutual interests,' Jitti says.
Another familiar Thai brand in local supermarkets is Charoen Pokphand Foods, better known as CP Foods. Vice-president for overseas marketing Kosit Lohawatanakul says sales in Asia, particularly Singapore and South Korea, have risen 30-40 per cent from last year. In Hong Kong, however, sales have remained stable due to 'distribution issues'.
Shrimp is a leading export for the company. The Gulf of Mexico oil spill this year saw stocks in Louisiana destroyed. However, Kosit says that meant shrimp exports to the United States - already Thailand's biggest shrimp market - rose significantly following the disaster.
'We managed to maintain like-for-like sales throughout the recession. Our products have always been good value for money, and US consumers appreciate this,' Kosit says. 'Prices in US dollar terms have certainly increased for many of our raw materials. However, the appreciation of the baht helped offset some of the price increases.'
CP has built on its reputation among Hong Kong consumers for safe food products, particularly following the avian flu crisis and other health scares. Market share for such products as eggs is continuing to grow.
'In [mainland] China, our sales have increased more than 10 times compared to last year, albeit from a small base. The potential for the CP brand in China is huge,' Kosit says.
'We can pick virtually any target group in China and divide it and further narrow down the target group anyway we want, and the numbers are still huge. The trick really is to get the product and the pricing right, and then everything falls into place. Chinese consumers are more and more aware of food safety issues, and this is where food brands come into play.'


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[News Focus] Semiconductor industry back in conservative modeBy Song Su-hyun
Published : Aug. 31, 2020 - 12:47
After successfully bolstering the supply side with aggressive investments over the last six months, the semiconductor industry is again in a conservative mode at least until the second quarter of next year, according to industry sources Monday.
Such conservatism in making new investments is running deep across the memory market, in particular amid growing forecasts of slowing demand in the second half of the year.
According to sources, the world’s two largest memory providers Samsung Electronics and SK hynix are planning to curtail their investments in the memory business in the coming months with the intention of adjusting the balance between supply and demand.
“Due to the expected reduction in memory demand, companies are planning to cut back on their capital expenditure for the rest of the year, and at least until the end of first half of next year,” said Doh Hyun-woo, analyst at Mirae Asset Daewoo Securities during an online seminar.
“That is why the stocks of Samsung and SK hynix have been bearish these days,” he added.
Samsung poured a combined 14.7 trillion won ($12.4 billion) into the semiconductor business in the past six months, including the investment for the expansion of the second lines for memory in Pyeongtaek, Korea, and Xian, China. The total capex also includes Samsung’s spending on the foundry business.
“The company made a whopping 72 percent increase in its capex for the first six months of the year, which has led to greater supplies,” the analyst said.
SK hynix invested 4.6 trillion won during the January to June period, while keeping an extremely conservative tone in terms of capex this year.
The companies’ massive investments were made in active response to the explosive growth in demand for server DRAMs from data center companies.
Companies like Google, Amazon and Facebook seem to have purchased and built up sufficient memory inventories during the period to serve the thriving non-contact sector amid the protracted COVID-19 pandemic.
“The firms are estimated to have higher-than-usual levels of memory inventories now,” Doh said. “They would supply memory chips themselves for about eight weeks, which would lead to a fall in purchases and prices in the third quarter.”
Internet companies running data centers are major customers of Samsung and SK hynix.
It would be difficult to expect the Korean chipmakers to maintain the current aggressive stance on new investments in the coming months, considering such demand-side factors.
“Due to concerns of a breakdown in the global supply chain of major electronics parts, many of the customers have intentionally built up their memory inventories,” an industry official said. “Thanks to the build-ups, manufacturers here could perform better than other industries during the pandemic in the first half of the year, but the third quarter would be different.”
According to market tracker DRAMeXchange, the spot price of 8-Gigabit DDR4 for PCs continued declining by around 30 percent from $3.6 in April to $2.5 as of Aug. 24.
Some in the financial market make forecast that the DRAM price would fall around 5 percent in the quarter from the current level, and continue to do downhill until the end of the year.
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Salford Van Hire has embarked on a vehicle buying spree, with the purchase of more than 300 new units for its fleet. The Manchester and Leeds based firm has recently invested in 150 Daf XF units, 60 MAN TGX units, 50 Renault T units, 20 Renault D rigid units and 25 DAF CF units. All are Euro-6 with the exception of 100 Daf XFs, which are Euro-5 models. The new vehicles will begin operation throughout September and October as additions […]
Volvo Group has made a €400m (£317m) provision after being notified by the European Commission (EC) that it is suspected of involvement in a cartel, along with several other heavy- and medium-duty truck manufacturers.
Temperature-controlled warehouse and distribution operator CS2 Transport has upgraded its 60-strong all-refrigerated fleet with the addition of four new DAF 26-tonne rigids specified with G&A multi-temperature bodies.


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Personal computer maker Dell Inc. (DELL) announced Thursday that a Special Meeting of Stockholders was convened and adjourned till July 24 to provide additional time to solicit proxies from Dell stockholders. No vote was taken on the proposed transaction prior to the adjournment and the record date for stockholders entitled to vote remains June 3, the company noted.
The Special Meeting will reconvene on July 24, 2013 at 5 p.m. Central Daylight Time at the Dell Round Rock campus, Building No. 2, Houston-Dallas conference room, 501 Dell Way, Round Rock, Texas 78682.
Tuesday, Special Committee of the Board of Dell recommended its shareholders to reject Carl Icahn's proposal for a $15.6 billion self-tender by the company at $14 per share. The committee believes that it is unwise to layer substantial financial risk on a company already facing significant challenges from competition and from the rapid pace of technological change.
Earlier this month, reports said that Michael Dell, founder and chief executive officer of Dell Inc. and private equity firm Silver Lake Partners decided not to increase their $24.4 billion offer to take the company private.
At May-end, Dell's special committee had unanimously recommended that stockholders vote to approve the company's merger deal with Michael Dell and Silver Lake, at a special meeting.
DELL is currently trading at $13.34, down 0.07 percent.
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In an official announcement on Wednesday, October 24, Tether, the issues of questionable stablecoin USDT affirmed that it has “redeemed a particular amount” of USDT from dissemination.
In the most recent month, the market cap of Tether (USDT) is on a downfall. The most recent official announcement originating from Tether noticed that it will now destroy 500 million USDT tokens from its own treasury wallet. The total articulation from the organization peruses:
“Throughout the previous week, Tether has redeemed a lot of USDT from the supply. In accordance with this, Tether will destroy 500 million USDT from the Tether treasury wallet and will leave the rest of the USDT (approx 466m) in the wallet as a preliminary measure for future USDT issuances.”
There is not a lot suspicious seeing the current procedure as “Tether issuance and redemption process is laid out in the Tether whitepaper. The firm expresses: “each tether issued or redeemed, as openly recorded by the Bitcoin blockchain will compare to a deposit or withdrawal of funds from the [company’s] bank account.” One can check every one of the issuances and redemptions by checking the parity in the Tether Treasury wallet on the OMNI blockchain.
From the official announcement, obviously, the 500 million worth USDT tokens which were redeemed and destroyed contributed 52% of the aggregate supply. While discussing fiat accounting, the Tether whitepaper takes note of that piece of “the ‘Solvency Equation’ for the Tether System [… ] the probability of [U.S. dollar reserves] will depend on a few procedures”. This incorporates distinctive professional audits and also the Tether’s production of bank account adjusts on its Transparency page (“Proof of Funds”).
There have been a few questions cast on Tether’s transparency direct in the crypto business. Numerous specialists trusted Tether to have a suspicious association with Bitfinex exchange. A few allegations say that Tether used to source extra USDT tokens to Bitfinex without really backing them with physical USD. Moreover, a few allegations recommend that Bitfinex has been misleadingly blowing up Bitcoin value utilizing the USDT tokens.
Questions about Tether’s suspicious conduct began getting steam after Tether broke down its association with third-party auditor Friedman LLP, prior this year in January. In any case, later in June, Tether got its stores examined from Freeh Sporkin and Sullivan who said that Tether had adequate stores for its coursing tokens held in an undisclosed bank.
In another unforeseen development, a few reports likewise said that Tether is moving out of the stablecoin business. These cases were advanced by Su Zhu, Chief Executive Office of the Singapore-based fund manager Three Arrows Capital and an analyst under the name “Hasu”, in a medium post.


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WPP Group's J. Walter Thompson, New York; Havas' Arnold Worldwide, Boston; and Interpublic Group of Cos.' McCann-Erickson Worldwide, New York, are competing for the account, according to a company spokeswoman.
Consultant Pile & Co., Boston, is conducting
Billings were undisclosed, although Verizon spent $828 million in advertising in 2002 and $751 milllion for the first 10 months of 2003, according to TNS Media Intelligency CMR. National advertising accounted for an estinated $400 million in 2003.
Spokeswoman Brenda Raney said the marketer hoped the review would be concluded "as expeditiously as possible," although no specific date had been set.
Interpublic's Lowe, New York, the incumbent, is not participating in the review. Verizon Wireless' ad campaign, started in 2002, features the "Test Man" character, created by now defunct Bozell; the account shifted to Lowe, New York, in early 2003 after Interpublic merged the two shops.
Bedminster, N.J.-based Verizon Wireless is a joint venture of Verizon Communications and the Vodafone Group. While it's the leading cell phone carrier, with 5 million customers at the end of 2003, two competitors, Cingular and AT&T Wireless, announced a merger. If approved by the Federal Communications Commission and Federal Trade Commission, the merged companies would eclipse Verizon as the leading U.S. wireless carrier.


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Not all products sold at GNC are safe, and examples of unsafe products found in GNC stores include Jack3d, OxyElite Pro and Craze. In 2013, WTAE Pittsburgh reports that GNC voluntarily destroyed 1,542 cases of products that were deemed to be possibly unsafe.
Jack3d contains dimethylamylamine, or DMAA, which is a product similar to methamphetamine. According to the New York Times, this product may have been involved in the death of an otherwise healthy 22-year-old Army private in 2011.
OxyElite Pro also contains DMAA and has been tied to acute hepatitis, according to Boston Magazine. Unlabeled methamphetamine was also found in Craze, a pre-workout supplement sold at GNC.
In 2013, GNC destroyed $500,000 worth of OxyElite Pro and Jack3d voluntarily because of concerns expressed about the products' safety, according to WTAE Pittsburgh. Supplements such as Jack3d and OxyElite Pro are not regulated by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.


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- September inflation and August retail sales surprise on the downside.
- October rate hike still a go says CIBC, but December is off the table.
- CIBC forecasts USD/CAD to decline in months ahead, GBP/CAD to rise.
The Canadian Dollar crumbled in the final session of the week after official data revealed a surprise fall in September inflation and retail sales for the month of August, placing Bank of Canada (BoC) monetary policy under a spotlight.
Inflation fell by -0.4% during September, extending the -0.1% decline seen back in August, when consensus had been for it to rise by 0.1%. This dragged the consumer price index down to 2.2%, from 2.8% back in August.
Canada's three adjusted measures of inflation all also declined during the month, although they still averaged out at exactly 2% for September. This leaves them in line with the Bank of Canada's 2% inflation target.
The adjusted measures are thought to be more representative of domestically generated inflation pressure because they exclude various things including energy and other volatile price items from the goods basket.
Markets care about the inflation data because it has significant influence over Bank of Canada interest rate decisions, which are the raison d'être for most moves in exchange rates.
"Soft is the word of the day for Canadian economy watchers," says Avery Shenfeld, chief economist at Toronto-headquartered CIBC Capital Markets. "Overall, soft news, not soft enough to forestall an October rate hike, but enough to lower expectations that had been building (erroneously in our view) for a follow up hike in December."
Retail sales declined 0.1% back in August following a 0.2% increase in July, but markets had expected sales growth of 0.3% for that month.
Core retail sales fell by a larger -0.4% when consensus had been for growth of 0.3%. Core sales exclude purchases of large ticket items like cars from the data because of the distorting impact they have on underlying trends.
Markets care about retail sales as they are a leading indicator of economic growth and because rising or falling consumption can influence inflation.
"This is consistent with Q3 GDP growth likely rising 2.3%. With this rate slightly above potential, and being achieved despite a temporary shutdown of a key oil sands production facility, it is expected to keep the Bank of Canada tightening," says Paul Ferley, assistant chief economist at Toronto-headquartered RBC Capital Markets.
The USD/CAD rate was quoted 0.15% higher at 1.3097 following the release after rising close to 100 points, while the Pound-to-Canadian-Dollar rate was 0.30% higher at 1.7074.
Shenfeld and the CIBC team say Friday's data will not be enough to prevent the Bank of Canada from raising its interest rate by 25 basis points to 1.75% on Wednesday 24, October. But that it may have prompted some traders to reexamine their views on what the BoC might do after October.
This is important for the Canadian Dollar because changes in rates, while only normally made in response to movements in inflation, impact currencies because of the push and pull influence they have on international capital and their allure for speculators.
"Our forecast assumes a 25 basis point hike next Wednesday will be followed by two further similar-sized hikes over the first half of next year," says RBC's Ferley.
The market implied interest rate for the BoC's October 24 meeting is around 1.72%, up from just 1.64% at the beginning of September, while the rate implied for January 09 has moved from 1.84% to 1.94% during the same time.
The current cash rate is just 1.5%, so the above pricing suggests investors will have taken much of the BoC's next two rate hikes to the bank, leaving only limited room for traders to reward an actual rate rise on the day.
Shenfeld's colleagues on the currency team at CIBC Capital Markets are forecasting that the USD/CAD rate will fall to 1.28 by January before rising back to 1.29 in time for March.
They project the Pound-to-Canadian-Dollar rate will hold steady around its current 1.70 level until year-end before rising to 1.74 in time for March 2019.
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Samsung aims to simplify and centralize banking authentication using blockchain
Samsung SDS, the Information Technology (IT) subsidiary of South Korean company Samsung, announced the development of a blockchain-based certification system that allows customers to transact with different banks.
Yonhap News reports that Samsung SDS created the shared banking platform, known as BankSign, together with the Korea Federation of Banks in order to make it easier for people to perform financial transactions.
Users can make transactions through multiple banks’ mobile platforms via a singular certification process. Verification can be made using either fingerprint, password or pattern. The implementation of blockchain technology means there is an added level of security to combat issues such as forgery and falsification.
Banks systems and data-sharing networks are linked to provide enhanced safeguarding, according to Samsung SDS. The company added that user certification can remain valid for up to three years.
“BankSign is the first application of the much-anticipated blockchain technology on banking services,” Samsung SDS said. “The company will continue to expand its digital transformation business, which will bolster competitiveness of banks and financial institutions.”
Samsung SDS launched its first blockchain-for-business platform, Nexledger, in April of last year.
One of the least-sustainable trends in existing financial services is hidden away in the background. Compliance costs, which refers to the cost of handling legal obligations such as Know Your Customer (KYC) and Anti-Money Laundering (AML) obligations, are a growing stone in the shoes of financial services. The blockchain certainly isn’t a magic bullet for everything, but it can get pretty close when properly used for identity management.
Singapore Exchange (SGX) and the country’s central bank, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), will partner to develop a blockchain-based system that readily settles digital currency and securities transactions.
US-based digital exchange Bittrex has joined forces with Rialto Trading to optimistically set up a new digital securities trading platform, merging industry expertise and financial services capabilities.
The latest survey of industry leaders suggests that blockchain technology is at a turning point, shifting from exploratory exercises to practical application among global businesses. However, there are issues to iron out.
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Shrewsbury’s Acme Markets store is expected to close by the end of April, NJ.com reports.
The store is one of three in New Jersey and Pennsylvania that the supermarket chain will close based on a decision not to renew expiring leases, according to spokeswoman Danielle D’Elia.
The other two are in Upper Deerfield, New Jersey and Oxford, Pennsylvania. All three will close by April 28, D’Ellia told NJ.com. The company is working with affected employees to transfer them into other stores, she said.
Acme’s acquisition last year of 37 New Jersey supermarkets from A&P, Pathmark and Superfresh gave it three stores within five miles on the Greater Red Bank Green: a longstanding store on River Road in Fair Haven; a former A&P in Little Silver, which it converted to an Acme in November; and the Shrewsbury store, located at 1080 Broad Street.


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BlackBerry CEO John Chen took a swipe at Google this week, suggesting the Android-maker's new security push is too little, too late. In today's world of BYOD, Chen says businesses need to prioritize security from the start, not add it after the fact.
Android For Work will be built into Android Release L, and will also be available separately for earlier versions of Android going back to Ice Cream Sandwich. Google is relying a bit on the hard work done by Samsung to entice businesses by adopting portions of Samsung's Knox security platform. With Android For Work, businesses can separate work data from personal data through containerization. The segregated data can be managed from the IT admin console and locked, wiped, or restored as needed without touching the owner's personal information.
Android For Work also allows for the bulk installation of apps to an entire fleet of devices. According to Google, companies won't have to modify their apps to function within the Android For Work environment.
It's a big step forward for Android, one that should make it more attractive to businesses. In a blog post, BlackBerry's Chen contends Google's efforts are a good first step, but are only the start.
"At Google's I/O developer conference, the company said it would do several things to boost Android's security. Most prominently, this includes separating work and personal apps and data in coming versions of Android by leveraging Samsung's Knox containerization technology," said Chen. "I'm delighted by this first step. The need to improve Android's security was clear. And it validates what we at BlackBerry have been saying all along about the potential perils that businesses face in the BYOD era."
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As Chen points out, however, Knox's success can be described as limited at best. Fewer than 2 million Samsung devices are actually running Knox. To put that in some perspective, Samsung sells between 75 million and 90 million smartphones per quarter.
"Tens of millions of BlackBerry devices are trusted every day by Fortune 1000 firms worldwide," said Chen. "Our BES software dominates the enterprise mobility management space, with more business customers than our top three competitors combined. And while Knox tries to build a fortress upon an insecure foundation, BlackBerry's entire infrastructure is constructed upon a multi-decade bedrock of mobile management and security expertise."
Chen's blog then devolves into a long-winded and analyst-backed pitch for BlackBerry's products and services. Comparing Android's numbers to BlackBerry's, however, shows just how much impact BlackBerry's security focus has in the real world.
During its I/O keynote, Google's Sundar Pichai said there are more than 1 billion active Android devices on planet Earth. That's a device for one out of every seven people on the planet. Android owns more than two-thirds of the global market for smartphones. By Chen's own admission, BlackBerry's presence in the market has dwindled to just tens of millions of users. Its worldwide share has fallen to about 3%. Microsoft's Windows Phone platform, which is struggling for relevance, now outsells BlackBerry.
"While we applaud Google and Samsung for their plans, we don't think it's enough for security-minded enterprises. Don't be dazzled by those who can talk the security talk. Instead, look to the company that has proven repeatedly it can walk the walk," concluded Chen.
There's no doubt BlackBerry's model offers strong security. For many businesses, however, Android L and Samsung's Knox may be secure enough. Sometimes secure-enough is all the security you need.
What do you think? Are Chen's comments warranted, or do they come off as sour grapes from a cast-aside has-been?
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Microsoft has a big interview in Billboard Magazine next week spilling the rice and beans on the Zune. The three bullet points we were able to get, since we're too poor to buy T-Shirts without holes in them let alone subscribe to Billboard magazine:
- Microsoft officials for the first time have confirmed that the Redmond, Wash.-based company is readying a portable music player and integrated service, shedding new light on a topic that has fueled rampant speculation in news reports and blog postings for weeks.
- In an exclusive first interview with Billboard, Chris Stephenson, Microsoft's new GM of marketing for MSN Entertainment Business, says the company will later this year launch Zune, an umbrella brand for what he says is "a family of hardware and software products" targeting various digital entertainment services.
- The first implementation of this will be the portable music player and digital music service, in what is the company's strongest effort yet to rein in Apple Computer's iTunes/iPod juggernaut, currently responsible for about 70% of the digital music market and 75% of the portable digital music player market.
There's confirmation that it's going to have portable gaming and portable video capabilities, with WiFi and an add-on game pad (aftermarket).
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Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show Ratings Are Lower Than Expected
The ratings are in for the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show and they are close to the lowest numbers the show has ever had.
On Monday night, the world’s sexiest, most glamorous models took the runway of the lingerie company’s annual fashion show on CBS. Even with big names like Bella Hadid, Gigi Hadid and Kendall Jenner, however, the show’s ratings were much lower than anticipated, according to Variety. (RELATED: Check Out The Lingerie Victoria Secret Gave Lady Gaga For Performing At Fashion Show [PHOTOS])
In the coveted 18-49 demographic the fashion show won the 10 p.m. hour with a 2.1 rating, which is lower than last year’s 2.3 rating in the same demographic. Last year’s drop was the lowest the network had seen in the 15 years it’s been broadcast on national television.
The fashion show brought in just a few more total viewers than last year with 6.65 million. Last year, the show brought in just 6.6 million viewers.
The big winner of the night was NBC with the talent show “The Voice” that brought in 9.99 million total viewers and a 2.0 rating in the 18-49 coveted demographic.


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HTC has been out of the smartphone game for a while now, but it looks ready to make a comeback. The company revived its official India-based Twitter account to tease the launch of a brand new HTC smartphone. This will be the first major HTC smartphone launch since the Desire 12 series last year. The upcoming smartphone is expected to be the Desire 19+ with a waterdrop display.
The teaser posted by HTC India’s Twitter handle starts by looking back at the company’s contribution in the smartphone world. It launched the HTC Touch in 2007, which was the world’s first touch-centric phone. In 2008, HTC launched the world’s first Google Android smartphone and in 2016 it brought the first phone with OIS for the back and front cameras. The teaser ended by revealing an outline of a phone with a waterdrop notch, which suggests it could be the HTC Desire 19+.
The Desire 19+ was launched back in June in Taiwan with a price starting TWD 9,900 (approx Rs 22,400) for the base model with 4GB of RAM and 64GB of internal storage. The company also launched a 6GB + 128GB costs TWD 10,990 (approx Rs 24,900).
The Desire 19+ sports a 6.2-inch HD+ display with a teardrop notch. It is powered by a Helio P35 chipset paired with up to 6GB of RAM and 128GB internal storage. The Desire 19+ features a triple camera setup that includes a 13MP main sensor, an 8MP ultra wide-angle camera and a 5MP depth sensor. Up front, the smartphone gets a 16MP selfie camera. The smartphone packs a 3,850mAh battery.


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Lack of profitability, onerous repayment terms, and high debt burden are hampering the capacity of Canadian tourism operators to repay debt loads.
With the support of TIAO and other members of the Provincial and Territorial Tourism Industry Association (PTTIA), the Tourism Industry Association of Canada (TIAC) has released new survey research showing that;
🔵 55% of Canadian tourism businesses lack confidence that they can repay CEBA, RRRF, and HASCAP loans in the next 2 years.
🔵 45% of Canadian tourism businesses are at risk of closure within 3 years without government intervention into their mounting debt load.
🔵 Almost one-third of tourism businesses are now over $250,000 in outstanding debt.
Visit here to read the report, and see below to read the letter Tourism Industry Association of Ontario sent calling for debt relief to Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Chrystia Freeland on behalf of TIAO and more than 250 other national, provincial, and regional organizations.


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China's Dalian Wanda Group announced Monday a $2.6 billion deal to buy U.S. theater group AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc., making the Chinese company the largest theater operator in the United States, Reuters reports.
Wanda, a private company that previously operated solely in China, generates $16.7 billion in annual revenue from its commercial development and entertainment businesses, the company said in a release on the AMC website. The group owns 86 theaters with 730 screens in China. According to Reuters, the deal represents the largest overseas acquisition by a privately held Chinese company.
AMC, headquartered in Kansas City, Mo., operates 346 multiplex theaters, mostly in North America, with a total of 5,034 screens, an AMC release said. The company operates a number of theaters in Georgia. The Atlanta Business Chronicle recently reported AMC's plans to renovate its Phipps Plaza theater to include luxury recliners with footrests, stadium-style seating, and new food and beverage offerings.
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The riders storm through the single eliminations
Airton and Jalou strike first to win the singles – GKA Dakhla
Heat ladders and kick-off in Dakhla – GKA Kite-Surf World Tour
The GKA Kite-Surf World Tour riders rolled into Dakhla late Monday night
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A brand new watersports festival and a northern BKC stop is coming to Skegness!
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After launching the Honor 9X, Huawei’s sub-brand seems to be already preparing for a more modest summer that promises to bring the manufacturer back into the spotlight.
In a promotional image now discovered, we have access to the rear of the device. The large letters saying “Photographer extraordinary” leave no doubt that the camera will be one of the biggest selling points of this device.
“Only” with two cameras arranged in a rectangular module, this model will be equipped with a 48MP main sensor. However, the big surprise may be another.
Google services will be the big surprise of Honor 9X Lite
According to everything, this device can reach the market with Google services. At a time when Huawei is banned by the United States this figure is surprising, but the device will have been certified before all the controversy.
The Honor 9X Lite appears certified on the official Google page, which even lists three different models of this smartphone, as you can see in the screenshot above.
According to rumors, the smartphone will arrive equipped with the Kirin 710F processor. Remember that this is the same processor that can be found in the already launched Honor 9X.
This model can thus work with a new refresh of Honor in markets outside China, with the appeal of Google services. As soon as its launch is confirmed, it will certainly be a highly promoted product, and one that can appeal to consumers looking for a device in the intermediate sector.
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These video games can help mature gamers unwind — and increase their gray matter
About 21 percent of gamers in the United States are over the age of 50.
- More than 164 million Americans play video games on their phones, computers, or gaming consoles.
- An entire fifth of American gamers are over the age of 50.
- Results of studies suggest games can improve memory and reduce signs of aging.
According to a 2019 report by the Entertainment Software Association (ESA), more than 164 million adults play video games and three-quarters of all American households have at least one gamer inside. While the average gamer is 33 years old, 21 percent of gamers are over 50. Reasons vary from leisurely fun, to spending time with younger relatives, curing boredom, and improving mental dexterity.
While there are no rules to which games more mature players can enjoy, studies have found that certain games are more popular among older players. Some have even been found to improve the health of senior players diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease and dementia. Here are 6 games across numerous platforms (Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, Playstation 4, and PC) that are worth adding to your cart.
According to the EPA report, Baby Boomer gamers (ages 55 to 64) are really into virtual board games and the classics such as Monopoly and Scrabble. This pack is available for Xbox and PS4 and also contains solitaire and Risk.
A recent study conducted by the University of Montreal on people between the ages of 55 and 75 found that video games (specifically Super Mario 64) caused a significant increase in gray matter in the hippocampus. The loss of gray matter is associated with diseases such as Alzheimers.
Based on the results, the researchers hypothesized that 3D games could be used to improve memory and prevent the effects of the disease. Super Mario 64 was made for previous generation consoles (Nintendo 64 and Nintendo DS) but Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe is similar and available for the Switch.
A 2012 study by researchers at North Carolina State University found that seniors who played the "cognitively challenging game" World of Warcraft showed an improvement in spatial ability and focus, especially those who scored the lowest in the baseline tests. The multiplayer online role playing game was originally released in 2004 and has since had several expansion packs, Battle for Azeroth being its seventh (released in 2018).
One of the top-selling games of 2018, Minecraft is great for older players who like puzzles and simulations, and for those who want to spend time with the young gamers in their family.
Sixty-five (65) percent of older male gamers prefer playing alone, according to the EPA. The percentage is slightly smaller for female gamers in that age group at around 58 percent. A large portion of gamers over 55 (35 percent of men, 45 percent of women) are also big fans of puzzle games. Tetris has been the king of the solo puzzle genre for decades, so this this one is an easy recommendation. This recent version for the Nintendo Switch comes with an online membership, but there is also an extensive "Marathon mode" for offline play.
This farming simulation game lets you do everything from raising livestock to mining ore, all while making sure that you have enough time, energy, and money to get things done. It's not the most exciting game in the traditional sense, but for those looking for a calmer gaming experience it comes highly rated by industry critics and online reviewers alike.
Universities claim to prepare students for the world. How many actually do it?
- Many university mission statements do not live up to their promise, writes Ben Nelson, founder of Minerva, a university designed to develop intellect over content memorization.
- The core competencies that students need for success—critical thinking, communication, problem solving, and cross-cultural understanding, for example—should be intentionally taught, not left to chance.
- These competencies can be summed up with one word: wisdom. True wisdom is the ability to apply one's knowledge appropriately when faced with novel situations.
This is what the world will look like, 250 million years from now
To us humans, the shape and location of oceans and continents seems fixed. But that's only because our lives are so short.
A new study may help us better understand how children build social cognition through caregiver interaction.
Researchers at UT Southwestern noted a 47 percent increase in blood flow to regions associated with memory.
- Researchers at UT Southwestern observed a stark improvement in memory after cardiovascular exercise.
- The year-long study included 30 seniors who all had some form of memory impairment.
- The group of seniors that only stretched for a year did not fair as well in memory tests.


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Unlike harmless CryptoKitties, a new online shooter called WAR FIELD offers brutal deathmatches for Ethereum-based ERC20 GOLDER tokens that will be freely tradeable. Integrating blockchain this way will enable any player to “monetize” his or her skills through a rewards system, say game developers. WAR FIELD is already released in alpha, and the GOLDER token sale starts on 28 June with a discount at the pre-sale stage.
The WAR FIELD project’s team estimates the global video games market to be worth more than $100 billion in 2017, and growing 10-12 percent each year. WAR FIELD is a first-person shooter with its economy built on the blockchain. “We are starting with a shooter because these games command the largest market share in the industry,” says Andrius Mironovskis, Founder, and CEO of War Field.
WAR FIELD utilizes the Unity gaming engine, enabling cross-platform gaming. The game has already been released in alpha for PC, and according to the project’s Road Map, will be available on PlayStation and Xbox platforms in 2019, along with mobile versions for Android and iOS.
WAR FIELD’s gameplay focuses on a combat competition between players using firearms. A new player starts with just a knife and a pistol, but can buy better equipment to improve a character.
All in-game payments are made with the GOLDER token (GLDR), the main element of the game’s economy. GLDR is a utility token on the Ethereum blockchain which is used for accessing the WAR FIELD game and making in-game purchases among with any other kinds of transactions.
Players can win GLDR by playing the game. Each time a player injures or kills an opponent, he or she is rewarded with a certain amount of GLDR tokens from the opponent. Better results give more tokens. “What could be better than getting paid to play video games? It’s been a gamer’s dream. Here at WAR FIELD, we are making it a reality for everyone – whether expert or casual player – thanks to blockchain technology and a great online game, with more games to come,” says Mironovskis.
The GLDR token will be used to acquire in-game goods like ammunition, weapons, and armor, as well as styling or enhancement items for the character. Users will also use the token as a fee to enter special events, including tournaments and other competitions. “The goal is to give everyone a fair shot and enjoyable gameplay,” says Mironovskis. “So we will be matching players based on ability and equipment, which they can obtain in the War Field Marketplace”.
In addition to a team of developers, WAR FIELD has advisors that includes “industry veterans” like Adalberto Bruno (Electronic Arts), Tom Frisina (Bally Technologies, Electronic Arts, Imagination Park Entertainment, thatgamecompany), Dylan Sharkey (LinkedIn), Scott Shirley (professional gamer: HALO and Call of Duty), and Benjamin Turshana (Electronic Arts, IGN, GameSpy).
“I believe that the adoption of this kind of platform for in-game purchases, winnings, etc. on top of the possibility to earn, exchange, withdraw, save, or sell GOLDER tokens via the Ethereum network can be potentially a game-changer”, says Adalberto Bruno, a mobile platforms and digital ecosystems expert whose portfolio includes 8 years as technical director with Electronic Arts.
WAR FIELD’s token sale will begin on 28 June, offering up to 60 percent discounts at the pre-sale stage. The discount will decrease as the sale progresses, with the goal of making 100 GLDR tokens worth no less than $1 by the end of the sale. Once the sale ends, GOLDER will be unlocked and fully tradeable. They can be withdrawn from the game into any ERC-20 ether wallet with no maximum limits and then traded on cryptocurrency exchanges.


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iOS update reveals a trio of now-patched security vulnerabilities
The recent releases of iOS 14.4 and iPadOS 14.4 fix three security loopholes that, according to Apple, may have been used in real-world attacks.
iMessage zero-click exploit weaponized to surveil journalists
Dozens of journalists at Al Jazeera reportedly fell victim to an eavesdropping campaign with a notorious iMessage interaction-less exploit at its core.
Apple enforces new rigid app privacy requirements
From now on, developers will have to be fair and square about their privacy practices when submitting new apps or updates to Apple’s App Store.
Long-standing Safari bug could fuel misinformation campaigns
The mobile version of Safari is susceptible to a link-sharing feature flaw that could be abused to spread fake news headlines on a large scale.
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The Go90 initiative will rise or fall on the strength of the video content it delivers, and almost nothing else matters. Verizon will surely spend a lot to market the service, but it will be useless to advertisers if no one tunes in.
T-Mobile US took a dig at Verizon Wireless with its newest TV commercial touting its expanding LTE coverage, tweaking Verizon's recent TV ad that featured geese. The new T-Mobile ad is meant to highlight its growing 700 MHz A Block deployment and improved coverage and in-building penetration.
Verizon Wireless and Time Warner Cable customers in central North Carolina were left without service for nearly seven hours on Monday after a construction accident cut a fiber cable in Raleigh.
Dish Network and Verizon Communications could strike a deal by year-end for Verizon to get access to Dish's spectrum through a leasing arrangement, according to analysts at New Street Research.
AT&T Mobility dominated the past month in terms of having TV advertising that consumers were sharing online and talking about, according to a report from TV advertising measurement firm iSpot.tv. The ads covered a variety of different AT&T initiatives and marketing plans and beat out new ads from Verizon Wireless and T-Mobile US. Sprint did not have an ad that cracked iSpot.tv's top five rankings for advertising effectiveness in the past month.
Sprint added 33 destinations, mainly islands in the Caribbean but also France, where customers can get free texting and low rates on calls and data under its "Open World" program. Meanwhile, in other international coverage expansion news, Verizon Wireless said it became the first U.S.-based wireless company to offer roaming in Cuba.
Comcast is open to leveraging its 11 million Wi-Fi hotspots and its MVNO relationships with wireless carriers into something more, but has no current plans to enter the wireless market with its own offering, according to CEO Brian Roberts.
Verizon Communications has no interest in buying Dish Network but is open to discussing how Verizon could get access to Dish's wireless spectrum or forge some kind of wholesale arrangement, according to Verizon CEO Lowell McAdam.
AT&T and Verizon Wireless will have dedicated showcase areas manned by trained Best Buy employees in 250 Best Buy stores nationwide by the end of the year.
Verizon Wireless' Go90 over-the-top mobile video service wasn't a mobile-only service at the start of its life, but Verizon knew that's where it needed to focus its energy, according to Marni Walden, the company's EVP and president of product innovation and new business. Verizon also figured out along the way that if the carrier wanted to achieve massive mobile adoption across different operators, the service couldn't have the Verizon brand associated with it.


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VettX Partners with Recall Masters to Identify Vehicles with Dangerous Recalls on its Platform
Auto dealerships and consumers now have additional layer of transparency to safeguard them from making uninformed acquisitions
Laguna Hills, CA, June 10, 2020 — Recall Masters, Inc., the nation’s leading provider of automotive recall solutions, today announced a partnership with VettX, an automotive industry software provider that enables auto dealerships to easily access and acquire vehicles for sale by private parties. The VettX platform connects auto dealerships to a massive inventory of vehicles that would otherwise be time-consuming to locate and purchase and helps dealers scan this high potential private market. The new partnership with Recall Masters should make VettX market analysis data even more effective
“We’re extremely pleased to include VettX among our list of automotive industry clients who want to safeguard consumers from dangerous recalls while helping dealerships acquire assets with complete transparency. This partnership further assists Recall Masters in its mission to safeguard the industry and consumers from dangerous recalls that pose a threat to all drivers and passengers on the road,” stated Christopher Miller, Recall Masters CEO. “Recall status can be difficult to find, especially when acquiring vehicles from the private market. VettX can now detail recalls related to the specific VIN of the searched vehicle as part of its market analysis.”
VettX’s auto dealers are trained to navigate a list of ready to purchase private party vehicles available in their local markets. Each dealer is provided with a list of ready to buy vehicles that have been fully vetted by the VettX team. Vetted vehicles include details regarding vehicle condition, pricing information, and any potential open recalls. VettX’s call center then reaches out to each seller to ensure the vehicle is as they claim it to be and arranges for a dealership to purchase it. Armed with this information, dealers can make a quick, educated decision as to whether the vehicle makes business sense for them.
“Partnering with Recall Masters allows dealers to easily scan every vehicle VIN for sale in the private market and look for recalls. This information is vital to our dealership community who need to make quick decisions on whether to purchase a particular vehicle,” said Ryan Dietz, VettX CEO and Chief Technology Officer “This integration is extremely helpful because it adds a secondary layer of asset protection to assist the buyer, making us one of the first private automotive market software platforms to compile recall data into the market analysis. In an industry where vehicle valuation, speed-to-market processes, and razor-thin margins dictate success or failure, this partnership gives our customers a tremendous advantage in the marketplace,” Dietz added.
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VettX offers an efficient way to source pre-owned inventory. Through its web-based software, clients have access to current private party vehicles available in proximity. VettX’s intelligent software automatically books out the vehicle and provides market analysis, enabling dealerships to make a quick, educated decision on the price that should be paid for the vehicle based on projected profit. To learn more about VettX software or ongoing software training call 530.228.1722, email email@example.com or visit: www.vettx.io
About Recall Masters:
Recall Masters is the leading provider of automotive recall solutions, using data, technology, and communications to connect dealerships and manufacturers with owners of affected vehicles. The company is dedicated to helping automakers and their dealers expedite the repair of recalled vehicles, making the roadways safer for everyone. Greater recall awareness and proactive recall management help automakers protect their brand and build trusting relationships between automotive dealers, rental car agencies, auto auctions, auto industry affiliates, and consumers alike. Recall Masters is a privately-held company based in Laguna Hills, CA. For more information, please call 888.651.4480, email firstname.lastname@example.org or visit www.recallmasters.com.
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Montreal City is taking the language issue too far, suing Raw Vegan Company, for what they believe is an infraction of language. The company has been selling its cashew cream products with a cheese label.
However, the judge refused to issue a ruling until they hear the company’s constitutional argument challenging the 1979 law that banned it from using the word cheese.
The vegan cheese labeling fight has been there but not in court. For instance, Blue Heron, a British Columbia-based company, tussled with the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) but finally won the right to use the term cheese on its products.
After the city sued Raw Vegan Company for language infraction, Victor Belev-the president of the company, decided to change everything for the whole industry.
Belev says that promoting vegan products as there more people want to buy non-dairy products. And more, the producer wants to display what their products are and let consumers know what they are consuming.
Belev also noted that the use of the word cheese is widespread.
“If you look at other products in the market, they all contain word cheese, we’re all using it. The stores are using it, the public as well.”
Karen McAthy, the CEO of Blue Heron recount a similar tussle with CFIA, but never went to court. She noted that the contestation of the word cheese is not a constitutional issue. The company won and CFIA said that the company could use the word cheese as long as the proceeded by saying it was 100 percent dairy-free.


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ACC's Q1 net up by 189 per cent
ACC has posted a rise of 189 per cent in its consolidated net profits for the quarter ended March 2013. The company, reported a consolidated net profit of Rs 438.29 crore compared with Rs 151.55 crore in the previous corresponding quarter. However, such a rise in profitability was due to the additional depreciation of Rs 335.4 crore which ACC had recognised in the first quarter of 2012. The company had a write back of tax provision of Rs 140.83 crore during the quarter under review. On the back of poor demand, ACC's sales turnover declined around 3 per cent to Rs 2,911 crore against Rs 2,997.9 crore last year. Though demand for cement during Jan-March quarter is generally expected to be robust, this year it turned out to be the other way.


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AMD execs say concerns around resolution, graphics horsepower, and a lack of focus may derail the fledgling VR technology.
By Mark Walton
Thanks in part to Facebook’s purchase of Oculus VR, virtual reality might well be the current darling of the tech world, but not everyone is convinced. Speaking to GameSpot, AMD’s Richard Huddy and Darren Grasby expressed concerns about the future of VR.
“I have to say I find [Steam OS] quite hard to figure out, in the same way the future of VR is difficult,” said Huddy. “It’s clear that there’s big investment that some people care about a lot. I put on a VR headset recently and just felt like throwing up.”
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The recognition of internet shopping continues to be seen by many people as a menace to the presence of traditional shopping. Their argument is dependant on the current prevalent closure of established brands like Sears and finest Buy. But could we actually state that traditional shopping is dying?
This Year, although the U.S economy was sluggish, shopping increased by 15% over the year before. Additionally, about 35% of american citizens are in possession of smartphones which assist them to purchase products or services on the internet which figure is anticipated to increase considerably in subsequent years. In fact, about 50 % of smartphone users used their phones for just one purchase or another. On Xmas day of 2011 alone, about 6.8 million android and ios smartphones were activated. Top internet store, Amazon . com, recorded a whooping internet purchase of $48.08 billion this year addressing 40.6% increase over $32.20 billion recorded this year. This figure is anticipated to increase this year and subsequent years. What then may be the implication of those to physical retailing?
Because so many people now choose to shop on the internet because of the benefits derivable by doing this like convenience, quick access to promote, cost comparison, avoidance of crowd, better prices and so forth, are we able to really state that the traditional method of shopping has been threatened? Within my own opinion, technology will boost the traditional method and never kill it. The recognition of video cassette recorder (VCR) within the 80’s was seen by many people as a menace to cinemas then, however nowadays, the show industry continues to be strengthened through the new technology and also the interest in films has elevated.
Furthermore, once the email grew to become extremely popular, a great deal people believed that the standard postal service would die, however nowadays, it’s waxing more powerful. The purpose I am driving at here’s that, if traditional shop proprietors can embrace new technology, shopping on the web wouldn’t be a menace to them however a blessing.