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Increasing Meat Production Is Supporting The Veterinary Services Market
November 26, 2021
The Business Research Company’s Veterinary Services Global Market Report 2021 - COVID-19 Impact And Recovery
LONDON, GREATER LONDON, UK, November 26, 2021 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Global meat production is expected to rise in the forecast period, supporting the growth of the veterinary healthcare market. According to the US Department of Agriculture, in 2020, the beef production in the USA is expected to increase to 27.5 billion pounds, the highest production volume registered in the country. The rising meat production is especially prominent in developing countries such as China, India and Brazil, where increasing population and rising income levels are stimulating the demand for meat products. By 2027, the production of meat and poultry in emerging markets is expected to increase by 76%. By 2050, China's meat imports are expected to grow over 3,500% to $150 billion as consumption of chicken, pork and beef will surge due to the country's rising middle class. The rising production of meat products supported by growing population will increase the demand for feed additives in the livestock industry, driving the veterinary healthcare market.
North America was the largest region in the global veterinary services market, accounting for 52% of the market in 2020. Western Europe was the second largest region, accounting for 22% of the global veterinary services market. Africa was the smallest region in the global veterinary services market.
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The global veterinary services market size is expected to grow from $93.23 billion in 2020 to $107.21 billion in 2021 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 15%. The growth is mainly due to the companies rearranging their operations and recovering from the COVID-19 impact, which had earlier led to restrictive containment measures involving social distancing, remote working, and the closure of commercial activities that resulted in operational challenges. The market is expected to reach $131.47 billion in 2025 at a CAGR of 5%.
Telemedicine is gaining traction as this technology enables pet owners to get access to quality care from remote locations. Telemedicine is a subset of Telehealth which includes remote clinical and non-clinical elements of healthcare system. It refers to the direct communication between veterinarians and client via communication systems such as phone, mails and video conference technologies. This technology also helps in improving existing veterinarian-client-patient relationships. Busy lifestyles and consumers preference for personalized services is driving the demand for telemedicine services. For instance, some of the veterinary clinics offering telemedicine include Televet, Fuzzy Pet Health and Healthpets.
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Major players covered in the global veterinary services market are VCA, Banfield Pet Hospital, Greencross Limited, CVS Group.
TBRC’s global veterinary services market report is segmented by type into animal hospitals and veterinary clinics, veterinary laboratory testing services, by type of animal into livestock, companion animals, by type of expenditure into public, private, by type of service into onsite, offsite.
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The U.S. Senate passed a $2 trillion stimulus package, but Wall Street is likely more concerned with an expected massive jump in jobless claims today, plus stocks to watch today in the Money & Markets Opening Bell.
The Top Story
The U.S. Labor Department’s jobs report — which will be released just prior to the market open — is expected to show a massive spike in unemployment benefits claims.
What the experts expect: Analysts are all over the board about what they believe the report will show. The range is from 1 million to 4 million Americans will have filed for unemployment benefits in the last week. California Gov. Gavin Newsom said his state has already seen 1 million new unemployment claims since March 13.
What it means: The jobs report will show just how big the impact the COVID-19 pandemic has had on American businesses. Unemployment is also a factor when determining when the economy enters a recession.
How Wall Street has reacted: After a second straight day of gains on Wednesday, futures started to turn south this morning, but picked up despite the 3.2 million Americans filing for unemployment. As of 9:20 a.m. EDT, Dow Jones futures were 0.3%. S&P 500 futures were flat while Nasdaq Composite futures were up by 0.2%.
Stocks to Watch Today
Cheesecake Factory Inc. (Nasdaq: CAKE) — The restaurant company recently told its landlords it will not be able to make upcoming rent payments for any of its stores on April 1. CEO David Overton did ask for patience in a letter to landlords. Shares of Cheesecake Factory were down 16.5%.
Ford Motor Co. (NYSE: F) — The auto giant saw its credit rating cut by S&P to junk status, and Moody’s put Ford on “watch” after it downgraded the automaker. Shares of Ford were down 5.5% in the premarket session.
Groupon Inc. (Nasdaq: GRPN) — Shares of the daily deals provider were down 1.5% after it announced CEO Rich Williams and COO Steve Krenzer were no longer serving in their roles. While no reason was given for the management change, the company said both continue to work for Groupon.
News You Can Use
United Airlines Holdings Inc. (Nasdaq: UAL) is slashing its domestic schedule beyond what it’s already planned.
According to Tech Crunch, United Airlines plans to trim 52% of its domestic capacity as demands for flights continue to dwindle as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. It originally planned to halt 42% of its domestic schedule.
Between international and domestic flights, United said it will cut its capacity by 68% in April.
Walmart Offers Rent Relief to Shops Within its Stores
To help its business partners inside stores, Walmart Inc. (NYSE: WMT) is waiving rent for its property partners in April, according to CNBC.
More than 10,000 businesses operate within Walmart Supercenters and Sam’s Clubs — including hair and nail salons, optometrists, restaurant franchises and local and regional banks.
Additionally, the retail giant is adding resources and eliminating an eligibility requirement to help its suppliers get payments faster.
World Trade Rocked by Virus Sees Worst Collapse in a Generation
The coronavirus has had a devastating effect on global trade as cargo traffic grinds to a halt.
According to Bloomberg, U.S. import and export volumes started to slow in the weeks leading up to shutdowns in American cities.
U.S. exports have dwindled from 14 million tons in November 2019 to 1 million tons in March 2020.
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While the Sun Squad Collection Event is still available for a few more days in Apex Legends, players are already looking ahead and wonder what’s coming next.
The Veiled Collection event is one of those upcoming drops of content, according to multiple leaks that were shared over the last few days.
It’s going to bring new exclusive skins and a new game mode for two weeks at the end of April, according to leaks. Similarly to previous Collection Events, it’ll likely add challenges to complete and free rewards to earn.
Here is what we know about the upcoming Veiled Collection event in Apex Legends.
Everything we know on Apex Legends Veiled Collection event
With the release of Veiled Collection event, players will be able to collect new rewards through challenges and a Reward Tracker. There will be a total of 5,000 points to collect, with a limit of 1,600 points per day. Free rewards will include five Epic cosmetic items, such as Mozambique and Newcastle skins, as well as a Weapon Charm.
Veiled Collection event game mode
The Veiled Collection event will bring a time-limited game mode called Deadeye, according to leaks. The leaked image shows a description of hardcore game mode that will certainly push many players to tilt. In that variant of Team Deathmatch, players won’t get much margin for error.
The “safety’s off” passive will rip them from shields and will give all players the same loot. It’ll heavily focus on aiming, as weapons available will include the Wingman, 30-30 Repeater, G7 Scout, Hemlok, Sentinel, and Kraber.
Veiled Collection event skins
The event might bring four Legendary skins and four Epic skins on Legends, as well as several weapon skins with a gold and classy feel. The Legendary skins will transform Wattson, Gibraltar, Octane, and Rampart into elegant fighters.
The R-99, Spitfire, Sentinel, and C.A.R. will be the weapons receiving new skins with the Collection event.
It will also see the introduction of a new Prestige skin for Caustic, “Contagion.” It will feature three successive levels to complete a full-fledged combat armor with green and grey as its main colors. It will be the fourth set to release following Bangalore’s, Bloodhound’s and Wraith’s.
Prestige skins can see more tiers unlocked through the completion of challenges, but players can also choose to revert to previous tiers if they want. To get the Contagion skin, players will have to unlock all items coming with the Collection event.
Lastly, Emotes and Banner Frames will also join Apex‘s inventory, with elaborate backgrounds.
The Veiled Collection event is planned to go live on April 25 and will last until May 19. It will last for two weeks, according to leaks. Meanwhile, players can enjoy the second Split of Season 16 since April 4. It will last for a few weeks, before letting way for Season 17, whose release date is still unknown.


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When small-business consultant Aimee Nesse, the owner of Bangarang Consulting, organized the 2017 Summer Luau food truck event, she thought a few hundred people would show up during the six-hour event, where vendors were stationed at the Killeen Farmer’s Market.
On Saturday, that didn’t happen; just a few friends showed up to support the vendors.
“It’s just disappointing when we try to put together small-business events for the community, and we don’t get the turnout we hope for. A lot of us business owners put their time and hark work into preparing for events like these,” Nesse said.
Other vendor companies at the event Saturday included Check Point Germany — a German food truck owned by Tim Flemming; LuLaRoe — a pop-up Indie clothing shop owned by Lizzy Nixon; and Homemade Jams by Debbie, owned by Debbie Franks Sanchez.
Nesse said she and other business owners have tried to find ways to get more people to attend their events and help revitalize north Killeen, but they have received limited support from residents and city officials.
Nesse said she does a small-business event twice a month and receives great response on Facebook, but has seen limited turnout during the events in Killeen.
“Places like Belton and Temple seem to support their local businesses. Why can’t Killeen do the same? Nesse asked. “Plenty of people say they support small businesses, but are they really supporting?”
Bangarang Consulting’s next event — the Nolanville Train Whistle Jamboree — will be from 2 to 9 p.m. Sept. 16 near Nolanville City Hall. Admission is free.


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TriumphX, a crosschain decentralized platform developer, opened an event to airdrop the 1X1 LAND of the global metaverse platform The Sandbox.
This event was opened to commemorate TriumphX’s 6X6 Land, which was held through a partnership with The Sandbox, as it was unveiled in December in line with the K-verse LAND Sale schedule.
The K-verse LAND Sale is an event that unveils the LAND location and project of the selected partner among The Sandbox’s Korean partners and sells the surrounding LANDs at a premium. The land sale will have a subscription period from 15:00 (UTC) on December 8 to 12:00 (UTC) on December 12, and only subscribers selected through the announcement of winners on December 13 can purchase in advance from 12:00 (UTC) on December 13 to 12:00 (UTC) on December 14. The auction will be held for 24 hours at OpenSea for the amount of unpurchased and auctioned. All schedules of this K-verse will end only when the auction is completed.
TriumphX’s first metaverse project, which will be introduced with the Land release, is ‘I LOVE KARACTER’, which is being produced with metaverse content company Y.GRAM (CEO: Yoo-hyuk Jeon) and VR/AR metaverse technology company WITCHES (CEO: Mia Go), which is a metaverse model agency project that collects IPs of Korean characters in various fields such as Pucca, Molang, and Dr. Egg and advances to metaverse models. Since AEIOU Design (Director Choi Young-kyun), which operates the nation’s largest scale magazine “I LOVE CHARACTER” is supporting promotional marketing, a large number of famous character IP operators have recently joined.
Through this event to commemorate the K-verse Land sale, TriumphX will sign up for The Sandbox and airdrop 1X1 LAND around TriumphX’s land for users who participated in TriumphX’s community. The event will be open until 23:00 (KST) on December 15 and will be announced on TriumphX’s official Twitter an Telegram.


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Around 50 advertisers have paid up to $500,000 per 30- second prime-time spot during CBS' coverage of the Olympics, according to Denise Gellene of the L.A. TIMES. Ogilvy & Mather released a survey that showed 78% of adults "intend to watch at least some Olympic events. Many of those people plan to watch Olympics coverage at least four days out of each week the Games air." But "some advertisers balked" at the "high cost" of ads and that is "one reason it took CBS until last week to sell out the telecast." McDonald's, a TOP Olympic sponsor, opted out of advertising on CBS, which allowed Wendy's to buy time. Gellene adds, "Some Olympic sponsors are concerned that the telecast will heighten confusion on the part of consumers. That is because CBS is allowing some sponsors of the telecast to use the network's Olympic logo in print advertising." CBS' logo consists of the CBS eye and the five Olympic rings. TOP sponsor John Hancock's competitor, Northwestern Mutual Life, is using the CBS logo. Hancock President David D'Alessandro "complained" to CBS about the tactic, "to no avail" (L.A. TIMES, 2/6). OTHER PLANS: In Atlanta, Mickey Gramig reports that Chrysler and Ford paid $50M each for commercial time. IBM and AT&T paid $30M. TOP Olympic sponsor Coca-Cola will air 137 30-second spots and will spend an "estimated" $100M to $125M on global marketing linked to the Games. TOP sponsor Home Depot has created two new spots to been seen in the U.S. and Canada "just about every night" (ATL. CONSTITUTION, 2/6)....USA TODAY's Kevin Maney reports how IBM will use the Nagano Games to "get it right" after its Atlanta experience. While the "likelihood of another embarrassment is slim ... there's plenty to be worried about. The technological demands of these games are more intense than in Atlanta: The Web site alone expects 100 million hits a day" (USA TODAY, 2/6)....In N.Y., Stuart Elliot previews Olympic ads and writes that Nike "will concentrate on women." Among new spots: A-B is rolling out an ad which "promotes moderation," Visa debuts a spot on arts sponsorships and new work by BellSouth, Toyota and Xerox (N.Y. TIMES, 2/6). GAMES MARKETING: USA TODAY's Melanie Wells: "Marketing excesses won't be a problem here. Nagano's remote location and its unenviable sandwiching between two hot-spot summer sites ... have given these Olympics a stepchild status." Many U.S. marketers are instead "eyeing" the 2002 Salt Lake Games (USA TODAY, 2/6). In N.Y., Roger Thurow writes on corporate hospitality. Despite "wrestling with the harsh economic realities of the times," the Olympics "are no place to get cheap" for the "key" sponsors of the Games. While having to lay off "thousands of workers," Kodak's Olympic Manager Michael Tette said, "The hospitality won't change at all. ... It's not something we cut back on." Nike turned a "defunct auto dealership" into a "kind of Nike Nightclub" while adidas "has taken over a noodle shop" and "converted it into a schmoozing parlor" (WALL STREET JOURNAL, 2/6).


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FlávioMaluf is the president of a corporation known as Eucatex. He issued a statement to his employees in which he communicated the merger and acquisition of a company doing business as Duratexpending regulatory approval. FlávioMaluf explained that the company acquired, produces wood fibre sheets. Duratexis located in the city of Botucatu. Flavio Maluf explained the rationale and business strategy for the merger. He also gave reasons for acquiring Duratex stating that this acquisition would support an increase in production of wood fibre sheets by 70%. It will also increase the capacity of paint production by 30% and an increase of paper printing will occur at a resulting 40%. These increases will be beneficial to long term production goals for Eucatex. These changes will ensure better planning and forecasting as well as increased capacity. On the operations side, Flavio Maluf explained that this will reduce expenses due to production and maintenance. Marketing and sales will be able to examine future planned markets that the company is not currently participating in both in Brazil and across the globe. This will enable the corporate leaders to see how the company will benefit from participating in additional markets. View Maluf’s profile on linkedin.
Duratex has a unit in Itapetinga which will be operated in conjunction to the Eucatex farm in Capão Bonito. The exchange will be for the Botucatu plant for wood sheets. This plant has 280 employees and a gross forecasted production of 200 m³ annually.
Currently the business is estimated at approximately R $60 million. In April, there will be a re-inauguration with Duratex resuming the production of the factory in Itapetinga.
FlávioMaluf shared his hope for the acquisition and explained his thoughts on how it will boost the synergy of all units to ensure increased production. The possibilities of new opportunities are appealing. There will be an increase in future employment boosting the local employment rate. This will provide with increased economic benefits specifically due to this acquisition. FlávioMaluf envisions opportunities both in Brazil and abroad across all the markets for the products and services offered by the the company. Visit: https://pt-br.facebook.com/public/Flavio-Maluf


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YouTube's high-dynamic range (HDR) video has already been available on select Android phones for a while now, including the Galaxy S8, Pixel, LG V30 and Xperia XZ Premium. Now Apple users can check out HDR videos on their iPhone X devices, too. We've also confirmed that the feature exists on our own iPhone X.
Originally spotted by Macrumors and reported by CNET, the feature lets you see videos that have improved contrast, color and brightness on the latest Apple flagship handset. Netflix added the tech to iPhone 8, iPhone X and iPad Pro devices last September. To view HDR videos with the YouTube app, simply find a supported video, then tap on it while it's playing. Tap the resulting three dot icon, then Quality, and you can select 1080p60 HDR. Macrumors also notes that the latest iPad Pro models do not have HDR available in the YouTube app. We have reached out to YouTube for more details and will update this post if we hear back.


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Tennis great Roger Federer is to become the first living Swiss to have a coin minted in their honour, with a commemorative 20 franc silver piece bearing his image being issued in January.
The 38-year-old 20-time grand slam champion is regarded by many as the greatest tennis player ever and is a national hero in Switzerland.
Swissmint confirmed that 55,000 of the coins, featuring Federer delivering a backhand, will be produced and will be available for pre-order from Tuesday until December 19.
"Roger Federer's sporting achievements, his charitable commitments, his easy-going nature and his accessibility to his fans have prompted Swissmint to dedicate this 20-franc silver coin to him - the first time it has done so with a living person," a Swissmint said.
With demand expected to be high, Swissmint said another 40,000 coins could be issued in May while a 50 franc gold coin, featuring a different design would also be produced next year.
"Thank you Switzerland and Swissmint for this incredible honour and privilege," Federer wrote on Twitter.


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Santa Clarita Mayor Marsha McLean and 38th District Assemblywoman Christy Smith (D-Santa Clarita) attended ribbon-cutting festivities on Saturday to welcome new vendor En Fuego BBQ to the Old Town Newhall Farmers Market.
En Fuego BBQ is branching out from solely a catering operation to serving BBQ every Saturday at the Farmers Market. They will be serving Santa Maria-style BBQ including chicken and tri-tip cooked on a genuine Santa Maria-style grill over red oak. There will be side dishes as well, all made from scratch.
“We bring Santa Clarita the best fruits, vegetables, meat, eggs and food products you can get in our city,” said Market Manager Larry McClements. “This is a great addition to our growing certified farmers market.”
The Old Town Newhall Farmers Market is a certified farmers market chartered by the City of Santa Clarita. It is held every Saturday, rain or shine, in the parking lot of the Old Town Newhall Library at 24500 Main Street from 8:30 a.m until 12:30 p.m.


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Joshua Collins was working as a delivery driver dropping supplies off at a Subway when he made up his mind to run for office. He was listening to a podcast featuring Democratic presidential candidate Sanders,
Israel's military announced on Tuesday that it started an official TikTok account — taking a very different stance from the U.S., where some members of the military have been told to uninstall the app.
Tencent, one of the world’s biggest videogaming companies by revenue, today made another move to help cement that position. The Chinese firm has made an offer to fully acquire Funcom, the games developer
TikTok, the wildly popular social app, is reportedly on the hunt for a CEO based in the US in a move that could help to appease mounting concerns over how its ties to the Chinese government have posed
ByteDance, the Chinese tech giant that owns the viral-video app TikTok, is courting European game developers and tech providers as it looks to move more seriously into mobile gaming. The Chinese firm a
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Bostik racing across Europe with Tour de France 2015
Paris, July 7, 2015
Global adhesive specialist is sponsoring Tour de France 2015 as part of an international programme to increase brand awareness. Multiple customer and promotional events will be held between June and September to coincide with the event.
Bostik, the leading global adhesive specialist for industrial manufacturing, construction and consumer markets, is sponsoring the Tour de France 2015. Participating as an official supplier, the company will use its sponsorship of the iconic cycling event as a platform for a range of promotional activities to expose its brands and activities to a global audience.
This year’s race, the 102nd time it has been held, began 4 July in Utrecht, Netherlands, and will finish 26 July on the world-famous Champs-Élysées in Paris, France. The route, which is comprised of 21 stages and covers a distance of over 3,000km, will take the riders through three countries over three weeks and across some of the most challenging terrain in world cycling.
“We are very pleased to be part of the Tour de France 2015.Our sponsorship represents the next step in our plan to globalise the Bostik brand,” commented Bernard Pinatel, Bostik Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. “The global coverage of the event provides us with a unique platform to reach existing and new audiences and is a perfect complement to our ongoing promotional activities.”
More than 6,000 hours of TV coverage will be dedicated to the event with reports broadcast in 190 countries by 100 channels. In addition to the estimated 12 million spectators who are expected to view the race as it crosses France, Belgium and the Netherlands, the TV coverage is estimated to generate an estimated 3.5 billion views worldwide.
As part of its sponsorship, Bostik will participate in the famous Tour de France Publicity Caravan that is accompanying the race. Three eye-catching promotional vehicles taking part in this unique spectacle treat spectators to a variety of gifts and giveaways while they await the riders. The vehicles are promoting Bostik’s brands and adhesive products with the famous Bostik gecko playing a prominent role in the designs. (Image attached)
In addition to the activities taking place at the event, Bostik will also run a number of international promotional programmes between June and September. In addition to social media campaigns and customer events, in-market promotions will take place across multiple countries including cycling-related competitions, giveaways and special offers.
About Bostik, an Arkema company
Bostik is a leading global adhesive specialist in industrial manufacturing, construction and consumer markets. For more than a century, we have been developing innovative adhesive solutions that are smarter and more adaptive to the forces that shape our daily lives. From cradle to grave, from home to office, Bostik’s smart adhesives can be found everywhere. With 2014 sales of €1.5 billion, the company employs 4,900 people and has a presence in more than 50 countries.
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Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, Sasha Steinberg decided that keeping her bar’s kitchen open simply wasn’t worth it.
Steinberg (BA 2010 Victoria) owns Cider House in Toronto’s west end. Prior to the pandemic, she relied mainly on alcohol sales to keep her business afloat. But when the lockdown hit, in March of last year, she shut down the bar completely and temporarily laid off all her staff. Cider House reopened for takeout one day a week soon after, with Steinberg selling baked goods she made herself. When she and her co-owner opened their kitchen for three days a week in the late spring, however, it was clear that the effort wasn’t worth the cost.
“People weren’t coming to us for a full, hot meal, because we never were known for that,” Steinberg says, adding that, even on platforms such as Uber Eats, Cider House was only receiving three or four food orders a night. “We had to make some changes.”
Steinberg is one of thousands of restaurateurs across the city – and the country – whose life since COVID-19 hit has been defined by the “pandemic pivot:” adjusting one’s business model to accommodate restrictions due to the coronavirus. From closing, to half-opening, to serving hot meals, to turning into a bottle shop offering small grab-and-go items, which is Cider House’s current status quo, Steinberg’s business model has been in a constant state of flux. “I love the bottle shop concept,” Steinberg says, referring to the practice of selling alcohol to go, “but we’re still lucky if we break $500 a night.”
Shauna Brail, an associate professor at the Institute for Management & Innovation at U of T Mississauga, knows flexibility has been key to survival for restaurants, at least during the pandemic’s first wave. She and her team have developed “Toronto After the First Wave,” a research project that examined restaurant data on Yelp from May to November 2020. Among the report’s findings was the surprising fact that more restaurants opened than closed during these six months of the pandemic: 244 versus 214. 1
“It’s encouraging,” Brail says of the restaurant data, “and it shows a level of creativity. In order for restaurants and food service providers to survive, we need them to be innovative and find new ways of reaching customers.”
The Yelp data Brail’s team examined did not include information about whether a restaurant had its own website or if it offered delivery and pickup, which might have provided insight into why some businesses were able to weather COVID’s first wave. But Brail has some ideas. She says the main marker of success has been the ability to adjust – and fast.
“When you look at what restaurants and food service operators are doing well, they’re changing their menus to things that travel,” she says. “They’re changing how they are working, and who is working. There’s been growth in ‘ghost kitchens.’” Spaces like this, Brail explains, have eliminated the need to pay for a dining room – and dining room staff: “It’s a commercial kitchen that works strictly on takeout and delivery.”
Brail says restaurants have recognized the importance of having a strong digital presence – and this is where significant failures can take place. Some have struggled with setting up an efficient online ordering system. They might depend instead on services such as Uber Eats, which can take up to a hefty 30 per cent cut – a huge financial hit to already struggling restaurants. Business improvement areas and municipal governments have supported local businesses by helping them get online, Brail says, but whether a restaurant was able to access this assistance may have influenced (and may continue to influence) their survival.
Steinberg, who graduated from U of T with a double major in cinema studies and sociology and a minor in fine art, has worked in food service for more than a decade, and opened Cider House four years ago. She says she will continue to sell alcohol and is planning to hire back some staff and open a sidewalk patio this summer, as she did last year as part of the city’s CafeTO program. She points to the Canada Emergency Rent Subsidy as a primary reason why she’s able to remain in operation: “If we didn’t have that,” she says, “we would shut down for sure.”
Brail is hoping that “Toronto After the First Wave” will help influence policy decisions by demonstrating that the pandemic has already had an indelible impact on the city’s vitality. “It has real potential to demonstrate how we can use data to understand how the city is changing,” she says. Further research will be needed to determine exactly what policy interventions might look like: If the city wants to avoid the closure of another 214 restaurants, for example, it should determine what supports were used by the 244 restaurants that opened. Brail considers her work a stepping stone toward more research, driven by deeper data that can help prevent similar industry challenges in the future.
Brail believes, however, that more programs like the rent subsidy leveraged by Steinberg at Cider House are necessary. “The pandemic has shone a light on the things we’ve done well, and the things we’ve done badly,” Brail says. “We don’t have to accept that coming out of a pandemic will mean a return to where we were. We have an opportunity to think about where we want to go, as a city, as a society, and as a country. And we need this data to be able to make investments that actually get us to where we want to be.”


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Earlier this week, Adidas lost a trademark battle over its iconic three-stripe logo after a European Union court ruled it wasn’t “distinctive” enough to merit broadened protections. The court’s decision is the latest in the German sneaker giant’s incredibly long history of trying to elbow out any company that dares to use stripes.
The three-stripe symbol was first registered by Adidas founder Adolf “Adi” Dassler in the 1950s after he bought it off of a small Finnish sportswear brand called Karhu, which had beat him to it. The brand’s trefoil logo appeared alongside the stripes on shoes and apparel in the 1970s, but the three-stripe motif was reintroduced as the sole logo on Adidas footwear and apparel in 1997.
Since then, the shoe company has been waging war on all those who attempt to infringe on the logo, including companies that use two, four, and even up to seven stripes in designs.
While Christian Louboutin’s successful trademarking of its signature red shoe soles is probably the most recognizable of the petty fashion copycat cases, Adidas is notorious for taking just about anyone to court who dares to use stripes.
According to a 2008 court filing in which Adidas sued Payless Shoesource for, yes, copying its three-stripe trademark, Adidas “has pursued over 325 infringement matters involving the Three-Stripe mark in the United States” since 1995, including 35 separate lawsuits and 45 settlements with the alleged infringers.
Here’s a look at some of the most notable of these lawsuits from the last few decades—a list that includes departments stores, rival apparel companies, and auto manufacturers:
Nike and Adidas have a long history of legal gripes, including a debate over knit shoes that’s still ongoing. A 2005 case that Adidas filed against its competitor in Germany argued that Nike’s use of two parallel stripes on some of its apparel infringed on Adidas’s three-stripe design. A German court ruled in favor of Adidas.
Several years later, Payless was ordered to pay $305 million to Adidas for “willfully infringing” on the three-stripe trademark. In more recent shoemaker strife, Adidas hit athletic apparel competitor Puma with an infringement complaint in 2017 over the four-stripe design of one of its soccer cleats.
And in 2018, Adidas settled a trademark infringement suit over a Skechers shoe that resembled Adidas Stan Smith sneakers. Now the company is again claiming that a different Skechers shoe—the “Goldie-Peak”—is infringing on the three-stripe trademark. That suit is ongoing.
In its first lawsuit (and third complaint) against Abercrombie & Fitch, Adidas sued the retailer in 2005 for apparel that featured three parallel stripes running down sleeves and pant legs. Likewise, Adidas sued fast fashion retailer Forever21 over cartoon-covered garments with three-stripes along the arms. The two parties settled in 2017.
The same year, Adidas claimed that the Los Angeles-based designer Juicy Couture “intentionally adopted and used counterfeit and/or confusingly similar imitations of the Three-Stripe Mark” in its apparel, referring to several of its sweatsuit designs.
And downmarket kids gear isn’t the only target. Ralph Lauren was hit with a suit in 2014 after Adidas claimed a Polo jacket with two stripes on the sleeve was a little too close to an Adidas jacket with three stripes. One year later, Adidas took Marc Jacobs to court over sweaters with four stripes running down their arms. Marc Jabos and Adidas settled in 2016.
Some of Adidas longest-running disputes stem from major department stores hawking two- and four-striped shoes. Adidas settled its third trademark lawsuit against retailer Walmart in 2008, claiming it sold striped shoes that diluted the Adidas brand. Adidas then sued Target and Kmart the same year—over the exact same thing.
Adidas also leveled a suit against Sears for trademark infringement after the department store chain sold various shoes with striped patterns on them.
It’s not just apparel and shoe companies that Adidas has its eyes on. In 2016, the sportswear giant alleged that the application for trademark registration for the Nike-partnered football team, FC Barcelona, should be denied. According to Adidas, the team’s logo “consists of a square containing seven vertical stripes (the 1st, 3rd, 5th and 7th stripes from the left are blue, and the remaining three stripes are garnet),” which was too similar to its famous three-stripe mark.
In 2017, Tesla preemptively changed its logo from three parallel bars to its signature “T” and withdrew its application to trademark the previous design. In spite of that, the shoemaker still filed a suit to prevent the electric car company from registering the striped logo. Tesla maintained that its change to a “T” was a branding decision, and not a response to Adidas.


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Ferrari is considering using turbocharging in future engines, but it needs to improve the forced induction technology before it will make its cars available with the set-up.
Ferrari engine developer Jean-Jacques His said the biggest problem the firm faced was lag.
“Turbocharging will come eventually, but we need to solve the issue of turbo lag,” he told Autocar.
He went on to explain that a delay of any sort before the power arrived was unacceptable for a Ferrari engine.
It’s unlikely that Ferrari will be using Multiair, the Fiat Group’s variable valve technology, any time soon, though.
His said Ferrari had tried applying the system to an F430’s V8 but couldn’t get it to work at the power outputs required.
“The main benefit from Multiair comes in torque,” he said, “and it is difficult to get it to work at high revs.”
His also said Ferrari’s dual-clutch transmission, currently only available in V8-engined Ferraris, was suitable for V12 cars and would work up to 10,000rpm.


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Really Simple Systems has announced the extension of its Free Edition. The Cloud CRM vendor will be offering their mobile CRM and the ability to integrate with Kashflow accounting software for free. These features are currently chargeable but will now be included in Really Simple Systems’ Free Edition, allowing customers to get more from their CRM system.
John Paterson, CEO, Really Simple Systems, comments, “As cloud systems continue to go mainstream, and vendors as well as customers reap the benefits of economies of scale, we expect prices to continue to fall for commodity systems like accounting and CRM, as well as office and email systems.”
He continues, “We are very excited to be offering these new features as part of our free edition. We'd rather get customers using these features and our CRM than ’nickel and dime’ them for small amounts.”
John Paterson concludes, “Cloud Computing offers customers a radical new way to buy sophisticated applications at a low cost. By making the CRM really easy to use, Really Simple Systems can deliver CRM without the expense of a high touch sales and support process, passing this saving to the customer. With the addition of these new features our users are able to get even more from their CRM system. ”


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Last week, we told you of Google’s plans for a vehicle operating system to rival Apple’s CarPlay; at today’s Google I/O developers conference in San Francisco, the tech giant unveiled the details of its new Android Auto system.
The operating system runs on a smartphone, and after connecting the phone to the car, it projects its interface to a vehicle’s touch-screen, allowing the user to interact with the system’s functions via vehicle screen or voice command. Users can access and control Google maps and Google Play Music, as well as their phone’s contacts and messages; third-party apps like Spotify and iHeartRadio will also be compatible.
Android Auto is the first system to come from the Open Automotive Alliance, a coalition of tech and auto companies working toward bringing the Android platform to cars. The group consists of more than 40 members, including Google, Audi, GM, Honda, Hyundai and Nvidia, a tech company. Honda, Hyundai and Audi have announced that Android Auto will be available in select model-year 2015 vehicles, but specific models and trims will be announced at a later date.


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When Homer annexed 4.58 square miles in April of last year expanding its area by 28 percent, city officials there expected the added sales and property tax base would boost municipal revenues.
Figures just released in the Kenai Peninsula Borough's Quar-terly Report of Key Economic Indicators, published by the borough Community and Economic Development Division, appear to justify those expectations.
The report, covering the first quarter of 2003, showed Homer registering a 19.2-percent jump in taxable sales over figures from the first quarter of 2002, and 13.5-percent increase in gross sales (taxable and nontaxable sales).
The annexation expanded Homer's city boundaries to include a fairly densely populated and business-rich area of the unincorporated borough.
While Homer's figures rose dramatically in both categories, the Kenai Peninsula Borough recorded a mixed bag of sales results. Taxable sales rose by 2 percent, reaching $135.2 million, but gross sales fell by 10.4 percent in first-quarter 2003 compared with first-quarter 2002 numbers.
It was the taxable sales increases in Homer and other cities that helped push boroughwide taxable sales into positive territory. Soldotna's taxable sales jumped 1.5 percent with sales of $34.2 million. Seward's rose 2 percent, reaching $9.2 million, and Kenai saw an increase of 7.6 percent with taxable sales totaling $31 million. Even Seldovia's struggling economy saw a taxable sales increase of 4.4 percent with sales of almost $600,000.
Meanwhile, gross sales increased in Soldotna by 2.1 percent and in Kenai by 1.5 percent, but fell in Seldovia and Seward by 1.4 percent and 10.3 percent, respectively.
However, it was the loss of unincorporated borough territory to Homer that led to the overall decline in taxable sales of 9.2 percent, and a gross-sales decline of 24.2 percent in regions outside the cities.
Jeanne Camp, an economic analyst with the CEDD, said the unincorporated area's loss of roughly $3.8 million in taxable sales almost exactly matches Homer's gain of $3.6 million. Since both areas collect the borough's 2-percent sales tax, the unincorporated area's loss is not important, she said.
Two weeks ago, Homer Director of Finance Dean Baugh said the city did not have a clear indication of the impact of increased sales taxes from the newly annexed area and was awaiting the borough figures.
Received last week, those figures have provided a useful snapshot. In 2002, first-quarter taxable sales in Homer hit $18.6 million, which jumped to $22.2 million in 2003. Homer has a 3.5-percent sales tax, meaning that the $3.6 million difference generated roughly $126,000 in added tax revenue.
"We can attribute part of that to annexation," Baugh said Monday.
"I'm waiting to see how the last three quarters (of this year) hold up" compared to the last three quarters of 2002, he added.
Manufacturing led four economic sectors to positive gains in taxable sales boroughwide, registering an increase of 11.5 percent. Sale of wholesale goods, retail sales and TCPU (Travel, Communications and Public Utilities) were the other three sectors showing increases.
Decliners included the Mining sector, which dropped 19 percent, and the FIRE (Finance, Insurance and Real Estate), AFF (Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries) and Service sectors.
Looked at broadly, trend lines show the borough's economy steadily improving over the past decade.
"The numbers show slight increases overall," said Jack Brown, business manager of the CEDD. "They show the economy is stable and doing well."
In addition, the population is growing and the peninsula's diverse economy is the envy of other parts of the Alaska, he said.
While the report graphs and records gross sales figures, the critical numbers are the taxable sales figures because they are accurate and trackable, Brown said. Businesses are not required to report gross sales numbers, so total figures are far less accurate and not used as the basis of conclusions about the economy, he said. Why reporting them is not a requirement is a political question, he said.
Camp said they would help paint a more accurate picture of the economy were the borough assembly ever to require them.
Brown said as long as an individual business's gross sales figures remained proprietary, as are reported taxable sales figures, reporting them should pose no serious burden on business owners.
There are other measures of the borough's economic health included in the quarterly report.
Employment figures from the Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Develop-ment show the size of labor force on the Kenai Peninsula has increased, as have the number of available jobs, resulting in a lower unemployment rate in the first quarter of 2003 over the first quarter of 2002.
Construction of the Kenai-Kachemak gas pipeline apparently is ahead of schedule. Due for completion in October, it may be done by August. The pipeline will bring gas from the Ninilchik Unit to Nikiski with some being ex-ported to Anchorage and the Matanuska and Susitna valley areas. Initial transmission is expected to average 35 million cubic feet per day, the report said.
Exploration activities, while modest, are continuing. The oil and gas industry is evaluating legislation passed recently that will affect the economics of Cook Inlet Basin fields and projects.
Kenai Wild, the branding program that aims at marketing a higher quality salmon, enters its second phase, which will expand the program to include Homer-area participants.
Work has begun on preparations for hosting the 2006 Arctic Winter Games.
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Airdrie Summer Games invites residents to taste food from around the world
Thursday, Feb 27, 2014 10:43 am
Airdronians looking for a way to sample some of Airdrie’s best restaurants in one night and support a local cause are in luck.
The Airdrie Summer Games committee is hosting an Around the World Travelling Supper on March 8, in the hopes of raising $8,000 to $10,000 for the Games.
“The idea was given to me by the Games committee and I looked at the restaurants in town and saw that this was a great way to (sample) all their menus (in one night),” said Miranda Skelton, one of the organizers for the event. Participating restaurants include TAJ Indian Restaurant and Sweet House, Paros on Main Street and Rico’s in the Village.
Those wanting to take part are asked to register at the Woodside Golf Course at 4:30 p.m. on March 8, where local foodies will be offered a complimentary drink before the night kicks off.
Shortly after, three busses will bring a maximum of 125 people to each restaurant where they will enjoy one meal at each local restaurant.
“The dress code is casual, as people will be getting in and out of the busses and it may be cold that weekend,” Skelton said.
The last bus will return to Woodside where dessert will be served and an after-party will begin.
Tickets are $125 per person and can be purchased at each participating restaurant, Woodside Golf Course, online through the Games’ website or at the Games head office on Main street.
“It’s a really fun event and we’re hoping everyone comes out and purchases tickets,” she said.
To purchase tickets online, visit www.2014airdriegames.com


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The future of the 9D virtual reality experience pavilion
After the unconscious of the PC era and the post-awareness of the mobile Internet era, our country has a clearer understanding of VR/AR's future. Nearly five years, when the global technology giants into the domain of VR/AR, our government, scientific research institutions, enterprises and entrepreneurs have actively take action, trying to seize this rare historical opportunity, so the VR/AR on the display terminal design, interactive technology, the application does not lag behind, even some are leading the global trend.
Now VR/AR technology is not very mature. The global tech giants are in the early stage of layout and exploration, and the domestic BAT is still in the forward-looking layout phase. Alibaba has invested in a number of AR industry chain companies, including Lumus, a waveguide optical programme company, and Magic Leap, a augmented reality company. Baidu released AR DuMix development platform, provide the SDK development AR products and editor, tencent announced VR SDK and developer support plan, open QAR platform, allows developers to access tencent AR APP module.
Unlike BAT, domestic startups are very active in VR/AR display terminals, and some of them are in the top of the world, from some parameters and light design. In 2016 ChinaJoy Hypereal display of VR helmet Pano, use 2 k resolution of the OLED display, with 110 ° view Angle, 90 hz refresh rate, and 11 of ms delay rate, on the part of the parameter has transcended the Oculus Rift, PS VR.
Similarly, our country AR glasses products are not lost to Microsoft's HoloLens in some parameters. Among them, NED+X1 field Angle (FOV) was over 40 degrees, which was more than 20% higher than that of Hololens. Its optical resolution as high as 1920 x 1080 is the world's first full hd AR smart glasses. The shadow creates a helmet Halo with AR/VR, 70 degree view Angle, and total delay control in 13ms.
From the light and thin design, China's VR/AR glasses are already leading the world. The multi-dole V1 smart glasses are only 88g, 16mm thick, with 2K hd resolution and a 105-degree view field. The weight of SeengeneX1 is 166g, which is 410g lighter than HoloLens.
And our virtual reality glasses have been applied to aerospace. The Chinese astronaut research and training center and the Beijing institute of technology and other virtual reality glasses have been successfully applied to the astronauts' psychological relief in the 33-day "space trip".
In addition, the virtual reality industry alliance (IVRA) issued a "virtual reality head-mounted displays general specification", this is China's first independent standards set by the field of virtual reality, to standardize the market, guide benign development of the industry played an important supporting role.
Technology and philosophy are at the forefront
In terms of interactive technology, Chinese enterprises have been at the forefront of the world. The TPCAST that delivers technology is the world's first wireless VR display commercial product. The device solves the problem that the HTC Vive has been chained by the cable, which can support 2K @90hz hd content, and the transmission speed can reach 3.5gb/s, and the minimum delay can reach 15ms.
Hypereal's self-developed laser positioning scheme allows users to accurately locate the position of head and hands controller (millimeter accuracy) within a 30 square metre range.
And Ximmerse and norito. The former owns the VR input control device MACE, the VR wanxiang mobile platform Teleport, and the optical gesture tracking device and the tactile feedback device. The latter developed with international leading level of "the motion capture technology based on MEMS inertial sensors, and on the basis of the formation of a series of with completely independent intellectual property rights of low cost and high precision motion capture products.
In addition, the breakthrough of the theory of interactive technology in China is also worth paying attention to. The concept of "Expanded Reality", which is proposed by the human-computer interconnection laboratory of sun yat-sen university, is the first in the industry. The integration of VR and Internet of things samples can not only experience, but also operate the physical process in real time. Using the master-slave robot control system between the scene and the second site, on behalf of the future VR and the first stage of the iterations in IoT device interface technology, proves that in principle, life of people in the networking of VR from immersive virtual environment can be completed without substantial production tasks.
Competing to create "VR capital"
Nearly three years, have produced a batch of VR incubator, especially last year, fuzhou, fujian, jiangxi nanchang, Qingdao laoshan, changsha, hunan, zhejiang jiaxing, high-profile announced the formation of VR industry base, to create "of VR".
Nanchang introduced preferential policies on accelerating the construction of virtual reality VR industry base in nanchang city.
The fuzhou government has issued the ten measures to promote the development of VR industry.
In addition to fuzhou, nanchang, laoshan district, Beijing zhongguancun, huangguoshu, chengdu, hefei, anxi, anshun city west show area, the government has not established VR industry base, is the preparation of this momentum is spread wider parts of the country.
They don't just stay on the slogan, they also build various VR industry funds. The laoshan district will set up a VR industry-leading fund of 5 billion yuan. Nanchang established a 1 billion yuan angel venture capital fund and a 10 billion yuan industry fund. Changsha established VR industry fund, the initial fund scale is 3 billion yuan. The east lake VR town in fujian province has set up a VR and innovation industrial mother fund of 3 billion yuan. Guian, the town of beidou bay VR/AR, announces 10 policies to support the VR industry. Zhejiang jiaxing virtual display and visualization industry special policy "ten", from the overall coordination, administrative simplification, information, capital support, talent introduction, industry guidance, etc., to provide policy guarantee for VR/AR industry development.
Guangzhou Easyfun Animation Technology Co., Ltd is a professional manufacturer of 4D/5D/7D cinema, 9D VR (9D virtual reality) cinema equipment, VR battle, HTC VR Space, VR Gatling, VR racing car simulator, VR horse, VR vibration, VR walker, , kid’s VR and other VR Theme Park equipment. We have strong development team for producing cinema and movies and other animation products. Our factory is located in Guangzhou - the largest game machine production base in China.
Market leader in out-of-home multi-sensory interactive attractions, EASYFUN has created the most technologically advanced immersive and interactive media-based simulators for both the entertainment and edutainment markets. With installations in over 100 countries across all continents, EASYFUN continues to push the limits and allow guests worldwide to "live the moment". Since 2006, EASYFUN has operated its own studio to develop state-of-the-art custom content for its attractions. EASYFUN is a privately held company based in China with offices in Guangzhou and Hong Kong.
Now Easyfun already set up a branch company in Indonesia, and meanwhile we have exchange and cooperation with USA team, Australia team and Korea team. Our aim is to be a great internationalized company in entertainment industry.


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NVIDIA Hacked and major data leaked
After the last mega leaks in the pass week of yahoo voice and android forums it’s now NVIDIA turn. The subdomain for NVIDIA developers developer.nvidia.com has been closed after a breach was detected by NVIDIA.
NVIDIA announced that the breach affected the users passwords and its advised to change them ASAP as soon as the sites are back online.
Update: Data leak was posted on pastebin by Apollo team
The hacker group said that “this is only a forum hack. I am actually suprised nVidia decided to even disclose that they’d been hacked quite a few weeks ago…
It did take them a while though. We aren’t acting extremely maliciously, we’ve used this database to target disgusting corporations who deserve to be brought to justice.. and we are getting there, slowly but surely.”
The group also claims that NVIDIA’s official online store has also been compromised store.nvidia.com.
Update: NVIDIA forums were also compromised forums.nvidia.com
NVIDIA suspended operations of the NVIDIA Forums (forums.nvidia.com) last week.
We did this in response to suspicious activity and immediately began an investigation. We apologize that our continuing investigation is taking this long. Know that we are working around the clock to ensure that secure operations can be restored.
Our investigation has identified that unauthorized third parties gained access to some user information, including:
hashed passwords with random salt value
public-facing “About Me” profile information
NVIDIA did not store any passwords in clear text. “About Me” optional profiles could include a user’s title, age, birthdate, gender, location, interests, email and website URL – all of which was already publicly accessible.
NVIDIA is continuing to investigate this matter and is working to restore the Forums as soon as possible. We are employing additional security measures to minimize the impact of future attacks.
All user passwords for our Forums will be reset when the system comes back online. At that time, an email with a temporary password, along with instructions on how to change it, will be sent to the user’s registered email address.
As a precautionary measure, we strongly recommend that you change any identical passwords that you may be using elsewhere.
NVIDIA does not request sensitive information by email. Do not provide personal, financial or sensitive information (including new passwords) in response to any email purporting to be sent by an NVIDIA employee or representative.
We will post updates about this matter here. For any questions, email us at [email protected]


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One does not require an advanced degree in Economics and finance to deduce that the 2021/2022 budgetary allocations is all bad news with a few tokens. Nothing in it is inspiring. What Yatani terms as a “recovery budget” has already been judged as the most uninspiring and offering no answers in the current tough times by both experts and critics.
A quick peek at the budgetary allocations for the fiscal year, gives one the general idea that the cost of living is just about to get much harder for the common mwananchi. With the borrowing capability of the government narrowing, the burden of raising the revenue has been passed to the poor taxpayers by imposing heavy tax duties that only leaves one with hopeless anticipation of what the future holds.
For starters, cooking is now going to be a costly affair. LPG is expected to be mire costly by about Sh160, a 16 per cent increase since last year. Equally, it is soon going to be a huddle to buy a loaf of bread after the treasury slapped a 16 per cent VAT on bread supply in the country, an amount that will have to be shouldered by the consumers.
Additionally, the jewelry industry will also be hit after it got slapped an excise duty of 10 percent making the purchase of rings, bracelets and necklaces more expensive.
This will not be a good year to take loans as credit will now be expensive; following the treasury’s 20% excise duty on administrative fee on loans. Baby formula will also be affected.
It is needless to say that parents will have to buckle up, downsize and dig deep into their pockets to keep their families afloat. Spending and borrowing are not going to be business as usual.
On the plus side, health products are going to be more affordable having been given a tax exempt of 16%. VAT exemption to diagnostic and laboratory reagents, artificial respirators including therapeutic respiration apparatus, breathing appliances, gas masks as well as medical equipment and technologies used in the provision of medical services.
More good news to parents as diapers will now be more affordable. This following the tax exempt for import of raw material used in manufacturing diapers. Additional tax exempt was giving to local manufacturers of chocolate, bulk sale of internet data.
The budget has been cleverly crafted by giving just enough incentives to keep Mr. and Mrs. taxpayers barely breathing. We can only hope that the suppliers of these basic consumptions will reciprocate by making their prices affordable.


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The ingredients of hot dogs are not something most of us would prefer to ponder. Of course, if you’re eating a vegetarian hot dog, you’d think, at the very least, that the thing doesn’t contain meat.
This assumption might be deeply misguided according to a new study by Clear Labs, a food analytics company, which studied the ingredients of various brands of hot dogs and came to some disturbing conclusions. “Of the 345 hot dogs and sausages Clear Food analyzed for this report, 14.4% were problematic in some way,” the report reads. That includes finding meat in 10% of the hot dogs that were supposed to be vegetarian, but also finding pork in hot dogs that are supposed to be kosher.
The report found human DNA in 2% of samples, two-thirds of which were vegetarian-labelled hot dogs.
The study gave ratings to sausage-makers and retailers who provided the best quality dogs, singling out Trader Joe’s Soy Chorizo as the best option for vegetarians.
Read the report’s full findings here.


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Even with millions of rolls of wallpaper available here, this Catonsville institution is so much more than a wallpaper store. Years ago, president Dottie Swimmer -- whose grandfather started the business in 1895 -- decided to add a few lamps to the front window to make it more interesting. Then, she says, customers started asking for them. Now the store carries all sorts of interior furnishings, including exotic hand-carved wooden furniture that her daughter, Linda Swimmer, finds in Bali. These rolls of wallpaper are just some of many Plymouth has in stock. Plymouth Wallcoverings is at 720 Frederick Road. Call 410-788-8500.
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Apple's patting some of its employees on the back for work on various digital media projects, according to a new report.
9to5Mac said the company's launched a new internal site to promote some of the digital projects done by its employees.
The new section, called "Employees on iTunes" will promote books, songs, movies, and TV shows that Apple's staff have created, or otherwise been involved in. That's according to an internal memo from Apple SVP Eddy Cue, which was posted in full by the rumor site.
Those works are not currently published on any public documents, though can already be found on the internal "Employees on iTunes" site. It's currently unclear just how many projects that includes.
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What if your dishwasher could remind your kids to unload the dishes instead of you? That’s exactly the kind of magic that can happen when you use the S’moresUp app.
S’moresUp is a smart family organizer that helps you keep track of everything from appointments to allowance. The handy app has now partnered with Home Connect to roll out a brand new feature that will make your life even easier.
Working in combination with the Home Connect technology featured in Bosch’s line of smart appliances you can manage home appliances with voice control. This means you can have your appliances tell your kids when it’s time to unload the washing machine or put away the clean dishes.
When the dishwasher finishes a load it will simply assign the task to “unload the dishes” to your kids via the app and the dishwasher’s voice control feature. The new S’moresUp app feature will be compatible with appliances made by the entire BSH group appliances like Bosch, Thermador, Gaggenau and more.
“Technology advances have changed the way companies operate and people across the globe communicate. It’s time that parents benefit from emerging technology as well,” said Priya Rajendran, CEO and co-founder of S’moresUp. “We’re pleased to share that with this collaboration, technology is unlocking new ways to assist busy parents, while helping kids learn responsibility, self-reliance, and other critical life skills.”
You can learn more about the S’moresUp app and all of its features here.
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Seems like it’s an investment run this week. After the rumored Microsoft investment in Cyanogen, Inc., another startup is getting an infusion of cash from a giant. This time, that startup is former crowdfunding darling OUYA and the giant is Chinese e-commerce company Alibaba. Word on the street is that Alibaba is investing around $10 million in OUYA with the goal of putting OUYA’s catalog of Android games inside Alibaba’s set-top boxes for the Chinese market.
This isn’t the first partnership that OUYA has made, which probably speaks both of the troubles that the startup is facing and at the same time the continued appeal of its business. After a successful Kickstarter run, OUYA’s history has been mired with controversy and lukewarm reception even from its own fans. Things are about to heat up even more for OUYA. It was already a very small player competing with giants like the Sony PlayStation, Microsoft Xbox, and the Nintendo Wii. Now it has a challenger closer to home in Google’s Android TV thrust and its incarnations like the Nexus Player and the upcoming Razer Forge TV.
OUYA has slowly been transitioning away from the image of a specific gaming console into one of a gaming platform. March last year it struck a partnership with Mad Catz to bring its new OUYA Everywhere thrust to the M.O.J.O. micro-console. In August, it shook hands with Chinese mobile superstar Xiaomi to bring its game catalog to the Chinese market via the latter’s own set-top boxes and devices. And while that deal is still in effect, OUYA is now also wooing Alibaba to do the exact same thing for the exact same market.
The Chinese market is fresh and perhaps hungry for new gaming content, after the government lifted its decade-long ban on gaming consoles in the country. Both foreign companies like Sony and Microsoft as well as local ones like Xiaomi and Alibaba are scrambling to feed that hunger. It remains to be seen, however, if such moves will be enough to catapult OUYA back into the spotlight and this time in a more positive light.
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“The VP speculation continues” is the headline of the day.
Some reporters camped out at Senator Joe Biden’s house and discovered he had visited a bank and a clothing store. This caused trembling and angst. What do these signs mean? Could Biden be withdrawing cash just in case he’ll soon be far from home? And maybe he bought a new tie at that clothing store! And where do you wear ties? At press conferences, such as those announcing VP picks.
Meanwhile, other pundits wonder if the Great Leg Tingler hasn’t really chosen his VP after all, and that he only said so to stall for time.
Are reporters as thick headed as they appear?
Not one of these bright journalism-school graduates hit upon the most likely reason for the delayed announcement: The longer the deferral the more free air time the Leg Tingler gets. They are being led by the nose and not one of them has the guts to say so.
Note carefully that I am not faulting the Democrat nominee: he is doing just as he should, and nothing less than his opponent will soon do. I am instead dismayed at the simple mindedness of the media—yes, even despite all evidence that I should have expected no less.


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09 Aug Wokeness has its price…as Gillette just found out
Gillette(1.7 – Liberal) is America’s leading razor company. The firm sold almost $7.5 billion worth of razors in 2018 – yet its parent company just announced an eight billion write-down of estimated value. What this means is that Proctor & Gamble (1.7 – Liberal) believes that Gillette’s market value is far, far less than what sales indicate.
CNBC highlighted market changes such as more men with beards in the U.S. That’s important. But it needs to be noted that Gillette alienated many former customers with its January 2019 “toxic masculinity” ad, which portrayed men as society’s problem, and Gillette’s dedication of three million dollars to stop so-called “toxic masculinity.”
This ad was powerful, but in the wrong way for Gillette. A full 80 percent of 2ndVote supporters we surveyed said they would stop buying Gillette razors. The pro-life group Radiance Foundation discovered that Proctor & Gamble gave over $300,000 to Planned Parenthood a year earlier, supporting the nation’s largest enabler of toxic masculinity.
The #GilletteAd denouncing “toxic masculinity” is ironic considering @ProcterGamble funds the most toxic form of feminism–abortion. Toxic masculinity is allowing a billion-dollar abortion giant–@PPFA–to bully the defenseless. https://t.co/Xi3qZxeMK4 #Prolife #TheBestMenCanBe pic.twitter.com/kLIEEjV6Sk
— Radiance Foundation (@lifehaspurpose) January 16, 2019
We are tired of saying it, but we must – companies need to focus on being companies, not corporate backers of left-wing causes. Gillette later came out with an ad celebrating military men who sweat during work and risk their lives to save others, but it was too late. Many 2ndVote Americans were done with them.
It didn’t have to be this way. Gillette could have stayed out of politics and kept some of the customers it has lost. Furthermore, Gillette’s political engagement means that they’ll be expected to be part of every new “woke” activist agenda item. At some point, they won’t go far enough, and they’ll join Home Depot and Starbucks in being targeted by Twitter activists.
Until this lesson is learned, 2ndVote consumers should make their stand known. The Wall Street Journal (2.7 – Lean Liberal), CNBC, and other outlets didn’t even mention the impact Gillette’s attack on men had on the value loss. Don’t let corporate social activism become normalized! Shop at Schick instead of Gillette – Schick’s parent company, Edgewell Personal Care (3 – Neutral), is neutral on the 2ndVote scale and hasn’t been cowed by Twitter woketivism.


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The men of Gold & Silver Pawn have become staples on TV. Now, they want to move into people’s wallets.
The “Pawn Stars” — Rick “The Spotter” Harrison, dad Richard “Old Man” Harrison, son Corey “Big Hoss” Harrison and best friend Austin “Chumlee” Russell — last week launched a prepaid debit card with their faces emblazoned across the front. The limited-edition MasterCard is branded with the Gold & Silver Pawn name and is being offered through Redwood Hills Financial Group.
“For centuries, pawn shops have provided financial services to consumers who don’t have a traditional checking account or credit card,” store owner Rick Harrison said. “Our prepaid debit card is a natural extension of what we’ve been doing for years in our shop — giving good people some financial ‘wiggle room’ and direct access to their money.”
Customers need only an ID to sign up for the card. Credit history is not a factor.
Unlike regular credit cards where money is essentially borrowed, the debit card must be loaded with funds before it can be used. Customers can directly deposit their paychecks to the card or transfer cash at Western Union. It can be used anywhere MasterCard or debit cards are accepted.
“There’s a large portion of the population that have bad credit and can’t even get a bank account,” Harrison said. “You need a credit card for just about everything these days. It’s basically a necessity, and a lot of people are locked out.”
Redwood Hills approached Harrison with the idea several months ago. He researched the company to make sure it was legit, he said, and demanded one condition: low fees. “I’m not going to associate my name with anyone ripping people off,” he said.
The finance group does charge fees for using the debit card. Customers pay $2.50 for withdrawing cash from an ATM, for example, and $14.95 if they overdraw the account. But the fees are lower than those charged by several other companies. Redwood Hills waives its monthly $9.95 maintenance charge if a customer sets up direct deposit, and account-to-account transfers are free.
The debit card is a fitting side project for the pawn stars. The audience the Harrisons hope to target in many ways mirrors the crowds that line up for their Las Vegas shop (at least before it because a tourist trap). Both are mainly people hard hit by the economic downturn.


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Seven Dials’ decision to reposition the shopping centre has increased footfall.
However, over the next couple of decades the centre was severely hit as the city’s retail pitch shifted towards a new shopping centre called St Stephen’s, which was built right next to Hull’s train station.
The city’s high street was also badly blighted as many retailers bit the dust or rationalised their estates following the global downturn, leaving Princes Quay in a difficult position.
But in the past 12 months its fortunes have changed. Today the centre is thriving following a repositioning undertaken by Seven Dials Fund Management and asset manager Realm.
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Getting sick from eating what you believe to be healthy food is a nightmare. In the past, items ranging from frozen foods to Sabra hummus have been recalled from stores because they were potentially tainted with dangerous bacteria. The variety known as E.coli is back in the news at the moment, and the outbreak has unfortunately been linked to delicious romaine lettuce.
Over 50 cases of E.coli bacteria poisoning have appeared in the last few weeks in Canada and 13 US states (California, Connecticut, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Vermont, and Washington). In some of these cases, the victim has had to go to hospital for treatment. Experts who have been tracking the outbreak suspect that it stems from people eating improperly washed romaine lettuce.
E.coli poisoning is not something that you want to take lightly. It can cause a range of nasty symptoms, like stomach cramps, vomiting, diarrhea, and fever. According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, these symptoms can appear anywhere from 1-10 days after eating tainted food. Most people will get better after a really unpleasant 5-7 days, but others will need to be hospitalized. The condition can be life-threatening in some cases.
So why lettuce, and how is it linked to E.coli? This is where it’s about to get gross. The bacteria can wind up on the lettuce leaves in a couple of ways. Firstly, they can be spread from manure used to fertilize the soil the plants grow in. Secondly, the lettuce can become contaminated if someone goes to the bathroom, doesn’t wash their hands, and then handles the produce.
The same thing that makes romaine so delicious is what also increases the risk. Cooking would kill the harmful bacteria, but lettuce is eaten raw, when it’s most crisp. Washing it carefully before eating it does help to remove E.coli, but it can be difficult to wash properly due to all the nooks and crannies. For this reason, just to be on the safe side, experts at Consumer Reports advise us to avoid romaine lettuce until the root of this problem can be identified and eliminated.
So, if you have some of this lettuce at home, go ahead and toss it in the trash. If you’re eating out, avoid anything with romaine in it until experts have told us it’s okay again. It’s just not worth the risk.


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A new variant of the Dyre Trojan, a type of massively distributed malware, is being used to attack victims using Microsoft Outlook in APT-style attacks.
According to a new report, Russian cybercriminals used spear-phishing attacks to breach Sony Pictures Entertainment at the end of 2014.
Financial malware is on the rise, according to a new Trusteer study that takes a hard look at the life cycle of these fraudulent transactions.
IBM Trusteer recently uncovered a fake browser fraud scheme in Brazil that works to steal online banking credentials from unsuspecting victims.
IBM Security Trusteer has discovered a tool called KL-Remote that is helping cybercriminals in Brazil commit online banking fraud with a "virtual mugging."
The recent breach of JPMorgan Chase's network — one of the biggest in history — may have been caused by malware compromising an employee's PC.
As mobile and online banking grows in popularity, consumers are encouraged to take advantage of best practices and specialized software to stay secure.
IBM Security Trusteer researchers recently discovered a new Tinba variant exhibiting new, exciting features and making waves in an active malware campaign.
SalesForce is warning its customers that they might have been targeted by the Dyre Trojan. Banking trojans are not just targeting financial organizations.
Citadel, a type of malware, can now persistently have remote control of devices, which is an advanced threat that can affect many victims.


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It’s been another week with far more retail news than there is time in the day. Below, we break down some things you may have missed during the week and what we’re still thinking about.
From Petco’s expanded partnership with Canadian Tire to Peeps’ tie up with Pepsi, here’s our closeout for the week.
What you may have missed
Belk to open more outlet stores
Regional department store Belk opened its first outlet store earlier this month in Greeneville, Tennessee. When asked if there were plans to open additional locations, the company said that it was waiting to see how customers responded to the store.
The retailer quickly moved ahead with expansion plans, though. It will open between four and six Belk Outlets by the middle of April, according to a company spokesperson.
Moody’s on Tuesday downgraded Belk to a Caa3 rating from Caa2. The downgrade “reflects


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Apple Survey References Ability to 'Instantly' Watch iTunes Store Video Content on iPad
on an Apple customer service survey going around in recent days that specifically addresses the ability to "instantly" watch iTunes Store video on the iPad, a feature not currently available.
. . .it lists "Titles are available to watch instantly" as a reason you might totally love watching video on the iPad. Of course, you can't watch iTunes videos "instantly" right now -- the iPad requires the entire video file to download before playback begins, and the current Apple TV requires a fair bit of buffering -- so this could be a big hint that instant streaming is coming quite soon.
With Apple's media event scheduled for tomorrow, speculation of course tends to surface about whether Apple might announce a new streaming video service for iTunes.
Customer service and market research surveys are typically poor sources for such information, as those in charge of the surveys are generally far removed from any product development processes. Consequently, it seems more likely that this is item is simply an error or unclear wording on the part of the survey staff, but given that the source is Apple itself, it bears noting.
Most of the rumors regarding a cloud-based streaming service for iTunes have centered around music, but sources have indicated that Apple has yet to even formally approach music labels about making licensing deals to allow the service to be implemented. Rumors of video streaming have, however, occasionally cropped up, including claims that the Lala Media team that was expected to work on music streaming has been diverted to tackle an unknown video feature. A focus on video streaming would also play into the rumored Apple TV/iTV revamp.
With around four months to go before Apple is expected to unveil the iPhone 14 lineup, the overwhelming majority of rumors related to the new devices so far have focused on the iPhone 14 Pro, rather than the standard iPhone 14 – leading to questions about how different the iPhone 14 will actually be from its predecessor, the iPhone 13.
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Market trader carries on despite market shut down
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Despite markets closing across the country, one Norfolk tradesman says his business is moving forward in the face of coronavirus.
William Weston, also know as Willie, 63, from Blakeney, is the owner of WJ Shellfish. With markets closing Mr Weston was facing the prospect of not getting any income.
But the 63-year-old wanted to help people across the county who could be stuck at home. He said: “You can either do nothing or stand up and get on with it.
“You can only get beat if you let yourself get beat, and I did not want to let the people down.”
He visits markets across Norfolk, including Fakenham on Thursdays and Sundays, selling his fresh fish, but has now transformed his business into a delivery service.
More - ‘Heat map’ reveals who likes hottest takeaways in Norfolk and WaveneyMr Weston could have stopped his business during the pandemic, but insisted on not resting on his laurels, and he still has bills to pay.
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He said: “We are Norfolk people and we get on with it, we got off our back and want it.”
The response to it has made him very busy, with the phone being red hot over the last few weeks. He has also introduced a new contactless service, where customers are not allowed to enter his shop.
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Even though the market was part of his livelihood, Mr Weston believed closing the market was the right choice. He said: “I’m very pleased with the market closing. I was disgusted with the number of people at the market, people were too close.”
Fakenham town council annouced on Tuesday, March 24, it was closing their market until further notice. A spokesperson from the council said: “It is a very sad time for Fakenham but for safety reasons of the public and the traders it is best not to hold the market.”
Delivery is nothing new to Mr Weston, as he would often take supplies to people who could not make it to the market.
He was handing out his telephone number three weeks ago and the response to the service has made him feel that he is doing the right thing for people during this time.


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It was the best of times for the company and Snap’s billionaire boss Evan Spiegel. But by November 2018, Snap had sunk to just over $6 a share as it struggled to find its footing in the competitive social media sector.
“Back in 2018, the metrics just weren’t positive. There were a couple of things that just weren’t going right,” said Ygal Arounian, an internet analyst with downtown-based Wedbush Securities Inc. “I think when it first went public, the expectations were really high in terms of growth, but they weren’t meeting those expectations. A lot of investors lost faith in the company.”
Today, Snap is riding high again. Its stock is trading at around $62.50 a share, and its Snapchat app had 280 million daily active users worldwide during the first quarter, up from 229 million global users in the same period in 2020.
At least part of the credit goes to the pandemic, which forced consumers to stay at home and increased their reliance on social media.
“It’s not just Snapchat benefiting, but everyone else,” Arounian said.
Multiple local media, entertainment and leisure ventures have seen substantial gains during the Covid-19 pandemic, according to the Business Journal’s annual look at the largest publicly traded companies headquartered in L.A. County.
A review of a dozen companies in the sector shows that their collective market capitalization shot up a sizzling 73% to $534 million for the year ended June 30, compared to $308.4 million a year earlier.
Not a single company in the space saw a decline in its market cap during the period.
These companies include Santa Monica-based video game firm Activision Blizzard Inc.; downtown-based legal publishing and technology company Daily Journal Corp.; Santa Monica-based television and radio firm Entravision Communications Corp.; Beverly Hills-based entertainment firm Genius Brands International Corp.; and Santa
Monica-based toy-maker Jakks Pacific Inc.
Other companies in the group are Santa Monica-based studio Lions Gate Entertainment Corp.; Beverly Hills-based events business Live Nation Entertainment Inc., Playa Vista-based media firm Magnite Inc.; El Segundo-based toy-maker Mattel Inc.; Snap; Santa Monica-based esports broadcaster Super League Gaming Inc.; and Burbank-based media and entertainment giant Walt Disney Co.
To put this group’s nearly 75% year-over-year gain into perspective, consider that over the same period, the S&P 500 Index rose 38.5%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 33.7% and the Nasdaq increased 44.2%.
“It appears that we have a fairly secure recovery,” said Larry Harris, professor of finance and business economics with USC’s Marshall School of Business. “What has happened is that Covid accelerated the adoption of these technologies like Zoom. That was good for these L.A. companies,” Harris observed.
L.A. video game companies seem unstoppable.
Activision saw a 26.7% uptick in its market capitalization to $74.2 billion on June 30, up from $58.5 billion a year ago. The company, known for “World of Warcraft,” “Call of Duty” and “Candy Crush,” benefited from stay-at-home orders. Its monthly active users grew to 435 million in the first quarter versus 407 million a year ago.
Michael Pachter, a video game and entertainment analyst at Wedbush, doesn’t think interest in Activision will wane even with the economic recovery underway and more employers having their workers return to their offices.
“I think employers are much more tolerant of people working from home. That portion of engagement we got when everybody was stuck at home is going to remain,” he said.
Ann Hand, chairman and chief executive of Super League Gaming, is elated by her company’s growth.
Super League saw its market capitalization grow 667.3% to $192.6 million on June 30 from $25.1 million a year ago. Last month, the company completed its acquisition of video game streaming company Mobcrush Streaming Inc., which added 85 million monthly viewers.
Super League, which launched in 2014, also owns a licensed “Minecraft” server called Mineville, which hosts more than 20 million players monthly. Super League announced in May that its 2021 first-quarter revenue had more than tripled from the same period a year earlier.
“We are in a hot space of gaming,” Hand said. “Super League has a lot of passionate followers from those retail shareholders who you hear a lot about, like Gamestop, the Reddit crowds and Robinhood. They’re out there evangelizing the stock and again just bringing more and more attention to it. It certainly feels like we’re getting rewarded for a lot of the good performance we were seeing over the past year.”
Gaming wasn’t the only L.A. highlight.
Entravision, whose market cap grew 376% to $568.8 million from $119.4 million the previous year, is focused on radio and television in the Latino market.
“After a challenging 2020, we are seeing strong industry tailwinds across all of our businesses, including television, radio and digital,” said Walter Ulloa, Entravision’s chairman and chief executive.
Another key to Entravision’s success has been the completion of several strategic investments, including the acquisition of Cisneros Interactive in October 2020 and MediaDonuts in July.
Michael Barrett, president and chief executive of Magnite, said his company’s digital advertising platform saw significant growth in the past year as its market cap grew 519.7% to $4.4 billion from $710 million.
Magnite has completed a merger and two acquisitions since April 2020, which he said quickly scaled its connected television and online video business as linear TV continues to weaken due to cord-cutting and as TV ad dollars shift to digital.
At Lions Gate, the studio’s market cap grew 187% to $4.3 billion from $1.5 billion over the past year.
“During the past year, we’ve deepened our film and television pipelines in response to unprecedented demand for content, leaned into the growth of our library, and continued to build Starz into one of the leading premium subscription platforms in the world,” Vice Chairman Michael Burns said.
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Apple has officially announced the Black Unity Braided Solo Loop which is compatible with its Apple Watch Series 4 and above.
according to a report good By GSMArena, Apple launched the Watch Series 6 Black Unity Limited Edition last year to celebrate Black history and culture, and continuing the tradition, Apple has now also announced the Black Unity Braided Solo Loop for its smartwatches .
The Apple Watch Black Unity Braided Solo Loop is designed by members and partners of Apple’s Black creative community.
The product is reportedly made using precision-braiding machinery by weaving together 16,000 recycled yarns and silicone threads. The Solo Loop also features a laser-etched black Unity message on the lugs and colors from the Pan-African flag woven into the strap, which looks like a speckled light in a black band.
Apple officially informed that the Strap’s design “embodies a communal belief in the need for a more equitable world,” and to complement that, the tech giant also announced the Unity Lights watch face, which uses 2D ray tracing. Designed using .
The Unity Lights watch face can be customized as a full screen or circular dial and includes a black and white option, tick marks, a monogram, and four complications.
Additionally, Apple released Afrofuturism-inspired wallpapers for Mac, iPad, and iPhone users to show their support for Black History Month.
The Black Unity Braided Loop is priced at $99 (approximately Rs 7,440) in the US and Rs. 7,900 in India. it is available From Apple’s official website in 41mm and 45mm in size.