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In a surprising new development happening today, the authority Facebook page of PUBG Mobile India declared the end, everything being equal, and client access across India for PUBG Mobile and PUBG Mobile Lite beginning 30 October 2020.
This declaration came in reverse on 2 September 2020, the Government of India’s choice to boycott PUBG Mobile and PUBG Mobile Lite.
The game was restricted under Section 69A of the Information Technology Act 2009.
Clarifying further, PUBG Mobile India expressed that all the distributing privileges of PUBG Mobile will be gotten back to the proprietor of PUBG Intellectual Property – PUBG Corporation.
PUBG Mobile likewise stressed the way that the security of client information is their first concern, and that they have consistently consented to the information insurance laws of the nation.
PUBG Mobile and PUBG Mobile Lite to Shut Down all servers and access in India
PUBG Corporation as of late reported that they are pulling out their association with Tencent, and they will work with the Government of India to look for a quick goal.
They need to adhere to all the current laws of the nation, and will take full charge of the activity.
Aside from this, they additionally accentuated the way that they were searching for feasible choices to take PUBG versatile back to the nation.
This case was upheld by his ongoing Legendin work posting, in which he was looking for a Corporate Development Division Manager to work in India.
As indicated by theory, this may require PUBG Mobile’s activities in India, following the dispatch of the Indian form of the game.
The news gave a beam of the plan to all PUBG versatile players and fans the nation over, who were totally stunned by the game’s boycott. Peruse the authority Facebook post,
All the above was confirmed by PUBG Discord Server as you can see in the Image Below

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First Mover Asia: Bitcoin Struggles as U.S. Regulators Fumble: Analyst
The value of Bitcoin, the world’s largest and most well-known cryptocurrency, continues to fluctuate, and according to one analyst, US regulators are to blame. At the start of the year, Bitcoin was trading at around $30,000, a relatively high value compared to previous years. However, since then, it has struggled to maintain its value, dropping as low as $28,000 at the beginning of June.
Many Bitcoin enthusiasts blame US regulators for the cryptocurrency’s struggles, arguing that their inability to provide clear guidance on how Bitcoin should be regulated creates uncertainty among investors. According to John Wu, president of blockchain company Ava Labs, the lack of regulatory clarity is keeping institutional investors on the sidelines, which could inhibit Bitcoin’s long-term growth potential.
Concerns over Bitcoin’s environmental impact have also contributed to its struggles. Because Bitcoin mining requires a significant amount of energy, environmental advocates have been pressuring companies to consider alternative, sustainable methods. Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla, recently announced that the company would no longer accept Bitcoin as payment due to environmental concerns.
Despite these challenges, some crypto investors remain optimistic about the future of Bitcoin. They note that many corporate giants, such as Amazon and Paypal, have expressed interest in accepting Bitcoin as payment, which could help drive demand for the cryptocurrency.
Others argue that the recent struggles are simply a natural part of the cryptocurrency market, which has always been notoriously volatile. As more people become interested in investing in digital assets, the market will continue to evolve and mature, potentially leading to larger gains in the future. Overall, many investors are holding out hope that Bitcoin will eventually recover from its recent struggles and continue to thrive in the long term.
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PowerSquare featured in The Week
India’s largest circulated English news magazine The Week interviews Pavan Pudipeddi, Founder & CEO, PowerSquare. The story focuses on PowerSquare’s wireless charging offerings in B2C, Automotive and Infrastructure sector. It highlights PowerSquare’s strategy in India and other initiatives to engage consumers.
PowerSquare will be introducing its B2C products in India within a few months of the US launch. The strategy in India will not be just about selling products through e-commerce or retail stores like other brands, but providing a good user experience. PowerSquare wants to ensure that the consumers understand the technology and experience the convenience of using wireless charging in their life.


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Hunter vignerons confident of riding out industry crisis
Hunter Valley vignerons say the region is better placed than most to ride out the problems plaguing the industry.
A wine industry adviser is warning that overseas buyers, especially from China, are queuing up in expectation that Australian growers are about to hit rock bottom.
The problems are being attributed to the high Australian dollar, the grape glut and some vintages being devastated by disease.
But the Hunter Valley's Wine Industry Association President, Andrew Margan says the Hunter's most recent vintage is the best in years.
"It's an industry-wide issue that we've got and the Hunter is affected by it but certainly when you look at the amount of vineyards that have been removed in the Upper Hunter," he said.
"But we've just had a really, really high quality vintage.
"You know, at the end of the day that will flow through the market place and we are well-placed because the rest of Australia's really struggled this vintage.
"You know, to us, in the Hunter, it's all about quality."
Mr Margan says the region's wine tourism sector has played a key role in insulating it from the financial woes affecting Australia's other winemaking regions.
"Vineyards that have been put in the wrong spot, that aren't growing the right quality fruit, that have been put in for the wrong reasons; these are the ones that are probably going to sell cheaply," he said.
"The Hunter is preserved for a number of good reasons.
"We are only in the top end of the market, we do have a very strong wine tourism part of us and all of that helps to keep us a little bit more buoyant perhaps than a lot of the other areas in Australia growing grapes."


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US: Premier next-generation hospitality platform AvantStay has announced that it has closed a $160 million Series B funding round.
The round was co-led by private investment firm Tarsadia Investments and multi-stage global growth equity firm 3L Capital. Existing investors Bullpen Capital and Convivaialite also participated in the raise.
Joining them are a new group of backers, such as Capital One Ventures, Saluda Grade, Greenhawk, Stephen Pagliuca, Fred Tuomi, Jerry Coleman, Jay McKee, and celebrity investors including Plus Capital, Paul George, Shawn Mendes, and more.
Operating in more than 100 cities, AvantStay expects to use the funding to drive continued growth, including expanding into new markets, developing its technology offerings, elevating the customer experience, and launching its brokerage services across the United States.
Tarsadia managing director Rishi Reddy said: “It’s become clear that consumer preferences are changing and that the hospitality industry is going through a paradigm shift. AvantStay’s blistering growth happens when market pull, a culture of innovation, and relentless execution collide.
“We are incredibly excited to partner with Sean and the team as they continue to scale a vertically integrated hospitality brand of the future centred around best in class talent, technology and operations,” he added.
The bumper Series B raise was concluded two years after AvantStay’s $20 million Series A financing round, which was also led by 3L Capital. Since then, the company has added more than 700 homes and over 80 destinations to its portfolio, including in Hawaii, California, South Carolina, Colorado, Tennessee, Florida and Mexico.
Over the last year, AvantStay has increased its portfolio more than three times to 1,000+ properties, grown its team to over 400 employees, and ranked as the second fastest growing hospitality company on the Inc. 5000 list.
Jodi Kessler, partner at 3L, said: “Since we led AvantStay’s Series A investment over two years ago, we’ve watched the company not only grow their supply and revenue tenfold, but also navigate one of the worst possible macro shocks that occurred in the hospitality industry.
“Their incredible execution and resilience, combined with a massive tailwind in the travel sector for AvantStay’s product makes us excited to double down on and support the team as they continue to build both a world-class hospitality brand for travellers, and a vertically integrated platform through which individuals and institutions can invest in short-term rental properties,” she added.
Sean Breuner, founder and CEO of AvantStay, said: “The industry has seen monumental changes and expansion with new and differentiated offerings for the way people want to travel today. This round of funding serves as a powerful catalyst to our company’s explosive growth as the leading short-term rental brand in the USA.
“With Tarsadia, 3L, and our other investors’ support, we can continue to build a platform that meets the demands of guests who crave unique experiences and meaningful connections. Each of these companies has a deep understanding of the industry and will be instrumental partners in supporting our brand’s mission,” he added.
Aiming to set a new standard for the short-term rental industry, AvantStay has introduced click-to-touch concierge and value-added services, group booking capabilities, and an integrated IoT suite powered by its proprietary operating platform, Voyage.
AvantStay co-founder and CEO, Reuben Doetsch, said: “Our advanced proprietary tech platform enables us to deliver highly curated experiences customised to our guests’ needs. This year, we’ve continued to improve our world-class platform that allows us to source, underwrite, design, onboard, distribute, and manage properties at scale.
“With this capital, we are doubling down on integrating the analogue and digital to create seamless unforgettable experiences and stays for our guests,” he added.


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People give massive amounts of their personal data to companies for free every day. Some economists, academics and activists think they should be paid for their contributions.
Called data dividends, or sometimes digital or technology dividends, the somewhat obscure idea got a boost on Feb 12 from an unexpected source: California’s new governor, Gavin Newsom.
“California’s consumers should … be able to share in the wealth that is created from their data. And so I’ve asked my team to develop a proposal for a new data dividend for Californians, because we recognize that your data has value and it belongs to you,” said Newsom during his annual State of the State speech.
The concept is based in part on an existing model in Alaska where residents receive payment for their share of the state’s oil-royalties fund dividend each fall. The payouts, which can vary from hundreds of dollars to a couple thousand of dollars per person, have become a regular part of the state’s economy. [Continue reading…]


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When we say that today’s home fitness equipment is simpler and more complex than ever before, don’t let your head spin more than an elliptical machine’s flywheel. As confusing as such a statement might appear to be, the truth is that the latest strength and cardio equipment has added and subtracted features in appealing ways.
Home fitness equipment manufacturers continue to make more products that have simple and functional excercises that challenge the body through natural movements and force you—instead of a machine—to stabilize your body. For example, one new home gym uses no weights but delivers a traditional strength workout. Weight stacks and excercise balls have been added to vertical-knee-raise (VKR) stations to make them more versatile.
Meanwhile, the manufacturers of elliptical machines (or ellipticals), exercise bikes and treadmills are plugging into the latest technologies to deliver more feedback and more-interactive experiences. They also are expanding the direction of motion on equipment, such as an elliptical and an exercise bike that produce lateral movements.
RUNNING MATES. If you want a new treadmill, it’s time for you to lace up for a new virtual experience, because manufacturers are changing their consoles. New features that are on tablet touch-screen consoles display graphics that allow you to simulate running in exotic places or use Internet applications that soon will let you create virtual competition against friends who reside in other parts of the world.
For example, Life Fitness is scheduled to introduce in February 2013 a treadmill for home use that has an industry-leading 19-inch touch-screen console that allows you to select programs and change settings by swiping and poking at the screen just like you would operate a tablet computer. (Other touch screens typically are 10 inches and are limited to pressing virtual buttons).
What’s really cool about the Life Fitness console is that it incorporates a new Lifescape program that has 17 different display options. The options allow you to take a virtual hike or run through the most scenic places in the world, such as Yosemite National Park, Trinity Mountains in California or the French Alps. The treadmill’s track inclines and declines to replicate the virtual terrain that you encounter on the screen. Cool!
Use of tablet computer shelf will block some control buttons
This program also lets you watch movies and TV through the program’s on-demand content feature. You also will be able to plug your smartphone into the console, so you can display videos that are on your Android or Apple device, says Lauren Kamm of Life Fitness. Of course, having the ability to watch content via a treadmill touch screen won’t help your workout, so we wouldn’t blame anyone for believing that such a feature merely is a sales gimmick at a time when consumers increasingly get their entertainment fix from tablets and other mobile devices.
Life Fitness hasn’t released pricing for treadmills that have the Lifescape program and the 19-inch touch screen. But commercial models that have the same features that were introduced in October 2012 start at $6,000, which is $2,151 more than what you’d pay for our premium Best Buy treadmill selection, which has a conventional console. Kamm says the program and console also will be available on Life Fitness ellipticals and exercise bikes.
In a similar but much less expensive vein, Diamondback Fitness plans to introduce a treadmill that connects with your tablet and lets you use it as a supplemental console or display. The Bluetooth-enabled console will work with a third-party mobile app that tracks results, displays real-time monitoring and gives you access to custom workouts that take you on virtual runs through famous places, such as the Himalayas and the Great Wall of China, which are displayed on your tablet.


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The camera is one of the biggest selling points in a smartphone these days. Nokia has their PureView camera, while HTC just announced their “UltraPixel” camera in the HTC One. Now DigitalOptics want its “Mems|Cam” camera technology in your next smartphone.
At Mobile World Congress this year, DigitalOptics revealed its Mems|Cam camera that can capture images and let you change their focus afterward. This sounds like a similar technology that Lytro introduced a couple of years ago. However, the MEM|Cam technology works a bit differently.
DigitalOptic’s camera module captures images in an instantaneous succession at different depths of field and joins them into one single image that can be manipulated later. It captures images at 8 to 13 megapixels, compared to Lytro’s minute 1-megapixel.
Mems stands for microelectricalmechanical silicone system. It’s the revolutionary system that allows rapid change of the depth of field. It uses just 1-percent of the energy compared to the current smartphone focus mechanism.
DigitalOptics said its camera technology is ready for production and they are in talks with OEMs to incorporate their camera into future smartphones. The company not announced any partners yet, but China’s Oppo and CK Telecom are interested in the technology.


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Several testimonies were spread on Twitter against the restaurant Sonora Grill Prime Masaryk, one of the luxury restaurants of Mexico City that specializes in cuts of meat, all for being racist in the arrangement of the tables.
According to the testimonies, the same leadership of the place requires its employees to divide the Caucasian people from those who are not so as not to give a “bad image,” according to the statements made in the account of Twitter@TerrorRestMX.
The area where they accommodate people with dark or non-Caucasian complexions would be known internally as “Gandi,” while the “Mousset” area is for white people, and it is even stated that they are given better treatment.
In another of the statements made by this account, it indicates that the director of the brand himself shows anger every time people are not accommodated in this way since it is not the image he wants to project.
Testimonies indicate illegal practices.
Within the messages sent anonymously to the account, alleged workers comment on some illegal situations even when they sign their contracts. Everything has gone viral.
They affirm that they make them sign their resignation from the moment they start working with the company, they receive payment from two different companies, they make them pay for their uniforms, in addition to taking tips to replace glassware or missing items, although in the inventory do not need anything.
It may interest you: Sonora Grill “give a cat for a hare” this is how a consumer unmasks it on TikTok
What happened at Sonora Grill?
The company has repeatedly accused by its employees or former employees of mistreating staff and customers, stating they are “labor abusers.”
A Sonora Grill branch was even closed months ago for opening its doors during the Covid-19 Pandemic at a red light, as we told you on AmericanPost.News, in addition to many other controversies.


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NEW YORK (MainStreet) -- Craft beer can grow in popularity and production as much as it likes, but it won't make a difference if it doesn't grow out of its comfort zone.
According to the Brewers Association craft beer industry group, craft brewers sold 12.2 million barrels of beer in the first half of 2015, up from 10.6 million barrels during the first half of 2014. At the end of that same period, there were 3,739 breweries operating in the U.S. That's an increase of 699 breweries since the same time last year and doesn't count the 1,755 breweries currently in the planning stages. That translates to an estimated 115,469 full-time and part-time jobs in the craft beer industry.
That's a not insubstantial portion of 49,576 brewery jobs, 131,307 distribution jobs and 383,190 beer supplier positions -- hop growers, maltsters, brewing equipment fabricators and the like -- that the Beer Institute and National Beer Wholesalers Association lobbying groups say the beer industry will fill this year. Overall, those groups say the beer industry contributes about $253 billion in economic output -- roughly 1.5% of the nation's GDP -- and accounts for $48.5 billion in tax revenue.
However, that industry doesn't affect each part of the U.S. equally. Portland, Ore., adding yet another brewery to the more than 60 within its city limits does little to help Mississippi's beer industry and its seven breweries total. Nobody's raising a glass in North Dakota's six breweries to toast the opening of yet another big craft brewer's East Coast facilities in Asheville, N.C. According to Nielsen, while 35% of drinking age adults say they're interested in drinking a beer labeled “craft,” 45% want a beer that's made locally. That percentage of locavore beer drinkers jumps to 53% among drinkers ages 21 to 34, which suggests that beer is going to be an increasingly local concern for the foreseeable future.
That's inspiring a whole lot of brewers to forego craft beer hotspots in favor of less-saturated locales. With some help from local drinkers and increasingly friendly beer laws, the following 10 cities have seen their craft beer cultures explode within the last year. Craft brewers could hoard their newfound riches, but they're quickly discovering that their success, like their beer, is best shared with friends:


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With many businesses adopting changes during the coronavirus pandemic to help prevent the spread of COVID-19, their services and hours may vary from normal operation.
Services across Athens businesses vary from dine-in and in-store purchases to delivery and pickup only. Many businesses provide a combination of several.
Athens County remains a level three, or red, county on the Ohio Public Health Advisory System, with a high risk of exposure and spread of the coronavirus. As of March 4, there are 4,654 COVID-19 cases in Athens County, according to the Athens City-County Health Department. Of those cases, 253 are active.
However, since Ohio’s overnight curfew was lifted, some businesses, particularly restaurants and bars, have extended their hours while others remain relatively restricted.
Athens bar Red Brick Tavern extended its hours of operation back until 2 a.m. after the curfew was lifted. Several other bars, including Lucky’s and The Pub Bar and Grill, have followed suit.
The Ohio statewide mask order remains in place when inside businesses. Many businesses have taken further safety and sanitation measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
Athens Bread Company currently allows no more than two patrons in its store at a time to allow employees to maintain social distancing guidelines. The store is also offering services via a walk-up window amid the pandemic.
For an overview of Athens businesses and their current statuses of operation during the pandemic, view The Post’s guide below. This guide is incomplete and subject to change. Businesses, hours and services will change over time as The Post continues to update this guide based on businesses’ decisions.


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The Easter Bunny may be in danger of being replaced by the Easter Chicken this year, at least in Simpsonville.
“It’s just amazing how quickly we’re selling our baby chicks,” said Gary Metzger.
Metzger’s Country Store on U.S. 60 gets a shipment of baby chickens in each week in the spring, and he said they are sold as fast as they arrive.
“They are very popular, both as pets and for their eggs,” he said. “It’s amazing how many people have chickens now. I live in Middletown, and you can look outside all the time and see chickens. They have really taken off.”
More traditional Easter items also are selling well this year, including the always-popular candy, Kroger manager Denny Simonavice said.
“Candy has been selling incredibly well; we were just talking about that,” he said Wednesday.
Simonavice said people are not neglecting their Easter dinners, either, and have been coming in buying lots of hams.
“Our spiral ham and our honey-baked ham, these are selling very well for Easter,” he said.
Walmart Manager Jeff Craig said he has not noticed a lot of people buying prepackaged Easter baskets, but he said he thinks more people may be creating their own this year, judging by the amount of candy the store is selling.
“We are selling just a ton of candy and stuffed animals,” he said. “Makes me wonder what is going to happen when the weather breaks; maybe it will get people even more in the Easter mood.”
Lori Glass, owner of Pathelen Flower and Gift Shop, said Easter baskets are not just for kids.
“I’m working on one right now that is going out to an elderly lady. Adults like them as much as kids do,” she said with a chuckle.
Glass reminisced how the floral business has changed over the years at Eastertime.
“I remember when we would spend all day and sometimes into the night on Friday making up corsages for people to wear to church; they would usually come in an Saturday and pick them up,” she said. “But we don’t do very many of those at all anymore.”
Glass said the trend in Easter flowers has shifted in the floral industry over the past few years from lilies to other kinds of flowers.
“People have been wanting arrangements of spring flowers, something with more color,” she said.
“As for lilies, they are still popular, but places like Kroger and Lowe’s can sell them a lot more inexpensively than we can.”
Jason Shaw, manager at Lowe’s on Taylorsville Road, said the store has a huge selection of lilies and tulips, as well as some other varieties.
Sharon Nichols, owner of Flowers by Sharon, agreed that the popularity of lilies has been declining in recent years in some circles.
“We used to sell a lot of them to churches, but they just don’t do as much with them anymore,” she said. “I think it could be the economy. People just think of flowers as something you can do without. But we do still sell an awful lot of our arrangements in the thirty-five-to-fifty-dollar range at this time of year. We deliver, and we take a lot of Easter arrangements to nursing homes, because people want their loved ones to know they are thinking about them at Easter.”
Nichols said people may not be aware when they call a 1-800 number to send flowers that they may not be getting the best value – or the best quality – for their money.
“It’s so much better to deal with somebody local than to call those numbers,” she said. “Those people are not florists; they are just answering the phone and locating the nearest available florists. They don’t care if the pink tulips look better than the white ones. There are two florists in Shelbyville, us and Pathelen, and Lori [Glass] and I are able to help people out with what they need much better because they can explain to us exactly what they want.”
That scenario even transcends holiday flower giving, she said.
“Say for example, if somebody sends a box of flowers to a funeral home by Fed-Ex; what is the funeral home going to do? They’ll call us. They’re not going to arrange them. That personal touch is so important.”


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Laura Teichmann's opinion of Amarillo has been forged by fire. Nearly 18 months after the 2011 wildfires that destroyed Willow Creek Kennels, the business has returned to the area, opening a new facility at 4339 E. Loop 335, a half-mile west of Eastern Street.
"It's good to be back in our old neighborhood," said Teichmann, who owns the business with Starla Beard. "It's more like coming home.
"I learned that Amarillo is the best place to live because customers, the people in Amarillo, other kennels, the Humane Society - there was just such an outpouring to help. It humbles you."
The move takes the kennel operation out of temporary lease space on North Western Street and gives the staff and boarded pets room to breathe.
The new facility contains more than 50 indoor-outdoor runs that allow pets to come and go at most times of the day. Heated floors will make temperatures more comfortable in the winter, Teichmann said.
The 2011 fire killed 18 dogs housed in the kennels. The new home contains some safeguards.
"We've got better security, fire alarms and cameras," she said. "Something like that (wildfire), and as fast-moving as it was, you can't be 100 percent prepared, unfortunately. But it keeps us a little more protected."
Willow Creek Kennels operates from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday and from 4 to 5 p.m. Sunday. The business has a new website, www.amarillodog
The market appears energized for some battery wars.
BatteriesPlus will set up its second shop in Amarillo at the southwest corner of Paramount Boulevard and Interstate 40, less than a half-mile from Battery Joe in Western Crossing.
Battery Joe, on the other hand, is prepping a site on Southwest 45th, west of Coulter Street, for its second location - a half-mile or so from the first BatteriesPlus in Amarillo at 5073 S. Coulter.
BatteriesPlus intends to open the I-40 location in September.
"It will be much bigger," co-owner Kristy Gomez said.
Bigger, to house a selection of more than 40,000 batteries, light bulbs and related products. The Wisconsin-based chain began selling lightbulbs in response to the phaseout of incandescent bulbs, an energy efficiency measure, Gomez said.
The Coulter Street store will be rearranged to accommodate lightbulbs by the end of the year, she said.
The family that owns the Amarillo BatteriesPlus franchises includes Gomez, her father Bud Keiber and her husband Tracy, who just joined the business in January. Gaut Whittenburg Commercial Real Estate broker Cathy Derr handled the lease for BatteriesPlus.
Trook Cabinets Inc. lives again in a new incarnation.
Rob Trook has opened Trook Cabinet Co. at 11560 S. Coulter St., Suite D.
Rob Trook learned the trade from his late grandfather, Dale W. Trook, who opened the original Trook Cabinets Inc. in 1952 on Tyler Street in downtown Amarillo.
The third-generation cabinetmaker "is continuing the legacy," said his brother, Chris, an employee of the new business. "He is a highly skilled, fine-woodworking craftsman."
The new shop operates from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. The telephone number is 806-231-2061.
The former Coronado Shopping Center in Pampa will gain new lifeblood due to its purchase by a division of Pampa Economic Development Corp. Pampa Energy Center formed a limited liabilty company, Las Pampas Square, to make the $1.7-million buy, Executive Director Clay Rice said.
Las Pampas Square will be the new moniker for the center at Hobart and Somerville streets, an area experiencing redevelopment, Rice said.
Construction crews are completing a Happy State Bank branch at the corner, and Las Pampas has new tenants - Steel's, a clothing store, and Enbridge, a natural gas transportation company, Rice said.
Pampa Independent School District also has purchased a former Albertsons grocery at the crossroads for a future administration building, he said.
Ascena Retail Group Inc. recently completed its acquisition of Charming Shoppes Inc., a retailer that operates Lane Bryant, Catherine's Plus and Fashion Bug stores specializing in women's plus-size clothing.
Charming Shoppes already had closed 124 Fashion Bug stores in 2011 but, after the sale, Ascena announced it will close the remaining Fashion Bug stores by early 2013. Amarillo's Fashion Bug operates at 2900 S. Soncy Road.
If you feel moo-ved to action Friday, the right outfit could earn you free food.
Chick-fil-A will sponsor Cow Appreciation Day, a call for customers to dress as their favorite bovine. A partial costume gets you a free entree. Dress like a cow "from head to hoof" and you'll gain an entire meal.
Upload photos in a Chick-fil-A contest and you'll have a chance for more prizes.
Need help getting the right look? Download costume components you can print and cut out from www.cowappreciationday .com. That's where you'll also find contest rules.
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A raft of data emerged from the Department for the Economy today. The most significant release was the Quarterly Employee Survey (QES) for Q2 2017 -a comprehensive survey of the actual number of jobs in the economy. This is more closely watched than the Labour Force Survey which looks at people working in some shape or form (paid, unpaid, self-employed, voluntary etc). Continue reading
The Chancellor would happily swap the UK’s current annual economic growth rate with its inflation rate. While GDP growth remains sluggish and below the rates being experienced in most other EU countries, the converse is true for inflation. Continue reading
The latest Northern Ireland Residential Property Price Index shows that overall average house prices increased 3.1% quarter-on-quarter and 4.4% year-on-year. Continue reading
The Northern Ireland economy continued to expand in Q1 2017, according to today’s data, albeit at a weaker rate than in the previous quarter. Private sector growth (+0.4% q/q, +3.4% y/y) was driven by the services sector (+0.5% q/q, +3.1% y/y) with industrial production (-0.2% q/q, +2.1% y/y) and construction (-1.7% q/q, +7.9% y/y) posting quarterly contractions. The fall in industrial production though conceals strong rates of growth within manufacturing firms (+0.9% q/q & +0.9% y/y).
Using the UK consumer price index (CPI), the annual rise in the price of consumer goods and services eased from 2.9% in May to 2.6% in June. This unexpected easing marked the first fall in the annual inflation rate since October 2016 and perhaps reduces the likelihood that more members of the MPC will vote for an interest rate hike in the near future. That has been how financial markets have interpreted this morning’s figures, with sterling losing around one cent against the euro and the US dollar immediately after the inflation release.
While the media headlines continue to focus on the ongoing political turbulence, today’s inflation figures signal that the headwinds facing the consumer are intensifying. Continue reading
Today we received the last set of labour market statistics ahead of next month’s General Election. Theresa May will be pleased at the headlines with a number of record highs and lows. Continue reading
As far as economic growth is concerned, the Northern Ireland economy ended 2016 with a bang. Continue reading
During the three months to February 2017, Northern Ireland’s unemployment rate fell by 0.4 percentage points to 5.2% (UK = 4.7%). This represents the lowest unemployment rate since the period September – November 2008. Meanwhile, Northern Ireland’s youth unemployment rate (18-24yrs of age) dipped below the 13% mark for the first time in 7 years. At 12.9% (UK = 10.4%), this is almost half the rate that prevailed at the peak in Q3 2013. Surely, cause for celebration? Continue reading
The annual rate of UK CPI inflation remained unchanged in March at 2.3%. However, this headline conceals different trends within goods and services. Continue reading


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Despite the latest surge in consumer prices, Americans haven't lost their appetite for dining (and drinking) out. That's according to the latest estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau, showing that monthly sales of food services and drinking places amounted to $86.1 billion in July, virtually unchanged from June and up almost 12 percent compared to July 2021. While much of that increase can certainly be attributed to higher prices on the menu, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported a 7.6 percent price increase for "food away from home" in July, indicating that demand was in fact slightly stronger than last year.
Food services and drinking places, i.e. restaurants, bars, cafeterias, etc., made an impressive recovery from Covid lockdowns and associated shifts in consumer spending. As the following chart shows, restaurant sales appear to have returned to their pre-pandemic growth path, with several bumps in the road to recovery attributable to surges in Covid infections.


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THEY may make life easier, but a warning from computer experts in Orange is a timely reminder of why digital devices should still be used with caution.
It’s sometimes tricky to do considering there are continuous breakthroughs on minimising the number of clicks, or finger presses, we have to make, particularly when we’re shopping online.
Not so long ago, many of us felt a bit of trepidation putting our card details into the fields to make a purchase.
Now, we do it without a second thought and some sites even offer to remember those details so we don’t have to re-enter them the next time we make a purchase.
How great is that?
Yet every now and again, security flaws like Meltdown and Spectre, bring us back to earth and make us realise that perhaps we should be more guarded with sensitive information, particularly considering the flaws cannot be detected by the user.
Cloud services are being pushed more and more as users seek more portable devices, which therefore have a whole lot less storage.
As a tablet’s growing app count makes keeping hundreds of photos on the device unrealistic, the thought of unlimited storage capacity somewhere in cyberspace starts to sound very attractive.
Yet we’re advised that these flaws can enable a hacker to access the cloud.
The answer is to do our homework.
Is the cloud service secure against intrusion? Have we done everything we can to secure our devices?
But it is also about being prudent with personal information.
Sites like PayPal provide a secure way of paying for items online and where sites allow us to choose whether we want them to always or never remember our password, perhaps never is a safer option.
The price for making the wrong decision on a website can be, at the least, the inconvenience of having to change passwords and cancelling cards.
At the other end of the scale, it can mean losing money out of the bank account and more serious forms of fraud and identity theft.
The good news is that most large companies like Apple and Microsoft have seen little to no performance impact after responding to the flaws.
Still, it can’t hurt to know what’s out there and take a few steps to avoid being stung.


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Stop & Shop associates are doing inspiring, essential work to serve the community during the COVID-19 pandemic. We take the safety and well-being of our associates very seriously and have invested more than $110 million so far in increased pay, expanded healthcare and leave benefits, access to critical safety equipment and new measures to strengthen adherence to social distancing guidelines in our stores and in our warehouse facilities. This includes:
- Masks, face shields, gloves and other personal protection equipment
- Specialized cleaning and sanitation services in all of our stores and facilities
- The installation of plexiglass at registers and other close-contact situations
- One-way aisles, reduced store capacity, extra security and other measures to ensure proper social distancing
- The addition of contactless delivery for online customers and safety protections for our drivers
- Special pay covering up to two weeks of leave for those who are required to quarantine by health or government authorities or by the company
- Additional investment in our Helping Hands Fund for associates and their families in times of need, including around the coronavirus pandemic.
We’ve also been reminding customers of the steps they can take to help keep shopping safe, through ad campaigns, in-store signs and announcements.
Stop & Shop is also is fortunate to have had the opportunity to make a difference and help in our local communities throughout this crisis. We’ve made donations totally nearly $3 million to the following:
- A wide network of 13 regional food banks
- COVID-19 vaccine research
- Thousands of free meals and grocery deliveries for front-line hospital workers
- Free grocery deliveries to nursing homes and assisted living communities
- Gift card donations to Stop & Shop’s School Food Pantries to help keep kids fed while out of school
Stop & Shop is also proud to have created new professional opportunities for many across the region whose jobs have been affected by the pandemic. Since this crisis began, Stop & Shop has hired more than 13,000 associates for regular – not temporary – part-time positions. We hope many of these associates will stay with us and grow their careers at a company where they can make a difference in their communities.


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German luxury carmaker Porsche has finally, and officially, launched its very first electric car, the Taycan.
Rarely did a model of Porsche attract such attention as this. But, as the first pure electric car of the German marque, it is probably little wonder.
For the Stuttgart sportscar manufacturer, it is also the beginning of a new era, as Porsche CEO Oliver Blume said on Wednesday (European time) at the world premiere of the Taycan in Neuhardenberg on the outskirts of Berlin.
“The Taycan links our heritage to the future. It carries forward the success story of our brand – a brand that has fascinated and thrilled people the world over for more than 70 years,” said Blume.
“This day marks the start of a new era.”
The carmaker has put a lot of effort into the lead up of its flagship electric vehicle, including a transcontinental display of prowess that included a cruise through Shanghai and a go at tackling the UK’s Goodwood hillclimb with Australia’s own Mark Webber in the driver’s seat.
And let’s not forget the 26-time full throttle acceleration test by Fully Charged’s Jonny Smith.
Although Porsche has already has the Cayenne and the Panamera plug-in hybrid on offer, a true, purely electric vehicle has not been available until now.
And the customer interest for this vehicle is huge, as Porsche has let known over the past few months, with 30,000 pre-orders taken from interested customers before the Taycan’s market.
“With today’s presentation of the Taycan, we hope there will be more. Now customers have the opportunity to touch and test the vehicle,” said Blume.
While it was hinted in late July that there would be three variants unveiled at the Taycan premiere, the German sportscar maker revealed just two – the Taycan Turbo and its even sportier stablemate the Taycan Turbo S.
That this Taycan redefines the meaning of sportiness in the Porsche range can be seen in its performance data.
The Taycan Turbo S sits at the top of the range with maximum power output of 560kW, delivering acceleration from 0-100km/hr in just 2.8 seconds, or 500kW max output and 0-100km/hr acceleration in 3.2 seconds for the Taycan Turbo.
So that all this is not just a one-time experience, the first pure E-Porsche is the world’s first production car with a system voltage of 800 volts.
This not only allows a very compact space, but also a repeatability of the performance, says Porsche (and as demonstrated in those 26 full throttle launches.
The range of the Taycan with the 93.4 kWh battery is rated at 412km for the Turbo S and 450km for the Turbo according to the WLTP cycle, and with incredible charging power of up to 270 kW, the battery can be recharged to add another 100km driving range in just five minutes.
So much performance has its price: for the Turbo S, Porsche has set a starting price of 185,456 euros ($A299,900 converted), and for the Turbo, 152,136 euros ($A246,019 converted) – clearly only a particularly exclusive circle of customers can experience the dawn of the new era of e-mobility at Porsche.
This is just the start for Porsche, which is committing a total of 6 billion euros ($A9.7 billion) to drive a shift to electromobility by 2022.
Blume says that by 2025, every second Porsche sold will have an electric drive. In addition to a Cross Turismo version of the Taycan, it has also been decided that the next generation Macan will also be born as an electric version.
“If you bring a car like the Taycan on the market, it must be clearly designed to the point and carry the sportsmanship and genes of Porsche in itself,” said Blume.
Bridie Schmidt is lead reporter for The Driven, sister site of Renew Economy. She has been writing about electric vehicles since 2018, and has a keen interest in the role that zero-emissions transport has to play in sustainability. She has participated in podcasts such as Download This Show with Marc Fennell and Shirtloads of Science with Karl Kruszelnicki and is co-organiser of the Northern Rivers Electric Vehicle Forum. Bridie also owns a Tesla Model 3 and has it available for hire on evee.com.au.


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At least in the 4th quarter of 2020 according to Gartner
The popularity of Apple’s iPhone 12 helped them become the top smartphone vendor for the 4th quarter of 2020 and rise to rank as the number two smartphone vendor for all of 2020 behind Samsung.
According to the Gartner numbers Apple saw almost 15% year over year growth in the 4th quarter and secured 20.8 percent of the global smartphone marketshare
Gartner estimates that Apple sold 79.94 million during the quarter.
This is despite an overall decline in the smartphone market of 5.4 percent.
And for the year Apple saw an overall growth in iPhone sales of 3.3 while the industry as a whole experienced a 12.5 percent decline.
IDC also had reports that Apple’s iPhone 12 was big in Japan for the 4th quarter of 2020
They estimated that 52.6 percent of all smartphones sold in the 4th quarter in Japan were iPhones
Apple saw a 13.8% year-on-year increase in shipments in Japan shipping an estimated 6 million units
For all of 2020 in Japan iPhones accounted for 46.5 percent of the smartphone market
According to DigiTimes the iPhone 13 models are expected to adopt Qualcomm's Snapdragon X60 5G modem
The chips use a 5nm process are more efficient and smaller than the Snapdragon X55 modems used in iPhone 12
They are able to aggregate 5G data from both mmWave and sub-6GHz bands simultaneously
Apple blocks Silver Sparrow
I told you last time about a couple of new pieces of malware that have been compiled to run natively on Apple Silicon
Red Canary a security firm who discovered the malware never saw any report payload executions and could not determine the nature of the exploit
Still Apple has now taken steps to stop Silver Sparrow before it can do anything according to MacRumors
Apple has has revoked the certificates of the developer accounts used to sign the packages, so no further Macs could become infected.
And for any app distributed outside the Mac App store Apple says they have "industry-leading" mechanisms in place to block attacks.
They are likely referring to recent policies that require all Mac software developed with a Developer ID from outside the MAS to be run through their “notary” service.
This scans for malicious content and code-signing issues.
On the iOS side Apple also appears to be making some exploits harder for hackers according to a report by Motherboard
Since 2018 Apple has employed a cryptography security feature called Pointer Authentication Codes
These prevent attackers from leveraging corrupted memory to inject malicious code
Staring iOS 14.5 Apple has developed a way to extend these protections to ISA pointers which are pointers that tell a program what code to use when it runs
This will make zero click attacks and sandbox escape attacks much hard to execute on iOS
This doesn’t mean these exploits will become impossible, but it will make it much more difficult.
Some pro users of M1 Macs are noting some potentially concerning numbers for 'TBW', or total bytes written, on the machines SSD
They are reporting drives that already are displaying anywhere from 3 to 13 percent of the TBW numbers
At these rates it would mean the drives could be reaching 100% TBW in just a year or two.
While you can continue to use an SSD with 100% TBW reliability becomes a serious concern
It’s very likely at this point that the numbers are errors in software or that there are issues with smart monitoring tools which are also "notorious for misreporting"
Either way I’m sure it’s something Apple is looking into and will likely be resolved.
I don’t cover macOS incremental updates too much but macOS Big Sur 11.2.2 has an important feature for owners of later model MacBook Pros and MacBook Airs
The update contains code to protect 2019 or later MacBook Pro models and 2020 or Later MacBook Air models from being damaged when connected to certain third-party, non-compliant powered USB-C hubs and docks.
‘Epic’ animated series coming to Apple TV+
Deadline did an interview with the directors of Wolfwalkers, the Golden Globe nominated film on Apple TV+ from Cartoon Saloon
In the interview Tomm Moore and Ross Stewart were asked about what’s next for the studio
They mentioned a new film called “My Father’s Dragon” though they did not tie it’s release to Apple
But they also said they are planning a 12 episode hand-drawn animated series that will be coming to Apple TV+
Episodes will be 30 minutes and the series will end with a hour-long special
The series is not announced yet, but they described it as a “big series” and called it “epic”
The sequel to HBO’s “Band of Brothers” is also coming to Apple TV+
The series is called “Masters of Air” and it’s the first series to be from Apple’s own internal production studio
This week Deadline reported that Austin Butler and Callum Turner will star in the series.
"Masters of Air" is based on the novel "Masters of the Air" by Donald L. Miller. It follows the story of the American and British bomber boys in World War II.
The Golden Globes happened Sunday night and while AppleTV+ shows were up for several awards
Best Motion Picture, Animated – “Wolfwalkers”
Best Television Series, Musical or Comedy – “Ted Lasso”
Best Performance By An Actor In A Supporting Role In Any Motion Picture – Bill Murray in “On The Rocks”
Best Actor in a TV Series, Musical or Comedy Series – Jason Sudeikis in “Ted Lasso”
Jason Sudeikis won. Making it the first Golden Globe win for an Apple TV+ show or film
Significant changes coming for MacBook Pro
We’ve been hearing about a lot of the “pro” features making their way back to this years upcoming Apple Silicon MacBook Pro updates
This week Ming-Chi Kuo is confirming earlier rumors we heard from Mark Guramn about the return of the SSD slot and the HDMI port
Previously both Kuo and Gurman said Apple will have redesigned 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pros this year that will not only include the new ports, but also bring back the MagSafe connector and ditch the TouchBar.
Flat-edge bottom and top design.
The new machines may also be the first Macs to feature Mini-LED displays
No specific release dates being mentioned beyond just the second half of 2021
Prosser is claiming that this years iMac line up could bring colors back to the iMac
He says Apple will use the same colors as last years iPads, space gray, silver, rose gold, green, and sky blue.
Kuo and Gurman hav both mentioned that Apple’s iMac will have a significant redesign this year with a look more like the Pro Display XDR
Flat back and no “chin”
Prosser also briefly discussed the new Mac Pro design being “less than half the size” of the existing MacPro
It’s being likened to the old G4 Cube and Prosser says the design will have the compute unit on the bottom with a big heat sink on top.
It’s also expected that Apple will release updated iPad Pros with min-LED displays
Updates are expected to be mostly evolutionary with updated A14X processors and 5G support
The mini-LED displays might be limited to the 12.9-inch model.
Could come near the ned of the first quarter or early in the second quarter
Apple Pay now in Mexico
Available to Citibanamex and Banorte customers
Now seven years after launch Apple Pay is already available in over 60 countries
Israeli mobile banking service Pepper updated it’s mobile app with release notes that mention a “surprise” coming soon and that had a splash screen indicating you could add your card to Apple’s wallet
The Apple Pay references were quickly removed in another update.
Indicating that Apple Pay also may be coming to Israel soon.
Target will update Apple store within store
They are planning to create “Apple shopping destination” experiences at retail stores in the United States
Sounds pretty similar to previous “store within a store” experiences Apple has done in the past like at Best Buy and CompUSA back in the day
They will bring Apple products products and accessories together in one space
With demos and questions answered for shoppers by Apple trained Target Tech Consultants
It’s being rolled out to 17 Target locations now and will expand to other locations this year.
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Developers with the popular sandwich franchise have been eagerly pushing to fill a vacant storefront at 73 Main St., citing the high volume of foot traffic from commuters and local businesses as the main selling point for the restaurant’s location in the village.
At 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, there will be a second public hearing with the village Zoning Board, where residents will have the opportunity to discuss the proposal with officials. There will then be a public hearing Tuesday, April 21 with members of the Tuckahoe Planning Board.
Last month, developers sought a parking variance from the Zoning Board that would require just four spaces outside of the restaurant, saying they wanted local customers, not those coming from out of town looking for a sub.
Scarsdale architect Leonard Brandes, the man behind the proposal, noted they’ve already secured two parking spaces next door, meaning that with the variance, they would be required to acquire an additional set to comply with village code.
“We looked at a location on Columbus, but there wasn’t enough foot traffic. This location affords us access to more people on a daily basis,” he said. “We want people to be able to walk over, get a sandwich and go back to their office or go to the park. We don’t need parking.”
The developers noted they’ve done their research in the area, and have concluded that a partnership in Tuckahoe can be mutually beneficial for the restaurateur, locals and officials alike.
“It speaks highly of the village that a company would come in and check the demographics and determine there is enough business to be sustainable,” Zoning Board Chair Ronald Gallo said. “I hate to see a business not survive, so this gives solace to me.”
Although there are many vacant storefronts littered throughout Tuckahoe, many locals aren’t eager to sacrifice what they see as “village charm” to larger chain restaurants – something that already has been forbidden through ordinances in Eastchester and Bronxville.
“This application is not a ‘win-win’ as is often expressed by some members of the Tuckahoe Zoning Board,” longtime resident Albert Stern, who has been vocal in his opposition of the project, said. “It will simply displace the revenue that is currently generated by local shops and transfer it to Subway, with an attendant loss of character for the village while bringing in the ‘ordinary.’ Needless to say, that can only affect local property values in a negative way.”
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PKP-Machining will participate to the Trade Fair again this year, you can find us in department C 950.
PKP-Machining has purchased a new boring and turning mill that will increase production capacity and product unit size considerably.
ONS 2016 is one of the world's largest fairs in the field of oil and gas. It will take place in Stavanger in Norway at the end of August and beginning of September.
The exhibition in Hamburg is the global exhibition and marketplace in the field of marine technology. The expo presents the latest research, services, and products in the areas of shipbuilding and machinery and marine technologies.
PKP Machining will attend the international maritime industry and logistics exhibition Navigate Maritime Expo at the Turku Fair Center on 18.-19.5.2016.
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|Vietnamese Minister of Industry and Trade Tran Tuan Anh
Kaag affirmed that Vietnam is an important partner of the Netherlands, and expressed her good impression of achievements Vietnam has gained in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic over the recent past.
She noted that the Netherlands is the second biggest market of Vietnam’s exports in the EU, and also the largest European investor in the Southeast Asian country.
The minister urged that the two sides carry out more activities in the time ahead in order to enhance their trade ties and deal with economic consequences of the pandemic.
Kaag informed that there will be an array of virtual trade missions hosted by the Dutch embassies in some ASEAN countries, including Vietnam, in October and November, and invited the Vietnamese Minister of Industry and Trade to attend the launching ceremony for these activities.
Regarding the EU-Vietnam Investment Protection Agreement (EVIPA), the Dutch minister said due to COVID-19, the approval of the deal has yet to be included in the agenda of the Dutch Parliament.
Therefore, the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Development will work for the agreement to be early included in the working agenda of the parliament, she pledged.
The minister also lauded the Vietnamese government’s efforts in implementing the chapter on sustainable development progamme in the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA), saying the Netherlands stands ready to provide technical assistance for Vietnam in this regard.
The Netherland also wishes to step up cooperation with Vietnam in promoting a circular economy and low-carbon production, towards sustainable development, and clean and renewable energy, she stressed.
For his part, Minister Anh spoke highly of the close collaboration between Vietnam and the Netherlands across spheres, including trade, renewable energy, low-carbon production, and trade promotion, and suggested the two sides take more concrete, efficient steps in the existing cooperation areas.
He thanked the Dutch government for their support during the negotiation and ratification of the EVFTA and EVIPA, expressing his hope that the two countries will beef up their cooperation in the enforcement of the two deals.
Both ministers backed the idea on holding a virtual seminar on the agreements, and investment and trade ties between Vietnam and the Netherlands, which is expected to gather about 12-13 CEOs from major Dutch industrial groups like Shell, Philips and Friesland Campia, and Vietnamese enterprises.
This would be an opportunity for Dutch firms to learn more about the investment environment in Vietnam, while offering cooperation opportunities for businesses of the two countries, they said.
As for the circular economy, Tuan Anh praised the joint efforts in establishing a close cooperation framework with documents signed at different levels, from businesses to state management agencies.
The minister said he hopes for an action plan with specific activities in order to advance the partnership in this regard.
Statistics of the Ministry of Industry and Trade show that trade between Vietnam and the Netherlands reached nearly US$7.6 billion last year, with Vietnam’s exports to the European country hitting US$6.9 billion and its imports, US$661 million.
In the first seven months of this year, Vietnam exported more than US$3.83 billion worth of goods to the Netherlands, up 0.46% year-on-year, even when Vietnam’s total export revenue to the EU dropped 5.96% in the period.


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Facebook’s $19 billion acquisition of WhatsApp has woken many in the West to companies that are building their business in global markets, and browser-maker UCWeb is another that has flown under the radar so far.
Today, the Chinese company issued a fresh reason to look at its business, its UC Browser app has crossed 500 million users — notably though, the company counts quarterly active users, that’s a little creative but a step up from leaning on registered user numbers, at least. (For some context, Opera had 270 million monthly active users on mobile devices as of December 2013.)
UC Browser is strongest in China and India,where it claims dominant market share of 65 percent and 32 percent respectively, but it also says it has seen strong growth in Russia, Vietnam, Indonesia and — interestingly — the US. The 9-year old company claims its app has at least 10 percent market share in 10 countries worldwide.
You’ll note that the figures in some of these markets are percentage increases rather than raw market stats, growth is easier when you have a smaller base of users, so UC Web isn’t (yet?) a major player in some of these markets.
Nonetheless, UCWeb seems to be growing at impressive speed. It reached 400 million registered users back in December 2012, so that’s 100 million new additions in just over a year, during which time it has made a big push for the US market.
So why is UC Browser proving to be so popular?
The company counts Alibaba — the e-commerce firm that just invested $215 million investment in messaging app Tango — among its investors and Alibaba founder Jack Ma — an iconic figure in China’s tech industry — sits on its board. Alibaba is believed to have invested in the company twice, but the exact size of its investment and stake has never been quantified.
Beyond stellar contacts, UCWeb has a strong localization policy for each new market expansion. As Pando Daily pointed out last year, that means local offices, local teams and local content partnerships in each market: in India, for example, it has plans to employ over 100 Indian nationals.
The product itself is perhaps comparable to Opera, another browser-make that adopts an emerging market focus.
UC Browser uses data compression technology to minimize the cost of browsing and downloading — which is particularly important in Asia, where the overwhelmingly majority of mobile Internet users are on pre-pay deals — while an interesting HTML5-based Web store is attached to its browser.
In the same way that messaging app Kik is exploring the mobile Web opportunity, UCWeb has embraced it too. Developers can build Web apps that UC Browser users install and use right from their mobile device.
UCWeb says it is currently working with 5,000 partners, which include service providers, developers, gaming firms and e-commerce merchants. In India, for example, it has ‘add-ons’ to help users keep up with cricket scores and recently launched train inquiry service that shows travel times and ticket information.
As part of its crossing of half a billion users, the company is upping its focus on the content side of its offering. “Our new mission is to provide users with more than just a browsing tool, but also a platform of rich content and services specially developed for users in different regions,” it says in a statement.
The company recently branched out into smart TVs with a dedicated new browser and it has continually expressed an interest in relocating to the US, it currently has a small office in California. There has even been talk of a US-based IPO — something which might be more realistic if Sina Weibo and Alibaba‘s Stateside listings go well and there is momentum for Chinese firms to latch on to.
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Apple's mobile ad network is beating out Samsung's network and the Cupertino based tech firm added to this lead in the third quarter and has widened its gap to 13% over its Korean rival; Apple took share from RIM in the three month period...
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Disney In-Demand Pricing is striving to cut line ups and crowds at the American Disney theme parks.
After an Edmonton man was charged $1100 for a New Year’s Eve Uber ride across the city, people got familiar with the term “surge pricing” in a big way. The law of supply and demand is hardly a new concept, and charging more at times of higher demand shouldn’t surprise consumers, many argued. Agree with the sentiment or not, Disney Parks are getting in on the game, and judging from some of the reactions on social media, not everyone is happy about it!
We won’t argue that it is easy to sink a bundle at the Happiest place on Earth, but according to Disney, the “in-demand pricing” structure is an attempt to spread crowds more evenly throughout the year.
At Disneyland in California, there will be three tiers, “Value” for Monday through Thursday admissions, “Regular” for weekends and most summer weeks, and “Peak” for holidays, July weekends, and spring break. At Walt Disney World Resort in Florida, the pricing structure is more complicated across the four parks, but will also follow a value/regular/peak pattern.
The changes went into effect on February 28th, 2016 and affect only day admissions, not the multi-day passes popular with many Canadian visitors to the parks.
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Parkgate Shopping Centre, located in Rotherham Town Centre is set to have major works completed. The shopping centre has been bought by BMO Real Estate Partners in August 2015 and will undergo a significant amount of building work over the next year.
The Shopping Centre will receive an investment of £5 million in capital investment. During this redevelopment the Centre will welcome a new Primark Store, which will be moving from Rotherham’s High Street. The new store will be placed next to other big high street names like between M&S and Currys/PC World. The new Primark store will occupy a 33,100 square foot space that will be split over two levels and could lead to the creation of more than 40 new jobs. The total number of employees by Primark in Rotherham to 107. So this relocation will not mean the loss of any jobs, the opposite will occur in fact. However, it is uncertain how the relocation of such a big name will impact the Rotherham High Street.
The new Primark store is set to improve on the brands most recent shop fit, including a new double-height glazed front as well as signage zones and an extension of the mezzanine trading level. According to polls, Primark has been the number one retailer that customers have been wanting to move to the Parkgate Shopping centre for a number of years.
In addition to this rather large investment the Landlord has already contracted work for a new Costa Coffee drive-thru. Work on the new Costa has already begun, and will be located in the car park outside the Wilko’s and Pets at Home retail units. The new drive-thru coffee shop is set to open in July this year.
Other developments planned at the Parkgate Shopping centre include transforming the old Brantano unit to accommodate Holland & Barrett and Shoezone. This work is nearing completion and will include an updated shop front and signage zones as well as improved pedestrian access on top of the sub division works.


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Apple has always talked about its commitment to making its products and features accessible to all. Now one of the members of Apple’s accessibility design and quality team is telling just how committed the company is. Apple engineer Jordyn Castor has been blind since birth. Doctors said she had a slim chance of survival, but she did not let that hold her back.
Bringing personal perspective to improve accessibility
Castor was born 15 weeks early and weighed just under two pounds. Her grandfather could even slide his wedding ring along her arm and over her shoulder, but Castor has never let anything hold her back. She attended Michigan State University, and after speaking to representatives at a job fair, she was given an internship at the Cupertino-based giant.
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Castor’s skills as an advocate for tech accessibility and engineer were too important to let go after her internship came to a close. Hence, she was hired full-time as an engineer on Apple’s accessibility design and quality team. Castor describes the group of people she works with as dedicated and passionate.
Castor told Apple’s representatives how amazed she was by the iPad she had received just a few days earlier as a gift for her 17th birthday. She told them that the iPad raised her passion for technology to a different but higher level, mostly because of its immediate accessibility.
Castor told Mashable in an interview, “Everything just worked and was accessible just right out of the box. That was something I had never experienced before.”
Castor said it is incredible to be impacting the lives of the blind community directly. She played an important role in making Apple’s Swift Playgrounds app accessibility friendly.
Apple praised for its accessibility efforts
It has always been essential to the tech giant that accessibility features are built in and free, Sarah Herrlinger, Apple’s senior manager for global accessibility, told Mashable. Herrlinger told the website that these features show up regardless of whether a user needs them or not.
“By being built-in, they are also free. Historically, for the blind and visually impaired community, there are additional things you have to buy or things that you have to do to be able to use technology,” the executive said.
She explained that it is important to have a dedicated team working on the accessibility features because accessibility is never-ending. In the past, the Cupertino-based company has been applauded for its accessibility efforts. Two years ago, the National Federation of the Blind said the iPhone maker had done more for accessibility than any other company.


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Research in Motion has announced that its operating system is changing once again - this time to something it is calling BlackBerry OS 10; but what is BB OS 10, what does it stand for, when is BB OS 10 coming out, and should you get excited?
After a week at Devcon, the company’s developer conference in San Francisco, here is what’s what.
UPDATE: Following a legal dispute (BBX loses copyright battle - returns as BlackBerry 10), BlackBerry has changed the name from BBX to BlackBerry OS 10.
What did BBX stand for?
A quick and easy one. BlackBerry OS 10 gets its name from the two operating systems that it has been created from. BlackBerry OS and QNX. Merge the two together and you get BlackBerry OS 10.
However, don’t think for a minute that means the operating system will be a merging of technologies, it isn't. BlackBerry OS 10 will be based on the company’s QNX platform and BB OS 5, BB OS 6, and BB OS 7 apps won’t work.
Why the name change?
Research In Motion has been forced to change the name after a legal dispute over the BBX trademark.
What is BlackBerry OS 10 actually trying to achieve?
According to the creator of QNX, Dan Dodge, the new platform promises a single unified platform for the company’s smartphones, tablets, embed devices in cars, as well as enterprise, and cloud services.
Is BlackBerry OS 10 coming to my tablet?
The new OS will eventually replace the BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0 operating system that is about to roll out to the company’s tablet.
Is BlackBerry OS 10 coming to my smartphone?
As part of the single, unified system that Dan Dodge talks about, it is bringing the same functionality that is offered to PlayBook users to the mobile phone smartphone arena. RIM has said that BlackBerry OS 10 will be released on phones in 2012.
That mid 2012 smartphone launch is rumoured to be the BlackBerry Colt. It, if the rumours are to believed, will feature a 1.2Ghz processor (the same as the BlackBerry Bold 9900) and be a touchscreen only device ditching the QWERTY keyboard all together. The Colt should get dual cameras, though there's no word on either's resolution.
Is BlackBerry OS 10 going to be in my car?
QNX is already a very popular operating system for cars and many of the big chip makers like Qualcomm, Freescale, and ARM see the car as the next battle ground for connected devices.
Imagine then an operating system that runs on your phone and in your car being able to share information quickly, easily and more securely. It could be RIMs hidden gem as company’s like Apple and Android have yet to even think about interacting with you in your car. Google has hopes of letting your car drive you to work, but currently not to let you make a phone call. QNX is already in over 200 car models.
Can I upgrade to BlackBerry OS 10 from BB OS 7 or PlayBook OS?
In short, the answer is probably no. While Research In Motion hasn't said so, the chances that the software will be backwards compatible with current phones like the BlackBerry Bold 9900 is unlikely. The PlayBook, however, will probably be eligible for a new lick of paint.
BlackBerry OS 10 the communicator
BlackBerry OS 10, says RIM will "extend the core BlackBerry DNA of collaboration, communication and immediacy, with familiar 'Super App' capabilities such as deep integration between apps, always-on Push services, BlackBerry security, the BBM Social Platform and much, much more," suggesting we'll be seeing plenty of inter-app work going on.
BlackBerry OS 10 gaming
Research In Motion is hoping that all these tools and power will mean great games, something that devices like the iPad enjoy already. The Native SDK provides access to OpenGL ES 2.0 (for 3D graphics) and Open AL (for multichannel 3D audio), along with gesture input. In short that should give us better looking games than the BlackBerry phones can currently offer.
On a gaming front RIM believes that the PlayBook running BlackBerry OS 10 would be good enough to match the original Xbox, while a second gen PlayBook (not confirmed) would be equivalent to a PS3. Impressive claims.
BlackBerry OS 10 Cascades
It is a new feature and tool in BlackBerry OS 10 that allows developers to create pretty animations quickly with virtually zero effort. It is also going to mean that the apps they create for users are going to look stunning. It won’t just be about data, data, data, but also design.
Designed by TAT (The Astonishing Tribe), the User Interface design agency that was bought by RIM in 2010, the graphics are almost PS3 in their capability.
BlackBerry Cascade is intended to let developers create "design-centric" interfaces for their apps with 3D effects, animations, and custom layouts, meaning they will be able to compete design-wise with the best that developers can create on the iPad, iPhone, or Ice Cream Sandwich and Honeycomb Android devices.
BlackBerry OS 10 is open source
"We will support all open source platforms on the operating system," explained Dan Dodge the man behind QNX at Research In Motion at the launch announcement. The idea is that the new OS won’t tie you down to a specific operating system, meaning you can develop a HTML 5 app and then easily run it on the BlackBerry OS 10 platform.
BlackBerry OS 10 apps
Because apps will be able to come from a variety of different sources it should mean that BlackBerry OS 10 will have more apps than iOS or Android.
BlackBerry OS 10 won't run BlackBerry OS apps
Because of the way the new operating system will be built it won't support Java apps. That means all the current BB OS 5, BB OS 6, and BB OS 7 won't work. It was a tough decision, RIM tells us, but the bottom line was the fact that they just didn't look good when ported over to the new BlackBerry OS 10 interface.
BlackBerry OS 10 runs Android
Part of that open source mantra is the ability for BlackBerry OS 10 to run Android apps. That’s a feature that is about to be released on the QNX-based BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0 update, coming to the PlayBook tablet soon, and will be transferred to BlackBerry OS 10.
In practice it means that Android developers who want to make their apps available to BlackBerry users will be able to submit the same quote (with a few tweaks) to the BlackBerry App World for BlackBerry OS 10 users to run.
The app will appear in App World as if it is a regular BlackBerry native app and run in the operating system’s Android Player.
BlackBerry OS 10 won’t run iOS apps
BlackBerry OS 10 is unlikely, however, to run iOS apps due to the way they are built and the way that Apple manages the "framework" that developers use to build the apps in the first place. However, as more and more websites look to HTML 5, Research In Motion is hoping that there will be a shift away from dedicated apps to more HTML 5 ones.
BlackBerry OS 10 will run Adobe Flash 11 and Adobe Air 3
RIM is getting even more friendly with Adobe and that means the new platform will support the newly announced Flash 11 player and Adobe Air. Why should you care? Well it means you'll be able to watch Flash videos when you hit the web and use native Adobe Air apps and games.
BlackBerry OS 10 developers and HTML 5
The hope is that developers will be drawn to the open platform plugging a gap that RIM has struggled with to date.
Part of that shift to appeasing developers is to really embrace HTML 5 for apps, rather than insisting developer build for a specific language.
"We are really getting behind HTML5," said George Staikos, the man behind the company's browser technology at Research in Motion at Devcon 2011.
BlackBerry OS 10 in the Cloud
RIM has recently bought NewBay, a company that specialises in the development of mobile-phone software that allows users to create, store, and share digital content in the cloud, and the company has confirmed that the Cloud will be a strong element to the company’s BlackBerry OS 10 platform.
NewBay already has deals with Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile USA (and parent Deutsche Telekom), U.S. Cellular, Telefónica O2, France Telecom Orange, and Telstra, putting them in a strong position.
Combine that with 70m active subscribers and Research In Motion can easily create a hub for its users.
BlackBerry OS 10 is safe and secure
According to Dan Dodge, QNX is the only operating system to have a certified secure kernel and a certified safe kernel. Basically it is safe.
BlackBerry OS 10 release date
RIM has been coy to detail when we will expect to see the first BlackBerry OS 10 phones and first BlackBerry OS 10 tablets on the market, however has confirmed that it will be sometime in 2012.
Based on previous experience with the launch of the BlackBerry Playbook and its accompanying software offerings it was promised to have, it is more likely that BlackBerry OS 10 devices will be on sale towards the end of 2012 rather than the start.
BlackBerry OS 10 in the future
Based on the growth of the PlayBook OS, we can expect plenty more features to be added as the new BlackBerry OS 10 operating system works its way to release.


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SWATCH Grp AG/ADR (SWGAY) Receives Average Rating of “Hold” from Analysts
Shares of SWATCH Grp AG/ADR (OTCMKTS:SWGAY) have been given a consensus rating of “Hold” by the seven brokerages that are currently covering the company, MarketBeat.com reports. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell recommendation, four have issued a hold recommendation and two have assigned a buy recommendation to the company.
Several brokerages recently weighed in on SWGAY. HSBC raised SWATCH Grp AG/ADR from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, October 25th. Societe Generale raised SWATCH Grp AG/ADR from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Thursday, October 18th. UBS Group lowered SWATCH Grp AG/ADR from a “neutral” rating to a “sell” rating in a report on Wednesday. Finally, Royal Bank of Canada lowered SWATCH Grp AG/ADR from an “outperform” rating to a “sector perform” rating in a report on Wednesday.
Shares of SWATCH Grp AG/ADR stock opened at $14.96 on Monday. SWATCH Grp AG/ADR has a 1 year low of $14.70 and a 1 year high of $25.30.
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