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Streaming music: SoundCloud’s stormy forecast
“Not long ago, SoundCloud was one of the fastest-growing and most influential players in the streaming business,” said Ben Sisario in The New York Times. The online music platform, which has helped launch the careers of hitmakers like Lorde and Chance the Rapper, boasted 175 million monthly listeners, and last year launched a paidsubscription model to compete with Spotify and Apple Music. But today SoundCloud is facing an “uncertain future” in a “rapidly consolidating” online music market. After a decade of struggling to make a profit, the Berlin-based company announced last week that it’s laying off 170 employees—about 40 percent of its workforce—triggering rumors that it could be shopping around for a buyer.
“The fate of the world’s biggest collection of bedroom remixes, garage recordings, and living room podcasts” is at stake, said Josh Constine in TechCrunch.com. What makes SoundCloud different from other streaming giants is its huge repository of tracks uploaded by amateur and semi-professional recording artists, making it “the YouTube of music.” But it has struggled to compete for mainstream listeners, who gravitate to Spotify and Apple Music because those platforms feature the biggest acts. It’s a “chicken-and-egg problem.” SoundCloud needs enough paying subscribers to lure artists, but it also “needs the best artists’ content in order to seduce” listeners to pay in the first place.
“SoundCloud’s potential collapse, as unfortunate as it is for millions of niche music fans, does not come out of nowhere,” said Amy Wang in Qz.com. The company hasn’t released new streaming stats for three years, and analysts believe the current number of listeners is far lower than the 175 million once touted. And SoundCloud isn’t the only platform fighting for survival. Pandora and Tidal are both “losing steam”; other services, like Rdio, have shut down altogether. “It’s not crazy to entertain the idea that Apple Music a nd Spotify, the current two biggest competitors in the space, might soon be the only ones left.”
Even Spotify’s survival isn’t guaranteed, said Liam Proud in Reuters.com. When platforms do attract paying subscribers, most of the money ends up going “straight out the door”; 85 percent of Spotify’s $3.3 billion in revenue last year went to royalties. Unless something changes, deep-pocketed tech companies like Apple and Amazon, which can afford to subsidize their streaming businesses, “will take a bigger share of the market in the long run.” Whatever happens, SoundCloud’s potential death “should scare music lovers,” said Brian Feldman in NYMag.com. There will always be places to listen to music online, but SoundCloud is a community, with unique stars and even its own genre, “SoundCloud rap.” Like the video-sharing app Vine that shut down last year, if SoundCloud goes, an entire artistic scene could vanish with it.
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SAN FRANCISCO - Yahoo confirmed Thursday that about 400,000 user names and passwords to Yahoo and other companies were stolen Wednesday.
A group of hackers, known as the D33D Co., posted online the user names and passwords for what appeared to be 453,492 accounts belonging to Yahoo and several other websites. The hackers wrote a brief footnote to the data dump, which has since been taken offline: “We hope that the parties responsible for managing the security of this subdomain will take this as a wake-up call, and not as a threat.”
The breach comes just one month after millions of user passwords for LinkedIn, the online social network for professionals, were exposed by hackers who breached its systems. The breaches highlight the ease with which hackers are able to infiltrate systems, even at some of the most widely used and sophisticated technology companies.
Security researchers at Rapid7, a security company, analyzed the dumped account information and found that it included account information not just for Yahoo users but for Gmail, AOL, Hotmail, Comcast, MSN, SBC Global, Verizon, BellSouth and Live.com users. Marcus Carey, a researcher at Rapid7, found that among the data were some 106,000 Gmail accounts, 55,000 Hotmail accounts and 25,000 AOL accounts.
Dana Lengkeek, a spokeswoman for Yahoo, said that the compromised accounts belonged to Yahoo’s Contributor Network, previously Associated Content, and that fewer than 5 percent of the passwords posted were still valid. The hackers claimed to have stolen the passwords with an SQL injection, which exploits a software vulnerability.
Computer security experts recommended that Yahoo users also consider changing their passwords to other sites for which they might have used the same password.
Meanwhile, Yahoo’s shareholders let interim CEO Ross Levinsohn know that they won’t give him much time to fix the troubled company if he gets the job on a permanent basis. Levinsohn faced skeptical questioning at Yahoo’s annual shareholders meeting Thursday as he tried to convince investors that the embattled Internet company will rebound from years of financial malaise and internal turmoil.
The foibles have depressed Yahoo’s stock as the company struggled to find a leader who could come up with a strategy to reverse a decline exacerbated by the success of Internet search leader Google Inc. and Facebook Inc.The Associated Press contributed to this report

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The “Elon Musk Impact,” a phenomenon that roiled the crypto ecosystem this yr, when each little tweet from the Tesla boss may ship token costs skyrocketing or plunging, appears to be dropping its luster.
The billionaire has been a key driver of the volatility in bitcoin and dogecoin after saying Tesla’s $1.5 billion bitcoin guess and praising the meme-inspired asset’s potential. Extra not too long ago, his break-up with bitcoin dragged it again to values not seen for the reason that begin of the yr.
However coming into the second half of 2021, Musk’s affect does not appear that related any longer.
Musk tweeted in help of dogecoin on Thursday by saying “Launch the Doge!” alongside a Godfather-inspired meme depicting actor Marlon Brando. The coin’s value lifted barely, however not as a lot as it might have a couple of months in the past. As an illustration, dogecoin surged 20% in May when he ran a Twitter ballot to ask whether or not individuals needed Tesla to simply accept the token as cost.
Musk despatched out one other tweet on Friday with an image of a man on his laptop, seemingly laser-focused on dogecoin and the sport Polytopia on the display screen.
“Plainly traders are not listening and are lastly realizing that the tweets of 1 man shouldn’t be the deciding issue for whether or not they purchase or promote their property,” Alexandra Clark, gross sales dealer at UK-based digital asset dealer GlobalBlock, mentioned on Friday.
A number of traders have piled into dogecoin through buying and selling app Robinhood, which on Thursday mentioned the meme token accounted for 34% of its crypto revenue within the first-quarter this yr. The corporate warned its enterprise might be adversely affected if demand for the coin declines and is not changed by curiosity in different cryptocurrencies.
As of Friday, dogecoin’s value has dropped about 65% to about 24 cents since its peak of 68 cents in Might.
Critics have slammed Musk and his tweet storms for sending costs on a rollercoaster and allegedly manipulating the market. With tens of millions investing in cryptocurrencies now, for one particular person to have a lot energy of their fingers is doubtlessly harmful, because it may encourage traders to make selections based mostly on minimal, or no analysis.
Ever since Musk’s break-up with bitcoin, the world’s hottest cryptocurrency has been going by means of considerably of a lull. It did not react a lot when the billionaire advised a “promising” outcome of a bitcoin miners’ discussion to make the asset extra environmentally-friendly, or when he mentioned Tesla would return to accepting it as cost when miners show they’re utilizing 50% clean energy.
Bitcoin was final buying and selling round $33,000 on Friday, down virtually 50% from its peak in April. It is nonetheless up round 15% thus far this yr.
It will get laborious for traders to make funding and steadiness the talents to be fast on the uptake to beat the crypto market amid a circulate of knowledge from one influential voice. However it appears possible that the crypto neighborhood might have grown drained with Musk’s tweets, probably making their affect fade away as simply one other passing fad.
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A NEW television decoder that uses WiFi technology to access over 5 000 channels has hit the market in Bulawayo and is set to give competitors trading in traditional decoders a run for their money.
This is a first of its kind locally and is set to shake up the industry as most people are fast adapting to new information communication technology.
The introduction of the decoder comes at a time when the country is on course to switch on to digitalisation in the film and television industry in the country.
Owing to the advancement of technology, the way people view television will never be the same with the advent of this new a�?babya�? in the entertainment industry.
Presented by a group of young entrepreneurs under the IStream Technologies company banner, the decoder, known as the iBox, connects one to an array of television networks that are not easily accessible on traditional satellite decoders.
In an interview, IStream Technologies spokesman Bongani Mguni said the new WiFi decoder is affordable and is compatible with smart TVs and devices that operate on android.
Mguni says local satellite television consumers will soon ditch their satellite dishes and migrate to the 21st Century.
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Airline passengers in the US suffered delays this weekend as two of the country’s largest operators integrated their IT systems.
United and Continental Airlines agreed to merge in 2010, and this weekend moved to a unified bookings system.
Despite months of preparation, the migration triggered malfunctioning check-in kiosks, which caused delays for passengers. "We did have some issues with our kiosks and at times that slowed the check-in process," a spokesperson for United Continental Holdings, the combined company, told the Reuters news agency.
Over the weekend, the number of flights leaving on time – within 14 minutes of flight time – dipped below the company’s target of 80% to around 75%.
According to a report in travel agency news site Travel Market Report, the migration involved moving passenger records from United’s system, based on the Apollo application from specialist develop Travelport, onto Continental’s SHARES booking system, which was developed by EDS, now HP Enterprise Services.
Meanwhile, Continental’s flight booking code ‘CO’ was discontinued as the Continental brand is due to phased out.
The company reportedly ran four dress rehearsals for the migration, and trained 15,000 staff on the new system. It had warned travel agents that the booking system would be unavailable for at least four hours.
United Continental joins the ranks of major organisations disrupted by migration issues. Some customers of Alliance & Leicester were locked out of their online bank accounts in 2010 as banking giant Santander, which acquired the building society that year, suffered glitches while moving customer records onto its system.
Last year, customers of retail giant Tesco’s banking services had issues accessing their online accounts as the company migrated off Royal Bank of Scotland’s legacy systems. Following those migration issues, Tesco Bank has since delayed the launch of various services including mortgages, a decision the company says will cost around £40 million in lost sales.


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Cypress Calif., July 25, 2010 –Yamaha Motor Corporation U.S. is pleased to announce a new corporate partnership with United Parcel Service (UPS), that will see the world-renown shipping giant partner with Yamaha Supercross, Motocross, and Road Race teams to provide integrated shipping solutions and logistics support.
"UPS has long been known as a leader in worldwide shipping and this new involvement in our efforts just proves how progressive they are." said Keith McCarty, Division Manager for Yamaha’s Racing Department "We welcome them aboard and look forward to seeing them at many races beginning with the Red Bull U.S. Grand Prix at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca on July 23-25th."
"We are extremely excited about our new partnership with Yamaha Racing and the opportunities it will provide UPS," said Stephanie Buell, Director of Strategic Accounts.
UPS (NYSE:UPS) is the world's largest package delivery company and a global leader in supply chain and freight services. With more than a century of experience in transportation and logistics, UPS is a leading global trade expert equipped with a broad portfolio of solutions. Headquartered in Atlanta, Ga., UPS serves more than 215 countries and territories worldwide. The company can be found on the Web at UPS.com and its corporate blog can be found at blog.ups.com. To get UPS news direct, visit pressroom.ups.com/RSS.


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American rapper and media personality, Kanye West is no stranger to controversy due to his various antics. This once again is the case as a social media outburst targeted the music and T.V personality on his recent social media posts promoting his new Adidas Yeezy Sneaker line named supposedly after the Holy Islamic Arch Angels.
The new boots unveiled by Adidas earlier this week, Yeezy Boost 350 V2 Israfil and Yeezy Boost 350 V2 Asriel, Resulted in various allegations of disrespect on the Islamic faith due to the names of the shoes representing the Archangels of music and death (Israfil and Azrael)
Various people took up to social media to raise their voices against the rapper and the company.
— saymyname (@SeptianaTri3) August 23, 2020
@kanyewest named his shoes Israfil & Azrael after angels in Islam. this is disrespectful & ignorant to the significance behind the names. obv he was trying to capitalize off Muslim consumers but failed bc he didn’t do research. certain things are off limits. this is one of them.
— Sofia (@sofia__haq) August 23, 2020
@kanyewest @theyeezymafia @adidas shame on you for using the name of Islam’s four archangels for a shoe name. That’s cultural appropriation and it is wrong and upsetting to our Muslim community. Change the shoe name. #culturalappropriation
— Sandra (@sanbrown76) August 23, 2020
Social media attention also translated into an ongoing petition to change the name of the shoes. “It has come to the attention of the Global Muslim community that Adidas has allowed the production of a shoe that is named after an archangel in Islam,” read the petition. “It has come to the attention of the Global Muslim community that Adidas has allowed the production of a shoe that is named after an archangel in Islam,” read the petition.


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Budget Samsung Galaxy M01 will run Android 10
Details about the phone's specs still remain to be revealed, but the listing on Wi-Fi Alliance suggests that there will be at least two separate models. Most importantly, they will run Android 10, likely with Samsung's One UI on top.
SamMobile reports that the Galaxy M01 will come with 3GB of RAM and a Qualcomm chipset running at around 2GHz. Due to it being a budget model, it's likely come with a Snapdragon series 400 chip.
Earlier this year, Samsung quietly unveiled another budget smartphone, the Galaxy A11, which came in two versions. Inside was an octa-core processor, 2GB or 3GB of RAM, depending on the region, and a 4,000mAh battery. On the front was a 6.4-inch TFT display, and only 32GB of internal storage.
Last year's Samsung Galaxy M20 budget line also featured 2GB or 3GB of RAM, up to 64GB of storage, and an impressive 5,000mAh battery, along with a 6.3-inch TFT display.
We're yet to see how the upcoming Galaxy M01 will stack up against Samsung's other budget options.


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Chinese fund CIC sells stake in Singapore water treatment firm: IFR
[SINGAPORE] Chinese sovereign fund China Investment Corp (CIC) has sold its entire stake in Singapore-listed water treatment company SIIC Environment Holdings Ltd for about S$98 million (US$74.4 million) in a block share trade, IFR reported.
It sold 660 million shares or 6.88 per cent of the Singapore-listed company after pricing the deal at the bottom of a previously set range between S0.149 and S$0.0153, 8 per cent below SIIC's Thursday's closing price when the deal was launched, IFR reported.
On Friday shares of SIIC closed 9.9 per cent lower at S$0.146.
The sale came months after CIC reduced its stake in Singapore-listed Noble Group in a US$310 million deal in September.
CIC could not be immediately reached for comment.
Credit Suisse was the sole bookrunner for the deal, IFR, a Thomson Reuters publication, reported.


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As the gaming world hotly anticipates a return to the old west in a sequel to one of the most critically acclaimed games of last gen, Rockstar Games have detailed more of the upcoming Red Dead Redemption 2. An interesting tidbit came out was that RDR2 will essentially be the cancelled PS3 exclusive Agent.
“They may seem like two drastically different games on paper, but turning Agent into Red Dead Redemption 2 was surprisingly easy,” says Steve Martin of Rockstar Games. “We had been working on Agent up until around August 2016 when we realised that what we had would be better as a future, space-age game. Then it became clear it should be based in ancient Egypt. But then we thought it’d be easier to make it something from an established brand. Bingo-bango-bongo, Red Dead 3. We slapped on a couple of reskins and we made a reveal trailer.”
Agent was first revealed at E3 2009 but since then Rockstar has been fairly quiet on the project. It has now become apparent that the stealth action game was reworked into the upcoming open-world western, confirming what many pundits had believed.
“A lot of people had hypothesised but I’m glad to finally confirm it,” says Martin. “It’s a load off, maybe now all these idiots writing piss-takes about Agent can fuck off.”
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Khadi Mela 2017 kicks off at Taltala grounds
Kolkata: The Khadi Mela was kicked off at Taltala grounds in Jodhpur Park area on Thursday. The mela was inaugurated by state Power minister Sobhandeb Chattopadhyay and Minister of state for Micro Small & Medium Enterprises and Textiles Swapan Debnath.
"We have set a target of sales of around Rs 3 crore in this year's Khadi Mela. Last year it was Rs 2.65 crore. The focus this year has been on ladies garments and dress material," said a senior official of West Bengal Khadi & Village Industries Development Board (WBKVIB), which organises the fair.
The main attraction of the fair will be modernised designs on Khadi clothes.
There are as many as 93 stalls among which are 41 Khadi Societies spanning across the state. There will be 43 stalls on Khadi Gramin.
"Our aim in organising this fair is to provide craftsmen the opportunity to sell garments directly to customers, thus ruling out middlemen. It also gives us the chance to promote export of Khadi products and handicrafts," the WBKVIB official added.
Cotton, woolen, silk and hand-woven Khadi fabrics, handicrafts, garment products and food stalls will be part of the mela.
There will be Muslin garments, along with Kantha Stitch, which is extremely popular, particularly with the young generation.
There will be a fashion show on December 17 where the latest fashion in Khadi and Muslin will be displayed. The fair will continue till January 2.


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Premium smartphone battle heats up with Apple event, new LG flagship’s release
Apple is expected to unveil long anticipated iPhone 8 in California on September 12, days after new LG, Samsung and Sony models came out; Nokia is joining the fray with ‘bothie’ phone and Xiaomi with a bezel-free handset
Summer may be over but the battle of flagship mobile phones is about to heat up. Hot on the heels of the unveiling of LG’s V30 at this year’s IFA consumer electronics fair in Berlin on Thursday came Apple’s confirmation that its “first-ever event at the Steve Jobs Theater in Cupertino” – the company’s new campus in Silicon Valley – will be held on September 12.
The betting is that Apple will launch three new iPhones at the event to mark the smartphone’s 10th anniversary: the iPhone 7s, iPhone 7s Plus and the much rumoured and anticipated iPhone 8, which observers believe will be drastically different from previous models in terms of its look and capabilities.
Not to be outdone, Apple’s arch rival in the global mobile phone market, Samsung, will launch its recently released Galaxy Note 8 in Hong Kong on September 13.
Quick to put the whole explosive saga of the Note 7 behind it – consumer confidence in the South Korean brand has been partially restored after the release of its Galaxy S8 and S8 Plus handsets earlier this year – the new phablet will sport a bigger screen than Samsung’s S series (6.3 inches) and mark the return of the popular removable stylus.
Nokia – once the biggest player in the mobile handset game – is heading for a comeback with the Nokia 8, its new flagship smartphone, which has solid specs to match.
Made by the Finnish company HMD Global, it heralds what the manufacturer hopes will be the era of the “bothie” thanks to a feature called “dual sight” which allows the phone’s front- and rear-facing cameras to fire simultaneously so users can capture what is in front, as well as behind, them. The phone will be launched in Hong Kong on September 6.
Sony has also just announced its latest flagship smartphone, the XZ1 with a 5.2-inch screen, and the smaller XZ1 compact with a 4.6-inch screen. In terms of design, they look more or less like the myriad other models that came before them (with inexplicably thick top and bottom bezels), but both will come with the latest Android operation system, Android 8.0 Oreo, installed. A Hong Kong release date has yet to be confirmed.
Last but not least, Xiaomi is expected to unveil a device of its own on September 12. The Chinese phone maker is giving nothing away about the event, but the chances are it will be a follow-up to the cutting-edge bezel-less Xiaomi Mi Mix.


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Amazon said it is making it easier for customers to qualify for the minimum $35 order for free shipping.
The online retailer began notifying customers Tuesday that it is no longer requiring all of the items in a shopping cart to come from the same seller. Items sold by third-party sellers that offer free shipping can be combined with Amazon-fulfilled products to achieve the minimum $35 order.
Amazon said it expects the new shipping policy will more than triple the number of items eligible to contribute to free shipping. All eligible items will have a “Free Shipping” message on the product page.
Millions of retailers sell on Amazon, but the company used to require all of the items in a customer’s basket come from the same party to qualify for free shipping.
With free shipping, orders are delivered five to eight business days after the items are available to ship.
Amazon said at the end of December that 100 million more items shipped for free during the year-end shopping season compared with 2013, saving customers more than $2 billion.


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Indian actor named Giovanni Baccia ambassador
Dubai, February 13, 2014
Giovanni Bacci, a leading French Italian perfume brand, has named Indian model-turned-actor Sonu Sood as its new brand ambassador.
The announcement comes with the launch of Giovanni Bacci’s latest range of fragrances for men and women. The range, which comes in variety of masculine fragrances, was launched by the actor at a glittering event held in Dubai.
The D-Man collection takes on a deep sensual allure, taking inspiration from Sood’s strong physical appeal and charisma, said the company in its statement.
The new fragrances launched to the D-Man series is Denim, Gold and Wood, each defined by its individual scents from the freshness of wood, to sensual white musk to citrusy tangerine and lemon. The other fragrances part of the D-Man collection by Giovanni Bacci includes Black, D-Man Leather and D-Man Pour Homme, it added.
Speaking at the launch, the model-turned-actor said: “It is a great pleasure for me to be the face of Giovanni Bacci. The fragrances are rich and energetic, and perfect to carry on all day long.”
Giovanni Bacci perfumes are exclusively distributed in the region by Shaikh Mohd. Saeed Est., the Dubai-headquartered retailer and distributor of leading perfume brands from across the world.
"We are very pleased to launch Giovanni Bacci Paris in the UAE, and have the popular and much-loved actor Sonu Sood come on board as its brand ambassador. The D-Man range offers a great variety and long-lasting effect in its fragrances," said Muhammad Ali Saeed, the managing director of Shaikh Mohd. Saeed Est.
"With is strong masculine fragrance, we could think of no-one better to be the face of this brand than Sonu Sood," he added.
“Keeping in mind the latest trends and fashion, Giovanni Bacci has introduced unique and sophisticated scents developed by master perfumers who are the best in the field. The alliance with the brand is a great value addition to our growing presence here,” said Satish Chandwani, the sales manager.
Giovanni Perfumes will be available at Hunaidi Perfumes, Deira City Centre and all leading stores in the UAE.-TradeArabia News Service


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Bell Media to acquire V Network and Noovo.ca
Jul 24, 2019 – Bell Media has announced that it has entered into an agreement with the shareholders of Groupe V Média to acquire conventional network V along with related digital assets including the ad-supported VOD service Noovo.ca.
News categories: Bell Media, Groupe V Média, Karine Moses, Maxime Rémillard, Canada, Digital TV, MnA, OTT
Inca ABR transcoder approved for MOBITV CONNECT deployments
Jul 19, 2019 – WISI has announced that the Inca Adaptive Bitrate Transcoder 3840, its OTT transcoder, is now an option for customers deploying the MOBITV CONNECT platform. The collaboration empowers cable operators to deploy next generation video experiences to consumers.
News categories: WISI, MOBITV, Robert Bell, Bill Routt, Cable TV, Content Distribution, Digital TV, OTT, USA, Worldwide
Nokia Spain becomes Gold Collaborator of 5TONIC Open 5G Lab
Jun 5, 2019 – Nokia Spain has become Gold Collaborator of the 5TONIC Open 5G Lab in Madrid. With Nokia Bell Labs it will work with Telefónica on the implementation of a testbed for Media & Entertainment use cases in the context of the European H2020 5G EVE project.
News categories: 5TONIC, Bell Labs, Telefónica, Arturo Azcorra, Alvaro Villegas, 5G, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Spain, UX
Smart Speakers see largest gain in U.S. household ownership
May 9, 2019 – One-third of U.S. homes (31%) now own a smart speaker – up from 8% only three years ago and a record-setting example of Americans embracing AI-enabled devices – according to a Consumer Technology Association (CTA) study.
News categories: Consumer Technology Association, Steve Koenig, Market Research, Smart Home, USA
Record 7.5 million smart speakers shipped in Europe in 4Q18
Apr 11, 2019 – According to IDC, in the fourth quarter of 2018, the smart home market in Europe reached almost 33 million units, representing 15.1% growth annually. Video entertainment devices shipped 19 million units in the quarter.
News categories: IDC, Antonio Arantes, Jan Prenosil, Digital TV, Europe, Market Research, Set Top Box, Smart Home, Smart TV
U.S. media companies and VIZIO form addressable advertising consortium
Mar 12, 2019 – U.S. media and technology companies, in collaboration with smart TV company VIZIO, have announced the formation of a consortium dedicated to the development and deployment of a new, open standard for addressable advertising on connected TVs.
News categories: VIZIO, Project OAR, William Wang, Mike Dean, Jesse Redniss, Dave Clark, Jodie McAfee, Advertising, Digital TV, OTT, Smart TV, USA
Bell Media and STARZ announce streaming service for Canada
Feb 7, 2019 – Bell Media and STARZ have announced the launch of a new STARZ channel and streaming service in Canada beginning Friday, March 1. The announcement comes as Crave confirms its subscriber base has grown to 2.3 million.
News categories: Starz, Bell Media, Tracey Pearce, Superna Kalle, Canada, Digital TV, OTT
Taptica to acquire RhythmOne for $176m
Feb 4, 2019 – Taptica has announced the acquisition of RhythmOne for $176m in an all-stock deal. RhythmOne provides cross-screen solutions focused on connected TV. RhythmOne will be combined with Tremor Video DSP, which Taptica acquired in August 2017.
News categories: Taptica, RhythmOne, Ofer Druker, Eric Singer, Advertising, Digital TV, MnA, OTT, USA, Worldwide
DAZN drives global growth via social video with Grabyo
Jan 17, 2019 – OTT sports platform, DAZN, has been using the power of social video to bolster its brand awareness and drive subscription growth using Grabyo. Grabyo's platform enables DAZN to create, edit and publish video clips to social media moments after they happen.
News categories: Grabyo, DAZN, Gareth Capon, Reda Maher, Digital TV, OTT, Social TV
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Heritage Cannabis Holdings Corp’s products under the brand Pura Vida have received approval for retail and online distribution in the province of Québec from Société québécoise du cannabis.
Significance of this Approval
This milestone achievement allows Heritage Cannabis to expand its cannabis product offerings and extend its distribution reach across Canada. With this approval, the company is now selling its products in every province throughout the country.
According to David Schwede, the CEO of Heritage, “Obtaining access to another significant market for Heritage and being able to grow our strong product line is a major milestone for the company.”
Québec, being the fourth-largest market in Canada, holds great potential for Heritage. The company’s products have been previously available online through partner medical platforms. However, now Heritage plans to directly cater to Québec consumers by building a solid portfolio of offerings tailored specifically to the region.
Price Movement of HERTF Stock
As of the time of writing on Wednesday morning, Heritage’s shares were trading 7.4074% higher at $0.0116 per share.
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All photos courtesy OTAKyle Mathison, OTA's grower of the year(UPDATED COVERAGE, July 9) The Organic Trade Association has named Kyle Mathison, co-owner of Stemilt Growers, Wenatchee, Wash., as its organic farmer of the year.
In addition, the Brattleboro, Vt.-based association will present Arran and Ratana Stephens of Nature’s Path Foods, Richmond, British Columbia, Canada, with the Growing Organic Industry Award. Karen and Colin Archipley of Archi’s Acres, Escondido, Calif., will receive the Rising Star Award.
The association will present the awards at the Natural Products Expo East at the Baltimore Museum of Industry, Sept. 25, according to a news release.
Mathison is a fourth-generation grower who began experimenting with organic production in the late 1980s. Eventually he became certified and farms with his two sons, growing apples, pears and cherries.
He was one of the first organic growers to adopt an integrated program in his orchards, using liquid fish oil to increase predator populations.
He also used augmentative releases of reared beneficial insects to reduce sprays and has developed a certified organic composting business, according to the OTA release.
Ratana and Arran Stephens, OTA's honorees for growing the organic industry.Mathison uses the compost on his orchards and sells it to other organic producers. He has served for several years on the Washington Tree Fruit Research Commission, promoting solutions for organic production problems.
In honoring the Stephens couple with the award for growing the organic industry, OTA officials cited their purchase of 2,880 acres of organic farmland so they could partner with growers on a crop-share basis.
Their company, Nature’s Path Foods Inc., employees more than 500 people in the U.S. and Canada.
They have also donated $20 million in food and cash to food banks and funded a scholarship through the Rodale Institute, according to OTA’s release.
Dubbed as the rising stars in the organic community for 2013, the Archipley couple is being honored for founding the Veterans Sustainable Agriculture Training program at their organic hydroponic farm.
Karen and Colin Archipley, OTA's Rising Stars for 2013Colin Archipley is a U.S. Marine veteran, according to his company’s website. More than 200 active duty military personnel and veterans have already been trained through the company's special program.
Staff writer Coral Beach contributed to this report.


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ReutersJul 12, 2019 17:54:52 IST
Fiverr Worldwide Ltd is tapping into the outstanding success of Fortnite and PUBG by hooking up gamers with on-line gaming specialists, who will assist them up their sport whereas serving to the corporate make some cash within the course of.
Fiverr on Thursday unveiled a web based retailer centered on the booming curiosity in video and cellular video games that can let sport specialists promote their particular talent units to potential gamers.
Fortnite and PUBG have been worldwide runaway successes. Each video games have an arena-style survival idea, known as “battle royale”, the place 100 players are dropped onto an island to battle one another for survival.
From as little as $5, gamers can enroll on the positioning to study survival abilities and the way to decide on the very best touchdown spots and weapons.
Based in 2010, Fiverr makes cash from commissions by connecting folks with professionals providing varied providers on its freelance providers platform.
Together with sport teaching, patrons and sellers can commerce “gigs”, or providers in 30 classes starting from creating a sport to sprucing sport streaming on platforms resembling Twitch.
The gaming trade, which has seen large development previously few years, is now dominated by last-man-standing multiplayer video games that generate a whole lot of hundreds of thousands in income by promoting character outfits and add-ons.
Fortnite was launched in 2017 and its recognition has pushed right here the valuation of its writer Epic Video games to $15 billion in a funding spherical final yr. Avid gamers have additionally flocked to Digital Arts Inc’s Apex Legends and Tencent Holdings Ltd’s PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG).
The variety of players is predicted to rise extra with the launch of Apple Inc’s subscription-based sport service Apple Arcade this fall and Alphabet Inc’s browser-based online game streaming service Google Stadia.
“We need to assist energy the present development that exists within the broader gaming trade, with the freelance expertise and providers to assist sport creators meet their wants,” Fiverr Chief Government Officer Micha Kaufman stated.
As we observe the deliberate launch of India’s second mission to the Moon, Chandrayaan-2 on 15 July, you could find our whole assortment of tales, in-depth evaluation, stay updates, movies & extra on our devoted #Chandrayaan2TheMoon area.


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- Dairy is one of the most vital sectors in New Zealand that boasts of most conducive intrinsic conditions for all kinds of dairy production.
- a2 Milk Company, recently, updated the outlook for FY21 period after noticing disturbances in the corporate ‘daigou’ owing to the stage 4 lockdown in Victoria, Australia.
- a2 Milk’s September sales have been adversely affected and is expected to stay the same during the first half of FY21. However, its development strategy indicates that in the upcoming period infant nutrition division would grow propelled by consumers’ demand.
In the year 2008, there occurred a financial catastrophe (known as Global Financial Crisis) that shook the economy on the global level. In 2020, COVID - 19 is responsible to have triggered an economic meltdown as much as three times worse than the former one.
A crisis like no other, the ongoing pandemic had the most stable economies tumble down, the most efficient markets shut, the most profitable stocks fall and as the economists are saying, it is not over yet!
Having hit almost every sector, the COVID-19 pandemic has had deeper aftereffects than what one must have anticipated. One of such sectors hugely hit in New Zealand is the industry pertaining to dairy.
Globally speaking, approximately 3% of the total milk is produced in New Zealand and that makes the country 8th largest dairy producer in the world. It is a fact that as of now, in New Zealand, dairy cows outnumber people.
NZ presently delivers an extravagant variety of dairy items. There are numerous dairy companies operating in New Zealand. The a2 Milk Company Limited is one of those trusted producers and supplier of dairy products across the country.
About The a2 Milk Company Limited
Scientist Dr Corrie McLachlan and his partner Howard Paterson laid the foundation of the company in the year 2000. The Company largely produces natural a2 milk, as well as infant’s and children’s nutritional products.
The popular dairy company boasts of milk products with a difference. They say that their products are distinct from the usual cows’ milk because it comes from cows that are specially selected to produce only the A2 protein type of milk and not typical A1 type.
The Company has its operations mostly across Australia, New Zealand, Greater China, and the US as its largest consumer base.
Chinese consumers purchase a2 milk and other products from supermarkets and through online shopping portals. The products are sent to China directly from Australia and NZ.
Pendal Group becomes a substantial holder in a2 Milk
Recently, the Company notified the market that Pendal Group Limited became one of the substantial holders in a2 Milk, effective 28 September. Pendal Group holds 5.165% and 38,355,845 number in class.
The a2 Milk Company’s updated outlook
The New Zealand-headquartered dual-listed (ASX and NZX) The a2 Milk Company Limited (ASX:A2M; NZX:ATM), on September 28, updated its outlook for the FY21, which was previously provided in FY20 report.
The a2 Milk, in its annual report had mentioned about the ambiguity arising out of coronavirus crisis. Due to the virus and in efforts to contain it the economic activity had decelerated, which in turn affected the supply chain as well.
Despite substantial ambiguity and volatile market conditions brought upon by coronavirus crisis, the Company had provided an updated outlook, as mentioned below-
The disturbance caused to the ‘daigous’ has been affecting the sales this month and is likely to stay the same even in the first half of FY21 period. A major amount of infant formula sales in ANZ region segment is symbolised by sales in the ‘daigou’ channel, the region is at present indicating towards lower revenue for the first half period.
The a2 Milk believes that the interim effect on the ‘daigou’ channel is for some time only, the issue would resolve once coronavirus cases subsides in the Australian continent.
What is Daigou?
Daigou refers to a modern form of transborder exporting in which people outside China purchase goods for consumers in China. The unofficial daigou trading system is responsible for a considerable selling of a2 Milk’s infant formula, thereby giving a major boost to the business.
On 28 September, a2 Milk share price on ASX closed at A$15.2, down by 11.422%, decreasing its market capitalisation to NZ$12.74 billion from the earlier A$13.7billion. However, the Company expects to witness a better second half.
Why the ‘daigou’ market crash is significant?
The a2 milk Company’s interim Chief Executive Geoffrey Babidge, in his announcement on September 28, 2020, stated that the daigou channel had played a very significant part in forming a2 brand in China.
Babidge further said that the Company warned during its annual results that ongoing COVID-19 uncertainty and the potential for economic ‘moderation’ could influence supply chains.
The Company had already highlighted its concerns pertaining to its infant nutrition segment and stored food item, which might persist during FY21 as well, as a consequence of solid sales in the third quarter results, but lesser than expected sales to retail ‘daigous’ in the Australian region because of few travellers coming from China and students from abroad.
Also, a2 Milk Company Limited partly possesses shares of another dual listed (on both ASX and NZX) dairy company Synlait Milk Limited (NZX:SML). Products of Synlait Milk also depends on daigou consumers for its sales, and therefore its share price was down by 7.434% on ASX, on 28 September, following a2 Milk Company’s announcement.
a2 Milk 2021 outlook
Eyeing a wider market and growing business, a2 Milk sees a bullish future. The Company also laid emphasis on the fact that infant formula via ‘daigou’ is the only element of its multi-channel and multi-product sales approach in the Chinese region.
a2 Milk’s development strategy believes that both MBS (Mother & Baby Stores) and CBEC (Cross Border e-commerce) policy would signify a rising amount of its infant nutrition segment in the upcoming period. The Company also believes that the ‘daigou’ shoppers’ demand would surge in China.
On 1 October 2020, a2 Milk share price was at NZ$15.19, decreasing by 0.98% from its previous close.


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Another week, another new Audi.
Audi’s relentless release of new models continues with the launch of its smallest SUV.
Audi’s Q2 was one of the first premium compact SUVs on the market.
Some sports are just designed to look cool on camera, and that’s certainly the case for MotoGP.
Vehicle insurance premiums hit a record high last quarter, rising by more than five times the rate of inflation in 2016.
A man has died after crashing while riding a miniature motorbike, police have said.
A teenage Angus motorcycle racer is revving up for an international journey aimed at leading all the way to the top flight of MotoGP.
Parts of Scotland would have special access to EU workers under a proposal mooted by the Scottish Secretary.
First there was the Q7. Then the Q5 and Q3. All have been a phenomenal success for Audi.
Mini’s first plug-in hybrid is on sale now.


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CLARK COUNTY — JEFFERSONVILLE
Anti-tolls group to meet
The Southern Indiana No to Bridge Tolls group will be hosting a meeting Tuesday at Buckhead Mountain Grill, Jeffersonville.
The meeting will kick-off with a networking session at 5:30 p.m. and the regular meeting will begin at 6 p.m.
Despite the recent pledge to reduce the cost of the Ohio River Bridges Project by $500 million, which the no tolls groups have cited as a “huge victory,” the group will continue to pressure the Louisville and Southern Indiana Bridges Authority to reduce the cost of the project.
Paul Fetter, co-founder of the Southern Indiana No to Bridge Tolls group, said in a press release other value-engineering measures can be taken to make sure existing modes of mobility remain toll-free and Southern Indiana residents are still paying the majority if the costs if tolls remain on the Interstate 65 bridges.
For more information contact Fetter at 812-283-5555 or visit the group’s website at www.No2bridgetolls.org.
— Staff Writer Braden Lammers
K of C sponsoring dinner
The Knights of Columbus will sponsor an all-you-can-eat chicken dinner from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at Knights of Columbus, 225 E. Market St., Jeffersonville.
The menu will be chicken, green beans, macaroni and cheese, potatoes and gravy, slaw, drink and dessert. The cost for adults is $8.
A portion of the proceeds will be given to Father Tom for the Haiti Disaster Relief Fund. For more information, call 812-283-3134.
Prom Aid seeking donations
The fourth-annual Prom Aid event, hosted by Clark County Junior Leaders, will be from 1 to 4 p.m. Feb. 26 and 27 at the Community Building, Clark County 4-H Center, Ind. 62, Charlestown, and NuYale locations will be accepting dress and suit donations during normal business hours until Feb. 24.
All financially challenged area high school juniors and seniors are invited to participate and come pick out an outfit for free. This will be the largest single community service project for the Clark County 4-H Junior Leaders.
Help sought for homeless vets
Tri-County Health Coalition is seeking donations of socks and hygiene items for veterans who are currently living under bridges and on the streets in the area.
Donated items can be brought to their office at 1222 State St., New Albany between 9 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Call 812-944-7265 for more information.
Techshot hosts technology event
Techshot, a product development company with offices in Greenville and at the Purdue Technology Center of Southeast Indiana in New Albany, will host a free event at the tech center from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday to offer a glimpse into the processes it uses to transition its customers’ ideas into functional products.
Titled, “Ideation to Prototype Creation: Spanning the Longest Yard in Technology Development,” the event is expected to be most beneficial to first time entrepreneurs attempting to bring a product idea to market. Techshot VP for Corporate Advancement Rich Boling will discuss the company’s engineering road map for developing new products and technologies; the most common mistakes made by entrepreneurs new to tech development; and the Purdue Research Foundation/Techshot partnership.
Created late last year, the partnership is designed to help educate and equip entrepreneurs to plan for and overcome many of the roadblocks typically faced by startups. Since 1988, Techshot has been developing new products and technologies for commercial, governmental and institutional customers. Its 25 mechanical, electrical and software engineers and technicians specialize in developing first of their kind products. One customer, Mavizon, is garnering worldwide attention at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas with Mavia, a product which features electronics and firmware developed by Techshot.
The event is free and open to the public, but registration is requested.
Call Elva McMahon at the Purdue Technology Center of Southeast Indiana at 812-206-8380 to RSVP or for more information.


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- Now that the year 2007 is nearly over and with 2008 just around the corner we really need to think about something. If you are interested in the console war at all you may know the Sony PlayStation 3 is the most expensive console out there (yes the X360 Elite is $50 more than the 40GB PS3, but the 80GB PS3 is also $50 more than the elite) and because of this the PS3 is in last place in overall sales (there are also more reasons why, but this is one of the main reasons why).
Now this does not mean that the PS3 is not selling anything at all, this only means that all of the PS3's that have been sold from around the world have not been matched with the Nintendo Wii's and the Microsoft Xbox 360's. Right now the PS3 has sold 7.77M, the Wii has sold 17.07M, and the Xbox 360 has sold 14.07M (according to VGChartz). Now, if things keep going this way, they might lose this war.
Another thing that is the cause of being last is that the PS3 has had many exclusives, but they lost most of them. For some of them Microsoft has paid the companies to go multi-platform, like Rockstar's GTA4, but some had gone multi-platform because of development costs. Now, Sony may not have been able to secure those that went multi because of development costs, but they could have secured the exclusives that Microsoft had paid...


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Russia Cuts Off Chinese FruitAugust 6, 2019
Ongoing phytosanitary concerns have caused Russia to ban the import of certain fruit from China
Russia’s federal service for veterinary and phytosanitary surveillance, Rosselkhoznadzor, said it will ban the import of a range of fruit from China on 10 August, according to local news sources.
The ban is expected to include apples, pears, plums, nectarines, apricots, peaches and cherries.
The Rosselkhoznadzor to told RBC in a statement the decision was made as a result of the ongoing detection of infected and dangerous plant products among imports from China. It said between 2018-2019 there were 48 cases of objects requiring quarantine.
“The Rosselkhoznadzor expects consultations with the Chinese side and inspections of places of production, storage and packaging of plant products, after which the issue of restoring trade will be considered,” the federal service told RBC.
The ban will affect a significant portion of Russia’s fresh produce imports from China. Together apples, pears and pitted fruit made up 13.7 per cent of the total value of fresh produce imports from China in 2017, combined they represent the largest portion in the category.
This announcement comes after the Rosselkhoznadzor met with representatives from the plant quarantine and protection organisations of China and India on 19 July. There, the federal service raised its concerns with China about the number Chinese origin shipments being quarantined, it said in a statement following the meeting.
It also requested the phytosanitary quarantine requirements for the export of tomatoes, peppers and cucumbers from Russia to China due to interest from Russian producers.
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Shares of Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc. (HLT) - Get Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc Report jumped more than 5% on Thursday, Oct. 25, after hedge fund investor Bill Ackman disclosed a stake in the company.
Ackman's hedge fund, Pershing Square Capital Management, disclosed a stake of 10.9 million shares in the hotel chain, representing a roughly 3.7% position currently worth roughly $733 million. The stake also brings Hilton shares to about 13% of Pershing's value, indicating Ackman is betting big on the company.
Hilton shares haven't performed well this year, down more than 15%. Starbucks has risen about 2.1% year to date. Likely to Ackman's chagrin, Dunkin' Brands Group Inc. (DNKN) - Get Dunkin' Brands Group, Inc. Report shares have far outpaced Starbucks. Dunkin' is at a more than 11% gain this year.
Hilton shares dropped sharply Wednesday morning despite the company reporting better-than-expected earnings but lower-than-expected revenue. It raised full-year earnings guidance.


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Amazon 1p sales bonanza after computer glitch misprices thousands of items, leaving angry retailers 'losing £20,000 overnight'Daily Mail
December 14, 2014
Shoppers have cashed in on a technical glitch on Amazon after a malfunction saw thousands of items listed on the site for just 1p.
Products ranging from clothes and toys to home furnishings and health products were advertised on the site for a fraction of their usual price due to a fault with a piece of software.
Business owners have now hit out at the retail giant, claiming they risk going bankrupt because the glitch resulted in them losing large amounts of money.
Judith Blackford, of Kiddymania, claims to have lost £20,000 overnight due to the error, while another seller, called Belle, said her business is facing a loss of about £30,000.
Other business owners said they had heard reports of sellers losing up to £100,000.
The issue occurred on Friday evening after the piece of software, supplied to Amazon sellers by third party RepricerExpress, malfunctioned.
The software, used on Amazon and Rakuten's Play.com - which is not thought to have been affected - is designed to automatically reprice stock to ensure items remain competitive with similar items listed for sale elsewhere online.
RepricerExpress states on its website: 'We are here to increase your sales on Amazon and Rakuten's Play.com and make your efforts as profitable as possible.'
However, the error - which lasted for over an hour - saw dozens of buyers snap up bargains after news of the glitch spread on social media.
Russell Brudenell wrote on Twitter: 'Amazon is all kinds of broken. Mattress 1p. Headphones 1p. Batteries, Clothing, Games all 1p. Someone messed up big time (sic).'
Joely Thompson said: 'Amazon are having a glitch on their site and loads of stuff is selling for 1p. I just bought an incense holder, don't even need it.'
Morgaine Tallis also snapped up a bargain, she said: 'Top bargains on Amazon… Just bought a coast for 1p w/p and p [postage and packaging] is £3.'
Other Twitter users claimed to have bought a parka-style jacket for 1p, plus £2.99 delivery, and a Tornado drinks shaker for 1p.
One user, called Thomas, said he bought dozens of boxes of a flapjack nutrition bar after the glitch meant it was on sale for 1p instead of £14.99.
He wrote: 'Deal of the year just got protein flapjack nutrition bar 75g. 12 bars in a box. Fortis Nutrition are selling them £14.99 box. Just got them for £0.01 that's right 1p for 2 boxes (sic).
'I think there's a price mistake in the Amazon store.'
He later claimed he had bought 99p boxes 'just to be sure' before claiming the business could 'buy them back' off him if they wanted them back.
However, some third party Amazon sellers were less than impressed with the glitch and hit out at the error, which they claim could force them out of business.
Judith Blackford, of Kiddymania, told Sky News: 'I started using Repricer Express - a repricing tool as did a lot of other businesses a few months ago.
'Through an error in their programme they listed my stock on Amazon at 1p per item including delivery.
'I have lost about £20,000 overnight. Having asked Amazon to cancel the orders they are still sending them out and charging me horrendous fees.
'Surely someone has to be accountable for this. I will be bankrupt at this rate by the end of January.'
Another trader, called Belle, whose company sells toys and games, said she fears the firm could lose about £30,000 due to the error after the company's entire stock sold out at the hugely discounted price.
She told Sky News: 'It's disgusting. This third party software is their business, this should not have happened. This is 2014 and we have to pay for this software every month.
'We have been using it for 18 months no problem and at this busy time - this was predicted our busy weekend of Christmas - our turnover is zero.'
Another retailer, Discount Discs, added: 'We are yet to quantify the amount of stock we have lost but we are aware of other sellers losing around £100k of stock.
'This has happened on probably the busiest trading weekend of the year for many sellers.'
Amazon said the majority of orders were cancelled immediately and said it would be working with sellers who had seen orders processed.
A spokesman said: 'We are aware that a number of Marketplace sellers listed incorrect prices for a short period of time as a result of the third party software they use to price their items on Amazon.co.uk.
'We responded quickly and were able to cancel the vast majority of orders placed on these affected items immediately and no costs or fees will be incurred by sellers for these cancelled orders.
'We are now reviewing the small number of orders that were processed and will be reaching out to any affected sellers directly.'
In a statement on RepricerExpress's website, CEO Thomas Doherty, said the problems with the software caused incorrect pricing to be sent to Amazon.
He said: 'I am truly sorry for the distress this has caused our customers.
'We have received communication that Amazon will not penalise sellers for this error.
'We are continuing to work to identify how this problem occurred and to put measures in place to ensure that it does not happen again.
'Everyone here is devastated and disappointed that you have experienced this problem.
'We understand that you are angry and upset and we will endeavour to work to make good on this issue.'


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It seemed like just a short time ago that Honda had a big range of desirable, highly engineered performance cars on the market. Cars like the Honda S2000, the Honda Integra Type R and the Honda NSX all offered an almost unrivalled level of quality in naturally aspirated, fine-tuned motoring. Honda sports cars were leaders in their domestic market segment and even put up a very competitive proposition against the Italian and German big hitters.
These days, Honda still makes high quality, highly engineered cars but it just seems like the company has lost a bit of that soul and passion. That extra something that put the company on the world map as the most refined luxury Japanese car maker.
One of Honda’s latest products, the 2012 Honda Civic (US-spec), has already been given less-then pleasant reviews abroad. US Consumer Reports tested the new car and criticised its interior quality, making special mention of the plastics involved in its construction. This, among other things, left it with a rating below ‘recommended’; a very unusual score for a car that has enjoyed years of ‘Top Pick’ accolades from the same tests in the past.
Then we move on to Honda worldwide sales. Of course, the extremely unfortunate devastation in Japan earlier this year certainly set back production and overall operations at Honda, with the company’s biggest market, the US, reporting a drop in sales by as much as three percent so far this year. Civic sales alone have dropped even further, down by 10 percent.
Here in Australia, according to official VFACTS data, Honda sold 25,355 vehicles between July 2009 and July 2010. This year’s July year-to-date sales topped just 19,610 vehicles, down by 22.7 percent. Again, this was partly due to the tsunami in Japan in March.
But even still, Honda’s actual products just seem to be losing touch. According to a recent J.D. Power survey – one of the biggest independent consumer survey conductors in the US – buyers gave Honda the highest reliability and durability scores, resulting in the highest ranked manufacturer. In another survey that ranks cars by their overall appeal however, Honda scored fourth from the bottom. J.D. Power’s director of auto research, Raffi Festekjia, recently said,
“Reliability is important. But you know what? You still need to make a vehicle that is appealing, fun to drive and comfortable to sit in.”
So what about catering for the performance car market? What happened to the awesome Honda Type R models, and cars like the CR-X and the Integra and NSX? In Australia, the only performance or sporty Honda on the market is the Honda Civic Type R hatch, a model which is being run out at the moment and is available at $39,990 drive away. But apart from the Civic, that’s it.
The Honda CR-Z hybrid sports hatch has tried to rekindle the CR-X days, but it’s not available in Australia yet. It was on show at the 2011 Australian International Motor Show earlier this year and will go on sale towards the end of this year. It features a sporty coupe layout matched with a hybrid electric/1.5-litre petrol powertrain. The CR-Z offers a combined power output of 91kW and 174Nm, enough to push the small coupe from 0-100km/h in around 9.0 seconds.
In terms of taking on serious local and international performance cars, Honda doesn’t have anything. Things are going to change though. According to the latest reports, Honda is committed on developing a new Honda NSX for the future. Honda Motor president Takanobu Ito has said that plans for a Ferrari rival are under way. Takanobu was part of the development team for the original Honda NSX, until production ended in 2009, but said earlier this year,
“I feel that we need to meet the calls from the public asking [for a new NSX].”
To get things cooking, Honda has developed the Honda HSV-010GT GT race car, which is speculated to be the basis of the new model. In Japanese GT racing, there’s a friendly rule that goes around that if a manufacturer hasn’t or doesn’t produce a road-going version of its race cars, it is generally frowned upon. Takanobu says that Honda should remain faithful to this unofficial yet traditional rule,
“I think Honda should respect the history of the Super GT competition [as a stock-car race]“.
A number of automotive designers have come up with renderings based on the Honda HSV race car, showing how it could look in production trim. Renderings present an angled coupe shape with a sharp front end and an aggressive stance. However, Honda is yet to confirm what layout the new NSX will adopt, whether it will be a low-profile, hunkered down supercar – like the original – or take on more of a sleek coupe layout like the Lexus LFA.
As for possible engines, it’s a bit of a blank page as far as known details go. The HSV race car uses a 3.4-litre race V8 pumping out 373kW. The engine isn’t likely to be suitable for everyday use.
One engine possibility is a 4.5-litre high-revving V10. If any maker is capable of producing a high-revving naturally aspirated engine, as history tells us, Honda is well suited to this type of setup.
Reports also suggest a 3.5-3.7-litre supercharged V6 engine may be on the cards, utilising existing Honda technology and components. This kind of approach would help to keep costs down.
Outputs for either engine are expected to punch through the old 206kW Japanese auto agreement, now that both Nissan and Toyota are producing engines with over 380kW. The new NSX will likely offer similar specifications.
As for the price, we hope Honda can keep costs down, unlike what Toyota managed with the awesome Lexus LFA. In Australia, the LFA retailed for an eye-popping $700,000. The high price hasn’t stopped all 10 allocated for our market being sold though. When asked about a projected price range, Takanobu has said,
“There are two types of sports cars – affordable and high-performance. I hope we will be able to market both.”
We eagerly look forward to seeing what Honda can come up with in rekindling the performance spirit int he future, and look forward to the new Honda NSX, which is expected to go on sale some time in 2014/2015.
What’s your opinion on the topic? Were you once an avid Honda fan but have since drifted away in the recent past? Feel free to give us your opinion below.


text: Miami, FL October 1, 2015 — Modern Veterinary Therapeutics, LLC announces that the Veterinary Drugs Directorate (VDD) has approved Ketoprofen VTM (ketoprofen injection – 100mg/mL) in Canada. Ketoprofen VTM, presented in 100mL and 250mL vials, is anonsteroidal anti-inflammatory agent possessing anti-inflammatory, analgesic, and antipyretic properties. Ketoprofen VTM is approved for use in horses, swine, and cattle. Ketoprofen is the only NSAID approved in Canada with NO milk withdrawal period. “Modern Veterinary Therapeutics, LLC is pleased to announce this new approval in Canada which further expands our line of products for the production animal industry, providing incredible savings to Canadian veterinarians and producers alike” said Dr. Cuong Tu Ba, President of Modern Veterinary Therapeutics, LLC.


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Elizabeth Cabraser rushed into her law firm’s conference room an hour late, but wasted little time making apologies.
“I don’t know anymore what time zone I’m in,” explained Ms. Cabraser, who commutes between New York and San Francisco like others might travel between different neighborhoods.
In New York, she is one of the lawyers suing General Motors over defective ignition switches, which are linked to at least 124 fatalities and possibly many more.
Three time zones away in California, Ms. Cabraser is suing Volkswagen for rigging emission levels on hundreds of thousands of diesel-engine vehicles sold in the United States. Last month, she was named to represent angry customers and dealers in a consumer lawsuit against the German carmaker.
Ms. Cabraser could prove dangerous for Volkswagen. Class-action lawsuits are her specialty. During the 1990s, she was one of the lawyers who won billions in damages against tobacco companies and brought the industry to its knees.


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LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — Millions of boxes of Girl Scout cookies are expected to arrive to the City of Angels this weekend.
Girl Scouts of Greater Los Angeles said in a written statement that nearly 3 million cookie boxes will arrive Saturday with sales initiating Feb. 1.
According to the agency, seven kinds of cookies are being offered at $5 a box. They include: Thin Mints, Samoas, Tagalongs, Trefoils, Do-si-Dos, Savannah Smiles and Rah-Rah Raisin.
Toffee-tastic, a gluten-free cookie, will also be offered for sale at $6 per box but in extremely limited quantities.
"This year, Girl Scouts are using a direct sale model for the whole season, meaning girls will have cookies in-hand from the start," the statement said.
Storefront sales of the cookies will begin Feb. 13. Click here for more information.
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There was great upset earlier this year when GAME closed its doors in Newcastle but if you're a keen gamer get ready to turn your frown upside down as it's back already!
Yes, the massively popular gaming company are ready to open a brand new shop right in the heart of the city centre. The new GAME store is set to open at intu Eldon Square opposite Card Factory on Tuesday, September 24.
And its arrival comes right on cue for the launch of FIFA 20, with a late-night opening planned for Thursday to celebrate the release of the game and give Geordie gamers the chance to be among the first to get their hands on a copy.
GAME manager Deepak Kohli told ChronicleLive he was thrilled that the brand had a presence in Newcastle once again.
"The reaction on our Twitter page to us closing in June was huge and people have been going mental about the new opening as well.
"There aren't many places in the area that are dedicated gaming shops and, with Newcastle having such a big gaming community, it's great to be back!"
Other big gaming launches coming before Christmas include Call of Duty in three weeks' time and Pokemon for Nintendo in November.
The new GAME Newcastle store will be open from 9am to 8pm Monday to Friday; 9am - 7pm on Saturdays and 11am - 5pm on Sundays.
Keep up to date with all the latest information about its opening and product launches by following @GAMENewcastle on Twitter.


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Manchester is second only to London in the UK when it comes to targets for international retailers, according to research by CBRE.
Manchester ranked 33 in a list of the 200 cities most targeted by retailers in the 2012 edition of How Global is the Business of Retail?
Liverpool was fourth in the UK and equal 56th in the global list. Birmingham was ranked at 47 globally and Leeds at 71.
UK retained the number one position as the most penetrated global country, with 56.7% of retailers in the survey present. London reclaimed its outright number one position after sharing the top spot with Dubai last year, attracting 55.6% of all international retail brands surveyed.
CBRE's annual survey mapped the global footprint of 326 of the world's top retailers across more than 200 cities to identify trends in global retail expansion at national and local levels. The report found that retailers expanded into a wide range of markets in 2011, with 74% of the countries in the survey seeing at least one new retailer enter the market last year.
Graham Barr, director of retail at CBRE, said: "It is encouraging that Manchester is rated so highly within the report, although not hugely surprising. The city is a popular retail destination, with a wealth of high quality premises available to attract leading retailers, and the transport infrastructure investments currently underway will further increase footfall into the city."
He continued: "Retailers are choosing countries like the UK that are considered safe havens, having de-risked their operations in response to the challenging economic climate. Generally, retailers do look to London as a first port of call, extending their remit into the regions once their London operations are firmly established. Major regional shopping centres such as the Trafford Centre, Meadowhall and Bluewater have performed particularly well."
The top UK cities in order were, out of 200 global cities:
- London 1
- Manchester 33=
- Birmingham 47=
- Liverpool 56=
- Glasgow 60
- Leeds 71=
- Bristol 90=
- Edinburgh 90=
- Belfast 103=
- Southampton 109=
- Jersey 167=
The top retail cities in the world, according to CBRE, are
- New York
- Hong Kong
- Kuwait City
When looking at the most targeted countries by global retailers, the UK holds onto first position in the rankings closely followed by the United Arab Emirates (53.1%) and the United States (50.3%). Spain is in fourth position (47.5%) closely followed by China (47.2%), with France and Germany (46.9%) joint sixth in the rankings. Russia (44.5%), Italy (43%) and Saudi Arabia (41.1%) make up the remainder of the top 10.


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Apple's latest iOS is out, the news app is updated, and for publishers a new ad serving trial is under way with help from an unlikely ally, Google.
A select group of publishers are testing ad insertions into their Apple News pages using DoubleClick For Publishers, according to a number of publishing executives familiar with the trial. Publishers like Cond Nast, Gannett, Time Inc., CNN and other media partners have been in talks with Apple for months about changing the technology behind the ads in the popular news app. Many publishers already use Google's DoubleClick on their own properties and want the ability to just extend campaigns using their own tech.
"Apple is just starting to do more for monetization," said one digital publishing partner, speaking on condition of anonymity. "We're starting to get excited about it, but can only design and develop ad inventory for Apple News once we have the right pipes in place."
"On TV And Video" is a column exploring opportunities and challenges in advanced TV and video. Today’s column is written by Daniel Heer, founder and CEO at Zeotap. A central topic at CES last month – which will undoubtedly become the next frontier for digital advertising – was the arrival of 5G. It should be... Continue reading »
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If you activate the app's Sleaze Detector, it scans criminal records to determine if anyone with that name has been charged with drug possession, assault and battery, sex crimes, DUI and other offenses.
If you click Net Worth, it looks for information about home ownership and property value.
It can also check social networking sites, such as LinkedIn to provide employment and education information.
"Date Check is like having a private investigator in your purse," John Arnold, co-founder of Intelius and executive vice president of business development, said in a statement. "Letting a stranger into your life is a huge risk, and in the age of Internet anonymity, a simple online search isn't enough to tell you everything you need to know. "
This application, the company said, "gives singles a safer way to mingle."
But though the app itself is free, the services can cost up to $40, depending on the kind of searches that are selected.
Date Check is available for download in Apple's App store and will be available soon in Android and BlackBerry versions.
You've probably heard of the Dow, the S&P 500 and the NASDAQ 100. But try this financial index on for size: The PUMA.
To celebrate its new line of bodywear, sports clothing company PUMA launched an iPhone application earlier this month that tracks global stocks, but not in the way you might think.
As stocks on the Dow Jones industrial average go up and down, so does one key element on the PUMA models: their clothes.
"Think of it as an entertaining antidote to Wall Street woes," the company said in a statement. "So now if you lose your shirt, at least our models do too."
Though the application might make Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke blush, the models only undress down to their new PUMA threads. As the Dow climbs, the clothes come back on.
The PUMA application is free in Apple's App store, and the company says it can even help save consumers money. Showing the downloaded application to a PUMA sales associate can get you a 20 percent discount. That offer lasts until Nov. 8, 2009.
Smoking marijuana is known to have an adverse effect on memory and concentration, but now, thanks to a new iPhone application, even the foggiest of users should be able to locate their connection -- make that medicinal marijuana provider -- with relative ease.
Launched by AJNAG (Activists Justifying the Natural Agriculture of Ganja), a Web-based community advocating for medical marijuana, the Cannabis app takes those seeking medicinal marijuana through the entire process of obtaining it. The app is downloadable from Apple's store for $2.99.
"Our goal is to put the power of cannabis change in your pocket while you enjoy the most sticky and potent iPhone application available!" the founders say in a statement on their Web site.
Here's how it works. The application displays an interactive map dotted with doctors who can prescribe medicinal marijuana treatment for their patients.
It also shows -- after, presumably, users have procured prescriptions -- the medicinal marijuana suppliers within the users' vicinity. And, what's more, the application includes a database of lawyers who specialize in marijuana-related cases, in should users encounter skeptical local authorities.


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The gulf between the performance of Shake Shack’s urban and suburban locations continues to be vast as the pandemic drags on, according to preliminary Q4 results released by the chain Tuesday.
Overall, same-store sales at Shake Shack for the quarter ended Dec. 30 were down 17.4%, a significant improvement from Q3, in which the chain’s sales were negative 31.7%.
But same-store sales at Shake Shack’s suburban restaurants were flat during Q4, showing recovery from being at negative 16% during the previous quarter.
Shake Shack’s urban locations, though, tell a much different story. Urban restaurants reported same-store sales down 31% in Q4, with units in New York City's borough of Manhattan down 45%. Manhattan Shake Shacks had been negative 60% during Q3.
Total revenue in Q4 increased 4% to $157.5 million over the same period the previous year. An extra week during the quarter bumped up that revenue. Without that week, total revenue actually decreased 3.3%.
Curbside pickup and a limited test of delivery through the chain’s app, with plans for a broader rollout this year, will help the chain navigate the pandemic, CEO Randy Garutti said in a statement.
“We believe these digital investments to be a critical differentiator for our business, creating the opportunity to drive greater engagement and frequency with both new and existing guests,” Garutti said in a statement.
Early in the pandemic, it became clear that Shake Shack’s urban-focused real estate portfolio, long a great asset, was a hindrance. Its locations in some of the country’s areas of highest foot traffic, such as Grand Central Terminal and New York City’s theater district, are of little help now.
The New York City-based chain is scheduled to open its first drive-thru unit later this year.
The chain expects to open 35 to 40 new stores this year, with many of them slated for the second half of 2021. In 2022, Shake Shack intends to open 45 to 50 new restaurants.
“These openings are expected to incorporate a version of our new Shack Track digital pre-ordering and pick-up capability,” he said. “Our evolving designs focus on enhancement of the guest experience by implementing friction-reduced order and pickup areas across all formats.”
Shake Shack also plans to open 15 to 20 new licensed units this year and 20 to 25 licensed restaurants in 2022.


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Make your mark
The next event in the ‘Make Your Mark’ Networking Series – bringing business and higher education together at the University of Leeds - takes place on Friday 23 November.
From government to banking, media to technology and manufacturing to retail, how companies and organisations conduct themselves has come under intense scrutiny in recent years. 2012 has witnessed shareholder spring, significant upheavals and dramatic board room changes as a result. Given the current tough economic climate we all face, it is surely more important than ever that organisations make headlines for the right reasons.
So how can - and should - businesses behave?
In this event, Marks & Spencer Company Secretary Amanda Mellor talks about how Britain's most iconic retailer places doing the right thing at the heart of its business model. Speaking about the challenges facing companies in the wake of recent events, Amanda will explain why good governance, trust and ethics remain vital to business success.
This event will take place:
On: Friday 23 November
In: Yorkshire Bank Lecture Theatre, Leeds University Business School
Refreshments will be provided and a networking reception will take place at the end of the session.
Admission is free but places are limited. Please register your attendance via email.


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LGT Capital Partners LTD. increased its stake in e.l.f. Beauty Inc (NYSE:ELF) by 81.8% in the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 240,000 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 108,000 shares during the period. LGT Capital Partners LTD. owned about 0.49% of e.l.f. Beauty worth $2,544,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.
Other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. bought a new stake in shares of e.l.f. Beauty in the 4th quarter valued at about $32,000. Sun Life Financial INC purchased a new position in e.l.f. Beauty during the 4th quarter valued at about $50,000. Virtu Financial LLC purchased a new position in e.l.f. Beauty during the 4th quarter valued at about $94,000. CHICAGO TRUST Co NA purchased a new position in e.l.f. Beauty during the 1st quarter valued at about $117,000. Finally, California Public Employees Retirement System purchased a new position in e.l.f. Beauty during the 4th quarter valued at about $151,000. 85.94% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.
Shares of ELF stock traded down $0.15 during midday trading on Thursday, reaching $11.44. 45,523 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 787,497. e.l.f. Beauty Inc has a 1 year low of $6.70 and a 1 year high of $20.75. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.61, a quick ratio of 2.22 and a current ratio of 3.30. The company has a market capitalization of $565.82 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 25.84, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 9.67 and a beta of 1.75.
A number of research analysts recently issued reports on the company. Zacks Investment Research downgraded e.l.f. Beauty from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Monday, January 14th. DA Davidson reduced their price target on e.l.f. Beauty to $9.25 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a report on Monday, January 28th. BMO Capital Markets reduced their price target on e.l.f. Beauty from $14.00 to $7.00 and set a “market perform” rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, February 27th. Piper Jaffray Companies set a $8.00 price target on e.l.f. Beauty and gave the company a “sell” rating in a report on Monday, December 31st. Finally, ValuEngine downgraded e.l.f. Beauty from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Wednesday, January 2nd. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, eight have given a hold rating and two have assigned a buy rating to the company’s stock. e.l.f. Beauty presently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $10.55.
In related news, insider Jonathan T. Fieldman sold 9,007 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, March 20th. The stock was sold at an average price of $10.00, for a total value of $90,070.00. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, insider Scott Milsten sold 15,150 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, February 20th. The stock was sold at an average price of $9.46, for a total value of $143,319.00. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold a total of 322,364 shares of company stock worth $2,791,794 in the last 90 days. 15.50% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.
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e.l.f. Beauty Company Profile
e.l.f. Beauty, Inc, a beauty company, provides cosmetic and skin care products under the e.l.f. brand name worldwide. The company offers eye, lip, face, and skin care products, as well as kits and tools. It sells its products through national and international retailers and direct-to-consumer channels, which include e-commerce and e.l.f.
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Matka Trick Zone
Matka Trick Zone on Technology News and Updates AdmaTechnology.com at Thursday, April 24, 2014
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Many people who do not want to buy a ring tone as their smartphone. But not a few who complained about the use of the song into ringtone is quite disturbing.
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Your comic lover and owner of an iOS device? Do not miss this one application.
Marvel Comics tried to offer around 13 thousand popular comics in an application called Marvel Unlimited.
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This feature can be used to create a reminder.
For the Pinterest users, now comes a new feature for the application of various writing and drawing.
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Los Angeles – Technology latest computer with a transparent display that allows users to reach out and touch into digital content introduced recently at the TED Conference (Technology, Entertainment and Design) in Los Angeles.
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Raise money for children with cleft lip.
Today many people are using Google Maps to find directions to a mall, offices, and other locations in the city, a man wearing this app to walk 5.000 miles or 8046.7 kilometers.
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Computer’s security applications are competing to produce the best protection applications. One of them Kaspersky Lab, which has launched the latest version of its flagship product, Kaspersky PURE Total Security 3.0, on Wednesday (03/13).
This product is a breakthrough which brings the Go Green campaign. What are these phones? Read short reviews below.
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In yet another rumour about the next generation iPhones, Electronic Times has reported that Apple may be in talks with LG Display Co Ltd and Samsung Electronics Co Ltd to manufacture OLED displays for the upcoming iPhones. The report continues to say that Apple, LG & Samsung may be in the final phase of signing this deal of manufacturing OLED screens. The report also adds that both LG & Samsung are planning a capital expenditure to the tune KRW 15 trillion (Rs. 84,943 cr) to scale up production of these screens.
Digit had earlier reported that Apple filed the patent for flexible electronic devices in September 2011, and has been granted the same earlier this year. The patent abstract states that a “flexible electronic device may include a flexible display, a flexible housing and one or more flexible internal components configured to allow the flexible electronic device to be deformed.” It theorizes that such a device can be created by using an OLED display, mounted on flexible device housing. The device housing will include a flexible circuit board and a flexible battery. Lending some credibility to the rumour, a report by Chinese website MacX.cn, also suggested that Apple had ordered OLED screens in various sizes. Although, contrasting reports from AppleInsider have suggested that Apple will continue to stick with LCDs and a traditional form factor.
This report led to speculations that the iPhone 7 might feature a curved, flexible OLED screen. If the Electronic Times’ report is to be believed, than curved or not, OLED is definitely on the cards for the next iPhone. It has been a while that rumours about Apple switching from LCD to OLED displays have been circling the smartphone rumour mill. Let us know what you think of Apple using OLED displays in the comments section below.


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WALDORF, Md. - Two teenagers hid in a Waldorf Target until all the employees left before smashing glass cases in an attempt to steal merchandise, according to officials.
Police said an alarm was triggered at the Target located on Western Parkway at about 4 a.m. on Tuesday.
Responding officers said they spotted a man running into the store when they first arrived. Officers surrounded the building and said they found the teens at the back of the store.
iPads, Play Stations, X-Box Ones, Nintendo 3DS, clothing, food, and bikes were recovered outside where police spotted the first suspect, officials stated.
Police identified the suspects as Delonte Xavier Gary and Austin Gray Davis, both 19 years old. They were charged with burglary, theft, and destruction of property.


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According to the National Retail Federation
, U.S. college students (and their families) are expected to spend a total of $55 billion
in preparation for the new academic year starting in late August/early September. But what are they spending all that money on? Are school supplies really that costly these days?
The following chart shows the average back-to-college
shopping list for households of college student in 2018. According to the NRF’s finding, electronics, clothing & accessories and dorm room furnishings are the biggest items on the list, amounting to more than half of the average total spending per household.


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“A common complaint among web users is that self-service technologies often don’t understand what they’re seeking,” said Dennis McGuire, CodeBaby CEO. “But inbenta’s advanced search capabilities really work to resolve this problem. By integrating CodeBaby’s strengths with inbenta’s technology we will enable a more intelligent website engagement for consumers and thus, better results for our customers.”
In addition to reducing the dependency on customer support, the digital characters serve as brand representatives to influence desired online customer behavior.
Speaking on the evolution of self-service technology, inbenta CEO Jordi Torras said, “This partnership is the result of the best of two technologies: one that humanizes the internet and one that interacts more intuitively with human queries and commands. Through years of determination, inbenta has now created a product that responds to searches as questions or statements, not limiting web users to keywords.”
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JAKARTA (IndoTelko) - Lazada Indonesia finished the year with a historical sales record, serving thousands of online shoppers all across Indonesia.
Lazada initiated the 1212 concept already last year on 12.12.12 (12 December 2012). In 2013 LAZADA expanded the concept that is inspired by Cyber Monday in the US and 11.11 in China to a whole new level.
This year’s #1212Sale was named ‘HariBelanja Online Nasional’ (National Online Shopping Day). Together with more than 20 online stores as participants, LAZADA was able to create a movement to push the online retail industry in Indonesia to a new level.
The concept for #1212Sale HariBelanja Online Nasional is that for one day, giving Indonesian from all across the country to access to fantastic deals and offerings from the best ecommerce sites.
This year’s #1212Sale HariBelanja Online Nasional gained additional through support from Telkomsel, the biggest telecommunications provider in Indonesia. Telkomsel's subscribers were given unique access to exclusive deals and offerings from Lazada and other ecommerce sites.
The #1212Sale event on 12 December 2013 for LAZADA was nothing but record breaking. “We had prepared for everything, from doubling the shifts in the warehouse, customer service and full operations from midnight to monitor developments. But we were simply blown away by response from our customers. We beat the predictions for the full day sales already before lunch time” says CEO Lazada Indonesia Magnus Ekbom.
During 1212, LAZADA was seeing order rates well in excess of thousands orders per hour. Despite technical issues during the day that made the site inaccessible for parts of the day, more shoppers than ever before shopped online during the day.
“We are clearly seeing a glimpse of the future. We believe that online retail in Indonesia has a huge room to grow”, explains VP Marketing & Business Development for Lazada Rizki Suluh Adi.(es)


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Ralph Lauren quietly shuttered its two-year-old 20,000-square-foot store last week. Other brands are expected to close boutiques in a city that has lost its luster for cash-rich mainland Chinese tourists.
The decision could be a landmark ruling for Western brands in China.
December 8, 2016
• Nyima Pratten
Lawyers for Ex-Kmart VPs Seek SEC Internal E-Mail
NEW YORK — Lawyers for two former Kmart Corp. vice presidents facing federal securities fraud charges have asked a judge to give them a government e-mail that raised questions about the strength of the case, according to a wire service report....
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@rebeccaminkoff is bringing self-checkout to high fashion: The brand has partnered with @queuehop to bring its customers self-checkout options, beginning this holiday season at its SoHo store. (📷: @aurorarosephoto)