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American Film Market Returns to Santa Monica
By Jorge Casuso
October 26, 217 -- For the 27th year in a row, Santa Monica will host the world’s largest motion picture trade show when the American Film Market (AFM) hits town next Wednesday.
The annual event -- which is expected to draw some 7,500 film industry professionals from 70 countries -- is a boon for the local economy, filling the City's hotels, restaurants, shops and theaters.
Santa Monica tourism officials estimate the trade show and conference will generate $20 million during its eight-day stay.
"From supporting our hospitality industry to showering our community with innovative ideas, AFM provides an economic boost to the entire city of Santa Monica at a time of year that is typically off-peak for our tourism industry,” said Misti Kerns, President/CEO of Santa Monica Travel & Tourism (SMTT).
During the event key members of the international motion picture and television industry -- including producers, distributors, sales agents and directors -- attend screenings, network and cut deals, participate in panels and attend multiple parties.
More than 300 films will be screened at this year's event, which often offers buyers the first glimpse of a major hit.
Last year, 21 films financed and/or sold at AFM received a total of 62 nominations at the 89th Academy Awards, officials said. One of the films, 'La La Land,' was nominated for 14 Academy awards and won six.
As it has in the past, Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel will become the headquarters for the conference, which is the premier event of the Independent Film & Television Alliance (IFTA).
In addition to screenings in the Loews Hotel ballroom space, films will be screened at AMC Santa Monica, ArcLight, Broadway Cineplex, Laemmle Monica Film Center and Ocean Screening.
In 2011, Santa Monica, which has been hosting the AFM since 1991, nearly lost the event to LA Live in downtown Los Angeles, where hotel rents were lower and would be more plentiful in the short run ("American Film Market to Stay in Santa Monica," December 9, 2011).
But some members of IFTA, which was negotiating the deal, resisted the move, saying they didn’t want the marketplace in a “soulless space in L.A.”
AFM’s participants "always look forward to their annual trip to Santa Monica,” said Jonathan Wolf, managing director of the American Film Market. “Santa Monica has been our home for 27 years and every year the AFM experience in Santa Monica gets better.”
Local attractions, tours, shops, restaurants and spas will provide AFM participants with special offers, tourism officials said.
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Three in four people worldwide want single-use plastics to be banned as soon as possible, according to a poll released on Tuesday, as United Nations members prepare to begin talks on a global treaty to rein in soaring plastic pollution.
The percentage of people calling for bans is up from 71% since 2019, while those who said they favoured products with less plastic packaging rose to 82% from 75%, according to the IPSOS poll of more than 20,000 people across 28 countries.[…]
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WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- Cingular Wireless, the nation's biggest wireless phone company, said Wednesday that it added 1.4 million customers and topped the 50 million mark.
Cingular, which is jointly owned by SBC Communications Inc. and BellSouth Corp., recently acquired AT&T Wireless to become the largest wireless phone carrier in the United States. The company totaled 50.4 million customers at the end of the first quarter.
Revenue rose 5.3% to $8.2 billion from pro forma $7.8 billion in the year-earlier quarter. For comparison's sake, pro forma results are adjusted to include sales from AT&T Wireless.
Cingular's monthly churn rate, measuring the number of customers who drop their subscriptions, fell to 2.2% from 2.4% in the fourth quarter of 2004.
Average revenue per user, another industry gauge of financial success, slipped to $49.59 from an adjusted $51.26 a year earlier.
Atlanta-based Cingular also said 72% of its subscriber base was GSM-equipped at the end of the first quarter, up from 65% at the end of last year. GSM is one of the digital standards used to handle the transmission of wireless calls.


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A new scientific analysis has found that organically produced meat is just as climate-damaging than its conventionally farmed counterparts, contrary to the claims made by a recent viral Regenuary campaign lodged against the popular Veganuary movement. The study also reveals that the lowest impact meats still fare much worse on multiple environmental indices compared to the most carbon-intensive plant-based foods.
The study, published in the peer-reviewed journal Nature, examines the greenhouse gas emissions from different foods and calculates the real cost of products that would accurately reflect the harm it causes to the planet. Based in Germany, the researchers used government data to estimate climate damage costs, and crucially found that even organically produced meats still cause enormous damage to the climate – just like conventionally farmed animal-based foods.
Specifically, for beef and lamb – two of the most high-emissions foods – organic and conventional farming methods resulted in similar levels of climate damage. While organic pork fared slightly better on the scale compared to its non-organic counterparts, in the case of organic chicken, researchers found that it caused even more climate damage.
The climate costs of each food includes methane emissions in the case of animal-based products, the grain required to feed livestock, and the deforestation-fuelling rearing and feeding practices associated with animal agriculture.
“We expected organic farming to score better for animal-based products but, for greenhouse gas emissions, it actually doesn’t make much difference,” explained lead researcher Maximilian Pieper of the Technical University of Munich, in a conversation with the Guardian.
The results provide scientific evidence against the contradictory claims made by a Regenuary campaign that has recently taken off on social media, which suggests that regeneratively or organically produced meats are better for the environment. Regenuary is pitched directly against the popular Veganuary movement that encourages participants to adopt veganism for 31 days, which has since attracted one million participants who have collectively saved more than 100,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide.
We expected organic farming to score better for animal-based products but, for greenhouse gas emissions, it actually doesn’t make much difference.Maximilian Pieper, Lead Author, Technical University of Munich
When translating their calculations into actual prices that consumers would need to pay to “cover” the damage their food has on the environment, the analysis says that conventional meat prices would have to be 40% higher. While organic meats would lead to a smaller increase of 25%, the researchers note that this is because organically grown products are typically sold for higher prices to begin with.
On the other hand, plants grown using organic farming methods cause around half of the climate damage compared to conventionally grown crops that rely on chemical fertilisers – though the data shows that all plant-based foods, including those with the “worst” impacts, cause far fewer emissions than all animal-based foods. Overall, the study finds that the prices of plant-based foods would not change significantly when their environmental cost is factored in.
These findings were first revealed prior to being published on Nature as part of the German grocer Penny’s sustainability campaign, where one of its stores began displaying the “true” costs of food products when the hidden environmental impacts were accounted for. A similar initiative has since been launched in Sweden by retailer Felix, where its new Climate Store uses carbon as its currency to encourage shoppers to make more informed choices when it comes to the footprint of their food.
The latest analysis adds to the plethora of scientific studies that have called on the need for a plant-based shift in order to combat climate change. In November last year, a study conducted by leading global research institutions and universities warned that even if fossil fuels were to be eliminated immediately, the Paris agreement goals would still be out of reach without a drastic reduction in high-emissions meat and dairy-heavy diets.
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- Coinbase Japan users will have until February 16, 2023 to withdraw their fiat and crypto holdings from the platform.
- After February 16, the remaining crypto assets held by Coinbase Japan users will be converted to Japanese yen.
Leading crypto exchange Coinbase has announced the shutting down of its operation in Japan owing to unfavorable market conditions. As per the official announcement, Coinbase Japan users will have until February 16, 2023, to withdraw their fiat and crypto holdings from the platform.
After February 16, the remaining crypto assets held by Coinbase Japan users will be converted to Japanese yen. The crypto exchange also added that fiat deposit functionality would be removed on January 20, 2023, JST.
Coinbase emphasized that it is committed to ensuring that all its customers can withdraw their assets at their earliest convenience.
“In the month following February 17, Coinbase will send any remaining JPY to a Guaranty Account at the Legal Affairs Bureau in accordance with legal requirements. If customers do not take any action before February 16, they will have to coordinate with the Legal Affairs Bureau to retrieve their JPY balance,” the official announcement reads.
Coinbase Japan customers are given the option to withdraw their crypto holdings to any other Virtual Assets Service Provider, Coinbase Wallet, or any other self-hosted wallet of their choice. Further, they are also provided with the choice to liquidate their portfolio and later withdraw their JPY to a domestic bank account, Coinbase noted.
Coinbase is, however, not the first crypto firm in recent months to halt its operations in Japan. In late 2022 San-Francisco, headquartered crypto exchange Kraken decided to pull its operations in Japan, citing a strain on its resources amid a “weak crypto market.”
Coinbase is currently navigating its way through crypto winter while trying to cut costs. As part of the restructuring plan to reduce operating costs, the crypto exchange expects to spend around 149 million to $163 million, including $58 million to $68 million in cash charges related to employee severance and other termination benefits.
The latest development comes days after the exchange announced the layoff of 950 jobs as part of the firm’s efforts to reduce operating costs by around 25% amid the ongoing crypto winter. This was Coinbase’s second layoff in recent months. In June 2022, Coinbase had initially reduced its headcount by 18%, citing volatile market conditions and economic recession.


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Big news coming out of Metro today: officials are considering allowing kiosks in certain Metro stations to sell packaged food in stations! The move is an attempt to increase revenue by adding kiosks at a number of stations (in DC: outside Anacostia, in Fort Totten, in Gallery Place-Chinatown, and in Metro Center). Kiosks could be newsstands, dry cleaning services, and even gourmet food stores.
But no, this doesn’t mean you’d be allowed to eat what you bought at a kiosk– the Metro food and drink ban is still in effect. About three years ago Metro solicited proposals for kiosks that would sell anything but food, beverages, and tobacco– but they didn’t get a good response and realized it wasn’t profitable to not sell food in transit stations.
This seems a little weird to me. I think I’d be really bitter if I were starving, and got a gourmet sandwich at a Metro kiosk (probably marked up ridiculously because of the captive audience), and had to sit there just looking at it the whole ride home. That’s just mean, Metro.


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Lazy and/or hungry Queens residents can rejoice, because one-hour grocery app Instacart announced today they’ve added the borough to their list of delivery locations. The service will be available in the neighborhoods of Long Island City, Astoria, Sunnyside and Woodside, a press release said.
The best part of the news? Using Instacart, Queens residents can order from Costco, even if they aren’t Costco members. This is NO LIE. We’ll take 500 jars of peanut butter, k thx.
Users in Queens can also order from Key Foods, and can even combine items from Key Foods and Costco in one order.
Along with the expansion news, Instacart also announced that Manhattan users will now be able to order from Fairway Market, in addition to other pre-existing options like Whole Foods and Food Emporium.
It remains to be seen whether the app will open up shop on Staten Island, and also whether there are actually people who live on Staten Island.


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Authorities across the region are cracking down on illegal marijuana operations.
Law enforcement raided a total of five smoke shops in Philadelphia and South Jersey.
Police said some of the shops were allegedly selling to minors.
Only the Action News Investigative Team was there as officers with the Philadelphia Police’s Narcotics Unit raided a home and smoke shop on the 6000 block of Lansdowne Avenue in Overbook on Monday.
This shop was one of three in the city raided for allegedly selling illegal marijuana products.
The other two are on the 2200 block of South 21st Street in South Philadelphia and the 7900 block of Verree Road in Fox Chase.
Police took out boxes of evidence from the Overbrook shop, and two men were arrested and taken away in handcuffs.
Gloucester Twp. Police Captain Mark Benton said his department also raided two smoke shops last week in South Jersey: The Vape and Smoke Shop on the 400 block of East Church Street in Blackwood and the Exotic Smoke Shop on the 1200 block of Chews Landing Road in Clementon.
“They were selling narcotics specifically large quantities of marijuana,” said Captain Benton.
Police said owner Abdo Saeed faces narcotics distribution, money laundering and other charges.
Captain Benton said two employees, Ebrahim Alzabidi and Munzer Azafari, are also charged with allegedly selling synthetic urine to pass drug tests.
“These products they are specifically made to cheat your way, if you want to use, for the lack of a better term, to cheat your way through a test.” said Benton.
Both New Jersey shops were open on Thursday.
The two employees tell Action News they recently arrived here from New York to work in the shops but had no idea they were selling illegal products.
“A lot of people would say you certainly knew what is weed and what is not weed,” asked Chad Pradelli.
“Well you can’t tell about that because you know everything is weed.”
Philadelphia police sources said the operations in the city may have ties to New York.
Overbrook residents said it was an open secret the shop was selling illegal weed.
“As the community, the neighbors, we are glad that this is happening because we don’t want it in our neighborhood,” said one resident who did not want to be identified.
A spokesperson for Philadelphia police said the department couldn’t comment as the case is now being referred to federal authorities, which doesn’t discuss open investigations.


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Malibu Jack’s Ashland to celebrate International Women’s Day by hosting vendor fair March 8
Published 12:00 am Saturday, March 5, 2022
ASHLAND, Ky. — In honor of International Women’s Day, Malibu Jack’s Ashland will host an in-person vendor fair highlighting local businesses owned by women from 6-9 p.m. Tuesday, March 8.
The event is expected to attract people from across the Tri-State while giving nearly 40 businesses an opportunity to showcase their products and/or services.
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Malibu Jack’s wants to support the businesswomen of the Tri-State by providing these businesses with a chance to reach the local community.
Along with featuring several local women-owned businesses, the event will feature unique items for sale, sweets and a special Malibu Jack’s deal for families of all ages to enjoy (Add $30 to a play card, Get $10 extra).
Vendors will set up their booths inside the cabana spaces for guests to come shop and enjoy a night at Malibu Jack’s Ashland. “Malibu Jack’s to Celebrate International Women’s Day” event is free and open to the public.
About Malibu Jack’s Ashland: Camp Landing, formerly known as the Kyova Mall, has slowly transformed into a new family-fun entertainment center.
Malibu Jack’s Ashland, an indoor theme-park, has settled into what was once Elder Beerman and expands throughout the mall into the food court area.
They offer a variety of attractions and arcade games that are fun for all ages such as: miniature golf, laser tag, bowling, go-karts, a 5D motion theatre and much more. There is even an indoor rollercoaster!


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Government launches centralized digital platform for foreign trade
Export and import processing time will be significantly reduced in the coming months with the implementation of the new platform for Foreign Trade Single Window 2.0 (VUCE), government authorities announced Wednesday.
The Foreign Trade Ministry and the Foreign Trade Promotion Office explained the system will allow entrepreneurs to access the platform 365 days a year, which places Costa Rica among the nations with the highest standards in the region.
Foreign Trade Minister Anabel Gonzalez said this platform will be 100 percent automated nationally and internationally, allowing entrepreneurs to obtain permits in a few minutes and generating savings of ¢5,300 million (some $10 million) per year, with 90 percent reduction in processing time.
VUCE system was created in 1996 and currently concentrates on 45 processes of 16 institutions.
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LONDON – Premier League club Arsenal’s promotion of fan tokens broke advertising rules and was banned in Britain for taking advantage of consumers’ inexperience with cryptocurrencies.
The London team said fan tokens are used to encourage participation and are different from cryptocurrencies, which are virtual currencies used as a form of payment.
The Facebook and website posts included a video featuring players Ben White, Calum Chambers and Kieran Tierney.
The Advertising Standards Authority said in an announcement Wednesday that the ads took advantage of the inexperience or gullibility of consumers and trivialized investing in crypto assets, did not illustrate the risk of investing and did not specify that the “token” via the Socios company was an active crypto, which could only be obtained by opening an account and trading with another cryptocurrency.
Token buyers can also make money by trading digital assets at a price determined by market supply and demand, and ultimately by team performance and actions, and therefore can fluctuate significantly. .
Owners can sell and trade their tokens using Chiliz, one of the many cryptocurrencies based on blockchain technology.
Socios lists nearly 50 partnerships with clubs, including Premier League champions Manchester City, Barcelona, Juventus and Paris Saint-Germain. Clubs and socios tout chips as a way to give fans a say in decision-making, but this often comes down to votes on which songs to play before games rather than anything substantive.
The UK Financial Conduct Authority classifies tokens as crypto assets, a complex and sophisticated investment subject to frequent changes in value and which could potentially result in significant losses.
“We recognized that the ads did not promote fan tokens as an investment or financial product,” said ad watchdog, ASA. “However, the product was a crypto asset regardless of how it was promoted and the advertisements did not contain any information indicating that capital gains tax (CGT) could be payable on profits from a investing in crypto assets, so we considered that the potential tax implications were not sufficiently clear to consumers considering investing in them.
The club said they responsibly promote tokens by reminding fans that they only need one token to vote in decisions and should only buy what they can afford. to allow. He also urged buyers to seek independent financial advice if necessary.
“The advertisements trivialized crypto-asset investments and took advantage of the inexperience or gullibility of consumers by failing to make it clear that CGT could be payable out of the profits of the investments,” the ASA said. “We concluded that the ads were irresponsible and violated the code.”
The Arsenal Supporters’ Trust has already raised concerns about the partnership with Socios.
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In 2019, 56 new hotels, camps and marinas were categorized in Croatia, and the Ministry of Tourism has announced new investments in Croatian tourism.
Of the total of 56 new hotels, camps and marinas categorized during 2019, the largest number of new facilities, as many as 30, were categorized as high category, that is, four and five stars, the Ministry of Tourism announced on Sunday.
“The Croatian Government has recognized the importance of tourism for the advancement, demographic sustainability and raising the standard of living in local communities. That is why, since the beginning of our mandate, we have been emphasizing on enhancing the quality of the tourist offer and extending activities throughout the year. In the past few years, we have achieved remarkable results in the form of tourist traffic, but more importantly, we are constantly increasing our tourism revenues and attracting more and more investments, "said Tourism Minister Gari Cappelli.
In 2019, the Ministry of Tourism categorized 43 new hotels with 3,948 beds while 26 hotels increased capacity and/or their category. Most new hotels are categorized in the Split-Dalmatia County (13), the County of Primorje-Gorski kotar (6), the City of Zagreb (6) and the County of Istria (5).


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Parking spaces on rising tideTechnology | Kevin Xu 11 Jul 2019
Over the past six months, prices of car parking spaces in Hong Kong rose by 6 percent to 45 percent due to short supplies despite the Sino-US trade tension.
The car parking spaces at Kingswood Villas in Tin Shui Wai transacted at around HK$1.45 million as of early June, up by 45 percent after hitting a low point at HK$1 million at the end of November, according to Centaline Property Agency. The rental yield ranged from 2.5 percent to 3 percent with a prevailing market rent between HK$2,600 to HK$3,000 per month.
For instance, a parking bay at Kingswood Villas sold for HK$1.46 million in mid-May, 106 percent higher than it was sold four years ago at HK$710,000.
The car parking spaces at Hong Kong Garden in the New Territories were priced at around HK$1 million in early June, 42.8 percent higher than six months ago, with a rental yield between 3.4 percent and 3.6 percent, and rent ranging from HK$2,900 to HK$3,000 per month.
Car parking spaces at City One Shatin sold for around HK$1.4 million a month, 16 percent higher than in November, and many buyers made purchases for investment.
According to Ricacorp Properties, the prices of the parking bays at Whampoa Garden in Hung Hom increased by only 11 percent to about HK$2.5 million as of early June, as most purchasers bought it for personal use.
A parking space at Laguna City in Kwun Tong sold for HK$2.5 million early June, and is 7.2 percent higher than another parking space on the same floor that was sold in November.
The car parking bays at Caribbean Coast in Tung Chung transacted at around HK$1.6 million early June, 6 percent higher than at the end of last year, said Centaline Property Agency.
The ratio of parking spaces to private vehicles in Hong Kong was 1.1 last year, down by 27.2 percent from 1.51 in 2006, since the number of private cars rocketed by 53.4 percent to 616,220 during the same period, the Audit Commission said in a report in April.
Chief executive of Midland Realty's residential division Sammy Po Siu-ming estimated that the prices of car parking bays would grow at a slower pace or even fall a bit in the short term, as the buyers are taking a wait-and-see stance and assume speculation in the market would slow amid the trade war between China and the United States.
However, Po said he is still bullish about the investment value of parking spaces in the long run due to short supply.
He added that the prices of parking spaces will rise significantly if property prices are on an upward trend and the demand for car parking spaces increase.
The number of parking space registrations increased by 7.4 percent month-on-month to 725 in May - the highest level in the past nine months - but its value declined by 38.2 percent month-on-month to HK$1.4 billion because many large value transactions were recorded in April, said Hong Kong Property chief executive Richard Lee Chi-shing.


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Samsung’s newly appointed head of brand management, Max Bonpain, has revealed the company will focus on music and sport in 2008, in an attempt to make Samsung the most desirable mobile brand to consumers.
Bonpain’s newly created role will involve maximising Samsung’s largest sponsorship deals, which include relationships with the 2012 Olympic Games and Chelsea Football Club.
Bonpain, who previously worked as a managing consultant within IBM’s global business services division, will be responsible for PR, events and sponsorship across all of Samsung’s products.
He said: ‘My goal is to drive brand preference. We want to bring more customers into stores thinking about Samsung, not Nokia or Sony, and that’s my job. Sport is a big tool to do that, and that will involve Chelsea and the Olympics. Music is also an important area that we will be using - so they will be the main areas to get people to interact with the brand. Obviously not all products will be focused on these areas, for example we have advanced camera phones, but music and sport are key in terms of brand recognition.’
The creation of the role represents an extension of Samsung’s marketing structure. Bonpain will report to chief marketing officer, Anthony Marsella, who also joined Samsung from IBM last year.


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Bangor Savings Bank locations will be closed on Monday, January 20, 2020 in observance of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. Our Bangor Support team will be available from 7:00 AM - 7:00 PM at 1.877.Bangor1.
BANGOR, Maine – For the fourth time in the last five years, Bangor Savings Bank has received the highest score among qualifying retail banks in the New England region in the J.D. Power 2019 Retail Banking Satisfaction StudySM.
The bank’s score of 872 out of a possible 1,000 points in the 2019 study earned it the highest Power Circle Rating of “among the best”, and beat the New England Region average score by 73 points. The bank increased its score from the previous year and remained number one in the region, while welcoming and integrating employees and customers gained through its 2018 acquisition of New Hampshire-based Granite Bank.
“We are honored to once again be recognized by J.D. Power,” said Bangor Savings Bank President and CEO Bob Montgomery-Rice. “Our employees continue to be the driving force behind our success. Whether in person at a branch, on the phone in Bangor Support, or behind the scenes developing innovative solutions, they work hard to create incredible experiences for our customers each and every day.”
“You Matter More continues to be more than a tag line,” Montgomery-Rice continued. “It has been the foundation of our promise for 167 years and we are proud to support the people and places we serve.”
The 14th annual customer satisfaction study is the longest-running and most in-depth survey of the U.S. retail banking industry, with customers evaluating various aspects of their banking experience. The 2019 study is based on responses from more than 84,000 retail banking customers of more than 200 of the largest banks in the United States regarding their experiences with their retail bank. It was fielded in quarterly waves from April 2018 through February 2019.
The J.D Power study asks banking customers for objective feedback on various aspects of their banking experience, including account opening, convenience, channel activities (branch, assisted online, ATM, mobile, website, IVR and call center), problem resolution, communication and advice, and product offerings and fees.
Key findings and trends from the J.D. Power 2019 Retail Banking Satisfaction StudySM, and a list of the top-ranked banks in 11 regions can be found on the J.D. Power website.
Bangor Savings Bank, with more than $4 billion in assets, offers retail banking to consumers as well as comprehensive commercial, corporate, payroll administration, merchant services, and small business banking services to businesses. The Bank, founded in 1852, is in its 167th year with 58 branches in Maine and New Hampshire and on the Web at www.bangor.com. The Bangor Savings Bank Foundation was created in 1997. Together the Bank and its Foundation invested more than $2 million into the community in the form of nonprofit sponsorships, grants and partnership initiatives last year. Bangor Savings Bank is an equal opportunity employer.


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In the U.S. auto industry the well-documented shortage of microchips is accomplishing something in a matter of months that no recession or safety recall has ever done: It is forcing The Ford Motor Company to slash output of the F-150 pickup truck, its highest-profit model and America’s best-selling vehicle and to halve the company’s overall U.S. output.
They’re hardly alone. While some carmakers like GM and Toyota have mitigated the problem somewhat, the chip shortage has cost the car business alone a staggering $110 billion in revenue this year, according to a new forecast by AlixPartners, nearly double the $61-billion hit forecast by the consultancy just four months ago.
Which begs the question: Rather than losing hundreds of billions of dollars, imperiling jobs and companies, frustrating flush consumers, stoking inflation and reinforcing the disappointing reality that one crucial lever of control of the U.S. economy really resides in Asia, not here – can’t America just build a microchip plant or two?
The answer is yes, but also that even constructing new chip plants in this country at the cost of tens of billions of dollars each would take too long to alleviate the current shortages wracking many manufacturing industries. So CEOs of American companies are stuck with a very difficult status quo.
While building new U.S. chip capacity might be an obvious solution, just as obvious is that many manufacturers are in a bind for actions they took before the chip shortage manifested itself, and for how they’re handling it now. Company chiefs are learning the hard way about the importance of risk management, long-term forecasting and strategic-inventory buffers.
Auto companies and others have shipped and designed around the shortages to try to ensure their highest-profit vehicles get hit the least and to repurpose chips. “You can make up for hardware with good software,” Mike Juran, CEO of Altia, a Colorado Springs, Colo.-based supplier of graphical user interfaces for autos, appliances and medical equipment, told Chief Executive.
“So with a couple of OEMs, we’re enabling them to use available chips that are sitting in a warehouse somewhere rather than the latest chip.” And some customers, he said, “are designing out chips that are in short supply and designing in chips that are in supply and looking to us to make sure that code runs on all of these available chips.”
But CEOs have a lot to learn, fast, about what they and their predecessors did wrong that helped lead to the current mess. “A big part of the problem was that they were too myopic in their views,” Douglas Kent, executive vice president of strategy and alliances at the Association for Supply Chain Management, told Chief Executive. “There were wild demand swings in chip utilization in non-competing industry sectors during Covid, and they didn’t have a good perspective on that.”
Auto companies have made moves that others can learn from. General Motors, for instance, built some pickup trucks without software that helps manage fuel consumption, reducing miles per gallon – but presumably leaving room for mileage improvements to be programed in later. Toyota once pioneered just-in-time inventory, but the company’s nudging away from that strategy in the wake of the 2011 earthquake in Japan has helped it weather the U.S. microchip shortage better than many rivals. The company also funneled chips to highest-profit vehicles.
Still, Kent says, auto manufacturers cut back on orders for chips but with the “naïve consideration that when their sales picked back up, chip manufacturers could respond accordingly. Unfortunately, chip utilization by consumer products has increased at the same time.”
Kent says that CEOs in all manufacturing industries now must take a broader view of chip planning items beyond what we know today. “Understand the potential for supply constraints. Narrowing your view to your sector isn’t going to help you. You need an outside-in view of potential supply constraints and to take risk-mitigation efforts to protect yourself. You need to understand that consumption of a shared raw material is going to be impacting your business.”
The Long Haul Ahead
For the longer term, manufacturing chiefs should consider new risk-management measures, Dan Hearsch, a managing director of AlixPartners’ auto and industrial practice, told Automotive News. They include “getting a better view into what happens beyond the three-month window, spending a lot more time getting a better forecast and having a bit more of a risk-management forecast and especially doing it in a more sophisticated way,” he said. Ultimately, Hearsch added, “Supply-chain management, purchasing activity, engineering activity [have] real changes and real lessons that can be learned.”
One way to address industries’ competition for chips with consumer-electrics outfits, which peaked during Covid, would be to no longer rely on chips that meet certain product specifications but rather to source generic chips that companies could enhance themselves through software measures to meet their required specs, suggested AlixPartners’ Mark Wakefield. That approach, said the company’s co-leader of the automotive and industrial practice, would simplify how the chips are sourced – and thereby make them easier to source.
Wakefield also called on CEOs to intensify their attention to cost management for better visibility of their supply chain, noting that an improved understanding of a supply chain will allow better insight into a company’s costs and exposure in the semiconductor space.
A more robust and longer-term solution for U.S. manufacturers and the federal government would be more chip plants in this country. Intel already announced in March that it would construct two chip factories in Arizona, at what is already its largest chip-manufacturing site. Another global giant, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing, has started to build its own $12-billion chip factory north of Phoenix.
Several years ago, Intel abandoned an uncompleted chip plant in Colorado Springs, Colo., which then became a site for bitcoin mining but possibly could still lend itself to repurposing as a chip plant again.
“We have underinvested in [semiconductor] production and hurt our innovative edge, while other countries have learned from our example and increased their investments in the industry,” Gina Raimondo, U.S. Commerce Secretary, said during a webcast for Intel’s announcement in March. Congress passed a CHIPS for America Act recently, which provides assistance in grants for advanced semiconductor manufacturing and research.
What Happens Next?
But any real relief for U.S. manufacturers still will be long in coming. The Intel plant, for instance, won’t start production until 2024, the company said. Getting new chip-making capacity up and running requires “a multi-faceted production process that is measured in weeks and months, not in days,” Kent said. “Even in accelerated fashion, an increase in capacity just from the manufacturing-plant and equipment perspective is a multi-year process.”
And there’s the rest of the ecosystem to consider. “To achieve self-reliance, investments need to be made across the entire ecosystem, from wafer manufacturing, assembly and testing all the way down to the manufacturing of raw materials such as substrate, which has been in high demand,” Syed Alam, semiconductor global lead and managing director of Accenture, told Chief Executive.
And manufacturing chiefs must focus not only on the chip-making ecosystem but also on broader logistical vulnerabilities that have greatly compounded the shortages of 2021.
“Companies could alternatively source from other suppliers, [but] they tend to still be based in Asia and are dependent on shipping and air lanes, which are still subject to bottlenecks,” Frank Kenney, director of market strategy at Cleo, a supply-chain software platform, told Chief Executive. “Given their impact, companies that depend on semiconductor chips, and likewise their end customers, need to reset expectations.”


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BlackBerry will release two new Android smartphones this year, the company’s CEO has said.
In an interview with the Abu Dhabi news website The National, the technology firm’s chief John Chen also said that BlackBerry’s first Android device, the Priv, was a miscalculation and “too high-end a product”.
“A lot of enterprise customers have said to us, ‘I want to buy your phone, but $700 (£491) is a little too steep for me,’” he said.
Instead, Chen suggested that consumers were now more interested in mid-range smartphones that are priced at around $400 (£280).
The launch of the Priv, BlackBerry’s first smartphone to branch out from their own operating system and instead work on Google’s Android, was designed to help boost sales that have fallen dramatically in recent years. Instead, sales continued to slow, dropping to 600,000 units in the last quarter – down a further 100,000 on the previous quarter.
In contrast, software continues to be a profitable area for BlackBerry, with the company forecasting 30% growth in the coming year.
However, BlackBerry will continue to create hardware that runs on Android, with Chen announcing that another phone with a physical keyboard – similar to the Priv – as well as a touchscreen device, are both to be released this year, though no dates have yet been confirmed.
BlackBerry has struggled to maintain a central position in the smartphone hardware business in the wake of large growth by Apple, Samsung and others in recent years. Last month, both Facebook and WhatsApp also confirmed they were to stop offering support for BlackBerry versions of their apps.


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Estée Lauder Companies announced that Dennis McEniry, president of ELC’s online division and 20-year veteran of the company, will retire later this year.
McEniry joined ELC as Vice President of Technology in 2001, when the first e-commerce platform launched in 1996 was still in its infancy. He became the first president of ELCpnline in 2003, recognizing the company’s achievements in expanding ELC globally from four US-based websites in more than 50 countries. 350 brand.com sites. 80 brand boutiques on platforms like China’s online B2C retailer Tmall. And 1,700 retailer.com doors.
Throughout 2020, the company also said McEniry and his team played a key role in accelerating investment in the entire ELC brand site during the Covid-19 pandemic. In total, ELC online accounted for 22% of the company’s net sales in fiscal year 2020.
“”[McEniry] It was a truly innovative and visionary digital leader, “said Fabrizio Freda, President and Chief Executive Officer.
“As the first president of ELC Online, he has overseen the formation and incredible expansion of this division. Thanks to him and his team, ELC Online is essential to our strong and sustainable growth. It is a leading brand-building platform that enables millions of consumers around the world to deliver quality products and experiences. “
McEniry will be replaced by Gibu Thomas, who will be the president of ELC online from November 16, 2020. He will report to Fabrizio Freda, President and Chief Executive Officer.
Thomas is PepsiCo, Inc. For the past five years, he has been Senior Vice President and Global Head of E-Commerce. While at the company, he and his team were responsible for opening PepsiCo’s first dedicated e-commerce headquarters in New York City and a digital hub in Silicon Valley.
Previously, Thomas was Senior Vice President of Mobile and Digital at Walmart Inc., overseeing all mobile initiatives across stores and online, as well as digital media programs such as content services, owned devices, and partnerships. He was also directly responsible for the P & L of Vudu, a movie streaming service owned by Wal-Mart at the time. During his career, he also worked as a serial entrepreneur in Silicon Valley in the early and mid 2000s.
“”[Thomas] Is a highly talented and respected digital expert with a proven track record of success in e-commerce, technology infrastructure, digital media, mobile and omnichannel, “says Freda.
“He has a deep understanding of consumer behavior and has the ability to anticipate trends and build dynamic digital experiences, which makes him perfect for this role.”
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Renting movies online is something that is very easy to do. Companies like Netflix are becoming more and more popular with every passing day. Sites like Netflix with their online sources are becoming so popular that they are beginning to truly phase out traditional video stores. As an example BlockBuster has recently had to close a ton of stores around the country. ดูหนังออนไลน์ The stock price for BlockBuster has seemingly hit rock bottom and part of these issues can be due to people renting movies through websites.
Just as an example two movie stores closed in Southeastern Iowa recently alone. One happened to be a Mr. Movies while the other store happened to be a BlockBuster so this proves that the entire industry and not just one company is feeling the negative effect of internet films. Even elderly or baby boomer age people are becoming more and more likely to use online sources for movie rentals.
Their kids and grandkids are teaching them more and more about the internet so they are becoming more tech savvy. We have seen the movie industry go through significant changes like this before. A first major change was the phasing out of the drive through system. The second major change that i will note about the movie industry is the fact that they use a lot more animated characters in their films as opposed to live action actors. They do this in order to cut down on costs.
The video stores and the rental process have not been hit greatly by some of these changes in the past. The movie rental industry was even able to capitalize off the great sales and advancements that came with DVD sales and rentals. Now with the online movie rental process the video store industry is finally starting to get hit by these negative changes; these are negative changes in their eyes.


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Microsoft this week released the first widely available preview version of its Robotics Developer Studio 2008, the software giant's latest advancement in the emerging robotics industry.
The preview software is available now as a free download from Microsoft's robotics website, and marks the beginning of an update to Microsoft's 2006 software product.
At today's Robobusiness conference in Pennsylvania, Microsoft also announced the robotics competition Robochamps, which will use Robotics Developer Studio 2008. The contest will open up on April 21.
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West Suffolk councils have made it even easier to switch to cheaper, greener, electric vehicles after installing charging points in three of its market towns.
New fast charge charging points have been installed in Bury St Edmunds, Haverhill and Newmarket, as part of an approach to encourage more drivers to switch to electric or hybrid vehicles which are better for the environment, better for public health and cheaper to run.
David Bowman, Cabinet Member for Operations at Forest Heath District Council, and Peter Stevens, Cabinet Member for Operations at St Edmundsbury Borough Council said: “We are committed to working to try to reduce vehicle emissions and improving the air quality on our towns and with the increase in charging points around the UK we will both be looking at electric vehicles when we go to buy a new car.
“Figures from Public Health England suggest air pollution is a contributory factor in one in 20 deaths of people aged over 30 – and the issue is not just limited to the big cities.
“It’s a lot simpler than you think – not only are electric vehicles just as fast as other cars, they are also getting easier to charge with more than 13,000 charge points nationally, while a single charge on most basic models will take you in the region of 100-120 miles.
“What is more, they are much cheaper to run with an electric vehicle generally costing around 3p per mile compared to 10p per mile for a petrol or diesel vehicle.”
So far the two councils have invested in eight charging points – two at The Guineas car park in Newmarket, two at the Ehringhausen Way car park in Haverhill, two at Ram Meadow car park in Bury St Edmunds, while two existing chargers on level 6 of the Parkway multi-storey car park in Bury St Edmunds have been upgraded.
The charge points are operated by Chargemaster and users must set up an account with them to use the facility.
West Suffolk councils also offer a Greener Business Grant which means it will match fund up to £1,000 towards the cost of an electric vehicle or company charge point.
Details of charging points around the UK can be found at www.zap-map.com


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Audi Summit 2017 is happening live right now at Barcelona. Audi has some of the most exciting line ups for launching today. The A8, and a few others we hope. Previously seen as a tease from the Spider Man Homecoming commercial and from the movie itself, Audi A8, where Happy hogan is seen showing off a portion of it’s capability in the movie.
Audi has been at the forefront of innovation when many other manufacturers have been hesitant to change over the years. We’re more keen on seeing what Audi has to offer.
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UK crisp maker Tyrrells has entered a new segment in its domestic market with the launch of a tortilla chips range.
TorTyrrells Tortillas will be available in 175g bags in three variants: Glastonbury Cheddar & Caramelised Onion, Rather Hot English Chilli and Somerset Sour Cream. All will have an RRP of GBP1.99 (US$3.18).
The range uses a Mexican tortilla recipe with the addition of English chives and seasonings.
Tyrrells said it aims to create “a significant premium segment” in the tortilla chip market through the launch.
“We’re really excited about entering this segment of the market,” said Tyrrells marketing director Oliver Rudgard. “TorTyrrells Tortillas is a premium and distinctive English take on a classic Mexican Tortilla. We are confident that this latest innovation will appeal to discerning consumers who are looking for a more special Tortilla chip to accompany a wide variety of dips.”
The launch will be supported in-store by hemed point of sale material in addition to “eccentrically-themed” PR and digital activity.
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Fire destroys Phoenix cell phone store, shoe shopPosted: Updated:
PHOENIX – Some Phoenix business owners will spend today surveying the damage left behind by a fire.
It happened at about 9 p.m. Sunday near 27th Avenue and Van Buren Street.
Firefighters said flames were clearly visible and smoke was billowing from the building when they arrived on the scene.
The businesses were closed for the night so nobody was in the building when the fire started.
The building used to be a tire shop, but was converted into retail space for several businesses, including Five Star Cellular and a purse and shoe shop.
Most of those businesses had roll-up security doors, which made it difficult for firefighters to get inside.
While the structure reportedly is intact, the flames destroyed everything inside. There is heavy smoke and fire damage to all of the businesses. It’s likely that none of them will be open for the foreseeable future.
No injuries were reported.
It’s not known what sparked the fire.


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Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) has announced that it will start shipping iOS devices and Mac computer to customers who intend to take them to Iran. The company said access to the market has been unlocked by regulatory changes from the U.S. Treasury Department.
Changes allow Apple to sell to Iran
Ian Sherr of The Wall Street Journal reports that the Obama administration has been working to ease sanctions on products destined for Iran. For more than 20 years, companies like Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) were barred from being able to ship technology products to customers in Iran. Apple said Tuesday that the Treasury Department’s May 30 decision covers most of its products.
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The regulatory change enables U.S. residents to export technology products to individuals, although not to Iran’s government or associates of its government.
The role of technology in protests
By paving the way for these products to be taken to Iran, the Obama administration is trying to assist protesters. Technology products like those sold by Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) can help protesters as they organize against government crackdowns. These products have made communication among activists in the Middle East much easier. They played a major role in the uprisings of 2009.
The Iranian government has often cracked down on the free flow of information through technology. The government frequently blocks major international news sites as well as Google, YouTube, Twitter and Facebook. Iran even took all of its citizens off the Internet entirely in an attempt to control the flow of information coming into the country.
Other embargos remain
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) said U.S. embargos on Syria, Sudan, North Korea and Cuba are still in effect, so it cannot export items destined for those countries, whether directly or by selling them to individuals or businesses which intend to take them to those countries.
Shares of Apple fell almost 3 percent during the regular trading day on Tuesday.


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RCWB, LLC, sales and marketing agent of The Ritz-Carlton Residences, Waikiki Beach, recently announced the appointment of veteran tourism industry sales executive, James “Jim” Palank, to the position of senior director of resort sales.
Palank has more than 20 years of expert experience within the luxury hotel sector. His experience as a senior director of resort sales comprises many of Hawaii’s most distinguished hotels and resorts including Montage Kapalua Bay, both The Westin Maui Resort and Spa and The Westin Ka’anapali Ocean Resort Villas, The Kahala Mandarin Oriental and The Royal Hawaiian Hotel.
Palank also served as the vice president of sales and marketing at Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas before becoming the regional director of leisure sales for Trump Hotel Collection. In 2013, Starwood Hotels & Resorts named Palank the Starwood Sales Leader of the Year for the North America Division.


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As concern about the coronavirus pandemic continues to subside across the country, three-quarters of U.S. adults now say they’re comfortable with both shopping at stores and eating at restaurants. That’s up substantially from January, when about 6 in 10 Americans said the same.
CivicScience’s ongoing COVID Comfort Index rose to a new six-month high of 65.3, with five of its six components either increasing or holding firm. Comfort with eating out and going to work each rose three points to lead the way. Check out our weekly COVID Check-In infographic for more details.
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JCPenney president Michael Francis abruptly left his post yesterday, and speculation raged about what was going on at the company’s Plano headquarters.David Moin at Women’s Wear Daily got a hold of JCPenney CEO Ron Johnson, and he explained why Francis is no longer with the company.
Johnson called out Francis, saying that the marketing failed, and that he “had to get involved.”
Here’s what he had to say to WWD:
“It’s very simple. Michael and I had full agreement on the business strategy for Penney’s. We are huge believers that we are on track, and that ultimately we will carve out a winning position. But the marketing has not resonated with our core customer.
My job as CEO is to really take responsibility for everything. I felt compelled to dive in and help with the new strategy. Michael and I both concluded we didn’t need two hands on the same steering wheel. The marketing I largely left to him. The fact that it hasn’t resonated [meant] I had to get involved.”
Instead of having two people work on the marketing, they “mutually agreed” that Francis’ departure was the best course of action.
He also confirmed that he will not be looking for a replacement for Francis. He’ll be in charge of JCPenney’s marketing directly from now on.
As for the marketing strategy, Johnson is planning to stay the course, but he’ll work more on communicating JCPenney’s value to the consumer, according to Dana Mattioli at the Wall Street Journal. “I’m quick to learn and quick to act, but we will not waver,” he told the WSJ.
Marketing is fundamentally important for JCPenney because of its pricing strategy, which goes against the retail convention of constant sales, discounts and clearances. It needs customers to understand that they’re still getting value from JCPenney, even though they’re not using things like coupons.
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Amazon, Overstock Fight New York's Sales Tax Law
February 7, 2013 2:00 PM
A decision is expected in June
New York is sticking to its guns when it comes to taxing the likes of Amazon and Overstock.com, but the e-tailers are fighting back.
Amazon and Overstock.com are challenging a New York law passed in 2008, which forces companies with affiliates within the state to collect sales tax. However, Amazon said
this law is unconstitutional
because a 1992 Supreme Court decision said retailers that don't have a nexus of operation in a state does not need to collect sales tax.
New York law has an answer for that, though. It said that websites with purchase buttons for Amazon or redirect to Amazon as well as other national retailers receive fees for doing so -- making them local solicitors.
Amazon argued that web referrals are less like solicitors or a local sales force, and more like advertising -- even comparing this model to buying newspaper advertising. Of course, the state of New York disagreed, saying that there's a difference between advertising and what Amazon is doing.
Amazon and the state of New York duked it out in the State of New York Court of Appeals yesterday. A decision is expected in June.
From 2008 (when the state law was passed) until February 2012, online retailers collected $360 million in sales tax on over $4 billion in online transactions.
Amazon has been fighting states that force it to collect sales tax for years (except in Kansas, Kentucky, New York, North Dakota and Washington). The e-tailer fled many states that attempted to force tax collection on the company, such as
and Illinois. But between states looking for ways to offset large financial deficits and brick-and-mortar stores like Best Buy complaining about Amazon being unfair competition, the issue swelled.
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos said many times that his company would agree to collect taxes if there were some sort of federal legislation.
But eventually, Amazon finally broke down and started collecting sales tax in certain states, which allowed it to build more distribution centers within those states. For instance, Amazon announced that it would
collect sales tax in New Jersey
last May so that two Amazon distribution centers could be built.
This led to faster shipping for customers, such as
Amazon's same-day delivery
program, making it more competitive than ever (especially since it still had cheaper prices than most brick-and-mortars).
However, e-commerce firm ChannelAdvisor reported last month that
third-party sellers on Amazon saw a drop in sales
after the new tax rules in some states. For example, Amazon started collecting a sales tax of 7.25 percent to 9.75 percent in California in September 2012. ChannelAdvisor found that its clients’ sales on Amazon before sales tax collection in California were 5 to 10 percent above other states. After the sales tax collection began, sales in California matched those of other states. In early November 2012, California sales fell 10 percent below sales in other states.
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Call it the calm after the storm: Now that OS X Yosemite, iOS 8.1, new iPads, and Retina iMacs have hit the streets, Apple is likely to get a little quieter leading up to the holiday season — but not before touting huge sales for the iPhone 6 during Monday's quarterly earnings announcement. Cupertino had a bit to say about Spotlight privacy yesterday as well, and our Tuesday Morning Report also looks at a couple of new software offerings for OS X as well.
Apple this afternoon released its financial report for Q4 2014 ahead of a media event elaborating on the numbers, and the numbers themselves were as big as expected in the wake of evidence of impressive iPhone 6 and 6 Plus sales. All total, the company reported $42.1 billion in revenue (with 60 percent of it coming from international markets), which amounts to an impressive $8.5 billion in profits. What's more, that's up considerably from the $37.5 billion Apple reported last year.
If all goes well, today could mark the beginning of a bright new future for Apple. The Cupertino company today rolled out its long-awaited iOS 8.1 patch, which at last unleashes Apple Pay out into the wild for use at companies like Walgreens and McDonald's. It's a big step for both Apple and its users, so if you're nervous about jumping in blindly, be sure to check out the handy guide we've prepared.
In just a few short hours, iPhone 6 owners will be able to download iOS 8.1 and start using Apple Pay at retail stores — but before you head out to the store, there are a few limitations you should be aware of, as outlined in our Monday Morning Report. We've also got some bummer news about upgrading RAM in the new Mac mini (spoiler: you can't), and a unique solution for making eye contact while chatting on an iPad. Click ahead to read more!
The big deal of the week was of course Apple's unveiling of the new iPad Air models, but they also dropped a gorgeous big screen iMac down for us to drool over and then slipped us Yosemite Thursday. With iOS 8.1 set to drop Monday, Apple is pretty much dominating the weekend. Those stories and more of what else happened in Apple news this week.
As Tim Cook and company promised at yesterday’s Apple event, the latest products in the company’s iPad line — iPad Air 2 and iPad mini 3 — are now available for preorder via Apple’s website. If you’re planning to get in on the ground floor with Apple’s thinnest, most powerful tablets yet, there’s no reason to wait; you can head over and place your order right now.
Last month's official launch of iCloud Drive didn't go off too well, to put it lightly, largely because of the inability of devices running Mac OS X Mavericks to sync with the newly launched iOS 8. But that's all changed with yesterday's launch of OS X Yosemite, reportedly, so feel free to try it out this weekend. (The catch, of course, is that you have to download Yosemite.)
Normally stories about lines outside Apple stores precede the launch of a new iPhone, but over in New York, the lines have showed no sign of abating since the launch of the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus a few weeks ago. Analyst Walter Piecyk captured a shot of the line snaking around the company's famed cubed retail outlet on Fifth Avenue this morning, and it could easily be mistaken for a photo from September.
Apple treated Mac users to a same-day announcement for the release of OS X Yosemite, and will follow with iOS 8.1 (and Apple Pay) on Monday. But there were a few details Cupertino left out, including the unique Apple SIM preinstalled with new cellular iPad models, as well as iWork and iLife updates for Mac. We've got the scoop on those in today's Morning Report to close out the week, so click on and read along.
Following the updates for iOS 8 and OS X Yosemite, Apple CEO Tim Cook took the stage again to introduce the updates for the iPad. "The technology is jam packed in this incredibly thin and light package," he said, noting that the device is "everywhere" and that 225 million have been sold to date. "It's transforming the way we communicate," he added.


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The store will be built near Capital Boulevard and U.S. 1A -- next to the Weavexx Plant.
For months, the town's planning board has wrestled with the decision to build the 24-hour discount giant, which would sit a couple of miles away from a Super Target.
Many merchants said they are worried about the superstore taking away downtown business.
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Aberdeen might be known for its grey granite, but the people of the city are a colourful bunch when it comes to fashion.
Esslemont and Macintosh
The Esslemont & Macintosh department store in Aberdeen opened its doors from 1873 until 2007.
Two new restaurants will open their doors later this month at one of Aberdeen's most prestigious buildings.
Work to transform one of Aberdeen city centre’s most iconic buildings into a two-part food and drink venue has begun.
Plans have been submitted to turn a historic Aberdeen department store into a pub, restaurant and pizzeria.
A new steakhouse is set to open on the site of a historic Aberdeen department store later this year.
A developer is hoping to alter part of a historic Aberdeen department store after confirming it is due to open a new city steakhouse.
PLANS to serve up a restaurant at a former Aberdeen department store were today pushing ahead.
A FORMER Aberdeen department store could now be turned into a restaurant.
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Speyside Distillery creates new visitor experience
Speyside Distillery has created a new visitor experience in Aviemore. The Snug opened in June, following a £200,000 investment by the company and £90,767 from HIE.
Based at the Aviemore Retail Park, it aims to bring alive the distillery’s history by sharing its heritage and the art of the distilling process behind its range of whisky and gin.
At least two full-time and four part-time jobs will be created at the centre.
A percentage of the sales generated from The Snug will be donated to local community transport scheme, Where 2 Today. The organisation aims to address the issue of social exclusion in rural areas by providing free accessible transport in conjunction with Cairngorm Business Partnership.
David Taylor, HIE account manager, said:
“Speyside Distillery is recognised as one of the best exporting companies in Scotland.
“This new, innovative development will give the distillery an anchor in Aviemore, creating jobs, supporting the local community and providing a visitor attraction that brings a new dimension to the tourism offering in the area.”
Speyside Distillery is home to the SPEY and Beinn Dubh single malt Scotch whisky brands, along with the recently launched Byron’s Gin – a project carried out in partnership with The Botanical Society of Great Britain and Ireland.
The distillery has gained a reputation as a hidden gem because of its remote location and although The Snug will give it a high-profile presence, the distillery will still provide very limited visitor access by arrangement.
Speyside Distillers chief executive officer John Harvey McDonough said:
“We describe Speyside Distillery as the secret distillery because it’s hidden from the public, but all that is going to change now. The Snug will allow us to have a presence in Aviemore, and the distillery itself will continue to welcome a very limited number of people in pre-organised visits.”


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Advice from business leaders who have mastered the art of social media marketing.
Want to create social media buzz without a million dollar budget? We sat down with three business leaders who have ran successful social media marketing promotions to find out what worked for their companies and got people talking about their brands.
Here are three of their tips.
1. Do something people will remember
Social media, when done right, can build trust and relationships between brands and fans. Geoff Alexander, president of Wow Bao, an Asian-steamed bun chain based in Chicago, has received national attention for the company’s knack for transforming negative reviewers into brand ambassadors, by sharing their most memorable moments.
In 2010, a customer on his way to a business dinner at Wow Bao tweeted, “Can any1 tell me if it’s going to suck as much [as] reviews suggest.” Almost immediately, @BaoMouth, Wow Bao’s Twitter avatar and voice of Wow Bao, responded, offering him a free meal. A reporter with the Associated Press spotted the exchange, wrote a story about it, and Wow Bao gained a brand ambassador and national media attention with a single tweet.
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In tech, hiring away one of your competitors’ employees has always been one of the best ways of finding out what they’re up to. Most recently, Uber is being sued over claims that some of its self-driving technology was stolen by a top executive it hired from Alphabet’s Waymo unit. Now, new court documents reveal that Tesla found out about Dyson’s plans to develop an electric car more than two years before that information was public, via a Dyson engineer who got a job offer from Tesla. Pierre Pellerey, who had been plucked for a secretive role by company founder James Dyson, forwarded an email to Tesla’s lawyer back in 2015 that revealed the vacuum company’s unexpected plans, reports Bloomberg. Dyson eventually obtained a court injunction to stop Pellerey from working at Tesla for nine months, according to court documents.
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Consett store staff praised for fund raising
12:10am Thursday 26th December 2013 in News
GENEROUS staff and customers of a clothing store have been named among the top fundraisers in the country.
The Consett branch of fashion retailer M&Co has raised more than £7,000 for Cancer Research UK in the last year, making it one of the top ten performers among the company’s 250 UK stores.
During the year, staff held raffles, fashion shows and set up donation stations in the store to reach the total.
Store manager Debbie Monoghan said: "The generosity of our staff and customers is truly inspiring and they have pulled out all the stops to raise this magnificent sum.
"Everyone knows someone affected by cancer and that’s why we want to do our bit – thank you to all our customers who have supported us."
Caroline Silke, Cancer Research UK Head of Corporate Partnerships, said: "We are extremely grateful for all the time and effort invested by the staff and customers at M&Co Consett.
"Everyone should be extremely proud of their achievement."
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Car registrations show the release of pent up demand, but the industry is far from out the woods
Car registrations show the release of pent up demand
Commenting on SMMT’s new car registration figures for the month of July, Andrew Burn, UK head of automotive at KPMG, said.
“With social distancing measures easing and dealerships finally in a position to reopen, it’s great to see pent-up demand released and car registrations picking-up again. However, as the year-to-date figures make painfully clear, total lost sales in 2020 are expected to be £20bn, so in many ways it’s a case of damage limitation. We’re still a long way off pre-COVID-19 levels of sales.
“Car manufacturers and dealerships have their work cut out to recover in the post-COVID-19 climate. It is however, fantastic to see manufacturers offering support to encourage footfall and promote sales – a collective effort to get the industry back on its feet is much needed now.
“The release of pent up demand is certainly helpful, but it’s likely to be reflective of consumers shying away from public transport, or perhaps that some are now in a better position to afford a car having saved during lockdown. Whether this momentum can be maintained is yet to be seen. Indeed, there is a clear trend towards private purchases currently, while business and fleet sales remain depressed – no doubt due to corporate cost savings.
“Looking more closely at which vehicles are being registered, we continue to see the shift away from diesel towards petrol, especially in July. Registrations of electric vehicles and hybrids continue their usual upward trend – albeit from a low base - nodding to the increased consumer awareness of the benefit of a cleaner environment.
“As the furlough scheme starts to unwind, unemployment is likely to increase. Along with it, justifying major purchases like cars will become tougher. We’re far from out the woods yet, and the automotive industry as a whole will need to be poised and ready to combat the challenges yet to come, including the possibility of regional resurgences of COVID-19. ”
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Crypto News Today Live Updates November and Latest News: (25 November 2022) The global digital asset market registered a decline on Black Friday. However, the crypto market showed some signs of recovery on the day before.
The cumulative market cap has registered a drop of 2% over the past day. It now stands at $824 billion. The 24 hour trading volume is down by 22% to stand at $47.3 billion.
Bitcoin, the largest crypto price has dropped by around 2% over the past day. BTC is trading at an average price of $16,397, at the press time.
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The Parkson group which has been streamlining its presence in Malaysia over the past year is closing its outlet in Suria KLCC after operating for two decades.
The three-level outlet opened in 1998 and was one of Suria KLCC’s earliest tenants. Parkson currently has more than 100 stores in the region and over 50 in Malaysia.
It is claimed that Suria KLCC is constantly looking to diversify its tenant mix and wanted the lot back to execute their plan for maximising the market growth.
Another two outlets closed down
In 2018, the company closed its 220,000 sq ft Maju Junction outlet located at the Jalan Sultan Ismail-Jalan Tunki Abdul Rahman intersection. It was an anchor tenant of the mall and started operating there in 2014.
Parkson group also shut down its Sungei Wang Plaza outlet which it opened in 1987 as well as the Parkson Flemington outlet in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
Following the closures, a company spokesperson said that the closures were necessary due to changing market dynamics.
Moving out sale
In conjunction with the news, the Malaysian department-store operation said Parkson Suria KLCC is having a moving out sale until Feb 17, emphasising that everything must go.
If you are planning to visit Suria KLCC during this festive season, do check out the clearance sale and also their Chinese New Year decorations, activities and performance.
Parkson has just opened a new store in M Square, Puchong as well as in Paradigm Mall in Johor Baru and Kuantan City Mall in November last year. Upcoming stores will be opened soon in Bangi and Bintulu.
It is said that there will be a total of 197 malls in Malaysia by 2021, representing 86.2 million sq ft of retail space compared to 170 malls with 62 million sq ft of retail space at the end 2017.


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Sunnier times for hotels in 2014, but hoteliers see online travel agent costs as clouds on the horizon
The welcome positive outlook for the hotels sector that accompanied the start of 2014 may be marred by concerns arising from online travel agents (OTAs), according to leading hotel operators, banks and investors at the annual Hogan Lovells and CBRE Hotels conference.
More than 150 delegates were surveyed about their confidence in the future of the UK hospitality industry at the event held in London last week exploring the current and future state of the hotel market.
According to the survey, industry optimism has increased significantly from 2013…
Click on the link below to read the rest of the Hogan Lovells briefing.
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MOBILE-PHONE ADVERTISING IS FOCUS OF CTIA CONFERENCE
But Many Fear Alienating Impact of Phone Spam
CINGULAR OFFERS MOBILE VOD SERVICE
Joins Verizon and Sprint in Serving Subscribers TV Content on Cellphones
CELLPHONE ADVERTISING OFF TO SLOW START
Latest Big Content Plays Use Subscription Model, Not Ad Support
FOX AND CBS BECOME CELLPHONE CONTENT PROVIDERS
Consumers to Foot Bill for 'Third-Screen' Entertainment for Now
VERIZON WIRELESS CMO ADMONISHES AGENCIES
John Stratton Warns 'Money Will Be in Motion' as Marketers Embrace New Media
The short-form nature of wireless, Mr. Toffler said, allows MTV to "go back to our A.D.D. roots to deliver content that we grew up on," such as music videos and "sharts," an MTV phrase for short-form animated and live-action video that tells a story in five- to 15-second art breaks (talk about attention-deficit disorder). He talked about using wireless to extend TV programs and brands, to air unique made-for mobile programming and find new revenues in the music industry.
Reaching a billion cellphones
In a relatively short time, MTV Networks has become the world's largest content provider for mobile phones. It works with 63 providers worldwide and has access to more than a billion cellphones, Mr. Toffler said. In the U.S., it is the first content provider to generate more than 1 million streams in a month on Verizon's V Cast service.
Later this summer, MTV will introduce a new service that creates mobile communities around user-generated content. He didn't elaborate in his keynote, but several weeks ago told Advertising Age that MTV plans to allow users to create their own ringtones and other wireless content, which they can then upload to their phones.
Big spenders on mobile
"The mobile handset is the holy grail of electronic devices," he said. While global youth spend $16 billion on music, they spend $106 billion on mobile. Teens rank it more desirable than laptop computers, MP3 players and video-game consoles.
Already, user-generated content is making its way to the phone. Mr. Toffler showed a clip, previously aired at an MTV upfront presentation, of a user-generated music video set to Fallout Boy's "Sugar We're Going Down." It's a spoof on commonly mistaken song lyrics and MTV found it on the Web. When they contacted Andrew, the New Jersey boy who created it, he hung up on them, since he didn't believe that MTV was calling him.
"We're going to do more 'Videos by Andrew' on all of our platforms," Mr. Toffler said.
Comedy Central, VH1
At CTIA, MTV Networks also announced wireless applications for Comedy Central and VH1 that let users access the network's content from a hub on their phones -- think video-on-demand for the small screen. Sprint is the first to carrier to offer the service. The two networks also launched made-for-mobile series: VH1's "A Dingo Ate My Video," with puppets commenting on music videos, and Comedy Central's "The Clip Joint," featuring New York standup comics.
Right now, MTV Network's U.S. mobile offerings are done through carriers and typically require consumers to foot the bill. But supplying consumers directly with ad-supported mobile content appears inevitable for many advertisers and media companies that want to exploit the relationship consumers have with their phones. It's a touchy subject for companies like MTV, which counts telecoms and wireless carriers as major ad buyers -- it may not want to bite the hand that feeds it by bypassing them to reach consumers.


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2009 November 20
Nina Garcia's Elle Position: Filled at Last
(NEW YORK) At last, Elle has filled the fashion director post vacated by Nina Garcia in April 2008. Alexis Bryan Morgan, who most recently served as executive fashion director at Vanity Fair, will assume that role in January 2010. Morgan was hired by Robbie Myers and Joe Zee, and while the magazine has not specified the exact nature of her duties, sources say she will be working closely with Zee to "execute his vision."
Morgan joins a relatively top-heavy masthead, helmed by Carol Smith (senior vice president, chief brand officer), Roberta Myers (vice president, editor-in-chief/brand content), Joe Zee (creative director), and Paul Ritter (design director). Other fashion editors with director titles include Anne Slowey (fashion news and features director), Kate Lanphear (style director), Emily Dougherty (beauty/fitness director), Ellyn Chestnut (accessories director), and Joann Pailey (market director). It is unclear if any of these editors will report to Morgan, but insiders say she will be occupy the third or forth slot on the masthead--right up there with Zee and Ritter.
Chanel is taking quite a trip for its next showing: Karl Lagerfeld's latest Cruise collection will be trotted out in Dubai on May 13. The show will be staged on an island off the city...
Meaghan Murphy, formerly deputy editor at Self, has been named executive editor at Good Housekeeping...John Brodie, formerly executive editor at Hachette Book Group, has been named...
It's always an editrix-studded affair when Ann Taylor presents their latest collection, and their Fall 2014 preview this week was no exception. The likes of Kyle Anderson, Cindy Weber...


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We have seen themed smartphones in the past, where phone makers team up with movie studios to produce handsets themed around that particular movie. However, for the most part, it is usually just a new paint job and some wallpapers and media files, but we think Oppo might have taken things to the next level.
Over in China, the company has taken the wraps off the Oppo Reno Ace 2 EVA Limited Edition. This is a smartphone based on the Ace 2 that is themed around the manga/anime Evangelion, and like we said, this is more than just a paint job. The exterior of the phone has been given a makeover, that’s for sure, but the rest of the packaging and included accessories is what really drives it home.
For starters, the box that the phone comes in has been designed to look like a capsule, similar to the entry plug on the mecha. There is also a SIM ejection tool which most of us probably overlook, but in this case, it has been designed to look like a mini version of the Spear of Longinus. There will also be a Unit-01 case for the phone, and a pair of NERV-branded earbuds.
Even the charger is not spared where it sports some design details similar to the mecha’s launch pad. The phone is a limited edition release where only 10,000 units will be made available for purchase.


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Autosheen franchise owners have sailed into previously unchartered waters with a new valeting service for boats, yachts and other waterborne craft.
Rob Stobbs, Chris Schilds, Steven Hendry and new franchise owner Nick Charles are the first Autosheen franchise owners to extend their skills by qualifying as fully trained ‘marine valeters’, accredited by the independent industry body, Institute of Motoring Industry Awards.
According to Autosheen Managing Director Paul Fennell, the marine marketplace is a substantial, virtually untapped marketplace with no real competition.
“There are over half a million boats in the UK, all of which need cleaning and maintenance,” said Fennell. “We have unique access to Farécla’s market leading product range, which has been developed especially for this sector and is used all over the world.This is a boost to Autosheen’s reputation and represents an important new income stream for franchise owners.”
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09 Mar Discontent grows over Wisconsin's Internet taxes
Republican lawmakers have called into question the state’s right to charge taxes on Internet access and purchases.
In his upcoming budget proposal, Governor Jim Doyle, a Democrat, has suggested charging sales taxes on more types of online purchases, such as music downloads. At the same time, Wisconsin maintains its 14-year-old tax on access to the Internet, despite a federal law passed last December that prohibits most states from doing so.
The state levies a flat 5 percent tax on Internet service providers as part of its telecommunications service tax, while the sales tax depends on the county where an item was shipped.
Wisconsin enacted its law permitting a tax on access to the Internet in August 1991, making it one of few states to be grandfathered under a federal law that prohibits such taxes. An amendment to the federal legislation requires any state that enacted its Internet tax law on or after October 1, 1991, to phase it out by next November.
So, while the federal Internet Tax Nondiscrimination Act of 2004 was meant to halt all taxation of Internet access, the state of Wisconsin continues to tax Internet service providers, generating an estimated revenue of more than $30 million per year.
Bryan Chan, owner of SupraNet, has first-hand experience with the access tax. His Madison-based Internet service provider, which started up in 1994, has always had to charge the Internet sales tax, making it harder to compete with ISPs in other states.
“We all choose to live in Wisconsin, so I guess … if the state has a deficit, we all have to do our part,” Chan said. “But, overall, additional taxes only hurt businesses in the long run. It puts smaller companies who aren’t quite functioning at capacity at a larger disadvantage.”
Doyle said Wisconsin’s internet access tax is not so bad. “It has not disadvantaged the state to this point,” Doyle said.
“I don’t think we have any fewer people connecting to the Internet than they do in other states,” he added.
Whenever someone receives an item within the state’s borders, the county can charge sales tax, a Department of Revenue spokesperson explained. That applies to online purchases as well as offline ones. But because shipments can come from so many jurisdictions and it is unusual for sales taxes to apply to online purchases, many vendors do not report the tax.
When that happens, Wisconsin customers are supposed to report it themselves, but the law is very difficult to enforce and not many do.
Under the Governor’s proposed budget, the state’s sales tax on purchases made over the Internet will be expanded to certain audio and visual products provided to consumers online, such as audio downloads, video clips, movies, ring tones, clipart, and e-books.
This has led state Representative Scott Jensen, a Republican of Brookfield, to dub the tax the “IPod tax,” as many listeners stock their IPods with music they bought from Apple’s ITunes music store.
“I think it’s a money grab,” said state Senator Ted Kanavas, a Republican, also of Brookfield. “I would anticipate that some company like AOL or someone would ultimately sue on this. There would probably be a lawsuit over the fact that the state of Wisconsin is not complying with federal law.”
The Internet access and sales taxes affect not only the Internet service providers and online businesses which are directly charged, but also the consumers to whom costs are often passed on. Jensen further focused on small businesses.
“Actually, the people who are disadvantaged, in addition to the people who pay it, are the small businesses,” Jensen said. “AOL.com has not paid a dime, but local internet service providers get nailed by the department and they pay it. You have these small Mom-and-Pop internet service providers that are paying this tax, because they don’t have the revenue to push back against the Department of Revenue like AOL does.”
Points of contention
Kanavas and Jensen want to repeal the Internet access and sales taxes. Kanavas, a tech entrepreneur himself, argues that startup companies will move out of state rather than pay higher fees when they and positioning their products and services on the Internet.
“Representative Jensen and I are working with the leaders of the Joint Finance Committee to have them pull out Governor Doyle’s tax increase,” Kanavas said. “There’s a layer of cost here that isn’t present in other states. … In Wisconsin, our technology space is in its infancy. You don’t want to do anything that’s going to limit or inhibit its growth. This tax is an extraordinary inhibition that will limit long-term growth.”
Jensen, concerned about online commerce, has taken several steps to repeal the taxes on Internet access and online purchases. He authored a law to end the taxes in 1997 which passed through both houses, but was vetoed by then-Governor Tommy Thompson.
Since then, Jensen has encouraged U.S. Representative John Sensenbrenner, a Wisconsin Republican, to put pressure on Governor Doyle from the federal level. He has even encouraged members of the Federal Telecommunications Commission to sue the state.
“It’s clear that this is in its final days,” Jensen said.
Jason Stitt contributed reporting on the governor from Madison.


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We can conclude now that aea can at least count to 11.
Hyundai Motor (005380.Korea) fell another 2.9% this morning after slumping 9.4% yesterday.
Investors are throwing in the towel. Hyundai is now trading at only 0.58 times book, near the 2008 global crisis low of 0.56 times, even though its return on equity is estimated at 11% versus 7.5% in 2008.
Triggering the sell-off is Hyundai’s announcement that its global retail sales last month fell 6% from a year ago.
The decline was broad-based. Shipments in the US fell 10% year-on-year, while General Motors (GM) reported a 3% increase and Ford Motor (F) posted a small 1.3% drop.
In China, Hyundai’s shipment dipped 9%.
Even in its domestic market, Hyundai did poorly, reporting a 8% drop.
Samsung is next! Design your own products and quit Copying!!
Just burning off call options that the idiot crowd has rushed into.
Everyday.... ppl kising $ goodbye
and it is well deserved.
CAD software demand is not growing at a rate to warrant 10xsales... the company is valued much higher than the general market. I dont really see the growth to justify it....
Hedgies need your money!!


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Warm on the heels of recent reviews of the Apple Watch app yes Spotify and Deezer, Tidal announced today that it is finally bringing its app to the most popular smartwatch. And yes, you can download playlists offline for indefinite playback.
Tidal has instructions on how to get started on their website, but the process is simple. All you have to do is subscribe to Tidal, download the Apple Watch app, and then link your accounts via your web browser. A Tidal subscription starts at $ 10 per month, and Tidal Masters, and so Hi-losslessFi streaming level, it is $ 20. You also need at least an Apple Watch Series 3 running watchOS 7.2 or later. Tidal was available above Samsung smartwatches, but otherwise had no presence on other laptops.
While Tidal’s calling card is Hi-Fi audio streaming, is unlikely to transfer to the Apple Watch app. For beginners, Health-Fi streaming is fairly limited on Bluetooth and wireless earbuds — which is how you can stream Tidal content on your Apple Watch. Gizmodo has asked Tidal to confirm if HiFi streaming on the Apple Watch will be possible, but has not received an immediate response. Another indicator is that when Apple announced its own next streaming audio without loss, it comes with the warning that its AirPods Max and AirPods Pro will not be able to support the format.
Even so, this is a move that makes a lot of sense. Both Apple is Spotify will add Hi-Fi is streaming in their respective services this year, meaning Tidal will have to differentiate itself if it wants to prevent subscribers from skipping the ship. Adding an Apple Watch app isn’t that unique, but its omission would be blatant considering that Spotify and Deezer have just added offline playlist capability. This way, Tidal is at least on par with its competitors.
It’s unclear if Tidal plans to release an app for the upcoming Google and Samsung Wear-Tizen unified platform again. announced last week. Gizmodo asked Tidal to comment but did not receive a response before posting. That said, Tidal might have an easier step of the process, since it already has a Tizen-based app that supports offline playback. What might be clutch for Tidal, as of now, are slim pickings when it comes to wearable music streaming apps for Android. Spotify’s current Wear OS app is a glorified remnant, and Google closed the Play Play app months ago. And while there’s an Apple Watch version of it YouTube Music App, Which won’t be out for the new Wear platform until the end of this year. Being the first music streaming app to support the new Wear platform could give Tidal a much-needed advantage, but only time will tell.


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Waymo, the self-driving car company belonging to Google, announced this past Friday that their autonomous trucks have started hauling actual cargo in Atlanta, Georgia. The self-driving trucks will be delivering its cargo to and from Google’s data centers, supporting local Google data. There will be a safety driver present in the vehicle in case something […]
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