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US concerned about telecom trade barriers in India, China
Washington, April 6: Expressing concern over what it called "emergence of troubling new and potential barriers" to telecommunications trade in India and China, the US says it’s seeking "a level playing field" for US companies.
Among the issues highlighted by the US Trade Representative (USTR) in it annual review of telecommunications trade agreements released on Friday were "ongoing restrictions on the provision of voice-over the Internet (VOIP) services in China and India".
Also highlighted were:
– Concerns about undue restrictions on the ability of US satellite service suppliers to provide satellite transmission capacity to customers in both China and India.
– Progress in US telecommunications suppliers’ ability to obtain competitive access to facilities in India where submarine cables connect to the Indian terrestrial network.
"Barriers to trade in telecommunications-related goods and services disproportionately affect US suppliers, given our strong competitive position in these sectors," said US Trade Representative Michael Froman releasing the report.
Called the 1377 review, the report details the operation and effectiveness of US telecommunications trade agreements under Section 1377 of the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988.
"We have made important progress this year in advancing market liberalisation in this sector, though we continue to see the emergence of new barriers to data flows and other localisation requirements," Froman said.
"The 1377 Review and the follow-up work we do each year are aimed at addressing these barriers and opening markets for US telecommunications goods and services," he said.
"USTR will continue to use these tools to support US jobs and ensure that US companies have a level playing field to supply new and innovative products and services abroad," Froman said.


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While hunting for social media outlets to promote Margarita Man of Central Ohio, Justin Schone clicked on a LinkedIn ad that said “find customers” and landed on Manta.com.
He poked around the business directory and found an entry with the right website but wrong owner for his frozen drink machine rental service, a franchise of a Texas company. He “claimed” the profile Jan. 25, adding his name, phone number, business hours, product descriptions, logo and a link to a promotional video.
“I came across Manta online and decided, well, if it’s free and people are using it, I’d better be on there,” Schone said. “I still don’t know how I would use it, but I wanted to be found.”
Schone is among 2,000 small-business owners each day claiming and editing profiles in the directory run by Columbus-based Manta Media Inc. The site, launched in 2005 after the remaking of its e-commerce predecessor ECNext Inc., is promoting itself as a powerful way for small-business owners to leverage Manta’s reach on the Web.
In the coming months, it will unleash a suite of pay services to augment the free profiles.
The site, with about 650,000 daily views this month, climbed to 41st on Quantcast Corp.’s Internet audience rankings, passing CNN.com. Another online audience tracker, ComScore Inc., in December ranked Manta 86th with 18 million unique monthly visitors, up from 105th in July. ComScore calls it the third-busiest business information site.
Enter a small company’s name on Google, and often its Manta profile is among the top listings, even before the company’s own site.
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Getting to play with Android betas is one of the best things about owning a Pixel phone. But they are, you know, betas, so weird and frustrating stuff is more or less guaranteed to happen at some point. Case in point: many users have been experiencing constant crashes for major apps over the last week or so.
Last month, a WebView bug became the biggest story in Android after users reported app crashes across all sorts of devices. Though a temporary solution was quickly discovered, a permanent update wasn't issued until the following day, leaving phones in a buggy state overnight. In response to this incident, Google has published a complete list of upcoming improvements it plans to implement to help ensure these types of crashes never happen again.
If you're experiencing a bunch of apps suddenly crashing on your recent Samsung phone, you're not alone. This afternoon US time, reports from dozens, then hundreds of users on the Samsung subreddit started coming in, complaining of apps crashing on their phones, constantly and seemingly at random. It's causing some major headaches. You can quickly fix the problem by disabling the Android System WebView app, or updating it via the Play Store or APK Mirror.
Chrome on Android has been a bit more crash-happy over the past few months. There were reports of WebView (the Chrome-based engine that powers web content inside apps) having problems last year, and Google has acknowledged Chrome 83 crashes on select Asus devices. OnePlus phone owners have also had to deal with buggy Chrome behavior, as the app has been freezing and crashing on some OnePlus devices for the past several months.
The component of Android responsible for rendering web pages inside apps (login screens, simple browsers, etc.) is the WebView. It became a separately-updated component with Android 5 Lollipop, and then Chrome started to handle WebView entirely in Android 7 Nougat. Starting with Android 10, Chrome no longer serves as the system WebView... sort of.
WebView, the component of Android that renders web pages inside apps (like login screens), is updated through the Play Store. This means that security issues are less of a concern, but it also means bugs can crop up outside of system upgrades. Case in point: an annoying bug is causing web pages inside apps to freeze and crash.
About a month ago we reported Google was working on a dark theme for Chrome, in preparation for a wider night mode throughout Android Q. Although this was a very anticipated feature, we expected it would only darken the menus and navigation bar but still render web pages in their original colors. This was before our colleagues over at 9to5Google discovered the browser is actually able to alter a site's design and display it in a darker skin.
Google has maintained a list of malicious websites, such as those hosting malware or phishing scams, for nearly a decade. The company's Safe Browsing API allows web browsers to access the blocklist, and show a warning if the site is dangerous. Chrome, Safari, Firefox, Opera, and countless other browsers use the Safe Browsing API.
As unfortunate as it might be, it's a given that using the internet extensively may compromise your privacy. Tracking codes that can follow you across sites have become incredibly common, often used to create targeted advertisements for users. At this point, Google probably knows more about me than I do.


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Game Informer has it on good word that Nintendo is currently showcasing their latest console to 3rd party developers and that it will feature HD.
Not many details are available – just that something is in the works. It’s not known, whether or not, the new system will equal or surpass the PS3 or XBox 360 in the graphics dept., or if it will be backwards compatible. It’s not even known if this is a version of the Wii – or a totally new console.
It’s expected the official announcement might come at next year’s E3 – if not sooner.
With the new console, Nintendo is shopping it around early to increase third party support – unlike the way they did it with the Wii. Some developers weren’t even aware of the Wii until it was announced, which lead to the thinking that only Nintendo products would sell.
The new HD feature also might help get the console more popular and better selling titles, GI notes. And they also say the news couldn’t be coming at a better time, as sales for the Wii have declined a bit and Nintendo is expected to announce the price for the Wii to drop on May 15th.
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The joint venture was expected to continue until at least 2012. Dairy Crest will continue to distribute Yoplait products in the UK until March 2010.
The products include Petits Filous, Frubes, Yop and Wildlife yoghurts.
Dairy Crest will also take on the Yoplait group's share of pension scheme liability, estimated at £1.5m.
Dairy Crest formed a joint venture with Yoplait in 1991. The sale of Dairy Crest's 49% stake in YDC to the Yoplait group will result in an exceptional profit on disposal for Dairy Crest of £50m.
Dairy Crest's share of the joint venture's profit for the year is expected to be around £7.4m, but the company said a ‘challenging market environment' was expected to hit the company this year.
Dairy Crest said its net debt position is substantially improved by the sale of its YDC stake and net debt at the year-end is now expected to be around £435 million.
Dairy Crest's key UK Foods brands of Cathedral City, Clover and Country Life have continued to grow. Advertising and promotional expenditure has been broadly maintained over the year, it said.
Cathedral City sales have increased approximately 10% by volume and 20% by value over the year. The brand has increased its market share and is worth over £190 million at retail value.
Country Life, which has benefited from the 'Great British Butter' advertising campaign, featuring John Lydon, and Clover sales are both up between 25-30%.


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Dream Cruises has launched the "Discover Taiwan" cruises, following its successful island-hopping itineraries out of Taiwan on Explorer Dream with 22 sailings attracting over 25,000 travellers.
Cruises on board Explorer Dream now include a five-night itinerary from Keelung to the four scenic destinations of Anping in Tainan, Penghu, Kaohsiung and Hualien.
Those who prefer shorter trips can choose from three- and four-night cruises to Penghu, Kaohsiung and Hualien, or two-night getaways to Anping in Tainan. There is also a one-night cruise around the Keelung Islet and Guishan Island in Yilan, known for its “Milk Sea”, as well as a two-night sightseeing cruise near Ishigaki Island.
Among the highlights is a chance to join the Penghu Bay International Light Festival (until 7 November) from a panoramic and unobstructed vantage point at sea. Travellers can also look forward to revelries in October such as Chuseok Korean harvest festival, the Double Ten Day, Oktoberfest, Spanish National Day and Halloween.
Theatres are sanitised before and after each show.
Genting Cruise Lines president, Kent Zhu, said, “We are proud that Explorer Dream, the first cruise ship to resume operations after the global industry shutdown, has been operating in Taiwan for nearly two months without any incident and has garnered high scores in terms of passenger satisfaction. As global travel continues to be put on a hold due to the Covid-19 pandemic, we are seeing a pent up demand among travel enthusiasts to satisfy their wanderlust.
"We are confident that our 'Discover Taiwan' cruises on Explorer Dream will bring about a new trend of the 'vacation away' style travel experience without having to leave home, through which they can explore the beauty of Taiwan by sea, and with total peace of mind.”
Measures tackling the pandemic will be adopted on board and these include social distancing in theatres and recreational facilities operating at reduced capacity, sanitisation of the theatre before and after each show, cleaning and disinfection of all toys, games and Little Dreamers Club facilities at least twice daily and after every use, as well as disinfection of recreational equipment once every two hours and before guest's usage.


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New degree in auctioneering
The new Foundation Degree in Auctioneering and Valuation is believed to be the first of its kind in the UK.
Students will be taught how to value and auction personal property such as antiques, as well as homes, buildings and animals.
The course has been developed with industry leaders and is designed to meet growing demand for a recognised university qualification in the field of auctioneering and valuation.
Dr Felix Hammond, Lecturer at the University’s School of Engineering and the Built Environment, said: “The course will cover subjects such as business skills, auction law, auction economics, auctioneering methods and techniques, valuation principles and applications as well as sales and marketing of goods and services.
“The foundation degree is a joint initiative by the National Association of Auctioneers and Valuers (NAVA) and The National Association of Estate Agents (NAEA) with the endorsement of the British Property Federation (BPF) and the University of Wolverhampton, and we are delighted to be working together on this innovative course.”
The foundation degree is aimed at people working within the industry and will be studied through block releases arranged with the participants’ employers to minimise disruption to business. After the two-year foundation degree, students will have an opportunity to ‘top-up’ to a relevant bachelor degree, such as the University of Wolverhampton’s BSc (Hons) Property Management or BSc (Hons) Real Estate, or a BSc (Hons) Auctioneering and Valuation which is currently being developed.
Charles Smailes, Chairman of the National Association of Auctioneers and Valuers, said: “This is a wonderful opportunity for students already working in the industry to further their career and personal advancement whilst learning the practical skills via their employer. This foundation degree fills an identified void and we are delighted to be partnering the University of Wolverhampton with this course.”
The qualification will also lead to membership of a professional body. There are a limited number of places available on the course, which starts in February 2009. For further information, visit www.wlv.ac.uk/sebe or call Bernadette Quick on 01902 322251.
The contents and mode of delivery of the course have been designed by a steering committee made up representatives of NAVA, NAEA, The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), and practitioners working with leading names in the industry such as Allsop Property Consultants, Davey & Davey, Warwick Auctions of Coventry Ltd and SIA – Group.
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Dell Second-Quarter Profit Falls Short
Dell (DELL) posted stronger-than-expected top-line growth in the fiscal second quarter ended Aug. 1, but it had lower-than-expected profits as margins missed Street expectations, and the stock is trading lower.
For the quarter, Dell posted revenue of $16.4 billion, ahead of the Street at $15.95 billion. But profits of 31 cents a share were a nickel shy of expectations. The company said profits were reduced by a about a penny a share from amortization of purchased intangibles, and another penny by business realignment costs. Dell said gross margins were “adversely affected by actions to drive growth in strategic areas like Global Consumer and EMEA, as well as an increase in deferred revenue from the sale of successful service offerings in EMEA, which will be recognized in subsequent periods.”
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Source: HM Revenue & Customs | 02/05/18
HMRC is continuing to pressure online marketplaces marketplace (such as eBay or Amazon) to tackle online VAT fraud. Online marketplaces are already accountable for VAT fraud committed by online sellers on their platforms. These measures, known as joint and several liability (JSL) for marketplaces were extended earlier this year to help ensure that all businesses selling goods in the UK follow the same rules and pay the correct amount of VAT due. HMRC has estimated that the tax loss from VAT fraud and error on online marketplaces was between £1 billion and £1.5 billion in 2016-17.
It has now been announced that HMRC will be asking all online marketplaces operating in the UK to sign an agreement to further impact online VAT fraud and errors taking place on their platforms. A list of signatories to the agreement will be published in due course and will be updated to remove any online marketplace that fails to meet their commitments to the agreement.
HMRC says that the agreement will ask online retailers to commit to:
Commenting on the launch of the new agreement, Jon Thompson, HMRC’s Chief Executive, said:
'The UK has already led the way in holding online marketplaces accountable for VAT fraud committed on their platforms. The agreement goes even further to tackle this issue, with online marketplaces committing to helping their sellers understand their tax responsibilities and ensuring we have the information we need to take action against those who do not play by the rules.'
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There's No Stopping CRM
The CRM market as a whole grew 20 percent during 2007, the fourth consecutive year of double-digit growth, according to a report by research firm Gartner. "Market Trends: Customer Relationship Management Software, Worldwide, 2007-2012" indicates that total revenue for the year approached $8 billion.
Nor is there any sign of CRM's growth abating. Sharon Mertz, research director of CRM for Gartner's software market research team, foresees a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 11.1 percent for the industry through 2012. The CAGR estimate, while lower than the previous year's (11.9 percent), is still strong, even as fears of an economic recession continue to loom. "When we've talked to vendors, we haven't seen a lot of nervousness, and in fact several have raised their financial guidance," she says.
Mertz believes vendor confidence is genuine. "When you have this kind of sustained growth, naturally you look at what's driving it and wonder if it will continue," she says. "The vendors know what's in their pipelines, and they see that companies still have money to spend, and are still making investments." Maintenance is another revenue stream that isn't about to dry up, although some vendors who are switching from primarily on-premise to on-demand delivery may experience temporary declines; Mertz says revenues for those vendors "will be relatively flat as they change models." Some slowing is also to be expected among vendors that cater to the financial services market, due to the continued worry about general financial outlook.
Another factor in CRM's continued growth is smart business development. "Vendor strategy lately has been about diversification," Mertz says. "Revenues are coming from outside the United States more and more; vendors are extending into partner channels; and many are also starting to reach downmarket, trying to reach the [small and midsize business] segment." Self-service and other means of handling customers via the Web will tend to grow in a weak economy, so Mertz says technologies that aid such efforts will continue to see strong demand.
One mitigating factor, Mertz suggests, is the trend toward smaller CRM projects. And any truly adverse change in the economic situation will of course throw off any predictions, Gartner's included. "If it gets bad enough, people stick to blocking and tackling--just keeping their infrastructure running and making less investment in new technology," Mertz says. "But the executives who are running things now have been through other economic downturns. They know what they look like, and how to deal with them."
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Is Britain ready for Stella McCartney's Olympic uniform?
Sports and fashion can go together, and when it comes to Great Britain's team for the upcoming 2012 Olympic Games in London, there are no compromises. Designer Stella McCartney went back to her roots and created a collection for the GB team.
FashionTV has your inside scoop on the winning line. After all, looking good is sometimes as important as coming first in the competition...
England is hosting the Olympic games this summer. While stadiums, Olympic-size swimming pools and other facilities are being built, journalists and athletes have already come to the Tower of London to see what the Great Britain team will wear during the event. The Adidas by Stella McCartney collection plans to make all the athletes look like one team, and fight harder across 46 sports competitions.
Designing uniforms for the Olympic team is not an easy task. McCartney spent almost 8 years creating the perfect combination in clothes for style makers and sportsmen. At a press conference for the line, she said closely working with the national team made her understand how devoted and professional they are, and made her feel proud to be British.
This is the first time a top fashion designer is responsible for creating one uniform for an entire squad. "I thought it would be great if design could make everyone feel like one team”, she said when revealing the new Adidas designs.
Though McCartney needed to create uniforms that will assist athletes in being the best competitors they can be, she didn't forget her eco beliefs. Part of the Adidas by Stella McCartney specialist sportswear is eco friendly, and made from recycled synthetics. Now the only question is whether the Olympic environment will be friendly for the GB team? Will Adidas by Stella McCartney help bring England more gold, silver and bronze medals than usual? We’ll have to wait until July to find out!


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Interest in NyQuil chicken appears to have increased significantly after the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a warning about the “recent social media video challenge” which garnered widespread media coverage.
On September 15, the FDA issued a statement warning against social media videos encouraging people to cook chicken at NyQuil: “The challenge sounds silly and unappetizing – and it is. But it could also be very dangerous.
“Boiling a drug can make it much more concentrated and change its properties in other ways. Even if you don’t eat the chicken, inhaling the vapors of the drug while cooking can cause high levels of the drug to enter your body. body. It could also injure your lungs,” the notice reads.
According to data provided by TikTok to BuzzFeed News, NyQuil chicken searches increased significantly after the FDA announcement and subsequent media coverage, from five on September 14 to around 7,000 on September 21.
Chicken NyQuil seems to have been born on 4Chan in 2017 and earlier this year made the rounds of the news cycle.
It is unclear to what extent users sharing content about the phenomenon actually participated in a “trend”. Most related content on TikTok shows people reacting with outrage to the same video of someone cooking chicken at NyQuil, TechCrunch reports.
But the controversy highlights the difficulty for government agencies and the media to respond to increasingly extreme social media challenges. At least one person is believed to have died after taking part in the 2020 ‘Benadryl Challenge’, in which people ingest large amounts of antihistamines in an attempt to induce hallucinations. The families of an eight- and nine-year-old child who died attempting a ‘blackout’ challenge have sued TikTok.
The FDA said in a statement to the Guardian that it released the consumer update after “observing social media trends promoting dangerous misuse of drugs” through routine drug safety monitoring.
“The communication informs healthcare professionals and consumers (including parents) of this safety issue to facilitate its monitoring, management and, hopefully, risk reduction,” a spokesperson said. “To that end, the consumer update proactively communicates how to keep children safe and prevent potentially harmful trends, and the update includes instructions on how to store and use the drugs on sale. safe free.”
“The FDA has taken some steps to raise awareness, but has it gone too far to be helpful at this point?” Corey Hannah Basch, professor of public health at William Paterson University, told The New York Times. “Probably because it made a lot of people think about something they hadn’t thought of before.”
TikTok diverted searches for “NyQuil chicken” to a warning about online challenges, a spokesperson told BuzzFeed. The company did not immediately respond to the Guardian’s request for comment.


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RL Grime has released the instrumental version of last summer's Nova. It's titled Nova Pure, and he stated in a tweet that his enjoyment of instrumental albums inspired him to create a vocal-free version of Nova for fans to enjoy.
RL Grime (real name Henry Alfred Steinway) released the original version of Nova on July 27, 2018, on WeDidIt. The 15-track LP featured appearances from artists like Diplo, Miguel, Boys Noize, Ty Dolla $ign, and more, although many of the vocal offerings are not featured on the re-release due to its instrumental execution.
Recently, Steinway teamed up with Graves and released the music video for their collaboration, "Arcus," on his new imprint, Sable Valley. It has also been reported that he's been in the studio with Alison Wonderland.
This festival season, he is slated to make appearances at Lollapalooza, Dancefestopia, and Diplo's new two-day event, The Super Mega Ultra Giant Mad Decent Block Party Festival.
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Virgin Group appoints Yahoo! marketer to European role
By Sarah Shearman, marketingmagazine.co.uk, Tuesday, 27 March 2012 08:30AM
Virgin Group has hired James Tipple, former vice-president of marketing for Yahoo! EMEA, to the new role of brand director for Europe.
Tipple, who joined Virgin Group last month, left Yahoo! at the start of the year following a major restructure, which led to the decentralisation of the internet company’s global marketing function.
At Virgin, Tipple reports to Ian Rowden, partner and chief marketing officer for Virgin Group, who joined the company six months ago as a replacement for Catherine Salway.
Tipple’s responsibilities include seeking out potential new categories and regions for the Virgin brand to enter.
Under Rowden, Virgin Group’s brand team has undergone a restructure, creating brand director roles in regions including Australia and South Africa. The business is currently looking for a brand director for the US.
Tipple joined Yahoo! six years ago as consumer marketing director for Europe. Prior to this, he worked at Vodafone for six years, holding several roles including global marketing manager for Vodafone Asia.
This article was first published on marketingmagazine.co.uk
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#WomenInCraftBeer Archives – PorchDrinking.com
Female beer professionals from all over the Austin, TX area came together in February and March to participate in the annual Pink Boots Collaboration Brew Day. Held every year in honor of International Women’s Day, Pink Boots members from around the world team up to brew a beer of their choice using the unique YCH Hops Pink Boots blend; a portion of the proceeds benefit the Pink Boots Society scholarship funds.
Each year women from all over the world participate in Pink Boots Society’s annual Pink Boots Collaboration Brew Day in celebration of International Women’s Day. I sat down with President Laura Ulrich to learn more about this year’s event.
Craft beer has a diversity problem. While there’s no easy fix to an issue that is prevalent throughout most industries in America, several craft brewers are making their presence felt by promoting diversity and inclusion from within their ranks. One of those breweries is Chicago’s Revolution Brewing, who employs 68 female employees throughout their expanding operation. To celebrate International Women’s Day, the women of Revolution came together to brew a special beer: Spirit of Revolt IPA.


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Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) that are transitioning from being purely bricks and mortar to becoming omni-channel businesses usually have a steep learning curve when it comes to managing their inventory, processing orders and integrating with third-party marketplaces.
However, Anchanto Pte Ltd founder and CEO Vaibhav
Dabhade has an answer: Automation. Towards that end, and after having seen the teething problems of small companies trying to hop on the e-commerce bandwagon, Anchanto came up with a product — the SelluSeller — to help them.
Vaibhav and his team identified the problems faced by smaller e-commerce players who were also its customers. The start-up has been providing an e-commerce warehouse management software called Wareo for their customers’ back-end operations for about five years before coming up with a product solution.
“Many of our customers who are using Wareo were manually importing orders from various online marketplaces, such as Lazada, Shopee and Zalora, which usually involves using a lot of Excel sheets to process these orders,” Vaibhav says.
It was basically too much fuss and the team immediately identified it as a problem to be solved and, therefore, an opportunity to create a product.
“When we did a deep dive, we realised that on top of processing orders, online sellers were also updating their inventory manually. So, whenever there is a promotion, there is usually more work to be done. For example, for a Hari Raya promotional campaign, they would have to update product prices one by one on different marketplaces and channels,” he adds.
The start-up wanted to address a real need to automate these tasks so the team built a software for it. This observation, coupled with the “Job To Be Done” (JTBD) concept, were the key ideas for the start-up’s second product — SelluSeller — which was launched in January 2017.
SelluSeller is a multi-channel e-commerce “selling management” software for vendors, brands, distributors and service providers. The program manages end-to-end e-commerce operations on multiple sales channels in the Southeast Asian region.
Meanwhile, the JTBD concept is a starting point for innovation, where products and solutions are viewed in terms of the customer’s to-do list. To put things in perspective, Vaibhav says Anchanto’s customers wanted to connect and update their inventories in an automated way, instead of doing it manually.
“Malaysia has a very fragmented e-commerce market as there are many e-commerce websites as well as the convenience of social media shopping. So, we provide a single platform for sellers to manage their e-commerce content and product information.
“SelluSeller is our flagship product. Our customers have processed close to 20 million orders on the platform in the last 12 months. People know SelluSeller more than they know Anchanto. It is above and beyond our expectations,” he adds.
The company recently launched a “Free Forever” plan across Asia-Pacific except for Indonesia and Korea. It allows merchants and sellers to connect to any number of local marketplaces and process up to 50 orders for free. Vaibhav says, being a small entrepreneurial company, he strongly believes in creating rather than consuming — the same way he believes that small-time online sellers and SMEs are out there doing something rather than just being consumers.
“They contribute to the digital economy and when they are at nascent stages of becoming an omni-channel e-commerce business, it is very challenging. We are hopeful that Anchanto can provide a tool for them at no incremental cost to increase their chances of being successful,” he says.
He adds that small retailers who are going online for the first time need to be trained and in the beginning, things will not go so smoothly. Anchanto wants to be part of the growth and learning process.
“Sellers may use it for free when they are very small and we can grow with them. Once they get the hang of the e-commerce model using our software, we will charge them a small free, which is a small percentage of their revenue,” he explains.
What is in it for Anchanto? Vaibhav says the company is creating more and more high-volume sellers who will eventually pay to use its software because they trust its capabilities.
How does the company determine the maximum number of orders a particular seller may process for free on SelluSeller? If they are making more than what would constitute a fair salary to anyone living in the Klang Valley, which is about RM4,500 a month, they have to pay.
“RM60,000 a year is a sizeable online revenue for micro SMEs. That is why our cut-off amount for online revenue is between RM60,000 and RM75,000,” he says.
Edging out the competition
A very common challenge among SMEs is trying to stand out in the market, according to Vaibhav. Many do not even realise that they have to make their presence felt, thinking that all they need to do is list their products in as many places as possible.
He adds that many purely bricks-and-mortar merchants lack an understanding of how to connect their online and offline operations.
“These businesses are losing to their e-commerce counterparts because they have yet to figure out how to transform into an omni-channel one. The challenge is to train them, generate success stories, and share these with other businesses, category by category,” he adds.
When an e-commerce merchant wants to run a promotional campaign across multiple channels, Vaibhav opines that it requires help from several people. However, using SelluSeller, they can start planning their campaign in advance.
“For example, you can plan a campaign two months in advance using the software by doing all the configurations and when the time comes, the promotion will be automatically launched.
“In terms of inventory, a merchant may have thousands of stock keeping units or SKUS, which are the numbers that retailers assign to products to keep track of the stock. Checking the expiry dates and which ones are about to run out of stock requires manpower but with the software, it can be done with a few clicks.
“On top of that, the software can also predict how long before certain products run out of stock, instead of having to manually check your stock,” he adds.
Vaibhav points out that automating these processes help micro SMEs grow their businesses by improving the quality of their listings online and their inventory management without having to hire more people. It also reduce errors so they can maintain their ranking.
“They are able to save money by limiting the manpower needed to do the checking and cross-checking. It is about reducing their chances of failing their service-level agreements because if they fail a few times, their ranking in marketplaces would drop,” says Vaibhav.
The moment their ranking goes down, they are no longer as visible. Marketplaces, he says, tend to showcase sellers with higher rankings because they want to provide customers with a good experience. “So, it is not in their interest to highlight sellers who underperform operationally.”
The power of ranking does not only affect small or medium-sized e-commerce businesses, he adds, but also “the big boys” who are “doing a few million in terms of revenue a month”. He points out that their rankings would take a dive when their operations are unable to keep up with the demand.
“When their ranking goes down, they are no longer part of, for example, the Shopee mall and this strips them of the ‘free shipping’ privilege. When there is no free shipping, the order volume would immediately drop.
“We have seen this happen but we also saw them regain their good rankings after using our platform,” Vaibhav adds.


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Roesch Ford in Bensenville, Illinois was a regular client at Automotive Internet Media. Although the dealership no longer maintains its company blog, I have included some of my work for the client below.
Ford Will Be The First To Use New Aluminum
Ford is teaming up with Alcoa, a globally recognized aluminum company, to become the first automaker to use an advanced aluminum alloy called "Micromill," developed specifically for cars and trucks, that is allegedly 30% stronger than current auto standard aluminum and at least 30% lighter. If this sounds like the start to a sci-fi movie, it's because you're living in 2015.
Micromill will have 40% greater malleability — or as Alcoa defines it,"formability" — than auto industry standard aluminum, which will allow it to be molded into more complex shapes and used in places where only steel can be used now, which Ford hopes will greatly reduce the weight of its vehicles.
And according to their website, Alcoa says Micromill production reduces the time it takes to transform molten metal into aluminum coil from 20 days to 20 minutes.
Why is "formability" so important in aluminum? Current auto industry aluminum — a preferred material by automakers for its lightweight and tough durability — is not ideal for difficult and complex car parts. Ford metal-stamping expert Peter Friedman said that an inner door panel is one of the hardest parts on a vehicle to stamp. Current aluminum cannot be molded into those parts, so Ford uses steel. Micromill will change that.
Why is lighter vehicle weight so valued? Automakers everywhere are rushing to make their vehicles lighter as fuel economy, pollution, and environmental concerns increasingly become hotbed topics (and potent selling points) in the auto world. Lighter cars burn less fuel (and go faster). Less fuel burned means less pollution. And for drivers concerned with all the gas money dripping from their wallets, lighter vehicles get better fuel economy.
Ford will start using Micromill on the 2016 model F-150 pickup, which goes into production before the end of the year. More parts of the F-150 will be shifted to Micromill next year.
Alcoa is expected to release Micromill to more automakers soon, so Ford is jumping on it first. Alcoa recently announced a split: the international company will break into two. The Upstream Company will comprise five business units that today make up Global Primary Products (bauxite, alumina, aluminum, casting, and energy). The innovation and technology-driven Value-Add Company will include Global Rolled Products, Engineered Products and Solutions, and Transportation and Construction Solutions.
The Upstream Company is expected to be game-changer for the auto world by bringing a long-sought material to the market.
Excited about the new 2016 F-150? Keep checking for updates about the upcoming model's release.
Ford Hybrids and Electric Cars Rake In The Wins
Ford's hybrid and electric cars are raking up the wins, their most recent being a new set of smart watch apps for the Android Wear and Apple Watch. If you don't have a Ford electric or hybrid vehicle, now is the time, because these apps are pretty darn cool.
The apps allow users to unlock their doors, check mileage and battery stats, and find their parked cars in large parking lots. The apps were released as part of the company's update to the My Ford Mobile apps for iOS and Android, and are compatible with the Ford C-MAX Energi, Ford Focus Electric, and Ford Fusion Energi.
It does not look like Ford is planning to release similar apps for non-hybrid and non-electric vehicles, since many of the apps' features seem specifically designed for electric and hybrid usage. The apps include a last trip summary, which breaks down the stats of the last drive, calculating the miles per gallon (or miles-per-gallon equivalent), and ratings for driving and braking efficiency.
New apps aren't all that's working well for the C-MAX Energi. Autotrader recently called it "one of the most well-rounded hybrid vehicles on the market." With a class-leading 550 miles of range between fill-ups (seriously), its all-electric mode is ideal for real-world driving: plenty of power and a top speed of 85 miles per hour. If you regularly go over that speed, having an electric vehicle is probably the least of your worries. The spacious cab also has five seats, making it a good family car option.
The strongest criticism Ford is getting for the company’s electric models goes to the Ford Focus Electric. Its powerful motor and battery pack contribute to a weight of about 3600 pounds, resulting in an EPA range of only 76 miles. Luckily, the battery charger is lightning fast: on 240 volts, the Focus Electric can be recharged in about 3.5 hours.
Interested in going electric? Maybe the smart watch apps will sway your mind. But if you're still not convinced, come down to Roesch Ford and test-drive one today!
Why You Should Invest In the Ford Motor Company
Forbes thinks you should invest in Ford. Why? Ford is the second largest automaker in the United States and the sixth largest in the world. The company has timeworn experience under its belt — it's been around for 113 years. Since the company's humble beginnings in Dearborn, Michigan, it has become a trusted and sought-after name globally.
In the United States, Ford has revitalized its brands under Lincoln, and continues to market its F-series trucks, which have been among some of the best-selling vehicles in the United States for almost four decades. Ford Motor Co. reported second quarter earnings that beat analysts’ expectations, with earnings of $37.3 billion — 47 cents a share — compared to $35.37 billion, or 40 cents a share, which was one year ago.
Ford’s automotive structure in North America is very profitable. It's up 44% from 2014, marking its highest-ever profit revenue at $23.3 Billion vs. $21.2 Billion with an operating margin of 11.1% vs 11.6%, its best quarterly profit since 2000, while its pre-tax profits of $2.9 Billion is up 10% from 2014. Additionally, its pretax $506 million profit from its credit division indicates strong fundamentals.
Ford traditionally struggles in South America, but this regional slump is alleviated by its Asian/Pacific expansion and its wholesale increase in the European market — the Mustang was recently released to European shores. Ford’s second quarter global market share increased to 7.6% from 7.5% with its revenue of $35.1 billion vs $35.3 billion. Its operating margin of 7.2% vs 6.6% YTD point toward a continuation of growth.
Ford’s F-150 series has been a big factor the company’s climbing profits. The company's increased production of the F-150 series toward the end of the quarter should translate into higher sales and profits in the upcoming quarters. Its operating cash gross ended the second quarter of 2015 at $20.7 billion with net cash of $6.1 billion, adjusted for a total debt of $13.4 billion. This cash supports a generous dividend for a 4.2% yield.
If all these numbers don't impress you, then remember that after all the data, Ford is a company with a history of excellence. Considering investing? Come in to Roesch Ford and see if we can't answer all your questions.
Ford Solves the Spider Problem
You know the classic concerns drivers have — road safety, security from burglary, engine troubles, etc. But one problem you might not be aware of is a bit unexpected: spiders. But automakers like Mazda and Toyota have recently become acutely aware of these little buggers, whose webs under the hoods of vehicles have caused massive recalls.
The common yellow sac spider, which according to Michigan State University researchers is more responsible for bites to humans than any other spider, is building nests and laying eggs in vehicle fuel vapor lines, which can lead to fuel tank cracks and fires.
When the yellow sac spider spins a web in small, closed-off spaces like the vapor lines, the webs create blockages that disrupt fuel vapor and generate engine damage. "Their presence in the car is surprising, but not unexpected as the car engine area attracts many organisms, such as mice," Darrel Ubick, spider specialist at the California Academy of Sciences, said in an email. "I’ve heard of spiders causing similar problems in farm equipment by making their retreats in tubular cavities."
In March of last year, Mazda recalled 42,000 Mazda 6 vehicles from the 2010-12 model years after discovering that spiders were weaving webs in canister vent hoses, causing an "excessive amount of negative pressure" in fuel tanks, according to a document filed with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. And in 2013, Toyota recalled 802,769 vehicles when webs were discovered clogging air conditioning parts and creating pooled water, which can damage airbag modules and cause inadvertent deployment.
Fortunately for drivers and sufferers of arachnophobia everywhere, Ford has found a solution to the menace: a patented cylindrical "spider screen," which is being installed on all Ford vehicles starting with the 2016 Focus RS. The screen prevents spiders from entering the fuel lines but still allows steady air and vapor flow.
If you have any questions on how to get the new spider screen — or if you think your car might be infested with the eight-legged menace — stop by Roesch Ford and we'll exterminate the problem.
The Mustang Goes To Europe
Heralding a long-sought profit increase in the European sector, Ford is releasing their classic American muscle car to our friends across the pond.
Historically, the American motor company has had a hard go of it in Europe, Ford’s biggest division outside the United States. In 2012, Ford Europe lost $1.75 billion in losses and $1.6 billion in 2013. Sales continued to dwindle through 2014 and into 2015.
Former CEO Alan Mulally charted a course to change all that back in 2012. His plan wasn't to make a profit in Europe, but just to break even — a much hoped-for result after Ford's consecutive annual losses.
Why is the Europe market so tough? "Carmakers across the globe have been fighting for sales in a region where new vehicle registrations hit a near two-decade low of $11.9 million in 2013 after six consecutive years of decline,” Andy Sharman, Motor Industry Correspondent, wrote in his article for Financial Times. "Registrations are not expected to return to their pre-recession peak of $15.5 million until after 2020." Everyone is having a hard time in Europe as more European drivers turn to typically cheaper Korean brands like Hyundai and Kia. But Mulally's plan now seems to be producing results.
Early 2015 reports show that the new Ford Mondeo sedan sales are up 55%. The old Mondeo was a slow-selling Europe-only model. The new model, launched a few months ago, mimics the Ford Fusion, a good seller in the United States. Ford plans to capitalize on the Mondeo's success by releasing a luxury version later this summer called the Mondeo Vignale.
Commercial vehicles are also pulling Ford up. Commercial vehicle sales rose 33% in the first half of 2015, giving Ford its highest commercial sales in two decades.
Mulally's 2012 plan was an aggressive one, involving major cutbacks — two U.K. factories and a big plant in Belgium were closed — and releasing all-new vehicles to the European market, like the classic Mustang. Later this summer, the Mustang will hit European shores for the first time, and almost 7,000 pre-orders are already in. Ford's current CEO, Mark Fields, says that the loss years will finally end in 2016 and Ford will at last make a profit in the region.
Exciting things are happening with the Mustang at home as well as abroad. Later this year, the long-awaited 2015 Shelby GT350 will continue the legacy with 500 horsepower and 400 lb.-ft of torque. Be sure to check in regularly with your friends at Roesch Ford to see when to come test drive one!
Update: The 2017 Ford Super Duty Will Have Awesome Tech
New details have arrived: the next-generation 2017 Super Duty will offer an upscale high-tech package that will use seven — yes, seven — cameras for increased safety and towing visibility. This news is not surprising, since rear-view camera technology has become a renewed focus for competing truck manufacturers.
Two years ago, Dodge Ram was the first to offer a rear-cab-mounted camera, which gave drivers a view of the bed and trailer. The images from the tailgate camera appeared on an 8-inch navigation screen on the control panel, while images from the cab camera appeared in the rearview mirror.
With new Uconnect technology, which Ford is likely planning to implement in its new Super Duty, there will be two separate touch points on the screen that give the drivers the option of switching between the views from the tailgate camera and the rear cab camera. The touchscreen control center will feel similar to an iPhone, allowing users to drag and drop their favorite apps — cameras included — to the bottom of the screen as a shortcut, similar to how iPhone users often keep their "Messages" app on the bottom of the screen for quick access.
The Uconnect technology doesn't stop with cameras. As part of its entertainment feature, Uconnect features Sirius Satellite Radio, built-in HD radio, and extensive rear-seat entertainment — including single and dual screen options for backseat riders to watch DVDs.
The built-in phone options are also extensive. Uconnect syncs with your phone's contacts seamlessly, offers hands-free calling and texting, features a dock for wireless charging, and allows Bluetooth pairing for up to ten phones.
Aside from a heavy focus on tech, the new Super Duty is rumored to have an all-aluminum body like the 2015F-150, which will make it both lighter and stronger. According to Left Lane News, the next generation Super Duty's front end will get an extreme remodel, with a wide radiator grille and two large slats that stretch into a pair of vertical headlights. The grille will not be surrounded by a chrome frame — a style feature that has characterized Ford's large pickups since the 1999 model year.
We will post updates about the next generation Super Duty as we get them. Stay tuned for exciting details!


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Sportclubby, a platform for booking sports and wellness, to book fields and activities online, outdoors and in the gym, closes a new capital increase of 1.5 million euros. The operation was signed and coordinated by Wylab, the first SportsTech Business Incubator in Italy (headed by the Gozzi family), together with a pool of investors.
Since its founding in 2018, Sportclubby has raised 4.5 million euros in several rounds, becoming one of the most funded sport-tech realities in the country. The new funds, explains a note from the company, “will allow to accelerate development in Italy, to evolve the business model in a b2c key as a reference app for sportsmen and to expand in Europe”.
Affiliation of new structures
The goal, by the end of 2022, continues the note, “will be to affiliate the first fifty structures in new countries. In recent years, with the new scenario that emerged during the pandemic, the company has been able to evolve to accompany hundreds of sports centers in the transformation digital in the sector, thanks to the first platform to manage reservations, timetables, season tickets, green passes, mobile payments, sports micro-insurance, promotions and other digital services for sports ».
Today the app is used by almost a million people in 800 structures spread over 90 Italian provinces out of 107. “With a user base – underlines the note – that grows every month by over 20 thousand new members on hundreds of different disciplines, Sportclubby has exceeded 14 million bookings ».
Strengthening the team
To support its development plans, the company, which now has 25 employees, plans to strengthen its team by introducing new managerial figures in the sales and marketing area and “will continue to invest in the development of new digital features to improve experience of sportsmen “.


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Zenith, part of the LVMH watch group, has named Aldo Magada as its new president and CEO.
Magada started his new position on July 1.
Magada comes to Zenith from Breitling, where he was the international director of sales and business development. Previously he worked with Gucci Timepieces, TechnoMarine, Reuge, Badollet, and the Swatch Group.
In a statement, LVMH Watch Group president Jean-Claude Biver said, “Aldo Magada’s 30 years of playing a leading role in repositioning and developing watch brands make him a valuable asset in assuring Zenith’s future.”Follow JCK on Instagram: @jckmagazine
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SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- Intel Corp. is sampling the first processors manufactured on its 90nm technology process -- the Prescott for desktop PCs and the Dothan, an improved version of the Pentium M chip for laptops.
Intel said it is on schedule for "revenue shipments" of both processors next quarter. The Santa Clara, Calif., company defines initial revenue shipments as limited-quantity orders placed by OEMs that use the processors to build enough computers to prepare for a formal market launch.
An Intel spokesman said the 90nm process ramp is proceeding as anticipated. Initial production at the company's D1C 300mm-wafer development fab in Hillsboro, Ore., is already yielding validated processors, he said. Fab 11X in Albuquerque, N.M., is primed to come on line in the fourth quarter as planned, while a plant in Leixlip, Ireland, is expected to start 90nm processing in the first half of 2004.
G. Dan Hutcheson, president of VLSI Research, San Jose, said Intel "has already proven its 90nm process in its Oregon development fab. Now it's just a matter of making the technology work in other fabs."
Analysts said PC makers will wait to provide systems based on the Prescott and Dothan until Intel has ratcheted 90nm production to a level where it can meet volume consumer demand.
"Intel has set itself a very aggressive launch of two new processors using 90nm process technology," said Kevin Krewell, a processor analyst with In-Stat/MDR, San Jose. "They need to build enough units to supply customers ramping up their PC production, and that could take a bit of time."
Still, the company is confident enough of the debut of its 90nm process that special briefings on the technology are scheduled at the Intel Developer Forum (IDF) Sept. 16-18 in San Jose.
At IDF, Intel will also turn the spotlight on the Prescott and Dothan as it tries to drown out archrival Advanced Micro Devices Inc., which is slated to introduce its Athlon 64 desktop processor the following week.
Prescott is a significant upgrade over current Pentium 4 microprocessors, doubling the on-die L2 cache to 1Mbyte with an expected 3.4GHz frequency. Intel has said Prescott will have improved pre-fetch branch prediction for improved performance. The long pipeline of the Pentium 4 architecture can be slowed down when a wrong pre-fetch prediction must be purged and refilled with data.
Prescott will also be the first Intel processor to feature new internal security support, code-named La Grande. The company will provide at IDF the first details of how the new security technique works.
The processor includes 13 Prescott New Instructions (PNI), ranging from storing and loading integer data to new floating-point operations.
Intel is expected to follow its usual pattern of fielding several versions of Prescott to serve various market segments. Next year, the company will add both higher- and lower-frequency chips to the line. Versions of the chips running at 2.8 and 3 GHz are planned as lower-priced entries for the mainstream market. Shane Rau, a processor analyst with IDC in Mountain View, Calif., said the lower-speed Prescotts will be "a natural fallout" from bin testing.
Dothan for laptops will have 2Mbytes of on-die L2 cache, twice that of the current Pentium M. The microprocessor will also have new power management features to extend battery time, Intel said.
The first Intel Xeon server processor to be made in a 90nm process, Nocona, is slated to debut late this year and will also be featured at IDF. The first Xeon MP series made with 90nm processing, Potomac, is scheduled to be introduced in the second half of 2004.
The company will also use IDF to unveil a processor chipset for laptops. Al- though Intel declined to identify it by name, some sources believe the chipset is called Alviso and is designed for the Pentium M line.
Other developments that Intel is expected to discuss at the forum include:
--A next-generation Xscale processor, code-named Bulverde.
--New chipsets supporting DDR2 SDRAM in server applications, including the Lindenhurst for one- and two-way Xeon processors and the Twin Castle, which supports the Xeon MP.
--A new desktop PC form-factor specification.
--A reference design for set-top boxes using a Celeron processor with a legacy 815 core logic chipset.
--A new Extensible Firmware Interface for processors, called Tiano.


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“These tariffs increase the cost of many of the goods that American consumers buy,” Cohn told CNN.
“In general, some tariffs make sense. But many tariffs simply act like a consumption tax,” he said.
“There are many views on trading. My view on trading is quite simple. If we’re making something here in the United States, we have to protect our manufacturers,” Cohn told CNN. “If we don’t make something here in the United States, and we’re not going to make it here in the United States, I don’t think we should be taxing it.”
Won’t solve inflation
“If you get rid of these tariffs, the prices of these goods should come down,” Cohn said.
However, he acknowledged that this would not be a panacea for inflation, which unexpectedly intensified in May.
“Nothing will help solve inflation. We have to do as much as we can to try and bring prices down,” he said.
Of course, both parties are concerned about China’s trade practices. Removing tariffs could undermine efforts to address issues such as intellectual property theft, illegal subsidies and the dumping of cheap products on foreign markets.
Asked if the tariff cut would reward China for not keeping its end of the deal, Cohn replied.
“Are we rewarding China? Are we rewarding US citizens because they are going to buy these goods no matter what, and we are taking more disposable income out of their hands,” Cohn said.
“Control Your Destiny”
“Clearly, chips and computer chips are currently the biggest limiting factor in the amount of goods we all need as American consumers. It affects us in almost every area of our daily lives,” Cohn said. “It starts with the security of the country and military equipment, all the way down to our everyday appliances that we have on our countertops and everything in between.”
The shortage of computer chips has undermined the production of automobiles, pushing up the prices of both new and used cars and contributing to today’s high inflation rate.
Kon noted that the United States relies on Taiwan and China for the vast majority of its high-performance computer chips, including semiconductors that are used in weapons systems and aircraft.
“We need to bring manufacturing back here to the United States so we can control our own supply chain and our own destiny,” Cohn said.
Last summer, the Senate passed legislation providing $52 billion for the production and research of computer chips in the US. The funding has not yet been signed into law, and lawmakers are still haggling about the details.
“Fencing is essential to create and protect jobs in America,” the lawmakers wrote in the letter.
Kohn, however, argued that these restrictions would discourage companies from investing in America.
“If we install these fences, what will unfortunately happen is that American companies will not take the money,” Cohn said. “They will take money from foreign governments and build their facilities in other countries.”


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A deal has been struck between ViaSat and the European Space Agency, with the €68m Public Private Partnership set to develop key components of the ViaSat-3 satellite communications system.
In the long-run, ViaSat-3 satellites are expected to give consumers choice in their Internet Service Provider by enabling 100+ Mbps broadband speeds to any home.
To achieve these goals, the ultra-high capacity satellite platform is comprised of three ViaSat-3 class satellites with state-of-the-art ground network infrastructure. Each ViaSat-3 satellite offers over 1-Tbps of network capacity – equal to the total capacity of all commercial satellites in space today.
Dubbed ‘Project AIDAN’, an initial €31.2m has kick-started the program, which will focus on two key innovative components of the ViaSat-3 satellite ground segment. The first of these segments is fixed and mobile user terminals, which include the development of a fully-electronic phased array for residential broadband, in-flight Wi-Fi and connected car applications.
The second focus will be on ground segment equipment and gateways for the ViaSat-3 network, which include the Satellite Access Node (SAN) subsystems for a cloud-based ground network infrastructure.
“The PPP with ViaSat will bring ESA and industry together to quickly develop broadband products that will serve the needs of millions of consumers across Europe who are currently without adequate internet service,” said Magali Vaissiere, European Space Agency Director of Telecommunications and Integrated Applications
“We believe this is a significant industrial opportunity that will keep Europe at the forefront of satellite and broadband technology development, giving Europe a leading position on the deployment of a next-generation broadband system with advanced ground networks and consumer equipment.”
Project AIDAN is co-funded by ESA with the support of three of its Member States (Switzerland, the Netherlands and Romania), ViaSat and others within European industry. It is expected that products under the partnership will be available in 2019, with the first two ViaSat-3 class satellites focusing on the Americas and EMEA, with a third satellite system planned for the Asia Pacific region.
ViaSat Antenna Systems S.A. Managing Director, Stefano Vaccaro said, “Building ViaSat-3 ground segment and consumer terminal innovation in Europe is a testament to ViaSat’s commitment to expand its business, presence and technology skillsets across the European region. With the support from ESA and its Member States, we are investing with industry in research and development programs that will focus on forward-looking broadband technologies and applications, enabling consumers and enterprises to optimize their communications infrastructure – whether on the ground, in the air or at sea.”


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This is not the wurst thing that could happen to Center City:
Robert Amar, who helped create and run Fare in Fairmount, is setting up a hot dog/sausage shop called Underdogs in the lower-level storefront - get it? - at 132 S. 17th St., which until recently was Argan Moroccan Cuisine.
Amar says Underdogs will showcase "the best of what this town has to offer." That is, Czerw's Kielbasy, Fiorella Bros. sausage, Martin's bacon - served with great-tasting toppings on Vallari's rolls.
His goal is to package a good-size dog, fries and drink for $6 or $7 - though specialty dogs will cost more. He'll theme daily specials: Monday will be vegetarian. Tuesday will be rabbit. Wednesday will be fish. Thursday will be duck. Friday will be game.


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Automakers not ready to give up on minivan yet
DETROIT - Twenty years after Baby Boomers fell in love with the minivan and made it part of America's suburban landscape, the breadbox on wheels has been largely pushed aside by Generation X and a surge in SUVs.
But with a U.S. market still one million strong, automakers are not yet ready to let the minivan go the way of the station wagon. Automakers plan to roll out at least a half-dozen new minivan offerings in the next year or two. Ford Motor Co. this week will unveil its two new models - the Mercury Monterey and Ford Freestar - at the Chicago Auto Show.
When Chrysler introduced its first family hauler in 1983, many Boomers were in the prime years of carting their progeny from school to activities. The roomy vans soon became favorites among soccer moms and helped save Chrysler from bankruptcy.
These days, people in their 20s and 30s - and even aging Baby Boomers - are more often opting for sport utility and so-called crossover vehicles, which tend to be more rugged and stylish, while providing the roomy functionality that attracted the original minivan following.
SUVs, despite increasing criticism of their fuel-efficiency and safety records, and crossovers comprised some 25 percent of U.S. light vehicle sales last year. Minivan shares, meanwhile, fell to 6.7 percent, its worst performance since 1989. (The minivan segment peaked at 8.2 percent in 1994 and 1995.)
That's a sizeable chunk of sales that none of the automakers want to cede in an increasingly competitive domestic market.
That's why General Motors Corp., Toyota Motor Corp. and Nissan Motor Co. also plan new versions of the minivan to the mix in the next year or two.
Nearly every other major automaker has jumped into the market since the first Dodge Caravan rolled off Chrysler's Windsor, Ontario, assembly line on Nov. 2, 1983. Chrysler remains the dominant player at some 36 percent of the U.S. market.
Earlier this month, GM said it will revamp its Chevrolet and Pontiac minivans and, for the first time, offer Saturn and Buick models starting in 2005.
Ford, which has seen its minivan market share shrink from 17 percent in 2001 to just under 15 percent last year, will use the upcoming Chicago Auto Show as the stage to debut its new Monterey and Freestar. The new vehicles will be in dealerships later this year.


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Sprint Invests Just Enough in Clearwire to Give it 50.8%
Sprint has purchased some Class A and Class B shares in Clearwire from Eagle River Holdings, according to regulatory filings cited by the New York Times. The stock purchase, which was not given a monetary value, raises Sprint's stake in Clearwire from 48% up to 50.8%, giving it majority ownership of the company. The Times notes that gaining control of Clearwire was not a necessity for Sprint to receive $20.1 billion in financing from Japan's Softbank, but it "simplifies the relationship." Late Wednesday, AT&T expressed concern over the amount of spectrum that Softbank could come to control with its ownership stake in Sprint and Clearwire.
AT&T Says It Won't Sell the LG G7 ThinQ, But It Has an LG Exclusive On Deck
AT&T does not plan to sell LG's new flagship phone, the G7 ThinQ, according to The Verge. Instead, the company plans to offer an exclusive phone from LG later this summer.
SoftBank Invests Another $73 Million in Sprint
SoftBank has purchased yet more shares of Sprint stock, boosting its stake in the company to just over 80%. SoftBank shelled out $73 million for about 16.8 million shares.
SoftBank, Sprint Majority Owner, to Split In Two
SoftBank today revealed a plan to separate itself into two separate companies, one for its Japan-based carrier business and another for its international operations, including Sprint. SoftBank's domestic business unit, which includes investments in Yahoo Japan, will be run by Ken Miyauchi.
SoftBank Looking to Raise $18B with Wireless Unit IPO
SoftBank Group, the parent company of Sprint, is weighing whether or not to offer shares in its own Japan-based wireless company. Under the direction of CEO Masayoshi Sun, SoftBank has transformed itself in recent years into an investor in technology companies.
Yay for Sprint, Screw AT&T
And as for AT&T, screw em. They are only bitter because the FCC, DOJ and God knows who else shot there bit for T-Mobile down. Fuq em.
So who is right?
So who is right? One of them needs to make a correction. lol


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Bhopal: To discourage people from crowding at liquor outlets during the coronavirus lockdown, Chhattisgarh government has launched an online portal for home delivery of alcohol.
The service, which is available only to those who are in 'green zones', has been launched to ensure the wine shops aren’t flooded with buyers as has been the case since May 4 when the ban on liquor sale was lifted, an official from Chhattisgarh government said on Tuesday.
For online orders, the state government has offered a link pertaining to Chhattisgarh State Marketing Corporation Limited (CSMCL). However, people will have to shell out extra bucks for these orders as the state has levied a cess of Rs 120 per bottle for home delivery boys who will be hired through placement agencies. The customers can also download an app on Google Play store to order alcohol.
Upto 5,000 ml of liquor can be purchased in one go from the web portal, a statement from the Chhattisgarh government said. The state governments in Delhi, Haryana, Rajasthan, Maharashtra and others have found it difficult to contain the heavy rush at liquor shops after they were thrown open on May 4.
The liquor industry body International Spirits and Winers Association of India (ISWAI) had suggested several measures to maintain social distance as well as promote the sale of liquor which included home delivery of liquor by retail outlets.


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Mobile payment has been transforming the landscape of the African economy for a while now. Significant development in last couple of years has revolutionized mobile payment transactions in Africa. With over 1.2 billion population accounting for nearly 16% of world population, Africa has been lagging behind in various facilities and infrastructures. But now tech companies in association with financial services companies are expanding the reach of financial solutions to unbanked population in Africa.
African technology evolution can be called as a ‘Leapfrog effect’ as it shows quite good response to mobile payment from Africans. The credit goes to other technology developments such as mobile internet and e-commerce. According to PayNXT360, over 75% of sub-Saharan Africa will be connected to mobile by 2025.
This means an opportune time for the tech companies and mobile money service companies to invest in African region. They need to introduce and make mobile payment a pivotal part of the local payment strategies. Mobile payment services have played a key role in African markets such as Kenya, Nigeria, and South Africa in achieving greater financial inclusion.
Africa is emerging as a key region in mobile financial services with over 120 mobile money services. According to PayNXT360, about 36% of African population now has mobile money account.
Africa is a continent with several countries which have their own belief systems, preferences and motivations. As a greater part of a strategy treating each market differently with primary focus on developing infrastructure holds the key. Introducing industries such as e-commerce, app based services and mobile money technology along with effective customized local payment strategy will be crucial.
There is uneven market for mobile payment across Africa and penetration of mobile internet network plays crucial role in this. East Africa and Ghana have more penetration for mobile payment services, where several countries including South Africa, Botswana and Zimbabwe are considered next opportunities, whereas Egypt is considered to be one of the dark horses.
Apart from mobile internet availability, the scenario for mobile payment services will be heavily dependent on tie-ups and collaboration between banks, fintechs and mobile payment service providers with mobile network operators.
M-Pesa a mobile payment service provider tied up with PayPal and Western Union and Mobile operators Orange and MTN for mobile wallet. M-Pesa achieved about 25 percent of the mobile payment market share in East Africa and now it is expanding its operations in West Africa and abroad. With 28.5 million users in East Africa, M-Pesa has revolutionized mobile transitioning in Kenya and Tanzania.
As of now interoperability and cohesive collaboration between different players is a challenge. Especially for conventional banks from Africa who are bit conservative in their approach towards modern technologies and inclusive strategy. However these banks are pressurized by Fintechs and financial technology platforms as these companies are expanding their service base into other financial services than mere payment transactions.
Mobile payments using Quick Response (QR) codes are the new sensation in Africa’s mobile payment market. It has preceded mobile payment by SMS and Near Field Communication. Visa and MasterCard are entering African mobile payment markets using QR code. This is said to be their strategy to compete with M-Pesa.
QR codes save on investing in Point of Sales (PoS) machines and that brings advantage for merchants that opt for QR code scanning. And printing QR code on a paper can initiate the payment for the merchants. Mostly, QR codes need the Internet for the operations; however mVisa has introduced customized solution that allows feature phone users to pay by QR code by typing the mVisa ID. This is quite threatening to M-Pesa as it is mostly relied on its customer using feature phones and make payments using SMS.
M-Pesa has quickly responded to the competition and its parent company Safaricom launched Lipa Na M-PESA option by scanning QR codes. The app has over 1.6 million users from both Android and iOS platforms.
Major cities of Africa including Kenya, Nigeria, Tanzania and Ghana are now using QR codes.
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Urbano Cafe is opening a coffee shop in our Two Doors Down space (located, conveniently, two doors down from the original cafe entrance in the same building.) on Tuesday, Dec. 14. The 2DD coffee shop will be open Tuesday-Saturday 7-2:30 p.m., serving coffee and locally made pastries, savory kolaches and quiches, plus grab-and-go salads and sandwiches so guests can pick up both breakfast and lunch.
2DD also offer a couple of “civilized” breakfast options such as the French Breakfast, featuring a traditional bowl of cafe au lait, a baguette and berries.
They’re also bringing back lunches for the first time since the start of the pandemic beginning Thursday, Dec. 16. New lunch hours are 11 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Thursday through Saturday (may be expanded in 2022.) The returning lunch menu features of classic Urbano favorites such as the Parmesan Chicken panini and fresh, house-made Tomato-Basil Soup, plus new items like Pepper Seared Ahi Tuna Salad with roasted beets, spinach and black olive pesto, and Fusilli with Braised Short Ribs. You can view the menu here.


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U.S., Europe boost Molson Coors results
Molson Coors Brewing Co. reported higher fourth-quarter profit Thursday, with the U.S. and Europe helping to make up for frosty Canadian results.
The Denver- and Montreal-based brewer (NYSE: TAP) saw profit in the most recent quarter climb to $131.5 million, or 71 cents a share, from $60 million, or 33 cents a share, in the same quarter a year earlier.
Excluding one-time items, adjusted earnings were 68 cents a share, off the year-ago level of 69 cents.
Analysts on average were expecting adjusted earnings of 73 cents a share, FactSet reported.
Net sales in Q4 came in at $1.028 billion versus $1.03 billion year earlier. Analysts had expected sales of $1.04 billion, FactSet said.
Global beer volume budged up 0.1 percent.
"Regionally, our U.S. business improved results, especially late in the year, [while] Europe performed well in a difficult environment, Canada struggled, and International made significant progress toward its goal of profitability by 2016," CEO Peter Swinburn said.
The company had previously warned of a possible write-down of the Molson brand because of challenges in Canada.
Molson Coors also boosted its quarterly dividend by 16 percent to 37 cents a share, payable March 17.
Separately, Chicago-based MillerCoors LLC -- Molson Coors' joint venture with London-based SABMiller plc that runs the two companies' U.S. business -- posted fourth-quarter profit of $237.1 million, over the year-ago total of $170.4 million.
Adjusted for one-time items, MillerCoors reported $241.9 million in earnings, up from $185.8 million a year earlier.
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BEIJING, April 2, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- JD.com, Inc. (Nasdaq:JD), China's largest online direct sales company, today announced the appointment of former Yahoo! Inc. executive Chen Zhang as Senior Vice President of JD.com. Mr. Zhang, who will head Research & Development for JD Mall, will report to Haoyu Shen, JD Mall's CEO.
At Yahoo, Mr. Zhang established and led the company's Beijing Global Research & Development Center. In this role, he specialized in research related to personalization, advertising, mobile and cloud computing technologies. During his 18 years at Yahoo, he held a number of other senior roles, and led the development of the hugely successful Yahoo Messenger product.
At JD.com, Mr. Zhang will oversee JD Mall's R&D staff, focusing on research that will enhance the company's mobile applications, cloud computing and big data infrastructure. Daxue Li, who heads JD.com's R&D team, will be leaving to pursue personal interests. He will remain in his current role for several months to help facilitate a smooth transition, and then will continue to work with JD.com as an advisor.
"Chen is one of the most experienced executives in his field, not just in China, but globally," said Mr. Shen. "His breadth of experience has relevance right across our business, and we are confident he will have an immediate and lasting impact on our growth."
Mr. Zhang said, "I'm delighted to join JD.com at a very exciting time for the company. I believe JD.com is one of the most innovative companies in the industry, led by a team that truly understands how technology can drive strategic success. I look forward to working with them to develop new opportunities for JD.com to grow and prosper."
Mr. Shen said, "I would also like to thank Daxue Li for his contributions to the company and his role in building JD.com's exceptional R&D capability during the last seven years."
About JD.com, Inc. (Nasdaq:JD)
JD.com, Inc. is the leading online direct sales company in China. The Company strives to offer consumers the best online shopping experience. Through its content-rich and user-friendly website jd.com and mobile applications, JD.com offers a wide selection of authentic products at competitive prices and delivers products in a speedy and reliable manner. The Company believes it has the largest fulfillment infrastructure of any e-commerce company in China. JD.com operated 7 fulfillment centers and a total of 123 warehouses in 40 cities, and in total 3,210 delivery stations and pickup stations in 1,862 counties and districts across China, staffed by its own employees. The Company provided same-day delivery in 134 counties and districts under its 211 program and next-day delivery in another 866 counties and districts across China as of December 31, 2014.


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It’s no secret that we’re big fans of 3D printing here at Hackster—many of the projects we feature just wouldn’t be possible without it. But, while it can be argued that 3D printing is more environmentally-friendly than traditional manufacturing, plastic is still generally used for filament and that in turn generates waste. To address that, a student from the Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands has turned to mussel shells.
Joost Vette, an industrial design student at the school’s Delta Lab, was unhappy with the waste created in manufacturing and 3D printing. So, he set out to find an eco-friendly alternative to the plastic-based filament commonly used in 3D printing. He found that alternative in the form of the vast numbers of mussel shells that are discarded in the Dutch market.
Joost was able to come up with a recipe for turning those shells into usable 3D printer filament. First, the shells are dried in an oven, which burns off the remaining meat and makes the shells brittle. They can then be blended with beet sugar in a household blender to create a viscous paste. The paste is then ready for 3D printing, which Joost demonstrates on an Ultimaker 2 that has been equipped with a syringe-style extruder.
At this stage in Joost’s research, the print quality isn’t perfect. But, the mussel shell paste has a lot of potential. It’s recycled from a waste product, which makes it inexpensive and environmentally-responsible. And, the prints are water-soluble so the paste can be reused, and which also makes it especially useful as a support material for more conventional 3D printing filament.


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Intel Corp. INTC 1.23 % reported an 8.7% rise in its third-quarter earnings, as a lengthy slide in the personal computer market reversed and cloud-computing companies stocked up on servers. The results came in ahead of Wall Street estimates and the increased revenue guidance that Intel issued last month. But the company's estimate for revenue in the current period was slightly lower than analysts projected. Its shares slid 4.8% to 35.95 in after-hours trading. Intel executives stressed the positive, noting the company set sales records in its data center, Internet of Things, and for total revenue.
Nvidia posted strong second quarter financial results on Wednesday, thanks to record-setting data center revenue and a solid contribution from Mellanox. Second quarter non-GAAP earnings per share came to $2.18 on revenue of $3.87 billion, up 50 percent from a year earlier. Analysts were expecting earnings of $1.97 per share on revenue of $3.65 billion. Nvidia's data center revenue came to $1.75 billion, up 167 percent from a year earlier. Data center revenue includes sales from Mellanox, which contributed.
IBM delivered second quarter revenue growth of 4 percent from a year ago in a sign that the company may be turning the corner. Big Blue reported non-GAAP second quarter earnings of $3.08 a share on revenue of $20 billion. Wall Street was expecting IBM to deliver non-GAAP second quarter earnings of $3.04 a share on revenue of $19.85 billion. IBM delivered its second consecutive quarter of revenue growth following a solid first quarter. The company said its cloud as-a-service revenue was at an annual run rate of $11.1 billion.
In prepared remarks, Suzanne Nora Johnson, lead independent director for Intuit, credited Mr. Smith with transforming the company from a North America desktop-software company to a "global cloud-driven product and platform company." During his 11-year tenure at the helm, Intuit doubled its customer base to 50 million customers, doubled its revenue and tripled its earnings per share. On Thursday, the company also reported revenue grew 17% in its most recent quarter to $988 million, helped by a 20% rise in the small-business division's revenue. During the year ended July 31, QuickBooks Online's subscriber base grew 38% to 2.6 million, while non-U.S. Intuit roughly doubled its fiscal fourth-quarter profit to $49 million, or 18 cents a share.
Lenovo Group has announced it has posted positive financial results for the first quarter of 2021 despite challenging times due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On Thursday, the Chinese electronic vendor said it delivered group revenue of just over $13 billion, up by almost 7% year on year, while net income increased by 31% to $213 million. "Our outstanding performance last quarter proves that Lenovo has quickly regained momentum from the impact of the pandemic and is capturing the new opportunities emerging from remote working, education, and accelerated digitalisation," Lenovo chairman and CEO Yang Yuanqing said. "While the world continues to face challenges, Lenovo is focused on delivering sustainable growth through our core businesses as well as the new services and solutions opportunities presented by our service-led intelligent transformation." The company attributed the uplift to its PC and smart devices group (PCSD), which sits within Lenovo's intelligent devices group, alongside the mobile business group (MBG).


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