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If Magna International is successful in its pursuit of the Chrysler Group, the opinions of founder Frank Stronach will have great bearing on the company’s employees. After all, this is a guy who is used to having his musings become the law in his world-wide empire.
A number of the things Stronach said during the company’s annual meeting on Thursday could be harbingers of what he intends to do with Chrysler if his company ends up running the company — as seems increasingly likely.
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For one thing, Stronach suggested that the CAW “needs to change” if the union ends up in partnership with the company as the new owners of the Chrysler Group.
There’s a story on t he stock page of today’s Star quoting Stronach on that subject.
What Stronach went on to say indicates Chrysler workers could be in for some — ahem — interesting times under a Magna ownership.
“The primary reason people get up in the morning is because they want to make a better life for themselves and their families,” Stronach said in a somewhat rambling speech that was aimed at nobody in particular — except Chrysler employees. His own employeesd already know his mind on this subject, and many more.


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Given the many ways technology has influenced our consciousness, we tend to have shorter attention spans and higher expectations of entertainment. Tech normally keeps up pretty well, but the change has affected how effective advertiser’s campaigns are. In short, brands have to do more to keep us happy.
The press has learned to adapt. In May 2014, Brian Carovillano of the Associated Press told its reporters to make their stories “more comprehensive” and “tightly written.” This explains why most of their blog posts are now only about 300 to 500 words.
Anyone looking to capture an audience knows about this trend, especially advertisers and marketers. Yet, knowing how to navigate consumer’s ever-evolving demand for highly interactive content can be tricky.
Hence, the creation of local Dallas startup, ViXR.
ViXR is a mobile app that transcends the limitations of print and digital by fusing the two through innovative responsiveness. Brands now have a way to increase engagement and interaction with their consumer base without forgoing print or digital. To ensure the ideal level of engagement, ViXR also offers brands access to back-end analytics to “truly understand their audience.”
The fledgling startup’s mantra is pretty straightforward: “To connect consumers to brands like never before, using visually interactive technologies to deliver immersive experiences.”
As a user, you simply take a picture of a product’s logo and ViXR unlocks a mini-world of relevant and entertaining plug-ins. These include hidden features such as exclusive previews, special deals and social sharing.
Changing the way technology influences advertising and marketing is no small task. However, the team has made some incredible headway with developing their client base, which include heavy hitters such as Infiniti and Pizza Hut.
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Mobile devices and applications are streaming into enterprises, changing the way IT departments buy technology and relate to other employees, three vendor executives said this week at the MobileBeat conference in San Francisco.
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McDonald’s, which is counting on a new delivery service to fuel growth, thinks it’s solved the industry’s dreaded french-fry problem.
Fries are notorious for not traveling well — often arriving at the other end in a mushy, cold and unappetizing state. But the food has become McDonald’s No. 1 delivery item since the company began offering the service through Uber Technologies’s UberEats.
And satisfaction rates are high, said Lucy Brady, the chain’s senior vice president and global chief strategy officer.
To ensure that fries can weather the journey, employees take pains to make certain they’re as hot and fresh as possible before being added to bags, she said. And they’re typically delivered within 30 minutes, helping prevent them from wilting en route, Brady said.
“The first thing everyone was concerned about is, will the fries be hot and fresh?” she said.
The stakes are high for McDonald’s to get it right. The company sees restaurant delivery as a $100 billion market that could help maintain growth in the United States.
McDonald’s has expanded its delivery service to more than 5,000 U.S. locations after a small test in Florida last year. Chief Executive Officer Steve Easterbrook, who took the helm in 2015, also is looking to a new mobile app to help keep customers loyal.
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The company said delivery customers are more likely to order McDonald’s for dinner. About 60 percent of delivery is 4 p.m. or later — higher than in its restaurants.


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If any company is going to hold patents which cover fundamental aspects of online business, it’s likely to be IBM. Today, the Armonk, New York-based technology giant filed two patent infringement lawsuits against online retailer Amazon.com alleging the company is willfully infringing on a series of IBM patents covering key aspects of Amazon.com’s business model, including displaying advertisements, customizing links based on user actions, and ordering items using an electronic catalog. IBM is seeking unspecified damages.
“We filed this case for a very simple reason. IBM’s property is being knowingly and unfairly exploited,” said Dr. John E. Kelly III, IBM’s senior VP Technology and Intellectual Property, in a release. “Everything we do is premised on the fundamental principle that IBM’s intellectual property is one of our core assets, and represents the work product of tens of thousands of scientists and engineers and billions of dollars of investment.”
The suits were filed in two eastern Texas district courts—venues chosen no doubt for their tendency to uphold the claims of patent holders. According to IBM, it has notified Amazon.com of the alleged infringement on numerous occasions dating back to September 2002, but Amazon.com has “shown no willingness to have meaningful discussions.” IBM alleges Amazon.com is infringing on the following U.S. patents:
- 5,796,967 – Presenting Applications in an Interactive Service
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- 7,072,849 – Presenting Advertising in an Interactive Service.
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- 5,319,542 – Ordering Items Using an Electronic Catalog.
IBM has been keen on patents for decades, and holds more than 40,000 patents worldwide. According to the company, it has been awarded more U.S. patents than any other party for 13 consecutive years.
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The Hummer H2 might be an obvious target for environmentalists, but unless it’s caked in mud, the hulking sport utility vehicle isn’t the filthiest ride on the road. That distinction goes to another SUV: the Volkswagen Touareg V10 TDI.
The Hummer H2 does make the fifth spot on our list of top 10 worst polluters, thanks to its overall heft and gas-guzzling V8 engine, but what pushes Volkswagen’s Touareg V10 TDI to the very top of the ranking is its large turbo-diesel engine. It dumps so much exhaust into the atmosphere that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency gives this midsize SUV its lowest air pollution score of 1.
The EPA ranks vehicles on an air pollution scale of 1 to 10, giving a 1 to those that pollute the most and a 10 to those that pollute the least. Most vehicles get an air pollution score of 6. Highly efficient models like the Ford Escape Hybrid, Honda Civic Hybrid and Toyota Prius earn a 9.5, which is currently the highest rating any vehicle gets.
The EPA’s air pollution score is the main criterion for our ranking. It represents the amount of health-damaging, smog-forming airborne pollutants a vehicle emits. These primarily include nitrogen oxide, which combines with hydrocarbons to create smog; carbon monoxide, a colorless, odorless, poisonous gas; particulate matter that creates the black soot that lodges in lungs and deposits on buildings; and formaldehyde, a lung irritant and carcinogen.
Some heavy-duty pickup trucks and vans pollute more than the Touareg TDI, but they’re intended primarily for commercial use and weren’t included in our consumer-focused list. We also excluded exotic Bentleys, Ferraris and Lamborghinis because they're produced in such limited quantities and so few consumers would consider buying one.
Five other diesel-powered SUVs are right behind the Touareg TDI in our ranking of worst polluters. These include the Jeep Grand Cherokee CRD, the second worst polluter; the Mercedes-Benz GL320 CDI, which is third; and the Mercedes ML320 CDI and R320 CDI, tied for fourth. All of them get an air pollution score of 1.
Not all of the ties on our list were avoidable, but to help break some of them we looked at each vehicle’s carbon footprint, which is the EPA’s way of quantifying other automotive emissions called greenhouse gases. These include carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide and methane. Scientists believe greenhouse gases contribute to global warming.
The primary greenhouse gas is carbon dioxide, but nitrous oxide and methane are also part of the mix.
The Volkswagen Touareg V10 TDI has a carbon footprint of 12.4, which means it emits 12.4 tons of greenhouse gases annually, according to the EPA’s standard calculations based on 15,000 miles of driving per year. Burning one gallon of gasoline emits 20 pounds of carbon dioxide, the EPA says.
The second-place Jeep Grand Cherokee CRD has a carbon footprint of 11.1 annual tons of greenhouse gases and the third-ranked Mercedes GL320 CDI puts out 10.6 tons annually.
Auto emissions are 75 percent to 90 percent cleaner than they were before more stringent federal emissions standards were enacted in 1970, says EPA spokesperson Catherine Milbourn. “Even the worst polluters on the road today are far cleaner than most vehicles were a few decades ago,” she says.
The worst polluter on our list, the Volkswagen Touareg V10 TDI, emits 83 percent less nitrogen oxide and 89 percent less carbon monoxide than the average vehicle built in 1970, according to EPA historical data.
Widespread use of catalytic converters, exhaust gas recirculation, particulate filters and reformulated fuel are the main reasons today’s vehicles pollute far less than their predecessors.
And things will only get better: Some of the biggest polluters on our top 10 list will be cleaning up their acts for the 2009 model year, thanks to the advent of new diesel engine technology.
A new version of Volkswagen's Touareg is among a group of next-generation diesel vehicles from Audi (owned by Volkswagen), BMW, Mercedes-Benz and others. These new and improved diesels will include special catalytic converters and a system that injects urea into the exhaust stream to neutralize pollutants and drastically reduce emissions.
They will start hitting the market late this year and are expected to receive an EPA air pollution score of 6. That’s enough to pass California’s stricter emissions standards, which so far have kept diesel vehicles from being sold there and in other so-called “green" states that have adopted California’s emissions laws: Connecticut, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont and Washington.
The easiest way to minimize your carbon footprint with your next car purchase is to choose a model with the best fuel economy possible. But you don’t necessarily have to choose the most frugal car on the lot to do your part for the environment.
Experts say that realizing even minor improvements in fuel economy among the worst polluters on the road is the most efficient way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions overall. For example, choosing a base GMC Yukon with a 5.3-liter V8, which gets 16 mpg overall, instead of the high-end Denali version and its 14-mpg 6.2-liter V8 would save more than 130 gallons of gasoline per year for the typical driver, and eliminate 1.7 tons of carbon dioxide emissions, says Therese Langer, transportation program director for the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy.
“By comparison, achieving the same savings through improvements to a 42-mpg Honda Civic Hybrid would require a 25-mpg boost, to 67 mpg,” Langer says.
The EPA currently provides consumers with air pollution scores, fuel-economy estimates and greenhouse-gas-emission ratings for all passenger cars and light-duty trucks at www.fueleconomy.gov and www.epa.gov/greenvehicles.
A few states have enacted regulations that will require automakers to post labels on vehicles detailing the amount of greenhouse gases each one emits, along with how that model compares to the average of all cars and trucks from its model year. California and Connecticut will begin requiring such labels beginning with 2009 models, and New York will follow suit for 2010 vehicles.
Europe is ahead of the U.S. in requiring that such information be readily accessible to consumers. “In Europe, vehicle specifications now regularly list a model’s CO2 emissions,” says Francois Gravigny, an advisor for market research firm R.L. Polk and Company in Southfield, Mich. “Everybody in Europe knows what their vehicles’ CO2 emissions are.”
Although American consumers are becoming more aware of environmental issues, they’re a long way from choosing vehicles for purely altruistic ecological reasons. “By and large most people believe that they have a right, a God-given American right, to drive whatever car they want and can afford,” says Dr. Charles Kenny, a psychologist and president of The Right Brain People, a psychology research firm based in Cordova, Tenn. “Americans still have a love affair with their vehicles, which are associated in their minds with freedom and independence.


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In the recent study conducted by social media agency, We Are Social, 670,000 tweets were analysed to find out what the public’s feelings were about aertising. Through the research findings, they highlighted what they have called ‘the seven deadly sins of aertising’.
These include that ads are often seen as an interruption, instead of something that adds value to the content viewers are already watching. Deception and exaggerated claims was another culprit – people want honesty and being spoken to like a real, thinking, breathing, connected to the real world beings.
Therefore, as consumers are becoming increasingly ad-avert and brands are looking at new ways to build a meaningful connection with their market, more and more ad agencies and production companies are offering services to make brand films, music videos and even short documentaries.
In line with this shift, copywriter turned filmmaker, Yolande Botha, recently launched The Brave Cartel. She collaborates with different creatives, filmmakers, production companies and corporate story developers to conceptualise, write, direct and produce, as she calls it “pass-on worthy” content.
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Botha was part of the Writers’ Guild of South Africa contingency, who were sponsored by the dti, to attend the recent NATPE international content market in Miami. Primarily an event where makers of films and TV series go to sell their finished products and distributors go to buy, branded content was on the agenda of several talks.
“The new possibilities of the digital landscape were obviously a huge topic and brands and film makers alike are finding innovative ways to connect with their market, monetise their content and give people more of what they actually want,” remarks Botha.
Besides the presence of big names such as Lionsgate, Universal, Netflix and the creators of Breaking Bad, companies present included Liquid Thread that won a Silver Cannes Lion for its groundbreaking campaign, ‘From Shelter to Stage’, for Pedigree.
“The quality of the idea is what matters most. If I learned anything in my 13 years of aertising, it is that concept is king. Therefore, when it comes to branded content, it really is no different. Often it is the simplest ideas that can be the most provocative. As long as it is something an audience has not seen before or it is illuminating something in life you have never noticed before or shown in a way that you think, ‘Wow, that’s cool’. Look at the hugely successful Always film ‘Like a Girl’ and Wren’s ‘Twenty Strangers Kissing’. Of course, all content needs to be supported with digital media spend to get it out there. You can’t just post it on YouTube and hold thumbs,” concludes Botha.
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Nokia Lumia 930 is now available in the UK from carriers and select online retailers alike
More than a week ago, we told you that the Nokia Lumia 930 was being prepped to launch in the Albion. Well, the time has come, as the Windows Phone 8.1-powered flagship is now available from select carriers, as well as from various online retailers. All devices come with DC-50 wireless chargers for free, which are worth well over £150 ($254). The available color options are black, orange, green, and white. The latter, however, is exclusive to Phones4U at the moment, where the phone retails at £439.50 without a contract. You can also snatch a green, black, or an orange Nokia Lumia 930 from other online retailers, such as Clove (£362.50), Unlocked Mobiles (£449.98), and Carphone Warehouse (£30.50 a month).
O2, one of the biggest UK carriers, has put a £479.99 ($820) off-contract price tag on the handset, while EE will also sell you the device without a contract for £349.99 ($597.37), but you'll have to hand in £10 upfront Pay-As-You-Go tax. The latter will also endow your Lumia 930 with a free portable wireless charger, a wireless speaker, and a £20 ($34.23) voucher for Windows Phone apps (provided that you order it prior to the end of July, that is). Meanwhile, Vodafone offers the Lumia 930 along with a 2-year contract, which requires users to hand in £43.50 each and every month. The carrier is also giving away said wireless charging plate and a MD-12 wireless speaker along with the device.


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You may have read the Google TV news, where you can watch the internet TV via the new CE4100 powered HDTV or Google TV apps installed / onboard. It sounds like a great technology, but it will need you to buy a completely new HDTV from Sony that has come with all the required apps and hardware. In case you want to go Google TV with your existing HDTV, Logitech has come to the rescue by offering a Google TV Set-Top Box where it will allow you to hook up your HDTV and internet and go wild with the new Google TV technology.
Google TV is magnificent for TV maniac, where they can set everything to their favorite and delete everything that user’s dislike. Through the help of Logitech First Google TV Set-Top box, you don’t have to buy the entire new system to enjoy the service.
Here is the Set-top box from Logietech, it looks quite sleek and and properly shelled with glossy plastic.
There is no full details yet as the product will be launched at the next 3-4 months. So, we have no pricing details yet. HotHardware said the Logitech Google TV set-top box will be compatible with existing Logitech Harmony remotes and other logitech accessories. Logitech might also want to reveal a HDTV camera for direct video conferencing with the help of the Set-top box, and probably Logitech will also crank out a special apps to turn smartphone into Google TV controller.


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WRENCHTM has concluded the trial run of its first cloud-enabled version on the Microsoft Azure cloud platform. "In the past customers preferred to deploy WRENCHTM onsite because they needed quick responses/access of large size drawings and documents, and security was a bit of a concern. But today customer requirements and comfort levels with cloud technology are changing, and there is no longer a need to own the hardware or have manpower physically onsite." said Aju Peter, Director, R&D. Now that WRENCHTM is cloud-enabled, it can be configured, activated, and ready-to-go in couple of days. Another advantage is that the cloud-version allows for a subscription model, which greatly helps to ease customer’s cash flow.


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BlackBerry today announced it will begin offering BBM Money, its secure mobile payments platform, to Android and iOS users in Indonesia.
The expansion comes after the service was initially launched in early 2013 for BlackBerry users. BBM Money allows users to make secure payments at participating retailers and online.
With a new partnership with TransferTo in place, BBM Money will also now allow users to send prepaid mobile credits to their overseas contacts. TransferTo works with more than 350 operators in more than 100 countries with an estimated reach of 3.6 billion prepaid users.
BlackBerry sees Indonesia as an important market for mobile payments. Indonesia only has 11 percent debit card penetration and the second highest rate of e-commerce growth, the company said in a statement.
Earlier this year BlackBerry announced BBM Channels in order to allow brands and businesses to have a presence on BBM.
TransferTo integration will come to BBM Money later this year and Android and iOS users can expect to access BBM Money by 2015.


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When Nintendo released Super Metroid for the Super Nintendo back in 1994, the game was hailed as a breath of fresh air from the Japanese gaming powerhouse. Super Metroid built on the gameplay of the NES classic Metroid, but offered unparalleled depth and exploration. Commonly considered one of the greatest games of all time, fans assumed Nintendo would follow Samus’s SNES adventure with a sequel to quickly capitalize on the game’s success.
Then came an 8-year hiatus for the franchise. Samus and Ridley were nowhere to be seen, and fans began to lose hope of ever seeing the Metroid series again. But Nintendo finally broke the silence and announced that a new Metroid game was set to be released for the GameCube in 2002. Entitled Metroid Prime, the series would go on to bring back the exploration and discovery the series was known for, but this time around the game would be a first-person shooter.
Outrage was quick and heavy, with many fans deriding the Big N for taking the beloved franchise in such a direction. But developer Retro Studios was a big fan of the series, and promised upset fans that Metroid Prime would have more in common with Super Metroid then Medal of Honor. As it turns out, Retro Studios were such big fans of Super Metroid that they even tried to slip the entirety of the SNES classic into Metroid Prime.
A user going by the name Mama Robotnik has posted a detailed thread on the popular video game forum NeoGAF showing that Retro Studios had Super Metroid up and running in the Beta version of Metroid Prime. According to the source, Retro Studios utilized a third-party emulator to run the game within Metroid Prime, which lead to Nintendo requesting the SNES platformer be scrubbed from the game due to the company not owning the emulator that was utilized.
While such a rumor had made the rounds for years, the tipster was able to back up his claim with an image found in the portfolio of former Retro Studios developer Danny Richardson. The image showed a menu from Metroid Prime that reads “Download- Super Metroid.”
Many were quick to argue that the menu could have been a simple mock-up, but Unseen64 – a website dedicated to archiving information concerning canceled and unreleased games – was able to confirm with an ex-Retro Studios developer that Super Metroid was in Metroid Prime at one point.
Despite lacking Super Metroid, Metroid Prime managed to be a fantastic game that satisfied even it’s most vocal of detractors. While the Metroid franchise has once again gone quiet after the critically derided Metroid: Other M, fans still have the Metroid Prime trilogy, which only just recently arrived on Wii U’s eShop, to enjoy until Nintendo releases another Metroid game.


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The mysterious buyer of Beeple’s ‘Everyday: The First 5000 Days’ has been revealed to be an entrepreneur and angel investor, Vignesh Sundaresan.
No Regrets For Spending $69 Million On NFTs
In his first television interview on CNBC SquawkBox, Sundaresan, who goes by the pseudonym MetaKovan said that he was ready to make a much larger bid for digital art, given that it will be pivotal in the subsequent growth of the non-fungible token (NFT) space.
According to the coder, he has no second thoughts about paying so much for what many say is easily accessible on the internet. To him, NFTs presented a pathway through which digital artists and art collectors could trade art easily and efficiently.
Sundaresan also noted that the $69 million NFT was a significant piece of art history. It may take some time for people to recognize what potential there is in the NFT artwork, but he considers it a privilege to bring the art into global focus.
Beeple, whose real name is Mike Winklemann, has become somewhat of a pop culture digital artist since the explosion of tokenized digital arts. His Crossroads digital depiction of past US president Donald Trump was reportedly resold for $6.6 million. He has gone on to sell his NFTs at outrageous sums, and he says this has been a blessing following the pandemic drying up revenue sources.
But Beeple is not the only one making something out of a growing fantasy. NFT has changed so many sectors like real estate (Decentraland), quotes, video highlights, collectibles, and a whole business line is quickly emerging.
The NBA partnered with Dapper Labs’ Top Shot in 2019 to move into the NFT space. The partnership has been hugely successful as the NBA Top Shot sells video highlights of NBA players. A LeBron James slamdunk video highlight went for $200,000. So far, the NBA Top Shot is thriving, making as much as $500 million in NFT sales.
NFTs And Crypto Here To Stay
Sundaresan said he started in the crypto industry with no money. To invest in this burgeoning industry, he worked for cryptocurrency companies and invested in fast-growth companies focusing on digital assets in 2013.
Although he declined to state how much he owns in crypto, Sundaresan said he has holdings in Bitcoin, Ethereum, Polkadot, and Flow. He also noted that NFTs and crypto’s all-encompassing feature would see it override any ban by regulators.
“If regulators were tighter in previous years, that would have stifled innovation. I think we’re at a point where they see the positive impacts of crypto around the world,” he said.
This is following growing concerns in India that the government is set to outlaw private crypto ownership. The Asian nation has been a checkered history with crypto going as far back as the 2018 blanket ban overturned in 2020. Now, the government is revisiting, and it seems everything will go according to plan.
The government has repeatedly pointed to all the disadvantages surrounding crypto, saying its continued use could harm the global economy.


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Lee names Betty Madden as vice president, global head of design
Lee, the Greensboro, North Carolina-based denim brand, has announced the direction of Betty Madden as vice president, global head of design.
The appointment was effective as of December of 2018, a representative for the brand confirmed to FashionNetwork.com.
Prior to joining Lee, Madden founded and served as the creative director of New Arc City, a creative agency.
According to her LinkedIn profile, Madden has experience creating, reimagining and building brands, working in both luxury and mainstream apparel design across women’s, men’s, kid's, sport, footwear, accessories, intimates and beauty.
Previously, Madden has held design and creative direction positions with Victoria’s Secret, Old Navy, Nike, Aerie and Abercrombie and Fitch.
Lee operates as a subsidiary of Kontoor Brands Inc., the sister company of VF Corporation that acts as the parent company to Wrangler, Lee and Rock & Republic, as well as the VF Outlet business.
VF Corporation first announced the planned separation of its denim business into an independent, publicly traded company in August of 2018, releasing a strategy update in April of 2019.
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Bikes stolen from post-secondary campuses becoming a common occurrence
Bike thieves are in the rise on post-secondary campuses, but Fanshawe's special constables have a strong message to help students protect their bikes.
There have been a chain of bike thefts going on around Fanshawe College, Western University and other campuses, and it is causing alarm.
Fanshawe is just one campus being targeted by criminals looking to steal bikes.
“The bikes were stolen from the bike racks. There are numerous bike racks around the college; there is D south, there’s the Security and Control Center right by the Wellness Center, one on Technology Drive between buildings B and C, and there is Apprentice Drive as well. Any bike rack open to the public are where the bikes were stolen from,” Fanshawe Special Const. Jeff Cook of Campus Security Services explained in a phone interview.
He went on to explain further, saying “We didn’t have any thefts from the secured storage facility bike cage. The bike cage is open to all of our students as well.”
The most common way the bikes were stolen was by having the chains cut off the bikes with a tool, such as side-cutters, tin snips, or bolt-cutters. Cook shared his insight as to how the bike thieves are able to unsecure the bikes.
“The chains [on the bikes] were cut 99.9 per cent of the time its an easy cut; the bike lock isn’t a very high quality one, it would be one just from the dollar store, or one that’s 20 dollars or less, that’s basically just a small wire cable, and basically no thicker than a quarter of an inch to three eights of an inch, and can be cut with a pair of tin snips or side-cutters you can get at the dollar store for a dollar fifty. It’s not an elaborate scheme, its pretty quick and easy,” Cook said.
Jordan Costa, a previous student at Carleton University, has experienced first hand the negative effects that bike thefts can have on a student’s life. While attending Carleton University in Ottawa, he had his bike stolen from the campus.
“[My bike] was stolen around the end of September 2016. I bought the bike in the summer, just months before hand, so I think I had it for about four months. I spent quite a bit on it, it was a nice mountain bike, and it was about 600 dollars plus tax. It wasn’t a cheap-o super cycle or something,” he said.
Costa went on to explain further. “It was great- I used it for the summer, got back and fourth to work no problem. I was going to Carleton University at the time, it was my final year; I pulled up, locked it where all the other bikes were locked up, I used a big lock, you know, I didn’t just leave it there. I went to my three hour lecture, came back, it was the middle of the day, between [2 p.m. and 5 p.m.]. It was gone, It was locked up and everything,” Costa said.
“I did the whole spiel where you look around the school, you’re trying to find out if you’re crazy, you’re trying to find out if you parked your bike somewhere else and you think you’re crazy, but no, that wasn’t the case,” Costa said.
The way Costa’s bike was stolen from the Carleton University campus is consistent with the way the bikes were stolen on Fanshawe College and Western University’s campuses.
“Someone took a pair of bolt cutters and sliced [the lock] right off,” Costa said. “It’s terrible too when you’re a student, because you pay tonnes of money for your books, tonnes of money for rent, tonnes of money on tuition, you scrounge up enough savings to buy yourself a piece of transportation, and someone spends four minutes of their day to take it away from you.”
Costa submitted a police report for his stolen bike, however, the investigation only lasted two weeks before police called it off, and Jordan was forced to purchase a new expensive bicycle. The campus security and police officers had warned him that bike thefts are a common occurrence.
Campuses are a goldmine for thieves who intend to steal bikes because of the high concentration of students who use bikes as their main modes of transportation. As well, the thieves are able to speculate that the bike owner will be away from their bike for a sufficient amount of time, considering that the student is most likely in classes or lectures. Campuses are also a good bet for criminals looking to find a bike with a low quality lock.
Cook shared some excellent advice for students who wish to avoid becoming a victim of on-campus bike thefts.
“For a prevention tip, I would recommend to buy a higher quality lock. A lot of the locks that are about $50 and above come with a registration card, so you can register it online with the serial number, make, model, how much you paid for it, and they’ll come with an insurance rider. When I bought my bike, my lock came with a $100 insurance policy, as long as I bought the lock and registered it.”
Cook had some final words to share with students.
“Know how to secure [your bike], buy a good quality lock, take some photographs of it and the serial number, the make, the model, just for future reference. Park it in a high traffic area, secure it well, and that’s it,” Cook concluded.
Stay vigilant students, your mode of transportation may be at risk.


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Amazon may have accidentally stolen Tim Cook's thunder on Apple's new iPhone 7, according to tech website Gizmodo.
Apple CEO Tim Cook said that the new model is the "best iPhone we've ever created."
Which tech stocks should investors be exploring beyond Apple? Paul Meeks, tech investor, and Denny Fish, Janus Global Tech Fund portfolio manager, discuss.
Markets are steady as she goes with strength in two key sectors.
New data from eVestment show that big institutional traders sold Apple's stock more than any other in the second quarter.
CNBC's Kayla Tausche reports the latest on Apple's product event including Amazon releasing a landing page for iPhone 7 accessories about an hour early.
Amazon has launched its restaurant food delivery service for Prime customers in London, its first market outside of the U.S.
JPMorgan presents its favorite internet stock ideas for the rest of the year.
Jim Cramer advised investors how to prepare for the worst ahead of the next rate hike.
Jim Cramer prepares investors for the impending gloom of a rate hike and slowing economy.
The "Fast Money" traders give you 6 ways to play the FANG stocks.
Amazon hit an all-time high on Tuesday, but can the online retailer continue its surge?
Rich Ross, Evercore ISI, and Eddy Elfenbein, Crossing Wall Street, discuss Amazon stock hitting an all-time high, with Brian Sullivan.
Due to client inquiries, Suntrust's Robert Peck put together a list of potential Twitter acquirers.
The release is a part of Box's strategy of becoming the go-to service people use to collaborate and get work done in the cloud.
Some of the names on the move ahead of the open.
The U.K. cannot "cherry pick" the parts of the single market it wants to keep when it quits the European Union, Valdis Dombrovskis told CNBC.
Chef Kristina Addington, of "Cutthroat Kitchen" fame, plus Kate Brown and Paige Wolf dish out the best ways to eat clean without cleaning out your wallet.
CNBC Pro highlights the top-performing stocks this week and analyzes whether the good times will continue.
After recently implementing fees to sell certain brands, Amazon clarified the rules by saying the charges only apply to new merchants.


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Sprint Nextel and wireless broadband provider Clearwire are reportedly back in talks about combining their efforts for a national WiMAX network. According to reports, the two are discussing a joint deal that they hope will attract funding from other WiMAX backers such as Intel. According to a report in The Wall Street Journal, the two also have approached Google and electronics store Best Buy about financing.
Sprint, which has started rolling out a WiMAX network in parts of the country, has said that it hopes to reach 100 million consumers by the end of this year. Analysts have speculated that the struggling carrier will not have the funds to actually build out the network on deadline.
Last year, Sprint and Clearwire announced a WiMAX partnership, but talks fell apart as Sprint ousted then-president Gary Forsee and continued to lose wireless subscribers.
Reports now speculate that Sprint is looking to spin-off its WiMAX unit and to merge the unit with Clearwire.


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baselworld: a watch fair first, and last
First, because there is no Swatch Group brand registration for the first time in memory;
The company\'s chief executive, Nick hayek, announced on last July that he would invest in other activities and reportedly spend $50 million to showcase the group\'s 18 brands in Basel.
Loopholes left by companies such as Harry Winston, Omega and Longines have not been filled: The Swatch Group\'s footprint has been redistributed as a news center. (
This year, about 500 brands registered for the show, the third of the total number of shows attended about five years ago. )
This is the last parade in Baselworld.
In 2020, it plans to follow salon international senior Horlogerie, better known as S. I. H.
H, in Geneva, across 10-
Day of April and 5.
Despite the decline of exhibitors
Many big companies still rely on Baselworld.
Here are some of the clocks they will be showing, as well as some of the clocks that brands looking to make progress on their own this spring.
While most of Baselworld\'s speeches are certainly about absenteeism, the organizers of the show will stick to another fact
Brand name remains the same
At least now. Rolex remains (
Although the new version was not mentioned before the exhibition)
While Patek Philippe, Chanel, and leading Mo Petit LVMH Louis Vuitton Hennessy, Lee and Zenith also seem to be being implemented.
Patek Philippe REF.
The Ref for Patek Philippe is 5172G $73,712. 5170 hand-
The wound time meter, which debuted in 2010, has become a favorite for collectors, but now it\'s on track to be replaced by this evolution.
New references in design.
Assuming more retro, 5172G is a retrospective step
Looks more beautiful than its predecessor.
Pay attention to the retro timing pusher, syringe pointer, three-
The ear of decorative art and-
What you see in the third dimension
Sapphire crystal \"box\" glass is a visually vintage old plexiglass crystal that has recently been adopted by many watch brands.
In fact, this latest product from Patek is very popular
Trend: fast tap with gasoline blue dial and strap
Theme development in watch design.
The new model is also a little more practical --
From the 5170 change, the hands and numbers are now coated with lume. Inside its 41-
The MM platinum case is Patek\'s acclaimed hand-
This is a movement that has been used for 10 years.
Zenith defy el primero 21 carbon $17, on the anniversary of the important tabulation of the year, half
The century of the Zenith\'s El Primero movement deserves special attention.
36,000 vibration frequencyper-
The hourly watch is made of Rolex, TAG Heuer and Dior-
But it is a masterpiece of strength and a jewel in its crown.
Most of the noise around the 50 th anniversary was in January, but the celebration will also be echoed in Baselworld.
One of the highlights will be this carbon.
Shell version of Defy, 1970 s-
What Zenith calls inspired design is the epitome of what its marketing calls a \"new design\"
Futuristic architectural design concept.
\"The movement that drives this model is the latest El Primero 21 caliber, which actually beats at a higher vibration speed of 360,000 --per-
Hours or 50Hz so that it can be measured mechanically to the nearest time
Hundred seconds is also the most accurate timing caliber produced in the World Series.
Chanel J12 $5,700 while Chanel mourns the death of its longtime creative director, Karl Lagerfeld, the company put its other former star\'s invention in the spotlight this year in Basel.
Designed by Jacques helrey, the double-sex homonym J12 worked in Chanel for more than 40 years before his death in 2007. His sailing-inspired, all-black (and later all-white), all-
Chanel ceramic watch now 32-year-
The old watchmaker on the map.
This year, with the help of Chanel studio manager Arnaud Chastaingt on the rudder handle, the rudder handle has been updated.
According to the company\'s own admission, the redesign is far from wholesale --
It is not easy to find the difference even if checked carefully.
Improvements include thinner bezel and Crown as well as redesigned numbers and indexes. More visibly (
If only from the opposite side)
Arguably more important, this is the first Chanel watch to be powered by an automatic movement created by Kenissi;
In January, the company acquired a stake in the new sports manufacturer.
The timer certification and 70-hour power reserve are the headlines, however, otherwise, the J12 is still the J12.
Bulgarian snake-Bulgari serduduttori rose gold and diamond $27
The inspired Serpenti pattern appears in jewelry and handbags, but as a watch, it is most vividly presented in life: this version with a wrap around bracelet, from the swollen snake head to the balanced tail gradually becoming thinner, it is one of the most easily recognizable forms in the design of a female watch.
This year, Bulgari released the so-called serseduttori of the third generation serdu watch.
It is characterized by a drop
Head housing design extracted from 2010 serttubogas, but 18-
Karat rose gold bracelet is a new addition to the series.
Visually, the repetitive patterns created by its hexagonal links are clearly inspired by the snakeskin scales, and on the wrist, these links become smooth, and people imagine, very wear-resistant.
All new watches feature quartz movement.
There are 33 of this.
Mm rose gold case decorated in 38 bright colors-
Cut the diamond and as the finishing touches, Roman Cabo-
Set the pink rubellite on the crown.
Tapestry, the rich brand of Baselworld, continues to attract it.
With millions-dollar one-
Outside the watch that pops up from time to time, only a few hundred will have a gem.
Retro design continues to dominate in all areas, as is the focus on material and mechanical improvements.
On-site industry politics, consumers are still spoiled choices.
TAG heeuer AUTAVIA $3, the second revival of 600The Autavia includes a complete collection in as many years as possible, not one piece, as in 2017.
With a brand new look and TAG Heuer\'s Isograph carbon-
Composite hair, first appeared in the experimental nano-map launched in January.
The company said the performance was improved as the material had a magnetic resistance and was \"almost unaffected by gravity and impact.
\"Breitling premier B01 chronograph 42 Norton edition $8,300 breitling\'s evolution under new ownership (
CVC Capital partner, European private equity firm)
New management (
Chief executive George Keane)
Continue to position the brand as more \"urban fashion\" than \"professional tool watches \".
\"Last spring announced a partnership with the historic British motorcycle company Norton, and this year there is a watch that can be used with the partnership.
With Breitling\'s brand new and accessible design, it has a cafe racer look and its own B01 timing caliber. CHOPARD L. U.
$118, the latest high of 500 chopards-
End watch is its first flying tourbillon (
Invisible anchored Tourbillon that seems to float).
It\'s automatic, there\'s a stop
Second function, a device that stops the watch running for precise time setting-
It is still rare in Tourbillon.
The \"twin\" in the name refers to two barrels, which together can provide 65-
Electricity reserves per hour.
The watch has a 40-
A millimeter case made of fair-mined gold and giloche dial.
Only 50 will be done. CARL F.
$11,000 a year Carl F.
Bucherer is the latest Swiss watch company to switch to the middle end
Inspiration Source 1950 s file.
In this new model, traditional clues such as \"bicompax\" or twins
Counter dials, vintage numbers and syringe pointers are placed side by side with a more modern two-color case and an automatic timing movement with an annual calendar.
Dates need only be corrected once a year (
At the end of February).
There are two versions, each limited to 888 pieces.
Bell and Ross BR03-92 MA-
Bell and Rose, France, continue to follow the lines of tabulation and fashion this year, injecting its square --
US military dose of BR03 pilot watch-
Mark the style with a model named MA-of Dobbs industry1 flight —or “bomber” —jacket of 1958.
The link is reflected in the details: dark-
Khaki yellow ceramic case, printed sandwich dial with orange lume on the bottom, and reversible khaki yellow and orange calf leather strap.
Graf endangered species $900,000, despite the technical quality of a watch with dual functions
This is a spherical moon, it\'s a diamond-
The setting of Graff\'s unique gyro Graff attracts people\'s attention.
The layered elephant pattern is made of diamonds and white and black gold, which is called \"Diamond-
The mosaic Diamond \", in which the individual cut and inlaid diamonds are combined to form an image.
Each of the 70 diamonds on the dial has a different size and shape, and the smallest is the white color of the elephant --
Golden Eye, just 0.
9mm in diameter.
Grand seiko has been introducing spring drive technology for 20 years and is widely regarded as one of the most important developments in the recent history of tabulation.
This anniversary model, a hand
Wound film promise 84-
The story goes on to tell that the power reserve and accuracy of one hour reaches plus or minus 15 seconds per month.
The \"snowflake\" finish of the dial and platinum case was inspired by the cold climate in Japan, where some magnificent Seiko watches were produced.
Only 30 will be done. GUCCI G-
The timeless automatic $7,000 Dual-body is the current fashion slogan, and it seems to inspire Gucci\'s universal G-
Timeless, there will be eight new models this year.
This is a two-color steel and gold, and the blue lapis stone dial is decorated with bees, which is one of the themes of the repeated appearance of Italian luxury houses. Inside the 38-
The millimeter case is an automatic movement made by Swiss sports expert Sellita.
So far, the Ferrari partnership at HUBLOT has been all about f1.
With the release of the classic Fusion Ferrari GT, this change has changed this year, the first Hublot watch related to Italian marque road car, and the first classic Fusion related to Ferrari
There are three versions: one is made of titanium and the other is made of King gold proprietary to Hublot, this model is 3-
D. carbon, described by the brand\'s marketing as having three-
The \"size fiber\" that Hublot launched last year \".
At the beginning of 1990, the Bauhaus of Nomos-Nomos grasut don Vincent Sports
Tangente is one of the first four models of German watch manufacturers --
Now, it is the best-selling product of the brand.
This year, the model was given
The sister who got up looked at the water with a box
Anti-1,000 feet and the company\'s first metal bracelet, Teutonic-
A work of appearance made of 145 parts and assembled by hand.
It is driven by Nomos\'s DUW 6101 automatic caliber.
Aquaquis gmt date $2, one of the few mainstream independent watch companies, ORIS continues to produce highspec entry-
Premium Luxury Watch.
Its latest stainless steel mechanical diving table adds a trend to the diving table that displays three time zones at the same time;
The second and third districts pass through the central hand and 24-
Rotate the hourly scale on the bezel.
This bezel is made of scratches.
Black ceramic, waterproof watch
Resistance to 1,000 feet. MARCH LA.
$1 Mansa, 370 of Franco-
B has a certain distance from the traditional watch industry center and designed its retro style
Search in Los Angeles and produce in France.
The latest one is 34-
Mm Mansart named after the famous 17-
French architect of the century
It is small by today\'s standards, but undoubtedly male, and it is driven by the Japanese miyamada automatic movement.
Since last summer, the Basel World exit of the Swatch Group has dominated the headlines, but, in order to save some cash and sow seeds more effectively, it decided to plow a different plough, this is far from alone.
So now, outside the huge lobby of Baselworld, there\'s a new group of brands vying for attention;
Some people will find a place, but others may find a place that is hard to find.
Omega Super Bully Apollo 11 th anniversary 50 th anniversary limited edition $34, in this year\'s most romantic Watch story, it is difficult to go beyond the 50 th anniversary of the moon landing and the Omega Super Bully professional landing trip. The limited-
The version of the monthly Watch made to commemorate this Moment uses a new metal called monthly gold and is driven by a new hand.
Master wound timer caliber.
It will only do 1,014.
CHAUMET bolro $31,495 the latest collection of ladies watches and accessories from Paris Chaumet house is called bolro.
The watch consists of a seamless round bezel, a Spartan dial and a soft paved solid bezelgold bracelet.
They come in yellow or rose gold with a case of 30 or 36mm and a black or white dial to choose from.
As shown in the figure, the larger one of the two has automatic movement.
MONDAINE\'s official Swiss rail watch classic $249, while Mondaine\'s new 40-
The millimeter steel watch will not stand out from the parts made by the company after obtaining a license in 1986 to copy the Hans hilfik 1944 Swiss railway clock, they do take specific responsibility to mark the 75 th anniversary of classic design.
These medieval looks are as important as ever, as are the secondary straps made from recycled plastic bottles that came with this watch.
Bremont arrow $4,745 British brand Bremont has always been a military favorite in its short life (
It made the first watch in 2007).
The certificates have been officially approved by the brand for its new partnership with the British Defense Ministry and its armed forces.
The army and the Navy have a watch, and the Royal Air Force has this watch, a one-stop chronograph.
Launched by Richemont Group\'s fledgling watch brand baume x zag limited edition $1, it promises it can be sold directly to consumers for custom, sustainable and asexic watches.
This spring, it added a limited
Version made of old skis made by French ski label Zag. The 42-
The MM housing is made of carbon and wood and there is a yellow anodized aluminum container around the Japanese miyamada automatic movement.
It will only do 100.
Louis Vuitton tambour spin time air $70,000 Louis Vuitton collection High-
The end of the watch began to feel familiar-
It has been 10 years since the launch of Tambour rotation time.
Still, its iconic skip-hour feature, shown by the hanging spin box that marks time, is no less noticeable now than it was a decade ago.
7 pieces marked on the 10 th
Including the 42-year rotation. 5-
White mmgold diamond-
Works of women.
RADO true THINLINE my bird limited edition $2,400 Rado drafted Russian artist and designer Evgenia Miro to provide a unique touch to this polished blue ceramic true Thinline. The 5-millimeter-
The dial and bracelet of the watch are laser
She said there was a feather pattern engraved on it.
Miro symbolizes the lightness of \"wisdom, nobility and spirituality\" and ceramics.
Digital cardboard PDQ with \"lucky bird\" printed on the back of the box.
Only 1,001 pieces will be made.
Given the schedule changes for next year, PANERAI submersible BRONZO $16,500, a tradition of brands loyal to S. I. H. H.
Or Baselworld competing for a position in a competitor\'s performance will definitely disappear.
But for now, the United StatesI. H. H.
The firm Panerai is trying to steal the march on Baselworld as there is news that it will add 5 more people. 7-
Oz bronze watch with its new subdivided diving line (
Used to be part of the Luminor series).
The model reminds us that in 2010, Panerai kick-Start now.
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Now event restaurant chains are jumping on the ghost kitchen trend
Ghost kitchens started cropping up several years ago, typically with individual restaurants operating a delivery-only business that differed from what they sold in their dining rooms. Now, like some other big players, Canadian restaurant conglomerate Recipe Unlimited Corp. is creating its own virtual concept — named Ultimate Kitchen. The first one, in Toronto, cooks food from six of its brands: Swiss Chalet, East Side Mario’s, Montana’s, Fresh, New York Fries and Harveys. The company uses third-party app services, for delivery, but will likely bring the service in-house in the future.
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image copyrightGetty Imagesimage captionFacebook’s HQ in Dublin A group of the world’s richest nations has agreed to make multinational businesses such as Amazon and Facebook pay more tax.
By Michael RaceBBC News Published12 minutes agoSharecloseShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingRelated Topics The plan, by the G7 (Group of Seven), also aims to stop the world’s largest companies avoiding tax by moving their operations between countries.
How would the deal work? There are two parts to the deal, which will be signed by the G7 nations (Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the UK and the US) at a summit in Cornwall this weekend.
Firstly, multinational companies – which operate in several countries – would have to pay more tax wherever they sell products or services. At the moment, a company can earn billions in a particular country but still pay very little tax there. This is because they can choose to put their headquarters in a country with a lower tax rate and take their profits there. For example in 2018, Facebook, which has its international HQ in Dublin, paid £28.5m in tax to the UK, although its revenue was £1.65bn.
However, under the G7 deal, companies could be taxed in any country where they make more than 10% profit on sales. Above that point, the company would have to pay 20% tax. The deal is “all about changing which country gets to tax the companies”, says Chris Sanger, head of tax policy at accountancy firm EY.
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IBM has revealed a 3D-printed driverless car that uses Watson cognitive computing technology to power its autonomous functions. The Olli electric car was created by Local Motors and uses IBM's Watson...
The move came after Fortnite was removed from App Store and Play Store
App designed to safeguard children online was the result of two years' toil at AI's cutting edge, says product manager Jon Howard
Artificial intelligence could help researchers in studying avian behaviour
Acknowledges many small problems that still remain to be solved
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March 4, 2013
A report from InMobi found that approximately 6 in 10 consumers are now as “comfortable” with mobile advertising as they are with advertising in other mediums. Moreover, mobile ads have influenced 46% of survey respondents to actually purchase something on their mobile devices.
“Mobile devices now permeate every aspect of modern life,” suggests Naveen Tewari, CEO of InMobi. “The study reveals that mobile users are always-on, whether surfing the mobile web while spending time with family (48 percent), at a social event (45 percent), commuting (60 percent) and shopping (43 percent). This creates a huge opportunity for brands and marketers to engage with consumers throughout the day unlike traditional advertising like print and TV.”
InMobi reports that the average mobile web user consumes 7.0 hours of media daily. Mobile devices represent 26% of this time and it is quickly growing. The following infographic (by InMobi) explains the evolution of media consumption.


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April 1, 2008 - Torrance, CA - Toyota Motor Sales (TMS), U.S.A., Inc., today reported March sales of 217,730 vehicles, a decrease of 3.4 percent from last March.
The Toyota Division posted March sales of 192,791, a decrease of 2.9 percent from last March. The Lexus Division reported March sales of 24,939 units, a decrease of 6.9 percent from the year-ago month.
Toyota Division passenger cars recorded March sales of 114,897 units, up 1.5 percent from last March. Passenger-car sales were led by Camry, which posted best-ever March sales of 40,487, an increase of 3.2 percent over the same period last year. Camry Hybrid reported sales of 6,930 units in March, up 45 percent over March 2007. The Prius hybrid gas-electric mid-size sedan posted best-ever March sales of 20,635, an increase of 16.0 percent from last March. Yaris reported all-time best-ever sales of 12,953 units, up 83.2 percent over the year-ago month.
Toyota Division light truck sales were down 8.8 percent, with March sales of 77,894 units. Light truck sales were led by the Tacoma mid-size pickup, reporting March sales of 15,587 units. The Tundra full-size pickup posted best-ever March sales of 14,311, an increase of 16.8 percent over last March. Highlander and Highlander Hybrid posted combined sales of 10,832 in March. The Highlander Hybrid gas-electric mid-size SUV reported sales of 2,239 units for the month. Sequoia posted sales of 2,856 units for the month, up 19.8 percent over the same period last year.
Scion posted March sales of 11,131 units. The xB urban utility vehicle led the way with March sales of 4,527 units, an increase of 74.2 percent over last March. The tC sports coupe, in its fourth model year, posted March sales of 4,082 units.
Lexus passenger cars reported March sales of 14,881 units, a decrease of 11.6 percent from March 2007. Passenger-car sales were led by the ES entry luxury sedan with March sales of 6,019 units. The IS entry luxury sport sedan reported combined sales of 4,798 units, an increase of 1.8 percent over last March. Sales of the all-new IS F luxury performance sedan were 323 units. The LS flagship luxury sedan reported combined sales of 2,125 units. The LS 600h L hybrid luxury sedan posted sales of 113 units for the month. Sales of the GS 460 luxury sport sedan reported a greater than ten-fold increase as compared to the GS 430 in March 2006.
Lexus Division light trucks reported March sales totaling 10,058 units, an increase of one percent from the year-ago month. The all-new LX 570 enjoyed sales of 642 units, an increase of 156.1 percent. The RX luxury utility vehicle posted combined March sales of 7,737 units. The RX 400h hybrid luxury utility vehicle reported sales of 1,570 units for the month, up 15.0 percent over the year ago month.
TMS calendar-year-to-date hybrid sales totaled 68,493 units. TMS posted March sales of 31,552 hybrid vehicles, an increase of 19 percent from last March. Toyota Division posted sales of 29,804 hybrids while Lexus Division posted sales of 1,748 hybrids.


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A breakthrough into the US market boosts the bottom line for UK
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Betsson and Net Entertainment have become the latest gaming companies to receive licence approval from the UK Gambling Commission.
Betsson Malta said that the UK gaming licence will allow the company to continue to operate its existing UK-facing gaming brands, Mr. Smith and Betsafe, in the country.
"It is gratifying that Betsson has received a license in United Kingdom,” said Betsson president and CEO Magnus Silfverberg. “It is natural for Betsson, as one of the leading online gaming companies in Europe, to operate under a local license on the UK market.”
The operator believes the local licensing system in UK to be “sustainable, well-planned, and forward looking”, and therefore in line with Betsson's strategy to apply for licenses in countries where the company is active and the license system is commercially viable.
NetEnt also announced Wednesday that it has been granted both operating and software licenses for the UK market by the Gambling Commission. Since new regulation was introduced in the UK last autumn, NetEnt had been operating under a temporary license.
“This is a milestone for NetEnt and we are very pleased to have been approved for UK licenses by the UK Gambling Commission,” said NetEnt president and CEO Per Eriksson. “Britain is the largest gaming market in Europe and is central for our growth strategy to expand on regulated markets.
“As a leading provider of digital gaming solutions, we want everyone who plays our games to do it for the right reason – for fun. Promoting responsible gaming is fundamental to us and a condition for the licenses we hold.”
Betsson and NetEnt are the latest companies to be granted licence approval in the UK, alongside suppliers Kiron Interactive, Metric Gaming and SBTech, and operators PokerStars and Full Tilt.
Shares in Net Entertainment NE AB (Co. Data) (STO:NET-B) climbed 2.05 per cent to SEK 298.50 per share in Stockholm this morning, while shares in Betsson AB (Co. Data) (STO:BETS-B) were trading up marginally by 0.65 per cent to SEK327.60 per share.


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Radiohead and The Chemical Brothers among top artists requesting post-Brexit tour help
This week a selection of the worlds biggest bands & recording artists added their stamp of approval to a campaign that would ideally see our UK government restructure their recently introduced post-Brexit tarrifs on European business and travel.
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – Butterfly 3000 Album Review
This quirky 18th album from these cool Ozzie trend setters is absolutely stunning and is filled with so many beautiful, original flavours.
Review – The Prodigy – Breathe (Liam H and Rene LaVice Re-Amp) feat RZA
Prodigy fans the world over went into a complete spin when front man Keith Flint passed away back in 2019. One of the pioneering rave bands, born in the early 90’s and who had carved out such an amazing career over the 30 years since, had lost a huge chunk of it’s existence.
Most seemed to think that it was the end and they couldn’t possibly go on now – me, i had different feelings….
Foo Fighters To Release Disco Album
Incase you’re wondering, it’s not April 1st, this isn’t a prank, but hard rock heroes The Foo Fighters are set to release a disco album, under the cleverly thought out alias “The Dee Gees”
Big News for The Prodigy fans as they get ready to drop new version of ‘Breathe’ with Wu-Tang Clan’s RZA
The Prodigy have announced the imminent arrival of a brand new, slowed down and very chunky version of their massive anthem “Breathe” featuring the voice of RZA from legendary hip hop act Wu-Tang Clan.
Moby – Reprise Album Review
There’s no escaping the fact that Moby is an iconic figure in electronic music. From his early days of creating dancefloor stormers such as “Go” “Move” “Hymm” “Feeling So Real” right through the past three decades of creating a huge series of amazing, popular productions and as recent as 2020 composing some incredible ambient pieces.


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Philippine Retail Treasury Bonds for Sale
By Joann Santiago
The government sold a total of P110 billion worth of 10- and 15-year Retail Treasury Bonds (RTBs) at the end of the offer period Monday.
This is higher than the P104 billion gained by the government during its previous RTB sale last March.
The Bureau of the Treasury (BTr) sold a total of P54.97 billion worth of the 10-year bond and P55.12 billion worth of the 15-year RTB, National Treasurer Roberto Tan said.
The Treasury sold P20 billion worth of this debt instrument during the price setting auction Monday last week, wherein the 10-year paper fetched a coupon rate of 5.750 percent and the 15-year a coupon rate of 6.250 percent.
Tan said they were able to raise P31.4 billion through subscriptions from selling agents during the offer period while P5.64 billion was sold to government-owned and controlled corporations (GOCCs) through BTr’s over-the-counter window.
“The residual of P53 billion was sold to BSP (bond sinking fund) to secure NG’s (national government’s) maturing obligations covered by the sinking fund,” he said.
RTBs are named as such because they are intended for small investors as minimum placement is P5,000.
The government has mandated BPI Capital, First Metro Investment Corp. (FMIC), BDO Capital, Metropolitan Banking Corp. (Metrobank), and Land Bank of the Philippines (Landbank) as arrangers for the bond sale.
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Smartphone Centro Coming to Costa Rica
Move over Blackberry. Here comes Centro.
Palm Inc. will introduce its newest smartphone to Costa Rican consumers at a price of ¢250,000 (about $500).
As with other smart phones on the market, Palm Centro boasts voicemail, text, instant messaging, email and Web services.
It also is equipped with an agenda and calendar functions, among other programs.
Not all of its gadgets can be accessed locally, however.
Spokeswoman Paola Ramírez said some multimedia functions will not work in the country due to technological limitations of the local network, controlled by the Costa Rican Electricity Institute (ICE).
“Here we see ourselves limited,” Ramírez said. “Users can’t exploit all the tools the (Palm Centro) has.”
Mobile access should loosen up in coming years. The Legislative Assembly passed a liberalizing telecom bill tied to the Central American Free Trade Agreement last week.
Canadian company Research in Motion has also agreed to sell its Blackberry through ICE in Costa Rica. Roughly 1,500 of their models should hit the market in July 2008. Prices will range from ¢250,000 to ¢350,000 ($500-$700).
The Palm Centro – available in red and blue models – will be available at a variety of local stores, including Play, Gollo, Universal and Office Depot.
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New Research: British Business and the Public Sector Fear Digital Disruption by 2018
According to new research published by Microsoft last week, almost half of all UK business leaders fear that their industry will face significant digital disruption within the next two years.
The study claims to be the most detailed evaluation undertaken on the potential impact of digital disruption on the UK.
The research, conducted by YouGov on behalf of Microsoft, consolidates the views of more than 1,000 UK business and IT leaders from large UK organisations.
Key Headline Findings
The financial services sector demonstrates the highest level of anxiety with two-thirds (65%) of respondents fearing the impact of disruption over the next two years. The biggest fear was disruption from new market entrants. The sector currently employs 2.2 million people and contributes £66bn in taxes to the UK economy.
The public sector also faces huge challenges but has been the slowest to respond. Only a third of respondents from the public sector stated that they had an agreed digital strategy in place. Fear of cultural change and lack of digital leadership were the two main barriers to change. Only 35% believed that they had a digitally literate leadership team.
With no industry or organsiation being immune from the threat of being disrupted, the shelf life of current business models is shortening. Nearly half of UK business leaders (44%) stated that their existing business models will cease to exist within the next five years.
One of the most worrying conclusions from the report is that the majority of organisations surveyed feel that they are unprepared for what is coming. Almost half (46%) stated that senior leaders in their organisations are unwilling to disrupt existing businesses to grow and compete.
Commenting on the report, Nicola Hodson, General Manager, Marketing & Operations, Microsoft UK stated:
“The dawn of the fourth industrial revolution is a massive opportunity for British businesses but many are still living in an age of innocence or inertia when they need to be innovating. Whilst this research indicates that business models are breaking, many business leaders appear unwilling to address them.”
In a Scottish context, a December 2015 report by the Federation of Small Business, arrived at a similar conclusion – that most organisations are woefully unprepared for digital transformation.


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Last March, InvaderCON took place in Atlanta, Georgia. It was, according to the convention's Facebook page, the sole convention in the U.S. that catered to Invader ZIM fans. But, the short-lived Nickelodeon cartoon, created by comic book author/artist Jhonen Vasquez (Johnny the Homicidal Maniac, Squee) has grown in popularity recently (we've seen proof in the form of Gir sweatshirts at Hot Topic) and, apparently, so has demand for the convention. Next summer, InvaderCON is set to come to somewhere “near Los Angeles” in late-July of 2012.
Jhonen Vasquez is listed as a guest for the next convention, which should be enough to get Invader ZIM fans ready to pack their bags now. Also, they're bringing in stars from the series, including Andy Berman (Dib), Richard Horvitz (Zim), Rikki Simons (Gir), Eric Trueheart (Abductor Blue), and Melissa Fahn (Gaz).
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Take a peek at any college campus and pay close attention to the students strolling from class to class. For academic year 2011, you are more likely to see practical laptops under their arms than flashy new tablets, despite a push by manufacturers to put a tablet in every student’s hand.
Higher-education students have become a particular group of interest for tablet makers due to their unique demands. Granted, students will use slates to surf Facebook and update Twitter, just like any average consumer, but students can also exploit a tablet’s potential as digital textbooks, for note taking, and diverse education apps. According to Pearson Foundation, students know this, too. Sixty-nine percent of students surveyed think tablets will transform the way college students learn, and nearly three quarters prefer digital to print textbooks.
Despite their potential and student preference, students still are not buying tablets. The Pearson Foundation also found that only 7% of students surveyed owned a tablet, and only 15% planned to buy one in the next six months. So why the disconnect? According to the students TabletPCReview spoke with, laptops are still more practical and ultimately, better serve their academic needs.
Bang for Buck
“They may have a reputation for care-free spending, but cash-strapped students are more conservative with their cash when it comes to technology for school. When faced with a $500 tablet or a $1,000 laptop, students want to guarantee they are getting the most for their money. A laptop purchased today can conceivably last a student four years, and incremental upgrades can be made for a relatively low cost. Can a modern tablet like the iPad, which may only go one year between product refreshes, provide a student with fully functional computer experience for the school year? How about four school years?
“I think tablets are very useful, but still have a long way to go in terms of replacing the laptop and not just being an intermediary between the cell phone and the laptop,” says Carson Keller, a 20-year-old International Business major at Northeastern University. “I can do what I need on both my cell phone and my laptop at this point.”
Tablet Support Lacking
As the new kid on the block, the tablet doesn’t support some of the necessary applications to make it the tool of choice for students. Many classes require programs that might not work as efficiently on a tablet as on a standard notebook. Imagine a computer science major trying to bang out code for class on an underpowered iPad. Microsoft Office support on tablets is also limited to apps, which do not offer the robust features of the notebook/desktop version or its free alternatives. In addition, Media arts students will find the current crop of tablets lack a truly robust video editing suite, despite some relatively basic programs like iMovie for iOS.
This isn’t to suggest that tablets do not have a place in the classroom. The students we spoke with stressed that they appreciate the intimacy the portable device brings to their education.
“I had one teacher who would walk around the classroom with his iPad as he presented a PowerPoint to the class,” says 20-year-old Sarah Salzman, a Political Science and Economics major at Northeastern. “He was a much more friendly and outgoing teacher because he was always talking to you. It makes a huge difference when a teacher is looking at you versus when he is sitting behind a computer, clicking at slides and talking.”
While schools like The University of Southern Mississippi and Seton Hall University have begun adopting tablets into their programs, many colleges still have logistical hurdles to clear before becoming tablet friendly. Many classes now have an online component for assignments, discussions, and communications. How many of those sites are optimized for mobile browsers and touch? How many of those sites feature Flash components the iPad cannot display?
“You definitely need a more tablet-friendly environment,” says Tom Sheehan, a 20-year-old MIS (Management Information System) Business major at Northeastern. “Now that everything is set up for the computer and designed towards the operating systems that computers run, tablets are not as efficient.”
So is it just a matter of time before the tablet device becomes the new laptop? That’s what most students seem to think. According to them, we are still in the early years of development for the gadget and though the tablet’s reputation as a functional and efficient device has not yet caught up to its convenient status, the two will find a balance in the years to come.
“Tablets in about 10 years, everyone will have one,” says Sheehan. “There will be no more laptops, everybody will have tablets, but right now, they just are not ready yet.”
Tablet Spec Cheat Sheet
Pop quiz: what’s the difference between a tablet running Android Gingerbread 2.3 with Sense UI and Scribe technology and a tablet with Android Honeycomb 3.1 and TouchWiz?
Don’t know the answer? You will after consulting our tablet spec cheat sheet that will help students in the market for a tablet decipher the jargon and help them make a more informed decision.


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Blizzard president J. Allen Brack began BlizzCon 2019 today in Anaheim, California with some remarks about the company’s controversial decision to ban a Hearthstone pro for saying “Liberate Hong Kong” on a livestream. You can read more about his statement in our story. But we’ve captured the moment and posted it to YouTube for you to view.
You can watch Brack’s full statement on the subject in the clip above.
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In the midst of massive headcount cuts, another AOL exec is departing the newly-independent company. Ralph Rivera, previously the Vice President of AOL Games and AOL Latino, where he was responsible for AOL’s portfolio of online casual games and helped expand its international reach, is leaving to become President of Major League Gaming, Online. MLG is a small but growing professional competitive video game league. Rivera will be tasked to lead digital strategy and online product development for the growing company.
Major League Gaming has shown strong growth in the past few years. The company claims 10 million unique visitors per month, more than double from a year ago, and 6 million video streams. The company has taken $46 Million in funding since inception and have recently landed Doritos and Hot Pockets as advertising partners.
Rivera believes MLG is at an “inflection point” and hopes to help it scale into a larger property. He joins a growing list of long-time executives to jump ship as AOL begins to purge 1/3 of its workforce. As the churn continues, many AOL vets are starting somewhere else instead of building up the ‘New AOL’.


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In a message from Jane King, CEO of AHDB, she says: “To our farmers, growers and supply-chain businesses. We are all living in the most extraordinary of times.
The speed of change is breath taking, and to take the right decisions for our businesses and our families relies on having good access to relevant information. Supporting our industry remains a priority for AHDB. We realise some businesses are in crisis, while others are having to significantly change the way they work or the markets they supply. For all of us, the immediate future remains uncertain.“
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Toronto-based FinTech software startup Composer is to commence the open beta rollout of its automated trading platform, following a $5.35m in unannounced seed financing, BetaKit has revealed.
According to BetaKit, Composer is backed by a group of investors that includes San Francisco First Round Capital and Toronto Golden Ventures, and aims to bring institutional investment strategies to retail investors.
Composer reportedly said that after seeing some positive results from its private beta, it begun the rollout of its open beta on 15th November. For live trading, Composer initial focus is on the US with plans to roll out the capacity in other regions over time.
Composer was founded in 2020 by Rollert CTO Ronny Li, and COO Ananda Aisola, alumni of Montr?al-based workspace startup Breather and Toronto-based social food ordering app Ritual, respectively.
The platform allows individual, non-professional investors to design and adopt sophisticated, hedge fund-like investment strategies. The startup platform permits users to create their own strategies using its no-code visual editor, or implement ready-made approaches. Composer software also enables them to backtest the performance of various strategies against historical data, and, once selected, automatically executes trades on behalf of investors.
The rollout of Composer offering comes amid a reported rise in retail investing. BetaKit suggested that the rise in investment groups on social media platforms, such as Reddit, could be driving this trend. Such platforms potentially make investing more accessible to the non-professional investors that Composer targets.
Moreover, these platforms are becoming increasingly more important in investment decisions, which could be indicative of the growing retail investing community.?FinTech Global recently reported on research by Finder that revealed that 38% of 18- to 34-year-olds are using social media for investing tips.
To start, Composer said it will focus its offering on ?edge-seekingretail investors who spend a lot of time reading investment newsletters and browsing Reddit forums, but the company intends to expand its reach to more self-directed, systematic retail investors in future.
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