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NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- The Federal Reserve reports that consumer credit rose by 4.75% in November, at once an alarming figure but an understandable one given the increased spending on big-ticket items such as student loans and auto loans last year.
With that much debt on hand, it's critical that consumers take a break to review their personal financial situations, largely to ensure their debt burden doesn't get away from them.
That's not easy, however, for many Americans. Financial advisory experts say U.S. adults may be letting their guard down a bit, with more and more good news coming out on the economy.
But last Friday's U.S. Bureau and Labor Statistics employment report poured some cold water on any upbeat consumer sentiment. An economy that needs to generate 200,000 jobs monthly just to tread water doesn't look so hot when the economy produces only 74,000 jobs per month -- as it did in December.
There's not much Main Street Americans can do about the jobs report, but there's a lot they can do about stabilizing their own personal financial situations.
To get that process started, here are a few tips from Ventura Wealth Management, a financial management firm in Ewing Township, N.J. (Incidentally, the firm touts Ben Franklin's adage that "if you're failing to prepare, then you're preparing to fail" on its website.)
Check your retirement planning progress. Ventura advises Americans to balance debt payments with long-term savings. "Have a good sense of where you stand in your retirement planning," the firm says in a research note released this week. "Companies continue to recover financially, which means corporate plans and benefits packages also continue to recuperate. Review the options in these plans since default options, though easy to enter, may not offer the best results for you."
Save smartly. You can pay down debt and save, if you're savvy about it. For example, you can match what your employer contributes to your retirement plan to maximize dollars. "Even without these plans, set aside a piece of your weekly/monthly budget, and don't touch that money for 20 to 30 years," Venture reports.
Take a "macro view." You can get some good cues on saving and spending from closely tracking the Federal Reserve. "The Fed made big headlines in 2013, and it will continue to do so through 2014 and beyond," Ventura says. "In the New Year, it must attempt to unwind five years' worth of unprecedented stimulus which means a likely rise in interest rates, decreases in bond values and hikes in mortgage rates. Other effects loom, so monitor the impact and adjust to the changes accordingly."
Those aren't the only steps to take to get a good grip on your finances.
Pamela Yellen, author of the book The Bank on Yourself Revolution, has some good tips for Americans struggling with debt and savings and takes a more holistic approach to the issue.
"You have to realize we all have it within ourselves to modify our behavior," she explains. "So understand that real, permanent change is usually driven by your own desire, rather than outside pressure."
Yellen advises having a heart-to-heart talk with yourself. "Where are you right now financially, and where do you want to be?" she asks. Yellen encourages Americans to enlist the support of one or more allies or a coach to stay on track. "An ally -- whether a professional for hire, a friend or a religious leader -- can help you reinforce your commitment to good personal financial management."
Recommitting to sound personal financial practices is as much an emotional commitment as a logical one -- in fact, it helps to bring both attributes to the table.
"By setting your mind and heart to the task, you can successfully turn around your fiscal direction," Yellen adds. "This could be the year that you surprise everyone."


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Netflix has decided to close the payment of new subscriptions from the App Store in 33 countries, including France. The SVOD service will no longer pay Apple the 30% commission on the revenue it generates, and direct users to its website to sign up for the platform. Epic Games with Fortnite and Spotify led the way in the war against the app stores. ” width=”840″ height=”525″ data-lazy-srcset=”http://img.phonandroid.com/2018/08/netflix-iphone.jpg 840w, http://img.phonandroid.com/2018/08/netflix-iphone-300×188.jpg 300w, http://img.phonandroid.com/2018/08/netflix-iphone-768×480.jpg 768w, http://img.phonandroid.com/2018/08/netflix-iphone-400×250.jpg 400w” data-lazy-sizes=”(max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px”/>
Netflix, reported by TechCrunch, decided to pay the payment of its downloaded application over the internet. & # 39; App Store. The streaming platform now directs its users directly to its website to subscribe. One way to get rid of Apple's Netflix commission, namely 30% of revenue that has been generated since iPhone or iPad application (15% for subscription renewals).
Netflix does not want to pay Apple anymore
It's currently a test that has taken place in 10 countries since June 2018. From 2 to 30 September, the list of these countries is increasing. To move to 33. France is worried. French users of Netflix are also the world champions of account sharing. The United States and the United Kingdom are not yet part of it, but the message is clear: Netflix declares war against Apple.
The SVOD service confirms that it is tired of being made so heavy taxed by the app stores. As of May 2018, Netflix already raked at the Playstore, which makes it impossible to pay a subscription through the New User Program. And Netflix is not the first to take the dive. Epic Games explained why Fortnite is not available in the Play Store. The main argument is this impressive 30% commission. In 2016 Spotify was a pioneer in this area. After months of conflict with Apple, the platform encouraged the subscription to the New Store App Store to join the site. A technique that can only afford ultra-popular services, the App Store and the Play Store is an important display for applications.

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KETV in Omaha reports that the incident actually occurred back on Nov. 27. The driver, taking packages from the FedEx depot in Kansas City to be handed off at the Papillion post office, was spotted getting out of his truck and kicking packages out of the back and onto the street.
A local postal inspector tells KETV that the driver has since been fired, because FedEx drivers are supposed to throw packages over customers’ fences, not kick them onto the streets.
“He thinks he left the door open to the truck and some had fallen out,” explains the inspector. “He stopped to look and he panicked, and he pushed the rest of the packages out of the back of the truck.”
While we believe the inspector, we really don’t understand the rationale behind this decision. Delivering packages isn’t like playing Hearts. You can’t “shoot the moon” and get away with being incompetent by delivering none of your cargo.
Witnesses called the police, but the inspector says that “some had already been taken away by people in the area.”
“Some” is an understatement.
The truck was to deliver 435 packages to the post office, presumably as part of that FedEx SmartPost program, which so many readers have told us combines the worst aspects of FedEx and the USPS.
Of those 435 original packages, only 31 made it to their destinations intact. 90 packages were discovered empty and 314 parcels have vanished completely.
Papillion residents whose FedEx packages have been listed as “in transit” since late November should contact FedEx to see if your item was on that truck.
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Jumbotail, a online wholesale platform for grocery & vegetable products and new age retail platform, announced on Tuesday that it has raised $85 Mn in a Series C round. Artal Asia Pte Ltd, a company affiliated to U.S. based Invus Group, spearheaded the funding round. Ajax Capital, the family office of the veteran FMGC entrepreneur Ajay Gupta, also took part in the funding round.
The company did not comment about the valuation it commanded in the latest round.
The series C round had a secondary component, with early investors Nexus Venture Partners and Kalaari Capital making partial exit. The company did not disclose any details about the ROI or profit that both VC firms have made through this partial exit. According to VCCEdge, Kalaari held a 12.97% and Nexus Venture held a 26.56% stake in the Bengaluru based company.
Following the latest funding round, the company’s total fund raising amount has now reached to $125 Mn.
Commenting on the Series C round, Ashish Jhina, Co-founder & COO, Jumbotail, said, “We nearly quadrupled our scale in 2021 and are looking to further accelerate our growth trajectory in the coming year. We will continue to invest aggressively to make Jumbotail the pre-eminent destination for food and grocery brands to reach the overwhelming majority of India’s consumers through our pan-India network of kirana partners.”
Jumbotail was founded in 2015 by S.Karthik Venkateswaran and Ashish Jhina, both of whom were Stanford classmates. The six year old firm essentially operates a marketplace platform that connects thousands of mom & pop grocery retailers with brand and staple manufactures. The company further streamlines this retail and manufacturing networking through logistics and supply solution.
Additionally, it helps in digitizing the mom and pop stores by providing POS and other solutions to the kirana stores.


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Offerpal Media Inc. said Wednesday that it has changed its name to Tapjoy Inc., adopting the identity of a company that it bought in March.
It is also moving its headquarters from Fremont to San Francisco.
The company made the announcement at the Game Developers Conference Online in Austin, Texas.
It said the new name better reflects the company's offerings in mobile application distribution and monetization. Its president and CEO is Mihir Shah, who was named to those posts in September.
The company launched in 2007 and is venture backed by firms that include La Jolla-based Interwest Capital, North Bridge Venture Partners, which has an office in San Mateo, and D. E. Shaw Ventures.


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AI Search Events Update: 'New Bing' and Google Bard
Is the game changing or is it more of the same?
Both Microsoft and Google held events this week where they debuted new AI features that they’re adding to their respective search engines.
Conversation on social media has been completely hysterical and divorced from reality in the past couple months. Ever since ChatGPT was released, many have been claiming that AI will completely replace search engines and kill organic SEO.
The speculation is officially over. Both Microsoft and Google held in-person AI events this week where they unveiled their plans for integrating generative AI into search results. Is this the death of SEO or just the beginning of a new chapter?
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SEO isn’t dead
The TLDR is that SEO isn’t dead.
Both Bing and Google will integrate AI chatbots into their search engines, but both will still include organic listings. The AI chatbots will essentially be next-gen featured snippets that appear alongside the normal search results.
I predicted that Google would roll out a generative AI featured snippet earlier last month after Neeva unveiled similar tech for their search engine.
Obviously a small search engine like Neeva has to be aggressive with implementing new features if they want to become relevant. But as you can see from the above screenshot, the tech isn’t fully ready for primetime. It recommended the same product twice (YETI Trailhead), which obviously isn’t great from a user-experience perspective.
But it got them tons of attention, which is exactly what a tiny company like Neeva needs if it wants to survive.
Although not as small as Neeva, Bing is an also-ran in the search engine marketplace. Despite Microsoft’s deep pockets, they haven’t been able to make a dent in Big G’s market share (and not from a lack of trying).
Which is why it’s not surprising that they beat Google to the punch with their ChatGPT integration into Bing’s search results.
At their in-person only event, Microsoft unveiled what they’re calling “New Bing” (not sure if their marketing team is unaware of New Coke), which is basically the same as the old Bing but with an OpenAI-powered chatbot next to the search results.
When I tested it out using one of Bing’s publicly-available limited preview queries, it returned a normal search results page with links + an AI chatbot on the right-hand side of the screen.
Hopefully they stick with this layout, because if they do it will be very easy for users to ignore it.
In addition to the normal search results links, there’s a small “Learn more” section underneath the AI-generated content that shows which sites OpenAI generated the answers from.
The so-called “New Bing” hasn’t fully rolled out yet. Right now it’s only available in limited-preview mode, but the company expects to roll it out to “millions” of people in the next few weeks.
I’m currently on the waitlist so I’ll update you guys once I get access.
Google Bard - the $150 Billion error
Google revealed Bard - their conversational AI competitor to ChatGPT - at an event on Wednesday (one day after Microsoft’s event).
Bard is powered by Google’s internal LaMDA AI model, which is distinct from OpenAI’s GPT model.
Similar to “New Bing”, Google Bard will be integrated directly into the SERPs, much like a featured snippet. Organic results will still exist.
Google’s announcement turned into a bit of a debacle (that’s putting it lightly) when Bard hallucinated a fake answer to a query in the official promo video.
The error caused Google’s stock to decline 8% within 24 hours, wiping off $150Bn from their market cap.
It seems like Google let the pressure from Bing get to them, which caused them to jump the gun and release a product that isn’t quite ready for prime time.
A Google spokesman put out the following statement after the disastrous launch:
“This highlights the importance of a rigorous testing process, something that we’re kicking off this week with our Trusted Tester program.” They also said: “We’ll combine external feedback with our own internal testing to make sure Bard’s responses meet a high bar for quality, safety and groundedness in real-world information.”
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What do generative AI search features mean for SEO?
The products still haven’t officially rolled out, so it’s still too soon to make definitive predictions.
But based on what I’ve seen so far, I don’t think this will present a major threat to organic SEO.
Contrary to the hysterical predictions about “AI destroying search”, both Google and Bing are still including organic results for all queries.
If the AI chatbots catch on then sites will definitely receive lower amounts of organic traffic. But the number won’t go to zero. SEOs will find a way to adapt and overcome (just like we did with featured snippets).
But there are a few reasons why I don’t think users will start using the tech in a big way.
The first is that annoying chatbot popups on websites have trained users to close them out or ignore them. This creates an effect similar to “banner blindness” where people tune out the chatbots and focus on what they came to the website for.
If people have a similar response to Google Bard and New Bing, then it’s possible that they won’t even notice the chatbots and will scroll down to the organic listings like they’re accustomed to.
The hallucination problem is another serious issue. If Google can’t even get their chatbot to function correctly in the official launch promo video, then it’s doubtful that it’ll work well when actually used by consumers.
Not only does this lower trust, but it could also create legal/regulatory headaches for Microsoft and Google. Imagine if someone asks Bard/ChatGPT a medical question and gets information that worsens their condition or kills them.
It’ll only take a few high profile examples of ChatGPT telling someone that Tylenol is a cure for cancer or people knocking up their girlfriends because Bard told them that the girl can’t get pregnant if she’s on top before regulators/lawyers swoop in and shut it down.
Another legal risk is the fact that both of these tools aren’t truly AI, meaning that they aren’t actually thinking of an answer like a human does. They’re highly advanced scraper tools that are stealing original content from other people. It’s almost certain that there will be a legal challenge against the mass content scraping that these tools are engaged in. Also the EU is notoriously strict about “protecting the little guy”, and may intervene with regulations on generative AI use.
My overall impression of the two AI events is that both companies are scrambling to take advantage of a social media hype train as a marketing play.
I don’t think either company was prepared for generative AI to go viral so soon. They rushed their AI chatbot search products out not because they think they’re ready for primetime, but because they want to stay relevant on social media.
The worst case scenario is that all websites get less organic traffic if people start trusting and relying on these tools without clicking through to organic listings.
There’s a 0% chance that New Bing and Google Bard kill organic search because both Microsoft and Google are including website listings alongside their chatbot answers. There will always be people who want to click through to get a better/more trustworthy answer. Featured snippets in their current form don’t completely kill organic clicks and neither will AI chatbots.
The best case scenario is that the tools don’t catch on. People don’t trust them or they get sued/regulated out of existence. Everyone moves on to the next hype train and forgets all about the “AI will terk err jerbs” hysteria, just like they forgot about all the other tech apocalypse hype trains from the past.
The same people who are losing their shit over “AI destroying everything” are the same ones who hyped up the following tech apocalypse fairy tales:
WFH forever killing in-person work
blockchain replacing everything
voice search killing organic search
NFTs replacing physical art
retail stores getting destroyed by e-commerce
It’s reasonable to assume that the AI hysteria will end up in the same sci-fi apocalypse graveyard as all the other tech hype trains from the past.
Either way, we’ll find out more within the next year.
Stick to the plan and keep at it because SEO isn’t dead yet.


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Want to keep your heart healthy, eat peanuts
New Delhi, July 15, ANI: The very tasty peanuts not only please your taste buds but also works effectively on your health, if consumed on daily basis.From keeping the heart healthy to providing multi nutrients to the body and lowering risk of coronary disease to controlling obesity, peanut indeed has multi-benefits for human health.
Throwing light on medically established benefits that come along peanuts, Poonam Gupta, director and fitness expert at Gold's gym, said, "In addition to the monounsaturated fat content, peanuts also contain other nutrients such as Vitamin E, Folate, protein and manganese that have been shown to promote heart health."
A couple of new researches show these tasty legumes are also rich in antioxidants and women who eat least once ounce of peanuts or peanut butter each week have a 25 percent lower risk of developing gallstones.
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regular consumption of peanut by replacing butter with peanut butter or including roasted nuts in salads and appetizers.
Bursting a commonly spread myth about eating nuts, the fitness expert said, "People who eat nuts at least twice a week are much less likely to gain weight than those."
"although nuts are known to provide a variety of cardio-protective benefits and many avoid them for fear of weight gain," she added.


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Photo: LOT So far this year, the Polish market has generated almost a million arrivals and more than six million overnight stays, which puts this market, along with Germany, Slovenia, Austria and Italy, among the top five foreign markets with the largest tourist traffic. Find out more about the profile of the Polish emitting market in the attachment. “I am convinced that the new direct line from Warsaw to Rijeka will bring Croatia closer to all Poles as an attractive and desirable destination, but also Rijeka as the European Capital of Culture. Our presence at the TT Warsaw fair is very important because it is a fair in which all key representatives of the Polish tourism industry participate.”, said the director of the CNTB Representation in Poland Agnieszka Puszczewicz, adding that our country still enjoys the status of one of the most popular foreign destinations among Poles. Attachment: Emitting market profile – Poland Emitting market profile – Poland The Representation of the Croatian National Tourist Board in Poland presents the Croatian tourist offer as part of the TT Warsaw fair, which is being held this year in the 27th edition from 21 to 23 November in Warsaw. At the grand opening of the fair The Polish airline LOT announced the opening of a new direct airline to Croatia, and it is a flight that will connect Warsaw and Rijeka from June 2020. Poles mostly travel in the summer months and during the winter school holidays. There has been a trend of shorter vacations, two to three times a year. Destinations with very good air connections are an advantage, which is certainly excellent information in accordance with the newly opened Warsaw-Rijeka airline.
Instacart adds luxury grocery Pusateri’s as Canadian roster expands beyond all expectations The biggest barrier, as Instacart continues to push into the Canadian market, is that people want to pick their own produce “It’s almost as much effort to add a store than it is to add a giant chain,” Ganenthiran said. “We now have built a set of tools and processes where it’s extraordinarily easy for us to turn on a grocery store. But it’s the same amount of work for one as it is for 100 stores.”The biggest barrier, as Instacart continues to push into the Canadian market, is that people want to pick their own produce.“It’s the reason online grocery penetration is 1.5 per cent,” Ganenthiran said. Still, he said, Instacart is built on “picking the right avocado and making sure the bread isn’t packed at the bottom of the bag.”To make it work, shoppers go through “grocery fundamentals” training and receive pop-up training videos if there are repeat complaints about a specific issue, such as a shopper forgetting to check the expiry date on milk. And shoppers with ratings in the top 20 per cent get bonuses.Early in the expansion, Ganenthiran said, a difference in tipping culture between the U.S. and Canada forced Instacart to tweak how it compensates its Canadian contractors.“In the U.S., everyone tips for service,” he said. “At the point of delivery, it’s very seldom that a customer doesn’t leave a tip. It’s completely different in Canada. We need to make sure we account for that.” More Facebook Instacart Chief Business Officer Nilam Ganenthiran.Peter J Thompson Reddit Peter J. Thompson/National Post Pusateri’s is expected to be available in the spring, the company said.The gradual process of adding new stores to the app flows from Instacart’s model of sending shoppers to existing stores, rather than setting up separate warehouses with robots doing the picking.“It’s actually the reason why, up until Instacart, grocery had not taken off online — because everyone tried to build new stuff,” said Ganenthiran, who started his career as a teenaged cashier at a Food Basics store in Scarborough, Ont. “‘I’ll build a giant warehouse!’ It’s crazy. You have these stores!”“These grocery stores have developed around the communities that they serve,” Ganenthiran added. “Imagine having to not only reinvent proximity with the customer, but then carry the right stuff.”But sending shoppers to real stores means Instacart has to map each new location as well as photograph the items on offer. For bigger chains, which already have planograms that mark where each item is, it’s easier. But often, it means sending people to pace the aisles. The result is a “Google Map for a grocery store,” which plans the most efficient route for a given grocery list.Instacart is built on ‘picking the right avocado and making sure the bread isn’t packed at the bottom of the bag.Instacart Chief Business Officer Nilam Ganenthiran Email Share this storyInstacart adds luxury grocery Pusateri’s as Canadian roster expands beyond all expectations Tumblr Pinterest Google+ LinkedIn 0 Comments Featured Stories Sponsored By: Join the conversation → Jake Edmiston Comment advertisement Instacart, the grocery delivery service born in Silicon Valley, is continuing its expansion into Canada by adding Toronto-area luxury grocer Pusateri’s to its roster of partner stores.In just over a year since Instacart launched in Canada it has sold “tens of millions of dollars” of groceries online, through a contingent of 2,000 personal shoppers across 50 markets, the company said Tuesday.“We are well ahead of anything we would have dreamt from a penetration perspective in Canada,” said Nilam Ganenthiran, Instacart’s chief business officer. Instacart to transform Toronto office into tech hub, hire 200 people Walmart teams up with Instacart to bring same-day grocery delivery to Canada American grocery delivery service Instacart aims to serve 80% of Canadians within the next 18 months The Instacart app uses independent contractors who pick groceries in-store, check out, then deliver the same day or within the hour. The company started its Canadian expansion with Loblaw’s stores in Toronto in late 2017 and has since added select Walmart locations and additional Loblaw properties such as Fortinos and Zehrs. Instacart says it is now available to 60 per cent of Canadian households.Instacart is continuing its expansion into Canada by adding Toronto-area luxury grocer Pusateri’s to its roster of partner stores this spring. Twitter January 17, 201911:28 AM EST Filed under News Retail & Marketing ← Previous Next → What you need to know about passing the family cottage to the next generation


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PS4 Priced At $1,850 In Brazil, More Expensive Than Xbox One By Huge Margin
The PlayStation 4 is a coveted console, we get it – it is the top of the line gaming hardware from Sony at the moment, after all – but paying $1,850 for it? It’s just absurd, don’t you think? I mean, who’d dish out that much dough for just a gaming console? Well, unfortunately for the gaming enthusiasts living in Brazil, this is what they have to come up with if they want to get their hands on the latest gaming gear from Sony Entertainment, where the PS4 will retail for a whopping R$ 3,999, according to the Brazil PlayStation Blog.
What’s ironic is that the Brazilians have to little to blame Sony for on account of this insanely steep pricing. The country has immensely high import taxes, which is accountable for this very unreasonable pricing scheme in the country. What’s more, in Brazil, home of the upcoming football world cup, Microsoft’s latest shiny new toy, the Xbox One, will be cheaper than the PS4, retailing at an expected R$ 2,200, which makes a US $ equivalent of about 1,000.
This would make a really interesting scenario for gamers and enthusiasts in the country, as well as for Microsoft and Sony both, where Sony took advantage in the rest of the world but pricing the PS4 cheaper than the Xbox One. Turns out, taxes can really play a lot of role in how you perceive the utility and benefit of one device over another similar one.
It’s interesting to note that when the PlayStation 3 was launched, its retail price in Brazil was even worse. The console at that time sold at a whopping R$ 7,000, making it more expensive than a lot of necessities of life (or even luxuries). Then again, the heart wants what the heart wants, and people still opted to buy it.
Both Microsoft Xbox One and Sony PlayStation 4 hold their ground right now as the kings of home entertainment devices, offering much more than just a gaming console where they originally started. The Xbox One will retail at $100 more than the PS4, and while the debate has been on-going about which device takes after the other and which you should invest in, the dilemma that Brazilians are facing is completely different, not to mention outrageous. If you think $100 difference matters, think again – you can buy two units of each console in almost the same amount that people in the South American region will have to pay for just one PlayStation 4.


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Microsoft and its OEM partners (mainly Nokia) are not shy when it comes to attacking Apple, mainly because the two big tech giants have been jabbing one another for years. 2013 is no different, especially with the release of not only the Lumia 1020, but also the recent iPhone 5S announcement. Launching new advertisements, actors play key roles at Cupertino and poke fun at Apple's latest smartphone.
From covering the 41MP shooter in the Lumia 1020 and the 8MP counterpart in the iPhone to how Apple has released new colours for consumers to choose from, the advertisements are rather humorous and poke fun at improvements applied by the company.
"This new iPhone is worth its weight... in phone."
These videos are part of the #timetoswitch campaign. You can check out the full run through above, with cut versions available on the Windows Phone YouTube account.
Source: YouTube; thanks, lkwaijunior and Zeaneal, for the tips!


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Chinese Smartphone company Xiaomi has unveiled its latest flagship handset, the Mi 6, in Beijing on Wednesday, with new hopes to revive its fortunes after the company suffered a sales slump last year.
Xiaomi's regular Mi line of smartphones is known for offering competitive specs at a reasonable price. The new Xiaomi Mi 6 is also not an exception, with its 64GB version costing 2,499 yuan (about $360 or Rs. 23,410) and the 128GB version costing 2,899 yuan ($420 or Rs. 27,157). The ceramic edition with 128GB storage, on the other hand, is priced at 2,999 yuan ($435 or Rs. 28,094).
With a price range much lower than that of premium flagships like Samsung Galaxy S8 and Apple iPhone 7, the Xiaomi Mi 6 does sport some key specs that have the oomph to challenge such high-end devices. For example, the new Xiaomi phone comes with the Snapdragon 835 processor, a top-end Qualcomm chip that is found inside the Galaxy S8. The same processor also powers the Sony Xperia XZ Premium, which is likely to go on sale in the second quarter of this year.
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Xiaomi has also bumped up its RAM to 6GB with the Mi 6. According to recent Geekbench test results, the phone scored 2,006 in a single-core test and 6,438 in a multi-core test. In both tests, it outperformed the Samsung Galaxy S8 (1,916 single-core and 6,011 multi-core) and Samsung Galaxy S8+ (1,929 single-core and 6,084 multi-core).
Its 3350mAh battery coupled with MIUI optimizations means that Mi 6 typically lasts up to a full day. pic.twitter.com/ENr3u8P3lm
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The Xiaomi Mi 6 sports a 5.15-inch display carrying a 1080 x 1920 full HD resolution. The phone has a 3350mAh battery, which is expected to provide impressive battery life thanks to the Snapdragon 835 SoC that is 25 percent more efficient than the Snapdragon 820 found in the Galaxy S7.
The Xiaomi Mi 6 sports a 12MP dual-camera array, which takes inspiration from Apple's approach of mixing a wide-angle lens and a telephoto lens in the iPhone 7. The Mi 6 camera also features a bokeh-style photography option, in addition to 10x digital zoom, 2x lossless zoom and optical image stabilisation (OIS) technology.
Mi 6 is the first 5.15" phone with dual camera. It's a 12MP wide angle + 12MP telephoto camera that allows you to have 2x lossless zoom. pic.twitter.com/0d8p3Awdaj
— Mi (@xiaomi) April 19, 2017
While there is no 3.5mm headphone jack on the Xiaomi Mi 6 (another iPhone-inspired move?), the handset will feature stereo speakers. There is an under-glass fingerprint sensor on the front as well, something that the upcoming iPhone 8 is rumored to feature.
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The Xiaomi Mi 6 will go on sale from Mi.com and 72 Mi Home Stores in China on April 28. While the company said that an international release for "selected" markets will be announced at a later date, it will remain largely focused on its home turf and other emerging markets like India.


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Climate Cost of Organic Meat Is Just as High as Conventionally Produced Meat
By Brett Wilkins
Advocates for eco-friendly, plant-based diets hailed a study published last week that revealed the climate cost of organic meat production is as high as that of conventionally produced animal products.
The study, published on December 15 in Nature Communication and reported Wednesday in The Guardian, used the German government's climate damage cost baseline of $219 per tonne of CO2 and determined that in order to cover climate costs, the farm-direct price of beef must rise by $7.31 per kilogram, while the per kilo price of chicken must increase by $3.66. The price of conventionally raised meat would have to rise by 40% in stores, while organic meat would need to be about 25% more expensive. Conventional milk would be one-third higher, while the price of organic milk would rise by 20%.
The researchers analyzed animal agriculture in Germany and concluded that the climate costs of organic beef and lamb are similar to that of their conventionally produced counterparts. And while they found that organic pork has a slightly lower climate cost than conventional pig meat, for organic chicken it was somewhat higher.
The cost of plant-based foods, on the other hand, would remain nearly the same.
💔🌎 'The cost of the climate damage caused by organic meat production is just as high as that of conventionally farm… https://t.co/LiI9OqOFqt— Veganuary (@Veganuary)1608745674.0
"We expected organic farming to score better for animal-based products but, for greenhouse gas emissions, it actually doesn't make much difference," Maximilian Pieper of the Technical University of Munich, who led the study, told The Guardian. "But in certain other aspects, organic is certainly better than conventional farming."
University of Greifswald researcher Amelie Michalke, who also participated in the study, said that "the prices are lying."
"Climate costs are rising and we are all paying these costs," she said.
While animals emit greenhouse gases in their excrement—and in the case of cows and sheep, through belching and farting—the grain fed to conventionally raised livestock can also contribute to emissions, especially if it is grown on land which has been deforested in places like South America's Amazon rainforest.
Animals raised organically are often grass-fed. But they also grow at a slower rate and spend more time expelling greenhouse gases before they are slaughtered.
All animals also need water to live, and separate research has shown that the global average water footprint—the total amount of water needed—to produce a pound of beef is nearly 1,800 gallons. For a pound of pork, it's 576 gallons. In stark contrast, a pound of soybeans needs only 216 gallons of water; for corn, just 108 gallons.
The new study's researchers said the results show a need for government policies that reflect the true cost of eating animals, including a meat tax. Revenues from such corrective measures could be used to help farmers adopt more eco-friendly practices, and to provide relief to poor families and people affected by the climate crisis.
However, instead of encouraging Americans to consume less meat, the U.S. government subsidizes animal agriculture by as much as $38 billion annually. Shoppers pay artificially low prices for animal products at the supermarket checkout counter, while their tax dollars fund an industry whose retail sales approach $250 billion per year.
As David Simon notes in his 2013 book Meatonomics, for every $1 of product sold by the animal agriculture industry, taxpayers pay $2 in hidden costs, and a $4 McDonald's Big Mac really costs society $11.
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"The climate damage costs for meat are especially startling if you compare them to the other categories," Pieper told The Guardian. "The price increases required are 10 times higher than for dairy products and 68 times higher than for plant-based products."
"The big difference is the simple effect that when you have a field of plants and you eat them directly, then that's the end of the [emissions], basically," he added. "But for beef, for example, you need 42kg of feed to just produce one kg of beef. This huge inefficiency explains the gap."
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The Union government on Monday reminded states that no restrictions can be imposed on the inter-state and intra-state movement of goods trucks.
A day before the lockdown is to end, the Ministry of Home Affairs announced that the states need to follow the government guidelines on the lockdown in letter and spirit during the daily press briefing on the Covid-19 situation in the country.
Punya Salila Srivastava, the joint secretary of the Ministry of Home Affairs clarified that all trucks are allowed to move within and outside states.
"The Home Ministry has written to states asking them to follow lockdown guidelines of MHA in letter and spirit. Both inter-state and intra-state movement of trucks and goods carriers are allowed, whether or not goods are essential," she said.
The MHA also clarified that truck drivers will not require additional permits from state authorities for movement of goods. "No separate permit or approval is required for cargo movement. Empty trucks or goods carriers are also allowed - since they may be going for pickup of goods or returning after delivery," Srivastava added.
As per the MHA guidelines, along with the truck driver, one more person is allowed in the goods carrier. "We have asked local authorities to proactively facilitate the truck driver and cleaner of trucks to travel from their homes to the truck location," the joint secretary said.
The Centre also asked local authorities to cooperate and facilitate the transport of workers of those organizations which have received permission to undertake official or commercial activities. It asked states and Union territories to issue passes to workers of those firms which are exempted from lockdown restrictions.
"Workers belonging to the MSME sector and employed in essential items such as atta, dal and edible oil should not face any hurdles. Warehouses and cold storages too should be allowed to operate, whether or not these are for essential items. These instructions are applicable to all areas except hot spots and containment areas," Srivastava said.
"Through these measures, we can ensure that there is no shortage whatsoever of essential commodities and services during the lockdown," she added.
The reminder comes a day after the Union government said that guidelines on exemptions during lockdown were not being followed properly in some parts of the country and vehicles carrying essential and non-essential items were being detained by police that could lead to a potential shortage of commodities.
In a communication to chief secretaries of all states and Union Territories, Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla said it has come to the notice that in some parts of the country the guidelines and clarifications on exemptions given to people and services are not being implemented in letter and spirit during the ongoing 21-day lockdown.
Specifically, trucks carrying essential and non-essential goods are being detained and workers needed for the operation of manufacturing units of essential goods, and other exempted categories are not getting authorisations/passes for their movement during the lockdown, he said.
Any restriction of activities specifically permitted by the home ministry has the potential of creating shortages of essential commodities, he said.
The 21-day lockdown was announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on March 24 in a bid to combat coronavirus.


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On October 16, we will once again have a chance to celebrate the importance of World Food Day. This annual campaign honors the 1945 founding of the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), and its goal of ending hunger and making safe and nutritious foods available to all.
Thanks to food science and technology, we have made incredible progress feeding people on a global scale, which is a point clearly emphasized in the white paper, Feeding the World Today and Tomorrow: The Importance of Food Science and Technology, published in Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety. But as this paper also points out, we still have a very long way to go when it comes to countering hunger and making sure people have access to safe and nutritious food. Feeding the estimated 9 to 10 billion that will likely reside on the planet by 2050 will require new ways for food scientists to develop, produce, and transport food while also tackling a major issue—food waste.
Although meeting future food demands will require new innovations and new technologies, our digital age has spawned a new need for food scientists to master increasingly complex and rapidly-changing communication technology. In a world of instantaneous, viral digital communication, the role of the food science advocate will be even more important in television, radio, print, and especially social media.
For World Food Day, IFT has developed the tools to help our members take on the role of advocate and ensure that the story of food science is not only told—but increasingly viral through sharing. To tell that story, we have created the World Without Food Science campaign to demonstrate the critical role of the profession in ensuring that multiple audiences understand where their food comes from. The video campaign, launched at the 2012 IFT Annual Meeting & Food Expo®, included a provocative public service announcement that shows what happens in a grocery store when there is no food science. Two expert interview segments, featuring Colin Dennis and Bob Brackett, focus on how food science makes food globally available and also how the profession makes it safe for consumers. A new segment unveiled on October 16 features Mary Wagner of Starbucks discussing how food science and food processing provide sustainable solutions throughout the food system. You can view these videos at www.worldwithoutfoodscience.org.
Do you want more content to share? IFT Food Facts (www.iftfoodfacts.org) offers consumers and the media real-life, practical tips that can be used in the home or on-the-go. The web page includes facts sheets and consumer-friendly videos featuring IFT Food Science Communicators, who are volunteers that regularly participate in media interviews. The Day in the Life video series features food scientists in action at NASA, Disney Consumer Products, and Tetra Pak. This series (www.ift.org/knowledgecenter/learn-about-food-science/day-in-the-life.aspx) shows what actually happens on-the-job, so the public has a better understanding of the important contributions of food science—and that being a food scientist is a pretty cool career.
On World Food Day, it is not necessary to do everything, but it’s important to do at least one thing. It starts by sharing a simple message: there simply would be no food on World Food Day if it were not for food science. To help IFT members take that first step in being an advocate, there are some very simple ways that you can communicate the value of the profession by using some of the tools that we have created. For those of you in industry, World Food Day is an opportunity to share the resources in this article with your communications department to help counter some of the myths about the profession. For those in academia, the materials may be a valuable teaching aid to show what the profession offers and why food science is a viable career path. More broadly, all IFT members can use these materials to create a positive dialogue on the profession—during public presentations, through discussions with the media, and to correct misinformation or counter myths with friends and family.
Probably the most valuable opportunity to use these resources is in social media to drive online discussions. If you have a blog, these materials can be included to add visual content that will attract viewers. For Twitter, LinkedIn, and Facebook, posting this information will create a unique perspective and contribute accurate information in a digital world fraught with inaccuracies about food. The IFT Community is also a great way to connect with others to gain additional resources or hear other views from IFT members. Mostly, World Food Day provides an opportunity to offer a science-based perspective on the importance of the profession and the value of food processing—and what we will need to do to tackle the many challenges ahead of us in the coming years.
Jerry Bowman is Vice President, Communications & Media Relations, IFT, Chicago, IL ([email protected]).


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In March 2022 union Minister Nitin Gadkari shared his dream of making India’s first electric highway between Delhi and Jaipur.
Addressing an event, Gadkari further said, so far the government has received 47 proposals to set up ropeway cables in Manipur, Sikkim, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, and Kashmir.
“My dream is to make an electric highway between Delhi and Jaipur,” he said.
The road transport and highways minister is confident in his ministry’s budget and the market support for an E-Highway.
Things Are Getting Serious
India is aggressively pushing EVs and the supporting infrastructure for EVs.The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has been given Rs 1.99 lakh crore in the Budget for 2022–2023 by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), which is largely in charge of developing NHs and expressways around the nation, would receive Rs. 1.34 lakh crore of this funding.
Delhi-Jaipur E-Highway Trial Run
The upcoming Delhi-Jaipur E-trial highway’s run date has been announced by the National Highway for Electric Vehicles (NHEV). When finished, the electric highway will be the first in India. The test run will begin on September 9 of this year. Early next year, NHEV plans to make the Delhi-Jaipur electric route publicly accessible. The 278-kilometer route will contain EV charging stations, which will aid in lowering carbon footprints.
The trial run will be launched by Minister of State for Environment Ashwini Chaubey, who stated that the Delhi-Jaipur E-Highway with NHEV pilot will be a groundbreaking Ease of Doing Business effort.
According to Chaubey, “This innovative project will help tourists and individuals to ‘travel clean’ on EVs even if they are not EV owners and will encourage more people to acquire and take part in making India’s surface transportation green.
Objectives Of the Trial Run
The electrified highway is based on the electrified roadways in nations like Sweden and Germany. Battery recharge is possible on electric highways for the electric vehicles that use them. The move is seen as a step toward giving electric vehicles more attention.
The trial run will evaluate the viability of the electric expressway using 24 electric buses and more than 100 electric vehicles on the ground. According to NHEV, each EV manufacturer will be able to support a run of one electric vehicle prototype in this TECH-Trial and be appointed for fleet orders.
Along with the Delhi-Jaipur section, negotiations for an electric highway segment on the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway are also ongoing with a Swedish company. Gadkari has pushed for foreign investment in the roads industry and has previously requested the EU to create an electric highway in the nation. Seven of the 22 green expressways, he claimed, have already begun construction.
Building and employing an electric roadway is one of the most energy-efficient approaches to reducing carbon impact. The Delhi-Mumbai highway could soon have India’s one of the first electric highways if everything goes according to plan. The Road Ministry claimed that the first section of the E-highway will likely be finished by mid-2022. According to knowledgeable sources. The government is launching pilot projects to construct India’s first segment of electric motorways by the middle of 2022.
According to reports, the Indian government and a Swedish company are discussing building an electric highway on the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway. According to sources, the 120 kmph speed limit for trucks and buses on the e-highway will result in a 70% reduction in logistical costs. Approximately 20% of the roadways on the 200 km long Delhi-Jaipur expressway would be electrified. To recharge the batteries of freight trucks and other electric vehicles, separate lanes will be constructed.
This 200-km route, which is modeled after the electrified roads in Sweden and Germany, will be able to recharge the batteries of moving automobiles. The move is seen as a step toward giving electric vehicles more attention. Even though the project is still in its early stages, reports state that the second COVID-19 wave caused a delay in discussions over the construction of an electric roadway. The goal of creating such a route is still to lower the “carbon footprint,” though.


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Sales of Costco Wholesale Corp. November rose 15.1% to 15.67 billion, the retailer said late Wednesday, a pace a bit slower than in previous months.
Revenue for the first quarter of the fiscal year increased 16.9% to $ 42.35 billion. Sales in the same store increased 13.4% in November and sales in the same store increased 15.4% for the quarter. Online sales rose 71.3% in November and 86.4% in the quarter, according to the retailer.
The jump in sales in November follows a sales increase of 16% compared to the previous year in October and an increase of 17% in September.
Costco stock fell 1.7% after the close of trading after falling 1.1% on the regular trading day. The stock is up 30% over the past year, compared to a gain of around 13% for the S&P 500 index


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British couple vow to honor rubbish food at their wedding
The local restaurant catering for the wedding, said only recycled food would be served on the happy day.
A British couple committed to tackling the massive amount of food wasted daily will be serving their wedding guests a meal with a difference this weekend - everything has been thrown out by local food stores.
Environmentally-friendly couple Nicola Hedges and Christopher McKenna are making a bold statement when getting married in Northampton in central England on Aug. 6.
The bride and groom will feed their 80 guests with a meal for "freegans" - defined in the Oxford Dictionaries as people seeking to help the environment by reducing waste, especially by retrieving and using discarded food and other goods.
Elsie's Caf, the local restaurant catering for the wedding, said only recycled food would be served on the happy day.
"It's the first rubbish wedding we have ever done," the cafe's co-owner Shena Cooper told the Thomson Reuters Foundation.
Elsie's Caf serves meals made from ingredients deemed either damaged or past their sell-by date by supermarkets and other local food stores.
Figures from the United Nations' food agency, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), show that about one third - or 1.3 billion tonnes - of food produced for human consumption is lost or wasted each year.
These losses and waste amount to about US$680 billion in industrialized countries and US$310 billion in developing countries, the FAO said.
Hedges, 48, a nursery worker told the local newspaper, the Northampton Chronicle & Echo, that everything at the wedding would be reusable and recyclable, with a purple wedding dress bought off EBay and wild flowers donated by friends and family.
"Hooray to using rubbish food," Hedges wrote on her Twitter account.


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Famous Dave's high-tech remake
Famous Dave's CEO Ed Rensi intends to turn the barbecue concept into a more efficient operation by embracing technology. He provided Restaurant Business with a peek inside the lab for the overhaul, a unit in the Chicago suburbs. Here's what we saw.
Applebee’s new marketing strategy: customers’ photos
To boost engagement with its “neighborhood” and generate some social media buzz, Applebee’s, the country’s 10th largest chain by sales, will turn over its Instagram feed to its customers for the next 12 months, Adweek reports, relying in a big way (although not solely) on user-generated content—read: free content—to populate the page.


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(Reuters) - Johnson & Johnson has told doctors it expects a limited supply of its Doxil cancer drug to become available within the next six weeks, but warned the amount would not be sufficient for all patients currently on waiting lists.
Supplies of the drug will fluctuate over the next several months as a contracted specialty manufacturer works to increase production, the company said in a Sept 23 letter posted on its website.
The specialty manufacturer will continue producing Doxil until J&J has transitioned to a new manufacturer, the company said.
The injectable drug, which had annual global sales of about $500 million as of July, is used to treat ovarian cancer and multiple myeloma.
In July, the company cautioned doctors not to begin treating patients with Doxil as it expected supply shortages of the drug because of production constraints at the contracted specialty manufacturer.
J&J's shares closed at $62.69 on Monday on the New York Stock Exchange.
(Reporting by Divya Sharma in Bangalore; Editing by Matt Driskill)


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In 2014, the most recent year for which a full crop-year report is available, California’s 76,400 farms and ranches received approximately $54 billion for their output. This represents an increase of 5.1 percent over 2013. California is the leading US state in cash farm receipts with combined commodities representing nearly 13 percent of the US total.
California’s agricultural abundance includes more than 400 commodities. Over a third of the country’s vegetables and two-thirds of the country’s fruits and nuts are grown in California. The dairy industry, California’s leading commodity in cash receipts, generated a record $9.36 billion for milk production in 2014, up 23 percent from 2013 and 22 percent above the record year of 2011.
California’s top-ten valued commodities for 2014 are:
Milk – $9.4 billion
Almonds – $5.9 billion
Grapes – $5.2 billion
Cattle and calves – $3.7 billion
Strawberries – $2.5 billion
Lettuce – $2 billion
Walnuts – $1.8 billion
Tomatoes – $1.6 billion
Pistachios – $1.6 billion
Hay – $1.3 billion
In 2014, California’s agricultural exports amounted to $21.59 billion in value. As a percentage of the total US agricultural exports for 2014, California’s share represents 14.3 percent—slightly less than the 14.9 percent share reported the previous year. California’s top 10 export destinations—European Union, Canada, China/Hong Kong, Japan, Mexico, Korea, India, United Arab Emirates, Turkey, and Vietnam—accounted for 69 percent of the 2014 export value. For 2014, India showed the largest growth in total export value compared to the previous year at 19.1 percent.
California agricultural statistics derive primarily from the United States Department of Agriculture/National Agricultural Statistics Services (USDA/NASS) reports. The California Department of Food and Agriculture also publishes statistics related to California dairy production and, in cooperation with the University of California at Davis, statistics for California agricultural exports.
For most timely research into California dairy statistics, please see our dairy pages under Division of Marketing Services. Please see also links in the right hand column for USDA National Agricultural Statistics and Economic Research Service reporting. For county-level reporting please see the CDFA County Liaison site.


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Google will continue to protect Fitbit users’ privacy, Fitbit CEO writes open letter to users
The Fitbit CEO told users that Google's acquisition will help them innovate faster, provide more choices, and make even better products.
Google's $2.1 billion acquisition of Fitbit is complete. While probes on this acquisition are still going on in Australia and the US, Europe has cleared it. The major concern for Google buying Fitbit is that with this acquisition, Google might block Fitbit rivals from connecting to phones running Android.
Such concerns are perhaps justified given that Google is facing lawsuits in the US against its anti-competitive behaviour with the chances of one more lawsuit being added to the list regarding its Play Store.
Also Read: Google completes its acquisition of Fitbit
However, Fitbit CEO James Park has written an open letter to all Fitbit users assuring that their data will be protected. He also added in the letter that Fitbit devices will continue to work with both Android and iOS platforms.
Here's what Park wrote:
I'm writing today to let you know that Fitbit is now officially part of Google. It's an incredibly exciting moment for us as a company and for our Fitbit community of users around the globe.
When Eric and I founded Fitbit 13 years ago, we did so with a simple, but bold idea: to make everyone in the world healthier. Since shipping the original Fitbit tracker in 2009 to now having sold more than 120 million devices in over 100 countries, this mission has never wavered. Instead, millions of you joined that mission and made Fitbit a movement that transformed lives. In some cases, we heard from our users that we even helped save lives. Together, we've taken 275 trillion steps and logged over 15 billion hours of sleep.
This is just the beginning because becoming part of the Google family means we can do even more to inspire and motivate you on your journey to better health. We'll be able to innovate faster, provide more choices, and make even better products to support your health and wellness needs. On our own, we pushed the bounds of what was possible from the wrist, pioneering step, heart rate, sleep and stress tracking. With access to Google's incredible resources, knowledge and global platform, the possibilities are truly limitless.
I have no doubt that this acquisition will create so many opportunities. But I also want you to know that many of the things you know and love about Fitbit will remain the same. We'll stay committed to doing what's right, to putting your health and wellness at the center of everything we do and to offering a no-one-size-fits-all approach with choices that work across both Android and iOS.
The trust of our users will continue to be paramount, and we will maintain strong data privacy and security protections, giving you control of your data and staying transparent about what we collect and why. Google will continue to protect Fitbit users' privacy and has made a series of binding commitments with global regulators, confirming that Fitbit users' health and wellness data won't be used for Google ads and this data will be kept separate from other Google ad data. Google also affirmed it will continue to allow Fitbit users to choose to connect to third party services. That means you'll still be able to connect your favorite health and wellness apps to your Fitbit account. These and other commitments by Google reinforce why Google is an ideal partner for Fitbit who will continue to put our users first and help further our mission to make everyone in the world healthier.
Thank you for letting us be part of your lives and your health journey.
CEO, President & Co-Founder
Rick Osterloh, SVP, Devices and Services at Google, also wrote a blog post talking about the acquisition. You can read that here.
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Stock Smarts: Investing In New Technology
Technological advances continue to change the way we live our lives but what affect does it have on our investments. Better yet, how do we benefit financially from this rapid change?
We live in an age of disruptive technology. The world as we know it is evolving at such a rapid pace that it’s hard to keep up. As that rate of change accelerates, jobs will be lost and industries will face the same fate as buggy makers when Henry Ford rolled out the first Model T. But new opportunities will also be created, for workers and investors.
Consider the events that have occurred within the past 20 years.
• Robots have taken over from humans in a wide range of industries, from car manufacturing to mining.
• Shopping malls are disappearing at an increasing rate, the victims of the growing trend to on-line shopping.
• Tesla, which manufactures only electric cars, has surpassed General Motors and Ford in market value.
• Uber is in the process of destroying the traditional taxi industry.
• Cable companies are seeing their once dominant hold on television transmission dissipate as more people cut the cord and relay on mobile devices.
• Driverless cars are being tested in more cities with predictions we may see them available to consumers as early as 2020.
Last week, a reader wrote to ask about recent news out of India and China that could have huge ramifications for automakers and the energy industry.
“I heard about the electric car targets for India and China for the coming decades, and part of the announcement indicated that Chinese companies will be legislated to be the suppliers/manufacturers,” he wrote.
“Considering that the world’s future growth is highly, if not solely dependent, on China and India, the impacts to all internal combustion engines (ICE) dependent industries could be tremendous. Is this a game changer for several industries? How do we position our accounts to take advantage/prepare for this?” – Adolfo E.
He’s right. According to a recent report by Reuters, China is targeting that by 2025 alternative fuels should power at least 20 per cent of the 35 million cars sold annually in the country. In India, a government think-tank has recommended that all vehicles in the country be electrified by 2032.
(In Ottawa the federal government has announced the creation of an advisory group to look into ways to increase the use of zero-emission cars in this country.)
“We will see a clear shift to electric cars. It’s driven by legislation so electric cars are coming, it’s not a niche anymore,” Wilco Stark, vice president for strategy and product planning at German car maker Daimler, told a Reuters correspondent at the Asia Oil & Gas Conference in Kuala Lumpur earlier this month.
The answer is to allocate a portion of your assets to companies that are on the leading edge of these disruptive technologies. Amazon, Google, Apple, and Tesla are already on our Recommended Lists.
Another stock you may wish to add is Tata Motors, which trades on the New York Stock Exchange as an American Depository Share under the symbol TTM. The price has fluctuated wildly over the past three years, touching a high of over US$50 in early 2015 and then falling all the way to the US$20 range in the winter of 2016. The current price is US$37.07.
This is not a great growth story at first glance. Revenues have risen steadily over the past five years but the increases have been modest. Profit actually fell over 20 per cent in the 2016 fiscal year compared to the 2015 results. Return on equity has been steadily declining. The shares paid a dividend of only US$0.015 in 2016.


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Uber didn't get where it is today by playing well with others, including local municipal governments. But in many ways New York has tamed it. Soon after the company launched here in 2011, it agreed to operate under Taxi and Limousine Commission rules, bowing to the kind of government oversight it has resisted in other cities.
Now New York appears to be on the verge of another first: After years of controversy over its refusal to provide adequate service to people with disabilities, Uber last week stood with a group of rivals at a TLC hearing vowing to expand service to meet the needs of New Yorkers with disabilities. Uber and its partners' plan would involve creating a centralized citywide system to dispatch wheelchair-accessible vehicles, be they livery cabs, yellow and green cabs, or black cars.
The eight operators and organizations that make up the coalition say they are responding to an existential threat: The TLC proposed in July to require all for-hire vehicle companies, or FHVs, to dispatch a portion of their rides to wheelchair-accessible vehicles, whether or not the customers use wheelchairs. The requirement would kick in at 10% of all dispatched trips next year, and work up to 25% by 2021.
Uber and its rivals say that number is arbitrary. These FHV operators—including Carmel Car Service, the Livery Base Owners Association, the Livery Roundtable and the Black Car Assistance Corp.—say that the costs of acquiring the requisite number of accessible vehicles, which are around $14,000 more than nonaccessible cars and usually not as luxurious, would destroy their businesses.
The city says that by having the vehicles in operation, there would be a steady supply for people who need them. At the hearing TLC Commissioner Meera Joshi noted that 2,000 vehicles enter the FHV business every month and the proposed rule anticipates a portion of them being wheelchair-accessible. The city agreed in a lawsuit it settled with disability advocates in 2013 to make half of all yellow cabs wheelchair-accessible by 2020. The city now feels FHVs should also play a role. With the growth of Uber, the FHV sector makes more trips than yellow cabs.
FHVs pick up riders through prearranged requests via app or phone, and are barred by law from responding to street hails. Coalition members believe they can meet demand, whatever it may be, with a system of their own.


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BT reduces debt pile to £17.5bn
BRITISH Telecom slashed its debt to £17.5bn at the end of June as the result of its record rights issue and a series of asset sales.
Chairman Sir Christopher Bland today told shareholders at the company's annual general meeting that this figure had come down from £27.9bn at the end of March, thanks in part to the £5.9bn raised through the underwritten rights issue.
It is the first time BT has summarised the effects of its hectic second quarter on the balance sheet, although the details of its various transactions were revealed as they took place.
Bland said he expected FutureBT, which will hold all the group's operations except the wireless arm, would resume paying a dividend next year. He would not commit BT Wireless to paying a dividend, saying it would have to determine its own policy.
Chief executive Sir Peter Bonfield told the AGM that BT Wireless is strongly positioned to develop 3G services by taking advantage of its leading position in mobile data.
'The investments that we have made in mobile data are really beginning to pay off in terms of market presence. BT wireless has already launched GPRS services in three of its four markets, with Esat Digifone planning to launch later this year. And it has 3G licences in the UK, Germany and the Netherlands. Licences in Ireland are due to be awarded very soon,' he said.
He said BTopenworld, which is part of FutureBT, is exploring new services such as video-on-demand and Pay TV as part of its plan to build new revenue streams.
Commenting on BT's recent share price performance, Bonfield said BT's share price has outperformed all its major UK competitors. 'Vodafone, Energis, Telewest, C&W, Colt, Kingston and Thus have all seen larger falls than us. And by a considerable margin in some cases,' he said.
'We've also done better than most of our main European rivals - in Spain, Germany, France and the Netherlands.'
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Epic Games Store reports continued growth, 765 million free games claimed in 2021
The platform was used by more than 194 million PC gamers last yearBy Jimmy Pezzone 40 comments
Recap: Earlier this week Epic Games released their 2021 Year in Review. The release, which provides no shortage of self-reported usage and sales statistics, points to an overall increase in the platform's use. But feedback from the gaming community questions if the increase is due to more users joining the service for the content or simply stopping by for the store's free games.
Epic's Year in Review 2021 highlighted an overall growth trend across the year, adding 34 million new users since 2020 and increases in daily, monthly, and concurrent user counts. The publisher's growth is the result of their own efforts to grow the platform as well as the explosive growth of PC gaming and hardware sales in 2021.
In 2021 the Epic Games Store gave away 89 free titles valued at $2,120, which added up to a hefty 765 million copies claimed across the year. Epic's announcement confirmed the company will continue the free game giveaways in 2022 to attract new users and provide quality content to existing customers. The free titles are made available to the store's users on a weekly basis and are a permanent part of their game library once claimed.
Despite how it might sound, the "free" games that are given away are hardly free to Epic. The company is still responsible for paying game developers for the right to make it available to their users at no cost. Epic looks to continue offering these games in hopes of continued user base growth and increased spending on future exclusives. While it might seem like a losing proposition, the free games have been a big driver in Epic's ability to gain some ground against services like Steam.
The company's announcement highlighted several other developments coming in 2022, including expanded social and community features, game hubs, and Epic Games Store application enhancements. Fans and critics alike can follow Epic's planned and upcoming content and enhancements through the Epic Games Store Roadmap on Trello.


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Unseasonable weather will prevent Beech Mountain Resort from re-opening the slopes this weekend as planned, but the grand opening of the newly-remodeled Beech Tree Bar and Grille will take place this Saturday at 5:00 p.m. and include live music from the Harris Brothers.
As you are probably aware, unusually mild weather has impacted most East Coast ski resorts. Rest assured that as soon as the temperatures drop, Beech Mountain Resort will begin making snow and get the slopes open as quickly as possible. Thanks to upgrades over the summer, our snowmaking capabilities are at an all-time high and we’re poised to create quality conditions as soon as Mother Nature cooperates.
In the meantime, join us for the grand opening of the Beech Tree Bar and Grille. Enjoy live music from the hugely popular Harris Brothers, while enjoying your favorite adult beverages and catching all the games on our many new HD televisions. There is no cover charge for this event and resort visitors do not need a slope ticket.
The Beech Tree Bar and Grille, originally constructed in the late 1960s, recently got a fresh facelift with a new interior remodel. Patrons will notice a ton of improvements, including an upgraded and expanded menu, completely remodeled bathrooms, large projector screen, and the re-opening of the balcony bar.
As an added bonus to our loyal customers, there will be special one-time-only access to the new Red Baron Room. It’s a one-time chance to see this exclusive area and sign up for a membership.
In addition to the Beech Tree festivities, the Beech Mountain Brewing Co. will be open Friday-Sunday, serving noon to 7 p.m daily. Ski Beech Sports is open this Saturday, from 1 p.m. to 7 p.m., offering 10% off the entire store!


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Touted as a possible Google killer when it launched July this year, Cuil has had a disappointing start.
Traffic numbers reflect the company's lack of stickiness following its launch. TechCrunch sees it as flat lining.
Interesting that Business Week has it amongst its most promising start ups of 2008.
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Lincoln Design Boss Wants No “Visual Connection” With Ford
Lincoln is on a fast track to reinvent itself and, not surprisingly, design will play a key role in the brand's future plans. Moray Callum, design chief for both Ford and Lincoln, said as much during a Q&A session with Automotive News.
When the discussion shifted to luxury brands based on mass-market platforms (like Ford and Lincoln, and Nissan and Infiniti) and their tendency to look alike, Callum responded with Lincoln's solution to the problem.
"I don't think there should be a visual connection between Lincoln and Ford," Callum told Automotive News. "With some of the other companies it looks like the designs are coming out of the same studios. That's why we have a separate Lincoln studio, so there's no cross-pollination. "
He admitted that Ford and Lincoln previously had issues with looking too much alike. However, Callum says that recent products like the MKC crossover and the MKZ sedan look unique, sharing no sheet metal with their Ford counterparts.
Callum's commitment to evolving Lincoln's design comes just months after Ford announced it will invest at least $5 billion to rejuvenate the luxury brand. Among the many plans for Lincoln is a new D6 architecture, a modular platform that will reportedly support front-, rear-, and all-wheel drive layouts. The MKZ's successor could be the first vehicle to ride on the new D6 platform, which is slated to arrive as soon as 2019.
Lincoln's ongoing recovery has resulted in sales growth. The brand had a relatively good 2014, with sales up 15.6 percent compared to the previous year.
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This week we saw Ouya gain support from OnLive, the online game streaming service, and now the company has found another ally in the gaming industry. Ouya has taken to its Kickstarter page to announce that it has partnered with Square Enix, with the developer intending to bring Final Fantasy III to the Android-based console when it eventually launches. Ouya say that this is the first time gamers outside of Japan will be able to play Final Fantasy III on a television via a console.
Square Enix will be going back and polishing up Final Fnatasy III as well, tuning it for the NVIDIA Tegra 3 processor inside the Ouya and promising “high-definition graphics.” The game made the jump to iOS devices back in March, offering the same graphical improvements plus sequences that would be exclusive to the mobile version of the game. It’s among the more expensive iOS games at $15.99, and from the sounds of things it will be a paid option on Ouya as well.
Ouya did confirm, however, that a free demo would be available to try for curious gamers. The announcement comes not long after Ouya received support from OnLive. That company detailed how it would bring an Ouya compatible app to the console at launch, allowing gamers to access hundreds of streaming games with an affordable subscription, as well 30 minute demos of the latest games.
The Ouya Kickstarter project still has 8 days left to go, but the console has already amassed $5.8 million in funding, shattering its intended $950,000 goal. A little over 45,000 backers have funded the project, and close to 40,000 Ouya consoles have been snapped up by backers. Costing $99, Ouya promises a wealth of free games plus an “open” platform that runs on Android. The console will be powered by NVIDIA’s quad-core Tegra 3 processor and will ship with a customized controller reminiscent of what’s used by other consoles.


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, a computational modelling software company that develops simulations to fight disease and inform policy, and the Exhibitions and Conferences Alliance (ECA), a coalition that represents the common interests of the U.S. exhibitions and conferences industry, have announced a partnership to provide expert guidance on how to reopen events amid COVID-19 concerns. The partnership will provide the data that leaders and event coordinators need to determine what size events are safe to host and when event capacities can safely increase in locations across the country.
"Small and mid-size businesses rely on trade shows to drive their business by launching new products, generating leads, and entering new geographies", said Hervé Sedky, chairman of ECA. "That makes the exhibitions industry such a foundational element of how business gets done. It has a tremendous overall economic impact on the local, state, federal levels. The Center for Exhibition Industry Research (CEIR) estimates that events contributed $101 billion to the U.S. GDP in 2019. Our industry has what can be called a multiplier effect on businesses, in that the impact of these events stimulate economies across the U.S., through sales that occur beyond the walls of convention centres".
„Small and mid-size businesses rely on trade shows to drive their business.“
"Our team has spent decades building epidemiological models to combat smallpox, measles, HIV, SARS, MERS, the opioid crisis, and other epidemics," said Dr. Don Burke, president of Epistemix. "The mathematical and scientific data we're utilising to custom-build these models will support leaders in making the best decisions possible as they plan for conventions to help invigorate the trade show industry while preventing the spread of the virus".
Epistemix's software simulates the public-health impacts of high-stakes decisions by incorporating a "digital twin" of every person in a population, and matching the age, gender, race, and other demographic information of each individual in a specific geography. It then uses this synthetic population to model how to safely host a conference, trade show, or other large event during COVID-19. ECA's adoption of this platform will allow the group to develop science-based plans for future events and safely bring large-scale gatherings back in the U.S.


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By Tiernan Ray
Shares of 3-D printing technology developer 3D Systems (DDD) get another thumbs up today, this time from Troy Jensen of Piper Jaffray, who reiterates an Overweight rating and raises his price target to $52 from $42, after adjusting estimates to reflect the company’s recent acquisition of startup Rapid Product Development Group, a services provider, sannounced on May 1 it would acquire for undisclosed terms.
Like Needham & Co.‘s James Ricchiuti yesterday, Jensen is enthusiastic about what RPDG may bring to the company’s offerings:
While terms were not disclosed, 3D Systems has historically paid .85-1.2x
sales multiples, so we estimate the acquisition cost about $35-40 million. Looking at earnings, RPDG is expected to add about $0.05 to 3D Systems 2013 EPS guidance [...] RPDG is expected to contribute $20-25 million in sales for the remainder of 2013, which we believe equates to $30-35 million on an annualized basis [...] We believe RPDG will be a great fit for 3D Systems and expands the company’s Quick Parts service offering. Given 3D Systems history of acquisitions, we believe the company will quickly and effectively integrate RPDG with little to no distractions.
Ricchiuti raised his estimate for this year to $484 million in revenue from a prior $463 million, but cut his EPS estimate by a penny to $1.11.
3D Systems shares today are down 17 cents, or 0.4%, at $48.32.


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Bedding veteran Jamison taking new direction
David Perry -- Furniture Today, December 13, 2012
Frank Gorrell III, center, is flanked by Jamison executives Ken Hinman, left, and Rick MacLean.
This fall a handful of beautiful butterflies will flutter across the bedding landscape, alighting on a new line of latex beds.
The bedding producer dispatching those new lines - and creating the distinctive marketing programs to accompany them - is one of the oldest bedding companies in the country, now moving in some fresh new directions.
Jamison Bedding, based in this pleasant Nashville suburb, is making some cool moves in the highly competitive bedding marketplace, as the Captain Cool mascot indicates. And the butterflies suggest something else about Jamison: This 129- year-old bedding producer is in the midst of its own transformation, a mattress company metamorphosis led by a management team of bedding veterans and some notable newcomers who came from several consumer marketing powerhouses.
As both of those new bedding lines indicate, Jamison remains true to its specialty sleep orientation, a hallmark of the company for the past two decades. But Jamison has elevated its game, rebranding the company and displaying its new identity with strong new products and marketing programs.
"Bedding since 1883" was the company's historically rooted tagline for many years. It recently made way for a new tagline, one that reflects Jamison's strategy to stand apart from its competitors: "We make sleep different."
Frank Gorrell III, president, is the great-great-grandson of the company's founder, Robert Jamison. He has been president for more than a quarter century, leading a family-owned operation that is increasingly rare these days in the bedding business, now dominated by private equity owners.
Unlike those companies, many of which carry significant levels of debt, Jamison is debt free. It's able to focus on providing superior quality bedding at competitive values, the company says. "said.
Jamison has something else that Gorrell says those bigger producers can't match: Speed to market. "We are quick to market and we are innovative," he said. "We can take advantage of certain trends and beat some of the ‘S' brands to market."
The company also benefits from years of superior service to its loyal customer base, a large percentage of which are Jamison-only retailers, Gorrell said.
Those strong points all emerged from a detailed customer study that Jamison undertook a while back to assess its strengths and weaknesses. Company officials wanted a candid look at their business, from which they ultimately developed new corporate and brand strategies for the future.
"The research revealed that dealers love our quality, the values we offer and the relationships we foster," said Rick Mac- Lean, chief operating officer and chief financial officer. "They also revealed the need for us to do better marketing and have a stronger market presence."
MacLean came to Jamison with a broad portfolio of consumer brand experience. When Jamison began looking for a new marketer, MacLean recommended a former colleague, Ken Hinman, who was then working for Lebanon, Tenn.-based luxury travel goods producer Hartmann.
Gorrell thought that would be a good fit. "We saw Hartmann as the Jamison in its category," he said. "They have similar relationships with their customers."
Under Hinman's direction, Jamison is now showing a fresh face in the market, rolling out new lines backed with comprehensive marketing programs - and seasoned with a dash of fun, too.
Take Captain Cool, for example. The mascot has helped Jamison stand out in the highly competitive gel bedding arena. Jamison filled a corner of its new High Point showroom with large and small versions of the mascot and with banners that tout Captain Cool sales events, including one in which Captain Cool improbably rides a surfboard. Hinman calls the POP materials "a party in a box."
"Ken has taken our marketing to another level," MacLean said. Improved marketing programs are one of the company's strategic initiatives.
Other key directions for Jamison, Hinman says, include continuous product innovation to engage shoppers, expansion in distribution, and a more finely tuned contract sales organization.
"We have updated our image and introduced a new Jamison," Hinman said. "We are taking from what we do best, adding new constructions, and remaining consistent with our owner's vision."
"We" is a key word at Jamison these days. It's featured in the new tagline, "We make sleep different," and it characterizes the way the company operates, Hinman said.
"We are a very ‘we' company," he said. "There is an esprit de corps here and a loyalty to the brand that is amazing. We all really do love this company."
Jamison is also growing with its affiliation with Spring Air. The company is a licensee for Spring Air in the Southeast.
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SYLVANIA, OH (WTOL) - It's being called an interactive appliance store.
The Living Appliance Store on Monroe Street in Sylvania opened on Saturday, taking shopping into the 21st Century.
"Now, for the first time, we're actually able to show people the product in the environment where you can turn on the faucets or play with the product." said store owner John Oswald. "Working ovens. Actually test drive appliances for the very first time"
Or you can punch up a screen to design your own kitchen.
The $4 million, 20,000 square foot store has been four years in the making.
It's smaller than the Appliance Center store in Maumee.
But Mr. Oswald feels the Sylvania location will be a hit with homeowners in this part of town because of the improving economy.
"We were real nervous eight years ago. Much more confident now," said John. "People seem to be a little bit more comfortable spending on their homes. Biggest investment of their lives. So whether it's appliances, kitchen, furniture, we feel the confidence is solid in the Toledo area."
And, Appliance Center could be growing even more.
Mr. Oswald says he's considering opening a third store at a yet to be determined location.


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The company projected sales for the first six months of its fiscal year, through December 1, of "not less than £140 million." That would be at least a 12% increase over the six-month sales ended December 2, 2018.
Sales in its last fiscal year, ended June 2, were up 16% to £256.6 million, with profits up 11% to £65.8 million. Sales to retailers and distributors in North America were up 28% for the fiscal year, to £53.5 million (about $69 million).
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We hope you’ll join us at SAP Customer Experience Live, October 10-11 in Barcelona, Spain. You can find us in booth G8 as part of Wunderman Commerce
In addition to leaders from Wunderman Commerce participating in industry panel discussions, several Gorilla clients will be sharing their knowledge and insights at the event, including representatives from Bosch, National Vision Inc., and Specialized.
Read on, and watch below, to see why we’re so excited about being a part of this event.
SAP challenged companies around the world to create unique videos about why they’re excited for this year’s SAP Customer Experience LIVE event in Barcelona, Spain. Challenge accepted.
We’re excited to announce we will be attending this year’s SAP CX LIVE Event alongside inspirational leaders, industry experts, peers, and partners.
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The top 10 finalists in the increasingly important World Car of the Year awards programme were announced yesterday. Now, the jury of 66 international motoring journalists, including the only South African, CAR’s Hannes Oosthuizen, will cast votes again before the top three in each of the categories are announced at the Geneva Motor Show in March. The World Car of the Year and World Performance Car of the Year winners, along with green and design awards, will be revealed at the New York International Auto Show in April.
The 2012 World Car of the Year will be selected from the following top ten cars listed in alphabetical order:
Audi A6 Saloon / Avant
BMW 1 Series
BMW 3 Series
Chevrolet Volt / Opel/Vauxhall Ampera
Land Rover Evoque
The 2012 World Performance Car will be chosen from these top ten finalists:
Audi RS 3 Sportback
BMW 1 Series M Coup
Chevrolet Camaro ZL1
Lamborghini Aventador LP 700-4
Mercedes-Benz CLS 63 AMG
Mercedes-Benz C63 Coupe AMG Black Series
Previous World Car of the Year winners were the Nissan LEAF in 2011, the Volkswagen Polo in 2010, the Volkswagen Golf in 2009, the Mazda2 / Mazda Demio in 2008, the Lexus LS460 in 2007, the BMW 3-Series in 2006, and the Audi A6 in 2005.
Now in their eighth year, the annual World Car awards have become one of the world’s most prestigious, credible and significant programs of its kind.
At a launch function held in Cape Town this morning, it was announced that Land Rover will be the official associate and exclusive vehicle partner of the union for the next three years.
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Apple on Monday seeded the Release Candidate of tvOS 14.6, the update designed to run on fourth and fifth-generation Apple TV models. The RC comes one week after Apple released the third beta.
The tvOS 14.6 beta is compatible with fourth and fifth-generation Apple TV models. The new beta can be downloaded to a compatible Apple TV that has the proper profile installed. The public beta is also available.
The tvOS 14.6 update adds support for new Apple Music features, including Spatial Audio with Dolby Atmos and Lossless Audio.
As usual, MacTrast and Apple both warn users to not install any betas on their daily driver Apple Watch or Apple TV, instead only install betas on a device set aside for testing purposes.


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£2.6m bar tab for Chorion
Former Trocadero group Chorion has snapped up two West End bars from rival nightclubs operator Luminar. Chorion paid £2.58 million for Slap Harry's in Glasshouse Street and Cairo Jacks in Beak Street, taking its West End venues to eight. Cairo Jacks will be closed, remodelled and relaunched along the lines of Tiger Tiger in the Haymarket while Slap Harry's will make do with a facelift.
Luminar acquired the two bars last year as part of a package of 27 outlets bought from Allied Leisure.
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