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Supervisor enjoys modifying cars as a hobby
KUALA LUMPUR: Watching his friends modify their cars piqued Gary Lau Chee Kion's interest to "pimp up" his own car a hobby that has now won him a living room full of trophies.
Stephanie picked as Carnival Queen
KUALA LUMPUR: Stephanie Kuan, 24, grabbed the Carnival Queen title after she was adjudged the best among 12 ladies vying for the crown at the Star Motor Carnival last night.
Cars and curves at the carnival
KUALA LUMPUR: Beautiful cars and even more beautiful babes are what's in store as the inaugural Star Motor Carnival enters its final day tomorrow.
Don't want to buy a car? Other goodies await you, too
KUALA LUMPUR: Even if you are not shopping for a car at The Star Motor Carnival, there are loads of automotive products and services to capture your fancy.
Sweet car deals for potential buyers
KUALA LUMPUR: Automotive brands are throwing in many special offers to "sweeten" the deal for potential car buyers at The Star Motor Carnival at Bukit Jalil Stadium.
Exhibition models at carnival are more than just pretty faces
KUALA LUMPUR: The exhibition models at The Star Motor Carnival are more than just pretty faces who look good standing next to cars on display.
Rev up for the great drive!
KUALA LUMPUR: The inaugural The Star Motor Carnival opens today and visitors can expect activities and exciting live performances.
Modified car rally draws the crowd
KUALA LUMPUR: THE Star's Modified Car Rally 2012 took place last Saturday and it captivated passers-by in the city.
New Beetle to join motor carnival
PETALING JAYA: Fresh from its launch at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre on Friday, the latest version of Volkswagen's best-selling Beetle model will be showcased at The Star Motor Carnival 2012 at the Bukit Jalil Stadium, Kuala Lumpur from Sept 14-17.
Classic cars steal the show
PETALING JAYA: Celebrities such as Megan Tan, Jojo Struys and Chermaine Poo add a touch of glamour to photo contest.
Take a classic shot at prizes
PETALING JAYA: Join the fun at The Star's Classic Car Rally Photo Contest tomorrow where you will get to photograph celebrities with some gorgeous classic cars.
Modified car owners invited to join contest at carnival
PETALING JAYA: If you own a "pimped-up" car that is good enough to win a prize, sign up for the Auto Salon Night modified car competition at the Star Motor Carnival 2012.
Beauties pair up with classic cars
KUALA LUMPUR: Shutterbugs swarmed by the dozens around 18 beauties at The Star's Classic Car Rally Photo Contest.
Petronas oiling the F1 machinery
PETALING JAYA: Contrary to what some might think, Petronas' involvement in Formula 1 goes deeper than the mere sponsorship of the Mercedes AMG PETRONAS F1 team.
Classic rally with a difference
PETALING JAYA: Put your picture-taking skills to the test at the Classic Car Rally Photo Contest to be held as part of the run up to the Star Motor Carnival 2012.
Fun times drawing near
PETALING JAYA: Even if you are not a car buff, the inaugural "The Star Motor Carnival 2012" at the Bukit Jalil stadium, Kuala Lumpur from Sept 14-17, promises to be an event with attractions for everyone in the family.
Petronas is main sponsor for carnival
PETALING JAYA: Petronas will be joining the ride in the inaugural Star Motor Carnival 2012 as the main sponsor for the event to be held at Bukit Jalil Stadium in Kuala Lumpur.
Honda to display latest line-up at motor carnival
KUALA LUMPUR: Visitors to Honda Malaysia's booth at The Star Motor Carnival from Sept 14 to Sept 17 at the National Stadium in Bukit Jalil will get to view up close and learn more about Honda's hybrid cars on display.
Test-drive i-MiEV electric car at carnival
PETALING JAYA: The first electric car to be registered for our roads the Mitsubishi i-MiEV, will be available for test drive at the Star Motor Carnival from Sept 14 to 17 at Bukit Jalil Stadium, Kuala Lumpur.
Rev up your engines and get set for the big car-nival
PETALING JAYA: Rev up your engines, bring the whole family and head over to The Star Motor Carnival in SepÂtember where there will be something for everyone.
Another sneak peek at Star Motor Carnival
Get in gear for an exciting ride in September as Star Motor Carnival approaches.
Time to get your motor running
Shop for the best buys at The Star Motor Carnival which aims to be the largest one-stop centre for all things automobile, happening from Sept 14 to Sept 17.
Psst! ... come over for a motor carnival sneak peek
The inaugural Star Motor Carnival will be held from Sept 14 to Sept 17 at the National Stadium in Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur.
Come to bargains galore
The Star Motor Carnival - to be held from Sept 14-17 at the Bukit Jalil Stadium, Kuala Lumpur - will bring together big names in the automotive industry and aims to be the place for the largest gathering of cars for sale in the country.
Star car-nival coming
The inaugural Star Motor Carnival, which will take place at the Bukit Jalil Stadium, Kuala Lumpur from Sept 14 to 17, aims to be the largest gathering of cars for sale with great bargains for buyers.
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Just a couple days after it was revealed that the HTC Sensation would receive Android 4.0 (albeit with Sense 3.6), the first reports of the update hitting handsets are coming in. German site HTCInside is reporting that the 283.27MB OS refresh hit their HTC Sensation XE earlier today. BestBoyz confirms that the update is reaching both the XE and original Sensation. The catch is that the update so far is only reaching carrier unlocked handsets. Devices tied to a network will likely be waiting for final approval from the service provider.
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It doesn't take turn-by-turn directions to figure out that Google Maps is one of the biggest advantages that Androids now have over the iPhone 5 and Apple devices upgraded to iOS 6.
Former Google CEO and current chairman Eric Schmidt clearly agreed in an on-stage interview with AllThingsD.
"Apple should have kept with our maps," Schmidt said bluntly to some crowd laughter.
When asked if Apple's decision stemmed from Google not maintaining feature parity - specifically not allowing iOS to use and turn-by-turn directions and voice prompts with Google Maps - Schmidt deflected the question.
"We negotiated all of these details with Apple, and the fact of the matter is they had decided a long time ago to do their own maps," said Schmidt, neither confirming or denying turn-by-turn directions were on the table.
The lesson that Apple learned
"What Apple has learned is that maps are really hard," said Schmidt.
"We invested hundreds of millions of dollars in satellite work, airplane work, drive-by work to get the maps accurate. And we think we have the best product in the industry."
"Apple has done extremely well during the last five years," said Schmidt, before amending his statement to say Google played some part in that.
"Actually, Apple has done very well using our maps."
It would be up to Apple to approve a Google Maps app
Schmidt has previously admitted that Google hasn't done anything about maps on iOS 6 yet. But what does the future hold for a Google Maps app on the platform?
"I don't want to pre-announce products," Schmidt cautioned, "But I can tell you that were we to do that, they would also have to approve it."
"They haven't approved all of Google's offerings over the years."
Schmidt sees Apple Maps improving
The future of the native maps app on iPhone is certain in Schmidt's mind.
"Apple has clearly made the decision to do their own maps," said Schmidt. "They made that decision a long time ago."
"I think we should assume that they will continue to make their maps better and address the criticisms that exist."
Indeed, Apple has already made improvements, like returning the Statue of Liberty back to its rightful location in New York Harbor. It's also fielding complaints from Taiwan's government and other countries for not blurring high-security spots.
Considering Google Maps' newest comprehensive update, there are still a lot of known issues with Apple Maps before the company can catch up to Google and make iOS users less directionally challenged again.


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Amazon Game Studios is finally ready to launch its massively multiplayer online game New World. The game is set to hit the markets next month, however, it wasn’t a smooth ride at all for the developers.
The most recent hurdle the game developers faced was yet another delay after remotely working on the game for more than a year.
The recent delay is caused by bugs, according to Game Director Scot Lane. The issues and bugs surfaced during the beta testing which started in July. “We have a little bit more work to do than we thought,” Lane added. “The surprise for me was our alpha community didn’t find nearly all the exploits the whole world found.”
“One bug, which allowed players to duplicate items, was discovered within days, and savvy fans worked together online to map out the best and most expedient ways of exploiting it. “Players are really clever at finding exploits. There are really no substitutes for that,” Lane added. “It was clever and smart, and it was something we hadn’t anticipated.”
New World faces a tough challenge in the shape of other well-established heavyweights in the genre like World of Warcraft. WoW is around for two decades, so gaining space and traction won’t be easy.


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Samsung’s Galaxy S22 lineup is being delivered to its first buyers this week, with early pre-orders being delivered around the world. However, some Galaxy S22 Ultra owners are seeing their shiny new phone exhibit a strange display issue.
According to several posts across Reddit, a display issue on the Galaxy S22 Ultra sees the display with a line of jumbled pixels that show what looks like a form of static across the bottom half of the panel. This doesn’t appear to happen constantly, but rather primarily with content such as videos or games.
The exact cause of this issue is unclear, but its appearance does suggest it could be a hardware issue. Interestingly, the behavior has only shown up so far on Exynos versions of the Galaxy S22 Ultra, as one Reddit thread brings out. At first glance, that might seem like a hint that Snapdragon models are unlikely to see the same behavior, but today is probably the first day a considerable number of Galaxy S22 Ultra buyers from Snapdragon regions will actually get their phones to check for any potential display problems, so it’s too early to tell. Some users have found that switching the phone from QHD to FHD in the display settings seems to help.
Update 2/23: Samsung has confirmed that this issue is limited to the software, and that a fix has already been identified. In a support forum spotted on Reddit, Samsung says:
We are aware of a limited number of Galaxy S22 Ultra devices experiencing a pixelated line on the display when [the] customer plays YouTube or unlocks the device with fingerprints.
The issue may occur rarely when the user set[s] the device resolution to WQHD and Screen mode to Natural mode.
We have already worked to develop a patch on Galaxy S22 Ultra and will release software updates to address the issue soon. We recommend that until then, please change the screen mode to Vivid or resolution to FHD+ of your device.
Samsung doesn’t directly confirm that only Exynos models are affected, but the company does offer a temporary fix of changing the resolution to FHD+, until a software update fixes the problem for good.
Should this prove to be a hardware issue, Samsung will likely be willing to accept these defective units back through typical support channels. However, that does come while stock for the Galaxy S22 Ultra especially is being delayed through some retail channels due to high demand.
In our review of the Galaxy S22 Ultra published last week, we praised the phone’s excellent display for having stellar colors and sharpness, but unfortunately sitting beneath Samsung’s curved glass. Still, it’d be a definite disappointment to have that display have issues such as this.
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The area's second Cook-Out restaurant is expected to open in Columbia County by the end of the month.
The North Carolina-based chain is opening a 3,200-square-foot fast-food restaurant at 4088 Jimmie Dyess Parkway, just off Interstate 20 and in a former KFC building that is currently being remodeled, said Joel Christman, whose company, Dodson & Chatman Construction, is supervising the project.
The restaurant, which serves char-grilled hamburgers, chicken, hotdogs and dozens of milkshakes, will include both indoor and outdoor seating in addition to a single drive-through window, Christman said.
The first Cook-Out location in metro Augusta opened this summer on Walton Way at Crawford Avenue.
The chain has more than 128 locations across the Carolinas, Georgia, Kentucky, Tennessee and Virginia.


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The latest update email from eBay UK includes a message at the bottom regarding postage charges.
Changes to our Excessive Postage & Packaging Charges Policy will come into effect on 30th October 2008. Excessive shipping costs are cited as a major reason for buyers spending less online. These changes will enable us to continue serving sellers with the largest volume of buyers on the web.
If you sell on eBay, read more here
The link is to the eBay.com announcement board – information there doesn’t always apply to sellers on eBay UK.
The only recent UK announcements regarding shipping are the display changes.
It’s unclear if there’s a UK announcement to come, or if the emails have had US information appended in error. Either way eBay are keen to see competitive shipping costs so it would be no surprise to see maximum charges for the UK in the near future.


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Jun 08, 2017 12:36 PM EDT
Reliance Jio is looking to provide momentum to its 4G service by reaching out to the non-smartphone users. The rumored Reliance Jio 4G VoLTE Phone will reportedly launch soon and will be coming in two processor variants.
Reliance Retail, the company behind Lyf range of phones, will be launching the Jio 4G feature phones that are already in production, according to 91Mobiles. Reliance is aiming to tap the rural market with these low-cost feature phones that are said to come bundled with Reliance Jio 4G SIM as well as Jio apps.
According to the report, the Reliance Jio 4G VoLTE Phone will be available with Qualcomm and Spreadtrum chipsets inside. The said device with the Qualcomm chip will cost $28, which is roughly INR 1,800, while the Spreadtrum variant will be a little cheaper at $27 that is approximately INR 1,740.
The company will sell the handsets at subsidized prices initially, as it has with the Reliance Jio 4G mobile services, in a bid to increase its telecom user base of around 110 million. With the subsidy, the Reliance may just offer the Reliance Jio 4G VoLTE Phone at the previously reported price tag of Rs. 999-1,500.
The Reliance 4G VoLTE phone will feature an alphanumeric keyboard below the screen, according to an image of the phone which was shared with NDTV by an anonymous tipster. The phone will also have dedicated buttons for Jio apps.
Reliance Jio 4G VoLTE Phones will have basic hardware like a 2.4-inch screen, 512MB RAM, 4GB internal storage with expansion support via microSD cards. The cheapest 4G phone will have a 2-megapixel rear camera and VGA front camera. Apart from the Jio SIM for 4G connectivity, the phones are also said to have Wi-Fi, NFC, and GPS, though there is no confirmation yet of the wireless tethering option.
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French pharmaceutical Sanofi-Synthelabo SNY, -0.42% SAN, -0.86% said on Thursday that sales were 1.95 billion euros during the first quarter, a 13.4 percent increase on a comparable basis. U.S. sales grew 31 percent on a comparable basis to 471 million euros, while European revenues were up 8.5 percent on a comparable basis to 1.1 billion euros. Sanofi said the results allow it to confirm its 2003 forecast of an EPS before exceptional items and goodwill amortization growth of 20 percent at an exchange rate of one euro per dollar, losing one percent for every three cent move in the exchange rate.
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The Silicon Review
08 July, 2019
There’s no doubt India-based OYO Rooms is spreading its wings at the global level. In fact, the firm’s global operations are now growing faster than its India business. Keeping this in view and customer disservice becoming the norm, it looks like OYO has diverted its focus from India to the international market. In other words, the firm’s local market is tumbling in terms of growing customer dissatisfaction.
Initially, when OYO was launched in 2013 it set a benchmark in the industry and defined customer service standards for competitors.The firm made a difference considering its very attentive and considerate service. However, the number of its fuming customers is growing.
The Silicon Review’s Principal Correspondent, Javid Ali, talked to several of such customers who shared their ‘bad experiences’and said:“they were deceived”. Here’s a customer who is describing the ‘ordeal’ in her own words: This is an email copy which she wrote to OYO higher-ups. The booking IDs mentioned in the mail are omitted due to privacy concerns.
“I am writing to bring to your kind notice that your firm is not fully complying with the customer service it boasts of. The service provided has been appalling; it seems like your firm is losing its ground. OYO has crossed every limit with reference to being unable to stick to its basic work ethics: Its contact centre fails to provide details when a room is denied post booking, for instance.”
“The intervening night between 6th and 7thof July, I booked a room, once I reached to the facility; the room was denied saying it’s no-longer partnering with OYO. I was mystified by this bizarre move. It was past midnight. Instantaneously, I contacted OYO, but to no avail; calls were being hung up.”
“Later, I booked one more hotel via OYO; I was shown the door again while an aged receptionist stating the same breaking-up-with-OYO scenario. I had to travelat least nine kilometres to get to the establishment. Not losing hope, I booked a room again, I was shunned yet again. This time I had to travel at least 10 kilometres.”
“In a nutshell, I want OYO Rooms to compensate for everything: travelled as many as 30 kilometres, etc. If not compensated, I will file a report with Consumer Affairs and lodge an FIR with the local law enforcement agencies.”
“Most importantly, it’s not easy for a lady to travel post-midnight all by herself!”
OYO Rooms is India’s largest hospitality company, consisting mainly of budget hotels. The firm has grown to over 500 cities in India, China, Malaysia, Nepal, the United Kingdom, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, the Philippines, Indonesia and Japan, and operates 450,000 rooms globally as of January 2019.
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The St George Illawarra Dragons match-worn 2018 commemorative jerseys are there for the taking!
Ahead of the traditional Anzac Day fixture against the Sydney Roosters at Allianz Stadium, a live auction will kick start on Tuesday afternoon, April 24 at 4pm.
Dragons members and fans will be given the opportunity to bid on these player-worn commemorative jerseys with funds from it to be donated to the Australian War Memorial.
The live auction will close on Monday, April 30th between 7pm and 8pm so the end of the jersey bids can be staggered throughout the evening.
Each of the player-worn commemorative jerseys will be signed by their respective player, while one team-signed jersey will also be up for bidding as part of the auction.
You can bid for your favourite players' commemorative jersey here.


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Looking for the best way to make playlists on Spotify? Here are five great tools to listen, find and create the best playlists.
A massive hacker attack took out Twitter, Spotify and other major internet sites Friday morning, mainly on the U.S. east coast.
Adele is making her 25 album available for streaming for the first time since it dropped last November.
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Computer Vision for Fashion: Virtual Dressing Rooms
by Adam Pease
Recently, the computer vision provider, Revery.ai, has turned heads with its exposition of an AI-based solution for virtual dressing rooms. Revery.ai’s press attention has come from the scale and extensibility of its solution, which is capable of analyzing over a million garment images a week. This blog describes the product and considers what it may imply about the relationship between computer vision and generative content.
Who Is Revery.ai?
Revery secured funding last summer from Y Combinator, a seed money startup incubator that helped launch the likes of Airbnb, Stripe, Dropbox, DoorDash, and Instacart. It received backing to the tune of $125,000, with an eventual goal of another $1.5 million seed round down the road. Its small team includes a group of computer science Ph.D. students whose expertise in AI development has led them to create a fast and scalable solution for fashion e-commerce brands.
Revery.ai’s virtual dressing room works by using computer vision to synthetically generate the bodies of human models. It then takes these model images and combines them with databases of e-commerce stock, creating readymade versions of models wearing clothes without having to spend time photographing real human beings.
The End of Models? E-Commerce Goes Generative
In our recently predicted note on 2021 computer vision trends, Aragon predicted the rise in generative solutions to different e-commerce content marketing and advertising challenges. The rise of generative models, such as generative adversarial networks (GANs) has increased as algorithms have become better at producing content that the human eye cannot discriminate as fake.
In the case of human bodies, the future of generative content is already here. Now, brands can feature human faces that have never existed before in their advertisements. This can save a considerable amount of business time and spend when one considers the expenditure involved with designing sets, setting up cameras, editing photographs, and the actual payments to the models. If these solutions prove to be scalable for large brands, we may be heading towards a future for e-commerce that shifts away from reliance on human models altogether.
Revery.ai is just one provider in an e-commerce market that is used to relying on human beings for fashion modeling and content marketing. At the same time, its early success paints an interesting picture of what the future of e-commerce may look like. If businesses can get by generating models for little cost, why would they turn back to real humans?


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The device only costs $30, is readily available online, and can be used to allow a thief to get in your car. The device, and others like it, have police concerned.
"We've had several reports that people had their locked cars broken into with no signs of forced entry. And we have no way to prove that one of these devices was used," said Captain Joseph Carosi, from the Town of Tonawanda Police.
Most cars come standard with a keyless entry fob these days. It allows you to get into your car through the push of a button. But that convenience comes with a cost - they're vulnerable to thieves because they transmit a signal.
Using high-tech equipment that attaches to cell phones, thieves are able to steal the codes that are transmitted through the air when a driver activates a keyless entry device.
Every time you use your key fob to unlock your vehicle, it creates a new code to unlock your vehicle the next time, thereby making it harder to hack into - but even that can be hacked with the right equipment.
"Most of your manufacturers are aware of these different problems and are trying to come up with different alternatives," said Ron Chase, owner of Buffalo Key & Lock in North Tonawanda.
A device created last year by Sam Kamkar, a private security researcher, showed it's possible to bypass the rolling code in vehicles.
The AAA of Western & Central N.Y. warns car owners to always take precautions to prevent break-ins and car theft:
- Parking in well lit areas
- Make sure doors are locked and windows are up.
- Remove spare key from inside vehicles
- Move valuables and other items out of view
A viewer sent 7 Eyewitness News a suggestion reminding drivers that they can lock doors by using the in-car switch on doors instead of using the remote. This way, a signal is not transmitted and able to be intercepted.
Police say the problem is not widespread yet but they are advising car owners to be on-guard because thieves can strike quickly and take anything they can find.
"They will only be in your car for a matter of moments," added Captain Carosi.
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Watch: Sunrise flag-raising ceremony kicks off Farmer Veterans Coalition’s conference in Bonner Springs
Watch live: Want to watch Fox 4’s newscast? Click here. BONNER SPRINGS, Kan. — A special sunrise flag-raising ceremony will take place Friday at the National Agricultural Center & Hall of Fame in Bonner Springs, Kan. The ceremony helps kick off Farmer Veterans Coalition‘s annual conference. The organization aims to find employment in agriculture for veterans. “Our national conference is a great opportunity for veterans to leave the geographic isolation of their farm and spend time networking...
Although the idea of natural wine is relatively new in the U.S., winemakers in France have been making minimally processed wine since the 1980s.
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Italian skincare firm Bottega di LungaVita to launch prescription products next year
We will open 80 more points of sale. We plan to expand it in West and South India next year," OFI India MD Arjun Khurana said.
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With the crypto crash, the Super Bowl is back with beer ads
Did you like last year’s Crypto Super Bowl? If so, I have some bad news for you. Not as bad as if you get a portion of your salary in cryptocurrency FTX last year, but still a blow to those already invested in the industry’s success. There will be no crypto ads during the Super Bowl on Sunday. However, in its place there will be more alcohol.
Ah yes, the more traditional way to send your money across the river to nowhere.
FTX had one of these four cryptocurrency ads during last year’s Super Bowl. The FTX version features the perfect celebrity spokesperson — Larry David. Who could be less confident and more dismissive of an alternative form of anything?
I hope Larry gets paid all in cash, because that company no longer exists. The company filed for bankruptcy, lost the Miami Heat’s home naming rights deal, its founder – Samuel Bankman-Fried – pleaded not guilty to eight counts of fraud and conspiracyand the company is currently Threaten to sue politicians if they don’t return Bankman-Fried campaign donations.
According to the Associated Press’ Mae Anderson, there are a few transactions for cryptocurrency the ad was nearing completion, but nothing progressed after the FTX issues hit the news stream.
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For the adrenaline junkies out there, fret not. There will likely be a new Caesar’s commercial with JB Smoove and the Manning family as well as advertisements for other sportsbooks. You all will most certainly be represented on Super Bowl Sunday.
Who is making the big ad buys this year?
For the people out there whose vice is liquid, the NFL and Fox very much have you all in mind this year. Per the AP, while Bud Light will get the most airtime of any alcohol company, the official beer of the NFL will not be the only adult beverage advertised. Remy Martin, Heineken, Diageo, and Molson Coors have also purchased ad time.
Because after the fall of FTX we should all be worried about damaging our long-term financial health in such a volatile industry. That money is in a much better place at your local grocery store, Rite Aid, 7-Eleven, liquor store, beverage depot, bar, nightclub, or anywhere alcohol is sold.
Why be stressed while losing large sums of money. Instead, slowly, but happily, fork it over $15 at a time with the only chance of seeing a return on your investment by consuming too much. Then you can see the product that you just invested in leaving your mouth along with your dinner.
As good of a pitchman as Larry David was, he couldn’t save FTX, and as a result, the 2023 Super Bowl may be the first and last “Crypto Bowl.” Oh well, maybe Budweiser will bring back the frogs.


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“I keep an eye on iPhone and iPad battery life following all iOS updates and I have to say that the iOS 7.1 update wasn’t kind to the power pack,” Adrian Kingsley-Hughes reports for ZDNet. “I saw the battery life of my iPhone – and several other test devices – go from “great” to “poor” overnight.”
“I’ve collected a fair bit of data for my workhorse iPhone 5. Pre iOS 7.0, six hours of use would take my fully charged iPhone down to 74 percent,” Kingsley-Hughes reports. “Following iOS 7.1, I started seeing the battery drop to around 48 percent per six hours of use, which was a significant and very noticeable level of degradation.”
“Then came iOS 7.1.1,” Kingsley-Hughes reports. “Following this update I’ve noticed that things have improved dramatically, and now battery life is only falling to around 76 percent per six hours of average use, which is better than what I was getting pre iOS 7.0.”
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ORLANDO, Fla. (KRON) – Disney World on Thursday will resume ticket sales and bookings for its theme parks and hotels.
According to the company, Disney World had previously stopped selling 2020 tickets to allow existing ticket holders and Annual Passholders to plan their visits with the new Disney Park Pass theme park reservation system.
Guests must go through the new Park Pass system that Walt Disney World created to help manage and maintain guest attendance while reopening amid the coronavirus pandemic.
According to Disney’s official blog page, tickets and hotel bookings may be released at different times throughout the day.
Guests will be sent to virtual waiting rooms to manage the anticipated high volume of people hoping to get tickets.
Guests will need a valid admission and a reservation to enter each park.
Walt Disney World closed on March 16 due to concerns surrounding the coronavirus crisis.
Magic Kingdom and Disney’s Animal Kingdom are slated to open July 11, while Disney’s Hollywood Studios and EPCOT will open on July 15.
New safety measures have also been put into place, which include enhanced cleaning, physical distancing and reduced contact.
Guests over the age of two must wear a face covering at all times unless eating or swimming. Cast members are also required to wear face masks.
Due to attendance limitations, park hopping will not be permitted at this time.
You can visit Disney World’s website for the latest information on the reopening plan.
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B&M is set to open its latest Cornwall store next month, it has been revealed.
The discount retailer has announced an opening date for the long awaited store in Callington.
The chain said the new store has created 20 new local jobs and represents “a welcome boost to the local economy”.
The business opens in the former Co-Op shop, on New Road, after it was sold and taken over by B&M in July this year.
The new store will open its doors for the first time on Saturday, October 20, at 9am.
As well as keeping the 36 people who used to work for Co-Op, B&M officials confirmed they created more than 20 jobs for local people.
A spokesperson for B&M, said: “We’re really excited to be opening our first ever store in Callington and we hope customers are going to be delighted with it.
“We’ve just got the keys so the team are currently working hard to transform the site so we can get the doors open and welcome our new customers through the door in a few weeks.”
B&M is one of the UK’s fastest growing retailers and offers a variety of branded products including toys, food and drink, pet range, health and beauty and homewares.
The chain’s arrival in the town sparked controversy when it was first announced earlier this year.
The Co-Op Food was much loved and the news divided people in Callington, who were either excited or disappointed with the loss of the supermarket.
Some said it was devastating and unfair for elderly people who had always used the supermarket.


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Grand Avenue Boston Store renews lease for 1 year
Downtown Milwaukee's Boston Store, for the second consecutive year, has renewed its lease for one more year--giving a boost to the Shops of Grand Avenue.
The Boston Store chain's owner, Bon-Ton Stores Inc., has renewed the lease for the 125,000-square-foot store through January 2014, said. Mary Kerr, Bon-Ton's vice president of investor and public relations.
As a full-service, traditional downtown department store, the Boston Store at Grand Avenue is unusual. A lot of downtown department stores in cities comparable to Milwaukee have closed in recent years.
Kohl's and other lower-priced retailers have lured away some shoppers from traditional department stores. Those full-service department stores that have continued to thrive are usually in suburban areas, closer to where their customers live.
In 2000, the Common Council and then Mayor John Norquist approved spending $5 million to help Wispark LLC, development subsidiary of Wisconsin Energy Co., pay for a $33 million remodeling of Wispark's Boston Store building.
In return for city funds and $6 million in state grants and tax credits, the department store was required to remain open through January 2012, with corporate offices for Boston Store and other department store operations maintained through October 2017.
Late last year, Bon-Ton extended the store's lease for one year, through January 2013. Meanwhile, Bon-Ton has been adding corporate jobs in Milwaukee.
Bon-Ton has about 800 employees at its corporate offices on the Boston Store building's upper floors and in the neighboring Reuss Federal Plaza, and about 85 employees at the Boston Store. The Boston Store building also has 74 apartments on the top four floors, known as Boston Lofts.
Grand Avenue has been struggling to find new long-term tenants, and was recently sold to its lender at a foreclosure auction.
The mall’s managers were thrilled to learn of the lease renewal, said Tracy Korpela, Grand Avenue’s marketing and specialty leasing director. Along with its main store, Bon-Ton is leasing 11,400 square feet of mall space, formerly used by Gap and Lane Bryant, to showcase its private label products, she said.
“They are a huge asset to downtown Milwaukee, especially to the Shops of Grand Avenue,” Korpela said, in a statement. “It’s incredibly uplifting to learn of this news as we approach a much anticipated holiday season with a full house of new retailers.”
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A proposed $55 million 27-story apartment tower for Milwaukee's east side has been rejected by the Common Council.
The council on Tuesday voted 10-5 to support the project, falling two votes short of the supermajority needed for approval. The zoning change needed 12 votes because a protest petition was signed by enough adjacent property owners, said Ald. Ashanti Hamilton, council president.
The opponents were Ald. Robert Bauman, whose district includes the site, along with aldermen Cavalier Johnson, Mark Borkowski, Jose Perez and Tony Zielinski.
Find property assessments for other communities throughout the state at AssessorData.org.
The Milwaukee Department of City Development website includes information on the city Plan Commission and Redevelopment Authority.
The Commercial Association of Realtors Wisconsin offers information on commercial realtors and real estate.
The Milwaukee chapter of the Institute of Real Estate Management serves the needs of real estate management professionals
The Wisconsin chapter of the NAIOP Commercial Real Estate Development Association aims to serve developers and owners of commercial real estate.
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The Dutch dairy giant announced earlier today it had sealed a deal to acquire DEK, which has for a number of years served as FrieslandCampina's dedicated sales agent in Italy for cheese and butter.
It also purchased an 80% stake in Bari-based Orange, which distributes a broad portfolio of cheese and cheese products to retail and specialty food stores across Italy.
FrieslandCampina decline to disclose the value of the deals.
Unveiling the transactions, FrieslandCampina said it has "acquired a strong sales and distribution network" in one the largest markets in the European Union (EU) for hard cheese.
Speaking with DairyReporter.com, Jan-Willem ter Avest, director of media relations, FrieslandCampina, said the investments would reinforce its position in the Italian markets for cheese and butter.
"We are already active in Italy. It's not a new market for us, but we can strengthen our position there, particularly in cheese and butter," said ter Avest.
"Italy is a very interesting market for us because the demand for cheese is already there," he added.
DEK will be integrated into the Dutch dairy's newly incorporated entity, FrieslandCampina Italy, while Orange will maintain its independence.
News of its Italian dealings comes just one day after the Dutch dairy announced plans to close a plant in Belgium.
FrieslandCampina Belgium's Sleidinge processing facility will close in 2015, with the loss of 134 permanent positions, the company announced yesterday.
It attributed its decision to a decline in demand for the dairy drinks manufatcured at Sleidinge.
The bulk of production and "at least" 20 employees will, however, be transferred from Sleidinge to FrieslandCampina's nearby Aalter facility.
It added that the technology and packaging of products manufactured at Sleidinge no longer meet consumer expectations.
"As a result, in recent years the Sleidinge facility has been struggling with ongoing utilization, and it is no longer economically feasible to continue the production in Sleidinge," said a statement announcing the closure.


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Skip to comments.Chinese spy chips are found in hardware used by Apple, Amazon, Bloomberg says; Apple, AWS say no way
Posted on 10/04/2018 7:22:17 AM PDT by BenLurkin
The chips, which Bloomberg said have been the subject of a top secret U.S. government investigation starting in 2015, were used for gathering intellectual property and trade secrets from American companies and may have been introduced by a Chinese server company called Super Micro that assembled machines used in the centers.
Apple, AWS and Super Micro dispute the report. Apple said it did not find the chips as asserted by BusinessWeek which cited anonymous government and corporate sources. Super Micro reportedly denied that it introduced the chips during the manufacturing.
China has long been suspected but rarely directly implicated in en masse spy campaigns based on hardware made there. The majority of electronic components used in U.S. technology are manufactured in China. Companies including component manufacturers Huawei and ZTE, as well as surveillance camera maker Hikvision, have all fallen under intense suspicion and scrutiny from the U.S. government in the past year.
Intellectual property theft is one of the core arguments for tough trade restrictions on China by the Trump administration.
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The first casualty in any war is the truth.
Used to get mimi-floppy disks with malware and viruses pre-installed for my convenience. Nothing new.
Made in China is special ,LOL
Anyone who thinks China is innocent in any form of theft and espionage, is insanely stupid or works for China.
Is this why they pay so much for Apple products ?
Apple has no idea what is in their products. Like most everyone else, Samsung and other manufacturers build the technology components of their phones.
‘The chips, which Bloomberg said have been the subject of a top secret U.S. government investigation starting in 2015, were used for gathering intellectual property and trade secrets from American companies and may have been introduced by a Chinese server company called Super Micro that assembled machines used in the centers.’ [snip]
‘speaking of trade war...’
CNBC is retarded, Super Micro is a US company based in San Jose. Though they certainly do manufacturing in China.
I just read the emergency test yesterday was actually a test of these spy-chip infected systems.
Some people are saying the small number of those who didn’t get the message were infected. I am of the belief that they are actually the ones NOT infected.
Thank you for the info.
I always wondered about this. At some point some nation will try it sooner or later.
Probably more concerning, the hardware is/was widely used in the military, including for processing drone footage...
THat’s one of the dumber conspiracy theories I’ve heard recently. What would the point even be?
‘Anyone who thinks China is innocent in any form of theft and espionage, is insanely stupid or works for China.’
Notorious tech pirates. And boy did Bill Clinton help them with our top nuclear missile secrets.
Chips? Probably not. Features in coding including the CPU operating system, good chance.
‘Apple has no idea what is in their products.’
No one person can. Tech is too advanced.
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Pernod Ricard has launched a new ad campaign for its Spanish wine brand Campo Viejo.
The campaign, called ‘Add Some Pasión’, will run across OOH, in-store and digital channels from now until April, with a focus on highlighting the breadth of the Campo Viejo range. The campaign imagery references the wine’s Spanish origins, with artwork depicting the brand’s Rioja winery.
Citing Nielsen data, Campo Viejo brand owners said that Campo Viejo holds a 21.3% share of the UK’s Spanish wine category, as shoppers become more interested in the region.
Noting the increasing popularity of Spanish wine among UK consumers, Lucy Bearman, wine portfolio director for Pernod Ricard UK, said: “We’re confident our new media campaign will make consumers passionate about Campo Viejo being their go-to wine.”


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It’s an event that draws crowds of thousands to kick start the Christmas spirit.
The popular Lindley and Shelley Reindeer Parades are back again for 2017 and the dates and times have been confirmed.
The clip clop of hooves will herald Father Christmas’s arrival on a reindeer-drawn sleigh on Saturday, November 18 in both Lindley and Shelley.
Santa Claus will parade through the streets of both areas to the nearby garden centres to officially open their Santa’s Grottos.
A spokeswoman for Wyvale Garden Centre, which hosts both parades, said: “The popular annual reindeer parade is back!
“Santa will set off in his sleigh pulled by his reindeer from Lindley Children’s Book Shop at 2pm and make his way to the Birchencliffe Garden Centre where he will open his magical festive grotto.
“Get there early to get your spot!”
The Shelley parade starts at the village hall at 10am and works its way to the Pennine Garden Centre, further along Huddersfield Road.
Santa will then fly over to Lindley, greeting children outside the Children’s Book Shop on Lidget Street at 2pm.
But be warned, the parades have grown in popularity each year so get there early to get a good spot and take part in the parade.


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Factual has been pretty busy lately – and especially this week. The geolocation firm just announced its partnership with Facebook, for starters.
Factual announced today that it has partnered with Facebook, and that Apple has extended its contract with them. Facebook plans to use the data in many features, including Facebook Business Pages, places search, Check Ins, and Place Tips.
The data provided to Apple, Facebook and other clients including Yelp and Bing is the same information employed by Factual to help its advertiser clients build audience profiles for location-based ad targeting.
Factual Founder, Gil Elbaz discusses key takeaways from his experiences including his mistakes, role models, and challenges.
There are myriad reasons why location data can be defective – and fraud is just one small piece of that growing problem. The lack of industry standards around the collection and use of location data leads to a fair amount of misunderstanding, unintentional discrepancies and widespread inaccuracy.


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This year has taken a toll on the gaming industry for sure. Causing every major event and showcase to just end up stranded or delayed indefinitely, this is probably the only time in history to do so. However constant strides have been made in order to shift everything online and move towards a more digital approach.
Today, Nintendo America’s Twitter revealed the commencement of their Nintendo Direct Mini segment featuring development and publishing studios along with a few updates on their already announced projects. The event is set to bring a breath of fresh air to the Switch platform with fans hoping for countless remakes and remasters of their beloved classics.
Recently, the popularity exploded for the Switch making it one of the top 3 best selling Nintendo consoles. Now aiming for the 2nd spot, sales don’t seem to slow down in any case. The pandemic clearly affected the gaming space yet the recovery by Nintendo is truly exceptional.
Moreover, with a real concrete announcement on its way after months of silence, fans are hoping to see brand new remakes of classics like Zelda, Smash Bros, Sonic, Pokemon and so many more. While there’s not much to go on about in terms of raw details, having Nintendo go for an all-out announcement is clearly a positive sign.
The announcement video is expected to launch at around 7 am Pacific Time where there’ll be all sorts of updates regarding the Nintendo Switch.


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Pro IQRA News Updates.
The owner of premium makeup brand ‘Kylie cosmetics’ was trolled by Emmy-winning makeup artist and consultant, Kevin James Bennett, for not following the protocols of being in the production lab in her latest photos uploaded on her Instagram.
The makeup artist criticized the beauty queen for spreading false information, such as making her fans and followers believe that she makes the products herself and not following safety measures such as wearing a face mask, hair net, shoe covers and gloves, which is very deadly. and may cause infections to the users of the products manufactured in this batch.
To this accusation, the 24-year-old makeup queen replied that these photos were not taken in the main mass production facility at all, but a small-scale, fun lab made for herself to create her own samples and make image content for her socials that is nowhere near the production lab. She went on to say that she would never circumvent the sanitary protocols just like any other celebrity beauty brand owner. No one puts their customers at risk.
Jenner slammed Kevin even more by saying “shame on you Kevin for spreading false information”.
Kylie’s original photo actually has the caption “In the lab creating new magic for you, better than ever”.


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Drones might transport medicines to hospitals in the Scottish Highlands, according to BBC News. NHS Highland, Highlands and Islands Enterprise and the University of the Highlands and Islands are currently researching the potential of using drones to deliver medical supplies to hospitals and care homes in the Scottish Highlands.
Drones might transport medicines to hospitals in Scottish Highlands
Drones could potentially be used to pick up and deliver medical supplies to hospitals and care homes across the Scottish Highlands, according to the health board. The board said the project is still in the early stages, however.
According to BBC News, a spokesman for the health board said:
“They could be used to transport goods and supplies across the region, delivering and picking up items from sites including, but not limited to, GP surgeries, hospitals, and care homes.”
the spokesman continued to say that a so-called prior information notice had been issued, allowing the partnership to investigate the technological options that are currently available.
Both in the U.S. and in the U.K. deliveries by drone are currently tested on a limited scale. Amazon has been testing with parcel delivery by drone in the U.K. Here in the U.S., there are drone delivery tests underway as part of the UAS Pilot Integration Program that was launched last year. For example, we have recently seen how a DJI Matrice 600 was able to deliver a kidney successfully in the state of Maryland.
The most extensive testing of deliveries made by drones, however, did not take place in either the U.S. or the U.K., but in Africa. The San Francisco-based company, Zipline has made thousands of successful deliveries by drone in Rwanda, providing proof that unmanned aircraft can indeed deliver products in a fast and safe manner.
Two examples where deliveries by drone provide an obvious advantage over traditional means of transportation are:
- situations where roads are frequently flooded or otherwise in bad shape due to heavy rain, as is the case in Rwanda or,
- situations where destinations are hard to reach because they’re on an island, as we have seen here in Canada.
The Scottish Highlands are not densely populated and some locations are indeed hard to reach. It seems that it would make a lot of sense to investigate whether drones can be used to make deliveries to these remote locations. Especially when we’re talking about medical supplies that may be urgently needed.
What do you think about drones transporting medicines and medical supplies to hospitals in the Scottish Highlands? Let us know in the comments below.
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NEW YORK, August 13, 2019 – Hearst Magazines today announced an evolution of its corporate sales and marketing structure, as well as new business leadership roles and responsibilities across its portfolio. The announcement was made by Hearst Magazines President Troy Young and Michael A. Clinton, who served as Hearst Magazines president, marketing and publishing director for nine years.
“With the proliferation of distribution channels and choices today—print, digital, social and video—media buying has become increasingly complex,” Young said. “This new approach simplifies the process for advertisers and agencies, providing innovative solutions, first-to-market ad products and a seamless ad buying experience across all of our brands and platforms.”
New leadership roles include:
- Jeffrey Hamill has been elevated to executive vice president, chief media officer for Hearst Magazines. In this newly created role, Hamill, who has served as executive vice president of sales and marketing for Hearst Integrated Media since 2012, will have oversight of all corporate contract negotiations, pricing strategy and agency partnerships.
- Todd Haskell has been promoted to senior vice president, chief marketing officer for Hearst Magazines. Haskell, who has been driving digital sales revenue growth for Hearst Magazines as senior vice president, chief revenue officer since 2013, will be responsible for all corporate marketing functions for the company. He will also work closely with the marketing teams across the division’s portfolio of brands, while leading Hearst Magazines’ marketplace positioning and communications.
- Tom Kirwan has been elevated to vice president, chief revenue officer of Hearst Media Solutions, a recently integrated corporate group that provides multi-platform, multi-brand client solutions and delivers a unified approach to the market. In his new role, Kirwan, who has been vice president of national sales and key accounts for the digital division of Hearst Magazines since 2013, will be responsible for corporate revenue across all platforms for the company’s portfolio of more than 25 brands, working in partnership with Hamill.
The new corporate sales and marketing functions are part of the succession plan following the recent retirement of Clinton, who, after being with the company for over two decades, is currently a senior media advisor for Hearst. The appointments are the latest in a series of publishing executive promotions at the company this year, which include Nancy Berger, who was elevated to senior vice president, publishing director and chief revenue officer of Cosmopolitan, Seventeen and Women’s Health; Town & Country Vice President, Publishing Director and Chief Revenue Officer Jennifer Levene Bruno, who added oversight of ELLE DECOR, House Beautiful and VERANDA to her purview; Carol Smith, who was elevated to senior vice president, publishing director of Harper’s BAZAAR, ELLE and Marie Claire; and Blair Hecht, who was named publisher of Marie Claire.
“Jeff, Todd and Tom are incredible assets to our continued growth,” Clinton said. “They are deeply rooted in our brands and will bring the same dedication, creativity and business acumen to their new roles, furthering Hearst Magazines’ reputation as the most innovative media partner for the hundreds of clients we serve each year.”
Hamill, Haskell and Kirwan will report to the company’s new chief business officer, for whom a search is underway, with Haskell working closely with Young to further the company’s leadership position in the marketplace. All appointments are effective Tuesday, September 3.
About Hearst Magazines
Hearst Magazines is a unit of Hearst, a leading global, diversified media, information and services company with more than 360 businesses. Hearst Magazines is one of the world’s largest publishers of magazine media across all platforms, with print and digital assets reaching a combined audience of 146 million readers and site visitors each month, including over 73 percent of all women and more than three-quarters of millennial women in the country. The company publishes more than 300 editions and 240 websites around the world, with more than 25 titles in the U.S. The division also operates iCrossing, a global, full-service digital marketing agency, and CDS Global, a business process provider. Hearst Magazines holds a majority stake in KUBRA, a customer experience management solutions company, and is a partner in the publishing services company PubWorX.


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Google CEO Eric Schmidt announced the web search giant will be adding a presentations application to Docs & Spreadsheets. Docs & Spreadsheets will now feature a word processor, a spreadsheet, and a presentations application, but Schmidt said the suite isn't a direct competitor to Office because Docs & Spreadsheets doesn't have all of Office's functionality. Instead, it's more focused on Web collaboration than Office, which is a desktop-centric product. Collaboration, Schmidt said, "is the killer application." Docs & Spreadsheets is free, unlike Office. The presentations application will be delivered in the U.S. summer timeframe, said Jonathan Rochelle, product manager of Google Docs & Spreadsheets. He expects that as soon as it becomes available, the presentation application will also become part of Google Apps, the company's communication and collaboration suite for organizations. Google Apps includes Gmail and other hosted services, including Docs & Spreadsheets. Google Apps has a free version and fee-based version.
Google decided to add a presentations component to Docs & Spreadsheets as a result of user demand, Rochelle said, adding that Google isn't providing details of the application's features and functionality yet. The presentations component will have import and export capabilities for Microsoft's PowerPoint, in the same way that the word processor and spreadsheet applications have those capabilities for Office's Word and Excel, respectively, said Rajen Sheth, product manager in Google's enterprise unit. Google also announced it has acquired Tonic Systems, a company based in San Francisco and Melbourne, Australia, that has technology to create presentations and converting documents.
News source: InfoWorld


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Retarus has been building a strong customer base in Switzerland for many years. This continuous growth can largely be attributed to their offering of Swiss-made services which fulfill the most stringent requirements for data protection and security, such as those required by the GDPR and audited according to SOC 1 and SOC 2 Type II. Additionally, Retarus specifically relies on local processing. In accordance with the recommendations of the Swiss Federal Data Protection Commissioner, the data belonging to Swiss companies and their communication partners is processed in an audit-ready data center in Switzerland, run by Retarus itself and certified according to ISO 27001 and other relevant standards. Now Retarus is expanding its presence in Switzerland to provide customers in the French-speaking part of the country with the best possible service.
Closer proximity to the customer and enhanced service
Based in Geneva, Christian Wietbrok (47) is highly knowledgeable when it comes to the needs of companies based in western Switzerland. For more than 15 years, Wietbrok has been working successfully in the IT sector as a business and sales consultant for security services, advising companies on their digital transformation. Prior to joining Retarus, Wietbrok held senior positions of responsibility at several renowned companies, including Asecus AG, Lexmark, McAfee and Verizon Business.
“I’m glad that in Christian Wietbrok we have gained a highly experienced, professional sales expert to now represent Retarus in Romandy”, says Martin Hager, Founder and CEO at Retarus. “As a European company, we appreciate the cultural differences across various regions and invest in local sales and support for our customers. We have confidence in the market and create jobs locally. In this way, Retarus is able take on board any particularities which may exist in the various market sectors in western Switzerland.”
Christian Wietbrok adds: “I am convinced that Retarus has enormous potential for growth in Romandy. Running our own data center in Switzerland and offering Swiss-made services are powerful selling points here. This is especially true for the financial and healthcare sectors as well as for large, globally active organizations. The fact that many of the big players in these sectors are already Retarus customers around the globe speaks for itself.”
With its outstanding solutions and services, intelligent infrastructure, and patented technology, Retarus manages communication for companies worldwide. Retarus’ state-of-the-art technologies, highly available data centers, and innovative cloud messaging platform offer maximum security, maximum performance, and business continuity. With experience in steering information flows at the enterprise level, Retarus ensures that information is transferred securely and reliably to the right place, at the right time, in the right format—since 1992 and with now 15 subsidiaries on four continents. More than fifty percent of all EURO STOXX 50, DAX 40 as well as CAC 40 and 25 percent of S&P100 companies rely on Retarus‘ services. Our long-standing customers include Adidas, Bayer, BNP Paribas, Bosch, Continental, DHL, DZ BANK, Fujitsu, Galbani, Goldman Sachs, Honda, Linde, Puma, Sixt, Stellantis, T‑Systems, Singapore Airlines and Zeiss. For more details: www.retarus.com
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While we’re all excited to see domestic travel resuming in Australia, many of us with itchy travel feet are also wanting to know when a trip to our favourite overseas destinations will be back on the cards.
The good news is, the world is starting to open up again, with many countries announcing plans to roll out the welcome mat.
Here’s what we know so far about when different countries will be open for travellers.
But before you go adding dates to your holiday calendar, remember that overseas travel bans imposed by the Australian Government still apply, so our ability to visit these countries is still subject to Australia’s own restrictions. Also, getting to these destinations depends on airports reopening and flights resuming. For the latest information, head to the Australian Government’s Smartraveller website.
New Zealand will most likely be the first country Australians will be able to visit, thanks to a trans-Tasman travel bubble being negotiated between the two governments.
Indonesia’s tourism ministry has indicated Bali will reopen to travellers some time between June and October.
Thailand’s international flight ban has been extended until June 30 however the country is in talks with allowing travel between nearby countries such as China and South Korea. Domestic flights restarted on May 15 and the country’s hospitality staff are being in deep cleaning and hygiene procedures.
Vietnam has emerged as the leader in pulling its tourism industry out of the coronavirus slump. Domestic flights are now back in operation, and Vietnam Airlines is said to be in discussion with the government to resume some international flights in June. Restaurants and retail outlets are back open.
Japan has lifted its state of emergency however Australian tourists are still unable to visit.
The United Kingdom’s borders have never been closed, but travel in and out of the country has been, and remains, strongly discouraged.
A 14-day quarantine for all incoming overseas travellers will be imposed from June 8.
UK campsites, hotels, holiday parks and tourist attractions are planning for a July 4 reopening as well as pubs and accommodation.
Although Italy never formally closed its borders, it did ban tourists. International travellers will be welcomed back from June 3, and will not need to self-isolate on arrival. Restaurants and cafes have reopened as have its beaches.
France is scheduled to reopen its borders on June 15 however its emergency measures have been extended until July 24 with non-essential trips banned and visitors required to self-isolate.
The restrictions imposed due to COVID-19 are relaxing in Germany. From May 30 all federal states permitted hotels to accept bookings for the purpose of tourism. Cafes, restaurants and shops are open. Germany’s borders remain closed and travel restrictions will be reassessed after June 15.
Ireland will not open its borders to outside travellers until August 10. Cafes and restaurants are slated to reopen on June 29 while museums, galleries and hotels to reopen on July 20 while pubs will be allowed to reopen their doors on August 10.
Greece will reopen to international travellers on June 15. Major year round hotels will reopen from June 1 in major cities and regional provinces. The reopening of seasonal hotels is scheduled for June 15. Restaurants, cafes and bars are scheduled to open to the public with new rules from May 25. 500 of the country’s beaches opened to the public on May 16 with social distancing in place, thought to be a trial for when the country reopens.
There is no set date, but Spain’s prime minister says the country will open its borders to tourists sometime in July and will lift its quarantine requirement for those entering the country from July 1.
Portugal’s borders remain closed to international tourists however hotels will be able to open from June 1, alongside bars, nightclubs, shopping centres and gyms. The country’s three-stage plan to lift its lockdown started on May 4. Museums and galleries opened on May 14 and beaches opened on May 15.
As of June 15, Iceland will welcome international tourists, but they will need to take a compulsory COVID-19 test upon arrival at the airport, or self-quarantine for two weeks.
Canada will not open its borders until at least June 23, and even then, they will remain shut to the United States.
Some Mexican states, including the popular holiday spot of Cancun, will reopen to international visitors on June 1. Arrivals into Mexico can expect advanced screening procedures to be in effect.
Peru has extended its border closures until June 30. It has the second highest number of coronavirus cases in South America. Beginning on May 25, the mandatory nightly curfew hours will be reduced in Lima and much of the country, with curfew beginning at 9pm and ending at 4am.
Dubai wants to start welcoming tourists back by July, according to the tourism director general.
Seychelles will welcome tourists back on June 1.


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Serani’s streaming numbers are in for a boost this month.
The Dancehall entertainer/producer’s 2008 smash hit single “No Games” was endorsed by American media personality, model, businesswoman Kylie Jenner to her over 137 Million Instagram followers on Friday.
Jenner who was celebrating her best friend’s birthday, posted a video via her IG story while listening to Serani’s Dancehall banger.
Kylie Jenner makes an estimated $1 Million USD per sponsored post on her Instagram, which makes her the highest paid celebrity influencer on the social media platform, according to the 2018 Instagram Rich List compiled by Hopper HQ, an automated Instagram scheduler.
Over the last few weeks several entertainers including Vybz Kartel, Spice, Koffee, Popcaan, Shenseea, Nesbeth and many more have gotten huge endorsements online from international celebrities.
Selling over 400,000 copies, “No Games” peaked at no. 3 on the Billboard Reggae chart and no. 77 on the US R&B chart. The official music video currently has over 12 million views on YouTube since its October 31, 2011 upload.
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Blog: Is Ashes fever getting to the Aussies?
Olly Wehring | 20 October 2006
Interesting to see the Australians squabbling among themselves ahead of next month’s Ashes series.
Alas, it’s not Shane Warne and Glenn McGrath bickering over who should bowl from which end, but the country’s two biggest brewers arguing over so-called “ambush marketing” surrounding the Ashes, world cricket’s longest and deepest rivalry.
Last week, Foster’s Group, which is a major sponsor of the national association Cricket Australia, accused arch-rival Lion Nathan of “ambush marketing” with its own sponsorship of a nationwide beach cricket tournament.
A Foster’s executive even went as far as labelling Lion’s behaviour as “un-Australian”.
Both Foster’s and Lion have tried to downplay the row. A Foster’s spokesman told just-drinks the spat was “a storm in a teacup” while his counterpart at Lion said he didn’t want to “fuel the issue further” by commenting.
Leaving aside the unlikelihood of Australian beer drinkers confusing beach cricket with the Ashes and Foster’s apparent over-sensitivity on the issue, as unashamed Englishmen we at just-drinks have allowed ourselves a wry smile at the bickering between our Australian cousins. Not because we see it as a sign of Australian nerves ahead of the English holders of the Ashes defending the little urn Down Under, but because, deep down, we’re a tad worried the Aussies are going to win it back.
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From a company with form, too.
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Western Digital still fighting, though.
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Over £2 million investment in fashion and textile R&D has now been secured by Future Fashion Factory as projects from Innovation Funding Call 3 are announced.
Yearly archives: 2020
Working with Future Fashion Factory researchers, luxury lingerie brand Something Wicked is upscaling with digital technology – all while keeping talented creatives at the heart of production.
Technology providers from across the Future Fashion Factory community have been sharing their expertise at BEYOND – the conference for the creative industries.
Deluxe Beds collaborated with University of Huddersfield researchers to develop a new approach to mattress design that reduces the volume of textiles sent to landfill.
With its unique approach to reducing the fashion industry’s reliance on freshwater, SaltyCo is the winner of the Yoox / Vogue Challenge- The Future of Responsible Fashion.
We are thrilled to share the first images from the winning designers in our Zero Waste Fashion Competition.
Roaches International’s project, approved in our first innovation funding call, is commercialising research on fabric evaluation and analysis to create an innovative tool for the fashion and textile supply chain.
A University of Leeds graduate is one of five finalists in MTV and the British Fashion Council’s Music Meets Fashion competition.
Inspired by Victorian tailoring techniques, Lee Hurst’s tailored jacket is made in AW Hainsworth’s New Heritage bespoke jacquard fabric.
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SALEM, N.H. -- Foxx Life Sciences, a private company that provides disposable-research products for the biotech and pharmaceutical industries, recently announced plans to consolidate its operations at a new headquarters at 6 Delaware Drive.
CEO Thomas Taylor recently told the New Hampshire Union Leader that marketing and engineering operations are now done from a facility on Industrial Way, with manufacturing being outsourced.
Beginning early next month, all operations will be conducted from the new, 18,000-square-foot facility.
Foxx makes filtration- and fluid-management products for the research, biotech, and pharmaceutical markets. Items include flasks, heavy-duty vacuum bottles and media bottles.
The company purchased the assets of Roush Life Sciences at the end of last year and began doing business as Foxx Life Sciences on Jan. 1, Taylor said.
He told the newspaper Foxx has 18 full- and part-time employees, but is growing.


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WASHINGTON — A World Trade Organization panel said Wednesday that China disobeyed trade rules by creating barriers to imports of U.S. books, music, videos and movies, a warning to Beijing over its handling of intellectual property and distribution requirements.
This story first appeared in the August 13, 2009 issue of WWD. Subscribe Today.
It is the second recent ruling in which the WTO has sided largely with the U.S. and criticized China for inadequate intellectual property rights enforcement and protection. China can appeal the decision.
In March, the WTO adopted a dispute panel judgment in favor of the U.S. with implications for the fashion industry, which spends billions of dollars policing counterfeit products and taking steps to shut down counterfeit operations. In that case, the WTO found that China’s laws exclude some copyright and trademark infringements (counterfeits) from criminal liability.
The threshold for criminal prosecution under Chinese law is if the trademark counterfeiting or copyright piracy exceeds $7,000 worth of infringed goods or 500 copies of bogus products or pirated works. The International Intellectual Property Alliance, an umbrella group, has conservatively estimated piracy losses exceeded $3.5 billion in China in 2007, the most recent figures available.
China was the source of 81 percent of all goods seized for intellectual property violations last year, according to U.S. Customs & Border Protection.
“We’ve been thinking about these two [WTO] cases as complementary to each other,” said a U.S. trade official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity. “From our perspective, when you get market access for legitimate products, consumers who want to be law abiding aren’t forced to go to the pirated market. The flip side is true, as well. When there is a problem with copyright enforcement or IPR enforcement, there are more pirated markets out there competing with legitimate products.”
The trade official said the U.S. and China have agreed on a 12-month period for China to come into compliance with improving its enforcement of counterfeit goods and copyright and trademark rules.
“March 2010 is the due date for China to bring themselves into full compliance,” the official said.
Failure to comply with such WTO rulings can lead to punitive tariffs being imposed on Chinese imports.


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Amesite (NASDAQ: AMST) founder and CEO Dr. Ann Marie Sastry is scheduled to deliver a webinar offering tips on professional training. The webinar, which is scheduled for Oct. 13, 2021, at 2 p.m. ET, is hosted by the Association for Talent Development (“ATD”), which is the world’s largest talent development association. According to AMST, flexible, digitalized work is here to stay and quick, effective upskilling is a constant need. Amesite is committed to supporting companies in offering upskilling programs that enable people to gain the skill set needed to perform as well as build relationships to excel. Those participating in the webinar will learn how to help their teams by using data and insights on the future of work and technology. They will be also learn how to increase their ROI, workforce productivity and business growth as well as leverage platforms to upskill their workforces quickly and with ease. Amesite is the leading artificial intelligence software company offering a cloud-based learning platform and content creation services for business, university, nonprofit and government agency learning and upskilling. “We now know that organizations who digitalize see greater success including increased profitability, exponential growth and happier workforces,” said Amesite founder and CEO Dr. Ann Marie Sastry in the press release. “According to an ATD study, 77% of managers were virtual by the end of 2020, compared to 21% before the COVID-19 pandemic. I am pleased to share five practical ways in which organizations can effectively train their workforces, ultimately increasing morale and bolstering productivity.”
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Net Applications is reporting today that in the month of July, iOS devices (iPhone, iPod touch, and the iPad, collectively) dominated over the lower portion of the OS trends. In August, iOS shot ahead of Linux with 1.13% to 0.85% respectively. What does this mean? Well, for starters, it means that iOS is now bigger than Linux when counting by web browsing.
In a graph posted to Net Applications, it can be seen that Linux users are very loyal, as the usage percentage has remained roughly steady since October of last year. The graph, however, tells a different story about iOS. It clearly shows that iOS is on the rise, and has been rising even more steadily since the announcement and release of the iPad in April (Wi-Fi only model) and May (3G model).
What about Android? 9to5 Mac reports that the Android OS accounts for only 0.2% of web browsing.
Net Applications vice president, Vince Vizzaccaro said, “Whatever the sales are, we’re seeing iOS totally dominate the market on the Web. iOS has nearly a 6:1 advantage over Android.”
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- Analysts estimate adjusted earnings per share of $ 1.37 versus $ 1.25 for the first quarter of fiscal 2020.
- Revenues from services are expected to grow faster.
- Revenues are expected to increase at the fastest pace in more than two years due to the global pandemic.
Apple Inc. (AAPL) has seemed impervious to bad news over the past year. The company’s stock has more than doubled from its low in early 2020, as demand for Apple products and services increased with more people working at home during the COVID-19 pandemic. The stock has even advanced in recent months despite a major antitrust lawsuit filed by the U.S. Department of Justice against Alphabet Inc. (GOOGL) that directly threatens Apple’s lucrative partnership with its fellow tech giant.
Investors will be watching closely whether Apple manages to maintain its performance when it reports earnings on January 27, 2021 for Q1 FY 2021. Analysts expect Apple to report increases in both adjusted earnings per share (EPS) and revenue, with EPS adjusted in growth at a slower pace than in the first quarter of fiscal 2020 and revenue at a slightly faster pace. Apple’s last fiscal year ended in September 2020.
Investors will also look at another key metric, Apple’s services revenue, which is a key part of Apple’s strategy to diversify its revenue mix. Analysts expect service revenues, which have large profit margins, to record the strongest growth in five quarters.
Apple’s strong services revenue performance contributed to the stock’s success relative to the broader market, although the stock fell sharply last March and moved largely sideways between early September and December. Over the past 12 months, however, Apple stock has delivered a total return of 76.6%, about 5 times the total return of 15.7% of the S&P 500 over the same period. All data is as of January 24, 2021.
Apple’s revenue has increased year-over-year (YOY) for 14 of the past 16 quarters, with Q1 and Q2 FY 2019 the only periods with a YOY decline. However, revenue increases for many recent quarters have been anemic – revenue has increased by less than 2% year-on-year in 4 of the most recent 6 quarters. For Q1 FY 2021, analysts expect this to change. They see a robust 11.1% year-over-year increase, the highest improvement in quarterly revenue since the fourth quarter of fiscal 2018.
The company’s adjusted earnings have been similarly mixed over the past few quarters. After three quarters of year-on-year earnings of over 30% in FY 2018, Apple’s adjusted EPS growth has been uneven over the past 8 quarters. Three of these 8 quarters saw year-over-year declines, including the fourth quarter of 2020. For the first quarter of fiscal year 2021, analysts estimate adjusted earnings per share growth of 9.9%. This is a significant improvement on a sequential basis, but at a much slower pace than the 19.3% increase in the same quarter last year.
|Apple key metrics|
|Q1 FY 2021 (estimate)||Q1 FY 2020||Q1 FY 2019|
|Adjusted earnings per share ($)||1.37||1.25||1.05|
|Revenue ($ B)||102.0||91.8||84.3|
|Revenue from services ($ B)||14.9||12.7||10.9|
Source: Visible Alpha
As mentioned, a main focus for investors this quarter could be on Apple’s service revenues. The company has turned to services as sales of hardware devices, including the flagship iPhone, have slowed. Apple’s services include streaming services such as the Apple TV + movie and TV entertainment provider, the Apple Arcade video game seller, news services and digital content stores including the iTunes Store and App Store, as well as Apple Pay and AppleCare. It also includes a variety of other services that support Apple’s hardware devices. Revenue from Apple’s services business tends to be more stable and predictable than product revenue, and services also have significantly higher margins.
Analysts expect Apple’s service revenue to increase to $ 14.9 billion in the first quarter of fiscal 2021, the highest level in at least four years. The company’s service revenues have grown significantly in recent years, from a low quarterly growth rate of 12.6% to a high of 40.0% between fiscal years 2018 and 2020. Service sales now represent more than 22% of Apple’s total revenue in Q4 FY 2020. For Q1 FY 2021, analysts estimate revenue will increase by a healthy 17.3% YOY and increase by 15.6% throughout FY 2021.
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