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One in four Canadians also worried about living beyond their means
TORONTO, September 23, 2015– When it comes to money, there is no shortage of financial stressors keeping Canadians up at night – even though the majority think they have their financial goals on track.
According to a recent Ipsos poll conducted on behalf of Interac Association, nearly three quarters (73 per cent) of Canadians think they are on track to meet their financial goals either as is or with only minor adjustments – but this isn’t leaving them stress-free. Nearly two in three Canadians (65 per cent) believe they have financial habits to improve – and those same habits have Canadians worried.
More than two in five Canadians (43 per cent) said not saving money is their most stressful financial habit, while a quarter of respondents (25 per cent) said overspending or living beyond their means tops their list of worries. Other top concerns include not sticking to a budget (17 per cent), accumulating debt (17 per cent) and failing to pay monthly credit card bills in full (16 per cent).
“Money management is not something you learn overnight – it’s a skill that improves with practice,” said Teri Murphy, Senior Manager, Corporate and Stakeholder Relations, Interac Association and Acxsys Corporation. “A conscientious approach to personal finance that consists of creating and following a budget and establishing wise spending practices, including using payment cards responsibly, can help Canadians stay on top of their goals.”
Canadians have a list of financial goals – and they’re keeping track
The survey found that a majority of Canadians (66 per cent) have reviewed their financial goals in the last six months.
What financial goals are Canadians working towards? Two in five (43 per cent) Canadians reported saving for retirement topped their overall list, with saving for a dream vacation (33 per cent) following closely behind. Only one in ten respondents said they don’t have any financial goals identified.
“The survey responses suggest Canadians are taking responsibility when it comes to their finances by setting goals and reviewing those goals regularly,” said Murphy. “Having realistic, measurable and attainable financial goals is key to success. But so is making sure you have the right tools – like a budget – and habits to help you achieve those financial milestones.”
Other top financial goals identified include:
- Repaying loans (32 per cent)
- Purchasing a vehicle (31 per cent)
- Paying a mortgage (29 per cent)
- Purchasing a house or condo (22 per cent)
- Saving for a life event (18 per cent)
- Saving for children’s education (18 per cent)
Examining spending habits key to improving financial habits
While they have their fair share of financial worries, most Canadians are taking a proactive approach to money management with more than half (51 per cent) reporting they’ve made a budget in the last year and 55 per cent saying they examine their spending habits monthly.
This month, Interac Association is challenging Canadians to set aside their credit cards, review their finances and take a conscious approach when it comes to purchases by participating in the Interac 21 Day Credit-Free Challenge.
“To achieve your financial goals, you often need to evaluate your financial habits and make changes to your day-to-day routine,” said Murphy. “These challenges are designed to help participants think more carefully about their spending habits and remember how good it feels to use their own money.”
Those interested in taking the Interac 21 Day Credit-Free Challenge can visitwww.21dayscreditfree.ca.
For this Ipsos poll, a sample of 1,004 adults from Ipsos’ Canadian online panel was interviewed online. The precision of Ipsos online polls is measured using a credibility interval. In this case, the poll is accurate to within ± 3.5 percentage points, 19 times out of 20.
About Interac Association / Acxsys Corporation
Interac is Canada’s leading payment brand that operates an economical, world-class debit system with broad-based acceptance, 24/7 reliability, security and efficiency. The brand is chosen an average of 12 million times daily to pay and exchange money. Interac products and services securely connect people to their money at the ABM through Interac Cash, at retailers across Canada through Interac Debit and the US, and online through web based services – Interac Online for online purchases, and Interac e-Transfer for person-to-person payments. In addition, Interac Flash, the secure contactless enhancement of Interac Debit, is in widespread use at retailers across Canada and provides the service for mobile NFC proximity payments. The organization is also a leader in the prevention and detection of fraud.


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E-Commerce Giant Amazon Plans to Invest $3 Billion in India
Amazon, which entered the Indian market in 2013 has already helped create close to 45,000 jobs in India.
- In a bid to tap the potential of a growing e-commerce space in the country, Amazon’s founder and CEO Jeff Bezos revealed, on Wednesday, that the e-commerce giant will invest an additional $3 billion in its Indian operations.
- Amazon, which entered the Indian market in 2013, has faced stiff competition from domestic rivals such as Snapdeal and Flipkart.
- Citing huge potential in the Indian market, Star India, a subsidiary of 21st Century Fox, has also revealed plans of investing an additional $5 billion over the next three years. revealed Uday Shankar, Chairman and CEO of Star India.
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According to Eurogamer, who spoke to a source close to the company, Nintendo is indeed working on a Mini SNES and is trying to get it out by Christmas time this year.
"Throughout April, NOA territories will receive the last shipments of Nintendo Entertainment System: NES Classic Edition systems for this year", the company said.
Like its predecessor, the SNES iteration is expected to utilize the same plug-and-play setup, with a selection of popular titles from yesteryear coming pre-loaded on the box. We're hoping that this system sticks around for good, but we still recommend staying vigilant so you can order one the second they go on sale. Now, it seems like the SNES Mini is next in line to bring back some of the nostalgia again for the holiday season.
Starbucks calls shifting-color drink a "Unicorn Frappuccino"
The drink will be available only at participating Starbucks in the U.S., Canada and Mexico. The magical-looking drink changes color and flavor as it's swirled.
The NES mini was, however, discontinued, despite its sell-out status and continued popularity, which is possibly the main reason the gaming giant is now reportedly planning to release a SNES mini. However, Nintendo has yet to confirm it.
There's no word on which games will be included, but you can bet it would feature classic third-party entries such as Super Metroid, Super Mario World, and A Link To The Past. Presumably, it would be tiny like the NES Classic Edition - a smaller, near-identical version of the original hardware.
The saga of Nintendo's retro console is getting stranger by the minute, with a new report that a Mini SNES is on the way. Now Nintendo has discontinued the NES Classic in Europe as well. Fans will cry foul if a golf game winds up on this device but Chrono Trigger doesn't.
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CZECH PRESIDENT Milos Zeman welcomes President Reuven Rivlin at Prague Castle.
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The Czech Parliament’s rejection of the EU directive to label products from the West Bank, Golan Heights and east Jerusalem is a sign of the strong relationship between the Czech Republic and Israel, MK Aliza Lavie, chairwoman of the Israel-Czech Parliamentary Friendship Association wrote to her Czech counterpart, MP Robin Bohnisch.
In her letter to the chairman of the Czech Republic-Israel Parliamentary Friendship Association, Lavie thanked him for his “pioneering struggle against the boycott of Israel and… standing firm on our side,” saying the vote against labeling “strengthens us immensely.”
The Czech Parliament voted against the EU guidelines last week by an overwhelming majority, with MPs saying labeling is reminiscent of Nazi Germany and that it would be punishing the only democracy in the Middle East.
“Relations between states are measured not only on the highlights, but also in times of crisis and difficulty. Your position is the result of a strong relationship between our two countries, which is the result of fruitful dialogue and cooperation – which will continue to be strengthened and bear fruit,” Lavie wrote.
Lavie said Israel is fighting boycotts that harm both Jewish and Arab Israelis, and that harming civilians’ income is not a solution to a conflict.
“A ban on the products is morally wrong and is not practical or correct in an attempt to achieve our shared objective – peace,” she added.
The EU guidelines do not ban products from the West Bank, Golan Heights and east Jerusalem, rather, they require them to not be labeled as produced in Israel.
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The Association for Payment Clearing Services (APACS) in the UK says that after consumers have been advised of online risks such as phishing, they may stop providing refunds to those customers who have safety information but ignore it.
Kristen Millares Bolt reports in the Seattle Post-Intellligencer on gift cards.
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VeriFone has announced that it is teaming with McAfee to jointly develop the industry's first virus protection solution addressing point-of-sale payment terminals.
The Scotsman reports on action by the UK's Office of Fair Trading announcing an inquiry into Visa and issuing a last-chance warning to MasterCard regarding interchange fees. The OFT's press release on the matter is available online.
Unisys has announced consumer research results that found that nearly half of US households would be willing to switch their accounts to financial institutions that offer stronger identity theft protection and alert services. The study also reported that one in five US households -- more than 21 million -- have been directly affected by identity theft.
Chase announced today that it is sponsoring Amazon.com's new Amazon Theatre.
"Amazon Theater brings the silver screen to consumers' computer screens and discounts and rewards to Amazon.com Platinum Visa(a) cardmembers' wallets. The program also gives Chase an innovative way to market its payment products to Amazon.com's tens of millions of customers during the holiday season when traffic is highest."
MasterCard has announced the results of their SecureCode Holiday Shopping Survey conducted by Harris Interactive.
The BBC reported last Friday on an investigation of a major security breach at Abbey Bank's Cahoot online banking website. The issue involved "a loophole which meant customers could log in to other people's accounts using just a user-name and bypassing any security information."
Checkfree Software has announced a new payer verification capability for checks that uses image capture technology to pull payee names off of check images. The new capability allows banks to identify altered or unmatched payee paid exception items. If the results conclude the check has been changed or added to, it is rejected as an exception and may be presented to the company for a "pay" or "return" decision with no loss to the customer or the bank.
Visa USA has reported the results of its second annual cash management survey which showed that more than half (51 percent) of financial executives surveyed plan to reduce their organization's reliance on the use of checks for commercial payments. Forty percent of respondents indicated they intend to increase their use of commercial payment cards instead.
Visa USA has announced that spending on Visa branded payment cards during the first week of November 2004 rose to $22 billion, an increase of 15.7% over the same week last year.
Consumer spending on Visa branded credit cards surpassed $10.8 billion while debit spending reached more than $9 billion, a 5.8 and 28.7 percent increase from the same period in 2003, respectively.
The Electronic Payments Network has announced a minimum remittance information standard, EPN 820, intended to improve the straight through processing for business-to-business payments.
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For a game finally releasing after being hyped up for an entire console generation and selling as well as it did, one would think it’d be nothing but victory laps, but that hasn’t been the case for Cyberpunk 2077. While those playing on good PCs and next gen consoles have been fine, relatively speaking, those on previous gen machines have found nothing but trouble. It’s kicked off quite the movement for refunds, with CD Projekt themselves trying to plug the holes by offering refunds, and Sony has delisted the game entirely from PSN. It’s been an incredible saga, the likes of which we’ve never seen, and it’s apparently not just consumers heated at CD Projekt RED.
In a new report from Bloomberg’s Jason Schreier, he paints the developers of the title in something of a revolt. At a board meeting, it’s alleged that staff fired off angry, tense and blunt questions and comments toward management. One employee is quoted as asking why management saw fit to say the game was “complete and playable” in January of this year when that clearly was not the case. In the end, it seems the general consensus was that the game needed more development time and the deadlines set were unrealistic.
We have to treat this as rumor due to the nature of the reporting, but Schreier is, of course, one of the most renowned names in games reporting and has been one of the most consistent reporters on the studio and its conditions. It also doesn’t take much need for faith to see that clearly something did not go well with the game’s development, and there has even been a financial blowback when stock in CD Projekt dropped rapidly and seeming to cost its founders a lot of money in the process. The story is an ongoing, developing one, and we’ll keep you updated as it progresses.
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There’s perhaps no greater cultural artifact of 20th-century coffee culture than the single-use Starbucks cup. The cups are iconic: Whether they’re the traditional green siren-printed vessels or the annually debated red cup holiday designs, customers buy into the branding so loyally that Starbucks even sells identically designed reusable versions of the white and clear cups.
But like disposable K-cups and plastic straws before them, the disposable cups are also increasingly a target for environmental groups. According to the International Coffee Organization, roughly 600 billion paper and plastic cups are distributed worldwide each year. Starbucks estimates it’s responsible for around 1 percent of the total, or 6 billion cups annually. And after consumers polish off their lattes and iced teas, those cups frequently end up at the landfill — or even worse, in the ocean as plastic pollution.
Starbucks is far from the only culprit contributing to the world’s growing pollution issues, but it’s frequently called out for its contributions. Environmental groups have characterized the company as a “Cup Monster”; as recently as March 6, the group Stand.earth, alongside environmental groups worldwide, circulated a petition calling on the coffee giant to address its giant pile of single-use cups.
Now, the Seattle-based chain appears ready to do something about it. On March 20, the chain promised $10 million to a competition to develop a better single-use coffee cup — one with the capabilities to be composted or recycled. “We want to make sure this technology is available to everyone because it’s the right thing to do,” Andy Corlett, director of packaging research and development for Starbucks, says in a release. “The idea of environmental sustainability in packaging is not just a Starbucks issue. It’s a global issue. Anything that gets us closer to that goal is not something we want to keep to ourselves.”
For the competition, Starbucks is partnering with Closed Loop Partners and its Center for the Circular Economy, a private investment group focused on sustainable consumer goods and technology. Still, it’s easy for critics to be skeptical of the coffee chain, given that it’s set and missed waste reduction goals in the past — including one pledge to make 100 percent of its cups reusable or recyclable by 2015. The company also set a goal to serve 25 percent of its beverages in reusable cups by 2015, but as Fast Company reports, later lowered the bar to 5 percent and then failed to even come close to meeting that benchmark.
It seems counterintuitive that Starbucks is clumsy in its adoption of more sustainable practices, given its vast access to capital for research and development — not to mention its reputation as a corporate do-gooder (the brand leads efforts when it comes to improving working conditions for its employees). But creating a sustainable disposable cup is much harder than most people think.
What’s Starbucks’ current cup situation, and why is it so wasteful?
The current Starbucks paper cups are coated with a thin lining to prevent leaks, making them more challenging to recycle because the plastic isn’t easily separated from the paper. As a result, not every city has the proper infrastructure in place to process the cups (New York, Seattle, and Washington, DC are among the cities that do), and many end up a landfill. The issue is compounded by the fact that Starbucks leases space for many of its retail locations, where landlords determine what types of waste collection and recycling is provided to tenants, according to the company website.
For a company like Starbucks, which employs consistent products and procedures at stores around the world, it’s far easier (and cheaper) to send cups to a landfill than to navigate the network of infrastructure available for composting and recycling.
“Not every commercial composter can or will take the same items,” says Karen Dawson, a representative for Washington-based commercial composting company Cedar Grove. She notes that facilities serving cities around the country have widely different processes. “What’s compostable at our facility, which uses Gore covers and is quick and hot, is different than what might be available at a open wind row facility in the Midwest.”
Couldn’t Starbucks just switch to a totally compostable cup then?
It’s not that simple. “There are a lot of products on the market that are marketed as green, biodegradable, or compostable that are actually not,” Dawson says. Many so-called biodegradable and compostable products, she says, end up in Cedar Grove’s facility, where they fail to decompose completely and contaminate the compost in the same way as plastic or glass. (Cedar Grove works closely with organizations that help advocate for and certify compostable products such as Compost Manufacturing Alliance and the Biodegradable Products Institute. Cedar Grove has also developed its own list of acceptable items.)
Recyclable and compostable packaging, in other words, is only a beneficial if it ultimately lands in the proper waste facility. That means simply throwing a compostable cup in a backyard compost pile won’t work, Dawson says. “It doesn’t get hot enough to process those materials.” The same goes for a landfill, where garbage decomposes through an anaerobic process producing methane — a greenhouse gas — as opposed to the aerobic process employed through composting. Likewise, a compostable cup made from bio materials will be treated as a contaminant if disposed of at a recycling facility.
The failure to create a fully compostable and recyclable cup is only part of the problem.
Even if Starbucks were to introduce the perfect recyclable or compostable cup, another hurdle would be ensuring customers actually dispose of it appropriately. Systems expert Peter Senge, an MIT professor who consulted on the Starbucks’ cup conundrum, spoke about this issue during a presentation in 2010.
During that conference for the organization Sustainable Brands, Senge described the then-recently popularized varieties of compostable cups as “happy cups” because they make people feel good while using them, even though the cups are unlikely to ever end up in an actual composting facility — nullifying any meaningful environmental benefit.
Thus, the single-use cup’s evolution to a more sustainable model becomes far more than an issue of design and innovation. “It’s not about getting the perfect cup,” Senge says. “It’s about getting a whole lot of people working together in a way they really don’t work together.” That means the onus is not only on Starbucks but also on consumers.
Capital and cultural cache, on paper, seem like enough to help Starbucks overcome these challenges and more easily introduce solutions to its waste problem. But the company claims that its size and the nature of its stores, in fact, makes it more difficult to implement these sorts of changes.
“The current approach is a patchwork of varying regulations from city to city, and that makes it difficult for customers to know where and when to recycle or compost their cup,” Changi says. To help address the uneven infrastructure and regulations, Starbucks says it’s working with local municipalities and the National League of Cities’ Sustainable Cities Institute to “advocate for model legislation and wider acceptance of consistent recycling programs nationwide.”
What have Starbucks’ efforts been so far, and where will it go from here?
On the retail side, the company offers a wide selection of reusable cups and mugs: In an effort to encourage customers to use reusable mugs, it’s currently implementing a cup charge on a three-month trial basis at some London stores (proceeds from the charge are being donate to environmental charity Hubbub).
The company also eagerly notes that it introduced a paper cup manufactured from 10 percent post-consumer recycled fiber back in 2006; it was the first prototype of its kind to be approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, according to Hannah Changi, a Starbucks spokesperson. Last year, Starbucks introduced a “sippable lid” for its nitro cold brew that was branded as a better way to taste the drink, but also allowed customers to skip the green plastic straw. The coffee chain is also currently experimenting with a bio-liner, made partially from plant-based materials, for its paper cups. It’s currently in its 13th round of internal testing; however, it’s still months away from reaching stores.
In future designs, Starbucks intends to double the recycled materials in its hot cup and investigate alternative materials for cold cups, according to the company’s 2016 Global Social Impact Report. It also plans to double the number of stores and cities with access to cup recycling, and incentivize customers to choose a reusable cup over a disposable option.
However, the competition to develop a compostable and recyclable cup that “meets safety requirements and quality standards” is perhaps its most ambitious effort yet. “The fact is that creating a plant-based cup that is both environmentally sustainable and commercially viable is no easy task, but we believe a solution is out there,” Changi says.
For her part, Dawson is optimistic that Starbucks will find a solution to its waste problem, noting that Seattle-area stadiums such as Safeco Field and Centurylink Field have managed to implement composting programs with encouraging results. “I think there’s as much room for inspiration as frustration,” she says.
Correction: This story has been amended to show that 1 percent of 600 billion cups wasted each year is 6 billion, not 60 million. Eater regrets the error.
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Merino fleece wool between 18 and 19 micron sold strongly on Wooltrade last week.
Wooltrade market operations manager Tony Benson said the top 18 micron line sold for 1316c/kg clean, about 40 cents above the AWEX Micron Price Guide for similar wools.
The top price was for nine bales of Merino weaner wool measuring 66.5 percent yield, 0.9pc vegetable matter content (VM), 72mm staple length and 41 Newtons/kilotex of strength.
“Our top price 19 micron Merino fleece lot sold for 1266 cents clean, some 44 cents above the indicator with 2.7pc VM, 62.4pc yield, 88mm length and 31 Newtons/kilotex strength.”
20 micron wool also sold above AWEX MPG
Mr Benson said 20 micron fleece sold for up to 1201c/kg clean, some 20 cents above the MPG and even 21 micron Merino fleece wool made up to 1177c/kg clean or 11 cents above the indicator. Superfine Merino skirtings to 15.7 microns with some vegetable matter sold for up to 1158c/kg clean and carbonising lots received attention, with 480-586c/kg greasy buying short lambs up to 30mm staple length.
Mr Benson said the wool market certainly put on a show during last week, with healthy increases for most Merino types of up to 25 cents above the AWEX MPGs.
“But looking at results on Wooltrade may suggest an even larger increase might have occurred last week if you use more scrutiny on the wool specifications that were getting the premium prices.
“Having a mid-break below 60pc and a Co-efficient of Variation of Hauteur of less than 50pc, with decent results for strength, length and yield could have added 50-60c/kg clean for 18 and 19 micron wool,” he said.
“I mentioned a couple of weeks ago that we really have a two-sided market; one that is rewarding handsomely for good specs and discounting severely for poorer results.
“It’s how the market is operating at the moment, but the season has changed the amount of quality wools usually seen after the spring shearing and in turn pushed up prices for the better test results.”
Wool market to be tested by bigger offerings
Mr Benson said there is no doubt about the positive sentiment about the wool market over the last couple of weeks, but there are two 50,000 bale weeks on the horizon.
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Last week, an eagerly awaited event devoted to one of the most promising hi-tech segments has finally took place – Russia’s first Connected Car technology summit.
During the three days of МАТЕ'2015 exhibition, car enthusiasts and professionals had a unique possibility to see future technologies, which will disrupt modern automobile industry, experts claim.
In just three days, Connected Car floor has been visited by 3 500 people, which proves a high interest to the industry.
And this is hardly surprising: global and Russian markets of connected car systems and services are still young, and even the leaders have no distinct advantage over the small ambitious projects.
That’s why, Connected Car Summit, which took place on March 13, has become a unique (and first in Russia) floor, gathering car experts, medium and large business representatives, IT companies and independent developers, who discussed the current Connected Car market state and established useful contacts.
Summit participants included representatives of Cisco Systems, Yandex, GPS-Club, Remoto, Mobydee, RoadGear, Anytime, Reactive Phone, Original Group, e-Money, Teletreker and Elektromobili.
Summit speakers touched upon various important issues, including cyber security in cars, modern technologies for solving the problem of traffic jams, development and launching mobile apps for car enthusiasts, car fleet management and cost optimization and lots of more.
Exhibition area with connected cars has become one of the brightest event features, where really unique electric car Tesla Model S was the star of the show. There probably was no single visitor who didn’t make a selfie with a supercar!
All event visitors had a chance to sit inside of this engineering miracle, discover and check out all possibilities of the largest on-board computer touchscreen integrated in the car. Guests received even more valuable gift: as a nice bonus, all ticket owners were given the certificate for test drive of Tesla Model S or any other electric car, provided by the summit partner Elektromobili.
Now event is in the past. Its organizer Smile-Expo thanks all participants, speakers, journalists and guests for such an interest in this summit. We sincerely hope that Connected Car has been useful and you’ve discovered something new about this exciting industry!


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Smartphones have never been as powerful as traditional PCs or laptops, but that may change with ARM’s new cortex chip coming out later this year.
ARM says unveiled Cortex-A76 earlier this year, saying that it’ll be 35% faster than its predecessor. Even though the chip has yet to arrive, the company has revealed it’s roadmap for more chips coming out in the next couple of years.
According to ARM, the A76 will be made on both 10nm and 7nm processes. Next chip in line is codenamed Deimos, which will be made on the 7nm process, as it improves in the coming months. Deimos will arrive in 2019 and will offer a 15% improvement in performance over the A76.
After that, we’ll see Hercules arrive in 2020, which will be built on a 7nm and the currently undeveloped 5nm node. Hercules will be 10% faster on 7nm and even more on the 5nm fabrication process.
Comparing Hercules with Cortex-A73 (released in 2017), ARM expects a 250% increase in performance.
Core-i5 7300U vs ARM Cortex-A76
Another interesting comparison drawn by ARM is between the upcoming Cortex-A76 and Intel’s mobile (for laptops and high-end tabs) Core-i5 7300U processor. The company says that the Cortex chip will match with the i5 7300U in single threaded performance, which is a major achievement in itself. The A76 will do that using just under 5W of power, compared to 15W for the i5.
ARM skipped on some of the details. The i5 7300U is a dual-core CPU and also has a GPU included in that 15W TDP. We don’t know how many cores the A76 has or if the TDP includes the GPU. Also, this is an Intel processor from 2017, the company is launching its 9th generation of processors in October this year.
Still, this shows that ARM is aiming to break into the Intel-powered laptop market for both Chromebooks and traditional Windows notebooks. Some companies like Asus, HP and Lenovo are already making Snapdragon powered laptops with Samsung set to join them later.
You may not have heard about ARM as much as Intel or even AMD, that’s probably coz their name doesn’t come up when you talk about smartphones. You usually hear stuff like Qualcomm or Snapdragon tossed around.
ARM is the company behind every major Smartphone chip made in the world currently. Every company, including Apple, Samsung, and Qualcomm, uses their chips or a modified version of their design for their own SoCs. In a sense, ARM powers nearly all of the Smartphones around the world.


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Emme’s The New Face of OneStopPlus.com
The full-figured model gives voice to women of all body types.
OneStopPlus.com is proud to announce that Emme – the influential curvy supermodel, is their new ambassador. Look for vlogs and Q&A sessions on the website. Emme’s been a long-time advocate of the plus-size e-tailer. She’s also their It Girl for Facebook and Twitter.
“My partnership with OneStopPlus.com is a fabulous opportunity to reach, not just women with curves, but all women around the world – regardless of size, shape or body type. I hope the rest of the fashion industry takes note of what OneStopPlus.com is doing,” says Emme.
She’s been Glamour’s “Woman of the Year” and was twice on People’s “50 Most Beautiful People”annual list. Emme wears a lot of hats- model, TV personality, author, lecturer and designer. She’s a role model for women of all ages, shapes and sizes.
Thanks Emme, for reminding us that you don’t need to be a size 2 to be in style!
Brooke Sager is BettyConfidential’s multi-talented fabulous intern.


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We informed you earlier that Maruti Suzuki will launch the next-generation WagonR hatchback this year. The new-generation Maruti Suzuki WagonR will be based on Suzuki’s new HEARTECT platform that also underpins the Swift. Adding to it, the company is also planning to launch a 7-seater WagonR. The new model will use an updated version of the 1.0-litre K-Series petrol engine that also powers the current car. It will also come with CNG option.
If latest media report is to be believed, the new WagonR will also come with an electric version scheduled to be launched in India by 2020. The Maruti WagonR EV will be developed by Toyota-Suzuki. Adding to it, the new-gen WagonR will be the brand’s first electric car in the country. Also See – Upcoming Maruti Cars In India
For people not in the know, Toyota and Suzuki have joined hands to co-develop future products for the Indian market. Adding to it, the company also plans to make India a production hub for their export lineup. Denso Corporation and Toyota will provide technical support to Suzuki for the development of ultra-high-efficiency powertrain for upcoming compact cars. You May Also Like – New Maruti Ertiga Launch & Other Details
Coming back to the standard WagonR, the new model will be lighter, safer and more fuel efficient than the current car. It will also come equipped with several new features like ABS with dual front airbags as standard, touchscreen infotainment system, multi-functional steering wheel, etc.


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Chip giant Intel and Japan’s Hitatchi Global Storage Technologies have entered into a joint venture to develop serial attached SCSI (SAS) and fibre channel enterprise-class solid-state drives (SSDs) for servers, workstations and storage systems.
The companies said the combination of a leading enterprise drive supplier with a NAND technology and manufacturing leader will produce world-class solutions in terms of reliability, performance and system compatibility.
The two companies will work together exclusively to deliver enterprise SSDs with SAS and fibre channel interfaces, with the first products expected to be available in early 2010.
The new generation of SSD technology complements existing enterprise-class hard disk drives (HDDs), and is intended for use in storage applications that require extremely high Input/Output Operations Per Second (IOPS) performance and power efficiency.
The new SSDs will be branded and exclusively sold and supported by Hitachi GST, and will use Intel NAND flash memory and SSD technology.
“The new SSDs for the enterprise include a number of architectural breakthroughs and improved performance and energy-usage models that will change enterprise computing,” said Randy Wilhelm, vice-president and general manager, Intel NAND Solutions Group.
“Intel and Hitachi GST share a common objective in delivering SAS/FC products based on solid-state technology that will help enterprise customers meet the skyrocketing demands for performance, while reducing space, power and cooling costs.”
Hitachi GST has expertise in drive firmware, reliability, qualification and system integration that, together with Intel’s technology and manufacturing capabilities, is expected to deliver world-class solutions with the performance and reliability that enterprise storage customers demand.
Hitachi GST will continue to provide its OEM (original equipment manufacturer) customers with a comprehensive portfolio of enterprise storage products that includes traditional HDDs and forthcoming SSDs. Intel will continue to develop, market and sell its award-winning product lines of high-performance SATA SSDs.
“We understand the needs of today’s enterprise customers and are committed to delivering breakthrough products that increase their data centre performance and reduce total cost of ownership,” said Shinjiro Iwata, executive vice-president, Strategic Business Operations, Hitachi GST.
“By expanding our product line-up to include both traditional enterprise hard drives and new SSDs, Hitachi GST will continue to provide customers with a proven set of products tailored to meet the high-performance, high-reliability requirements of today’s data centre.”
By John Kennedy
Pictured: a solid-state drive manufactured by Intel, but Hitachi will soon be getting in on the SSD act


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Everyone knows that all things Nexus sell out quickly in the Google Play store, and that includes the Nexus 4’s little bumper case which has been out of stock for quite some time. Lucky for you, the Nexus 4 bumper has returned to stock this afternoon and is ready for you to purchase (at least here in the US). Shipping time is stated to be between three to five business days, so if your Nexus 4 has been running around naked, you could have it covered up by the end of week. Better hurry, we don’t know how long these guys will last. Let us know if you were able to get one.
UPDATE: And just like that, they’re sold out again.
Source: Google Play
The HTC One line is beginning to look like that other somewhat popular Galaxy line. It seems like a new version is announced each month. The latest version is coming to the UK in the ‘coming weeks’ and will be dubbed the HTC One SV. This nice little device will rock LTE, a 4.3-inch super LCD display, a snapdragon S4 dual-core 1.2GHz processor, a micro SD slot expandable to 32GB, and an 1800mAh removable battery. It’ll ship with Ice Cream Sandwich, but Jelly Bean has already been announced for the device. Overall, this looks like a solid device for those that aren’t into the massive displays that are beginning to dominate the market. Hit the break for the full presser.
Well, that didn’t take long. Yahoo! CEO Marissa Mayer, formerly an executive with Google, took to the blogs yesterday to announce that they’ve completely revamped Yahoo! Mail after only five months at the helm of Yahoo!. In the blog, she mentions, they “told us loud and clear” that customers wanted “fewer distractions when it comes to email.” Well, ask and you shall receive. The updated version is faster, cleaner, and more consistent across all devices. Along with the mail application running more efficiently, you can specifically expect the following:
- Rebranding: The application can now be found as ‘Y! Mail’ on your device.
- Better battery performance
- Increased stability
- More secure with SSL turned on by default
- More reliable push notifications
What are your thoughts? Do you currently use Yahoo! Mail and look forward to the revamped performance and looks? Let us know.
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Recently Google CEO Larry Page sat down with Fortune Magazine for a little interview. The first topic that came up was self-driving cars. Larry sees this as a huge “economic good” by saving millions of dollars on parking. He wasn’t just talking about the cost of just parking the car, but actually building garages. Right now the cost of building a parking garage is upwards of $40,000 per space. Larry envisions a self-driving car dropping you at the front door to the building you work at and then it would park itself. When you’re ready to leave, your phone will tell your car that it’s time to head back and get you.
As to Apple, they are both a competitor and a partner, and he said they he and Steve Jobs were friendly at times. He talked about the time that Steve Jobs tried to rally Apple employees by wanting to go thermonuclear war on Android. Larry doesn’t agree with that philosophy because it causes the employees to look at “somebody else” and what they do now and that’s not how you stay two or three steps ahead. He also talked about how Apple is a big distribution channel and they continue to talk to them to continue to provide those services and sometimes they are allowed to and sometimes they aren’t.
Sony just announced the release of the Xperia Lounge Beta app for Android smartphones. Users will be able to access new content from Sony’s world-class portfolio of partners and sponsors. You can expect content from music, sports, films, and gaming and there will be competitions to win tickets to concerts, movie premieres, and sporting events. Users can also stream live concerts, get behind the scenes footage for new films, access music, and meet celebrities.
The app has actually been around for over a year so I am not sure why there is an announcement now. Maybe it’s because there is exclusive content from Coldplay or that they are offering a chance to win tickets to see Swedish House Mafia on their farewell tour or to attend various FIFA events.
It’s available to all Android users, but only owners of Xperia smartphones get access to a special VIP area and streaming mobile content. Hit the break for download links and the full press release.
Diving into the world of rooting and modding your Android phone or tablet can feel like an overwhelming endeavor. Open a forum thread with some instructions and you’ll find yourself staring at all sorts of strange words and confusing combinations of letters. ROMs, Kernels, Nandroids, TAR images…what does it all mean?! We’re here to help! Below you’ll find the newb’s dictionary to the strange language of modding/hacking. This is not intended to be a technical definition of each concept, but an easy to understand explanation for the average Joe.
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For those still holding out for a deal on the Galaxy S III, Wal-Mart seems like the place to be as it looks like they’re offering the device for $98 for new contracts as well as qualifying upgrades. This doesn’t look like it’s any sort of promo either as we may see this price for a while. It must be noted however that Wal-Mart only offers Classic plans through T-Mobile so you’ll have to crunch some numbers and see if this deal is right for you since Classic plans are typically more than Value plans, yet you don’t have to pay the extra $20 per month on Classic. Decisions, Decisions… Let us know if you’re jumping on this deal as it’s always intriguing regarding the ‘numbers game’ when we’re discussing T-Mobile.
Sure HTC may be hemorrhaging money at an alarming rate, but at least it’s continuing to make its customers happy by providing guidance on which of its popular devices will be getting the coveted Jelly Bean update. According to a leaked update list from notorious leaker Football4PDA, owners of the following devices will get the Jelly Bean update… at some point:
This is exciting news indeed— though I’m sure owners of the above devices are eager to know when they will get the extensive update. Hopefully HTC doesn’t wait until even newer pieces of software is out before unleashing the Jelly Bean update to the masses.
Much like AMD, Intel, which was once a powerhouse in the processor business, is fighting an uphill battle these days as the market has suddenly shifted to very tiny processors and mobile devices. Also like AMD, they look to gain a foothold in this lucrative market. On Monday, Intel revealed a new way of making chips for mobile devices which it hopes will help to strengthen its position in the very competitive mobile chip market.
Intel is banking on a process they call ‘TriGate’ transistors. This new method consists of three-dimensional transistor structures in its chips which it began work on in 2011. Not surprisingly, this new method will save space, run more efficient, and run faster. However, after over a year’s worth of effort, they have yet to introduce the actual chips into any devices. Further complicating matters is the opinion of industry experts as to whether this new method will be worth the effort at all.
Intel claims the new TriGate SoC (system on a chip) 22-nanometer chip will yield 22% to 65% faster processing compared to 32-nanometer versions. That all sounds well and good but experts challenged Intel and are wondering how so much investment in the technology could only yield ‘minor’ improvements. A former Intel employee added that while the advancements in power are meager, it’ll also come at a price since their methods are not very cost-effective. We should find out in the second half of next year how all of this pans out.
Yet another Samsung toy has just gotten some sweet, sweet Jelly Bean lovin’. Reports are coming in that Samsung has slowly begun rolling out in phases the Jelly Bean update for the international variant of the Galaxy Note II LTE (GT-N7105). The update will bring the Galaxy Note II’s Android software version to 4.1.2 and the build to JZO54K, while offering some noteworthy enhancements like new additions in the Notification Toggles, customizations to the Notification Panel and a new Group Cast application.
If you happen to own the GT-N7105 variant of the smartphone, head on over to Kies Desktop software or go to your device’s settings and snag that update ASAP because after all— Google Now is looking forward to getting to know you a little better and all.
It’s no secret that Twitter has been tightening its belt when it comes to allowing its competition to access its services. Today Twitter tightens that belt one notch tighter with an update to its official Twitter app that adds photo filters. This seems to be a direct attack against its biggest photo sharing competitor – Instagram. Twitter’s latest release now includes eight “creative” filters that enhance your images before you upload them. The filters include: vignette, black & white, warm, cool, vintage, cimematic, happy, and gritty. Twitter has also added cropping and auto-balancing tools. The cool thing about how Twitter is approaching photo filters is that their editing grid allows you to see how each filter affects your photo in a side-by-side comparison (see the screen shot below). This update should cause a lot of people to cut out the middle man and edit their photos and upload them all from the same app, which is exactly what Twitter wants. If you’re ready to update, head past the break and use the QR code or Google play link to get your photo-filtering on.
We’ve already heard some news today about in-app billing in the Play Store, and now we’ve got a little more to go along with it. Mobile payments and analytics company Bango is stepping into the Play Store to help carriers set up carrier billing within applications. Since the process of starting that carrier billing can be a bit pricey, using a third company for the legwork is financially easier. Plus, it makes things more convenient for some customers and offers alternatives to customers that don’t want to use their credit cards or bank accounts online.
Telstra in Australia is going to be the first at bat with Bango’s billing services, and hopefully we’ll see a few more follow suit. Hit the break for the press release.
Seeing as the majority of top-grossing apps on the Play Store utilize In-app Billing, you can bet they will continue to revamp the tool to streamline it even more. Today the Android developers blog revealed a few changes in the latest version. Below is a summary of the major changes devs can expect to see:
- A streamlined design that makes applications simpler to write, debug and maintain. Integrations that previously required several hundred lines of code can now be implemented in as few as 50.
- More robust architecture resulting in fewer lost transactions.
- Local caching for faster API calls.
- Long-anticipated functionality such as the ability to consume managed purchases and query for product information.
I’m sure that’s all good news for devs. The good news for consumers is that it’s now even more easier for developers of apps to take our money. Wait, maybe that’s not so good.
source: Android Developers Blog


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Samsung Inks $100 Million Sponsorship Deal With the NBA
Samsung Electronics, the world’s largest maker of smartphones, signed a multiyear deal to supply the National Basketball Association with mobile devices and televisions.
Under the agreement with the NBA, the Women’s National Basketball Association and the NBA Development League, referees will use Samsung tablets courtside to review key plays, according to a statement, which didn’t provide financial terms. The deal is worth $100 million over three years, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the matter.
The NBA agreement also includes daily recaps and analysis that fans can see on their Samsung devices. Asia’s biggest technology company is seeking to deepen its footprint in the Americas by pairing its smartphones and tablets with original content. Today’s pact follows a deal earlier this year to release rapper Jay-Z’s new album via an exclusive application on Samsung handsets.


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Loewe, known for its fashion innovation, and On, a brand synonymous with movement, have united to create the remarkable Cloudtilt sneaker. This collaboration not only embodies cutting-edge style but also symbolizes the relentless pursuit of progress.
Amna Al Qubaisi, a name synonymous with shattering barriers, is more than just a fashion ambassador. She is the first Emirati woman to qualify as an F3 driver, her journey mirrors the spirit of the “Cloudtilt.”
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The Cloudtilt, a product of Swiss engineering and meticulous craftsmanship, is more than just a sneaker. It’s a fusion of fashion and technology, boasting cutting-edge features such as a computer-generated midsole and Finite Element Analysis. This shoe represents innovation, where fashion meets the future.
In Loewe’s latest imagery, Amna Al Qubaisi is seen striking a pose with the lime green version of the Cloudtilt. The collection will be exclusively available at the Loewe x On pop-up at the Mall of the Emirates, where visitors can experience a kinetic floor that responds to their every move, creating real-time artistic patterns.
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HAVANA (AP) — The Latest on President Barack Obama’s trip to Cuba (all times local):
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He says “we are practically neighbors” and Cuba’s political system “doesn’t mean we have to be enemies.”
Albar says he hasn’t seen any significant change in Cuba in the year since ties were restored. Pointing to his decaying house near the sea, he says “that’s falling down, and the poor are still poor.”
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The online service handles listing, booking and payments for people looking to stay in private homes instead of hotels. Cuba has become its fastest-growing market, with about 4,000 homes added over the last year.
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That agency, along with the Department of Food and Agriculture and the Department of Public Health, is up for possible restructuring under this plan. Newsom’s proposal would pin the consolidation to a July 2021 deadline.
“Establishment of a standalone department with an enforcement arm will centralize and align critical areas to build a successful legal cannabis market, by creating a single point of contact for cannabis licensees and local governments,” Lori Ajax, chief of the Bureau of Cannabis Control, wrote Jan. 10.
More information will be coming this spring.
“This next year is going to be very critical in seeing how quickly we can course-correct and how quickly we can start to see the impacts of these changes,” Josh Drayton, spokesman for the California Cannabis Industry Association, told the Orange County Register. “We have to see who survives.”
For more than two years now, the story in California has been one of survival along razor-thin margins—both in terms of business balance sheets and economic access to the legal market. As of late 2019, the illicit market in California continued to outpace legal adult-use cannabis sales.
At the same time that Ajax announced Newsom’s consolidation plan, she noted a few other tax-related changes coming to the cannabis industry in California. The proposals include moving “the responsibility for the cultivation excise tax from the final distributor to the first [distributor], and for the retail excise tax from the distributor to the retailer.” In doing this, the Department of Tax and Fee Administration would no longer be required to estimate product mark-ups and wholesale tax rates, as it did ahead of 2020.
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This week 38 Indian startups raised funding, of which 33 received a total sum of about $1392 million or $1.39 billion. Unacademy raised the highest funding of about $440 million, followed by BharatPe which raised $370 million.
Meanwhile, funding for 5 of the total funded startups remained undisclosed.
Below is the summary of deals closed this week
Unacademy: Edtech company Unacademy has raised $440 million in its Series H round led by Temasek along with participation from SoftBank, General Atlantic and Tiger Global. Mirae Asset, as well as Zomato Founder Deepinder Goyal and Oyo’s Ritesh Agarwal too participated in the round.
BharatPe: Fintech startup BharatPe has raised $370 million in its Series E round led by Tiger Global Management. Dragoneer Investor Group, Steadfast Capital, Sequoia Capital, Insight Partners, Coatue Management, Amplo and Ribbit Capital also participated in the round.
Infra.Market: Construction materials marketplace Infra.Market raised $125 million in Series D funding from Tiger Global at $2.5 billion valuation.
Mindtickle: Mindtickle has raised an additional $100 million in a Series E funding round led by existing investor SoftBank Vision Fund II.
Yellow.ai: Yellow.ai, a tech startup, raised $78.15 million led by WestBridge Capital, along with Sapphire Ventures and Salesforce Ventures.
Jupiter: Jitendra Gupta’s neo-banking platform Jupiter has raised $45 million in a fresh round co-led by Nubank, Global Founders Club, Sequoia Capital and Matrix Partners. Mirae Asset also participated in the round with a small investment.
Zeni: Fintech startup Zeni has raised $34 million in a Series B funding round led by Elevation Capital along with the participation of new investors Think Investments and Neeraj Arora.
MoEngage: MoEngage, a tech startup, raised $32.5 million led by Multiples Alternate with participation from Eight Roads Ventures, F-Prime Capital and Matrix Partners.
Titan: Professional email service Titan has raised $30 million from Automattic, the parent entity of WordPress. This is the first funding round for the Mumbai-based company which is a brainchild of serial entrepreneur Bhavin Turakhia.
Fashinza: B2B manufacturing marketplace Fashinza has raised $20 million in a mix of equity and debt as part of Series A funding. The round was led by existing investors Accel Partners and Elevation Capital along with Abu Dhabi’s DisruptAD, Stride Ventures, Alteria Capital, and Tradecred.
Toothsi: Dental tech startup Toothsi has raised $20 million in its Series B round led by Eight Roads Ventures, Think Investments and the Mankekar Family Office. Vishal Agrawal, Siddharth Shah and Dharmil Sheth, Ramakant Sharma and other startup founders have also participated.
Skill-Lync: Engineering focused edtech startup Skill-Lync has raised $17.5 million in its Series A funding round led by Iron Pillar. Existing investors Y Combinator and Better Capital also participated in this funding round along with angels including Binny Bansal, Sai Krishnamurthy and Rashmi Kwatra.
Onsurity: Employee healthcare platform Onsurity has raised $16 million in a Series A round led by Quona Capital, along with existing investors Nexus Venture Partners. The round also saw participation from healthcare entrepreneur Vivek Garipalli, the founder and CEO of Clover Healthcare.
Eduvanz: Eduvanz, which provides loans for skill development to students, has raised around Rs 100 crore or $13.5 million in its Series B round. This is the second equity round for the Mumbai-based company within a year which raised $5 million in Series A financing led by Sequoia Capital India in August 2020.
The Souled Store: Casual wear brand The Souled Store has raised Rs 75 crore or a little over $10 million in its Series B round led by Elevation Capital. Angel investors and founders of startups including Delhivery, Zalora, Mosaic Wellness, and Livspace have also participated in the round.
RenewBuy: Insurtech startup RenewBuy raised $10 million from Evolvence Capital.
Nektar.ai: SaaS-based B2B sales productivity startup, Nektar.ai has raised $6 million in its final tranche of seed round funding led by B Capital Group, 3One4 Capital and Nexus Venture Partners.
StockGro: Social investment startup StockGro raised $5 million from Roots Ventures and Velo Partners.
ApnaKlub: ApnaKlub, a B2B wholesale platform for fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG), has scooped up $3.5 million in its seed round of funding led by Sequoia Capital India’s Surge. With this, the total funds raised by the company stands at $5 million.
Neeman’s: Neeman’s, an eco-conscious footwear brand, raised Rs 20 crore or $2.6 million led by Sixth Sense Ventures.
Khabri: Vernacular audio platform Khabri raised $2.1 million from Liquid 2 Ventures, Pioneer Fund, Rebel Fund and other investors.
Faarms: Agritech startup Faarms has raised $2 million in its seed round of funding led by Koh Boon Hwee and Dr Cornelius Boersch with the participation of angel investors.
StackBOX: Logistics tech startup StackBOX raised $1.2 million from Ecosystem Ventures and CMM Group.
Goodmeetings: Tech startup Goodmeetings, which helps businesses excel in remote sales, has raised $ 1.7 million in pre-Series A round led by Chiratae Ventures.
QuickShift: Tech startup QuickShift raised $0.77 million from Anicut Angel Fund and Axilor Ventures.
GoSats: Bitcoin rewards company GoSats raised $0.7 million from Alphabit Fund, Fulgur Ventures, Stacks Accelerator, and SBX Capital.
Celcius: Celcius, a cold chain marketplace startup raised $0.5 million from Mumbai Angels Network, Huddle, Lumis Partners and angel investors.
ChefKart: ChefKart raised $0.3 million from Titan Capital, Lead Angels, Pravega Ventures, Manyavar Family Office and angel investors.
Rocket Skills: Online agricultural education platform Rocket Skills has raised Rs 2.2 crore or $0.29 million in its pre-seed round led by Better Capital, First Cheque and Titan Capital. Angels such as Harpreet Singh Grover, Aprameya, Abhinav Jain and Pravin Jadhav have also participated in it.
UrbanMatrix: Drone startup UrbanMatrix raised Rs 1.2 crore or $0.16 million led by SARA ELGI.
Playo: SportsTech startup Playo has raised $0.5 million in a seed round from Ventures High Tables Platform and other angel investors.
Pixuate: Video analytics platform Pixuate has raised $1 million in a seed financing round led by SucSEED Indovation Fund and joined by Mumbai Angels, CIIE-IIM Ahmedabad and others.
Krishify: Agritech startup Krishify has raised Rs 19.7 crore ($2.7 million) in a round led by Omidyar Network India, Ankur Capital and Orios Ventures.
Undisclosed deals this week
MedPrime, FrontRow, Fabheads, Enguru and AyuRythm did not disclose their financial details.
*Every week we track startups that have raised fresh investment. Stay tuned for next week roundup


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LEADS wins accolade in The BASIS National ICT Awards 2020 for “AidTrust: Blockchain for Humanitarian Aid Distribution” in the category of Inclusions and Community Services (HC – ICS) – Community Services.
Mr. Shaikh Abdul Aziz, Chairman of LEADS Corporation Limited was awarded ‘ICT Pioneer Award’ in the Daily Star ICT Awards 2020 for contributing greatly to the establishment of the technological sector in Bangladesh.
‘Team Digital Innovation‘ consisting of four young professionals from LEADS Corporation Limited wins Silver Medal Award in International Blockchain Olympiad 2020.
The Olympiad was entirely held in online and was organized by Hong Kong. About 60 teams from 15 countries participated in the Olympiad.
Members of the Winning Team:
Kamrul Hasan (DI)
Ridoan Khan Anik
Kamrul Hasan (PM)
Mr. Shaikh Abdul Aziz, Chairman of LEADS Corporation Limited has been recognized with “Lifetime Achievement Award” at the closing ceremony of BASIS SoftExpo 2020 for his immense contributions in the field of Information Technology.
LEADS Corporation Limited has been awarded with the prestigious BASIS National ICT Awards 2018. The Bangladesh Association of Software and Information Services (BASIS) on 6th September awarded 76 individuals and startups in 35 categories at the BASIS National ICT Award 2018. There have been over 650 contestants showcasing their products and projects – the biggest competition of this kind. LEADS received three awards for the following categories:
1. iLife – App for Life Insurance as a Champion in Consumer Banking, Insurance, Finance Category
2. LEADS EduChain – Blockchain based solution for Educational Certificate Authentication as a Champion in Inclusion & Community Services – Education Category
3. LEADS PharmaChain – Blockchain based solution for Pharmaceutical product authentication as a 1st Runner-up in Consumer Retail & Distribution Category
The Daily Star organizes ICT Awards to recognize and celebrate the extraordinary achievement in the field of information and communication technology. In the 2017 edition, LEADS Corporation Limited was named the ‘Best ICT Solution Provider of the Year [Local Market Focus]’.
The award was handed over to Mr. Shaikh Abdul Wahid, MD & CEO of LEADS Corporation Limited.


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Five signs that Apple is creating a health product
Last week, Apple announced record quarterly revenue and earnings and was subsequently rewarded with almost 10% of its stock value being wiped out. Analysts cited anemic growth for the tech giant, and apparent saturation in the high-end smartphone market. Not surprisingly, many investors are wondering whether the category invented by the iPhone was a once in a lifetime opportunity. In fact, smartphones represent an era of computing that has far exceeded the previous era of personal computers in both install base and usage. Apple seems less concerned, perhaps because their eyes are set on the next era of computing—wearables.
Over the past year, Apple has been quietly building up the resources necessary to release a health product of their own. If the past continues to repeat itself, the digital health landscape could see a huge shift as the standard setter works to create a product that consumers love and use. Culminating in a meeting late last year between senior Apple execs and the FDA, here are five signs that a potentially game-changing digital health product is on the horizon.
1. “The whole sensor field is going to explode.” -Apple CEO Tim Cook
Tim Cook has indicated that wearables are an area of intense interest for Apple, labeling it as a “key branch of the tree” for the post-PC world at D11 last year.
2. The M7 coprocessor.
Apple has already released dedicated hardware for tracking health. The M7 coprocessor is included in every iPhone 5s and has been designed specifically to monitor physical activity, using motion data from the phone’s embedded sensors. The chip has been engineered from the ground up to sip power, extending battery life while allowing for high resolution capture of activity data. Leading fitness apps including Moves, Nike+ Move and Fitbit’s MobileTrack feature take advantage of the new hardware.
Shipping this component in the high volume iPhone product category has allowed Apple to bring the M7 to scale much faster than if they had initially released it within a new product category. The company’s relentless focus on integrated hardware and software experience has allowed them to achieve unmatched performance, and battery life is likely to be one of the keys to winning in wearables.
Bonus: With its “secure enclave” in the A7 processor designed for managing fingerprint data, Apple has also proven it can manage biometric data that is intended to be kept highly secure.
3. They’re hiring medical device experts.
- Ravi Narasimhan, a Stanford PhD with expertise in “biomedical algorithms, data analysis and wireless technologies” and former VP of R&D in Biosensor Technologies at Vital Connect joined Apple in December 2013 (LinkedIn).
- Nancy Dougherty, who previously worked at digital health sensor startups Proteus and Sano Intelligence, was hired in December (LinkedIn).
- Michael O’Reilly, the former CMO of Masimo, developers of a pulse oximeter for the iPhone, joined Apple in July (LinkedIn).
- Dr. Todd Whitehurst, a self-proclaimed “medical device R&D professional” and former VP of Product Development of Senseonics, a developer of glucose sensors, joined Apple 8 months ago as a Director of Hardware Development (LinkedIn).
- Ueyn Block who was formerly with C8 MediSensors developing “non-invasive measurement of substances in the human body” joined 10 months ago as a Technical Lead for Optical Sensing (LinkedIn).
- Yuming Liu, who previously worked at O2MedTech and Accuvein, was hired as an Analog Engineer (LinkedIn).
- Bob Mansfield, Apple’s longtime lead for hardware engineering, was lured out of retirement to develop unspecified “future products.” The New York Times reports that Mansfield has been exploring sensor technologies for health and is directly involved with the future smartwatch project.
4. Intellectual property.
In 2009, Apple filed a patent for a “seamlessly embedded heart rate monitor” and was ultimately awarded the patent by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) in late 2013. The patent covers the use of embedded sensors to measure a user’s heartbeat, heart rate, or other cardiac signals. The patent further covers locating the leads in accessories, such as headphones (or perhaps a wearable device).
Source: USPTO, annotations by Rock Health
Apple has also explored using personal area networks that would cover items such as the “event monitor device” (EMD) that would include an adhesive strip, a processor, a detector, and a communications port. The patent provides an example of monitoring an individual’s heart rate for events over a threshold (e.g., 180 beats per minute). While such a device sounds familiar to iRhytm’s Zio patch, the patent suggests Apple is looking more broadly into the development of an ecosystem of products that would be anchored by a single wearable platform device (likely wrist-worn), and augmented through various hardware sensors that could live in, on, or around the body and communicate with the primary device.
Source: USPTO, annotations by Rock Health
Most recently, Patently Apple has uncovered a patent application for a medical app that can monitor physiological data (e.g., arrhythmias), and either store it on a device like an iPhone and/or transmit the data to health facilities via a communication network. The patent was filed by Naeem Ansari, who was also behind a recent financial system patent that was ultimately assigned to Apple.
5. Check-in with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
Senior Apple executives met with FDA leadership, including the Director of the Agency’s Center for Devices and Radiological Health, which has oversight of medical devices, and Bakul Patel, the author of the FDA’s guidance on mobile medical applications. Patel’s guidance indicates that any mobile technologies which are intended for use in the diagnosis of a medical condition, or in the cure, mitigation or treatment of one will be regulated as medical devices.


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Tuesday, July 15, 2008
The Commerce Department reported lower than expected retail sales for the month of June, an indication that the effects of the rebate checks may have already dissipated.
The advance estimate for June sales rose by just 0.1 percent following a downwardly revised gain of 0.8 percent in May where much of the prior month's gain was attributed to the distribution of almost $50 billion in government stimulus.
Auto sales plunged 3.6 percent last month, now down 10.5 percent on a year-over-year basis while rising prices at the pump led gasoline station sales 4.6 percent higher lin June, now up 24.5 percent from year ago levels, all of this increase due to higher fuel prices amid weakening demand.
Excluding automobile sales, overall sales rose 0.8 percent in June, however, if just gasoline sales are excluded, overall sales dropped.


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After a revolution in the world of television brought about by Netflix through the streaming platform online in 2007, the company won a long-awaited honor at the 73rd Primetime Emmy Awards, held Sunday night in Los Angeles, United States.
The American company won the best award Drama series with the fourth season of The Crown, which won seven awards, having outclassed its main competitor, The Mandalorian, produced by Disney, inspired by the world of the Star Wars films.
Netflix’s The Queen’s Gambit also won an Emmy for Best Miniseries, for the first time since the company’s founding.
As for the comedies, the lion’s share went to Ted Lasso, which is a big milestone for the broadcast service in directed by
Apple TV +, launched just two years ago.
Apple pledged over $ 6 billion in 2019 in its efforts to improve its streaming base, a fund that has allowed it to attract more customers, away from iPhone smartphones.
With the end of the Emmy Awards, the competition between American tech companies has become fiercer to dominate the throne of streaming services, especially after the huge success of Disney +, HBO Max, and other television broadcasting services.
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