Shark fin soup is considered to be ultimately delicious and healthy by those who swear by it. But then one look at the number of these splendid creatures tortured and killed merely for their fins and one would have a second thought of it. The number of sharks killed every year for merely their fins is increasing by the day. For the same now there has been an outrage from some people who are against the serving of shark fin soup in Three Leeds restaurants. These restaurants however on the other hand have decided to go against the wishes of these opposing groups and have rather defended the dish on their menu cards that read shark fin soup. This is after an international pressure group came down real harsh on them asking for people to boycott these eateries serving anything to do with sharks.
But then talking shark's fin soup one would do well to remember that supply only thrives on demand. The day there is no demand for particular things the supply will automatically cease. None the less, one would do well to know of the horrors as committed by fisherman in the east. They simply cut the fins of the sharks and throw them back into the waters. This is again in a wretched and fatally injured state unable to swim at that.
Stop Shark Finning is among the foremost groups that are coming against this hellish treatment as being given to the fish species, many of which are on the verge of becoming extinct. In the mean while the restaurant vouchers continue to be spent by people more and more on a daily basis even as an increasing number of them are walking to eat out more often than before. The fact that these restaurant vouchers are doing good is a sign of the recession slowly but surely subsiding. If restaurant vouchers woo the customers, bad publicity can do a lot of damage. However the restaurants defend themselves by saying that they get the shark fins from a legitimate source in Hong Kong.
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Monday, February 28, 2011
OF FACEBOOK AND VOUCHERS AND DISCOUNTS
When Facebook is up to something everyone takes notice. To be more precise irrespective of whether Facebook is up to anything or not, there is always a lot of buzz created. The social networking giant has now announced that it has set in place its mobile Places Deals discounts and vouchers. These discount vouchers will be given on the latest versions of its Android and iPhone apps. This would again be for the United Kingdom.
Places Deals has mobile users being able to identify special offers and discounts which are again being offered near their location. This in turn joins location data with a mobile voucher system. Place Deals was launched back in November last year in the United States. So that makes it quite young ever since its official beginnings in the domain of the World Wide Web.
Then again when it comes to its United Kingdom launch partners, there are real big names like StarBucks. Starbucks in turn itself also launched its own mobile payments. The action simply seems to be heating up even as O2 is offering money off convert tickets, Debenhams, Alton Towers, Mazda and many others.
Juniper Research analyst, Howard Wilcox, spoke in this regards through his blog. Approving and admiring this advancement as being made, he spoke of how this will simply be a very bright and promising step forward as far as mobile vouchers are concerned.This is where many leading brands are looking at tapping customers from the gigantic FaceBook users list that crossed the five hundred million mark long time ago. Publishing on Places Deals and offering these vouchers will thus end up with the garnering of many customers for these brands.
Among the offerings for UK launch deals, the first 30,000 FaceBook users who will head for StarBucks coffee shop will thus get a cup of hot and delicious coffee for free. Then there is another one that goes; the first four people who will get an upgrade of their network contracts and head for an O2 shop will thus be in for a real surprise. They will be getting a free Xbox or Playstation. The online vouchers simply continue to flow and people are looking more and more to benefit from it.
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Places Deals has mobile users being able to identify special offers and discounts which are again being offered near their location. This in turn joins location data with a mobile voucher system. Place Deals was launched back in November last year in the United States. So that makes it quite young ever since its official beginnings in the domain of the World Wide Web.
Then again when it comes to its United Kingdom launch partners, there are real big names like StarBucks. Starbucks in turn itself also launched its own mobile payments. The action simply seems to be heating up even as O2 is offering money off convert tickets, Debenhams, Alton Towers, Mazda and many others.
Juniper Research analyst, Howard Wilcox, spoke in this regards through his blog. Approving and admiring this advancement as being made, he spoke of how this will simply be a very bright and promising step forward as far as mobile vouchers are concerned.This is where many leading brands are looking at tapping customers from the gigantic FaceBook users list that crossed the five hundred million mark long time ago. Publishing on Places Deals and offering these vouchers will thus end up with the garnering of many customers for these brands.
Among the offerings for UK launch deals, the first 30,000 FaceBook users who will head for StarBucks coffee shop will thus get a cup of hot and delicious coffee for free. Then there is another one that goes; the first four people who will get an upgrade of their network contracts and head for an O2 shop will thus be in for a real surprise. They will be getting a free Xbox or Playstation. The online vouchers simply continue to flow and people are looking more and more to benefit from it.
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Previous Post : UN AGENCY WORRIED ABOUT GLOBAL HUNGER
UN AGENCY WORRIED ABOUT GLOBAL HUNGER
Hunger eats the man and this is very much a true statement in deed. Looking at the vast number of people all around the world, suffering from malnutrition because of improper food to eat, is simply a nightmare come to life. For it is doubtful that if at all there is any hell, then it can possibly be any worse then this. Even as the rich get richer, the gap between them and the poor oppressed also continually widens. This is also where The World Food Programme is finding itself to be in trouble for even as the organization is short on funds by about as much as $3 billion. This is even as the group fights against global hunger.
With the ever scaling food prices this problems, it is only bound to become ever more severe. This was as spoken by Josette Sheeran, the head of the U.N. agency. She said, while giving an interview to The Associated Press, that the hunger problem is being faced by a vast number of the world’s population. This is even as she spoke of how while on a tour to Palestine she was impressed by an electronic food voucher there. It was thus in the Palestinian city of Hebron, that the lady observed and analyzed an innovative electronic food voucher project. This would thus help the one much needy in times of food crises.
The electronic food voucher system was first put to place in the year of 2009 in West Bank in 2009. After meeting with positive responses and running smoothly it is now being applied elsewhere as well. The U.N.'s front line agency continues to battle it out against hunger. For the same now it heavily depends on voluntary contributions which may again be given by governments, corporations and even private individuals. For once, the organization needs huge amounts in charity to deal with the global financial crises this year itself. The vast sum needed is as much as $6 billion this year. On the other hand the agency has only been able to garner half of that sum and still needs about $2.8 billion to deal with the hunger problem.
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With the ever scaling food prices this problems, it is only bound to become ever more severe. This was as spoken by Josette Sheeran, the head of the U.N. agency. She said, while giving an interview to The Associated Press, that the hunger problem is being faced by a vast number of the world’s population. This is even as she spoke of how while on a tour to Palestine she was impressed by an electronic food voucher there. It was thus in the Palestinian city of Hebron, that the lady observed and analyzed an innovative electronic food voucher project. This would thus help the one much needy in times of food crises.
The electronic food voucher system was first put to place in the year of 2009 in West Bank in 2009. After meeting with positive responses and running smoothly it is now being applied elsewhere as well. The U.N.'s front line agency continues to battle it out against hunger. For the same now it heavily depends on voluntary contributions which may again be given by governments, corporations and even private individuals. For once, the organization needs huge amounts in charity to deal with the global financial crises this year itself. The vast sum needed is as much as $6 billion this year. On the other hand the agency has only been able to garner half of that sum and still needs about $2.8 billion to deal with the hunger problem.
Previous Post : THE NEW MYFORD TOUCH TECHNOLOGY ISSUES
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
THE NEW MYFORD TOUCH TECHNOLOGY ISSUES
Ford is among the names in vehicle manufacturing that is more about legacy, class and America. It presents cars that a common man identifies with. It is nothing short of luxury meant for the very public. Ford has been a name with a reputation and position of its own in the hearts and minds of the people. But then the manufacturer has also done well enough in continuously coming up with a fleet of modern, technologically equipped and yet reasonably priced cars at that.
For the same, now comes one of their latest features, the MyFord Touch.
Ford dealers have also invited customers who have opted for the feature along with a Ford vehicle purchased. This is even as offering them a free tutorial session on the use of the new touch-screen system. There were Consumer Reports which spoke of how the new touch-screen system as provided by Ford is actually complicated in nature. Models like the Ford Edge or Lincoln MKX came equipped with the feature. But then Ford dealers are looking at offering the technology in as much as eighty percent of the vehicles.MyFord Touch comes as an innovative and very much efficient control system that offers customers with control navigation, radio, communication, heating and cooling. All this can again be commanded and controlled in three ways. These would again be 1) A touch-screen, 2) a five-way controller on the steering wheel and 3) voice commands. For once, Ford dealers continue to back this new feature and insist on the customers opting for it.
In spite of the complaints coming in about the difficulty while using the technology, there are still quite a few of admirers who are already swearing by the technology. One such Ford owner, Jim Seavitt, possesses a Village Ford in Dearborn. He speaks of how the technology may be a bit sophisticated and difficult to understand. It is bound to be a big hit with the younger lot who are more tech-savvy for once.
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For the same, now comes one of their latest features, the MyFord Touch.
Ford dealers have also invited customers who have opted for the feature along with a Ford vehicle purchased. This is even as offering them a free tutorial session on the use of the new touch-screen system. There were Consumer Reports which spoke of how the new touch-screen system as provided by Ford is actually complicated in nature. Models like the Ford Edge or Lincoln MKX came equipped with the feature. But then Ford dealers are looking at offering the technology in as much as eighty percent of the vehicles.MyFord Touch comes as an innovative and very much efficient control system that offers customers with control navigation, radio, communication, heating and cooling. All this can again be commanded and controlled in three ways. These would again be 1) A touch-screen, 2) a five-way controller on the steering wheel and 3) voice commands. For once, Ford dealers continue to back this new feature and insist on the customers opting for it.
In spite of the complaints coming in about the difficulty while using the technology, there are still quite a few of admirers who are already swearing by the technology. One such Ford owner, Jim Seavitt, possesses a Village Ford in Dearborn. He speaks of how the technology may be a bit sophisticated and difficult to understand. It is bound to be a big hit with the younger lot who are more tech-savvy for once.
Previous Post : CAR PRODUCTION IN THE UK BETTERS BY AS MUCH AS 27%
CAR PRODUCTION IN THE UK BETTERS BY AS MUCH AS 27%
The year of 2010 was not that bad after all. For in spite of continual inflation, many of the enterprises registered improved sales. New car deals saw a new high even as 1.27 million cars were bought in the UK. This meant a rising figure of a good a 27.1per cent when compared with the year of 2009. This figure was again revealed by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT).
Another interesting number rise was also visible in Commercial vehicle (CV) production which went up to as much as 35.7 per cent. This was last year and the number touched read 123,019. This is for once a good indication that the recession hit times is slowly but surely fading away.Coming back to cars and new car deals however, the British automobile making industry has seen a surge in demand coming in from foreign countries for British made vehicles. Then of course there is the cut throat competition which can again been seen from the dealers who are doing their bit in enticing and offering irresistible new car deals to the drivers. The UK engine output for the year of 2010 has been a good 2.39 million units. Now comparing this with 2009 the figures have improved a good 16.2 per cent.
As far as car production and new car deals in the month of December was concerned, it was again a good 10.6 per cent higher than for the same period in the year 2009. This apart, CV production went up by as much as 19.4 per cent. This means that on the overall the year of 2010 has been great for the UK car manufacturing industry. This is even as the figures themselves speak volumes of it.2009 had the government's car-scrappage scheme which had taken place in the spring. Although it should have given some boost to the vehicle industry in UK, there was no improved car production seen as such.
There was a good fall of as much as 30.9 per cent in car production compared with the previous year of 2008. When looking at CV production, it went down by as much as a heavy 55.3 per cent.SMMT chief executive Paul Everitt spoke of how in the year of 2010, vehicle production in United Kingdom has seen a very good and impressive recovery being made. This is as compared with the previous year of 2009 which was quite bad.
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Another interesting number rise was also visible in Commercial vehicle (CV) production which went up to as much as 35.7 per cent. This was last year and the number touched read 123,019. This is for once a good indication that the recession hit times is slowly but surely fading away.Coming back to cars and new car deals however, the British automobile making industry has seen a surge in demand coming in from foreign countries for British made vehicles. Then of course there is the cut throat competition which can again been seen from the dealers who are doing their bit in enticing and offering irresistible new car deals to the drivers. The UK engine output for the year of 2010 has been a good 2.39 million units. Now comparing this with 2009 the figures have improved a good 16.2 per cent.
As far as car production and new car deals in the month of December was concerned, it was again a good 10.6 per cent higher than for the same period in the year 2009. This apart, CV production went up by as much as 19.4 per cent. This means that on the overall the year of 2010 has been great for the UK car manufacturing industry. This is even as the figures themselves speak volumes of it.2009 had the government's car-scrappage scheme which had taken place in the spring. Although it should have given some boost to the vehicle industry in UK, there was no improved car production seen as such.
There was a good fall of as much as 30.9 per cent in car production compared with the previous year of 2008. When looking at CV production, it went down by as much as a heavy 55.3 per cent.SMMT chief executive Paul Everitt spoke of how in the year of 2010, vehicle production in United Kingdom has seen a very good and impressive recovery being made. This is as compared with the previous year of 2009 which was quite bad.
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Previous Post : VOD service and DVR demand rapidly increasing
Monday, February 21, 2011
VOD service and DVR demand rapidly increasing
According to the 'On-Demand Quarterly' forecast by MAGNAGLOBAL, video on demand (VOD) service in the next 5 years by the end of 2016 will come to more than 70.1 million households. According to the survey there are 51.1 million household currently using the VOD service which was calculated till the end of third financial quarter of 2010.In the meantime, MAGNAGLOBAL predicts DVR subscribers will be present in 61.8 million households by the end of 5 years which is by the end of 2016. This is up 32% from the present 37.9 million households which make use of the DVR facility.
Further research from MAGNAGLOBAL reveal that the end of September 2010 saw 83.6 million homes online. Out of these 83.6 million homes which were online, 90.4% of them were using the internet from their broadband provider. And this should increase to 98.8 million homes by the end of 5 years that is by the end of 2016 according to MAGNAGLOBAL.If spoken in regards to country, then after US it is UK which stands strong in using the DVR and VOD service. And out of the entire population using these services, 70% of them buy the services from Sky while 30% of them prefer to go to Virgin.
Sky Vod Service : Sky Anytime Plus offering Video on Demand service this termed as an upgrade of Sky Anytime. Sky Anytime Plus VOD service implies you to watch your favourite TV shows at convenient time. You canpause, rewind and fast forward programme movies with Sky Anytime Plus VOD Service.
Virgin revealed that during the third quarter of 2010 they observed 73 million VOD service views each month from their 2.8 million subscribers which means each household on an average would view about 33 VOD videos each month. This is up from the 31 views during the second quarter of 2010.
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Further research from MAGNAGLOBAL reveal that the end of September 2010 saw 83.6 million homes online. Out of these 83.6 million homes which were online, 90.4% of them were using the internet from their broadband provider. And this should increase to 98.8 million homes by the end of 5 years that is by the end of 2016 according to MAGNAGLOBAL.If spoken in regards to country, then after US it is UK which stands strong in using the DVR and VOD service. And out of the entire population using these services, 70% of them buy the services from Sky while 30% of them prefer to go to Virgin.
Sky Vod Service : Sky Anytime Plus offering Video on Demand service this termed as an upgrade of Sky Anytime. Sky Anytime Plus VOD service implies you to watch your favourite TV shows at convenient time. You canpause, rewind and fast forward programme movies with Sky Anytime Plus VOD Service.
Virgin revealed that during the third quarter of 2010 they observed 73 million VOD service views each month from their 2.8 million subscribers which means each household on an average would view about 33 VOD videos each month. This is up from the 31 views during the second quarter of 2010.
Previous Post : AT&T re-brands it's Video on demand service
AT&T re-brands it's Video on demand service
AT&T video on demand will no longer be called with that name again as AT&T has now decided to brand it as U-verse Movies. The decision has been taken to market its Video on Demand service even more and to give it a new face to the people. The decision to kick off this new marketing campaign has come especially after AT&T has realized it is losing large amount of business to Netflix, Redbox and similar other competitors.
The executive director for AT&T's video on demand service now called U-verse movies, John Blinkiewicz explains the advantage U-verse Movies has over competitors like Netflix. He lists some of the main advantage as watching movies in multiple rooms with their multi-room home networking environment, much quicker release dates for new movies than its competitor and in some cases the release date is as much as 30 days before Netflix and red box, HD movies, 3-D movies, free content and absolutely no wait time in loading the streamed content. He also added that there is a growing need for marketing to list their advantage over their competitors and also to let them know about their existence and services. They are also having a competitive advantage to be able to supply these videos on customer’s mobile phone. So the customers can directly stream the movies on the handsets.
He also said that they are constantly in search with adding new movies to the different categories and they are also adding HD and 3D movies. Last year alone they were offering six 3D movies and will be offering more soon.
The executive director for AT&T's video on demand service now called U-verse movies, John Blinkiewicz explains the advantage U-verse Movies has over competitors like Netflix. He lists some of the main advantage as watching movies in multiple rooms with their multi-room home networking environment, much quicker release dates for new movies than its competitor and in some cases the release date is as much as 30 days before Netflix and red box, HD movies, 3-D movies, free content and absolutely no wait time in loading the streamed content. He also added that there is a growing need for marketing to list their advantage over their competitors and also to let them know about their existence and services. They are also having a competitive advantage to be able to supply these videos on customer’s mobile phone. So the customers can directly stream the movies on the handsets.
He also said that they are constantly in search with adding new movies to the different categories and they are also adding HD and 3D movies. Last year alone they were offering six 3D movies and will be offering more soon.
