TagsTransfersAbout the authorCarlos VolcanoShare the loveHave your say Barcelona chiefs hope Messi can convince Valverde to stayby Carlos Volcano10 months agoSend to a friendShare the loveBarcelona ace Leo Messi will be key to the future of coach Ernesto Valverde beyond the end of this season.Off contract in June, Valverde could walk away this summer amid claims of fatigue concerns.However, Messi could yet intervene to convince Valverde to sign a new deal and carry on.A Barca source told AS: “He will decide, of course, it’s his life, but Lionel Messi can help the club when in doubt.”For their part, Barca president Josep Maria Bartomeu favours Valverde staying on. read more

TagsTransfersAbout the authorCarlos VolcanoShare the loveHave your say Father of Juventus striker Higuain says River Plate move could happenby Carlos Volcano14 days agoSend to a friendShare the loveThe father of Juventus striker Gonzalo Higuain says a move to River Plate could yet happen.Higuain, 31, began his career with River, and his dad Jorge would like to see him end his career with the Argentine giants.“Gonzalo still has two years left on his contract with Juventus, but he’s never closed his doors to River Plate,” he told Ole.“My children grew up at the club, so as a father I’d like them to come back.“They’re professionals so I can’t force them to return to Argentina, of course: but I’d like them to.” read more

___Amazon goes bicoastal: will open HQs in New York, DC suburbNEW YORK (AP) — Amazon has set its sights on two of the nation’s largest and most powerful metro areas, announcing Tuesday it had chosen a buzzy New York neighbourhood and a suburb of Washington for its new East Coast headquarters. The online shopping giant ended its 14-month-long competition for second headquarters by selecting Long Island City, Queens, and Arlington, Virginia, as the joint winners. Both are waterfront communities away from overcrowded business districts, giving Amazon space to grow.___CNN sues Trump, demanding return of Acosta to White HouseNEW YORK (AP) — CNN is suing the Trump administration, demanding that correspondent Jim Acosta’s press pass to cover the White House be returned. The administration revoked it last week following the president’s contentious post-election news conference, citing Acosta’s refusal to hand over a microphone when the president said he was done talking to him. The White House, never shy about picking a fight with CNN, says bring it on.___Pilots says Boeing didn’t disclose jet’s new control featurePilots say Boeing didn’t tell them about features of a new flight-control system that reportedly is a focus of investigation into deadly crash. The automated system in Boeing 737 MAX planes is designed to help pilots avoid a stall by raising the plane’s nose too high, but can cause the nose to pitch down sharply. Investigators are looking into whether controls played a role in last month’s deadly Lion Air crash in Indonesia.___US October budget deficit jumps to $100.5 billionWASHINGTON (AP) — The federal government recorded a deficit of $100.5 billion in October, a big increase from a year ago that was primarily caused by quirks in the calendar. The Treasury Department says the deficit shot up 59 per cent from the same month a year ago. The government has run a deficit in every October going back to the early 1950s. The new report begins a budget year in which the federal deficit is expected to soar above $1 trillion, reflecting in part the tax cuts Congress approved last December.___The “worst toys” for the holidays, according to safety groupBOSTON (AP) — A Black Panther “slash claw” and a plastic Power Rangers sword are among the toys topping a consumer safety group’s annual list of worst toys for the holiday season. Massachusetts-based World Against Toys Causing Harm, or W.A.T.C.H., unveiled its list Tuesday at a Boston children’s hospital. The toy industry says the list is biased and inaccurate.___EPA seeks new truck pollution rules; says air won’t sufferDETROIT (AP) — The Trump administration’s Environmental Protection Agency is proposing to rewrite rules that limit pollution from heavy trucks but that the EPA says slow the economy. Acting EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler argues that new technology can help improve air quality, noting that regulation of harmful nitrogen oxide emissions hasn’t been revamped since 2000.___Juul halts store sales of some flavoured e-cigarettesNEW YORK (AP) — The nation’s leading e-cigarette maker is halting store sales of some flavours to deter use by kids. The announcement Tuesday by Juul Labs Inc. comes ahead of an expected government crackdown on underage sales of e-cigarettes. It will continue to sell flavours through its website and limit sales to those 21 and older.___Iconic Barbie fashion comes alive in vintage collaborationNEW YORK (AP) — One of the largest sellers of vintage-inspired fashion has recreated some of Barbie’s most iconic early looks for real women to wear. Unique Vintage, based in Burbank, California, is the first Mattel collaboration for a fashion line based on Barbie outfits. And in sizes up to 4X. The collaboration, Barbie x Unique Vintage, is sold online at uniquevintage.com and in about 500 boutiques around the world. A special collection in the line is planned for next year, when Barbie turns 60.___Energy companies lead US stocks lower after oil price plungeNEW YORK (AP) — The steepest drop in oil prices in more than three years put investors in a selling mood Tuesday, extending a losing streak for the S&P 500 index to a fourth day. Energy stocks led a late-afternoon sell-off on Wall Street after the price of U.S. crude oil plunged 7.1 per cent to $55.69 a barrel, the lowest level since December 2017. Oil has now fallen for 12 straight days, driven by worries over rising oil production around the world and weakening demand from developing countries.___The S&P 500 index fell 4.04 points, or 0.1 per cent, to 2,722.18. The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 100.69 points, or 0.4 per cent, to 25,286.49. The Nasdaq composite was little changed at 7,200.87. The Russell 2000 index of smaller companies gave up 3.99 points, or 0.3 per cent, to 1,514.80.Benchmark U.S. crude oil plunged 7.1 per cent to $55.69 a barrel. Brent crude, used to price international oils, dropped 6.6 per cent to close at $65.47 a barrel in London. Heating oil fell 4.3 per cent to $2.06 a gallon and wholesale gasoline dropped 5.7 per cent to $1.54 a gallon. Natural gas jumped 8.3 per cent to $4.10 per 1,000 cubic feet.The Associated Press read more

NEW YORK — One day, finding an oven that just cooks food may be as tough as buying a TV that merely lets you change channels.Internet-connected “smarts” are creeping into cars, refrigerators, thermostats, toys and just about everything else in your home. CES 2019, the gadget show opening Tuesday in Las Vegas, will showcase many of these products, including an oven that co-ordinates your recipes and a toilet that flushes with a voice command.With every additional smart device in your home, companies are able to gather more details about your daily life. Some of that can be used to help advertisers target you — more precisely than they could with just the smartphone you carry.“It’s decentralized surveillance,” said Jeff Chester, executive director for the Center for Digital Democracy, a Washington-based digital privacy advocate. “We’re living in a world where we’re tethered to some online service stealthily gathering our information.”Yet consumers so far seem to be welcoming these devices. The research firm IDC projects that 1.3 billion smart devices will ship worldwide in 2022, twice as many as 2018.Companies say they are building these products not for snooping but for convenience, although Amazon, Google and other partners enabling the intelligence can use the details they collect to customize their services and ads.Whirlpool, for instance, is testing an oven whose window doubles as a display. You’ll still be able to see what’s roasting inside, but the glass can now display animation pointing to where to place the turkey for optimal cooking.The oven can sync with your digital calendar and recommend recipes based on how much time you have. It can help co-ordinate multiple recipes, so that you’re not undercooking the side dishes in focusing too much on the entree. A camera inside lets you zoom in to see if the cheese on the lasagna has browned enough, without opening the oven door.As for that smart toilet, Kohler’s Numi will respond to voice commands to raise or lower the lid — or to flush. You can do it from an app, too. The company says it’s all about offering hands-free options in a setting that’s very personal for people. The toilet is also heated and can play music and the news through its speakers.Kohler also has a tub that adjusts water temperature to your liking and a kitchen faucet that dispenses just the right amount of water for a recipe.For the most part, consumers aren’t asking for these specific features. “We try to be innovative in ways that customers don’t think they need,” Samsung spokesman Louis Masses said.Whirlpool said insights can come from something as simple as watching consumers open the oven door several times to check on the meal, losing heat in the process.“They do not say to us, ‘Please tell me where to put (food) on the rack, or do algorithm-based cooking,’” said Doug Searles, general manager for Whirlpool’s research arm, WLabs. “They tell us the results that are most important to them.”Samsung has several voice-enabled products, including a fridge that comes with an app that lets you check on its contents while you’re grocery shopping. New this year: Samsung’s washing machines can send alerts to its TVs — smart TVs, of course — so you know your laundry is ready while watching Netflix.Other connected items at CES include:— a fishing rod that tracks your location to build an online map of where you’ve made the most catches.— a toothbrush that recommends where to brush more.— a fragrance diffuser that lets you control how your home smells from a smartphone app.These are poised to join internet-connected security cameras, door locks and thermostats that are already on the market. The latter can work with sensors to turn the heat down automatically when you leave home.Chester said consumers feel the need to keep up with their neighbours when they buy appliances with the smartest smarts. He said all the conveniences can be “a powerful drug to help people forget the fact that they are also being spied on.”Gadgets with voice controls typically aren’t transmitting any data back to company servers until you activate them with a trigger word, such as “Alexa” or “OK Google.” But devices have sometimes misheard innocuous words as legitimate commands to record and send private conversations .Even when devices work properly, commands are usually stored indefinitely. Companies can use the data to personalize experiences — including ads. Beyond that, background conversations may be stored with the voice recordings and can resurface with hacking or as part of lawsuits or investigations.Knowing what you cook or stock in your fridge might seem innocuous. But if insurers get hold of the data, they might charge you more for unhealthy diets, warned Paul Stephens, director of policy and advocacy at the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse in San Diego. He also said it might be possible to infer ethnicity based on food consumed.Manufacturers are instead emphasizing the benefits: Data collection from the smart faucet, for instance, allows Kohler’s app to display how much water is dispensed. (Water bills typically show water use for the whole home, not individual taps.)The market for smart devices is still small, but growing. Kohler estimates that in a few years, smart appliances will make up 10 per cent of its revenue. Though the features are initially limited to premium models — such as the $7,000 toilet — they should eventually appear in entry-level products, too, as costs come down.Consider the TV. “Dumb” TVs are rare these days, as the vast majority of TVs ship with internet connections and apps, like it or not.“It becomes a check-box item for the TV manufacturer,” said Paul Gagnon, an analyst with IHS Markit. For a dumb one, he said, you have to search for an off-brand, entry-level model with smaller screens — or go to places in the world where streaming services aren’t common.“Dumb” cars are also headed to the scrapyard. The research firm BI Intelligence estimates that by 2020, three out of every four cars sold worldwide will be models with connectivity. No serious incidents have occurred in the United States, Europe and Japan, but a red flag has already been raised in China, where automakers have been sharing location details of connected cars with the government.As for TVs, Consumer Reports says many TV makers collect and share users’ viewing habits. Vizio agreed to $2.5 million in penalties in 2017 to settle cases with the Federal Trade Commission and New Jersey officials.Consumers can decide not to enable these connections. They can also vote with their wallets, Stephens said.“I’m a firm believer that simple is better. If you don’t need to have these so-called enhancements, don’t buy them,” he said. “Does one really need a refrigerator that keeps track of everything in it and tells you you are running out of milk?”___AP writers Joseph Pisani and Matt O’Brien in Las Vegas and Frank Bajak in Boston contributed to this story.Anick Jesdanun, The Associated Press read more

In becoming the 18th major-league player to hit four homers in a game (and the second player this season), Arizona Diamondbacks outfielder J.D. Martinez did something rarer than a perfect game. But in accomplishing the feat, Martinez has also become the poster boy of one baseball’s biggest trends: the overnight fly ball-smashing sensation.Martinez began his career as a slap-hitting prospect for the Houston Astros — and to be charitable, he was not successful at it. Over his first three MLB seasons, Martinez had an adjusted on-base plus slugging that was 12 percent worse than average, accumulated negative 1.3 wins above replacement1Taking the average of Baseball-Reference.com’s and FanGraphs’s versions of WAR. and hit for very little power, belting just 24 home runs in 252 games. By 2014, Martinez was struggling so much that Houston released him.“I’m doing everything the coaches tell me,” Martinez told Travis Sawchik of FanGraphs in March about that period of his career. “I’m swinging down on the ball. In BP, I’m hitting low line drives everywhere. In games, it doesn’t play.”But the Detroit Tigers saw potential in Martinez, snapping him up a few days after his release. And Martinez repaid their faith by turning his career around, with the help of a new philosophy at the plate. He became one of baseball’s earliest fly-ball revolutionaries, reducing his ratio of ground balls to fly balls from 0.87 in his first three seasons to 0.64 in the seasons since. And the results were striking. Since 1901,2The first season of MLB’s modern two-league era. only Hall of Fame second baseman Rogers Hornsby increased his isolated power — which is slugging percentage minus batting average — more from his career average through age 25 to his average between the ages of 26 and 29 (Martinez was coming off his age-25 season when the Astros waived him): Ivan Rodriguez.14997.8.235127.7+.086 Harry Heilmann.125118.3.216165.4+.092 PLAYERISOWRC+ISOWRC+ISO DIFF. Rogers Hornsby.162162.6.300203.5+.138 George Sisler.096136.7.192160.0+.096 Joe Adcock.15297.5.246138.5+.094 Gil Hodges.14796.4.244135.9+.098 David Ortiz.182101.5.288143.9+.106 Jeff Bagwell.170138.4.284169.1+.115 Tony Armas.12773.6.219105.1+.092 Kirby Puckett.07186.0.182138.3+.111 For players with at least 750 plate appearances through age 25 and at least 1,500 from age 26 to 29.Sources: FanGraphs, Baseball-Reference.com Albert Belle.222118.0.323159.9+.100 George Foster.14898.0.258151.3+.110 Todd Hundley.13667.0.251128.1+.115 J.D. Martinez.13687.3.265145.8+.129 Gorman Thomas.16281.8.264129.5+.101 Damion Easley.09272.9.190105.5+.098 Andy Pafko.114111.7.203132.2+.089 Duke Snider.203124.0.306163.8+.103 Martinez isn’t the only recent player to go on an out-of-nowhere power spree — Jose Bautista, for instance, went from a light-hitting utility man early in his career to a fearsome, bat-flipping homer machine as he approached his 30s. Nor is Martinez the only exemplar of the fly-ball phenomenon sweeping across the game; from Daniel Murphy to Yonder Alonso, plenty of players have given their careers new life by way of an uppercut swing.But Martinez might be the best of the bunch.Because of his newfound affinity for fly balls, Martinez — who landed in Arizona via a midseason trade — has remade himself into one of the game’s most dangerous hitters. Over the past four seasons, Martinez ranks as the eighth-best batter in all of baseball according to Weighted Runs Created Plus, which measures how many runs a player generates per plate appearance.Early in his career, it would have been a pleasant surprise if Martinez had hit four home runs in a month. But after Martinez modified his approach, Monday’s accomplishment is just the latest signpost along his road to stardom. And with the red-hot Diamondbacks practically assured of making the playoffs, a national audience will have a chance to get acquainted with Martinez’s power stroke this fall.Check out our latest MLB predictions. Ken Griffey Jr..234141.9.321146.0+.087 Sammy Sosa.18396.7.273123.5+.090 THROUGH AGE 25AGE 26-29 Late-blooming power hittersLargest difference in isolated power (ISO) between appearances through age 25 and age 26-29, 1901-2017 read more

OSU then-junior forward Nichelle Prince (7) during a game against Butler on Nov. 14 at Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium. Credit: Courtesy of OSUAfter two weeks on the road, the Ohio State women’s soccer team returned home to Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium to face the Texas Longhorns in senior forward Nichelle Prince’s first home game since the Rio Olympics.Prince played for team Canada and took home the bronze in the XXXI Olympiad.At the end of Friday’s game, the Buckeyes were glad to have Prince back up front.OSU trailed since the third minute of the game after a goal when Longhorns sophomore forward Alexa Adams put one past redshirt senior goalkeeper Jillian McVicker. But in the 59th minute Prince earned a penalty kick and finished inside the right post to knot the game at one apiece.Six minutes into overtime, Prince struck again with a header into the back of the net off of a cross from senior forward Lindsay Agnew, sealing a 2-1 victory for the Buckeyes over the Longhorns.OSU coach Lori Walker didn’t anticipate the game going quite like this. “No disrespect to Texas, but I think this is about as poor as I’ve seen our team play in the first half,” said Walker, “There was a lot of things we weren’t doing… we did not play the way Ohio State knows how to play, and we found a way to win anyways.”Agnew shared the sentiment with Walker.“I don’t think today we played our best soccer,” said Agnew. “It doesn’t always have to be super pretty, and we just got it done and that’s all that really matters. Texas brought a really good team, and they beat us to the ball more.”Prince took little time to readjust to college soccer after playing in the Olympics, but notes that there are some differences in how the sport is played.“At international level it’s very structured, and you kind of have a structured play… here you have a little more freedom, you get to be more creative,” Prince said.Prince also said there was a large difference in the crowd at Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium as compared to the thousands of international fans in Rio. Nevertheless, she was overjoyed to be greeted excitedly by her teammates after nine months of being away.On Monday, September 12, the Buckeyes will take on No. 7 Brigham Young in Columbus. read more

Republic of Ireland national team head coach Martin O’Neill insists Jeff Hendrick may have set the bar too high for himself with his performances at the Euro 2016 finals.The Burnley midfielder, alongside club teammate Robbie Brady, starred for the Republic of Ireland at the Euros in France as they made it to the last 16, where they gave the hosts an almighty scare before bowing out with their heads held high.However, O’Neill believes the levels they reached at that tournament has left people expecting too much of them, with the players having been able to rediscover that kind of form on a consistent basis for their country since.Speaking alongside as he prepared for Saturday night’s UEFA Nations League clash with Denmark at the Aviva Stadium, the Ireland boss said, according to Sports Mole:Report: Former Liverpool striker Heskey reveals all George Patchias – September 10, 2019 Former Liverpool striker Emile Heskey reveals all in his new book.In Heskey’s new book “Even Heskey Scored,” serialised in the Guardian, the player talks,…“He was part of a side that actually did go 11 games with one defeat, and we never lost in a game away from home.”“We went to some difficult places – Serbia, in fact he scored a goal out in Serbia – so he had reached a very high-performance level in the Euros, and so the expectation on himself and Robbie Brady and the likes of Seamus Coleman did become very high.”“It became high with all of us and I think it became high with himself as well. Sometimes whatever you do, maybe you don’t reach that sort of level, but that was very high.”“I just think you have to give him a little bit of slack here. He’s done exceptionally well. There are some games where he didn’t do so well, but the very fact is that we’re judging him now on the performances that he made out in France.” read more

Juventus Football Club manager Massimiliano Allegri has confirmed his squad for the Serie A game against Genoa on Saturday.The Italian champions host Ivan Juric’s Genoa team at the Allianz Stadium looking to picking up their ninth consecutive victory in the league this season.Allegri and his team are unbeaten so far this campaign, as they go in search of their eight consecutive Serie A title but face in form Genoa striker Krzysztof Piatek.The Poland international has equaled Gabriel Batistuta’s Serie A record of scoring in the first seven games of the season and will be looking to continue his form against the champions.Allegri might be looking to rotate his squad with a trip to Old Trafford to face Manchester United coming up on Tuesday. Here is Allegri’s squad in full, as reported by the official Juventus website:1 Szczesny2 De Sciglio3 Chiellini4 Benatia5 Pjanic7 Ronaldo10 Dybala11 Douglas Costa12 Alex SandroFiorentina owner: “Ribery played better than Ronaldo!” Andrew Smyth – September 14, 2019 Fiorentina owner Rocco Commisso was left gushing over Franck Ribery’s performance against Juventus, which he rates above that of even Cristiano Ronaldo’s.14 Matuidi15 Barzagli16 Cuadrado17 Mandzukic18 Kean19 Bonucci20 Cancelo21 Pinsoglio22 Perin23 Emre Can24 Rugani30 Bentancur33 Bernardeschi read more

December 3, 2018 Categories: Good Morning San Diego, Local San Diego News, Sports 00:00 00:00 spaceplay / pause qunload | stop ffullscreenshift + ←→slower / faster ↑↓volume mmute ←→seek  . seek to previous 12… 6 seek to 10%, 20% … 60% XColor SettingsAaAaAaAaTextBackgroundOpacity SettingsTextOpaqueSemi-TransparentBackgroundSemi-TransparentOpaqueTransparentFont SettingsSize||TypeSerif MonospaceSerifSans Serif MonospaceSans SerifCasualCursiveSmallCapsResetSave SettingsSAN DIEGO (KUSI) – Utah will face Northwestern in the Holiday Bowl on New Year’s Eve at San Diego County Credit Union Stadium in a match up of teams that lost their conference championship games, organizers announced Sunday.Utah (9-4) lost to Washington, 10-3, Friday in the Pac-12 Conference title game.Northwestern (8-5) lost to Ohio State, 45-24, in the Big Ten Conference title game Saturday night in a game it trailed 31-24 early in the fourth quarter.The Holiday Bowl gets the second selection from the Pac-12 after the participants in the New Year’s Six bowls. The Alamo Bowl selected Washington State with the first choice.Utah and Northwestern will both be making their debuts in the Holiday Bowl, which has been played annually since 1978.The Holiday Bowl has matched teams from the Pac-12 and Big Ten Conference since 2014.The game is scheduled for December 31st at SDCCU Stadium.For tickets and more information click here. Updated: 8:09 AM Northwestern and Utah to play in 2018 Holiday Bowl KUSI Newsroom KUSI Newsroom, Posted: December 3, 2018 FacebookTwitter read more

YouTube’s product chief helps safeguard and expand the… YouTube is throttled the most, according to a new study. Angela Lang/CNET Wireless carriers have long said they may throttle, or slow down, data when mobile networks are congested. But a new study suggests your video viewing may be getting slowed down even when networks aren’t overcrowded. Researchers at Northeastern University and the University of Massachusetts at Amherst found that carriers throttle online video whether their mobile networks are congested or not. Location and time of day also appeared to have little impact, the researchers said. All four main US carriers — AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile and Verizon — were found to be throttling, according to the study released Monday. The researchers collected data from more than 600,000 tests in the US between January 2018 and January 2019 using the Wehe app, which measures whether a provider is throttling speeds. Globally, they collected data from more than 1 million tests.When it comes to specific video apps, YouTube was throttled most often and Vimeo was throttled least often, according to the study. AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile and Verizon all throttled YouTube and Netflix, the researchers said. T-Mobile, Sprint and Verizon also all throttled Amazon Prime Video. “They are doing it all the time, 24/7, and it’s not based on networks being overloaded,” David Choffnes, associate professor at Northeastern University and a study co-author, told Bloomberg. AT&T said it doesn’t throttle, discriminate or degrade network performance based on content. “We offer customers choice, including speeds and features to manage their data,” AT&T spokesman Jim Greer said in an emailed statement. “This [Wehe] app fails to account for a user’s choice of settings or plan that may affect speeds. We’ve previously been in contact with the app developers to discuss how they can improve their app’s performance.”In a message, Choffnes said that the team doesn’t deny that the plan a user chooses or the plan’s settings can affect throttling. “What is true is that AT&T throttles a significant fraction of our user’s Wehe video tests (about 70%). So at least for our users, it seems very likely that their plan/settings are set up to throttle video,” Choffnes said. In addition, the researchers said that throttling can lead to decreased video quality. T-Mobile declined to comment on the study but pointed to a 2015 press release about its efforts to enable more streaming.Verizon and Sprint didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment. Originally published Aug. 19.Updates, Aug. 20: Adds responses from researchers and T-Mobile.  Mobile Internet Mobile Apps Internet Services 15 Now playing: Watch this: 2:03 Tags Share your voice Comments T-Mobile read more

Samsung Inc’s upcoming Android tablet, Galaxy Tab 3 10.1, will be powered by Intel’s processor, said a new report.New agency Reuters, citing a source having knowledge of the development, said Samsung has chosen Intel’s Clover Trail+ mobile chip for Galaxy Tab 3 10.1 which is expected to debut on 20 June. The event to be held in London would also see the debut of Samsung’s Microsoft Windows ATIV tablets which employs Intel chips, said the source.Both Samsung and the chipmaker Intel are yet to make any announcement on the same. If the latest news rings true, it would be a great breakthrough for US-based Intel, which has been facing major challenges in the mobile market ever since Apple introduced its revolutionary iPhone and iPad devices.With the launch of the Intel-based Galaxy Tab 3 10.1, the chipmaker views it as an opportunity to gain a strong foothold in a segment beyond PCs.Speaking of its design, Nathan Brookwood, principal analyst at Insight 64 told CNET, “[Intel’s] Clover Trail+ delivers competitive performance and battery life with Qualcomm and Nvidia ARM chips.””It’s the first [version] of Atom that can support both Android and Windows 8. In the past, Intel’s platforms for Windows 8 differed from their platforms for Android. So, it would be possible for Samsung to build a Galaxy Tab that is physically the same hardware [as an Android product] and use it for a Windows 8 version,” he added.According to earlier reports, the upcoming Galaxy Tab will feature a 1,280 x 800 pixel resolution display and run on Android 4.2.2 operating system. read more

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Monday termed the reason for fuel price hike as unjustifiable when there is no change in the international price of crude oil.PMK founder S Ramadoss accused the central government and the oil marketing companies of cheating the public. The statements came as oil companies on Sunday hiked the prices of petrol and diesel by 36 paise and 90 paise respectively.Jayalalithaa said it was unjustifiable to hike the fuel prices citing the exchange rate between Indian rupee and the US dollar and also the international prices of petrol and diesel when there is no change in the crude oil prices in the international market.Citing the central government’s hike of the excise duty on petrol and diesel by Rs.1.60 and 40 paise per litre last week, Jayalalithaa said the hike in retail prices of fuel is not right.It was unacceptable to decide the prices of fuel based on the exchange rate as the dollar prices change as per demands. Demanding the rollback of the recent fuel price hike, Jayalalithaa urged the central government to change the manner of pricing oil.Ramadoss said contrary to the claims of the central government and oil companies, the crude prices in the international market have come down from $44.72 per barrel to $42.41 on 13 November.Ramadoss said petrol and diesel were retailed at Rs. 41.25 and Rs. 29.30 per litre in 2004 when the international price of crude oil per barrel was $43.05. The current price of crude oil per barrel in the international market being $42.41, reduction in fuel prices is warranted.Currently, the petrol and diesel are sold at a price higher by Rs. 20 per litre. This is clearly a burden on the people, Ramadoss said.Instead of reducing the fuel prices on 1 November, the oil companies hiked the petrol and diesel prices by 40 paise and Re.1 respectively.Referring to the latest excise duty hike on fuel, Ramadoss said, “The oil companies then said they would bear the increased duty. But now they have increased the prices.””In totality, the central government and the oil companies have jointly cheated the people,” he said. The central government owned Indian Oil Corporation on 15 November announced hike in petrol and diesel prices.”The current level of international product prices of petrol and diesel and INR-USD exchange rate warrant an increase in prices, the impact of which is being passed on to the consumers with this price revision,” Indian Oil said in a statement on Sunday.The oil marketer said the price of petrol per litre from Monday will be Rs. 61.06 in Delhi, Rs. 66.39 in Kolkata, Rs. 68.13 in Mumbai and Rs. 61.38 in Chennai.Diesel will cost Rs. 46.80 a litre in Delhi, Rs. 50.29 in Kolkata, Rs. 54.04 in Mumbai and Rs. 48.00 in Chennai. read more

Obaidul QuaderRuling Bangladesh Awami League (AL) general secretary Obaidul Quader on Wednesday said his party’s arch enemy Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has nothing to do except lying while seeking vote from people for the next general election, reports UNB.Quader, also the road transport and bridges minister, came up with the remarks while inaugurating district Awami League’s fresh member collection drive at Harimohan Government High School ground in Chapainawabganj.”Looting through Hawa Bhaban will resume if BNP is voted to power and the country will be champion in corruption and anarchy once again,” the AL leader claimed.He urged the people to vote for AL to continue the “advancement and progress of the country”.He also warned his party men saying that those leaders not acceptable to people and party activists won’t get nomination for the next general election.District AL president Monuddin Mandal presided over the programme where AL central joint general secretary Jahangir Kabir Nanak, organising secretary Khalid Mahmud Chowdhury and Rajshahi city unit AL president and ex-mayor AHM Khairuzzaman Liton also spoke. read more

Listen at WEAA Live Stream: http://amber.streamguys.com.4020/live.m3uOur Supreme Court expert Ken Jost, discusses the Muslim travel ban ruling against the Trump administration and a North Carolina racial redistricting ruling by the Supreme Court. And we’ll open the phone lines to ask the question: In the wake of the latest incidents of racial hatred in Maryland, what should the state’s Black communities do to protect themselves against hate crimes?These stories and much more on AFRO’s First Edition with Sean Yoes, Monday through Friday, 5-7 p.m. read more

As part of the D.C. Language Immersion Project, the Thurgood Marshall Center, located at 1816 12th Street, NW, is scheduled to host a Bilingual Education Fair on Jan. 20 from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. The fair will allow parents to discover multilingual education options and fun resources that will let them bring bilingual education to their communities. All participants will receive a free CD with songs in Spanish and English from 123 Andres, a singer that uses music to teach Spanish. The event will include 50 exhibitors and five speakers. The event is sponsored by D.C. Public Schools and the D.C. Public Charter School Board. To register for the event, visit bilingualfair.dcimmersion.org. read more

×Actors Reveal Their Favorite Disney PrincessesSeveral actors, like Daisy Ridley, Awkwafina, Jeff Goldblum and Gina Rodriguez, reveal their favorite Disney princesses. Rapunzel, Mulan, Ariel,Tiana, Sleeping Beauty and Jasmine all got some love from the Disney stars.More VideosVolume 0%Press shift question mark to access a list of keyboard shortcutsKeyboard Shortcutsplay/pauseincrease volumedecrease volumeseek forwardsseek backwardstoggle captionstoggle fullscreenmute/unmuteseek to %SPACE↑↓→←cfm0-9Next UpJennifer Lopez Shares How She Became a Mogul04:350.5x1x1.25×1.5x2xLive00:0002:1502:15 Huawei would only allow Variety to write about what was said in the open session if no individual was named, and repeatedly asked the reporter to drop the story, saying: “There’s no reason why – we just don’t want the media to expose this information.”Huawei hopes to convert as many people as possible in Southeast Asia into 4G customers. With research showing that 4G penetration in developing countries such as Sri Lanka remains slow “because users haven’t yet found any strong incentive to use it,” Huawei hopes to acquire high-quality and high-resolution content in order to stimulate greater demand for faster Internet service.“Our understanding is that when people see higher-quality videos, they will be more likely to pay for higher definition,” the representative said.The content would go out either directly to users, via a branded video app currently pre-installed on all Huawei smartphones, or via third-party businesses delivering it to consumers via smart TVs.Huawei currently sells phones in 170 countries, and the representative at FilMart said the app would be at the fingertips of 200 million mobile users by 2019. He said he expected “all Huawei smartphone users and technical subscribers” to be covered by its video-streaming service within three years.Previously, it took Southeast Asian broadband operators seven or eight years before they broke even from investing in building fiber lines to a home, but the wait for a return on investment has now been cut to just four years.According to a Huawei analysis of Facebook and YouTube viewing habits in various Southeast Asian countries, videos from a firm like Facebook reached user penetration levels of nearly 90% of mobile users, but viewers across the entire region spent less than 20 minutes watching them. That leads Huawei to conclude that “this kind of [passively watched] video has already reached its limits.”Huawei is mulling over a business model for its video services in which either content is free and revenue comes from selling data packages and is redistributed to content providers via reversed revenue-sharing, or by bundling content and traffic packages together. One strategy is to target young people and residents of rural areas who have lower incomes but more free time, and are thus bigger potential users of data.The representative denied that the push into Southeast Asia was related to the recent pushback against Huawei products from the U.S. and Europe, saying that, as a neighboring region, it had been an area of strategic importance “from the beginning.”A senior manager from Huawei’s content cooperation department said that the company’s broader troubles would have “no impact” on its development of content relationships or on its potential partners. One of the most surprising first-time attendees at FilMart is Chinese tech giant Huawei, which has come to Hong Kong to acquire the video content it needs to support its strategy of expansion into Southeast Asia. The company is currently embroiled in a PR nightmare as it defends itself against accusations that its equipment could be used for spying by the Chinese government; the firm has filed a lawsuit against the U.S. government over a ban on its products.At an information session Tuesday morning, a senior representative from Huawei’s Southeast Asia business and network consulting division described in depth the company’s to mission to “win broadband, win mobile, win video, win all” in the region.“Broadband is more stable [business] than mobile, and finally if you have video as well, it’s a business model everyone can win from,” he said. Popular on Variety read more

Kolkata: Two persons were killed after a toto and a tractor collided at Katwa in Burdwan. Six persons including a child are admitted to Katwa Sub-divisional Hospital.According to locals, a toto carrying seven passengers was moving towards Katwa on Burdwan-Katwa State Highway on Wednesday morning. Near Gangulydanga, suddenly a cow somehow came infront of the toto. To avoid the cow, the toto driver tried to turn the vehicle to its right. At the same time, a tractor loaded with bricks was moving towards the toto. While trying to avoid the cow, the toto driver lost control over the vehicle and it toppled. Also Read – Rain batters Kolkata, cripples normal lifeAs the tractor was moving at a good speed, the driver could stop. As a result, the tractor hit the toto and ran over two passengers. After colliding with the toto, the tractor also toppled and its driver got injured Though the toto driver managed to jump off before the collision took place, two passengers of the toto identified as Rabindranath Pramanik and Kartik Saha died on the spot. Locals rushed the injured persons to the hospital where they are admitted. Sources informed that the passengers of the toto are relatives of each other. They were returning from a festival to Katwa. read more

Tags: Discounts, Intrepid Group, Intrepid Travel Share Posted by << Previous PostNext Post >> TORONTO — With a growing number of Canadian travellers choosing to stay close to home, Intrepid Travel is offering a 20% discount on more than 73 of its North American trips.To receive the discount, clients must book by July 31, 2018 for departure in August or September.The discount applies to all North American trips, including the 20-day ‘Canadian Rockies and Vancouver Island’, the six-day ‘Highlights of Vancouver Island’, and the 12-day ‘Grand Canadian Rockies’.In the past three months, Intrepid Travel has enjoyed double-digit growth on its North American trips. According to Destination Canada, Canadian tourism arrivals hit a 14-year high with nearly 20 million travellers. The following year, Canada was named the top place to visit in the world by Lonely Planet, the New York Times, and Condé Nast Traveler as tourism arrivals continued to rise in 2017 with Canada’s 150th birthday celebrations.For more information go to www.intrepidgroup.travel. Michael Smith Intrepid announces last-minute discount on North American trips Wednesday, July 4, 2018 read more