Tyco Retail Solutions today congratulates its customers, lululemon, DICK’s Sporting Goods, PetSmart and Johnston & Murphy, on industry award recognition for retail innovation and store operational excellence. The brands were honored with the Retail TouchPoints Store Operations Superstar Awards and the Innovative Retail Technologies Retailer Innovation Awards for exemplary innovation and leadership in 2016.
Day: January 11, 2017
4 Massachusetts weighs doing away with winter time shift
Massachusetts residents wouldn’t have to reset their clocks during the darkest months of the year under an idea being studied on Beacon Hill. On Wednesday, an 11-member commission will begin weighing the economic and health impacts of the state remaining on Eastern Daylight Time year-round.
Maine’s senator renews push for cyber-attack protection
A pair of senators including Maine’s Sen. Angus King is renewing its efforts to get protections for the country’s energy infrastructure against cyber-attacks. King, an independent, is partnering with Idaho Republican Sen. Jim Risch on the push to pass the Securing Energy Infrastructure Act.
Tillerson’s Entirely Reasonable Pay Deal With Exxon: Justin Fox
Exxon Mobil Corp. is planning to put about $175 million in cash into a trust for Rex Tillerson, who stepped down as the company’s chief executive officer on Jan. 1 in order to pursue a new career opportunity at the U.S. State Department. This giant payout is likely to be an issue at his Senate confirmation hearing this week.
Freezing Weather Threatens Power Supplies in Southeastern Europe
Bulgaria, where temperatures fell to as low as minus 20 degrees Celsius , declined emergency requests for power from Greece and Turkey amid heavy snowfall, Energy Minister Temenuzhka Petkova said Tuesday in the capital Sofia. The country was itself turned down by Romania two days ago and Greece said it would stop electricity exports to Bulgaria from noon on Wednesday.
Alps’ Holiday Snow Shortage Leaves Skiing Addicts in Withdrawal
An ultra-dry December marred the start of the ski season in the mountainous heart of Europe, which draws millions expecting Instagram-ready white peaks and pretty villages. A colder January is improving conditions, but the unpredictable early winter weather cut ticket sales at resorts and confounded holiday planning.
Samsung launches Samsung Gear S3 smartwatch series in India for Rs 28,50010 min ago
Samsung, which has been rated one of the “most reliable” brands in India, despite the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 fiasco has not backed down on launches and has been launching smartphones and gadgets in quick succession. Samsung launched their Samsung Gear S3 series smartwatches in India which are high on style as well as function.
Automation Company Festo Entrusts Wirecard with Global E-commerce Expansion
Wirecard has secured Festo as a customer: the expert in electric and pneumatic automation technology has turned to Wirecard, a leading payment service provider, to handle credit card processing for its online shop in . Since mid-December, French customers of Festo have been able to pay online for their products using a credit card.
Exclusive: Alibaba, part of planned Taiwan fund, won’t seek board seats at local firms – source
An employee is seen behind a glass wall with the logo of Alibaba at the company’s headquarters on the outskirts of Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, April 23, 2014. Alibaba Group Holding, which is awaiting regulatory approval for a $45 million fund it is participating in, has promised the Taiwanese government it will not take board seats at local firms the fund invests in, a source with direct knowledge of the matter said.
Ryder: Names of salads conceal more than they reveal Posted at
I’ve come to expect the names of recipes to give me an idea of what I’m getting into, whether I’m cooking it or eating it.  Recently, as I was browsing the index sections of cookbooks trying to come up with an inspiring salad recipe, I began to wonder whether I’ve been expecting too much.
#BizTrends2017: Embracing a changing digital world in 2017
Even though the past year has seen the strengthening of several ‘traditional’ technology trends such as cloud computing, big data, and predictive analytics, the likes of virtual and augmented reality and conversations as a platform (better known as chatbots) are already attracting interest for 2017.
Press Digest – Wall Street Journal – Jan 11
Jan 11 The following are the top stories in the Wall Street Journal. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.
FDA Advice on Hacking Threat to Cardiac Device
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued new advice about how to safeguard implantable cardiac devices against hackers. A wireless transmitter used to transmit data from cardiac devices to medical providers, the Merlin@home Transmitter made by St. Jude Medical was found to be vulnerable to online hacking, the FDA said.
Jack Ma Bets $2.6 Billion He Can Revamp China Retail Sector
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. pioneered shopping on the internet in China. Now it thinks it can teach old-school retailers a thing or two about real-world commerce.
More than 22K without power in Gilroy, Morgan Hill areas
Inclement weather knocked out power to more than 22,000 customers in the Gilroy and Morgan Hill areas Tuesday night, according to Pacific Gas & Electric Co. The outage was reported around 9 p.m., said JD Guidi, a spokesman for the utility.
#SherlockLive: When the consulting detective gave mere mortals a chance to solve case with him
In a social media experiment, BBC One, home of Sherlock , planned an interactive case solving session with writers of the show Steve Moffat and Mark Gatiss taking over the Twitter account of the channel, sending out tweets as Sherlock Holmes. Our tech teams are looking into #SherlockLive and they believe these two men may be involved somehow.
Ion exchange technique (IET) to characterise Ag + exposure in soil…
Dina Schwertfeger A , Jessica Velicogna A , Alexander Jesmer A , Heather McShane B , Richard Scroggins A and Juliska Princz A C B Department of Natural Resource Sciences, McGill University, 21 111 Lakeshore Road, Sainte Anne de Bellevue, QuA bec, H9X 3V9, Canada. Environmental Chemistry – http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/EN16136 Submitted: 30 July 2016 Accepted: 21 November 2016 Published online: 11 January 2017 Environmental context.
explains: How machines learned to speak human language
THIS past Christmas, millions of people will have opened boxes containing gadgets with a rapidly improving ability to use human language. Amazon’s Echo device, featuring a digital assistant called Alexa, is now present in over 5m homes.
US warns of unusual cybersecurity flaw in heart devices
This Wednesday, July 22, 2015, file photo shows St. Jude Medical corporate headquarters, in Little Canada, Minn., just north of St. Paul. The Homeland Security Department is warning the public about an unusual cybersecurity flaw for one manufacturer’s implantable heart devices that could allow hackers to remotely take control of a person’s defibrillator or pacemaker.
Security scare at Mumbai airport after multiple bomb alerts
Mumbai airport was put on high alert on Monday night after an Interpol input was received about a bomb on board a flight to Kuala Lumpur. Security.
Dylann Roof gets death penalty for church shootings
An unrepentant Dylann Roof was sentenced to death Tuesday for fatally shooting nine black church members during a Bible study session, becoming the first person ordered executed for a federal hate crime. A jury deliberated for about three hours before returning with the decision, capping a trial in which the 22-year-old avowed white supremacist did not fight for his life or show any remorse.