While next week’s big event, NVIDIA’s GTC (GPU Technology Conference), will provide a deep foundation for anyone wanting to learn about the now far more topical Metaverse, the most exciting segment for me is the automotive segment.  Cars will be changing a lot, both by going electric and by learning to drive themselves.  The Metaverse plays a huge role here because, using NVIDIA’s Omniverse platform, these ever smarter and more capable vehicles are trained in a digital twin of the real world.  

Let’s talk about what to look forward to at GTC next week and why you might want to carve out some time to check out this free event. GTC starts on November 8^th and will first feature the DRIVE Developer Day for anyone working on creating autonomous vehicles. Then you’ll want to see Jensen Huang’s keynote on the 9^th first thing in the morning.

 There will be 40 automotive sessions, but there are three that are the most interesting for me.

Driverless cabs

The first automotive session is with Guillaume Binet, VP of Software Infrastructure at Motional, and it will begin at 12:30 PST on the 9th. He’ll talk about Motional’s journey to a fully driverless cab.  For most of us, driverless cabs will be our first experience with autonomous cars that will eventually replace services like Uber, which currently uses human drivers. These mostly electric automated people movers should ensure, at least initially, a decrease in the issues (distracted driving, driving under the influence, poor personal hygiene, etc.) we’ve had with human-driven cars during the pandemic.  

These vehicles will mostly drive on local streets and work a lot like horizontal elevators. You’ll bring up an app, call for a car, the closest in that service will be routed to you, and, once it arrives, you are off to your next destination.  The lack of a driver should open up the interior and allow for some unique designs that should be far more comfortable at any given size than a human-driven one. At GTC, expect to hear how close we are to deploying this solution, likely initial use cases, and why the emerging services will eventually be better, faster, and cheaper than the human-driven alternatives.  

Driverless trucks 

The next session starts at 1 PM PST on November 9^th and will cover autonomous trucks.  These vehicles have been fast-tracked given we are short over 100K semi-truck drivers in the U.S. and Canada, and it appears the only way to close that gap meaningfully is to automate semi-trucks.  While the deployment of these trucks at scale remains a few years out, this may be one of the few sustainable ways we can meaningfully address the land transportation staff shortages.   

Expect this session to cover the difficulties of rolling this solution out, the clear substantial benefits (including fuel savings), mitigating the driver shortage, increased safety, and driver retention.  We likely won’t be losing drivers near-term because of theft concerns (uncrewed trucks could be forced off the road and robbed), but one driver should cover more trucks and do other things while the truck is en route, given it will mostly be driving.

For drivers, the result would be more personal time, the ability to enjoy entertainment or catch up on paperwork en route, and maybe even sleep on long-haul routes.  And all of that comes with increased safety and reduced risk to the driver and the load.  

DRIVE Sim on Omniverse

This one is at 4 AM PST on November 10^th, and I’ll likely watch it on delay because I won’t be up at that hour.  Simulations aren’t just being created to train automotive AIs; they will also be used for digital test drives allowing prospective buyers to experience the car they are interested in more deeply before buying it.   This session will discuss the blending of digital twins via NVIDIA’s Omniverse offering and how this technology will change car ownership and the car buying experience. Omniverse is also being used to train robots, and it remains one of the most interesting holodeck-like services.  The use of virtual reality in general and Omniverse to train the growing number of autonomous solutions is a game-changer. This session will demonstrate how far this technology has come and how critical it is to the automotive industry.

Other sessions

Those are the three sessions that intrigue me the most. Other talks will look at things like Drive Hyperion for developing autonomous vehicles, scale ML Ops for AV development, overcome AV challenges with 4D imaging radar, and cloud strategies to accelerate AV development.  This list is by no means exhaustive — you can drill down more deeply on the technology in even more sessions. I think you’ll be amazed at how far they have come in the last decade to get cars and trucks to drive themselves.  

Wrapping up:

Suppose you want to see how the coming wave of autonomous machines and especially autonomous vehicles is evolving. In that case, the autonomous vehicle sessions at GTC should provide the ideal opportunity to see the state of this industry.  You can register here for free.

We are getting ever closer to the day when our cars will drive us, not the other way around. I only question whether they’ll have autonomous flying cars at the event (they are coming, too); we’ll see next week.  

Source: TG Daily – NVIDIA’s GTC – Discovering the Near-Term Future of Ever Smarter Cars

80% of deer in Iowa tested positive for coronavirus. The good news is that it can’t be passed to humans from animals.

Researchers found COVID-19 antibodies in deerskin samples which led them to the discovery.

Deer are safe to eat as long as it’s cooked to an appropriate temperature, the Iowa DNR says. The DNR suggests using extra caution like wearing gloves or a mask to harvest the deer, and testing the deer for CWD before consuming it.

Deer identified as widespread carrier of coronavirus: study

Scientists worry the virus could eventually travel back to human populations if not eradicated in the wild.

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Iowa study finds humans gave COVID-19 to deer | Post Bulletin

Finding suggests population could act as a reservoir for viral mutation; uncertain whether deer can reinfect humans

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New study suggests SARS-CoV-2 spreading widely within wild deer population

Hunting season came as human cases were spiking, which may have been a bad combo.

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Source: TG Daily – Research Shows Covid-19 is spreading through Iowa deer population

Scalping is one of the more well-known and popular trading strategies you can adapt to fantasy finance contests, and one that has been around for almost as long as day trading has been possible. The basic idea of scalping is to buy and sell stocks multiple times within a day, making a small profit each time from minor fluctuations in price.

While other strategies aim to ride a price change as far as possible, scalping involves getting out of the trade as soon as it turns into profit. Scalpers are usually looking to collect that profit and get out as quickly as possible, potentially executing the entire trade in a matter of minutes if not seconds. 

As scalping strategies aim to complete trades in very short timeframes, this raises the question of whether they can be applied to fantasy finance. One would think so given that some fantasy finance platforms such as StockBattle offer fantasy contests that take place over a brief window of time, sometimes 15 minutes or less. These are similar timeframes to scalping trades. Scalping in fantasy finance even carries the advantage that, unlike in day trading, you can scalp downward trends with no additional risk compared to buying.

The Basic Rules of Scalping Strategies

While there is a wide variety of scalping strategies, almost all of them can benefit from following a few basic rules and tips:

• Create a watch list of stocks that you follow and only draft the most likely to show major moves based on your news sources and personal analysis
• Buy during breakouts and look for an immediate upward move
• If none occurs, immediately get out of the position
• As soon as the trade is in profit, start selling while adjusting your exit point

Of course, some of these are not relevant or need to be adjusted depending on the fantasy finance platform you are competing on. 
Some fantasy contests, like StockBattle, ask you to draft a team of stocks at the start of a match and you can’t change your picks after that. Timing is a major part of most scalping strategies, and this needs to be taken into consideration if you are participating in fantasy contests that start at fixed times.

For example, in this scenario, players have two days to watch the list of stocks and learn about their behavior before they have to finalize their choices.

While day traders can watch their list for the right conditions to execute their strategy, to apply this strategy in a fantasy contest you would need to make a last-minute decision about the hottest stock at the moment the match begins. Alternatively, you could watch the markets for the right time to use your scalping strategy and quickly try to join a fantasy contest when they occur. However, this adds an extra layer of prediction to a strategy that already relies on tight timing. If you can’t make a good snap assessment of the market under pressure, this style of scalping may not be for you.

Predicting Breakouts

Predicting a breakout of a stock’s price is hardly a tactic unique to scalping strategies. However, scalping day traders have an approach to spotting profitable breakouts that is more in line with fantasy trading contestants than other trading strategies. Scalpers do not need breakouts to turn into major price rises to make their profits. A few seconds or minutes of upward movement are enough. This means scalpers can trade on minor or uncertain breakouts and be profitable.

This is one of the reasons that if you want to bring a scalping strategy to your upcoming fantasy contests, becoming an expert in how your watch list of stocks behaves is vital to spotting and utilizing these smaller breakouts that don’t get the attention of competitors using other tactics.

Large Numbers of Small Wins

Besides their approach to entering and exiting trades, another lesson fantasy contest participants can learn from scalping day traders is their approach to winning and collecting profits. While many people who are interested in the stock markets want to score some big wins that they can brag about to their friends, scalpers are looking for the opposite. 

Scalping strategies can rack up a lot of wins, but they only take a small profit from each one. This might not have the allure of winning big, but settling for a consistent stream of minor profits has its benefits too. 

This approach of sacrificing the scale of your winnings in order to win more often can also be applied to choosing which fantasy contests to compete in, as well as which stocks to draft. For example, a match with fewer contestants might have a smaller prize pool, but you also have a higher chance of being the one to walk away with it. Watching your fantasy finance platform for those low-risk, low-reward matches can help you maximize your win rate. 

Maximizing win rates is a key part of scalping strategies since they don’t take a lot of profit from each trade. While many other tactics aim for win rates well below 50%, most scalping strategies need to win more than half of the time to be profitable. The average day trader using a scalping strategy aims for a win rate of around 80%. This means that their individual wins only need to be slightly bigger than each of their losses.

This approach works for people who want to compete in fantasy contests throughout the day, racking up lots of small wins over time. It also works for people who are only able to compete at times when the market is quiet or want to be able to keep competing despite a choppy market. In fact, a quieter market can be beneficial in some ways, as fewer competitors entering matches means less competition for smaller profits, the ideal conditions for scalping.

Scalping As a Secondary Strategy

The fact that scalping works when there are no big prizes up for grabs can make it a good go-to strategy when the market’s condition isn’t right to use your main tactic. For example, if you usually aim to take part in longer matches, you can switch to scalping in shorter matches when you aren’t able to spot any long-term trends you can make use of.

Scalping Effectively Can Lead to Consistent Fantasy Finance Profits

Consistent profits are one of the main benefits of scalping for day traders, and the same is true for fantasy finance platform users. While they lack the glory of taking big prizes, they can often pay off in the long run for those who have the patience. They have other advantages too, such as enabling you to compete in fantasy finance contests more frequently.

Written by Ruben Denton

Source: TG Daily – Scalping Strategies That Work in Fantasy Trading Contests

Facebook is changing its name to Meta, which sounds like the Hebrew word for “dead”.

Facebook isn’t the only company to be ridiculed over translations of its branding.

Rolls-Royce changed the name of its Silver Mist car as mist which translates as “excrement” in German.

Nokia’s Lumia phone is a synonym for a prostitute in Spanish, but it apparently only appears in dialects with a heavy gypsy influence.

KFC arrived in China during the 80s when its motto was “finger lickin good”. In Mandarin, this translates as “eat your fingers off”, but didn’t go down well with the locals.

Honda almost named its new car the Fitta, which is a vulgar description for vagina in Swedish. 

Facebook’s metamorphosis – will it work?

Will Mark Zuckerberg’s bet on a new name and the metaverse succeed?

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Opinion | Behind Facebook’s scary metamorphosis

Regardless of what name it goes by, the company formerly known as Facebook has many problems it must fix.

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Opinion: Meta ? different name, same mess | DW | 29.10.2021

Facebook is now Meta, but the name change won’t resolve the company’s many problems. Until Mark Zuckerberg addresses those, his lofty ambitions will remain barely credible, writes DW’s Martin Muno.

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Source: TG Daily – Hebrew Speakers Make Fun of Facebook’s New Name

This month Dell launched two new rugged laptops, the Latitude 5430 Rugged Laptop and the Latitude 2330 Rugged Extreme Laptop.  Currently, there are only two large companies in this rugged space, Panasonic and Dell.  For years, Panasonic was the market maker for this class of product. Still, a few years ago, it cut most marketing, and the interest in this class dropped off even though the three areas where the products are sold in volume—police, petrochemical, and military—still purchase this class of product in volume.  

Panasonic has one huge disadvantage: It mostly exited the PC space outside of Asia. It was never much of an IT supply company; even with regular PCs, it mainly focused on the consumer space.  As a result, it lacked the economies of scale, management tools, and consistent global presence of the major PC vendors like Dell.  Dell stepped into this space, promising similar performance levels and certifications to Panasonic but with lower prices, better and more consistent support, and the economies of scale of a global business and consumer-focused PC vendor.  Dell has not yet become the market maker for this class of product. Still, with Panasonic giving that position up, Dell has an opportunity to dominate but has so far failed to fund an effort sufficient to make that happen.  

Let’s talk about these two new laptops and whether this market will collapse if no one fulfills the market maker’s role.  

Market makers

A market maker is a company, or companies, that do most marketing to drive buyers who otherwise wouldn’t know about the product class to that class.  Historically, the market makers for PCs, in general, are Apple, Intel, and Microsoft, which assure there is, either directly or through MDF (market development funds), that someone is driving interest in the class.  A market maker becomes critical at two points in a product class’s life cycle.  First, to establish the class, and second to defend it if alternatives show up.  

Alternatives to rugged notebooks are products like the Lenovo ThinkPad that promotes similar capabilities but in a more mainstream product, thin clients that are naturally more rugged due to their more solid-state nature, and an increasing wave of a connected smartphone or wearable devices that may be better suited to specific tasks than clamshell notebooks.  This list isn’t exhaustive, as I’ll cover in a moment. 

Currently, the market is experimenting with head-mounted displays, advanced military-grade smartwatch-like products, and rugged tablet variants, which could, but so far, haven’t displaced this class of offering.  HP has played around with rugged smartwatches in the past, Lenovo is currently looking at head-mounted displays, and there have been rugged cases for iPad-like products in the market for some time.  Without a market maker, this segment remains vulnerable to displacement.

Dell vs. Panasonic

Panasonic has a more extensive line and far more experience with this class of product. Still, Dell is vastly more visible overall and more likely to be the preferred vendor for all other computer products in the verticals looking at rugged computers.  Panasonic lacks the product breadth to move against Dell in a big way. Most of Panasonic’s other markets (industrial displays, POS, automotive, in-plane entertainment, etc.) have little or no relation to the PC market except in Japan, where the company has a broader product set.  

This lack of product breadth means that Dell can incrementally grow into rugged from a base of PCs, servers, and storage products while Panasonic has no similar synergies.  Dell can blanket the organizations with consistent support, provide that one throat to choke that IT likes in a vendor, and provide far more consistent support globally than Panasonic, which generally has to work through resellers to gain broad geographic coverage.   What keeps Panasonic alive is that Dell isn’t funding a significant displacement effort. It’s growing into the market organically, but if Dell decided to displace Panasonic entirely, it has the resources and capability to do so.  And it wouldn’t be hard to argue that Panasonic is in the process of exiting the segment, given it has cut back support for it sharply.  

But the more significant threat for both companies is that alternatives are appearing, which could render the class redundant.  Law enforcement is looking at robotics, the military is looking at integrated technologies like exosuits, and IoT may shift the Petro-Chemical market away from PCs in the field entirely as they move to cut costs and automate (not to mention the global effort to move away from fossil fuels which could eliminate the entire segment).  And, of course, we have Microsoft, one of the PC market makers, surfacing their Hololens as a potential PC replacement. 

Dell’s new Latitudes

Dell’s rugged products are being used in emerging markets like vertical farming (AeroFarms), existing markets like law enforcement (Shenandoah County Sheriff’s office), the military, Ford, and even SpaceX (arguably the most exciting aerospace company at the moment).  Even the Penske racing team uses them.   

Dell’s line has become far more complete over time with two highly rugged tablets, one extremely rugged Laptop, and two semi-rugged laptops (lighter and less expensive but still able to be used outside in the weather).  

The new Dell Latitude 5430, which is due in early December, is a capable laptop ideal for fieldwork and law enforcement where extreme capability isn’t needed. Still, a lower cost and lighter weight make it more attractive than a fully rugged product.  It weighs 4.35 pounds with an 11^th generation Intel processor, discrete graphics (NVIDIA T500), and Dell’s proprietary AI-driven optimizer.  

The new Latitude 7330 Extreme Laptop is a fully rugged laptop, still priced under its competition, and it is more designed for military use.  Though it is only around a pound heavier, it is built like a tank and should work better in extreme situations that military units and first responders experience.  It also has 11^th generation Intel power but lacks the NVIDIA graphics.  

Both products support 5G and WiFi 6E and have integrated TMP 2.0 security (required for Windows 11, the most secure Microsoft OS) and carry the EPEAT-Silver certification for sustainability.  This set of advanced components should allow them to function without becoming obsolete early like many products in this class often due to using legacy hardware.  

Wrapping up:

While Dell represents a strong and less risky alternative to Panasonic, the risk to this class of product is displacement by one of several emerging technologies over the next ten years.  Without a market maker, this class remains at high risk of becoming redundant. If a new market maker for these new technologies emerges, like Microsoft, things could get dicey.  Between Dell and Panasonic, Dell remains the safer choice for now because of its much higher commitment to PCs and IT technology in general but, if the rugged segment pivots, either individually or collectively, which seems likely, then these segments will again be up for grabs.  

Source: TG Daily – Dell Rugged Laptops Move on Panasonic ToughBook, but the Segment Is at High Risk

A general belief is that men are not as much concerned with their looks as the ladies are, however, what can certainly be said about men is that they are obsessed with their hair. One sad truth associated with men’s hair is that the majority (as high as 85%) of them experience a major hair loss by the age of 50. But thank god for the expert doctors like Martin Maag M.D., who come to the rescue of men who want to revert the effects and regain their hair.

Reasons for Hair Loss in Men

• Smoking- Smoking cigarettes is very closely linked with pacing up the speed of male-pattern baldness; a man who smokes heavily might experience it earlier than they normally would.
• Deficiencies- It is important that your food intake is balanced and fulfills the requirements of your body because any deficiency of substances like protein, iron, or zinc shows on your hair and causes hair fall.
• Medications and illnesses- When you are taking several medications, there might be some medicines that may be the cause of your hair fall. Some illnesses and their treatment lead to hair loss, for example, cancer, diabetes, hypertension, obesity, etc.
• Androgenetic alopecia- It is a condition that is responsible for hair loss in men and women; in men, this condition is called male-pattern baldness. It causes men to lose hair in a well-defined pattern and is characterized by the shape of the letter M.
• Hormones- There are hormones in our body that are directly linked with hair loss, for example, increased levels of DHT lead to the shrinking of hair follicles, these follicles become so small with the time that hair fails to grow in them.
• Stress- Stress can be the underlying issue in many diseases, and studies point out that it can lead to excessive hair fall in both men and women.

What Are Some Treatments That Are Available?

Though hair loss is a common problem among men, luckily there are a lot of treatments that one can choose from. If you consult a good doctor, they can help you get your hair back, either through prescribed medicines or through medical procedures. There are also some over-the-counter products that are available to help you in regrowing your lost hair. Making some lifestyle changes, quitting smoking, and taking a balanced diet also goes a long way in curbing hair fall.

Source: TG Daily – Hair Loss: A Very Common Problem in Men

Today, old methods of selling online are becoming obsolete. Many marketing executives have come to rely on techniques like search engine optimization (SEO), whitelists, and behavioral targeting. As the landscape surrounding customer data changes, it is likely that these methods will fall by the wayside.

What will replace the traditional methods of gaining ad traffic and visibility online? AdMedia explains how Contextual Targeting Advertising works and why it will continue to thrive even after the demise of third-party cookies. The unique capabilities of contextual advertising and the benefits of switching over to this system of reaching customers are discussed.

Contextual Targeting vs. Behavioral Targeting

Behavioral targeting refers to placing ads based on the consumer’s activities online. From their browsing history to purchase history, behavioral targeting can pinpoint the user’s likes and dislikes. However, behavioral targeting relies heavily on the collection of cookies, particularly third-party cookies.

Many consumers are dissatisfied with the amount of tracking that third-party cookies represent. They may feel that overly targeted ads that follow them everywhere online, from social media to web browsers, are creepy and intrusive.

Contextual targeting uses only first-party cookies or those stored on the website where the ads will be placed to construct its ad strategies. This provides some behavioral clues but does not lower itself to the level of chasing a consumer everywhere they go online.

Behavioral targeting and contextual targeting both have high levels of effectiveness. Still, companies should stop relying on mass behavioral targeting because the major data source in the third-party cookie is about to be eliminated in the coming years.

Upcoming Changes in Customer Data Collection

The third-party cookie is set to disappear. It is already being written out of popular browsers like Chrome, Safari, and Firefox. The reasons why third-party cookies met their downfall are many. Many customers balked at the idea of being tracked across the web by marketers who could build a complete picture of their buying and browsing habits. Privacy advocates were instrumental in convincing the big three browser companies to eliminate the use of third-party cookies.

The Shift to Contextual Targeting

Contextual targeting is coming to the forefront as one of the best methods for advertisers who used to rely on third-party cookies. Contextual targeting is a strategy that has been used since the beginning of advertising, and it involves placing the right ads in the right context. It can be used across all media, from online to TV and print.

For example, popular brands still buy advertising spots during shows that are relevant to what they sell. During sports programming, brands advertise beer and sports betting. During cooking shows, brands advertise supermarkets and food products. The central concept is that the right customer sees the right message.

How Contextual Targeting Works

Contextual targeting involves having the ability to select what type of programming that a company’s ads can appear beside. It also involves the use of keywords and keyphrases to a limited extent.

AdMedia’s system uses first-party commerce data to associate transactional data with URLs rather than depending on third-party cookies. This system is more efficient than the scattershot targeting methods used in the past, and it is privacy-protected for consumer safety and peace of mind.

The company uses a method known as Semantic Logic, which scans URLs, categories, images, and text to understand a webpage fully. This information is combined with first-party commerce data belonging to an existing audience to discover their preferences. When these two data sources have been assembled, ad specialists from AdMedia can choose the best tactics for producing useful messages.

Areas Where Contextual Targeting Advertising is Productive

Contextual targeting can be used across a number of different platforms. Email marketing, social media, search networks, TV, radio, and print ads can all be brought under the same umbrella.

Contextual targeting is especially effective for online ads and display advertising. It helps to fight ad fatigue, which happens when ads are continually placed out of context. Ideally, ads and content complement each other and add to the overall message.

Contextual Advertising is Privacy-Friendly

Consumers appreciate the use of contextual advertising because it does not rely on aggregate data collected about their personal preferences. The only information that the person placing the ad uses is the webpage’s content, analyzed via the proprietary process of Semantic Logic. This is how the advertising firm finds the best possible ad to put on the page.

Why Switch to Contextual Targeting?

One of the best reasons to use Contextual Targeting Advertising is that it is a fully dynamic system. As the content on the website changes, the ads will change as well. This means that the company placing the ad has a unique level of flexibility in controlling the message they wish to present to the public.

Another important reason to switch to contextual targeting, as explained earlier in this article, is that a major data source for behavioral advertising is going away for good. The third-party cookie will disappear in most major browsers, meaning that advertisers will no longer be able to use it to track the activities of web browsers online.

Working with a Dedicated Specialist

Your company may need to know how to update its advertising strategy, but you may not know where to start. Using a provider like AdMedia, which has been in operation for over 20 years, is a great place to begin. The company will be able to walk your marketing specialists through switching to contextual advertising and let them know how much customization of their ads they can expect.

Understanding Contextual Targeting

When you build a solid understanding of how contextual targeting can help your company and how you can take advantage of its unique capabilities, you will have a better idea of how it can help your company thrive online.

Written by Joan Bennet

Source: TG Daily – AdMedia Explains How Contextual Targeting Advertising Works

Photo booths have gained much popularity in recent years and they play an instrumental part in any wedding ceremony today. A photo booth station is not just a perfect place for taking pictures; it also offers a form of entertainment for those attending the event. A unique photo booth station can act as a dance floor or even a stage for a live performance by the band. But, how do you select the best photo booth company?

Make a List of Potential Companies:

Firstly, ask your friends, colleagues, and family about their opinions regarding a particular company. You can get valuable information from these sources. Make a list of potential Toronto photo booth rental companies that meet your requirements and then compare these with the prices they have to offer. Also, ask for quotes from a few of the companies. So that you can have an idea about their charges. If you are not comfortable making calls on the phone, then you can consider looking up their physical address on the net.

Unique Combination of Services:

The next thing you need to look out for is a unique combination of services. For instance, if you are planning to hire a photographer then you should look for one that offers both high-quality photos as well as affordable rates. The same goes for the audio-visual system; you must ensure that all the equipment required for the event is present as part of the package. Also, you should check out for a unique combination of services and facilities offered by the company.

Make sure that you get to pick up the equipment that will be used at the next event. A good combination should include items like…

1.    A unique…

You should see to it that all the accessories used on the photo booth are unique and appealing. This is what will make your guests feel that they were there in the photo booth with the celebrities when they pay a visit. The lighting, background, and props should be such that the photos get captured effectively. The color combination, as well as the arrangement of the red carpet, should be such that the guests feel that they have been transported to another dimension.

2.    Affordable…

Guests cannot afford to spend a fortune on this equipment. It is therefore essential that you find a company that provides affordable photo booth rentals at a reasonable rate. The price range for a photo booth rental depends upon its make and model. A general rule of thumb would be… cheaper the better. If the equipment is more costly then that means you are also getting more value for your money.

3.    Works With Your Budget…

This is the most important factor that you need to look out for when planning a party or event. The best way to find out if the photo booth rental company offers the best deals is… read reviews about them! You can do this by reading reviews about different companies and seeing what people are saying about the prices, delivery time, and after-sale services.

4.    Works With Your Image…

You will be using the photos which you have taken to promote your business at the next event. You, therefore, want a system that will enable you to seamlessly insert the photos into your marketing campaign. The best way to do so would be to order a custom-made photo booth unit. Most such companies can be found online and you can even place an order online. They are relatively easy to assemble and deliver making them a great choice for businesses who want to give their next event a touch of elegance and class.

Source: TG Daily – What to Look for When Selecting a Photo Booth Station

China Telecom Americas must now discontinue U.S. services within 60 days.

China Telecom, the largest Chinese telecommunications company, has had authorization to provide telecommunications services for nearly 20 years in the United States.

The FCC found that China Telecom is subject to exploitation, influence and control by the Chinese government.

A spokesperson for China Telecoms America said the FCC’s decision was “disappointing.”

The FCC has taken other actions against Chinese telecoms and other companies. In March, the FCC designated five Chinese companies as posing a threat to national security under a 2019 law, including Huawei, ZTE, Hytera Communications, Hangzhou Hikvision Digital Technology Co and Zhejiang Dahua Technology Co.

The Chinese Embassy in Washington did not respond to a request for comment. 

US government bans China Telecom from operating in the country

Washington is barring a major Chinese state-owned telecommunications firm from operating in the United States over national security concerns, an action that threatens to once again increase tensions between the world’s two largest economies.

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The US ban on China Telecom is an act of petty hypocrisy in the global battle for the domination of phone networks & the internet

Washington’s stripping of China Telecom’s licence to operate in the US due to fears of espionage is revealing, illustrating just how much America fears losing its own covert capabilities in a domain in which it has long dominated.

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US cranks up Beijing tensions again with ban on China Telecom

US FCC voted 4-0 to cancel permission to operate.. Read more at straitstimes.com.

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Source: TG Daily – US Bans China Telecom from Operating in the Country Due to Security Concerns

North Korea is already starving to death because of skyrocketing food prices.

The country has closed its Sino-Korea border early last year due to the coronavirus pandemic. There is only a slim chance of it reopening before 2025. 

It has has blamed the pandemic, natural disasters, and U.N. sanctions for its inability to provide for its people.

Trade between China and North Korea has begun to pick back up in recent months but only at a fraction of pre-COVID-19 levels. It is not clear whether the country will be able to produce enough food for its own people. 

The country of 25 million is led by Kim Jong Un, who has been looking slimmer in recent weeks.

North Korea tells citizens food shortage will last through 2025: Report

North Korea’s totalitarian government has told its people to tighten their belts literally for at least another three-plus years before Pyongyang plans on reopening the country.

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Kim Jong Un’s North Korea may soon face ‘starvation risk’: UN

Due to the on going Covid restrictions and several sanctions on the country, the ordinary people of North Korea may soon face an acute food crisis, a UN expert has warned

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Report: Starving North Korean Workers Killing People for Food

North Korean construction workers have resorted to robbery to secure enough money to buy food, Radio Free Asia reported Wednesday.

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Source: TG Daily – Starving North Koreans ordered to eat less until 2025

Everyone aspires for that perfect Hollywood smile with a perfect set of dentitions. While some may have it naturally, others need to work a little on their smile. This includes people with misalignment issues such as overbites, underbites, gaps, or crooked teeth. Not all of these issues require traditional braces, extractions, or surgery to fix them, as most misalignments can easily be handled at home with clear aligners. Overbite is one of these conditions.

What are Overbites?

Most people develop overbites due to sucking their thumb or pacifier for an extended period of time. Children can also develop overbites by frequently chewing on objects like pens, pencils, etc. Overbites basically refer to a condition where the upper teeth overlap the lower teeth in a significant manner, ranging from 2-6mm or more. Overbites are of two types – Vertical overbites (upper teeth overlap the lower teeth significantly) and Horizontal overbites (upper teeth protrude outwards over the lower teeth). Both need realigning as they can lead to oral injuries. While many people live with small overbite issues, it doesn’t really affect them in any way. In others, it might range from mild to moderate severity, and in such cases, clear teeth aligners are very effective for overbite correction. Severe overbite issues might need other forms of treatment.

What are Clear Aligners?

Clear aligner trays are made of invisible BPA-free clear plastic and fit snugly onto the teeth. They are easily removable at home, unlike traditional braces. They can be snapped off when it’s time to eat, which also means there are no dietary restrictions. After brushing and flossing, you can pop the aligners back on again.

Treatment with clear aligners includes the creation of an impression of the teeth after which a 3-D image is created and a series of aligner trays are made, with each one creating slightly more pressure to shift the teeth in position. Each tray needs to be worn for around 22 hours daily and after 2 weeks, another tray will be posted to replace it. Treatment can range from 10-24 months depending on the extent of alignment needed.

How do Clear Aligners fix an overbite?

Clear teeth aligners, also known as invisible aligners, work by creating constant gentle pressure on the teeth. Over time and with consistent wearing, this gradually increasing pressure is sufficient to move the teeth involved in the overbite, to their natural positions. Do note that clear aligners are only effective in realigning mild to moderate overbite issues. 

For treatment to be effective, strict discipline is required when using clear aligners and they should be worn for 22 hours religiously, even when sleeping. Each tray should be changed every 2 weeks or so when the next tray gets delivered to you. Noticeable changes are usually seen within 6 weeks or so.  

One of the best clear aligner brands in the market is OrthoFX; it’s known for producing faster and more efficient results by virtue of the unique design and material used. 

Source: TG Daily – Can Clear Aligners Fix an Overbite

German-born Jennifer Wenisch, 30, was charged with crimes against humanity after refusing to help a 5-year-old her husband left to die in the scorching heat.

Wenisch and her husband, Taha al Jumailly, bought the girl and her mother in 2015 while living in ISIS-controlled city of Fallujah, Iraq.

The prosecutor recommended that Wenisch receive a life sentence, which the court decided against. The court found Wenisch only had a limited amount of power to prevent the enslavement of the Yazidi girl.

Yazidis are a Middle Eastern religious group that shares a mixed set of beliefs incorporating tenets of Islam and Christianity.

In 2014, the ISIS terrorist group seized control of Yazidi hometown Sinjar, leading to the deaths of thousands of men and the capture of more than 6,000 women and young girls, many of whom were forced into sexual slavery.

German ISIS bride jailed 10 years for letting slave girl die of thirst

Jennifer Wenisch, 30, was found guilty of ‘two crimes against humanity in the form of enslavement’, as well as aiding and abetting the girl’s killing and being a member of a terrorist organisation.

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ISIS and sexual slavery

ISIS kidnaps women and girls and uses them as sexual slaves and “rewards” for their fighters and allies.

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Opinion: IS bride sentence an important sign to Yazidis | DW | 25.10.2021

The Munich trial of a German IS bride wasn’t just about the death of an enslaved 5-year-old Yazidi girl in Iraq. It was about justice for genocide, says Matthias von Hein.

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Source: TG Daily – ISIS Bride Sentenced to 10 Years imprisonment For the Murder of a 5 Year old Yazidi Girl

Assets are resources with economic value that the company owns or controls to provide a future benefit. The assets can either be tangible, intangible, operating non-operating, current, or fixed assets.

With so many data breach cases and other cases about the loss of company assets, ensuring that the company adopts better security measures is essential. Here are different ways of keeping your company assets secure through robust security measures.

Use the proper equipment

Investing in stronger firewalls and other equipment or software that encrypts the company’s data is vitally important in securing its assets. The major ways through which fraudsters can gain access to the company assets’ either by telecommunication applications, should be sealed to ensure that no one gets the information.

Data belonging to the clients, visitors, or the staff should also be highly safeguarded to ensure that it doesn’t leak into the wrong hands. Using visitor management software helps to increase security and compliance by keeping track of the guest’s information. Greetly visitor management system offers an attractive and easy-to-use interface that takes advantage of leaving a positive impression on the visitors.

Use strong antivirus application

Antitrust applications are important lines of defense against viruses, malware, and hackers. They should be prioritized to be installed on your systems and kept updated. Unfortunately, the problem with most of these applications is that they need to be manually updated, which sometimes can be a lengthy process.

Hackers often produce new advanced viruses as per the existing programs or methods for exploiting the current security holes in a company’s applications. A slight mistake; switching off the antivirus may lead to loss of assets data or interfering with programs that help run the company’s assets.

Educate your staff on security

It would be a waste of time to have the best equipment to prevent data loss and have poorly trained staff on security issues. Apart from training them on the available security threats, they need also to understand the actions that should be taken to secure the company’s resources from a possible threat.

Sometimes the threats may be physical, and it calls for legal action against the intruders trying to steal the company’s resources. So, too, educate your employees on how to handle the company’s sensitive data without exposing it to the other employees in other sectors who might mishandle it.

Surveillance

Surveillance is among the best ways that you can use to secure the company’s physical assets from being stolen. Any form of surveillance can be a strong deterrent against fraudsters on the organization’s premises. The best option is to opt for a CCTV camera. CCTV cameras will not only provide you with some footage on the criminal activity that was committed, but they also act as a deterrent to a lot of criminal activities.

The clear signage will clearly show the intruders entering the premises and raise the alarm if they are fitted with motion detection appliances. You can also opt to use the round-the-clock surveillance from a professional security firm.

Strict permissions for the cloud

Nowadays, many companies are storing their transaction data and all other company’s related information on the cloud. That’s why there is a need to lock down the cloud-based data to ensure that no unauthorized access can access the data. Unfortunately, human error is one of the main ways cloud data has been exposed in the past through misconfigurations.

Many clients’ information gets exposed through it, and it can later be used for criminal activities. To prevent such issues from happening to your company, there is a need to adopt better security measures that grant read/write permissions to only specified personnel.

Source: TG Daily – Keeping Your Company Assets Secure Through Robust Security Measures

Alec Baldwin shot and killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, 42, on set of the Western indie Rust on Thursday.

The Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the shooting, which occurred during the filming of a scene.

A source says there were two misfires on the prop gun and one the previous week.

The film’s camera crew walked off the set in protest of their working conditions before the accident, according to reports.

Actor Jensen Ackles, who stars in the film alongside Baldwin, addressed gun preparation on set just days before the tragedy last weekend.

Opinion | The unusual legal circumstances surrounding Alec Baldwin’s firing of a prop gun

Alec Baldwin fires prop gun, killing Halyna Hutchins on ‘Rust’ move set. But who’s responsible?

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Alec Baldwin was told firearm was unloaded, search warrant says: report

An assistant director on the New Mexico movie set of the movie “Rust” was unaware that a gun being handed to actor Alec Baldwin on Thursday contained live rounds, a search warrant filed in a Santa Fe court said, according to reports.

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‘He’s supposed to check guns, he’s responsible’: Panicked 911 calls

Audio recordings from the 911 calls made from the set of Rust have shown panicked attempts to get ambulances on the scene. A cinematographer was killed and the film’s director injured.

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Source: TG Daily – Alec Baldwin Fired a Prop Gun on Movie Set Killing Crew Member

Climate Change is a critical problem for the world. At a recent conference for The World Talent Economic Forum, we highlighted that fighting Climate Change requires a global effort.  These efforts must also address inequality so that solutions don’t unfairly hurt emerging countries while benefitting rich nations.  To address this joint issue, Cisco is partnering with COP26, the UN-backed Global Climate Conference occurring in Glasgow beginning on October 31st.  

Given the pandemic increases the risks, particularly for most older politicians likely to attend this event, Cisco’s technology will be critical to providing safe forums for discussion and secure debating and voting tools at the event.  These technologies will be critical to any progress in creating inclusive solutions or mitigation policies that can result in meaningful worldwide change.  

Let’s talk about how Cisco is uniquely enabling one of the most powerful debates on climate change on a global level ever to occur.

The need for safe collaboration

When debating a highly controversial and economically divisive topic like climate change, particularly during a pandemic, a great deal of care has to be taken to secure communications tools so activists and agencies that stand against the majority can’t corrupt the process.  Regardless of their negative impacts on climate change, many existing petrochemical companies and countries tied tightly to this market want to limit or eliminate any progress that would adversely impact their revenues.  

In addition, activists who believe the process is inherently corrupt or want to bring attention to their unique view of this problem are motivated to break in very high authentication accuracy is critical to the success of the event and related technical solution  Finally, we live in a time when those who want to disrupt events like this for monetary gain or just visibility are at an all-time high. Some of these hostile entities, governments or large companies, have considerable resources they can call on to disrupt this effort.  

Therefore, the partner company(s) must have the scale to deal with over 25K active delegates at the event and secure it against aggressive attackers, some operating at a national level.  This dynamic requires a company that is trusted broadly by many attendees and has proved capability in line with the exposure so that the related risk is not unreasonable.  

Why Cisco is the ideal (only?) choice

Cisco’s CDA (Country Digital Acceleration) program is the only program of its type that focuses both on establishing trust at a national level and on prioritizing that trust over revenue.  This program has created an unmatched level of trust that extends internationally. Most of the related deployments have focused on communications between large government organizations needing an exceptional level of security and reliability.  

This combination has created not only an extraordinary level of trust between a large number of governments and Cisco but focused that trust on Cisco’s communications tools, making them uniquely both the most capable and least risky vendor to partner with for an event of this scale and type.  

Cisco’s Legislate for Webex is the version of the Webex platform that focuses on security hybrid discussions between government policymakers.  This unique government-focused solution assures those remote policymakers protecting their health are not disadvantaged and can participate equally with their on-premise peers.  Cisco partners ITGL and Davra were instrumental in helping modify Legislate for Webex to meet the unique needs of COP26.  

One of the issues with conferences like this is that the remote attendees can’t participate in ad-hoc discussions.  This lack of side conversations is a weakness in almost every solution.  But Legislate for Webex uniquely facilitates ad-hoc discussions with secured break-out Webex sessions. Live interpretation and closed captioning will also be available as required, ensuring everyone can participate in their language. “Cisco has developed the most inclusive platform for participants of meetings and events to interact, whether they are attending in-person or virtually,” explained Wendy Mars, Cisco’s President for Europe, Middle East, Africa, and Russia, and that is not an overstatement of Webex’s state-of-the-art security combined with Legislate for Webex’s customizable design makes it the ideal platform to host COP26’s future-defining talks.

Other aspects of the solution include live moderation by “digital clerks” that focus on assuring inclusion across all members by using Slido to enhance the live interaction.  While Cisco is providing state-of-the-art video hardware for this event, in the spirit of sustainability, this hardware will be repurposed to eliminate any related technology waste after the event concludes.  

Wrapping up:

There is a critical need for the world to step up and counter climate change while mitigating its effects locally.  For the world to step up, there must be collaboration. Of the available vendors, Cisco was chosen because it has done, through its CDA program, the most work establishing a worldwide foundation of rust critical to this effort. Fran Katsoudas, Chief People, Policy & Purpose Officer leads the CDA program and this team has proved itself uniquely suited and ideally positioned to help with this critical worldwide effort at COP26. 

Source: TG Daily – Cisco Partners with COP 26 To Counter Climate Change

NVIDIA’s GTC is arguably my favorite vendor show of the year because it encompasses so many things that interest me.  More recent versions of this show are fascinating to watch because of the increased use of NVIDIA’s Omniverse technology for the presentations.  This technology creates fantastic, photorealistic, virtual active backgrounds that most speakers (including me) would love to have.  

GTC is the one event you can attend to see the cutting edge in AI, gaming, robotics and how that technology is being applied across various industries.  I’ll cover automotive at length in a future post this week. Let’s talk about what is coming on November 8th, when GTC is slated to begin.  

GTC

GTC is a big show which is expected to draw 200K innovators, researchers, thought leaders, and decision-makers, and given it is virtual again; there is no charge.  I love that part of these virtual events. I can attend them from home, and they don’t cost anything.  Companies and schools presenting in this year’s event include Amazon, Arm, AstraZeneca, Baidu, BMW, Domino’s, Electronic Arts, Epic Games, Ford, Google, Kroger, Microsoft, MIT, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, OpenAI, Palo Alto Networks, Red Hat, Rolls-Royce, Salesforce, Samsung, ServiceNow, Snap, Stanford University, Volvo and Walmart.

Some of the more exciting sessions include a panel hosted by my friend and VentureBeat journalist Dean Takahashi. He’ll be talking to top executives from Epic Games, Roblox, Tencent Games, SK Telecom, and NVIDIA as he focuses on the emerging Metaverse.  In addition, there will be sessions on things like ML research, the digital transformation of Slovenia, converged AI and scientific computing, AI for cybersecurity, universal scene creation for 3D video, democratizing AI in Africa, the state of AI in Latin America, and building a conversational AI.  Finally, there will be sessions on diversity and inclusion, how to improve natural language understanding in computers, and a discussion on AI for smart city professionals.   

The Metaverse

Many companies are now talking about the Metaverse, but NVIDIA is one of the firms leading the charge into it.  In particular, its Omniverse product is one of the most effective and relatively easy-to-use tools to create and use metaverse content.  At the last GTC, NVIDIA recreated, at a granular level, their CEO, Jensen Huang’s, kitchen.  This presentation made such a big splash; the company created a focused video of it.  

This ability to create highly accurate and fully functional virtual objects that can be dismantled and rebuilt using digital twins of everyday objects is a considerable advancement in our ability to virtually emulate the natural world and create a Matrix-like virtual alternative.  It was even more impressive, from my perspective, than painting the Mona Lisa with paintballs, something NVIDIA did at an earlier GTC.  

Robotics

I believe robotics is the next frontier for the Technology Industry, but few tech companies are now engaged with robotics to the degree that NVIDIA is.  It has taken its advanced capabilities developed for autonomous cars and applied them to this emerging market that Tesla and Lenovo have recently announced they will join.  

Robotics has the potential to outstrip the entire existing technology market because not only are they relatively expensive, but they will, once viable, get jobs that humans don’t want to do, and they will eventually be solid in volume into most industry verticals and homes.  

Robots will impact every part of our lives, and NVIDIA has demonstrated everything from brains for this class of offerings (including drones and farm equipment) to massive metaverse simulations for robotic training.  I’m hoping to see some even more advanced robotic demonstrations this year, given Tesla’s announcement.  

Wrapping up:

GTC is my favorite vendor show mainly because it encompasses many of my passions like drones, robots, cars (which I’ll cover later), and artificial intelligence.  This show is where you go to meet people virtually on the cutting edge of tomorrow and where you can see things that used to only exist in science fiction.  November 8^th is coming, and I can hardly wait!

Source: TG Daily – NVIDIA’s GTC: Looking Forward to Magic

Investing in equities is usually considered risky because stock prices keep fluctuating on a regular basis. However, as it’s said «higher the risk, higher the returns», and therefore, if you have the knowledge and expertise of investing in stock markets, there can be no other asset class that can give returns as high as the equities. This is why for many high-net-worth individuals, wealth management in the USA by consulting professional asset management firms has become a trend. In this way, investors build a strong, stable, and profit-generating portfolio. To trade stocks, it is important to choose a good broker. Read reviews about the Exante broker.

For those, who want to try their hands in the stock markets, here are a few useful tips: 

Tip 1: Go for a long-term strategy 

When developing a strategy, look at the bigger picture. Don’t just focus on your short-term goals, and keep an eye on the long-term financial requirements such as your child’s education, healthcare, retirement planning, and more. Long-term strategies can work the best when you invest in assets such as stocks or real estate. Historically, investment in them has always yielded higher returns as compared to any debt investments made in similar time frames. 

Tip 2: Expect realistic returns 

Many investors have unrealistic expectations from their investments. They expect more returns and minimal losses. It is better to set realistic expectations, and therefore if you are investing in equities, your first consideration is to know about the equal risk/reward ratio in such investments. One of the reasons for expecting unrealistic returns is the tendency of investors to look at the top performers only. 

Tip 3: Be prepared for the fluctuations 

Investment in asset classes such as equities, real estate, and gold encounter price fluctuations more often. Be prepared for this market instability and do not panic if your stock portfolio dwindles by a substantial percentage in a short period of time. It is not unusual for stocks to fluctuate, and therefore, keep patience and wait for the right time to pull back from those levels. In fact, if you have more money to invest, go ahead and put it on the market. This will help you average out and own the same stocks at a comparatively lower rate. 

Tip 4: Financial Vs. Investment Planning – Know the difference 

Often people get confused between investment planning and financial planning. While the two are similar in terms of the methods implemented for achieving the desired results, they differ in the following respect. Investment planning has a specific focus on understanding the investor’s objectives, risk appetite, asset allocation, and developing investment strategies. On the other hand, financial planning has a holistic view and is an intricate technique that involves more than just the management of investments. It considers various aspects such as income sources, insurance assessments, investments, lifestyle planning, budgeting, and more. 

Tip 5: Don’t just jump on the bandwagon 

Just because everybody around you is bullish about the market and is investing in it, does not mean that you should also invest. Do a thorough risk/reward analysis before making a buying decision. Similarly, when the markets are bearish, and share prices are falling, people would be selling stocks. However, you need to carry out some research because usually, these are the times when you are supposed to enter the market. 

Last Few Words

Whether you decide to invest in equities on your own or hire the services of a wealth management firm in the USA, the key to success in stock markets is to remain patient. Whenever you decide to invest in the market, use the funds that you are not likely to use during the next four to five years. This will help negate the time horizon factor, one of the biggest considerations when it comes to investing in equities. 

Written by Lara Harper

Source: TG Daily – Top 5 Tips for Investing in Equities

Online marketing is as cruel today as ever. You have no right to make a mistake. Otherwise, your cherished website will bring neither new audience and clients nor any income. Obviously, you want anyone to be able to access your website in order to engage as many people as possible, but there is a pitfall in this.

If anyone can access your site, your competitors also can. “So what?”, you may think, and this is the biggest mistake. Keep reading to find out what the menace is.

What if Rivals Have Access to my Website?

Your competitors can review your website as real users if they use proxies. They can analyze everything, monitor prices, verify application promotions, billing campaigns, and scrape other significant data.

To be more precise, with the help of proxies, your competitors will be able to examine any website down to every detail.

• They can check the traffic to your website in one click.
• They can receive comprehensive information about your keywords.
• They can analyze the most profitable advertisements.
• They can evaluate your backlink profiles.
• They can review pages and subdomains that are targeted in your campaigns.

You definitely do not want to share all this data with your business rivals if you want to stay afloat.

Access Prevention with the Help of Proxy: Providers

Unblocking websites is not the only advantage of rotating residential proxies. You can also set blocks with their help. It became possible to block not only separate accounts but the IP addresses themselves.

Get acquainted with the list of proxy providers that will help you to keep your competitors away from your website.

Smartproxy

This proxy mastodon offers 99,99% of uptime and a 3-day money-back guarantee. It has more than 195 locations for geo-targeting. Since this company is very large and famous, it can allow itself to set quite high prices.

Oxylabs

Oxylabs owns more than 100 million IP addresses around the globe. Your business will receive a high protection level with this provider. The prices are not very low, however.

OnlineSIM

This proxy accommodation boasts more than 60 million IPs around the globe. OnlineSIM claims 99.5% of uptime without ban. It is possible to target up to the city. Your brand will be secured from the omnipresent eyes of your detractors.

You can try this service for free before paying for it if you want to check the quality of its work first. OnlineSIM’s prices are quite loyal. You can choose unlimited traffic or paying for gigabytes.

Written by Rida Sheppard

Source: TG Daily – Preventing Access from Competitors Using Proxy: How it Plays out in 2021

Documents used in law firms are sensitive. And if not handled correctly, this can lead to dire situations and problems. That is why law firms must employ document management software.

In this post, we look at some of the ways document management software for law firms is crucial. Let’s discuss.

1. Organize and search for documents

Having your legal documents all over the place creates chaos! However, a legal DMS (Document Management Software) allows you to systematically organize all your files. Whether emails, electronic media, documents, etc., you can create a centralized storage area to organize related documents.

Additionally, you can effortlessly search for documents if everything is centralized and well-organized across departments. That means that accessing data is fast, hence saving your time.

2. Greater security

Security is a significant concern in many firms and their clients. Sensitive documents may sometimes get into unintended hands. And this is something you want to avoid at all costs. Yet, a secure DMS ensures there’s no such risk.

To access documents, you have to pass through a security clearance level or input passwords. That enhances privacy and security. And that confidential and sensitive information is kept safe. 

With robust security, your reputation gets upheld at all times. 

3. Enhance collaboration among team members

Many legal matters require teamwork and staff to work collaboratively, ensuring that they deliver the best results to all their clients. In the past, that meant physically searching and sharing documents. And this led to a lot of time wastage and confusion. 

With DMS, however, everything gets stored and accessed in the cloud. That means that the entire team can effortlessly share and access required documents and get real-time updates. That results in quick preparation of files and fewer errors.

4. Improved decision-making

Besides effectively managing cases on the cloud, DMS can help you generate significant insights into your business and manage case files. It helps you monitor and analyze your law firm’s activities, bill clients, and log time. 

That allows you to make crucial decisions concerning the growth strategy of the firm. 

5. Automated high volume document processing

DMS leads to automation and handling of large volumes of files as effectively as possible. Since manual processes are inaccurate and slow, you may not have the ability to account for the number of documents that you have to contend with. 

DMS will help with high-volume document processing and the implementation of disaster recovery processes. That helps to reduce reliance on paper, automate digital processes and simplify workflow. 

6. Effortless integration with other systems

When choosing a DMS for law firms, you want to choose one that does not disrupt other parts of your business. The best one will immediately integrate with your current systems, such as Microsoft Office, used in most law firms. 

With DMS, you can effortlessly store word documents, Excel spreadsheets, emails, PDF files, and so on in a specific matter or client file. That makes everything easily searchable, shareable, and accessible within your law firm, directly through the system. 

Written by Scott Weathers

Source: TG Daily – 6 Ways your Law Firm Can Benefit from Document Management Software

Cryptocurrencies are all the rage these days. They are an innovative way to make purchases, send money internationally, or invest in a new business. Bitcoin is the most popular cryptocurrency in the world, but it is not your only option. Some people might not know that there are many different types of cryptocurrencies out there that have their own unique features and benefits.

In this blog post, we will discuss some of these different types of cryptocurrencies so you can determine which one best suits your needs.

Let’s take a look at these types of cryptocurrencies.

1. Bitcoin

Bitcoin is a cryptocurrency, and it’s the one that started the whole craze. Satoshi Nakamoto created it in 2009. It has become so popular because of its scarcity factor: there will only ever be 21 million bitcoins in existence. And while you can’t hold them in your hand like actual coins, they do exist on what’s called “The Blockchain,” in which everyone who uses bitcoin has access to each record of all transactions between two parties is entirely public – but without knowing anything about anyone else using Bitcoin except their wallet address. 

This makes it very difficult for people to buy or sell things illegally with Bitcoins since every transaction is documented permanently on The Blockchain (and thus cannot be tampered with).

2. Dogecoin

Dogecoin is a cryptocurrency like Bitcoin, but it has no real value. It started as a joke and was created by Billy Markus after noticing the lack of dog-based cryptocurrencies on the market. Dogecoins do not have any real intrinsic value other than their usefulness within online communities such as Reddit, where they can be used to reward users who produce content or comments that are particularly good or helpful for others which makes them different from other types of cryptocurrencies because instead of having some sort of utility outside of exchanges, they serve only to provide social interactions between people involved in various online communities while also acting as a means through which its users can express themselves through.

3. Litecoin (LTC)

Litecoin is a decentralized digital currency that works on blockchain technology. It was created by Charlie Lee, who also started working as an engineer at Google after its launch in 2011. He left his job and decided to focus full-time on Litcoin’s development team back in 2019 since he believed there was not much room for growth with Bitcoin due to its high transaction fees and slow processing times.

4. Cardano

Cardano is a decentralized public blockchain and cryptocurrency project that features the world’s first provably secure proof of stake algorithm. It’s the first blockchain project to be created from scientific philosophy and built on peer-reviewed academic research. Cardano is very cautious with their promises because they don’t wish to disappoint anyone again, like when the roadmap was moved forward in June of 2017, which caused panic among community members who then dumped all their ADA tokens while prices went down 50%.

5. Ethereum

Ethereum is an open-source, public blockchain-based distributed computing platform featuring smart contract functionality. It provides a complete decentralized Turing virtual machine that can execute scripts using an international network of public nodes. Development of the Ethereal software project began in early 2014 through a Swiss company, Ethereal Switzerland GmbH (EthSuisse).

Written by Barbara McGee

Source: TG Daily – An Introduction to the Different Types of Cryptocurrencies