Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced on Thursday that it has blocked President Trump’s official Facebook and Instagram accounts indefinitely in the aftermath of the recent mob riot by alleged Trump supporters at the U.S Capitol. The ban may last until the end of his Presidential term or until a “peaceful transition of power is complete.” Many have voiced concerns about Trump’s misuse of various social media platforms that incites violence and discord. Twitter has also frozen his account for 12 hours on Wednesday and may permanently suspend it if he continues to violate Twitter guidelines.

CBS News:  Zuckerberg said, Mr. Trump used the platform to “incite violent insurrection against a democratically elected government.”

According to CBS News, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced on Thursday that President Trump will no longer be able to use his official Facebook and Instagram accounts after the social media giant indefinitely banned him following the violent protests at the U.S. Capitol, at least through the end of his presidential term.

“The shocking events of the last 24 hours clearly demonstrate that President Donald Trump intends to use his remaining time in office to undermine the peaceful and lawful transition of power to his elected successor, Joe Biden,” Zuckerberg said.

Twitter on Wednesday froze the president’s account for 12 hours and required him to take down tweets that repeated false claims about the election. The company said if Mr. Trump continues to violate Twitter rules he could be permanently suspended. 

Source: TG Daily – Facebook and Instagram Bans Trump Until End of Term

Our development company has been supporting and building e-commerce stores on Magento for over 10 years. From 2010 to the present day, our agency helped to develop Magento stores for 1000 clients, using advanced approaches and technologies. Qualified employees of the company develop high-performing and reliable online stores.

Magento Features and Advantages

Magento is one of the most popular and modern eCommerce systems. Open-source status and eCommerce-oriented features have become a distinctive advantages of the platform. In order to make Magento as convenient as possible for buyers and administrators, Magento equipped the platform with robust features. 

Due to the enormous functionality and a large selection of available tools, the system is in demand among advanced specialists who are working on creating online stores. Right now, Magento is a part of the Adobe company. Adobe is putting a lot of effort into developing this system. What is more, Magento cooperates with global brands such as Lenovo, Samsung, Olympus, etc.

By opting for CMS Magento, you will not only get a stable and user-friendly website, but also a bright design along with useful plugins. Magento platform is great for online stores of any capacity – from small stores to enterprise one with thousands of products with multiple attributes.

The unique flexibility of the Magento system allows not only making a large number of small settings but also diversifying the system, which forms an individual image for online stores that strive to be recognizable and unique.

Another advantage of the platform is the simplicity of the administration panel. In order to add, delete or edit the content posted on the website, you do not need third-party developers, because these functions can be easily mastered and can be performed by any of the employees of the online store. 

The best choice is to create websites on Magento.

Our development company has been specializing in the magento development of websites for many years. Extensive experience combined with the professionalism of the staff allows us to guarantee high results in all services provided, namely:

• Magento 2 development;

• Migration to Magento 2;

• Magento 2 PWA development;

• Magento web design;

• Magento support;

• Magento optimization;

• Magento security audit.

Real results are much more important than words, so here are some statistics. We have been successfully operating for ten years. During this period, more than 1000 projects have been completed. Clients are satisfied with the work done and recommend the Magento developers for cooperation. Regardless of the specifics, the launched online stores show high conversion rate, provide smooth user experience and meet the needs of both customers and business owners. 

Source: TG Daily – Magento – Developer Portal

The most prevalent indication that a person is infected by the deadly Coronavirus is the loss of taste and smell. Clinical reports show that patients regain their sense of taste and smell after they recover, but for some, the loss continues and may be permanent. According to a Neurobiology professor at Harvard Medical School, losing the sense of taste and smell can have an extensive impact on a Covid-19 survivor’s quality of life that may lead to nutritional deficit, anxiety and depression, among others. In a recent study done on some patients in Germany discovered that “smell training” or sniffing essential oils such as lavander, eucalyptus, cinnamon and chocolate may be helpful in bringing back the olfactory senses.

Jerusalem Post: Potential immediate loss of the senses of smell and taste, patients have also been reporting symptoms of drastic changes to their perceptions of flavors and to their overall appetite, leading to fears of nutritional deficits

According to Jerusalem Post’s report, as worldwide coronavirus cases top 85 million, the report features some experts who fear that the pandemic may leave huge numbers of people with a permanent loss of smell and taste.

Some COVID-19 survivors are tormented by phantom odors that are unpleasant and often noxious, like the smells of burning plastic, ammonia or feces, a distortion called parosmia.

Last month, a research team in Barcelona found that in addition to the loss of senses, many coronavirus patients reportedly experienced severe nasal irritation and dryness in conjunction with the beginning of their sensory loss, which lasted for around 12 days.

Dayton 247 Now: Some COVID-19 survivors who overcame the virus say their senses aren’t the same as they were before

Dayton 247 Now shares about Mari Levinson, a health worker who lost her sense of smell and taste after she was diagnosed with Covid-19 in early June. While she survived COVID-19, some effects of the virus haven’t gone away.

“Right after Thanksgiving, anything with onion or garlic or savory it just smells like a chemical, like putrid chemicals. There’s no way else to describe it,” Levinson said.

“I’ve had to learn to live with it, but there are days it really upsets you. Food that I don’t like, I now eat because I have to find things I like again,” Levinson explained.

Source: TG Daily – Loss of Taste and Smell May Have a Long Term Impact on Covid-19 Survivors’ Life

Online call systems are increasingly being used for the benefit of companies. There are many advantages of online networks like Zorra compared to traditional telephones such as more economical costs, no large-sized hardware requirements, and ease of use. 

The success of a corporation can be determined by its communication, both internally and externally. This is why entrepreneurs need to invest in an online call arrangement. However, it is not uncommon that small enterprise owners are having difficulty determining what factors need to be considered in order to be able to determine the best virtual phone system for small business. Here are some tips to help choose a virtual phone system for small business. 

Cost

One of the most important factors is rate. Traditional networks cost much more than virtual VoIP phone systems. By comparison, research shows companies can save up to 50% of expenses on communication posts by going online.

From one service to another, of course there will be a number of price differences. Entrepreneurs need to consider the expense of a telephone plan and what they get with this amount. Select the supplier who can adjust all your needs at a relatively low-cost price. 

Features

Another aspect to also be considered is the variety of features offered from each arrangement. Plenty of aspects are very useful to small and large corporations. At this stage, you should be able to find out what components your organization requires right now and in the future. Make a list of features beneficial to your company. 

Don’t forget to also consider a number of benefits such as call forward & recording, customized voicemail, and extension. There are also additional tools like web conference and instant messaging.

Credibility

The reliability of a telephone arrangement is also important in order to maintain business continuity. If it is unable to offer consistent communication to both customers and clients, the company may find it difficult to compete against competitors. Thus, when choosing the best free virtual phone number provider you should consider the credibility of the provider, from their virtual phone system reviews for instance.

Our online telephone service has become the best solution for our clients. With complete features, competitive prices, and responsive customer service, maximize your opportunities with us. We are always glad to cooperate with you.

Source: TG Daily – How to Choose the Best Virtual Phone System for Your Small Business

DeFi (decentralization finance) heat lasted a whole year. DeFi locked value rose from $2 billion in July to $11 billion in October. Throughout July and August, a number of DeFi Token appreciate more than 5-10 times. Its projects are popular. And this summer, NFT markets have also seen explosive growth. Trading volume soared 57%, bringing the market value of the industry to about $100 million. Investors involved in DeFi became profitable. Now, Developers are feverishly designing platforms that use NFT in innovative and surprising ways. A number of project parties and investors have turned their attention to“DeFi+NFT”, and this combination gives NFT more opportunities.

The new agreement in the art market allows you to divide the NFT into thousands and then regroup; the game platform sells land for a decentralized virtual world; and the loan agreement accepts NFT as collateral. 

Whale Network NFT casting system 

The full name of the NFT is Non-Fungible Token, meaning “non-homogeneous token”, which means that each token of this kind is unique and the price is different. Whale Network is committed to providing users with an open, equitable and interconnected decentralized financial ecosystem. In the project 1.0 plan, the Whale Network provides users with a variety of decentralized financial services from asset exchange to the implementation of automatic trading strategies to the creation of stable coins. Development Whale Network further improve its services by allowing users to mortgage real-world assets as collateral and borrow from them. To achieve this ideal, Whale Network 2.0 program, the NFT casting system, was born.

Physical assets NFT is a very promising industry, because the market space of physical assets themselves is already very large, and through the Whale Network NFT system, the ownership of property is now represented by the ownership of tokens. Transaction costs have now been reduced to the gas fee required to send NFT only to another address. 

But the most critical problem of physical assets is the need for credible third parties to issue and accept NFT. To link NFT market trends, Whale Network will create a sound physical chain mortgage ecology through the DAO governance mechanism. Whale Network will start the first step of physical mortgage through cooperation with offline third-party trusteeship institutions and property management institutions to realize the chain mortgage of all things. Through the Whale Network NFT system, the regional restriction of real estate investment will be broken based on block chain technology, and the ownership of assets will be represented by token ownership, which will reduce the transaction cost. 

Whale Network, as a pioneer practitioner of NFT chain, is steadily advancing the NFT casting system so that users can easily place real-world assets as collateral, borrow and mine, and lead the exploration of business innovation and application scenarios in the NFT industry. Whale Network believe that NFT will be the next step in DeFi development, more real-world assets on the chain, let more users benefit, is the mission and vision of Whale Network. Future Whale Network will have more development! 

At present, the DeFi market is still in the early stage, the opportunity is huge. DeFi sector currently has more than $8.6 billion in locked assets, and the overall encrypted asset market value is about $350 billion, but it is still very small relative to CeFi. The GDP generated by the centralized financial system is very large. For example, the average 4.5% of the $20 trillion GDP, in the United States is generated by the financial industry, the traditional financial markets are millions of dollars, and the assets of the whole encryption field are less than 0.1% of its size. 

“The GDP generated by these centralized financial services will be DeFi replaced in the future, including the chain of physical assets brought by NFT, and the opportunities for future development will be enormous, and Whale Network are trying to achieve it .” — said Thomas Kuhn, co-founder of Whale Network.

Recently, Whale Network’s Whale Token is about to launch an initial public offering on Uniswapex. Whale platform coin (WT) is the Whale network proof token that has a variety of use scenarios. As the Whale Network delegate share of consensus rights, holders of the WT will directly participate in the consensus proxy vote. First, users can pledge WT and get a series of stable coins such as WUSD. As the platform’s value exchange medium, WT can be used to pay for the consumption of resources within the community, the functions of the exchange platform, the consumption and the circulation of digital assets, and consumption and resource exchange of Whale ecology (e.g. GAS needed to use Whale-NFT). In addition, WT will be rated as a Whale crowdfunding platform, decision voting, exchange recommended items on the currency rights and other governance tokens. At the Whale strategic exchange, WT can be used as exchange platform currency, In addition, WT tokens can also be used for decentralized multi-scene market forecasting used to build markets, transactions, report and liquidation.

Uniswapex, founded in 2018, is an innovative global digital asset exchange with a legal financial license supervised and issued by the Financial Crime Enforcement Agency of the of the United States Treasury Department. Business scope covers digital asset transactions and digital asset management and other aspects.

Source: TG Daily – A rising star of DeFi : Whale Network

When Bob Swan, Intel’s CEO, took over the company from Brian Krzanich, it looked like he had inherited a train wreck.  But he appeared to hit the ground running since he had been CFO and knew where all the bodies were buried.   He had to rebuild the company that had been ravaged by ill-advised layoffs, a lack of focus on Intel’s core business, and what had been a lengthy process of alienating Intel’s largest customers.  Frankly, had I been him, I’d have said no thanks and run for the hills.  But Bob rolled up his sleeves and drove into the problems making impressive changes and progress over the last 12 months. Let’s use this closeout week to go over some of what he accomplished.

Refocusing Intel

Intel’s Strategy was in the dumpster when Bob took over, allowing him to reform the firm around a different concept.  That concept was the XPU, a massive shift from Intel’s historic but languishing CPU strategy.  More similar to how Qualcomm approaches the Smartphone and Tablet markets, the XPU is more of a complete solution than just a collection of parts.  This solution consisted of a multi-architectural solution containing large and small core CPUs, their new Xe GPU, Altera FPGA, Habana AI accelerators, and other internal and acquired technologies.  Intel stepped sharply out of their CPU comfort zone into something that looks more like Qualcomm’s successful Snapdragon strategy.   

While Intel’s initial camera focused approach to autonomous driving seemed to be a knee jerk reaction to NVIDIA’s success in the same space, under Swan, Intel fleshed out the solution into something far more compelling.  By moving from parts to platforms, under Bob, Intel created a viable alternative with unique advantages in the emerging Self Driving car segment.  Intel reported they are currently ranked #1 in the emerging advanced driver assistance market in 2020.  

While there is some speculation that Intel may exit manufacturing, something I think is less likely given the fulfillment problems tied to the Pandemic.  These problems forced many companies to rethink outsourcing manufacturing, particularly outside their country of origin.  Under Bob, Intel has made several improvements.   These improvements include better tools and improved foundries, and disaggregated design principles that more efficiently lead to workloads that are optimized for cost and assure promised milestones are met.   

These changes have helped Intel grow revenue by $20B since 2015 while improving the firm’s diversity at the same time.  

Overcoming Adversity To Drive Growth

The changes Bob has made weren’t easy.  For instance, under his leadership, Intel divested their 5G Smartphone modem and NAND businesses.  But he didn’t just divest. He also acquired Habana, Moovit, and Bearfoot Network to complete his vision for Intel’s future.  Intel remained the largest semiconductor manufacturer globally in 2020, primarily due to nearly doubling its manufacturing capacity over the last three years. Intel’s advancements enhanced this improvement in Superfin, the largest single intranode improvement in Intel’s history (Tiger Lake).  

Intel also streamlined product roadmaps under Bob’s leadership and reached a better than 90% on-time delivery rate to customers despite the Pandemic shutdowns.  This improvement is critical in a market currently plagued by product shortages and supply chain problems resulting from the global Pandemic.    

These changes helped Intel grow significantly in new markets.  For instance, when Intel was mostly in inference, AI grew to $3,8B in 2019, and the firm moved into training more aggressively in 2020.   On top of all of this, Bob also drove rigor into Intel’s operations with improved transparency and accountability and weekly checkpoints to assure milestones and overcome one of Intel’s historical problems of missing critical expectations.  

Wrapping Up:

Coming in after someone else made a mess is problematic for a new CEO.  Fortunately, as CFO, Bob Swan would have had an excellent idea where he needed to focus and stepped up to the challenge.  As a result, Intel leaves 2020, despite the Pandemic, in better shape than the firm entered the year and better positioned for the future.  If Bob and his team can keep up the pace, Intel should have a healthy 2021 as well.  Intel is a critical national asset, and assuring its future isn’t just beneficial to Intel customers, employees, and investors. It is critical to the future of the country.  Fortunately, it is in good hands.  In a year defined by bad news, I thought that pointing out some good news at the end of the year was appropriate.  

Here is hoping you all have a safe and prosperous new year!

Source: TG Daily – 2020 And Bob Swan’s Impressive Year At Intel

Your website should offer excellent user experience to boost traffic and captivate visitors. However, several issues could make your website fall short of its mark.

How long has it been since your last redesign? If you don’t have an answer, you need to put a redesign on your agenda. Websites should be dynamic and adapt to your business needs and audience.

If you have been overlooking the signs, pay attention now. A majority of people search online for your business before making a purchase. A visitor forms an opinion of your business in a matter of seconds.

Customers leave your page if it doesn’t display your services or takes too long to load. The same goes for cumbersome pages hard to navigate.

Your online presence is the pulse of your business. The perfect site has three qualities:

• It is easy to locate
• It offers easy navigation
• It is engaging

If your website is missing these qualities, schedule a redesign posthaste.

Are you uncertain about getting your website redesigned? You are in the right place.

What are the Signs that You Need a Website Redesign?

1. An Outdated Display

With a website, first impressions are crucial. The visual appeal of your website affects the time people spend on your pages.

An outdated display shows unawareness of current trends. You can’t project your business as the best choice in your field when your website says otherwise.

Your website needs updates to display content that is new, engaging and easy to understand.

2. A Text-Heavy Website

You need a redesign if text outnumbers illustrations, graphics, or icons. A text-heavy site is hard on the eyes and overwhelming. Your message isn’t precise and is left unread because of excess text.

A text-heavy site prevents visitors from locating your call-to-action buttons. The action you need from visitors could take too long to complete. They could even leave your website out of frustration.

3. Your Website is Hard to Navigate

Several pages on your site must be easy to locate. The About Us section falls into this category. It provides information on your products and services and offers a contact choice for inquiries and complaints.

If these vital pages are hard to find, your site needs redesigning.

Visitors want to find products and services without stress. If they cannot find the service, product or page, your competitors could enjoy your negligence. Visitors will return to the search page and select another choice.

Google will have issues placing your site if it’s hard to navigate. It uses the arrangement of information on pages to decide how it matches the website’s purpose. Google’s ability to find your website affects its addition to search query results.

4. Poor User Experience

You can have an impressive home page, but ruin it with added pages that don’t match. It creates an enormous design gap. Your viewers get confused and think they have switched sites. 

A consistent look and functionality need to cover your website. 

Poor user experience increases your site’s bounce rates. If viewers are not staying long enough to study your brand, you need to tweak a few design elements.

5.  Content Doesn’t Match Your Mission or Marketing Targets

Changes in your organisation’s marketing goals, services, or mission should show on your website. Your website must display consistency, from getting your domain name to page content.

Your viewers need to know you can resolve their issues. They can’t know that if they can’t find your services. Make sure viewers can see the services you offer before leaving your page.

6. Content Updates are Difficult

If you face issues with your back-end system when adding new content, you need a redesign. Difficulty in adding new copies, pictures, or pages, makes it impossible to satisfy your audience needs.

You should be capable of changing your website. Whether that means editing a blog post, joining or removing products or revising your terms and services.

7. Slow Loading Speed

Slow loading speed affects user experience. Slow websites have low conversion rates. It can result from several issues such as not compressing image sizes or programming code. Regardless of the cause, websites with slow loading speed need attention.

If you are unsure of your website’s loading speed, check it with Google’s Test My Site. If the results are poor, consider a simpler, more streamlined design.

8. Low Search Engine Rankings

When people are searching for a particular product or service, they rely on Google to help them find it. In your domain, aim to rank among the first results on the search list. Many viewers don’t click the second page of results. They have either found what they want or need to refine their search parameters.

Your rankings decide your need for a website redesign. Developers often stick a batch of keywords into a website to improve Google ranking. Google has since caught on and penalized those websites.

Google favours reasonable content that relates to a users’ search query. If your URL structures get damaged or don’t communicate your message, your page won’t rank in the top results.

9. Your Website isn’t Responsive on Mobile Devices

The mobile-responsive feature isn’t a choice for websites, it’s a necessity. Despite that, several sites aren’t active or performing well on mobile devices.

The user experiences on these sites will be poor. Viewers visiting the websites on mobile devices won’t be sticking around for long.

Key Takeaway

If any point listed above applies to your conditions, change your website design. Redesigning your website is a huge undertaking. You must take several steps before starting the redesign.

Test your website’s shortcomings. How are the shortcomings affecting user experience? What is missing? Is there room for improvement?

You may not have the answers to everything, but still, assess your online presence. You take a step closer to reaching your business goals.

Written by: Scott Weathers

Source: TG Daily – 9 Signs You Need a Website Redesign

In the world of multi-level marketing (MLM), it can sometimes be difficult to determine whether a particular company offers good business incentives — or is simply too good to be true. There has been a great deal of speculation over the past few years about where QNET falls on that scam spectrum. With thousands of representatives in multiple countries around the world, QNET has become an established force in the direct selling industry over the years. Why, then, are so many people still trying to frame QNET as a less-than-savory option for individuals looking for a new direct sales opportunity? 

Quick Facts About QNET

As one of the largest international multi-level marketing companies, QNET is headquartered in Hong Kong and operates in dozens of countries including those with stringent regulations such as Singapore and Hong Kong. QNET was started in 1998 by two top distributors of a US direct sales organization who found themselves at crossroads when the US company shut down and disappeared with unpaid commissions and hundreds of pending orders. Instead of giving up and washing their hands off the situation, they decided to use their collective experience and start a direct sales company themselves to support the team they had already built. 

Beginning with a team of only 2000 that sold collectible gold coins under the name GoldQuest, QNET eventually evolved to its current form as a multinational corporation offering independent distributors an opportunity to sell everything from homecare and nutrition to vacations,  wellness products, and education.

This breadth of service and product offerings has allowed QNET to continue to expand to new countries around the world, gaining traction with established sales professionals and allowing individuals to grow their business with top-notch selling tools and a wealth of training and development programmes. 

Why QNET Has Been Portrayed as a Scam

It’s often shocking to research a company on “trusted” sources, only to discover some extremely negative information. Terms such as “fraud”, “pyramid scheme” or “scam” are seen concerning QNET, something which might initially cause concern for potential distributors. As you dig deeper into the true information surrounding the company, it quickly becomes evident that these claims may have been manufactured by competitors — or simply sour grapes from individual distributors that were unwilling or unable to work through the business model as defined. 

Why Would Distributors Identify a QNET Scam?

In a world where 90% of consumers read an online review before making a business decision, a multitude of negative publicity can damage a company’s reputation. QNET’s online reviews have been flavored over the years by distributors who may not have been willing to put in the hours or the work required to build their business and aggressively acquire new customers. Multi-level marketing success is centered around actively pursuing and representing your product line, something that isn’t ideal for all personality types. After hearing of the success potential from existing distributors, it’s not surprising that there are individuals who are unable to create the same kind of business base for themselves and decide to share their opinions online. 

Unsavory Selling Techniques Are Prevalent in Other MLM Programs

There is nothing new about a company attempting to make money on their distributors without providing a solid opportunity for business growth. As far back as the 1920s, Charles Ponzi created a complex scenario that involved purchasing international postal reply coupons in Italy at a discount and then reselling them in the US at full price. In theory, this sounds like a workable business model, until Ponzi became just a bit too greedy. Instead of making a 50% markup through his distribution network, he decided to request additional funds from investors upfront to increase his revenue. 

In a short period, what perhaps started as a legitimate sales opportunity quickly become an arbitrage scheme. Ponzi became unable to repay his initial investors, essentially “borrowing” against future sales. The ultimate collapse of this business not only introduced the term “Ponzi Scheme” into US vernacular but also cost thousands of investors upwards of $20 million. This was a significant amount of money in a time where the average worker made only between $10 – $20 each week. The difference between a pyramid scheme, or Ponzi scheme, and true multi-level marketing is simple: with a fully-integrated MLM strategy, companies intend to make a profit — and then share the earnings with their distribution network in the agreed-upon percentage. A pyramid scam is generally short-lived and will quickly collapse as the company owners are no longer able to make good on their obligations to their distributors and buyers. 

QNET: Banned in many countries?  

While the quick answer is a resounding “No”, this is yet another rumor that often surfaces about QNET. There are no bans in place against QNET in several countries most often mentioned, specifically Saudi Arabia, India, and Rwanda. While there were some legal challenges to the business model of multi-level marketing, the issues were not specifically targeted towards QNET. Legislation has been put in place in Rwanda that bans companies whose operations were not centralized at the time — an edict that did indeed include QNET. QNET’s leadership team was able to talk through the various concerns with Rwanda’s Ministry of Finance team, ultimately resulting in a thriving hub of operations in the area today. 

In Saudi Arabia, there is a general ban on MLM businesses and direct sales in general. It’s not unusual to see QNET’s name associated with this broad ban by the government, as QNET was the largest multi-level marketing organization in the country at the time of the ban. 

QNET’s current status in India is also questioned, although the company does business in the country through sub-franchisee Vihaan. After a multi-year investigation into a fraudulent claim against the company, there were still no findings from India’s highest court or the Economic Offences Wing of the government. There are new Ministry of Consumer Affairs guidelines that should help reduce any confusion around the various selling strategies that are promoted by QNET. 

Finding Legitimate Complaints Against QNET Online

Just as with much information that can be found online, you must separate the truth and reality from the negative publicity that can drag down a successful MLM company. QNET isn’t a scam as it seamlessly and successfully ships millions of customer orders with an extremely high rate of satisfied customers. There will always be formal complaints against any company, as buyers receive something that simply didn’t meet their expectations or vision of the product. QNET’s proactive customer service team spends a significant amount of time researching any negative online reviews, attempting to track them back to actual products or services that were reported as problems to the company. 

In many cases, the online reviews are fraudulent — placed by individuals that are not current or past QNET customers, nor are the writers of the reviews associated with QNET as a distributor. Unfortunately, consumers decide to publicly denounce an organization anonymously or without offering QNET to resolve issues to their satisfaction.

Source: TG Daily – Resolving the Mystery Around QNET, Scam or a Great Business Opportunity?

Everyone loves the holiday season, even the most cynical among us who feel it’s been distorted by a nefarious commercial plot concocted by greeting card companies. That being said, holidays are a nightmare for people responsible for business monitoring. As more holidays turn into mega shopping events, we see that shopping events turn into holidays – whether it’s Black Friday, Cyber Monday or China’s Singles’ Day.

Either way, holidays are notoriously hard for the professionals who are in charge of business monitoring. Whether you’re an e-Commerce site, a payments company or a restaurant (keep that example for later), making sure your business is running smoothly is based on understanding your ‘normal’. How much do you sell on a Sunday? How many transactions do you handle in the early morning in France? You rely on this ‘normal’ to understand if and when something is going wrong, regardless of the method you are using to detect it. 

The problem with holidays is that, on one hand, they are not normal – your business metrics behave differently during the holidays. Now let’s assume you have an alerting system. It monitors your ‘regular’ business behavior. Then comes a holiday. And all your alerts go crazy. One option would be to just turn off your alerting system so you don’t get bombarded with false negatives. Does that sound like a good idea? 

What you really want is to be able to compare the ‘not normal’ of this year’s holiday vs. the ‘not normal’ of last year. Because yes, you’re selling a lot more on Black Friday. But are you selling a lot more compared to last year? 

A common misconception is that business on the holidays is “the same, only more so”. That is not always true. Sure, retailers sell a lot more on Black Friday than a regular Friday. But it’s not only a difference in overall volume, it’s also a difference in behavioral patterns. Take our aforementioned restaurant. Assume it’s located in Istanbul. Each year during Ramadan, its Muslim patrons won’t coming in during the day, but at sundown orders come flooding in. This causes an increase in food consumption, only at very different hours than the normal. So it’s not just about volume, it’s also about changing patterns.

Last but not least, holidays are hard to monitor since they do not necessarily occur at a regular cadence.  You can’t just set alerts to suppress warnings every 365 days. Some are easy to predict because they occur on a specific date. However, consider holidays which are based on lunar calendars or holidays that are defined as happening on the fourth Thursday of November, like the American holiday of Thanksgiving. In the week or so leading up to that holiday, turkey sales accelerate exponentially until they’re sold out. But how do we prepare for these kinds of predicted patterns using what we already know.  

This is where we see more machine learning algorithms evolving to answer the challenge. While anomaly detection algorithms are becoming easier to use and access (running them at scale is a different story), some of the advancement in this field is based on the ability to learn an event’s behavioral patterns and then apply that learning to the next occurrence of the event. In order for an anomaly detection algorithm to properly handle such a unique event, we need to first train it to know how it should behave. Based on that training, the algorithm should be able to apply that learning as the new baseline which should be applied only when the next occurrence of the event happens. So, if I use the data from last Thanksgiving as my training set, the next Thanksgiving I will be able to use that as my baseline and only alert on the delta between the holiday occurrences and not the delta between the holiday and the day to day. So there is hope.

As we get ready to wrap up this year’s holiday season, we hope you manage to connect with loved ones,  and, as you go about holiday business, that you keep in mind those colleagues hard at work monitoring your business during the holidays.

About the Author:
Yariv Zur, VP Product at Anodot and oversees the company’s ML-based Autonomous Business Monitoring platform.

Source: TG Daily – The One Thing Worse Than Holiday Shopping? Monitoring Holiday Shopping

U.K scientists have recently discovered a new SARS-CoV-2 variant known as B.1.1.7. They say this appears to be more contagious as it tends to be transmitted quickly compared to the other existing strains. Although there are currently no strong indications that B.1.1.7 causes more serious diseases, the probability should still be taken into consideration. The development of this new variant has raised concerns on the efficacy of the vaccines; most experts say that it will still work on the new variant although experiments are still ongoing.

CNN: The new variant is being called VUI-202012/01 — the first “Variant Under Investigation” in the UK in December 2020

According to CNN, while scientists hunt for more information about the new Coronavirus variant called VUI-202012/01, its impact is already being felt.

As with other new variants or strains of Covid-19, this one carries a genetic fingerprint that makes it easy to track, and it happens to be one that is now common. That alone does not necessarily mean the mutation has made it spread more easily, nor does it not necessarily mean this variation is more dangerous.

Chris Whitty, England’s chief medical officer, said that the variant was responsible for 60% of new infections in London, which have nearly doubled in the last week alone.

The new variant of Covid-19 originated in southeast England, according to the World Health Organization.

Concerns on the vaccines’ efficacy due to the development of this new strain has been raised, but Whitty said Saturday that current vaccines should still work against the new variant.

The New York Times: The coronavirus variant is known as B.1.1.7.

The New York Times reports that the variant came to the attention of researchers in December, when it began to turn up more frequently in samples from parts of southern England. It turned out to have been collected from patients as early as September.

Researchers in the U.K. have found that the virus is spreading quickly in parts of southern England, displacing a crowded field of other variants that have been circulating for months.

When asked where this variant came from, medical experts said that sometimes the virus infects people with weak immune systems. In their bodies, the virus can thrive for months. Case studies on these immunocompromised people have shown that the virus can accumulate a large number of mutations as it replicates in their bodies for a long period of time.

Source: TG Daily – What We Need To Know About the New Coronavirus Strain

Google is again facing new lawsuits allegedly for monopolizing digital ad sales. Around 38 attorneys general and 4 private publishers filed complaints against the tech giant for allegedly violating the Sherman Act by crushing its competitors and manipulating search results in favor of their products and services. Google, meanwhile, responded to the lawsuit by saying that the complaints were “meritless” and that they will “strongly defend ourselves from his baseless claims in court.”

Read: Justice Department’s Antitrust Case Against Google

Fox Business: The complaint accuses Google of making it nearly impossible for publishers to do business with smaller advertisers that compete with Google

Several private publishers filed two antitrust lawsuits against Google this week as the company comes under increasing scrutiny over its advertising and search practices, Fox Business reports.

Sweepstakes Today is one of four companies that filed two private lawsuits, which Reuters published online, against Google, alleging that the tech giant has violated the Sherman Act by displaying monopolistic behavior through its digital ad sales.

The complaint also accuses Google of making it nearly impossible for publishers to do business with smaller advertisers that compete with Google.

At the same time, dozens of state attorneys general and the Justice Department also filed two separate antitrust complaints, led by Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, respectively, against the tech giant on Thursday and Wednesday, respectively.

Google’s Antitrust Cases: A Guide for the Perplexed: Wired

Why, instead of just one, are there all these different cases against Google? 

The easiest explanation is that in many countries, Google has a dominant position. This opens it up to multiple attack lines that don’t all fall into the same lawsuit. In search and search ads, two of the cases concentrate on Google’s monopoly; the third focuses on its control over what you may call non-search advertising. 
The first lawsuit was filed by the US Department of Justice in October, joined by the Republican State AGs…

Source: TG Daily – 4 Private Publishers, 38 State Attorneys General File New Antitrust Lawsuits Against Google

Recently, a federal judge ruled against the Trump administration’s efforts to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. With this news, many people in the St. Louis area and throughout Missouri are crowdsourcing funds for new DACA applicants, nicknamed “Dreamers.”

Led by groups like the St. Louis Inter-Faith Committee on Latin America (IFCLA), fundraisers aim to cover the $495 application fee required for certain undocumented immigrants to remain in the United States. These efforts aim to eliminate significant barriers for low-income, younger applicants.

About DACA

DACA is an immigration reform initiative from the Obama era aimed at restructuring deportation and immigration enforcement efforts away from law-abiding undocumented immigrants. The policy outlines mechanisms for immigrants who came to the United States at a young age to obtain renewable two-year work permits. For undocumented immigrants who came to the United States with their parents and grew up in America, this gives them some leeway in their residency status.

In September 2017, the Trump administration ordered an end to DACA as part of its immigration reform platform. Democratic and Republican resistance to this policy, along with numerous legal battles, stalled the end of the DACA program.

With a U.S. District judge ruling in favor of DACA, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will reopen the application process once again. Despite other ongoing lawsuits against the program, recent court victories signal that DACA may live on into the Biden administration.

DACA Application Information

To see the specific requirements and forms to request consideration of deferred action, visit the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services website for up-to-date information. Applicants will need to provide proof of identity, education or military involvement, and residency status. Additionally, most applicants must pay an application fee, although certain people may be exempted if they meet specific criteria.

Aid for DACA Application Fees

To aid those who are required to pay the fee, organizations like the IFCLA, Missouri Dreamers, and the Migrant and Immigration Community Action (MICA) Project aim to raise at least $10,000 by the end of 2020 to help cover DACA application costs. Donations are accepted through the IFCLA site, and DACA applicants can contact the organizations for more information about funding their applications.

Challenges in Pursuing DACA Status

So far, more than 3,500 Missourians are already a part of DACA. These new application efforts could help hundreds more secure residency. Unfortunately, there are still various legal obstacles for those pursuing DACA status.

For instance, missing or expired documents can lead to application rejection or delay the consideration of deferred action altogether. Moreover, some specific requirements may be more difficult to prove for undocumented immigrants, leading to additional legal issues. As such, it is important to seek experienced legal assistance for any immigration law battles that may arise. 

Legal Assistance for DACA Applications

On the legal end, DACA recipients and applicants should contact a hardworking St. Louis immigration lawyer at the Hacking Law Practice, LLC. Ongoing court battles and potential changes in immigration policy during the Biden Administration may complicate a case or application, so it is essential to work with a well-informed attorney.

Moving forward, Dreamers may have new opportunities to apply for an extended residency, despite specific requirements and a potentially difficult application fee. Thankfully, numerous Missouri citizens, organizations, businesses, and legal advocates are willing to help make the American Dream accessible to all. 

Source: TG Daily – St Louis is Raising Funds for DACA Applicants

Over 40 organizations have been compromised by the suspected Russian cyber breach campaign. This was revealed by Microsoft in a blog post last Wednesday. Officials say that the hacking campaign has been going on since March, however, the illegal activities have only been discovered last week when multiple federal agencies got hit. 80% of those affected by the breach were from the U.S while the rest were from Canada,  Mexico, Belgium, Spain, the United Kingdom, Israel and the United Arab Emirates. Microsoft announced that they are working with cybersecurity company, FirmEye as an investigative partner. Although both were victims of the malware, they have already isolated and removed a vulnerability in the system. Currently, investigations are still ongoing to assess the extent of the damage.

Read: Attack on SolarWinds’ Software Vulnerabilities Linked to Recent Hacking Incident in the U.S

CNN:  Microsoft had been compromised as well but it has “isolated and removed” a vulnerability in its systems

CNN shared Microsoft  said that 80% of the victims are in the US while the rest are in seven other countries: Canada, Mexico, Belgium, Spain, the United Kingdom, Israel and the United Arab Emirates.

Microsoft’s analysis represents the clearest and most specific assessment yet of the scope of the damage caused by the hacking campaign, which was secretly conducted through a third-party software program sold by SolarWinds, an IT management firm.

Earlier Thursday, Reuters reported that Microsoft had been compromised as well. Microsoft said it has “isolated and removed” a vulnerability in its systems tied to third-party software that had facilitated a suspected Russian hacking campaign.

NBC News: The breadth of the campaign has been an open question because it had the opportunity to infect a staggeringly wide array of victims.

According to NBC News, in March, the hackers were able to send poisoned software updates to all SolarWinds customers who used versions of its popular Orion platform, giving them a foothold into victims’ systems.

While many victims were government agencies, companies that contract with governments or think tanks and information and technology companies were also frequently hit, Microsoft found.

Microsoft’s statement is the first to provide a detailed estimate of how widespread the hack is. While the company doesn’t have total visibility into the hacking campaign, it has significant insight thanks to governments and corporations’ use of Windows and its antivirus software, Defender.

Source: TG Daily – More Than 40 Organizations Hit by Supposed Russian Cyber Hacking Campaign

Back when 3D TV came to market, I predicted it would fail because people didn’t like to wear glasses and the glasses you needed for the TVs had no other use.  The best glasses were electronic and used technology that could have been adopted to create automatic sunglasses that reliably and instantly reacted to ambient light.   I argued, had that been done, and a critical number of people bought the glasses, we’d have the foundation for 3D TV success.  But, it didn’t happen, and it wasn’t a success.

Earbuds, particularly during the pandemic, have less utility for music and phone calls, but they still could enhance hearing.  If they did enhance hearing, these earbuds could evolve to become something people wear like they wear watches because they make listening easier on top of working better with phone calls and listening to music.  

That is what Qualcomm is promoting with their new QCC305x Bluetooth solution for audio. Let’s explore the future of earbuds this week.  

The Emergence Of Cybernetics

One of the technology advancements we’ve been anticipating for some time is cybernetics, or the merger of humans and technology to provide people with enhanced capabilities.  The two areas that have been at the forefront of this move are audio technology and optical technology.  With optical technology, we’ve had head-mounted night vision goggles used by the military in use for decades. For audio technology, we’ve had both hearing aids and enhanced shooting headphones that block loud noises but enhance quiet sounds in the market for about the same time.  

But neither of these efforts advanced beyond military and shooting enthusiasts and certainly never made it mainstream.   We are next year, going to see Smart Glasses emerge. Still, they will likely repeat the past mistakes and focus on providing digital information and won’t yet improve eyesight, suggesting they won’t be mainstream on the next cycle either.  However, earbuds will transition into more of a prosthetic/cybernetic model with the release of the Qualcomm QCC305x Bluetooth solution.

Gaining Super Hearing

I mentioned the active noise cancellation earmuffs used by shooters, but I didn’t mention I’ve been using a set designed for the military and law enforcement since I was a Sheriff.  What made these handy is that they effectively blocked a shot’s noise, which can be defined while amplifying the ambient sounds around you directionally.  The result was I could hear better than others when competing in combat or police simulations while preserving my hearing when needing to take a shot.   

Earbuds based on the Qualcomm solution should be able to reduce the need for hearing aids.  Products based on the Qualcomm solution should improve ear protection from loud noises and amplify targeted environment sounds to hear better the things you want to hear.   If you go to a club or concert, you’ll be able to hear what you want to hear better while blocking the noise that makes it hard to hear now.  

These earbuds will also be able to do things like more accurately measure your temperature and listen for noises like coughs.  With the right training set, the earbuds might even be able to tell you if you have COVID-19, the Flu, or a cold reasonably accurately from the sound and temperature readings, reducing the need for other forms of testing.   And the biometrics aren’t necessarily limited to sound and temperature and could also include the amount of oxygen in your blood further increasing the accuracy of disease notice and identification and alerting things like carbon dioxide or monoxide poisoning.  

Wrapping Up:

We are racing toward cybernetics and the ability to enhance humans with technology.   Blazing this trail is Qualcomm’s new QCC305x solution, which will be in headsets shortly.  With these headsets, you’ll be able to see and better identify specific kinds of illnesses, and you’ll also be able to hear better anyplace you go.   

This advancement, I think, is the beginning of the age of cybernetics.  Smart Glasses and exoskeletons will eventually follow smart Earbuds to give us the kinds of capabilities some might equate with superpowers.   

However, I wouldn’t buy a spandex suit and a cape yet; we still have years to go before we finish building this bridge towards surgically implanted cybernetics.  

Here is hoping you have a wonderful holiday season!

Source: TG Daily – Qualcomm And Turning Earbuds Into A Super Power

Digitization is now taken to an entirely new level. The extent of such is that now we have digital currency as well. These are called the cryptocurrencies. It has evolved the way in which traditional exchange of money took place. 

However, despite the wave of excitement it has created in the economy, there are some experts who think that it can open doors for more fraudulent transactions. Therefore, it may encourage criminal activity. 

Nevertheless, these all are just speculations. In fact, following are some of the major benefits that one may achieve by investing in cryptocurrencies:

1. Market hours

The first and foremost reason to invest and trade in cryptocurrencies is the flexible market hours. The market is available 24/7. Given that there is no centralization with these forms of currencies, the transactions can be made at any point in time. Although there may be some periods when the market may be facing some technical issues, on average, it is accessible whenever the customer wants to use it. 

2. Better liquidity

Liquidity is a term that a lot of people do not understand. To keep it simple, it is the way in which any asset can be translated into cash, without making any difference to the price of it. When it comes to cryptocurrencies, it has better liquidity than most of the assets in the market. This ultimately means that the investment and trades can be pulled off in a very short period of time and will cost you much lower compared to traditional trading and investment. Given the said benefit, you may consider looking out for the best cryptocurrency to buy now. 

3. Accounts are opened fast

This is a much undermined tip. Cryptocurrencies are much flexible in each and every way. When it comes to opening accounts for such currencies, it can be done within no time. These currencies are to be dealt with through exchanges. This means that you may be required to open an account. The accounts can be opened through some authorized brokers as well, who may charge a nominal fee, but will provide quality service. 

4. Volatility

There are many people who consider volatility as a negative. However, if you are well-informed about the markets at all times, then volatility can be leveraged to your advantage. The market of digital currencies is new compared to others. Therefore, it may be a bit volatile; but this part makes investing in it much more lucrative. Dramatic price movements can make you rich in a very short period of time. Nevertheless, the decisions are not to be made impulsively. 

The bottom line

Above are some of the major benefits listed. However, in order to ensure that you get access to all such advantages, it is imperative that you trade and invest in digital currencies smartly. There will always be innumerable opportunities, but however, you need to grab them smartly. Ensure that you are always well-versed with the market trends. Plan your investment strategies and execute it in a well strategized and organized manner.

Source: TG Daily – What Are The Major Benefits of Investing in Cryptocurrencies?

Looking for ways to invest your money can be a daunting task, especially for those who are new to the world of financial investments. 

However, compared to the various investment options available, fixed deposits are ideal for investors who are averse to taking risks. A fixed deposit is an investment tool that allows investors to earn guaranteed returns on their money with little to no risk.

Many investors prefer bank fixed deposits over stocks as the former is considered safe and convenient. Here are a few things to know before you open a Fixed Deposit Account. 

What is Fixed Deposit?

A Fixed Deposit or commonly known as FD is an investment tool offered by banks where you deposit money for a set period of time in return for a fixed amount of interest on your cash. Although rates can be attractive, you won’t be able to access your money until the given maturity date.

How Does a Fixed Deposit Account Work?

When you invest in a fixed deposit account, you have the option to choose a tenure (also known as ‘term’ or ‘maturity date’).  

The minimum and maximum tenure offered may vary from one bank to another. Generally speaking, the term for a fixed deposit account can range from 7 days to 10 years.  

Also, the interest rate on the deposit depends on the period for which the funds are placed with the bank.

The flexibility of the tenure gives you the ability to manage multiple fixed deposit accounts spread across different tenures. That way, you will be able to earn higher returns on your investments. 

What Is the Difference Between a Fixed Deposit and Savings Account?  

A Fixed Deposit account is similar to saving accounts in that they’re both low in risk and offer a guaranteed return on investment. 

However, a key difference between the two is the interest rates offered. Fixed deposit accounts offer higher interest rates, around 3% or more per annum. Savings accounts, on the other hand, offer interest rates below 2% per annum.

Another difference between savings account and fixed deposit accounts is that the latter is a term deposit where the amount of deposit and interest rates are pre-determined. 

Put simply, once a deposit is made, the rate of interest will remain fixed till maturity. Therefore, a fixed deposit account is a great way to secure your savings return in an era of falling rates, but you should also know that the opposite is true. If you deposit your money in a fixed deposit account just before rates rise, you won’t benefit from the increase. 

Compare the Best Fixed Deposits Accounts in UAE 

If you have money to set aside and are interested in guaranteed returns, a Fixed Deposit Account may be the right investment for you. We have listed below top 3 banks that offer flexible tenures and competitive interest rates in the UAE. 

1. ADCB Fixed Deposit Account 

Benefits & Features:

• Open to UAE nationals, expatriates and non-residents.
• Flexible tenures ranging from 1 month to 12 months.
• This account is available in both Islamic or conventional.
• Earn touchpoints for deposit amounts greater than AED 10000.

2. RAKBANK Amal Term Investment Deposit 

Benefits & Features:

• This is an Islamic account.
• Flexible tenures from one week to 12 months.
• Available in all major currencies.

3. Noor Bank Term Deposit  

Benefits & Features:

• This is an Islamic account.
• Flexible tenures ranging from 1 month to 12 months.
• This account can be opened in AED USD GBP and Euro.

Source: TG Daily – Everything You Need To Know About Fixed Deposits In The UAE

What Is Margin Trading?

As per its definition in the stock market, margin trading is the process where individual financial investors purchase a greater number of stocks than they can afford. Margin trading additionally refers to intraday trading in India and different stockbrokers offer this support. It also includes purchasing and selling of securities in a single meeting. 

Over time, different businesses have relaxed the time span, as the process requires an investor to check or guess the stock development in a specific meeting. Margin trading is a simple method of making a quick buck, and with the introduction of electronic stock trades, the once particular field is presently open to even smaller merchants.

A margin account gives you the resources needed to purchase a larger number of stocks than you can afford. For this reason, the agent would loan the cash to purchase shares and keep them as guarantee. 

When the amount is open, you are required to pay an initial margin (IM), which is a sure level of the total traded value pre-controlled by the broker. Before you trade, you need to remember three significant steps. You also need to keep up the minimum margin (MM) through the session, because on an exceptionally unstable day, the stock price can fall over.

Eligibility for Margin Trading

You need to have a margin account with the broker to benefit the margin trading facility (MTF). The margin differs across brokers. You are required to pay a specific sum (least) at the time of opening the MTF account, while keeping a consistent minimum balance. 

Features of Margin Trading

• Margin trading permits investors to use positions in securities that are not from the portion of derivatives. 
• Approved brokers can offer margin trading accounts according to SEBI guidelines. 
• Securities that are margin exchanged are pre-characterized by SEBI and individual stock trades. 
• Investors can make positions against the margin as money or insurance through shares. 

Benefits of Margin Trading

• Margin trading is available for those investors looking at encasing on the price fluctuations over a present moment, yet don’t have sufficient money on hand. 
• Securities in the portfolio or de mat account have security/guarantee. 
• MTF improves the rate of profit for the capital contributed. 
• MTF upgrades investors’ buying power. 
• The market watchdog SEBI and stock trades continuously screen the margin exchange office.

Is Margin Trading Right for You?

Margin trading will give you a higher profit than trading traditionally. Purchasing any stock on margin will amplify the effect of loss. It is not compulsory to margin at 50%, wherein you can margin less at 20% or 30%. You can also keep your loan for as long as you want if you fulfil all the required conditions.

There are many margin trading companies all over the region, with ADCB Securities being among the most prominent. ADCB Securities’ brokerage services help you achieve your goals by making your trading easy and secure, while providing you with all the products you need to empower your trading.

Why Choose ADCB Securities?

Here are the reasons why you should consider ACDB Securities:

• They provide end-to-end services, which make it easier to find market complexities and build wealth making opportunities.
• By choosing ADCB, you get integrated access to trade in local exchanges in the UAE.
• You can link your bank account and trading account, making trading easier and hassle-free.
• The world class team of ADCB experts will help you make smarter trading decisions.

Features of ADCB Securities

ADCB Securities provides the following features:

• 0 AED minimum balance.
• 0.275% commission and trade value.
• 7% interest per annum on utilised margin.
• 0 AED daily research report.
• 0 AED fees for e-statement.

Required Documents

Whenever you apply for margin trading, you will be asked to show the following documents:

• An original passport.
• An investor numbers.
• An original Emirates ID.

Risk Statement

A customer may incur losses from margin trading since it allows a single client to buy securities up to twice the amount deposited or the available balance in their margin trading account. Therefore, the client must be fully aware of the risks and principles applied in margin trading. In addition, the client must be aware of all applicable terms and conditions.

Source: TG Daily – What Is Margin Trading & Is It Right for You?

What Is Property Management?

Property management is the supervision of private and commercial properties, including apartments, houses, shopping malls, and such. It involves the overseeing of property that is owned by another person or party. Preventive maintenance, cleaning and construction all are the duties of property manager.

Property managers secure your invested money, and you will get tenants who commit for a longer period of time and have less issues and repairs to manage. It may be a regular task to follow rent payments, collect late charges, manage complaints and repairs, and prepare the property for new tenants.

When Should You Hire a Property Manager?

As an investor with property, having a good property manager plays an important role in the success of your investment. 

If you are a new investor facing the following, you should definitely hire a capable property manager.

• You reside far away from your property and want someone to look after it. A capable property manager would do that on your behalf.
• You have no experience or are not interested in managing your property. Hiring a property manager would help you perform this task.
• There are certain circumstances where you don’t want to communicate directly with your tenant, and this is when your property manager comes to the rescue.
• You don’t have much time to look after your property, and a property manager with expertise would help you manage your property professionally.
• You can afford the cost and want to be assured that your property is in safe hands.
• You have multiple rental units and it’s difficult to look after them individually.

What Are the Benefits of Hiring a Property Manager?

• In case any issues arise with the tenants, your property manager will handle all them on your behalf. You don’t need to get involved in the conversation directly.
• Hiring a qualified property manager will help you get more business for your property. 
• In case you have multiple properties hiring a property manager would take a huge burden off your head and saves your precious time. 
• A proactive property manager can help you avoid having a vacant property, therefore lowering your risk of lost income.
• With a capable property manager, you get the advantage of their expertise. They are usually well connected with local service providers and can get you quality jobs done for reasonable prices.

The Best Property Manager for You

Property management service providers like ADCP (Abu Dhabi Properties LLC) are among the best in the region. Established in January 2006, it operates as a multifunctional property and real estate management company.

ADCP offers some value to customers by providing start to finish property management services in both single-let and multi-let speculator portfolios. They have a highly talented team that can assume control throughout the everyday elements of your properties, saving you time, and cash.

By basically examining all properties for manners by which they can improve the presentation of every part, ensuring the long-term value of your investment.

ADCP is a completely claimed subsidiary of Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank (ADCB). They have created their frameworks and processes over many years to guarantee that they give the highest level of efficiency.

ADCP’s Property Management Services Are Broadly Classified in 2 Categories:

• Landlord Services
• Leasing Services

Landlord Services by ADCP

ADCP services include financial services, service team management, schedules of condition, insurance assessment values, landlord and tenant issue resolution, construction monitoring services, design management and project management services, determination and control of cost, service team management, and much more.

Because of expanding customer demands, ADCP gives natural, wellbeing and security consultancy services in the security explanations and disaster recovery planning as well. Planned Preventative Maintenance (PPM) is an increasingly significant part of building resource management. Components of a building, for example, a rooftop, lifts, air conditioning have limited lifespans. A PPM program offers the renewal of these components before they fail and cause expensive damage to other building components.

Leasing Services by ADCP

ADCP gives an industry-leading renting service offering bespoke, proficient property marketing, and promoting advice. Besides having the option of concluding the renting procedures in a single day, they also offer a full scope of renting services that range from candid processes to vehicle parking.

They offer serious and consistent services for standard tenants’ recharges, while guaranteeing that all processes are completed ideally and that the tenant stays informed consistently. The tenant will get an update letter from ADCP 120 days before the expiry of the rental period.

ADCP offers office and gateway-based enquiries for new rentals, accessible throughout the UAE. Their reach is exceptionally serious, decided through detailed data and contacts, and it adds to a full scope of rental services. Their review and maintenance teams perform checks and repair services prior to handing over any unit in order to guarantee that ADCP rents out properties in the most ideal condition.

Source: TG Daily – Do You Need to Hire a Property Manager?

Driving or owning a taxi could bring more complications and issues that also include accidents. Having the best car insurance with points would be one of the most significant options for easily availing of the majority of benefits. Whether you own a single unit or an entire fleet, taxi insurance is one of the best ways for getting complete coverage for the vehicle. Normally, taxis would be exposed to more complications and risks so that they could add financial liability. To cover all these risks, it is important to get the best taxi insurance for gaining more benefits on coverage. This especially ensures the protection against accidents as well as any damage to the vehicle.

Types Of Taxi Insurance:

Before choosing what taxi insurance to get, it is important to know about the types of insurance available for your vehicle. This is mainly classified into

• Third-Party Insurance Cover – Third Party Insurance is the minimum coverage that all taxi owners need to have.  It is mandatory coverage. In case of any accident or damage, the taxi owner needs to pay compensation to the third party.
• Comprehensive Insurance – Taxi insurance offers a high level of benefit for the third party and car owners.  It covers the damage to your own vehicle caused by explosions, burglary, fire, or accidents. Personal accidental covers car owners, and it is mandatory provided by the insurance provider.

Taxi Insurance Coverage

Taxi insurance mainly covers mishaps occurring on the roads as well as third party liability. It covers personal damage such as theft, Loss, damage to own car by natural calamities, or man-made perils. The personal accident covers the medical expenses that occurred due to the death or accidents of car owners, cleaners, riders, or paid drivers.

Compare Taxi Insurance

Choosing the best taxi insurance can be quite confusing as there are many companies offering better coverage. Try Compare online is a one-stop destination for easily comparing the quotes of taxi insurance. This is a great opportunity for easily saving your time in choosing the guaranteed lowest prices. You can simply compare these premiums based on your preferred categories. Get the updated taxi insurance schemes suitable for your vehicle and gain more advantage to the highest excellence.

• Compare quotes
• Guaranteed lowest prices
• Compare the Premiums
• Benefits by multiple insurers
• Unbiased with no affinity for a particular insurer
• Comparing taxi insurance prices along with their features

Taxis, as well as private hire services, became one of the key components in the transport network in the UK. It mainly contributed towards the public transport infrastructure and gained the massive British economy. With the advancement in technology, it is quite an efficient option for choosing instant Taxi Insurance coverage for the vehicles.

Instant Solution For Your Taxi Coverage

Try Compare is a limited company registered in England and Wales. Get instant quotes on taxi insurance based on various criteria.  You can easily compare the standard taxi insurance as well as private hire insurance. With insurance brokers, you could easily choose the insurer you want.

Source: TG Daily – How You Can Find the Best Cheap Taxi Insurance

The Pentagon, Department of Homeland Security, the Commerce Department, the Department of the Treasury, the U.S. Postal Service and the National Institutes of Health were among the federal agencies confirmed to have been affected by the latest cybersecurity breach, as disclosed by the government agencies and media reports. Experts are pointing their fingers on the Russian government for allegedly masterminding the attack on SolarWinds’ Orion software’s security vulnerabilities. The IT company has around 300 customers, comprising of the federal government and hundred of large U.S companies, that mostly use Orion software to monitor their computer networks. Russia has denied the allegations.

Read: U.S Government Networks Hacked, Investigation Ongoing

NPR.Org: The incident is the latest in what has become a long list of suspected Russian electronic incursions into other nations – particularly the U.S. – under President Vladimir Putin

According to NPR.Org, the hack hinged on a vulnerability on a software monitoring product from SolarWinds, a company based in Austin, Texas. The company works widely with the federal government and hundreds of large U.S. companies. Many use SolarWinds’ Orion software to monitor their computer networks.

The incident is the latest in what has become a long list of suspected Russian electronic incursions into other nations – particularly the U.S. – under President Vladimir Putin. Multiple countries say Russia was previously found to have used hackers, bots and other means in attempts to influence elections in the U.S. and elsewhere.

To carry out the attack, hackers exploited the supply chain that SolarWinds uses to distribute software updates. The company said it has proof that when it sent updates to customers between March and June, the updates to the Orion products also included malware that gave hackers access.

The Hill: The Washington Post reported Sunday that a Russian military intelligence hacking group known as “Cozy Bear” was responsible.

The Hill shared a report disclosed by Reuters that SolarWinds  had been hacked by a nation state, and that the Treasury Department and a Commerce Department agency had been among those successfully breached. On Monday, reports emerged that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) had also been successfully breached. 

According to Washington Post,  a Russian military intelligence hacking group known as “Cozy Bear” was responsible. The same group was previously accused of hacking into the State Department during the Obama administration, and of targeting COVID-19 vaccine research earlier this year. 

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Monday described the incident as a “consistent effort by the Russians to try to get into American servers, not only those of government agencies but of businesses” during an interview with Breitbart News Radio on SiriusXM Patriot. 

Source: TG Daily – Attack on SolarWinds’ Software Vulnerabilities Linked to Recent Hacking Incident in the U.S