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Sustainable Ad Strategies in Sydney for  Boutique Retail Stores

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Sydney’s retail boutique industry continues to grow rapidly. In the New South Wales area alone, there are over 5000 clothing retail businesses. With this statistics, businesses continue to look for new and sustainable ways to stand out. That being said, ad strategies in Sydney helps businesses deliver unique and personalised shopping experiences.

If you’re interested in how to grow your business, build customer loyalty, and maintain visibility, read the article below!

What Makes an Ad Strategy Sustainable?

Sustainability in digital marketing strategies is not limited to eco-friendly practices but also encompasses the tactics’ effectiveness over time. With services for PPC or Pay-Per-Click in Sydney, marketers should ensure they create long-term, effective, and adaptable techniques to consistently deliver favourable results. These companies can help boutique businesses develop impactful campaigns that resonate with their target consumers.

Importance of Sustainable Advertising for Boutique Retailers

Boutique businesses should focus on ad strategies in Sydney, which is crucial for maintaining relevance. But, why is it important for a business to stay relevant and known?

Well, the very reason is that it ensures the brands' longevity in such a competitive market. Aside from driving conversions like sales, it allows companies to connect with their audiences better.

Moreover, focusing on longstanding strategies offers businesses more stable and consistent results as opposed to fast but fleeting outcomes.

By placing emphasis on long-term tactics, brands can leave a more lasting impression on their desired market. With sustainable methods, it helps companies establish recognition, loyalty, and a solid foundation for trust with their customers.

The Role of PPC Marketing in Sustainable Ad Strategies

PPC in Sydney can positively impact your overall marketing plan. This advertising approach allows businesses to leverage data-driven insights to improve campaigns and their performance continuously. Moreover, you can work with professionals to focus on precise targeting and reach the audiences you’re most likely to convert.

A few of the key advantages of working with PPC companies in the area include the following:

Expertise in understanding local market trends and consumer behaviors.

Access and knowledge of advanced tools for audience segmentation, A/B testing, and performance tracking.

Continuous campaign optimisation to make sure the ads are effective over time.

Key Sustainable Ad Strategies for Sydney’s Boutique Retail Stores

The first notable feature of PPC is geo-targeting. This allows advertisers to target customers within specific neighbourhoods or shopping districts. A prime example is when stores are hosting pop-up events. Through geographic targeting, the ad can appear on the devices of nearby residents and entice them to visit.

Another effective technique worth mentioning is investing in high-quality content and messaging. When it comes to ad campaigns, it’s important to craft compelling content that showcases the brand’s unique offers and customer experience.

To do this, you can ask your local advertising agency to highlight your store’s personalised services or exclusive collections in Google Ads. In fact, this is one of the few advantages of working with a high-performing Google Ads agency in the Sydney area. Aside from content, they also work on:

Setting clear campaign goals

Identifying and understanding your target audience

Choosing the right keywords

Monitoring and optimising performance

PPC management services in Sydney include retargeting in your current campaign. This helps improve engagement by reaching out to customers who’ve previously interacted with your brand online. In addition, you can also ask your advertising team to post dynamic ads featuring upcoming sales and events. These ads automatically create content based on your target’s interests, behaviour, and other relevant factors.

One of the elements that PPC has is its use of data. By continuously analysing the campaign, advertisers can improve content and ads for it to resonate with audiences. These insights can help refine ad copies, budget, or explore new audience segments to expand reach.

Leveraging Multi-Channel Advertising

To expand your reach, you can apply multi-channel advertising techniques. Aside from PPC ads, you can also post on social media, utilise email marketing, and organic SEO. By using different channels, you can expand your reach, boost engagement, leverage analytics, and more.

However, this can be tricky and ineffective if not done right. That’s why when using various mediums, it's important to retain the campaign’s objectives. It’s worth noting that consistency should also be the priority. This assures that you have a strong identity and can be easily remembered by audiences.  So, when employing different channels, you can reach broader audiences with a cohesive strategy.

Measuring the Effectiveness of Long-Term Ad Strategies in Sydney

Measuring your ad campaigns' metrics is not negotiable. Some of the numbers to keep track of include Click-Through Rates (CTR), conversion rates, and customer acquisition costs over time. Moreover, by monitoring the campaign, you can see where your strategy needs improving and which aspects need to be continued consistently.

Here’s how analytics can improve your campaign:

Data collection and tracking

Analysing audience behaviour

Optimising ad performance

Continuous improvement and reporting

As mentioned, optimising plays a significant role in campaigns. Through monitoring, companies that offer PPC in Sydney can make the necessary adjustments to ensure campaign growth and development. That’s why working with a reputable agency guarantees that you’re well-informed about your efforts. In addition, they have the knowledge and skills to alter them according to your consumers' preferences.

Hire PPC Land for Your Boutique Ad Campaigns

With the right ad strategies in Sydney for your retail boutique business, you can have consistent growth, a strong brand presence, and a loyal customer base.

With well-thought-out long-term ad strategies in Sydney, it helps your business maintain its relevance. In fact, it outweighs the fast yet short-lasting benefits of brief-termed tactics. With that said, partner with a reputable PPC company like PPC Land to help your brand expand and drive conversions.

If you want dedicated, laser-focused KPI lead generation and a strong first-party data strategy and conversion upgrades, contact us today. We help your business improve in sales revenue through our effective tactics.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

If you’re looking to expand your knowledge of ad strategies, here are a few questions you might have.

How to market your business in Australia?

Depending on your industry, there are different ways to market your business in Australia. However, boutiques, in particular, can greatly benefit from digital marketing, specifically PPC.

What is a bid strategy in Google?

A bid strategy in Google is how advertisers plan their bidding to garner the best possible results. Examples of bid strategies include automated bidding, viewable CPM bidding, and more.

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The sweetness of your love by Letícia (cambridgepride)

Letícia (@cambridgepride) has written this smut for us. It was written in Portuguese (please see her blog for the original) and it has been translated with Google Translate. I have corrected any mistakes that I can, however it may not be perfect. Thank you Letícia!

Hi,

At no time did I want to offend Will and Kate because I think they are amazing people.

I thought about writing after reading the @katefiction blog where it contains several stories that inspired me to write about them (Will and Kate) too.

This is adult content so if you don't like it then I recommend not reading it.

– Leave everything ready for tomorrow, please. Thanks good night. William said softly into the phone.

After hanging up the phone, he stared at the dark sky for a while, admiring the beauty of the moon and stars.

Taken out of his thoughts William looked at the bed, his smile widening as he contemplated the beautiful figure lying on his huge bed.

William still admired the figure that resonated for a few minutes, until she took a deep breath and blinked, noticing that she was being watched by her husband. She smiled and stretched lazily between the sheets.

– Are you going to just watch or are you going to go to bed? – she teased, extending the sheets in clear invitation.

William was grinning like a madman and headed for the bed, wasting no time in gluing his male body to hers, who woke up and went willingly, stretching her arms around his neck.

- I didn't want to wake you up, love... You slept so peacefully, a beautiful sight to enjoy.

- I only got to sleep because I was too tired. – She replied, entwining her legs with his. 'But the truth is, you've already spoiled me, William Wales. I can only sleep properly when I have my husband by my side.

A man of few words that he was, William just let his actions respond to her provocation. He let his hand run over her body, which he found to be the most beautiful he had seen in a long time, and he felt her awaken under his touch too, lazy and receptive; and not just her beauty, but Kate had the incredible ability to arouse his desire almost immediately, and that's what happened at that moment when he ran his hand over her thigh, moving up until it landed on the smooth skin of her hip and saw, with a shudder she wore nothing under her thin nightgown. She smiled, briefly, when his hand suddenly stopped, and wasted no time in kissing him passionately.

William responded enthusiastically, trying to cover her body with his own as she spread her legs so he could rest comfortably between them. Although automatic, the lovers' movements showed all the passion that still seemed so new between them, William suspected that he would never tire of adoring and loving her whenever there was an opportunity, he would never tire of having her as often as possible.

His hands wandered, at first aimlessly, but now clearly intended to light it, and his mouth soon followed in its wake, now glued to the curve between neck and shoulder, where William was placing open-mouthed kisses. As he descended and faced the obstacle that the nightgown still offered, William propped himself up on one arm, pulling away from her briefly. The heavily etched jaw and eyes practically engulfing it made a shiver run over Kate's body. Their bodies communicated in such a way that words were unnecessary, and the message that their bare thighs, panting breath, glittering eyes, and half-open mouth conveyed was clear: Do what you want. I'm entirely yours.

Still, William needed to make it clear:

- Forgive me, love, if this is too bold. I will never hurt you, but I... I can't resist my wife looking at me like that anymore . And, with a hoarse grunt, William suddenly grabbed the top of her nightgown and ripped it in half, each half of the fabric beside her body. She let out a gasp of surprise that was soon replaced by a moan of approval as William lowered his head to one breast, his lips sucking the creamy skin and his tongue stroking the hard pink nipple as his hand cupped the other breast, making her arch her back against him.

She could feel him smile as he released her breasts with a popping noise and then followed her body south. After covering her inner thighs with kisses and light bites, he once again made a rather brusque movement, showing that despite being a loving lover, William also knew how to be stronger and more impulsive: he pushed his hands over her thighs so that her knees practically rested above her chest; it was an angle that, she knew well, left her completely exposed to her husband; proof of that were the tortuous seconds that he stood still, just admiring the sight that was offered to him.

He licked his lips appreciatively and offered one last look at his wife, his eyebrow arched in response to the earlier message: All mine indeed.

And without wasting any more time, he lowered his head and Kate had the indescribable sensation of an exploratory tongue dragging along her opening, rising from the end to the top where her still-hidden clitoris was soon discovered by him and now he sucked it. between her lips as her tongue worked incessantly.

She knew she should make less noise, she knew she had to moan lower but just couldn't contain herself. William himself moaned against her wet slit, leaving a trail of goosebumps that was impossible to contain and her hips spasmed against his face as he remained below, focused on giving her the most intense pleasure. However, when she least expected it, William rose and returned to cover her body with his own, his smiling lips covered in the liquid he made sure to lick in front of her so that she could see clearly how much he liked to please her there. Her hair messed up by her fingers that gripped him firmly as he began to explore her and her eyes bright: it was a very exciting sight to say the least and she soon grabbed his half-open shirt trying to discover his warm skin that she loved to touch so much. .

"No." He chuckled and grabbed her slender wrist, pulling her hand away. "You're just going to touch me..." She felt his hand run over her body once more. - When I finish what I was doing with you. - And now her mouth has been replaced by a long finger that gathered moisture from the source and spread it over her clitoris in concentrated movements designed to lead her to perdition;

"Will…please…" she begged. He just smiled, teasingly, until he finally slipped two fingers into her warm, wet channel and established that devious back-and-forth motion.

She chanted his name amid gasps and moans that sounded like music. When she knew he was close, she once again grabbed his shirt and begged him loud and clear for him to stick another part of his body into her other than his fingers. In response, he sped up the movement of his hand, adding a few swirls of his thumb over her clit.

– Let go of me, Catherine! He muttered as she gripped the fabric of his shirt so hard her knuckles were white.

'Will… Will…' She looked at him pleadingly.

– Get your hands off me.

- Please...

– Catherine! – It was the final command. She released him and he introduced a third finger to the frantic back and forth inside her.

The orgasm that invaded her was so devastating that she lifted her hips off the mattress, her back arched and her mouth releasing the silent scream of release; William didn't stop moving until she fell back onto the mattress, worn out. He slowly withdrew his wetness-covered fingers and she watched through slitted eyes with lust as he trailed his tongue over each finger, sucking in delight at the remnants of her release.

When she came to, William was watching her, his hand moving over her thigh in a movement that was automatic and not yet intended to tease her. He just looked at her in a mixture of amusement and adoration.

- So beautiful when it reaches the climax... - and placed a tender kiss on her forehead. - Everything is fine?

Kate nodded, once again encircling his neck with her arms: 'Impossible better… but I think now it's your turn…' And in a quick and practical movement she pushed him against the mattress, now her body hovering above his, legs bent on either side of his hips.

'Hmmm…' He muttered, his hands moving restlessly from her thighs to her hips. – Don't you want to rest a bit before we continue?

Kate shook her head in denial, leaning forward to place a small kiss on his lips and letting her right hand run over his chest and south. - What kind of wife would I be if I left my husband when he is so obviously thirsty ? - And punctuating the end of the sentence, stroked the length that was rigid against his pants.

William sighed, smiling: – And that's your fault…

Kate made an expression of mock indignation as her hand continued to work, making him even more erect, if that was possible. However, his half-covered chest tempted her and she succumbed to that desire, making him shed his clothes, which he gladly did. So, freed from the garments, she admired the toned body of the years she spent in military service. Kate found him immensely handsome, despite his modesty, and tried to convince him of it. He seemed to know her train of thought as she stared at him as he gently pulled her into a breathtaking kiss.

Kate's mouth soon followed a path of kisses and licks over his body. William let her explore him as she pleased, after all, just as he had had confirmation that she was his, so he belonged to her, a unique and irrevocable realization. Kate continued on her way until she reached the part she had managed a few minutes ago, now on full display. Her face hovered around him for a few moments, an air of laughter passing over her face and her brow arched in inquiry, 'May I?

William nodded, a little anxious. Kate gave a small smile before reaching down and running her tongue along the length of its length and cupping her lips over the swollen head. William tried to maintain eye contact with her, but when Kate sucked even deeper, shaking her head up and down and lightly brushing her cheeks, he failed miserably in his attempt and gripped her long hair between his fingers, taking care to not hurt her and rolled his eyes, sighing and moaning, totally at her mercy.

Kate looked at her husband when she heard his delighted moan, without ungluing his mouth. She noticed that his legs were shaking slightly and he was gripping her hair urgently, though it didn't hurt, and he was muttering unintelligible things. She was enchanted to realize the power she had on him at that moment, and in a daring impulse, she swallowed him even more as far as his limit allowed him. His reaction was instantaneous; now his other hand joined the one that clung to her hair, his body stiffened and he was moaning her name loudly and shamelessly in a frenzy.

– Kate… Oh Kate…

She continued to work with enthusiasm and William knew that if he didn't stop soon, he would finish right there and that wasn't what he wanted. He wanted to find the climax together with her once more and preferably buried as deeply as possible within her. That way he opened his eyes, trying not to succumb to perdition to see her looking at him, his erection almost entirely inside her mouth, sucking on him in delight. However, he squeezed her shoulder and the urgency in his eyes made her release him with a wet pop . Still, she didn't fully let go, holding the base with her hand as she continued to drag her lips dangerously close.

- What is it love? she questioned, letting her tongue run once more over his stiffness and looking deep into his eyes. – Do you want me to stop ? she whispered, teasingly.

William shook his head, smiling in an amused rebuke. - You're still going to kill me, woman... And what a wonderful death it will be.

She smiled widely and opened her mouth, ready to swallow him again, but he stopped her with another squeeze on her shoulder and she looked up at him, confused. "You're a delight, but..." In a quick and practiced move, he pulled her back down onto his lap. - Wouldn't it be better if I made you come once more when I was buried deep inside you? - He whispered against her ear, showing that he also knew how to be provocative, and slipped two fingers between the folds of her opening, noticing that she was once again wet and ready for him. - So wet for me, love...

Kate moaned softly as William felt the wetness without his fingers intensify, much of it caused by the whisper of his velvety, deep voice as he made explicit how much he wanted to be inside her. She suddenly pushed him away, only to take him in her hand and get even closer. He felt the heat emanating from her and he sighed contentedly.

- Ah yes....

She just hovered there for a few moments, maintaining intense eye contact with her husband until she let herself sink completely into his aroused cock. Finally.

William clung more to her and when he felt her surround him in its entirety, in a desperate need to touch her, to feel her even closer as humanly possible and he couldn't contain the moan.

– Oh, Kate...

She briefly pulled her torso out of his captive embrace, just took his face in her hands and resumed eye contact. William just watched her adoringly, as if she were the loveliest creature ever seen on earth, and to him, indeed she was. He moved closer again, in an attempt to glue his lips to hers and she only let go after whispering the three words against his lips.

“I love you…” and then she started a slow but intense roll with her hips.

Despite years of living together, this kind of intimacy seemed still new between them, it was as if their bodies knew each other in such a way that they complemented each other. William felt so complete with Kate, and she totally returned the feeling. Everything always reflected the love existing between the couple; eye to eye, restless hands exploring the other's body, frantic, passionate whispers as he continued sheathed inside her, making love as gently as they could. However, it soon became clear that that wasn't going to be enough to bring them to completion, so Kate changed her movements, now gliding up and down his pole, ending with a roll of her hips as well as speeding them up.

William closed his eyes tightly, revelling in her gliding over him, and when he opened them again, he found her bouncing breasts bouncing in time with her movements, begging for attention and he definitely didn't refuse; then he cupped one breast, sucking greedily while his free hand tended to the other, rolling the hardened nipple between his fingers. So beautiful… they fit so perfectly in my mouth and hands… And with that thought, William realized that if he didn't take the reins, he would climax before she did, and that was the last thing he wanted. So he encircled her slender waist with one arm, pausing her movements and then rolling on top of her, earning a startled cry from the woman beneath him. Finding him with her eyes again, Kate realized what he needed.

– Move, faster… and stronger. - She pleaded.

And who would William, Duke of Cambridge be to deny his wife's request? He then once again bent her legs at that angle that only left her no longer exposed but allowed deeper penetration and when he filled her again the reaction was so intense that she gripped the sheets below her so hard her knuckles stayed white.

But this time he didn't allow himself the pause to get used to the sensation and soon resumed the syncopated back and forth movement, withdrawing almost entirely from her only to re-enter her as deeply as possible. He continued this relentless pace as he watched her grow closer and closer to the climax, her mouth open and eyes half closed in an expression of pure ecstasy.

It was when, in a particularly powerful thrust, he hit that spot inside her that was tearing her apart in pleasure that she broke free, arching her back and moaning his name in frenzy. The sight of her coming from him was enough to drive him to perdition too, his seed spurting into her like liquid fire in her gut. The whole sensation in itself was so explosive that for years to come they continued to agree that it was one of the most intense orgasms they had ever shared in all their years of marriage.

The next moment she came to, William had already withdrawn from her and was now pulling the blankets over them both, not bothering to put on clothes again. She turned her back to him, inviting him to fit himself behind her and did so: chest and belly pressed against his back as she felt his buttocks touch her intimate region, where his cock now rested quite limp. She sighed contentedly as he ran his fingers over the smooth, bare skin of her hip, an expected gesture every time they finished making love.

Kate smiled broadly as she felt sleep slowly taking her away: - I love you!

William smiled: – And I, you, babykins. He stayed there, watching her sleep for a few minutes before she fell asleep too.

I hope you enjoyed.

With love, Letícia x

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Australian research finds cost-effective way to recycle solar panels | Recycling

New research has proposed a cost-effective way to recycle solar panels to help handle an increasing volume of retired photovoltaic (PV) cells expected by the end of the decade. In a paper published by a team from the University of New South Wales last week, researchers outlined a process to collect and extract valuable materials from solar arrays to see if it was technically, economically and environmentally feasible. The process involves collecting solar arrays, stripping them of their aluminium frame, shredding the cells and using an electrostatic current to separate out valuable materials including silver and copper, reducing the panels to 2%-3% of their original weight. The reclaimed material would then be shipped directly to a refinery for purification and processing. Dr Pablo Diaz, lead author on the study, said it showed it was possible to run a low-volume facility capable of managing 1,000 tonnes of solar panels a year. This is roughly equivalent to 50,000 panels a year, or about 4,100 panels a month. “This is something someone can pick up elsewhere, it doesn’t use any chemicals, it doesn’t emit any pollution or hazardous pollution. It produces dust from crushing the panels, but you have dust collectors there,” Diaz said. Currently Australia has very little capacity to process and recycle solar panels when they reach the end of their life span. This is considered an increasingly pressing problem as the high uptake of rooftop solar and proposals for large-scale solar farms means a growing number of panels will reach the end of their lifespan. A 2016 report by the International Renewable Energy Agency (Irena) found large-scale and early adopters of PV solar could expect the largest volumes of waste from old systems. Australia was projected to generate 145,000 tonnes a year of PV solar waste by 2030, with the US expecting 1m tonnes a year and China 1.5m tonnes. Diaz said smaller-scale facilities were important as they could process material closer to their source before sending it on, reducing emissions from transport. “You could do this in a suburb in South Australia, concentrate the valuable material and then send it directly to the refiners who do extracting and purifying the metals,” he said. He has also since moved to put the research into practice via a start-up company, Solar Cycle, which is building a facility in Texas in the US. It is expected to be operational by November. Sign up to Guardian Australia’s Morning Mail Our Australian morning briefing email breaks down the key national and international stories of the day and why they matter Privacy Notice: Newsletters may contain info about charities, online ads, and content funded by outside parties. For more information see our Privacy Policy. We use Google reCaptcha to protect our website and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. Prof Peter Majewski, from the Future Industries Institute at the University of South Australia, who was not involved in the research, said it made “absolute sense” but cautioned against a one-size-fits-all approach. “It’s necessary to develop a robust recycling technology and industry in that space because we’re just going to face a huge amount of solar panels coming in,”Majewski said. “It is worthwhile to look at all different scenarios at the moment – we need to develop various ways of recycling.” Majewski said that though there was a need to think about how to process end-of-life solar panels, it was a “solvable problem” that could be fixed with a stewardship scheme that made clear who was responsible and rules for disposing of them. “With solar panels and wind, waste is often highlighted as this problem in a way it’s not with other discussions,” Majewski said. “Many technologies are producing waste. We can manage it. It’s a question of legislation and technology.” Source link Originally published at Melbourne News Vine

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Importance of Responsive Website Design for Your Business

Websites have become the face of the business over internet space. For anyone trying to know more about a particular company, one visits its website because it is the website that tells you what company is what it does, how it does and who are its promoters or board members? All this information helps in knowing or rather trusting the company for the business dealings. As in old days, the most important thing for a company would be its office where suppliers or clients would visit and do the dealing, today this has transformed to its webpage. A web page is where clients pay you a visit before dealing with you. A well designed web page is a very effective in creating an impact on the viewer which helps the business in a many ways.

 Tablets and smartphones have completely changed the approach towards the design and user experience. Till now a good responsive website would be that which has same look and feel irrespective of any web browser but now it has become leaped towards the same look and better feel irrespective of device. Handheld devices have overtaken desktop browsing by now, which means that now more than ever it's important that your website is optimized for mobile devices. With change in browsing habits it's important to ensure the website design is such that enhances the user experience over any device.

 Therefore, a responsive website designing company in noida adapts a website's layout based on the screen size of the device. This means the website will set virtually any device which has any advanced web browser. As well as adjusting to different desktop screen resolutions, it also works across smartphones, tablets and even smart TVs.

 The basic reason of building a website is to be easily found over search results and receive traffic and leads. Thus the priority of any business that has a website is to get more traffic and then be able to convert it into leads. A responsive website designing company in noida gives you an advantage of single strategic URL which helps you strengthen your SEO. Even Google's own blog states that it ranks responsive websites higher.

 A great user experience over the website gives you an added benefit of receiving good amount of traffic. The same look and feel of website allows the users to spend more time on the website, considering it has good content that creates interest of the reader. This huge organic traffic on the website boosts sales and revenue of the business.

 Responsive website designing company in noida is still new and majority of websites have still not adopted it. You can stay ahead of your competitors by having a website that cannot just enhance the user experience but also give raises your revenues. With such a website design you can also avoid spending on the mobile app, as a responsive website can cater the needs of the users for which apps are made.

 Having a local web designer helps a lot in many ways. It is not only easier to get thing done but also it is reliable, trustworthy and easily manageable.

 Bull Digital Marketing is most entrusted firm for web design in and around South Wales. The localization helps it deliver the website that is more relevant in terms of reaching customer who can be tapped within the market of your business range.

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Government ministers aim to shore up contact-tracing strategy after junior minister concedes much-publicised app set miss-stated start date and Silicon Valley giants officially launch API for apps that follow different route than NHS The saga of the development of a contact-tracing app to aid the UK’s fight against Covid-19 has taken another step with the news that just as senior members of the UK government concede that the official launch date of 1 June 2020 will not be met, health officials in Northern Ireland and Scotland look to be moving away from the official national strategy

The UK’s track and trace programme is due to begin, as assured by prime minister Boris Johnson, on 1 June, but a key element of this – the contact-tracing app – is still only in test phase.

A trial of the contract-tracing app developed by NHSX, the digital innovation unit of the National Health Service, began in the Isle of Wight on 4 May. The app uses Bluetooth Low Energy technology to alert people who may have been exposed to the coronavirus.

Once installed, the app logs the distance between a user’s smartphone and other phones nearby that also have the app installed. The anonymous log of how close users are to others will be stored securely on the user’s phone. If a user becomes unwell with symptoms of Covid-19, they can use the app to inform the NHS, which, subject to risk analysis, will trigger an anonymous alert to other app users with whom the user has come into significant contact over the previous few days.

Yet even before it became available, the app had been surrounded by criticism, with critics weighing in with concerns over what it could achieve and whether the public could, or would, make representative use of it. Particular concerns were held over whether the app’s centralised nature would lead to privacy breaches and whether it would be any use at all if there was a lack of user uptake.

Less than a week since the app became available to residents of the Isle of Wight, UK communities secretary Robert Jenrick revealed that it had already been downloaded by more than 50,000 people – a third of the island’s population – and confirmed reports, highlighted by Computer Weekly on 8 May, that a radical change in the nature of the app was a possibility.

Timely launch unlikely

Only days ago, more experts piled into the debate as to whether the app would be launched by its scheduled time slot, releasing research casting doubt on what the trial could achieve. According to a survey by BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT, less than a quarter of IT professionals think the planned NHSX contact-tracing app will be effective in containing Covid-19, while a study on behalf of cyber security solutions provider Anomali revealed that a significant proportion of the population was not prepared to download the app.

After members of the House of Lords cast doubt on the 1 June target being met for a working app to support the contact-tracing and tracking personnel that have been employed, James Brokenshire, minister of state for security, toured leading media outlets in the UK attempting to assure that all was on track.

According to a survey by BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT, less than a quarter of IT professionals think the planned NHSX contact-tracing app will be effective in containing Covid-19

After junior health minister Lord Bethell indicated that the emphasis of the government was no longer on the app itself, but on the human elements of testing and tracking – an assertion not denied by government spokespeople – Brokenshire told BBC TV and radio news that he had every confidence the target would be met for the app’s launch and noted that the Isle of Wight trial was proceeding as planned. This was despite widespread reports of problems with the app regarding false negatives, lack of uptake and it draining phone batteries.

Divergent developments in Scotland

As the debate was raging, NHS Highland, in charge of healthcare in the Scottish region, was revealed to have signed a deal with Highland Health Ventures Ltd (HHVL) in association with Wyld Networks to test and deploy mobile mesh technology in care homes in Scotland to help protect residents, staff and visitors by preventing the spread of Covid-19 or other viruses.

Statistics from the National Records of Scotland (NRS) show that more than half of the recorded coronavirus deaths in Scotland over recent weeks were in care homes. Data from the Office of National Statistics (ONS) also shows that 12,526 care home residents died due to coronavirus in England and Wales during the four months to May.

“Supporting innovation across the healthcare system is more important than ever and will be central to securing transformation and improved care,” commented Frances Hines, research, development and innovation manager at NHS Highland. “Creating the conditions for more collaborative approaches to innovation and enabling the adoption of cost-effective new technologies will be key, and we are pleased to be working together with Wyld and HHVL to deliver innovative potential solutions for care homes.”

The Wyld technology will be used to provide digital access and anonymised social distance monitoring and alerting through a mobile app and a mesh wireless network of connected smartphones and internet of things (IoT) devices. The Wyld system is able to create virtual geozones around the care home and particularly sensitive or quarantined areas to control access, as well as dynamic personal two-metre geozones around everyone with the app.

Wyld and HHVL have already started the first project for implementation in a care home in Scotland. This came just as NHS Scotland launched a two-week pilot to test Covid-19 contact-tracing technology before it is deployed nationally. Three Scottish health boards – NHS Fife, NHS Lanarkshire and NHS Highland – have begun testing software, separate to the UK app, as part of the Scottish government’s Coronavirus: test, trace, isolate and support strategy, which aims to keep transmission of the virus as low as possible as the lockdown restrictions ease.

Northern Ireland’s decentralised route

NHS Scotland’s departure from the UK government’s contact-tracing plan reflects previously stated concerns in Northern Ireland. On 4 May, Northern Ireland Assembly health minister Robin Swann MLA urged the creation of an app that could work across the island. After acknowledging the data privacy concerns regarding the NHSX app, he added that the Northern Ireland authority would examine developing a separate app that could interact with an app in use in the Republic of Ireland which is based on a decentralised structure.

Unlike the centralised NHSX approach, Google and Apple’s API-based system does not collect or use location data from a device, and if a person is diagnosed with Covid-19, it is up to them whether or not to report that in the health app

“Ideally, I would like to see one app used across these islands, because it means no matter where an individual is travelling, once we come out of lockdown, whether east-west or north-south, that same platform, that same app, can be utilised,” he remarked.

At the heart of the decentralised app will be an application processing interface (API) developed by Google and Apple. The Silicon Valley giants have just released a Covid-19 Exposure Notification API that will enable apps created by public health agencies to work more accurately, reliably and effectively across Android smartphones and Apple iPhones.

First revealed in April 2020, the technology is designed to enhance public health agencies’ apps by allowing smartphone users to decide whether or not to opt-in to Exposure Notification. Unlike the centralised NHSX approach, Google and Apple’s API-based system does not collect or use location data from a device, and if a person is diagnosed with Covid-19, it is up to them whether or not to report that in the health app.

As it released the API, Google said: “User adoption is key to success and we believe that these strong privacy protections are also the best way to encourage use of these apps.”  

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21 February 2020

Lucky for some

Well, that was the reshuffle that was. We've summarised the whole thing in 13 charts over on the Institute for Government live blog.

Exact ministerial portfolios are still being parcelled up in most cases. Over at Cabinet Office, it may be that paymaster general Penny Mordaunt ends up with the implementation brief that covers various things digital and data, and it's unclear whether newly promoted-within-the-department Chloe Smith will keep responsibility for statistics, transparency and knowledge management. Michael Gove has taken the minister for the Cabinet Office role in place of the departing Oliver Dowden...

...who will hopefully take his enthusiasm for and expertise in digital government and data to DCMS. DCMS has helpfully published a list of its ministers' responsibilities. Caroline Dinenage gets online harms and digital tech/policy, while returning John Whittingdale gets data and the National Archives (and media - that'll be a quiet brief what with all the BBC briefing). Whittingdale was previously secretary of state at the department (before 'Digital' was added to the name), and before that, chair of the select committee scrutinising the department. This is what he told the IfG about that experience:

It was a great help because I’d done the job for 10 years, and the way select committees work is that you focus on one area and then you move to another area, so during that time I’d done inquiries into gambling, into licensing, into tourism, into heritage, into museums, arts funding, masses on press regulation, creative industries. I mean there was barely an area of the department which we hadn’t had an inquiry into... so I felt very, very familiar with almost every policy area. The only area which I didn’t know as well was the bits which were coming into the department... Because they had not previously been under the department, the select committee hadn’t looked at them, so I didn’t know those areas as well.

Helpfully, data and open government have come into the department since Whittingdale was last there, so hopefully he can get up to speed quickly. (John, if you'd like to subscribe to a newsletter that could help with that...)

Some other links:

I'm back on the IfG podcast this week - 'by popular demand', no less - talking reshuffles. But take the quiz here first - bonus quiz here.

Since it's a Six Nations weekend, here's my #dataviz from last year, when Wales were doing better than they are this time round.

And given all the recent discussions about special advisers, here's a review I did of a rather good book on that exact subject a few years ago. Still very much relevant...

Have a great weekend

Gavin

Today's links:

Graphic content

UK

Government reshuffle February 2020: live blog (IfG)

More than 100 people have sat at the cabinet table during a decade of Tory rule* (The Times)

Has it really been a year? (me for IfG)

Picking winners and losers under new UK points-based immigration system* (FT)

Visa fees (IfG)

The Macroeconomic Policy Outlook Q1 2020 (Resolution Foundation)

Social capital in the UK: 2020 (ONS, via Graham)

Revealed: the areas in the UK with one Airbnb for every four homes (The Guardian)

US

Donald Trump is appointing federal judges at a blistering pace* (The Economist)

Bloomberg’s immense spending gets him 30,000 online ads a minute, and a whole lot more* (Washington Post)

Mike Bloomberg Is Way Richer Than People Realize (Mother Jones)

What the Democratic Candidates Discussed During the Debates: Annotated Transcripts* (Bloomberg)

We Checked the Iowa Caucus Math. Here’s Where It Didn’t Add Up.* (New York Times)

Coronavirus

Speed Science: The risks of swiftly spreading coronavirus research (Reuters)

Under China’s lockdown, millions have nowhere to go (Reuters)

24 hours of China region airplane movements on a normal Friday in November 2019 (UTC time) vs last Friday the 14th Feb, 2020 (via @trumpery45)

How epidemics like COVID-19 end (and how to end them faster)* (Washington Post)

Diseases like covid-19 are deadlier in non-democracies* (The Economist)

Climate and environment

Climate Change Rises as a Public Priority. But It’s More Partisan Than Ever.* (New York Times)

How to reduce your food’s carbon footprint, in 2 charts (Vox)

Revealed: The pesticide giants making billions on toxic and bee-harming chemicals (Unearthed)

Last chance for the climate transition* (FT)

Locust Swarms Ravaging East Africa Are the Size of Cities* (Bloomberg)

Everything else

The 2020 Sigma Awards: Winners

Do Authors Write Where They Know? (The Pudding)

When a change in series X is a telltale sign of event Y (John Burn-Murdoch)

Wealth inequality is not just limited to North versus South (Koen Van den Eeckhout)

A Future for the World’s Children? A WHO-UNICEF-Lancet Commission (The Lancet, via Ketaki)

Japanese newspaper uses Augmented Reality to show animated charts (via Khai)

Meta data

Europe

Shaping Europe's digital future: the White Paper on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the European data strategy (European Commission)

EU softens plans for facial recognition regulation, sparks privacy backlash (New Statesman)

EU launches a bold new European Strategy for Data (techUK)

Exclusive: Google users in UK to lose EU data protection - sources (Reuters)

What does it actually mean? (Mark Scott)

Employment

The Datafication of Employment (The Century Foundation)

Automation likely to shrink civil service workforce, says Sedwill (Civil Service World)

Three-quarters of civil servants don’t trust government to involve staff in automation drive (Civil Service World)

British jobs for British robots (Politico)

Meet ARNOLD - the first robot in government communications  (Civil Service Quarterly)

AI

Powerful antibiotic discovered using machine learning for first time (The Guardian)

ICO consultation on the draft AI auditing framework guidance for organisations (ICO)

The government’s approach to algorithmic decision-making is broken: here’s how to fix it (New Statesman)

Data

Our personal health history is too valuable to be harvested by the tech giants (The Observer)

Met removes hundreds from gangs matrix after breaking data laws (The Guardian)

Football Racism: No One Knows Conviction Rates – Despite Calls To Stamp It Out (Huffington Post)

A deluge of data is giving rise to a new economy* (The Economist)

A group of ex-NSA and Amazon engineers are building a ‘GitHub for data’ (TechCrunch, via David)

Data protection and trust at Co-op (ODI)

NHS data: Maximising its impact on the health and wealth of the United Kingdom (Institute of Global Health Innovation)

Critique (Peter Wells)

Online harms

Online Harms Deconstructed - the Initial Consultation Response (Cyberleagle)

Online harms: we welcome the government’s commitment to freedom of expression, but more action is needed on bad information (Full Fact)

Innovation

The DARPA Model for Transformative Technologies: Perspectives on the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (William Boone Bonvillian, Richard Van Atta and Patrick Windham (eds))

Is the UK Getting Innovation Right? (Nesta)

Everything else

Boring magic (Steve Messer)

A Farewell – looking back to the future through the camera lens (Part 1) (Surveillance Camera Commissioner’s Office)

Now Internet Society told to halt controversial .org sale… by its own advisory council: 'You misread the community mindset around dot-org' (The Register)

Met Office forecasters set for 'billion pound' supercomputer (BBC News)

Facebook must not be allowed to dictate how it gets regulated (Damian Collins for Wired)

Digital tools can be a useful bolster to democracy* (FT)

Superforecasting (Ed Conway)

Examining the Effectiveness of Current Information Laws and Implementation Practices for Accountability of Outsourced Public Services (Parliamentary Affairs)

Opportunities

JOB: Head of the Office for Budget Responsibility (HMT)

Deadline for applications to head OBR extended by Treasury (Civil Service World)

JOB: Evidence Assistant (Centre for Ageing Better, via Emily)

JOB: Senior Web Engineer - Data Visualization (Bloomberg)

EVENT: The death of anonymity in the age of identity (National Archives)

CONSULTATION: Improving patient safety by bringing private healthcare and NHS information together into NHS systems (NHS Digital)

conveRt to R: the short course (Chris Hanretty)

And finally...

It takes such a long time to get an FOI back from a govt dept these days but boy are they worth the wait (Ellen Coyne, via Sukh)

Neal.fun (via Benoit)

The Times (UK) has an entire leader premised on a statistic that nearly 1/2 of all flights taken by men 20-45 are for stag parties... (Stanley Pignal)

1 year of purchases by 1.6M Tesco customers in London, aggregated in 5k areas, with monthly snapshots (Luca Maria Aiello, via Ketaki)

Political stature* (The Economist)

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425 DX News No. 1474

  3 August 2019                                             A.R.I. DX Bulletin No 1474

=========================== *** 4 2 5  D X  N E W S *** ****  DX  INFORMATION  **** =========================== Edited by  I1JQJ & IK1ADH Direttore Responsabile  I2VGW

F      – Special callsign TM14FAJ will be active on all bands  and  modes on 1-15 August  for  the  14th  Festival  Astro-Jeunes,  part  of  the Astronomy Festival of Fleurance.  QSL via F5KHP (bureau)  or  F8BMG (direct); the log will be uploaded to Club Log and eQSL. GW     – Special event station GB200TT  will be active  on  10-11 August  to celebrate the bicentenary of the Menai Bridge,  a suspension bridge which carries road traffic between mainland Wales and the island of Anglesey. QSL via operator’s instructions. JA     – Ichy, JH7IPR will be active as JH7IPR/7 from Oshima  (AS-206)  from “before noon” (JST)  on  9 August until “around noon” (JST)  on  10 August (Japan Standard Time is UTC +9 hours).  He plans to focus on 40m and 20m FT8, with some CW and activity on  6 metres if the band opens. Depending on local conditions,  he might extend his stay  by one day. QSL via the bureau;  he will upload his log  to  Club Log. [TNX JN6RZM] LY     – LY30BW will be active  from  1 August to 30 September  to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Baltic Way (http://www.balticway.net/). On 23 August 1989 hundreds of thousands people formed a human chain spanning across Estonia, Latvia  and  Lithuania,  demanding the re- establishment of the  independence  of the  Baltic States.  QSL via LY2QT.  A  certificate  will be available;  see  LY30BW’s  page  on qrz.com for the details. LZ     – LZ19YOTA is the callsign that will be used during  the  9th edition of the  Youngsters on the Air (YOTA)  Camp,  to  be  hosted  by the Bulgarian Federation of Radioamateurs (BFRA) on 11-17 August.  This annual event brings together young people from IARU Region 1 member societies for a week, creating an  opportunity  to learn  all about different   nationalities   and   cultures,   foster  international friendships and goodwill, and learn  new amateur radio skills.  QSL via the bureau to LZ1BJ. SP     – Radio Club SP9KJU will be active as SN0ARCO between 1 August and 31 December, with main activity  on  1-31 August,  to commemorate  the 150th anniversary of Georg von Arco (1869-1940), a pioneer of radio engineering whose work was crucial in the development  of  wireless technology in Europe. SP     – Special callsigns 3Z1919PS, HF1919PS, SN1919PS, SO1919PS,  SP1919PS and SQ1919PS will be activated  from  15 August to 15 September  to commemorate the centenary  of the  first  Silesian Uprising  (16-24 August 1919).  The Silesian Uprisings were a series of three  armed conflicts in  Upper Silesia from  1919 to 1921  in which Poles  and Polish Silesians sought to break away from Germany and join the new Polish Republic, founded after  World War I.  A certificate will be available; see https://www.qrz.com/db/SN1919PS for information. UA9    – The 1-3 August RQ73QQ IOTA DXpedition to Bol’shoy  Begichev  Island (AS-152) [425DXN 1468] has been cancelled owing to safety  concerns (adverse sea conditions and  polar bears  on the island).  The team will remain on Popigay-Ary Island (AS-063) instead,  and be  QRV as as R63RRC until around 3 August. VE     – VY0ERC, the Eureka Amateur Radio Club station located on  Ellesmere Island  (NA-008), will be active again between 1 and 20 August. QSL via M0OXO’s OQRS and LoTW.

PACIFIC TRIP —> Kaspars/YL1ZF, Yuris/YL2GM, Jack/YL2KA and  Kristers/YL3JA Will  be  active  as  T30L  from  Tarawa,  West Kiribati  (OC-017)  on  6-15 September, and as  C21W from  Nauru (OC-031) on  16-25 September.  They will operate CW, SSB, RTTY and FT8 on 160-6 metres  from both locations.  QSL via Club Log’s OQRS  (direct or bureau),  LoTW (six months after  the end of the DXpedition), or via YL2GN.  Bookmark http://www.lral.lv/c21w_t30l/  for more information and updates.

=========================== *** 4 2 5  D X  N E W S *** ****  GOOD TO KNOW … **** =========================== Edited by  I1JQJ & IK1ADH Direttore Responsabile  I2VGW

Access to the main functions of www.425dxn.org is provided by the 425DXN App for Android. It is available on Google Play – free of charge, no ads. Enjoy!

FT8DMC ANNIVERSARY —> Eight special event callsigns  will be activated  on 10-24 August to celebrate the 2nd anniversary of the  FT8 Digital Mode Club: A91FTDMC (Bahrain, QSL via A92AA),  II8FTDM (Italy, QSL via IK8YFU), LX8FTDM (Luxembourg,  QSL via LX1TI),  OD5FTDMC (Lebanon, QSL via K3IRV),  OE19FTDMC (Austria,  QSL  via  OE1SGU),  TM8FTDM  (France,  QSL  via  F1ULQ),  TO8FTDM (Guadeloupe, QSL via F1ULQ) and  ZL6FTDMC (New Zealand, QSL via F1ULQ).  The logs will be uploaded  to  LoTW  and  eQSL.  See  https://www.ft8dmc.eu  for information on the FTDMC Anniversary Award.

IOTA: RESTRUCTURING OF AS-117 & AS-206 —> “Islands  previously  listed  as qualifying for AS-117 that now fall within the co-ordinates box of  the  new group AS-206 (Honshu’s Coastal Islands East)  have been transferred and  are listed appropriately both in the application database  scroll-down list  and in the IOTA Directory online” Roger Balister, G3KMA (IOTA General Manager) posted to https://iota-world.org/ on 30 July. “Following several activations from AS-206 in the last  few weeks  with most already accepted for credit, the group number is now confirmed. Record-holders with credits for AS-117 that commence with prefixes JA0, 1, 2 and 7, will have their credits reviewed for transfer to AS-206. All chasers who logged into the IOTA system  at least once during  the  last two years will be  automatically  informed by a credit  re-allocation.  This will alert them to the need  to find  a  replacement card or  QSO match  for AS-117 with a prefix JA3, 4 or 9 to regain credit. Other record-holders for whom Management no longer retains an  email address will have any necessary transfer made automatically. The intention is to transfer all credits to the correct IOTA group within  a few weeks. As this is quite a big job, patience is requested”

MIDWAY ISLAND 2020 —> Ron KH6DV  has announced  that KH6VV/KH4 “will acti- vate Midway Atoll the last two weeks in February 2020”. Operators interested in joining  the  DXpedition  are  invited  to  contact  him  by  email.  See https://dx-world.net/kh6vv-kh4-midway-island-2020/ for  few preliminary  de- tails (and comments).

VP8/VP8DXU —> The  project  planning  for  the  2020  South Orkney Islands DXpedition [425DXN 1469] continues  on  schedule.  During the weekend of  12 July seven team members and three volunteers met in  Placerville, California to prepare the tents for use on Signy Island, 60m FT8 has been added to  the operating plan, and the fundraising  campaign continues:  “team members made their 2nd payment to the project, and our  2nd payment to  the  ‘Braveheart’ was processed”, the  VP8/VP8DXU  team  reported  on  27 July.  “As  of  this writing, 33 clubs/foundations and 273 individuals  have shown their  support for the project.  While we’re making progress,  we have a long way  to go to reach the goal of 50% team member funding of the  estimated project cost  of USD 325,000. Please keep in mind, serious DXpeditions,  especially those  in the  Southern Ocean,  must  pay  the bills  before  leaving home,  we are no exception. If you need  South Orkneys for an  ATNO,  or plan to work us,  we would appreciate your help”. Please visit https://sorkney.com/  and consider making a donation.

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What You Need To Know About All The Democrats At South By Southwest This Year

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Democrats with an eye on the future have descended this year on South by Southwest, the multi-genre festival in Austin, Texas.

The worlds of music, tech, hipster-dom and entertainment have now played host to a who’s who of presidential candidates and newly minted political stars.

Here’s everything that’s happened so far, why it matters and what to expect.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was greeted like a rock star.

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) had one of the most well-attended events of the early portion of SXSW, according to media reports. The first-year congresswoman spoke at length about her support for Democratic socialism and said she wasn’t interested in taking “baby steps” when it came to policy ideas.

“We view ambition as youthful naiveté when… the greatest things we have ever accomplished as a society have been ambitious acts of vision,” Ocasio-Cortez said at an event Saturday. “The ‘meh’ is worshipped now. For what? Like, for what?”

.@AOC’s critique of “moderates” is spot on.

Moderates are more naive than the visionaries if they think tinkering around the edges will solve systemic problems in our democracy and economy.

It’s time to rewrite the social contract, not manage decline.pic.twitter.com/3Xhd3R1WYK

— Waleed Shahid (@_waleedshahid) March 9, 2019

Ocasio-Cortez also had a surprise appearance with Bill Nye the Science Guy, who took to Twitter to praise the representative for her work on ambitious climate legislation.

“AOC gets it,” Nye wrote on social media. “She sees that fear is dividing us. We can address income inequality. We can address climate change, if we get together and get to work.”

Stacey Abrams hinted at her political future.

Former Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams may have narrowly lost her race in November, but the Democrat has emerged as a political force.

Shortly after a discussion with PBS “NewsHour” reporter Yamiche Alcindor, in which Abrams suggested that the earliest she’d consider running for president was 2028, the lawmaker clarified her remarks to say that timeline had dramatically moved forward.

“Life comes at you fast,” Abrams wrote on Twitter later Monday. “Now 2020 is definitely on the table.”

In #LeadFromTheOutside, I explore how to be intentional about plans, but flexible enough to adapt. 20 years ago, I never thought I’d be ready to run for POTUS before 2028. But life comes at you fast – as I shared in Q&A w @Yamiche at @sxsw. Now 2020 is definitely on the table…

— Stacey Abrams (@staceyabrams) March 11, 2019

Many have speculated about Abrams’ plans following her narrow loss to Republican Brian Kemp in an election mired in claims of voter suppression. Some leading Democrats have reportedly been urging her to consider a potential bid for the Senate in 2020 or another run at the Georgia governor’s seat in 2022. Were she to join the Democratic fray for the White House, she’d be part of an already busy field of candidates vying to replace President Donald Trump.

CNN hosted a trio of town halls.

The news network has been hosting a series of town hall-style events with some of the more notable (or controversial) candidates who have launched presidential bids or declared their intentions to seek the White House in 2020. In Austin, CNN hosted a three-hour back-to-back event Sunday with Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-Hawaii), former Rep. John Delaney of Maryland and Mayor Pete Buttigieg ofSouth Bend, Indiana.

While Gabbard had a few interesting things to say about Syrian leader Bashar Assad, Buttigieg was widely hailed as the top performer of the night. Many praised his nonpolitical style, and he saw the single-biggest fundraising day of his campaign on Monday. CNN noted he raised around $600,000 in the 24-hour period after the event.

Elizabeth Warren made Facebook (even more?) mad.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) used her time at SXSW to defend a newly unveiled proposal to break up some of the world’s largest tech companies, including Amazon, Google and Facebook.

“My view on this is it’s a little like baseball,” Warren said at the event, according to reports. “You can be an umpire, a platform, or you can own teams, that’s fine. But you can’t be an umpire and own teams.”

She later addressed criticism that the move would affect the tech world, noting: “This only affects tech monopolists. Less monopoly profits? Boo-hoo.”

The proposal led to a bizarre public relations blunder at Facebook, which deleted several campaign ads from Warren’s presidential account that touted the proposal. The company quickly reversed its decision amid criticism from Warren herself and said it was in the process of restoring them Monday evening.

Curious why I think FB has too much power? Let’s start with their ability to shut down a debate over whether FB has too much power. Thanks for restoring my posts. But I want a social media marketplace that isn’t dominated by a single censor. #BreakUpBigTech https://t.co/UPS6dozOxn

— Elizabeth Warren (@ewarren) March 11, 2019

Beto O’Rourke watched a documentary of himself.

Potential Democratic candidate Beto O’Rourke was in Austin to watch the premiere of a film about his popular but unsuccessful bid to unseat Republican Sen. Ted Cruz in last year’s election.

O’Rouke received a standing ovation at the screening of “Running With Beto” and addressed the historic nature of his campaign, but he failed to nail down any firm pledges on 2020.

“There are so many candidacies, so many leaders,” O’Rourke said. “We got to be part of this amazing thing in Texas over the last two years, and it continues.”

The Houston Chronicle noted the former congressman said he wished he “had more to give” reporters about his 2020 prospects. “I want to make sure I do it the right way. I’ve got to be on the timeline that works for my family and for the country.”

Massive standing ovation for Beto O’Rourke & his family following the premiere of #RunningWithBeto. Rowdy, passionate & super emotional screening of a doc that above all else proves it’s not about the size of the dog in the fight, it’s about the size of the fight in the dog#SXSW pic.twitter.com/Se7wnPNE8P

— Erik Davis (@ErikDavis) March 9, 2019

Howard Schultz is still mulling but had a bad time.

The former Starbucks CEO still hasn’t formally launched a bid for the White House as an independent candidate, but Howard Schultz still seems to be testing waters that appear increasingly frigid, according to the Daily Beast.

At a SXSW panel with NBC’s Dylan Byers, Schultz questioned if reports that he was unpopular were true and slammed some of the Democratic Party’s biggest firebrands, saying, “You can’t try to solve one extreme with another.”

“They love the country. They have their core beliefs. But you have to ask them, is any of this possible?” Schultz said of Ocasio-Cortez and Warren. “The vast majority of Americans are not going to embrace socialism.”

He later reiterated his past statements that he would do “nothing to re-elect Donald Trump” but said he still planned to “play” out his potential candidacy.

Amy Klobuchar and Julian Castro campaigned as normal.

Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) and former Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julian Castro appeared at campaign-style interviews during the festival and spoke about a bevy of policy proposals.

Klobuchar addressed the comb incident (“It was me sort of doing a mom thing”), and Castro said he was a “progressive,” but neither made any headline-grabbing comments that have propelled them to the front of the increasingly growing pack of candidates. 

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“Elderly associates of the association are actuality targeted, generally by their ancestors members, to get admission to the fentanyl that would be assigned to them to administer serious, abiding pain,” Ms Usher said.

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Participants cited biologic and booze corruption problems and socio-economic disadvantage as drivers of a broader botheration aural the community.

Many interviewees cited a abridgement of specialised casework as one of the key challenges.

One actor told researchers:

I can get a actuality to rehab, but if the boondocks doesn’t accept a biologic and booze [worker], aback they appear aback there is nothing.

Researchers were told about methods bodies acclimated to access decree medication, including doctor arcade and burglary from people’s homes while the occupants were asleep.

One adjustment acclaimed included adults enlisting amateur to accomplish breach and enters “because they don’t get into trouble”.

The address heard bodies actuality targeted by ancestors associates or bodies they knew for their medication was not actuality reported.

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One actuality told advisers bodies did not accept the adventuresomeness to address bodies they knew:

When are you able abundant to do it [report] aback you don’t accept the support? And we are talking, you know, lots of families accomplishing that [drug diversion] now.

Police said they could not accouter the association with the appropriate assets unless the affairs were actuality reported.

“When we apprehend additional or third-hand information, it is not of any absolute amount to us that we can go ‘Oh, well, there is a absolute botheration here’,” Orana Mid Western Police Commune abomination administrator Rod Blackman said.

“Like all things, we absolutely await on bodies advertisement apprehensive behaviour or abomination so we can act.”

Coonamble Shire Council acquainted the address did not accurately represent the issue.

Mayor Michael Webb said not abundant bodies were interviewed, and some accounts aggregate by interviewees could accept been abandoned events.

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“I anticipate it was a decay of money,” Cr Webb said.

Ms Usher emphasised Coonamble’s apropos were not unique.

“A lot of baby communities beyond Australia are analogously afflicted by this issue,” she said.

“Drug aberration as able-bodied as the corruption of added drugs, including methylamphetamines and in accurate the biologic ice and added drugs that are generally accessed illegally.”

The address recommended a affairs to animate the safe dispensing of patches, added association awareness, and added able agents to advice with biologic management.

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Interview: Stewart Lockie

Stewart Lockie joined ABK in 2009 with over 26 years banking experience. He worked previously in Retail Banking in Egypt and the United Kingdom with Ahli United Bank and Barclays Bank for 18 years. He holds an MSc from the University of South Wales in Management, an MBA in Chartered Banking from Bangor University and he is a qualified Chartered Manager and a Chartered Banker with the Chartered Banking Institute in the UK.

Excerpts of an interview:

How do you see the year ahead for retail banking in the region? Are you optimistic about growth?

Aligned to economic growth reports from ratings agencies (S&P, Moody’s), we are expecting solid growth in 2019.

Our growth predictions are aligned S&P forecasts, who are predicting lending growth forecasts to remain in the mid-single digits, on the back of stable oil prices.

From ABK’s perspective, over the last 5 years, on average, ABK’s asset growth has exceed that of the Kuwait market and we expect to continue this trend into 2019.

Al Ahli Bank has launched a lot of innovative products/services in 2018. Which ones are seeing the strongest uptake and which have the greatest potential for growth in 2019?

2018

We developed a range of offerings aligned to specific customer and segment needs with a strong focus on payments and digital solutions:

In the payments space:

ABK secure pay services for Mastercard provides added safety, security and convenience for our customers shopping online using the 3D secure service.

Customer convenience in the form of “tap or wave” payments at POS machines has become available with the introduction of new NFC (Near Field Payments) technology on MasterCard products.

In the In the digital space:

Cardless withdrawals, where customers are able to withdraw cash from ATMs using their mobile phones.

Global Account View, where customers can view their account details across the ABK Group using a single login.

Civil ID update, allowing customers to fulfill basic KYC requirements using the ATM, at their convenience without needing to visit a branch

2019

We will continue with a similar approach in 2019, building customer centric solutions with the customer journey in mind. Ultimately these will focus on both traditional retail offerings with payment and digital solutions at the forefront.

  What challenges are you facing in the retail banking sector at the moment?

Increasing Customer Expectations – In a market such a Kuwait, against a backdrop of high GDP, disposable income, online activity and frequent travel; customer’s expectations of banking are being driven not just by industry leaders, but from outside of the industry. Whether this is Google, Apple or more locally Emirates, the bar is being raised when it comes to customer experience, service and the overall journey. As a bank we are committed to a strategy that will build on digital solutions, simplicity and service excellence. Ultimately, despite a young local demographic in Kuwait, we are still focused meeting the needs of current and future customers and so we are committed to an omni channel presence that provides the customer with the right level of service/ advice at a place that is right for them, whether it be a physical branch, call centre or internet banking.

Big Data – This is both an opportunity and a challenge. This represents one of the most exciting opportunities in consolidating both internal (demographics, transactional)and external data (social media, behavioural), which will allow better predictive profiles of customers in real time. Customer data that is rich, accessible and accurate will give us a better customer understanding, enabling us to offer advice develop propositions based on predictive modelling.

Payments – as the infrastructure of payments continues to evolve, innovation is likely to move the payments industry from developing “stand alone” products to more “holistic” solutions, becoming a part of everything consumers do across their everyday lives. Linking back to dig data, differentiation will come from a combination of rich data, technology and excellence in service and delivery.

Competition – the competition of the future will be different from the competition of yesterday. Big tech companies with substantial customer bases (Amazon, Facebook, AliBaba) are venturing into retail banking and its their understanding of customer behaviours and spending patterns combined with agility when it comes to payment solutions that makes them a threat.

  What do you expect to be the sweet spots in retail banking in 2019?

Customer expectations – As previously mentioned, customer expectations are being driven by both banking and non banking experiences and we will continue to focus on our core strengths whilst monitoring changing trends in the digital, payments and customer experience space.

From a customer viewpoint, ease and convenience need to be balanced with safety and security.

Simplification – In a world of complexity simplification of products and services will become an important tool in differentiation along with focus on service. From a retail banking perspective, most customers want to open an account, save money, get a credit card/ payment solution or take a loan. This approach of simplification has the approach of focusing both our employees and customers.

  How are you working with fintechs?

The industry as a whole (ABK is no exception) is now treating fintechs as an opportunity, not a threat as previously perceived. We have and will continue to work with Fintechs in a way that supports our business strategy and ultimately provides the best solutions for our customers.

This will include collaboration in the space of: AI, Robotics, Cyber Security and Big Data. (what we would define as A2 B2 C2)

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Australia plans law for tech firms to hand over encrypted private data

SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia on Tuesday proposed a new law requiring technology firms such as Alphabet Inc’s Google, Facebook and Apple to give police access to private encrypted data linked to suspected illegal activities.

FILE PHOTO: A woman looks at the Facebook logo on an iPad in this photo illustration taken June 3, 2018. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau/File Photo

The measure, which targets platforms the Australian government says could be used for criminal activities or to plan a terror attack, would require police to get a court warrant to access the encrypted data.

It sets fines of up to A$10 million ($7.3 million) for institutions that do not comply, and jail time for individuals, but has yet to be presented in parliament and it was not clear when it could become law.

The measure will pull Australia’s security laws in line with new technology, said Angus Taylor, the minister for law enforcement and cybersecurity.

“Our legislation for telecommunication intercepts, being able to access data, in order to investigate and prosecute criminal activity, with a warrant, is no longer fit for purpose,” he told Reuters.

“Whether it’s pedophiles or terrorists or drug dealers, it makes sure we have legislation fit for purpose in a modern era,” he added, referring to the proposed measure.

FILE PHOTO: A logo is pictured at Google’s European Engineering Center in Zurich, Switzerland July 19, 2018 REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann/File Photo

An industry group that includes Google, Twitter, Facebook, Yahoo! and Microsoft called for a “constructive and public dialogue” with the government as the Assistance and Access Bill 2018 goes through parliament.

“We work every day to help protect the privacy of people who use our services and strongly support the economic and social benefits of encryption technology,” said Nicole Buskiewicz, managing director of Digital Industry Group Inc.

“At the same time, we appreciate the hard work governments do to keep us safe,” she said in a statement.

Apple did not immediately respond to request for a comment.

Cybersecurity experts worried about a lack of judicial oversight, saying the policy was out of step with privacy laws elsewhere. 

“There appears to be a sense of chaos and confusion in the government as to how to reconcile privacy principles with legitimate enforcement interests,” said Greg Austin, a cybersecurity expert at the University of New South Wales in Canberra.

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Reporting by Erin Cooper; Editing by Swati Pandey and Darren Schuettler

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Australia plans law for tech firms to hand over encrypted private data

SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia on Tuesday proposed a new law requiring technology firms such as Alphabet Inc’s Google, Facebook and Apple to give police access to private encrypted data linked to suspected illegal activities.

FILE PHOTO: A woman looks at the Facebook logo on an iPad in this photo illustration taken June 3, 2018. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau/File Photo

The measure, which targets platforms the Australian government says could be used for criminal activities or to plan a terror attack, would require police to get a court warrant to access the encrypted data.

It sets fines of up to A$10 million ($7.3 million) for institutions that do not comply, and jail time for individuals, but has yet to be presented in parliament and it was not clear when it could become law.

The measure will pull Australia’s security laws in line with new technology, said Angus Taylor, the minister for law enforcement and cybersecurity.

“Our legislation for telecommunication intercepts, being able to access data, in order to investigate and prosecute criminal activity, with a warrant, is no longer fit for purpose,” he told Reuters.

“Whether it’s pedophiles or terrorists or drug dealers, it makes sure we have legislation fit for purpose in a modern era,” he added, referring to the proposed measure.

FILE PHOTO: A logo is pictured at Google’s European Engineering Center in Zurich, Switzerland July 19, 2018 REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann/File Photo

An industry group that includes Google, Twitter, Facebook, Yahoo! and Microsoft called for a “constructive and public dialogue” with the government as the Assistance and Access Bill 2018 goes through parliament.

“We work every day to help protect the privacy of people who use our services and strongly support the economic and social benefits of encryption technology,” said Nicole Buskiewicz, managing director of Digital Industry Group Inc.

“At the same time, we appreciate the hard work governments do to keep us safe,” she said in a statement.

Apple did not immediately respond to request for a comment.

Cybersecurity experts worried about a lack of judicial oversight, saying the policy was out of step with privacy laws elsewhere. 

“There appears to be a sense of chaos and confusion in the government as to how to reconcile privacy principles with legitimate enforcement interests,” said Greg Austin, a cybersecurity expert at the University of New South Wales in Canberra.

($1=1.3759 Australian dollars)

Reporting by Erin Cooper; Editing by Swati Pandey and Darren Schuettler

Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.