KingsIsle Entertainment released two new worlds, Marleybone and Aquila, for its massively multiplayer online family game, Pirate101. The release also includes numerous new features. "This is a substantial update to Pirate101 – ...
Tags: Consumer Electronics, Kingsisle, Pirate101
New Chinese automotive brand Qoros has announced it will introduce a cloud-based infotainment service as standard equipment on all its future models. Dubbed 'QorosQloud', and developed in collaboration with Microsoft, the system allows ...
Tags: Auto Parts, Transportation
Park Tool has released the third edition of its Big Blue Book of Bicycle Repair. The 241-page manual addresses the most advanced technology used in today's bicycles including electronic shifting, new suspension and disc brake systems and ...
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Global shipments for motion control products fell by 7.7% in first quarter 2013, according to new statistics released by the Motion Control Assoc. (MCA), the industry's trade group. "Despite the low numbers in first quarter 2013, we still ...
Penguin has settled with U.S. states in an e-book price-fixing lawsuit, leaving only Apple now in the fray. Four other publishers accused of price-fixing with Apple settled earlier with the 33 states and territories and the U.S. ...
One of the world’s longest lasting light bulbs is now over 110 years old. Called the Centennial Light, this primitive bulb is located in Livermore, Calif., and is currently maintained by the Livermore-Pleasanton Fire Department. But ...
Tags: Texas Eternal Light, Light Bulb
Marshall & Swift/Boeckh (MSB) has signed a strategic partnership agreement with Weather Fusion to help insurance carriers to proactively identify pre-existing hail damage on new business and renewal portfolio. The partnership will deliver ...
Tags: MSB Partners, Weather Fusion
Reaching the Western world (1815–1820s) The tangram had already been around in China for a long time when it was first brought to America by Captain M. Donnaldson, on his ship, Trader, in 1815. When it docked in Canton, the captain ...
To get an idea of how American coastal waters might look just before they succumb to all the degradations they have suffered these past five centuries, it would be worth taking a July trip to Mobile Bay, an Alabama inlet that feeds into the ...
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Revenues of € 100.0 million were achieved by Pfeiffer Vacuum in the first quarter of 2013. “Considering that we started the year 2013 with an order intake of € 97 million in the fourth quarter of 2012, we can be reasonably ...
Acorda Therapeutics has obtained additional US patent for ampyra covering a range of dosage strengths. Ampyra, referred to as fampridine in some countries outside the US, is indicated for the treatment to improve walking in patients with ...
Scott Humphrey, Chief Executive Officer, WFCA, announced recently that the first leg of the WFCA annual consumer media tour in Manhattan was a tremendous success. Following New York, the WFCA team will take the tour to Birmingham, AL to ...
Tags: WFCA, Consumer Awareness Campaign, Construction&Decoration
There's a good reason why Americans consume 11.7 pounds of chocolate each year. Not only is it delicious and indulgent, chocolate releases chemicals in the body such as serotonin and endorphins that put us in a good mood. The ...
Tags: Revamped Packaging, Packaging, US
North America-based manufacturers of semiconductor equipment posted $1.17 billion in orders worldwide in April 2013 (three-month average basis) and a book-to-bill ratio of 1.08, according to the April EMDS Book-to-Bill Report published ...
Debenhams became the first retailer to sign up to the Equity code for fair treatment of models in all of its photo shoots, TV ads, PR 'look books' and images on Debenhams.com. The retailer is the second organisation to sign the code of ...
Tags: Apparel, Accessories