Recent figures suggest that the hospitality industry in East Cheshire is enjoying especially buoyant times, with a positive multiplier effect for the local economy. Continue reading Cheshire hospitality sector bolsters local economy
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Understanding Orthodontic Clinical Guidelines
It is important for dental practitioners to follow clinical guidelines laid down to protect the standards of practice. For orthodontic retention there are methods of practice which ensure that teeth are treated in the right way to align them appropriately and then maintain their new position. There are various issues that can affect retention protocol, such as lower incisor alignment, rotations of interior teeth, over-bites, open-bites, cross-bites and more. Continue reading Understanding Orthodontic Clinical Guidelines
Retrospective: 2015 soft drinks industry performance
Enhanced Waters
Manufacturers and brands specialising in forms of enhanced water – such as those with vitamins or reputed health benefits – have been able to capitalise on the decline in the popularity of conventional carbonated sugary drinks. Energy drinks have performed well, especially with younger consumers, and they remain a rapidly growing sector of the soft drink market. Sports and performance drinks continued to grow in 2015 alongside healthier ready-to-drink tea and coffee options.
Classic bottled water increased by 6 per cent in volumes compared to last year and remains a strong performer. As a result of competition, consumer awareness, and economic factors, 2015 saw the slowest volume growth rate for global carbonates in the last 15 years. Markets as varied as North America, Latin America, and East and Western Europe were all affected.
Emerging markets including India, Russia, and China were the hardest hit by the declines, with Russia experiencing a fall in retail volume of 7 per cent in the soft drinks category.
Health-Conscious Consumers
Recent research indicates that consumers are more health- and fitness-conscious than ever before, and this has had a corresponding impact on their choices of beverages. Sports drinks and bottled water were particularly strong performers for 2015, which supports the notion that consumers wish to make healthier choices. The range of choices is set to increase due to a combination of public health campaigns, retailer efforts to meet consumers’ new demands, and the ongoing government effort to investigate excise tax options.
Health-conscious consumers are often influenced by news stories such as the BBC’s recent article. Any changes to policy are expected to affect the entire line of soft drinks production, from the start of manufacturing and ingredient selection,to equipment providers like established draught soft drink supplier Empire UK right through to small and supermarket retailers.
Full Sugar and Fruit Juice
Interestingly, however, full-sugar and calorie carbonates outperformed their reduced-sugar counterparts in the Asian Pacific and North American markets. Added ingredients and artificial sweeteners are still met with suspicion by consumers even if the overall calorie count is low. While fruit juices have been under pressure due to pricing and have seen a corresponding decline by 4 per cent in the North American market and 2 per cent in Western Europe, there is also increasing scrutiny on their high calorie and sugar content.
Land Rover Defender Reaches the End of the Line
The word icon tends to be overused these days, but in the case of the Land Rover Defender it’s well justified. Few vehicles, other than perhaps the original VW Beetle, are so instantly recognisable and have had such a long production life. Continue reading Land Rover Defender Reaches the End of the Line
Local SEO: So Where Are You?
Carrying out a website audit is imperative when trying to achieve a successful optimisation campaign and will identify the quality of your SEO service provider. Continue reading Local SEO: So Where Are You?
Three hotly anticipated company cars for 2016
When it comes to company cars, manufacturers pull out all the stops to secure huge contracts from companies all over the world. The biggest names in car manufacturing battle it out every year to impress big business, and 2016 is no different. Continue reading Three hotly anticipated company cars for 2016
The marketing revolution: The semantic web
The idea that a digital service (search) alters the way we behave normally might seem absurd. Before the semantic searches were to Google (and all other search engines); they were busy indexing websites and struggling to sort through the relevant information so that they could emerge, spam-free, high-quality results response to a search query. Continue reading The marketing revolution: The semantic web
Rwanda and Seychelles to Strengthen Tourism Partnership
You might wonder what the land-locked East African state of Rwanda and the Seychelles, a group of islands in the Indian Ocean, have in common. Both are part of Africa, of course, but beyond that there would seem to be little to link them. In fact, although both states are culturally diverse with their own unique attractions, they both have stunning national parks and the opportunity to view wildlife in its natural habitat. This means there is opportunity for them both to benefit from the other’s experience in promoting tourism. Continue reading Rwanda and Seychelles to Strengthen Tourism Partnership
Honor 5X touchdown: A midrange 2015 who wants to be the best in its category in 2016
Last year, the mobile phone was an unusual character. Accustomed to the high-end models carry the baton, 2015 was a year of inflection in which we saw a lot of phones that cost about 200 dollars proving to be a solution very capable for most users: Motorola Moto G, BQ Aquaris M5, X5 Aquarius, Xiaomi Mi4i, Alcatel Idol 3, Xperia M4 … the list was long and the trend for this year pointed in this direction as well. Continue reading Honor 5X touchdown: A midrange 2015 who wants to be the best in its category in 2016
Ring – how to crack the Wi-Fi doorbell
Specialists companies Pen Test Partners describe a simple method that allows you to see your password on your home wireless network after spending an attack on the doorbell. The process takes a few minutes and can be made transparent to the owner.
Solutions from the field of IoT are becoming available, but often they threaten the security rather than improve it. Now they appeared on the market “smart” doorbells of different firms. One of the popular models – Ring – is equipped with a proximity sensor, camera, speaker and the module Wi-Fi 802.11 b / g / n 2.4 GHz. Such calls can be easily connected to a home wireless network and become part of the security system.
Ring activates the recording by pressing a button or self-fixing approach. Video and audio are transmitted on a smartphone or other mobile device owners through the Internet. The free app Ring App is available for OS Android, iOS and Windows 10. For an additional fee of $ 3 per month, you can connect corporate cloud service for archiving video.
Optional call is connected to the electronic lock, so this allows you to manage security door remotely. Right on your phone, you can see who came to answer the visitor through the built-in speaker, or open the door for him, even while away from home.
This would seem obvious convenience and a step towards a “smart home”, but at the level of implementation is not so smooth. During the study, the experts found Pen Test Partners mismatch Ring basic safety requirements. Videocall easily removed from the fixtures. Aware of this problem, the company even guarantees the free replacement of the stolen unit. However, to find out your password Wi-Fi, the call did not necessarily take home.
On its reverse side has an orange button that, when clicked, translated Ring setting mode. This built-in HTTP-server Gainspan starts as a point of Wi-Fi access with a standard name: Ring-XXX, where XXX – last three octets of the MAC-address.
For video calls Ring in access point mode, you can connect without authorization known address: http://192.168.240.1. Just type it into your browser and go to the Configuration tab: http://192.168.240.1/gainspan/system/config/network
This page displays the basic wireless settings of the call, including the SSID used by the Wi-Fi network and the password to connect to it. Key PSK Set in tags [password]. It is displayed in plain text form, as well as all other data.
Calculating the developer are that the company did not shut down the dangerous functions embedded HTTP-server and does not use additional security measures – such as encryption of configuration files, access authorization and complexity of physical access to the outside.
After getting acquainted with the results of Ring, the developers have changed the mounting system and released a new version of firmware. Patched modules video call does not store passwords in the clear. However, they left the other vulnerabilities associated with light physical access to e-filling. To solve their need is already on the physical level.