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Amazon announces the Annual Prime Day Sales Event

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  The Prolonged Postponement Global e-commerce giant Amazon recently announced that it will host its annual Prime Day sales event on October 13 and 14. Prime Day, which normally takes place in mid-July, had been postponed due to the pandemic. The event is  Amazon ’s version of Christmas in the summer, and sales routinely outpace the Black Friday. Moreover, this is the latest that Amazon has ever held Prime Day as it will take place in the fourth quarter for the first time. The fourth quarter also includes two industrywide holiday deals events including the Black Friday and Cyber Monday. “We think Prime Day this year will be bigger than it has ever been,” said Jamil Ghani, Vice president of Amazon Prime. “It certainly has been an unprecedented year and we have been preparing for what follows all year. We think Oct. 13 and 14 is the right time to kick off a successful and safe holiday season,” he added. Spotlighting the Products and Hooking New Members Amazon launched its inaugu...

8 Expectations vs. Reality of Winter Break at Home

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  Winter falls with two-three weeks of cool holidays.   Holidays  full of memories—meeting with friends, spending time with family, and sitting at home, eating, and watching TV all day in pajamas. They say time flies when you’re having fun. If that’s real! Students far from home must pat themselves on the back for all the efforts waking all night, studying, preparing 10-page papers, and endless stacks of notecards. For successfully managing new friendships, communal bathrooms, and educational horizons. And hopefully having a little fun too. Now it’s time to wrap up study stuff, pack up clothes, and head home for   winter   break. Winter break is all about fun or time to get things done and accomplish goals. Overall, everyone has some sort of expectations that sometimes get overhyped, and a lot of times reality shreds those expectations, and thus, the reality turns often disappointing. Let’s fall to match up some winter break expectations vs. reality things; Pack...

With Print Supplies Disrupted, Online Learning Widens Educational Inequalities

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  Education must not be for those who can afford the technology The dramatic shift of the school curriculum as a result of the  COVID-19 pandemic  has transformed the way students learn as they are becoming more diverse and internationalized. However, this is not the case with students from the poorest families living without Internet access. And because education matters with respect to later jobs, income, and health, setbacks now will last a lifetime. Online learning risks equalities The COVID-19 pandemic has upended the tradition of the physical institutions to learn. Now, many educational institutions are on laptops and smart screens, and the internet has replaced physical books. It’s been an extraordinarily fast—transition, affecting every age group of students. Online courses in schools and universities are becoming more central to their teaching—peeling old open online courses (MOOCs) offerings. The impact of this educational revolution represents significant risks...

Women in Agribusiness Demeter Award recipients announced

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  BOSTON (August 26, 2020)  – Three women have been recognized with the   Women in  Agribusiness Demeter Award of Excellence   for their outstanding achievements in ag. They are: Ponsi Trivisvavet of Inari, Priscila Vansetti Machado of Corteva Agriscience and Amy Wu of From Farms to Incubators. Each recipient will be recognized at the 9 th   annual   Women in   Agribusiness (WIA) Summit,   which will be held virtually this year on September 16-18. “We have a saying here at Women in Agribusiness, and it’s ‘lift while you climb’,” said Joy O’Shaughnessy, WIA event director and chief operating officer for  HighQuest Group , the company that hosts the WIA Summit. “And these three women embody this philosophy, not to mention excel at our goal of building a growing community of trailblazers. We are delighted to recognize them with the Demeter Award of Excellence for their dedication, team-spirit and incredible accomplishments.” The annual awar...

10 Trending IOS Apps of 2018 that You Must Install Right Now

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  Every day numerous mobile apps hit the market. The innovation and great user interference that some of them have made it very difficult for users to uninstall those apps. Furthermore, as they address specific problems that we face every day, it becomes mandatory to keep them on our phones. But, it becomes very difficult to browse all of them and try ourselves to see which apps fit our needs. This has inspired me to list 10 trending IOS apps that will make your daily life more interesting. Spotify Category – Music Price – Free Rating 4.8/5 Description – Everything is better with music.  Spotify  allows you to listen to your favorite jams on demand (premium plan). The app has a radio option to discover new tunes, great playlists like “Discover Weekly” and “Release Radar,” and allows users to sync music to users' phones to listen offline. Selection makes it more than worth it. The pros of this app are that the large variety of songs and artists, which is spectacular. It’s ...

Apple’s Big Announcements- Launches Brand New Series of Watch and iPad

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The most awaited iPhone 12 remained unannounced at the  “Time Flies”  event held on 15 th  September 2020. Though the crowd has to wait for the new iPhone addition, there were few add-ons to the Apple Family. The event revealed the brand new Apple Watch Series 6 and iPad Air to its collection. Here are the four major announcements from the virtual show: The first announcement The new  Apple Watch Series 6 ($399) the GPS version, is expected to keep a track of blood oxygen levels. Exceptionally, the screen of this watch can get 2.5 times brighter outdoors and possesses an altimeter that never goes off. The shades of the device are the blue aluminum case, gold stainless steel, gray stainless steel named graphite. There are two more interesting watch products – Red Model and a watch face showing Memoji. The second announcement After the announcement of the Apple Watch Series 6, Apple came up with another addition to the iPad series. The modernized  iPad Air ($599) ...

Google’s Gradual shift towards the Go-Green Initiative

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  Alphabet Inc’s Google has recently become the biggest company in the world to publically commit to the go- green initiative. Sundar Pichai, the chief executive of  Google , confirmed that the company will stimulate its data hubs and offices with renewable energy by 2030. Sundar Pichai, described the move as a “stretch goal”, stating that it will force Google to move past the tech industry standards of offsetting carbon emissions from electricity use. He added, “ The problem is so immense, many of us need to lead the way and show solutions .” We have already witnessed severe wildfires burning occurrence this month, which have raised public awareness of climate change. Consequently, if the environmental issues are not resolved it will lead to more earthquakes, firestorms and droughts, and more. Google wants to bring the initiative into limelight through its new goal as well as product features. Google has been carbon neutral since 2007 and has also planted trees and induced ca...

The 5 Best Sport Technology Providers That understand The Market Needs

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  The collaboration between sports and technology started long back. Assistance from technology always helped sports either in decision making or in the betterment of the sports. Whether its cricket, football, or any other popular sports, the involvement of technology is on the rise. There is hardly any sport played without the use of technology. Being a huge football fan, the introduction of VAR in football is one of the latest examples of involvement of technology into sports. And for those who are wondering, what VAR is?  VAR stands for Video Assistant Referee that helps the head referee to make the decision using video footage and headset for communication. Since its introduction a lot has changed in football, especially in the decision making in the crucial moments is now slightly easier than before. Such exciting technologies aiding the sports sector are covered in Mirror Review’s latest magazine issue of  “The Top Cutting Edge Sports Technology Solution Providers 2...