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[hazl] 22/2/2024 10:19

That scale of growth is bound to appeal to many publishers across the gaming industry, many of which have swelled in recent years through the covid-era-combo of low interest rates on building acquisition warchests and peak interest from the stay-at-home masses. Should Microsoft’s consolidated content package bear fruit for advertisers with unobtrusive campaigns (see the patent the firm filed for how this may be done across PC and console), we could yet see in-game advertising finally hit the mainstream.

[hazl] 22/2/2024 10:15

Truss added: “So I think that’s the issue we now face as conservatives. It’s not enough just to will conservative policies and say we want to control our borders or we want to cut taxes or we want to reform our welfare system because we have a whole group of people now in Britain with a vested interest in the status quo who actually have a lot of power.”

“Now people are joining the civil service who are essentially activists,” Truss said. “They might be trans activists, they might be environmental extremists but they are now having a voice within the civil service in a way I don’t think was true 30 or 40 years ago. So we just have a wholly new problem and, frankly, a hundred political appointees doesn’t even touch the sides in terms of dealing with them.”

[hazl] 21/2/2024 10:12

Inventors in industries with a low propensity to patent – such as brewing, chemicals, earthenware and food processing – usually opted to conceal their inventions and keep them secret instead (Moser, 2012; Nuvolari and Sumner, 2013; Lane, 2019).

The key advantage of this strategy is that it doesn’t carry the costs of taking out a patent, or the sharing of valuable knowledge with competitors through the publication of the patent specification.

[hazl] 21/2/2024 10:00

When do firms not use patents and trademarks to protect ...
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This tells us that patents are expensive but sometimes worth it.

[hazl] 20/2/2024 14:15

Last month, a huge cache of confidential emails from Microsoft’s gaming team was accidentally leaked. The exposure detailed prospective new versions of its Xbox console, thoughts on competitors in the market, and even suggestions to acquire Japanese gaming colossus Nintendo. According to the leaked documents, Microsoft aims to grow its gaming-associated advertising revenue to USD$1.4bn (£1.1bn) in 2030. While this may seem a relatively insignificant slice for a company which currently generates over USD$56bn (£45.8bn) quarterly, there are two key points to consider. First, the high profitability associated with advertising - Uber has finally reached profitability not via delivering grub to the hungover masses, but through advertising. Second, that USD$1.4bn (£1.1bn) figure would represent a CAGR of 46% from 2022.

That scale of growth is bound to appeal to many publishers across the gaming industry, many of which have swelled in recent years through the covid-era-combo of low interest rates on building acquisition warchests and peak interest from the stay-at-home masses. Should Microsoft’s consolidated content package bear fruit for advertisers with unobtrusive campaigns (see the patent the firm filed for how this may be done across PC and console), we could yet see in-game advertising finally hit the mainstream.

[hazl] 19/2/2024 06:56

Thanks to Que Passa.

[hazl] 16/2/2024 20:22

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[hazl] 15/2/2024 19:47

"We're undergoing a soft coup... under the pretext of pandemic preparedness and the biosecurity agenda."

Dr. Meryl Nass explains how the WHO's proposed pandemic treaty will enable the WHO "to take over jurisdiction of everything in the world by saying that climate change, animals, plants, water systems [and] ecosystems are all central to health".

In addition to that, it will remove human rights protections, enforce censorship and digital passports, require governments to push a single "official" narrative, and enable the WHO to declare "pandemics" on a whim.

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[hazl] 15/2/2024 19:46

Canada rebrands carbon tax rebates to fend off opposition attacks

The Canadian government, seeking to defend its signature carbon tax from opposition attacks, on Wednesday announced a new branding strategy to underscore that the policy means most people receive rebates.

The tax on fossil fuels, in effect since 2019, is intended to accelerate a switch to clean energy. Canadians receive quarterly rebates to make the measure revenue neutral but officials admit this fact is little understood.

The payments will henceforth be called the Canada Carbon Rebate rather than the Climate Action Incentive Payment.

"The previous name was a bit difficult to understand, even for many people to remember. This will likely make it easier," Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault told reporters.
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[hazl] 14/2/2024 11:46

Look who wrote the above.

[hazl] 13/2/2024 09:40

Brave Bison's rally is far from over
London-based social and digital media group is winning million-pound contracts and outperforming guidance
February 12, 2024
by Simon Thompson


London-based social and digital media group Brave Bison (BBSN:2.6p) has delivered a resilient trading performance and outperformed full-year guidance.

Buoyed by a pick-up in activity in the autumn when the group announced £4mn of account wins with a Finnish homeware retailer, Dutch car parts retailer and a national electrical retailer, full-year pre-tax profit surged from £2.6mn to £3.6mn, or £0.5mn higher than house broker Cavendish forecast. It’s a more profitable business, too, as the 23 per cent rise in full-year gross profit to £20.8mn significantly outpaced the 12 per cent growth in full-year revenue of £35.5mn
The extra profit boosted closing net cash 10 per cent to £6.8mn (0.4p), a sum that should hit £9.1mn (0.5p) by the year-end. Analysts point out that recycling this year’s estimated average cash pile of £8mn into earnings accretive acquisitions would add around £1mn of annual net profit. The cash position de-risks the investment case as does the focus on social and digital media business segments, factors that are not reflected in a price/earnings (PE) ratio of 10 nor a cash-adjusted PE ratio of 8.

The 46 per cent rally in the share price since my last buy call has further to run (‘Media firm Brave Bison wins £4mn of new contracts’, 13 November 2023). Buy.