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Alibaba is introducing a ‘three-strikes’ rule to tackle counterfeit goods on its global services

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by on June 18, 2014 at 6:31 am
Posted In: Alibaba, Around the Web, Asia

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As it edges closer to a blockbuster US IPO, Chinese e-commerce firm Alibaba is increasing its efforts to cut down on fake goods on its international sites after announcing plans to introduce a ‘three-strikes’ rule from next month. The company readily admits that tracking counterfeit goods and sellers across its network of sites is challenge since “new listings for fakes pop up all too regularly,” but it is honing in on the problem on its international services Alibaba.com and AliExpress, which cover B2B and B2C sales respectively. Under the new rules, a retailer found guilty of offering fake goods will receive an official warning letter, that escalates…

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Sharp’s new ‘free-form’ display could bring non-rectangular screens to consumer tech devices

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by on June 18, 2014 at 5:14 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider, sharp

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Sharp is showing off a ‘free-form’ display technology that it believes could break consumer tech devices out of the rigid convention of using rectangular and square shaped screens. The Japanese company’s new display type, which is based on its IGZO technology and “proprietary circuit design methods”, takes a different approach to organizing the gate drive power amplifier setup. That system has required rectangular displays, so Sharp’s technology is opening the door to new design types. Sharp explains the technology in more detail: Conventional displays are rectangular because they require a minimal width for the bezel in order to accommodate the drive circuit, called the gate…

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