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The 35-day life of a KFC chicken... in a shed full of 34,000 others: Inside farm that houses some of fast food chain's 23 million birds

1,000 farms supply fast food chain KFC with 23 million chickens a year 

Birds live in huge sheds for just 35 days before they are gassed to death

Documentary filmed around 34,000 chickens in a shed with few windows 

Activists say the conditions the chickens are kept in are 'oppressive'  

One farmer claims the birds have a short but 'very good life' 

KFC said all their suppliers meet or exceed UK and EU welfare requirements

Microsoft Is Developing Software That Converts Android Phones To Windows 10

Microsoft dropped an interesting piece of information today amid its confirmation that Windows 10 will go on sale this summer.

Near the end of its announcement, the Redmond-based company casually revealed that it is testing Windows 10 with “power users” of Xiaomi’s flagship Mi 4 Android smartphone. The initiative, which Xiaomi stressed is not a partnership but merely assistance with the trial, is an interesting one because it again shows Microsoft’s new ‘platform agnostic’ approach.

Neither Microsoft nor Xiaomi provided specific details of the Windows 10 software being trialled, but TechCrunch understands from sources that it effectively overrides Android, turning the Xiaomi phone into a Windows 10 device complete with Microsoft services. (Which the company hopes will dazzle Android owners into making the switch.)

That’s to say that the software doesn’t offer a dual boot option, which Microsoft has pushed in the past in India. This is a ROM, based on Windows, that operates much like software from Cyanogen — a company Microsoft was incorrectly linked with an investment in— and other custom ROMs developed by the likes of Tencent and Baidu in China.

The ROM is thus designed to go beyond Microsoft’s Android apps and offer a native-like Windows experience on Android phones.

That’s a pretty powerful concept, and it is no surprise to see Microsoft testing it in China, where consumers are more inclined to install ROMs. There’s a greater spirit of customization in China, particularly for Android users since third-party app stores are the norm as Google Play is severely restricted there.

Microsoft, of course, has big plans to make this software available on more devices in time.The company told The Next Web that full availability will be announced soon (update: full statement below), but it is starting out with Xiaomi — almost certainly because it has a strong community of users who provide feedback on the company’s weekly software updates. Xiaomi’s receptive audience is ideal for such a pilot.

A good idea though it may be, getting adoption for an Android ROM in China is no easy thing. Just ask Baidu, which recently shuttered its Android software efforts due to low interest — that’s despite the company’s vast reach and distribution potential as ‘China’s Google’.

As for Xiaomi, people are often quick to rush to the idea that it is at odds with Google since it doesn’t offer the U.S. company’s services on in MIUI platform in China. Xiaomi’s emphatic comment that its involvement in Windows 10 is not a partnership — coupled with Hugo Barra recent explanation that it is not pushing its suite of services to users outside of China — suggests that this is not tactical; Xiaomi is just giving it users another ROM to tinker with.

The news could be taken in a cynical way in the U.S. — where what’s good for the users is often convenient because it’s good for the business too — but Xiaomi really has cultivated a sizable and trusted community, so we’re inclined to believe its rhetoric on this occasion.

Google gearing up for a 'massive' move: Trader

Google shares have trailed the broader market and megacap tech names like Apple and Facebook in particular, but Cowen & Co.'s David Seaburg says the stock is about to go on a massive run.

"Google doesn't get the bragging rights," Seaburg said in an interview webcast released Tuesday by CNBC's "Trading Nation." "But if you look at the ecosystem, they're everywhere."

YouTube, Google Search, Google Play, Google Maps and Gmail account for 5 out of the top 10 performing applications for unique visitors (as of June), and are projected to continue reaching new users through January 2016, according to Cowen.

In a recent note, Cowen upgraded Google to outperform and upped its price target to $681 per share, roughly 20 percent higher than current levels, citing strong long-term potential from search, YouTube and Google Play. 

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"This is a cheap stock," said Seaburg, head of Cowen's sales trading. "A sum of the parts analysis alone suggests the enterprise value of Google Search is $385 billion." Seaburg noted that the value effectively reflects the total value of the entire company.

"Basically, at current levels, you're paying for search and getting everything else for free."

All this has Seaburg thinking Google's on the cusp of doing something it has never done: pay a dividend. And that alone, says Seaburg, is reason to get long the stock.

"This will allow [Google] to really return capital to shareholders," he said. "That will create a massive uptick and the stock could hit $680 per share."

Google X Boss Says Company Should Have Curbed Glass Hype

San Francisco: Google Inc was wrong to let expectations about its Glass wearable gadget get overheated, the head of the Google X research lab said on Tuesday.

The Internet company did not do enough to make clear that the $1,500 computer that mounts to a pair of eyeglasses was merely a prototype and not a finished product, Google's Astro Teller said during a talk at the South by Southwest Interactive conference in Austin.

"We allowed and sometimes even encouraged too much attention for the programme," said Teller, whose official title at Google is Captain of Moonshots, during a talk that focused on how his group has learned from some of its failures.

Google stopped selling Glass to consumers earlier this year, noting that it was time for a "pause" and a strategy "reset." The company still sells Glass to businesses.

The device was greeted with enthusiasm among tech aficionados when it was first unveiled in 2012. But Glass, which allows users to access e-mail messages on its eye-level screen and to record video with a tiny camera, quickly ran into problems. Some mocked its awkward appearance, while others expressed concern it could be used to make video recordings surreptitiously.

Teller said the "bumps and scrapes" the company experienced with Glass were "absolutely critical for informing the future of Glass and wearables in general."

He also discussed the learning benefits of setbacks in other high-profile projects at the five-year-old Google X division, including drones, solar-powered balloons and self-driving cars.

Google initially designed its autonomous cars so that human drivers could take the controls when necessary but abruptly changed course when the company concluded that such a set-up was not safe enough, Teller said. Google's current self-driving car prototypes eliminate the steering wheel and brake pedal entirely, putting the machine always in control.

The decision to make such a change was not easy, he said, noting that the initial version of the company's self-driving modified Lexus SUVs had advanced to the point where the vehicles could handle highway driving extremely well.

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The 7 Innovation Secrets of Steve Jobs

“The cure for Apple AAPL +1.46% is not cost-cutting; the cure for Apple is to innovate its way out of its current predicament.” Steve Jobs made that bold statement when he returned to Apple after a 12-year absence. Apple was close to bankruptcy. We all know what happened next. Steve Jobs launched one innovation after another after another, revolutionizing computers, entertainment, music, retail, mobile, and telecommunications. It’s no wonder that CNBC named Steve Jobs the #1 most innovative and transformative business leader of the past 25 years.

As The New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman once wrote, “The day of average is over. Average only guarantees below average results.” Steve Jobs never thought average thoughts, even as he and partner Steve Wozniak were fiddling with electronics in the spare bedroom left vacant when Steve Jobs’ sister moved out of her room. It was only after the two visionaries outgrew the bedroom that they moved to the kitchen, and eventually the more spacious garage.

The seven principles that Jobs used to achieve his breakthrough success are available to any business leader in any field who hopes to create radical transformation.

Do what you love. Passion is everything. Innovation doesn’t happen without it. Dig deep to identify your true passion. Steve Jobs was not passionate about computers; he was passionate about building tools to help people unleash their potential. One of the most profound remarks Jobs ever made occurred at the end of one of his last major public presentations. Jobs said, “It’s the intersection of technology and liberal arts that makes our hearts sing.”

Ask yourself, “What makes your heart sing?” Follow the answer.

Put a dent in the universe. Passion fuels the rocket; vision directs the rocket to its ultimate destination. In the mid-1970s personal computers were largely limited to hobbyists who assembled parts from kits. Jobs and co-founder Steve Wozniak had a vision to “put a computer in the hands of everyday people.” A bold, specific vision inspires evangelists and sets forces in motion. Jobs once said the role of a leader is to hire the best people and to keep them aligned toward achieving the vision.

Keep your team focused on the big picture.

Creativity is connecting things. Steve Jobs believed that a broad set of experiences lead people to conclusions that others might have missed. He was on to something. Harvard researchers spent half a decade studying the world’s greatest innovators. They found that innovators “associate” ideas from different fields and apply them to the product or service they’re working on. Those researchers could have saved themselves a lot of time by simply interviewing Steve Jobs, who used experiences to inspire his best ideas. Jobs didn’t always know where the dots would connect, but connect they did. Jobs took calligraphy in college; a course with no practical application to his life. It all came back later with Macintosh, the first computer with beautiful typeface, fonts, and calligraphy.

Bombard your mind with new experiences completely outside of your chosen field.

Say no to 1,000 things. “Innovation comes from saying no to 1,000 things,” said Jobs. When Jobs returned to Apple he dramatically reduced the number of products the company made so each product had an A-team. When Jobs introduced the iPhone in 2007 he pointed out that while other smartphone makers were adding features and buttons, the iPhone would remove them, making it simpler, cleaner, and user-friendly. Visit the Apple Website. When the company introduces a new product it doesn’t add the product image and content to a cluttered homepage. It removes clutter, focusing on the product it wants to highlight.

Start saying “no” more often.

Create “insanely great” experiences. Steve Jobs innovated around the customer experience by benchmarking against the very best models in customer service. When I did my research for a book on the Apple Retail model I learned that the Apple Store was inspired by The Ritz-Carlton. Jobs didn’t choose to look at his competitors; he had a bigger vision for what a consumer experience might look like in a retail store selling computers.

Create exceptional experiences for every customer, every time.

Master the message. Steve Jobs was a master storyteller, but he worked at it. His presentation skills were refined over many years and hours and hours of practice. You can have great ideas, but if you cannot convince others to take action on those ideas they won’t turn into truly innovative new products and services.

Refine your product story.

Sell dreams, not products. Ultimately Steve Jobs was successful because he sold dreams, not products. When Jobs opened the first Apple Store in 2001 he said the store was not meant to ‘sell computers.’ Instead it would ‘enrich lives.’ Nobody cares about your product. They care about themselves. Create products that help people achieve their dreams and you’ll win them over

Stop selling products and start enriching lives.

Innovation sits in a lonely place because few people have the courage to dream big, pitch radically different ideas, and the conviction to follow through with their idea when they hear the skeptics say, “It won’t work.” Steve Jobs followed his heart and didn’t let anyone stand in the way. “Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice,” Jobs once said. “And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become.”