Mr Men

Film rights for the Mr Men and Little Miss characters have been secured by Fox Animation, the studio behind the Ice Age and Rio franchises.

Shawn Levy, who produced and directed the Night at the Museum films starring Ben Stiller, will produce a movie. No director or writer has been announced as yet. The iconic children's books were the creation of Roger Hargreaves, who came up with Mr Tickle when his young son Adam asked what a tickle looked like.

He wrote and illustrated his first book in 1971 and the series went on to feature 85 characters. More than 120 million copies have been sold, with translations in 15 different languages.

In 2011, the rights to Mr Men and Little Miss were acquired by Sanrio Co, Ltd in 2011, the creators of Hello Kitty. Janet Hsu, head of Sanrio, Inc said: "I loved reading these books as a kid, and now I love reading them to my own kids. Their humour, wit and uniquely specific tone make this a truly classic series. I can't wait to help shepherd them to the big screen."

Fox Animation president Vanessa Morrison added: "The Mr Men and Little Miss characters have delighted readers from around the world for decades." The books were previously turned into a children's BBC TV animation between 1974-1985, which was narrated by Dad's Army actor Arthur Lowe When Hargreaves died aged 53 in 1988 following a stroke, his son Adam took over the running of the multi-million pound business.

The Mr Men and Little Miss book titles were sold to entertainment group Chorion in 2004 in a £28m deal. Adam joined the company as a part-time creative consultant. In 2011 he created a new character called Little Miss Princess in time for the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton.

Google Glass sales halted but firm says kit is not dead

Google is ending sales of its Google Glass eyewear. The company insists it is still committed to launching the smart glasses as a consumer product, but will stop producing Glass in its present form. Instead it will focus on "future versions of Glass" with work carried out by a different division to before.

The Explorer programme, which gave software developers the chance to buy Glass for $1,500 (£990) will close. The programme was launched in the United States in 2013. It was then opened up to anyone and was launched in the UK last summer. It had been expected that it would be followed reasonably quickly by a full consumer launch. From next week, the search firm will stop taking orders for the product but it says it will continue to support companies that are using Glass.

The One Show(mans)

It was great to see Steam Traction World mentioned on the One Show Friday (16th January) featuring Colin Alexanders stunning 4 inch Scenic Showmans DCC.

With Professor Brian Cox having a ride and host Chris Evans describing it as "absolutely beautiful," Colin squeezed in a namedrop for Steam Traction World - so it's really hats off to him!

Classic Car Transport - Spotter

New slideshow uploaded on a number of classic cars collected and delivered recently - see how many you can recognise.

http://youtu.be/ipwZ7VfiT9g

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Samsung forecasts a 37% drop in quarterly profits

Samsung Electronics has forecast a 37.4% fall in quarterly operating profit from a year earlier. In its pre-earnings guidance, the firm forecast an operating profit of 5.2tn Korean won ($4.74bn; £3.14bn) for the three months to December.

Analysts had expected an operating profit guidance of about 5tn won. Shares in the firm, which is the world's largest TV and mobile manufacturer, were up in early morning trade in South Korea on the news. The firm's final fourth-quarter earnings are expected later this month.

“Samsung's new models are basically an improvement of existing products, but they pride themselves on being innovative, so they really have to start focusing on that to stay in the game” Andrew Milroy, Frost & Sullivan

Samsung has been struggling of late against cheaper electronics manufactures, especially in China, which is the world's largest smartphone market. In particular, its flagship Galaxy smartphone line has been losing market share to cheaper models.

Classic Car Transport

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