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C o n s u m e r E l e c t ro n i c s D a i l y N e ws Th u r s d a y, J a n u a r y 8 , 2 0 1 5 4 AN INDEPENDENT PUBLICATION NOT AFFILIATED WITH INTERNATIONAL CES ® Lee M. Oser CEO and Editor-in-Chief Jules Denton Kim Forrester Paul Harris Associate Publishers Lorrie Baumann Editorial Director Jeanie Catron David Bernard JoEllen Lowry Associate Editors Yasmine Brown Andre Gressieux Graphic Designers Caitlyn Roach Sarah Glenn Customer Service Managers Heather Canale Keri Gall Jamie Green Tara Neal Annie Summers Show Logistics & Distribution Randal Fisher Lynn Hilton Marcos Morhaim Jeffrey Patten Account Managers Enrico Cecchi European Sales Consumer Electronics Daily News is published by Oser Communications Group ©2015 All rights reserved. Executive and editorial offices at: 1877 N. Kolb Road, Tucson, AZ 85715 520.721.1300/Fax: 520.721.6300 www.oser.com European offices located at Lungarno Benvenuto Cellini, 11, 50125 Florence, Italy USPS HELPS YOU SAVE ON SHIPPING An interview with Cliff Rucker, Vice President, Sales, United States Postal Service ® . CEDN: What is "DIM weight" and how it is calculated? CR: The concept of dimensional ("DIM") weight is used by the trans- portation industry worldwide as a meas- ure for establishing a minimum charge for the cubic space a package occupies. Most companies use DIM weight pricing to varying degrees, but calculate and apply it under differing conditions. Beginning in 2015, two global ship- ping companies will change their pricing models, expanding their use of DIM weight pricing. These changes are likely to result in substantial price increases for many shippers. Sharing an example pub- lished by the Wall Street Journal, a one- pound square package with 12-inch sides is currently priced by weight and costs $6.24 to ship the shortest distance. In 2015, using DIM weight pricing, this package would cost $8.83 for the same distance, a 41 percent increase. CEDN: How can you determine the pric- ing structure of carriers? CR: FedEx Ground ® and UPS ® Ground's restructured pricing plans for domestic ground shipments in 2015 will utilize DIM weight pricing on packages less than three cubic feet. This means ship- pers will be charged whichever is greater, the actual weight or DIM weight. Parcels less than three cubic feet shipped via FedEx Ground ® have previously been exempt from DIM pricing – you were charged according to actual weight. LOCATION MONITORING FOR YOUR CHILD WITH CHILD ANGEL An interview with Andrew Purcell, CEO, Child Angel. CEDN: What is Child Angel™? AP: Child Angel is one of the smallest and most advanced child tracking devices avail- able in the world today. The product of extensive research and development, Child Angel provides safe and stable location monitoring by combining GPS, GSM and Wi-Fi hot-spot triangulation technologies. CEDN: Should parents rely solely on Child Angel to look after their children? AP: No. Our product is aimed to create that little extra feeling of knowing where our little ones are. It is not designed to replace parental responsibility, merely to enhance it. Parents should make sure that their children understand the importance of being aware of the dangers around them, particularly stranger danger, and Child Angel in no way detracts from that message. CEDN: Do you think that this device may detract from chil- dren's own coping strate- gies and independence? AP: Child Angel brings a little more comfort to par- ents in the thought that out of sight does not mean children are non-visible. Children still need to develop their own strengths and weaknesses to be able to feel confident in the real world, but at the same time, par- ents like to know where they are. CEDN: How can you assure parents that the data concerning their child's location will be treated in a secure manner? Continued on Page 81 Continued on Page 81