Siap-siap, Mobil Tanpa RFID Tak Boleh Isi BBM Bersubsidi

Detik.com - PT Pertamina (Persero) dan PT Inti awal Juli 2013 sudah memulai memasang RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) disetiap kendaraan di DKI Jakarta. Target pemasangan ini seluruhnya selesai selama 3 bulan.

"Juli kita mulai pemasangan RFID di DKI Jakarta, dimana tergetkan 3 bulan selesai seluruhnya termasuk masa sosialisasi," ujar Vice President Corporate Communication PT Pertamina Ali Mundakir kepada detikFinance, Minggu (2/6/2013).

Setelah masa sosialisasi selama 3 bulan tersebut selesai, maka sistem monitoring dan pengawasan (SMP) di seluruh SPBU di Jakarta bisa diterapkan. "Artinya Oktober kendaraan yang tidak memiliki RFID di mulut tangki BBM kendaraanya tidak bisa dilayani untuk pembelian BBM subsidi," ujar Ali.

Menurut Ali, kendaraan yang tidak memiliki RFID dipersilahkan mengisi BBM non subsidi alias Pertamax atau produk BBM non subsidi sejenis. "Ya silahkan beli yang non subsidi saja," ucap Ali.

Selanjutnya akan ada aturan dari Badan Pengatur Hilir Minyak dan Gas Bumi (BPH Migas) terkait aturan kewajiban pemasangan RFID di setiap kendaraan bermotor. "Kita sedang tunggu aturan kewajiban pemasangan RFID di kendaraan dari BPH Migas," tandasnya.

Seperti diketahui PT Pertamina dan PT Inti sedang membangun sistem monitoring pengawasan (SMP) yang nantinya digunakan untuk memonitor dan mencatat setiap transaksi pembelian BBM subsidi.

RFID sendiri akan dipasang di 100 juta kendaraan di Indonesia yang terdiri dari 11 juta mobil penumpang, 80 juta sepeda motor, 3 juta bus, 6 juta truk dan 5.027 SPBU di 33 provinsi.

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Hong Kong Starbucks Used "Toilet Water" To Make Coffee

Kotaku.com - In Hong Kong, Starbucks patrons are upset and for good reason: the coffee chain's Central Hong Kong branch has used "toilet water" to brew coffee since it opened two years ago.

According to Apple Daily, a staffer would push a cart into a men's restroom in a nearby parking garage, fill it will water, and then push the cart back to Starbucks, where the "toilet water" would be then filtered. This would happen up to seventy times a day. The bathroom faucet was used because there was no nearby water source.

The faucet that Starbucks used was only a few feet away from a urinal. There were concerns about hygiene, and Hong Kong's Food and Environmental Hygiene Department told Apple Daily that this Starbucks' use of water was not within regulations. Since this discovery, the department has apparently issued a warning to the coffee chain's Central Hong Kong restaurant.

Ben Cowling, associate professor from the University of Hong Kong’s School of Public Health, told HK Magazine that filtering the water should remove harmful bacteria. However, a purifier would be necessary to remove the smaller-sized viruses that could be present in the water.

But that wasn't his only concern, HK Magazine pointed out. "If the staff need to frequently visit the toilet, they may increase the risk of bringing other pathogens from the washroom into their food and drink preparation area," Cowling added.

Patrons are understandably upset. One woman told Apple Daily that it was Starbucks' responsiblity to have a clean water supply, no matter the cost. "People with common sense wouldn't have used the water from toilet pipes," said a male Hong Kong resident. Many Starbucks patrons expressed uneasiness about the whole situation.

While it might be debatable whether what we all are drinking is technically "toilet water", the thing that many patrons seem to find most offensive is where the water was taken from—literally, a faucet next to a urinal.

"Making huge profits globally but chose [SIC] to use toilet water for making coffee in that store rather than spending a few cents to use distilled water," wrote Hong Kong resident Kevin L on the Starbucks Facebook page. "We pay a few dollars to buy a cup of coffee (and you know your profit margin) and we get this kind of disrespect for our mind and health!"

On Facebook, Starbucks Hong Kong issued this reply: "Please kindly accept our apologies for the concerns raised by the coverage on the water source at the Bank of China Tower store. While the water used at that store was drinking water and certified as safe, we would like to clarify any misperceptions, as quality and safety have always been our top priority. We are now using distilled water to serve that store while we work with all parties on acceptable options."

The Starbucks began using distilled bottled water this past weekend.

Gmail's new killer feature: Spam blocking 2.0

Cnn.com - Over the next week, millions of Gmail users will notice that something's changed. Just like the web browser containing it, Gmail will have tabs.

But it won't be tabs for handling different accounts. Instead, the tabs will represent the new auto-sorting powers Google's Gmail has been granted in an attempt to make your email more useful. You might say it's an evolution of the spam blocker.

Leveraging years of data collection from Gmail accounts, Google will be able to take notifications from services like Facebook and Twitter and file them away in a folder titled Social. Groupon deals and the never-ending onslaught of email from Fab will be tucked away in the Promotions folders.

All those bills, receipts, and nagging reminders you don't really want to deal with? Updates folder. And for those who still use message boards and mailing lists, there's a folder for any emails from that corner of the internet.

The amount of email we all get has gone way up. But as our methods of communicating electronically have become more varied, we receive far fewer emails we actually care about -- emails that can get lost in the flood of knockoff Cialis offers.

With the updated Gmail, which Google unveiled earlier this week, what should theoretically remain is an inbox of email you actually want to look at.

Google has tried for years to supply tools to make email less painful. It introduced the aforementioned spam filters, a Starred email folder, and an auto-populating Priority Inbox, all in an attempt to reduce the noise. But aside from the spam filter, people haven't really latched on to any of the other solutions. And even with the spam filter, most people still have way too many emails.

When Mailbox, an app built on top of Gmail, was released for Apple's iOS earlier this year, it stood out for its simplistic approach and painless way for filing non-urgent mail.

Google is wise to build some of that sorting into the core experience of Gmail, but it's even smarter to move a step ahead and automate the process. Few companies arguably have more data and insights on the type of mail people really want to engage with, and if anyone is audaciously qualified to attempt such a feat, it's Google.

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Tersedia "Online", Panduan Gaji Indonesia

Kompas.com - Sebuah perusahaan jasa konsultan tenaga kerja asal Amerika, Kelly Services, merilis panduan gaji pegawai untuk sejumlah sektor usaha di Indonesia. Panduan gaji ini memberikan gambaran bagi para pengusaha dan para pencari kerja mengenai gaji di Indonesia.

Bernadetter Themas, Managing Director Kelly Services Indonesia, mengatakan, panduan gaji itu mencakup beberapa jenis usaha, antara lain perbankan dan finansial, consumer goods, energi dan sumber daya alam, serta industri dan properti. "Investasi asing di sektor tersebut terus mengalami kenaikan dan mendukung pertumbuhan ekonomi di Indonesia," ujar dia, Kamis (30/5/2013) malam.

Pertumbuhan investasi ekonomi dari berbagai sektor itu pasti mendorong peningkatan kebutuhan akan tenaga kerja. "Karena itu panduan gaji ini mutlak dibutuhkan untuk para pengusaha dan pencari kerja agar memiliki gambaran tentang pengupahan di Indonesia," urainya.

Data panduan gaji tersebut, kata Themas, didapatkannya dari komparasi data permintaan calon karyawan dan kesiapan perusahaan dengan mempertimbangkan kenaikan upah sektoral, dalam menggaji karyawannya yang disampaikan melalui Kelly Services Indonesia. Dalam panduan gaji yang dapat diakses melalui situs www.kellyservices.com itu dijelaskan secara gamblang, berapa nilai gaji maksimal dan minimal untuk sebuah jabatan menurut masa kerjanya, serta berdasarkan latar belakang pendidikan karyawannya.

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