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Recon Technology, Ltd. Announced Receipt of Official Hazardous Waste Operating Permit and New Order on Oily Sludge Treatment

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BEIJING, July 30, 2020 — Recon Technology, Ltd. (NASDAQ: RCON) ("Recon" or the "Company"), today announced that its 51% subsidiary, Gan Su BHD Environmental Technology Co., Ltd ("Gan Su BHD"), received the official 3-year hazardous waste operating permit on July 27, 2020 issued by the Environmental Protection Bureau of Gansu Province.

In addition, Gansu BHD has received a new order from the North China Branch of China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation ("Sinopec") to dispose 1,680 tons of oily sludge in Gansu Pingliang work zone. The value for this order is about RMB3.6 million ($0.5 million).

As previously disclosed by the Company, Gansu BHD purchased 50 year land use rights of a piece of 26,235 square meter land to construct a comprehensive disposal treatment facility to mainly serve the oilfield sewage treatment needs of Yumen Oilfield Company, China’s first petroleum production base and a PetroChina Co., Ltd. ("PetroChina") subsidiary. The construction completed in January 2020. The comprehensive disposal treatment project has an annual processing capacity of 60,000 tons of oily waste, and is one of the most advanced and the only such automated treatment facility located in Gansu Province so far. As of today, Gansu BHD also provides services and treatment solution to Sinopec’s Gansu branch.

Mr. Guangqiang Chen, co-founder and CTO of Recon, stated, "With the official permit, Gansu BHD can eventually provide large scale treatment service to clients. Affected by Covid-19, Gansu BHD’s operation was postponed temporally. By far, we have resumed its operation. We have transported about 5,000 tons of oily sludge to our factory disposal site and are ready to process it so it can meet the requirements of national environmental laws and regulations. We have also received the major part of the services fees for this project from the client, demonstrating the trust and the confidence from our clients on Gansu BHD’s treatment advantage and capacity. We believe Gansu BHD’s performance will be reflected in our financial results gradually from mid-2020 and we expect more development on this disposal business."

About Recon Technology, Ltd.                                       

Recon Technology, Ltd. (RCON) is China’s first non-state-owned oil and gas field service company listed on NASDAQ. Recon supplies China’s largest oil exploration companies with advanced automated technologies, efficient gathering and transportation equipment and reservoir stimulation measures for increasing petroleum extraction levels, reducing impurities and lowering production costs. Since 2017, the Company has expanded its business operations into other segments of the broader energy industry including electric power, coal chemicals, renewable energy and environmental protection in the energy and chemical industries. Through the years, Recon has taken leading positions on several market segments of the oil and gas field service industry. Recon also has developed stable long-term cooperation relationships with its major clients, and its products and service are well accepted by clients. For additional information please visit: www.recon.cn.

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Mobile Field Service Management Market in North America Set to Surpass $4 Billion by 2025

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Increasing migration towards cloud-based field service management solutions presents immense growth prospects finds Frost & Sullivan

SANTA CLARA, California, July 30, 2020 — Frost & Sullivan’s recent analysis, North American Mobile Field Service Management Market Continues to Offer Expansion Opportunities: Forecast to 2025, reveals that the mobile field service management (FSM) market in North America is expected to surpass $4 billion by 2025, exhibiting a compound annual growth rate of 17.4%. FSM’s mobility component continues to spur market adoption by expanding its addressable market and introducing new cutting-edge technologies and partnerships to the FSM ecosystem. Although user growth is expected to slow down due to COVID-19, it is likely to recover by 2022 and witness more than two-fold growth over the forecast period.


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"Mobilized FSM solutions enable remote service workers to receive and transmit work-related information and guidance on a real-time basis," said Jeanine Sterling, Information & Communication Technologies Industry Director at Frost & Sullivan. "Going forward, we expect these solutions to continue to produce impressive hard-dollar results by improving field response times, reducing paperwork, decreasing labor expenses, expediting cash flow, and increasing new sales leads."

Sterling added: "Users of mobilized FSM solutions are demonstrating an increasing level of interest in cutting-edge technologies as they can offer a differential advantage in highly competitive sectors. For example, the escalating deployment of machine learning and artificial intelligence in the FSM space alongside the integration of mobile FSM solutions with Internet of Things platforms enabling a more proactive and highly-valued approach to both machine maintenance and technician workflows."

Customers’ increasing migration towards cloud-based FSM solutions versus purchasing on-premise offerings presents immense growth prospects for mobile FSM solutions providers.

  • Vertical-specific solutions will create new revenue streams for FSM solutions providers and their channels.
  • High-powered, low-latency 5G networks can pave the way to a new level of FSM apps and capabilities.
  • Sharpening predictive and proactive field service capabilities will optimize the service experience and increase profitability.
  • Implementing high-touch post-sale communications strategies will uncover and capture incremental sales opportunities.
  • Optimizing FSM solution integration will enhance customer satisfaction, expedite service response intervals, and increase profits.

North American Mobile Field Service Management Market Continues to Offer Expansion Opportunities: Forecast to 2025 is the latest addition to Frost & Sullivan’s Information & Communication Technologies research and analysis available through the Frost & Sullivan Leadership Council, which helps organizations identify a continuous flow of growth opportunities to succeed in an unpredictable future.

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Premium Networks Build Differentiated Competitiveness for Carriers

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SHENZHEN, China, July 30, 2020 — Huawei hosted the "Premium Networks, Better Digital World" session at Better World Summit 2020. During this online session, global carriers, IDC analyst, and Huawei discussed how carriers can differentiate their services and improve networks to ensure businesses thrive.

Keynote speakers from IDC, China Telecom Anhui, China Mobile Guangdong, China Telecom Ningxia, Turkcell, and Huawei
Keynote speakers from IDC, China Telecom Anhui, China Mobile Guangdong, China Telecom Ningxia, Turkcell, and Huawei

Differentiated networks will be a competitive edge for carriers

The rapid digitalization of the ICT industry, along with the wider deployment of 5G, growth of online education during the recent global health epidemic, and public cloud, have put greater pressure on network infrastructure. Gary Lu, President of Huawei’s Network Marketing & Solution Sales Dept, said: "Industrial digitalization will accelerate in the next 5 years, and individuals, homes, and enterprises will also be more demanding of the services they receive. We think it’s better for carriers to replace best-effort services with differentiated services that have guaranteed SLAs. That’s how they can monetize network values and stand out from competitors."

Matt Eastwood, Senior Vice President of IDC, delivered a speech on the topic of "Digital Transformation and Its Impact of Scale and Automation". He stated that carriers should plan and build future target networks based on the key architecture index (KAI) model to prepare for industry digital transformation.

Embracing F5G, Fiber is Gold Future

Richard Jin, President of Huawei’s Transmission and Access Network Product Line, said: "Fiber is gold. Fiber is future. Fiber to everywhere. Optical connectivity underpins optimal service experience. Huawei’s AirPON solution helps mobile carriers efficiently build FTTH networks to deploy ubiquitous optical connections. eAI ONTs and OLTs  with distributed intelligence increases carriers’ revenues and reduce churn rate by ensuring optimal E2E experience of home services. OTN premium private line solution improves the quality of connectivity for many enterprises with premium networking and cloud services, and helps the carriers to better address enterprise market."

Lv Pin, Vice President of China Telecom Anhui, shared some use cases of premium Wi-Fi and e-guarding for smart homes. Meanwhile, Cai Weiwen, Board Director and Vice President of China Mobile Guangdong, shared all-optical innovations and commercial use cases of Cloud VR, optics TV (OTV), OTN premium private networks, and 5G services for high-speed trains. These technologies combine to build a better communication platform for the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.

All-service intelligent IP network with guaranteed SLAs

IP networks are at the heart of the 5G and cloud era and need to support high-quality all-service transmission. Kevin Hu, President of Huawei’s Data Communication Product Line, said: "In the 5G and cloud era, the IP network needs to achieve high bandwidth and availability, going beyond the best-effort consumer transport network to become a production transport network with guaranteed SLAs. Accordingly, Huawei is launching NetEngine 8000 series routers designed for an IP network featuring ultra-broadband, intelligent connectivity and O&M. This will meet the 5G service requirements during enterprise cloudification, thereby boosting the business growth of carriers."

Luo Rui, Vice President of China Telecom Ningxia, spoke about applying Huawei’s intelligent IP private line solution into FIRST private networks for government, healthcare, and education users, implementing seamless connection between high-quality networks and clouds. Faruk Ekici, Head of Turkcell’s Transport Network Planning, talked about the construction of a converged and programmable 5G-ready IP transport network, and looked into further leadership with next-generation IP technologies.

iMaster NCE accelerating FBB network autonomy for agile business

We are heading to a fully connected, intelligent world. Network automation and intelligence are indispensable for premium experience and all-service transmission. David Lu, President of Huawei’s General Development Dept, pointed out that: "Autonomous networks are highly recognized by the standards agencies and the goal for carriers’ transformation. Huawei iMaster NCE, an FBB-oriented intelligent management and control system, focuses on 5G and F5G value scenarios and gradually implements automatic, self-healing, and self-optimized autonomous networks. iMaster NCE guarantees optimal SLA before, during, and after sales. Furthermore, it utilizes AI and big data technologies to implement proactive O&M, which translates into higher O&M efficiency and better network operation quality."

Premium networks open up brand new opportunities for carriers. Let’s work together to seize these opportunities, and create a better digital world that delivers value for all.

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Wix Helps Bring First-of-its-kind Remote Learning Initiative to Philippines Department of Education

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Over 43,000 e-learning sites built and launched in two days on Wix

NEW YORK, July 30, 2020 — Wix.com, Ltd. (NASDAQ: WIX), the global leader in website creation, announced today the results of a first-of-its-kind project independently initiated by the Philippines Department of Education under Philippine’s "Digital Rise Program" that will bring e-learning curriculums to back-to-school programs starting in August.

"With COVID-19 restrictions in place, small businesses, entrepreneurs, and schools across the world experienced unprecedented transitions to operating exclusively online. This disruption was particularly devastating for schools, which had to pivot to full-time remote learning with little time to prepare," said Dror Shaked, Senior Vice President at Wix. "In May 2020, amid the pandemic, tens of thousands of teachers and schools came together with a joint mission — to bring the Philippines education system online — and in only two days, 43,000 e-learning sites were created for schools to make available digital curricula online," said Shaked.

As part of the growing movement to digitize schools, the Digital Rise Program will facilitate the transition to e-learning for the local schools and provide them with step-by-step support. This coordination will exclusively be handled by teachers and schools. Students will be able to access all of the e-learning content without having to log in and will only be able to consult the e-learning content available on the Wix websites.

To make this vision possible, all volunteers have been trained on their own platform by the education department and have created 43,000 sites for schools in the Philippines. These volunteers have set a standard for success, not only for the Philippines Department of Education, but also for other developing countries who are looking to improve their e-learning education curricula in the years to come.

"We are excited about this first-of-its kind digital education initiative for the Philippines Education Department because it sparks empowerment for all learners," said Abram Abanil, ICTS Director. "A regular teacher has been able to create their site on Wix with zero coding experience in order to make their digital curriculum accessible. This is the future of education, and we are thrilled to provide access to educational content through Wix’s generous resources," said Abanil.

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Red Box Fuels AI-powered Insights Through Integration with Salesforce Einstein Call Coaching on Salesforce AppExchange

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LONDON and NEW YORK, July 30, 2020 — Red Box, a leading platform for voice, today announces Red Box AI Bridge for Salesforce Einstein on Salesforce AppExchange, the world’s leading enterprise cloud marketplace. Red Box AI Bridge enables organisations not utilising a Salesforce-embedded communication platform to capture high quality call and metadata from their existing telephony or contact centre platform. This voice data is then made easily available to Einstein Call Coaching for AI-powered insights that drive sales performance improvements.

Einstein Call Coaching for High Velocity Sales was introduced at Dreamforce last year and is part of Salesforce’s 2020 Summer release. It helps managers more effectively coach individuals, and scale learnings across teams, as well as gain deeper insights into customer needs and experiences. 

"The breadth of Red Box’s connectivity to support voice capture from any platform, coupled with our ability to capture ‘AI-Ready’ call audio, makes AI-enabled speech analytics a logical next step in our integration with Salesforce," add Pete Ellis, Red Box CPO. "We look forward to empowering customers with transformative sales performance outcomes."

This Red Box AI Bridge for Salesforce Einstein is now available here on Salesforce AppExchange, alongside its Voice Data Controller application that enables the mapping of all conversations taking place across a business to contacts, accounts and leads records within Salesforce.

Salesforce, AppExchange and others are among the trademarks of salesforce.com, inc.

About Red Box

Red Box is the leading dedicated voice specialist, empowering organisations to capture, secure and unlock the value of enterprise wide voice. With the most open and connected platform, we capture and transcribe voice communications from over 85 systems (legacy and new), across global enterprises and SMEs. Our customers retain complete data sovereignty and we connect them to the broadest partner ecosystem to maximise the value of captured voice data. 

Working with our global reseller channel, we are trusted by leading organisations across financial, contact centre, government and public safety sectors (including six of the world’s top banks, 85% of global interdealer brokers, 1,700 call centres and over 80% of UK police forces) and we capture and secure millions of calls daily for over 3,500 customers around the world.

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Hikvision releases 2020 H1 financial results

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HANGZHOU, China, July 30, 2020 — Hikvision, an IoT solution provider with video as its core competency, has released its financial results for the first half of 2020. During the period, Hikvision generated a revenue of RMB 24.27 billion with a year-over-year (YoY) increase of 1.45%, and net profits attributable to shareholders of the company was RMB 4.62 billion, reflecting a YoY growth of 9.66%.

Hikvision 2020 H1 Financial Results
Hikvision 2020 H1 Financial Results
Hikvision 2020 H1 Financial Results
Hikvision 2020 H1 Financial Results

Hikvision’s revenue in overseas markets achieved solid growth, amounting to RMB 7.54 billion, with a YoY growth of 8.63%.

Having encountered unusual global social and economic conditions in the first half of 2020, Hikvision adapted its operations and succeeded in making technological innovations meet customers’ needs, which helped to overcome challenges and keep development steady. Hikvision will continuously work closely with its partners to maintain stable operations, create value for customers, and build more safety, efficiency and sustainability for communities around the world. 

For the full 2020 H1 financial report, please visit here.

About Hikvision

Hikvision is an IoT solution provider with video as its core competency. Featuring an extensive and highly skilled R&D workforce, Hikvision manufactures a full suite of comprehensive products and solutions for a broad range of vertical markets. In addition to the security industry, Hikvision extends its reach to smart home tech, industrial automation, and automotive electronics industries to achieve its long-term vision. Hikvision products also provide powerful business intelligence for end users, which can enable more efficient operations and greater commercial success. Committed to the utmost quality and safety of its products, Hikvision encourages partners to take advantage of the many cybersecurity resources Hikvision offers, including the Hikvision Cybersecurity Centre. For more information, please visit us at www.hikvision.com.

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Performing live on Kuaishou, Lang Lang comes back after 6-month hiatus

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BEIJING, Jul 30, 2020 — The world-renowned Chinese pianist Lang Lang performed publicly for the first time in six months on Kuaishou, a livestreaming platform. Lang hosted the one-hour broadcast, which attracted over 3 million viewers and fans.

Entertaining the crowd with a mix of songs, stories and games, Lang, China’s badminton Olympic champion Cai Yun, and the popular Queen of Nine-ball Pan Xiaoting also guest-starred on the show. The trio reminisced about the games they played during their childhood, starting from the 80s all the way to the 2000s, and also showcased their skills through sport and music challenges.

Classical music superstar Lang Lang participated in a livestreaming session on Kuaishou, a short-video and livestreaming platform on Tuesday.
Classical music superstar Lang Lang participated in a livestreaming session on Kuaishou, a short-video and livestreaming platform on Tuesday.

 

When recalling his childhood in the 90s, Lang played one of his initiation-phase favorites, Étude Op. 10, No. 5 in G♭ major by Frédéric Chopin, wowing the online audience.

 

 

Lang Lang: Étude Op. 10, No. 5 in G♭ major (Frédéric Chopin)/ 1994 Mix 2020 Live on Kuaishou

This isn’t the first livestream hosted by Lang, as his last livestream, also on Kuaishou, was a Valentine special held earlier this year in honor of supporting efforts against COVID-19.

Hosted by Kuaishou, Lang’s livestream attracted mainstream success, with over 3 million tuning in and participating through the comments and gifts. The popularity of such shows has shown that the shift in momentum to livestream apps such as Kuaishou is here to stay. With more crossover content such as Lang’s show, Kuaishou is pioneering a new wave of viral content to make livestreaming more prevalent in popular culture.

“By uniting fanbases and fostering more communication, Kuaishou aims to build resilient communities across genres and backgrounds,” said Yan Qiang, senior vice-president of Kuaishou.

About Kuaishou Technology

Kuaishou Technology develops content sharing platforms and makes content production, distribution and consumption fast and easy. Our content recommendation system is built on a deep understanding of our users and the content being shared on our platforms every day.

Our flagship product, Kuaishou, is China’s leading short video sharing and social networking platform that enables users to capture the unique and memorable moments of their everyday lives, and to interact with followers in real-time. Our technology offers users a highly personalized experience and encourages members from all communities to create and discover interesting and dynamic content.

Founded in 2011, Kuaishou Technology is headquartered in Beijing with more than 10,000 employees and offices in China, the United States, India and Brazil. Our notable investors include DCM Ventures, Morningside Venture Capital, Sequoia Capital, Temasek Holdings, Tencent and Baidu. For more information, please visit www.kuaishou.com.

  • March 2011 GIF Kuaishou was created as a product tool for creating animated GIFs
  • October 2013 GIF Kuaishou was transformed into a short-form video social platform – Kuaishou
  • January 2015 Kuaishou’s DAU (daily active user) exceeded 10 million
  • September 2017 Kuaishou’s total users exceeded 600 million and DAU exceeded 80 million
  • December 2017 Kuaishou’s DAU exceeded 100 million
  • June 2018 Kuaishou Technology completed the acquisition of Acfun, an ACG video community
  • May 2019 Kuaishou’s DAU exceeded 200 million
  • March 2020 Kuaishou’s DAU exceeded 300 million
  • July 2020 Kuaishou’s Livestream DAU surpassed 170 million

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DoctorxDentist Identifies The Top 10% of Doctors in Singapore

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Patients are 65% more likely than they were prior to the onset of coronavirus to choose a healthcare provider based on the quality of care they will receive, according to the COVID-19 Patient Confidence Study.

SINGAPORE, July 30, 2020 — DoctorxDentist, the leading online resource for information about doctors in Singapore, today released its 2020 analysis of best performing physicians. 

“The goal of the DxD10 Trusted Reviews Award is to acknowledge physicians who are consistently highly rated” said Tristan Hahner, CEO of DoctorxDentist. “As healthcare gets more complicated and more choices for care become available, it’s important to provide information that helps consumers easily identify providers who make patient experience a top priority. This is our way of recognizing physicians for their commitment to outstanding care, based on opinions of those who know them best – their patients.”

DxD10 Trusted Reviews Award Recognizes Outstanding Healthcare Providers, Based on Patient Feedback

Each year, only 10% of doctors in Singapore are named a DxD10 Trusted Reviews Award recipient. DoctorxDentist evaluated the performance of 10,112 doctors and dentists nationwide by compiling and analyzing thousands of ratings and reviews of patients from across Singapore and Southeast Asia. The evaluation found that:

  • Winners had an average of 22 reviews, while the average doctor in Singapore had less than 5 reviews.
  • Award recipients maintained an average rating of 4.5 or higher out of a 5-star rating system.
  • Doctors with a minimum rating of 4.5 stars get seven times as many appointments as doctors with a rating less than 4.5 stars.
  • Doctors with at least 5 reviews get 74% of online appointments.
  • Reviews most often mentioned a doctor’s clinical skill or bedside manner. 
Dr Marlene Teo from An Dental Clinic, recipient of DxD10 Trusted Reviews Award for 2020.
Dr Marlene Teo from An Dental Clinic, recipient of DxD10 Trusted Reviews Award for 2020.

“It’s been my dream to help patients demystify dental issues,” said Dr Marlene Teo, an award recipient. “I’m really honored to receive the ‘DxD10 Trusted Reviews Award’ as an affirmation that we are building trust and rapport with our patients.”

About DoctorxDentist

DoctorxDentist.com is the fastest-growing doctor discovery platform in Singapore and South East Asia. Millions of consumers each year find and schedule appointments with their provider of choice at DoctorxDentist.

By enhancing each touchpoint in the patient journey — from the first impression online, to appointment booking and review harvesting post-appointment — DoctorxDentist makes it easy for healthcare providers to attract more patients, manage online reputation and modernize the patient experience. Learn more about how physicians partner with DoctorxDentist. 

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Kingsoft Cloud Enters Singapore Cloud Computing Market

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SINGAPORE, July 30, 2020 — The unexpected pandemic has brought many uncertainties to the global economy. But there is still one thing for sure: backed by various technologies including 5G, AI and IoT, the world is witnessing accelerated global digitalization, with cloud being a key support. From telecommuting and online education to telemedicine, social network and entertainment, even to online graduation exhibition and online court, it seems that everything can be done “on the cloud”. Kingsoft Cloud (NASDAQ: KC), as a leading cloud service provider in the world, has set up energy-saving data centers and operating branches in the United States, Russia, Singapore, etc. And the headquarters of Southeast Asia operations were set in Singapore.

Singapore, the fourth largest financial center in the world which sits in an important geographical position in Asia-Pacific, shows great potential demands for cloud services. The outbreak of COVID-19 this year has accelerated the digitalization of enterprises in Singapore to a large extent, prompting an earlier rise of cloud computing, a key role in the future market.

Kingsoft Cloud (NASDAQ: KC), a leading cloud service provider in the world
Kingsoft Cloud (NASDAQ: KC), a leading cloud service provider in the world

Kingsoft Cloud has inherited the “enterprise service DNA” from Kingsoft Group, the widely trusted leading software franchise in China, and has established superior enterprise service capabilities. Kingsoft Cloud stays at the forefront of cloud technology development, making extensive technical accumulation in big data, cloud computing, AI, IoT, and other areas. On that basis, Kingsoft Cloud offers cutting-edge technologies as well as convenient, efficient and customized services around the clock for Chinese enterprises going global, local enterprises in Singapore and other reginal enterprises in the Asia-Pacific region.

Currently, Kingsoft Cloud has provided over 120 solutions for multiple industries including video, gaming, education, finance and real estate , which have been highly recognized by its clients and partners.

So as an early player in video cloud and AI, what makes Kingsoft Cloud stand out?

First of all, in terms of video cloud, Kingsoft Cloud has followed the strategy of “Edge-based, AI-empowered”, aiming to offer immersive video cloud experience and tailored edge computing services. This year, Kingsoft Cloud launched its flagship 8K+VR livestreaming commercial solution and image quality evaluation platform — Kingsoft Cloud Quality of Experience.

With a well-established distribution platform and advanced live-streaming technology, the 8K+VR integrated solution of Kingsoft Cloud offers multiple features including VR video collection, editing, encoding, packing, storage, distributing and broadcasting. By combining AV1+ smart high definition and other self-developed technologies, Kingsoft Cloud can effectively reduce the bit rate while remaining the quality of image, therefore cutting the bandwidth costs.

This June, Kingsoft Cloud released the Kingsoft Cloud Quality of Experience (KQoE) to help clients evaluate the quality of image and video solutions. This platform simulates actual viewing experience and provides comprehensive reports and data analyses with the support of experts, so as to help clients evaluate the quality of image better and faster. Now, the platform has been implemented and well-received by our clients. 

When it comes to edge computing, Kingsoft Cloud’s KENC applies advanced container architecture, catering to cloud-native computing, to further optimize transmission efficiency and computing capacity of edge network. On top of that, edge computing and AIoT can be integrated to build the edge computing that is closer to users through smart habitation.

Furthermore, in terms of education cloud, during the pandemic, Kingsoft Cloud has launched an all-round online-learning solution. Built on RTC framework, the algorithm has been optimized to realize low latency. The solution addresses issues like fast expansion, high concurrency, student-teacher real-time interaction and teaching evaluation, making sure that online teaching activities go smoothly.

The concept of “smart campus” has gained much attention recently. Besides the smart educational administration system, security system and big data system, Kingsoft Cloud has launched the AI development platform KPL for colleges and universities. The data, algorithm, and computing power can be managed and allocated in a uniform manner to establish a sound development and software stack, enabling large-scale distributed training, automatic modeling, etc. This platform can satisfy resources demands of different levels, helping colleges and universities to improve the utilization of computing resources and AI development efficiency. Ultimately, smooth, stable, and reliable operations of the system can be realized.

At last, when it comes to AIoT, mainstream systems such as Smart Home and property management are usually separated. To deal with interconnectivity issues and isolated data island, Kingsoft Cloud’s integrated smart community solution provides a unified software and hardware control interface, data interface and uniform user access, leveraging by Cloud+AI+IoT+BigData and other technologies. Based on “three terminals and one platform” (terminals of users, projects, and enterprises, and the platform of smart habitation services), Kingsoft Cloud’s integrated smart community solution features interconnected indoor and outdoor scenarios and efficient property management abilities, which are the key value of a smart community.

Currently, Kingsoft Cloud runs business around the globe, and larger global partnership has been written in its long-term strategy. Entering the Singapore market, Kingsoft Cloud will join hands with its partners to support Singapore’s Smart Nation Initiative, leveraging its cutting-edge technologies and rich experience in cloud services.

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How CommonLook’s Expertise Helps Google With PDF Accessibility

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ARLINGTON, Virginia, July 30, 2020 — Two years ago, Google reached out to CommonLook because of our expertise in PDF accessibility.

“At the time, we recognized the potential impact on PDF accessibility due to the massive number of Chrome users around the world.” – Monir ElRayes, President and CEO, CommonLook, Inc.

Google knows that online content publishers are required to have their PDFs accessible and compliant to standards. Unfortunately, most organizations do not support directly generating a tagged PDF. 

Google used CommonLook’s PDF Validator and consulted with CommonLook to ensure their PDF accessibility plan was going to provide the biggest impact.

“By building this into Chrome, we’re hoping some organizations that already use HTML as part of their document workflow might be able to take advantage of this new functionality and generate compliant PDFs more easily.” Dominic Mazzoni, Technical Lead, Chrome Accessibility.

After significant progress, Chrome is rolling out this feature to all users every time they generate a PDF from Chrome. 

“We are pleased to see Google leading on social justice issues like this. Information technology is the new frontier of equality. By adding accessibility features to the Chrome browser, they are improving the experience of users with disabilities,” said Douglas Towne, the Chair and CEO of Access Ready, a cross disability advocacy organization. “Tagged PDF’s are a requirement for accessible documents and this new capability should help ensure access to a greater audience across e-commerce, work, school and in the home.”

With this being the 30th anniversary of the ADA this month, we cannot think of a better tribute to the ideals of the ADA than to see Google adding additional accessibility features to the Chrome web browser that is used by 1 billion people worldwide.

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