Weibo Files its Annual Report on Form 20-F

BEIJING, April 29, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Weibo Corporation (the “Weibo” or “Company”) (Nasdaq: WB), China’s leading social media platform, today announced that it filed its annual report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on April 29, 2020. The annual report can be accessed on Weibo’s investor relations website at http://ir.weibo.com. The Company will provide a hard copy of its annual report containing the audited consolidated financial statements, free of charge, to its shareholders and ADS holders upon request. Requests should be directed to Investor Relations, Weibo Corporation, No.8 SINA Plaza, Courtyard 10, XiBeiWang, Haidian District, Beijing 100193, China.

About Weibo

Weibo is a leading social media for people to create, share and discover content online. Weibo combines the means of public self-expression in real time with a powerful platform for social interaction, content aggregation and content distribution. Any user can create and post a feed and attach multi-media and long-form content. User relationships on Weibo may be asymmetric; any user can follow any other user and add comments to a feed while reposting. This simple, asymmetric and distributed nature of Weibo allows an original feed to become a live viral conversation stream.

Weibo enables its advertising and marketing customers to promote their brands, products and services to users. Weibo offers a wide range of advertising and marketing solutions to companies of all sizes. The Company generates a substantial majority of its revenues from the sale of advertising and marketing services, including the sale of social display advertisement and promoted marketing offerings. Designed with a “mobile first” philosophy, Weibo displays content in a simple information feed format and offers native advertisement that conform to the information feed on our platform. To support the mobile format, we have developed and continuously refining our social interest graph recommendation engine, which enables our customers to perform people marketing and target audiences based on user demographics, social relationships, interests and behaviors, to achieve greater relevance, engagement and marketing effectiveness.

Contact:

Investor Relations
Weibo Corporation
Tel: +86 10 5898-3336
Email: ir@staff.weibo.com

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China Mobile Limited 2019 Annual Report on Form 20-F Filed with the US SEC

HONG KONG, April 29, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — China Mobile Limited (the “Company”) (HKEx: 941) (NYSE: CHL) announced today that it has filed its Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2019 (the “2019 Form 20-F”) with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

The 2019 Form 20-F is available on the Investor Relations section of the Company’s website at http://www.chinamobileltd.com and on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov. Shareholders may also request a hard copy of the Company’s complete audited financial statements, free of charge, by contacting the Company at Investor Relations Department, China Mobile Limited, 60/F, The Center, 99 Queen’s Road Central, Hong Kong (Email: ir@chinamobilehk.com; Telephone: 852-3121-8888; Fax: 852-2511-9092).

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Huawei Launches the Storage Server of Tomorrow-The Next-Gen FusionServer Pro 2298 V5

SHENZHEN, China, April 29, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Huawei Computing Product Line unveils the next-gen FusionServer Pro 2298 V5, a 2U 2-socket storage rack server that provides up to 450 TB storage capacity. Designed to resolve the problems of low storage capacity and limited room space, it is a smart choice for customers looking to deploy a high-density and large-capacity storage solution in their data centers.

The Huawei next-generation FusionServer Pro 2298 V5 storage server
The Huawei next-generation FusionServer Pro 2298 V5 storage server

The FusionServer Pro 2298 V5 storage server is a cutting-edge product running on the Cascade Lake Refresh processor, the newest member of the Intel® Xeon® Scalable processor family, and the server supports the Intel® Optane™ DC persistent memory (DCPMM). The Cascade Lake Refresh processor offers a base frequency up to 3.9 GHz with a 4.5 GHz turbo boost, a new height for Intel’s Xeon lineup. It supports more cores and provides higher hyper-threading processing capabilities, delivering a performance that is 36% higher than its predecessors.

The FusionServer Pro 2298 V5 can house 24 3.5-inch and 4 2.5-inch drives, as well as 4 NVMe SSDs, in a 2U space, providing up to 450 TB storage capacity. It offers high density, performance, and scalability for enterprise customers, helping you seamlessly handle the mass data generated in daily services. Thanks to its easy maintenance and management, this server helps slash the high O&M costs, a pain point that has haunted industry customers for years. This storage server is tailored to a wide range of scenarios, such as the distributed storage, software-defined storage, big data analytics, video, data backup, archiving, and data-intensive warm and cold storage. It offers large-capacity and cost-effective storage for enterprise customers in the Internet and carrier industries.

FusionServer Pro 2298 V5 equipped with 24 3.5-inch front drives
FusionServer Pro 2298 V5 equipped with 24 3.5-inch front drives

The FusionServer 2298 V5 boasts the following advantages:

  • Ultra-large storage: Supports various drive configurations and provides elastic storage capacity, meeting upgrade requirements at different storage capacity levels. Supports SATA/SAS SSDs or PCIe NVMe SSDs as the cache, improving drive read/write performance.
  • High I/O expandability: Provides diverse network ports, such as four PCIe 3.0 slots, two 10GE and two GE LOM ports, as well as one OCP mezzanine card 2.0.
  • System acceleration: Supports two SATA M.2 SSDs for independent OS installation and high-speed startup. The two M.2 SSDs provide capacity options of 32, 64, 240, and 480 GB, and support hot swap and hardware RAID. All these features ensure the OS high reliability.

Many customers are looking for ways to improve their system performance but at a lower energy consumption. The Huawei FusionServer 2298 V5 answers this pain point. It adopts an intelligent power management design and capitalizes on the power capping technology to help customers improve deployment density. In addition, the Huawei-patented Dynamic Energy Management Technology (DEMT) automatically monitors resource usage based on service loads and dynamically adjusts the minimum power based on resource utilization for solid and reliable server running. In doing so, the server power consumption is minimized without compromising service running, all while reducing your operating expense (OPEX).

Huawei has a proven track record of being a server supplier of both quality and quantity. According to Gartner, the world’s leading research and advisory company, the total shipment of the Huawei x86-based servers from 2012 to 2019 amounted to 4.31 million units. The sales performance peaked in 2019 when the Huawei 4-socket servers topped the world in terms of shipment and sales volumes for that year. As a global strategic partner of Intel, Huawei has been adhering to a customer-centric approach and making unswerving commitments to the digital transformation of enterprises for the success of customers. A more intelligent data center is critical to fulfilling this commitment. To this end, Huawei is collaborating with Intel to provide high-performance, energy-efficient, secure, and reliable products and solutions.

About Huawei

Huawei is a leading global provider of information and communications technology (ICT) infrastructure and smart devices. With integrated solutions across four key domains – telecom networks, IT, smart devices, and cloud services – we are committed to bringing digital to every person, home and organization for a fully connected, intelligent world.

Huawei’s end-to-end portfolio of products, solutions and services are both competitive and secure. Through open collaboration with ecosystem partners, we create lasting value for our customers, working to empower people, enrich home life, and inspire innovation in organizations of all shapes and sizes.

At Huawei, innovation focuses on customer needs. We invest heavily in basic research, concentrating on technological breakthroughs that drive the world forward. We have more than 194,000 employees, and we operate in more than 170 countries and regions. Founded in 1987, Huawei is a private company wholly owned by its employees. For more information, please visit Huawei online at www.huawei.com or follow us on:

http://www.linkedin.com/company/Huawei 
http://www.twitter.com/Huawei 
http://www.facebook.com/Huawei 
http://www.youtube.com/Huawei

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[Podcast] Tech & Tonic Featuring Joshua Vergara & Isa Rodriguez: Motorola’s Big Comeback, Flagships v Affordability & Working from Home during the Pandemic

This week we had the honour of having Joshua Vergara and Isa Rodriguez on the podcast! You may have seen them on the internet over the years.

Joshua Vergara runs his own tech and lifestyle YouTube channel, but you may recognize him from his days at Android Authority and for his current work at Pocketnow. He’s a veteran of the industry and has been making content on tech for many years. Aside from YouTube videos, Joshua Vergara also hosts multiple podcasts and delves into health and wellness via his social media platforms.

Isa Rodriguez is a tech Youtuber who has a unique view on tech. She takes everything we know about tech and approaches it with a fashionista’s eye. She brings a breath of fresh air in a niche that many have enjoyed over the years. She regularly pairs he tech reviews with out fit of the days and focuses on a lot of the features that everyone looks for, particularly the ladies.

This is her second time on the Tech & Tonic Podcast! She has joined us for a previous episode of the Tech & Tonic Podcast where we talked about cameras & smartphone cameras.

In the episode, we talked about one of the most exciting weeks we’ve had in the global tech scene in quite a while particularly of Motorola’s return to the flagship race with their new Motorola Edge and Edge+. Their return after a 3 year absence also brought up the question of whether they were still relevant and if consumers were still looking for flagships or affordable devices. We also spoke about some of the changes we’ve had to make with the world going into quarantine and also our must haves for working from home.

The episode was recorded as a livestream on Monday, 27 April 2020 on the techENT YouTube Channel. We are continuing our live streams throughout Malaysia’s Movement Control Order (MCO) period. We’re live at 11am every Monday.

Sogou Unveils Upgrades to its AI-Driven Multilingual Mobile Keyboard

BEIJING, April 29, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Sogou Inc. (NYSE: SOGO) (“Sogou” or “the Company”), an innovator in search and a leader in China’s internet industry, released its Sogou Mobile Keyboard 10.8, the latest version of the Sogou Mobile Keyboard. Powered by Sogou’s leading AI technologies, the latest upgrade features new multilingual voice-based transcription and translation services, supports language input in four more languages, and offers improved accuracy rates for voice inputs.

As the most popular Chinese-language mobile input app by number of monthly active users, the Sogou Mobile Keyboard makes communication easier and more efficient for millions of individuals. By enhancing the user experience and enabling people to communicate smoothly across multiple languages, the Sogou Mobile Keyboard continues to break down language barriers.

Multilingual Translation and Transcription

The Sogou Mobile Keyboard 10.8 now supports voice-based translation between Chinese and seven foreign languages, including English, French, Spanish, Russian, German, Japanese, and Korean. It also provides voice transcription services for nine foreign languages and ten Chinese dialects with an 85% accuracy rate.   

Voice-based translation in real-time
Voice-based translation in real-time

Supports Language Input in Eight Languages

The latest version also supports language input in Spanish, Russian, Arabic, and French, building on the existing keyboards in Chinese, English, Japanese and Korean. Users can easily communicate in multiple languages without switching between different input methods.

Further, to help users communicate more eloquently, the English keyboard comes with a thesaurus that provides a large collection of synonyms for over 4,000 commonly used words. Users simply tap a word and its synonyms pop up.

Enhanced Voice Input Experience

The Sogou Mobile Keyboard 10.8 also features an upgraded voice input system, with the voice recognition accuracy rate for speech entered from a distance increasing by 30% and by 20% for speech in Mandarin, compared with the previous version. Further, when pronunciation is unclear or inaudible, the smart keyboard recommends possible words for users to choose from. 

In addition, the revamped Sogou Mobile Keyboard provides a full suite of features to enrich user interactions and offer a more personalized experience, including sentence correction, text prediction, and smart recommendations.

With the latest upgrades to the Sogou Mobile Keyboard,  Sogou showcases its continued commitment to making communication easier for millions of users at home and abroad by leveraging its AI capabilities in voice, image, natural language processing, and machine learning.

Safe Harbor Statement

This announcement contains forward-looking statements. Statements that are not historical facts, including statements about our beliefs and expectations, are forward-looking statements. These statements are based on current plans, estimates, and projections, which involve inherent risks and uncertainties. We caution you that a number of important factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statement. Potential risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, intense competition in the market for search and search-related services; our need to continually innovate and adapt in order to grow our business; our reliance on Tencent platforms for a significant portion of our user traffic; and uncertainty regarding the extent and reach of PRC governmental regulation of sponsored search. Further information regarding these and other risks is included in Sogou’s Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2019 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 21, 2020, and other documents Sogou files with or submits to the Securities and Exchange Commission.

About Sogou

Sogou Inc. (NYSE: SOGO) is an innovator in search and a leader in China’s internet industry. With a mission to make it easy to communicate and get information, Sogou has grown to become the second-largest search engine by mobile queries and the fourth largest internet company by MAU in China. Sogou has a wide range of innovative products and services, including the Sogou Input Method, which is the largest Chinese language input software for both mobile and PC. Sogou is also at the forefront of AI development and has made significant breakthroughs in voice and image technologies, machine translation, and Q&A, which have been successfully integrated into our products and services.

For media enquiries, please contact:

Yadan Ouyang
Brunswick Group
Tel: +86 10 5960-8600
Email: sogou@brunswickgroup.com

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“Black Desert Mobile” Introduces Merchantry: A New System of World Trade

SEOUL, South Korea, April 29, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Pearl Abyss announced today the addition of Merchantry, a new system of world trade in Black Desert Mobile. Adventurers can take this opportunity to trade regional specialties across the in-game world for large amounts of silver and various rewards.

Black Desert Mobile Introduces Merchantry: A New System of World Trade
Black Desert Mobile Introduces Merchantry: A New System of World Trade

Adventurers can begin trading regional specialties through Trade Vendors found in each village. They need a carriage, a horse, and four workers available in their camp for Merchantry to begin. Camp workers that participate in Merchantry will gain EXP points and level up. Adventurers will also gain rewards for not only leveling up their camp workers through Merchantry but also for completing special events that occur during trade missions.

In addition, Pearl Abyss will be hosting the second season of “Black Desert Mobile World Championship – Ramoness.” Ramoness is a 3 vs 3 PvP mode in Black Desert Mobile where Adventurers can gain points by defeating opponents and destroying various objects. The team that earns the most points at the end of the match will be declared the winners and will be rewarded. 

The registration for this special tournament is now open with more details to come shortly. Adventurers who wish to participate are highly encouraged to start recruiting team members and preparing themselves to become the most powerful players in the world of Black Desert Mobile.

Visit Black Desert Mobile‘s official website for more information.

About Black Desert

Black Desert is Pearl Abyss’ open-world action MMORPG with cutting-edge visuals and skill-based combat that redefines the genre. With the most developed character customization system of any game currently on the market, users can break out of the norm and make unique characters that truly represent themselves. Its intuitive controls, beautifully designed world, and extensive lore will excite both newcomers and veterans of MMO games and action RPGs.  

About Pearl Abyss

Best known for the MMORPG franchise Black Desert, Pearl Abyss is a leading developer in the game industry. Established in 2010, Pearl Abyss has since developed Black Desert for PC, mobile, and console, and is developing Shadow Arena for PC and console. All of Pearl Abyss’ games are built on the company’s own proprietary engine and are renowned for their cutting-edge graphics. The company is also developing Crimson Desert, DokeV, and PLAN 8 and is poised to continue its growth through 2020 and maintain its position as one of Asia’s leaders in game development. More information about Pearl Abyss is available at: www.pearlabyss.com

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techENT Download || Apple & Google vs Governments, Pokémon on Netflix, AMD, Motorola Edge & More

It’s been one helluva eventful week in tech!

Apple and Google found themselves at odds with Governments when it came to how data should be handled in their Contact Tracing API.

The OnePlus 8 series found its way to Malaysia. The new Snapdragon685 touting Smartphones are up for pre-order. They are priced starting from MYR2,699.

AMD unveils a new generation of Zen 2 based Ryzen 3 processors.

Facebook had a busy week enhancing Messenger with Messenger Rooms and enabling Group Calls on WhatsApp.

vivo launched their Snapdragon 712 powered V19 in Malaysia. The Quad Camera touting flagship is retailing for MYR1,699.

Netflix scores an new Netflix Original with Pokémon Journeys and sneaks in a new feature on the Android app.

Motorola makes a comeback in the Flagship smartphone market with the new Motorola Edge! Remember to hit that like and subscribe button!

We are on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIN and Instagram as techenttv, so follow us there!

We have a podcast going on Spotify and other popular Podcast platforms too! Check out our Tech & Tonic Podcast!

Airwallex Bolsters Leadership Team with Global Brand Veteran

HONG KONG, April 29, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Global fintech leader Airwallex today announced that Susan Ho has joined its team as SVP Brand, Communications and Partnerships to drive the group’s efforts to build a world-class brand and reputation, strengthen strategic partnerships and expand its global business.

Ho’s appointment follows Airwallex’s recent announcement about its record US$160million Series D fundraising to accelerate worldwide growth plans through customer acquisition and licensing, further product development and acquisitions to fast-track offerings.

Jack Zhang, CEO and Co-founder of Airwallex, reiterated, “The world is becoming increasingly digital and current conditions demand that global businesses reassess how they operate, particularly with regards to the kinds of financial services solutions they use.”

“Susan’s appointment signals our ambition to strengthen the Airwallex brand and position ourselves to be the preferred financial services platform for clients today and businesses of the future.” Zhang said.

Ho added, “Anyone interested in operating their business better and more efficiently should consider Airwallex. What attracted me to Airwallex was the strength of its products and technology infrastructure, and calibre of the people. I am excited to be part of a team who continues to revolutionise how businesses will use financial services.”

Ho was formerly Head of Brunswick’s Hong Kong office where she was instrumental in building a premium reputation for the corporate advisory firm amongst its clients and staff. Prior to that, Ho came from a long career in Standard Chartered Bank, working in its corporate and retail banking business and leaving a legacy of the bank’s brand promise “Here for good” and its Liverpool FC sponsorship. Ho is Malaysian-Chinese and currently serves as Governor at Maggie’s Cancer Centre and Board Director of AFS Hong Kong Cultural Exchange.

Airwallex also recently expanded Kai Wu’s role to Greater China CEO on top of his CFO responsibilities, in a progression of steps to strengthen its management bench. This follows another recent high-profile appointment, Jeanette Chan, one of Asia Pacific’s most reputed legal advisors, as Chief Compliance Officer and General Counsel. 

NOTES TO MEDIA

For further information
You can access images of Susan Ho, Kai Wu and Jeanette Chan here. If you have any questions or would like to request further information, please contact Kristen Wang, Airwallex at kristen.wang@airwallex.com

About Airwallex

Airwallex was founded in Melbourne, Australia in 2015 with a simple goal – to push the boundaries of global financial services capabilities in an increasingly borderless world. Airwallex has since secured over $360 million USD in external funding, supported by top-tier investors including Tencent, Sequoia Capital China, DST Global, Hillhouse Capital, Horizons Ventures, ANZi Ventures, Square Peg Capital, Gobi Partners and Salesforce Ventures. The company’s core strength lies in its proprietary tech-driven infrastructure to enable low-cost, high-speed and transparent international collections and payments (accessible via API), its business account and borderless card which helps businesses grow both domestically and internationally. Airwallex has grown to over 420 employees across 10 international offices (Melbourne, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Beijing, Singapore, London, San Francisco, Tokyo and Bangalore). www.airwallex.com 

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AxiomSL releases regulatory disclosure support for financial institutions participating in the Australian government’s COVID-19 SME Guarantee Scheme

SYDNEY, April 29, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — AxiomSL, the industry’s leading provider of regulatory reporting and risk management solutions, today announces they have provided clients in Australia with a new release of their Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) reporting solution, to incorporate the brand new ARS 920 (COVID-19 SME guarantee scheme) requirements. This scheme was announced on 16 April 2020 and AxiomSL is pleased to deliver an automated solution for this weekly report, before the first collection date on 1 May 2020.  

This new reporting standard has been recently released by APRA and has a very short runway, before being effective due to the pressing nature of the COVID-19 situation, both locally and globally. This collection includes granular levels of individual loan-level data, following the global trend for regulators to ask for more detailed information on a much quicker reporting cycle. This trend can also be seen with APRA’s recent announcement about new data collections around the early release initiative for superannuation funds and Registered Superannuation Entities (RSEs), with a weekly reporting schedule.

Andrew Wood, Country Manager (Australia) AxiomSL, said: “I’m exceptionally proud of the way our local and international teams have adjusted their daily working practices to deliver throughout this pandemic.  The rapid release of ARS 920 is an example of how client and supplier teams need to work closely together as new risk and regulatory obligations emerge during this period of disruption.”

About AxiomSL
AxiomSL is a global leader in risk analytics, data-management, and regulatory-reporting solutions. Leveraging more than 25 years’ experience, AxiomSL combines its deep industry experience and intelligent data-management platform to deliver solutions and services around regulatory and risk reporting, liquidity, capital and credit, operations, trade and transactions, and tax analytics. The platform can be deployed on premise or on the cloud. Its client base spans regional and global financial institutions with more than $43 trillion in total assets and investment managers with more than $11 trillion in assets under management. Its coverage encompasses more than 110 regulators across 55 jurisdictions. AxiomSL is in the top 20 of the Chartis RiskTech100® 2020 ranking.

For more information, visit www.axiomsl.com.

Contact us
Gan Rachael
Associate Marketing Manager, AxiomSL APAC
+65 6955 7660
rgan@axiomsl.com

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MiniTool Software Releases Power Data Recovery V8.8 with New Updates

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, April 29, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — MiniTool® Software Limited released new Power Data Recovery V8.8 with some new updates. The latest version 8.8 adds Spanish support. It also extends the language support for its File Previewer. This new release of MiniTool Power Data Recovery optimizes the RAW scan on SWF files by delivering more accurate recovery results. The software download and installation speed is improved as well.

Added Spanish Support

This time MiniTool Power Data Recovery V8.8 added support for Spanish. MiniTool software has been working on adding more language support so as to let more people worldwide to use this product and help them with lost data recovery. Other languages include English, Japanese, German, French, Italian, Korean, now this data recovery program supports seven languages.

New Language Support for File Previewer

The File Previewer of new MiniTool Power Data Recovery V8.8 now also supports French, Italian, Korean, and Spanish. The File Previewer embedded in this software lets users preview files before restoring them. The supported preview file types are up to 70 types. The new language support for the File Previewer enables more users to determine if the files are the ones they want.

Improved RAW Scan on SWF Files

The new version 8.8 of MiniTool Power Data Recovery optimizes the RAW scan on SWF files. Now it can scan and recover SWF files more accurately. To scan and recover specific type of files, users can click the Settings button next to Scan button on the main UI of MiniTool Power Data Recovery.

Software Download and Installation Speed is Faster

The research and development team from MiniTool optimized the software download and installation process. Users can download and install new MiniTool Power Data Recovery V8.8 on their Windows computers in less time.

About MiniTool Power Data Recovery

Developed by MiniTool® Software Limited, MiniTool Power Data Recovery can recover any deleted/lost files from Windows computer, external hard drive, SSD, USB flash/pen/thumb drive, phone or camera SD memory cards, etc. It helps users rescue data after various data loss situations like system crash, hard drive failure, and more.

About MiniTool

MiniTool® Software Limited is a leading computer software provider. For more than ten years, it has developed professional data recovery software, disk partition manager, system backup and restore software, free movie maker and video editor, free video downloader, and more. Some new software products are also in development to meet more users’ demands.

For more information of MiniTool software and its products, please visit:

https://www.minitool.com 
https://www.partitionwizard.com

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