SHENZHEN, China, Feb. 19, 2021 — Absen (SZSE: 300389) improves meetings and presentations further with the new Absenicon 3.0. The new Absenicon 3.0 is an all-in-one conference LED display product for meetings and presentations. This new improved version was designed to be the perfect visual solution for high-end meeting rooms, lecture halls and auditoriums in corporate, government, education and other indoor environments which require a reliable and visually stunning display for effective communication.
Absenicon 3.0
With a 5mm frame and shallow 28.5mm screen depth, the Absenicon 3.0 boasts a slim design and an impressive 94% screen-to-body ratio, which provides superb and virtually seamless large-format images.
With adjustable brightness levels from 0 to 350nits, the Absenicon 3.0 is perfectly adapted to open and bright spaces. Featuring a colour gamut of 110% and a contrast ratio of 5000:1, the Absenicon 3.0 is able to display detailed content with accurate and vivid colours. In addition, the 160° ultra-wide viewing angle enables attendees to benefit from enhanced meeting efficiency and productivity.
Absenicon’s all-in-one design integrates a complete control, operation and sound system, thus avoiding the need for any traditional control box and video processor. Its hidden cable design also presents a sleek and clean finish to the whole screen.
Featuring a new smart control system, operating the Absenicon 3.0 is as easy as watching TV. Its remote control allows users to easily turn the screen on and off, switch the digital channels and adjust the screen brightness and the On Screen Display menu settings.
The Absenicon 3.0 supports dual systems including the Android 8.0 and Windows 10 O.S. By scanning a QR code, people can share the content of a computer, smartphone or tablet while taking notes on these devices during a conference. The Absenicon 3.0 is able to share four screens simultaneously and present different creative ideas all at once.
Absenicon can be installed by two engineers in only as little as two hours, with two installation options available (wall mounting and mobile). The Absenicon 3.0 is front serviceable and it takes just a couple of seconds to remove a module with a special tool, making the installation and maintenance quick and convenient.
BEIJING, Feb. 19, 2021 — WiMi Hologram Cloud Inc. (Nasdaq: WIMI) ("WiMi" or the "Company"), a leading Hologram Augmented Reality ("AR") Technology provider in China, today announced that it has won the bid for the second phase of China Mobile AND Media Cloud Platform’s remote interaction holographic project (the "Project").
Bidding for the Project started at 10 AM Beijing time on February 1, 2021. All companies in China’s holographic and communication industries were able to fill out an application. The application evaluation process was executed according to the bid evaluation method specified in the Bidding Laws of the People’s Republic of China, other related regulations, and bidding documents. After a series of rigorous evaluations, it was decided that WiMi’s application stood out from the rest, and according to the bidding result announcement released on February 10, 2021 at China Mobile’s official website, WiMi won the bid.
With hundreds of millions of users, China Mobile is the largest mobile communication operator and leading operator of 5G mobile communication infrastructure in China. As of December 2020, China Mobile had 165 million customers with 5G data plan and 775 million customers with 4G data plan. With its comprehensive communication infrastructure and superior high-bandwidth 5G mobile communication network, China Mobile maintains broad development prospects in the field of remote interaction holographic communication. WiMi’s status as a qualified supplier and partner for China Mobile marks a significant improvement in the Company’s overall competitiveness. Going forward, as domestic communication operators continue to increase their investment into 5G technologies each year, it is expected that WiMi will also achieve significant advances and strategic breakthroughs in terms of its collaborations with 5G operators in China.
The selection of WiMi for the Project is further evidence of the Company’s strong technical strengths. As a leading AR hologram technology provider for holographic 5G communication applications, the Company remains committed to independent R&D as well as investment into 5G and other core technology fields. Going forward, the Company plans to utilize such advanced technologies as 5G, AR, virtual reality, holographic communications, and more, to continue strengthening its collaborations with China Mobile as well as other communication operators and industry partners. At the same time, the Company will also focus on leveraging these technologies to further promote the development of its holographic 5G communication business while further accelerating the digital transformation of domestic holographic communication applications in other industry verticals.
About WIMI Hologram Cloud Inc.
WiMi Hologram Cloud, Inc.(NASDAQ: WIMI), whose commercial operations began in 2015, is a holographic cloud comprehensive technical solution provider that focuses on professional areas including holographic AR automotive HUD software, holographic pulse laser, head-mounted light field holographic equipment, holographic semiconductor, holographic cloud software, holographic car navigation and others. Its services and holographic AR technologies include holographic AR automotive application, holographic laser automotive application, holographic vision semiconductor technology, holographic software development, holographic AR advertising technology, holographic AR entertainment technology, holographic ARSDK payment, automobile holographic communication and other holographic AR technologies. For more information, please visit http://ir.wimiar.com.
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STOCKHOLM, Feb. 19, 2021 — Crunchfish AB ("Crunchfish") announces its enrolment into VISA Technology Partner program with its Digital Cash solutions. As a VISA technology partner, Crunchfish will get access to VISA specifications and toolkits enabling potential integration with the VISA digital payment rail.
Crunchfish’s patent pending Digital Cash solutions are built on a two-tier offline vs. online settlement architecture. As a VISA Technology Partner, Crunchfish will get access to VISA specifications and toolkits enabling Digital Cash development, evaluation and potential integration with the VISA digital payment rail.
"To be invited into VISA Technology Partner program is an important milestone for the company and a testimony of Crunchfish’s technology prowess. It suggests that Digital Cash is a promising solution that may become an integral part of digital payments of tomorrow," says Crunchfish’s CEO Joachim Samuelsson.
HONG KONG, Feb. 19, 2021 — Hong Kong is finally experiencing a reduction in new coronavirus cases, allowing for the reopening of many public leisure spaces and the easing of social distancing rules on businesses such as restaurants.
It is announced that the public will either have to scan the QR code through ‘LeaveHomeSafe’ mobile app or register contact details at venue. According to statistics, however, nearly 35% of elderly people aged 65 or above in Hong Kong do not have a smartphone^. To cater to market needs, HGCmore, a B2C one-stop-shop platform of HGC Broadband, is launching an entry-level smartphone Samsung Galaxy A12 offers*.
If people register as a member on HGCmore website (www.hgcmore.com), they can purchase Samsung Galaxy A12 (Black Color) at a discounted price of HK$1,499, with a 5GB/90-day local data SIM card.
HGCmore will continue to search for different grades and models of mobile phone options for customers to meet their different needs.
HGC Global Communications Limited (HGC) is a leading Hong Kong and international fixed-line operator. The company owns an extensive network and infrastructure in Hong Kong and overseas and provides various kinds of services. HGC has 23 overseas offices, with business over 5 continents. It provides telecom infrastructure service to other operators and serves as a service provider to corporate and households. The company provides full-fledged telecom, data centre services, ICT solutions and broadband services for local, overseas, corporate and mass markets. HGC owns and operates an extensive fibre-optic network, five cross-border telecom routes integrated into tier-one telecom operators in mainland China and connects with hundreds of world-class international telecom operators. HGC is one of Hong Kong’s largest Wi-Fi service providers, running over 29,000 Wi-Fi hotspots in Hong Kong. The company is committed to further investing and enriching its current infrastructure and, in parallel, adding on top the latest technologies and developing its infrastructure services and solutions. HGC is a portfolio company of I Squared Capital, an independent global infrastructure investment manager focusing on energy, utilities and transport in North America, Europe and selected fast-growing economies.
To learn more, please visit HGC’s website at: www.hgc.com.hk
In this episode of the Tech & Tonic Podcast, our editors, Darwin and Jeevan get a little personal as they speak on their current realities with working from home thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic. In the past weeks, Malaysia has returned to a state of Movement Control under the new MCO. The pandemic has forced them to look into alternative ways to get work done and, most of all, it has made all their work online.
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We loved the WF-1000XM3, this is no secret. I personally own a WF-1000XM3. We actually went out to pre-order one to get it before they officially launched them in Malaysia. It is that good.
But there is something better than an in-ear headphone though. That is an over-ear headphone like the WH-1000XM3. There is a reason why we settled for the WF-1000XM3 though. Its performance is close enough to the WH-1000XM3 and is fractionally cheaper, and it is a lot more portable.
We still love the WH-1000XM3 very much though. It is one of the best active noise cancelling headphone in the industry at its time and still holds its own to this day. If you are looking for a noise cancelling headphone at a budget at this time, the WH-1000XM3 is still a very good choice. The problem is, the new Sony WH-1000XM4 is not that much more expensive in price.
The WH-1000XM4 is still a premium product at MYR 1,599. The question here is not whether it is better than the WH-1000XM3 or not though. The question here should be, should you change from the WH-1000XM3 to this one? Or should you get this one over the discounted Mark III? We find out.
Design
It looks exactly the same as the WH-1000XM3, and that is it. Really, they look the same. They come with the same shaped hardcase too, with a slight difference in material choices over the case. Put the two side by side and they look nearly indistinguishable other than the WH-1000XM3 and WH-1000XM4 label on the head band.
So that is that, right? Not really
The padding on the Sony WH-1000XM4 is of newer materials that is supposed to be more breathable and more comfortable than the WH-1000XM3. This is not to say that the Sony WH-1000XM3 was not a comfortable headphone to work with in any way though. The newer materials ensures that the WH-1000XM4’s earcups are slightly more breathable apparently.
In Malaysia, you are still going to sweat your ears out wearing the headphones out in the open. It will still be warm no matter how you put it, but that is not the fault of the headphone itself. We suspect also that the extra breathability has something to do with the more comfortable clamping force on the headband.
There is another subtle change within one of the earcups too. Specifically, on the left earcup there is now what seems to be a cut out for some sort of a sensor. The sensor is an optical sensor to tell the headphone whether or it is being worn.
Features
The Sony WH-1000XM4 inherits most of its great features from the Sony WH-1000XM3. That is kind of expected. What we did not expect is how much Sony added on the WH-1000XM4 to make it a class of its own.
Talk-to-Chat Transparent Mode
The new Sony WH-1000XM4 is a rather clever piece of kit to bring with you wherever you go. You technically do not have to take it off your ear ever (until the battery drains and you have to charge, of course). It turns on ambient noise mode the moment you want to start a conversation with anyone.
We tried the function in the office to have conversations with everyone else in the office. It only detects speech from you before it turns to transparent mode automatically. Which also means that your friends still need to tap on your shoulders to get your attention and you have to start talking first before the feature itself is turned on.
We do find it nifty in certain situations, and a little jarring in a lot of situations. There are times that we had to say “what?” twice before you can get the headphone to turn transparent mode on. You can still cover the right cup of the headphone to turn on ambient mode temporarily too, which might work better in our opinions.
Transparency mode on the Sony WH-1000XM4 may not be the most natural experience you have on your surroundings too. You can sort of hear your friends when you talk to them in transparent mode, but there are times where you tend to hear more environmental noise and buzz than the people you want to have conversations with. At least the delivery of ambient noise is accurate enough you know where everything is coming from.
Noise Cancelling Made Even better
The WH-1000XM4 packs the same type of audio signal processor from its predecessor. It is the very powerful Sony QN1 processor. This is also the reason why the Sony headphone is not aptX or aptX HD certified. Then again, it is not a Qualcomm processor the headphone packs.
The QN1 on the WH-1000XM4 is programmed differently compared to the QN1 in the older headphone and the WF-1000XM3 though. It is technically more powerful as it now does more complex and robust calculations for noise cancelling. That also means that the noise cancelling in the new WH-1000XM4 is technically better than the WH-1000XM3.
To put it in words, you might hear the headphone feeding you anti-noise at times, when there is no other audio playing through the headphone. When the music comes alive, most of the world is tuned out and quiet. There are still some situations that you can hear the rest of the world, especially when loud noises are involved, but no active noise cancelling technology can remove noise or sounds completely.
Using the active noise cancelling feature on the WH-1000XM4 for an extended period of time is a very comfortable affair. You do not feel like your head is stuck in a vacuum chamber or feel like your eardrums are being sucked dry by the headphone. What we mean to say is that you will not get a headache or discomfort.
DSEE Extreme
But the QN1 does more than just clever noise cancelling. It upscales audio now with Sony’s proprietary DSEE Extreme, an even more powerful version of Sony’s DSEE HX from the WH-1000XM3. What it does is it upscales audio and delivers them more cleanly via Bluetooth. The technology fills gaps in an audio and delivers it to the listener for a better listening experience.
Again, the differences are very marginal to a regular listener. To us at least, the differences between audio delivery between the new headphone and older headphone is hardly noticeable and very easy to miss if you do not pay attention. The differences lie in some of the higher-end frequencies and a slightly fuller low-frequency notes.
In theory then, even Spotify should sound a little more amazing and impressive with DSEE Extreme. It does though, it does work. It does make Spotify sound less Spotify and a little more Tidal. To put it into perspective, Spotify can be likened to compressed MP3 audio format and Tidal delivers up to CD AAC audio format, which has higher bitrate and throughput. In turn, AAC audio format tends to be more detailed and in higher fidelity compared to MP3.
Multi-Device Connection
There was not much we could complain about when it comes to the WH-1000XM3. The only thing we thought was a little lacking was the fact that the headphone could only connect to one device at a time. Sony also fixed that with the new WH-1000XM4.
While the new WH-1000XM4 headphones does connect to multiple devices, do not be fooled into thinking you can connect your smartphone, your notebook PC, and your tablet at the same time. You can only choose up to two devices to connect to the Sony WH-1000XM4.
Connecting your WH-1000XM4 to both devices as simple as you would expect too. You can use your smartphones to connect to the device via NFC and then Bluetooth. Connecting your PC too is just about a simple working with Windows’ Bluetooth.
You might have to keep in mind that the Sony WH-1000XM4 turns off the moment you plug a USB Type-C cable to the headphone. The headphone will automatically go into charge mode. You can still plug the headphones in to a 3.5mm AUX jack for listening though, just that you do not get to use the noise cancelling function.
Performance
Of course, the whole point of a headphone is an audio experience. That is what this MYR 1,599 Sony WH-1000XM4 is all about, the aural experience. For that kind of money, you will not be disappointed with the Sony headphones.
An Aural Experience
It is a solid product no matter how you look at it for MYR 1,599. While the build is mostly plastic, most of the money goes into making the internals as good as it can be. You are looking at a 40mm driver that is capable of producing frequencies from as low as 4hz all the way to 40,000hz. Of course, what you hear depends on your own ears and the music format itself.
We tested most of our audio products with Tidal because it streams at 16-bit/44kHz quality. Spotify streams at half that. That also means that you get higher quality audio and more detailed audio from Tidal to work with.
As with plenty of Sony audio products, we can safely say that the WH-1000XM4 produces a very balanced sound signature. Sound is detailed enough through all the frequencies. Some might say that it lacks lower frequency punch (bass) though, and that is also mostly a matter of preference. Still, the mid and high frequencies shine with detail and there is enough punch for us in the lower frequencies.
What it lacks in punch though, the Sony WH-1000XM4 makes up in detail. The lower frequencies forms with distinction, not just booms that you hear in your ear. You also have to keep in mind that too much lower frequencies can hurt your ears too. This will not do that.
The headphone gets pretty loud too on Bluetooth. If you plug it in though, depending on your source device, the headphone tends to be a little softer and less punchy. We do somehow find a bit more detail when you plug it in though. Just remember that you still need to use the battery if you want to use the Noise Cancelling function and DSEE Extreme.
Listening on the WH-1000XM4 can be very personal though. Via the app, you could also take a picture of your ears and let Sony tune the headphone to your ears. In that case, your friends might not get the same experience as you do on the headphone itself. Of course, the app also allows you to adjust your own equaliser to make it even more personal.
With the WH-1000XM4 as well you get the benefit of Sony’s 360 Reality Audio that gives you some spatial effect. Of course, not all streaming platforms have this feature. That is also why we refer to Tidal for our audio needs, they support the 360 Reality Audio feature.
Battery Life
Sony claims that the WH-1000XM4, like the WH-1000XM3, has 30 hours of continuous playback. That is technically longer than the world’s longest direct flight at 18 hours. We have not had the privilege to travel from Singapore to New York directly for that matter. No thanks to the pandemic situation too, travelling is rather limited to intercity travels by car. Which also means that we have not sat in an airplane for over a year now.
If we do though, we are glad that we have the WH-1000XM4. In our tests, we can assure you that it the headphones can last more than 20 cumulative hours of use. Of course, this also depends on how high or how low you set your volume to. We set our volumes to an average 70 to 75% most of the time and we mostly use it with our PC and smartphone wirelessly. In that regards, we only had to charge the headphone once in a week.
Call Quality
Of course, because we pair it to our smartphone as well, we use it to make phone calls from time to time. On PC as well, by default the headphone connects to the device as two separate devices and go into handsfree mode the moment you get into a conference call. This is also to prevent the headphone to go into talk-to-chat transparency mode.
In hands-free mode, or when you make a call, the audio gets a little distorted for some reason. It is not as bad as before where audio sounds tiny and extra distorted though. We just thought that it sounds a little sketchy at times and it could be a little better and clearer.
It is still convenient for you to just pick-up a call and tune everything else out. Whenever a call comes in, the headphone prioritises feed from the calls on your smartphone or your video conferencing tools first.
On the PC, you will hear the difference between conference calls made in hands-free mode and with hands-free mode turned off. It is night and day. You also want to keep in mind that if you want to use this headphone for multiplayer gaming (it is quite excellent for gaming too, if you must know), you really want to disable hands-free mode and Talk-to-Chat function.
The Sony WH-1000XM4 – Oh Yes!
We really like the Sony WH-1000XM4. They never really changed its design compared to its predecessor. To be fair, the design language has not changed all that much since their first iteration of the noise cancelling over-ear headphone series. Then again, why fix something that is not broken? That is also very Japanese, if we must say.
Issue with that is that ergonomics is the same and the touch controls are the same too. The touch controls are not exactly the Sony WH-1000XM4’s strongest suit. Thank goodness you have a smartphone app to control the headphone too. Of course, the app makes the WH-1000XM4 even more personal.
It is a slightly more comfortable headphone compared to the older WH-1000XM3. It is also better sounding and packs better active noise cancelling algorithm. We thought talk-to-chat function was something that would be a game changer, but we end up looking at it as more of a gimmick now instead.
So, if you are looking to spend a little bit more money for a headphone, the WH-1000XM4 is a good buy. We would recommend it very strongly. The problem only comes if you already own a WH-1000XM3.
To solve the problem, we would not recommend you change from your WH-1000XM3 to this new one. While all the small improvements may make it seem like the fourth-generation headphone from Sony holds a big gap over the WH-1000XM3, the improvements made in the areas that matter is not so much that the older generation headphones become obsolete. If you do want the latest and greatest though, who are we to say that you should not spend your money on the Sony WH-1000XM4?
By expanding its Voice presence in Asia and the United States, Colt continues to power enterprises’ digital transformations across the globe.
SEOUL, South Korea, Feb. 19, 2021 — Colt Technology Services has today announced an expansion of its global SIP Trunking offering to South Korea and six new US states; New Jersey, Florida, Tennessee, Massachusetts, Virginia and Washington – taking Colt’s global SIP trunking footprint to 27 countries globally.
With this expansion, enterprises benefit from simplified telecommunications in a single IP network from one global provider, with uniformity and full regulatory compliance provided by Colt. This provides cost savings, removes the difficulties of managing multiple suppliers and eliminates any concerns of regulatory complexity around multinational operations.
Colt has 12 years’ experience in providing highly reliable business-grade SIP Trunking services and maintains a leading position in the SIP Trunk solution market, offering a feature-rich product that’s fully tested and certified for all main IP PBX vendors. Delivered on the high bandwidth Colt IQ Network, Colt is able to provide an end-to-end Quality of Service (QoS), including high performance low latency fibre routes, traffic prioritisation with MPLS and many other features.
To evolve with international customers’ changing business needs, Colt continues to expand in these additional regions to demonstrate the importance of Asia and the US to Colt’s ever-growing footprint. This announcement follows the expansion of its SIP Trunking and Voice proposition to Hong Kong and Singapore last year.
Colt’s Vice President Product Portfolio, Peter Coppens, said: "Colt has always invested in its Voice proposition and it will continue to do so. In the last year, we have seen the demand for voice services increase significantly as enterprises shifted to remote working. The world has changed dramatically and we are proud to continue to enable our customers with market-leading voice services, supporting global operations today and powering digital transformations for the future."
"We are excited to continue to expand our global SIP Trunking offering because we know it means Colt is better able to support enterprises’ growth plans in Asia and the US in 2021."
The new regions announced today are in addition to the 26 where Colt SIP Trunking services are already available. They are: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, Sweden, UK, Japan, Norway, Finland, Poland, Czech Republic, Romania, Luxembourg, Slovakia, Australia, Canada, USA — New York, Hong Kong and Singapore. Services are available in South Korea and the new US states from today.
About Colt
Colt strives to transform the way the world works through the power of connectivity – taking what’s always been in its DNA to enable customers’ success. The Colt IQ Network connects more than 900+ data centres and over 29,000 on net buildings across Europe, Asia and North America’s largest business hubs.
Colt understands today’s shifting connectivity requirements and provides agile, on-demand and secure high bandwidth networking and voice solutions to ensure enterprises can thrive. Customers include data-intensive organisations spanning over 210 cities in more than 30 countries. Colt is a recognised innovator and pioneer in Software Defined Networks (SDN) and Network Function Virtualisation (NFV). Privately owned, Colt is one of the most financially sound companies in the sector, and because of this, it’s able to put its customers’ needs at its core. For more information, please visit www.colt.net.
SHANGHAI, Feb. 19, 2021 — Dada Group (Nasdaq: DADA) ("Dada" or the "Company"), China’s leading local on-demand delivery and retail platform, is pleased to announce that JD Daojia (JDDJ), the on-demand retail platform of Dada, has collaborated with G-super, the innovative retail chain brand of Greenland Group, to launch the exclusive "Super Merchant Day". On January 31, G-super saw new record-breaking online orders and sales on JDDJ.
A picker was processing JDDJ’s orders at a G-super store
"Super Merchant Day" is a customized online shopping festival created by JDDJ for leading supermarket chains in China. The event aims to integrate the online and offline retail businesses, including retailers, stores, brand owners and e-commerce platform, to innovate marketing effects and improve online sales, user base, and brand influence. In 2021, JDDJ plans to launch more than 30 Super Merchant Days together with Top 100 supermarket chains and regional leaders in China.
As an innovative retail chain brand created by Greenland Group, which is among the Global Top 500 and the world’s leading multinational comprehensive enterprise group, G-super is a leader in China’s boutique supermarkets, selecting cost-effective imported goods and creating satisfying user experience for new middle-class consumers.
This was the first time that G-super jointly launched a shopping festival with a local on-demand retail platform through its online stores nationwide. During the 9-day online promotion from January 23 to January 31, G-super’s sales increased by 7.4 times compared with the same period last year. On the peak day, the number of new users increased by 200% over the previous week and the consumption frequency of online members soared by nearly 40% on JDDJ.
Di Mu, the Assistant General Manager and E-commerce Manager of G-super, said that, "The ‘Super Business Day’ event achieved satisfactory results of sales, orders, users, and members. G-super and JDDJ have built close partnership in terms of marketing, online traffic, users, and online and offline services. This can be a good example for supermarkets and O2O platform to jointly launch an online shopping festival in the industry."
Huijian He, the Vice President of Dada Group, said that, "G-super’s advantages in products and customers are valuable for JDDJ to diversify and optimize the product supply and attract mid-to-high-end users. Since the establishment of partnership, JDDJ have supported G-super with capabilities and operations experience of online traffic, marketing, order fulfilment, product management, and member operations."
Since September 2017, JDDJ has cooperated with G-super, as its stores in Shanghai have been integrated into the platform. In the past more than three years, G-super maintained rapid growth in online stores and sales on JDDJ. To date, all G-super stores have launched on JDDJ, covering main cities in China such as Shanghai, Beijing, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Nanjing, Jinan, and Chengdu. At the third quarter of 2020, G-super’s sales on JDDJ nearly increased by 2 times compared with the same period last year, and the number of users placing orders and new users also nearly doubled year-on-year.
"The ‘Super Merchant Day’ was a key milestone for our three-years cooperation. It also formed methodologies for two companies’ deepening future cooperation," said Ms. Mu. "The next three years will be crucial for G-super’s digitalization strategy, and JDDJ has become our important partner in this regard. We will strength our partnership with JDDJ in respect of users, products, order fulfilment, and marketing, to boost online sales and achieve refined operations."
About Dada Group
Dada Group is a leading platform of local on-demand retail and delivery in China. It operates JDDJ, one of China’s largest local on-demand retail platforms for retailers and brand owners, and Dada Now, a leading local on-demand delivery platform open to merchants and individual senders across various industries and product categories. The company’s two platforms are interconnected and mutually beneficial. The Dada Now platform enables improved delivery experience for participants on the JDDJ platform through its readily accessible fulfillment solutions and strong on-demand delivery infrastructure. Meanwhile, the vast volume of on-demand delivery orders from the JDDJ platform increases order volume and density for the Dada Now platform. In June 2020, Dada Group began trading on Nasdaq, under the ticker symbol "DADA".
About G-super
G-Super is an innovative retail chain brand created by Greenland Group, which is among the Global Top 500 and the world’s leading multinational comprehensive enterprise group. It is a preferred living space integrating "Shopping + Dining + Entertainment + Socializing". It not only focuses on imported goods with high cost performance, but also pays more attention to user experience: selecting global fashionable products, integrating fresh fruits and vegetables, fresh aquatic products, baked baking, catering delicacies, children’s experience, electronic products, etc. G-Super has paid more attention to the development of home-delivery service based on WeChat platform. WeChat orders can be delivered to customers’ homes in 30 minutes at the earliest. It focuses on Omni-channel development of online and offline to create a new era of Greenland shopping.
CHANDLER, Ariz., Feb. 19, 2021 — Isola Group, a leading global manufacturer of copper-clad laminates and dielectric prepregs for use in the manufacture of PCB, is launching our newest halogen free material called IS550H. IS550H is an environmentally friendly, extreme thermal reliability, CAF resistant copper clad laminate and prepreg material for applications requiring high voltage, high power, and long-term thermal stability.
With the rise of automotive electrification, electronics system designers face significant challenges to achieve long-term, high reliability. The need for high voltage operation and fast charging coupled with reduced pitch and conductor spacing (miniaturization) requires the use of a material to enable designs for these extreme conditions. PCB’s will require a base material that has the capability to withstand electrochemical migration while operating in harsh environments at high voltage loads. By using unique resin technology, Isola has developed IS550H to be capable of operating at a continuous operating temperature up to 175°C and has the ability to meet very demanding thermal cycling requirements (-40°C to 175°C for 2000 cycles). IS550H has demonstrated to have CAF performance at 1500V for 1000 hours for tight pitch, PTH to PTH and z-axis structures. IS550H is also a significant improvement over FR-4 type materials with a thermal conductivity of 0.70 W/mK that enables embedded heat sink applications. While it is not FR-4 material, IS550H’s processibility is easy like common FR-4 materials.
IS550H is available with core thickness ranging from 0.0020 inch (0.05 mm) to 0.063 inch (1.5 mm) and a wide range of prepreg resin contents for most applications including heavy copper designs. Please visit our website at www.isola-group.com for more information.
About Isola
Isola is a leading global material sciences company that designs, develops, manufactures and markets laminate materials used to fabricate advanced multilayer printed circuit boards, which provide the physical platforms for the semiconductors, passive components, and connection circuitry that power and control virtually all modern electronic products. Isola operates a network of factories worldwide.
mPrest software applications on Microsoft Azure will leverage advanced cloud capabilities and technologies to empower digital transformation of the energy industry and global transition toward zero emissions
TEL AVIV, Israel, Feb. 19, 2021 — mPrest announced that it has joined forces with Microsoft to bring AI, ML and IoT transformation capabilities to the energy industry on Microsoft Azure, setting new industry standards and supporting the goal of zero emissions and sustainability.
mPrest joins Microsoft’s global independent software vendor partner ecosystem which includes sales and go-to-market support. The collaboration will leverage the flexibility of cloud capabilities and the power of SaaS to deliver mPrest’s orchestration and optimization platform on Azure to leading energy companies.
The energy industry is undergoing a major disruption, its most significant in the last century. The energy revolution, spearheaded by Decarbonization, Decentralization, and Digitization, is creating new challenges and opportunities for energy companies (utilities and new emerging energy providers) that drive the need for integration between existing legacy systems and new technologies.
mPrest is one of the leading Microsoft partners helping drive the energy revolution. The collaboration empowers digital transformation and supports the goal of zero emissions and sustainability by deploying mPrest’s Distributed Energy Resource Management (DERMS) and Asset Health Management software on Azure. The collaboration with Microsoft will significantly expand the adoption of cloud in Operations Technology (OT) and the integration between IT and OT in power utilities and other emerging energy market players around the world.
"Working with Microsoft enables us to help drive the energy market revolution, offering our integrated, distributed grid edge management solution on Microsoft Azure" said Natan Barak, CEO of mPrest. "Leveraging Azure to deploy the DERMS system will empower energy companies to more quickly digitize, optimize and improve their operations."
Darryl Willis, vice president of Energy at Microsoft Corp. said, "We are pleased to work with mPrest to help advance and support the industry’s commitment to sustainability and a goal of zero emissions. Offering mPrest’s DERMS on Microsoft Azure will accelerate the digital transformation across energy markets."
About mPrest – Empower Digital Transformation. Now.
Leveraging its unparalleled experience and expertise in real-time mission-critical command and control software, mPrest has developed the world leading distributed asset orchestration and optimization software. mPrest’s micro-services based, real-time orchestration and optimization platform brings the power of AI and IoT to the digital transformation of various industries, from energy and smart cities, through oil & gas, connected cars, water, defense and other industry 4.0 applications. mPrest’s applications suite, including Distributed Energy Resources Management, Asset Health Management, Criticality and Risk Assessment, Critical Infrastructure Protection and Integrated Operations Center, are deployed on premise or on the cloud in record time in the most forward-looking and efficient organizations worldwide, including some of the world’s largest energy companies. mPrest’s vendor-agnostic product suite interfaces with millions of sensors, devices, machines, assets, subsystems, IT and OT applications, creating a system of systems that provides end-to-end visibility and control over complex and distributed operations. Visit us at www.mprest.com
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