SHENZHEN, China, June 9, 2021 — realme, the fastest-growing smartphone brand, will introduce its highly anticipated 2021 flagship killer phone – the realme GT during the company’s first global launch event on Tuesday, June 15 at UTC+1 01:00 PM / HKT 08:00 PM.
With "Sheer Speed Flagship" as its slogan, the realme GT exemplifies the company’s "Dare to Leap" spirit by bringing cutting-edge design and technology capturing the original essence of the Grand Touring (GT) experience for young people.
In conjunction with the realme GT global launch, the company will also announce its latest AIoT strategy with a slew of new products under realme TechLife. By further developing a wide-ranging AIoT ecosystem, realme aspires to enhance every aspect of young consumers’ modern lifestyle, including their personal, family and travel technology needs.
realme’s CEO Sky Li will deliver an opening speech at the global launch event followed by an overview of realme’s global business strategy by Madhav Sheth, VP and CEO of India and Europe, realme. In addition, Johnny Chen, realme’s Global Head of Brand Marketing, will officially launch realme TechLife, the company’s upgraded AIoT ecosystem, while Alessio Bradde, realme’s Product Marketing Manager, will introduce the realme GT to global audiences for the first time. Finally, Kwan Jun Jie, Senior Product Marketing Manager, realme, will conclude the event by unveiling realme’s new line of AIoT products.
realme GT global online launch event will be on Tuesday, June 15 at UTC+1 01:00 PM
As realme’s first flagship smartphone of 2021 The realme GT was met with great reception. By bringing realme GT to additional markets overseas, realme is determined to set new standards for flagship experiences for young consumers worldwide.
About realme
realme is a global emerging consumer technology company disrupting the smartphone and AIoT market by making cutting-edge technologies more accessible. It provides a range of smartphones and lifestyle technology devices with premium specs, quality, and trend-setting designs to young consumers at affordable prices.
Established by Sky Li in 2018 and driven by its "Dare to Leap" spirit, realme is the world’s 7th largest smartphone company and has become one of the top 5 smartphone players in 15 markets globally in just two years. As of Q1, 2021, realme has entered 61 markets worldwide, including China and in Southeast Asia, South Asia, Europe, Russia, Australia, the Middle East, and Africa and has a global user base of over 70 million. For more information, please visit www.realme.com.
For more information, please contact Michael Su PR Manager Michael.su@realme.com +86 13212720091
iOS 14.6 just arrived barely a two weeks ago and WWDC 2021 has already happened to excite iOS fans even more. On the big stage that is YouTube last night, Apple’s WWDC 2021 keynote introduces iOS 15, the next generation operating system to power your iPhone. If Apple said the 14.5 and 14.6 were big updates, you can consider 15 a complete change.
It is not much of a facelift though. You still get the same visuals, art styles, and even the same sort of interface to interact with. It is still very much an iOS that you are used to. At the same time, there are so much new features, this might as well be a new operating system.
FaceTime – Apple’s Best, Even Better
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FaceTime has been one of Apple’s best invention to the video conferencing and calling world. There are plenty of competitors to the platform out there, but if you and your friends have iPhones, FaceTime will be the best video calling experience you can get out there. Video calling is also important at this unprecedented time in the world.
How could Apple make FaceTime better? 4k Resolution? Maybe in 5 years’ time. Audio it is. You can now have a clear, uninterrupted conversation with your friends with FaceTime with Voice Isolation, a tool that cancels noise around you and transmit only your crisp voice. At the same time, you can also ensure that everyone can hear everything from your end with Wide Spectrum mode. In group calls, you even get a sort of spread-out voice just to give your group calls a little bit of spatial dynamic.
There is a new Grid View in FaceTime group calls now too. That means you get to see everyone in the call in equally sized windows. To take a group photo in FaceTime too, you get to have portrait mode that gives you Bokeh in your own tiny grid. But FaceTime is now more than just a video call.
SharePlay
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You can now share contents across FaceTime calls. You can share music via Apple Music, watch a TV show or Movie together via Disney+, or even share an app screen with your friends. SharePlay works across iOS, iPadOS and MacOS too, so it is not like you are limited to iPhones only.
Everyone in the session gets control of SharePlay’s contents, including music and movies. If you are accessing other apps while watching the show with your friends, SharePlay can play on top of the app in Picture-in-Picture (PIP) mode. If you want to watch the shows on a bigger display, you can extend the experience on Apple TV Too. So even if you are separated from your friends, you can watch shows together too.
FaceTime Links with Other People Too
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No, that is not what I meant. FaceTime needs to be used with another person at least, we understand that. Now though, that other person does not need to own an iPhone, or iPad, or even a Mac. They could be on Android and Windows and they can jump into calls with you on FaceTime if you create a link for them.
You can use the links created to be shared through emails, calendars, or even messages to schedule a call with your friends, or even colleagues if you need to. The best part is that the end-to-end encryption remains a feature even if you are on a FaceTime calls with an Android user or a Windows user.
Focusing on the Right Things at the Right Time
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They put a big emphasis on mindfulness and focus on iOS 15. Mental health and work life balance is becoming an increasingly big issue in the modern world we know today. It is especially true in the current pandemic situation.
Users on iOS 15 can create focus situations to limit notifications and allow notifications from certain apps and contacts surface in different times, your colleagues’ texts and emails at works hours, for example. You can get iOS 15 also to summarise your notification feed to see what surfaced when you were not looking at your smartphone in your chosen time of day. This setting will also sync across your Apple platforms just to ensure that all your devices know how they should behave in different times and situations.
Of course, you can just turn all your notification off with “Do Not Disturb” mode. Do Not Disturb mode will also trigger a notification your contacts who are trying to contact you though. They can see that you want complete silence from them and will create silent notifications for you for when you have the time to respond. You can also silent certain messaging apps for the next hour or the entire day if you want to.
On-Device Intelligence
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There are downsides to having intelligence built right into your device. For one, it is a little more taxing on your smartphone’s hardware. To ensure that it has enough data to run on your device natively too, it would take up more storage space in your device.
Thankfully the benefits outweigh the downsides though. Your on-device command is faster than ever now. It is also a lot more secure on your device.
Live text for example uses Apple’s clever neural processor to recognise texts in a photo or to something that you point to using your iPhone’s camera. You can easily take a photo of your lecture notes on the board for example and convert the photo into texts for you to copy in your own digital note for safe keeping and future reference.
They have also included something called Visual Look Up. From the camera app, users can point to certain objects or landmarks to get more information regarding the landmark, or an object, or even an animal. This feature kind of reminds us of Google Lens, to be honest.
Photos and Spotlights
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Apple introduced Memories in Photos in the last major iOS update. In iOS 15, Memories is made even better with on-board intelligence. Instead of just a photo collage slideshow and video playback, Photos can now include music to go along with your photo collage. You can even choose the song you want to go with your collage and Memories will cleverly alter your photos and tailor the slideshow according to the songs.
But the intelligence does not just stop there. You can now find photos and contents with the intelligence. They call this Spotlight and deservingly so. With Spotlight, your device can recognise texts or handwriting in your photos and pull them up for you. Spotlight also works as a web image search.
Everything You Need in the Wallet
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Apple’s Wallet is one of the world’s best cashless payment platforms. It has also evolved to be something of a one-stop-shop for all your credit cards and your loyalty membership cards. Later this year though your iPhone can be your keys to everything from your home to your cars with Ultra-Wide-Band signal enabled. You can even use your iPhone to store your ID.
On top of that you can share all these information with your family members via Wallets. On the subject of sharing information on your ID across different spaces, you can now choose to disclose only the required information from your ID instead of showing a whole ID card to whoever that is requesting your ID.
New Weather App Design
They have also redesigned their Weather app to look even better than before. They have included more animations too to properly and accurately reflect the current weather situation outside of your window. The backgrounds also accurately shows you the sun’s position through the day.
Apple Maps with Even More Details
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Apple Maps gets a slight overhaul too, this is on top of being available in more regions now. 3D view on Apple Maps is also more detailed than ever on iOS 15. On top of that, you get elevation data with landmark highlights on Apple Maps.
Visually, Apple Maps looks better than ever with Night Mode and its photorealistic lighting effects on 3D objects. Getting lost with Apple Maps can also be a thing of the past with a more detailed view of the road, especially when you are navigating an expressway. When you are driving in town, newly added details like crosswalks, traffic lights, bike and bus lanes help you understand the road better and drive safer. The new Apple Maps will also be coming to Apple CarPlay.
If you prefer commuting on foot, Apple Maps now shows public transportation schedules. In that case, you can use Apple Maps to navigate your commute to anywhere with public transportations. Once you come out of the train station, you can use Apple Maps’ Augmented Reality (AR) function to find your way around and get a bearing of where you are. This function is now only available in select cities in the United States though.
AirPods – Better with iOS 15
Noise cancelling algorithms gets better with iOS 15 too. Apple’s AirPods now can enhance your conversations with the person in front directly in front of you by focusing on the person’s voice. You can be completely handsfree too with notifications read out to you via AirPods. If you misplaced your AirPods, you iPhone now can locate your earbuds.
Siri and Security
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Siri also benefit from on-device intelligence. You can now control your smartphone or smart home functions via Siri even without internet connection or data. At the same time, your voice data never leaves your device in this case.
On top of that, iOS 15 now gives you more control than ever on the sort of information and hardware access is being accessed by the apps you use and work with. You can also ensure that your emails do not track you with IP Address hiding on iOS 15. Security and privacy does not stop there too.
Your iCloud account can also now be recovered even if you forgot your recovery answers and password. All you need to do is add your trusted contact and retrieve a recovery pin from them to recover your iCloud account. They’ve also added Digital Legacy function, in case you need to pass your iCloud data forward.
iCloud+
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For the same price you paid for iCloud, there is iCloud+ that adds a layer of security here. iCloud+ adds a layer of protection to Safari now. Safari is now encrypted with iOS 15. Browsing on Safari with iCloud+ also means that your IP address do not get tracked. Whatever data that you share on the websites are also encrypted on-device. At the same time, when you need to share email information on any websites too, your iPhone will spoof randomise a spoof email. Any emails sent to the spoof email will be forwarded to your actual email.
NEW YORK, June 8, 2021 — Aqara, a provider of smart home products, announced that the Aqara Hub M1S will be sold on its Amazon US store starting from June 8, 2021. The Hub M1S is the updated version of the original Aqara Hub, and it’s equipped with Aqara’s latest hardware and software.
Aqara Hub M1S
The Hub M1S is the newer generation of smart home control center from Aqara. Like other Aqara hubs, it connects Zigbee devices to Wi-Fi network, and manages and controls smart scenes as well as smart devices, such as plugs and switches.
Compared with the original Aqara Hub, the Hub M1S supports the latest Zigbee 3.0 protocol with improved stability, compatibility and responsiveness. It can support up to 128 devices*, which is 4X the number of the previous generation.
The Hub M1S features a powerful built-in 2-watt speaker with configurable ringtones, and a built-in RGB light with configurable brightness and color. Both the speaker and the RGB light can be used in versatile ways, such as a siren, doorbell, alarm clock, or used in configurable home automations as a visual and/or auditory cue. Moreover, the M1S has a fully functional illumination sensor that can be used in automations via the Aqara Home app.
Other features of the Aqara Hub M1S include:
All-Round Compatibility: Makes connected Aqara devices compatible with major smart home ecosystems and voice assistants, such as Apple HomeKit, Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant, Mi Home**, IFTTT, and more;
Enhanced Wi-Fi Connectivity: Has a more powerful 2×2 MIMO Wi-Fi antenna, allowing the faster and more reliable connection;
Focus on Security: Supports all 4 native HomeKit alarm modes;
High-Quality Components and Design: Not only a subtle addition to any room interior, but also make the M1S more reliable by achieving constant airflow through its large perforated base.
To celebrate the launch of the Aqara Hub M1S, Aqara has prepared a 15% discount on the newly released product on its Amazon US store. Use the code M1SHUBSM1 to enjoy an exclusive discount, and the offering is valid through June 11, 2021.
The Aqara Hub M1S will also be available to Canadian customers in the follow weeks via its Amazon Canada store.
*To connect up to 128 devices, repeater devices such as Smart Plug or Wall Switch (with Neutral) are required.
** Mi Home support may be unavailable at the time of the launch and will be added with a future update.
About Aqara
Founded in 2016, Aqara is a leading smart home provider with offices in New York and Shenzhen. We provide comprehensive smart home products and solutions that are beautifully designed, affordable and easy to use. Our products range from a variety of sensors to switches, curtain controllers, and door locks, and we have opened more than 400 Aqara Home stores globally to provide more personalized smart home solutions.
We continue to expand our global footprint in the United States, EU, Russia, Southeast Asia, Korea and China, and our online devices have covered 192 countries and territories, serving more than 2 million customers. We aspire to bring smart home technology to every household around the world.
For more information, please visit our website and follow our social platforms.
HONG KONG, June 8, 2021 — ANNKE, created for security, today launched NightChromaTM NC800, the world’s most powerful & advanced IP camera ever, pushing the limits of what’s possible in video surveillance. The ANNKE-designed 1/1.2” sensor, f/1.0 super aperture, and other high-end technologies deliver a massive leap in night vision clarity – the incredible and futuristic 4K Ultra HD acme full color night vision.
"We understand how important the night vision surveillance is for our customers. In the past, security cameras only provide black & white or starlight color night vision, which cannot tell the exact details", said Jerry, ANNKE product manager, "Today, the old B&W night vision has been ended with the revolutionary NC800 that offers a colorful visual experience with more true-to-life details even in 0 illumination darkness – there is nothing else like NC800 in the market."
ANNKE NightChroma NC800 4K PoE IP Camera
f/1.0 Super Aperture & 1/1.2” 4K Sensor Come to NC800
Only f/1.0 super aperture, not f/1.2 or f/2.0, provides the acme color night vision. NC800 PoE camera, equipped with the breakthrough f/1.0 aperture, collects 4X amount of lighting to produce brighter images in darkness, taking the industry-leading video surveillance performance to an entirely new level. 1/1.2” image sensor, the largest sensor adopted in the video surveillance field, demonstrates an extraordinary photovoltaic conversion efficiency, increasing 2X amount of light sensing areas for clearer 4K footages (3840 X 2160 pixels) at smooth 20 fps. The high-performance image signal processor (ISP) renders high-fidelity colors and ensures the clearest streaming even in extremely hot or cold climates. 4X lighting amount & 2X light sensing areas, plus top-level ISP, all enable the camera to capture the most stunning & clearest 4K color night vision in 0 illumination darkness, a completely new upgrade from IR B&W or starlight night vision.
The lens of NC800 IP camera features the latest broad-band anti-reflection coating and extra-low dispersion optical glass, to remove the light flare and enhance the image’s sharpness & color saturation.
ANNKE-Only 130 dB True WDR & 3D DNR
130 dB true WDR, 10X efficiency than 120 dB true WDR, and a revolutionary upgrade on digital WDR, balances every lighting area of a picture to ensure crystal images without overexposed or underexposed issues. True WDR adopts the image sensor and a digital signal processor (DSP) to provide even lighting in all areas in every frame, while digital WDR only uses algorithms to digitally brighten too-dark or dim too-bright areas. ANNKE-designed 3D DNR removes the grainy fuzzy appearances of low-light images and is able to handle moving objects without leaving even a single detail behind, much sharper than security cameras with 2D DNR or without noise reduction technology. ANNKE NightChromaTM NC800, with the unrivaled 130 dB true WDR and 3D DNR, shoots the unparalleled 4K Ultra HD videos even in 0.0005 illumination without supplement light or ambient light.
130 ft Soft Warm Supplement Light Comes to NC800
Simply adding a supplement light to a security camera cannot be called color night vision. NC800 PoE IP camera’s built-in supplement light is extremely soft without glare & no reflection, and turns on automatically in a 0-illumination night to ensure thrilling 4K color night vision. Other security cameras with so-called supplement lights only produce blurry color night vision images that are often overexposed or underexposed, which cannot tell the details at night.
Unique Active Alignment Technology
Acme color night vision can only be realized with top-level R&D abilities, top-notch materials, and top-grade manufacturing techniques. ANNKE’s unique micro-size active alignment technology provides the most accurate focusing and brings the adjustment accuracy to within 4 pixels, smaller than 1/30 hair diameter. The whole alignment project is conducted by the world’s most advanced and high-end machines instead of manual adjustment, ensuring the most accurate focusing for sharper & clearer videos.
The AI Magic Makes a Big Difference in Motion Detection
The superior AI algorithm enables the camera to sense humans and vehicles only, reducing up to 95% of false alarms triggered by animals or random inanimate objects, like raindrops, or changing lighting. AI human and vehicle detection is currently the most advanced and accurate motion detection way in video surveillance. Unlike PIR that detects the object’s temperature or the frame comparison detection that senses the difference between the previous & the current frames, which would lead to a great number of false or unwanted alarms, ANNKE AI human & vehicle detection, adjusted and tested by hundreds of engineers, sends customers instant app pushes and email alerts with snapshots only when a human or vehicle enters the detecting areas. Consumers will be alerted only when it matters without being bothered by any irrelevant alert when they are working, shopping sleeping, or traveling.
The smartest behavior analysis is able to analyze an object’s behaviors for accurate motion alerts too. Users can set up the motion-triggered behaviors, including line crossing, intrusion, region entrance and exit, to detect an object’s behavior and receive real-time alerts when an object crosses the preset virtual line or region, or enters/exits the virtual zones.
Additional Outstanding Features of NightChromaTM NC800
The built-in microphone offers the incredible sound quality and delivers the ultimate personal listening experience. The high-fidelity audio with the active noise cancellation enables users to hear the visitors’ voice and the ambient voice from up to 20 ft away.
The latest H.265+ video format records longer videos & consumes less bandwidth without losing true 4K Ultra HD quality. Quadruple H.265+/H.265/H.264+/H.264 coding allows for maximum encryptions and flexible compatibility with all new & legacy platforms.
NC800, with IP67 weatherproof rating and heavy-duty all-metal housing, can be installed outdoors or indoors. The rugged housing is resistant to vandal impacts and corrosion, ensuring years of operation without fading. The 2.8 mm ultra-wide lens delivers 124° FoV, ideal to cover large areas, such as foyers, warehouses, front or back doors & yards, parking lots, etc.
With the built-in microSD card slot, customers are able to record the videos locally by inserting an up to 256 GB microSD card without paying monthly cloud storage fees.
The ONVIF & RTSP protocols are designed to integrate with all ONVIF 4K NVRs and third-party software, such as Blue Iris, Synology, Milestone, etc. no walls and no limits between NC800 and popular hardware & software.
One smart security solution for every security need – that’s NC800, a 100% compatible, flexible & powerful camera tailored for every customer.
"It’s time for our ANNKE family to upgrade to color night vision security cameras from B&W – just what we did from B&W TVs to color TVs," said Jet, ANNKE’s CEO.
Pricing and Availability
The new ANNKE NC800 4K Ultra HD IP camera is available to order on annke.com globally and is now only at $279.99 after 20% off. Customers can enjoy free shipping for most countries worldwide and free 2-year warranty & lifetime tech support.
About ANNKE
ANNKE, created for security, aims to provide the finest and best smart security cameras and systems for home and business owners worldwide. ANNKE’s deep expertise in product design, smart home connectivity, cutting-edge capabilities and world-leading NightChromaTM color night vision tech enables it to deliver the most seamless security solutions for users. ANNKE is always striving to develop innovative technology to provide customers with the easiest and the most straightforward security products.
FinTech unicorn PingPong Payments now enables marketplace sellers, SMBs & larger enterprise traders to access Europe’s hottest markets through expanded currency capabilities
NEW YORK, June 8, 2021 — Global payments and e-commerce services provider PingPong Payments, today announces expanded payments processing and currency exchange services for both the Polish (PLN) and Swedish (SEK) currencies, allowing access to these growing markets for U.S. and international products and services sellers.
Both PLN and SEK are the latest currencies to be added to PingPong Payments’ global payments solutions, which now offers merchants and online sellers, over Amazon and other platforms, the most currency conversion service options and widest international market access for payments transactions. PingPong Payments is currently the only Amazon Payment Service Provider that offers the Polish currency.
Sweden and Poland are two of Europe’s fastest-growing e-commerce markets. Poland has seen unprecedented growth in online sales due to Covid-19, with nearly 80 percent of internet users in Poland making online purchases. Leading Polish e-commerce platform Allegro reports that 20m clients visit its website every month. Similarly, in Sweden, revenue in the e-commerce market amounted to US$11,211m in 2020 and is expected to grow by 5.2% annually, resulting in a market volume of US$13,729m by 2024.
Kenny Tsang, Managing Director at PingPong Payments, comments: "During a year that saw many traditional businesses disrupted by Covid-19, PingPong has been able to successfully support a surging e-commerce market and achieve global growth. Our ability to now offer both Polish and Swedish currency exchange services will provide U.S. and international merchantswith access to two of the fastest-growing, richest e-commerce markets in Europe."
With the addition of PLN and SEK currency conversion services, PingPong Payments now offers marketplace sellers in the U.S. and other geographies support with: the U.S dollar (USD), Canadian dollar (CAD), Australian dollar (AUD), Japanese yen (JPY), Arab Emirates dollar (AED), Euro (EUR), British pound (GBP), Chinese yuan (CNH), Hong Kong dollar (HKD) and Singapore dollar (SGD).
In addition to cross-border payments processing and currency exchange services, PingPong Payments supports U.S. and international seller growth in overseas markets via additional services including lending, payroll and virtual account solutions. This includes tax and customs registration, supplier validation and payment, market intelligence, and marketing and sales support services.
Kenny continues: "Our innovative payment services have enabled us to become the chosen multidimensional partner of growth to hundreds of thousands of professional sellers, who wish to expand sales internationally. We support our merchants in a way the banking system was not built to, by beating traditional rates and reducing cross-border payment friction through our unique virtual accounts, which mitigate anti money laundering challenges."
Kenny concludes:"Merchants should be strengthening their supply chains for year-round international sales instead of waiting for peak seasons. By partnering with the right network of cross-border payment services, e-commerce merchants can instantly collect, convert and transfer money from all corners of the world, and set their sights on global domination post pandemic. We save cross-border merchants both time and money through innovative services such as VAT processing and opening local bank accounts – allowing them to keep more of their hard-earned profits."
About PingPong Payments PingPong Payments was founded in 2015 with the mission of helping global e-commerce sellers keep more of their profits by beating the rates traditional banks offer. Today, the company acts as a multi-dimensional growth partner to more than 750,000 online sellers worldwide, has processed more than 90 billion in cross-border payments for e-commerce merchants to-date, and transfers more than 150 million per day for international e-commerce sellers. Global merchants around the world trust PingPong Payments to help them save on cross-border payments, VAT & supplier payments, and more. PingPong works with reputable brands such as Citibank, J.P. Morgan and Wells Fargo that have won licenses to operate efficiently and are subject to strong regulatory and supervisory frameworks across the U.S., Europe and Asia.
SAN FRANCISCO, June 8, 2021 — Bitnine (CEO Cheol Sun Kang) announced that the agreement with Norwegian tech company SPARWK AS was finalized to implement their own graph DB solution AgensGraph into SPARWK platform. Bitnine will cooperate with SPARWK to develop the sustainable music ecosystem utilizing the graph technology.
SPARWK AS was co-founded in 2019 by Robin Jenssen, CEO of Norwegian production company Dsign Music who’s behind 40 #1 placement on different billboard charts, and Jin Suk Choi, multi-platinum certified music producer who has established a vast global network by building bridges between east and west.
SPARWK’s co-founder and CTO Jin Suk Choi said that "The management of music copyrights globally is beyond complexity and has become more extreme with digital transition where trillions of data edges have to be administered. Our sole purpose is to build the integrity within the entertainment industry by handling the accurate information of copyrights and neighboring rights. We initially considered Swedish graph DB solution Neo4j, but decided to work with Bitnine since AgensGraph would meet our expectation in the technical approach towards the current problem"
Bitnine will contribute their expertise in data modeling and analysis to SPARWK to fulfill their value to transform and enhance the entertainment industry for every stakeholder.
Bitnine’s graph technology has been evaluated to be capable of fulfilling the needs of the evolving media industry. Bitnine’s CEO, Cheol Sun Kang, said that "As the major technology corporations such as Google (YouTube Music), Apple (Apple Music), Kakao (Melon), Naver (Vibe) have invested enormous resources into media platforms, Bitnine aims to expand the market to Europe and Northern America through the collaboration with SPARWK."
SHENZHEN, China, June 7, 2021 — iVANKY, a top player in the audiovisual (AV) industry dedicated to AV cables and video extenders, has recently launched their latest innovation – the iVANKY Docking Station Pro with dual USB-C input and 12 ports output. Exclusively designed for most MacBook Air and MacBook Pro models, it empowers users to connect multiple additional devices to their increasingly compact MacBooks using robust dual USB-C cable technology compatible with any recent MacBook Pro or MacBook Air laptop with adjacent USB-C ports.
iVANKY Docking Station Pro Created Especially for Apple MacBooks
Designed to effortlessly facilitate two 4K 60Hz external displays, iVANKY can even do this in your MacBook’s extended mode and is not troubled by high-speed charging or the burden of high-definition media displays. With ultra-fast data transfers to a stable internet connection, this class-leading docking station solves many of the pain points that MacBook users have encountered when they need more ports for peripheral devices. Key features of the iVANKY include:
Dual 4K@60Hz displays
96W pass-through charging to power any MacBook
Caters to extended desktop, video mirroring, and closed-display modes with external displays
Plug and play functionality. No driver installation required
Fast and robust wired RJ45 Ethernet connectivity
Loki Su, iVANKY Founder noted: "In today’s age, new industries have risen to support the remote worker. Shared workspaces are rented out by workshare companies and it’s common for mobile workers to need external monitors and other connections which can be facilitated by docking stations like iVANKY. Whether it’s a team of creatives that needs heavy duty video editing and content creation, or a professional department requiring rapid data transfer, the iVANKY has every scenario covered. Built for photographers, vloggers, programmers, businesspeople, and so-called Zoom University students, the iVANKY is truly a gamechanger."
More Features
There is a range of powerful functionality under the hood of iVANKY’s attractive aesthetics including dual 4K @ 60Hz monitor support for MacBook devices and a docking station that instantly boosts the total of 12 ports available to support all the needs of users.
The full list of features includes:
2 x HDMI (support for 4K @ 60Hz with HDR, 4K @ 30Hz, and 1080p @ 60Hz – dual 4K @ 60Hz limited to 2017 and later 15/16-inch MacBook Pro models)
96W pass-through charging to power any MacBook
2 x USB-C 3.0 (up to 5Gbps data speeds, 1 PD with 18W output, 1 with 5W output)
4 x USB 3.0 (up to 5Gbps data speeds, 5W output).
1 x Gigabit Ethernet (1000/100/10 Mbps)
1 x SD card slot
1 x microSD card slot
1 x 3.5mm audio
The iVANKY has been exclusively designed to give Apple Laptop users the best product experience possible without having to worry about adaptivity issues. Compatible devices include:
16-inch MacBook Pro
15-inch MacBook Pro (2016 and later)
13-inch MacBook Pro (2016 and later)
13-inch MacBook Air (2018 and later)
Users should bear in mind that the new M1 MacBook Air and M1 MacBook Pro only officially supports 1 external display
Users looking for a high-powered and well-designed MacBook-compatible docking station that comes in at the lower end of the price range won’t go wrong with the iVANKY Docking Station. The device is well-designed, looks great and can easily support multiple high-end features. There’s no need to wait to unlock the productivity that powerful computing machinery can deliver. The iVANKY is compact, lightweight, has well-spaced ports, and can support and enhance a wide range of workflows across numerous industries.
There is a one-time 20% off discount available on the Amazon store from June 21-22(Amazon Prime Day) at this link: http://bit.ly/iVANKY
For more information, please contact: Joy Tsai, Brand PR for Overseas Markets marketing@ivanky.com
MUMBAI, India, June 7, 2021 — CleverTap, a leading AI-powered customer lifecycle and user engagement platform, and Logicserve Digital, a digital marketing and transformation company announced their partnership to bring retention-based mobile marketing to the agency’s robust client portfolio in India.
CleverTap and Logicserve Digital will focus on helping customers across India, MENA and APAC to effectively use analytics, segmentation, and omnichannel-engagement to drive growth. This partnership will help businesses increase in retention, scale as they grow, and meet their customers where they are ⎯ on their smartphones.
"The upward trend in mobile use in India poses a huge opportunity for brands to engage with their customers and prospects in new and exciting ways," said CleverTap co-founder and CEO Sunil Thomas. "Logicserve’s award-winning work and industry expertise perfectly complements our high-end engagement and user retention tools, and we couldn’t be more excited to help their client’s personalize the mobile experience."
India is among the highest ranked countries in smartphone users, a number that is skyrocketing daily, according to Statista. As the use of smartphones continues to balloon in this hotspot, CleverTap’s partnership with Logicserve Digital will help the latter’s clients scale to meet the surge of mobile phone users.
"The digital marketplace in India is increasing at breakneck speed. As more Indians than ever before continue to use smartphones, companies need to seize the day and refine their mobile strategies," said Logicserve Digital founder and CEO Prasad Shejale. "CleverTap’s technology will help us empower brands to take their mobile customer experiences to new heights. Considering their expertise in supporting growth at scale and driving retention, we couldn’t have asked for a better partner to support us in this space."
For more information about Logicserve Digital, visit www.logicserve.com.
About CleverTap:
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Woman-owned virtual tutoring and college counseling marketplace to bring equity and access to all students
MIAMI, June 7, 2021 — The Classroom Door (TCD), a comprehensive global educational platform and tutoring marketplace that provides access to world-class tutors, certified teachers and advisors as well as proprietary college counseling content is set to launch today. Founded by Nikki Geula, a pioneer in the college consulting and tutoring industry, The Classroom Door’s (TCD) mission is to democratize the elite tutoring and college application process, and make expertise available to all regardless of economic status. Leveraging an elite group of over 1,500 vetted, world class tutors from leading universities including Harvard, Yale, MIT, Stanford, Princeton, andOxford, TCD offers expert tutoring and college advising to students starting at $15 an hour.
TCD was established to fill a void for affordable, quality tutoring, transparent college counseling, and customized educational consulting. Geula spent over 25 years operating and building Arete Educational Consulting into one of the world’s premier college advising and tutoring companies. Over the past two decades, she has worked with the children of Fortune 500 CEOs, renowned entrepreneurs, and celebrities, helping them not only get into their top choices, but making sure they thrived once there. Geula’s students consistently gain entry into top institutions including Harvard, Yale, Brown, Princeton, University of Pennsylvania, Stanford, MIT, Williams, Cambridge, andOxford.
"The pandemic-caused disruption in education is devastating, and I am committed to mitigating the academic impact on students of all ages and all socio-economic groups," Geula says. "I established TCD to fill a void for affordable, quality tutoring, transparent college counseling, and customized content and educational consulting. My commitment is to make expertise, typically reserved for just privileged students, available to all." For every 100 hours of tutoring booked, TCD’s scholarship program will provide an hour free to an underserved student.
TCD, an entirely woman-owned company, benefits from both Geula’s leadership, and that of her director of educational content, Dan Scolnic, a Hubble and KICP Fellow at The Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics at The University of Chicago and a professor of astrophysics at Duke University.
COLLEGE COUNSELING GUIDE In an era when there is a need for greater transparency in the college counseling process, Geula and her team have developed 30 proprietary subscription lessons focused entirely on the college application process.
TCD’s self-guided lessons cover all aspects of the college admissions process, including how to write the perfect essay, applying for financial aid, building a college list, and determining which standardized tests students should take. TCD offers insider tips on what college admissions teams are looking for, and specific insights about getting into Ivy League schools, HBCUs, and women’s colleges.
Typically, college counseling packages with top advisors can cost upwards of tens of thousands of dollars. TCD offers a $29.99monthly subscription or $189.00annually.
In addition to one-on-one tutoring and academic advising, The Classroom Door will offer a machine learning program called: 10,000 Questions designed by Scolnic, to help students fill gaps in their math/STEM education. TCD plans to launch virtual group classes as well as a Global Lecture Hall Series where thought leaders will live stream lectures on cutting edge topics.
One-on-one tutoring and group classes range from kindergarten enrichment to standardized test prep (SAT, ACT, GRE, GMAT, MCAT, etc.), ESL and other language learning, STEM, and academic subject tutoring from pre-K through graduate school. For more information, to book a tutor/advisor/certified teacher, or to sign up for college counseling lessons visit The Classroom Door (TCD) | Instagram | Facebook | LinkedIn
E3 is coming and we saw a few studios reveal some trailers and gameplay to their upcoming games. One of the most exciting games for us is Horizon Forbidden West, a follow up to one of our favourite PS4 titles of all time, Horizon Zero Dawn. Dying Light 2 was announced too, but with no gameplay reveal just yet.
Still, the biggest thing that happened last week was Next@Acer. At the global press conference, Acer introduced the Aspire Vero, a notebook PC that features a shell made with reclaimed plastics. It is the first of Acer’s unique product line-up to feature sustainable and reclaimed materials.
That brings up some questions for us though. Is the current trend and actions toward sustainable production and manufacturing heading to the right direction? Can we do better? Can the manufacturers do better? Are they doing it right currently?
