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Awards USD$1 Million Prize, HUAWEI HMS App Innovation Contest Goes Global

  • Top developers across five regions invited to create innovative apps by integrating with HMS Core, a full suite of Huawei’s Chipset-Device-Cloud capabilities
  • USD$1 million total in cash prizes, funded by the Shining-Star Program, on offer to developers worldwide in flagship contest
  • Prizes on offer include HUAWEI AppGallery promotional resources to reach 650 million Huawei device users and more

SHENZHEN, China, July 1, 2020 — Developers around the world are being invited to put their skills to the test on a global stage with the launch of HUAWEI HMS App Innovation Contest, Apps UP, launching on 30th June.

The inaugural contest will see entrants compete against other experienced developers to create innovative apps that improve and help navigate everyday life. Apps UP contest provides a platform for developers in each of the five competition regions: Europe, Asia Pacific, Middle East & Africa, Latin America and China to showcase their skills and innovation.

USD$1 Million Innovation Incentives Award From Shinning-Star Program
USD$1 Million Innovation Incentives Award From Shinning-Star Program

HMS Core integrates Huawei’s Chipset-Device-Cloud capabilities, providing core capabilities to developers such as Machine Learning Kit, HiAI, AR Engine and more. Developers can easily achieve direct access and global all-scenario intelligence distribution across all devices by integrating their apps with HMS Core.

With AppGallery’s continued growth and position as one of the top three global app marketplace, winners of the Apps UP contest will get the chance to have their apps promoted on HUAWEI AppGallery, making them accessible to hundreds of millions of device users from more than 170 countries and regions, combined with the benefits of AppGallery Connect, providing one-stop service open platform for mobile apps, which help developers innovate and carry out efficient operations.

Prizes and wider benefits also include:

  • USD$1 million total funded by the Shining-Star Program, in cash prizes in the following categories: Best App, Best Game, Best Social Impact App, Most Popular App, Honorable Mention
  • Opportunity to compete on a global stage and showcase technical ability using leading HMS Core
  • Discussion with industry experts and Apps UP expert judging panel
  • Free access to Huawei Developers events, courses and certifications

To celebrate the launch of the contest, Huawei hosted a live virtual event on Tuesday 30th June at 12:00 UTC+1 to showcase what’s in store for developers. The event marked the opening of the global contest including talks from Zhang Ping‘an, President of Consumer Cloud Service, Huawei Consumer Business Group, successful app developers, and HMS Core experts.

Zhang Ping’an, President of Consumer Cloud Service, Huawei Consumer Business Group, delivered a keynote Speech titled "HMS Innovate For All"
Zhang Ping’an, President of Consumer Cloud Service, Huawei Consumer Business Group, delivered a keynote Speech titled “HMS Innovate For All”

Examples of the integration with HMS Core showed at the launch event include art app Sketch AR, an application that uses HUAWEI HiAI to create a smarter app for virtual art creation. Another is StorySign, which integrates with Machine Learning Kit and blends image recognition, HUAWEI HiAI Optical Character Recognition (OCR) translate popular children’s books into sign language to ensure deaf children can enjoy story time.

Innovate For All
Innovate For All

Commenting on the launch of the HUAWEI HMS App Innovation Contest, Apps UP, Zhang Ping‘an said: “The number of talented developers of HMS ecosystem is growing. The work that developers do is integral to so much of our daily life. Through the apps they create, they empower us to seamlessly navigate the world around us. At Huawei, we want to invite developers to join us in building a better future and turn their ideas into reality using HMS Core offered by Huawei Mobile Services.”

How to enter

To enter, participants must register an account on the official website, https://developer.huawei.com/consumer/en/digix/appsup  between 30 June – 30 August 2020 and sign up either as an individual or as a team of up to three members. All apps must be developed integrating HMS Core and submitted on the contest official website before 18:00 UTC+8 on 30 August 2020, where a panel of regional industry experts will score each entry on social value, business value, user experience and originality.

From there, at the stage of public review, the top 20 shortlisted apps in each region will be made available for the public to download on the contest official website or HUAWEI AppGallery from 21 September, making their way to the finals in October.

Ready to harness the endless potential of the app world with Huawei? To find out more, visit https://developer.huawei.com/consumer/en/digix/appsup .

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Compuware Mainframe DevOps Integrations Further Automate Shift-left Testing

Integrated Test Data Management and Automated Testing Ensures Test Data Consistency, Accuracy and Security

DETROIT, July 1, 2020 — Compuware Corporation, a BMC company and the leading provider of software for mainframe DevOps, today announced new capabilities that further automate and integrate test data and test case execution, empowering IT teams to achieve high-performance application development quality, velocity and efficiency.

The new integration tightly couples the Topaz for Enterprise Data solution with the Topaz for Total Test solution enabling test data setup to be directly embedded into automated testing. By further automating shift-left testing in the Autonomous Digital Enterprise, teams can ensure test data consistency, accuracy and security.

Business demand for faster innovation is putting pressure on IT organizations. According to a recent survey1, 85 percent of organizations find it difficult to deliver innovation faster without compromising quality, security, customer experience and operational efficiency. Test automation is cited as the single most important factor in overcoming these risks.  

“The collective efforts to build quality into software as early as possible is one of the biggest and most important changes I see in the industry,” said Gary Gruver, digital transformation author and consultant. “It is also frequently one of the most difficult due to all the challenges with coordinating and automating code changes, test case changes and test data. It’s good to see Compuware addressing this need.”

The lack of test automation and easy access to good test data is holding organizations back from necessarily improving mainframe software quality, velocity and efficiency. The Topaz for Total Test and Topaz for Enterprise Data integration empowers teams to:

Improve test consistency. Continuous automated testing requires consistent test data. Improper test data can lead to inconsistent or incorrect test results, wasted time troubleshooting errors, or worse, the introduction of bugs. With the new integration, teams can ensure test consistency is maintained by calling the data load process as part of the test case and automatically loading a subset of data into a test environment. In the event the test fails, developers and testers can confidently tie the problem to the code and not the data. 

Remove friction and empower developers. Developers often rely on a specialized team or database administrator to build and load data into a test environment—a practice rife with manual processes, wait times and handoffs that put an unnecessary drag on velocity and efficiency. Now, developers themselves can setup and access the right test data when they need it. 

Ensure adoption through continuous testing. A repeatable data extract and load process can be part of an automated testing toolchain, driving data consistency and reducing complexity. And, as an aid to nudging developers’ transition away from manual methods, automation can be set up incrementally to properly manage the scale and pace of adoption.

Protect sensitive data. With this integrated process, once the test data is loaded, it can also be privatized to protect personally identifiable information (PII). Automating the privatization as part of the continuous test reduces the risk of a security breach.

“We are dedicated to providing our customers with superior digital products and services,” said Lynn Farley, VP, Manager, Digital Banking and Test Data Privacy at TCF Bank. “Compuware Topaz is helping us do that by disguising sensitive data and populating the environments to improve our testing processes while still being compliant. We can deliver quickly without compromising quality, efficiency or security.”

“High-performance organizations in the Age of Software are maniacally focused on removing software delivery bottlenecks that waste precious development time, money and energy,” said Chris O’Malley, CEO of Compuware. “Driving intrinsic automation throughout a mainframe-inclusive DevOps pipeline frees up these development resources so teams can focus 100 percent on quickly—and continuously—turning ideas that matter to their always wonderfully, beautifully dissatisfied customers into deliverables that make a difference. This is no longer an IT aspiration. It’s an absolute business imperative to effectively compete for both your current and potential customers.”

1A global survey of 400 senior IT leaders responsible for application development in organizations with a mainframe and 1,000+ employees conducted by independent research company Vanson Bourne on behalf of Compuware.

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Clarivate Introduces Next Generation Insights Platform with Cortellis Generics Intelligence

Enhanced Newport platform allows for comprehensive and accurate analysis of market, API and patent data from a single application

LONDON, July 1, 2020 — Clarivate Plc (NYSE:CCC), a global leader in providing trusted information and insights to accelerate the pace of innovation, today announced the launch of Cortellis Generics Intelligence™ to enable generics companies and Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient (API) manufacturers to make timely and more informed data-driven decisions as they seek to drive business growth, identify new markets, products and partners, defend market share and more. The modern, intuitive platform enables sourcing, business development, portfolio and intellectual property teams within an organization to make data-driven decisions – all from a single application.


Cortellis Generics Intelligence powered by Clarivate Research Intelligence Cloud replaces and enhances the well-known Newport platform from Clarivate. It includes new intuitive search capabilities together with expertly curated data on market performance, patents and litigation, and manufacturers to assist finished dose manufacturers, API manufacturers, and pharmaceutical marketers in their pursuit to successfully launch generic drugs and maintain a steady supply chain.

This comprehensive database collates crucial market, API, and patent data, including sales and consumption data, product launches, company information, Paragraph IV patent challenges, API suppliers’ regulatory filings and more. With seamless connectivity to the broader Cortellis suite of life science intelligence solutions, researchers will have comprehensive access to high-quality drug development, clinical trial, deal-making and regulatory intelligence.

Keith Collier, Senior Vice President of Product Management, Clarivate said: "The generics industry is extremely competitive with a high degree of uncertainty and complexity in bringing a drug to market or identifying APIs with the most market potential. All teams within a company are involved in making decisions that will ultimately impact their company’s achievements and risk making the wrong decision based on partial data. Cortellis Generics Intelligence is the most comprehensive source of market performance, patent and manufacturing data, allowing generics and API companies to easily connect the dots between key areas of intelligence, so they can validate their strategy with the assurance they haven’t missed any critical considerations. Ultimately, this will allow them to quickly shift from market research and assessment to actually implementing their strategic priorities."

According to The Centre for Medicines Research (CMR) International, over the next seven years, 114 products are predicted to lose exclusivity and become generic within the U.S. ― 8% of which are currently blockbuster products1. This number is scheduled to increase each year from now until 2022. Due to high demand within the blockbuster space, selecting the right drug for investment requires precision. The number of Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) final approvals granted by the FDA to Indian- and U.S.- headquartered companies saw a marked decrease in 2018, further supporting the need to identify the right drugs for investment to ultimately secure ANDA approval2. In addition, the number of products exposed to Paragraph IV challenges in the U.S. has continued to rise over the past four years3, indicating that more companies are looking to launch generic drugs around the world, which heightens competition. Similar dynamics are in play in other major markets around the world. These points reinforce the need for greater accuracy early in the generics lifecycle to develop a validated launch strategy and identify less promising portfolio candidates earlier – enabling the most effective use of time and resources.

Cortellis Generics Intelligence is comprised of data spanning more than 64,000 small molecules and biologics, 72,000 manufacturers and marketers, 1.1 million worldwide patents, 62,000 regulatory documents across 25+ countries, and more. Additional analytics and functionality will continue to be added throughout 2020 and 2021 to further aid with generics companies’ strategies and decision-making. The data will continue to be updated daily and expand into additional analytics to support market share analysis, the impact of litigation on generic launches and competitive assessments.

To learn more about Cortellis Generics Intelligence, visit http://www.clarivate.com/genericsintelligence.

About Clarivate

Clarivate™ is a global leader in providing trusted information and insights to accelerate the pace of innovation. We offer subscription and technology-based solutions coupled with deep domain expertise that cover the entire lifecycle of innovation – from foundational research and ideas to protection and commercialization. Today, we’re setting a trail-blazing course to help customers turn bold ideas into life-changing inventions. Our portfolio consists of some of the world’s most trusted information brands, including the Web of Science™, Cortellis™, Derwent™, CompuMark™, MarkMonitor™ and Techstreet™. For more information please visit www.Clarivate.com.

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This press release and oral statements included herein may contain forward-looking statements regarding Clarivate. Forward-looking statements provide Clarivate’s current expectations or forecasts of future events and may include statements regarding results, anticipated synergies and other future expectations. These statements involve risks and uncertainties including factors outside of Clarivate’s control that may cause actual results to differ materially. Clarivate undertakes no obligation to update or revise the statements made herein, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

1 Clarivate Analytics (2019), 2019 CMR International Pharmaceutical R&D Factbook, https://discover.clarivate.com/2019CMRFactbook 
2 Clarivate Analytics (2019), 2019 CMR International Pharmaceutical R&D Factbook, https://discover.clarivate.com/2019CMRFactbook
3 Clarivate Analytics (2019), 2019 CMR International Pharmaceutical R&D Factbook, https://discover.clarivate.com/2019CMRFactbook 

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Weibo Announces Pricing of US$750 Million Notes Offering

BEIJING, July 1, 2020 — Weibo Corporation (“Weibo” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq: WB), a leading social media in China, today announced the pricing of its public offering of US$750 million aggregate principal amount of its 3.375% notes due 2030. The notes have been registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and are expected to be listed on the Singapore Exchange Securities Trading Limited. The Company expects to receive net proceeds from the offering of approximately US$740 million, after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses. The Company intends to use the net proceeds from the offering for general corporate purposes.

The sole bookrunner of the offering is Goldman Sachs (Asia) L.L.C. The co-manager of the offering is China International Capital Corporation Hong Kong Securities Limited.

The Company has an effective shelf registration statement on Form F-3 (including a base prospectus) on file with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) and has filed a related preliminary prospectus supplement with the SEC for the offering of the notes. When available, the final prospectus supplement for the offering of the notes will be filed with the SEC. The offering is being made only by means of the prospectus supplement and accompanying base prospectus. Before you invest, you should read the prospectus supplement and accompanying base prospectus and other documents that the Company has filed with the SEC for more complete information about the Company and the offering. You may obtain these documents free of charge by visiting EDGAR on the SEC website at www.sec.gov. Alternatively, the Company or any underwriter or dealer participating in the offering will arrange to send an investor the prospectus supplement and accompanying base prospectus if the investor makes such request by calling Goldman Sachs & Co. toll-free at +1 (866) 471-2526.

This announcement is not an offer of the securities for sale in the United States and shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall there be any sale of, these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation, or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction. The securities referred to herein have not been and will not be registered under the applicable securities laws of any jurisdiction outside of the United States.

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, Weibo has developed and is continuously refining its social interest graph recommendation engine, which enables its 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.

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Atome Launches ‘Buy Now, Pay Later’ Solution In Singapore

“Buy now, pay later” checkout option partners 500 retailers at launch, helping local retail industry grow online sales during COVID-19

SINGAPORE, July 1, 2020 — Atome, a leading technology start-up headquartered in Singapore, has launched a “buy now, pay later” solution to support the recovery of Singapore’s retail sector during and beyond COVID-19. As businesses adjust to new consumer trends such as contactless payment, physical safe distancing measures and online shopping, Atome works by splitting bills into three equal, zero interest instalments over time. This is done by either scanning a QR code at a physical shop or choosing Atome during checkout on partner merchants’ websites. Consumer benefits include convenience, increased affordability and greater transparency compared to traditional payment methods like cash or credit cards.

At launch, Atome already partners with 500 merchants, including marquee brands in popular verticals like fashion (Playdress, Lovet, Melissa shoes, Hush Puppies), beauty (Spa Esprit Group, Beauty Emporium, Kimage Salon), home decor (Star Living, Houze), lifestyle (Herschel, Bynd Artisan, Cocomi) and electronics (iStudio, Epic Gear). In the first three months since its soft launch, Atome has seen an 11X growth in gross transaction volume on its platform. Since the circuit breaker started in March, it has also seen a 230 per cent growth in online transactions. 70 per cent of Atome’s customers are millennials aged between 20-40 years old.

Atome’s partner merchants have seen:

  1. 17% average increase in conversions
  2. 30% average increase in order size
  3. Brand exposure through Atome’s mobile app, website, Facebook and Instagram

David Chen, CEO of Atome, said: “The way people shop has irreversibly changed. Retail has irreversibly changed. The shift towards online began before COVID19 but this has now accelerated.  Businesses have to adapt quickly and find new sources of revenue and new ways to serve existing as well as new customers.  As we’ve seen, having Atome as a checkout option in merchants’ online — as well as physical — stores makes a big difference, especially among digital savvy millennials. It’s a win-win for both retailers and their customers.”

The app is available on the App Store and on Google Play.

About Atome

Founded in 2016, Atome is a subsidiary of ADVANCE.AI, a Series-C big data and AI company headquartered in Singapore which is part of a Temasek-backed consortium applying for Singapore’s digital wholesale banking licence. Atome has helped over 10 million customers gain access to credit throughout Southeast Asia in its vision to create a better life for consumers through greater financial access and technology.

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Ellerton & Co. Public Relations
Email: michael@ellerton.sg
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RedShield appoints Senior Verizon Cyber Security VP as Chief Revenue Officer in U.S. Push

AUCKLAND, New Zealand, July 1, 2020 — RedShield, specialists in web application shielding, has announced the appointment of global cyber security leader, James Carrigan Jr. as Chief Revenue Officer (CRO), responsible for sales globally.

Based in New York, Carrigan joins the cyber security challenger from Verizon Communications, where he served as Vice President & Global Managing Director of Cyber Security Solutions. Prior to this, the industry veteran spent 10 years at AT&T as Vice President of Cyber Security Sales where he started and built the business unit to a USD$500M+ organization. 

The senior appointment follows a USD$10M Series B funding round in September 2019, focused on expanding the New Zealand born business’ global footprint and accelerating its U.S. growth.

“I’m incredibly excited to join RedShield and help extend the company’s market leading position,” said RedShield CRO, James Carrigan Jr. “I firmly believe in the RedShield product offering and its ability to take on security effectiveness for organizations. Their customer centric approach and focus on genuine innovation comes at a time when companies globally are looking to secure the productivity of their workforce, digitally transform their business, protect their customers and become more resilient. Some of the top U.S. businesses are taking notice, and I’m excited to be a part of that growth trajectory.”

Andy Prow, CEO and Co-Founder, RedShield commented, “Jim’s decision to bet his decades of experience in multinational cybersecurity roles on RedShield’s proposition is a strong signal to the team and the industry that we have a winning formula.

“Jim’s credentials speak for themselves, and as we look to scale our business in our global markets, Jims experience, relationships and trusted credentials will help us to effectively reach customers who have a clear need for our solutions.”

For more information on RedShield www.redshield.co 

— ENDS —

About RedShield

RedShield makes vulnerabilities in web applications vanish without touching a single line of application code. Our software shields enable you to accelerate digital transformation initiatives and speed to market by removing the holes cybercriminals seek to exploit. Founded in New Zealand, owned and operated by an experienced team of penetration testers and security technologists, we have become known for taking on the security challenges that no one else will.

Red Dot Award Winner Amazfit ZenBuds with Noise-blocking In-ear Design, Soothing Sounds and Smart Sleep Monitoring Starts Crowdfunding from June 30

Designed to Keep Health-conscious Users Active, Healthy and Relaxed, the Smart Sleep Earbuds Amazfit ZenBuds Provide an Easy Way to Keep Track of Sleep Quality, and Help to Relieve from Daily Stress

LOS ANGELES, July 1, 2020 — Huami (NYSE: HMI) announced The Red Dot Award winner Amazfit ZenBuds smart sleep earbuds with comfortable and noise-blocking in-ear design, soothing sounds and sleep monitoring starts crowdfunding on Indiegogo after making its name known by the world at CES 2020. By combining sleep aid and a competitive price point, Amazfit ZenBuds pioneers smart wearable standard for reaching wellness goals of health-conscious users.

In recognition of its innovations in smart wearables, Amazfit ZenBuds won Red Dot in the Red Dot Design Award 2020[1]. It has been also honored by media[2] as one of the best with its special and innovative product design. The Amazfit ZenBuds is to disrupt the smart wearable and health industry by setting the bar since its debut in Las Vegas.

Red Dot Award Winner Amazfit ZenBuds with Noise-blocking In-ear Design, Soothing Sounds and Smart Sleep Monitoring Starts Crowdfunding from June 30
Red Dot Award Winner Amazfit ZenBuds with Noise-blocking In-ear Design, Soothing Sounds and Smart Sleep Monitoring Starts Crowdfunding from June 30

 

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Fit Right, Sleep Tight — Amazfit ZenBuds is a Perfect Sleep and Relax Companion

Nowadays, more and more people suffer from sleep problems. Designed for health seekers, Amazfit ZenBuds are the calming partner for the office, bedroom and for when you need some ‘me time’ away from the world. Amazfit ZenBuds innovate the audio experience with a noise-blocking in-ear design which fits snugly into ears with an ergonomic, sleep-assisting design that insulates you from outside noises, giving a peaceful night’s rest, or helping to relax and concentrate during day time.

As a sleep and relaxing aid, Amazfit ZenBuds is equipped with Knowles Balanced Armature which guarantees the advanced quality acoustics. The Amazfit ZenBuds use a wide library of natural, sleep-inducing sounds to create soothing white noise that helps cancel out distracting sounds. From bubbling brooks to serene forests, curated sounds trigger the sleep cycle and make sure easy sleep. 

After the Smart playback[3] is turned on, the soothing sounds can automatically pause playing once you fall asleep.

Amazfit ZenBuds is designed to monitor sleep, which can record your sleep positions, heart rate and the quality of sleep. You’ll wake up each morning and get insights that can help you create better habits.

Also coming with a breathing exercise, Amazfit ZenBuds is developed to help you relax and calm your mind after a busy day.

Light as 1.78g[4], Compacter and More Comfortable

The ultra-lightweight Amazfit ZenBuds only weigh 1.78g per side, and they have been extensively tested for secure fit without feelings of swelling. Each earpiece is firmly braced against outer ear, preventing them from slipping out as you move.

The skin-friendly silicone ear tips contribute to an elastic and stretchable texture. So Amazfit ZenBuds won’t cause pressure and discomfort in ears over the night.

Coming with four sizes of ear tips, Amazfit ZenBuds make sure the right fit for different ears, where there’s no probing effect in your ear canal and no worries about sticking in too deeply or falling out.

Long Battery Life to Support All-day Relaxation

There’s a constant consumer demand for more battery life which Amazfit ZenBuds is seeking to address. A fully charged pair of Amazfit ZenBuds can last for 12 hours[5] when you preset the playback duration[6], which means you can choose how long the ZenBuds will play for – whether it’s 30 minutes, one hour, or five. Set your preference, and let the Amazfit ZenBuds carry you into a night of deep rest timed just the way you like it.

Or if you prefer to have serenade all night, you can switch to Unlimited duration[7] for a full 8 hours[8] of sleep-inducing sounds. With the charging case, you can get an additional 56 hours, allowing up to 8 nights of use on one charge. That’s the recommended target for a good night’s sleep. So you can wake up well-rested and in the zone.

Made for New Healthy Lifestyle

Amazfit ZenBuds don’t just focus on helping you achieve the perfect night’s sleep – they wake you gently with a personal alarm that increases gradually and doesn’t disturb anyone around you.

For blocking out distracting noises, Amazfit ZenBuds are your ideal partner in productivity. The ZenBuds help you to organize your time better and with the Pomodoro Timer (PT), allowing to stay focused for 25 minute stretches. Take a short break, and they will help you get right back in the zone by blocking out sound and playing the right sounds to keep you on track.

Amazfit ZenBuds will also make sure you won’t miss an incoming call in the midst of your “zen-zone”.

Pricing and availability

Amazfit ZenBuds will be available in 30th June on Indiegogo: https://rb.gy/jjijnx .

The crowdfunding price starting at USD$69 with a 53% discount (daily retail price: USD$149). While the single package looks attractive, Amazfit has also brought a sales combo with an eye mask, which is sold together with the earbuds to further enhance users’ sleep quality.

Specifications

 

 

 

Earbuds

Weight

1.78g*2

Size

25.3*20.8*21.3mm

Main body material

Plastic

Plug material

Silicone

Wireless connection

Bluetooth 5.0 BLE

Connectivity

BLE to the phone

Bluetooth Working Distance

10m

Sensors

Gyroscope sensor

Battery

10mAh*2

Playing time

8h[9]

Frequency response

20Hz-8kHz

 

Charging case

Battery capacity

280mAh

Earbuds charging capacity

7 times full charge[10]

Charging port

Type C

LED

3

Others

Packaging content

1 pair of earbuds, 1 charging case

4 pairs of silicone sizing plugs (medium size plugs on the earbuds)

1 USB-A to Type C charging cable

1 User manual

APP

Amazfit

System requirements

Android5、iOS10 and above

Functional ambient temperature

Working: 0℃~45 ℃                                                         

Health

Sleep sound

Sleep tracker

Other Functions

Alarm

Incoming call notification

APP displaying remaining capacity of earbuds

OTA upgrade

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[1] https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/amazfit-zenbuds-won-red-dot-in-the-red-dot-design-award-2020-in-the-week-of-world-sleep-day-301028104.html

[2] https://www.techadvisor.co.uk/feature/tech-industry/best-of-ces-2020-3781116/ 

[3] Smart playback — Once they detect that you’ve reached a deep level of sleep, they will automatically pause playing. This helps continue your sleep cycle in the most natural way possible.

[4] Each earpiece only weighs 1.78g when fitted with the medium bud.

[5] 12 hours: Sounds stop playing after 3 hours and the sleep monitoring keeps working all night long.

[6] Playback duration — You choose how long they play for – whether it’s 30 minutes, one hour, or five. Set your preference, and let the Amazfit ZenBuds carry you into a night of deep rest timed just the way you like it.

[7] Unlimited duration — Choose your sound, and let the Amazfit ZenBuds go all night, serenading you with sleep-inducing sounds engineered to help you sleep through the whole night.

[8] 8 hours: Sounds continuously playing sleep monitoring.

[9] 8 hours: Sounds continuously playing sleep monitoring.

[10] From 0%-100%. The 7 times charge are estimated theoretically under lab conditions.

 

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Location Intelligence can save Billions of Dollars in Public Infrastructure Investments

SINGAPORE, June 30, 2020 — It has now been a month since Quadrant’s Asia Pacific Data Alliance (APDA) launched, and over 100 companies, including some of the world’s leading consulting, geospatial and data analytics firms, have joined the program. The program helps leading corporations, governments, and researchers access quality mobile location data to understand the effects, mitigate the risks and optimize their solutions throughout the pandemic.

We are proud to present some of the pioneering work being done in the world of smart cities by one of our members, Mantra Studios. They are leading built environment intelligence agency focused on providing human insights within big data to help government, developers and designers create and invest in people-centric places. Mantra Studios makes it simple for their clients to understand their community by providing powerful insights on local audiences, uncovering commercial potential, highlighting spatial activity, and discovering the magnetism of places.

Calibrating Mobile Device Data with Smart City Data to Inform Urban Redevelopment Strategies During the Covid-19 Pandemic

The Covid-19 pandemic has created atypical demand patterns in cities and places, creating significant challenges for urban redevelopment in major cities. With social distancing and stay at home orders in effect, historic and trendline data sets are becoming increasingly sought after in the urban arena. They are especially used to inform business and planning strategies as they offer insights into patterns of place use and movement trends.

One of the primary challenges when relying on data findings to underpin long-term investments is that no single data source can provide information on place utilisation. To address this issue, Mantra Studios developed proprietary data calibration methods which use machine learning technologies to ingest cross platform smart city data sources (e.g. IOT, Wi-Fi, and sensor data) to produce reliable calibration metrics to enhance mobile location data, a key data source providing information on place use and utilisation.

In a recent project for a major transportation planning authority in Australia, Mantra Studios was engaged to provide insights into network utilisation during the pandemic. By joining the APDA, Mantra Studios leveraged historic city-scale mobile location data to produce core inputs into the cities multipurpose traffic simulation framework. This framework provides critical intelligence for the allocation of capital to improve and construct metropolitan transport infrastructure.

John Draper, Director of Data Analytics at Mantra Studios, explains, “By starting with metro-scale mobile location data from Quadrant, Mantra Studios was able to develop a city-wide demand model for vehicle movements – to and from major destination centres. This created valuable insights into when and how transport infrastructure was used over time as well as the relative demand profiles of each activity centre.”

Location Intelligence can save Billions of Dollars in Public Infrastructure Investments
Location Intelligence can save Billions of Dollars in Public Infrastructure Investments

The next step was to calibrate the data using a combination of smart city data sources including SCATS (real-time traffic monitoring data on traffic signals to dynamically optimise congestion and improve traffic flow), city Wi-Fi, and public transport tag on/off terminal data. Using neural network regression analysis including Stochastic Gradient Descent and backpropagation algorithms, Mantra Studios was able to produce calibrated data sets and generate validated historic origin-destination matrices.

Applying machine learning regression analyses from diverse smart city data sources to mobile location data can deliver insights with levels of accuracy previously only achievable through the deployment of high cost sensors and manual survey methods. Julien Escande, General Manager of APAC at Quadrant, says, “By revealing patterns and trends of place use and movement, especially at macro or city scale, governments and business can potentially save billions of dollars in public infrastructure investments through optimal design and planning.”

The Quadrant APDA program is still open, and data will remain available to all organizations that require mobile location data until July 31, 2020. As part of the program all partners in this alliance will have access to APAC mobile location datasets that covers over 100 million devices and 50 billion events per month at no cost. Visit our APDA website to learn more and join.

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Remote Graduations: Longer distance, more humanistic

BEIJING, June 30, 2020 — A news report by China.org.cn on China’s remote graduation under COVID-19:

 

 

Graduation season is drawing near. However, with COVID-19 still lurking, most Chinese universities are yet to resume to normal. This has caused substantial obstacles for both graduation ceremonies and graduates looking for a job.

To cope with the situation, Chinese universities have turned to seek remote solutions. Universities in Shanghai, for instance, have held livestream lectures on social media platforms, and shared employment guidelines, as well as tips for interviewing. Recruitment introductions and job interviews have also moved online. Likewise, a university in Zhengzhou, Henan province held a VR exhibition for its design-majored graduates, making the exhibition accessible to more people. What’s more, the university opened a special channel for companies, so that recruiting teams could contact graduates for interviews after watching the exhibition.

Remote exhibitions and interviews have broken the limits of time and space. Some novel ideas are also used in graduation ceremonies.

Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, for example, has shown its humanistic side in this respect.

The university combined robots and livestreaming in their commencement ceremony. The robots each carried a screen, allowing graduates to witness and even experience the rituals of the whole ceremony from home. Since the graduates were not able to attend, these measures to some extent made it up for them.

The reasons behind this are worth considering. Indeed, the epidemic will eventually be over, and all walks of life will resume to normal. But to each individual student, graduation is an irreplaceable memory in life. A commencement ceremony is supposed to fulfill the students’ sense of ritual. Therefore, Chinese universities didn’t want these temporary challenges to disappoint graduates, and did whatever they could to give the graduates a proper conclusion of their college life. A student from the university said that he had found it to be an interesting experience.

With such facilitating measures, this graduation season is bound to be a special one for graduates.

China is able to make these efforts due to the proficient use of technology. The epidemic has presented challenges to all walks of life. But, remote communication tools and online-to-offline coordination – such as VR, live streams – have helped the social life to move on in an orderly and efficient way in the past few months. As China seeks to build “new infrastructure” featuring new technologies, such utilization attempts have been playing pioneering roles. Hopefully, when the epidemic is over, these technologies will still be valued in various fields, injecting vitality into people’s lives.

China Mosaic
http://www.china.org.cn/video/node_7230027.htm

Remote Graduations: Longer distance, more humanistic
http://www.china.org.cn/video/2020-06/30/content_76221641.htm

 

Trip.com Group Announces Completion of the Put Right Offer for Its 1.99% Convertible Senior Notes due 2025

SHANGHAI, June 30, 2020 — Trip.com Group Limited (Nasdaq: TCOM) (“Trip.com Group” or the “Company”), a leading provider of online travel and related services, including accommodation reservation, transportation ticketing, packaged tours and in-destination services, corporate travel management, and other travel-related services, today announced that it has completed its previously announced put right offer relating to its 1.99% Convertible Senior Notes due 2025 (CUSIP No. 22943F AH3) (the “Notes”). The put right offer expired at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on Monday, June 29, 2020. Based on information from The Bank of New York Mellon as the paying agent for the Notes, US$395,240,000 aggregate principal amount of the Notes were validly surrendered and not withdrawn prior to the expiration of the put right offer. The aggregate purchase price of these Notes was US$395,240,000. The Company has accepted all of the surrendered Notes for repurchase and has forwarded cash in payment of the same to the paying agent for distribution to the applicable holders. Following the settlement of repurchase of these Notes, the total number of ordinary shares of the Company on a fully diluted basis will be reduced by 0.9 million shares.

Materials filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) will be available electronically without charge at the SEC’s website, http://www.sec.gov. Documents filed with the SEC may also be obtained without charge at the Company’s website, http://investors.trip.com.

About Trip.com Group Limited

Trip.com Group Limited (Nasdaq: TCOM) is a leading one-stop travel service provider consisting of Trip.com, Ctrip, Skyscanner, and Qunar. Across its platforms, Trip.com Group enables local partners and travelers around the world to make informed and cost-effective bookings for travel products and services, through aggregation of comprehensive travel-related information and resources, and an advanced transaction platform consisting of mobile apps, Internet websites, and 24/7 customer service centers. Founded in 1999 and listed on Nasdaq in 2003, Trip.com Group has become one of the largest travel companies in the world in terms of gross merchandise value.

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