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TCL Communication Announces a Trio of All-New Affordable Alcatel Tablets

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HONG KONG, July 18, 2020 — TCL Communication is announcing its 2020 lineup of Alcatel-branded tablet devices, including the Alcatel TKEE MID kids tablet, Alcatel 1T 7, Alcatel 3T 8 (2020). This trio of affordable slates enables parents and children alike to enjoy access to educational- and entertainment-driven experiences for roughly the same cost as taking the family to dinner and a movie. All three tablets will be available starting from 17 July for under €150.

Alcatel TKEE MID
Alcatel TKEE MID

“This latest portfolio of Alcatel-branded tablets were created with the consideration varying needs of a family in mind, whether that’s for at-home learning, work or entertainment,” said Jefferson Li, General Manager of the Smart Mobile Display Division at TCL Communication. “As we continue to develop our Alcatel tablet portfolio, we will put even greater focus on these experiences where consumers are in need of new, accessible technology tools to meet the realities of remote learning, working and connection caused by the current pandemic.”

Alcatel TKEE MID – Perfect “play and learn” digital learning tool for kids

The Alcatel TKEE MID tablet is the first generation of Alcatel 8-inch TKEE brand tablet, featuring Kidomi, a subscription-based app that offers hundreds of premium games, books, movies and TV shows that have been curated to maximize your child’s education. The platform comes with parental controls and other measures to ensure kids have a safe environment to learn and play.The 8-inch HD IPS display on the Alcatel TKEE MID display is made safer for children, having received internationally accredited quality tests from TÜV® Rheinland for eye protection and comfort, effectively enhance eye comfort and filter out blue light. Besides, a high-quality colorful bumper case ensures that the tablet will be safe from drops. The tablet has 4G LTE connectivity so that kids can enjoy a vast library of online content.

The Alcatel TKEE MID will be available in Europe, Middle East & Africa, Latin America, and Southeast Asia and the Pacific in Q3 2020 for €149.

Alcatel 1T 7 4G – A pocket-friendly tablet for video and voice calling

With a smaller bezel than ever before, the Alcatel 1T 7 can be held easily with one hand. Equipped with Android 10 (Go Edition), this 7-inch tablet brings more efficient storage and data consumption management, enabling a faster and smarter experience. The Alcatel 1T 7 is designed with the family in mind. Children can enjoy the dedicated Kids Mode, and a built-in, easily manageable parental control interface allows parents to set limits to kids’ usage and restrict kids to approved apps only. While in Kids Mode, an exclusive eye care function will activate to help reduce blue light to relieve visual fatigue.

The Alcatel 1T 7 will be launched in Middle East & Africa, Latin America, Europe, and Southeast Asia and the Pacific in Q2 2020 for €89.

Alcatel 3T 8 (2020) – Big-screen feel in a featherlight form

Weighing in at a mere 290g and measuring only 8.75mm thick, the Alcatel 3T 8 (2020) is incredibly portable and easy to hold in one hand, fitting in most backpacks. The 8-inch display keeps your children’s eyes safe, thanks to its blue light filter, automatic brightness and reading mode, which adjusts the screen to black and white. It also comes with a smart speaker system that delivers rich sound, with audio that enables you to immerse yourself in an impressive experience.

The tablet is also kid-friendly, featuring a dedicated Kids Mode that makes it easier for children to use. Parents can easily decide which app their children are allowed to access by adding only approved apps, and can set usage time limits.

With the Alcatel 3T 8 (2020), you can enjoy a faster and smarter lifestyle. Miracast allows faster access to TVs, synchronizing screen content in real time. Additionally, convenience is at the touch of your fingertips thanks to the always-on Google Assistant, which lets you manage tasks, ask questions,  play music and much more. It also supports voice calls and messages as well as voice control with interruption capabilities for music and movies.

The Alcatel 3T 8 (2020) will be available in Europe, Middle East & Africa, Latin America, and Southeast Asia and the Pacific in Q3 2020 for €129.  

For more information on all the latest new products, please visit https://www.alcatelmobile.com/ 

About TCL Communication

TCL Communication Technology Holdings Limited (TCL Communication) designs, manufactures and markets an expanding portfolio of mobile devices and services worldwide through a comprehensive portfolio that includes TCL and Alcatel branded products. Additionally, TCL Communication is the brand owner, R&D developer and manufacturing partner of Palm branded devices. The company’s products are sold in more than 160 countries throughout North America, Latin America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific. Incorporated in Hong Kong, TCL Communication operates its own manufacturing and R&D centers worldwide. For more information, please visit http://www.tcl.com/global/en.html.

TCL is a registered trademark of TCL Corporation. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. Alcatel is a trademark of Nokia used under license by TCL Communication.

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Chinese short-video giant Kuaishou reaches partnership with Formula E

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BEIJING, July 17, 2020 — Tencent-backed Chinese short video platform Kuaishou has announced the agreement of a "strategic alliance" with Formula E, the FIA-backed single-seater motorsport championship.

The agreement will see Kuaishou take on several designations, including Formula E’s exclusive short-video content partner, exclusive live streaming short-video platform, and official promotional partner.

Kuaishou is China’s leading short video platform with over 300 million daily active users browsing a user-generated content archive of over 20 billion videos, according to the data announced by the company in January 2020.

Under the collaboration with Formula E, more exclusive content including race highlights, behind-the-scenes footage and driver profiles will be created on Kuaishou.

Kuaishou and Formula E said they will also be exploring jointly-created events, live streams, and the use of ‘multi-channel networks’ to attract a broader audience to the race series.

"We are glad to establish such win-win strategic cooperation with Formula E and looking forward to see Kuaishou’s coverage and penetration in China to effectively help global IPs such as Formula E to expand their brand influence in China," said Yan Qiang, senior vice-president of Kuaishou.

The video archive of the Kuaishou app has 35 categories of sports content, including basketball, football, table tennis, motorsport, as well as activities such as fishing, skateboarding and parkour. There are over 40,000 high-quality sports video creators and more than 1.2 billion sports activity browsers on the platform.

Chinese short-video giant Kuaishou reaches partnership with Formula E
Chinese short-video giant Kuaishou reaches partnership with Formula E

"We hope that this collaboration with Kuaishou can push forward the domestication process of Formula E in China, not to mention the development of the Chinese racing culture," said Elms Wang, CEO of Enova Holdings, the exclusive organizer of Formula E in China.

Enova Holdings has the right to commercialize all rights relating to Formula E in Greater China, including sponsorship, ticketing, media rights, hospitality, gaming, and live performances and shows.

The 2019-20 Formula E season, which was cut short due to the Covid-19 pandemic, had two Chinese racing teams, NIO 333 FE Team and DS Techeetah; one Chinese driver, Ma Qinghua, racing for NIO 333 FE Team; and a Chinese Grand Prix, the Sanya ePrix, which was set for March 21 before it was canceled due to Covid-19.

About Kuaishou Technology

Kuaishou Technology, headquartered in Beijing, China, runs Kuaishou, one of the world’s leading short video social platforms since 2011, boasting more than 300 million daily active users so far. Users can use the platform to create and share videos with friends and their communities through posts, likes and comments. Known for its active and vibrant community with more than 20 billion daily views, the app is available on iOS and Android.

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ShopSave–to Build “Buy to Save, Share to Earn” Social E-commerce Cashback Platform

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GUANGZHOU, China, July 17, 2020 — In 2020, ShopSave, the newest social sharing-oriented shopping guide e-commerce platform went live. It was launched by Ruiku Information Technology Co., Ltd. Terry Wang, CEO, says: "ShopSave seeks to satisfy consumer’s demand for cost-effective branded and high-quality products and strives to build ‘Buy to Save, Share to Earn‘ e-commerce ecosystem,  in order to promote the optimization and upgrading of the mobile e-commerce industrial structure".

ShopSave brings huge amount of products with super discounts, high cashback and high commissions, so that you can save money and make money just by moving your finger! (Screenshot of interface of ShopSave APP)
ShopSave brings huge amount of products with super discounts, high cashback and high commissions, so that you can save money and make money just by moving your finger! (Screenshot of interface of ShopSave APP)

Nowadays, the cost of traditional e-commerce customer acquisition is high, and the underlying purchasing power cannot be activated, but the network information channels are becoming more abundant, the trading information is becoming more symmetric and transparent. People begin to realize the limitations of traditional traffic channels, and the interest to flow of the Social platform users is rapidly increasing.

As AliExpress’s official cooperative cashback platform, ShopSave will immediately release the latest hidden coupons, as long as any of AliExpress’s products have promotions, and any user who downloads ShopSave can use it to buy the same product at a lower price. The certain percentage from the amount of money spent by user will be returned to them as a cashback, so they can withdraw it periodically. It is worth mentioning that the process of obtaining coupons from ShopSave is highly convenient. User only has to copy the link of the product he wants to buy on AliExpress and open ShopSave to automatically paste the searched coupon.

Exposure through advertising and improving ranks is no longer the only way for e-commerce to acquire customers, so getting more traffic through social channels has become another competition point for e-commerce merchants. Merchants are joining the promotional cashback activities, and ShopSave shares the most of this promotional commission to user, which is helping user to get more benefits and increasing the activity of their APP and users’ participation at the same time.

When user shares the goods with others to buy through ShopSave, it is equivalent to helping the merchant to promote their products, so the commission is the promotion fee paid to the user. In other words, the more they share, the more commissions they get. In order to involve more users, ShopSave provides an additional opportunity for each user to start their own business with 0 costs. The user invites others to register as members of ShopSave. Every time one of these persons makes a purchase through ShopSave, the user gets a substantial commission income, so, basically, it allows them to make money while doing nothing.

It is precisely because this is a win-win strategy, it has quickly become an ancillary industry of e-commerce shopping APPs. With the rapid development of e-commerce, the content guide e-commerce platforms will increase their influence at market, so the cashback and coupons APP, such as ShopSave itself, has huge development prospects.

About ShopSave

ShopSave brings huge amounts of products with super discounts which have high cashback and high commissions. Here, you can get the coupons first, then save money on shopping and earn commissions by sharing goods. After your friend buys the products you have shared, ShopSave will reward you with some of the benefits. The more friends you shared with, the more benefits you get.

ShopSave utilizes Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and Whatsapp to create a Sales oriented and Sharing ecosystem: join as VIP member by purchasing any gift package, invite friends, Share the business can get a generous income. ShopSave provides highest quality service for everyone to join as entrepreneur and to achieve personal entrepreneurial goals. It helps all the members to buy cost-effective goods without leaving their homes and to gain the opportunity of starting business to realize their financial freedom!

ShopSave provides one-click pre-sale and after-sale customer service, logistics, as well as other services, without hoarding compaction. To provide VIP members with ZERO (0) risk of entrepreneurial opportunities.

Visit www.shopsave365.com

 

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PUBG Mobile Teams up With Direct Relief for COVID-19 Global Emergency Response

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Blockbuster mobile game PUBG MOBILE is launching social responsibility campaign “Play As One” with in-game challenge and community fundraiser to support the humanitarian aid organization Direct Relief on the COVID-19 global response project

LOS ANGELES, July 17, 2020 — PUBG MOBILE, the worldwide popular mobile game, has partnered with Direct Relief, the humanitarian aid organization, in responding to the COVID-19 pandemic by supplying medical aid to frontline healthcare workers. Starting today, the #PUBGMPlayAsOne campaign is launched with the PUBG MOBILE in-game challenge and community fundraiser for individual players to support and participate and directly in Direct Relief‘s COVID-19 response.

PUBG Mobile Teams up With Direct Relief for COVID-19 Global Emergency Response
PUBG Mobile Teams up With Direct Relief for COVID-19 Global Emergency Response

Under the global pandemic situation, with the “play for good” initiative of bringing positive impact on society and helping more people, PUBG MOBILE is taking the social responsibility in a worldwide brand perspective and encouraging community members to contribute their own efforts, moreover, in gamer’s way. The campaign is calling out a slogan of “Play As One” to encourage the 600 million PUBG MOBILE players worldwide to team up and play for the same goal for one world, facing the global challenge together.

Starting with the official effort in game, PUBG MOBILE launches the in-game “Running Challenge For Donation” event from July 15 to 28 to engage all players for support. Players’ sprinting distance in-game will be added to the server milestone corresponding to a dollar donation by PUBG MOBILE. A server-wide milestone tracker starting with PUBG MOBILE‘s official donation of $1 million USD, will be increasing incrementally as players running more distance in game. The final amount of donation is to be revealed once reaching the final server-wide milestones.

Besides an in-game event offering official donations, PUBG MOBILE and Direct Relief have developed the dedicated channel here for community members to support the fundraiser by making their voluntary donations. All donations will directly contribute to support Direct Relief‘s emergency response to COVID-19 around the world.

Through the shared love of games, PUBG MOBILE enables the connection with players worldwide and supports the society in the gaming ways. Today’s #PUBGMPlayAsOne campaign is another meaningful effort following the previous #ChickenDinnerAtHome campaign launched during the earlier pandemic period, which encouraged all PUBG MOBILE players to safeguard their health by staying in the safe zone and enjoying chicken dinner at home. By supporting WHO‘s global #PlayApartTogether movement among the games industry, PUBG MOBILE encourages all community members to show team spirit by continuing to enjoy the game in a fun and healthy way.

Players can now support the #PUBGMPlayAsOne campaign by playing in game and can donate directly to Direct Relief at www.directrelief.org/pubgmobile.

Join PUBG MOBILE and Direct Relief in the vital fight to protect the lives of healthcare workers on the frontline, and our friends and communities across the world.

About Direct Relief

Direct Relief is a humanitarian aid organization with a mission to improve the health and lives of people affected by poverty or emergencies — without regard to politics, religion or ability to pay. Direct Relief is responding to COVID-19 globally by providing personal protective equipment (PPE) for health workers; building a medication stockpile to assist with anticipated spike in ICU patients; and boosting support to safety-net facilities to address existing chronic gaps that are likely to grow.

Since January 2020, Direct Relief has rapidly deployed medical aid to support health workers during the COVID-19 pandemic.

For more detail on Direct Relief‘s response around the world, click here.

ABOUT PUBG MOBILE

PUBG MOBILE is based on PLAYERUNKNOWN’S BATTLEGROUNDS, the phenomenon that took the world of interactive entertainment by storm in 2017. Up to 100 players parachute onto a remote island to battle in a winner-takes-all showdown. Players must locate and scavenge their own weapons, vehicles and supplies, and defeat every player in a visually and tactically rich battleground that forces players into a shrinking play zone.

For more information, please visit the official PUBG MOBILE accounts on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube.

PUBG MOBILE is available to download for free on the App Store and Google Play. 

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Jianpu Completes Registration of its Financial Services Application, Rong360, with China’s NIFA

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BEIJING, July 17, 2020 — Jianpu Technology Inc. (“Jianpu,” or the “Company”) (NYSE: JT), a leading independent open platform for the discovery and recommendation of financial products in China, today announced that it has completed its registration and the required information filing for its mobile application, Rong360, with the National Internet Finance Association of China (“NIFA”), the national self-regulatory body for China’s internet finance industry that is backed by the People’s Bank of China (“PBOC”).

Mr. David Ye, Co-founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Jianpu, commented, “In our almost nine years of operations, Rong360 | Jianpu Technology has long been cultivating a strong track-record when it comes to user privacy protection, data encryption and information safety, treating the security and protection of user data as a critical component and highest priority of our business. We are pleased that the Rong 360 App is included amongst the select accredited list for registration with NIFA. It demonstrates the recognition by government authorities of our secure and reliable operation and service. We will continue to work directly alongside NIFA as we promote intelligent financial services, advance financial inclusion, reduce the barrier and cost of financial services and finally, ensure and encourage consumer rights protection and education.

“As mobile internet continues its expansion as an integral part of our daily lives, cybersecurity is more critical than ever. We will continue to embrace regulatory compliance and collaborate closely with regulators to promote the healthy and sustainable development of the digital finance service industry. With our proprietary technology capabilities and a strict user privacy protection mechanism in place, we remain dedicated to being everyone’s financial partner, providing personalized and convenient financial services to our users while firmly safeguarding their personal information,” Mr. Ye concluded.

PBOC has been tightening its oversight of financial mobile applications to reduce information-associated financial risks and protect user data privacy. In September 2019, it issued financial mobile application software security management specifications, and tasked NIFA to execute the mobile app registration process. Financial institutions, such as banks, brokerage houses, fund managers, insurance companies, payment service providers, and other ecosystem participants including FinTech companies, are encouraged to submit application and self-inspection reports on their financial services apps. NIFA is responsible for the registration and filing process, and publishes the list of accredited mobile applications accordingly.

About Jianpu Technology Inc.

Jianpu Technology Inc. is a leading independent open platform for discovery and recommendation of financial products in China. By leveraging its deep data insights and proprietary technology, Jianpu provides users with personalized search results and recommendations that are tailored to each user’s particular financial needs and credit profile. The Company also enables financial service providers with sales and marketing solutions to reach and serve their target customers more effectively through online and mobile channels and enhance their competitiveness by providing them with tailored data, risk management and end-to-end solutions. The Company is committed to maintaining an independent open platform, which allows it to serve the needs of users and financial service providers impartially. For more information, please visit http://ir.jianpu.ai.

Safe Harbor Statement

This announcement contains forward-looking statements. These statements are made under the “safe harbor” provisions of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements can be identified by terminology such as “will,” “expects,” “anticipates,” “future,” “intends,” “plans,” “believes,” “estimates,” “confident” and similar statements. Statements that are not historical facts, including statements about the Company’s beliefs and expectations, are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements involve inherent risks and uncertainties. A number of factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statement, including but not limited to the following: the Company’s goal and strategies; the Company’s future business development, financial condition and results of operations; the Company’s expectations regarding demand for, and market acceptance of, its solutions and services; the Company’s expectations regarding keeping and strengthening its relationships with users, financial service providers and other parties it collaborate with; general economic and business conditions; and assumptions underlying or related to any of the foregoing. Further information regarding these and other risks is included in the Company’s filings with the SEC. All information provided in this press release and in the attachments is as of the date of this press release, and the Company undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking statement, except as required under applicable law.

For investor and media inquiries, please contact:

In China:
Jianpu Technology Inc.
Oscar Chen
Tel: +86 (10) 6242-7068
E-mail: IR@rong360.com

The Piacente Group, Inc.
Jenny Cai
Tel: +86 (10) 6508-0677
E-mail: jianpu@tpg-ir.com

In the United States:
The Piacente Group, Inc. 
Brandi Piacente
Tel: +1-212-481-2050
E-mail: jianpu@tpg-ir.com

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Careershe is launched by JobForesight, the first Singapore-based startup from Oxford University incubator

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SINGAPORE, July 17, 2020 — JobForesight, a startup that provides comprehensive careers information for students, has become the first Singapore-based venture to emerge from Oxford University Innovation’s startup incubator and launched Careershe, a career advice app.

Careershe, whose flagship product is a smartphone app that offers structured and transparent content about different occupations, was founded by Singaporean Oxford MBA graduate Steve Xie.

Developed during Xie’s MBA at Saïd Business School and with the help of Oxford University Innovation (OUI) – the University’s technology transfer arm — the app is initially being aimed at students in China.

Xie said: ‘The problem we are trying to solve is the lack of information available for young people about the types of career they can pursue. We can help them better understand what it’s like to be a lawyer, or a blockchain engineer, or to work in AI. Careershe offers a one-stop shop for students who lack access to high-quality career guidance.’

According to a study by the higher education consultancy MyCOS, nearly a third of graduates in China leave their first job within the first six months — almost 2 million students yearly. The current lack of career education provision in China, and its transition towards high-value industries, made it the ideal market, in Xie’s view, for the Careershe app.

Xie, who completed a degree in electrical engineering at the National University of Singapore before joining the building materials industry, has drawn on personal experience for this venture. He said: ‘The biggest problem was that I did not have a clue about what an electrical engineer actually does until the later stages of my degree course. Had I known about the potential career outcomes, I would probably have taken a different academic direction altogether.’

Co-founder Eddie Chng, a Singaporean businessman who is the CEO of the security technology company DiSa Digital Safety Pte Ltd, said: ‘The main reason I invested into this idea is because I have seen the human capital growth that has taken place in Singapore since the 1990s. This is exactly what is happening now in China, except that people in China are even hungrier for growth and progression.’

Guangdong-based Careershe helps students aged between 15 and 25 learn more about the world of work, providing them with guidance in the available pathways towards their desired careers. Valuable content such as required qualifications, typical working hours, likely salaries, and career progression can be found in the app.

Xie added: ‘One notable feature of Careershe is our plan to embed big data and artificial intelligence technology in the product, which will help us provide better recommendations for our users. We currently have around 5,000 registered users, and the early feedback — particularly from teachers — has been positive.’

Chandra Sekar Ramanujan is a Senior Licensing and Ventures Manager at OUI, whose incubator identifies promising student or staff-led startups and helps them to market. Ramanujan said: ‘We are very much attracted to Steve’s vision for Careershe, as well as the thought and market research that has gone into developing the idea. We have supported Steve in validating his business model and connecting with Oxford University’s world-leading academic resources — notably in big data and AI. At this time we are particularly interested in promoting ventures and partnerships overseas.’

Careershe is the first overseas-based project arising from its software incubator in which OUI will take a shareholding stake. Having built the product, launched to market and gleaned insights from users over the past year, the company is now focused on raising funds from investors and seeking partnerships — for example, with schools in China.

Within China, Careershe is affiliated with the TusStar startup incubator programme. Xie said: ‘We are delighted to be working with TusStar, given the strong support it offers to startups and its widespread presence and connections throughout China, Singapore and the UK.’

Educational technology companies are well placed to support the emergence of online education solutions after COVID-19. Moreover, digitalization trends in the future of work are expected to accelerate given the recent proliferation of work from home. Xie added: ‘Careershe can be a beneficiary of these trends, as long as we continue to be nimble and ensure our career database stays relevant.’

The OUI startup incubator is led by Catherine Spence. The incubator is aimed at members and ex-members of the University of Oxford. Spence said: ‘The OUI startup incubator was set up to support non-traditional Oxford projects. Careershe certainly fits that mould — breaking new ground and bringing further diversity into our portfolio.’

Contact

Steve Xie
steve.xie@careershe.com

About Oxford University Innovation

Oxford University Innovation (OUI) supports innovation activities across all University Divisions, managing technology transfer and consulting activities, creating a world-leading innovation ecosystem with Oxford University at its heart.

OUI provides access to technology from Oxford researchers through intellectual property licensing, spinout company formation and creation of social enterprises, and to academic expertise through our Consulting Services team. The Investments and New Ventures team works closely with investors to secure seed and follow-on funding, with more than 400m Pound invested in the growing portfolio in 2018/19.

OUI’s Startup Incubator supports members and ex-members of the University who wish to start or grow entrepreneur-driven ventures that are not University spinouts, working collaboratively with the Oxford Foundry, Oxford Sciences Innovation and others.

Oxford University Innovation is the highest university patent filer in the UK and is ranked 1st in the UK for university spinouts, having created over 200 new companies since 2000. In the 2018/19 financial year OUI completed more than 60 licenses and consulting agreements every month. For updates on innovations from Oxford, follow Oxford University Innovation on LinkedIn and Twitter or subscribe at ouinnov.co/contact

About Careershe

Careershe is a smartphone app product of JobForesight Pte. Ltd. (Singapore), focused on helping students between age 15-25 years old to learn more about the world of work and guide them in major life decisions — E.g. choosing university degree majors. Bringing in latest international research in career development methodologies, JobForesight hopes to help Chinese students find their desired careers.

JobForesight strives to bridge the gap between academic and careers world by providing transparency to students on careers, so that students can make a better decision during the academic pathways. Our smartphone solution allows students to access regularly updated information (requirements, incomes, future potential etc.) on different careers.

We hope to reduce youth’s anxiety and dilemma but, most importantly, reduce the social cost of students leaving careers after a short stint and realizing that they wasted significant time and resources acquiring technical skills that they do not use in the future. Most importantly, by providing transparency across careers and making it accessible to all students regardless of their economic status, we hope to level the playing field from the haves and haves not and also give students a sense of purpose and reason on why they need to work hard in their education.

More information about can be also found on our website – https://www.careershe.com/en.html

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You Need Character Enters the Indian Character IP Market – Pushing Mobile Game Business with ‘Cricket Pang’

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  • Entering the Indian character market of 1.4 billion in earnest, broadcasting self-produced animation ‘Cricket Pang’ to Indian TV channels and OTT channels, and pushing its mobile game business by the end of the year
  • Animation creator, You Need Character, pushes for a mobile game business utilizing IP from ‘Cricket Pang’, targeting the Indian market

SEOUNGNAM, South Korea, July 17, 2020 — You Need Character (CEO Minsoo Song), a company in the ICT-Culture Convergence Center operated by the Ministry of Science and ICT and National IT Industry Promotion Agency, has revealed that they are pushing their mobile game business in earnest on the 7th.

You Need Character Enters the Indian Character IP Market Pushing Mobile Game Business with ‘Cricket Pang’
You Need Character Enters the Indian Character IP Market Pushing Mobile Game Business with ‘Cricket Pang’

 

Targeting the Indian market with a population of 1.4 billion, You Need Character is in the process of finalizing negotiations with local Indian media owners, ahead of the broadcasting of ‘Cricket Pang’, a self-produced TV animation, on Indian TV and OTT channels by the end of this year.

As such, they are utilizing the character IP from ‘Cricket Pang’ to prepare various character products, and notably, they are planning to launch a number of educational apps targeting the younger audience, as well as casual mobile games on the Indian mobile app market around the time of broadcasting towards the end of the year.

In particular, in addition to self-produced educational mobile apps, they are currently in talks with Korean game companies with aims to launch a number of mobile games utilizing the character IP from ‘Cricket Pang’ by the end of this year, and they are expecting various cooperative solutions with many mobile game companies.

Minsoo Song, CEO of You Need Character, said, “Utilizing animations and character IP, Cricket Pang animation is preparing to launch toys and publications based on the date of broadcast towards the end of the year, and will be the first in Korea to enter the Indian media market in earnest. The mobile game sector in particular, has a high demand and is a large and well-developed business sector in the Indian market. As such, we always welcome proposals from Korean mobile game developers that have the drive and capacity to enter the Indian mobile game market utilizing IP from ‘Cricket Pang’, in addition to our self-developed mobile apps.”

You Need Character is set to broadcast ‘Cricket Pang‘ on Indian TV and OTT channels on this coming November, recently having opened a ‘Cricket Pang‘ channel on Instagram and Facebook for pre-promotion and updating their contents. They revealed that they are planning to launch a variety of character licensing businesses, educational AR teaching aid series, educational mobile apps, and casual games utilizing ‘Cricket Pang‘ characters after broadcasting ‘Cricket Pang‘ on local Indian TV.

 
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LoginID announces Partners integrating its FIDO-certified Strong Customer Authentication platform

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The LoginID FIDO2 and UAF certified Strong Customer Authentication platform will provide Data on Tap, Execuvault, NetCents, Global Asset Technology, POS Connect, and FroogalPay customers frictionless, secure biometric logins, removing the need for traditional logins and passwords

SAN MATEO, California, July 14, 2020 — LoginID Inc. has announced new partnerships as part of its launch of FIDO-as-a-Service, for small and medium sized enterprises.  This follows on its recent announcement for the Indonesian market, with eKYC leader, ASLI RI. The new partners announced will integrate the LoginID FIDO2 and UAF certified biometric strong customer authentication in support of various use-cases.

By integrating the LoginID strong customer authentication, partners will now be able to reduce end-user dependency on weak logins and passwords.  According to the FIDO Alliance, 64% of eCommerce customers and 78% of peer to peer transfer users, prefer stronger authentication versus traditional logins and passwords.  With LoginID’s FIDO-as-a-Service, partners will be able to provide their customers additional confidence, and higher security in their daily digital interactions, eliminating passwords and logins.  “Developers and enterprises are looking for very low-lift integrations of leading-edge products. Our FIDO2 and UAF certified strong customer authentication can be integrated in less than an hour, and will provide end-users a frictionless experience” says Simon Law, CEO of LoginID.

Differing from proprietary biometric solutions, the LoginID FIDO2 and UAF certified platform utilizes cryptographic security based on the customer’s device hardware, therefore it is not vulnerable to hacks or OS takeovers.  It works right out of the box, with no additional hardware or downloadable software required by customers.  The customer experience is very simple and intuitive, with a ‘biometric login’ button displayed, where customers can use their fingerprint scanner on their device to login to an application or website.  Customers won’t have to remember passwords or use other weaker forms of logging in. 

Data on Tap is a Canadian based telecom technology company that is developing a digital ecosystem of highly-customized mobile services serving smartphone customers.  “With the LoginID FIDO2 service we will be able to increase digital in-app and web interactions security and where required provide additional authentication and user level control,” says Algis Akstinas, CEO of Data on Tap.  “This will also alleviate any customer concerns around SIM swap attacks, which is becoming more of a prevalent issue for customers”.

Execuvault is a Toronto-based FinTech Startup on a mission to transform the legacy transfer process using blockchain technology. Self-executing smart contracts record the terms of users’ directives and bequests (assets, investments, life insurance policies, and documents— securely stored in a personalized vault); and then validate the criteria for assignment and disbursement. The XV Legacy Transfer Platform automates the division of funds through trusted transactions —which are digitally notarized and irrefutable— and can be carried out among disparate, anonymous parties; without the need for a central authority or external enforcement mechanism.   “We see a lot of flexibility around how we can easily integrate FIDO2 biometrics into our existing customer experience with LoginID” says Brian Kieller, CEO of ExecuVault.

NetCents Technology (CSE: N.C. / Frankfurt: 26N / OTCQB: NTTCF) provides a very simple way for merchants to accept cryptocurrency as a payment option for their customers. By integrating the NetCents crypto payment button, merchants have an easy way to process various cryptocurrencies and as a complement to traditional payment methods.  “Security is top of mind for our merchants and their clients.  Anything we can do to help further secure out interactions with our merchants or their customers, will help increase our future transaction volume,” says Pat Albright, Executive Vice President at NetCents Technology.

FroogalPay is middleware that provides software developers a quick and easy way to accept payments from within their application.  “Our clients not only need the highest standard around security, but we need to ensure that we provide ways to increase conversions.  With LoginID’s FIDO2 biometric button, there are various ways merchants can integrate into their customer journeys, making it simpler and safer for customers to pay while protecting merchants from fraud.” says Jonathan Reinsdorf, CEO of FroogalPay.

Global Asset Technology has developed an asset based crypto token that can be used towards traditional assets.  “With LoginID we will secure our interactions for our institutional clients, who need simple, yet rigorous security that eliminates threats to their accounts from outside parties” says Steve Katmarian, CEO of Global Asset Technology.

POS Connect is a software developer and payment processor which provides merchants and enterprises secure ways to bill and collect payments.  “More and more of our services are global in nature.  Since the FIDO standard is aligned with regulatory standards such as PSD2 and GDPR, our clients will have assurances that services they are providing meet the expectations of the market as it relates to security and privacy” says Marius Kimel, CEO of POS Connect.

Simon Law, CEO of LoginID says “These partners provide a great cross section of the types of businesses that can leverage strong customer authentication by integrating a simple, biometric button.  We expect to see more and more companies like these recognizing how easy it is to protect their customers while at the same time improving the overall experience.”

LoginID will be adding more functions and features for partners and developers as part of its self-serve digital onboarding experience, in the coming weeks.

About LoginID
LoginID is a San Mateo/Toronto based company focused on bridging the gap around authenticating users and securing their information, using its patent-pending encryption protocol Secure Data Diffusion. This is facilitated through its FIDO2 and UAF certified strong customer authentication, privacy and tokenization platform.  The team is composed of seasoned executives with decades of experience, across global brands, helping commercialize products around security, cryptography, payments and mobile. 
sales@loginid.io

About Data on Tap Inc.
Data on Tap Inc. is building dotmobile™, a smart tiny telecom with a goal – to make wireless more affordable and awesome for youth, seniors, students, newcomers, visitors to the country, small businesses, and families that want to save. Data On Tap™, dotmobile™, dot.™ and the dotmobile logo are trademarks of Data On Tap Inc.

About Execuvault Inc.
For more information about ExecuVault:
Brian Kieller 
brian.kieller@execuvault.com 
execuvault.com

About Net-Cents Inc.
NetCents Technology Inc (NC.CN), the transactional hub for all cryptocurrency payments, equips forward-thinking businesses with the technology to seamlessly integrate cryptocurrency processing into their payment model without taking on the risk or volatility of the crypto market. NetCents Technology is registered as a Money Services Business (MSB) with FINTRAC For more information, please visit the corporate website at www.net-cents.com or contact Investor Relations: investor@net-cents.com.  To keep up on the latest – make sure to join the telegram channel  http://t.me/NetCents 

About FroogalPay
FroogalPay is a user-friendly Virtual Terminal/Invoicing System/Hosted Payment Pages platform for merchants that turbocharges how 125+ payment gateways process credit cards and ACH. In addition, FroogalPay is middleware that provides software developers a quick and easy way to accept payments from within their application. With a single lightning-fast integration, software developers can access all of our 125+ turbocharged gateways, FroogalPay is headquartered in Chicago with an office in Montreal, Canada. Visit froogalpay.com.

About Global Asset Technology Inc.
Global Asset Technology is developing a user-friendly and compliant platform that allows non-coders to launch and manage sophisticated blockchain applications.  For more information visit our platform site argoblock.com 

About POS Connect Inc.
Toronto based POSconnect develops and supports a number of proprietary integrated payments software and platform solutions, both in North America and globally. POSconnect’s diverse customer base represent a multitude of market segments, from Brick and Mortar to Broker-Dealer, SME’s to multinationals, POSconnect supports streamlined, ubiquitous global payments and fintech related services. Visit POSconnect.com to learn more.

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AMN Passes Milestone of 1 Billion Phone Calls Per Year

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LONDON, July 10, 2020 — Africa Mobile Networks (AMN) is pleased to announce that it now processes more than 1 billion phone calls annually for subscribers in previously unconnected rural areas in Sub-Saharan Africa.

AMN 20m tower in DRC
AMN 20m tower in DRC

In June 2020, AMN processed 91,623,222 voice calls, representing an annualised rate of 1.1 billion calls per annum, plus also nearly 6 terabytes (6,000 GB) of data. These services are provided to rural users in Sub-Saharan Africa who previously were mostly unconnected before AMN’s investment in the mobile network infrastructure. AMN now owns and operates approximately 1,200 base stations serving a population of 4 million people in 8 countries: Nigeria, DRC, Cameroon, Guinea, Zambia, Bissau, Liberia and Congo. The 2G/3G/4G mobile network services are provided by AMN on behalf of tier-1 licensed mobile network operators in each country.

AMN is installing new base stations at a rate of about 200 per month and by the end of 2020 will have nearly 2,000 base stations. AMN ultimately aims to deliver mobile network services to over 60 million people in up to 30 countries with more than 20,000 base stations. AMN’s solutions are 100% ubiquitous, without restrictions due to power or backhaul connectivity, and can be deployed at any location throughout the continent with no exceptions.

AMN’s success has been built on ultra-low capex and opex solutions, and an innovative, fully-turnkey Network-as-a-Service (NaaS) commercial model, which enables AMN to deliver mobile network services economically to smaller communities than has ever been possible before. AMN is now able to serve communities as small as 500 people with long-term economic sustainability. All of the major pan-African tier-1 operators partner with AMN to extend their network coverage deep into rural Africa. AMN offers the turnkey NaaS model with both revenue-share and opex commercial models for the operator, where revenue-share means no opex risk as well as no capex investment for the operator and the opex model enables sites to be built at any location specified by the operator.

About AMN

Africa Mobile Networks, established in 2013, is headquartered in the UK with subsidiary operating companies in 10 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa. AMN’s vision is for no community of any size in Africa to be without affordable access to essential voice and data telecommunication services. AMN’s mission is to build more than 20,000 mobile network base stations, delivering 2G, 3G and 4G (and later 5G) telecom services to previously-unconnected communities. AMN is backed by Intelsat, operator of the world’s largest integrated satellite and terrestrial network, as an investor, shareholder and provider of access to high-quality and high-throughput satellite capacity across Africa. AMN enjoys a strong partnership with a global internet giant to accelerate the inclusion of 3G/4G services to provide rural users with access to the same information and social media applications enjoyed by the rest of the world.

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Asia Pacific University wins the Atos IT Challenge 2020 with innovative app

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‘PestKillerBot’ uses drones to manage pest control in floricultural fields

PARIS, July 10, 2020 — Atos, a global leader in digital transformation, today announces the winners of its international student competition, the Atos IT Challenge. The winners were presented with their awards yesterday during the Ceremony which took place during the digital Atos Technology Days. Now in its ninth year, the competition saw teams from 27 countries around the world compete on the theme of ‘Cooperative Artificial Intelligence‘.

Winning team of Atos IT Challenge 2020.
Winning team of Atos IT Challenge 2020.

 

After an initial first round in which 16 teams were selected, the Atos IT Challenge Jury, made up of experts and Atos executives, chose three finalists. These are:

  • 1st prize and competition winner: Asia Pacific University, Malaysia

"PestKillerBot" is an innovative and easy-to-use application which eliminates the pest in floricultural fields using drones which perform pest control and data collection. The Drone simulator autonomously flies over a field to detect diseases or harmful bugs and kills them. The solution architecture is divided into four parts: the Area Allocation, Path Finding with Path Planning, Pest Detection, and Drone Activation Simulation allowing users to see how the divided field is covered by each drone. The students have developed a drone prototype with a 3D printer and several components.

The team won EUR10,000 and each student was offered the opportunity to do either an internship at Atos or to work together with the company to develop their project.

  • 2nd prize: Instituto Tecnologico de Estudios Superiores Monterrey, Mexico

This innovative solution called "Digital Water" aims to deliver water consumption solutions to households and the water supply company. It is a web application that predicts water consumption and the water level across 3 dams. The aim of the project is to provide details so that users can track consumption levels, waste, and issues to improve water resource management. The team has five years’ worth of data. They have trained their modes for four years and have tested it for one year.

The team won EUR5,000 and each student was offered the opportunity to do either an internship at Atos or to work together with the company to develop their project.

  • 3rd prize: Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Croatia

With an innovative solution to improve traffic, the "CTC – Cooperative Traffic Control" app simulates traffic light controls using Deep Reinforcement Learning. Each junction acts as an agent that takes an action (extends or reduces the green/red time) depending on the cars and waiting time in the lane. The application also gets information from the nearest junctions. The team has trained and tuned the model to get the best model configuration for the traffic light control.

The team won EUR3,000 and each student was offered the opportunity to do either an internship at Atos or to work together with the company to develop their project.

This year, the jury also awarded a special prize to an entry that particularly stood out, for both the significance of the topic tackled and the dedication of the team.

  • Special Jury prize: Loughborough University, United Kingdom

"Initial Survey Swarm" is a solution for a maze simulator where drone agents collect knowledge about a maze over a set period. The drones can share the information they find to search destroyed buildings by generating a 3D map or representation of it after an earthquake or where there is a lack of internet coverage.

At the end of the ceremony, Sophie Proust, Group Chief Technical Officer, Atos said: "AI technology is revolutionizing all sectors of the economy and society, and today the brilliant students in the Atos IT Challenge demonstrated real entrepreneurial skills by offering innovative and concrete solutions that meet the new needs of cooperative AI expressed by businesses and individuals. I am impressed by the outstanding creativity and the quality of the contributions of the award-winning finalists. Congratulations to our winners and to all of our contestants!"

The Atos IT Challenge 2021 was also announced. Next year, students will have the opportunity to develop innovative concepts around the theme of "How digital can help decarbonize non-digital".

Since its creation in 2012, the Atos IT Challenge has empowered students from around the world to develop applications connected to major trends in the digital revolution, such as smart mobility, connected cars, interactive media, connected life, the "right to be forgotten", blockchain and artificial intelligence. Students are mentored by members of Atos Scientific Community who provide technical and practical support, advice and encouragement.

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About Atos

Atos is a global leader in digital transformation with over 110,000 employees in 73 countries and annual revenue of over EUR 11 billion. European number one in Cloud, Cybersecurity and High-Performance Computing, the Group provides end-to-end Orchestrated Hybrid Cloud, Big Data, Business Applications and Digital Workplace solutions. The group is the Worldwide Information Technology Partner for the Olympic & Paralympic Games and operates under the brands Atos, Atos Syntel, and Unify. Atos is a SE (Societas Europaea), listed on the CAC40 Paris stock index.

The purpose of Atos is to help design the future of the information technology space. Its expertise and services support the development of knowledge, education as well as multicultural and pluralistic approaches to research that contribute to scientific and technological excellence. Across the world, the group enables its customers, employees and collaborators, and members of societies at large to live, work and develop sustainably and confidently in the information technology space.

Press contact:

Philippe-Edouard Mbarga: philippe-edouard.mbargamengue@atos.net | +33 7 81 00 04 51

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