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Limited time VPN Promotion for HGC Broadband customers

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VPN’s advantages make digital life better by providing cybersecurity upgrade, anti-tracking and more without geo-restrictions

HONG KONG, Dec. 4, 2020 — HGC Broadband, the home broadband service offered by HGC Global Communications Limited (HGC), announced today the launch of a limited time VPN promotion, offering selected HGC Broadband customers with Surfshark a 6-month VPN Service Plan to meet the increasing demand for strong cybersecurity and ensure they can enjoy the digital world with much more ease.

Protect the privacy online without geo-restrictions

Surfshark VPN service adds an extra layer of security to safeguard the identity of netizens. The advantages include:

  • Protection from malware and phishing attempts, and free from ads and trackers.
  • Protection from data theft, tracking, surveillance, and commercial targeting
  • Users can stream global content and not miss their favorite shows when travelling
  • Single account enables connection for an unlimited number of devices

In addition, HGC Broadband customers can purchase a 12-month Surfshark VPN service at a 78% discount# (12-month Surfshark VPN service plan original price $1111.8) between now and 21 December. For registration or inquiries, please refer to https://www.hgcbroadband.com/en/value-added-service/vpn.

Ben Wu, Director – Consumer & Mass Market, HGC, said, "At HGC, we have been paying close attention to market trends and customers’ needs. Cybersecurity has become a very important issue and is increasingly in demand. It literally affects all sectors and is especially important now with many of our customers working from home and shopping online during the pandemic. We will give out the free VPN service to selected customers and offer HGC Broadband customers the opportunity to purchase a VPN service at a discounted price, hoping to alleviate online security issues and worries and ensure customers can enjoy a safe and happy digital life."

*First come first served, while stock lasts.
#Offers are subjected to relevant terms and conditions, please refer to https://www.hgcbroadband.com/en/value-added-service/vpn 

About HGC Global Communications Limited

HGC Global Communications Limited (HGC) is a leading Hong Kong and international fixed-line operator. The company owns an extensive network and infrastructure in Hong Kong and overseas and provides a broad range of advanced telecommunications and ICT services. Headquartered in Hong Kong and operating 23 overseas offices on five continents, it provides telecom infrastructure service to other operators and serves as a service provider to corporate and households. The company provides full-fledged telecom, data centre services, ICT solutions and broadband services for local, overseas, corporate and mass markets. HGC owns and operates an extensive fibre-optic network, five cross-border telecom routes integrated into tier-one telecom operators in mainland China and connects with hundreds of world-class international telecom operators. HGC is one of Hong Kong’s largest Wi-Fi service providers, running over 29,000 Wi-Fi hotspots in Hong Kong. The company is committed to further investing and enriching its current infrastructure and adding the latest technologies and solutions. HGC is a portfolio company of I Squared Capital, an independent global infrastructure investment manager focusing on energy, utilities and transport in North America, Europe and selected fast-growing economies.

To learn more, please visit HGC’s website at: www.hgc.com.hk

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MoEngage Achieves AWS Travel and Hospitality Competency Status

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SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 4, 2020 — MoEngage, a leading insights-led customer engagement platform, announced today that it has achieved Amazon Web Services (AWS) Travel and Hospitality Competency status. This certification recognizes that MoEngage has demonstrated deep experience in helping Travel and Hospitality companies transform their customer engagement. The launch of the AWS Travel and Hospitality Competency comes at a crucial time for the industry as it looks to innovate to address changing demands in the face of COVID-19.

Achieving the AWS Travel and Hospitality Competency differentiates MoEngage as an AWS Partner with deep domain expertise in Digital Customer Engagement for Travel and Hospitality companies enabling them to create delightful digital experiences for their end-users. This certification comes on the heels of Gartner naming MoEngage a Leader in its 2020 Magic Quadrant for Mobile Marketing Platforms report.

AWS’s global travel and hospitality practice help companies of every size and segment – including airlines, airports, ground transportation, travel services, and sellers, restaurants, lodging, entertainment venues and casinos, cruise lines, and technology providers – to stay agile and accelerate innovation. Now more than ever, AWS wants to help customers succeed by connecting them to AWS Partners with deep AWS experience, and a proven track record for helping travel and hospitality companies build resilience for the long run.

AWS launched the AWS Travel and Hospitality Competency to help customers find highly specialized AWS Partners and take on the heavy lifting of identifying and validating industry leaders with proven customer success and technical proficiency.

"MoEngage is proud to be a launch partner for the AWS Travel and Hospitality Competency," said Raviteja Dodda, CEO & Founder of MoEngage. "Given the changing trends in travel and hospitality, we believe that insight-led customer engagement is going to be critical. MoEngage offers analytics and engagement in one place and we’ve been working on building capabilities that strengthen these offerings and enable travel and hospitality brands to get more ROI from their marketing. Our team is dedicated to helping companies achieve their business goals by leveraging the scalability, reliability, and innovation that AWS provides."

MoEngage offers tools and analytics that can help travel and hospitality brands delight their guests with thoughtful messages, delivered at the perfect moment, across every digital touchpoint. Brands such as Oyo, Travelodge, Luxstay, Yatra, and more use MoEngage to gather user insights and then build personalized journeys to engage and retain their digital customers. 

For example, Oyo Rooms, one of the world’s largest hotel chains, used MoEngage’s workflow to personalize the user’s lifecycle journey. This approach helped them boost user engagement by 8X. 

"AWS provides companies with agility, cost savings, elasticity, and ability to quickly innovate and go global," said David Peller, Managing Director, Travel & Hospitality, Amazon Web Services. "Working with a well-vetted, industry-focused AWS Travel and Hospitality Competency Partners such as MoEngage gives companies the added expertise needed to help experience the benefits of AWS."

"MoEngage has played a pivotal role in realizing our communication strategy. It stitches together all channels seamlessly and complements them with features like Dynamic Product Messaging, Advanced Analytics, Intelligent Delay Optimization, and Push Amplification that helps us serve the right message to the right people at the right time, at scale," says Arjya Nathvani AVP-CRM of OYO Rooms.

AWS is enabling scalable, flexible, and cost-effective solutions from startups to global enterprises. To support the seamless integration and deployment of these solutions, AWS established the AWS Competency Program to help customers identify Consulting and Technology AWS Partners with deep industry experience and expertise.

About MoEngage:

MoEngage is an insights-led customer engagement platform, built for customer-obsessed marketers and product owners. MoEngage enables hyper-personalization at scale across multiple channels like mobile push, email, in-app, web push, on-site messages, and SMS. With AI-powered automation and optimization, brands can analyze audience behavior and engage consumers with personalized communication at every touchpoint across their lifecycle. More than 1,000+ brands across 35 countries use MoEngage to send 50 billion messages to 500 million consumers every month. With offices in nine countries, MoEngage is backed by marquee investors such as Eight Roads, F-Prime Capital, Matrix Partners, Helion Ventures, Exfinity Ventures, and Venture East. To learn more, visit www.moengage.com.

MoEngage is also recognized as a Leader in the 2020 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Mobile Marketing Platforms, a Strong Performer in the 2020 Forrester Wave for Mobile Engagement Automation, and as a Leader in G2 for Fall 2020 Grid® Reports for our solutions too. To learn more, visit www.moengage.com.

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Immortal Witch “Hexe Marie” Arrives in Shadow Arena

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SEOUL, South Korea, Dec. 4, 2020 — Pearl Abyss announced today that a new Hero "Hexe Marie" is now available in Shadow Arena. 

Immortal Witch “Hexe Marie” Arrives in Shadow Arena
Immortal Witch “Hexe Marie” Arrives in Shadow Arena

Shadow Arena‘s 19th Hero, Hexe Marie is known as an immortal witch named "Marie", who had always stood by Belmorn, the last king of the Hexe Kingdom. By using the Wicked Sorcery skill, she can summon various enemies including Skeleton Soldiers to form her army. Players are encouraged to avoid face-to-face confrontation until they have sufficient minions to form a powerful army. 

Hexe Marie has a special movement skill that enables players to move in the air when falling from a high place or fighting from afar. She can also become a strategic fighter when her long-range skills are used along with her movement skill. 

To commemorate the Hexe Marie update, a special in-game event will take place until December 13. Players who upload tips and tricks videos regarding Hexe Marie’s gameplay such as her combos, mechanics, and fighting styles on YouTube with the event hashtags can participate in the event. A special Goyen Gavi Regan skin will be rewarded to the winner. 

Visit the official website, Discord, Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter for more information. 

About Pearl Abyss 

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

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SEEDLAND Unveiled the 1st OTA Smart Community to Render Proactive, Synergetic and Unperceivable Services

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SEEDLAND OTA smart community is equipped with a super “community brain” — SLS2.0 — independently developed by SEEDLAND.

SEEDLAND is committed to building a boundaryless community interconnected with digital cities.

BEIJING, Dec. 4, 2020 — Imagine a smart community unceasingly upgrading through over-the-air (OTA) updates like a smart car or a smart phone. SEEDLAND Group, a smart life leader and prominent real estate company in China, attempts to turn this vision into reality and usher in an era of evolving community.

An OTA smart community, the first of its kind domestically and internationally, is unveiled in Beijing, China by SEEDLAND on December 1, 2020. SEEDLAND OTA smart community is equipped with a super "community brain" — SLS2.0 — independently developed by SEEDLAND. It has, in a true sense, accomplished connections and interactions between everything, hence miscellaneous smart hardware, software, algorithms and solutions in the community are able to upgrade via OTA on a continuous basis. In SEEDLAND OTA smart community, with the unique OneID OneService experience, every user can enjoy an array of proactive, synergetic and unperceivable services in different scenarios, including commuting, security, health, delivery and so forth.

SEEDLAND Unveiled the 1st OTA Smart Community to Render Proactive, Synergetic and Unperceivable Services
SEEDLAND Unveiled the 1st OTA Smart Community to Render Proactive, Synergetic and Unperceivable Services

OTA is applied in people’s living for the 1st time

OTA is a new cloud-based download technology, which was noted in 2000 in Japan. The launch of iPhone by Apple in 2007 carried forward a smartphone era, accompanied by the massive use of OTA. Tesla Model S released in 2012 marked the first application of OTA in the automobile industry, overturned then moving forward to a brand-new smart age. It is OTA that enables Tesla vehicles to access new safety and navigation features on a regular basis, for improvements in vehicle performance and driving experience. The entire process requires an upgrade package only, and what an owner needs to do is just a click for upgrade confirmation.

This time around, OTA is adopted in people’s living by SEEDLAND for the first time.

Life at SEEDLAND OTA smart community
Life at SEEDLAND OTA smart community

As one of the earliest practitioners of smart living in China, SEEDLAND has been devising smart communities since 2018. In October 2018, SEEDLAND proposed a strategic idea of building SLS (Smart Life System). To this end, it later established Seedland Technology Center (STC) inside the Group, developed the prototype SLS and launched the first SLS platform in September 2019. So far, SLS has been updated to SLS2.0.

The ongoing enhancement of SLS’s technical capabilities has brought out the success of the 1st OTA smart community in China. "SEEDLAND OTA smart community offers interconnected, proactive, smart and synergetic services, and continues to evolve in software, hardware, algorithms and solutions," said Xu Zhenbin, President of STC, at the system launch.

SEEDLAND OTA smart community is upgraded significantly in three aspects, distinguishing itself from the traditional as well as the existing ones.

First, it upgrades from a product aspect, pivoting from a static community to a dynamic one with continuous enhancements in hardware, software and intelligence. As regards hardware, aside from covering main public areas and all home appliances, it can continuously introduce more new smart equipment, such as domestic robots, logistics robots, unmanned vehicles, delivery drones, among others. Its open and standard interface supports the access for devices from different manufacturers, and can be combined and replaced without restrictions. In respect of solutions, the smart community provides 200 solutions, unceasingly updates personalized services, and offers a growing number of cross-scenario services. Regarding deployment, SEEDLAND OTA smart community is capable of rapid deployment and upgrading as well as extensive coverage, thereby addressing the common problem of "falling behind upon delivery" faced by the existing traditional "smart communities".

Second, it upgrades from an experience aspect, pivoting from the device-centric isolated experience of single products to the human-centric cross-scenario experience characterized by interactions between things and between devices. Currently, most property companies still focus on intelligence of single products and functions, whereas SEEDLAND OTA smart community has progressed to cross-scenario intelligence and can provide such experience as contactless access, three-dimensional security, self-driven modes of leaving or going home, etc.

Third, it can learn and evolve independently, and forms a positive closed loop of "data – algorithm – services". At present, the proactive real-time Internet of Things (IoT) data streams exceed 500,000 per day from a single community of SEEDLAND. As data amassed grows, the "community brain" will have a deeper understanding of both the environment and the users. As a result, the algorithms will be more accurate to bring more satisfactory services and experience, thus developing a virtuous cycle of "data – algorithm – services".

SEEDLAND is introducing OTA into every community, enlarging its serviceable range to software, hardware, algorithms and solutions. All of these are essential breakthroughs in people’s living.

Five capabilities of SLS2.0 create a super "community brain"

The success of SEEDLAND OTA smart community is derived from SLS that SEEDLAND has been devoting itself to developing independently. Similar to a super brain of the community, it operates, directs and dispatches each "unit" of the smart community to perform their duties independently or together. The current version — SLS2.0 — is armed with greater technical capabilities and larger amount of data.

The structure of SLS2.0 is "1+4+N", namely, one smart cloud, four smart middle-tier platforms and numerous smart products. Among them, the core is the smart middle-tier platforms, namely Smart IoT Middle-Tier Platform, Smart Data Middle-Tier Platform, Artificial Intelligence Middle-Tier Platform and Smart Application Middle-Tier Platform.

SEEDLAND Unveiled the 1st OTA Smart Community to Render Proactive, Synergetic and Unperceivable Services
SEEDLAND Unveiled the 1st OTA Smart Community to Render Proactive, Synergetic and Unperceivable Services

Smart IoT Middle-Tier Platform connects families, communities, commercial facilities and services to achieve true Internet of Everything (IOE). Besides, Smart Data Middle-Tier Platform possesses powerful capabilities of data integration and management. Artificial Intelligence Middle-Tier Platform has the world’s leading scenario-based algorithm capabilities, while Smart Application Middle-Tier Platform has created an integrated experience of miscellaneous communities and all home scenarios. In 2020, STC performed brilliantly, winning two first prizes and one second prize internationally in the ACM 2020 Multimedia Grand Challenge, with tech giants like Amazon and Google attended.

SLS2.0 – known as the super "community brain" — possesses five capabilities.

First, the capability to connect openly and widely. SLS2.0 can be connected to all types of devices at home, community and supporting facilities, and currently to nine primary types of devices in the public areas and 57 devices for home, public areas and commercial facilities. At present, the smart life ecosystem of most companies is occluded, whereas SEEDLAND SLS offers an open interface to support access for devices from different manufacturers. In addition, SEEDLAND formulated the first community standard — Standard for Smart Community Information Model — by working with such leading companies as Huawei, China Mobile, Kingsoft Cloud and Hitachi. The standard will facilitate the access for varied devices, and will be released in the middle of this December.

Second, the fusion capability of multi-source heterogeneous data. In SEEDLAND’s OTA smart community, users’ offline behaviors, such as commute, health, consumption and socializing, will be digitized, and together with elevators, robots and other access devices, will produce a tremendous pool of IoT active data every day. Accordingly, the smart data center will build a petabyte data lake for the community to integrate and process data.

Third, the unique multi-modal face recognition capability in the community. The accuracy of face recognition technology has now exceeded 98% under complex conditions including strong light, dimming light, long distance and high angle. Besides, the constantly upgraded multimodal recognition technology can identify body parts and behavior patterns, and adapt to complicated community scenarios, say when people are mixed, blocked or crowded together or bump into others. Meanwhile, the accuracy of non-cooperative identification surpasses 95%, above the industry average of 90%. Thanks to this unique multimodal recognition technology, the recognition rate for special groups of people, including the elderly and children, far outstrips that of counterparts.

Fourth, the voice recognition capability in outdoor environment. It is the only commercially viable solution in the industry for now. The community scenarios are dominated by noisy outdoor environment, to which there is no satisfactory solution in the industry. Nevertheless, the recognition rate of SEEDLAND SLS’s AI voice algorithm in such environment is 60% higher than the main rivals. On top of that, its voice recognition in long-distance and mixed environment is remarkable.

Fifth, the cross-scenario capability of all-field intelligence. The experience has been boosted immensely from being device-centric to performing human-centric, achieved true spatial intelligence and unperceivable interaction by connecting data across time, so as to bring forth more innovative scenarios.

On October 30, 2020, SEEDLAND launched the 1st 5G SA smart community in Guangzhou Ivy Garden, furnished with dedicate SA 5G network. This not only enhances the data security and control, but also endows plenty of new business models with possibility, redoubling the might of SEEDLAND OTA smart community.

One ID Offers cross-scenario linkage of unperceivable services

What differences can SEEDLAND OTA smart community underpinned by SLS2.0 bring to users?

Are you familiar with the following scenario? In a scorching summer, you get back to the community from work, park the car, and collect your parcels in the delivery locker with a briefcase. When arriving at the front door of your black with your hands full, you realize that you cannot get the access control card or phone to open the door by yourself. At that moment, you either put things down or call the property services staff to open the door. Finally, you reach the front door of your apartment but need to lay down the parcels again to get the key. Finally, you walk in the door in a sweat, you then turn on the air conditioner immediately, however it takes a long time for it to cool you down…

Such embarrassment is out of the question in SEEDLAND OTA smart community.

SEEDLAND OTA smart community has offered proactive, synergetic and unperceivable services of OneID OneService. Furthermore, it has advanced to cross-scenario intelligence when most smart communities are still focused on intelligence of single products and functions. OneID means one ID for all scenarios and applications. For instance, common community life scenarios can be handled with one ID, including opening doors of a community, a block and a house. Beyond that, users can take self-driving commuter vehicle hachi auto by face recognition, dump rubbish in smart garbage bins, collect packages delivered by smart delivery robot hachi delight, pay in a new retail facility Comma Market, buy goods from smart vending machines, among other things. OneService means that all services are proactive, synergetic and predictive to provide users with an unperceivable service experience.

In SEEDLAND smart community, self-driven modes of going home should be as follows:

When a user drives into the community, the access control can identify his car and can be linked to the control center of his house — inSight produced by a Beijing-based technology service company Know– to activate self-driven modes of going home. Under this mode, indoor lighting, curtains, air conditioner, water heater, and other home appliances will turn into default mode. In addition, the Know’s inBot will start frying steak according to the set mode. Meanwhile, if the user has to collect any parcel, the access control will be linked to "notify" the smart delivery locker as well as hachi delight. Then the robot will collect the parcel as required, head for the underground parking lot, request the lifting of barrier gate, and take the elevator to reach the floor where the user’s house is located. Later, hachi delight will call Know’s inSight, send a message to the user’s smart phone as a reminder. The user can collect the parcel by face recognition or scanning the QR code when answering the door.

In fact, self-driven modes of going home is merely an epitome of the proactive, synergetic and unperceivable services offered by SEEDLAND OTA smart community. In the community, cross-scenario linkage is workable in all common demands such as commute, security, health, delivery, business, entertainment and education. Examples include three-dimensional smart security linking community security and home security, self-driving commuter vehicle hachi auto and delivery robot hachi delight V2X (information exchange between vehicle and the outside).

In this system launch, SEEDLAND has also introduced a number of new scenario-based hardware products, such as self-driving commuter vehicle hachi auto 2, Know’s smart fitness bike inBike and so forth. It aims to improve the cross-scenario smart experience of users on an ongoing basis. "As a new player in smart living industry, we are proud to serve as a part of SEEDLAND’s smart living ecosystem. In the future, we will launch more great smart products and deepen the cooperation with SEEDLAND," says Know.

A Community Operates Like Your Partner

Owing to the upgrading capabilities of the "community brain" and OTA, the service mode of SEEDLAND communities have undergone revolutionary changes.

The major functions of ordinary property management include fee collection, information collection and reporting and request for repair. Owners might often be confronted with many problems such as chaotic fee collection, delayed information publicity and the failure of timely repair and feedback. After all, conventional property services are not based on users’ core needs. What is provided there is just basic services and problems are solved in a passive way.

All of these is going to change in an OTA smart community.

In SEEDLAND OTA smart communities, user needs are proactively classified based upon SLS2.0’s insight, and new-generation user operations are launched. The operation philosophy SEEDLAND OTA smart communities upheld is "SPACE", i.e. socialized, prompt, active, customized and emotional.

The relationship between property management side and users is redefined by SPACE — every user in the community is accessible to exclusive services rendered by "PARTNER". Partners can bring a personalized and heartwarming interpersonal interaction interface to community services, establish trust-based emotional connections with users, and offer trust-based proactive companion and services.

SEEDLAND OTA smart community renders exclusive services with the help of "PARTNER"
SEEDLAND OTA smart community renders exclusive services with the help of "PARTNER"

Compared with conventional property management personnel, Partners are firstly life experts around users. They have a clear view of the surroundings and supporting facilities of the community. They can give quick feedback to users and provide services such as maintaining living facilities and customizing community supporting facilities. They act as a convenient contact for users’ life. They are close companions for users in full cycle. Partners, in the second place, are security guards around users. Based on the real-time monitoring function of SLS2.0, Partners can warn against potential safety hazards, and in case of a hazardous event, can intervene in time and mobilize resources from various parties, carry out emergency treatment, and ensure the safety of the elder people, children, women and other special groups to the greatest extent. Lastly, partners are good helpers around users. When a user leaves the house, he/she can remotely authorize Partner to offer services. In the meantime, SLS2.0 can track this Partner’s behaviors in real time, to protect user’s privacy and property safety.

A "Boundaryless Community" will be Built to Connect with Smart Cities in the Future

As a significant breakthrough in the domestic home industry, SEEDLAND OTA smart community will undoubtedly continue update and iteration. Currently, SEEDLAND has connected SLS with nine projects across the country. All of its properties will be covered subsequently, connecting over 1 million devices as well as more than 1 million users. Looking into the future, SEEDLAND is committed to building a "boundaryless community" interconnected with digital cities.

Firstly, "community brain" SLS will see continuous breakthroughs in its AI capability. Based on the constantly accumulating big data platform, SEEDLAND will leverage its data strengths, further develop the multi-modal AI technology, continue to access more smart equipment, and make intelligent capabilities and frictionless services "omnipresent". For instance, the next move will be introducing unmanned aerial vehicles to develop airspace intelligence, so as to offer all-weather, all-day-long and unmanned logistics services to communities.

Secondly, SLS-based cross-community connection and linkage will be carried out, especially the linkage between intra-city communities under SEEDLAND. Just one community account can ensure that services available for users in the current community are also available in other communities, thereby achieving resources co-creating and sharing and building "boundaryless community".

Lastly, SEEDLAND’s communities will gradually extend the service capacity and scenarios into urban space. In terms of smart commute, SEEDLAND will achieve seamless transportation between "the last kilometer within the community" and public transportation by connecting driverless commuting vehicles within the community with urban third-party travel services or driverless car services. With regard to intelligent security, SEEDLAND’s communities will try to connect with the security system of a smart city and build an all-around security system of "family-community-city".

"Just as Apple has defined smartphones and Tesla has defined new-energy vehicles, the living patterns are also being redefined by intelligent technology," said Zhang Liang, Chairman of SEEDLAND. "The boundary and imagination space of smart life are further expanded by SEEDLAND OTA smart community. Being a leader of smart community as well as operation, it will definitely uncover a brand new lifestyle in the era of AIoT."

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InnoLight Announced Availability of Industry’s First 800G Pluggable OSFP and QSFP-DD800 Transceivers at ECOC 2020

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SUZHOU, China and SANTA CLARA, Calif., Dec. 4, 2020 — InnoLight Technology (Suzhou) Ltd., the leader in data center optics, will demonstrate video demos of 800G pluggable OSFP 2xFR4, 800G OSFP DR8+ and QSFP-DD800 DR8+ at ECOC 2020 online event. See these products and video demos at InnoLight virtual Booth #673.

New applications such as work-from-home cloud collaboration, self-driving cars, remote medicine, and artificial intelligence have brought a surge in data traffic. Global data volumes are expected to double every 2-3 years into the next decade. How to balance the demand for bandwidth, cost, and power consumption, and to achieve smooth network transition is a continuing challenge facing the industry. To support this rapid growth and network transition, InnoLight is introducing a line of 800G OSFP and QSFP-DD800 optics. OSFP 2xFR4 and DR8+ are currently available for early customer evaluation, with QSFP-DD800 DR8+ available in January 2021. Other 800G parts as listed below will be ready for evaluation in 1H 2021. Volume production is currently planned for either Q4, 2021 or Q1 2022 depending upon product type. 

  • 800G OSFP 8x100G DR8 & AOC
  • 800G OSFP DR8+
  • 800G OSFP 2x400G FR4
  • 800G OSFP 1x800G LR8
  • QSFP-DD800 8x100G DR8 & AOC
  • QSFP-DD800 DR8+
  • QSFP-DD800 2x400G FR4
  • QSFP-DD800 8x100G LR

In addition to the above mentioned 800G products, InnoLight is developing innovative optics to enable 800G transmission in the legacy 4X fiber structure in either multimode OM3/OM4 or single mode fiber plant. These innovative optics will help customers to increase bandwidth to 800G using the existing SR4 or DR4 fiber layouts for point to point or breakout applications. Availability is planned in 2H 2021.

"InnoLight’s 800G transceivers continue InnoLight’s leadership in high performance pluggable optics, doubling bandwidth capacity without disruption of existing data center infrastructure. With our industry leading 400G deployments, InnoLight is uniquely positioned in driving 800G implementation and to deliver the best price performance optics in the industry. Our new innovative 800G optics to support existing 4x fiber plants are especially suited for Hyperscale DC operators." said Osa Mok, Chief Marketing Officer of InnoLight.

During ECOC, InnoLight will also demonstrate its 100G/200G/400G coherent solutions. These new generation coherent pluggable modules can support DCI, Metro, and 5G backhaul transport networks.

  • 400G OSFP ZR & OpenZR+
  • 400G QSFP-DD ZR & OpenZR+
  • 400G CFP2 OpenZR+ / Metro
  • 100G QSFP-DD OpenZR+

About InnoLight

InnoLight designs, builds and markets high-speed optical transceivers that enable rapid bandwidth expansion of next generation networks. It is headquartered in Suzhou, China with manufacturing locations in China, Taiwan and Thailand. It has RD and Sales offices in China, US, and Singapore.  InnoLight’s solutions offer superior technical performance, compelling value proposition, and time to market advantages that are critical for the sustaining growth of the Data Center, 5G Wireless and Metro Network. For additional information, please visit www.innolight.com.

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Baidu Mobile Ecosystem Rides the Wave of the Fast-Emerging Intelligent Economy, Says Dou Shen at Web Summit 2020

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Baidu Executive Vice President highlights strategic growth initiatives that have transformed the company’s mobile ecosystem into a comprehensive service provider

BEIJING, Dec. 4, 2020 — Dou Shen, Executive Vice President of Baidu, Inc. (NASDAQ: BIDU), today analyzed the rise of the intelligent economy and the resultant strategy of Baidu’s Mobile Ecosystem Group (MEG) during a keynote speech at Web Summit 2020. Shen explained how Baidu’s mobile ecosystem has been adapting to and driving the intelligent transformation of the mobile internet industry, leveraging Baidu’s self-developed AI technologies to provide users with more robust digital services.

"The rise of the intelligent economy is an inevitable trend brought on by AI technology, and also the biggest priority for companies that value technology investments," Shen said at Web Summit, one of the largest technology conferences in the world that brings together executives from leading technology companies. With its leading AI technologies and commitment to innovation, Baidu’s mobile ecosystem is well-positioned to thrive in the era of the intelligent economy.

Shen said the rise of the intelligent economy is bringing about change on three dimensions. The first is changes in devices and how users interact with them, as AI powers more and more intelligent devices that can communicate naturally with people. Secondly, new industry formats will come into being, spearheaded by intelligent transformations across various industries. Thirdly, Shen mentioned the impending shift in IT infrastructure, with AI chips, deep-learning platforms, or AI algorithms replacing traditional CPUs and operating systems as the backbone that will power the contemporary intelligent economy. 

In response to the changes brought about by the intelligent economy, Baidu has identified three major growth opportunities, Shen said in his presentation, namely service-oriented transformations, humanization, and the adoption of digital technology and AI across industries. The Baidu mobile ecosystem is capitalizing on these growth opportunities through a three-pronged strategic layout—Baijiahao for content creators, Smart Mini Programs for content and service providers, as well as Managed Pages for advertisers. Together, these pillars offer comprehensive capabilities that meet users’ fast-evolving needs, Shen said, and form a solid foundation for the long-term growth of Baidu’s mobile ecosystem.

The first facet of growth generation is to carry out service-oriented transformations, as users demand easier access to services. Although search engines were once platforms that solely provided information based on user queries, Baidu has since repurposed the informative abilities of its software into an integrated service ecosystem, establishing a convenient interface that can be widely tailored towards comprehensive user needs.

"Baidu App is not only the largest platform for Chinese people to obtain information and knowledge, it is also becoming a comprehensive service portal," Shen said. "We have continuously enriched the types of services we offer by introducing a wide range of Smart Mini Programs that address various service needs. Users can pay their electricity bill, book travel, rent a house, and watch movies on various Smart Mini Programs, all without leaving Baidu App."

The second facet of growth identified by Shen is to enhance humanization across the entire mobile ecosystem, creating more authentic connections between people. Baijiahao enables direct links between users and its 3.6 million accounts.

"In the past, our creators were behind the scenes. We now use various methods to connect creators and users directly, to shorten the service process. Baidu provides opportunities for users to directly communicate with the creator in our search results and address more potential service needs along with relevant content," said Shen. Users can now use Baidu to form relationships with content creators, service providers, and merchants, through following, messaging, live video and so forth.

The third opportunity stems from the fact that an increasing number of industries are bringing services online by implementing digitalization and undergoing intelligent transformation. For example, online healthcare has experienced explosive growth this year amid the global pandemic. Baidu has offered free pandemic-related consultations on "Ask Doctor", its online medical consultation platform, allowing users to remotely access personalized medical assessments from doctors through their devices.

The optimization of Baidu’s mobile ecosystem has allowed for improved user search experience, accurate information research, social media interaction and closed-loop purchase capabilities. In September, monthly active users (MAUs) on the Baidu App reached 544 million, up 12% year over year.

This thriving, comprehensive mobile ecosystem sets a strong foundation for Baidu to diversify beyond advertising into non-advertising services, such as membership, live streaming and online games. Aside from providing service solutions in different situations based on users’ information needs, Baidu will facilitate in-depth cooperation with more partners to jointly develop a comprehensive portal that will consistently bring the most convenient applications to its users.

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Baidu, Inc. is the leading Chinese language Internet search provider. Baidu aims to make the complicated world simpler for users and enterprises through technology. Baidu’s ADSs trade on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol "BIDU." Currently, ten ADSs represent one Class A ordinary share.

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Gubagoo Releases Revolutionary Automotive Digital Retailing Platform

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Powering Asbury Automotive’s new eCommerce offering ‘Clicklane’, Virtual Retailing 2.0 is now available to dealers nationwide.

BOCA RATON, Fla., Dec. 3, 2020 — Gubagoo – the leading provider of digital retailing, conversational commerce, chat, and messaging solutions for Automotive Dealerships – announced a powerful new release of its industry-leading Virtual Retailing platform.

With online car sales soaring across the nation, there has never been a more compelling time for automotive dealers to embrace digital retailing. The industry is quickly moving from early adopters to the tipping point of wide adoption, with the pandemic having accelerated dealerships’ demand for online eCommerce tools.

Built on a conversational commerce platform, Gubagoo’s Virtual Retailing has been a market leader since its introduction in 2019. The platform allows customers to purchase a vehicle online, and arrange delivery to their door.

The new release provides real-time, data-driven trade-in values, VIN-specific F&I products personalized to the driver, and is the only retail platform offering an automotive loan marketplace with more than 30 lenders including online contracting and signature.

"The entire process of purchasing a vehicle can be completed in the same amount of time as it takes to purchase groceries, online," said Brad Title, CEO of Gubagoo. "With an integrated, seamless transition between online and in-store, any dealer, anywhere in the country, can now offer the ultimate frictionless car-buying experience for their customers."

Asbury Automotive Group, one of the nation’s largest dealership groups, has launched Clicklane, their full eCommerce solution, powered by Gubagoo’s Virtual Retailing 2.0 platform. Close collaboration between Asbury and Gubagoo was key to the innovation leaps made in this new release.

"Gubagoo’s new release of Virtual Retailing was the only solution that could meet our demanding standards for the end-to-end eCommerce experience we envisioned for Clicklane," said David Hult, CEO of Asbury. "Their execution and support have been flawless, and their product is positively a game-changer."

Asbury Automotive’s press event can be viewed online: https://www.asburyauto.com/clicklane/watch

From the beginning, Gubagoo’s approach to automotive eCommerce has been to ensure that consumers enjoy a fast, fun, and easy purchasing experience.

Gubagoo’s Virtual Retailing and messaging tools empower dealers to monitor, engage, and connect with consumers in real-time, through chat, text, Messenger, or video conferencing. Providing guided assistance online and offline is key to staying connected to consumers through the buying journey.

"Websites by-and-large are cold and lonely," said Title. "Consumers need guided assistance without the sales pressure."

Virtual Retailing 2.0 was previewed to dealerships at the Automotive Analytics and Attribution Summit, hosted by author, speaker, and automotive influencer Brian Pasch. In a recent podcast, Pasch emphasized the importance of being able to serve customers in real-time, rather than "chasing leads" after customers leave the website, as critical to seeing success from digital retailing.

"Our data shows that when you engage and serve customers while they’re in your online showroom, you will sell more cars at a lower cost," said Pasch.

Many dealerships who have adopted Gubagoo’s Virtual Retailing, or switched from another digital retailing provider, have seen exciting results.

"Our results from Virtual Retailing have been very strong," shared Nate Sato, Director of Digital Marketing at Ken Garff Automotive Group. "There’s no question – our customers love the experience, and our team is thrilled."

"Creating a comfortable, enjoyable experience is the key to winning the hearts of consumers," added Title. "We are very excited to partner with dealerships across the country to help future-proof their online strategy. With Gubagoo’s Virtual Retailing 2.0, dealers’ can expect a significant increase in their online sales."

For a demo of the new release of Virtual Retailing, have a chat with the team at Gubagoo.com, or email hello@gubagoo.com.

About Gubagoo

Gubagoo is the leading provider of conversational commerce and retail solutions for both automotive dealerships and OEMs. Used by more than 7,000 dealerships worldwide, and over 90% of the top 150 dealer groups in America, Gubagoo’s messaging platform instantly connects consumers to dealerships through live chat, text, video, Facebook Messenger, and other digital messaging channels, converting high quality leads, appointments, and sales for dealerships.

Gubagoo’s Virtual Retailing platform provides an end-to-end buying experience on dealership websites. Customers are able to buy a car online with real-time support from dealership personnel, and have the vehicle delivered at the dealership or their door. For more information, visit gubagoo.com.

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Wondershare Repairit Online: A Free and Reliable Video Repair Platform

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The one-stop solution provider to repair corrupt videos in different formats

VANCOUVER, BC, Dec. 3, 2020 — Wondershare announces a key expansion of its product offering with the formal release of the new video repair tool Wondershare Repairit Online. This new tool is completely free to use and doesn’t require any software download. 

Wondershare Repairit Online: A Free and Reliable Video Repair Platform
Wondershare Repairit Online: A Free and Reliable Video Repair Platform

Wondershare Repairit Online, allows users to quickly repair videos in three different formats, MP4, MOV, and 3GP, as well as preview 30-second video segments before saving. Repairit Online offers up to 10 free video file repairs per day, per user.

"Repairit Online is a versatile online video repair option that comes to you absolutely free of charge," said Kevin Zhu, Product Director of Wondershare Repairit." It is not only reliable, but also fast, it easily outperforms its competitors in terms of information safety and performance."

Some notable features of Wondershare Repairit Online include but are not limited to:

  • It’s Seamless: Fix corrupted video files in only 3 simple steps and a few minutes.
  • Ensures Quality: Repairs videos without damaging their original quality, structure, or integrity. Also fixes issues related to quality such as black screen, freezing, flickering, stuttering, blur, audio out of sync, no sound, etc.
  • Availability: Available for all video playback issues and component damages such as metadata, index, header, footage, frame, slide, parameters, etc.
  • User Privacy: Repairit was designed adopting the latest security technologies, only the users can access their uploaded or local files.
  • Fixes Error Codes: Fixes a wide spectrum of video errors.

To learn more about Wondershare Repairit Online, please visit https://recoverit.wondershare.com/online-video-repair.html

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Founded in 2003, Wondershare is a global leader in software development and a pioneer in the field of digital creativity. Our technology is powerful, and the solutions we provide are simple and convenient. That’s why we’re trusted by millions of people in over 150 countries worldwide. We help our users pursue their passions so that, together, we can build a more creative world.  

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Picosun launches PicoOS™, a unified control software for PICOSUN® ALD modules and clusters

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ESPOO, Finland, Dec. 2, 2020  — Picosun Group, leading provider of AGILE ALD® (Atomic Layer Deposition) thin film coating solutions for industrial manufacturing, presents PicoOS™, the new, full stack operating system and process control software for PICOSUN® ALD equipment.

"PicoOS™ brings PICOSUN® ALD equipment control to the modern era. It is designed for wafer fabs and industrial environments where transition to Industry 4.0 is ongoing. Data-driven PicoOS™ enables future production solutions where machine learning, artificial intelligence, internet-of-things, and other new digital inventions are utilized for optimum industrial efficiency," says Dr. Jani Kivioja, CTO of Picosun Group.

Picosun’s proprietary PicoOS™ software combines individual ALD module, wafer handling and transfer system, and instrumentation control under one common graphical HMI (human-machine interface). This ensures easy, intuitive and user-friendly operation, maintenance, and configuration of the whole PICOSUN® ALD cluster.

PicoOS™ enables full factory integration via SECS/GEM protocol, process and system data logging down to 20 ms rate, and real-time export of all data for continuous monitoring and further analysis.

PicoOS™ operating system is specifically developed by Picosun’s own in-house software team for the company’s fully automated production ALD systems Morpher and Sprinter, and it will be implemented in all future PICOSUN® ALD tool platforms.

"PicoOS™ is designed to ensure the highest control precision and accuracy, the fastest service times, and the best user experience for our customers. Having in-house control over all features and sub-components of our PICOSUN® ALD solutions is a key part of our holistic service model," continues Kivioja.

PicoOS™ has freely configurable and scalable editor for ALD process recipe and processing job creation and storage, and recipes can be edited or new ones created any time during the ALD system operation. Configurable user levels and safety logic, instrumentation and interlocks guarantee safe use in day-to-day operations, and allow full access for tool management in maintenance situations. Maintenance procedures are sped up by specific clean-up and maintenance sequences inbuilt in the software.

Picosun provides the most advanced AGILE ALD® (Atomic Layer Deposition) thin film coating solutions for global industries. Picosun’s ALD solutions enable technological leap into the future, with turn-key production processes and unmatched, pioneering expertise in the field – dating back to the invention of the technology itself. Today, PICOSUN® ALD equipment are in daily manufacturing use in numerous leading industries around the world. Picosun is based in Finland, with subsidiaries in Germany, USA, Singapore, Japan, South Korea, China mainland and China Taiwan, offices in India and France, and a world-wide sales and support network. Visit www.picosun.com.

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Email: info@picosun.com
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PixCell Medical to Enhance NSW Health Pathology’s Point-of-Care Testing Service

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Following TGA approval, NSW Health to Implement PixCell’s HemoScreen™ Device Across Health System

YOKNEAM ILIT, Israel, Dec. 2, 2020 — PixCell Medical, innovator of rapid diagnostic solutions at the point-of-care, announced today that NSW Health Pathology, the provider of public pathology services for the New South Wales (NSW) government, will deploy PixCell’s HemoScreen™ hematology analyzer for rapid, lab-accurate Complete Blood Count (CBC) testing, accessible at the point of care.

PixCell has worked closely with NSW Health Pathology over the past year to evaluate the HemoScreen™ and they are now in the position to pioneer the use of this innovative POCT technology in facilities across the state.

HemoScreen™ will enable true point-of-care testing (POCT) in terms of operation, electronic result delivery through an Internet of Things approach, ease-of-use, and transportability, while still providing core lab quality results. Outside of Sweden and Denmark, Australia will be the first country to get HemoScreen™ devices, which will soon be implemented throughout NSW.

The collaboration includes the installation of a large number of HemoScreen™ devices that provide the full 5-part differential CBC test with comprehensive abnormal cell flagging. In this initial deployment, NSW Health Pathology will implement HemoScreen™ devices within small labs, in large emergency departments without onsite labs, and to upgrade some existing technology. The devices will then be further assessed for utility in oncology clinics and other settings.

"We recognize the need to simplify real-time blood testing and are proud to work with NSW Health Pathology to increase accessibility to POC diagnostics," said Avishay Bransky, Ph.D., CEO and co-founder of PixCell Medical. "HemoScreen™ delivers accurate readings of 20 standard blood count parameters, which are routinely used to check the overall health status of a patient. The CBC has recently found valid to monitor the severity of COVID-19 and the progression of the disease."

POCD Scientific, boasting over 125 years of experience in the supply and use of scientific equipment and products, will be the sole distributor of HemoScreens for the region of Australia.

This news follows PixCell’s recent approval from the TGA.

About PixCell Medical

PixCell Medical provides the first truly portable point-of-care blood diagnostic solution. Leveraging the company’s patented Viscoelastic Focusing technology, along with AI-powered machine vision, PixCell’s FDA-cleared and CE-approved HemoScreen diagnostic platform shortens diagnostic results delivery from days to minutes. With just one drop of blood and within six minutes, PixCell delivers accurate readings of 20 standard blood count parameters, saving patients, clinicians and health systems significant time and costs.

For more information: www.pixcell-medical.com and follow PixCell on LinkedIn.

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