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The Wall Street Journal has a nice piece on the growing interest in out-of-school coding classes, even among very young students.
The story notes that kids as young as 7 years old are now taking basic coding classes online and that, at least in New York City, afterschool private lessons in codingakin to piano lessons or private academic tutoringare not unheard of. Meanwhile, coding “boot camps” are gaining popularity among older students looking to gain marketable skills.
Enrollment in Web-development classes offered to elementary and middle school students by the Johns Hopkins University’s Center for Talented Youth has grown from 63 students in 2009 to 762 this year, according to the piece. The director of the program, Patricia Wallace, attributes the dramatic rise to a relative dearth of computer science offerings in schools.
On the educational value of coding, the piece quotes Adam Enbar, founder of New York’s Flatiron School, which offers a number of pricey computer-programming courses, including a two-week session for high school students:
“I equate coding to reading and writing and basic literacy. Not everyone needs to be Shakespeare, just as not everyone needs to be an amazing developer,” he says. “But … we’re entering a world where every job, if not already, will be technical.”
Education leaders and policymakers appear to be recognizing this trend, too. (How could they not?) As Liana Heitin reported recently in Education Week, a growing number of states and districts have taken steps to increase computer science offerings and better integrate them into their core curricula.
One major hurdle, experts say, has been finding and training teachers who have the expertise needed to teach such courses (particularly in a way that will engage already tech-savvy students). It’s also been noted that neither the Common Core State Standards in math nor the proposed Next Generation Science Standards explicitly includes computer science.
It’s back! Operation CPC, an intense 3-day classroom training seminar is here to help you pass your CPC examination. Approved for 24 CEUs by the American Academy of Professional Coders, this information-packed seminar will not only help the student who is seeking to achieve their CPC examination, but it will also provide a great overall refresher of coding and a large dose of CEUs for the certified coder!
Offered through MediQuick’s partnering company — Texas Career Center, this course will only be offered twice in 2014, and classes are limited to no more than 10 students to allow for maximum interaction and educational benefit. For more information on the content of the three days of training, see our Operation CPC brochure on this page, or call us at (817) 923-5553.
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At face value, the promise of creating new data scientists in only 12 weeks sounds too good to be true, both for employers and employees–which may be why several such “boot camps” suddenly find themselves under scrutiny.
And it’s no secret that data scientists are in high demand in 2014. But some professionals may not have the time or money to go back to school and get a data science or computer engineering degree. As an alternative, these data and coding academies, which say they offer preparation for some coding and data scientist roles in only a few months, are popping up all around California.
One such academy is Zipfian–which is a big data boot camp of sorts that teaches students about coding, data and more in three months and for around $16,000 before deferral or hiring reimbursement plans, according to an article in InformationWeek and the academy’s site.
A typical day at the academy might include a communal breakfast with open office hours, followed by code review and a lecture in the morning, open work time and lunch with guest speakers mid-day and open work time or hack on exercises–and sometimes more guest lectures–in the evening, according to its site.
Zipfian’s CEO Ryan Orban told InformationWeek that the academy has even partnered with a few big tech companies–such as Facebook and LinkedIn–for post-camp positions. (Orban did not respond to a request for an interview with FierceCIO).
But before IT hiring managers get too anxious, take note–some of these coding academies have come under scrutiny recently by the local regulators in California who say they need to be regulated like other educational institutions.
An article in InfoWorld notes that the camps could face $50,000 fines or closed doors if they don’t comply with the state’s Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education, which claims they are running “as unlicensed postsecondary educational institutions,” InfoWorld said.
In addition to Zipfian, InfoWorld notes that Hackbright Academy, Dev Bootcamp, Hack Reactor, App Academy are also coming under scrutiny in the Golden State. Some of the groups have already started working with regulators, the article added.
InfoWorld points out that while the likes of some academies “have the flavor of a trade school and cite their graduates’ offers for jobs with name-brand tech companies after completing their courses,” other groups, like those that are promoted as more as learn-to-code, skills “camps” may see themselves as more unconventional–and thus in need of less regulation.
The first group of about a dozen students at San Francisco-based Zipfian started in mid-September and were set to finish up in early January. The next batch was slated to start late last month, according to the academy’s site.
At a time when data scientists are in such high demand that they have been deemed the “rock stars” of the IT world, tech companies, aspiring data scientists–and those in the tech media–will no doubt be keeping a close eye on how this regulatory dance plays out.
Pubcon New Orleans 2014 at the New Orleans Convention Center will be one of the year’s biggest
and best technology conferences, filled with the latest digital marketing, social media, search, and optimization learning, all in one of the world’s most exciting cities over the St. Patrick’s Day week.
While it’s impossible to list every reason that makes Pubcon a Forbes must-attend conference and an Inc. top conference for growing your business, presented here are a selection of just some of the features that are driving top industry professionals to register and join us for Pubcon New Orleans 2014.
- Dr. Robert Cialdini keynote
- Peter Shankman keynote
- Tim Ash keynote
- Danny Bernstein keynote
- Roger Dooley Pubcon Masters Group training keynote
- Paid Facebook and Google Training with Dennis Yu, Brad Geddes, and Frederick Vallaeys
- Organic training with Bill Hunt, Joe Laratro, and Eric Enge
- Social media training with Lisa Buyer, Krista Neher, and Jabez LeBret
- Pubcon Classic New Orleans at Tropical Isle on Bourbon Street
- Pubcon Bourbon Cowboy Networking Event on Bourbon Street
- Five session tracks daily
- More than 70 sessions
- Live interactive site reviews
- Inc. named Pubcon a top conference for growing your business
- Forbes featured Pubcon as a “Must-Attend Conferences for Entrepreneurs”
- New Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella is a Pubcon fan
- Pubcon is happening during the exciting St. Patrick’s Day week in New Orleans
- A large slate of industry exhibitors will be available in our exposition hall
- Meet Pubcon’s excellent selection of authors and get a signed copies of their books
- Pubcon is the longest-running industry conference proudly using the same name
- You’ll have the unprecedented opportunity to see over 100 extraordinary social media and digital marketing speakers throughout the week
- Kristopher Jones
- Bruce Clay
- Ann Smarty
- Ralf Schwoebel
- Jennifer Lopez
- Sean Jackson
- Dixon Jones
- Tara Coomans
- Unbeatable industry networking
- What you learn is likely to more than pay for your time at Pubcon.
Dr. Robert Cialdini, professor emeritus of psychology and marketing at Arizona State University,
social psychologist, and author of the bestselling book “Influence: Science & Practice”, will kick off Pubcon New Orleans 2014 with a boundary-pushing keynote address that will help you and your business use the full power of online influence.
Cialdini — considered the “Godfather of influence,” — is an internationally-heralded expert in the fields of persuasion, compliance, and negotiation, and his New York Times bestselling book — listed by Fortune Magazine as one of the “75 Smartest Business Books” and by CEO Read as one of the “100 Best Business Books of All Time” — has been published in 27 languages.
Pubcon in The Big Easy also offers up a bold keynote by influential author and angel investor
Peter Shankman, principal and co-founder at global consultancy Shankman | Honig and founder of Help A Reporter Out (HARO). PR Week magazine has described Shankman as “redefining the art of networking,” and Investor’s Business Daily has called him “crazy, but effective,” and we’re happy to bring him to Pubcon audiences for the first time for Pubcon New Orleans 2014 on March 17 – 20.
A well-respected author, entrepreneur, speaker, and worldwide connector, Shankman is globally recognized for radically new ways of thinking about marketing, customer service, advertising, social media, and PR, and is sure to help Pubcon attendees expand their businesses’ reach in oftentimes under-utilized ways.
Pubcon New Orleans 2014 will feature a major keynote address by landing page pioneer and
innovator Tim Ash, the bestselling author and chief executive at landing page optimization firm SiteTuners who literally wrote the book on landing page optimization, as author of Amazon.com e-commerce bestseller “Landing Page Optimization: The Definitive Guide To Testing and Tuning for Conversions,” which is now in its second edition and has been translated into six languages.
A computer scientist and cognitive scientist by education, with PhD studies in artificial intelligence and neural networks, Ash has developed a world-renowned expertise in user-centered design, landing page testing, along with persuasion and understanding online behavior. In the mid-1990s Ash became one of the early pioneers in the discipline of website conversion rate optimization, and we’re happy to present his first major Pubcon keynote address at our Big Easy event.
Danny Bernstein of Google+ will also deliver his first-ever Pubcon keynote presentation, and as
head of product partnerships for Platform at Google, leading a team responsible for product-enabling partnerships that drive adoption of Google platforms by developers and partners, he is certain to deliver an intriguing and thought-provoking address to Pubcon New Orleans 2014 attendees.
Bernstein joined Google when the company acquired Meebo in June, 2012, was Meebo’s first business hire, and oversaw business and publisher development. Bernstein has led teams that grew the company’s reach to 250 million worldwide unique visitors, and forged partnerships with traditional media companies including NBC, CBS, Hearst, and Time Inc., and we’re excited to feature him at Pubcon.
For those attending the optional Monday Pubcon Masters Group training day, noted neuromarketing expert Roger Dooley, founder of Dooley Direct LLC, will kick off an updated
training program during Pubcon New Orleans 2014.
Dooley is a popular consultant and entrepreneur who deftly combines knowledge of emerging phenomena such as neuromarketing and social networking with decades of hands-on marketing experience. He has helped many companies understand the implications of new technologies and techniques, and has guided them in implementing practical strategies to adapt to them. Dooley — who is also a guest columnist at Forbes — has been quoted frequently in the mainstream press on topics ranging from brain fitness marketing to Web communities and social networks. He holds an engineering degree from Carnegie Mellon University and an MBA from the University of Tennessee.
Three of the world’s top paid Google and Facebook advertising innovators will combine to lead one of three strong Pubcon New Orleans 2014 Masters Group tracks, as BlitzMetrics chief executive and Facebook marketing expert Dennis Yu, Certified Knowledge founder and popular Pubcon speaker Brad Geddes, and former senior product evangelist for Google AdWords Frederick Vallaeys, now founder and chief executive of Top Tier Marketing and Optmyzr, offer up a full day of training.
Join Yu, Vallaeys and Geddes, some of the world’s top PPC experts, for the updated Pubcon Masters Group training program Google and Facebook advertising track, and examine the unique challenges and opportunities that online advertising professionals face daily.
The Pubcon Masters Group organic SEO track will feature intensive day-long educational workshops lead by Joe Laratro, president of Tandem Interactive, Back Azimuth Consulting president Bill Hunt, and noted SEO consultant Eric Enge, president of Stone Temple Consulting.
The Pubcon Masters Group is a popular limited-attendance educational training program that features an intensive complete day of industry-leading social media, Google and Facebook advertising, and organic SEO learning from expert instructors.
The Pubcon Masters Group social media marketing track at Pubcon New Orleans 2014 will feature workshops on Facebook and Twitter advertising optimization and marketing and other social media subjects, with Jabez LeBret, chief innovation officer at law firm marketing agency Get Noticed Get Found, Krista Neher, chief executive at Boot Camp Digital, and Lisa Buyer, chief executive and president at The Buyer Group.
Pubcon enlisted Buyer, Lebret and Neher to share 2014’s social media for business best practices, trends and direction. Each brings a unique perspective to this advanced workshop designed to offer actionable take-aways in an interactive atmosphere.
Join us on Thursday, March 20 as Pubcon New Orleans returns at the Tropical Isle Bourbon —
one of the most central and exciting spots in The Big Easy — to celebrate and network with your favorite Pubcon speakers, sponsors, exhibitors, partners, and attendees. Pubcon Classic New Orleans is the perfect technology industry networking event to put an official exclamation point on a week full of technology learning at Pubcon New Orleans 2014.
Don’t miss the world’s top technology professionals networking on Tropical Isle’s scenic balcony overlooking one of Bourbon Street’s most bustling spots at Pubcon New Orleans 2014.
Join us on Tuesday, March 18 as Pubcon New Orleans 2014 holds a lively and fun networking
event upstairs on the balconies of the Bourbon Cowboy — one of the most central and exciting spots in New Orleans — to meet and network with top Pubcon speakers, sponsors, exhibitors, partners, and attendees.
Featuring some of the most exciting and scenic balconies in The Big Easy, the Bourbon Cowboy will offer something for all Pubcon attendees. Whether you want to network in an easy-going atmosphere with new colleagues or potential business partners or take a wild ride on a mechanical bull ride, the Pubcon Bourbon Cowboy Networking Event will be the place to gather on Tuesday evening during Pubcon New Orleans 2014, as we take over the scenic balconies overlooking one of Bourbon Street’s most entertaining and lively spots.
Pubcon New Orleans 2014 will feature multiple sub-conferences of cutting-edge sessions
highlighting the world’s best technology speakers. Many of these top speakers presenting consider Pubcon to be their favorite event, and their enthusiasm for Pubcon New Orleans 2014 will be apparent as attendees will be treated to insights, education and research that just won’t be shared at any other conference.
Pubcon New Orleans 2014 features impressive session tracks dedicated to search engine optimization (SEO), local search issues, social media optimization (SMO), building links, search marketing, social media marketing (SMM), content marketing, and in-house SEO, along with complete tracks that focus on Pubcon’s famous live interactive site reviews and our expert spotlights — where you get more uninterrupted time with some of the world’s top speakers.
More than 70 stellar social media and online marketing and technology sessions are lined up
for Pubcon New Orleans 2014, featuring a virtual who’s who on the world’s best new media and digital marketing innovators, including Dennis Yu, Will Scott, Jennifer Vaniderstyne, Dixon Jones, Steve Hammer, John Ellis, Michael Gray, Brad Geddes, Christine Churchill, Duane Forrester, and so many more.
Check out the entire exceptionally strong lineup of sessions, tracks, and speakers here — an astonishingly diverse collection on tap for you at Pubcon New Orleans 2014.
A full slate of our perennially-popular live interactive site reviews is also scheduled for Pubcon
New Orleans 2014, giving you the rare and valuable opportunity to have your business’ website examined by some of the world’s leading digital marketing and social media experts, and receive helpful feedback.
Inc. writer Larry Kim recently featured Pubcon New Orleans 2014 as a “marketing conference that will help your business grow this year,” noting that Pubcon “has an excellent reputation for expert speakers and killer after-parties; it’s definitely a behemoth in terms of attendance and the
variety of topics covered.” Join us in The Big Easy and find out for yourself why Pubcon has for more than 14 years been the conference of choice for those looking to propel their business’ online strategies.
Forbes’ John Hall featured Pubcon as one of the “Must-Attend Conferences for Entrepreneurs”, and for 2014 we’ve turned up the intensity for our big Pubcon New Orleans event.
Microsoft chief executive Satya Nadella is a past Pubcon keynote speaker from our 2008 Las
Vegas event, and has praised the event. “Pubcon has established itself as a rich forum for Web professionals of all shapes and sizes to come together to network, learn, and share the latest on SEM topics and more,” Nadella noted.
During his well-received Pubcon Las Vegas keynote address, Nadella — then Microsoft senior vice president of search for the MSN portal and advertising platform group — launched Microsoft’s “Silk Road” project for Live Search, and spent time speaking with many Pubcon attendees after his keynote concluded.
New Orleans celebrates St. Patrick’s Day Louisiana style, and Pubcon takes place during this exciting week of parades and activities in The Big Easy.
Join platinum sponsor Internet Marketing Ninjas and a large selection of sponsors including
AuthorityLabs, Moz, SEMrush, Skyrocket SEO, rmoov, Stone Temple Consulting, and WebmasterWorld, along with exhibitors including Analytics SEO, Infusionsoft, Internet Marketing Ninjas, Page One Power, Poppin, Textbroker, topseos, and Website Magazine, among other.
There’s still time to reserve your company’s spot in the expo hall and to take advantage of one of the many available sponsorships for Pubcon New Orleans 2014, an ideal way to get people at one of the busiest conferences of the year talking about your company.
Meet your favorite new media and optimization authors and have them sign copies of their
books at the Pubcon New Orleans 2014 author book signing booth in the exhibition hall. Look for a detailed schedule of book signings in the coming weeks before Pubcon New Orleans 2014 begins.
Pubcon is now the longest-running industry conference under the same name, which means that with a prestigious history dating to 2000, this is Pubcon’s fourteenth year, and with roots dating back all the way to 1980s bulletin board systems, Pubcon offers a time-tested online communication foundation unlike any other.
Pubcon offers an astounding lineup of speakers. For example, the Pubcon New Orleans 2014 SEO conference track includes a session on activating your brand advocates featuring Rob Fuggetta, founder and chief executive at Zuberance, a panel discussion on mobile search and marketing led by Jeff Lancaster, chief executive at Catalyst Canada, and John Busby, senior vice president at Marchex, and a session entitled “International Search and Destination SEO” featuring Michael Bonfils, managing partner at International Media Management, Anne Kennedy, international search strategist at Beyond Ink, and Eli Schwartz, online marketing manager at SurveyMonkey.
Kristopher Jones, chairman at Internet Marketing Ninjas, is an accomplished entrepreneur and investor. As founder and former president and chief executive at Pepperjam — a full-service
Internet marketing agency and affiliate network — Jones led the company to three straight Inc. Magazine fastest growing company recognitions, as well as the eventual acquisition of the firm by GSI Commerce/eBay.
Jones is also managing partner at KBJ Capital, an early stage technology angel investment fund, which includes portfolio companies ReferLocal.com, Pathmapp.com, Yumm.com, Highlighter.com, VigLink.com, Online Marketing Institute, LavCup.com, and APPEK Mobile Apps, among others. Jones is the best-selling author of “SEO Visual Blueprint” and is a frequent speaker, and moderator at conferences and Universities worldwide.
At Pubcon New Orleans 2014 Jones will take part in an interactive site review focusing on local search, a “Local Search: Reviews and Rankings” panel presentation, and will also be a moderation during the conference.
Bruce Clay is founder and president of Bruce Clay, Inc., a global Internet marketing optimization firm providing search engine optimization (SEO) services, pay-per-click (PPC) advertising management, content strategy and development, SEO training courses and online
tools. Prior to launching Bruce Clay, Inc. in 1996, Clay operated as an executive with several high-tech businesses, with a far-reaching professional background in leading Silicon Valley firms.
Clay holds an MBA from Pepperdine University, and a bachelor’s in math and computer science from Western Illinois University. As an industry thought leader, Clay is an accomplished speaker, author and educator. Clay speaks yearly at leading industry conferences and conducts training courses for students worldwide on concepts and methodologies related to Internet marketing. His insights have been featured in publications such as the Wall Street Journal, USA Today, PC Week, Wired Magazine, Smart Money and others.
His book “Search Engine Optimization All-in-One for Dummies” is more than 700 pages of hands-on, practical guidance for implementing comprehensive SEO. His “Content Marketing Strategies for Professionals” is a guide to using SEO and content marketing to reach and influence consumers online. Clay is also on the board of directors of SEMPO, the Search Engine Marketing Professionals Organization.
During Pubcon New Orleans 2014 Clay will present the “SEO 2014″ expert spotlight session.
Internet Marketing Ninjas community and branding manager Ann Smarty has been working in various areas of the Internet marketing for seven years. Smarty hails from Ukraine where she
got a Master’s degree in English and German, and began working in the SEO field when still in high school. Smarty’s background includes working as editor-in-chief at Search Engine Journal and being a regular columnist at some of the best-known Internet marketing publications including Moz, Mashable, Social Media Examiner, and others.
Smarty also oversees community building at Threadwatch and the DevShed and Cre8site forums, with personal projects including MyBlogGuest.com and ViralContentBuzz.com.
Among the leading speakers scheduled to present at Pubcon New Orleans 2014 is Ralf
Schwoebel, founder and chief executive at Germany’s Tradebit Inc.
Schwoebel began involved with e-commerce when he opened one of the first Internet shopping malls in Germany in 1995 at the age of 22. Schwoebel’s background as a game developer and book author for the Commodore Amiga helped him to thrive in the new Internet era, and he is an active member of the Linux community and sponsors several open source projects with time and money.
In 2004 Schwoebel started Tradebit.com as a trading platform for digital goods (downloads), running on a self-made LAMP cluster of 16 nodes and serving more than 4.5 million requests daily as of August 2011 for over twenty thousand merchants. Schwoebel is a coder with a business mind, and a popular Pubcon speaker.
In The Big Easy Schwoebel will be moderating the “Saving Your Search Visibility Through A Redesign” session.
Jennifer Lopez, director of community for Moz, is an experienced social media strategist, SEO,
Web developer, speaker, and writer. Lopez brings a unique skill-set to the field of search optimization and online community management. Lopez began her search career as an in-house technical SEO and in a noted conference speaker with a passion for all things search and social, and has gained a loyal following in the SEO community.
At Pubcon New Orleans 2014 Lopez will present an expert spotlight session exploring social media tools.
Sean Jackson is a founding partner at Copyblogger Media, creators of Copyblogger.com,
StudioPress/Genesis, Scribe SEO, Third Tribe, and other online properties. Often referred to as the “Geek that Speaks,” Jackson is passionate about technology and how it is applied to the needs of marketing.
As a partner at Copyblogger, Jackson is responsible for ScribeSEO.com and is CFO of the company. Jackson is an active member of the Dallas business community, holding leadership roles with the Dallas Fort Worth (DFW) Search Marketing Association, and is past president of the Dallas Ad League.
Jackson will take part in a Pubcon New Orleans 2014 content creation strategy session and a live interactive site review panel exploring content marketing and development.
Dixon Jones is marketing director at Majestic SEO, has been an active member of the
international Internet marketing community since 1999, and is a regular speaker worldwide on search engine marketing and link building. Jones represents Majestic SEO on a global stage and at all levels of industry. Following an upbringing in Hong Kong, Jones’ background includes a degree in mathematics and management studies, and a student union presidency while at Brunel University. Jones’ first business venture was formed in 1989 and still survives in an online form to this day.
For Pubcon in The Big Easy Jones will be delivering an expert spotlight session on alternative search, as well as moderating an interactive site review panel focusing on organic search.
Tara Coomans is founder and head brainstormer at Akamai Marketing, a Honolulu-based
interactive marketing company. A creative marketing strategist who specializes in using social media, Coomans specializes in integrating social media with existing business needs in marketing, PR and customer service.
Through her volunteer work at Social Media Club Hawaii (SMCHI) and as current president of the Hawaii Chapter, Coomans has developed a reputation as a leader in the use and development of social media analytics, developing a number of proprietary analytical tools to help evaluate social media ROI and identify KPIs for clients and colleagues.
In New Orleans Coomans will lead the “Click Marketing – What Makes Us Click” expert spotlight session.
Expanding Pubcon beyond the cutting-edge keynotes, training programs and industry leading
sessions is an unrivaled slate of after-hours parties and networking events. There are oftentimes more evening networking events and parties during Pubcon than anyone could possibly attend, but by starting out with the biggest official ones you’ll be sure to get plenty of time to interact with the fantastic and one-of-a-kind Pubcon crowds, and still have time for late-night New Orleans excitement with the after-party events of your choice.
Pubcon is much more than the sum of these 31 and the countless other parts that make up the event, however, and with registration still available some of the fairest prices in the industry, you won’t want to miss Pubcon New Orleans 2014 in one of the most exciting and unique cities in the world.
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HCPro, Inc., the leading provider of integrated information, education, training, and consulting products and services in healthcare regulation and compliance, will be bringing together leading industry experts on coding and ICD-10 for three days of presentations and discussion, from February 29th through March 2nd, 2012.
The JustCoding Virtual Summit: ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS, will take place online and features two educational tracks: one for HIM Directors and Coding Supervisors, and one for Inpatient and Outpatient Coders. Both tracks will offer continuing education credits, and the summit attendees will have on-demand access to the events content for six months following the event.
Ilene MacDonald, CPC, Associate Editorial Director at HCPro commented, At a time when scheduling and budgeting for travel out of the office is difficult for many professionals, we are excited to be able to offer this timely and top quality opportunity to hear from the leading voices in our industry on ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS. Said MacDonald, There is no doubt that the need for education on the new coding system and how to implement this change is heating up rapidly. The JustCoding Virtual Summit is one of the many one-of-a-kind educational opportunities that we have planned for 2012, in response to that growing need.
The Summit sessions will take place from 12-3 p.m. EST each day from February 29th March 2nd. Each session will be a one hour and 15 minute Webcast with a presentation and a question and answer segment with faculty. Each day will include a 30-minute break for participants to network with peers, speakers, and moderators and visit the virtual exhibit hall.
Session presentations for the management track include the effect of ICD-10-CM/PCS on coder productivity, the documentation improvement necessary for ICD-10-CM/PCS code capture, implementation planning for ICD-10-CM/PCS transition, conducting coding and documentation assessments, and creating a role-specific organization-wide training and education plan. Included in the sessions for coders are how the new system works, the major differences between ICD-9-CM and the new system, how to code under ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS, and how to report multiple procedures under ICD-10-PCS.
The JustCoding Virtual Summit is sponsored by JustCoding, the continuing education web destination for HIM professionals, coders, and coding managers. HCPro, Inc. is also the sponsor of the HCPro ICD-10 Basics Boot Camp and the Certified Coder Boot Camp
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KOLKATA: Tata Steel has set up a new company to spearhead its investment in a proposed special economic zone at Gopalpur in Odisha, seeking to attract global electronics and electrical component makers from China and Southeast Asia and defence sector manufacturers. The new company, Tata Steel SEZ, will invest close to Rs 2,500 crore in developing infrastructure at the 2,970-acre SEZ. "We are in advanced talks to bring in electronics companies and defence production units.
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NEW DELHI: Government will soon finalise a policy providing incentives to companies for setting up BPOs in small towns of the country, Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said here today. "One of the things that I am engaged in is to have proper policy to have BPOs in small mofussil town of India with proper encouragement and incentives. That policy we are going to finalise," Prasad said while speaking at Global Business Summit. He said the IT profile of India shows hubs in few limited cities like Gurgaon, Pune, Hyderabad, Chennai, Vijaywada, Bengaluru , and Mysore and this needs to be widened across the country, particularly, in small mofussil towns.
October 17, 2014 |
NEW DELHI: Korean technology major Samsung has committed to scale up its investments in India's 4G market in a meeting with Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, while LG expressed great faith in the "changed investment climate". "Met CEO Samsung. Discussed NOFN and Smart city projects. They are keen on India's 4G mobile market. (They) want to increase investment," Prasad tweeted after his meeting. Major Indian telecom operators, including Reliance Jio, plan to start 4G services from next year.
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KOLKATA: Telecom minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said e-services has started gaining momentum and reaching the bottom of the pyramid, thanks to Narendra Modi government's ambitious Digital India project. He was speaking on Monday at the 'i-Bharat' conference, organised by Ficci with the Department of Electronics & IT (DeitY) and the communications ministry. According to Prasad, "over 12,000 rural post office branches had been linked digitally and soon payments banking would also become a reality for post offices," barely within six months of implementing Digital India.
July 7, 2005
An In-Stat report predicts the Indian electronics sector will be the fastest growing market globally to touch $40-billion by 2010 The electronics market in India, estimated at $11.5 billion in 2004, will be the fastest-growing electronics market world-wide over the next several years, reports In-Stat. This market is expected to grow at a Compounded Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 23%. Though its total output will be far behind China's electronics market, worth $271.
November 10, 2005 |
CHENNAI: Avalon Technologies, a leading electronics manufacturing services provider to global OEMs, is planning to cater to the domestic needs by launching another facility outside Madras Export Processing Zone here. Besides, the company is close to acquiring electronics manufacturing units in India, Japan and the US. Avalon, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the US-based Sienna Corporation, already has three manufacturing facilities in MEPZ apart from those in the US and is going to launch a new factory inside the zone on November 12. Speaking to reporters here on Thursday, Sienna Group Chairman T P Imbichammad said Avalon's manufacturing facility outside MEPZ would be set up in another 12 months.
August 21, 2014 |
NEW DELHI: At the launch of the government's 'National Digital Literacy Mission', Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said, "A digital revolution is about to begin. " Modi went on to say that his vision of a 'digital' India encompasses a time when the common man is able to track the government's work from his mobile phone. The National Digital Literacy Mission envisions to make 10 lakh citizens across India digitally literate. Among other things, Modi stressed on harnessing the 'immense talent'of youth.
July 1, 2015 |
NEW DELHI: Digital India initiative launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi today has the potential to catalyse the investment process in the technology sector and generate employment, industry said. Industry chamber FICCI termed launch of Digital India week programme as an important milestone to engage with renewed energy to transform India's digital infrastructure for the next generation users and the unconnected. "As the entire world is looking at India, it makes practical sense to launch such a grand programme which has the potential to catalyse the investment process in this high technology sector and simultaneously generate employment," FICCI President Jyotsna Suri said.
September 1, 2013 |
NEW DELHI: The government has received 19 investment proposals worth more than Rs 11,000-crore in hi-tech electronic sector, including mobile phones segment, that is heavily dependent of imports at present. The proposals are from both domestic and foreign investors. For mobile phone production alone, the government has received plans worth Rs 6,744 crore, which include proposals by some existing players for enhancing production facilities. According to government data, over Rs 25,800 crore worth of mobile handsets were imported in 2012-2013.
July 15, 2012 |
NEW DELHI: The clearance of the proposed National Policy on Electronics (NPE) is expected to bring in investments of around USD 1 billion in the mobile phone segment during the next three years. "We estimate that investment of USD 750 million to USD 1 billion (into the country) can happen quickly to either start new production facilities or to expand existing plants on implementation of the proposed NPE," Indian Cellular Association President Pankaj Mohindroo told PTI. He said "the final version of the NPE along with the formal approval schemes like Electronic Development Fund and a robust incentive policy for encouraging exports of electronics would have to be in place" before investments proposals start crystallising.


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Adults in the 55-to-64-year-old age group are 15 times more likely to buy new vehicles than 18-to-24-year-olds in 2011,
Top Gear TV program on age-friendly motoring
Here’s a short excerpt from an episode of Top Gear TV programme
Senior driving Insurance. Age discrimination? Missed opportunity?
A newspaper article I read recently mentioned “Safety Tips For Senior Drivers”. Interesting because it recognizes some of the physiological-decline issues we face with age. “One of the dangers of ageing is its slow and gradual process. Instead of a quick glance at the rear view mirror, aged eyes need to stare at it to […]
Companies Marketing Big Trikes To Ageing Bikers
Recognizing the rising demand for trikes and the fact that many of its customers were aging, Harley-Davidson started selling three-wheel versions of its popular touring bikes last year. According to an article in the New York Times, the $30,000 Tri Glide comes equipped with cruise control, optional reverse gear, GPS navigation, stereo speakers, hand warmers, […]
Is Age A Factor In Driving Safety?
University of Toronto is calling for participants 70+ older driver cohorts in a study to develop a screening tool that doctors can use to assess who is and who is not safe to drive. The tool will be a rapid, objective test that can be easily completed in a doctor’s office. Computerized tests and on-road […]
BMW Goes Ageless ……. Again
I have often used BMW as a good example of ageless marketing and inclusive advertising because their advertising, famously, never featured people. Despite this, the BMW brand has always managed to keep it’s youthful, image relative to its nemesis, Mercedes Benz. But things have changed recently. BMW has just launched a new global campaign showing […]
Baby Boomers Drive Demand For Camping Cars in Japan
Camping cars are selling strongly in Japan, thanks to robust demand from baby boomers, according to an article in the Nikkei. Domestic shipments of camping cars, excluding imported or used vehicles, surpassed 4,200 units in fiscal 2007, to reach a record high since the Japan Recreational Vehicle Association began compiling the data three years earlier. […]


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New car sales recovery gathers pace
New car registrations rose for the third time this year in April – with the 3.3 per cent rise being the largest and most noteworthy of the year.
More significantly, it is private buyers that have led the growth, with retail sales growing by nearly 15 per cent in April.
142,322 new cars were registered in April, which has helped the year-to-date sales increase over 2011 figures grow to 1.4 per cent. This has actually led the SMMT to revise its full-year estimate for 2012 new car sales UPWARDS, to 1.95 million vehicles.
This would mean sales in 2012 exceed those of 2011, which will signal the new car market is starting to grow again after the weak 2011 performance.
What’s more, new car sales are expected to nudge the 2 million barrier once again in 2013.
Overall, the April new car sales total was just under 2 per cent better than the SMMT predicted, and has been driven by growing numbers of private buyers ordering new cars at dealers. The hefty 14.8 per cent increase in April means the year-to-date retail sales increase stands at 7.3 per cent.
This clear demonstration of consumer confidence has buoyed the car industry, said SMMT chief executive Paul Everitt. “A strong April new car market has raised confidence across the UK motor industry with registrations increasing 3.3%.
“We are seeing a steady increase in consumer confidence with growth in private demand, boosted by the arrival of a raft of new products. SMMT has increased its full year forecast to 1.95 million units, putting the market marginally ahead of 2011, indicating a period of relative stability.”
The strength of the retail market contrasted with a slowdown in fleet sales, though. They were down 3.4 per cent, with business sales plummeting by 11.2 per cent.
However, this could be due to company car business cycles: the March registration plate change clashes with the end of the financial year, which could have an impact on business decisions. The coming months will give a clearer picture of how company car sales are fairing.
The best selling car in April was, once again, the Ford Fiesta. It was almost 2,600 sales ahead of the second-placed Vauxhall Corsa, with the Ford Focus trailing in third place.
A surprise entrant in the top-10 best sellers list was the Fiat 500. This came in just behind the Vauxhall Insignia in 10th place, marking the return of Fiat to the UK top 10 sales chart for the first time in many years.
TOP 10 NEW CAR BEST SELLERS – APRIL 2012
1 Ford Fiesta
2 Vauxhall Corsa
3 Ford Focus
4 Vauxhall Astra
5 BMW 3 Series
6 Volkswagen Golf
7 Volkswagen Polo
8 Nissan Qashqai
9 Vauxhall Insignia
10 Fiat 500
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Charlotte, North Carolina is undoubtedly a major U.S. financial center. After all, the city is home to Bank of America and the east coast headquarters of Wells Fargo, among others. But big finance isn't the only industry brewing up top-notch talent in Charlotte: Just ask these Inc. 5000 companies, which represent varied sectors such as software, manufacturing, construction, and even travel and hospitality.
With its relatively low cost of living, Charlotte is fast becoming a hotbed of entrepreneurship. And by calculating annual revenue growth rates between fiscal years 2010 and 2013, Inc. determined the fastest growing, private companies in the city's metro area, which is home to 50 total companies on the list.
Meet the top 10, private businesses reigning in 'Queen City':
10. United Global Technologies
A two-time honoree on Inc.'s list of Top 100 Services Firms, United Global Technologies makes its fourth appearance on the Inc. 5000 this year at No. 1,524. Serving both small and large companies internationally, United Global offers a variety of technological services, including engineering, IT, and cyber security. The tenth fastest growing, private company in Charlotte, UGT grew its annual revenue by 280 percent over the last three years, bringing in $9.2 million in sales in 2013 alone. Founder and CEO Elizabeth Bernstein heads up the company today.
Founded in 2005, SnapAV--a manufacturer of custom audio/video products and accessories for electronics dealers and installers--ranks as No. 1,266 on the Inc. 5000 list. From 2010 to 2013, SnapAV grew its annual revenue by 340 percent, reeling in over $134 million last year. A five-time Inc. 5000 honoree, SnapAV is headed up by co-founder and CEO Craig Craze.
8. CCS Construction Staffing
This mere six-year-old company has charted major growth over the last three years: Increasing its annual revenue by more than 395 percent during that time, CCS Construction brought in $13 million in sales in 2013. A provider for contractors in the Southeast, CCS is the No. 20 fastest-growing Human Resources company on Inc.'s list and seventh in the Charlotte metro area. Under the leadership of CEO Matthew Telmanik, CCS clocks in at No. 1,118 on the Inc. 5000.
7. The Darton Group
The Charlotte-based Darton Group makes its second appearance on the Inc. 5000, this year at No. 832. A consulting firm specializing in finance, accounting and project management for retailers, health care and technology companies nationwide, the Darton Group reeled in $7.1 million in 2013, a 548 percent uptick from 2010, when it brought in $1.1 million in sales. Headed by co-founder and managing partner Rochelle Rivas, the Darton Group is certainly one to watch in 2015.
6. Oakmont Home Builders
One of the fastest growing construction companies in the Charlotte area, Oakmont Home Builders was acquired in September by Texas-based LGI Homes for roughly $15 million. Oakmont's business model: Building affordable, eco-friendly homes for its clients. Founded back in 1996, the company experienced breakneck growth between fiscal years 2010 and 2013, landing it onto the Inc. 5000 for the very first time at No. 746. Helmed by CEO Judson Stringfellow, Oakmont Homes grew its annual revenue by 611 percent during that time, reeling in nearly $30 million in 2013.
Led by CEO and serial entrepreneur Mike Feldman, T1Visions--a creator of large-format, interactive touchscreen tables, walls, and signage--is now among the fastest growing software companies in the Charlotte metro area. The tenth fastest growing company in North Carolina overall, T1 increased its annual revenue by more than 1,000 percent between 2010 and 2013, bringing in $2.4 million in sales last year. Founded just six years ago, T1 now makes its debut appearance on the Inc. 5000 at No. 456.
4. In-Flight Crew Connections
Aptly named, In-Flight Crew Connections is the only Travel and Hospitality company to make it onto the Charlotte short list for rapid growth, and it clocks in at No. 456 on the Inc. 5000-- its first appearance to date. A staffing firm providing aviation personnel to companies and individuals operating business class jets, In-Flight increased its annual revenue by 1,065 percent between fiscal years 2010 and 2013. Under the leadership of CEO Jennifer Guthrie, this 12-year-old company brought in $9.7 million in sales last year.
3. Titan Electric Company
Titan Electric has seen arguably 'titanic' growth between fiscal years 2010 and 2013, increasing its annual revenue by more than 1,200 percent. An electrical contractor for commercial, residential and industrial projects in North and South Carolina, Titan Electric brought in $11 million in sales last year, under the leadership of CEO Josiah Boling. That makes Titan the third fastest growing company in Charlotte, as well as No. 390 on the Inc. 5000.
Formerly known as Saber Solutions, Cloudbilt is a software company that sells business applications. One of its top products is MapAnything, which enables mapping and real-time location services. With CEO and serial entrepreneur John Stewart at the helm, the company reeled in $4.1 million in sales last year, a near 2,000 percent uptick from 2010. Making its inaugural appearance on the Inc. 5000 this year, Cloudbilt is the second fastest growing company in Charlotte, clocking in at No. 227.
1. Boxman Studios
The fastest growing, private company in Charlotte is Boxman Studios, which--under the leadership of CEO David Campbell--repurposes shipping containers by turning them into sustainable environments. Its credits thus far include: A traveling convenience store for Red Bull, a hangout space for Google at the TED talks, and a pop-up retail store for Samsung, among others. The company has solidly earned its rank as No. 120 on the Inc. 5000, as well as sixth fastest growing products and services company overall: It increased its annual revenue by more than 3,000 percent between 2010 and 2013, bringing in $4.3 million last year alone.


text: Ant Financial, the payments affiliate of Alibaba, says it has doubled its daily active users in the year to end-March. Much of the growth came in the first quarter of this year, with numbers up 40% on the previous quarter, according to Ant Financial. Alibaba, which reports results on Thursday, has a profit sharing agreement under which it takes 37.5% of Ant’s pre-tax profits. Ant does not disclose the number of active daily users of its Alipay service, but says it has a total of 450m people using its payments and other financial services, including wealth management and insurance. The rate of user growth, hitherto undisclosed, comes as competition is heating up in China’s $5.5tn mobile payments market, which 50 times the size of the US market, according to the Financial Times. Rival Tencent has made rapid strides in the past year. Tencent’s WeixinPay now boasts a 37% market share to Alipay’s 54%.


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Apple might not commonly be in the business of making apps for Android, but a new leak suggests it has cross-platform ambitions for Apple Music. The subscription-based streaming service launched back in June with iOS 8.4 for iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Apple TV, and OS X, but according to a new set of screenshots, work is progressing on what’s purportedly an Android version of the software.
The screenshots – which have apparently been taken on a German-language device being used in a preview program – show features like Beats 1 radio, Apple Music Connect which allows artists to create tumblr-like blogs to connect with fans, and recommendations.
There’s also apparent integration with the user’s other music, though attempts to test streaming from iTunes in the Cloud apparently met with server issues.
It’s not the first time we’ve heard whispers of Apple Music for Android, mind. Back in September, Apple reportedly sent out some beta invites for a version of the service designed for Google’s platform.
While screenshots could be faked, of course, it’s certainly in Apple’s best interests to spread Apple Music as widely as possible. The family plan, for instance, which allows up to six people to share a single subscription would be potentially a lot more appealing if families with mixed OS allegiances could take advantage, rather than just those with iOS devices.
That’s a lesson Google has already learned with Google Play Music, which is available both for Android and iOS, while third-party services like Spotify and Tidal count their relative ubiquity as a key selling point.
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After Toyota Motor Corporation, compatriot Nissan Motor Company has started to delve into the luxury side of the passenger vehicle business in India.
The third-biggest Japanese car maker, which retails its premium vehicles under the Infiniti brand, has undertaken a study to introduce the marquee brand in the country.
Gilles Normand, corporate vice-president (Africa, the Middle East and India), Infiniti and light commercial vehicle business unit, Nissan, said, “The Infiniti will come to India. We are doing a study to determine how and when we will bring the brand to India.”
The Infiniti portfolio for India could include the G series saloon (to take on the Mercedes C class, BMW 3 series and Audi A4), M series saloon (to take on the Mercedes E class, BMW 5 series, Audi A6 and Jag XF), EX series mini sport utility vehicles, or SUVs, (to take on the Audi Q5 and BMW X3), SUVs FX and QX series SUVs.
Nissan introduced the Infiniti marquee in the US in 1989. Later, it expanded its presence in West Asia, South Korea, Russia, Taiwan, China, Ukraine and the UK. The marketing network for the Infiniti branded vehicles includes 230 dealers across 15 countries.
In November last year, Toyota had announced its decision to launch the Lexus brand in India by 2013. It is working out the launch date, the product portfolio and the dealer network for retailing the Lexus cars in India.
The vehicles would be marketed through an exclusive distribution network in line with the company’s global policy. The cars will be imported as completely built units from Japan. There has been no decision on assembling these cars in India.


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Climes, they are a changing
An agreement within the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, The Paris Agreement, went into effect on 4 November 2016 in a bid to deal with greenhouse gas emission mitigation, adaptation and finance, and remains open for signature until 21 April 2017.
So far, it has been signed by 194 countries, including China, which has decided that the agreement applies to both Hong Kong and Macau as well.
We take sustainability very seriously here at Perspective, and we believe that architects and designers play a pivotal role in helping to change infrastructure and development strategies for future generations.
There is no longer an argument for excessive prices making eco-friendly concepts impossible, as advances in technology, materials and social awareness all mean that 'green' features can be incorporated in to buildings, spaces and products, and that's why this month's focus is on all things 'green'!
In Hong Kong, we spoke with a number of people working on urban farming projects in the region (page 66), and found out more about Gustafson Porter +
Bowman's ambitious greening project in Tai Koo (page 62). New Zealand-based designer David Trubridge told us about his ultra-eco-sensitive lighting and furniture (page 58), and we discovered more about the Taj Ganj urban redevelopment project by Archohm Consult in India (page 72)
We learn the ins and outs of the Kennedy Town Swimming Pool by Farrells ahead of its opening of both indoor and outdoor facilities later this month (page 20), and also discuss the changing face of product design with Luca Alessi on (page 80)
+ The call for entries for this year's A&D Trophy Awards opens with an 'early bird' offer running for the month of April — find out more at www.adt-awards.com


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Suzuki, known for its lightweight and efficient platforms, wants to keep this philosophy alive as it moves towards electric vehicles (EVs) that are laden with technology.
Speaking to CarsGuide at this year’s Japan Mobility Show, a senior designer from Suzuki who wished to remain unnamed, said a different approach will be applied to electric cars to keep the brand’s trademark ultra-efficiency.
“First I think aerodynamics becomes a big part of it when we are playing with EV platforms, so we’re working really hard on aerodynamics,” he said.
“Of course, we have a concept model today, but we also have to think about tyre sizes and tyre widths. Also think about aerodynamics of the wheels and the sizes of the lamps – for example, lamps are very heavy, so we have to decrease the size of lamps.
“And if you talk about the interior, we had like excessive instrument parts that is not quite useful that can be thrown out.
“If you look at the interior of this car, you can see less old-fashioned, analogue buttons – that’s all thrown out, everything can be replaced by digital touchscreen multimedia.”
Exact details for Suzuki’s first electric car are still unknown, but the design is previewed by the eVX concept that was revealed earlier this year and shown off again in Tokyo last month.
The model is targeting a 500km driving range when it makes it to production (the concept features a 60kWh battery), while a two-speed automatic transmission could also be used to boost efficiency thanks to Suzuki’s partnership with Inmotive Inc.
Power and torque output targets are currently unknown.
And another big question mark is how much the production eVX will weigh.
For reference, the kerb weights of the Swift, Jimny three-door and S-Cross (Suzuki’s current largest model) are a minute 900kg, 1095kg and 1185kg respectively – making them, in some cases, hundreds of kilograms lighter than rivals.
“The way we think about how to build a car is how lightweight we can make it,” the designer said.
“It means how many things we can remove without making the car looking disappointing.
“So that’s the hard part and that’s the dilemma.
“I think when we start designing cars for the future, we cannot think as [we] used to think in the past – we have this preconception that things have to be there [but that will change].”
The production version of Suzuki’s eVX is expected to launch in international markets in 2025, followed by a release in Australia.
And future EVs are likely not coming to market until after the eVX’s 2025 debut.


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The Department for International Trade has provided documents relating to the UK’s agreed and proposed new trade arrangements to replace the current EU agreements in the instance of a no deal Brexit.
The Department for international Trade has provided clarification on rules governing trade with other countries in the instance of a no-deal Brexit. Members are encouraged to review country-specific trade regulations, which relate to the WTO rules.
The Chancellor announced that as many traders as possible will be automatically allocated an Economic Operator Registration and Identification (EORI) number to enable them to trade smoothly once the UK leaves the EU on 31 October. Every business will need an EORI number to move goods into or out of the EU after Brexit.
HMRC is sending letters to all possible VAT-registered businesses over the next two weeks to advise them of their assigned EORI number. If your business is not VAT-registered, you still need to register for an EORI number. Getting an EORI number is an easy process that takes 5-10 minutes. Getting an EORI number is only the first step that businesses need to action urgently to be prepared for leaving the EU. After getting an EORI number, businesses need to decide how to make customs declarations. Traders can complete these themselves or employ a customs agent to do this.


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If VR is going to work for advertisers, it’s going to have to scale, and in that sense the recently launched Samsung Gear VR is one of the most promising of the VR offerings on the market. At £79.99 the price point is reasonable enough to make VR affordable (unlike Oculus, where the device alone costs £499, and that’s before you buy a high end PC to run it on), while also ensuring the kit is durable enough so that people can throw it in a bag or use it again (unlike Google Cardboard, where the flimsy design makes them feel disposable).
The technology that powers the VR experience is a reasonably recent Samsung mobile phone – has already penetrated the mass market and is in people’s pockets. The importance of the portability of the tech became clear to me earlier this week while on a flight to Hamburg, where a man who had a Samsung Gear VR strapped onto his face for the duration of a flight. Whether this will become standard behaviour on flights is another matter, as many people raised eyebrows as they passed by.
Samsung were giving the UK press a demo of their newly launched Samsung Gear VR units at Westfield Shopping Centre in London this morning. Alongside a surprisingly convincing rollercoaster experience (complete with moving and vibrating seats), one of the experiences on offer was a series of ‘Try Before You Fly’ 360 videos produced for Thomas Cook.
The videos were produced by Visualise, a production company specialising in VR. Potential holidaymakers visiting Thomas Cook stores in the UK, Germany and Belgium have been using the Samsung Gear VR to access the videos, which showcase trips to Egypt, Cyprus, Greece, New York and Singapore.
On the whole the experience is a good one: the videos were relatively straightforward and were essentially an immersive slideshow featuring some of the visual highlights from the various destinations. While even doing something as simple as navigating between the videos still felt a little clunky, it’s important to remember we’re pretty much as the stage where this type of experience is to VR, what games like Snake once were to mobile gaming. It’s very early days and it’s only fair to be a little forgiving with these first forays into VR.
As a VR marketing experience, my encounter was mixed. Looking at the positives, VR did a great job of showing me what Singapore has to offer, which took me by surprise as it’s not a place I have been particularly drawn to in the past. And if I hadn’t been to New York, I think I’d be more inclined to go after getting a sense of what it’s like to me surrounded by skyscrapers in downtown Manhattan.
However, the downsides to the experience were equally interesting. The videos of Greece and Cyprus actually put me off the idea of booking a package holiday to those destinations with Thomas Cook. To me the hotels looked a bit depressing, which funnily enough is pretty much how I envisaged a Thomas Cook holiday to either destination. Similarly, I now know I’ll never bother getting the boat out past the Statue of Liberty in New York, as the VR experience gave me a sense of how it’s actually going to look disappointingly small when you get out close to her.
Aside from the actual experience, it’s important to remember that this is more of marketing gimmick when it comes to reaching audiences with any meaningful scale, although the immersiveness, the high engagement and the novelty factor will ensure that those exposed to these experiences will remember and probably talk about them.
Visualise say that Samsung reported that in the first 3 months the experiences generated flights and hotel bookings totalling £12k in the UK and Germany and has seen a 40 percent return on investment. They also say that there was an 180 percent uplift in New York excursions revenue, which Visualise say proves what people do in the destination is just as important as going to the destination itself.


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THE CRUISE LINES INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION
finalized plans for agent-training certifications that goes beyond
the organization's current top designation, the Master Cruise
Counselor (MCC). One new program, which will give agents an Elite
Cruise Counselor (ECC) designation, is available to current MCCs
and requires agents to take a seven-day cruise, complete five
in-port ship inspections within two years, and sell at least 50
cruises within a 12-month period. ECCs also must have taken at
least 10 CLIA training programs. Above the ECC, an Elite Cruise
Counselor Scholar (ECCS) designation will be for ECCs who complete
all of CLIA's training programs. CLIA offers a new class each year;
next year it will offer 15 classes.
SOCIETY EXPEDITIONS' major creditor forced the
expedition-style cruise line into Chapter 7 bankruptcy after the
creditor said the one-ship operation failed to maintain
"sufficient" sales levels and meet payments on its vessel, the
World Discoverer. According to Adventure Expeditions and Travel, a
U.S. company that owns the creditor, Patrician Cruises, as well as
a stake in Society Expeditions, the line's management failed to
generate enough bookings to break even, and it neglected to make
charter and commission payments. Bruce Fischer, the managing
director of Adventure Expeditions, said his company plans to
purchase the assets out of bankruptcy and return Society
Expeditions to "the cream of the crop." The World Discoverer is
continuing to operate on a soft charter to Society Expeditions from
its current owner, the Sembawang Shipyard in Singapore, Fischer
said; he would not comment on whether it would continue to sail
through the end of its charter in April.
ROYAL CARIBBEAN CRUISES LTD. reported a third
quarter net income of $191.9 million, down from $193.5 million in
third-quarter 2002. Third quarter revenue, on the other hand,
increased 8.6% to $1.1 billion, from $1 billion in third-quarter
2002. Royal Caribbean's management said revenue was driven up by an
increase in capacity, but lower prices and occupancy levels pushed
net income back down. Net yields were down 2.1% from third-quarter
2002. Although bookings rebounded in April following the Iraq war
downturn, the company still had a "big hole" to fill, according to
chief financial officer Luis Leon. The resurgence has continued, he
said, but fourth quarter bookings look softer than expected. RCCL
also reported that preliminary indicators for 2004 are encouraging
despite a continuing trend towards close-in bookings, which now
represent 47% of the total bookings made, a percentage that has
increased every year since 2000, when the percentage was 31%.
CARNIVAL CORP. confirmed it lent the National
Leisure Group about $30 million to buy MyTravel Group's North
American cruise businesses. That's nearly a third of the dough NLG
will need for the $110 million purchase of the cruise holdings,
including CruisesOnly and CruiseOne. A Carnival spokeswoman told
TMD the company does not have, nor is it interested in, an equity
position in NLG. Carnival, she said, has an "excellent"
relationship with NLG. "They asked us for assistance," she said.
"NLG and MyTravel are huge sellers of Carnival Corp. [brands]."
IN OTHER CARNIVAL NEWS:
• Carnival Corp. said it is confident that the Oct. 17 fire on the
under-construction Westerdam will not alter its April 15 scheduled
delivery. Carnival made that conclusion after assessing the damage
with officials at the Fincantieri shipyard in Marghera, Italy. The
Westerdam will be part of the Holland America Line fleet.
• Carnival Corp. signed a sponsorship agreement with the Society
for Accessible Travel & Hospitality (SATH). Carnival will
participate in SATH's World Congress and provide other support for
travelers with disabilities. The pact includes cross-promotional
THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL &
PREVENTION (CDC) posted a draft plan on its Web site that calls for a
range of actions if SARS makes a return trip this winter. For
example, consider these scenarios: there's no known SARS outbreak
worldwide, or there is, but it is confined to imported cases. Under
these conditions as they relate to in-bound travelers, if SARS
transmission were extensive and control measures were ineffective,
the CDC calls for a prohibition of non-essential arrivals and a
"mandatory 10-day quarantine for all asymptomatic arrivals." And,
for outbound travelers, if there is extensive SARS transmission in
the U.S. with ineffective controls, the CDC would seek to prohibit
non-essential outbound travel, require health certificates for
people with "essential" travel plans, and conduct "medical
screening at all exit points." The CDC -- which is seeking public
comments on its proposals -- takes in multiple SARS' scenarios in
its proposed actions.
• Oceania Cruises will take travel agent bookings on its Web site
[www.oceaniacruises.com] through a private-label
version of Revelex's cruise booking engine.
• Princess Cruises will offer an Antarctica shore excursion on its
first Antarctic Peninsula cruise that flies passengers to one of
the Antarctic's premier research stations. The excursion is
available on the line's Dec. 19 Antarctica cruise and on its Cape
Horn and Strait of Magellan cruises in January and February.
• Carnival Corp. named Tom Dow vice president of public affairs.
Among his duties in the newly created post, Dow will be Carnival's
liaison to municipalities, states and the federal government, as
well as to industry organizations. Most previously, Dow was vice
president of public affairs for Princess Cruises and Tours.
• Signe Bjorndal joined Silversea Cruises as its director,
worldwide Venetian Society, to "enhance and update" Silversea's
past-passenger program. She most recently was vice president of
marketing and communications for ResidenSea.


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According to a report on Thursday, Apple employees had a hand in the development of National Public Radio's recently launched Remote Audio Data system (RAD), an analytics platform that enables content creators to gauge listener statistics. Importantly, RAD provides engagement information on money-making advertisements.
The anonymity-focused cryptocurrency Zcoin recently announced a new mining algorithm which is being touted as a solution to the controversial centralization of mining power made possible by ASIC devices. ASIC devices are extremely expensive and powerful and are currently the best way to mine most cryptocurrencies.
You will now be able to report police misconduct or even give compliments to the hardworking officers anonymously. This was made possible yesterday after Anonymous Reporting Information System was commissioned at the National Police Internal Affairs Unit in Nairobi. Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang?i said the move is part of the much-waited reforms that will make the service professional.
Amazon's new plan splits second headquarters in two cities evenly, people acquainted with the issue said Monday, in a turn to a more than year-long challenge that has drawn suggestions from locales crosswise over North America. Dallas, Long Island City in New York and Arlington close Washington, DC are all among the finalists with which Amazon is holding propelled talks, one of the general population said on state of anonymity. The people would not affirm which two can possibly win or if any others stay in the running. Amazon declined to comment on the news, first announced by the Wall Street Journal. The world's biggest online retailer started an offering frenzy in September 2017 when it reported it would contribute over $5 billion to make a HQ2 notwithstanding its command post in Seattle and contract up to 50,000 people. Analyst at CenterSquare Investment Management near Philadelphia, Alex Snyder said in a statement that, "Amazon is going where it won't have to jostle with Google and
There are reports that Facebook, the social media behemoth, is set to announce its own smart home device next week, called Portal. Portal is rumoured to work and look much like the recently-updated Echo Show. The device is rumoured to come in two screen sizes, according to people familiar the matter who requested anonymity to discuss ?
Amazon.com Inc is considering a plan to open as many as 3,000 new AmazonGo cashierless stores in the next few years, people familiar with matter said, an aggressive and costly expansion that would threaten convenience chains like 7-Eleven Inc, quick-service sandwich shops like Subway and Panera Bread, and mom-and-pop pizzerias and taco trucks.
(Sept 20): Amazon.com Inc. is considering a plan to open as many as 3,000 new AmazonGo cashierless stores in the next few years, according to people familiar with matter, an aggressive and costly expansion that would threaten convenience chains like 7-Eleven Inc., quick-service sandwich shops like Subway and Panera Bread, and mom-and-pop pizzerias and taco trucks.
Peter Stone and Greg Gordon of McClatchy News smeared Cleta Mitchell in their story 'Lawyer who worked for NRA said to have had concerns about group?s Russia ties.' The gist of the McClatchy story was false. In 'Fake news: A case study,' we saw Cleta dispute the veracity of the smear directly with Stone and Gordon. 'You took some unnamed source,' she noted, 'you put their false statement as the


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Talented Talon-ista Jin Soon Choi Launches Line of Polishes
Mimi ON Aug 24, 2012 AT 10:13 am
Beauty connoisseurs rejoice at the news that New York-based pro nail stylist, Jin Soon Choi is, finally, launching her very own line. A regular backstage at the fashion shows, ad campaigns and glossy editorials, after her nail colour collaboration with MAC last year, it was only a matter of time before the talented talon-ista bottled her own polishes.
The line, named JINsoon, consists of two core collections, The Quintessential and the A La Mode. Pretty simple. The former featuring your classic manicure must-haves, nudes, blacks, a perfect red etc. and then the latter, focussing on creating trend-led tips.
What we love the most however, in a vein similar to that of the OPI brand, is that Choi has reached out to her model mates to name the polishes. It’s a move that we hope will knock Tom Ford’s Bitch polish off its royal purple throne as Coco Rocha named the smoky blue polish, Rhapsody, Jamie Bochert the hint-of-purple-grey, Auspicious and Karlie Kloss, the hazy purple Debonair.
The Jin Soon range is set to hit SpaceNK and Sephora in September, and we’re hoping the UK launch won’t be far behind.


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The global digital music market is expected to grow 15 per cent annually, reaching nearly $US22.5 billion by 2017, according to analyst firm, Ovum’s Digital Music Forecast 2012-17.
This is being driven by subscription services, which Ovum predicts to show a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 46 per cent. Much of this will be as a result of bundling partnerships with service providers.
“We expect the main driver of digital music in the forecast to be subscriptions, because it is a format that can be easily bundled by service providers, as well as offered directly, resulting in increased penetration of subscriptions around the world,” Ovum consumer telecommunications analyst, Mark Little, said.
Additionally, Little attributes growth to the shifting consumer mindset, where more consumers are recognising the benefits of subscription model and the extent of access to digital content through such services.
“With Spotify landing in the US, joining Rhapsody, Sony Music Unlimited, Rdio, and MOG, such brands are helping reinvigorate on-demand subscriptions, and we estimate a 40 per cent CAGR over the forecast period.”
The new forecast also reveals that growth will occur across most regions, besides North America and Europe where mobile music is expected to decline five to seven per cent.
“The decline in the growth rate of mobile music from previous forecasts is mainly due to the underperformance of ringback tones, the dominance of free ad-supported music, and data costs that are making over-the-air (OTA) mobile music less appealing to customers,” Little said.


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Asus preps Intel Z690 Mini-ITX motherboard with a PCIe 5.0 x16 and two M.2-2280 slots.
A leaked image of the Z690 Aorus Master has appeared on Twitter, showcasing the new paint job of Gigabyte's 600 series motherboards and a powerful VRM setup.
Motherboard manufacturers have begun adding support for Ryzen 5000 CPUs, under the B2 revision, in CPU support lists for Ryzen 5000 supported motherboards.
New Tachyon and Aorus Elite boards could be on the horizon from Gigabyte, in Z690 flavor. With the Elite packing DDR5 and DDR4 versions.
New EEC submission reveals the motherboards that Asus is preparing for Intel's 12th Generation Alder Lake processors.
Famous overclocker Kingpin says EVGA's new X570 Dark will be a crazy overclocker for AMD's Ryzen based CPUs.
Intel's chipset driver (10.1.18836.8283) reveals the chipsets that the chipmaker has prepared for 12th Generation Alder Lake processors.
Two of the most well-known companies in PC hardware, EK and MSI have designed a motherboard with built-in water block.
Asus has released new firmware for its motherboards to support the upcoming Windows 11 operating system.
Bilibili forum user shares a photograph of an alleged prototype Z690 motherboard for Intel Alder Lake processors.
Asus has expanded its ROG X570 motherboard lineup with the new flagship ROG Crosshair VIII Extreme motherboard.
The AMD Ryzen 4700S desktop kit is now registered with the EEC, indicating a possible market outside China.


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“Psst…your bra strap is showing,” you whisper to your neighbor. Then you realize, that’s not an ordinary bra strap.
You finally find the nerve to ask your friend why she has a black feather boa holding up her over-the-shoulder boulder holder. “Why, it’s to support my Purr-fect Pair,” she replies with a wink.
You shake your head curiously and then realize that this could be you if you bid in the Bra Art online auction to raise money for breast cancer research. 2009 marks the inaugural year for Bra Art, a unique fund-raiser designed to capture the imagination and the hearts of Coloradans. Over 40 artists, celebrities and community leaders created one-of-a-kind bras that will be exhibited and auctioned off as works of art.
The Bra Art exhibit opened on Oct. 2 with a reception at Studios 11 and 12 in the ArtDistrict on Santa Fe in Denver. All of the bras were unveiled that evening and will be on display in seven galleries in the Santa Fe ArtDistrict throughout October.
“The reception was packed. I was amazed at all of the different ideas that people came up with,” said Pat Woodard. Pat and his wife, Anne, are longtime Evergreen residents and created for the auction the Purr-fect Pair bra designed to look like a black cat.
Woodard is the business editor for Newsradio 850 KOA and does freelance television work. Anne Woodard works in the front office at Evergreen Internal Medicine. The Woodards were asked by longtime friend Joni Goheen to create a bra for the event. Goheen’s husband John worked in television with Woodard for many years in Seattle, and they eventually came to Colorado as a photographer/reporter team in the 1980s.
The Goheens created Bra Art to honor their three nieces, all of whom are battling breast cancer and are between the ages of 18 and 22. One niece’s breast cancer fight started when she was 13 years old. The Goheens wanted an event that would honor the positive attitude of their nieces but also help to raise funds for breast cancer research.
“Joni based the event off of a similar one in South Carolina. Let’s just say, it was the second most fun I’ve ever had handling a bra,” said Woodard. “I created the concept, and Anne had the skill to put it together.”
The Woodards found fuzzy black fabric, glass beads and a feather boa to create a quirky cat. The Purr-fect Pair is in good company with other bras such as Twin Peaks, Check Out These Puppies and Boob Tube, a silver bra decorated with computer circuit boards and television parts.
All 43 bras will be sold in an online auction that ends on Nov. 1. All of the profits will be donated to the Denver Metropolitan Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure. Interested bidders can visit www.BraArt.org. Bidders may also visit the bras in person during October. Each individual bra will have a link on the website listing the gallery at which the bra is being displayed.
“The bras look phenomenal on the website, but they are so much more amazing in person. Each one is so multi-dimensional,” said Goheen.
Multi-dimensional is an understatement. Those skiers on Twin Peaks and the pipe cleaner whiskers on Purr-fect Pair probably won’t fit under your most fitted shirt. Is it wearable art? Probably not. Is it art with heart? Definitely. Bra Art is the best excuse for people to be talking about your undergarments. For more information, visit www.BraArt.org.


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I’m guessing more than a few Disneyland guests are pausing in front of the firehouse on Main Street USA today.
The second floor above the firehouse is Walt Disney’s office, and today, Dec. 5, is the anniversary of Walt’s birth in 1901.
The staff never lets the lamp in the window go out, but during the holiday season a little Christmas tree is shining there.
The office is one of the stops on Disneyland’s “Holiday Time” guided tour. It lasts about three hours and costs $68, but you can get discounts with a Disneyland annual pass or Auto Club card.
To Southern California residents, the main reason to go on the tour is reserved seating on folding chairs for the “Christmas Fantasy” parade. The tour also includes front of the line privileges at the Haunted Mansion Holiday and it’s a small world with its seasonal overlay.
And you can expect a couple of sweet treats and a collectible pin.
Other than that, you get a look at the decorations on Main Street USA in Disneyland Park and Buena Vista Street in Disney California Adventure.
A stop at Disney’s office has been added to the “Walk in Walt’s Footsteps” tour, and right now it is in high demand. You can book tours a month in advance, and park staff recommends you book this one as soon as you settle on a time.
This is a big week for Disney. In Florida, Walt Disney World’s revamped, ultra-interactive Fantasyland debuts on Thursday, Dec. 6. Here’s CNN’s story about it.


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Continental Flavours Come to Carlisle
Carlisle city centre will be filled with the sights and sounds of spring as the International Market makes its annual visit.
Marking the start of Easter and the first bank holiday of the year, the city will family friendly atmosphere as more than 35 traders each offering something unique set up shop for the weekend.
Taking place between Thursday April 13 and Easter Bank Holiday Monday (17) the five day event will feature an explosion of authentic continental flavours offering visitors the opportunity to visit a number of countries as they make their way through the stalls.
Traders will be representing a number of countries from all over the globe including India, Italy, France, Germany, Spain, Kenya, Holland and many more, all found within the centre of Carlisle.
Hoping the Cumbrian weather holds out for the four day event, Allan Hartwell of Market Place Europe, said: “Market Place and its Global traders are delighted to be returning to Carlisle. The beautiful city offers a fantastic backdrop to the International Market. The city will be bursting with Continental goodies from all over the world and will be offering a fantastic family atmosphere.”
Just some of the tasty flavours which will be drawing in visitors to the International event include Catalan tapas, Greek gyros, a traditional German Schwenkgrill selling Bratwurst and Currywurst Sausage, French crepes, a Thai noodle bar and even ostrich and kangaroo burgers.
Carlisle’s International Market goes further than just food featuring a range of multicultural crafts, gifts and clothes so once you have filled up on all the continental treats on offer, there will be an abundance of crafts and unique gifts to feast your eyes on including South American Jewellery and Knitwear, Italian Silk Scarves, Handmade Amber, crystal and gemstone jewellery. There will also be the famous Dutch Plant Garden selling a huge array of shrubs, bulbs, beautiful plants and trees with some great garden ornaments – something for everyone to enjoy.
As part of the event, Market Place will also be celebrating Easter by hosting a free Easter egg hunt on Easter Sunday for all visiting families. The traditional Easter Bunny will be joining in all the fun and helping the children find hidden eggs amongst the trader’s stalls for their chance to win a free chocolate Easter egg.
Market Place Europe are the UK’s leading operator of Continental and Special event markets. Their markets are renowned throughout the UK and Ireland, not only for their high quality but also for the variety of products.
The market will be open from Thursday to Monday between 9am and 7.30pm.


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Bitcoin Price Expected to Reach $30,000 by the End of 2018
The price of Bitcoin has increased from $1,000 on January 2017 to about $19,000 in December 2017. The cryptocurrency skyrocketed at the end of last year, and its popularity increased to a point that now, online users from all around the world are looking to trade Bitcoin. The question is, will Bitcoin still dominate the cryptocurrency market this year?
Analysts predict that if no major incidents occur, such as governments outlawing cryptocurrencies, Bitcoin could easily reach $30,000 by the end of the year. One factor that could highly influence the price of Bitcoin is the introduction of new technologies that could allow faster transactions with lower fees.
Blockchain expert Dan Ciotoli explained that Bitcoin's price could see a boost of up to $30,000 thanks to a new technology that will replace blockchain. The new network for cryptocurrency transactions, called Lightning, is a proposed solution that allows lightning-fast blockchain payments without worrying about block confirmation times. On the network’s website, it is stated that security is enforced by blockchain smart-contracts without creating an on-blockchain transaction for individual payments, while payment speed will be measured in milliseconds to seconds. The fact that the transactions are made off-blockchain allows for exceptionally low fees, instantly and without 3 rd party custodians.
How is the Bitcoin price determined?
Bitcoin is very different from a traditional currency, due to the fact that it is not issued by a financial institution or controlled by any government. Since it’s an online asset which can be bought and sold all around the world via internet, the cryptocoin is influenced by a variety of aspects which do not include monetary policy or inflation rates. Some of the most significant factors which can boost or lower the price of Bitcoin include:
Market demand for Bitcoin and its limited supply
Just like in the case of any good or service, the value of Bitcoin is influenced by supply and demand. High demand and low supply usually leads to an increase in price. Since the number of Bitcoins is limited to 21 million, 80% of these already having already been mined, the demand is expected to rise with time, which would eventually lead to a price increase.
Regulations that govern its sale
Restrictions imposed by certain governments regarding Bitcoin can drastically influence its price. Each time a government releases official statements about its position on Bitcoin, there is a drastic change in the price. For instance, when Japan accepted Bitcoin as a legal payment in April 2017, we’ve seen a high increase in Bitcoin rates. On the other hand, a ban on Bitcoin by high-power governments could easily make the value slump.
Number and value of competing digital currencies
Bitcoin will probably always remain the most well-known digital currency, mainly due to the fact that it was the first one. Nowadays, investors can choose from a multitude of currencies, including Ethereum, Litecoin, or even Dogecoin or Peercoin. Even though many of these cryptocoins come with different advantages that Bitcoin doesn’t offer, Bitcoin will probably still remain on top of the list for a long time.
Since Bitcoin is a volatile currency, not controlled by any government or financial authority, the media can easily influence its prices. Manipulation by news sites, including articles about hacking, banning or important celebrities having a negative opinion on Bitcoin can result in a negative influence on its value. Even the most insignificant rumors can lead to a decrease or increase in price. Others believe that negative publicity is still a way to spread the news about Bitcoin, making it even more popular than it already is.
Market manipulation by high-influence traders
A mere 1,000 people own 40 percent of Bitcoins. These “Bitcoin whales” have the most significant amount of power when it comes to sinking or floating the cryptocurrency market. Simply by selling a large amount of their Bitcoins would result in a dramatic dip in value. Even so, digital currency exchanges would probably not allow these big investors to manipulate prices so easily. Many smaller investors have recurred to “whale watching”, meaning that they’re tracking the addresses of these high rollers in order to prevent the storms that might come in the market if a big investor suddenly transfers thousands of coins to an online exchange.
Bitcoin price fluctuations are inevitable, and all these factors can contribute to a sudden growth or slump in the price of the digital currency. It is difficult to predict whether Bitcoin will go up or down in the nearest future, but its supporters believe that with new technology that comes to facilitate Bitcoin transactions, the cryptocurrency is expected to go up and increase even more in popularity in the months to come.
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The Internet of Things (IoT) has long been predicted to be one of the main drivers of revenue within the fourth industrial revolution across a range of different industries.
The Internet of Things (IoT) is one of the major influencing trends in the digital transformation of the global economy.
The latest extinction rebellion highlighted an increasingly urgent appetite from the public to tackle climate change and ensure greater sustainability.
Factories and plants in industries – such as chemical processing, pulp and paper, water and waste-water treatment, have seen the benefits of remote valve monitoring. Traditional retrofitted monitoring solutions, however, are costly and slow to deploy for factories with thousands of manual valves of different types.
As the energy industry shifts toward cleaner and more sustainable models, it becomes increasingly critical for utilities to be able to manage and control the customer side of the power grid. One proven way to do that, says Rolf Bienert, managing and technical director, OpenADR Alliance, is Demand Response (DR) programs, which have been common for many years.
Technology has the capability to transform lives. Over the past few years, companies, cities and countries have moved to digitise all that they do, driving positive results in numerous ways. Yet across the world, many people still face a number of difficulties from climate change and endemic poverty, to health and nutritional care. While these big issues might seem insurmountable, [...]
Few of us think about the impact of water damage to our properties until it’s too late and the damage is done. According to a report from ConsumerView, titled ‘Quantitative Assessment in Europe’, 50% of households in Europe have experienced water damage. Similarly, the Insurance Industry Research organisation estimates that 14,000 people in the US experience a water damage emergency at [...]
Five years ago, analysts estimated there would be 50 billion devices globally by 2020.
With a new decade just around the corner and the number of connected devices sitting at the single digit mark, you might think this missed projection signals failure but really it is just a symptom of overhype. Actually, IoT growth shows no signs of slowing down.
Research from Arm estimates [...]
If you relish a convenient life and smarter home, the Internet of Things must have been an integral-part by now. As the communications extend from devices to appliances, IoT networks shall soon become as common as Wi-Fi at our homes.
What makes a product a game-changer in the IoT world? For every bona fide success like Amazon Echo or Google Home, you’ll find dozens of “smart” products that are anything but. We all may see huge potential in a cutting-edge home surveillance system like Nest, but an internet-connected toaster only prompts ridicule, says Carsten Rhod Gregersen CEO and founder of Nabto.
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text: Japan’s KDDI (au) has published its financial results for its fiscal third quarter ending 31 December 2020, with operating revenue improving 3.6% year-on-year to JPY1.387 trillion (USD13.2 billion) from JPY1.338 trillion in the corresponding year-ago quarter, and EBITDA of JPY467.926 billion up from JPY466.416 billion. However, net profit attributable to shareholders declined by 4.1% on an annualised basis to JPY175.826 billion and operating income slipped to JPY282.279 billion from JPY290.462 billion previously. The telco attributed the fall in profit to rising depreciation and amortisation expenses, and an increase in fixed asset write-offs, but welcomed the increase in quarterly revenue which it said reflected increased 5G handset sales, subscriber gains and rising ARPU. Boosted by the launch of the Apple iPhone 12 range in December, KDDI saw handset sales climb 11.4% and overall 5G smartphone sales top 1.2 million by end-2020. Having invested over JPY157 billion in its networks in the period under review – enabling it to start offering 5G in all prefectures in December, as it strives to deploy 50,000 base stations by 31 March 2022 – the company reported having added a net two million mobile subscribers to close out December with a total of 60.121 million; ARPA rose by 4.6% to JPY8,130, it said.


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Apple Cuts Unrestricted iTunes Price
Cupertino, Calif., Apple Inc. on Wednesday lowered the price of the iTunes tracks it sells without anti-piracy software to 99?, down from $1.29, according to Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal. Apple announced the price cut a month after Amazon.com launched an online store that sells songs without copyright restrictions for 89? to 99?.
Eddy Cue, Apple’s VP of iTunes, said the company is “adding over two million tracks from key independent labels in addition to EMI’s digital catalog and looks forward to even more labels and artists making their music available on iTunes Plus.”