Monday 30 April 2018

TOSHIBA SHIPPING SAMPLES OF MOTOR DRIVER IC WITH HIGH-DEFINITION MICRO STEPPING

- Achieves large current drive and high-accuracy control while cutting power consumption

TOKYO, April 26 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) -- Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation (“Toshiba”) today announced “TB67S128FTG,” a bipolar stepping motor driver with a 50V/5A rating and support for 128 micro steps. Sample shipments start from the end of this month.

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High speed and high performance motor control and lower power consumption are required for applications that include 3D printers, office equipment, banking terminals such as ATMs, cash dispensers, amusement machines, and home appliances. To meet these conflicting requirements, Toshiba has applied its original current optimization technology, AGC[1], to a new motor driver IC that achieves a large current drive (50V/5A rating).
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WESTINGHOUSE AP1000® PLANT TO LOAD FUEL

Landmark milestone for Westinghouse technology

SANMEN, China, April 26 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) -- Westinghouse Electric Company, China State Nuclear Power Technology Corporation (SNPTC) and CNNC Sanmen Nuclear Power Company Limited (SMNPC) announced today that the world’s first unit of AP1000 nuclear power plant located in Sanmen, Zhejiang Province, China, has received the fuel load permit from China’s National Nuclear Safety Administration (NNSA) and has commenced initial fuel loading.

“Today we have reached a tremendous milestone for Westinghouse and our AP1000 plant technology,” said José Emeterio Gutiérrez, Westinghouse president and chief executive officer. “This is the next major step in delivering the world’s first AP1000 plant to our customer and demonstrating the benefits of our advanced passive safety technology to the world.”

Sanmen Unit 1 has successfully completed all the necessary functional tests as well as technical, safety and Chinese regulatory reviews. The fuel load process will be followed by initial criticality, initial synchronization to the electrical grid, and conservative, step by step, power ascension testing, until all testing is safely and successfully completed at 100% power.

“This major project milestone marks the start of the final commissioning program for Sanmen Unit 1,” said David Durham, Westinghouse New Projects Business senior vice president. “I am confident that our teams will continue to operate at the highest levels – at Sanmen, as well as the Haiyang and Vogtle projects and in our ongoing support of the worldwide operating fleet.”

Commenting on Westinghouse’s partnership with the Chinese government and suppliers as key contributors to the successful delivery of clean energy, Gavin Liu, president – Asia Region stated, “Westinghouse is proud to be a partner in China’s forward-looking nuclear energy program, an effort that will provide clean-air electricity to power China’s economy. Through technology transfer, localization and infrastructure development, Westinghouse continues to collaborate with our Chinese partners and supports the development of China’s nuclear power industry.”

In 2007, Westinghouse successfully won the bid for China’s generation III+ nuclear power projects to build two units of AP1000 reactors in Sanmen, Zhejiang Province and two units in Haiyang, Shandong Province. The company has two additional units currently under construction at the Vogtle Electric Generating Plant near Waynesboro, Georgia.

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Contact
Westinghouse Electric Company
Sarah Cassella, +1 412-374-4744
Manager, External Communications
Email: cassels@westinghouse.com

Source : Westinghouse Electric Company

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JAM CITY LAUNCHES HARRY POTTER: HOGWARTS MYSTERY ON THE APP STORE AND GOOGLE PLAY

New Mobile Game Allows Players to Experience the Magic of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry First-Hand as Students

LOS ANGELES, April 26 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) -- Jam City, a Los Angeles based mobile games studio, announced today that the new mobile game Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery is available to download now on the App Store and Google Play. Developed by Jam City in partnership with Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery is the first mobile game where players create their own character and experience life as a Hogwarts student. The game will launch under Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment's Portkey Games, a label dedicated to creating new mobile and videogame experiences that place the player at the center of their own adventure, inspired by J.K. Rowling’s original stories.

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“There are so few moments where a mobile entertainment company has the chance to truly bring magic into the world and we’ve been thrilled by the amazing response our game has already received from Harry Potter fans everywhere,” said Chris DeWolfe, co-founder and CEO of Jam City. “We at Jam City have been working hard to ensure that any aspiring witch or wizard can enter Hogwarts through their smartphones and tablets and begin their magical journeys.”
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​TINUBU SQUARE LAUNCHES INNOVATION LAB, FOCUSING ON TECHNOLOGIES & INNOVATION FOR INSURANCE AND THE TRADE FINANCE INDUSTRY

ISSY-LES-MOULINEAUX, France, April 26 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) -- Tinubu Square, the industry leader in trade credit, surety and trade finance solutions, is proud to announce the launch of its ‘Innovation LAB’, focusing on blockchain, advanced integration and deep analytics for insurance and banking industry applications. The Innovation LAB has been created in order to explore the possible opportunities for trade credit platform solutions and to investigate emerging technologies before they disrupt the market.

“The launch of the Tinubu Square LAB represents our commitment to being the most complete provider of technology-based business solutions for trade credit, surety and trade finance” said Sébastien Méric, newly appointed head of Tinubu Square’s LAB. “We have two core principles with regards to the LAB. The first is to ensure that everything we are going to develop becomes integral to our existing enterprise best-in-class platform and secondly, that we innovate collaboratively with clients so that their needs and realities are addressed first. We will be innovative, we will be futureproof, but it’s also critical for our clients to be able to use these innovations seamlessly and productively. The LAB at Tinubu Square also represents a unique opportunity for our clients to collaborate, test and refine their own approaches to these technologies within the industry’s only fully digitized SaaS based solution. “

“Having already implemented innovative products through a long-term partnership with Tinubu Square, EDC (Export Development Canada) has high expectations of Tinubu being able to bring cutting edge technologies with predictable outcomes and benefits to our business and cost structures. For instance, in 2015 EDC launched Select Credit Insurance (SCI), offering Canadian companies Export Credit Insurance on select foreign buyers fully online in as little as a few minutes. This compares to a 15-day offline process before. We look forward to accelerated innovations through Tinubu Square LAB”, said Clive Witter, SVP Insurance & Working Capital Solutions at EDC.

“Those emerging technologies are opportunities to provide high value functionality to our customers throughout our platform. We wish to promote tools that will help them improve their decision-making process, to respond to the new challenges and opportunities emerging with the digitalization of the supply chain and trade finance, and to integrate with their extended ecosystem. The LAB will create value for the credit insurance and trade finance industry to further support trade and corporate development across the world.” said Jérôme Pezé, CEO and Founder of Tinubu Square.

“The LAB is really a continuation of our approach since we started. We have always been technology driven, with our focus being on optimizing our client’s capabilities, and we expect to deliver real impact with this investment and collaborative model,” said Olivier Placca, Deputy CEO and Co-Founder of Tinubu Square.

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Friday 27 April 2018

MOBILE FACTORY, OUTLINE AND FUTURE PROSPECTS OF BLOCKCHAIN BUSINESS

- Browser & wallet service and platform concept -

TOKYO, April 25 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) -- Mobile Factory, Inc. (Hereinafter “Mobile Factory”, Headquarters: Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, CEO: Yuji Miyajima) (TOKYO: 3912) announced its start of development of "blockchain related services" in the financial results of January 19th, 2018. We inform you of the outline and future prospects of this project.

 
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Outline of “Blockchain Related Services”

Regarding the “blockchain related services” that Mobile Factory has started development on, announced in the financial results of January 19th, 2018, there are currently preparations being made for a three phase release, and Research and Development (R&D) is progressing.

  1. Mobile compatible browser with cryptocurrency wallet, tentatively named “pochi”
    Scheduled to be released around the summer of 2018.
  2. Application Platform, tentatively named “uniqys”
    Started R&D. Currently preparing to fulfill compliance requirements.
  3. Game on “uniqys”
    Scheduled to be released simultaneously with “uniqys”
Background of the Start of "Blockchain Related Services"

At the beginning of R&D blockchain related services, we planned to enter the "game field", which is our company’s greatest strength, but as a result of researching multiple games that were already released on blockchain platforms, represented by Ethereum, the following issues (*1) were found.

  • Per-transaction fee is too high
  • Most of the games were not designed to operate in a mobile environment such as smartphones
  • High barriers to developer entry due to factors such as building the development environment and learning unique programming languages
Therefore, in the game we are promoting R&D of, we believed that removing the above issues as much as possible will lead to satisfaction of users, and we decided to start R&D of not only games, but also application platform and mobile compatible browser with cryptocurrency wallet. 

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INVITEES TO 13TH HAKUHO FOUNDATION JAPANESE RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP ANNOUNCED

TOKYO, Apr. 27, 2018 /Kyodo JBN-AsiaNet/ --

The Hakuho Foundation, a public interest incorporated foundation based in Tokyo, Japan, on April 27 announced a list of researchers who have been invited to participate in the 13th Hakuho Foundation Japanese Research Fellowship.
 
- Invitees:
After rigorous screening, 15 researchers were selected from Bangladesh, Bulgaria, mainland China, South Korea, Taiwan, Turkey, Ukraine and USA. Four researchers were selected in the Japanese language and Japanese- language education research category, and eleven in the Japanese literature and Japanese culture research category. Please see the attachment for more information about the invited researchers.
  
- Fellowship period:
September 1, 2018-August 31, 2019
(either long-term (1 year) or short-term (6 months))
 
 - Receiving organizations:
International Research Center for Japanese Studies
The Japan Foundation Japanese-Language Institute, Urawa
Kyoto University
National Institute for Japanese Language and Linguistics
Ochanomizu University
Ritsumeikan University
Tokyo University of Foreign Studies
Waseda University
 
About the Hakuho Foundation Japanese Research Fellowship:
 
The Hakuho Foundation program invites leading international researchers to Japan. With the goals of further strengthening the fundamentals of international research into Japan and deepening understanding of Japan, the Hakuho Foundation Japanese Research Fellowship invites leading international researchers of the Japanese language, Japanese-language education, Japanese literature and Japanese culture to Japan to conduct residential research.
Please refer to the Foundation's website for details.
 
* About the Hakuho Foundation Japanese Research Fellowship:
https://www.hakuhofoundation.or.jp/en/program/
 
* List of researchers invited to the 13th Hakuho Foundation Japanese Research
Fellowship: https://www.hakuhofoundation.or.jp/en/program/invitees/newest/
 
14th Hakuho Foundation Japanese Research Fellowship application period:
June 8 - October 31, 2018
 
The Hakuho Foundation, a public interest incorporated foundation based in Tokyo, Japan, was established in 1970 to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the founding of Hakuhodo Inc., a major Japanese advertising company. With the vision of contributing to children's growth through the power of language, the Foundation helps support child education through such initiatives as the Hakuho Award, the Hakuho Research Grand for Child Education, the Hakuho Foundation Japanese Research Fellowship, and the Hakuho Scheme for a Global Children's Japanese Language Network.
 
URL: https://www.hakuhofoundation.or.jp/en/
  
Contact:
Scott Macdonald
Hakuho Foundation Japanese Research Fellowship Secretariat (c/o e-side, Inc.)
Tel: +81-3-6435-8140
Fax: +81-3-6435-8790
E-mail: ip-office@hakuhofoundation-ip.jp
  
Source: Hakuho Foundation 

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SNOOPY MUSEUM TOKYO REACHES ITS GRAND FINALE; CHARLES M. SCHULZ MUSEUM'S "TREASURE" -- OLDEST ORIGINAL DRAWING OF "PEANUTS" -- ONCE AGAIN COMING TO JAPAN

TOKYO, Apr. 27, 2018 /Kyodo JBN-AsiaNet/ --

- Final "FRIENDSHIP IN PEANUTS" Underway from Saturday, April 21, 2018 -

Opening in April 2016 and having welcomed its one millionth visitor on Thursday, March 29, 2018, Snoopy Museum Tokyo completes its scheduled term in September 2018 and reaches its grand finale. The final exhibition titled "FRIENDSHIP IN PEANUTS" is taking place from Saturday, April 21, 2018, through Monday (also national holiday), September 24, 2018.

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Outline of Snoopy Museum Tokyo's final exhibition "FRIENDSHIP IN PEANUTS"
- Period: Saturday, April 21, 2018, to Monday, September 24, 2018 No closings during the exhibition period except Tuesday, June 5
- Time: 10:00-20:00 (last entry: 7:30 p.m.)

Through "Peanuts," author Charles Schulz depicted for almost 50 years chuckle-evoking, a little bit yearning patterns of human events woven by unique characters. Charlie Brown and Linus are always chatting together leaning against a wall. Snoopy and Woodstock's great friendship goes beyond breeds. However, Snoopy and his owner Charlie Brown, who are supposed to be best friends, always pass her each emotionally; Charlie Brown somehow shares his kept weaknesses to his natural enemy Lucy, who is always mean to him when playing football. The final exhibition will offer you the humorous yet pathetic dialogues of friends through approximately 80 pieces of precious original drawing that shows the author's fresh strokes, and new animation works. Come stop by and enjoy the "quintessence of Peanuts."

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- Location: 5-6-20 Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo
7-minute walk from Tokyo Metro Roppongi Station, 10-minute walk from Azabu-Juban Station

* Advance tickets are sold through the Lawson ticketing system.
* Same-day tickets are sold at the museum on days when tickets are still available.
* Admission is divided into the following five time slots: 10:00 a.m., 12:00 p.m., 2:00 p.m., 4:00 p.m., 6:00 p.m.
* If you are late for your reserved time slot, you may enter on the same day for no extra fee.
* If you have an unused advance ticket, you can pay an extra 200 yen and use it as long as same-day tickets are being sold.

Snoopy Museum Tokyo official website: www.snoopymuseum.tokyo/en
Official Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/snoopymuseumtokyo/
Official Twitter account: https://twitter.com/snoopy_m_tokyo

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The following credit must be displayed: (C) Peanuts Worldwide LLC (Abbreviation: (C) Peanuts)

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Thursday 26 April 2018

2018 GLOBAL THREAT INTELLIGENCE REPORT: FINANCE REMAINS THE SECTOR MOST SUSCEPTIBLE TO ATTACKS IN APAC, DESPITE 20 PERCENT DROP IN VOLUME

NTT Security report shows brute forcing as top attack type within APAC for all industry sectors at 26 percent, reflecting attackers’ desire to decode encrypted data through automated software
 

SINGAPORE, April 26 (Bernama-GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- NTT Security, the specialised security company and centre of excellence in security for NTT Group, has published its 2018 Global Threat Intelligence Report (GTIR). The report reveals the number of attacks on the finance sector in APAC has dropped from 46 percent to 26 percent compared to the previous year, along with 3 new industries that made it to the top 5 attacked industries – Technology, Retail and Government.

NTT Security summarises data from over 6.1 trillion logs and 150 million attacks for the 2018 GTIR, which analyses global threat trends based on log, event, attack, incident and vulnerability data from NTT Group operating companies and highlights the latest ransomware, phishing and DDoS attack trends, demonstrating the evolving threat landscape faced by global organizations.

In APAC, the report shows the attacks targeting the finance sector have continued to be a threat despite a 20 percent drop versus a year ago. On the other hand, attacks targeting the manufacturing sector have significantly decreased to seven percent from 32 percent in the same period.  Even though the APAC region tends to have a strong representation in the manufacturing sector, with China and Korea being two of the world’s leading manufacturing countries, the sector is no longer listed among the top five most attacked industries in this year’s report.

Attacks against retail and education sectors were at 15 percent and 18 percent respectively. Education, in particular, saw a dramatic jump from three percent to 18 percent in attack volume, alongside technology industry from five percent to 16 percent. Technology was the only sector to appear in the top five most attacked industries in every geographic region (Americas, APAC, EMEA and Japan, as well as globally). Though most regions saw a decrease in attacks against government targets, APAC actually had a seven percent increase, from six percent to 13 percent.

Overall, the top five most targeted industries in APAC, namely finance, education, technology, retail and government, comprised 88 percent of all attacks last year. This suggests that attackers spread out attacks more evenly across a focused set of industries.

Malware and brute force attacks dominate in APAC

In APAC, viruses and worms accounted for 66 percent of malware, nearly three times the global percentage of 23 percent.  Whilst the report shows an increasing trend of ransomware nearly in every region, it played a role in only 2 percent of malware-related attacks for APAC targets. Conversely, brute force attacks accounted for 26 percent of all attacks in the region, but were ranked the twelfth most common attack type in both the Americas and EMEA.

Brute force attacks spiked to 64 percent for the retail and education sectors in APAC, and was the leading attack type in the region, at 26 percent. A brute force attack usually uses automated software to perform many consecutive guesses to identify usernames and passwords.  Simple passwords can be broken in seconds or minutes depending on password complexity.

Jon Heimerl, Senior Manager of the Threat Intelligence Communication Team, Global Threat Intelligence Centre at NTT Security, says: “The GTIR clearly demonstrates the uphill battle organisations face in achieving an optimal balance between operational security and compliance initiatives. In order to be successful they cannot afford to be complacent and must recognise that having a firm grasp on what it takes to remain secure is a fundamental part of everyday business operations.”

“In an ever-evolving threat landscape, defending your organization is no small task, but focusing on key areas outlined in our report, such as incident response plans, multi-factor and strong authentication, comprehensive and reliable patching and usable but effective security measures, can help to build the security posture of an organisation.”

Summary of other key global findings:
  • Top attack source countries: United States (27%), China (19%), Netherlands (4%)
  • Ransomware increased from being 1% of global malware in the 2017 GTIR to nearly 7%
  • Ransomware incident response engagement fell from over 22% of incidents in 2016 to just over 5% in 2017
  • Business and professional services joined the list of the top five globally attacked industry sectors in third position at 10%
  • The gaming sector was the most targeted by ransomware in 2017 at 20%, followed by business and professional services at 17%, healthcare and manufacturing both at 12% and technology at 11%
  • Financial services (18%) and healthcare (15%) were the two most common sectors to seek incident response services

The 2018 GTIR gathers data from NTT Security monitoring, management, and incident response operations. It also includes details from NTT Security research sources including global honeypots and sandboxes in over 100 countries in environments independent from institutional infrastructures.

To learn more about the most important global threats and the actions management, technical staff and users can take to improve their security posture, follow the link to download the NTT Security 2018 GTIR: https://www.nttsecurity.com/gtir.

Notes for editors:

About NTT Security

NTT Security is the specialized security company and the center of excellence in security for NTT Group.  With embedded security we enable NTT Group companies (Dimension Data, NTT Communications and NTT DATA) to deliver resilient business solutions for clients’ digital transformation needs.  NTT Security has multiple SOCs, seven R&D centers, over 1,500 security experts and handles hundreds of thousands of security incidents annually across six continents.

NTT Security ensures that resources are used effectively by delivering the right mix of Managed Security Services, Security Consulting Services and Security Technology for NTT Group companies – making best use of local resources and leveraging our global capabilities.  NTT Security is part of the NTT Group (Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation), one of the largest ICT companies in the world.  Visit nttsecurity.com to learn more about NTT Security or visit www.ntt.co.jp/index_e.html to learn more about NTT Group.

For sales enquiries, please visit dimensiondata.comwww.ntt.com/en/index.htmlwww.nttdata.com/global/en/ or speak to your NTT account representative for more information.

For more information, please contact:
NTT Security
Yixuan Lin
Email: yixuan.lin@nttsecurity.com

SOURCE: NTT Security (UK) Ltd

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Japanese and South Korean company partner to sell used cars worldwide

KUALA LUMPUR, April 25 (Bernama) -- A major Japanese used car dealer and a unit of one of South Korea´s biggest conglomerates have set up a business alliance to provide used South Korean vehicles as new lineup of products on its website, PicknBuy24.com.

The companies are

Japanese Agasta Co Ltd, a subsidiary of Carchs Holdings Co Ltd -- and South Korea´s LOTTE Rental Co Ltd.

The website is an online shop for used Japanese automobiles with a 20 years record providing used vehicles to more than 30,000 customers in 80 countries, including in Asia, South America, Africa, the Middle East, Europe and Russia.

Carchs Holdings aims to be the number one worldwide car market by having over one million vehicles displayed on the website, a statement said.

An opening ceremony for the new ‘PicknBuy24.com´ was held at the Korea Lotte Auction venue recently to highlight the new partnership between the companies.

The website allows customers to buy globally-acclaimed Japanese and South Korean used vehicles worldwide that are ‘hard to break down´ and ‘more fuel-efficient´ among other features.

Customer can easily search and buy their favorite vehicles suitable for their countries as the online shop lists information on both right-hand- and left-hand-drive vehicles. It also lists information on buses, trucks and construction machines used for civil engineering and building work.

Through PicknBuy24.com, Carchs Holdings hopes to assist customers by exporting used vehicles. The website can be accessed at https://www.picknbuy24.com/

Wednesday 25 April 2018

MEDICCOIN UNVEILS INTERNATIONAL ADOPTION STRATEGY BASED ON INTEGRATING BLOCKCHAIN TECHNOLOGY INTO EVERYDAY LIFE

Strategy focuses on improving health of mankind through blockchain-powered rewards, advancing scientific research and charitable donations

NEW YORK, April 25 (Bernama-GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- via NetworkWire -- MedicCoin, a community-driven crypto focused on improving the lives of millions worldwide, today provides the multifaceted roadmap established for global adoption while recapping practical innovations that set MedicCoin apart for everyday use.

Introducing Multiple Ways to Earn Crypto as a Reward for Positive Choices

The MedicCoin founders envisioned using blockchain technology to make life better for all mankind. A key part of staying true to this vision is ensuring people around the world can join the MedicCoin community without highly technical skills or expensive mining equipment.

Living an Active Lifestyle

By simply installing the MedicWalk app and staying active, anyone will be able to acquire MedicCoin. MedicWalk will be launched within the next few weeks.

Donating Unused Computer Power to Stanford University’s Disease Research Program

MedicCoin offers the opportunity to earn coins by donating computer power to Stanford University’s Folding@home program, which helps scientists solve computer calculations related to finding cures for Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, Huntington’s, many forms of cancer and other types of diseases.

Following Doctor Instructions

Failure to complete medical regimens is a common and costly problem worldwide. Physicians who join and support the network will be provided with MedicCoin for rewarding patients who show up for appointments and follow instructions.

Key Innovations to Accelerate Global Adoption

MedicCoin aims to become the preferred choice for accepting payments among healthcare professionals, all merchant types and individuals by incorporating the latest innovations in crypto and blockchain technology.

MedicEMR: The First Free Opensource EMR Software Accepting Cryptocurrency (MedicCoin)

MedicEMR will be introduced to combine opensource OpenEMR software with crypto payments. In addition to rewarding physicians and patients with MedicCoin for using the software, MedicEMR aims to increase access to high-quality medical care for all people regardless of race, socioeconomic status or geographic location by building awareness of the free, opensource software.

MedicPhone: An Integrated TeleMedicine App Accepting Cryptocurrency (MedicCoin)

MedicPhone is being designed for people who face immobility challenges or logistical complications. In addition to giving access to board-certified doctors 24 hours a day, seven days a week, MedicPhone will integrate MedicEMR and accept MedicCoin alongside other payment methods.

Private and Lightning-Fast Transactions for All Merchant Types

Integrated privacy technology ensures users can maintain a confidential transaction history with different healthcare providers, individuals, merchants and other establishments. InstantX enables users to avoid the long delays common with most cryptocurrencies, like bitcoin, so MedicCoin is viable wherever conventional payment methods are used.

To increase visibility of prior accomplishments and future announcements, key members of the MedicCoin community chose to engage multiple communication channels and platforms to ensure ongoing media coverage via syndicated articles and editorials, journalist outreach, a MedicCoin-branded news portal, and various engagement initiatives.

About MedicCoin

MedicCoin (MEDIC) is a blockchain-based crypto focused on promoting health and philanthropy throughout the world by rewarding individuals in various ways for being healthy as well as donating their unused computer power to Stanford University’s Folding@home project. Initiatives currently underway will introduce MedicEMR, a free open-source EMR software integrating MedicCoin; MedicPhone, a telemedicine app that allows patients to see doctors remotely, integrates MedicEMR and provides MedicCoin as a payment option; and MedicWalk, a smartphone app that rewards individuals for staying active.

To learn more, visit: https://mediccoin.com/

Engage with the MedicCoin Community

Discord chat via https://discordapp.com/invite/SjudnyK 
Twitter via https://twitter.com/mediccoin 
Facebook via https://www.facebook.com/mediccoin 

MedicCoin Contact
MedicCoin
https://mediccoin.com
inquiries@mediccoin.com

Blockchain Relations Contact
Blockchain Relations
http://www.blockchainrelations.io
614-465-6025
press@blockchainrelations.io


SOURCE : MedicCoin


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JDS DEVELOPMENT GROUP SECURES $137 MILLION CONSTRUCTION FINANCING FROM MADISON REALTY CAPITAL FOR DISTINCTIVE MIAMI BEACH CONDOMINIUM MONAD TERRACE

New York-based Madison Realty Capital Provides Final Funding for Pritzker Prize-Winner Jean Nouvel’s First Built Work in Miami

MIAMI , April 25 (Bernama-GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- New York-based Madison Realty Capital has provided a $137 million construction loan to New York-based JDS Development Group for Monad Terrace. The deal indicates conviction in the development team, the high-design product by Pritzker Prize-winning architect Jean Nouvel and the South Beach market’s extremely limited new development inventory and viability. The financing will fully capitalize the project, which features 59 individually-designed waterfront residences.

“This is a unique assemblage of land within a prime waterfront residential enclave in South Beach, Miami and we are excited to close another transaction with an esteemed developer like Michael Stern,” said Josh Zegen, Co-Founder and Managing Principal of MRC. “In addition, there’s virtually no new development product coming out of the ground in South Beach right now, so we offered a customized financing solution for JDS’s needs given our knowledge of the market. It was a special opportunity to support an A-team in one of the most attractive markets for real estate.”
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EXPERIENCE 3D ANALYTICS AT GEOINT 2018 SYMPOSIUM

Vricon and Esri bring 3D analytics to the GEOINT community

Tampa, Floria, April 25 (Bernama-GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Vricon, a producer of geospatial 3D solutions, and Esri, the global leader in spatial analytics, are teaming to bring the best of 3D analysis to warfighters, analysts, and users at this year’s GEOINT 2018 Symposium in Tampa, Florida.  Working with 3D data in ArcGIS Pro enables analysts to see the world as it really exists, explain what they're seeing more clearly, and help better convey their findings to decision makers.

“Because Vricon 3D data is now available in Esri ArcGIS Pro, analysts can use the full power of 3D at scale,” said Magnus Brege, Vricon CEO. “They’re not limited to postage stamp-sized areas, but can explore the world—The Globe in 3D—using ArcGIS Pro.”

Very recently, working with 3D data was challenging and at times, intimidating.  Analysts were unfamiliar with 3D software, formats, and analytic methodologies. But now, analysts can use Esri tools—tools they know and are comfortable with—to perform their analysis in a 3D environment.  Moreover, the ArcGIS Pro platform helps analysts access Vricon data with ease and begin working with the data immediately. 

“We’ve helped shorten the analyst’s learning curve by providing Vricon 3D data in an analytical environment that analysts use today,” said Ben Conklin, Defense and Intelligence Industry Manager, Esri. “We’re helping analysts capture features where they are easiest to identify and enhance their analysis.  It’s far more intuitive for them.”

This breakthrough in 3D analysis is made possible by the Indexed 3D Scene Layer (I3S) format, a new 3D standard for content strategy that was approved by the Open Geospatial Consortium in September 2017. 3D content is often much larger than 2D content.  3D models of buildings, for example, may be massively more complex and take up much more storage space than 2D building footprints for the same buildings. I3S is designed specifically for 3D geospatial content—to include the requisite coordinate systems and height models and multiple layer types—and supports the storage and transmission of large data sets.

Esri and Vricon invite GEOINT 2018 Symposium participants to visit their booths to view demonstrations of 3D analytics using Vricon data and Esri’s ArcGIS Pro.  Esri is located in booth #829, and Vricon is located in booth #847.

About Vricon
Vricon serves the global professional geospatial market with world-leading 3D geodata and 3D visualization solutions. Vricon is headquartered in McLean, Virginia. For further information, visit http://www.vricon.com.

Attachment

Craig Brower
Vricon
703-283-4588
craig.brower@vricon.com

Source : Vricon

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​YPO WELCOMES 2018 YPO INNOVATION WEEK SPONSORS

DALLAS, April 24 (Bernama-GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- YPO, the world’s premier leadership organization of chief executives, announced today that Techstars has joined as a gold sponsor and Geniecast, Emplify and Telluride are silver sponsors of the 2018 YPO Innovation Week

YPO Innovation Week sponsors offer valuable insight, key connections and respected expertise that made the world’s largest and most impactful innovation initiative possible.

“YPO Innovation Week brings together some of the most innovative and disruptive leaders around the world,” said YPO CEO Scott Mordell. “We are so pleased to partner with these prestigious and forward-thinking organizations and businesses to help elevate the week’s experiences for our members and take innovation to the next level.”

During the week of 7-11 May 2018, YPO will host innovation events across the globe from Sydney, Australia to London, England; Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic to Palo Alto, California, USA and Nairobi, Kenya, and more.

The mission of YPO Innovation Week is to drive innovation and transformation across a diverse range of industries and sectors through signature events, live interactive video casts and livestream events across more than 30 countries. Business leaders and pioneering thinkers will engage in a weeklong forum discussing the most important innovations affecting business today, including augmented and virtual reality, vehicle technology, digital imaging, wearables, smart home, sensors and more.

“We welcome these prestigious partners and their participation in the 2018 YPO Innovation Week,” said YPO Innovation Week Chair Keith Alper. “With their support, we will truly be able to overturn conventional thinking and inspire business leaders to accelerate what’s next.”

Gold Sponsors
Techstars is featuring Techstars Founders who will deliver pitches at several YPO Innovation Week events, including the Global FinTech Summit, the World Technology Summit and the NYSE Closing Bell event.

Silver Sponsors
Geniecast is hosting digital events throughout YPO Innovation Week via two-way video broadcast.

Emplify’s CEO Santiago Jaramillo, a YPO member, will present on the future of work at the Silicon Valley Summit and World Technology Summit.

Telluride is hosting a virtual reality space at the Silicon Valley Summit and providing an exclusive prize package for YPO Global Innovation Award finalists.

About YPO

The premier leadership organization of chief executives in the world.

YPO is the global platform for chief executives to engage, learn and grow. YPO members harness the knowledge, influence and trust of the world’s most influential and innovative business leaders to inspire business, personal, family and community impact.

Today, YPO empowers more than 25,000 members in more than 130 countries, diversified among industries and types of businesses. Altogether, YPO member-run companies employ more than 16 million people and generate USD6 trillion in annual revenues.

Leadership. Learning. Lifelong. For more information, visit YPO.org.

About Techstars
Techstars is the worldwide network that helps entrepreneurs succeed. Techstars founders connect with other entrepreneurs, experts, mentors, alumni, investors, community leaders, and corporations to grow their companies. Techstars operates four divisions: Techstars Startup Programs, Techstars Mentorship-Driven Accelerator Programs, Techstars Corporate Innovation Partnerships, and the Techstars Venture Capital Fund. Techstars portfolio includes more than 1,300 companies with a market cap of $12 billion. www.techstars.com

About Geniecast
Geniecast is transforming the way the world connects people, ideas, and inspiration. We are curators, producers, and distributors of the world’s largest online marketplace of thought leaders, athletes, speakers, celebrities, facilitators and more – all available via two-way, live video broadcast. Join us in the quest to inspire, lead, and evolve. At Geniecast, we strive to offer human-centric client services through great people and clever technology, one transaction at a time. From a warm welcome to individualized attention, we engage with you, one connection at a time. And, when you least expect it, we plan to surprise you with an extra touch, one experience at a time. To learn more, visit https://geniecast.com/.

About Emplify
Emplify, the industry leader in data-driven employee analytics and action-enabling insights for business leaders, helps executives leverage employee insights to make their workforce more successful. Backed by decades of research in human psychology and neuroscience, Emplify InsightsTM blends employee engagement best practices and hands-on expert coaching into an agile feedback system that’s simple yet more effective than historic annual employee surveys, and more trustworthy than modern pulse surveys. Emplify is trusted by companies like Ivy Tech Community College, Herff Jones, Harley Davidson, Cheetah Digital, Crew Carwash, Yamaha, and many others. Learn more at emplify.com.

About Telluride
Forty-five minutes from the nearest stoplight, at the end of a incredibly beautiful box canyon sits Telluride, Colorado, a National Historic Landmark surrounded by the highest concentration of 13,000' and 14,000' peaks in the United States. Above Telluride is a modern mountain village connected by a gondola, the only one of its kind in North America. While the ski terrain is world-renowned, the resort is truly defined by a collection of intimate and unmatched experiences. With your first walk down the historic main street, you’ll find the character and charm of Telluride as special as the majestic San Juan Mountains. To learn more, visit www.tellurideskiresort.com.

Contact:
YPO
Linda Fisk
Office: +1 972 629 7305 (United States)
Mobile: +1 972 207 4298
press@ypo.org

Source : Young Presidents’ Organization, Inc.

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