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Lugh announces the creation of the first French Digital Asset pegged to the Euro

March 18, 2021 Published by

 

The Lugh Company announces the creation of the first French digital asset pegged to the Euro, in partnership with Coinhouse, a leading French player in crypto-asset investments for individuals and professional investors, in a trustworthy environment built with key experts such as Societe Generale. As a first step, the Lugh (EUR-L) digital asset will be made available on the Coinhouse platform to facilitate crypto asset trading for individual or professional investors, seeking to hedge against the risk of volatility on these markets. Once this step is completed, the Lugh Company aims to develop new financial services based on blockchain technology.

In order to guarantee the stability of the Lugh (EUR-L), for each digital asset issued, one euro will be held in a dedicated bank account. The Lugh Company has thus developed an environment of trust around its digital asset: the project is supported by experts in their field, such as Societe Generale, the account holder of the issuing company, and PwC France and Maghreb which has been called on to issue a report each month on the number of Lugh (EUR-L) tokens issued and the balance of the associated bank account held with Societe Generale.

In addition, this digital asset has been presented to the French regulatory authorities and is willing to comply with the current regulatory framework. Technologically, the Lugh Company will benefit from the expertise of SCEME, developer of the emission and management platform of Lugh, Nomadic Labs, a French specialist of the Tezos blockchain technology on which will the Lugh (EUR-L) will be issued, and Casino Group, which considers this project an opportunity to develop new and innovative means of payment and loyalty programs in the future.

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Color Star Technology Co., Ltd. (NASDAQ: CSCW) Announces Cooperation Agreement Between Wholly-Owned Subsidiary Color China Entertainment and Doman (HK) Ltd. to Support Color World App

March 18, 2021 Published by

 

Color Star Technology Co., Ltd. (NASDAQ: CSCW) (hereinafter referred to as “Color Star” or the “Company”), today announced the signing of a cooperation agreement between its wholly-owned subsidiary, Color China Entertainment Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as “Color China“), and Doman (HK) Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as “Doman”). The cooperation will provide blockchain technology support for Color Star’s interactive entertainment platform software, known as Color World APP.

Doman is a Hong Kong-based company that provides blockchain technology to many enterprises around the world, addressing issues in computing and internet management. The cooperation between Color China and Doman will focus on several areas of blockchain technology, including entertainment copyright blockchain, membership management blockchain, and the development and application of interactive community blockchain. The cooperation will also include joint efforts to create a “private chain” and the continued pursuit of breakthroughs in augmented reality (AR) technologies. In addition, the cooperation may include mutually agreed strategic investments in each other. At present, the Color Star APP boasts more than 1 million users, with continued growth in its user base. As the Company continues to launch new applications on the APP, including AR theater, AR museum, artificial community and others, the development of these applications should enable it to progress towards becoming a high-tech internet company. The cooperation between Color China and Doman will also provide support for establishing copyright trading platforms, and in the future, Color Star plans to build an open, global copyright trading and communication platform through blockchain technology. This is planned to be a platform where audiences from around the world can use to display their own copyrights for movies, TV shows, music, games, books, and art, while also engaging in the trading of these copyrights. The development of this platform should make future copyright exchanges more open and fluid. A platform user who is currently unknown, but has strong creative abilities, might use this platform to help showcase his hidden talents; the copyright exchange platform of the Color Star APP may quickly match him to those who can appreciate and understand the value of his work. This platform may also benefit enterprises, which may use the platform to discover talent, while avoiding pricy intermediary fees. Through this platform, people may find their favorite works in one stop, and as the Color Star APP becomes integrated with AR technology, it should turn copyrights from plain text into vivid presentation, thereby allowing everyone to appreciate the talented works of others.

The CEO of Color Star, Mr. Luke Lu, commented: “Our Company has recently increased its development efforts in artificial intelligence, AR vision, and blockchain applications. We will not hesitate to invest in the development and testing of technologies in order to bring a brand-new experience to the future of internet entertainment. We have the courage to experiment and make progress, and already many technology companies from around the world have expressed interest in jointly developing or sharing their proven technologies with us, so that our software capabilities can be put into application earlier. I strongly believe that the future can be changed by technology, and that the application of these high-tech technologies will give the world a brand new interactive entertainment experience.”

Color Star continues to work hard in the development of technology and has already achieved great success in some technological breakthroughs. Many of these products should soon be available for global audiences to use and experience. The Company believes that its efforts and developments will be recognized by its users, and as users experiment with these new applications on the Color Star APP, there should be a greater breakthrough in the number of registered users and active users. As a brand new internet technology company, our employees work tirelessly to launch new products and services, and we believe customer satisfaction with our products and attracting users through scientific research is important. We think this cooperation is an opportunity that will be appreciated by the marketplace.

Forward-Looking Statement

This press release contains forward-looking statements as defined by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements include statements concerning plans, objectives, goals, strategies, future events or performance, and underlying assumptions and other statements that are other than statements of historical facts. When the Company uses words such as “may,” “will,” “intend,” “should,” “believe,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “project,” “estimate” or similar expressions that do not relate solely to historical matters, it is making forward-looking statements.  Forward-looking statements are not guarantee of future performance and involve risks and uncertainties that may cause the actual results to differ materially from the Company’s expectations discussed in the forward-looking statements. These statements are subject to uncertainties and risks including, but not limited to, the following:  the Company’s goals and strategies; the Company’s future business development; product and service demand and acceptance; changes in technology; economic conditions; the growth of the educational and training services market in China and other countries where CSCW conducts its business; reputation and brand; the impact of competition and pricing; government regulations; fluctuations in general economic and business conditions and assumptions underlying or related to any of the foregoing and other risks contained in reports filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission.  For these reasons, among others, investors are cautioned not to place undue reliance upon any forward-looking statements in this press release. Additional factors are discussed in the Company’s filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, which are available for review at www.sec.gov. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly revise these forward–looking statements to reflect events or circumstances that arise after the date hereof unless required by applicable laws, regulations or rules.

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ARTCELS Launches New Art Portfolio ‘Millennials’ With Banksy NFTs

March 17, 2021 Published by

 

Digital art investments platform ARTCELS today announces the launch of their new blue-chip art portfolio ‘Millennials’ on 22 April 2021. Available to investors as share-based ownership using non-fungible tokens (NFTs), it is backed by its own revolutionary Swiss-based cryptocurrency – ARTEM. The portfolio of artworks will also be exhibited in a specially curated show at HOFA Gallery for both investors and the public to enjoy.

The new portfolio features ultra-contemporary blue-chip artworks by coveted artists such as Banksy, Nina Chanel Abney, Jonas Wood, Josh Sperling, Yoshimoto Nara, and others. These artists have seen their works appreciate in value and demand-driven largely by the patronage of the millennial collectors who are boldly shaping the frontiers of the art market despite the economic downturn brought on by the pandemic.

ARTCELS was originally launched in February 2020:

  • ARTCELS is a pioneering asset-based tokenized art investment platform that uses NFTs, blockchain technology and cryptography to facilitate safe and secure investment in some of the most valuable blue-chip contemporary art on the market today.
  • The model provides state-of-the-art authentication at the point of sale and purchase while also allowing investor members to opt for partial and shared ownership in the artworks they carefully curate.
  • Through this flexible model, ARTCELS has opened the door for young and tech-savvy art enthusiasts to invest in and enjoy the phenomenal blue-chip contemporary artworks they broker.

ARTCELS’ new portfolio ‘Millennials’ launches 22 April 2021:

  • Millennials marks a major step up for ARTCELS, which is looking to build on the sold-out success of their inaugural ‘XXI’ portfolio which closed on a record high, having attracted investors across multiple markets and won major plaudits for the innovative investment services and virtual art experiences they provide.
  • The price of a single ‘Millennials’ share is $1,000 USD and the portfolio opens with an initial offering of $250,000 USD, capped at 250 shares.
  • The ARTCELS team believes with ‘Millennials’ they will attract larger value commitments from member investors who stand to cash-in on significant returns as art remains one of the most secure investment options available.

Consisting mainly of single and limited-edition artworks, the ‘Millennials’ portfolio has been curated with an eye on collections that resonate with the millennial generation and a focus on Asian collectors. The inclusion of works by Banksy is certain to be yet another high note for ‘Millennials’ as the popular British artist remains very much a global art phenomenon. Admirers of Josh Sperling and Yoshimoto Nara, whose art has been exhibited in Hong Kong and Japan, and Jonas Wood, whose energetic and colourful paintings have featured on billboards and murals from New York to Los Angeles, will also find ARTCELS’ new portfolio an attractive investment option.

Along with the opportunity to invest in lucrative portfolios of contemporary art, ARTCELS’ members also benefit from a personalised online gallery, investor dashboard and in-platform social network, all accessible within the ARTCELS’ mobile app.

Commenting on the new ‘Millennials’ portfolio, ARTCELS Co-Founder Elio D’Anna, said, “Our inaugural portfolio, ‘XXI’, which débuted in 2020, sold out quickly and was a resounding success, showcased in gallery and virtual exhibitions held in London, Los Angeles, and Mykonos for our members and the public to enjoy.”

He adds “So, in 2021, we’re dreaming bigger and aiming higher with our new ‘Millennials’ portfolio. It represents the very best in contemporary art today and we are confident that our prospective and current investors will be exceedingly pleased by the quality of art they will get to enjoy and the potentially significant scale of their investment returns.“

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Oasis Digital Studios partners with recently announced Digital Collectible Marketplace RARE.Store to Drop AR Enhanced NFTs

March 17, 2021 Published by

 

Liquid Avatar Technologies Inc. (CSE: LQID) (OTC: TRWRF) (FRA: 4T51) (“Liquid Avatar Technologies” or the “Company“), a global blockchain, digital identity, and fintech solutions company, together with ImagineAR Inc. (CSE: IP) (OTCQB: IPNFF), an Augmented Reality platform, are excited to announce Oasis Digital Studios‘ (“Oasis”) partnership with recently launched NFT marketplace, RARE.Store. RARE.Store is a curated marketplace for iconic digital art, collectibles, and experiences, a joint venture launched by Toronto-based GDA Group, a team of digital asset experts focused across blockchain technology, and Nightshift, an artist management and creative agency. Oasis plans to drop a key selection of its upcoming Artists & Talent AR Enhanced NFT projects to RARE.Store, introducing an innovative new perspective on the rapidly growing digital collectibles sector.

RARE.Store is due to launch in April 2021 and focuses on curating NFT sales in collaboration with recognized artists and creators across music, sports, art and entertainment. RARE.Store will allow users to make purchases with either fiat currency using their credit or popular cryptocurrencies, an innovative approach that looks to increase artist exposure while enhancing accessibility to unique digital assets. RARE.Store will also provide management companies, such as Oasis, with a powerful suite of tools to allow them and their clients to easily mint and sell NFTS.

A Non-Fungible Token, or NFT, is a unique digital asset that can be used to represent a wide range of tangible and intangible assets, such as digital and conventional artwork, collectibles, memorabilia, in-game items etc. In contrast to NFTs that capture “moments in time,” digital images or videos such as those seen on NBA Top Shot, Oasis looks to create an engaging user experience, creating and deploying embedded AR “triggers” in each Oasis supported NFT. These unique triggers will allow for immersive, “living” shareable experiences through the Liquid Avatar Mobile App and AR enabled websites. Oasis also looks to introduce NFT programs, brands, and participants to further development within the growing space of unique digital assets.

“We are excited to work with the Oasis Digital Studios on introducing the next generation of functionality for NFTs including unlocking real-world activations and experiences through their immersive Liquid Avatar AR platform,” said Michael Gord, one of the co-founders of RARE and the CEO of the GDA Group.

“The idea of bringing augmented reality to concerts and festivals is a natural progression for the NFT market”, said Michael Perrow, Co-Founder of RARE. and Nightshift. “Excited to work with Liquid Avatar to push this initiative forward.”

Oasis is working with leading individuals and organizations across blockchain technology, computer graphics, augmented reality, entertainment, art, sports, gaming, music, media, comic book, memorabilia, and pop culture sectors to support the fast-paced emergence of the NFT marketplace.

With numerous opportunities already in cue, the Oasis model is to establish an ongoing partnership with artists, sports personalities, talent, brands, and organizations, and share in the ongoing revenue of the initial sale and any residual sales, creating potential royalty-type revenue relationships. The initial program offerings will consist of digital artwork, with the expected expansion to include trading cards, limited editions and series, as well as physical product programs.

“RARE gives us an opportunity to provide digital collectors with premium access to our AR enhanced NFTs,” said David Lucatch, CEO of Liquid Avatar.  “We are working with RARE to plan some incredible drops from major artists and brands.”

The Liquid Avatar Mobile App, featuring user created digital icons that allow users to manage, control, and create value from their biometrically verified digital identity, officially launched globally in the Google Play and Apple App Store on February 18, 2021. With the foundational first phase already available, the Liquid Avatar App will launch updates in phases, with new features expected monthly. The Company believes that as it plans to provide additional features, regular releases will provide users with the opportunity to familiarize themselves with existing features before moving on to more comprehensive services, and the opportunity to manage their digital identity and verifiable credentials.

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Singapore’s Acronis acquires Synapsys, providing the African IT channel with direct access to enhanced cyber protection solutions

March 17, 2021 Published by

 

Singapore’s unicorn Acronis, a global leader in cyber protection, announced today the acquisition of Synapsys, its long-time partner located in Cape Town, South Africa that specializes in distributing Acronis Cyber Protection Solutions through the service provider channel. Marking the latest move in the company’s accelerated growth plan, it is Acronis’ fourth acquisition in the past 18 months.

Synapsys is a channel-centric group of companies that delivers Acronis Cyber Protection Solutions to thousands of customers through a network of sub-distributors, resellers, and managed service providers (MSPs) in South Africa and across the continent. It is comprised of two businesses: Synapsys Systems (Proprietary) Limited, a specialist software distributor and the region’s Authorized Acronis Distributor for on-premises solutions since 2003, and Synapsys Distribution (Proprietary) Limited, which services the MSP market using the Acronis Cyber Cloud service provider platform.

“Synapsys has been a trusted and valuable partner in our efforts to extend our cyber protection solutions to organizations across the African continent. This acquisition will give their users direct access to our technology and support,” said Serguei “SB” Beloussov, Acronis’ Founder and CEO. “At the same time, Africa is becoming a strategic growth opportunity for Acronis and acquiring Synapsys provides us with a permanent presence on the continent. The move is beneficial for Acronis, the African MSP channel, and the organizations and users that need to safeguard their workloads and systems against the modern threat landscape.”

The acquisition dovetails perfectly with Acronis’ ongoing Global/Local Initiative, which aims to provide expanded in-country access to the company’s worldwide resources. As demand for cloud and managed services increases around the world, it creates opportunities for service providers who deliver Acronis Cyber Protection Solutions. The Global/Local Initiative reflects the company’s commitment to stay close to its partners and help them grow their business while protecting their clients against modern threats.

Unique relationship leads to acquisition

Peter French, Synapsys’ Managing Director, will now serve as Acronis’ General Manager for the Middle East/Africa market. In making today’s announcement, he commented on the unique relationship that led to the acquisition.

“No business school advice tells you to put all your eggs in one basket. But this is exactly what we did with Acronis, and we have never regretted it,” French said. “Our laser-focus and partner-centric ethos is backed by our alignment with Acronis’ mission, especially the drive to the cloud and the cyber protect approach to data protection and digital security. This deal feels like a natural extension to this long-standing relationship. Partnerships are about relationships which are about people: we are looking forward to continuing to support MSPs across Africa in keeping the ecosystem cyber protected, now as part of Acronis. And former Synapsys partners can look forward to a closer relationship with Acronis, working through the same core team on the ground whom they have grown to trust over the years.”

After a planned transition period, Synapsys will be integrated into Acronis and will be responsible for all Africa Sales of Acronis’ world-class cyber protection solutions.

As part of the company’s accelerated growth strategy, Acronis will continue to examine potential acquisitions that will extend its ability to address the Five Vectors of Cyber Protection — solving the safety, accessibility, privacy, authenticity, and security (SAPAS) challenges that face today’s data, applications, and systems.

Any MSPs and resellers in the region who are interested in learning more about how they can boost their clients’ cybersecurity posture easily and affordably, without increasing the complexity needed to manage it all, are encouraged to contact Peter French at [email protected].

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ZIM & Marius Nacht complete additional investment in WAVE BL, a leading provider of a paperless Bill of Lading solution

March 17, 2021 Published by

 

ZIM Integrated Shipping Services Ltd. (NYSE: ZIM) and Marius Nacht, one of Israel’s leading serial entrepreneurs and investors, announced today that they have jointly invested in a Series B Financing round of WAVE BL, a developer of groundbreaking blockchain network supporting paperless trade in the shipping industry.

The two investors co-lead a round of approximately $8 million that will accelerate global implementation of WAVE BL’s proven technology.

ZIM pioneered the first paperless electronic bill of lading pilot in the shipping industry in 2017 using WAVE BL’s platform and has since widely expanded its use to become the industry leader. Electronic bill of lading is currently offered to ZIM customers worldwide, requiring only a simple onboarding process which is supported by ZIM.

Digitization of bills of lading is revolutionizing shipping documentation, sharply reducing time, complexity, errors and costs for all parties involved, while maintaining a high level of security and, importantly, being far more sustainable than the traditional paper bill of lading.

Aligning with international rules, standards and insurance coverage such as IG P&I Clubs and eUCP 600, WAVE BL’s one of a kind decentralized, digital documentation solution is changing the shipping industry as it becomes the new industry benchmark enabling secure and efficient remote business continuity.

Proceeds will be used to support development of WAVE BL’s business and further implementation of its pioneering technology supporting paperless trade in the shipping industry, as well as in other sectors.

ZIM President and CEO Eli Glickman: “Our early adoption of WAVE BL’s blockchain based platform to promote paperless trade highlights our leadership in utilizing digital strategies to best serve customers and has proven extremely successful for ZIM and for changing the industry. Today, ZIM is an industry leader in paperless shipping processes, and we are seeing growing interest from others in our sector to adopt the platform reflecting the significant benefits it provides to both customers and carriers. This new investment in WAVE BL is a step forward in the path to a more digitized and sustainable future, in accordance with our vision and values.”

ZIM CIO Eyal Ben-Amram: “Since completing the integration of WAVE BL’s platform with our system, we can offer every customer the ability to enjoy the vast benefits of paperless shipping, which is especially crucial during COVID-19. We are pleased and proud to continue our support of this exciting and leading company.”

WAVE BL CEO Gadi Ruschin: “Our partnership with ZIM has enabled us to introduce our pioneering technology to a vast audience as we endeavor to become the shipping industry standard in paperless trade. We are extremely pleased with the continued faith and commitment of ZIM and Marius Nacht in our company and look forward to leading the wave of the future in shipping.”

Ophir Shoham, who leads Marius Nacht’s investments in high-tech: “We are proud to continue supporting WAVE BL’s remarkable technology and believe in its disruptive potential, leading to a fundamental change in the way business is conducted across countless sectors and industries. We are very impressed with the great progress the team has made and excited to invest in WAVE BL’s trail-blazing platform.”

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SafeGraph Raises $45M Series B to Become the Ultimate Destination for Physical Places Data

March 17, 2021 Published by

SafeGraph, a data-as-a-service company focused on being the source of truth for data on physical places, announced today a $45 million Series B fundraise, led by Sapphire Ventures.

This investment follows a year of incredible growth for SafeGraph. While the market for accurate geospatial data was already accelerating pre-pandemic, the unique challenges posed by COVID-19 led many organizations to rely heavily on places data. SafeGraph’s points of interest and mobility datasets proved invaluable to organizations looking to understand how local landscapes continue to change, and how this impacted behaviors such as travel, leisure and shopping. During these uncertain times, many organizations such as Ares Management, Sysco and Choice Hotels have turned to SafeGraph as a truth set for the physical world.

In response to the impact of the pandemic, SafeGraph created a community of more than 7,000 data scientists who have been collaborating on numerous geospatial projects, resulting in over 300 academic papers published featuring data from SafeGraph and coverage from data journalists at major news outlets such as USA Today, Fortune and the Washington Post. During this time, SafeGraph doubled its year-over-year revenue while improving efficiency metrics, such as revenue per employee.

Over the past year, SafeGraph saw accelerated demand for places data among its traditional customer segments, including retail and GIS technology providers. As consumer demand and behavior shifted dramatically during the pandemic, the greatest increase in demand has come from the logistics industry. “From the beginning of our data sourcing process, SafeGraph provided the most comprehensive and actionable POI dataset,” said Ben Anderson, Senior Manager of Market, Customer, and Competitive Intelligence at Sysco. “Their coverage of the top 1,000 restaurants is unmatched and invaluable.”

“We’re incredibly excited to partner with Cathy Gao and the Sapphire Ventures team,” said SafeGraph CEO Auren Hoffman. “Cathy brings a wealth of knowledge to the table that will be invaluable while navigating and discovering new markets of data buyers. And Sapphire has deep experience in investing in data businesses. Their team understands what it takes to build category-defining companies.”

With this investment, SafeGraph plans to capitalize on the expanding market of data buyers and offer new ways for customers to buy data. As the market for places data increases, customer needs become more diverse. SafeGraph plans to adapt its model to meet these new demands. Through a growing partner network, new data delivery mechanisms and international expansion, SafeGraph will enable all interested parties to access the exact data they need, wherever they need it.

Multiple investors from previous funding rounds also participated in this Series B. Those include Alex Rosen of Ridge Ventures, DNX Ventures, and Peter Thiel. Investors are attracted to SafeGraph because they believe the company is well-positioned to lead a growing industry.

“What stands out about SafeGraph is how they’ve been able to quickly position themselves into a major player in the geospatial data industry,” said Cathy Gao, Partner at Sapphire Ventures. “By singularly focusing on providing the highest-quality places data to data science teams, they’ve earned the trust of some of the largest public and private institutions. The efficient growth to-date is a strong indicator of where we think the company is going and Auren’s track record of building consequential data businesses speaks for itself.”

Today, SafeGraph offers business listing, foot traffic and building polygon data for the United States and Canada, with a United Kingdom launch planned for April of 2021. With this Series B funding, SafeGraph intends to become the source of truth for data on all physical places in the world.

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iQOO Introduces the iQOO Neo5 Smartphone with Pixelworks Technologies to Advance 5G Gaming Experiences

March 17, 2021 Published by

 

Pixelworks, Inc. (NASDAQ: PXLW), a leading provider of innovative video and display processing solutions, today announced that the iQOO Neo5 smartphone, which recently launched in China, is the first iQOO brand series and first from vivo to offer consumers ultra-premium display performance with the Pixelworks X5 Pro processor. Powered by patented technologies from Pixelworks, the new flagship smartphone elevates to a whole new level, gaming experiences unleashed by the extreme bandwidths of 5G.

iQOO and Pixelworks worked in close collaboration over the last 6 months to boost display performance of the iQOO Neo5 smartphone for popular mobile games, such as Game for Peace, Hongkai Impact 3, and Perfect World. The iQOO Neo5 features enhanced gaming with optimized motion, color and clarity for high frame rate and high dynamic range (HDR), delivering an experience that is as immersive as it is cool (literally).

The Pixelworks X5 Pro frame accelerator enables silky smooth 120 fps game play at up to 30% lower power consumption and up to 10° C cooler device temperature, as compared to rendering all of the frames in the apps processor. With Pixelworks MotionEngine technology, mobile users no longer need to worry about battery drain or overheating of their phones, as play time for high frame rate gaming can be extended by as much as one hour or more.

The new iQOO performance flagship features a 6.62″ AMOLED screen with 120 Hz refresh rate, peak brightness of 1300 nits and 397 ppi pixel density. Powered by Pixelworks X5 Pro processor, the iQOO Neo5 integrates a number of differentiated features:

  • MotionEngine technology – Patented motion estimation and motion compensation (MEMC) optimizes game content for high refresh rate displays up to 120 Hz to eliminate unintended judder and blur and preserve intended motion appearance.
  • Absolute Color Accuracy – Every iQOO Neo5 unit is factory tuned with Pixelworks patented, high-efficiency calibration and runs Pixelworks color management software to ensure exceptional color reproduction across standard, wide and custom color gamuts.
  • Always-HDR mode – Uses real-time SDR-to-HDR conversion to expose more detail and shades of color for the vast majority of gaming content that exists in SDR (standard dynamic range) format, for an always-immersive experience.

“We are excited to work with an industry leader vivo on their latest iQOO Neo5 smartphone and look forward to jointly establishing a new benchmark of visual quality in next-generation smartphones,” said Todd DeBonis, President and CEO, Pixelworks. “The display is a user’s window to the world, whose quality weighs heavily on the smartphone brand’s value. We believe the combination of the unique design in the iQOO Neo5 and market leadership, along with Pixelworks’ visual processing innovations, will rock the smartphone world by putting unsurpassed cinematic-quality experiences uniquely in the hands of vivo consumers.”

“By incorporating advanced mobile display features in the iQOO Neo5 from a technology leader like Pixelworks, we aim to deliver an unprecedented quality of experience for a wide range of popular gaming and video content in this new generation smartphone,” said Kind Zeng, General Manager of Product, iQOO. “We are delighted to partner with Pixelworks to help revolutionize smartphone displays. We look forward to elevating our customers’ visual experiences through this ongoing collaboration.”

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Enfusion Wins Best Institutional Investment Solution at the 2021 FinTech Breakthrough Awards

March 16, 2021 Published by

 

Enfusion, a global leader in native cloud-based investment management technology software and services, announced today that it has been recognized as the “Best Institutional Investment Solution” in the Fifth Annual FinTech Breakthrough awards. The Fintech Breakthrough awards recognize the top companies, products, and solutions that drive innovation and exemplify the best in fintech across the globe.

The prestigious accolade recognizes the impact that Enfusion’s cloud-native technology and managed service offering has had on global institutional asset managers, particularly in scaling enterprise-wide efficiencies and unifying business operations for timely and confident decision making.

As investment managers continue to shift away from outdated technology systems in a post-pandemic environment, Enfusion has remained focused on providing innovative software and services to meet clients’ evolving operational and data needs. Currently, asset managers around the world utilize Enfusion’s seamless front-to-back office offering to simplify their workflows, reduce their technology footprints, and unify their data, ultimately allowing them to focus on productivity and investment decision-making.

“We are thrilled for this recognition as more and more institutional investment managers, across a broad array of strategies internationally, are taking advantage of our differentiated approach,” said Thomas Kim, CEO of Enfusion. “Our fundamental differentiator lies in our ability to unify an organization on one system and on a single dataset, providing a centralized real-time view, enabling teams across the enterprise to make timely decisions. Our synchronized approach across the investment management lifecycle continues to set us apart and underscores our mission of helping to solve the asset management industry’s most complex and evolving challenges.”

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Crypto Custody Provider Brane Welcomes New Advisor, IBM Partner and Experienced Technology Executive Martin Lantaigne

March 16, 2021 Published by

 

Brane Inc., a leading cryptocurrency custodian, announced today that Martin Lantaigne, an experienced technology executive and current Partner and Canadian Federal Cluster Leader at IBM, has joined the company’s Advisory Board.

As a member of Brane’s team of advisors, Lantaigne will support Brane’s development into Canada’s leading blockchain innovation company, bringing deep tech sector experience and public sector expertise to the table.

“I’m delighted to join the outstanding team at Brane in their exciting journey to becoming the leading cryptocurrency custodian,” said Lantaigne. “I’m looking forward to working with the Brane team to realize their vision of becoming a bank for the world’s new asset class.”

“Martin brings unparalleled experienced deploying technology at an enterprise scale to help resolve business challenges and shape disruptive business models across a range of industries, including Canada’s public sector,” said Adam Miron, Brane’s Chairman and Interim CEO. “The exceptional bench strength of our board and advisors, ranging from seasoned private sector executives to public sector leaders, is one of Brane’s greatest assets as we embark on a phase of rapid growth. Martin is the perfect addition to this team.”

Lantaigne’s experience in the technology sector spans nearly three decades. Prior to joining IBM Canada, he held a series of senior executive roles at SAP Canada.

Brane’s Advisory Board also includes:

Former Ambassador Bruno Saccomani

Officer-in-Charge, RCMP, Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s Protection Detail (2009-2012)

Ambassador to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan and to the Republic of Iraq

Sylvain Viau

37 years of service with the Canadian Armed Forces, retired at the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in the Communication branch in 2015

Gianluca Cairo

Chief of Staff, Federal Minister – Innovation, Science and Economic Development (2017-2019)

Chief of Staff, Federal Minister – Public Services and Procurement (2015-2017)

Nick Koolsbergen

Chief of Staff – Alberta’s Premier Jason Kenney (2017-2018)

Director of Issues Management – Office of Prime Minister Stephen Harper (2014-2015)

Nathalie Bourque

More than 30 years in public relations, government affairs and financial communications

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CFO – Flow Alkaline Spring Water

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