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Bottomliners by Eric and Bill Teitelbaum for Thu, 29 Oct 2020

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Why political campaigns are sending 3 billion texts in this election

Last week, the Oklahoma State Election Board issued a warning about a fraudulent text message that claimed there had been changes to polling places. The phone number that the text came from was for a male escort service.  This is not new. In 2018, two weeks ahead of the midterms, Monroe County in Michigan warned…

9 to 5 by Harley Schwadron for Thu, 29 Oct 2020

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Prudential provides SMEs access to Stash’s tailored incentive payment platform for employees

PRUWorks offers solutions enabling businesses to build a more engaged workforce, as well as attract and retain talent   HONG KONG, CHINA / SINGAPORE – Media OutReach – 29 October 2020 – Prudential Corporation Asia (Prudential) is providing its small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) customers in Asia and Africa access to Stash’s highly-customisable digital incentive payment platform. The offering is available through PRUWorks, Prudential’s one-stop digital platform for SMEs […]

Galileo Platforms Blockchain First with Singlife Philippines Launch

Low-cost, high-efficiency blockchain technology brings insurance to under-insured  Blockchain a single “source of truth” that eliminates costly back-office work   HONG KONG – Media OutReach – 29 October 2020 – Galileo Platforms, a specialist blockchain technology platform for the insurance industry, has become the first company to have its advanced blockchain platform used by an insurer as its core policy administration system with Singlife’s launch in the Philippines.   Galileo […]

Singapore Medical Benefit Trend Growth to Drop in 2021: Aon Survey

SINGAPORE – Media OutReach – 29 October, 2020 –  Aon plc (NYSE: AON), a leading global professional services firm providing a broad range of risk, retirement and health solutions, today announced that a nationwide decrease in medical plan utilisations due to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic is likely to decrease medical trend rates in Singapore next year. Growth in employer-provided medical benefit costs are expected to drop […]

Bottomliners by Eric and Bill Teitelbaum for Wed, 28 Oct 2020

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Microsoft unveils free app to create AI models without writing any code

Microsoft has released a public preview of an app called Lobe that lets people with no data science experience create AI models for image classification.

Dubai RTA Celebrates 15th Anniversary

The RTA has implemented strategic plans for upgrading the infrastructure of roads, mass transit systems, pedestrian facilities and traffic safety. It has also constructed and operated a host of strategic projects for increasing road networks and public transport services. RTA’s drive has been characterised by focusing on sustainability and bringing about a paradigm shift in public transit services as evidendent by the construction of the Dubai Metro, […]

Andertoons by Mark Anderson for Wed, 28 Oct 2020

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9 to 5 by Harley Schwadron for Wed, 28 Oct 2020

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GS1 Hong Kong and buildingSMART Hong Kong Chapter signed a MoU to advance global standards in the construction sector

HONG KONG, CHINA –  Media OutReach – 27 October, 2020 – GS1 Hong Kong has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with HKABAEIMA (Hong Kong Alliance for Built Asset & Environment Information and Management Associations), which is the Hong Kong chapter of buildingSMART, to enable the construction industry to benefit from the combined expertise of both organisations through the use of standards and services they deliver. Anna […]

Bottomliners by Eric and Bill Teitelbaum for Tue, 27 Oct 2020

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Andertoons by Mark Anderson for Tue, 27 Oct 2020

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9 to 5 by Harley Schwadron for Tue, 27 Oct 2020

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Microsoft to Establish Its First Datacenter Region in Taiwan as A Part of Its “Reimagine Taiwan” Initiative

Microsoft will accelerate digital transformation and innovation in Taiwan through access to secure enterprise cloud services, expansion of Taiwan’s Azure engineering group and local talent development for over 200,000 people   TAIPEI, TAIWAN – Media OutReach – 27 October 2020 – Microsoft Corp. today announced another major milestone in its “Reimagine Taiwan” initiative, including plans to establish its first cloud datacenter region in Taiwan and a significant investment in […]

Udemy is now Silicon Valley’s top e-learning platform

Udemy has beaten Coursera to emerge as the most spectacular continuous growth e-learning/teaching platform franchise in Silicon Valley and its projected IPO in early 2021 on NASDAQ will be a milestone event, given its global brand resonance among the millennial/Gen-Z denizens of the Digital Age. After all, Udemy now boasts 55 million students in 190 countries, 150,000+ courses, 57,000 instructors teaching in 75 languages. In essence, Udemy’s […]

Bottomliners by Eric and Bill Teitelbaum for Mon, 26 Oct 2020

Actually that worked. They produced an idiot with paranoid tendencies. Now they’re closing in on megalomania with a side of narcissism. It’s closer every day. Buttercup and Ha’Pence = a political cv-19 for our times. No one knows quite how to define either of them. The only cure is the vote, which like the mask, is not guaranteed because of those who stubbornly refuse to see what’s […]

Masan High-Tech Materials to forge a strategic alliance with Mitsubishi Materials: MMC to invest US$90 million for a 10% stake in MHT

HO CHI MINH CITY, VIET NAM –  Media OutReach – 26 October 2020 –  Masan High-Tech Materials Corporation (“MHT” or the “Company”) signed definitive agreements to establish a strategic alliance in the tungsten industry with Mitsubishi Materials Corporation (“MMC”) with the objective of developing a leading, high-tech tungsten materials platform. Modern plant line of Masan High-Tech Materials in Vietnam As part of the strategic alliance, MMC will buy 109,915,542 newly […]

Andertoons by Mark Anderson for Mon, 26 Oct 2020

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9 to 5 by Harley Schwadron for Mon, 26 Oct 2020

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Huubap Helps SMEs Go Digital With IMDA-Approved Workforce Management Software, King of Time

Leading Japanese cloud system provides up to 70% funding support for companies to optimise workflow Added benefits of managing staggered shifts and employee movement tracking SINGAPORE – Media OutReach – 26 October 2020 – Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) can now defray the costs of implementing a reliable workforce management system with the adoption of King of Time by Huubap. Under approval from Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA), Japan’s number […]

Best Physics Tuition Centre Looks Towards Digitised Learning

SINGAPORE – Media OutReach – 26 October 2020 – Best Physics Tuition Centre is revealing its plans to develop an IT learning platform by tapping on the government-funded Enterprise Development Grant (EDG). This project is in the works, along with the digitalisation of services to take learning online.   As an education centre, Best Physics Tuition Centre is focused on providing students with Integrated Programme (IP), GCE A level and GCE […]

Bottomliners by Eric and Bill Teitelbaum for Sat, 24 Oct 2020

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