UnionPay International announced on June 15 that Chen Jing is appointed to be in charge of UnionPay's business in the Americas. Prior to this appointment, Chen Jing was General Manager of the Products Department of UnionPay International. Miriam Park, the former head of the American market will be transferred to be General Manager of South Korea Branch.According to PRNewswire that UnionPay Inter

With many of the world's most dynamic entrepreneurs, investors and startups set to connect on Hong Kong for RISE 2017 from July 11- July 13, the region's most exciting tech sector event is helping solidify Hong Kong's position as a global hub for startups."There has never been a more exciting time to be an entrepreneur in Hong Kong. With the right location, infrastructure and talent, the city's

iQIYI announces its plan to set up an innovation lab to develop artificial intelligence(AI) benchmarks with global partners while unveiling the strategy to build the company into a "world-class AI-driven entertainment company".According to PRNewswire that iQIYI told the plan at the AI Video Summit during the iQIYI Technology & Entertainment World Conference in Beijing on June 9th. The event comp

 LOS ANGELES, June 9, 2017 /PRNewswire/ Korea IT Times-- The fourth annual Arab Fashion Week at The Meydan Hotel in Dubai ended on May 20"Women's clothing in the Middle East is changing," noted Eason Wu, the Product Purchasing Supervisor for ZAFUL (www.zaful.com), an Asian online fashion retailer. "Although most women still wear an abaya and hijab, the preferred colors are more striking and the

The manufacturing industry has entered an era of radical transformation where promising levels of agility, flexibility and actionable knowledge through the convergence of operational technologies and new information technologies (IT) appears to raise the expectations – and doubts – of global manufacturing leaders. Although the root of polarizing conversations, most agree Manufacturing 4.0 can deli

The manufacturing industry has entered an era of radical transformation where promising levels of agility, flexibility and actionable knowledge through the convergence of operational technologies and new information technologies (IT) appears to raise the expectations – and doubts – of global manufacturing leaders. Although the root of polarizing conversations, most agree Manufacturing 4.0 can deli

At first sight it might seem obvious which of these ‘models’ is the odd one out: standing between the satellites is apparently a Star Wars stormtrooper.But the stormtrooper is actually our Rosetta project scientist, Matt Taylor, who is one of three ESA scientists taking the stage at science fiction convention ‘FedCon’ in Bonn, Germany, 2–5 June.ESA press mentioned on may 29 that While Matt wil

AccuWeather reported on May 17 that the summer of 2017 will feature sufficient monsoon rain in some areas and building drought and heat in others, while tropical cyclones aim for part of southeastern Asia and the Arabian Sea.Southeastern Asia will receive both lifegiving and excessive rains due to the southwest monsoon and the threat of typhoons.Meanwhile, excessive heat and building drought a

BlockEx has partnered with the international law firm Winston & Strawn LLP, to create standardized templates for approximately 90% of the legal documentation required for bond issuance. These smart contracts will dramatically reduce the time and cost for bond issuances and has garnered the company 12 new issues which are currently under due diligence vetting.According to press of PR newswire on

OneTrust, the leading enterprise privacy management software used by over 1,000 organizations to comply with global privacy regulations including the EU GDPR, announces that Allianz will use OneTrust to power GDPR record keeping globally. Allianz is a leading financial services company serving over 86 million customers in more than 70 countries with over 140,000 employees."Data protection and pr

Content integration through regular API calls save subscribers data entry time with seamless updates and improved accuracy.According the press of PRNewswire on May 11, for many academic institutions, keeping faculty activity and profiles up to date is a time-consuming data entry exercise. With the newly announced partnership between Clarivate Analytics and Digital Measures, Web of Science and InCi

For the first time in Shanghai, Teledyne e2v has been a Bronze Sponsor at the world famous EDI CON China and presented 2 key topics, discussing key design solutions and interfacing FPGAs and data converters in high performance applications.Teledyne e2v's Field Application Engineer for the Asia Pacific region, Marc Stackler, presented two papers at EDI CON this week to an audience of over a hundr

Tencent Holdings, a provider of Internet value-added services in China, announced on April 26 that Tencent Cloud, its cloud computing arm, plans to open five overseas data centers this year to cater to its expanding client base.The first of these data centers, located in Silicon Valley, officially opened Tuesday. The other centers will be in Frankfurt, Mumbai, Seoul and Moscow. The new data cent

Yahoo announced on April 19, the launch of 'Captain' bot for Facebook Messenger. This comes as the first wave of bots on the newly announced Chat Extensions feature, which enables users to use Captain seamlessly with their friends and family right in Messenger.According to press release of Media OutReach that Captain on Messenger streamlines organiMedia OutReachzation among groups, family and fr

"Blockchain technology is market technology, re-imagined," said Mr. Ludwin. "Commercializing this breakthrough model requires forging deep partnerships across a market and driving change that benefits every participant. Tom has done exactly that, repeatedly, over his tenure leading business development and strategic investments at Goldman Sachs. He is an accomplished leader who brings an impressiv

The Blockshow2017 conference ended in Munich on April 7 and the presence of Russia's leading e-commerce player, Ulmart, came as a surprise to many of the participants."It's all about blockchain. We keep talking about the 4th Industrial Revolution as if just by saying it things will change and we will become more tech savvy. However, the heart and soul of this revolution is the blockchain," said

Samsung, a member of the Tizen Project and sponsor of the Tizen Developer Conference 2017, has announced on April 11 that registration for TDC 2017 is now open. The event will be held from May 16 to May 17 at Hilton Union Square Hotel in San Francisco.Now in its fifth year, the Tizen Developer Conference (TDC) brings together Tizen developers, app developers, open source enthusiasts, platform desi

While the exact launch date remains to be confirmed, Cheops is expected to be ready by the end of 2018 for shipping to Kourou, with all testing completed. Once in space, Cheops – the CHaracterising ExOPlanet Satellite – will target nearby, bright stars already known to have orbiting planets.Through high-precision monitoring of a star’s brightness, scientists will examine the transit of a planet

Sentinel-1 radar coverage from before and after the 1 April 2017 mudslide in Mocoa, Colombia, shows the extent of movement of the disaster that claimed over 260 lives, injured hundreds more and left scores displaced, according to the press of ESA on April 4, .Triggered by heavy rain, the landslide caused greatest movement (red) on top of a mountain. It then pushed mud down across the city of Moc

The increasing maturity and customer awareness of cloud services in Europe is impelling a phased migration from premise-based data centres to a cloud environment. With this shift, public cloud providers such as AWS and Google have identified a large market for Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) solutions. The convergence of cloud services with emerging applications like Big Data and Internet of Th