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Join Moor Insights & Strategy hosts, Will Townsend and Anshel Sag, on The G2 on 5G Podcast. On this episode, they delve into the latest 5G news and trends: a Mobile World Congress 2025 preview, discussions on telecom AI advancements, the AT&T and AST SpaceMobile video call milestone, Qualcomm's new Dragonwing brand, and insights into private 5G security. Their Discussion Covers:

Welcome and Introduction- Will Townsend introduces episode 217 of G2 on 5G- Anshel Sag joins as fellow analystTelecom AI Developments- Will's Forbes article on global mobile network operators using AI- Focus on AT&T, NTT Docomo, T-Mobile, Verizon, and Vodafone- AI improving customer support and operational efficiency- Potential to reduce subscriber churnAT&T and AST SpaceMobile Milestone- Successful video call using Bluebird satellites- Call initiated from Midland, Texas to AT&T in Dallas- Demonstrates stability, throughput, and latency of satellite connection- Potential applications for first responders and rural areasNTT and Palo Alto Networks Partnership- Collaboration to enhance security of NTT's private 5G platform- Integration of Palo Alto's next-generation firewall solution- Addressing security needs in operational technology environmentsQualcomm's New Brand: Dragon Wing- Launch of Dragon Wing brand for enterprise and infrastructure products- Separation from consumer-focused Snapdragon brand- Covers cellular infrastructure, networking, and industrial IoT- Qualcomm modem and other chipsets retain Qualcomm brandingMobile World Congress Barcelona 2024 Expectations- Increased focus on low Earth orbit satellite discussions- AI RAN (Radio Access Network) developments- Nvidia's evolving role in AI for telecommunications- Potential for AI to drive 5G demandAI in Enterprise and Network Applications- Shift from consumer-focused AI to enterprise use cases- AI's potential in improving network operations and security- Examples of AI applications in various industriesClosing Thoughts- Invitation for listener feedback on future 5G topics- Contact information for Will Townsend and Anshel Sag

The Cybercrime Wire, hosted by Scott Schober, provides boardroom and C-suite executives, CIOs, CSOs, CISOs, IT executives and cybersecurity professionals with a breaking news story we're following. If there's a cyberattack, hack, or data breach you should know about, then we're on it. Listen to the podcast daily and hear it every hour on WCYB. The Cybercrime Wire is brought to you Cybercrime Magazine, Page ONE for Cybersecurity at https://cybercrimemagazine.com. • For more breaking news, visit https://cybercrimewire.com

Welcome and Introduction- Episode 209 of the G2 on 5G podcast kicks off with hosts Will Townsend and Anshel Sag.- The duo shares their recent travel experiences, highlighting their busy schedules and upcoming plans.6G Trials and AI Integration- Discussion on NTT DoCoMo and SK Telecom's pre-6G trial involving AI, with insights into the role of Nvidia and Nokia.- Exploration of AI's potential in enhancing network performance and customer experience.Qualcomm's Strategic Focus- Insights from Qualcomm's Investor Day, emphasizing IoT and PC growth.- Qualcomm's ambition to balance its smartphone business with IoT and automotive sectors by 2030.Aramco Digital's Potential Investment in Mavenir- Rumors of Aramco Digital considering a $1 billion investment in Mavenir.- Speculation on Tarek Amin's disruptive strategies and the potential impact on Mavenir's future.CV2X Standardization Progress- Update on CV2X technology's journey to becoming a standard in the U.S.- Discussion on the implications for automotive connectivity and Qualcomm's role in the sector.Nokia's Recent Wins- Nokia secures significant deals with Bharti Airtel and Microsoft Azure, boosting its financial outlook.- Analysis of Nokia's position in the RAN and data center markets.Controversial Views on Wireless Technology- RFK Jr.'s controversial statements on 5G and wireless technology.- Concerns about misinformation and the importance of informed discussions on technology.Thanksgiving Plans and Closing Remarks- Hosts share their Thanksgiving travel plans and express gratitude to listeners.- Encouragement for audience engagement and feedback on future podcast topics.

Guest: Rony Abovitz, founder & CEO of SynthBeeSynthBee CEO Rony Abovitz grew up “really believing” in Star Wars and the idea that there could be benevolent, artificially intelligent beings like R2-D2 and C-3PO.“It wasn't a dystopian vision of the future,” he says. “It wasn't HAL from 2001.  It wasn't the Terminator. It wasn't Skynet.  It was this kind of friendly, empathetic, more utopian vision.” George Lucas himself told Rony to tone it down and not “take it so literally” — but he was undeterred. The way he describes today's leading AI powers sounds like an idealistic Rebel conceptualizing the Evil Empire.“You've got companies that receive massive funding that want to take all the data in the world ... I feel that's a massive mistake,” Rony says. “We become serfs. They become the Lords. They become the Kings. I'm completely opposed to that. So I started to imagine for SynthBee what is a different form of computing intelligence, one that could help us, but have much more safety [and] human centrism.”Chapters:(01:12) - Fundraising (02:27) - Meeting John Doerr (07:05) - The Beast (10:06) - Unfinished business (11:47) - Apple and Meta (15:20) - The COVID-19 pandemic (21:12) - “Investors panicked” (25:28) - Shaquille O'Neal vs. digital Shaq (29:43) - Magic Leap alumni (32:45) - Financial outcomes (38:27) - Peggy Johnson (40:27) - “A weird version of hell” (44:08) - A strange intro to Google (50:42) - Larry Page and Sergey Brin (54:27) - Founder voting power (01:00:40) - Mako Surgical (01:03:04) - The 9/11 term sheet (01:06:40) - The worst pitch ever (01:09:55) - The 2008 IPO (01:16:15) - Selling to Stryker (01:18:30) - What is SynthBee? (01:26:44) - Humility in tech (01:31:44) - Who SynthBee is hiring Mentioned in this episode: Scott Hassan, Bing Gordon, Chewy, Mary Meeker, Suitable Technologies and Beam, NASA, Mark Zuckerberg, Matthew Ball, NTT Docomo, Blade Runner, Wired Magazine, CES, Dow Jones, Tesla, Zoom, OpenAI and Anthropic, Adam Silver and the NBA, John Monos, the Apple Vision Pro, Madden NFL, McLaren, Satya Nadella and Microsoft, the HoloLens, Godzilla and King Kong, Willow Garage and ROS, Trading Places, Z-KAT, Frederic Moll, John Freund, Christopher Dewey, John and Christine Whitman, Sycamore Ventures, Andy Bechtelstein, JP Morgan and Morgan Stanley, Kevin Lobo, Muhammad Ali, Star Wars and George Lucas, Yuval Noah Harari, and Infosys.Links:Connect with RonyLinkedInConnect with JoubinTwitterLinkedInEmail: grit@kleinerperkins.com Learn more about Kleiner PerkinsThis episode was edited by Eric Johnson from LightningPod.fm

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With the big event a week away, join Justin Springham and a host of special guests as we reveal what to expect from the world's most exciting mobile tech show. With insight from GSMA execs and industry experts, plus some of the biggest exhibitors, our broadcast will set you up to make the most of a visit to Barcelona! 00.50: Interview: Lara Dewar, CMO, GSMA 09.42: Tips: What's you best piece of advice for a MWC attendee? 13.20: Interview: Flying Cars – keynote teaser with Jim Dukhovny, President & CEO, Alef Aeronautics 24.05: Interview: 6G showfloor action – NTT DOCOMO 31.40: Interview: AI-powered drones – keynote teaser with XTEND 43.55: Interview: AI showfloor action – SK Telecom 49.00: Interview – keynote teaser with Derrick Ashong, CEO, Take Back The Media 55.18: Tips: What will be the biggest talking point at this year's show?  

An Assessment of Key 5G-IoT Innovation Developments Including DTaaS' Growing Readiness, Multi-G Progress, and Wind River's Role in NTT DOCOMO vRAN Launch. In this episode of The 5G Factor, our series that focuses on all things 5G, the IoT, and the ecosystem as a whole, I look at the top 5G innovations and what's going on that caught my eye in the lead up to MWC24. Key innovation developments include DTaaS making strides in China that indicate readiness for 5G deployments on a global scale, the Multi-G initiative's major industry support from key 5G value chain players such as Cohere, Intel, Juniper, VMware, and Mavenir, including top-tier operators Vodafone, Bell, and Telstra, and Wind River's pivotal role in the launch of NTT DOCOMO's first vRAN commercial service.  My analytical review spotlighted: DTaaS Ready for 5G Prime Time. Digital Twins as a service (or DTaaS) is emerging as a technology that can drive ecosystem-wide 5G innovation, since it can eliminate the need for users to deploy a local digital twin network system, thereby reducing system overhead and maintenance costs in 5G-related R&D. DTaaS built-in benefits include usability, sharing, flexibility, stability, security, and cost-effectiveness that can accelerate wireless network technologies and application innovation such as greater network self-intelligence, service quality improvement, and energy efficiency enhancements. In a Q4 2023 white paper, ZTE proposed a double closed-loop DTaaS architecture, including physical networks, digital twin networks and use cases. Double closed-loop refers to the twin closed-loop and the virtual reality closed-loop during the operation of the network. I examine why DTaaS can power 5G innovation in 2024 as it has already found its application in several regions of China, including port and high-speed railway use cases that use the technology to enhance network planning efficiency and cost optimization. Cohere, Intel, Juniper, VMware, and Mavenir Fire up Multi-G Initiative. In Q2 2023, Cohere Technologies, Intel, Juniper Networks, Mavenir and VMware embarked on a collaboration to develop the industry's first framework for a multi-generational (Multi-G), software-based Open RAN architecture. The Multi-G initiative would define frameworks, interfaces, interoperability testing, and evaluation criteria that would provide the interfaces to support full coexistence of 4G, 5G, and future waveforms. Intel's FlexRAN platform is used by most current vRAN deployments; Mavenir has a strong presence in providing open RAN equipment and software; and Juniper Networks and VMware are both contributing their work with RIC development. Cohere's contribution is through its Universal Spectrum Multiplier software that can be integrated by RAN vendors or as an app into a telco cloud platform. I review why I see the initiative can ensure network programmable all the way from layer one to the highest layers of the mobile architecture. Plus, why it's a positive indicator that major operators such as Vodafone, Bell, and Telstra are already on-board to help advance performance and capacity benefits for all existing cellular networks as well as assisting the publication of the critical E2 interfaces into the relevant O-RAN Alliance and TIP Working Groups. Wind River Studio Cloud Platform. Wind River delivers software for mission-critical intelligent systems, including Wind River Studio which is being used by NTT DOCOMO for its 5G virtualized network, which started commercial deployment in Japan during Q3 2023. For the launch of NTT DOCOMO's first vRAN commercial service, Wind River Studio Cloud Platform was integrated with Fujitsu's vCU and vDU along with the latest NVIDIA-converged accelerator. I assess how Studio Cloud Platform provides a fully cloud-native, Kubernetes- and container-based architecture, based on open-source software, for the development, deployment, operations, and servicing of NTT DOCOMO's distributed edge networks at scale.  

On today's show, Jeffrey Funk delves into a discussion about AI. GUEST 1 OVERVIEW: Joe Hoft is an author and a contributor at The Gateway Pundit alongside his twin brother, Jim Hoft, the founder. Joe previously served as an international corporate executive in Hong Kong for a Fortune 500 company for nearly a decade. He has presented at corporate board and audit committees in numerous countries worldwide, overseeing the financial reporting on multi-million and billion-dollar global entities. Joe has authored five books, including his most recent work, "The Steal—Volume II: The Impossible Occurs," which focuses on the 2020 Election. He is a regular guest on news shows across various media outlets and has conducted interviews with prominent conservatives, including President Trump. Joe hosts "The Joe Hoft Show" on TNT. You can find more about him at https://tntradio.live/shows/the-joe-hoft-show/. GUEST 2 OVERVIEW: Dr. Jeff Funk has dedicated his 46-year career to studying how new technologies emerge and diffuse. He served as a professor and consultant, with a notable track record of foreseeing the potential of technologies. During the late 1990s and early 2000s in Japan, he recognized the potential of smartphones and worked with Western companies to implement phones and services while he was a professor at Kobe and Hitotsubashi Universities. As early as 2004, he recommended to mobile service providers that they should focus on apps, well before the iPhone was released in 2007. His research in this area earned him the NTT DoCoMo mobile science award in 2004. Dr. Funk remains an influential figure in the world of startups and emerging technologies today through his writing, speaking engagements, consulting, and LinkedIn posts. He has been a keynote speaker at events such as the BrainBar, George Gilder's COSM, Bank to the Future, and WoW AI, among others. Dr. Funk has also contributed extensively to publications like Issues in Science & Technology, Scientific American, IEEE Spectrum, Slate, Fast Company, American Affairs, Market Watch, MindMatters, Salon, and the Yuan. You can learn more about his work on his Muckrack profile: https://muckrack.com/jeffrey-funk-1/portfolio.  

Content Warning: In this episode of the podcast David Macdonald and I have a frank discussion of mental illness, depression, suicidal ideation and suicidal thoughts.If you are in Japan and want to talk to someone about these issues please consider contacting the Tokyo English lifeline at https://telljp.com/.Today on the podcast we have a very important conversation with David Macdonald about mental health challenges. Originally from Canada, David is CEO of an independent advisory and consulting firm, focused on supporting Japanese companies go global, and global companies come to Japan, especially in media and tech. Whilst in the corporate world David experienced some mental health challenges that led to a diagnosis of depression and then later bipolar disorder. In this episode David and I discuss what ikigai means to someone for whom simply getting out of bed in the morning is their reason to get out of bed.If you enjoyed this episode and it inspired you in some way, we'd love to hear about it and know your biggest takeaway. In this episode you'll hear:What brought David to Japan in the 90sWhat it was like for David to be succeeding in his corporate career while simultaneously experiencing depression and being diagnosed as bipolarThe importance of being honest at work and at home about the internal challenges you are facingAbout the work of a Japanese firm, Tech Doctors, using data from wearable devices to improve diagnoses and therapies for various illnessesWhat you can do if you think someone you know is experiencing a mental health challenge like depressionAbout David:David is CEO of an independent advisory and consulting firm, focused on supporting Japanese companies go global, and global companies come to Japan, especially in media and tech. David brings decades of international experience, including strategic leadership, general management, culture development and talent strategy, and a rich multicultural background.A Canadian native with formative years in Germany and the UK, David came to Japan in 1995. Armed with a BA (Honors) in History and Politics (International Relations) and an MSc in East Asian Business, he also holds several qualifications in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Governance, and Cross-cultural Leadership and Management, and is a strong advocate of mental health awareness in the workforce, and is very open with his own struggles with bipolar disorder.He helped pioneer NTT DoCoMo's non-Japanese team in 1999, with the i-mode mobile internet service. His trajectory included key roles at major media and tech brands like Disney, Google (YouTube), and Discovery as GM and President for Japan. Much of his work at Discovery focused on transformation, and post-merger with Warner Media, he steered the Discovery business and served as VP for Networks. He also serves as an Independent Director for Tokyo Prime traded KADOKAWA CORPORATION, as a member of the remuneration committee, and stewards diverse non-profits as a member of their boards.Things mentioned in the episode:David's TedXtalk: https://www.ted.com/talks/david_macdonald_let_s_talk_about_mental_healthConnect with David:Website: http://djmac.jpLinkedIn:

Bango PLC CEO Paul Larbey joins Proactive's Stephen Gunnion with details of the company's 2023 financial performance. The company reported revenue growth of 62%, reaching over $46 million. The increase was primarily driven by its innovative Digital Vending Machine (DVM) product and the full-year impact of the Docomo Digital acquisition. The Docomo Digital subsidiary, acquired from NTT DoCoMo, has notably enhanced Bango's payments business, contributing to a 78% increase in Annual Recurring Revenue (ARR), which now stands at $8.8 million. The company's DVM technology, which enables major content providers like Amazon, Disney, and Netflix to offer subscription services through telecommunication partners, has been a key growth driver. In 2023, Bango signed nine new DVM contracts and added 33 new merchants, now boasting over 90 on its platform. However, the company faced challenges, falling $6 million short of market expectations due to delayed revenues and unexpected items from the Docomo acquisition. This impacted EBITDA, which was lower than anticipated. Larbey attributed this to a combination of delayed customer launches and unforeseen costs related to the Docomo acquisition. Despite these setbacks, Larbey remains optimistic about 2024, citing the company's strong foundation and growth potential in the subscription economy. With a focus on executing new contracts and leveraging the DVM product, Bango aims to capitalize on the expanding market for subscription services. Larbey's vision positions Bango as a key player in the evolving digital landscape, offering promising opportunities for investors and partners alike. #BangoPLC #PaulLarbey #ProactiveLondon #TechInterview #DigitalPayments #FinancialUpdate #BusinessGrowth #SubscriptionEconomy #TelecomPartnerships #RevenueGrowth #DVM #DigitalVendingMachine #NTTDoCoMo #DocomoDigital #AnnualResults #CEOInterview #BusinessStrategy #EBITDA #FinancialPerformance #MarketAnalysis #InvestmentOpportunities #TechLeadership #FiscalYear2023 #BusinessOptimism #EmergingTechnologies #MediaStreaming #SubscriptionServices #FinancialForecast #TechCEO #CorporateStrategy #ProactiveInvestors #invest #investing #investment #investor #stockmarket #stocks #stock #stockmarketnews

In this 176th episode of The G2 on 5G, we cover:1. John Deere partners with Starlink for satellite connectivity 2. Samsung Unpacked - Galaxy S24, Galaxy AI and Galaxy Ring3. NTT Docomo lays out its vision for 5G evolution, 6G, and generative AI at its Open House 24 event 4. T-Mobile improves coverage in West Virginia by 30% with $200 million investment5. LCRA Texas to test private cellular network in management of hydroelectric operations and parks in Central Texas6. Verizon talks 5G SA, Slicing, and Small Cells

EP15 Emojis |شنو ايموجيفي حلقة البودكاست المثيرة هذه، سوف نستكشف الرحلة الرائعة للرموز التعبيرية منذ بداياتها المتواضعة إلى وجودها في كل مكان في اتصالاتنا الرقمية اليوم. انضم إلينا ونحن نتعمق في العالم الآسر لهذه الرموز الصغيرة ولكن القوية واكتشف كيف تطورت مع مرور الوقت.الرموز التعبيرية، وهو مصطلح مشتق من الكلمات اليابانية التي تعني "صورة" (e) و"شخصية" (moji)، بدأ تطويرها لأول مرة في أواخر التسعينيات. تم إنشاء الرموز التعبيرية في البداية بواسطة شيجيتاكا كوريتا، وهو مهندس في شركة NTT DoCoMo، وقد تم تصميم الرموز التعبيرية لتعزيز التواصل على الأجهزة المحمولة. كانت هذه الرموز التعبيرية المبكرة عبارة عن أيقونات بسيطة منقطة تمثل مختلف المشاعر والأشياء والأنشطة.مع تزايد انتشار الهواتف الذكية في أوائل العقد الأول من القرن الحادي والعشرين، اكتسبت الرموز التعبيرية شعبية في جميع أنحاء العالم. لقد وفروا طريقة ممتعة ومعبرة للناس لنقل المشاعر وإضافة سياق لرسائلهم. ومع مرور كل عام، تتم إضافة رموز تعبيرية جديدة لتعكس نطاقًا أوسع من التجارب الإنسانية والتنوع الثقافي.انضم إلينا في حلقة البودكاست هذه بينما نستكشف التاريخ الرائع وراء هذه الرموز الصغيرة التي أحدثت ثورة في كيفية تواصلنا في العصر الرقمي. سنناقش اللحظات التي لا تُنسى في تطوير الرموز التعبيرية، ونتعمق في التأثيرات الثقافية على اختيارات التصميم الخاصة بهم، ونتكهن بما ينتظرنا في المستقبل لهذه الرموز المحبوبة.استعد لرحلة مفيدة عبر الزمن حيث نكتشف القصة وراء الرموز التعبيرية - منذ بدايتها حتى أصبحت جزءًا لا يتجزأ من محادثاتنا المعاصرة!تواصوا معي على www.babyloncast.cominfo@babyloncast.comموسيقى الفنان ازهر كبةmusic by @AzharKubbaIn this exciting podcast episode, we will explore the fascinating journey of emojis from their humble beginnings to their ubiquitous presence in our digital communication today. Join us as we delve into the captivating world of these small but mighty symbols and discover how they have evolved over time.Emojis, a term derived from the Japanese words for "picture" (e) and "character" (moji), first started development in the late 1990s. Initially created by Shigetaka Kurita, an engineer at NTT DoCoMo, emojis were designed to enhance communication on mobile devices. These early emojis were simple pixelated icons representing various emotions, objects, and activities.As smartphones became more prevalent in the early 2000s, emojis gained popularity worldwide. They provided a fun and expressive way for people to convey emotions and add context to their messages. With each passing year, new emojis were added to reflect a wider range of human experiences and cultural diversity.Join us on this podcast episode as we explore the fascinating history behind these tiny symbols that have revolutionized how we communicate in the digital age. We'll discuss memorable moments in emoji development, delve into cultural influences on their design choices, and speculate about what lies ahead for these beloved icons.Get ready for an enlightening journey through time as we uncover the story behind emojis - from their inception to becoming an integral part of our modern-day conversations!

How are top business schools using the GMAT Focus exam, which will replace the GMAT in January 2024? What do you need to score and on which sections? Do schools prefer the GMAT, GMAT Focus, or GRE? Darren asks Admissions Directors from two top schools – Toronto Rotman (#1 in Canada by the Financial Times) and IESE (#1 in Spain by the Financial Times) – tough questions about the GMAT Focus test and GRE. Listen on to get your GMAT Focus questions answered and to understand how top b-schools use standardized test scores when making admissions decisions. Topics Introduction (0:00) Toronto Rotman MBA - Agnes Mak (4:20) IESE MBA - Tomofumi Nishida (30:20) About Our Guests Agnes Mak is the Assistant Director, Recruitment & Admissions managing the East Asia region for the Full-Time MBA program at the University of Toronto Rotman School of Management. She has over 20 years of professional experience in higher education and business advisory. Prior to joining the University of Toronto, she was a Partner at KPMG Canada and held numerous leadership roles to attract and promote international talent. Tomofumi Nishida is Deputy Director (Asia, MBA Admissions) for IESE Business School, where he has been since 2016. Prior to IESE, Tomo worked for NTT DOCOMO as a strategic investment analyst and account manager in corporate sales. Tomo got his B.A. in Occidental History from the University of Tokyo and MBA from IESE.

In this 173rd episode of The G2 on 5G, we cover:1. Is Dish's recent FCC lobby effort for spectrum holding policy hypocritical? 2. Verizon and Lockheed Martin's 5G Spatial Computing Partnership using AWS and Hololight3. NTT DoCoMo announces a taste perception technology platform leveraging sensors and 5G connectivity - what applications could it unlock?4. China's mobile shipments surged 20% in October; could this be part of the mobile rebound?5. SK Telecom and Thales partner to boost 5G security with quantum encryption6. Rogers and Lynk Global complete satellite to mobile phone call in Canada

How are top business schools using the GMAT Focus exam, which will replace the GMAT in January 2024? What do you need to score and on which sections? Do schools prefer the GMAT, GMAT Focus, or GRE? Darren asks Admissions Directors from two top schools – Toronto Rotman (#1 in Canada by the Financial Times) and IESE (#1 in Spain by the Financial Times) – tough questions about the GMAT Focus test and GRE. Listen on to get your GMAT Focus questions answered and to understand how top b-schools use standardized test scores when making admissions decisions. Topics Introduction (0:00) Toronto Rotman MBA - Agnes Mak (4:20) IESE MBA - Tomofumi Nishida (30:20) About Our Guests Agnes Mak is the Assistant Director, Recruitment & Admissions managing the East Asia region for the Full-Time MBA program at the University of Toronto Rotman School of Management. She has over 20 years of professional experience in higher education and business advisory. Prior to joining the University of Toronto, she was a Partner at KPMG Canada and held numerous leadership roles to attract and promote international talent. Tomofumi Nishida is Deputy Director (Asia, MBA Admissions) for IESE Business School, where he has been since 2016. Prior to IESE, Tomo worked for NTT DOCOMO as a strategic investment analyst and account manager in corporate sales. Tomo got his B.A. in Occidental History from the University of Tokyo and MBA from IESE.

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In 1999, Japanese software developer Shigetaka Kurita created the first emoji. The umbrella was one of 176 original images, featuring weather, transport signs, numbers and emotions. He was inspired after noticing the popularity of a pager, aimed at teenagers, that used a heart symbol. The idea took off. Today, more than 10 billion emoji are sent by people across the world every day. Shigetaka told Jane Wilkinson of his pride in the creation. (Photo: Umbrella emoji, 1999. Credit: Copyrighted by NTT DOCOMO)

In this 146th episode of The G2 on 5G, Anshel and Will Cover:1. Softbank and Nvidia announce an exclusive partnership with Grace Hopper AI silicon for 5G applications.2. Motorola Launches the Razr and Razer+ in the US with much fanfare.3. Nokia launches 5G core network software solutions for specific industry needs.4. Cleveland Clinic is aggressively deploying 5G in hospitals.5. NTT Docomo takes a page from Rakuten in jumping into the 5G Open RAN infrastructure game6. Amazon in MVNO talks for Prime Members?

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David Macdonald was originally a JET in Japan in 1995.  He joined NTT Docomo in 1999 and then joined Walt Disney Internet Group Asia Pacific in 2004.  He moved to YouTube Japan in 2009 becoming Head of YouTube Spaces Asia Pacific in 2014.  He became President of Discovery Japan in 2018 and President and Representative Officer, Discovery Japan GK in 2020. David mentioned the speaker who got him on the “complain, confront or conform” terminology can be found at www.juliensbourrelle.com. The definition of leadership he likes is: “Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he/she wants to do it”.  

The second part of Steve's chat with Anil Malhotra, Chief Marketing Officer (and co-founder) speaking from the UK, and Andy Suzuki, SVP for APAC, based in Tokyo. Bango's recent acquisition of the global payment business of Japanese telecommunications giant NTT Docomo, prompted us to get in touch with Andy and Anil for a discussion on the route they have taken to build trust and establish themselves in the Japanese market. Learn about the rise of Bango, its long connection with Japan and hear Anil and Andy's perspective on long-term relationships, persistence and investment needed to achieve success in Japan. Don't forget to listen to Part 1 first: More information about Bango: Bango has developed unique purchase behavior technology that enables millions more users to buy the products and services they want, using innovative methods of payment including carrier billing, digital wallets and subscription bundling. Bango harnesses this purchase activity into valuable marketing segments, called Bango Audiences. Merchants use these audiences to target their marketing at paying customers based on their purchase behavior. Better targeting increases spend through the Bango payments business, in turn generating more data insights, creating a powerful virtuous circle that drives continuous growth. Everyone connected to the Bango Platform thrives as the virtuous circle grows. The world's largest online merchants, including Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN), Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) and Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), use Bango technology to acquire more paying users. Find out more at Bango.com  

Steve talks to Bango's Anil Malhotra, Chief Marketing Officer (and co-founder) speaking from the UK, and Andy Suzuki, SVP for APAC, based in Tokyo. Bango's recent acquisition of the global payment business of Japanese telecommunications giant NTT Docomo, prompted us to get in touch with Andy and Anil for a discussion on the route they have taken to build trust and establish themselves in the Japanese market. Learn about the origins and rise of Bango and its long connection with Japan. Hear Anil and Andy's perspective on long-term relationships, persistence and investment needed to achieve success in Japan. It was such a fruitful discussion that it has extended into two parts!  More information about Bango: Bango has developed unique purchase behavior technology that enables millions more users to buy the products and services they want, using innovative methods of payment including carrier billing, digital wallets and subscription bundling. Bango harnesses this purchase activity into valuable marketing segments, called Bango Audiences. Merchants use these audiences to target their marketing at paying customers based on their purchase behavior. Better targeting increases spend through the Bango payments business, in turn generating more data insights, creating a powerful virtuous circle that drives continuous growth. Everyone connected to the Bango Platform thrives as the virtuous circle grows. The world's largest online merchants, including Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN), Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) and Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), use Bango technology to acquire more paying users. Find out more at Bango.com

Olyan történt a Nap felszínén, amit eddég még nem láttunk PCWorld     2023-02-15 06:09:04     Infotech A naphurok jelenségét még csak most kezdik kutatni, ezért volt nagy élmény ez az észlelés. Új otthoni tévészolgáltatást indít a Yettel Digital Hungary     2023-02-15 07:09:02     Mobiltech Yettel Új, otthoni tévészolgáltatást indít a Yettel, amely révén az otthoni internettel együtt immár teljes körű otthoni ajánlatokat nyújt ügyfeleinek. Az otthoni tévézésre szánt Yettel TV szolgáltatás február 14-től nyílt tesztidőszakkal indul: a szolgáltató ügyfelei 3 hónapig 0 forintos havidíjért próbálhatják ki, akár 93+3 tévécsatornát kínáló csomagba Mutatjuk mikor indulhat az ingyen napelemes pályázat ismét Öko-drive     2023-02-15 04:39:04     Tudomány Pályázatok Fűtés Napelem A 100 százalékban vissza nem térítendő lakossági napelemes pályázat a kormány tájékoztatása szerint a tavasszal indulhat újra. Komoly változások jönnek a lakossági napelemes pályázatban – számol be a Portfolio. A programban 100 százalékos vissza nem térítendő támogatást nyújtanak az alacsony jövedelmű háztartásoknak a napelemes és fűtéskorszerűsíté Videón, ahogy egy idegen csillagrendszerben keringenek a bolygók a csillagjuk körül Player     2023-02-15 04:57:05     Infotech Világűr Mindegyik planéta nagyobb a mi Naprendszerünk legnagyobb bolygójának számító Jupiternél. Megvették a Vodafone – egy részét IT Business     2023-02-15 11:15:08     Cégvilág Infotech Részvény Befektető Vodafone A Liberty Global, amely az ITV és a Virgin Media O2 befektetője, hétfőn közölte a befektetőkkel, hogy mintegy 5 százalékos részesedést szerzett a Vodafone-ban. Az akció indokául azt hozták fel, hogy szerintük a Vodafone-részvények alulértékeltek.   John Malone, a Liberty Global elnöke (akit "kábelcowboy"-nak becéznek az ICT-piaci viselkedése miatt) Az áldozatok teljes anyagi kivéreztetése a cél a disznóvágás-átveréseknél Rakéta     2023-02-15 11:00:03     Tudomány Átverés Egyre kifinomultabb módon próbálják meg kiforgatni a teljes vagyonukból a gyanútlan internetezőket az úgynevezett disznóvágás-átverésekkel. Ráadásul gyakran maguk az elkövetők is áldozatok. Több mint 30 elnökválasztásba nyúlt bele egy izraeli hackercsapat G7     2023-02-15 11:46:27     Infotech Hitel Izrael Hacker Cambridge Analytica Dezinformációk terjesztése, politikai ellenfelek hiteltelenítése, megfigyelés – a Cambridge Analytica botránya óta nem látott ügyet göngyölített fel egy nemzetközi oknyomozó újságírókból álló csoport. Látványos bolygóegyüttállás lesz a jövő héten Mínuszos     2023-02-15 08:33:32     Tudomány Egyszerre három égitest: a Vénusz, a Jupiter és a Hold együttállása figyelhető meg az égbolton február 22-én alkonyat után. A Svábhegyi Csillagvizsgáló közleménye szerint este hat óra körül különösen esztétikus hármas együttállásban gyönyörködhetünk: a bő kétnapos, vékony holdsarlót alulról a ragyogó Esthajnalcsillag, felülről pedig a fényes Jupite Csillagászok egy elszabadult szupermasszív fekete lyuk nyomaira bukkantak​ in.hu     2023-02-15 12:24:01     Tudomány Világűr Egy kutatócsoport elemzései szerint egy elszabadult szupermasszív fekete lyuk száguld az intergalaktikus térben. A jelenséget kitúrhatták a galaxisából, így most céltalanul halad, közben pedig fényes nyomvonalat hagy hátra. Mi taszíthatta el ekkora távolságba és hogyan tudták észlelni?A felfedezés nem egy eltervezett kutatás végeredménye. A szakért Figyelmeztető jel volt a cseljabinszki meteor 24.hu     2023-02-15 15:16:15     Tudomány Világűr Meteor Tíz éve egy 18 méter átmérőjű objektum semmisült meg az oroszországi Cseljabinszk felett. Kezdődik: otthonokba költöznek az ipari robotok okosipar.hu     2023-02-15 05:13:58     Infotech Cégvilág Robot Mostantól az ember nappalija, konyhája és hálója is ahhoz hasonlóan automatizálható lehet, mint egy modern logisztikai alkalmazásokkal felszerelt raktár vagy műhely. A földön automatikusan guruló platformokkal mozgatható polcok és polcrendszerek ötletével évtizedekkel ezelőtt állt elő a Kiva Systems – emlékeztet az IEEE Spectrum, hozzátéve, hogy az Megokosodott a 6G IT Business     2023-02-15 13:15:02     Mobiltech Rádió Mesterséges intelligencia Nokia Két, kulcsfontosságú technológiai mérföldkövet ért el a Nokia, az NTT DOCOMO, INC. és az NTT a 6G felé vezető úton. Implementálták a mesterséges intelligencia (AI) és a gépi tanulás (ML) képességét a rádiós interfészbe, gyakorlatilag tanulási képességet adva a 6G rádióknak. Továbbá kihasználják az új szub-THz spektrumot a hálózati kapacitás növelés Eszeveszett tempóban forgatja fel a technológia a HR szakmát: a mesterséges intelligencia, a VR, és az automatizáció is hasít Karrier Trend     2023-02-15 10:53:15     Karrier Mesterséges intelligencia A gazdasági bizonytalanság miatt az idei évre némi lassulást jósolnak a szakértők a nemzetközi HR technológiai piacon főként az elmúlt évekhez képest. A középtávú előrejelzések szerint viszont 2030-ra elérheti a

Olyan történt a Nap felszínén, amit eddég még nem láttunk PCWorld     2023-02-15 06:09:04     Infotech A naphurok jelenségét még csak most kezdik kutatni, ezért volt nagy élmény ez az észlelés. Új otthoni tévészolgáltatást indít a Yettel Digital Hungary     2023-02-15 07:09:02     Mobiltech Yettel Új, otthoni tévészolgáltatást indít a Yettel, amely révén az otthoni internettel együtt immár teljes körű otthoni ajánlatokat nyújt ügyfeleinek. Az otthoni tévézésre szánt Yettel TV szolgáltatás február 14-től nyílt tesztidőszakkal indul: a szolgáltató ügyfelei 3 hónapig 0 forintos havidíjért próbálhatják ki, akár 93+3 tévécsatornát kínáló csomagba Mutatjuk mikor indulhat az ingyen napelemes pályázat ismét Öko-drive     2023-02-15 04:39:04     Tudomány Pályázatok Fűtés Napelem A 100 százalékban vissza nem térítendő lakossági napelemes pályázat a kormány tájékoztatása szerint a tavasszal indulhat újra. Komoly változások jönnek a lakossági napelemes pályázatban – számol be a Portfolio. A programban 100 százalékos vissza nem térítendő támogatást nyújtanak az alacsony jövedelmű háztartásoknak a napelemes és fűtéskorszerűsíté Videón, ahogy egy idegen csillagrendszerben keringenek a bolygók a csillagjuk körül Player     2023-02-15 04:57:05     Infotech Világűr Mindegyik planéta nagyobb a mi Naprendszerünk legnagyobb bolygójának számító Jupiternél. Megvették a Vodafone – egy részét IT Business     2023-02-15 11:15:08     Cégvilág Infotech Részvény Befektető Vodafone A Liberty Global, amely az ITV és a Virgin Media O2 befektetője, hétfőn közölte a befektetőkkel, hogy mintegy 5 százalékos részesedést szerzett a Vodafone-ban. Az akció indokául azt hozták fel, hogy szerintük a Vodafone-részvények alulértékeltek.   John Malone, a Liberty Global elnöke (akit "kábelcowboy"-nak becéznek az ICT-piaci viselkedése miatt) Az áldozatok teljes anyagi kivéreztetése a cél a disznóvágás-átveréseknél Rakéta     2023-02-15 11:00:03     Tudomány Átverés Egyre kifinomultabb módon próbálják meg kiforgatni a teljes vagyonukból a gyanútlan internetezőket az úgynevezett disznóvágás-átverésekkel. Ráadásul gyakran maguk az elkövetők is áldozatok. Több mint 30 elnökválasztásba nyúlt bele egy izraeli hackercsapat G7     2023-02-15 11:46:27     Infotech Hitel Izrael Hacker Cambridge Analytica Dezinformációk terjesztése, politikai ellenfelek hiteltelenítése, megfigyelés – a Cambridge Analytica botránya óta nem látott ügyet göngyölített fel egy nemzetközi oknyomozó újságírókból álló csoport. Látványos bolygóegyüttállás lesz a jövő héten Mínuszos     2023-02-15 08:33:32     Tudomány Egyszerre három égitest: a Vénusz, a Jupiter és a Hold együttállása figyelhető meg az égbolton február 22-én alkonyat után. A Svábhegyi Csillagvizsgáló közleménye szerint este hat óra körül különösen esztétikus hármas együttállásban gyönyörködhetünk: a bő kétnapos, vékony holdsarlót alulról a ragyogó Esthajnalcsillag, felülről pedig a fényes Jupite Csillagászok egy elszabadult szupermasszív fekete lyuk nyomaira bukkantak​ in.hu     2023-02-15 12:24:01     Tudomány Világűr Egy kutatócsoport elemzései szerint egy elszabadult szupermasszív fekete lyuk száguld az intergalaktikus térben. A jelenséget kitúrhatták a galaxisából, így most céltalanul halad, közben pedig fényes nyomvonalat hagy hátra. Mi taszíthatta el ekkora távolságba és hogyan tudták észlelni?A felfedezés nem egy eltervezett kutatás végeredménye. A szakért Figyelmeztető jel volt a cseljabinszki meteor 24.hu     2023-02-15 15:16:15     Tudomány Világűr Meteor Tíz éve egy 18 méter átmérőjű objektum semmisült meg az oroszországi Cseljabinszk felett. Kezdődik: otthonokba költöznek az ipari robotok okosipar.hu     2023-02-15 05:13:58     Infotech Cégvilág Robot Mostantól az ember nappalija, konyhája és hálója is ahhoz hasonlóan automatizálható lehet, mint egy modern logisztikai alkalmazásokkal felszerelt raktár vagy műhely. A földön automatikusan guruló platformokkal mozgatható polcok és polcrendszerek ötletével évtizedekkel ezelőtt állt elő a Kiva Systems – emlékeztet az IEEE Spectrum, hozzátéve, hogy az Megokosodott a 6G IT Business     2023-02-15 13:15:02     Mobiltech Rádió Mesterséges intelligencia Nokia Két, kulcsfontosságú technológiai mérföldkövet ért el a Nokia, az NTT DOCOMO, INC. és az NTT a 6G felé vezető úton. Implementálták a mesterséges intelligencia (AI) és a gépi tanulás (ML) képességét a rádiós interfészbe, gyakorlatilag tanulási képességet adva a 6G rádióknak. Továbbá kihasználják az új szub-THz spektrumot a hálózati kapacitás növelés Eszeveszett tempóban forgatja fel a technológia a HR szakmát: a mesterséges intelligencia, a VR, és az automatizáció is hasít Karrier Trend     2023-02-15 10:53:15     Karrier Mesterséges intelligencia A gazdasági bizonytalanság miatt az idei évre némi lassulást jósolnak a szakértők a nemzetközi HR technológiai piacon főként az elmúlt évekhez képest. A középtávú előrejelzések szerint viszont 2030-ra elérheti a

Drop 1: FTX faliu, e agora? https://cointelegraph.com/news/ftx-and-binance-s-ongoing-saga-everything-that-s-happened-until-now https://www.theblock.co/post/186321/sbf-built-bespoke-backdoor-to-outwit-ftx-compliance-systems-reuters Proof of Reserves https://techcrunch.com/2022/11/11/can-proof-of-reserves-prevent-future-crypto-exchange-collapses/ DeFi https://techcrunch.com/2022/11/11/framework-ventures-co-founder-says-defi-gives-hope-following-ftx-collapse/ Drop 2: Polkadot Ecosystem https://www.phala.network/en/ https://www.composable.finance/ https://apillon.io/ https://cess.cloud/ .. Orion, nova palataforma de títulos tokenizados do HSBC https://www.ledgerinsights.com/hsbc-orion-blockchain-bond-tokenization-platform/ Rolex vai entrar no metaverso https://finbold.com/luxury-watchmaker-rolex-enters-metaverse-with-crypto-and-nft-trademark-applications/ Banco do Brasil vai investir na wallet Bitfy https://cointelegraph.com.br/news/banco-do-brasil-announces-investment-in-bitcoin-wallet-bitfy Nike Footballverse no Roblox https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IsCycBMIC2Y NY FED e MAS experimentam CBDC para câmbio https://www.ledgerinsights.com/ny-federal-reserve-singapores-mas-cbdc-cross-border/ Iberpay + 29 bancos lançam POC de Euro Digital na Espanha https://www.ledgerinsights.com/spain-digital-euro-cbdc-iberpay-bbva-santander-banks/ FIFA licencia vários jogos NFT para Copa do Mundo https://www.ledgerinsights.com/fifa-licenses-multiple-web3-nft-games-for-world-cup/ Ramp Network 70M series B com aporte do fundo Mubadala de UAE https://www.ledgerinsights.com/uae-mubadala-crypto-ramp-network/ NTT Docomo, telco Japonesa vai investir 4B USD em web3 e uso de DAOs junto com Accenture https://www.ledgerinsights.com/ntt-docomo-web3-blockchain-accenture-dao/ MetaMask lança bridges para mover tokens entre Blockchains de dentro da wallet https://twitter.com/MetaMask/status/1590350599815540736?t=RzNNOzfauTkiZNul-Mi3Xw&s=19 Bitso e Ripio pedem licença para IP ao Bacen https://www.blocknews.com.br/financas/bitso-e-ripio-pedem-ao-banco-central-licenca-para-serem-instituicoes-de-pagamentos-no-brasil/ .. Meu conteúdo em inglês https://bi.11fs.com/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/blockdropspodcast/message

Nerds... Unfortunately not the best news this week in the world of Web3. FTX is insolvent, with founder Sam Bankman-Fried filing for bankruptcy. Binance was said to be coming in to recuse the platform, which led to them saying absolutely not and taking FTX behind the barn to finish it off... Crier goes in-depth into what happened and how this could affect the space in the future. In other news, Meta lays off 11,000 employees, BUT Instagram sells NFTs with a few creators, and everything is back to normal at Meta. Lastly, Japan's biggest phone operator NTT Docomo pledges $4 billion to Web3 infrastructure. BLACK PANTHER IS OUT; GET GOING TO THE MOVIE THEATRE Let us know what you think. Questions? Comments? https://twitter.com/NerdFTRadio Follow us on Twitter! https://twitter.com/Crypto_Crier https://twitter.com/RedsoxguyEth Follow us on Instagram @NerdFT_Radio! DISCLAIMER: All of the information discussed in our podcast is for entertainment purposes only. As with any financial endeavor, do your own research. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/nerdftradio/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/nerdftradio/support

#Fintech #securitytoken #web3   Tune in to this episode of the Security Token Show where this week Kyle Sonlin and Jason Barraza talk about token buybacks powering liquidity!   Kyle's Company Of The Week: Clearstream   Jason's Company Of The Week: Aspen Coin    = Stay in touch via our Social Media = Kyle: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kylesonlin/ Jason: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasonbarraza/ Opinion articles, interviews, and more: https://medium.com/security-token-group Find the video edition of this episode on our Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTKdeN3ElyPeqtROWUp0CmQ   All articles that were discussed were sourced from https://STOmarket.com/news    Check out our medium blog for more news!   #STSTOP5 Articles of the Week   LBBW: https://www.ledgerinsights.com/lbbw-vontobel-issue-first-digital-securities-on-deutsche-borse-d7-platform/ SEC Crypto Firms: https://decrypt.co/110996/sec-crypto-firms-alleged-scam-gold-backed-ethereum-dig Aspen: https://blog.stomarket.com/aspen-digital-announces-token-buyback-program-for-aspen-coin-tokens-be8351101163 SEC Bored Ape: https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2022/10/11/sec-investigating-bored-ape-creator-yuga-labs-over-unregistered-offerings-report/ MRHB: https://thetokenizer.io/2022/10/10/mrhb-the-first-halal-web3-ecosystem-launches-tijarx-the-tokenized-commodity-exchange/ Industry Updates   S&P Global Prediction: https://dailyhodl.com/2022/10/12/sp-global-executive-predicts-turning-point-for-crypto-says-tokenization-of-everything-coming-to-financial-markets/   CVM Rules: https://news.bitcoin.com/brazilian-securities-and-exchange-commission-cvm-defines-rules-to-classify-cryptocurrency-assets-as-securities/   Tokeny Partners with Assetera: https://www.crowdfundinsider.com/2022/10/197087-tokeny-partners-with-assetera-a-regulated-digital-asset-exchange-to-boost-liquidity-of-security-tokens/   STOKR: https://www.prweb.com/releases/2022/10/prweb18938636.htm   STO Updates & New STOs:   Japanese STO for New Retirement Home: https://cryptonews.com/news/japanese-firms-unveil-first-real-estate-sto-for-new-retireme-8043.htm   Candela: https://blog.stobox.io/stobox-conducts-sto-for-candela-project/   https://candela.mx/   Lofty.ai   Opulous: https://opulous.medium.com/opulous-announces-the-launch-of-opulous-rewards-3207d23a1a6a   Market Update:   https://stomarket.com/   SEC Files Charges: https://decrypt.co/110996/sec-crypto-firms-alleged-scam-gold-backed-ethereum-dig   Inside The Metaverse:   Formula 1: https://coingeek.com/formula-one-files-new-trademark-to-cover-virtual-currencies-metaverse/   PolyU: https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-trends/article/3195427/hong-kongs-polyu-launches-citys-first-metaverse-postgraduate   NTT Docomo: https://news.bitcoin.com/japanese-telecom-giant-ntt-docomo-launches-412-million-metaverse-unit/   Meta: https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/meta-announces-new-mission-statement-as-it-looks-towards-the-metaverse-futu/618924/   = Check out our Companies = Security Token Group: http://securitytokengroup.com/  Security Token Advisors: http://www.securitytokenadvisors.com/  Security Token Market: https://stomarket.com  InvestReady: https://www.investready.com   ⏰ TABLE OF CONTENTS ⏰ 0:00 Introduction: Token Buybacks Powering Liquidity 2:23 LBBW, SEC, Aspen, Bored Ape, MRHB | STSTOP5 10:34 S&B Global Prediction, CVM, Tokeny, STOKR | STS Industry Updates 14:10 STO Retirement Home, Candela, Lofty.ai, Opulous | STO Updates & New STOs 17:40 $15.2B Market Cap | STS Market Updates 20:26 Formula 1, PolyU NTT Docomo, Meta | STS Inside The Metaverse 22:27 Companies of The Week: Clearstream, Aspen Coin 25:56 Main Topic: Token Buybacks Powering Liquidity

Bango PLC (AIM:BGO, OTCQX:BGOPF) chief executive Paul Larbey takes Proactive's Thomas Warner through the company's first-half results, noting that all areas of the business grew. Larbey says April's Platform deal with T-Mobile in the US, coming on top last last year's Verizon deal, has resulted in Bango dominating the mobile operator subscription bundling market in the US, growing its annual recurring revenue streams. The recent acquisition of DOCOMO Digital, the former payments platform of Japanese telco NTT DOCOMO, is likely to be transformational, accelerating Bango's growth by over two years, he adds.

In this 116th episode of The G2 on 5G, Anshel and Will Cover:1. How AT&T is managing its monster $1.6B electricity bill to reduce OpEx tied to its 5G network - is it a model for other operators?2. Apple iPhone 14 Launch and New 5G Bands, satellite connectivity, eSIM only in US3. Will's impressions from his visit to the Curiosity Lab at Peachtree Corners and how 5G plays a pivotal role4. Lockheed Martin & AT&T test private 5G for Helicopter data5. Orange forges new partnerships to leverage Open RAN for a 5G SA trial - will it see production? 6. NTT DoCoMo demonstrates 5G NR DC with Qualcomm-based devices from Samsung and Sony, achieving 4.9 Gbps download and 1.1 Gbps upload speeds.

Today on That Tech Pod, Laura and Gabi chat with David Burnett.David Burnett has been working at security, identity, and authentication companies for almost 20 years. Early in his career, he spent seven years helping to make strong encryption successful and easy to use while at PGP Corporation and Symantec.  Later, he focused on making biometric authentication easier and more popular than passwords. His work at Nok Nok Labs delivered early successes for the FIDO Alliance, an industry association that promotes a passwordless future. Samsung and Sony used Nok Nok Labs software to power the first FIDO-enabled fingerprint login services on smartphones. PayPal and NTT DOCOMO used Nok Nok Labs software to let their customers log in using FIDO-enabled phones. From these early beginnings, the FIDO Alliance has become a global success story. FIDO technology is used by companies around the world to power passwordless login. And the world's most influential technology companies, such as Google, Apple, Microsoft, Amazon and Meta, all use and promote FIDO.  After his successes with FIDO and smartphones, David spent several years bringing biometric technology to other consumer devices and types of identity systems. As part of this effort, he lived in Sweden for two years and continued his work with partners around the world. Today, he's the Head of Global Business Development at ZeroBiometrics. He's passionate about an innovative new product that verifies your face without knowing what you look like. This product, ZeroFace is a modern approach to biometric authentication that is inherently privacy preserving. Among its many innovative features is the ability to encrypt your data using your face as the key.

Well, this was an interesting choice for us. And it was one that we did not really enjoy largely due to the main character being how they were. The artwork was good but that honestly was about it for us. The story was lacking, the character development was not there and everything about it had us questioning the actions and reasoning behind the characters and the story for them did not make us like any of the characters in honesty. But that is just us to reach out and let us know what you thought of the movie.     Want to buy what we talked about or some other nifty anime swag use our Affiliate Link   Mirai Blu-ray/DVD http://shrsl.com/3kczm       Next week's choice is the Arifureta season 2. Have you seen next week's choice or one of the previous ones? Let us know what you thought of them or give us a recommendation on what we should watch next!   Want to buy some merch? Check out our Store! https://store.featuredanimepodcast.com/ https://shop.featuredanimepodcast.com/   Want to help support the content you love through other means? Well, we have a Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/featuredanimepodcast   Want to Advertise on our podcast? http://Podbean.com/featuredanimepodcast   check out our Anime List https://myanimelist.net/animelist/featuredanime   Email: FeaturedAnimePodcast@gmail.com Twitter: @ThoseAnimeGuys Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/featuredanimepodcast Discord: https://discord.gg/DZRKTAN   Information About the Anime And Our Scores:   Producers: Toho, NTT Docomo, Nippon Television Network, Kadokawa, D.N. Dream Partners, Sonilude Studio: Studio Chizu Aired: July 2018 Genres: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Time Travel Source: Original Run Time: 1 hr. 38 min.   Jack's score: 2 / 10 Rick's score: 3 / 10

The G2 on 5G Podcast – Episode 103 – June 11, 2022In this episode of The G2 on 5G, Anshel and Will Cover:1. NTT Docomo and Nokia team up on 6G trials - is it too soon?2. Cellular Operators Association of India Pushes Back on Private 5G3. SKT launches second 5G edge zone in Seoul - what does it mean for future 5G service delivery?4. T-Mobile VoNR launch, limited but first to market again also launches 5G hotspot, free with a new line of service5. Nokia and Cellnex collaborate on private networking in Europe - can it accelerate LTE & 5G deployments?6. NTIA preliminary testing of 5G C-Band finds no harmful interference for aviation

NTT Docomo Inc. plans to reduce the number of its mobile handset retail stores in Japan by some 30pctin several years to focus more on online services, sources familiar with the matter said Thursday.

When you are an entrepreneur, you are driven by the challenge and intrigue of the business journey. Your reward is the excitement you gain from a genuine feeling of adventure. Graham Brown says his journey started in telecom and communications which lead him to become one of the world's most recognized podcasters. Brown started podcasting as a hobby to reach out to entrepreneurial nomads like himself which lead him to South East Asia to meet Billionaire Tony Fernandez of Air Asia to build a podcast asset to leverage the human connection. Graham believes leadership is Storytelling. Graham helps Corporate Leaders find their authentic voice through creating their own podcasts and speaking on other creative podcasts. Graham has hosted, guested on, and produced over 2,000 podcast episodes since 2014.A graduate of Artificial Intelligence & Cognitive Psychology (Sussex University) and Entrepreneurship (Harvard Business School), Brown is the founder of Pitch Media Asia - Asia's largest Podcast Media House and he is best known for being the Show Host of Asia Tech Podcast, The Podcast Show and Pitch deck Asia shows spanning 500 episodes across 15 Asian Markets. He is also a published author and has penned books such as “Brand Love: How to Build a Brand Worth Talking About” and “The Mobile Youth: Voices of the Mobile Generation”.Graham is also the founder of Pikkal & Co – Award-Winning Podcast Agency – an AI-Powered, Data-Driven B2B Podcast Agency in Singapore. He is a published author on the subject of The Digital Transformation of Communication, works including “The Human Communication Playbook”, “The Mobile Youth: Voices of the Connected Generation” – documenting the rise of mobile culture in the early 2000s in Japan, China, Africa and India and “Brand Love – How to Build a Brand Worth Talking About”.  Brown shares lessons learned from helping some of the world's leading organizations (McKinsey, UTI, Julius Baer, UBS,  and the Singapore Government find their voice with podcastsAs an entrepreneur, Brown founded mobile youth in 2000, the world's first youth-focused telecoms company, and built it into a multi-national company spanning 45 countries. He has appeared on CNN, CNBC, BBC TV, Financial Times, The Guardian, and Wall Street Journal. A prolific public speaker, he has spoken on topics ranging from Marketing Innovation to Early-stage Startup Investment. Throughout his exciting career, he has helped shape the marketing strategy of clients such as UNICEF, MTV, The European Commission, Disney, and Monster Energy Drinks, and even participated in the rollout of the world's first consumer mobile internet services (NTT DoCoMo's iMode) in Japan during the 1990s.A student of the world, Brown has lived in countries such as New Zealand, the UK, Spain, Japan, and Singapore and speaks fluent Japanese, Spanish and English. Let's welcome Graham Brown to the Follow The Brand podcast where we are building a 5 STAR Brand That You Can Follow!https://grahamdbrown.com/www.5starbdm.com

Dell is one of the largest technology companies in the world, and it all started with a small startup that sold personal computers out of Michael Dell's dorm room at the University of Texas. From there, Dell grew into a multi-billion dollar company, bought and sold other companies, went public, and now manufactures a wide range of electronics including laptops, desktops, servers, and more.  After graduating high school, Michael Dell enrolled at the University of Texas at Austin with the idea that he would some day start his own company. Maybe even in computers. He had an Apple II in school and Apple and other companies had done pretty well by then in the new microcomputer space. He took it apart and these computers were just a few parts that were quickly becoming standardized. Parts that could be bought off the shelf at computer stores. So he opened a little business that he ran out of his dorm room fixing computers and selling little upgrades. Many a student around the world still does the exact same thing. He also started buying up parts and building new computers. Texas Instruments was right up the road in Dallas. And there was a price war in the early 80s between Commodore and Texas Instruments. Computers could be big business. And it seemed clear that this IBM PC that was introduced in 1981 was going to be more of a thing, especially in offices. Especially since there were several companies making clones of the PC, including Compaq who was all over the news as Silicon Cowboys, having gotten to $100 million in sales within just two years.  So from his dorm room in 1984, Dell started a little computer company he called PCs Limited. He built PCs using parts and experimented with different combinations. One customer led to another and he realized that a company like IBM bought a few hundred dollars worth of parts, put them in a big case and sold it for thousands of dollars. Any time a company makes too much margin, smaller and more disruptive companies will take the market away. Small orders turned into bigger and ones and he was able to parlay each into being able to build bigger orders.  They released the Turbo PC in 1985. A case, a mother board, a CPU, a keyboard, a mouse, some memory, and a CPU chip. Those first computers he built came with an 8088 chip. Low overhead meant he could be competitive on price: $795. No retail store front and no dealers, who often took 25 to 50 percent of the money spent on computers, let the company run out of a condo. He'd sold newspapers as a kid so he was comfortable picking up the phone and dialing for dollars. He managed to make $200,000 in sales in that first year. So he dropped out of school to build the company.  To keep costs low, he sold through direct mail and over the phone. No high-paid sellers in blue suits like IBM, even if the computers could run the same versions of DOS. He incorporated as Dell Computer Company in 1987, started to expand internationally, and on the back of rapid revenue growth and good margins. They hit $159 million in sales that year. So they took the company public in 1988. The market capitalization when they went public was $30 million and quickly rose to $80 million. By then we'd moved past the 8088 chips and the industry was standardizing on the 80386 chip, following the IBM PS/2. By the end of 1989 sales hit $250 million.  They needed more Research and Development firepower, so they brought in Glenn Henry. He'd been at IBM for over 20 years and managed multiple generations of mid-range mainframes then servers and then RISC-based personal computers. He helped grow the R&D team into the hundreds and quality of computer went up, which paired well with costs of computers remaining affordable compared to the rest of the market.  Dell was, and to a large degree still is, a direct to consumer company. They experimented with the channel in the early 1990s, which is to say 3rd parties that were authorized to sell their computers. They signed deals to sell through distributors, computer stores, warehouse clubs, and retail chains. But the margins didn't work, so within just a few years they cancelled many of those relationships. Instead they went from selling to companies to the adjacent home market.  It seems like that's the last time in recent memory that direct mailing as a massive campaign worked. Dell was able to undercut most other companies who sold laptops at the time by going direct to consumers. They brought in marketing execs from other companies, like Tandy. The London office was a huge success, bringing in tens of millions in revenue, so they brought on a Munich office and then slowly expanded into tother countries. They were one of the best sales and marketing machines in that direct to consumer and business market. Customers could customize orders, so maybe add a faster CPU, some extra memory, or even a scanner, modem, or other peripheral. They got the manufacturing to the point where they could turn computers around in five days. Just a decade earlier people waited months for computers. They released their first laptop in 1989, which they called the 316LT. Just a few years earlier, Michael Dell was in a dorm room. If he'd completed a pre-med degree and gotten into medical school, he'd likely be in his first or second year. He was now a millionaire; and just getting started. With the help of their new R&D chief, they were able to get into the server market where the margins were higher, and that helped get more corporate customers. By the end of 1990, they were the sixth largest personal computer company in the US. To help sales in the rapidly growing European and Middle Eastern offices, they opened another manufacturing location in Ireland. And by 1992, they became a one of the top 500 companies in the world. Michael Dell, instead of being on an internship in medical school and staring down the barrel of school loans, was the youngest CEO in the Fortune 500. The story is almost boring. They just grow and grow. Especially when rivals like IBM, HP, Digital Equipment, and Compaq make questionable finance and management choices that don't allow those companies to remain competitive. They all had better technology at many times, but none managed to capitalize on the markets. Instead of becoming the best computer maker they could be, they played corporate development games and wandered away from their core businesses. Or like IBM they decided that they didn't want to compete with the likes of Dell and just sold off their PC line to Lenovo. But Dell didn't make crappy computers.  They weren't physically inspiring like some computers at the time, but they got the job done and offices that needed dozens or hundreds of machines often liked working with Dell. They continued the global expansion through the 90s and added servers in 1996. By now there were customers buying their second or third generation of computer, going from DOS to Windows 3.1 to Windows 95. And they did something else really important in 1996: they began to sell through the web at dell.com. Within a few months they were doing a million a day in sales and the next year hit 10 million PCs sold.  Little Dell magazines showed up in offices around the world. Web banners appeared on web pages. Revenues responded and went from $2.9 billion in 1994 to $3.5 billion in 1995. And they were running at margins over 20 percent. Revenue hit $5.3 billion in 1996, 7.8 in 1997, 12.3 in 1998, 18.2 in 1999, and $25.3 in 2000. The 1990s had been good to Dell. Their stock split 7 times. It wouldn't double every other year again, but would double again by 2009. In the meantime, the market was changing. The Dell OptiPlex is one of the best selling lines of computers of all time and offers a glimpse into what was changing. Keep in mind, this was the corporate enterprise machine. Home machines can be better or less, according to the vendor. The processors ranged from a Celeron up to a Pentium i9 at this point.  Again, we needed a mother board, usually an ATX or a derivative. They started with that standard ATX mother board form factor but later grew to be a line that came in the tower, the micro, and everything in between. Including an All-in-one. That Series 1 was beige and just the right size to put a big CRT monitor on top of it. It sported a 100 MHz 486 chip and could take up to 64 megabytes of memory across a pair of SIMM slots. The Series 2 was about half the size and by now we saw those small early LCD flat panel screens. They were still beige though. As computers went from beige to black with the Series 3 we started to see the iconic metallic accents we're accustomed to now. They followed along the Intel replacement for the ATX motherboard, the BTX, and we saw those early PCI form factors be traded for PCIe. By the end of the Series 3 in 2010, the Optiplex 780 could have up to 16 gigs of memory as a max, although that would set someone back a pretty penning in 2009. And the processors came ranging from the 800 MHz to 1.2 GHz. We'd also gone from PS/2 ports with serial and parallel  to USB 2 ports and from SIMM to DIMM slots, up to DDR4 with the memory about as fast as a CPU.  But they went back to the ATX and newer Micro ATX with the Series 4. They embraced the Intel i series chips and we got all the fun little metal designs on the cases. Cases that slowly shifted to being made of recycled parts. The Latitude laptops followed a similar pattern. Bigger faster, and heavier. They released the Dell Dimension and acquired Alienware in 2006, at the time the darling of the gamer market. Higher margin hardware, like screaming fast GPU graphic cards. But also lower R&D costs for the Dell lines as there was the higher end line that flowed down to the OptiPlex then Dimension. Meanwhile, there was this resurgent Apple. They'd released the iMac in 1998 and helped change the design language for computers everywhere. Not that everyone needed clear cases. Then came the iPod in 2001. Beautiful design could sell products at higher prices. But they needed to pay a little more attention to detail. But more importantly, those Dells were getting bigger and faster and heavier while the Apple computers were getting lighter, and even the desktops more portable. The iPhone came in 2007. The Intel MacBook Air came 10 years after that iMac, in 2008. The entire PC industry was in a race for bigger power supplies to push more and more gigahertz through a CPU without setting the house on fire and Apple changed the game. The iPad was released in 2010. Apple finally delivered on the promise of the Dynabook that began life at Xerox PARC. Dell had been in the drivers seat. They became the top personal computer company in 2003 and held that spot until HP and Compaq merged. But their spot would never be regained as revenue slowed from the time the iPad was released for almost a decade, even contracting at times. See, Dell had a close partnership with Intel and Microsoft. Microsoft made operating systems for mobile devices but the Dell Venue was not competitive with the iPhone. They also tried making a mobile device using Android but the Streak never sold well either and was discontinued as well.  While Microsoft retooled their mobile platforms to compete in the tablet space, Dell tried selling Android tablets but discontinued those in 2016. To make matters worse for Dell, they'd ridden a Microsoft Windows alliance where they never really had to compete with Microsoft for nearly 30 years and then Microsoft released the Surface in 2012. The operating systems hadn't been pushing people to upgrade their computers and Microsoft even started selling Office directly and online, so Dell lost revenue bundling Office with computers.  They too had taken their eye off the market. HP bought EDS in 2008, diversifying into a services organization, something IBM had done well over a decade before. Except rather than sell their PC business they made a go at both. So Dell did the same, acquiring Perot Systems, the company Perot started after he sold EDS and ran for president, for $3.9 billion, which came in at a solid $10 billion less than what HP paid for EDS.  The US was in the midst of a recession, so that didn't help matters either. But it did make for an interesting investment climate. Interest rates were down, so large investors needed to put money to work to show good returns for customers. Dell had acquired just 8 companies before the Great Recession but acquired an average of 5 over each of the next four years. This allowed them to diversify, And Michael Dell made another savvy finance move, he took the company private in 2013 with the help of Silver Lake partners. 5 years off the public market was just what they needed. 2018 they went public again on the backs of revenues that had shot up to to $79 billion from a low of around $50 billion in 2016. And they exceeded $94 billion in 2021.  The acquisition of EMC-VMware was probably the most substantial to $67 billion. That put them in the enterprise server market and gave them a compelling offer at pretty much every level of the enterprise stack. Although at this point maybe it remains to be seen if the enterprise server and storage stack is still truly a thing.  A Dell Optiplex costs about the same amount today as it did when Dell sold that first Turbo PC. They can be had cheaper but probably shouldn't. Adjusted for an average 2.6 percent inflation rate, that brings those first Dell PCs to just north of $2,000 as of the time of this writing. Yet the computer remained the same, with fairly consistent margins. That means the components have gotten half as expensive because they're made in places with cheaper labor than they were in the early 1980s. That means there are potentially less components, like a fan for certain chips or RAM when they're memory integrated in a SoC, etc.  But the world is increasingly mobile. Apple, Google, and Microsoft sell computers for their own operating systems now. Dell doesn't make phones and they aren't in the top 10 for the tablet market. People don't buy products from magazines that show up any longer. Now it's a quick search on Amazon. And looking for a personal computer there, the results right this second (that is, while writing this paragraph) showed the exact same order as vendor market share for 2021: Lenovo, followed by HP, then Dell. All of the devices looked about the same. Kinda' like those beige injection-molded devices looked about the same.  HP couldn't have such a large company exist under one roof and eventually spun HP Enterprise out into its own entity. Dell sold Perot Systems to NTT Docomo to get the money to buy EMC on leverage. Not only do many of these companies have products that look similar, but their composition does as well. What doesn't look similar is Michael Dell. He's worth just shy of $60 billion dollars (according to the day and the markets). His book, Direct From Dell is one of the best looks at the insides of a direct order mail business making the transition to early commerce one can find. Oh, and it's not just him and some friends in a dorm room. It's 158,000 employees who help make up over a $42 billion market cap. And helped generations of people afford personal computers. That might be the best part of such a legacy.

Hill is a passionate and dynamic business and civic leader. As President and CEO of Oak Lawn Marketing, Inc. from 2006 until 2017, the company grew from ¥15 billion to ¥68 billion in sales. Hill and his management team created a powerful corporate culture based on the vision of “enriching lifestyle's worldwide.” In 2009 he orchestrated one of the largest M&A transactions of the year, when NTT Docomo took a 51% share in OLM. In September of 2017, Hill stepped down from the day-to-day operations but remains active as an outside director. In addition to Better-U and Oak Lawn Marketing, Hill has founded, managed or been on the board of numerous companies in a variety of industries such promoting international exchange and education, sports and entertainment management, real estate and relocation services, master planned community development including the development of two golf courses, and a SAAS company that analyzes GPS data to understand human behavior. Hill is active both as a business and civic leader. He was appointed by the White House from 2014-2020 to serve as the Co-Chair of CULCON, a bi-national group advising the US and Japanese governments on promoting the next generation of leaders and as Chair of the Japan-US Friendship Commission. He is also Vice Chair of the Japan-U.S. Bridging Foundation, which supports US students with scholarships to study in Japan. He is an active leader of the American Chamber of Commerce Japan (ACCJ). In Japanese, his two of his favorite words are the homonym Souzou (想像/創造). The first characters mean imagine and the second characters mean to build. Hill's management and leadership philosophy encompasses both meanings, imagining unrealized potential that is tempered with a concrete blueprint to achieve. The two words must co-exist for sustained success. Hill and his wife of 36 years, Yumiko, have 5 children and one grandchild. He is a 5th degree black belt in Shojinji Kempo and currently coaches kickboxing at the UFC Gyms in Japan. He has acted in several productions of Shakespeare with the Nameless Theatre group in Nagoya. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/donald-thomas6/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/donald-thomas6/support

In this episode of SaaS Connect by Cloud Software Association, Craig Klemp, who was Sr. Director of Global Partnerships at Evernote during the time of recording, and is now VP of Strategy and Partnerships at EZ Texting, shares the lessons learned from international partnerships. Evernote, a productivity tool with 60,000 installs a day, boasts 225 million users worldwide, with 80% of those located outside the US. Their global partnership ecosystem is made up of four layers: Tech/integrations App stores (distribution) OEMs (distribution) Resellers (distribution) In this presentation, Craig highlights partnering with massive Japan-based consumer brand NTT Docomo, which is on the same scale as a merged AT&T and Verizon, with 50% of the Japanese market share. He offers valuable considerations for companies thinking about international partnerships: This kind of partnership can't be managed remotely. Culture has to be taken into account. Evernote's CEO, Phil Libin, initially drove the impetus because he is a “Japanophile”. He loves everything Japanese, and this helped cement executive buy-in from the mega Japanese company. It was all because of trust. Executive buy-in is critical. Here are some examples of how culture impacts business in Japan: We tend to over communicate in the US because of the mix of cultures and the need to be understood: we tell them what we're going to tell them, we tell them, and then we tell them what we told them. However, in Japan, doing that in a business meeting would be like hitting them over the head with an anvil. They read into body language, they read into different things, like what's not spoken, what's left unspoken. It's a really important part of the culture. Business practices matter. For example, if you host a business meeting, as the host, you need to sit closest to the door. Considerations when you think about moving into other countries: What are your local assets? For example, brand equity, team, market fit. And can these assets be leveraged? Localization tools can work to a certain extent. Timely partner support is critical. Offer support in their language and in their time zone. If you're serious, hire resources locally (in your partner's geographical location). Teaser Tip: … “Make sure you're set up for success.” - Craig Klemp Resources Mentioned: The Culture Map (book) Thank you to our amazing podcast team at Content Allies. Want to launch your own B2B revenue-generating podcasts? Contact them at https://ContentAllies.com

In this episode of The G2 on 5G, Anshel and Will Cover: 1. Vodafone expands fiber partnerships - how will it position them in the United Kingdom for broadband opportunities and will 5G play a role? 2. RootMetrics analysis of T-Mobile 5G speeds - what's the inside scoop? 3. Germany announces ~$350M fund for Open RAN projects - is it enough to move the needle? 4. Aviation Industry wants longer delays to CBAND deployment 5. Orange and Samsung Networks Open RAN tie up - has the Korean infrastructure provider leveled the 5G playing field with its European competitors? 6. Qualcomm's Snapdragon Spaces XR platform brings in Deutsche Telekom, NTT DoCoMo and T-Mobile to help deploy XR at scale over 5G at AWE2021

Ο Σταύρος Παπαδόπουλος είναι ιδρυτής και CEO της TileDB, της πλατφόρμας διαχείρισης Μεγάλων Δεδομένων. Η TileDB ξεκίνησε to 2017 σε συνεργασία με το Πανεπιστήμιο MIT και την Intel, όπου και εργαζόταν ο Σταύρος. Συνολικά έως σήμερα έχει συγκεντρώσει 20 εκατομμύρια δολάρια από μεγάλους επενδυτές ενώ πρόσφατα έλαβε μια νέα στρατηγική επένδυση από τα σχήματα δύο μεγάλων πολυεθνικών: της Lockheed Martin και της NTT Docomo. Ο Σταύρος αφηγείται το ακαδημαικό του ταξίδι από την Ελλάδα, μέχρι το Χονγκ Κονγκ και την Βοστώνη, εξηγεί τις σημαντικές εφαρμογές της TileDB, που αγγίζουν από καρκινικές θεραπείες, μέχρι καιρικές προβλέψεις και μεταφορές, και μοιράζεται πολύτιμες συμβουλές για νέους founders που διεκδικούν επενδυτικά κεφάλαια.

Siliconpolitik: Ab Dilli Door Nahin— Pranay KotasthaneReaders would've noticed that this newsletter bats for a Quad partnership on semiconductor supply chain security for geopolitical, geoeconomic, and technological reasons.In edition #5, we proposed what an 'announcement' on semiconductors as an outcome of the upcoming Quad leaders-level summit meeting, could look like. We wrote:One, announce a Quad Semiconductor Supply Chain Resilience Fund. Think of this as a multi-sovereign wealth fund but for semiconductor investments across the Quad countries. This fund could focus on two areas:create a roadmap for new manufacturing facilities across the Quad countries. One of the focus areas should be to secure supplies not just at the leading-edge nodes but also at key trailing-edge nodes, which will continue to remain workhorses for automotive, communications (5G), and AI.Sponsor new standard developments such as composite semiconductors and create one centre for excellence in each Quad country in an area of its immediate interest. For example, Australia could host the CoE for new materials in electronics, Japan could host the CoE for silicon manufacturing equipment, while the US and India could host CoEs on specific fabless design architectures.Two, and this one is an even more ambitious goal, facilitate strategic alliances between companies in the four quad states.So, we were glad to read Asia Nikkei's report claiming that a draft joint statement of the Quad summit seems to have identified semiconductors and 5G as two areas for technology collaboration.From an Indian national interest perspective, this collaboration should be used to get a semiconductor fab up and running, although at a matured node such as 65 nm. This move would minimise the risk of failures while ensuring India's core defence and strategic interests are secured.The AUKUS defence alliance has shown that the US is willing to share sensitive technologies with key partners, something it wasn't amenable to in the past. This new technology alliance mindset should become the norm in the Quad as well. India should push for the US to lower investment barriers and reduce export controls so that companies such as a rejuvenated Intel can consider setting up mature-node fabs in India, Japan, or Australia. The geopolitical timing couldn't have been better.We're keeping an eye on the Quad Summit. There will be another edition discussing the specific announcements on technology collaboration.Meanwhile, for a detailed take on a Quad partnership on semiconductors, read my paper here.If you are looking for a primer on semiconductor geopolitics, here's a recording of a session I participated in, for Ahmedabad University.Antriksh Matters #1: Where’s India’s Space Doctrine?- Aditya RamanathanIn the last few years, India has set up a tri-services Defence Space Agency to manage its military space capabilities. It has greenlighted the setting up of a Defence Space Research Agency that is to be “entrusted with the task of creating space warfare weapon systems and technologies". It has also engaged in dialogue with the US, Japan, and France on space security and has sought to increase its space situational awareness (SSA) capabilities, which are crucial to ensuring the safety of space-based assets. While these efforts are modest, they are likely to expand in the near future. What remains to be developed (at least in the public domain) is a doctrine that lays down the rationale for military space capabilities, and provides signposts for those crafting strategy or planning acquisitions. We at Takshashila took inspiration from India’s 1999 Draft Nuclear Doctrine, and put together a succinct, five-page  “A Space Doctrine for India”, following many hours of debate and discussion. The doctrine, as we envisaged it, would be anchored in deterrence but would be flexible enough to keep India’s options open. The key objective would be to preserve India’s use of space. India’s space forces, which are meant to protect its use of space would be:Versatile, encompassing a range of Earth and space-based non-kinetic and kinetic capabilities. Vigilant, providing early warning of imminent attacks or identifying and attributing attacks already underway, whether during peacetime, crisis or conflict.Effective at taking defensive and offensive countermeasures against imminent or ongoing attacks on Indian space assets or forces.India’s terrestrial forces would also form a key component of the space doctrine since they would need to be capable of functioning in a space-degraded environment. They would also have to train to perform in such conditions and develop terrestrial back-ups for space-based capabilities that are vulnerable to enemy attack. Our doctrine also laid out the role of command and control, and India’s objectives in pursuing arms control agreements or restraint regimes. In a separate document, Space as a Geopolitical Environment, we sought to make explicit the assumptions that had gone into the making of the doctrine. Drawing on our discussions, as well as the works of scholars such as Bleddyn Bowen and John J. Klein, we brought it down to ten points:1. The geography of space is determined primarily by gravitational forces and radiation. 2. Space is a distinct environment. The character of orbital space fundamentally differs from that of Earth’s stratosphere, troposphere, and so-called ‘near space’. Therefore, space power cannot be extrapolated from the military term ‘air power’.3. Human activity in orbital space is shaped by the interaction between activities on Earth and the physical character of the celestial littoral, as defined by such phenomena as orbital mechanics and solar weather patterns.4. Human activity in orbital space is heavily Earth-centric, with most orbital craft tasked with providing remote-sensing, communications, and navigation services on Earth.5. Space power is the ability of a state to leverage its space-related activities to wield influence in international politics. It encompasses commercial, military and scientific activity in space, as well as all Earth-based activities connected to the use of space.6. Celestial lines of communication (CLOCs) are the routes used for space-related activities, including orbital paths and communications links between satellites and Earth.7. The command of space is the ability to use space, deny it to others, or to do both.8. Space warfare is waged for the command of space. It can be waged both in space and on Earth.9.  Orbital space has always been militarised, but new technologies and the diffusion of existing technologies will make it easier to contest the use of space in the near future.10. The battlefield of space is characterised by vast distances, the lack of natural cover and concealment, the absence of atmospheric attenuation, the presence of radiation, and the mechanics of gravitation.If you enjoy this newsletter, please consider taking our special credit courses in Ethical Reasoning in Public Policy and Evidence-based policy-making for responding to COVID-19Cyberpolitik:(un)Safe Harbour - Sapni G KThe past couple of days have seen a lot of high-profile media coverage of Facebook. A few of them stand out for their arbitrariness in decision-making. The Wall Street Journal reported that Facebook favoured profitability over a finding that Instagram causes body dysmorphia in one out of five teenage girls who are users of the app. Another report suggests that Facebook followed a differential treatment for select users, not taking down content that was otherwise in violation of its community standards. Such reports of devious practices add to the bid against safe harbour protection given to social media platforms that host user-generated content. Governments across the globe use these incidents to justify restrictive and harmful mandates on speech on these platforms. The Brazilian Supreme Court and Congress acted steadfastly against a recent ban on the removal of election-related disinformation promulgated by the Bolsonaro Government. The US state of Texas also passed a law preventing content-takedown to “protect the freedoms of conservative users." China’s recent recommendation algorithm regulations, which we covered in the previous edition, also undermine safe harbour protections in the interest of toeing the line drawn by those in power. Safe harbour provisions have been the backbone of the development of social media platforms. They protect social media platforms from liability for user-generated content. They catalysed a new wave of ideas around the governance of these particularly positioned privately-owned public spaces. The provisions opened up new avenues for governance such as large-scale pre-legislative policy consultations.Cyberspace - particularly the internet public sphere created by social media platforms - acted as soft power tools for countries. Russian content farms arguably meddled with the elections in the USA. However, social media popularised K-Pop culture, as it was exported across the globe giving South Korea a niche area of cultural dominance. More broadly, social media platforms also contributed to the rise of new identities.Barlow’s Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace might be an unachievable utopia today, but social media contributed massively to a stronger sense of community in people located wide and far. Politically motivated actors maliciously meddling with safe harbour protections will not augur well for the future of cyberspace that is already inching closer to a splinternet. The shifting narratives can cause changes in the undercurrents of power in the frontier of cyberspace. Techpolitik: After-effects of Nokia Suspending O-RAN Alliance Participation- Arjun GargeyasIn 2018, a group of telecommunication firms and network operators came together to improve the coverage of radio access networks (RANs) across the globe. A proposal to transition into virtualized network elements and open interfaces to the RAN was the idea behind improving global connectivity systems through radio communications. The O-RAN Alliance was conceived in the hope of providing a better platform and enhancing opportunities for small and medium-scale firms in the communications domain. This includes networking software, hardware supply and cloud computing firms collaborating to create an open and programmable RAN solution that can be deployed. Other O-RAN Alliance initiatives have focused on incorporating artificial intelligence (AI), specifying interfaces and APIs to drive appropriate standardization, and establishing the supply chain infrastructure. The organisation is involved in defining and creating specifications for open interfaces and functions used in open radio access network architecture. Currently, the group has a total of 29 operators including telecommunication giants like AT&T and China Mobile. O-RAN specifications adhere to specific standards such as the ones created by global standard-setting bodies like 3GPP for 4G and 5G standards.Founding operator members include AT&T, China Mobile, Deutsche Telekom, NTT DoCoMo and Orange. The O-RAN ecosystem allows for newer and smaller entrants focused on specific interoperable solutions for 4G and 5G to be included in the system. This mainly allows for mixing and matching different hardware and software solutions created by multiple vendors. Nokia, one of the earliest champions of the O-RAN alliance, recently announced their temporary suspension of work on the O-RAN system. This was in response to the US government taking cognizance of Chinese firms’ activities and blacklisting them. A number of restrictions were placed on some of the Chinese vendors, part of the alliance, by the US authorities citing threats to national security.Nokia officials mentioned that the smooth functioning of the alliance needs the support of Chinese vendors, who form a fifth of all the members of the alliance. Some of these Chinese companies, which are part of the O-RAN alliance, were added to the Entity List of the US, which serves as the list of all blacklisted companies in the country. Nokia has categorically said that these firms hold considerable clout in the industry and cannot be ignored. This has put the objective of the O-RAN alliance becoming the next global standard for communications operations in a limbo. It is not known if Nokia will eventually pull out of the alliance or continue to work without the involvement of blacklisted Chinese firms. This can also mean that there might be parallel development of O-RAN technology both by the alliance and other Chinese firms, which goes against the tenet of the technology being an international standard facilitating interoperability between different vendors. Some operators and vendors are pushing ahead on Open RAN irrespective of the status of activities at the O-RAN Alliance.Heads of technology companies believe that if the O-RAN alliance is accorded the status of an international standards body, which has a considerable global reach, then the frictions between the members of the alliance and a single government will not result in the breakdown of the entire group. The whole point of the O-RAN alliance is to break the oligopolistic telecommunications market by providing opportunities for smaller firms to succeed in this space. Political nitpicking is going to derail that effort and ensure that dependencies still exist. Antriksh Matters #2: Russia Seeks a Favourable Anti-counter Space Future- Aditya PareekWeaponisation in space is a major concern that has become increasingly important to the global arms control discourse. The advantages of basing weapons systems in space are hardly lost on major world powers. The same also goes for their anxieties about similar capabilities wielded by adversaries.Russia has been curiously signing joint statements on the non-placement of first weapons in space (NPOK) with countries that don’t have any counter space capabilities. According to this BBC Russian Service report, which also has a nice rundown of the matter, Russia has signed such agreements with “Venezuela, Cambodia, Togo, Uruguay, Burundi and a dozen other countries”. While this Kommersant report mentions that Russia has “accumulated 25 such interstate joint statements. And there is also a multilateral one - within the framework of the Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO)”According to this brief on the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs website, which makes it clear that, although closely related to similar multilateral initiatives introduced via the Conference on Disarmament, NPOK is a unilateral Russian initiative. As the Kommersant article argues, the pragmatic purpose of signing these agreements is to have leverage in multilateral fora where Russia can count on the signatory nations’ support on counter space and anti-counter space agreements that may address its concerns and keep its shared interests with these nations in mind.Our Reading Menu[Research Article] The capricious relationship between technology and democracy: Analyzing public policy discussions in the UK and US by Bridget Barrett, Katharine Dommett and Daniel Kreis[Facebook Files] An investigation by the Wall Street Journal [Book] The Routledge Companion to the Makers of Global Business[Commentary] Geopolitics and Technology – US‑China Competition: The Coming Decoupling?[Book] Undersea Geopolitics: Sealab, Science, and the Cold WarBook by Rachael Squire This is a public episode. 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According to ABI Research, the market for metal payment cards is expanding rapidly and is expected to reach 90 million cards (cumulative) by 2025. In addition, CompoSecure, the category leader in metal payment cards, and Nok Nok Labs, the co-founder of the FIDO Alliance and leader in passwordless authentication, recently revealed they would bring to market the first Internet ID and Payment Card that can be used as a virtual ignition key for the authentication of a user into any digital service on any device. This new offering will combine Nok Nok's passwordless, secure and scalable authentication server with CompoSecure's three-factor authentication technology and patented metal NFC hardware to ensure a high level of security on any device or card. In addition, all transactions using the CompoSecure internet ID and payment card will be enabled to be used for either a POS or a card-not-present transaction. Other everyday use cases for the card include cryptocurrency transactions, eGaming, online gambling, and identity verification applications. Phil Dunkelberger joins me in a conversation about the recent announcement and shares insights from his career in tech. About Nok Nok Nok Nok is a trusted leader in passwordless consumer authentication to the world's largest organizations. Delivering the most innovative authentication solutions in the market today, Nok Nok empowers global organizations to improve the user experience to access digital services, while meeting the most advanced privacy and regulatory requirements. The Nok Nok™ S3 Authentication Suite integrates into existing security environments to deliver a proven, cost-effective, future-proof and standards-based passwordless consumer authentication solution. Headquartered in Silicon Valley, California, the company has delivered unique inventions and innovations that are protected by a robust global patent portfolio. As a founder of the FIDO Alliance and an inventor of FIDO specifications, Nok Nok is the expert in deploying standards-based authentication, and its industry leading customers and partners include BBVA, DDS, Inc., Ericsson, Fujitsu Limited, Hitachi, Intuit, Lenovo, MTRIX GmbH, NTT DATA, NTT DOCOMO, OneSpan, SoftBank, T-Mobile and Verizon.

Texts are sent and received using SMS, or Short Message Service. Due to the amount of bandwidth available on second generation networks, they were limited to 160 characters initially. You know the 140 character max from Twitter, we are so glad you chose to join us on this journey where we weave our way from the topmast of the 1800s to the skinny jeans of San Francisco with Twitter. What we want you to think about through this episode is the fact that this technology has changed our lives. Before texting we had answering machines, we wrote letters, we sent more emails but didn't have an expectation of immediate response. Maybe someone got back to us the next day, maybe not. But now, we rely on texting to coordinate gatherings, pick up the kids, get a pin on a map, provide technical support, send links, send memes, convey feelings in ways that we didn't do when writing letters. I mean including an animated gif in a letter meant melty peanut butter. Wait, that's jif. Sorry. And few technologies have sprung into our every day use so quickly in the history of technology. It took generations if not 1,500 years for bronze working to migrate out of the Vinča Culture and bring an end to the Stone Age. It took a few generations if not a couple of hundred years for electricity to spread throughout the world. The rise of computing took a few generations to spread from first mechanical then to digital and then to personal computing and now to ubiquitous computing. And we're still struggling to come to terms with job displacement and the productivity gains that have shifted humanity more rapidly than any other time including the collapse of the Bronze Age.  But the rise of cellular phones and then the digitization of them combined with globalization has put instantaneous communication in the hands of everyday people around the world. We've decreased our reliance on paper and transporting paper and moved more rapidly into a digital, even post-PC era. And we're still struggling to figure out what some of this means. But did it happen as quickly as we identify? Let's look at how we got here. Bell Telephone introduced the push button phone in 1963 to replace the rotary dial telephone that had been invented in 1891 and become a standard. And it was only a matter of time before we'd find a way to associate letters to it. Once we could send bits over devices instead of just opening up a voice channel it was only a matter of time before we'd start sending data as well. Some of those early bits we sent were things like typing our social security number or some other identifier for early forms of call routing. Heck the fax machine was invented all the way back in 1843 by a Scottish inventor called Alexander Bain.  So given that we were sending different types of data over permanent and leased lines it was only a matter of time before we started doing so over cell phones.  The first cellular networks were analog in what we now think of as first generation, or 1G. GSM, or Global System for Mobile Communications is a standard that came out of the European Telecommunications Standards Institue and started getting deployed in 1991. That became what we now think of as 2G and paved the way for new types of technologies to get rolled out. The first text message simply said “Merry Christmas” and was sent on December 3rd, 1992. It was sent to Richard Jarvis at Vodafone by Neil Papworth. As with a lot of technology it was actually thought up eight years earlier by Bernard Ghillabaert and Friedhelm Hillebrand. From there, the use cases moved to simply alerting devices of various statuses, like when there was a voice mail. These days we mostly use push notification services for that.  To support using SMS for that, carriers started building out SMS gateways and by 1993 Nokia was the first cell phone maker to actually support end-users sending text messages. Texting was expensive at first, but adoption slowly increased. We could text in the US by 1995 but cell phone subscribers were sending less than 6 texts a year on average. But as networks grew and costs came down, adoption increased up to a little over one a day by the year 2000.  Another reason adoption was slow was because using multi-tap to send a message sucked. Multi-tap was where we had to use the 10-key pad on a device to type out messages. You know, ABC are on a 2 key so the first type you tap two it's the number the next time it's an A, the next a B, the next a C. And the 3 key is D, E, and F. The 4 is G, H, and I and the 5 is J, K, and L. The 6 is M, N, and O and the 7 is P, Q, R, and S. The 8 is T, U, and V and the 9 is W, X, Y, and Z. This layout goes back to old bell phones that had those letters printed under the numbers. That way if we needed to call 1-800-PODCAST we could map which letters went to what.  A small company called Research in Motion introduced an Inter@active Pager in 1996 to do two-way paging. Paging services went back decades. My first was a SkyTel, which has its roots in Mississippi when John N Palmer bought a 300 person paging company using an old-school radio paging service. That FCC license he picked up evolved to more acquisitions through Alabama, Loisiana, New York and by the mid-80s growing nationally to 30,000 subscribers in 1989 and over 200,000 less than four years later. A market validated, RIM introduced the BlackBerry on the DataTAC network in 2002, expanding from just text to email, mobile phone services, faxing, and now web browsing. We got the Treo the same year. But that now iconic Blackberry keyboard. Nokia was the first cellular device maker to make a full keyboard for their Nokia 9000i Communicator in 1997, so it wasn't an entirely new idea. But by now, more and more people were thinking of what the future of Mobility would look like. The 3rd Generation Partnership Project, or 3GPP was formed in 1998 to dig into next generation networks. They began as an initiative at Nortel and AT&T but grew to include NTT DoCoMo, British Telecom, BellSouth, Ericsson, Telnor, Telecom Italia, and France Telecom - a truly global footprint. With a standards body in place, we could move faster and they began planning the roadmap for 3G and beyond (at this point we're on 5G).  Faster data transfer rates let us do more. We weren't just sending texts any more. MMS, or Multimedia Messaging Service was then introduced and use grow to billions and then hundreds of millions of photos sent encoded using technology like what we do with MIME for multimedia content on websites. At this point, people were paying a fee for every x number of messages and ever MMS. Phones had cameras now so in a pre-Instagram world this was how we were to share them. Granted they were blurry by modern standards, but progress. Devices became more and more connected as data plans expanded to eventually often be unlimited. But SMS was still slow to evolve in a number of ways. For example, group chat was not really much of a thing. That is, until 2006 when a little company called Twitter came along to make it easy for people to post a message to their friends. Initially it worked over text message until they moved to an app. And texting was used by some apps to let users know there was data waiting for them. Until it wasn't. Twilio was founded in 2008 to make it easy for developers to add texting to their software. Now every possible form of text integration was as simple as importing a framework. Apple introduced the Apple Push Notification service, or APNs in 2009. By then devices were always connected to the Internet and the send and receive for email and other apps that were fine on desktops were destroying battery life. APNs then allowed developers to build apps that could only establish a communication channel when they had data. Initially we used 256 bytes in push notifications but due to the popularity and different implementation needs, notifications could grow to 2 kilobytes in 2015 and moved to an HTTP/2 interface and a 4k payload in 2015. This is important because it paved the way for iChat, now called iMessage or just Messages - and then other similar services for various platforms that moved instant messaging off SMS and over to the vendor who builds a device rather than using SMS or MMS messaging.  Facebook Messenger came along in 2011, and now the kids use Instagram messaging, Snapchat, Signal or any number of other messaging apps. Or they just text. It's one of a billion communications tools that also include Discord, Slack, Teams, LinkedIn, or even the in-game options in many a game. Kinda' makes restricting communications a bit of a challenge at this point and restricting spam.  My kid finishes track practice early. She can just text me. My dad can't make it to dinner. He can just text me. And of course I can get spam through texts. And everyone can message me on one of about 10 other apps on my phone. And email. On any given day I receive upwards of 300 messages, so sometimes it seems like I could just sit and respond to messages all day every day and still never be caught up. And get this - we're better for it all. We're more productive, we're more well connected, and we're more organized. Sure, we need to get better at having more meaningful reactions when we're together in person. We need to figure out what a smaller, closer knit group of friends is like and how to be better at being there for them rather than just sending a sad face in a thread where they're indicating their pain.  But there's always a transition where we figure out how to embrace these advances in technology. There are always opportunities in the advancements and there are always new evolutions built atop previous evolutions. The rate of change is increasing. The reach of change is increasing. And the speed changes propagate are unparalleled today. Some will rebel against changes, seeking solace in older ways. It's always been like that - the Amish can often be seen on a buggy pulled by a horse so a television or phone capable of texting would certainly be out of the question. Others embrace technology faster than some of us are ready for. Like when I realized some people had moved away from talking on phones and were pretty exclusively texting. Spectrums. I can still remember picking up the phone and hearing a neighbor on with a friend. Party lines were still a thing in Dahlonega, Georgia when I was a kid. I can remember the first dedicated line and getting in trouble for running up a big long distance bill. I can remember getting our first answering machine and changing messages on it to be funny. Most of that was technology that moved down market but had been around for a long time. The rise of messaging on the cell phone then smart phone though - that was a turning point that started going to market in 1993 and within 20 years truly revolutionized human communication. How can we get messages faster than instant? Who knows, but I look forward to finding out. 

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In this episode of The G2 on 5G, Anshel and Will Cover:1. Microsoft Azure and DT strike 7 year strategic partnership2. Jio launching 5G network in 2H 20213. AWS ReInvent 5G takeaways4. Qualcomm and NTT DoCoMo commercially launch first commercial Sub-6 Carrier Aggregation with speeds up to 4.2 Gbps5. Marvell announces end to end 5G OpenRAN portfolio6. 5G mmWave developments - AT&T Falling Behind Verizon and LG U+, LG Electronics and Qualcomm bring mmWave to South Korea.

Podcast actualizado, jueves 3 de diciembre de 2020. #podcastdejapon #noticiasdejapon – El gobierno japonés está a punto de prohibir la venta de carros a gasolina – Go To Travel, la campaña de turismo subsidiado será extendida hasta junio – NTT Docomo anuncia su nuevo plan de ¥2.980 – Japón reporta hoy 2.501 infectados por coronavirus […] La entrada Podcast: Japón más cerca de prohibir los carros a gasolina se publicó primero en Súper Tokio Radio.

Maks Giordano is a digital strategist and creative with a 25+ year track record in innovative digital projects. Maks started his career in the digital stone age at ID Media AG in the mid-nineties and was involved in numerous internationally awarded digital projects, like Volkswagen's digital launch campaign for the New Beetle, launch of Wallpaper magazine online, Sony-Europe, and Swatch. He played a vital role establishing “Cycosmos,” the leading social network in the UK and Germany at the time. In 2000, Maks joined MetaDesign AG's management board and was in charge of the digital unit. At MetaDesign he was involved in Europe's first mobile projects for clients like NTT DoCoMo's iMode and Telefonica. Yes, there were mobile projects in 2001, and Maks became an evangelist for mobile services, many moons before the iPhone was launched. His early passion for mobile led him to becoming a co-founder and managing partner of Iconmobile in 2003, which was one of the first mobile centric agencies worldwide. Maks helped to grow the company from four founders to more than 200 employees with offices in Berlin, Tokyo, Sydney, London, and New York. As a product lead, Maks was responsible for one of the first mobile ad servers in 2004, and developed mobile marketing and advertising formats for the likes of MSN, o2, and Yahoo. He consulted pretty much all leading European mobile carriers, like Vodafone, o2, Orange, and T-Mobile and helped several brands in their first mobile projects. After exiting the company to WPP in 2007, the world ́s largest agency network, Maks was invited to join ProSiebenSat.1Digital as a memberof the management board. He was in charge of the mobile, games, and innovation activities at one of Europe's leading media companies. He successfully launched the first iOS apps for the group, created new advertising formats, pioneered UGC campaigns for the network and launched a highly profitable Data-Access-Product. Ever since his ProSieben days, corporate innovation remains one of his major passions. In 2009, Maks joined San Francisco based Kyte — an innovative live-streaming platform with funding from Disney, NTT DoCoMo, and many others — as a managing director for the European market and developed digital video strategies for mobile, social, and online for the likes of MTV, Universal Music, and others. Kyte worked with iconic artists like Lady Gaga and 50 Cent on their video offerings and fan engagement. Starting his consultancy in 2011, Maks helped organizations with their digital transformation. Companies like Apple, LEGO, Lufthansa, Volkswagen, Daimler, UEFA, Red Bull, Deutsche Telekom, and eBay — just to name a few — trust his advice. Maks is an active business angel and mentor to startups, serves on various boards as an advisor, was heading the "Founder Institute" accelerator in Berlin, mentoring startups at Axel Springer PlugNPlay, Telekom hub:raum, Pioneers Festival, hack.fwd, and others. Maks earned an MBA in Media and Communication with distinction from the University of St. Gallen and was teaching entrepreneurship and innovation Management e.g. at Zeppelin University Friedrichshafen, HTW Berlin and FHV Dornbirn. He published the first German book on usability (Springer) and the first German book on mobile business (Gabler). He is a judge both to the Webbys and Lovies Awards, named the 'Oscars of the Internet,' has a very weird taste in music, loves to travel, and practice yoga.

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Today on The Leaders' Brief - Amnesty International said that it is halting work in India due to continuing crackdown and constant harassment by the government of right-wing populist leader Narendra Modi. However, the Indian Ministry of Home Affairs has clarified that "Amnesty International has been denied approval for foreign contribution by successive governments…(and)… the glossy statements about humanitarian work and speaking  truth to power are a ploy to divert attention from activities which were in clear contravention to Indian laws." The situation in the Caucasus remains tense as Azerbaijan fights a war with neighboring Armenia, and Turkey's potential role in it has raised global concerns about the possibility of Ankara trying to infiltrate anti-social elements in the region to increase influence and create a stronghold. Japanese firm NTT is considering taking full control of its wireless carrier business NTT DoCoMo in a deal that could be worth approximately $38 billion. The move comes at a time when Japan's new Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga is trying to push the country's three biggest mobile carriers into cutting fees. About egomonk: Website | Facebook | Twitter | LinkedInegomonk is a global intelligence platform delivering asymmetric outcomes by bringing organizations closer to the communities they want to serve and the leaders they wish to influence. If you wish to collaborate with us then email us at contact@egomonk.com.

South Africa's unemployment rate falls to 23.3% in Q2 South Africa's unemployment rate fell to the lowest in 11 years in the second quarter despite the loss of 2.2 million jobs. The jobless rate fell to 23-point-3 percent in the three months through June. But the country was under a strict lockdown during the period, preventing people from looking for work. That brought the jobless rate down because only those actively looking for work are counted as unemployed. LVMH countersues Tiffany over $16B collapsed merger LVMH has countersued Tiffany & Co after scrapping its planned 16-point-2 billion dollar takeover of the iconic US jeweler. The French luxury goods giant has accused Tiffany's board of making crucial financial mistakes since the deal was unveiled last year. Earlier this month, Tiffany filed a lawsuit against the Louis Vuitton- owner to force it to complete the deal. NTT to spend $40B to take wireless carrier unit private Japan's biggest telecoms company, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp, says it'll spend 40-billion- dollars to take its wireless carrier unit private. The group already owns 66-point-2 percent of NTT DoCoMo. The move comes as Japan's new prime minister Yoshihide Suga called for a reduction in mobile fees.

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Welcome to the World news. World news keeps you updated news around the nations. Today's topic is "Japanese City Bans Phone Use While Walking" The city of Yamato in Kanagawa prefecture has become the first city in Japan to ban the use of phones while walking. Starting July 1, people in Yamato are no longer allowed to look at their smartphones while walking outside in public places, such as streets and parks. If they need to use their smartphones, pedestrians must move to the side and stop, making sure they are not in the way of vehicles or other pedestrians. Although those who break the law will not be punished, city officials hope that the ban will make people think more about the dangers of walking while looking at their phones. Posters about the new rule will also be placed around the city. "The number of people using smartphones has rapidly increased and so have the number of accidents," city official Masaaki Yasumi told AFP. The new law was proposed after a January study which watched around 6,000 pedestrians in two different parts of the city. Researchers found that about 12% of pedestrians used smartphones while walking. In 2014, researchers from Japanese cell phone company NTT Docomo used a computer to see what would happen if 1,500 people used Tokyo's Shibuya pedestrian crossing while looking at their phones. They found that only about one third of people would get to the other side of the street without hitting someone else, falling or dropping their phone.

Andrew Shikiar, executive director and CMO of the (Fast IDentity Online) FIDO Alliance.   What is FIDO? “ open industry association launched in February 2013 whose mission is to develop and promote authentication standards that help reduce the world’s over-reliance on passwords. FIDO addresses the lack of interoperability among strong authentication devices and reduces the problems users face creating and remembering multiple usernames and passwords.” Did any one event precipitate creation of the FIDO alliance? UAF= https://fidoalliance.org/specs/fido-uaf-v1.2-rd-20171128/fido-uaf-protocol-v1.2-rd-20171128.html   U2F = https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_2nd_Factor (yubikeys, tokens)   https://landing.google.com/advancedprotection/   FIDO supports biometrics - https://www.biometricupdate.com/202002/how-fido-based-biometric-technology-clears-up-the-iot-authentication-mess   FIDO certified software and companies: https://fidoalliance.org/fido-certified-showcase/   IBM: https://www.ibm.com/blogs/sweeden/fido2-conformance-why-its-a-big-deal/  --    Digital Identity Guidelines: Authentication and Lifecycle Management - digital ID framework   NIST guidelines that FIDO meets: https://pages.nist.gov/800-63-3/sp800-63b.html#sec5   https://fidoalliance.org/certification/authenticator-certification-levels/   https://github.com/herrjemand/awesome-webauthn   https://fidoalliance.org/content/case-study/   https://loginwithfido.com/provider/   From a threat modeling perspective, how does ‘2fa’ occur when the authenticating method and the browser are on the same device? Consumer education initiative https://loginwithfido.com/   IoT Devices- https://fidoalliance.org/internet-of-things/ https://blog.techdesign.com/fido-authentication-to-secure-iot-devices/   For Developers: https://fidoalliance.org/developers/   or https://webauthn.io/ - dev information about WebAuthN https://github.com/herrjemand/awesome-webauthn https://fidoalliance.org/events/ - upcoming webinars for FIDO related topics   NTT DOCOMO introduces passwordless authentication for d ACCOUNT   https://groups.google.com/a/fidoalliance.org/forum/#!forum/fido-dev

In this week’s podcast, Stefan Schulz, CEO and co-founder of Bitfury Surround, joins us to discuss the potential of blockchain technology for connecting not just content, but data and new value chains for content. Coming from a rich background at the intersection of music, business and evolving technology, Stefan explains why now is the time to decentralize the way we track ownership data and the countless opportunities to be unlocked. Guest: Stefan Shulz, Co-founder and CEO of Bitfury Surround Stefan Schulz is the CEO and co-founder of Bitfury Surround. He has been working in the music industry for more than 20 years, pioneering the use of technology for the benefit of artists. In 2001, Stefan became a founding member of Universal Mobile, a Vivendi business unit that went on to dominate the mobile music market. Later, while working in Universal Music’s Digital Business in Central and Eastern Europe, he was in charge of milestone deals with large players such as Deutsche Telekom, Vodafone, Nokia, Verisign, Apple, NTT DoCoMo, Deezer, Spotify and more. For both Universal Music and Vivendi, Stefan actively designed and developed new business models around audio and video content as well as licenses for equity programs and consumer platforms. In 2016, Stefan joined forces with Simon Fuller (XIX Entertainment) to create the first global pop group based entirely on social media and audience engagement. Most recently, he has led the design of digital live entertainment rights (including social media, AR/VR and streaming content) for artists, promoters and music labels. He has worked with globally known artists like Nelly Furtado, Eminem, 50 Cent, Snoop Dogg, Rihanna, Snow Patrol, U2, Florence and the Machine, Gwen Stefani, Bon Jovi, Sting, and Andrea Bocelli. Mentioned Links: Website: https://surround.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/bitfurysurround LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stefanconvert/

 Andrew Shikiar, executive director and CMO of the (Fast IDentity Online) FIDO Alliance.   What is FIDO? “ open industry association launched in February 2013 whose mission is to develop and promote authentication standards that help reduce the world’s over-reliance on passwords. FIDO addresses the lack of interoperability among strong authentication devices and reduces the problems users face creating and remembering multiple usernames and passwords.”   Did any one event precipitate creation of the FIDO alliance? UAF= https://fidoalliance.org/specs/fido-uaf-v1.2-rd-20171128/fido-uaf-protocol-v1.2-rd-20171128.html   U2F = https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_2nd_Factor (yubikeys, tokens)   https://landing.google.com/advancedprotection/   FIDO supports biometrics - https://www.biometricupdate.com/202002/how-fido-based-biometric-technology-clears-up-the-iot-authentication-mess   FIDO certified software and companies: https://fidoalliance.org/fido-certified-showcase/   IBM: https://www.ibm.com/blogs/sweeden/fido2-conformance-why-its-a-big-deal/  --    Digital Identity Guidelines: Authentication and Lifecycle Management - digital ID framework   NIST guidelines that FIDO meets: https://pages.nist.gov/800-63-3/sp800-63b.html#sec5   https://fidoalliance.org/certification/authenticator-certification-levels/   https://github.com/herrjemand/awesome-webauthn   https://fidoalliance.org/content/case-study/   https://loginwithfido.com/provider/ From a threat modeling perspective, how does ‘2fa’ occur when the authenticating method and the browser are on the same device?   Consumer education initiative https://loginwithfido.com/   IoT Devices- https://fidoalliance.org/internet-of-things/ https://blog.techdesign.com/fido-authentication-to-secure-iot-devices/   For Developers: https://fidoalliance.org/developers/   or https://webauthn.io/ - dev information about WebAuthN https://github.com/herrjemand/awesome-webauthn https://fidoalliance.org/events/ - upcoming webinars for FIDO related topics   NTT DOCOMO introduces passwordless authentication for d ACCOUNT   https://groups.google.com/a/fidoalliance.org/forum/#!forum/fido-dev   Check out our Store on Teepub! https://brakesec.com/store Join us on our #Slack Channel! Send a request to @brakesec on Twitter or email bds.podcast@gmail.com #Brakesec Store!:https://www.teepublic.com/user/bdspodcast #Spotify: https://brakesec.com/spotifyBDS #Pandora: https://pandora.app.link/p9AvwdTpT3 #RSS: https://brakesec.com/BrakesecRSS #Youtube Channel:  http://www.youtube.com/c/BDSPodcast #iTunes Store Link: https://brakesec.com/BDSiTunes #Google Play Store: https://brakesec.com/BDS-GooglePlay Our main site:  https://brakesec.com/bdswebsite #iHeartRadio App:  https://brakesec.com/iHeartBrakesec #SoundCloud: https://brakesec.com/SoundcloudBrakesec Comments, Questions, Feedback: bds.podcast@gmail.com Support Brakeing Down Security Podcast by using our #Paypal: https://brakesec.com/PaypalBDS OR our #Patreon https://brakesec.com/BDSPatreon #Twitter: @brakesec @boettcherpwned @bryanbrake @infosystir #Player.FM : https://brakesec.com/BDS-PlayerFM #Stitcher Network: https://brakesec.com/BrakeSecStitcher #TuneIn Radio App: https://brakesec.com/TuneInBrakesec

Arranca Mercado Abierto con Laura Blanco. Xi Jinping lanza un mensaje de calma con respecto al coronavirus y asegura que China luchará "con gran confianza". El Mobile World Congress de Barcelona se tambalea después de que la marca japonesa NTT Docomo confirme también su baja.

Le 23 janvier 2020, l’opérateur japonais NTT Docomo a annoncé qu’il s’apprêtait à lancer un service de streaming 8KVR basé sur la 5G. Avec cette innovation de taille, NTT Docomo espère bien plonger le Japon dans l’ère de la 5G.Produit par Ambroise Carrière Voir Acast.com/privacy pour les informations sur la vie privée et l'opt-out.

The following is an edited transcript of my interview with Adam Ifshin, Founder and CEO of DLC Management, a multi-billion dollar retail real estate developer and management company. My name is Howard Kline. I'm the founder and host of CRE Radio and TV since 2010. I've also been a commercial real estate attorney since 1976 and a commercial real estate agent in New York and Nevada, as well as being a broker in California. For today's podcast, I've dipped into the archives for my 2018 interview with Adam Ifshin at the ICSC 2018 RECON Convention. Honestly, after listening to this interview, I feel like hitting myself on the side of the head. This was such a good interview, I have to question my competency in waiting so long to publish it. This was really a personal interview between two men who already like and respect each other. We mix the personal with business, including how to incorporate family into business, creating a culture from the top down. For that, I want you to think of the book from Good to Great, what retail real estate will look like in 2038 and what the current trends are between now and 2038. The topics on this interview are as relevant now as they were in 2018. Howard F Kline [00:01:29] Let me also take this opportunity to tell you a little bit about Adam, because he is not only personable and smart, but he has the experience and credibility of a person that we should listen to. Adam is the founder and CEO of DLC Management, which he founded in 1991. DLC is a billion-dollar company that he founded, that operates retail real estate and is one of the most active acquirers of assets with value added potential. Adam is also a member of the Board of Trustees of the International Council of Shopping Centers and a member of the Executive Board of ICSC, among his many other positions, if you want to know more about Adam. You can go to his website at dlcmgmt.com. Adam Ifshin [00:04:06] When I started DLC, I was the youngest person at DLC. I was 24 1/2. There were only three of us. I was the only person under 50. And for the longest time, I was very often the youngest person until Daniel, my cousin came in 96. Daniel is now our president. At this convention, I actually sent everybody, who came out here, a two page note about what it was like to come here in 1992 when I was completely broke and spent the last of the money I had in my bank account on airfare. Howard F Kline [00:04:47] Let's talk a little bit about that, because people don't understand that everybody starts somewhere. I moved back to New York in 83'. Before I moved back I had been general counsel for Big Supermarkets in San Diego. After moving back, I was unemployed for six months and then I tried to become a broker. It takes a while in New York City to make money. It just doesn't happen overnight. I can remember times, when I lived in Astoria when I would take my change from my change draw to get enough money to take the subway to get to work. I worked in the Helmsley building in Manhattan. There was no doubt that it was a struggle. Adam Ifshin [00:05:33] I grew up in a brokerage family. My father went in the real estate business as a commercial real estate broker. You always knew exactly where you stood. You knew more about your father's bank account when you were eight years old than any dad who did anything else, because it was directly a ratio of what your mother could put on for food on the table. Adam Ifshin [00:06:18] My father was my partner in DLC from the time we founded the company together from scratch to when he passed away in 2016. I spent the first 10 years at DLC trying to make something from nothing and at the same time trying to put some little governor of risk on my father, which took a long time to have any modicum of success. I was much more successful in business than I was putting a governor on risk on him. Adam Ifshin [00:07:13] So many people think about that real estate ownership, redevelopment and development requires taking great risks. That's how you make the money. I'm a huge believer, actually, that a lot of our success has to do with our ability to mitigate risk, not take it. A huge component of what we do is consider the risk associated with the deal and if the probability of getting success really worth it? Adam Ifshin [00:07:44] We went back in the development business in 2011 doing single tenant net leased development. When we did, we put up a whole bunch of rules and guardrails that were self-imposed. We passed on a lot of deals because of those rules. But we said, hey, look, we are just not going to buy on entitled land no matter how cheap it is, no matter how badly the client says they want to be there. We passed on some deals that other people may have made a lot of money. But you know what? We made good money for the level of risk we were comfortable about taking. I think that's one of the myriad of things in this world that people don't really know and understand. I don't sleep much to begin with, but the only chance you have to sleep at night is to figure out where your own personal risk tolerance is. Howard F Kline [00:08:28] Sam Zell, I remember seeing him talking to us during the recession, some time. I can remember him saying, something to the affect that if you're going to invest, you invest enough to know and in such a way so that when things go to hell in a handbasket, you're still around. Adam Ifshin [00:08:49] The way I like to phrase it is, conviction does not necessarily equal, taking acceptable risk. You can have conviction about an investment and still do everything you can possibly do to mitigate the risk associated, that conviction or confidence naturally brings forth. You have to step back. Adam Ifshin [00:09:12] Now, at this point in time in this organization, it's as much about teaching how to do that as it is doing it yourself. We have a lot of young people in the company and I teach frequently. And one of the things I teach to our leasing people our asset management people, often is that we're an unsecured creditor to retailers. That means that it's great to think like a developer and act like a developer, but what you really need to do is to think like an owner and act like an owner and most of all, you need to think like a lender, you need to act like a lender. Just because someone's got some great new sexy concept doesn't mean that you need to do it. Adam Ifshin [00:09:53] We considered one last week in Buffalo, of all places. Phenomenal concept, one step up from fast casual. It was healthy, had dynamite products. But, the store cost a fortune to build. We questioned if we wanted to have them as a tenant. We considered if it is a corporate concept, is there any credit, who's backing the concept? Turns out it's a franchise concept? It's a $250, $300 hour of foot spend. We really had to think about it. This was different than doing a corporate deal for Chipotle, which may not be as sexy and maybe a little cheaper to do, but at least there's some corporate credit there to back you up. Howard F Kline [00:11:15] That's how I learned. Let's take a short break to tell you a little bit more about Howard Kline. I'd like you to consider this shameless promotion. You know, among other things, I've been criticized for not doing and ask. What is an ask? Well, what that means is that I don't tell people what I'm trying to get out of these interviews. Here is my ask. Howard F Kline [00:11:42] I'm a Nevada, real estate agent looking to put together commercial real estate deals, including institutional sales and leases. In addition, as of this publication in January of 2020, I've been doing a deep dive into opportunity zones and looking to educate and advise investors with capital gains, as well as developers and owners with assets located within opportunity zones. As an attorney, I have many years of experience advising businesses how to maximize their assets and revenue as well as mitigate risks. I've also negotiated probably upwards of a thousand commercial real estate leases for both landlords and tenants. So if you're interested, you can hire me as a broker or you can hire me as an attorney. For more information, you can contact me at hfk@hfkesq.com. Howard F Kline [00:13:12] What's it like having your daughter work for you? [00:13:19] It creates a whole another dynamic that you have to learn to manage. Adam Ifshin [00:17:19] There are similarities between running a business and raising children, particularly a business like this where we're so committed to developing young talent in the industry. My kids were all out here before the show. They went and did all the networking events that I do as an ICSC trustee and executive board member. And they pride themselves on having met people, knowing people, even if they're never going to be in the industry, can you ever spend enough time helping your kids be better people? You can't. One of the things that's kind of cool now about where we're at a DLC is we have a dozen to 15 people under the age of 25 in the organization who are not only hard working and already making an impact, but they come in and they want to learn. And one of things that does is that really creates a great culture and it really motivates the more senior people. It also activates the senior people's brains a little bit. Hey, you know, I'm pretty good at this. I have a story to tell. I have wisdom to impart. And it's really working. It's making everybody feel good and it's making everybody do good things. Howard F Kline [00:18:43] That's not all by luck. You realize that, that all happens because of the leadership. Howard F Kline [00:18:57] But I've been around long enough to know that when it starts at the top and you have a good team working, it's hard to keep it that way. Howard F Kline [00:19:07] But you attract people who think the way you want them to think. The tough part, in my opinion, is keeping them and keeping them motivated. Adam Ifshin [00:19:19] So it's certainly not just me, right? There's a group of us that run this company. Am I the founder and CEO?  Make no mistake about it, the top echelon of the organization, the leaders of the team, are incredibly good at what they do. They share, I think, the motivation and the passion I have for teaching. Howard F Kline [00:19:50] Did you bring them in? Adam Ifshin [00:19:50] Many of them certainly I recruited personally. But many of them have subsequently recruited other leaders in the organization. This is about a team. This is an organization. It's about a team. It's not just about me. Howard F Kline [00:20:13] That's what you convey to everybody. It's not just about Adam. Adam Ifshin [00:20:21] Right. Howard F Kline [00:20:21] So they come in. They like working in the organization. They understand that. So when they recruit people, they understand that it's not about them. And they convey that to the people who work for them. I've been general counsel for companies of 2,000 -  3,000 employees. Howard F Kline [00:20:40] I think of it, you know, like an electric line. We had great organizers at the top. And then as you expand throughout the country, well, then you have to have the second tier and then you have the third tier. That dynamic personality, that energy starts dissipating, if it's not fostered correctly and it starts at the top. And what you have to do is you've got to start here and know how to recruit, know how to foster confidence and the ability to do your job correctly and then teach those people how to do it, who then teach other people. Then all of a sudden you find, while you may have an aberration down the line, but you find that there's a purpose throughout the organization. Adam Ifshin [00:21:38] Well, sure. There's a culture that emerges and you can foster for a culture, you can preach for a culture. You can live by those rules. And if you don't, generally won't work. But at the end of the day, it's interesting that culture is ultimately determined by the team. You can't impose it on anybody. Adam Ifshin [00:22:04] One of things we did in the last year that I'm most proud, the most important thing we did last year, the biggest success we had last year was, we went out for the first time ever and anonymously did the Great Place to Work survey. This is the survey that is the underpinning of the backbone of the Fortune 100 best places to work in all of those types of ratings and rankings. We didn't do it to try and be on them and we never even thought that we would get certified as a great place to work. So roughly one and a half to two percent of the 30,000 companies a year that take the survey get certified as a great place to work based on the anonymous responses of the people on those teams at those companies. Adam Ifshin [00:22:54] We did it because we wanted the impact and the data and the feedback so that we could figure out how to get better right at bringing people into the organization and to your point, getting them to stay, recruitment and retention. Lo and behold, when the survey results came back, we qualified and we got certified as a great place to work. That to me was the biggest accomplishment of the last twelve months, by far. The assets will come and go, we will buy more assets, we will sell some assets, we'll cull the herd, whatever you want to call it, we will harvest profits, but the thing that makes us go, the engine that makes us go is the strength of the culture and the talent and the skill set of that human capital team. Howard F Kline [00:23:36] Let's look at your crystal ball. You go to sleep tonight and you wake up 20 years from now. What's retail real estate going to look like? Adam Ifshin [00:23:51] Retail real estate is going to be here. It's not going away. Will it look the way it looks today? Do I know exactly what to look like? And if I did, I wouldn't have to do this. I might have to be out, you know, displacing Mark Zuckerberg and Jeff Bezos. I don't know exactly what it's going to look like. Clearly, it's trending to more about the person as a lifecycle than it is a consumer of goods. Howard F Kline [00:24:26] Explain that to me. Adam Ifshin [00:24:27] For years, retailers looked at consumers, people as consumers, people who were going to come into their stores, buy things they wanted or needed and consume them and come back for more. Increasingly, people are going to retail destinations. They don't have to go anymore for those things. If you're a recluse, you can figure out how to get your food. You can figure out how to get new clothes. You can figure out how to get toilet paper and toothpaste. But increasingly, it's about people's lives. It's about their social interactions. It's about their experiences. I had this conversation with Bill Horner at LA Fitness that we’ve built 7 stores for. Adam Ifshin [00:25:18] When we started doing them, every retailer said, I don't want a gym. They call them a gym. I don't want a gym next to me. I was a meeting today with my forward-thinking friends at Burlington. We love gyms. We'd love a gym next to us. In the last 15 years, this is really amazing turnaround. It's about experience. It's about lifestyle. People are going to gyms for a myriad of reasons. Want to live longer. They want the quality of life where they're alive to be better. They want to be more mobile, they want to be more flexible, they want to look better. But they're also going there for social interaction. And people are waking up to the fact that a retail venue does not only have to be about the T-shirt and the skirt and the toothbrush and the toothpaste and the toilet paper. It can be about eating, it can be about being with friends, it can be about working out. It can be about going to see your doctor. Adam Ifshin [00:26:16] We've done four now and we're working on more, not urgent care or dental clinic, I'm talking about a full blown mini hospital in a shopping center. The one of the ones we did, we put a 30,000 square foot facility with ambulatory surgery, radiology, orthopedics, OBGYN, pediatrics and EMT next to the number one home goods in the state of Connecticut. Adam Ifshin [00:26:59] You know, it's interesting that there's there's plenty of demand for those boxes. Getting the numbers to work in a market, in an environment where retailers are incredibly cost conscious about rent and occupancy cost and where construction costs have really leapt up, is a challenge. But, when I look at who's interested in coming in and taking over vacant space lot of stuff related to health and wellness, lots related to fitness, a lot related to home. Adam Ifshin [00:27:37] It's interesting for all of the renting, home product is hot. I mean, we're doing a ton of deals with people like home goods, At Home, Kirkland's, and furniture. We just did two more deals with Ashley. We did a deal with Lazy Boy last year. Home is hot and it was hot last year. Howard F Kline [00:28:06] You should be in Vegas. I haven't seen this kind of homebuilding in many, many years. Adam Ifshin [00:28:11] I will tell you that when you talk to locals here, they're worried there isn't enough. Howard F Kline [00:28:20] There are so many people like my wife and I who moved from Southern California to Vegas and we're renting right now. My wife is telling me that as soon as possible, let's find a place to buy even if we rent it out, because if we wait two years, it's going to be too expensive. This is the time to buy. And they are building like crazy, but they're building like crazy because everybody's moving here. That's one of the things that I'm going to be doing is I'm getting my broker's license and I am going to use this platform to bring people to Las Vegas for other than the strip. Other than gaming, you know, the infrastructure that will help Las Vegas when the next downturn occurs, because it will. Adam Ifshin [00:29:06] Millions of people live here who have nothing to do with the strip already. Howard F Kline [00:29:10] Well, that's true. That's very true. Howard F Kline [00:29:12] But the strip feeds the engine. Yeah. It's the engine right now. And what they need to do is develop more of the other infrastructure so that when you hit a recession because Vegas got hit, awful bad, it got hit awful bad during the recession. But if you have all of these are the businesses that could take care of everybody. So if gaming drops a bit, it's not going to hurt as bad. Adam Ifshin [00:29:40] So you talk about homebuilding here. We bought this this big million square foot asset now in Texas last year for value-add play. There has been a lot of leasing demand. We are getting a Toys R US Babies box back. Tons of demand. We have over 150 thousand feet of LOIs. We don't even have the box back yet. It's around the corner from the Allen Eagles football stadium of Friday Nights Lights fame. Adam Ifshin [00:30:10] The home building and the upscale multi-family construction that is going on in that part of the world. Plano. Frisco. Allen, McKinney, Texas. Very powerful. What's amazing is how much of it is pre-sold. You know, people are building 3,000, 4,000 units a year, single family and there's no increase in supply. So essentially pre-sold. Howard F Kline [00:30:36] People are moving out of California. They're moving out of New York. They're moving out of the Democratic states because it's so expensive to live. Adam Ifshin [00:30:48] Oh, I think I think, by the way, that it's only a matter of time before Texas is a blue state, not a red state. Howard F Kline [00:30:58] The demographics are changing all over the place because people can move around. Adam Ifshin [00:31:04] Well, they have a motivation to move, right? You know, eight miles from this center that we bought in in Allen, in the last year, Toyota has opened up their North American headquarters there to relocate from Fremont, California. They move twelve and a half thousand people with an average salary of over one hundred thousand dollars. Liberty Mutual. That's moving the same kind of number of people, 10,000 - 12,000 people. They're moving next door to Toyota. And State Farm's going next to them. NTT DoCoMo is North American headquarters going next to them. Adam Ifshin [00:31:43] The people who are moving are people who were largely from California, little bit in New York, Illinois, people are moving because the math doesn't work in those other places anymore. That's a big challenge in those places. Howard F Kline [00:32:01] What keeps you awake at night? Adam Ifshin [00:32:14] I don't understand why lenders continue to lend into private equity backed, LBO backed, retailers who are starved for capital because of the leverage levels putting them in the position that they can't improve their stores. Look, there's no question that there is a significant level of disruption in our world because of Amazon and a million other technology related developments. But when I look at most of the distress that we've encountered from retailer bankruptcies, they're largely not driven by e-commerce. They are largely driven by you have a relatively commoditization chain, nothing really to differentiate it, perhaps the management is part of that, that company gets LBO'd. Adam Ifshin [00:33:18] And now every last bit of free cash flow, instead of going into reinventing your supply chain, leaning out your inventories, refreshing the stores, creating a compelling reason for customers to come in and shop, the money is all going to pay debt. And then a year later, they're doing another debt piece that's for the purpose of growing the business, it's to take a special dividend so they can take out more equity. I don't understand why the lenders are still so compliant, so complicit, so willing to extend leverage to entities in the face of what the track record is. Adam Ifshin [00:33:57] What keeps me up at night is you go out, you make a deal with a great retailer. They've got a nice balance sheet and six months later they get LBO'd and all of a sudden you're thinking, why did I buy into here? Like I said before, we view ourselves as an unsecured creditor at a bankruptcy table, but we view ourselves as an unsecured lender when we put out a large TI package to a tenant. We have absolutely zero control over what their balance sheet could look fine on Tuesday and they can get a buyout offer on Friday. Howard F Kline [00:34:27] OK, let me just stop you there. Now, you remember you're talking to a lawyer who's been a tenant, who's also been a landlord and the whole nine yards. I could go on and on why that doesn't have to be what you're talking about. Adam Ifshin [00:34:46] But it is. Howard F Kline [00:34:47] It is. Howard F Kline [00:34:49] I can remember in 1986 negotiating a deal. It took me six months to negotiate 40,000 square feet in Houston with Citibank. We had a letter of credit, actually there were multiple declining letters of credit. They made it very difficult and we were the biggest deal in Houston that year. I can also tell you that when it comes to getting a security interest and I know every landlord tells you that they'll never give it to you, but there's no reason why you can't take a security interest in a lease. You can do that. But I've never seen a landlord say, oh, yeah, let's do it. Great idea, Howard, because I always hear, well, they have to finance their tenant improvements. Well, if you're doing the tenant improvements, you'd better secure it. And there's no reason why you can't secure file a security interests in all of their assets. I think that that should be part of the deal. Adam Ifshin [00:35:49] Right. But if they're leveraged in front of you, secured in front of you, what are you going to do? Howard F Kline [00:35:55] I'm telling you that you worry about whether or not you're first or second in line when they're in bankruptcy, you're at least a secured creditor. Adam Ifshin [00:36:07] Fair point. Howard F Kline [00:36:07] I get good judgments. I represent some large companies and I get judgments. And then I don't execute on that judgment for a minimum of 90 days after I file my UCC liens so that I don't force them into bankruptcy, whether they have assets or not. I don't care. File that UCC lien. I wait 90 days and then I perfect my security interest so that if they do file bankruptcy, of course I'm looking to see how much they lie on there, you know, on their schedules. Howard F Kline [00:36:44] But if they file bankruptcy, I'm in a secured position. I don't even care that point in time, whether or not I'm first in line there, second, if I don't secure it, then I'm not even in line. So at least let me get in line. What's the best time to get in line? Adam Ifshin [00:37:01] In the beginning. Howard F Kline [00:37:02] Right now? Certainly, don't wait till tomorrow. Adam Ifshin [00:37:05] You always have a great closer. Howard F Kline [00:37:10] Data. Talk to me about data. Over the last two days I've spoken to people about how big data is right now. Then some people are going, but there's a scary part to data. What are your thoughts on data, where it is now and where is it going? Adam Ifshin [00:37:30] So data is a big deal. Our team at DLC spent the last nine months working on putting a product in place that enables us to more easily, more seamlessly extract data from our various databases, particularly our primary, commercial management, property management, accounting software package in a manner in which you don't have to be an accountant to get it out and then manipulate it. You don't have to be some Excel wizard to get it out. We want easier to access the data. It makes it easier to use, analyze the data and then use those analytics to your advantage to do everything from make better deals speed the lease process, come to better resolution in disputes. We're a big believer in harnessing and but it's about transparency and access. Adam Ifshin [00:38:25] I happen to be and we're not using the product yet, but I happen to be an investor outside of DLC as a private person in a venture startup that's got a really dynamic CEO. This is his fifth startup, all of which have been highly successful. It's an entity called “data.world”. This is a major, very big concept idea about unlocking access to data legally, in old legacy systems where they're buried, where it's hard to get it out. Our launch customers are people like Associated Press and Gannett and the Census Bureau. Adam Ifshin [00:39:14] There are large scale projects out there now designed to address the opaqueness and the difficulty in accessing data for the purposes of good and being in a way in which we can do things from reframe and rethink what efficiency means because and what productivity means. If you look at the single biggest drag on growth in America, it's that the productivity gains that we saw in the 90's from the application of the personal computer, in the laptop computer and the software systems that grew up on those platforms has peaked and it's plateaued and it's led to very mediocre productivity growth over the last decade, almost 15 years now. Adam Ifshin [00:40:02] We have to get back to productivity increases in this country if we want to see real GDP growth at a rate that's materially higher than inflation so that we can pay the bill for some of the stuff that's gone on in this country. I believe that harnessing data more efficiently so that things can be built more efficiently and government can manage and fix its infrastructure more or less expensively and faster all comes back to unleashing and harnessing the benefits of data. Health care is another place. Now, look, are there privacy concerns, there are privacy concerns? You know, we have a president who tweets from an unsafe phone. Adam Ifshin [00:40:51] The one thing I'll close with, I think that within reason those privacy concerns can be addressed and certainly in a private company setting with appropriate confidentiality and security. I'm not worried about it, but I see a great future for using data, DLC and beyond.  

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Rupal J. Bhansali joins the podcast to discuss her just-published book "Non-Consensus Investing: Being Right When Everyone Else is Wrong." Ms. Bhansali is the chief investment officer, international and global equities, at Ariel Investments in New York. Over the course of the conversation she explains why she wrote the book, some of its most valuable lessons for stock analysts, and why investors should eschew FAANG stocks for a new acronym: MANG (Michelin, Ahold, NTT Docomo, Glaxosmithkline). Skip to segments: The need for developing non-consensus views (2:20), focusing on balance-sheet risk rather than earnings (3:50), "kicking the can down the road" is not an option (6:27), FAANG vs. MANG (7:27), a special message to young women (12:20) More information on the book: https://cup.columbia.edu/book/non-consensus-investing/9780231192309

ยินดีต้อนรับสู่ 5 Questions with Chutchapol . Podcast นี้ผมตั้งใจจะดึงมุมมอง และคำแนะนำที่คนฟังสามารถนำไปใช้พัฒนาตัวเองได้จริงผ่าน 5 คำถาม แขกรับเชิญที่ผมสัมภาษณ์จะเป็นบุคคลที่น่าสนใจจากหลากวงการ และอาชีพ คุณสามารถตามผมได้ทาง Social ต่างๆ ทั้ง Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram หรือ Blog . เกี่ยวกับแขกรับเชิญ . นายแพทย์ศุภชัย ปาจริยานนท์ เป็นผู้ก่อตั้งและประธานเจ้าหน้าที่บริหาร RISE - Regional Corporate Innovation Accelerator หรือสถาบันเร่งสปีดนวัตกรรมองค์กรแห่งภูมิภาคเอเชียตะวันออกเฉียงใต้ และผู้ร่วมก่อตั้งและบริหาร SEA Exponential Fund (SeaX) กองทุนสำหรับลงทุนในบริษัทเทคโนโลยีชั้นนำทั่วโลก นายแพทย์ศุภชัยมีความสนใจในการประกอบธุรกิจมาตั้งแต่อายุ 19 ปี ในขณะที่เขาเป็นนักศึกษาแพทย์ชั้นปีที่ 2 คณะแพทยศาสตร์ศิริราชพยาบาล ในปี พ.ศ. 2548 เขาเป็นผู้คิดค้นและพัฒนาแอพพลิเคชั่นซื้อ-ขายหุ้นผ่านทางโทรศัพท์เป็นคนแรกในประเทศไทย และได้ขายไปให้กับตลาดหลักทรัพย์แห่งประเทศไทยในปี พ.ศ. 2550 ปี พ.ศ. 2554 นายแพทย์ศุภชัยก่อตั้งบริษัท MCFIVA เอเจนซี่โฆษณาดิจิทัลที่ได้สร้างแคมเปญโฆษณาที่มีมูลค่าหลายล้านเหรียญสหรัฐให้กับบริษัทที่ติด Fortune 500 ทั้งในประเทศไทยและเอเชียตะวันออกเฉียงใต้ และในปี พ.ศ. 2556 บริษัท D2C Inc (ประเทศญี่ปุ่น) ในกลุ่มบริษัท NTT Docomo ได้เข้ามาลงทุนและเป็นหนึ่งในผู้ถือหุ้นรายใหญ่ เพื่อเปิดตลาดของบริษัทสู่ภูมิภาคเอเชียตะวันออกเฉียงใต้ . ปี พ.ศ. 2559 นายแพทย์ศุภชัยได้ก่อตั้งบริษัท RISE - Corporate Innovation Accelerator หรือสถาบันเร่งสปีดนวัตกรรมองค์กร เพื่อทำงานกับกลุ่มบริษัทขนาดใหญ่และรัฐบาลในภูมิภาคเอเชียตะวันออกเฉียงใต้ โดยจะพัฒนานวัตกรรมองค์กรผ่านทาง Corporate Accelerator และ Corporate Intrapreneur Program ที่ได้รับการยอมรับจากบริษัทจดทะเบียนในตลาดหลักทรัพย์แห่งประเทศและบริษัทชั้นนำในภูมิภาคเอเชียตะวันออกเฉียงใต้ ผลการทำงานตลอดสามปีที่ผ่านมาส่งผลทำให้ในปัจจุบัน RISE เป็นสถาบันเร่งสปีดนวัตกรรมองค์กรที่อันดับหนึ่งในเอเชียตะวันออกเฉียงใต้ ได้รับความไว้วางใจจากผู้บริหารจากบริษัทที่ใหญ่ที่สุดในประเทศไทยรวมมูลค่ากว่า 25 เปอร์เซ็นต์ของมูลค่าตลาดหลักทรัพย์แห่งประเทศไทยเข้าร่วมกว่า 1,800 คน และมีธุรกิจสตาร์ทอัพ มากกว่า 1,000 แห่งที่เข้าร่วมกับ RISE ซึ่งมีมูลค่ารวมกว่า 900 ล้านเหรียญสหรัฐ . นายแพทย์ศุภชัย ปาจริยานนท์ จบปริญญาตรีคณะแพทยศาสตร์ศิริราชพยาบาล มหาวิทยาลัยมหิดลและปริญญาโท Biomedical Informatics จาก Oregon Health and Science University อีกทั้งยังเป็น Alumni ของ Stanford’s Graduate School of Business และเป็นอดีตประธานสมาคมโฆษณาดิจิทัล (ประเทศไทย) . Corporate Innovation Summit 2019 ครั้งแรกในเอเชียกับงานสัมมนานวัตกรรมองค์กรระดับภูมิภาค ที่ดึงเอานวัตกรระดับโลก กว่า 80 ชีวิต อาทิ Tom Kelly - ผู้ก่อตั้ง IDEO และ ร่วมก่อตั้ง Stanford d.school เจ้าพ่อ Design Thinking Alex Osterwalder - ผู้คิดค้น Business Model Canvas Dan Roam - Visual Thinker และ เจ้าของหนังสือ New York Times’ Bestseller: Back of the napkin และ Draw to Win ไม่ได้แค่มาพูด!!! แต่มารันเวิร์คช้อป เพื่อปรับ Mindset เติม Skill Set และ ให้ Tool Set กลับไปใช้งานในองค์กร เพื่อเร่งสปีดนวัตกรรม สร้างธุรกิจใหม่ในโลกดิจิทัลได้จริง พร้อม one-on-one session กับ CEO งานจัดวันที่ 28-29 มีนาคม Centara Grand @ Central World ดูรายละเอียดเพิ่มเติมที่ cis.riseaccel.com . 5 คำถามที่ผมถามใน Episode นี้ . 1. Innovation สำคัญอย่างไรกับพนักงาน และคำแนะนำสำหรับพนักงานในการพัฒนาตัวเอง 2. วิธีคิดเวลาเกิดอุปสรรค 3. การสร้างและรักษา energy ในการทำงาน 4. คำแนะนำของ mentor ที่ชอบมากที่สุด 5. อยากบอกอะไรกับรุ่นน้องที่เพิ่งเริ่มทำงาน

Японская компания Kyocera и местный оператор NTT Docomo анонсировали телефон толщиной с банковскую карту. Новинка имеет такой небольшой размер, что с легкостью поместится в кошельке, передает Модель Kyocera KY-O1L весит 47 граммов и имеет размер 91 на 55 мм. Толщина гаджета составляет всего 5,3 мм. Смартфон оснащен монохромным экраном из электронной бумаги диагональю 2,8 дюйма. Емкость аккумулятора составляет 380 мА/ч. У новинки отсутствуют камеры, а работает под управлением фирменной операционной системы на базе Android, но без магазина приложений. Планируется, что гаджет поступит в продажу в ноябре 2018 года, что его можно будет купить за 285 долларов. Ранее сообщалось, что компания Google презентовала в Нью-Йорке новейшие смартфоны Pixel 3, Pixel 3XL, а также планшет Pixel Slate. Как заявил вице-президент компании Рик Остерлох, Google удалось создать "лучшую в мире камеру и поместить ее в лучший в мире смартфон Pixel 3".

Discover more tech podcasts like this: Tech Podcast Asia. Produced by Pikkal & Co - Award Winning Podcast Agency. [23:00] Everything being said about China now was once said about Japan (world's biggest economy, world's most advanced market, world's most sophisticated consumer etc). [28:30] China is going to become the world's largest economy in 2020. What is hype and what is fact? [42:50] What are the parallels between the NTT DoCoMo telecoms industry in Japan of the 1980s/90s and the WeChat internet industry of China today?

[23:00] Everything being said about China now was once said about Japan (world's biggest economy, world's most advanced market, world's most sophisticated consumer etc). [28:30] China is going to become the world's largest economy in 2020. What is hype and what is fact? [42:50] What are the parallels between the NTT DoCoMo telecoms industry in Japan of the 1980s/90s and the WeChat internet industry of China today?

[23:00] Everything being said about China now was once said about Japan (world's biggest economy, world's most advanced market, world's most sophisticated consumer etc). [28:30] China is going to become the world's largest economy in 2020. What is hype and what is fact? [42:50] What are the parallels between the NTT DoCoMo telecoms industry in Japan of the 1980s/90s and the WeChat internet industry of China today?

It’s rare for a Japanese startup to challenge NTT and come out ahead. But that’s exactly what Takehiro Ogita and his team at TownWiFi have accomplished. TownWiFi is a mobile app that automatically detects and logins into available WiFi hotspots. Since TownWiFi was very modestly funded, Takehiro and his team relied on a better user experience and word of mouth to get the word out. Today we sit down with Takehiro and dive into that story, but we also look at the company's existing overseas userbase and his plans for global expansion on a shoestring. There is so much changing among Japanese startups right now, and Takehiro explains some of the social forces working for and working against new Japanese startups. It’s a great discussion, and I think you’ll enjoy it. Show Notes The universal problem with free WiFi What allowed TownWiFi to gather a userbase so quickly Why Rakuten produces so many startup founders Why Takehiro had to hide his startup from his family How TownWiFi managed to beat NTT in direct competition A common sense plan for global expansion How pivoting from a C2C to a B2B model saved this startup Links from the Founder The TownWiFi Homepage Takehiro's Blog  Friend Takehiro on Facebook And, of course, download the TownWiFi app [shareaholic app="share_buttons" id="7994466"] Leave a comment Transcript   Disrupting Japan, episode 92. Welcome to Disrupting Japan. Straight talk from Japan’s most successful entrepreneurs. I’m Tim Romero and thanks for joining me. Takehiro Ogita started TownWiFi as a simple way to allow Wi-Fi hotspots to be accessed and shared to mobile phones or mobile device users in general. There are a number of free Wi-Fi finding apps out there today but there are a few particularly interesting things about TownWiFi. First, unlike almost all their competitors, TownWiFi has found a way to monetize this app. And while they’re not yet profitable, they are earning revenue. Second, and I love this for so many reasons, the dominant player in this space, when TownWiFi launched their product was NTT and little TownWiFi has absolutely crushed NTT in the marketplace. Don’t get me wrong. I like NTT. I have friends at NTT. NTT is actually doing a lot of positive things in the area of corporate development and open innovation. The reason TownWiFi’s story is so inspiring is that it would have been absolutely impossible 10 years ago. Back then, NTT DoCoMo was not only the dominant mobile carrier but strictly controlled which apps would be allowed to be featured on their platform and sold to their subscribers. This may sound vaguely like the way Apple runs the App Store but it’s not. At that time, Japanese carriers would select one or two apps in each category, usually from closely associated companies and then lock everyone else out. Apps did not really compete with each other and there is no way that a serious challenger to the carrier’s own app let alone one made by an independent upstart would have been allowed inside their walled garden. Things are changing for startups in Japan, and when tiny little startups begin to beat NTT at their own game, it means great things are on the way. But you know, Takehiro tells that story much better than I can. So let’s hear from our sponsor and get right to the interview. [pro_ad_display_adzone id="1411"  info_text="Sponsored by"  font_color="grey"  ] [Interview] Tim: So I’m sitting here with Takehiro Ogita of TownWiFi. Thanks for sitting down with us today. Takehiro: Thanks for having me. Tim: TownWiFi is an app that helps you find free Wi-Fi hotspots but I know it’s more than that, and you can explain it better than I can. So why don’t you tell us what TownWiFi is? Takehiro: We are providing app which can auto-connect and authenticate to the public Wi-Fi. Our biggest point is that we are auto-authenticate, and auto-login,

本日四方会谈，聚焦全球性政治议题：绘文字。 距离上一个世界绘文字日，已经过去 135 天。立足当下，我们将以语言的、文字的、历史的、文化的、设计的、技术的等多方面视角，不中立、不全面、不深刻地闲聊绘文字。 参考链接 CotEditor，macOS 上的一款纯文本编辑器 U+FFFD (Replacement Character)，UTF-8 编码为「0xEF 0xBF 0xBD」，以国标码解码可能形成「锟 (0xEFBF) 斤 (0xBDEF) 拷 (0xBFBD)」 南極星（NJStar Software） Shift JIS U+FEFF (Zero Width No-Break Space, BOM)，UTF-8 编码为「0xEF 0xBB 0xBF」，以国标码解码可能形成「锘 (0xEFBB)」 Guillemet，法语书写系统中使用的引号 World Emoji Day，每年 7 月 17 日 Emoji（絵文字） Unicode 关于 emoji 的定义及相关释疑 NTT DoCoMo 最初发布的 176 个 emoji，已被 MoMA 纳入馆藏 栗田穣崇（Shigetaka Kurita），NTT DoCoMo 初版 emoji 的开发者 Emoticon（颜文字） Dingbat Pictogram（象形文字 / 图形文字） Egyptian hieroglyphs（圣书体） i-mode，NTT DoCoMo 架设的移动互联网服务 Pidgin language（混杂语） Unicode 现行 emoji 排序法（v3.0） 艸（cǎo），《康熙字典》艸部部首 Unicode 完整 emoji 列表（v3.0）及近期新增一览（v3.0） Santa Claus Emojipedia，Jeremy Burge 于 2013 年创办 Matt Sephton 基于 Emojipedia 的数据开发了一部电子词典，可在 macOS 中使用 Colin M. Ford 在 Medium 上撰文介绍 emoji 字体的常见格式及相关技术信息 Google/FreeType 基于 OpenType 的 CBDT 和 CBLC 表实现 Apple 基于 TrueType 的私有扩展 sbix 表实现 Microsoft 基于 OpenType 的 COLR 和 CPAL 表实现 Adobe/Firefox 基于 OpenType 的 SVG 表实现 Adobe 基于 OpenType-SVG 开发的彩色字体，Photoshop CC 2017 已经支持 Twemoji，Twitter 开发的 emoji，可在 web 上跨平台使用 Emoji 标准化工作曾在 Unicode Consortium 内部引发较大争议 Unicode 定义的 emoji 序列（v3.0）及 emoji ZWJ 序列（v3.0） ZWJ (U+200D, Zero-Width Joiner) ，可用于拼接特殊的 emoji 序列 IPN 旗下电台 logo 一览 主播 Rio：IPN 联合创始人，Apple4us 程序员，《IT 公论》《疯投圈》及《内核恐慌》主播 吴涛：Type is Beautiful 程序员，《内核恐慌》主播 Eric：字体排印研究者，译者，Type is Beautiful 编辑 蒸鱼：设计师，Type is Beautiful 编辑 《内核恐慌》（Kernel Panic）是由 IPN 出品、吴涛和 Rio 做的播客，首播于 2014 年 10 月。号称硬核，可也没什么干货。想听的人听，不想听的人就别听。 欢迎与我们交流或反馈，来信请致 podcast@thetype.com。如果你喜爱本期节目，也欢迎用 PayPal 或支付宝向我们捐赠，账户与联络信箱一致：podcast@thetype.com。

Intro On Wednesday, March 30, 2016 the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) started a three-year process of making our mobile internet even faster and better. The government is buying underused TV airwaves and selling it to mobile carriers for billions of dollars. These radio waves—also known as spectrum—will shape mobile US connectivity as streaming video continues to swallow up bandwidth across the country and as we inch closer to 5G internet speeds. In this podcast, we discuss the auction process. Updates Ransomware Evolution is Really Bad News ­ - Angela Alcorn Recently, 10 hospitals in Maryland operated without access to their central network because their domain servers were locked by a ransomware known as Samsam http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/ransomware-evolution-is-really-bad-news-microsoft-edge-will-intelligently-pause-flash-tech-news-digest/ Victims paid more than $24 million to ransomware criminals in 2015 — and that's just the beginning – Dan Turkel The DOJ revealed that the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) had received nearly 7,700 public complaints regarding ransomware since 2005, totaling $57.6 million in damages. Those damages include ransoms paid — generally $200 to $10,000, according to the FBI — as well as costs incurred in dealing with the attack and estimated value of data lost. In 2015 alone, victims paid over $24 million across nearly 2,500 cases reported to the IC3. http://www.businessinsider.com/doj-and-dhs-ransomware-attacks-government-2016-4  Adobe issues emergency update to Flash after ransomware attacks – Jim Finkle Adobe Systems Inc (ADBE.O) issued an emergency update on Thursday to its widely used Flash software for Internet browsers after researchers discovered a security flaw that was being exploited to deliver ransomware to Windows PCs. The software maker urged the more than 1 billion users of Flash on Windows, Mac, Chrome and Linux computers to update the product as quickly as possible after security researchers said the bug was being exploited in "drive-by" attacks that infect computers with ransomware when tainted websites are visited. http://www.reuters.com/article/us-adobe-systems-cyber-ransomware-idUSKCN0X502K Spectrum How about the auction, What’s spectrum? The way it is being used here, by the FCC - Spectrum is really just a fancy term for radio waves, a specific portion of the electromagnetic spectrum. What’s going on with T-Mobile? T-Mobile wants to stop that from happening, saying AT&T and Verizon already control three-fourths of low-band frequencies. Who else is interested in spectrum? Comcast, Charter, and Dish Network, Google (?) How is this auction being setup? TV broadcasters by Tuesday April 5 must have made official their intentions to accept the FCC's opening price for the rights to the spectrum they currently use for digital TV broadcasts.  Who is bidding and how much money are we talking about? AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile, Comcast, Dish Network, etc Can you describe the spectrum being auctioned and what will be done with it? The FCC expects that bidders will provide new wireless services using that spectrum, which is in the 600 MHz band and currently used for UHF TV channels. The characteristics of UHF that make it good for TV also work well for wireless communications and data delivery -- the waves can travel great distances and pass through buildings. So what happens if a TV station sells its spectrum? TV broadcasters have the choice of moving to a lower-frequency spot on the spectrum, sharing signals with a neighboring station or giving up broadcasting altogether. Does the FCC know which stations are going to sell? While some stations have made their intentions to participate in the reverse auction public, the FCC is not able to announce what percent of the 1,800 eligible TV stations are involved, because of confidentiality protections within the 2012 Congressional action that led to the auction. What if a station sells? Are they out of business? As the FCC reorganizes spectrum allocations after the auction, some TV channels may need to be reassigned during the 39-month transition period. Any reassignment requires that the FCC preserve stations' current audience and geographical reach. For more information about the incentive auction, visit the FCC web site http://www.fcc.gov/ You mentioned some big provider names – can you give more details? Currently, the top four nationwide providers - Verizon, AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile - combined hold more than 80% of available wireless spectrum. AT&T is expected to spend at least $10 billion on the auction, with Verizon to spend from $8 billion to $10 billion, and T-Mobile between $6 billion and $10 billion. Zino did not estimate Comcast or Dish's spending. Why do we need more spectrum? Video takes up 50 percent of all US mobile data and will likely grow to 70 percent in 2021, which is when this rearranged spectrum will go into use. Because video requires more over-the-air bandwidth than other types of data, these bigger lanes will open up the possibility for applications we haven’t even thought of yet. These lower-frequency bands will play a role in 5G. In much the same way that 700 MHz paved the way for America’s world-leading deployment of 4G, so could 600 MHz accelerate U.S. deployment of 5G.” How fast will 5G go? 5G standards have yet to be defined. In October 2014, Samsung Electronics set the first record by achieving a wireless speed of 7.5Gbps in tests at its DMC R&D Centre at Samsung Electronics in Suwon, South Korea. But in November 2014, the record was beaten by the University of Surrey's 5G Innovation Centre (5GIC), which was founded by a host of telecoms industry partners, including Fujitsu, Aircom, BT, Samsung, Telefonica, Vodafone, Aeroflex and Rohde & Schwarz, as well as the BBC. 5GIC achieved a speed of 0.8 terabits (800Gbps) in its tests. Then on 25 February 2015, it beat its own record by hitting 1Tbps, which is currently the world record. How about 5G distance? So far, the most impressive test has been that of Huawei and NTT DoComo, who achieved mobile internet speeds of 3.6Gbps outdoors across the city of Chengdu in Sichuan Province, China in October 2015. Will there be enough participation? Good question, there's some concern that not enough stations planned to participate in this latest auction. Only one in ten broadcasters expressed an interest in selling its spectrum in discussions in advance of the auction, according to tech consulting firm the Envisioneering Group. Time will tell. Bits and Bytes Why The FBI Director Puts Tape Over His Webcam  – Andy Greenberg FBI Director James Comey gave a speech this week about encryption and privacy, repeating his argument that "absolute privacy" hampers law enforcement. But it was an offhand remark during the Q&A session at Kenyon College that caught the attention of privacy activists: "I saw something in the news, so I copied it. I put a piece of tape — I have obviously a laptop, personal laptop — I put a piece of tape over the camera. Because I saw somebody smarter than I am had a piece of tape over their camera." http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/04/08/473548674/why-the-fbi-director-puts-tape-over-his-webcam The Senate’s Draft Encryption Bill Is ‘Ludicrous, Dangerous, Technically Illiterate’ – Martin Kaste On Thursday evening, the draft text of a bill called the “Compliance with Court Orders Act of 2016,” authored by offices of Senators Diane Feinstein and Richard Burr,  was published online by the Hill.1 It’s a nine-page piece of legislation that would require people to comply with any authorized court order for data—and if that data is “unintelligible,” the legislation would demand that it be rendered “intelligible.” In other words, the bill would make illegal the sort of user-controlled encryption that’s in every modern iPhone, in all billion devices that run Whatsapp’s messaging service, and in dozens of other tech products. http://www.wired.com/2016/04/senates-draft-encryption-bill-privacy-nightmare/ SpaceX Landing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEr9cPpuAx8

Gil has more than 20 years of experience as a multidisciplinary and software specialist, with extensive experience in deep R&D and research as well as customer-facing projects. He holds a masters degree in Molecular Genetics and Cancer Research from HUJI. Gil directly managed groundbreaking projects with Microsoft, Yahoo, Oracle, Siemens-Mobile, Ericsson, Samsung, NTT-DoCoMo and others while in Comverse and RADVISION. He holds deep knowledge in code-security, system-security, and secure-architecture.

Welcome to episode #243. On the show: Location-based soundtrack on the Williamsburg Bridge; The Great Escape; Google's Eddystone beacon initiative; Spotify's musical map of the world; Enplug's digital signage app marketplace; CrispMedia partners with Taste Of Home for hyperlocal content in grocery stores; Swrve and Plot Projects partner; NTT DoCoMo helps us shop with our eyes; 800 Square Feet is Canada's first shopping apartment; the GPS turns 20 and so does Amazon. Our special guest is Ian Dallimore, Director of Innovation and Digital Strategy for Lamar. Full show notes can be found here.

Welcome to episode #243. On the show: Location-based soundtrack on the Williamsburg Bridge; The Great Escape; Google's Eddystone beacon initiative; Spotify's musical map of the world; Enplug's digital signage app marketplace; CrispMedia partners with Taste Of Home for hyperlocal content in grocery stores; Swrve and Plot Projects partner; NTT DoCoMo helps us shop with our eyes; 800 Square Feet is Canada's first shopping apartment; the GPS turns 20 and so does Amazon. Our special guest is Ian Dallimore, Director of Innovation and Digital Strategy for Lamar. Full show notes can be found here.

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Tii - iTem 0281 - This Should Brighten Everyones Day   Links Mentioned in this Episode: Today's Sponsor - Audible  Apple sends invites for September event: Apple To Host Special Event Sept. 10 Apple may differentiate 'iPhone 5S' fingerprint scanning home button with silver ring  iPhone 5S release date: Decoding Apple's enigmatic invite September 2013 Apple Event Rumor Bingo Why There Won't Be Any Surprises at Next Week's iPhone Event Apple to livestream California’s iPhone event in Tokyo, Berlin and Beijing DoCoMo to offer Apple's iPhone: Nikkei  Apple to Pay up to $280 Credit for Used iPhones - Digits - WSJ Apple's Shrewdly Radical iPhone Trade-In Program You can trade in your old iPhone at Apple stores starting today What happens to used iPhone prices before and after an Apple event? How Big Is Apple's China Mobile iPhone Opportunity? The iPhone will reportedly be sold by Japan's largest carrier, NTT Docomo, this fall Apple's iPhone grows to 43% share among US smartphones Apple FaceTime fix may not be working out for some unhappy users Apple Hits Back At Report Alleging Long Hours And Low Pay In Chinese iPhone 5C Factory Walmart reduces the prices of iPhone 5 CIVC warns Apple over ‘Champagne’ iPhone iPhone 5C Pictured with Color Matched Packaging iPhone 5S  Gold - YouTube Leaked iPhone 5S Home Button Confirmed to Include Fingerprint Scanner New Photo of Alleged iPhone 5S Home Button Flex Cable Could Point to Fingerprint Sensor iPhone with 6-inch display tipped for testing at Apple China Telecom reveals iPhone 5S and 5C are coming to China early IPhone coming Sept. 20? Verizon reportedly blocks employee vacations  Apple Sourcing Components for 17-Watt Power Supply Apple Rumors: iPhone 6 early 2014 New iPad 5 Parts Leaked - YouTube The Science of the Apple Rumor Mill  Samsung finally unpacks Galaxy Gear smartwatch Samsung hopes to restore confidence with its concerned investors at strategy meeting Samsung's Galaxy Gear smartwatch coming Sept. 25 - Sep. 4, 2013 Microsoft to Buy Nokia's Device Business in Deal Worth $7.17 Billion Android Operating Systems Worry the FBI  First case of Android Trojan spreading via mobile botnets discovered Meet Circle  — Kickstarter Authorities seize hundreds of counterfeit Apple products in Maryland mall Sugar Glider Xtreme Introducing the iPhone 5S - YouTube When Games Pretend to Be Games They Aren't Busted! McCain plays iPhone poker during Syria hearings Newly Discovered Apple Patent Reveals How iPhone Fingerprint Scanner Will Work Apps Mentioned in this Episode: Tii App Garageband Audiobus SampleTank Drawcast Doodle Buddy Taboo Game 10,000 mandarin Chineese  Flying Ruler iClean Talkatone Pinger DBLCam PhoTwo Double Camera Double Snap Camon Double Photo Fun DoubleShout Photo Duocam Disk And Memory Space Remember the Oil  PhotoSync

Juiz Robin Jacob, que cuidava do caso Apple x Samsung, está do lado da sul-coreana; Embraer confirma venda de 20 aviões A-29 Super Tucano aos EUA; Novo malware utiliza PDFs para espionagem, segundo Kaspersky Lab; Operadora japonesa NTT DoCoMo virá para o Brasil; Facebook quer publicidade eficiente e fecha acordo com empresas de dados; Ranking das 50 empresas mais admiradas do mundo; Ladrão pensa que é invisível e se dá mal ao assaltar banco.

Jim Craig, Micki (of the Charlotte Geeks) and Stephen Euin Cobb are today's speakers. Topic: Inventions which were Inspired by Science Fiction movies, books or TV.  Hosted by Stephen Euin Cobb, this is the October 24, 2012 episode of The Future And You. [Running time: 66 minutes] This panel discussion was recorded before a live audience on June 2, 2012 in Charlotte, North Carolina at the Science Fiction and Fantasy convention ConCarolinas. News Items:  [1] Japan's biggest mobile operator will launch a real-time translation service that lets people chat over the telephone in several different languages. The application for NTT DoCoMo subscribers will give two-way voice and text readouts of conversations between Japanese speakers and those talking in English, Chinese or Korean with a several-second delay, the firm said. Voice-to-text readouts will soon be available in French, German, Indonesian, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish and Thai. [2] Starvation Hormone (fibroblast growth factor-21, FGF21 for short) Markedly Extends Mouse Life Span, Without Need for Calorie Restriction.

Latest iOS beta Adds Ability to Initiate FaceTime Calls by Email Address / Rumor of Apple iPod Event Next Week / BMO Analyst Sees Significant Refresh of MacBook Air and iPod Line / A T and T Says it Sees No Big Loss When it Loses iPhone Exclusivity / TechCrunch Scribe Sees Verizon iPhone for January 2011 / iPhone Hardware Exec Mark Papermaster No Longer Employed by Apple / Daring Fireball Source Says Knowledge of iPhone 4 Antenna Issue Predates Papermaster Tenure at Apple / WSJ: Papermaster and Apple an Ill Fit / HP CEO Resigns at Request of Board of Directors / Best Buy Exec Hints at Best Buy Tablet to Compete with iPad / Japan Orders Apple to Replace Batteries in Some First-Gen iPod nanos / NTT DoCoMo to Officially Support iPhone Unofficially Later This Month / Ono Says No Beatles on iTunes Anytime Soon / Apple Turns on Genius Recommendations for iPad Apps