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Cie Nicholson is a speaker, investor and advisor to several start-up companies, and a founding member of The Band of Sisters. She serves as the Public Board Director for Selective Insurance, as an Advisor for Yext, as the Senior Advisor for PLANT-AG and Tangelo, and she's on the Board of Advisors for Lavit. Her career also includes 11 years at PepsiCo, serving as the EVP and CMO of Equinox and Softcard. In this episode… Many leaders are conditioned to have a narrow view of success. The image of a visionary entrepreneur or a radical new CEO is alluring but doesn't provide a complete picture. Many successful leaders find flexible, nuanced versions of their lives and give back to their communities. So how do you find that delicate balance? Cie Nicholson has a storied career that includes a blend of corporate and entrepreneurial experiences and a proven track record of building brands and businesses. She has recently taken a new direction in her career, finding time for both professional ventures and her personal life. Now she offers her experience to others looking to do the same. In this episode of Next Wave Leadership, Dov Pollack joins Cie Nicholson, Co-founder of The Band of Sisters, again to talk about redefining a successful career and her work with other professionals. They start with Cie's upbringing, the lessons she took from her leadership positions, and her “soft” retirement. They dive deep into the role of minority groups in the corporate space and how to provide a better platform for women in business.

Bias may present itself in a variety of ways within lending. When assessing biases, two issues frequently arise: Was someone treated differently because of who they are? Or did a sincere goal activity end as being harmful to one group? A recent wave of technological innovation has enabled lenders to better comprehend how distinct subpopulations might perform differently than the kind of borrower they're used to seeing or that's effectively represented in the data. On this episode of The Lending Link, we sit down with Kareem Saleh, CEO and co-founder of fairplay.ai, which assists lenders in identifying potential disparities in the decisioning systems, provides options to increase profitability and fairness, and helps in demonstrating to consumers, regulators and the public that they are taking strong steps to be fair. Kareem and Rich discuss how to assess algorithms for bias and optimize them for failures and as well as discuss a number of topics, including: The role of alternative data in credit underwriting and machine learning What is the adverse impact ratio? How is it determined? How does it function? How to identify variables for the protected groups that may not be in your initial model Opportunities for lenders to meet the requirements under the Community Reinvestment Act and more! About Kareem Saleh Kareem Saleh is the founder and CEO of FairPlay, the world's first Fairness-as-a-Service company. Financial Institutions use FairPlay's APIs to embed fairness considerations into their marketing, underwriting, pricing, and loss mitigation algorithms and automate fair lending testing and reporting. Previously Kareem served as Executive VicePresident at Zest.ai, where he led business development for the company's machine learning-powered credit underwriting platform. Prior to Zest.ai, Kareem served as an executive at SoftCard, a mobile payments company that Google acquired. Kareem also served in the Obama Administration, first as Chief of Staff to the State Department's Special Envoy for Climate Change, where he helped manage the 50-person team that negotiated the Paris Climate Agreement, then as Senior Advisor to the CEO of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) where he helped direct the U.S. Government's $30B portfolio of emerging market investments with responsibility for transaction teams in Europe, Latin America and the Middle East. Kareem is a Forbes contributor and a frequent speaker on the application of AI to financial services. He is a graduate of Georgetown University Law Center and an honors graduate of the University of Chicago. Be sure to follow Kareem and our host Rich on LinkedIn, and for the latest GDS Link updates and news, follow us on Twitter and LinkedIn. You can subscribe to the Lending Link on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Play, or wherever you prefer to listen to your podcasts!

Angelique Bellmer Krembs is a marketing expert and a founding member of The Band of Sisters. She spent 23 years at PepsiCo, leading turnaround and growth for many beloved brands, including Pepsi, Diet Pepsi, Mountain Dew, and SoBe. She was also the CMO at News America Marketing, created a CMO Advisory practice, and was the Managing Director and Global Head of Brand at BlackRock. Lori Tauber Marcus is a corporate board director, executive coach, and a founding member of The Band of Sisters. After 24 years in multiple roles at PepsiCo, including Senior Vice President, Marketing Activation, she served as SVP of The Children's Place Retail Stores and Chief Global Brand and Product Officer at Keurig Green Mountain. Lori also has significant board experience and presently sits on the boards of Fresh Del Monte Produce and 24-Hour Fitness. Cie Nicholson is an investor, advisor, speaker, and another founding member of The Band of Sisters. Her career includes 11 years at PepsiCo, serving as the EVP and CMO of Equinox and Softcard. She presently serves as Public Board Director for Selective Insurance and also served as a Private Board Member for Heartland Food Group and the ANA (Association of National Advertisers). In this episode… The roots of sexism in the business world are often deeper than we realize. It's all too easy to identify the more obvious problems and be satisfied, but most are much more subtle. The only way to promote inclusion and diversity in the workplace is to confront the small and the large issues alike. This requires honesty from the people who are affected the most. The Band of Sisters is a collective of women in leadership with a common goal towards eradicating gender bias. They have come together to write a book entitled You Should Smile More that outlines the current state of gender bias in business and what can be done. It's filled with many real-world experiences, and now they share some of them with you. Dov Pollack interviews Angelique Bellmer Krembs, Lori Tauber Marcus, and Cie Nicholson of The Band of Sisters to talk about gender equality and how we can move forward. They discuss their book, some of the key takeaways, and how they wrote it. They touch on a host of important topics like speaking truth to power, cultivating a welcoming workplace, and why remote work can be so valuable. Hear it all on this episode of the Next Wave Leadership podcast.

In this conversation, we chat with Kareem Saleh – Kareem has been working on financial inclusion and underwriting hard-to-score borrowers his entire career. At ZestFinance (now Zest.ai) he served as Executive Vice President where he led the go-to-market strategy for the company's AI-powered b2b SaaS underwriting platform and negotiated software licensing, partnership, financing and other commercial deals with Fortune 500 firms, credit bureaus and financial infrastructure providers. Prior to Zest.ai, he served as an Executive at SoftCard, a mobile payments startup founded by AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon that was acquired by Google. Additionally, Kareem has served in several senior roles in the Obama Administration, he helped manage the team that negotiated the Paris Climate Agreement, and oversaw $3B in annual investments into development-friendly projects in emerging markets. Kareem is a Forbes contributor and a frequent speaker on the application of artificial intelligence to financial services, including consumer loan underwriting, loan servicing, model risk management and fair lending analysis. He is a graduate of Georgetown University Law Center and an honors graduate of the University of Chicago, and is fluent in French and Arabic.

Atari kills the Cosmos, Commodore bets on games & British retail discovers computers These stories and many more on this episode of the Video Game Newsroom Time Machine This episode we will look back at the biggest stories in and around the video game industry in November of 1981. As always, we'll mostly be using magazine cover dates, and those are of course always a bit behind the actual events. Get us on your mobile device: Android: https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly92aWRlb2dhbWVuZXdzcm9vbXRpbWVtYWNoaW5lLmxpYnN5bi5jb20vcnNz iOS: https://podcasts.apple.com/de/podcast/video-game-newsroom-time-machine And if you like what we are doing here at the podcast, don't forget to like us on your podcasting app of choice, YouTube, and/or support us on patreon! https://www.patreon.com/VGNRTM Send comments on twitter @videogamenewsr2 Or Instagram https://www.instagram.com/vgnrtm Or videogamenewsroomtimemachine@gmail.com Links: 7 Minutes in Heaven: Video version - https://www.patreon.com/posts/59272714 https://www.mobygames.com/game/arcade/galaga https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galaga https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2015/12/loading-screen-game-patent-finally-expires http://www.indieretronews.com/2021/07/galaga-arcade-classic-as-early-c64_7.html Corrections: October 1981 Ep - https://www.patreon.com/posts/57968823 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bagatelle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pachinko https://memorymachinepod.com/2021/06/30/the-memory-machine-59-the-birth-of-pinball-w-ethan-johnson/ https://memorymachinepod.com/2021/02/22/the-memory-machine-52-the-era-of-the-penny-arcade-w-ethan-johnson/ https://memorymachinepod.com/2021/05/03/the-memory-machine-57-the-70s-video-arcade-game-preservation-society/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qix https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunchback_(video_game) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Cobra http://podcast.theycreateworlds.com/e/vector-lights/ Michael Katz Interview Part 1 - https://www.patreon.com/posts/35169258 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beyond_Castle_Wolfenstein https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7X6Yeydgyg https://archive.org/details/1981-11-compute-magazine/page/n5/mode/1up 1951: Man challenges machine to a game of chess https://www.nytimes.com/1951/11/12/archives/mere-man-defies-a-robot-at-chess-so-unbeatable-electric-brain.html?searchResultPosition=2 https://www.nytimes.com/1951/11/13/archives/machine-spurns-chess-electronic-brain-to-be-too-busy-at-defense.html?searchResultPosition=3 https://www.gettyimages.de/detail/nachrichtenfoto/washington-dc-donald-jacobs-bethesda-maryland-nachrichtenfoto/515303124 1971: Stanford Daily reports on the Galaxy Games Standford Daily January 5, 1972 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galaxy_Game http://podcast.theycreateworlds.com/e/the-galaxy-game/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spacewar! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_Space MITS introduces their digital calculator http://www.decodesystems.com/pe-71nov.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micro_Instrumentation_and_Telemetry_Systems#Calculators https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altair_8800 Intel launches the 4004 https://www.edn.com/intel-4004-is-announced-november-15-1971/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_4004 PayTV is coming to a hotel room near you https://www.nytimes.com/1971/11/14/archives/payasyouview-movies-for-hotels-firstrun-films-are-shown-on-tv-in.html?searchResultPosition=22 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hotel_television_systems 1981: Cosmos cancelled https://archive.org/details/ElectronicGames/Electronic%20Games%20Issue%201%20%28Winter%201981%29/page/n17/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_Cosmos https://www.patreon.com/posts/47987060 Gaming is coming to a writst near you Toy & Hobby World November 1981 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/69501320/game-time-electronic-game-watch-profile/ https://www.handheldmuseum.com/GCE/GameTime.htm https://www.newspapers.com/clip/69501320/game-time-electronic-game-watch-profile/ http://vectrexmuseum.com/vectrexhistory.php https://www.polygon.com/a/smartwatch-history-guide-evolution/watch-history https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microvision Mattel grabs D&D license https://archive.org/details/ElectronicGames/Electronic%20Games%20Issue%201%20%28Winter%201981%29/page/n16/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dungeons_%26_Dragons_Computer_Fantasy_Game https://www.handheldmuseum.com/Mattel/MU.htm https://www.handheldmuseum.com/Mattel/D&D.htm https://www.mobygames.com/game/advanced-dungeons-dragons-cartridge https://www.mobygames.com/game/advanced-dungeons-dragons-treasure-of-tarmin-cartridge TSR advertises Dungeon! Playthings, November 1981 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_S8YbfoUzLw https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dungeon! What is the best game? https://www.nytimes.com/1981/11/21/style/the-videogames-how-they-rate.html?searchResultPosition=1 Atari admits to easter egg in Adventure https://archive.org/details/ElectronicGames/Electronic%20Games%20Issue%201%20%28Winter%201981%29/page/n15/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warren_Robinett Asteroids brings bankswitching to the VCS https://archive.org/details/ElectronicGames/Electronic%20Games%20Issue%201%20%28Winter%201981%29/page/n15/mode/1up https://web.archive.org/web/20180716082851/http://www.ataricompendium.com/archives/articles/longevity/longevity.html https://web.archive.org/web/20180716082851/http://www.ataricompendium.com/archives/articles/longevity/longevity.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bank_switching Commodore licenses Bally games Play Meter, November 15, 1981 p. 32 https://books.google.de/books?id=3UDbCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA54&lpg=PA54&dq=bally+commodore+deal&source=bl&ots=nVnqsVhSoU&sig=ACfU3U2v0rJQNf7QjSNQl7BAaBPXJNoiTw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj8lI3v7p70AhWMh_0HHVhoA7EQ6AF6BAghEAM#v=onepage&q=bally%20commodore%20deal&f=false https://tcrf.net/Star_Battle https://tcrf.net/Radar_Rat_Race_(Commodore_VIC-20) Metamorphic Systems wants to make your Apple ii a PC compatible https://archive.org/details/eu_BYTE-1981-11_OCR/page/n514/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z-80_SoftCard https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_III https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_II_processor_cards HP launches the 125 https://archive.org/details/eu_BYTE-1981-11_OCR/page/n519/mode/1up http://hpmuseum.net/display_item.php?hw=41 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VEB_Robotron http://rechenwerk.halle.it/usr/digital-ag/projekte/andere/museum/ Compute! magazine profiles the state of Japanese micros https://archive.org/details/1981-11-compute-magazine/page/n43/mode/1up http://podcast.theycreateworlds.com/e/the-japanese-pc-industry/ British drug store chain to become computer retailer https://archive.org/details/your-computer-1981-11/page/13/mode/1up https://archive.org/details/your-computer-1981-11/page/37/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boots_(company) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WHSmith Acorn gets approval for 50% grant for UK secondary schools https://archive.org/details/creativecomputing-1981-11/page/n25/mode/1up https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/written-answers/1984/nov/27/computers-in-schools https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acorn_Computers Computer & Video Games launches in the UK https://archive.org/details/Computer_Video_Games_Issue_001_1981-11_EMAP_Publishing_GB https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_and_Video_Games Electronic Games launches in the USA https://archive.org/details/ElectronicGames https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_Games January 1981 Ep - https://www.patreon.com/posts/46769496 Rubick's Cube is taking the toy world by storm Playthings, November 1981 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubik%27s_Cube Recommended Links: The History of How We Play: https://thehistoryofhowweplay.wordpress.com/ Gaming Alexandria: https://www.gamingalexandria.com/wp/ They Create Worlds: https://tcwpodcast.podbean.com/ Digital Antiquarian: https://www.filfre.net/ The Arcade Blogger: https://arcadeblogger.com/ Retro Asylum: http://retroasylum.com/category/all-posts/ Retro Game Squad: http://retrogamesquad.libsyn.com/ Playthrough Podcast: https://playthroughpod.com/ Sound Effects by Ethan Johnson of History of How We Play and Enzo Maida.  

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Today we're going to look at the history of the dial-up computer modem.  Modem stands for modulate/demodulate. That modulation is carying a property (like voice or computer bits) over a waveform.  Modems originally encoded voice data with frequency shift keys, but that was developed during World War II. The voices were encoded into digital tones. That system was called SIGSALY. But they called them vocoders at the time.  They matured over the next 17 years. And then came the SAGE air defense system in 1958. Here, the modem was employed to connect bases, missile silos, and radars back to the central SAGE system. These were Bell 101 modems and ran at an amazing 110 baud. Bell Labs, as in AT&T.   A baud is a unit of transmission that is equal to how many times a signal changes state per second. Each of those baud is equivalent to one bit per second. So that first modem was able to process data at 110 bits per second. This isn't to say that baud is the same as bitrate. Early on it seemed to be but the algorithms sku the higher the numbers.  So AT&T had developed the modem and after a few years they began to see commercial uses for it. So in 1962, they revved that 101 to become the Bell 103. Actually, 103A. This thing used newer technology and better encoding, so could run at 300 bits per second. Suddenly teletypes - or terminals, could connect to computers remotely. But ma' Bell kept a tight leash on how they were used for those first few years. That, until 1968. In 1968 came what is known as the Carterphone Decision. We owe a lot to the Carterfone. It bridged radio systems to telephone systems. And Ma Bell had been controlling what lives on their lines for a long time. The decision opened up what devices could be plugged into the phone system. And suddenly new innovations like fax machines and answering machines showed up in the world.  And so in 1968, any device with an acoustic coupler could be hooked up to the phone system. And that Bell 103A would lead to others. By 1972, Stanford Research had spun out a device, Novation, and others. But the Vladic added full duplex and got speeds four times what the 103A worked at by employing duplexing and new frequencies. We were up to 1200 bits per second.  The bit rate had jumped four-fold because, well, competition. Prices dropped and by the late 1970s microcomputers were showing up in homes. There was a modem for the S-100 Altair bus, the Apple II through a Z-80 SoftCard, and even for the Commodore PET. And people wanted to talk to one another. TCP had been developed in 1974 but at this point the most common way to communicate was to dial directly into bulletin board services.  1981 was a pivotal year. A few things happened that were not yet connected at the time. The National Science Foundation created the Computer Science Network, or CSNET, which would result in NSFNET later, and when combined with the other nets, the Internet, replacing ARPANET.  1981 also saw the release of the Commodore VIC-20 and TRS-80. This led to more and more computers in homes and more people wanting to connect with those online services. Later models would have modems. 1981 also saw the release of the Hayes Smartmodem. This was a physical box that connected to the computer of a serial port. The Smartmodem had a controller that recognized commands. And established the Hayes command set standard that would be used to connect to phone lines, allowing you to initiate a call, dial a number, answer a call, and hang up. Without lifting a handset and placing it on a modem. On the inside it was still 300-baud but the progress and innovations were speeding up. And it didn't seem like a huge deal.  The online services were starting to grow. The French Minitel service was released commercially in 1982. The first BBS that would become Fidonet showed up in 1983. Various encoding techniques started to come along and by 1984 you had the Trailblazer modem, at over 18,000 bits a second. But, this was for specific uses and combined 36 bit/second channels.  The use of email started to increase and the needs for even more speed. We got the ability to connect two USRobotics modems in the mid-80s to run at 2400 bits per second. But Gottfried Ungerboeck would publish a paper defining a theory of information coding and add parity checking at about the time we got echo suppression. This allowed us to jump to 9600 bits in the late 80s.  All of these vendors releasing all of this resulted in the v.21 standard in 1989 from the  ITU Telecommunication Standardization Sector (ITU-T). They're the ones that ratify a lot of standards, like x.509 or MP4. Several other v dot standards would come along as well.  The next jump came with the SupraFaXModem with Rockwell chips, which was released in 1992. And USRobotics brought us to 16,800 bits per second but with errors. But we got v.32 in 1991 to get to 14.4 - now we were talking in kilobits! Then 19.2 in 1993, 28.8 in 1994, 33.6 in 1996. By 1999 we got the last of the major updates, v.90 which got us to 56k. At this point, most homes in the US at least had computers and were going online.  The same year, ANSI ratified ADSL, or Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Lines. Suddenly we were communicating in the megabits. And the dial-up modem began to be used a little less and less. In 2004 Multimedia over Coax Alliance was formed and cable modems became standard. The combination of DSL and cable modems has now all but removed the need for dial up modems. Given the pervasiveness of cell phones, today, as few as 20% of homes in the US have a phone line any more. We've moved on. But the journey of the dial-up modem was a key contributor to us getting from a lot of disconnected computers to… The Internet as we know it today. So thank you to everyone involved, from Ma Bell, to Rockwell, to USRobotics, to Hayes, and so on. And thank you, listeners, for tuning in to this episode of the History of Computing Podcast. We are so lucky to have you. Have a great day. 

Mobile Operating Systems? Martin Luther King on technology? Also, more thoughts Satya Nadella and OneDrive, #SoftwareMinimalism, , and much, much more… Special Guest: None Stories of the Week:--Random Access: I'll be on Crypto Convos and Declare Your Independence this week, Supercookies, Samsung possibly buying BlackBerry for 7.5 billion, Google may be buying Softcard, Space X is working on launching satellite Internet, US Government claims they've been "hacking" North Korea since 2010 and that's how they know that North Korea hacked Sony Pictures, Facebook for Work and Facebook getting rid of “hoaxes” via algorithm.--”FirefoxOS, Tizen, BlackBerry, and Ubuntu Phone” Tech Roulette:--“MLK on Tech” Link: goo.gl/AtA6d4 Important Messages:--”Satya Nadella? Do you trust OneDrive? How to handle bad actors?”(Use OneDrive due to software minimalism. Windows is still used by 90% of people on the planet and pushing System D onto Windows is a win. Consider ReactOS and Windows 7 Dark.) Tool of the Week:--”The Right Software, or the Software That's Already There?” Hacksec:--”Police Radars Can See In Your Home” Like: goo.gl/92u0Q0 The Climax:--”The Statue of Many Metals” APPENDIX:--”Crypto Convos” Link: goo.gl/EE9bs8--”Declaration Your Independence” Link: www.freedomsphoenix.com/Program-Page.htm--”OneDrive Concerns, Part I” Link: goo.gl/tUzZx6--”OneDrive Concerns, Part II” Link: goo.gl/Hz6g56 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------You can tip me at: sovryntech.tip.me---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------NXT: NXT-4V3J-VA4W-4EY3-GUWV2NAMECOIN: NHfN1kpj8G9aUCCHuummBKa8mPvppN1UFaLITECOIN: LLUXwfWrKDpuK38ZnPD14K6zc6rUaRgo9WBITCOIN: 1AEiTkWiF8x6yjQbbhoU89vHHMrkzQ7o8d---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Don’t forget you can e-mail the show at: brian@zomiaofflinegames.com---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------You can also visit our IRC channel on Freenode: #SovrynBalnea---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------You can also contact the show through BitMessage at the address: BM-NBMFb4W42CqTaonxApmUji1KNbkSESki---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------www.sovryntech.comwww.twitter.com/sovryntechplus.google.com/+BrianSovryn1i/liberty.me/members/briansovryn/www.facebook.com/BrianSovryn

Mobile Operating Systems? Martin Luther King on technology? Also, more thoughts Satya Nadella and OneDrive, #SoftwareMinimalism, , and much, much more… Special Guest: None Stories of the Week:--Random Access: I'll be on Crypto Convos and Declare Your Independence this week, Supercookies, Samsung possibly buying BlackBerry for 7.5 billion, Google may be buying Softcard, Space X is working on launching satellite Internet, US Government claims they've been "hacking" North Korea since 2010 and that's how they know that North Korea hacked Sony Pictures, Facebook for Work and Facebook getting rid of “hoaxes” via algorithm.--”FirefoxOS, Tizen, BlackBerry, and Ubuntu Phone” Tech Roulette:--“MLK on Tech” Link: goo.gl/AtA6d4 Important Messages:--”Satya Nadella? Do you trust OneDrive? How to handle bad actors?”(Use OneDrive due to software minimalism. Windows is still used by 90% of people on the planet and pushing System D onto Windows is a win. Consider ReactOS and Windows 7 Dark.) Tool of the Week:--”The Right Software, or the Software That's Already There?” Hacksec:--”Police Radars Can See In Your Home” Like: goo.gl/92u0Q0 The Climax:--”The Statue of Many Metals” APPENDIX:--”Crypto Convos” Link: goo.gl/EE9bs8--”Declaration Your Independence” Link: www.freedomsphoenix.com/Program-Page.htm--”OneDrive Concerns, Part I” Link: goo.gl/tUzZx6--”OneDrive Concerns, Part II” Link: goo.gl/Hz6g56 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------You can tip me at: sovryntech.tip.me---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------NXT: NXT-4V3J-VA4W-4EY3-GUWV2NAMECOIN: NHfN1kpj8G9aUCCHuummBKa8mPvppN1UFaLITECOIN: LLUXwfWrKDpuK38ZnPD14K6zc6rUaRgo9WBITCOIN: 1AEiTkWiF8x6yjQbbhoU89vHHMrkzQ7o8d---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Don’t forget you can e-mail the show at: brian@zomiaofflinegames.com---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------You can also visit our IRC channel on Freenode: #SovrynBalnea---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------You can also contact the show through BitMessage at the address: BM-NBMFb4W42CqTaonxApmUji1KNbkSESki---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------www.sovryntech.comwww.twitter.com/sovryntechplus.google.com/+BrianSovryn1i/liberty.me/members/briansovryn/www.facebook.com/BrianSovryn

Widely recognized as Co-Author of the Hacking Exposed book series, Joel has worked/consulted for companies like Foundstone (co-founder), Microsoft, Amazon, Costco, Softcard, and Ernst & Young. Joel came on the show to talk about how he got started in security, the changes in vulnerability management, cloud security and IoT. Joel currently is a Technical Director at NCC Group. Full Show Notes: https://wiki.securityweekly.com/Episode514 Subscribe to YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCg--XBjJ50a9tUhTKXVPiqg Security Weekly Website: http://securityweekly.com Follow us on Twitter: @securityweekly

Widely recognized as Co-Author of the Hacking Exposed book series, Joel has worked/consulted for companies like Foundstone (co-founder), Microsoft, Amazon, Costco, Softcard, and Ernst & Young. Joel came on the show to talk about how he got started in security, the changes in vulnerability management, cloud security and IoT. Joel currently is a Technical Director at NCC Group. Full Show Notes: https://wiki.securityweekly.com/Episode514 Subscribe to YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCg--XBjJ50a9tUhTKXVPiqg Security Weekly Website: http://securityweekly.com Follow us on Twitter: @securityweekly

Scott Mulloy - PresidentNarangaTechnology company with integrated solutions for franchise businesses"Scott's depth of experience and expertise in developing technology and mobile solutions for a wide range of industries will be invaluable as Naranga positions itself as the premier software provider for franchise and retail organizations," said Farid, the founder and CEO of Edible Arrangements who acquired franchise software company eMaximation in 2014 and rebranded it Naranga in order to expand the company's suite of technology solutions. "He has a clear vision of where technology is heading and how growing organizations can take advantage of these advances to build their businesses."Mulloy brings over two decades of technology leadership to the role. Prior to joining Naranga, Mulloy was Chief Technology Officer of Softcard, a joint venture formed by ATT, Verizon Wireless, and T-Mobile that developed and launched a mobile wallet platform. The company was purchased by Google in June. Mulloy, who began his career at IBM, also spent 17 years at GE Capital, where he served as CIO for the Retail Consumer Finance business from 2004 through 2010.Naranga's software solutions are designed to help franchise companies and retail businesses use emerging technologies to integrate their sales, operations and marketing activities. Specific features can be tailored to each company's unique business processes and all applications are developed with a mobile-first approach due to the increasing use of mobile devices over traditional management tools."This is a truly exciting opportunity," said Mulloy, who holds a BS degree in Electrical Engineering from Clarkson University and is a published author. "Mobile technology has dramatically changed the way companies are able to manage their businesses as well as the way consumers shop for products and services. Franchise chains and retailers must find ways to address this shift in habits and Naranga's innovative solutions make it possible to seamlessly respond to this rapidly evolving landscape."About NarangaFormerly known as eMaximation, Naranga is a mobile-first software solutions company focused on the franchise, retail and hospitality verticals. From converting leads to managing an enterprise to providing next generation B2C direct marketing, Naranga's disruptive solutions allow users to manage, measure and maintain consistency throughout any business with multiple locations. Naranga software provides enhanced communication and proactive business intelligence that drives bottom line results by using emerging technologies to seamlessly integrate all sales, operations and marketing activities. In addition, specific features can be tailored to each company's unique business processes. More information is available at naranga.com or by calling 678-909-4909.http://www.naranga.com/https://twitter.com/wearenarangahttps://www.facebook.com/narangausaJohn Nissan FranchiseeJimmy JohnsQuick Service Restaurant

This week Brian, with his inside connections at Apple, described what it was like to wear the Apple Watch for a full day and naturally we all made predictions about future impact of the watch and other wearables. We then touched on Google acquiring Softcard, and lastly we talked about how Marketplace companies (Uber, HomeHero, Instacart etc) handle payments to workers and some of the recent legal changes to 1099 workers that have had a huge effect.

Today we have a break from the constant news and rumours with a little discussion about what makes a good app. Leave your thoughts and ideas on the blog Droidtoday.com . We also talk about the end of Softcard and the future of Google Wallet, The Google play stores third birthday and the new Nvidia Shield tablet.

Welcome to episode #223. On the show: Subscribe to the Cow & Quince; Drones in LA scraping cell signals; Johnnie Walker's smart label from Thinfilm; Domino's knows...what your tummy is telling you; Beam Wallet brings beacon-based payments to the UAE; Google Wallet to roll out on all carriers - thanks to Softcard acquisition; Edible wearables from Dole; Heather Shaw's Circuitry of Life; AT&T sells you your privacy; Gyroscope Innovations vies for being your life's dashboard. Full show notes can be found here.

Welcome to episode #223. On the show: Subscribe to the Cow & Quince; Drones in LA scraping cell signals; Johnnie Walker's smart label from Thinfilm; Domino's knows...what your tummy is telling you; Beam Wallet brings beacon-based payments to the UAE; Google Wallet to roll out on all carriers - thanks to Softcard acquisition; Edible wearables from Dole; Heather Shaw's Circuitry of Life; AT&T sells you your privacy; Gyroscope Innovations vies for being your life's dashboard. Full show notes can be found here.

Apple sends out invitations to a March 9th media event, most likely to feature Apple Watch. The FCC votes to enforce Net Neutrality, Pebble funds its new smartwatch using Kickstarter (again), Google to buy Softcard and more.

Don't Panic is back with another great episode! We talk Apple's car potential, Samsung getting Loop-y, Google's awkward friendship with Softcard and so much more. As always, the conversation is happening on Twitter @DontPanicShow and on our website http://dontpanic.io. Picks of the week: What Movie Should I Watch Tonight Ray Super Remote House of Cards (Season 3)

There are rumours floating around that Google is interested in purchasing Softcard - the mobile commerce play put together by American Express, Wells Fargo and Chase. With this in mind, Chuck takes a look at the emergence of Softcard, the potential Google acquisition and where the Merchant Exchange (MCX) fits into this equation now that Apple Pay has taken the lead in the market.

Welcome to episode #218. On the show: Microsoft HoloLens and Inconspicuous Mode; ShopX gives away 1 million beacons for free; SpaceBillboard; Bud Light's beer delivery app; Google Translate in real time; Sense360 launches and raises $2.5 million; Bluebite partners with Lamar to make LaBite; Skin & Bones from the Smithsonian; Is Google buying SoftCard?; Shazam can beacon now. Our special guest is Eli Portnoy of Sense360. Full show notes can be found here.

Welcome to episode #218. On the show: Microsoft HoloLens and Inconspicuous Mode; ShopX gives away 1 million beacons for free; SpaceBillboard; Bud Light's beer delivery app; Google Translate in real time; Sense360 launches and raises $2.5 million; Bluebite partners with Lamar to make LaBite; Skin & Bones from the Smithsonian; Is Google buying SoftCard?; Shazam can beacon now. Our special guest is Eli Portnoy of Sense360. Full show notes can be found here.

Welcome to episode #217. On the show: Panasonic reinvents the retail shelf; the Locr platform; Moovit closes $50m to help public transportation; Snapchat for business?; Deehubs makes us all vandals; Softcard deflating?; Uber Cargo launches in Hong Kong; RetailNext and StepsAway; Path Talk pretty; Je Suis Charlie app. Our special guest is Jonathan Berlin of Iconeme. Full show notes can be found here.

Welcome to episode #217. On the show: Panasonic reinvents the retail shelf; the Locr platform; Moovit closes $50m to help public transportation; Snapchat for business?; Deehubs makes us all vandals; Softcard deflating?; Uber Cargo launches in Hong Kong; RetailNext and StepsAway; Path Talk pretty; Je Suis Charlie app. Our special guest is Jonathan Berlin of Iconeme. Full show notes can be found here.

Here's a perfect example of consumers wanting the technology but not wanting to use it - we are talking about mobile payments. In the Holiday Mobile Payments survey by Stratos, the numbers paint a very interesting contrast between the consumer's desire to have mobile payments versus their actual intent of use. With all the conversation of mobile payments and companies like Apple and SoftCard in the news everywhere, the results of this survey puts real perspective on this emerging industry. The bottom line? It is still emerging...slowly.

As mobile payments make considerable inroads to obfuscate credit cards and cash there is a deeper battle brewing out there. This one isn't just between Softcard or CurrentC or ApplePay, it is at the core. On one side you have NFC, on the other you have the likes of QR codes and Bluetooth. Stuck in the middle? The consumer. How will this shake out? Will there be a winner? No one knows but Chuck gives us the current lay of the land in the heavyweight battle for your wallet.

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With probably the most unfortunate name in the history of company names, ISIS - the payment consortium that includes AT&T Mobility, T-Mobile USA and Verizon Wireless - has finally renamed themselves to Softcard. Not to be undone, the other payment consortium formerly called MCX (for Merchant Customer Exchange) - formed by some of the world's largest retailers - rebranded to CurrentC. The big question is that, despite the seemingly lack of branding ability these big companies have, will this be relevant now that Apple has entered the fray?