MCLEAN, Va. - Tuesday, August 9th 2016 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Waldorf Astoria Hotels & Resorts, Hilton’s (NYSE: HLT) luxury brand of iconic landmark hotels, announced its newest property, Waldorf Astoria San Francisco, which will be the centerpiece of a two million square-foot, mixed-used complex that will feature luxury entertainment, retail and office space.

Destined to become the preferred hotel for global luxury travelers, Waldorf Astoria San Francisco will reside within the first 21 stories of a signature tower designed by the architecture firm Foster + Partners. Located at Mission Street between Ecker and 1st Streets, Waldorf Astoria San Francisco will be ideally situated in the city’s exciting new Transbay Neighborhood, in the center of a vast redevelopment project surrounding the Transbay Transit Center.

“With the revitalization taking place around the Transbay Transit Center, this neighborhood is poised to become a majo ... Read more »

OSAKA, Japan & BERLIN - Tuesday, August 9th 2016 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Panasonic Corporation and OpenSynergy GmbH today announced that Panasonic has acquired all the outstanding shares of the German software company to make it a subsidiary on July 22. OpenSynergy is a high-tech company specializing in embedded automotive software for cockpit solutions.

Panasonic positions its automotive business as a high growth area, and expects the business to contribute in the area of “comfort”, “safety”, and “environment”. In order to achieve “zero traffic accidents,” which is a recent societal demand, it is important for cars to have advanced driving assistance systems, or ADAS, which help the driver with better vehicle control such as optimum braking, as well as driver support systems that promote safety driving, based on information from sensors inside and outside the car.

A current cockpit system is control ... Read more »

DENVER - Tuesday, August 9th 2016 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- MPEG LA, LLC has announced that coverage of its DisplayPort Patent Portfolio License was recently expanded to include VESA DisplayPort Alt Mode Standard, Version 1, September 22, 2014 and VESA DisplayPort Alt Mode Standard, Version 1.0a, August 10, 2015.

As a result of this expansion, the DisplayPort Patent Portfolio License now includes coverage for

VESA DisplayPort Standard, Version 1, May 1, 2006
VESA DisplayPort Standard, Version 1.1, March 19, 2007
VESA DisplayPort Standard, Version 1, Revision 1a, January 11, 2008
VESA DisplayPort Standard, Version 1, Revision 2, January 5, 2010
VESA DisplayPort Standard, Version 1, Revision 2a, May 23, 2012
VESA DisplayPort Standard, Version 1.3, September 2014
VESA Mini DisplayPort (mDP) Connector Standard, Version 1, October 26, 2009
VESA Embedded DisplayPort (eDP), Version 1, December 22, 2008
VESA Embed ... Read more »

LONDON - Monday, August 8th 2016 [ME NewsWire]
(BUSINESS WIRE)-- IBC announced today that Lord Puttnam will deliver a keynote address at the forthcoming IBC Conference on Sunday 11 September 2016. Oscar-winning film producer, educationalist and politician Lord Puttnam will address a broad spectrum of issues including the extraordinary growth of Facebook and YouTube; the impact of technology on creativity; the likely effects of the UK’s EU Referendum vote on the creative sector and the media's role and responsibility in trying to reverse the potentially catastrophic loss of public trust.
Lord Puttnam is the Chair of Atticus Education, an online education company based in Ireland. Atticus, through a unique arrangement with BT Ireland, delivers interactive seminars on film and a variety of other subjects to educational institutions around the world. Lord Puttnam spent 30 years as an independent producer of award-winning films including The Mission, The Killing Fie ... Read more »