The Bancor-Based Platform Will Allow Anyone to Predict Events Using the Wisdom of the Crowd

TEL AVIV, Israel -Wednesday, July 19th 2017 [ ME NewsWire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Continuing its quest to democratize investing for all, The invest.com Group is today announcing an upcoming token generation event for Stox, a new prediction-based trading platform.

invest.com was founded in 2014, employs a team of 200 across five countries, has 3M registered clients, and generated $50M in annual revenue for 2016.

Stox will be issued as a smart token using the Bancor protocol, which the team has evaluated to be the best blockchain based liquidity solution.

STX will hold BNT in its reserve which would guarantee continuous and high liquidity, enabling anyone to purchase STX directly through the smart token with Ether, as well as liquidate STX back to Ether — notably, with low slippage and no spread.

“We are excited to col ... Read more »

Local ISP OptimERA leverages SES Networks’ Enterprise+ service and capacity to expand broadband services across remote city of Unalaska and beyond

LUXEMBOURG -Thursday, July 20th 2017 [ ME NewsWire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Alaskan internet service provider (ISP) OptimERA is leveraging SES Networks’ new managed infrastructure service and a full 72MHz transponder to significantly improve broadband connectivity speed 10-fold throughout the remote port city of Unalaska, and neighboring towns and islands across Southwest Alaska.

In an agreement announced by SES, OptimERA has secured capacity aboard SES’s NSS-9 satellite to roll out enhanced city-wide WiFi network and broadband services to meet growing business and consumer demands for faster, more reliable and affordable connectivity in the largely underserved region.

SES will also provide OptimERA with a broad range of fully-managed infrastructure services, including data centre hostin ... Read more »

PARIS-Wednesday, July 19th 2017 [ ME NewsWire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- OT-Morpho, a world leader in digital security and identification technologies, announces it has joined the LoRaTM Alliance as an official Adopter Member. OT-Morpho delivers solutions to enhance the secure authentication of LoRa-based Low Power Wide Area Networks (LPWAN).

“Our membership in LoRa ideally complements our global Internet of Things (IoT) business strategy,” said Yves Portalier, OT-Morpho, Vice President and General Manager, Telecom, at Morpho. “The IoT enables an explosion of possibilities for connected objects, ranging from smart home and healthcare to industry applications. IoT device manufacturers, platform and cloud service providers can easily implement our solutions and thus expand their secure IoT ecosystem.”

OT-Morpho offers a range of solutions to secure the connectivity to LoRa-based IoT networks including both secure elements and services, providin ... Read more »

King Faisal International Prize organises lecture on the Academy’s efforts to preserve Arabic Language

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, -Sunday, July 23rd 2017 [ ME NewsWire ]
There should be one unified Arabic language academy, instead of the 12 academies currently existing in the Arab world, and its headquarters should be Makkah City, said Khalid Al Karaki, President of the Arabic Language Academy of Jordan, the institution that won the King Faisal International Prize 2017 for Arabic Language and Literature.
Al Karaki made this observation while delivering a lecture titled, ‘The Arabic Language Academy of Jordan’s experience in preserving the Arabic language’, organised by the General Secretariat of the King Faisal International Prize last month at the King Faisal Foundation auditorium. The lecture was attended by Arabic language professors and specialists as well as several foreign ambassadors and members of the general public.
Stressing the ... Read more »

SES Video partners with ATM System to provide satellite capacity for the transmission of the multi-sport event

LUXEMBOURG -Thursday, July 20th 2017 [ ME NewsWire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The 10th edition of the World Games 2017 will be distributed in Europe jointly by SES and ATM System, the official host broadcaster for the multi-sport event. The international event, taking place in Wroclaw, Poland, from 20 to 30 July 2017, will be transmitted via two SES satellites: SES-4 located at 22 degrees West and ASTRA 3B at 23.5 degrees East.

Under the agreement announced by SES (Euronext Paris:SESG) (LuxX:SESG), ATM System will be responsible for TV production and will use SES’s satellite capacity for distribution from the Wroclaw sports arenas to broadcasters across Europe.

The broadcast will include the opening ceremony on 20 July at 19.00 CET, and will feature 31 sporting disciplines performed by over 3,000 international athletes, includin ... Read more »