Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Friday, February 27th 2015 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Revenues from the rapidly growing Mobile Advertising industry seem exclusively reserved for OTT Publishers, leaving Telco’s perform the role of that of a Carrier only. AdVoice enables Mobile Operators monetize advertising inventory that is truly theirs.

One such channel is the otherwise unutilized ringback tone. By serving Audio Ads to calling parties, Mobile Operators tap into a global market that generates a potential 12 billion ad impressions daily. This is three times the number of internet searches.

AdVoice links advertisers up with a captive audience that listens to ads whilst waiting for the call to be picked up. “Serving ads over the ringback tone has a wider reach than any other medium” says Bassim Haidar, Group CEO of ChannelVAS, adding that “the advertiser benefits include measurability, no wastage and lead generating capabilities as cal ... Read more »

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - Monday, February 23rd 2015 [ME NewsWire]

The Ministry of Interior (MoI), represented by the Law Respect Culture Bureau, launched the juveniles’ awareness program for the year 2015, in coordination with the Juveniles Care Center at Abu Dhabi Police GHQ.

Lieutenant Colonel Dr. Salah Obeid Al Ghoul, Director of Law Respect Culture Bureau, indicated that the program aims at instilling the law respect culture among juveniles and their parents. “It also aims at acquainting juveniles and their parents with the law respect culture, so as to be aware of their rights, obligations, and the good manners that every individual must have, in addition to good habits and proper behaviors needed to succeed in society,” he said.

He added: “The awareness-raising program for juveniles is a specialized program designed for the sake of a specific segment of society. It aims at raising the level of legal and social culture am ... Read more »

– Four types of feature descriptors achieve a night-time detection rate that matches the day-time recognition rate – 

TOKYO. - Saturday, February 28th 2015 [ME NewsWire]

ISSCC 2015

(BUSINESS WIRE) Toshiba Corporation (TOKYO:6502) today announced the development of TMPV7608XBG, an image recognition processor that provides high accuracy recognition and detection of vehicles and pedestrians at night. This sample shipment started in January. This performance is achieved with a device that can carry out 1.9 Tera operations per second (TOPS) and that integrates four new feature descriptors that make use of color-based image information. The development was announced at the 2015 IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC 2015) in San Francisco, California, on February 25.

High-performance processing performance, 1.9 TOPS at peak performance with 3.37 Watts power consumption by the image recognition engines (MPEs) and the accel ... Read more »

CARLSBAD, Calif. - Wednesday, February 25th 2015 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE) - Merlin Entertainments announced today it is partnering with Warner Bros. Consumer Products and The LEGO Group to bring a new 4D animated film based on the popular characters of The LEGO® Movie™, from Warner Bros. Pictures, Village Roadshow Pictures and LEGO System A/S, to guests at LEGOLAND® Parks and LEGOLAND® Discovery Centers around the world later this year. The new 4D animated film will open exclusively at the six LEGOLAND Parks and 11 LEGOLAND Discovery Centers in North America, Asia and Europe.

Using elements such as wind, water, smoke and special lighting effects, the larger-than-life experience brings the film’s main characters, Emmet and Wyldstyle, back together with their friends for another awesome adventure.

“We’re excited to be partnering with Warner Bros. Consumer Products and The LEGO Group on such a, dare I say, awesome, advent ... Read more »

AMSTERDAM - Friday, February 27th 2015 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Regulatory News:

Pershing Square Holdings, Ltd. (ticker: PSH:NA) today released its regular weekly Net Asset Value (NAV) on its website, www.pershingsquareholdings.com. The NAV was computed as of the close of business on Tuesday, 24 February 2015.

PSH NAV per share as of close of business on 24 February 2015 was USD28.02.

Weekly net asset value is calculated at the close of business on each Tuesday and posted on the following Thursday. In the event that Tuesday is not a business day, PSH will calculate the close-of-business NAV as of the business day immediately preceding that Tuesday. In the event that Thursday is not a business day, any such NAV will be posted the next business day following that Thursday.

About Pershing Square Holdings, Ltd.

Pershing Square Holdings, Ltd. is a concentrated, research-intensive, fundamental value investor in the public markets.

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 - The world’s smallest class for 8M pixel chip, plus lower power consumption - 

TOKYO - Thursday, February 26th 2015 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)- Toshiba Corporation's (TOKYO:6502) Semiconductor & Storage Products Company today started mass production shipments of “T4KA3”, an 8-megapixel BSI[1] CMOS image sensor.

The sensor has a new low power circuit design that cuts power consumption to 46% that of Toshiba’s current 8MP sensors [2] , and a chip size that puts it in the smallest class for 8MP sensors.[3] The small chip size will realize smaller camera modules; 6.5mm square, for example, which is suitable for front-facing camera. In addition, 8MP output at 30fps is possible using MIPI® [4] 2 Lanes.

High speed video recording generally requires a high frame rate with short exposure time, resulting in underexposed images. However, "T4KA3" incorporates "Bright Mode" technology that boos ... Read more »

MILAN - Thursday, February 26th 2015 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE) - To enrich its mobile backhaul solution portfolio, Nokia has selected SIAE MICROELETTRONICA to join the Nokia Microwave Partner Ecosystem as a technology partner for microwave and millimeter wave radio technologies. This agreement brings value to the operators through a one-stop shop for purchasing an end-to-end transport solution.

As part of the agreement, Nokia will have access to the complete portfolio including the ALFOplus80HD millimeter wave solution, the ALFOplus2 RF Multiocore capable of reaching 2Gbps over a single link and the AGS20 aggregator family. All products run on the SM-OS operating system. Furthermore, the complete catalogue of services will be available for Nokia to liaise on when required.

“We are excited about this partnership agreement with Nokia” says Gianluigi Scola, Global Sales Director in SIAE MICROELETTRONICA, adding “mobile backhaul is our stron ... Read more »

HOUSTON - Wednesday, February 25th 2015 [ME NewsWire]

Highlights:

    Harris CapRock® One offers widest range of communications choices and highest available uptime in single innovative solution
    Multi-band antenna allows for connectivity to C-, Ku- and Ka-bands
    Intelligent Communications Director automatically selects best satellite, wireless or terrestrial network

(BUSINESS WIRE) -- Harris CapRock Communications has launched the industry’s first unified, fully managed satellite, wireless and terrestrial connectivity service designed to reduce customers’ voice, data and equipment management costs.

Harris CapRock One is an intelligent, highly-integrated, end-to-end service that transparently switches between the various transport mediums to optimize communications for customers around the globe.

Customers in the energy and cruise industry, for example, often strugg ... Read more »

IDEX Kicks off Tomorrow in Abu Dhabi

BU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - Saturday, February 21st 2015 [ME NewsWire]

The Traffic and Patrols Directorate at Abu Dhabi Police announced that traffic movement will be shifted near Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Center (ADNEC) area. The road will be closed in both directions on  Khaleej Al Arabi tomorrow, Sunday February 22. Motorists have been urged to find alternative routes for the International Defense Exhibition and Conference (IDEX 2015) being held at Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre, which runs from February 22 to 26 .

The Traffic and Patrols Directorate announced that traffic will temporarily be shifted along Khaleej Al Arabi Street and the routes leading up to ADNEC from 10:00 to midday on Sunday. The road will be closed in both directions on Khaleej Al Arabi Street and stretches as follows: from Saeed bin Tahnoon intersection towards the new bridges heading out of Abu Dhabi; streets leading up to ADNE ... Read more »

DonorsChoose.org CEO, popular positive psychology researcher among keynote speakers at annual event 

MILWAUKEE - Wednesday, February 25th 2015 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Max India Limited’s Founder and Chair, Analjit Singh, is one of five keynote speakers who will present at ASQ’s 2015 World Conference on Quality and Improvement.

The ASQ conference — held May 4–6 at Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center in Nashville, Tenn. — will provide attendees opportunities for career development, benchmarking, expert advice and tips, strategies, and best practices that can make an immediate business impact in their organizations.

The theme, “Transforming the World Through Innovation, Inspiration, and Leadership,” will focus on, among other areas, the intersection of quality and creativity, creating and sustaining a culture of quality, the risk of change, quality fundamentals, and globalization and the ... Read more »