PLANO: Huami Corp. and Huami-USA and Aspen Imaging Healthcare announced signing a letter of intent for joint future development. Joint development is anticipated in several areas, including collaboration on product roadmaps to find areas where proprietary technologies can be shared or new solutions created; global distribution, marketing and support; and potential investment in Aspen Imaging….
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Asian startups change the customer experience game with 8×8 communications APIs
SINGAPORE: 8×8 Inc., a leading integrated cloud communications platform, announced Asian startups Janio Asia and Coda Payments are using 8×8 Communications Platform as a Service (CPaaS) to more effectively reach customers anywhere. 8×8, through its Wavecell acquisition, recently launched CPaaS programmable applications, APIs and delivery capabilities beyond the Asia Pacific region to organizations in the…
Pinterest appoints Andrea Wishom to Board of Directors
SAN FRANCISCO: Pinterest, Inc. has appointed Andrea Wishom, President at Skywalker Holdings and former Executive Vice President at Harpo Productions, to its Board of Directors, a news release said. “For the past few months, the board has been meeting with many great candidates, and Andrea stood out for several reasons,” said Ben Silbermann, CEO and…
NPC International launches sale process for Pizza Hut business
LEAWOOD: NPC International, has reached an agreement with Pizza Hut, whose parent company is Yum! Brands Inc., on the optimization of its restaurant portfolio and that it will launch a sale process for its Pizza Hut restaurants. The agreement with Pizza Hut follows an extensive analysis that the parties conducted of its entire Pizza Hut…
Intelsat launches Galaxy 30 satellite and Northrop Grumman’s MEV-2
MCLEAN: Intelsat, operator of the world’s largest integrated satellite and terrestrial network, announced the successful launch of Galaxy 30, a geosynchronous communications satellite that will primarily provide high-performance television distribution service to Intelsat’s North American customers. Northrop Grumman’s Mission Extension Vehicle 2 (MEV-2) was part of the same successful launch today. The Intelsat 10-02 satellite…
EnPro agrees to sell all assets related to STEMCO Motor Wheel and Crewson businesses
CHARLOTTE: EnPro Industries Inc. announced that a definitive agreement to sell all assets related to the STEMCO Motor Wheel brake drum and Crewson brake adjuster brands (collectively the “business”), has been entered into with Hendrickson USA, LLC. “After announcing the exit of STEMCO’s Motor Wheel brake drum and Crewson brake adjuster brands on June 25th,…
Celanese announces Acetyl intermediates price increases
DALLAS: Celanese Corporation (NYSE: CE), a global chemical and specialty materials company, will increase list and off-list selling prices for the following acetyl intermediates products. The price increases below are for orders shipped and will be effective immediately, or as contracts otherwise allow, and are incremental to any previously announced increases. Celanese Corporation is a…
NMS Labs appoints Dan Monahan as President and Chief Executive Officer
HORSHAM: NMS Labs, a forensic science and bioanalytical toxicology laboratories, announced today that Dan T. Monahan is the now President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company. Mr. Monahan will build upon NMS Labs’ success and provide leadership in advancing the organization’s strategic growth and expansion initiatives. “It is a great honor and incredibly humbling…
AWS announces general availability of Amazon Braket
SEATTLE: Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS), an Amazon.com company, has announced the general availability of Amazon Braket, a fully managed AWS service that provides a development environment to help customers explore and design quantum algorithms. Customers can use Amazon Braket to test and troubleshoot quantum algorithms on simulated quantum computers running on computing resources in…
Back-to-school online learning creates new security threats
NEW YORK: As the academic year begins, a majority of students across the world will be back online as school districts contend with how to teach during a pandemic. “Security is always a major concern when conducting online activities,” says Elena Mauer, consumer safety editor at SecurityNerd.com, an online resource that educates and empowers consumers…
MVIS launches the MVIS Global Video Gaming & eSports (AUD) Index
FRANKFURT: MV Index Solutions GmbH (MVIS) has launched the MVIS Global Video Gaming & eSports (AUD) Index (ticker: MVESPOA) and the MVIS US Listed Semiconductor 10% Capped Index (ticker: MVSMC). The MVIS Global Video Gaming & eSports (AUD) Index (ticker: MVESPOA) is a new addition to MVESPO Index in the currency AUD. MVESPOA is a…
OCP TECH partners with Oracle in Latin America to continue its expansion plan
MIAMI: OCP TECH, an industry leader in integral technological solutions, has entered into a strategic partnership with Oracle in order to enhance its operations in Latin America, a news release said. By choosing Panama as its new Regional Operations Center, OCP TECH is establishing itself as a leading player in Central America, the Caribbean and…