‘Star Wars’ BB-8 droid to be sold as working robot – Toronto Sun
GLENDALE, Calif. — If it weren’t for someone willing to entertain a new idea, the new Star Wars droid, BB-8, wouldn’t be rolling into living rooms this holiday season. The robot — which looks like a mechanical head on a spinning ball — was the…
Briefs: Kabillion, SIRO, Vubiq, Alcatel-Lucent – CED
Kabillion today announced it has secured distribution deals with DISH Network L.L.C. and Hulu for animated properties that originally aired in the U.S, on the Kabillion network. These new partnerships mark Kabillion’s first distribution agreements with DISH and Hulu making the new distributor’s content immediately…
Vancouver’s high-tech hurdle: Attracting top-level talent – The Globe and Mail
From left: Version One Ventures CEO and founder Boris Wertz, BuildDirect president and CEO Jeff Booth, Vision Critical founder and president of corporate innovation Andrew Reid, Hootsuite CEO and founder Ryan Holmes, Shoes.com chairman and co-founder Roger Hardy, Plentyoffish CEO and founder Markus Frind, and…
One Source Networks Deploys Sonus Solution to Enable Real-Time … – SYS-CON Media (press release)
News Feed Item One Source Networks Deploys Sonus Solution to Enable Real-Time Communications for Its Global Microsoft UCaaS Deployment Leading Managed Communications Provider Utilizes Sonus’ SBC 7000 for Lync and Skype for Business Enterprise Services By PR Newswire Article Rating: July 1, 2015 11:00 AM…
Avis Budget Group Inc. : Avis Budget Group and Southwest Airlines Sign New … – The Wall Street Transcript
Avis Budget Group Inc. Tickers: CAR CAT WBC PCAR EMR TRN JBHT HUBG June 25, 2015 PARSIPPANY, N.J., June 25, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Avis Budget Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:CAR) today announced that it has entered into an expanded, new multi-year partnership marketing agreement with Southwest Airlines (NYSE:LUV) which will enable the Company…
Google Inc (GOOG) is Advancing its IoT Push with New Products from Nest – LearnBonds
Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) is in the news today after Google’s Nest Labs launched new products. The products release shows that Google is getting serious about developing the home automation space through its daughter firm. Google has been skirting around the Internet of Things (IoT) concept…
Networks Are Like Mullets – Light Reading
Remember mullets? The unfortunate late-20th-century men’s hairstyle was neat and trimmed around the face and long and flowing down the neck. “Business in front, party in the back,” was the slogan. Service provider networks have become mullets. The parallel occurred to me during a panel…
Procera Networks Defines Broadband Subscriber Experience with ScoreCard – PR Newswire UK (press release)
— Solution measures subscriber experience and suggests investments to maximize CAPEX ROI FREMONT, California, June 8, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — Procera Networks, Inc., the global Subscriber Experience company, today announced ScoreCard, a new solution enabling improved visibility and measurement of the quality of experience (QoE) that…