[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook] ISACA, a global professional association serving 115,000 information systems assurance, security, governance and risk professionals, has selected Matthew S. Loeb, CAE, as its new chief executive officer. With a strong background in enterprise strategy, corporate development, global business operations and governance, Loeb brings his extensive experience in leading innovation and strategic growth to ISACA. “The ISACA Board of Directors welcomes Matt, and we look forward to working closely with him and building on our 45-year history helping our members and their enterpris
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]Sidense Corp., a leading developer of non-volatile memory OTP IP cores, today announced that the Company‘s 1T-OTP macros for TSMC’s 28nm HPL, HPM and HPC processes have met all TSMC9000 Quality Management Program requirements. Applications for Sidense SHF memory IP include code storage, ROM replacement, secure encryption key storage, configuration, fuse replacement, trimming and calibration. “High performance and low power are critical for leading-edge applications such as mobile computing and hand-held communications,” said Xerxes Wania, President and CEO of Sidense. “We
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]Luxury real estate developer, DAMAC Properties has announced the development of AKOYA Drive, one of the longest shopping strip experiences in Dubai. Similar in length to ‘The Walk’ at Jumeirah Beach Residences (JBR) and reflective of Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills, The Croisette or Champs Elysees in Paris, AKOYA Drive will stretch 1.3 km through the AKOYA by DAMAC luxury golf community off Umm Suqeim Road and will include high-end food and beverage, retail shopping, serene locations to meet friends and a host of family entertainment offerings. The strip will house an outdoo
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., today announced plans to release Tizen-based Samsung TV SDK, marking the industry’s first Software Development Kit (SDK) that allows developers to build applications for the Tizen-based TV. Samsung’s Tizen-based TV SDK Beta will be available early July following the Tizen Developer Conference in San Francisco from June 2-4th. The Tizen-based Samsung TV SDK Beta supports the HTML5 standard through its framework called Caph and enables developers to write apps that run on a Tizen OS -based TVs. “We are excited to offer app developers the oppor
[NBC-1TV H. J Yook]NASDAQ OMX today announced that PowerShares launched a new exchange traded fund (ETF), PowerShares Multi-Strategy Alternative Portfolio ETF (Symbol:LALT), which is listed on The NASDAQ Stock Market® (NASDAQ®). LALT began trading on NASDAQ on Thursday, May 29, 2014. “One of the primary goals for investors that use alternative strategies is to minimize exposure to equity and bond markets, and to achieve better risk-adjusted returns compared to portfolios consisting only of traditional asset classes,” said Dan Draper, Invesco PowerShares Managing Director of Global ETFs. “LALT
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]The Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC) today announced the appointment of Bob J. Alig as executive vice president, School Products, effective July 1, 2014. Alig will lead a new GMAC division dedicated to the development of new products for GMAC‘s school members and clients, as well as enhancing and expanding GMAC’s professional development services and products for school admissions professionals. GMAC is the association of leading business schools that administers the GMAT exam and promotes management education worldwide. Alig comes to GMAC having served as vic
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]CAFleksy, the award-winning touchscreen keyboard company, today announced that it just broke the Guinness World Record for fastest texting on a touch-screen mobile phone. Marcel Fernandes, a longtime Fleksy user, broke the record in New York City with a time of 18.19 seconds at an official Guinness event, making Fleksy the fastest smartphone keyboard in the world. Fleksy takes the coveted title while introducing its much anticipated next-generation accuracy engine on both mobile platforms. The new Fleksy engine features improved correction accuracy, including space error
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yool]As the solar industry begins recovering; manufacturers are again turning to Despatch Industries, a leading technology and equipment provider. The company has seen a rapid increase in firing furnace sales since the first of the year, including the new Safire with Dri-Tech Dryer. With these tools solar manufacturers are able to realize an increase in overall production performance and profitability in a very challenging market. At several first in fab production testing environments, the Safire Firing Furnace with Dri-Tech Dryer was able to achieve a 0.1 percent absolute im