[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]GuestLogix Inc. (TSX:GXI), the leading global provider of onboard retail and payment technology solutions to airlines and the passenger travel industry, today announced an agreement to deploy its onboard retail technology platform including POS handheld devices to accept China UnionPay bank cards onboard China Southern Airlines. GuestLogix‘ solution will be deployed to enable the purchase of inflight seat upgrades using a secure, convenient solution onboard China Southern aircraft. This win marks the global introduction to China UnionPay card acceptance in an inflight env
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]Today marks the launch of the Tizen App Challenge, a skills-based contest that calls on application developers to build the best new apps that redefine mobile experiences. A total of $4.04 million will be awarded to more than 50 developers in nine categories, providing an incredible opportunity to tap a new mobile ecosystem while reaping unprecedented reward. The Tizen App Challenge is open today with all submissions due by November 1, 2013. Judging will take place November 4 - November 25, 2013, and winners will be announced in December. An award ceremony recognizing the
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]BlackSquare Inc., maker of market-leading wine ecommerce application Blackboxx, announced a milestone collaboration with a major newspaper in Asia. Hong Kong-based South China Morning Post Publishers Ltd. (SCMP) collaborated with BlackSquare to create Wine Circle, a dedicated English language ecommerce site for wine lovers. The site recently launched at https://winecircle.scmp.com/ Wine Circle is the world's first cloud-hosted wine store operated by a leading newspaper and is powered by Blackboxx, a software as a service (SaaS) platform built specifically for direct to co
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]The Open University (OU) has marked its first degree ceremony 40 years after the first students crossed the stage at London's Alexandra Palace to collect their awards. The University first began hosting these memorable events to honour its graduating students in 1973, when some 867 students gathered with their friends and family for the inaugural ceremony. Since then, the OU has hosted more than 700 such events in locations across the UK, Ireland and the rest of the world and a typical year will see more than 20 ceremonies taking place. During that time the OU has grown t
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]The Open University (OU) has marked its first degree ceremony 40 years after the first students crossed the stage at London's Alexandra Palace to collect their awards. The University first began hosting these memorable events to honour its graduating students in 1973, when some 867 students gathered with their friends and family for the inaugural ceremony. Since then, the OU has hosted more than 700 such events in locations across the UK, Ireland and the rest of the world and a typical year will see more than 20 ceremonies taking place. During that time the OU has grown t
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]Citibank Korea (CEO Ha, Yung-ku, www.citibank.co.kr) and the Korea Small Business Institute (KOSBI) (President Kim, Dong-sun, www.kosbi.re.kr) jointly held a course completion ceremony for the 6th Citi-KOSBI Women Entrepreneurship Academy (WEA) on Jul. 10, 2013 at the board room of Small and Medium-Sized Business DMC Tower located in Sangam-dong, Seoul in the morning of Jul. 10. The WEA course was first introduced in April 2009 as part of the Women-Led Enterprise Competitiveness Enhancement Program that has been in place since 2008 sponsored by the Citi Foundation. The go
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]The NASDAQ OMX Group (Nasdaq:NDAQ) has entered an agreement with Bahrain Bourse (BHB) to upgrade its current trading platform. Under the terms of the agreement, Bahrain will replace its existing NASDAQ OMX platform (Horizon) with one powered by the industry leading X-stream technology. Additionally, BHB has reconfirmed its commitment to NASDAQ OMX's post-trade solution. The upgrade is estimated to be rolled out by late 2014. “Upgrading our trading platform is part of our implementation of BHB‘s strategy that aims to improving all aspects of the bourse’s operations,” said
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]Descartes Systems Group (Nasdaq:DSGX) (TSX:DSG), the global leader in uniting logistics-intensive businesses in commerce, announced that Woolworths, Australia‘s largest retailer, has deployed Descartes Route Planner™ and cloud-based Descartes Mobile™ with The Bestrane Group, a Descartes ’United by Design' partner in Australia, to support increased growth of its online grocery business. “The Woolworths online grocery business has grown at a significant pace and this trend continues to accelerate,” said Roger Steele, Head of Online Operations at Woolworths Supermarket. “The