Box, Inc. Director Rory O’driscoll sold 640,797 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, January 9th. The stock was sold at an average price of $14.77, for a total transaction of $9,464,571.69.
Day: January 13, 2017
NASA’s Curiosity Rover carries Obama’s signature to Mars – CNET
On Thursday, NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover’s Twitter account sent out a photo of a plaque bearing the signatures of President Obama, Vice President Joe Biden, and other US officials. The rectangular aluminum plaque is affixed to the rover’s deck, and also bears NASA’s logo.
The 404 Show 1688: CES 2017 wrap-up and why you should always secure your laptop (podcast) – CNET
Today Jeff and Russ take a long and hard look at CES 2017 and why you should always attach your concept laptop to some kind of secure lock. Plus, we’ll talk about why everyone hates the person in the last seat at a blackjack table.
StarTek, Inc. (SRT) Stock Rating Lowered by Zacks Investment Research
According to Zacks, “StarTek, Inc. is a global provider of process management services and owns and operates branded vertical market Internet web sites. Their process management service platforms include E-commerce support and fulfillment, provisioning management for telecommunications systems, high-end inbound technical support, and an offering of supply chain management services.
Dental Implant and Prosthetics Market 2017 Global Industry Key…
PUNE, INDIA, January 13, 2017 / EINPresswire.com / — Dental Implant and Prosthetics : Summary: The existence of dental implants and its procedures are observed from early evolution that is more than 2,000 years ago in South & North America and in Middle Asia & Mediterranean region. In olden days, replacement of missing teeth was done by using carved stone, shell, bones and gold.
Note to Dejected U.S. Retailers: Malls Are Still Big in Canada an hour ago
A report by the Retail Council of Canada shows that sales by square foot in the northern nation’s shopping centers beat their U.S. counterparts on average. And that’s in spite of the Canadian dollar’s weakness. Malls in the U.S., which are losing sales to online shoppers, have more vacancies than north of the border, according to Craig Patterson, author of the study from the Toronto-based industry group.
Animal rights activist Peta buys stake in Louis Vuitton
Animal rights pressure group Peta has bought shares in Louis Vuitton Moet Hennessey in order to pressure it to stop selling bags and other products made from exotic animal skins. The stake in the French luxury group will give Peta the right to attend shareholder meetings and question the board in front of other shareholders.
These robots improve warehouse efficiency
GreyOrange is a robotic firm that aims to automate warehouses in India and the world. CNN talks to co-founder Samay Kohli who is aiming to expand into the Middle East, China, and Europe.
Super Bowl LI to feature player POV replays – without attached cameras
Eager as ever to make the most of available technology to enhance its live sports coverage, Fox Sports will once again offer something a little different during its next major broadcast. As part of its Fox Sports Lab tech initiative, the company is planning to give viewers point-of-view perspectives from players on the field during Super Bowl LI in February.
God’s Wording
My youth in the very Protestant North Carolina of the 1940s was suffused with Bible translation. One version stood supreme and virtually alone: the King James, or Authorized, version of 1611, whose words and rhythms remain the stuff of memory.
Nintendo’s new game console will cost $299 to start
The company announced as much from a Tokyo event on Thursday evening, where the console was detailed. The console launches in North America on March 3. The Nintendo Switch is the successor to Nintendo’s Wii U, a console that failed to catch on with people.
A new Google Voice is coming soon
I use Google Voice, and if you’re running a small business it’s likely that you do too. Google Voice is free and a great service for receiving, storing, transcribing and sharing voice mail messages.
Bradford pupils are supporting this year’s RSPB Big Schools Birdwatch
It is four years since the children at St Columba’s Catholic Primary School in Bradford started participating in the Big Schools Birdwatch run by the RSPB. Each and every year their findings contribute to the results which the charity utilises to discover the different species visiting our gardens and green spaces and, more importantly, find out those that are thriving and declining.
CBM Review Standard
Whether a patent qualifies for a CBM review has been a moving target. Early decisions held that the claims do not need to be directed to a “financial product or service,” since a reference in the specification to a financial use may be sufficient.
New illuminated lollipop could save children’s lives
From left, Caroline Taukulis, strategic account manager of Business Durham, with inventor Andrew Turner, Gavin Brydon, of Thorn and Cllr Neil Foster A TALENTED inventor has developed the first upgrade to the school crossing patrol sign in 50 years and believes lives could be saved as a result. Andrew Turner, who has an office at the North East Technology Park in Sedgefield, is to meet with distributors about his illuminated lollipop design after winning the backing of a major road safety charity.
Samsung To Focus More On Wearables Than Robots
One of the promises LG made ahead of CES 2017 is that they would be using the event to show off more of their robots , and sure enough they did . However amidst the rush of companies to show off their robotics technology, one company was oddly missing: Samsung, and now we know why.
Coal Curbs in Asia Could Save 50,000 Lives Annually, Study Says
About 50,000 lives a year could be saved by 2030 if no new coal-fired power plants are built in Southeast Asia, South Korea, Japan and Taiwan, according to a study from researchers at Harvard University and Greenpeace International. If coal plants currently planned or under construction in the region are actually built, some 70,000 deaths could result annually, up from about 20,000 deaths at the moment, Greenpeace said Friday in a statement summarizing the study.
A dummy’s guide to Bitcoin
It is just $140 from the all-time high reached three years ago. Prices on Indian Bitcoin exchanges are around an all-time high of Rs 72,000 per unit, a 4-5 per cent premium to cost.
Fridge is no novelty in Tibet, but how it is delivered is
For days, neighbors and friends have been visiting Lhagye’s home — just to have a look at his new refrigerator. It is not the machine itself that draws the visitors, but how Lhagye has got it.
Top Trends to Watch in 2017
The Standards News Portal is updated on a daily basis to bring you the most important news about standards – how they are created, how they affect you – and who’s doing what to whom. The Standards News Portal was launched in February 2002 and currently contains 8376 categorized, searchable articles, perhaps the largest archive of its type in existence.
Processing on memory chip delivers speed, size benefits
Software complexity as well as exponential growth in data are driving the quest for faster processing. Current devices and computers transfer data from memory storage to the processor for computation.
Consumer Reports: OK to buy MacBook Pro
Consumer Reports said Thursday it can now recommend Apple’s flashy new MacBook Pro laptops after having previously refused to do so over concerns about inconsistent battery life. Apple worked with Consumer Reports over the holidays to analyze the battery tests and find a fix in response to the influential product reviewer’s criticisms.
WISeKey India Joint Venture First Seed Financing Round Oversubscribed
As per the terms of the Joint Venture, WISeKey India will localize WISeKey’s Cybersecurity Platform and provide Indian customers – both individuals and organizations – trusted identities for the Internet of Things objects and mobiles, enabling them to complete secure online transactions with confidence, trust the identities of others, and the identities of the IoT infrastructure. These transactions will run via localized Root of Trust , serve the Indian Ecosystem, and will benefit sectors such as telecom, manufacturing, retail, and e-commerce.
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Conserved Sequence Processing in Primate Frontal Cortex.
To insert individual citation into a bibliography in a word-processor, select your preferred citation style below and drag-and-drop it into the document. An important aspect of animal perception and cognition is learning to recognize relationships between environmental events that predict others in time, a form of relational knowledge that can be assessed using sequence-learning paradigms.
Using 21st Century Science to Improve Risk-Related Evaluations
Over the last decade, several large-scale United States and international programs have been initiated to incorporate advances in molecular and cellular biology, -omics technologies, analytical methods, bioinformatics, and computational tools and methods into the field of toxicology. Similar efforts are being pursued in the field of exposure science with the goals of obtaining more accurate and complete exposure data on individuals and populations for thousands of chemicals over the lifespan; predicting exposures from use data and chemical-property information; and translating exposures between test systems and humans.
Weaverham inventor helps Bosnian boy born with no arms learn how to swim
AN invention from a Weaverham swimming coach has helped a six-year-old boy born with no arms learn how to swim.a Swimming coach-turned inventor Chris Shore saw an inspirational video on the Internet of six-year-old Ismail Zulfic, from Bosnia, learning to swim. Three times a week Ismail’s cash-strapped parents drive him nearly 50 miles from their home in the city of Zenia to swimming lessons in Sarajevo.
Robots need ‘kill switches’, warn MPs
PIC: A Lynx robot toy by UBTECH Robotics dances at ShowStoppers during the 2017 Consumer Electronic Show in Las Vegas, Nevada this year. The unstoppable rise of robots in our everyday lives requires urgent EU rules such as “kill switches”, European Parliament members warned Thursday as they passed a resolution urging Brussels into action on automaton ethics.
How a PC-based control system is an option for every application
As automation technology accelerates in the industry, PC-based control is an option for every application and for successful implementation for Industrial Internet of Things and Industrie 4.0 initiatives. Controller specification is the most important stage of the development process for every industrial automation application.