Day: February 21, 2017

Optus launches commercial 4.5G service, trials pre-5G technology

Optus has announced the upgrade of its mobile network to the LTE-Advanced Pro standard in the area around its headquarters in Macquarie Park Optus has announced the upgrade of its mobile network to the LTE-Advanced Pro standard in the area around its headquarters in Macquarie Park, Sydney, saying the technology will be rolled out to provide 70 per cent coverage in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide over the next 12 months. At today’s launch Optus demonstrated downstream bandwidth in excess of 1 gigabit per second.

joint ARPA Institute and UCLA Naregatsi Chair presentations

Below please find information on the next joint ARPA Institute and UCLA Naregatsi Chair presentation, as well as on how you can support our work, and links to videos of recent activities. Checks : We appreciate your donations: please send your checks to the ARPA treasurer, Mr. Harold A. DeMirjian, 13100 Addison St., Sherman Oaks, CA 91423.

Verizon and Ericsson collaborate on global virtual network services

New Delhi, , Feb. 22 : Verizon Enterprise Solutions has partnered with Ericsson to provide enabling technologies for Verizon Virtualised Managed Network Services offerings that will be rolled out globally. The self-service offerings give enterprises flexibility to dynamically combine virtualised features from a catalog of offerings, such as security packages, WAN optimisation and data center load balancing.

HTC launches U Series of smartphones

New Delhi, , Feb. 22 : HTC Corporation, a leading innovator in mobile and virtual reality technology, unveiled the HTC U Ultra and the HTC U Play smartphones in the Indian market, on Tuesday. The Phones embody everything that is brilliant, unique, sophisticated and a reflection of everything that is beautiful.

nest_le 1.0.0

Python 3.x is a new version of the language, which is incompatible with the 2.x line of releases. The language is mostly the same, but many details, especially how built-in objects like dictionaries and strings work, have changed considerably, and a lot of deprecated features have finally been removed.

dlib 19.3.1

Dlib is a modern C++ toolkit containing machine learning algorithms and tools for creating complex software in C++ to solve real world problems. See [ http://dlib.net] for the main project documentation and API reference.

The skinny on Atkins’ digital coupons

I would recommend that you have one description which you use on your own site and offer e-retailers an alternate description. E-commerce sales by region, sales by product category, holiday data, online spending by shopper and as percentage of household income, and more.

Rogue cosmic rays are causing havoc with our smartphones and other electronics

Under Earth’s protective magnetic field, we don’t usually need to worry too much about the health effects of cosmic radiation – although it’s something that’s known to impact astronauts in space , and even passengers travelling in airplanes . But the same can’t be said for our technological systems – fierce solar storms can wreak havoc on Earth’s communication networks , and new research shows that even ordinary levels of cosmic radiation can have a disruptive effect on our personal devices.

Why Walmart is soaring while Macy’s flounders

Why Walmart is soaring while Macy’s flounders Earnings show Walmart finding its way amid changing landscape while Macy’s struggles Check out this story on USATODAY.com: http://usat.ly/2m5IHRR The latest financial results from chain-store giants Walmart and Macy’s painted a stark picture Tuesday of how one retailer is finding its way through a retail landscape increasingly dominated by e-commerce giant Amazon, while the other struggles to regain its footing. Walmart, the world’s largest retailer, saw rising sales during the fiscal fourth quarter ended Jan. 27 reflecting its focus on a more efficient in-store experience, deep discounts offered over the holidays, and better options for those choosing to shop online.

Higgins celebrates Buffalo & Niagara Falls students making history in latest NASA launch

Congressman Brian Higgins welcomed Buffalo and Niagara Falls students back to Western New York following a trip to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center to witness their work blast up to the International Space Station during a launch on Sunday, Feb. 19. “It is exciting to see the incredible creativity of local students recognized nationally,” Higgins said. “This is a real-life demonstration of the critical role the arts and sciences play in education.

Business Highlights

Wal-Mart says its fourth-quarter results show it’s making headway in its efforts to better compete against online leader Amazon. It has bought smaller online companies, lowered prices, expanded its offerings and improved online services.

Hampton native featured in ‘Hidden Figures’ to be honored at Oscar week event

United Steelworkers Local 8888 announced they will host a Distinguished Trailblazer Reception on February 23 , to celebrate Black History Month and to honor the late Jackson was a Hampton native who became the first black female aerospace engineer at NASA in 1958, and is one of three black women portrayed as trailblazers in ‘Hidden Figures.’ Local 8888 has a special connection to Jackson and the inspiring movie, which has grossed more than $110 million since it opened Christmas Day last year.

Yahoo salvages Verizon deal with A 280m discount

Yahoo is taking a 350 million dollar hit on its previously announced 4.8 billion dollar sale to Verizon in a concession for security lapses that exposed personal information stored in more than one billion Yahoo user accounts. Yahoo is taking a 350 million dollar hit on its previously announced 4.8 billion dollar sale to Verizon in a concession for security lapses that exposed personal information stored in more than one billion Yahoo user accounts.

Region in China’s restive Xinjiang to track vehicles as anti-terror measure

China today beefed up security measures in its volatile Xinjiang province by making it mandatory for all vehicles to install a satellite navigation system similar to the GPS as part of an anti-terror initiative. All vehicles will be required by June 30 to install GPS-style tracking devices connected to China’s proprietary Beidou navigation satellite, “so they can be tracked wherever they go”, the state-run Global Times reported on Tuesday.

Press release distribution, EDGAR filing, XBRL, regulatory filings

Yum! Brands, Inc. to Participate in the J.P. Morgan Gaming, Lodging, Restaurant & Leisure Management Access Forum and the Bank of America Merrill Lynch 2017 Consumer & Retail Technology Conference )–Yum! Brands, Inc. to participate in the J.P. Morgan Gaming, Lodging, Restaurant & Leisure Management Access Forum and the Bank of America Merrill Lynch 2017 Consum… )–Five psychologists, falsely accused of colluding with the government regarding tactics used to interrogate terrorists, recently filed a defamation lawsuit against the… )–News Corp announced today that News Corp Chief Executive Robert Thomson will participate in the Morgan Stanley 2017 Technology, Media & Telecom Conference on Wednesda… )–Kroll Bond Rating Agency assigns preliminary ratings to two classes of notes issued by Arcadia Receivables Credit Trust 2017-1 .

djay 0.0.3

There are too many options, they don’t integrate well, and they don’t provide complete functionality. For example, the typical development environment might use `pyenv` to control the Python runtime version, `virtualenv` to isolate the project’s dependencies, `pip` and `setuptools` to specify dependencies, `django-admin` to initialize a project, `manage.py` within the virtual environment to run commands, and a `Makefile` or `run.py` to wrap all of these tools, filling in the gaps between them.

django-keybase-verification 0.4

For each site, you will be able to create an record containing the verification information required by Keybase Quick start ———– * Install the package with `pip install django-keybase-verification` * Add “keybase_verification” and “django.contrib.sites” to your INSTALLED_APPS setting like this: “`python INSTALLED_APPS = [ … ‘django.contrib.sites’, ‘keybase_verification’, ] “` * Include the polls URLs in your project urls.py like this:: “`python from keybase_verification.views import KeybaseVerificationView urlpatterns = [ … url ), url ), ] “` * Run `python manage.py migrate` to create the polls models.

It’s time for Canada to drop tariffs on Internet imports

Since the 1940s, farmers in Canada and the United States have been able to ship tractors and tractor parts across the border without paying a dime in duties. Free trade in tractors at a time when agriculture was a critical North American industry? What a sensible idea, and evidence of the strong ties of friendship, commerce and economic common sense that have long existed between our two countries.

Floods that saturated Louisiana also damaged its seed rice

Agriculture and Forestry Commissioner Mike Strain says he’s temporarily relaxed certification requirements to ensure farmers can buy enough seed for a chance at a good crop. Farmers will have to buy more of some lots to make up for the problem, but sellers will discount the price to make up for it, department seed programs director Lester Cannon said Tuesday.