Sentences with phrase «digital companies around»

Over the last few weeks, some of the largest digital companies around have added their support to a new version of the code behind the web that will enable tomorrow's websites to usurp today's conventionally installed programs.

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Slaight told him cable giant Rogers had been sniffing around a six - year - old multi-platform media company called GlassBox TV, which was doing digital publishing, video - on - demand and specialty TV.

And while Beme itself will no longer be around, its team of 12 will staff a new company affiliated with CNN, with its exact mission around digital storytelling to be announced.

On the creation side, GoPro's media group manager, Bradford Schmidt, persuaded Woodman to acquire a leading digital - video software company, CineForm, in early 2011, right around the time GoPro released a rig that allows users to shoot in 3 - D by calibrating two cameras to shoot simultaneously and create layered 3 - D files.

Authored by company thought leaders from around the world, The Red Papers address topics spanning from the unwritten rules of digital marketing to appraising brand worth.

«One of the red flags for hanging around too long is, I think, that you're just not interested,» says Kawasaki, who is now chief evangelist at digital graphics company Canva.

The TV network's owners bought The Weather Company from Landmark Communications in 2008 for around $ 3.5 billion before selling off the company's digital assets for more than $ 2 billion to IBM lasCompany from Landmark Communications in 2008 for around $ 3.5 billion before selling off the company's digital assets for more than $ 2 billion to IBM lascompany's digital assets for more than $ 2 billion to IBM last year.

To better understand and leverage data to drive personalization, the company, in early 2016, invested in sweeping digital transformation initiatives around customer - relationship management.

Ask most tech companies which product will replace the smartphone and the answer will probably revolve around a wearable device for «augmented reality,» the tech that overlays digital images on the real world.

Cineplex's recent partnership with sports entertainment company Topgolf will also see dining complexes centred around digital golf games using micro-chipped balls make their way to the Canadian market after success in the U.S.

After word circulated that Confido's ICO was a scam, the value of the company's digital token dropped from $ 1.20 per coin to around two cents, according to data from Coinmarketcap.com.

Russian digital currency - related companies are now seeking to make the use of bitcoin much simpler around the country and this way they are also helping Russians to get more acquainted with bitcoin.

The issue has influenced a lot of companies to start using digital currencies to freely provide gambling services to users all around the globe.

On a large scale, these companies are pursuing what many people have been doing with computers in their basements for years: mining for a digital asset that is now trading at around 13 times the price of an ounce of gold.

Many of these visionaries have migrated their companies located in California and other parts of the world, to join a common dream, to achieve the reconstruction of a country and to lay the foundations for its citizens to see these new technologies as an opportunity to establish service and tourism companies that revolve around the so - called digital golds.

While social media has become a significant factor in the Digital Age, some companies are running the risk of having tunnel vision about orienting their entire customer experience offering around social media.

Tech Mahindra, for instance, has retrained over 70 per cent of its employees «in different modules around new - age technologies driving digital projects,» says company chief executive CP Gurnani, adding that, being «future - ready is our prime responsibility.»

Dropbox — a digital storage company that has seen consistent growth in the number of active users, paying users and revenue in recent years — has an estimated value of around $ 10 billion, implying an initial price per share of about $ 18.00 USD.

The 10 who were «Curious to take a look» were from legit media companies, digital and traditional, who had an understanding of the value Gawker founder and CEO Denton had created, but also a bit of anxiety around the potential ramifications of associating with a «tainted» brand.

Govia Thameslink chief executive Charles Horton — whose company will shortly use digital systems to allow 24 trains an hour to run on Thameslink in central London — pointed out there are many examples of metro systems around the world that do not have a driver, including a shuttle service between terminals at Gatwick airport.

Further demonstration of a recovery in the watch sector came with the deals announced this month: a consortium of Hong Kong - based investment funds acquired just over 30 percent of O Luxe Holdings (formerly Ming Fung Jewellery), a listed Hong Kong - based watch distributor and retailer, valuing the company at around $ 1 billion; whilst France - based Efficio Group, a company specialising in digital communications, acquired France's largest second - hand luxury watch retailer Cresus.

While companies such as Twine closely guard the number of their members, some of the more popular apps today include Badoo, Tinder, OkCupid, Plentyoffish and Grindr, said Marc Lesnick, who organizes the annual iDate conference of digital dating companies in Las Vegas, along with a couple of smaller iDate conferences around the world.

Hundreds of companies around the world use Know - Where solutions to allow their customers to find their stores, products and services digital devices before bed was associated with less sleep, poorer sleep quality, and morning fatigue.

With the thousands of digital transformation projects Ricoh UK undertakes each year, with companies from diverse sectors all around the world, Ricoh UK is particular aware of how one of the biggest challenges faced with any kind of change process is digital training.

Around 5,000 students are expected to pass through the doors of the planned new specialist digital college, which has backing from a range of international companies including Deloitte, Henderson Global Investors and IBM.

Campbell also leads the company's international expansion, which has brought Discovery Education's digital resources and professional development to educators and students around the globe.

eLearning Development companies are built around teams of diverse individuals who specialize in creating and continuously improving digital training programs.

Last year, Discovery Education acquired the company as part of its ongoing effort to speed the transition from static textbooks to dynamic digital content around the world.

While Borders chose to invest in then - startup company Kobo back in 2009 to drive its digital content rather than develop its own brand - specific e-reader, it's Kobo that may end up saving Borders instead of the other way around.

The company basically powers the digital lending capabilities of more than 33,000 separate libraries around the world, as one of their huge innovations was the ability to borrow content... [Read more...]

Around the same time, Amazon's Kindle Scout programme was extended to writers in India which will allow them to submit never - published, novel - length English - language manuscripts under Kindle Press, the company's digital publishing banner.

The main purpose of our new report, «Ebook Licensing Guide for Public Libraries and Publishers,» resulting from the collaboration between Publishing Perspectives, the leading international book publishing news and opinion magazine; Bookwire, a platform specializing in the worldwide distribution of more than 100,000 ebooks and audiobooks of more than 1.000 publishers from around the world, and Dosdoce.com, a company specializing in the development of digital business models, is to provide professionals in the book world with a broader insight into the numerous opportunities offered by new ebook licensing models and to dissipate any doubts or preconceived ideas in relation to those models.

The Company announced that authors and publishers around the world can now use the self - service Kindle Digital Text Platform (DTP) to upload and sell books in English, German and French to customers worldwide in the Kindle Store.

Currently around half of the members come from America, and the Canadian Wattpad website was recognised in 2011 as the top digital media company in the country, alongside its founder Ivan Yuen awarded Canadian entrepreneur at the Impact Infused Awards.

«I think that with any company, particularly companies that deal largely in the cloud or with digital media, your commitment to a great customer experience is what's going to determine how long you are around,» said Benjamin.

This is around the same time period in which Nook Digital will also become separated from the bookstore chain into its own company.

One the most elusive models in digital publishing has to be subscription - based ebooks, with companies around the world all seeking to be the Netflix or Spotify of reading.

This packed one - day event will cover the key strategic and operational issues faced by trade publishers around the globe in transitioning to a digital world, as well as presenting specially - commissioned data and analysis, new companies and services for the trade publishing world to consider, and new initiatives from some of the biggest publishers and retailers.

Say Books is a digital publishing services and publishing company based in Auckland, New Zealand, working with people from around the world.

Amazon hasn't introduced a splashy Kindle update this year, but the company did confirm to TechCrunch it has increased storage on its devices from 2 GB to 4 GB (of which a portion is dedicated to system software), meaning those who purchased the gadget since around last month or so are able to hold about twice the number of digital books on their devices.

Stanislas Magniant, digital communications director for Coca - Cola North West Europe said «we want to bring to life the stories about our company, our brands, our employees and our actions around the world.

Despite the surge of new companies offering better opportunities for authors interested in self - publishing, companies that produce high - quality print editions or who give authors a valid distribution channel for their digital editions, it still seems as though the entire literary world feels the need to put air - quotes around the word author whenever a writer chooses to independently publish.

The e-Reader industry is crashing all around us and companies such as E-Ink, Neonode, Plastic Logic, Pixel QI and Plastic Logic are all diversifying away from standard e-paper technology E Ink, the undisputed leader in the screens synonymous with the Kindle and Kobo is gravitating towards digital signage, while Plastic Logic is focusing on wearable tech.

When July rolls around, if companies have not made the adjustments, their device / app will be unusable to read digital books.

Findaway World, a company that has partnered with publishers around the globe to produce audio renditions of titles, has a catalog of more than 50,000 audiobooks, but offers them in unique and innovative ways through its digital platform and through its Playaway devices.

The Author Earnings numbers also tend to support Thompson's broader point, based on what he calls «aggregation theory,» which is that digital platforms from companies like Amazon are ultimately dis - intermediating existing industries like book publishing, by allowing content creators to do an end - run around incumbents and sell directly to consumers.

The London Book Fair is right around the corner and it will be interesting to see the continued presence of digital this year and how companies are going to take advantage of a virgin landscape.

When digital publishing in its current state actually took off, a wide variety of companies formed around the different solutions it could provide.

Penguin chairman and c.e.o. John Makinson called 2011 «the most turbulent book market that anyone can remember», but said the company's growth had been driven by «excellent publishing around the globe, demonstrated by market share growth in our three biggest markets, and innovation in every aspect of our digital publishing».

While Redmayne is such a logical choice for the position, given his history as the chief digital officer for HarperCollins UK and after his stunning track record with building the Pottermore company into what it is at present, the appointment clearly points to the publisher's desire to have someone at the helm who has a firm grasp of the digital side of the industry and who knows how to grow a brand based around digital content.