It’s been three months since SpaceX launched the first prototype satellites for its Starlink broadband internet network, and there’s been precious little information about what they’re up to. Until today. Responding to a follower’s Twitter inquiry, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk assessed how the twin satellites, dubbed Tintin A and B, are doing: The “pretty good” assessment sounds like pretty good news for the SpaceX satellite development team that’s based in Redmond, Wash. The satellites are equipped with flat phased-array antennas that are designed to stay in contact with a series of ground stations as they fly in low Earth orbit. Based on…
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The much-in-love couple Sonam Kapoor and Anand Ahuja are giving some serious relationship goals. From sharing their adorable videos to candid photos on the social media, Sonam and Anand have become the talk of the town ever since they have tied the knot with each other. The latest photographs are also winning the hearts on the internet. Anand has shared two adorable pictures along with a quirky caption. He wrote, “Cool ? Not Cool … ?” Well, these photographs have simply made our day. No matter how busy Sonam Kapoor gets with the promotion of her upcoming film ‘Veere Di Wedding’, she…
The democratisation of media has meant youth in the region have not only gained access to a new world news sources, pundits, bloggers, activists, critics and cultural curators – and a whole slew of unhelpful and hateful noise in between – that was off-limits a decade ago, but also the ability to participate in global conversations, whether as citizen journalists or, with the rise of the influencer, entrepreneurs, entertainers and thought leaders. Among the many revelations in the ASDAA Burson-Marsteller Arab Youth Survey of 2018, the one that was perhaps most revealing was that, for the first time in the…
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MarketResearchNest.com adds “2018 Top 5 Internet of Things (IoT) Security Players in North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, South America, Middle East and Africa” new report to its research database. The records spread across 122 with more than one tables and figures in it. New vendors in the market are facing tough competition from established international vendors as they struggle with technological innovations, reliability and quality issues. The report will answer questions about the current market developments and the scope of competition, opportunity cost and more. The report begins from overview of Industry Chain structure, and describes industry environment, then analyses…
If you believe that children are indeed our future, it won’t be a cheap one. Newly released Census data shows public spending per pupil increased by 3.2 percent to $11,762 in 2016. And that’s due, at least in part, to school systems doing better in terms of finances overall. In 2016, public elementary-secondary education revenue, from all sources, amounted to $670.9 billion, up 4.6 percent from the prior year. That’s the largest increase since 2007. And that’s likely the result of an improving economy overall in the wake of the Great Recession. See how much each state spends on its students below: A note about…
The prison service is to review education for dissident republican and loyalist prisoners. A three-person panel established to conduct a review on education and training will engage with stakeholders this summer. A report on the review will be presented to the Northern Ireland Prison Service (NIPS) by autumn. The review stems from the Fresh Start Panel report on the disbandment of paramilitary groups. New taskforce to tackle paramilitaries £10m spent on tackling paramilitaries The Fresh Start Agreement one year on A total of 28 prisoners are currently being held in segregated accommodation in Northern Ireland prisons. There are 15 dissident…
Pizza Hut Singapore has appointed FALCON Agency as its agency for social strategy, digital content creation and community management. The appointment is for a period of one year and comes after a pitch involving two other agencies. According to a spokesperson from Pizza Hut, the agency was selected based on its social strategy, which is in alignment with Pizza Hut’s needs. “We look forward to working closely with them to drive greater engagement and resonance with our consumers,” the spokesperson added. “We are excited to be working on an iconic brand that many of us grew up on and have become…
From a bunch of online platforms that started off merely so that people could remain connected, social media has evolved into an industry of endless possibilities that was worth over 28 Billion Euros in 2017. But for one of the fastest growing industries today, social media is still quite the game of cat and mouse with trends that change every year and businesses trying to latch on to these trends at the right moment. So with 2017 tagged and bagged, what does the year look like on the social media space. Here are five trends I am certain will be…
On May 2, the Abdul Latif Jameel World Education Lab (J-WEL) celebrated its first anniversary. Made possible through a generous gift from MIT alumnus Mohammed Abdul Latif Jameel ’78, J-WEL promotes excellence in education through three collaboratives that, together, describe a pathway of lifelong learning: preschool to 12th grade (pK-12), led by professors Angela Belcher and Eric Klopfer; higher education, directed by MIT Professor Hazel Sive; and workplace learning under the leadership of George Westerman, principal research scientist at the MIT Sloan Initiative on the Digital Economy. Through these collaboratives, J-WEL connects its members, which include schools, universities, government agencies,…