Rakuten, the leading shopping platform that offers Cash Back and rewards, will air its first-ever television ad during the Super Bowl broadcast this Sunday, February 13, 2022. Set against the backdrop of an opulent private poker game, “High Stakes” stars Emmy Award-winning actress Hannah Waddingham. The cinematic spot inspires shoppers to win big by earning Cash Back with Rakuten. Continue reading
Vision Films, Inc. (“Vision”) announces a new deal with Silverbird Film Distribution to release Adah Obekpa’s The American King in cinemas across Nigeria, Ghana and Liberia beginning February 25, 2022. Silverbird Cinemas provides world class quality entertainment as a leading media and entertainment company in Africa. The Nigerian community is especially supportive of popular and top Nigerian actresses Eyninna Nwigwe and Nse Ikpe-Etim who are featured in the film along with Senegalese born star Akon. Continue reading
Fireblocks (www.fireblocks.com), the direct custody platform that supports over 800 major institutions, and powers digital asset and crypto products for today’s largest custodians, fintech, crypto exchanges, lending desks, super apps and asset management firms, has raised $550 million in Series E funding. Continue reading
The Agency for Cultural Affairs, Government of Japan, launched an innovative cultural promotion project called “CULTURE GATE to JAPAN” at Haneda airport and the Tokyo International Cruise Terminal for its second year on January 19th 2022. This project, allows artists and creators active in the field of Media Arts to create works based on various aspects of Japanese culture and exhibit them at airports and cruise terminals to convey the appeal of Japanese culture. Continue reading
Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater proudly announces the casting for a new version of the Tony-nominated musical comedy Catch Me If You Can (Book by Terrence McNally, Music by Marc Shaiman, Lyrics by Scott Wittman and Marc Shaiman and based on the Dreamworks Motion Picture). Continue reading
Severe heart failure is the most life-threatening medical condition in all age groups across the globe. Implantable heart pumps, known as Ventricular Assist Devices (or VADs), have proven to sustainably increase long term survival. However, due to the need for tethering to an external power source using a cable exiting the body through the abdomen, these devices have not yet been fully accepted as mainstream therapy. Continue reading
BIGO Technology, one of the world’s fastest-growing technology companies will host its third annual BIGO Awards Gala to celebrate its most exceptional broadcasters from around the world. The gala is set to take place at 8:00 pm (GMT+8) on Friday – 14th January 2022 on Bigo Live’s Music Livehouse Channel Continue reading
Udelv, a Silicon Valley venture-backed company, unveiled the first cab-less autonomous electric delivery vehicle for multi-stop delivery, the Transporter, driven by Mobileye, at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES). Continue reading
Steven Bartlett, the founder of Social Chain (with a market valuation of over $600m), and the youngest investor on BBC’s “Dragons’ Den” TV show, along with Furqan Rydhan, founding CTO of Bebo and AppLovin (valuation, $42B), today launch thirdweb – a groundbreaking new technology platform for building NFT and Web3 apps. Continue reading
Carrefour Flash is the first store of this kind in France, and will be located at 11 avenue Parmentier, in the capital’s eleventh arrondissement. With Flash, technology is used to enhance the customer experience, making shopping more straightforward. It has nearly 900 everyday product references on sale. Continue reading