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Belkin announces a collaboration with famous Singer-songwriter, Victor Wong (Pin Guan), a 25 years veteran in the music industry

HONG KONG / SINGAPORE / KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA – Media OutReach – 27 October 2021 – Belkin, a global consumer electronics leader, today announces a collaboration with a famous Singer-songwriter, Victor WongPin Guan. With his classically trained background in music and more than 25 years of being in the music and acting industry, Victor WongPin Guan is meticulous and highly discerning about sound quality and having sound true to life.  This made Victor WongPin Guan the natural selection for Belkin to work with him on our range of high-quality sound products from our SoundForm Elite speaker tie up with Devialet to the range of True Wireless earbuds that we have launched.



 

As a veteran musician highly associated as “The Prince of Mesmerizing tunes”, Victor Wong「Pin Guan」 spends his time creating soulful music and demands a high level of sound quality to reflect every note, and to pick up subtle qualities of his voice, and most importantly to deliver the emotion and the message of the song. “Music is my life’s work,” he said. “I want to enjoy high-quality sound whenever I can. Headphones or audio should not only reflect the subtle details of each song, but also have the convenience and intelligence of the latest generation of technology.” He uses SOUNDFORM™ ELITE Hi-Fi Smart Speaker with wireless charging capabilities and SOUNDFORM™ True Wireless Earbuds as part of his lifestyle whether at home or on-the-go.

 

“I have been following Belkin for a long time, and I love Belkin’s elegant, and professionally designed products, which not only provide me with a great audio experience, but also an immersive musical experience!” Victor Wong「Pin Guan」told us, “These high quality and intelligent products makes my life so simple and efficient.”

 

“We are so excited to be working with a veteran professional musician like Victor Wong 「Pin Guan」,” according to Jenny Ng, General Manager for Belkin Asia. “We wanted to work with someone who appreciated the stringent quality control we do around our sound and audio products and at the same time, someone tech-savvy, who appreciated the technology included in our Belkin products.”

 

SOUNDFORM™ ELITE Hi-Fi Smart Speaker + Wireless Charger


This SOUNDFORM™ ELITE speaker is a high-performing smart speaker that combines the extraordinary acoustic architecture of sound pioneer Devialet with fast wireless charging and Google Assistant.

 

With the technology of Devialet, you are able to feel the full resonant bass with crystal-clear detail at any volume. Devialet’s patented Speaker Active Matching (SAM®) technology makes high fidelity sound reproduction possible in this tiny sized speaker.  Devialet’s signature “Push-Push” dual woofer configuration also cancels vibrations creating an impactful sound experience with truly powerful bass.

 

Use Google Assistant to play music, find answers online, manage everyday tasks, and easily control smart devices around your home – just by using your voice.

With the capability of streaming music to more than one speaker simultaneously, one can enjoy adding multiple Belkin SOUNDFORM™ Elite speakers to experience an even more immersive listening experience in your home.

 

“The depth and clarity of the sound from Belkin’s SOUNDFORM™ ELITE with the power and accuracy of Devialet’s Push-Push and SAM technology brings the music to life” –Victor Wong Pin Guan

 

PriceHKD 2,698

PriceSGD 499

SOUNDFORM™ Freedom True Wireless Earbuds

Get rich, radiant sound with exceptional battery life in the SOUNDFORM™ Freedom

True Wireless Earbuds. Custom drivers activate superbly deep bass while maintaining clear mids and highs. The advanced clear-call technology and dual microphones provide amazing call quality. There’s up to 8 hours of non-stop playtime, plus another 28 in the charging case. As one of the first third-party accessories to work with the Apple Find My network you can track and locate the charging case using the Apple Find My app.*

 

“The “Find My” feature in Belkin’s SOUNDFORM™ Freedom has been a lifesaver!  I keep leaving it all over my home!”- Victor Wong Pin Guan

 

Additional Features

  • Latest Bluetooth 5.2  chipset for even more stable and reliable true wireless connection
  • Low latency for even better movie and gaming experiences
  • Use a Qi-certified wireless charging pad, or a USB-C cable, to charge the case; 15 mins of charge equals to 2 hours of music play time
  • Custom-design ear tips in 3 sizes ensuring the best fit, comfort and sealing.
  • IPX5 sweat and splash proof


PriceHKD 799

PriceSGD 149

SOUNDFORM™ Rise True Wireless Earbuds

Belkin’s SOUNDFORM™ Rise True Wireless Earbuds are designed to get you through even the longest days with an impressive 7 hours of charge in each earbud and another 24 hours in the wireless charging case. With a streamlined design to fit into the ear comfortably, this enables one to enjoy the pure studio sound the True Wireless Earbuds offer. Created with two microphones in each earbud means you’ll always be heard on calls. The IPX5 water resistance rating protects them rain or shine while easy-to-use controls offer the power to change volume, skip tracks, and take calls, all at your fingertips.

 

“The sound quality of the Belkin SOUNDFORM™ Rise has such a high fidelity that it reproduces music to the original recording and it fits perfectly in my ear – I don’t worry about it dropping off even during my workouts!”– Victor Wong Pin Guan

 

Additional Features

  • Latest Bluetooth 5.2 chipset for even more stable and reliable true wireless connection
  • Low latency for even better movie and gaming experiences
  • Use a Qi-certified wireless charging pad, or a USB-C cable, to charge the case; 10 mins of charge equals to 1 hours of music play time
  • Custom-design ear tips in 3 sizes ensuring the best fit, comfort and sealing.
  • IPX5 sweat and splash proof

PriceHKD 599

PriceSGD 99

PriceMYR 329

 

About Belkin

Belkin is an accessories market leader delivering power, protection, productivity, connectivity, audio and smart home solutions for a broad range of consumer electronics and enterprise environments. Designed in Southern California and sold in more than 50 countries around the world, Belkin creates products that empower people through technology whether at home, at work or on a new adventure. In 2018, Belkin International merged with Foxconn Interconnect Technology to bolster its global influence and remains forever inspired by people and the planet we live on.

© 2021 Belkin International, Inc. and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.

All product names, logos, and brands are property of their respective owners.

#Belkin

Love, Bonito raises US$50MILLION in Series C funding to fuel category and international expansion

  • Southeast Asia’s largest omnichannel womenswear brand has its eyes set on evolving into a purpose-driven female ecosystem that supports Asian women around the world at every life stage
  • Fundraising round led by Primavera Capital Group with participation from Adastria and Ondine Capital
  • The funds will be used to bolster efforts in existing omnichannel markets and accelerate high growth international markets including Hong Kong, Japan, Philippines and the United States (US)

SINGAPORE – Media OutReach – 27 October 2021 – Love, Bonito today announced the close of its Series C funding round, raising a total of US$50Million. The round was led by Primavera Capital Group, a global investment firm whose previous investments include Alibaba, ByteDance, Yum China and Mead Johnson China. Adastria and Ondine Capital participated in the round too. Love, Bonito’s current investors include Openspace Ventures and Kakaku.com.

Proceeds from the fundraising will enable the brand to bolster efforts in existing omnichannel markets and supercharge international expansion in markets that collectively are experiencing triple digits year-on-year (YoY) growth. These key markets include Hong Kong, Japan, Philippines and the US. Furthermore, the company is exploring categories outside of fashion as part of its plan to create a female ecosystem.

(Above: Love, Bonito Senior Leadership Team)

 

Supercharging International Expansion

Since its launch in 2010, Love, Bonito has achieved impressive growth, expanding into 10 key markets which include those in Southeast Asia, namely Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, Cambodia, and East Asia markets, namely Taiwan, Hong Kong, Japan as well as Australia and the US.

 

To date, Love, Bonito has achieved overall growth of over 120 per cent YoY in international markets, and overall growth of 208 per cent for its online sales. The company believes the Asian diaspora communities have extremely high potential, especially in the US, where online revenue growth exceeded 1,200 per cent YoY as of September 2021.

 

With the latest funding, the brand will double down efforts within markets such as Singapore, Indonesia and Malaysia that have omni-channel presence, while other markets such as Hong Kong, Japan, Philippines and the US will see an expansion in omni-channels, new business verticals, strengthening of local community engagement and key collaborations, as well as the continuous optimisation of user experiences.

 

“I am more excited than ever for what is to come in the next decade,” said Rachel Lim, Co-Founder of Love, Bonito. “The growth we see today would not have happened without #TeamLB and our #LBCommunity who consistently strive to support women in the different seasons of their lives. Being in the business of women has been our mission since day one, and we are finally venturing outside of fashion to bolster our offerings.”

 

Business of Women vs Business of Fashion

In line with the brand’s mission to empower the everyday Asian woman, plans are in place to increase offerings within the fashion line to include active apparel and accessories. The brand is also looking to venture into a content platform (LiBrary) as well as exploration into new categories (LaB) which will include wellness.

 

The category and product expansion strategy is informed and driven by data and community feedback garnered from several platforms, including the brand’s soon-to-be-launched artificial intelligence that delivers personalisation at scale for women globally, through data and machine-learning models. Other existing platforms that contribute to the insights and knowledge gathering include:

  • LBCommunity+: Love, Bonito’s loyalty programme that provides customers an all-access community and rewards experience
  • LBCreate: Love, Bonito’s social impact programme with the mission to bring women’s issues to the forefront and create actionable steps for the future

“We have built a strong foundation in understanding the everyday Asian woman in order to be pre-emptive in catering to her needs,” said Dione Song, CEO of Love, Bonito. “We are primed to become a true life partner for our community of women, in and beyond fashion. We have yet to see a womenswear brand from the region stand proud on the world stage amongst industry heavyweights and we want to be the first brand to achieve that, by being purpose-driven, community-focused and innovative.

 

“We want to extend our heartfelt thanks to our existing and new investors who bring deep consumer investment experience and recognise the potential of the Asian consumer, both within and outside of the region,” added Dione.

 

Lead investor Primavera provided a statement: “Love, Bonito has proven itself to be a one-of-a-kind, purpose-driven brand for women across all life-stages. Consumers are drawn by what the brand stands for and its mission to empower women around the world. Primavera is deeply impressed by how much the team has achieved over the last decade and looks forward to tapping into our understanding and experience in the global consumer sector to help elevate Love, Bonito to the next level. We are thrilled to join Dione and the rest of the team on this path-breaking journey.”

 

Love, Bonito’s first external institutional investor, Openspace said: “From day one, we believed in what the brand could achieve as a business led by women, for women. We are thrilled to now work alongside esteemed investors like Primavera to help write the brand’s next chapter.”

Series B lead investor Kakaku.com added: “We are delighted to be on the global stage with Love, Bonito, and will continue to support the brand’s data and tech strategies, especially on their entry into the Japanese market.”

 

In the next phase of its growth, Love, Bonito aims to shake up the fashion industry by creating a more meaningful impact on its community across all life stages. The brand is setting its sights on creating a thoughtful and well-rounded female ecosystem, supporting different facets of women’s needs within Asian countries and reaching further into the Asian diaspora communities across the globe.

 

About Love, Bonito

Designing for the key moments and milestones of a woman’s life, Love, Bonito’s comprehensive assortment features stylish and comfortable pieces for the modern Asian woman at home, work and play. Love, Bonito is the largest vertically integrated, omni-channel women’s fashion brand in the region today. We remain committed to relationship building and nurturance, imbuing soul into innovation with thoughtful design and dedicated community outreach.

For more information, please visit https://www.lovebonito.com/sg/about-us

#LoveBonito

Azbil Receives Frost & Sullivan 2021 Southeast Asia Building Automation Systems Customer Value Leadership Award for Second Consecutive Year

TOKYO, JAPAN – Media OutReach – 27 October 2021 – Azbil Corporation (Tokyo Stock Exchange code 6845) announced that it has received the prestigious Southeast Asia Building Automation Systems Customer Value Leadership Award for the second consecutive year from research and consulting firm Frost & Sullivan as part of their 2021 Asia-Pacific Best Practices Awards.



The Frost & Sullivan Best Practices Awards recognize best-in-class companies that have demonstrated excellence in their respective industries. Frost & Sullivan analysts identify award recipients based on in-depth interviews, analysis, and extensive secondary research. To determine best practices, they typically study companies’ revenues, market shares, capabilities, and overall contribution to the industry.

 

“Azbil Corporation consistently enhances and creates value for building owners and occupants with a building automation system powered by smart digital technologies. Its international best practices are tailored to suit the local context and trends in Southeast Asian countries to improve customer satisfaction and retention.


Despite COVID-19 upending the building automation segment in 2020 and 2021, Azbil leveraged this disruption to create pandemic response-as-a-service propositions with technologies and customized solutions for hospitals and many commercial facilities. Frost & Sullivan applauds the award recipient for its building automation system that creates value for customers with noteworthy building safety and operations improvements.” said Frost & Sullivan’s Director and Global Head of Buildings Research, Melvin Leong.

 

A detailed analysis report from Frost & Sullivan on Azbil can be found at the following URL.

https://www.azbil.com/press/pdf/211027-1.pdf

 

Based on the Group philosophy of “human-centered automation,” Azbil is contributing “in series” to the achievement of a sustainable society and continues to build long-term partnerships with customers.


About Azbil Corporation

Azbil Corporation, formerly known as Yamatake Corporation, is a leading company in building and industrial automation, using its measurement and control technologies to provide customers with high value-added solutions to make their operations more efficient and sustainable. Founded in 1906, Azbil serves customers across the globe in a broad range of industries and aims to contribute to people’s safety, comfort and fulfilment, and global environmental preservation. At the end of March 2021, Azbil employed over 10,000 people worldwide and generated ¥246 billion in revenue.

For more information, please visit https://www.azbil.com/.

#Azbil

About Frost & Sullivan

For six decades, Frost & Sullivan has been world-renowned for its role in helping investors, corporate leaders, and governments navigate economic changes and identify disruptive technologies, Mega Trends, new business models, and companies to action, resulting in a continuous flow of growth opportunities to drive future success. Contact us: Start the discussion. Contact us: Start the discussion.

Embark a new academic journey in The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)

HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach – 27 October 2021 – Only a forward-looking institute can help students’ research stand ahead in the industry in this ever-changing era. The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) is a globally and regionally recognised research university ranked 39th in the World# and 7th in Asia*. As a pioneering institution, CUHK is the centre of excellence for cutting-edge, interdisciplinary research with a global impact while making contributions to society by transposing research findings into practical utilisation.

 

CUHK is a first-class comprehensive research university with both a local and an international outlook, we aim at cultivating higher degree graduates to serve the increasingly sophisticated needs of the society and contribute to the pool of human knowledge through top-quality research. There are around 13,000 current postgraduate students, of whom a substantial proportion are non-local.

 

CUHK offers over 220 postgraduate programmes in a wide range of disciplines by eight Faculties, including Arts, Business Administration, Education, Engineering, Law, Medicine, Science, Social Science, and Inter-Faculty leading to a variety of study options to suit the different needs of students, ranging from the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Master of Philosophy (MPhil) to Taught Doctoral degree, Taught Master’s degree, Postgraduate Diploma, and Postgraduate Certificate.

 

Taking pride in its culture of teaching quality, CUHK attaches great importance to teaching and learning, so that students can benefit from an education of the highest possible quality. Providing professional guidance builds students’ emerging academic identities and wisdom. CUHK is here to help students realise their potential, develop their skills, and find the best-suited career opportunities.

 

Nurturing the next generation of researchers in an increasingly volatile and uncertain world is very challenging. It carries great social responsibilities as the graduates are likely to become the elite learners of society. It also requires careful and responsive guidance to build the students’ emerging academic identities, and wisdom to discern what is doable and worthy.”

[Prof. Ching Sing CHAI, Associate Dean (Postgraduate Studies), Faculty of Education, and Professor, Department of Curriculum and Instruction]

 

A supervisor should provide high standards of thesis supervision and a high-quality research environment, communicate with students promptly and regularly in person, have a clear project plan and offer guidance for high impact publications and international conferences.”

[Prof. Jun YU, Assistant Dean (Mainland Affairs), Faculty of Medicine, and Professor, Department of Medicine and Therapeutics]

 

CUHK provides the best platform for all ambitious researchers and scholars to shine their talents. The Hong Kong PhD Fellowship Scheme (HKPFS) at CUHK which includes financial aids up to US$210,000 is an excellent opportunity for students who wish to pursue a PhD study. The application deadline for HKPFS at CUHK is on 1 December 2021. Please refer to the following website for more CUHK HKPFS details:  https://www.gs.cuhk.edu.hk/hkpfs?utm_source=CM&utm_medium=CM&utm_campaign=HKPFS.

 

An information webinar on HKPFS at CUHK will be held on November 3, 2021 from 5-6 p.m. (HK time).  Please register now for the event!

 

#QS World University Rankings in 2022

*Times Higher Education Asia University Rankings 2021

 

#CUHKGraduateSchool

Six Million Amphetamine Tablets Seized in Bokeo Drug Haul

six million amphetamines tablets siezed in Bokeo
Six million amphetamines tablets seized in Bokeo.

Police in Ton Pheung District, Bokeo Province, seized over six million tablets of methamphetamines this week in a massive drug haul.

ASEAN Summit Begins Without Myanmar as Thailand Urges Reopening

ASEAN leaders virtual summit on 26 October 2021 chaired by Brunei
ASEAN leaders virtual summit on 26 October 2021 chaired by Brunei (Photo: AP)

Leaders from Southeast Asian countries have begun their annual summit without the presence Myanmar, whose military refused to send a representative.

Laos Confirms 733 New Cases of Covid-19 and Three Deaths

Laotian Times Covid-19 Update

Laos has recorded 733 new cases of Covid-19 across the country today, with three people succumbing to the virus.

Tremor International Signs Exclusive Global Partnership with VIDAA for ACR Data

Smart operating system & content platform preinstalled on most Hisense TVs and integrated with premium global OEMs

 

Agreement makes Tremor International the only open end-to-end platform with direct access to global OEM ACR data for targeting

TOYKO, JAPAN – Media OutReach – 27 October 2021 – Tremor International Ltd. (AIM/NASDAQ: TRMR) (“Tremor” or the “Company”), a global leader in video and Connected TV (“CTV”) advertising, offering an end-to-end technology platform that enables advertisers to reach relevant audiences and publishers to maximize yield on their digital advertising inventory, today announced a global and exclusive strategic partnership with VIDAA, a smart TV operating system and content platform preinstalled on most TVs manufactured by Hisense, considered one of the top TV manufacturers in the world, and also integrated into a number of premium original equipment manufacturers (OEM) including Toshiba. The agreement sees Tremor International’s technology platform gain exclusive access to VIDAA’s automatic content recognition (ACR) data, both in the US and internationally.  

The agreement provides access to VIDAA’s distribution, reaching approximately 20 million smart TVs worldwide and expected to grow to more than 40 million in coming years. Tremor International will bring VIDAA’s ACR data into its TV Intelligence solution starting May 1, 2022, which will make Tremor International the only end-to-end technology platform with direct access to OEM ACR data for targeting purposes, outside the walled gardens. Following the integration into its TV Intelligence solution, Tremor International will have exclusive rights to the VIDAA ACR data in all global markets, and Tremor will activate in the US, Canada, UK, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Netherlands, Australia and Japan.

The data will be available for activation by both advertiser and publisher clients, through the two pillars of Tremor International’s end-to-end platform: Tremor Video and Unruly.  In addition to targeting, Tremor Video and Unruly will offer proprietary measurement capabilities for TV Intelligence campaigns.

 

Ofer Druker, Chief Executive Officer at Tremor International, commented: “This is an important milestone in Tremor International’s trajectory as a leader in CTV and video, and underscores an important pillar in our strategy. The partnership with VIDAA bolsters the availability of highly desirable data sets that will live exclusively within the Tremor International end-to-end platform, opening new advertising horizons for customers across the globe and accelerating Tremor’s growth around CTV.”

 

In 2020, VIDAA introduced a completely new and revamped user interface named U4, which puts users and their way of consuming content at the core of the design. As of May 2021, the most advanced version on the market is VIDAA U5. VIDAA’s aggregated platform has already grown to encompass a range of CTV services — including all the top content providers.

Guy Edri, EVP at VIDAA, said: “The idea behind VIDAA was to put the customer at the center of the CTV experience. Our mission is to bring the finest content, both global and local, to our customers, who are today overwhelmed by an endless array of options and choices in viewing services. Creating one easy place for user management ensures they have a direct way to view the content they enjoy, and aligning ads with their needs and preferences is an important part of that. Teaming up with Tremor International, with impressive capabilities on both the commercial and CTV technology sides of its business, will enable an even better experience for our customers, as we are committed to bringing best-in-class content to consumers all over the globe.”

About Tremor International

Tremor is a global company offering an end-to-end technology advertising platform, operating across three core capabilities – Video, Data and CTV. Tremor International’s unique approach is centered on offering a full stack of end-to-end solutions which provides it with a major competitive advantage within the video advertising ecosystem.

Tremor Video helps advertisers deliver impactful brand stories across all screens through the power of innovative video technology combined with advanced audience data and captivating creative content. Tremor Video’s innovative video advertising technology has offerings in CTV, in-stream, out-stream and in-app.

The media side of Tremor International, Unruly, drives real business outcomes in multiscreen advertising. Its programmatic platform efficiently and effectively delivers performance, quality, and actionable data to demand and supply-focused clients and partners. Tremor International has a meaningful number of direct integrations with publishers, unique demand relationships with a variety of advertisers and privileged access to News Corp inventory. Unruly connects to the world’s largest DSPs and is compatible with most Ad Age top 100 brands.

Tremor International is headquartered in Israel and maintains offices throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, Asia-Pacific and Australia and is traded on the London Stock Exchange (AIM: TRMR) and NASDAQ (TRMR).

For more information visit: https://www.tremorinternational.com/

#TremorInternational

About VIDAA

VIDAA Smart OS is a Linux-based open smart TV operating system. The independent company VIDAA USA was established in 2019, and it has – in just two years – become a strong global contender in the smart TV platform space. In 2020, VIDAA introduced a completely new and revamped user interface named U4, which puts users and their way of consuming content at the core of the design. As of May 2021, the most advanced version on the market is VIDAA U5, which saw further improvements in user experience by implementing Google Assistant capabilities, its voice service, the new VIDAA remote control smartphone application, as well as advertising and billing services in select markets.  

For more information, visit www.vidaa.com and follow VIDAA on Facebook.com/vidaatv, Twitter, and Instagram at @vidaatv.