Cambridge – Embr Labs, the first company to make temperature personal, will be at CES 2019 in Las Vegas to demonstrate its flagship product the Embr Wave bracelet, a revolutionary new wearable device that helps you feel cooler or warmer in minutes. Sam Shames, co-founder of Embr Labs, and Jake Abrams, Head of Marketing, will … Read more
ESII at CES 2019 Las Vegas presents WEASY, a fun and easy-to-use IoT French Tech to enhance the customer experience LAVERUNE, France – (press release) ESII, SAS., French leader in innovative customer journey solutions, is proud to announce that it will participate in CES Las Vegas 2019 from January 8 to 11, in Las Vegas, … Read more
Atlanta (press release) – Ahead of CES Las Vegas 2019, Square Off is the world’s first ever chess board that can connect chess players across the world. Not just that, it can think and make a move on its own too. It’s alive, literally. Square Off, from India, has been gaining much love across the … Read more
NASHVILLE – Congratulations to The Travelin’ McCourys on their Grammy nomination for “Best Bluegrass Album,” which was announced today on https://www.grammy.com/. The Travelin’ McCourys’s eponymous debut album was released on May 25th of this year after decades of playing – the Grammy nomination pointing to both the band’s work ethic and their innovative style … Read more
Author’s note: President Trump’s Official Message to Congress on the Death Of George H.W. Bush was released on December 3rd at 7:21 PM EST to Zennie62Media. TO THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES: By this Message, I officially inform you of the death of George Herbert Walker Bush, the forty-first President of the United States. … Read more
Author note: this is a press release sent to Zennie62Media from the Oakland Office of The City Auditor, Brenda Roberts. OAKLAND, CA — Oakland’s Workforce Development Board (WDB) currently receives over $3 million each year in Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) federal funds. They oversee employment and training programs and the delivery of these … Read more
The CITIZEN App is reporting a Strong-Arm Robbery at Haddon Rd & Brooklyn Ave here in the Cleveland Heights neighborhood, Oakland. Here are the rest of the details: 2:22:58 pm The suspect was last seen running eastbound on Brooklyn Avenue. 2:22:48 pm The suspect is described as a Black man, 6’0″, slim, with long hair, … Read more
Author note: Zennie62Media neither agrees nor disagrees with Roger Stone, but presents his press release because it is the news of the day and he is a subject within the news. A recent blitz of “bombshell” headlines initially appear to show there might actually have been some collusion between the 2016 Trump presidential campaign and … Read more
Elle Macpherson is the supermodel who was best known in the 1980s, but is still in circulation today. One example of her travels “back in the day” is this photo posted by a man named Barry Weinberg on Instagram, who then worked for the Oakland Athletics. This is what Mr. Weinberg wrote: barryweinberg Throw Back … Read more
Oaklandphotovault, which posts photos and videos of life in Oakland on Instagram, placed the following video of being caught in a rainy downpour last night. Then, Oaklandphotovault tried to blame it all on the Oakland A’s announcement of its plan for a new baseball stadium at Howard Terminal: oaklandphotovaultYou see #Oakland? This what happens when … Read more
OAKLAND – Oakland City Attorney Barbara J. Parker has appointed Oakland resident Jill Butler as the newest member of the Oakland Public Ethics Commission (PEC). Ms. Butler was sworn in on November 13, 2018 at Oakland City Hall. She will fill a vacant seat on the Public Ethics Commission for the remainder of the current … Read more
Shenzhen, China – RoboSense http://www.robosense.ai, the world’s leading autonomous driving LiDAR perception solution provider, announced that it has been named a CES 2019 Innovation Awards Honoree for the RoboSense RS-IPLS Intelligent Perception LiDAR System. The announcement was made during CES Unveiled New York on November 8, 2018, an invite-only tech event bringing together top media, … Read more
GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company tells Zennie62Media that the importance of health and well being among millennials remains crucial to the projected rise of non-alcoholic beer consumption in the UK / England. Joe Hutson, Consumer Analyst at GlobalData, says, “Currently 25-34 year olds and 16-24 year olds have the country’s highest per capita … Read more
Happy Thanksgiving Day, everyone! Here are some notes to help you through this Thanksgiving Day 2018 in Oakland, California. Today Is A SF BART Train and Parking Holiday The Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) System (Notice the new, snark-oriented Twitter account?) informs us that today parking permits and fees will not be enforced at BART … Read more
Oakland Zoo reports: White-handed gibbons are very social and monogamous – known to mate for life – and the popular Nikko The Gibbon, aged a mature 35 years, has been mate-less for almost a year. While he will be sorely missed at Oakland Zoo, zookeepers are confident he will be happier socially with his new … Read more
Another interesting press release from “Freedom From Facebook.”: Washington, DC – In an op-ed for The Daily Beast, Barry Lynn, Executive Director of Open Markets Institute, calls for swift government regulation of Facebook. As a guide, Lynn suggests the example of AT&T, in which the corporate giant was made to spin of its telegraph business … Read more
Oakland, CA — Our hearts go out to the victims and families of the Camp Fire in Butte County, which continues to burn, and the impacts are being felt across the region as air quality has worsened, fluctuating between “unhealthy” and “very unhealthy.” As of 10 am, the Air Quality Index is in the “very … Read more
Boosting digital skills could unlock £85 billion a year for UK businesses UK businesses are missing out on £85 billion* each year due to a lack of digital capability, according to the latest Lloyds Bank Business and Charity Index. The report highlights that this issue is particularly acute for sole traders, of which 41% have … Read more
Luca Cotta, former Slack and Telegram app developer joins the first decentralised P2P crypto hedge trading platform. The top-ranked ICObench expert brings eight years of ICOdriving expertise and anti-scam knowledge to BQT. BQT (an acronym for Better, Quick & Transparent) is proud to announce that Luca Cotta is now a member of its advisory board. … Read more
A new development in the Georgia Election could flip the outcome of the Georgia Gubenatorial Race. As of this writing, Brian Kemp still had the lead over Stacey Abrams 50.26 versus 48.79 – it was 50.27, and on Friday was 50.33, which means that with every vote counted, Kemp’s lead erodes. The moment his lead … Read more
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Ten months before the confetti was raining down on him after a thrilling Super Bowl win, Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Nick Foles was in a much quieter setting—but the impact was just as great, if not greater. It was April 2017, and Foles was in a rough-and-tumble section of north Philadelphia at … Read more
Chatchaval Jiaravanon is the latest to follow a line of billionaires who own media companies. Today, Meredith announced it sold Fortune Media Group, which contains Fortune Magazine, to the Thai businessman for $150 million. “Our vision is to establish Fortune as the world’s leading business media brand, with an always-on reach and global relevance,” said … Read more
LOS ANGELES — UC Berkeley, UC Los Angeles and University of Southern California – three top California universities – released research which found that limiting skyrocketing rent increases will help stabilize California’s broken housing market. Each report studied the immediate need and value of allowing communities to implement rent control policies to address their own … Read more
Atlanta – In a 2018 Georgia election race marred by blatant examples of voter suppression and voting machine irregularities the NAACP Georgia State Conference partnering with Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law won an injunction against the use of the controversial voter regulating software called Exact Match. In the ruling which challenged Georgia Secretary … Read more
BQT Technologies, LTD (“BQT”) announced the launch of a P2P decentralized trading platform that will allow direct negotiations between crypto traders for short-term hedging. BQT is the first decentralized P2P Crypto Hedge Trading Platform and Community where the Demand for an acquisition of Crypto Assets can be fulfilled with significant Supply and negotiated directly among … Read more
Prop 10, The California Affordable Housing Act, is key to solving the California housing affordability crisis. The “Rent Is Too Damn High!” Bus Tour launched in Los Angeles two weeks ago as a statewide grassroots effort to further develop organic person-to-person relationships in communities across the state, hear community housing concerns and raise awareness for … Read more
MC Hammer is in The Town, and that’s Oakland! Plus, he’s bringing Yo Yo Ma’s to the Block Party in Oakland! Here’s Mr. Ma to tell you about it: View this post on Instagram #Oakland, the block party is about to start & @yoyoma.official has some words for you. See you there✌️#CultureConnectsUs . ? Washington … Read more
Oakland, CA – The Dreamforce conference on Tuesday, September 25, was the place where Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) Superintendent Kyla Johnson-Trammell received remarkable news from technology giant, Salesforce and its philanthropic arm, Salesforce.org. Marc Benioff, Salesforce founder and CEO, announced that this year Salesforce is giving Oakland Schools’ Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) $7 … Read more
Hyatt Hotels CEO Mark Hoplamazian announced a broad anti-hate group policy for the Hyatt hotel chain. Hoplamazian wrote to employees in a memo received by Muslim Advocates that “if a group is primarily focused on disparaging a group by virtue of their identity…that’s really where we need to draw the line. We’re going to apply … Read more
The Oakland City Auditor’s Office under Brenda Roberts reports that between 2013 and 2017, the City of Oakland collected $281 million in taxes from local business owners. Of that $281 million, it was determined that $712,000 (less than 1% of the total) should be refunded due to overpayments. Despite the relatively small number of refunds … Read more
LIFEGIFT™ Technologies launches LifeGift, the world’s first emotion-based app designed to prevent traffic accidents, injuries, and fatalities, involving distracted drivers and pedestrians using their mobile phones. LifeGift is a valuable gift you give to the people important you who you want to keep safe. With LifeGift on their smartphone, when they interact with their phone, … Read more
The Leadership Conference Education Fund, together with Access Democracy; the American Civil Liberties Union Foundation; the American Constitution Society; the Campaign Legal Center; and the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law today announced All Voting is Local, a new campaign to protect the right and ability to vote, and fight voter suppression, at the … Read more
Independent Women’s Forum (IWF) Legal Fellow Erin Hawley released the following statement today in response to attacks on U.S. Supreme Court justice nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s record on women: “Judge Brett Kavanaugh does have a jaw-dropping record with women–but it is one that should lead to women’s support, not opposition. His noteworthy record includes hiring more … Read more
Sculpteo, specialist in 3D printing and digital manufacturing, today announces the launch of Fabpilot Education Program. Fabpilot Education Program helps academic institutions, educators, students and researchers integrate 3D Printing technologies from a real-world perspective. What Is Fabpilot? Fabpilot is a fully cloud-based end-to-end software designed to manage and optimize the 3D printing workflow. The Fabpilot Education Program closes the … Read more
Washington, DC – The League of Women Voters president Chris Carson issued the following statement on the passing of Senator John McCain: “Senator John McCain dedicated his life to serving the American people; first as a heroic naval pilot and later as a Congressman and U.S. Senator for more than thirty years. “The League was … Read more
The Georgia NAACP issued a statement in praise of Randolph County Board of Elections decision to vote against a consultant proposal to close 7 of 9 voting polls in a nearly-all Black district, less than 3 months before the November midterm elections. “Voter suppression happens in many ways, some subtle and some direct –our job … Read more
City of Oakland Public Works Department press release announces series of three events across Oakland invites residents to drop off unwanted bulky items for free disposal, where they will also learn how to get the same service at their own home’s curbside. Note: City Of Oakland Can Buyout Alameda County Share Of Oakland Coliseum, But … Read more
Uber, Lyft, Juno, Via, and other ride-share drivers earned a big victory today thanks to the Independent Drivers Guild. New York City officials voted Wednesday to pass the nation’s first legislation to close a minimum wage loophole in the City of New York. The Independent Drivers Guild (IDG), a quasi-union of 65,000 Uber, Lyft, Juno, … Read more
Hot Rize Bluegrass Band , one of the most respected and influential bands in bluegrass music, is pleased to announce the release of their aptly named new record Hot Rize 40th Anniversary Bash, recorded live at Boulder Theatre, over the course of three sold out shows in January of this year. Hot Rize (Nick Forster … Read more
