Day: November 3, 2022

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Björk, Izzy Bizu, and Breland among latest additions to Decentraland Metaverse Music Festival

Presented by Kraken, the second annual Metaverse Music Festival will host 15 stages with 150+ artists across every music genre; Showcasing the next frontier of metaverse experiences

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 03, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Today, the world’s largest user-owned and operated metaverse announced that it is expanding the array of musical talent that will be available to global citizens at Decentraland Metaverse Music Festival 2022. Decentraland’s aim for the festival is to demonstrate the evolving ways that musicians and artists can engage with their fans in a communal setting, all while offering something new and additional to IRL concerts and festivals. Presented by digital asset platform Kraken, DCLMVMF22 will be held from November 10-13, and is free for all to attend, no ticket or VR headset required.

“I am beyond excited for the world to witness and enjoy the lineup we have produced with incredible partners this year. It has been my life’s passion to explore the boundaries of music in the 21st century, and we are delighted to share this talented, diverse, authentic group of artists and what they will be introducing the world to. We are working hard to help expand what is possible with music and sound in the metaverse,” said Iara Dias, Producer for Metaverse Music Festival.

Decentraland Metaverse Music Festival 2022: Lineup Additions

  • World-renowned music icon, Björk enters the metaverse for the first time during DCLMVMF22, with a performance for the ages. She will host the world premiere of her latest music video, “Sorrowful Soil,” during her time on stage, among other surprises for her fans.“We are honored that Björk has trusted Decentraland as the platform of choice for her metaverse debut. As an international and multi-generational icon, she’s inspired countless humans, and we’re no exception,” said Sam Hamilton, Creative Director of the Decentraland Foundation. “Her exploration of the relationship between nature, technology, and sound heavily influenced Decentraland Metaverse Music Festival. I cannot wait for everyone to see.”
  • Soundr is proud to announce it will be adding the English-Ethiopian songwriter, Izzy Bizu, to their stage.
  • Platinum-award winning country artist and songwriter, BRELAND, will make his metaverse debut during the festival. His performance for DCLMVMF22 was filmed for a sold-out crowd at The Garage in London.
  • Nugs.net will present Grammy winning artist Billy Strings live from The Met in Philadelphia on November 12 and 13 at 8PM ET

In addition to new musical talent joining the festival, Decentraland is also welcoming a new metaverse music experience that will lead the democratization of the music industry.

Decentraland Metaverse Music Festival 2022: New Experiences & Activations

  • Celebrating the raw potential NFTs have to offer for artists, the digital asset platform Kraken will release its iconic collection of Wearables during their special afterparty that will feature an infinite NFT gallery.
  • Stickmen Toys is bringing exclusive avatars to DCLMVMF22. Stickmen Toys is an audio-visual digital collectibles project by Warner Records and Bose, taking you on a journey to reconnect with your inner child.
  • Another activation that is bound to appeal to the masses will be a newly-unveiled, interactive racing game which will feature music produced by Chillpill, who is represented by web3 entertainment company Defient.
  • In an effort to create highly immersive experiences for attendees, Berlin-based software startup, doWow, will debut a pioneering technical solution that enables the broadcasting of mixed media and user-generated content in real-time in various destinations within Decentraland. The doWow Media Wall invites attendees to engage with NFTs, Wearables, watch artists’ performances, participate in giveaways, and broadcast their own UGC in real-time.

Join Decentraland at the next installment of Decentraland Metaverse Music Festival by pre-registering at the official Event listing. Follow the event on Twitter at #DCLMVMF22 to learn more about specific experiences and still-unannounced artists that will join us at the festival. See you at the show.

About Decentraland
Launched in 2020, Decentraland is a virtual social world powered by the Ethereum blockchain and the first decentralized metaverse. Within the Decentraland platform, users can create, experience, and monetize content and applications as well as socialize and attend a wide range of daily community-driven events. Decentraland is unique in that it is owned, created, and governed by the people who use it every day. Through the decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) users can submit proposals and even apply for grants for the community to vote on.

About Kraken
Kraken is one of the world’s largest digital asset platforms and the leader in euro volume and liquidity. Globally, Kraken’s client base trades more than 200+ digital assets and 8 different fiat currencies. Kraken was founded in 2011 and was one of the first exchanges to offer spot trading with margin, regulated derivatives and index services. Kraken is trusted by well over 10 million clients and institutions around the world and offers professional, around-the-clock online support.

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First commercial kit to quantify protein modification in single cells launched by Singleron Biotechnologies

COLOGNE, Germany, Nov. 03, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Singleron Biotechnologies, a pioneer in development and commercialization of innovative single cell sequencing analysis solutions, announces the launch of the first commercially available product that can quantify protein glycosylation at single cell level, ProMoSCOPE™ kit. This product uses a unique single-cell multi-omics technology that enables simultaneous quantification of glycosylation levels and gene expression on the single-cell level, making advanced high-throughput single-cell multimodal analysis more accessible.

Previously available single-cell sequencing technologies mainly focused on single-cell gene expression profiles, while proteins are studied to a lesser extent at a single-cell resolution. As post-translational modification of proteins, such as glycosylation, plays important roles in cellular function and diseases, ProMoSCOPE™ enables researchers to gain further insights to advance their understanding of complex biological systems.

ProMoSCOPE™ makes it possible to obtain quantitative multimodal information on both glycosylation and gene expression from the same single cells. Along with the rest of Singleron’s single cell multi-omic portfolio, this new product adds to the toolbox to advance translational research. ProMoSCOPE™ expands Singleron’s unique multi-omics solutions that include FocuSCOPE®, a high-throughput single-cell sequencing solution that can detect both genetic variants and transcriptome from the same single cells, and DynaSCOPE®, a single cell sequencing kit enabling to study RNA dynamics on a single cell level.

About Singleron
Founded in 2018, Singleron develops and commercializes single-cell multi-omics products that can be used in both research and clinical settings. Its current product portfolio includes instruments, microfluidic devices, reagents, software analysis and database solutions that facilitate high-throughput single-cell analysis. The company currently has offices, laboratories, and manufacturing facilities in Germany, Singapore, China, and the US. Its products are used in over 2000 laboratories in hospitals, research institutes, and pharmaceutical companies.

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Email: info@singleronbio.com

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MessageMedia Announces Integration Into BigCommerce Platform to Streamline Two-Way Customer Engagement for Retailers

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New Early Access Program (EAP) of new direct integration of MessageMedia SMS Marketing helps BigCommerce merchants drive better conversions and enhance marketing efforts

DENVER, CO – November 3, 2022 –  MessageMedia, a leading global messaging solution for small and medium-sized businesses, today announced an Early Access Program (EAP) to its direct integration with BigCommerce (NASDAQ: BIG), a leading Open SaaS ecommerce platform for established and fast-growing B2C and B2B brands. The new MessageMedia SMS Marketing integration provides tens of thousands of BigCommerce merchants with an easy-to-use, full-featured turnkey messaging solution to better engage customers at key points in the buyer’s journey and improve efficiency in the online buying process. MessageMedia is a wholly owned subsidiary of Sinch (NASDAQ Stockholm: XSTO:SINCH).

MessageMedia SMS Marketing harnesses two-way messaging and automation to help online retailers with targeted and personalized campaigns; improve abandoned cart recovery through SMS; and deliver built-in ROI reporting functions and support customers from a centralized inbox to reduce wait times. Businesses can further enhance their customer experience and SMS campaigns by using some of the MessageMedia platform’s more advanced features, like mobile landing pages, and Chatbox to SMS.

“While many online and off-line retailers are aware of SMS’s ubiquity and open rates, it can be difficult — especially for small to medium-sized ecommerce businesses — to maintain responsive, two-way messaging channels despite their best efforts,” said Doug Rubingh, President, U.S. and U.K. at MessageMedia. “Our new direct integration with BigCommerce eliminates the complexity of communicating with consumers by offering automation and seamless omnichannel experiences, enabling organizations to retain strong customer relationships as they grow their business.”

BigCommerce is the most recent addition to a growing list of leading technology partners to have integrated with MessageMedia, joining HubSpot and NetSuite, among others. The MessageMedia solution integrates with best-in-class platforms that provide marketing automation, ecommerce, CRM, and ERP solutions, making it simple for small businesses to enable multichannel, conversational messaging with their customers. Because of the ease of use, security, and quick ramp-up time associated with these integrations, businesses of all sizes can enable their marketing, sales and services teams to send appointment reminders, delivery alerts, abandoned cart notifications, and intelligent messaging without requiring additional resources.

“Our partnership with MessageMedia further illustrates our commitment to providing merchants access to the highest-caliber technologies and service providers available in the industry,” said Russell Klein, chief commercial officer for BigCommerce. “MessageMedia shares our desire to help merchants sell more and grow faster to maximize success, and we look forward to working together to mutually support customers.”

Learn more about MessageMedia SMS Marketing, and join our early access program, here:
https://messagemedia.com/us/sms-integrations/sms-for-bigcommerce/

About MessageMedia
MessageMedia helps small to medium sized businesses of all sizes better connect with their customers. With more than 70,000 active customers worldwide across its brands, MessageMedia drives business success by creating engaging mobile experiences that customers love. Messaging solutions such as alerts and notifications, billing and payments, appointment reminders, marketing, and staff scheduling are used by leading brands in healthcare, education, retail, utilities, and dozens of industries.  With offices across the United States, Australia, United Kingdom, and New Zealand, MessageMedia is the number one choice for easy and engaging global business messaging.  MessageMedia (www.messagemedia.com) is a subsidiary of Sinch (NASDAQ Stockholm: XSTO:SINCH), a leading cloud communications platform that lets businesses reach everyone on the planet, in seconds or less, through mobile messaging, email, voice and video.

About BigCommerce

BigCommerce (Nasdaq: BIGC) is a leading open software-as-a-service (SaaS) ecommerce platform that empowers merchants of all sizes to build, innovate and grow their businesses online. BigCommerce provides merchants sophisticated enterprise-grade functionality, customization and performance with simplicity and ease-of-use. Tens of thousands of B2C and B2B companies across 150 countries and numerous industries use BigCommerce to create beautiful, engaging online stores, including Ben & Jerry’s, Molton Brown, S.C. Johnson, Skullcandy, Solo Stove, Ted Baker and Vodafone. Headquartered in Austin, BigCommerce has offices in London, Kyiv, San Francisco, and Sydney. For more information, please visit www.bigcommerce.com or follow us on Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram and Facebook.

BigCommerce® is a registered trademark of BigCommerce Pty. Ltd. Third-party trademarks and service marks are the property of their respective owners.

About Sinch
Sinch’s leading cloud communications platform lets businesses reach everyone on the planet, in
seconds or less, through mobile messaging, email, voice and video. More than 150,000
businesses, including many of the world’s largest companies and mobile operators, use Sinch’s
advanced technology platform to engage with their customers. Sinch has been profitable and
fast-growing since its foundation in 2008. It is headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden, and has
local presence in more than 60 countries. Shares are traded at NASDAQ Stockholm:
XSTO:SINCH. Visit us at sinch.com.

For further information, please contact

Beth Houran
Vice President Marketing-US
Beth.houran@messagemedia.com
M: 412-225-4322

 

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Protecting living environment, people’s health – top goal of Vietnam: spokesperson

Foreign Ministry spokesperson Le Thi Thu Hang has reiterated Vietnam’s consistent stance that protecting the living environment and people’s health is always the top goal, without sacrificing the environment for economic growth, in response to the information that some US congressmen sent a letter of protest to the Taiwanese (China) authorities saying Vietnam’s handling of the Formosa case was not satisfactory.

 

The official stated that Vietnam is determined to eliminates projects that cause environmental pollution, ensure the quality of the living environment, protect biodiversity and ecosystems, and build a green, circular, and environmentally friendly economy.

 

According to her, immediately after a marine environmental incident taking place in four central provinces of Vietnam in 2016, the Party, Government, Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Ministers drastically directed relevant ministries, sectors and localities to work on the case, investigate the causes and deploy concerted solutions to tackle the incident and stabilise the lives of people in the affected areas.

 

In the face of clear scientific evidence, the Hung Nghiep Formosa Ha Tinh iron and steel company limited accepted responsibility for compensating damages according to regulations, and apologised to the people and Government of Vietnam.

 

Under the PM’s assignment and direction, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MONRE) established a supervisory council and an inter-sectoral supervision group to monitor Hung Nghiep Formosa Ha Tinh’s work to address the consequences of the marine environmental incident in the four central provinces.

 

Between July 2016 and now, the council and group have closely monitored and conducted periodical and irregular inspections of the company’s implementation of its environment protection commitments, the spokesperson said, adding that the PM also issued a decision approving a scheme on determining the damage, providing compensation, supporting the restoration of production, and ensuring social security for people affected by the marine environmental incident in Ha Tinh, Quang Binh, Quang Tri, and Thua Thien – Hue provinces.

 

Hang said according to the MONRE’s latest report, after six years of conducting the inter-sectoral monitoring mechanism, the company’s remedy of violations has been completed and its commitments on environmental protection have been fully implemented. Currently, the firm’s production activities as well as the lives of people in the area have returned to normal./.

 

Source: Vietnam News Agency

 

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SBV Governor stresses prudent governance in terms of real estate credit

 

Governor of the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) Nguyen Thi Hong has underscored that credit governance must be prudent to help curb inflation and stabilise the macro-economy when responding to legislators’ concern about credit for real estate.

 

Speaking at the National Assembly’s question-and-answer session on November 3 she said the safe and healthy development of the property market is important to socio-economic development. This market should mobilise capital through different channels such as direct investment, the stock market, corporate bonds, the state budget, and funding from people and enterprises.

 

Credit is just one of the funding channels for the property market, she noted.

 

Credit governance by the SBV is aimed at helping control inflation, stabilise the macro-economy, guarantee safety for credit institutions’ operations, and ensure the stability of the monetary and foreign exchange markets, Hong went on.

 

The Governor elaborated that when priority is given to inflation control and safety for the banking system, the expansion of credit for the real estate market may cause difficulties for the SBV’s efforts to achieve the monetary policy’s target. Therefore, credit governance should be prudent.

 

Besides, real estate credit also poses latent risks since loans for this field are often long-term ones with big value while the majority of money mobilised by banks is short-term capital, she said.

 

Regarding credit for social housing, the Government issued a decree that assigned the Vietnam Bank for Social Policies (VBSP) to act as the coordinator of the lending programme. Some designated credit institutions have also taken part in this programme. So far, the VBSP has lent out over 10.58 trillion VND (425.5 million USD) for social housing, with nearly 9.15 trillion VND in outstanding loans as of September 30.

 

In the time ahead, the monetary policy will still prioritise macro-economic stability and safety for the banking system. Therefore, credit tools and solutions for real estate will be considered in relation with other tools so as to achieve the monetary policy’s target, the official added./.

 

Source: Vietnam News Agency

 

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12th working day in fourth sitting of 15th National Assembly

 

The 15th National Assembly began the 12th working day of its fourth sitting on November 3 with group discussions on the draft Land Law (revised) in the morning.

 

In the afternoon, the Question-&-Answer session started with Minister of Construction Nguyen Thanh Nghi the first to take the floor, answering questions of NA deputies on construction issues.

 

Besides Nghi, Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen Chi Dung, Minister of Transport Nguyen Van Thang and Governor of the State Bank of Vietnam Nguyen Thi Hong also gave replies on construction-related issues in their fields of management.

 

The Q-&-A session was broadcast live by the national broadcasters and the NA’s television channel.

 

During the session, 36 deputies put questions, focusing on urban planning and management, delays in planning approval; the handling of illegal and unauthorised construction activities, the management of the real estate market, and problems in real estate transactions.

 

Social housing for low income earners and workers, the management of costs and supply of materials for important construction projects were also brought to the spotlight at the Q-&-A session.

 

On November 4, the NA will continue with Q-&-A activities, with issues related to information and communications, and home affairs to be raised./.

 

Source: Vietnam News Agency

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Malaysia’s central bank further raises overnight policy rate

Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) has continued to hike the overnight policy rate (OPR), by 25 basis points to 2.75%.

 

BNM’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) decided to adjust further the degree of monetary accommodation against the backdrop of continued positive growth prospects for the Malaysian economy.

 

The adjustment would also pre-emptively manage the risk of excessive demand on price pressures consistent with the recalibration of monetary policy settings that balances the risks to domestic inflation and sustainable growth.

 

At the current OPR level, the stance of monetary policy remains accommodative and supportive of economic growth, the bank said in a statement.

 

BNM noted that the MPC was not on any pre-set course, thus, the monetary policy decisions will continue to depend on evolving conditions and their implications on the overall outlook for domestic inflation and growth.

 

Any adjustments to the monetary policy settings going forward would continue to be done in a measured and gradual manner, ensuring that monetary policy remains accommodative to support sustainable economic growth in an environment of price stability, it added./.

 

Source: Vietnam News Agency

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Death toll from typhoon Nalgae in Philippines rises

The death toll from tropical storm Nalgae that hit the Philippines over the weekend has increased to at least 150, while 36 others are still missing, said the authorities.

 

According to the country’s National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council, said 63 among the dead were reported in the southern autonomous Bangsamoro region. The storm swept through most of southern Philippines, triggering floods and landslides. It also injured 128 people.

 

Nalgae is the 16th tropical cyclone to battle the Philippines this year.

 

The country is one of the most disaster-prone globally, mainly due to its location in the Pacific Ring of Fire and the Pacific typhoon belt.  It experiences 20 storms each year, some of which are intense and destructive./.

 

Source: Vietnam News Agency