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Visualead Partners with Social Network Renren in China for Animation Visual QR Codes in Renren’s Mobile Application

BEIJING, May 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Visualead, an Offline-to-Online and Visual QR code startup, today announced its cooperation with Renren (NYSE:RENN – News), a leading Chinese social network, to incorporate Visualead’s Visual QR Code technology in Renren’s mobile app for iPhone and Android. Visualead’s technology turns any image, profile picture, GIF animation, and even video [...]

Innovation No Longer Exclusive to One Country or One Region as China Embarks upon Empowering Digital Economy with GCEL

BEIJING, May 12 (Korea Bizwire) — The Global Coalition for Efficient Logistics (GCEL) conducted strategy sessions on May 5-6 with China’s Top 500 Foreign Trade Enterprises Club, China Council for Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT), China Association of International Trade (CAIT), ASEAN-China Center (ACC) and China-ASEAN BAC (CABC). The strategic discussions addressed China’s leadership in [...]

Singapore films continue to shine at the 67th Cannes Film Festival

Singapore, May 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Following Anthony Chen’s historic win of the highly coveted Camera d’Or award at the Cannes Film Festival last year for his film ‘Ilo Ilo’, four notable titles from Singapore will be heading to the 67th Cannes Film Festival, from 14-22 May 2014. Participating at the Cinefondation’s L’Atelier is ‘A [...]

More Than 800,000 People Took Part in Habitat for Humanity Youth BUILD 2014

Bangkok, May 3 (Korea Bizwire) – More than 800,000 people took part in Habitat Youth BUILD activities. Spread across 11 countries in Asia, young people took action, raised money and increased awareness of the poverty housing situation in the region. “The support for Habitat Youth BUILD 2014 is amazing and inspiring. More than 800,000 young people [...]

BroadcastAsia2014: 4K Technology Touted to Transform ‘Onscreen’ Viewing in Asia

Singapore, Apr 29, 2014 (Korea Bizwire) – HD (high definition) viewing will soon be a technology of the past, with the proliferation of 4K coming Asia’s way. 4K, also commonly known as ultra-high definition (UHD), is an evolved standard that greatly surpasses HD, bearing a minimum pixel count of 3840 x 2160 compared to the latter’s [...]

Nature and Nurture: Baby’s Development is Affected by Genes and Conditions in the Womb

Singapore, Apr 28, 2014 (Korea Bizwire) – A recent study led by A*STAR’s Singapore Institute for Clinical Sciences (SICS) found that genetics as well as the environment in the womb play important roles in the development of the baby. The effort by the international team of scientists and clinicians is the world’s first attempt to discover how [...]

Connell Brothers Signs Exclusive Distribution Agreement to Introduce Immunity Boosting SGS(TM) Glucoraphanin from Broccoli Seeds to Asia

Hong Kong, Apr 23, 2014 (Korea Bizwire) – Connell Brothers Company (CBC), the largest distributor of specialty chemicals and ingredients in Asia-Pacific announced today that it will begin marketing and distributing the SGS(TM) brand of Broccoli Seed Extract in Asia. This innovative nutraceutical ingredient was born out of research from scientists at Johns Hopkins School of [...]

Perfect World Entered Into Agreements to Acquire Shares in Shanda Games

BEIJING, April 21, 2014 (Korea Bizwire) – Perfect World Co., Ltd. (NASDAQ: PWRD) (“Perfect World” or the “Company”), a leading online game developer and operator based in China, today announced that it has entered into a share purchase agreement to acquire a total of 30,326,005 class A ordinary shares of Shanda Games Limited (NASDAQ: GAME) (“Shanda [...]

Explosion in US$1 Million-Plus Residential Property Sales Heralds a Resurgent Global Luxury Housing Market

For the second year in a row, London tops “Christie’s International Real Estate Index,” which ranks the top luxury property markets globally, followed by New York and Los Angeles NEW YORK, April 17, 2014 (Korea Bizwire) – The global luxury residential real estate market flourished in 2013, with exceptional increases in the volume of US$1 million-plus [...]

Singapore Takes the Lead in Integrated Urban Solutions

World Cities Summit, Singapore International Water Week, and CleanEnviro Summit Singapore to drive innovation, co-creation, and sharing of solutions across urban development, water, and waste management in June Singapore, Apr 16, 2014 (Korea Bizwire) – Singapore is once again taking the lead to encourage governments and industry to come together to share and co-create solutions with [...]