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Monday, February 18, 2019

Avision Robotics Partners with NASA and Nevada for Unmanned Traffic Management

Today, Avision Robotics announces a general availability of the Flight Platform for Drones. Avision Inc. is a premier provider of airspace technology for UTM (unmanned traffic management) and fleet automation. The company offers commercial and government customers around the world a lightweight SaaS solution for integrating, managing, and simplifying drone operations. Platform provides regulations compliance, flight planning, and fleet management capabilities. The system offers visibility into weather and air traffic as well as Flight Intelligence™ for automated routing and constraint validation. Mobile application, AirVision for Drones, supports operators in the field and is compatible with all DJI models. AirVision is now available for download on the App Store.

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In cooperation with government partners and commercial customers, the company also announces a definitive agreement with the state of Nevada to support UTM USS (UAS Service Supplier) testing and pilot program. Developed in partnership with NASA, Avision UTM will power flight-testing in downtown Reno, Nevada this spring. The system will eventually be operationalized across the US. "The goal is to natively integrate requests for airspace usage and offer advanced capabilities like BVLOS (beyond visual line of sight) for urban air mobility," said CTO Dmitry Yavorsky. "Our team worked closely with NASA and FAA in a tremendous effort to bring the technology to the marketplace. We are excited to offer UTM USS capabilities to the state of Nevada," says CEO Stas Mozolyuk.

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The NPD Group Presents Seventh Annual U.S. Toy Industry Performance Awards at New York Toy Fair

The NPD Group, a leading global information company, today announced the winners of this year's U.S. Toy Industry Awards, which were shared with the recipients at New York Toy Fair. Now in its seventh year, the awards were given to the manufacturers of the top-selling property and toy of 2018 in the United States, as well as the top-selling toys by supercategory, according to NPD's Retail Tracking Service. Read related news now.

"These awards celebrate not only the toys that performed well at retail over the past year, they also recognize the creativity and talent of the manufacturers that brought these amazing products to market," said Kimberly Magnus, President, U.S. Toys, The NPD Group. "Congratulations to all award winners. We wish you continued success in 2019." Be alert to read related news.

Source: The NPD Group/ Retail Tracking Service, U.S. Dollar Sales, January-December 2018

About The NPD Group, Inc.
NPD offers data, industry expertise, and prescriptive analytics to help our clients grow their businesses in a changing world. Over 2000 companies worldwide rely on us to help them measure, predict, and improve performance across all channels, including brick-and-mortar and e-commerce. We have offices in 27 cities worldwide, with operations spanning the Americas, Europe, and APAC. Practice areas include apparel, appliances, automotive, beauty, books, B2B technology, consumer technology, e-commerce, fashion accessories, food consumption, foodservice, footwear, home, juvenile products, media entertainment, mobile, office supplies, retail, sports, toys, travel retail, games, and watches/jewelry. For more information, visit npd.com and npdgroupblog.com. Follow us on Twitter: @npdgroup @npd_entertain.

StoriumEdu Launches Innovative Educational Game to Improve Student Writing Outcomes

StoriumEdu (http://storiumedu.com) announced today the launch of its namesake product, StoriumEdu, an online educational game that helps students build their writing skills, learn storytelling techniques, practice collaboration, and grow their creative confidence.

According to the Department of Education, a sobering 73% of U.S. students cannot write at their grade level. This crucial problem must be addressed in order to prepare students for a changing workplace that increasingly values 21st-century skills like communication, collaboration, and creativity.

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StoriumEdu utilizes game concepts and mechanics inspired by popular tabletop, card, and video games — things that are familiar to most students of reading age and higher. These mechanics motivate, inspire, and steer students' writing; help them overcome the dreaded "writer's block", aid them in building stories with clear structure and compelling characters; all while have fun along the way. More info here.

The result is an entirely new kind of game, and a groundbreaking application of game-based learning.

Teachers have successfully used StoriumEdu with students in the 3rd through 12th grades, in areas as diverse as language arts, ESL, creative writing, history, and social-emotional learning. A full 90% of teachers who've tried it report a notable impact on student writing motivation, and nearly 80% of students surveyed say it's more fun than traditional writing exercises.

StoriumEdu was designed in partnership with the National Writing Project (http://nwp.org), the nation's preeminent organization dedicated to improving student writing outcomes. Beta testing was conducted with over 100 teachers around the US and abroad, at all grade levels and across a wide range of subject areas.

StoriumEdu is available immediately. Interested teachers can sign-up for a thirty-day free trial by visiting http://storiumedu.com. Additional features and group discount pricing are available for schools and districts.

More information is available at http://storiumedu.com, including pricing, FAQs, videos, and brochures.

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Sunday, February 17, 2019

The NPD Group Presents Seventh Annual U.S. Toy Industry Performance Awards at New York Toy Fair

Source: The NPD Group/ Retail Tracking Service, U.S. Dollar Sales, January-December 2018

Entrepreneurs’ Organization Orange County - Cryptocurrency Event

For many entrepreneurs, the future of cryptocurrency looks bright. 2017 was the year of bitcoin and cryptocurrency frenzy, with a decline happening in 2018. However, many enthusiasts are still believers. Read this here.

On December 12th, 2018 over 50 business owners met to discuss the exciting future of Bitcoin and cryptocurrency. The event was sponsored by EO Orange County, an organization that supports entrepreneurship and business innovation.

The event organizer and Entrepreneurs' Organization (EO) member Harold Tan has been an avid fan of Bitcoin and cryptocurrency since 2012, and in 2014 he managed the world's first solar panel installation via Bitcoin. He also manages the largest Linkedin group for Bitcoin OTC trades.

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He likened the growth of the blockchain to the adoption of the internet during the mid-1990s: "In the 90's the internet had very few use cases but massive potential. There was a dot-com boom and crash. Today everybody uses the internet even if they don't understand the underlying technology. We see parallels in blockchain's societal impact, financial cycles, and widespread adoption by the layman."

The evening hosted a variety of cryptocurrency experts in a panel format. Topics discussed during the event included the blockchain technology itself, the process of mining, taxation challenges, regulation, security, and how the future is going to be influenced by cryptocurrencies.

The consensus from the event was that being part of an innovative community is of huge value for crypto enthusiasts. Access to important information and emerging trends helps everyone keep on top of the industry as it evolves.

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After the success of this first event, Harold believes that there is potential to grow the community in the future. "The response to this first event was very positive. We are definitely looking at making it an annual event moving forward. Thanks to EO for hosting and bringing such a great group of people together."

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Today's entrepreneurs are supporting each other as they grow. Founded in 1987, Entrepreneurs' Organization is a Global business network of 13,000+ leading entrepreneurs in 181 chapters and 57 countries. Through mentoring, education and local networking, they are helping each other thrive. The EO Orange County chapter is a group of like-minded business owners and entrepreneurs who support each other towards greater levels of success. Be alert to the latest news.

Competing Technology Crowds the E-commerce Security Market

The growth of e-commerce has commanded billions of dollars in investments from credit card companies, merchants, banks, and venture capitalists. This future however, has gone relatively unsecured. Despite usage spikes for e-commerce and especially mobile commerce, no amount of investment has yet corralled e-commerce fraud. The rise of card-not-present transactions has been paralleled by spikes in declined transactions, chargebacks, bot attacks, and fraudulent transactions. A new research report from Mercator Advisory Group titled Securing E-Commerce: Competing Technology Crowds the Market details the nature of the current state of e-commerce fraud, the options for securing it in the short and long term, and some scenarios for e-commerce security. The report makes the case that the EMVCo consortium and other potential technology entrants need to plan for a more sensibly sustained roll-out of technologies that consider merchants and banks more formidably in the process of fighting e-commerce fraud.

"The gauntlet has been thrown for 2019 for securing e-commerce. While the industry tries to solve e-commerce security issues, in many senses it is getting in its own way. EMVco, which has made strides in card-present fraud, is preparing new technologies for e-commerce. The most promising of these is 3-D Secure, version 2.0 (3DS2), an upgrade of current authentication technology, which is a significant upgrade over the original protocol 3-D Secure (3DS) from the global card network consortium EMVCo that could impact e-commerce and m-commerce fraud frequency and the negative costs associated with it. Yet, credit card companies are preparing a more aggressive upgrade called Secure Remote Commerce on its heels. Banks and merchants will have a stake in securing e-commerce, but may be confused by rapid-fire roll-outs from EMVco," comments the author of the report, Tim Sloane, Vice President, Payments Innovation, and Director, Emerging Technologies Advisory Service, at Mercator Advisory Group.

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Highlights of the research report include:

EMVCo's efforts toward securing e-commerce. 3-D Secure, the e-commerce security solution introduced by EMVCo is not working. The consortium is preparing an update and overhaul of this technology under tremendous pressure from credit card companies, banks, merchants, acquirers, and processors. For traditional banks and emerging financial technology companies, the stakes are high.

A review of security solutions. A review of the background that has made tokenization the leading candidate to make a significant impact in e-commerce fraud and a look at the two new technologies that could change the game: W3C and digital identity.

This research report has 30 pages and 10 exhibits.

Companies and other organizations mentioned in this report include: ACI, Adyen, Alibaba, Amazon, American Express, Apple, AsiaPay, BarclayCard, Best Innovation Group, Cardinal Commerce, Cisco, CULedger, Decentralised Identity Foundation, Discover, eBay, EMVCo, Evernym, Facebook, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, First Data Corporation, Fiserv, Google, Government of British Columbia, Government of Ontario, InAuth, IBM, International Airlines Group, JCB, Linux Foundation, Lloyds Bank, Kount, Mastercard, Microsoft, Mozilla Foundation, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Novartis, NuData, PayPal, Protegrity, Royal Credit Union, SITA, Sovrin Foundation, Square, Stripe, TokenEx, Tencent, ThreatMetrix, TSYS, UnionPay, Veridium, Visa, Worldpay, and The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C).

Members of Mercator Advisory Group's Emerging Technologies Advisory Service and Global Payments Service have access to these reports as well as the upcoming research for the year ahead, presentations, analyst access, and other membership benefits.

For more information and media inquiries, please call Mercator Advisory Group's main line: 1-781-419-1700, send email to info(at)mercatoradvisorygroup.com.

For free industry news, opinions, research, company information and more visit us at http://www.PaymentsJournal.com.

About Mercator Advisory Group
Mercator Advisory Group is the leading independent research and advisory services firm exclusively focused on the payments and banking industries. We deliver pragmatic and timely research and advice designed to help our clients uncover the most lucrative opportunities to maximize revenue growth and contain costs. Our clients range from the world's largest payment issuers, acquirers, processors, merchants and associations to leading technology providers and investors. Mercator Advisory Group is also the publisher of the online payments and banking news and information portal PaymentsJournal.com.

Actor Cory Tucker Stars as Detective ‘Caleb Rooney’ in James Patterson's Newest Book, “THE CHEF,” A First of its kind Multimedia Interactive-Fictional Experience

Cory Tucker Website: corytucker.net

The world's bestselling author James Patterson cast actor Cory Tucker ("Transformers 3: Dark Side of the Moon," "NCIS," "True Blood") in the lead role of Detective 'Caleb Rooney' for the new fictional thriller, "The Chef," which features a first of its kind multimedia interactive-fiction experience, available exclusively on Facebook Messenger. Blurring the lines of fiction and reality, Tucker has been featured in photos and videos, bringing the book to life in app-based storytelling for the revolutionary online marketing campaign leading up to the Little, Brown and Company (Hachette Book Group) hard copy book release on February 18, 2019. Read related news now.

Patterson, who has more than 3.4 million followers on Facebook, said in a statement, "Ten years ago, if you told me I'd see one of my novels come to life through scrolling chat bubbles, video and audio content, I would have laughed. But exploring new ways to connect with fans is important to me and Messenger's experience for 'The Chef' not only makes the story more accessible to readers across new generations, but offers an enticing and thrilling read like never before."

Tucker says, "Being seen online as James Patterson's newest protagonist, police detective 'Caleb Rooney,' has been an honor and a mind-blowing experience! I've represented the book character in videos and even my alter ego's own Instagram account: @killerchef_nola."

Users simply hit "send message" on the Facebook page for The Chef by James Patterson to get started, and then click on the knife icon to continue reading.

Patterson is first author to publish a full-length work exclusively on Facebook. Since October, 30, 2018, Messenger users have been able to delve into the book's New Orleans-set storyline and engage with characters, locations and clues via interactive video and sound clips.

The book-movie hybrid experience poses an interesting question as to whether this will be a new trend in the publishing and online marketing industries, also opening up a whole new niche for actors to portray book characters—as if they are real people with their own social media platforms.

"It's very exciting to see an author as renowned as Patterson pushing the limits of his craft to bring new forms of entertainment to his fans," said Erin Murray Manning, head of influencer partnerships at Facebook, said in a prepared statement.

To read the book via Messenger and experience all the bonus multimedia is estimated to be approximately a 3-hour journey.

Tucker will next be seen co-starring in Apple's upcoming American drama web television series "The M orning Show," along with Reese Witherspoon, Jennifer Aniston, Steve Carell and Billy Crudup, as well as a starring role as "Charles" in the action / sci-fi / thriller sequel, "The Agent II." He most recently guest starred opposite Wilmer Valderrama in the CBS hit series "NCIS." Other upcoming projects include "The Oath," which he wrote and will direct.

"The Chef" Synopsis
Police detective by day, celebrity food truck chef by night, now Caleb Rooney has a new title: Most Wanted. In the Carnival days leading up Mardi Gras, Detective Caleb Rooney comes under investigation for a murder he is accused of committing in the line of duty—as a Major Crimes detective for the New Orleans Police Department. Has his sideline at the Killer Chef food truck given him a taste for murder? While fighting the charges against him, Rooney makes a pair of unthinkable discoveries. His beloved city is under threat of attack. And these would-be terrorists may be local.

About Cory Tucker
Cory Tucker is an actor / motivational speaker best known for playing "Buzz Aldrin" in "Transformers: Dark of the Moon." His actor's filmography also includes Michael Bay's "Pearl Harbor." His most notable television work includes guest star appearances in "NCIS," "The Orville," "Bones," "Longmire," "The Closer" and "True Blood."

Cory Tucker's social media links are: IMDB, Instagram, Twitter and Facebook. Click here to read the latest news.

Cory Tucker Website: corytucker.net

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"The Chef" Teaser Video: https://www.facebook.com/JamesPatterson/videos/497485677413331/

"Caleb Rooney" Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/killerchef_nola

Detective Caleb Rooney - Terrorist HQ: https://youtu.be/S8YO9bYe564

Detective Caleb Rooney Interrogation - Day 1: https://youtu.be/AZ6E__d-zSs

Detective Caleb Rooney Interrogation - Day 3: https://youtu.be/Irvu7uIlee0