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Wednesday, May 15, 2019

Award-Winning Educational Products That Help Kids Think Critically - Spring 2019

Academics' Choice today congratulates all winners of the Spring 2019 Academics' Choice Awards, a prestigious seal of educational quality, reserved only for the best mind-building media and toys. The spring winners include brain-boosting products from JumpStart, Slate Science Operations, Blake eLearning, 3P Learning, MiaoKids, TechnoNature, Lone Star Learning, Play Odyssey, Kooapps, Press4kids, Weigl Publishers, Logic Roots, Ok2Win, Royal Fireworks Publishing, Insect Lore, PlayShfiu, Caramel Tree, Rhythm Child Network, KinderLab Robotics, and more! The full list of winners is posted online at http://www.academicschoice.com/2019.

The Academics' Choice Advisory Board consists of leading thinkers and graduates from Princeton, Harvard, George Washington University, and other reputable educational institutions. Product-appropriate volunteer reviewers, combined with the brainpower of the Board, determine the coveted winners. Entries are judged by category (i.e. Mobile app, toy, book, website, magazine, etc.), subject area, and grade level, and evaluated based on standardized criteria rooted in constructivist learning theory.

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"We are extremely excited to have Boom Goes The Dynamite selected by Academics' Choice as a Brain Toy award winner! We think that Boom Goes The Dynamite is the perfect memory and math game for an elementary school classroom, and this award validates that belief." - Jacob Hiller, Owner, Ok2Win

"It is an honor to receive this Academics' Choice award for Peek and Seek. This recognition inspires us to continue developing quality educational apps for children with learning needs of all kinds." - Meera and Damian Gill, Developers of Play Odyssey Inc.

"We are delighted to receive an Academics' Choice Award for CHESS Plus, a five-year English as a foreign language (EFL) learning program by Caramel Tree. CHESS stands for Children's Holistic English Study Success, and we believe that the program offers a successful way to learn English for children who live in countries where English is a foreign language. Our story-based learning model offers an immersive experience that allows children to relate to the content and personalize the learning. Ultimately, CHESS Plus helps to trigger children's imagination and creativity, which in turn allows them to achieve more practical communication skills. So we are delighted to receive an Academics' Choice Award in recognition of 'Mind-Building Excellence' because that forms a core part of our vision." - Faizel Laher, Senior Editor at Caramel Tree

"I appreciate what Academics' Choice is doing. You not only enable consumers to make informed choices, but also help to give credibility to individual developers who have limited resources." - Elmarie Meintjes, Founder and Owner of TechnoNature

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"Insect Lore is honored to have its STEM learning product recognized by Academics' Choice. We put tremendous care into our iconic Butterfly Farm and this award recognizes the importance of the learning children can experience with it." - Amy Mikahil, Marketing Coordinator at Insect Lore

Many of the products that are evaluated by the Academics' Choice Awards team are donated to a variety of worthy charities including the Kids In Need Foundation and the Toys for Tots Foundation.

About Academics' Choice:
Academics' Choice helps consumers find exceptional brain-boosting material. Academics' Choice is the only international awards program designed to bring increased recognition to publishers, manufacturers, independent authors and developers that aim to stimulate cognitive development. A volunteer panel of product-appropriate judges, including parents, educators, scientists, artists, doctors, nurses, librarians, students and children, evaluate submissions based on educational benefits such as higher-order thinking skills, character building, creative play, durability and originality. Only the genuine "mind-builders" are recognized with the coveted Academics' Choice Awards.

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Moonlighting Announces First Blockchain Integration Partner

Leading on-demand freelance platform Moonlighting announced today their first blockchain partnership with HireVibes, a blockchain jobs platform that incentivizes freelance, contract and permanent hiring via cryptocurrencies. HireVibes will be one of the first platforms to access Moonlighting's base of 720,000 freelancer profiles.

"HireVibes shares the same vision we have for helping freelancers succeed in today's ever-changing gig economy," said Ritesh Johar, co-founder and Chief Technology Officer for Moonlighting. "We are excited to work with them to give our users the power, freedom and control to port their profiles using a best in class blockchain protocol, EOSIO."

Moonlighting recently announced its partnership with Block.one and plans to transport freelancer profiles to the blockchain using the EOSIO protocol. In this new partnership, Moonlighting will give freelancers the choice to share their user profiles on the HireVibes platform so that they can be seen by more recruiters and employers. This partnership is the first of many Moonlighting will be bringing to market to save freelancers valuable time and money with a single sign-on solution.

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"Over the past year, HireVibes has successfully built our token-based loyalty and rewards program using the EOSIO protocol," commented Yohann Calpu, Head of Community for HireVibes. "We are excited to work with Moonlighting and showcase their user profiles on our platform to help them get more work and earn more money."

Founded in 2014, Moonlighting has been helping freelancers and entrepreneurs start, build, and grow their own personal small businesses and can be found in over 150 news media sites including the Chicago Tribune, LA Times, Miami Herald, and USA TODAY.

"We are executing on our vision to be the oracle of work profiles so we can help freelancers engage any platform they choose," added Johar. "With the EOSIO protocol powering our profile management system, we are tearing down antiquated, walled garden marketplaces and changing the way freelancers go to market."

About Moonlighting

Moonlighting is the first mobile, on-demand solution empowering people to earn extra money and hire talented professionals quickly. Moonlighting creates a virtual marketplace for freelancers and small businesses to hire or be hired directly from mobile devices. With a blockchain supported platform, Moonlighting provides a full turnkey solution with a suite of tools to empower millions of independent workers worldwide. Moonlighting is a privately held, Charlottesville, VA-based company built from the ground up for the gig economy. For more information, please visit http://www.moonlighting.com

About HireVibes

HireVibes is an open source jobs platform powered by peer to peer referrals, that will operate as a Decentralized Autonomous Community on the EOS.IO blockchain. This means the HireVibes app will be governed within the community by those holding HireVibes Tokens (HVT). Read news here.

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The NPD Group Names François Klipfel as Europe Toys Division President

The NPD Group has named François Klipfel president of the company's Europe Toys business. NPD, the global leader in industry expertise, prescriptive analytics and point-of-sale tracking for toys, offers services for the toys industry in 13 countries around the world. Read related news now.

François started his career in sales at Procter & Gamble before he moved to the point-of-sale business within GfK France in 1993. Over the past 25 years, he had different roles in the commercial team of GfK, including Deputy Managing Director and member of the Management Board of the South West Europe region. In his latest role, he was leading a team of more than 70 managers and senior executives while handling sales and negotiations for a range of global clients.

In his new role at NPD, François will be responsible for continuing the successful development of the company's Toys practice in Europe, and starting new initiatives in adjacent industries such as Entertainment. He will report into Gerhard Hausruckinger, NPD Group President for Europe and APAC.

"François has a proven track record as a successful leader, bringing with him a strong reputation for personnel development and team building. His experience and proven ability to deliver results will be a valuable asset as The NPD Group executes on its strategic priorities and plans for sustainable growth," said Hausruckinger.

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"I am honored and thrilled to take on this role and look forward to working with NPD's talented team to undertake the myriad opportunities and challenges facing the toy industry in today's increasingly competitive and ever-changing entertainment landscape," said Klipfel.

About The NPD Group
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, video games, and watches / jewelry. For more information, visit http://www.npd.com. Follow us on Twitter: @npdgroup, @npd_entertain

Food Tech Innovator Halla Raises $1.4 Million Seed Round to Expand Personalization Technology for Online Grocers

Halla, an AI company focused on personalized recommendations for the food ordering industry, announced today $1.4 million in seed funding, led by early stage food industry investor E&A Venture Capital with participation from multi-stage technology investor SOSV.

The funding round follows Halla's 2018 release of its "Intelligent Ordering" platform, Halla I/O. Using Machine Learning technology built on the psychography of food selection, Halla I/O increases order volume and frequency for online grocers and helps consumers effortlessly make smarter food ordering choices and new food discoveries based on their preferences.

The $1.4M seed round brings the total equity raised by Halla to $1.9M. Halla will use the funding to scale its I/O platform, onboard new customers and further develop its AI technology. Halla I/O is currently being used in stealth mode by several regional and national grocery chains.

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"We know 35% of Amazon's product sales are generated by recommendations, while personalized shopping recommendations in the e-grocery space are still very underdeveloped," said Adam Haber, of funding round lead E&A Venture Capital. "We think there's tremendous opportunity for growth in this space." Read this here.

After several years of strong double-digit growth, 49% of grocery shoppers currently buy at least some consumer packaged goods online, according to a report developed by The Food Marketing Institute and Nielsen. The report predicts that online grocery shopping will quadruple by 2022, reaching $100 billion in annual sales. Effective personalization and forecasting are cited as key imperatives for grocers to capitalize on this opportunity. Read related news now.

"We remain committed to our personalized recommendation platform, which is built around a proprietary "food logic" algorithm to result in bigger orders and better predictive analytics for grocers, and higher customer satisfaction for e-grocery shoppers," said Spencer Price, co-founder of Halla. "This new round of funding will allow us to scale our Halla I/O offering and we look forward to continuing to partner with our customers and investors to transform the e-grocery shopping experience."

About Halla:
Halla is an AI company focused on personalization for the food ordering industry. Using Machine Learning technologies built around the psychography of food selection and billions of food-related data points, Halla's core offering Halla I/O (Intelligent Ordering) helps online grocers, meal kit services and food delivery businesses offer highly personalized food ordering suggestions to their customers. Last year, Halla was one out of eight startups selected to participate in Food-X, the first and most active food innovation accelerator in the world.

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About E&A Venture Capital:
E&A Venture Capital is the investment vehicle for early stage investors and veteran commodity traders Edward Bernstein and Adam Haber. E&A's previous investments have included successful ventures in the food space, including sustainable food products company Mamma Chia and fast-growing independent grocery chain Green Zebra.

About SOSV:
SOSV is a multi-stage venture capital investor committed to accelerate founders' big ideas for positive change. It has provided seed, venture and growth stage capital to over 700 startups, netting an IRR among the top 10% of all venture funds worldwide. SOSV also runs vertical accelerator programs specific to industries, including Food-X in New York City, for food innovation. The fund retains over 600 global mentors with deep market and technical expertise to help startups go further, faster.

PathFactory Named A 2019 Gartner Cool Vendor In Technology Marketing

PathFactory, an industry-leading Content Insight & Activation Platform, today announced that the company has been named a Cool Vendor in the April 2019 Cool Vendors in Technology Marketing report by Gartner, Inc.

"We are delighted to be recognized as a 'Cool Vendor' by Gartner because we believe it affirms our mission to remove friction from buyer journeys with on-demand content," says Nick Edouard, President and CTO at PathFactory. "Buyers are increasingly bringing their expectations from consumer experiences with services like Netflix and Amazon to their B2B buying journeys. Therefore, it's never been more important for B2B companies to help their buyers make purchase decisions by enabling them to easily find and consume relevant content—whenever and wherever we see them."

By seamlessly enabling buyers to consume relevant content on-demand from every channel, PathFactory enables marketers to upgrade from delivering content on their own terms to their buyer's terms. This creates a fundamentally better buyer experience, which leads to a higher volume of qualified leads in less time.

"Gartner's Cool Vendors in technology marketing offer unique approaches to capture buyer attention within sales and marketing efforts," writes Gartner. "Technology and service providers should consider these vendors to improve buyer engagement." Gartner also recommends that, in order for technology and service providers to more effectively manage product marketing, they should strive to "deliver buyer-centric experiences based on their buyer behavior that creatively capture buyer attention and drive engagement with compelling, relevant content." Be alert to read related news.

PathFactory allows marketers to deliver content in ways that accommodate buyers' natural behavior in an on-demand world. Buyers tend to research in concentrated bursts and "binge" on content. By serving up curated content tracks or AI-powered recommendations, marketers can guide buyers to self-educate and progress through their path to purchase quickly and easily. PathFactory also collects an entirely new class of buyer behavior data that tells marketers how buyers engage with content. This engaged intent data allows marketers to qualify leads based on real content consumption, not just misleading engagement metrics like clicks and downloads.

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Customers like IBM, Cisco, TIBCO Software, and Adobe have achieved outstanding results using PathFactory's platform and approach. Kareo, a provider of medical software, doubled its conversion rates and attributed a $1.2M increase in revenue to their content activation strategy, powered by PathFactory.

Gartner subscribers can access the full report here.

Disclaimer
Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in our research publications, and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors with the highest ratings or other designation. Gartner research publications consist of the opinions of Gartner's research organization and should not be construed as statements of fact. Gartner disclaims all warranties, expressed or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.

About PathFactory
PathFactory delivers the on-demand experience for B2B by enabling buyers with the most relevant information at every step of their unique journey and allowing them to binge-consume content, removing friction and making the buying process more efficient. By tracking exactly what each buyer is consuming along the path to purchase, PathFactory delivers hyper-relevant, real-time content recommendations and dramatically expedites the buying process. Learn more at PathFactory.com.

IBM & Xeo.Ai Join Forces to Distribute Cybersecurity Solutions Into Canadian Markets

Xeo.ai the virtual marketplace for information, communication & technology service providers and business buyers, today announced an agreement with IBM to offer its MaaS360 mobile device management software to Managed Service Providers (MSPs) throughout Canada and US.

IBM MaaS360, the market leader in mobile device management software, is the ONLY platform that harnesses the power of AI to enable the management and security of all mobile devices in an enterprise, end users, and everything in between - including applications, content and data.

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Through this agreement, xeo.ai will offer the full solution of IBM MaaS360 suites and will be expanding to provide other IBM Security SaaS solutions. With the recently enforced GDPR, organizations across all sector are scrambling to ensure data protection creating an excellent opportunity for MSPs to provide an end-to-end managed security solution. IBM MaaS360 is well positioned to simplify the management and security of endpoint devices without compromising the compliance, security and privacy of the users.

With the announcement, today xeo.ai sets the foundation for their AI-powered lead generation and distribution platform for cloud, security & emerging tech solutions that would change the way Canadian channel partners do business today. By taking away the complexity of distribution and the ownership for lead generation & training, xeo.ai makes it easy for the managed service providers to enter into the cloud, security and emerging tech market and take their MSP business to the next level.

IBM is the 1st technology vendor to have signed with xeo.ai ICT platform. Over the next few months, xeo.ai will be adding industry recognized technology vendors, providing managed service providers with the ability to cross-sell and upsell cloud, security and business productivity solutions to their existing clients. More info here.

Learn more about IBM MaaS360 here.

About IBM Security
IBM Security offers one of the most advanced and integrated portfolios of enterprise security products and services. The portfolio, supported by world-renowned IBM X-Force® research, enables organizations to effectively manage risk and defend against emerging threats. IBM operates one of the world's broadest security research, development and delivery organizations, monitors 35 billion security events per day in more than 130 countries, and holds more than 3,000 security patents. For more information, please visit http://www.ibm.com/security, follow @IBMSecurity on Twitter or visit the IBM Security Intelligence blog.

About Xeo Marketing & Strategic Consultancy:
Xeo.ai is the brainchild of Xeo Marketing & Strategic Consultancy Inc. As a B2B strategic consultancy and marketing organization, powered by experienced industry experts Xeo Marketing works with businesses in the fast-paced high-tech sector and tech & AI start-ups of all size. Xeo helps the organizations in the B2B tech-sector capture the market share and grow their revenue, by providing them with affordable growth strategies and marketing services through innovative ways to leverage the modern marketing channels like social media and mobile.

Working as a catalyst that connects different user groups of the ICT community, Xeo struggled with the lack of transparency within these user groups. Xeo quickly realized the need for a smart, connected platform that would provide a seamless service to buyers, channel partners and technology vendors alike. Xeo recognized the need for various users to connect instantaneously and efficiently to make informed decisions, saving them valuable time and resources. With that in mind, Xeo launched the xeo.ai ICT platform that connects multiple users on a single platform to provide a simplified buying experience for an end-to-end cloud, non-traditional telecom and emerging tech solutions. Playing the role of what is more commonly known in the telecom world as a "master agent" Xeo is on-boarding innovative Canadian/North American technology vendors on as partners. The agents registered within the Xeo portal can now resell these services through the xeo portal at a great commission rate.

Register today as an agent with xeo.ai or contact us at info@xeomarketing.com to become a technology vendor on our platform.

For more information, please visit http://www.xeo.ai, follow @xeo_ai on Twitter or visit the ICT community blog.

American IRA Discusses: Is the Self-Directed Solo 401(k) Perfect for the Gig Economy?

Those investors who want to use the tax protections of a retirement account but want more freedom and choices often turn to a Self-Directed IRA for their retirement planning purposes. But what about those who work within the so-called "gig" economy? One option is the Self-Directed Solo 401(k), a vehicle that allows people to use tax-deferred money to fund retirement, which creates immediate tax savings on income they currently earn.

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The Self-Directed Solo 401(k) is "a defined contribution small business retirement plan," according to a recent post at American IRA's blog, "specifically designed for sole proprietorships and small businesses with just one employee—the owner, or the owner and his or her spouse."

People who work within this context can put money aside for retirement, and the act of putting money toward a 401(k) plan would then count as a deduction from the overall income on which they are taxed. This frees up more money for retirement, which is a retirement benefit for those who work as independent contractors in the "gig" economy.

"Those in the gig economy need ways to plan for retirement too," said Jim Hitt of American IRA. "And the Self-Directed Solo 401(k) is one such option. These come with high contribution limits which makes it possible to contribute a hefty sum to one's retirement and yield a whole range of benefits." Read all the related news.

The possibility of self-direction also means that gig economy workers might have more options for retirement investing than they first imagined. With high contribution limits and plenty of freedom for one's investments, it can be a very attractive option for independent contractors who need to maximize every dollar earned.

The article at American IRA's blog also highlighted other options, such as Self-Directed Roth 401(k) plans, while also highlighting the contribution limits for Self-Directed Solo 401(k). For more information on these plans and how they might fit in with the gig economy, visit http://www.AmericanIRA.com or call 866-7500-IRA.

About:
American IRA, LLC was established in 2004 by Jim Hitt, CEO in Asheville, NC.
The mission of American IRA is to provide the highest level of customer service in the self-directed retirement industry. Jim Hitt and his team have grown the company to over $400 million in assets under administration by educating the public that their Self-Directed IRA account can invest in a variety of assets such as real estate, private lending, limited liability companies, precious metals and much more.

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As a Self-Directed IRA administrator, they are a neutral third party. They do not make any recommendations to any person or entity associated with investments of any type (including financial representatives, investment promoters or companies, or employees, agents or representatives associated with these firms). They are not responsible for and are not bound by any statements, representations, warranties or agreements made by any such person or entity and do not provide any recommendation on the quality profitability or reputability of any investment, individual or company. The term "they" refers to American IRA, located in Asheville and Charlotte, NC.

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