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$ZEU.ca Technologies Mula Evolution Creates Generational Shift in #Blockchain Use for Communications

Posted by AGORACOM-JC at 3:31 PM on Monday, December 14th, 2020
  • The Mula Platform, engineered around the core MulaMail application, has been completely redesigned over the last five months.
  • Certain obligations, like the “Legal Intercept” were impossible to meet due to a bulletproof security design.
  • These obligations challenged some basic concepts at the core of the technology and forced the designers and engineering team to propose fundamental changes.
  • Management is pleased to report that these challenges have been met. The resulting solutions represent a generational shift in the way people should use blockchain as the basis for communications.

Montréal – December 14, 2020 – ZeU Technologies Inc. (CSE:ZEU) (OTC:ZEUCF) is pleased to provide an update on the advancements of the Mula Platform and suite of products, as well as an update on the previously announced Prego acquisition and integration and other initiatives.

Mula Platform & Eco-System

Fundamental Changes

The Mula Platform, engineered around the core MulaMail application, has been completely redesigned over the last five months. Certain obligations, like the “Legal Intercept” were impossible to meet due to a bulletproof security design.  These obligations challenged some basic concepts at the core of the technology and forced the designers and engineering team to propose fundamental changes.  Management is pleased to report that these challenges have been met. The resulting solutions represent a generational shift in the way people should use blockchain as the basis for communications. Furthermore, the efforts have resulted in a significant sum of intellectual property of which many parts are important enough to require the filing of new patents.  The Company expects to provide further disclosure on that topic as soon as the provisional patents have been filed.

The New Mula Project

The redesigned and redefined Mula Project covers more domain than the previous iteration. It has also been further opened to third-party applications, community, and open-source efforts.

End-to-End Encryption

The core of the platform and the engine of its ecosystem remains the MulaMail module.  Built as a digital wallet, MulaMail content is encrypted end-to-end.  It does not allow the Company or Regulatory and Governmental parties to access any type of “back-door” or “master key”. The Company currently plans to use commonly compatible high encryption in its first commercial iteration. Some customized versions of the application will be able to deploy ZeU’s quantum-proof encryption at a later stage. The design team is studying the possibility to allow the users to choose their own encryption in some cases. Open-source contribution would help maintain and improve the application over time and can be done in parallel to the Company’s own improvement efforts.  The content of MulaMail messages does not sit on a public blockchain but semi-centralized databases (70/30) being local hosts or permission-based “private” blockchain protocols. Without disclosing what will be the content of one or a few provisional applications, the Company’s management believes that the solutions developed sufficiently maintain a level of decentralization and distribution to adhere to its core principle while meeting the “Five-Eyes” countries “Legal Intercept” obligations.

Overview of the Platform

The Company believes that this version of the Mula Platform will be a powerful communication and DeFi tool.  Its marketplace should grow and evolve in an organic and potentially viral manner.

To achieve this kind of growth, the platform’s new design now includes multiple APIs that will enable third-party development and connectivity.  Owners of other e-services or applications, as well as community developers and influencers, will be able to leverage Mula to grow their own DeFi offerings.  Mula will also provide more development freedom by allowing developers and power users to replace some components with their own, including Open Sources initiatives. The end-users will be able to swap these components to modify their experience.  For example, the new design now integrates an open- source initiative backed by Google that will allow ZeU to reduce the development time required to code an Ethereum or ETH gateway within its “Builder” module.  The builder module will contain the simplified programming language of the platform.  It will allow third parties, from high-level engineers to simple users, to build their own smart contracts and small to sizeable DeFi applications within the Mula Platform. It will use MulaPay as the core utility stable token for all transactions with swap access to a large number of mainstream digital assets.  There will be the possibility to connect to legacy financial services via the connectivity to ZeUPay, the suite of financial, payment, and custodial services allowed with the integration of Prego.

The Mula Platform should allow users to leverage their social, real-life, and business networks to improve and augment their offerings and revenues.  For example, someone with a “network sales” home business selling cosmetics will be able to integrate their personal business page with Mula quickly, build a discount and/or a loyalty program with its own child-token derived from MulaPay, and develop all the smart-contracts required to automatically run the operation by using the Mula Smart-Contract Builder module’s wizard.  That person will be able to add to their offerings by connecting other business offers existing in the Mula ecosystem and automatically generate additional revenue.

Below is the overview of the platform.  Its current design includes the MulaMail application that gives access to all the other modules. MulaMail is the blockchain email application that is end-to-end encrypted, but that now allows employers to deploy their own set of accounts to have authenticated access.  Enterprises will be able to deploy their own ZeU blockchain protocol nodes and leverage resources from outside of their private network.  Offline usage of the email application has also been addressed and is now possible without compromising its security.


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Figure 1: Mula Platform Overview

Connectivity and Compatibility

An important aspect of the new MulaMail design is its inability to be run as an add-on or a plugin within another vendor’s platform.  Recipients of MulaMail via third-party email software will still be able to access the contents of the message.  However, they will receive a hyperlink to a temporary web interface allowing them to read the contents of the message.  This approach could potentially limit the adoption of the application, but it will not compromise its security.

Mula Modules

Many of the planned Mula modules have survived the redesign and will continue to be developed as planned:

Basic modules:

  • – MulaMail is a private, spam-free, and encrypted end-to-end email system. – MulaMessage is a private, spam-free, and encrypted end-to-end messaging system. – MulaBrowser is focused on privacy, security, and data ownership while browsing the internet.

Business modules:

  • – MulaMeet is a quick and easy way to plan meetings with colleagues and friends. – MulaTask is a simple way to compile a see your daily tasks. – MulaMeeting is secure video conferencing.

Marketing modules:

  • – MulaMarketplace is a behaviour-based ethical marketplace where users redeem tokens. – MulaGraph is a psychometric profile based on the Mula digital wallet that understands consumers’ tastes and habits.

Other modules have been added, incorporated, or redesigned for flexibility and usability.

MulaPay

  • – MulaMicrofinance has been incorporated into MulaPay. – MulaNote has been incorporated into MulaPay.

MulaPay allows users to access a variety of financial services within the Mula Platform. Users have the possibility to run micro-businesses within their Mula account by billing and paying for services, augmenting their services or retail lines, or connect to legacy financial services through ZeUPay.

The DEX & DeFi options

MulaPay and ZeUPay will support third-party DeFi applications connectivity, which means that developers outside the ZeU ecosystem will be able to use Mula digital currencies swap function and leverage the ZeUPay gateway to custodians, financial institutions and banks.

MulaMail users not only acquire an enhanced digital wallet when they subscribe to the service, but they will also have the option to actively run peer-to-peer applications in different fields. One of the most significant will be the ability to lend digital assets to the distributed exchange platform and create sub-tokens allowing the listing of their own assets, consequently running for profit their own mini decentralized and distributed digital exchange.

Mula Contract Builder

Mula Contract Builders allows users to build smart contracts within the system without knowledge of programming, or blockchain or digital wallet technology. It also allows power users and knowledgeable developers to plug in more complex contract development code. The contract builder can be used for anything from invoices to marriage contracts. However, the Company expects that majority of the usage will come from is Mula business suite of products and its gaming initiatives.


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Figure 2: Simple Language Smart Contract Builder

The Company has chosen to offer these products on the Mula Platform to leverage the platform’s ease of use and switching between modules. The Company believes the ability to run the suite of products from one dashboard is cost-efficient and a value-add for time-pressed individuals and businesses.


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Figure 3: Easy Access between Modules

Adoption strategy

The Mula team is expecting to develop some basic smart contract components compatible with the largest digital currencies.  This will allow a regular user to build digital offerings without the need to understand blockchain or digital wallet technology.

The simplest case study is one of a sports betting pool between friends or work colleagues.  Let’s say that Peter is secretly a big fan of RB Leipzig (stay with us, don’t laugh), a German soccer club.  Peter will be able to invite via his MulaMail contacts and his friends to participate in a private, closed, peer-to-peer betting pool on any number of customized betting offerings of his choosing in regard to German soccer. This could be anything from the players to be traded to finally improve that team to where the different teams will place at the end of the season — all without disclosing to his friends that he secretly despises FC Bayern. The smart contract will automatically compute results and pay-outs. He will also have the option to configure the pool in such a way that will show the other users what he is betting on or to configure it as a “black pool” (English Soccer fan, not the team…).

To fund his Mula account, Peter will be able to monetize marketing tokens he received from various marketers and swap these tokens for MulaPay tokens, or he will be able to buy MulaPay tokens from within his ZeUPay account.  MulaMail users automatically obtain a ZeUPay account when signing for MulaMail. If he wins, he will be able to cash out his MulaPay tokens via the ZeUPay interface, use his ZeUPay debit card for payments, or withdraw the amount for fiat currency .

MulaMail Inbox Hybridization

The new semi-centralized approach to MulaMail inbox management fixes three important issues:

  • – Employers needing to monitor enterprise communications – Law enforcement and court-ordered “Lawful Intercept” – Offline operations

“ The MulaMail team plans to replace Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) with the next generation Blockchain Mail Transfer Protocol (BMTP)”

The MulaMail team is edging toward a hybrid system to ensure full message encryption, end-to-end, at rest and in transit, so that even the Company itself would not be able to read messages stored on the network and on the different distributed storage. For performance and end-user cost optimization, all encrypted messages and attachments are stored in local hosts. The system itself will be deployed on a partially centralized database, and decentralized authentication will stand on a public ledger.

Search functionality within an email mailbox is important to end-users. However, indexing without content is difficult. Therefore, to bring in a viable search feature, the team had to resolve what would be indexable. By default, only the content of the message will be encrypted, allowing the subject to remain unencrypted. For those who want full meta encryption, the user can opt to encrypt the subject, therefore giving less flexibility on the search feature. In any case, the sender and recipient(s) will be stored with one-sided encryption at rest.  All data will be end-to-end encrypted in transit. Here is a diagram to illustrate the different behaviors:


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Figure 4. MulaMail States

Monetizing Mula

The Mula platform is to be distributed on freemium/premium/enterprise versions.  A small income is expected from the latter two versions in the form of subscription payments.

However, the blood of the overall ecosystem is the movement of the MulaPay utility tokens, for which ZeU will collect fractional and frictional fees. Certification and audits should bring additional income as well as certain activities within the platform, like gaming and trading of digital assets.

Other Corporate Matters

ZeUPay, the augmented evolution of Prego International Group

The Company is pleased to report that integration planification with Prego International Group is well underway. The companies have established January 18, 2021, as the target date to close the acquisition and corporate integration within ZeU’s new subsidiary, ZeUPay.

ZeUPay will bring custodial and legacy banking support for the Mula Platform as well as ZeU’s other DeFi and Gaming initiatives.  It will offer default legacy KYC and AML coverage for a suite of initiatives without limiting the possibilities to bring third-party augmented compliance offerings for which the Company is actively seeking commercial partnerships.


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Fig. 5 ZeUPay mobile UI


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Fig.6 ZeUPay Data & Money Flow

Ronald Eriksen, CEO of Prego International Group stated : “(…) Prego`s team has been dedicated, both from a management and technical angle, to prepare the integration of our business platform to ZeU (…) We have strong ambitions to provide opportunities for the integrated group to deliver attractive products and services to any customer in the markets we enter (…) Following this, we are convinced that ZeUPay will succeed and produce growing volumes and profits, and in the end this will give our shareholders a significant return on their investments.”

ZeU Financial Situation

In the current fiscal quarter, the Company has earned cash revenues allowing it to cover past development expenses and invoices. It also expects to bring in digital assets that can be monetized to cover continuous development.  Part of these digital assets is related to the Borealis DEX initiative with HTrust and HODLdex.

Core management and directors have suspended taking payments for their compensation since Q2. The Company expects to cover some of these accrued liabilities with a share for debt offering priced at $0.25 before the end of the current year. The Company also expects to issue stock-options for key developers and management. These options are tentatively priced at $0.30.

Frank Dumas, ZeU’s CEO, commented : “(…) The team has done an astounding job of pulling together the various obligations and feedback we have encountered and moulding it into a viable product. In the beginning, it felt insurmountable, but the team persevered and created something beyond my expectation. (…) I fully endorsed the philosophical changes for Mula. In the end, it allows us to offer a stronger product to more people, breaking us out of the ‘blockchain email’ niche and making us a real competitor for certain major players in the industry (…)”.

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

“Frank Dumas”

Frank Dumas
President & CEO

About ZeU

ZeU is a forward-thinking Canadian technology Corporation which has developed a state-of-the-art blockchain protocol, providing the foundation for the next-generation of crypto networks. Thanks to its high level of sophistication, ZeU’s technology maximizes transparency, security and scalability as well as big data management. ZeU’s strategy is to monetize blockchain transactions in diverse sectors such as payment, gaming, data and healthcare.

The Canadian Securities Exchange (CSE) has not reviewed and does not accept responsibility for the adequacy or the accuracy of the contents of this release.

VIDEO – $SOBR Safe Has Built The World’s First Touch-Based Solution To Prevent Drunk Driving Accidents For Truck Fleets, Industrial Workplaces and School Bus Fleets $LCTC $BLO.ca

Posted by AGORACOM-JC at 4:49 PM on Thursday, December 10th, 2020

“Nearly 50% of industrial injuries and fatalities are alcohol related.  Commercial Fleets suffer from over 11,000 alcohol related accidents every year.  That rate is climbing and technology has failed to keep pace with this epidemic”  

We hear it happening all the time … and can never understand why technology can’t be created to prevent the senseless amount of deaths and injuries every year on our roads and our workplace. SOBR Safe has answered the call with incredible technology that has to be seen to believed.

Watch this powerful interview with David Gandini, Chairman & Chief Revenue Officer SOBR Safe (SOBR: OTCQB).

POET Technologies $PTK.ca $POETF to Present at the LD Micro Main Event Virtual Conference on December 15

Posted by AGORACOM-JC at 8:11 AM on Thursday, December 10th, 2020
  • Suresh Venkatesan, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, will present at the LD Micro Main Event Conference, which will be held as a virtual event. Management is scheduled to present to a live virtual panel on Tuesday, December 15 th at 2:40 p.m. EST.

TORONTO, Dec. 10, 2020 — POET Technologies Inc. (“POET” or the “Company”) (TSX Venture: PTK; OTCQX: POETF), the designer and developer of the POET Optical Interposer™ and Photonic Integrated Circuits (PICs) for the data center and tele-communication markets, announced today that Suresh Venkatesan, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, will present at the LD Micro Main Event Conference, which will be held as a virtual event. Management is scheduled to present to a live virtual panel on Tuesday, December 15 th at 2:40 p.m. EST.

Following the conference a webcast replay of management’s presentation will be available on the “ Presentations & Events ” page in the Investor Relations section of the Company’s website.

About POET Technologies Inc.

POET Technologies is a design and development company offering integration solutions based on the POET Optical Interposer™ a novel platform that allows the seamless integration of electronic and photonic devices into a single multi-chip module using advanced wafer-level semiconductor manufacturing techniques and packaging methods. POET’s Optical Interposer eliminates costly components and labor-intensive assembly, alignment, burn-in and testing methods employed in conventional photonics. The cost-efficient integration scheme and scalability of the POET Optical Interposer brings value to any device or system that integrates electronics and photonics, including some of the highest growth areas of computing, such as Artificial Intelligence (AI), the Internet of Things (IoT), autonomous vehicles and high-speed networking for cloud service providers and data centers. POET is headquartered in Toronto, with operations in Allentown, PA and Singapore. More information may be obtained at www.poet-technologies.com .

Shareholder Contact:
Shelton Group
Brett L. Perry
[email protected]
Company Contact:
Thomas R. Mika, EVP & CFO
[email protected]

This news release contains “forward-looking information” (within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities laws) and “forward-looking statements” (within the meaning of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995). Such statements or information are identified with words such as “anticipate”, “believe”, “expect”, “plan”, “intend”, “potential”, “estimate”, “propose”, “project”, “outlook”, “foresee” or similar words suggesting future outcomes or statements regarding any potential outcome. Such statements include the Company’s expectations with respect to the success of the Company’s product development efforts, the expected results of its operations, meeting revenue targets, and the expectation of continued success in the financing efforts, the capability, functionality, performance and cost of the Company’s technology as well as the market acceptance, inclusion and timing of the Company’s technology in current and future products.

Such forward-looking information or statements are based on a number of risks, uncertainties and assumptions which may cause actual results or other expectations to differ materially from those anticipated and which may prove to be incorrect. Assumptions have been made regarding, among other things, management’s expectations regarding the success and timing for completion of its development efforts, financing activities, receiving full payment for its sale of its DenseLight subsidiary, future growth, plans for and completion of projects by the Company’s third-party consultants, contractors and partners, availability of capital, and the necessity to incur capital and other expenditures. Actual results could differ materially due to a number of factors, including, without limitation, operational risks in the completion of the Company’s anticipated projects, delays or changes in plans with respect to the development of the Company’s anticipated projects by the Company’s third-party relationships, risks affecting the Company’s ability to execute projects, the ability of the Company to generate sales for its products, the ability to attract key personnel, and the ability to raise additional capital. Although the Company believes that the expectations reflected in the forward-looking information or statements are reasonable, prospective investors in the Company’s securities should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements because the Company can provide no assurance that such expectations will prove to be correct. Forward-looking information and statements contained in this news release are as of the date of this news release and the Company assumes no obligation to update or revise this forward-looking information and statements except as required by law.

Neither TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.

120 Eglinton Avenue, East, Suite 1107, Toronto, ON, M4P 1E2- Tel: 416-368-9411 – Fax: 416-322-5075

POET $PTK.ca $POETF Launches Campaign with AGORACOM for Online Marketing and Social Media Engagement

Posted by AGORACOM-JC at 8:16 AM on Wednesday, December 9th, 2020
  • Announced that it has launched a marketing campaign through AGORACOM for the purposes of raising the visibility and awareness of the Company on key online platforms while also facilitating education and increased understanding of POET’s technology, development progress and market opportunities.
  • The POET HUB, containing multiple landing pages, videos, photos and other helpful information, will be updated regularly over the course of the engagement and go-live on December 10, 2020 at: https://agoracom.com/ir/POETTechnologies

TORONTO, Dec. 09, 2020 — POET Technologies Inc. (“POET” or the “Company”) (TSX Venture: PTK; OTCQX: POETF), the designer and developer of the POET Optical Interposer™ and Photonic Integrated Circuits (PICs) for the data center and tele-communication markets, is pleased to announce that it has launched a marketing campaign through AGORACOM for the purposes of raising the visibility and awareness of the Company on key online platforms while also facilitating education and increased understanding of POET’s technology, development progress and market opportunities. 

Significant Exposure Through AGORACOM Digital Network
In 2019, AGORACOM has served over 350 public companies and surpassed 600 million page views, exceeding industry engagement metrics by over 400%. 

The POET HUB, containing multiple landing pages, videos, photos and other helpful information, will be updated regularly over the course of the engagement and go-live on December 10, 2020 at: https://agoracom.com/ir/POETTechnologies

The POET HUB will receive significant exposure through continuous brand impression, content marketing, search engine marketing and social media engagement throughout the entire AGORACOM network. AGORACOM is the only small-cap marketing firm to hold a Twitter Verified badge, averaging 4.2 million Twitter impressions per month in 2019.

“Beyond The Press Release” Interviews on AGORACOM Discussion Forum
POET has also launched a Discussion Forum on AGORACOM that will serve as a media and communications platform to provide expanded information about the Company and its technology to both current and prospective shareholders in a fully moderated environment. The new Discussion Forum will exclusively feature a “Beyond the Press Release” interview series with POET’s executive management team, which will include in-depth reviews and highlights from the Company’s most recent press releases. The first of the “Beyond The Press Release” Interviews can be found at: https://agoracom.com/ir/POETTechnologies/forums/discussion/topics/750580-video-poet-technologies-launch-of-lightbar-for-data-centers-is-an-inflection-point-for-the-company/messages/2291701#message

The POET discussion forum can be found at: https://agoracom.com/ir/POETTechnologies/forums/discussion

Verified officers at launch will be: Vivek Rajgarhia, President & General Manager and Thomas Mika, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.

The AGORACOM marketing campaign is scheduled to run for a period of 12-months at a total annual cost of C$75,000 plus HST, which will be paid entirely in shares of POET’s common stock at various intervals after services have been rendered. The shares to be issued will not be issued at a discount. The Company will issue 30,268 shares at today’s closing price of C$0.56 associated with the initial payment for services rendered to-date. The issuance of all shares related to the marketing campaign agreement are subject to the TSX Venture Exchange policies and regulatory approvals.

About AGORACOM
AGORACOM is a pioneer of online marketing, broadcasting, conferences and investor relations services to North American small and mid-cap public companies, with more than 300 companies served. AGORACOM is the home of more than 7.7 million investors that visited 55.2 million times and read over 600 million pages of information over the last 10 years. The average visit of 8min 43sec is more than double that of global financial sites, which can be attributed to the implementation and enforcement of the strongest moderation rules in the industry.

About POET Technologies Inc.
POET Technologies is a design and development company offering integration solutions based on the POET Optical Interposer™ a novel platform that allows the seamless integration of electronic and photonic devices into a single multi-chip module using advanced wafer-level semiconductor manufacturing techniques and packaging methods. POET’s Optical Interposer eliminates costly components and labor-intensive assembly, alignment, burn-in and testing methods employed in conventional photonics. The cost-efficient integration scheme and scalability of the POET Optical Interposer brings value to any device or system that integrates electronics and photonics, including some of the highest growth areas of computing, such as Artificial Intelligence (AI), the Internet of Things (IoT), autonomous vehicles and high-speed networking for cloud service providers and data centers. POET is headquartered in Toronto, with operations in Allentown, PA and Singapore. More information may be obtained at www.poet-technologies.com .

Shareholder Contact for POET:
Shelton Group
Brett L. Perry
[email protected]
Company Contact for POET:
Thomas R. Mika, EVP & CFO
[email protected]
  

This news release contains “forward-looking information” (within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities laws) and “forward-looking statements” (within the meaning of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995). Such statements or information are identified with words such as “anticipate”, “believe”, “expect”, “plan”, “intend”, “potential”, “estimate”, “propose”, “project”, “outlook”, “foresee” or similar words suggesting future outcomes or statements regarding any potential outcome. Such statements include the Company’s expectations with respect to the success of the Company’s product development efforts, the performance of its products, the expected results of its operations, meeting revenue targets, and the expectation of continued success in the financing efforts, the capability, functionality, performance and cost of the Company’s technology as well as the market acceptance, inclusion and timing of the Company’s technology in current and future products.

Such forward-looking information or statements are based on a number of risks, uncertainties and assumptions which may cause actual results or other expectations to differ materially from those anticipated and which may prove to be incorrect. Assumptions have been made regarding, among other things, management’s expectations regarding the success and timing for completion of its development efforts, financing activities, future growth, recruitment of personnel, opening of offices, the form and potential of its planned joint venture, plans for and completion of projects by the Company’s third-party consultants, contractors and partners, availability of capital, and the necessity to incur capital and other expenditures. Actual results could differ materially due to a number of factors, including, without limitation, the failure of its products to meet performance requirements, operational risks in the completion of the Company’s anticipated projects, a delay or abandonment of its planned joint venture, delays in recruitment for its newly opened operations or changes in plans with respect to the development of the Company’s anticipated projects by third-parties, risks affecting the Company’s ability to execute projects, the ability of the Company to generate sales for its products, the ability to attract key personnel, and the ability to raise additional capital. Although the Company believes that the expectations reflected in the forward-looking information or statements are reasonable, prospective investors in the Company’s securities should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements because the Company can provide no assurance that such expectations will prove to be correct. Forward-looking information and statements contained in this news release are as of the date of this news release and the Company assumes no obligation to update or revise this forward-looking information and statements except as required by law.

Neither TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.

120 Eglinton Avenue, East, Suite 1107, Toronto, ON, M4P 1E2- Tel: 416-368-9411 – Fax: 416-322-5075

VIDEO – POET Technologies $PTK.ca Launch Of LightBar For Data Centers “Is An Inflection Point For The Company”

Posted by AGORACOM-JC at 6:10 PM on Tuesday, December 8th, 2020

Understanding the world of Photonics isn’t the easiest thing small cap investors have had to understand.  In fact, it may be the very hardest thing they’ve ever had to understand.  However, given the fact we are the very reason current photonics devices aren’t living up to snuff trying to keep up with our surfing, streaming, binging and zooming – you start to see why understanding photonics and POET Technologies could open up investors to a whole new world. 

We went beyond the press release with POET management to discuss the launch of their LightBar solution for data centers.  They did a great job explaining it in terms that are both compelling yet understandable.  

Before watching this video, here is some important background information.   

Photonics are critical to the next phase of semiconductor development.  Semiconductors are an essential component of every electronic device on the planet.

Photonic devices create, detect and manipulate light.  Laser generated light is fundamental to sensing, computing, data and telecommunications, which require the fastest transfer of data possible  

For example – the biggest trends in computing today: 

  • Cloud Computing
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • 5G and Edge  

HERE IS THE PROBLEM 

Making photonics devices that are reliable is expensive in terms of both capital and labor. 

Cost declines have not kept up with Moore’s Law, with most photonics devices built one at a time – and multiple different components must be able to interconnect seamlessly without constant testing.

The Result? Integration of components at wafer-scale has not been fully implemented even by the largest companies working for the past 20 years  ….. UNTIL NOW

POET has developed a unique, disruptive and differentiating new entry into photonics markets.

The POET Optical Interposer™ Platform – patented photonics integration platform that enables lower cost and higher performance across a wide range of applications

Today’s press release announcing a line of high-performance remote laser light source products for applications in Cloud-Based Data Centers might very well take POET to a whole new level,

Watch this great first interview of many with 

Suresh Venkatesan, Chairman and CEO 

Vivek Rajgarhia, President & General Manager 

Thomas Mika, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer 

$ZeU.ca Announces Name Change to ZeU Technologies $HUT.ca $BITF.ca $GLXY.ca $HIVE.ca

Posted by AGORACOM-JC at 1:43 PM on Wednesday, October 7th, 2020
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  • Will complete its corporate name change to ZeU Technologies, Inc. effective on or about Thursday, October 15, 2020.

Montreal – October 7, 2020 – ZeU Crypto Networks Inc. (CSE:ZEU) (CNSX:ZEU.CN) announces, following the approval at the annual and special shareholders meeting on August 28, 2020, it will complete its corporate name change to ZeU Technologies, Inc. effective on or about Thursday, October 15, 2020.

The Canadian Securities Exchange listing of the Corporation’s common shares will commence trading under the new name with the same symbol “ZEU” following the issue of the CSE’s bulletin to dealers.

The Corporation’s new CUSIP number will be 98955W108 , and the new ISIN will be CA98955W1086. There is no change to the Corporation’s share structure.

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

“Frank Dumas”

Frank Dumas
President & CEO

About ZeU

ZeU Crypto is a forward-thinking Canadian technology Corporation which has developed a state-of-the-art blockchain protocol, providing the foundation for the next-generation of crypto networks. Thanks to its high level of sophistication, ZeU’s technology maximises transparency, security and scalability as well as big data management. ZeU’s strategy is to monetise blockchain transactions in diverse sectors such as payment, gaming, data and healthcare.

The Canadian Securities Exchange (CSE) has not reviewed and does not accept responsibility for the adequacy or the accuracy of the contents of this release.

$ZeU.ca to Acquire Financial Services Provider Prego International Group

Posted by AGORACOM-JC at 11:42 AM on Monday, September 28th, 2020
  • Entered into an arm’s length binding letter of intent with Prego International Group AS
  • A Norway-based global payment solution provider which develops and operates a range of payment services for partners and clients worldwide, and its majority shareholder, to acquire all of Prego’s outstanding securities.
  • ZeU will acquire 100% of the issued and outstanding securities of Prego, though a wholly-owned subsidiary for consideration of $8,125,000 paid as $7,500,000 in the form of unsecured convertible debentures of ZeU Sub, $625,000 through the issuance of 2,500,000 ZeU common shares at a deemed price of $0.25 per share, and the issuance of 7,500,000 non-transferable ZeU Share purchase warrants of ZeU, each entitling the holder to acquire one (1) ZeU Share at a price of $0.60 for a period of 24 months from the closing of the Transaction

Montreal – September 28, 2020ZeU Crypto Networks Inc. (CSE:ZEU) (CNSX:ZEU.CN) is pleased to announce that on September 27, 2020, it entered into an arm’s length binding letter of intent with Prego International Group AS, a Norway-based global payment solution provider which develops and operates a range of payment services for partners and clients worldwide, and its majority shareholder, to acquire all of Prego’s outstanding securities.

“(…) A core strategic objective for ZeU is generating recurring revenues with high gross margins”, says Frank Dumas, CEO of ZeU. “(…) We anticipate that this strategic acquisition will deliver the type of operational synergies we are focused on. Prego’s network and already operating licenced platforms should serve as a multiplicator for the deployment of our services. We expect ZeU’s digital wallet to be integrated with all distributed debit and credit cards that will reach subscribers starting in the first part of next year. Meanwhile, we are proposing to acquire a profitable financial service provider that can be leveraged to accelerate the growth of the resulting aggregated entity (…)”.

The transaction we are announcing between Prego and ZEU completes the ambition between both parties to synergize strategic opportunities for future payment concepts. Furthermore, by joining forces, we are strengthening our company and our shareholders’ interests in general” commented Ronald Eriksen, Chairman, Prego International Group AS.

Purchase Price

The Agreement provides that ZeU will acquire 100% of the issued and outstanding securities of Prego, though a wholly-owned subsidiary (” ZeU Sub “) for consideration of $8,125,000 paid as $7,500,000 in the form of unsecured convertible debentures (the ” Convertible Debentures “) of ZeU Sub, $625,000 through the issuance of 2,500,000 ZeU common shares (each a ” ZeU Share “) at a deemed price of $0.25 per share, and the issuance of 7,500,000 non-transferable ZeU Share purchase warrants (the ” ZeU Warrants “) of ZeU, each entitling the holder to acquire one (1) ZeU Share at a price of $0.60 for a period of 24 months from the closing of the Transaction (the ” Closing Date “). Other than normal course operational credit, Prego is currently debt-free and has posted a profit in its last 8 quarters.

The principal amount of the Convertible Debentures will bear interest at a rate of 6% per annum from and including their date of issue until the earlier of their date of conversion and the date which is 48 months from the Closing Date (the ” Maturity Date “), and will be redeemable at any time until the Maturity Date.

The principal amount of the Convertible Debentures together with the accrued interests will automatically convert in common shares of ZeU Sub on the earlier of: (i) the Maturity Date; and (ii) a liquidity event, at a conversion price equal to the higher of: (a) $1.00; and (b) the last financing price of ZeU Sub.

The Convertible Debentures holders will also have the option at any time after the Closing Date and prior to the earlier of: (i) the Maturity Date, and (ii) a liquidity event, to convert all of the principal amount together with accrued interest into ZeU Shares at a price equal to the higher of: (a) $1.00; and (b) the 5 days vwap of the ZeU Shares.

The ZeU Shares issued pursuant to the Transaction, and upon any conversion triggered by the Convertible Debentures holders, will be subject to a voluntary resale restriction of 1 year from the Closing Date, or the date of conversion, respectively.

Conditions

The Transaction completion is conditional on several provisions, including completion of a definitive agreement, final due diligence, Prego minority shareholders’ approval and other regulatory review.

Finder’s Fee

A finder’s fee in connection to this transaction may be paid.

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

“Frank Dumas”

Frank Dumas
President & CEO

About ZeU

ZeU is a forward-thinking Canadian technology company that has developed a state-of-the-art blockchain protocol, providing the foundation for the next generation of encrypted and distributed networks. Thanks to its high level of sophistication, ZeU’s technology maximizes transparency, security and scalability as well as big data management. ZeU’s strategy is to monetize blockchain transactions in diverse sectors such as payment, gaming, data, and healthcare.

About Prego

Prego International Group AS, currently a private limited company incorporated in Norway, operates as a global payment solution provider operating internationally from its HQ in Oslo, Norway and other key operational hub-offices in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; London, UK; and Singapore. Prego develops and operates payment programs through worldwide payment networks as MasterCard and VISA International, built on prepaid payment card programs globally.

Prego operates in the fast-growing global payment market, currently one of the most highly rated sectors within financial technology, driven by NEO challenger banks, global remittance networks, and many other businesses, challenging the traditional banking sector.

Prego has developed Pay2Go(TM), a licensed World-Class payroll payment program with prepaid debit cards, bank account and online mobile banking access designed for underserved users as foreign labor, migrants and refugees. Our programs are distributed through agent networks primarily in South East Asia, the Middle East and the EU and will also be offered in other parts of the world.

Forward-Looking Information

Statements in this press release regarding ZeU’s business which are not historical facts are “forward-looking statements” that involve risks and uncertainties, such as terms and completion of the proposed transaction. Since forward-looking statements address future events and conditions, by their very nature, they involve inherent risks and uncertainties. Actual results in each case could differ materially from those currently anticipated in such statements.

Completion of the Transaction is subject to a number of conditions, including but not limited to, execution of a definitive agreement relating to the Transaction, CSE acceptance, and if applicable, disinterested shareholder approval. Where applicable, the Transaction cannot close until the required shareholder approval is obtained. There can be no assurance that the Transaction will be completed as proposed or at all.

Investors are cautioned that, except as disclosed in the management information circular or filing statement to be prepared in connection with the Transaction, any information released or received with respect to the Transaction may not be accurate or complete and should not be relied upon. Trading in the securities of a ZeU should be considered highly speculative.

The CSE has in no way passed upon the merits of the Transaction and has neither approved nor disapproved the contents of this press release.

DEA Proposes New #Mhealth Rule for Substance Abuse Treatment SPONSOR: CardioComm Solutions $EKG.ca – $ATE.ca $TLT.ca $OGI.ca $ACST.ca $IPA.ca

Posted by AGORACOM-JC at 12:14 PM on Thursday, March 5th, 2020

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DEA Proposes New Mhealth Rule for Substance Abuse Treatment

A proposed rule change would allow providers to use mHealth tools more freely in substance abuse treatment programs, but it isn’t the rule that telehealth advocates have been anticipating.

By Eric Wicklund

March 04, 2020 – Federal officials have proposed easing restrictions on the use of mHealth in substance abuse programs – but the changes aren’t what everyone has been expecting.

Under a notice of proposed rulemaking published last month in the Federal Register, the US Drug Enforcement Agency would allow registered narcotic treatment programs (NTPs) using “mobile components” to consider those connected health elements as a coincident activity.

“The NTP registrants that operate or wish to operate mobile components (in the state that the registrant is registered in) to dispense narcotic drugs in schedules II-V at a remote location for the purpose of maintenance or detoxification treatment would not be required to obtain a separate registration for a mobile component,” a summary of the rule states.

“This proposed rule would waive the requirement of a separate registration at each principal place of business or professional practice where controlled substances are dispensed for those NTPs with mobile components that fully comply with the requirements of the proposed rule, once finalized,” the summary continues. “These revisions to the regulations are intended to make maintenance or detoxification treatments more widely available, while ensuring that safeguards are in place to reduce the likelihood of diversion.”

The notice is different from what telehealth and mHealth providers have been waiting for: a rule that would ease federal restrictions on the prescription of scheduled drugs via telemedicine, and one that federal officials had been expected to unveil. It even prompted Virginia Sen. Mark Warner to issue a press release congratulating the DEA on making that move.

“The opioid and addiction epidemic has had a devastating impact on communities in Virginia and across the country,” Warner, who had sent a letter to the DEA in January, said in a press release that has since been deleted. “We need to use every tool at our disposal to ensure that individuals struggling with addiction can access the treatment they need, and telehealth is an important part of that. I am pleased the DEA has finally issued proposed rulemaking that will improve telehealth access for these patients and I hope they will work quickly to finalize this rulemaking once stakeholders have had an opportunity to weigh in.”

With the Special Registration for Telemedicine Act of 2018, which was part of the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act signed into law by President Donald Trump in late 2018, the DEA had until October 24, 2019 to set the ground rules for providers with a special registration to prescribe controlled substances.

That deadline passed without action. In November, the Justice Department announced plans to issue a proposed rule to create that registration process. But nothing has happened since then, and the DEA and other federal agencies have refused to give any updates.

Last month’s ruling leaves healthcare providers looking for more leeway in treating substance abuse issues both pleased and disappointed. It’s a step in the right direction for programs using digital health tools, but not the leap forward that so many have been anticipating.

Source: https://mhealthintelligence.com/news/dea-proposes-new-mhealth-rule-for-substance-abuse-treatment

CLIENT FEATURE: Star Navigation $SNA.ca – Real-Time On-Board, Tracking, Flight Monitoring and Analysis Systems

Posted by AGORACOM-JC at 9:00 PM on Monday, August 19th, 2019

STAR-A.D.S.® (Airborne Data Service)

Real-time on-board, tracking, flight monitoring and analysis system that provides a virtual window into an aircraft

  • STAR-A.D.S. ® system installed on a major VVIP private operator in the Mid-East has been operating for more than one year now, to the satisfaction of the customer.
  • Discussions are being finalized to expand the installation of the STAR solution of real-time monitoring to the rest of the customers’ fleet
  • Contract for 5 aircraft installations with a scheduled flights airline in Egypt has been implemented
  • First installation is scheduled for Fall 2019 as scheduling permits, with the balance of fleet installations to match the C-check schedule of the remaining aircraft in the fleet.
  • Production of 27 STAR-A.D.S.® System units has commenced in order to meet ongoing requirements

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Star Navigation $SNA.ca Provides a Refocused Business Strategy Update

Posted by AGORACOM-JC at 12:57 PM on Wednesday, July 24th, 2019
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  • STAR-A.D.S. ® system installed on a major VVIP private operator in the Mid-East has been operating for more than one year now, to the satisfaction of the customer.
  • Contract for 5 aircraft installations with a scheduled flights airline in Egypt has been implemented.
  • Production of 27 STAR-A.D.S.® System units has commenced in order to meet ongoing requirements.

TORONTO, July 24, 2019 – Star Navigation Systems Group Ltd. (CSE: SNA) (CSE: SNA.CN) (OTCQB: SNAVF) (“Star” or the “Company”) is pleased to provide an update on its current 2019 re-focused business strategy.

The STAR-A.D.S. ® system installed on a major VVIP private operator in the Mid-East has been operating for more than one year now, to the satisfaction of the customer. Discussions are being finalized to expand the installation of the STAR solution of real-time monitoring to the rest of the customers’ fleet.

The contract for 5 aircraft installations with a scheduled flights airline in Egypt has been implemented. The first installation is scheduled for Fall 2019 as scheduling permits, with the balance of fleet installations to match the C-check schedule of the remaining aircraft in the fleet.

Production of 27 STAR-A.D.S.® System units has commenced in order to meet ongoing requirements.

An adaptation of the STAR-A.D.S. ®, System has been installed on a Bombardier Global 7500 test aircraft for almost 2 years, as part of a government Research and Development study on the effects of high altitude flights on the health of crew, passengers and equipment. Our System has proved its flexibility and adaptability, being connected in record time to existing avionics systems of the aircraft, and by being installed and interfaced with very specific sensors. While the R&D program is successfully extended for all of 2019, a derived commercial version of that application is also under discussion.

STAR-A.D.S. ® System adaptations on a fleet of small sized transport and liaison aircraft (10 passengers) and helicopters as retrofit systems were recently presented to a large Asian Defense organization. Star Navigation is actively pursuing this prospect with a proposal requested for Fall 2019, concurrent with the customer’s budgetary cycle.

The STAR M.M.I.™ Division (displays), continues to service, repair and offer case-by case new unit build for legacy LCD panels for Lockheed Martin (P3 aircraft), Northrop Grumman, and Blue Aerospace. Star qualified for these activities as a stable, long-term and direct offsets (Industrial Regional Benefit “IRB”) provider to these main US based integrators.

The STAR-ISAMM™ and STAR-LSAMM™ systems have generated a rapid and growing interest in the North American market. A Distribution and Sales agreement with AMS Heli Design has been signed, with the first contract covering 6 installations on EMS helicopters awaiting final approval by the end customer. If approved, installations are expected to start at the end of 2019.  

A Cooperation Agreement has been signed with AIRMEDIC relating to the integration of the STAR-ISAMM™ system into their fleet of fixed-wing and rotary-wing aircraft, with the possible extension of the integration of the STAR-LSAMM™ equipment into affiliated ground ambulance service providers.

STAR-ISAMM™ presentations have been made targeting Canadian Defense retrofit programs. Star has received a high level of interest from the military industry and market segments.

Two applications have been submitted to the Federal and Provincial governments for Research and Development funding covering mid-2019 to end of 2021.

As a result of the recent much needed reorganization efforts, the Company has achieved cost savings of over $500,000 per annum.

Viraf Kapadia, Chairman & CEO of Star said:

“A significant part of the recent corporate reorganization involves the Sales Department at Star, which has not performed to expectations. The Company is actively working on building a new Sales team with proven aviation experience, drive and commitment. There have also been many developments on the technical and product front. The Company has recently successfully completed its regular AS 9100 Rev “D” quality audit. Additionally, stages 1 and 2 of ISO 13485 & MDSAP (Medical Device for Single Audit Program) for medical devices are also now completed and awaiting certification. We are in the process of obtaining Health Canada and FDA licenses required for STAR-ISAMM™ and STAR-LSAMM™, and are working on various new G3 STAR-A.D.S.® STCs, as well as on improvements to our GUI. We have three products awaiting certification, and we have just passed CGR inspection review at our new premises. I am proud to say that our Company is able to demonstrate a quality profile that offers a potential customer a blend of the Aerospace standard AS 9100 Rev “D”, ISO 9001:2015 and the medical standard ISO 13485. This is a unique combination that may open many sales opportunities.”

About Star Navigation:

Star Navigation Systems Group Ltd. owns the exclusive worldwide license to its proprietary, patented In-flight Safety Monitoring System, STAR-ISMS®, the heart of the STAR-A.D.S. ®, STAR-ISAMM™ and STAR-LSAMM ™ Systems. Its real-time capability of tracking performance trends and predicting incident-occurrence enhances aviation safety and improves fleet management while reducing costs for the operator.

Stars’ M.M.I. Division designs and manufactures high performance, mission critical, flight deck flat panel displays for defence and commercial aviation industries worldwide. These displays are found on aircraft and simulators, from C-130 aircraft, to Sikorsky and Agusta Westland helicopters, as examples.

Stars’ subsidiary, Star-Isoneo Inc. is a specialised software firm, developing complex solutions in engineering, simulation and development for Canadian customers. Star-Isoneo works closely with Star in the development of the Company’s MEDEVAC (STAR-ISAMM™ and STAR- LSAMM™) applications of the patented STAR-A.D.S. ® technology, and on its current R&D program with Bombardier.

Certain statements contained in this News Release constitute forward-looking statements. When used in this document, the words “may”, “would”, “could”, “will”, “expected” and similar expressions, as they relate to Star or its management are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Such statements reflect Star’s current views with respect to future events and are subject to certain risks, uncertainties and assumptions. Many factors could cause Star’s actual performance or achievements to vary from those described herein. Should one or more of these factors or uncertainties materialize, or should assumptions underlying forward-looking statements prove incorrect, actual results may vary materially from those described herein as intended, planned, anticipated, believed, estimated or expected. Star does not assume any obligation to update these forward-looking statements, except as required by law.

Neither the Canadian Securities Exchange nor its Market Regulator (as that term is defined in the policies of the Canadian Securities Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of the content of this release.

Please visit www.star-navigation.com or contact

Viraf S. Kapadia, CEO (416) 252-2889 Ext. 230 

[email protected]