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#ZeU Crypto Networks Retained to Develop Global #Blockchain Infrastructure and Data Mining Components of KinectHub Initiative $SX $SX.ca $SXOOF

Posted by AGORACOM-JC at 12:44 PM on Friday, March 29th, 2019
  • Announced that its subsidiary, ZeU Crypto Networks Inc., has been retained to develop the global blockchain infrastructure and data mining components of the KinectHub initiative of Kinect Corporation
  • KinectHub is a large multi-million-dollar infrastructure project using state-of-the-art technology

Montreal, March 29, 2019 / St-Georges Eco-Mining Corp. (CSE: SX) (OTC: SXOOF) (FSE: 85G1) is pleased to announce that its subsidiary, ZeU Crypto Networks Inc., has been retained to develop the global blockchain infrastructure and data mining components of the KinectHub initiative of Kinect Corporation.

KinectHub is a large multi-million-dollar infrastructure project using state-of-the-art technology such as blockchain, distributed storage, anonymity solution and privacy insurances to bring healthcare to third world countries.

The scope of work will be starting with a full use case analysis for 30 days. At the end of this period, a Statement Of Work (SOW) will be delivered and used as a development road-map. This will be followed by the implementation of modular components. The infrastructure will be composed of data layers, including EHR (Electronic Health Records), distributed storage, data privacy solutions. This will need to include solutions to respect legislation of concerned countries.

There will also be Distributed Ledger Technology component including permission based & public blockchain, tokenization and digital wallet solutions. It will also be composed of a data mining layer including, data mining algorithms, powerful search tools, analytics solution to ensure the qualification and structuring of high-quality actionable data. This will eventually be followed by an abstraction sandbox on which Machine Learning & Deep Learning can be ran by either internal or external parties. Finally, there will be a component of point-of-access layer from which end-users will be able to access their health records. As we go, we will use agile development methods to offer flexibility to the changing needs of the industry and/or clients.

This project development is expected to span over at least a year and will be followed by maintenance, Machine learning (ML) & Deep Learning (DL) solutions to maximize the monetization of high-quality structured health data. KinectHub expects to be delivered in countries such as Tanzania, Ethiopia, Sudan, DRC, Cameroon and India. This will cover more than half a billion human beings and will bring benefit of an unprecedented level to these countries. This multi-year multi-million-dollar mandate is expected to start production within 45 days.

Dr. Fenglian (Frances) Xu, a ZeU director and consultant to the company on matters of blockchain application to the health industry, stated “(…) Conquering disease with engagement and data is such a powerful framework for healthcare transformation and innovation. It allows patient engagement on demand to create trust between them and healthcare service providers thus improving the currently barely available healthcare. Patient Electronic Health Record (EHR) data can ensure a more accurate diagnosis and treatment. A collective of large amounts of EHR will allow the discovery of certain types of disease patterns for both treatment and prevention. It is the first time that I see a project that connects both engagement and data capture. I believe that KinectHub is definitely in the right direction and will bring a positive solution to third world countries (…)”.

Jean-Philippe Beaudet, Director & CTO of ZeU commented: “(…) KinectHub is bringing an innovative solution to an endemic problem of healthcare access in third world countries. I believe that pairing data monetization with a humanitarian goal is not only a brilliant idea but a necessity for billions of people around the globe. The technological choices made will ensure that this can be done in an ethical and private way. It is rare that we can see a data driven project with a billion-dollar potential aimed at simply helping real people with something as crucial as health (…)”.

Corporate Update

ZeU Management has been working with its auditors to answer the last list of requests and finalize the financial statements and review of intellectual property required to proceed with its proposed listing on the Canadian Securities Exchange. Management expects that all final documents and listing memorandum should be delivered to the CSE on or before April 15. Furthermore, the company confirms that it has retained the services of Computershare Canada as its Transfer Agent, McMillan LLP as its legal advisors and Dale Matheson Carr-Hilton LaBonte LLP as its auditors. The latter will be subject to confirmation at the first shareholders annual meeting (AGM) expected to be held in early June in Montreal following the listing of the corporation on the Exchange.

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

“Frank Dumas”

FRANK DUMAS

DIRECTOR & COO, ST-GEORGES ECO-MINING

PRESIDENT & CEO, ZEU CRYPTO NETWORKS

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.

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BetterU Education Corp. $BTRU.ca – The Startup On A Mission To Create A Truly O2O #Edtech Ecosystem $ARCL $CPLA $BPI $FC.ca

Posted by AGORACOM-JC at 10:15 AM on Friday, March 29th, 2019
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The Startup On A Mission To Create A Truly O2O Edtech Ecosystem

  • According to a study conducted by KPMG and Google, India’s online education market will grow to $1.96 billion by 2021.
  • Online to Offline or O2O segment in India is heating up with Reliance planning to foray into e-commerce backed by its 7500+ offline stores and Paytm scaling down its Paytm Mall to focus on the O2O space, led by its acquisition of NearBuy.

Bengaluru: The Online to Offline or O2O segment in India is heating up with Reliance planning to foray into e-commerce backed by its 7500+ offline stores and Paytm scaling down its Paytm Mall to focus on the O2O space, led by its acquisition of NearBuy.

A recent report by The Boston Consulting Group pegged 5% of volume and 16% of value of purchases in the Indian retail space to O2O channels. The Indian customer is now smartphone savvy and uses the online world for discovery but prefers an offline experience before buying, especially in high ticket segments. The trend is clear with all major players now having offline presence, across every segment such as fashion (Myntra, YepMe), furniture (UrbanLadder, PepperFry), kids (FirstCry), opticals (LensKart), jewellery (CaratLane),fitness (Cure.fit) and more.

Education, especially outsourced to help for K-12 parents, has one of the greatest needs for an O2O experience but that remains largely untapped. According to a study conducted by KPMG and Google, India’s online education market will grow to $1.96 billion by 2021. However, the average rate of completion of online courses is less than 10%. Hence, there is a strong need for an offline learning centre with a teacher or a coach to help in learning and doubt solving.

The sweet spot in outsourced learning help lies in the Blended Approach of digital content with offline consumption. PlanetSpark, one of India’s fastest growing edtech startups is working on this huge O2O opportunity in the K-8 edtech space. The company has developed highly engaging and gamified digital learning content for children that can be consumed at any of its offline experience centres across the country, thus providing a seamless learning experience.

The parents discover the content through PlanetSpark’s free learning app loaded with thousands of learning games, learning cartoons and quizzes. “After parents discovers us online through our app, they have the option to take up a premium learning plan or experience the learning content at any of our experience centres in the presence of a PlanetSpark certified teacher. Many parents opt for a classroom learning and digital content plan. However, a visit to the offline experience centre also helps parentsin decision making for the purchase of the ‘at home’ digital plan”, said Kunal Malik, Co-Founder of PlanetSpark.

An O2O (online to offline) strategy has helpedPlanetSpark to optimize students’ experience. The students can learn at home using digital content through a PlanetSpark ‘child safe’ tablet or a mobile app. They can then visit their nearest experience centre to get mentorship and support from a certified teacher.

“We operate in two models. First, we have home based learning centres, completely managed by our top teachers. Second, we have partnered with several space-sharing companies to lease safe and asset-light shared learning spaces to set up a PlanetSpark experience centre that can accommodate 50-100 students while keeping the capex minimal. We have already set-up over 300 experience centres and are now live in 7 cities across India. We are on a rapid expansion mode and aim to be the largest player in the O2O edtech space by the end of 2019.”, says Maneesh Dhooper, Co-Founder of Planet Spark.

Backed by FIITJEE, India’s largest Education company, PlanetSpark will use the funds to aggressively grow its online learners to 5 million and its offline experience centres across 5 more cities.

Source: https://indiaeducationdiary.in/startup-mission-create-truly-o2o-edtech-ecosystem/

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North Bud Farms Inc. $NBUD.ca – Marijuana edibles: Is Canada on track to legalize them? $WEED.ca $CGC $ACB $APH $CRON.ca $HEXO.ca $TRST.ca $OGI.ca

Posted by AGORACOM-JC at 10:00 AM on Friday, March 29th, 2019

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Marijuana edibles: Is Canada on track to legalize them?

  • In a second wave of recreational legalization in Canada, cannabis edibles will be permitted for legal sale no later than Oct. 17, 2019, Health Canada has confirmed. And the market is up for grabs.
  • The edibles industry is expected to be worth $4.1 billion in Canada and the United States by 2022, according to a report by a marijuana market research company called The Arcview.

By Emanuela Campanella Multimedia Video Journalist  Global News

In a second wave of recreational legalization in Canada, cannabis edibles will be permitted for legal sale no later than Oct. 17, 2019, Health Canada has confirmed. And the market is up for grabs.

The edibles industry is expected to be worth $4.1 billion in Canada and the United States by 2022, according to a report by a marijuana market research company called The Arcview.

As of now, in Canada, you can make cannabis-infused food at home but it is illegal for anyone to buy and or sell them to the public.

Canada’s proposed edible pot regulations have been published by Health Canada and the 60-day consultation process has come to an end. The public health agency is now reviewing the responses.

The draft regulations

Under the proposed federal rules, a single serving would be limited to 10 milligrams of THC, the psychoactive ingredient in cannabis, and each serving must be individually wrapped. This is considered a low to moderate dose of THC.

This dosage limit is stricter than in Colorado, Washington or California, where multiple servings are allowed per package. So for example in a chocolate bar, each breakable square can contain 10 milligrams each for a total of 100 milligrams.

Pot meant for ingestion cannot have alcohol, have limited caffeine and come in a plain, child-resistant package. The draft regulations say the products must not be appealing to youth and the packaging can’t advertise dessert or confectionery flavours — so no gummies shaped like bears.

The proposed rules are an attempt to address one of the main concerns with edibles: making sure it doesn’t pose a risk to public health, especially for those who are underage.

“In other jurisdictions, which legalized marijuana just like the states in the U.S., one of the problems, [with] legalizing edibles, were kids. So kids came into the kitchen saw this wonderful nicely coloured marijuana edible and as kids do, try it out,” said Dr. Jürgen Rehm, a senior scientist at the Institute for Mental Health Policy Research at CAMH.

However, some are worried the black market will continue to thrive with such strict regulations. In California, for example, which legalized recreational marijuana and edibles last year, industry experts say the illicit market continues to boom. 

One major cannabis edibles manufacturer in California says it’s been difficult to navigate within the legal market because there is still so much competition in the illicit market.

“People that are heavy consumers of THC and like to ingest it, can ingest hundreds if not thousands of milligrams of THC in a day and so if they have products that are available in the illicit market that are much cheaper and have a higher potency, they’re going to tend to go towards that rather than paying significantly more for less THC, which is what they’ve used to consume,” Bryce Berryessa said, the president of La Vida Verde.

WATCH: Is marijuana good or bad for you? Everything we know about the health effects of cannabis

Berryessa says your body builds up a pretty quick tolerance when ingesting edibles. So a lot of those people who are currently used to consuming a higher amount of THC are still participating in the illegal market to get access to products with higher potencies.

Rehm who has been working on the field of mental health and cannabis consumption says it’s better to have an incremental approach when it comes to edibles.

“The problem with edible marijuana is that people are not used to it. A lot of the people once they smoke marijuana. They feel the effects pretty quickly. With edibles, the effects can be later. And people say ‘Oh, I have now done this edible marijuana and I feel nothing’ and they have more and more,” Rehm said. 

To avoid putting people at risk, it would be better to start with a low dosage and once we have clear evidence the black market is still thriving, then we can re-evaluate it, he added. 

“So with all the legislation, with all the upper limits of THC or other points, we have to be in a way so we can reap the benefits of legalization (i.e safer product and not lose some of the consumers to the black market). And frankly, I think there will be a lot of trial and error in the next one to two years.”

Health Canada confirms that they have received 7,000 responses from Canadians, industry representatives, the provinces and the public health community on the proposed edibles draft regulations. Now, the agency is reviewing the comments and considering where adjustments can be made.

Those in the marijuana industry, however, are skeptical the government will make the edibles deadline set for themselves. When it came to recreational pot, legalization was first promised on Canada day, but the actual date wasn’t for a couple of months later.

Health Canada could not comment on when we will see the updated draft but confirmed that cannabis products will be permitted for legal sale no later than Oct. 17, 2019.

Source: https://globalnews.ca/news/5096541/marijuana-cannabis-edibles-canada/

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Monarch Gold $MQR.ca Sells Pandora Royalty $GDX.ca $ECR.ca $MZZ.ca $QMX.ca $IMG.ca $IAG $MUX

Posted by AGORACOM-JC at 8:13 AM on Friday, March 29th, 2019
  • Pandora royalty was part of the assets that Monarch acquired from Richmont Mines in October 2017
  • In return for the Pandora royalty, Monarch’s payments for the McKenzie Break and Swanson properties will be reduced by $800,000

MONTREAL, March 29, 2019 – MONARCH GOLD CORPORATION (“Monarch” or the “Corporation”) (TSX: MQR) (OTCMKTS: MRQRF) (FRANKFURT: MR7) is pleased to report that it has sold a 0.5% Net Smelter Return (NSR) royalty on the Pandora property (the “Pandora royalty”) to Agnico Eagle Mines Limited.  The Pandora royalty was part of the assets that Monarch acquired from Richmont Mines in October 2017. In return for the Pandora royalty, Monarch’s payments for the McKenzie Break and Swanson properties will be reduced by $800,000, as follows:

Dates Payment Original
Agreement 		Amended
Agreement 		Status
December 21, 2017 Payment in shares $600,000 $600,000 Paid
December 21, 2018 Cash payment Payment in shares $400,000 $600,000 $400,000 $600,000 Paid
Paid
December 21, 2019 Cash payment Payment in shares $400,000 $600,000 $400,000 –
December 21, 2020 Cash payment Payment in shares $400,000 $600,000 $400,000 $400,000
December 21, 2021 Cash payment Payment in shares $400,000 $600,000 $400,000 $600,000
Total $4,600,000 $3,800,000

“This is a great deal for Monarch, allowing us to reap even more benefits from the Richmont transaction by monetizing a non-core asset,” said Jean-Marc Lacoste, President and Chief Executive Officer of Monarch. “The McKenzie Break property has gained tremendously in value since we started drilling in 2018, as we have been able to expand the deposit and confirm its high-grade potential. As mentioned in our March 20, 2019 press release, we are presently analyzing the results of the 2018 drilling on McKenzie Break and planning the follow-up program for 2019.”

ABOUT MONARCH GOLD CORPORATION

Monarch Gold Corporation (TSX: MQR) is an emerging gold mining company focused on pursuing growth through its large portfolio of high-quality projects in the Abitibi mining camp in Quebec, Canada. The Corporation currently owns close to 300 km² of gold properties (see map), including the Wasamac deposit (measured and indicated resource of 2.6 million ounces of gold), the Beaufor Mine, the Croinor Gold (see video), McKenzie Break and Swanson advanced projects and the Camflo and Beacon mills, as well as other promising exploration projects. It also offers custom milling services out of its 1,600 tonne-per-day Camflo mill.

Forward-Looking Statements
The forward-looking statements in this press release involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause Monarch’s actual results, performance and achievements to be materially different from the results, performance or achievements expressed or implied therein. Neither TSX nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this press release.

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INTERVIEW: Lomiko Metals $LMR.ca High Purity #Graphite Is Ready For Electric Vehicle Boom

Posted by AGORACOM-JC at 6:14 PM on Thursday, March 28th, 2019

10 years – that’s how long Lomiko Metals has been predicting, waiting and preparing for the the Electric Vehicle explosion that is now set to take place over the next 10 years.

The Company is in the enviable position of having a high purity Graphite deposit that is also located just 1.5 hours outside of Montreal.

Watch CEO Paul Gill discuss why Lomiko is positioned to now become a major player in the battery metals space.

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ThreeD Capital Inc. $IDK.ca – Why Mark Zuckerberg and Jack Dorsey Are Warming to Blockchain $HIVE.ca $BLOC.ca $CODE.ca

Posted by AGORACOM-JC at 9:19 AM on Thursday, March 28th, 2019

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Why Mark Zuckerberg and Jack Dorsey Are Warming to Blockchain

Michael J. Casey is the chairman of CoinDesk’s advisory board and a senior advisor for blockchain research at MIT’s Digital Currency Initiative.

The following article originally appeared in CoinDesk Weekly, a custom-curated newsletter delivered every Sunday exclusively to our subscribers.

“Left to their own devices, computer scientists would recreate the Soviet Union.”

That line belongs to Preston McAfee, an economist whose job history includes senior positions at tech giants such as Microsoft, Google and Yahoo. As he explained to an audience at the SXSW conference in Austin, Texas, recently, it refers to software engineers’ tendency to favor centralization as the most efficient design principle for any computing system.

The point, he said, is that decentralized networks, such as those based on blockchain models, can often enable more positive overall social outcomes despite the relative inefficiency of their command-and-control architecture. It’s useful to contemplate this idea, and McAfee’s colorful metaphor, in relation to the current state of play on the Internet.

For the first time since they emerged as the victors of the post-dot-com bubble shakeout at the turn of the century, the platforms that dominate our online lives are running up against the social limits of their centralized models.

A backlash is emerging against “surveillance capitalism” and against the broad strategy of mining users’ data to capture audience for advertisers and to shape consumer behavior. Manifest as both political pressure and user rebellion, it is forcing a design rethink at these companies.

Perhaps the Internet is facing its Berlin Wall moment.

This is ultimately why some of the principles underlying blockchains and cryptocurrency technologies are finding favor in the business development strategies – or at least in the PR signaling – of social media companies.

Warming to Decentralized Models

Facebook especially has attracted much attention in this area.

CEO Mark Zuckerberg recently made a bombshell post outlining a “privacy-focused vision for social networking” that suggested a move to embrace end-to-end encryption of users’ data on Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp.

In a separate post of a video interview with Harvard Law professor Jonathan Zittrain, Zuckerberg speculated on the prospect of Facebook using a blockchain model to enable decentralized logins without its servers acting as authenticators. All this came around the time The New York Times reported that Facebook is developing a digital currency that its users can trade among each other and exchange on cryptocurrency exchanges.

Meanwhile, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey appears to have gotten religion when it comes to cryptocurrencies. He has declared that bitcoin will be the “native currency of the Internet,” has invested in Lightning Labs, which is developing payment channels for bitcoin based on the lightning network, and recently announced that Square, the separate payments company that he heads, will hire crypto engineers and likely pay them in bitcoin.

It’s fair to say there is a significant degree of skepticism that social media companies, having made fortunes out of a centralized model that accumulates user data, will change their stripes.

Facebook, in particular, has come under criticism from pundits who argue that it won’t be able to shift its business model. Given data abuse scandals such as the Cambridge Analytica affair, skeptics such as cryptocurrency pioneer David Chaum argue that Zuckerberg’s decentralization and privacy mantra is nothing more than a PR message.

But the departure of certain senior executives, including those who oversaw the development of the centralized data-gathering model and the algorithms that mine that data to deliver audiences to advertisers, has led others to conclude that Zuckerberg is indeed serious.

Winds of Change

One thing’s clear: there’s pressure for change, whether it comes in substance or merely in message.

Much like citizens who reach a breaking point and rebel against political leaders who act in their own interests rather than those of the public, users of these social media platforms are starting to signal that they won’t stand for data abuses.

Obviously, without users, these businesses fail. So, these companies are now contemplating a revised model in which, to paraphrase Bruce Schneier, users are no longer the product but the customer.

It’s an open question whether such companies can make money on a model in which the nodes in the network are free from control by the center. But let’s continue with the McAfee-inspired metaphor and contemplate how governments in capitalist economies accrue power and influence when their citizens are empowered to transact with each other. Similarly, we can imagine how a Facebook or a Twitter that helps its vast number of users conduct peer-to-peer exchanges can extract great value from the expansion of such networks.

Either way, the winds of change are coming to the centralized systems of the Internet. Whether the incumbents survive those changes, or whether they go the way of, say, MySpace is not clear. More important, let’s consider what might arise in their place and how smoothly we transition to the new era.

These are questions for developers of decentralized solutions such as those enabled by blockchain technology. What kind of governance models will be in place so that users are truly able to maintain a healthy degree of autonomy even as new centralizing forces emerge to extract value within the new paradigm?

Remember, the Soviet Union collapsed, but it was hardly replaced by a utopia.

Image via CoinDesk archives 

The leader in blockchain news, CoinDesk is a media outlet that strives for the highest journalistic standards and abides by a strict set of editorial policies. CoinDesk is an independent operating subsidiary of Digital Currency Group, which invests in cryptocurrencies and blockchain startups.

Source: https://www.coindesk.com/why-mark-zuckerberg-and-jack-dorsey-are-warming-to-blockchain

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Iconic Minerals $ICM.ca – EVs forecasted to drive global lithium-ion battery market $LI.ca $MGG.ca $PAC.ca $CYP.ca $NEV.ca $SX.ca

Posted by AGORACOM-JC at 9:00 AM on Thursday, March 28th, 2019

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EVs forecasted to drive global lithium-ion battery market

  • Grand View Research forecasts the global lithium-ion battery market to register a 17% growth by 2025.
  • Revenue generation within the market is expected to reach $93 billion by 2025.

The electric vehicles (EV) market is expected to be a major driver for the overall marketplace.

The growing adoption of lithium-ion batteries in portable consumer electronics and grid storage systems will accelerate its growth.

“As automakers ramp up production for evermore EVs, demand on the power grid from EVs will grow exponentially. According to best estimates, growth in EV adoption could drive a 300-fold increase in electricity consumption by 2040, compared to 2016.

“The current grid will need to evolve significantly to accommodate that growth, driving a blitz of new innovation in wind and solar power, which will ultimately shift global reliance on coal toward clean energy alternatives,” according to a statement.

EV market growth

The rapid growth of the EV market is a result of increased focus on EVs by governments in efforts to reduce carbon emissions through the implementation of clean environment legislations banning gas-powered vehicles.

Governments such as the US have intensified iissueng incentives to accelerate consumer adoption of EVs.

The rising demand for efficient but clean energy is also accelerating the lithium market and causing prices to rise dramatically.

The energy storage systems segment is expected to witness the fastest growth rate because of the ongoing developments in the wind and solar PV across the world.

In 2018, lithium prices surged by 45%, or to $16,500 per ton year-over-year as the demand began to outpace the supply.

Ongoing technological advancements are aimed towards reducing the weight of these batteries, while also maintaining the ability to provide sufficient power.

Source: https://www.esi-africa.com/industry-sectors/future-energy/evs-forecasted-to-drive-global-lithium-ion-battery-market/

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#Marijuana Company of America $MCOA Successfully Launches hempSMART CBD Products at UK Event $AERO $CBDS $CGRW $APH.ca $GBLX $ACG $ACB $WEED.ca $HIP.ca

Posted by AGORACOM-JC at 8:16 AM on Thursday, March 28th, 2019
  • Successfully launched sales of the hempSMART™ product line in the United Kingdom during the London event on March 23, 2019.
  • The hempSMART UK team successfully sold out its entire promotional inventory at the launch event, which led to over 1,000 new associates signing up with the Company’s associate networking program.

Escondido, California–(March 28, 2019) – MARIJUANA COMPANY OF AMERICA INC. (OTCQB: MCOA) (“MCOA” or the “Company“), an innovative hemp and cannabis corporation, is pleased to announce that the Company’s wholly owned subsidiary, hempSMART, Ltd., has successfully launched sales of the hempSMART™ product line in the United Kingdom during the London event on March 23, 2019.

The hempSMART UK team successfully sold out its entire promotional inventory at the launch event, which led to over 1,000 new associates signing up with the Company’s associate networking program. The official website of hempSMART UK is live and can be visited at www.hempsmart.co.uk.

The event in London is being followed up by additional launch events taking place in Birmingham and Liverpool. Due to the success of our United Kingdom launch, the Company anticipates that the pre-launch for the hempSMART product line will take place in the Netherlands and Germany during Q2 2019.

Global Sales Director for hempSMART™, Ian Harvey, said, “Our First Launch event was a huge success as we had to close registrations due to the hotel capacity being reached. To avoid disappointment, we have now scheduled two further launch events in Birmingham and Liverpool. These events are filling fast and are both on track to be sold out despite booking larger venues. I was just nineteen when I first got involved in MLM and I have never experienced this level of excitement involving a launch. With the next two venues filling up I truly believe that hempSMART™ will become a household name across Europe very quickly.”

CEO of MCOA, Donald Steinberg, stated, “We are delighted to have launched our CBD product line hempSMART™ internationally this past week. HempSMART™ will continue to put in place the proper preparations to launch in additional EU countries moving forward.”

About Marijuana Company of America, Inc.

MCOA is a corporation which participates in: (1) product research and development of legal hemp-based consumer products under the brand name “hempSMART™”, that targets general health and well-being; (2) an affiliate marketing program to promote and sell its legal hemp-based consumer products containing CBD; (3) leasing of real property to separate business entities engaged in the growth and sale of cannabis in those states and jurisdictions where cannabis has been legalized and properly regulated for medicinal and recreational use; and, (4) the expansion of its business into ancillary areas of the legalized cannabis and hemp industry, as the legalized markets and opportunities in this segment mature and develop.

About Our hempSMART Products Containing CBD
The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has not recognized CBD as a safe and effective drug for any indication. Our products containing CBD derived from industrial hemp are not marketed or sold based upon claims that their use is safe and effective treatment for any medical condition as drugs or dietary supplements subject to the FDA’s jurisdiction.

Forward Looking Statements

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Good Life Networks $GOOD.ca – Pandora $PANDY expands programmatic offering with #Adobe $ADBE integration as digital audio space grows $TTD $RUBI $AT.ca $TRMR $FUEL

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Pandora expands programmatic offering with Adobe integration as digital audio space grows

  • As the digital audio space grows, Pandora has made its audio, video and display inventory available programmatically through an integration with Adobe Advertising Cloud.

By Andrew Blustein

As the digital audio space grows, Pandora has made its audio, video and display inventory available programmatically through an integration with Adobe Advertising Cloud.

Sahil Gupta, director of global partnerships at Adobe Ad Cloud, said Pandora’s purchase of audio adtech company AdsWizz last May helped bring the offering to market.

Pandora, which formed an ad sales partnership with SoundCloud in October, has an expanded audience of 120m US monthly users at a time when digital audio consumption is climbing. According to a report from Adobe, consumers are 8% more likely to consume digital audio than they were last year.

Over the next year, about a quarter of consumers plan to spend more time listening to podcasts, Adobe found.

Gupta said he’s seeing advertisers experiment in digital audio as they try “to figure out where in the funnel” it sits.

“One thing is, a lot of these audio ads, especially in the mobile apps, can be paired to a display call to action, so that lends itself really well there,” said Gupta.

Brian Gilbert, senior director of programmatic operations at Pandora, said he’s seeing “a cultural shift” resulting from the growth of digital audio, and that’s impacting how advertisers approach their media strategy.

According to a report from Adobe, nearly half of the organizations surveyed plan to increase their digital audio ad spend by an average of 35% compared to last year.

However, the problem with the reach and scale that programmatic buying promises is that it can come at the cost of personalization.

Since Pandora touts its ability to offer brands targeted addressability, Scott Walker, senior vice-president of strategy and analytics at Pandora, recommends that advertisers take a hybrid approach.

“Our recommendation is always to build a hybrid of both [scale and personalization], and to test and learn as you go with the capabilities of running experiments, gaining insights and looking at analytics to see what’s the right messaging strategy,” said Walker.

Walker added that a “vast majority” of audio ads are played through to completion, and display and video ads have high viewability numbers because Pandora triggers them only when a user interacts with the app when it’s in the foreground.

Pandora also rolled out its podcast offering in December. Walker said the company is “focused on monetizing” podcasts as quickly as possible.

“For podcasts to become as big an ad market as it potentially can as adoption grows, they have to trade in a currency that the market trades in at scale, at that’s impressions and CPM,” said Walker.

Walker added that right now podcasts are primarily sponsor-driven, as the challenge of injecting ads into podcasts could cost the medium its “colloquial,” host-read feel.

Adobe found that for digital audio as a whole, conversion (47%) and awareness (28%) are advertisers’ primary measurement tactics.

Adobe also announced a partnership with Roku as they look to address the pain points of ad buying on OTT.

Source: https://www.thedrum.com/news/2019/03/26/pandora-expands-programmatic-offering-with-adobe-integration-digital-audio-space

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Esports Popularity Around The Globe

  • Recent years have seen an explosion in the popularity of esports, fuelled by an insatiable appetite in Asia.
  • You can be sure that when a new trend starts, the USA won’t be far away from the action.
  • The country has taken esports to its heart and produced big names, like the celebrity gamer Ninja, otherwise known as Tyler Blevins from Michigan.

Maël Valentin

Recent years have seen an explosion in the popularity of esports, fuelled by an insatiable appetite in Asia. It’s not just a case of playing your favorite games hoping to get a better score than your friends; players compete for mega bucks and have become rich and famous.

Massive Growth in Asia

There are billions of dollars to be made in the esports business. Forecasters believe that the global market will expand by 75% to $1.6bn by the end of 2021. The arrival of smartphones has made esports even easier to play.

A major area of growth is in the number of live tournaments. Mixed martial arts (MMA) promoter ONE Championship has already made a $50m investment and wants to hold esports events alongside MMA matches.

China listed esports as an official sport in 2003 and 13 years later, it was declared a national industry.  Another major boost came in 2018 when esports became a demonstration sport at the Asian Games. The next event takes place in 2022 and esports will be an official medal sport.

More partnerships are being forged as companies realize just how much money could be made in the future. The number of competitive players in China doubled last year leading to online companies such as Alibaba Group Holding and Tencent Holdings to set up venues in the country. Rural areas, as well as the major cities, are being targeted, and events take place on a weekly basis.

It’s big news for game developers as the tournaments create more awareness of their products. The hope is that games such as League of Legends and Dota 2 will see their already impressive sales boosted.

Academies are opening up in countries such as China, Malaysia, Singapore and Japan. It’s becoming big business with students paying up to $975 for a month’s tuition, all dreaming of becoming professional players. Achieving that dream could see them earning up to $700,000 a year.

Japan has also seen incredible growth in the popularity of esports. That’s led to increased sales of high-performance gaming computers that eliminate the possibility of even the shortest lag. Be sure to check out our own reviews for the best gaming gear.

The Tokyo Game Show held in October 2018 saw plenty of talk about esports. The second-hand market for these computers also sees increased business. Others just go to many internet cafes and use their superior equipment.

Perhaps the best-known Asian market of all is South Korea, which is regarded as the country that started the esport revolution. Gamers like Faker, Bang and Wolf are more or less household names.

pic.twitter.com/fSt5DnM0SQ — Faker (@SKTelecomFaker) January 30, 2019

South Korea hosts probably the biggest live esports event in the world – the League of Legends World Championship.

The Middle East is catching up

Dubai is a place of extravagance, and the Middle Eastern kingdom has already made it known it would like to be a global gaming destination for esports. The United Arab Emirates is already constructing the region’s first dedicated esports venue, catering for players who can’t get enough of games like Counter-Strike. Pro teams play each other with over $54,000 won in prize money. Overwatch is also popular, and teams in the UAE include Risky Gaming, Inferno Game Zone and Dubai Mirage.

However, esports is still some way behind other social online entertainment there, such as online casinos. Despite land casinos and sports betting being prohibited, locals are able to find plenty of legal opportunities to play online.

Saudi Arabia is another part of the Middle East enjoying rising esports popularity; there’s even official government representation and support for competitive gaming.

The United States and esports

You can be sure that when a new trend starts, the USA won’t be far away from the action. The country has taken esports to its heart and produced big names, like the celebrity gamer Ninja, otherwise known as Tyler Blevins from Michigan.

Source: https://www.talkesport.com/statistics/esports-popularity-around-the-globe/

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