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SolarCraft Completes Third Solar Power Install at Sonoma Academy - Sonoma County Net Zero Carbon School Leads in Sustainability
Novato and Sonoma-based SolarCraft has completed a 354 kW solar power system at Sonoma Academy in Santa Rosa, CA. The Sonoma County Private High School is now generating additional 482,786 kWh of energy from the sun every year, saving the School nearly $99,000 in utility bills annually. - March 15, 2022 - SolarCraft
Solospace Meta is the First Network of Virtual Cities Backed by Real Property to Bridge Into the Virtual World
Solospace, the new kids on the blockchain, are finally launching their much anticipated land sale this month. The team includes Soma, an MIT alum and chief innovation officer at Solospace believes Solospace is leading the metaverse movement. Soma says, "Building a Network of Virtual Cities is complex, however this dynamic team is innovating with advanced ERC-1155 Semi-Fungible Tokens in ways never seen before." - March 14, 2022 - Solospace
March 2022 - Coffee & Farming & Art & Space Travel
Free Fresh Gourmet Coffee - Rooster Farms is small permaculture farm & coffee roastery cross-pollinated with science and art. To celebrate a recent success resulting in the symbiosis of art and science, Rooster Farms is giving away free samples of their freshly roasted, small-batch coffee. - March 11, 2022 - Rooster Farms
Verb™ Presents Speaker Series: "Geopolitical Risk and the Rising Role of Cryptocurrencies," Featuring David Lawant
Verb™ Presents Speaker Series features David Lawant, Director of Research at Bitwise®, a prominent cryptocurrency asset manager. Mr. Lawant’s talk, “Geopolitical Risk and the Rising Role of Cryptocurrencies” will be on March 29, 2022 at 5:30 pm (Pacific Time). Mr. - March 11, 2022 - Silicon Private Wealth
Smith.ai Named as One of the Best Places to Work by Business Intelligence Group
The Business Intelligence Group today announced that it has awarded Smith.ai, a leading virtual receptionist and client engagement service, as one of the Best Places to Work in the Small Business category. - March 10, 2022 - Smith.ai
Candle Labs Donates 200 Million CNDL Tokens to Ukranian Government
Candle Labs Inc. (Candle) has made a donation of 200 million CNDL (see CoinMarketCap for today's value) to the Ukrainian government to provide humanitarian aid to alleviate the suffering of people in need in Ukraine and those who fled to neighboring countries. Candle is the world’s first... - March 10, 2022 - Candle Labs Inc.
Nexdigm Expands Its Geographical Presence with New Office in Illinois
The Consul General of India, State of Illinois, and Choose DuPage joined Nexdigm to announce the company’s first North American office in Oak Brook, Illinois. - March 08, 2022 - Nexdigm
Music for Autism Announces Candace Chien: 2022 Spotlight Artist
Music for Autism is excited to announce their 2022 Spotlight Artist, Candace Marie Chien. The spotlight Artist distinction is Music for Autism’s recognition of not just exceptional musicianship but also dedicated service to autistic individuals and their families. “Music for Autism's... - March 08, 2022 - Music for Autism
Principled Technologies Publishes New Report Comparing Server Performance While Preparing Images for Machine Learning on Kubernetes
The study shows that a server cluster powered by AMD EPYC 75F3 processors achieved a 7.9% higher throughput rate and took 7.2% less time to preprocess a 1,720-image workload than a server cluster with Intel Xeon Platinum 8380 processors. - March 07, 2022 - Principled Technologies, Inc.
From Trenton House Publishing: Children's Picture Book Broaches Era's Racist Attitudes and Actions/John Muir and the National Parks
Conservationist John Muir is lauded as Father of the National Parks, but is that the whole story? Nine-year-old Sophia travels back in time with a prospector and his trusty mule to discover Muir's love for nature (especially California's Yosemite region). Sophia also learns about the era's attitudes and mistreatment towards Native Americans. A "Must read" - P. Reefer, Reedsy Discovery Reviews. Now at Amazon and select booksellers. More info/author contact at CasettaKids.com - March 07, 2022 - CasettaKids LLC
Principled Technologies Study Compares Two Virtualization Solutions: VMware vSphere 7 Update 2 and OpenShift Virtualization on Red Hat OpenShift 4.9
The VMware solution supported more than twice the number of active VMs as the Red Hat solution did and it required less downtime and less hands-on admin time during routine activities. - March 03, 2022 - Principled Technologies, Inc.
Flextouch Releases 3-Micron Linewidth Touch Sensors to Volume Production
FlexTouch announced that it has released a new generation of metal mesh touch sensors that achieves 3-micron linewidth to volume production. - March 03, 2022 - FlexTouch
Yan Kalika, DMD, MS, Founder and CEO of Image Orthodontics, Selected for UCSF Alumni Entrepreneur Award
Yan Kalika, DMD, MS, CEO and Founder of Image Orthodontics has been selected by the Alumni Association of UCSF, as the recipient of the 2022 Alumni Entrepreneur Award. The intent of this award is to recognize an alumni who demonstrates the highest caliber of innovation in science and/or health care through risk-taking actions and/or value-creating transformations. - March 02, 2022 - Image Orthodontics
Principled Technologies and the BenchmarkXPRT Development Community Release WebXPRT 4, a Free Online Performance Evaluation Tool for Web-Enabled Devices
Principled Technologies and the BenchmarkXPRT Development Community have released WebXPRT 4, a free online tool that gives objective information about how well a laptop, tablet, smartphone, or any other web-enabled device handles common web tasks. Anyone can go to WebXPRT.com to easily run an evaluation test on their own device. - March 01, 2022 - Principled Technologies, Inc.
Principled Technologies Releases Study Comparing VDI Performance of APEX Private Cloud Solutions with and Without NVIDIA GPUs
In hands-on testing, PT found that a VDI cluster with NVIDIA T4 GPUs reduced latency for end users and delivered more frames per second than the same solution using CPUs alone. - March 01, 2022 - Principled Technologies, Inc.
From a Youth Shelter to The Inc. 5000, Bay Area Business Owner, Natasha Miller, Releases Memoir Titled, "Relentless: Homeless Teen to Achieving the Entrepreneur Dream"
Founder and CEO of Entire Productions, Natasha Miller, will be releasing her first book, a memoir called Relentless: Homeless Teen to Achieving The Entrepreneur Dream, on March 22, 2022, on the Poignant Press imprint. - February 26, 2022 - Natasha Miller
Winmore Appoints Virgil Ferreira as Chief Operating Officer to Lead Next Stage of Global Growth
Former Magaya Corporation Leader Joins Winmore as forwarders, brokers and carriers embrace RateAI platform to increase win rates, boost margin and leverage machine learning. - February 25, 2022 - Winmore
RightsLedger Signs Five-Year Licensing Agreement for ITN Studios’ Films on Milio.io
RightsLedger, an international company focused on global digital content ownership rights protections and monetization platform, has inked a five-year deal with ITN Distribution, Inc. (ITN) for the rights to its view-on-demand (VOD) catalog. ITN films will be available on RightsLedger’s Milio... - February 22, 2022 - RightsLedger
Norfield Development Partners and CodeData, Inc. Announce Strategic Technology Alliance
Partnership created to transform damage prevention through revolutionary predictive insights and recommendations technology. - February 19, 2022 - CodeData, Inc.
EnChroma Glasses That Help People with Color Blindness Now Offered at Best Buy
Best Buy is offering EnChroma glasses to millions of people who suffer from color blindness through BestBuy.com. - February 16, 2022 - EnChroma
Principled Technologies Releases Study Comparing the ResNet50 Performance of AWS M6i Instances vs. M5n and M6a Instances
In hands-on testing with multiple instance sizes, AWS M6i instances with 3rd Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors accelerated image classification over M5n instances with previous-gen processors and M6a instances with 3rd Gen AMD EPYC processors. - February 16, 2022 - Principled Technologies, Inc.
Yuri Galeev of CONSTRUCTO to be Featured on the Clicks & Bricks Podcast
Up next on the guest list of the Clicks & Bricks podcast is Yuri Galeev, CEO and founder of CONSTRUCTO, a design and building contractor that has quickly built an enviable reputation for streamlining the construction and remodeling process. According to Galeev, one of the pain points he... - February 16, 2022 - Clicks and Bricks Podcast
Newfront Executive Risk Solutions Practice Growing with Two Key Additions
Newfront, a tech-enabled, full-service brokerage based in San Francisco, CA, has welcomed two key team members to its growing dedicated Financial Institutions & Fintech group within the Executive Risk Solutions (ERS) Practice. Patrick McChrystal is Senior Vice President and Team Leader and Sasha Specht is the newest Account Executive. - February 16, 2022 - Newfront
Principled Technologies Releases Study Comparing the Wide & Deep Performance of AWS M6i Instances vs. M5n and M6a Instances
In hands-on testing at multiple instance sizes, M6i instances with 3rd Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors handled more frames per second than M5n instances with previous-gen Intel processors and M6a instances with 3rd Gen AMD EPYC processors. - February 14, 2022 - Principled Technologies, Inc.
Anderson & Anderson Certified Anger Management Provider List is Now Nationwide
All mandated Anger Management Classes are now offered virtual via Zoom or some other service. Therefore, office locations are no longer relevant. Effective March 1, all CAMF providers are available to offer assessments and classes nationwide. - February 08, 2022 - Anderson & Anderson, APC
Energy Industry Team to Launch Crypto Mining Fund
Long-time Energy Industry Executives Launch HashWorks, cryptocurrency mining strategy. - February 08, 2022 - HashWorks Digital Industries
National Red Sock Day Declared for Peripheral Artery Disease Awareness
Red Sock Day for Peripheral Artery Disease Awareness (P.A.D.) is bringing greater attention to how leg health can indicate risk for heart attack, stroke and amputation. Three in five heart attack sufferers have P.A.D., plaque build-up in mainly the leg arteries, but most don't know it, if at all, until it's too late, and heart attack, stroke or amputation are imminent. Red Sock Day inspires a candid conversation between patients and their physicians to check the leg pulses of everyone over 40. - February 07, 2022 - The Way To My Heart
VMRay Email Threat Defender Supplemented Microsoft 365 Standard Email Security to Stop Up to 13 Additional Types of Attack in Principled Technologies Study
Email Threat Defender uses data from live threats in circulation to protect users from sophisticated attacks. - February 07, 2022 - Principled Technologies, Inc.
To Showcase Great Chocolates for Valentine's Day, TasteTV Launches ValentinesChocolateSalon.com
TasteTV's online marketplace The Chocolate Registry launches new Curated Valentine's Day Chocolate Collection at ValentinesChocolateSalon.com. The Chocolate Registry, the online marketplace for delicious Best of the Best collection of Award-Winning Chocolates, Confections, and Artisan Creations,... - February 06, 2022 - TasteTV
The Art of Jewels Introduces Zuri™, an Exclusive AI Quality & Price Comparison Tool Designed to Assist Consumers When Choosing a Lab Grown Diamond
The Art of Jewels, a lab diamond and gemstone marketplace, recently announced the creation of Zuri™, an exclusive artificial intelligent price comparison tool designed to assist consumers when choosing a lab grown diamond by comparing pricing and quality among the country’s largest retailers in a matter of seconds. - February 05, 2022 - The Art of Jewels
iGrad Launches Financial Literacy Platform for San Francisco State University Students
Based on artificial intelligence and proprietary algorithms, iGrad personalizes financial information for each student’s situation and needs. iGrad is currently used by more than 600 public and private colleges and universities of all sizes, including San Jose State University, UC Berkeley, New York University and Davidson College. - February 04, 2022 - iGrad
Winmore Appoints Christian Ove Sørensen as Managing Director for EMEA
Global Sales Veteran to Lead Winmore’s Customer-Facing Operations in Rapidly Growing Region. - February 03, 2022 - Winmore
Toy Storage Nation Names Judy Blanchard as New Director of Marketing
Blanchard will lead Toy Storage Nation’s strategic priority to brand and market Executive Workshops designed to educate independent operators and potential investors interested in owning a recreational vehicle storage facility. - February 03, 2022 - Toy Storage Nation
Alpha Serve is Now an Atlassian Gold Marketplace Partner
Alpha Serve has become an Atlassian Gold Marketplace Partner. Every six months the software giant recognizes its best partners, i.e. the companies that have shown substantial growth and high user experience standards in their products, had a great investment in the platform, and are committed to its global strategy. - February 03, 2022 - Alpha Serve
Alpha Serve Joins Atlassian's Dual Licensing Program
Alpha Serve joins Atlassian's Dual licensing program to help users migrate to the Cloud effortlessly and avoid additional costs. Now customers using Alpha Serve’s Data Center or Server products can get a one-year subscription for free if they purchase the Cloud annual license with 1,000 users or more. - February 03, 2022 - Alpha Serve
Moonstream DAO Uses Chainlink VRF to Power Randomized In-Game Rewards for Crypto Unicorns
Moonstream DAO is using Chainlink to create a truly randomized reward system for the new Crypto Unicorns minigame, the Dark Forest. Crypto Unicorns is a Polygon-based play-to-earn NFT game developed by Laguna Games. Moonstream DAO developed a minigame in which unicorns can explore the Dark Forest... - February 02, 2022 - Moonstream
Ketsali Launches a New Category of Ultra-Luxury Second Home Ownership
C.J. and Keren Martin, Dallas-area based owners of Ketsali, announce the launching of a new program which creates a more accessible category of ultra-luxury second home ownership. As the world rethinks about how and when they want to spend time away from their home after Covid-19, Ketsali offers... - January 28, 2022 - Ketsali
Parallels Desktop for Chrome OS Was a Simple-to-Deploy Solution for Accessing Fully Featured Windows Apps from Chrome OS Devices, in Principled Technologies Testing
Parallels Desktop for Chrome OS also contained user-friendly features and enabled Windows use of certain USB accessories - January 26, 2022 - Principled Technologies, Inc.
SwitchBin Adds Wireless Industry Leader Glenn Lurie to Advisory Board
Autonomous Retail Tech Start-Up Continues to Assemble Influential Advisory Board - January 25, 2022 - Kilinski Van Wyk PLLC
FlexTouch Applies AI-Powered Optical Simulation Software to Eliminate Moiré Effect on Metal Mesh Touch Sensors
FlexTouch, a leading provider of metal mesh touch sensors for consumer electronics, vehicles, and industrial control devices, today announced that it has applied artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms to its proprietary optical design software to eliminate the moire effect for displays (e.g. LED, OLED) utilizing its metal mesh touch sensors. - January 21, 2022 - FlexTouch
Urban Historic Preservation of the Former Home of the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad
Support Urban Historic Preservation - January 18, 2022 - Sajdah Wendy Muhammad
Principled Technologies Releases Study Validating Real-World Use Cases for Dell Technologies APEX Cloud and Storage Solutions
Principled Technologies tested several management use cases that can deliver self-service to DevOps teams—while maintaining resource control for ITOps—with Dell Technologies APEX Private Cloud and APEX Data Storage Services running VMware vSphere with Tanzu - January 18, 2022 - Principled Technologies, Inc.
Gold Point Resort’s HOAs Select Vacatia to Manage Property
Breckenridge, Colorado, Resort Cites Vacatia’s “Modern Approach” - January 18, 2022 - Vacatia Partner Services
SolarCraft Completes Solar Power Installation at California Indian Museum & Cultural Center - Sonoma County Museum Installs Solar and Cuts Utility Bills
Novato and Sonoma-based SolarCraft, recently completed the installation of a 76.5 kW solar power installation at the California Indian Museum and Cultural Center in Santa Rosa, CA. Harnessing the power of the sun, the Sonoma Museum has increased the sustainability of their operations while cutting their operating costs by thousands every month. - January 18, 2022 - SolarCraft
Healthy Paws Herbal Labs is Making a $5K Donation for the Betty White Challenge
Healthy Paws Herbal Labs is donating $5,000 worth of product for new adoptions struggling with anxiety, fungal infections, allergies, or pain. Plus $5 for every product sold now through January 17 (Betty White’s 100th Birthday) to Wagmor Pet Rescue. Customers receive 50% off the CBD line with the code: Betty. - January 14, 2022 - Healthy Paws Herbal Labs
A-LIVE Partners with Minerva to Offer Fans NFTs of Music Concert
One thousand video clips were extracted in real-time from the live stream of a Milan concert and offered to fans as NFTs. - January 14, 2022 - Minerva Networks
Alea Labs Announces FlexAir™ HVAC Controller for Sustainable Home Heating and Cooling
Alea's data-driven demand-response control technology for central forced-air heating/cooling uses data from sensors and other sources, and machine learning and artificial intelligence to determine thermal demand, proportionally adjust supply, and distribute conditioned air at the right time to the right room. Early field trials with modulating furnaces deliver excellent room-by-room temperature with 60% energy. - January 14, 2022 - Alea Labs, Inc.
Hitha Drops New Single “We Are Who We Are”
Teen singer-songwriter-Activist, Hitha, has released her first single of 2022, “We Are Who We Are,” which celebrates that acceptance and self-love are for everyone. - January 12, 2022 - Hitha
Newfront Honored as One of Glassdoor's Best Places to Work in 2022
Newfront has been honored with a Glassdoor Employees’ Choice Award recognizing the Best Places to Work in 2022. - January 12, 2022 - Newfront
Principled Technologies Releases Case Study Using a Pensando Distributed Services Card with P4 Programmable Software-Defined Networking Pipeline
A Pensando DSC-200-based environment delivered up to 13X the throughput of an environment based on the NVIDIA Mellanox ConnectX-6 Dx on iperf3 tests with connection tracking. - January 11, 2022 - Principled Technologies, Inc.