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Tech firms ramp up efforts to woo the energy industry A Hotel in Houston teemed with oil-and-gas executives on March 11th, the start of a CERAWeek. IHS Markit, a research firm which organised the shindig, lined up America’s energy secretary, the chief executives of BP and Chevron (two of the world’s largest oil companies), and other luminaries. Among the dark suits was an open-collared newcomer: Andy Jassy, head of Amazon Web Services. Speaking to a vast ballroom, he extolled the cloud-computing giant’s virtues of moving quickly and learning from failure. Mr Jassy was there not just to offer management advice...

TSG Hoffenheim, DFL and WHU to bring the first MIT Sports Entrepreneurship Bootcamp to Germany Bundesliga club TSG 1899 Hoffenheim, DFL Deutsche Fußball Liga and WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management are jointly bringing the world’s first MIT Sports Entrepreneurship Bootcamp to Germany. In cooperation with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), the three partners will host the week-long learning programme with a focus on innovation and technology at TSG 1899 Hoffenheim’s PreZero Arena in September 2019. MIT Bootcamps on various topics have already been held around the world with great success. Now TSG 1899 Hoffenheim and the DFL...

æternity’s Blockchain To Immortalize Urban Street Art - The Drone Graffiti Project Marks The Start of the Initiative with a Live Art Installation Powered by Blockchain During Mexico City’s Art Week - MEXICO CITY - February 2019 9AM GMT - æternity has today announced that their blockchain will immortalize urban street art forever with the launch of the Drone Graffiti Project, a collaboration with a number of leading art studios and tech startups. Coinciding with Mexico City’s Art Week February 8 - 10, 2019, a city that when it comes to street art, is up there on the world stage,...

“2019 DFL Economic Report”: Record revenue and other new highs confirm the positive economic development of German professional football   Bundesliga and Bundesliga 2 generate total revenue of €4.42 billion 17 of the 18 Bundesliga clubs with revenue in excess of €100 million Professional clubs pay €1.28 billion in taxes and duties German professional football has confirmed its positive development in the 2017-18 season. With total revenue of €4.42 billion, the Bundesliga and Bundesliga 2 increased their cumulative revenue for the fourteenth year in succession. In the past ten years, German professional football has seen average annual growth of 8.6...

#MWC19: Nokia expands its WING offering with IoT applications for operators to address new vertical markets   Espoo, Finland - In advance of Mobile World Congress, Nokia today launched off-the-shelf Internet of Things (IoT) packages to help operators win new business in vertical IoT markets. In addition to enabling operators to achieve a fast time to market, the packages simplify the set-up and operations of enterprise IoT services. Built on the Nokia Worldwide IoT Network Grid (WING) infrastructure that provides the necessary global IoT connectivity and services support, the applications include IoT sensors, user applications and business models suited to...