It’s a modern obsession which keeps millions of people glued to their smartphones as they pound the pavements on their daily commute. Now a South African insurance company is using the steps recorded via apps, Fitbits and Apple Watches to build a new business which rewards consumers who can show they have improved their lifestyle. Neville Koopowitz, chief executive of Vitality, a division of £6bn Johannesburg-listed insurer Discovery, believes the scheme represents the future of insurance. Just as motor insurers are increasingly installing telematic equipment in their customers’ vehicles to monitor how fast and safely they drive, now health insurers are adopting the same approach. “We are in the business of underwriting people’s lifestyles,” he says, seated in Vitality’s office on Gracechurch Street, just a brisk walk and up four flights of stairs from the Bank of England. With 1.1m members in the UK and 11m globally through partners such as … [Read more...] about Insurance company is using steps recorded on Fitbits and Apple Watches to reward consumers
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posted on 07 Nov 2013, 10:58 3 1. dorianb (Posts: 617; Member since: 24 Oct 2012) Cool. Step-by-step instructions for those that are technologically mediocre. posted on 07 Nov 2013, 14:58 3 5. Deaconclgi (Posts: 405; Member since: 03 Nov 2012) None of us were born with the knowledge that we have today, we all had to learn along the way. posted on 17 Sep 2014, 17:44 0 18. Knowles2 (Posts: 2; Member since: 17 Sep 2014) Some of us just don't like to muck around with stuff or wonder through Android documentation,so when we need to do something, nice easy to follow instructions is much appreciated, especially when I just want things to work first time after a hard day of coding, and especially when you got a schedule to meet. posted on 07 Nov 2013, 11:22 1 2. scriptwriter (Posts: 396; Member since: 13 Nov 2012) This all seems a bit long winded. When i first read of this feature, i thought it would be along the same lines doing a screenshot. Press two … [Read more...] about Comments for : How to record your screen on Android 4.4 KitKat
Women will win Grammys when they ‘step up,’ says Recording Academy president
Last night at the Grammys, only one woman accepted an award onstage during the three-plus-hour live broadcast: Best New Artist winner Alessia Cara. Total, 11 awards out of 84 went to women. In the last six years, as The New York Times pointed out on Thursday, 899 people have been nominated for the awards, and 9 percent of them were women. The hashtag #GrammysSoMale has been trending on Twitter for about 12 hours. In response, Recording Academy president Neil Portnow told Variety, “It has to begin with ... women who have the creativity in their hearts and souls, who want to be musicians, who want to be engineers, producers, and want to be part of the industry on the executive level.” He continued with some advice: “[They need] to step up because I think they would be welcome. I don’t have personal experience of those kinds of brick walls that [women] face but I think it’s upon us — us as an industry — to make the welcome mat very obvious, … [Read more...] about Women will win Grammys when they ‘step up,’ says Recording Academy president
Kaz Hirai steps down as Sony CEO, Kenichiro Yoshida named as replacement
Kazuo “Kaz” Hirai’s six-year reign as Sony CEO will come to an end this March, as CFO Kenichiro Yoshida is taking over at the start of the next financial year. Yoshida is credited with helping turn around Sony’s finances throughout much of Hirai’s tenure, which began with a much-vaunted “One Sony” streamlining initiative. Hirai will move into the role of chairman, while Yoshida’s CFO role will go to mobile head and chief strategy officer Hiroki Totoki. Hirai hired Yoshida as Sony’s strategy chief early on, and the pair worked together to restructure the fractured corporation, steering it into the black after several years of losses. The company has cut back or sold off businesses like the VAIO PC division, focusing on areas of strength like PlayStation and components. “Mr. Yoshida combines a deeply strategic mindset with a relentless determination to achieve defined targets, and the ability to take a global viewpoint,” … [Read more...] about Kaz Hirai steps down as Sony CEO, Kenichiro Yoshida named as replacement
Seoul Semiconductor achieves $1.04B record annual revenues for fiscal year 2017
Seoul Semiconductor Co., Ltd. (KOSDAQ 046890), a developer of LED (light emitting diode) design and manufacturing, today announced 2017 fiscal year consolidated revenues of US$ 1.04 billion. The 16% rise in consolidated revenues far exceeds the industry average, which grew 2% during the same period. The growth of revenue is contributed to improvements in both general lighting sales and IT product related sales growing in the mid-teens as well as the automotive lighting business which grew more than 20%.The rise in revenue for the general lighting segment was largely due to an increase in sales of 220V and 370V Acrich MJT products for household and industrial applications. Other notable revenue increases were reported for WICOP, an innovative product line of package-less LEDs, as well as for the Acrich NanoDriver, which incorporates step drive methods that achieve results greater than those of conventional SMPS technology. In addition to offering these differentiated technologies, … [Read more...] about Seoul Semiconductor achieves $1.04B record annual revenues for fiscal year 2017