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RateGain Travel Technologies, a global provider of SaaS solutions for the hospitality and travel industry, today announced that it has been awarded in four categories at the recently concluded 2022 Hotel Tech awards organized by Hotel Tech Report.

In Hotel Tech Awards' most competitive year yet, RateGain continues to maintain the #1 position on social media with BCV, while its rate parity product Parity+ and rate intelligence product OPTIMA finished as first runners' up in their respective category by a very thin margin. RateGain's channel manager, RezGain, ended up as second runner up in one of the most competitive product categories in the competition.

The Hotel Tech Awards selects winners from more than 1000 of the top hotel technology products around the world. This year 513,609 hoteliers across 127 countries visited Hotel Tech Report and contributed 11,622 verified hotel software product reviews to decide the winner.

Winners are decided based on usability, customer support, likelihood to recommend, partner network strength, and integration compatibility. In addition, winners of the Hotel Tech Awards are determined based on verified client feedback and highlight best-of-breed companies across key categories of the hotel tech stack.

Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, hoteliers are now more than ever looking at adopting digital solutions that can help them deliver a perfect guest experience and optimize their processes to improve profitability. However, to evaluate products and processes, most hoteliers require an independent authority to provide them with the right metrics to compare, and that is where Hotel Tech Report fills a critical gap for the industry.

"Winning a Hotel Tech Award is the highest achievement in the hospitality industry because it's based on actual customer inputs. The authentic voice of the customer decides the winners of the annual HotelTechAwards - ranking hotel software solutions based on users' experience in buying, implementing, and using those solutions," said Jordan Hollander, CEO of Hotel Tech Report.

Thanking RateGain's customers, Bhanu Chopra, CMD, RateGain, added, "This recognition is a true validation of the value we add every day to the thousands of hotels that use our products and also reflects on our commitment to our customers, investors, and employees to build bestin-class SaaS products for the industry."

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By Tanimola Oyewole

Citizens involvement and active participation in civic and political matters are cardinal to democracy. It, therefore, means that citizens involvement in governance and decision-making at all levels is a necessary tool to sustain a democracy. But this is not the case in Nigeria.

Since its return to democracy in 1999, Nigerias elections have been characterised by voter apathy. A small percentage of the population actually votes, in negation of the ideals of majority rule; one of the basic tenets of democracy. The voter apathy situation becomes awful when one considers the declining numbers that vote with each elections.

This appalling situation has thrown a challenge to the Nigerian technology community. It is indeed time to address voter apathy by adopting a mobile voting app that allows registered voters to vote with their National Identification Number-registered phone from the comfort of their homes including foreign based Nigerians.

The effort would start off by engaging the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to get the requirements that the app must meet in order to qualify for the intended use. With those requirements in hand, an open invitation would be thrown out to the technology community for the development of the app and a panel of judges, including INEC, set up to assess the submissions.

The developers of the winning app would be allowed to run limited in-app advertising to recover their cost of development. The winning app would be presented to INEC and the National Assembly for legislation enabling its usage for the 2023 election. Every step taken in the process should be accompanied with massive publicity to build an all- inclusive support.

The ability of the internet to create new participative spaces as well as expand existing ones suggests it has the capacity to improve accessibility to voting for many electors. Besides, its influence on other aspects of elections and government in other climes, such as campaigning, fund raising, membership recruitment, lobbying and access to information for media and citizens, suggests that it has a progressively important relationship with electoral politics and will likely continue to have a considerable impact on the character of democracy. The newly emergent concept of electronic democracy suggests it may be useful to further explore the potential of the internet to improve the electoral process for parties, groups, election administration, and of course, citizens.

The app, when fully deployed, has the potential to make the voting process easier and more accessible for electors. This is especially true for remote internet voting and telephone voting given that ballots can be cast from any computer with internet connectivity or telephone. These latter methods substantially lower the cost of voting for many electors by creating many more access points from which they are able to vote. There is the potential to eliminate long queues at polling stations and better address accessibility issues for persons with disabilities, those suffering from illness, those serving in the military or living abroad, those away on personal travel, snowbirds and other groups of citizens such as single parents who may find it difficult to visit a traditional polling station.

Additionally, remote methods of internet voting, and in some cases kiosk internet voting, afford electors the opportunity of being able to vote at any time, a feature that further encourages an elector to cast a ballot. With regard to special populations of electors, internet (especially remote) and telephone voting may also be methods of engaging those voters who are considered the hardest to reach, particularly young people aged 18 to 30. These voters most familiar with the technology, are the most frequent reported users and would likely benefit the most from the extension of remote types of electronic voting.

It could also allow greater secrecy for special populations of electors with disabilities (including visually or hearing impaired). By voting electronically and therefore unassisted, these electors are afforded a greater degree of anonymity when casting a ballot. Enabling secrecy for these groups enhances the equality of the vote. Furthermore, enhancing accessibility and creating more participatory opportunities for electors holds promise to positively impact voter turnout.

The models could enjoy success if it is tailored to meet the specific needs of a larger segment of the voting population. The development of such apps should be based on the requirements of the electoral process as well as the specific needs of electors and other affected parties. Furthermore, the basis for a legal framework that supports internet voting and a government mandate to conduct internet voting research are important facilitating factors.

Various measures need to be considered before the next steps are taken for adopting the app for voting. These could include the gathering of additional data to measure public attitudes and those of political parties and candidates towards electronic voting. Consideration should also be given to establishing clear requirements that an additional method of voting would fulfil, as well as creating and consulting with an interdisciplinary committee of experts.

This would lay the groundwork for designing an initial small-scale trial and then progressively increasing the number of electors who vote electronically with each additional trial. These are important aspects of the process which, based on the experiences of other jurisdictions, appear to be both relevant and necessary toward creating a successful framework upon which such app can be effectively developed.

Oyewole is a development strategist in Lagos

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Brockenhurst College has secured a share of 120m in additional government funding to help create a Maritime Engineering and Digital Institute of Technology that will span the Solent region.

The College will receive 400,000 to develop learning and progression opportunities for Level 3 Sixth Form students at its Marchwood Construction and Marine Technologies Training Centre.

This money will be invested in new learning equipment including diesel engines, generators, mills and lathes to help learners prepare for industry progression.

A new Merchant Navy Pre-cadetship course and a Level 3Marine Engineering course will also be introduced.

The 13m Solent region Institute of Technology project is designed to meet the Solent regions workforce needs in the maritime, engineering and digital technologies sectors.

It is expected to connect learners across the educational partners through innovative learning opportunities and an employer-led curriculum.

The bid was led bySolent University, which worked closely with lead Further Education partner Fareham College and employers including Associated British Ports and The Royal Navy.

Other partners comprise Eastleigh College, Havant and South Downs College, the Isle of Wight College and the University of Portsmouth.

Institute of Technology centres are expected to be operational at each institution by 2023.

Brockenhurst College Vice Principal, Limor Feingold, said: We are absolutely delighted to have been selected to help create one of the additional nine Institutes of Technology across the country.

The Solent project will leveragethe strong co-operation betweenFurther Education and Higher Education institutionsand employersin the region.

It will also provide important resources to inspire learners and support employers in the key local sectors of Maritime Engineering and Digital Technologies.

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The global pandemic continues to challenge us, with variousmeasures ranging from further lockdowns to restrictions onin-person meetings. The judicial machinery, including that in thearbitration world, has continued to function throughout thepandemic notwithstanding the difficulties of embracing innovativeprocesses and new technology.

In January 2021, Vijay Bange wrote an article examining thechallenges of using technology in formal dispute resolutionproceedings. Whilst technology has of course been used ininternational arbitration and high court litigation (particularlyin the Technology & Construction Court) for quite some time,that use has been somewhat limited with parties, their legalcounsel, and the tribunal often preferring in-person hearings andhard copy papers. 2021 however saw a dramatic rise in the useof technology in dispute resolution proceedings. This wasalmost certainly borne out of necessity as a result of the COVID-19pandemic, rather than necessarily by choice or organicprogression. If disputes were to continue to be resolved,parties had no option but to get to grips with remote hearings,electronic bundles and virtual breakout rooms. Whilst someinevitably faced technological and logistical stumbling blocks, themove to virtual hearings and electronic working proved largelysuccessful with many disputes being resolved expeditiously alongthe way. In fact, the move towards technology was sosuccessful that many people are now opting to use technology out ofchoice and not simply out of necessity.

In person hearings remain the gold standard, atleast in the courts. However, the use of technology andremote hearings has largely been welcomed as it has allowed thebusiness world to have proper and timely recourse to justice toresolve disputes and differences. Many may also benefit fromcost economies as a result of some of the technological processesadopted. Furthermore, these practices will likely result in theadoption and implementation of lean thinking working habits andconcepts. That said, there will inevitably be issues thatarise as a result of the introduction of technology and remotehearings. Can remote hearings ever completely dispense within-person ones? Arguably, there will probably be good reason tohave certain interlocutory matters dealt with remotely, and moresubstantive matters in-person. It will vary from case to case.There is then the issue of natural justice and fairness, andwhether a disgruntled party can insist on its right to have inperson hearings. Is cross-examination more or less effective viaremote or in-person hearings? Can the arbitrator really form a viewof the credibility of a witness of fact, absent the observations ofbody language and behaviour that will be a metric used, albeit bythe subconscious thinking process.

Regardless, remote hearings and technology usage will be moreprevalent going forward. That said, to alleviate at least some ofthe concerns, it makes sense to have regulatory guidance in placefor the arbitrator and parties as to the dos and don'ts ofremote and electronic working.

The CIArb has been quick to react to this changing landscape bypublishing the CIArb Framework Guideline on the Use of Technologyin International Arbitration. This two part guidelineprimarily addresses two matters.

First, the powers and duties of arbitrators in respect oftechnology and ensuring fairness and proportionate use oftechnology. Some key points to note are as follows:

Second, best practice on cybersecurity and avoiding databreaches. The guidance recommends:

As we use and adopt remote hearing processes more often, andindeed rely more on technology, there will be wrinkles that needironing, and the various arbitral institutions will no doubtreview, revise and update best practice guidance. We applaud theCIArb for the guidelines produced, and all those in the arbitrationfamily that have contributed.

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So the lockdown, for all practical purposes, is here again; lockdown for the office-going, law-abiding, and such other people. The protocols issued by the Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) have put the shackles and one is back to doing what one does best in such a situation scroll up and down on the screen of the phone.

This being the festive season of polls, pop-ups on the screen is full of political messages. And it would not be out of place to say that technology-enabled history rewriting is playing the biggest villain of Indian society, including politics.

Howsoever you may not want it, one ends up being a member of WhatsApp groups that have roots in the caste, region, and language. And there start the lessons in Indian history from ancient, to medieval and modern. Given the reporters itch, the writer habitually ends up reading these discourses and if nothing else pulls his own hair with dismay and disgust.

By the way of being a born Brahmin, in recent times one has received a video clip of how Akhilesh Yadav badmouths Brahmins. It is related to probably his days as chief minister where he is shown reprimanding a doctor, who happens to be a Brahmin. Source of the video needs no guessing, and soon there were counters and counter-counters, and then one lost the count of the Brahmin-bashing videos of every hue. There must be persecution stories floating for other castes too.

Then came a forward from a Delhi University college professor. It said Brahmins have been at the receiving end for no fault of theirs. To endorse his, the forward went on to mention that concept of caste was created by Ved Vyas, who was not born of Brahmin parents. Now, who would check on Ved Vyas birth certificate!

Then came the advice on where should honeymooners pose for photographs. Goes without saying that it was targeted against the medieval monument of the Taj Mahal. It said that the white marble structure did not deserve the stature it enjoys worldwide as there was another monument Tata Memorial Hospital in Mumbai which Sir Dorabji Tata built in the memory of his wife Lady Meherbai Tata, who died of leukemia. No denying the service which Tata Memorial Hospital has done for humanity especially the poor patients suffering from cancer, but isnt it asking for too much from honeymooners to opt for a photo outside Tata Memorial instead of TajMahal?

Given the state of lockdown, advisories on the use of medicines from common cold to curing of Omicron too are arriving in a torrent. Well, WHO would be wondering about the resource base of the progenitors of this information.And of course the forward on the breach of Prime Ministers security during a visit to Punjab. Some of these forwards have attributed such astute planning to the General Headquarters in Rawalpindi that the top honchos of the Pakistan Army would be wondering about their capabilities.

Now talking of Punjab polls, which find a lot of space on the city pages of Delhi papers. The news largely is about Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwals campaign. But an IITian like Kejriwal too would be cursing technology for the rerun of the videos of his activist days, preaching a Spartan lifestyle, which he doesnt follow, going viral.

With the Election Commission extending the ban on public rallies till January 22, and with the Delhi Government in no mood to relax the Covid-related norms, one may be assured another week of absurd lessons from history to medicine. And unfortunately, there is no escape from it.

Sidharth MishraAuthor and president, Centre for Reforms,Development & Justice

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For healthcare, blockchain can be used for payment processing, but it can also improve interoperability, track claims processing, or develop and maintain provider directories.

Blockchain -- the same technology powering Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies -- is finding revolutionary new applications in the healthcare sector. Recently, Aetna, Anthem, and the Cleveland Clinic partnered to announce a new blockchain-based healthcare initiative, marking the latest indication of the potential impact blockchain could have on the healthcare sector as a whole.

Blockchain is best known for its security, distributed nature, and immutability. The technology is most often associated with cryptocurrencies; it allows for a record of all transactions that cannot be altered or changed -- necessary for any kind of currency that is not backed by reference to a national government or central bank. For healthcare, blockchain can be used for payment processing, but it can also improve interoperability, track claims processing, or develop and maintain provider directories.

In 2020, Gartner listed blockchain as one of its top 10 strategic trends, following the institution of blockchain as part of the nationwide healthcare system in Estonia in 2016. Such a system is far from reaching full implementation in the U.S., but strides are being made to generate innovation and creativity for the industrys future.

Blockchain also helps to bring new thoughts to long-lasting questions of how to improve outdated technology in healthcare. Many medical offices continue to rely on pagers and fax machines. In contrast, many internet-connected medical imaging devices remain based on insecure operating systems that open them to potential attackers.

Blockchain could provide new solutions to augment the security and protection of personal health data, one of the most important aspects of building trust in the industry. Patient data is sometimes difficult to access because it is stored in one physical location or another, remote from the provider who needs it at a particular time. With the blockchain, encrypted patient data could be stored securely and effectively, with fewer opportunities for lost files or miscommunication. With a secure cryptographic database combined with the potential of a shared ledger, blockchain could provide significant advantages for medical record storage, especially for patients who see multiple providers; this could help to prevent misdiagnosis or unwanted drug interactions while preserving patient confidentiality and security.

Blockchain models include five major elements:

While some healthcare blockchain implementations may use the full blockchain model, others may focus on particular aspects of the technology's potential utility.

Some companies are already working on implementing blockchain technologies in healthcare. One such project used the blockchain to create a community for medical professionals to communicate and make partnerships and agreements. Other companies are creating blockchain solutions for information storage -- both for patient files and practice information.

The new initiative from Aetna, Anthem, and the Cleveland Clinic is drawing even more attention because it involves such significant leaders in the field, evidencing a higher level of commitment to blockchain technologies. Other major companies like IBM and PNC Financial Services are also involved in the consortium Avaneer Health. Several insurance companies have become interested in how blockchain could be used to efficiently handle claims processing and payments between insurance companies and medical providers. It could also be used for these insurers to keep track of and communicate with their in-network providers.

The consortium aims to eliminate inefficiencies and duplications in the healthcare system -- especially those involving multiple copies of files that may be outdated or otherwise incomplete. This may allow insurers, providers, and even patients to communicate quickly and securely about key issues without adding more paper to the process.

Avaneer is not alone; several of the largest insurers and lab companies have also launched the Synaptic Health Alliance to focus on using blockchain-based distributed ledger technology to improve insurers' provider directories. Meanwhile, IBM launched a blockchain network to help healthcare institutions and government agencies identify companies that could supply in-demand health equipment, aiming to address some of the supply chain problems associated with the COVID-19 pandemic.

When Gartner named blockchain one of its top 10 strategic technology trends, it was not only concerned with billing, claims, and directories -- it was also interested in how blockchain could be used in the provision of medical care. For example, blockchain technologies could provide mechanisms for tracing the origin and spread of food-borne or water-borne illnesses. It could help to find potential contaminants and warn those who may be exposed.

Gartner combined its analysis of potential blockchain uses with other major technologies like distributed cloud computing, artificial intelligence, traceability, and automated democratization. The latter two points, while not necessarily central to many of the enterprise blockchain projects focusing on immutable distributed ledgers, are key contributors to the appeal of cryptocurrencies powered by the blockchain. Doctors, patients, and other companies in the sector could monitor and trace their information through the system with the use of blockchain technology, promoting a greater level of confidence and trust as well as improved efficiency and accuracy.

There may be important lessons to learn from the Estonian blockchain experience. Estonia's national health care system is highly digitized, which includes the use of the blockchain. The blockchain implementation, put into effect in 2016, was first launched in 2011 to develop a highly secure and encrypted system to store medical records, given the sensitivity of the data involved.

Estonian residents can use their electronic ID cards to sign in and view their health records. Blockchain is used to ensure that the data kept there remains immutable, guarded against potential attacks by hackers targeting the system. Several major pharmaceutical companies, including Roche, are working with the Estonian government to determine future applications for blockchain in healthcare -- and the success of blockchain in the healthcare sector in Estonia has also sparked interest in blockchain development for the country's digital court system, business registry, succession registry, and property registry.

There are many more developments to come and technological innovations that can spur further blockchain development in the healthcare industry. Beyond its utility for Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, blockchain could provide security and transparency that could help to revolutionize how the healthcare industry handles data while protecting patient confidentiality.

Mary Tolan (Website,Twitter,Medium) is co-founder and managing partner of CPF.

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Members of Congress and their staff need trusted, nonpartisan information on the performance of federal programs and their outcomes for Americans. GAO offers performance evaluations and other assistance and analysis, which have increasingly included science and technology areas such as:

Since its inception, GAOs science and technology team has further expanded its network of experts to increase the depth, breadth, and diversity of its knowledge. In October 2020, the team hosted an inaugural meeting of the Polaris Council, a group of exceptional science, technology, and policy leaders and experts from many fields, established to advise us on emerging science and technology issues facing Congress.

The team also established an Innovation Lab to empower GAO with new capabilities and enhanced capacity to tackle evolving challenges. The data scientists and technologists of the Innovation Lab are working with GAO mission teams and the broader oversight community at the cutting edge of oversight, examining the latest technological advances, every day. Among the Innovation Labs projects is GAOs Operation Warp Speed Dashboard, a digital platform featuring vaccine development and technology readiness information about federally funded COVID-19 vaccines.

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HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Scope Computer Vision Technologies, an inspection automation company that builds deep learning vision systems, today announced it has raised substantial funding from private investors across the state of Texas. The investment will help drive product development and market education around automated inspection in the utility industry.

This investment fuels our ongoing commitment to revolutionizing the way people inspect critical product applications in zero-fail situations," CEO Justin McCoy said. "In circumstances where people's lives rely on a product's ability to perform, we must be able to accurately assess that product's health every time it is used."

Launched in the summer of 2019, Scope is developing automated inspection technology that assesses high performance synthetic rope for manufacturers and operators of utility stringing equipment and users in the maritime industry such as tugboats and mooring systems. This is the first outside investment that the company has taken on.

"Prior to Scope, standard best practice was to inspect miles of synthetic rope by hand, visually looking for damaged areas and making a judgement call on whether the line was safe to use," explains COO Mike Poroo. "Our technology automates this labor intensive task in real-time, in line with operations, with higher accuracy."

Scope's first product, Scope Control, is due to release in the Spring of 2022. The product will be a standalone unit that is positioned between pullers to inspect long distances of stringing lines. "With this product we aim to prove that the technology can be relied on as a form of measurement for the quality of a line," Justin McCoy continued. "The industry is in dire need of a tool to standardize inspection practices."

The Scope Control device uses the latest in sensor and camera technology paired with deep learning neural networks in order to recognize and grade the severity of damage modes that it detects on a stringing line. This is a significant shift from manual visual inspection where an operator is expected to accurately inspect miles of rope at a time. With manual visual inspection, results can vary as much as 45% from person to person, whereas the Scope Control technology is as consistent as only automation can be. Operators can continuously monitor line health in real time with high precision.

The products neural networks were trained to a very high level of accuracy through another Scope product, Scope Capture, which Scope developed for manufacturers of rope. Scope Capture enables manufacturers to build accurate recognition models that are specific to their own rope products.

Scope founders believe that users of rope will demand highly accurate models from manufacturers of rope products, and Scope can serve both ends of the technology spectrum.

"We can equip both the manufacturer and the user of rope products in a way that establishes a common reference for the quality of a rope that is consistent across the industry, resulting in compliance that is realizable and maintainable."

About Scope

Scope is an automated inspection company founded in 2019 to improve safety and compliance in industries that utilize synthetic rope. The companys products Scope Capture and Scope Control leverage artificial intelligence and machine learning to identify defects and damage in high performance rope, assess the severity of the damaged areas and how they relate to one another, grade them, and communicate what actions are required to resolve those conditions. This is accomplished in real time, in line with operations, at a higher-than-human accuracy, with software that is self-improving. Learn more at visionbyscope.com.

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New product features come as company sees 400% Microsoft Teams growth per month by frontline workers during the pandemic

REDMOND, Wash. Jan. 12, 2022 On Wednesday, Microsoft Corp. released a Work Trend Index Special Report, Technology Can Help Unlock a New Future for Frontline Workers, and announced new features in Microsoft Teams and Microsoft Viva designed to serve millions of frontline workers.

The 2 billion frontline workers worldwide represent 80% of the global workforce, with 88% of organizations employing people in frontline roles. Increasingly, companies are investing in digital tools for frontline workers to modernize workflows, enhance job performance, and improve workplace culture and communication. Microsoft has seen 400% growth in monthly active usage of its Teams collaboration platform among frontline workers since March 2020.

The Work Trend Index report reveals key insights that impact nearly every segment of the workforce:

Today, the company is introducing new joint offerings with industry partners as well as capabilities specifically designed to support frontline workers in Teams and Viva, Microsofts employee experience platform introduced in early 2021.

Its no secret that the pandemic is reshaping work for all workers, and at a faster pace than we have ever seen, said Emma Williams, corporate vice president, Microsoft. Empowering frontline workers remains essential for digital transformation. Together with our partners, were equipping frontline workers with tools that allow them to stay connected with their team and company leadership while concentrating on the customer or job at hand. If done well, we believe technology can modernize workflows and enhance job performance while also improving workplace culture and communication.

In addition, on Feb. 1, Microsoft Cloud for Retail will be generally available. Microsoft Cloud for Retail accelerates business growth by providing trusted retail industry solutions that integrate with retailers existing systems. It starts by unifying disparate data sources across the end-to-end shopper journey, allowing retailers to maximize the value of their data, resulting in one holistic view of the consumer. Once connected, data and AI help retailers better understand and elevate the consumer shopping experience. In providing more relevant and streamlined experiences throughout the retail value chain, retailers can build a real-time sustainable supply chain. The solution also includes the Teams and Viva capabilities announced today, all working toward empowering store associates.

To learn more, visit the Official Microsoft Blog, Microsoft 365 Blog and the new Work Trend Index report.

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Shanghai, China--(Newsfile Corp. - January 12, 2022) - On 12th January, 2022, TECNO, a premium international smartphone brand operating in over 70 countries, announced it will be debuting globally its latest polychromatic photoisomer technology, coupled with mobile phone design elements.

The debut reflects the TECNO's commitment to "Stop at Nothing" to bring breakthroughs on smartphones, including design, camera, and system. They envision "Technology to amplify the value of art, and Art to express the value of technology". This breakthrough would be the first time this technology would be applied to mobile phones. A wave of classic art can be expected in the mobile phone industry, bringing users an immersive experience of "light chasing". TECNO has successfully refined the technology of polychromatic photoisomer on the monochromatic back cover of a mobile phone, so allowing display of masters of classic art, a move ahead of the industry.

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Through Technological Innovation, TECNO Lets Technology Become Art

TECNO data insights indicate that today's young generation of consumers' aesthetic expectations toward technological products are becoming a trend around the world. TECNO is committed to the expansion of mobile phone design and strives to bring artistic beauty to users in the new era, giving technology an artistic touch with innovative technology breakthroughs in the shape, material and appearance design of mobile phone manufacturing process.

This technology consists of 22 steps and underwent 500 iterations of testing, with accuracy reaching nanometer-level. This ensures that it is carefully crafted and rigorously tested to reach exact specifications.

Polychromatic photoisomer technology is an innovation which uses the breakage and recovery effect of the chain of photosensitive molecular bonds under ultraviolet light, making colorless molecular groups become chromogenic and then revert to colorless.

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The process breaks through the technical limitations of single-color or dual-color discoloration, and realizes for the first time the industry ideal of "making mobile phones not only a technology product, but also a work of art".

Paying Tribute to the Art Masters, TECNO Makes Users Light Chasers

TECNO's debut of the polychromatic photoisomer technology is not only an innovation of mobile phones as technology, but also as a successful exploration of artistic expression. Through TECNO's polychromatic photoisomer technology, users can enjoy multi-color discoloration of mobile phones in different life scenarios. Transforming from an indoor single-color back cover to an outdoor multi-color experience, TECNO makes full use of the dazzling colors brought by the changes of light and shadow, giving the mobile phone an artistic attribute. TECNO is able to elevate the appearance and design of mobile phones to a new level by this integration of technology and art.

It was the French painter douard Manet who brought "light" into painting and created impressionism in the 19th-century. And today, TECNO is paying tribute to Manet by embedding mobile phone design with the elements of "light" to create the collision of colors under the sunlight.

TECNO's creative use of "light" brings the beauty of "change" to the mobile phone, and gives users a personalized, immersive artistic experience. Just like Monet, "an eternal light chaser", TECNO allows users to experience the joy of "chasing light".

The use of light enables dazzling colors, as in the Dutch artist Piet Mondrian's effects when depicting the geometric elements comprised of "primary colors" and straight lines, to reflect an equal and harmonious order. TECNO pays tribute to Piet Mondrian by presenting polychromatic photoisomer technology in a classic and minimalist mobile phone design to inherit perfectly his pure artistic spirit. The mobile phone is no longer a mere technology product but a philosophical artwork in the tradition of Mondrian, with the light and shadow transformation from indoor to outdoors. TECNO's brand, expressed by the debut of polychromatic photoisomer technology, is similar to Mondrian's perfect combination of colors and lines to illustrate the power of nature and the essence of life.

TECNO's global debut of the polychromatic photoisomer technology not only leads the industry for mobile phone design, but also practices its "Stop at Nothing" brand essence. As an innovative leader in mobile phone technology, adhering to the concept of "Technology to amplify the value of art, Art to express the value of technology", TECNO continues to inspire and empower consumers in emerging markets and globally for bringing a unique "chasing light" experience to consumers everywhere.

About TECNO

TECNO is a premium smartphone and AIoT devices brand from TRANSSION Holdings. With "Stop At Nothing" as its brand essence, TECNO is committed to unlocking the best contemporary technologies for progressive individuals across global emerging markets, giving them elegantly designed intelligent products that inspires consumers to uncover a world of possibilities. TECNO understands the needs of consumers from different markets and provides them with localized innovations and design breakthroughs demonstrated through their mastery of serving consumers who are "young at heart" and never stops pursuing excellence. TECNO's portfolio spans across smartphones, tablets, smart wearables and AIoT devices made for consumers in over 70 emerging markets world-wide. TECNO is also the Official Partner of Manchester City, Premier League Champions 2020-21. For more information, please visit: http://www.tecno-mobile.com.

Contact:TECNOJoyce Li+8610 85910986https://www.tecno-mobile.com

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