HIGHLIGHT

REUTERS Iran Fires Rockets at Iraqi Air Base Hours After Funeral of Slain Commander NEWSWEEK Russia and Syria’s Presidents Meet After U.S. Kills Iranian General that Fought Their War CNBC Boeing 737 Passenger Plane Crashes in Iran Killing All Aboard BLOOMBERG Europe’s Factories Headed Into 2020 With Less Hope for Jobs

Monday, November 30, 2015

TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION

Sending Message Without Cellular Service


A new device allows you to keep connected like sending message, chatting with group and sharing your GPS location. GoTenna is perfect solution if you’re in travelling or camping where there was no Wi-Fi or cellular service available. Cellular with Bluetooth will need to use goTenna application to be able to communicate with anyone in range within 20 feet or up to 50 miles. GoTenna labelled with price at US$149.99, valuable price for emergency chat or communication. (TI01/TE/10/August/014)


Wednesday, November 25, 2015

TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION

A Terrorist Will Be Detected With CounterBomber Technology  


Technology that capable of detecting suicide vest was found and exposed at the Milipol 2015 exhibition in Paris. CounterBomber Technology automatically detects suicide vests and gives the military opportunity to stop terrorists before they gain access to public and harm people around. The technology is capable of scanning and searching in 3 -5 second working with a video-steered radar sensor. According to plan CounterBomber will be deployed around the world to make people life safer from suicide vests threat. (TI01/FO/23/Nov/15)



Sunday, November 22, 2015

EDITORIAL

ISIS and Conflict Resolution


It was the President policy that US soldiers did not need to land in Iraq and Syria rather US withdraw local armies to fight against ISIS. The idea of containment policy was pretty right that the ISIS should struggle and wage in war against their local authorities and then the war has no relations with the West as expected. The strategy also contained president initiation to include Iran in negotiation with the ISIS leaders.

There are two crucial points inherent in the policy firstly, to show US unwillingness to make the situation getting worse and secondly, Iran involvement to mediate the war should be putting in serious agenda. However, it seems that Iran involvement in the crisis centre is impossible because many members of Congress disagree if ‘red devil’ suddenly become their good friend.

Unfortunately, there is misconception in understanding the root of the problem. In classic war it almost constantly emerged the root from the same pattern such as economy scarcity and struggle for power. But ISIS is in different direction, they intend to propose ism which could bring the world in peace and prosper, no matter whether they could make it real, but that what they believed.

Underlining belief and ideology to bring the world in order and prosper is critical issue to address and that the points to put on the table to discuss, not by war and by including Iran, as US president once suggested, and the world prominent religion leaders, the unending war might not need to happen.                         

Saturday, November 21, 2015

CINEMA

The Force Awakens is expected to be No# 1 Blockbuster Movie 2015


The biggest pre-opening tickets sales for December show is Star Wars: Episode VII- The Force Awakens. The records ticket sales expected to be the sign of the biggest movie of all time. Some ticket sellers said that Star Wars: Episode VII-The Force Awakens has surpassed other movies in sales. Imax has reached figure US$18 million for pre-sales, making total of the domestic sales at more than US$50 million. (CE01/AS/21/Nov/15)


Thursday, November 19, 2015

ECONOMY ALERT

Apple’s Stock to Rise 43 Percent


Goldman Sachs said apple’s share could rise 43 percent over the next 12 months. Goldman sees iPhone users begin to pay for the number of services they use over the months ahead. Apple has launched music service costs US$9.99 a month and supposedly on-demand TV which cost US$ 40 a month next year. The potential growth, the analyst said was based on Apple consumers’ increase of Mac, IPad, Watch hardware and services adoption. (EA01/CB/18/Nov/15)  


Sunday, November 15, 2015

TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION

Bronco Is Back


Ford planned to bring back Bronco SUV to US market in 2020. Reportedly, Ford will produce a new Ranger midsize pickup in 2018 and Bronco thereafter. Following General Motors success in market for Chevy Colorado and GMC Canyon midsize pickup with record sales over 100,000 units in 2015, Ford Ranger will be launching in 2018. The Ranger in foreign market, Ford named SUV concept as the Everest with four-doors different from Bronco’s traditional with two doors while it’s not confirmed yet for US market. (TI01/FO/10/Nov/15)

   

TRAGEDY

Terror Attacks in Paris


In the wake of Paris attack (Friday 13), the world leaders delivered their sympathy on tragedy and condemned the terror attack. Middle East papers such as Al Arabiya released video streaming speculate on terrors as being conducted by ISIS. While Arabnews quoted French accusation on the Daesh as their statements to target French and its supporters related with Allies previous striking the Daesh group in Syria and Iraq. There was no confirmation on the authenticity of the statements but they have similarity with previous Daesh statements. (TR01/AR/14/Nov/15)      

Thursday, November 12, 2015

TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION

Faraday Future Car Company is to Produce Mysterious Car


Faraday Future car is building a billion-dollar manufacturing plant and recruiting 500 employees by the end of this year. The company also recruited brilliant people from Tesla, BMW, Ferrari, Space-X, Ford, General Motor, Volvo, Facebook and Google. Faraday ambitious to build electric car is still unknown as the spokesman of the company, Nick Sampson former director for Tesla unwilling to reveal its plan and keeping their partners confidential.  Unconfirmed source said that Apple created Faraday electric car company but undisclosed the plant until the products are ready. The cars seem quite exclusive with taking into account of some aspects like unique ownership and usage models. (TI01/FO/06/Nov/15)         
 
   

Wednesday, November 11, 2015

ECONOMY ALERT

Global Economy Growing Slower Than Expected


A.P. Moeller-Maersk, the world’s biggest shipping line recorded their business suffers slower growth as their profit down 61 percent in third quarter this year. Demand for transport by sea across the world grew little from 2014 mostly caused by a weaker European market lead to trade from Asia to Europe down significantly. Maersk CEO said that there is distortion in redistribution between commodity exporting countries and commodity importing countries. (EA01/BL/08/Nov/15)



Friday, November 6, 2015

OUTPERFORM

Facebook Video Begins to Leave Time Warner, Netflix and Hulu Behind in Getting More Ad


As online streaming currently become more popular than TV cable services, the ad revenue of some companies such as Time Warner, Netflix and Hulu begin to slow down significantly. The consumers switching services to online streaming benefit Facebook video service with the growing page views accompanied with raising bigger portion of the TV advertising market. According to an analyst, advertising market in the United States alone predicted to be worth about US$17 billion in 2017. In September 2015, advertisers in Facebook has jump 25 percent with 2.5 million revenue and the company now valued at over US$300 billion with 1.55 billion monthly active users. (OP01/RU/05/Nov/15)