RINGS.TV Announces Singapore’s Newest Interactive Mobile Broadcasting Platform

Watch live stream events anytime, anywhere and engage with audiences in real-time

Singapore-based technology group, Mozat Pte Ltd announces RINGS.TV, Singapore’s first interactive mobile broadcasting platform for live streaming of events, concerts, performances and conferences. With over 45,000 downloads to date, this next-generation mobile app allows viewers to watch and interact with live performances on the go. Available worldwide, this free app can be downloaded on both Android Google Play and Apple App Store, for viewers to discover great events wherever they are.

Built with a streamlined interface and designed to satisfy ease of use, video content on RINGS.TV can be watched for free and are sorted by recommendation, popularity or time. Users are able to:

1. Access Live Events, happening both locally or internationally in real-time.
2. Interact through live chat with comments, likes, sending gifts or shares.
3. View a list of upcoming events and register their interest to receive notifications when it goes live.
4. Watch replays at their preferred time

RINGS.TV features a wide range of specially designed functions to enable live engagement with the audience. These include:

• Search and Follow live events, channels, and friends to build your own virtual community
• Sharing via instant messaging and social media platforms
• Send a virtual Gift in the live stream chat to show your appreciation
• Coins can be purchased or acquired at no cost by participating in daily challenges
• Select content based on interest categories such as news, politics, music, education, science and sports
• Experiential technology with 360 degree video

RINGS.TV will be launching their latest innovation, 360° technology for live streaming. This technology uses a single camera to capture a 360° panoramic video, offering audiences a fully immersive viewing experience.

Bryan Loh, Chief Operating Officer of RINGS.TV said, “With our expertise in developing innovative technology, RINGS.TV aims to bring live video streaming to a mass audience. Using mobile technology, this platform will connect global audiences to engage with international events that they may not have had access to previously. We strive to push the boundaries with our research and development, and our breakthrough in 360 degree technology continues to bring new and unique experiences directly to our audience.”

Review
I have installed the apps on my ipad. Make sure you select it as an iphone apps when you are using your ipad. Otherwise you will not be able to find the apps under the ipad apps. There are a good selection of categories of live broadcasts such as news, sports, entertainment etc. 

As I am using my home broadband connect, there is no delay and it is quite good. I have yet to try it out of my home using my 4G connection. 

A useful apps if you are unable to attend the event and still able to view it live at Rings.TV, provided the event is broadcast live. 

Your chance to try the Rings.TV apps out at the coming NPark live streaming of the following events. Below are the details. 

RINGS.TV will be live streaming NParks the popular Concert Series in the Park,Rockestra®; and open mic performance,

Rockestra®

-        Date: 25 June (Sat), 18h30

-        Watch it live: http://rings.tv/share/event/ue40891

Join us for a night of good food and good music from the 50s to 90s at the second instalment of NParks Concert Series in the Park: Rockestra® on 25 June 2016 at Empress Place (Empress Lawn)! Held in conjunction with ‘Satay Night Live’, this concert promises a nostalgic experience and plenty of Satay as we bring you the golden hits of yesteryears performed by Jive Talkin’, Sebastian Tan aka Broadway Beng, Jack & Rai, Ciao Turtle, ShiLi & Adi, The Pinholes, Alia and Dee Dee.

For more information visit: https://www.nparks.gov.sg/concertseries

Live Out Loud

-        Date: 26 June (Sun), 10h

-        Watch it live: http://rings.tv/share/event/ue40890

Enjoy your own 15 minutes of fame at ‘Live Out Loud’ – NParks’ open mic performances – at Esplanade Park.

The RINGS.TV app is free to download via Google Play for Android and the App Store for iOS.

About Mozat Pte Ltd
Mozat is an award-winning technology and service enterprise that develops an innovative suite of mobile apps enabling live streaming, social networking, and multi-player gaming. Mozat has won numerous industry awards, including the Deloitte Technology Fast 500™ Asia Pacific, Red Herring Global Top 100, Red Herring Asia Top 100 and the Golden Oliver Award from Sony-Ericsson. Founded in 2003, Mozat is headquartered in Singapore with representative offices in China and the Middle East.

BlackBerry strengthens enterprise partner Program FOR RAPID GROWTH

Partner program enables solutions providers to strengthen their security and mobility services

Singapore, SG – May 18, 2016 –BlackBerry Limited (NASDAQ: BBRY; TSX: BB), a global leader in secure mobile communications, today announced the evolution of its Enterprise Partner Program for solutions providers. Through the program, BlackBerry will provide partners with best practices that enhance their skills to offer and support BlackBerry’s cross platform security and productivity solutions. The enhancements to the program are aimed to increase the value of BlackBerry partners, stimulate growth and drive profit, especially for partners that invest in their relationship with the company.

According to analyst firm Canalys, channel partners currently see themselves in a state of transformation, with security, mobility and managed services as some of the drivers for increased profitability. By enhancing the partner program on several levels, BlackBerry will help partners build new capabilities around the multi-OS EMM platform from BlackBerry.

The renewed program will include an integrated and simplified pricing structure along with enhanced partner discounts through deal registration. Solutions providers that want to mobilize their own business by showcasing Good Secure EMM Suites to customers are supported with discounted licenses from BlackBerry. 

“The renewed BlackBerry Enterprise Partner Program for solutions providers will enable our partners to capture the rich consulting, professional services, and support and software lifecycle management opportunities created in their move to mobile business,” said Richard McLeod, Vice President Global Channels at BlackBerry. “BlackBerry aims to help partners growing their business by empowering them to increase their value and improve competitive differentiation through building and developing intellectual property and personalized value-added services around our comprehensive multi-OS EMM platform.”

BlackBerry can also work closely with its partners to collect feedback and input on various topics such as in-market products, BlackBerry’s emerging technology roadmap and go-to-market approach to create more sales opportunities for its partners.

Wilson Ho, Managing Director of Westcon Solutions Asia, Westcon-Comstor says: “BlackBerry is a key enterprise software partner of ours, and we welcome this new initiative to better support our partners and grow our businesses.  The company has been through a significant transformation since its acquisition of Good Technology and launch of BES12, and we are excited to be working with BlackBerry to help our customers be secured and enabled in a connected world.”

The new Good Secure EMM Suites from BlackBerry provides partners with a recurring, subscription revenue model and a progressive packaging that delivers a customer life cycle growth opportunity as businesses continue to embrace secure mobility and productivity. With Good Secure EMM Suites customers can leverage simple and flexible options to deploy industry-leading security across devices, apps, content and data. These tailored mobility suites meet the current and future needs of businesses of any size through a single integrated offering of BES®12, Good Dynamics and WatchDox® by BlackBerry. 

The BlackBerry Enterprise Partner Program for solution providers is split into three distinct tiers (Authorized, Gold and Platinum) that reflect the evolution happening within today’s mobile environment. Each tier provides different benefits based on a partner’s level of commitment. The more committed partners are, the more access to specialization, competencies and tools are being made available from BlackBerry. This gives partners the right competitive advantage in the market.  

More information on the BlackBerry Enterprise Partner Program can be found at https://partner.blackberry.com/.

Find out more on Good Secure EMM Suites at www.blackberry.com/enterprise.

A taste of FIV五 Square outlet food and experience their self-ordering kiosk (Video)

I remember when I was working as an IT professional years ago in a supermarket chain, we were considering self-service payment kiosks in the supermarket. Today, we have these kiosks in the various supermarkets chain. Such self-service kiosks helped to improve the speed of payment, cut down on manpower and streamline processes. As technology improved, businesses benefited with lowering of labour costs and better customer services. 

My recent trip to Japan, Hokkaido, opened my eyes on their self-help kiosks in many areas of applications. Most commonly seen is their food dispenser machines which are much more sophisticated intelligent machines than the ones in Singapore. 

I have the chance to experience this self-ordering kiosk recently at the Five Bar Group new flagship outlet, Five Square restaurant at Pickering Street. If you are familiar with AXS payment kiosk and ATM machines, you should have no problem operating these kiosks. Going through the step by step menu is a breeze. You will need to enter your mobile number for notification. Choices of food are displayed in pictures for your selection. Payment can be made by cash, credit card and Nets which are the most common form of payments in Singapore. The system will send you an SMS to notify you that food is ready for collection. 

The process is straight-forward, fast and efficient. No more queuing and overcrowding at the various food stall outlets making it difficult for those who are walking past the stalls. It helps to cut down on manpower cost for the stall or restaurant operators which may pass the benefits back to the customers in term of cheaper food prices. 

After all, in today business strategy, quality of food, experiences, pricing and customer service satisfaction are important factors in the success of businesses. Technology not only help to improve the workflow and processes in various businesses but also help to save time. The accuracy of using Technology is zero mistakes after a proper and complete test of the system. 

Singapore's first Tachinomi Izakaya inspired bar! FIV五 is Singapore's answer to the ever-popular Izakayas in Japan. Modelled after the 300-Yen bars which offer $5 specials all-day-everyday.

Beside the new outlet, FIV五Square,  FIV五 Bar Group also has a few other outlets in Singapore. FIV五Square is located at the Pickering Street. It is a relatively huge food establishment in term of floor area of 13,000 sq ft. 

There are basically two sections. The Gourmet Food Hall where the food stalls and self-ordering kiosks are located. The other section is the live band and bar. Depending on your preferences, you can order and bring your food to the live band area to enjoy your food and listen to music or simply enjoy your food at the spacious brightly lighted Gourmet Food Hall area. 

Let us start our food tasting session. At the Gourmet Food Hall, a total of 5 stalls with food varieties ranging from Western, Italian, Spanish, Japanese, Korean and Chinese. It would have covered most of the famous gourmet food of various nations. 

Cin.qo Tapas - Truffle Fries ($10 ). That was the first dish we ate very quickly. Maybe we were hunger. Somehow it tastes nicer than any other known fries in the fast food restaurants. Love it !

Omnivore SALADS & GRILLS - Carnivore Sampling Platter ($24.80). For those meat lovers, this dish is definitely a must for them. 

Cin.qo Tapas - Teriyaki Pizza ($15). I remember taking two slices of this delicious pizza ( one slice more than others ). Somehow, the seaweed toppings make it taste really good and my favourite sauce is Teriyaki. Well, you should know my verdict for this dish. Yes, it is my favourite dish. 

Gogibox - Beef Tacos ($6.80) Besides offering beef, they also have chicken, spicy chicken and spicy pork. 

Teppei Syokudo - Kaisendon ($16). Somehow my taste buds does not fancy raw salmon fish. For those raw fish or Sashimi eaters, they will enjoy this dish. 

Cin.qo Tapas - Seafood Paella ($9.50/$12). Mixed seafood in saffron infused European rice. 

Gogibox - GogiPlate ($8.50) Kimchi Fried Rice,Spicy Chicken and Salads. A choice of 1 Korean fried rice  and 1 choice of meats plus salads.  Gogibox is is the first quick-serve Korean food concept in Singapore and serves tasty, wholesome Korean meal. 

Grub Beef Noodle ($8.90)

Grub Pork Collar Noodle ( $9.90)

What better way to chill out with old and new friends at this interesting food outlet with a touch of technology to spice up our appetite. If you have not visited Five Square, do popped over with friends for an evening of nice food and company. 

Video

Thanks Soon Koon, Rachel, Christine and Ling Ling for the invite. 

More information on FIV五 Square:

Operating Hours

Mon-Sat 10am to 12am
Sun and Public Holidays - Closed

Location

 FIVE Square @ Pickering Street

1 Pickering Street #01-03, Singapore 048659

Great Eastern Building

A 5-minute walk from NEL Chinatown & Clarke Quay MRT Stations
A 7-minute walk from Raffles Place MRT Station

Parking available @ Great Eastern Building at the rate of $1.65 per hour

Website :

 http://fivebar.sg/ 

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Sony "Feel The Air" Audio Event 2014

Sony picked the right place for their high-resolution audio event at the Timbre @ The Arts House. It was cosy and the atmosphere at the bar were great. The high resolution music was pleasant to our ears while the delicious pizza serving satisfies our stomach. 

At the Timbre @ The Arts House, Sony Audio Event.

Sony staffs both locally and from Japan introduces their latest high resolution audio products. Looking at the latest Walkman, NWZ-A15, I remember my first Sony Walkman, WM-DD100 Boodo Khan in the late 1980s. The new Walkman is so thin and powerful in audio clarity with rich detailed sound. It incorporates a unique S-Master HX digital amplifier which minimise noise and distortion. In addition, the DSEE (Digital Sound Enhancement Engine) HX technology upscales the quality of compressed sound sources to surpass CD quality.

Latest Sony high resolution Walkman

Next is the impressive MDR-Z7, a premium quality headphone to match today’s finest high-resolution audio sources. It has the biggest 70mm HD driver unit completely envelops the listener’s ear, giving an immense feeling of space. Another headphone XBA-Z5, a hybrid was also a notable product.

World Biggest driver for MDR-Z7 headphone

Sony also introduces PHA-3 headphone amplifier to further enhance the high-resolution audio signals. In addition, Sony collaborated with cable specialist, Kimber Kable to create new MUC cables for better sound playback.

PHA-3 headphone amplifier

MDR-Z7, PHA-3, MUC cables

Other notable new releases include wearable waterproof Walkman WS610 series, and the new Bluetooth headphones such as the MDR-ZX550BN, wireless speaker SRS-X3 and MAP-S1 (Multi Audio Player System). Not forgetting those expertly crafted high resolution floor standing speakers, SS-NA2ES.

Overall, I was impressed with the sound quality of the new Sony’s products. Over the years, Sony had positioned herself as a leading brand for audio system. Her continuous innovation in search for better quality sound is truly a testimonial of a great company.  

 Wearable Waterproof Walkman W610

Demonstration by Sony staff on their latest High Resolution amplifier and floor standing speakers, SS-NA2ES

Bluetooth Wireless Speaker 

  Japanese developer for MDR-Z7 headphone.