Digital Lifestyle at Mobile World Congress

Smith Micro Software, Inc. (NASDAQ:SMSI) today announced it will exhibit at Mobile World Congress Los Angeles 2019, the fastest growing tradeshow for all sectors of mobile technology in North America. The conference will be held at the Los Angeles Convention Center from October 22-24, 2019. The Smith Micro meeting room will be located at Hall West – Level 2 Stand W2.512-B.
SafePath®, a Connected Life Platform delivering the best connected life experience across families and the connected devices that are part of their daily digital lifestyle, inside and outside the home. The SafePath platform brings together people and their devices in a seamless experience created by a common platform that includes:
SafePath Family – Location and parental controls made easy for the whole family.
SafePath IoT – Bringing people and the connected devices together under a single common experience. SafePath Home – In-home parental controls, connected to IoT management and home network security. ViewSpot™ delivers consistent and dynamic retail display management to all devices and live displays in the wireless carrier retail space to take control of the customer’s in-store journey. The ViewSpot platform also offers dynamic pricing, a connected customer experience and valuable analytics and monitoring.
CommSuite® is the next generation of voice messaging which provides a voice platform currently deployed on millions of mobile handsets. CommSuite creates a compelling value proposition through core, complementary and partner experiences that attract and retain voice messaging subscribers and create new monetization and engagement opportunities.

Senior Lifestyle Corporation Breaks Ground on the Sheridan at Oak Brook

Senior Lifestyle Corporation, an industry-leading owner, operator and developer of senior living communities, and Kaufman Jacobs, a Chicago-based privately held real estate investment firm, began construction on The Sheridan at Oak Brook on August 19, 2019.
The Sheridan at Oak Brook will feature 127 independent living apartment homes, 59 assisted living apartment homes, and 14 memory care residences developed specifically to support those with Alzheimer’s, dementia, and other memory-impairing illnesses. Designed to create a vibrant atmosphere in which residents can enjoy a modern lifestyle in the beautiful Oak Brook neighborhood, the building will include top-tier amenities such as an open-concept design, dining and living rooms, spacious apartments, a bar and bistro with a pizza oven, an on-site theater, game rooms, walking paths and a memory garden.With five stories designed to create an exclusive living experience and complement the local urban feel, The Sheridan at Oak Brook will be Senior Lifestyle’s most modern development to-date. In addition to providing elite, best-in-class living options for the growing Oak Brook affluent senior population, The Sheridan at Oak Brook will also create more than 100 new jobs in the community. The 215,000-square-foot retirement community will sit on 4.5 acres of land near major shopping malls and dining destinations.This community will be the only dedicated, purposefully designed independent living, assisted living and memory care community in Oak Brook.The Sheridan at Oak Brook is the fourth joint venture development between Senior Lifestyle and Kaufman Jacobs.

La spinta del digitale nel settore del lifestyle

Si attesta tra i più importanti in Italia: secondo l’ultima ricerca netRetail di Netcomm in collaborazione con Kantar, nell’ultimo anno oltre la metà degli eShopper italiani ha acquistato prodotti nella categoria fashion (54%), superando l’elettronica di consumo, che detiene una quota del 51%; il 44% dei consumatori online italiani ha acquistato prodotti di bellezza e cosmetica e il 16% mobili e oggetti di arredo e design. La chiave vincente nell’esperienza di acquisto online dei consumatori italiani è la consegna: 1 italiano su 4 vorrebbe poter cambiare data e orario di consegna, scegliere il sabato e la domenica come giorno di ricezione del pacco e indicare una data e un orario preciso di consegna.
Sono queste alcune delle evidenze emerse durante la terza edizione di Netcomm Focus Fashion&Lifestyle, tenutosi a Palazzo Mezzanotte. I consumatori italiani chiedono alle aziende del fashion consegne ecosostenibili, personalizzate e possibilità di reso immediate. Dalla ricerca netRetail emerge, infatti, che i giovani italiani di età compresa tra i 16 e i 24 anni hanno particolarmente a cuore il tema green: il 39% di loro vorrebbe poter scegliere opzioni di consegna a ridotto impatto ambientale e il 53% desidera ricevere pacchi già pronti per essere restituiti in caso il prodotto non soddisfi le proprie esigenze. Esigenze sempre più specifiche quelle degli italiani che comprano online: il 25%, infatti, vorrebbe poter cambiare orario e data di consegna, scegliere giorno e orario esatti e ricevere i propri ordini a casa sabato e domenica.
Sempre secondo la ricerca di netRetail, il primo touchpoint utilizzato per acquistare abbigliamento, calzature e accessori è rappresentato dalle recensioni online per il 39% dei consumatori; al secondo posto il sito proprietario del brand per il 29%; al terzo posto, per il 23% dei clienti, il passaggio in store; al quarto posto, per il 22%, l’app del retailer e le piattaforme online. La finalizzazione dell’acquisto avviene prevalentemente sui marketplace, dove oltre la metà dei consumatori online italiani (quasi il 60%) compra prodotti fashion. Il successo dei marketplace è dovuto alle maggiori capacità di digital marketing che possano offrire un efficace mix tra prezzi vantaggiosi, migliori promozioni e varietà di scelta dei prodotti, che sono i principali driver di acquisto rispettivamente per il 51%, 43% e 29% dei consumatori italiani.
Più di un terzo della popolazione mondiale acquista abbigliamento online: nel 2019 il numero di eShopper nel mondo che acquista prodotti nel fashion raggiunge oltre 2 miliardi e 451 milioni, in crescita dell’11% rispetto allo scorso anno. Entro il 2023 saranno 3 miliardi e 363 milioni i consumatori che sceglieranno di acquistare capi di abbigliamento online, +37% rispetto al 2019. Il fatturato online del fashion a livello globale cresce costantemente: nel 2019 vale 346 miliardi e 256 milioni di €, in crescita del 13% rispetto allo scorso anno. Entro il 2023 questo settore varrà saranno 509 miliardi e 376 milioni, +47% rispetto al 2019.
In Italia la quota di acquisto online di abbigliamento passerà dal 6% nel 2018 al 9% nel 2023, mentre in Cina dal 52% nel 2018 al 65% nel 2023. Il mercato cinese del fashion online vale più del doppio di quello europeo e statunitense: in Cina si registrerà una crescita annua del 12% nei prossimi 4 anni, passando da 247 miliardi di dollari nel 2018 a 431 miliardi nel 2023, mentre in Europa del 7,5% passando da 102 miliardi di dollari nel 2018 a 147 miliardi nel 2023; negli Stati Uniti dell’8%, passando da 103 miliardi di dollari nel 2018 a 146 miliardi nel 2023[3]. Nel 2019 il 33% dei consumatori nel mondo acquista abbigliamento attraverso canali digitali, il 27% acquista calzature e il 19% accessori. Percentuali che sono destinate a crescere entro il 2023, quando quasi la metà degli acquisti di abbigliamento (44%) avverrà attraverso canali digitali.

WiZ Announces Lifestyle Smart Lights Feature with New Scheduled Presets at CES 2018

WiZ Connected Light, the leading innovator of smart lighting technology, today announced the new Scheduled Presets function enabling your smart lights to know your regular activity level throughout the day and night, automatically providing the most suitable light you need at that moment, delivered based on the time of day to enhance wellness and match your lifestyle. This feature is a game changer when using voice controlled assistants. Come see our exhibit at CES 2018 in Booth: Sands, Halls A-D – 42908.It is well known that lighting affects health, especially mental health and serenity, and the new Scheduled Presets control how a light behaves when you turn it on at any point over a 24-hour period. Now you can deliver subtle lighting in your room as you awake in the morning, Daylight lighting in the living room in the afternoon, or a dim night light set for that middle-of-the-night trip for a drink of water in the kitchen.Scheduled Presets can be set up in seconds to work via WiZ’s top-rated app — available via Google Play and the Apple App Store — through the remote or using voice activation with Google Assistant and Amazon Alexa. With the Scheduled Presets function, found in the app’s Schedules menu, each room’s schedule is depicted via a simple circle, just like a clock face, making it easier to set-up, manage, and customize easy:Tap on a Light Mode icon to change light mode or light brightness for any time of day. Hold the button down longer to change a phase’s start time or duration for even more customization. Use up to five unique light phases in each room – it’s truly up to your own preference! Activating the functionality is simple and easy right out of the box, and comes with commonly-used presets already installed for worry-free setup. These can be easily changed to take advantage of any of WiZ smart lights’ 64,000 shades of white and 16 million color choices.Voice control and interoperability with other systems are available via Integrations with the most popular players including Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant (and Google Home) and IFTTT, which can allow interconnection with other IoT products and thousands of usage scenarios, connecting your daily activities to your smart lights in a new way to enhance your lifestyle.The WiZ full range of smart LED light bulbs, recessed lighting and contemporary luminaires is available online at HomeDepot.com, Amazon and BedBathandBeyond.com. Select products can also be found at Costco.com. For more information about WiZ Connected Light, visit http://www.wizconnected.com or see our exhibit at CES 2018 in Booth: Sands, Halls A-D – 42908. (Photo: Business Wire)

The Anglet contemporary art international biennial unveils its program

From 26th August to 2nd November 2016, La Littorale #6 offers a journey through monumental works created by artists of several different nationalities installed in emblematic locations: La Barre, the Izadia ecological park, the seafront and its green spaces as well as La Chambre d’Amour.
The sixth Anglet-Bask Coast contemporary art international biennial has been named La Littorale, a name chosen to anchor this cultural event geographically. This time the event’s artistic direction has been entrusted to writer and art historian, Paul Ardenne. With La Littorale #6 the new curator wants “selected artists to question the tensions and contradictions to which shores are now subject. This are in fact places that are sought after for the gentle lifestyle they offer as much as for being physical frontiers, limits, political spaces, bringing together stakeholders often with very different interests.” Anglet adds to these aspects the idea of an “ecological Eden, in grandiose natural surroundings”. The biennial thus restates its character as an open air exhibition, with wide open spaces for expression, where priority goes to themes linked to the complexity of the coastline: A leisure time seaside resort, a frontier contact area, a fragile rapidly evolving ecological space.

Giada Curti “Invitè d’Honneur” negli Emirati Arabi e nel Qatar

L’Alta Moda di Giada Curti protagonista di due esclusivi eventi dedicati al “Lifestyle Italiano” organizzati da Starwood Hotels & Resorts Italy con il Patrocinio dall’Ambasciata Italiana negli Emirati Arabi Uniti e della Ambasciata Italiana nel Quatar. Nel primo appuntamento, andato in scena il 29 febbraio al St Regis di Abu Dhabi, le magiche atmosfere Veneziane della Collezione “La Divina Marchesa” proposte nell’ultima edizione di AltaRoma e alcune tra le più rappresentative creazioni haute couture delle precedenti collezioni, hanno fatto da cornice ad un originale “Tea Italiano” un trunk show pomeridiano, riservato ad un esclusivo gruppo di Lady Emiratine. Per l’occasione i sartoriali e pregiati outfits, dedicati alla Marchesa Casati, si sono arricchiti di ricami, intarsi e cristalli Swarovski.Il Viaggio nello stile italiano è stato poi protagonista di una serata speciale nella quale personalità reali e imprenditoriali del mondo arabo ed internazionale hanno avuto l’opportunità di assaporare l’eccellenza della cucina “Made in Italy” proposta da tre stimati Chef che operano in alcuni degli eccellenti Hotel di Starwood in Italia: Luca Scoleri dell’Excelsior Hotel Gallia di Milano; Daniele Turco del Gritti Palace di Venezia e Maurizio Locatelli dell’Hotel Cala di Volpe Costa Smeralda.
Il progetto “Italian Lifestyle Jouney” voluto da Starwood Hotels & Resorts Italy e le preziose creazioni d’Alta Moda di Giada Curti, dopo Abu Dhabi, hanno fatto tappa il 2 marzo allo Sheraton Gran Doha Resort & Convention Hotel in Doha, riproponendo alle personalità reali e agli operatori specializzati della capitale del Qatar, quanto di meglio il sistema produttivo italiano riesce ad esportare tramite azioni mirate di promozione e comunicazione.“La passione e l’amore per il mio lavoro mi hanno consentito di raggiungere questo ulteriore e gratificante successo, dichiara Giada Curti, essere l’unica rappresentante del Made in Italy in questo prestigioso tour negli Emirati Arabi e del Quatar ed aver la possibilità di vestire le donne più belle e importanti del mondo è motivo di grande orgoglio. Un grazie immenso a Starwood Hotels & Resorts Italy e alle Ambasciate Italiane degli Emirati Arabi Uniti e del Quatar.

Miami’s Luxury Market Registers Higher Median Sales Prices in 1Q of 2015

Miami’s luxury properties saw a significant year-over-year rise in median sales prices in the first quarter of 2015, according to the MIAMI Association of REALTORS® (MIAMI), the nation’s largest Realtor group with 36,000 members. Single-family homes priced at $1 million or above had a median sales price of $1.7 million in the 2015 first quarter, a 6.25 percent increase from $1.6 million in the 2014 first quarter. Luxury condos also had a median sales price of $1.7 million in the first quarter of 2015, a 13.3 percent spike from $1.5 million in the 2014 first quarter.“With its sunny weather, outdoor lifestyle, and world-class cultural offerings, Miami’s luxury market continues to see more home sales, listings, and higher median sales prices,” said Christopher Zoller, a 27-year Miami-based Realtor and the 2015 Residential President of the MIAMI Association of REALTORS®. “South Florida offers a unique place to live, work, and play for the world’s wealthy. Ultra-high-net-worth individuals are securing more real estate for their money in South Florida compared to other global cities such as New York City and London.”In the prestigious 2015 Knight Frank Wealth Report, Miami ranked as the sixth most important city in the world to ultra-high-net-worth individuals (UHNWI). Miami and New York were the only North American cities to make the top-10 list of the Wealth Report, which is issued annually by London-based real estate consultancy Knight Frank. London, New York, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Shanghai rounded out the top-five most important global cities.Miami luxury single-family homes saw a 2.3 percent rise in first-quarter sales compared to the same period last year, growing from 217 to 222. The $1 million-plus properties spent 94 median days on the market in the first quarter, the same number reflected in the first quarter of 2014.Luxury single-family homes continue to see an increase in new listings as seller confidence in Miami’s luxury market continues. In the first quarter, 755 luxury single-family homes were placed into the market. That’s a 22.4 percent increase from 617 in the first quarter of 2014.The inventory for luxury single-family homes reached 1,181 in the recently completed first quarter, a 14.3-percent rise from the 1,033 listed in the first quarter of 2014.
Miami luxury condominiums saw a 3.6 percent year-over-year decline in sales in the first quarter of 2015, from 250 to 241. The median days on the market for luxury condos was 103, a 15.7 percent increase from the same period in 2014.Luxury condos had 8.1 percent more new listings in the recently completed first quarter, growing from 831 to 898. In the first quarter of 2015, the number of property listings for $1 million-plus condos grew to 1,614, a 20.6 percent increase from the 1,338 in the first quarter of 2014.
The MIAMI Association of REALTORS® was chartered by the National Association of Realtors in 1920 and is celebrating 95 years of service to Realtors, the buying and selling public, and the communities in South Florida. Comprised of five organizations, the Residential Association, the Realtors Commercial Alliance, the Broward County Board of Governors, the YPN Council and the award-winning International Council, it represents more than 36,000 real estate professionals in all aspects of real estate sales, marketing, and brokerage. It is the largest local Realtor association in the U.S., and has official partnerships with more than 125 international organizations worldwide. MIAMI’s official website is http://www.miamire.com.

Breastfeeding reduces the risk of suffering allergy

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Barcelona/Zurich, Today, about one in four European children suffer from allergy, which makes this disease the non-infectious epidemic of the 21st century.Evidence suggests that lifestyle factors and nutritional patterns, such as breastfeeding, help to reduce the early symptoms of allergy. The detection and reduction of the early causes of childhood allergy is the major topic at the 2nd EAACI Pediatric Allergy and Asthma Meeting (PAAM 2011) that opens today in Barcelona.There is no doubt that the exposure to allergens, both in food and the environment, play a role though the exact significance of dose and timing is not yet fully defined. According to Prof. Halken,PAAM 2011 Chair “there are some hypotheses suggesting that specific lifestyle and nutritional patterns may lead to early symptoms of allergy. For example, breastfeeding for the first 4-6 months has been showed to reduce the risk for atopic eczema and cow’s milk protein allergy”. The development of allergy is a result of a complex interaction between genetic and many environmental factors that may protect against or promote its development. Factors such as pollution have also been linked to the increased prevalence of allergic diseases during childhood in developed countries.
The expression of allergic disease may vary with age, and some symptoms may disappear being replaced by other symptoms. As Prof. Halken says, “infants typically experience atopic dermatitis, gastrointestinal symptoms and recurrent wheezing, whereas bronchial asthma and allergic rhinoconjunctivitis are the main allergic symptoms in childhood”. In that sense, allergic reactions to foods, mainly cow’s milk protein, are the commonest manifestation in the first years of life, whereas allergy to inhalant agents mostly occurs later in childhood.
EAACI – The European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology is a non-profit organisation active in the field of allergic and immunologic diseases such as asthma, rhinitis, eczema, occupational allergy, food and drug allergy and anaphylaxis. EAACI was founded in 1956 in Florence and has become the largest medical association in Europe in the field of allergy and clinical immunology. It includes over 6’800 members from 107 countries, as well as 41 National Allergy Societies. Throughout 2011, EAACI will develop different activities to celebrate the 100th anniversary of immunotherapy in Allergy, which will aim at increasing the knowledge in this field among healthcare professionals, increase awareness in the general population, and finally, promote the availability of immunotherapy for allergic patients.

Consultation on Poverty

Budapest.  In the opening speech of the conference H.E. Metropolitan Emmanuel of France, President of CEC, stressed that: ‘”Economic liberalism that was self regulatory before, has arrived at the limit of its expression… There is a crisis of values that places man in front of his own responsibilities, as a person in relation and as a person in relationship.” Churches cannot stand outside of this process, there is active role that churches have to undertake in responding to challenges coming to us from the society we are living in. “We have to promote the development of a new lifestyle, while getting rid of the pressures of the economy and consumerism; we must focus on an ethics of responsibility for our life, conducive to sustainable development.  Faith and works are intimately related,” underlined Metropolitan Emmanuel.  During its opening day, the conference was adressed by Mr Imre Nyitrai, Deputy State Secretary in the Ministery of National Resouces of the Hungarian government. In his presentation, he outlined the strategy of the Hungarian government for addresing poverty. Mr. Nyitrai stressed that there is a close link between employment and poverty. “Particular attention has to be given to child poverty and to do all that is possible to stop the intergenerational transfer of poverty.”  A strong social engagement of the churches is expected. “In particular in contributing to social services, in helping victims of natural disasters and in providing necessary education,” emphasised Mr Nyitrai.
In the theological elaboration of the theme of the conference, Prof. Heinrich Bedford-Strohm, Univertsity of Bamberg, concluded: “It is not only the Bible but also the teachings and great traditions of our churches that speak a clear language concerning the very moral basis of economic activity. The goal of economy is for a just participation for all members of society.”

“La storia di stella Shilova”

Milano giovedì 26 marzo al Carlton Baglioni Hotel dalle ore 19.00 Fashionstargroup, azienda di servizi che si è qualificata come punto di riferimento nell’universo della moda, arte, design e luxury lifestyle, presenterà in assoluta anteprima, “La storia di stella Shilova”, innovativo progetto di video comunicazione unconventional per marchi di lusso. Svetlana Nikolina, che ha fondato Fashionstargroup nel 2004, si avvicina per la prima volta al mondo delle aziende. Esperta di fashion business, da anni si occupa di offrire una gamma di servizi esclusi ai propri clienti, di cui cura l’immagine. Volete stupire il partner con un viaggio in Jet privato? Scoprire le perle nascoste di una nuova città o ricevere un consiglio su quale sia il colore che più vi valorizza? Questo e molto altro Fashionstargroup può fare per voi. Forte della propria esperienza, inoltre, Fashionstargroup presterà alle aziende il suo know how proponendo un originale ed esclusivo progetto di comunicazione per esaltare in maniera innovativa i loro prodotti. Alla kermesse di giovedì 26 marzo sarà presentato anche il nuovo portale web dove comparirà la nuova area “business”, e si aggiungeranno i nuovi servizi di consulenza per il design e l’arte. Per gli utenti, Fashionstargroup aprirà le porte di un nuovo mondo di servizi, dove sarà possibile navigare dal settore moda e immagine, passando per l’arredamento e il design fino al Luxury Life Style. (foto stella shilova)