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  • Apple Closes Fiscal 2015 with Record Revenue of $234 Billion

    iPhone, Apple Watch & App Store Drive Revenue Growth of 22%

    CUPERTINO, California — October 27, 2015 — Apple® today announced financial results for its fiscal 2015 fourth quarter ended September 26, 2015. The Company posted quarterly revenue of $51.5 billion and quarterly net profit of $11.1 billion, or $1.96 per diluted share. These results compare to revenue of $42.1 billion and net profit of $8.5 billion, or $1.42 per diluted share, in the year-ago quarter. Gross margin was 39.9 percent compared to 38 percent in the year-ago quarter. International sales accounted for 62 percent of the quarter’s revenue.
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    iPhone 6s was released during the quarter(file photo).
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  • Huawei Servers Help Tencent Deliver Largest Social Network in Asia

    Background

    Tencent ranks as the largest Internet enterprise in Asia and third largest services provider worldwide, after Google and Amazon. It serves the most users in China and is Asia’s first Internet enterprise with over USD $100 billion market value. Tencent provides a wide range of online services, gaining strength in mobile services, including gaming, social communities, advertising, reading, videos, music, and eCommerce, which are top-ranking in China’s Internet and mobile industries.

    Challenges

    To support heavy Internet service traffic, Tencent installed over 300,000 servers running on the live network and has purchased nearly 10 percent of all servers in the Chinese market in recent years.
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    Eric Xu speaks at a tech conference in 2014(file photo).
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  • Nov. 22 — Application Deadline for CABA High School Student Research Award

    CABA High School Student Research Award

    Purposes of the Award Program

    The CABA High School Research Award is a Chinese-American Biomedical Association (CABA) program that encourages young students to develop and retain an interest in biomedical research and the life sciences. This award recognizes the accomplishments and efforts of eligible students in research and science programs through the CABA network.
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    (from left)Current and former CABA presidents: Susan Qu, Zhiyong Yang and Shiwen Lin (bostonese.com file photo).
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  • Today Is Back-to-the-future Day in the White House

    It’s an important day in American history (or, at least, in American cinematic history):

    It’s the date to which Marty McFly traveled into the “future” in Back to the Future Part II.

    We’ve come a long way in the 30 years that have passed since the original Back to the Future came out. Now, we’re going to talk about where we’re going in the next 30.

    All day long, we’re hosting a series of conversations with scientists and innovators across the government and the country. You’ll be able to ask them questions, watch videos explaining their cutting-edge developments, and share your answer to the question above: What does 2045 look like?

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  • Next-Gen Endpoint Security Leader Bit9 + Carbon Black Raises $54.5M

    WALTHAM, Mass., Oct. 14, 2015 — Bit9® + Carbon Black®, the market leader in Next-Generation Endpoint Security (NGES), today announced it recently closed $54.5 million in Series F funding. The company will use investment to fuel its accelerating growth, product innovation and international expansion.
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    Bit9 + Carbon Black moved its headquarters to this building at 1100 Winter St. in Waltham (file photo).
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  • Inaugural US-China Hi-Tech Summit Held in Boston

    By Xinming Li, bostonese.com

    Burlington, Mass., Oct. 7, 2015, — The inaugural US-China Hi-Tech was held at Boston Marriott Burlington this morning. Close to 80 government officials, scholars and entrepreneurs from both US and China attended this summit. This summit is organized by Haiyin Capital, and co-organized by Boston Bilingual Media & Publishing Inc. Delegations from Beijing and Guangzhou, China were welcomed by Nam Pham, Assistant Secretary of Business Development and International Trade, the Massachusetts Executive Office of Housing & and Economic Development.
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    Economist Ms. Xiaolei Zuo (right) speaks about the Guangzhou model at the summit with interpreter Anna Tse(left), photos by Menglei Han, bostonese.com.
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  • Gov. Baker Declares October Cyber Security Awareness Month

    BOSTON – October 7, 2015 – Governor Charlie Baker has proclaimed October “Cyber Security Awareness Month” in Massachusetts in conjunction with the Department of Homeland Security’s National Cyber Security Awareness Month, to engage and educate both the public and private sectors about preparedness for issues related to cyber security.
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  • Tu Youyou Becomes the First Chinese Scientist to Win Nobel Prize in Medicine

    Boston, Oct. 5, 2015, — Less than a week after receiving the Warren Alpert Award from Harvard Medical School, Chinese scientist Tu Youyou is selected as one of the three winners of this year’s Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. The other two scientists sharing this award are: William C. Campbell of Ireland and Satoshi Omura of Japan.
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    The picture of Tu Youyou was featured on nobelprize.org in the announcement today.
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  • Would You Sleep with a Sex Robot?

    A robot was hitherto regarded as a cold body with a cool mind, to be used at assembly lines, warehouses, mines, and even at homes to perform simple tasks like vacuum-cleaning and laundry.
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    A robot developed by a local company in Anhui province demonstrates calligraphy at an international competition for robots in Hefei, capital of Anhui province. (Photo/China Daily)
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  • President of the Chinese Academy of Sciences to Give Talk at Harvard on 9/22

    Boston, Sept. 7, 2015, — Prof. Bai Chunli, a well-known chemist and leading scientist in nanoscience, is the President of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). He is also the President of the World Academy of Sciences for the Advancement of Science in Developing Countries (TWAS). Prof. Bai will give a lecture titled Science, Technology and Innovation in China at Harvard Science Hall B at 4 PM on Sept. 22.
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