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C o n s u m e r E l e c t r o n i c s D a i l y N e w s 3 9 F r i d a y, J a n u a r y 8 , 2 0 1 6 W3C TO RECEIVE EMMY AWARD FOR STANDARDS WORK The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), the global standards organization that develops the foundational technolo- gies for the Web, will receive a Technology & Engineering Emmy ® Award on January 8, 2016 from The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) for its work to make online video more accessible with text captioning and subtitles. For the category, "Standardization and Pioneering Development of Non- Live Broadband Captioning," the Emmy Award recognizes W3C's Timed Text Mark-up Language (TTML) standards work that helps ensure that the needs of people with disabilities, particularly peo- ple who are deaf and hard of hearing, are addressed. In addition to W3C, other honorees in this category are HBO, Netflix, Telestream and SMPTE. "W3C is thrilled to receive a 2016 Emmy Award in recognition of technolo- gies that support an important part of our mission to bring the full potential of the World Wide Web to everyone, whatever their disability, culture, language, device or network infrastructure," said W3C Chief Executive Officer Dr. Jeff Jaffe. "I would like to thank the National Academy of Arts and Sciences for their recognition of W3C and I congratulate the members of the W3C Timed Text Working Group and the W3C Web Accessibility Initiative on this outstand- ing achievement." Since its founding in 1994 by Web inventor Sir Tim Berners-Lee, W3C has been committed to the principles of an open, interoperable and accessible Web for everyone on any device. Producers of video content for the Web worldwide use W3C's TTML to author cap- tions and subtitles that make online videos accessible to millions of people. Captioning enables people who are deaf and hard of hearing to understand the audio portion of video content. Subtitles provide language translations for interna- tional audiences of the audio in video content. In recent years, with the conver- gence of traditional broadcast television and the Web, more video content from television is coming to the Web and the Web is now running on televisions. TTML helps to bridge the TV and Web worlds because the specifications that reference it tend to be focused on con- nected TV platforms. "TTML is a superset that encom- passes preceding captioning approaches. It supports the semantics of most if not all the closed caption files, with the addi- tion of metadata, and it is based on well- understood Web technologies," explained Philippe Le Hegaret, W3C Interaction Domain Lead and staff contact for TTML. The TTML1.0 tech- nology first became a W3C Recommendation (standard) in November 2010, following years of col- laborative work first initiated by the W3C's Web Accessibility Initiative and with television industry representatives. "Ensuring that all aspects of the Web are accessible to people with disabilities has been a priority focus of W3C and its Web Accessibility Initiative for nearly 20 years," said Judy Brewer, W3C Web Accessibility Initiative Domain Lead. "We are proud to see the Emmy Awards recognize the TTML standard for its abil- ity to bring captioning and subtitles of video content to millions of Web users around the globe." For more information, go to www.w3.org or stop by suite #310. BIZLINK TECHNOLOGY CELEBRATES 20 YEARS OF INNOVATION "BizLink's platinum anniversary in 2016 marks a truly unique milestone indicative of a nimble infrastructure with dedicated employees," said Annie Kuo, BizLink's President. "BizLink's 20-year legacy includes partnering with many of the worlds industry leaders to concept, design and manufacture some of the most complex and innovative products that drive these industries forward." The company is proud to announce that 2016 is the 20th anniversary of BizLink Technology Inc. BizLink Technology was founded in 1996 and listed on the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TWSE) in April 2011 with a mission to become the leading global interconnect solution provider. Over the years it has grown to 26 sites, over 5,600 employees, operating in seven countries, serving the information technology, datacom, medical equip- ment, consumer electronics, motor vehi- cle, photovoltaic, home appliance, fiber optic and industrial equipment industries. Covering all the essential compo- nents in the interconnect industry, BizLink has built a fully vertically-inte- grated business model. It has manu- facturing sites in the United States, China, Malaysia and Mexico for seamless integration into its customers' supply chains. For global sales and engineering support, it has branches in the U.S., Taiwan, China, Japan, Malaysia, India, Ireland and Mexico. As a tier-one inter- connect-solutions company, BizLink has state-of-the-art facilities, advanced man- ufacturing processes and professional R&D support. To commemorate 20 years of growth, both at BizLink and its sub- sidiaries, it will continue to support its customers' innovative efforts, with increased R&D resources, driven by offering core technologies and expertise for high frequency and IC applications. None of this would be possible without the partner- ship of customers who have displayed confidence in the company through all of the years, expansions and changes in the business. It sincerely thanks its cus- tomers for the trust they demonstrate by continuing to place their business with BizLink. For more information, visit www.bizlink tech.com, email pr@bizlinktech.com or stop by the Westgate Suite at CES. EXCEED EVERYDAY LIMITATIONS WITH CHARGEHUB USB CHARGING STATION True innovation has no limit, and that philosophy extends to the products at Limitless Innovations Inc. Located in Chicago's Northwest McHenry, Illinois suburbs, the company has identified an everyday problem and presented con- sumers with a viable solution. That solution, the ChargeHub, is a multi-port USB charging station that saw new life at 2014 CES International. The product wasn't officially released until October of that year, but it has since then grown in popularity. "Over the past year, the ChargeHub has had tremendous success, especially with QVC where we sold more than 40,000 units alone," said Rock Smeja, Principal and Vice President of Operations at Limitless Innovations. "Limitless was a recipient of the 2014 Best of CES Award by iPhone Life Magazine and named one of the '32 Incredibly Useful Business Gadgets for 2015' by Inc. 5000." ChargeHub plugs into wall outlets with its own cord and powers up to seven devices simultaneously. The hub sits on a desk, and then each device plugs in with its respective USB cables. Plus, the ChargeHub is fast. It uti- lizes a patent-pending technology, called SmartSpeed, that allows any port to charge the connected devices at their maximum charging speeds — and that's regardless of whether the device is Apple or Android-based. "We're a licensed Apple MFi Developer, by the way, so you'll find Apple's logo on our CableLinx USB charge and sync cable packaging, and you can be sure that ChargeHub is fully compatible with your Apple device," Smeja said. However, the company has some new plans for 2016. Limitless Innovations plans to roll out two brand new chargers to meet even more consumer needs and allow for several price-points. Using the same unique and patented form factors as the ChargeHub, the X3 ChargeHub and the X5 ChargeHub are three- and five- port universal charging stations that provide the same optimal charging. The charging stations are also cus- tomizable, Smeja added. "The top insert is customizable for any company's logo or marketing message," he said. "This is something unique to the charging world and not something seen in other compet- itive products." For more information, visit North Hall booth #6438, go to www.limitlessinn ovations.com or email sales@limitless innovations.com. VXI BLUEPARROTT BRINGS INDUSTRY LEADING INNOVATION TO CES The VXi BlueParrott Point™, the newest member of the BlueParrott family, makes its debut CES appearance at this year's show. Stylishly small and comfortably light, the Point is BlueParrott's vastly superior take on the small Bluetooth headset. In stark contrast to the competi- tion, the Point delivers crystal-clear sound quality and highly effective noise canceling. How do you give Bluetooth headset customers the small size they want and the sound quality they need? The VXi BlueParrott Reveal™, with the ingenious extendable mic boom. When ambient noise is low, you'll get great sound with the boom retracted. But when life gets loud, slide the boom out and keep on talking, while Reveal eliminates 90 per- cent of background noise! The latest in a long line of preferred- by-professionals BlueParrott headsets, the VXi BlueParrott B350-XT lets users be both heard and understood, even in aggressively noisy environments. It's customizable, too. The B350-XT's exclu- sive Parrott Button™ can be set to per- form a range of functions on the go, via VXi's BlueParrott app. For the office, there's the new VXi Envoy™ Office. The Envoy Office is a professional quality, full-featured and incredibly cost-effec- tive UC headset. With class-leading noise-canceling microphone technology and wideband audio. Lightweight dura- bility and comfort. Plus handy inline call controls that meet Skype for Business™ standards.