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Fashion Meets Tech in San Francisco Starting Tomorrow San Francisco Fashion Week™ 2016 Opens this Weekend (photo by  San Francisco embraces the intertwined relationship between fashion, retail and technology like no other city. Understanding this relationship, San Francisco Fashion Merchants and Alliance, Inc. (SFFAMA) will present San Francisco Fashion Week 2016 on September 24, 2016 - October 2, 2016.  With the city being known as the ultimate hub where technology and fashion intermix, it’s only fitting that this year’s theme is “Tech Drives Fashion.” San Francisco Fashion Week 2016 will explore how technology has become an integral part of the fashion industry by showcasing emerging and student designer collections, virtual reality, 3D fashion, fashion tech, wearable tech, retail and so much more. 

GfK  Upgrades 2016 Smartphone Sales Forecast; Buoyed by Emerging Asia & Africa & Resurgent China Markets  Data courtesy of GfK Key Takeaways New connected consumers in emerging markets, especially rural  China , continued to drive smartphone growth in 2Q16   Resilient mid- to high-end sales drive GfK to upgrade its 2016 smartphone market value forecast to USD 426 billion   No immediate impact in the UK from Brexit    Analysis of the latest smartphone sales trends has prompted GfK to upgrade its forecast for the year. Full year global smartphone sales value in 2016 has been increased from  USD $400.7B  to  USD $426B , up five  percent  year-on-year. The cause is strong sales of mid-range to high-end units which has reversed the previous trend of low-end (< USD 100 ) share gains.   

RIS News' ENGAGE Retail Industry Conference is Hosting a Startup Pitch Competition in Florida RIS News , the source for retail business intelligence, will host a live competition for technology startups at its fall conference ENGAGE , the retail industry’s conference focused on the customer experience. The startup competition will be judged by a panel of retail experts consisting of a retail CEO, a Wall Street analyst and a venture capitalist. The competition will take place at ENGAGE! ,   September 7-9 at The Ritz-Carlton in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, in front of senior-level retail industry executives.

The Interactive Summit hosted by J-POP SUMMIT 2016 will introduce upcoming Japanese technology through an exposition, guest speakers and panel discussions J-POP SUMMIT 2016 , one of the world’s biggest Japanese pop culture events will once again celebrate the latest in Japanese tech-innovations through their Interactive Summit on Saturday and Sunday, July 23rd and 24th from 11am - 5pm at Fort Mason Center, located at 2 Marina Blvd, San Francisco, CA 94123. The annual event bridges the informational gap between Japan and the U.S. to explore the Japanese tech scene and what Silicon Valley is currently missing. 

Tampa, St. Louis, and Orlando top the list of 'most infected cities for 1H of 2016 24 Hour US Malware Map (courtesy of Enigma Software Group) According to the Enigma Software Group (ESG) Research team, US malware has dropped over 47% for the first half of 2016. Despite the drop in overall infections, there still are millions of computers nationwide getting infections every day. ESG wanted to look at which cities in the U.S. had the most number of infections in the first half of 2016 and looked at the total number of infections in the 150 largest cities in the U.S. As you might expect, the cities with the largest population had the most number of infections. More people means more computers, which means more infections. So cities like New York and Los Angeles and Chicago topped the list.  ESG wanted to compare the actual infection rate (at least among those who use SpyHunter), so we divided the number of infections detected in each city by its population. That gives a b...

Casual Connect Announces the 33 Entries for Indie Prize from the US and 5 from Canada 2016 Casual Connect Indie Prize (courtesy of Casual Connect) Meet the 33 amazingly talented finalists of  ‪#‎ IndiePrize‬  USA 2016  Representing North America ‬  at Casual Connect on July 18-19 in San Francisco.  The Indie Prize area is a special area where you can meet Indie game developers at the  ‪#‎ CasualConnect‬  San Francisco show! We have all their videos embedded here!

Nerd Stalker Supports Casual Connect as Media Sponsor  2016 Casual Connect is coming July 18 to San Francisco Casual Connect , game industry conference, is coming back to San Francisco on July 18-19 and Nerd Stalker is on board. We loved the event the last two years and we decided to become a media sponsor of the event.  With three days and nights of lectures, workshops, and networking parties to give you the edge in today's evolving games industry.  Inspiration comes from the most respected thought leaders in the games industry. King, Playtika,   Kabam , Glu, SGN, Scopely,  Zynga , The  Walt Disney Company ,  Blizzard Entertainment , Google, Fig, Wargaming and Facebook. Join 300 speakers over 11 tracks representing the leaders in the next generation of games. Register here .