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In 1968 Shirley Chisholm became the first Black woman elected to the United States Congress. In 1972 she launched a campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination, breaking another political barrier.
MORE →Reflects the personal views, recollections, and perspective of the author, Mike Davis.
This is a personal recollection on the Move fire on May 13, 1985
| Key Ring App | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Type | Subsidiary |
| Industry | Digital Media |
| Founded | 2008 |
| Founder | Chris Fagan |
| Headquarters | |
| Owner | Gannett, Inc. |
| Website | keyringapp |
Key Ring is a smartphone application owned by Gannett, Inc. that allows users to digitally store loyalty cards, enroll in new loyalty programs, receive localized offers on their smartphone, browse weekly sales circulars, and create digital shopping lists.
The mobile application was developed by Mobestream Media,[1] a company headquartered in Dallas, Texas, in 2008.
On February 11, 2011, Key Ring received 1.75 million dollars in Series A funding from Austin Ventures, a venture capital and growth equity firm based in Texas.[2]
In September 2012, the company was acquired by Gannett Inc (GCI) for an undisclosed price.[3] The company operates under the G/O Digital, the digital marketing division of Gannett.[1] Other divisions under G/O Digital include PointRoll, BLINQ Media, Deal Chicken, GannettLocal and Shoplocal.[4]
Key Ring has been mentioned in media outlets such as The Today Show,[5] Time Magazine,[6] Fox Business,[7] The New York Times,[8] Wall Street Journal,[9] Entrepreneur Magazine,[10] Oprah.com,[11] and The Los Angeles Times.[12]
The mobile application supports the following barcode types: EAN13, EAN8, UPC-A, UPCE, ITF, Code128, Code128C, Code39, Code128A, CODABAR, CODABAR2, CODABAR1, QR code
Cards are stored by either scanning the barcode on the back of the card or manually typing in the UPC number. The app alerts users when one of the loyalty programs they are a member of has an offer or coupon available. Rewards points earned by the user are kept track of within the loyalty card feature as well.[5] Users can share loyalty and membership cards with other users as long as they are registered in Key Ring.[13] Weekly Sales Circulars are digitized, allowing users to view what they would normally find in a newspaper on their smartphone.[8]
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Key Ring is a smartphone application owned by Gannett, Inc. that allows users to digitally store loyalty cards, enroll in new loyalty programs, receive localized offers on their smartphone, browse weekly sales circulars, and create digital shopping lists.
Surreal Software was an American video game developer based in Kirkland, Washington, and a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, known for The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Suffering and Drakan series. Surreal Software employed over 130 designers, artists, and programmers. Surreal was acquired by Warner Bros. Games during the bankruptcy of Midway Games in July 2009. After a significant layoff in January 2011, the remaining employees were integrated into WBG's Kirkland offices, along with developers Monolith and Snowblind. The studio last worked on This Is Vegas, a title which was scheduled to be released on Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and Windows. The first screenshots, video and game information for This Is Vegas were unveiled the week of February 4, 2008, at IGN.
FromSoftware, Inc. is a Japanese video game developer and publisher. Founded by Naotoshi Zin on November 1, 1986 as a business software developer, the company released their first video game, King's Field, for the PlayStation in 1994. Its success shifted FromSoftware to focus fully on games, with them producing two more King's Field games before the first release of the mecha shooter series Armored Core in 1997. By the 2000s, FromSoftware's releases included the Echo Night, Shadow Tower, Lost Kingdoms, Otogi, and Another Century's Episode series. The company achieved breakout success by the 2010s with Demon's Souls and the Dark Souls trilogy of action role-playing games. Often cited among the greatest video games ever made, their emphasis on high difficulty and environmental storytelling led to the creation of the Soulslike subgenre, which also includes other later FromSoftware titles such as Bloodborne (2015), Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice (2019), and Elden Ring (2022). Hidetaka Miyazaki, creator and director of the Dark Souls series, as well as other successful FromSoftware titles like Demon's Souls, Bloodborne, Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice and Elden Ring, has served as FromSoftware's representative director and president since 2014, with Zin remaining as an advisor. Miyazaki directs and designs the majority of the company's games in addition to his executive duties. FromSoftware is primarily owned by Kadokawa Corporation (70%), with minority stakes by Sixjoy Hong Kong (16%), a subsidiary of Tencent, and Sony Interactive Entertainment (14%). FromSoftware usually self-publishes in Japan, and has partnered with international publishers, including Agetec, Sony, Bandai Namco Entertainment, Sega, Capcom, and Koch Media.
Lord of the Rings: Game One (released in North America as The Fellowship of the Ring: A Software Adventure) is a video game released in 1985 and based on the book The Fellowship of the Ring, by J. R. R. Tolkien. It was the follow-up to the 1982 game The Hobbit. To promote the game, Melbourne House commissioned hologram picture of a Nazgûl from a company called Holographix. It was available to purchase from Melbourne House directly using an order form on the instruction booklet included with the game. A sequel, Shadows of Mordor: Game Two of Lord of the Rings, was released in 1987.
Before the 1921 destruction of Tulsa’s Greenwood District, Black residents had created a remarkable center of business and community life. The district included stores, professional offices, entertainment venues and homes owned by Black citizens. Understanding Greenwood means learning what was built—not only what was burned.
MORE →Brown v. Board of Education in 1954.
