JB: Hey, what's up everyone? Jeremy and Jennifer here to get you Up to Speed.
Your daily update on what's happening around Verizon.
JG: Verizon has a long-standing relationship with first responders and the National
Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund. This week, during National Police week,
tens of thousands of law enforcement officers and families from around the world
converge on Washington, DC to pay tribute to the officers who have died
in the line of duty.
We're proud to be part of the efforts to honor fallen officers through the memorial
& the opening of the National Law Enforcement museum in October of this year.
JB: Verizon's ThingSpace, the IoT platform designed to help businesses and
original equipment manufacturers create, test, connect and bring IoT ideas to market,
announced a new program and set of services called ThingSpace Ready.
It's designed to help device developers easily and cost effectively build,
certify and manage devices on the Verizon network.
Check out the full release for more info and to learn about our Thing Space Ready Partners.
JG: And now here's Alex with the rundown.
A: Rejoice Nintendo fans: the Japanese gaming giant is bringing the NES Classic
back to retail stores this summer. Nintendo said the console will go on sale again
across the U.S. on June 29.
TiVo's DVRs are getting Alexa support. Now Amazon's virtual assistant will help
TiVo users change the channel, skip commercials, jump back or forward, launch apps
like Netflix, and more.
And Facebook has reportedly found 200 more apps that may have misused your data
during their app audit. The apps marked nefarious have been suspended.
That 200 could just be the beginning.
And MIT graduates have opened a restaurant where robotic woks do all of the cooking.
Spyce, a restaurant in Boston lets the robots do all of the cooking so the human
employees can focus on what they do best, making the customers feel welcome.
And that is your rundown.
JG: Thanks, Alex.
JB: Here's something you might not know, while serving in the Army, you could be
stationed at Verizon? For the fourth year now, Verizon proudly participates in
the U.S. Army's training program known as Training With Industry.
After completing a one-year immersive assignment with Verizon, these senior officers,
considered the Army's brightest problem solvers, return to service to be placed
in key positions, typically within the U.S. Army Cyber command.
JG: That's very cool. Now what would you do, if you're driving along when all of a
sudden an SUV swerves out of control causing it to go off the road, slamming into
a tree and then causing that tree to collapse on a car? Outside Plant Technicians
in Baltimore, Maryland, Jesse Janey and Christopher Suda, seen here in
their Orioles orange, immediately ran to the driver's aid. They called 911,
cut the tree away, and stayed with the driver until emergency crews arrived.
After that, they went back to work to serve our customers. Great job Jesse
and Christopher and what a great example of who we are.
JB: Couldn't agree more. Makes me truly proud to work at Verizon.
Before we go Chairman and CEO Lowell McAdam will be on CNBC live this morning.
If you miss it we'll have a recap for you.
JG: That's right, now that will wrap it up for us today.
Be sure to follow us on social @vzUpToSpeed, now including Facebook
and until next time, you are up to speed.
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