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​Apple Discontinues Original HomePod - $99 USD mini Here We Come!(story below)
                       Matt Damon Stars in "The Martian" July 2015 - Well Before    Perseverance Launches July 2020, Travels 300M Miles (483M KM), and Safely Lands February 2021 (story below)

              Chris Krebs, Former CISA Director DHS, Trump Admin, Joins SolarWinds
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YouTube Shorts Coming Soon - See Announcement Below
First Images of Mars From "Perseverance"

Chartwell Headlines - Latest News Continued...

Life Between 50 and Death: Chartwell's Blog takes a philosophical turn from our usual tech focus, but offers what we think are some widely applicable life's lessons especially in today's world and the unique challenges we face...more

Apple has discontinued its original HomePod after four years - techcrunch March 2021: Apple has discontinued its original HomePod after four years. It says that it will continue to produce and focus on the HomePod mini, introduced last year. The larger HomePod offered a beefier sound space but the mini has been very well received and clearly accomplishes many of the duties that the larger version was tasked with. The sound is super solid (especially for the size) and it offers access to Siri, Apple’s assistant feature...more

First Image From "Perseverance" (Percy) on Mars: NASA's Perseverance Mars rover has sent back its first image(s) from the surface of the Red Planet. The image(s) come from Perseverance's Hazard Avoidance Cameras (Hazcams), which help with driving. The clear protective covers over these cameras are still on. These first images are low-resolution versions known as "thumbnails"...more

[Editor's Aside: reminds us of that wonderful movie The Martian with Matt Damon who received a well deserved 2016 Golden Globe Award for Best Actor for his part...more]

YouTube to roll out "Shorts", its TikTok rival, in the US in March 2021: YouTube said it will begin testing Shorts, a short-form video feature that aims to compete with TikTok, in the US in March. The Google-owned video platform first launched a beta version of Shorts in India in September 2020. The feature lets creators upload videos that are a maximum of 15 seconds, and includes tools for adding music and splicing clips together. YouTube said the feature is getting 3.5 billion views a day...more  

Accenture's Tech Vision 2021: The technology trends which will shape the future. It’s the moment of truth: technology has sustained us through the pandemic and now continues to redefine how we work, live and interact. These are the key tech trends leaders must embrace to forge a better future...more

SnellMedia's Top B2B Marketing Trends of 2021: Derick Snell posts top B2B trends - Denmark, January 21st 2021...more

CES 2021 Announcements: 2021 TVs go new (and Neo) - CES 2021 is unlike any previous iteration. The biggest tech show is all virtual this year, so manufacturers are introducing their new TVs (along with everything else) at virtual events. There's still a bunch of 2021 models on tap, however, including new "Neo" 8K QLED models from the world's biggest TV maker, Samsung. How about a TV remote that has solar cell rechargeable batteries that work with basic interior lighting...more

SolarWinds hires former CISA director Chris Krebs to consult on hack aftermath: threatpost, January 8th 2021...SolarWinds is getting help on the massive hack that infected its software and spread to thousands of its government and private sector clients. The Texas-based IT software company has hired Chris Krebs, former director of the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, to consult on the breach...more

SpaceX Starship explodes spectacularly after successful high-altitude test flight: December 10th, 2020: Elon Musk's Starship SN8 prototype, reminiscent of something Buck Rogers might have piloted, fell serenely and silently through the Texas sky for almost two minutes on Wednesday. Then its Raptor engines roared to life, righting the rocket into a vertical orientation in preparation for landing, but it was too little or too late -- or maybe some of both. A few seconds and one spectacular explosion later, SpaceX's latest next-generation rocket prototype followed its first successful high-altitude flight with a hard landing that's sure to be an instant member of the GIF and meme halls of fame...more

Here comes the Google Chrome change that worries ad blocker creators: December 9th 2020 c/net: With the next version of Chrome, Google is moving ahead with a plan to improve privacy and security by reining in some abilities of extensions used to customize the browser. The move had angered some developers who expected earlier it would cripple ad blockers. Manifest v3, the programming interface behind Google's security plans, will arrive with Chrome 88 in mid-January, Google said Wednesday at the Chrome Dev Summit. Extensions using the earlier Manifest v2 will still work for at least a year...more

NASA uncovers evidence of water (life?) on the moon...October 26th 2020: Two studies, published in the journal Nature Astronomy, rewrite the moon water story once again.  In the first study, scientists examined the moon's face in infrared, zeroing in on the source of the chemical signature in exquisite clarity. They determined it's predominantly H2O that exists on the lunar surface, rather than hydroxyl. Although you won't be packing your Speedos and towel for a day on the lunar seas anytime soon, the pair of studies demonstrate the moon is more damp than we once believed and highlight the potential to utilize lunar resources in human and robotic exploration...more

The 5 biggest tech trends from CES 2021:
  1. Covid Tech...disinfecting robots and digital health
  2. Future TV...bendable and transparent
  3. 5G Redux...5G is finally here?
  4. Future of Work...you guessed it, home office tech and the move to the suburbs (more space for Dad/Mom)!
  5. Smarter Cars...voice activated "Hyperscreens" (MB) and seat massages

Top 10 travel tech trends for 2021

Travel Daily January 9th 2021:   There are none!! 
                                 
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                                            Lindsay Willms - Snell, Finalist (Top 5) 
                      Canada's CBC Television Countrywide "Champions of Change"

Other Selected News Items 

Jan Snell Joins Chartwell, Vancouver: With over 20 years of sales, marketing and staffing experience, Jan Snell has joined Chartwell to help its clients in these areas of her expertise...more

Vancouver BC: Chartwell Group announces that its Pricipal David Snell, has spoken, or is scheduled to speak, at several major events and meetings as an expert speaker on end user digital authentication, mobile trends, the integration of mobile solutions with travel programs and social networking as follows:
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- Association of Travel Executives annual meetings Singapore, New York, Paris, London and Berlin
​- Panasonic Strategic Partner Conventions, Manchester UK & Alicante Spain
- Start Up Canada Entrepreneur of the Year award recipient 
- Annual meeting of Accenture's Top World 100 CIO's,Hyatt Regency Florida
- Global Business Travel Association's "Mobile Revolution - Why Should You Care?"
- BCTIA Most Promising Start Up award presentations, Vancouver Canada
- cruise3sixty Fort Lauderdale - Mobile 101 Workshop
- ​Panasonic Europe GmbH Annual Management Meeting, Wiesbaden Germany
- TC3 Telecom Council Mountain View, CA
- ACTE Singapore - Integration of Mobile Solutions With Travel Programs Workshop
​- Disney DREAM Earmarked Conference  - Mobile in Travel and Entertainment Workshop
​- Motorola Start Up Day Schaumburg IL
- Vancouver Board of Trade with Canadian Astronaut Chris Hadfield
- B-Sides Security Conference Vancouver BC
- BCTIA Technology Impact Awards
​- Canadian Financing Forum
- RAMP Chicago,IL
- Green Meetings Industry Council, Montreal Canada
- IMEX "Mobile Revolution" Frankfurt Germany 
- IMEX America "Mobile Revolution" Vegas
- COMPETE CMO Conference "Mobile Travel Apps with Frommer's Success Story" New Orleans 
- IMEX Frankfurt - Mobile For Events mobile industry workshop
- MTS Beaver Creek CO - Mobile 101
- BTMS London UK - Panel on Social Networking 
- Various other industry events and conferences

                           

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David Snell of the Chartwell Group of Vancouver BC, provides high technology consulting in the areas of Executive management; change agent; strategic selling and training; target market, territory and sales development and management; channel and strategic partner relationships; online marketing. David Snell's experience includes: founding, expansion and sale of a vertical market software solutions company; leading Regional, National and International sales, services and marketing; and, the building and sale of two small high technology companies into worldwide leaders in their markets.