While most college freshmen struggle with laundry and midterms, Saira Blair will be representing her district in the West Virginia House of Delegates. The 18-year-old economics student - who ran her campaign out of her dorm room - defeated Layne Diehl, a 44-year-old attorney, in a 63 percent to 30 percent landslide on Tuesday, making her the youngest state lawmaker in the nation. Blair, a fiscal conservative, said in a statement on her Facebook page that the voters of her small district - situated just 90 minutes outside of Washington D.C. - sent a clear message "that the path to prosperity and...
- 11/6/2014
- by Michael Miller
- PEOPLE.com
While most college freshmen struggle with laundry and midterms, Saira Blair will be representing her district in the West Virginia House of Delegates. The 18-year-old economics student - who ran her campaign out of her dorm room - defeated Layne Diehl, a 44-year-old attorney, in a 63 percent to 30 percent landslide on Tuesday, making her the youngest state lawmaker in the nation. Blair, a fiscal conservative, said in a statement on her Facebook page that the voters of her small district - situated just 90 minutes outside of Washington D.C. - sent a clear message "that the path to prosperity and...
- 11/6/2014
- by Michael Miller
- PEOPLE.com
A new TV companion app has launched allow viewers interaction and in-depth information as they watch programs. The platform also allows users closer reach to TV show sponsor through integration. The app was designed by former Emi executive Ernesto Schmitt and BBC iPlauer Cto Anthony Rose.
The announcement:
Australian audiences can now experience TV as never before with the local launch of zeebox, a free TV companion app that has already been adopted by millions of viewers in the Us and UK as their official TV ‘side kick’.
Launching in Australia as part of a global expansion, the award-winning social TV platform is the brainchild of former Emi executive Ernesto Schmitt and BBC iPlayer Cto Anthony Rose.
zeebox displays in-depth information about the programs viewers are watching, enabling them to engage with friends and their favourite television personalities directly through zeebox, and even makes it easy to buy the products seen on TV.
The announcement:
Australian audiences can now experience TV as never before with the local launch of zeebox, a free TV companion app that has already been adopted by millions of viewers in the Us and UK as their official TV ‘side kick’.
Launching in Australia as part of a global expansion, the award-winning social TV platform is the brainchild of former Emi executive Ernesto Schmitt and BBC iPlayer Cto Anthony Rose.
zeebox displays in-depth information about the programs viewers are watching, enabling them to engage with friends and their favourite television personalities directly through zeebox, and even makes it easy to buy the products seen on TV.
- 11/14/2012
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
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