Former Strategic Advisor to SKYPE; @Skype Joins UPCO International Inc. (CSE: $UPCO.C)

Vancouver, BC, January 22, 2018, (Investoridea.scom Newswire) Upco International Inc. (CSE: UPCO) (Frankfurt:U06)) (“UPCO”) is pleased to announce that it has appointed Mr. Juan Ramos Taboada as advisor to the Board of Directors.  Mr Ramos Taboada has extensive experience in building successful companies.  He is based in Argentina.  From 2011 to 2015 he was the Chief Operating Officer of Business Telecommunications Systems (“BTS”).  BTS had revenues of $350 million and he was responsible for world operations.    In 2011 Mr. Ramos Taboada was the strategic advisor for SKYPE for Latin America based in Luxemburg and Buenos Aires.  He was instrumental in helping SKYPE to develop its Latin American footprint. From 2000 to 2010 Mr. Ramos Taboada was the Vice President Latin America of iBasis.  iBasis is a leading international voice carrier and provider of value-added services for mobile operators.  The company rapidly grew to be one of the largest carriers of international voice traffic in the world and in 2009 became a subsidiary of Royal KPN N.V., the national carrier of the Netherlands.  He holds a Mechanical Engineer degree from the National University of Tucuman, Argentina; Masters in Business Administration (MBA) from I.E.S.E, Barcelona, Spain, and Advanced Management Program (AMP) at Harvard Business School, Boston. 

Companies Mentioned:Gopher Protocol Inc. (OTCQB: $GOPH), PayPal Holdings ( $PYPL), Apple ( $AAPL), SAMSUNG ( $SSNNF)

Point Roberts, WA, January 22, 2018 – ( www.investorideas.comnewswire) Investorideas.com, a global news source covering leading sectors including payments and cryptocurrency issues exclusive Q&A commentary with Gregory Bauer, CEO of Gopher Protocol Inc. (OTCQB: GOPH) and D’ontra Hughes, Founder and CEO of  Spare (https://gotspare.com) following news Gopher has entered an initial agreement term to acquire 50% of Spare CS Inc.

Spare is a mobile ATM network platform using new paradigms and software to provide unique financial services to the unbanked and underbanked, as well as adding convenience to the banked population. The SPARE mobile network simplifies safe access to money by employing a unique security system to create convenient access to cash from virtual currency to the "real" world.

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New service will offer tailored support to help clients achieve compliance and optimise their data ahead of the May 2018 GDPR deadline

SANTA MONICA, Calif. & LONDON – Jan. 22, 2018– Cornerstone OnDemand (NASDAQ:CSOD), a global leader in cloud-based learning and human capital management software, today launched its GDPR-Ready initiative to help clients with European operations achieve General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) compliance and optimise the use of their data.

The GDPR, approved by the European Union in April 2016, is designed to harmonise data privacy laws across Europe with stringent rules around the storage and use of personal data and stricter rules on user consent. The regulation will start to apply on May 25, 2018, and organisations that are compliant will benefit from the data hygiene best practices the regulation reinforces, and they can enhance their employer brand.

International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE:IBM) is set to report earnings after the close today. Expectations are high, but then again so is the stock price. Just in the last three weeks, International Business Machines has rallied from $150 to $171. For old snail IBM, this is a huge move. In addition, International Business Machines hammered into a major gap fill on the stock chart today. The price point of the gap fill was $170.00. This signals that the stock may pull back on earnings. If it does, look for a technical retrace to $164.00. Today will be a good example of whether or not stock charts tell investors the reaction on earnings ahead of time.