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Events 38 maltatoday, Sunday, 13 July 2014 Braun hosts exclusive party and demonstration at Xara Lodge HTC One (M8) available to GO Limitless customers from €50 VJ Salomone Marketing Ltd recent- ly hosted an exclusive party at the beautiful Xara Lodge in the limits of Rabat to mark the latest addition to its extensive portfolio, Braun. VJ Salomone Marketing Ltd Ex- ecutive Director Victor Galea wel- comed guests with a short speech before introducing a real-time demonstration of some of the most popular Braun products by leading hair stylist Pierre Camille and his talented team. Well-known TV presenter Joseph Chetcuti also provided some light entertainment following the dem- onstration. Braun offers cutting-edge hair removal products including men's shavers, trimmers, and epilators for women and hair care products such as straighteners, dryers, airstylers and brushes. For local trade enquir- ies, call free phone VJ Salomone (Marketing) 8007 2387. The HTC One (M8), described by the Wall Street Journal as the best Android phone ever, is now avail- able from GO. Retailing at €649, the device is also available to GO Lim- itless35 customers at €450, Limit- less60 customers at €350 and Limit- less99 customers at €50. Kurt Law, Device Support Officer at GO, said "The HTC One (M8) has set a new standard for Android devices in 2014, receiving near uni- versal praise from both journalists and users. Combining outstanding design and functionality, it's bound to also prove a hit with customers in Malta." The HTC One (M8) features Blinkfeed which allows users to access all the information they want, from social me- dia posts, to breaking news and sports updates in one place as well as Boomsound, HTC's sound system which includes front facing speakers, built in amps and bass-to-treble bal- ancing software. The HTC One (M8) also offers the next gen- eration photo tools that allow users to remove blurry results, to take bigger panoramic im- ages, and add multiple effects with a single touch. "The world leading functionality of the HTC One (M8) also includes Sense TV, offering phone and TV integra- tion. This means that, among many other fea- tures, users have access to an intelligent remote, which uses viewing pref- erences to suggest shows you might like. It also includes social feeds with real time posts about the show you're watching. On top of all this, the device also comes with the all - popular HTC Sense and Google Play store apps already installed," continued Law. The device can also be used by GO customers to watch live TV through the newly launched TV Anywhere service that is free for GO Interac- tive TV customers. GO TV Anywhere offers more than 30 channels across all genres. Users can tune in to watch great content on any TV Anywhere chan- nel in line with their Gold or Silver subscription. GO Sports Interactive customers also have access to GO Sports 1 and GO Sports 2. The HTC One (M8) uses the An- droid OS, v4.4.2 (KitKat) and has a Quad-core 2.3GHz processor. The device has 16GB of internal memory of which 10GB is available to the us- er, as well as 2GB RAM and a slot for a microSD card of up to 128GB. More information on the device and GO's Limitless packages is available from all GO retail outlets and exclu- sive resellers, on www,go.com.mt, or by calling GO customer care anytime on 146 for free from their GO mobile connection, or Freephone 8007 2121. Terms and conditions apply. Gone are the days when the first thing you would do when going on holiday is to switch off your roam- ing and data in fear of the prohibi- tive bill you would receive on your return. Gone are the days when you can't stream that One Direction concert to your friends and family at home, or the view from the top of the Eiffel Tower. What's the fun of sending out your favourite holiday moments after you get back? Vodafone Traveller plan has changed the way we travel. It keeps us connected anywhere and everywhere. A shopping trip to the UK with friends, a holiday in New York or a friend's wedding in India; whatever the reason, wherever in the world you can rely on Vodafone to feel at home when abroad. Starting from as little as €1.50 per day when travelling to the UK or Italy, all Vodafone customers who subscribe to Vodafone Traveller get a bundle of minutes in calls to Mal- ta, SMS and internet on their mobile as well as unlimited incoming calls. The daily bundle allowance varies according to the local plan they are subscribed to. The new Vodafone Traveller is also available in many more countries including the USA, South Africa, Thailand and Libya. Applying is easy by calling 247 for free if you are on a Vodafone RED plan or any other Pay Monthly plan or by sending a free SMS to 16200 with the word TRAVEL if you are on a Prepaid plan. If you are on the RED Lite plan you can send a free SMS to 16200 with the word TRAVELLER. More information is available by calling 247 for free from a Vodafone line or 9999 9247 from any other line. Alternatively you can visit www.vodafone.com.mt/traveller for all details on Vodafone Traveller. Maltco Lotteries celebrated its 10th anniversary, by hosting the Hon. Jose' Herrera, in his first of- ficial visit to the company since his new appointment as Parliamentary Secretary for Competitiveness and Growth. Herrera was introduced to Malt- co's Directors and staff and was given a detailed explanation, on how the company operates. Ioan- nis Katakis, C.E.O of Maltco Lot- teries explained that the company has gone through very big changes throughout the years. "The good thing about Maltco Lotteries is that we are never reluc- tant to take new challenges, we take them and we succeed", commented Katakis. He said that over the past years the company has invested more than 70 million in its operations, thus offering its players a state of the art technology, legal gaming and a pleasant environment where players can play responsibly. Herrera said that the Government is committed to bring further de- velopments by seeking more mar- kets to increase the potential of the gaming industry. "We are very supportive of en- trepreneurs who invest through innovation, as Maltco did over the years," commented Herrera. Katakis said that 10 years ago the company started off with 180 shops and today it operates more than 260 shops. "This generates more business opportunities and the creation of more jobs", commented Katakis. During the event, Maltco Lotter- ies presented the €50,000 contribu- tion to the Hon. Herrera which will be administered by the Responsible Gaming Foundation. So far the company has already presented €100,000 to this fund. Dr Katakis said that Responsible Gam- ing is a very important subject and thus the company handles this sub- ject with diligence. Present to the event was also Joseph Cuschieri, Chairman of the Lotteries and Gaming Authority and Silvio Schembri, Chairman of the Responsible Gaming Founda- tion. Maltco Lotteries Ltd. meets Parliamentary Secretary Jose' Herrera on the occasion of the company's 10th Anniversary DOI - PHOTO REUBEN PISCOPIO Starting from as little as €1.50 per day when travelling to the UK or Italy, all Vodafone customers who subscribe to Vodafone Traveller get a bundle of minutes in calls to Malta Vodafone lets customers feel at home when abroad