Ringo (1978 film)

Ringo is a 1978 TV movie starring Ringo Starr as a both fictionalized version of himself, and as his fictional half-brother "Ognir Rrats". It also features an all-star cast, including Art Carney, Carrie Fisher and George Harrison. Ringo performs songs from his then-current album Bad Boy and older material. The film's story is loosely based on The Prince and the Pauper.

The program finished 53rd of 65 network prime-time programs for the week.

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Ringo (singer)

Ringo (born Guy Bayle 11 May 1947), in Toulouse, France, also known as Ringo Willy Cat is a French pop–singer, who became famous in the seventies. According to Billboard magazine he "enjoyed a huge amount of sales" with various hits. Ringo was cited by Billboard as an example of a French artist having a big impact in exporting French songs to the international arena and creating international hits despite the existing language barrier which the French artists face abroad. He was married to Sheila, a female French singer. Ringo's career ended in the mid–'80s.

Early life

Ringo, during his high-school years in Toulouse, enjoyed reading Albert Camus as well as literary works by other authors. He also wrote and performed songs and played the guitar. As a composer he was influenced by the American music of the era. In the late '60s he met musician Pierre Groscolas and the two formed the group Chœurs. After some initial success in Toulouse, the group decided to go to Paris.

Music career

Ringo (software)

Ringo is an international calling app for smartphones that utilizes dedicated phone circuits for making calls. Ringo uses local phone networks instead of the user’s smart phone’s internet connection to connect calls. Thus, the receiver is not required to download the app to receive a call. It is available in apps for Android, iOS and Windows Phone. Ringo launched in 2014 and is currently available for use in 15 countries: Australia, Belgium, Canada, Germany, Hong Kong, Italy, India,Mexico, Netherlands, Poland, Singapore, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom and USA. Users in these countries can make a call to anywhere in the world.

History

Ringo was developed by start-up Riva FZC which was founded by Bhavin Turakhia, who is also the Founder and CEO of Directi. Riva FZC is the parent holding company of Ringo.

Features and functionality

Ringo lets users make calls to any number in any destination worldwide and does not use a web connection for its calls. The recipient of the international call need not have the app installed. Users can purchase top up credits through the app for Android and Windows Phone and through their website for iOS to make calls. When a call is made using Ringo, it is connected to a local phone network and assigned a local number. It then switches the call to travel through submarine cables. Once the call reaches the receiver’s destination, it’s connected to a local network there again. Although the call is assigned different local numbers every time it is made, the receiver sees the caller’s contact details only.

Heinz

The H. J. Heinz Company, or Heinz, is an American food processing company with world headquarters in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It was founded by Henry J. Heinz in 1869. The H. J. Heinz Company manufactures thousands of food products in plants on six continents, and markets these products in more than 200 countries and territories. The company claims to have 150 number-one or number two-brands worldwide. Heinz ranked first in ketchup in the US with a market share in excess of 50%;Ore-Ida label held 46% of the frozen-potato sector in 2003.

Since 1896, the company has used its "57 Varieties" slogan; it was inspired by a sign advertising 21 styles of shoes, and Henry Heinz chose the number 57 even though the company manufactured more than 60 products at the time.

On February 14, 2013, Heinz agreed to be purchased by Berkshire Hathaway and 3G Capital for $23 billion. On March 25, 2015, Kraft announced its merger with Heinz, arranged by Berkshire Hathaway and 3G Capital. The resulting Kraft Heinz Company is the fifth largest food company in the world. Berkshire Hathaway became a majority owner of Heinz on June 18, 2015. After exercising a warrant to acquire 46,195,652 shares of common stock for a total price of $461,956.52, Berkshire increased its stake to 52.5%. The companies completed the merger on July 2, 2015.

Heinz (given name)

Heinz, is a German given name, a diminutive of Heinrich and cognate of the given name Henry. Notable persons with that given name include:

People with the given name Heinz

Heinz Burt

Heinz Burt, (24 July 1942 – 7 April 2000) was a German-born bassist and singer, who performed under the stage name Heinz.

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