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September 14, 2012
American Apparel Presents at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in Tokyo
Poster: SySAdmin
Posted on September 14, 2012 at 6:42:01 AM
American Apparel Presents at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in Tokyo
TOKYO, Sept. 14, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- American Apparel, the vertically integrated clothing manufacturer based in downtown Los Angeles, is announcing its participation in Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week TOKYO 2013 S/S.
American Apparel's participation celebrates the brand's seventh anniversary in Japan. The event will take place at Shibuya Hikarie, the official venue of Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week TOKYO 2013 S/S.
"We wanted to do something new this year and Tokyo is a city that is very open-minded to new, creative ideas, particularly when it comes to fashion. We are honored to be one of the first brands without an appointed designer to show at a high-profile Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week like this," said Katherine Johnson, American Apparel's Japan operations manager.
On the eve of its seventh year of operations in Japan, the American Apparel brand is resurgent. The company now has four stores, a popular online and mobile store as well as an e-commerce platform with Amazon JP. Sales for the company are up 50% over 2011.
"Japan is an exciting market for us right now and we have a recent track record of successful collaborations. We're continuing to try new things to expand the brand and Fashion Week is the perfect place to do that," Johnson said.
Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week TOKYO 2013 S/S takes place on Monday, October 15 and begins at 20:30 JST, with the company's presentation taking place at 22:00. Other sponsors of the show include Maybelline New York and TONI&GUY. American Apparel's anniversary party is produced by ageHa. Catering will be provided by Arms Burger and Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream.
About Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week TOKYO
The Japan Fashion Week Organization (JFW Organization) aims to further the strengthening of the competitive power of the Japanese textile and fashion industry, and to encourage its growth. Moreover, we further increase Tokyo's reputation as the world's textile and fashion base by promoting excellent Japanese textile and fashion products, and by sending comprehensive information around the world. Furthermore, we aim to enhance Tokyo as the center of fashion business in Asia.
About American Apparel
American Apparel is a vertically integrated manufacturer, distributor, and retailer of branded fashion basic apparel based in downtown Los Angeles, California. As of June 30, 2012, American Apparel had approximately 10,000 employees and operated 253 retail stores in 20 countries, including the United States, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, United Kingdom, Ireland, Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Israel, Australia, Japan, South Korea, and China. American Apparel also operates a leading wholesale business that supplies high quality T-shirts and other casual wear to distributors and screen printers. In addition to its retail stores and wholesale operations, American Apparel operates an online retail e-commerce website at http://www.americanapparel.net.
SOURCE American Apparel
American Apparel
CONTACT: Marsha Brady, +1-213-488-0226
Web Site: http://www.americanapparel.net
TOKYO, Sept. 14, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- American Apparel, the vertically integrated clothing manufacturer based in downtown Los Angeles, is announcing its participation in Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week TOKYO 2013 S/S.
American Apparel's participation celebrates the brand's seventh anniversary in Japan. The event will take place at Shibuya Hikarie, the official venue of Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week TOKYO 2013 S/S.
"We wanted to do something new this year and Tokyo is a city that is very open-minded to new, creative ideas, particularly when it comes to fashion. We are honored to be one of the first brands without an appointed designer to show at a high-profile Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week like this," said Katherine Johnson, American Apparel's Japan operations manager.
On the eve of its seventh year of operations in Japan, the American Apparel brand is resurgent. The company now has four stores, a popular online and mobile store as well as an e-commerce platform with Amazon JP. Sales for the company are up 50% over 2011.
"Japan is an exciting market for us right now and we have a recent track record of successful collaborations. We're continuing to try new things to expand the brand and Fashion Week is the perfect place to do that," Johnson said.
Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week TOKYO 2013 S/S takes place on Monday, October 15 and begins at 20:30 JST, with the company's presentation taking place at 22:00. Other sponsors of the show include Maybelline New York and TONI&GUY. American Apparel's anniversary party is produced by ageHa. Catering will be provided by Arms Burger and Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream.
About Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week TOKYO
The Japan Fashion Week Organization (JFW Organization) aims to further the strengthening of the competitive power of the Japanese textile and fashion industry, and to encourage its growth. Moreover, we further increase Tokyo's reputation as the world's textile and fashion base by promoting excellent Japanese textile and fashion products, and by sending comprehensive information around the world. Furthermore, we aim to enhance Tokyo as the center of fashion business in Asia.
About American Apparel
American Apparel is a vertically integrated manufacturer, distributor, and retailer of branded fashion basic apparel based in downtown Los Angeles, California. As of June 30, 2012, American Apparel had approximately 10,000 employees and operated 253 retail stores in 20 countries, including the United States, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, United Kingdom, Ireland, Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Israel, Australia, Japan, South Korea, and China. American Apparel also operates a leading wholesale business that supplies high quality T-shirts and other casual wear to distributors and screen printers. In addition to its retail stores and wholesale operations, American Apparel operates an online retail e-commerce website at http://www.americanapparel.net.
SOURCE American Apparel
American Apparel
CONTACT: Marsha Brady, +1-213-488-0226
Web Site: http://www.americanapparel.net
Qualcomm Second Generation LTE Chipsets Enable High-Speed Wireless Connectivity in Japan
Poster: SySAdmin
Posted on September 14, 2012 at 6:35:01 AM
Qualcomm Second Generation LTE Chipsets Enable High-Speed Wireless Connectivity in Japan
-- Gobi 4G/LTE modem powers latest connectivity device from SoftBank Mobile and ZTE --
SAN DIEGO, Sept. 14, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Qualcomm Incorporated (NASDAQ: QCOM) today announced its industry-leading Gobi(TM) 4G/LTE modem, the MDM9215(TM), has been implemented in the SoftBank 102Z, a new mobile broadband router for Japan. The device, designed by Chinese telecommunications provider ZTE, represents the second generation of Gobi-powered 4G/LTE products from SoftBank Mobile and the first to feature MDM9x15(TM) chipsets built on the 28nm manufacturing process.
"Fast, reliable wireless connectivity has become more important than ever in today's mobile environment," said Alex Katouzian, senior vice president of product management at Qualcomm. "Gobi wireless modems are enabling smaller, more efficient products and devices that can quickly and seamlessly connect across 3G and 4G/LTE networks."
The MDM9x15 chipset, which is part of Qualcomm's Gobi family of modems, offers many benefits to device manufactures and - in addition to the SoftBank 102Z - is being designed into more than 90 products from more than 30 different OEMs across the globe. Qualcomm's design and optimizations in the MDM9x15 chipset allowed ZTE to launch the product with SoftBank Mobile only two months after Qualcomm delivered the commercial sample chipset.
"In addition to the SoftBank 102Z, we are excited to be collaborating with Qualcomm to develop many other important LTE data products for leading carriers worldwide," said Di Ning, vice president at ZTE.
The MDM9x15 chipset, as compared with previous generation LTE solutions, uses 30 percent less power and enables product designs with 30 percent less printed circuit board area, allowing for smaller and thinner form factors, while its multimode capability enables seamless connectivity between LTE TDD and DC-HSDPA networks so devices can connect locally or globally on the fastest available 3G or 4G/LTE network.
Additionally, the MDM9x15 chipset features an integrated application processor that allows OEMs to efficiently develop and integrate value-added services, including hotspot functionality when the mobile access point feature is used, further reducing power requirements and cost. In the case of the SoftBank 102Z, a mobile broadband router was fully implemented in connection with the chipset, allowing for 3G/4G connectivity to be shared by up to 10 devices via Wi-Fi.
About Qualcomm
Qualcomm Incorporated (NASDAQ: QCOM) is the world leader in 3G and next-generation mobile technologies. For more than 25 years, Qualcomm ideas and inventions have driven the evolution of digital communications, linking people everywhere more closely to information, entertainment and each other. For more information, visit Qualcomm's website, OnQ blog, Twitter and Facebook pages.
Qualcomm is a registered trademark of Qualcomm Incorporated. Gobi, MDM9x15 and MDM9215 are trademarks of Qualcomm Incorporated. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
Qualcomm Contacts:
Tina Asmar, Corporate Communications
Phone: 1-858-845-5959
Email: corpcomm@qualcomm.com
Warren Kneeshaw, Investor Relations
Phone: 1-858-658-4813
Email: ir@qualcomm.com
SOURCE Qualcomm Incorporated
Qualcomm Incorporated
Web Site: http://www.qualcomm.com
-- Gobi 4G/LTE modem powers latest connectivity device from SoftBank Mobile and ZTE --
SAN DIEGO, Sept. 14, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Qualcomm Incorporated (NASDAQ: QCOM) today announced its industry-leading Gobi(TM) 4G/LTE modem, the MDM9215(TM), has been implemented in the SoftBank 102Z, a new mobile broadband router for Japan. The device, designed by Chinese telecommunications provider ZTE, represents the second generation of Gobi-powered 4G/LTE products from SoftBank Mobile and the first to feature MDM9x15(TM) chipsets built on the 28nm manufacturing process.
"Fast, reliable wireless connectivity has become more important than ever in today's mobile environment," said Alex Katouzian, senior vice president of product management at Qualcomm. "Gobi wireless modems are enabling smaller, more efficient products and devices that can quickly and seamlessly connect across 3G and 4G/LTE networks."
The MDM9x15 chipset, which is part of Qualcomm's Gobi family of modems, offers many benefits to device manufactures and - in addition to the SoftBank 102Z - is being designed into more than 90 products from more than 30 different OEMs across the globe. Qualcomm's design and optimizations in the MDM9x15 chipset allowed ZTE to launch the product with SoftBank Mobile only two months after Qualcomm delivered the commercial sample chipset.
"In addition to the SoftBank 102Z, we are excited to be collaborating with Qualcomm to develop many other important LTE data products for leading carriers worldwide," said Di Ning, vice president at ZTE.
The MDM9x15 chipset, as compared with previous generation LTE solutions, uses 30 percent less power and enables product designs with 30 percent less printed circuit board area, allowing for smaller and thinner form factors, while its multimode capability enables seamless connectivity between LTE TDD and DC-HSDPA networks so devices can connect locally or globally on the fastest available 3G or 4G/LTE network.
Additionally, the MDM9x15 chipset features an integrated application processor that allows OEMs to efficiently develop and integrate value-added services, including hotspot functionality when the mobile access point feature is used, further reducing power requirements and cost. In the case of the SoftBank 102Z, a mobile broadband router was fully implemented in connection with the chipset, allowing for 3G/4G connectivity to be shared by up to 10 devices via Wi-Fi.
About Qualcomm
Qualcomm Incorporated (NASDAQ: QCOM) is the world leader in 3G and next-generation mobile technologies. For more than 25 years, Qualcomm ideas and inventions have driven the evolution of digital communications, linking people everywhere more closely to information, entertainment and each other. For more information, visit Qualcomm's website, OnQ blog, Twitter and Facebook pages.
Qualcomm is a registered trademark of Qualcomm Incorporated. Gobi, MDM9x15 and MDM9215 are trademarks of Qualcomm Incorporated. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
Qualcomm Contacts:
Tina Asmar, Corporate Communications
Phone: 1-858-845-5959
Email: corpcomm@qualcomm.com
Warren Kneeshaw, Investor Relations
Phone: 1-858-658-4813
Email: ir@qualcomm.com
SOURCE Qualcomm Incorporated
Qualcomm Incorporated
Web Site: http://www.qualcomm.com
T-Mobile Chooses King.com and MediaBrix for a Branded Facebook Social Game Advertising Campaign
Poster: SySAdmin
Posted on September 14, 2012 at 5:14:02 AM
T-Mobile Chooses King.com and MediaBrix for a Branded Facebook Social Game Advertising Campaign
King.com taps into its rapidly growing audience of over 40 million users to connect advertisers with its key demographic - women aged 25-54
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 14, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --King.com, the world's leading casual social games company, today announced that T-Mobile has chosen its game, Bubble Witch Saga, for a highly targeted social games advertising campaign. Following King.com becoming the second largest social games company and surpassing three billion monthly gameplays, the company is partnering with MediaBrix to effectively target T-Mobile's key demographic in a deal that includes high-impact, in-game ads and social brand integration. MediaBrix is the only end-to-end, in-app social and mobile advertising solution with proprietary analytics measuring over 30 points of brand-focused metrics.
"King.com's Bubble Witch Saga is a natural fit with T-Mobile, given the audience demographic, the large player base and the high engagement levels of players of the game. Bubble Witch Saga is one of King.com's most popular games on Facebook. Over a year following its launch, there are now more than 17 million monthly players of the game and the average user plays many times a day. The continued popularity of Bubble Witch Saga shows that casual social games have longevity and ongoing user engagement," said Mark Charkin, executive vice president of advertising at King.com.
The primary focus of the campaign is to build awareness around the launch of T-Mobile's new myTouch devices by advertising on Bubble Witch Saga, which sees more than 17 million monthly players (according to AppData), mostly comprised of women aged 25-54. The campaign incorporates MediaBrix's SocialFusion product, which delivers marketers a scalable, exclusive integration, offering T-Mobile a chance to inspire positive recognition and association among users as their brand becomes an integral part of the game. The campaign also includes MediaBrix's SocialFlex product, which is an immersive advertising unit seamlessly integrated within social games and mobile apps developed specifically with a non-disruptive user experience in mind. SocialFlex, a complement to SocialFusion, offers T-Mobile a way to expand the brand experience through high-impact video advertising featuring the new myTouch devices.
"MediaBrix is putting brands front and center, in a high-impact and scalable way that respects the user's experience. We are pleased to see T-Mobile at the forefront of this movement and in tune with our vision. We know they are going to benefit greatly from tapping into their key demographic this way," said Ari Brandt, CEO of MediaBrix.
To see the ads and play the T-Mobile sponsored King.com game, Bubble Witch Saga, go to http://apps.facebook.com/bubblewitch/
About King.com:
King.com is a worldwide leader in casual social games with over 40 million monthly players and more than 3 billion games played per month globally. King.com offers over 150 exclusive games in 14 languages through its premier destination, King.com (http://www.king.com), mobile devices, Google+, and Facebook, where it is a top 10 Facebook developer and has over 11 million daily active users. The company is the exclusive provider of online games for leading global portals, websites and media companies. King.com has offices in London, Stockholm, Barcelona, Bucharest, Hamburg, Milan, Malta and San Francisco. For more information, please visit http://about.king.com.
About MediaBrix:
MediaBrix (http://www.mediabrix.com) is the only end-to-end, in-app social and mobile advertising solution with proprietary analytics measuring over 30 points of brand-focused metrics, including viewability, time spent, video completes, interactions and social sharing. The company offers Fortune 500 marketers a suite of immersive and interactive advertising products, allowing them to reach a highly engaged audience where they are most receptive to a brand's message--in social and mobile apps. Hundreds of top brands such as Proctor & Gamble, Samsung and Coca-Cola and the world's largest app developers such as King.com and 50cubes leverage the MediaBrix platform to provide user-friendly brand advertising experiences to more than 200 million people. MediaBrix is based in New York with offices in Los Angeles and Chicago.
Media Contacts:
For King.com:
Paul Brady
Consort Partners
king@consortpartners.com
Tel: +1 646 491 2777
For MediaBrix:
Aaron Wessels
Point-Bl_ank Communications
aaron@pointblankcomm.com
Tel: + 415.378.8090
SOURCE King.com
King.com
Web Site: http://www.mediabrix.com
King.com taps into its rapidly growing audience of over 40 million users to connect advertisers with its key demographic - women aged 25-54
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 14, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --King.com, the world's leading casual social games company, today announced that T-Mobile has chosen its game, Bubble Witch Saga, for a highly targeted social games advertising campaign. Following King.com becoming the second largest social games company and surpassing three billion monthly gameplays, the company is partnering with MediaBrix to effectively target T-Mobile's key demographic in a deal that includes high-impact, in-game ads and social brand integration. MediaBrix is the only end-to-end, in-app social and mobile advertising solution with proprietary analytics measuring over 30 points of brand-focused metrics.
"King.com's Bubble Witch Saga is a natural fit with T-Mobile, given the audience demographic, the large player base and the high engagement levels of players of the game. Bubble Witch Saga is one of King.com's most popular games on Facebook. Over a year following its launch, there are now more than 17 million monthly players of the game and the average user plays many times a day. The continued popularity of Bubble Witch Saga shows that casual social games have longevity and ongoing user engagement," said Mark Charkin, executive vice president of advertising at King.com.
The primary focus of the campaign is to build awareness around the launch of T-Mobile's new myTouch devices by advertising on Bubble Witch Saga, which sees more than 17 million monthly players (according to AppData), mostly comprised of women aged 25-54. The campaign incorporates MediaBrix's SocialFusion product, which delivers marketers a scalable, exclusive integration, offering T-Mobile a chance to inspire positive recognition and association among users as their brand becomes an integral part of the game. The campaign also includes MediaBrix's SocialFlex product, which is an immersive advertising unit seamlessly integrated within social games and mobile apps developed specifically with a non-disruptive user experience in mind. SocialFlex, a complement to SocialFusion, offers T-Mobile a way to expand the brand experience through high-impact video advertising featuring the new myTouch devices.
"MediaBrix is putting brands front and center, in a high-impact and scalable way that respects the user's experience. We are pleased to see T-Mobile at the forefront of this movement and in tune with our vision. We know they are going to benefit greatly from tapping into their key demographic this way," said Ari Brandt, CEO of MediaBrix.
To see the ads and play the T-Mobile sponsored King.com game, Bubble Witch Saga, go to http://apps.facebook.com/bubblewitch/
About King.com:
King.com is a worldwide leader in casual social games with over 40 million monthly players and more than 3 billion games played per month globally. King.com offers over 150 exclusive games in 14 languages through its premier destination, King.com (http://www.king.com), mobile devices, Google+, and Facebook, where it is a top 10 Facebook developer and has over 11 million daily active users. The company is the exclusive provider of online games for leading global portals, websites and media companies. King.com has offices in London, Stockholm, Barcelona, Bucharest, Hamburg, Milan, Malta and San Francisco. For more information, please visit http://about.king.com.
About MediaBrix:
MediaBrix (http://www.mediabrix.com) is the only end-to-end, in-app social and mobile advertising solution with proprietary analytics measuring over 30 points of brand-focused metrics, including viewability, time spent, video completes, interactions and social sharing. The company offers Fortune 500 marketers a suite of immersive and interactive advertising products, allowing them to reach a highly engaged audience where they are most receptive to a brand's message--in social and mobile apps. Hundreds of top brands such as Proctor & Gamble, Samsung and Coca-Cola and the world's largest app developers such as King.com and 50cubes leverage the MediaBrix platform to provide user-friendly brand advertising experiences to more than 200 million people. MediaBrix is based in New York with offices in Los Angeles and Chicago.
Media Contacts:
For King.com:
Paul Brady
Consort Partners
king@consortpartners.com
Tel: +1 646 491 2777
For MediaBrix:
Aaron Wessels
Point-Bl_ank Communications
aaron@pointblankcomm.com
Tel: + 415.378.8090
SOURCE King.com
King.com
Web Site: http://www.mediabrix.com
September 13, 2012
MySwar.Com Makes Viewing Bollywood YouTube Playlists Easy and Fun
Poster: SySAdmin
Posted on September 13, 2012 at 11:28:01 PM
MySwar.Com Makes Viewing Bollywood YouTube Playlists Easy and Fun
BANGALORE, September 14, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --
Thousands of YouTube Playlists at Music Lovers' Fingertips
Recently launched website, MySwar.com [http://myswar.com ] has rolled out thousands of
pre-packaged YouTube playlists to make music discovery easy and fun. Among the wide range
of playlists [http://www.mavrix.in/2012/08/playlists-now-on-myswar ] available to music
lovers are playlists for albums [http://myswar.com/album/barfi-2012/playlist ], new
releases [http://myswar.com/new_release/playlist ], singers
[http://myswar.com/singer/kishore-kumar/playlist ], music directors
[http://myswar.com/music_director/rd-burman/playlist ], lyricists
[http://myswar.com/lyricist/gulzar/playlist ] and genres
[http://myswar.com/song/genre/Rock/playlist ]. While there are several playlists available
to everyone, registered users on MySwar have access to a special playlist consisting of
songs recommended specifically for them based on their musical taste. Covering 6 decades
of Hindi film music from 1951 to present day and with about 40,000 songs, the playlist
feature on MySwar has a lot to offer to music lovers.
Commenting on the launch, MySwar's founder, Param Arunachalam said, "Our present user
base largely consists of music geeks, who appreciate the comprehensiveness and accuracy of
the information on our website. With the release of playlists, we will also serve the
casual listener of music. It can be challenging to navigate through the huge number of
videos on YouTube. MySwar playlists make it easy for Hindi film music lovers to access
their favourite videos at the click of a button."
Some of the key features of MySwar are:
1) Comprehensive and accurate guide - MySwar has information of every film
music release from 1951 to present day [http://myswar.com/year ].
2) Musical attributes - A group of passionate music lovers have listened to
every song in the last 6 decades (or at least as many as they could get their hands
on) and tagged each song with up to 3 Genres [http://myswar.com/genre ]. Several
other musical attributes have also been catalogued. While, the Genre information is
displayed, the other attributes are not. This is perhaps the first time such an
exercise has been completed for Hindi film music.
3) Songs like this [http://myswar.com/song_like/arth-1982-jhuki-jhuki-si-nazar-2
] - For every song, MySwar uses a proprietary algorithm to list a set of similar
songs based on its Genre and other musical attributes.
4) Personalized recommendations - MySwar has a proprietary algorithm to
recommend songs to registered users based on their musical taste, as determined by
their ratings of songs.
5) Accurate and extensive credits - One of MySwar's goal is to recognize every
individual who contributes to the making of the music we love so much. MySwar
catalogs not just the music director, lyricist and singers involved in each song but
also assistants, arrangers, producers, recording engineers, studio, instrumentalists,
etc.
6) Trivia - MySwar engages users with the stories behind the music. For
example, it tells you about the only song for which R.D. Burman wrote lyrics [
http://myswar.com/song_details/deewaar-1975-i-am-falling-in-love-with-a-stranger-6 ].
Users can join their Facebook page [http://www.facebook.com/MySwarDotCom ] or follow
them on Twitter [http://www.twitter.com/MySwar ] to get the Trivia Of The Day.
7) Awards - Most prominent Hindi film music awards [http://myswar.com/awards ]
have been catalogued.
8) Reviews - Music lovers can read reviews by other users and by critics and
bloggers as well as submit their own reviews.
9) Artist bios - MySwar has Artist bios and other information like their
official Facebook pages, Twitter handles and websites. Birthday, birth anniversary
and death anniversary alerts are posted on Facebook and Twitter.
10) Listen to previews - In countries were iTunes is available, users can listen
to the iTunes song previews.
11) Advanced Search [http://myswar.com/advanced-search ] - While the regular
search feature lets users search for a song, album or artist, the advanced search
[http://myswar.com/advanced-search ] feature lets them get song listings that match
more than one criteria - singer, music director, lyricist, year range and genre.
12) YouTube videos and playlists - Users can watch YouTube videos for songs on
the song page and also watch playlists - album playlists
[http://myswar.com/album/amar-prem-1971/playlist ], popular songs playlists
[http://myswar.com/popular_song/playlist ] and many more
[http://www.mavrix.in/2012/08/playlists-now-on-myswar ].
About MySwar.com:
MySwar.com is a music discovery website launched by an ex-Infosys employee, Param
Arunachalam. MySwar is an accurate and comprehensive database of Hindi film music that
catalogues not only album and song listings and associated artists but also musical
attributes of each song. Using these attributes, MySwar serves up song-based and
taste-based recommendations.
MySwar is a property of Mavrix Infotech Pvt. Ltd. Mavrix is a Bangalore-based
technology company. Website: http://www.mavrix.in
Linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/company/mavrix-infotech
Twitter: https://twitter.com/mavrixin
Primary Media Contact: Param Arunachalam, taparam@mavrix.in, 91-9449808972
MySwar.com
CONTACT: PRN
BANGALORE, September 14, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --
Thousands of YouTube Playlists at Music Lovers' Fingertips
Recently launched website, MySwar.com [http://myswar.com ] has rolled out thousands of
pre-packaged YouTube playlists to make music discovery easy and fun. Among the wide range
of playlists [http://www.mavrix.in/2012/08/playlists-now-on-myswar ] available to music
lovers are playlists for albums [http://myswar.com/album/barfi-2012/playlist ], new
releases [http://myswar.com/new_release/playlist ], singers
[http://myswar.com/singer/kishore-kumar/playlist ], music directors
[http://myswar.com/music_director/rd-burman/playlist ], lyricists
[http://myswar.com/lyricist/gulzar/playlist ] and genres
[http://myswar.com/song/genre/Rock/playlist ]. While there are several playlists available
to everyone, registered users on MySwar have access to a special playlist consisting of
songs recommended specifically for them based on their musical taste. Covering 6 decades
of Hindi film music from 1951 to present day and with about 40,000 songs, the playlist
feature on MySwar has a lot to offer to music lovers.
Commenting on the launch, MySwar's founder, Param Arunachalam said, "Our present user
base largely consists of music geeks, who appreciate the comprehensiveness and accuracy of
the information on our website. With the release of playlists, we will also serve the
casual listener of music. It can be challenging to navigate through the huge number of
videos on YouTube. MySwar playlists make it easy for Hindi film music lovers to access
their favourite videos at the click of a button."
Some of the key features of MySwar are:
1) Comprehensive and accurate guide - MySwar has information of every film
music release from 1951 to present day [http://myswar.com/year ].
2) Musical attributes - A group of passionate music lovers have listened to
every song in the last 6 decades (or at least as many as they could get their hands
on) and tagged each song with up to 3 Genres [http://myswar.com/genre ]. Several
other musical attributes have also been catalogued. While, the Genre information is
displayed, the other attributes are not. This is perhaps the first time such an
exercise has been completed for Hindi film music.
3) Songs like this [http://myswar.com/song_like/arth-1982-jhuki-jhuki-si-nazar-2
] - For every song, MySwar uses a proprietary algorithm to list a set of similar
songs based on its Genre and other musical attributes.
4) Personalized recommendations - MySwar has a proprietary algorithm to
recommend songs to registered users based on their musical taste, as determined by
their ratings of songs.
5) Accurate and extensive credits - One of MySwar's goal is to recognize every
individual who contributes to the making of the music we love so much. MySwar
catalogs not just the music director, lyricist and singers involved in each song but
also assistants, arrangers, producers, recording engineers, studio, instrumentalists,
etc.
6) Trivia - MySwar engages users with the stories behind the music. For
example, it tells you about the only song for which R.D. Burman wrote lyrics [
http://myswar.com/song_details/deewaar-1975-i-am-falling-in-love-with-a-stranger-6 ].
Users can join their Facebook page [http://www.facebook.com/MySwarDotCom ] or follow
them on Twitter [http://www.twitter.com/MySwar ] to get the Trivia Of The Day.
7) Awards - Most prominent Hindi film music awards [http://myswar.com/awards ]
have been catalogued.
8) Reviews - Music lovers can read reviews by other users and by critics and
bloggers as well as submit their own reviews.
9) Artist bios - MySwar has Artist bios and other information like their
official Facebook pages, Twitter handles and websites. Birthday, birth anniversary
and death anniversary alerts are posted on Facebook and Twitter.
10) Listen to previews - In countries were iTunes is available, users can listen
to the iTunes song previews.
11) Advanced Search [http://myswar.com/advanced-search ] - While the regular
search feature lets users search for a song, album or artist, the advanced search
[http://myswar.com/advanced-search ] feature lets them get song listings that match
more than one criteria - singer, music director, lyricist, year range and genre.
12) YouTube videos and playlists - Users can watch YouTube videos for songs on
the song page and also watch playlists - album playlists
[http://myswar.com/album/amar-prem-1971/playlist ], popular songs playlists
[http://myswar.com/popular_song/playlist ] and many more
[http://www.mavrix.in/2012/08/playlists-now-on-myswar ].
About MySwar.com:
MySwar.com is a music discovery website launched by an ex-Infosys employee, Param
Arunachalam. MySwar is an accurate and comprehensive database of Hindi film music that
catalogues not only album and song listings and associated artists but also musical
attributes of each song. Using these attributes, MySwar serves up song-based and
taste-based recommendations.
MySwar is a property of Mavrix Infotech Pvt. Ltd. Mavrix is a Bangalore-based
technology company. Website: http://www.mavrix.in
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Crittercism's Free Crash Reporting Now Supports iOS6
Poster: SySAdmin
Posted on September 13, 2012 at 11:21:01 PM
Crittercism's Free Crash Reporting Now Supports iOS6
Crittercism provides developers with free crash reporting to prepare for the launch of iOS6
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 14, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Crittercism, the world's first Mobile App Performance Management (APM) platform, today announces its free mobile app crash reporting service now supports iOS6.
While the pending September 19(th) launch of iOS6 will include a number of new and exciting features to improve the consumer experience, such as improved mapping features, face recognition, single sign on for Facebook integration, boarding passes and more, it will also impact mobile app performance. With Crittercism's free service, developers can get a real-time view into app performance, enabling them to identify and resolve iOS6 issues immediately for free. Download the free SDK today.
In addition, Crittercism will provide developers with a view of stability, display and performance issues related to the iPhone5 device improvements. While these new features can be tested, it's difficult for developers to understand how the app will perform once live in production. With Crittercism, developers can prioritize and fix top issues immediately, acting as an insurance policy against poor app reviews.
Developers can download the lightweight SDK and install it in their mobile app in less than 5 minutes. Once the product is integrated into the app, developers simply log in to http://www.crittercism.com and see all of the bugs that are identified in their code in real-time.
"Zipline Games has been a long-standing Crittercism customer, first with our hit mobile game Wolf Toss and our new game Slots Tycoon. Crittercism's real-time crash reports enable us to find and eliminate crashes and performance issues in our games, improving the player experience dramatically across a large installed base of iOS players," said Todd Hooper, CEO of Zipline Games. "We use Crittercism to identify, track and fix the top bugs that we see in our mobile apps. With well over a million installs, Wolf Toss has maintained a sub 1% crash rate and a consistent review rating above four stars with Crittercism, and we plan to keep that record as we launch our iOS6 apps."
"We started out as mobile app developers, so we know that it takes time and energy to build amazing apps and keep them crash and bug free, that's why we built Crittercism. We decided it was time for an entirely new way to monitor and manage mobile apps," said Andrew Levy, Crittercism's Co-founder and CEO. "iOS6 offers developers new features that will improve their iOS apps. We are dedicated to helping app developers from the smallest garage based indie developers up to the largest global publishers make better apps."
In addition to Crash Reporting, Crittercism offers its advanced Mobile APM features such as Handled Exceptions, Breadcrumbs, Crittercism NDK, and Dynamic Real-Time Alerts to developers under a 30-day free trial. After that developers can choose from three billing plans: Free Crash Reporting, Premium Error Monitoring and Enterprise App Monitoring.
About Crittercism
Crittercism, based in San Francisco, California, is the world's first mobile app performance management (APM) solution that offers a real-time global view of app diagnostics and app crashes across iOS, Android and HTML5 on over 250 million unique devices and over 6 billion app loads. The company's investors include Opus Capital, Shasta Ventures and Google Ventures. Learn more @crittercism and http://www.crittercism.com.
SOURCE Crittercism
Crittercism
CONTACT: Jen Moranz, Crittercism, +1-415-278-1727, jen@crittercism.com
Web Site: http://www.crittercism.com
Crittercism provides developers with free crash reporting to prepare for the launch of iOS6
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 14, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Crittercism, the world's first Mobile App Performance Management (APM) platform, today announces its free mobile app crash reporting service now supports iOS6.
While the pending September 19(th) launch of iOS6 will include a number of new and exciting features to improve the consumer experience, such as improved mapping features, face recognition, single sign on for Facebook integration, boarding passes and more, it will also impact mobile app performance. With Crittercism's free service, developers can get a real-time view into app performance, enabling them to identify and resolve iOS6 issues immediately for free. Download the free SDK today.
In addition, Crittercism will provide developers with a view of stability, display and performance issues related to the iPhone5 device improvements. While these new features can be tested, it's difficult for developers to understand how the app will perform once live in production. With Crittercism, developers can prioritize and fix top issues immediately, acting as an insurance policy against poor app reviews.
Developers can download the lightweight SDK and install it in their mobile app in less than 5 minutes. Once the product is integrated into the app, developers simply log in to http://www.crittercism.com and see all of the bugs that are identified in their code in real-time.
"Zipline Games has been a long-standing Crittercism customer, first with our hit mobile game Wolf Toss and our new game Slots Tycoon. Crittercism's real-time crash reports enable us to find and eliminate crashes and performance issues in our games, improving the player experience dramatically across a large installed base of iOS players," said Todd Hooper, CEO of Zipline Games. "We use Crittercism to identify, track and fix the top bugs that we see in our mobile apps. With well over a million installs, Wolf Toss has maintained a sub 1% crash rate and a consistent review rating above four stars with Crittercism, and we plan to keep that record as we launch our iOS6 apps."
"We started out as mobile app developers, so we know that it takes time and energy to build amazing apps and keep them crash and bug free, that's why we built Crittercism. We decided it was time for an entirely new way to monitor and manage mobile apps," said Andrew Levy, Crittercism's Co-founder and CEO. "iOS6 offers developers new features that will improve their iOS apps. We are dedicated to helping app developers from the smallest garage based indie developers up to the largest global publishers make better apps."
In addition to Crash Reporting, Crittercism offers its advanced Mobile APM features such as Handled Exceptions, Breadcrumbs, Crittercism NDK, and Dynamic Real-Time Alerts to developers under a 30-day free trial. After that developers can choose from three billing plans: Free Crash Reporting, Premium Error Monitoring and Enterprise App Monitoring.
About Crittercism
Crittercism, based in San Francisco, California, is the world's first mobile app performance management (APM) solution that offers a real-time global view of app diagnostics and app crashes across iOS, Android and HTML5 on over 250 million unique devices and over 6 billion app loads. The company's investors include Opus Capital, Shasta Ventures and Google Ventures. Learn more @crittercism and http://www.crittercism.com.
SOURCE Crittercism
Crittercism
CONTACT: Jen Moranz, Crittercism, +1-415-278-1727, jen@crittercism.com
Web Site: http://www.crittercism.com
AT&T 4G LTE Available In Philadelphia
Poster: SySAdmin
Posted on September 13, 2012 at 11:07:01 PM
AT&T 4G LTE Available In Philadelphia
Customers to benefit from ultra-fast mobile Internet on the latest LTE devices
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 14, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- AT&T* has turned on its 4G LTE network in Philadelphia, bringing customers the latest generation of wireless network technology. Watch here to see several of the benefits AT&T 4G LTE provides, including:
-- Faster speeds. LTE technology is capable of delivering mobile Internet
speeds up to 10 times faster than 3G. Customers can stream, download,
upload and game faster than ever before.
-- Cool new devices. AT&T offers several LTE-compatible devices, including
new AT&T 4G LTE smartphones and tablets, such as the Motorola ATRIX (TM)
HD, Sony Xperia (TM) ion, HTC One(TM) X, Samsung Focus(®) 2, Nokia
Lumia 900, Samsung Galaxy Note(TM), and Pantech Element(TM) tablet.
-- Faster response time. LTE technology offers lower latency, or the
processing time it takes to move data through a network, such as how
long it takes to start downloading a webpage or file once you've sent
the request. Lower latency helps to improve services like mobile gaming,
two-way video calling and telemedicine.
-- More efficient use of spectrum. Wireless spectrum is a finite resource,
and LTE uses spectrum more efficiently than other technologies, creating
more space to carry data traffic and services and to deliver a better
network experience.
(Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120612/DA23287LOGO)
"We continue to see demand for mobile Internet skyrocket, and our 4G LTE network in Philadelphia responds to what customers want from their mobile experience -- more, faster, on the best devices," said J. Michael Schweder, president, AT&T Mid Atlantic.
AT&T's 4G Network
AT&T's innovation and investment has resulted in the nation's largest 4G network, covering 275 million people with ultra-fast speeds and a more consistent user experience. That's coverage in 3,000 more 4G cities and towns than Verizon.
AT&T is the only U.S. service provider to deploy two compatible 4G technologies to deliver more speed to more customers. Our 4G LTE network delivered faster average download speeds than any of our competitors in PCWorld's most recent 13-market speed tests.
AT&T's 4G LTE network delivers speeds up to 10 times faster than 3G**, as well as multiple innovations that optimize the network for performance. Our network's radio components are placed close to the antenna at most cell sites, instead of inside the base station, which helps minimize power loss between the base station and antenna and, in turn, improves the performance of our 4G LTE network. The network also is designed with its core elements distributed across the country, which helps reduce latency, or the delay when using the Internet, because your request isn't traveling as far.
Even as AT&T continues to expand its 4G LTE coverage in 2012 and 2013, customers can get 4G speeds outside of 4G LTE areas on our 4G HSPA+ network, unlike competitors, where customers fall back to slower 3G technologies when outside of LTE coverage.
AT&T's focus to deliver the best possible mobile Internet experience goes beyond 4G to embrace additional connection technologies. AT&T operates the nation's largest Wi-Fi network*** including more than 30,000 AT&T Wi-Fi Hot Spots at popular restaurants, hotels, bookstores and retailers across the country. Most AT&T smartphone customers get access to our entire national Wi-Fi network at no additional cost, and Wi-Fi usage doesn't count against customers' monthly wireless data plans.
AT&T also is a leading developer of Distributed Antenna Systems, which utilize multiple small antennas to maximize coverage and speed within stadiums, convention centers, office buildings, hotels and other areas where traditional coverage methods are challenging.
Over the past five years, AT&T invested more than $115 billion into operations and into acquiring spectrum and other assets that have enhanced our wireless and wired networks. Since 2007, AT&T has invested more capital into the U.S. economy than any other public company. In a July 2012 report, the Progressive Policy Institute ranked AT&T No. 1 on its list of U.S. "Investment Heroes."
*AT&T products and services are provided or offered by subsidiaries and affiliates of AT&T Inc. under the AT&T brand and not by AT&T Inc.
**Limited 4G LTE availability in select markets. Deployment ongoing. 4G LTE device and data plan required. Up to 10x claim compares 4G LTE download speeds to industry average 3G download speeds. LTE is a trademark of ETSI. 4G speeds not available everywhere. Learn more about 4G LTE at att.com/network.
*** Largest based on company branded and operated hotspots. Access includes AT&T Wi-Fi Basic. A Wi-Fi enabled device required. Other restrictions apply. See http://www.attwifi.com for details and locations.
About AT&T
AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) is a premier communications holding company and one of the most honored companies in the world. Its subsidiaries and affiliates - AT&T operating companies - are the providers of AT&T services in the United States and around the world. With a powerful array of network resources that includes the nation's largest 4G network, AT&T is a leading provider of wireless, Wi-Fi, high speed Internet, voice and cloud-based services. A leader in mobile Internet, AT&T also offers the best wireless coverage worldwide of any U.S. carrier, offering the most wireless phones that work in the most countries. It also offers advanced TV services under the AT&T U-verse(®) and AT&T ?DIRECTV brands. The company's suite of IP-based business communications services is one of the most advanced in the world.
Additional information about AT&T Inc. and the products and services provided by AT&T subsidiaries and affiliates is available at http://www.att.com. This AT&T news release and other announcements are available at http://www.att.com/newsroom and as part of an RSS feed at http://www.att.com/rss. Or follow our news on Twitter at @ATT.
© 2012 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved. Mobile broadband not available in all areas. AT&T, the AT&T logo and all other marks contained herein are trademarks of AT&T Intellectual Property and/or AT&T affiliated companies. All other marks contained herein are the property of their respective owners.
Cautionary Language Concerning Forward-Looking Statements
Information set forth in this press release contains financial estimates and other forward-looking statements that are subject to risks and uncertainties, and actual results might differ materially. A discussion of factors that may affect future results is contained in AT&T's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. AT&T disclaims any obligation to update and revise statements contained in this news release based on new information or otherwise.
SOURCE AT&T Inc.
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AT&T Inc.
CONTACT: Brandy Bell-Truskey, +1-610-322-3461, Brandy.bell-truskey@att.com
Web Site: http://www.att.com
Customers to benefit from ultra-fast mobile Internet on the latest LTE devices
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 14, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- AT&T* has turned on its 4G LTE network in Philadelphia, bringing customers the latest generation of wireless network technology. Watch here to see several of the benefits AT&T 4G LTE provides, including:
-- Faster speeds. LTE technology is capable of delivering mobile Internet
speeds up to 10 times faster than 3G. Customers can stream, download,
upload and game faster than ever before.
-- Cool new devices. AT&T offers several LTE-compatible devices, including
new AT&T 4G LTE smartphones and tablets, such as the Motorola ATRIX (TM)
HD, Sony Xperia (TM) ion, HTC One(TM) X, Samsung Focus(®) 2, Nokia
Lumia 900, Samsung Galaxy Note(TM), and Pantech Element(TM) tablet.
-- Faster response time. LTE technology offers lower latency, or the
processing time it takes to move data through a network, such as how
long it takes to start downloading a webpage or file once you've sent
the request. Lower latency helps to improve services like mobile gaming,
two-way video calling and telemedicine.
-- More efficient use of spectrum. Wireless spectrum is a finite resource,
and LTE uses spectrum more efficiently than other technologies, creating
more space to carry data traffic and services and to deliver a better
network experience.
(Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120612/DA23287LOGO)
"We continue to see demand for mobile Internet skyrocket, and our 4G LTE network in Philadelphia responds to what customers want from their mobile experience -- more, faster, on the best devices," said J. Michael Schweder, president, AT&T Mid Atlantic.
AT&T's 4G Network
AT&T's innovation and investment has resulted in the nation's largest 4G network, covering 275 million people with ultra-fast speeds and a more consistent user experience. That's coverage in 3,000 more 4G cities and towns than Verizon.
AT&T is the only U.S. service provider to deploy two compatible 4G technologies to deliver more speed to more customers. Our 4G LTE network delivered faster average download speeds than any of our competitors in PCWorld's most recent 13-market speed tests.
AT&T's 4G LTE network delivers speeds up to 10 times faster than 3G**, as well as multiple innovations that optimize the network for performance. Our network's radio components are placed close to the antenna at most cell sites, instead of inside the base station, which helps minimize power loss between the base station and antenna and, in turn, improves the performance of our 4G LTE network. The network also is designed with its core elements distributed across the country, which helps reduce latency, or the delay when using the Internet, because your request isn't traveling as far.
Even as AT&T continues to expand its 4G LTE coverage in 2012 and 2013, customers can get 4G speeds outside of 4G LTE areas on our 4G HSPA+ network, unlike competitors, where customers fall back to slower 3G technologies when outside of LTE coverage.
AT&T's focus to deliver the best possible mobile Internet experience goes beyond 4G to embrace additional connection technologies. AT&T operates the nation's largest Wi-Fi network*** including more than 30,000 AT&T Wi-Fi Hot Spots at popular restaurants, hotels, bookstores and retailers across the country. Most AT&T smartphone customers get access to our entire national Wi-Fi network at no additional cost, and Wi-Fi usage doesn't count against customers' monthly wireless data plans.
AT&T also is a leading developer of Distributed Antenna Systems, which utilize multiple small antennas to maximize coverage and speed within stadiums, convention centers, office buildings, hotels and other areas where traditional coverage methods are challenging.
Over the past five years, AT&T invested more than $115 billion into operations and into acquiring spectrum and other assets that have enhanced our wireless and wired networks. Since 2007, AT&T has invested more capital into the U.S. economy than any other public company. In a July 2012 report, the Progressive Policy Institute ranked AT&T No. 1 on its list of U.S. "Investment Heroes."
*AT&T products and services are provided or offered by subsidiaries and affiliates of AT&T Inc. under the AT&T brand and not by AT&T Inc.
**Limited 4G LTE availability in select markets. Deployment ongoing. 4G LTE device and data plan required. Up to 10x claim compares 4G LTE download speeds to industry average 3G download speeds. LTE is a trademark of ETSI. 4G speeds not available everywhere. Learn more about 4G LTE at att.com/network.
*** Largest based on company branded and operated hotspots. Access includes AT&T Wi-Fi Basic. A Wi-Fi enabled device required. Other restrictions apply. See http://www.attwifi.com for details and locations.
About AT&T
AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) is a premier communications holding company and one of the most honored companies in the world. Its subsidiaries and affiliates - AT&T operating companies - are the providers of AT&T services in the United States and around the world. With a powerful array of network resources that includes the nation's largest 4G network, AT&T is a leading provider of wireless, Wi-Fi, high speed Internet, voice and cloud-based services. A leader in mobile Internet, AT&T also offers the best wireless coverage worldwide of any U.S. carrier, offering the most wireless phones that work in the most countries. It also offers advanced TV services under the AT&T U-verse(®) and AT&T ?DIRECTV brands. The company's suite of IP-based business communications services is one of the most advanced in the world.
Additional information about AT&T Inc. and the products and services provided by AT&T subsidiaries and affiliates is available at http://www.att.com. This AT&T news release and other announcements are available at http://www.att.com/newsroom and as part of an RSS feed at http://www.att.com/rss. Or follow our news on Twitter at @ATT.
© 2012 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved. Mobile broadband not available in all areas. AT&T, the AT&T logo and all other marks contained herein are trademarks of AT&T Intellectual Property and/or AT&T affiliated companies. All other marks contained herein are the property of their respective owners.
Cautionary Language Concerning Forward-Looking Statements
Information set forth in this press release contains financial estimates and other forward-looking statements that are subject to risks and uncertainties, and actual results might differ materially. A discussion of factors that may affect future results is contained in AT&T's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. AT&T disclaims any obligation to update and revise statements contained in this news release based on new information or otherwise.
SOURCE AT&T Inc.
Photo:http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120612/DA23287LOGO
http://photoarchive.ap.org/
AT&T Inc.
CONTACT: Brandy Bell-Truskey, +1-610-322-3461, Brandy.bell-truskey@att.com
Web Site: http://www.att.com
Hertz Brings Mobile Car Booking To The Palm Of Your Hand
Poster: SySAdmin
Posted on September 13, 2012 at 4:21:02 PM
Hertz Brings Mobile Car Booking To The Palm Of Your Hand
With the addition of Windows Phone, Hertz now has an app on all four major mobile device operating systems
PARK RIDGE, N.J., Sept. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Hertz Corporation (NYSE: HTZ) announced today the addition of Hertz for Windows Phone. The app allows users to book, modify and search car rental reservations as well as find locations, all from the palm of their hand. Once on the road the app helps Windows Phone users find the nearest gas station and even where their rental car is parked -- a first not only for Hertz, but also for the entire rental car industry.
(Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110810/NY50373LOGO )
"Hertz now has an app available on all four of the major smartphone platforms, which shows our commitment to staying current with the latest technology," commented Mark P. Frissora, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer for Hertz. "More and more consumers are using a mobile device to book travel and Hertz's Windows app brings speed and ease to life across these platforms."
When a Hertz customer is on the go, our Windows Phone app still has them covered. For travelers in unfamiliar areas, Hertz for Windows Phone provides a gas station locator to ensure they never run out of fuel. Additionally, for those times our customers find themselves returning to their car after a long day at the beach, office or anywhere in between, Hertz for Windows Phone has a handy Find My Car feature that uses GPS tagging to lead the user back to their parking spot. The Find My Car feature is also a first in the rental car industry, showing that Hertz brings next wave innovation to customers.
"Windows Phone is backed by a rich developer ecosystem that is creating a variety of quality apps and games, like Hertz, that take advantage of the phone's unique features and design," said Todd Brix, senior director, Windows Phone Marketplace, Microsoft Corp. "This recent addition to Windows Phone Marketplace is a great example of the rich applications our users will find to help them get the most out of their phone," he continued.
Hertz's mobile apps, which have already been downloaded by millions of users, puts the speed and ease of the Hertz car rental experience in the palm of your hands. Each app has a slick user interface that makes finding a location, booking and modifying reservations a breeze. When customers need a Hertz agent to talk to, the app has contact information for reservations, technical support, rental extensions, and the hearing impaired conveniently located on the home screen.
This also capitalizes on the growing trend of consumers using mobile devices to research and book travel. According to eMarketer research, 36 million people use a mobile device to research their travel options and 16 million use a mobile device to actually book their reservations[1]. Hertz for Windows Phone gives both of these population segments the tools to get the job done quickly and easily.
Operating one of the youngest and most diverse fleets in the industry, Hertz is committed to offering its customers the most technologically innovative products and services available that results in the fastest, easiest and most valued rental experience. This includes Hertz 'Carfirmations', a mobile SMS text and email service that confirms a Gold member's reservation and advises them of their car and location prior to arrival at the Hertz facility; 'Gold Choice' which gives Gold members the power to keep the car they reserved or simply choose a different car from the Gold Choice area; Counter By-Pass and e-Return which allows customers to bypass counter lines and go directly to their cars and then return their vehicles with the fastest car rental drop off that includes an email receipt within hours. These are all free services for Hertz Gold Plus Rewards members which is free to join. In addition, Hertz continues to expand the presence of its ExpressRent Interactive Kiosks that let customers rent a car, with or without a reservation, through a live, face-to-face video kiosk. Finally, Hertz pioneered vehicle specific reservation capabilities via its collections series and has the largest fleet of make and model reservable cars in the industry.
For more information, visit http://www.Hertz.com or follow Hertz on Facebook or Twitter.
About The Hertz Corporation
Hertz, the largest worldwide airport general use car rental brand, operates from approximately 8,650 corporate and licensee locations in approximately 150 countries. Hertz is the number one airport car rental brand in the U.S. and at 119 major airports in Europe. Hertz is an inaugural member of Travel + Leisure's World's Best Awards Hall of Fame and was named by the magazine's readers' as the Best Car Rental Agency. Hertz was also voted the Best Overall Car Rental Company in Zagat's 2012/13 U.S. Car Rental Survey, earning top honors in 14 additional categories, and the Company swept the global awards for Best Rewards Program and Best Overall Benefits from FlyerTalk.com. Product and service initiatives such as Hertz Gold Choice, NeverLost®, and unique cars and SUVs offered through the Company's Adrenaline, Prestige and Green Traveler Collections, also set Hertz apart from the competition. Additionally, Hertz owns the vehicle leasing and fleet management leader Donlen Corporation and operates the Hertz On Demand car sharing business. The Company also owns a leading North American equipment rental business, Hertz Equipment Rental Corporation, which includes Hertz Entertainment Services.
To make car rental reservations or for more information, customers can call Hertz toll-free at 1-800-654-3131. Information and reservations are also available on the web at http://www.hertz.com.
[1] http://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/179851/travel-advertising-rises-on-mobile.html?print#ixzz22Jwv02Re
SOURCE The Hertz Corporation
Photo:http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110810/NY50373LOGO
http://photoarchive.ap.org/
The Hertz Corporation
CONTACT: Paula Rivera, +1-201-307-2824, privera@hertz.com
Web Site: http://www.hertz.com
With the addition of Windows Phone, Hertz now has an app on all four major mobile device operating systems
PARK RIDGE, N.J., Sept. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Hertz Corporation (NYSE: HTZ) announced today the addition of Hertz for Windows Phone. The app allows users to book, modify and search car rental reservations as well as find locations, all from the palm of their hand. Once on the road the app helps Windows Phone users find the nearest gas station and even where their rental car is parked -- a first not only for Hertz, but also for the entire rental car industry.
(Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110810/NY50373LOGO )
"Hertz now has an app available on all four of the major smartphone platforms, which shows our commitment to staying current with the latest technology," commented Mark P. Frissora, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer for Hertz. "More and more consumers are using a mobile device to book travel and Hertz's Windows app brings speed and ease to life across these platforms."
When a Hertz customer is on the go, our Windows Phone app still has them covered. For travelers in unfamiliar areas, Hertz for Windows Phone provides a gas station locator to ensure they never run out of fuel. Additionally, for those times our customers find themselves returning to their car after a long day at the beach, office or anywhere in between, Hertz for Windows Phone has a handy Find My Car feature that uses GPS tagging to lead the user back to their parking spot. The Find My Car feature is also a first in the rental car industry, showing that Hertz brings next wave innovation to customers.
"Windows Phone is backed by a rich developer ecosystem that is creating a variety of quality apps and games, like Hertz, that take advantage of the phone's unique features and design," said Todd Brix, senior director, Windows Phone Marketplace, Microsoft Corp. "This recent addition to Windows Phone Marketplace is a great example of the rich applications our users will find to help them get the most out of their phone," he continued.
Hertz's mobile apps, which have already been downloaded by millions of users, puts the speed and ease of the Hertz car rental experience in the palm of your hands. Each app has a slick user interface that makes finding a location, booking and modifying reservations a breeze. When customers need a Hertz agent to talk to, the app has contact information for reservations, technical support, rental extensions, and the hearing impaired conveniently located on the home screen.
This also capitalizes on the growing trend of consumers using mobile devices to research and book travel. According to eMarketer research, 36 million people use a mobile device to research their travel options and 16 million use a mobile device to actually book their reservations[1]. Hertz for Windows Phone gives both of these population segments the tools to get the job done quickly and easily.
Operating one of the youngest and most diverse fleets in the industry, Hertz is committed to offering its customers the most technologically innovative products and services available that results in the fastest, easiest and most valued rental experience. This includes Hertz 'Carfirmations', a mobile SMS text and email service that confirms a Gold member's reservation and advises them of their car and location prior to arrival at the Hertz facility; 'Gold Choice' which gives Gold members the power to keep the car they reserved or simply choose a different car from the Gold Choice area; Counter By-Pass and e-Return which allows customers to bypass counter lines and go directly to their cars and then return their vehicles with the fastest car rental drop off that includes an email receipt within hours. These are all free services for Hertz Gold Plus Rewards members which is free to join. In addition, Hertz continues to expand the presence of its ExpressRent Interactive Kiosks that let customers rent a car, with or without a reservation, through a live, face-to-face video kiosk. Finally, Hertz pioneered vehicle specific reservation capabilities via its collections series and has the largest fleet of make and model reservable cars in the industry.
For more information, visit http://www.Hertz.com or follow Hertz on Facebook or Twitter.
About The Hertz Corporation
Hertz, the largest worldwide airport general use car rental brand, operates from approximately 8,650 corporate and licensee locations in approximately 150 countries. Hertz is the number one airport car rental brand in the U.S. and at 119 major airports in Europe. Hertz is an inaugural member of Travel + Leisure's World's Best Awards Hall of Fame and was named by the magazine's readers' as the Best Car Rental Agency. Hertz was also voted the Best Overall Car Rental Company in Zagat's 2012/13 U.S. Car Rental Survey, earning top honors in 14 additional categories, and the Company swept the global awards for Best Rewards Program and Best Overall Benefits from FlyerTalk.com. Product and service initiatives such as Hertz Gold Choice, NeverLost®, and unique cars and SUVs offered through the Company's Adrenaline, Prestige and Green Traveler Collections, also set Hertz apart from the competition. Additionally, Hertz owns the vehicle leasing and fleet management leader Donlen Corporation and operates the Hertz On Demand car sharing business. The Company also owns a leading North American equipment rental business, Hertz Equipment Rental Corporation, which includes Hertz Entertainment Services.
To make car rental reservations or for more information, customers can call Hertz toll-free at 1-800-654-3131. Information and reservations are also available on the web at http://www.hertz.com.
[1] http://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/179851/travel-advertising-rises-on-mobile.html?print#ixzz22Jwv02Re
SOURCE The Hertz Corporation
Photo:http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110810/NY50373LOGO
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The Hertz Corporation
CONTACT: Paula Rivera, +1-201-307-2824, privera@hertz.com
Web Site: http://www.hertz.com
New Marketing Studio Manages the Art and Science of Sales
Poster: SySAdmin
Posted on September 13, 2012 at 3:14:01 PM
New Marketing Studio Manages the Art and Science of Sales
Granite Horizon Introduces CMS-Integrated Marketing Automation
ELK GROVE, Calif., Sept. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Granite Horizon, a provider of Web-based content management solutions, today announced a new Marketing Studio service that helps automate the sales lead development and on-line marketing process.
"The Internet offers marketers a tremendous opportunity to identify and develop sales leads in a number so large as to overwhelm most sales support operations," noted Greg McAvoy-Jensen, Granite Horizon's chief executive officer. "Sales success is the result of how well you manage those lists - qualify your leads, make them aware of you, nurture them through a sometimes extensive sales cycle and anticipate their needs. 'Marketing automation' is a growing category of software that complements the marketing process, providing the ability to consistently manage a higher number of leads, prospects and even customers through the marketing and sales communication processes."
Granite Horizon's Marketing Studio is integrated into the client's existing web site as part of their content management (CMS) platform, McAvoy-Jensen explained. It records contact information from people who visit the site and request information or sign-up for newsletters. That information is shared with the appropriate systems - customer relationship management or email subscription databases, for example. Pre-determined campaigns, schedules and metrics then are applied, with real-time reporting of results to marketing and sales management and other users within the company.
"We see marketing automation as a key component to getting the most out of your on-line marketing expenditures," McAvoy-Jensen noted. "We've designed our Marketing Studio to help harness the power of the new generation of web content management platforms."
About Granite Horizon
Granite Horizon LLC is a development and project management firm focused on implementations of the eZ Publish content management system. Started in 2007, it is one of the largest eZ Publish developers in North America and serves clients on four continents. The company's Granite Horizon In The Cloud is the first U.S. cloud-based offering of the powerful eZ Publish CMS. ( http://granitehorizon.com )
Contact: Greg McAvoy-Jensen, greg@granitehorizon.com, 888-354-6626, ext. 730.
SOURCE Granite Horizon LLC
Granite Horizon LLC
Web Site: http://granitehorizon.com
Granite Horizon Introduces CMS-Integrated Marketing Automation
ELK GROVE, Calif., Sept. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Granite Horizon, a provider of Web-based content management solutions, today announced a new Marketing Studio service that helps automate the sales lead development and on-line marketing process.
"The Internet offers marketers a tremendous opportunity to identify and develop sales leads in a number so large as to overwhelm most sales support operations," noted Greg McAvoy-Jensen, Granite Horizon's chief executive officer. "Sales success is the result of how well you manage those lists - qualify your leads, make them aware of you, nurture them through a sometimes extensive sales cycle and anticipate their needs. 'Marketing automation' is a growing category of software that complements the marketing process, providing the ability to consistently manage a higher number of leads, prospects and even customers through the marketing and sales communication processes."
Granite Horizon's Marketing Studio is integrated into the client's existing web site as part of their content management (CMS) platform, McAvoy-Jensen explained. It records contact information from people who visit the site and request information or sign-up for newsletters. That information is shared with the appropriate systems - customer relationship management or email subscription databases, for example. Pre-determined campaigns, schedules and metrics then are applied, with real-time reporting of results to marketing and sales management and other users within the company.
"We see marketing automation as a key component to getting the most out of your on-line marketing expenditures," McAvoy-Jensen noted. "We've designed our Marketing Studio to help harness the power of the new generation of web content management platforms."
About Granite Horizon
Granite Horizon LLC is a development and project management firm focused on implementations of the eZ Publish content management system. Started in 2007, it is one of the largest eZ Publish developers in North America and serves clients on four continents. The company's Granite Horizon In The Cloud is the first U.S. cloud-based offering of the powerful eZ Publish CMS. ( http://granitehorizon.com )
Contact: Greg McAvoy-Jensen, greg@granitehorizon.com, 888-354-6626, ext. 730.
SOURCE Granite Horizon LLC
Granite Horizon LLC
Web Site: http://granitehorizon.com
Medio Systems Inc. Offers an SDK for the Unity Game Engine
Poster: SySAdmin
Posted on September 13, 2012 at 1:14:01 PM
Medio Systems Inc. Offers an SDK for the Unity Game Engine
SEATTLE, Sept. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Medio Systems Inc., a leading developer of Big Data predictive analytics, today announced the availability of a software development kit (SDK) for the Unity Game Engine. Unity is an integrated authoring tool for creating 3D video games or other interactive content such as architectural visualizations or real-time 3D animations. Medio Systems' SDK will support developers creating applications for iOS and Android operating systems.
Medio anticipates there will be significant interest in this SDK because Unity ranked No. 1 for mobile game developer technology in a recent 2012 survey conducted by Gamasutra. It topped the list with 53.1 percent of developers reporting using Unity compared to 39.8 percent using a custom engine.
Medio's SDK for Unity is available today. In addition Medio offers SDKs for developers of iOS applications, Android applications and JavaScript Web applications.
For more information or to access Medio's free SDKs, please visit Medio's website at http://medio.com/contact.html.
About Medio Systems
Medio Systems provides predictive analytics solutions for a connected world. Using a Big Data, cloud-based solution, Medio delivers real-time analytics capabilities increasing end-user engagement and transforming data into action and significant business value. Today, Medio's scalable Hadoop platform supports more than 140+ million users generating 1.1+ billion daily events and serves more than 15 billion personalized recommendations, ads, content, services and offers. A privately held company, Medio is backed by Accel Partners, Trilogy Equity Partners, Frazier Technology Ventures and Mohr Davidow Ventures. The company is headquartered in Seattle. For more information, visit http://www.medio.com/
SOURCE Medio Systems Inc.
Medio Systems Inc.
CONTACT: Melissa Cafiero, +1-206-282-4923, Melissa@CommuniquePR.com
Web Site: http://www.medio.com
SEATTLE, Sept. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Medio Systems Inc., a leading developer of Big Data predictive analytics, today announced the availability of a software development kit (SDK) for the Unity Game Engine. Unity is an integrated authoring tool for creating 3D video games or other interactive content such as architectural visualizations or real-time 3D animations. Medio Systems' SDK will support developers creating applications for iOS and Android operating systems.
Medio anticipates there will be significant interest in this SDK because Unity ranked No. 1 for mobile game developer technology in a recent 2012 survey conducted by Gamasutra. It topped the list with 53.1 percent of developers reporting using Unity compared to 39.8 percent using a custom engine.
Medio's SDK for Unity is available today. In addition Medio offers SDKs for developers of iOS applications, Android applications and JavaScript Web applications.
For more information or to access Medio's free SDKs, please visit Medio's website at http://medio.com/contact.html.
About Medio Systems
Medio Systems provides predictive analytics solutions for a connected world. Using a Big Data, cloud-based solution, Medio delivers real-time analytics capabilities increasing end-user engagement and transforming data into action and significant business value. Today, Medio's scalable Hadoop platform supports more than 140+ million users generating 1.1+ billion daily events and serves more than 15 billion personalized recommendations, ads, content, services and offers. A privately held company, Medio is backed by Accel Partners, Trilogy Equity Partners, Frazier Technology Ventures and Mohr Davidow Ventures. The company is headquartered in Seattle. For more information, visit http://www.medio.com/
SOURCE Medio Systems Inc.
Medio Systems Inc.
CONTACT: Melissa Cafiero, +1-206-282-4923, Melissa@CommuniquePR.com
Web Site: http://www.medio.com
Yelp Launches In Singapore
Poster: SySAdmin
Posted on September 13, 2012 at 12:14:01 PM
Yelp Launches In Singapore
Company Continues International Expansion With First Debut in Asia
SINGAPORE, Sept. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Yelp Inc. (NYSE: YELP), the company that connects consumers with great local businesses, today announced the availability of Yelp Singapore (http://www.yelp.com.sg). Beginning today, people in Singapore are able to create accounts on Yelp.com.sg to share their opinions about great local businesses and services. Yelp's free iPhone and Android applications will be available as well as its free suite of business owner tools: Yelp for Business Owners (http://biz.yelp.com.sg).
(Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20050511/SFW134LOGO)
"Singapore has one of the highest per-capita gross domestic products in the world and is home to a vibrant and well-connected melting pot of cultures," said Miriam Warren, Vice President of New Markets. "We're excited to make Yelp available to this cosmopolitan city, and are looking forward to reading the chorus of opinions about where to find the best laksa, wedding dresses and used bookstores in Singapore."
Continuing on Yelp's international growth strategy, the launch represents the company's debut in Asia. Singapore boasts the world's third highest per capita income, more than five million people and English as the common language*; considerations that present an attractive market expansion opportunity.
Yelp's Community Management program will focus on building awareness with local consumers to foster rich and meaningful relationships with the people of Singapore. The site supports English, Danish, Dutch, French, Finnish, German, Italian, Norwegian, Spanish and Swedish, providing users access to local insights in any one of these ten languages.
To learn more and see pictures of Yelp.com.sg and our iPhone and Android applications, visit our Yelp Official Blog (http://officialblog.yelp.com).
About Yelp
Yelp Inc. (http://www.yelp.com or http://www.yelp.com.sg) connects people with great local businesses. Yelp was founded in San Francisco in July 2004. Since then, Yelp communities have taken root in major metros across the US, Canada, UK, Ireland, France, Germany, Austria, The Netherlands, Spain, Italy, Switzerland, Belgium, Australia, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland, and Singapore. Yelp had a monthly average of approximately 78 million unique visitors in Q2 2012*. By the end of the same quarter, yelpers had written more than 30 million rich, local reviews, making Yelp the leading local guide for real word-of-mouth on everything from boutiques and mechanics to restaurants and dentists. Yelp's mobile applications were used on approximately 7.2 million unique mobile devices on a monthly average basis during Q2 2012. For more information, please visit http://www.yelp.com.sg or send an email to press@yelp.com.
* Source: Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singapore
Stephanie Ichinose
Tel: 415-908-3679
Email: stephanie@yelp.com
SOURCE Yelp Inc.
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Yelp Inc.
Web Site: http://www.yelp.com
Company Continues International Expansion With First Debut in Asia
SINGAPORE, Sept. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Yelp Inc. (NYSE: YELP), the company that connects consumers with great local businesses, today announced the availability of Yelp Singapore (http://www.yelp.com.sg). Beginning today, people in Singapore are able to create accounts on Yelp.com.sg to share their opinions about great local businesses and services. Yelp's free iPhone and Android applications will be available as well as its free suite of business owner tools: Yelp for Business Owners (http://biz.yelp.com.sg).
(Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20050511/SFW134LOGO)
"Singapore has one of the highest per-capita gross domestic products in the world and is home to a vibrant and well-connected melting pot of cultures," said Miriam Warren, Vice President of New Markets. "We're excited to make Yelp available to this cosmopolitan city, and are looking forward to reading the chorus of opinions about where to find the best laksa, wedding dresses and used bookstores in Singapore."
Continuing on Yelp's international growth strategy, the launch represents the company's debut in Asia. Singapore boasts the world's third highest per capita income, more than five million people and English as the common language*; considerations that present an attractive market expansion opportunity.
Yelp's Community Management program will focus on building awareness with local consumers to foster rich and meaningful relationships with the people of Singapore. The site supports English, Danish, Dutch, French, Finnish, German, Italian, Norwegian, Spanish and Swedish, providing users access to local insights in any one of these ten languages.
To learn more and see pictures of Yelp.com.sg and our iPhone and Android applications, visit our Yelp Official Blog (http://officialblog.yelp.com).
About Yelp
Yelp Inc. (http://www.yelp.com or http://www.yelp.com.sg) connects people with great local businesses. Yelp was founded in San Francisco in July 2004. Since then, Yelp communities have taken root in major metros across the US, Canada, UK, Ireland, France, Germany, Austria, The Netherlands, Spain, Italy, Switzerland, Belgium, Australia, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland, and Singapore. Yelp had a monthly average of approximately 78 million unique visitors in Q2 2012*. By the end of the same quarter, yelpers had written more than 30 million rich, local reviews, making Yelp the leading local guide for real word-of-mouth on everything from boutiques and mechanics to restaurants and dentists. Yelp's mobile applications were used on approximately 7.2 million unique mobile devices on a monthly average basis during Q2 2012. For more information, please visit http://www.yelp.com.sg or send an email to press@yelp.com.
* Source: Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singapore
Stephanie Ichinose
Tel: 415-908-3679
Email: stephanie@yelp.com
SOURCE Yelp Inc.
Photo:http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20050511/SFW134LOGO
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Yelp Inc.
Web Site: http://www.yelp.com
Sena Cases Announces A New Unique Line Of Premium Leather Cases For Apple's iPhone 5
Poster: SySAdmin
Posted on September 13, 2012 at 11:56:01 AM
Sena Cases Announces A New Unique Line Of Premium Leather Cases For Apple's iPhone 5
Sena, the expert in hand-crafted leather cases premieres a new line of luxurious and fashion-forward styles created exclusively for the new iPhone 5
IRVINE, Calif., Sept. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- On the heels of Apple's most profound revolutionary iPhone 5 launch, Sena is ready with their new line of protective leather cases available for immediate protection and style for the powerful new iPhone 5.
Among a slew of new iPhone accessories hitting the market, California-based luxury iPhone device accessory designer, Sena Cases, shows leadership in the leather category with a newspecially designed collection of cases for the iPhone 5. Sena offers a unique and forward thinking approach with its handcrafted iPhone cases coupled with popular and functional styles. The cases are also precisely handcrafted by leather artisans in Europe, and each case is comprised from the finest quality, full-grain, European Leather with Sena's well-known quality and strong attention to detail.
Known for manufacturing premium portable device cases from the most coveted leathers in the world, the exquisite craftsmanship is showcased in the company's case models here including:
-- UltraSlim Pouch: The UltraSlim Pouch is a special slim form-fitting
leather design pouch. Retail Price: $29.99
-- Magia Wallet: The Magia Wallet offers slender construction within a
designer wallet. Retail Price: $54.95
-- Laterale: The Laterale features a simple Scandinavian rounded lateral
design. Retail Price: $39.99
-- Hampton Flip: The Hampton Flip showcases a premium elegant form-fitting
leather design and flip cover. Retail Price: $59.95
-- Hampton Wallet: The Hampton Wallet is an exclusive seamlessly perfect
luxurious design w/ an area for credit cards and an ID card. Retail
Price: $59.95
-- WalletSkin: The WalletSkin is a special tight fitting skin design with a
wallet flap for credit cards or an ID card. Retail Price: $54.95
-- MagnetFlipper: The MagnetFlipper is a ground-breaking design within an
innovative magnetic closure flip cover. Retail Price: $54.95
-- WalletBook: The WalletBook is a side-folding book design and luxury
wallet. Retail Price: $54.95
-- WalletSlim: The WalletSlim is a special slim form-fitting leather design
with an area for credit cards and an ID. Retail Price: $44.95
-- Elega: The Elega features a light and rigid protective pouch with
additional padding. Retail Price: $49.99
-- LeatherSkin: The LeatherSkin is a premium leather glove style fit that
hugs the iPhone with protection. Retail Price: $44.95
The assortment provides users a variety of selections to fit each individual preference, and all designs offer exceptional details to enhance the iPhone's premium functionality. All designs are available now for pre-order at http://www.senacases.com/apple/iphone-5-cases/. Sena is also now finalizing an additional set of specialty, never released designs that will be available by the end of September 2012.
ABOUT SENA CASES -- Sena Cases(TM) is a leading designer and manufacturer of slim, functional, protective and luxurious genuine leather cases for today's most popular mobile devices including smart phones, tablets/ readers, handheld devices, MP3 players, PDAs, laptop and notebook cases, gaming cases and more. The perfect marriage of form, function and style, Sena's designer cases are custom created for devices by Apple, Blackberry, Amazon, Motorola, Palm, Samsung, HP, Siemens, Sony, Dell, T-Mobile, Verizon, Sprint and more.
Photography available upon request.
SOURCE Sena Cases
Sena Cases
CONTACT: Kris Scott, Sena Cases, Manager, Marketing Communications and Corporate Sales, +1-949-732-7703, kris@senacases.com
Web Site: http://www.senacases.com
Sena, the expert in hand-crafted leather cases premieres a new line of luxurious and fashion-forward styles created exclusively for the new iPhone 5
IRVINE, Calif., Sept. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- On the heels of Apple's most profound revolutionary iPhone 5 launch, Sena is ready with their new line of protective leather cases available for immediate protection and style for the powerful new iPhone 5.
Among a slew of new iPhone accessories hitting the market, California-based luxury iPhone device accessory designer, Sena Cases, shows leadership in the leather category with a newspecially designed collection of cases for the iPhone 5. Sena offers a unique and forward thinking approach with its handcrafted iPhone cases coupled with popular and functional styles. The cases are also precisely handcrafted by leather artisans in Europe, and each case is comprised from the finest quality, full-grain, European Leather with Sena's well-known quality and strong attention to detail.
Known for manufacturing premium portable device cases from the most coveted leathers in the world, the exquisite craftsmanship is showcased in the company's case models here including:
-- UltraSlim Pouch: The UltraSlim Pouch is a special slim form-fitting
leather design pouch. Retail Price: $29.99
-- Magia Wallet: The Magia Wallet offers slender construction within a
designer wallet. Retail Price: $54.95
-- Laterale: The Laterale features a simple Scandinavian rounded lateral
design. Retail Price: $39.99
-- Hampton Flip: The Hampton Flip showcases a premium elegant form-fitting
leather design and flip cover. Retail Price: $59.95
-- Hampton Wallet: The Hampton Wallet is an exclusive seamlessly perfect
luxurious design w/ an area for credit cards and an ID card. Retail
Price: $59.95
-- WalletSkin: The WalletSkin is a special tight fitting skin design with a
wallet flap for credit cards or an ID card. Retail Price: $54.95
-- MagnetFlipper: The MagnetFlipper is a ground-breaking design within an
innovative magnetic closure flip cover. Retail Price: $54.95
-- WalletBook: The WalletBook is a side-folding book design and luxury
wallet. Retail Price: $54.95
-- WalletSlim: The WalletSlim is a special slim form-fitting leather design
with an area for credit cards and an ID. Retail Price: $44.95
-- Elega: The Elega features a light and rigid protective pouch with
additional padding. Retail Price: $49.99
-- LeatherSkin: The LeatherSkin is a premium leather glove style fit that
hugs the iPhone with protection. Retail Price: $44.95
The assortment provides users a variety of selections to fit each individual preference, and all designs offer exceptional details to enhance the iPhone's premium functionality. All designs are available now for pre-order at http://www.senacases.com/apple/iphone-5-cases/. Sena is also now finalizing an additional set of specialty, never released designs that will be available by the end of September 2012.
ABOUT SENA CASES -- Sena Cases(TM) is a leading designer and manufacturer of slim, functional, protective and luxurious genuine leather cases for today's most popular mobile devices including smart phones, tablets/ readers, handheld devices, MP3 players, PDAs, laptop and notebook cases, gaming cases and more. The perfect marriage of form, function and style, Sena's designer cases are custom created for devices by Apple, Blackberry, Amazon, Motorola, Palm, Samsung, HP, Siemens, Sony, Dell, T-Mobile, Verizon, Sprint and more.
Photography available upon request.
SOURCE Sena Cases
Sena Cases
CONTACT: Kris Scott, Sena Cases, Manager, Marketing Communications and Corporate Sales, +1-949-732-7703, kris@senacases.com
Web Site: http://www.senacases.com
Introducing Naim Audio's UnitiLite all-in-one Audio Player
Poster: SySAdmin
Posted on September 13, 2012 at 11:35:01 AM
Introducing Naim Audio's UnitiLite all-in-one Audio Player
SALISBURY, England, September 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --
Big on features, light on size: the UnitiLite covers all home audio needs in
one sleek unit
Naim Audio [http://www.naimaudio.com ], Salisbury-based British manufacturer of
high-end audio equipment, today unveiled the latest addition to its award-winning Uniti
range. The UnitiLite [http://www.naimaudio.com/unitilite ] is a slimline version of Naim's
original all-in-one audio player, NaimUniti
[http://www.naimaudio.com/hifi-products/naimuniti ]. Featuring high-resolution digital
streaming, a CD player, internet radio, iPod/iPhone/MP3 connectivity and digital inputs
for sources such as games consoles and set top boxes, the UnitiLite embodies the technical
advancements and performance that have made Naim a globally renowned brand. Launching with
a more accessible price, the UnitiLite introduces Naim's 'as-live' music experience to a
wider audience.
(Logo:
http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120913/559942-a )
(Photo:
http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120913/559942-b )
Streaming music is a fast developing trend in the audio industry and Naim Audio is a
leading player in this field; creating products that offer the versatility and convenience
of digital music with the breathtaking, foot-tapping sound on which the company has built
its name. Naim was one of the first audio companies to embrace the technology and, as with
all products in the Uniti range, the UnitiLite can stream audio from a PC, MAC or any
server on the home network through a wired or wireless connection. Coupled with internet
radio, which grants access to tens of thousands of internet radio stations, the UnitiLite
is a hi-fi unit perfect for this tech-savvy generation. Those loyal to CDs will also
benefit from a player that draws upon Naim's years of expertise in designing the best CD
players in the world. So, regardless of musical preference, the UnitiLite is sure to fill
a room with impeccable sound.
The UnitiLite can be controlled via Naim's specially designed n-Stream app which is
available to download for free on the iPad, iPhone or iPod Touch. Through n-Stream, users
have the freedom to control the UnitiLite via their Apple device, as well as create and
save playlists, access information on their favourite artists and learn of similar artists
based on their music library. n-Stream puts a world of music at their fingertips.
The UnitiLite has a recommended retail price of GBP1,650 (GBP1,895 with optional
FM/DAB tuner) and will be available to purchase from one of Naim's premium independent
retailers [http://www.naimaudio.com/find-a-retailer ] from mid-October.
For more information on Naim Audio please visit: http://www.naimaudio.com
For images of the UnitiLite please visit:
http://resources.naimaudio.com/?cv2&kÀ8d907710
Paul Spiers / Antoinette Merchant
amplifier
Tel: +44(0)845-017-7522
E: naim@amplifiergroup.com
W: http://www.amplifiergroup.com
Photo:
http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120913/559942-a
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http://photoarchive.ap.org/
Naim Audio
SALISBURY, England, September 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --
Big on features, light on size: the UnitiLite covers all home audio needs in
one sleek unit
Naim Audio [http://www.naimaudio.com ], Salisbury-based British manufacturer of
high-end audio equipment, today unveiled the latest addition to its award-winning Uniti
range. The UnitiLite [http://www.naimaudio.com/unitilite ] is a slimline version of Naim's
original all-in-one audio player, NaimUniti
[http://www.naimaudio.com/hifi-products/naimuniti ]. Featuring high-resolution digital
streaming, a CD player, internet radio, iPod/iPhone/MP3 connectivity and digital inputs
for sources such as games consoles and set top boxes, the UnitiLite embodies the technical
advancements and performance that have made Naim a globally renowned brand. Launching with
a more accessible price, the UnitiLite introduces Naim's 'as-live' music experience to a
wider audience.
(Logo:
http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120913/559942-a )
(Photo:
http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120913/559942-b )
Streaming music is a fast developing trend in the audio industry and Naim Audio is a
leading player in this field; creating products that offer the versatility and convenience
of digital music with the breathtaking, foot-tapping sound on which the company has built
its name. Naim was one of the first audio companies to embrace the technology and, as with
all products in the Uniti range, the UnitiLite can stream audio from a PC, MAC or any
server on the home network through a wired or wireless connection. Coupled with internet
radio, which grants access to tens of thousands of internet radio stations, the UnitiLite
is a hi-fi unit perfect for this tech-savvy generation. Those loyal to CDs will also
benefit from a player that draws upon Naim's years of expertise in designing the best CD
players in the world. So, regardless of musical preference, the UnitiLite is sure to fill
a room with impeccable sound.
The UnitiLite can be controlled via Naim's specially designed n-Stream app which is
available to download for free on the iPad, iPhone or iPod Touch. Through n-Stream, users
have the freedom to control the UnitiLite via their Apple device, as well as create and
save playlists, access information on their favourite artists and learn of similar artists
based on their music library. n-Stream puts a world of music at their fingertips.
The UnitiLite has a recommended retail price of GBP1,650 (GBP1,895 with optional
FM/DAB tuner) and will be available to purchase from one of Naim's premium independent
retailers [http://www.naimaudio.com/find-a-retailer ] from mid-October.
For more information on Naim Audio please visit: http://www.naimaudio.com
For images of the UnitiLite please visit:
http://resources.naimaudio.com/?cv2&kÀ8d907710
Paul Spiers / Antoinette Merchant
amplifier
Tel: +44(0)845-017-7522
E: naim@amplifiergroup.com
W: http://www.amplifiergroup.com
Photo:
http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120913/559942-a
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Naim Audio
HEX Reveals Collection of iPhone 5-Compatible Cases and Wallets
Poster: SySAdmin
Posted on September 13, 2012 at 11:35:01 AM
HEX Reveals Collection of iPhone 5-Compatible Cases and Wallets
Accessories Slated for Availability October 1
OXNARD, Calif., Sept. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- On the heels of yesterday's iPhone 5 announcement, HEX announces that new versions of its Axis, Core, Stealth and Solo cases and wallets, compatible with the new device, are available for sale today at ShopHex.com, with expected delivery beginning approximately October 1. Each product within the collection is engineered to protect the device with HEX's signature design, blending classic touches with street style.
Individuals purchasing the iPhone 5 will have the opportunity to outfit their device with a HEX accessory for convenient and safe carrying. The Axis wallet case ($49.95), originally available for the previous generation of the iPhone, has been reengineered to include additional storage and features a new cash pocket behind the three card and I.D. slots. Other new features of Axis include a camera cut-out for on-the-fly photo and video, a hinging mechanism for multiple viewing angles of the iPhone, and molded reinforced phone bed. The wallet case is made of soft-touch Torino leather and comes in black, red and white.
Other iPhone 5-compatible HEX cases and wallets include:
-- Core ($29.95) - A custom molded protective case wrapped in premium
washed canvas.
-- Stealth ($34.95) - The patent-pending shielded internal compartment in
this protective case houses any RFID-enabled card so users can make
contactless tap purchases via RFID transmissions at tap-to-pay
locations. No RFID card? No problem. The storage compartment can also be
used to hold extra cash, I.D. or a metro card. Available in black and
white.
-- Solo ($39.95) - Available in black, red, and white genuine Torino
leather, the Solo is a sleek wallet case that provides users with a
camera cut-out and two slots intended for storing credit cards, an I.D.
or cash.
"We share in the consumer's excitement surrounding the availability of the iPhone 5 and have worked around the clock to ensure our cases and wallets could be available with the new form factor," said Dan Maravilla, co-founder, HEX. "iPhone 5 users can protect their new device, choosing from a variety of designs, colors and functionality best suited to their unique style."
The new lineup of HEX iPhone 5-compatible wallets and cases join an already extensive and award-winning line of stylish techcessories that complement electronic devices and provide functional features. To view these products, and the entire line of HEX techcessories, visit the website, or follow us on Facebook and Twitter.
About HEX
Established in 2010, HEX is proud to bring fashion forward thinking to the often mundane world of tech apparel and merchandise. With over 20 years of design roots in the fashion industry, HEX has not only come on the scene, but stolen it. With a collection that showcases a stylish array of bags, wallets and cases, HEX has created some very innovative products, through fusing fashion with technology that will no doubt garner top-quality storage for all of your tech devices without damaging your style or street cred. We're here to serve... More information on HEX can be found on http://www.shophex.com, Facebook and Twitter.
SOURCE HEX
HEX
CONTACT: Formula PR, +1-619-234-0345, hex@formulapr.com
Web Site: http://www.shophex.com
Accessories Slated for Availability October 1
OXNARD, Calif., Sept. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- On the heels of yesterday's iPhone 5 announcement, HEX announces that new versions of its Axis, Core, Stealth and Solo cases and wallets, compatible with the new device, are available for sale today at ShopHex.com, with expected delivery beginning approximately October 1. Each product within the collection is engineered to protect the device with HEX's signature design, blending classic touches with street style.
Individuals purchasing the iPhone 5 will have the opportunity to outfit their device with a HEX accessory for convenient and safe carrying. The Axis wallet case ($49.95), originally available for the previous generation of the iPhone, has been reengineered to include additional storage and features a new cash pocket behind the three card and I.D. slots. Other new features of Axis include a camera cut-out for on-the-fly photo and video, a hinging mechanism for multiple viewing angles of the iPhone, and molded reinforced phone bed. The wallet case is made of soft-touch Torino leather and comes in black, red and white.
Other iPhone 5-compatible HEX cases and wallets include:
-- Core ($29.95) - A custom molded protective case wrapped in premium
washed canvas.
-- Stealth ($34.95) - The patent-pending shielded internal compartment in
this protective case houses any RFID-enabled card so users can make
contactless tap purchases via RFID transmissions at tap-to-pay
locations. No RFID card? No problem. The storage compartment can also be
used to hold extra cash, I.D. or a metro card. Available in black and
white.
-- Solo ($39.95) - Available in black, red, and white genuine Torino
leather, the Solo is a sleek wallet case that provides users with a
camera cut-out and two slots intended for storing credit cards, an I.D.
or cash.
"We share in the consumer's excitement surrounding the availability of the iPhone 5 and have worked around the clock to ensure our cases and wallets could be available with the new form factor," said Dan Maravilla, co-founder, HEX. "iPhone 5 users can protect their new device, choosing from a variety of designs, colors and functionality best suited to their unique style."
The new lineup of HEX iPhone 5-compatible wallets and cases join an already extensive and award-winning line of stylish techcessories that complement electronic devices and provide functional features. To view these products, and the entire line of HEX techcessories, visit the website, or follow us on Facebook and Twitter.
About HEX
Established in 2010, HEX is proud to bring fashion forward thinking to the often mundane world of tech apparel and merchandise. With over 20 years of design roots in the fashion industry, HEX has not only come on the scene, but stolen it. With a collection that showcases a stylish array of bags, wallets and cases, HEX has created some very innovative products, through fusing fashion with technology that will no doubt garner top-quality storage for all of your tech devices without damaging your style or street cred. We're here to serve... More information on HEX can be found on http://www.shophex.com, Facebook and Twitter.
SOURCE HEX
HEX
CONTACT: Formula PR, +1-619-234-0345, hex@formulapr.com
Web Site: http://www.shophex.com
Badgeville Announces Exclusive Chicago Engage Event on September 27
Poster: SySAdmin
Posted on September 13, 2012 at 11:21:01 AM
Badgeville Announces Exclusive Chicago Engage Event on September 27
Executives from Barnes & Noble, Deloitte Consulting, Restaurant.com, Higi & more to join speaker lineup at exclusive event
CHICAGO and MENLO PARK, Calif., Sept. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Badgeville, the #1 gamification and behavior management platform, today announced Chicago Engage, the third stop of their exclusive, multi-city tour on September 27. The company also announced that the event will feature leading executives from Barnes & Noble, Deloitte, Restaurant.com, Higi, O2Media, Brads Deals, Herff Jones, Hanifin Loyalty and more to address the real business benefits of gamification.
(Limited invitations may be requested for the event at http://tour.badgeville.com/chicago)
Gamification, the business strategy which applies game mechanics to non-game experiences to influence customer and employee behavior, is estimated to grow from $100M last fall to $2.8 billion in 2016, according to M2 Research. The reason for this is that these mechanics, when applied based on modern psychological principles, are proven to increase valuable user behavior 20 percent to more than 200 percent. Badgeville customers employ gamification techniques in virtually every industry, including retail, healthcare, services, high-tech, media and more.
"Gamification represents the missing link in our search for the optimal model to engage, delight, and build relationships with our customers and employees," said Bill Hanifin, Managing Director, Hanifin Loyalty. "Badgeville's dedication to educating business leaders across the country on how to apply these mechanics to achieve significant results in employee productivity and lifetime customer value. Their Engage events are invaluable for businesses looking to take the next step in driving behavior and engagement across their entire enterprise."
Badgeville Engage Chicago Speakers
Marc Parrish, VP, Membership and Loyalty at Barnes & Noble
Christopher Krohn, President & CMO, Restaurant.com
James Sanders, Manager, Deloitte
Bill Hanifin, Managing Director, Hanifin Loyalty
Ken Hieronymus, Product Manager, higi
Kenneth Walters, VP of Product, Brads Deas
Jamie Kennedy, Director, Social Media, O2 Media
Jim Gordon, Software Product Manager, Herff Jones
Event tickets are free, but an invitation is required. To request an invitation, please visit http://tour.badgeville.com/chicago.
About Badgeville
Badgeville, the #1 gamification and behavior management platform, enables companies in virtually every industry to influence and measure user behavior. World-class businesses in more than 20 countries use Badgeville's Behavior Platform, an award-winning Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) solution, to increase customer loyalty, user engagement, and employee performance across an organization's websites, mobile apps and enterprise applications. With over 180 customers, Badgeville brings Game Mechanics, Reputation Mechanics, and Social Mechanics to industry leaders and innovators including Deloitte, EMC, Oracle, Autodesk, Bell Media, NBC, Universal Music, Recylebank, VMware, and more. Founded in 2010, Badgeville is based in Menlo Park, Calif. and has offices in New York and Europe. (To learn more follow @Badgeville or visit http://www.badgeville.com)
SOURCE Badgeville
Badgeville
CONTACT: Sarah Hilmer, +1-317-340-5301, shilmer@sspr.com
Web Site: http://www.badgeville.com
Executives from Barnes & Noble, Deloitte Consulting, Restaurant.com, Higi & more to join speaker lineup at exclusive event
CHICAGO and MENLO PARK, Calif., Sept. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Badgeville, the #1 gamification and behavior management platform, today announced Chicago Engage, the third stop of their exclusive, multi-city tour on September 27. The company also announced that the event will feature leading executives from Barnes & Noble, Deloitte, Restaurant.com, Higi, O2Media, Brads Deals, Herff Jones, Hanifin Loyalty and more to address the real business benefits of gamification.
(Limited invitations may be requested for the event at http://tour.badgeville.com/chicago)
Gamification, the business strategy which applies game mechanics to non-game experiences to influence customer and employee behavior, is estimated to grow from $100M last fall to $2.8 billion in 2016, according to M2 Research. The reason for this is that these mechanics, when applied based on modern psychological principles, are proven to increase valuable user behavior 20 percent to more than 200 percent. Badgeville customers employ gamification techniques in virtually every industry, including retail, healthcare, services, high-tech, media and more.
"Gamification represents the missing link in our search for the optimal model to engage, delight, and build relationships with our customers and employees," said Bill Hanifin, Managing Director, Hanifin Loyalty. "Badgeville's dedication to educating business leaders across the country on how to apply these mechanics to achieve significant results in employee productivity and lifetime customer value. Their Engage events are invaluable for businesses looking to take the next step in driving behavior and engagement across their entire enterprise."
Badgeville Engage Chicago Speakers
Marc Parrish, VP, Membership and Loyalty at Barnes & Noble
Christopher Krohn, President & CMO, Restaurant.com
James Sanders, Manager, Deloitte
Bill Hanifin, Managing Director, Hanifin Loyalty
Ken Hieronymus, Product Manager, higi
Kenneth Walters, VP of Product, Brads Deas
Jamie Kennedy, Director, Social Media, O2 Media
Jim Gordon, Software Product Manager, Herff Jones
Event tickets are free, but an invitation is required. To request an invitation, please visit http://tour.badgeville.com/chicago.
About Badgeville
Badgeville, the #1 gamification and behavior management platform, enables companies in virtually every industry to influence and measure user behavior. World-class businesses in more than 20 countries use Badgeville's Behavior Platform, an award-winning Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) solution, to increase customer loyalty, user engagement, and employee performance across an organization's websites, mobile apps and enterprise applications. With over 180 customers, Badgeville brings Game Mechanics, Reputation Mechanics, and Social Mechanics to industry leaders and innovators including Deloitte, EMC, Oracle, Autodesk, Bell Media, NBC, Universal Music, Recylebank, VMware, and more. Founded in 2010, Badgeville is based in Menlo Park, Calif. and has offices in New York and Europe. (To learn more follow @Badgeville or visit http://www.badgeville.com)
SOURCE Badgeville
Badgeville
CONTACT: Sarah Hilmer, +1-317-340-5301, shilmer@sspr.com
Web Site: http://www.badgeville.com
Learning Games Network and FableVision Release Innovative Game Design Tool Kit and Professional Development For Teachers
Poster: SySAdmin
Posted on September 13, 2012 at 11:21:01 AM
Learning Games Network and FableVision Release Innovative Game Design Tool Kit and Professional Development For Teachers
Free Handbook Download Supported by PD Workshops and Game Jams
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Sept. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Learning Games Network (LGN), a non-profit spin-off of the MIT Education Arcade and the University of Wisconsin-Madison's Games+Learning+Society Program, with FableVision, a Boston-based digital media production company, has announced the release of the Game Design Tool Kit (GDTK), a series of free online resources to help teachers integrate game design across the curriculum. LGN has also expanded its professional development program to include Inservice Training Sessions and Game Jams for middle and high school teachers beginning with the current 2012-2013 school year. Local and on-site professional development workshops, such as four-hour Inservice Training Sessions and two- to three-day Game Jams, help school districts and administrators promote successful integration of the GDTK into core curricula and existing teaching methods through new project-based strategies that engage, inspire, and challenge students' thinking and drive a deeper understanding of new ideas and information.
Available to teachers as a free download, the Game Design Tool Kit consists of a comprehensive handbook, which includes a lesson plan guide, research and design prompts, and step-by-step instructions and discussion guides that enable educators to coach students through four phases of game design: Explore, Discover, Create, and Share. Teachers lead students through game concept and topical research strategies and activities (Explore), creative strategy and brainstorming discussions and documentation (Discover), paper-prototype production (Create), and lastly playtesting, documentation, and concept presentations (Share). Students learn to think critically, creatively, strategically and conceptually through a fun, structured method with deliverables teachers can evaluate at key milestones during the development process. Additional resources will be added over the coming weeks and months, including video clips, photos, lesson plans, templates, and a detailed game design glossary.
Jennifer Groff, LGN's Vice President of Learning and Program Development, said, "The GDTK immerses teachers and students in collaborative, challenge-based learning projects throughout the school year, encouraging both to explore new 'roles' that facilitate student-driven enquiry and design as teachers facilitate new concept development." Groff added, "Teachers' growth in this new pedagogy is supported through a robust syllabus of learning experiences and associated professional development activities that emerge from LGN's work with teachers, designers, and producers in our growing network of game-based learning professionals."
The GDTK, implemented over variable periods of time (days, weeks, a quarter or a semester) and across all disciplines, helps teachers make connections between "pre-production" design work and technical implementation with tools and applications such as Kodu, Gamestar Mechanic, Scratch, GameSalad, among others. LGN, with initial funding through the HP Catalyst Program, has worked closely with its partners at the MIT Education Arcade, FableVision, and the State of Kentucky's Department of Education-Student Technology Leadership Program to refine the GDTK and its associated professional development programs.
To learn more about the Game Design Tool Kit or for additional information about associated professional development (PD) programs, visit:http://www.learninggamesnetwork.org/projects/gdtk/
The Learning Games Network, a non-profit spin-off of the MIT Education Arcade and the University of Wisconsin-Madison's Games+Learning+Society Program with studios in Cambridge, MA and Madison, WI, bridges the gap between research and practice in game-based education and is committed to the development and distribution of games informed by research in the learning sciences, creative design, and technical innovation.
Contact:
Kurt Kolok
kolok@learninggamesnetwork.org
617.494.4946
SOURCE Learning Games Network
Learning Games Network
Web Site: http://www.learninggamesnetwork.org
Free Handbook Download Supported by PD Workshops and Game Jams
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Sept. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Learning Games Network (LGN), a non-profit spin-off of the MIT Education Arcade and the University of Wisconsin-Madison's Games+Learning+Society Program, with FableVision, a Boston-based digital media production company, has announced the release of the Game Design Tool Kit (GDTK), a series of free online resources to help teachers integrate game design across the curriculum. LGN has also expanded its professional development program to include Inservice Training Sessions and Game Jams for middle and high school teachers beginning with the current 2012-2013 school year. Local and on-site professional development workshops, such as four-hour Inservice Training Sessions and two- to three-day Game Jams, help school districts and administrators promote successful integration of the GDTK into core curricula and existing teaching methods through new project-based strategies that engage, inspire, and challenge students' thinking and drive a deeper understanding of new ideas and information.
Available to teachers as a free download, the Game Design Tool Kit consists of a comprehensive handbook, which includes a lesson plan guide, research and design prompts, and step-by-step instructions and discussion guides that enable educators to coach students through four phases of game design: Explore, Discover, Create, and Share. Teachers lead students through game concept and topical research strategies and activities (Explore), creative strategy and brainstorming discussions and documentation (Discover), paper-prototype production (Create), and lastly playtesting, documentation, and concept presentations (Share). Students learn to think critically, creatively, strategically and conceptually through a fun, structured method with deliverables teachers can evaluate at key milestones during the development process. Additional resources will be added over the coming weeks and months, including video clips, photos, lesson plans, templates, and a detailed game design glossary.
Jennifer Groff, LGN's Vice President of Learning and Program Development, said, "The GDTK immerses teachers and students in collaborative, challenge-based learning projects throughout the school year, encouraging both to explore new 'roles' that facilitate student-driven enquiry and design as teachers facilitate new concept development." Groff added, "Teachers' growth in this new pedagogy is supported through a robust syllabus of learning experiences and associated professional development activities that emerge from LGN's work with teachers, designers, and producers in our growing network of game-based learning professionals."
The GDTK, implemented over variable periods of time (days, weeks, a quarter or a semester) and across all disciplines, helps teachers make connections between "pre-production" design work and technical implementation with tools and applications such as Kodu, Gamestar Mechanic, Scratch, GameSalad, among others. LGN, with initial funding through the HP Catalyst Program, has worked closely with its partners at the MIT Education Arcade, FableVision, and the State of Kentucky's Department of Education-Student Technology Leadership Program to refine the GDTK and its associated professional development programs.
To learn more about the Game Design Tool Kit or for additional information about associated professional development (PD) programs, visit:http://www.learninggamesnetwork.org/projects/gdtk/
The Learning Games Network, a non-profit spin-off of the MIT Education Arcade and the University of Wisconsin-Madison's Games+Learning+Society Program with studios in Cambridge, MA and Madison, WI, bridges the gap between research and practice in game-based education and is committed to the development and distribution of games informed by research in the learning sciences, creative design, and technical innovation.
Contact:
Kurt Kolok
kolok@learninggamesnetwork.org
617.494.4946
SOURCE Learning Games Network
Learning Games Network
Web Site: http://www.learninggamesnetwork.org
Waveform Technology LLC Completes New Fiber Construction
Poster: SySAdmin
Posted on September 13, 2012 at 11:14:02 AM
Waveform Technology LLC Completes New Fiber Construction
TROY, Mich., Sept. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Waveform Technology LLC, one of Michigan's leading data center and Internet bandwidth providers, is proud to announce the completion of our South Troy Fiber Optic construction project.
This newly completed fiber optic ring will provide ultra-high-speed Internet and private line data services to businesses in the south Troy, Michigan area. The location of this project was selected to help serve the high density of financial, educational and medical concerns in the vicinity.
The heightened interest in cloud computing and off-site disaster recovery has prompted many organizations to look for cost effective high bandwidth solutions. Waveform's privately owned fiber optic network allows us to provide connectivity at speeds up to 10Gb/s between client locations, between a client location and our data center, or directly to the Internet.
"This project helps demonstrate Waveform's commitment to Michigan, and to the Metro Detroit area." Said Rich Tota, director of sales. "Our private fiber network allows us to provide bandwidth services at aggressive pricing with unparalleled performance."
The new multi-strand fiber optic ring will connect to a larger, preexisting ring, which is conservatively capable of carrying over 784Gb/s using Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing (DWDM) and other technologies.
About Waveform Technology LLC:
Waveform Technology is a privately held facilities-based Internet service provider and data center operator based in Troy, Michigan. Waveform's Troy Data Center is a world class facility that provides colocation for tenants of all sizes. More information is available at http://www.waveform.net or by calling 248-784-7000.
SOURCE Waveform Technology LLC
Waveform Technology LLC
CONTACT: Rich Tota, +1-248-784-7000
Web Site: http://www.waveform.net
TROY, Mich., Sept. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Waveform Technology LLC, one of Michigan's leading data center and Internet bandwidth providers, is proud to announce the completion of our South Troy Fiber Optic construction project.
This newly completed fiber optic ring will provide ultra-high-speed Internet and private line data services to businesses in the south Troy, Michigan area. The location of this project was selected to help serve the high density of financial, educational and medical concerns in the vicinity.
The heightened interest in cloud computing and off-site disaster recovery has prompted many organizations to look for cost effective high bandwidth solutions. Waveform's privately owned fiber optic network allows us to provide connectivity at speeds up to 10Gb/s between client locations, between a client location and our data center, or directly to the Internet.
"This project helps demonstrate Waveform's commitment to Michigan, and to the Metro Detroit area." Said Rich Tota, director of sales. "Our private fiber network allows us to provide bandwidth services at aggressive pricing with unparalleled performance."
The new multi-strand fiber optic ring will connect to a larger, preexisting ring, which is conservatively capable of carrying over 784Gb/s using Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing (DWDM) and other technologies.
About Waveform Technology LLC:
Waveform Technology is a privately held facilities-based Internet service provider and data center operator based in Troy, Michigan. Waveform's Troy Data Center is a world class facility that provides colocation for tenants of all sizes. More information is available at http://www.waveform.net or by calling 248-784-7000.
SOURCE Waveform Technology LLC
Waveform Technology LLC
CONTACT: Rich Tota, +1-248-784-7000
Web Site: http://www.waveform.net
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Poster: SySAdmin
Posted on September 13, 2012 at 11:07:01 AM
Valpak® Leading Industry with New Mobile and Online Coupon Redemption Tracking Tool
LARGO, Fla., Sept. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- It's no secret that consumers are using their mobile phones more and more - for everything from maps, to restaurant reviews, to coupons. Consumers want hyper-local results - on demand. In just three years, global mobile traffic has grown from 1 percent to a current 10 percent. * By 2015, it's predicted that mobile search will surpass desktop search.**
(Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20080107/CLM009LOGO-b)
But as the consumer demand for mobile coupons grows, businesses are struggling to keep pace with the rapid uptake of mobile coupon technology, with many unable or unwilling to give those mobile discounts - for fear of being taken advantage of. That can result in unhappy customers and lost revenue - twooutcomes today's business owner can't afford to risk.
When it comes to mobile and online coupons, it's been a challenge for businesses to establish internal tracking systems to mitigate potentially fraudulent coupon redemption, or easily track mobile redemption and ROI and gather consumer data.
Now, Valpak, The 40-year leader in local advertising results, has created a solution to resolve those issues, giving merchants a way to track every digital Valpak coupon and e-commerce voucher that comes in the door with the new online Valpak Business Center (VBC).
"By offering our advertisers this safety blanket, they can now feel protected, and take the program full circle, closing the loop on information that was previously very difficult to track," said Michael Vivio, president of Cox of Valpak and Cox Target Media. "It provides simplified reporting to monitor their business, and gives them peace of mind."
The VBC is an online portal to manage web, mobile and e-commerce redemptions. The VBC gives merchants an easy, yet sophisticated way to track redemptions and customer spend, documenting that offers are valid, or expired. In addition, the system can track whether a customer has redeemed an offer more than once, which alleviates any lingering concerns about coupon fraud.
"SMBs are overwhelmed by the growing number of digital marketing choices available to them," said Matt Booth, chief strategy officer and program director, BIA/Kelsey. "Performance and accountability are key for SMBs in the adoption of new tools and strategies. Solutions like the Valpak Business Center, that build trust by delivering insight and transparency into campaign effectiveness, are likely to gain traction."
Not only does it track the redemptions, but the system has the added benefit of capturing purchase data, showing how much the customer spent using the coupon, and demonstrating the total value of the customer and transaction. This level of insight helps business owners understand how their customers are interacting and using the coupons so they can adjust the Valpak marketing campaign as needed.
So the pizza shop owner who wants to know the lifetime value of a consumer who originally redeems a discount can know that customers using coupons are actually spending $20 more than his average customer. The golf course owner, who was worried about customers using the same coupon over and over, can now use the VBC to track which offers are being used by which consumers.
The VBC is available from the desktop as well as through Android or iPhone mobile apps and will continue to weave in additional tools to simplify the business of business for merchants.
Valpak has always been a friend of small businesses, serving more than 54,000 businesses a year across North America.
"The VBC application is the first comprehensive tracking tool in the marketplace," said Vivio. "Other companies may offer something to redeem deals, but businesses need more. VBC wraps in all types of Valpak marketing - print, online, mobile and deals. With VBC merchants can easily see how their Valpak campaign is performing - in real time or periodically - and adjust if needed. No one else is offering that simplicity and transparency."
*Source: KPCB, May 2012, Stat Counter Global Stats
**Source: U.S. Local Media Forecast - BIA/Kelsey, March 2012
ABOUT VALPAK®
Valpak, one of the leading direct marketing companies in North America, is owned and operated by Cox Target Media, along with Savings.com. With nearly 170 franchises across the United States and Canada, the signature Blue Envelope® delivers savings and value to nearly 40 million households each month. Annually, Valpak will distribute some 20 billion offers inserted in more than 500 million envelopes. Valpak also offers digital solutions with http://www.Valpak.com®, an online site for printable coupons, e-commerce and coupon codes, which has nearly 70 million offer views each month, as well as apps for smartphone platforms For more information about advertising with Valpak, please contact 1-800-676-6878.
ABOUT COX MEDIA GROUP
Cox Media Group is an integrated broadcasting, publishing, direct marketing and digital media company that includes the national advertising rep firms of Cox Reps. Additionally, CMG owns and operates Cox Target Media, providers of Valpak, a leading North American direct marketing company and Savings.com, a leading online coupon site and community. With $1.7 billion in revenue, the company operations include 15 broadcast television stations and one local cable channel, 86 radio stations, eight daily newspapers and more than a dozen non-daily publications, and more than 100 digital services. CMG operates in more than 30 media markets and reaches approximately 52 million Americans weekly, including 30 million TV viewers, more than 4 million print and online newspaper readers, and 18 million radio listeners. For more information about Cox Media Group, please check us out online at http://www.coxmediagroup.com.
Contact information:
Marsha Strickhouser
8605 Largo Lakes Drive
Largo, FL 33773
727-399-3175 - office
marsha_strickhouser@valpak.com
SOURCE Valpak
Photo:http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20080107/CLM009LOGO-b
http://photoarchive.ap.org/
Valpak
LARGO, Fla., Sept. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- It's no secret that consumers are using their mobile phones more and more - for everything from maps, to restaurant reviews, to coupons. Consumers want hyper-local results - on demand. In just three years, global mobile traffic has grown from 1 percent to a current 10 percent. * By 2015, it's predicted that mobile search will surpass desktop search.**
(Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20080107/CLM009LOGO-b)
But as the consumer demand for mobile coupons grows, businesses are struggling to keep pace with the rapid uptake of mobile coupon technology, with many unable or unwilling to give those mobile discounts - for fear of being taken advantage of. That can result in unhappy customers and lost revenue - twooutcomes today's business owner can't afford to risk.
When it comes to mobile and online coupons, it's been a challenge for businesses to establish internal tracking systems to mitigate potentially fraudulent coupon redemption, or easily track mobile redemption and ROI and gather consumer data.
Now, Valpak, The 40-year leader in local advertising results, has created a solution to resolve those issues, giving merchants a way to track every digital Valpak coupon and e-commerce voucher that comes in the door with the new online Valpak Business Center (VBC).
"By offering our advertisers this safety blanket, they can now feel protected, and take the program full circle, closing the loop on information that was previously very difficult to track," said Michael Vivio, president of Cox of Valpak and Cox Target Media. "It provides simplified reporting to monitor their business, and gives them peace of mind."
The VBC is an online portal to manage web, mobile and e-commerce redemptions. The VBC gives merchants an easy, yet sophisticated way to track redemptions and customer spend, documenting that offers are valid, or expired. In addition, the system can track whether a customer has redeemed an offer more than once, which alleviates any lingering concerns about coupon fraud.
"SMBs are overwhelmed by the growing number of digital marketing choices available to them," said Matt Booth, chief strategy officer and program director, BIA/Kelsey. "Performance and accountability are key for SMBs in the adoption of new tools and strategies. Solutions like the Valpak Business Center, that build trust by delivering insight and transparency into campaign effectiveness, are likely to gain traction."
Not only does it track the redemptions, but the system has the added benefit of capturing purchase data, showing how much the customer spent using the coupon, and demonstrating the total value of the customer and transaction. This level of insight helps business owners understand how their customers are interacting and using the coupons so they can adjust the Valpak marketing campaign as needed.
So the pizza shop owner who wants to know the lifetime value of a consumer who originally redeems a discount can know that customers using coupons are actually spending $20 more than his average customer. The golf course owner, who was worried about customers using the same coupon over and over, can now use the VBC to track which offers are being used by which consumers.
The VBC is available from the desktop as well as through Android or iPhone mobile apps and will continue to weave in additional tools to simplify the business of business for merchants.
Valpak has always been a friend of small businesses, serving more than 54,000 businesses a year across North America.
"The VBC application is the first comprehensive tracking tool in the marketplace," said Vivio. "Other companies may offer something to redeem deals, but businesses need more. VBC wraps in all types of Valpak marketing - print, online, mobile and deals. With VBC merchants can easily see how their Valpak campaign is performing - in real time or periodically - and adjust if needed. No one else is offering that simplicity and transparency."
*Source: KPCB, May 2012, Stat Counter Global Stats
**Source: U.S. Local Media Forecast - BIA/Kelsey, March 2012
ABOUT VALPAK®
Valpak, one of the leading direct marketing companies in North America, is owned and operated by Cox Target Media, along with Savings.com. With nearly 170 franchises across the United States and Canada, the signature Blue Envelope® delivers savings and value to nearly 40 million households each month. Annually, Valpak will distribute some 20 billion offers inserted in more than 500 million envelopes. Valpak also offers digital solutions with http://www.Valpak.com®, an online site for printable coupons, e-commerce and coupon codes, which has nearly 70 million offer views each month, as well as apps for smartphone platforms For more information about advertising with Valpak, please contact 1-800-676-6878.
ABOUT COX MEDIA GROUP
Cox Media Group is an integrated broadcasting, publishing, direct marketing and digital media company that includes the national advertising rep firms of Cox Reps. Additionally, CMG owns and operates Cox Target Media, providers of Valpak, a leading North American direct marketing company and Savings.com, a leading online coupon site and community. With $1.7 billion in revenue, the company operations include 15 broadcast television stations and one local cable channel, 86 radio stations, eight daily newspapers and more than a dozen non-daily publications, and more than 100 digital services. CMG operates in more than 30 media markets and reaches approximately 52 million Americans weekly, including 30 million TV viewers, more than 4 million print and online newspaper readers, and 18 million radio listeners. For more information about Cox Media Group, please check us out online at http://www.coxmediagroup.com.
Contact information:
Marsha Strickhouser
8605 Largo Lakes Drive
Largo, FL 33773
727-399-3175 - office
marsha_strickhouser@valpak.com
SOURCE Valpak
Photo:http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20080107/CLM009LOGO-b
http://photoarchive.ap.org/
Valpak
hibu signs agreement with Vantiv to offer payments services to small and medium-sized businesses in the U.S.
Poster: SySAdmin
Posted on September 13, 2012 at 10:49:01 AM
hibu signs agreement with Vantiv to offer payments services to small and medium-sized businesses in the U.S.
READING, England, Sept. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- hibu plc ("hibu" LSE:HIBU), a leading provider of digital services connecting local consumers and merchants, today announced a strategic relationship with Cincinnati, Ohio based Vantiv, Inc. (NYSE: VNTV), a leading provider of payment processing services and related technology solutions for merchants and financial institutions of all sizes. hibu affiliates will provide local businesses in the U.S. with the ability to accept card payments from consumers for their goods and services.
The relationship is a strong development for hibu as it implements its strategy to deliver exciting new digital services to small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs). For Vantiv, the partnership provides a major growth opportunity.
As part of hibu's strategy, the agreement with Vantiv demonstrates hibu's delivery of payments services for SMBs. Payments services are also planned to be offered in hibu's other international markets.
hibu's experienced sales team will be one of the largest to offer payments services in the U.S., initially to its existing customer base of more than 460,000 SMBs. Vantiv has a market leading card processing capability, and together the two companies will offer high quality payments services for SMBs that are differentiated by:
-- Access to the latest innovative technology, including mobile devices
-- Transparent, simple and cost-effective pricing
-- The opportunity to access a growing range of digital services from one
provider, hibu.
"We are delighted to be chosen by hibu to deliver to their U.S. SMB customers our integrated suite of electronic payment solutions and services," said Donald Boeding, President of Merchant Services at Vantiv. "Vantiv is well positioned to deliver to hibu's SMB customers the integrated technologies and products that are not only required today, but that will also be required in the future as the payments industry evolves."
Tony Bates, Chief Financial Officer at hibu, said: "The payments market is changing rapidly and is particularly fragmented in the U.S. With this new initiative, we will help SMBs across the U.S. take advantage of the new technologies and services that are emerging. This will also help them obtain high quality, cost-effective services from a provider that they know and trust. We look forward to working with Vantiv to provide this new opportunity."
About hibu
hibu helps communities thrive by facilitating millions of connections each year between consumers who want to find products and services locally and the merchants who provide them.
hibu helps consumers find local businesses and shop in new, innovative ways. Its dedicated online hibu markets provide comprehensive, convenient access to local goods and services. hibu helps merchants compete in the digital world with a broad range of marketing and commerce solutions delivered online and through hibu's direct sales teams. Building on its heritage as a premier directories provider, hibu continues to offer a full range of print- and distribution-based marketing services.
hibu operates in the UK, US, Spain, Argentina, Chile, Peru and US Hispanic markets. In the year ended 31 March 2012, hibu had 1.2 million SME customers and total revenues of £1.6 billion.
For further information about hibu, visit hibu.com.
About Vantiv, Inc.
Vantiv, Inc. (NYSE: VNTV), is a leading, integrated payment processor differentiated by a single, proprietary technology platform. Vantiv offers a comprehensive suite of traditional and innovative payment processing and technology solutions to merchants and financial institutions of all sizes in the U.S., enabling them to address their payment processing needs through a single provider.
We build strong relationships with our customers, helping them become more efficient, more secure and more successful. Vantiv is the third largest merchant acquirer and the largest PIN debit acquirer based on number of transactions in the U.S. The company's growth strategy includes expanding further into high growth payment segments, such as prepaid, ecommerce, mobile and information solutions, and attractive industry verticals, such as business-to-business, government, healthcare and education. For more information, visit http://www.vantiv.com.
Enquiries
hibu - Investors hibu - Media
Andrew Clatworthy Jon Salmon
Tel: +44 (0) 118 358 2838 Tel: +44 (0) 118 358
2656
Mobile: +44 (0) 7801
977340
RLM Finsbury
Andrew Dowler
Tel: + 44 (0) 207 251 3801
SOURCE hibu plc
hibu plc
Web Site: http://hibu.com
READING, England, Sept. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- hibu plc ("hibu" LSE:HIBU), a leading provider of digital services connecting local consumers and merchants, today announced a strategic relationship with Cincinnati, Ohio based Vantiv, Inc. (NYSE: VNTV), a leading provider of payment processing services and related technology solutions for merchants and financial institutions of all sizes. hibu affiliates will provide local businesses in the U.S. with the ability to accept card payments from consumers for their goods and services.
The relationship is a strong development for hibu as it implements its strategy to deliver exciting new digital services to small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs). For Vantiv, the partnership provides a major growth opportunity.
As part of hibu's strategy, the agreement with Vantiv demonstrates hibu's delivery of payments services for SMBs. Payments services are also planned to be offered in hibu's other international markets.
hibu's experienced sales team will be one of the largest to offer payments services in the U.S., initially to its existing customer base of more than 460,000 SMBs. Vantiv has a market leading card processing capability, and together the two companies will offer high quality payments services for SMBs that are differentiated by:
-- Access to the latest innovative technology, including mobile devices
-- Transparent, simple and cost-effective pricing
-- The opportunity to access a growing range of digital services from one
provider, hibu.
"We are delighted to be chosen by hibu to deliver to their U.S. SMB customers our integrated suite of electronic payment solutions and services," said Donald Boeding, President of Merchant Services at Vantiv. "Vantiv is well positioned to deliver to hibu's SMB customers the integrated technologies and products that are not only required today, but that will also be required in the future as the payments industry evolves."
Tony Bates, Chief Financial Officer at hibu, said: "The payments market is changing rapidly and is particularly fragmented in the U.S. With this new initiative, we will help SMBs across the U.S. take advantage of the new technologies and services that are emerging. This will also help them obtain high quality, cost-effective services from a provider that they know and trust. We look forward to working with Vantiv to provide this new opportunity."
About hibu
hibu helps communities thrive by facilitating millions of connections each year between consumers who want to find products and services locally and the merchants who provide them.
hibu helps consumers find local businesses and shop in new, innovative ways. Its dedicated online hibu markets provide comprehensive, convenient access to local goods and services. hibu helps merchants compete in the digital world with a broad range of marketing and commerce solutions delivered online and through hibu's direct sales teams. Building on its heritage as a premier directories provider, hibu continues to offer a full range of print- and distribution-based marketing services.
hibu operates in the UK, US, Spain, Argentina, Chile, Peru and US Hispanic markets. In the year ended 31 March 2012, hibu had 1.2 million SME customers and total revenues of £1.6 billion.
For further information about hibu, visit hibu.com.
About Vantiv, Inc.
Vantiv, Inc. (NYSE: VNTV), is a leading, integrated payment processor differentiated by a single, proprietary technology platform. Vantiv offers a comprehensive suite of traditional and innovative payment processing and technology solutions to merchants and financial institutions of all sizes in the U.S., enabling them to address their payment processing needs through a single provider.
We build strong relationships with our customers, helping them become more efficient, more secure and more successful. Vantiv is the third largest merchant acquirer and the largest PIN debit acquirer based on number of transactions in the U.S. The company's growth strategy includes expanding further into high growth payment segments, such as prepaid, ecommerce, mobile and information solutions, and attractive industry verticals, such as business-to-business, government, healthcare and education. For more information, visit http://www.vantiv.com.
Enquiries
hibu - Investors hibu - Media
Andrew Clatworthy Jon Salmon
Tel: +44 (0) 118 358 2838 Tel: +44 (0) 118 358
2656
Mobile: +44 (0) 7801
977340
RLM Finsbury
Andrew Dowler
Tel: + 44 (0) 207 251 3801
SOURCE hibu plc
hibu plc
Web Site: http://hibu.com
SmartSource.ca Coupon Site Goes Mobile
Poster: SySAdmin
Posted on September 13, 2012 at 10:42:01 AM
SmartSource.ca Coupon Site Goes Mobile
News Marketing Canada Brings Online Couponing to Web-Enabled Phones
TORONTO, Sept. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- News Marketing Canada, the premier publisher of coupons in Canada, today announced that its popular consumer coupon site, SmartSource.ca, has gone mobile, delivering unprecedented access to their pioneering online coupon site across a broad spectrum of web-enabled devices.
News Marketing Canada's SmartSource.ca currently offers one of the country's most robust selections of consumer packaged goods coupons available, and was the first site to offer secure, printable coupons online in Canada. The new mobile version of the site uses the same URL and will allow users to scroll through the available offers and select which coupons they want from any web-enabled phone, smartphone or other mobile communications device, without having to download any special software or applications.
"We are thrilled to be bringing this technology to our loyal Canadian consumers, after their enthusiastic response to our online couponing site," said Chris Mixson, president, News America Marketing. "The new generation of saver lives her life via her mobile device and we now have a unique means of reaching her."
For almost twenty years, Canadian consumers have eagerly awaited the arrival of savings in their weekend newspapers though inserts like News Marketing Canada's SmartSource/UtiliSource magazine, a 10MM circulation national magazine, delivered 16 times per year. News Marketing Canada is also behind in-store promotion products designed to reach consumers at shelf in stores nationwide. Ten months ago, News Marketing Canada launched SmartSource.ca, which catapulted Canadian savings into the digital space. The site allows shoppers to instantly print coupons from home. Now taking their coupons mobile, News Marketing Canada is taking the next step in expanding their reach. The easily-accessible mobile site stands apart from many coupon "apps" that require not just web-accessibility, but smartphone technology, and is another way SmartSource/UtiliSource is expanding the frontier of digital savings.
"With smartphone ownership on the rise, we felt it necessary to give as many consumers as possible immediate mobile access to this powerful savings tool," said Mixson. "We have long had a commitment to shoppers to provide them with savings wherever they choose to look, whether in the newspaper, in stores, online, and now, on their mobile devices."
This new phase of digital couponing allows Canadian shoppers to access the same browsing and coupon selection they find on SmartSource.ca on their mobile devices, with content, navigation and interactive screens formatted specifically for web-enabled devices.
"We were eager to make the mobile couponing experience available to our Canadian consumer base," said Henri Lellouche, Senior Vice President, Digital. "Digital couponing solutions where consumers can clip coupons, select samples, or obtain product information via mobile devices are a game-changing promotional tool. The quest for value hasn't changed, but the places you can find it have certainly expanded."
"We recognize and are acting on the fact that we are part of an increasingly digital world," said Lellouche. "Having a digital element to every marketing campaign is increasingly a must. SmartSource is committed to providing thorough digital reach through mobile in all forms both current and future."
The mobile version of smartsource.ca is available immediately.
News Marketing Canada(®) is the premier single-source provider of consumer marketing services in Canada, providing marketers with home-delivered and in-store advertising and promotion programs that are designed to effectively and efficiently reach consumers and influence their purchase decisions. Whether it's through the Canada's premier site for printable coupons, SmartSource.ca, the free-standing insert 'SmartSource Magazine' or UtiliSource, the French language version, in-store media or interactive capabilities, News Marketing Canada's mission is to help marketers build their brand's equity and increase sales.
SOURCE News Marketing Canada
News Marketing Canada
CONTACT: Emily Vicker, Rubenstein Associates Public Relations, +1-212-843-8078, evicker@rubenstein.com
Web Site: http://www.SmartSource.ca
News Marketing Canada Brings Online Couponing to Web-Enabled Phones
TORONTO, Sept. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- News Marketing Canada, the premier publisher of coupons in Canada, today announced that its popular consumer coupon site, SmartSource.ca, has gone mobile, delivering unprecedented access to their pioneering online coupon site across a broad spectrum of web-enabled devices.
News Marketing Canada's SmartSource.ca currently offers one of the country's most robust selections of consumer packaged goods coupons available, and was the first site to offer secure, printable coupons online in Canada. The new mobile version of the site uses the same URL and will allow users to scroll through the available offers and select which coupons they want from any web-enabled phone, smartphone or other mobile communications device, without having to download any special software or applications.
"We are thrilled to be bringing this technology to our loyal Canadian consumers, after their enthusiastic response to our online couponing site," said Chris Mixson, president, News America Marketing. "The new generation of saver lives her life via her mobile device and we now have a unique means of reaching her."
For almost twenty years, Canadian consumers have eagerly awaited the arrival of savings in their weekend newspapers though inserts like News Marketing Canada's SmartSource/UtiliSource magazine, a 10MM circulation national magazine, delivered 16 times per year. News Marketing Canada is also behind in-store promotion products designed to reach consumers at shelf in stores nationwide. Ten months ago, News Marketing Canada launched SmartSource.ca, which catapulted Canadian savings into the digital space. The site allows shoppers to instantly print coupons from home. Now taking their coupons mobile, News Marketing Canada is taking the next step in expanding their reach. The easily-accessible mobile site stands apart from many coupon "apps" that require not just web-accessibility, but smartphone technology, and is another way SmartSource/UtiliSource is expanding the frontier of digital savings.
"With smartphone ownership on the rise, we felt it necessary to give as many consumers as possible immediate mobile access to this powerful savings tool," said Mixson. "We have long had a commitment to shoppers to provide them with savings wherever they choose to look, whether in the newspaper, in stores, online, and now, on their mobile devices."
This new phase of digital couponing allows Canadian shoppers to access the same browsing and coupon selection they find on SmartSource.ca on their mobile devices, with content, navigation and interactive screens formatted specifically for web-enabled devices.
"We were eager to make the mobile couponing experience available to our Canadian consumer base," said Henri Lellouche, Senior Vice President, Digital. "Digital couponing solutions where consumers can clip coupons, select samples, or obtain product information via mobile devices are a game-changing promotional tool. The quest for value hasn't changed, but the places you can find it have certainly expanded."
"We recognize and are acting on the fact that we are part of an increasingly digital world," said Lellouche. "Having a digital element to every marketing campaign is increasingly a must. SmartSource is committed to providing thorough digital reach through mobile in all forms both current and future."
The mobile version of smartsource.ca is available immediately.
News Marketing Canada(®) is the premier single-source provider of consumer marketing services in Canada, providing marketers with home-delivered and in-store advertising and promotion programs that are designed to effectively and efficiently reach consumers and influence their purchase decisions. Whether it's through the Canada's premier site for printable coupons, SmartSource.ca, the free-standing insert 'SmartSource Magazine' or UtiliSource, the French language version, in-store media or interactive capabilities, News Marketing Canada's mission is to help marketers build their brand's equity and increase sales.
SOURCE News Marketing Canada
News Marketing Canada
CONTACT: Emily Vicker, Rubenstein Associates Public Relations, +1-212-843-8078, evicker@rubenstein.com
Web Site: http://www.SmartSource.ca
NanoMarkets Announces Release of Transcripts from Firm's Teleconferences on OLED Materials and Transparent Conductor Markets
Poster: SySAdmin
Posted on September 13, 2012 at 10:14:01 AM
NanoMarkets Announces Release of Transcripts from Firm's Teleconferences on OLED Materials and Transparent Conductor Markets
GLEN ALLEN, Va., Sept. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Industry analyst firm NanoMarkets has released the written transcripts from two recent teleconference sessions. On the calls NanoMarkets analysts presented findings from the firm's July report, "OLED Materials Markets-2012" and its August report, "Transparent Conductor Markets-2012." There is no cost to download the transcripts.
For persons interested in the transparent conductor teleconference, they can access the document at http://www.nanomarkets.net/Downloads/TransparentConductorQnA9_12.pdf . For persons interested in the OLED teleconference, they can access that file at: http://www.nanomarkets.net/Downloads/OLEDMATERIALSQnA9_12.pdf
About the Report Transparent Conductor Markets 2012:
NanoMarkets has covered TCs for seven years and this 230-page report provides the most thorough analysis and granular forecasts available. In this report NanoMarkets provides in-depth analysis of the applications from which TC firms will be able to make money in the next few years including touch-screens, OLEDs, e-paper, thin-film and building-integrated PV (BIPV), organic/DSC PV, smart windows, etc. The report examines implications for TCs of the rise of flexible and transparent electronics and provides an in-depth discussion of how non-ITO TCs may be able to break into the LCD market. For each application the report contains separate eight-year forecasts in terms of value ($ millions) and volume (square meters). Each forecast is also broken out by material type.
Firms discussed in the report including 3M, Agfa, Asahi Glass, Atmel, Cambrios, Cima NanoTech, Corning, Dow Chemical, Evonik, Ferro, Fujitsu, Harima Chemicals, Heraeus, Hitachi, Idemitsu Kosan, Indium Corporation, Kodak, LG, Linde, Mitsubishi, Mitsui, Nippon Mining and Metals, Nitto Denko, PolyIC, Pilkington, Saint-Gobain, Samsung, Schott, SKC, Sony, Oike, Sumitomo, Teijin, Toray, Tosoh, Ulvac, Umicore, Unidym, and many others.
About the Report, OLED Materials Markets 2012:
This latest NanoMarkets report on the OLED industry provides an analysis and forecast of the OLED materials market in the next eight years in both the booming OLED display and the nascent OLED lighting industry. The report examines some of the latest market strategies, products and technical developments in materials, and it identifies how performance improvements are growing some addressable markets for OLEDs, especially in the larger-size OLED lighting and OLED TV sectors.
The report also includes NanoMarkets' assessments of the strategies of several of the leading OLED materials suppliers. Key players mentioned in the report include Samsung, LG, Universal Display, Visionox, BASF, Merck, Novaled, Philips, Osram, GE, DuPont, Sumitomo, Idemitsu Kosan, Sony, Panasonic, and others.
This report contains granular eight-year forecasts of materials shipments in both OLED panel area and value terms, with breakouts by application, vapor deposition vs. solution processing and/or small molecule vs. polymer, and by panel type.
About NanoMarkets:
NanoMarkets tracks and analyzes emerging market opportunities created by developments in advanced materials. It provides regular and comprehensive industry analysis of the latest commercial technologies in the electronics and energy sectors and other related areas and is recognized worldwide as a leading source of industry analysis in these areas.
Please visit http://www.nanomarkets.net for a full listing of NanoMarkets' reports and other services.
SOURCE NanoMarkets
NanoMarkets
CONTACT: Robert Nolan, NanoMarkets, +1-804-938-0030, rob@nanomarkets.net
Web Site: http://www.nanomarkets.net
GLEN ALLEN, Va., Sept. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Industry analyst firm NanoMarkets has released the written transcripts from two recent teleconference sessions. On the calls NanoMarkets analysts presented findings from the firm's July report, "OLED Materials Markets-2012" and its August report, "Transparent Conductor Markets-2012." There is no cost to download the transcripts.
For persons interested in the transparent conductor teleconference, they can access the document at http://www.nanomarkets.net/Downloads/TransparentConductorQnA9_12.pdf . For persons interested in the OLED teleconference, they can access that file at: http://www.nanomarkets.net/Downloads/OLEDMATERIALSQnA9_12.pdf
About the Report Transparent Conductor Markets 2012:
NanoMarkets has covered TCs for seven years and this 230-page report provides the most thorough analysis and granular forecasts available. In this report NanoMarkets provides in-depth analysis of the applications from which TC firms will be able to make money in the next few years including touch-screens, OLEDs, e-paper, thin-film and building-integrated PV (BIPV), organic/DSC PV, smart windows, etc. The report examines implications for TCs of the rise of flexible and transparent electronics and provides an in-depth discussion of how non-ITO TCs may be able to break into the LCD market. For each application the report contains separate eight-year forecasts in terms of value ($ millions) and volume (square meters). Each forecast is also broken out by material type.
Firms discussed in the report including 3M, Agfa, Asahi Glass, Atmel, Cambrios, Cima NanoTech, Corning, Dow Chemical, Evonik, Ferro, Fujitsu, Harima Chemicals, Heraeus, Hitachi, Idemitsu Kosan, Indium Corporation, Kodak, LG, Linde, Mitsubishi, Mitsui, Nippon Mining and Metals, Nitto Denko, PolyIC, Pilkington, Saint-Gobain, Samsung, Schott, SKC, Sony, Oike, Sumitomo, Teijin, Toray, Tosoh, Ulvac, Umicore, Unidym, and many others.
About the Report, OLED Materials Markets 2012:
This latest NanoMarkets report on the OLED industry provides an analysis and forecast of the OLED materials market in the next eight years in both the booming OLED display and the nascent OLED lighting industry. The report examines some of the latest market strategies, products and technical developments in materials, and it identifies how performance improvements are growing some addressable markets for OLEDs, especially in the larger-size OLED lighting and OLED TV sectors.
The report also includes NanoMarkets' assessments of the strategies of several of the leading OLED materials suppliers. Key players mentioned in the report include Samsung, LG, Universal Display, Visionox, BASF, Merck, Novaled, Philips, Osram, GE, DuPont, Sumitomo, Idemitsu Kosan, Sony, Panasonic, and others.
This report contains granular eight-year forecasts of materials shipments in both OLED panel area and value terms, with breakouts by application, vapor deposition vs. solution processing and/or small molecule vs. polymer, and by panel type.
About NanoMarkets:
NanoMarkets tracks and analyzes emerging market opportunities created by developments in advanced materials. It provides regular and comprehensive industry analysis of the latest commercial technologies in the electronics and energy sectors and other related areas and is recognized worldwide as a leading source of industry analysis in these areas.
Please visit http://www.nanomarkets.net for a full listing of NanoMarkets' reports and other services.
SOURCE NanoMarkets
NanoMarkets
CONTACT: Robert Nolan, NanoMarkets, +1-804-938-0030, rob@nanomarkets.net
Web Site: http://www.nanomarkets.net
Thuuz Sports Launches Fantasy Plus Features to Ensure Fantasy Owners Never Miss a Great Player Performance during the 2012 NFL Season
Poster: SySAdmin
Posted on September 13, 2012 at 10:07:01 AM
Thuuz Sports Launches Fantasy Plus Features to Ensure Fantasy Owners Never Miss a Great Player Performance during the 2012 NFL Season
Award-Winning Thuuz app becomes first all-purpose sports app that also integrates fantasy sports, delivering real-time player activity, match-up updates, 'Tune in Now' alerts, and prompts for Smack Talk
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Sept. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --Fantasy football fanatics now have a whole new way to fuel their annual autumn obsession. Thuuz, Inc. today announced the latest release of its award-winning Thuuz Sports app now with Fantasy Plus. Thuuz Sports is the first general mobile sports app to also integrate multiple fantasy leagues. Football lovers can now keep up in real-time with both their favorite teams and their fantasy players.
Launching just in time for the 2012 NFL season, Thuuz Sports now with Fantasy Plus guarantees fantasy owners will never miss an exciting fantasy performance throughout the entire season. With Thuuz Sports, fans can automatically upload team rosters from one or more fantasy platforms, including Yahoo, CBSSports.com, ESPN, NFL.com and Fleaflicker. The app then provides fans with a one-stop-shop dashboard and alerting service to keep fantasy owners up to speed on all the action - match up updates, red zone alerts, injury notifications and more. Thuuz works in tandem with these fantasy platforms, so all roster moves made through these platforms are updated in real-time within the Thuuz app.
"With personalized TV listings and excitement alerts, Thuuz tells you which game you should be watching right now," said Warren Packard, CEO at Thuuz. "With our new Fantasy Plus features, we also make sure you never miss a game where your fantasy players are on fire and racking up points! Even if you can't watch the game live, you can still use Thuuz to keep up with how your fantasy players are performing at the same time you're tracking all of your other favorite games."
For The Ultimate Fantasy Fanatic
The new Fantasy Plus addition to the free Thuuz Sports app takes aim at the $4 billion fantasy sports industry that, according to the Fantasy Sports Trade Association, boasts some 35 million players in the U.S. alone, nearly three-quarters of whom play fantasy football.
"I first discovered Thuuz during March Madness this year - now I won't go through any sports season without it," said Nathan Zegura, CBSSports.com senior fantasy writer and Thuuz adviser. "You will never miss an exciting game with the app, and with the new Fantasy Plus features, you will always know when your players are taking care of business. This app changes the way you watch sports and ensures you always catch the action that matters the most to you!"
In addition to automatically importing your fantasy teams, Thuuz Sports with Fantasy Plus includes:
-- Thuuz Feed, the ultimate real-time, steady-stream sports feed that makes
it easy to keep up--or quickly catch up--with the latest scores, stats
and more.
-- Real-time player status and league tracking across multiple fantasy
sports platforms;
-- Push alerts for instant notification when players are in scoring
position and related TV tune-in information to watch the play as it
happens;
-- Hot player and injury update alerts for keeping tabs on scoring
highlights and other milestones;
-- Competition alerts when a fantasy match-up is down to the wire.
Talk Smack, Share Games and Updates over Social Networks
With built-in social integration, Thuuz even lets users talk smack with their friends and fellow fantasy league owners. Users can post directly to a league bulletin board within Thuuz and tag specific members with beat-down blasts, all with just a single tap from within the app--no more jumping from a fantasy app to a text message and back. Facebook and Twitter integration makes it easy for Thuuz users to share games and updates and view, like or comment on friends' games all within the Thuuz app.
Follow the Fantasy Experts
For real-time expert analysis, fans can follow a curated list of Thuuz Fantasy Football Experts to keep up with the games and plays that matter most. These "Thuuzers" will be sharing the games and players they're following within the app all season. The inaugural list of experts includes:
-- Nathan Zegura, CBSSports.com
-- Mike Beacom, SI.com & FootballDiehards.com
-- Eric Mack, SI.com
-- Cameron Sparks, FFBLife.com
-- Michael Harmon, FOXSports.com & SwollenDome.com
-- Bob Lung, RotoExperts.com
-- Pat Mayo, RotoExperts.com
-- Jeff Ratcliffe, Pro Football Focus & Rotoworld.com
-- Mike Rodriguez, Gridiron Experts
-- Peter Schoenke, RotoWire.com
Thuuz Fantasy Sweepstakes
To celebrate the launch of Thuuz's Fantasy Plus features, every new Thuuz user who integrates their 2012 NFL fantasy roster before Dec. 30 will automatically be entered to win $2,500 in the Thuuz Fantasy Sweepstakes.
Adding Fantasy Plus to your Thuuz app is free for the entire 2012 NFL season; future fantasy seasons for MLB baseball and NBA and NCAA basketball will be available as in-app purchases.
To get started with real-time fantasy alerts for the 2012 NFL season on Android or iOS, download the Thuuz Sports app on your phone or at http://www.thuuz.com.
About Thuuz
Thuuz, Inc. is an award-winning mobile and connected TV service revolutionizing how consumers discover and connect to sports programming. We alert fanatics, sports enthusiasts and casual viewers to the most exciting sporting events as they're happening leveraging advanced algorithmic analysis, social signaling and fan preferences. We also direct fans to where they can tune into the game - TV, web or mobile. Our partners include leading TV providers, wireless carriers and electronics companies. To download our free mobile apps for Android, iOS, and Google TV, or to learn more about Thuuz, please visit http://www.thuuz.com.
SOURCE Thuuz, Inc.
Thuuz, Inc.
CONTACT: Jonathan Gluskin, SS|PR, +1-847-415-9319, jgluskin@sspr.com
Web Site: http://www.thuuz.com
Award-Winning Thuuz app becomes first all-purpose sports app that also integrates fantasy sports, delivering real-time player activity, match-up updates, 'Tune in Now' alerts, and prompts for Smack Talk
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Sept. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --Fantasy football fanatics now have a whole new way to fuel their annual autumn obsession. Thuuz, Inc. today announced the latest release of its award-winning Thuuz Sports app now with Fantasy Plus. Thuuz Sports is the first general mobile sports app to also integrate multiple fantasy leagues. Football lovers can now keep up in real-time with both their favorite teams and their fantasy players.
Launching just in time for the 2012 NFL season, Thuuz Sports now with Fantasy Plus guarantees fantasy owners will never miss an exciting fantasy performance throughout the entire season. With Thuuz Sports, fans can automatically upload team rosters from one or more fantasy platforms, including Yahoo, CBSSports.com, ESPN, NFL.com and Fleaflicker. The app then provides fans with a one-stop-shop dashboard and alerting service to keep fantasy owners up to speed on all the action - match up updates, red zone alerts, injury notifications and more. Thuuz works in tandem with these fantasy platforms, so all roster moves made through these platforms are updated in real-time within the Thuuz app.
"With personalized TV listings and excitement alerts, Thuuz tells you which game you should be watching right now," said Warren Packard, CEO at Thuuz. "With our new Fantasy Plus features, we also make sure you never miss a game where your fantasy players are on fire and racking up points! Even if you can't watch the game live, you can still use Thuuz to keep up with how your fantasy players are performing at the same time you're tracking all of your other favorite games."
For The Ultimate Fantasy Fanatic
The new Fantasy Plus addition to the free Thuuz Sports app takes aim at the $4 billion fantasy sports industry that, according to the Fantasy Sports Trade Association, boasts some 35 million players in the U.S. alone, nearly three-quarters of whom play fantasy football.
"I first discovered Thuuz during March Madness this year - now I won't go through any sports season without it," said Nathan Zegura, CBSSports.com senior fantasy writer and Thuuz adviser. "You will never miss an exciting game with the app, and with the new Fantasy Plus features, you will always know when your players are taking care of business. This app changes the way you watch sports and ensures you always catch the action that matters the most to you!"
In addition to automatically importing your fantasy teams, Thuuz Sports with Fantasy Plus includes:
-- Thuuz Feed, the ultimate real-time, steady-stream sports feed that makes
it easy to keep up--or quickly catch up--with the latest scores, stats
and more.
-- Real-time player status and league tracking across multiple fantasy
sports platforms;
-- Push alerts for instant notification when players are in scoring
position and related TV tune-in information to watch the play as it
happens;
-- Hot player and injury update alerts for keeping tabs on scoring
highlights and other milestones;
-- Competition alerts when a fantasy match-up is down to the wire.
Talk Smack, Share Games and Updates over Social Networks
With built-in social integration, Thuuz even lets users talk smack with their friends and fellow fantasy league owners. Users can post directly to a league bulletin board within Thuuz and tag specific members with beat-down blasts, all with just a single tap from within the app--no more jumping from a fantasy app to a text message and back. Facebook and Twitter integration makes it easy for Thuuz users to share games and updates and view, like or comment on friends' games all within the Thuuz app.
Follow the Fantasy Experts
For real-time expert analysis, fans can follow a curated list of Thuuz Fantasy Football Experts to keep up with the games and plays that matter most. These "Thuuzers" will be sharing the games and players they're following within the app all season. The inaugural list of experts includes:
-- Nathan Zegura, CBSSports.com
-- Mike Beacom, SI.com & FootballDiehards.com
-- Eric Mack, SI.com
-- Cameron Sparks, FFBLife.com
-- Michael Harmon, FOXSports.com & SwollenDome.com
-- Bob Lung, RotoExperts.com
-- Pat Mayo, RotoExperts.com
-- Jeff Ratcliffe, Pro Football Focus & Rotoworld.com
-- Mike Rodriguez, Gridiron Experts
-- Peter Schoenke, RotoWire.com
Thuuz Fantasy Sweepstakes
To celebrate the launch of Thuuz's Fantasy Plus features, every new Thuuz user who integrates their 2012 NFL fantasy roster before Dec. 30 will automatically be entered to win $2,500 in the Thuuz Fantasy Sweepstakes.
Adding Fantasy Plus to your Thuuz app is free for the entire 2012 NFL season; future fantasy seasons for MLB baseball and NBA and NCAA basketball will be available as in-app purchases.
To get started with real-time fantasy alerts for the 2012 NFL season on Android or iOS, download the Thuuz Sports app on your phone or at http://www.thuuz.com.
About Thuuz
Thuuz, Inc. is an award-winning mobile and connected TV service revolutionizing how consumers discover and connect to sports programming. We alert fanatics, sports enthusiasts and casual viewers to the most exciting sporting events as they're happening leveraging advanced algorithmic analysis, social signaling and fan preferences. We also direct fans to where they can tune into the game - TV, web or mobile. Our partners include leading TV providers, wireless carriers and electronics companies. To download our free mobile apps for Android, iOS, and Google TV, or to learn more about Thuuz, please visit http://www.thuuz.com.
SOURCE Thuuz, Inc.
Thuuz, Inc.
CONTACT: Jonathan Gluskin, SS|PR, +1-847-415-9319, jgluskin@sspr.com
Web Site: http://www.thuuz.com
Genesis Gaming Solutions Launches Sister Company, Genesis Interactive
Poster: SySAdmin
Posted on September 13, 2012 at 9:28:01 AM
Genesis Gaming Solutions Launches Sister Company, Genesis Interactive
New Table Games Supplier to Augment Table Management Systems Offerings
LAS VEGAS, Sept. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Genesis Gaming Solutions, Inc. has announced the formation of Genesis Interactive Technologies, a sister company that was created to augment the company's hugely popular pit and poker room management and player tracking system products. Headquartered in Las Vegas, Nevada, Genesis Interactive provides a full line of table game furniture and products to the casino industry.
(Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120913/DA73899LOGO)
"The performance of our BRAVO Poker and BRAVO Pit table management systems is maximized by everything on the gaming table working properly together. In order to ensure the quality and accuracy required for optimized performance of the systems, we needed to have more control over the design and manufacturing of certain items on the tables themselves," said Randy Knust, president of Genesis Gaming Solutions. "It was a natural progression for us to create Genesis Interactive where we could expand those offerings to a full table game product line and the two companies together would be a one-stop shop for all things in the casino pit."
Genesis Interactive's extensive product line includes custom-built gaming tables and furniture, table layouts, precision dice, playing cards, table game displays and reader boards, and table game accessories.
"Combining the robust BRAVO Pit and BRAVO Poker systems products of Genesis Gaming with the traditional table games products of Genesis Interactive makes perfect sense," added Knust. "Together, the two companies create the only comprehensive table game solutions provider in the gaming industry."
Genesis Interactive will be debuting their products at G2E this year. Visit both companies at booth #2631.
About Genesis Gaming
Genesis Gaming Solutions, Inc. is a leader in hardware and software solutions for casino pit and poker room management. The company's BRAVO product line includes BRAVO Pit, a complete table game management and player tracking system; BRAVO Poker, the most robust poker room management system available; and BRAVO Poker Live, the company's new mobile app that allows players to access up-to-the-minute live play, tournament, and promotional activity at all participating poker rooms. For more information, visit http://www.genesisgaming.com.
SOURCE Genesis Gaming Solutions, Inc.
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Genesis Gaming Solutions, Inc.
CONTACT: Lauren Coombs, Genesis Gaming, +1-702-249-5306, laurenmcoombs@msn.com
Web Site: http://www.genesisgaming.com
New Table Games Supplier to Augment Table Management Systems Offerings
LAS VEGAS, Sept. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Genesis Gaming Solutions, Inc. has announced the formation of Genesis Interactive Technologies, a sister company that was created to augment the company's hugely popular pit and poker room management and player tracking system products. Headquartered in Las Vegas, Nevada, Genesis Interactive provides a full line of table game furniture and products to the casino industry.
(Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120913/DA73899LOGO)
"The performance of our BRAVO Poker and BRAVO Pit table management systems is maximized by everything on the gaming table working properly together. In order to ensure the quality and accuracy required for optimized performance of the systems, we needed to have more control over the design and manufacturing of certain items on the tables themselves," said Randy Knust, president of Genesis Gaming Solutions. "It was a natural progression for us to create Genesis Interactive where we could expand those offerings to a full table game product line and the two companies together would be a one-stop shop for all things in the casino pit."
Genesis Interactive's extensive product line includes custom-built gaming tables and furniture, table layouts, precision dice, playing cards, table game displays and reader boards, and table game accessories.
"Combining the robust BRAVO Pit and BRAVO Poker systems products of Genesis Gaming with the traditional table games products of Genesis Interactive makes perfect sense," added Knust. "Together, the two companies create the only comprehensive table game solutions provider in the gaming industry."
Genesis Interactive will be debuting their products at G2E this year. Visit both companies at booth #2631.
About Genesis Gaming
Genesis Gaming Solutions, Inc. is a leader in hardware and software solutions for casino pit and poker room management. The company's BRAVO product line includes BRAVO Pit, a complete table game management and player tracking system; BRAVO Poker, the most robust poker room management system available; and BRAVO Poker Live, the company's new mobile app that allows players to access up-to-the-minute live play, tournament, and promotional activity at all participating poker rooms. For more information, visit http://www.genesisgaming.com.
SOURCE Genesis Gaming Solutions, Inc.
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Genesis Gaming Solutions, Inc.
CONTACT: Lauren Coombs, Genesis Gaming, +1-702-249-5306, laurenmcoombs@msn.com
Web Site: http://www.genesisgaming.com
ConsultantLive Features Special Coverage of Type 2 Diabetes
Poster: SySAdmin
Posted on September 13, 2012 at 9:21:01 AM
ConsultantLive Features Special Coverage of Type 2 Diabetes
NORWALK, Conn., Sept. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- UBM Medica US announces that ConsultantLive.com offers special, in-depth coverage of evolving science, practical clinical strategies, and the newest medications to help primary care clinicians manage their patients with type 2 diabetes and related comorbidites.
What some call the "obesogenic" American lifestyle affects people of all ages and in increasing numbers. The associated high calorie, sedentary habits help fuel the multiple metabolic dysfunctions that lead to diabetes and dangerous associated illnesses including hypertension and hyperlipidemia.
ConsultantLive distills the vast amount of new information available on optimal diabetes management for the busy office-based physician. Formats are concise and include short, interactive clinical cases with diagnostic and treatment tips; highlights of new clinical guidelines that can be quickly translated into practice; and commentary on best practices from key opinion leaders.
Some recent samples from our comprehensive Diabetes Topic Center:
-- Type 2 Diabetes and America's Obesogenic Mess
-- Diabetes, Hypertension, Hyperlipidemia: Control Them All
-- Intensive Insulin Therapy in Newly Diagnosed Diabetes: Case Study
-- The 2012 ADA/EASD Clinical Guidelines: Winners and Losers
-- Glycemic Control and Weight Loss: New Drug Supports Both
About UBM Medica US
Addressing today' s healthcare information needs, UBM Medica US delivers strategic, integrated communications solutions and comprehensive reach--online, in print, and via custom programs. Improving the effectiveness of healthcare through information and education, UBM Medica US provides unbiased clinical, practical, and business information for physicians, providers, payers, and patients around the world. Through journals, magazines, websites, online communities, drug databases, digital events, and other valuable resources, UBM Medica US also delivers comprehensive communication solutions for the pharmaceutical and related industries. Websites include CancerNetwork.com, ConsultantLive.com, DiagnosticImaging.com, MusculoskeletalNetwork.com, OBGYN.net, PhysiciansPractice.com, PsychiatricTimes.com and SearchMedica.com. UBM Medica US is part of UBM Connect - which provides marketing services across a number of communities, the largest of which are healthcare, medical device design and advanced manufacturing. UBM Connect also includes UBM Studios, the global leader in interactive digital environments. UBM Connect is a UBM plc company. For more information, visit http://www.UBMMedicaUS.com
Media contact:
Jason J. Golden
Content Marketing Manager
203-523-7040
jason.golden@ubm.com
SOURCE UBM Medica US
UBM Medica US
Web Site: http://www.UBMMedicaUS.com
NORWALK, Conn., Sept. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- UBM Medica US announces that ConsultantLive.com offers special, in-depth coverage of evolving science, practical clinical strategies, and the newest medications to help primary care clinicians manage their patients with type 2 diabetes and related comorbidites.
What some call the "obesogenic" American lifestyle affects people of all ages and in increasing numbers. The associated high calorie, sedentary habits help fuel the multiple metabolic dysfunctions that lead to diabetes and dangerous associated illnesses including hypertension and hyperlipidemia.
ConsultantLive distills the vast amount of new information available on optimal diabetes management for the busy office-based physician. Formats are concise and include short, interactive clinical cases with diagnostic and treatment tips; highlights of new clinical guidelines that can be quickly translated into practice; and commentary on best practices from key opinion leaders.
Some recent samples from our comprehensive Diabetes Topic Center:
-- Type 2 Diabetes and America's Obesogenic Mess
-- Diabetes, Hypertension, Hyperlipidemia: Control Them All
-- Intensive Insulin Therapy in Newly Diagnosed Diabetes: Case Study
-- The 2012 ADA/EASD Clinical Guidelines: Winners and Losers
-- Glycemic Control and Weight Loss: New Drug Supports Both
About UBM Medica US
Addressing today' s healthcare information needs, UBM Medica US delivers strategic, integrated communications solutions and comprehensive reach--online, in print, and via custom programs. Improving the effectiveness of healthcare through information and education, UBM Medica US provides unbiased clinical, practical, and business information for physicians, providers, payers, and patients around the world. Through journals, magazines, websites, online communities, drug databases, digital events, and other valuable resources, UBM Medica US also delivers comprehensive communication solutions for the pharmaceutical and related industries. Websites include CancerNetwork.com, ConsultantLive.com, DiagnosticImaging.com, MusculoskeletalNetwork.com, OBGYN.net, PhysiciansPractice.com, PsychiatricTimes.com and SearchMedica.com. UBM Medica US is part of UBM Connect - which provides marketing services across a number of communities, the largest of which are healthcare, medical device design and advanced manufacturing. UBM Connect also includes UBM Studios, the global leader in interactive digital environments. UBM Connect is a UBM plc company. For more information, visit http://www.UBMMedicaUS.com
Media contact:
Jason J. Golden
Content Marketing Manager
203-523-7040
jason.golden@ubm.com
SOURCE UBM Medica US
UBM Medica US
Web Site: http://www.UBMMedicaUS.com
Zenith Infotech Announces "Accelerate: Take the Fast Track to the Cloud!"
Poster: SySAdmin
Posted on September 13, 2012 at 9:21:01 AM
Zenith Infotech Announces "Accelerate: Take the Fast Track to the Cloud!"
Education and New Products to Be Offered at Events
PITTSBURGH, Sept. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Zenith Infotech's new series of fall events, "Accelerate: Take the Fast Track to the Cloud!"combines the latest in education and new product information. Zenith has developed an amazing presentation incorporating the most salient points from CompTIA's Cloud Quick Start Session as well as material on its new cloud computing solution, TigerCloud. Managers and owners of information technology solution providers are invited to attend.
(Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20090519/LA19770LOGO)
Attendees will receive the CompTIA Quick Start Guide to Cloud Computing, a practical guide for solution providers on building a successful cloud computing business plan. This material offers background on cloud computing, along with actionable steps for successful implementation. Attendees will also learn about TigerCloud, a revolutionary new cloud solution that makes the power of the cloud accessible to small and medium-sized businesses.
"We are proud to announce the launch of TigerCloud, a private cloud computing solution, using Intel® Xeon® E3 processors. This solution will help organizations build their own private clouds at costs far lower than public clouds. TigerCloud is an all-in-one product, combining private cloud, business continuity and backup and scalable iSCSI storage," says Akash Saraf, CEO of Zenith Infotech.
In a recent press release, Debjani Ghosh, Managing Director of Intel, South Asia, said, "SMBs with limited resources that would like access to the cloud in order to stay productive and agile will benefit from TigerCloud based on Intel® Xeon® E3 processors."
Details about the "Accelerate: Take the Fast Track to the Cloud!"events can be found at: http://www.zenithinfotech.com/accelerate
About Zenith Infotech
Zenith Infotech is a leading, international provider of business continuity and cloud computing solutions. Zenith Infotech partners with IT service providers worldwide to help them grow their business using technological innovation, cost effective solutions, and ongoing technical and sales training, along with marketing support. For more information, visit http://www.zenithinfotech.com or follow Zenith at http://www.facebook.com/ZenithInfotechUSA and http://www.twitter.com/ZenithUSA.
About CompTIA
CompTIA is the voice of the world's information technology (IT) industry. Its members are the companies at the forefront of innovation and the professionals responsible for maximizing the benefits that organizations receive from their investments in technology. For more information, visit http://www.comptia.org or follow CompTIA at http://www.facebook.com/CompTIA and http://www.twitter.com/comptia.
SOURCE Zenith Infotech
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Zenith Infotech
CONTACT: Marian Luisi, Events Manager, Zenith Infotech Ltd, +1-724-935-4126, marian.luisi@zenithinfotech.com
Web Site: http://www.zenithinfotech.com
Education and New Products to Be Offered at Events
PITTSBURGH, Sept. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Zenith Infotech's new series of fall events, "Accelerate: Take the Fast Track to the Cloud!"combines the latest in education and new product information. Zenith has developed an amazing presentation incorporating the most salient points from CompTIA's Cloud Quick Start Session as well as material on its new cloud computing solution, TigerCloud. Managers and owners of information technology solution providers are invited to attend.
(Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20090519/LA19770LOGO)
Attendees will receive the CompTIA Quick Start Guide to Cloud Computing, a practical guide for solution providers on building a successful cloud computing business plan. This material offers background on cloud computing, along with actionable steps for successful implementation. Attendees will also learn about TigerCloud, a revolutionary new cloud solution that makes the power of the cloud accessible to small and medium-sized businesses.
"We are proud to announce the launch of TigerCloud, a private cloud computing solution, using Intel® Xeon® E3 processors. This solution will help organizations build their own private clouds at costs far lower than public clouds. TigerCloud is an all-in-one product, combining private cloud, business continuity and backup and scalable iSCSI storage," says Akash Saraf, CEO of Zenith Infotech.
In a recent press release, Debjani Ghosh, Managing Director of Intel, South Asia, said, "SMBs with limited resources that would like access to the cloud in order to stay productive and agile will benefit from TigerCloud based on Intel® Xeon® E3 processors."
Details about the "Accelerate: Take the Fast Track to the Cloud!"events can be found at: http://www.zenithinfotech.com/accelerate
About Zenith Infotech
Zenith Infotech is a leading, international provider of business continuity and cloud computing solutions. Zenith Infotech partners with IT service providers worldwide to help them grow their business using technological innovation, cost effective solutions, and ongoing technical and sales training, along with marketing support. For more information, visit http://www.zenithinfotech.com or follow Zenith at http://www.facebook.com/ZenithInfotechUSA and http://www.twitter.com/ZenithUSA.
About CompTIA
CompTIA is the voice of the world's information technology (IT) industry. Its members are the companies at the forefront of innovation and the professionals responsible for maximizing the benefits that organizations receive from their investments in technology. For more information, visit http://www.comptia.org or follow CompTIA at http://www.facebook.com/CompTIA and http://www.twitter.com/comptia.
SOURCE Zenith Infotech
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Zenith Infotech
CONTACT: Marian Luisi, Events Manager, Zenith Infotech Ltd, +1-724-935-4126, marian.luisi@zenithinfotech.com
Web Site: http://www.zenithinfotech.com
New Marware iPhone 5 Cases Marry Form and Function for the Ultimate in Style and Security
Poster: SySAdmin
Posted on September 13, 2012 at 9:07:01 AM
New Marware iPhone 5 Cases Marry Form and Function for the Ultimate in Style and Security
Beyond Just Protection, Marware's Latest Designs Add Performance and Style to Apple's Much-Anticipated New iPhone 5
HOLLYWOOD, Fla., Sept. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Marware®, renowned designer of innovative accessories that enhance the performance of mobile devices, announced today its new lineup of innovative iPhone 5 cases, shells and accessories. In true Marware fashion, the new products blend style, functionality and protection to enhance the performance and usability of Apple's new iPhone 5.
The new products are available now for pre-order at http://www.Marware.com and include the SportShell Convertible, rEVOLUTION, Stash, MicroShell, C.E.O. Prestige Plus, FlipVue and Zoey. All Marware iPhone 5 cases come with a free screen protector to guard against scratches and fingerprints, plus a microfiber cleaning cloth.
"With its expanded screen, smaller dock connector and new look, the iPhone 5 delivers on Apple's legendary reputation for exceptionally sleek design and futuristic style," said Marware Director of Marketing Ronnie Khadaran. "Playing off this iconic form and function, Marware products are more than just cases--they actually help you get more out of your device by enhancing its performance, while protecting it from the rigorous demands of an on-the-go lifestyle, wherever life takes you."
Available now for pre-order, Marware's new iPhone 5 lineup includes:
-- Marware's signature SportShell Convertible ($49.99 USD MSRP), featuring
a patented four-in-one design that transforms into a shell case, belt
clip, stand or armband for the ultimate in versatility, functionality
and protection. Available in multiple colors for the first time, this
new generation of Marware's wildly popular iPhone case provides even
more protection, with an inner TPU layer for shock-absorption and
push-through button coverage. The SportShell Convertible includes a
comfortable armband for exercising with color accents that match the
case. The belt clip rotates 360 degrees and locks to stand your iPhone
in multiple hands-free viewing angles. The flat shell measures 1mm thin
and is a simple lightweight solution.
-- The customizable rEVOLUTION ($34.99 USD MSRP), featuring a
patent-pending three-piece design that mimics the look of the new
iPhone. Offering complete protection for all ports and buttons, the
rEVOLUTION is completely interchangeable with top, bottom and center
pieces in a range of colors and textures to suit your unique style. The
rEVOLUTION is currently available in four styles, with more options
coming soon.
-- The Stash ($34.99 USD MSRP), an innovative wallet case that holds up to
two cards (ID or credit/debit) and functions as a stand, simply by
sliding one of those cards into the built-in slot in either portrait or
landscape mode. Its patent-pending design is also compatible with all
rEVOLUTION interchangeable pieces for a customized look.
-- The lightweight, impact-resistant MicroShell ($24.99 USD MSRP), an
ultra-thin plastic shell case that wraps your device in a sleek metallic
finish or trendy, eye-catching pattern design for the perfect
combination of fun and stylish protection that won't weigh you down.
-- The C.E.O. Prestige Plus ($39.99 USD MSRP), a genuine leather hip case
with a sleek executive style. A rear belt clip and integrated business
card slot keep you looking sharp while staying organized. The microfiber
interior and soft magnet lid closure hug your device in the
sophisticated look of a black leather exterior with elegant red accent
stitching. A free clear MicroShell is included as well for added
protection.
-- The genuine leather FlipVue ($34.99 USD MSRP), with a convenient
downward flip cover that makes it easier to answer and talk on the phone
without an annoying flip-up cover getting in the way. A built-in belt
clip and interior business card slot also make the FlipVue a handy
organizer.
-- Zoey ($49.99 USD MSRP), the casual yet fashionable convertible
clutch/wristlet/shoulder mini-purse perfect for the girl on the go.
Featuring two zipper compartments to stash other necessities, Zoey is
the ultimate grab-and-go accessory that keeps your iPhone, ID,
credit/debit card and cash handy without the bulk of a full-size purse.
The detachable strap makes it fast and easy to go from one look to
another to suit your style or mood. Zoey comes in the distinctive Luxor
and Onyx styles, both with a free matching MicroShell case.
Marware also offers a 3-pack of Anti-Scratch Screen Protectors precision cut for a perfect fit with the new iPhone 5, including microfiber cleaning cloth and applicator card.
Dress up your new iPhone 5 in the perfect combination of protection, functionality and style with Marware's new iPhone 5 cases and accessories. To see the complete lineup, visit http://www.marware.com/iphone-5-cases.
About Marware
Marware, Inc. is an independently owned, U.S. based corporation that designs and manufactures innovative mobile device accessories that enhance the user experience. Deeply rooted in the South Florida culture, Marware captures inspiration from the community's refined, idyllic lifestyle. Founded in 1993, Marware has evolved along with the industry to meet the demands of the mobile community with products that provide the perfect balance of style and functionality, thus enhancing the lifestyle of our customers. Leading a wave of responsibility, we've remained committed to national charities, community development and academic programs including our own Marware Montessori Academy for children. We are also one of the leaders in environmentally-safe manufacturing procedures, resulting in our line of eco-friendly accessories. Marware embraces and drives change in the industry through continuous improvement in everything we do. For more information, visit http://www.Marware.com.
For more information call 954.927.6031, fax 954.927.2477 or write to Marware, Inc., 2402 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood, FL 33020 USA. ©Copyright 2012 Marware, Inc. All rights reserved. Apple and the Apple logo are registered trademarks of Apple Computer in the U.S. and/or other countries. All other brands and product names may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.
SOURCE Marware, Inc.
Marware, Inc.
CONTACT: Molly Antos Morey, SS|PR, +1-847-415-9327, mantos@sspr.com
Web Site: http://www.Marware.com
Beyond Just Protection, Marware's Latest Designs Add Performance and Style to Apple's Much-Anticipated New iPhone 5
HOLLYWOOD, Fla., Sept. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Marware®, renowned designer of innovative accessories that enhance the performance of mobile devices, announced today its new lineup of innovative iPhone 5 cases, shells and accessories. In true Marware fashion, the new products blend style, functionality and protection to enhance the performance and usability of Apple's new iPhone 5.
The new products are available now for pre-order at http://www.Marware.com and include the SportShell Convertible, rEVOLUTION, Stash, MicroShell, C.E.O. Prestige Plus, FlipVue and Zoey. All Marware iPhone 5 cases come with a free screen protector to guard against scratches and fingerprints, plus a microfiber cleaning cloth.
"With its expanded screen, smaller dock connector and new look, the iPhone 5 delivers on Apple's legendary reputation for exceptionally sleek design and futuristic style," said Marware Director of Marketing Ronnie Khadaran. "Playing off this iconic form and function, Marware products are more than just cases--they actually help you get more out of your device by enhancing its performance, while protecting it from the rigorous demands of an on-the-go lifestyle, wherever life takes you."
Available now for pre-order, Marware's new iPhone 5 lineup includes:
-- Marware's signature SportShell Convertible ($49.99 USD MSRP), featuring
a patented four-in-one design that transforms into a shell case, belt
clip, stand or armband for the ultimate in versatility, functionality
and protection. Available in multiple colors for the first time, this
new generation of Marware's wildly popular iPhone case provides even
more protection, with an inner TPU layer for shock-absorption and
push-through button coverage. The SportShell Convertible includes a
comfortable armband for exercising with color accents that match the
case. The belt clip rotates 360 degrees and locks to stand your iPhone
in multiple hands-free viewing angles. The flat shell measures 1mm thin
and is a simple lightweight solution.
-- The customizable rEVOLUTION ($34.99 USD MSRP), featuring a
patent-pending three-piece design that mimics the look of the new
iPhone. Offering complete protection for all ports and buttons, the
rEVOLUTION is completely interchangeable with top, bottom and center
pieces in a range of colors and textures to suit your unique style. The
rEVOLUTION is currently available in four styles, with more options
coming soon.
-- The Stash ($34.99 USD MSRP), an innovative wallet case that holds up to
two cards (ID or credit/debit) and functions as a stand, simply by
sliding one of those cards into the built-in slot in either portrait or
landscape mode. Its patent-pending design is also compatible with all
rEVOLUTION interchangeable pieces for a customized look.
-- The lightweight, impact-resistant MicroShell ($24.99 USD MSRP), an
ultra-thin plastic shell case that wraps your device in a sleek metallic
finish or trendy, eye-catching pattern design for the perfect
combination of fun and stylish protection that won't weigh you down.
-- The C.E.O. Prestige Plus ($39.99 USD MSRP), a genuine leather hip case
with a sleek executive style. A rear belt clip and integrated business
card slot keep you looking sharp while staying organized. The microfiber
interior and soft magnet lid closure hug your device in the
sophisticated look of a black leather exterior with elegant red accent
stitching. A free clear MicroShell is included as well for added
protection.
-- The genuine leather FlipVue ($34.99 USD MSRP), with a convenient
downward flip cover that makes it easier to answer and talk on the phone
without an annoying flip-up cover getting in the way. A built-in belt
clip and interior business card slot also make the FlipVue a handy
organizer.
-- Zoey ($49.99 USD MSRP), the casual yet fashionable convertible
clutch/wristlet/shoulder mini-purse perfect for the girl on the go.
Featuring two zipper compartments to stash other necessities, Zoey is
the ultimate grab-and-go accessory that keeps your iPhone, ID,
credit/debit card and cash handy without the bulk of a full-size purse.
The detachable strap makes it fast and easy to go from one look to
another to suit your style or mood. Zoey comes in the distinctive Luxor
and Onyx styles, both with a free matching MicroShell case.
Marware also offers a 3-pack of Anti-Scratch Screen Protectors precision cut for a perfect fit with the new iPhone 5, including microfiber cleaning cloth and applicator card.
Dress up your new iPhone 5 in the perfect combination of protection, functionality and style with Marware's new iPhone 5 cases and accessories. To see the complete lineup, visit http://www.marware.com/iphone-5-cases.
About Marware
Marware, Inc. is an independently owned, U.S. based corporation that designs and manufactures innovative mobile device accessories that enhance the user experience. Deeply rooted in the South Florida culture, Marware captures inspiration from the community's refined, idyllic lifestyle. Founded in 1993, Marware has evolved along with the industry to meet the demands of the mobile community with products that provide the perfect balance of style and functionality, thus enhancing the lifestyle of our customers. Leading a wave of responsibility, we've remained committed to national charities, community development and academic programs including our own Marware Montessori Academy for children. We are also one of the leaders in environmentally-safe manufacturing procedures, resulting in our line of eco-friendly accessories. Marware embraces and drives change in the industry through continuous improvement in everything we do. For more information, visit http://www.Marware.com.
For more information call 954.927.6031, fax 954.927.2477 or write to Marware, Inc., 2402 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood, FL 33020 USA. ©Copyright 2012 Marware, Inc. All rights reserved. Apple and the Apple logo are registered trademarks of Apple Computer in the U.S. and/or other countries. All other brands and product names may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.
SOURCE Marware, Inc.
Marware, Inc.
CONTACT: Molly Antos Morey, SS|PR, +1-847-415-9327, mantos@sspr.com
Web Site: http://www.Marware.com
MegaPath Enables Mercy Housing Inc. to Cut Voice & Data Service Costs by 50 Percent
Poster: SySAdmin
Posted on September 13, 2012 at 8:35:02 AM
MegaPath Enables Mercy Housing Inc. to Cut Voice & Data Service Costs by 50 Percent
National Affordable Housing Organization Uses Savings to Better Serve More than 141,000 Low Income Families, Seniors and People with Special Needs
PLEASANTON, Calif., Sept. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- MegaPath Corporation, one of the leading providers of managed data, voice, security and hosted IT services in North America,announced today that Mercy Housing Inc. has selected MegaPath's data and voice services to greater serve its mission to improve the lives of low income communities across the United States.
Through MegaPath's partnership with Global Communications Group (GCG), a leading provider of business telecommunications and networking solutions, Mercy Housing has implemented high quality data and Hosted VoIP solutions in more than 30 office locations, including San Francisco, Sacramento, Atlanta, Denver and Chicago.
"Within one week of our 30-day pilot program with MegaPath we concluded that we found a superior communications solution with advanced features, remote management capabilities and cost savings," said Jeff Truax, Vice President of Information Technology, Mercy Housing Inc. "We have more than 300 locations across the United States and our telecom expenses add up quickly. However, in our Sacramento office alone, by using MegaPath we are seeing more than 50 percent cost savings while doubling bandwidth and increasing overall functionality."
With MegaPath's Hosted Voice, companies can realize lower startup costs and monthly savings because there is no PBX equipment to buy or lease. There are also no maintenance contracts or fees for account changes -- all that is needed are IP phones and a voice gateway connected to a modem or router.
"Our staff raves about the flexibility of MegaPath's Hosted Voice solution, which provides remote features that help them stay connected when they're away from their office helping others," said Truax. "From Find Me/Follow Me to Visual Voicemail, the new MegaPath solution is light years ahead of where we were just a few short months ago. I'm confident in saying that we have found a true partnership with MegaPath -- one that can help us be more efficient so we can help others."
"Organizations like Mercy Housing provide inspiring and critical community services to those in need," said Dan Foster, President of Business Markets, MegaPath. "We are pleased to offer our high-quality communications services that immediately helped to reduce its costs and increase productivity."
To learn more about MegaPath's Hosted Voice solutions visit: http://www.megapath.com/voice/hosted/.
About Mercy Housing
Mercy Housing, a national not-for-profit affordable housing organization headquartered in Denver, has a presence in 43 states, serves more than 141,000 people on any given day and has participated in the development, financing or operation of more than 41,700 homes. Mercy Housing serves families, seniors and people with special needs (formerly homeless, people with HIV/AIDS and the developmentally disabled). For more information about Mercy Housing, please visit http://www.mercyhousing.org.
About MegaPath
MegaPath Corporation operates one of the largest end-to-end communications networks in the country, providing both commercial and wholesale services. The company provides a full range of data, voice, security and hosted IT services for small, medium and enterprise businesses nationwide, as well as wholesale solutions to the carrier and service-provider markets. MegaPath helps businesses easily and securely communicate between their headquarters, employees and business partners to lower costs, increase security and enhance employee productivity. To learn more about MegaPath's managed IP data, voice and security services, please visit http://www.megapath.com.
Media Contact:
Tony Welz
Welz & Weisel Communications
703-877-8101
tony@w2comm.com
SOURCE MegaPath Corporation
MegaPath Corporation
Web Site: http://www.megapath.com
National Affordable Housing Organization Uses Savings to Better Serve More than 141,000 Low Income Families, Seniors and People with Special Needs
PLEASANTON, Calif., Sept. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- MegaPath Corporation, one of the leading providers of managed data, voice, security and hosted IT services in North America,announced today that Mercy Housing Inc. has selected MegaPath's data and voice services to greater serve its mission to improve the lives of low income communities across the United States.
Through MegaPath's partnership with Global Communications Group (GCG), a leading provider of business telecommunications and networking solutions, Mercy Housing has implemented high quality data and Hosted VoIP solutions in more than 30 office locations, including San Francisco, Sacramento, Atlanta, Denver and Chicago.
"Within one week of our 30-day pilot program with MegaPath we concluded that we found a superior communications solution with advanced features, remote management capabilities and cost savings," said Jeff Truax, Vice President of Information Technology, Mercy Housing Inc. "We have more than 300 locations across the United States and our telecom expenses add up quickly. However, in our Sacramento office alone, by using MegaPath we are seeing more than 50 percent cost savings while doubling bandwidth and increasing overall functionality."
With MegaPath's Hosted Voice, companies can realize lower startup costs and monthly savings because there is no PBX equipment to buy or lease. There are also no maintenance contracts or fees for account changes -- all that is needed are IP phones and a voice gateway connected to a modem or router.
"Our staff raves about the flexibility of MegaPath's Hosted Voice solution, which provides remote features that help them stay connected when they're away from their office helping others," said Truax. "From Find Me/Follow Me to Visual Voicemail, the new MegaPath solution is light years ahead of where we were just a few short months ago. I'm confident in saying that we have found a true partnership with MegaPath -- one that can help us be more efficient so we can help others."
"Organizations like Mercy Housing provide inspiring and critical community services to those in need," said Dan Foster, President of Business Markets, MegaPath. "We are pleased to offer our high-quality communications services that immediately helped to reduce its costs and increase productivity."
To learn more about MegaPath's Hosted Voice solutions visit: http://www.megapath.com/voice/hosted/.
About Mercy Housing
Mercy Housing, a national not-for-profit affordable housing organization headquartered in Denver, has a presence in 43 states, serves more than 141,000 people on any given day and has participated in the development, financing or operation of more than 41,700 homes. Mercy Housing serves families, seniors and people with special needs (formerly homeless, people with HIV/AIDS and the developmentally disabled). For more information about Mercy Housing, please visit http://www.mercyhousing.org.
About MegaPath
MegaPath Corporation operates one of the largest end-to-end communications networks in the country, providing both commercial and wholesale services. The company provides a full range of data, voice, security and hosted IT services for small, medium and enterprise businesses nationwide, as well as wholesale solutions to the carrier and service-provider markets. MegaPath helps businesses easily and securely communicate between their headquarters, employees and business partners to lower costs, increase security and enhance employee productivity. To learn more about MegaPath's managed IP data, voice and security services, please visit http://www.megapath.com.
Media Contact:
Tony Welz
Welz & Weisel Communications
703-877-8101
tony@w2comm.com
SOURCE MegaPath Corporation
MegaPath Corporation
Web Site: http://www.megapath.com
Agharta Studio releases 'Shufflepuck Cantina' to the iOS App Store
Poster: SySAdmin
Posted on September 13, 2012 at 8:28:01 AM
Agharta Studio releases 'Shufflepuck Cantina' to the iOS App Store
LYON, France, September 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --
Today, Agharta Studio announced the release of 'Shufflepuck Cantina' to the App Store.
'Shufflepuck Cantina' is a FREE arcade game developed by the creators of the award
winning 1112 adventure game series.
'Shufflepuck Cantina' is available worldwide and compatible with Apple iPhone(R), iPod
touch(R) and iPad(R).
'Shufflepuck Cantina' quickly absorbs you into frantic and spectacular air hockey
matches!
Plunge into the Athanor's universe. Explore its gorgeous 3D floors to face epic
opponents in duel, betting and survival mode. Collect tons of equipment. Embody your
opponents to take advantage of their powers. Master and unleash a fury of special strikes.
Complete missions to level up and earn Credz, Tokens and Score. Relax and take your
chances at the prize machine.
Show your friends who is the best in Game Center Leaderboards!
'Shufflepuck Cantina' is one of the most beautiful games in the App Store, optimized
for the Retina display and running at 60fps with no loading times thanks to Agharta
Studio's all-new in-house 3D engine.
Key features:
1) Hundreds of hours of addictive gameplay
2) Sublime 3D environments optimized for the Retina display
3) 9 colorful opponents with their own individuality
4) Opponents embodiments to take advantage of their powers
5) 9 special strikes to master
6) More than 40 gadgets and equipment to collect
7) Win numerous lots via the prize machine
8) Super precise and responsive gameplay
9) Over 250 missions to play
10) 51 achievements to unlock for the Game Center
'Shufflepuck Cantina' is now available for FREE on the iOS App Store at:
http://itunes.apple.com/app/id553470733
Gameplay Trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIiKzdQM8yY&hd=1
Screenshots and additional assets:
http://press.aghartastudio.com/AghartaStudio-ShufflepuckCantina-PressKit.zip
About Agharta Studio
Agharta Studio is a small independent developer founded in 2008, making its App Store
debut with the first iPhone adventure game series, "1112". Agharta Studio diversified its
catalog with "Rogue Planet" an epic turn-based strategy game published by Gameloft.
Stunning visuals, immersive storyline, and powerful in-house technology are Agharta
Studio's key strengths.
Website: http://www.aghartastudio.com
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Agharta-studio/116286425079692
Twitter: http://twitter.com/aghartastudio
Contact
Email: press@aghartastudio.com [aurelien.kerbeci@aghartastudio.com ]
Agharta Studio
CONTACT: +33-(0)6-08-09-57-34
LYON, France, September 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --
Today, Agharta Studio announced the release of 'Shufflepuck Cantina' to the App Store.
'Shufflepuck Cantina' is a FREE arcade game developed by the creators of the award
winning 1112 adventure game series.
'Shufflepuck Cantina' is available worldwide and compatible with Apple iPhone(R), iPod
touch(R) and iPad(R).
'Shufflepuck Cantina' quickly absorbs you into frantic and spectacular air hockey
matches!
Plunge into the Athanor's universe. Explore its gorgeous 3D floors to face epic
opponents in duel, betting and survival mode. Collect tons of equipment. Embody your
opponents to take advantage of their powers. Master and unleash a fury of special strikes.
Complete missions to level up and earn Credz, Tokens and Score. Relax and take your
chances at the prize machine.
Show your friends who is the best in Game Center Leaderboards!
'Shufflepuck Cantina' is one of the most beautiful games in the App Store, optimized
for the Retina display and running at 60fps with no loading times thanks to Agharta
Studio's all-new in-house 3D engine.
Key features:
1) Hundreds of hours of addictive gameplay
2) Sublime 3D environments optimized for the Retina display
3) 9 colorful opponents with their own individuality
4) Opponents embodiments to take advantage of their powers
5) 9 special strikes to master
6) More than 40 gadgets and equipment to collect
7) Win numerous lots via the prize machine
8) Super precise and responsive gameplay
9) Over 250 missions to play
10) 51 achievements to unlock for the Game Center
'Shufflepuck Cantina' is now available for FREE on the iOS App Store at:
http://itunes.apple.com/app/id553470733
Gameplay Trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIiKzdQM8yY&hd=1
Screenshots and additional assets:
http://press.aghartastudio.com/AghartaStudio-ShufflepuckCantina-PressKit.zip
About Agharta Studio
Agharta Studio is a small independent developer founded in 2008, making its App Store
debut with the first iPhone adventure game series, "1112". Agharta Studio diversified its
catalog with "Rogue Planet" an epic turn-based strategy game published by Gameloft.
Stunning visuals, immersive storyline, and powerful in-house technology are Agharta
Studio's key strengths.
Website: http://www.aghartastudio.com
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Agharta-studio/116286425079692
Twitter: http://twitter.com/aghartastudio
Contact
Email: press@aghartastudio.com [aurelien.kerbeci@aghartastudio.com ]
Agharta Studio
CONTACT: +33-(0)6-08-09-57-34
AdRoll Announces Positive Early Results For Customers and Expands Access to Facebook Exchange
Poster: SySAdmin
Posted on September 13, 2012 at 8:14:01 AM
AdRoll Announces Positive Early Results For Customers and Expands Access to Facebook Exchange
AdRoll's Sixty Beta Advertisers See Average ROI of 16x with Facebook Exchange
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- AdRoll, the retargeting platform, today announced that it will offer more brands access to Facebook® advertising inventory through real-time bidding on Facebook Exchange (FBX). Earlier this year, AdRoll was one of a select group of Preferred Marketing Developers (PMDs) offering support for FBX, enabling a small group of AdRoll customers to retarget Facebook's 955M+ monthly active users. Today, AdRoll will begin granting all customers access to Facebook's ad inventory, which accounts for nearly 28 percent of the available US display ad impressions, according to comScore.
(Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120711/SF38270LOGO)
AdRoll customers already have access to the most complete list of ad exchanges on the web. Facebook Exchange will give advertisers even greater reach and control, enabling them to build relevant, efficient and complete retargeting campaigns using their own first party data. By combining existing ad buys with real-time Facebook inventory, advertisers can now manage all campaigns through AdRoll's easy-to-use retargeting platform with no additional integration needed. Now any brand, regardless of size, will be able to benefit from AdRoll's investment in real-time bidding (RTB) technology, which allows for precise bidding decisions based on users' anonymous browsing behavior.
"Retargeting has quickly become the killer app of display advertising because it's incredibly measurable and provides great ROI. AdRoll's mission has been to build a retargeting platform that is not only powerful and effective, but also a delight to use and implement," said Adam Berke, president of AdRoll. "With FBX, we're excited to help all of our customers improve the reach and performance of their campaigns through Facebook's massive inventory supply."
As one of the earliest companies on Facebook Exchange, AdRoll was able to quickly utilize its real-time bidding technology to launch campaigns for 60 advertisers, including brands like Room & Board, HootSuite and GoPro. On average, FBX campaigns were launched within an hour from the time creative was received, and early data shows FBX advertisers saw an average ROI of 16x.
"At Room & Board, we're continually thinking about innovative ways to approach our business, including new and creative ways to reach our potential customers," said Jill Linville, communications director at Room & Board. "We're thrilled to partner with AdRoll as one of the first companies running ads on Facebook Exchange. Through AdRoll's easy-to-use platform, we were able to get our FBX campaign up and running incredibly fast."
"We're excited to be a part of Facebook Exchange, leveraging our own site data to engage with Facebook's 955M+ monthly active users," said Lee Topar, director of online marketing at GoPro. "AdRoll's responsive customer support team and innovative platform have made it easy for us to get up and running on FBX quickly, and for us to optimize, track and adjust campaign metrics, if necessary. We're currently running a number of promotional ad campaigns on FBX, and the initial results have been very positive."
AdRoll customers serving ads on Facebook Exchange will benefit greatly from LiquidAds, AdRoll's ad product which enables advertisers to easily create personalized display ads. Early data shows that frequent creative refreshes are essential to generating optimal click-through rates on FBX. AdRoll customers also benefit from transparent pricing, expert support, unparalleled ease-of-use and powerful analytics, which enable advertisers to measure the performance of Facebook campaign impressions, clicks, conversions and more.
Last month, AdRoll was named the fastest-growing private advertising company in the country by Inc. Magazine, on the 2012 Inc. 500 list. In order to support the company's massive growth trajectory,AdRoll recently secured $15 million in a funding round led by Foundation Capital. With the new funds, AdRoll will further invest in its real-time inventory reach including on Facebook Exchange. In addition to expanding product offerings, AdRoll will grow the team into a 24,000 square-foot downtown San Francisco headquarters and open new domestic and international offices.
Facebook® is a registered trademark of Facebook, Inc.
About AdRoll
AdRoll is the largest retargeting platform with over 5,000+ active advertisers in the US and around the world. With a 97% customer retention rate, our mission is to make powerful performance advertising techniques simple for businesses of all sizes. AdRoll's SaaS platform provides unmatched transparency, cross-platform reach across the largest display inventory sources, and innovative tools that personalize ad campaigns based on a visitor's shopping behavior. AdRoll's innovative and easy-to-use platform enables brands to collect, analyze and act on valuable site data, ensuring maximum return on their online advertising investment.
The company is backed by leading investors such as Foundation Capital, Accel Partners, Merus Capital, and Peter Thiel. For more information, please visit http://www.adroll.com.
Erin Lockhart
PR Manager, AdRoll
Erin.Lockhart@adroll.com
408.334.5463
SOURCE AdRoll
Photo:http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120711/SF38270LOGO
http://photoarchive.ap.org/
AdRoll
Web Site: http://www.adroll.com
AdRoll's Sixty Beta Advertisers See Average ROI of 16x with Facebook Exchange
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- AdRoll, the retargeting platform, today announced that it will offer more brands access to Facebook® advertising inventory through real-time bidding on Facebook Exchange (FBX). Earlier this year, AdRoll was one of a select group of Preferred Marketing Developers (PMDs) offering support for FBX, enabling a small group of AdRoll customers to retarget Facebook's 955M+ monthly active users. Today, AdRoll will begin granting all customers access to Facebook's ad inventory, which accounts for nearly 28 percent of the available US display ad impressions, according to comScore.
(Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120711/SF38270LOGO)
AdRoll customers already have access to the most complete list of ad exchanges on the web. Facebook Exchange will give advertisers even greater reach and control, enabling them to build relevant, efficient and complete retargeting campaigns using their own first party data. By combining existing ad buys with real-time Facebook inventory, advertisers can now manage all campaigns through AdRoll's easy-to-use retargeting platform with no additional integration needed. Now any brand, regardless of size, will be able to benefit from AdRoll's investment in real-time bidding (RTB) technology, which allows for precise bidding decisions based on users' anonymous browsing behavior.
"Retargeting has quickly become the killer app of display advertising because it's incredibly measurable and provides great ROI. AdRoll's mission has been to build a retargeting platform that is not only powerful and effective, but also a delight to use and implement," said Adam Berke, president of AdRoll. "With FBX, we're excited to help all of our customers improve the reach and performance of their campaigns through Facebook's massive inventory supply."
As one of the earliest companies on Facebook Exchange, AdRoll was able to quickly utilize its real-time bidding technology to launch campaigns for 60 advertisers, including brands like Room & Board, HootSuite and GoPro. On average, FBX campaigns were launched within an hour from the time creative was received, and early data shows FBX advertisers saw an average ROI of 16x.
"At Room & Board, we're continually thinking about innovative ways to approach our business, including new and creative ways to reach our potential customers," said Jill Linville, communications director at Room & Board. "We're thrilled to partner with AdRoll as one of the first companies running ads on Facebook Exchange. Through AdRoll's easy-to-use platform, we were able to get our FBX campaign up and running incredibly fast."
"We're excited to be a part of Facebook Exchange, leveraging our own site data to engage with Facebook's 955M+ monthly active users," said Lee Topar, director of online marketing at GoPro. "AdRoll's responsive customer support team and innovative platform have made it easy for us to get up and running on FBX quickly, and for us to optimize, track and adjust campaign metrics, if necessary. We're currently running a number of promotional ad campaigns on FBX, and the initial results have been very positive."
AdRoll customers serving ads on Facebook Exchange will benefit greatly from LiquidAds, AdRoll's ad product which enables advertisers to easily create personalized display ads. Early data shows that frequent creative refreshes are essential to generating optimal click-through rates on FBX. AdRoll customers also benefit from transparent pricing, expert support, unparalleled ease-of-use and powerful analytics, which enable advertisers to measure the performance of Facebook campaign impressions, clicks, conversions and more.
Last month, AdRoll was named the fastest-growing private advertising company in the country by Inc. Magazine, on the 2012 Inc. 500 list. In order to support the company's massive growth trajectory,AdRoll recently secured $15 million in a funding round led by Foundation Capital. With the new funds, AdRoll will further invest in its real-time inventory reach including on Facebook Exchange. In addition to expanding product offerings, AdRoll will grow the team into a 24,000 square-foot downtown San Francisco headquarters and open new domestic and international offices.
Facebook® is a registered trademark of Facebook, Inc.
About AdRoll
AdRoll is the largest retargeting platform with over 5,000+ active advertisers in the US and around the world. With a 97% customer retention rate, our mission is to make powerful performance advertising techniques simple for businesses of all sizes. AdRoll's SaaS platform provides unmatched transparency, cross-platform reach across the largest display inventory sources, and innovative tools that personalize ad campaigns based on a visitor's shopping behavior. AdRoll's innovative and easy-to-use platform enables brands to collect, analyze and act on valuable site data, ensuring maximum return on their online advertising investment.
The company is backed by leading investors such as Foundation Capital, Accel Partners, Merus Capital, and Peter Thiel. For more information, please visit http://www.adroll.com.
Erin Lockhart
PR Manager, AdRoll
Erin.Lockhart@adroll.com
408.334.5463
SOURCE AdRoll
Photo:http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120711/SF38270LOGO
http://photoarchive.ap.org/
AdRoll
Web Site: http://www.adroll.com
iTrinegy's AppQoS Now offers Network Profiling and SLA 'Response Time' Management
Poster: SySAdmin
Posted on September 13, 2012 at 8:14:01 AM
iTrinegy's AppQoS Now offers Network Profiling and SLA 'Response Time' Management
CAMBRIDGE, England and RENO Nevada, September 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --
Organisations making changes to their IT environment (be it virtualization,
consolidation, hosting, cloud moves, new app deployment etc.) will benefit from AppQoS's
Network Profiling capability which enables customers to profile metrics of application
response times, a vital KPI (Key Performance Indicator) in any SLA as well as allowing a
full assessment of network usage by the applications and users, prior to making any move
to a cloud based, or virtualized environment.
AppQoS [http://www.itrinegy.com/index.php/products/network-application-monitors/appqos
] now measures response times (network and application), profiles the network accurately
looking at the usage of the network by applications users, servers, video-conferencing,
VoIP etc. In this way organizations can fully understand exactly what network requirements
there are prior to any change and thus, exactly what will be needed to make it work in the
new environment.
Why is this important? Companies inevitably, for financial reasons or otherwise,
continue to make changes to their IT environment, doing everything from virtualization, to
data center consolidation through cloud, including "DIY cloud" (i.e. my own cloud) to
externally hosted cloud. But how can a company ensure the success of this without first
knowing what they are currently delivering both in terms of response times and network
usage?
Frank Puranik, Product Director advises "Response Time KPIs are a key "component"
within any SLA, but many companies have no idea what their current application response
times are. Without knowing current response times, prior to making changes, how can you be
certain you are getting the response times you want after the change?" Frank continues
"Even when there is no formal SLA document containing well defined response time and
availability there is an unspoken SLA and response time expectation. You know that the
unspoken SLA is broken when a user phones up and says the service is bad. So, no matter
whether you have a written or unspoken SLA, you need to understand your response times.
Knowing your own current usage prior to any move or changes should also be a no-brainer,
because at the end of the day your users will want their application performance to be at
least as good as it was, before any changes".
AppQoS is iTrinegy's award-winning application performance monitoring
[http://www.itrinegy.com/index.php/solutions/by-task/application-performance-monitoring ]
and management technology and has a unique architecture, making it incredibly scalable
with an ability to monitor and manage through alerting systems, informing when a service
threshold drops below an agreed Response time SLA, or when something starts to go wrong.
Real-time graphical reporting and visualization of key performance indicators provides
customers with a clear view of any monitored service status. Enterprises and Service and
Cloud Providers who need to manage application performance management (APM) across
multiple network segments will benefit greatly from its unique clustering capability, as
it delivers real-time, passive network full-stream monitoring, analysis, reporting and
health metrics for every network transaction over each monitored network segment,
providing a total aggregated end-to-end APM solution.
AppQoS delivers visibility of network traffic, networked application performance,
bandwidth contention and end-user experience and has unmatched deployment, operational
flexibility and scalability.
About iTrinegy
iTrinegy [http://www.itrinegy.com ] develops products that enable organizations to
address the whole Networked Application Performance Lifecycle(TM) from initial design &
development, through testing, QA, to production rollout and on-going performance
monitoring. Many leading organizations deploy iTrinegy technology including Alcatel,
Aviva, BlackRock, British Airways, BT, HP, General Dynamics, IBM, Lockheed Martin, Logica,
Raytheon, Thomson Reuters, Schlumberger, Starbucks, and Unisys. iTrinegy has offices in
the USA and UK together with a select network of specialist resellers.
For more information see: http://www.itrinegy.com.
For Press Contact:
Debra Wilkins, PR Manager,
debra.wilkins@itrinegy.com
Tel UK: +44(0)845-226-1900
Mob UK: +44(0)7769-6-77073
For US: +1-888-448-4366
iTrinegy
CAMBRIDGE, England and RENO Nevada, September 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --
Organisations making changes to their IT environment (be it virtualization,
consolidation, hosting, cloud moves, new app deployment etc.) will benefit from AppQoS's
Network Profiling capability which enables customers to profile metrics of application
response times, a vital KPI (Key Performance Indicator) in any SLA as well as allowing a
full assessment of network usage by the applications and users, prior to making any move
to a cloud based, or virtualized environment.
AppQoS [http://www.itrinegy.com/index.php/products/network-application-monitors/appqos
] now measures response times (network and application), profiles the network accurately
looking at the usage of the network by applications users, servers, video-conferencing,
VoIP etc. In this way organizations can fully understand exactly what network requirements
there are prior to any change and thus, exactly what will be needed to make it work in the
new environment.
Why is this important? Companies inevitably, for financial reasons or otherwise,
continue to make changes to their IT environment, doing everything from virtualization, to
data center consolidation through cloud, including "DIY cloud" (i.e. my own cloud) to
externally hosted cloud. But how can a company ensure the success of this without first
knowing what they are currently delivering both in terms of response times and network
usage?
Frank Puranik, Product Director advises "Response Time KPIs are a key "component"
within any SLA, but many companies have no idea what their current application response
times are. Without knowing current response times, prior to making changes, how can you be
certain you are getting the response times you want after the change?" Frank continues
"Even when there is no formal SLA document containing well defined response time and
availability there is an unspoken SLA and response time expectation. You know that the
unspoken SLA is broken when a user phones up and says the service is bad. So, no matter
whether you have a written or unspoken SLA, you need to understand your response times.
Knowing your own current usage prior to any move or changes should also be a no-brainer,
because at the end of the day your users will want their application performance to be at
least as good as it was, before any changes".
AppQoS is iTrinegy's award-winning application performance monitoring
[http://www.itrinegy.com/index.php/solutions/by-task/application-performance-monitoring ]
and management technology and has a unique architecture, making it incredibly scalable
with an ability to monitor and manage through alerting systems, informing when a service
threshold drops below an agreed Response time SLA, or when something starts to go wrong.
Real-time graphical reporting and visualization of key performance indicators provides
customers with a clear view of any monitored service status. Enterprises and Service and
Cloud Providers who need to manage application performance management (APM) across
multiple network segments will benefit greatly from its unique clustering capability, as
it delivers real-time, passive network full-stream monitoring, analysis, reporting and
health metrics for every network transaction over each monitored network segment,
providing a total aggregated end-to-end APM solution.
AppQoS delivers visibility of network traffic, networked application performance,
bandwidth contention and end-user experience and has unmatched deployment, operational
flexibility and scalability.
About iTrinegy
iTrinegy [http://www.itrinegy.com ] develops products that enable organizations to
address the whole Networked Application Performance Lifecycle(TM) from initial design &
development, through testing, QA, to production rollout and on-going performance
monitoring. Many leading organizations deploy iTrinegy technology including Alcatel,
Aviva, BlackRock, British Airways, BT, HP, General Dynamics, IBM, Lockheed Martin, Logica,
Raytheon, Thomson Reuters, Schlumberger, Starbucks, and Unisys. iTrinegy has offices in
the USA and UK together with a select network of specialist resellers.
For more information see: http://www.itrinegy.com.
For Press Contact:
Debra Wilkins, PR Manager,
debra.wilkins@itrinegy.com
Tel UK: +44(0)845-226-1900
Mob UK: +44(0)7769-6-77073
For US: +1-888-448-4366
iTrinegy
Prophet Deepens Digital Fluency with Acquisition of Material Group, Chicago Digital Firm
Poster: SySAdmin
Posted on September 13, 2012 at 8:14:01 AM
Prophet Deepens Digital Fluency with Acquisition of Material Group, Chicago Digital Firm
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Prophet today announced that it has acquired Material Group, a Chicago-based digital design and development studio, for an undisclosed sum.
Prophet is a strategic brand and marketing consultancy that helps its clients win by delivering inspired and actionable ideas.
The acquisition comes as Prophet is growing its digital fluency and expertise, not merely in terms of digital strategies in and of themselves, but as a broader lens to be applied to the big picture issues that clients face, according to Michael Dunn, Chief Executive Officer of Prophet.
He added: "The better our digital fluency, the better we can address howdigital can advance customer engagement and encourage shared storytelling; how it serves as a sales channel; and how to think about return on digital investments.
"The idea is to serve all of the marketer's customer and growth challenges. Our business and brand-driven approach empowers our clients to take on digital differently. By helping them stay ahead of the curve on digital, we increase their ability to win in today's fast-changing marketplace," he said.
Material Group was founded in 2010 by Phil Rampulla, a former Leo Burnett creative, and Mitch Lawin, an experienced digital and broadcast producer. The firm blends design, technology, and creative thinking to enable brands to interact with their audiences in new and relevant ways.
In the two years since its founding, Material Group has ramped up rapidly by creating social media initiatives, sites, mobile apps, and touch screen kiosks for such name clients as Samsung, McDonald's, SC Johnson, Starbucks, and Electronic Arts.
With the acquisition, Rampulla and Lawin will take on the titles of Creative Director and Executive Producer, respectively, at Prophet. Material's staff of 20 will be integrated into Prophet, as well.
Material Group's Rampulla noted: "This is a great opportunity for us to take what we do and expand it to new geographies and clients. We look forward to the opportunity to play an even more strategic and integral role in how clients engage their customers and build their brands."
This is Prophet's fourth acquisition in recent years as it continues to expand its global presence and enrich its capabilities. In July it acquired Atlanta-based brand, marketing, and innovation firm (r)evolution. In early 2011, it acquired the German management consultancy Noshokaty, Döring & Thun (NDT), based in Berlin; in 2009, it acquired Play, a leading creativity and innovation company based in Richmond, Va.
Media contact: Sally Saville Hodge, Hodge Media Strategies, 773-325-9282 or shodge@hodgemediastrategies.com.
SOURCE Prophet
Prophet
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Prophet today announced that it has acquired Material Group, a Chicago-based digital design and development studio, for an undisclosed sum.
Prophet is a strategic brand and marketing consultancy that helps its clients win by delivering inspired and actionable ideas.
The acquisition comes as Prophet is growing its digital fluency and expertise, not merely in terms of digital strategies in and of themselves, but as a broader lens to be applied to the big picture issues that clients face, according to Michael Dunn, Chief Executive Officer of Prophet.
He added: "The better our digital fluency, the better we can address howdigital can advance customer engagement and encourage shared storytelling; how it serves as a sales channel; and how to think about return on digital investments.
"The idea is to serve all of the marketer's customer and growth challenges. Our business and brand-driven approach empowers our clients to take on digital differently. By helping them stay ahead of the curve on digital, we increase their ability to win in today's fast-changing marketplace," he said.
Material Group was founded in 2010 by Phil Rampulla, a former Leo Burnett creative, and Mitch Lawin, an experienced digital and broadcast producer. The firm blends design, technology, and creative thinking to enable brands to interact with their audiences in new and relevant ways.
In the two years since its founding, Material Group has ramped up rapidly by creating social media initiatives, sites, mobile apps, and touch screen kiosks for such name clients as Samsung, McDonald's, SC Johnson, Starbucks, and Electronic Arts.
With the acquisition, Rampulla and Lawin will take on the titles of Creative Director and Executive Producer, respectively, at Prophet. Material's staff of 20 will be integrated into Prophet, as well.
Material Group's Rampulla noted: "This is a great opportunity for us to take what we do and expand it to new geographies and clients. We look forward to the opportunity to play an even more strategic and integral role in how clients engage their customers and build their brands."
This is Prophet's fourth acquisition in recent years as it continues to expand its global presence and enrich its capabilities. In July it acquired Atlanta-based brand, marketing, and innovation firm (r)evolution. In early 2011, it acquired the German management consultancy Noshokaty, Döring & Thun (NDT), based in Berlin; in 2009, it acquired Play, a leading creativity and innovation company based in Richmond, Va.
Media contact: Sally Saville Hodge, Hodge Media Strategies, 773-325-9282 or shodge@hodgemediastrategies.com.
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