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GBP200 'Reward Pack' with Laptop and PCs at Currys

LONDON, August 9, 2012/PRNewswire/ --

          Exclusive customer pack includes movie vouchers, Skype time and free data

                                         transfer

    Currys, the UK's leading electrical retailer, is rewarding all customers who purchase
a laptop or PC - including all Apple ranges - between the 2nd August and 12th September
with an exclusive reward pack worth GBP200.

    The mega-bundle includes a free data transfer voucher (worth GBP30), free 12-month
health-check voucher (worth GBP50), GBP10 Knowhow movie e-voucher, two months' free
subscription to The Times' digital newspaper, 40 songs with eMusic, three apps from the
Knowhow app centre, two hours of call time with Skype, and 42 digital magazines via Zinio.

    Customers must register at the Currys website for their reward pack by 12th October
(2012)*. Those making online laptop or PC purchases will receive an email within 14 days
of purchase highlighting the reward pack website address and a unique login code. Those
purchasing in-store will be given a coupon with their unique reference code.

    After its reward pack promotion has ended, Currys will give customers a redeemable
GBP50 voucher when they spend GBP200 in-store between 1st November and 14th November.
Currys will also offer customers GBP150 cashback on Ultrabooks when they trade in an old
laptop between 2nd and 24th October. Customers must claim their GBP150 cashback online by
8th November.

    Currys offers an extensive range of computing equipment to suit all needs - everything
from cheap laptops [http://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/computing/laptops-315-c.html ] to
high-performance personal computers
[http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/desktop-pc-monitors/desktop-pcs-706-c.html ] and powerful
gaming laptop [http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/laptops-netbooks/laptops-703-c.html ]s.

    * There is also no cash alternative available.

    Terms and conditions apply for each promotion.For further information please visit the
Currys website.

    About Currys and PC World:

    Currys and PC World are part of Dixons Retail plc. With over 1,200 stores and online
services spanning 28 countries, Dixons is widely acknowledged as one of Europe's leading
specialist electrical retailing groups. Dixons employs over 38,000 people and provides top
quality training to ensure their personnel can provide amazing customer service on
products ranging from televisions to ovens, and computers to washing machines and
dishwashers
[http://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/dishwashers/332_3123_30210_xx_xx/xx-criteria.html ].

Source: Dixons Retail plc

Dixons Retail Press Office at M&C Saatchi

Jonny Stanton / 020 7543 4528 / jonny.stanton@mcsaatchi.com

Charlotte Frost / 020 7544 3623 / charlotte.frost@mcsaatchi.com

Leigh-Anne Leonce / 0207 543 4741 / leigh-anne.leonce@mcsaatchi.com

Wondershare(TM) MobileGo Version 2 - The Most Complete and Elegant Android Mobile Device Management Solution Available

MobileGo V2 Lets Users Easily Transfer & Manage Content, Backup & Restore Contacts and Text Messages; Complete Management for Android Mobile Phones & Tablets

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Android mobile phone & tablet users worldwide rejoice!  Wondershare Software today announced the availability of MobileGo Version 2.0, a comprehensive Windows® and Mac® (PRO version only) solution for managing Android mobile devices; allowing users to simplify their mobile lives by having everything they need in one place.  Users upgrading from older Symbian-based handsets frequently find it challenging to transfer their contacts and other phone data to a new Android phone or tablet.  Also challenging is transferring video files & apps to an Android phone or tablet when using iTunes®.  With Wondershare's MobileGo, these challenges simply disappear... and it's FREE.

The MobileGo V2 mobile manager features a freshly re-designed iTunes-like interface and allows Android phone or tablet connection to a Windows PC or Mac via USB or Wi-Fi and allows users to easily:

    --  Transfer of contacts & content from Symbian-based phones to an Android
        device, even iOS devices, with just 1-click;
    --  Transfer of video files and apps directly to the device, bypassing
        iTunes' and Google Play completely;
    --  Complete backup & restore of contacts, call logs, text messages, music,
        video, and photos to/from Android devices to the computer;
    --  Total App & game management - Fast installation and removal of apps lets
        users bypass Google Play and iTunes for easier app management.  Love
        games?  MobileGo V2 maintains your game status in most apps and can even
        transfer apps to the computer and SD cards;
    --  Creates ringtones from music files, captures screen shots from Android
        devices, and more;
    --  Over 970 Android phone and tablet models are supported including the
        Samsung Galaxy S® III, Nexus 7, and Kindle Fire; All major Android OS
        releases supported from 2.1, including Ice Cream Sandwich and Jelly
        Bean;
    --  Fantastic user experience...significantly easier to use and does more
        than competitive products.
Want More Features? - Get MobileGo PRO

While MobileGo V2 is a FREE solution and offers some fantastic features, some users will always want more; enter MobileGo PRO.  In this extended version, users get significant additional features including:

    --  Fast & easy conversion of videos from just about any source to the
        correct format needed to playback correctly based on the Android device
        connected to the computer.  Even extracts audio from video files;
    --  Sync iTunes Playlists directly to Android devices, breaking down the
        traditional wall between iTunes and Android deices;
    --  Transfer Outlook, Outlook Express, or vCard contacts to Android devices.
"The explosion in popularity of Android devices has created demand for an easy to use utility for helping users 'move in' to their new Android devices and manage content," said Tobee Wu, CEO of Wondershare.  "MobileGo V2 provides the key elements needed for user to transfer all their contacts, apps, video & other content to Android devices, and then keep everything backed up thereafter."

Pricing and Availability

MobileGo V2 Windows is a FREE app and available for immediate download.  The extended features of MobileGo PRO are available for the Windows & Mac platforms for $39.95.  Learn more or download MobileGo at http://www.wondershare.com.

About Wondershare

Wondershare Software Co., Ltd., an IDG invested company, is an innovative software developer dedicated to delivering the very best in software products and services to the worldwide consumer and business market segments. Wondershare has branch offices in the United States, Germany and Japan. Wondershare has been honored as Deloitte Tech Fast 500 Asia Pacific and China 50 for three consecutive years, and Forbes Business Potential of China for two consecutive years. For more information about Wondershare and its products, please visit http://www.wondershare.com.

Wondershare is a registered trademark of Wondershare Software Co. Ltd. Other names may be trademarks of their respective owners.

SOURCE  Wondershare Software Co., Ltd.

Wondershare Software Co., Ltd.

CONTACT: Robert DeMoulin, DeMoulin & Company Public Relations, robert.demoulin@demoulinco.com, +1-925-699-5423

Web Site: http://www.wondershare.com

Offline Gaming is Enjoying a Renaissance in the UK, Says Belle Rock Entertainment

LONDON, August 9, 2012/PRNewswire/ --

         Thanks to online gaming, its offline counterpart is enjoying a resurgence in

                                          the UK

    Due to strict gambling laws, badly located casinos and betting shops, contrasted with
liberalised online play available to all adults anywhere, the last 10 years have not been
easy for offline gaming. However, the future of offline gaming now looks more promising
according to Belle Rock Entertainment [http://www.bellerockentertainment.com ]. The UK
gambling and gaming industry is enjoying a renaissance largely boosted, not hindered, by
online gaming.

    A new report in the US found online gambling actually complements offline gambling.
Online poker for example generally fuels demand for offline poker games such as
high-stakes games and long-play tournaments.

    In the UK, The Economist points out gross gambling yields at high-street betting shops
increased by 5% in 2011 as the number of shops increased slightly from 8,862 to 9,067.
This is in spite of the UK's recession.

    This growth is not from horse or dog betting, the forms of gambling traditionally
enjoyed in betting shops. Rather gamblers are betting on touch-screen fixed-odds casino
machines similar in game play to online casino games. The number of machines offering this
form of gaming doubled between 2006 and 2010 from 16,000 to 32,000, with yield increasing
by GBP1.3 billion in 2011 alone.

    Because these games are very similar to those played online, Belle Rock Entertainment
says it's not worried about losing business to offline gaming outlets. The company
believes it can actually benefit from the complementary nature of the two industries.

    A further boost came to the offline gambling and betting industry recently as the
latest report on gambling from the Commons Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee found
liberalising high-street gambling in the UK should be seriously considered. It outlined
the benefits of decentralising control of betting shops to local authorities whilst
allowing more than four high-stake gambling machines in each shop - each machine accepts
stakes of between GBP100 and GBP500.

    Online gambling providers should also get a boost from the research, which recommends
taxes on online gambling be reduced and laws updated to deal with the modern ways in which
people like to gamble - both on- and offline.

    About Belle Rock Entertainment

    Belle Rock Entertainment is well-established UK casino review site, providing in depth
online casino reviews about aspects such as casino bonuses and games available at each
casino.

Source: Belle Rock Entertainment

Steve Houston
+44(0)20 7928 4809
pr@bellerockentertainment.com

Improving Internet Recommender Systems

CHICAGO, Aug. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Customers find it hard to evaluate before purchase experience products because many of the attributes are yet to be experienced or significant information on non-quantifiable attributes is missing. Examples of such products are movies, music albums, e-books and automobiles.

In a new analysis appearing in the June 2012 issue of the American Marketing Association's Journal of Marketing Research Professors Jaihak Chung and Vithala R. Rao develop a general consumer preference model for experience products. The model overcomes the limitations of consumer choice models, especially, when it is not easy to consider some qualitative attributes of a product or too many attributes for online recommendation services.

They rely on the experience of those who purchased such products and rated them in developing a prediction for future customers of the products. Their three-step approach integrates the non-quantifiable information with consumer preference similarity via the concept of virtual experts. They first identify virtual experts by Bayesian clustering of consumers' preference data and then assign a virtual expert for each customer, using the similarity of the customer to the virtual experts and then model the utility of a product to the customer in terms of product attributes observable before purchase and the matched virtual expert's opinions.

The authors' approach is a combination of well-established collaborative filtering systems used in recommender engines developed in the information systems area and attribute-based choice models quite common in marketing research. It embeds automated word-of-mouth information, which is the primary fuel of the predictive power of collaborative filtering. It combines the standard random utility model with collaborative systems in a complementary way. With their approach, firms can take full advantage of customer databases for predictive improvement of future customer preferences.  Their model is flexible enough to use all different types of information, such as product attributes, consumer characteristics, and consumer preference similarity, that are available in e-retailers' customer databases.

According to the authors, "We apply our model to data on movie ratings for online movie recommendation and show that our approach yields superior fits than either the collaborative approach or the attribute-based choice models. The improvement is significant both statistically and managerially."

The primary take-away from this article is a firm's ability to utilize its vast customer data to improve the recommendations made to its customers to increase revenues.

About the American MarketingAssociation:

The American Marketing Association (AMA) is the professional association for individuals and organizations who are leading the practice, teaching, and development of marketing worldwide. Learn more at marketingpower.com.

Contact: Christopher Bartone - 312.542.9029 - cbartone@ama.org

SOURCE  American Marketing Association

American Marketing Association

Web Site: http://www.marketingpower.com

AWESTRUCK's custom built VH1 "Pop Up" Augmented Reality Experience premiering at Music Festivals across the US 2012

NEW YORK, Aug. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- VH1's beloved Emmy Award-nominated music video franchise "Pop Up Video" returns this summer to our screens. To celebrate the launch of the new season on Monday,August 6 at 12pm ET/PT on VH1, AWESTRUCK was approached to develop an engaging and entertaining real-life experience to tour music festivals for VH1.

For the first time ever, VH1 and AWESTRUCK Marketing Group brought the fun of Pop Up Videothrough anAugmented Reality Experienceto Lollapalooza 2012 by putting attendees in the spotlight as stars of their own videos.

Building off the success of Pop Up Augmented Reality Experience at Lollapalooza, VH1 will be traveling to the Summer MixTape Fest on Aug 17 and 18, 2012 to give attendees there the chance to experience it for themselves too. "The experience has been so successful and well received, we are very excited to be taking the event to a new crowd at MixTape. We are extremely happy with the results and development of the program. It really shows why AWESTRUCK makes a great partner for us at VH1," commented Stephanie Werner, VP VH1 Consumer Marketing Partnerships and Promotions.

"VH1 came to us to help them develop an experiential marketing program to re-launch their Pop Up Video franchise in a big way. Our thought was to offer consumers the opportunity to put themselves into a pop up environment and then to take it a step further by extending the pop up factoids everyone associates with Pop Up Video into mini-experiences to further engage consumers with these core elements, of the franchise," said Joel Arnold, Creative Director and VP, Creative & Client Strategy at AWESTRUCK Marketing Group. "The Pop Up Video Augmented Experience is unlike any other that we've seen to date."

AWESTRUCK custom designed an experience that employs customized tactics that drive consumer awareness and interaction as well as creating an impactful and innovative story to garner buzz with its loyal audience. The experience was designed usingdynamic Augmented Reality software and is a first in the USA.  Though other brands have undertaken smaller AR experiences, the VH1 program is the first that allows multiple consumers to engage in Augmented Reality in such a large scale and at a live event. While the technology for this event exists across multiple developers, the difference here is the vast capability of the APP and the activation of more than 100 Augmented Experiences within the program.

A HUGE Pop Up Video branded screen allows consumers to step into the world of Pop Up Video at the festivals this August. The giant branded digital video screen, with an integrated camera and software, catches the action in the footprint in real-time, broadcasting everything in the area live on screen. Consumers are handed 'markers' (a VH1 branded paddle fan for them to keep) that the Augmented Reality uses to identify where they are as they enter the space and interact with elements on the screen in front of them.

There are several different types of Augmented Reality experiences or POPS being used for this campaign - video and photography of the experience are available and can be requested from the contact below. The experiences include location and consumer based POPS, marker replacements, artist animation and video animations.

"The experience is totally multi-user and activates on a large format digital screen making any barriers non-existent, you just need to be there. All a user must do is walk into frame holding a marker.  Our App recognizes markers, tracks users, replaces markers and reacts to their movement's, which makes this experience the most dynamic multi-user augmented reality engagement created to date," added Arnold.

"We cannot thank VH1 and the Pop Up Video Team enough for taking risks and being truly willing to push the boundaries in experiential marketing with us at AWESTRUCK and for the organizers at Lollapalooza for letting us premier it at their festival," said Robin Potash, President of AWESTRUCK Marketing Group.

The Pop Up Video experience will be live at the Summer MixTape Fest on August 17-18 at the Hershey Park Stadium. Hersey PA. Summer MixTape Fest 2012, the major new music festival set to launch this summer, that will be celebrating the mainstream music scene from across the U.S. Featuring two stages over two days and presenting platinum-selling marquee acts, popular acts will include Kelly Clarkson, The Fray, LL Cool J, Carly Rae Jepsen, The Ready Set, New Kids on the Block and highlight the ONLY North American appearance of NKOTBSB in 2012.

About AWESTRUCK Marketing Group:

AWESTRUCK is a full service experiential agency that produces marketing solutions and events that drive measurable results for brands seeking true engagement with their target consumers. And because every experience is an opportunity to connect, they amplify their work via integrated social and digital media.  Based in New York and Los Angeles, they conduct world class operations there and everywhere in between. 

About VH1

VH1 connects viewers to the music, artists and pop culture that matter to them most with TV series, specials, live events, exclusive online content and public affairs initiatives. VH1 is available in 99 million households in the U.S. VH1 also has an array of digital channels and services including VH1Classic, VH1 Soul, VH1 Mobile, and extensive video on VH1.com.  VH1 is a unit of Viacom Inc. (NASDAQ: VIA, VIAB), one of the world's leading creators of programming and content across all media platforms.  For more information visit VH1.com, the VH1 Facebook page and @VH1 on Twitter.

Contact:
Christian Hodgkinson
Press Officer AWESTRUCK Marketing Group       
Christian@getawestruck.com
917-497-5714

SOURCE  AWESTRUCK

AWESTRUCK

Web Site: http://www.getawestruck.com

Customers Will Soon Have Access to Verizon Wireless 4G LTE Network In More Areas of North Dakota

Bismarck, Minot and Grand Forks are Latest Markets to Join Nation's Largest 4G LTE Network Covering Nearly 75 Percent of U.S. Population.

BISMARCK, N.D., Aug. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Verizon Wireless today announced it is bringing the nation's largest 4G Long Term Evolution (LTE) network to Bismarck-Mandan, Minot and Grand Forks, N.D. on Aug. 16.  With the 4G LTE network, customers can use 4G LTE wireless devices in more areas of North Dakota to locally surf the Web, stream music and video, quickly access over-the-air applications, and stay in touch with family and friends at speeds up to 10 times faster than before.

"Expanding North Dakota's wireless broadband service is important to our continued economic growth and our quality of life," Gov. Jack Dalrymple said. "Verizon's investment to enhance our wireless capabilities will make North Dakota an even more attractive place to live and work."

Verizon Wireless launched its first North Dakota market, Fargo, on Sept. 15, 2011, and on May 17 of this year added the 4G LTE network in Dickinson and Williston.  As of August 16, customers who visit or live in Bismarck-Mandan, Minot and Grand Forks will have access to the nation's fastest 4G network.

Currently, Verizon Wireless customers can choose from the largest selection of 4G LTE devices to experience the nation's fastest 4G network.  Devices include a variety of tablets, mobile hotspots, smartphones and more, including the Samsung Galaxy S(®) III and the DROID INCREDIBLE 4G LTE by HTC.  Details on available devices can be found at http://www.verizonwireless.com/4GLTE and information on plans and pricing is available at http://www.verizonwireless.com/plans.

Verizon Wireless also offers a variety of smart accessories that customers can use with their 4G LTE devices.  These accessories include the FitBit Ultra Wireless Activity Tracker, theWithings WiFi Scale and the Helo TC Touch Controlled Helicopter, among others.  A full list of smart accessories can be found at http://www.verizonwireless.com/smartaccessories.     

In real-world, fully loaded network environments, Verizon Wireless 4G LTE customers should experience average data rates of 5 to 12 megabits per second (Mbps) on the downlink and 2 to 5 Mbps on the uplink.

Prior to August market launches, Verizon Wireless currently covers more than 230 million people in 337 markets across the United States with the nation's largest 4G LTE network. Visit http://www.verizonwireless.com/lte for more information about the Verizon Wireless 4G LTE network and a list of current markets.  Coverage maps will be available online for Bismarck-Mandan, Minot and Grand Forks on August 16.

For more news and stories specific to the Verizon Wireless Midwest Area, visit and subscribe to our blog: http://vzwmidwestarea.com/

About Verizon Wireless

Verizon Wireless operates the nation's largest 4G LTE network and largest, most reliable 3G network. The company serves 94.2 million retail customers, including 88.8 million retail postpaid customers.  Headquartered in Basking Ridge, N.J., with 78,000 employees nationwide, Verizon Wireless is a joint venture of Verizon Communications (NYSE, NASDAQ: VZ) and Vodafone (LSE, NASDAQ: VOD).  For more information, visit http://www.verizonwireless.com. To preview and request broadcast-quality video footage and high-resolution stills of Verizon Wireless operations, log on to the Verizon Wireless Multimedia Library at http://www.verizonwireless.com/multimedia.

SOURCE  Verizon Wireless

Verizon Wireless

CONTACT: Karen Smith, Verizon Wireless, +1-763-595-2511, Karen.Smith@verizonwireless.com, http://twitter.com/VZWKaren; Maureen Cahill, For Verizon Wireless, +1-952-447-8933, mcahill@mcfarlandcahill.com

Web Site: http://www.verizonwireless.com

Cloud Hosting Provider Newtek -- "The Small Business Authority," Unveils a New, Innovative Cloud Platform for Adobe® ColdFusion® Web Hosting

NEW YORK, Aug. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Newtek Business Services, NASDAQ: NEWT, The Small Business Authority, announced the release of Adobe® ColdFusion® 10 web hosting plans as part of its growing suite of hosting products now powered by the company's high-performance cloud infrastructure.  In addition, Newtek has engineered a custom environment specifically for ColdFusion, which significantly increases the reliability of the platform in shared-hosting environments.

"Due to the level of expertise and skill required to reliably support ColdFusion in a shared-hosting environment, some hosting providers have dropped their support for the popular software development platform," said President and CEO Barry Sloane. "Newtek, on the other hand, has doubled down on our commitment to ColdFusion and its development community. We understand the challenges of delivering the service to a multi-tenant computing environment, and as a result of our extensive experience, we were able to go back to the drawing board with Adobe's latest iteration, ColdFusion 10, and address the pain points in a completely new way. We are now able to offer a much more reliable solution for ColdFusion web sites and applications in a low-cost, shared-hosting environment."

Newtek's new cloud environment for ColdFusion provides redundancy using dual ColdFusion instances, which are load-balanced and have session replication going between them. This empowers Newtek system administrators to do a number of things that weren't possible before: it allows for graceful restarts on individual instances without having to bring down the service, and provides a better way to address "bad neighbors," who would otherwise, perhaps due to bad code, impact the performance of other tenants in the environment.

Newtek has been a longtime supporter of the ColdFusion platform and its development community, and has offered ColdFusion hosting plans for nearly a decade, starting with version 4.0.

Newtek's ColdFusion hosting plans are now available through its website: http://webservices.thesba.com/coldfusion.aspx. Additional information about Newtek's ColdFusion environment can be found on its blog: http://www.thesba.com/2012/07/19/web-development-focus-coldfusion-and-the-newtek-high-performance-cloud/

Adobe and ColdFusion are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated in the United States and/or other countries.

About Newtek Business Services, Inc.

Newtek Business Services, The Small Business Authority, provides the following products and services:

    --  Electronic Payment Processing: eCommerce, electronic solutions to accept
        non-cash payments, including credit and debit cards, check conversion,
        remote deposit capture, ACH processing, and electronic gift and loyalty
        card programs.
    --  Managed Technology Solutions (Cloud Computing): Full-service web host,
        which offers eCommerce solutions, shared and dedicated web hosting and
        related services including domain registration and online shopping cart
        tools.
    --  eCommerce:  A suite of services that enable small businesses to get up
        and running on-line quickly and cost effectively, with integrated web
        design, payment processing and shopping cart services.
    --  Business Lending: Broad array of lending products including SBA 7(a) and
        SBA 504 loans through our lending subsidiary, Newtek Small Business
        Finance, Inc.
    --  Insurance Services: Commercial and personal lines of insurance,
        including health and employee benefits in all 50 states, working with
        over 40 insurance carriers.
    --  Web Services: Customized web design and development services.
    --  Data Backup, Storage and Retrieval: Fast, secure, off-site data backup,
        storage and retrieval designed to meet the specific regulatory and
        compliance needs of any business.
    --  Accounts Receivable Financing: Receivable purchasing and financing
        services.
    --  Payroll: Complete payroll management and processing services.
Newtek Business Services, Inc.,The Small Business Authority, is a direct distributor of a wide range of business services and financial products to the small- and medium-sized business market under the Newtek( ®) brand. Since 1999, Newtek has helped small- and medium-sized business owners realize their potential by providing them with the essential tools needed to manage and grow their businesses and to compete effectively in today's marketplace. Newtek provides its services to over 100,000 business accounts and has positioned the Newtek( ®) brand as a one-stop-shop provider of such business services. According to the U.S. Small Business Administration, there are over 27.5 million small businesses in the United States, which in total represent 99.7% of all employer firms.

Note Regarding Forward Looking Statements

Statements in this press release including statements regarding Newtek's beliefs, expectations, intentions or strategies for the future, may be "forward-looking statements" under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. All forward-looking statements involve a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from the plans, intentions and expectations reflected in or suggested by the forward-looking statements. Such risks and uncertainties include, among others, intensified competition, operating problems and their impact on revenues and profit margins, anticipated future business strategies and financial performance, anticipated future number of customers, business prospects, legislative developments and similar matters. Risk factors, cautionary statements and other conditions, which could cause Newtek's actual results to differ from management's current expectations, are contained in Newtek's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission and available through http://www.sec.gov.

Rubenstein Public Relations

Telephone: (212) 843-9335

Contact: Jonathan Goldberg / jgoldberg@rubensteinpr.com

SOURCE  Newtek Business Services, Inc.

Newtek Business Services, Inc.

Web Site: http://www.thesba.com

The News Funnel Raises $1M for Curated Business News Website

NEW YORK, Aug. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The News Funnel, a website that enables business readers to create a customized news funnel based on their unique preferences, announced today that it has closed its first round of funding with $1 million in outside capital raised.

Founded by Michael Beckerman, a 25-year veteran of the public relations industry, The News Funnel officially launched earlier this year for the real estate industry in Beta after nearly two years in development. The website's first round of outside capital consists of a small group of private investors.

The free site allows users to set their news preferences from a comprehensive list of criteria, creating a customized news stream based on these preferences in one location in real time. Users can also update their settings quickly and easily to change their news views.

The News Funnel has been launched in the New York Metropolitan area with plans to expand nationally and into other business-to-business verticals in the near future.

The website uses a sophisticated text analysis engine that performs natural language parsing and categorization of all real estate news content to identify what news maps to users' news preferences based on geography, industry segment, areas of interest and companies of interest.

With nearly 500 business and real estate-focused media sources featured on the site, as well as content - press releases, market research, blogs, industry events and more - supplied directly by corporations that are signed up for free via the site's Company News Channel service, The News Funnel curates news from the most comprehensive set of media sources in the real estate industry.

"The News Funnel was built to address some very basic needs that business professionals have by bringing them customized news in a live, 24/7 feed, as well as providing them with the ability to follow companies and topics of interest and to perform much more targeted searches on these topics," stated Beckerman. "The feedback to the site has already been extremely positive. The concept of others recommending articles or sending generic industry articles does not meet the needs of most business professionals. Our site allows for a level of customization unrivaled by any other curated business news site."

For more information on The News Funnel, visit http://www.thenewsfunnel.com.

About The News Funnel

The News Funnel is a free, web-based news aggregator for real estate professionals that sources industry-specific news from trade publications and major media sources. Subscribers create customized news feeds for their geographic market, industry segment and areas of interest that are accessed on their personalized home page or via a daily email.

The News Funnel features Company News Channels (CNC's) -- web pages that are available at no charge to companies to upload press releases, event notifications, blogs and market research reports that are then distributed into the funnels of subscribers. The website also features simple and advanced search capabilities. Aggregated content is stored for six months and users can search this content by keyword, market, industry segment or area of interest.

Headquartered in New York City, The News Funnel was founded by Michael Beckerman, a 25-year veteran of the public relations and media industries. For more information visit http://www.thenewsfunnel.com.

SOURCE  The News Funnel

The News Funnel

CONTACT: Christa Segalini, Beckerman, +1-201-465-8021, csegalini@beckermanpr.com

Web Site: http://www.thenewsfunnel.com

Verizon Wireless 4G LTE Network to Expand North of Des Moines to Ames, Iowa, On Aug.16

Nation's Largest 4G LTE Network Keeps Growing

DES MOINES, Iowa, Aug. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Verizon Wireless today announced customers will have greater access to its 4G Long Term Evolution (LTE) network in the greater Des Moines Area, when it expands to Ames, Iowa on Aug. 16.

Verizon Wireless currently offers the nation's largest 4G LTE network with coverage available to more than 230 million people across the United States - nearly 75 percent of the U.S. population. By year's end, the company plans to cover more than 400 U.S. markets. The expansion of its 4G LTE network in the Ames area will enable customers to use their 4G LTE wireless devices to surf the Web, stream music and video, access thousands of applications, and stay in touch with family and friends, all with speeds up to 10 times faster than before.     

New coverage will include the communities of Ames, Huxley, Nevada and Slater with coverage north of Des Moines from the Polk County line on Interstate 35 to mile marker 116.  From Ames, new coverage will extend east on U.S. Highway 30 to one mile east of Nevada and west on U.S. Highway 30 to State Highway 17.  The Verizon Wireless 4G LTE network is currently available in Iowa in the greater Des Moines area, Cedar Rapids, Council Bluffs, Iowa City, Sioux City, the Quad Cities area and many more rural communities. 

"We offer our customers the nation's largest 4G LTE network, available in more markets than all other U.S. wireless providers combined," said Seamus Hyland, president-Great Plains Region, Verizon Wireless. "We will continue to expand our 4G LTE coverage to many more Iowa communities."

Verizon Wireless customers can choose from the largest selection of 4G LTE devices to experience the nation's fastest 4G network.  Devices include a variety of tablets, mobile hotspots, smartphones and more, including the Samsung Galaxy S(®) III and the DROID INCREDIBLE 4G LTE by HTC.  Details on available devices can be found at http://www.verizonwireless.com/4GLTE and information on plans and pricing is available at http://www.verizonwireless.com/plans.

Verizon Wireless also offers a variety of smart accessories that customers can use with their 4G LTE devices.  These accessories include the FitBit Ultra Wireless Activity Tracker, theWithings WiFi Scale and the Helo TC Touch Controlled Helicopter, among others.  A full list of smart accessories can be found at http://www.verizonwireless.com/smartaccessories.     

In real-world, fully loaded network environments, Verizon Wireless 4G LTE customers should experience average data rates of 5 to 12 megabits per second (Mbps) on the downlink and 2 to 5 Mbps on the uplink.   

Visit http://www.verizonwireless.com/lte for more information about the Verizon Wireless 4G LTE network and a list of current markets.  Coverage maps will be available for the Ames area on Aug.16.

For more news and stories specific to the Verizon Wireless Midwest Area, visit and subscribe to our blog: http://vzwmidwestarea.com/

About Verizon Wireless
Verizon Wireless operates the nation's largest 4G LTE network and largest, most reliable 3G network. The company serves 94.2 million retail customers, including 88.8 million retail postpaid customers.  Headquartered in Basking Ridge, N.J., with 78,000 employees nationwide, Verizon Wireless is a joint venture of Verizon Communications (NYSE, NASDAQ: VZ) and Vodafone (LSE, NASDAQ: VOD).  For more information, visit http://www.verizonwireless.com. To preview and request broadcast-quality video footage and high-resolution stills of Verizon Wireless operations, log on to the Verizon Wireless Multimedia Library at http://www.verizonwireless.com/multimedia.

SOURCE  Verizon Wireless

Verizon Wireless

CONTACT: Karen Smith, Verizon Wireless, +1-763-595-2511, Karen.smith@verizonwireless.com, http://twitter.com/VZWkaren, or Debbie Hilt, For Verizon Wireless, +1-888-296-2411 ext. 6, Debbie@AlbersCommunications.com

Web Site: http://www.verizonwireless.com

UBM Studios Unveils eLearning Light, Offers a New Paradigm of Learning

CHICAGO, Aug. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- UBM Studios, the global leader in digital events, environments and communities, today unveiled eLearning Light, an interactive and collaborative educational destination.  eLearning Light is a digital environment that aggregates training and information and also serves as a robust solution to track learners' activity, comprehension and engagement.

(Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120809/NY55034LOGO )

"eLearning Light offers organizations a solution to extend learning nationally and globally to save on face-to-face training and costs.  It also offers learning collaboration and the sharing of best practices in open discussions as well as rich data and reporting capabilities for educators to better understand the strengths and weaknesses of the learning program," said Michele McPhail, VP, Product Development, UBM Studios. "We created this new offering because we saw the potential of this type of learning - from increasing retention to engaging learners - it can create a new paradigm of learning."

eLearning Light is built on a robust platform that enables quick and efficient setup while still allowing the interface to meet the specifications of an organization and learning program -- live, on-demand or blended.

eLearning Light facilitates highly engaged learning interaction.  It offers:

    --  Live Chat (Open, scheduled and/or moderated; Text, Audio or Video; and
        Group, Private One-on-One, Private Multi-User);
    --  Pre/Post Assessment Testing;
    --  Group Exercises/Breakout sessions;
    --  Video conferencing;
    --  Social/Informal learning;
    --  Discussion forums;
    --  Course ratings and feedback; and
    --  The ability to deliver a live or on demand curriculum with integrated
        webcasting solutions
eLearning Light also includes social tools such as Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook and others to increase connectivity and awareness beyond the environment.

In addition, eLearning Light allows educators to track and understand the learning paths of users. Educators can track user activities including length and frequency of attendance, sessions viewed, participation in group activities/tools, materials downloaded, badges earned, and tests completed.  In addition, educators can use assessment testing to understand skill gaps and learning needs to better understand modules and content that will best help learners.

Through UBM Studios' Webcast Plus integration, eLearning Light allows students to personalize the learning console to their own preferences; incorporates content to the session by pulling in YouTube videos, cross-reference supporting materials such as Wikipedia pages, other websites and much more.

For additional information on UBM Studios, contact Max Gerstein at 773 687 4317 or max.gerstein@ubm.com.

Follow UBM Studios on Twitter (http://twitter.com/UBMStudios), Facebook, or LinkedIn for all the latest news.

About UBM Studios (http://www.ubmstudios.com)   
UBM Studios is the global leader in digital events, environments and communities.  UBM Studios creates powerful and intuitive digital communities that help organizations connect, educate and engage with audiences to capitalize on growth opportunities connecting the right content to the right audience with the right user interface. UBM Studios is part of UBM Connect - which also includes UBM Canon Media and UBM Medica US, providing marketing services across a number of communities, the largest of which are healthcare, medical device design and advanced manufacturing. UBM Connect is a UBM plc company. (UBM.L)

For additional information on UBM Studios, visit http://www.ubmstudios.com.

About UBM
UBM plc is a leading global business media company. We inform markets and bring the world's buyers and sellers together at events, online, in print and provide them with the information they need to do business successfully. We focus on serving professional commercial communities, from doctors to game developers, from journalists to jewellery traders, from farmers to pharmacists around the world. Our 6,634 staff in more than 31 countries are organised into specialist teams that serve these communities, helping them to do business and their markets to work effectively and efficiently.

For more information, go to http://www.ubm.com; follow us at @UBM_plc to get the latest UBM news.

Contacts

Erica Krutsch                                                   

UBM Studios                                                   
erica.krutsch@ubm.com

773 687 4315

SOURCE  UBM Studios

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UBM Studios

Web Site: http://www.ubmstudios.com

Digital Compact Camera Nikon COOLPIXL610

DUBAI, August 9, 2012/PRNewswire/ --

    A high zoom-ratio model equipped with a 14x optical zoom lens covering the 25 - to
350mm range of focal lengths and offering simple operation

    NIKON - Nikon Corporation is pleased to announce the release of the L610, a 14x
optical zoom model for the COOLPIX L series, which places emphasis on simple operation and
functions that make digital photography fun.

    The L610 is the latest model in the L-series lineup. It is equipped with a 14x optical
zoom lens and is very easy to use. It offers a number of features and functions that allow
users to capture their subjects with simple operations. The backside illumination CMOS
sensor of the L610 contains 16 million pixels that achieves superior image quality, even
at high ISO sensitivities. The camera is also equipped with lens-shift vibration reduction
(VR), Target Finding AF (the camera automatically identifies and focuses on the subject)
and full-HD video recording.

   
    - COOLPIX L610 Primary Features
    - A 14x optical zoom NIKKOR lens covering focal lengths from 25-350mm (35mm
      format equivalent)

    The camera is equipped with a high-performance NIKKOR lens, which includes a built-in
lens-shift vibration reduction (VR) function. This enables hand-held shooting of a wide
variety of everyday scenes, from wide-angle landscapes and group shots to telephoto
shooting that brings subjects closer. The camera and lens also support macro photography
for capturing close-up photos.

    1. The backside illumination CMOS sensor has 16 million pixels and noise reduction for
night landscapes and indoor photos with dim lighting

    With the superior image quality of 16 million pixels and the high-speed processing
capability of the backside illumination CMOS sensor, it enables high-speed capture of
multiple exposures that are then combined into a single image. This ensures that users
will be able to capture their desired images regardless of dark or dimly lit surroundings.

    2. Target Finding AF, with which the user simply points the camera at the subject, and
the camera automatically focuses on the optimal subject

    The L610 is equipped with Target Finding AF, a technology that identifies photographic
subjects, developed exclusively by Nikon. This technology is based on an incredibly large
number of simulations as well as ergonomics to analyze conditions that make it easy for
the camera to identify human subjects. By simply pointing the camera at the subject, the
camera instantly predicts where to focus. As the active focus area is automatically
specified in accordance with the size of the subject, the resulting images will be
incredibly clear. In addition, Target Finding AF not only works with subjects positioned
at the center of the frame, but with off-center subjects as well. This capability is not
only effective with human subjects, but also with smaller objects such as flowers, food,
etc.

    3. Equipped with a function for recording high-resolution full-HD (1920 x 1080p/30
fps) movies with stereo sound

    By simply pressing a button on the back of the camera, users can record 1920 x
1080p/30-fps full-HD movies with stereo sound.

    The L610 is equipped with an HDMI mini connector, which allows users to watch their
movies with family and friends with high-definition picture quality by simply connecting
the camera to a high-definition TV using a standard third-party HDMI cable.

    4.A compact body designed with large buttons for simple operation

    The camera is easy to use with a grip, shape and texture that offers a firm hold. Its
large buttons and controls enhance the easy operation. The metal-tone accents on the
camera give it an elegant appearance. The L610 will be available in three colours: black,
red, and silver.

    5.A variety of shooting functions to capture your desired photos

    In the Easy Auto mode, users can simply point the camera at the subject and the camera
will automatically identify the scene and shooting conditions to apply the optimal scene
mode.The L610 also lets users apply special effects before or after the photo is taken.

    Easy auto mode: 6 scenes

    Portrait, Landscape, Night Portrait, Night Landscape, Close-up, Backlighting

    Special effects: 4 effects

    Soft, High Key, Low Key, Selective Colour

    Filter effects: 5 filters

    Soft, Selective Colour, Cross Screen, Miniature Effect, Painting

    6. Uses AA batteries readily available anywhere

    The L610 supports both AA alkaline and lithium batteries. When using the camera away
from home, support for these batteries that may be purchased anywhere enables worry-free
shooting.

    For more information and to download the product images, please visit the below
website:

    http://www.nikon.com/news/2012/0809_cpx-l_02.htm

   
    Sarah Mheidly
    Hill+Knowlton Strategies
    E: sarah.mheidly@hkstrategies.com
    T: +971-4-33-4-930

    Blossom Furtado
    Nikon Middle East FZE
    E: Blossom.Furtado@nikonoa.net
    T: +971-4-8840947
    http://www.nikon-me.com

Source: Nikon

AFORE Announces CloudLink 2.0 with Secure Virtual Storage Appliance

Active storage encryption solution for Amazon VPC, VMware vCloud
Director and CA AppLogic

OTTAWA, Aug. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ - AFORE Solutions, Inc., the leading provider
of Cloud Security and Management solutions, today announced the
availability of their CloudLink(TM) 2.0 with Secure Virtual Storage
Appliance (SVSA). This latest release provides enhanced comprehensive
secure active storage capabilities in private, public and hybrid cloud
environments.  Operating at the virtualization layer, CloudLink Secure
VSA offers flexible, multi-tenant storage encryption across any
underlying storage technologies including iSCSI, FC, FCoE, NAS and DAS
over varying cloud infrastructures.

Deployed in hosted virtual private clouds or public cloud
infrastructures such as Amazon VPC(TM) (Virtual Private Cloud), VMware
vCloud(TM) Director environments or CA AppLogic based clouds, CloudLink
Secure VSA actively secures the storage associated with hosted virtual
machines with a robust layer of encryption required for compliance
regulations such as HIPAA and PCI while affording protection against
data remanence.  This allows enterprises to take advantage of the
scalability and cost effectiveness of a cloud environment without
exposing mission-critical and security-sensitive applications and
workloads to potential third-party vulnerabilities.

"As enterprises look to move mission critical and sensitive data in
varying public and private cloud environments, they require secure
storage solutions that meet security and regulatory requirements
regardless of their cloud infrastructure," said Alex Berlin, CEO of
AFORE Solutions. "CloudLink Secure VSA provides enterprises with a
single foundation for efficiently and securely managing their data
storage in the cloud while still receiving the performance and
availability desired."

The CloudLink Secure VSA provides a highly secure SMB/CIFS or NFS
storage repository accessible by virtual machines hosted in the cloud.
 In addition, enterprises can access multiple protected Secure VSAs
from distributed locations across an integrated SSL encrypted path.
 Unlike storage gateway approaches which only encrypt data as it is
placed into the cloud, the Secure VSA provides constant, active
encryption of data associated with hosted virtual machines.  Critical
application data associated with databases, payment processing systems
and healthcare applications, as well as backups and snapshot copies of
the data, is protected at all times.

Each instance of the Secure VSA is managed by the enterprise and control
of encryption keys is integrated with Active Directory and industry
leading key management systems, such as RSA® DPM.  Multiple appliances
may be deployed and managed from a single management control point
allowing unified control and protection of sensitive data across
different cloud providers, geographic regions or between primary and
disaster recovery locations.

CloudLink Secure VSA is the first solution that enables cloud-based DR
solutions to meet key regulatory and compliance requirements.

AFORE will be demonstrating their CloudLink solutions live at VMworld
2012, booth 2428 August 26 - 30, 2012, at the Moscone Center in San
Francisco.

About AFORE:

AFORE Solutions is a leader in Cloud Security and Management. AFORE's
CloudLink(TM) software security appliance combines cloud infrastructure
security and manageability with cloud performance monitoring. 
Enterprises and Cloud Service Providers use CloudLink(TM) to protect
mission critical data in motion and at rest while managing SLA's for
security compliance and service performance. For more information
visit: http://www.aforesolutions.com

SOURCE  AFORE Solutions Inc.

AFORE Solutions Inc.

CONTACT:  Media Contact:
+1 (613) 224-5995 x.238
afore_media@aforesolutions.com  Betsy Gilbert
+203-217-9231

Wondershare(TM) Dr. Fone Rescues Mistakenly Deleted Photos, Text Messages, Contacts and More from iPhone®, iPad®, and iPod® Touch

New Lifesaving App Can Recover Directly From iOS Devices or iTunes Backup File; The #1 App For Getting Back Deleted Content; Easy to Use & Effective

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- It's happened to just about everyone with an iPhone; a picture, a string of text messages, a contact is mistakenly deleted or worse; a jailbreak fails or the iPhone screen gets smashed and it's now an emergency to recover important information, but how?  Relax; the doctor is here for the rescue, Wondershare Dr. Fone that is.  Dr. Fone, a Windows app that can effectively rescue mistakenly deleted contents directly from an iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch with 12 different file types supported.  When your iPhone goes down, Dr. Fone may be your best chance to get your mobile life back.

Dr. Fone goes to work immediately when there is problem; simply connect the device to the computer, launch Dr. Fone, and with a few clicks even the most casual user can scan their iOS device and instantly see what information can be recovered.  In cases where data cannot be recovered directly, Dr. Fone can also try and recover information from the latest iTunes backup file.

Many users don't back up their iPhones regularly or rely on iCloud to save them if disaster strikes.  Due to the "sync" nature of iCloud, if information is mistakenly deleted from the iPhone, iCloud may delete it as well when it connects next.  If the iPhone becomes unusable due to a failed jailbreak or an iPhone "white screen of death", Dr. Fone is like a personal physician for your iPhone and is the best chance to recover your mobile world.

Dr. Fone's Key Features:

    --  Recover Pictures & videos in Camera Roll, Photo Stream, and as message
        attachments; Recovery audio from Voice Memos, Text Messages, Call
        History, Contacts, Calendar, Notes, Reminders, even Safari Bookmarks;
    --  Scan and preview recoverable information directly from iPhone, iPad,
        iPod Touch;
    --  Recover from iTunes Backup File;
    --  Can recover lost information after factory re-set, failed iOS update,
        even from a password protected phone if you forgot the password;
    --  Simple to use and very effective if the information was very recently
        deleted;
    --  Works with iPhone 1/3/3GS/4, iPad 1 & 2, and 4th Gen iPod Touch;
    --  Dr. Fone is compatible with Windows 7, Windows Vista, and Windows XP
Price & Availability

Wondershare Dr. Phone is currently available for $99.95 from the Wondershare online store.  There is a free trial version available which can scan an iOS device and preview recoverable content but not restore the recoverable files.

Learn more about Wondershare's entire lineup of award winning multi-media, business productivity, PDF, and system utility software products at Wondershare.com.

About Wondershare

Wondershare Software Co., Ltd., an IDG invested company, is an innovative software developer dedicated to delivering the very best in software products and services to the worldwide consumer and business market segments. Wondershare has branch offices in the United States, Germany and Japan. Wondershare has been honored as Deloitte Tech Fast 500 Asia Pacific and China 50 for three consecutive years, and Forbes Business Potential of China for two consecutive years. For more information about Wondershare and its products, please visit http://www.wondershare.com.

Wondershare is a registered trademark of Wondershare Software Co., Ltd. Other names may be trademarks of their respective owners.

SOURCE  Wondershare Software Co., Ltd.

Wondershare Software Co., Ltd.

CONTACT: Robert DeMoulin of DeMoulin & Company Public Relations at Phone: 1.925.699.5423 or Email: robert.demoulin@demoulinco.com

Web Site: http://www.wondershare.com

Advanced Camera with Interchangeable Lenses Nikon 1 J2

DUBAI, August 9, 2012/PRNewswire/ --

    1 NIKKOR 11-27.5mm f/3.5-5.6

    Waterproof Case WP-N1

    The latest addition to the Nikon 1 J series, to make image expressions fun and easy

    A new compact 1 NIKKOR standard zoom lens will also be released

    NIKON - Nikon Corporation is pleased to announce the release of the Nikon 1 J2, the
latest addition to the Nikon 1 J series, advanced camera with interchangeable lenses. It
creates a new form of image expression and offers a number of improvements in design and
usability.

    Nikon 1 cameras offer superior performance, as well as new forms of image expression
and the enjoyment that goes along with them. In addition to the high-speed performance
achieved with an advanced hybrid AF system, Nikon 1 cameras are also equipped with Nikon's
exclusive compact and lightweight Nikon 1 lens mount. The cameras also enable new imaging
experiences with features such as Motion Snapshot and Smart Photo Selector.

    In addition to the performance achieved with previous Nikon 1 cameras, the J2 also
offers a number of improvements in terms of design and usability. The elegant metal design
is available in six colours to match the different personalities of the users. . A new
Creative mode has been added to the four original shooting modes, allowing for easy
specification of the desired shooting scenes from a total of eight options, including
Night Landscape. What's more, the J2 can be turned on or off using the retractable lens
barrel button on applicable lenses. Monitor visibility has also been increased with a
high-resolution, 921k-dot LCD monitor.

    The J2 is an excellent camera for those looking for a high-performance, easy-to-use
camera that offers a variety of functions. It is an excellent choice for compact digital
camera users accustomed to portability and easy operation who are taking the next step to
an advanced camera with interchangeablelens system.

    Nikon will also be releasing the new CX-format compatible 1 NIKKOR 11-27.5mm f/3.5-5.6
2.5x standard zoom lens along with the J2, which covers the 11-27.5-mm range of focal
lengths (angle of view equivalent to 30-74-mm in 35-mm [135] format). The 1 NIKKOR
11-27.5mm f/3.5-5.6 is smaller and lighter than the current 1 NIKKOR VR 10-30mm f/3.5-5.6
standard zoom lens for greater portability.

    The new Waterproof Case WP-N1, compatible with the Nikon 1 J1 and J2 (with the 1
NIKKOR VR 10-30mm f/3.5-5.6), will also be released. With the ability to capture
high-resolution still images while recording movies, this new accessory increases the ways
in which users will enjoy underwater recording by never missing the perfect photo
opportunity.

    Nikon 1 J2 Primary Features

    1. High-definition, high-speed AF for movies and still images

   
    - The advanced hybrid AF system that offers both incredibly fast focusing
      and superior definition

    The advanced hybrid AF system combines phase-detection AF, which enables fast focusing
and excellent tracking performance for moving subjects, with contrast-detect AF, which
achieves superior performance even under dim lighting. As the camera automatically chooses
the best AF system according to the subject and shooting conditions, instantaneous
focusing on any subject is always possible. With extremely fast and accurate AF tracking
capability, the camera is also perfect for photographing moving subjects.

   
    - A super high-speed AF CMOS image sensor that enables high-speed,
      high-performance AF

    In addition to the FX and DX formats for digital-SLR cameras, the super high-speed AF
CMOS sensor is now also compatible with Nikon's new CX format. Focal-plane phase-detection
AF is also built into the sensor, enabling the world's fastest autofocusing[1], as well as
the most focus points[2]-73 with phase-detection AF-available with any camera in the
world. The sensor supports standard imaging sensitivities of ISO 100-3200 with an
additional Hi 1 (equivalent to ISO 6400) setting for superior sensitivity performance. It
also enables high-speed continuous shooting at approximately 10 fps with AF tracking. When
the focus is locked, continuous shooting of full-resolution images at high-speed
continuous shooting rate of 60 fps[3] is also possible. These features will make sure
users capture the decisive moments in various shooting scenarios, whether photographing
children or animals at play or action-packed sporting events.

    [1]Among interchangeable-lens digital cameras available as of August 9, 2012.
Statement based on performance with shooting using the 1 NIKKOR VR 10-30mm f/3.5-5.6 at
the maximum wide-angle position with AF-area mode set to single-point. Results based on
testing in accordance with Nikon guidelines.

    [2]Among interchangeable-lens digital cameras available as of August 9, 2012. Refers
to the number of phase-detection AF points available for selection at an AF-area mode
setting of single-point. Statement based on research conducted by Nikon.

    [3] The maximum number of shots per burst is 12. Maximum shooting rate when focus is
locked with the first shot in a burst. Results based on Nikon test conditions as of August
9, 2012.

   
    - EXPEED 3 for faster image processing with better performance

    The J2 is equipped with EXPEED 3, Nikon's exclusive comprehensive image-processing
concept optimised for the Nikon 1 system for superior high-speed image processing. Users
can experience the full potential of EXPEED 3 when using features such as Motion Snapshot
or Smart Photo Selector, which require high-speed processing, as well as the ability to
capture full-resolution still images while recording full-HD movies.

    2. An attractive camera body that will make users proud to keep the camera with them
wherever they go

   
    - The world's most compact[4]and lightweight camera system

    Using the Nikon 1 mount, Nikon has created the world's most compact[4] and lightweight
camera body. The system allows users to easily enjoy stress-free photography in any
situation.

    [4]As of August 9, 2012. Among interchangeable-lens digital cameras equipped with
image sensors of the same size, or larger than, the CX format size. Statement based on
research conducted by Nikon.

   
    - Designed with metal for an elegant look and feel

    Metal has been adopted for the camera's components, including the top cover and mode
dial for a better texture and increased elegance. A new camera face with a textured finish
has been added to the red and pink models.

   
    - Six colour options suited to a variety of individual preferences

    The J2 is available in six colours, allowing users to choose the colour best suited to
their individual style or preference. In addition to the five colours available with the
J1, the J2 will also be available in a vivid new orange. Depending upon the colour
selected, the camera back will be either black or dark brown. In addition, the barrels of
kit lenses are the same colour as the camera bodies for an integrated appearance.

    3. New forms of image expression

   
    - Motion Snapshot combines a full-HD movie vignette with a still image for
      more dramatic image expression

    By simply pressing the shutter-release button in Motion Snapshot mode, users can
record a still image and a second of video before and after the shutter-release button was
pressed. Movies recorded in Motion Snapshot mode are played back in slow motion. When
Motion Snapshot files are played back, the movie vignette is played in slow motion over
approximately 2.5 seconds, followed by displaying the still image. Playback of the entire
sequence, with pre-selected background music, lasts approximately 10 seconds.

    Don't just preserve still images of precious moments. Use this new form of imaging to
combine slow-motion movie vignettes with still images to record emotional scenes from
weddings or birthdays, to show just how cute children or pets are at play, or to capture
impressive scenes from nature such as a breeze blowing through the trees or the flow of
water. Create your own original movies in the slide shows played back with the camera.

    Motion Snapshot also allows users to record dramatic and original imaging works using
conventional shooting operations. Use this feature to enjoy a new form of image expression
that combines a movie vignette, still image, and background music

   
    - Smart Photo Selector for simple capture of the best shot

    When the shutter-release button is pressed halfway in Smart Photo Selector mode, the
camera begins recording images. When the shutter-release button is completely pressed all
the way down, 20 shots, at a rate of 30 fps, are saved. Once the buffering is complete,
the camera automatically eliminates images that are blurred, or where the primary subject
is not included in the frame. It chooses the best five photos based on movement and
composition to save in the memory card. From the five photos, the camera then selects the
best image to display on the monitor.

    Smart Photo Selector is an excellent function for capturing images of children or
animals whose movements can be quick and erratic, or whenever you don't want to miss the
perfect shot. This feature also eliminates the need to re-take pictures and saves space on
memory cards by eliminating shots in which the subjects have blinked. You no longer need
to capture a large number of shots and then go through them manually to find the best
photo. By simply pressing the shutter-release button as usual, Smart Photo Selector does
all the work for you.

    4. Superior image quality with both still images and movies

    High-resolution still images (3840 cross 2160 pixels-approx. 8.3 megapixels, 16 : 9)
can be recorded while recording movies in movie mode without interrupting movie recording.
This allows users to enjoy recording both full-HD movies and high-resolution still images
without having to choose between the two.

    5. Improved usability

   
    - Creative mode

    The new Nikon J2 mode dial offers Motion Snapshot mode, Smart Photo Selector mode,
auto photo mode, movie mode, and the new Creative mode. Users can easily enjoy various
forms of image expression by simply choosing one of the scenes available in Creative
mode-Night Landscape, Night Portrait, Backlighting, Easy Panorama, Soft, Miniature Effect,
Selective Colour and four exposure modes-prior to shooting. In addition, assist images are
displayed in scene selection to show the preview of each Creative mode scene.

   
    - Layout of operational controls

    The J2 offers a mode dial with five shooting modes for simple shooting by rotating the
mode dial to the desired mode. The J2 dials and other controls are larger than the
camera's predecessor for ease-of-use. What's more, the camera can be turned on or off with
the button on the retractable lens on applicable lenses*. This enhances smooth operation
for those surprising moments of photo opportunity.

    *Compatible lenses: 1 NIKKOR VR 10-30mm f/3.5-5.6, 1 NIKKOR VR 30-110mm f/3.8-5.6,

    1 NIKKOR 11-27.5mm f/3.5-5.6

   
    - LCD monitor with higher resolution

    The Nikon 1 J1 is equipped with a 3-inch, approximately 460k-dot, LCD monitor. The J2
is equipped with a 3-inch, approximately 921k-dot LCD monitor with wide viewing angles for
greater definition and increased visibility.

    Additional Nikon 1 J2 Features

   
    - Supports the optional Mount Adapter FT1, which enables use of F-mount
      NIKKOR lenses
    - Built-in flash that supports i-TTL flash control (raised manually)
    - HDMI output for viewing images on high-definition televisions
    - Support for Eye-Fi memory cards enables simple wireless transfer of images
    - Comes with ViewNX 2, Nikon's basic image viewing and editing software for both
      still images and movies, as well as Short Movie Creator for creating your own short
      movies from still images and movies. Collaboration with my Picturetown is simple.

    1 NIKKOR 11-27.5mm f/3.5-5.6 Primary Features

   
    - A Nikon CX-format compatible 2.5cross standard zoom lens that covers the
      range of focal lengths from 11-27.5 mm (angle of view equivalent to that of 30-74-mm
      lens in 35-mm [135] format)
    - Optics utilising one aspherical lens element and one ED lens element optimised
      for the CX format
    - Camera can be turned on and off using the button on the retractable lens (J1
      and V1 cannot be turned off using this button)
    - Approximately 32 g lighter and approximately 11 mm shorter at maximum length
      than the 1 NIKKOR VR 10-30mm f/3.5-5.6
    - Retractable lens mechanism for increased portability
    - Designed with an appearance that expresses high performance and elegance with
      a form that emphasises its slim profile
    - Available in the same six colours as the Nikon 1 J2

    Waterproof Case WP-N1 Primary Features

   
    - Lightweight, yet won't float up when let go for optimal underwater use
    - Compact design with a firm grip
    - Supports zooming
    - Shutter lever and movie-record button positioned for smooth selection of, or
      switching between, shooting modes

    For more information and to download the product images, please visit the below
website:

    http://www.nikon.com/news/2012/0809_nikon_01.htm

   
    Sarah Mheidly
    Hill+Knowlton Strategies
    E: sarah.mheidly@hkstrategies.com
    T: +971-4-33-44-930

    Blossom Furtado
    Nikon Middle East FZE
    E: Blossom.Furtado@nikonoa.net
    T: +971-4-8840947
    http://www.nikon-me.com

Source: Nikon

Real-Time Photos on Every Website Thanks to Skylines Widget

From Olympics to cars and breaking news: see it happen!

AMSTERDAM, August 9, 2012/PRNewswire/ --

    Today real-time photo search engine Skylines launches its new product: a widget that
enables all websites to display real-time photos of any topic of choice. The widget draws
from a daily stream of over 5 million photos worldwide delivered via services like Twitter
and Instagram. From the Olympics to cars and from festivals to natural disasters, the
widget delivers the photos right away and is available for free at http://skylines.io.

    Relevant real-time photos

    People all over the world post photos via their smartphones about every subject
imaginable. But finding the right ones can be a hard task. With the Skylines widget a
fashion blogger shows behind the scenes photos Tweeted by the stars. Event organizers
share the thousands of photos made by their audience. And at the very moment a journalist
jumps on his moped on the way to his story, eyewitnesses of a big fire have already posted
highly relevant photos. Skylines indexes and delivers right away.

    Over 5 million photos per day

    The more than 5 million photos indexed by Skylines each day are searchable by the text
of the accompanying post, by the sender's user name and location, or a combination of
subjects. CEO Martijn Pannevis: "During a year of developing and testing, we noticed that
organizations really want the show these photos to their visitors. With the widget we open
up our platform and share the value of real-time photos with the world."

    A widget in a few simple steps

    Everyone can build a free widget at http://skylines.io [http://skylin.es ]

    1) Enter your topic

    This can be a single subject: "Olympics", a more specific subject: "Olympics teamUSA"
or a search with separate components: "Olympics gymnastics OR Olympics swimming"

    2) Pick a shape

    The widget comes in three standard sizes.

    3) Copy the code

    The code can be placed on any spot on a website or blog.

    The Skylines widget is free. Skylines' next step is to introduce a premium and pro
versions with functions like pre-moderation and extensive lay-out options.

    About Skylines

    The mission of Skylines is to organize the world's real-time photos. The Dutch
start-up was launched by founder Michiel Frackers and CEO Martijn Pannevis during the
TechCrunch Disrupt NY Finals in 2011. Skylines won the Dutch Vodafone Mobile Clicks in
2011 and was a finalist in the worldwide competition. Since its launch Skylines indexed
over 1.000.000.000 photos.

    For the editor, not for distribution

    Want to show a live widget as an example in your article? Build it at
http://skylines.io. Please contact us if we can be of any help.

    Screenshot of the widget with search 'teamUSA':
http://skylines.io/assets/skylines_widget.png

   
    Contact
    http://skylines.io
    Twitter: @skylinesHQ [http://twitter.com/skylineshq ]

Source: Skylines

Press inquiries: Fanny Evers, Communications Manager, fanny@skylines.io , +31-6-146-672-81. Martijn Pannevis, CEO, martijn@skylines.io , +31-6-526-132-72.

Engagement Triples as Trover Adds More Entertainment Features for Savvy Explorers

Trover Lists, Full-Screen Browsing & Smarter Search Make Discovering Places Around the Globe Pure Enjoyment

SEATTLE, Aug. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Trover Inc. formally announced the release of a new version of its mobile discovery app today marking a strong move toward entertainment and a significant increase in user engagement. This latest release (version 1.4.2), together with one delivered in June, completes a trio of entertainment-oriented features inspired by usage and feedback from the Trover community.

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The new features include: Trover Lists, curated to showcase a seemingly limitless assortment of destinations and interests from around the globe; full-screen browsing, to bring those eye-catching images to life; and smarter search, to make it faster than ever to access the vast trove of original photographs available in the app.  Together, these features are driving heightened engagement for both practical and entertainment purposes. App visitors now view an average of 27 pages per session, a 35% increase over the past month, and a 300% increase compared to last summer when Trover was tightly positioned as a local directory service.

Virtual Adventure Today, Real Adventure Tomorrow

Gorgeous full-screen browsing and smart search features are repeatedly drawing people to Trover for a quick dose of visual entertainment, to learn something about the world or to socialize around an interest.  On any given week, Trover visitors open the app 2-3 times.

"The Trover addiction doesn't begin with a restaurant question or travel plan, it's based on the daily joy of browsing places and discoveries others have found," said Jason Karas, CEO of Trover. "But the things people find and remember on Trover increasingly serve as a personal guide when they're looking for something new to see, do or eat.  Trover is more interesting and social than apps dedicated to dining or travel planning, and that keeps people coming back in between outings."

Trover Lists: Both Planning & Pleasure

Trover Lists, introduced in February as a practical bookmarking tool, have also become a popular way for members to express their interests and aspirations or just have fun organizing images from around the world. List titles range from Austin Hidden Gems and Tasty Seattle Restaurants, to Movie Filming Locations, Magnificent Museums, Wonderful Beaches and more.

Lists are growing rapidly.  In the past 30 days alone:

    --  The number of new lists created each day has doubled
    --  The number of photos added to lists each day has tripled
"We're seeing thousands of lists created purely for fun," said Karas. "Collecting and sharing photos of refreshing swimming holes, exotic golf courses or modern art is like taking a mini adventure. Folks are getting into the habit of browsing Trover and building lists as a way to enjoy their favorite places and passions.  And Trover photographers love the feedback they receive when someone includes their discovery in a personal collection."

About Trover

Since its launch in 2011, Trover has grown steadily as a mobile app community of travel, culture and photography enthusiasts. Trover's defining feature is its location-based discovery mosaic, which allows users to visually browse through an ever-growing collection of images created and posted by the community. As the user scrolls, a mileage indicator guides them to hidden gems located nearby or across the world, allowing users to explore new places and build visual lists of interesting things.

Trover is a private company funded by General Catalyst Partners, Ignition Partners and Benchmark Capital with offices located in Seattle, WA. For more information, visit http://www.trover.com.

Press Contact

David Templeton

DBT Communications

203.530.0458
dbtcom@gmail.com

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Trover Inc.

Web Site: http://www.trover.com

30-Years And Still Swinging -- Activision's Legendary Jungle-Crawler Pitfall!(TM) Debuts On iPhone, iPad & iPod Touch

Activision's Atari-Era Phenomenon is Re-Imagined For Mobile In Honor of the Franchise's 30th Birthday

Industry Veteran Gordon Hall Joins Mark Washbrook To Spearhead New Mobile Studio -- The Blast Furnace(TM)

SANTA MONICA, Calif., Aug. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The iconic Pitfall Harry(®) is in peril yet again, 30-years after his namesake Atari 2600 video game cemented 'jump-and-run' as a fixture in gaming history.  Activision Publishing, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Activision Blizzard, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI), is celebrating the cherished franchise with the launch of a new Pitfall!(TM) App for the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch, available now on the App Store.  Inspired by the original 1982 classic, this modern incarnation features thrilling new environments and twists on classic Pitfall! gameplay that will appeal to fans of all generations.

Pitfall! has been in development at Activision's recently revealed Leeds, UK-based studio The Blast Furnace(TM).  This newly formed studio team is led by veteran developer and former head of Rockstar London, Mark Washbrook, and Activision is now announcing the addition of Rockstar Leeds legend Gordon Hall, who will partner with Washbrook to oversee The Blast Furnace.  Hall will also join Activision Mobile's leadership team as Chief Creative Officer, and will focus on bringing AAA interactive experiences to the mobile space.

"The original Pitfall! on the Atari 2600 pioneered the action-platform/runner genre," said Gordon Hall.  "We loved Pitfall! then--along with millions of gamers around the world--and we still love it now.  In fact, it was the game that inspired quite a few of us to seek a career in game development.  This new incarnation delivers a best-in-class experience of the game for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch.  The team has kept the elements that made the original so much fun to play, and merged them with a cool, retro HD art style, updated controls and play mechanics to keep both old-school fans and newcomers happy.  We're really excited to kick off Pitfall!'s 30(th) birthday by rebooting the franchise for the mobile audience."

From the moment mobile gamers start playing Pitfall!, they'll experience an ever-changing landscape with different environments and shifting camera perspectives, vehicles and mine carts, branching paths, and a wide range of hazards to overcome.  With the iconic objects from the 2600 classic game - crocodiles, rope swings, gold bars, diamond rings, cobras and more, players will traverse a volcanic island carpeted in sweltering jungle and explore villages long since forgotten by time as they dodge danger in maze-like cave systems.  Every level--crafted from the ground up exclusively for mobile--packs stunning 3D visuals, instinctive controls and engaging action-adventure gameplay.  As players progress, they can sweep up loot, buy power-ups and earn experience, enabling them to advance through the leveling system and compete with friends for the best high scores.  The excitement doesn't stop there, as plans call for the game to evolve over time through future content updates.

The new Pitfall! App for mobile is available for purchase today from the App Store for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch or at http://www.itunes.com/appstore.  Additionally, The Blast Furnace is also working on a version of the game for Android devices planned to launch at a later date.  Be sure and follow the new Pitfall! mobile game on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/pitfallmobilegame and @PitfallMobile on Twitter.

About Activision Publishing, Inc.

Headquartered in Santa Monica, California, Activision Publishing, Inc. is a leading worldwide developer, publisher and distributor of interactive entertainment and leisure products.

Activision maintains operations in the U.S., Canada, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Sweden, Spain, Norway, Denmark, the Netherlands, Australia, South Korea, mainland China and the region of Taiwan.  More information about Activision and its products can be found on the company's Web site, http://www.activision.com.

All trademarks and trade names are the properties of their respective owners. All rights reserved.

SOURCE  Activision Publishing, Inc.

Activision Publishing, Inc.

CONTACT: Andrew Meyer, Sr. Publicist, Activision Publishing, Inc., +1-310-255-2606, andrew.meyer@activision.com

Web Site: http://www.activision.com

Websense Announces General Availability of TRITON Mobile Security

Only mobile security solution that combines web, data and mobile security with MDM features for BYOD and corporate devices

SAN DIEGO, Aug. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Websense, Inc. (NASDAQ: WBSN) today announced general availability of the new Websense® TRITON(TM) Mobile Security solution, a cloud-based security service for Apple iOS devices on wireless mobile networks. Websense TRITON Mobile Security is the only solution that combines four key elements for highly effective unified mobile security: content-aware data security, industry-leading web security, malicious app protection and mobile device management (MDM).

This release is the third phase in the implementation of the Websense mobile security vision. It builds upon previous releases that provide mobile email data loss prevention (DLP) and on-premise Wi-Fi security support. The Websense TRITON architecture recently added 10 new defenses against data theft and loss, including optical character recognition (OCR) of text within images, which are often taken by mobile devices.

"When an employee uses a mobile device, the corporate data that resides on or passes through that device is at great risk of loss," said Jeff Wilson, principle security analyst for Infonetics. "Websense TRITON Mobile Security is the latest example of Websense innovation. It extends the company's expertise in web, email, and data security solutions to handheld devices to protect corporate data."

Websense TRITON Mobile Security provides unique protection for data-in-motion wherever employees use their devices. The data-aware defenses in Websense TRITON Mobile Security protect against data loss and the theft of intellectual property. This cloud-based security service, with an on-demand VPN tunnel, analyzes inbound and outbound data communications.

"Mobility is an unstoppable force that enables users to sometimes unwittingly distribute confidential information through the power of cloud computing," said John McCormack, president, Websense. "Websense is focused squarely on securing confidential data as it's accessed by corporate and BYOD mobile devices. With the general availability of Websense TRITON Mobile Security, organizations can now have the mobile security they haven't seen with MDM solutions."

Administrators can roll out Websense TRITON Mobile Security by simply installing a profile to iOS devices and choosing the appropriate policy for company-owned or personal mobile devices to keep them secure. Within a few minutes, customers can extend their existing web security policies to mobile devices. Integrated MDM features enable organizations to control mobile devices to keep them secure, minimize risk and maintain compliance. Users also have real-time contextual security provided by Websense ACE (Advanced Classification Engine), the technology that powers security defenses in all Websense TRITON security solutions.

For more information about Websense TRITON Mobile Security, please visit: http://www.websense.com/content/TRITON-mobile-security-overview.aspx. To download the Websense Mobile Acceptable Use Policy Kit, please visit: http://www.websense.com/content/mobile-aup.aspx

About Websense, Inc.
Websense, Inc. (NASDAQ: WBSN), a global leader in unified web security, email security, mobile security, and data loss prevention (DLP), delivers the best content security for modern threats at the lowest total cost of ownership to tens of thousands of enterprise, mid-market and small organizations around the world. Distributed through a global network of channel partners and delivered as appliance-based software or SaaS-based cloud services, Websense content security solutions help organizations leverage social media and cloud-based communication, while protecting from advanced persistent threats and modern malware, preventing the loss of confidential information, and enforcing internet use and security policies. Websense is headquartered in San Diego, California with offices around the world. For more information, visit http://www.websense.com.

Follow Websense on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/websense
Join the discussion on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/websense

Websense Media Contact:
Patricia Hogan
Websense, Inc.
(858) 320-9393
phogan@websense.com

SOURCE  Websense

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Websense

Web Site: http://www.websense.com

Lucid Imagination Changes Name to LucidWorks

Introduces New Branding, Streamlined Product Structure and Plans for a New Apache Lucene/Solr Search Community, SearchHub.org

REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Aug. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Lucid Imagination, the trusted name in Search, Discovery and Analytics, today announced its new company name, LucidWorks(TM). The move establishes a clear association with the company's widely used LucidWorks product line and solidifies its commitment to making the company easy to do business with. LucidWorks also announced a new product family, called LucidWorks Product Suite, which provides customers with choice of flexible search application development and deployment options that will meet the needs of organizations of all sizes and types.

Further, reaffirming its commitment to the Apache Lucene/Solr community, the company announced plans to decouple its open source developer content from its business IT content and offer SearchHub.org, a new online community website tailored for open source search developers. When launched, the new community site will create a forum where open source search developers can collaborate and learn, while the existing, refreshed LucidWorks website will provide clear, easy-to-navigate content relevant to business management and IT application developers.

"We work with some of the world's most innovative developers to provide the only search, discovery and analytics solutions that balance four critical elements: volume, variety, velocity and cost," said Paul Doscher, CEO of LucidWorks. "LucidWorks enables companies to build killer business-critical search applications that will access Big Data and enterprise content quickly and securely, while scaling to billions of data sets - without spending millions of dollars. The changes to our company name and product structure, along with the upcoming launch of SearchHub.org, enables us to address the unique needs of our open source and business communities."

Streamlined Product Structure

In conjunction with its name change, LucidWorks is also streamlining its product offerings, starting with a new product family name, LucidWorks Product Suite. LucidWorks Product Suite consists of two development platforms; LucidWorks Search and LucidWorks Big Data. Together, the development platforms uncover real-time insights from any data source, no matter where it is located - inside or outside of the organization. Both platforms easily handle structured data (such as databases), unstructured data (such as documents, emails or social channels) or semi-structured data (such as websites). The company's rich portfolio of enterprise-grade solutions is based on the same proven Apache Lucene/Solr open source technology that powers many of the world's largest e-commerce sites:

    --  LucidWorks Search is the company's flagship enterprise search platform
        that accelerates and simplifies development of highly accurate, scalable
        and cost-effective search applications. It delivers full open source
        Apache Lucene/Solr community innovation in a convenient,
        commercial-grade package, with support from the world's leading experts
        in open source search.
    --  LucidWorks Big Data is a certified and tightly integrated open source
        ecosystem built on top of the LucidWorks Search platform, delivering the
        industry's first robust development platform for building Big Data
        applications. LucidWorks Big Data combines the power of multiple Apache
        open source projects including Hadoop, Zookeeper, Mahout, HBase and
        Lucene/Solr into a single development platform accessible through a ReST
        API. LucidWorks Big Data provides search, discovery and analytics in a
        single out-of-the-box solution.
Both LucidWorks Search and LucidWorks Big Data equip technologists and business users with the ability to initially pilot search and Big Data projects in a cloud sandbox or on premise. A cloud project can remain in the cloud, be moved on premise or be executed within a hybrid configuration. This means businesses can avoid the staggering overhead costs and long lead times associated with infrastructure and application development lifecycles prior to placing their solutions into production.

New Website and User Communities

As a longstanding advocate for, and commercial supporter of, Apache Lucene/Solr, LucidWorks is committed to the advancement of Lucene/Solr open source.

The company will soon offer two separate and distinct sites to provide targeted and relevant information to two sets of constituents: business IT professionals who value open source as part of a product offering, and open source developers. Thousands of people who are passionate about Lucene/Solr will be able to connect with others who have similar interests and information needs.

The new developer website, SearchHub.org, will launch in the September timeframe and offer:

    --  Committer's blog
    --  Video Tutorials
    --  Podcasts
    --  Community forum
    --  Latest information about Apache Lucene/Solr
    --  Event schedule (such as hackathons and meetups)
Until the SearchHub site becomes available on the Web, LucidWorks will offer the existing DevZone Lucene/Solr community portal on the LucidWorks.com homepage. To be notified when the open source community goes go live and become a community founder, sign up at SearchHub.

RESOURCES

    --  Watch the future of search unfold on theLucidWorks blog
    --  Follow LucidWorks on Twitter @LucidImagineer and Facebook
    --  Learn how leading companies are benefiting from LucidWorks in these
        Lucene Revolution videos and presentations
About LucidWorks (Formerly Lucid Imagination)
LucidWorks is the only company that delivers enterprise-grade search development platforms built on the power of Apache Lucene/Solr open source search. Out of the 37 Core Committers to the Apache Lucene/Solr project, 9 individuals work for LucidWorks, making the company the largest supporter of open source search in the industry. Customers include AT&T, Sears, Ford, Verizon, Cisco, Zappos, Raytheon, The Guardian, The Smithsonian Institution, Salesforce.com, The Motley Fool, Qualcomm, Taser, eHarmony and many other household names around the world. LucidWorks' investors include Shasta Ventures, Granite Ventures, Walden International and In-Q-Tel. Learn more about the company at http://www.lucidworks.com.

SOURCE  LucidWorks

LucidWorks

CONTACT: Sarah Goodman, Eastwick, +1-408-470-4880, sarah@eastwick.com

Web Site: http://www.lucidworks.com

TagLikeMe Corp. Prepares For Launch Of New Interface And Features On TagLikeMe.com Social Search And Share Site

LONDON, Aug. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- TagLikeMe Corp. ("TagLikeMe" or "the Company") (OTCQB:TAGG) announced its development team are preparing to launch a whole new version of its online version of its social search and sharing site TagLikeMe.com. The new version 4.0 is expected to host important new features and a newly redesigned and improved user interface.

TagLikeMe.com is a shared Social Information Network that allows individuals or groups to search, tag and share all forms of digital content privately or publicly using cloud based technology. Its next-generation search and share technology has powerful features for collaborating search and sharing all online digital content from a single location.

The new version of TagLikeMe.com is expected to feature several important improvements that are fundamental to social search and sharing. These include key positioning of current features, as well as new features meant to simplify the user experience and improve productivity. It will also include newly redesigned interface elements meant to better serve the public as they search and connect.

"In our efforts to develop for the mobile platform, we discovered that many elements of the mobile access lend themselves naturally to our online application as well," states Richard Elliot-Square, President and CEO of TagLikeMe Corp. "Our version 4.0 will use many of these aspects and vastly improve our user experience. It's all part of our effort to become one of the most useful and used applications on the Internet. I am confident that this new version will attract a lot of new users to our site, many who will then adopt TagLikeMe.com as a part of their regular information search and share routine."

Management expects to launch the new interface version 4.0 of TagLikeMe.com in Q4 2012.

About TagLikeMe Corp.

TagLikeMe Corp. owns and operates TagLikeMe.com, an Internet services platform that combines the most commonly used functions of search and social media interaction in one destination. TagLikeMe.com allows individuals to search the Internet by using the top three search engines of Yahoo(TM), Bing(TM) and Google(TM), in addition to viewing related activities from popular social media based sites such as Facebook(TM), YouTube(TM), Twitter(TM) and Wikipedia (TM) with regard to their search inquiry. It also gives searchers the opportunity to connect and chat with others worldwide that might be searching similar topics. This adds a much-needed human element to search and online social interaction.

TagLikeMe.com is ideal for any online pedestrian or seasoned researcher that conducts significant search activities for personal or organization based interests.

For more information see http://www.TagLikeMeCorp.com.

Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Information

This press release may contain certain "forward-looking statements" relating to the business of TagLikeMe Corp.. All statements, other than statements of historical fact included herein are "forward-looking statements" including statements regarding the advantages of TagLikeMe's products and services, anticipated advantages resulting from the merger, whether funding anticipated from completing the merger will result,, successful completion and development of the social media component of the business and its market acceptance, the business strategy, plans and objectives of the Company and TagLikeMe Corp.; and any other statements of non-historical information. These forward-looking statements are often identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as "believes," "expects", "intended" or similar expressions, involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties. Although the Company believes that the expectations reflected in these forward-looking statements are reasonable, they do involve assumptions, risks and uncertainties, and these expectations may prove to be incorrect. Investors should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this press release. The Company's actual results and ultimate corporate actions could differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements as a result of a variety of factors, including the perception of investors of the newly merged company and their willingness to fund this newly public company, the demand for a social media site and viability of it for advertising, new products and services developed by other companies, market share garnered by competitors, ability to maintain customer and vendor relationships, and those factors discussed in the Company's periodic reports that are filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and available on its website (http://www.sec.gov), among other factors. All forward-looking statements attributable to the Company or persons acting on its behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by these factors. Other than as required under the securities laws, the Company does not assume a duty to update these forward-looking statements.

SOURCE  TagLikeMe Corp.

TagLikeMe Corp.

CONTACT: Investor Relations, +44.207.290.6919

Web Site: http://www.TagLikeMeCorp.com

Esurance's Coverage Counselor® Helps Drivers Find the Right Coverages in Minutes

New Interactive Tool Helps Consumers Make Smart Car Insurance Decisions

SAN FRANCISCO , Aug. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Esurance, the direct-to-consumer personal car insurance company, has rolled out Coverage Counselor, a new interactive tool that makes car insurance easier to understand and helps drivers select the right coverage for their insurance needs.

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Many consumers are often uncertain about how much insurance coverage they need, and Coverage Counselor addresses this issue by presenting easy to understand information on coverage options based on user input.

Unlike competitor tools where consumers pick their price and get whatever coverage fits that price, regardless of whether the coverage reflects the shopper's need, Esurance's Coverage Counselor enables them to more easily understand how their personal circumstances impact their insurance premium, as well as compare different levels of coverage.

"Esurance understands that consumers want the lowest price possible for auto insurance, and we are laser-focused on providing consumers with great opportunities to save money.  However, picking your own price doesn't mean you're getting coverage that ensures that you are properly protected, and finding out you have the wrong coverage after you've had an accident is a terrible experience," said Esurance CMO John Swigart. "Coverage Counselor allows consumers to explore different choices for getting the right coverage before they buy, and it empowers them to make smarter decisions about their car insurance to help ensure that they are properly protected."

The Coverage Counselor asks users a series of non-personal vehicle, driver, and financial questions and then suggests coverages the customer should consider buying to adequately protect their assets. Questions and suggestions are state-specific, so consumers get highly relevant information that can help them make better, more informed decision about what levels of insurance coverage may be right for them.

Coverage Counselor provides helpful hints to make insurance more transparent. Examples include highlighting the reasons it asks questions like "Do you have children who drive?", explaining how much particular coverage levels will impact premium, and providing easy-to-understand definitions of opaque insurance terms like deductible, limit, and comprehensive.

In addition, Coverage Counselor offers:

    --  Easy transfer of suggested coverages to the quoting and buying process
    --  Additional suggestions for valuable coverages like umbrella, homeowners,
        renters, and health insurance
    --  An email function that allows consumers to send their coverage
        recommendations to themselves or someone else
    --  A printer-friendly view of the coverage suggestions
Consumers can access Coverage Counselor through the Esurance website. Read the Esurance Blog for more information about Coverage Counselor.

*The information provided in Coverage Counselor is not used for rating, underwriting, or any purpose unrelated to the tool. Coverage Counselor is meant to highlight certain factors consumers may wish to consider in choosing coverage. The information presented is of a general nature based on the information provided and is not meant to recommend specific coverage levels for consumers to purchase. Coverage Counselor may not present all coverages, limits, or deductibles that could be available to you. Actual coverages vary by state and are subject to individual eligibility. Other terms, conditions, and exclusions apply. The information provided is stored only in aggregate, and is disassociated from any quotes or policies. Consumers' answers are not stored in relation to a quote or policy created.

About Esurance(®

)Esurance provides auto insurance direct to consumers online, over the phone, and through select agents, including sister company, Answer Financial. With an easy-to-use mobile app, instant comparison quotes, and online repair monitoring, Esurance is insurance for the modern world(TM) and the smart choice for today's web-savvy consumer. As a member of the Allstate family with an A+ rating from A.M. Best, Esurance is a reliable choice for car insurance, offering anytime, anywhere service just a click, call, or tap away. For more information, visit http://www.esurance.com or call 1-800-ESURANCE (1-800-378-7262).

SOURCE  Esurance

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Esurance

CONTACT: Danny Miller, Senior Manager, PR and Communications, dmiller2@esurance.com, +1-415-875-4579

Web Site: http://www.esurance.com

Aegis Media Acquires Communicate 2, India's Leading Digital Consultancy

MUMBAI, August 9, 2012/PRNewswire/ --

    Aegis Group plc ("Aegis"), the world's leading, focused media and digital
communications group, today announced that it has acquired Communicate 2, a leading
digital consultancy and search marketing specialist in India. With this acquisition, Aegis
Media becomes one of the strongest agencies in the digital space in India.

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    Communicate 2 is a specialist performance marketing agency which focuses on Search
Marketing, Strategic Digital Consultancy [http://www.communicate2.com/services/consultancy
], Social Media and Digital Content Production. Originally established in 1997,
Communicate 2 has built a strong client list of both local corporates, including Tata
Consultancy Services, Cleartrip, ICICI Lombard and HDFC Bank, and international
businesses, including Travelocity, Aviva Insurance and American Express. Communicate 2 has
offices in Mumbai, Delhi and Pune and employs over 130 staff.

    Ashish Bhasin, Chairman India & CEO South East Asia, Aegis Media, said, "We are very
happy to welcome Communicate 2, led by Vivek Bhargava, to the Aegis Media family.
Communicate 2 is India's pioneering Search and Performance Marketing Agency and Vivek is a
well-known guru in this field. I believe that search will be the fastest growing part of
our industry for the foreseeable future and as part of the iProspect network, Communicate
2 will continue to be the undisputed leader in this area. I have also invited Vivek to
join the Aegis Media India Executive Council and look forward to seeing
iProspectCommunicate 2 going from strength to strength."

    "I am delighted to join Aegis Media's iProspect global network, as they are the world
leaders in the area of Performance Marketing and Search. Communicate 2 is a leader in this
area in India and together, iProspectCommunicate 2 will be an unbeatable force. My entire
management team and I are very thrilled with this development as this gives us a much
larger canvas to paint on and gives us access to global tools, knowledge and the scale of
the iProspect network. Globally, over 35% of Aegis Media's revenues comes from digital,
highest amongst all media groups, which made Aegis Media the best choice as our Partner,"
said Vivek Bhargava, Managing Director, Communicate 2.

    Communicate 2 will be merged into iProspect India's existing operations; strengthening
its network in key cities across India and providing additional service capabilities for
its clients. Vivek Bhargava would continue to lead this merged entity as CEO. The
acquisition, which has just been completed, is in line with the Aegis Group strategy of
increasing its digital profile and capability in faster growing regions.

    The Aegis Media India group comprises iProspect, the global leader in search and
performance marketing, Carat, the world's largest independent media communications
specialist, Vizeum, Posterscope, the global OOH sector leader, Brandscope, Hyperspace
(Retail), Carat Fresh Integrated (Activation), PSI (Airports), Doosra (Creative) and
Isobar, the global communications agency with digital at its heart.

    About Communicate 2

    Communicate 2 is one of India's largest digital consultancies focused on the large
enterprises sector. It has a team of 130 plus people spread across Mumbai, Delhi and Pune.
In India, Communicate 2 is a digital consultant
[http://www.communicate2.com/services/consultancy ] to clients such as DSP BlackRock, Aegon
Religare, Travelocity, Yes Bank, Kotak Bank and works with the largest Digital Agencies in
UK and North America as their offshore partner. For more information, visit
http://www.communicate2.com

    About Aegis Group plc

    Aegis Group plc is the world's leading focused media and digital communications group.
Made up of two operating businesses, Aegis Media (Carat, Vizeum, Posterscope, Isobar and
iProspect) and Aztec, the scan-based market and consumer insights company, Aegis Group
helps clients build consumer relationships by communicating their products and brands
effectively. Our services include communications strategy through digital creative
execution, media planning and buying, brand tracking and marketing analytics. Aegis Group
plc shares are listed on the London Stock Exchange (AEGS.L). For more information, visit
http://www.aemedia.com

    Primary Media Contact: Ashish Bhasin, Ashish.Bhasin@aemedia.com, 91-22-30248100

    Secondary Media Contact: Joy Clark, Joy.Clark@aemedia.com, 61-0-415266228

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Source: Communicate 2

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Neebo And CollegeHumor Partner To Offer College Students A Better Deal On Their Textbooks

Students who shop Neebo.com can save twenty percent on their textbooks and one lucky campus will win a CollegeHumor Live show hosted by Jake and Amir

LINCOLN, Neb., Aug. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Neebo, the nationwide network of college bookstores backed by their online website Neebo.com, has partnered with long-running comedy website CollegeHumor.com to offer students more than just discounts on their college textbooks. Students who shop on Neebo.com will not only get a twenty percent savings on their textbooks, but can also win their school a CollegeHumor Live show hosted by two of the site's long-time stars, Jake and Amir.

Between now and September 15, 2012, students can go to Neebo.com to order their textbooks at a twenty percent discount by entering the promocode "COLLEGEHUMOR" at checkout. Plus, all books ordered at Neebo.com include free shipping. After students complete their order, they can enter their college for a chance to win a CollegeHumor Live show in their school's town. The college with the most orders by September 15 will win the live show and be visited by CollegeHumor's Jake and Amir along with other members of the site's popular cast. A few lucky students will also receive additional prizes including free tickets and autographed merchandise. The winning college will be announced on Neebo.com and CollegeHumor.com on September 16, and the show will be scheduled before the end of the year.

"The cost of textbooks is at an all-time high; students spend an average of seven hundred dollars a year on textbooks," said Steve Clemente, Senior Vice President of Neebo. "Neebo helps students get the most out of their college experience, from saving money to bringing memorable and fun activities to their campus. We're thrilled to partner with CollegeHumor as we continue delivering on our commitments to college students this year."

CollegeHumor.com is a leading comedy-driven website for young adults, and their popular CollegeHumor Live shows repeatedly sell out. Members of the CollegeHumor cast will pack up and travel to the winning college campus to perform a live show which will be hosted by Jake and Amir--who were recently named to Variety's 2012 "10 Comics to Watch" list--and streamed live on CollegeHumor.com.

"We're excited to be teaming with Neebo as students head into the fall semester, and look forward to bringing one of our successful CollegeHumor Live events to the students and community of the winning school," says Mike Mobley, Vice President of Media Sales for CollegeHumor Media.

Giving away a CollegeHumor Live show is just part of the fun. With campus wide competitions and memorable promotions, Neebo hooks college students up in ways that go way beyond cash. Follow Neebo on Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube to stay in the loop on other giveaways and promotions and to be the first to find out what they're doing next on a campus near you!

How to Save on Textbooks
Buying a used textbook can save up to 25 percent off the price of buying the same book new. Renting books can save even more-- as much as 60 percent--leaving students with more money to put away for a rainy day. Students can save on an immense selection of new and used textbooks available for purchase or rent at Neebo.com. And, at Neebo bookstores, the Neebo Lowest Textbook Prices Guarantee adds even more savings while saving students the hassle of shopping around by promising to beat any local or online competitors' prices (excluding peer-to-peer marketplace offerings) by 10 percent.

About Neebo
Neebo has been helping college students save money on their textbooks since 1915. Neebo is a nationwide network of nearly 250 college bookstores providing students, faculty and alumni the most complete selection of new, used, and rental textbooks, as well as college-branded gear and accessories. Neebo is also one of the largest suppliers of textbooks in the nation, housing millions of textbooks that are shipped to millions of students on campuses across the country. In one way or another we touch virtually every college student nationwide. For more information, visit http://www.Neebo.com.

About CollegeHumor Media
CollegeHumor Media, an operating business of IAC (NASDAQ: IACI), is comprised of CollegeHumor.com, Jest.com, Dorkly.com, SportsPickle.com, and several syndication partnerships. A leading online entertainment company targeting people ages 18-49, CollegeHumor Media has created original content that has been viewed more than two billion times. Founded in 1999 with the launch of CollegeHumor.com, the sites deliver daily comedic content through videos, pictures, articles and jokes, both created and curated by the CollegeHumor staff. CollegeHumor Media attracts more than 15 million unique users per month and generates more than 100 million video views per month, with popular sketches and series such as "Jake and Amir," "Hardly Working," "Dire Consequences" and "Very Mary-Kate." In addition to online content, the brand has expanded into apparel and other forms of entertainment including three CollegeHumor books and The CollegeHumor Show on MTV. For more information visit CollegeHumor.com. For more information, visit http://www.chmedia.com or http://www.collegehumor.com, and follow CollegeHumor on Twitter @CollegeHumor.

SOURCE  Neebo

Neebo

CONTACT: Karey Koehn, +1-402-421-0038, kkoehn@neebo.com; or Britta Olson, +1-312-228-6824, britta.olson@ketchum.com

Web Site: http://www.collegehumor.com

Trimble Introduces cBin to Remotely Monitor and Collect Recycling Containers

SUNNYVALE, Calif., Aug. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Trimble (NASDAQ:TRMB) introduced today its cBin(TM) solution for managing remote recycling containers. The cBin solution consists of a remote sensor in a container that sends fill level and asset status information via wireless communications to a Web portal that can be accessed to manage container inventory and pickups. cBin sensors automatically measure container fill levels hourly and send updates to the cBin portal. Immediate updates are sent if fill levels exceed action levels. The cBin solution provides environmental services professionals and fleet managers the ability to see container fill levels on a daily basis and the tools to rapidly build customized collection routes to pick-up full containers.

"Trimble's cBin solution can redefine how recycled materials are being collected. Hauling operations no longer need to use fuel, labor or incur truck wear and tear to go pick-up empty or partially full containers," said Elmar Lenz, director of Trimble's Environmental Solutions Business Area. "Optimal route planning and scheduling are essential to remain competitive. The cBin solution allows customers to plan collection routes to pick-up only full containers and estimate the amounts of recyclable materials that each truck will collect on a route before leaving the shop. With cBin, recyclers and fleet managers can reduce collection cost, improve their forecasting process, and utilize their fleets more efficiently."

Contact Trimble's Environmental Solutions sales team for more information on the cBin solution at: environmentalsolutions@trimble.com.

About Trimble's Environmental Solutions Business

Trimble's Environmental Solutions Business is a leading innovator of productivity solutions for the environmental services professional. Trimble's solutions target businesses operating in the environmental services, waste management, remediation, reclamation, environmental consulting and environmental equipment markets to improve workflow, increase productivity and reduce rework on site.

For more information, visit: http://www.trimble.com/environmental-solutions.

About Trimble

Trimble applies technology to make field and mobile workers in businesses and government significantly more productive. Solutions are focused on applications requiring position or location--including surveying, construction, agriculture, fleet and asset management, public safety and mapping. In addition to utilizing positioning technologies, such as GPS, lasers and optics, Trimble solutions may include software content specific to the needs of the user. Wireless technologies are utilized to deliver the solution to the user and to ensure a tight coupling of the field and the back office. Founded in 1978, Trimble is headquartered in Sunnyvale, Calif.

For more information, visit:  http://www.trimble.com.

GTRMB

SOURCE  Trimble

Trimble

CONTACT: Willa McManmon, Trimble, Investor Relations, +1-408-481-7838, willa_mcmanmon@trimble.com; Lea Ann McNabb, Trimble, Media, +1-408-481-7808, leaann_mcnabb@trimble.com

Web Site: http://www.trimble.com

Vivo Tests Olympic Subscriber Experience With Roamware's Active Testing Solution

CUPERTINO, California, August 9, 2012/PRNewswire/ --

    Roamware, Inc., the Global Leader in Mobile Operator service solutions announced that
Vivo, Brazil's leading mobile operator has deployed its innovative Active Testing solution
to test subscriber experience during the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. Over 30 million
tourists from around the world are expected to visit the UK this year with the Summer
Olympics being the main attraction. Close to 200,000 tourists visit UK from Brazil each
year, a number which is expected to grow in 2012. Roamware's Active Testing portfolio
helps operators test and monitor subscriber QoE (Quality of Experience) in real-time in
inter-operator environments. Roamware acquired Argentinian Active Testing vendor ADECEF
earlier this year and is a leading vendor in this space.

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    "We are delighted to work with Vivo on this project. Mobile operators are keen on
ensuring that their outbound subscriber experience in London is smooth and without
glitches. Operators look to Active Testing solutions to simulate a home country
subscriber's experience in a visited country and deploy real-time agents on the
subscriber's handset to monitor QoE and allow for proactive problem solving. Roamware's
RoamFix and RoamVIP provide an ideal combination of testing and monitoring solutions that
help operators ensure quality subscriber experience during the Olympics", said Dr. Pablo
Maffei, EVP & President, Active Testing Division, Roamware Inc.

    Vivo's subscriber experience is being tested with Roamware's Active Testing robots in
the UK. Vivo's subscriber experience is also being actively monitored at key locations
such as Olympic City, Brazilian Embassy, Hotels, Press rooms etc. All those destinations
will be measured and automatically reported back to a central server.

    About Vivo

    Vivo is the mobile brand of Telefonica in Brazil. Telefonica is one of the world's
leading integrated operators providing communication, information and entertainment
solutions, with presence in Europe, Africa and Latin America. It operates in 25 countries.
Vivo's subscriber base exceeds 75 million. Visit Vivo at http://www.vivo.com.br

    About Roamware, Inc

    Roamware, Inc. is the global leader in mobile operator service solutions with a
customer base of over 530 mobile operators across 160 countries. Roamware is a market
leader in mobile roaming solutions. Roamware mobile financial solutions have been
successfully deployed by major [http://www.roamware.com/customers_successstories.html ]
banks and global operators. The company HQ is in Cupertino with global operations. Learn
more about Roamware's products at http://www.roamware.com

   
    Roamware Contacts:
    Srinivas B Vijayaraghavan
    Director Marketing
    Tel: +91-9739970225
    srinivas.v@roamware.com

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India Post Selects Infosys to Transform its Financial Services

NEW DELHI, India, August 9, 2012/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --

    Infosys, a global leader in consulting and technology, today announced that it has
been selected by the Department of Post, Ministry of Communications and Information
Technology, Government of India for a mission critical program that will enhance India
Post's financial services across 150,000 post offices in the country. This is part of the
'India Post 2012' modernization program that aims at bringing transparency, agility,
flexibility and scalability to India Post's operations.

    Under the agreement, Infosys and India Post will embark on a transformational
initiative, which encompasses Financial Services System Integration. This project,
estimated at INR 700 crores, aims to transform India Post into a technology-enabled and
autonomous market leader, by revolutionizing its financial operations and end-user
services.

    As Financial Services System Integrator, Infosys will implement and manage its
flagship Finacle(TM) Core Banking and McCamish(TM) Insurance products to help India Post
transform its banking and insurance operations - covering more than 200 million banking
customers across urban and rural India; including a large base of insurance customers.
Infosys will be installing 1,000 ATMs for India Post as part of this program to increase
the effectiveness of its delivery channel and will also implement an electronic Content
Management system to manage millions of documents generated as part of India Post's
financial operations.

    For the project, Infosys will support India Post in the following areas:

   
    - Complete System Integration including designing, building, supplying,
      installing and commissioning hardware and software
    - Data migration and deployment of the platforms and solutions across all
      identified post offices
    - Supporting multi-year managed services, application support and infrastructure
      operations
    - Training more than 35,000 India Post employees across the country on the usage
      and deployment of the new platform and solutions

    Speaking about this deal, Mr. A. S. Prasad, Deputy Director General, Financial
Services, India Post, said, "We are confident that Infosys' extensive global experience
with transformational programs in the financial and systems integration space will be
instrumental in rolling out this ambitious program aimed at driving technology superiority
at India Post, by introducing key solutions like core banking. This transformational
program is expected to enhance India Post's services, bringing us on par with the best in
the banking industry; and will help us expand the reach and effectiveness of our
operations through technology enablement of India Post employees."

    "Infosys will be drawing upon its expertise and domain knowledge across the banking
and financial sector, to transform India Post's services to empower end-consumers. This
project offers us rich scope to innovate and optimize the largest financial and insurance
distribution channel in the country and we look forward to deploying our strong
capabilities across industries and technologies, in a role that has the potential to
significantly impact millions of citizens in the country," said Mr. CN Raghupathi, VP and
Head India Business, Infosys.

    About India Post

    For more than 150 years, the Department of Posts (DoP) has been the backbone of the
country's communication and has played a crucial role in the country's socio-economic
development. It touches the lives of Indian citizens in many ways: delivering mails,
accepting deposits under Small Savings Schemes, providing life insurance cover under
Postal Life Insurance (PLI) and Rural Postal Life Insurance (RPLI) and providing retail
services like bill collection, sale of forms, etc. The DoP also acts as an agent for
Government of India in discharging other services for citizens such as Mahatma Gandhi
National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) wage disbursement and old age pension
payments. With 1, 55,015 Post Offices, the DoP has the most widely distributed postal
network in the world.

    About Infosys

    Many of the world's most successful organizations rely on the 151,000 people of
Infosys to deliver measurable business value. Infosys provides business consulting,
technology, engineering and outsourcing services to help clients in over 30 countries
build tomorrow's enterprise. For more information about Infosys (NASDAQ: INFY), visit
http://www.infosys.com

    Safe Harbor

    Certain statements in this release concerning our future growth prospects are
forward-looking statements, which involve a number of risks and uncertainties that could
cause actual results to differ materially from those in such forward-looking statements.
The risks and uncertainties relating to these statements include, but are not limited to,
risks and uncertainties regarding fluctuations in earnings, fluctuations in foreign
exchange rates, our ability to manage growth, intense competition in IT services including
those factors which may affect our cost advantage, wage increases in India, our ability to
attract and retain highly skilled professionals, time and cost overruns on fixed-price,
fixed-time frame contracts, client concentration, restrictions on immigration, industry
segment concentration, our ability to manage our international operations, reduced demand
for technology in our key focus areas, disruptions in telecommunication networks or system
failures, our ability to successfully complete and integrate potential acquisitions,
liability for damages on our service contracts, the success of the companies in which
Infosys has made strategic investments, withdrawal or expiration of governmental fiscal
incentives, political instability and regional conflicts, legal restrictions on raising
capital or acquiring companies outside India, and unauthorized use of our intellectual
property and general economic conditions affecting our industry. Additional risks that
could affect our future operating results are more fully described in our United States
Securities and Exchange Commission filings including our Annual Report on Form 20-F for
the fiscal year ended March 31, 2012 and on Form 6-K for the quarters ended September 30,
2011, December 31, 2011 and June 30, 2012.These filings are available at
http://www.sec.gov. Infosys may, from time to time, make additional written and oral
forward-looking statements, including statements contained in the company's filings with
the Securities and Exchange Commission and our reports to shareholders. The company does
not undertake to update any forward-looking statements that may be made from time to time
by or on behalf of the company.

Source: Infosys Ltd

For further information please contact: The Americas: Danielle D'Angelo , Infosys Ltd, US, Phone: +1-5108595783, Danielle_Dangelo@infosys.com; Australia : Cristin Balog, Infosys Ltd, Australia, Phone : +61-3-9860-2277, Cristin_Balog@infosys.com ; Asia Pacific : Sarah Vanita Gideon, Infosys Ltd, India, Phone: +91-80-4156-4998, Sarah_Gideon@infosys.com ; EMEA : Paul De Lara , Infosys Ltd., Phone: +44-207-516-2748, Paul_deLara@infosys.com

Albeo Advances LED Fixture Patent Strategy with "Chip-in-Fixture" Innovation

New Chip-in-Fixture patent sets course to lower LED fixture costs below fluorescent lighting, leading the way to making LED the dominant lighting choice

BOULDER, Colo., Aug. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- With the recent granting of four new patents, Albeo Technologies advances its strategy of LED fixture innovation. The new patents protect fundamental innovations in LED chip integration, fixture construction and electronic architecture that significantly reduce costs and improve efficiency. 

The company's most recent patent is for a "chip-in-fixture" (CIF) LED lighting platform, titled LED chip-based lighting products and methods of building (US Patent 8,056,659). This innovation covers the integration of unpackaged light-emitting diode chips directly on the inside surface of the external shell of the fixture, to substantially reduce the raw material cost of LED fixtures and dramatically improve performance. The CIF design minimizes thermal resistance by eliminating printed circuit boards, heat sinks, and the actual LED package. With this foundational patent, Albeo Technologies has developed working prototypes for next generation commercial and industrial LED fixtures. The company expects to begin marketing these fixtures in 2013.

"The chip-in-fixture patent is a fundamental change in the state-of-the-art at the fixture level," said Albeo Technologies Co-Founder and CEO Jeff Bisberg. "By removing many of the materials and layers currently used in LED fixtures, we are able to both reduce costs and improve efficiency. In the very near future, we anticipate this type of fixture design will allow LED fixtures to surpass fluorescent lighting in value, performance and even upfront cost."

Additional Patents Recently Awarded

US Patent 7,947,516 - LED packaging methods and LED-based lighting products
This patent details a method of interconnecting light-emitting diodes and phosphors between two layers, such as glass or plastic, to build unique, flat, white light-emitting structures. The patent protects a new way to combine LEDs and phosphor that are extremely thin and provide very high performance.

US Patent 8,011,799 - Thermal management of LED-based lighting systems
A method of dissipating heat generated by LEDs by configuring a printed circuit board with conductors on the front side, so that heat is dissipated from the LED to the conductors. This faster heat dissipation cools the LED fixture more rapidly, to maintain a higher efficiency at lower costs.

US Patent 12,238,705 - Systems and Methods for Conveying Information Using a Control Signal Referenced to Alternating
A method for communication between LED fixture cases and AC powered LED modules to control the on/off and dimming with Pulse Width Modulation (PWM), without the need of a ground to reference to the control signal.

About Albeo Technologies
Albeo Technologies is a leading LED Lighting manufacturer for industrial and commercial buildings, such as cold storage, data centers, retail, schools and commercial buildings. The Albeo products range from high bay and low bay solutions, to linear, surface mount and under cabinet fixtures. The company has lit over 8 million square-feet of space to date and won 16 independently-judged awards, including 6 from the US Department of Energy (DOE). Albeo's fully customizable, reliable and low-maintenance LED lighting products offer energy savings up to 95% and an ROI of 1-3 years. For more information, please visit http://www.albeotech.com.

Media Inquiries:
Technica Communications
Lisa Ann Pinkerton
408-806-9626
Lisaann@technicacommunications.com

SOURCE  Albeo Technologies

Albeo Technologies

Web Site: http://www.albeotech.com

Leading Auto Companies Launch Innovative Image Advertising Solution by Vibrant and Mindshare

LONDON, August 9, 2012/PRNewswire/ --

    Vibrant Media, the global leader in premium contextual advertising, and Mindshare, the
global media network, today announce that Ford and Mazda have launched innovative
campaigns using Vibrant Image, the contextual image advertising solution that identifies
static images within brand-safe content across the Web and embeds small overlays within
them at the bottom of the image. Mindshare brokered the deal with the new Vibrant format,
launching with Mazda and now running on Ford's campaigns.

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    The latest campaign launched by Ford to promote the new Ford B-MAX will be running for
two months from 6th August across premium auto and men's lifestyle sites and gives
participants access to unique lifestyle experiences and days out.

    As online advertising becomes more sophisticated, publishers and advertisers are
continually looking to ensure their communications and sites are relevant to their
audience - by enhancing the user experience and making sites work in the interest of the
user, brand and publisher. Image is proving to be an extremely successful solution to the
problem of 'banner blindness' for Ford and Mazda. In addition, Vibrant Image is a premium
placement that is more contextually engaging than standard display ads. Brands find their
audiences are increasingly consumed and engaged online through captivating imagery.

    For publishers, Vibrant Image offers further increase page yield on previously
unmonetized portions of every page.

    The effectiveness of Image has been demonstrated by research conducted by SKOPOS for
Mazda. The studies demonstrate that Vibrant Image helps increase brand awareness, brand
favourability (in comparison to other solutions) and helps increase future purchase
intent.

    The main conclusions of the Mazda research are:

   
    - Brand awareness: 64% said it was clear who the advertising sponsor was;
    - Brand information: 54% said the ad provided useful information about the
      brand;
    - Website positivity: 10% uplift in positivity towards a website showing Image
      compared to other formats;
    - Brand positivity: 7% uplift in positivity towards an advertiser using Image
      compared to other formats;
    - Brand favourability: 42% of users more favourable towards a brand when using
      Image compared to other formats;
    - Purchase intent: Consumers are 14% more likely to respond or purchase product
      after seeing Image format, compared to other online formats

    Martin Forbes, SVP & Managing Director Europe, Vibrant Media says: "Traditional ad
models were brought online through pre-roll and display, but we create unique media
placements that are designed for the interactive nature of the internet and deliver truly
relevant ad experiences to users. We are delighted that Ford and Mazda have seen
first-hand the benefits of using Image and the research conducted by SKOPOS validates our
vision: Image delivering a truly relevant brand advertising experience for consumers."

    Polly Chandler, Account Director: Online Display & Mobile from Mindshare says: "We are
really pleased to be using Image as part of the new Ford campaign. In our view this new
innovative format is delivering great results for Auto brands. It is enabling them to
communicate with their customers through an environment that they have sought, helping to
increase brand awareness".

    About Vibrant

    Vibrant is a world leader in contextual technology aligning billions of words across
the internet with relevant video, information, tools and advertising. With over 6,500
premium publishers, reaching more than 250 million unique users per month (comScore,
2011), Vibrant gives top brand marketers the opportunity to deliver highly targeted
advertisements within premium Web content and offers publishers premium editorial tools to
re-circulate users throughout their websites. Vibrant clients include Microsoft, Unilever,
Sainsbury's and Hewlett Packard.

    The company, founded in 2000, has offices in London, New York, Boston, Detroit,
Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Paris, Hamburg, Munich and Dusseldorf. Vibrant has
featured in the Inc. 500 and Deloitte Fast 50 lists, and in the UK: Media Momentum 2006,
2007; 2008 and Sunday Times Tech Track in 2004 and 2005. http://www.vibrantmedia.co.uk
[https://webmail.vibrantmedia.com/owa/redir.aspx?C79b1548eedf4ff6b788e40d79f4e826&URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.vibrantmedia.co.uk ]
or http://www.hyperlinkevolved.com
[https://webmail.vibrantmedia.com/owa/redir.aspx?C79b1548eedf4ff6b788e40d79f4e826&URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.hyperlinkevolved.com ]
or http://ww.facebook.com/vibrantmedia
[https://webmail.vibrantmedia.com/owa/redir.aspx?C79b1548eedf4ff6b788e40d79f4e826&URL=http%3a%2f%2fww.facebook.com%2fvibrantmedia ]
or http://twitter.com/vibrantmedia.

    Vibrant UK:

    Helen Mussard, Head of EU Marketing: +44(0)207-239-0102 /
Helen.mussard@vibrantmedia.com

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Source: Vibrant

Health News Gets Social

dailyRx Sparks The Digital Health Conversation With Enhanced Social Publishing Platform

AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The dailyRx News Network announced today enhancements to its website http://www.dailyRx.com, a leading publisher of consumer health news. dailyRx version 7.1 renders a superior user experience, seamlessly integrating breaking health news and videos with social media channels to spark more effective conversation between patients and providers.

"We must engage in digital conversation with our patients at every touch point. Participating in social media conversations extends the patient education experience in a scalable fashion. All healthcare professionals should be leveraging vetted health content to help reduce the cost of care," said Russell Ricci, MD, dailyRx's Chief Medial Officer.

dailyRx's social media platform syndicates the latest news to patients across Facebook, Twitter, Google+ and Pinterest for participating health providers at no cost. dailyRx's platform enables hospitals, clinics and health care professionals to easily interact with a broad patient audience.

"dailyRx is offering health care providers the conversation tools to engage patients with on-demand information, when and where it is most impactful," said Hackett. "dailyRx does all the publishing work and distributes the latest news to the providers' social media channels and websites."  Additionally, dailyRx offers a weekly guide with the latest tips and popular news trends to help social media administrators keep patients engaged.

dailyRx publishes more than 100 original news articles each week, translating breaking health research into easy-to-understand language at the 8(th) grade comprehension level. dailyRx journalists, editors, and medical team vet the latest medical research to deliver relevant, doctor-reviewed news covering 750+ conditions, medications and therapies.

The dailyRx Insight, a feature included within each news article, offers readers an actionable suggestion approved by a panel of health professionals. "Our network of physicians, pharmacists, and behavioral health professionals contribute their real-world expertise to offer consumers 'main-street' sensibilities," said Hackett.

"dailyRx version 7.1 is another step in our journey to empower health providers and patients to reduce the cost of care delivered by 5%," said Hackett.

About dailyRx

The dailyRx News Network is an emerging leader in publishing health news for consumers and patients alike. dailyRx publishes, aggregates, and syndicates doctor-reviewed news and videos covering a wide range of health conditions, medications, over-the-counter products, and nutraceutical compounds. dailyRx's original content is written in positive, unbiased, easy-to-understand language and reviewed for efficacy by doctors, pharmacists and therapists. dailyRx is owned by Patient Conversation Media, Inc.

SOURCE  dailyRx News Network

dailyRx News Network

CONTACT: Alex Northington, +1-512-565-7383, alex@patientconversation.com

Web Site: http://www.dailyrx.com

GigaMedia: New Growth Plans for Online Games

New Cloud Business for 2013

TAIPEI, Taiwan, Aug. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- GigaMedia Limited (NASDAQ: GIGM) announced today new growth initiatives for its online games business and unveiled GigaCloud, a new cloud computing business.

Online Games Business

Management is extending GigaMedia's online games platform to Web-based/mobile "light" games, with focus on growing revenue organically and through partnerships and acquisitions in emerging markets.

Currently, GigaMedia operates primarily PC-based casual and "heavy" MMO games in Taiwan and Hong Kong through its wholly-owned subsidiary FunTown.

The company's plans capitalize on the strong global growth of Web-based/mobile games, particularly in Asia.

Plans to scale Giga's online games business follow initiatives executed in the first and second quarters of 2012 to improve margins by simplifying operations, lowering operating costs and driving productivity.

Cloud Computing Business

GigaMedia also announced today development of a new cloud computing business - GigaCloud. GigaCloud provides a unique, integrated platform of critical services and tools for small-to-medium enterprises (SMEs) enabling SMEs to increase flexibility, efficiency and competitiveness.

The business leverages strategic partnerships with a consortium of technology leaders, including Taiwan's telecom leader Far EasTone and global computer hardware and electronics leader Asus, and allows SMEs to outsource key IT needs.

GigaCloud's unique, integrated service will initially include the following:

    --  office software tools for mobile business flexibility and productivity;
    --  cloud-based phone services that lower telecom costs and increase quality
        and flexibility;
    --  cloud faxing; and
    --  hardware and storage.

GigaMedia's cloud-based service takes advantage of the growing trend toward providing software, storage and other services from remote data centers over the Web instead of relying on software or data on individual PCs.

Management is pleased to announce that beta testing is set to begin in September 2012, with product launch expected in early 2013.

Initial product launch is planned in strategic partnership with Taiwan-based Chailease Holding Co Ltd to capitalize on the firm's large SME customer base. Chailease is Taiwan's number one leasing company with approximately 42 percent market share. The firm has a wide product offering, including financial services, leasing, and installment sales and serves approximately 15 thousand SMEs in Greater China.

Further details on all growth initiatives will be provided on GigaMedia's second-quarter conference call in August 2012.

About GigaMedia

Headquartered in Taipei, Taiwan, GigaMedia Limited (Singapore registration number: 199905474H) is a diversified provider of online games and cloud computing services. GigaMedia's online games business develops and operates a suite of games in Asia, with focus on Web-based/mobile games in emerging markets. The company's cloud computing business is focused on providing SMEs in Greater China with critical IT solutions that increase flexibility, efficiency and competitiveness. More information on GigaMedia can be obtained from http://www.gigamedia.com.

The statements included above and elsewhere in this press release that are not historical in nature are "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the "safe harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. GigaMedia cautions readers that forward-looking statements are based on the company's current expectations and involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Actual results may differ materially from those contained in such forward-looking statements. Information as to certain factors that could cause actual results to vary can be found in GigaMedia's Annual Report on Form 20-F filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission in April 2012.

For further information contact:

Brad Miller, Investor Relations Director

Tel: +886-2-2656-8016
Brad.Miller@GigaMedia.com

SOURCE  GigaMedia Limited

GigaMedia Limited

Web Site: http://www.gigamedia.com