KODAK Gallery Adds 2011 Holiday Card Preview to its Site
KODAK Gallery's design team showcases a sneak peek into this year's festive holiday card collection
EMERYVILLE, Calif., July 28, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- KODAK Gallery (http://www.kodakgallery.com), the only online photo service uniquely designed for your KODAK MOMENTS, has designed an array of new Holiday Photo Cards just in time for early seasonal planning.
"Planning for the holiday season can take up to 6 months for our average consumer. Our design team started curating this collection more than a year ago, and we are overjoyed to share the holiday spirit and joy through this year's Holiday Card Collection for 2011," says Rahnel Romasanta, Senior Manager of Design and Merchandising for KODAK Gallery.
This year KODAK Gallery has added more than 400 Holiday Card designs that include an array of greeting cards for Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Years and various other religious and cultural winter holidays.
For the first time KODAK Gallery has created non-photo greeting cards, where users can create a holiday themed card or party invitation entirely with text, to use as recipe cards or a menu cards.
Also this year, KODAK Gallery has added modern photography of Christmas berries or Snowglobes that are certain to accent this season's invitations.
This year's Thanksgiving card designs infuse brown hues with hints of juniper and splashes of olive green. Vintage washes and neutral palettes are especially designed to kick off the fall season for Autumn Greetings and Thanksgiving Invites, with coordinating Menu cards.
Customers with traditional style will be inspired by all-over holly backgrounds and cozy home scenes, while Gallery users who enjoy a modern flair will thrill to abstract florals and snowflakes or mixed typeface as overlays to their photos.
For the holiday photos featuring the young or young at heart, be inspired by chalk drawn snowmen and penguins, or playful pennants for a touch of whimsy.
To explore the preview of Holiday Photo Cards on kodakgallery.com today, please visit KODAK Gallery's Holiday Photo Card Preview Page.
KODAK Gallery's photo cards are professionally printed on card stock photo paper. KODAK PERFECT TOUCH Technology is then applied to make photos look their best by removing unwanted flaws.
About Kodak
As the world's foremost imaging innovator, Kodak helps consumers, businesses, and creative professionals unleash the power of pictures and printing to enrich their lives.
Citroën Launches Latest DS4 Model with new Vibrant 'Aura' Contextual Advertising Unit
LONDON, July 28, 2011/PRNewswire/ --
- With Photo
French car manufacturer, PSA Peugeot-Citroën, is using Vibrant's new
Aura contextual advertising unit to raise awareness of the newly launched
Citroën DS4 hatchback. The campaign will run until the end of September
2011, across Auto and Lifestyle sites within Vibrant's network of 6,000
premium publishers.
Aura is designed featuring a transparent overlay which revolves
360degrees allowing brands to obtain maximum impact and prominence on the
page when the consumer interacts with the ad. The Vibrant Aura unit works
particularly well for product launches, as it allows advertisers with clear,
bold imagery in their creative to make the brand the hero - utilising online
video in a new way.
Jonathan Kopitko, Account Manager, OMD, says, "This new Aura unit gives
the campaign maximum visual impact for the brand - allowing it to 'pop' out
of the page. Together with the keywords allowing the advertising to appear
in relevant content, ensures that the New Citroën DS4 campaign will be seen
by the target audience."
Martin Forbes, Senior Vice President, Corporate Operations at Vibrant,
comments, "Vibrant continually raises the bar for the industry with new
contextual products and creative solutions that deliver results for top
advertisers and brand experiences for 238 million unique users. The Aura
unit animates the ad on the screen, and with the transparent overlay gives
the display message an almost 3D quality, something that clearly has appeal
and relevance for the automotive industry."
Editor's Notes
- Vibrant was ranked 3rd, in the IPA's annual Online Media
Owner Survey published 13 April 2011. The independent survey, carried
out in February 2011, collates responses from digital planners,
strategists and buyers in media agencies of the levels of service media
owners. http://www.ipa.co.uk/content/specific-media-tops-ipa-media-owner-survey
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 6,000 premium publishers, reaching more than 238
million unique users per month (comScore, May 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 works with top brand
advertisers such as Microsoft, General Motors, Unilever, Sainsbury's and
Hewlett Packard.
Cruise.com Announces Fall Schedule for the Complimentary Virtual Cruise Lecture Series
Cruise.com has announced its Fall Schedule for the Complimentary Virtual Cruise Lecture Series. The lectures allow new and seasoned cruisers to participate in free virtual webinars detailing the cruise experience from the comfort of their own home.
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., July 28, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Cruise.com, one of the Internet's largest cruise sellers, has announced the fall dates for their Virtual Cruise Lecture Series. The program is designed to provide consumers with a unique venue to learn about the cruise experience from the comfort of their own home. A number of cruise destinations and topics will be covered.
Cruise.com's Virtual Cruise Lecture Series allows consumers, whether a first time cruiser or a seasoned sailor, to take a virtual tour of almost every aspect of the cruise experience. "The cruise experience differs widely from cruise line to cruise line and from ship to ship. Our virtual presentation series will allow customers to learn about the different cruise opportunities from the comfort of their own home. Registration is free and a variety of topics are covered. We hope to give consumers a much better understanding of cruising and what the different options are to choose from," said Jeanne Wyndrum, senior vice-president, Cruise.com.
The upcoming lectures include:
South America - Tue Aug 2, 2011 - 7:00PM-8:00PM
Asia - Ancient, Mysterious and Exotic - Thu Aug 4, 2011 - 7:00PM-8:00PM
Take a Winter Cruise in the Caribbean - Thu Aug 11, 2011 - 7:00PM-8:00PM
Experience the Wonder of Africa - Tue Aug, 16, 2011 - 7:00PM-8:00PM
Australia/New Zealand - Thu Aug 18, 2011 - 7:00PM-8:00PM
The Mediterranean: History Comes to Life - Tue Aug 23, 2011 - 7:00PM-8:00PM
River Cruising Through China and SE Asia - Thu Aug 25, 2011 - 7:00PM-8:00PM
Cruising the Beautiful Islands of Hawaii - Tue Sep 6, 2011 - 7:00PM-8:00PM
Island Time in the Fabulous Caribbean - Thu Sep 8, 2011 - 7:00PM-8:00PM
Seabourn's Europe - The Vacation of a Lifetime - Tue Sep 13, 2011 - 7:00PM-8:00PM
New or Newer to Cruising - Thu Sep 15, 2011 - 7:00PM-8:00PM
The Galapagos Islands - Step Back Into History - Thu Sep 22, 2011 - 7:00PM-8:00PM
Culinary Cruise Adventure - Thu Oct 13, 2011 - 7:00PM-8:00PM
NOTE: All times are Eastern Standard Time.
Consumers can view the presentation schedule and register for a seminar by clicking on the Free Virtual Cruise Lecture Series link at http://www.cruise.com.
Anyone who is not able to attend the live presentations at the scheduled time will be able to view the recorded seminars at their convenience. To take advantage of recorded sessions simply register for the presentation(s) of your choice. An e-mail will be sent to you after the presentation is completed with a link to view the recorded program.
New topics will be added regularly. If there is a topic that you would like to see added to the program please email us at virtual-lecture@cruise.com.
Established in 1998, Cruise.com is one of the Internet's largest cruise specialists and was recently named Travel Agency of the Year by Vacation.com. Cruise.com offers comprehensive itineraries and ship details for more than 70 cruise lines worldwide at the most competitive prices. Cruise.com is a wholly owned subsidiary of Omega World Travel, Inc.
Ituran Location and Control Announces the Approval by Board of Directors of an Agreement With Pelephone to Provide MVNO Services
AZOUR, Israel, July 28, 2011/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --
Ituran Location and Control Ltd. (NASDAQ: ITRN, TASE: ITRN), today
announced that an agreement with Pelephone to provide MVNO services, was
approved by boards of directors.
Following Ituran's announcement on July 29, 2010 that its wholly owned
Israeli subsidiary, Ituran Cellular Communication Ltd. obtained on July 28,
2010, a mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) license from the Israeli
Ministry of Communication, Ituran is pleased to announce that Ituran
Cellular signed an agreement with Pelephone Communications Ltd., one of
Israel's reputable cellular operators, to use Pelephone's infrastructure and
network in order to service the MVNO's customers and operation, against
payment as detailed in the agreement. The term of the agreement is thirty
six (36) months from the date on which Ituran shall commence servicing the
MVNO's customers, renewed automatically for further periods of twelve months
each, unless non-renewal notice of at least one hundred twenty (120) days is
delivered by either party prior to the renewal date and may be terminated by
either parties in certain circumstances as detailed in the agreement,
including in the event that any regulatory license enabling either party to
perform its obligations according to the agreement expired or revoked. The
agreement was approved today by Cellular Communication Ltd and Pelephone's
respective board of directors.
About Ituran
Ituran provides location-based services, consisting predominantly of
stolen vehicle recovery and tracking services, as well as wireless
communications products used in connection with its location-based services
and various other applications. Ituran offers mobile asset location, Stolen
Vehicle Recovery, management & control services for vehicles, cargo and
personal security. Ituran's subscriber base has been growing significantly
since the Company's inception to over 615,000 subscribers distributed
globally. Established in 1995, Ituran has over 1,300 employees worldwide,
provides its location based services and has a market leading position in
Israel, Brazil, Argentina and the United States.
Certain statements in this press release are "forward-looking
statements" within the meaning of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
These forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, our plans,
objectives, expectations and intentions and other statements contained in
this report that are not historical facts as well as statements identified
by words such as "expects", "anticipates", "intends", "plans", "believes",
"seeks", "estimates" or words of similar meaning. These statements are based
on our current beliefs or expectations and are inherently subject to
significant uncertainties and changes in circumstances, many of which are
beyond our control. Actual results may differ materially from these
expectations due to changes in global political, economic, business,
competitive, market and regulatory factors.
International Investor Relations
CCG Israel
Ehud Helft
ehud@ccgisrael.com
Kenny Green
kenny@ccgisrael.com
Tel: +1-646-201-9246
Radware will send to its shareholders of record a proxy statement
describing the various matters to be voted upon at the meeting, along with a
proxy card enabling them to indicate their vote on each matter. Radware will
also file the proxy statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission
(SEC) in the next few days. The agenda of the meeting is as follows:
1) To re-elect Dr. Hagen Hultzsch and Ms. Yael Langer as class
III directors;
2) To authorize Mr. Yehuda Zisapel to act as Chairman of the Board
of Directors for a period of three years;
3) To approve amendments to Articles 46, 69 and 70 of the
Company's Articles of Association relating to proceedings of the Board
of Directors, indemnification and insurance of office holders and
notices of shareholder meetings, respectively;
4) To approve an amendment to the form of indemnity letters issued
by the Company in favor of officers and directors;
5) To approve the reappointment of Kost Forer Gabbay & Kasierer, a
member of Ernst & Young Global, as the Company's auditors, and to
authorize the Board of Directors to delegate to the Audit Committee the
authority to fix their remuneration in accordance with the volume and
nature of their services;
6) To present and discuss the financial statements of the Company
for the year ended December 31, 2010 and the Auditors' Report for this
period; and
7) To transact such other business as may properly come before the
Annual General Meeting or any adjournment thereof.
Items 1, 3, 4 and 5 require the approval of a simple majority of the
shares voted on the matter (since the Company does not have a "controlling
shareholder" within the meaning of the Companies Law). Item 2 requires the
approval of a simple majority of the shares voted on the matter; provided
that either (i) the shares voted in favor of the matter include at least
two-thirds of the shares voted by shareholders who are not "controlling
shareholders" or do not have a "personal interest" (as such terms are
defined in the Companies Law) in approving the resolution or (ii) the total
number of shares voted against such matter by shareholders who are not
controlling shareholders or have a personal interest as aforesaid does not
exceed 2% of the Company's voting power. Items 6 and 7 do not require a vote
by the shareholders.
In the absence of requisite quorum of shareholders in the meeting, the
meeting shall be adjourned to the same day in the next week, at the same
time and place, unless otherwise determined at the meeting in accordance
with the Company's Articles of Association. In accordance with the Companies
Law, position statements must be delivered to the Company no later than 10
days following the record date.
Additional Information and Where to Find It
In connection with the meeting, Radware will send to its shareholders of
record a proxy statement describing the various matters to be voted upon at
the meeting, along with a proxy card enabling them to indicate their vote on
each matter. The proxy statement and proxy card may be obtained for free
from the SEC's website at http://www.sec.gov, the Company's website at http://www.radware.com or by directing such request to the Company's
Investor Relations above.
About Radware
Radware [http://www.radware.com ] (NASDAQ: RDWR), is a global leader of
application delivery
[http://www.radware.com/Products/ApplicationDelivery/default.aspx ] and
application security
[http://www.radware.com/Products/ApplicationNetworkSecurity/default.aspx ]
solutions for virtual and cloud data centers. Its award-winning solutions
portfolio delivers full resilience for business-critical applications,
maximum IT efficiency, and complete business agility. Radware's solutions
empower more than 10,000 enterprise and carrier customers worldwide to adapt
to market challenges quickly, maintain business continuity and achieve
maximum productivity while keeping costs down. For more information, please
visit http://www.radware.com
This press release may contain forward-looking statements that are
subject to risks and uncertainties. Factors that could cause actual results
to differ materially from these forward-looking statements include, but are
not limited to, general business conditions in the Application Switching or
Network Security industry, changes in demand for Application Switching or
Network Security products, the timing and amount or cancellation of orders
and other risks detailed from time to time in Radware's filings with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, including Radware's Form 20-F. Oracle
and Java are registered trademarks of Oracle and/or its affiliates.
CONTACTS
Chief Financial Officer
Meir Moshe
+972-3766-8610
Corporate Media Relations:
Michael Lordi
+1 201 785 3206
joyceannes@radware.com
Anite Accelerates the Pace for LTE Conformance Testing
FLEET, England, July 28, 2011/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --
Today, Anite, the global leader in wireless device testing, announced
that the company is maintaining its leading position within LTE protocol
conformance testing by delivering the most number of test cases for the
pending deployment of Band 04 in the USA for Verizon and Band 05 in Korea
for SK Telecom & LG U+. Furthermore, with the Global Certification Forum's
(GCF) announcement that TD-LTE Band 38 achieved its Certification Entry
Criteria, Anite's Conformance Toolset is the only protocol conformance test
solution capable of the comprehensive testing necessary for device
manufacturers launching their Band 38 mobile devices with China Mobile.
Anite is the clear leader in LTE test cases and further extends its
capabilities with the widest coverage of LTE and TD-LTE bands. As a result,
device manufacturers using Anite's toolset can quickly and confidently bring
their devices to market as carriers go live across LTE bands. Only Anite has
been able to meet the protocol certification needs of manufacturers for all
devices launched to date. This has led to Conformance Toolset becoming the
preferred solution for device manufacturers launching new devices as global
network operators accelerate their rollout of LTE networks.
"Anite continues to demonstrate that it is the global leader in testing
technology for the wireless industry, with the broadest and most
comprehensive protocol conformance test case coverage," said Paul Beaver,
Products Director, Anite. "Anite's highly-skilled conformance team works in
close partnership with the manufacturers who are breaking new ground with
LTE. This is because we are the first and only test equipment vendor to meet
all of GCF's stringent requirements for both FDD LTE and TD-LTE protocol
test cases, making Conformance Toolset the preferred solution for device
manufacturers wishing to rigorously test their next generation LTE wireless
devices."
"Taking the risk out of development, reducing costs and shortening time
to market are key benefits delivered to Anite customers. As well as test
case leadership, Anite's Conformance Toolset offers unparalleled ease of use
which allows for the automation and simplification of the test process," he
added.
Anite's LTE leadership builds on its comprehensive portfolio of leading
3GPP protocol solutions. From GSM through EDGE and WCDMA to the latest HSPA+
standards, Anite enables developers to adopt a total end-to-end test
philosophy for all of their wireless testing needs, using proven and trusted
solutions that offer rapid return on investment.
About Anite
Anite provides a comprehensive range of critical IT solutions to the
Wireless and Travel sectors across the globe. Listed on the London Stock
Exchange, Anite develops and implements software as well as provides
consultancy, systems integration and managed services to ensure that our
customers operate effectively and securely. By using the latest technologies
to deliver quality and cost-effective solutions, Anite meets customers'
specific requirements and realises tangible results for its clients.
Anite Telecoms offers rigorous yet simplified device testing,
accelerating new devices to market. A global market leader, Anite has over
20 years of experience providing cutting-edge technology to device
manufacturers, operators and test laboratories. Anite was the first company
to verify LTE conformance test cases in 2009 and has consistently remained
at the forefront of the handset testing industry. With a diverse global team
focused on exceeding expectations, Anite's highly flexible and reliable
software solutions define Anite as key partner to the major Telecoms
manufacturers and operators.
Headquartered in the UK, Anite employs around 500 staff in 14 countries
across Europe, the Americas, Asia and the Middle East. For more information,
please visit http://www.anite.com.
For further information, please contact:
Anite Telecoms Ltd
Tel: +44(0)1252-775200
Email: wireless@anite.com
Cellcom Israel Announces Results of Annual General Meeting of Shareholders and Netvision Merger Transaction Status
NETANYA, Israel, July 28, 2011/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --
Cellcom Israel Ltd. (NYSE: CEL) (the "Company") announced today that its
Annual General Meeting of Shareholders (the "Meeting") was held as planned
on July 27, 2011, at which the following items were voted upon and duly
approved by the Company's shareholders:
(1) re-election of Ami Erel, Shay Livnat, Raanan Cohen, Rafi Bisker,
Shlomo Waxe, Haim Gavrieli, Ari Bronshtein, Tal Raz, Ephraim Kunda and Edith
Lusky as directors.
(2) approval of the compensation for independent directors and Edith
Lusky;
(3) approval of the merger between the Company's subsidiary and
NetVision Ltd., or Netvision;
(4) approval of the amendment to and renewal of management services
agreement with Discount Investment Corporation Ltd.;
(5) approval of the amendments to the Company's Articles of Association;
(6) approval the amendment to the indemnification letter to directors
and officers, including directors and officers who are controlling
shareholders of the Company;
(7) approval of the liability insurance covering our directors and
officers who are controlling shareholders; and
(8) reappointment of Somekh Chaikin, a member of KPMG International, as
our independent auditor.
For more information, please see the Company's Proxy Statement relating
to the Meeting, which was filed on Form 6-K on June 16, 2011.
In relation to Item (3) above, on July 27, 2011, the merger was also
approved by Netvision's shareholders and the Ministry of Communications.
Netvision reported 100% of the votes of shareholders voting on the matter
(whether with or without a personal interest in the resolution) were in
favor of the transaction. The Company's shareholders approved the
transaction by approximately 98% of the votes of shareholders voting on the
matter who do not have a personal interest in the resolution (in addition to
approximately 100% of the votes of shareholders voting on the matter who
have a personal interest in the resolution). In June 2011, the Israeli
Antitrust Authority notified the Company and Netvision that the merger
transaction shall not require the Antitrust Authority's approval.
Consummation of the transaction is subject to certain additional
conditions..
About Cellcom Israel
Cellcom Israel Ltd., established in 1994, is the leading Israeli
cellular provider; Cellcom Israel provides its approximately 3.395 million
subscribers (as at March 31, 2011) with a broad range of value added
services including cellular and landline telephony, roaming services for
tourists in Israel and for its subscribers abroad and additional services in
the areas of music, video, mobile office etc., based on Cellcom Israel's
technologically advanced infrastructure. The Company operates an HSPA 3.5
Generation network enabling advanced high speed broadband multimedia
services, in addition to GSM/GPRS/EDGE and TDMA networks. Cellcom Israel
offers Israel's broadest and largest customer service infrastructure
including telephone customer service centers, retail stores, and service and
sale centers, distributed nationwide. Through its broad customer service
network Cellcom Israel offers its customers technical support, account
information, direct to the door parcel services, internet and fax services,
dedicated centers for the hearing impaired, etc. As of 2006, Cellcom Israel,
through its wholly owned subsidiary Cellcom Fixed Line Communications L.P.,
provides landline telephone communication services in Israel, in addition to
data communication services. Cellcom Israel's shares are traded both on the
New York Stock Exchange (CEL) and the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (CEL). For
additional information please visit the Company's website http://www.cellcom.co.il
Company Contact
Yaacov Heen
Chief Financial Officer
investors@cellcom.co.il
Tel: +972-52-998-9755
Investor Relations Contact
Porat Saar
CCG Investor Relations Israel& US
cellcom@ccgisrael.com
Tel: +1-646-233-2161
CV. Unlimited Satisfaction Announces New Horse Racing Card Game for Both the Playing Card and App Market
CV. Unlimited Satisfaction has entered the playing card market with their new horse racing card game, Horse Race Card, also available as an app for most smart phones including iPhones, Blackberries, and Androids.
JAKARTA, Indonesia, July 28, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- CV. Unlimited Satisfaction is proud to announce the release of their new horse racing card game, Horse Race Card, as both a playing card game and an app. The app is currently available for the iPhone, iPad, and iPod, and will soon be available for Blackberry and Android phones.
The game, created by Ricky Ahluwalia, President Director of CV. Unlimited Satisfaction, is expected to be well received world wide. He encourages potential distributors to consider the benefits of investing in this simple, addictive game. "I assure you an incomparable success with the distribution gains of Horse Race Playcards, share the growth experience hand-in-hand together as winners!"
The Horse Race Card game promotes social interaction and excitement for up to five players, as it seeks to recreate the experience felt when picking the winner of a horse race. Each player is invited to choose their horse, and then the covered area next to each horse is scratched, like a 'scratch and win' card, to discover who has chosen correctly. The result of this quick wait between picking and seeing the results has proven to stimulate an adrenaline rush in the players, and this shared joy permeates throughout the group, promoting multiple rounds of horse racing.
Horse Race Card's Co Founder and head of operations, Harnish Ahluwalia, is excited to see the horse racing game's popularity grow, and hopes that his efforts will lead to a worthwhile investment for distributors. "My dedication to the future of Horse Race Card will benefit all parties involved mutually for an everlasting growth."
CV. Unlimited Satisfaction is looking forward to finding distributors around the world for their horse racing card game. Unlike other products that share a minimum percentage to be forwarded to the distributor and the retailer, CV. Unlimited Satisfaction is looking to create a loyal and healthy business environment globally by sharing profits with distributors and retailers. High volume sales are expected globally, as unlike other games, with Horse Race Card the player will always need more cards, as this game is disposable (one card per play).
CV. Unlimited Satisfaction is the creation of Ricky and Harnish Ahluwalia, based upon Ricky's creation Horse Race Card. The concept for the card game was developed with the idea that not only is horse racing exciting, it has never been reduced to such an easily accessed form. Once the concept for the game was realized, the Ahluwalia brothers founded CV. Unlimited Satisfaction.
Over 2000 memory modules on Intel's approved memory lists have been identified as EOL
ANAHEIM, Calif., July 28, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- CMTL (http://www.cmtlabs.com), the industry leader for independent memory module compatibility testing, is performing the second phase of a comprehensive audit for Intel to identify EOL memory modules that that are listed on Intel's approved memory lists and are EOL (End of Life). DRAM is the primary BOM (Bill of Materials) component that causes a part number to become EOL. DRAM manufactures make continual DIE revisions though out the DRAM part number life cycle.
John Deters, CMTL President states, "The primary concern is Intel motherboard customers buying modules that have not been advanced tested for compatibility, performance and reliability. Unfortunately, there are module companies cutting corners wherever they can. This includes blatantly ignoring the requirements for having module part numbers on Intel's approved memory lists. This has resulted in rampant 'bait and switch' sales tactics by companies that have stopped resubmitting modules with current BOM's for Intel advanced compatibility testing. We have discovered companies that have not been in the testing program for over a year, still selling modules as 'Intel Approved' with DRAM part numbers that have been obsolete for over two years."
"There is now a limited number of module companies still committed to ensuring Intel motherboard customers receive products that are reliable and advanced tested for compatibility," Deters commented.
CMTL recommends Intel motherboard customers buy only memory that has successfully passed Intel's advanced compatibility testing process and is listed on the approved memory lists with current BOM's. Modules built with untested BOM's could result in sporadic errors, unstable functionality, unreliable operation, intermittent speed variations and even catastrophic system crashes.
The following module companies offer CMTL verified approved memory for Intel motherboards:
Actica, Apacer, ATP Electronics, Avant Technology, Dataram, Kingston, Legacy Electronics, Netlist, Strontium Technology, Ventura Technology, and Wintec Industries.
About CMTL: Formed in 1996 in order to create an industry de-facto standard for memory module compatibility testing. To date CMTL has performed over 18,000 module compatibility tests for module manufacturers in the industry. CMTL requires a memory module to pass a battery of rigorous compatibility tests on each specific motherboard. In addition, the manufacturer is required that the module part number will only be built with the same components and PCBs (BOM) as the tested module.
Contact: John Deters, CMTL, 770-238-2085, jdeters@cmtlabs.com
CORRECTION - Stella McCartney: Stella McCartney Launches Second Issue of iPad App, Previews New Ad Campaign and Expands ecommerce to 30 Countries Worldwide
NEW YORK, July 27, 2011/PRNewswire/ -- In the news release, Stella McCartney Launches Second Issue of iPad App,
Previews New Ad Campaign and Expands ecommerce to 30 Countries Worldwide,
issued 27-Jul-2011 by Stella McCartney over PR Newswire, we are advised by
the company that the first paragraph, first sentence, should read "Stella
McCartney to launch the second issue of her iPad App available for download
on iTunes next week." rather than "Stella McCartney launches the second
issue of her iPad App available for download on iTunes." as originally
issued inadvertently. The complete, corrected release follows:
Stella McCartney Launches Second Issue of iPad App, Previews
New Ad Campaign and Expands ecommerce to 30 Countries Worldwide
- With photo:
Stella McCartney to launch the second issue of her iPad App available
for download on iTunes next week. To coincide with the launch, the Stella
McCartney online shop is also now available in 28 additional European
countries including France, Germany, Italy and Spain, on http://www.stellamccartney.com which is now previewing the new Winter
2011 Stella McCartney ad campaign. The three different creative images were
shot by Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott at a topiary garden in Oxfordshire,
England and features Natalia Vodianova.
The new App features an edition of Stella's World where you can browse
through news, photos and videos about the brand. A gallery of images from
the recently launched "Linda McCartney: Life in Photographs" book by Taschen
personally selected by Stella are available for viewing. A behind the scenes
documentation of British Olympiads from the latest Team GB ad campaign shot
by Jacob Sutton. A first glimpse backstage at the Winter 2011 show in Paris,
a sneak preview of the Spring 2012 collection presented in New York this
summer, a making of video of this year's MET Gala dresses and new playful
interactive functions.
The online shop, which recently re-launched in the US and the UK last
fall, aims to enhance the digital retail experience with improved customer
interaction and special retail functions such as "Reserve in store" that
enables the user to reserve an item online and pick up at a store location
of their choice. All online orders are beautifully gift packaged for the
shopper's convenience. Free standard shipping and returns are offered to all
customers. Additionally the in-store "Private Wardrobing" service, a
personalized concierge style in-store service, is available to book online.
Shopping on http://www.stellamccartney.com is now available in 30
countries worldwide. The browsing experience of the website will be
compatible on the iPad App and for the first time shoppable in September.
About Stella McCartney:
Stella McCartney launched her eponymous fashion label in 2001 in a joint
venture with Gucci Group. A lifelong vegetarian, Stella McCartney does not
use any leather or fur in her designs. The brand's luxury women's
ready-to-wear, accessories, lingerie, beauty and performance range with
adidas are available through 15 freestanding stores including London, NY,
Los Angeles, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Paris, Milan and the soon to open location in
Rome, as well around 600 wholesale accounts in key cities worldwide.
Axcess48 will provide 48-hour access to entire COOL construction project database
HARRISBURG, Pa., July 27, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Mid Atlantic BX (MABX), a leading provider of business development solutions for the Mid-Atlantic commercial construction industry, today launched a new construction project information service offering titled Axcess48. This new service will provide subscribers 48-hour access to the entire COOL (Construction Opportunities Online) construction project database. Axcess48 accounts will be available starting July 27, 2011.
Axcess48 subscribers will be able to view all projects in COOL (more than 14,000 projects reported annually) and download any project documents available for a project. These documents include specs, addenda and blueprints.
"Axcess48 is a construction business development tool and a way for industry professionals to gain immediate access to the Mid-Atlantic construction marketplace," director of product development and services Aaron Leighow said. "It's a cost-effective resource for small businesses looking to access one or two construction projects, or for businesses that would like to test the offerings available through Mid Atlantic BX.
The prominent advantage of Axcess48 is the connection to MABX's online construction project database. COOL is an internet-based construction reporting service that includes current projects out for bid, blueprints, specifications, addenda, bidders lists and other details about the projects listed. Axcess48 subscribers can search for and track construction projects relevant to their businesses. Users can set up project search filters based on geography, project type, funding type (public or private), construction categories and keywords pertaining to the products or services they provide.
MABX gathers project information from sources in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware and Northern Maryland. As of July 27, 2011 the planroom contained 5,302 commercial construction projects in various stages worth a total combined estimated value of $39 billion.
"Axcess48 unlocks the capabilities of COOL, and will provide key construction leads for anyone who subscribes," director of marketing Frank Guerriero said.
A full MABX membership provides year-round access to COOL, nightly project information updates and automatic addenda notification. In addition MABX provides networking events, industry training, safety programs, an annual construction buyers guide and Construx Magazine.
Setting up an Axcess48 account is a simple online process, and can be completed in a matter of minutes at http://www.midatlanticbx.com.
Founded in 1938, Mid Atlantic BX has played an integral role in the success and growth of the commercial construction industry throughout the Mid-Atlantic region - developing innovative solutions to maximize member business development initiatives and to streamline the bidding process. Mid Atlantic BX provides real-time, 24/7 access to over 14,000 new construction projects annually - totaling more than $45 billion, along with project blueprints, specs, addenda, bid lists and other pertinent bidding documents.
Mid Atlantic BX's interactive services include COOL, the region's most comprehensive online construction reporting and lead generation resource along with its industry recognized bid management solution Private Planroom. From online, industry-specific services to the Construction Buyers Guide, Construx magazine, networking events and industry-specific training seminars, Mid Atlantic BX connects the construction industry from project concept through completion.
For more information about the Mid Atlantic BX, please contact Nate Pigott at 717.234.3255 or Nate@MidAtlanticBX.com. Also, visit our website at http://www.MidAtlanticBX.com.
il Giardino® Italian cheeses and The Wine of the Month Club Team Up to Unveil "The Perfect Pair"
August/September promotion provides consumers with enticing Italian cheese & wine pairings
RICHFIELD, Wis., July 27, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The cheeses and wines of Italy combine to make "The Perfect Pair" in DCI Cheese Company's ("DCI") newest enter-to-win contest. This August and September, consumers are invited to visit http://www.IlGiardinoCheese.com to access a wide variety of recipes, serving suggestions and wine pairings that are designed to perfectly complement the flavors of il Giardino Italian cheeses. While on the website, consumers can also enter for their chance to win a one-year membership to The Wine of the Month Club.
Il Giardino has been bringing U.S. consumers the finest Italian cheeses for nearly two decades. The line is available in bulk and retail sizes and includes a full range of top quality cheeses, each specially selected to capture the true flavor and essence of Italy.
In-store shelf talkers with tear pads featuring a coupon for il Giardino cheeses can be found in participating retailers throughout the August 1-September 30 contest. Additionally, consumers with smart phones can connect directly to http://www.IlGiardinoCheese.com via the promotional display's QR code to access the online entry form or to view recipes and wine pairings.
"Nothing goes better with great Italian cheese than great Italian wine," says Katie Jury, DCI's Marketing Manager. "We designed this promotion to make the pairing process as easy as possible for consumers, allowing them to enjoy the flavors of Italy without the stress of finding the perfect pair."
Details about il Giardino's "The Perfect Pair" will be available at http://www.IlGiardinoCheese.com throughout the promotion.
About DCI Cheese Company
Richfield, Wisconsin-based DCI Cheese Company has been an innovative leader in the cheese industry since 1975. The company markets and sells a broad range of imported and domestic specialty cheese brands including il Giardino®, Joan of Arc®, King's Choice®, Nikos®, Organic Creamery® and Salemville®, among others. DCI's value-added products can be found in restaurants, grocery stores, club stores and specialty shops across the country. For more information on DCI Cheese Company and its portfolio of brands, visit http://www.dcicheeseco.com.
SOURCE DCI Cheese Company
DCI Cheese Company
CONTACT: Kristy Klug of DCI Cheese Company, +1-262-677-3407, kklug@dcicheeseco.com
Ping4 Launches Ping4Deals: A New Medium to Help Global Retailers Reach Nearby Customers & Ultimate Shopping App for Consumers
HOLLIS, N.H., July 27, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Ping4, Inc., the leading provider of scalable, geo-location based communications software for use in mobile applications and services, announced today the launch of Ping4Deals, "The Ultimate Shopping App," a real-time, location sensitive, conditions-based, direct marketing tool that alerts Smartphone users with "Deal Alert" communications over any Wi-Fi network or GPS coverage near shopping malls, store locations and other retail venues. Ping4Deals is a new mediumwhich targets the untapped market of tens of thousands of potential customers with smart phones who travel within 25 miles of most retail stores every day. Designed to meet the needs of the largest retailers, Ping4Deals enables them for the first time to push appealing, ad agency quality content to mobile consumers in order to increase same store sales and to capture impulse purchases from consumers right at the most critical moment for making a purchasing decision. Ping4Deals delivers the deals according to where, when and what consumers want. To view a video of the app click here.
"Ping4Deals delivers to the global retailer not just a thousand new customers on a particular day, but thousands at every mall or store every day," said Jim Bender, CEO of Ping4Deals. "This solution is ideally suited to global retailers because we stay out of their revenue stream, we don't impact gross margins, we give them full control over branding, marketing and advertising, and we scale globally overnight."
A free download from the Apple Store/iTunes (soon to be available on Android) and available for a nominal fee to retailers, Ping4Deals pushes dynamic ads to consumers in real-time according to their pre-selected filters and preferences. Ping4Deals utilizes Wi-Fi and GPS technology and rather than relying on simple SMS text messages, it delivers multimedia messaging including Text, Pictures, Wave Files and Video. Ping4Deals is designed to minimize the drain on cell phone batteries and on mobile calling plan minutes of use. It can be configured nationally, globally or at the individual store level (hosted, software-as-a-service, or on premise).
Its map and compass features enable consumers to search for directions to stores within a 50 mile radius of wherever they are. The "Deal Speak/Alert" (soon to be available) feature will "wake up" the smart phone of a nearby subscriber when they are within the 5 miles (or 300 feet via Wi-Fi) of a store or mall location and speak the deals to them for a safe hands-free offering. Access is also available via a web browser. Now retailers can dynamically create and deliver marketing communications based upon a multitude of real-time conditions including time of day, store activity, weather conditions, inventory levels, or something specific to the consumer's profile or buying patterns.
"Our products integrate seamlessly into the retailers overall e-commerce and social networking marketing strategies," said Nigel Spicer, Senior Vice President, Ping4Deals. "We have received a great deal of interest in this service and have already begun working with some of the largest national retailers, shopping mall operators and advertising agencies. This is a new communication medium that can be used to provision many other interesting applications such as public safety, missing children, charity, and social games."
About Ping4
Ping4Deals was created by Ping4, Inc., an innovative software company formed to focus on location based services for Shoppers, Merchants, and other apps for consumer, government and education markets. Ping4Deals delivers local promotional offers directly to consumers through the free Ping4Deals app on their smartphone or the browser on any mobile device. Ping4, Inc. specializes in the development of scalable geo-location based communications software for use in mobile applications. The firm's management has over 40 years of experience in the development of software related products. To learn more about these innovative solutions visit http://www.ping4deals.com.
For Further Information Contact:
Cathy Clarke
508-833-8533
cathy@cncassocs.com
Stella McCartney Launches Second Issue of iPad App, Previews New Ad Campaign and Expands ecommerce to 30 Countries Worldwide
NEW YORK, July 27, 2011/PRNewswire/ --
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Today Stella McCartney launches the second issue of her iPad App
available for download on iTunes. To coincide with the launch, the Stella
McCartney online shop is also now available in 28 additional European
countries including France, Germany, Italy and Spain, on http://www.stellamccartney.com which is now previewing the new Winter
2011 Stella McCartney ad campaign. The three different creative images were
shot by Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott at a topiary garden in Oxfordshire,
England and features Natalia Vodianova.
The new App features an edition of Stella's World where you can browse
through news, photos and videos about the brand. A gallery of images from
the recently launched "Linda McCartney: Life in Photographs" book by Taschen
personally selected by Stella are available for viewing. A behind the scenes
documentation of British Olympiads from the latest Team GB ad campaign shot
by Jacob Sutton. A first glimpse backstage at the Winter 2011 show in Paris,
a sneak preview of the Spring 2012 collection presented in New York this
summer, a making of video of this year's MET Gala dresses and new playful
interactive functions.
The online shop, which recently re-launched in the US and the UK last
fall, aims to enhance the digital retail experience with improved customer
interaction and special retail functions such as "Reserve in store" that
enables the user to reserve an item online and pick up at a store location
of their choice. All online orders are beautifully gift packaged for the
shopper's convenience. Free standard shipping and returns are offered to all
customers. Additionally the in-store "Private Wardrobing" service, a
personalized concierge style in-store service, is available to book online.
Shopping on http://www.stellamccartney.com is now available in 30
countries worldwide. The browsing experience of the website will be
compatible on the iPad App and for the first time shoppable in September.
About Stella McCartney:
Stella McCartney launched her eponymous fashion label in 2001 in a joint
venture with Gucci Group. A lifelong vegetarian, Stella McCartney does not
use any leather or fur in her designs. The brand's luxury women's
ready-to-wear, accessories, lingerie, beauty and performance range with
adidas are available through 15 freestanding stores including London, NY,
Los Angeles, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Paris, Milan and the soon to open location in
Rome, as well around 600 wholesale accounts in key cities worldwide.
Luckie & Company Acquires Integrative Logic Data Analytics Marketing Firm
Synthesizes science and art to up the ante, accelerate success
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., July 27, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Luckie & Company, a marketing communications firm representing national and regional clients, has acquired Integrative Logic, an Atlanta-based data analytics marketing firm that has built its reputation on a unique and innovative approach to business.
Integrative Logic (IL) analyzes consumer buying behavior. The IL team digs deep into geodemographic, behavioral and sales data to create more targeted advertising, direct marketing, PR, digital and social media programs that help clients achieve a higher return on investment. IL has the analytical skills and insight to turn data into a competitive advantage.
"We want to increase the effectiveness of marketing communications by offering clients a key service they can't get from most other agencies," said Luckie & Company CEO Tom Luckie. "The combination of Integrative Logic's business intelligence expertise and Luckie's brand-building practice will give consumer and B2B brands a true market differentiator."
"The Integrative Logic team is excited to be part of Luckie & Company," said IL President & CEO John Gardner. "The science of data makes the art of marketing much more precise and potent. Pairing our strengths with Luckie will help clients generate more demand for their products or services."
The IL team has executed data-driven marketing programs on behalf of Marriott International, InterContinental Hotels, GlaxoSmithKline, ViiV Healthcare, Schering-Plough, Galderma Laboratories, Stein Mart, Kohl's, Books-A-Million, Chick-fil-A, Atlanta Life Insurance, Assurant Financial, and Disney Parks and Resorts, among others. You can learn more about IL at http://www.integrativelogic.com.
The IL team is based in Atlanta and will operate as a division of Luckie & Company. The addition of Integrative Logic means that Luckie & Company now employs 130 people, with major offices in Birmingham, Atlanta and San Antonio. The firm also has associates in New York and Des Moines.
PALAZZO Advisory|Acquisition in New York served as financial advisor to Luckie & Company for the acquisition.
About Luckie & Company
Luckie & Company, a $180 million fully integrated marketing communications firm, represents such brands as AT&T, American Cast Iron Pipe Company, Alfa Insurance, Alabama Power, Alabama Tourism, Asheville Convention and Visitors Bureau, Bayer Advanced, Bayer Environmental Science, Bayer Properties, Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Alabama, Gulf Power, Kirkland's home decor, JAWS home cleaners, Little Debbie snacks, McAlister's Deli and Regions Bank, among others. The firm has 130 employees in key offices in Birmingham, Atlanta and San Antonio. The firm also has associates in New York and Des Moines. Luckie Strategic Public Relations is the 4th-ranked ad agency-owned PR operation in the U.S., according to the 2011 O'Dwyer's Directory of PR Firms. Visit http://www.luckie.com for more information.
SOURCE Luckie & Company
Luckie & Company
CONTACT: Mariesa Stokes, AE, +1-205-877-9705, mariesa.stokes@luckie.com; or Brian Pia, SVP, +1-205-877-9870, brian.pia@luckie.com
Lockheed Martin to Implement Energy Efficient Data Center Consolidation for U.S. Department of Energy
ROCKVILLE, Md., July 27, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) is partnering with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to increase energy efficiency through data center consolidation and information technology enhancements for the DOE complex.
This is the first ever Federal Energy Savings Performance Contract (ESPC) focused solely on reaching sustainability goals through improved IT practices. In 2010, President Obama announced an effort to close more than 800 government data centers by 2015 in order to save taxpayers an estimated $3 billion.
"Lockheed Martin has a record of implementing energy efficient IT enhancements at the DOE's Hanford site and we are excited to bring these best practices across the department," said Greg Caplan, senior manager for Energy Performance Contracting, Lockheed Martin Information Systems & Global Solutions - Civil. "Together we have proven that sustainable IT practices, such as data center consolidation, virtualization and cloud computing, can help federal agencies reach their sustainability goals and save money for citizens."
Following an assessment and audit at the designated sites, Lockheed Martin will design and construct projects that meet the sites' energy and IT needs and arrange financing to pay for them. Projects under this program are required to generate savings sufficient to cover annual financing cost and generate positive annual cash flow to the government after financing costs.
"Energy Savings Performance Contracts are a way to deliver budget-neutral energy efficiency project to government agencies." Caplan said. "As our customer's are challenged to reach sustainability targets under immense budget pressures, and we hope to share and replicate this model as a way to get there and improve IT infrastructure in the process."
Lockheed Martin was selected by the Department of Energy in 2008 as one of 16 companies chosen to compete for task orders under its Super Energy Savings Performance Contract. In addition, the Corporation is a leader in IT, energy efficiency, smart grid and cyber security programs across the government and the energy industry.
Headquartered in Bethesda, Md., Lockheed Martin is a global security company that employs about 126,000 people worldwide and is principally engaged in the research, design, development, manufacture, integration and sustainment of advanced technology systems, products and services. The Corporation's 2010 sales from continuing operations were $45.8 billion.
A new Whitepaper Examines the Benefits of Centralising the Delivery and
Management of Voice Services From the PSTN, and Role the Data Centre has to
Play in This.
Resilient Networks plc and BroadGroup, international consulting
specialists, today announced a new joint whitepaper focussed upon extending
the role of the data centre and how, for the first time, larger businesses
now have a choice to select the level at which they integrate with the PSTN.
In looking to consolidate all critical ICT services into the data
centre, CIOs have often been constrained by the limitations of the Public
Switched Telephone Network (PSTN). Whilst their private voice network may
bring modern centralised IP voice services to allow inter- and intra-company
calling, calls made from the PSTN to their private networks have had to
follow a fixed, geographically dispersed, delivery model - one that, until
now, has been at odds with their data centre strategy.
This whitepaper, Extending the role of the Data Centre, describes the
drivers supporting the centralised delivery and management of PSTN voice
services into the data centre. It explains the problems faced by large
multi-sited organisations today and highlights how they can benefit by
moving away from shared PSTN access infrastructure to a dedicated and direct
connection with the PSTN.
It provides specific examples of how organisations have successfully
extended the PSTN Core Network to the enterprise, which removes, rather than
replaces, the PSTN Access Network. One of the user examples analyzed in the
whitepaper found that as the solution is rolled out to its 6,000 employees,
savings of up to 40% on line rental and call charges are expected.
"Delivering voice services through the data centre rather through the
local office, offers reduced costs, increased agility and resilience,"
commented Steve Wallage, managing director of BroadGroup Consulting.
Andrew Bale, CEO, Resilient Networks plc, added, "Our work with
BroadGroup has shown growth in demand from larger businesses looking for a
dedicated interconnect between the public voice network and their private
network. The data centre offers the logical way to achieve this."
The whitepaper includes detailed user interviews, case studies and
market analysis to examine these growing trends and assess how vendors,
operators and users should respond.
About Resilient Networks plc
Resilient Networks plc is a provider of highly survivable and flexible
communications services delivered from the cloud. Resilient helps large
organisations such as banks, government, defence, health, utilities and
retail accelerate change with more robust and flexible voice communications
that solve enterprise wide problems. Resilient's smartnumbers(TM) services
are delivered in partnership with established suppliers, such as BT, Regus
and Orange.
About BroadGroup
BroadGroup was founded to provide senior managers with a different
perspective of new and emerging business niches in the IT and Telecoms
sector, create new communities of interest, and inspire them with fresh
insight through a value chain including special reports, conferences and
bespoke consulting. Today, the company covers a portfolio of markets
including datacentres, dark fibre, IT infrastructure, wholesale and TMT
finance. http://www.broad-group.com
Prepare for Electrifying Audio With the Razer Electra
Razer empowers gaming enthusiasts with the Razer Electra headphones for gaming audio and music on the go
CARLSBAD, Calif., July 27, 2011 /PRNewswire/ --Razer, the world's leading high-end precision gaming brand, takes your thumping music beats and exciting game audio to the streets with the Razer Electra slick headphones designed to deliver powerful bass depth and crisp clear soundstages in a comfortable and versatile package.
Whether gamers are flinging birds, pwning monsters, or running gauntlets on their smartphones, tablets, or netbooks, the demand for enriching gaming experiences with exceptional audio is undeniable. The Razer Electra provides just that with deep, booming bass and balanced sound delivered by audio drivers finely tuned to low frequencies.
While out on the streets or in the subway, noise can be a major hindrance to your listening pleasure. Enter the Razer Electra, featuring optimally positioned ear cups and thick leatherette ear cushions that mold to the shape of your ears to block out the bad stuff and keep the good vibrations in. Also built with a flexible headband structure and lightweight frame to provide long-lasting comfort over extended play, the Razer Electra keeps the awesome soundtrack to your life pumping full force.
"When true gamers step away from their computers, they don't stop gaming," said Robert "RazerGuy" Krakoff, President, Razer USA. "The Razer Electra was designed to be the gamer's trusty audio sidekick, powering their favorite songs and intensifying mobile games with deeper bass and richer sounds."
About the Razer Electra gaming and music headphones
Electrify your life through the power of sound with the Razer Electra. Slick headphones built to deliver exciting gaming audio and music, the Razer Electra allows you to hit the streets with sick bass drop and a balanced sound thanks to finely tuned drivers in each ear cup. Enjoy the music and forget the noise as the Razer Electra was designed with optimally positioned ear cups and thick leatherette ear cushions that mold to the shape of your ears for enhanced sound isolation. With a flexible headband structure and lightweight frame, you're assured of long-lasting comfort over extended play. Kick your audio on-the-go up a notch, with the Razer Electra.
Product Features:
-- Enhanced bass response with optimized drivers
-- Replaceable sound-isolating leatherette ear cushions
-- Flexible headband structure and snug-fit ear cups for extended comfort
-- Detachable rubber sheathed audio cable
-- Detachable inline microphone audio cable for voice communication
Razerzone.com - October 2011 - Register your interest now!
Worldwide - October 2011
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About the Razer Group:
Razer(TM) is more than just the world's leading brand in high-end precision gaming products, perpetually defining the gaming and technology space. Founded in 1998 in Carlsbad, California, Razer is driven by the ceaseless pursuit for absolute precision and high usability in a distinctive, aesthetic design that will give gamers the edge they demand. With labs and offices in eight cities around the world, Razer dedicates user interface research and development to bring cutting-edge technology to each and every product. We live by our motto: For Gamers. By Gamers.(TM)
CONTACT: USA, Melonie McElhannon, Melonie.McElhannon@razerzone.com; or Europe, Torsten Meier, Torsten.Meier@razerzone.com; or Asia Pacific, Chen Terng Shing, Terngshing.Chen@razerzone.com; or China, Chris Chen, Chris.Chen@razerzone.com, all of Razer
Cachet Financial Launches Mobile Solution for Prepaid and Check Cashing Industries
Remote Deposit Platform Is Ideal Fit for Developing Markets
MINNEAPOLIS, July 27, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Cachet Financial Solutions, a leading provider of remote deposit capture (RDC) solutions, is taking its RDC platform to new heights. Specifically, Cachet will target the growing market for mobile check cashing and reloadable prepaid cards, which traditionally serve a large portion of the U.S. unbanked and under-banked population. Several financial service organizations will begin offering Cachet's mobile check capture solution to their customers by the end of the third quarter of this year.
Previously, RDC technology was directed toward banks and credit unions. Now thanks to Cachet's proprietary technology, robust demand for mobile financial services, and changing customer preferences and demographics, the check cashing and prepaid card industries are poised to participate in remote checking technologies.
Cachet currently offers a full suite of RDC solutions, including a front-end, mobile check loading application for the Android, Blackberry, iPhone smartphones and tablets. The application can be branded for check cashers, program managers and processors to allow their customers to be able to load checks on their prepaid debit cards. Cachet also offers a back-end product (CheckReview) that allows check cashers and load solution providers to review high-resolution images of the check's front and back with full image quality analysis, CAR/LAR and Virtual MICR detection. Cachet has developed an API which allows the check cashers to import the information into their risk/fraud mitigation tools or central database for decision/guarantee purposes.
The foundation of Cachet's mobile check capture application is convenience and simplicity for the consumer. Mobile check capture allows consumers to load checks onto their prepaid card using their camera-equipped smartphone or tablet. Users can load checks from anywhere at any time, allowing for quicker access to funds on their reloadable prepaid cards. Cachet's mobile check capture is easy to use. Users simply click the branded application on their smartphone or tablet, endorse the check, agree to any applicable fees and snap photos of the front and back of each check that is being submitted.
"Cachet is one of the few RDC companies that understands the dynamics of this industry and has both a front-end and mobile solution and a back-end check imaging/verification solution for the various solution providers," said Jeffrey Mack, President and CEO of Cachet Financial Solutions. "Our strategy is to create strategic partnerships with the program managers, processors, check cashers and guarantors/loaders. We believe there is a great opportunity in this space and we're poised to take the lead in it."
Cachet's strategy comes at a perfect time as industry data shows more and more consumers are moving away from traditional banking relationships in favor of alternative financial services such as check cashers and reloadable prepaid cards. According to a 2009 FDIC National Survey, over 25% of U.S. households are under-banked or unbanked and that number appears to be rising as a result of the recent economic troubles. According to research by Mercator Advisory Group, Americans will put an estimated $70.7 billion on reloadable prepaid cards this year. That's a 153% increase from the $28 billion loaded onto the cards in 2009.
"Our technology allows us to develop and execute a host of solutions for a variety of financial organizations - from check cashing companies to reloadable prepaid card issuers and processors," said Mack. "Financial service providers have to develop new methods to retain and satisfy their customers, and mobile check capture is just another example of that initiative. We are proud of our work and will continue to innovate and develop new solutions on behalf of our customers."
About Cachet Financial Solutions
Cachet Financial Solutions is a leading provider of commercial and consumer remote deposit capture (RDC) solutions for financial organizations and their customers. RDC Select(TM), our fully integrated, customized solution, is a unique platform that eliminates the need for financial organizations to build and manage their own RDC business. Cachet's web-based business solution (available for both Mac & Windows operating systems) along with our mobile application (available on iPhones, BlackBerrys, Androids and tablets) provide financial organizations greater freedom and flexibility when providing RDC to their customers. Our industry-leading platform has been designed to simplify the process for delivering, implementing and servicing RDC. Cachet's sophisticated marketing strategy and professional sales training program ensures our customers are successful with their RDC initiatives. Let us help you Unleash the power of RDC!(TM) For more information call 877.318.4449 or visit http://www.cachetfinancial.com.
SOURCE Cachet Financial Solutions
Cachet Financial Solutions
CONTACT: Jamie Heinemann, +1-952-698-6991, for Cachet Financial Solutions
Kootol Software Limited Sends Informative Notice to the Samsung, SonyEricsson , LG, NTT Docomo, Palm, Groupon and More
RAJKOT, India, July 27, 2011/PRNewswire/ --
Kootol Software Ltd. has announced that it has sent an informative
notice to the some of the mobile companies and other media & social network
companies to bring to their attention about the core technology they are
using for their different service and products, for which company has
exclusive patent license rights. Patent application filed in USA having
application number 11/995343, covers core messaging, publication and real
time searching technology and effect whole products & services. Kootol has
also expressed concern that said companies may violate their intellectual
property by using it for their websites, networks, applications, services,
platforms and devices. Kootol is in the process of examining this position
and the purpose of serving this notice is to bring the fact to attention of
said multiple companies at the very earliest stage so that said companies
gets a full opportunity to examine the matter. Company has received the
"ISSUE NOTIFICATION" for the grant of patent from the USPTO for the said
patent.
Kootol has send notice to the Groupon, SAP, Digg, CitySearch.com,
Evernote Corporation, American Express, Socialtext, New York Times, Research
In Motion, HP, Palm, StockTwits Inc., Google, NTT Docomo USA, Dell, Samsung,
LG, SonyEricsson, HTC, Walmart, Zappos, and Motorola.
In addition company is also in process of sending informative notice to
many other companies and developers, who are using said technology, to
convey them to examine & settle the matter. We also welcome all the
companies and developers for the licensing.
About Kootol Software Limited: The Company was founded in 2010 by Rathod
Brothers. Companyhas entered into an exclusive patent license agreement with
Mr. Yogesh Rathod in respect of US Patent Application No. 11/995,343 titled
"A Method and System for Communication, Advertising, Searching, Sharing and
Dynamically Providing a Journal Feed". The corresponding patent has been
also filed in India, Canada and Europe (EPO). This exclusive license
agreement is for the one of the embodiment (part) of the patent, which
allows exclusive patent license rights to the company for a unique core
technology providing a dynamic and real-time communication technology.
Cancer Support Finally Catches Up with the Social Networking Age with IHadCancer.com
New site uses shared experiences to help people deal with life before, during and after cancer
NEW YORK, July 27, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- While there are countless websites devoted to cancer education, fundraising and advocacy, finding practical information about living with cancer and making connections online can be difficult. With the launch of http://www.IHadCancer.com, cancer fighters, survivors and supporters can now tap the full power of social networking to connect with others who have been in their shoes.
Those shared experiences can be powerful - and essential - sources of hope, support and information. A recent Pew Internet & American Life study found that while people turn to professionals for an accurate health diagnosis, they're more likely to turn to nonprofessionals (50 percent to 30 percent) when they're searching for emotional support. Moreover, older Americans - those most likely to get cancer, according to the American Cancer Society - were almost twice as likely to use social networking sites in 2010 as they were the year before, Princeton Survey Research Associates International found.
But cancer strikes people of all ages, including IHadCancer.com founder Mailet Lopez who was 33 when she was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2008. At the time, the co-founder of New York's Squeaky Wheel Media found herself overwhelmed and in need of talking with someone who had been in her situation.
"I had wonderful doctors and plenty of support from family and friends. But I was missing the connection to someone who shared my same experiences - someone who was my age, with my type of cancer ... even someone who lived in my neighborhood," Lopez said. "I had questions that only someone who has gone through cancer would be able to answer ... questions like "how do I tell the people I work with" or "what are the best ways to keep my energy up and stress down."
IHadCancer.com uses the most advanced social networking functionalities supported by usability standards people have come to expect with online experiences. Users will be able to create a profile, share their story, build a circle of friends, participate in discussions - and even send cancer a message via the "Dear Cancer" tab. Additional functionality will soon allow members to promote cancer-related events and fundraisers, and give nonprofit organizations ways to share their resources. Site members will have the opportunity to recommend additional enhancements.
While the name IHadCancer.com intentionally draws on Lopez's focus on hope and a positive attitude, the site can be a resource for those who serve as caregivers to people diagnosed with the disease, as well. "Four in 10 Americans will be diagnosed with cancer in their lifetimes. When you add to that number all of the friends, family and other people who surround those battling the disease you quickly realize that almost everyone has a story to share," she added.
CONTACT: Gana Ahn, GolinHarris for IHadCancer.com, +1-404-367-2759 or gahn@golinharris.com; Maya Landesberg, IHadCancer.com, +1-212-994-5270 or maya@ihadcancer.com
Verizon and U.S. Energy Dept.'s National Renewable Energy Laboratory to Collaborate on Energy-Saving Technologies
First-of-Its-Kind Agreement Will Advance Verizon's Goals to Reduce Its Energy Consumption and Provide Customers With Intelligent Energy-Efficiency Solutions
NEW YORK, July 27, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Verizon and the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory have signed a memorandum of understanding to develop innovative ways to reduce energy use in the information and communications technology industry. This is a first-of-its-kind agreement between an industry company and a national laboratory owned by the Energy Department.
Under the agreement, Verizon will further its goal to become more energy efficient, and will work with the laboratory on a possible blueprint for reducing energy use throughout the information and communications technology industry.
"Verizon has taken significant steps to become a greener, more energy-efficient company," said James Gowen, Verizon's chief sustainability officer. "By partnering with one of the top science and technology labs in the world, we'll be able to achieve even greater efficiencies in a cost-effective fashion. We're very excited about this opportunity."
The laboratory and Verizon will work together and share technical expertise in several areas:
-- Energy efficiency and energy management at Verizon's buildings and
facilities, including data centers.
-- Advancement of smart grid technologies and best practices, including
energy and communication technologies in homes and buildings.
"Innovation and application of energy-saving technologies in a way that makes sense in the marketplace are vital to improving the nation's economy and environment," said Dan Arvizu, director of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory. "NREL's collaboration with Verizon offers a variety of possibilities for using clean energy and improving energy efficiency in a large and meaningful way."
The information and communications technology industry plays an important role in reducing energy consumption in other industries. Verizon's global network, for example, is the platform on which energy-saving services like video conferencing, smart grid technology and home automation are made possible. In the last 20 years, every extra kilowatt-hour of electricity consumed by information and communications technology equipment has saved the U.S. economy 10 kilowatts of energy on average, according to the American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy.
Verizon has received numerous awards for its green initiatives. In 2010, Verizon received 21 awards for its sustainability achievements, and in January the company received the Groundbreaker Award from the Clean Economy Network Education Fund.
This year, Verizon developed a new metric for measuring carbon efficiency, the carbon intensity metric, enabling the company, for the first time, to accurately quantify the impact of its green initiatives.
Verizon has been named to several lists for sustainability, corporate ethical standards and social responsibility, including the Dow Jones Sustainability Index, Newsweek Global Green 100, Maplecroft Climate Innovation Inde, FTSE4Good Index, Ethibel Sustainability Index and Calvert Large Cap Value Fund.
Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE, NASDAQ: VZ), headquartered in New York, is a global leader in delivering broadband and other wireless and wireline communications services to consumer, business, government and wholesale customers. Verizon Wireless operates America's most reliable wireless network, with more than 106 million total connections nationwide. Verizon also provides converged communications, information and entertainment services over America's most advanced fiber-optic network, and delivers integrated business solutions to customers in more than 150 countries, including all of the Fortune 500. A Dow 30 company, Verizon employs a diverse workforce of nearly 196,000 and last year generated consolidated revenues of $106.6 billion. For more information, visit http://www.verizon.com.
NREL is the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) primary national laboratory for renewable energy and energy efficiency research and development. Based in Golden, Colorado, NREL is operated for the DOE by The Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC.
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SOURCE Verizon
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CONTACT: Ray McConville, +1-908-559-3504, raymond.mcconville@verizon.com; or George Douglas, +1-303-275-4096, george.douglas@nrel.gov
Lionbridge Announces GeoFluent Instant Messaging for IBM Sametime; Breaks Language Barriers for Multilingual Communication and Collaboration
Integrated Solution Enables Seamless Collaboration across Global Teams
WALTHAM, Mass., July 27, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Lionbridge (Nasdaq: LIOX) today announced the integration between Lionbridge's GeoFluent(TM) Instant Messaging (IM) real time translation solution and IBM Sametime® unified communications and collaboration software.
GeoFluent IM for Sametime will help IBM Sametime clients become more interconnected by collaborating more effectively with non-English speaking colleagues, partners and customers. The benefits of real-time, multilingual instant messaging chat for Sametime include the ability to:
-- Find, reach and collaborate with colleagues and partners across
geographies in real time
-- Improve communication and increase productivity across geographically
dispersed teams
-- Ensure security-rich, enterprise-scale instant messaging across
languages
-- Increase the productivity of online meetings
-- Eliminate product development and delivery delays resulting from
miscommunication
-- Reduce costs for international travel, telephone plus audio- and
Web-conferencing services
"Today's dynamic workforce is increasingly globally dispersed, multigenerational and multicultural," said Caleb Barlow, Director, Unified Communications and Collaboration, IBM. "As globally dispersed organizations move towards becoming social businesses, the challenge of resolving real-time barriers of language translation is critical. Today's always available, socially-connected organizations need to communicate seamlessly with networks of partners, clients and suppliers, regardless of location, time-zone or language."
Join Lionbridge and IBM for a webinar on August 23rd to learn more about increasing social communications across borders with multilingual unified communications. Please register for the webinar here.
Lionbridge GeoFluent is a cloud-based, customizable, real-time automated translation technology that instantly translates content and communications into multiple languages. GeoFluent is based on IBM's machine translation engine and is the result of a technology partnership between Lionbridge and IBM. GeoFluent IM is designed specifically for enterprise instant messaging and easily integrates into common messaging and collaboration environments, including Sametime. GeoFluent includes Lionbridge customization capability which increases comprehension and usability of communication by reflecting each organization's brand, products and terminology.
IBM Sametime® software provides integrated real-time communications services--voice, data and video--that make it easy for people to find, reach and collaborate effectively with others. Sametime allows employees to spend less time trying to find people who can answer questions and more time being productive, and helps enterprises lower customer service and help desk costs by more effectively resolving issues.
"This integration with Sametime is yet another example of the powerful benefits of Lionbridge GeoFluent for increasing online engagement with employees, partners and customers worldwide," said Rory Cowan, CEO, Lionbridge. "Working with IBM, we will enable enterprises to adopt global-scale, cost-effective unified communications offerings that help them effectively run their businesses and increase collaboration worldwide."
About Lionbridge
Lionbridge Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: LIOX) is a provider of translation, development and testing solutions. Lionbridge combines global resources with proven program management methodologies to serve as an outsource partner throughout a client's product and content lifecycle - from development to translation, testing and maintenance. Global organizations rely on Lionbridge services to increase international market share, speed adoption of global products and content, and enhance their return on enterprise applications and IT system investments. Based in Waltham, Mass., Lionbridge maintains solution centers in 26 countries and provides services under the Lionbridge and VeriTest brands. To learn more, visit http://www.lionbridge.com.
Lionbridge and Lionbridge GeoFluent, are trademarks or registered trademarks of Lionbridge Technologies, Inc. in the U.S. and throughout the world.
LOS ANGELES, July 27, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The Noreen Fraser Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to raising funds and awareness for women's cancer research, has a new audience: men.
Men for Women Now (menforwomennow.org), an initiative of the Noreen Fraser Foundation, will be the foremost online destination for men affected by a loved one's cancer diagnosis.
"My husband was devastated by my diagnosis and really did not have anyone he could share his feelings and his fears with," says Noreen Fraser, founder and principal of the Noreen Fraser Foundation, "If he could have had access to the Men For Women Now website, I know he would have used it and I know he would have been comforted by sharing his feelings and reading about how other men were dealing with the same issue." Fraser has been living with Stage IV metastatic breast cancer for over a decade.
The heart of the website will be its discussion boards, which will allow visitors and community members to openly engage one another during what can be an intensely painful and uncertain time in their lives, and will empower them to collaborate with others in similar situations to find emotional and practical solutions to the many issues which arise following a woman's cancer diagnosis.
The website will offer women's-cancer-related content but with an angle to specifically help men. Women are invited to share their experiences and advice. There will also be curated videos of a candid - and sometimes humorous - tone, reflecting Fraser's belief that laughter heals. With user-generated videos and forums alongside celebrity multimedia exclusives produced by the Noreen Fraser Foundation, the site will prove to be the destination for men from all walks of life who are helping a wife, sister, mother, aunt, daughter or friend through a cancer diagnosis, treatment and beyond.
For more information on Men for Women Now, visit MenForWomenNow.org. For more information on Noreen Fraser and the Noreen Fraser Foundation, visit NoreenFraserFoundation.org.
Zippi's Sixth App Approved by Apple iTunes, Titled "Millionaire Brain" Movies and TV Edition, for iPhone and iPad Devices
SAN JOSE, Calif., July 27, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Zippi Networks, Inc. (Pink Sheets: ZIPZ - News), a Mobile Applications company focused on delivering Gaming and Entertainment apps for today's mobile lifestyle, announced its approval from Apple iTunes, of Zippi's "Millionaire Brain" Trivia app, "Movie and TV edition".
Originally submitted in May of 2011, the "Movie and TV edition" of the company's "Millionaire Brain" app had to be re-released and updated for Apple Software compliance; at that time the company determined a content update would also be beneficial for its new submission. The update has proven successful on all fronts and Zippi has achieved active status of their now, sixth mobile app, currently available for download in the Apple iTunes store. The company cites the popularity of its original release as the main driver in completing the release of a new, and category specific version of its "Millionaire Brain" trivia app, specifically designed for Movie and TV buffs, the original release achieved the company a number one rank in the iTunes store, for Apple's iPad, as well as a number seven rank for the iPhone.
Robert A. Rositano Jr., CEO of Zippi Networks, Inc., stated, "Millionaire Brain is methodically becoming its own brand in the iTunes store, and with new category specific versions of the app planned for the future, 'Millionaire Brain' has a very real opportunity of becoming a long standing name brand in the trivia app category.
"As we have now achieved our sixth app release for the iTunes marketplace, the company has begun to hone in on the gaming app sector as the future marketplace for new Zippi apps. Expansion into the Android Marketplace will also be a key ingredient as we begin to unveil the company's development of our new 'Gaming' app, which we are all very excited about, and could very well be one of the biggest games yet for mobile Game enthusiasts," said Rositano Jr.
About Zippi Networks, Inc.:
Zippi is a Mobile App company; delivering Games and Social Media Apps for today's Mobile Lifestyle.
Safe Harbor:
This announcement contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Actual results could differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements as results of various factors including the ability of the company to successfully commercialize its new technologies and service offerings. The company undertakes no obligation to publicly release the result of any revisions to these forward-looking statements, which may be made to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.
Zippi is a trademark of Zippi Networks, Inc. All other trademarks or registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
Media Contacts:
Robert Rositano Jr.
robert@zippi.com
Karen Ashley
1 408 355-5801
Just in Time for Christmas in July, jacquielawson.com Unveils Much-Anticipated Design of 2011 Advent Calendar
First year's Calendar a runaway hit with 700,000 sold; 2011 expected to be even bigger with London theme
LURGASHALL, England, July 27, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- On April 29, the city of London took center stage as the world united to watch the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton. The city of London will once again help people connect--this time as they count down the days 'til Christmas with the Jacquie Lawson Advent Calendar. The enormous popularity of the first calendar in 2010 took the Jacquie Lawson team by surprise--it sold more than 700,000 copies, primarily in the U.S. and mainly through word-of-mouth--and gave families and friends an unexpected experience to share during the Christmas season.
"This takes a 160-year-old tradition--the Advent Calendar--and turns it into a completely up-to-date, modern digital experience," said Mike Hughes-Chamberlain, co-founder of jacquielawson.com. "It's so much more exciting, so much more interesting, there's so much more going on--it's almost as if the whole concept of an Advent Calendar has been leading up to this."
The Calendar includes 25 separate animations, one for each day of December leading up to Christmas. The user simply downloads the Calendar onto their computer and a snow globe icon appears on the desktop. Then each day, with a couple of mouse clicks, a new animation is launched.
When jacquielawson.com created the first Jacquie Lawson Advent Calendar in 2010, they weren't sure how it would be received, but the response was overwhelmingly positive.
"Thousands of customers wrote to us and for many, the calendar had become a daily dose of joy for the whole family," said Hughes-Chamberlain. "We heard stories of extended families living thousands of miles apart yet sharing the daily ritual of watching the day's animation and then talking or e-mailing with each other about it. Many customers asked us to keep making new Calendars each year so it could become a new family tradition."
Jacquielawson.com's small team of artists is now hard at work preparing for the autumn release of the 2011 calendar. Last year's calendar was set in a mythical German village but this year, the team chose London--not because of increased public interest in the UK thanks to the Royal Wedding; that was just a happy accident--but because of the city's stunning holiday decorations like the giant Christmas Tree in Trafalgar Square and the shimmering lights of Regent Street.
Hughes-Chamberlain hopes fans of last year's Calendar, who have been anxiously awaiting word on this year's design, will be pleased to see their favorite characters come to life in a magical holiday setting featuring many of London's most historic and recognizable sites, all scored to Christmas music.
Additional information, including a download of the 2010 Jacquie Lawson Advent Calendar and visuals from the 2011 Calendar design, are available to media upon request.
About Jacquie Lawson
Jacquie Lawson lives in the small English village of West Sussex. She trained as an illustrator at St. Martin's School of Art, and has more than 20 years' experience in many areas of drawing, painting and design, including architectural perspectives, book illustration and cartoons. She began working on e-cards and introduced her first offering in 2000 with "Christmas Cottage."
By 2001, her greetings were so popular that she teamed up with Mike Hughes-Chamberlain to meet the growing demand by creating the jacquielawson.com website. Throughout the years, additional artists have joined the jacquielawson.com team, and the collection of e-cards has grown to its current total of more than 180 e-cards, each one showing a degree of artistry and attention to detail rarely seen in this medium. For more information, and to see all of the available e-cards, visit http://www.jacquielawson.com.
Luminate Unveils World's First Platform for Image Applications
Company Brings Images to Life with Image Apps Designed to Create Rich Consumer Experience
Luminate Transforms Images Into a Canvas to Shop, Share, Comment, Examine, Curate, Search and Socialize
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., July 27, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Luminate, Inc., formerly known as Pixazza, Inc., today unveiled a groundbreaking new platform for image applications. For the first time ever, consumers can launch applications within the individual images on their favorite websites.
With this exciting new platform, Luminate opens a new world of image apps, breaking down a wall and bringing flat, static images to life. Online images become more than visual stimuli - they become a gateway for accessing rich and relevant content across the web. The apps available on the Luminate(TM) platform will allow consumers not only to conduct their favorite everyday online activities such as shopping, sharing, commenting and navigating directly from the images, but can also facilitate entirely new services made possible by the development of apps specifically for images.
"Image apps transform images from static pixels into interactive experiences," said Luminate CEO Bob Lisbonne. "Just as phones evolved from merely voice calls to smartphones with apps, now consumers can enjoy relevant apps inside every online image. The explosive use of images fueled by mobile, social, and cloud computing trends sets the stage for Luminate's pioneering new image apps platform."
How It Works:
When a consumer sees the Luminate icon in the corner of an image, it indicates that the image is interactive. Consumers simply mouse into the image and choose from a variety of image apps. They can easily share an image or specific points within an image with their friends, discover statistics about their favorite athletes, see where to purchase similar products to those featured in a photo, uncover the latest information about a particular event, reveal geo tag or Wikipedia information, read more content about the people or places featured in an image, listen to music or see a movie trailer related to an image.
Image Applications:
Image applications will span a number of key categories including: Commerce, Information, Social, Organization, Advertising, Navigation, Public Service, and Presentation. Luminate's platform currently offers such applications as: unique Twitter Share, Facebook Share, and Email Share apps that give consumers the power to select precisely what they want inside an image and share it with others; an information app called Annotation that allows publishers to quickly and easily tag any spot within an image and add information relevant to that image; a commerce app called Products, which enables consumers to mouse over the image and interact with tags on the picture; and an Advertising app that offers publishers a seamless way to place relevant advertisements within an image.
Luminate plans to roll out new applications frequently to address the varying needs of consumers, publishers and advertisers. Its platform is designed to ultimately enable the development of any conceivable app that is relevant to a particular image. It is this capability that will help define the future of web images.
This cutting edge platform for image apps comes from the company that pioneered the use of images as real estate for delivering ecommerce and advertising three years ago as Pixazza, Inc. With the introduction of the new platform, the company has been rebranded as Luminate, Inc. (see separate release: Pixazza, Inc. Rebrands itself as Luminate, Inc.) as it takes the next step in executing its vision to make every image on the web interactive.
The Luminate Approach:
What makes the Luminate platform so compelling is its breakthrough ability to link images with applications and content beyond the website where the image is viewed. To create the best possible consumer experience, Luminate focuses on all of the data relevant to a particular image or part of an image. Luminate has long employed a unique recognition system that combines visual algorithms with human crowdsourcing. With its new platform, the company has multiplied the sources and ways to uncover information about images. In addition to the data derived from its team of experts, the company can avail itself of information from end users and publishers with the goal of creating a richer, more immersive experience for the end user. Luminate has the most sophisticated system in the industry for tagging relevant content.
"The reason images remained stagnant for so long is because it is remarkably difficult to contextualize their composition and link them to other pieces of relevant content across the Internet," said James Everingham, CTO of Luminate. "We were the first to develop the technology to overcome these complexities, turning images into an even more valuable asset. With our platform and the introduction of image apps, we believe that the entire Internet can become connected in a more meaningful way."
To learn more about how Luminate is changing the way consumers interact with images, please visit http://www.luminate.com.
About Luminate
Luminate, Inc. (previously known as Pixazza, Inc.) is the worldwide leader in making images interactive serving more than 150 million users each month and 30 billion image views per year. Founded in 2008, with the vision to make every image interactive on the web, Luminate offers the world's first platform for image applications. Developed by technologists from Netscape and LiveOps, Luminate's platform combines Internet and crowdsourcing technology to deliver the optimal content relevant to online images. Luminate is a private company funded by August Capital, CMEA Capital, Google Ventures and Shasta Ventures, with headquarters in Mountain View, CA.
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Pixazza, Inc.; Luminate, Inc.
Aiseesoft TS Converter - Excellent and Fabulous TS Converting Tool
BEIJING, July 27, 2011 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- It is no doubt that the electronic information technology is developing in the fastest speed beyond imagination. As a result, more and more people are tending to use high-tech and advanced devices like iPad, iPad 2, iPhone, iPod, PSP, Zune and smart phones (LG, Motorola, Nokia, Palm Pre, Samsung, Sony Ericsson, Sony XPERIA, HTC, etc.). The TS Converting Tool brings fantastic feelings to users who are in favor of viewing videos or movies of high-definition qualities such as the TS videos. However, most of those portable devices are not compatible with TS videos including iPad 2. Thus, if you want to watch your favorite TS videos and files on iPad 2, the Aiseesoft TS Converter can be, and is, your best choice to convert TS.
Aiseesoft TS Converter possesses powerful functions to convert TS/HD TS to all popular video formats. You are able to convert TS files to AVI, MPEG, VOB, WMV, 3GP, MP4, FLV, MKV, MOV, HD videos and convert MTS, M2TS and other videos to TS in dramatically fast speed and excellent image/sound qualities. What is more, converting TS to audio files such as MP3, WMA, AAC, WAV, M4A, OGG, etc is also allowed by this Aiseesoft TS Converter as an excellent audio extractor. It is amazing and exciting to enjoy the converted TS files on your iPad, iPad 2, PSP, iPod, iPhone, Archos, iRiver, Zune, Creative Zen, Apple TV, Blackberry, etc. comfortably and conveniently.
Aiseesoft TS Converter provides you with the powerful editing functions through which you can reset the output files according to your preference. For instance, you can trim videos to acquire the certain part of a video you like, merge several files together to get a whole single file, crop videos to make it fit your viewing screen maximally, and add watermarks to keep your videos unique and special. All these operations and settings can be done in the easiest way no matter you are a new or advanced user. Detailed information is available at http://www.tsconverterdownload.com.
OS Supported: Windows NT4/2000/2003/XP and Windows Vista, Windows 7
Hardware Requirements: 800MHz Intel or AMD CPU, or above; 512MB RAM or more
About Aiseesoft Studio
As a professional multimedia software provider, Aiseesoft Studio is dedicated to developing the best multimedia desktop applications to help the Windows and Mac users smoothly convert, edit and transfer various video/audio files. In order to meet users' various requirements, Aiseesoft Studio constantly brings in new ideas, technologies, etc. To Aiseesoft Studio, Users' satisfaction is a consistent pursuit. For more information, please visit: http://www.aiseesoft.com.
First standard in new ZigBee Network Devices category
SAN RAMON, Calif., July 27, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The ZigBee® Alliance, a global ecosystem of organizations creating wireless solutions for use in energy management, residential, commercial and consumer applications, today announced the public availability of its 10th standard, ZigBee Gateway(TM). ZigBee Gateway provides a simple and cost-effective way to enable Internet connections, giving service providers, businesses and consumers the opportunity to implement these devices and connect ZigBee networks to the Internet.
ZigBee Gateway is the first standard for a new category: ZigBee Network Devices(TM). ZigBee Network Devices is the category for device specific standardsdesigned to assist and expand ZigBee PRO-based networks. Forthcoming standards for bridge and range extender devices, currently in development, will join ZigBee Gateway in the ZigBee Network Devices category.
ZigBee Gateway lets manufacturers focus on application development and reduce overall product development time. ZigBee Gateway provides connectivity to Internet Protocol-based networks, plus access to a variety of cloud and smart phone services designed for consumers. Today, ZigBee Gateway supports the following ZigBee standards:
-- ZigBee Building Automation(TM)
-- ZigBee Health Care(TM)
-- ZigBee Home Automation(TM)
-- ZigBee Retail Services(TM)
-- ZigBee Smart Energy(TM)
-- ZigBee Telecom Services(TM)
As a standard, ZigBee Gateway gives developers a common methodology. This helps them mitigate development risk and eliminate the need for custom or proprietary solutions, while also reducing both development and manufacturing cost. Consumers will benefit from more monitoring and control capabilities, including convenient smart phone or tablet app integration for iPhone, Android and Windows Phone operating systems at lower prices.
"ZigBee Gateway gives product manufacturers and service providers a smart and easy way to expand device functionality and deliver the benefits of ZigBee control via the Internet," said Bob Heile, chairman of the ZigBee Alliance. "ZigBee networks today routinely access the Internet and ZigBee Gateway makes the job of integrating Internet connectivity simple - especially for developers with little networking experience. Ultimately, this standard will increase the number of value added services using ZigBee and give everyone more convenient control choices."
Products built to the ZigBee Gateway standard are eligible for the ZigBee Certified product program. ZigBee Certified requires independent evaluations of each product's ability to perform consistently and meet tough ZigBee quality standards. This lets consumers look for products with the ZigBee Certified seal and purchase them with confidence.
ZigBee Network Devices: Connect, expand and control more
ZigBee Network Devices is the category for device specific standardsdesigned to assist and expand ZigBee PRO-based networks. ZigBee Gateway is the first standard for the ZigBee Network Devices category and connects selected ZigBee standards-based networks to the Internet. These unique devices can support numerous ZigBee standards and will only use the ZigBee Certified logo on products and collateral. For more information, visit: http://www.ZigBee.org/NetworkDevices.
ZigBee: Control your world
ZigBee offers green and global wireless standards connecting the widest range of devices to work together intelligently and help you control your world. The ZigBee Alliance is an open, non-profit association of approximately 400 organizations driving development of innovative, reliable and easy-to-use ZigBee standards. The Alliance promotes worldwide adoption of ZigBee as the leading wirelessly networked, sensing and control standard for use in consumer, commercial and industrial areas. For more information, visit: http://www.ZigBee.org.
CONTACT: Kevin Schader of ZigBee Alliance, +1-925-275-6672, kschader@inventures.com; or Rachel Smith of GolinHarris for ZigBee Alliance, +1-714-918-8208, rsmith@golinharris.com