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PlaySpan Selected by AlwaysOn as an OnHollywood 100 Winner

Santa Clara, CA (PRWEB) September 21, 2010

PlaySpan, the global leader in monetization solutions for digital goods, social networks, online games and videos, today announced that it has been chosen by AlwaysOn as one of the OnHollywood 100 winners. This year marks the third consecutive year that the company has been chosen by Always On as a top 100 private company.

Inclusion in the OnHollywood 100 signifies leadership amongst its peers and game-changing approaches and technologies that are likely to disrupt existing and entrenched Hollywood entertainment. PlaySpan was specially selected by the AlwaysOn editorial team and industry experts spanning the globe based on a set of five criteria: innovation, market potential, commercialization, stakeholder value, and media buzz.

The entire entertainment world is dependent on the Internet, social networking, and the burgeoning use of the iPhone and Googles Android smartphone platforms to market, distribute, and share entertainment, says Tony Perkins, founder and editor of AlwaysOn. When you review the OnHollywood 100 class of 2010 and see companies like PlaySpan, you will see that we have come a long way since early music sites like Napster and Kazaa began disrupting the entertainment world.

The OnHollywood 100 winners were selected from among thousands of domestic and international technology companies nominated by investors, bankers, journalists, and entertainment industry insiders. The AlwaysOn editorial team conducted a rigorous three-month selection process to finalize the 2010 list.

PlaySpan and the OnHollywood 100 companies will be honored at AlwaysOns fifth annual OnHollywood on September 27th, 2010, at the Entertainment Technology Center @ USC in Los Angeles, CA. This two-and-a-half-day executive gathering that highlights the significant trends affecting digital entertainment. Disruptive technology is forcing big changes in Hollywood: new contracts, new genres, new stars. As the behemoth industry steps into the digital era, entertainment execs will be paying even closer attention to the global Silicon Valleyespecially the startups that are writing the rules and creating the tools for the digital entertainment age.

PlaySpan and its executives have received numerous accolades and awards in 2010 including Ernst & Youngs Entrepreneur of the Year Award, and Inc. Magazines Top 5000 Private Companies list. Last month, PlaySpan secured an $ 18 million dollar series C round of funding led by Vodafone Ventures and Softbank Bodhi Fund.

A full list of all the AlwaysOn OnHollywood 100 winners can be found on the AlwaysOn website at:

http://www.aonetwork.com/AOStory/Announcing-2010-OnHollywood-100

We are proud once again to have been chosen by AlwaysOn among the thousands of strong candidates under consideration, said PlaySpan Founder & CEO, Karl Mehta. Over the last three years PlaySpan has firmly distinguished itself as a global industry leader, with award-winning products and services, and a top notch team of monetization professionals that position PlaySpan well for future growth and continued success.

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OpenSesame eLearning Marketplace Reaches 3,000-Course Milestone

Portland, OR (PRWEB) November 02, 2011

OpenSesame (http://www.OpenSesame.com), the elearning marketplace connecting the buyers and sellers of elearning courses, today announced that it now counts 3,000 corporate training courses in its catalog.

The OpenSesame elearning marketplace makes buying and selling corporate elearning as easy as downloading a song from iTunes. Using crowd-sourcing similar to iStockPhoto, the OpenSesame marketplace and technology displaces the leaders in the highly fragmented $ 4.5B elearning content market.

Our most important goal is creating the he broadest, freshest and deepest catalog of elearning courses, said OpenSesame CEO Don Spear. Our 3,000 course catalog offers buyers all the courses they need in one place and the ability to purchase them instantly for use in any learning management system.

OpenSesame enables elearning course developers to sell their content directly to a broad audience of customers. Furthermore, courses purchased at OpenSesame work in any learning management system (LMS), solving the interoperability hurdle that makes elearning a hassle for many buyers.

Businesses are used to painfully negotiating long-term, six-figure contracts for elearning content catalogs, not unlike getting a cable package, said OpenSesame co-founder and general manager Josh Blank. OpenSesame enables buyers to see the price up front, purchase just the content they need in the quantity they need.

The OpenSesame catalog encompasses courses on a wide variety of topics - from management to safety - in many languages, including English, Chinese, Spanish and French. OpenSesame has also developed patent-pending video technology that connects video content to learning management systems.

Not only do we have one of the largest catalogs of elearning courses in the world, said OpenSesame co-founder Tom Turnbull. We have groundbreaking technology that unlocks new forms of content like video and connects them to any learner, anywhere.

OpenSesame recently announced $ 2 million in seed funding from Portland investment group Harmony Investments, the OpenSesame management team, and the funding OpenSesame received as the winner of the Angel Oregon 2011 competition.

About OpenSesame

Based in Portland, Oregon, OpenSesame is an open marketplace for elearning that connects elearning buyers and sellers. Buyers browse thousands of courses in a wide variety of subjects from workplace safety to business skills all compatible with any learning management system. For more information, visit http://www.opensesame.com or follow @OpenSesameNow on Twitter.

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FHC Continues to Amass Top Talent with Addition of Tim Moore and Joe Barnes

Boston, MA (PRWEB) October 17, 2011

F.H. Cann and Associates, Inc. (FHC), a recent winner of Best Companies Group,"2011 Best Place to Work in Collections" award, is pleased to make the joint announcement that long time Student Loan industry veterans Timothy Moore and Joe Barnes have joined FHC to spearhead the Business Development and Client Acquisition unit of its Student Loan Division.

Walter C. Steele, FHCs Chief Operating Officer stated, We at FHC are simply ecstatic about adding Tim and Joe to our Senior Leadership Team. These gentlemen are some of the most well respected true professionals that the student loan industry has to offer. They bring literally decades of deep industry insight, experience, and documented success in the GA and Student Loan Vertical. To be able to add one of these gentlemen would be tremendous, however, to be afforded the luxury of announcing that both have joined our organization is truly a very proud moment for us at FHC. Walter continued, This is another example of FHCs unwavering commitment to excellence and to provide our clients and the student loan industry with best in class service and performance.

Mr. Moore has dedicated over 40 years to serving the debt management needs of the education loan community. Tim Moore has cultivated long standing relationships with some of the largest and most prestigious guarantor and student loan service companies, and all of these relationships are founded in the highest ethical standards and providing best in class performance. Tims unwavering commitment to integrity and customer service is well documented and blends perfectly with the core values on which FHC was founded. Tims reputation is irrefutable, and he is truly devoted to providing nothing short of excellence to all who are lucky enough to partner with him. said Frank Cann, President and CEO of F.H. Cann and Associates, Inc.

Tim Moore commented, It is a pleasure to be part of F.H. Cann and Associates. Frank Cann and Walter Steele have put together a management team and staff dedicated to high performance and customer service. I am proud to be part of the FHC organization in a consulting capacity and look forward to working with their strong management team and collection staff who are all committed to excellence.

Furthermore, FHC is equally proud to announce the addition of well respected industry veteran Joe Barnes as Senior Vice President of Business Development which adds another 25+ years of committed service to the educational debt management community to FHCs executive core. Mr. Barnes impressive resume includes leadership roles spearheading complex marketing teams that involve comprehensive RFPs and custom tailored proposals to address the specific needs of numerous Guarantee Agencies and Student Loan providers alike. Joe has successfully built an extraordinary clientele base including 13 student loan Guaranty Agencies that are the culmination of many years worth of close trusted relationships and top performance working at various third party agencies.

Joe Barnes stated, Joining the FH Cann team is a culmination of a long association with Frank Cann. Our careers go back roughly 25 years and I have the utmost respect for the organization he has built and the executive team he has assembled. Joining FH Cann creates an opportunity to offer not only tried and true client based collections and recovery solutions specifically tailored to the educational industry; but also the most cutting edge technologies and product offerings in the marketplace today. This organization has delivered to its clients and to its employees and I look forward to building upon that foundation for many years to come.

The addition of Joe Barnes, together with Tim Moore, and coupled with FHCs existing Executive Management Committee form a leadership coalition with over 190 collective years of recovery management experience and client centric commitment to integrity, performance and accountability.

F.H. Cann and Associates Inc. is a nationally licensed debt collection and receivables optimization firm that is based in North Andover MA. F.H. Cann and Associates, Inc. specialize in Student Loan, Banking, Municipal, and Commercial debt verticals.

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Leading Social Media Marketing, Digital PR Expert and Award Winning CEO to Give Free Trade Show Marketing Webinar

Dallas, TX (PRWEB) November 11, 2011

The Trade Group, the award-winning provider of trade show exhibits, digital graphics, creative design services, retail displays and environmental structures for events, will host a free webinar, Making Sense of Todays Digital PR for Trade Shows: Trends, Techniques, and Case Studies at 1:00 PM on Wednesday, November 16, 2011. This exclusive event will discuss the importance of social media marketing tools, the latest trends in social media, and how to create online buzz before an event.

Marketing your presence at trade shows and events now requires a solid understanding of social media marketing and digital PR. Event Marketers must have a firm grasp on the digital tools that will increase the number of qualified visitors to the booth -- resulting in increased ROI.

This webinar will go beyond the big three -- Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter, says Kabani. We are going to tackle QR codes, pitching bloggers, social media ad campaigns, event specific promotional websites, YouTube, and much more. What happens before and after the event is just as important as what happens during show hours and by harnessing the power of social media, you're sure to be remembered long after the show has closed.

Shama Kabani is the Award-winning CEO of The Marketing Zen Group, a global digital marketing firm. She's also the host of the CW 33s Tech Zen with Shama and Socially Sound segments, an international speaker, and a best-selling author. Her first book, The Zen of Social Media Marketing, was released in April 2010, and was an instant hit. Business Week honored Shama in 2009 as one of the Top 25 Entrepreneurs Under 25 in North America, and in 2010, Shama won the prestigious Technology Titan Emerging Company CEO award from the Metroplex Technology Business Council.

The Trade Group offers services that ensure the success of any trade show event, from educational seminars to strategic marketing services that drive traffic to your exhibit, to providing a free webinar from one of the top leaders in digital marketing.

For 25 years, The Trade Group has provided over 40,000 superior trade show exhibits to more than 15,000 exhibit managers around the world. Its reputation is built on dedication to customer service, passion for creativity and innovation in the event services industry. To learn more about The Trade Group, contact us today.

The Marketing Zen Group is an award winning online marketing firm that excels at helping companies, non-profits, and government agencies of all sizes leverage the internet. Web marketing services include website design & development, social media marketing, digital PR, and search engine optimization. They specialize in providing turn-key web marketing and PR services which result in greater leads and visibility for their clients. For more information about The Marketing Zen Group contact us today.

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Domain Name Prices Returning to Highs of 1999 and 2000

Pompano Beach, FL (PRWEB) August 25, 2004

Recent multi-million dollar domain name sales are further proof that the Internet business is back to levels only seen in 1999 and 2000. CreditCards.com recently sold for $ 2.75 Million and late last year, Men.com sold for $ 1.3 Million. “We haven’t seen this type of activity since 1999 when we sold Autos.com for $ 2.2 Million and WallStreet.com for $ 1.03 Million,” said Monte Cahn CEO of Internet domain registrar and domain resale specialist Moniker.com . “This has been a banner year. We assisted in the sale of Me.com for $ 460,000 and we have had several major sales including Truck.com and Stop.com .”

Moniker represents three other popular domain names expected to sell for millions of dollars: consulting.com , candy.com and hell.com . “Every day thousands of people type in these domain names. There is incredible value in owning the single word descriptive terms for an industry,” noted Eric Harrington, President of Moniker.com . “The opportunity to own domains like these is extremely rare because industry leading companies will buy these domains and most likely never sell them again.”

The trend for more valuable domain purchases is just one indicator of expensive Internet real estate. Search Engine Marketing is hot, as evidenced by all of the interest in the Google IPO while Pay Per Click search terms are rising as bidding heats up. The term “Domain Name” is being bid on at $ 10.00 per click and the term “Domain” is at $ 7.01 per click on the Yahoo! and Overture network.

About Moniker.com

Moniker.com is one of the top three fastest growing ICANN-accredited Internet domain registrars, and is the global leader for domain name management and domain registration . Together with its affiliated companies, Coolhandle.com , a web hosting company, and DomainSystems.com , a leader in domain name sales, escrow and domain aftermarket services, the company manages more than 600,000 domains for companies, organizations and individuals, and offers industry leading security and personalized customer service for all of its clients. Moniker clients include: The National Hockey League, Jupitermedia, and Lions Gate Films. The company is based in Pompano Beach, Florida.

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College Seniors' Job Skills Ranked Nationwide; Career Coaching Book Helps Grads-To-Be

La Jolla, CA (PRWEB) January 18, 2009

Tough Economy Makes Job Search Tactics Critical. New Career Coaching Book Brings Faster Offers.

"There's never, ever been a career assessment that ranks your skills against college seniors nationwide," claims 'LAUNCH!...Get That First Paycheck In 90 Days,' "and then turns your unique strengths into a smart career path."

The career coaching book is now available at Launch-Your-Career.com to help college seniors and recent graduates successfully begin their careers. It offers job-finding secrets that too few students know about - because no other career coaching books reveal them. LAUNCH! includes:

A career assessment quiz that shows how the student's job skills and attitudes compare to college seniors nationwide, and what career paths their unique traits suggest.
How to find job openings before they're advertised.
How to triple resume responses.
Proven networking tactics.
How to interview better.
Why Monster.com and Craigslist are time traps for recent graduates.
How a weekend project can make the student a top candidate for their chosen position.
Finally, LAUNCH! outlines a 90 day schedule for getting that first job.

If downloaded from the website in PDF format, this 339 page career coaching book costs $ 8.63 -- less than the price of a pizza. It's also available as a paperback book (for $ 16.23 - free shipping), an audio CD set (for $ 21.33 - free shipping), or a downloadable MP3 audio book ($ 11.74). An unusual money back guarantee is included -- if any college senior doesn't discover a new job search tactic, boost their resume responses, or learn something about themselves that they didn't know before; they get their money back plus one dollar.

"Unlike those fuzzy lectures and expensive textbooks or seductive student loans, this helps graduates actually find that first job," says LAUNCH! author Gary Sutton, a retired CEO who's been involved in advising, hiring, and firing countless employees during his lengthy career.

"This may be the most important book a college senior ever reads," added Dr. Linda Charles, clinical psychologist and former UCLA staffer.

Anxious students and their nervous parents can even sample the guide before buying by reading a few pages or listening to a brief audio clip at Launch-Your-Career.com.

The career assessment quiz in LAUNCH! can also be taken online at WhoAreYouAnyway.com. It tells college seniors if they'll do better in large or small organizations, among other things. The quiz ranks students' energy, ambition, ethics, status needs, social abilities and fifteen other vocational traits. Results are translated into the best career path.

"Wow! That job quiz nailed me. Without those insights, I'd be waiting tables again," said one Drake grad.

About Career Coaching Book "LAUNCH!...Get That First Paycheck In 90 Days":

LAUNCH is a career guide aimed at college seniors and recent graduates, with more practical, hands-on advice than offered in other career coaching books. It's available in paperback book, downloadable PDF, audio CD set, or downloadable MP3 audio book format at Launch-Your-Career.com. The guide includes an assessment designed to help college students who are trying to choose a career path. The assessment may also be taken as an online quiz at WhoAreYouAnyway.com. The author of both the book and creator of the quiz, Gary Sutton, is a retired CEO. He's mentored seniors at several colleges and found a disturbing level of confusion and unreal attitudes about the world of work.

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XOP Networks Offers Browser Based Web Conferencing on Flash capable Smartphones

Dallas, Texas (PRWEB) November 15, 2011

XOP Networks, Inc., a manufacturer of Value Added Service (VAS) platforms and Audio Conference Bridges announced availability of its Web Conferencing Application on Smartphones that support Adobe Flash Player version 10.3 or higher without requiring download of a dedicated application.

Majority of the Smartphones now being shipped have web browsers and touchpad keyboards built into them. XOP Networks newly introduced Web Conferencing Application is compatible with Googles Android and several other operating systems. With this capability, Smartphone owners can now participate in a web conference using their Smartphones, avoiding the need to be in front of a PC.

We frequently run into situations where a field support engineer is at a customer location where he/she does not have Internet access. Having a Flash enabled Smartphone allows him/her to use our web conferencing capability to share desktop, share documents and chat with our support center personnel, said James Park, XOP Networks Director of Worldwide Customer Support.

Our web conferencing application is designed to leverage the confluence of Smartphones, 3G and 4G mobile data networks and Operating Systems (e.g., Android) that support Flash based media streaming, said Sudhir Gupta, CEO XOP Networks.

About XOP Networks

Beginning in 2003, XOP Networks embarked on developing a next generation IP based service and application platform. Realizing this vision, we shipped our first product, a Digital Collaboration Bridge (DCB) in 2004. A DCB combines rich Audio Conferencing with Desktop sharing, Document sharing and White boarding, thus creating a collaborative experience for the end users. Leveraging the success of the DCB, the product portfolio was expanded in 2005 to include the Group Alerting and Conferencing Server (GACS). The GACS allows mass notification messages to be dispatched over a variety of communications networks, while it brings an organization's brain trust into a quick audio conference. Year 2006 saw the addition of the enhanced Voice Mail Server (VMS) to the product line. In 2007 XOP Networks launched its Universal Service Node (USN) which offers multiple value added services on one platform. In 2008, we added support for Hoot and Holler conferencing over TDM and VoIP networks on our USN platform. In 2009 we introduced Ring down Firebar Conference (RFCS) that allows a conference to be set up simply by lifting a handset on an analog or IP phone. Several other enhancements were introduced including support for Secure conferencing, SMS driven instant-conferencing, Group SMS and Voice SMS, and One Number Service capabilities. In 2010 the product line was further hardened for use in defense networks and received the coveted JITC certification from the US Department of Defense.

Headquartered in Dallas, Texas, XOP Networks was founded in 2002 and is backed by a seasoned management team. Deployed at multiple Fortune 100 companies, CLEC/IOC customers, Government organizations, DoD networks (Air Force, Army and Navy) XOP Networks' products allow customers to improve employee productivity, increase business efficiency and enhance emergency communications. Having both legacy and VoIP interfaces, XOP products allow customers to seamlessly transition their value added services from legacy circuit switched networks to VoIP based packet switched networks.

For more information about XOP Networks, visit its website at http://www.xopnetworks.com.

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Declarative 3D: Community Group Leads Real-time 3D + Web Rationalization

Mountain View, CA (PRWEB) August 08, 2011

The Web3D Consortium has joined forces with the W3C and Khronos standards organizations to launch a new open Community Group chartered to examine the requirements, options, and use cases for an integration of interactive 3D graphics capabilities into the W3C technology stack. While imperative graphics APIs are powerful and necessary , a Declarative 3D description can provide web authors an easy way to add interactive high-level declarative 3D objects through the HTML Document Object Model (DOM). For example, this description should support web authors to easily create, share, and experience interactive 3D graphics using Javascript and HTML documents. The community group was launched with a meeting at the annual ACM Web3D Conference 2011 in Paris, France.

Platforms for 3D delivery over the web have been evolving for almost two decades. Recent developments such as the HTML5 canvas tag and WebGL open up a huge new audience and channel for interactive 3D since no plug-in is required to visualize complex 3D data and build rich 3D-enabled web applications. Throughout the development of HTML5, the Web3D Consortium provided key input regarding motivation, goals and examples of how the ISO standard X3D scenegraph can be integrated with the DOM.

X3D DOM (http://www.x3dom.org), developed by Fraunhofer IGD, is one such open-source solution leveraging the existing ISO standard of Extensible 3D (X3D) with the W3C DOM and WebGL. The release of X3DOM 1.2 will be showcased though demos in the Web3D Consortium Booth (# 814) including features like Flash integration as well as new developments in an asymmetric data approach to support large data-sets in declarative 3D scenes. In addition X3DOM content and examples will be presented at several BOFs including WebGL and the X3D/HTML5 BOF.

SIGGRAPH Event Schedule

Join the Web3D community at their Tech Talk (Wednesday Aug 10 from 5:00 6:00 PM) showcasing their incredible X3D innovations you wont believe its real time! Come network with leading Web3D technologists at the Tech Talk and join the revolution! This is a must-attend event to educate and engage yourself in the latest 3D Web developments. In addition, Birds of the Feather sessions at SIGGRAPH include: X3D and HTML5, Medical Visualization, Augmented and Mixed Reality, a Consortium Town Hall meeting, and a meeting of the Web3D C Korean Chapter. More information on all the Web3D Consortium events at SIGGRAPH 2011 is available at: http://www.web3d.org/events/details/web3d-at-siggraph-2011.

About the Web3D Consortium:

The Web3D Consortium is a member-driven organization involved in many technical initiatives across the 4D value chain. The Web3D Consortium is a member-funded industry consortium committed to the creation and deployment of open, royalty-free standards that enable the communication of real-time 3D across applications, networks, and XML web services. The Consortium works closely with the ISO, MPEG and has active projects with OGC, DICOM, IMS, KHRONOS and W3C standardization bodies to maximize market opportunities for its membership. More information on Web3D and Consortium membership is available at http://www.web3d.org.

Contact Information:

Anita Havele, Executive Director

Web3D Consortium 650 Castro Street, Suite #120-490, Mountain View, CA 94041

Phone: 248 342 7662 Fax: 248 457 8018

Email: anita dot havele at web3d dot org

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Never Miss a Moment with Group Albums from KODAK Gallery

Emeryville, CA (PRWEB) November 17, 2011

KODAK Gallery (http://www.kodakgallery.com), the only online photo service uniquely designed for celebrating KODAK MOMENTS together, is changing the way people share photos with the launch of Group Albums. Group photo sharing is easier than ever. Multiple people can now upload, share and comment on photos all in one place, for free. The company has also announced a new version of the KODAK Gallery app for the iPhone devices. Using the app on the device makes it the easiest way for a group of friends to collect and share all the photos they take together at party or on a trip. Whether the pictures are on a mobile phone or digital camera, they can be shared and saved in one convenient place.

With Group Albums, a group of friends can easily collect, share, and interact with every moment they capture together by camera at a party or on a trip by starting a Group Album at kodakgallery.com/groupalbum. Simply collect, share and invite others from the event to contribute their own photos to the Group Album. All photos can be downloaded in full-resolution online for free, can be used to create a video slideshow of the event or turned into photo products such as books and calendars.

Everyones been at an event where multiple people are taking pictures. Those pictures end up fragmented across emails, texts, and social networks. Or even worse, theyre not shared at all, said Victor Cho, General Manager of KODAK Gallery, Eastman Kodak Company. Now with a KODAK Gallery Group Album and our new application for the iPhone device, a group of friends or family can instantly and privately collect, share and interact with all of the special moments from an event, in one easy-to-access place.

A Group Album can be started online at kodakgallery.com or right from an iPhone using the mobile app. Like all sharing tools at KODAK Gallery, members of the album can privately share pictures and invite others to join and participate by sending an email, text or FACEBOOK message. Once people join the album they can add photos and comments, plus invite others from the event to contribute their pictures.

More than 20 million photos have been uploaded to a Group Album and more than half a million through the mobile app, said Mark Cook, Vice President of Products. Whats most important is the joy people feel having all the pictures from an event; for example, a bride who has hundreds of pictures her guests took at her wedding reception. With our new mobile app, people can start sharing and interacting with those pictures while the event is still going on.

MOBILE APPLICATION

The KODAK Gallery app for iPhone devices allows users to start and participate in a Group Album. In addition, it includes other major feature enhancements such as multi-photo uploads; hundreds of ways to share; access to all pictures and albums in a KODAK Gallery account; and push notifications when photos, comments and Likes are added to an album.

The app addresses the shifting trends in consumer photo sharing behavior. The number of KODAK Gallery photo slideshows viewed on a mobile phone has increased almost 170% in the last year, and according to a recent survey 65% of 18-34 year-olds plan to take pictures this holiday season using their mobile phones.

The KODAK Gallery app for the iPhone device is currently available in the App Store and has received a 4

Digital Advertising Innovator EDO Interactive Names Rishad Tobaccowala, Bob Thacker and Kim McKesson as Strategic Advisors

Chicago, Illinois (PRWEB) October 17, 2011

EDO Interactive (http://edointeractive.com), a leader in digital advertising solutions leveraging everyday payment networks to connect brands with consumers, has named marketing innovators Rishad Tobaccowala, Bob Thacker and Kim McKesson to its newly created advisory board.

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CES Trends: Why Cultural Relevance is Dictating the CES Experience -- BREW/SDC Reports on Prevailing Trends from 2007 International CES

New York, NY & Las Vegas, NV (PRWEB) January 29, 2007 -

BREW|SDC announces its 2007 Trend Analysis of the 40th Annual International CES event in Las Vegas. Available for download free at BREW|SDC.

Highlights from the report include

Next Generation Texting Company GOGII Raises $8.2 Million in New Financing

Marina del Rey, Calif. (PRWEB) December 10, 2009

GOGII, Inc., the creator of the next generation texting application textPlus, announced today that it has raised $ 8.2 million in a round of financing led by Matrix Partners, with existing investor Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers also participating in the round. The new funding is the second round of successful financing for the quickly growing mobile start-up, which raised a Series A round from Kleiner Perkins' iFund in December 2007.

GOGII's mobile application textPlus merges both old-style texting - one-to-one conversations - and next generation texting - rich, engaging environments and instant group text conversations. The company uses sponsorships and advertisements embedded in the textPlus app environment to make it free for users to download and use.

"Today, the number of cell phone users who use texting as their primary mode of communication is staggering; GOGII has learned how to tap this enormous market and help advertisers reach consumers on their mobile devices in a way that has never been done before," said Scott Lahman, CEO and co-founder of GOGII. "We are honored to receive this kind of validation from two of the world's most successful venture firms. The new financing will allow us to bring our rich texting environments and features to even more carriers, handsets and users."

"What impressed us most about GOGII was its ability to provide a simple, appealing environment on mobile phones where rich advertisements are sure to be seen: alongside SMS messages," said Matrix Partners General Partner Dana Stalder, who will join GOGII's board as of this round. "Customer response to the textPlus app is higher than that of any competitor in the market we have seen thanks to its unprecedented features - and advertisers eager to reach this market are catching on quickly."

Since launching the textPlus app in June 2009, GOGII has taken several major steps to bring texting to a new level. This November, textPlus debuted username "text addresses," which allow anyone in the U.S. with a mobile phone to start a text conversation with their friends using textPlus by simply texting a friend's username to 60611. textPlus with usernames also provides users worldwide the ability to send messages app-to-app anywhere in the world for free. textPlus will soon make it possible to create usernames for entire groups, or communities, of users.

textPlus has proven to be tremendously popular with consumers. To date, the textPlus app has been downloaded almost 3 million times, reaching over 9 million people, with over 300 million messages sent using the service since June. And while only the top 5% of applications in the Apple App Store reach 100,000 unique monthly visitors, textPlus exceeded that by over 7 times in its second month of release.

About GOGII (go-jee)

GOGII provides customers the next generation of text messaging through its flagship product, textPlus, a feature-rich, third-party text messaging application. The company was founded in 2008 by the three founders of JAMDAT Mobile, the leading mobile entertainment publisher that was acquired by Electronic Arts in 2006.

About Matrix Partners

Matrix Partners is a premier venture capital firm that has generated outstanding returns for over three decades. The firm has delivered several of the industry's top performing funds of all time. Matrix Partners operates in the United States, India and China. The firm has been fortunate to be a part of the creation of game-changing, industry-leading businesses such as Aruba Networks (Nasdaq: ARUN), JBoss (Red Hat), Netezza (NYSE: NZ), SanDisk (Nasdaq: SNDK), Starent Networks (Nasdaq: STAR), Sycamore Networks (Nasdaq: SCMR) and Veritas Software (Symantec).

About Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers

Since its founding in 1972, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers has backed entrepreneurs in over 500 ventures, including AOL, Amazon.com, Citrix, Compaq Computer, Electronic Arts, Genentech, Genomic Health, Google, Intuit, Juniper Networks, Netscape, Lotus, Sun Microsystems, Symantec, VeriSign and Xilinx. KPCB portfolio companies employ more than 250,000 people. More than 150 of the firm's portfolio companies have gone public. In 2008, the firm launched the iFund to invest in mobile applications on the iPhone platform in collaboration with Apple. The firm has offices in Menlo Park, California; Beijing, China; and Shanghai, China.

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Audiofy Offers Hundreds of New Audiobooks in Time for the Holidays

Philadelphia, PA (PRWEB) December 21, 2005

Audiofy Corporation, a premier digital audiobook publisher, today announced the availability of hundreds of additional titles in its innovative audiobook chip format, following agreements with leading audiobook publishers Audio Partners Publishing and Blackstone Audiobooks.

As part of the Company's holiday promotions, Audiofy is offering special pricing on digital audiobooks from respected best-selling authors, including Patrick O'Brian, Agatha Christie, Rex Stout, Orson Scott Card, Shelby Foote, Lois McMaster Bujold, Bernard Cornwell and Spider Robinson.

For the first time, Agatha Christie's The Mysterious Affair at Styles, The Murder of Roger Ackroyd and Murder on the Orient Express have been gathered together - 30+ hours of mystery on three Audiofy chips. In addition, Audiofy offers the digital world premiere of the first three books of Rex Stout's famous Nero Wolfe series: Fer-de-Lance, The League of Frightened Men and The Rubber Band.

Audiofy has had great success in delivering spoken audio titles to targeted niche markets, such as Simon & Schuster's Pimsleur foreign language training, or Soundview's spoken audio summaries of best-selling business books. With the recent agreements we've established with audiobook publishers, we can now offer hundreds of new titles in fiction, business, classics and other genres as well, said Peter D. Nalle, Audiofys CEO. Unlike traditional audiobooks on stacks of CDs or cassettes, each Audiofy title is contained on a single stamp-sized audiobook chip that's convenient to listen to while commuting, exercising, or just lounging about at home. Audiofy audiobook chips are now available through our resellers, affilliate networks and retail chains including Airport Wireless.

Every Audiofy audiobook chip can be played on a variety of devices with SD memory card expansion slots, including Microsoft Pocket PC handheld PDAs and Windows Mobile smartphones running Pocket PC 2002 or later and Palm handheld PDAs and Treo smartphones running Palm OS 5.2.1 or later. The chips will play on desktop and laptop computers running Microsoft Windows 98/Me/2000/XP, as well as Apple PowerBook and iBook laptops and Apple Power Mac, iMac and Mac mini computers running Mac OS X 10.3 and above, using any available SD memory card expansion slot or a low-cost USB adapter.

Additionally, the Audiofy Player offers an inexpensive alternative for customers to listen to audiobook chips without any need for a computer. The $ 29.95 player is pocket-sized, weighs just ounces and is easy to use whether you are driving, commuting, exercising or just on the living room sofa. All Audiofy products comply with the Audiobook Compatible standard established by the Audio Publishers Association and the Consumer Electronics Association.

About Audiofy Corporation

Audiofy is a leading developer of digital audiobook solutions and the publisher of audiobooks on chips. Audiofys titles include the Pimsleur line of spoken audio foreign language training courses from Simon & Schuster, best-selling business audiobooks from Soundview Executive Book Summaries and titles from many genres from publishers including Audio Partners, Blackstone Audio, Gildan Media Corporation, InAudio and Jimcin Recordings.

Audiofy audiobook chips are available for sale at http://www.audiofy.com/ and http://www.pimsleurdirect.com/, from online resellers and at Airport Wireless stores and other retail establishments. Audiofy delivers an innovative audiobook platform and services for the worlds spoken audio and audiobook content, enabling publishing partners to rapidly and cost effectively launch complete, customized digital audiobook titles.

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Winter Park-Fraser Valley Offers Budget-Friendly Winter Activities for Under $20

Winter Park, Colo. (Vocus) November 1, 2010

Everyone is looking for ways to stretch a dollar these days, even while on vacation. One of Colorados most accessible, convenient and scenic winter wonderlands, Winter Park-Fraser Valley, offers a number of budget-friendly cold weather activities for under $ 20. Here are a few ways Winter Park-Fraser Valley makes visitors feel like they are living high on the hog, without breaking the bank.

Free Skiing Ski Free is back at Winter Park Resort, one of the premiere year-round destinations in the country. From now through December 25, 2010, book one night lodging (two night minimum stay) and receive a free adult lift ticket. Add-on lift tickets are available for $ 55/adult and $ 30/child. Not valid with any other promotion or discount, this offer must be booked on http://www.playwinterpark.com.

Cross-country Skiing & Snowshoeing - The Winter Park-Fraser Valley area offers hundreds of miles of hiking and biking trails that convert beautifully to snowshoe and cross-country skiing routes in the wintertime.

Snowshoe enthusiasts will appreciate the Winter Park-Fraser Valley Chambers free snowshoe tours in Hideaway Park, hosted every Saturday and Sunday at 1 p.m. Call 970-726-4118 or stop by the visitor center located at 78841 U.S. Hwy. 40 to check availability.

SolVista at Granby Ranchs Nordic trail system encompasses 25 kilometers of groomed trails. Bring your own equipment or rent it at SolVista Base Camp Lodge. A single lift ticket for snowshoeing is only $ 5.

Seniors Citizens Pay Tribute to Lady Gaga in Seniors Guides Talent Contest

Richmond, Virginia (PRWEB) September 08, 2011

In the age of the viral video, the Internet is creating instant celebrities and a new vehicle for anyone with a camera and Internet connection to showcase their talents and tell the world who they are. The most popular social media website to find the stars of the new millennium is online video site, YouTube. User submitted videos provide a new form of entertainment to the many daily viewers of YouTube which currently exceeds 2 million views per day according to infographic data from Website Monitoring. It is also estimated that the average person spends 15 minutes per day watching videos on YouTube.

Beginning Summer 2011, there is a video series that is focusing exclusively on senior citizens and the aging population, showing their lively personalities and what activities they are doing to remain active. Seniors Guide is giving senior citizens the opportunity to showcase their talents with Seniors Got Talent a user submitted online video contest on the retirement resources YouTube Channel.

The talent showcase was started by Seniors Guide to show that life doesnt become boring or stop after one reaches the age of 65.

The truth is that just because a person has crossed that 65 year age line, doesnt mean that they are bound to lead a boring life, says Katharine Ross, Director of Publishing for Seniors Guide and SeniorsGuideOnline.com. With Seniors Guides talent contest, it is a chance to celebrate the vibrant side of being a senior and enjoy some entertaining YouTube videos at the same time.

Todays retirement communities are catering to the many active seniors who want to remain in good health as they age. More often than not, seniors today are active adults who enjoy hobbies that theyve always enjoyed such as dancing, jogging, and socializing. For instance, Jane Fonda hasnt stopped working out, shes just doing it differently. Retirement communities of today are tasked with how to appeal to these very active seniors, and many do so by having a multitude of activities and functions available such as talent shows, says Ross.

Many popular activities available for seniors include Wii Bowling, Exercise Classes, Pool Activities, and talent contests put on for residents and their families.

One example of current senior citizen videos featured include 66 year old Karen B singing Somewhere Over The Rainbow, as made famous by Judy Garland in the American classic movie, The Wizard of Oz. Karen, a resident of Chapel Hill, North Carolina submitted the video in hopes of winning one of the cash prizes being offered to the video with the most likes and comments.

Another video pairs a talented senior citizen dance team performing a routine with the background music of superstar Lady Gaga - dancing to her 2010 hit, Telephone.

You expect to see seniors playing bridge or gardening; you dont expect to see them swinging their hips to Lady Gaga says Ross.

The video was submitted by the local Senior Center in Garner, North Carolina and features a dance team comprised of senior citizen volunteers. Named the G-Squad, they won the Gold at the Raleigh Senior Games for their choreography to the Lady Gaga song.

Retirement Communities are requested to submit videos for the contest as they are eligible for cash prizes to invest into their activity programs and resources for senior citizens. Independent Living, Assisted Living, Continuing Care, and Skilled Nursing Home Communities are encouraged to submit their videos to http://www.SeniorsGuideOnline.com for their opportunity to win the cash prizes which are rewarded through comments and likes on the individual YouTube videos.

On what the Garner Senior Center would use the money for, Fitness Program Specialist Nancy Hulbert says, The volunteers are responsible for their costumes, dance shoes, travel and registration fees for the senior games we would probably use the money to help with those expenses.

The contest ends September 30, but Seniors Got Talent will be a continually updated and shared video showcase for seniors and their families and for viewers that want to be reminded that talents will always be there with them.

Seniors Guide, a Richmond, Va. -based company publishes Seniors Guide magazines throughout Cincinnati, Ohio; Dayton, Ohio; Indianapolis, Indiana; Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina; Richmond, Virginia; and Roanoke-Lynchburg, Virginia and features a correlating website of http://www.SeniorsGuideOnline.com. Seniors Guides mission is to help seniors and their families find the information they need on options available in senior housing, senior care, assisted living, independent senior living, retirement communities and other retirement living needs. Seniors Guide also publishes Home Care Choice magazines in Cincinnati, Ohio; Dayton, Ohio; Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina; and Richmond, VA with the correlating website http://www.HomeCareChoice.com. Ross Publishing, Seniors Guides parent company, began in 1991 and has been publishing helpful, free publications and websites ever since.

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Personal Injury Law Firm Scartelli, Distasio & Kowalski, P.C. Participates in the 20th Annual Northeastern Pennsylvania Susan G. Komen Race

Scranton, PA (Vocus) September 22, 2010

On September 11, 2010, members of the Scranton and Wilkes-Barre, Pa., personal injury law firm Scartelli, Distasio & Kowalski, P.C. participated in and raised funds for the 20th Annual Susan G. Komen Northeastern Pennsylvania Race for the Cure

Access Control Security Technology Company, Viscount Systems, Featured on Homelanddefensestocks.com

BURNABY, BC (PRWEB) April 16, 2004

Viscount Systems Inc. (OTCBB: VSYS) today announced the Company is currently featured on Homelanddefensestocks.com, a global research portal for investors following homeland security stocks. Viscount is positioned in the security sector with MESH, a next generation access-control product that converges all aspects of voice (intercom, paging, emergency), data (card access, elevators, alarms) and video (CCTV) in large complexes or series of complexes.

Homelanddefensestocks.com is a global investment portal that features news, research, homeland security links, featured and exclusive articles and companies participating in security technology solutions. Areas include: Airport Security, Biodefense, Biometrics, Defense, Internet Security, Integrated Security, Military, Border and Port Security. Homelanddefensestocks.com is a unique top ranked investor research portal on Yahoo and Google. Homelanddefensestocks.com has been featured on CNNfn, Business Week Online and America Press World.

Steve Pineau, Viscount President and CEO commented: "The release of our MESH server system has been very timely. We are now working on specifications for systems to be evaluated at a number of sensitive Homeland Security sites. The government officials we are working with see MESH as a lower cost, more IT compatible technology than the older Wiegand platform. Based on this response we have increased our Homeland Security marketing including this month's Border and Transportation Security Report sent to 15,000 US government security officials."

Pineau added: "Access-control technology, whether through MESH intelligent readers or our recent biometric add-ons, is concerned, at the highest level, with allowing the right people access to secure sites and keeping the wrong people out. To me, this is one of the very building blocks of Homeland Security."

About Homelanddefensestocks.com:

ECON Investor Relations Inc. (ECON Corporate Services), owner of the domain http://www.homelanddefensestocks.com, is a privately owned corporate communications company specializing in investor relations, media relations and research in public companies and industry sectors for the investment community. Nothing on the site should be construed as an offer or solicitation or recommendation to buy or sell any specific products or securities. Past performance does not guarantee future results. Although we attempt to research thoroughly, there are no guarantees in accuracy. We encourage all investors to use our research as a resource only, but to further their own research on all featured companies, industry research and articles featured. ECON is compensated by featured company Viscount Systems. For more information go to http://www.investorideas.com/About/Disclaimer.asp.

About Viscount Systems:

Viscount Systems Inc. is a designer and manufacturer of telecommunications and electronic door control access systems for the security industry. From 1969-1997 Viscount was an R&D affiliate of Telus, itself a controlled subsidiary of GTE, now Verizon Communications. The company's diverse line of products are designed to improve safety and manage security for property owners and users. Viscount's products have been installed in approximately 35,000 sites in over 30 countries and are sold through a 500-member, North America-wide dealer network comprised of security equipment vendors. Additional information on Viscount's products may be obtained on-line at http://www.viscount.com.

Financial statements are available from the company's registration statement filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on February 6, 2002, which may be viewed at http://www.sec.gov or the company's web site http://www.viscount.com under the heading "Investor Relations." For further information, or to be placed on email NEWS ALERT, please e-mail to ir@viscount.com or call toll free 1-866-252-9446.

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This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of any offer to buy any securities of Viscount Systems Inc., nor shall there be any sale of any such security in any state in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to the registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state.

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ShalinIndia Launches Copper Dinnerware for Holding Indian Theme Parties

New Delhi, Delhi (PRWEB) September 13, 2011

ShalinIndia, an online store for shopping cultural products from India has launched full range of traditional copper tableware dinnerware for its global customers. These tableware are meant to give authentic ethnic Indian dining experience. Customers are able to buy them online not only from ShalinIndias own online store, but also from other online marketplaces like Amazon, Ebay, Bonanza, Etsy, Atomic Mall and Webstore.

Our copper tableware is meant to give authentic indian dining experience. Ethnic cuisine is best enjoyed when eaten in traditional style. Indians have used copper, since ancient times, for making dining and kitchen utensils. Yellow is considered sign of good omen and therefore gold and copper have been traditional favorite metals among Indians, says Shalini Verma, founder of ShalinIndia.

Indian foods are best relished when it is served hot. ShalinIndia tableware and dinnerware are made in two layers of metals with air cushion in between. This ensures that food stays hot longer when served in these tableware. The best form of drink to go with Indian food is often water or lassi, a yogurt based drink. Double walled tumblers ensure that water or lassi remain fresh and cool. Inner layer is made in stainless steel while the outer layer is made in copper. Food or drink is in contact with stainless steel only and not copper, added Shalini Verma.

We have launched full range of tableware. There are famous traditional thalis, which is a large plate with large ear-rims, four serving bowls called katoris, a tumbler glass, and a spoon and a fork. Rice or tandoories are usually served in the center of the plate, while the Indian curry and desert are served in the bowls. Most Indians use fingers for eating food. The thali plates are designed for use of fingers. Outer elevated rims on the plates ensure that the curries do not flow out of the plate. Besides thalis, there are large serving bowls meant for the center of the dining table. These are called by different names according to their shapes, like karahi for serving curry items, buckets for serving dals orlentils, dekchis and handis for serving rice or biryani, and tava for serving Indian breads or other tandoor items, explained Shalini Verma.

ShalinIndia is an India online shopping store selling mainly cultural products of India to global customers. The company has partnered with amazon to store its inventory in five countries US, UK, France, Germany, and Japan. Amazon picks, packs and ships orders in these five countries. Orders from other countries are shipped directly from India. Every order is delivered within three to five days.

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