Retina-X Announces Update to Mobile Spy: Version 7.0
Mobile Spy Takes Online Safety and Security for Children and Businesses to the New Level
JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Aug. 12, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Mobile Spy, the most advanced monitoring software for mobile devices, announced today the launch of Mobile Spy Version 7.0. The newest and most innovative version of the software now makes it easier than ever for parents to protect their children and for employers to safeguard their companies.
Mobile Spy silently monitors and records all smartphone activities such as SMS text messaging, call information, contacts, videos, photographs, browsing history, and much more. The newest version now features a brand new website interface and user-friendly control panel that records all messages sent and received in a multitude of popular messaging applications such as KIK, Viber, Skype, Line, Fring, ChatOn, and BlackBerry Messenger (BBM). Additional new capabilities also include recording multi-media messages (MMS), voice memos, and transferred Dropbox files for full-coverage, accurate monitoring.
"We are thrilled to announce that the new generation of Mobile Spy fills a void that both employers and parents alike would not possibly be able to fill themselves," said James Johns, CEO of Retina-X Studios. "Mobile Spy v7.0 serves as a single resource for both parties to monitor the mobile activity of children and employees without constant surveillance or supervision, thereby protecting the child's innocence and the employer's assets."
The latest and most innovative version of Mobile Spy comes from its parent company, Retina-X Studios®, a world leader in mobile phone, computer, and network tracking. Retina-X hosts a suite of monitoring software tools including PhoneSheriff, NetOrbit, AceSpy, and SniperSpy all with varying features to meet consumer and corporate needs.
"In addition to its mission to enhance productivity in the workplace, Retina-X Studios is dedicated to keeping children safe on their computers, tablets, and smartphones in this digital age," Johns continued. "It provides a higher level of care for parents who can also use the software to track a mobile device from any location."
Using the new Mobile Spy, conscientious employers can ensure corporate security and know their workforce is productive. Employers can track phones to ensure company devices are not being used for personal affairs through GPS software that pinpoints their location on a map that is visible from the Mobile Spy user's remote location. The same technology can be used by parents to locate a child and rest assured their children are protected from strangers and potential dangers wherever they go.
Besides remotely capturing photos, videos, and monitoring emails and other messaging with its sophisticated tracking software, Mobile Spy allows phone logs to be reviewed live from any web browser through its secure online control panel. The professional software system functions silently, while providing a full level of online monitoring and protection. Mobile Spy also has the capability to switch on a stealth phone camera and voice recorder to allow everything that is going on to be seen and heard from a remote location. These state-of-the-art capabilities ensure the safety of children for consumers and the productivity of a workforce for employers.
Available across five different smartphone platforms, Mobile Spy's new version operates on all contemporary smartphones including Android, iPhone and BlackBerry, with versions for Symbian and Windows Mobile also available. International versions of the new Mobile Spy are also now in six different languages. In addition to English, the updated Mobile Spy is offered in Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Turkish and German. Pricing starts at $49.97 for a three month standard license. For more information on their new release, visit their website at http://www.mobile-spy.com.
Retina-X Studios (RXS) designs and develops tools that let parents and employers monitor their child or employee's PC, network, or Smartphone. Retina-X's suite of over 6 products offers a solution for everything from cyber bullying to monitoring efficiency in the workplace. Important activities such as Facebook activity, keystrokes typed, chat conversations, websites visited, files opened and much more can all be viewed in real time.
Samsung Launches New GALAXY Tab 4 7.0 Tablet Powered by Marvell's ARMADA Mobile PXA1088 System-on-Chip
The award-winning Marvell ARMADA Mobile PXA1088 quad-core platform supports all global broadband 3G standards and enables superior multimedia performance and wireless capabilities for the mass market worldwide
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Aug 12, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Marvell (NASDAQ: MRVL) today announced that Samsung selected the award-winning Marvell(®) ARMADA(®) Mobile PXA1088, a highly integrated quad-core application and communications mobile System-on-Chip (SoC), to power Samsung's new 7-inch GALAXY Tab 4 7.0 tablet. The Marvell PXA1088 was chosen for its support of all global broadband 3G standards, and its ability to deliver superior multimedia performance and wireless capabilities for the mass market at an affordable price point. This launch is a continuation of Marvell and Samsung's successful launches of the Samsung GALAXY Tab 3 and GALAXY Tab 3 Lite, both currently shipping to consumers around the globe.
"I am very pleased with our long term collaboration with Samsung in bringing high performance and cost effective devices to consumers all around the world. Like its predecessors, the new Samsung GALAXY tablet will prove to be a great everyday tool for communication, education, productivity and entertainment," said Weili Dai, President and Co-Founder of Marvell. "At Marvell, it is our passion and commitment to continue delivering innovative technologies that better peoples' lives. I am very thankful for the hardworking Samsung and Marvell teams for their dedication and collaboration in advancing the 'Smart Life and Smart Lifestyle' for all."
As part of Marvell's unified ARMADA Mobile communication processor family, the Marvell PXA1088 is designed with the company's field-proven 3G cellular modem, supporting High Speed Packet Access Plus, (HSPA+) Time Division High Speed Packet Access Plus (TD-HSPA+), and Enhanced Data for GSM Environment (EDGE).
The Marvell PXA1088 platform, additionally, is designed to deliver high-performance computing with industry-leading graphics capabilities, enabling a superior end-user experience for multimedia and gaming applications with universal connectivity. Marvell's complete mobile platform solution supports the latest Avastar® WLAN + Bluetooth + FM single-chip SoC family, the GNSS Hybrid Location Processor, and integrated power management and audio codec solutions.
Key features of the Samsung GALAXY Tab 4 include:
-- 802.11a/b/g/n 2.4GHz + 5 GHz Wi-Fi support
-- 1.2 GHz Quad-core processor
-- 1.5 GB of DRAM, with support for external memory via MicroSD (up to
64GB)
-- 1280 x 800 (WXGA) main screen resolution
For more information about the Marvell PXA1088, please visit: http://www.marvell.com/communication-processors/pxa1088/.
About Marvell
Marvell (NASDAQ: MRVL) is a global leader in providing complete silicon solutions and Kinoma® software enabling the "Smart Life and Smart Lifestyle." From mobile communications to storage, Internet of Things (IoT), cloud infrastructure, digital entertainment and in-home content delivery, Marvell's diverse product portfolio aligns complete platform designs with industry-leading performance, security, reliability and efficiency. At the core of the world's most powerful consumer, network and enterprise systems, Marvell empowers partners and their customers to always stand at the forefront of innovation, performance and mass appeal. By providing people around the world with mobility and ease of access to services adding value to their social, private and work lives, Marvell is committed to enhancing the human experience.
As used in this release, the term "Marvell" refers to Marvell Technology Group Ltd. and its subsidiaries. For more information, please visit http://www.Marvell.com.
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Protect Your Bubble Now Offers a Single Protection Plan For Multiple Mobile Devices, Electronics and Appliances
It's the One Plan that Protects the Things That Matter Most Under Your Roof, No Matter What Brands
ATLANTA, Aug. 12, 2014 /PRNewswire/ --Protect Your Bubble, a specialty protection brand, today announced a new type of coverage - an all-in-one plan that covers multiple devices, electronics and appliances. The company's new protection plan covers all the things that customers can't live without, including smartphones, tablets, laptops, PCs, TVs, appliances and other items like cameras and gaming gear. Customers choose which devices to cover, no matter where they were purchased. The more devices customers cover, the more they save.
"Today, the average household contains more than five electronic devices, and we all depend on our devices more than ever," said Stacey Vogler, Managing Director of Protect Your Bubble USA. "Our research shows that people want coverage for the devices they can't live without, but they find the store policy options confusing because they buy devices from different brands at different times. We make multi-device coverage simple and affordable with one plan."
Protect Your Bubble's new multi-device coverage is designed around the customer, not the device. Customers have one account, policy and bill. The flexible new policy option allows them to add or drop coverage on individual devices as their needs change. The monthly charge to cover each mobile phone, tablet, laptop or PC starts at just $5.99; TV coverage is available from between $5.99 and $9.99, and appliance protection is only $3.99.
Protection plans can also include wireless wearables like Google Glass, smartwatches and fitness bands. Other peripherals such as headphones, speakers and gaming systems are options consumers can select when bundling their electronic devices under this new offering. New options will be added as products continue to evolve for the purpose of future-proofing consumer gear.
The more devices customers cover, the more they save. For example, it costs $5.99 a month to insure a family's first iPhone 5S, but then they can add another iPhone 5S for $4.99 and a third iPhone 5S for only $3.99. For a family of four, to cover 4 iPhones would cost $19/month. For a single individual to cover a smartphone, laptop and refrigerator, the total cost could be as low as $13/month.
With the new protection plans, customers don't have to worry about mechanical breakdowns after the manufacturer's warranty expires, and they're covered for accidental damage to their devices, including spills, drops and cracked screens, as well as damage caused by power surges and lightning strikes.
Protection plans are available for devices within three years of purchase, and devices are eligible for coverage until they are three years old. The deductible for smartphones, tablets, laptops, PCs and TVs is just $49, and there is no deductible at all on appliance coverage. Filing a claim is simple online or over the phone, and Protect Your Bubble makes sure customers get a replacement device or reimbursement to purchase a new one fast - within one or two business days for a smartphone and as quickly as five days for laptop or PC repair.
"At Protect Your Bubble, we're committed to improving life for modern consumers," Vogler noted. "This new coverage option is an extension of that commitment. We don't just sell policies - we build relationships with our customers, so it makes sense to design a policy around them instead of centering coverage on the device. This customer-centered approach will become even more important as the Internet of Things evolves and more customers integrate technology from multiple brands into their lives and homes."
To find out more about Protect Your Bubble's new protection plans and how one plan can protect the things that matter most regardless of where the item was purchased or what brand it is, please visit ProtectYourBubble.com.
About Protect Your Bubble
Protect Your Bubble is a specialty protection brand, offering convenient and affordable coverage for smartphones, tablets, electronics, appliances, travel, rental cars, renters insurance and identity theft protection - all for today's modern consumer. Headquartered in Atlanta and owned by a Fortune 500 company, Protect Your Bubble is available online, via mobile app or phone, allowing consumers to understand, buy and, most importantly, protect the things that are important to them. Find Protect Your Bubble USA on Facebook or Twitter (@PYBUSA) or visit ProtectYourBubble.com for more information or to get a two-minute quote on protecting all the things and moments you can't live without.
HGST And NEC Deliver Proven Performance For Scalable SQL Server Appliances
New Reference Architecture Built on Enterprise-Class NEC Servers and HGST PCIe SSDs give 24x7 Mission-Critical Data Center Operations a 173 Percent Boost in Performance with up to 8.8 TB of High-Performance Flash Per Server
SAN JOSE, Calif., Aug. 12, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Enterprise storage leader HGST, a Western Digital company (NASDAQ: WDC), and NEC Corporation (NEC; TSE: 6701), today announced a PCIe SSD Appliance for Microsoft® SQL Server® - a performance-driven reference architecture built on NEC Express 5800 scalable enterprise server series and high-performance HGST FlashMAX II PCIe server-mounted flash storage. This appliance not only demonstrates a tremendous boost in performance, but also reduces total cost of ownership (TCO) by significantly cutting rack space and power requirements when compared to previous generation solutions.
The PCIe SSD appliance delivers more than twice the compute power of the previous generation 4CPU platform in a single 4U server, reducing rack space requirements by 69 percent and power consumption by 27 percent. The inclusion of HGST's FlashMAX II devices injects up to 8.8TB of high-performance flash per server, for a near doubling of logical scan rates to 8.2GBps that tackles even the largest SQL workloads. With features once only found on mainframe or UNIX servers, this new appliance delivers significant and predicable performance, as well as scalability, to keep pace with the changing demands of today's enterprise data center operations.
"HGST is pleased to work with NEC to provide customers with this validated reference architecture and solution that has proven performance," said Mike Gustafson, senior vice president and general manager, HGST Flash Platforms Group. "With the need for high-performance being a driving force in data center operations, the FlashMAX II was built from the ground up to provide unconditional and consistent levels of IOPS across a broad range of applications and workloads at all capacity utilization levels."
"NEC is excited about this announcement of the reference architecture combining our Scalable Enterprise Server and HGST FlashMax technology, providing secure and scalable capacity with unmatched performance," said Tomoyasu Nishimura, general manager of NEC IT Platform Division. "We have a proven track record with HGST FlashMAX II technology, and we look forward to bringing this appliance as well as others to the market with a superior value proposition."
For more information about the HGST FlashMAX II solution, please visit http://www.hgst.com. For more information about NEC Express 5800 solution, please visit http://www.nec.com.
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About HGST
HGST, a Western Digital company (NASDAQ: WDC), develops innovative, advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, external storage solutions and services used to store, preserve and manage the world's most valued data. HGST addresses customers' rapidly changing storage needs by delivering intelligent storage devices that tightly integrate hardware and software to maximize solution performance. Founded by the pioneers of hard drives, HGST provides high-value storage for a broad range of market segments, including Enterprise, Cloud, Datacenter, Mobile Computing, Consumer Electronics and Personal Storage. HGST was established in 2003 and maintains its U.S. headquarters in San Jose, California. To find out more about HGST enterprise-class HDD, SSD and SW solutions, please visit http://www.hgst.com.
About NEC Corporation
NEC Corporation is a leader in the integration of IT and network technologies that benefit businesses and people around the world. By providing a combination of products and solutions that cross utilize the company's experience and global resources, NEC's advanced technologies meet the complex and ever-changing needs of its customers. NEC brings more than 100 years of expertise in technological innovation to empower people, businesses and society. For more information, visit NEC at http://www.nec.com.
This press release contains forward-looking statements, including statements relating to expected demand for certain categories of HDDs and availability dates for HDD products. These forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in the forward-looking statements, including changes in markets, demand, global economic conditions and other risks and uncertainties listed in Western Digital's recent SEC filings, to which your attention is directed. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak on as of the date hereof, and HGST/WD undertakes no obligation to update these forward-looking statements to reflect subsequent events or circumstances.
HGST FlashMAX and the Virident logo are trademarks of HGST. All other products and services listed herein are trademarks of their respective companies.
One GB is equal to one billion bytes, and one TB equals 1,000 GB (one trillion bytes). Actual capacity will vary depending on operating environment and formatting.
LeapBand(TM), LeapFrog's New Wearable Activity Tracker For Children, Now Available
Made just for kids, LeapBand(TM) combines fun and creative activity challenges with personalized virtual pet play to help children get more active and learn about healthy choices.
EMERYVILLE, Calif., Aug. 12, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- LeapFrog Enterprises, Inc. (NYSE:LF), the leader in educational entertainment, today announced that their latest innovation, LeapBand(TM), is now available for sale online and at major retail locations across the U.S. LeapBand, a wearable activity tracker designed just for children, encourages active play and healthy habits through nurturing a child's very own personalized virtual pet.
Inspired by the Partnership for a Healthier America and First Lady Michelle Obama's Let's Move! initiative to help children develop healthy habits and lead more active lives, the LeapBand activity tracker gets kids moving with fun activity challenges and healthy living tips combined with incredibly engaging virtual pet play, all of which encourages them to be more physically active and make healthier choices.
"It is staggering that many of the children in the U.S. do not get enough daily exercise particularly when there is such a strong correlation between physical activity and academic success," said John Barbour, chief executive officer at LeapFrog. "To help meet this essential need in a playful and engaging way, we developed LeapBand as an innovative and creative way to get kids up and active and help them develop healthy habits that will positively impact their health and wellness. Our number one goal at LeapFrog is to help children reach their potential, and LeapBand does this by providing a fun and exciting new way to learn while having active fun."
Fit Made Fun!
The LeapBand tracker gets kids up and active by tracking physical movements, so the more active a child is, the more points they earn with their virtual pet. The activity tracker comes with eight different customizable pets from LeapFrog's popular Pet Pals franchise - a cat, dog, dragon, monkey, panda, penguin, robot and unicorn - which can be customized by color and name. With their very own virtual pal, children can play 10 preloaded activity challenges with access to 40 additional free challenges. As they move and earn points, kids can unlock additional levels of play and each of the additional eight pets plus earn virtual toys for each of them. Kids will stay engaged and learning with mini-games including Pet Boogie, Pet Chef and Pet Salon and have fun completing a variety of activities including "Walk like a crab" and "Pop like popcorn" whether they are at home or on the go. LeapBand activity challenges are designed to keep kids active by tapping into their own individual movements without any required equipment.
LeapBand was designed with children in mind, and high-tech features include a built-in accelerometer, a high-resolution color screen, "Watch Mode" for quiet time, a rechargeable battery and water-resistant design, making it the ultimate activity wearable for kids.
Extend the Fun
In addition to the active play on LeapBand, the fun is extended to include a free companion app called the Petathlon(TM) Games. In the Petathlon Games, kids can compete as any of the virtual pets in six entertaining mini-games like archery, surfing and bobsledding to win extras including medals and new tracksuits for their virtual pet. The Petathlon Games app is available for download to a child's LeapPad(TM)3, LeapPad(TM) UltraXDi, or an iOS or Android smartphone or tablet.*
Availability
The LeapBand activity tracker (MSRP $39.99, for children 4 to 7 years old) is now available in green, pink and blue online and at major retail locations. Additional activities and challenges are free and available for download via LeapFrog Connect for LeapBand. For more information, visit http://www.leapfrog.com/leapband.
About LeapFrog
LeapFrog Enterprises, Inc. is the leader in educational entertainment for children. For nearly 20 years, LeapFrog has created award-winning learning solutions that combine educational expertise, innovative technology and a child's love for fun. With experiences that are personalized to each child's level, LeapFrog helps children achieve their potential through LeapFrog's proprietary learning tablets, learn to read and write systems, interactive learning toys and more, all designed or approved by LeapFrog's full-time in-house team of learning experts. LeapFrog's Learning Path, the ultimate guide for parents on early childhood, is designed specifically to help support and guide their child's learning with personalized ideas and feedback, fun activities and expert advice. LeapFrog is based in Emeryville, California, and was founded in 1995 by a father who revolutionized technology-based learning solutions to help his child learn how to read. Learn more at http://www.leapfrog.com.
* Petathlon app is compatible with most Apple iOS devices running 6.0 or higher, Google Android devices running 4.03 or higher and LeapFrog's wireless tablet, LeapPad Ultra.
Opsview Releases Upgraded Mobile Apps, Delivering Anytime, Anywhere Monitoring
READING, England, August 12, 2014 /PRNewswire/ --
Opsview, the leading unified services monitoring vendor, today announced upgraded
mobile apps for iOS and Android, bringing a newly refreshed user interface for mobile
network & application monitoring. The new apps aim to make it more convenient for users to
keep in check with their on-premise, virtualized and cloud-based systems.
"Users need access to their monitoring systems wherever they are, quickly & easily as
outages can happen anywhere at anytime. Our new apps are designed to make it simple for
users to see their business systems and keep check on their statuses," comments Sam Marsh,
Product Manager at Opsview.
Key features of the upgraded apps -
- Brand new user interface and improved user experience for Android users.
- Increased functionality for Android - users can now re-submit checks, control
acknowledgements and can now view by keyword, host and host-group.
- Android now supports push notifications.
- Refreshed user interface for iOS users.
- Opsview iOS now supports iOS 7.
- iOS now supports pull to refresh functionality.
- Several improvements to the user experience.
"It is incredibly important to make sure that Opsview is available to users wherever
they may be. Mission critical systems need to be online 24x7, so monitoring systems also
need to be accessible whenever, wherever," continues Sam Marsh.
NOTES TO EDITOR
About Opsview
Opsview is an innovative business service and IT infrastructure monitoring platform
that delivers improved control on an enterprise scale. Its outstanding combination of
ease-of-use and a flexible, standards-based architecture has attracted a wide range of
SME's, enterprise and government customers including Harvard Law, MIT, Yale and Cornell
Universities; Allianz, BSkyB, UPS, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Netapp, VMware and Mueller. The
vendor's notable service provider customers include IBM, Telefonica, Dimension Data, BT
Plusnet and Colt.
Legal Notices
Copyright (c) 2014 Opsview. All Rights Reserved. Enterprise Centre, Whiteknights Road,
Reading, RG6 6BU, UK. Opsview, Opsview Enterprise and Opsview Pro are trademarks of
Opsview Ltd. All other trademarks, trade names, service marks and logos referenced belong
to their respective companies.
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CONTACT: Press Contact, Brian King, Opsview Ltd., +44-(0)118-324-0643
Cyberworld Studios, To Launch Game In October For Record-Breaking Motion Picture
SALT LAKE CITY, Aug. 12, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Cyberworld Studios, Inc. (OTCPINK: DEQI) announced today that in October it will launch its first mobile game version of a record-breaking worldwide major motion picture with the former LucasArts group and have the game available this year.
Cyberworld plans to launch the game in select cities, before launching it worldwide shortly thereafter. The motion picture is still the highest grossing movie made, beating out the likes of Titanic at the box office. The movie grossed over $2.788 Billion worldwide.
Cyberworld's management believes that the launch of its first game will bring Cyberworld significant notoriety in the gaming market. Ian Stewart, Managing Director for Cyberworld's U.K. operations, said "the launch will prove that the Company has the ability to publish major titles." "Cyberworld has other well known titles that will follow after we launch this game," said Stewart.
The Company is engaged in the business of developing and publishing video games and mobile software applications ("Apps") of all types, that are available to gaming, healthcare and financial sectors. For more information and a sneak peek at other games the Company is publishing, please visit their website at http://www.Cyberworld-Studios.com.
Forward-Looking Statements - Statements about the Company's future expectations and all other statements in this press release other than historical facts, are "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 as that term are defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The Company intends that such forward-looking statements be subject to the safe harbors created thereby. The above information contains information relating to the Company that is based on the beliefs of the Company and/or its management, as well as assumptions made by any information currently available to the Company or its management. When used in this document, the words "anticipate," "estimate," "expect," "intend," "plans," "projects," and similar expressions, as they relate to the Company or its management, are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Such statements reflect the current view of the Company regarding future events and are subject to certain risks, uncertainties and assumptions, including the risks and uncertainties noted. Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should underlying assumptions prove to be incorrect, actual results may vary materially from those described herein as anticipated, believed, estimated, expected, intended or projected. In each instance, forward-looking information should be considered in light of the accompanying meaningful cautionary statements herein. Factors that could cause results to differ include, but are not limited to, successful performance of internal plans, the impact of competitive services and pricing and general economic risks and uncertainties.
Great Parents Academy Launches Motivate Platform Within LoveMath(TM) Application
Edtech Startup Champions Positive Reinforcement, Secures Attraction Partnerships to Advance Math Education
ATLANTA, Aug. 12, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Edtech startup Great Parents Academy today announces the launch of its Motivate platform, which is integrated into the company's web-based educational math program LoveMath(TM). Motivate is the final feature released in LoveMath program and rounds out a three-tier designed to teach, engage and motivate children in kindergarten through fifth grades.
LoveMath's Motivate platform leverages parental rewards, along with games and commercial rewards, to provide children with positive reinforcement based on achievement and effort within the curriculum.
Decades of research shows that parental involvement leads to higher grades, test scores and graduation rates and school attendance, according to the national Parent Teacher Association.
"Research also shows that a random sense of timing for rewards is effective in a gamified learning environment," says Cynthia Morneweck, chief operating officer of Great Parents Academy. "We believe parents have the greatest understanding of what best motivates their children, so the platform not only gives options, but also allows parents flexibility in terms of the frequency and variety of incentives rewarded to their child."
Examples of Motivate Reward Options
-- Help Choose and Cook Dinner
-- Mom or Dad Cleans your Room
-- Extra Snuggle Time with Mom or Dad
-- After-School Ice Cream
Aside from approximately 150 parent-initiated reward options, Great Parents Academy has also sourced commercial partners for the Motivate platform and continues to expand its base of rewards from attractions and businesses. One early partner is the Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta.
"The Georgia Aquarium is proud to partner with Great Parents Academy to provide children "Total Ticket" rewards to celebrate the children's success in learning math," says Brian Davis, vice president, Education and Training at the Georgia Aquarium.
About Great Parents Academy
Based in Atlanta, Great Parents Academy provides supplemental math curricula for children ages kindergarten through fifth grade. Through its interactive web-based software and gamified, character-guided lessons, Great Parents Academy motivates children and facilitates parental engagement in the early educational ecosystem. For further information on Great Parents Academy, please visit http://www.greatparentsacademy.com.
eAgile Awarded Patent for RFID Intelligent Packaging Breakthrough
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Aug. 12, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- eAgile Inc., a global leader in radio frequency identification (RFID) technologies, announced today that the U.S. Patent Office has granted a patent for the company's eSeal(TM) RFID-enabled packaging solution. The eSeal solution solves many of the underlying concerns surrounding the nearly one trillion containers consumed annually by the medical, cosmetics, food and beverage industries. These industries require visibility throughout the distribution process to combat counterfeiting and product tampering.
"Our team has created a breakthrough solution to secure the supply chain," stated Gary Burns, CEO of eAgile Inc. "The demand for intelligent packaging continues to rise, especially in the pharmaceutical and over-the-counter (OTC) drug markets. Consumers and governments are demanding proof of safe and authentic products. Our RFID-enabled caps and shrink seals allow manufacturers to achieve compliance while protecting the integrity of their brand."
eSeal customers can expect to gain the following benefits:
-- Security. eSeal verifies the contents of sealed containers and cartons
to ensure the product is genuine, not part of a recall, within the
expiration date and has not been tampered with.
-- Visibility. Every eSeal tagged item bears its own secure and unique ID
for e-pedigree or regulatory compliance and can be individually tracked
throughout distribution with a location and time/date stamp.
-- Simplification. eSeal closures and shrink seals are designed to replace
current packaging and can be introduced with minimal disruption.
"We now have a complete end-to-end solution that also secures the chain of custody from manufacturer to customer," stated Peter Phaneuf, president of eAgile Inc. "We are pleased to have developed a solution that is beneficial on so many levels. As RFID devices become more prevalent, product-specific safety information will be provided directly to consumers at the point of purchase, in real time, using their smartphones."
About eAgile Inc.:
eAgile, based in Grand Rapids, Mich., sets the industry standard in RFID solutions by providing high quality, cost effective auto-identification products, hardware and software solutions that are finely tuned to customer needs. eAgile has one of the broadest ISO 9001:2008 certifications, which covers tag production, data management software and the building of complete RFID infrastructures. This unwavering commitment to innovation, quality, service and customer-focused solutions drives every aspect of the business and has helped establish eAgile as a technological leader. Find out more at http://www.eAgile.com/.
Epson Exhibition Watercolor Paper Textured Wins Best Fine-art Paper in 2014 Hot One Awards
LONG BEACH, Calif., Aug. 12, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Epson today announced its Exhibition Watercolor Paper Textured has been chosen by Professional Photographer magazine as "the pros' choice" for Best Fine-art Paper in this year's Hot One Awards. As the newest addition to Epson's award-winning portfolio of Signature Worthy(®) Media, Exhibition Watercolor Paper Textured is designed to deliver a distinctive feel along with rich blacks, a wide color gamut and smooth tonal gradations for the ultimate in quality, both visually and tactility.
The annual Hot One Awards honor the hottest products and services for professional photographers. This year's competition had more than 250 entries from nearly 100 companies competing in roughly 50 categories. A panel of judges, made up entirely of independent professional photographers, names the top choice in each category. This year, the judges chose Exhibition Watercolor Paper Textured as the best Fine-art Paper in the industry.
"The winners of the 2014 Hot One Awards are a unique group of products and services, representing some impressive innovation in everything from lens technology to software to inkjet papers," said Jeff Kent, Hot One Awards editor for Professional Photographer. "The spirit of innovation is what makes this competition interesting year in, year out. This year's winners are certainly carrying on that tradition and providing professional photographers with fantastic new tools for their businesses."
Epson(®) Exhibition Watercolor Paper Textured is manufactured with the revered mould-made process, utilizing custom made felts for a unique, highly textured watercolor surface and finish to help achieve the best combination of image quality and image permanence(1). In addition to the 22 Mil caliper and 310 gsm, Exhibition Watercolor Paper Textured is 100 percent cotton fiber and acid, lignin and OBA-free, making it an ideal fine art paper for today's printing professionals. The paper is available in roll widths of 17-, 24- and 44-inches, and 8.5"x11", 13"x19" and 17"x 22" cut sheets. For more information, visit proimaging.epson.com.
"Exhibition Watercolor Paper Textured was designed in collaboration with the world's leading creative professionals and engineered for the most discerning professional photographers, artists, museums, and fine-art reproduction houses," said Jeff Smith, product manager, Epson America, Inc. "This recognition by Professional Photographer magazine and its panel of distinguished judges underscores Epson's ongoing commitment to deliver the industry's leading printing technology and media solutions, and we look forward to continuing to collaborate with industry experts to design, develop and launch future revolutionary canvas and paper products."
About the Hot One Awards and Professional Photographer
For the past 15 years, the Hot One Awards have provided the Professional Photographer readership with a resource of the most effective and innovative products available in a variety of price ranges. Readers are treated to a resource compiled by independent, practicing professional photographers, selected for their expertise and knowledge. This year's independent panel of more than 30 judges voted on products that ranged from cameras and lenses to photo albums and mobile apps. They made their selections based on overall quality, innovation, design, performance, and value for the price.
For more than 100 years, Professional Photographer, the official magazine of Professional Photographers of America (PPA), has helped readers advance careers in the photographic industry. Each issue contains practical yet cutting-edge lessons in the artistic, business and technological aspects of professional photography. No other magazine offers a more influential presentation of the people, trends, products and photographs that define the portrait, wedding and commercial photography landscapes.
For Professional Photographer magazine subscription information and for a full list of Hot One winners, visit PPmag.com.
About PPA
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About Epson
Epson is a global innovation leader dedicated to exceeding expectations with solutions for markets as diverse as the office, home, commerce, and industry. Epson's lineup ranges from inkjet printers, printing systems and 3LCD projectors to industrial robots, smart glasses and sensing systems and is based on original compact, energy-saving and high-precision technologies.
Led by the Japan-based Seiko Epson Corporation, the Epson Group comprises more than 73,000 employees in 94 companies around the world, and is proud of its ongoing contributions to the global environment and the communities in which it operates. Epson America, Inc. based in Long Beach, Calif. is Epson's regional headquarters for the U.S., Canada, and Latin America. To learn more about Epson, please visit: http://www.Epson.com.
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Perfect for ages two to five, this endearing children's app transforms learning the colors of the world into an engaging game with a variety of activities to inspire creativity and stimulate intellectual growth. Beautifully created with interactive animation and captivating sound effects, "Fun With Colors" combines three learning styles - visual, auditory and tactical engagement - to help children become well-versed with the primary colors.
With these three unique learning components, children will playfully discover the colors that surround them every day. A delightful story of friendship and harmony incorporates interactive components and easy-to-follow narration to help teach children all about the primary colors and how they are related.
Beautifully drawn illustrations come to life in a color-identification game in which kids fill in the correct color of familiar images. Once they've mastered the games, children can also paint and draw masterpieces of their own.
Features include:
* Narration in English, German, Mandarin Chinese, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, and Turkish * Intuitive kid-friendly controls * No in-app purchases Fun with Colors is available in the iTunes App Store.
About Bastei Entertainment: â¨
Bastei Entertainment is the digital department of parent company Bastei Lubbe, a leading German trade publisher home to famed authorsDan Brown, Jeff Kinney, Ken Follett, and many more. Dedicated to the development of innovative products and global digital entertainment, Bastei Entertainment's in-house development team continuously creates unique multi-media content which translates the written world into digital works such as eBooks and mobile applications.
HTC® Delivers Iconic Design And Innovative Experiences To More Consumers With Launch Of The HTC Desire® Family In The U.S.
HTC Desire 800 and 600 series launching with multiple wireless carriers, rate plans and price points, delivering greater access to signature HTC features
BELLEVUE, Wash., Aug. 11, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- HTC, a global leader in innovation and design, is introducing the HTC Desire family of smartphones to the U.S. market, offering a breadth of models for consumers who want choice in price points and contract types without compromising on design or performance.
"Design and innovation are what we're known for, and now we're taking that to new segments of the market with our HTC Desire line," said Erin McGee, Vice President of Marketing of HTC America. "We thought it was time that consumers had better smartphones to choose from across price points and payment options. We have partnered with a number of retailers to ensure that these HTC Desire line of products are not only affordable, but also accessible."
The HTC Desire Experience
The HTC Desire family sports many of the iconic features and experiences launched on the HTC One flagship family.
Best-in-class sound - HTC BoomSound(TM) and its dual front-facing speakers have become instantly recognizable to HTC One users and offer a premium audio experience. Outstanding image capture, editing, effects and sharing - The advanced camera features deliver creative, professional-looking photos and amazing effects, giving consumers more choice in creating, editing and sharing photos. Consumers can tap into the unique functionality of Zoe(TM) Highlights, which lets consumers create mini-movies complete with personalized soundtracks and visual effects.Content integration - The inclusion of HTC Sense® 6 with the HTC BlinkFeed® experience aggregates the consumers' chosen news feeds into a snackable experience on their homescreens. High-quality display - The HTC Desire family features large, graphic-rich screens housed within beautifully designed phones made of premium materials that feel great in your hand. Variety - The HTC Desire family will be offering a variety of bundles of features, sizes and color options in smartphones launching across multiple carriers and retailers through the end of the year.The HTC Desire 816 follows the recent availability of the HTC Desire 610 and are the first of many HTC Desire smartphones coming to the US market this year.
Feature-Rich Smartphones
The HTC Desire 610 packs an array of features, including a 4.7" FWVGA display, 1.2GHz Quad-Core Qualcomm® Snapdragon(TM) CPU, 1GB RAM and 8GB on-board storage with support for up to 64GB expandable storage. The 8-megapixel rear camera offers 1080p Full HD video recording and the 1.3 megapixel front camera is perfect for a quick video chat or snapping a selfie.
The HTC Desire 816 builds on the HTC Desire 610 with enhanced specifications, including a 5.5" HD720 display, a 1.6GHz Quad-Core Qualcomm® Snapdragon(TM) CPU, 1.5GB RAM and the same on-board and expendable storage. For more serious shutterbugs, the main camera packs 13 megapixels, and also features 1080 Full HD video recording, while the 5-megapixel front camera features a wide-angle lens. Both have a back side-illuminated (BSI) sensor for enhanced captures in low-light conditions.
Availability
The HTC Desire 816 will be available beginning this Tuesday, August 12, at Virgin Mobile for $299 on any of Virgin Mobile USA's Beyond Talk no-contract plans, and at various retail outlets later this month.
The HTC Desire 610 and HTC Desire 816 are also available through HTC.com. For more information about the HTC Desire family and other HTC products, visit the HTC newsroom.
About HTC
Founded in 1997, HTC Corp. (HTC) is the creator of many award-winning mobile devices and industry firsts. By putting people at the center of everything it does, HTC pushes the boundaries of design and technology to create innovative and personal experiences for consumers around the globe. HTC's portfolio includes smartphones and tablets powered by the HTC Sense(®) user experience. HTC is listed on the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TWSE: 2498). For more information, please visit http://www.htc.com.
Table Trac, Inc. Signs Agreement to Promote their CasinoTrac Casino Management System in Central, South America and the Caribbean
MINNETONKA, Minn., Aug. 11, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Table Trac, Inc. (OTCQB: TBTC), a developer and provider of casino information and management systems that automate and monitor the operations of casinos announced that it has signed an agreement with Juan Felipe Salazar to design and execute a sales and marketing strategy in key Caribbean, Central and South American gaming jurisdictions.
"The Latin and South American gaming markets are witnessing tremendous growth opportunities in terms of casino management system opportunities as many jurisdictions are now employing stricter regulatory requirements on casino management system operators," said Glenn Goulet, Chief Executive Officer of Table Trac. "Our ability to meet these various governmental and regulatory requirements along with our ability to deliver a stable and innovative suite of casino management system solutions uniquely positions us in these markets."
Currently, Table Trac's casino management system products are deployed throughout the United States and at more than 15 casino properties in Costa Rica, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Peru as well as Bonaire and Curacao in the Caribbean.
"Table Trac's CasinoTrac casino management system delivers cutting-edge technology at affordable prices," said Juan Felipe Salazar who is spearheading this new sales and marketing effort on behalf of Table Trac. Mr. Salazar is an industry veteran with more than 11 years of experience, most recently with Multimedia Games.
For more information and product presentations please contact Juan Felipe Salazar at Juan@casinotrac.com or Jeff Connor at Jeff@casinotrac.com.
About Table Trac, Inc.
Founded in 1995, Table Trac, Inc. designs, develops and sells casino information and management systems. The company has systems installed in North, South, and Central America, as well as the Caribbean. More information is available at http://www.tabletrac.com/.
Forward Looking Statements
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SMI's Sneak Preview of Gaze Interaction at Siggraph 2014
BERLIN and TELTOW, Germany, August 11, 2014 /PRNewswire/ --
SensoMotoric Instruments (SMI) reveals a lineup of smart gaze interaction demos at
Siggraph. Visitors to SMI booth have more chances than ever to learn about the benefits of
gaze interaction for gaming and computing first hand at the show.
Smart and intuitive human-computer interaction, real-time content adaption and
optimized use of rendering resources - these and more benefits can be experienced hands-on
at the eye tracking demos presented by SensoMotoric Instruments (SMI) at Siggraph in
Vancouver, Canada (August 12-14, 2014, SMI booth 652).
The brand new action adventure game ILJA features the next-gen active gaze interaction
allowing the gamers to turn, jump, select weapon, and shoot just by looking at the target.
The game is powered by SMI's remote eye tracker RED-n which has been made available for
OEMs earlier this month.
An interactive game in a head mounted display will be available for attendees who want
the added thrill of aiming and shooting with their eyes as they wear the Oculus Rift
virtual reality headset. The headset demo has now been enhanced with a new and yet
unannounced social interaction feature. The SMI eye tracking technology inside has been
proven with more than 100,000 users and provides unmatched robustness.
Also debuting at Siggraph: The next generation of SMI's leading mobile eye tracking
technology, SMI Eye Tracking Glasses [http://www.eyetracking-glasses.com ] 2 Wireless.
To secure a slot for the hands-on demos at Siggraph, please contact marcom@smi.de.
SMI is a leading provider of eye and gaze tracking systems for OEM applications and
scientific and professional research. With more than 20 years of experience, SMI helps OEM
customers shape a vision of gaze interaction for industrial, consumer and gaming
applications and for eye tracking integrations in tablet, laptops, kiosk systems and other
hardware. At the Game Developers Conference
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_Developers_Conference ] 2014, Sony
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony ] unveiled a gaze controlled prototype of the
PlayStation 4 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlayStation_4 ] game "Infamous: Second Son
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infamous_Second_Son ]" powered by SMI's stationary eye
tracking peripheral.
The mobile SMI Eye Tracking Glasses (SMI ETG) technology was used by the German
Research Center for Artificial Intelligence
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_Research_Center_for_Artificial_Intelligence ] (DFKI)
to create Talking Places - the prototype of an interactive city guide
[http://attentivecomputing.dfki.de ]. The SMI ETG is the leading wearable eye tracking
platform on the market. The device and its robust 60Hz eye tracking are being used by best
in class research institutes and corporate innovators. The full wireless control of the
recently announced SMI Eye Tracking Glasses 2 Wireless adds new interaction
functionalities to eye tracking applications in mobile settings.
Christian Villwock, Director of SMI OEM Solutions Business: "Our experience in OEM for
more than a decade in medical, industrial and eye tracking research helps us to always
find the best eye tracking solutions for the needs of our customers. We have fully
embraced the new generation of gaze interaction and will now use Siggraph to demonstrate
how we are bringing breakthrough innovations to the OEMs and beyond."
Smart Home Guru smanos Making a Splash at IFA Berlin
AMSTERDAM, Aug. 11, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- smanos, a trendsetting innovator and dynamic developer of wireless smart home and DIY security systems, is proudly bringing its new portfolio to IFA in Berlin. The complete smanos smart home portfolio speaks self-install or DIY, and will be available between Sept. 5-10th at Booth 214 in Hall 15.1 at Messe Berlin. From wireless, app-enabled alarm and automation systems to remote energy, security and health management, smanos solutions cater to today's mobile lifestyles and ensure complete control, comfort and visual confirmation right at property owners' fingertips within a few short minutes and easy steps.
"We're excited to present our latest wireless smart home solutions at this year's IFA," said Brian Borghardt, General Manager of Europe for smanos. "Designed and engineered in the Netherlands, smanos is our complete security, monitoring and automation system lineup for today's savvy homeowners. What makes smanos a must-have brand to distributors and retailers is that we are delivering -- on a quarterly basis -- innovative, comprehensive and easy-to-use solutions that will help them outperform their sales and profit targets."
Products to watch include the latest WiFi series. "The smanos H400 Home Cloud system can control your security devices and energy-saving plugs via your home WiFi connection while maintaining smanos' renowned GSM backup capability," said Hayden Hsu, Director of Brand Development for smanos. "And our W020 Wireless Alarm ensures extremely easy WiFi setup on your smartphone, without you having to call for help to set up or scale up."
smanos will continue providing what's keenly sought after in residential market - smart, simple, sleek ingenuity, with even more remote management and monitoring options. smanos can also be found at Security Essen (H8.0/230C), Security China in Beijing, Sicurezza in Milan (P1/E14) and CES 2015 (Westgate/62000) in Las Vegas.
About smanos
In the picturesque outskirts of Amsterdam (Hoofddorp) came about the inception of smart home technology brand smanos in 2013. Harnessing cutting-edge design concepts and ergonomics, smanos delivers the ultimate user experience of wireless smart home and DIY security systems to households worldwide. Promising more than just a sense of security, smanos also ensures user-definable comfort and convenience, along with mobile accessibility. In its pursuit for perfection, smanos continues to wow homeowners by putting the smarts of smart home and smart security directly in their hands. Dream big and live smart with smanos now!
Creators Of Classic Video Game "Night Trap" Launch Kickstarter Campaign To Fund Re-Release Of Controversial Game In Response To Loyal Fan Following
Original release sold almost 1 million copies despite being the subject of Senate hearings on violence in video games and getting pulled off retail shelves
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 11, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Fans of the classic video game "Night Trap" have spoken and the game's creators have listened. The original producers of "Night Trap" have launched a $330,000 Kickstarter campaign to fund the re-release of the popular and controversial video game. The producers intend to upgrade the quality of the video to high definition and improve overall gameplay using technology not available when the game was originally released. The Kickstarter campaign can be found at https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1018579240/night-trap-revamped?ref=email.
Widely considered the first full-length interactive movie ever created, "Night Trap" was initially released in 1992 and sold close to 1 million units over the next three years. It gained a loyal fan following, partly as a result of the 1993 Senate hearings on violence in video games. Former Senator Joseph Lieberman co-chaired the hearings, characterizing the game as ultraviolent, sick and disgusting, and incorrectly claiming that the object of the game was to trap and kill women. When Digital Pictures executives were called to the hearings to testify, and explained the object of the game was to save women, not kill them, they were silenced in what many felt was an attempt to misrepresent the game and unfairly brand it as an example of extreme violence in video games. Several retailers pulled "Night Trap" from their shelves, and the hearings resulted in the formation of today's ESRB video game ratings system.
The game was produced for approximately $1.5 million and filmed in 1986. It was originally intended for Hasbro's ControlVision video game platform, but the system was never released and the game never finished. The video footage was eventually purchased by executive producer Tom Zito, and finally released in 1992 by Digital Pictures, a company Zito co-founded, first for the Sega CD console and, in 1994, for the PC and Mac.
"Night Trap" is an interactive horror movie spoof that uses full-motion video to tell a story about a group of girls having a slumber party and becoming the targets of vampire villains. Players set traps in an effort to capture the vampires and save the girls from having their blood sucked. Among other obstacles, the player must know when to activate traps, have the correct color codes for the traps to work properly and accumulate knowledge of the rapidly unfolding story.
The 30-day Kickstarter campaign is offering contributors a variety of rewards, including vintage posters, signed copies of the re-release, limited edition box sets, copies of documents from the congressional hearings and the opportunity to be listed as a producer of the game.
"This has been a long time coming," said Tom Zito, the original executive producer of "Night Trap" and former CEO of Digital Pictures. "We have had an increasing number of fans contact us about improving and re-releasing the game, so we finally decided to take the first step and raise the funds needed to bring the title back."
Yahoo! Games named "Night Trap" one of the top 10 most controversial video games of all time.
Contact: Steve Honig
The Honig Company, LLC
818-986-4300
press@honigllc.com
Sun Strap the Solar USB Charger that Fits Any Bag Strap Launched on Kickstarter
Skajaquoda just launched a Kickstarter campaign for its new product Sun Strap.
CLARKFIELD, Minn., Aug. 11, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Sun Strap uses a flexible solar panel that goes around any bag strap and charges its internal battery as you go about your day. Sun Strap uses a 1.5W flexible solar panel and has a 5600 mAh built in battery that can charge any USB device like your smartphone, tablet or camera. When fully charged Sun Strap's battery is capable of charging for instance an iPhone 5 three and a half times.
On the bottom Sun Strap has a 5V/1A USB output, LED battery indicator and 5V/1A micro USB input so you can always leave the house with a full battery. It's very lightweight which makes it perfect for outdoor activities, weighing only 5.8oz (165 grams) and with a size of: 3" x 15" (7.6 x 38 cm).
Sun Strap is designed to fit around any bag strap, for example your backpack, purse, golf bag, computer bag, and even your bike. Sun Strap is made from weather and water resistant fabric. You can use the Sun Strap for example when: hiking, golfing, cycling, traveling, at school, at the beach, at a music festival, doing outdoor photography, you can even place it on a car seat belt. You are only limited by your imagination.
"When we looked at other solar products we found most of them to be unattractive or inconvenient to carry around or spent most of their time inside a bag away from the sun. We wanted to design something that is always exposed to the sun, charges automatically as you go about your day and is appealing and more comfortable than what currently exists," Says Agust Agustsson, Vice President at Skajaquoda.
Skajaquoda is a research group based in Minnesota, USA. The company goal is to develop products that can restore the balance between humans and nature. Coming from two generations of electricians Einar Agustsson and Agust Agustsson wanted to build upon that knowledge and combine with their business education to progress sustainable energy technology and create something new.
Planned delivery of Sun Strap to Kickstarter backers is scheduled in December of 2014.
Earlier this year, Skajaquoda successfully funded its first Kickstarter campaign with the product; Trinity portable wind turbine power station that is currently being prepared for manufacturing.
Leader in New TV Display Technology Launches New 55-Inch Curved OLED TV in U.S. for Under $3,500
ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, N.J., Aug. 11, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- As other TV manufacturers abandon plasma and struggle with OLED production, LG Electronics is reinforcing its leadership in this premium display technology with the official U.S. launch of its next-generation OLED TV.
The all-new 55-inch class (54.6 inches measured diagonally) LG Curved OLED TV (Model 55EC9300), will be available beginning this month at various retailers nationwide at a suggested price of $3,499. Best Buy will be the first dealer to sell the new LG model starting on Aug. 24 and is taking pre-orders now on BestBuy.com.
This marks the third OLED TV that LG has released in 13 months, further cementing its market dominance in this new display category, while also making the technology more affordable than ever before to consumers. In fact, even with new features and design enhancements, the 55EC9300 priced more than 75 percent lower than LG's first-generation 55-inch class model, which first sold for $14,999 a year ago.
"LG is the only manufacturer to make big screen OLED TV a reality, and we're prepared to help them usher in a new era of TV technology," said Luke Mothschenbacher, Merchant Director of Televisions at Best Buy. "Best Buy is enthusiastic about this OLED TV because LG has combined incredible picture quality with an unparalleled cosmetic design that we know will appeal to our customers."
Equipped with "WRGB" OLED technology, the EC9300 is designed to deliver superior picture quality with infinite contrast ratio achieving the deepest blacks imaginable and displaying colors that appear richer and brighter. OLED TV also offers fast response time and wide viewing angles.
The 55EC9300 is the first OLED TV to feature the intuitive new LG Smart TV+ webOS(TM) connected TV platform,* which is an interface designed to offer consumers lightning-quick transitions between broadcast TV, streaming services and external devices, with speeds similar to regular channel switching. The webOS platform also includes recommendation capabilities to help consumers sift through its expansive content options, which include streaming services like Netflix, YouTube, Amazon Instant Video, Hulu Plus and more. Consumers can control everything on their Smart TV with the easy-to-use LG Magic Remote, which works with simple gestures, point and click, scroll and voice commands.
The new 55-inch class LG OLED TV is amazingly thin - 4.5 millimeters at its thinnest point (11/64ths of an inch) or the depth of a few credit cards - and its gentle curved screen makes quite a design statement. Thanks to its frameless, bezel-less "Cinema Screen" design, the picture goes virtually from edge to edge. The 55EC9300's updated design attributes include a streamlined new stand and, unlike previous curved OLED TVs, this newest model can be wall-mounted, giving customers flexibility in their choice of how to display the TV to best fit their needs.
The energy efficient 55EC9300 is among the first OLED TVs to be ENERGY STAR® certified, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. In energy saving modes, display brightness adjusts automatically to the viewing environment. According to the Federal Trade Commission's "Energy Guide" label, the LG 55EC9300 has an estimated yearly energy cost of only $17.**
"OLED TV represents a major breakthrough in display technology. And in the wake of plasma's decline, it's more important than ever to bring OLED to consumers who are looking for the highest level of contrast and color performance," said Dave Vanderwaal, head of marketing at LG Electronics USA.
"As the worldwide leader in OLED TV, we're proud to start to bring this amazing technology into the mainstream for U.S. consumers," he said. "Due to manufacturing efficiencies, LG's 55-inch curved OLED is now priced comparably to curved LED TVs on the market, but with improved picture quality benefits."
*Wireless Internet connection & certain subscriptions required and sold separately. Agreement to smart TV terms and conditions required to use certain smart features. Content and services vary by product and are subject to change without notice. WebOS does not support Flash.
** The FTC's calculations are based on 11 cents per kWh and 5 hours use per day. Your cost depends on your utility rates and use. Visit ftc.gov/energy.
About LG Electronics USA
LG Electronics USA, Inc., based in Englewood Cliffs, N.J., is the North American subsidiary of LG Electronics, Inc., a $52 billion global force and technology leader in consumer electronics, home appliances and mobile communications. In the United States, LG Electronics sells a range of stylish and innovative home entertainment products, mobile phones, home appliances, commercial displays, air conditioning systems and solar energy solutions, all under LG's "Life's Good" marketing theme. LG Electronics is a 2014 ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year. For more information, please visit http://www.lg.com.
MagnaChip to Offer Competitive Embedded Multiple Time Programmable (MTP) IP Solutions
SEOUL, South Korea and CUPERTINO, Calif., Aug. 11, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- MagnaChip Semiconductor Corporation ("MagnaChip") (NYSE: MX), a Korea-based designer and manufacturer of analog and mixed-signal semiconductor products, today announced that it has signed a joint development agreement with Yield Microelectronics Corporation (YMC) to develop a family of embedded 0.18um standard Multiple Time Programmable (MTP) IP solutions.
The MTP-IP joint development agreement covers a variety of standard memory cell sizes suited for embedded applications such as touch control panels, code storage, trimming design and microcontrollers. By adding YMC's MTP-IP solutions to MagnaChip's existing non-volatile memory (NVM) technology portfolio, MagnaChip will provide enhanced foundry services to its global customers through competitive IC designs and NVM performance targeted at next generation mobile and industrial applications.
Touch control panels are widely used in mobile devices, navigation equipment, digital cameras and other consumer products. By adopting YMC's MTP-IP solutions, foundry customers can take advantage of high voltage (HV) features in addition to added NVM functionality. Utilizing these solutions will directly lead to improved signal-to-noise ratio characteristics and increased performance of touch control panels in comparison with pure CMOS process. YMC's MTP-IP solutions allow the control unit in each touch panel to be integrated and create an optimal touch sensing solution.
In addition, YMC's MTP IP can utilize MagnaChip's CMOS manufacturing process to replace existing embedded flash. This is a competitive advantage for foundry customers seeking to provide new generation touch panels with high-performance and cost-effective embedded solutions. With the addition of YMC's MTP solution utilizing MagnaChip's Bipolar-CMOS-DMOS (BCD) manufacturing processes, customers will have the added flexibility of being able to expand into new areas and applications such as microcontrollers.
Namkyu Park, Executive Vice President and General Manager of MagnaChip's Semiconductor Manufacturing Services Division, commented, "We are very pleased to announce MagnaChip's continued close partnership with YMC and the joint development of their MTP-IP solutions utilizing our flagship 0.18um BCD technology. MagnaChip will continue to provide a broad variety of high performance and cost effective NVM IP solutions to meet the increasing application-specific needs of our foundry customers."
About MagnaChip Semiconductor
Headquartered in South Korea, MagnaChip Semiconductor is a Korea-based designer and manufacturer of analog and mixed-signal semiconductor products for high volume consumer applications. MagnaChip Semiconductor believes it has one of the broadest and deepest range of analog and mixed-signal semiconductor platforms in the industry, supported by its 30-year operating history, a large portfolio of registered and pending patents and extensive engineering and manufacturing process expertise. For more information, please visit http://www.magnachip.com.
MagnaChip Contacts:
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In the United States: In Korea:
Robert Pursel Chankeun Park
Director of Investor Relations Senior Manager, Public Relations
D-Link Announces Back to School Savings Now Through September 6
Limited Time Offers Help Save Big on Networking Essentials for the New School Year
FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif., Aug. 11, 2014 /PRNewswire/ --D-Link today announced big savings on a range of networking solutions just in time for the new school year. From 11AC Wireless Routers to Wi-Fi Extenders and Wi-Fi Cameras to Desktop Switches, consumers can enjoy some of the season's biggest savings on networking essentials for the school year.
"D-Link's Back to School savings ensure our customers can enjoy the best deals on networking solutions designed to bring reliable high-speed connectivity to their entire home so students can get connected and stay connected," said Daniel Kelley, vice president of marketing, D-Link Systems, Inc.
Wi-Fi Extenders
-- Wireless Range Extender (DAP-1320)
-- $29.99 (was $49.99)
-- Available online at: Amazon.com, Newegg, Tigerdirect.com until
9/6/14
-- Wi-Fi AC750 Dual Band Range Extender (DAP-1520)
-- $59.99 (was $69.99)
-- Available in-store at: Micro Center, Office Depot, OfficeMax until
9/6/14
Wi-Fi Cameras
-- Pan & Tilt Wi-Fi Camera (DCS-5009L)
-- $69.99 (was $79.99)
-- Available online at: Amazon.com, Newegg.com until 8/30/14
-- Pan & Tilt Day/Night Wi-Fi Camera (DCS-5020L)
-- $99.99 (was $119.99)
-- Available in-store at: Best Buy, Micro Center, Office Depot, Office
Max until 9/6/14
Wireless Routers
-- Wireless AC600 Dual Band Cloud Router (DIR-808L)
-- $39.99 (was $49.99)
-- Available online at: Amazon.com, Newegg, Tigerdirect.com until
8/30/14
-- Wireless AC750 Dual Band Cloud Router (DIR-810L)
-- $49.99 (was $69.99)
-- Available in-store at: MicroCenter, Office Depot, Office Max until
9/6/14
Desktop Switches
-- 5-Port 10/100 Desktop Switch (DES-1005E)
-- $10.99 (was $14.99)
-- Available in-store at: MicroCenter, Office Depot, Office Max, Fry's
until 9/6/14
-- Available online at: D-LinkShop, Amazon.com, Rakuten until 9/6/14
-- 5-Port Gigabit Unmanaged Metal Desktop Switch (DGS-105)
-- $29.99 (was $37.99)
-- Available online at: Amazon.com, MicroCenter, Rakuten until 8/30/14
About D-Link
D-Link is the global leader in connectivity for home, small business, mid- to large-sized enterprise environments, and service providers. An award-winning designer, developer, and manufacturer, D-Link implements and supports unified network solutions that integrate capabilities in switching, wireless, broadband, storage, IP Surveillance, and cloud-based network management. For more information visit http://www.dlink.com, or connect with D-Link on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/dlink) and Twitter (http://www.twitter.com/dlink) or D-Link's blog (http://blog.dlink.com/).
Microsoft Devices Group announces ultra-affordable mobile phone with music and video player for 19 euros
Microsoft expands its "first" phones portfolio with the Nokia 130.
REDMOND, Wash., Aug. 11, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Recognizing the rapid growth of ultra-affordable mobile phones, Microsoft Devices Group on Monday unveiled the Nokia 130, a mobile phone designed to introduce millions of people to new digital experiences. At just 19 euros,(*) the Nokia 130 combines the everyday essentials that first-time mobile phone buyers expect with the beautiful design, reliability and mobile entertainment they want. Featuring a built-in video player, music player with up to 46 hours continuous playback on a single charge, and everyday essentials such as a flashlight, FM radio and USB charging, the Nokia 130 is the perfect introduction to a "mobile first" world.
The Nokia 130 is an ideal handset for first-time mobile phone buyers, or for people seeking a reliable backup phone to complement their existing smartphones. It's built to last, with a 1.8-inch color display and outstanding battery life of up to 36 days' standby for the single-SIM variant and 26 days' standby for the dual-SIM device. In design and quality, the Nokia 130 stands out among devices priced below $35.(*) Every year, people buy 300 million phones from this category alone.(**)
As one of the most affordable mobile phones with video playback, the Nokia 130 makes new digital experiences accessible to more people. It delivers hours of entertainment with the built-in video player that offers up to 16 hours of playback for video stored on a microSD card, MP3 player and FM radio. With support for expandable microSD storage up to 32GB, alongside the Bluetooth-enabled SLAM application and USB connectivity, it also makes sharing digital content easy without the need for an Internet connection.
"As demand in the affordable mobile segment continues to grow, Microsoft remains committed to delivering market-leading mobile innovation at each and every price point," said Jo Harlow, corporate vice president for Phones, Microsoft Corp. "It is estimated that at least 1 billion people in the world still do not have a mobile phone, while at the same time there is increasing demand for reliable backup phones in both mature and high-growth markets."
She continued, "With handsets like the Nokia 130, we see tremendous potential to deliver the experience of a 'mobile-first' world to people seeking their first device, and we continue to invest in ultra-affordable devices that will introduce people to a 'cloud-first' world through Microsoft services such as Bing, Outlook.com and OneDrive."
Pricing and availability
The estimated retail price before taxes and subsidies for the Nokia 130 and Nokia 130 Dual SIM is 19 euros. It is expected to begin shipping in the third quarter of this year. The Nokia 130 will be available in select markets, including China, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Nigeria, Pakistan, the Philippines and Vietnam.
Tech specs summary:
Nokia 130
Operating System Series 30+
Display 1.8" QQVGA
Up to 36 days standby for Single SIM and
26 days for Dual SIM; 13 hours 2G talk
time. 46 hours music playback; 16 hours
video playback. Battery capacity:
Battery 1020mAh
Connectivity USB 2.0, 3.5mm AV Connector, microSD,
Bluetooth 3.0 with SLAM
Memory 32GB micro SD card support
About Microsoft Devices
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(*) Suggested retail price before local taxes and subsidies.
(** )Strategy Analytics
Smart Home Guru smanos Making a Splash at IFA Berlin
AMSTERDAM, Aug. 11, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- smanos, a trendsetting innovator and dynamic developer of wireless smart home and DIY security systems, is proudly bringing its new portfolio toIFA in Berlin. The complete smanos smart home portfolio speaks self-install or DIY, and will be available betweenSept. 5-10th atBooth 214 in Hall 15.1 at Messe Berlin. From wireless, app-enabled alarm and automation systems to remote energy, security and health management,smanos solutions cater to today's mobile lifestyles and ensure complete control, comfort and visual confirmation right at property owners' fingertips within a few short minutes and easy steps.
"We're excited to present our latest wireless smart home solutions at this year's IFA," saidBrian Borghardt, General Manager of Europe for smanos. "Designed and engineered inthe Netherlands, smanos is our complete security, monitoring and automation system lineup for today's savvy homeowners. What makessmanos a must-have brand to distributors and retailers is that we are delivering -- on a quarterly basis -- innovative, comprehensive and easy-to-use solutions that will help them outperform their sales and profit targets."
Products to watch include the latest WiFi <http://goo.gl/EmYYuh> series. "The smanos H400 Home Cloud system can control your security devices and energy-saving plugs via your home WiFi connection while maintainingsmanos' renowned GSM backup capability," saidHayden Hsu, Director of Brand Development forsmanos. "And our W020 Wireless Alarm ensures extremely easy WiFi setup on your smartphone, without you having to call for help to set up or scale up."
smanos will continue providing what's keenly sought after in residential market - smart, simple, sleek ingenuity, with even more remote management and monitoring options.smanos can also be found at Security Essen (H8.0/230C), Security China inBeijing, Sicurezza in Milan (P1/E14) and CES 2015 (Westgate/62000) inLas Vegas.
About smanos
In the picturesque outskirts of Amsterdam (Hoofddorp) came about the inception of smart home technology brandsmanos in 2013. Harnessing cutting-edge design concepts and ergonomics,smanos delivers the ultimate user experience of wireless smart home and DIY security systems to households worldwide. Promising more than just a sense of security,smanos also ensures user-definable comfort and convenience, along with mobile accessibility. In its pursuit for perfection,smanos continues to wow homeowners by putting the smarts of smart home and smart security directly in their hands.Dream big and live smart with smanos <http://goo.gl/pXL97A> now!
Top smartphone features people crave vs. Huawei's Ascend Mate2
PLANO, Texas, Aug. 8, 2014 /PRNewswi re/ -- Huawei takes to the streets of New York City to find out what people really want in a smartphone, and whether the Ascend Mate2 can measure up to some pretty big expectations. To view the video, visit: http://youtu.be/UpuJJqcwzJo.
There are a few great features on the phone that Huawei feels addresses some very real pain points for mobile phone users - things like battery, camera quality, price and value:
-- Short battery life is one of consumers' top smartphone complaints. If
your battery keeps letting you down, it's time to meet Huawei's Ascend
Mate2 4G LTE, featuring a battery that will go all weekend.
-- People love instantly sharing photos with the world. Huawei's Ascend
Mate2 4G LTE features a front facing panoramic camera for big impact
images.
-- What if you could get a full-featured smartphone at half the cost of
your current device? Sound too good to be true? Check out reactions to
the Huawei Ascend Mate2.
Learn more about Huawei Device USA and its commitment to helping people live smarter, live better by bringing you quality devices and premium services at a great price online at http://www.GetHuawei.com.
About Huawei Consumer Business Group
As at the end of 2013, Huawei's products and services are deployed in over 170 countries, serving more than one third of the world's population. Huawei ranked third in global smartphone shipments in 2013. Huawei has also established more than 16 R&D centers around the world in countries such as the United States, Germany, Sweden, Russia, India, and China. One of Huawei's three business groups, Huawei Consumer Business Group (BG) provides a range of products including mobile phones, mobile broadband (MBB) devices, home devices and cloud services. With more than 20 years of rich business expertise in the information and communications technology (ICT) sector, an extensive global network, vast global business operations and partners, Huawei Consumer BG is dedicated to bringing the latest technology to consumers, offering a world of possibilities and creating extraordinary experiences for people everywhere.
For more information, visit Huawei Consumer BG online: consumer.huawei.com/us
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World tour world premier: 3D print specialist creates stars you can touch - and collect
BERLIN, August 8, 2014 /PRNewswire/ --
STARAMBA USA Corp., the German-American technology start-up joint-venture, is bringing
fans of Linkin Park closer to their idols than ever before: from 8 August to 19 September,
the specialists in 3D body scanning and printing are joining the North American kick-off
of their world tour "The Hunting Party". Across the 25 concert locations from West Palm
Beach and Tampa, near Miami, to Montreal, Phoenix, Dallas and L.A., right through to
Concord, near San Diego, fans can have themselves scanned for exclusive 3D selfies - mini
statues - made of themselves, the band members, or even of themselves together with the
band members. Whether with frontman Chester Bennington or lead guitarist Brad Delson: an
unforgettable memory of the event, in the form of a figurine at a scale of 1:20 up to 1:5,
will be delivered to your home by courier shortly after the concert experience.
So far, Linkin Park's 3D offering is internationally unique, as is the technology used
for it. To achieve the best possible quality and authenticity, STARAMBA relies on a
high-end solution: for the first time, mobile body scanners are being used, which work on
the same principles as photogrammetry. The two mobile "Scannerdomes" are controlled via
the internet and are comprised of hundreds of individual computer lenses. They will be
based at every concert location in a truck with the Linkin Park and STARAMBA logo.
STARAMBA provides merchandising of the future
STARAMBA USA Corp., Delaware, is a full subsidiary company of STARAMBA Corporation,
Florida, a recently founded American investment holding company for global digital
merchandising. It holds 49 percent of the German technology holding STARAMBA GmbH, Berlin,
which owns the IP address for the mobile body scanners. The other 51 percent of STARAMBA
GmbH is held by the German technology holding company Social Commerce Group SE (SCGSE),
listed on the Berlin Stock Exchange. STARAMBA USA Corp. specialises in innovative
merchandising solutions in the American sports and celebrity sector, and is setting new
benchmarks in the futuristic market of 3D scanning and 3D print. In addition to Linkin
Park, other collaborations with national and international artists, artist labels, rights
holders and celebrities are in the pipeline.
Information on the Social Commerce Group
Listed on the Berlin Stock Exchange, Social Commerce Group SE (http://www.scgse.de) is
a provider of future technologies in the digital sport business. Under the umbrella of a
management holding company, the three subsidiary companies yoyo smart web solutions AG,
MXM Mixed Reality Marketing AG and STARAMBA GmbH market innovative solutions in the areas
of Social Gaming, Augmented Reality and Merchandising. The target groups of the three
companies complement each other and include fans, sports venue organisations and clubs.
All three companies address the advertising industry. The company holds 51 percent of the
shares in STARAMBA GmbH
Information on STARAMBA Corporation
STARAMBA Corp., Tampa, Florida (postal address: New York) is a newly founded American
holdings company specialising in digital merchandising. The company currently holds 49
percent of STARAMBA GmbH, which in turn holds 99.8 percent of the shares of the American
STARAMBA USA Corp. The company pursues the strategic aim of bringing fans of top
sportspersons and media greats closer to these celebrities through digital channels and
products, and to open up new monetisation sources for the labels and rights holders, the
focus of which is user and fan-generated content.
Press contact:
Julian von Hassell
CEO
Social Commerce Group SE
Walter-Benjamin-Platz 3
D-10629 Berlin
Germany
Mobile: +49-151-524-38-869
Christian Daudert
CEO
STARAMBA USA Corporation
450 Seventh Avenue, 33rd Floor
New York, NY 10123 I USA
Mobile: +1-917-972-5951
Home Internet Security Challenges for Consumers Addressed - iGuardian Launches on Kickstarter
SAN JOSE, California, August 7, 2014 /PRNewswire/ --
- World's first home Internet security solution specifically designed for
consumers
- Itus Networks introduces iGuardian; vastly improves Internet security for home
users
- Highly effective device delivers affordable, easy-to-use enterprise-grade
security for the connected home without contracts
At DefCon 22 in Las Vegas, NV today, Itus Networks [http://www.itusnetworks.com ], the
home network security company, announced a Kickstarter campaign
[http://www.itusnetworks.com/kickstarter ] to crowdfund iGuardian
[http://www.itusnetworks.com/kickstarter ]. The device features a completely new approach
to home Internet security for consumers and aims to change the way home users address
network security. Simple to connect, iGuardian gives households access to business-level
security at a fraction of the cost.
The average consumer cannot reliably secure their home Internet connection at an
affordable price. Most devices connected to home networks in US homes are vulnerable to
breaches by cybercriminals[1]. Today, a consumer's only options are antivirus or routers.
Antivirus is not comprehensive and only blocks attacks when the threat has already reached
the computer. Alternatively, routers are not primarily built for security, relying on
outdated technology to protect and give a false sense of security.
In addition, connected homes today feature a vast array of unsecured devices that
allow cybercriminals to easily breach home networks, steal personal data and access social
accounts. Unsecured devices include smart TVs, cable boxes, game consoles, security
systems, thermostats, smoke detectors and many more.
Thanks to its affordable price and foolproof installation, iGuardian from Itus
Networks gives families access to enterprise-class threat protection for their home
Internet connection. The device is based on Linux open-source and designed to block cyber
attacks, filter out malware and undesirable content. It auto-installs in five minutes and
requires zero configuration or technical knowledge.
A goal of $125,000 has been set for the crowdfunding campaign.
At Defcon 22, Itus Networks not only introduces iGuardian, but is also a Gold Sponsor
of SOHOpelessly Broken [http://www.sohopelesslybroken.com ]. The router hacking contest by
the Institute for Security Evaluators (ISE) demonstrates how easily home routers can be
hacked and their security disabled.
SUPPORTING QUOTES
Daniel Ayoub, Co-Founder, Itus Networks
"We're very excited about iGuardian being widely available to families across the U.S.
thanks to Kickstarter. The iGuardian sits at the source, right where the Internet enters
the home. It instantly protects all wired and wireless devices connect to the home
network. It's an absolute game changer for home network security."
Itus Networks brings consumers and families affordable best-in-class threat protection
for their home Internet connection. Our iGuardian network security system is designed to
block cyber attacks, filter out malware and other undesirable content. It requires zero
configuration or technical knowledge.
Outside Lands Festival and Magisto, Mobile Video App Bring Social Music Videos to San Francisco
Magisto will enable attendees to make mobile movies of their experience and share them with friends
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 7, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Outside Lands is a three-day music, food and arts festival that takes place in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco, CA. Performers at the festival this year include Kanye West, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, The Killers, Macklemore and Ryan Lewis and many others. This year, the festival has teamed up with Magisto, the cloud-based video editing application to help participants at the festival, and the public at large, create videos that celebrate music, art and food.
Magisto is a video editing application that turns users photos and videos into professional quality movies in a matter of minutes. In honor of the Outside Lands festival the "indie" theme at Magisto will include a "presented by Outside Lands" post roll and all the music offered in the theme will be from bands playing at the festival.
"The festival celebrates a mix of music, food, wine, beer and art from the Bay Area and Northern California," said Superfly's Neal Cohen. "By using the Magisto mobile video app, we're encouraging fans to tell their own unique stories about how the weekend plays out for them and their friends. There is a special Outside Lands editing style with soundtrack options from awesome bands playing this weekend so participants can set their own videos and photos to some great music. We're excited to see the movies that get made when we put this tool into the creative and enthusiastic hands of the Outside Lands community."
Reid Genauer, CMO of Magisto said, "Outside Lands is an unforgettable San Francisco gathering that is quickly becoming one of the most prominent festivals in the US. It brings together the best in music, food and art and a richness of experiences that will be amplified when fans capture and share their stories with Magisto. We're excited to be part of the event and to share new music from Outside Lands' artists with Magisto's 40 million users worldwide."
"As a musical collective, our mission is to be the motivation and inspiration for the members of our Tribe," said Nahko of Nahko and Medicine for the People, who also created the video below. "We are excited that our music will be part of the Magisto video editing application that has such a huge global audience. We are dedicated to gathering the stories and experiences of our tribe and we look forward to seeing the Magisto movies that our music inspires."
Magisto is a game changer in the social video landscape. Users can transform everyday pictures and videos into dynamic movies. With just a few clicks, users can upload unedited video footage and photos, and like an expert video editor Magisto automatically selects the most compelling moments and weaves them together to convey a video story loaded with emotion, complete with music and customized editing. Movies can easily be shared across social media channels, including Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Google+.
In honor of the Outside Lands Festival, Magisto has a national competition to win tickets to the 2015 Outside Lands Festival or one of three $250 Amazon gift cards. Users are invited to use music from an Outside Lands band in the Indie theme and make movies expressing what they love about music, art, food and drink.
Magisto has curated a selection of new bands playing the festival this year for inclusion as the music in our Indie theme. Previous music promotions have resulted in hundreds of thousands of movies made with the app, using new artists' music as the soundtrack.
Driven by artificial intelligence and simple user experience, Magisto is a cloud-based mobile technology service for creating and sharing beautiful quality personal movies. It automatically selects the most compelling moments from ordinary videos and photos and, like an expert video editor, weaves them together to convey a story with customized styles and music. Magisto is used by millions of customers and can be accessed across iOS, Android, the Amazon Appstore for Android and the Web, and is the highest-rated video creation app in the Google Play and iOS App Stores.
The company is funded by Horizons Ventures, Magma Venture Partner, Qualcomm Incorporated, through its venture capital arm, Qualcomm Ventures, and SanDisk Ventures. The company maintains its headquarters in Tel Aviv, Israel with offices in New York and California.
San Francisco's Outside Lands Festival began in 2008 and takes place annually in historic Golden Gate Park. With an incomparable vision for marrying food, wine and music in a fashion unlike any other festival in the country, Outside Lands has become one of the most popular summer events for both the culinary and music enthusiast alike. It is a welcomed and beloved world-class tradition in its hometown, as it is now known as the event that celebrates in grand style all the things that make the Bay Area one of the most desirable places to live and visit. In its first six years, Outside Lands has raised over $8.3 million dollars for the San Francisco Recreation and Park Department, and, while honoring Northern California's spectacularly diverse culture, it has set a new standard for live events worldwide.
New IBM SyNAPSE Chip Could Open Era of Vast Neural Networks
New chip with brain-inspired non-von Neumann computer architecture has one million neurons and 256 million synapses
Built on Samsung's 28nm process technology, the 5.4 billion transistors chip has an on-chip network of 4096 neurosynaptic cores but only consumes 70mW during real-time operation
Complete cognitive hardware and software ecosystem opens new computing frontier for mobile, cloud, supercomputing and distributed sensor applications
SAN JOSE, Calif., Aug. 7, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Scientists from IBM (NYSE: IBM) today unveiled the first neurosynaptic computer chip to achieve an unprecedented scale of one million programmable neurons, 256 million programmable synapses and 46 billion synaptic operations per second per watt. At 5.4 billion transistors, this fully functional and production-scale chip is currently one of the largest CMOS chips ever built, yet, while running at biological real time, it consumes a minuscule 70mW--orders of magnitude less power than a modern microprocessor. A neurosynaptic supercomputer the size of a postage stamp that runs on the energy equivalent of a hearing-aid battery, this technology could transform science, technology, business, government, and society by enabling vision, audition, and multi-sensory applications.
Today's breakthrough, published in Science in collaboration with Cornell Tech, is a significant step towards bringing cognitive computers to society.
There is a huge disparity between the human brain's cognitive capability and ultra-low power consumption when compared to today's computers. To bridge the divide, IBM scientists created something that didn't previously exist--an entirely new neuroscience-inspired scalable and efficient computer architecture that breaks path with the prevailing von Neumann architecture used almost universally since 1946.
This second generation chip is the culmination of almost a decade of research and development, including the initial single core hardware prototype in 2011 and software ecosystem with a new programming language and chip simulator in 2013.
The new cognitive chip architecture has an on-chip two-dimensional mesh network of 4096 digital, distributed neurosynaptic cores, where each core module integrates memory, computation, and communication, and operates in an event-driven, parallel, and fault-tolerant fashion. To enable system scaling beyond single-chip boundaries, adjacent chips, when tiled, can seamlessly connect to each other--building a foundation for future neurosynaptic supercomputers. To demonstrate scalability, IBM also revealed a 16-chip system with sixteen million programmable neurons and four billion programmable synapses.
"IBM has broken new ground in the field of brain-inspired computers, in terms of a radically new architecture, unprecedented scale, unparalleled power/area/speed efficiency, boundless scalability, and innovative design techniques. We foresee new generations of information technology systems - that complement today's von Neumann machines - powered by an evolving ecosystem of systems, software, and services," said Dr. Dharmendra S. Modha, IBM Fellow and IBM Chief Scientist, Brain-Inspired Computing, IBM Research. "These brain-inspired chips could transform mobility, via sensory and intelligent applications that can fit in the palm of your hand but without the need for Wi-Fi. This achievement underscores IBM's leadership role at pivotal transformational moments in the history of computing via long-term investment in organic innovation."
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has funded the project since 2008 with approximately $53M via Phase 0, Phase 1, Phase 2, and Phase 3 of the Systems of Neuromorphic Adaptive Plastic Scalable Electronics (SyNAPSE) program. Current collaborators include Cornell Tech and iniLabs, Ltd.
Building the Chip
The chip was fabricated using Samsung's 28nm process technology that has a dense on-chip memory and low-leakage transistors.
"It is an astonishing achievement to leverage a process traditionally used for commercially available, low-power mobile devices to deliver a chip that emulates the human brain by processing extreme amounts of sensory information with very little power," said Shawn Han, vice president of Foundry Marketing, Samsung Electronics. "This is a huge architectural breakthrough that is essential as the industry moves toward the next-generation cloud and big-data processing. It's a pleasure to be part of technical progress for next-generation through Samsung's 28nm technology."
The event-driven circuit elements of the chip used the asynchronous design methodology developed at Cornell Tech and refined with IBM since 2008.
"After years of collaboration with IBM, we are now a step closer to building a computer similar to our brain," said Professor Rajit Manohar, Cornell Tech.
The combination of cutting-edge process technology, hybrid asynchronous-synchronous design methodology, and new architecture has led to a power density of 20mW/cm(2) which is nearly four orders of magnitude less than today's microprocessors.
Advancing the SyNAPSE Ecosystem
The new chip is a component of a complete end-to-end vertically integrated ecosystem spanning a chip simulator, neuroscience data, supercomputing, neuron specification, programming paradigm, algorithms and applications, and prototype design models. The ecosystem supports all aspects of the programming cycle from design through development, debugging, and deployment.
To bring forth this fundamentally different technological capability to society, IBM has designed a novel teaching curriculum for universities, customers, partners, and IBM employees.
Applications and Vision
This ecosystem signals a shift in moving computation closer to the data, taking in vastly varied kinds of sensory data, analyzing and integrating real-time information in a context-dependent way, and dealing with the ambiguity found in complex, real-world environments.
Looking to the future, IBM is working on integrating multi-sensory neurosynaptic processing into mobile devices constrained by power, volume and speed; integrating novel event-driven sensors with the chip; real-time multimedia cloud services accelerated by neurosynaptic systems; and neurosynaptic supercomputers by tiling multiple chips on a board, creating systems that would eventually scale to one hundred trillion synapses and beyond.
Building on previously demonstrated neurosynaptic cores with on-chip, online learning, IBM envisions building learning systems that adapt in real world settings. While today's hardware is fabricated using a modern CMOS process, the underlying architecture is poised to exploit advances in future memory, 3D integration, logic, and sensor technologies to deliver even lower power, denser package, and faster speed.
The views expressed are those of the author and do not reflect the official policy or position of the Department of Defense or the U.S. Government. Approved for Public Release, Distribution Unlimited.
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Gameloft and Fox Digital Entertainment Announce the Release of Ice Age Adventures for Smartphones and Tablets
PARIS, August 7, 2014 /PRNewswire/ --
After the worldwide success of Ice Age Village(TM), Gameloft, a leading global
publisher of digital and social games, and Fox Digital Entertainment, a subsidiary of 20th
Century Fox Filmed Entertainment, have extended their partnership to create Ice Age
Adventures(TM), a new game inspired by the wildly popular Ice Age(TM) animated film
franchise. Ice Age Adventures delivers hours of entertainment with its immersive gameplay
and unique storyline, which features the official voices of Manny (Ray Romano), Sid (Denis
Leary) and Diego (John Leguizamo).
Scrat's nutty pursuit of his beloved acorn once again has world-changing consequences.
It's up to players to help Sid rescue Manny and Diego, and then save the remaining members
of the herd. Players will embark on an epic adventure, exploring uncharted worlds,
battling iconic adversaries, solving puzzles, looking for treasures and taking on exciting
challenges.
Players will meet all of the beloved Ice Age characters on their journey through Ice
Age Adventures. In addition to familiar faces, look forward to the innovative and
captivating gameplay, vibrant environments, beautiful graphics and a variety of fun mini
games.
"Ice Age Village was a mammoth success for Gameloft and Fox Digital Entertainment,"
states Karine Kaiser, VP Marketing & Licensing at Gameloft. "We're thrilled to offer fans
a new gaming experience that is full of adventures and surprises."
"Gameloft has captured the essence of the Ice Age universe and characters in an
exciting new adventure game," adds Rick Phillips, SVP, Fox Digital Entertainment. "We're
excited to extend our partnership with Gameloft."
Ice Age Adventures, a free-to-play game, will be available today on iPhone, iPad, iPod
touch, Android, Windows Phone and Windows 8.
A leading global publisher of digital and social games, Gameloft(R) has established
itself as one of the top innovators in its field since 2000. Gameloft creates games for
all digital platforms, including mobile phones, smartphones and tablets (including
Apple(R) iOS, Android(R) and Windows(R) devices), set-top boxes and connected TVs.
Gameloft operates its own established franchises such as Asphalt(R), Order & Chaos, Modern
Combat or Dungeon Hunter and also partners with major rights holders including Universal,
Illumination Entertainment, Disney(R), Marvel(R), Hasbro(R), Fox Digital Entertainment,
Mattel(R) and Ferrari(R).
Gameloft is present on all continents, distributes its games in over 100 countries and
employs over 5,200 developers.
Gameloft is listed on NYSE Euronext Paris (Euronext: GFT.PA, Bloomberg: GFT FP,
Reuters: GLFT.PA). Gameloft is traded OTC in the US (sponsored Level 1 ADR ticker: GLOFY).
About Fox Digital Entertainment
Fox Digital Entertainment (FDE) is the Twentieth Century Fox division dedicated to
fostering new and innovative mobile content and apps in emerging distribution channels.
FDE develops and produces original videos, apps, and games based on new concepts and
extensions of existing Fox brands. The group has produced a number of award-winning
products, among them FAMILY GUY(TM): THE QUEST FOR STUFF, ANGRY BIRDS(TM) RIO, ICE AGE
VILLAGE(TM), THE SIMPSONS(TM) TAPPED OUT and many others.
Ice Age Adventures TM & (c) 2014 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation. All rights
reserved. Ice Age Adventures game software, excluding Twentieth Century Fox elements (c)
2014 Gameloft. All Rights Reserved. Gameloft and the Gameloft logo are trademarks of
Gameloft in the U.S. and/or other countries.
Dedicated Computing Delivers Leading-edge, High Performance, Power-Efficient Reference Designs
WAUKESHA, Wis., Aug. 7, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Dedicated Computing announced the release of several new embedded computers based on 4th Generation Intel® Core(TM) Processors. Dedicated Computing's reference design for Intel processor-based technology provides a full range of products that are fully qualified to meet specific requirements of imaging, modeling, visualization and simulation applications.
Examples of these solutions include the Edge Series(TM) 7342, a short depth 4U platform that is flexible enough to support high end graphics applications, high density storage use cases, or a wide variety of demanding I/O requirements. The Edge Series(TM) 7203 is a small, high performing embedded computer that also utilizes the 4th Generation Intel® Core(TM) Processors and is well suited as a control processing node for a variety of lab diagnostic and industrial automation applications. Additionally the Edge Series(TM) are fully equipped with intelligent system monitoring capabilities that ensure system uptime, thereby lowering service costs and reducing total cost of ownership.
"Leveraging the latest Intel chip technology allows us to offer higher performance at improved energy efficiency and a lower thermal profile," said Bilal Khan, Chief Technology Officer, Dedicated Computing. "That creates greater flexibility to meet the needs of higher compute densities in increasingly smaller form factors used in variety of applications."
Dedicated Computing is able to provide solutions that not only help their customer's meet their current goals but also meet future needs by staying ahead of technology trends," said Jim Robinson, General Manager, Internet of Things Segments and Broad Market Division at Intel. "Utilizing Intel's 4th Generation Intel® Core(TM) Processors to reduce power and enhance security, Dedicated Computing is already designing solutions for the next generation of devices."
These single-socket, long-life platforms include a variety of small form factors, as well as mid-tower and rack mounted solutions. Additionally the various platforms possess robust, ruggedized capabilities that allow them to be used in more challenging environments when needed. All of the newly introduced platforms boast minimum life cycles of 5 years.
About Dedicated Computing
Dedicated Computing is a global technology company committed to solving business problems of our customers through the design, development and deployment of innovative technology solutions.
My Dino Companion for Kids: Complete Preschool Learning Program
HERZLIYA, Israel, August 7, 2014 /PRNewswire/ --
Tiltan Games today announces a new educational initiative for parents and schools,
available on both iOS and Android. It's a versatile educational program for preschool,
pre-K and kindergarten, including over 30 topics and games at launch. Adaptive practice
and test modules adjust to each child skill level, providing a personalized growth
experience, aligned with common core state standards.
Designed according to leading pre-school programs and advised by educational experts,
My Dino companion takes a unique and fun approach to bringing new concepts to young kids.
Using a funny dinosaur avatar and engaging activities, the app allows kids to experience
new subjects and advance at their own pace.
Targeted to meet both parents and teachers' needs, My Dino Companion can handle
unlimited amount of kids profiles, tracking each kid sessions and progress. Tiltan Games
further expects to provide meaningful progress reports within the next update. Natural
user interface as well as professional narration, graphics and music ensures kids an
immersive, unimpeded experience without constant supervision.
Currently the program offers a rich set of activities including: Introduction to
Numbers, ABC, Counting, Addition, Subtraction, Shapes, Colors, Order by size, Number line,
Patterns, Tell Time and more. It introduces concepts such as More & Less, Great & Small,
Long & Short etc. Play educational oriented mini-games including: Bubbles shoot, Match,
Memory, Domino, Maze, Cookies, Whack a bunny, Connect the Dots and more.
Kids earn rewards in the shape of stars for each successful activity or game they
complete, which they can spend on building their own interactive playground yard complete
with facilities, toys and dinosaurs.
The app is the only comprehensive mobile educational program available in both Tablet
and Phone formats. Adult related material such as purchasing, feedback and profiles, is
locked behind parental gate. An optional dyslexic font is provided as part of the app
settings, allowing kids with dyslexia to enjoy its entire content.
Adi Raz, founder of Tiltan Games says: "My Dino Companion is an ongoing program with
over 100 multi-level activities & games planned, aimed to cover the entire syllabus for
preschool age group."