World's Only Pinball Manufacturer Celebrates the Largest Grossing Film of all Time with a Special Run of Premium Machines
MELROSE PARK, Ill., Nov. 23, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Stern Pinball, Inc., the world's only maker of arcade quality pinball machines, announced today the Avatar Limited Edition Pinball machine. After the success of the arcade version of the Avatar pinball game, Stern is releasing a limited edition run of handcrafted machines featuring enhanced game play and superior mechanical features.
The Avatar special edition pinball machine brings players to the paradise planet of Pandora where they become hero Jake Sully on a quest to protect the Na'vi people from an invading mining colony. Staying true to the innovative nature of the film, this pinball machine translates James Cameron's history making epic into a one-of-a-kind gaming experience. Stern Pinball is only producing 250 machines for this limited edition run that will each be numbered with a plaque and a certificate of authenticity.
"The Avatar Limited Edition machine has been a very special production for Stern Pinball and game designer John Borg," said Gary Stern, founder, CEO and chairman of Stern Pinball. "We believe it to be worthy of James Cameron's masterpiece film and firmly believe the pinball community will feel the same."
The Avatar Limited Edition game continues both the Stern Pinball and the Stern family tradition of producing quality pinball machines for young and old. The company traces its lineage to Philadelphia in the 1930s when Sam Stern entered the business of operating pinball games. Stern passed his lifelong enthusiasm for the game and the business of pinball to his son Gary Stern who founded Stern Pinball. Today pinball remains one of America's favorite pastimes.
Stern Pinball, Inc., located just outside Chicago, Illinois, designs and manufactures arcade-quality pinball games. Stern is the only maker of full-sized, arcade quality pinball games on the planet and has released many popular games, including Pirates of the Caribbean, Indiana Jones, Shrek, Batman, Spiderman, the Simpsons Pinball Party and many more. Stern's games continue to be enjoyed by both pinball enthusiasts and casual players around the globe. For more information visit http://www.sternpinball.com.
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Innovative City Review Site HottBlock Gives Visitors Real Usable Insight Into Thousands of U.S. Cities and Towns
Site Offers Users Social Platform for City Reviews - Pros and Cons, Best Neighborhoods, and Popular Activities Detailed
AUSTIN, Texas, Nov. 23, 2010 /PRNewswire/ --HottBlock, an innovative city review site, announced today the launch of its free review service that covers thousands of cities and towns throughout the United States.
HottBlock was founded by Paul Mansour, a 28-year old entrepreneur whose idea for the site was a result of Mr. Mansour's experience several years ago while considering the pros and cons of two job opportunities in different cities. He did not have any in-depth knowledge of either locale and was frustrated by web searches that only yielded statistical information on housing, demographics, or other similar data.
Mr. Mansour desired to learn what each city was really like from the opinions of actual residents. This ultimately led to an idea to create a site that would be a real resource for those looking for the right city or neighborhood. He saw a market need for users looking for a deeper and more personal understanding of cities throughout the country, beyond what can be found in demographic data.
The site design is focused on simplicity and does not require multiple user clicks or actions to find desired data. Users can enter information into each city review section - Pros, Cons, Best Neighborhoods, and Popular Activities. A five-star rating system is also included. Interactive features include an option to post a reply to reviews and integration with Twitter and Facebook to easily share reviews with friends.
"HottBlock offers real value for users who want to post or read reviews about their town or neighborhood," said Founder Paul Mansour. "Our site is not a forum, which is just a jumble of information. It provides targeted reviews from real residents, helping to give visitors a sense of what a place is really like. Our site is simple yet powerful, and requires no login needed for access. HottBlock is different from other review sites because it gives a real sense of place and can help people decide where to live, one of life's most important questions."
HottBlock currently offers reviews of cities and towns with populations of 5,000 individuals and above. Reviews of these smaller-sized locales allow users to narrow down their searches for the best places to live, and expand their horizons beyond the major cities.
About HottBlock:
Based in Austin, Texas, HottBlock offers real reviews of several thousand cities and towns throughout the United States. The site features reviews about general benefits and drawbacks of each city as well as insights into the best neighborhoods and fun activities. HottBlock was founded by Paul Mansour, an entrepreneur who previously founded jobbite.com, a review site of employers. For additional information on the website, visit: http://www.HottBlock.com.
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Milo.com's Black Friday Guide Lets Shoppers Verify Local Availability of Sale Products Before Braving the Crowds
Real-Time Inventory Checks Help Black Friday Shoppers Make the Most out of Their Shopping Day
PALO ALTO, Calif., Nov. 23, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Retailers lure foot traffic on Black Friday with promises of amazing deals and door-busting discounts, but how do shoppers know if a nearby store still has the product in-stock? Today, Milo.com (http://milo.com), the online leader in real-time local shopping, announced that it will feature thousands of Black Friday prices and real-time availability information for sale products at leading national merchants, including Target, Toys "R" Us and Macy's. Black Friday offers will be accessible online, on mobile phones and, beginning on Wednesday, November 24th, through the Milo Local Shopping app on Android.
Milo.com has aggregated Black Friday sale prices for more than 5,000 products, ranging from electronics and toys to apparel and home goods. (Black Friday specials will continue to be added through Friday, November 26th). To access the limited-time deals and see if a desired product is associated with a special offer, shoppers can either browse the homepage or use the Black Friday filter, located on the sidebar of search pages. Using Milo.com, shoppers are then able to locate sale items that are currently in-stock at their local stores and efficiently navigate the Black Friday rush.
"Everything we build at Milo.com is designed with the user in-mind--and we knew that shoppers wouldn't want to wait in long lines or stand in the cold only to find that the products they wanted were sold out," said Jack Abraham, founder and CEO of Milo.com. "With Milo.com, users are saved from the chaos that is Black Friday. Not only can they access thousands of Black Friday deals in one place, but they can also do real-time checks to see if a product is still in-stock at their local stores."
According to the National Retail Federation, 138 million people are expected to hit stores this Black Friday weekend, up from 134 million in 2009. With more people shopping, sale products will run out faster than ever, making it essential to know if the product you want is still in-stock before you head out the door. With instantaneous inventory information on both desktop and mobile offerings, shoppers using Milo.com will know when sale items run out and where they're still available--in real-time.
"Not only does Milo.com show shoppers what products have Black Friday specials, but we also tell them if the items are still in-stock at their local store," continued Abraham. "After all, it's not enough to know that the product was available on sale somewhere at one point in the day--Black Friday shoppers want to know where it's available now."
If you're unsure what items are in demand this holiday season, here are some trends that have emerged on Milo.com in the weeks leading up to Black Friday 2010:
-- Toys are king - Whether it's Sing a Ma Jigs, Zoobles or Squinkies, toys
with funny names are on shoppers' minds. Get your hands on them before
they go the way of the Zhu Zhu pets.
-- What goes around comes back around - At least when it comes to UGGs,
high tech digital cameras and HDTVs, which all make appearances again
this shopping season.
-- Reign of Apple continues - Apple products top the local shopping list,
with iPad leading the charge and defeating netbooks as the must-have
portable computer of the season.
-- Time to Move and Kinect - The Wii opened the door for video games and
consoles that stretch the limits of what's possible. But with
competition this year from Playstation and Xbox, Nintendo seems to have
lost its stronghold on consumers.
-- Recession-friendly? Not interested - Espresso makers and other home
entertaining items are no longer top of mind. Neither is the good old
fashioned bicycle. Instead, shiny electronics and new toys and games top
everyone's lists.
To check the real-time availability of Black Friday offers at your local stores, please visit http://milo.com.
Milo.com makes local shopping easy by enabling consumers to research products online and find them in-stock at a local store. The leader in the real-time local product search space, Milo.com tracks the availability and prices of more than 3 million products at 52,000 stores across the U.S. By combining the detailed product information and user reviews available online with the immediate and tangible benefits of shopping in local stores, Milo.com provides users the best of both worlds and makes it easy to research a variety of products, find the right prices and find in-stock items near you. Based in Palo Alto, Calif., Milo.com boasts leadership from comScore and Google, and is backed by True Ventures and prominent Silicon Valley investors and entrepreneurs from Mint.com, PayPal, Yelp, YouTube, and others. For more information, please visit http://milo.com
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Shadora.com Turns Jewelry Industry Upside Down With Rock-Bottom Prices on Genuine Gold, Silver and Gemstone Pieces
New Online Jewelry Retailer Eliminates the Middleman to Offer Discounts up to 90% Off Regular Retail on High-Quality Pieces for Special Occasion or Everyday Wear
NEW YORK, Nov. 23, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Just in time to help holiday shoppers save big on beautiful jewelry gifts this season, Shadora.com today announced the launch of its new jewelry e-tail site offering rock-bottom prices on genuine gold, silver and gemstone jewelry pieces at discounts up to 90 percent off regular retail prices.
Shadora.com makes it easy and affordable to look like a million bucks without having to spend it, or give timeless, memorable gifts without breaking the bank. Working direct with manufacturers, Shadora.com cuts out the wholesale "middleman" to keep prices and inventory low and offer deep discounts on the same pieces you'll find in any high-quality jewelry store.
"Most people don't realize there is huge markup on jewelry--sometimes more than 100 percent," said Shoshanah Posner with Shadora.com. "Who do you think is paying for that fancy, posh store, those glitzy showcases and all of that advertising? You are--with every overpriced piece you buy."
Shadora.com eliminates that costly overhead and lets shoppers buy the same pieces at unheard of prices from the comfort of their own home, "without the annoyance of finding your way through the mall or dealing with pushy sales people," Posner said. "And, every piece is shipped for free in a beautiful gift box at no additional cost. It can't get much easier to give a gorgeous and memorable gift that will last a lifetime."
From classy and conservative to stunning cocktail pieces--and even everyday accoutrements--Shadora.com offers a wide range of products, but no more than 12 at a time to keep inventory costs and markup low. Right now, a 1.59 carat sapphire ring with diamond accents is just $24.99--a 90% discount off the regular retail price of $249 and a 3 carat gemstone "Journey" pendant is just $9.99, for a savings of $130 off regular retail. Or, get a classically beautiful 1 carat diamond tennis bracelet, $999 at regular retail, for just $90. Free shipping is included with every purchase.
Now offering a wide selection of women's pieces, with men's items coming soon, Shadora.com rotates items about once daily to offer a continuously changing selection of pieces to suit any taste or style.
Make no mistake: this is not costume jewelry. Every item is 100% genuine and authentic, and customer satisfaction is guaranteed. Any piece can be returned within 14 days of purchase for a full refund--no questions asked.
"The traditional jewelry industry is pretty old school, with fancy retail stores that add little value, but a lot of cost," Posner said. "Shadora.com lets you save time and money and still look great or give great gifts sure to please just about anyone on your list."
Shadora.com is the most affordable online destination for genuine, high-quality gold, silver and gemstone jewelry for men and women. Offering a wide selection of styles at prices up to 90% off regular jewelry-store retail, Shadora.com delivers the same products found at most neighborhood retail stores conveniently shipped for free right to your door in our beautiful gift box (also free). Headquartered in New York, NY, Shadora.com is part of a family of discount retailers that includes Ben's Outlet, DynamiteTime, GlassesUnlimted and 1SaleaDay. For more information, visit http://www.shadora.com.
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Simply Walk In and Win - shopkick Is Your True Love With '12 Days of Kickmas' Sweepstakes
More than 30 Million kickbucks to Be Won Simply For Walking Into American Eagle Outfitters, Best Buy, Macy's, Sports Authority, Target And Wet Seal Stores And Simon Malls this Holiday Season
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 23, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- shopkick, the location-based shopping app that rewards shoppers simply for visiting stores, today announces "The 12 Days of Kickmas" - awarding shoppers with sweepstakes entries for a chance to win one of 12 progressive daily prize packages simply for walking in to partner retailers. Participation is simple, and no purchase is required.
Shoppers need only download the app on their iPhone or Android phone, and then each time they walk into any participating partner store they'll receive 50 entries to the sweepstakes in addition to whatever "kickbucks" the partner awards. Single entries are also accumulated with GPS-based check-ins. Partners include American Eagle Outfitters (NYSE: AEO), Best Buy (NYSE: BBY), Macy's (NYSE: M), Simon Property Group (NYSE: SPG) mall, Sports Authority, Target (NYSE: TGT) or Wet Seal store (Nasdaq: WTSLA) in many regions nationwide including Los Angeles, San Diego, and San Francisco, Calif; Miami, Fla; Chicago, Ill; Minneapolis, Minn.; and Dallas and Houston, Texas.
The entry period kicks off on Black Friday (November 26, 2010) and ends on Christmas Eve (December 24, 2010), so go shopping early and often. In total, thousands of prizes will be awarded during the 12 Days of Kickmas - culminating in a Grand Prize of 4,250,000 kickbucks. In total, 31,250,000 kickbucks will be handed out as prizes, so thousands of people will be able to redeem their winnings for prizes ranging from song downloads or magazine subscriptions to the big prize of a flat screen TV, a new winter wardrobe, skis and gear, and more.
"Imagine you walk into a store this holiday shopping season, and the second you walk in, you are not only welcomed and rewarded by your shopkick app... you might also win enough kickbucks for a game console, or an entire new wardrobe, or a golf club set, or a remodeled living room," said shopkick Co-Founder and CEO, Cyriac Roeding. "These are the 12 Days of Kickmas. With 7 blue chip partners on-board, shoppers can think of us as the eight mobile reindeer bringing loads of holiday cheer, in the form of millions and millions of kickbucks. Together, we'll brighten the season for thousands of people this holiday."
The shopkick app detects the shopkick Signal, emitted from a device located in each participating store, and delivers rewards called "kickbucks" to each user when they walk into participating stores. As a special from Black Friday through Christmas Eve, each user will also receive 50 entries to The 12 Days of Kickmas sweepstakes, for the chance to win thousands, and in some cases, millions of kickbucks. kickbucks can redeemed across all partner stores for in-store gift card rewards, song downloads, Facebook Credits to play games online, magazine subscriptions, iPods, and even donations to 30 different causes and charities.
"From Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade to tree lightings and festive events around the country, Macy's is synonymous with the holiday season," said Martine Reardon, Macy's Executive Vice President of Marketing and Advertising. "This year, the 12 Days of Kickmas takes the holiday shopping excitement to the mobile age with location-based rewards and prizing opportunities. Because shopkick can tell who actually visits our stores, we're able to provide benefits and unique programs like this to thousands of people we know walked through a Macy's door."
The 12 Days of Kickmas - What Shoppers Can Win!
Imagine, accumulating hundreds of entries to the 12 Days of Kickmas going through the traditional shopping season. Swing through Target to pick up ornaments - 50 entries; head to Sports Authority for stocking stuffers - 50 more; and more throughout your shopping trip, with no purchase necessary in any participating stores. Then, on the 12th Day of Christmas, as the Grand Prize winner, someone will have millions of kickbucks awarded simply for having walked into participating stores. Official rules will go live with the contest at: http://www.shopkick.com/sweepstakes.
That's potentially good for the sample list below, or for millions of other combos of products from partner stores:
-- Twelve drums for drumming (Best Buy)
-- Eleven denim jeggings (AE, Target, Wet Seal)
-- Ten snowboards boarding (Sports Authority)
-- Nine outfits dancing (AE, Macy's, Target, Wet Seal, Simon malls)
-- Eight dresses silky (Macy's, Target, Wet Seal)
-- Seven suits for swimming (Macy's, Sports Authority)
-- Six games for playing (Best Buy, Sports Authority, Target)
-- Fiiiiiiiiiiiiiive golden rings (Macy's)
-- Four calling phones (Target, Best Buy)
-- Three French presses (Target, Macy's)
-- Two fur gloves (Macy's)
-- And a big shiny new flatscreen TV (Best Buy, Target)
Why Partners are Excited to Gift Shoppers
American Eagle: "It is about immediacy this Holiday - which shopkick and 12 Days of Kickmas delivers. We continue to be excited about shopkick - so much that we've decided to install it in more than one hundred fifty additional stores in time for peak Holiday shopping," said Michael Dupuis, Vice President, Marketing and Operations at American Eagle Outfitters Direct.
Best Buy: "Our Best Buy Blue Shirts and Geek Squad Agents help consumers every day use technology to connect in their lives," said Matthew Smith, vice president, customer relationship marketing, Best Buy. "That same technology - such as smart phones - can improve their shopping experiences. The opportunity to deliver rewards to consumers while they shop in store is a compelling proposition, and shopkick is a great example of how we are experimenting with ways to deliver new experiences."
Sports Authority: "Imagine waking up on after the holiday season to a giant pool of kickbucks worth new skis for the whole family, or workout gear to last you through your New Year's Resolution. Magic!" said Sean Collins, SVP Marketing, Strategy, & Business Development for The Sports Authority.
Target: "At Target, we recognize our guests are connected through a multitude of mobile and social networking technologies," said Steve Eastman, president, Target.com. "Innovative mobile applications, like shopkick, provide a fun and engaging way for our guests to connect with Target now and during the holiday season, while earning valuable rewards which can be easily redeemed for future in-store purchases."
Wet Seal: "A lot of our customers come for outfits for a holiday party or school party, or to help a friend get the perfect look for a big date," said Ed Thomas, acting Chief Executive Officer of Wet Seal. "Just by walking into Wet Seal with the shopkick app, a customer could wake up one morning to find they've got more kickbucks to spend than they could have imagined. We love adding that excitement to our customers' shopping experience."
The shopkick App is available for free from the App Store on iPhone, from http://www.itunes.com/appstore/ or on Android Market.
shopkick is a new Palo Alto-based startup funded by Kleiner Perkins's iFund, Greylock Partners and Reid Hoffman, founder of LinkedIn, and investor in Facebook and Zynga. shopkick, Inc. brings the power of the mobile internet to the retail experience. shopkick launched its mobile application CauseWorld in the United States in December 2009, in partnership with Citi, Kraft Foods and Procter & Gamble, which became the fastest-growing location-based retail app in the App Store within weeks. In August 2010, shopkick launched its flagship service by the same name, the first mobile application that hands rewards and offers to consumers simply for walking into stores and malls. In partnership with Best Buy, Macy's, American Eagle, Sports Authority and Simon Property Group, the largest mall operator in the United States, shopkick introduced its free iPhone application, and immediately reached national coverage by The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, ABC, NBC, CNBC, Fox, CNN, TechCrunch, Business Insider and most other major news outlets. The free shopkick app is available for the iPhone and Android.
Glide Effortlessly Between Apple iOS and Google Android: Glide Creates File Compatibility for iPhone and iPad Users and Verizon Motorola Droid 2, T-Mobile HTC G2 and myTouch 4G Users
NEW YORK, Nov. 23, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Today Glide launched support for Verizon Droid 2 and T-Mobile G2 and myTouch 4G smartphones further extending the Glide OS compatibility platform. Glide cuts through proprietary hardware, software and file format barriers to facilitate seamless sharing and collaboration between iOS (iPhone, iPad users) and Android (Droid 2, G2, myTouch 4G users).
Glide breaks down barriers between Android and iOS and many other platforms making it easy to securely share your videos, music, documents and photos with everyone. With Glide, you can access, edit and share your files that are synced or uploaded from your PCs, Macs and other devices to Glide's GDrive. GDrive includes 30GBs of free storage effectively turning the web into your personal shared hard drive for all of your devices.
"Glide effectively makes it possible for iOS to speak Android and Android to speak iOS," said TransMedia Chairman and CEO, Donald Leka. "Verizon Droid 2 and T-Mobile G2, myTouch users can now watch QuickTime, Windows Media Video and Real Video and iPhone and iPad users can watch Windows Media Video, Real Video and Flash Video - courtesy of Glide."
Glide provides cross platform compatibility for Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, Solaris, Android, BlackBerry, iOS, Palm Pre, Symbian and Windows Mobile users based on automated device identification and file transcoding.
Free Downloadable Content Now Available for DJ Hero® 2 and Guitar Hero®: Warriors of Rock Presented by Coca-Cola®
2010's Best Soundtrack in Entertainment Expands with Downloadable Mixes Featuring Hit Music from World's Hottest DJ and Producer, Tiesto
My Chemical Romance Celebrates the Launch of Their New Album, Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys, by Bringing Four Tracks to the Guitar Hero® Music Library
SANTA MONICA, Calif., Nov. 23, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Starting today, and free for one week in the U.S. via redemption code while supplies last*, Activision Publishing Inc.'s (Nasdaq: ATVI) DJ Hero® 2 and Guitar Hero®: Warriors of Rock have joined with Coca-Cola to bring gamers exclusive downloadable content from world-renowned talents Tiesto and My Chemical Romance.
Budding beat chemists, singing sensations and their friends can expand their DJ Hero 2 sets with three exclusive mixes featuring hit music from the world's hottest DJ and Producer with the Tiesto Mix Pack Presented by Coca-Cola.
Tiesto Mix Pack Presented by Coca-Cola:
-- "Traffic" Mixed With "Louder Than Boom"
-- "Feel It In My Bones" ft. Tegan & Sara
-- "Knock You Out" ft. Emily Haines Mixed With "Young Lions"
Axe shredding rockaholics, fearless frontmen, and beat laying drummers can help celebrate the recent launch of Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys, the newest album from Reprise Records, My Chemical Romance, by jamming out to the four song My Chemical Romance Track Pack. The track pack, which contains a track off their new album, will feature the following hit songs:
My Chemical Romance Track Pack
-- "Bulletproof Heart"
-- "Helena"
-- "Teenagers"
-- "Welcome To The Black Parade"
The Tiesto Mix Pack Presented by Coca-Cola is available on Xbox LIVE® Marketplace for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, the PlayStation®Store for PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system and as downloadable singles for Wii(TM) for free from November 23 through November 29. The My Chemical Romance Track Pack is available on Xbox LIVE Marketplace for Xbox 360 for free from November 23 through November 29. Gamers can obtain downloadable content redemption codes for both packs, while supplies last, through http://www.mycoke.com/guitarhero and http://www.mycokerewards.com. For more information and details on redemption, please visit http://www.djhero.com or http://www.guitarhero.com.
Additionally, the My Chemical Romance Track Pack will be available on Xbox LIVE Marketplace for Xbox 360 for 600 Microsoft Points, on the PlayStation®Store for PlayStation 3 system for $7.49 and for Wii for 750 Wii Points(TM). All songs in the track pack will also be released as downloadable singles for Xbox 360 for 160 Microsoft Points, PlayStation 3 system for $1.99 and Wii for 200 Wii Points each. In addition to the in-game music store and Xbox LIVE Marketplace for Xbox 360, Xbox 360 owners can expand their Guitar Hero®music library using the Guitar Hero VIP Pass Music Store, available exclusively on Xbox LIVE®. For more information about Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock and its entire line-up of downloadable songs and disc imports, please visit http://www.guitarhero.com.
Beginning November 30, the Tiesto Mix Pack Presented by Coca-Cola will be available on Xbox LIVE Marketplace for Xbox 360 for 640 Microsoft Points, on the PlayStation®Store for the PlayStation 3 system for 7.99 and as downloadable singles for Wii for 300 Wii Points each. For information on how to connect your console and access DJ Hero downloadable content, please visit: http://www.djhero.com/en-us/education/download.
About Tiesto
Tiesto is the world's largest DJ, whose musical achievements are unsurpassed. Currently on his Kaleidoscope World Tour, which is the biggest DJ-only tour in history, Tiesto is playing a 14 month long schedule with over 150 dates across 6 continents to an unprecedented 1,000,000+ people.
Inspired by the likes of Pink Floyd, his arena sized shows feature music which he writes and produces, including current hits with Nelly Furtado, Jonsi from Sigur Ros, Tegan & Sara, Three 6 Mafia and Calvin Harris. Also a renowned remixer, Tiesto's touch has been demanded by the likes of Muse, Britney Spears, Justin Timberlake and Goldfrapp. He has been nominated for a Grammy, performed at the opening ceremony of the Athens Olympics with music he composed especially for the occasion, wowed the rock festival crowds at Coachella and Bonnaroo and currently has songs charting across the globe. He is, in short, the biggest DJ the world has ever seen.
About DJ Hero 2
The ultimate mixer of music and friends, DJ Hero 2 will deliver the definitive way for players to come together and party with a host of new multiplayer modes -- including DJ Battles that pit DJ against DJ in mixes produced specifically for battle gameplay -- and invite vocalists into the spotlight with integrated on-screen singing and rapping of lyrics and rhymes while bringing the party to life with jump-in/jump-out Party Play gameplay. Featuring the biggest dance, pop and hip-hop hits by the hottest artists everyone knows and loves remixed by world-class DJ's in an all-new way, the game's soundtrack delivers 83 unique creations only available in DJ Hero 2. Further immersing players into the music, the game offers a heightened level of creative input and allows everyone to add their own touch, directly impacting the beats they're spinning with freestyle scratching, crossfading and sampling. The game will also feature an all-new career-based Empire Mode where players start out as an up-and-coming DJ on the road to becoming the head of a major entertainment empire, all of which is founded solely on their success as a DJ.
Available now, DJ Hero 2 invites a wave of new digital disc jockeys to the turntables as the game is available in a Party Bundle which will include a copy of the game, two turntable controllers and a microphone, offering the ultimate "party-in-a-box." Gamers who experienced DJ Hero®, the #1 new videogame intellectual property of 2009, can pick up DJ Hero 2 as a Turntable Bundle featuring one turntable controller and a copy of the game or as standalone software. The gamewas developed by FreeStyleGames for Xbox 360, the PlayStation 3 system and the Wii system from Nintendo. The game is rated "T" (Teen - Mild Suggestive Themes, Lyrics) by the ESRB. For more information about DJ Hero 2, please visit http://www.djhero.com, http://www.facebook.com/djhero and http://www.twitter.com/djhero.
About Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock
In Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock, join with friends on an epic rock journey to save rock. Featuring an impressive 90+ track set list, a totally redesigned rock-inspired guitar controller and a host of all-new gameplay features, living room legends and their friends can strum, drum and wail in the most immersive music videogame experience to date. Delivering the quintessential rock music collection that focuses on guitar shredding hits from bands such as Black Sabbath, Slipknot and Megadeth and larger-than-life band anthems from Queen, Muse and KISS, players can unleash more rewards and unlockable content than ever before in Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock's Quest Mode, the franchise's first ever story-based mode, and Quickplay+, which invites challenge-starved fanatics to test their rock skills. Running on the powerful Guitar Hero engine that has been expanded and refined and with encores from the critically-acclaimed and fan favorite gameplay features that made Guitar Hero one of the most popular franchises of all-time -- such as Party Play, Competitive modes and any combination of up to four instruments -- the game offers a complete interactive and connected experience bringing friends and foes to the stage in the ultimate rock music experience.
Available now, Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock was developed by Neversoft Entertainment for Xbox 360 and the PlayStation 3 system and by Vicarious Visions for the Wii system from Nintendo. The game is rated "T" (Teen - Lyrics, Mild Fantasy Violence and Mild Suggestive Themes) by the ESRB. For more information about Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock, downloadable content and disc imports,please visit GuitarHero.com, facebook.com/guitarhero and twitter.com/guitarhero.
About The Coca-Cola Company
The Coca-Cola Company (NYSE: KO) is the world's largest beverage company, refreshing consumers with more than 500 sparkling and still brands. Along with Coca-Cola®, recognized as the world's most valuable brand, the Company's portfolio includes 12 other billion dollar brands, including Diet Coke®, Fanta®, Sprite®, Coca-Cola Zero(TM), vitaminwater®, Powerade®, Minute Maid®, Simply® and Georgia®. Globally, we are the No. 1 provider of sparkling beverages, juices and juice drinks and ready-to-drink teas and coffees. Through the world's largest beverage distribution system, consumers in more than 200 countries enjoy the Company's beverages at a rate of 1.6 billion servings a day. With an enduring commitment to building sustainable communities, our Company is focused on initiatives that protect the environment, conserve resources and enhance the economic development of the communities where we operate. For more information about our Company, please visit our website at http://www.thecoca-colacompany.com.
About Activision Publishing, Inc.
Headquartered in Santa Monica, California, Activision Publishing, Inc. is a leading worldwide developer, publisher and distributor of interactive entertainment and leisure products.
Activision maintains operations in the U.S., Canada, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Sweden, Spain, Norway, Denmark, the Netherlands, Australia, South Korea, China and the region of Taiwan. More information about Activision and its products can be found on the company's website, http://www.activision.com.
Guitar Hero, DJ Hero and Activision are registered trademarks of Activision Publishing, Inc. All rights reserved.
"PlayStation" is a registered trademark of Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. Microsoft, Xbox, Xbox 360, Xbox LIVE, and the Xbox logos are trademarks of the Microsoft group of companies. Wii is a trademark of Nintendo. All rights reserved.
*The My Chemical Romance Track Pack will only be free for Xbox 360.
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CONTACT: DJ Hero, Jordan Dodge, Publicist, Guitar Hero, +1-650-930-1258, jdodge@guitarhero.com, or Guitar Hero, Drew Meyer, Junior Publicist, Guitar Hero, +1-310-255-2606, ameyer@guitarhero.com, both for Activision Publishing, Inc.
AppLabs Partners With TurnKey Solutions, Further Strengthens its ERP Testing Practice
AppLabs' ERP Test Center of Excellence (TCoE) With Proven Proficiency in Building Solid Client Specific TCoEs Will Now Provide Customers a More Robust Test-Automation Service Practice Based on TurnKey's ERP Accelerator Managed Testing(TM) and cFactor
PHILADELPHIA, LONDON and HYDERABAD, India, November 23, 2010/PRNewswire/ --
- AppLabs' ERP Test Center of Excellence (TCoE) With Proven Proficiency
in Building Solid Client Specific TCoEs Will Now Provide Customers a More
Robust Test-Automation Service Practice Based on TurnKey's ERP Accelerator
Managed Testing(TM) and cFactory(TM)- Based Solutions for SAP, Oracle and
Custom Applications
AppLabs (http://www.applabs.com ), the world's largest
software testing and quality management company, ( http://www.applabs.com/html/test-center-of-excellence.html) today announced
that it has partnered with TurnKey Solutions (http://www.turnkeysolutions.com
), a leading provider of Enterprise-level, comprehensive functional testing
solutions for ERP, CRM, and custom software application environments. The
partnership will further strengthen AppLabs' strong ERP-based (SAP, Oracle,
Siebel, PeopleSoft) testing and quality management practice. The partnership
will also afford TurnKey clients access to AppLabs' global testing and
quality management technology, which is built on strong methodologies and
developed from decades of experience. AppLabs has a well established ERP Test
Center of Excellence (TCoE) practice that helps clients with test strategy,
test planning and design, functional and automation testing, transaction
testing, integration testing, business process testing, upgrade and migration
testing, and performance testing.
Commenting on the partnership, Scott Andress, Vice President
and Global Head, Alliances and Solutions Engineering, AppLabs said "By
combining AppLabs' expertise and TurnKey's ERP Accelerators, our clients now
have access to best of breed ERP testing solutions. We are confident that
this partnership will complement the expertise each company has in providing
quality test data and complete ERP testing solutions to our clients. We look
forward to a long-term, mutually beneficial business relationship with
TurnKey."
Dale Ellis, Chief Technology Officer, TurnKey Solutions said,
"We are excited about our partnership with AppLabs, which will allow us to
leverage their sizeable and experienced worldwide IVV and QA teams in
delivering Accelerator and cFactory(TM)-based solutions to our customers. By
combining AppLabs' proven test automation and ERP/CRM experience with our
best-of-breed automated testing solutions for Oracle, SAP, and custom
applications, we will be able to bring immediate benefit and strong ROI to
our client's testing efforts."
Simon Debuts Its Mobile Shopper Club Enabling Customers To Receive Text Messages on Offers and Events at the Mall
INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. 23, 2010 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Simon Property Group (NYSE: SPG), the country's largest owner, developer and manager of high quality retail real estate, today announced the debut of the Simon Mobile Shopper Club. More than 180 Simon® malls will now interact with shoppers who want to receive news of special deals and events on their mobile device via text messaging (SMS).
When a shopper opts-in to the Simon Mobile Shopper Club at their favorite Simon mall, they will receive alerts on special retailer sales or events, like Santa's arrival. While at the mall, shoppers will be encouraged to interact via SMS and even play text-in games for a chance to win great prizes.
"SMS has mass reach," said Mikael Thygesen, chief marketing officer of Simon Property Group. "Although smart phones will become more ubiquitous, SMS reaches all of our shoppers who carry a mobile phone. Adding SMS capabilities completes our already robust mobile marketing platform which includes mobile apps and a mobile-friendly website," he added.
Simon soon plans to allow shoppers to text-in for information (like mall hours) and will also test location-based SMS messages. "A mobile phone is a very personal communication channel, so the messages we send to our shoppers need to be timely, relevant, and useful," said Thygesen.
To opt-in to the Simon Mobile Shopper Club, text SMSC to 71610.
Simon Property Group
Simon Property Group, Inc. is an S&P 500 company and the largest real estate company in the U.S. The Company currently owns or has an interest in 393 retail real estate properties comprising 264 million square feet of gross leasable area in North America, Europe and Asia. Simon Property Group is headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana and employs more than 5,000 people worldwide. The Company's common stock is publicly traded on the NYSE under the symbol SPG. For further information, visit the Simon Property Group website at http://www.simon.com.
SOURCE Simon Property Group
Simon Property Group
CONTACT: Les Morris, Simon Property Group, +1-317-263-7711, lmorris@simon.com
WD Adds Variety of New Features to Its WD TV® Live(TM) Plus and WD TV Live Media Players
LAKE FOREST, Calif., Nov. 23, 2010 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Western Digital® (NYSE: WDC), the world's leader in external storage solutions, today announced the addition of several entertainment and social sites to the popular WD TV® media player family. WD TV Live(TM) (photo) and WD TV Live Plus media player (photo) customers will now be able to connect with their friends and family through Facebook® - including uploading photos and videos, sharing their status, viewing their wall and getting the latest updates from their News Feed - among other entertainment choices, all from their HDTV. Meanwhile, WD TV Live Plus media player customers in the U.S. can now instantly rent or purchase the newest movie releases the same day they become available on DVD and Blu-ray Disc(TM) through the Blockbuster® On Demand service.
In addition, new features for the WD TV Live and WD TV Live Plus media players include:
-- Deezer(TM): a personalized on-demand music service for listening to 7
million tracks anytime, anywhere and one of the most popular Internet
and mobile music offerings in Europe;
-- Flingo®: free Internet television from leading studios, TV networks,
and video websites;
-- AccuWeather.com®: a worldwide weather forecasting service; and,
-- USB wireless keyboard support: use any popular wireless keyboard with
USB dongle to easily update Facebook status and conduct YouTube®
searches.
"The WD TV family of media players lets our customers enjoy all of their personal media plus the best of the Internet on the biggest screen in the house," said Brian Miller, director of business development for WD. "We listen to our user community and integrate their feedback to continuously improve the experience with our products. That includes working with our content partners to curate the best set of Internet services to meet customers' needs."
For more information on the WD TV Live and WD TV Live Plus media players, please visit the WD TV media player family website.
Price and Availability
The WD TV Live media player is available worldwide, and the WD TV Live Plus media player is available in the U.S. and Canada (1). Products can be purchased at select U.S. and Canadian retailers and online at wdstore.com. MSRP for the WD TV Live and WD TV Live Plus media players is $129.99 USD.
About WD
WD, one of the storage industry's pioneers and long-time leaders, provides products and services for people and organizations that collect, manage and use digital information. The company designs and produces reliable, high-performance hard drives and solid state drives that keep users' data accessible and secure from loss. Its advanced technologies are configured into applications for client and enterprise computing, embedded systems and consumer electronics, as well as its own consumer storage and media products.
WD was founded in 1970. The company's storage products are marketed to leading OEMs, systems manufacturers, selected resellers and retailers under the Western Digital® and WD® brand names. Visit the Investor section of the company's website (http://www.westerndigital.com) to access a variety of financial and investor information.
WD, Western Digital and WD TV are registered trademarks and WD TV Live is a trademark of Western Digital Technologies, Inc in the U.S. and other countries. Facebook® is a registered trademark of Facebook Inc. Other marks may be mentioned herein that belong to other companies. Pictures shown may vary from actual products. Not all products may be available in all regions of the world. All product and packaging specifications subject to change without notice.
(1) Netflix, Blockbuster On Demand and Pandora services are available only in the U.S. For Netflix, unlimited membership is required. For Blockbuster On Demand, membership is required. For all services: Availability varies by country. These streaming services may be changed, terminated, or interrupted at any time.
CONTACT: Press Relations, Jennifer Taylor, +1-949-672-9880, Jennifer.Taylor@wdc.com, or Investor Relations, Bob Blair, +1-949-672-7834, Robert.Blair@wdc.com, both of Western Digital Technologies
Molex Micro Products for Smaller Applications Available at Heilind Electronics
WILMINGTON, Mass., Nov. 23, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Heilind Electronics, North America's largest interconnect distributor, has partnered with Molex Incorporated, a world leader in interconnect technology, to provide a complete menu of the industry's smallest interconnect solutions for digital product applications: Micro-Fit 3.0(TM), Micro-USB, and MicroSD memory card connectors.
Micro-USB sets the flexibility and compactness standard for ultra-thin portable devices, offering a volumetric space reduction greater than 50% versus Mini-USB. These connectors are compliant with the Micro-USB 1.0 standard and support the current USB On-the-Go (OTG) supplement, giving both designers and users the convenience of mobile point-to-point connectivity.
Micro-Fit 3.0 is a unique interconnect system designed to meet the need for small, high-contact-density signal or power connectors incorporating features previously found only on larger power connectors. These 3.00mm (.118") pitch connectors are designed for applications requiring up to 5 amps of current per circuit in a very small package. Micro-Fit products are available in 2 to 24 circuits, single or dual row, for both wire-to-board and wire-to-wire applications.
MicroSD Memory Card Connectors are designed for cell phones and other mobile devices that use removable flash memory to store text, photos, games, video and audio. These new connectors offer a 70% space reduction over miniSD products and include a brake feature for smooth card extraction.
Heilind Electronics' extensive inventory of Molex products supports a wide range of markets including medical, automotive, transportation, energy, industrial controls and data communications. Heilind is Molex's largest distributor with the most complete inventory of Molex products. In addition to the world's largest interconnect inventory, Heilind offers a powerful and flexible portfolio of supply chain and logistics management tools & services, while delivering unsurpassed customer service.
About Heilind Electronics
Founded in 1974, Heilind Electronics, Inc. (http://www.heilind.com) is one of the world's leading distributors of connectors, relays, switches, thermal management & circuit protection products, terminal blocks, wire & cable, wiring accessories and insulation & identification products. Heilind has 25 North American sales offices, two automated distribution centers and a highly versatile value-added center. Follow Heilind on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/Heilind and on Twitter at http://twitter.com/Heilind.
VoX Communications to Launch Ojo Vision Digital Video Phone
THE VOX UNLIMITED VIDEO AND VOICE PLAN WILL BECOME AVAILABLE ON THE DESKTOP BUSINESS CLASS VIDEO PHONE THAT OFFERS A BRILLIANT SEVEN-INCH HIGH-RESOLUTION COLOR LCD SCREEN
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y., Nov. 23, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Pervasip Corp. (OTC Bulletin Board: PVSP) announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, VoX Communications Corp., a leading provider of wholesale Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) telephone services and smartphone applications, has successfully implemented the Ojo Vision Digital Video Phone within its network and will become one of the first companies to offer a seven-inch business class video phone with unlimited calling plans for both voice and video.
Pervasip's Chief Information Officer, Mark Richards, noted, "We are very excited to become one of the first companies to be able to offer this incredible product to both our retail and wholesale customer base. We have seen many video products over the years, and until now, none came up to our rigorous testing standards of quality. The Worldgate Ojo Phone not only did that, but it surpassed even our expectations of what a business class video phone product should be. The user experience from the minute the phone is unboxed is painless and the device brings immediate satisfaction to the consumer from the moment it is powered on. The VoX network was able to easily support this product. We are passing the H.264 video stream from phone to phone and SIP messages on our network with zero defect and with crisp and clear video and audio. We see this product fitting a high demand business market that sits between Skype and similar products on the low end, and the higher quality products offered by Cisco and others at the high end of the market. The unit has RGB out jacks so that consumers can plug a large screen LCD into the back for conference room video conferences for a cost that equates to a fraction of the existing high quality solutions available in the market today. VoX expects to launch the product to both retail and wholesale customers in the first quarter of 2011."
VoX Communications Corp. delivers wholesale voice over IP (VoIP) telephone services for the residential and small business markets. VoX differentiates itself through a unique combination of high quality voice services, flexible back-office capabilities and automated provisioning systems. VoX recently entered the mobile VoIP services and applications arena, which is expected to approach 300 million users by 2013. It offers a feature-rich, low-cost, high-quality alternative to traditional phone services. For more information, please visit http://www.voxcorp.net.
Forward-looking statements: This release contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. Pervasip's actual results may differ materially from the results discussed in the forward-looking statements. Factors that might cause such a difference include, among others, certain risks and uncertainties over which the company may have no control. For further discussion of such risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual results to differ from those contained in the forward-looking statements, see the discussions contained in Pervasip's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended November 30, 2009 and any subsequent SEC filings.
SOURCE Pervasip Corp.
Pervasip Corp.
CONTACT: Paul H. Riss, CEO of Pervasip Corp., +1-212-404-7633, phriss@pervasip.com
Siano Launches Integrated Receiver Chip for Latin America's Emerging Digital TV Market
SMS2270 targets ISDB-T TV Sets and Set-Top Boxes, PC TV, and Car TVs
SAO PAULO, Nov. 23, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Siano Mobile Silicon (http://www.siano-ms.com), the leading supplier of digital mobile TV receiver chips, announced today the launch of a new product, targeting the digital TV markets of Latin America and Japan. The SMS2270 supports the ISDB-T high definition DTV technology, also known as ISDB-T "full-segment".
After remarkable success in the mobile segment of the DTV market in Latin America, the new Siano product now addresses the home TV market, car TV, and high-definition portable TV applications. Introducing best-in-class performance, the integrated RF tuner and demodulator single chip from Siano allows crystal-clear reception even in tough conditions, such as when using a sub-optimized antenna, deep-indoor locations, and noisy electronic environment.
"Most countries in Latin America are pushing to accelerate the transition from analog to digital TV," said Alexandre Goldman, Telecom Research and Consulting Manager - Brazil for IDC. "A necessary condition for that is the availability of affordable digital TV sets and set-top boxes that can be used by the mass population in these countries. Siano's new receiver products support the increasing demand for a high quality, cost-effective front end solution."
ISDB-T DTV services already cover most of the populations in Brazil, Argentina, Chile, and other countries.
"Latin America is the first region where Siano operates not only in the mobile DTV space, but also in the home DTV market," said Alon Ironi, CEO of Siano. "The new SMS2270 positions Siano as the leading supplier of "front end" solutions for ISDB-T devices."
In addition to the ISDB-T DTV format, deployed in Latin America and Japan, the SMS2270 also supports the DVB-T format, which is deployed in Europe, Australia, and some places in the Middle East and Southeast Asia. This allows manufactures of TV sets and set-top boxes to efficiently make products for multiple target markets using the same design and same component inventory.
With a built-in USB 2.0 core as well as an MPEG2 Transport Stream interface, the SMS2270 is ideal for PC cards and motherboards, as well as for TV sets and set-top boxes.
The SMS2270 is available in samples to select customers. Siano reported that it is already engaged with a few customers developing electronic products using the SMS2270.
About Siano Mobile Silicon
Siano Mobile Silicon is the leading mobile digital TV chip maker in the world. Pioneers of the multi-standard approach, Siano's highly integrated silicon receiver chips enable high-performance, fast time-to-market mobile TV solutions for handheld device makers. Siano offers a complete family of MDTV receiver chips for the key emerging mobile TV markets in Europe, South America and China and works closely with global tier-1 PC and mobile handset manufacturers. Siano will be awarded at the 2011 CES Show with an Innovations Design and Engineering Award. Siano is a global company with offices in North America, China, Taiwan, Korea, LATAM (Brazil) and EMEA (Israel).
For more information on Siano Mobile Silicon's solutions, please visit:
The Dealmap Unveils First-Ever Mobile Map View of Black Friday Sales
Company Makes Finding Nearby Holiday Sales Easy by Geo-Coding Black Friday Deals
MENLO PARK, Calif., Nov. 23, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- The Dealmap® (http://www.thedealmap.com), the most comprehensive source for consumers to find and share local deals, today announced it has categorized and mapped more than 165,000 unique Black Friday product offers at more than 52,000 retail locations so that consumers can easily find nearby holiday sales. The Dealmap's Android and iPhone apps are the first and only mobile applications that make use of location awareness to display nearby Black Friday deals on a map.
Unlike existing mobile applications and websites that typically just display reprinted Black Friday ads or general brand-level listings, The Dealmap has geo-coded these offers so people can quickly view nearby deals on a map. Additionally, people using The Dealmap's mobile apps will receive a notification if there are Black Friday sales near their location. A recent research study underscored the value of these unique features, revealing that finding store locations is the most valuable location-based feature among mobile users, and also noting that a third of respondents would be willing to travel more than 5 miles to redeem a retail offer they received on their mobile device.(1)
The Dealmap mobile apps and website give people the most comprehensive view of nearby local deals, including both daily deals and local deals at national chains. In only three months, The Dealmap's apps have been installed by more than 300,000 people and have received a number of accolades including being named one of Gizmodo's "Apps of the Week."
"People love finding great deals, especially during the holidays, and we're helping to make that easier this holiday season," said Jennifer Dulski, co-founder and chief executive officer of The Dealmap. "Our recent work indexing and geo-coding Black Friday also enhances our position as the leading source of local and daily deals, on both mobile devices and the web."
Helping Local Businesses Promote Black Friday Deals
In addition to helping consumers find holiday deals, The Dealmap is also enabling local businesses to promote their holiday offers to shoppers. Businesses can use the company's deal submit tool to upload an offer and add the tag "Black Friday" to have it appear in the Black Friday category on The Dealmap mobile applications and its website. Businesses can submit offers directly to The Dealmap at: http://www.thedealmap.com/submit.
People can visit The Dealmap today to view Black Friday deals, and can learn more about the company's mobile applications at: http://www.thedealmap.com/mobile.
About The Dealmap
The Dealmap is the most comprehensive source for consumers to find and share the hottest local deals, all in one place. The Dealmap aggregates the largest number of local deals on the Web, and makes previously hard-to-find deals available to people when and where they want them, through its website, mobile and social applications, and its daily email. The site showcases discounts of up to 90% off multiple business categories, including restaurants, attractions, hotels, spas, salons, entertainment, shops and more. Using Center'd® SentimentAnalysis, The Dealmap also integrates detailed insights about local businesses, giving people the information they need to make better local purchasing decisions. Consumers and businesses can submit offers directly to The Dealmap website.
The Dealmap is owned and operated by Center'd Corporation, a local search and discovery company that organizes and distributes unique content based on its SentimentAnalysis(TM) technology. Headquartered in Menlo Park, California, Center'd is led by former Microsoft and Yahoo! executives, and is funded by Norwest Venture Partners and KeyNote Ventures.
(1) JiWire, Nov. 2010
SOURCE The Dealmap
The Dealmap
CONTACT: Dan Visnick of Center'd, +1-415-595-4946, dan@centerd.com, for The Dealmap
LeakedBlackFridayDeals.com Takes the Guessing Out of Black Friday
NEW YORK, Nov. 23, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- LeakedBlackFridayDeals.com will serve eager, deal-seeking shoppers this year as a roadmap for the best Black Friday deals. This website gets wind of Black Friday deals before the general public, so rather than being uninformed and not being sure of the deals that await you, consumers can now get the scoop ahead of time.
"Black Friday is always such a crapshoot and customers are always left in the dark. LeakedBlackFridayDeals.com is here to change that. We're here to inform consumers on what deals they can find and where," says LeakedBlackFridayDeals.com President Nick Kamau. "We are covering everything from small business leaked deals to as-seen-on-TV deals - we are not leaving anyone behind; we even have Snuggie deals on there."
Black Friday is the busiest shopping day of the year. Last year, in a down economy, sales on Black Friday in brick-and-mortar stores, according to Reuters, were $10.66 billion and online Black Friday sales, according to ComScore, were $595 million. With the economy in somewhat of a recovery mode, numbers are expected to rise this Black Friday. This year Black Friday falls on November 26th.
About LeakedBlackFridayDeals.com
LeakedBlackFridayDeals.com provides visitors the information to find the best Black Friday deals weeks before the Black Friday shopping holiday. Deals can be found by item, such as HDTVs, by retail store such as Amazon, or by company such as Apple. There is also a section where visitors can submit deals in the rare instance that they are aware of a deal that the site is not covering. http://www.leakedblackfridaydeals.com
Media Contact:
Nick Kamau
Email: blackfriday@leakedblackfridaydeals.com
877-858-2564
This press release was issued through eReleases(R). For more information, visit eReleases Press Release Distribution at http://www.ereleases.com.
SOURCE LeakedBlackFridayDeals.com
LeakedBlackFridayDeals.com
CONTACT: Nick Kamau, 1-877-858-2564, blackfriday@leakedblackfridaydeals.com
Metro's New metro&moi Loyalty Program Powered by Givex
MONTREAL, Nov. 23 /PRNewswire/ - Givex, a global technology company, empowering
businesses with the tools to acquire, learn, communicate and reward
their customers, just announced their partnership with national
supermarket chain, Metro, on their new loyalty program, metro&moi
(metro&me). Givex has provided gift certificate and gift card solutions
to Metro since 2006 and is the engine behind metro&moi.
As the metro&moi service provider, Givex draws on over a decade of
experience in loyalty technology to provide Metro with deep
customization and customer engagement tools. Since the Quebec-wide
program rollout in September, customers have flocked to Metro to
collect points with their every purchase and redeem them for further
savings. The information collected by the metro&moi program is
invaluable to Metro's efforts to tailor its promotions and product
selection for each customer and maintain its position as the
supermarket of choice.
"Metro has designed a loyalty program that is truly exceptional," says
Amanda French, VP Partner & Client Development, Givex. "In addition to
rewards, metro&moi incorporates data collection, personalization and
targeted customer email communication. We're very glad that we can help
Metro realize their vision and connect with their loyal shoppers."
Each customer's relationship with a business changes over time and
requires exceptional, personalized service ranging from communication
to rewards. More businesses are recognizing this and will be following
Metro's lead to engage their shoppers on all levels.
About Givex
Givex's technology has now significantly evolved from the first gift
card and loyalty programs that began in 1999. We now provide
customizable tools that empower businesses of all kinds to acquire new
customers, build, maintain and expand their customer database,
effectively communicate with customers, and finally understand and
reward their most loyal customers. Find out more at http://www.givex.com.
WCET Partners with Sonic Foundry to Create Hybrid Conference
22nd annual WCET Connect Conference available online via Mediasite
MADISON, Wis., Nov. 23, 2010 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Sonic Foundry, Inc. (Nasdaq: SOFO), the recognized market leader for rich media webcasting, lecture capture and knowledge management, today announced that WICHE Cooperative for Educational Technologies (WCET) selected Sonic Foundry to webcast their 22nd Annual Conference.
Using Mediasite to record and archive the sessions is part of a greater initiative by WCET to connect virtual and in-person attendees. All general sessions of the conference were streamed and participants were encouraged to use Twitter to follow the conversation using the hashtag #wcet10.
"As WCET has evolved over the years, we realize it's essential to connect to our audience in different ways. We are excited to offer so many virtual components to our participants this year, especially Mediasite, a unique platform that gives our virtual attendees a seat at the WCET Annual Conference," said Megan Raymond, manager of WCET's events and programs.
Presentation materials have been posted to the WCET Annual Conference Slideshare page, and on-demand sessions are available at http://sofo.com/af384. Featured sessions in the Mediasite video archive include the results of the 2010 Managing Online Education Survey, a collaborative project sponsored by WCET and The Campus Computing Project
"The Mediasite archive of the WCET conference is a great resource because it extends the reach and impact of the WCET conference to a national and indeed global audience,' said Kenneth C. Green, founding director of The Campus Computing Project.
WCET was founded by the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE) in 1989 as the Western Cooperative for Educational Telecommunications. WCET's early goals were to meet a growing need to integrate distance learning and education technology into the academic services of higher education institutions across 15 Western states. These institutions chose to join forces to evaluate and share best practices, knowing the challenges and solutions were bigger than any one institution or state. Since then, WCET has evolved beyond its Western focus. Membership spans the nation, representing nearly every state and several countries. Today, we are changing our name to the WICHE Cooperative for Educational Technologies to reflect the national scope of our membership, and to realign with our parent organization.
WCET's annual membership conference was webcast with Mediasite by Sonic Foundry. Since 2003, Sonic Foundry's lecture capture platform and services have set the standard for delivering exceptional instruction and sharing knowledge online. Trusted by more than 800 educational institutions worldwide, the Mediasite lecture capture and content management system automates the recording, delivery and management of multimedia presentations that combine video and accompanying visual aids for live or on-demand viewing.
About WCET (WICHE Cooperative for Educational Technologies)
WCET accelerates the adoption of effective practices and policies, advancing excellence in technology-enhanced teaching and learning in higher education.
About Sonic Foundry®, Inc.
Sonic Foundry (Nasdaq: SOFO, http://www.sonicfoundry.com) is the global leader for rich media webcasting and knowledge management, providing enterprise communication solutions for education, business and government. Powered by Mediasite, the patented webcasting platform which automates the capture, management, delivery and search of lectures, online training and briefings, Sonic Foundry empowers people to transform the way they communicate. Through the Mediasite platform and its Event Services group, the company helps customers connect a dynamic, evolving world of shared knowledge and envisions a future where learners and workers around the globe use webcasting to bridge time and distance, accelerate research and improve performance. Product and service names mentioned herein are the trademarks of Sonic Foundry, Inc. or their respective owners.
Certain statements contained in this news release regarding matters that are not historical facts may be forward-looking statements. Because such forward-looking statements include risks and uncertainties, actual results may differ materially from those expressed in or implied by such forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially include, but are not limited to, uncertainties pertaining to continued market acceptance for Sonic Foundry's products, its ability to succeed in capturing significant revenues from media services and/or systems, the effect of new competitors in its market, integration of acquired business and other risk factors identified from time to time in its filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
SOURCE Sonic Foundry, Inc.
Sonic Foundry, Inc.
CONTACT: Tammy Kramer of Sonic Foundry, Inc., +1-608-237-8592, tammyk@sonicfoundry.com
ZebraDingo LLC Launches Consumer-Driven Penny Auction Site 'For The Rest of Us'
ATLANTA, Nov. 23, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- At ZebraDingo LLC (http://www.ZebraDingo.com) you can purchase an iPod or iPad for $25? Or how about the new Xbox for $10? These are the kinds of deals that have made penny auctions such a hot offering. Bidders pay a small fee that enables them to bid on typically expensive items - raising the price by only a penny each time and often winning items for a tiny fraction of their original cost. Unfortunately, many penny auction sites are now the purview of professional bidders and site owners who sell only highly specialized items. Often, sites have a policy of no returns and poor customer service.
ZebraDingo is changing all that with a new penny auction site based on a unique proposition - an auction site designed so that everybody has an equal chance to participate. Billed by its founders as "the penny auction site for the rest of us," ZebraDingo.com features electronics, housewares, children's toys and games, computers and accessories.
"Anyone who has ever won anything in a penny auction knows how much fun they are - and how phenomenal the savings can be," says Jason Goldman, Co-Founder of ZebraDingo. "Too many penny auctions sell what the site's owners want to sell, to people who are professional bidders. ZebraDingo is just the opposite."
ZebraDingo features:
-- A NO QUESTIONS ASKED RETURN POLICY.
-- Rapid shipping within two (2) business days of payment.
-- Special "rookie auctions" for bidders who have never won an auction
previously on ZebraDingo. Typically limited to items costing $100.00 or
less, these special events introduce new users to penny auctions in a
safe protected environment, without competition from more experienced
bidders.
ZebraDingo is also introducing a special program for customers who sign up before the end of the year. Anyone who bids on an item before then will receive bonus coupons and exclusive deals throughout the coming year.
"ZebraDingo is as much a community as it is a selling site," adds Roger Scott, the other Co-Founder of ZebraDingo. "Our customers help select which types of items are placed for auction. We also support charity auctions for fundraisers - anything from local football booster programs to national organizations who need to boost attention as well as revenues."
"The penny auction concept isn't new," explains Scott. "But the idea of a customer-oriented, service-driven penny auction site is. It's a win-win for everyone involved."
About ZebraDingo:
Founded by experienced IT and mail order professionals with a solid background in international sales, manufacturing and distribution, ZebraDingo is currently available and offering goods for auction. For more information on ZebraDingo, its fundraising programs or to begin bidding, please visit the auction site at http://www.zebradingo.com.
This release was issued on behalf of the above organization by Send2Press(R), a unit of Neotrope(R). http://www.Send2Press.com
SOURCE ZebraDingo LLC
ZebraDingo LLC
CONTACT: Sarah Cho of ZebraDingo, +1-678-561-0243, pr@zebradingo.com
NFL Star Chad Ochocinco and Rock Software Top the iTunes Charts with 'Mad Chad' Mobile Game
IRVINE, Calif., Nov. 23, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Rock Software knows a thing or two about making addictive mobile games. After all, their "Chad Ochocinco Official App," one of the first apps created for a professional athlete, immediately went #1 in iTunes and remains at the top of the charts for most downloaded apps.
Now the Rock Software team has delivered another chart topper - "Mad Chad," a game designed for the iPhone and iPod Touch that features 20 levels set around the world. Explore the beautiful beaches of Miami to the top of the Great Wall of China in pursuit of Chad's pigeon. Integrated through social media, Twitter and Facebook users have the ability to tweet and post messages directly from the game's interface as they advance each level.
"Mad Chad" launched Thursday and sped to the top (#4) of Apple's App Store charts in less than 24 hours. "We believe the rankings are reflective of our strength and range not only in the mobile app (or gaming) arena but in social media as well. We couldn't be more pleased with the overwhelming support the game has received through social networks the past few days."
"Now when you are bored, you can not only follow my life on Twitter, but you can also play my game," says Ochocinco. "Since I am the interesting one, I'm going to make sure you've always got something to do."
Rock Software, a leader in social games and applications for mobile devices is based in Irvine, California. Each game is designed around a famous celebrity or entity. Some of Rock Software clients include Chad Ochocinco, Mike Tyson, Kevin Durant, Dwight Howard, Terrell Owens, Jared Allen, Floyd Mayweather and others. Mike Tyson's mobile game will be released in December 2010.
Contact: Myleik Teele
Art Of Facts PR
myleik@artoffactspr.com
Contact: Grant Zanini
Rock Software, Inc.
grant.zanini@rocksoftware.com
SOURCE Rock Software
Rock Software
CONTACT: Myleik Teele, Art Of Facts PR, myleik@artoffactspr.com; or Grant Zanini, Rock Software, Inc., grant.zanini@rocksoftware.com
New Waterproof iPad Case Makes a Splash in Time for the Holidays
The Drycase Folio is the first waterproof iPad case with a built in waterproof speaker mic jack that allows users to listen and speak through their microphone headset.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Nov. 23, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- After providing waterproof iPod cases for years, CS ideas announces the addition of Drycase Folio waterproof iPad cases that allow full use of touchscreen and controls on the iPad while it's sealed safely inside. With more than 4 million iPads sold worldwide in the three months up to September (as reported by AFP), more and more owners want to protect their iPad from rain, sand, splash and more, allowing them the freedom to take and use their iPads into nearly any condition.
The Drycase Folio is the first waterproof iPad case with a built-in waterproof speaker mic jack that will allow users to listen and speak through the iPad with a microphone headset. This specialty jack gives users the ability to make calls, use voice apps and listen to movies by the pool, at the beach or even out on the boat.
Drycase features a unique waterproof closure and vacuum seal system to lock the iPad safely inside the case. Users seal the iPad inside and use the included vacuum pump to remove the excess air, ensuring that the case is properly sealed. When properly sealed, the case is impervious to liquids, sand, salt and even submersion.
On the backside of the iPad case, the manufacturer has included dual support loops and neoprene velcro bands for holding and mounting the iPad in industrial or marine applications.
"This waterproof iPad case has been designed with innovative features to specifically fit the next generation of personal, mobile computing," states Toi Chance-Sangthong, President of CS ideas.
"With nearly 10 years experience in the waterproof market, our customers count on us to bring them the latest in waterproof protection for their electronics and outdoor use, the Drycase Waterproof iPad Case helps us continue in this tradition," says Chance-Sangthong.
CS ideas features more than 200 different waterproof cases, fanny packs, iPod and iPad cases at http://www.waterproofcases.net CS ideas is committed to giving back, making donations and sponsoring a variety of water-based worthy causes and non-profit organizations. Customers looking to purchase waterproof cases for their iPad can visit WaterproofCases.net to purchase directly from the website.
SOURCE CS ideas
CS ideas
CONTACT: Michelle Chance-Sangthong, +1-904-654-2012, michelle@redhawkstrategies.com, for CS ideas
Huntington Webinar Highlights Financing Options Available to Businesses
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Nov. 23, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Three Huntington (Nasdaq: HBAN) (http://www.huntington.com) experts will discuss financing options beyond traditional loans and lines of credit as part of a free, one-hour webinar titled "Financing Options for Your Business." The live webinar, which will feature a question and answer period for attendees, will be held on Thursday, Dec. 2 at 12:30 p.m. (E.T.).
Topics include:
-- How to make the most of recently expanded U.S. Small Business
Administration (SBA) programs
-- How equipment leasing can help with cash flow
-- How to tell if mezzanine financing is the right choice
Webinar speakers include Craig Street, Huntington director of SBA lending; Rick Remiker, president, Huntington Equipment Finance; and Randy Stickler, Huntington senior executive vice president.
"Business leaders are looking for access to capital and financing alternatives to help them better manage cash flow," said James E. Dunlap, Huntington senior executive vice president and director of Regional and Commercial Banking. "This webinar is just one way that Huntington is reaching out to our business customers to ensure they are informed of all their financing options, which will allow them to focus on growing and expanding their businesses."
Huntington Bancshares Incorporated is a $53 billion regional bank holding company headquartered in Columbus, Ohio. Founded in 1866, Huntington provides a full range of financial services through its affiliated companies, including checking, loans, savings, insurance and investment services. It has more than 600 branches and also offers retail and commercial financial services online at Huntington.com; through its telephone bank; and through its network of over 1,350 ATMs. Huntington's Auto Finance and Dealer Services group offers automobile loans to consumers and commercial loans to automobile dealers within its six-state banking franchise area, as well as selected New England states.
The logo mark and Huntington® are federally registered service marks of Huntington Bancshares Incorporated.
SOURCE Huntington Bancshares Incorporated
Huntington Bancshares Incorporated
CONTACT: Laura Bowers, +1-614-480-4835, laura.bowers@huntington.com
The New FreeOneHand(TM) iPad® Holder & Stand Is the Most Comfortable Way to Hold and Use Your iPad
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 23, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- FreeOneHand iPad Holder and Stand is a multi-function iPad accessory that provides a one-handed grip, ergonomic design, and works as a stand in portrait and landscape orientations, left or right handed, anywhere you can imagine.
FreeOneHand lets you comfortably hold your iPad in one hand, freeing the other for making presentations, data entry, sending emails, reading to kids, experiencing magazines, surfing the web and more. The secure grip eliminates the worry of dropping your iPad, and "raised feet" protect the display when set screen side down.
Ergonomic design
Ergonomic Specialists were consulted during product design to create the most ergonomically efficient way to hold and use your iPad with one hand. FreeOneHand's Patent Pending "Power Grip" uses 5 times less energy than a typical "pinch grip" to hold your iPad. FreeOneHand is designed to take the weight and strain of holding a 1.5 pound iPad off your hands and wrists.
Weighing only 2.3 ounces (.065 kilograms) FreeOneHand's lightweight elastomer construction provides enough rigidity to hold a 1.6 pound iPad, while keeping a rubber-like softness for comfort during use. FreeOneHand also provides a comfortable typing position, when used as a stand.
There's no wrong way to hold FreeOneHand, which provides countless grip options to hold your iPad, so hold it any way that feels comfortable for hours of effortless use.
Great as an iPad stand or easel
Free two hands when you use it as an iPad Stand. FreeOneHand grips any surface protecting your iPad from falls, and is stable in portrait and landscape orientations providing a natural typing position. Perfectly angled for working on documents, playing games, watching movies and sharing the view with family, friends and colleagues.
Attractive
FreeOneHand comes in 6 vibrant colors: Bright White, Silver, Ebony, Lime Green, Sky Blue and Rose Pink to blend into the palette of any office, room or outfit.
Great gifts for anyone with an iPad, FreeOneHand iPad Holder & Stand is available for $39.94. Proudly made in the USA, FreeOneHand iPad accessories come with a 100% Replacement Guarantee.
New Feature Ensures Most Popular Coupons Will Work Every Time
CHICAGO, Nov. 23, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- CouponCabin.com, a leading online coupon resource, has launched The CouponCabin Guarantee, ensuring that its most popular coupons will work every time.
Since its inception in 2003, CouponCabin.com has engaged in rigorous testing of its coupons up to three times a week.
"We know how frustrating it is to be at the checkout page, excited to be saving money with a coupon code, only to have it not work," said Scott Kluth, Founder and President of CouponCabin.com. "We have always focused on posting only valid coupons, but now we're taking it a step further and guaranteeing they will work every time."
Starting on November 22, CouponCabin.com users will find offers marked with a gold star that are "Guaranteed to Work." If for some reason one of these coupons doesn't work, CouponCabin.com will buy that shopper dinner.
"If we goofed up and you catch it, you'll get a $25 Restaurant.com gift certificate as a thank you for keeping us on our toes," added Kluth. "Even if the offer you clicked was only for $10 off or for free shipping!"
About CouponCabin.com
CouponCabin.com offers online coupon codes, printable coupons, grocery coupons and local coupons without requiring its users to share any personal information. The site has grown from 150 stores and 1,000 offers in 2003 to 2,800+ online stores with more than 108,000 offers. CouponCabin.com offers live chat help and a weekly newsletter highlighting the latest top deals. The average CouponCabin.com shopper spends 80 seconds on the site and saves $19 per order. CouponCabin.com(TM) shoppers have clicked 192,452,943 coupons and deals since launching in August 2003. For more information, please visit http://www.CouponCabin.com.
SOURCE CouponCabin.com
CouponCabin.com
CONTACT: Lauren Boukas of CouponCabin.com, +1-312-386-7842, lauren@couponcabin.net
World-Leading Bands Muse, Faithless, and Groundbreaking New Artists Metric and Eliza Doolittle, Call for Innovative Mobile Apps in The GSMA's Band App Audition
LONDON, Nov. 23, 2010/PRNewswire/ -- The GSMA has brought together world-leading music bands Muse, Faithless, and upcoming new artists Metric and Eliza Doolittle for the first ever GSMA Band App Audition, an app developer competition calling for innovative mobile app concepts for the artists to engage with their fans throughout the world.
The competition, organised by the GSMA in partnership with the Featured Artists Coalition (FAC) and the Music Managers Forum (MMF) is open from 23rd November until January 15th 2011. The finalists and winners will be announced at the App Planet event at the GSMA Mobile World Congress being held 14-17 February, 2011. App developers can download individual mobile app briefs, along with graphics, tracks and other content assets from each of the artists at: http://www.mobileappchallenge.com/challenges/bands
"The Band App Audition has been created for app developers to showcase innovative and creative new ways that artists can engage and interact with fans around the world, across all mobile OS platforms," said Michael O'Hara, chief market officer, GSMA. "This is the first competition of its kind, and we are delighted to have such a fantastic line-up of world leading and new artists participating in the contest."
FAC Co-Chairman and Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason adds, "Artists need innovative and compelling ways to maintain and grow the relationships that they have with their fans. The Band App Audition is a creative way to achieve this by bringing artists and app developers closer together; and importantly all this is being done in a way that artists can direct."
The competition calls for 3 minute video submissions succinctly outlining the basic concept behind the app entry. The contest will be judged by the artists and their management, and competition prizes range from the opportunity to engage with the participating bands to develop the official mobile app, as well as meet and greets, tour tickets, merchandise and other prizes.
British group Muse has cemented their position as one of the world's premier rock bands. Their third consecutive number one album in the UK, 'The Resistance', released in 2009, went on to top the charts in a further 21 countries. The 2009-10 tour saw the band playing to sold out arenas and stadiums around the world (including two nights at London's Wembley Stadium and two nights at Paris' Stade de France) selling 1.5 million tickets along the way.
"As the band head back into the studio, they are looking for a mobile app to keep fans engaged with their activities between album releases," said Anthony Addis, Manager of Muse. "They are looking forward to seeing what great new ideas developers come up with as a response to the brief."
Faithless have always been musical movers and shakers as well as icons for the club scene. First emerging in the mid-1990s, the idea that a dance music act could produce rich full-length albums rather than one-off tracks, pack out live concerts and bring together all kinds of genres and music fans seemed quite revolutionary. Fourteen years, several albums and numerous global tours, festivals and hits later, those Faithless qualities have become benchmarks of the 21st-century music scene.
"Faithless is looking for an app that reflects their pioneering dance ethos through the use of cutting edge technology," said the band's manager, Craig Newman. "The GSMA's Band App Audition is a great musical experiment that we hope will unearth some new and innovative thinking from the world of mobile app developers."
Metric is a Canadian indie rock and New Wave band, originally formed in Toronto, Canada. With its 2009 Fantasies release, Metric broke ground by becoming an Alternative sensation without the benefit of ever being signed to a major label. A major factor in that independent success was the band's innovative use of digital media to market the release and stay close to fans. The band's latest release: "Eclipse (All Yours)" is featured in the latest movie in The Twilight Saga.
Through its participation in the Band App Audition, Metric looks to break new ground in the type of fan interaction that can be facilitated by a mobile app. "It will not be sufficient to simply replicate or translate a web browser experience to a mobile device," said Mathieu Drouin, Manager of Metric. "The winning developer will demonstrate functionality that utilizes the unique marketing and fan interaction possibilities that mobile technology affords."
Eliza Doolittle is a London based singer songwriter who saw her first self titled release reach Number 3 in the UK charts and go gold in just three weeks this summer. Still in the early stages of her career, Eliza is certainly an artist to watch. 2011 will be a busy year for her with a tour set to be announced soon that will see her playing shows in the US, Europe, Australia and of course the UK.
George Roberts-Bascombe, Eliza's manager says, "We are so excited about the Band App Audition. Social networking has been a key element in helping Eliza achieve the success that she's seen to-date and as far as apps go, we're just at the tip of the iceberg as to what is possible, so Eliza is looking forward to seeing just how creative the developer community can be."
About the GSMA
The GSMA represents the interests of the worldwide mobile communications industry. Spanning 219 countries, the GSMA unites nearly 800 of the world's mobile operators, as well as more than 200 companies in the broader mobile ecosystem, including handset makers, software companies, equipment providers, Internet companies, and media and entertainment organisations. The GSMA is focused on innovating, incubating and creating new opportunities for its membership, all with the end goal of driving the growth of the mobile communications industry.
The Featured Artists Coalition is a not-for-profit organisation set up by and run by recording artists. It exists to make sure that artists always have a powerful, collective voice. The FAC is also there to help its members navigate both the technology and business landscapes and the modern music industry.
The FAC has over 2,500 supporters and its board of directors includes: Kate Nash, Billy Bragg, Master Shortie, Mark Kelly (Marillion), Hal Ritson (The Young Punx), Nick Mason (Pink Floyd), Dave Rowntree (Blur), Annie Lennox, Sandie Shaw, Ross Millard (The Futureheads), Howard Jones, Lucy Pullin (The Fire Escapes), Ed O'Brien (Radiohead), Fran Healy (Travis) & Rumer.
Since its inception in 1992, the MMF has worked hard to educate, inform and represent UK managers (and their artists) as well as offering a network through which managers can share experiences, opportunities and information.
While this work continues, the MMF is focusing more and more in this time of change on providing real, meaningful value for its Members and their artists - helping unlock investment, finding eyeballs for artists, opening up new markets, and improving margins.
A wide range of general and specific benefits are already available to all, and all Members are encouraged play an active part in the organisation that aims to be their professional voice. Membership is open to any UK-based artist manager.
eBuilder Delivers its Cloud-based Travel Solution to Volvo Cars
STOCKHOLM, November 23, 2010/PRNewswire/ -- Swedish eBuilder has been contracted to supply its travel and expense
management functionality to Volvo Cars (VCC) during the next three years.
Initially the solution will be available to all Volvo Car employees in Sweden
and Belgium with the possibility for a global rollout in the future. The
service, provided on a convenient subscription basis, began on November 15,
2010.
"We won this order thanks to several factors: our exceptional
functionality, architecture, delivery time and financing model," says Bengt
Wallentin, eBuilder co-founder and CEO. "Ease of use is also a real strength.
Volvo employees will be able to quickly enter their expenditures. The net
benefit on both the individual user level and the organizational level is
less administration and fewer errors."
Unique advantages yield big savings
The most crucial aspect of eBuilder Travel is the system's ability to
integrate all the participants in the customer's travel value network. This
includes thousands of collaborating businesses, such as airlines, railroads,
hotel chains, car rental companies, credit card issuers, banks and tax
authorities. These integrations, together with eBuilder's business logic,
give customers one highly optimized and smoothly functioning application with
which to handle their employees travel needs, from orders to reimbursements.
In the process, the customer gains total end-to-end control of their
organization's travel processes.
Gathering all travel-related expenses into one comprehensive cloud system
makes it much easier to analyze statistics and travel-related costs. For
example, eBuilder Travel performs accurate cost projections to enable more
effective budgeting and allotment of financial responsibility. The system
also provides automatic calculations of Per Diems as well as important
tax-related inputs for both the Swedish and Belgian tax authorities. "We're
pleased to be making this delivery to the newly independent Volvo Cars," says
Wallentin. "With our strong internal culture of innovation, our customers put
high demands on our functionality, flexibility and user friendliness. This,
in combination with short delivery time, again proves that we can
successfully deliver our Cloud Processes to the largest corporations."
Presently, some 75 corporations, 350 companies and 400,000 employees in
the private and public sector use eBuilder's travel functionality in their
electronic business processes. In many cases, eBuilder has helped these
organizations slash travel-administration costs by 50% and actual travel
costs by 20 to 30%.
About eBuilder
eBuilder is the leading global supplier of Cloud Processes that enable
companies and organizations to automate, control, and manage their value
networks for Travel and Expense Management, Procurement, Supply Chain, and
Financial Transactions. eBuilder is unique in its ability to deliver many
standard processes on the same platform and to customize both processes and
integrations. Today, eBuilder has customers in over 60 countries. Operations
are managed from Stockholm, Sweden with regional offices in Australia and Sri
Lanka. We have over 500.000 end users. For more information please contact:
Bengt Wallentin, CEO eBuilder
E-mail: Bengt.Wallentin@ebuilder.com
Phone: +46-73-545-22-63
Source: eBuilder
Bengt Wallentin, CEO eBuilder, E-mail: Bengt.Wallentin@ebuilder.com, Phone: +46-73-545-22-63
Real Madrid C.F. Relies on CA ARCserve(R) to Protect its Corporate Data
MORGES, Switzerland, November 23, 2010/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- CA Technologies (NASDAQ: CA) announces that Real Madrid C.F., one of
the most successful and renowned football clubs in the world, is using CA
Technologies ARCserve(R) Backup software to ensure the protection,
availability and recovery of all the Club's corporate data and systems.
Real Madrid C.F. uses CA ARCserve to protect its entire information
systems, from databases and email to business process systems such as HR,
finance, and CRM. Ten terabytes of data is stored across thirty servers and
the storage area network that form the data centre's centralized architecture
located at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium. The use of CA ARCserve will be
extended to virtualized environments that are currently being implemented.
Jose Manuel Pena Arroyo, IT Manager, Real Madrid C.F., says: "Thanks to
CA ARCserve we know that our data is protected, and we can ensure business
continuity and compliance. The reliability of the product is the most
remarkable characteristic, as well as its easy adaptation, and responsiveness
to our evolving needs, all of it at an optimum cost."
The best practices established by the Club's IT department include
recovery tests executed on a regular basis to verify the correct performance
of the process and system in place. Reactive recoveries on user demands are
requested via CA Service Desk, a CA Technologies software implemented at Real
Madrid as the corporate helpdesk solution.
"We are delighted to be working with Real Madrid, a highly respected
football club which clearly understands how to maximize their performance
with good data recovery and back-up," says Chris Ross, Vice President of Data
Management in EMEA and APAC, CA Technologies.
CA Technologies (NASDAQ: CA) is an IT management software and solutions
company with expertise across all IT environments - from mainframe and
distributed, to virtual and cloud. CA Technologies manages and secures IT
environments and enables customers to deliver more flexible IT services. CA
Technologies innovative products and services provide the insight and control
essential for IT organizations to power business agility. The majority of the
Global Fortune 500 relies on CA Technologies to manage evolving IT
ecosystems. For additional information, visit CA Technologies at http://www.ca.com.
Xilinx FPGA Development Platforms at SPS/IPC/DRIVES 2010 Accelerate Industrial Systems Designs Enabling Enhanced Performance and Connectivity
New industrial networking, machine vision and motor control platforms short-cut design and integration of hardware, software and IP for high-performance system-on-chip designs
NUREMBERG, Germany, Nov. 23, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- SPS/IPC/DRIVES 2010 -- Xilinx, Inc. (Nasdaq: XLNX) today announced at SPS/IPC/DRIVES 2010 three new industrial Targeted Design Platforms based on the low-cost Spartan®-6 FPGA family, which will help engineers increase performance and reduce time to market for PROFINET real time networking, advanced motor control, and GigE Vision industrial imaging applications.
"Xilinx's Targeted Development Platforms, including the latest Spartan-6 FPGA-based solutions unveiled today at SPS/IPC/DRIVES 2010, enable customers to realize system-on-chip solutions delivering the deterministic performance, highly power efficient, high precision and advanced functionality that today's industrial end users demand," said Joe Mallett, senior product manager, Xilinx Industrial, Scientific And Medical Group.
At the heart of the three new platforms, the Spartan-6 FPGA provides the flexible interfaces and parallel processing performance needed to manage advanced and legacy communication protocols, execute complex high-bandwidth motor-control algorithms, or handle gigabit-speed video. Xilinx's Targeted Design Platforms and comprehensive design ecosystem assemble the development boards, kits, IP cores, tools, and silicon that enable designers to leapfrog past the design basics to focus on adding unique value.
PROFINET Targeted Design Platform: Comprised of programmable hardware, third-party software from alliance partner Softing, and a complete reference design, this platform reduces the time and resources needed for OEMs and engineers to produce fully functioning designs. The included daughter card supports multiple real-time industrial Ethernet protocols and legacy serial connectivity, as well as Xilinx ISE® Design Suite: Embedded Edition. "The Xilinx Targeted Design Platform provides well defined hardware enabling us to deliver robust and fully developed IP, which customers can use straight from the box and exploit to its full performance potential," explained Frank Iwanitz, Ethernet Business Development Manager of Softing.
Targeted Design Platform for motor control: Combining the Spartan-6 SP605 Evaluation Kit with the NetMot FMC board, IP from QDeSys, and industrial networking IP from Bosch and Beckhoff, this platform provides all the building blocks needed to begin prototyping an intelligent drive control system. Moreover, development can begin immediately, eliminating the time traditionally needed to bring up prototype hardware. The Spartan-6 FPGA is able to host dedicated networking and motor control IP blocks operating alongside a MicroBlaze(TM) processor running application-specific software. MicroBlaze is a 32-bit customisable processor that can be implemented fully in the FPGA fabric using Xilinx soft IP. Customers starting with this platform can integrate multiple control and communication functions on a single FPGA board, while retaining the flexibility to enhance performance and connectivity as future system demands evolve.
GigE Vision Targeted Design Platform: This platform helps designers apply the GigE Vision standard for high-speed video transport in machine vision applications. GigE Vision combines Gigabit Ethernet transport with enhancements delivering robust packet handling and real-time performance. The demonstration at the Xilinx booth will highlight supporting IP developed by Sensor-Image, enabling customers to complete their solutions quickly. Werner Feith, General Manager of Sensor-Image said, "Our software IP fits perfectly with the Xilinx third-party ecosystem. Customers can rely on properly integrated hardware, software and firmware, which delivers tremendous value to the product realization process."
Through its selection of Targeted Design Platforms, hardware, and software IP developed in conjunction with Xilinx Alliance Members specializing in industrial control and networking, Xilinx empowers its customers to deliver competitively priced SoC solutions delivering a performance edge over alternatives in the marketplace. A rich selection of solutions is available, supporting the major standards and protocols used in the industrial space. For further information visit http://www.xilinx.com/esp/ind_sci_med/index.htm.
Availability
PROFINET Targeted Design Platform, Targeted Design Platform for motor control and GigE Vision Targeted Design Platform are available now.
Xilinx Spartan-6 FPGAs
Spartan-6 FPGAs are designed for cost-sensitive applications requiring high-speed connectivity and low-power operation with embedded serial transceivers, advanced power management, and proven 45-nanometer architecture. These devices provide a rich mix of integrated system features, including memory controllers, digital signal processing, and Endpoint block for PCIe®, as well as RoHS-compliant lead-free package options for developing 'greener' electronics products. For more information about Spartan FPGAs, visit: http://www.xilinx.com/spartan6.
About Xilinx
Xilinx is the worldwide leader in complete programmable logic solutions. For more information, visit http://www.xilinx.com/.
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XILINX, the Xilinx Logo, Virtex, Spartan, ISE and other designated brands included herein are trademarks of Xilinx in the United States and other countries. PCIe is a trademark of PCI-SIG. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
Rseven for Salesforce now Available on Salesforce.com AppExchange 2, the World's Most Popular Marketplace for Business Apps
Customers can now automatically log all calls and messages with clients
ISV momentum on Force.com builds as Dreamforce 2010 approaches
SUNNYVALE, Calif., Nov. 22, 2010/PRNewswire/ -- Rseven Mobile, Inc. today announced the availability of Rseven for Salesforce on AppExchange 2. Rseven for Salesforce works with smart phones to automatically log customer calls and then delivers that information into the Salesforce account. Built using Force.com, the enterprise cloud computing platform, Rseven for Salesforce is immediately available for test drive and deployment on AppExchange 2 at http://www.salesforce.com/appexchange/.
Rseven Mobile Inc will be attending Dreamforce 2010, the cloud computing event of the year, at Moscone Convention Center in San Francisco December 6 - 9, 2010. Be sure to stop by booth #2 for a demo and more information.
Sales representatives in the field often manage 10 to 20 calls and messages a day. Manually logging these messages takes time and cuts productivity. Rseven for Salesforce automatically and seamlessly logs the calls in the activity history of the leads and contacts section in Salesforce CRM.
Comments on the News
-- "Enterprises are continuing to rely more heavily on mobile devices to
receive, deliver and organize content. Rseven for Salesforce provides a
missing link between the smart phone and Salesforce while sales reps are
on the road," said Hisyam Halim, CEO, Rseven Mobile.
-- "Rseven's use of Force.com and AppExchange 2 to give sales reps the
automated processes they need, using the smart phones they live on, is
yet another example of Cloud 2. It demonstrates advantages that all
cloud apps gain when they combine real-time, mobile and social features
of the cloud," said Kendall Collins, chief marketing officer,
salesforce.com.
Rseven for Salesforce can synchronize leads, contacts and calendar meetings directly between Salesforce and smart phones. Rseven for Salesforce is available for Android, Blackberry, Nokia and Windows Mobile smart phones.
About the Force.com Platform and AppExchange 2
Force.com is the only proven enterprise platform for building and running business applications in the cloud. The Force.com platform powers the Salesforce CRM (http://www.salesforce.com/) applications, more than 1000 ISV partner applications like those from CA Technologies, FinancialForce.com and Fujitsu, and 185,000 custom applications used by salesforce.com's 87,200 customers such as Japan Post, Kaiser Permanente, KONE and Sprint Nextel. Force.com also enables developers to make any enterprise app social by leveraging the social collaboration components including profiles, status updates, and real-time feeds available with Chatter.
Applications built on the Force.com platform can be easily distributed to the entire cloud computing community through the salesforce.com AppExchange 2 marketplace http://www.salesforce.com/appexchange/, now featuring the ChatterExchange.
About Rseven Mobile Inc
Rseven Mobile, Inc. developed Rseven for Salesforce to help track business communications on smart phones and automatically export them to Salesforce. Rseven for Salesforce is available on the AppExchange 2 marketplace.
SOURCE Rseven Mobile, Inc.
Rseven Mobile, Inc.
CONTACT: Hisyam Halim of Rseven Mobile, Inc., +1-408-744-2129, hisyam@rseven.com
ID-WiBB Launches WiMAX & WiFi Roaming Facility in Indonesia Powered by Aptilo Networks
JAKARTA, Indonesia, November 23, 2010/PRNewswire/ --
- Uniting Indonesia Under One Wireless Broadband Umbrella
To encourage WiMAX(TM) growth in Indonesia,
ID-WiBB, an industry-led, not-for-profit organization formed to promote
national vision through the compatibility and interoperability of broadband
wireless products in Indonesia, announced today the launch of an Indonesian
broadband roaming facility to serve the many wireless broadband service
providers throughout the region.
This will enable roaming between WiMAX and Wi-Fi and possibly future LTE
operators, creating a unified 4G wireless network across the nation.
"Our goal is to encourage further wireless broadband adoption and growth
of the broadband ecosystem by establishing an automatic networked ID
authorization that will allow anyone - regardless of their service provider -
to tap in to the benefits of wireless broadband from anywhere, at anytime,"
said Kanaka Hidayat, ID-WiBB. "Today's announcement takes us one step closer
to uniting the Indonesian market under one wireless broadband umbrella."
To date, three operators awarded WiMAX derived Wireless Broadband
licenses in Indonesia have signed up to become roaming partners.
Aptilo Networks, the global leader in integrated solutions for control of
billing, user services and access in wireless networks including Wi-Fi, WiMAX
and LTE, has been selected by ID-WIBB to enable this multi-access roaming.
The award-winning Aptilo Service Management Platform(TM), which will serve as
a AAA proxy for the authentication, authorization and accounting of roaming
users between the different WiMAX and Wi-Fi service providers. The Aptilo
solution will keep track of roaming subscribers' consumption of resources
(time and/or data) in any visiting network and provide the required
statistics to allow ID-WiBB to serve as a neutral accounting party. The
addition of LTE support to the Aptilo platform in 2011 will expand
opportunities for ID-WiBB for future revenue streams.
"Aptilo is dedicated to full compliance with wireless standards, and is
unparalleled in our commitment to interoperability testing with vendors in
the wireless broadband arena including WiMAX," said Jan Sjonell, Managing
Director Asia/Middle East, Aptilo Networks. "We are proud to have been
selected for this important project. We look forward to working hand-in-hand
with ID-WiBB in encouraging growth of the wireless broadband ecosystem in
Indonesia."
About ID-WIBB
ID-WIBB is an industry-led, not-for-profit organization formed to promote
the compatibility and interoperability of broadband wireless products based
on global (international) standard in Indonesia. ID-WiBB promotes products
that are interoperable and supports broadband of fixed, portable and mobile
services. Along these lines, the ID-WiBB works closely with service providers
and regulators to ensure that Broadband Wireless systems meet customer and
government requirements in Indonesia. ID-WiBB's members comprise individuals,
operators, component vendors and equipment vendors in the Indonesian
communications ecosystem. For more information, please visit http://www.id-wibb.org
About Aptilo Networks
Aptilo Networks is the global leader in pre-integrated management
solutions for control of billing, user services and access in Wi-Fi,
WiMAX(TM) and LTE networks. Aptilo has become the provider of choice for
service providers, enterprises and municipalities in need of a rapidly
deployable, scalable service management and policy control solution for
wireless networks. From smaller installations to large carrier networks,
Aptilo's solutions have been deployed in more than 45 countries. For more
information, please visit http://www.aptilo.com.
For further information please contact:
Yohannes Sumaryo, General Secretary
IDWiBB
P: +622150198111
sumaryo@id-wibb.org
Hillary Call, Public Relations Manager
Aptilo Networks AB
c/o Call Communications
P: +1-917 414 9262
hillary.call@aptilo.com
Source: Aptilo Networks and ID-WiBB
For further information please contact: Yohannes Sumaryo, General Secretary, IDWiBB, P: +622150198111, sumaryo@id-wibb.org; Hillary Call, Public Relations Manager, Aptilo Networks AB, c/o Call Communications, P: +1-917 414 9262, hillary.call@aptilo.com
SHREVEPORT, La., Nov. 22, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- High Lifter Products - inventor and manufacturer of the ATV lift kit and Outlaw ATV tire - recently launched a new website for ATV and UTV riders at http://www.HighLifter.com. The new site features lower pricing on almost all High Lifter products, an easy-to-use search engine to find parts and accessories and the latest news for ATV and UTV events.
"We're excited to offer our ATV customers a great new website with lower prices on our products," said Scott Smith, High Lifter Owner and President. "So, you'll get lower prices and a better shopping experience with the website redesign. You'll find what you need easily, whether it's ATV products or news from Mud Nationals."
High Lifter has also released a new design of their core product - the ATV lift kit. Their new design offers the same extreme quality and durability, but at a lower price. The new ATV lift kits provide two to three inches of additional clearance for larger tires, plus a sleek look and greater efficiency.
High Lifter Products invents, manufactures and sells ATV and UTV products. In fact, High Lifter invented the original ATV lift kit in 1996 and later, the highly popular "Outlaw" ATV tire, which is a unique design to channel heavy mud away from the bike. In 2003, High Lifter launched the week-long "High Lifter ATV Mud Nationals," which has developed into the largest event of its kind in the country. In 2007, High Lifter collaborated with Polaris to develop high performance modifications for the Ranger RZR and shortly thereafter, the two companies formed "Team High Lifter - Polaris Racing."
High Lifter is devoted to the growth of ATV riding as a serious, competitive sport. The company recently launched "High Lifter Pro Series Racing," which includes a professional ATV mud racing points system. To learn more about High Lifter Products and events and to shop online, go to http://www.HighLifter.com or call 800-699-0947. Keep up with the latest ATV and UTV innovations by becoming a Facebook fan at http://www.facebook.com/highlifterproducts.
SOURCE High Lifter Products
High Lifter Products
CONTACT: Tracie Engi of High Lifter, +1-318-213-6044, tracie@highlifter.com